The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office:
’68 Jane (Catencamp) McCown (EHS), of Paradise Valley, Ariz., is a realtor specializing in second home purchases in the Scottsdale Phoenix area.
’70 Hans-Peter Kohlhoff (EHS), of Beaver Dam, signed a contract with the Racine Unified School District to teach German.
’71 Joan (Solander) Lemon (EHS), of Grand Rapids, Mich., is working for Dolphin Vacation in sales and traveling to foreign places to inspect five star resorts for award incentive groups.
’71 David Tolpingrud (B), of Del Mar, Calif., was a golf pro after college and is now in the retirement planning business.
’71 James Toshner (EHS), of Sussex, has retired from Roundy’s as a food manager and spends his free time playing sports.
’74 Katherine Murphy-Mezera (LS), of Oshkosh, was hired by 44º North Advertising and Design as part of the professional graphic design team.
’77 Kerry Sievert (EHS), of Manitowoc, returned to his hometown of Kiel as principal of Divine Savior Catholic School.
’78 Walter Koskinen (EHS), of Neenah, was hired by Reinhart Partners Inc. as a relationship manager, after working 25 years in the financial services industry.
’80 Sheryl (Ashauer) Huhn (LS) and ’97 (MBA), of Kimberly, was hired as an executive search consultant at Advanced Professional Services.
’84 Jon Kohlin (EHS), of Ashland, is a math and science teacher for the Mellen School District.
’85 Tina (Kempf) Bettin (N) and ’89 (MSN), of Marion, received the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2013 State Award of Excellence.
’86 Steven Bartelt (B), of Wauwatosa, has been promoted to director of legal affairs for the Marcus Corporation. He is a founding member and former officer of the College of Business alumni chapter.
’86 Joseph Geniesse (EHS), of Oshkosh, is the executive director at Fr. Carr’s Place 2B, which serves the area’s homeless, hungry and those in need of better healthcare.
’86 Sharon (Salisbury) Hansen (LS) and ’91 (MSE), of Oshkosh, released a workbook, titled The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens, on Oct. 1. The workbook helps teens who struggle with planning and organizing.
’87 Kari (Hepp) Eggert (EHS), of Brownsville, is teaching music at Theresa Elementary School.
‘88 Joseph Abhold (LS), of Oshkosh, is the new dean of students at UW-Eau Claire.
’90 Robert Smith (MBA), of Christiansburg, Va., has been appointed head of the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech.
’93 Kevin Brown (LS), of Pasco, Wash., moved to the Tri-Cities area to begin a new job at Railex and be closer to family.
’96 Robert Berg (MS), of Altoona, works as an associate lecturer in mathematics at UW-Eau Claire.
’96 Jennifer Eisenbart (LS), of Burlington, has been promoted to news editor at Burlington Standard Press.
’96 Brian Vogt (EHS), of Yorktown, Va., was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He is assigned as the modeling and simulation future technology branch chief of the U.S Army Capability Integration Center at Fort Eustis, Va.
’99 Jennifer (Skruby) Leahy (LS) and ’11 (EHS), of Appleton, is a general music teacher at Mapleview Intermediate School in Kimberly.
’01 Heidi (Turchan) Schroderus (EHS) and ’06 (MSE), of Appleton, is the new principal at Stangel Elementary School.
’02 Scott Hildebrand (B), of Neenah, has been promoted to consumer loan officer at Anchor Bank in Neenah.
’06 Patrick Cannon (LS) and ’06 Erin (Katzenberg) Cannon (LS), of Wauwatosa, welcomed a baby boy, Ayden Cooper Cannon, to their family on June 1.
’09 Jill (Gloudemans) Schabach (N), of Little Chute, joined Calumet Medical Center in Chilton as a nurse practitioner.
’10 Rosa Carrillo (EHS), of Appleton, is teaching bilingual language arts at New London Middle School.
’12 Alexander Turinske (LS), of Atlanta, Ga., is a teaching/research assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology.
’13 Lauren Brusewitz (EHS), of Franklin, is the new early childhood and elementary special education teacher at Marion Elementary School.
ABBREVIATION KEY
COLLEGES
• AAS — Associate of Arts and Science Degree
• B — Business
• EHS — Education and Human Services
• LLCE — Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement
• LS — Letters and Science
• N — Nursing
GRADUATE DEGREES
• DNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• GMBA — Global Master of Business Administration
• MA — Master of Arts
• MBA— Master of Business Administration
• MPA — Master of Public Administration
• MS — Master of Science
• MSE — Master of Science in Education
• MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
• MST — Master of Science in Teaching
• MSW — Master of Social Work
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