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The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.

’70 Douglas Feavel (LS), of Vincennes, Ind., has published A Storyteller’s Anthology, which contains 26 nonfiction stories promoting character portraits of ordinary men and women who have done the extraordinary.

’70 Suellyn Schellpeper-Rohrer (EHS), of Oconomowoc, has been selected for induction into Tosa West’s 2016 Athletic Hall of Fame. She is recognized for her trailblazing efforts on behalf of female athletics before and after Title IX.

’72 Dale Albrandt (LS), of Berlin, retired as manager of the Kwik Trip store in Berlin after 50 years in the grocery business.

’73 Linda Bailey Boilini (LS), of Lake Geneva, was appointed to the Lake Geneva Jt. 1 School Board. She also is a member of the UW Oshkosh Alumni Association Board of Directors.

’73 Mary (Kelsh) Vasquez (EHS), of Wauwatosa, retired after more than 33 years as an academic support instructor for Waukesha County Technical College.

’74 Barb Weber (EHS), of New Holstein, retired after working 36 years at the New Holstein public library.

’88 Bruce Rokke (MBA), of Nekoosa, is the new president and chief executive officer for Key Saving Bank in Wisconsin Rapids.

’94 Kelly Eells (MSN), of Two Rivers, was hired as a nurse practitioner at Holy Family Memorial in Manitowoc.

’95 Deborah Guenther-Gold (LS), of Volente, Texas, published a Christian book entitled Looking Through New Glasses; from Struggle to Graceful Living.

’99 Holly (Hahn) Brenner (B) and ’09 (MBA), of Malone, is the new executive director for the Ripon Medical Center Foundation’s Board of Directors. She also serves as the president of the Agnesian Health Care Foundation in Fond du Lac.

’99 Amanda Falkowski (LS), of Milwaukee, has joined Schenck SC as a practice consultant on the health services team. She has more than 15 years of experience as a human resources professional.

’99 Angie (Schiessl) McMonigal (LS), of Chicago, Ill., a renowned international photographer, was on a photo shoot in Paris when terrorists struck in 2015 and viewed the aftermath firsthand.

’97 Tom Swigert (LS), of Hartford, has been promoted to product manager for Hearst Television and will oversee digital product launches at 30 television stations across the country.  He previously worked at WISN, WFRV and WLUK-TV.

’03 April (Williams) Dzierzewski (LS), of Waukesha, and her husband Dan welcomed their daughter, Aubrey Marie, in April 2015.

’04 Allan Stockinger (LS), of Evansville, Ind., is working at Bioanalytical Systems Inc. as an analytical chemist.

’05 Sally (Buckett) Egan (LS), of Leopolis, works at Shawano Community High School as an athletic trainer.

’11 Thaddeus Kubisiak (MPA), of Spencer, was appointed county manager/administrative coordinator for Adams County. He has spent the last four years as the clerk, treasurer, and administrator in the Village of Spencer.

’12 Ashley (Amato) Micksch (N) and ’15 (DNP), of Manitowoc, was hired as a nurse practitioner at Holy Family Memorial.

’13 Jeci Casperson (LS), of Oshkosh, has been named director of marketing and investor relations of New North Inc. She had been the executive events coordinator/marketing specialist at UW Oshkosh since September 2014.

’13 Melissa (Mathews) Koss (N), of Manitowoc, was hired as a nurse practitioner at Holy Family Memorial.

’13 CeevSue Xiong (B), of Oshkosh, joined Boys and Girls Club of Fox Valley-Menasha as the Science Technology, Engineering and Math education coordinator.

’14 Megan Sullivan (LLCE) of Theresa, was promoted to branch manager for Horicon Bank’s West Bend office.

’14 Julie Thums (LS), of Westboro, was accepted to the Yale Physician Assistant Program. At UWO, she worked in the Dean of Students office.

’14 Kailee Wahler (B), of Twin Lake, was hired by Schenck SC as a human resources consultant.

’15 Lauree Frechette (LS), of Oshkosh, was hired as client solutions coordinator for Red Shoes PR Inc., a Midwest PR and marketing firm.

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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