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

’70 Jim Anderson (LS), of Verona, broker-partner with Crown Commercial Real Estate and Development LCC in Middleton was elected to the Starion Financial Madison Advisory Board.

’70 Michael Belongie (BS), of Beaver Dam, had his most recent book “Embracing the Moment” released this year. He is proud that six of his family members attended UW Oshkosh.

’74 James Braun (BBA), of Phillips, has been named chief administrative officer for Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls.

’77 Al Rhoades (BBA), of Hudson, Ohio, is the new information technology director at Hattie Larlham.

’82 Robert J. Snyder (LS), of Platteville, is the recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence for 2016.

’87 Lorre (Tellock) Pietenpol (BBA), of Richfield, has joined Standard Process Inc. as the new senior manager of national sales and analytics.

’90 Allison (Berg) Henke (N), of Westfield, is the program director at Little Sprouts, where she supervises the operations of the program by working with the families and staff.

’90 David Kujawa (BFA), of Scottsdale, Ariz., attended the unveiling of the Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip2 to represent the company Jansen’s Aircraft System Controls Inc. that he works for.

’97 Paula Hella (EHS) and ’05 (MSE), of Appleton, has been invited to present to the Association of National Eligibility Workers of Wisconsin conference. She will speak on poverty awareness and community engagement.

’99 Paul Mielke (BSE), of Oconomowoc, will be the Hamilton School District’s new superintendent starting on July 1.

’00 Stephanie Bruner-Polack (BA), of Oshkosh, was selected to receive the 2016 Pre-Service Educator Mentor Award.

’01 Bonnie Baerwald (MPA), of Fond du Lac, was appointed the new president of Moraine Park Technical College in May.

’03 Joy (Yonke) Bridson (BS), of Kiel, has been hired as a client services specialist at Mersberger Financial Group.

’04 Joseph Bratz (B), of Granton, has been named operations director at OEM Fabricators Inc. in Woodville.

’08 Brad Dassler (BBA), of Cleveland, has been hired at Cleveland State Bank as a part of the “Lending Tag Team” to promote financial growth for local businesses.

’09 Christopher Stream (MBA), of Manitowoc, joined Bank First National as vice president of business banking. He previously worked at Associated Bank for more than 13 years.

’10 Amanda Hackbarth (N), of Hilbert, has been hired at Calumet Medical Center’s Family Medicine Department as an advanced practice nurse prescriber.

’12 Trevor Rabbach (B), of Neenah, has been promoted to business-banking officer at Bank First National.

’12 Brandon Suemnicht (B), of Sheboygan, has been promoted to assistant vice president of Bank First National.

’13 Meredith Arcand (EHS), of Barron, is the new 4-H youth development dducator with Barron County UW-Extension.

’13 Anthony Ellenbecker (BS), of Merrill, is a new deputy for Lincoln County.

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