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

’70 Nancy Collins (BS), of Green Bay, was recently inducted into the Green Bay Women’s Bowling Hall of Fame.

’71 Patrick Gaughan (BS), of Jacksonville, Florida, works with the nonprofit WeCCARE Foundation in Cameroon, Africa, doing medical missions. He recently was in the village of Etoko doing general surgeries and is now planning a cleft surgery mission through Smile Train in Yagoua.

’72 Samuel Cargile (BS), and ’73 (MSE), of Cape Town, South Africa, attended Inspiring Fifty South Africa 2017, an awards program sponsored by the Netherlands government that recognized 50 women from across sectors to inspire girls and women.

’77 Dennis Moon (BS), of Oshkosh, was inducted into the Badura Hall of Teacher Recognition on Sept. 8. It is the highest honor for teachers in the Wautoma Area School District.

’79 Jane (Runkel) Frederick (MSE), of Shorewood, has retired from higher education administration.

’79 Susan (Putzer) Guenther (BS), of Cary, North Carolina, is proud to be returning to UW Oshkosh for Homecoming where her husband, Richard Guenther, will be receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award.

’82 Pamela Bracewell (BS), of Two Rivers, is the alternative education teacher at the Phoenix Center in the Northland Pines School District.

’84 Mary Ann Salter (MSE), of Fond du Lac, enjoys retirement by volunteering in several organizations. She has spent 31 years with the Boy Scout organization, St. Vincent de Paul, Alpha Delta Kappa and Fond du Lac Area Retired Educators.

’87 Greg Reid (BS), formerly of Oshkosh, is library director at Bloomfield College in New Jersey.  He has most recently served as executive director of Central Park Campus Library at Collin College in McKinney, Texas, and has spent his entire 23-year career in higher education library settings.

’88 Anne (Gansemer) Wellens (BS), of Milwaukee, is retiring from the South Milwaukee police force after 28.5 years. She has been the chief of police for the last 12 years.

’89 Patricia (Horejs) Purcell (BS), of Neenah, will be celebrating 11 years of owning and operating Writing by Design LLC in October.

’93 Wendy Fisher (BME), of Pickett, has been teaching music in the Omro School District for more than 20 years, where she now serves as band director.

’94 Dan Decker (MBA), of Niagara, is happily retired.

’95 David Kelley-Daithi (BFA), of Madison, has two solo exhibits of “The Art of Daithi” at Alchemy in Madison and Wantoot Gallery in Mineral Point.

’95 Tracey (Marohn) Miller (BSE), and ’00 (MSE), of Omro, has been a high school teacher since 1995. She also is an adjunct instructor for UW Oshkosh and Fox Valley Technical College.  At one point, Miller attend UWO with her mother, brother and sister at the same time.

’98 Michael Pica (BSE), of Wautoma, is in his 18th year of teaching at Wautoma Area School District. At UWO, he played football for Coach Dennis Moon and was an assistant coach on the 2008 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association Division 4 State Football Championship team.

’98 Luke Whitburn (BS), of Waunakee, is the estimating and process team leader for FLOOR360 in Madison.

’01 Noelle Lammers (BSE), of Shawano, teaches special education at Olga Brener Intermediate School and helps run the Shawano Hockey League food and beverage stand at the Shawano County fair.

’03 Stephanie Wild (BSE), of Oshkosh, is teaching eighth-grade U.S history and language arts at J.R. Gerritts Middle School in Kimberly.

’04 Clayton Kawski (BBA), of Madison, has been appointed to lead the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Criminal Appeals Unit. He resides in Madison with his wife, Marci, and their two sons.

’04 Jamie (Supita) Mandigo (BS), of DeForest, is a dentist at a federally qualified health center who treats patients who would not typically be able to afford dentistry. She is a proud wife and mother to three boys.

’04 Phil Rath (MPA), of Monroe, helps with the general planning and direction of Monroe as its city administrator, all while raising his seven children born within a nine-year-span.

’05 Stephanie Cull (BSE), of Greenville, is a new staff member in the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff School District and brings experience in teaching special education from the Neenah Joint School District.

’05 Justin Hull (BS), of Germantown, is the brand manager for WHBY, WSCO, and Woodward Radio Group in Appleton.  He also is the host of a statewide radio show called, “In the Huddle,” which features Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Hundley and wide receiver Jeff Janis.

’05 Jennifer (Grimmenga) Kohnke (BSN), of Montello, was welcomed as a new staff member at ThedaCare Physicians-Green Lake.  She specializes in family medicine and is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practioners.

’06 Heather (Babauta) Heilman (BSE), of Hortonville, is teaching kindergarten at Lincoln School in New London.

’06 Jonathan Schreck (BS), of Hartford, is an operation manager at GE Healthcare and helps run a business unit that provides software to hospitals.

’07 Julie Felix (BSN), and ’11 (MSN), of Ripon, is a family nurse practitioner at the reopened ThedaCare Physicians-Princeton.  Felix belongs to the American Nurses Credentialing Center and serves as a volunteer first responder in her community.

’07 Adam King (BS), of Oregon, works as a firefighter and advanced EMT, as well as a relief captain and training officer.  He has been accepted to the National Fire Academy’s Managing Officer Program that begins in late November.

’09 John Erickson (BA), of West Hollywood, California, was recently appointed to the City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board.

’11 Bradley Demmin (BSE), of Oshkosh, is the school counselor at J.R. Gerritts Middle School.

’11 Heather Kopecky (BBA), of Hilbert, married Craig Wautlet on April 22 in Hilbert.  She is an administrative assistant at Riverside Animal Hospital.

’11 Leann Kunze (BSN), of Colby, is teaching four-year-old kindergarten at Holy Rosary
Catholic School in Medford.

’11 Kristen (Schmidt) Nickelatti (BSN), of Larson, a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, joined the urology care team at ThedaCare Physicians in Berlin.

’12 Aaron Yonke (MS), of Suamico, is a social studies teacher in the Breitung Township School District.

’14 Matthew Hanson (BS), and ’17 (MS), of Albany, New York, attends the Industrial/Organizational Psychology doctoral program at the University at Albany, State University of New York System.

’15 Alexa (Nutter) Chiefari (BSE), of Fennimore, is a high school English teacher in the Fennimore School District.

’15 Gretchen Cimermancic (BS), of Milwaukee, who works as a front desk supervisor at the Crowne Plaza, is getting married in December.

’15 Mary Frank-Arlt (MBA), of Green Bay, will receive an Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in October. She develops social media and digital branding strategies for Kohler Power and Kohler Co.

’15 Sarah (Bartels) Werner (BSN), of Beaver Dam, is a registered nurse in the ICU at Beaver Dam Community Hospital.  Following graduation, Werner got married, bought her first home and had a son.

’16 Joshua Hopfensperger (BSE), of Appleton, is the fifth-grade reading, writing and science teacher as well as the basketball coach at Woodland Intermediate School.

’16 Monique Jamrose (BSE), of Appleton, is teaching seventh-grade special education at J.R. Gerritts Middle School in Kimberly.

’16 Shannon La Dow (BSE), of Fremont, is a new second-grade teacher in the School District of Neillsville.

’17 Jacob Behm (BSE), of Princeton, is a new educator in the Princeton School District, teaching elementary/middle school physical education.

’17 Laura DeVoe (BBA), of Milwaukee, is enrolled in the Master’s in Teaching Program at Cardinal Stritch University.

’17 Matthew Jewell (BSE), of Northland Pines, is a new high school social studies teacher in the Northland Pines School District.

’17 John Johnson III (MPA), of Rhinelander, recently was appointed as a board member of Nicolet College. He is pursuing a master’s degree in healthcare management.

’17 Alex Snyder (BSE), of Platteville, is a junior and senior high school science teacher at Lincoln School in the Humbird-Merrillan School District.

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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