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

’62 Sister Elise Cholewinski (BS), of Appleton, has been a religious sister for 52 years and taught in the Emmaus Program (lay ministry) for the Green Bay Diocese for 20 years. Her vocation to religious life has involved elementary education, religious education, spiritual direction, retreat leadership, parish volunteer service as well as a vocation blog for the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross.

’70 Cliff Christl (BS), of Green Bay, published a new book, Packers Heritage Trail: The Town, The Team, The Fans From Lambeau to Lombardi, in September. Christl has been the official Packer historian since 2014 and previously spent more than 35 years as a sports writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Green Bay Press-Gazette.

’72 Orville Westphal (BBA), of Shawano, is a driver with the Shawano County Disabled American Veterans. He was a rural mail carrier in Green Bay for 25 years until his retirement in 2012.

’73 Barry Smanz (BS), of Juneau, coached the Dodgeland High School girls cross-country team to the 2017 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 state title in October in Wisconsin Rapids. As a student at UWO, Smanz was active in track and cross country.

’75 Dan Feldt (BS), of Menomonee Falls, has been an occupational health and safety specialist for 37 years. He currently works as a senior project manager for Stantec Consulting in Mequon.

’82 Thomas Washatka (BS), of Oshkosh, owns and operates one of the most successful music libraries in the world, “Narrator Tracks,” and his compositions have been featured in motion pictures and documentaries, such as “The Bucket List.” He played in a post-Thanksgiving concert at Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake.

’85 Jeffrey Jensen (BS), of Phoenix, Arizona, is the new program director for the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine. He also will serve as the associate dean in the College of Health Sciences. Jensen formerly served as dean and professor for seven years at the Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami Shores, Florida.

’88 Lynette (Kreuser) Anderson (BS), of Kenosha, will be honored at a celebration recognizing her 25th year of teaching and counseling in the Kenosha Unified School District. Anderson currently serves as a member of the UW Oshkosh Alumni Association Board of Directors.

’88 Michael Elter (BS), of Drummonds, Tennessee, is a marketing analyst and adviser for the U.S. Navy Recruiting Command in Millington.

’88 Judy (Resheski) Urben (BS), of Oshkosh, has worked in the public relations and communications field at Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac for 26 years. She has been married to fellow UW Oshkosh alumnus, ’88 Jon Urben (BS), for 26 years. They have two children.

’95 Megan Parsons (BBA), of Sturgeon Bay, has moved back to Wisconsin after living 21 years in Florida.

’95 Jennifer (Popinski) Vieira (BA), of Spring, Texas, has been living outside Houston, Texas for 22 years. She and her husband enjoy traveling, working on home projects and discovering new hobbies.

’96 Mark Habeck (BA), of Oshkosh, is a human resources generalist for Winnebago County Human Services, focusing on recruitment and hiring.

’96 Jack Thresher (BS), formerly of Fargo, North Dakota, is the new director of workforce management at Faith Technologies corporate headquarters in Menasha.

’02 Shawn Robinson (BS), of Madison, was elected to a three-year ream as director at-large for the International Dyslexia Association. Robinson will work to create a positive future for all individuals who struggle with dyslexia and other related reading difficulties.

’03 Father Luke Strand (BBA), of Brookfield, received the 2017 Dehon Distinguished Ministry Award. Strand served as a priest of Holy Family Parish in Fond du Lac prior to becoming vocation director for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 2012. He established the John Paul II House of Discernment at St. Robert Parish in Shorewood, increasing the number of seminarians in formation from 17 to 40 during his directorship.

’05 Joe Schmidt (BSE), of Augusta, Maine, is the state social studies specialist for the Maine Department of Education.

’06 Andrew Cordova (BBA), of Rhinelander, is a manager at accounting firm, KerberRose S. C. Cordova is a CPA/CMA with more than 11 years of public accounting experience in tax and business accounting service.

’06 Tammy Gorski (MSW), of Mosinee, is pursuing a doctorate in educational administration and leadership from Marian University in Fond du Lac. She anticipates graduating in 2019.

’06 Dana Irmick (MSN), of Hazelhurst, is a family nurse practitioner at Peter Christensen Health Center in Lac du Flambeau, an inpatient hospital and a local tribal primary care clinic that provides preventative, acute and chronic care management. Her son is a freshman at UW Oshkosh.

’07 Amanda Bohn (BS), of Hortonville, graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in 2012. She now practices at Black Creek Chiropractic Office.

’10 Gerald Norz (MBA), of De Pere, spent 10 days in Haiti with his wife working on a project to assist with the development of a technical school for disadvantaged children. He is vice president of global customer service for B&W Megtec Systems in De Pere, where he has worked for 28 years.

’11 Abbey Thompson (BA), of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is working as a residence hall director at Western Michigan University. She opened Kzoo Cat Café, where 20 or more adoptable cats mingle with customers. The café has had 43 successful adoptions since opening in June.

’14 Patrick Hill (BLS), of Woodbury, Minnesota, is an international banker at the US Bank headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

’14 Bridgette Weber (BS), of Madison, started Singing Bowl Chef, a personal chef service that specializes in creating meals for customers using local, sustainable, organic produce and grass-fed meats.

’15 Jordan Fields (BBA), and ’16 Danielle Meier (BSE), of Oshkosh, were married in July at Southport Beach House in Kenosha. Jordan is employed by Oshkosh Defense.  Danielle works for the Oshkosh Area School District.

’15 Alyssa Maglio (BSN), of Cedarburg, is a pediatric nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

’15 Jared Schultz (BS) and ’16 Shelby (Coats) Schultz (BA), of Carmel, Indiana, were married Nov. 4, 2017.

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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