Northern Iowa Today — January 1, 2005

Page	Title	Summary
2	A bountiful market for her talents	Sarah Van Gorp talks about her work with the Iowa Soybean Association; photo.
3	Bringing his best performance every day	Matt Harris talks about his job as development coordinator for Des Moines Civic Center; photo.
4	The legacy of purple; uncommon commitment X 2	Profiles of Kathy Kirschbaum Harrington and Chris Kirschbaum Fox, who are both lieutenant colonels in the US Army; photo.
7	A half century down, the future to go; celebrating 50 years of graduate education	A look at the recent past and the future of graduate education at UNI; photo.
8	Stadium Hall reunion in 2005	Former residents recall living conditions in Stadium Hall; reunion will be held at Homecoming 2005; photo.
10	Solving a grape big mystery	A look at the Grapevine Identification Center, headed by Professor Jean Gerrath; photo.
12	IWRC becomes a STAR for Defense	Iowa Waste Reduction Center works on spray painting techniques for military vehicles; photo.
14	Faculty profile: Richard Utz, a man for the middle ages	Profile of Professor Richard Utz; photo.
15	Bringing it home	Profile of David Deeds and his work in restoring houses in Waterloo; photo.
16	UNI music professor conducts All-State Orchestra	Professor Burckhardt conducted the high school All-State Orchestra in November 2004; photo.
16	John Goossen to be interim head of UNI Marketing & Public Relations	Will succeed Gerald Anglum; photo.
17	Haack named interim dean of UNI's College of Natural Sciences	Succeeds Kichoon Yang; appointment effective January 1, 2005; photo.
17	UNI dedicates new Follon Student Services Center	Area on second level of Gilchrist Hall named to honor Sue Follon; center opened August 16, 2004; photo.
17	A T. rex named Sue	Exhibit will open at Cedar Falls Utilities on March 5, 2005; photo.
18	Rare international internship offers a host of opportunities	Three College of Business Administration worked for First Automobile Works in China for a year; several Chinese students are working as interns in the US.
19	Introducing PAWS--UNI's personalized admissions Web site	Web site provides opportunity for prospective students to learn about UNI.
19	Koppensteiner recognized as Outstanding German Education	American Association of Teachers of German honors Professor Jurgen Koppensteiner; photo.
19	UNI's Native Roadside Vegetation Center director produces film on Iowa's prairieland	Professor Daryl Smith produced "America's lost landscape: the tallgrass prairie; photo.
20	Progress makes perfect	Fall athletics season review and prospects for the spring; ground broken for McLeod Center on October 9, 2004; photo.
21	Students First campaign update; $100 million goal reached	Brief history of capital campaign; achievements of the campaign; McLeod Center Wall of Champions campaign underway; photo.
22	From the Association chair	Thanks alumni for their support; photo.
22	From the Association president	Noreen Hermansen pays tribute to Gerald Anglum; photo.
23	Marilyn Holmes John	Marilyn celebrated her 50th anniversary this summer. She and her husband live in Ankeny.
23	James Livingston	James was honored as Educator of the Year by California State University, Sacramento. He had been a professor in educational administration at CSU and he continues to be involved.
23	Gladys Sawtell Schmidt	Gladys is still active teaching tax preparation classes, preparing taxes and volunteering. She lives in Manning.
23	Don R. Peters	Don retired as a 10-year volunteer with the San Diego Police Department in Rancho Bernardo and Montgomery Field with the S.D.P.D. Air Wing. He is enjoying his 20th year of retirement in Southern California.
23	Bernard Brommel	Bernard is serving on the Board of Directors of the Society of Midland Authors, Eugene V. Debs Foundation and the UNI Alumni Board. He has published with co-authors Kathleen Galvin and Carma Byland.
23	Luke Boone	Luke was inducted into the Maryville, MO, Bowling Association's Hall of Fame.
23	CleoBell Mimbach Heiple-Tice	CleoBell volunteers at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens and the historic home of Sam Maloof.
23	Myrtle A. Merritt	Myrtle was recently honored by the State University of New York at Geneseo. The university's multiuse sports facility was named the Dr. Myrtle A. Merritt Athletic Center. She had served the university for 30 years as a distinguished faculty member.
23	Cathmar Shaw Prange	Cathmar is painting and exhibiting. She also visited her Scottish cousins and has a new grandson. She spends the winters in Florida.
23	John Zedrow	John retired from teaching after 35 years. He is the grounds manager for the DuPage County Fair association and lives in Naperville, IL.
23	Marie Caloud Vileta	Marie and her husband celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Both are active volunteers in the Tama area. They have two children, seven grandsons, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
23	Ralph Novak	Ralph was honored by the VFW Post 10695 in Sun City West, AZ, on his 95th birthday. The post also named him honorary Commander in Chief for his dedication to VFW causes and charities.
23	Milton Meuler	Milton was honored with Southeastern Community College's 2004 Distinguished Alum Award in Burlington and gave the commencement address.
23	Laura Rector Voelschow	Laura retired in 1982 after 36 years of teaching. She lives in Manchester
23	Margaret Kerr Roderick	Margaret is a retired teacher who volunteers for Crossroads Hospital, Jefferson County Historical Village, blood drives and the United Methodist Church's Angels program in Mt. Vernon, IL.
24	Donna Wood Mallin	Donna is an English teacher at Peet Junior High School, Cedar Falls, and was named a Gold Star Teacher
24	Bernie Moine	Bernie is a broker/owner of RE/MAX home group, Waterloo.
24	Jerry Smalley	Jerry will continue to coach tennis and do freelance outdoor writing. He retired after teaching high school science for 36 years in Iowa, Washington and Montana.
24	Carol Brubaker Walton	Carol was ordained into the ministry this spring at Community Church, UCC, Richmond, IL.
24	Dave Wieckhorst	Dave retired after teaching for 36 years in the Waterloo School System, most recently at West High School.
24	Steve Fey	Steve was named supervisor of school improvement for the Heartland Area Education Agency. He had been with the Iowa Department of Education.
24	Roger Hasselbrink	Roger is an adjunct professor of history at Kirkwood Community College after retiring from teaching in the Cedar Rapids Schools.
24	Bonnie Riesgaard Lynam	Bonnie is a high school principal at Audubon Community Schools. She had been a resource teacher with the district.
24	Steven Eggland	Steven is executive director of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, Washington, DC. He has more than 30 years educational and administrative experience, some of it with ACICS and some with the University of Nebraska.
24	Bruce Hoffmeier	Bruce retired in 2002 after 24 years as a high school administrator in Newton, and is now serving as part-time director of the Skiff Medical Center Foundation, Newton
24	Carol Kirk Houk	Carol is graduating from the third grade after 37 years. She retired from Edison Elementary in Waterloo.
24	Mary Ann Connolly Quint	Marry Ann celebrated her 60th class reunion this year. She has taught for 48 years and is currently a part-time teacher at East Buchanan Middle School in Winthrop.
24	Robert Topliff	Robert retired from teaching social studies at West High School, Waterloo, after teaching 38 years in the district.
24	Karen Kelley Hoffmeier	Karen retired in 2002 after 30 years as a kindergarten teacher in the Newton Community Schools. She is enjoying their 10 grandchildren, volunteering, and traveling.
24	Linda Baker Morton	Linda retired from the University of Arizona Controller's office. She and her husband, Frank, enjoy their 10 grandchildren, going on cruises and walking. She volunteers as a reading tutor at an elementary school in Tucson, AZ.
24	Ken Teisinger	Ken retired after 31 years as the Black Hawk County Deputy treasurer and auditor. He plans to visit France where his brother is buried.
24	Judith Walton	Judith retired after 31 years of teaching kinesiology at the University of Texas, Brownsville. She was honored this year by being named Professor Emeritus at UTB.
24	Janice Marske Witt	Janice retired after 26 years as a financial manager for Printing Industry of Minnesota. She had been recognized as Outstanding Graphic Arts Leader in Minnesota. She and her husband, Bill, live in Ennis, MT.
24	Sharon Eddy	Sharon retired after 39 years of teaching, the majority of them in the Mason City Schools. Her latest assignment was a Title I teacher at Madison Elementary.
24	Dale Rowedder	Dale retired from Ar-We-Va Schools after 38 years of teaching art.
24	Gene Schaul	Gene teaches high school mathematics and computer programming at Maquoketa. This is his 28th year teaching.
24	Dianne Bock Christopher	Dianne is a minister with the United Methodist Church, Centerville.
24	Linnea Low Graen	Linnea and her husband, Dick, visited friends in Australia. She had taught there in 1983 on the International Teachers Fellowship.
24	Judith Bartachek	Judith is retired after 35 years teaching physical education. She is enjoying her second career as a massage therapist.
24	Bonnie Debower McKean	Bonne and her husband, Frank, have retired to Bonita Springs, FL.
24	Andria Meeks Erzberger	Andria retired from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she was on staff with QuarkNet, a NSF0funded particle physics teacher in Palo Alto and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science for California.
24	Houshang Bozorgzadeh	Houshang had been inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame and recognized as the national state games athlete of the hear, both in 2002.
24	Carol Rowedder Walters	Carol retired as a preschool teacher. She and her husband, Arland, live in Naples, FL.
24	Thomas E. Bruce	Thomas is a professor at Sacramento City College, presented "Conflicted Images of War: a Study of Learned Incongruities" at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, Russia.
24	S. Joanne Lane	S. Joanne retired after 27 years as director of family and children services for Exceptional Persons Inc., Waterloo.
24	Marlys Mullins Pals	Marlys and her husband, David, are enjoying their 11th year of retirement. She was a teacher in the Cedar Falls Schools and he was at the John Deere PEC.
24	Raymond Bachman	Raymond was recently inducted into the Chapin Society of Beloit College, in recognition of his contributions to the college.
24	Keith McClellan	Keith made a presentation to the annual meeting for Sport History, Monterey, CA. He lives in Oak Park, MI.
24	Arland Waters	Arland retired from Jostens several years ago. He and his wife, Carol, Live in Naples, Fl.
24	Carole Johnston Gardner	Carole retired from Saddleback Valley Unified School District in Mission Viejo, CA, after 15 years teaching in the elementary school performing arts program. She will continue her career in real estate sales.
24	Rudy Kubik	Rudy received the Lieutenant Governor's Gold Dome Award for his volunteer efforts promoting education, dental health and fire safety.
24	Kay Block Sloan	Kay retired from teaching at the Mason City Community Schools
24	Phyllis Chantland Skinner	Phyllis had a poem "My Prayer" win 2nd place in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Creative Writing Contest. She lives in Goldfield.
24	Marvin Giebelstein	Marvin spent 23 years in the USAF. He flew almost 800 hours of combat time in the F-105 in sea. He was a Realtor in the Victor Valley for 22 years and now is retired in Apple Valley, CA.
24	Marilyn Hala	Marilyn retired from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics headquarters staff this summer. She lives in Reston, VA.
24	Ray Johnston	Ray received the first honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Shepherd University and was its commencement speaker. He is the president of Potomac Valley Properties.
24	Beverly Rhines Koos	Beverly received her Master of Theological Studies from Illiff School of Theology, Denver, CO.
24	Nancy Burham Henry	Nancy has been retired for three years and living in Oakridge, OR, a tiny town in the mountains where she's been since 1961
24	George Nicodemus	George is retired and is playing softball, basketball and the senior olympics in Hereford, AZ. His specialties are the 100-yard dash and high jump.
24	UNI alumna named director of Iowa Department of Education	Judy Schrad Jeffrey appointed.
25	Sue Harmeyer Keller	Sue was honored with the Mishler Award at the annual CEA breakfast. She is an 8th grade language arts teacher at Howara Junior High.
25	Donald Lamb	Donald retired this year and continues to umpire softball and coaches high school girls' basketball in Marshalltown.
25	David Pike	David transferred from Fidelity Information Services offices in Little Rock, AR, to its corporate offices in Jacksonville, FL.
25	Paula Matthews Strom	Paula opened the store, "good things" in Waterloo's historic church row area. It features antiques, collectibles, and other vintage items.
25	Bert Svendsen	Bert retired from Steamboat Springs school district after 30 years of teaching and coaching. Currently, Bert is account manager with DiscoverColorado.com
25	Gary Weichman	Gary taught physical education for 32 years, mostly at Kingsley Elementary, Waterloo, and is now retired. He did coach sophomore baseball and girls' basketball and softball at Central High School.
25	Bruce Bernard	Bruce is director of facilities and support services, Polk County, Iowa.
25	Steve Crawford	Steve is a social studies and PE teacher at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School. He also is head girls' varsity track coach and head girls' varsity basketball coach at West Central of Maynard High School. He is a member of the Fredericksburg city council.
25	Dean Gillaspey	Dean is a senior sales representative for King Pharmaceuticals.
25	LaVerne Holms	LaVerne opened BlueStem Winery and Gifts in Parkersburg.
25	Bob Longmuir	Bob has retired from the New Hampton Schools, where he was superintendent for 17 years.
25	Reginald Schmitt	Reginald was tapped to fill a Waterloo City Council seat. He is a manager at John Deere.
25	Bruce Sperry	Bruce is a long time substitute teacher at the Tripoli Schools.
25	Linda Markus Takes	Linda retired this summer. She had been a teacher in the Western Dubuque school system. She plans to do some substitute teaching or teach calligraphy.
25	Mary Matthias Traetow	Mary opened the Debut Art Gallery on Main Street, Cedar Falls. She had been an academic adviser at Warburg College.
25	Karen Lippe	Karen retired after teaching art at Kingsley Elementary, Waterloo, for 17 years. She also works with the Waterloo Center for the Arts to showcase student art work.
25	Susan Wulf Oswald	Susan lives on a farm near Exira. She is in her 34th year of teaching, currently 2nd grade in Atlantic.
25	Maxine Reidel Barrows	Maxine received the 2004 Excellence in Education Award sponsored by the Iowa State Education Association. She is a family consumer science teacher at Holmes Junior High School, Cedar Falls.
25	Tom Bierie	Tom teaches art at Western Dubuque High School, Epworth. He also advises the student newspaper and coaches volleyball at Drexler Middle School. He was honored as a Gold Star teacher.
25	Jennifer Denger Kreitlow	Jennifer is in her 31st year of teaching at the Clarion elementary school. Currently she teaches 1st grade. She has hosted international students
25	Stan Slessor	Stan is the superintendent of schools at Red Wing, MN, public schools.
25	Barb Taylor	Barb retired from teaching after 34 years in the Vinton-Shellsburg Schools.
25	Carol Blaisdell Allbaugh	Carol was selected as Administrator of the Year for Moreno Valley Unified School District as well as Citizen of the year for the city of Moreno Valley.
25	Margaret Prince Brinton	Margaret has three teacher resource books available nation-wide.
25	Lorraine Renk Good	Lorraine retired after 34 years of teaching kindergarten. She lives in Phoenix, AZ.
25	Morey and Clarice Horstman Green	Morey and Clarice both retired from the Emmetsburg Community Schools. Clarice taught for 30 years and was a kindergarten teacher at Emmetsburg West Elementary. Morey taught for 32 years and was a chemistry teacher at the high school.
25	Kris Wiegel Chipps	Kris is an associate librarian in teen services in Centennial, CO. She's been there for the last 10 years.
25	Patricia Geadelmann	Patricia received her master of divinity degree from United Theological Seminary. She was awarded the Lydia Myrl Kapp Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Preaching and the Charlotte L. Matthews community Leadership Award to the graduate student.
25	Steven Gilliam	Steven is a resident scenic designer for the St. Louis MUNY, the largest outdoor summer theatre in the country. He presented a lecture at UNI as part of the Hearst Lecture series.
25	Marilyn Miles Leeman	Marilyn retired after 34 years in the elementary classrooms at West Union. She lives in Postville.
25	Harlan Schuck	Harlan is back teaching civil and construction engineering technology at Hawkeye Community College.
25	Robert Allbaugh	Robert retired at the end of this past school year. He and his wife, Carol, live in Moreno Valley, CA.
25	Dee Naven Batchelder	Dee retired after teaching 2nd grade for the last 18 years in Johnston, but has taught for 34 years.
25	Wayne Bohlken	Wayne returned to teaching after 28 years. He is the industrial technology teacher at Anamosa Schools.
25	Ken Budke	Ken founded Vibroacoustics Solutions with an ISU mechanical engineer. The company uses materials to control noise in machinery. Budke is a Cedar Falls dentist.
25	Sharon Burns-Knutson	Sharon teaches part-time at an Iowa City grade school and at Coe College. She has exhibited her works at the College Hill Art Festival and her work can be found in many galleries and museums across the country.
25	Donn Schafer	Donn retired after 35 years teaching mathematics at the secondary level. He also coached girls' basketball, softball and track, as well as boys' cross country, football, swimming and track.
25	Nancy L. Smith	Nancy is a paralegal with the Oregon Tax Court after 14 years as a litigation paralegal with the Oregon Department of Justice.
25	Jerry Stephens	Jerry retired after 20 years as an administrator for Marshalltown Community School District.
25	Dave Will	Dave was selected national Coach of the Year for girls' tennis by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. He has compiled a 407-41 dual record with 10 state team tiles for the Columbus High School Sailors, Waterloo.
25	Gary Kelley	Gary Kelley created Legacy, a painting commissioned by Major League Soccer, which will adorn all its advertising, tickets, jerseys and other collateral materials.
25	Sue Boileau Kramer	Sue lives in Albuquerque, NM.
25	Chet McNelly	Chet is retired and lives in Webster City where he owns Crazy Cat Pottery.
25	Curt Thomas	Curt retired after teaching high school math for 36 years at Dunkerton Community Schools. He also taught driver's education, coached junior football and golf, was the junior high athletic director and has officiated football and basketball games.
25	Richard Wind	Richard teaches band and orchestra for the Faribault Public Schools, Faribault, MN. His former band, The Fabulous Uniques, were inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
25	Dave Nichols	Dave retired from West High School after 35 years in the district. He taught social studies.
25	Joe Utter	Joe resigned after a 37-year career at Central Community Schools. Most recently he was principal of the high school, but had been a math teacher, assistant principal and a coach.
25	Sandra Duneman Busta	Sandra has retired after 34 years as an elementary teacher at Turkey Valley Community School in Jackson Junction
25	UNI alum and donor receives Horatio Alger Award	David W. Wilson receives award; photo.
26	Steven Adams	Steven accepted a position as athletic director at Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL.
26	Tracy Drew	Tracy works for AXA Advisors as a financial consultant and lives in Springboro, OH.
26	Marie Speilbauer Lemka	Marie joined Columbus High School as an English teacher. She had worked at Janesville High School.
26	Deborah Murphy	Deborah is the 1st grade teacher at St. Joseph Catholic School, Des Moines.
26	Mark Opsal	Mark is division manager for credit risk at John Deere Credit, Johnston, He and his wife, Sue, live in West Des Moines.
26	Jay Arntzen	Jay was promoted to vice president South Area for KONE Inc. and moved to Atlanta, GA.
26	Sandra Davis Gero	Sandra is principal at Equestrian Trails Elementary in Florida. She has taught at various elementary schools in Florida.
26	Sandra Davis Gero	Sandra is principal at Equestrian Trails Elementary in Florida. She has taught at various elementary schools in Florida
26	Margaret Gilchrist Kenaley	Margaret earned her MA in library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
26	Elizabeth Maxey Ray	Elizabeth earned her MBA from Iowa this spring.
26	Barbara Schluter Moine	Barbara has been principal at Dike Elementary School for 11 years and been in education for 24 years. She lives in Waterloo with her husband, Bernie.
26	Regina Salemink Schantz	Regina has been teaching secondary Spanish at Waco Schools and is pursuing her master's in curriculum and instruction.
26	Wayne Sensor	Wayne is the Alegent Heath CEO. He came to Alegent from CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in Louisiana.
26	Linda Rigdon Shatzer	Linda retired from the Denver schools after 24 years of teaching. She was the reading teacher at the middle school.
26	Joe Starcevich	Joe became dean of the Indian Hills Community College Centerville campus. He had been a principal at Centerville Schools.
26	Beverly Heppler Winterboer	Beverly retired after teaching 46 years in Iowa, California and Arizona. She lives in Parker, AZ.
26	Randy Young	Randy is teaching special education at Newton Schools. He had taught at the West Des Moines Schools.
26	Karla Petersen Harn	Karla merged her financial services company with those of Patricia Monat. Their firm is located in Waterloo.
26	Randy Lincoln	Randy is the boy's basketball coach and business teacher at Centralia. He had been an assistant coach at Rock Island High School, IL.
26	Diane Chapman Lloyd	Diane was named the 2004 Athletic Trainer of the Year by the NAIA-ATA. She is the head athletic trainer at the College of the Southwest, Hobbs, NM, where she, her husband and four children live. She holds LAT and ATC certifications.
26	Joan Harmeyer Cochrane	Joan received the Distinguished Service Award from the North Central Business Education Association. She teaches at Prairie High School, Cedar Rapids.
26	Frances Vickers Crawford	Frances is the community outreach/education coordinator for Mercy Medical Center, New Hampton.
26	Nadene Arthur Davidson	Nadene joined the UNI Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services faculty. She had been director of the Malcolm Price Lab School, Cedar Falls.
26	Reed Hunemuller	Reed, co-owner of Harting & Hunemuller Contractors, received an honorable mention as Best Home Builder in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's Best Of edition
26	Kelly Rohlf	Kelly became principal at Virgil Grissom Elementary, Princeton, in the North Scott School District. He had been principal at Stewart Elementary in Washington.
26	Dennis Leach	Dennis is Nelnet's executive director for corporate planning. He's served in various leadership capacities with Nelnet subsidiaries. He had been with InTuition, Sallie Mae and other educational financing firms.
26	Arnette Pint	Arnette was appointed to the Sergeant Bluff United Community United Methodist Church. She had been a family counselor.
26	Cindy Mallo Sorensen	Cindy joined AHST Schools as an elementary principal. Her career includes teaching second grade, Title I reading and preschool/early childhood special education.
26	Tim Dose	Tim is superintendent at North Scott School District.
26	Kathie Stevens Barry	Kathie released a new CD, Crush on You. She is a school counselor at Aplington-Parkersburg Schools.
26	Rhonda Carney Bergmann	Rhonda has been with Allen Memorial Hospital for 25 years.
26	RuthAnn Rosenkrans Chilton	Ruthann retired from Bunger Middle School this year after 27 years of teaching. She plans to fish and relax.
26	Vicki Cox Cose	Vicki is a teacher and media specialist at Expo High School, Waterloo, was named Gold Star teacher.
26	Don Dethlefs	Don joined Cedar Valley Hospice as director of client services. He had worked with Allen Hospital for the past 28 years.
26	Paul Klinge	Paul is president of the Lincoln group, Waverly, and he received his certified business intermediary designation during he International Business Broker Association conference.
26	Linda Watson Schutte	Linda is teaching family and consumer sciences at Cedar Falls Senior High School.
26	Grant Veeder	Grant was selected to represent the Iowa state association of Counties on the board of directors of the National Association of counties. He is the Black Hawk County auditor.
26	Rhonda Groeneveld Achenbach	Rhonda is the half-time middle school ELP teacher. She has taught elementary classes for 25 years.
26	David Arnold	David is the interim superintendent at Prairie Valley Schools. He had been a superintendent in Clarks Summit, PA.
26	Rebecca Graf Williams	Rebecca is the language arts and math teacher at Union Middle School and was named a Gold Star teacher.
26	Bonnie Jans Holms	Bonnie opened BlueStem Winery and Gifts in Parkersburg.
26	Richard Gaard	Richard was selected as on of seven American officers to take part in the multi-national peacemaking exercise at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.
26	Rosemary Campbell Geiken	Rosemary is working on her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at NI. She is a project associate at the Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education at UNI and is sharing a contract as director of TLC.
26	Joan Kleinwort Haack	Joan earned her ESL endorsement trough Heartland Area Education Agency and Kansas State University.
26	Alumni challenge others to give	Mark and Jill Oman urge alumni to support UNI; photo.
27	Barbara Bockhaus Lamfers	Barbara was the social services director for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Corps of the Salvation Army and is now director of transitional housing.
27	Terri McNurlen-Bogunia	Terri is a supported employment supervisor for Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center, Morgantown, WV.
27	Amy Appleman Pottebaum	Amy teaches first grade and reading recovering at Adel Elementary.
27	Peter Schlicksup	Peter became partner of Price Waterhouse Coopers. He, his wife, and two children live in Falls Church, VA.
27	Jill Harris Schroeder	Jill is teaching high school mathematics at Akron-Westfield. She has previously taught junior high and high school mathematics at several different schools. She, her husband and four children live in Akron.
27	Joan Walther Greenlee	Joan was named Wal-Mart teacher of the year and received her 10-year pin at Waverly-Shell Rock schools.
27	Mary Brutsche Andersen	Mary teaches band at Fairfield Middle School, Fairfield.
27	John Buse	John was appointed assistant dean of students and director of the new student programs at UNI.
27	Casey Drew	Casey is the city controller/auditor in Cedar Rapids. He had been the accounting services manager for the city.
27	Jeff Etringer	Jeff is a 7th and 8th grade science teacher at Jesup schools.
27	Stephanie Fossum Spain	Stephanie teaches 2nd grade at Postville. She has been substitute teaching for the last 14 years.
27	Paul Wenthold	Paul was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University.
27	Wade Anderson	Wade opened The Essential Medical Spa, an anti-aging skin care and laser center in the Cedar Valley.
27	Connie Halder Ankenbauer	Connie earned her ESL endorsement through Heartland Area Education Agency and Kansas State University.
27	Seth Bonnett	Seth is a football coach for Northern University High School, Cedar Falls.
27	Brenda Hughes Bauermeister	Brenda teaches first grade at Terril School. She had taught in Pensacola, FL, and Escondido, CA, while her husband was in the Navy.
27	Normand Bogunia	Normand is the morning drive announcer for WKKW -97.9, a country station in Morgantown, WV.
27	Marla Wells Padget	Marla is the principal at Central Middle School, Waterloo. She had been assistant principal.
27	Paul Schlueter	Paul was elected treasurer of the Construction Financial Management Association. He is controller for the Taylor Construction Group, Des Moines, and is a CPA.
27	Mark Schwab	Mark is the head wrestling coach for Buena Vista University, Storm Lake. He has been an assistant at Minnesota.
27	Dawn Willems Arbogast	Dawn received her master's in curriculum and instruction from the University of Phoenix Online.
27	Lori Melin Fillbrandt	Lori was named Teacher of the Year for 2004. She is a campus instructional specialist at Cimarron Elementary in Galena Park, ISD, Houston, TX.
27	Kevin Hansen	Kevin joined Hellman Associates, Waterloo, as a senior copywriter. He had been marketing manager at McKenna Professional Imaging.
27	Sue Bulfer Koch	Sue is the associate provost at UNI and was named interim dean of the Graduate College.