Northern Iowa Today — July 1, 2005

Page	Title	Summary
1	Diversity Matters	Gwenne Culpepper talks about the value of diversity; outline of recent diversity efforts on campus; photo.
2	Motivated; making the transitions from student to qualified citizen	Profile of Kimberly Abram and her effort to obtain a degree in criminology; photo.
6	One of a kind; a model for undergraduate research	A look at undergraduate research, with special focus on work that is published in UNI's American Journal of Undergraduate Research; photo.
8	The legacy of purple	Profile of Nancy Aossey and her work with International Medical Corps; profile of Father William Vit; photo.
12	2 + 2 makes dreams come true	A look at the 2 + 2 Program and some of those who have been in the program; photo.
14	Art at the top	Profiles of six UNI art students who participated in the Emerging Iowa Artist Program; photo.
16	Faculty profile; James Mattingly & Laquita Blockson; what's good for business?	Professor Blockson and Mattingly offer their views on business ethics; photo.
18	Panther athletics	Summary of 2004-2005 seasons for basketball, wrestling, tennis, track and field, and baseball; photo.
19	Violins in space	Four students will take part in NASA reduced gravity program; photo.
20	Friedman next Corning lecturer	Thomas Friedman will speak in September; photo.
20	Hanish assistant VP for event management	Jan Hanish named Assistant Vice President for Event Management; Guy Sims named interim director of Maucker Union; photo.
20	Lifelong university just for the fun of it	UNI will offer a series of non-credit classes.
20	Lubker named interim provost	Dean James Lubker will replace Aaron Podolefsky; photo.
21	Price Lab one of five new First Amendment schools	Will attempt to integrate First Amendment rights and responsibilities into the curriculum; photo.
21	Student Health Center grand opening on Family Weekend	Grand opening for remodeled center will be held October 28, 2005; photo.
21	Hermansen named UNI Foundation vice president	Noreen Hermansen will concentrate on raising money for athletics; photo.
21	Award named for Kothari	Award in honor of Dr. Jitu D. Kothari will be given annually to an inductee into the Athletics Hall of Fame; Sandra Williamson will receive first award; roster of those who will enter the hall in October 2005; photo.
22	Alumni events in review	Schedule of alumni meetings around the country.
22	From the Association president	Alumni Relations and Alumni Association will move into new quarters by September; Alumni Association attempting to raise money for hospitality suite in McLeod Center; photo.
23	From the Association chair	Term of Beth Jorgensen Harris will end in October; to be succeeded by Barbara Harper Norman; tribute to work of Noreen Hermansen; photo.
24	Dennis Frisch	Retired from teaching science to junior high students after thirty-three years. Works part time with Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds, and volunteers as a paramedic with the Durant Volunteer Ambulance Service.
24	Sterling Hartman	Retired after thirty years with the Department of Defense, and three years as a consultant to the Pentagon.
24	Ruth (Craig) Smith	Retiring after thirty-eight years of teaching sixth-grade social studies in the Chariton School System.
24	Roger and Kathy (Tice) Betts	Spending retirement in southwest Colorado.
24	Joel Ebert	Serving as the events coordinator of Peoples Savings Bank Ventures after retiring from the AGWSR Schools as an elementary principal and curriculum director.
24	Stephen Parson	Named associate professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, where he had been employed for thirty years.
24	Linda (Huntley) Jobman	Employed by the American City Bureau fundraising consulting firm.
24	David Suntken	Celebrated the fortieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Polly Suntken. David serves as a special education aide, and Polly as a kindergarten teacher.
24	Harold Anderson	Taught physics and chemistry at Stephens College for twenty-two years.
24	Karen (Ballard) Avey	Has taught content mastery at Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary for thirty-two years.
24	Mary Ellen (Hagaman) Barry	Retired from the Mercy Medical Center's inpatient pharmacy.
24	Judy (Schrad) Jeffrey	Appointed to the position of director of the Iowa Department of Education by Governor Tom Vilsack.
24	Denny White	Retired from forty years as a science teacher and coach, having spent the previous thirty-seven years with Mount Pleasant Schools. Recently inducted into the Iowa Track Coaches' Hall of Fame.
24	Bill Bonnstetter	Attended the inauguration of President George W. Bush as a guest of Gordon James.
24	Kenneth Moss	Retired from the systems services section of the finance department of the Mayo Clinic, where he served as unit manager for thirty-four years.
24	Jerry Nelson	Retired after twenty-five years of employment with the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Currently preaching to inmates in South Carolina.
24	Marilyn (Booth) Yockey	Volunteers with her husband, Roger, in community improvement projects in struggling areas through the Global Volunteers organization.
24	Paul D. Jones	Working with wastewater and electricity at McMurdo Station in Antarctica after retiring from thirty-six years of teaching science in Montezuma.
24	Thomas Milleman	Teaching part time at the College of DuPage in Illinois after retiring from his position as department head of the electronics technology department.
24	Dr. John Schlicher	Retired from work as a specialist in dermatology at the Wichita Clinic. He was a founding clinical faculty member of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, and recipient of the Wichita Clinic Founders Award.`
24	Paul Yap	Retired after fourteen years as an elementary principal of the San Diego City Schools.
24	Dorothy (Horn) Barten	Supporting her granddaughter's mission trip to Haiti.
24	Marcia (Hensel) Miller	Sells aerial photographs with her husband, Alfred Miller in Quartzite, Arizona.
24	Jerry Thordsen	Served as a guest lecturer for a UNI course.
24	Jack Magruder	Named president emeritus at Truman State University after nine years as president, twenty-two years as a professor of chemistry and science education, and five years as academic vice president.
24	Alyse (Mohr) Streitberger	Recognized as the top female bicycle rider at the annual banquet of the Bicycle Club of Irvine, with which she is a member along with her husband, Eric Streitberger.
24	Elaine (Jewell) Brandeland	Recently celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary with her husband, Hank.
24	James Livingston	Retired after twelve years as a member of the San Juan School District Board of Trustees.
24	Harlan Phillips	Served as a special agent of the FBI before opening a private investigative firm. Recently inducted into the Muscatine High School Hall of Honor.
24	Gretchen (Noe) Williams	Mistakenly listed as deceased in a previous issue of Northern Iowa Today.
24	Lois (Mull) Hensel	Retired from both teaching and realty, and recently celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary.
24	Ethel (Flom) Swanson	Retired from teaching for twenty years.
24	Warren A. Smith	Penned two books, "Cruising the Deuce" and "Gossip from Across the Pond".
24	Henry Vaneschen	Residing in Vinton.
24	Carl Heller	Toured New Zealand by motor home with his wife.
24	Bernice (Brand) Schall	Celebrated her ninety-fifth birthday with family in Woman Lake, Minnesota.
24	Marian Kennedy	Retired after forty-five years of teaching at Manchester, Janesville, Anamosa, and Kenwood.
24	Class rings are here	Class rings are available to alumni.
25	Kevin Horan	Employed as a commercial loan broker at American Nationwide Mortgage.
25	Ward Budweg	Owner of Decorah Bicycles for ten years.
25	Lynn Webber Johnson	Teaching fifth-grade at Blessed Sacrament School. Has been chosen for the Who's Who Among American Teachers for 2004.
25	Mike Kramer	Employed by Dice.com as an installed account executive.
25	Christy (Kyle) Pollock	Coordinator of the Newspaper in Education program at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
25	C. Lee (Manross) Richards	Serving as a seventh-grade special education teacher after twenty-three years as a social worker.
25	Steve Schmit	Serving as Iowa State Extension Black Hawk County education director.
25	Gary Werle	Owns the Werle Construction Company in Iowa City. Also serves as president of the Iowa Builder's Association.
25	Clayton Wilcox	Serving as the superintendent of Pinellas County Schools, Florida.
25	Curtis DeBerg	Founded the global non-profit organization, SAGE.
25	Pat Esser	Serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Cox Communication in Atlanta.
25	Mark Hermann	Employed in the commercial service division of Molyneaux Insurance and Financial Services.
25	John Karbula	Named superintendent of the Windsor RE-4 School District in Colorado.
25	Patricia O'Donnell	Professor of creative writing at the University of Maine, and recipient of the Martin Dibner Memorial Fellowship in fiction.
25	Steve Baker	Opened a tax practice at compass Financial in West Des Moines.
25	Brian Benson	Employed as associate business director of Exceptional Persons, Inc.
25	Rose (Mogart) Elsbecker	Nominated for inclusion in the 2005 Who's Who of American Women.
25	Laurene (McClintock) Lanich	Serving as superintendent of Iowa Valley Schools in Marengo.
25	Jan (Bahr) Larson	Employed as a physician for the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
25	Michael J. Wood	Teaches business at Southwestern College in Wichita, Kansas.
25	Lynise (Huff) Robinson	Employed as a physical therapist assistant at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.
25	Garry Berryman	Named chief procurement officer at Sara Lee Corporation. Previously employed as vice president of global materials at Applied Materials.
25	Donald Clausen	Employed as a CAD teacher and TSA advisor at Mulvane High School.
25	Joyce Hackett	Received a post-doctorate MBA from Wayne State College. She serves as a special education supervisor at the Great Eiver Area Education Agency in Burlington.
25	Joan (Stolze) Manning	Named vice president of the Western Frontier Division of the American Red Cross Blood Services.
25	Glenna Hovey	Employed as a realtor with Edina Realty in Minnesota.
25	David Peters	President of Peters Construction Corp. and adjunct instructor at UNI.
25	Jon Scoles	Appointed chief judge of the 2nd Judicial District by the Iowa Supreme Court.
25	Steve Smith	Retiring after twenty years as chief juvenile court officer of the 1st Judicial District, Waterloo.
25	Darwin Uhlenhopp	Retiring from teaching middle school mathematics and coaching at Nevada Schools.
25	Pamela (Goeb) Jordan	Elected to a second term as Dickinson County Supervisor.
25	Robert Longmuir	Retired from New Hampton Schools, currently working half-time as superintendent for Tripoli Schools.
25	Dave McCullough	Retired after twenty-eight years as head of Black Hawk County's motor vehicle division.
25	Martin Gilson	Associate director of the Corporate Leaders' Program in the College of Engineering at Arizona State University.
25	Scott Hill	Owns H&H Pallet in Davenport.
25	Richard Hanson	Serving as an art instructor at Fort Dodge Senior High School. His work has won the top purchase award at the National Watercolor Society Exhibition in Fullerton, California.
25	David W. Kane	Retired after thirty years with the United States Postal Service
25	Calista (Stence) Reed	Employed as the client relations coordinator for the law firm of Heyl, Royster, Voelker, and Allen.
25	Steve Casey	Teaching senior composition and American literature at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Arizona.
25	JoAnne (Mowrer) Heisterkamp	Serving as the academic and employment director of St. Joseph Catholic High School.
25	David Hove	Named full partner for LWBJ, directing tax services in Ames, West Des Moines, and Marshalltown.
25	Kendall Lundberg	Serves as the employee benefits sales executive with First Insurance Agency in Mason City.
25	Robert Mayne	Employed as a test engineer for Northrup Grumman Mission Systems.
25	Mike Williams	Appointed to the advisory board to the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Technology at UNI. Employed as a science teacher at Keota High School.
25	David Wilson	Received the 2005 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award.
25	Steve Ryan	Retired from thirty-six years in education. Had served as principal of Whitewater Middle School for ten years.
25	Craig Snider	Involved in the insurance business in Osage.
25	Darrel Bartling	Retired after thirty-five years as junior and senior high school principal in the Mount Ayr Community School District.
25	Douglas Genschmer	Retired as a resource specialist in California.
25	Robert Hegna	Retriing from teaching biology and chemistry at AHST Schools.
25	Roy Behrens	Published a biography of William Edwards Cook.
25	Alois Bernard	Retired from the State of Iowa Department of Human Services.
25	Konnie (Anderson) Snider	Retired after teaching mathematics for thirty-two years. Now serving on the Osage School Board.
25	Dennis Duerling	Retired from his position as a high school principal within the Clinton School District after thirty-five years.
25	Gary Hendrickson	Retired from service as Commander of the 610th Information Operations Flight at Offutt Air Froce Base, Nebraska.
26	Jonna Higgins-Freese	Named executive director of the non-profit organization, 1,000 Friends of Iowa.
26	James Bronner	Employed as Black Hawk County's budget and finance manager.
26	Jennifer (Holmes) Wessels	Teaches at Nevada High School.
26	Jason Palmquist	Named executive director of the Washington Ballet in Washington D. C.
26	Aaron Putze	Appointed executive director and public relations officer for the coalition to Support Iowa Farmers.
26	John Reimann	Employed as a supplier warranty administrator for the John Deere Construction and Forestry Division in Davenport.
26	Scott Stackhouse	Founder of the Edgecore advertising agency in Cedar Falls.
26	Dee (Reinhart) Vandeventer	Presented a workshop at the Association of Fundraising Professions 2005 International Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
26	Kathleen Pfeiffer	Named director of regulatory and external relationships for Wells Fargo Financial in Des Moines.
26	Bradley Block	Serves as chief of interpretation at Custer State Park, and director of the National Association of Interpretation.
26	Randy Gehl	Named public information officer for the city of Dubuque.
26	Wendy (Kinnaird) Gray	Joined Des Moines University as executive director of the Free Clinics of Iowa.
26	Dawn Mumby	Named director of financial services/chief financial officer for Marengo Memorial Hospital.
26	Benjamin Logan	Directs fifth through eighth grade band in Clinton, and plays trumpet with the Clinton Symphony Orchestra.
26	Annette (Greiner) Renaud	Joined Ankeny Industrial development as executive director.
26	Helen Hicks-Wenthold	Graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue, and will join Jefferson Road Animal Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana.
26	Jay Johnson	Serves as offensive coordinator for the University of Southern Mississippi.
26	Michael Lee	Will serve as the foot and ankle surgeon of Central Iowa Orthopaedics in Des Moines. Elected to the Board of Directors of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
26	Scott Durscher	Employed as a broker for Warner Group, Inc. After having served with Generations Financial Group in Cedar Falls.
26	Mike Lockert	Joined Merit Resources, Inc. as a sales representative. He had previouslly worked for ADP as a territory manager.
26	Courtney Messingham	Serves as the wide receiver coach at the University of Southern Mississippi. He had previously been the head football coach of Upper Iowa.
26	Deanna (Oelmann) Roelfs	Employed as a senior account executive at Osborn & Barr Communications in Des Moines.
26	Margaret Schebler	Has served seven years as the athletics director and head women's basketball coach at the Franciscan University, Clinton.
26	Dan Cox	Named principal of Valley Lutheran High School in Cedar Falls.
26	Joseph Kramer	Joined the Pocahontas Area Community School District as superintendent after serving as principal with BCLUW.
26	Brett Baker	Named director of internal review for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service of Washington, D. C.
26	Jeffrey Falconer	Promoted to vice president of corporate reporting at Audio Visual Services Corp.
26	Jane (Brandt) Lindaman	Named principal of Bunger Middle School in Evansdale. She had previously served as principal of Union Middle School in Dysart.
26	David Ryan	Serving as president of the Mount Vernon Bank and Trust Company.
26	Kathy (Smith) Leggett	Serves as the director for advocacy and outreach with Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines.
26	Steve Dana	Serves as the sales manager for the northern Iowa branch of Midwest Wireless.
26	David Gibson	Employed as the territory manager for Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc.
26	Brian Isom	Joined TD&T Financial as a principal in its Burlington office.
26	Constance (Meyer) McGovern	Works at the Educational Opportunity Center at UNI as an educational counselor.
26	Lisa Cubbage	Employed at the accounting department of Quad County Implement in Blairstown.
26	Jeff Schlobohm	Employed as an account manager at VGM Financial Services.
26	John Semprini	Instructs technology classes for fourth through eighth grades at Carroll Community Schools.
26	Cindy (Steffen) Thul	Was promoted to foods supply chain finance at Quaker Foods in Cedar Rapids.
26	Deb Vangellow	Serves as director of instruction at Sweetwater Country Club in Houston, Texas. Recognized as one of the top fifty teachers of 2005 by Golf for Women.
26	Todd Cooper	Joined LSB Financial as director of wealth management after having run his own financial company in Cedar Falls.
26	Mary (McDowell) Kunkle	Joined Wartburg College Institutional Advancement as director of grants and development research.
26	Todd Stanislav	Serving as an associate professor of biology at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans.
26	Dave Wiegardt	Renovated the Turf Club and Clown Lounge in the Twin Cities.
26	Jeffrey Kaplan	Relocated to Dallas, Texas for a job working for the GoodGuys electronics retail chain.
26	Craig O. Ringland	Promoted to sourcing consultant at Wells Fargo Bank.
26	Jeffrey and Brenda (Greenlee) Adamovicz	Married for twenty years. Jeffrey serves as a research microbiologist for the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
26	Greg Henn	Employed as a telecommunications consultant with Schmitt Telecom Partners, Inc.
26	Denise (Larew) Mendt	Is now a shareholder with Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell, and O'Brien. She had previously served as vice president, taxation and tax counsel for AmerUs Group.
26	Ila Scott-Ford	Has been promoted to vice president of creative strategies at Hellman Designs in Waterloo. She had previously served as creative director of special projects.
26	Ann (Nehman) Semprini	Teaches reading recovery for K-2 students at Caroll Community schools.
26	Nancy Aossey	President and chief executive of the International Medical Corps in Santa Monica, California.
26	Stan Askren	Serving as president, CEO, and chairman of the board of HNI Corporation, Muscatine.
26	Kevin Dahle	Teaches social studies at Northfield High School in Minnesota and is president of the local teachers' union.
26	Lora (Wypich) Kander	Owner of Katch-A-Kup in South Sioux City, Nebraska.
26	Julie Waughtal	Director of student services for Linn-Mar Community School District.
26	Cathi (Grasso) Cox	Serving as a senior medical technologist with the South Bend Medical Foundation.
26	Brad Best	Named vice president of Peters Construction Corporation in Waterloo, and elected to the board of directors.
26	David Conner	Promoted to vice president and chief claims officer of United Fire Group.
26	Elizabeth (Maxey) Ray	Serving as director of commercial systems product assurance for Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids. Recently graduated with an MBA from Iowa.
27	Tracy (Lystahl) Sullivan	Employed as an audiologist with Nelson Hearing Aid of LeMars and Spencer.
27	Britta Adams	Is performing her debut album under the label, Deeper Calling.
27	Sara Backstrom	Teaches for Chicago Public Schools.
27	Arthur Beckman	Retired from Omaha public schools after teaching German for thirty-three years.
27	Amanda Bock	Teaches language arts at Independence Middle School.
27	Lori Bodensteiner	Serves as a loan officer with Citizens Savings Bank in Fort Atkinson.
27	Melissa (Albers) Lennie	Directs real estate for Clear Channel Advertising.
27	Jason Peterson	Serving as territory manager for the Mudd Group in Cedar Falls.
27	Suzanne Shontz	Received her PhD in applied mathematics from Cornelll University.
27	Ed Starkenburg	Accepted a professor of education position at Dordt College.
27	Cory Warmuth	Is now employed by Newport & Short PLC.
27	Jennifer (Crygier) Clarke	Earned National Board Certification while teaching fifth- and sixth-grade in Palatine, Illinois.
27	Amy Rupe Clayton	Received a master's degree in special education from Western Illinois University, Macomb.
27	Chris Elder	Employed as a project engineer for Whirlpool Corp.
27	Emily Klingbeil	Teaches high school special education classes in LeMars.
27	Thomas Lindauer	Holds the positions of vice president and branch manager for F&M Bank in Anamosa.
27	Sam Pape	Joined Interior Source as a general manager.
27	Wesley Hall	Serving as the company commander of the TF Victory Headquarters in Afghanistan.
27	Brenna (Fleishman) Johnson	Promoted to hospital sales with Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals.+
27	Michael Gukeisen	Promoted to first vice president of the American Trust and Savings Bank in Dubuque.
27	Linda Lahr	Named an associate financial adviser with American Express in Fort Dodge.
27	Jill Lines	Promoted to assistant director of admissions at Hamilton College, Cedar Falls.
27	Jon Westhoff	Employed at Garris Robert Realtors in Waterloo as a real estate agent.
27	Kathryn "Beth" Agan	Employed as a public relations account executive at Kirvin Doak Communications in Las Vegas, Nevada.
27	Kevin Thill	Promoted to partner for LocumTenens.com, a physician recruitment firm.
27	Deborah (Hanson) VanDyke	Employed as a nurse practitioner at Waverly Health Center's Emergency Department.
27	Douglas Barry	Named principal of Washington Intermediate School and district curriculum director of Red Oak school district.
27	Adam Carroll	Serves as CEO of National Financial Educators.