Northern Iowa Today — January 1, 2006

Page	Title	Summary
2	What a ride!	Account of the 2005 football season; photo.
5	Purple together, purple for life	Account of the involvement of the Justis family in UNI athletics.
8	Assistive technologies level the field	Surveys of ways in which the university responds to students and faculty with disabilities; photo.
10	The dorms they are a-changin'; UNI meets need for single rooms	A look at the way in which the university has responded to the perceived need for single dormitory rooms; special look at Shull Hall renovations; photo.
12	Man of science ministers to prisoners	Profile of Jerry Nelsen, who is involved with prison ministry; photo.
13	Alumnus helps heal wounds of war	Profile of Dan Sterenchuk, who is involved with assisting those who have been affected by war; photo.
14	E-media conference a boon to young professionals	Account of a recent workshop on the electronic media business; included a number of alumni as participants; photo.
15	UNI + LA == Hollywood mentor	Mark Steines spoke with UNI communications students; selected intern for television show; photo.
16	Education for a lifetime	Students in the Lifelong University classes talk about their experiences; schedule of spring 2006 classes; photo.
17	Building strategic partnerships that work for everyone	Account of association of UNI with The Principal Financial Group; photo.
18	$112 million raised for UNI	Survey of results of the Students First Capital Campaign; photo.
20	Panther athletics	Survey of fall 2005 athletics results; photo.
21	Science in plain English	Profile of Professor Paul Shand and his work; photo.
22	Koob announces retirement from UNI presidency	President Koob will leave when a new President takes over; quick look at search process for a new President; photo.
22	UNI Museums, SUE exhibit named best of 2005	Quick look at exhibit of dinosaur model exhibited March through May 2005; photo.
23	UNI RBC launches MyEntreNet	Regional Business Center introduces rural business development program; photo.
23	SHC grand opening	David Towle cuts ribbon for Student Health Center grand opening; photo.
24	Grassley ambassadors tour	Senator Grassley brings group of ambassadors to Iowa; photo.
24	Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus	Jack Nicklaus presents $100,000 to Playground Safety Program; photo.
24	Former convict warns of ethical trap	Patrick Kuhse spoke on business ethics.
24	UNI honors Pioneer Hi-Bred with DM event	UNI organized luncheon for Pioneer alumni; photo.
25	Meet Mark Jastorff, UNI's new Director of Alumni Relations	Mark Jastorff talks about his experience and his plans for UNI; photo.
26	Alumni events in review	News from the Association chapters.
26	From the Association chair	Barbara Norman talks about her experience at UNI and her plans for the Alumni Association; photo.
27	Bonita Dostal-Neff	Teaches at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea and the University of Zegreb and Kadar in Croatia. She also co-authored a book.
27	Gary Thelen	Retired from teaching. He currently works for the Iowa Legislature.
27	Darline Balm-Demmel	Retired from serving as assistant to the bishop in the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
27	Dennis Brown	Retired from John Deere.
27	Judy (Plambeck) Papesh	Is a master gardener.
27	Carole (Fox) Brown	Lives in Davenport with her husband.
27	Michael Collins	Works as a maintenance worker for the Park and Recreation Department for the City of West Des Moines.
27	John L. Hodson	Is an organist and cantor at the Reformation Evangelical Lutheran Church in Illinois.
27	Joan (Carlson) Redalen	Works as a teacher, consultant, graduate school adjunct professor, and administrator during her 36 year career.
27	Nancy Redman	Received her doctor of ministry from United Theological Seminary in the Twin Cities.
27	Donald Scoles	Has published two football history books.
27	Madelyn (Needles) Mayberry	Retired from the humanities faculty at Marshalltown Community College.
27	Calvin Muller	Retired after 37 years of teaching.
27	Dennis Searle	Retired after 32 years of teaching.
27	Pat (McClure) Anderson	Retired after 38 years in education.
27	William Donohue	Works as the executive director of The Special Children's School in North Carolina.
27	Bonita Dostal-Neff	Teaches at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea and the University of Zegreb and Kadar in Croatia. She also co-authored a book.
27	Kathleen (Butler) Fox	Retired as a kindergarten teacher.
27	Lynne (Walther) Meyers	Retired after 21 years of teaching.
27	Iradge Ahrabi-Fard	Was invited to present his scientific coaching techniques to China's Olympic coaches in Urumuchi, China.
27	Judith (Dohse) Casey	Works as a technology specialist for Central Elementary School in North Carolina.
27	Judith (Nelson) McKee	Works as an adjunct faculty member of National Louis University and DePaul University. She also co-wrote a book.
27	Martha (Usher) Nye	Retired after 43 years of teaching.
27	Darrel Hoff	Wrote a best-selling astronomy workbook, taught at Harvard, and won numerous awards and fellowships.
27	Sharon (Cox) Homan	Retired from teaching family and consumer science.
27	Kay (Gosch) Muller	Taught for 28 years.
27	Darwyn Lumley	Was elected vice president of the Society of Automotive Historians.
27	Mary (Shold) Stolley	Retired after 23 years in special education.
27	Dale Gootee	Works as an adjunct instructor and laboratory supervisor for photography and screen-printing.
27	Patsy (Hollingsworth) Larson	Retired to Green Valley, Arizona.
27	Janet (Miller) Mason	Goes to Green Valley, Arizona for the winter.
27	Clara (O'Neal) Hanline	Is enjoying retirement.
27	Gary Sells	Works as a professor at Truman State University in Missouri.
27	Ralph Capitani	Was inducted into the Dowling High School Hall of Fame, the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, the IMCA Hall of Fame, and the Iowa High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame.
27	Ruth (Fellows) Bernhardt	Lives in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
27	Alvan Heuring	Currently resides in California after having been a Catholic priest in Iowa.
27	Max Ferguson	Taught at Eastern Illinois University for 25 years.
27	Reta (Morrison) Ferguson	Lives in Charleston, Illinois.
27	Bernadine (Bowers) Mills	Lives on a farm with her family.
27	Anna (Placatka) Soenke	Retired to California. She owns an avocado orchard.
28	Yettee Girard	Was named Educator of the Year at West Lyon Schools.
28	Greg Pint	Retired as vice president of Wells Fargo Bank. He is now self-employed and working in San Diego, California.
28	Janette (Barrick) Wade	Received the Bishop's Excellence in Education Award from the Docese of Sioux City for teaching middle school math.
28	Susan (Meyers) Ward	Works at John Deere.
28	Kathleen (Haley) Taylor	Teaches middle school vocal music.
28	Mohamedu F. Jones	Works as the senior counsel with Holland and Knight, Providence, Rhode Island.
28	Diane (Braun) Eckhard	Works as a registered nurse.
28	Neil Dial	Received a promotion to Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force.
28	Donald Elder	Teaches at Eastern New Mexico State University. He chairs the history department.
28	Gail (Vanous) Moon	Received the Iowa High School Speech Association's Fine Arts Administrator of the Year award.
28	Camille (Stephenson) Hogan	Was inducted into the Junior Achievement's Cedar Valley Business Hall of Fame.
28	Edward Sawvell	Works as the assistant varsity and pitching coach at Wilton High School. They won the 2005 2A Iowa State Baseball Championship.
28	David Seela	Received Walmart's Teacher of the Year for Southwest Iowa and for the state of Iowa in 2004.
28	Jane Schockemoehl	Works as a program coordinator with Iowa Workforce Development Center Administration.
28	Jean (Jespersen) Bartholomew	Works as an instructor of English at the College of DuPage, GlenEllyn Illinois.
28	J. David Markham	Has written two history books and won two literary awards.
28	Doyle Miller	Retired from teaching and coaching.
28	Denny Perry	Teaches at Spirit Lake Middle School.
28	Bruce Sperry	Retired from more than 30 years of teaching, coaching, and administrating.
28	Steve Hakeman	Developed a script for a movie entitled 'Indelible' that will most likely be entered into the Sundance Film Festival.
28	Ginny (Ellwood) Bollman	Retired after 32 years as a principal in North Dakota.
28	Robert Busch	Serves as the interim superintendent and elementary principal for Armstong-Ringsted Schools.
28	Bill Edgar	Retired from teaching and coaching.
28	Barbara (Becklund) Filer	Works as the director of development for the Iowa Association of School Boards Foundation in Des Moines.
28	Colette (Hiatt) Keith	Retired from teaching after 32 years.
28	Sharon Anderson	Retired after working for 20 years as a consultant in the University of Iowa's computing center.
28	Mary Sue (Vaughn) Ellinger	Retired after 31 years of teaching. She now serves as the coordinator of the new Fulbright U.S.-U.K. Teacher Exchange Mentoring Program.
28	Ruth (Wolfgram) Kampe	Retired from teaching after 29 years.
28	Linda (Preitauer) Kirchhoff	Retired from teaching kindergarten.
28	John Ryal	Retired after teaching for 35 years.
28	Linda Sliefert	Retired from teaching.
28	Carol Cordes	Retired from teaching after 34 years. She was inducted into the New Hampton Schools Athletic Hall of Fame.
28	Donna (Mann) Hammitt Barry	Works as the regional director in Senator Charles Grassley's southwest Iowa office.
28	Larry G. Pagel	Received the 2005 Collegiate Teacher of the Year Award from the National Business Education Association.
28	Terry B. Yarns	Is the president of TBY Enterprises.
28	Albert Yu	Taught in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Los Angeles before retiring.
28	Alfred Papesh	Works as the chief financial officer for ESCP Corp. Davenport.
28	Vicki (DeYoung) Perry	Retired after 31 years of teaching.
28	Steve Rutz	Retired from teaching after 35 years. He now works as a principal in Illinois.
28	Jerry Stephens	Is the superintendent of Meskwaki Settlement School in Tama.
28	John Zmolek	Works as a program manager in the professional services organization of SAP America.
28	Alice (Klevjer) Stanek	Accepted a teaching position with Four Oaks Independence residential treatment program.
28	Mary (Secl) Barron	Retired from teaching and guidance counseling after 26 years.
28	Eugene Kline	Received the 2005 Outstanding Faculty Award in Professional Service from Tennessee Tech University.
28	Stephen Levey	Is the owner and financial advisor of Focus Financial Network, Inc. in Minnesota.
28	Mike Mattis	Retired from teaching after 33 years.
29	Tamara (Wilson) Kenworthy	Works as a group account director for the Integer Group in Des Moines.
29	Todd K. Meyer	Is a middle school principal in Wisconsin.
29	Colin Shillinglaw	Was inducted into the Stephenville (Texas) High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
29	Duane Hagerty	Joined Wildman Harrold's transactional department and real estate practice in Chicago.
29	Teresa (Keys) Hall	Works as the head of the engineering and technology and management department at South Dakota State University.
29	Barbara (Jacobson) Butler	Became the bookkeeper at Northwood Coop Elevator.
29	Sharon (Yilek) Castillo	Her and her family moved to the New Orleans area.
29	Pippa (Prieskorn) Fineran	Teaches middle school language arts and science.
29	Jane Hasek	Retired as chancellor of Allen's College of Nursing in Waterloo.
29	Lisa (Hiscocks) Loecher	Is the principal of Jesup Middle School and athletic director for Jesups Schools.
29	Steven Pond	Teaches junior high.
29	Daneille Slifka	Received a promotion to vice president of marketing at Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Des Moines.
29	Scott Tychsen	Became the director of aircraft sales and product development at Executive Beechcraft in Missouri.
29	Karen Waid	Teaches special education in the Howard-Winneshiek Schools.
29	Bobbie L. Williams	Works as the chief of the Army Operations Center and assigned to the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
29	Bill Maske	Works as the superintendent of the Interstate 35 Community School District.
29	Ken Murray	Was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his war-time service in Iraq.
29	Jon Nordaas	Is the West Delaware High School principal.
29	Kathleen (Fettkether) Strauel	Works as a half-time teacher at St. Athanasius Catholic School in Jesup.
29	Allison Ketter	Works as the food service director at Oskaloosa Community Schools. She also owns a pet-sitting and grooming business.
29	Toby Lawrence	Was appointed president and chief executive officer of Family Merchant Bank in Cedar Rapids.
29	Kim (Bone) Stephens	Works as an independent marketing executive.
29	Beth (Guetzko) Birdsell	Works in advertising for the Sioux City Journal.
29	Mike Gootee	Is a physician and partner with the Midwest Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates in Illinois. He teaches at the University of Iowa.
29	William Kalianov	Works as the vice president and commercial lender at First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa in Clive.
29	Steve Kammeyer	Received a promotion to vice president of Network Relations at Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Des Moines.
29	Bob Corkins	Was selected as the state of Kansas' Education Commissioner.
29	Larry Fish	Works as a senior vice president for U.S. Bank in Ohio.
29	Linda (Hertz) Scallon	Was a featured artist at the BlueStem Winery and Artisan Mall in Parkersburg.
29	Cynthia (Coons) Cone	Received her master's degree in education from Morningside College. She teaches and coaches public speaking.
29	William Myatt	Was inducted into the Iowa and National Educational Theatre Association's Halls of Fame.
29	Greg Shireman	Is the new vice president of marketing and sales at Delta Dental Plan of Iowa.
29	Brian Wenger	Received a promotion to captain in the U.S. Navy. He is the commanding officer of the DCMA Americas.
29	Kevin L. Williams	Was named vice president of propane for CHS Inc. in Texas.
29	Dave Ziesmer	Works as the high school principal in Waukon.
29	Steve Fink	Is the director of media relations at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
29	Teresa (Keefe) O'Meara	Was awarded the Governor's Award for Outstanding Service to Iowa's Children.
29	Matt Quealy	Farms near Nemaha and Newell. He is a partner in Ag Share LLC.
29	Donna (Witt) Small-Mettler	Works as an administrator at the Chariton Group Home.
29	Timothy Carlson	Works as the accounting and reporting manager COE (RI&I) at Genworth Financial in Virginia.
29	Dave Kazynski	Is the president of Homelink, a VGM division in Waterloo.
29	Thomas Riter	Works as associate farm director at WNAX radio, AM 570, in Yankton, South Dakota.
29	Becky (Boehnke) Ziesmer	Teaches junior high special education.
29	Bob Fouche	Received a promotion to regional sales manager at Sun Chemical in Minnesota.
29	Bill Lawson	Is the men's and women's track and field coach at Kent State University in Ohio.
29	Rosemarie (Keller) Skaine	Her biography was selected to be part of the 25th silver anniversary edition of "Who's Who in American Women for 2006-2007."
29	Kristine (Cheney) Stolba	Works as an orthopaedic supervisor at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
29	Carol (Bielema) Janvrin	Is a member of the Windmill Area Development Committee, appointed by the city of Fulton, Illinois.
29	Ronald Blanchet	Works as vice president of First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa in Fort Dodge.
29	Patrick J. Esser	Received a promotion to president of Cox Communications in Atlanta, Georgia.
29	Paula (Klotz) Marks	Retired from teaching and moved to northeast Iowa.
29	'85 football reunion	Players from the 1985 football team get together; photo.
30	Eric Rembold	Was named associate principal at Shawnee Mission North High School in Kansas.
30	Christine Stewart-Nunez	Teaches in the English Department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is working on her doctorate.
30	Jill (Wright) Adams	Works as a lecturer in the department of teaching and leadership at the University of Kansas. She recently received her doctorate in English education.
30	David Elser	Works as vice president of northern field crops for Syngenta Crop Protection in Le Claire.
30	Stacy Feldman	Owns the mortgage company MidwestLoan Services in Cedar Rapids.
30	Brian Grimm	Received a promotion to senior lab technician at Crystal Group, Inc. in Hiawatha.
30	Bradley Halverson	Received a promotion to manager of services at American Airlines at the Philadelphia Airport.
30	Steve Mary	Was appointed service advisor at Winnebago Industries in Forest City.
30	Brad Mertens	Received a promotion to manager and CEO of the Metco Credit Union in Cedar Rapids.
30	Matt O'Loughlin	Is the elementary principal at Immaculate Conception-St. Joe's and the high school principal at Don Bosco High School.
30	Des (Bebout) Reading	Is a two-time world champion professional disc golfer.
30	Jeff Ritchie	Works as an attorney in a private practice.
30	Brooke Battey	Lives in Overland Park, Kansas with her family.
30	Lisa (Doering) Clayberg	Received her master's degree in education from Viterbo University in Wisconsin.
30	Angela Barickman	Earned her bachelor's degree in computer information systems from Simpson College.
30	Greg Fangman	Received a promotion to sergeant assigned to the patrol division for the Waterloo Police Department.
30	Travis Fleshner	Is the principal at Union High School.
30	Debra Lilly	Works as vice president and employee benefits manager for Community National Bank's trust department in Waterloo.
30	Corey Smith	Joined the Wartburg history department faculty.
30	Karen Sullivan	Works as assistant vice president, employee benefits for Community National Bank's trust department in Waterloo.
30	Brad Laures	Works as principal at Van Allen Elementary School in North Liberty.
30	Steven Neighbors	Works as director of capital markets for Fidelity Investments Real Estate Group in Boston.
30	Roland Schmidt	Works as principal in the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn School district.
30	Molly (Schiller) Cormaney	Works as an employee development specialist for Cedar Falls Utilities.
30	Randy Gabriel	Works as program development director at Des Moines Area Community College.
30	Tim Gootee	Is assistant vice president at Regions Bank.
30	Patricia (Wallace) Harrington	Works as a graphic artist at ColorFX in Des Moines.
30	Michael Harrington	Received a promotion to general manager of Dell Oil Co. in Des Moines.
30	Stacy (Sanders) Helm	Teaches math at Montezuma Schools.
30	Thomas Lindaman	Was made publisher of Common Conservative.com.
30	Wendy Luker	Designs handbags in New York.
30	Jocelyn (Kuethe) Moeller	Works at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at UNI as business operations director.
30	Steve Tisue	Works as the human services director at Goodwill Industries in Waterloo.
30	David Williams	Showcased his work with automotive paint and masonite board at Artspace, a gallery in Montana.
30	Mike Dillon	Works as the director of production art at Strategic America in Des Moines.
30	Jason Follett	Was reappointed by the Iowa Governor and Lt. Governor to the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees and the Iowa Commission on Latino Affairs.
30	Lawrence "Jack" Hadden	Works as an "of counsel" attorney at the Haynes and Boone, LLP, Houston office.
30	James Schaeffer	Works as a senior account executive at Professional Office Service Inc. in Waterloo.