Comings, goings, appointments, retirements, honors, accolades and other personal alumni news. Former students are designated by fs. Honorary alumni are noted as hn. Wichita State University Alumni Association members are identified by an asterisk (*). Membership dues support alumni publications, as well as other programs and services that support higher education at Wichita State.
Peter L. Youngers ’58, ART/P, ’64 M ART/P, received the President’s Award during Northeastern Junior College Alumni Association’s annual awards luncheon earlier this year. Hired as an art instructor at the Sterling, Colo., college in 1965, he retired in 2001, but has continued to serve as an adjunct instructor. Youngers, for whom the Peter L. Youngers Fine Arts Gallery on campus is named, resides in Sterling.*
William “Bill” G. Brooks ’63, AERON E, ’65 MCH E, who is retired from work as an engineer at United Airlines, lives in Oroville, Calif.*
Sylvester J. K. Alford II ’65, SOC, is retired from his position in products and customer support at Xerox. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
Phillip W. Ayers ’65, MUS ED, has served as an Episcopal priest at churches in Kansas, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, Michigan and Oregon. He lives in Portland, Ore.
John D. Benjamin ’65, POL SCI, who has retired as area sales manager at Capital One Auto Finance, lives in Bixby, Okla.*
Kathleen “Katie” B. (Renfro) Childs ’65, EL ED, is a retired teacher, realtor and optometric assistant. She lives in Wichita.*
Robert “Bob” O. Dodson Jr. ’65, AERON E, ’68 M AERON E, is a retired Boeing aerodynamics engineer. He resides in Wichita.*
Ruth Anne (Olive) Ellis ’65, EL ED, ’85 M EL ED, is a retired elementary school teacher in Wichita, where she lives.*
W. Dale Goodrich Jr. ’65, SOC ED, ’67 M MATH, has retired from his administrative position at Friends University in Wichita, where he lives.
Richard S. Graves ’65, AERON E, is a retired Raytheon Aircraft Co. engineer. He lives in Wichita.*
Pearline Green ’65, EL ED, ’69 M EL ED, is retired after serving as in-house educator at Forever Crowned Ministries, teaching third, fourth and fifth grades for 30 years at public schools in Wichita, and working as assistant principal at Carter Elementary School. She lives in Wichita.
Sylvia A. Hanna-Russell ’65, MUS ED, is a retired Braniff International flight attendant. She lives in Houston, Texas.
Thomas J. Haines ’65, POL SCI, has retired from his position as chief human resources officer at Fairchild Industries. He resides in San Antonio, Texas.
Billy N. Hensley ’65, SOC, has retired from his position as director of the Berwyn (Ill.) Public Library. He lives in Lombard, Ill.*
Judy E. (Watkins) Holmes ’65, EL ED, is a retired teacher and high school counselor at public schools in Wichita and Parker, Ariz. She lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo.*
Helen L. Hummelke-Burt ’65, EL ED, ’69 M EL ED, is retired from teaching at public schools in Wichita, where she lives.*
Patsy L. (Marshall) Kerley ’65, M EL ED, ’80 M SPG, is a retired Wichita public schools teacher. She lives in Peck, Kan.*
Richard S. Klein ’65, PE, is a franchising vice president for Rent-A-Center. He resides in Wichita.*
LuAnn (Skach) Logback ’65, MED TECH, has retired from her position as a medical technologist at Mowery Clinic in Salina, Kan. She lives in Overland Park, Kan.
Fred L. Marrs ’65, AERON E, ’69 M AERON E, a longtime attorney and former engineer, lives in Wichita.*
Tim E. McKee ’65, BIO/PHIL, attorney and partner at Triplett, Woolf & Garretson, resides in Wichita.
Herbert R. Nichols ’65, EL E, has retired from Fluor Daniel Engineering, where he worked as an electrical engineer. He lives in Wichita.
William M. Shay Jr. ’65, MCH E, who has retired from working in instrumentation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, resides in Livermore, Calif.*
Mary V. (Duerksen) Sklar ’65, MUS ED, has retired from her position of teaching incarcerated youth. She lives in Denver, Colo.
John W. Sutton ’65, PSYCH, is a retired safety consultant for Liberty Mutual Insurance. He lives in Olathe, Kan.
Terry S. (Maupin) Tuckwin ’65, EL ED, who lives in Lawrence, Kan., is retired after teaching at elementary schools in Leawood, Kan., Tucson, Ariz., and Lawrence.
James W. Vining ’65, PE, is a retired teacher and Florida Lottery marketing representative, who lives in Tampa, Fla.
Robert A. Vossman ’65, EL E, is a retired IBM engineer/manager who lives in Burnet, Texas.
Myron L. Webster ’65, PE/HIST ED, ’68 M HIST, is a retired educator whose career included teaching positions at middle and high schools in Nevada and California, as well as at Chapman College, Vandenberg Air Force Base extension center, and Allan Hancock Community College. He lives in Lompoc, Calif.*
James D. White ’65, JOURN, is a retired vice president of marketing at White & Associates in Burnsville, Minn., where he lives.
Jack L. Zelsman ’65, MGT, worked in product sales at NCR and Emerson Electric, did computer facility equipment design at Liebert Corp. and IBM, and served as CEO at Zelsman & Associates LLC in Longwood, Fla., before his retirement. He lives in Winter Haven, Fla.
Roger E. Zwemke ’65, HIST/GER, retired Boeing manager and U.S. Navy commander, retired, resides in Wichita.*
Robert M. Smith ’67, SPEECH ED, is serving as interim chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Martin. President emeritus of Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and former dean of UT Martin’s School of Arts and Sciences from 1987 to 1999, Smith first went to Slippery Rock in 1999 as provost and vice president for academic affairs. He was named interim president in 2002 before becoming the university’s 15th president in 2004, retiring in 2012 and moving to Franklin, Tenn.*
Frank D. Thomas ’67, MUS ED, ’71 M MUS ED, has retired from conducting the St. Joseph (Mo.) Community Chorus. Thomas, who taught choral studies at Missouri Western State University for 38 years, resides in St. Joseph.
Marita Rother ’68, M EAS, has marked 60 years of vowed life with the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. A teacher for more than 40 years, she was director or assistant director of the department of elementary education at Kansas Newman, superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Dodge City, Kan., and associate superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. A volunteer at The Lord’s Diner in Wichita and the Wichita Center, she lives in Wichita.
Lee “Doc” E. Franklin ’69, BUS ADM, is president of the U.S. Highway 36 Association, an organization that promotes tourism and commerce along the highway that runs across Kansas and Colorado, with a tourist information center in Smith Center, Kan. He lives in Jennings, Kan.
Brenda M. Brumfield-Ross ’70, ED, ’72 M ED PSYCH, is a special education teacher at the Vallejo (Calif.) Regional Education Center. She lives in Vallejo.
Janet E. Snyder ’70, SPEECH, is the J. Bernard Schultz Endowed Professor in Art at West Virginia University’s School of Art and Design. The author of Early Gothic Column-Figure Sculpture in France: Appearance, Materials, and Significance, she lives in Morgantown, W.Va.
Don W. Osborn ’71, M ART/P, displayed some of his steel sculptures at Bethany College’s Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kan., from May 3 through July 19. His exhibit was titled “Fabricated Steel Sculpture, Patinas, and Metallics.” He lives in Roxbury, Kan.
E. Jo Hudson ’72, EL ED, is vice president at Advantage Trust Co., which provides professional trust administration and investment management services. She lives in Salina, Kan.*
Linda K. Adkins ’73, PSYCH, ’95 M GERON, is administrator at Westview Manor, a skilled nursing facility in Derby, Kan.
Marvlyn “Marv” B. (Chappel) Soeken ’73, M CDS, has retired after working for 40 years in Lyons, Kan., public schools, first as a speech language pathologist and then as a teacher. She resides in Lyons.
Sara J. (Hobson) Jenlink ’74, ENG L/LIT, is the author of Facing September, a book about a fictional cold case murder mystery inspired by a true story. She lives in Wichita.
Ruth A. David ’75, EL E, retired this past April from her position as president and CEO at Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER), a nonprofit that provides objective studies and analyses for issues concerning national and homeland security. David, who served as ANSER’s top leader for 16 years, is the 2003 WSU Alumni Achievement Award honoree and the 2014 WSU President’s Medal recipient. She resides in Alexandria, Va.
Ronald “Ron” L. Miller ’75, M AJ, was nominated last year by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Kansas. The U.S. Senate in March unanimously confirmed the nomination. Miller, who will serve a four-year term, resides in Basehor, Kan.*
Gregory “Greg” A. Ciskowski ’76, JOURN, is sports section copy editor at the Amarillo Globe-News. He lives in Amarillo, Texas.
Daytha E. Lindburg ’76, PA, is a nurse practitioner at the Saline County (Kan.) Health Department. She lives in Lindsborg, Kan.
L. Kent Needham ’76, M BUS ADM, has received the James C. Scarboro Award – which honors a commercial banker who has provided outstanding leadership to the banking community – from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. He is president and CEO of First Security Bank in Overbrook, Kan.*
John D. Waltner ’76, M EL ED, was presented the 2015 Hugo Award at Wichita State’s Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs’ Celebration of Excellence this past May. Waltner, the Harvey County administrator, lives in Hesston, Kan.
Karma L. Mason ’77, PE, ’84 M GEO, has been reappointed by Gov. Sam Brownback to the Kansas Water Authority to serve a four-year term. The CEO of iSi Environmental Services, she lives in Maize, Kan.
Wayne R. Tate ’77, M EAS, is an attorney at Tate & Kitzke LLC in Hugoton, Kan., where he lives.
Debra S. (Orth) Wetta ’77, NURS, director of the Vision Rehabilitation Clinic at the disability services nonprofit Envision in Wichita, has been appointed by Gov. Sam Brownback to serve on the Kansas State Rehabilitation Council. She lives in Wichita.
Eric R. Yost ’77, JOURN, is Sedgwick County counselor. Formerly an 18th Judicial District judge and a member of both the Kansas House (1978-1982) and Kansas Senate (1984-1992), he lives in Wichita.*
Joy D. (Challender) Child ’78, ACCT, is a CPA and partner at AAFCPAs in Westborough, Mass.
Jaclynn “Jackie” L. (Udall) Glasgow ’78, M ED PSYCH, ’08 D ED, assistant professor of education and coordinator of the doctoral program at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., has been presented the school’s Charles R. Kopke Award for Distinguished Teaching. She resides in Wellington, Kan.
Michael P. Jones ’78, PA, has retired from working as a family physician and obstetrician at Atchison (Kan.) Hospital, where he had been employed since 1986.
Robert J. Morton ’78, SEC ED, ’09 D ED, has retired as superintendent of public schools in Coffeyville, Kan. He lives in Jay, Okla.
Linda G. (Graves) Wolf ’78, DH, ’81 M ED, has retired from the Liberal, Kan., dental practice she had been operating since 1988. She resides in Liberal.
Jo E. (Copeland) Hansen ’79, MUS ED, ’79 M MUS ED, was featured in a Lee’s Summit Tribune column saluting successful women in the community. An orthodontist at Hansen Orthodontic Specialists, she lives in Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Jannett K. Highfill ’79, ECON, has co-authored the book A Tempered and Humane Economy: Markets, Families, and Behavioral Economics, which explores many issues influencing poverty and wealth. An economics professor at Bradley University, she lives in Peoria, Ill.*
Warren J. Farha ’80, REL, ’80 GEN ST, and his Wichita bookstore, Eighth Day Books, were featured in the New York Times in a March 2015 article. He lives in Wichita.
J. Jill (Hand) Gatz ’80, DH, ’02 M MUS P, was selected as a 2015 Newton/North Newton (Kan.) Woman of the Year honoree. The general manager of the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra, she lives in Newton.
Curtis “Curt” L. Winegarner ’80, POL SCI, ’82 M POL SCI, has received the 2015 Defender of Distinction award from the Missouri State Public Defender System, for which he serves as the Kansas City office’s trial team leader.
Stephan J. Gordon ’81, GEN ST, is a driver for Enterprise Leasing and an associate pastor at Blue Valley Baptist Church. He lives in Kansas City, Mo.
Mark A. Mohr ’81, ART GD, from Aug. 1 to Oct. 18 exhibited some of his paintings at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kan. He lives in Roeland Park, Kan.
F. Eugene “Gene” Velharticky ’81, SP ED ADM, industrial arts teacher at Troy Middle School and Troy High School in Troy, Kan., was recognized by the public school district this past May for working in education for 50 years. He lives in Topeka, Kan.
Linda E. (Welsch) Jensen ’82, M NURS, chairs the Personnel Committee and is a member of the Planning and Policy Committee as a board member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. A professor of graduate nursing at Clarkson College in Omaha, Neb., she has published articles in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of American Psychiatric Nurses Association, among others. She lives in Papillion, Neb.
Kent E. Meireis ’82, JOURN, is a professional photographer and the owner of Kent Meireis Photography in Denver, Colo., where he lives.
David A. Weber ’82, BIO,’87 M BIO, is president and CEO at Otonomy Inc., a biotech and biopharmaceuticals company that develops ear medicine and therapeutics. Weber lives in Danville, Calif.
Debra M. (Vann) Logan ’83, NURS, ’87 M NURS, director of nursing at Kansas Wesleyan University, has been selected for the recently established Salina Regional Health Center Chair in Nursing Education at KWU. She lives in Salina, Kan.
Gary L. Pember ’83, MKT, is vice president of marketing at Ohio-based manufacturer Mansfield Plumbing. He lives in Wooster, Ohio.*
Steven R. Ades ’84, RT, has been reappointed by Gov. Sam Brownback to serve a three-year term on the Kansas Respiratory Care Council. The director of respiratory care, cardiology and durable medical equipment at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, he lives in El Dorado, Kan.
Craig A. Brown ’84, COMP SCI, is IT director for the city of Andover, Kan., where he lives.
Jalal “Jay” Ibrahim ’84, MCH E, ’88 M MCH E, is the Middle East and North Africa region president of engineering and construction at KBR, a global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company. Ibrahim is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Lisa M. (Oglesby) Daniels ’85, FIN, is director of the Augusta (Kan.) Public Library. She resides in Augusta.
Evelyn M. (Earle) Shoup ’85, M EL ED, is a member of the board of education for public schools in Arkansas City, Kan. A retired teacher, she lives in Arkansas City.
Steven Goodale ’86, MKT, is vice president of Farmington Hills, Mich.-headquartered Daimler Truck Financial, a business unit of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC that provides services in support of commercial vehicle brands that include Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Mitsubishi Fuso and Sprinter.
Gretchen M. (Grace) Harrison ’86, MUS ED, in October served as a judge at the University of Mississippi’s annual Ole Miss Choral Festival, a singing competition for middle school and high school choirs. A music teacher at Frontier Trail Middle School in Olathe, Kan., and an assistant director in the Allegro Community Children’s Choir program based in Overland Park, Kan., she resides in Leawood, Kan.
Kevin C. Fox ’87, ART GD, is director of marketing for Viega LLC, a company that offers press pipe fitting technology for industrial, commercial and residential projects. He lives in Wichita.
Bo Liu ’87, M EL E, is general manager of Asian Pacific customer support operations and vice president of applications engineering at Sigma Designs, a public corporation that designs and builds high-performance system-on-a-chip semiconductor technologies for Internet-based set-top boxes, DVD players/recorders, HD TVs, media processors, home connectivity products, and more. He lives in Fremont, Calif.
J. Ed Doerr ’88, FIN/MKT, is plant manager at Eaton’s Kearney, Neb., facility, which produces engine valves for global vehicle manufacturers.
Pamela “Pam” J. (Sugden) Hodge ’88, BUS ADM, is the Columbus, Ga., deputy city manager. She resides in Columbus.
Darren L. Copp ’89, MGT, is vice president of mortgage lending at CornerBank. He resides in Wichita.
Ramesh Datla ’89, M EL E, chairman and managing director at ELICO Ltd. – an analytical instruments design and manufacturing company in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India – is serving as deputy chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry Southern Region for 2015-2016. He lives in Hyderabad.
Stanley “Stan” E. Cowan ’90, MKT, ’96 M BUS ADM, is senior solutions marketing manager at D+H, a global technology solutions provider for the financial services industry. He lives in Pflugerville, Texas.
Timothy “Tim” L. Cunningham ’90, HIST, is a Chanute (Kan.) Area Chamber of Commerce & Office of Tourism board member, as well as serves on the boards of the Chanute Regional Development Authority, Faith House, Interhab, Southeast Kansas Respite Services and the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. Cunningham is the executive director of Tri-Valley Developmental Services, and lives in Chanute.
Paul L. Hansen ’90, JOURN/ADV/PR, is director of marketing at Bunting Magnetics Co., a manufacturer of magnetic separation, metal detection, and material handling equipment based in Newton, Kan. In this role, he is responsible for the global presence of the company and its subsidiaries Bunting Magnetics Europe Ltd., Magnet Applications, and buymagnets.com. He resides in Derby, Kan.
Shawn W. Henessee ’90, POL SCI, is the Marinette County (Wis.) administrator.
Mark S. Newton ’90, M MUS ED, is principal at Neosho Heights Elementary School in Oswego, Kan.
Cheryl D. (Dunlap) Rugan ’90, ACCT, is a member of the board of education for the Great Bend, Kan., public school district. She lives in Great Bend.
Timothy O. Bisping ’91, ECON,’93 M ECON, is dean of the Nelson Rusche College of Business at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Holly A. (Schoell) Cobb ’91, HC ADM, has joined Oasis Family Medicine in Topeka, Kan., as a nurse practitioner and co-owner. She lives in Topeka.*
Cheryl J. (Shinliver) Donelan ’91, NURS, ’04 M NURS, ’04 M BUS ADM, is market director for cardiovascular services at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where she oversees the catheterization and electrophysiology labs at all of Wesley’s campuses, as well as the hospital’s heart valve clinic and structural heart program. She lives in Wichita.
Shelley A. McClure ’91, OR BIO/ECO, an OB/GYN who is also certified in varicose vein treatment, operates McClure Medical Practice in Winfield, Kan., where she lives.
Scott S. Brown ’92, ART/PR, ’04 M ART/PR, an artist and printmaker, was an artist-in-residence this past summer, along with his wife Michele, at the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg, Kan. The couple produces limited edition works by Kansas artists at the Big Nasty Press, a small grass-roots business, and also operate a collaborative design studio, the Smithereen Studio. Brown lives in Hutchinson, Kan.
Tracy D. (Harris) Hall ’92, M COMM, is president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tenn.
S. Khalid Raza ’92, M IE, returned to Wichita State’s campus in September to deliver a guest lecture hosted by the College of Engineering. The founder of Viptela, a Silicon Valley startup offering solutions to computer networking challenges, he holds patents in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), and is the author of Large-Scale IP Network Solutions. He lives in Fremont, Calif.
Charles A. Baughman ’94, M ART/P, along with a number of his former art students, displayed artworks last spring in the CityArts exhibition “25 Years of Teaching,” which celebrated Baughman’s teaching career. Through the years, he has been an instructor at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita State, Cowley College, Butler Community College, Wichita Center for the Arts and Friends University, but today focuses on teaching at Wichita’s Monart School of Art, which he owns with his wife, Kate Pepper. He lives in Wichita.
Karen L. Boren ’94, M ENG/CR, has written a book of fiction, Mother Tongue, which explores some of life’s relational complexities. A professor in the English department at Rhode Island College, she lives in Warwick, R.I.
Cynthia “Cindy” L. Bradford ’94, EL ED, ’97 M CI, has retired from teaching at Rose Hill (Kan.) Middle School. She lives in Rose Hill.
Debra “Debi” A. (Campbell) Cox ’94, M ART ED, displayed some of her ceramic work in the solo exhibition “Compassionate Clay” at Bethel College’s Regier Gallery in North Newton, Kan. Cox, who teaches high school art in Maize, Kan., lives in Wichita.
Blake E. Fry ’94, POL SCI, director of communications and external relations at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, last spring spearheaded the university’s inaugural New Venture Competition, which featured teams of students showcasing their innovative business startup ideas. He lives in River Falls, Wis.
Kelly C. (Levi) Sartorius ’94, HIST, is senior director of development for the engineering college at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Anthony R. Arnone ’95, M MUS P, is associate professor of cello at the University of Iowa and on the faculty of the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, Iowa, where he lives.
Jeff A. Guy ’95, JOURN, whose experience in journalism includes work at the Newton Kansan most recently, as well as at the Ark City (Kan.) Traveler, the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph and the Muskogee (Okla.) Phoenix, is now editor of the Kiowa County Signal, a Greensburg, Kan.-based newspaper.
Aaron J. Mayfield ’95, M BUS ADM, is market president at Sunflower Bank in McPherson, Kan., where he resides.
Glenn A. Wiebe ’95, M HIST, is a curriculum and technology integration specialist at ESSDACK, an educational service center that offers consulting services to academic organizations around the United States and overseas. He lives in Hillsboro, Kan.
Laurian K. Duncan ’96, CDS, ’98 M CDS, is an audiologist at Midwest Hearing Aids and Balance Centers of Kansas. She sees patients in Dodge City, Liberal, Pratt, Salina, Great Bend and El Dorado. She resides in Andover, Kan.
Kay A. (Holland) Walker ’96, EL ED, ’03 M EAS, is principal at Rose Hill Middle School in Rose Hill, Kan., where she lives.
Penny R. (Stutzman) Wood ’96, ACCT, is office manager at the Ark Valley Electric Cooperative. She lives in Hutchinson, Kan.
Jennifer M. (Carpenter) Wilson ’97, SEC MATH ED, ’01 M CI, an algebra and geometry teacher at Aiken (S.C.) High School, last summer was among 108 educators to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. A teacher for 18 years, she has taught in Wichita, Guam, Georgia and South Carolina.
Amanda “Mandy” J. (Davis) Fleming ’98, PSYCH, a former WSU Alumni Association director of events, is now a development officer at Youth Entrepreneurs, a nonprofit that specializes in providing business and entrepreneurial education programs to some 41 high schools across Kansas and Missouri. Fleming lives in Wichita.
Helen M. (Heine) Silcott ’98, HR MGT, is commercial lender at INTRUST Bank’s El Dorado, Kan., branch office. A member of the Rental Owner’s Group of Sedgwick County, Women in Commercial Real Estate and Emerging Professionals of El Dorado, she lives in El Dorado.*
Clark A. Wedel ’98, M EAS, who previously served as principal at Moundridge (Kan.) High School for 10 years, became superintendent for Haven (Kan.) public schools this past July.
Mark K. Crawford ’99, M EAS, former superintendent for Hugoton (Kan.) public schools, is now superintendent of schools in McPherson, Kan. He began his career in education teaching language arts and PE and coaching in his hometown of Mulvane, Kan.
Justin S. Givens ’99, M SP ADM, is city administrator for Clearwater, Kan. His previous experence includes service as director of community development for the city of Goddard, Kan., and as city planner for the city of Paola, Kan.
Brian T. Hartman ’99, MUS ED, is director of choral activities at Liberty (Mo.) North High School. A charter member of Kanto, a Kansas City-based men’s ensemble that focuses on community service through music, he lives in Greenwood, Mo.
Melvin A. Johnson ’99, M ANTHRO, has received the 2015 President’s Award from the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges for his “tireless dedication to ensuring the success of SACC.” An assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, he lives in Manitowoc, Wis.
Amy L. (Landsberg) Krinke ’99, MUS ED, was named the Lee’s Summit (Mo.) R-7 School District’s 2015 Teacher of the Year. The director of choirs at Lee’s Summit West High School, she lives in Blue Springs, Mo.
LeeAnne M. Mullen ’99, PSYCH, ’02 M ED PSYCH, assistant director for community-based services and coordinator for the severely emotionally disturbed waiver at Prairie View Inc., Newton, Kan., also serves as project coordinator for the administration of a $150,400 United Methodist Health Ministry Fund grant to Prairie View. In her new role, Mullen oversees the administration of mental health screenings for young children, pregnant women and new mothers in Harvey, Marion and McPherson counties in South Central Kansas, She resides in Sedgwick, Kan.
Brian M. Weisel ’99, M PUB ADM, quality improvement director at Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center, has been named by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to the board of examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. He lives in Salina.
Richard “Rick” S. Rekoske ’00, CJ, ’05, M PUB ADM, the former community development director for the city of Bel Aire, Kan., is executive director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau in Hays, Kan.
Jenanne L. (Troglen) Gerstenkorn ’00, NURS, is senior vice president of health and wellness services at Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. She lives in Wichita.
Nicole J. Stockdale ’00, POL SCI/JOURN, is deputy editorial page editor for the Dallas Morning News. She lives in Oak Cliff, Texas.
Bonnie D. (Thompson) Tharp ’00, COMM, has written The Crossroads, a short story about a teenage girl trying to navigate the challenges of life in the back hills of Arkansas during the Great Depression. Additionally, Tharp’s novel, Patchwork Family, won first place in the 2015 Kansas Professional Communicators annual competition in the Novels for Adult Readers category. She lives in Wichita.
E. LaMonica Williams ’00, SOC WK, is the founder and CEO of Healing & Refuge Centré LLC, which offers personal and family counseling. She lives in Wichita.
Julia “Julie” A. (Drevnick) Ford ’01, PHD ED ADM, is superintendent of Topeka, Kan., public schools. Ford, who earlier this fall announced that she plans to retire at the end of the current school year, lives in Topeka.
Mohammad Shariful Islam ’01, ECON, is the chief human resources officer at telecom operator Grameenphone, which is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sean M. Lyman ’01, ART/P, an associate professor of painting at Missouri State University, displayed some of his artwork this past spring in the Monsanto Gallery at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C. He resides in Springfield, Mo.
Sara L. (Haverkamp) Roepka ’01, PE, is a physical education teacher at Haven (Kan.) Grade School. She lives in Hutchinson, Kan.
Nicholas “Nico” R. Tejeda ’01, MGT, is CEO at Sierra Providence East Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.
Vonda M. (Donovan) Wigal ’01, M NURS, a colonel in the Kansas Air National Guard, commands and serves as chief nurse of the 184th Medical Group’s Medical Operations Division. She lives in Wichita.
Robin D. (Sando) Anderson ’02, ACCT, ’05 M ACCT, works for Devon Energy Corp., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Oklahoma City. She lives in Edmond, Okla.
Kathleen “Katie” N. (Finn) Evans ’02, NURS, administers anesthesia as a member of the surgical specialists team at the Greater Regional Surgery Center in Creston, Iowa, where she lives.
Bradly “Brad” T. Reams ’02, M CI, ’12 M PUB ADM, who taught for 15 years at Andover, Kan., public schools, is now the city administrator in Columbus, Kan.
Marc S. Williams ’02, M EAS, who was principal at Smoky Valley (Kan.) High School from 2006 to 2015, is principal of Spring Hill (Kan.) High School.
John K. Burchill ’03, M CJ, was guest lecturer in April at J.H. Robbins Memorial Library in Ellsworth, Kan. Burchill, an associate professor of criminal justice at Kansas Wesleyan University, spoke about the historical importance of horses. The author of Bullets, Badges, and Bridles: Horse Thieves and the Societies that Pursued Them, he lives in Salina, Kan.
Kerry K. Grosch ’03, EL ED, ’06 M PSYCH, ’08 PHD PSYCH, is executive director of Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center, which provides services to children who have experienced traumatic events. She lives in Hesston, Kan.
Zachary “Zach” W. Stoy ’03, FIN, is a loan officer at RCB Bank in Arkansas City, Kan., where he lives.
Kayla D. (Gottschalk) Wiedeman ’03, M EAS, is the principal at Morgan Elementary School in Hutchinson, Kan.
Carol E. (Huffer) Eslinger ’04, M CI, a longtime teacher at Harper Elementary School, has retired from teaching. She lives in Harper, Kan.
Janetta M. Ledell ’04, MUS P, has recorded a CD of lullabies, “Songs My Mamma Taught Me,” with selections in seven languages. An English instructor at Universita Ca Foscari Venezia, ARCI TREVISO and the Oxford School of Montebelluna, she resides in Treviso, Italy.
Clarice M. Nelson ’04, BIO SCI, is a family medicine physician at PrairieStar Health Center in Hutchinson, Kan.
J. Alan Thomas ’04, M CI, is a teacher and science department chair at Bishop Miege High School, a private Catholic school in Roeland Park, Kan. He lives in Mission, Kan.
Cinda L. (Strong) Wiley ’04, M CI, has retired after 31 years of teaching at Medicine Lodge, Kan., public schools. She lives in Medicine Lodge.
Shirley E. (Carson) Zirkle ’04, M CI, a longtime teacher, has retired from teaching at Harper Elementary School in Harper, Kan., where she lives.
Jason M. Bosch ’05, SOC, is director of student involvement and director of the Memorial Union student center at Emporia State University. He lives in Emporia, Kan.
Penny J. Hargrove ’05, M EAS, ’14 PHD ED, is superintendent of schools in Hiawatha, Kan., where she lives.
Holly A. (Thompson) Landon ’05, COMM, former assistant director of alumni events at the WSU Alumni Association and previously manager of business programming and events at the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, is director of philanthropic services at the Wichita Community Foundation. She lives in Wichita.
Judith “Judy” A. Naillon ’05, MUS P, piano and violin teacher, plays violin with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. She lives in Wichita.
Kirsten A. (Leeser) Wondra ’05, EL ED, ’11 M ED, is assistant director of curriculum, instruction and assessment for the Lawrence, Kan., school district. She lives in Lawrence.
Radhika M. Hirannaiah ’06, M EL E, ’14 PHD EL E, is an intern for the OpenDaylight Project, a collaborative open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation, which aims to accelerate the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) and create a foundation for network functions virtualization (NFV) for a more transparent approach to software development that fosters innovation and reduces risk. She lives in Saratoga, Calif.
Jason L. Pitzer ’06, SP ADM, is a technology department specialist at Peoples Bank and Trust in McPherson, Kan. He lives in Hutchinson, Kan.
Amanda M. (King) Weisshaar ’06, MUS ED, ’12 M MUS ED, teaches pre-school general music and 5th-12th grade instrumental music at Belle Plaine, Kan., public schools. She lives in Mulvane, Kan.
Ernest Vincent Wood III ’06, ART/P, was featured artist for Wichita’s 2015 Autumn & Art at Bradley Fair, an art festival that highlighted 101 artists from 23 states. He lives in Wichita.
Brady A. Baus ’07, POL SCI, owns Chimney & Stone Specialists, a fireplace service and installation company. He lives in Wichita.
Holly R. (Crainer) Binns ’07, EL ED, is a math teacher at Hutchinson (Kan.) Middle School 8. She lives in Hutchinson.
Seth D. Cavenee ’07, BUS ADM, farms near Tribune, Kan., where he lives.
Jade S. Dundas ’07, M BUS ADM, is water resources director for the city of Asheville, N.C.
Chiyoko (Kayahara) Myose ’07, ART, ’11 ART/P, an interdisciplinary artist who works in painting, installation art and sculpture, has shown her works in the United States, Japan and Italy. One of her recent exhibitions, "3AM in Sojourner’s Journey, East Meets West," was this past summer at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery in Newton, Kan. She lives in Bel Aire, Kan.
Sean R. Spencer ’07, CHEM/BUS, manages investment portfolios as vice president at TrueNorth Inc., a subsidiary of IMA Financial Group that offers financial planning services. He lives in Wichita.
Ed R. Truelove ’07, M PUB ADM, who has 17 years of public service with local governments in Kansas, including serving as city administrator in Greensburg, Kan., is now the city administrator in Neodesha, Kan.
Evan A. White ’07, MKT, ’08 BUS ADM, is director of central supply and sterile processing at CHI St. Alexius Health. He resides in Bismarck, N.D.
Preston J. White ’07, BIO, is a dentist at Accent Dental in Pittsburg, Kan., where he previously was on staff at the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas’ Dental Clinic. He lives in Girard, Kan.
Jon R. Humiston ’08, M PA, is a physician assistant at Quincy Medical Group’s orthopedic surgery department in Quincy, Ill., where he resides.
Todd R. Vogts ’08, JOURN, is a journalism and English teacher at Sterling (Kan.) High School. He lives in Sterling.*
Jennifer A. (Weiman) Voth ’08, MUS P, ’12 M MUS P, a Tippi Toes dance instructor and voice teacher at the Music House School of Music in Overland Park, Kan., who also sings with the Kansas City Chorale, lives in Kansas City, Mo.
Ryan C. Cornelius ’09, JOURN, is communications manager at Co-Mo Electric Cooperative. He lives in Tipton, Mo.
Blair L. (Powell) Miller ’09, HS MGT/CD, is special events coordinator at Rainbows United Inc., which provides services for children with special needs. She lives in Wichita.
Kane M. Oster ’09, COMM, is an assembly mechanic at Spirit AeroSystems, a storm chaser coordinator at KAKE-TV and a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He lives in Wichita.
Danielle J. (Darnell) Taylor ’09, ACCT, is a staff accountant for nutritional supplement retailer Complete Nutrition in Omaha, Neb.
Jennifer L. (Brannen) Taylor ’09, M PA, is a physician assistant at Norton County (Kan.) Hospital. She resides in Phillipsburg, Kan.
Tyler J. Hendrickson ’10, M MUS P, is a piano instructor at the Talent Education Suzuki School in Norwalk, Conn., where he lives.
Steve P. Noble ’10, PHD ED, is superintendent of schools in Hillsboro, Kan., where he lives.
Angela C. Parrish ’10, MUS P/MUS ED, won second place in the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame Song Competition with her song “The Couple Down the Hall” this past summer, when she also released her debut EP Faithful and Tall. The resident pianist Wednesday through Saturday nights at Vitello’s Restaurant in Studio City, Calif., she lives in North Hollywood, Calif.
Bryant J. Tyler ’10, SP MGT, ’12 M SP MGT, is director of business and ticket operations for the University of Tulsa’s athletic department. He lives in Tulsa, Okla.
Sarah C. Beers ’11, M SOC WK, is the Safe Place program coordinator at Youth Services of Tulsa, Okla.
Anna P. (Keehan) Cooley ’11, M MUS P, teaches music and band at Astoria, Ill., public schools.
Joel W. Davis Jr. ’11, ACCT, is a senior staff accountant at Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered, a certified public accounting firm in McPherson, Kan., where he lives.
Wade G. Davis ’11, M BUS ADM, is a contracts manager at Koch-Glitsch LP in Wichita, where he lives.
Aziza F. Hasan ’11, M HIST, in September was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which brings together religious and secular leaders as well as scholars and experts in fields related to the work of faith-based and neighborhood organizations. Hasan, the executive director of NewGround: Muslim Jewish Partnership for Change, an organization she helped co-found in 2006, resides in Los Angeles, Calif.
Kati L. (Howell) Jones ’11, MKT, is an administrative assistant at Ritchie Exploration Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company. She lives in Park City, Kan.
Allen W. Meier ’11, HIST/GOVT ED, is a social studies teacher, assistant football coach and freshman boys basketball coach at Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, Kan., where he lives.
Daniel A. Nebel ’11, M MUS P, is a hornist with the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West. An airman first class, he also serves as a media representative for the unit. He lives in Winters, Calif.
Breanne L. (Wasinger) Perry ’11, ANTHRO, is assistant volunteer coordinator at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Overland Park, Kan., and collections assistant at the Shawnee Town Museum in Shawnee, Kan. She lives in Raytown, Mo.
Mark P. Schock ’11, M HIST, co-author of the book Prisoners of War in Kansas 1943-1945, spoke about the presence of Nazi POWs in Peabody, Kan., during a Life Enrichment presentation at Bethel College in North Newton, Kan. He lives in Rose Hill, Kan.*
Chahana Sigdel ’11, COMM, a journalist for the Kathmandu Post, lives in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Olivia M. (Doyle) Veerhusen ’11, M SOC WK, is a foster care worker at TFI Family Services. She resides in Overland Park, Kan.
Ashlee C. Baysinger ’12, MUS ED, former WSU Alumni Association assistant director of alumni relations, is a campaign manager at Ace Management Inc. in Wichita, where she lives.
Cody L. Beaton ’12, PSYCH, ’15 M SOC WK, is an outpatient substance use disorder counselor at mental health center Prairie View Inc.’s Newton, Kan. campus.
Chase A. Casteel ’12, HIST, teaches history and government and coaches basketball and football at Flinthills High School in Rosalia, Kan.
Amanda L. (Knabe) Hadley ’12, LANG, ’14 M SPAN, is a computer and technology teacher at the Independent Lower School in Wichita, where she lives.
Heather M. (Kumlin) Henning ’12, M MUS P, is a private instrumental music instructor in Wichita, where she lives.
Jordan L. Voth ’12, MUS P, is pursuing doctoral studies in piano performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he is a graduate assistant and modern dance accompanist. He lives in Kansas City, Mo.
Travis G. Whitesides ’12, M PA, a physician assistant for Coffey Health System, works at Coffey County (Kan.) Medical Center, LeRoy (Kan.) Medical Clinic and Waverly (Kan.) Medical Clinic.
Marysa C. Abbas ’13, M MUS P, a mezzo-soprano, performed with the Minnesota Opera in its production of Carmen this past spring. She resides in Chicago, Ill.
Kati M. (Blue) Barnhill ’13, ACCT, is a CPA at the Wichita office of K·Coe Isom, a public accounting firm. She lives in Wichita.
Kelly A. (Roach) Bultemeier ’13, M SP MGT, teaches sports medicine at Empire High School in Tucson, Ariz., where she lives.
Rachael D. (Stevens) Cavenee ’13, D AUD, is an audiologist at the clinic she owns, Cavenee Audiology, in Tribune, Kan., where she lives.
Matthew Z. Eames ’13, M ART, displayed some of his artwork in the exhibition “Building Blocks” at the Carbondale Clay Center, where he serves as a studio resident technician. He lives in Carbondale, Colo.
Deron C. Gamble ’13, M PUB ADM, is a personal trainer at HitchFit Transformation Gym in Overland Park, Kan. He lives in Shawnee, Kan.
Nicole K. (Mattingly) Kothare ’13, SOC WK, is a paraprofessional at Gordon Parks Academy in Wichita, where she lives.
Michaela R. (Mauck) Linden ’13, NURS, is a registered nurse at Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kan.
Caleb L. McCaffree ’13, EL ED, is a 2015 Kansas Department of Education Horizon Award honoree as an exemplary first-year educator. He teaches first grade at Ruth Clark Elementary School in Haysville, Kan., where he lives.
Amanda K. (Kreutzer) Pangburn ’13, HR MGT, is a senior human resources specialist at Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan.
Monique A. Terry ’13, EX SCI, is a personal trainer at Genesis Health Clubs in Wichita, where she lives. A former Wichita State pole vaulter, she is also a competitive bodybuilder.
Mieka A. (Serene) Bartel ’14, NURS, is an ER nurse at Newton (Kan.) Medical Center. She lives in Hillsboro, Kan.
Andrew J. Blaes ’14, M NURS, is an acute care nurse practitioner with Lake Regional Health System. He lives in Osage Beach, Mo.*
Jacob “Jake” E. L. Bowles ’14, JOURN, is a morning news, traffic and severe weather reporter for KFDI radio. He lives in Wichita.
Melissa D. (Weber) Daughty ’14, EX SCI, works at WSU’s Child Development Center. She lives in Wichita.*
Daniel Gutierrez ’14, ENTRE/RE, has graduated from the World Wide College of Auctioneering in Mason City, Iowa, and works at McCurdy Auction. He lives in Wichita.*
Tyler B. Kincaid ’14, MUS P, ’14 MUS ED, is band director for grades 5-12 at Osage City, Kan., public schools. He lives in Osage City.
Marcus A. McNeal ’14, FIN/I BUS, is a trader on the international trading desk at Capital Institutional Services, a provider of institutional brokerage and commission management services. He lives in North Richland Hills, Texas.*
Preston D. Mumford ’14, MIS, is a technical support engineer at NetApp in Wichita.
Daniel J. Quillin ’14, D PT, is a physical therapist at Advanced Therapy & Sports Medicine in Great Bend, Kan.
MacKenzie L. (Dick) Richert ’14, M SP MGT, is a staff accountant at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, where she lives.
Shelby L. Stucky ’14, ACCT, is a staff accountant at Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, a CPA firm in Hutchinson, Kan., where she lives.
Jordan A. Bradbury ’15, MGT/MKT, is a brand coordinator at Greteman Group, a marketing, advertising and public relations firm. She lives in Wichita.
Jessica R. Crumrine ’15, MKT, is a global marketing coordinator for gourmet grocery store Dean & DeLuca. She lives in Newton, Kan.
Lex B. Parsons ’15, SP MGT, is a spray pilot at Frontier Ag Aviation. He resides in Oakley, Kan.
Roxanne “Roxi” N. (Koop) Roberts ’15, D PT, is a physical therapist at Abilene Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab. She lives in Abilene, Kan.
