Your fellow alumni readers want to know want what you're up to these days. Share your news about job changes, promotions, awards/recognition, retirement, and family milestones with us. Class notes are featured in our Outlook email newsletter and annual magazine.
Here are some common reasons to send us a class note:
- A new job or promotion
- A baby or adopted a child
- You got married or entered into an official union
- Published a book
- A fellow alumni has passed away
David Free `06 is a product design engineer at Elwood Corp. in Racine.
Jeff Greuel `81 retired from teaching after 40 years at the Little Chute Area School District.
Kris Isaacson `93 owns Fiber Lab in downtown Menomonie.
Amelia Treptow Rogers `08 is the director of events and engagement at Rhode Island College.
Jim Maas `72 retired from UW-Steven Point, where he was a media specialist.
Shelly Spallees Hansen `85 was awarded the 2023 Hospitality and Tourism Teacher of the Year/Teacher of Excellence Award from the Minnesota Hospitality Association. She is an educator at John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minn.
Career News: new jobs, promotions, awards and retirements
- Jim Maas `72 retired from UW-Steven Point, where he was a media specialist.
- Steve Fedie `74 retired as executive secretary from the Wright County Athletic Conference.
- Kay Manger-Hague `75 retired on May 31, 2023, after 38 years with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association), with 23 of those years as the director of credentialing operations with the commission on dietetic registration.
- Blakely Sanford `76 retired in November after 50 years as a tax preparer.
- Jeff Greuel `81 retired from teaching after 40 years at the Little Chute Area School District.
- Lori Hoard Kangas `84 retired after 39 years of teaching. She was the special education teacher and work experience coordinator for the Robbinsdale Area School District.
- Shelly Spallees Hansen `85 was awarded the 2023 Hospitality and Tourism Teacher of the Year/Teacher of Excellence Award from the Minnesota Hospitality Association. She is an educator at John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minn.
- Paul Fredette `89 received the California Industrial Technology Education Association 2023 Outstanding Middle School Program award for the technology education woodworking program at the Balboa Middle School in Ventura, Cali.
- John Miller `90 retired after over 32 years of teaching. He taught most of his career at West Allis-West Milwaukee School District.
- Kris Isaacson `93 owns Fiber Lab in downtown Menomonie.
- Louis Weiher `98 is the second-generation owner of Carmel Builders. In 2018 Weiher received the elite Big50 award by Remodeling magazine and has also served as president of the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
- Kevin Stensberg `01 is the assistant vice provost, student success and residential engagement at The George Washington University in Washington D.C.
- Dawn Oler `03 received the Fulbright U.S. Teacher Award.
- David Free `06 is a product design engineer at Elwood Corp. in Racine.
- Troy Schimek `06 is a mental health counselor at Parker Mainstreet Pediatrics.
- Amelia Treptow Rogers `08 is the director of events and engagement at Rhode Island College.
- David Lytle `14 retired in April after 41 years from the printing industry.
- Cassie Flackey McMahon `17 graduated with her masters in education and reading 316 license from Viterbo University.
- Hannah Phelps `21 is the assistant and student gallery coordinator in the UW-Stout Furlong Gallery.
- Sarah Chojnacki `22 is the associate dean of health and sciences at Moraine Park Technical College in Fond Du Lac.
Life events: births, marriages, anniversaries and deaths
Arrivals:
- Tim `68 and Jane Banks welcomed their second grandchild, a granddaughter, Vera Jane Banks on May 25, 2023.
- Kevin `80 and Mary Goplin `80 Wilde welcomed their first grandchild, Benjamin, on April 7, 2023.
- David `90 and Tammi Stark `91 Huls welcomed their first grandchild, Kira Lee, on May 31, 2023.
Anniversary:
- Jim `63 and Kriss Hanson `63 Schorer celebrated 60 years of marriage on August 17, 2023.
- Gloria Gade `68 and John Hardy celebrated their 55th anniversary in June 2023. They cruised the British Isles and France.
- Jim `67 and Karen Kaiser `68 Jacobs celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in June.
- Dennis `70 and Joanne Rank `71 Barfuss celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary.
- Susan Petersen `71 and Frank `71 Singer celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary on August 28, 2023.
- Ken `72 and Colleen Thorp `73 Pokallus celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 12, 2023. They reside in Londonderry, N.H.
- Kathy Zutz `73 and Jerry `73 Wiskow celebrated their 50th anniversary on October 27, 2023.
- Ray `82 and Ann Hallada `83 Hill celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in June.
- Mark `91 and Maarja Aalgaard `91 Wisroth celebrated their 30-year wedding anniversary on July 22, 2023.
- Mike `92 and Stef Snyder `96 Jax celebrated 20 years of marriage.
- Nanci Miller `93 and Scott `93 Foster celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on August 14, 2023.
- Alysse Nockels `01 and Karl Hacken `01 celebrated 20 years of marriage.
- Aaron Stein `02 and his wife, Amy, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on July 12, 2023.
Passing:
- Alice Cramer Byrnes `60, August 17, 2023, Big Rapids, Mich.
- Duane Webb `61, July 26, 2023, Stevens Point
- Janet Low `62, July 6, 2023, Faribault, Minn.
- Daniel Linneman `63, July 14, 2023, Lake City, Minn.
- Barbara “Barb” Campbell Baker `64, June 7, 2023, Fort Gratiot, Mich.
- Mary Merwin `64, July 1, 2023, Delavan
- William Hunt `67, July 10, 2023, St. Paul, Minn.
- Judy Kochenderfer Skarie `68, July 5, 2023, Moseley, Virg.
- Ronald Cockeram `71, August 4,2023, Charleston, West Vir.
- Barbara Sippel `73, April 16, 2022, Memphis, Tenn.
- Bert Lietzow `73, July 6, 2023, Pardeeville
- Gary Spindler `75, June 5, 2023, Sheboygan
- Raymound Kasel `75, August 4, 2023, Clintonville
- Sandy Baneck Tepe `75, June 23, 2023, Wausau
- William Idziorek `76, July 22, 2023, Superior
- Courtney Nystuen `79, August 15, 2023, Northfield, Minn.
- Peter Cupery `78, June 24, 2023, Madison
- Susan Haugen `80, June 21, 2023, Eau Claire
- Glenn Bowen `82, April 23, 2023, Forest Lake, Minn.
- Alan Bouressa `85, July 7, 2023, Denmark
- Jennifer Krupke Beck `86, Hardford
- Robert Spletter `86, August 1, 2023, Winter Garden, Flor.
- Todd Kempinger `88, August 27, 2023, Oshkosh
- Stacey Smith `87, April 1, 2023, La Crosse
- Jacob Greenway `91, June 7, 2023, Menomonie
- Theodore Haimann `94, July 1, 2023, Chandler, Ariz.
- Jason Meyer `98, June 16, 2023, Medford
- Ann Schachtner Austreng `06, August 14, 2023, Somerset
- Benjamin Wilfer `12, June 11, 2023, Appleton
Faculty/Staff News: awards, retirements and deaths
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