Class Notes Archive – 2000s

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Andrea Glyzewski ’00 communication processes, works as an intensive care unit registered nurse at Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix. She completed her nursing degree at Bellin College in 2006.

T. Marc Skinner ’00 human biology, graduated with a physical therapy degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and relocated with his wife to northern Kentucky, where he opened a practice. In March of 2008, he re-entered active duty in the Army as a physical therapist, was commissioned as a captain, and assigned to Baumholder, Germany. Recently he was reassigned to Iraq. He has two children, Ian (4) and Leah (3).

Angela Marie ’01 human development, writes that she owns “two feline children,” Triton and Orion.

Mariah (Goecke) Zack ’01 human biology, and husband Michael, own Newporte Courte Family Chiropractic in Mequon.

Cara Babiarz ’02 business administration, is a pantry cook at Republic Chophouse in Green Bay.

Paul Dax ’02 communication of the arts, is a senior art director with Element Creative, a marketing agency in De Pere.

Charis Hoff ’02 social change and development, serves as a community member on the Appleton Post-Crescent’s editorial board. She lives in Appleton and works at Housing Partnership of the Fox. She also volunteers at an animal shelter and her church, and serves as a youth mentor.

Lisa (Reed) Hoffman ’02 communication processes, works for The Daily News in Iron Mountain, Mich. She has also worked for The Daily Press in Escanaba and for the Oconomowoc Enterprise, Waukesha. She says she moved back to her original hometown to marry and to start a family.

Jill Wunrow ’02 communication processes, is a photojournalist with WBAY-TV, Green Bay.

Jennifer Degener ’03 human development, is an adult student service adviser at UW-Manitowoc, and a graduate intern in the Office of Student Life at UW-Green Bay. Following completion of her fieldwork and practicum, she will receive a master’s in counseling from Lakeland College.

Craig R. Kostelecky ’03 computer science, is employed at both the Aerial Company, Inc. and Taxi, Inc., Marinette.

Heather (Lufter) Summers ’03 psychology and human development, is a special investigator with Humana of De Pere.

Shawn Boerst ’04 business administration, is a contract sales representative for LaForce, Inc., Green Bay.

Burton Mansel Ford ’04 human biology, is a physical therapist at Delta Flex Travelers, Milwaukee.

Carrie (Richter) Helke ’04 elementary education, is a science and reading recovery teacher for first- through fifth-graders in the Wausau School District.

Mindy Meyers ’04 art, completed a fine arts degree at Arizona State University. She is now an adjunct instructor at UW-Green Bay and is a practicing artist. Her work has been published in USA Today Airport Art Roundup, Eye Candy, Phoenix New Times, and Sew Delicious, Phoenix Magazine.

Jennifer (Powell) Steltenpohl ’04 biology and environmental sciences, works for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a water resource management specialist, and for the Green Bay Packers as a pro shop associate.

Amanda J. Wagner ’04 elementary education, teaches five-year-old kindergarten at Riverview School in Manitowoc.

Tracey Zollar ’04 nursing, a board certified practioner specializing in family practice, recently joined Bellin Health Family Medical Center, Green Bay.

Jesse Fink ’05 master’s in environmental science and policy, is an associate at JJR in Madison, Wisc, a nationally recognized leader in landscape architecture, urban design, civil engineering and environmental science.

Kristina (Miller) Klemens ’05 human development, is a financial aid assistant at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill.

Recently promoted at Schenck Business Solutions were Jason Nachtwey ’05 accounting, to senior accountant, and Jeff Servais ’04 accounting and business administration, to certified public accountant in the Appleton office. Also, Heather (Freimuth) Ryczek ’06 accounting and business administration, to senior accountant; Krista Brassfield ’04 accounting and business administration to senior accountant; Jesse Marler ’06 accounting, to senior accountant: Aaron Pluger ’06 accounting and business administration, to senior accountant in the government and not-for-profit services area; and Bridget Van Laanen ’06 accounting and business administration, to senior accountant in the government and not-for-profit services area, out of the Green Bay office. Danny Schulz ’05 accounting, was promoted to senior accountant at the Sheboygan office.

Lt. Tyrone Rankin ’05 biology, a chemical officer in the U.S. Army, recently returned from a 15-month tour in Mosul, Iraq. He is stationed at Fort Carson, Col. Tyrone is married to Veronica Brieno Rankin ’99, recipient of UW-Green Bay’s 2006 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award. She works in the climate change/energy arena on the international front, and served as one of the contributing scientists when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was a co-winner, along with Al Gore, of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She also serves as a public outreach consultant to the state of New York where she is helping the state educate the public on the technology of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration.

Johnny Yoder ’05 theatre, played the role of George Gibbs in the play Our Town presented by the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company in New York City. The company is the professional arm of the noted Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where Yoder studied after his graduation from UW-Green Bay.

Adam Helms ’06 environmental policy and planning and political science, is the assistant to the administrator for the village of Howard.

Michelle (Taczala) Miller ’06 human development, is a senior property manager at Gorman & Company in Sheboygan.

Leslie-Ann (Grom) Novitski ’06 social work, is a social worker for Unity Hospice of De Pere.

Kari Steger-Wik ’06 communication processes, works with the Miles Kimball Co. of Oshkosh.

Greg Ubbelohde ’06 communication processes, is a campus coordinator with CSB School of Broadcasting, in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Jenni (Bowers) Becher ’07 business administration, is a customer service assistant with RR Donnelley — a full-service provider of print and related services, in Greenville, Wis.

Michael Cornehls ’07 business administration and human biology, is a financial planner for First Command Financial Services in Orlando, Fla.

Stacy Pepper ’07 business administration, is a sales manager for JC Penney in Madison.

Sarah Price ’07 business administration, is a human resource generalist for Ballet Arizona in Phoenix.

Kristy (Klopstein) Rupprecht ’07 communications, is a human resources project assistant at Manpower Inc. in Milwaukee.

Katie Grafelman ’08 urban and regional studies, is a research associate for E jj Olsen & Associates in Milwaukee, a health and human services consulting firm. She is also working on her master’s degree in urban studies at UW-Milwaukee.

Ben Rodgers ’08 communications, is a staff writer at the Jamestown Sun in Jamestown, N.D.

Lindsey Shreves ’08 social change and development, has been accepted into the Peace Corps as a forestry extension agent stationed in Zambia, in central southern Africa.

Ryan Trost ’08 business administration, is director of sales for Fox Communities Credit Union in Appleton.

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