Class notes: Spring 2025

Naomi (Montgomery) Law ’66 published her third book, Together, We Are Better; retired after almost 40 years as a special educator and administrator; continues to volunteer in her home community of Galesburg.

Cindy Luton ’68, M.S. ’73, was inducted into the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame as a “Friend of Sport,” for ushering in a new era of athletic opportunities for girls; coached field hockey, basketball, volleyball, and softball during her 33-year career at Lanphier High School.

1970s

Pamela (Deninger) Melvin ’71, M.S. ’74, is retired from Elgin Area School District U46; resides in River Forest.

Rich Limacher ’72 is a journalist and author of three books, former Vidette editor, and Bone Scholar; resides in Matteson.

Jon Gilliland ’73 has “retired” three times but continues to work in music education as an adjunct professor; has worked in music education for more than 51 years; resides in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.

Jim Grow ’73 expanded his business, JEG Sales, to cover Florida, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; is president and CEO of the company; resides in Howey in the Hills, Florida.

Dr. Steven A. Hamon ’73 served a 10-day medical mission to Ukraine, delivering clinical psychology services to Ukrainians impacted by the Russia-Ukraine War, particularly those suffering from emotional distress and post-traumatic stress disorder; resides in Dunlap.

Maria (Montminy) Kauffman ’74 welcomed a grandson; is a retired teacher; resides in Winthrop, Maine.

Douglas ’74 and Karen (Heer) Koschel ’73 celebrated 50 years of marriage; reside in Pendergrass, Georgia.

Irvin Lyle Masching ’74 retired as an attorney after 43 years practicing in Dwight; served as Village of Dwight attorney for 20 years; served as Dwight High School Board president for 25 years.

a person posed next to artwork — Artwork from Patrice S. Nelson ’75 can be seen in the third season of the acclaimed FX on Hulu series The Bear. Nelson was contacted by the show’s set design team, and limited rights to six of Nelson’s pieces were purchased; a glimpse of one of them can be seen during a prominent scene in the season finale. Nelson’s drawings and paintings have been widely exhibited but appeared for the first time on TV screens in *The Bear*.

Henry Hummert ’75, M.S. ’81, continues work as a consulting psychologist for CMA Global in St. Louis on a half-time basis; took a water safety instructor class and now instructs children’s swimming lessons through University City Swimming Club.

Pete Bienemann ’76 and his wife are retired; has four children; resides in Brimfield.

Charles Hatfield ’76 is the Capitol city representative for The Daily Egyptian, Southern Illinois University’s campus newspaper, covering the Capitol complex, SIU School of Medicine, and the city at large; resides in Springfield.

Michael Matznick ’76 began a new job as director of brotherhood giving with the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity; resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Cara (Williamson) Perille ’76 is a retired National Certified Christian Counseling Program-certified chaplain; earned a master’s degree in religious studies from the University of the Incarnate Word; resides in San Antonio, Texas.

James Evans ’78, M.A. ’82, is director of library services at Everglades University; resides in Spring Hill, Florida.

Steven Shaw ’78 retired after 45 years at WEEK-TV as a senior producer and photographer; produced the local St. Jude Telethon for over 30 years, helping raise nearly $160 million to support the organization; resides in Morton.

Mark Shurtleff ’78 is a retired CFO/controller; enjoys traveling and golf; resides in St. Louis.

Susan (Andreoni) Albrecht ’79 will retire at the end of this school year; resides in Wheaton.

Earl McCoy ’79 is the group vice president of operations for the Sheridan printing facilities operating in five states associated with the CJK Group located in Brainerd, Minnesota.

1980s

a band performing — Cindy Scaruffi-Klispie ’79 performed at the International Women’s Brass Conference in Mito City, Japan, last August; performed at the conference as a solo artist and with an all-female trumpet ensemble.

Cindy Woods ’80, M.S. ’94, is retired from a career in special education spanning 34 years; resides in Bloomington.

Lynn Cahill-Masching, M.A. ’81, was inducted into the Worthy Hall of Fame, in Streator, for contributions in the field of corrections and criminology; retired as a warden from the State of Illinois in 2003; served as Livingston County jail superintendent; currently works for The Nakamoto Group, Inc. as a jail and prison inspector.

Lauren Hames ’81 retired from a 43-year career as a clinical laboratory scientist at Medical City Dallas Hospital; enjoys golf, pickleball, puzzles, and travel; resides in Richardson, Texas.

Darrell Snygg ’81 retired after 34 years with Little Caesar Enterprises after holding numerous positions, including CFO; resides with his wife, Debi, in Novi, Michigan.

Dr. Thomas Erdmann, M.M. ’82, is retired from a faculty role at Elon University; recently accepted a position as a counselor and tutor in the Graduate Writing Center at Texas Tech University; resides in Lubbock, Texas.

group of people seated, posed in front of old main bell — Several members of the Illinois Iota Chapter of Pi Beta Phi Sorority returned to campus for a long weekend last August to celebrate 40 years of friendship and memories.

Alisa Lee ’82 is retired from a 35-year career teaching elementary school; enjoys traveling; resides in Glenview.

Cathy (Hutchison) Boyd ’84 retired from bioMerieux as corporate space planner and designer after 17 years; resides with her husband in Durham, North Carolina.

Tammy (Janssen) Ciambrone ’86 became a grandmother; resides in Flossmoor.

Jennifer (Stearns) Lokaitis ’86 retired as a budget manager from the Illinois Department of Corrections; resides in Springfield.

Phil Seck ’87 is retired after a 34-year career in education; resides in Conroe, Texas.

Becky (Mazalewski) Sheehan ’87 is CFO of Encore, a global event technology and services business; resides in Elmhurst.

a couple posed with sunset in the background — Todd A. Hildreth ’86 retired from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGIA) after 32 years of federal service; worked for Mid-States Engineering as a stereo-plotter operator; worked for the NGIA as a cartographer and analyst; worked in Australia, Mongolia, Chile, and across the U.S.; resides with his family in Branson, Missouri.

Troy Thiel ’87, M.S. ’90, is CEO of the Thiel Team Real Estate Group in Madison, Wisconsin, and a national leader for more “missing middle” housing; devised and moderated a panel, “How Bringing Back ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Supply Can Help Solve the Supply Crisis,” at the NAR NXT National Conference in Boston last November; resides in Madison, Wisconsin.

Valerie (Prentice) Aiello ’88 was promoted to vice president of customer experience and digital adoption at Fidelity Life/eFinancial, a subsidiary of iA Financial Group; resides in St. Charles.

Tracy (Podawiltz) Freeman ’88, M.S. ’98, is a retired McLean County Unit District No. 5 department chair; works at the scorer’s table during Illinois State women’s athletics contests; resides in Normal.

Gary Freund ’88 authored The Financial Compass: How to Navigate Money With Confidence; has been an educator for 33 years.

Don Proft ’88 is a retired teacher; resides in Vernon Hills.

Mark Castleman ’89 is in his 30th year of teaching science at Boulder High School; resides in Westminster, Colorado.

Robert Zmudka ’89 celebrated 35 years with GATX corporation in Chicago; is currently senior vice president and chief commercial officer; is a board member of ConGlobal in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; resides in Winnetka.

1990s

Lisa (Moscato) Corriveau ’91 started a new job as an advancement services specialist at Lewis University; has two college-aged children, the youngest of whom is an Illinois State student; has been married nine years; resides in Bolingbrook.

A group of friends who met during their freshman year in Walker Hall gather for an annual round of golf. They include, *from left*, David Fogal ’85, Pat Gill ’86, Phil Piercy ’85, Jim Fornaciari ’85, and Rick Regula ’85.

Frances (Bonds) Maddox ’91 was named the ExtraOrdinary Women Project BN’s third-quarter ExtraOrdinary Woman of 2024.

Dr. Greg Novak, M.S. ’91, published A Kind of Pantheism: Escape from Cosmic Pessimism and the Quest for a Biocentric Ethic, a book on the history of animal rights and environmental ethics; has published three other books—Pukawiss the Outcast, A Scout is Brave, and Onwaachige the Dreamer—under his pseudonym, Jay Jordan Hawke; resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Sharyn (Kurowski) Gross ’92, M.S. ’94, has worked in management for the Illinois Department of Human Services for 30 years; plans to retire this year; has been married 29 years; has a daughter attending Illinois State; resides in Bourbonnais.

Maggie Hauser ’92 is a senior data analyst in the risk division and compliance oversight group for M&T Bank; resides in Normal.

Lynn (Boehle) McCloskey ’92 is chief of staff in the Division of Criminal Investigation at the Illinois State Police; resides in Springfield.

three people posed, smiling — Kim Andreas ’89, *center*, retired from a 28-year teaching career last year. She remains connected to her alma mater through shared connections with her alumni sister and brother-in-law, Sandra ’69 and Greg Thompson ’70, and now her soon-to-graduate son, Todd Andreas, *left*.

Dr. Jean Balch, Ph.D. ’93, retired as assistant director of business/CFO from Eastern Illinois Area Special Education in Charleston after 37 years of service; relocated to San Marcos, Texas.

Beth (Harrington) Westjohn ’93 is transitioning from a career in finance to one in paid board service work; previously served as CFO of Ascent Global and Crown Bakeries; founded a professional services firm advising small and medium-sized business owners; resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Gregg Abbott ’94 is a retired firefighter and paramedic; resides in Matteson.

Dr. Rey E. de la Cruz, Ed.D. ’95, appeared on a postage stamp released by the Philippine Post Office commemorating Ballesteros on My Mind, the most decorated Philippine film of all time, based on a children’s book written by de la Cruz about his childhood.

Lamaria Haynes ’95 recently got engaged; is a project management information system consultant with Bush Infotech Group; resides in Lynwood.

Cassandra (Barnes) Johnson ’95 is an adult education advisor; has a son attending Illinois State; resides in South Holland.

eight people holding pom poms posed at a tailgate gathering — Six alumni celebrating their 40th reunion and two more celebrating their 10th gathered for a tailgate prior to a football game last fall. The group of six lived together on the 10th floor of Whitten Hall.

Michelle (Allison) Valentine ’96 has a son attending Illinois State who is majoring in human resources management; resides in Marquette Heights.

Neil Crotty, Jr ’98 works in the open-source software industry, leading several teams of developers; resides in Indian Land, South Carolina.

Amy (Malachowski) Taute ’98 is the director of alumni engagement at Millikin University; resides in Forsyth.

Angela (Malott) Cartee ’99 is a self-contained special education teacher in Red Bud School District #132; resides in Columbia.

Sonrisa Nolan ’99 is an assistant professor at Carl Sandburg College; resides in Altona.

2000s

Deborah Christner ’00 is a business administrator at Illinois State University; resides in Bloomington.

Shari Conditt ’00 earned the National Civics Teacher of the Year Award from the Bill of Rights Institute; is a teacher in Woodland School District; resides in Ridgefield, Washington.

Danelle (Schaefer) Bartels ’01, M.S. ’22, is a teaching and learning coordinator for Champaign Unit 4 School District; has a child attending Illinois State; resides in Mahomet.

Peter Thompson ’01 is a technical theatre director and performing arts center manager at a high school in San Antonio, Texas; resides in San Marcos, Texas.

Alumni posed in a scenic vacation setting — Gamma Phi Circus alumni Jim ’93 and Janet (Heidermann) Reckard ’77 met while traveling with Circus Kingdom. They now have three children, two of whom attended Illinois State. Jim has headed the art department at Central Catholic High School in Bloomington for 32 years. Janet is semi-retired with her own therapy practice. The Reckards spend their summers traveling; they’ve now visited six continents.

Michelle Gonzales ’02 was named executive director of Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation; previously served as its vice chair; previously served as special assistant for strategic initiatives in public engagement at the University of Illinois; is a former Champaign Unit 4 teacher.

Kristin Harbke ’03 is changing careers to join the medical field; is attending William Rainey Harper College to become a phlebotomist and surgical technician; is currently a certified nursing assistant at Northwest Community Hospital; resides in Rolling Meadows.

Brad Siefert ’03 is a design systems lead for GovOS; has a 5-year-old child; resides in Chicago.

Denise (Houda) Caton ’04 is in her 20th year as a teacher and 13th as head coach of the girls’ gymnastics team at Vernon Hills High School; is a former Redbird gymnast; resides in Libertyville.

Abigail (Shearon) Murphy ’04 is a program manager with AT&T, delivering telecommunication services to the Department of Defense; resides in Lebanon, Illinois.

Liana (Suhadolnik) Kurka ’07, M.S. ’12, is a life coach and childbirth educator; has three children; resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Tara (Barnes) Nestleroad ’07 is a design standards manager at Cushman & Wakefield; has two children; resides in Tampa, Florida.

Rocco Williams ’07 was the recipient of the Science Teachers Association of Texas’ Distinguished Leadership in Science Education Award; is a K-12 science curriculum coordinator at Fort Worth Independent School District; is pursuing a Ph.D. in science education at Texas Christian University.

Steven Negrete ’08 ’10 has been an international teacher for the past 14 years; currently teaches at the International School of Dakar; resides with his family in Dakar, Senegal.

Tiffany (Rentner) Gabrys ’09, M.S. ’12, celebrated 10 years working in Kirby School District 140; has two children; resides in New Lenox.

Dr. Cedric Williams ’08 is a licensed clinical psychologist; published Brick by Brick: Becoming a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist, a book detailing personal experiences as a psychologist, soldier, and professor; resides in Normal.

Aubrey (Grommes) Gresavage ’09 returned to school to become a paralegal; is a compliance manager for Ronald McDonald House Charities; resides in North Barrington.

Morgan (Fishburn) Kaplan ’09 is director of volunteer services for Delta Phi Epsilon’s international headquarters; was active in the Delta Phi Epsilon as an Illinois State student; resides in Springfield.

Sean ’09 and Andrea (McCormick) Madigan ’10 met at Illinois State; have been married for 11 years; have two children; reside in Lake Villa.

Arleen Saluja-Westerkamp, M.S. ’09, is a director at Slalom; resides in Long Beach, California.

2010s

Michael Hubatch ’10, M.S. ’12, is a photographer at Harper College; resides in St. Charles.

Amy (Rourke) Jones ’11 is director of annual programs and advancement communications at Illinois College in Jacksonville; resides in Springfield.

Jerry Nowicki ’11 is editor-in-chief of Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit state government news outlet that redistributes stories to news outlets across the state; was formerly on staff with the Le Roy Farmer City Press.

Allison (Mortenson) Rainer ’11 met her husband at Illinois State; recently celebrated 17 years of marriage by driving the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to San Diego; resides in Bayfield, Colorado.

Ryan Swenson ’11 manages the procurement card program at the University of California San Diego, with nearly 4,000 cardholders and $54 million in annual spending; resides in San Diego.

person holding a candle — Zarina Plath ’12, M.A. ’97, launched the Misty Badger Candle Company, featuring eco-friendly, hand-poured candles themed after books.

John E. Kasper Jr. ’12 was selected as one of Association Forum’s “Forty Under 40”; is a manager with the American Dental Association; resides in Bolingbrook.

Ianthe Belisle-Dempsey ’13 celebrated 10 years as a media manager for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network; resides in Chicago.

Justin Byers ’14 is founder and CEO of Axio BioPharma, a leader in the biotech industry; recently entered a partnership with eMBR Genomics to advance cancer diagnostics.

Kayley (Pyne) Cichanski ’14 welcomed a daughter in August 2024; is a data assessment coordinator at Indian Community School; resides in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Eric Lantero ’14 is in his 11th year of teaching; is a special education teacher at Hinsdale South High School; resides in Lockport.

Grace (Masching) Ginex ’15 appeared in Downers Grove Magazine in a cover feature about her career as a social media influencer.

Audrey (Sanders) Belliveau ’16 is a fourth-grade teacher in Community Consolidated School District 62; met her husband at Illinois State; resides in Glenview.

Alison (Hamlet) Kerrn ’16, M.S. ’19, is an outreach therapist for the McLean County Center for Human Services; resides in Bloomington.

Kyle ’16 and Jenna (Beadle) McHale ’16 met as Illinois State students, got married, and just welcomed their second child; reside in Gilberts.

Becky (Duchow) Mott ’16 is pursuing a master’s degree in agriculture education; is a teacher in SVCUSD #35; resides in Stockton.

a wedding photo of a couple in front of a horse drawn carriage — Addison Tweedy ’15 and Hannah (Dhue) Tweedy were married at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, last fall. The couple fell in love at Illinois State and moved to Los Angeles after graduation.

Brittany Salazar ’16 is a youth officer; lives and works in Australia with her wife and dog; resides in Woonona, New South Wales, Australia.

Elizabeth Zamiudio ’16 is self-employed; moved to Scottsdale, Arizona.

Mary Zyrkowski ’16 ’17 is a special education teacher in Schaumburg School District 54; got engaged to her fiancé whom she met at Illinois State; resides in Wauconda.

Ashley (Rice) Haddon ’17 earned a Master of Science in agricultural sciences education and communication from Purdue University; works at the Illinois Soybean Association; previously worked at the Illinois Farm Bureau and COUNTRY Financial; resides in Bloomington.

Deanna Horton ’17 is pursuing a Ph.D. at Trinity College in Ireland; resides in Peoria.

Joe Rosel ’17, M.S. ’19 ’24, is pursuing a Doctor of Education Administration at Illinois State; celebrated the birth of his second child; is an assistant principal in McLean County Unit District No. 5; resides in Morton.

Destiny Stone ’17 teaches fourth-grade math and science in Kankakee; resides in Aroma Park.

collage of photos of a couple with the College Avenue bridge in the background — John ’16 and Kelly (Galvin) Sebok ’16 have captured images of themselves on the College Avenue Bridge at various stages in their lives, beginning with their Open House visit when they were high school students to most recently, with their young son.

Noah Broton ’18 finished a master’s degree and earned a reading specialist endorsement; is working toward an English as a second language endorsement; is a teacher in North Shore School District 112; resides in Chicago.

Julian Garcia ’18 founded Normal Consulting Group, the venture’s name an homage to Illinois State’s home community; resides in Oceanside, California.

Morgan Snead ’18 is a high school counselor at Northside Independent School District; resides in San Antonio, Texas.

Peyton Taylor ’18 is a profit center manager for Hajoca; resides in Chicago.

Nicole (Kippen) Bippen, M.F.A. ’19, got married; resides in Panorama City, California.

Elizabeth Dorries ’19, M.P.A. ’19, is an accounting Ph.D. candidate at Bentley University; resides in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Sarah (Davis) Souza, M.S.W. ’19, is a licensed clinical social worker with Herriman Counseling; resides in South Jordan, Utah.

Jason St. Clair, M.S. ’19, is director of student wellness at Prescott College; resides in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

2020s

Michael Burns ’20 is an LBS1 special education teacher in Plainfield School District 202; resides in Orland Park.

two people posed in front of a media backdrop — Ryan Springer ’19 founded and organized a 10-year reunion of Illinois State’s Chess Club; resides in Palos Heights.

Nicole Gonzalez ’20 is a paralegal at Litchfield Cavo; resides in Des Plaines.

Clare Maylone ’20 earned a Master of Arts in mass communication from the University of Florida; is a wish coordinator with Make-A-Wish Illinois; resides in Tinley Park.

Nathaniel Palmquist ’20 works in recreation in New Zealand; resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

Isaiah Perez ’20, M.S. ’22, is an esports and digital arts coordinator at the Illinois Institute of Technology; got married and bought a house; resides in Oak Forest.

Andinisa Rahmaniar, M.S. ’20, heads the science education department at Garut University Indonesia; resides in Garut, Indonesia.

Maria Zadina ’20 is an advanced placement pre-calculus teacher at a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia; resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

Brittany Anderson ’21 is an activities aide at Park Vista Retirement Community; cares for many alumni with whom she enjoys trading stories of their time on campus; resides in Rock Island.

Sarah (Rendel) Bercy ’21 is the performing arts coordinator for the Kodiak Arts Council; previously taught middle and high school choir for three years; teaches private voice lessons; resides in Kodiak, Alaska.

Sheila Boozer, Ed.D. ’21, is in her fourth as superintendent of Champaign Unit 4 Schools; resides in Champaign.

Megan Cheney ’21 is a special education teacher at Madison Junior High; is pursuing a master’s degree; resides in Mokena.

Nicole Jasinski ’21 is a speech-language pathologist at Winnebago County Special Education Cooperative; works with several Redbird alumni; resides in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Kaylee Martin ’21 welcomed her first child; is a special education teacher in CUSD District 5; resides in Sterling.

Caitlyn Schulte ’21 is pursuing a doctorate in occupational therapy at Duke University School of Medicine; resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Aleks Beygel ’22 is an account executive for USA Today; is renting her first apartment; got a puppy; resides in Arlington Heights.

Alice Kabira ’22 is teaching band and orchestra in Wheaton; performs with the Naperville Winds; resides in Bartlett.

Leslie Navarrete ’22 is special education teacher at Tinley Park High School, the same school where she did her student teaching; resides in Posen.

Cassandra Petersen ’22 is in her third year of teaching fifth grade in Hawthorn School District 73 in Vernon Hills; resides in Arlington Heights.

Dr. Adam Saatkamp, Ph.D. ’22, is a professor of accounting at Illinois Central College; will publish a book in May.

Shannon Thayer ’22 is a global enrollment management and Study Abroad Foundation coordinator for IES Abroad, a not-for-profit study abroad and internship provider; is returning to school to become a nurse-midwife; resides in Normal.

Kylee Winkler ’22 completed a dual master’s degree program in library information science and history at Simmons University; resides in Boston.

Lauren Bergbauer ’23 is a pre-K teacher in Primrose Schools; resides in Bartlett.

Maxine Blaise ’23 is planning to attend graduate school; is a foster care specialist with Children’s Home & Aid; resides in Mackinaw.

Courtney Brown ’23 completed a Bachelor of Science in nursing program; will begin working in an emergency department after taking board exams; resides in Hooppole.

Rochele Gloor, M.S. ’23, is an assistant director for innovation technologies at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in the M.F.A. computer arts program in New York; is a member of the curriculum and technology A.I. advising committee at SVA and member of the research group in the general A.I. Solutions Hub at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; resides in New York City.

Alyssa Gloudeman ’23 is a first grade teacher in Central Unit School District 301; resides in South Elgin.

Kurtis Hinrichsen ’23 is a bank examiner working for the Office of the Comptroller; is married; resides in Tremont.

Julia Lowe ’23 landed her first job as a jail screening specialist with Justice Point; resides in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.

Valeria Luque ’23 is an international student from Panama finishing up a master’s program in marketing analytics; resides in Bloomington.

Amanda McDonald ’23 is a registered nurse working on a women and children’s unit in Gulf Shores, Alabama; spends off days at the beach; resides in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Lindsay Nelson ’23 was accepted into a graduate school program at Northern Illinois University; resides in Hinckley.

Tara Ryan-Walker ’23 is a museum liaison in grant administration at the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum; resides in Springfield.

Kennedi Salz ’23 is a marketing coordinator for Prairie State Tractor, a John Deere dealership in Central Illinois; resides in Henry.

Allison Schiavone ’23 is in her second year as a middle school art teacher at Stanton School; resides in Lindenhurst.

Rhiannon Seaborg ’23 teaches advanced placement chemistry, honors chemistry, and forensics at Peotone High School; resides in Manhattan, Illinois.

Maya Shelby ’23 is enrolled in law school; is a human resource specialist in the Illinois Air National Guard; resides in Carbondale.

Elizabeth Urban ’23 is a digital content curator for IBT Media; resides in Chicago.

Nastassja Williams, D.N.P. ’23, is a medical science liaison with Ardelyx; completed her D.N.P. while juggling a full-time job and children, one of whom is currently enrolled in Illinois State’s accelerated B.S.N. program and recently earned a scholarship from the Alumni Association; resides in Homer Glen.

Viktor Wilson-Miller ’23 completed the Disney College Program after working on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, on the Millenium Falcon, for seven months; resides in Bloomington.

Ciara Biletzky ’24 is a family consumer science teacher in Hillsborough County Public Schools; resides in Tampa, Florida.

Riley Biondi ’24 is a literature teacher at Ivy Collegiate Academy, an international school in Taichung, Taiwan; resides in Mount Prospect.

Dawn Brown ’24 is enrolled in Illinois State’s accelerated nursing program; resides in Bloomington.

Daniela Cervantes ’24 is an analyst working in Chicago; resides in Cicero.

Maddy Cosman ’24 is a biology teacher at Willowbrook High School; resides in Hoffman Estates.

Katie Dellorto ’24 is a registered nurse on a medical-surgical floor at Northwest Community Hospital; resides in Arlington Heights.

Michelle Duong, M.S. ’24, is an outpatient therapist at Centerstone; resides in Glen Carbon.

Kenzie Farquer ’24 is enrolled in Illinois State’s MBA program; resides in Normal.

Elizabeth Ferrigan ’24 is a kindergarten special education teacher in Plainfield School District 202; resides in Aurora.

Alexandra Froiland ’24 is a teacher at Oak Elementary School; resides in Hinsdale.

Megan Fulton ’24 works for a Chicago design firm specializing in wayfinding and sign design; resides in Chicago.

Tyler Kabat ’24 is a gardening instructor for nonprofit After School Matters, sharing his passion for plants and agriculture; resides in Niles.

Jaiden Mapugay ’24 is a seamstress at Drapery Décor and a real estate agent for RE/MAX Rising; adopted a puppy from the local humane society; resides in Normal.

Maura Nika ’24 is a general music teacher at Meadowview Intermediate School in Country Club Hills; resides in Plainfield.

Julia Perrone ’24 is in her first year of law school at Northern Illinois University; resides in DeKalb.

Nick Tarr ’24 is an associate advisor for Savant Wealth Management; resides in Amboy.

Alyia Thibault ’24 is a medical lab technician at Quest Diagnostics; is taking classes through her company to further her career; is assistant director of the Fox Lake Area Scholarship Pageant and a former queen of the program; enjoys travel and photography; resides in Lake Zurich.

McKayla VanDenHandel ’24 is a production assistant and marketing specialist for Parkview Christian Church; resides in Oak Forest.

MacKenzie Vassar ’24 is attending graduate school; resides in Carol Stream.

Grace Weber ’24 works with adults with developmental disabilities at Lifelong Access; resides in Bloomington.

Rose Wolf ’24 is a first grade teacher in McLean County Unit District No. 5; resides in Bloomington.

Troops

Jeff Burchfield ’98 will soon retire from a 25-year career in the U.S. Armed Forces; resides in Coal Valley.

Scott Preusker ’99 was promoted to U.S. Army colonel; assumed duties at the U.S. Transportation Command deputy command surgeon at Scott Air Force Base, where he resides.

Maddy (Skelton) Webb ’23 is an officer in the Illinois Army National Guard; gave birth to a daughter; resides in Peoria Heights.

1960s