Alumni in the News - 2015
College/School key:
CAS = College of Arts & Sciences
BUS = School of Business
SDM = School of Dental Medicine
EHHB = School of Education, Health & Human Behavior
ENG = School of Engineering
SON = School of Nursing
SOP = School of Pharmacy
2015
Baalman, David (’14 BS ENG) David Baalman recently joined Byrne & Jones Construction’s sports division as a project manager and estimator. Source: Press Release
Barnes, Tonya (’96 BA CAS) Tonya Barnes received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award in November 2015. Source: Press Release
Billhartz, Marcia (’87 BS EHHB) Marcia Billhartz received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award in November 2015. Source: Press Release
Blakey, Verbal (’93 BS ENG) Verbal Blakey was recently elected to the Midwest BankCentre Southeast Missouri Region Advisory Board. Source: Press Release
Bockstruck, Cheryl (’94 BS CAS) Cheryl Bockstruck was named director of corporate foundation relations at Cumberland University in Tennessee. Source: The Nashville Ledger
Connaway, Savannah (’14 BSA BUS) Savannah Connoway was hired as a Tax Associate at Anders CPAs and Advisors. Source: Press Release
Cox, Richard (’14 BS CAS) Richard Cox was sworn in as a police officer in the Gulf Shores Police Department in Gulf Shores, Ala. on November 23, 2015. Source: Press Release
Deal, Sonia (’99 BS SON, ’07 MS SON) Sonia Deal is one of four finalists in the St. Louis Business Journal’s Catapult Competition, a contest aimed at jump starting a business idea. Deal is founder of Diabetes Education Augmenting Lifestyles Center and Clinic (DEAL-C2). Source: SIUE News Release
Dinkelmann, Jeff (’13 BS ENG) Jeff Dinkelmann recently accepted a position as a structural engineer with the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Source: stltoday.com
Emshousen, Kurt (’01 BS BUS) Real estate professional Kurt Emshousen joined Transwestern Leadership Team as chief administrative officer and serves as a member of Transwestern’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Source: marketwatch.com
Eyre, Rebekah (’15 BSA BUS) Rebekah Eyre is a tax associate at Anders CPAs and Advisors. Source: Press Release
Garber, Kraig (’02 BS CAS, ’08 MSED EHHB) Kraig Garber has been hired by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) as its executive director. Source: ihsa.org
George, Eric (’05 MBA BUS) Eric George has been hired as director of hospitality at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Source: SIUE News Release
Goldstein, Michael (’12 MPA CAS) Michael Goldstein officiated his first collegiate playoff game in Division III football last fall. Source: personal announcement
Green, P. Michael (’88 MS CAS) P. Michael Green earned a PhD in leadership studies from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Source: personal announcement
Harriss, Erica (’99 BS CAS) Erica Harriss captured first prize in the local InnovateHER Business Challenge and will vie for a spot in the national competition. Source: SIUE News Release
Henningson, Blaine (’90 MSED EHHB, ’95 EDS EHHB) Blaine Henningson has been hired as the acting assistant commissioner for the Office of College and Career Readiness in Missouri. Source: Springfield News-Leader
Huelsmann, Miranda (’15 BSA BUS) Miranda Huelsmann was hired at Anders CPAs and Advisors as a tax associate. Source: Press Release
Isringhaus, Kelly (’10 BS EHHB) Kelly Isringhaus received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. Source: Press Release
Kothari, Sheha (’00 BS CAS, ’03 MSED EHHB) Sneha Kothari received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. Source: Press Release
McBrien, J. Robert (’66 BA CAS) Robert McBrien, along with other contributing authors, has released, "IMPUNITY: Countering Illicit Power in War and Transition." Source: personal announcement
McElwee, Matt (’12 BS BUS) Matt McElwee was named best oral advocate at the National Moot Court Competition’s Region VIII tournament in Milwaukee. McElwee is a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology. Source: Press Release
Mock, Robert (’90 BSE ENG) Robert Mock has been named the second president of Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte North Carolina. Source: The Charlotte Post
Mohr, Stephanie (’12 MSED EHHB) Stephanie Mohr accepted the position of principal at the Career Center of Southern Illinois. Source: Republic-Times
Murakami, Michael (’01 BS EHHB) Michael Murakami received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. Source: Press Release
Nadler, Ann (’12 MSED EHHB) Ann Nadler received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. Source: Press Release
Olson, Kristen (’97 BS EHHB) Kristen Olson received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. Source: Press Release
Polley, Christopher (’05 BS ENG) Christopher “Kip” Polley is frightening Southern Illinoisans at Raven’s Curse Haunted House, a new technologically advanced haunted attraction located in Centralia. Source: SIUE News Release
Roberts, Jennifer (’15 BA CAS) Jennifer Roberts recently began teaching at Hangdongrathrathupathum School, a secondary school in a district of Chiang Mai, Thailand, called Hang Dong. Source: SIUE News Release
Seering, Ashley (’14 BA CAS) Ashley Seering and Cory Byers, a professor in SIUE’s Department of Mass Communications, are receiving international attention for their documentary, “Renewed.” The two are finalists in the International Fusion Documentary Challenge. Source: SIUE News Release
Sobrino, Amy (’13 BSW CAS) Amy Nosbisch Sobrino and her mother, Shannon Nosbisch, formed Effingham Area Alzheimer’s Awareness Group that opened the Forget-Me-Not Resource Center at the Effingham Public Library. Source: http://herald-review.com >
Wentz, Charles (’86 MBA BUS) The Edwardsville Community Foundation’s prestigious Philanthropist of the Year Legacy Award was presented to Charles Al Wentz. Source: www.theintelligencer.com
Wiggs, Ryan (’10 BS CAS) Former SIUE Cougars baseball player, Ryan Wiggs has been hired as Belleville East High School’s new varsity baseball coach. Source: www.bn.com
