Spring 2012 Class Notes
From The Sites
SHU—Online
Michael Douglas ’10 is currently employed as a loss prevention technician at Navistar in Garland, Texas. He is currently pursuing a MBA at Amberton University. He resides in Addison, Texas.
SHU—Battle Creek
Michael Rodgers ’08 is employed in forensic psychiatry with the State of Michigan. He resides in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Isaac Wyatt ’05 is employed as a marketing operations manager for the Blue Jeans Network in Mountain View, Calif. The start-up company facilitates and enhances video conferencing. He recently received his MBA and currently resides in Sunnyvale, Calif.
SHU—Benton Harbor
Jennifer Reinhardt ’04 married Douglas Wall Nov. 19, 2011, at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Joseph, Mich. The bride is employed as an office manager with Custom Tool and Die, St. Joseph. The couple resides in St. Joseph.
Jayme Neumann ’07 was recently hired as a business development officer with Edgewater Bank. She will be responsible for attracting and retaining small business, non-profit and retail clients to the bank. She previously worked as a marketing and design group manager for the Whirlpool Corp. She resides in St. Joseph, Mich.
Jon Wallace ’09, ’11/MA was recently named president of Marketing Partners, Inc., which is based in St. Joseph, Mich., and Orlando, Fla. He previously served as vice president and co-owner of Carter-Wallace in St. Joseph. Wallace has served on several executive boards, including as board chair for the United Way of Southwest Michigan, Lakeshore Rotary and Cornerstone Chamber Services. In 2004, Wallace received the Margaret B. Upton Volunteer of the Year award. United Way and Lakeshore Rotary have also honored him with volunteer of the year awards. He has been recognized nationally for customer service improvement and business development work by the Radio Advertising Bureau and Bank of America, and is a former Artist in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Wallace also is an adjunct faculty member in SHU’s Graduate College.
SHU—Jackson
Carla White Losey ’10 organized the Jackson/Clarklake Polar Plunge for the law enforcement torch run Feb. 18 that benefitted Special Olympics Michigan. Losey is an office assistant for the Michigan Department of Corrections.
SHU—Lansing
DeMarquis Battle ’09 will graduate from Grace College and Theological Seminary in May with a Master of Arts degree in ministry studies. He was also named youth pastor at his church in November 2011. He is employed as a financial aid counselor at Davenport University. He resides in Lansing, Mich.
SHU—Monroe
Manuel Hoskins III ’03, ’06/MA was honored in February 2012 with the 2012 Black History Living Legends Award by the Carey Chapel AME Church in Monroe, Mich. In 2011 Hoskins was named the first African American chief of the City of Monroe Fire Department. He is also a U.S. Air Force veteran.
SHU—Southfield
Chad Grant ’99 was recently named COO of the Detroit Medical Center Children’s Hospital. Previously he was vice president of DMC’s Cardiovascular Institute and cardiology services. He started at DMC in 1995 as a nuclear medicine technologist. The 37-year-old Grant was also named to the Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40” class of 2011.
John Lyman ’11 was recently promoted to fire captain/paramedic of the Waterford Township Fire Department in Waterford, Mich. He has served with the department since 1988, and currently resides in White Lake, Mich.
Rory Wagner ’03/MA is currently employed as a case manager for Easter Seals of Michigan. He currently resides in Clinton Township, Mich.
Main Campus
1970s
Frank Pesta ’75 recently authored the book “Why, Lord, Why?” The book is about a teen in distress who eventually tries to take his own life. It shows the signals being sent out by young people that are often not seen or heard by others. The book is available via Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Pesta resides in St. Clair Shores, Mich.
1980s
Thomas McCanna ’80/AA is employed as a sales clerk at Marshall’s in Rochester, N.Y. He resides in Pittsford, N.Y.
Jacqueline Battalora ’88 is an attorney and associate professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at St. Xavier University in Chicago, Ill. She teaches social theory and sociology of law, with a focus on critical race theory and social inequality with specialization in the racial construction of white- ness in U.S. law and society.
Darwin McClary ’88 is employed as an administrative officer for Garden City, Mich. He resides in Ferndale, Mich.
Slusher ’89, ’10MA
Kathryn SwordenSlusher ’89, ’10/MA was named the new executive director of Family Counseling and Shelter Services of Monroe County in January 2012. She oversees the four divisions of FCSS which include the Children’s Center, the Counseling Program, Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team and the Sunrise House. Her duties include realigning the organizational structure to better serve the agency’s mission, form- ing collaborative relationships with other human service agencies in the area, securing new sources of funding and promoting the organization.
Rodney Terwilliger ’89 was named as advisor to the Youth Advisory Council of the Huron County Community Foundation in Bad Axe, Mich. Terwilliger has worked in the fundraising and philanthropy field for the past 15 years, most recently teaching in Grand Valley State University’s School of Com- munications. He is also a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Michigan Nonprofit Association and is a professional consultant for nonprofit organizations.
1990s
Alumni Focus: Dr. Jeffrey Morisette ’90 was named the director of the Department of the Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center located at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., in December 2011. Dr. Morisette is the first permanent director of the new center, which is one of eight regional Climate Science Centers being established. The NC CSC is a partnership involving the Department and nine universities, led by Colorado State University. The national net- work will provide land managers in federal, state and local agencies access to the best science available regarding climate change and other landscape-scale stressors impact- ing the nation’s natural and cultural resources. They will be managed by the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center located at the U.S. Geological Survey’s headquarters in Reston, Va. Previously, Dr. Morisette served collaterally as the assistant center director for Science and head of the Invasive Species Science Branch Center at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. He first joined the USGS in 2008 and has conducted applied research in earth sciences with an emphasis in habitat modeling and land surface phenology. Dr. Morisette formerly worked for NASA as a physical scientist. Besides having a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Siena Heights, he also earned a master’s in applied statistics from Oakland University and a doctorate in philosophy/forestry and remote sensing from North Carolina State University. Dr. Morisette also attended the International Space University in Vienna, Austria.
Lennie Alcorn ’94 was recently appointed addictions counselor at the Caring Alternatives Counseling Center in Monroe, Mich. He will provide assessments, interventions and treatment in the areas of addictions, substance abuse and domestic violence accountability.
Brett Lawrence ’95 was one of the contributing photographers for the book “Coney Detroit” that celebrated an iconic part of Detroit’s past and future success. Lawrence’s photo Kerby’s Coney Island in Troy, Mich., was selected for the cover. The book went on sale in April 2012 and is available at the Wayne State University Press and Amazon.com.
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Josh Reeber ’99 married Dora Wong on June 18, 2010, at the Detroit Golf Club in an outside ceremony. The bridegroom is employed as a Michigan State Trooper at the Taylor Post. The couple resides in Livonia, Mich.
2000s
Anissa Sutherland ’02 was recently honored at the 17th annual Motor City Tattoo Expo in Detroit. Her tattoo design of the famous flag-raising scene of Iwo Jima during World War II earned the “most patriotic award.” She is owner of Ink Fever tattoo shop in Adrian, Mich.
David Herriman ’03 recently was named to the board of Associated Charities of Lenawee County. He is employed at the Kemner-Iott Insurance Agency and resides in Adrian, Mich.
Halette Burgess ’06 recently took part in The Fourth Wall’s production of “Nunsense” in Jackson, Mich. She’s also an active member of the After Dark Players comedy improv troupe. Burgess teaches religion at Jackson Lumen Christi High School and is also pursuing a master’s degree in theology.
Tracy Northcott ’06 married Gary Pixley June 24, 2011, in Toledo, Ohio. The bride is employed as an art teacher at Clinton Middle School. The couple resides in Metamora, Ohio.
Faith Stover ’06 is self-employed as an attorney at the Law Office of Faith Stover in Detroit, Mich.
Lisa Vander Putten ’06 is currently employed with Olympia Entertainment at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. She was previously employed with Palace Sports & Entertainment at the Palace of Auburn Hills. She currently resides in Keego Harbor, Mich. She is pictured with her dog, Halo, named after the SHU mascot, who was nine months old on March 11.
Elizabeth Nicholson ’07 is part of a three-person new business start-up called Front Range Fusion. The business features handmade artistic designs using glass, photography, and in the future, ceramics. Front Range Fusion offers a Christmas collection with tiles and ornaments, and has a web presence at www.frontrangefusion.com.
Olajuwon Pinson ’07, ’09/MA was named the head varsity basketball coach at Eau Claire High School in November 2011.
Dr. Erika Wolcott ’07 graduated in December 2011 from Life University in Atlanta, Ga., with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. She was offered a position with Anchors Chiropractic in Dunwoody, Ga. Her research on infertility and chiropractic was recently published in the latest edition of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health (www.chiropracticpediatricresearch.net).
Andrew DuBay ’08, ’10/MA recently volunteered for a term with Americorps and served at the United Way of Southeast Alaska. He is currently employed as a behavioral health associate with Juneau Youth Services and resides in Juneau, Ak.
Nick Angel ’09 was named principal at Beach Middle School in Chelsea, Mich. in June 2011. He previously had served for three years as the assistant principal at Chelsea High School and spent five years as a teacher at Blissfield High School. He resides in Milan, Mich., with his wife, Laura, and their daughter, Brooklyn.
Emilie Brasher ’09 was recently hired as an accounting and tax specialist at the GreenStone Farm Credit Services branch in Adrian, Mich. Brasher was expected to complete her master’s degree in accounting from the University of Toledo in December 2011.
Betsy Schroeder ’09 married Justin Norlock ’08 July 11, 2011, in an outdoor ceremony at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, Mich. The bride is employed as a middle school math teacher in Coppell, Texas. The bridegroom is a police officer in Dallas, Texas. The couple lives in Carrollton, Texas.
2010s
Hillary Day ’10 married James Harrington Dec. 19, 2011, in Ochos Rios, Jamaica. The bride is currently attending Thomas Cooley Law School.
Deaths
Alumni
Isabelle Seel Hoover ’41
Joan Burns Lane ’44
Sister Virginia Hafe-Wells, OP ’47
Barbara Cohan Schowalter ’47
Dr. Donita Sullivan ’52
Hazel Holubik ’56
Sister Kathleen Buechele, OP ’58
Sister Loretta Hanson, OP ’60
Joyce Aarsen Cohen ’66
Ruby Schuler Wendell ’67
Luva Mae Addleman Kutzley ’68
Sheila Powers ’72
Michael Jaeger ’74
Molly Younglove ’82
Scott Preuninger ’83
Eldene Finkbeiner ’87
Kenneth Colpaert ’93
Sean Catron ’99
Friends
Robert “Bob” Soller—former Siena Heights theater faculty member.
Barrie Gartrell FitzSimons—honorary degree recipient in 1985.
Corrections
In the last issue of Reflections, it was incorrectly reported that Nina Albera Stallkamp ’60 was deceased. We are happy to report she is alive and well. We deeply regret this error.
Also in the last issue of Reflections, a beautiful panoramic photo of O’Laughlin Stadium during Homecoming was used without giving credit. The photo was taken by Paul Zdanis ’81 who was a photography student at SHU.
