The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office:

’54 John Newhouse (BS), of Whitewater, and Arlene (Pankratz) Newhouse (BS) ’52, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in June.

’62 Sandra Gruhle (BS) of Saukville, retired after teaching high school English for the Random Lake Community School District for 30 years. She also taught at Lakeland University for 10 years and Milwaukee School of Engineering for five years. Gruhle currently is a volunteer writing coach for international students at local colleges.

’66 Carol (Tiedemann) Lamers (BS), of Wabeno, has been named Resident of the Season by The Bay at Nu-Roc. She taught fourth grade in the Kimberly School District and was highly regarded as a teacher.

’68 Alan Clough (BAE), of Eland, is an accomplished landscape painter, with a preference for acrylic and watercolor. He retired as a K-12 art teacher from Wittenberg in 2004 and continues to paint. His most recent work is a two-story mural painted on the back of the WOWSPACE in Wittenberg.

’71 Art Luedeke (BS), of Greenwood was honored by the Neillsville American Legion Post. Luedeke served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1972-1975, before his 34-year career with 3M. He now works full time on his farm.

’72 Connie Ernst (BS), of Anchorage, Alaska, retired in 2017 from the Municipality of Anchorage after nine years, spending five years as risk manager.

’72 Robert Stat (BS), of Delray Beach, Florida, retired from teaching full time and recently enjoyed trips to Italy and Great Britain.

’79 Sally Wilke (BS), of Winterset, Iowa, authored Waiting for Good News: Living with Chronic and Serious Illness, released in 2018.

’80 Tracy O’Brien (BS), of Ripon, received the Ripon Area School District’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award. O’Brien is an alumnus, retired teacher and coach for the district.

’81 Julie (Mach) Chikowski (BS), of Fremont, is the vice president of ThedaCare’s critical access hospitals-Shawano. She is the former chief executive officer for Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County.

’85 Tina (Kempf) Bettin (BSN) and ’89 (MSN), of Marion, was inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Bettin practices at ThedaCare Physicians-New London, Manawa and ThedaCare Medical Center-New London.

’85 DeAnn Thurmer (BSN), of Fox Lake, has been promoted to president and chief nursing officer of Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital.

’85 Doug Wanta (BS), of Meridian, Idaho, works for Cascade Earth Sciences as a senior geologist in the hydrogeology area of environmental consulting.

’86 Dale Hans (BBA), of Fond du Lac, has been promoted to senior vice president and head of Horicon Bank’s mortgage lending. He brings more than 30 years of banking experience to his new role.

’87 Christine (Grimm) Redecker (BSN), of Watertown, is a registered labor and delivery nurse at Watertown Regional Medical Center.

’92 Tina Grenlie (BBA), of Waupaca, started working at Edward Jones as a financial adviser in May 2018.

’93 Amy (Albers) Keehan (BSW), of De Pere, is a visit coordinator at St. Norbert College, where she has worked for 16 years. Keehan and her husband have been married 25 years and have two children.

’93 Kathryn Wellner (BS), of Washington, D.C., has been serving as senior adviser for public engagement for the Bureau of Public Affairs since January 2017.

’94 Wendy (Stock) Meyer (BS and BSE), of Milton, is a high school math teacher in the Kiel School District.

’95 Tamara (Brandt) Huenink (BSE), of Phillips, was named Professor for a Day at UW Oshkosh.

’95 Christine (Leonard) Punzel (BA), of McFarland, is a second-grade teacher at Conrad Elvehjem Primary School in the McFarland School District. Punzel and her husband have three children.

’97 Jason Hendricks (BBA), of Fond du Lac, has been re-elected vice-chair for a second term of the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board. He has been a member of the board since 2015. He is employed by J.F. Ahern as a human resource business partner.

’98 Robin West (BSW) and ’13 (MSW), of Oshkosh, is a licensed clinical social worker and clinical substance abuse counselor, specializing in treating post-traumatic stress disorder with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. West is a veteran and works with the Veterans Administration in Appleton.

’99 Melissa (Meyers) Campbell (BFA), of Corona, California, is the coordinator of donor communications for California Baptist University.

’00 Kelly (Heier) Votava (BSE), of Green Bay, is a gifted and talented resource teacher in the Green Bay Area Public School District.

’01 Daniel Grady (MBA), of Appleton, is the new city administrator for Abbotsford.

’03 John Muraski (MS), of Green Bay, was appointed as a Howard Village Trustee. Muraski and his wife of 23 years have two sons.

’03 Laura Turner (BSE), of Shiocton, is a high school science teacher for the New London School District and business owner. Turner won the Chamber of Commerce’s New Business of the Year Award for her nutrition club, Longevity Nutrition, in New London.

’06 Randy Reeg (MPA), of Thorp, is the new Mauston city administrator. Reeg was formerly the Thorp city administrator.

’08 Kimberly Sherfinski (BA), of Pleasant Prairie, is a registered nurse with Durrani Family Medicine in Kenosha. She has an 18 month-old daughter named Sophie.

’11 Lora Vahlsing (BFA), of Eden, is an artist and yogi. Her art is influenced by nature’s shapes, repetition and light. She teaches art, contemplative photography and poetry. She also is a certified yoga instructor.

’12 Joel Meier (BS), of Milwaukee, retired as captain of the West Allis Fire Department.

’13 Nate Stymiest (BBA), of Green Bay, is a Frankenmuth Insurance agent with Truyman-Haase-Zahn Insurance Group.

’14 Sarah Grotegut (BSN), of Dallas, Texas, and her husband welcomed their first child, Joy Ann, in July.

’14 Cailin Hansen (BSE), of Menasha, is a special education teacher in the Kaukauna School District.

’15 Miranda (Gage) Demske (BS), of Greenleaf, is a hospice volunteer coordinator for Green Bay and Manitowoc Counties. She recently moved and was married.

’15 David DeTroye (MPA), of Kiel, is the Hortonville village administrator.

’15 Derrick Schinderle (BSN), of Iron Mountain, Michigan, is a family nurse practitioner at the Dickinson Family Practice Center in Iron Mountain.

’16 Nick Romenesko (AS), and ’17 (BLS), of Little Chute, has been named systems director for Gold Cross Ambulance Service.

’18 Mary Cowling (BS), of Neenah, volunteers for the Neenah Animal Shelter and the American Red Cross. Cowling is employed by Heartland Business Systems in Little Chute.

’18 Megan (Glomski) Giebink (BSE), of Waupun, is a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Mayville Middle School.

’18 Kristina Gruenwald (BSE), of Watertown, teaches fourth grade at Clay Lamberton Elementary School in the Berlin Area School District.

’18 Ashley Hooyman (BSE), of Green Bay, teaches third- and fourth-grade special education at Clay Lamberton Elementary School in the Berlin Area School District.

’18 Jerica Roos (BSE), of Amery, teaches second- and third-grade special education at Clay Lamberton Elementary School in the Berlin Area School District.

’18 Erin Weston (BSE), of New London, is a fifth-grade teacher at Marion Elementary School in the Marion School District.

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