Reflections Magazine Issue #61 - Spring 2004 | Page 19

Class Notes Battle Creek SHU @ KCC & Kalamazoo Benton Harbor Monroe SHU @ LMC Bobby Hopewell ’96 was elected to the Kalamazoo City Commission in November 2003. He is manager of community relations and the switchboard staff at Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo. He is active in the Kalamazoo community and is past board president of Pretty Lake Camp, which focuses on inner city children. Terry Doolen ’86 is the owner and operator of Shaheen’s Motel, open year round in Tupper Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. For anyone driving the scenic route on Highway 3 between Watertown and Plattsburgh, or heading to the Big Tupper Ski Area, Pat McDonald, OP ’69 (associate professor and director of graduate studies at Siena’s Metro Detroit Program) Donald Seitler ’99 of Portage is reports that Shaheen’s Motel is “a very employed by Exfil Corp. fine place” offering continental breakfast, Kit Danke ’01 married Chris Allen on pool, etc. Pat happened upon the motel June 7, 2003. Kit is a retail field sales by accident last summer. representative for Kellogg Co. and Chris Lisa Kendzora Walters ’95 lives in is an engineering manager at Eaton Saint Joseph and is a demand manager Corp. The Allens live in Battle Creek. for Sears. Bonnie Timbs Eyre ’03/MA is a clerk at Maria Kras ’99 married Timothy Williams Pfizer and lives in Battle Creek. She has in August 2003 in St. Joseph. Maria is one daughter. an administrative assistant at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgeman where Timothy is an equipment operator. They Mark Your Calendar! live in Stevensville. For further information about any of the events listed below, contact the Alumni Office at (517) 264-7143 or by email at: [email protected]. May 1: Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting. May 1: Torch Night ceremony – Reception hosted by the Alumni Board. May 2: Commencement – (main campus). May 15: Commencement – SHU @ KCC (Battle Creek center). May 16: Commencement – SHU @ LMC (Benton Harbor center). August 5: Take Me Out to the Ballgame! Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field. Alumni event with honorary host Bruce Lee ’85, president, Fifth Third Bank. Sept. 24–26: “Vintage Years!” Alumni Weekend ’04 celebrating Siena’s 85th anniversary. For more information, see inside front and back covers. Kimberly Ashley ’03 of Coloma is a radiologic technologist at Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac. Douglas Kraemer ’03 of Coloma works at Whirlpool in Benton Harbor and is a reserve firefighter in Benton Township. He married Beth Rogers last June. Alumni, faculty, current students and friends of SHU @ LMC gathered at Tosi’s Restaurant in Stevensville in early December for the sixth annual Alumni Holiday Gathering. About 60 people attended the after-work event, enjoying prizes, beverages and Tosi’s famous hors d’oeuvres, along with quick updates from several Siena administrators. This annual social activity has become a notto-be-missed event—so if you missed it this year, plan to make it in 2004! Jackson SHU @ JCC Emily Robb Stebing ’01 is employed with Bond and Company and writes: “Jeff and I were married in September 2001 and our son Ethan was born in August 2002. Our second child, son Logan, was born in November 2003.” The family lives in Jackson. SHU@MCCC From the Sites Southfield Metro Detroit Program Ignazio Cuccia ’96 is an insurance agent with Nationwide Insurance. He recently moved his offices into Elite Commons, a two-building commercial/ office complex in Monroe that he developed with a partner. Before starting his insurance agency, he operated Holiday Pizza for about 11 years. Edgar Norment ’80 of Lozano, Texas, is retired from the Department of Defense and writes: “I worked in the engineering field from 1958-1990, first with Military School Training, followed by a two-year RETS technical school certificate, and then with the Siena Heights College diploma. I am grateful for the opportunity Siena Heights provided and making it C. Dean Bodine ’96, a licensed builder possible for me to earn the BAS degree with years of residential and commercial in electrical engineering. Thank you.” remodeling and interior finishing experience, has opened Dean Construction Joyce Brown ‘85 lives in Southfield and Co. in Monroe. is executive director for Metro Healthcare Services, Inc. Jennifer Pauli ’99 married Sean Langenderfer on May 17, 2003. Jennifer Diane Geiger-Brandon ’94 was remarworks for Standard Federal Bank in ried in October 2003. She and her Temperance. The Langenderfers are husband, Wilbur Brandon, live in Burnsliving in Erie. ville, MN. Diane works in South St. Paul as a dispatcher for Securion. She has Amanda Finley ’01 is a marketing two children, Whitney, 17, and Wyatt, administrator for Monroe Bank and Trust. 7, Geiger. She lives in Monroe. Marilynn Mazur ’95 recently moved to Justin Green ’03 of Erie is employed by Birch Run. ABN AMRO in Ann Arbor. Angela Stanley Ivory ’98 reports from Jill McCormick, a student in Siena’s Plymouth that she has a new baby. MCCC Center, is this year’s Miss Monroe Daughter Mia Loring Ivory was born in County. An education major at Siena, October 2003. she kicked off her “Ready to Read: Conquering Illiteracy” platform with appear- Daniel Niebrzydowski ’99 is a project ances at libraries and schools around engineer for Blackhawk Automotive the county to read to children. She will Plastics. He lives in Canton and has two represent Monroe County in the Miss daughters. Michigan Pageant in June. Jean Kearney ’00 of Canton is a department supervisor for Wayne County Airport Authority. She writes: “I now have We Want To two grandsons and I’m enjoying them Hear From You! tremendously!” Class Notes are compiled from letters, cards and emails from alumni, as well as news clippings from our news service. We want to hear from you—however, please note that we do not announce engagements or pregnancies, but will gladly report marriages and births after they have occurred. Class No ѕ́ɕ