Alumni News—Class Notes
Jill Orick Carmichael ’04 and John Carmichael
(photo below) were married July 19, 2008. The
couple currently resides in Sturgis, Mich.
Orion Martinez ’04 accepted a promotion as an
assistant financial center manager with Washington
Mutual Bank in May 2008. He currently resides in
Stockton, Calif.
Lauren Cooper ’05 is employed as a retail manager at MetroPCS in Westland, Mich. She currently
resides in Detroit, Mich.
Kalen Larson ’05 started as an assistant professor
and technical director at Michigan Technological
University in Houghton, Mich., this fall. He and his
wife, Kay, reside in Houghton.
Sister Therese Craig, OP ’48
Former Siena Heights faculty member Sister
Therese Craig, OP, ’48, formerly known as Sister
Rose Terrence Craig, died Sept. 11, 2008, at the
Dominican Life Center. She was 81. Sister Therese
was the founder of Siena Heights Children’s
Theater (child drama) in 1965, the first in southeast Michigan. She was a faculty member at
Siena Heights for nine years and received a
bachelor of philosophy degree in English from
Siena Heights. Sister Therese spent 43 years
ministering in education in Farmington, Grosse
Pointe Farms, Detroit and Adrian. She also was
a faculty member for 16 years at the University
of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She
was a spiritual director for 14 yea