Reflections Magazine Issue #79 - Fall 2013 | Page 41

Alumni News—Class Notes

2007

Audra Miller and Bradley Mohler
were united in marriage Dec. 29,
2012, at the historic Baker Street
Station in downtown, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
The bride is the owner of A. Miller
Photography in Delphos, Ohio. The
couple resides in Delphos.

I feel so prepared and ready to take
on anything. … It makes me very
glad I chose Siena for my undergrad
and shows that they truly are
renowned for educating teachers.
Even my principal had heard of SHU,
and I can’t help but think that is
what put me at the top of the list.”

2009

Liz Artz graduated in May 2013
with a master’s degree in educational leadership from Central
Michigan University. She is currently
employed as a student engagement
coordinator at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich.

Chet Hesson
was named the
new assistant
athletic director
for compliance at
Stetson University in DeLand,
Fla. He is responsible for the administration of a
comprehensive NCAA Division I,
Atlantic Sun Conference and Pioneer
League rules compliance program.
His primary duties include investigation and reporting of rules infractions, preparation of waivers and
releases, monitoring of playing and
practicing seasons and recruiting.

2010

Kelly Sawyer Woodland works
as an accounting assistant with
the State of Michigan. She and her
husband, Lance, reside in Pleasant
Lake, Mich.

2012

Corey Alexander signed
a professional
baseball contract
with the Traverse
City Beach Bums,
a member of the
independent
Frontier League. Alexander, a lefthanded pitcher, was signed for the
2014 season. In his senior year at
SHU, he was 8-4 with a 1.96 earned
run average and helped the Saints
to a conference tournament title and
an appearance in the NAIA national
tournament. It will be his first appearance in professional baseball.
Kyle Armstrong is beginning his
second year as a graduate assistant
track and field coach at William
Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
He is studying for his master’s
degree in business leadership.

Stephen Guerra is beginning his
second year as a math teacher at
St. John’s Jesuit High School and
Academy in Toledo, Ohio. He said,
“I am very thankful to the faculty at
Siena through my time there. …

Tama Lunsford and her husband
Nathan ’15, celebrated the birth of
their daughter, Rose Louise, Aug. 28,
2013 (above). The family resides in
Tecumseh, Mich.

2013

Andy Switzer is
currently working
as an English
teacher at Yiling
Senior High
School in Yichang
City, China. He
works with 3,000
students and teaches 14 classes a
week. He is doing private lessons
through a Cambridge Universitysponsored program called “Online
School of Education.” He said, “I
found myself reviewing old Siena
notes, lesson plan designs and student teaching reflections. There are
truly invaluable and really made a
huge difference.”

DEATHS
Alumni
Marjorie Gable Reagan ’44
Sister Martin Mary Ryan, OP ’49
Sister Joan Liberty, OP ’50
Sister Marjorie McEntee, OP ’52
Catherine Turner ’52
Clare Wrona Marcyan ’53
Ann Rose Cummins ’54
Sister Mary Margaret Donnelly,
OP ’54
Sister Shirley Ruder, OP ’54
Sister Paul Emelia Brown, OP ’55
Sister Helene Dompierre, OP ’55
Sister Michele Gebhardt, OP, ’55
Sister Clara Patricks, OP ’55
Sister Jean Harlan, OP ’56
Joan Watson Klusnick ’58
Dr. Marvel Proton ’60, ’66/MA
Sister Kathleen Gaynor, OP ’61
Sister Ursula Ording, OP ’61
Sister Donna Kustusch, OP ’63
Sister Mary Patrice Kerin,
OSF ’64/MA
Sister Anne Wasco, OP ’67
Shawn Medley ’06
Chris Comstock ’08

Friends
Marilee Uyttenhove—former SHU
staff member.

NOTABLE:
Eric Walter ’05 set a couple of joggling Guinness world
records at O’Laughlin Stadium in April 2013. Joggling is running while juggling. He ran 1,000 meters on the SHU track in
a record time of 2:46.63. The time to beat was 3 minutes flat.
In the 400 meter he ran a 56.47 (57.32 was the old record).
Walter also won the 200, 400, 800 and the 4x100 relay at
the 2011 World Joggling Championships in Rochester, Minn.
Sister Donna Kustusch, OP, ’63 a longtime faculty member at SHU, passed away
in July 2013. “Donna’s determination
came from her deep commitments—to
her students and to the mission of Siena
Heights; to her sisters and to the mission
of the congregation; to the call of the
gospel for a preferential option for the
poor; and to her prayer relationship with God,” said SHU Vice
President of Academic Affairs Sister Sharon Weber, OP, a
former co