Alumni News—Class Notes
2014
Julia Haupricht was named the
head women’s volleyball coach at
Edison St. Community College in
Piqua, Ohio, in November 2016.
Haupricht served as an assistant
coach for the program last season.
Ines Rodriguez-Adams is work-
ing with GoMeta, an app develop-
ment company, in San Diego, Calif.
In October 2016, the company
launched Metaverse that uses aug-
mented reality similar to the popu-
lar Pokemon Go app. The app is
available on the iPhone. She is
helping promote the app through
social media with a blog.
2015
Raphael Dunson was recently
named an underwriter for United
Shore in Troy, Mich.
Kody Richardson started as a
trooper for the Michigan State Police
on Nov. 7, 2016. He graduated from
the 130th Trooper Recruit School
and was assigned to the MSP
Monroe post.
Tayler Thelen recently accepted
a position as a senior performance
improvement analyst for Beaumont
Health in metro Detroit.
DEATHS
Alumni
Sister Jean Selcke, OP ’42
Sister Maris Beaufait, OP ’45
Sister Nadine Foley, OP ’45
Doris (Barga) Rindler ’45
Sister Dorothy Jehle, OP ’47
Donna Jeana Schamberger ’47
Sister Dorothy Miller, OP ’48
Sister Helen Sorich, OP ’48
Sister Marie Beatty, OP ’49
Sister Elizabeth Kreiner, OP ’49
Sister Alice Wolski, OP ’49
Sister Sheila Flynn, OP ’51
Sister Donna Wencel, OP ’52
Sister Barbara Wetterer, OP ’52
Sister Anne Marie Snyder, OP ’54
Sister Joanne O’Connor, OP ’54/MFA
Sister Mary Mack, OP ’56
Joyce (Grundy) Fruge ’57
Sister Aileen McClain, OP ’57
Sister Michael Claire Wilson, OP ’59
Sister Marianne O’Neill, OP ’60
Julianne Labeau ’66
Sister Rosemarie Kieffer, OP ’67
Byron “Barney” Stickles ’80, ’83/MA,
’88MA—former trustee
Marina Valdez ’91—former Social
Work faculty member
Donna Lowery ’15
Mikala Ferer ’16
Dont’e Fox ’17
Friends
Mildred “Millie” Marks—former
staff member.
Notables:
Sister Nadine Foley, OP passed
away May 13. She served on Siena's
Board of Trustees in the 1970s and '80s
and served as Siena Heights' interim
President during the winter and
spring of 1994. Sister Nadine began
her relationship with Siena Heights as
a first-year student in 1941, and was a faithful alumna,
attending Homecoming dinners and football games in recent
years. She also taught philosophy and religious studies as
an adjunct faculty member. In 1992, Siena Heights recognized
her scholarship and leadership in the Church among women
religious by awarding her the Siena Medal. Sister Nadine also
served the Adrian Dominican Sisters Congregation as a mem-
ber of the General Council from 1974-78; as the Vicaress from
1978-82; and as Prioress of the Congregation from 1986-92.
She also was president of the Leadership Conference of Women
Religious from 1988-89 and a U.S. delegate to the Interna-
tional Union of Superiors General from 1989-92. In 1994,
she became the Congregation Historian, a position she held
until 2016. Sister Nadine published numerous papers and
articles, including two volumes of the history of the Adrian
Dominican Congregation: “Seeds Scattered and Grown” in
2006, and “To Fields Near and Far” in 2015.
The Siena community mourned the
deaths of a current student and a recent
graduate. Dont’e Fox passed away
Jan. 5 after a brief hospital stay. Fox
was a member of the Saints football
team, a communications major and a
student leader who was scheduled to
graduate this May. Members of his fam-
ily were present on May 7 to receive his
bachelor’s degree. Mikayla Ferer, who
graduated in May 2016, was killed in a
car accident on Feb. 13. She was a former
women's soccer player who received
her degree in nutrition. Members of the
Siena community participated in a memorial run to fund a
scholarship in her name.
The Honorable Margaret Noe ’75 received the 2017
Amelia Earhart Award from the Zonta Club of Lenawee County
in February. Noe, a circuit court judge in Lenawee County,
Mich., was recognized her for
contribution to women’s leader-
ship. The award is given to an
individual who “exemplifies the
pioneering spirit and excellence
in her field, as well as works to
increase the status of women
within her community. She has
been a judge since 2005 and
appointed to the circuit court in 2009. Noe was appointed
Lenawee County chief judge in 2015. She also has been the
chair of the Siena Heights Board of Trustees since 2006.
Deb Keller ’74, ‘73/MA, ’02/Spec. received the ATHENA
Award in May 2017 for her efforts in cultivating and develop-
ing women in leadership. The award is given annually to a
woman who assists women in reaching their full professional
leadership potential, while demonstrating excellence, creativity
and initiative. In her current role as executive assistant to the
Pre sident at Siena Heights, she “makes things happen,” accord-
ing to SHU President Sister Peg Albert, OP, Ph.D., past ATHENA
Award recipient who helped
present Keller with the award.
“Whether it is organizing the
weekly administration meetings
to playing host to a dinner for
hundreds of people, Deb always
makes sure Siena Heights puts
its best foot forward,” President
Albert said. “Her welcoming spirit,
whether it is with faculty or staff
members, alumni, community
members and, especially, our
students, is a blessing.” Keller spent 38 years as a teacher and
principal at St. Joseph’s Academy on the campus of the Adrian
Dominican Sisters. She also has taught for 13 years in Siena
Heights’ Teacher Education program, educating and mentoring
college-age students as they prepare to make their own
educational impact on the world.
Hollywood actor and stuntman
Andrew Staton ’03 visited the
Adrian campus in March 2017
to conduct a couple of theater
workshops. Staton, who starred
in the horror thriller “Clowntown,”
released last fall, said the time
he spent at Siena Heights serves
him to this day. “Siena prepared
me quite a bit, actually, for my
career,” said Staton, who moved
to the Los Angeles area in 2011
after spending some time in Chicago after graduation. “The
mission statement of Siena being competent, purposeful and
ethical I think follows in any type of business there is. The
fact that I come from a place that holds you accountable.
That makes you do what you say you’re going to do. That’s
why I keep getting work, because people know they can
depend on me.” His said he works in movie production as
well as does stunts while developing his acting career. “You
have to be good at your job and you have to be dependable
at your job, or you won’t have a job,” he said. “That mission
statement has kept me afloat as much as any technical
experience that I’ve had or craft that I’ve learned.”
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