Taken from USI Magazine
September 2008

Art

Thomas W. McVeety ’90 is a pagination technician at The Evansville Courier and Press.

• Art Education

Amanda Grubb Barr ’06 is the owner of Digicom Consulting in Evansville.

Jeffrey A. Mobley ’06 is an art teacher at Stringtown Elementary School in Evansville.

Lisa Elder Willman ’99 is a kindergarten teacher at Combee Elementary School in Lakeland, Florida.

Communications

Amanda J. Stanifer ’07 is a graphic designer/data specialist at Blanton Studios in Rockville, Maryland.

Karen Ugo Oldham ’03 is a radio host for South Central Radio Group, WLFW, 93.5 “The Wolf” in Evansville.

Kira Crowdus Vaal ’03 has taken the position of assistant director of Athletics and Corporate Giving in the
USI Foundation.

Tim A. Starks ‘99 is an intelligence reporter for Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C. Last year, he won the Bugle Award for reporting on the Disabled American Veterans, alongside CBS’ Bob Schieffer.

Michael L. Good ’97 is the vice president for Walker in Indianapolis.

Matthew C. May ’97 has been hired as a consultant with Kemper Technology Consulting LLP in Evansville.

Thomas C. Burkhardt ’96 is the general manager of C.H. Robinson Worldwide in Evansville.

Tarrie Kendall Crist ’94 has taken the position of adjunct instructor at Ivy Tech in Indianapolis.

Diana Lutz Garms ’93 a paraplegic, entered the Ms. Wheelchair Georgia Competition at age 45 and won. She travels as a speaker bringing awareness to the issues of the handicapped. Garms retired from the Social Security Administration. She lives in Columbus, Georgia.

Jennifer Payne Wigginton ’93 is the director of The Literacy Center in Evansville.

Jennifer Carter Conaway ’90 is a service coordinator at the Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services in Jennings, Missouri.

Patrick R. Sullivan ’90 and double major ’86, business administration, has taken the position of technical sales consultant with Pinnacle Computer Services in Evansville.

Eric E. Edwards ’85 is a photographer at WDRB Fox 41 Independence Television in Louisville, Kentucky.

Rock A. Clouser ’84 was promoted to fretted instruments product manager at Hanser Music Group in Hebron, Kentucky. His duties include the product design and development for all guitars, mandolins, dobros, and acoustic guitars.

Harold E. Tepool ’80 was reappointed as national executive chair, to the faculty executive board, and the national scholarship committee for the Alpha Beta Gamma International Business Honor Society. He is a professor of business management at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana.

• Journalism and Computer Publishing

Amber Hazelwood Wood ’03 is a realtor with The Realty Group LeGate Real Estate in Henderson, Kentucky.

Brandi Schwartz Hess ’00 has taken the position of senior art director at Indigo 510©reative in Evansville.

• Public Relations and Advertising

Abby S. Bauder ’08 has taken the position of sales representative for Nussmeier Engraving in Evansville.

Crystal Walters Tarter ’08 has taken the position of mortgage account specialist at American

Melanie A. Leach ’06 was promoted to marketing manager for SMG Evansville.

Sally A. Gries ’02 has taken the position of development director for St. Mary’s Warrick Foundation in Boonville, Indiana.

Toni M. Hurst ’01 is the global channel enablement lead at IBM in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Radio & Television

Ryan D. Carroll ’05 is the video editor/motion graphics at the Video Professor Inc. He is pursuing a Master of Arts in Mass Communications at the University of Denver. Carroll is working on developing a working script for his thesis project, which consists of a short narrative film focusing on the topic of schizophrenia in society. He resides in Englewood, Colorado.

English

Alissa Orth Mwenelupembe ’04 is the program director at Ark Crisis Child Care Center in Evansville.

Valerie Boewe Krajec ’76 is an information specialist for National Child Care Information in Fairfax, Virginia.

Jane Snow Sharka ’73, double major in history, has retired after 33 years as a school library media specialist. She is completing a term as president of the Illinois School Library Media Association.

History

Erika N. Qualls ’04 is head of adult services at Alexandrian Public Library in Mount Vernon, Indiana.

Martha Ashworth Alhieh ’02 is pursuing a double doctoral major in the fields of anthropology and near eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University.

Sharon L. Duell ’92 is the vice president of Evansville Chrysler Kia Mazda Volvo, Inc., in Evansville.

Jane Snow Sharka ’73 double major in English, has retired after 33 years as a school library media specialist. She is completing a term as president of the Illinois School Library Media Association.

Modern and Classical Languages

• French

Stephanie Stewart Polen ’98, double major in business administration, ’05, Master of Business Administration, was promoted to vice president, Business Development and Marketing at Card Management Corporation in Evansville.

• German

Stephanie Wuchner Buchanan ’97, double major in business administration, is an account executive at Kentucky Data Link, Inc., in Evansville.

Performing Arts

• Theatre Arts

Susan Atchley Evans ’02 is an administrative assistant/statistical analyst at Vincennes Insurance, Inc., in Vincennes, Indiana.

Political Science

Brandi N. Harmon ’03 is the deputy prosecutor at the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office in Noblesville, Indiana.

Johnnie A. Ricks ’03 is the chief of police at Sturgis Police Department in Sturgis, Kentucky.

Kent L. Kleiman ’96 has taken the position of territory manager for Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers in Louisville, Kentucky.

Jennifer Young Posey ’94 has taken the position of project manager for Chapman Kelly in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Psychology

Amanda Rickenbaugh Hoesli ’05 is a corporate trainer for Atlas Van Lines, Inc., in Evansville.

Jamie L. Jordan ’05 has been accepted to Officer Candidate School for the U.S. Navy.

Paul A. Laudeman ’98 is the identity solutions architect for Perot Systems in Plano, Texas.

Social Science Teaching

Kenneth L. Davis ’75 is a technology integration specialist at South Middle School in Henderson, Kentucky.

Sociology

Shannon L. Hurt ’03 is a membership and publications manager at The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Inc., in Evansville.

Nickolas D. Oldham ’03 works in customer service for Berry Plastics Corporation in Evansville.