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Alumni News taken from USI Magazine--December 2007

Art

Corliss E. Chastain ’78 will go to Tokyo as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. She is an art teacher at Maranacook High School in Readfield, Maine. A panel of educators selected Chastain for the honor from a national pool of more than 1,700 applicants. The program allows distinguished primary and secondary school educators in the United States to travel to Japan for three weeks to promote intercultural understanding.

Communications

Owen T. McLean ’07 is an outbound operations manager for Roadrunner Dawes Freight Systems in Indianapolis.

Jonathan E. Tague ’05 is a loan executive with Metro United Way in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Christopher M. Wilguess ’03 has joined 94.9 The Sound as a midday radio host in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Elexica Finch McAlister ’99 has assumed the position of human resources recruiting administrator at Energy Systems Group in Newburgh, Indiana.

Kevin S. Axsom ’96 has assumed the position of sales associate for F.C. Tucker Emge Realty in Evansville.

Amy Huebschman Lutzel ’96, double major in German, is a paralegal with the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office in Evansville.

Thomas C. Burkhardt ’95 is the branch manager at C.H. Robinson Worldwide in Evansville.

Rachel L. Rawlinson ’94 is the executive director of marketing and communications at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville.

Sharon B. Shumate ’94 has joined the Columbus Republic newspaper as advertising director in Columbus, Indiana.

Cynthia A. Moore ’93, and ’07 Master of Health Administration, was named chair of the medical assisting program at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville.

Lara Sears Beck ’92 was appointed executive director at VistaCare in Evansville.

Diana Combs Daeger ’92 is a program assistant with Twentyfirst Century Scholars in North Vernon, Indiana.

Scott A. Wright ’86 has been named president and chief operating officer for the Journal Register Company based in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Wright manages the day-to-day operations of the company’s six clusters and participates in planning and developing resources to achieve short- and longerterm goals and objectives. Previously, he was senior vice president for the company’s Michigan cluster. Prior to joining the Journal Register Company in 2006, Wright was president and publisher at Suburban Community Newspapers in Memphis, Tennessee. He also has been associated with newspapers in Plano, Texas; Pontiac, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Campbell Hall, New York; and Joplin, Missouri.

Moulton “Mo” Cato ’85 has taken the position of assistant soccer coach for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Cato is a former member and assistant coach of the USI men’s soccer team.

Joe A. Hargis ’82 is the associate vice president for External Relations at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Journalism and Computer Publishing

Karen L. Steckler ’04 has joined Level 3 Communications as a senior communication analyst. Level 3 is an international communications company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

Britney N. Gentry ’03, and a double major in sociology, is the assistant director for the Center of Student Engagement at the University of Evansville.

• Public Relations and Advertising

Lacey R. Hall ’07 is a community relations coordinator with Visiting Nurse Association in Evansville.

Stephanie R. Hummel ’05 is the executive assistant at Saint Vincent’s Day Care Center in Evansville.

Stephanie N. Warlick ’05 is a marketing project manager at ARSgroup in Evansville.

Eric Snow ’03, a former Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari employee who was most recently corporate sponsorship manager at the Indianapolis Zoo, has been named director of admissions at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. Snow oversees the hiring, training, and daily operations of a 45-member crew responsible for front-gate ticket sales, season-pass processing, guest relations, lost and found, and the park’s kennel, the Holidog Inn. Snow returns to Holiday World, where he spent six seasons as a ride operator and marketing intern.

Angela N. Williams ’02 has taken the position of business teacher at Hilton Head Island High School in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Melody Puller Freeman ’01 is a product marketing manager at Trends International in Indianapolis.

English

Jamie Grabert ’02 is the managing editor for Player Magazine in Evansville.

Michael L. Whicker ’98 was selected to fill a seat on the Vanderburgh County Commission but resigned soon after for health reasons. He is a former plumber and Air Force veteran who became a published author and English teacher at Reitz High School. Whicker is associated with the World War II ship LST 325 in Evansville.

Matthew W. Potter ’96 has joined Strouse Wealth Advisors as an associate wealth adviser in Evansville.

J. Susie Hoffmann Traylor ’93 was promoted to director of human resources at CMC in Evansville.

History

John R. Worman ’05 graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, in May 2007. He was admitted to the Indiana State Bar and to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana in October. Worman and his wife Katie have opened the law office of Worman and Worman in Evansville.

Modern and Classical Languages

• French

Stephanie Stewart Polen ’98, double major in business administration, ’05, Master of Business Administration, was promoted to director of marketing at Card Management Corporation in Evansville.

• German

Amy Huebschman Lutzel ’96, double major in communications, is a paralegal with the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office in Evansville.

Political Science

Gary J. Marksberry ’98 has recently opened a law office, G. Jayson Marksberry, Attorney at Law, in Danville, Indiana.

Tony Aylsworth ’87 was promoted to senior vice president, corporate compliance director at Old National Bank in Evansville.

Psychology

Amanda Young Wagner ’98 is a mental health professional at Saint Joseph’s Mercy Care Services in Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Science Teaching

Kelly Wepsic Graber ’06 teaches world history at Boonville High School in Boonville, Indiana.

Matthew D. Deckard ’97 is the principal at West Elementary School in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.

Sociology

Britney N. Gentry ’03, double major in journalism and computer publishing, is the assistant director for the Center of Student Engagement at the University of Evansville.

Rebecca A. Dunlap ’99, ’01, Master of Social Work, is a victim services specialist at Crisis Connection, Inc., in Jasper, Indiana. She received the 2006 Mental Health Professional of the Year award at the “We Are…People First” State Conference from the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Indiana Association of Forensic Nurses, Indiana Chapter of Child Advocacy Centers, Latino Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.

Courtney D. Watt ’85 is the author of The Journey That Led Me to Jesus Christ, an autobiography. The book is published by Xlibris. Watt lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Master of Public Administration

Danyelle E. Granger ’06 was promoted to foundation program officer at Old National Bank in Evansville.