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Izumi Mochizuki Greubel received her master’s degree in secondary education from the University of Southern Indiana in 1994. Beginning in 1991, she taught Japanese at USI as a part-time and full-time instructor for 11 years until her husband, Tony, was hired by the U.S. Department of State. Since then, the Greubels have lived in Washington D.C., Indonesia, Canada, Pakistan/Japan, China and Samoa.
Tony Greubel assumed his position as Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Apia, Samoa, in August 2017. Previously Tony was the Senior Pacific Islands Desk Officer in the East Asia Pacific Bureau’s Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands Affairs. He managed bilateral relations with five Pacific island countries—Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu.
Jessica Jones
Manager of the River City Food Co-op
Nathan Fry
English graduate with a minor in business administration
Corliss Chastain ' 78
Chad Horrell '04, director for Washington D.C.-based DCI Group, will present "'See' of Opportunities: Navigate with Purpose" as part of the 2018 University of Southern Indiana's Political Science and Public Administration Department Alumni in Residence program. Horrell's presentation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Kleymeyer Hall located on the lower level of the USI Liberal Arts Center. The program is free and open to the public.
Eric A. Adams
Chemistry graduate with a minor in German
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of enGene, Inc.
Kim Kurdelak
Art graduate
Employed as Creative Director at Promar, a graphic design agency in San Diego, California and maintains a fine art practice in her home studio.
Michelle Thompson '98
Social studies teacher at Southridge Middle School in Huntingburg, a nominee for the 1999 Disney American Teacher Award, "I'm not Einstein but some days I look like him."
Utley owned the Flying Saucer Café, a popular downtown Evansville restaurant that hosted art exhibits, poetry readings, and live music in the late 1990s, and was employed by Communities United to Strengthen America as center/communications director. She serves on the Alhambra Theatre Board of Directors.
Schaefer worked on the legislative staffs of U.S. Congressmen John Boehner (OH-08), John Hostettler (IN-08) and Dr. Larry Bucshon (IN-08), was executive director of the Hoosier Voices for I-69, and served as vice president of public policy for the Evansville Chamber of Commerce.
Jon Carl
Graduate of social science in secondary education and 1998 graduate of master of science in education
History teacher at Reitz High School
Brad Ellsworth
Sociology graduate
Vanderburgh County Sheriff, "From College Classroom to Top Cop"
Louis Haas '80 ISUE (USI)
History Graduate
Kleymeyer Hall is located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center, next to the McCutchan Art Gallery, on the west side of the campus.
