Reflections Magazine Issue #63 - Fall 2005 | Page 18

Class Notes From the Sites Angela Bomia ’03 has been appointed manager of the South Dixie branch of Monroe Bank & Trust. She lives in Erie with her husband and son. SHU @ WCC Joanna Duford ’04 of Monroe is a tax analyst for Holcim (US) Inc., in Dundee. Ann Arbor Jessica Moser ’04 is working at Tenneco Automotive in Jackson. Battle Creek SHU @ KCC & Kalamazoo Jennifer Stowell ’98 of Battle Creek is mentor coordinator and class advisor for the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy. We Want To Hear From You! The Class Notes section is compiled from news clippings as well as your notes and letters; and includes updates about Siena graduates from all SHU locations. Information received after May 15 will appear in the next issue of Reflections. Please note: We gladly publish wedding and birth announcements; but we do not announce engagements or pregnancies. Send your news by email to [email protected] or snail mail: Siena Heights Alumni Office 1247 E. Siena Heights Dr. Adrian, MI 49221. Or pick up the phone and call anytime: [phone] or [phone]. One way or the other, stay in touch! Kimberly McGhee ‘99 of Center Line, MI, is a paralegal with H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc. in Detroit. She also is working on a master’s degree in business. Melissa Faurot ’03, a five year employee of Sand Ridge Bank in Hastings, has been promoted from assistant branch manager to mortgage originator. She and her family live in Vermontville. Benton Harbor SHU @ LMC Bob Racklyeft ‘88 is a design engineer for Fast4M in Troy. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Brownstown Twp. They have a son (18) and a daughter (13). Renea Brunke ‘99/MA lives in Chandler, AZ, and works as director of human resources for the John C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix. Kimberly Ashley ’03 married Brian Morlock April 17, 2004, in Watervliet. Following a honeymoon in Jamaica, they settled in Decatur. Kimberly is a radiology technologist at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac. Shebha Mangena ’04 of Niles wrote recently to express her gratitude for the education she received at Siena’s LMC center. “I met a pool of local and international students my age, younger and some older. I enjoyed the symbiotic cross fertilization of cultures from the diverse student body and a deliberately willing faculty. I benefited so much from all the classes I took.” Jackson SHU @ JCC Staff, students and alumni at the Jackson center mourned the unexpected death of Scott Hulen ’04 in January. (See complete obituary on page 21.) Monroe SHU@MCCC Amanda Finley ’01 married G.W. Phebus Aug. 18, 2004. They enjoyed a wedding trip to Jamaica then settled in Monroe. Amanda is a marketing administrator. Jennifer Geiman ’04 is head teller at the Monroe Bank and Trust in Carleton. 16 Reflections Fall ‘05 - Alumni News Jane Wellington ’04 of Newport is community relations manager in charge of membership for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in Dearborn. Christian Stumpmier ’04 married Erin Burkhart Oct. 8, 2004, in Monroe where they settled following a wedding trip to Las Vegas. Christian works for the Frenchtown Township Water Department; Erin is a registered nurse at the University of Michigan hospital. Southfield SHU Metro Detroit Program Frances Alexander ’80 of Detroit has retired from a three-decade career as a nurse anesthetist at Sinai-Grace Hospital. She and her husband, Gerald, recently celebrated 52 years of marriage! Thomas Pick ’80 worked in aviation for 20 years after graduating but “September 11th brought my flying career to a halt.” He returned to school and is now an elementary school teacher in Las Vegas, NV. Ethel Johnson ‘87 is an attorney and shareholder in the Houston, TX, law firm of Ogletree Deakins, one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, with 22 offices across the country. Serving as advocates for management, the firm represents more than half of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies. A 1991 graduate of the University of Texas law school, Ethel’s practice focuses on the representation of management in all aspects of labor and employment law including complex employment litigation, employee benefits litigation and labor arbitrations. She also counsels clients regarding discipline and discharge issues, workplace privacy, medical leave policies, and many other human resources issues. Ethel is active in the American and Houston Bar Associations and is a frequent speaker at employment-related seminars. LaJoyce Jones Brown ’98 of Southfield is associate director for recruitment and outreach in the Wa [