Reflections Magazine Issue #79 - Fall 2013 | Page 41

Alumni News—Class Notes 2007 Audra Miller and Bradley Mohler were united in marriage Dec. 29, 2012, at the historic Baker Street Station in downtown, Ft. Wayne, Ind. The bride is the owner of A. Miller Photography in Delphos, Ohio. The couple resides in Delphos. I feel so prepared and ready to take on anything. … It makes me very glad I chose Siena for my undergrad and shows that they truly are renowned for educating teachers. Even my principal had heard of SHU, and I can’t help but think that is what put me at the top of the list.” 2009 Liz Artz graduated in May 2013 with a master’s degree in educational leadership from Central Michigan University. She is currently employed as a student engagement coordinator at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich. Chet Hesson was named the new assistant athletic director for compliance at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. He is responsible for the administration of a comprehensive NCAA Division I, Atlantic Sun Conference and Pioneer League rules compliance program. His primary duties include investigation and reporting of rules infractions, preparation of waivers and releases, monitoring of playing and practicing seasons and recruiting. 2010 Kelly Sawyer Woodland works as an accounting assistant with the State of Michigan. She and her husband, Lance, reside in Pleasant Lake, Mich. 2012 Corey Alexander signed a professional baseball contract with the Traverse City Beach Bums, a member of the independent Frontier League. Alexander, a lefthanded pitcher, was signed for the 2014 season. In his senior year at SHU, he was 8-4 with a 1.96 earned run average and helped the Saints to a conference tournament title and an appearance in the NAIA national tournament. It will be his first appearance in professional baseball. Kyle Armstrong is beginning his second year as a graduate assistant track and field coach at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He is studying for his master’s degree in business leadership. Stephen Guerra is beginning his second year as a math teacher at St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo, Ohio. He said, “I am very thankful to the faculty at Siena through my time there. … Tama Lunsford and her husband Nathan ’15, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Rose Louise, Aug. 28, 2013 (above). The family resides in Tecumseh, Mich. 2013 Andy Switzer is currently working as an English teacher at Yiling Senior High School in Yichang City, China. He works with 3,000 students and teaches 14 classes a week. He is doing private lessons through a Cambridge Universitysponsored program called “Online School of Education.” He said, “I found myself reviewing old Siena notes, lesson plan designs and student teaching reflections. There are truly invaluable and really made a huge difference.” DEATHS Alumni Marjorie Gable Reagan ’44 Sister Martin Mary Ryan, OP ’49 Sister Joan Liberty, OP ’50 Sister Marjorie McEntee, OP ’52 Catherine Turner ’52 Clare Wrona Marcyan ’53 Ann Rose Cummins ’54 Sister Mary Margaret Donnelly, OP ’54 Sister Shirley Ruder, OP ’54 Sister Paul Emelia Brown, OP ’55 Sister Helene Dompierre, OP ’55 Sister Michele Gebhardt, OP, ’55 Sister Clara Patricks, OP ’55 Sister Jean Harlan, OP ’56 Joan Watson Klusnick ’58 Dr. Marvel Proton ’60, ’66/MA Sister Kathleen Gaynor, OP ’61 Sister Ursula Ording, OP ’61 Sister Donna Kustusch, OP ’63 Sister Mary Patrice Kerin, OSF ’64/MA Sister Anne Wasco, OP ’67 Shawn Medley ’06 Chris Comstock ’08 Friends Marilee Uyttenhove—former SHU staff member. NOTABLE: Eric Walter ’05 set a couple of joggling Guinness world records at O’Laughlin Stadium in April 2013. Joggling is running while juggling. He ran 1,000 meters on the SHU track in a record time of 2:46.63. The time to beat was 3 minutes flat. In the 400 meter he ran a 56.47 (57.32 was the old record). Walter also won the 200, 400, 800 and the 4x100 relay at the 2011 World Joggling Championships in Rochester, Minn. Sister Donna Kustusch, OP, ’63 a longtime faculty member at SHU, passed away in July 2013. “Donna’s determination came from her deep commitments—to her students and to the mission of Siena Heights; to her sisters and to the mission of the congregation; to the call of the gospel for a preferential option for the poor; and to her prayer relationship with God,” said SHU Vice President of Academic Affairs Sister Sharon Weber, OP, a former co