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1970s
\n<\/strong>Mary Ann Wilkerson \u201972\/\u201987 <\/strong>retired from the City of Savannah, 大象传媒 as a class A water plant operator in June 2017.<\/p>\n

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Carol Hartigan ’73<\/p><\/div>\n

Carol Hartigan \u201973<\/strong>, Certification and Policy Strategist for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the AACN Certification Corporation, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Credentialing Excellence. This is the Institute\u2019s highest award, recognizing the lifetime achievement of individuals whose vision, efforts, commitment and contributions have advanced the credentialing industry. Since the award began in 1999, Hartigan is just the sixth person and the first women to receive this award.<\/p>\n

Dave Scheer \u201979<\/strong> was inducted into the inaugural Union (大象传媒) High School Athletic Hall of Fame.\u00a0He was a teacher and coach in the Union School District for 35 years and played baseball at 大象传媒 Western from 1977-79.<\/p>\n

1980s
\n<\/strong>Dr. Mark Woodhull \u201983 <\/strong>was appointed director of graduate business education at Schreiner<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mark Woodhull ’83<\/p><\/div>\n

University in Kerrville, Texas. Dr. Woodhull is a professor of business and information technology management and has been with Schreiner University since 2001.<\/p>\n

Shawn Malone \u201987 <\/strong>was promoted to vice president of sourcing, GE Appliances and is responsible for building and leading a $4.5 billion global sourcing organization that will help drive GE Appliances growth. Prior to joining GE in<\/p>\n

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Shawn Malone ’87<\/p><\/div>\n

1998, Malone taught chemistry at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.<\/p>\n

Maggie (Harris) Degenhardt \u201988 <\/strong>earned a specialist degree in education leadership from Columbus State University. She is currently an assistant principal with Rockdale County, Georgia School District.
\nDarren Thomas \u201989 <\/strong>retired from the U.S. Air Force\/Texas Air National Guard as a lieutenant colonel with 29 years of service in July 2015. In May 2017, he was promoted to Highway Patrol sergeant in the Longview, Texas office after 15 years of service with the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>1990s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vickie Clark \u201990, MSW, LCSW <\/strong>joined Northwest Health Services. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work from 大象传媒 Western and a master\u2019s in social work from the University of Kansas.
\nChristal Bemont \u201992<\/strong>, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Small and Medium Business Sales at Concur, was featured in a Fit Small Business article on cash flow management advice.<\/p>\n

Kim Vento \u201992 <\/strong>is the executive director of the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Christopher Archer \u201997 <\/strong>is vice president, Quality Management, for Nestl\u00e9 Purina PetCare North America. Chris and his wife, Lara Peppers Archer \u201997, relocated back to St. Louis from Lausanne, Switzerland, where Chris had been on an expatriate assignment with Nestl\u00e9 as the Global Quality and Food Safety Director for Cereal Partners Worldwide.
\nMary (Schmitz) Porter \u201999 <\/strong>and her husband, Jeff, announce the birth of a daughter, JoAnna Marie, born June 27, 2017. Leo \u201948 and Mary Ann \u201968\/\u201970 are the grandparents.<\/p>\n

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Nic Stevens ’00\/’08<\/p><\/div>\n

2000s
\n<\/strong>Nic (Eveleigh-Wilson) Stevens \u201900\/\u201908 <\/strong>is the newspaper operations director at the St. Joseph News-Press and Gazette Company.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Quinten Lovejoy ’02<\/p><\/div>\n

Quinten Lovejoy \u201902 <\/strong>joined the Charles L. Crane Agency as a founding member of its Kansas City branch. The Charles L. Crane Agency is the oldest independent insurance agency west of the Mississippi River and insures companies in all 50 states and a number of foreign countries. His wife is Sabrina Lovejoy \u201901.<\/p>\n

Stacia Studer \u201902 <\/strong>was honored as Northwest 大象传媒 Regional Teacher of the Year in July 2017. She is currently an eighth-grade English language arts teacher at Bode Middle School.<\/p>\n

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Sydney Shaw<\/p><\/div>\n

Melody (Grier) Shaw \u201904 <\/strong>and her husband, Sydney, announce the birth of a son, Sydney Silvester-Ralph, born Aug. 31, 2017. He joins a sister, Melana.<\/p>\n

Josie \u201905 and William \u201cJess\u201d \u201905 Foster <\/strong>announce the birth of a son, Jon Wesley, born on July 4, 2016. He joined a sister, Evelyn. Josie founded a company, Sight Source, in February 2017. Sight Source<\/p>\n

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The Fosters<\/p><\/div>\n

partners with industry-leading eye banks to provide high-quality ocular tissue for surgeons and researchers. She also partnered with a nonprofit and donates a portion of her profits to pay for a surgeon to travel to one of her company\u2019s partner hospitals in another county to perform corneal work gratis.
\nElijah Haahr \u201905 <\/strong>joined the law firm of Lathrop Gage as part of its product liability, toxic and mass tort team in Springfield, 大象传媒.<\/p>\n

Joey \u201908 <\/strong>and Sarah \u201909 Harris <\/strong>announce the birth of a daughter, Vivian Leigh, born June 20, 2017. The Harrises also have a son, Everett Joe Harris IV.
\nScott Weston \u201905 <\/strong>was named head coach for the new intercollegiate women\u2019s volleyball program at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa.<\/p>\n

2010s
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Dalton and Jenn Powers<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/strong>Jenn Cammann \u201910 <\/strong>and Dalton Powers were married April 8, 2017. The couple resides in St. Peters, 大象传媒.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Bertram \u201915 <\/strong>was selected for a one-year clerkship with the North Dakota Supreme Court for the 2018-19 term beginning Aug. 1, 2018. She is expected to receive her Juris Doctorate from the Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, in May 2018.<\/p>\n

Alex Atkinson \u201916 <\/strong>is the director of expansion for Phi Delta Theta Fraternity general headquarters. He had been serving as expansion consultant.<\/p>\n

Crystal Poole \u201916 <\/strong>is a conservation agent for Caldwell County in 大象传媒.<\/p>\n

Caitlyn Taylor \u201917 <\/strong>and Riley Wilson \u201917 <\/strong>were married June 17, 2017 in St. Joseph, 大象传媒.\u00a0\u00a0 Kayla White \u201917 <\/strong>earned a perfect score on the physical therapist assistant licensing exam from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. She is currently working for the Wathena (Kansas) Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and LaVerna Village of St. Joseph.<\/p>\n

In Memory
\n<\/strong>We remember those who have passed away. If you want to include someone in this listing, please call (816) 271-5651, mail the information to Diane Holtz, 大象传媒, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507, or email holtz@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.
\n<\/span>Shelly J. Athay \u201994<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, Sept. 19, 2017.
\n<\/span>Judy Botts \u201905<\/strong>, Grandview, 大象传媒, July 27, 2017.
\nJeffery M. Brown \u201977<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, Oct. 7, 2017.
\nKatherine L. Bruns<\/strong> \u201909<\/strong>, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 14, 2017.
\nVincent Carolus \u201948<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, July 21, 2017.
\nLorri Hamm \u201900\/\u201902<\/strong>, Faucett, 大象传媒, Sept. 13, 2017.
\nJames D. Hopkins \u201989<\/strong>, Highland, Kansas, July 24, 2017.
\nMichael J. Huffer<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, Sept. 22, 2017.
\nCarol F. (Bowland) Jackson \u201973<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, June 21, 2017.
\nPamela M. Lloyd \u201981<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, Aug. 22, 2017.
\nBonnie Louise Mathers<\/strong>, Tarkio, 大象传媒, June 17, 2017. Bonnie retired from 大象传媒 Western\u2019s Purchasing Office in 1991.
\n<\/strong>Dale G. Meyer \u201987<\/strong>, Oregon, 大象传媒 (formerly of Cortez, Colorado), August 11, 2017.
\nVera Onkoba \u201903<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, July 26, 2017.
\nJaime L. Ramirez \u201981<\/strong>, Kansas City, 大象传媒, Oct. 13, 2017.
\nBarry L. Reynolds \u201972<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, June 20, 2017.
\nJohn R. Steinbrenner \u201984<\/strong>, Gold Canyon, Arizona, July 23, 2017.
\nCarolyn J. Steppe \u201975<\/strong>, St. Joseph, Aug. 18, 2017.
\nCharles Robert Stinson \u201952<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, July 24, 2017.
\nMichael Henry Stroud \u201989\/\u201992<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, July 21, 2017.
\nAndrew\u00a0 Tyhurst \u201912<\/strong>, Kansas City, 大象传媒, July 5, 2017.
\nPaul H. Von Fischbach \u201913<\/strong>, St. Joseph, 大象传媒, Oct. 11, 2017.
\nWilliam Waller \u201955<\/strong>, Faucett, 大象传媒, July 13, 2017.
\nDonna L. Witte \u201995<\/strong>, Kansas City, 大象传媒, Aug. 18, 2017.<\/p>\n

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