Class Notes Archive —
1990's
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1999
Brad
Wery
& Jaime Wery
(Ash)
1999
—
Door County WI,
celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary December 31, 2024. Thank you to Carthage alums Tracy, Brian, Mark, Shelly, Kim, and Kim for attending our wedding all those years ago!
Submitted: January 31, 2025 — Category: Other News
1998
Jennifer
C
Sperry
—
Cape Coral, FL,
has been promoted to Vice President of Compliance at Neighborhood Loans. Inc.
Submitted: April 3, 2022 — Category: Other News
Jeremy
Podolski
—
Milwaukee, WI,
was promoted to Director of Public Relations & Editorial Strategy at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, where he has served on the Marketing and Communications team since 2014. The largest community foundation in the state, the nonprofit philanthropy is committed to advancing racial equity and inclusion and investing a region where everyone thrives.
Submitted: February 4, 2022 — Category: Other News
1997
Rena
Weyrauch
—
Bloomington, IL,
Rena Weyrauch was recently appointed to Lead Ernst & Young's (EY) Central Region Insurance Practice. Rena serves as the lead partner on multiple insurance clients for EY and also leads Diversity and Inclusion for Financial Services.
Submitted: February 2, 2021 — Category: Other News
1996
Victoria
(Schram)
Schneider
—
Racine, WI,
recently completed her Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. She graduated with distinction from UW-Parkside in December 2023.
Submitted: October 12, 2024 — Category: Other News
1995
Julie
(Terhark)
Elginer
, DrPH, MBA
—
Calabasas, CA,
has been appointed by Speaker of the Assembly Rob Rivas to a four year term on the California Dental Hygiene Board responsible for oversight for over 20,000 licensed professionals in the state. She is also an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Fielding School of Public Health.
Submitted: December 5, 2024 — Category: Career Update
Julie
(Terhark)
Elginer
, DrPH, MBA
& John
—
Spooner, WI,
received the 2021-22 Outstanding Community Educator award from the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She developed a 10-session mini-course that helps practicing physicians to learn transferable skills and advocate for the populations they serve.
Submitted: July 7, 2022 — Category: Other News
Katrina
L
(Endres)
Steingraeber
—
Rockford, IL,
graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on May 16, 2021. She was ordained Aug. 21 and installed as associate pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, on Sept. 11.
Submitted: May 7, 2021 — Category: Other News
1994
Laura
Lynn
(Apostol)
Kline
—
Libertyville, IL,
was ordained as a pastor of the ELCA after graduating with a Master of Divinity from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, and completing Lutheran studies at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
Submitted: September 23, 2021 — Category: Other News
Synthia
D.
(Synthia Denick)
Taylor
, Ph.D.
& Synthia Taylor
(Mitchell Taylor)
1995
—
JANESVILLE, WI,
1994 - Synthia (Denick) Taylor, will defend her dissertation, "Bridging the Teacher Knowledge Gap a Phenomenological Study of Undergraduate Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of Readiness for the Classroom", on March 19, 2021. Dr. Taylor will then graduate in May 2021 from Cardinal Stritch University with her Ph.D. in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service.
Submitted: February 19, 2021 — Category: Other News
1992
Christine
(Buntrock)
Selby
—
Westfield, MA,
was hired to join the Athletic Counseling master's degree program faculty at Springfield College in the fall of 2022, and as of January 2023 is now the program's director. She is also starting her 2nd year of a three year term serving as the Society for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (Division 47) Council Representative to the American Psychological Association.
Submitted: January 13, 2023 — Category: Other News
Katherine
(Sebastian)
Ehlert
—
Mt. Prospect, IL,
graduated from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in May with a Master of Divinity. She was ordained and installed as the pastor at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Arlington Heights, Illinois, on Aug. 18.
Submitted: September 26, 2022 — Category: Other News
1991
Tracy
(Lopas)
Rossing
—
Maple Grove, MN,
recently switched career paths as a teacher of French and Spanish and now works full-time as a certified travel agent for AAA Minneapolis Travel. She has had the opportunity to take some very nice agent “familiarization” trips to Europe and Costa Rica while helping her clients with their travel needs. Mr. Chris Rossing '89 continues to fly with Delta Air Lines as a Captain on the A319/320/321 Airbus aircraft based in MSP. His work trips take him all over the US as well as parts of Canada and Mexico and keep him busy now that travel demand has returned post-COVID. He still enjoys his job very much!
Submitted: March 30, 2023 — Category: Other News
1990
Lynn
(Meagher)
Tracy
—
New Port Richey, Florida,
continued her studies at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL and graduated with a Masters in Theological studies with a focus on Ethics and Society. Lynn returned to Carthage part-time, teaching Issues in Living and Dying for 15 years after Rev. Dr. Dudley Riggle's retirement. In 2023, Lynn and her husband retired to New Port Richey, FL, to be close to her son and his family. In the 55+ community where they live, Lynn is now leading a program for residents titled 'Coping with Loss and Grief.'
When Lynn first moved in, she stepped out of the door to chat with the neighbors across the street, while wearing a Carthage sweatshirt. To her surprise, she learned that her neighbor, Dorothy (Kurtz) Collier, also attended Carthage College in 1955!
Submitted: October 14, 2024 — Category: Career Update