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Student and Alumni Highlights
Many thanks to all who
attended the reception for our student newspaper staff last
week. Our students truly deserve this recognition from
members of the Edgewood community. This is the first time On
the Edge has been a National Finalist for Best College
Newspaper. This is the top category in the national contest
sponsored annually by the Associated Collegiate Press.
On the other hand, we
probably should have had a reception last year and the year
before that as well, for On the Edge has received numerous
awards over the past three years. So in addition to
recognizing the current editors, I would like to call
attention to all of our award winners of the past three
years. To my way of thinking, they represent the very best
of Edgewood College.
2005-2006 On the Edge
National Finalist for Best
College Newspaper (Katjusa Cisar, Brianna Donovan, and
Maisie Ramsay, co-editors)
2004-2005 On the Edge
National Third Prize for
Investigative Reporting (Brianna Donovan and Patricia
Israel)
National Honorable Mention
for Editorial Writing (Katjusa Cisar)
Wisconsin First Prize for
Investigative Reporting (Brianna Donovan and Patricia
Israel)
Wisconsin Third Prize for
General Reporting (Katjusa Cisar)
2003-2004 On the Edge
Wisconsin First Prize for
General Reporting (Tere Dunlap)
All in all, a remarkable
run for On the Edge--three years of sustained excellence.
Congratulations to all of
the students named above, and to all of the staff of On the
Edge these past three years.
Congratulations to Prof.
Jack Vitek for his outstanding service as faculty advisor to
On the Edge.
Thanks to the Student
Newspaper Advisory Board for their steadfast support: Sandy
Cullen, John Fields, Melanie Herzog, Fred Kauffeld, Cindy
Rolling, and Jack Vitek.
Thanks to the English
Department for hosting the reception.
David Young
Chair, Student Newspaper
Advisory Board
Where are they now?
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Graduates in English, 2006 |
| Mindy Boehnen |
substituting while applying for teaching jobs in the
US and overseas |
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Jenifer Butcher |
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| Alex Clare |
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| Briana Donovan |
facilitating telephone conversations for the deaf,
Captel, Madison, WI |
| William (Bill) Dougherty |
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| Heidi Gerner |
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| Susan Hart |
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| Jennifer Henion |
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| Tiffany Lucas |
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| Leah Meyer |
law school student, Hamline University, St.
Paul, MN |
| Aaron Perzigian |
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| Mollie Roach |
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| Arwen Rosenberger |
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| Michael Shuptarr |
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| Crystal Smith |
publications editor at the Wisconsin Legislative
Reference Bureau, Madison, WI |
| John Sturm |
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Graduates in English, 2005 |
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Ellen Bueno |
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| Teresa Dunlap |
grad student, Religious Studies,
Edgewood College |
| Charles Feaver |
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| Katie Friedel |
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| Katharine (Giacomini)
Zenke |
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| Patricia (Tricia) Israel |
moving to Telluride, Colorado, to teach
little kids how to ski |
| Angela Krebs |
teacher, Black Hawk H.S., South
Wayne, WI |
| Ryan Lucas |
administrative assistance, Student Health &
Student Supervisor, Edgewood College |
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Christopher (CJ) Lundberg |
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| Emily Mills |
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| Karen Stencil |
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| technical writer, Epic Systems, Verona,
WI |
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| Anna Taylor (post bac) |
grad student, Library Science, UW,
Madison, WI |
| Ruth Weigel |
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| Aaron Wright |
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Graduates in English, 2004 |
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recruitment specialist, Spherion
Corporation, Madison, WI |
| Jennifer Berg |
technical writer, Epic Systems, Verona,
WI |
| Doria Dahl |
integrated
marketing advertising technician, American Family Insurance,
Madison, WI; starting a novel |
| Samantha Denson |
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| Stephanie Goke |
teacher, secondary school in Las
Vegas, NV |
| Wyatt Hellickson |
recently cut a new
music CD; has had one of his songs picked up for Hank Williams
III’s new CD |
| Carolyn Isely |
substituting in
the Verona School District and at a daycare center, The Caring
Center, Verona, WI |
| Jeb Jensen |
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| Michelle Jensen |
accounting and
office work for a construction company in Milton, WI; also
coaching tennis and soccer at the local high schools in
Janesville |
| Joshua Juergens |
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Kelly Kiorpes |
box office, Mitchell Theater, UW,
Madison, WI |
| Kim Kizewski |
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Justin Lawfer |
edit analyst, WPS Health Insurance,
Madison, WI; 24 of his short stories accepted for publication |
| Matthew McCloud |
substitute teacher in Madison school
district; applying in Maine |
| Jaclyn (Keller) Moreno |
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| Amanda Morrick |
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| Brendan O’Brien |
weekly columnist for Wisconsin Sports Weekly, Madison; part-time sports
assistant for Wisconsin State Journal |
| Leslie Renner |
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| Jonathan Rouse |
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| Scott Swanson |
teacher of English, Sauk Prairie High
School, Prairie du Sac, WI |
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Mary Swenson |
substituting in
Madison secondary schools; thinking of grad school, library or
English |
| Susan Tauer |
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| Kelly Vazquez |
teacher at Middleton H.S., Middleton, WI |
| Graduates in English, 2003 |
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| Jessica Benton-Cooney |
between one Peace Corps position and another |
| Aiden Bishop |
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| Eric Brucker |
taking time off to travel, starting with FL |
| (Kari) Karene Cochran |
teacher, 9th and 10th
grade English, Fort Madison H.S., Fort Madison, IA |
| Janet Eichten |
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| Melissa Frey |
staff writer, Core Weekly,
Madison WI
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| Carly Gerkin |
communications Coordinator, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, DC
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| Amanda Hemer |
staff writer, Core Weekly,
Madison WI |
| Jasmine Krotzman |
graduate student, MAT program, UW Eau Claire |
| Jennifer Krumenauer |
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| Kim (Kougl) Bacon |
(temporary) clerk at Kohl’s Department Store, Eau
Claire; researching first book |
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Jessica Ramirez Torres |
accelerated learning admissions advisor, Herzing College, Madison |
| Megan Richter |
part-time grad student in education, Edgewood
College; |
| Amy Throndsen |
manager, division of National Youth Service Day
grants, Youth Service America,
Washington, DC |
| Lori Walther |
AmeriCorps |
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Graduates in English, 2002 |
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Andrew Ellis |
teacher, 6th-8th
grade English and social studies, Oaklawn Academy, Edgerton, WI
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| Amanda Johnson |
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| Mary Kratz |
surgical nurse, St. Mary’s Hospital,
Madison, WI |
| Tanya (Larson) Topp |
obtained A.M. from University of
Chicago in Social Services Administration and Health
Administration &Policy; currently a Director at Heartland's
Community Health Center in Chicago. |
| Luke LeNoble |
sports information
director, Edgewood College |
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Stephanie Lowe |
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| Christine Thompson |
administrative assistant, Natural
Science Department, Edgewood College |
| Andrew Weidert |
documentation analyst for United
Concordia (a health insurance company) Harrisburg,
PA.—writes and edits technical manuals, procedures and
email stationary; also working on a comic book with an
artist who recently moved to Harrisburg from Seattle. |
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Graduates in English, 2001 |
| Jaren Bailey |
teaching 7th-grade English in Milwaukee;
applying to grad school, UW-Milwaukee |
| Emily Bialkowski |
editor, Reedsburg
Times-Press, Reedsburg, W |
| Christine (Tina) Beine |
literacy volunteer, working on book arts
projects at Anixter Center, Chicago, through Literacy
Volunteers of Chicago |
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Jeff Cullen |
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| Dave Dison |
reading and special education teacher,
St Francis Xavier, Cross Plains; applying for admission
to Edgewood’s grad program in special education |
| Diane Guse |
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| Pat McKeown(post bac) |
8th grade teacher,
Perry Tipler Middle School, Oshkosh, WI |
| Christopher Schumacher |
teacher of English, Asaka,
Japan |
| Dana Slowiak |
assistant
director, Community Support Network, had an art show during
March 2005 at The Coffee Gallerie |
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Patricia Zingg |
3rd-grade teacher, Gila Bend Unified
Schools, Gila Bend, AZ |
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Graduates in English, 2000 |
| Mandie Armstrong |
6th
grade language arts teacher, Katy, TX; coach, 7th
grade volleyball, 8th grade basketball |
| Lori Eggers |
editor, RB Publishing, Madison |
| Trevor Gallina |
real estate
broker, Chicago, IL |
| Catherine (Gypsi) Garn |
book store manager, The Frugal Muse,
Darien, IL |
| Scott Jones |
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| Terri Pederson |
reporter, Oconomowac
Enterprise and Waukesha Freeman |
| Jennifer Sauer |
reporter,
education beat, Reedsburg Times-Press; considering
returning to grad school (MFA) |
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Graduates in English, 1999 |
| Kate Cahill |
reporter for a weekly newspaper, CNI, Menominee Falls, WI |
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Erin Eagan |
managing editor of
Inside Wisconsin Sports magazine, RB Publishing, Madison,
WI |
| Jennifer Gunning |
middle school language arts
teacher, Sun Prairie, WI |
| Tracy Hellebrand |
technical writer, National Guardian
Life, Madison |
| Heidi Keihl |
public relations account executive,
Lindsay, Stone & Briggs, Madison, WI |
| Mikki Maddox |
secondary
English-Social Studies teacher, Necedah H.S. |
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Adam Michelman |
professional piano
tuner, Steinway, New York; writes in free time |
| Michelle Permenter |
Job in publishing, Chicago |
| Patty Perkins |
writing job in Sun Prairie; working on
secondary teaching certificate |
| Heather Reader |
public relations
writer for the Chicago Cubs—an interactive/publications project
specialist |
| JoAnn Shipley |
9-12 grade teacher at Douglas County Montessori Charter School,
Castle Rock, CO
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Eric Tschida |
body shop estimator, Don Miller, Madison |
Graduates in English before 1999
Lisa Arneson
middle school language arts teacher, Weston School
District near Cazenovia, WI
Lavinia Baldevieso
business-community coordinator
at MATC, Madison
Kristopher Billow
finance specialist, UW Credit
Union
Ray Booth-Eby
attorney, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis
Pamela Bosben
librarian, Sun Prairie Public Library
Maureen (Troy) Bower
applying for jobs
in Madison
Stephanie Brink
Lynn Brockmeyer
Nate Browning
photographer, exhibiting his work in Denver
Mary Bruce
teaches ESL,
coordinates volunteers, Literacy Services of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
Paul Burk
teaching 6th and 8th grade in
New Glarus
Robin Cadwell
marketing production assistant,
Anchor Bank, Madison, WI
Stephanie (Capener) Breunig
LMC Director, Lodi High School,
Lodi, WI
Melissa (Koenig) Chadar
secondary teacher, English and
drama, Berkmar H.S. (20 mi. outside of Atlanta)
Kathleen (Kneeland) Clancy
Darrick Dishaw
working in real estate,
Madison; writing on the side
Julie Do
Head of English Department,
James Campbell H.S., Hawaii
Kristin Donoghue
graduate student, master’s
program in exceptional education, Boston
Andrew Fleck
executive
vice-president, Strategy and Alliance, Spatial Sherpa, Appleton,
WI
Elizabeth Fox
homemaker (small children);
intends to attend MA program in art therapy at
Jeri (Gallagher) Makowski
loan auditor, TCF Bank, Oak Lawn, IL
Robert Gallagher
demand chain analyst/vendor managed inventory
specialist. Newell Office Products. Madison
Anne (Giffey) Budach
librarian, Knox College,
Galesburg, IL
Carrie Gray
processing pharmacy claims for an insurance company,
Madison, WI; thinking about returning to school in the next
couple of years
Heather Gyles-Lingard
Mary Jo Hamilton
manager, First Federal Bank, Monroe, WI
Jane Henneberry
software systems specialist, Madison Newspapers,
Madison, WI
Pamela (Hemlin) Hernandez
teaching middle school English, El Paso, TX
Aimee Howe
office manager, Corporate Financial Group, Chicago
Natasha Kassulke
in charge of music events
programming, UW Union
Lucy Keane
Rippe Keane Market, Inc.,
public relations, Madison
Susan (Pierce) Jacobsen
agent, American Family
Insurance, Madison
Akio Kobayashi
translator, Japan
Theresa Kulow
working at early childhood
center near her home
Melissa (Larocque) Breen
PR for Medical Society of
Wisconsin
Michele LaMarche
getting married, moving to California where she will
apply for grad schools in psych/counseling
Greg McCormick
secondary English teacher,
Verona High School
Jody McIntyre
playwright, Madison, WI
Scott Mejia
head soccer coach, Lakeland
College, Sheboygan, WI
Christa Mertens
art Coordinator for
Impressions, a company specializing in book & journal services,
Madison
Kimberly Meyer
advertising
layout/editor for Wisconsin Woman, Madison
Marc Michelson
editor-in-chief of a collection of Internet websites
that cover consumer electronics and music industries, Madison,
Wi
Christian Moran
graduate student, LaFollette School of Public
Affairs
Theresa Mueller
attorney, Murphy & Desmond, Madison
Amanda Okopski (Bakopoulos)
director of Public Forums for the
Overture Center, Madison
Carol Pfefferkorn
director, Educational Services, Wisconsin Health &
Hospital Association, Madison
Jeremy Ramsey
asst. attorney with district attorney’s office,
Rockford, IL
Kevin Revolinski
free-lance writer (published two travel books;
photos exhibited at Fair Trade Coffeehouse on State Street,
Madison)
Patrick Rice
editor of the Northwest Florida Daily News,
of Fort Walton Beach, FL
Kelly Roberts
software development and training, Great Lakes,
Madison
Mary Ellen Rock
teacher—Cardinal Stritch University
Jean Ronk
area manager, Macy’s East, New
Jersey
Regina Schwartz
post-bac in English,
seeking certification, UW, Madison; also working part-time,
Meriter Hospital.
Chantal Smith
secondary English teacher, East
H.S., Madison
Denise Starkey
doctoral student, Chicago
Theological Union, Chicago, IL
Christopher Stevenson
back in Madison with wife and
children, looking for a local teaching job
Van Sarna
principal, Vista Nueva H.S.,
(Navaho reservation), Kirtland, NM
Margaret (Beth Sullivan) Done
teacher for WI
Dept. of Corrections, Ellsworth Correctional Center, Union
Grove, WI
Jessica Taapken
manager of State Street Land's
End store
Matthew Terry
high school teacher, Oshkosh
North, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Lisa Thelen
finished her M.A. at Marquette; looking at writing
jobs in Madison
Scott (Vincent) Rose
working at Kinkos; about the
enter Funeral Director school
Peggy Waters
teaching motor cycle safety, MATC, Madison;
starting a small motor maintenance course at MATC
Elizabeth Watson
7th grade teacher, St. Maria
Goretti, Madison
Judith (Weidman) Danielson
part-time, Verona Public
Library
Imelda Wirka
tutor for Masonic Learning
Center for Children, Inc., Madison
Minors in English
Mary Curran
Asst. prof., education, The
State University of Rutgers U, New Brunswick, NJ
Keith Dopke
production and Inventory
Control Analyst, Genesis Cable Systems,
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Jerome Van Epps
HUD attorney, NYC
Lisa Weber
real estate agent, Madison, WI
Amy Weinberger
works for State of Wisconsin,
Madison
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