Saint Mary's Magazine Winter 2003 - Saint Mary's University of ...

ALUMNI CLASS NOTES
Mark Sedevic, Chicago, Ill.,
spent seven months active duty
with the Army National Guard
in Vicenza, Italy from January
through July, 2002. He has
been a Chicago police officer
for two years.
Robert Stangler, Eden Prairie,
Minn., has a new position as a
network administrator for
Financial Information
Management, Inc.
Sharon Taylor, Red Wing,
Minn., is lead teacher for
toddlers through prekindergarten
children at His
Kids. She also was published in
a national teachers’ magazine.
Rob Weaver, Fort Collins,
Colo., has a new position at
Banner Health Systems as a
physician recruitment
consultant.
Patrick Weber, Monterey,
Calif., joined the U.S. Navy
after Sept. 11, 2001. He is
training to be an Arabic
linguist.
Christina Wilder, Laramie,
Wyo., is a graduate student at
the University of Wyoming,
working toward her master’s
degree in history.
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Jean Goff, Hastings, Minn., is
a kindergarten teacher at Inver
Grove Heights, District 199
Community Schools.
Renee Hansen, Brownsburg,
Ind., has been coordinator of
youth ministry at St. Malachy
Catholic Church for three years
and is involved on the Youth
Ministry Association board,
which supports youth ministers
of the Archdiocese of
Indianapolis.
Erika Huber, Wildwood, Ill.,
has a new position as an
intermediate classroom teacher
for Lincoln School.
assistant to the city
administrator.
Lisa Parker, Crystal Lake,
Minn., is a financial accountant
with Quest International.
Anthony Piscitiello, Freeport,
N.Y., helped start De La Salle
School, a new all-boys Catholic
school in New York City for the
underprivileged. As a Lasallian
Volunteer, he works at the
school in many different
capacities.
Gina Roche, Portland, Ore.,
has a new position with
Morgan Stanley as an
operations manager.
Katie (Flater) Vadnais, White
Bear Lake, Minn., works as a
financial aid counselor for
Augsburg College.
Penny Abdo, Burnsville,
Minn., works for Children’s
Hospitals and Clinics as a PICU
data coordinator.
Dianne Lord, St. Paul, Minn.,
graduated with a master’s
degree in public administration
from the University of Kansas
in May, 2002. She is employed
by the City of Eagan as
2001
Kelly Benning, Woodbury,
Minn., is a nuclear medicine
technologist at Abbott
Northwestern Hospital.
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Minneapolis Center expands and is
renamed Twin Cities Campus (1998)
Mark Hogan with his family and friends at a party held in his honor.
born. The Hogans asked Dan Hackett to be her godfather.
“He had always been there for us and we knew he would
always be there for her,” Hogan said.
Hogan is now senior representative for Diabetes Care
at LifeScan, a division of Johnson & Johnson, McHenry, Ill.
Hackett is regional sales representative for Wilson
Sporting Goods in Hilliard, Ohio, and Hunt is president of
Steve Hunt Services, Inc., in Forest Lake, Minn.
“As I look back over the last 20-plus years,” Hogan
said, “I realize how people come and go in our lives, but
those who really care about and love us are always there.
Thank you Steve, Dan and the rest of the Benilde bunch,”
Hogan added. “My family and I are very fortunate to have
you all in our lives.”
First doctoral program offered in
Educational Leadership (1997)
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