Northwestern College | Classic magazine - Winter 2004-05 - Vol. 76 ...

AlumninewsNorthwestern ClassicClass notesDaniel Elliott is serving as the youthdirector at Central PresbyterianChurch in Eugene, Ore. He spent ayear working as an intern assistantminister in Groomsport, NorthernIreland.Kiley (Fleming) Mars has joined thestaff of Des Moines University as ahuman resources administrator. Shepreviously worked in humanresources at Arvest Bank inBentonville, Ark.Alumni from the class of 1994 enjoying their class reunion were: (front row, left to right) Susan Porter-Green, Tami Van Wyk,Paula (Viet) Bindert, Shane Bindert, Heidi (Hensley) Tschetter, Brian Tschetter ’93, Troy Vermeer; second row: Sherri (DeZeeuw) Langton, Benjamin Langton, Carmen (Symens) Huizenga, Tonya Van Peursem, Teresa (Mesman) Sampson, BrentSampson, Leah (Sikkema ’93) Dykstra, Kurt Dykstra; third row: Cindy (De Boer) Yoder, Scott Yoder, Amy (Vande Wall ’93)Wiersema, Kent Wiersema, Lori (Voskuil) Scholtens, Rick Scholtens ’92, Lynn (Kamstra) Kavanaugh, Will Kavanaugh; fourthrow: Tamara K. Johnson, Jerry Rens, Lori (Vander Pol ’95) Rens, Russ Herman, Darrin Kimpson, Pamela (Brinks ’97) Kimpson,Jana (Kluis) Estes, Jody (Hemphill) Rossell, Dan Rossell ’93; fifth row: Ronan Roghair, Mark Ohling, Scott Eppinga, AbeScheaffer ’93, Amy (Verdoorn) Scheaffer, Monica (Liwendahl) Starr and Mark Starr ’92.College of Optometry in May. Herclinical rotations included sites inIowa, Illinois, Colorado and WestVirginia. Last winter, she participatedin a mission trip to westernKenya, where her group offered eyeclinics in rural communities anddistributed eyeglasses donated bythe Lion’s Club. She now lives inAnkeny and practices with Eye Careof Iowa in Des Moines.Eric Vermeer completed a master’sdegree in architecture at Iowa StateUniversity in the spring. He’s nowpursuing a master’s in structuralengineering. His wife, Marissa,teaches kindergarten and coachesvarsity girls’ soccer in the BallardCommunity School District inHuxley, Iowa.Alumni: What’s new with you?’01Julie (Frantz) Clarke lives in Austin,Texas, where she is studying tobecome a physical therapistassistant.Kathy (Aalbers) Dee teaches atNewman Catholic Schools inMason City. Her husband, Ryan, isfinishing his history degree at theUniversity of Iowa.Let us know so we can tell your friends and classmates. Send to: Office of PublicRelations, Northwestern College, 101 7th St. SW, Orange City, IA 51041. Or e-mail tobeeson@nwciowa.edu; fax number is 712-707-7370. Deadline for the spring Classic isJan. 13.Name _________________________________________________________________Address _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Home Phone ________________________________________ Class of ____________E-Mail ________________________________________________________________Current Employer(s)______________________________________________________Leah (Elder) Mellegaard directs theWesleyan Fund in the DakotaWesleyan University developmentoffice. Her husband, Corey ’02,works in human resources atAmerican Foods Group in Mitchell,S.D.Ryan Petersen anticipates graduatingwith a Master of Divinity degreefrom Trinity Evangelical DivinitySchool next spring.Travis Schueller teaches eighth gradescience and health at Cherokee,Iowa, Middle School. He also isjunior varsity and assistant varsityboys’ basketball coach.Abby Thompson has moved fromBeatrice, Neb., to Rapid City, S.D.She teaches seventh grade languagearts in the Douglas School Districtin Box Elder. She expects to completea master’s degree in curriculumand instruction in the summerof 2005.’02As part of his training at theImprovOlympic in Chicago, ChrisAnderson performed in a studentshow this fall.Amanda Baker-Vande Brake receiveda master’s degree from New YorkUniversity’s Tisch School of the Artsin June. While in New York, sheworked as a costume/wardrobeintern for an upcoming film,Romance & Cigarettes, which waswritten and directed by JohnTurturro and produced by Joel andEthan Coen. Amanda and her husband,Jason, have moved toSouthern California, where he ispursuing an M.F.A. in acting at theUniversity of California, Irvine.34 ▲ Winter 2004-05