Alumni News

Page 4Big Smiles at theBellin CollegeAlumni ClassReunionThe 2009 Alumni ClassReunion was held on Thursday,September 10th, in the BellinCollege atrium. The eventturned out to be a great successwith over 200 guests.During the event the Alumnihad the option to go in front ofcamera and tell their cherishedmemories of becoming a nurse.The stories are posted on ourwebsite: www.bellincollege.edualong with the pictures fromthe evening.Mark your calendars for thenext Alumni All Class Reunion,which will be on Thursday,September 9th in the BellinCollege Atrium. Watch for yourinvitation!We were the first class thatdidn’t have to stand up atattention everytime a doctorcame to the desk.”Joan Anderson Emst ‘50“My tuition cost was $150. It wastough for my mother to scrapethat together. If it wasn’t for thechickens and eggs we wouldn’t havepulled it off.”Blanche Chilla Dudek ‘43On August 14, 2008, a veryspecial Endowed Scholarshipwas started in memory of ayoung girl named Nikki Kehm.Cathy & Jim Kehm who arethe parents of Nikki and hergrandmother, Mrs. Batchelder,met with the Bellin CollegePresident, Jane Muhl to telltheir story and why starting anEndowed Scholarship was soimportant to them.2009 Class ReunionShown Above: Alumni from the Class of 1950Endowed Scholarship Tiedto an Unforgettable StoryNikki was a 16 year old with bigdreams to become an obstetricsnurse, but her dreams tragicallycame to an end when a drunkendriver hit Nikki as she walkedNikki Kehm12/30/1991-7/1/2008Bellin CollegeAlumni Shared MemoriesWe worked really hard,studied really hard,and played really hard! I wouldn’ttrade the three years living in thedorm for anything in the world.Riding back & forth to UWGB in theBlue Goose topped it all off!”Kathy Pehlke Altergott ‘63Once you got your cap, youwere all set!”Blanche Chilla Dudek ‘43along a rural highway, killingher instantly. Cathy Kehmonce said, “from the time shewas a toddler, Nikki wanted tobe a nurse. She would spendhours taking care of her dolls,pretending that they were herpatients. On July 1, 2008 herlife was stolen from her by adrunk driver. On her driverspermit she had marked ‘organdonor’. Nikki was so badly“We didn’t have a lot ofteachers. We only had16 students in class.”Lavern Kreutzman Laga ‘45“I recall we could not be married,could not wear slacks, and alwayshad to wear a white uniform dress, acap and clean white shoes.”Corrine Christensen Roscoe ‘50injured her wish could not befulfilled. Thus we have decidedto honor her memory by helpingothers achieve their goal ofbecoming a nurse.”Nikki will always be a part ofBellin College through the workof our students who receive thebenefits of this heart-touchingscholarship.