Alumni Association: Western News: Western Illinois University

2000

Jason Draftz, Gilberts, is a police officer for Lake in the Hills Police Department.
William Glover, Wesley Chapel, FL, is a federal police officer for the US Department of Veteran Affairs in Tampa.
Jason Ritter MA ’02, Parker, CO, is the social studies department chair, student government advisor, and assistant boys basketball coach at Legend High School. (wiugrad02@hotmail.com)

2001

Alex Ferguson, DeKalb, has written a novel, “Life Cycle.”
Christopher Linboom, Dixon, is a deputy for Lee County Sheriff’s Department. (theunknown95@yahoo.com)
Jena Stankiewicz Otto, Antioch, is the owner of RFO Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Fox Lake.
Roland Rudas, Huntley, is a senior director of student services at Colorado Technical University Online. (rtr31@yahoo.com)
Robert Taflinger, Indianapolis, IN, received the credential of CAE. (rtaflinger@tke.org)

2002

Sarah Baley Heavner, Atlanta, is a court screener at McLean County in Bloomington. (dizneyfan24@yahoo.com)
Nicki Westerlund Hurlbutt, Galva, is the director of human resources at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. (nickihurlbutt@yahoo.com)
Jonathon Julius, Effingham, is a physical education teacher at Beecher City School District. (jondjulius@gmail.com)
Ryan Kalb, Chicago, is a research technician at GreatPoint Energy. (rmkalb@gmail.com)
Karen Verde Wilson, Columbia, MO, is an investigator for the State of Missouri Attorney General Office. (kverde80@hotmail.com)

2003

Mary Craven Dunmire, Pittsfield, is a parent involvement coordinator for PACT Head Start in Mt. Sterling. (dunmireme@yahoo.com)
Shannon Fahey Floer, Saskatoon, SK, is the owner of Fahey Floer Consulting Group. (s.floer@sasktel.net)
Clint Singley, New York, NY, is the assistant director of the National Council Auditions .
Susan Lamberson Singley, New York, NY, is a singer.
Ashley Weitman, Chicago, is the director of curriculum at Crème de la Crème.
Ricky Woodard II MS ’05, Granite City, is an administrative assistant to the executive director of Madison County Housing Authority in Collinsville. (rickydw08@live.com)

2004

Amber Barnes, Jacksonville, FL, received a master’s degree from the University of North Florida, and was awarded a FL-EIS Fellowship from the Florida Department of Health’s Epidemiology Program.
Eric Frey, Urbana, is a production specialist at the University of Illinois in Champaign.
Erik Jensen, S. Elgin, is a high school teacher at Grayslake North High School.
Katie Mullins Nickel, Waterloo, IA, is a product specialist at Fidlar Technologies. (kbnickel95@live.com)
Dan Walker MS, Moline, is a supervisor at John Deere Harvester Works in E. Moline. (danlwalker@yahoo.com)

2005

Amy Scott Larson, Ankeny, IA, is a casework counselor for Children and Families of Iowa. (zach@zlarson.com)
Melissa Robinson Newman, Kewanee, is a second grade teacher for Kewanee School District. (melissarobinson@hotmail.com)
Alan Taylor, Roscoe, is a trooper for the Illinois State Police in Downers Grove.
Trent Vandersnick MA, Geneseo, is an adult supervisor at Rock Island County Court Services.

2006

Jennifer Bilyard, Springfield, works in visitor’s services at Springfield Park District. (jbilyard@springfieldparks.org)
Michelle Brichetto, DeKalb, is a zookeeper at Cosley Zoo.
Samantha Johnson, Beecher City, is a battalion intelligence officer for the 793 Military Police Battalion, US Army. (samantha.d.johnson@us.army.mil)
Jaclyn Koch, Elmhurst, is the school social worker at Camelot Therapeutic Day School. (jaclyn.k.koch@gmail.com)
Angela Brown Kremer, Rock Island, is the juvenile probation officer for the Rock Island County Court Services.
John “JR” Land, Keokuk, IA, is a music minister for United Presbyterian Church of Keokuk and is on the teaching staff at the Midwest Academy boarding facility program.
Stacy Maxwell, Scottsdale, AZ, is the youth corrections officer II for the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections in Phoenix.
(sk-maxwell@wiu.edu)
Nicole Murphy, Gladstone, is a reporter/producer for WQAD in Moline.
Michael Phillips, Springfield, is a first lieutenant in the Illinois Army National Guard Military Police.
Stephen Sowers MS ’07, Owings Mills, MD, is a sports marketing coordinator at Towson University. (steve_sowers@yahoo.com)
Jennifer Clauson Walker, Moline, is a qualified mental health professional at Trinity Medical Center – Robert Young.

2007

Kristin Squires Leiker, Sidney, NE, is a kindergarten teacher at Leyton Public Schools.
Craig Schaffer, Fairbury, is a fisheries biologist for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Eustis, FL.
Jared Smith, Columbus, GA, is a Lieutenant in the infantry in the US Army.

2008

Phillip Reilly, Ottawa, is a mental health counselor at Ottawa Regional Hospital. (dlr143@sbcglobal.net)
Breiane Wenger, Frederick, is a controller’s assistant at Two Rivers FS Inc. in Rushville. (wenger86@hotmail.com)