Tammy DeRoo ’94 Russell

Tammy DeRoo ’94 Russell earned her Ph.D. in evaluation, measurement and research from Western Michigan University. She remains living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, Mark, and daughter, Amelia. Continue Reading →

Dawn Campbell ’94 Wedemeyer

Dawn Campbell ’94 Wedemeyer of Almont, Michigan, was the Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award winner in November. She is a special education teacher at Lapeer-Almont High School in Lapeer County. She was recognized with a $500 check from the Michigan Lottery and her class will receive a $500 grant. Continue Reading →

Jennie Katterheinrich ’96 Dimmick and Nick Dimmick ’96

Jennie Katterheinrich ’96 Dimmick and Nick Dimmick ’96 report that 2016 was quite the year: they moved back to Jennie’s hometown and to her old house. Nick became the pastor at Versailles Christian Church, where Jennie’s dad had been pastor from 1977 to 1996. They doubled their kid count from three to six by adopting… Continue Reading →

Stephan Currie ’98 and Karen Pirich ’98 Currie

Stephan Currie ’98 has been promoted to executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties. He had been serving as deputy director, where he has been leading MAC’s daily operations for five years, plus has spurred new initiatives such as CoPro+, a collaborative purchasing program for public entities. Founded on Feb. 1, 1898, MAC is… Continue Reading →

Kari Vandrese ’98 Zamora

Kari Vandrese ’98 Zamora had her middle school orchestra, the Faubion Honors Orchestra, chosen as one of the three middle school orchestras in the world selected to perform at the prestigious Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic on Friday, Dec. 16, in Chicago, Illinois. Continue Reading →

Brent Bash ’99

Brent Bash ’99 is the director of North American Grains. He and his wife, Trish, live in Lakeville, Minnesota, with two future Flying Dutchmen, Anna and Otto. Continue Reading →

Kerri Rutgers ’92 DenBleyker

Kerri Rutgers ’92 DenBleyker, of Hamilton, passed from this earth to her heavenly home on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. She was a graduate of Hamilton High School and attended Hope College and GRCC. She was a stay at home mom, enjoying volunteer work at her children’s elementary school. She leaves behind her husband, Richard; son,… Continue Reading →

Robert Starr ’92

Robert Starr ’92 Rob was born in Angola Indiana to Robert and Kathleen (Martin) Starr. He left this Earth at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital after a lengthy illness. He graduated from Romeo High School and Hope College, Holland. Rob was a talented artist and graphic designer. He volunteered for the Macomb Literary Partners teaching English… Continue Reading →

Todd Adams ’91

Todd Adams ’91 of Tallahassee, Florida, was elected president of the faculty senate at Florida State University. He also serves as a member of the FSU Board of Trustees and the FSU Foundation Board. Continue Reading →

Kathleen Kelly ’91 Hayduck

Kathleen Kelly ’91 Hayduck of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is co-founder and producer at her own production company, Turtlebox Productions, with her husband. Turtlebox is focused on creating meaningful media for children. Clients have included Sesame Workshop, CBC Kids and WGBH/PBS Kids. Her company’s first iOS app, “Run Salmon Run,” an educational storybook app about the… Continue Reading →

Amy Moeckel ’96 Peterson

Amy Moeckel ’96 Peterson of St. Joseph, Michigan, is a school counselor at Upton Middle School and St. Joseph High School, both of which she and her husband attended, as do/will their two children. Continue Reading →