Class Notes

Updates
Updated on: 8.5.2019

Megan Kuchar '15

Megan Kuchar earned a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in business process management from the University of Illinois Springfield in May 2017. She is a principal consultant with the Illinois State Board of Education in Springfield, Ill.

Updates
Updated on: 8.5.2019

Sarah Adcock '15

Sarah Adcock is enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at the Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

Updates
Updated on: 8.5.2019

Logan Giesing '14

Logan Giesing works full time as a shift manager at Starbucks while assistant directing a dinner theatre group and performing at Comedy City Sports Improv in Kansas City, Mo.

Updates
Updated on: 8.5.2019

Spencer Campbell '14

Spencer Campbell is a loan officer at FCB Banks in the metro East St. Louis, Ill., area.

Updates
Updated on: 8.2.2019

 Benjamin Prince '03

received the 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Air Force-Level Award. He was recognized in the basic science category for his research in next-generation electronic propulsion systems. The Flemming award honors outstanding federal employers who have made a significant and extraordinary contribution to the federal government. 

Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Bob Merris '53

Illinois College extends its sympathy to Bob Merris '53 on the loss of his wife Mary Merris, who was also sister-in-law to Bill Merris ’56, on September 30, 2018. 

Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Francis Doan '24

Illinois College extends its sympathy to the survivors of Parker Lincoln Doan, son of Francis Doan on March 13, 2018. 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Brett Palmer '19,

a senior math major pursuing licensure to teach secondary mathematics, was awarded a 2018 Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Scholarship. Nine IC students have been awarded this scholarship since 2005.

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Don Knott '18

is enrolled in a master’s program for music in vocal performance at North Park University Chicago. 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Michael Wells '17

began the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Taylor Coad '16

graduated from Florida Institute of Ultrasound in Pensacola, Florida, and currently works for HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, as a cardiac sonographer. 
 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Laura Reynolds '13

graduated from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and is a veterinarian at the Danville Small Animal Clinic in Tilton, Illinois.
 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Owen Barbknecht '13

is a retail banker at Woodforest National Bank in Jacksonville, Illinois. 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Hayleigh Ray '12

graduated from the University of Florida with her Ph.D. in entomology and nematology. She is currently employed as a teaching assistant at the University of Florida and plans to pursue a professor position

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Jaimie Newby '12

was elected as the 2018-2020 chair of the Small Colleges & Universities Advising Community within the National Academic Advising Association. She also serves as the vice president and webmaster of the Merrill’s Marauders Proud Descendants Association honoring WWII veterans.  

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Dr. James Geiselman '10

completed postdoctoral training to receive his diploma from the American Clinical Board of Nutrition. He is currently an assistant professor of allied health at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Andrea Leefers '09

 is a guidance counselor at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Illinois. 
 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Karen Trusley '06

is an office medical specialist in the Psychology Clinic at Western Illinois University. 
 

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Christopher Miller '05

is vice president of sales and marketing at the ATB Technologies in Chesterfield, Missouri. Courtney Traub is a merchandise planner at ModCloth.

Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019

Lisa Schrock Magliari '04

is a third grade teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School in Keokuk, Iowa.