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WINTER 2010
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Jack Trice: A powerful story retold
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Take time to meet the deans
Feature Story:
Good breeding
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On board
Staff notes
'Friends that turned into family'
Looking for a job?
Black College Reunion 2010
Class notes online
On board (Return to top)
Five new directors joined the 27-member ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2009. Elected directors serving five-year terms are Richard Degner ('72 ag ed, MS '77), executive director of the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Ankeny, Iowa; Carlie Tartakov (PhD '95 ed leadership & policy studies), ISU emerita assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, Amherst, Mass.; Natasha Thomas ('89 marketing), senior agency field specialist for State Farm Insurance, Duluth, Ga.; and David VanHorn ('89 aero engr, MS '90), principal for Archstone Consulting, Kingwood, Texas. Sam Katzer, a senior in ag studies, is the Student Alumni Leadership Council president and appointee to the board. To learn more about the Alumni Association's governing board, go to http://www.isualum.org/about/board.
Staff notes (Return to top)
Jan Breitman, director of travel and
education programs, has announced that she
will retire from the ISU Alumni Association
on Jan. 15, 2010. Breitman has worked for the
Association since 1978. In her 32-year tenure,
she has worked with the clubs program, honors and awards,
Board of Directors, The Circle, human resources, the Stanton
Foundation, and the legacy program. As director of the travel
program, Breitman planned and coordinated approximately 30
domestic and international alumni travel tours annually. She
also coordinated travel packages for alumni and friends to attend
bowl games, NCAA tournaments, and other special Cyclone
athletics events. In 2006, Breitman became the director of the
College for Seniors (now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
ISU) as well as the ISU Retirees Association.
“Jan has been the history, the collective memory, and the
glue that holds this organization together,” said Jeff Johnson,
ISU Alumni Association president. “Her retirement will leave big
shoes to fill, as she has developed an incredible reputation among
ISU constituents, one of the most highly respected alumni travel
programs in the country, and a top-quality lifelong learning
program. She will be greatly missed, but we wish her nothing
but the best in her retirement.”
Randy Carroll joined the Association staff
in August 2009 as the ISU Alumni Center
building manager. He oversees the daily
operations of the Center, including building
and grounds maintenance and security. He
also manages events set-up and execution, and he supervises
the Center’s student events staff. Carroll is the former director of
maintenance for the Woodward-Granger (Iowa) School District.
“We are fortunate to have a person with Randy’s skills and
experience, as well as his commitment to customer service, to
run the day-to-day operations of the ISU Alumni Center,” said
Johnson.
'Friends that turned into family' (Return to top)
More than 80 Delta Zeta alumnae who attended Iowa State in
the 1990s gathered in Ames last June for a weekend reunion
they called “Celebrating the nights that turned into mornings
and the friends that turned into family.”
The women traveled from 17 states and Canada for the
three-day event that included a “big slumber party” in the
Delta Zeta sorority house, an Ames nightlife tour, and a
banquet at the ISU Alumni Center.
Reunion coordinator Michelle Moseman (’98 computer
science) said, “All the attendees received a yearbook with
an overview of all alumnae, including their cherished
memories from college as well as updates on their lives
since graduation.”
If you’re planning an Iowa State reunion (or would
like to!), visit www.isualum.org/reunions to
see how the Alumni Association can assist you, or
contact Katie Bruxvoort at kbruxvoo@iastate.edu.
Looking for a job? (Return to top)
The ISU Alumni Association offers new career resources
CySpace Career Center
CySpace has teamed up with Experience – a national
leader in the career placement field – to offer ISU Alumni
Association members online access to an exclusive network
of employers and a database of more than 800,000
job opportunities in the CySpace Career Center. Find a
job, post a job, network, and get career assistance. Go to
http://cyspace.isualum.org.
Resume critiquing
Looking for someone to review your resume? We have
the answer for you. The ISU Alumni Association is
partnering with the Cyclone Chapter of SHRM (Society
for Human Resource Management) to provide resume
critiquing for ISU alumni. HR experts will review your
resume and return it to you with suggestions to improve
your chances of getting the perfect job. To submit your
resume for review, go to www.isualum.org/resumes.
Questions may be directed to Julie Larson at jlarson@
alumni.iastate.edu, 1-877-2478-2586, or locally at
294-8490. Check out our other career resources at
http://www.isualum.org/career.
Black College Reunion 2010 (Return to top)
Mark your calendar for Sept. 24-26, 2010, for the third
Iowa State Black College Reunion in Ames. Catch up with
friends to relive your memories…and prepare to make
some new ones! More information, including a tentative
schedule, will be sent out in early 2010. Pass the word
along to your friends and make sure to tell them to update
their contact information with the Alumni Association,
if they haven’t already, so they’ll receive information
about the reunion. Tinika Roland (’92 apparel design)
of Des Moines is the reunion coordinator.
Class notes online (Return to top)
Be sure to check out the new Class Notes that have been posted in
CySpace. To read Class Notes – or post one of your own – go to
http://
cyspace.isualum.org. Remember, access to CySpace is a benefit of
membership in the ISU Alumni Association. Here are a few that have
been posted recently:
1940s
Paul Tilp, ’49 civ. engr.
1950s
Richard Stanley, ’55 elec. engr., mech. engr.
1960s
David Smith, ’60 forestry; ’68 MS; ’70 PhD
James Balloun, ’60 indus. engr.
Bruce Becker, ’65 English & speech
Roger Holck, ’69 ag. bus.
1970s
Bruce Hamilton, ’73 acctg.
Mary Beth Heimbuch Sukup,
’75 home ec. ed.
Donald Rosen, ’75 MS psych., ’78 PhD
Charles Sukup, ’76 ag. engr.; ’82 MS
Jeffrey King, ’77 MS analyt. chem.; ’85 PhD
1980s
Michael Skahill, ’83 marketing
Ellen Pieper, ’88 English
Michelle Streif, ’88 speech comm.
1990s
Jane Woline, ’91 fam. svcs.
Janie Crosmer, ’93 comm. health ed.
William Quick, ’93 civ. engr.
Ann Zupke, ’96 pub. svc. & admin. in ag.
Chad Mittelstadt, ’97 mech. engr.
James Schmeling, ’97 pol. sci.
Shawn Blaesing-Thompson, ’97 earth sci.
Julie Mittelstadt, ’98 landscape arch.
2000s
Patricia Walker, ’00 engr. sci.
Brianne Streck, ’05 ag. ed.
Georgette Arato, ’08 English