on June 12, 2021.
and her husband, Adam, welcomed a daughter, Sloane Penelope Galvan, on Jan. 8, 2022.
started as a subcontract administrator in the aerospace and defense industry with United Launch Alliance.
Leslieann Harris 鈥14
started a new position as first-gen program specialist at Georgia Southern University.
Elizabeth (Katie) Bernardi 鈥14
started a new position as manager of account management with Roundel Media, re-imagined by Target.
Will Barefield 鈥13
started a new position as dean of enrollment management at City Colleges of Chicago, Kennedy-King College.
Ryan Blesse聽鈥13
wrapped up his professional certificate in Google Project Management.
Carmen Kremitzki Umberger聽鈥13
won the MWACE Diversity Advancement Founders Award for her advocacy and work for first generation students at Bradley University.
Djenan (Mouna) Soumahoro 鈥12
began a Ph.D. program in nuclear engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Rachel Macon聽鈥11
obtained a new professional certification, SHRM-CP.
Jeremy Hommowun聽鈥11
passed the Certified Technology Specialist exam with AVIXA.
Eric Hiatt 鈥11
was elected national vice president of the JCI USA (U.S. Junior Chamber), and was the 2022 recipient of the Central Illinois Business Magazine Forty Under 40 Award.
Joshua Slaughterback 鈥08
started as an account manager with Electric Power Engineers.
Sarah Keller 鈥07
started a new position as a senior staff accountant at Caterpillar.
Julia Legate 鈥06
earned a Doctorate of Educational Leadership in May 2022. Her dissertation was titled, 鈥淧re-K and Kindergarten Teachers Perceptions of Kindergarten Readiness.鈥
Rebecca Vortman聽鈥05
was promoted to associate department head for the Department of Population Health Nursing Science at University of Illinois Chicago.
Ben Tobin 鈥05
was awarded Best Attorney and his law office, Pratt & Tobin P.C., won the Best Law Office category at the 鈥淏est of the Best鈥 event hosted by the two newspapers that serve the Metro East side of St. Louis.
Blake Stadel 鈥05
received the Silver Dome Award for Personality of the Year for medium-sized markets from the Illinois Broadcasters Association. Blake hosts the "DBR Morning Show with DJ Blake" for WDBR-FM in Springfield.
Danielle Doerfler 鈥04
was promoted to director of athletics at Fontbonne University.
Michael T. Bendorf 鈥04
was promoted to director of divisional technology and operations for the division of external relations at 天美传媒.
Burel Goodin 鈥02,
professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Department of Psychology, is part of a group that has been awarded $21 million from the National Institute of Health HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative to establish a new national center aimed at disseminating accurate information about the opioid crisis to the public.
Dan Wright 鈥01,
Sangamon County State鈥檚 Attorney, was named to the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instruction in Criminal Cases.
Tim Laffey聽鈥00
performed stand-up comedy in Jacksonville in September in a show produced by Belly Laffs Comedy. He was joined by comedians from the region including St. Louis, Chicago, Springfield and Peoria.