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50s
Dorothy Margol Stearn (BS55) of New York retired as president of Stearn Publishers, Ltd., and is pursuing the Master's Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) program at Hunter College, City University of New York. She tutors in Hunter's International English Language Institute.
Nancy Pav Standley-Burt (BS57) of Tallahassee retired as professor emeritus from Florida A & M University, where she was a professor of counselor education. She was named "educator of the century."
Barbara Semrad North (BS59) of DeKalb, Ill., who is a second grade teacher of gifted children at Lincoln School, was nominated to have her biography listed in the 2005 edition of Who's Who Among American Teachers. This is the third year in a row she has been nominated.
60s
Stanley Krippner (PhD61) of San Rafael, Calif., professor of psychology at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco, gave an invited talk at an international UNESCO conference in Seattle in January. His topic was the psychological effects of war trauma on civilians.
Marilyn "Mym" Tuma (BS62) of South Hampton, N.Y., sculptor-painter and protégée of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, launched a new web site, O'Keeffe & Me: Abstracts of Our Letters, an overview of the relationship and correspondence between the two women and the effect on Tuma's developing art career.
Art Ellison (MS66) of Concord, N.H., an administrator with the Bureau of Adult Education for the New Hampshire Department of Education, received the Raymond Proulx Political Action Award for his work in the presidential election for the local chapter of the state employees' association. As part of his job in adult education, he coordinates policy initiatives on legislation and appropriations in Washington, D.C., for the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education.
Joan Ott Nortell (MS67) of Naperville, Ill., is a Spanish professor at the College of DuPage. For the second time she was selected for Who's Who Among American Teachers.
J. Ramsey Schaffnit (MS67) of Glen Ellyn, Ill., is alive and well and enjoying his role as a grandfather.
70s
Nettie W. Bailey (BS71) of Chicago wrote Correcting Deficiencies in the Basic Skills Grades 4-8: Help for the Frustrated Teacher.
Byron Frydman-Kohl (BS72), who is Anne and Max Tanenbaum Senior Rabbi of Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto, was awarded a doctorate in philosophies of Judaism from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in June 2004 and was named senior rabbinic fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem in July 2004. Karen Emerson Thomson (BS73) of Evanston is founder and executive director of Literature for All of Us, a book discussion and writing program for at-risk teen girls in Chicago and Evanston. The nonprofit organization was formed in 1997 and has reached more than 500 young women.
Terri Zenner Greenberg (BS77) of Buffalo Grove, Ill., received the Award of Excellence as the best executive director from among more than 950 local Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) directors in the United States. She is executive director of the Lake County CASA. 90s
Nadine K. M. Takai Day (BS92) of Danville, Ill., is a physical therapist at Provena Covenant Medical Center and co-owner of Professional Physical Therapy. A world-class swimmer, she broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley in the 30-34 age group at the World Masters Championships in Riccione, Italy, in June 2004. She brought home four gold and two silver medals.
Glen M. Giannetti (MA92) of Chicago Heights, Ill., is superintendent of Bloom Township High School District 206.
Tracy Dumas (BS93) of Washington, D.C., received her doctorate in management and organizations from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in December 2003. She is now assistant professor of organizational sciences at George Washington University.
Sarene Matthews Valeri (BS94) of Ann Arbor, Mich., is a district manager for Starbucks Coffee Company in East Detroit.
Dionna F.J. Walters (BS95) of Bronx, N.Y., is program coordinator in charge of community leadership development for the Downstate New York Healthy Start Project at Columbia University. In September 2004 she started an executive master of public administration program at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
00s
Ayelish McGarvey (BS01) of Washington, D.C., received the Luce Scholar award, which is granted by the Henry Luce Foundation for young Americans to live and work in Asia. Each year 15 Americans are selected for the program, which aims to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society. She is currently a writing fellow at The American Prospect magazine. Aki Murata (PhD02) of Alameda, Calif., recently accepted a position as assistant professor of education at Stanford University.
Andrew Russell (BS03) of Boston is working at Hasbro toys on a learning initiative to develop a new approach to various forms of educational toys.
Valerie C. Stark (BS03) of Evanston began her master's degree in education at Northwestern University in fall 2004.
Molly Gholson (MS04) of Madison, Wis., is assistant director of the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She says, "I started my dream job two weeks after graduating!" She was an undergraduate music major. Dor Abrahamson (PhD04), a postdoctoral fellow at SESP, accepted a position as assistant professor of secondary mathematics education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California-Berkeley. He also received a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Micere Keel (PhD04) accepted a job as an assistant professor faculty member of the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago.
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal (PhD04) of Gaithersburg, Md., recently accepted a position at the University of Pittsburgh as assistant professor of psychology
Graduates Receive Teaching Awards
Two graduates of the School of Education and Social Policy recently received awards for excellence in teaching. Roel Vivit (MS05) is one of the 10 winners of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching for grades four through eight. Rosemary Mangosing, who is completing her master's degree at SESP, is a finalist for the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award.
 Rosemary Mangosing (top row, second from left) in a class picture. |
Vivit, who was selected from 747 Golden Apple nominees from the Chicagoland area, is a fourth-grade teacher at Frances Xavier Warde School (Old St. Patrick's Campus) in Chicago. Mangosing teaches second grade at Our Lady of the Gardens Elementary School in Chicago. Both Vivit and Mangosing graduated from SESP's NU-TEACH alternative certification program before entering the master's program.