clinical skills, compassionate care, exemplary service, and extraordinary commitment to patient-centered care.


Cynthia L. Corbett (PhD ’98), associate


professor for Washington State University’s College of Nursing, was awarded the 2010 WSU Spokane Faculty Excellence Award by her peers for excellence in teaching, research, and community service. An engraved medallion was given to Corbett at the spring commencement ceremony in Spokane.


Cathleen Cassani Adams (MSW ‘99) published her first book, The Self- Aware Parent: 19 Lessons for Growing with Your Children. Adams is a child/ family therapist, a certified parent coach, a certified elementary school teacher, a certified yoga instructor, and a blog columnist for Chicago Parent magazine.


Sara B. Johnson (MSW ‘99; PhD ‘10)


presented her research at the 22nd National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work at the Ohio State University’s College of Social Work. Johnson spoke on “The Role of Therapeutic Mentoring in Enhancing Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care.”


Shena (McNamara) Keith (BS ‘99, MBA ‘03) and her husband, Ben Keith (BBA ‘00), welcomed their newest little girl, Emily (Millie) Marie Keith, on Valentine’s Day. She was baptized on June 20 with her proud godparents, Peter Jahn (BA ‘08) and Jenny Noldan (MEd ‘07). Millie was received extremely well


by her big sisters: Maisy who is 5 (godparents: Court Landon (BBA ‘99) and Amy Sanders (BA ‘99)) and Maggie who is 2 (godparents: Dave Benjamin (BS ‘99) and Tammy Benjamin (BS ‘99)).


Christopher Miller (BA ’99), vice chair of Smith Amundsen’s Product Liability Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Entertainment Practice Group, was named partner of the firm.


in Chicago’s historic Greektown.


Peggy Holub (BSN ‘00) is a clinical nurse specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California.


Steven G. Krause (BBA ‘00) has become a certified personal trainer after years of interest in the fitness world. He is currently helping people in Lincoln Park and neighboring communities lead a more healthy and fit lifestyle through private training and nutrition counseling.


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Joseph P. Bienvenu (BACLS ‘00) has had a collection of poetry, Pool Hall Quartet, published by BlazeVox [Books].


Abbie Boudreau (BA ‘00), an investigative correspondent with CNN, has won this year’s Livingston Award in the category of international reporting. She was honored for the four-part series Killings at the Canal: The Army Tapes, in which she reports on U.S. soldiers who were convicted of murder on the battlefield. The Livingston Awards for excellence by professionals under the age of 35 are the largest all-media, general reporting prizes in American journalism.


Allison Heller Fluecke (BA ‘00), her husband, Josh, and son, Henry, welcomed baby Thomas Joshua on October 14, 2009. Fluecke is the collections manager for the National Hellenic Museum


Austin M. Dempsey (MBA ‘02) is vice president of Batavia Enterprises, Inc. He was named 2010’s Real Estate Professional of the Year by the Presidential Who’s Who organization for having “superior industry performance among business and professional achievers.”


LaNisa R. Frederick (BA ’02) was recently in the Pegasus Players performance of The Gimmick. She received acclaim for her performance from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune.


Erika Jackson (MA ‘02) earned a PhD at Michigan State University and will teach at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado, starting in fall 2010.


Nicole LeDuc Meehan (BS ‘02, MBA ‘06) and John Meehan announce the birth of their son and future Rambler, Benjamin James Meehan, born on April 16, 2010.


Cheryl Jansen (LLM ‘04) is the program director for Lawyers for Children America, Inc., in Hartford, Connecticut.


Salua V. Baida (BS ‘06, BA ‘06, Rome ‘05) earned a JD from American University- Washington College of Law in May in Washington DC, and will soon be moving to New York City to practice. Baida is also conducting interviews and accepting essays for A Housekeeper’s Daughter, a book on women’s stories en route to success.


Dalilia M. Duarte (BSEd ‘06) earned a master’s degree in reading education last August from Florida International University.


Mary Beth Schewitz (MSW ‘06) was selected by Major League Baseball and People magazine as a national finalist in their “All-Stars Among Us” campaign, which recognizes individuals who serve their communities in extraordinary ways. Since Schewitz lost her 20-year- old son to sudden cardiac death in 2005, she has been using her EKG to test Chicago-area high school students. She has screened more than 11,300 students, and at every school, she has found at least one child with a potentially life-threatening cardiac disease. She is one of three finalists representing the Chicago Cubs. The person who receives the most votes wins the opportunity to represent his or her favorite team at this year’s All-Star Game.


Melissa D. Bradley (BS ’07, MA ’09) is a first- year student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She received the school’s 2010 Dr. Eli and Claire Borkon Scholarship.


Daniel S. Rubin (JD ’07) has joined the Chicago office of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. His practice focuses on business and financial reorganizations, commercial and real estate litigation, and secured lending and insolvency litigation. He earned both a BS and an MS from Northwestern University. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.


Natasha P. Sawlani (BA ‘08) is working at Edelman Public Relations, where she was promoted from intern in the news business/marketing practice to assistant account executive in the health practice.


Heidi Tobe (BS ‘08) is finishing her second year with Teach for America in St. Louis, Missouri. In September, she will be going on an 11-month service/missions trip, The World Race, to 11 countries (India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Ukraine, Romania and three countries yet to be determined).


Robert Sykora (BA ‘09 BSEd ‘09) has been accepted into the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education Program and is using both his English and education degrees teaching English at St. Joseph High School in Ogden, Utah. As part of the PACE program, he has also accepted a scholarship to pursue his master’s in education at the University of Portland.


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