alumni Class Notes
EMU Alumni Association Board of Directors
President Eric J. Brown (BS03)
President-elect: Gregory A. Sheldon (BBA96)
Parliamentarian: Len Capelli (BBA68, MBA73)
Secretary/Treasurer: David Mamuscia (BS67, MA71)
Past president: Gerald Gemignani (BS94)
Other board members: Trudy Adler (BS01) Patricia Andrewes (BA66) Patrick J. Barry, Jr. (BS71, MA73) Mary E. Batcheller (BS56) Robin Baun (BS75) James J. Beasley, Jr. (BBA77) Amanda Bennett (BS05) Tom Borg (BS79, MA09) Ryan Buck (BS02) Carl Christoph (MA75) Dr. Lee Martin, Sr. (BS63, MA65) Latoska N. Price (BS83, MS96) Don Reichert (BS09) Jerome Rush (BS72) Caroline Sanders (BS97, MLS02) Āndrea Shipp (MA05) Katrina VanderWoude (MA91, EDD08)
David Wanko (BS95) Thomas Wells (BBA84)
Emeritus members: William Malcolm (BS76) Vicki Reaume (BS91, MA96) W. Fred Roberts (BA56, MA68) H.F. (Bud) Schimmelpfenneg (BS68)
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Mollie Bell (BBA88, MS08) has received full certification as a public accountant.
Phyllis Cowden (MA88) was named to the Board of Trustees for West Shore Community College in Scottville.
Diane Dufek (BS88, MLS94) has been appointed chair– woman of the Mich– igan Society of Association
Executives Board of Directors.
Mari Treece (BS88, MA95) is principal of Custer Elementary School, continuing her 20 years in the Monroe Public School District.
Dan Hawkins (MPA89) has been selected as Blackman Township supervisor in Jackson.
Sandi Pavlov (BS89) is the assistant principal of Memphis Elementary
School in the Memphis Community School District.
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Lynn Murtagh (MS90) is the manager of both the Arizona Pinnacle Peak and the Scottsdale Carefree Coldwell Banker offices.
Penny Pasque (BS90) has had her book “American Higher Education, Leadership, and Policy: Critical Issues and the Public Good”
published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Stephen Phillip (BS90) is serving as the long-term interim principal of Morenci High School in the Morenci School District.
Mark Haag (BS91) is the superinten- dent of Onsted Community Schools and president of the State of Michi- gan School Equity Caucus, which works to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children.
Eric Rass (BBA91, MBA95) was appointed to the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Beverly Hills.
Vicki Reaume (BA91, MA96), Eastern’s longtime director for alumni relations, has been promoted to vice
president and secretary to the EMU Board of Regents. She started her new position in December.
Julieanna Frost (BA93, MLS95, MLS00) has had her first book, “Teaching the Pure Lutheran Gospel: The Life of Rosa Young,” published by VDM Publishing.
Jennifer Rass (BS93) is the new senior public relations manager at Quicken Loans of Detroit.
Daniel Bondy (MA94) is the principal of Wagar Middle School in the Airport Community School District of Carleton.
known for its work in major feature films. Three EMU professors spent a week at the studio last year, and Welser visited campus in November to offer free workshops on visual effects, 2D post-production, the 3D camera, character rigging, digital crowds and scene lighting. “It had hovered in the back of my
mind for many years that I’d like to find a way to reconnect and contrib- ute something back to the University,” says Welser. “I took a long, winding way to my dream career, and there were several people in the film indus- try who educated and supported me along the way. I promised myself I’d try to do the same for others.” His film credits include “The
Chronicles of Narnia,” “Night at the Museum,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” and “Elf.” Rhythm & Hues Studios has won
ark Welser (BFA85) isn’t just another face in the crowd. He is the guy who creates the crowd.
Welser is the digital crowd supervisor at Rhythm & Hues Studios, an L.A.-based visual effects company
two Academy Awards® for visual ef- fects: “Babe” in 1995 and “The Golden Compass” in 2007.
—Ward Mullens
Photo by Alan Warren
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