Summer 2013 Alumni Newsletter - Oldenburg Academy

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Letter from the OAAA President OAAA Board Members (L-R): Treasurer, Jane Bedel Walke ‘76, Secretary, Bertie Hartman Schmidt ‘64, Vice President, Liz Hartman Stenger ‘71, President, Pam Decker Vonderhaar ‘64, Trustee, Ruth Leurck Mayo ‘67, Trustee, Barb Hirt ‘51, and Trustee, Linda Nobbe Siefert ‘61 OAAA Scholarship Fund will be given in perpetuity. That can only happen if our alumni embrace the opportunities to financially support the Alumni Association. How can you financially support the OAAA? Please support us through memorials, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays or other times throughout the year with a donation to the OAAA and/or the OA Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. You can also support us through our fundraising activities, by attending Homecoming, and by purchasing the annual Alumni Challenge raffle tickets. All donations are needed - and appreciated - however small or large. We depend on gifts from individuals: from you, our Alumni. With this said, all your gifts, be it time, talent or treasure are greatly appreciated. I’d like to take a moment of your time to talk about a $5.00 bill. True, it won’t buy much today, but we are still interested. Multiply that $5.00 by our over 3600 alumni and you have $18,000 - not small at all. I have been asked, “What do I get for paying my $5 dues?” Your dues helps the Alumni Association defray the cost of the printing and mailing of the annual newsletters and homecoming invitations along with hosting our annual Homecoming and Distinguished Alumni Event. Currently, the OAAA is finding itself in a financial position of whether we can continue to publish two newsletters and the Homecoming mailings. We are asking for your $5.00 dues to help the Alumni Association continue it’s ongoing communication with you! In addition to keeping in touch with you, the OAAA is committed to growing its endowment fund to ensure that the This past year the OAAA was remembered with a bequest from the Estate of Amelia Tophinke Yelinek ’53 to the OAAA Scholarship Fund and is a loving memorial to Amelia. We are truly grateful for this gift and prayerfully remember Amelia. On Monday, June 10th, Sarah Lamping, Liz Stenger, Barb Hirt, Ruth Mayo and I, along with members of the Batesville Alumni Chapter, the Immaculata Club, attended the annual summer dinner of the Cincinnati Alumni Chapter, Cincinnati Oldenburg Club, at Mercy Hospital. Under the leadership of Irma Klett Sand, ‘51 and Donna Scheper Meyer ’62, the Cincinnati Club held a dessert auction to raise funds for the Retired Sisters Christmas Party which they host each year. At the end of a delightful evening, this chapter presented the OA Alumni Association with a $500 donation to the OAAA Scholarship Fund (pictured right). This gift was unexpected, but truly appreciated. Thank you so much to the Cincinnati Oldenburg Club for your support. On May 17, 2013 at the Awards Ceremony I had the privilege of presenting the second $1,000 OA Alumni Association Scholarship to Elizabeth Siemer, class of 2014. Congratulations, Liz! Pam Decker Vonderhaar ‘64 presents Elizabeth Siemer ‘14 with the OA Alumni Association Scholarship on the Academy’s Awards Day. Cincinnati Oldenburg Club presents donation to the OAAA Scholarship Fund After the awards ceremony, the Senior Reception and Induction Ceremony were held. Our membership grew with the induction of the 69 graduates from the Class of 2013. As their days at OA came to an end, I hope the experiences they gained will be extremely beneficial as they continue their journey, moving onto the next stage of their lives and the adventures that come with it. I ask that they not forget their time here at OA and I wish all of them the best of ALUMNI NEWS - 4
luck in the future as they continue to strive to be the best in their chosen fields. They are the newest members of the OA legacy. An elite group known as the OA Alumni Association. This legacy spans over 160 years and we have seen many changes…we have taken the former ICA and “twisted” it into Oldenburg Academy of today, while maintaining the rich Franciscan tradition of educating young women and men. We are all known as OA Alumni and very proud of it. So from the words of Dr. Suess to the Class of 2013; “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places. You’re off and away… So… Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea, your off to Great Places! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way!” The Alumni Association… building our legacy... one student at a time! Take the opportunity to do your part. Give us FIVE! Pam Decker Vonderhaar, ’64, OA Alumni Association President All in the Family: Senior Alumni with Alumni Legacy ROW 1 (L-R): Claire McKamey with mother Joan Eckstein McKamey ’83, Corey Bowling with mother Tara Gabbard Bowling ’90, Susan Kirschner Unkrich ’81 with daughter Courtney Unkrich and grandmother Ellen Hartman Kirschner ‘56, Morgan Werner with mother Nancy Laker Werner ’83, ROW 2: Jackie Wenning Fitzgerald ‘80 with daughter Miranda Fitzgerald, Gretchen Wilder with mother Rita Strange Wilder ’83, Jacob Moorman with mother Jill Ortman Moorman ‘78, Lauren Kirschner with mother Janet Grieshop Kirschner ‘78, ROW 3: Joshua Stenger with mother Marcia Hartman Parcell ‘87 and grandmother Mary Ann Werner Hartman ‘57, Theresa Brunsman with mother Diane Ryker Brunsman ‘71, Max Moorman with mother Brenda Wenning Moorman ‘78, Bryn Smith with mother Kim Mollaun Smith ‘77 Not pictured: Austin Hornberger and mother Josie Billman Hornberger ’87 and Alicia Quiroz with mother Diane Billman Quiroz ‘86 The Alumni Association would like to give a “Shout Out” to staff members Ray Ronnebaum and Tim Maple. Ray and Tim are a big part of the Alumni functions as they come before to set up and make sure everything is just right, and come after to tear down and clean up after us. Their hard work and dedication doesn’t go unnoticed… thanks for a job well done…it is very much appreciated. ALUMNI NEWS - 5
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