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Class NewsAlums Togethershe still uses every day in her work, includingwriting, research, creativity, leadership, listening,organization and having a clear vision. Todayshe helps OPPD with both internal and externalpublications, internet and intranet resources,advertising, crisis communication, media relations,video production and other special projects. Herspecialties are in story packaging, magazine editingand campaign development. Paula is the mother ofjunior journalism student Rachel Lukowski.Carol Farha McGlade ‘76, Sr. Joan Houtekier, OSM,Kim Kobza Jackson ‘76 and Terri Dundis Ellis ‘76reminisced about Marian during a Christmas partyAccomplishmentsCharline Sutherland Payne ’60 is in the processof publishing a book of her poetry. Charline haswritten poetry since 1965 but had not read itpublically until recently. She writes poems duringThe Healing Night of Prayer. Charline was a part ofthe Servants of Mary religious order for more than20 years. She earned her bachelor’s in Religious andAmerican Literature and her master’s in ReligiousEducation from Mundelein College in Chicago.After leaving the order in 1980, she marriedThomas Payne in 1985. They have three children,six grandchildren and reside in Marietta, Ga.Colleen Haller Wuebben ’71, along with herhusband Ted, moved their annual Skate-a-thonfor Parkinson’s from their backyard to UNMC.University of Nebraska Medical Center Skatea-thonfor Parkinson’s disease was held onJanuary 28, 2011 at the University of NebraskaMedical Center ice rink. More than 2,400 peopleattended the event, including 800 skaters and150 volunteers. They raised about $40,000 withproceeds going to the clinical research at UNMC,the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’sResearch and the Omaha nonprofit PHD Program,Parkinson’s Health Development program. Colleenwas diagnosed five years ago with Parkinson’sdisease.Colleen Haller Wuebben ’71 and her husband Ted withthree of their four daughters (pictured left to right)Mary Wuebben Wellwood ’02, Jenny Wuebben Knutson’93 and Cristen Wuebben Claussen ’92 at the 2011University of Nebraska Medical Center Skate-a-thon forParkinson’s diseaseKathleen Berg’ 72 is the vice president ofcorporate communications and communityrelations for the AIM Institute IT LeadershipAcademy.Elizabeth Green Crnkovich ’72 is a DouglasCounty Juvenile Court Judge and was featured inthe Omaha World-Herald for being instrumentalin addressing truancy in Omaha schools. Shelaunched a pre-court diversion program forstudents charged with truancy. She set up “massarraignments” for 450 students who had missed20 or more school days and has created a courtsuperviseddiversion program for those students.Karen Stessman Weber ’72 is a faculty memberof mass communication in the School ofCommunication at the University of Nebraskaat Omaha. She teaches journalism and publicrelations courses. Karen also serves as facultyadviser for the Public Relations Student Societyof America (PRSSA) chapter and its student-runfirm, Maverick Solutions. UNO PRSSA earned theNational Outstanding Chapter Award in 2009 andthe National University Service Award in 2010.Mary Gewinner Baker ’75 retired fromConnectivity Solutions after 32 ½ years of service.Mary and her husband, Randy, plan to travel afterhe retires in April.Terri McGrath ‘76 was promoted to Credit AnalystII in Small Business Lending Acquisitions at Bankof America.Paula Thompson Lukowski ’79 spoke toMarian Journalism I and II students in Januaryabout her journalism career in corporate andnonprofit communication. Paula is the corporatecommunications specialist at OPPD. She talkedabout her days at Marian, editing the studentnewspaper, which was called The Looking Glass,and contributing to Field Day experiences. Shealso shared with the students that the skills shelearned in high school journalism were the skillsPaula Thompson Lukowski ’79 shares parts of an OPPDcampaign with Marian’s journalism studentsJanet Melchior-Kopp ’81 was admitted to theNebraska Bar Foundation for attorneys in 2010.She is the Vice President, First National WealthAdvisors at First National Bank of Omaha.Dawn Mailliard Drazdys ’83 is the Director ofBrand Strategy for Daake, a visual communicationsand design firm. In her 20-year career, Dawn hashad the positions of writer/producer, creativedirector, corporate event planner, senior accountexecutive and strategist, providing marketinginsights to many national consumer-oriented andbusiness-to-business clients.Dr. Marianne Marchese ‘86 recently publishedher first book; 8 Weeks to Women’s Wellness. Itis about the environmental links to 10 commonwomen’s health conditions. It describes thevarious ways women are exposed to chemicalsthrough everyday products like cosmetics, cleaningproducts, plastics and more. It provides a roadmap on how to remove chemicals from the bodythat are harmful to health. Learn more at www.drmarchese.comCarol Militti-Hacher ’88 is a financial Advisorwith The Militti Group, the Omaha Magazine’s TopWealth Management Group.Julie Dean Lingelbach ’89 received the AlumnaeAchievement Award from the College of SaintMary in September 2009 for starting the ElkhornChapter of the MOMS Club. The MOMS Club isan International Organization for stay-at-homemoms. It is also a 501(c)(3) organization. Juliestarted it from scratch in 2006 with four members,and it has grown considerably over the past fouryears.27