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Trek to Mongolia Inspires EffortA Rockhurst education, especially theology courseswith the late Fr. Don Murphy, S.J., inspired myinterest in the practices of other religions. Last year,I traveled to the Gandan Monastery Temple inUlaanbataar, Mongolia — a site included on everytourist itinerary and the highlight of mine. Themonastery was established in 1835 and by the early1900s, Gandan was the center of Buddhist learningin Mongolia.During the 1930s, the socialist government closedall monasteries and the monks were jailed or executed.Gandan reopened in 1944 as the only functioningmonastery during the socialist regime. After thedemocratic change took place in Mongolia in 1990,Buddhism returned. The young monks picturedare a few of the hundreds who live and learn atthe monastery.During a tour of thegrounds I learned thata renovation project isunder way to providesafe housing for theyoung monks. Thecurrent heating systemis failing and duringthe brutal Mongolianwinters many becomeill as a result. I haveorganized a fund-raisingeffort, but we are Buddhist monks in Mongolia.Nina Moyer, ’84, with youngstill thousands of dollarsshort of our goal.To learn more about the effort, or visiting themonastery, contact me at nmmoye@earthlink.net.— Nina Moyer, ’84’95Robert “Radar” EdwardAdams has accepted a newposition with AmericanTrust Administrators Inc.as senior network engineer.Adams, an instructor atNational American University,was awarded the 2004Missouri Governor’s Awardfor Excellence in Teaching.‘96Margot Jane Nitzsche ispursuing a master’s degreein educational technology.She is a technology coachfor teachers and a mentorfor new teachers in her district.Nitzsche has fourchildren and eight grandchildren.’96, MPT ’98Brian W. Lynch was selectedas national sales representativeof the year forJohnson & JohnsonAdvanced Wound Care.’97Brad Doty graduated fromCleveland ChiropracticCollege in December 2004.His practice is located atWaldo Chiropractic Clinic.Jaynelle Dawnette Nixon,who moved back to KansasCity in September 2004,has taught in Georgia, Californiaand Alaska.Nicklas Sainato is a fieldchemist for Von Roll AmericaInc. He and his wife,Anita, live in Ballwin, Mo.,with their children, Zach,9, Noah, 4, and newborndaughter Anna.’98, MPT ’00Brian Patrick Murphy isthe area therapy directorfor RMY Co. His territoriesinclude North Carolina,South Carolina and Savannah,Ga. Brian and hiswife, Shannon, live in theRaleigh-Durham area,where Shannon teachessixth grade math.’99Kristen Suzanne (Mader)Guillaume recently movedback to Kansas City fromDunedin, Fla. She is amember of HealthcareInformation Systems Societyand American Collegeof Healthcare Executives.Gregory Ledwon was promotedto sales managerwith Glazers Midwest. Heand his wife, Jessica(Jansen), ’99, moved toColumbia, Mo., in August2004.Ron Ira Steel completedhis master’s degree inhuman resources organizationalmanagement fromThe University of Phoenixin June 2005. He ownsSteel Photography LLC.’00 MBATom Finocchiaro wasnamed vice president ofoperations excellence atApplebee’s International.He and his wife, Ann, havetwo children, Collin, 14,and Eric, 8.ROCKHURSTFALL 2005 29