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CLASS NOTES ’01Heather “Beau” V. Bowmanis pursuing a master’sin marketing at WebsterUniversity in St. Louis, Mo.Shannon Marie Stoops isan occupational therapistat Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter in Los Angeles. Shelives in Thousands Oakes,Calif.’02Marybeth Mall, who isserving in Iraq, recentlywas promoted to captainin the U.S. Army.Christopher Mulligangraduated from GeorgetownUniversity Law Centerin Washington, D.C., inMay 2005. Mulligan is anassociate in the corporatelitigation department atDewey Ballentine LLP inNew York City.’03Sarah Westman has beenhired as a research analystin the research departmentat Bernstein-Rein AdvertisingInc. in Kansas City.Prior to joining the agency,she served as a juniorproject director at TNS.XMBA ’03Marvin Rollison has beenpromoted to vice president,corporate culture andcommunity strategy, forKCP&L. Rollison, who hasbeen with the company for15 years, has been leadinginternal efforts to create acorporate culture knownfor engaged employees andleadership at all levels.’04Navy Fireman John D.Berg recently completedU.S. Navy basic training atrecruit training commandin Great Lakes, Ill.Marriages’80Carolyn Elise Wagner andMichael L. Maphies weremarried in July 2005 inOverland Park, Kan. Carolynis human resource managerat Custom Energy LLC andMike is a sales representativewith RamAir Inc.’98Christina MichelleThompson and WilliamEmery Patterson were marriedon April 30, 2005, atSt. Therese Church inParkville Mo. They areboth employed at the Universityof Missouri–Columbia.Christina is pursuing amaster’s degree and worksin the Student Health Centerand Will is a sales executivefor the Mizzou sportsmagazine.’99Andy Bond and ClareBarnes, ’02, were marriedApril 23, 2005, in St. Louis,Mo. The couple lives inBrookside in Kansas City, Mo.’00Chris Kesting and BlairChamblin, ’02, were marriedon Nov. 27, 2004, atAscension Church in OverlandPark, Kan.’00, ’02 MOTJessica Jerden marriedCharlie Behrends on April 2,2005. The couple lives inSt. Louis, Mo.’00, ’02 MPTRachel Ellebracht andMichael Casey McGraw,’00, were married Dec. 4,2004, at St. Peter’s CatholicChurch in Kansas City,Mo., by the Rev. LukeByrne, S.J. Rockhurst alumniin the wedding partyincluded: bridesmaidsAngela (Ellebracht)Charles, ’95, Kim (Zeiler)Mason, ’00, MeghanMcCormack, ’02, Michelle(Blackburn) McGraw, ’97,Amy (McGraw) Bristow,’96; groomsmen SeanMcGraw, ’95, ThomasCharles, ’95, Dan Mullane,’99, Bryan Menges, ’99;and usher Matt Pomianek,’00. The couple resides inKansas City.Jill Mandrell marriedSteven Ecker in June 2004.She is employed at St. Luke’sHospital as supervisor ofphysical therapy.Update your bio or senda class note atwww.rockhurst.edu/mag’02Vince Carney and ShelleyPientka were married onApril 2, 2005. The couple,who started dating theirfreshman year of college,live in Mission, Kan.Laura Snyder marriedBryan Michael Fox in June2003 in Lenexa, Kan.Brian recently joined theSpecial Forces of the U.S.Army. The couple plans tomove to North Carolina inFebruary 2006.’03Elizabeth Wilson Vickershas been working inWashington, D.C., forCongressman Ike Skeltonsince September 2003.Vickers recently waspromoted to legislativeassistant. She handlesissues related to labor/pension, housing andscience/technology.’03 MIHEChukwudi Nicholas Anyaand his wife, Gerra Shelise(Williams) Anya, ’04, havetwo children. Chukwudiworks for Costco Wholesale.30 ROCKHURSTFALL 2005