TALKIN' - University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Pamela Brunk ’07 human development
and psychology, is the evening shelter
supervisor for The Salvation Army of
Dane County.
Jerance Farmer ’07 communications,
is a customer sales representative for
AT&T in Appleton.
Jennifer Feyen ’07 elementary education,
is a preschool teacher for Encompass
Early Childcare, Green Bay.
Andrea Liechti ’07 business administration,
graduated with distinction from
basic military training at Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
Michael Lindsley ’07 computer science,
is a systems analyst for Kohler Co.
Joseph Loomis ’07 individual major,
is the resident director and field
station assistant at Juniata College in
Huntingdon, Pa.
Stephanie (Prill) Lowney ’07 business
administration, is the commercial
products district manager for Miller
Electric, Appleton.
Jon Maehler ’07 information sciences,
is a system administrator for M&I
Corporation in West Allis.
Melissa (Detert) Maroszek ’07
human development and psychology, is a
customer services representative for Veolia
Environmental Services in Greenville, Wis.
Jason Miller ’07 computer science, works
as a systems developer for LoanSifters, a
mortgage processing company in Appleton.
Jen (McHugh) McLaughlin ’07 math,
works as an underwriting team leader for
LoanSifters.
Stacy (Pepper) Rendmeister ’07
business administration, is a sales
manager for JCPenney in Madison.
Tyler Vorpagel ’07 political science
and public administration, is the
district director for Congressman Tom
Petri in Fond du Lac. In the last several
years he served as a field representative
in Petri’s office.
Maris Edgar ’08 accounting, is a CPA
and staff accountant at RitzHolman
CPAs. As a member of the firm’s tax,
nonprofit and outsourcing teams,
Edgar focuses on nonprofit audits as well
as providing tax and consulting services
to individuals and businesses. She was
formerly a project accountant at Novum
Structures in Menomonee Falls.
Aaron Frailing ’08 political science
and public administration, is an
elections specialist for the Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board.
Curt Haag ’08 communications, is the
tournament coordinator for the American
Junior Golf Association, Baselton, Ga.
Holly (Anderson) Nerat ’08 business
administration, is a corporate recruiter
for Integrys Business Support, LLC.
Carolyn (Noll) Uhl ’08 human development
and psychology, is a program
manager with Marion House Transitional
Living Apartments, Green Bay.
Molly Waldschmidt ’08 communications,
is a social media specialist with a
focus on Huggies at Kimberly-Clark in
Neenah.
Blue Ridge organics:
Students dig sustainable spring break
Five UW-Green Bay students
used spring break 2011 to
travel to the Blue Ridge Mountains
town of Floyd, Va., to
sample that region’s growing
sustainable agriculture movement.
The students — seniors Leah
Korger, Dan Schultz, Walter
Schilling, Nicci Kelley and Evan
Groth (from left, above) —
were aided by UW-Green Bay
alumni Michael Stearney ’80
and Marla Martinez ’97.
Stearney is the University’s
dean of enrollment services.
He traveled along in his role as
adviser to the SLO Food Alliance
(SLO is Sustainable, Local,
Organic). The student organization
advocates for healthy
food from local sources. Members
have been prominent in
managing the campus gardens
outside the University Union,
selling produce on campus and
to local restaurants, advocating
for local sourcing, and
sponsoring films, speakers and
field trips.
Martinez, a former student
of Stearney’s, now resides
in Floyd, where she works in
child protective services. She
served as the local “concierge”
for the visitors, connecting the
students to farms, lodging and
organic food venues.
The students were energized
to see producers, distributors
and consumers working
together to cultivate a local
organic food network. The
“Eco U” contingent provided
volunteer labor on two organic
farms, visited an apiary/hon-
May 2011
ALUMNI NOTES
eybee sanctuary, and toured a
meadery, a winery and a major
organic food distribution
operation. They also spent a
day in community service by
delivering food to needy families
and helping a local charity
make and serve healthy snacks
at the elementary school.
“Our students were the talk of
the town,” Stearney said, “and
were even featured on the
front page of the Floyd Press.
Most valuable and memorable,
however, were the new friendships
they made with the kind
and generous people of Floyd,
Virginia, who so graciously
hosted them.”
21