Lindenwood Magazine - Fall 2018: Connecting to Alumni and Friends

CAMPUS NEWS ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT UPCOMING EVENTS LINDENWOOD SPORTS ALUMNI EVENTS AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES 17 ’90s Barbara Marking Steiner (’95) was recently named 2018 Texas PTA Elementary Principal of the Year. She says she is humbled and blessed to lead her school, Faubion Elementary. Brian Kupferer (’95) completed his master’s degree in special education January 2018. He started a job as a special education teacher with Special School District of St Louis County in August 2018. ’00s Susan Yates Becht (’06) recently celebrated her 10-year wedding anniversary with Missouri Valley alumnus Colt Becht. They have two children and are expecting a third, due in December 2018. She works for Gastroenterology Health Partners as a pathology lab manager and visits the St. Louis area frequently to keep in touch with Lindenwood friends and former softball teammates. Michael Crowell (’09, ’11, ’13, ’16) and Efrain Barreto (’09, ’12) will co-open Petrichor Brewing in O’Fallon, Mo. Crowell has a bachelor’s in Spanish, master’s degrees in teaching and administration, and a Doctor of Education. Barreto has a bachelor’s in marketing and an MBA in management. Dr. Bruce G. Kintz (’09), who holds a Doctor of Education from Lindenwood, received an honorary LHD (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor) from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., in May. He is president and CEO of Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis. Kintz received the LHD for “his outstanding service to Christ during the last 20 years at Concordia Publishing House.” ’10s Michael Hahn (’11) and Elizabeth Hahn (Repp) (’12), who were married in 2012, reside in Kirkwood, Mo., with their two dogs, Nessie and Daisy. Michael works in operations at Phillips 66, where he oversees and troubleshoots oil refining processes. Elizabeth is the public health program manager at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also pursuing her Master of Nonprofit Management at Washington University in St. Louis and is an active member of the St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association. Devin Hogan (’12) is a business consultant and newly published author. Her book, Life Spoken , is intended to help individuals who are struggling to overcome life obstacles to overcome them and achieve a healthy, fulfilling life. It is available on Amazon. Jerami Moody (’12) who earned an MBA from Lindenwood in human resource management, works in human resources/ talent selection at Mercy in St. Louis County. He and his wife Nicole live in Hazelwood, Mo., with their 6-year-old son, Kayden, who attends Kindergarten at Holy Spirit Catholic School–St. Louis. Melissa Staten (Jones) (’13, ‘16) has a BA and MBA from Lindenwood. She is married to alumnus Keenan Staten (’13) and is the program coordinator at the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Keenan graduated in criminal justice and works as a parole officer for the Department of Corrections for the State of Colorado. They are in the process of adopting a baby to become first-time parents. David Amelotti (’14) just celebrated his four-year anniversary as Evening Anchor at KHQA-TV CBS and ABC in Quincy, Ill. He also reports and produces the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts for the Tri-State area. He has received multiple awards for his reporting in northeast Missouri, west central Illinois, and southeast Iowa. He transferred to Lindenwood in fall of 2012 as a journalism broadcast student and was active at KCLC doing play-by-play and color work for the Lindenwood men’s and women’s basketball teams and LUTV. Jack (’15) and Lexi McMullin (’16, ’17) were married on June 23, 2018, at St. Richard Church. They met at Lindenwood in band in 2013. Jack has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication with an emphasis in broadcasting and works as a banker at Busey Bank. Lexi has a bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education K-12 and a master’s degree in character education and is a substitute teacher in the Pattonville, St. Charles, and Francis Howell school districts. Ryan Oldham (’15) and Kelly Bernards Oldham celebrated their second wedding anniversary in September. Amelia Fowler (’16) holds a Lindenwood degree in psychology and recently purchased her first house, built in the 1900s. Keith Jasin (’16) was married Oct. 6 of this year in St. Louis. He is set to complete his MBA at Lindenwood in the spring of 2019 and currently works as a sales manager for an international company, in which he uses his degree in international business. Lucian Nevatt (’16) has been promoted three times with United HealthCare since graduating from the Accelerated Degree Program in business administration, most recently over the summer to senior data performance manager. Alyssa Katelyn (’17) graduated Lindenwood with a degree in elementary education. She is now employed in her hometown, Grand Rapids, Mich., as a fourth-grade teacher at St. Stephens Elementary School. Linda Bucaram (’17) was recently hired by the E! network as an interactive designer, designing assets, cinemagraphs, quote cards, and animations for the network’s entertainment programs. Mitch Faulkner (’17) works for Greenway Family Office, a St. Louis-based investment firm that offers ongoing portfolio management services to private business owners, corporate executives, endowments, and non-profit organizations. He plays a key role in the firm’s investment manager due-diligence process while assisting lead advisors with client analysis. He has a bachelor’s in finance from Lindenwood. ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES FALL 2018 Submit your alumni news and notes to AlumniNewsandNotes@lindenwood.edu