Class Notes - December 2011

2011

• Katy Healey is working as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald.
• Lacey Mason is working as social media editor at Investigative News Network in Los Angeles (Encino), Calif.
• John Schreier is the new managing editor at the Papillion Times/La Vista Sun in Papillion, Neb.
• Jessica Simpson has joined Swanson Russell's Lincoln office as a public relations writer.
• McKenzie Swanson is a copywriter at Snitily Carr of Lincoln.
• Lindsey Wiehl has joined DP Management LLC, a real estate company in Omaha as the marketing coordinator.

2010

• Raechel Dennis has joined David Dale Photography of Lincoln as the marketing and artistic director.
• Beth Hoole is working as a sports reporter for KVRR-TV in Fargo, N.D.
• Brandi Kruse is an anchor/reporter for Bonneville International/KIRO-FM in Seattle, Wash.
• Bridgette Muller is a multimedia specialist and first impressions coordinator at SilverStone Group in Omaha.
• Brittany Stark has joined the Lexington (Neb.) Clipper-Herald as a sports reporter.
• Stacy Tamerius is the marketing director for Management Systems and works with various Nebraska businesses in Bennet, Neb.

2009

• Andy Boyle is a digital developer with the New York Times Regional Media Group in New York.
• Kaylin Brabec has joined Phenomblue of Omaha and Los Angeles as an interactive experience producer in the Lincoln area.
• Michaela Brown is a project coordinator for ProWorld Service Corps in Cape Coast, Ghana in West Africa.
• Bill Citro is working as a marketing specialist for University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians in Omaha, Neb.
• Sarah Haskell has been promoted to program director at the Nebraska Alumni Association. She joined the staff in March of 2010.
• Tanna Kimmerling has joined the Beatrice (Neb.) Public Schools as an English and journalism teacher at Beatrice High School.
• Hilary Stohs-Krause is a multimedia reporter for the Nebraska National Public Radio affiliate, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET).
• Elinor K. Lane is the communications coordinator for the REALTORS Association of Lincoln.

2008

• Brian Blackwell is working as the marketing director for Chick-fil-A in Alexandria, La.
• K.J. Hascall-Christensen is the managing editor at Hungry Horse News in the Columbia Falls, Glacier National Park and the Flathead Valley areas in Montana.
• Alex Haueter is the director of media and public relations for the National Sports Center Minnesota Stars, a member of the North American Soccer League in Blaine, Minn. and also owns and operates Seed Promotions, a screen-printing and advertising specialties business.

2007

• Amberly Austad is the manager for new business at Colle+McVoy in Minneapolis, Minn.
• Courtney Rodgers has been promoted to interactive strategist at Swanson Russell's Lincoln office.
• Jeralee Shotkoski has returned to the Lincoln office of Swanson Russell as an interactive project coordinator.
• Maggie Tunning is a social collaboration analyst at World Bank in Washington, D.C.

2006

• Sam Larson has joined Swanson Russell's Lincoln office as an account manager.
• Andrew Osterman is working as a program coordinator for the Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Ill.
• Alyssa Schukar was presented with a civilian award from the Nebraska and Iowa National Guard after spending two months in Afghanistan covering the war for the Omaha World-Herald. Her photographs were featured in an exhibit "At War, At Home: On the Ground in Afghanistan" at the Durham Western Heritage Museum from May 3-29, 2011.

2005

• Kristin Ewing is an assistant account executive at Stephan & Brady in Madison, Wis.
• Vince Kuppig has been promoted to media manager at the Hastings Tribune in Hastings, Neb.
• Nate Custard has joined Archrival as creative director in the Lincoln office.

2004

• Dirk Chatelain earned a Top 10 honor in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual contest in feature writing for his in-depth story on Olympic gold-medal bobsledder Curt Tomasevicz.
• Nia Nielsen was named Marketer of the Month for the American Marketing Association's Lincoln chapter. She is a marketing specialist at the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation in Lincoln.
• Sarah M. (Wootton) Rider is the director of school and college programs for the Creighton University Office of Alumni Relations in Omaha.

2003

• Nikki Bruner has been promoted to senior account executive at Ervin & Smith Advertising & Public Relations in Omaha.

2002

• Bradley Davis is the Market Talk editor for Dow Jones at The Wall Street Journal in New York City, N.Y.
• Melissa Kelley is the business development coordinator for Shafer, Kline and Warren in Lenexa, Kan.
• Katie Vap is the marketing manager for Quality Brands of Omaha.

2001

• Chris Schmidt is co-hosting "The Huskers Illustrated Radio Show" on Lincoln's KLMS 1480, which airs weekday afternoons.
• Zoe Olson has joined Aging Partners of Lincoln as a marketing and public relations supervisor.

2000

• KaLena "Beanie" Barnes is working on her master's degree in business at Yale's School of Management in New Haven, Conn.
• Matt Miller, a photographer for the Omaha World-Herald, went to Haiti in November as a journalist in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity.
• Karissa (Armstrong) Tomsen has been promoted to partner in charge of media at Bozell in Omaha.

1999

• John Vogel has joined Swanson Russell's Omaha office as a writer/producer.

1998

• Curt Rohn has been promoted to assistant vice president of marketing at Union Bank & Trust in Lincoln.

1997

• Alexis Thomas is working as a freelance public relations consultant in New York City, N.Y.

1996

• Greg Bousquet has been promoted to senior art director in Swanson Russell's Lincoln office.

1993

• Jody Lamp has joined Montana Silversmiths as the director of marketing in Billings, Mont.
• Lori Stones-Feuer is a marketing program manager at The Alexander Group, Inc., in Scottsdale, Ariz.

1992

• Robert Patterson was featured in The Midlands Business Journal's Business Minute. He is the executive director of Kids Can Community Center in Omaha, Neb.

1991

• Bridget Sims Lewis has joined the University of Texas at Arlington as the senior media relations officer.
• Tim Siedell was listed as a 2011 Advertising Age Influencer for starting his own agency, Fuse Industries, in 2000 and for his popular and influential Twitter persona @badbanana.

1990

• Tracy Keith has joined market research company The MSR Group in Omaha as the marketing and public relations manager.

1989

• Jeff Carney has been promoted to director of digital content development at the Omaha World-Herald.

1986

• Tammy Traudt is the assistant director of development for the University of California-San Diego Health Sciences in La Jolla, Calif.

1985

• Kevin Warneke has joined the Steier Group of Omaha as a campaign manager.

1984

• Jeff Buettner has been promoted to public relations coordinator at The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

1979

• Lee Barfknecht was named sportswriter of the year for Nebraska by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Barfknecht has been a sportswriter at the Omaha World-Herald nearly 32 years.

1977

• Douglas Dohmen is the vice president of sales and marketing at Osiris Entertainment in Chatsworth. Calif.

1975

• Don McCabe, editor of Nebraska Farmer, was presented the 2011 Outstanding Media Award from the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association.

1959

• Marilyn Coffey is currently promoting her latest book, "Mail-Order Kid."