their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
will have a three-volume biography about Stephen A. Douglas, who got his start in politics in Jacksonville, published in May. The work covers the politician’s greatest achievements between 1844 -1850.
and Brian Atlas May 24, 2020.
Mikaela Morrison ’19
is an admissions counselor at Illinois College.
Izzy Kennedy ’18
is in a master’s program and will start an internship in the fall.
Amber Blazek ’18
received her Masters from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and recently accepted a job at Human Kinetics as a Higher Ed Academic Sales Manager.
Megan Zirkelbach ’17
started at Boeing as a procurement agent in December 2019.
Emma Stuhmer ’17
earned a master’s degree in forensic science from Michigan State University and is a forensic chemist with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Erica Kemple ’17
is the life enrichment director at Cedarhurst of Springfield.
Casi Strode ’16
graduated from Methodist College with a Bachelor of Science in nursing and was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She will be working in the medical-surgical unit at Piedmont as a registered nurse.
Abby Campbell ’16 and Evan Stone ’15
are engaged to be wed in March. Both are teachers who also coach for their school district.
Austin Dearing ’16
got engaged in June 2019.
Dillon Clark ’15
began a new job at Litchfield National Bank in August and is training to become a loan officer.
Megan Jagodzinski ’13
recently became a licensed clinical social worker, one of the highest licensure for social workers. She completed three years at the Lawrence County Health Department and one year as a mental health professional at the Illinois Department of Corrections as a mental health professional.
Jennifer Yeoward-Dodson ’11
began a year-long internship at Indiana University in July, after which she will earn her Ph.D. in counseling psychology.
Amber Armstrong Kleckler ’11
started as a pediatric clinic nurse in November 2019.
Eric Hiatt ’11
was elected programming vice president of the Illinois Jaycees for 2020.
Amanda Armstrong ’11
began working as a therapist at SIU School of Medicine in the Department of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics in August 2018. She previously spent five years as a therapist at Memorial Behavioral Health.
Roger Mies ’18
was announced as the new girls soccer coach at Jacksonville High School in January.
Alex Gardner ’16
will start his residency training in anesthesiology in July 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. He is pictured at IC Homecoming with wife Bianca Savarese Gardner ’16.
Kelli Pintar Bockius ’10
recently became a clinical case specialist in the occupational medicine department at Quincy Medical Group. She is pictured with her husband of six years, Chris Bockius ’11, and their two daughters.
Emily Richeson ’10
was promoted to quality and environmental systems specialist for U.S. Paint in June 2019.
David Kleckler ’10
started with Alpha Controls on January 2, 2019.