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Rudy ’14 and Dani Hillis Porter ’13
welcomed a son, August, on Sept. 27, 2022.
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Joe ’07 and Laura Weber Rheinecker ’07,
their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
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Reg Ankrom '71
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.
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Levi ’15 and Jill Friedrich Haley ’16,
a daughter, Harper Rae, January 20, 2020.
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Jeremy ’04 and Sarah Strack Briggs ’06,
a daughter, Harper Eleanor, December 11, 2019.
Marriages
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Shannon Bonjean Beiermann ’02 and Rick Beiermann,
February 2, 2020.
Updates
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Ka-La Harris ’19
was nominated in November and December to be the Residence Life Professional Staff of the Month at Truman State University.
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Mikaela Morrison ’19
is an admissions counselor at Illinois College.
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Izzy Kennedy ’18
is in a master’s program and will start an internship in the fall.
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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.
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Megan Zirkelbach ’17
started at Boeing as a procurement agent in December 2019.
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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.
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Erica Kemple ’17
is the life enrichment director at Cedarhurst of Springfield.
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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.
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Abby Campbell ’16 and Evan Stone ’15
are engaged to be wed in March. Both are teachers who also coach for their school district.
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Austin Dearing ’16
got engaged in June 2019.
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Dillon Clark ’15
began a new job at Litchfield National Bank in August and is training to become a loan officer.
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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.
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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.
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Amber Armstrong Kleckler ’11
started as a pediatric clinic nurse in November 2019.
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Eric Hiatt ’11
was elected programming vice president of the Illinois Jaycees for 2020.
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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.
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Roger Mies ’18
was announced as the new girls soccer coach at Jacksonville High School in January.