Carlina Tapia-Ruano, immigration attorney at Tapia-Ruano & Gunn gave the keynote address and helped present scholarships to four deserving IWU women at the Council for IWU Women Summit Closing Reception and Luncheon.
Thank you, Carlina!
Marilyn Graves, vice president at Fifth and Third Bank, spoke at the Council for IWU Women Summit Break-Out Sessions. She presented “Transitioning from Academic to Professional World”
Thank you, Marilyn!
Deborah Adams, associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, was a speaker for the event Advocating for Social Justice: Make a Living Working for Change in the Hansen Student Center on February 28, 2014.
Thank you, Deborah!
Marsha Guenzler-Stevens was awarded the Zenobia Hikes Memorial Award at NASPA. This award is given to one who has demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of women in higher education and to student affairs.
John Reinhardt, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, was awarded the William J. Gies Foundation Education Fellowship by the American Dental Education Association.
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John resides with his wife, Claudia ’72, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Claudia is a free-lance writer/editor.
Best wishes!
The University’s popular full-time spring internship program in accounting has passed a milestone of 175 student participants since its inception in 2006.
When interns join a firm full time, they are able to hit the ground running, said Herb Guarascio ’77, a tax partner at Deloitte, a Big 4 firm, where the highest number of IWU students have worked since the full-time accounting internship program began. Interns at Deloitte are actively engaged as team members on all projects.
Read about it here.
Pictured is Karl Bruhn and noted composer Helen Kemp to his left.
After 40 years of teaching, mostly at Edison Middle School in Wheaton, IL, I have finally “hung up the chalk.” I miss the kids but not the other “stuff.” I continue to play the organ and direct choirs–like I have done since my HS years. Presently I am the organist and music director at St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Lombard, IL. I have been there for eight years now. Also, I am the IL state chairman of the AGO (American Guild of Organists). I oversee all the various IL chapters–all the way from Rockford to Cairo. This spring I have started giving piano lessons to local kids in Batavia where I live. Also, I am in training for giving tours for the Chicago Architectural Foundation–combining history and architecture–two of my favorite topics. In about two weeks (c. March 21) we are expecting our first grandchild, who will be born in St. Paul, MN where our son and daughter-in-law live. We are very excited about this. I still keep up with Dr. Gehrenbeck, my old organ teacher from IWU days. We frequently see him and his wife (Helen) when visiting MN. Life is good, and I still greatly appreciate my IWU years. –Karl Bruhn
David and his wife, Isabel, retired to Sedona Arizona at the end of 2010. He retired from the financial counseling firm GW&Wade of Wellesley, Massachusetts. He had spent early 30 years in Boston. He earned his law degree from Boston University in 1979 and a Masters Degree in Professional Accounting in 1981. After positions in Tax and Investment Consulting, David joined GW&Wade in 1992 and became a partner of the firm in 1999. In 2005 David moved to California to open a new office for his company. In retirement in Sedona David has thrown himself into nonprofit activities. He is President of the Arts Center Board, a member of the Sedona Public Library Board and the chair of the local Imagination Library book program for preschoolers. David has two children, Danielle and Michael.
David Wilkins is retiring from Dow and appointed to a new role at SNC-Lavalin.
Congratulations, David!