Warren Kistner ’83 was presented the Max L. Starkey Award by President S. Georgia Nugent on August 22, 2022. Warren has provided guidance and encouragement for Titans as they explore internships, career opportunities and pathways to graduate school. Read the full article here.
Tim Black ’84 recently retired from the Illinois Department of Corrections where he was the Educational Facility Administrator at the East Moline Correctional Center. Before working for the state, Tim taught English, social studies and special education at schools in both Illinois and New Hampshire. In addition to his teaching, he was a reporter for the Galesburg Register Mail and Kewanee Star Courier where he won back-to-back Illinois Associated Press Awards for public service writing. Tim is a trustee emeritus at Black Hawk College, where he also worked as an adjunct instructor. He and his wife, Linda, live in Galva, Illinois. Congratulations, Tim!
The Pantagraph Holiday Spectacular brought another year of cheer to Bloomington-Normal during performances on Dec. 3-4. The production was written by Nancy Steele Brokaw ’71, directed by former faculty member Lori Adams, and featured performances by Marketing Director Andy Kreiss ’86 and Assistant Professor of Music Bob Mangialardi. Read the full Pantagraph article here.
After 40 years as a public school band, choir, jazz band, and general music teacher, Mark Allen ’81 has finally retired. He is now retired from Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, as well as 3 years spent teaching in central Illinois. Allen switched from trumpet to saxophone during his junior year at IWU, and now spends his weekends doing solo sax shows throughout the Four Corners area.
Jennie Scott ’89 recently accepted the position of Ticket Office & Showroom Manager with Wynn/Encore Las Vegas. In this role, she will oversee all aspects of the Ticket Office operations as well as oversee both the Encore Theater and Wynn Theater. While the Wynn Theater is being completely renovated to prepare for an exciting new Las Vegas Show, she will continue to supervise all shows at Encore including working with artists such as Boy George & Culture Club, Sebastian Maniscalco, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Steve Martin, Martin Short and many more. Congratulations Jennie!
Judy (Thomas) Hannan ’80 recently published an article in Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. The piece, titled “Improving Hypertension Control and Cardiovascular Health: An Urgent Call to Action for Nursing,” “profiles the critical roles for nurses in hypertension control in the form of leadership, education, research, advocacy, and evidence-based care.” Judy currently serves at the CDC as the Senior Advisor for Million Hearts®, a national initiative to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes. You can read her paper here.
Jeff Lockenvitz ’84 retired as principal of Bloomington District 87’s Washington Elementary School at the conclusion of the 2021-22 academic year. Jeff’s retirement concluded a 37-year career in education, including the past 28 years as principal at Washington, after also student teacing at the school. Replacing him is fellow Titan Zach Freeman ’07, who also completed his student teaching at Washington School, then taught at Washington for 11 years and now will be the school’s 11th principal in the last 125 years. Zach will start his job for the 2022-23 school year.
Pictured below is Zach and Jeff.
