Houska Dental Center (Bloomington) is pleased to welcome Dr. Sharon Molitoris to their practice. Sharon earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 2009. Since that time, she has dedicated herself to providing dental care to underserved populations through the Native American Health Service in New Mexico, and most recently, as Dental Director of the Logan County Department of Public Health.
Congratulations, Dr. Molitoris
Check out this video of Dave Milligan discuss the joys of his profession.
“It gives me energy working with them. I just really enjoy it.”
Congratulations on your accomplishments, Dave!
Lauren Waidzunas recently joined Anderson, Rasor, and Partners, LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Her legal practice is concentrated on defending healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, hospitals, and long-term care facilities and their staff members in Medical Malpractice and Long-Term Care Litigation.
Congratulations, Lauren!
Keelia Rhoads received her Ph.D. in toxicology at Wisconsin-Madison,
and an M.S. in genetic counseling at the University of Colorado at Denver.
She is now a cancer genetic counselor in the Hereditary Cancer Clinic at Duke.
According to LinkedIn, she has worked at the cancer center since Dec. 2012, where she:
-counsels people on their personal and family history of cancer and
coordinate genetic testing for potential hereditary cancer syndromes.
-reviews medical management and screening recommendations for
individuals testing positive for a hereditary cancer syndrome and
refer patients to specialists, when appropriate.
Luke Durbin and his wife, Maggie, had a son on December 25th named Walter.
Congratulations on your Tiny Titan, Luke and Maggie!
Happy Holidays from the Robinson Family!
-Jon ’05, Justine ’06 & Joey ’35
Pat used to work in IT for IWU and now is one of two people who works for Fermi Labs in what is called Scientific Linux. They help redesign research software for use in laboratories around the world. They have also worked with the scientists conducting research with the super-collider in CERN. In fact, when some of those scientists recently received the Nobel Prize in Physics, they thanked Scientific Linux, half of which are alumni! Pat was a philosophy major at IWU who also knew his way around a computer. He sits on our alumni advisory board for IT.
A cookout hosted for some of our IWU friends last weekend at our home in La Grange Park
Included in the photo:
Jon Mladic was recently promoted from Dean of the Rasmussen College-Romeoville/Joliet campus to Associate Dean of Learning Center, where he will oversee 24 on-campus CRLA-certified Learning Centers as well as virtual tutoring and online resources. Jon has been active in the fields of Developmental Education and Academic Support, presenting at annual conferences of the National Association of Developmental Education, the National College Learning Center Association, the Association for the Tutoring Profession, the Minnesota Association of Developmental Education, the Ohio Association of Developmental Education, the Sloan Blended Learning Conference, the Pearson Learning Summit, and (this Fall) the College Reading and Learning Association.
Mitch Nowicki is taking on the role of head baseball coach at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort.