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Kelly (Nelson) Blankshain ’08

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Kelly (Nelson) Blankshain ’08 and Chris Blankshain were married on October 15, 2016 in Lemont, IL.
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Several alumni were in attendance:
Left to right- Erik Nelson ’93, Stefanie Keating ’05, Kristi Gallagher ’08, Groom-Chris Blankshain, Kim Nelson-Brown (IWU Volleyball coach), Bride-Kelly Nelson Blankshain’08, Lisa Cercello Hinsdale  ’08, Christine Guedel Light ’08, Mary Ellen Barron Hird ’08, Tyler Brown ’19, Mike Nicoletti ’07, and Allison Fisher Nicoletti ’08

Jaclyn Stephens ’08

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Dr. Jaclyn Stephens ’08 will be back on campus October 31 to speak to current students and give a research talk called “Cognitive Neuroscience Through the Lens of Rehabilitation” sponsored by the Psych Department & IWU OT club. Jaclyn is interested in using her cognitive neuroscience research to inform the rehabilitation OT professionals do, especially for patients with traumatic brain injury.

Miranda (Utzinger) Karban ’08

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Miranda (Utzinger) Karban ’08 received her PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Iowa. Her dissertation was titled “The Ontogeny of Occipital Bone Convexity in a Longitudinal Sample of Extant Humans.” The dissertation explored cranial growth and development patterns in modern humans and Neanderthals. In the fall of 2016, she starts her position as Assistant Professor of Biology at Illinois College.

 

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