My husband, Nathaniel Hird, and I were married August 18, 2012 in Naperville, IL at St Raphael’s Catholic Church.
Serving as bridesmaids were Emily (Willenbring) Jwanouskos ’09 and Katelyn Draths ’10, both IWU cross country teammates.

Front row:  Katelyn Draths ’10, Allison (Fisher) Nicoletti ’08
Second row: Kelly Nelson ’08, Jessica (Pryor) McGee ’08
Third row:  Emily (Willenbring) Jwanouskos ’09, Megan Kosirog ’13, myself, Carissa Nemmers ’09,Lisa (Cercello) Hinsdale ’08

Back row: Connor McGee ’08, Wally Farris ’10, Matthew Sheehan ’08, and Mike Nicoletti ’07

Abby Patten and John Ortega married on June 30, 2012.  The wedding and reception were in Pontiac, IL.

The people in the picture are (back row, from left to right):  Jenna Osburn ’08, Elyse Haire ’08, Mallory Heydorn ’09, Sarah Bull ’08, Jennifer Daniels ’09, Mike Daniels ’71, Ashley Amelianovich ’05, Lindsay Sobinsky ’08, (back row, from left to right) Keelan Amelianovich ’06, Bo Osburn ’08, Roman Hunter ’10, Bryan Kelly ’08, Kerri Gravlin ’08, Courtney Detlefs ’08, Thea Rogers ’08, Adam Bruner ’05.

Lindsay (Brown) Dausch ’08 and Matthew Dausch were married on August 25, 2012 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, IL.

Several alumni were in attendance including (from the left): Stacy Kaeding ’08, Graeme Twanow ’06, Nina Martin ’06, Casey McCarthy ’06, Jessica Jacoby ’08, Michelle Brown ’13, the bride, the groom, Julie Krause ’08, Jackie Kofod ’08, Stephanie (Andriola) Obie ’08, Dan Obie ’08, Brooke Halcott ’08, Nate Rittenberry ’08, Sara (Stockdale) Rivera ’08 and Marce Rivera ’06.

Bryan and Kendahl Throckmorton had a baby boy Ellis Hay Throckmorton on April 20th, 2012. Congrats!

Several IWU alumni attended the June 9 wedding of Mackenzie Gebhardt, ’08, and Brandon Fleming in Atlanta, Georgia.

Left to right:  Jessica Seils, ’08, Jennifer (Lange) Filippo, ’08, Bob Houghton, ’69,  Andrea Blank, ’08,

the groom and bride, Guy Gebhardt, ’69, Jackie Granados, ’08, Veronica (Luporini) Fisher, ’08.