May 24 to July 20, 2023

1970s

Jim Pickett (BSE ’72, ELEDM ’78) a retired teacher, recently released his fourth book in the Kekionga series that covers local and the old Northwest Territory from 1790 to 1813. The historical fiction adventure story addresses the Indian wars and the War of 1812. “The Taming of Kekionga: 1812-1813” follows “The Bones of Kekionga,” “The March to Kekionga” and “The Siege at Kekionga: Tecumseh's Uprising.” More information may be found at jimpickettbooks.com.

1990s

Tony Hudson (MA ’99), executive director, and the entire staff of Blue Jacket, Inc., celebrated receiving an award as the 2023 Greater Fort Wayne Inc.’s Nonprofit of the Year.

2000s

Heather Bontempo (BBA ’06, MBA ’08) joined 3Rivers Federal Credit Union as the community engagement manager.

2010s

Tony Moore (BBA ’12) became an assistant football coach at Saint Francis. He also obtained a Series 7 certification from the Financial Industry Regulator Authority.

Mike Zawahri (MBA ’14) joined Howard Bailey’s operations team as director of finance.

Samantha Goddard (BA ’16) earned a certification as a Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate.

Kyle Sovine (BBA ’16, MBA ’17) became the new boys basketball coach at Heritage High School.

2020s

Katie (Jester) Taylor (BS ’22) married Timothy Taylor on May 13 and accepted a position as a pediatric registered nurse at Parkview Regional Medical Center.

Emma Bachtel (AA ’23) started a position as program coordinator at Hylant.

Kyndel Buchanan (BSN ’23) started a job at Parkview Oncology.

Leah Hall (BA ’23) started a new position at TentCraft as a production artist.

Andrew Schiebel (BA ’23) started a new position as graphic designer and content creator at Superior Auto, Inc.

Maile Steckelberg (BSN ’23) started a job in Ortho Trauma at Parkview.

Noah Zimmerman (BS ’23) started a job at WANE 15 as a digital specialist.