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Valpo alumni are doing amazing things across the country and around the world — in their professional and personal lives. They’re leading industries, contributing knowledge, and serving in a multitude of ways. These class notes offer a glimpse into their activities, accomplishments, and milestones. If you have news to share with your fellow Valpo alumni, please share it below.

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Published Fall/Winter 2017

Kristen Noel Jahns

Kristen Noel Jahns ’80 has retired from Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, where she taught cardiac physiology and pathology and EKG for the Cardiac Sonography Program for 24 years. Kristen began working in cardiac rehabilitation and teaching after several years of employment as an intermediate care cardiac nurse and obtaining a master’s degree in exercise physiology. Kristen is currently a nurse in the cardiographics department at Loyola University, where she administers cardiac stress tests and teaches 12-lead EKG to Loyola nurses. She also continues to teach anatomy and physiology at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellen, Illinois. In her free time, Kristen is developing a greener thumb and becoming a bookworm.

Fall/Winter 2017

Published Spring/Summer 2017

Anne Walther

Anne Walther ’80 graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University on Dec. 13, 2014 with a master’s degree in aerospace administration and logistics. She is an adjunct professor in the aviation department at the University of Oklahoma and an instructor in air traffic control at the FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City.

Spring/Summer 2017
Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin ’80 was re-elected as managing director of Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management. Chuck joined Ogletree Deakins in 2000 as one of the founding members of the firm’s Indianapolis office and has served in numerous leadership roles. He has devoted his 30-year legal career to representing employers in a full range of labor and employment matters, including Equal Employment Opportunity claims, labor arbitrations, NLRB proceedings, wage and hour disputes, union avoidance, employment contracts, non-competition and trade secret disputes, and class and collective action litigation.

Spring/Summer 2017
Tammy Wilson Donnelly

Alpha Xi Epsilon classes of ’79, ’80, and ’81 gathered at Tammy Wilson ’80 Donnelly’s home in nearby Wild Dunes for a reunion in July. Alpha Xi Epsilon alumnae from Illinois, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana gathered together to celebrate their sisterhood.

Spring/Summer 2017

Published Spring/Summer 2016

Eileen Latza Boetel

Eileen Latza ’80 Boetel is currently a certified registered nurse anesthetist for stat anesthesia specialists doing office-based and surgery center anesthesia.

Spring/Summer 2016

Published Summer 2015

Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin ’80 has been re-elected as managing director of Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management. Chuck has served as Ogletree Deakins’ managing director since 2014 and has held numerous leadership roles with the firm since he joined in 2000 as one of the founding members of the firm’s Indianapolis office. He has served on Ogletree Deakins’ board of directors since 2011 and was previously the managing shareholder of the Indianapolis office.

Summer 2015