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“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope.”

– Jer. 29:11

As we begin the new year, we continue to see progress on campus. In 2015, generous alumni and friends made possible new tennis courts, a new exterior chapel connected to the front of the building, and a turf infield for the baseball field.

Our plans for 2016 include the continued implementation of our Master Plan. This spring we hope to begin building the shell of the new entrance to Murphy Stadium and the baseball field, which will contain new restrooms and a concession stand. As we receive more contributions, we will add locker rooms, a press box and a storage area. Also desperately needed are new bleachers

for Gene Sartini Field. We ask you to pray about these projects and how you might support them financially.

We also look forward to our 62nd commencement ceremony in May, when we will send another group of Providence alumni off to university. Some will become journalists, like those featured in this issue. Others will become professionals in the medical or legal field. Some may enter seminary. Others will become teachers, some even returning here to teach, as have others before them.

The future is bright for Providence. We are blessed to have a campus that is inviting and demonstrates our commitment to providing the best that we can with the resources we are given. We have students who are drug free, thanks to our drug testing policy, and who are learning how to use technology for education and not merely recreation, thanks to our 1:1 Computing Initiative. We have sports teams that are top in their league, such as our volleyball team that is the first in IHSAA history to win back-to-back championships and a third after moving up a class. We have a theatre program that will be among the first to stage the musical The

Little Mermaid in March.We have a full-time chaplain and a campus

minister who provide opportunities for morning liturgies, retreats, service projects and more. And we have a staff that is second to none, committed to providing a top-notch education with a focus on ministry and the love of Christ.

As always, we call on our alumni to support these efforts. Firstly, we need your prayers. Pray for our students, teachers, staff, families and supporters. We also need your time and talent. Ask how you can help with our Gala, spring musical and more. And we need your treasure. Not only for our building projects but for our Annual Student Assistance Program – to make sure our families can afford to attend – and our endowment, either the general endowment fund, a named scholarship fund or your class endowment fund – to help us keep our costs manageable. For all who answer our call, we thank you.

In Christ, I remain faithfully,

Joan M. Hurley

Providence Family,

As we wrap up 2015 and the year 2016 has just begun, let’s take a moment to celebrate the many post-season successes that our athletic teams have accomplished throughout the year. Before we look at the dominance that Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School has displayed on the field, it is important to recognize one network of people who play a major role in the success of Providence athletics that sometimes gets overlooked, the fan support. To an outsider, this may seem overwhelming, but to a Pioneer fan, it is a way of life.

From the ring of the school song to the crowded fan sections, Blue Pride is the opposing team’s worst enemy. This support means the world to our student athletes. There is no greater confidence instilled in our students than to walk into the classroom, step onto the field, sing and dance on the stage, or make a difference in the community with the sound of our infamous BLUE PRIDE chant ringing in their ears. On behalf of the Providence Alumni Association, I would like to thank

each alumnus, parent, student, faculty/staff and community supporter for your continued Pioneer support!

You’ve no doubt heard of the successes – the Girls Volleyball team’s record-setting season with a 37-win record and a third IHSAA State Championship in a row – and the first to do so moving up a class; Girls Soccer’s Class 1A sectional championship; Boys Soccer’s and Girls Softball’s fourth consecutive 2A sectional title; Girls Golf ’s advancing to their first regional since 2007 and Girls Cross Country advancing to regional. Additionally, two runners qualified for state in Track & Field and two for semi-state in Cross Country.

Throughout this edition of The Vision, you will read about several Providence alumni who have conveyed what they learned while at Providence to develop noteworthy careers in the field of journalism. These individuals are responsible for informing their target audiences of what is taking place in their societies, communities and governments. If these alumni were providing information about Providence, they would be able to provide quite the story especially with all the buzz of Blue Pride in the air throughout 2015.

We welcome and encourage alumni involvement in any of our upcoming events. Over the next 12 months, we will be hosting events such as a Dare to Care sorting challenge, Glow Golf, Alumni Night at Big Four Burgers and our winter and fall sports

anniversary recognitions. Please feel free to contact me with any questions in regard to the Alumni Association.

Thank you so much for your time and continued Blue Pride support,

Brad Denman ’02President, Providence Alumni AssociationPhone: 502.541.3210 Email: bdenman@fsbbank.net

President’s Letter

Joan M. Hurley

From the Alumni

Association President

Brad Denman ’02

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D ana Olson ’66 never finished college but can proudly list these titles on his resume: published author,

historian, experienced field researcher. These experiences came from his fascination with proving various Clark County legends to be historical fact, most specifically the tale of Prince Madoc of Wales.

Olson said he has the research to prove that Madoc was the first white European to settle in America – in the 12th century, long before Christopher Columbus. He self-published one book, The Legend of Prince Madoc and the White Indians, in 1987 to share his research on how Madoc and his men landed in Mobile, Ala., and traveled up the Alabama River into Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Indiana, specifically the Charlestown area.

Devil’s Backbone, an outcropping near the convergence of the Ohio River and Fourteen Mile Creek in what is now Charlestown State Park, has long been rumored to have been a fortress built by Madoc and his men. Many of the stones from the original fortress are gone, a number of them having been taken by locals to build homes and other buildings. But Olson found enough to satisfy his need for proof.

His book led to invitations to speak to various groups and at local programs. He said it also helped provide support for the 1986 creation of the state park, located in what was

the former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. The book also garnered attention from a Welsh filmmaker, who created a documentary on the legend of Prince Madoc for the BBC in 1992.

After its release, people across the eastern half of the country contacted Olson with reports of the same types of rocks found at Devil’s Backbone. Olson followed up on many of those leads, traveling to West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois.

“It was a lot of work,” he said. “I ended up climbing mountains, traveling across streams. I destroyed two cars in the process.”

The Story Doesn’t End ThereOlson said his additional research proves that Prince Madoc did indeed settle in the region, spreading Christianity and Welsh features of blond hair and blue eyes among Native Americans. He would love to write a sequel to his first book, but for now, he has a large pile of research, some of it loaned out to others.

It will take money, time and motivation for him to write the book, Olson said. He’s most in need of the first, and his motivation often wanes after years of chasing the Madoc story. But he hopes one day to put all his research into one document so that others who are interested in the legend can read it.

His obsession with the Madoc legend began in 1979 while he was actually researching another topic, the history of the notorious Reno brothers of Jackson County, Ind. The gang robbed trains and county treasuries and otherwise terrorized people in the region. Most of the members were lynched in 1868, three of them in New Albany.

During the process of writing that manuscript, Olson was encouraged “to study the land” like James Michener did for his book, he said. In the middle of that research, he found a reference to the curse of Yellow Hair, which was cast upon a Clarksville family named Kelly. Researching that story led him to information about Prince Madoc, and Olson was hooked.

“It’s a really great, historical story,” Olson said. “I think it’s real important.”

He abandoned the Reno brothers’ story for a while and focused on the Madoc manuscript, working on it “non-stop for years and years and years,” Olson said. “If I wasn’t writing, I was taking trips to places no one would ever think of going.”

His first field investigation was sneaking into the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant

to see Devil’s Backbone in person. He also has tromped through thickets and woods in several states searching for remnants of towers and fortifications.

Valuable lessons learnedOlson’s quest has been costly, but it’s been worth it, he said. He left his job selling insurance to research his first book and has had various other jobs through the years to support his research and is now retired. His wife, Jackie, a retired teacher, has helped him by typing the manuscripts for his first book and his completed but unpublished one on the Reno brothers.

He said he made some money on the sales of his book but more importantly he gained personally from the experience. He learned a lot about geology, archaeology and stone masonry as he worked to confirm stone cuttings he found around the region were connected to Prince Madoc – much more than if he’d followed through on his original career plan to become a physical education teacher and coach. A member of the 1965 Providence boys’ basketball sectional championship team, he attended Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina on an athletic scholarship but didn’t finish because he returned home to help care for his ailing father.

Another benefit of his quest was overcoming his natural shyness as he gained self-confidence in talking to so many people to complete his research.

“My curiosity was wound up so much, I’d talk to anybody, anywhere,” he said.

He also enjoyed a bit of the spotlight, whether sharing his story with local historical groups, being a guest on a “Coast to Coast AM” radio show in 2009, or being featured in a 2013 documentary on the Reno brothers. Not everyone is a fan of Olson’s work, though. Historians have scoffed at his research, but Olson said he is confident in the artifacts he has found.

“I’ve got proof it’s not a legend,” he said. “I’ve accomplished something. I gave this story new life.”

Chasing Down the ProofBy: Christa (Payne) Hoyland ’84

’66 Grad Devotes Life to Exploring Legends

Save the DateAll members of the Class of 1966 are invited to attend the Golden

Graduation Ceremony and Dinner on March 13. Invitations will be

mailed in the coming weeks.

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P rovidence students now have the opportunity to become a certified green belt. Not in karate, but in Lean

Six Sigma, a methodology that reduces waste and improves performance in the business world. Science teacher Laura Swessel is a certified master black belt in Lean Six Sigma and able to write training for any level of certification. She used her certification to write the curriculum for a new class at Providence called Scientific Research and Independent Study.

Students in the class are offered a project at school or at a local business and have a

semester to complete it. The projects involve data collection and organizing. Throughout the course, students are taught methodologies to define, measure, analyze, prove and control data. Then they implement those tools in their project work.

“That’s the trick,” Swessel said. “You learn all these tools, and the art is knowing which tool for which project.”

As the students discern which tools to implement for their particular project, they also learn

skills such as time management and managing resources.

Projects in the first semester included completing an energy survey for the school, organizing glazes and creating a re-ordering system in the art room, and analyzing Quick Recall team data to create optimal team arrangements. For local businesses, the projects included analyzing turn-around times for the environmental services room and emergency room laboratory for KentuckyOne Health and optimizing the Silver Anchor Award Banquet for Friends of the Waterfront.

Students who successfully complete the project and all the requirements of the class will receive either a white (the first level), yellow or green belt, depending upon “their level of project completion and tool mastery,” Swessel said. Whichever certification they receive, it will be an asset on college applications and their resume as they start their careers in a few years.

The students who took the class the first semester said they enjoyed the hands-on activities and completing a project that had a real-life, practical use. They also found they learned lifelong skills as they worked on their project.

Junior Brooke Hayden’s project involved comparing lab processing times before and after a process change was implemented in the lab at Jewish Hospital. She said she chose the project because of her interest in nursing and is pleased to have learned so much from the class.

“It’s been cool to see the way the process works and the different changes within the hospital and to actually be a part of it,” Brooke said.

If your local business would like to offer a project for consideration, please contact Laura Swessel at lswessel@providencehigh.net.

P hysical plant improvements made possible

by the outstanding donor support we received for our Endowing the Future capital campaign were catalogued in our 2014-15 Annual Report. With all the remarkable progress made, there are still projects in the wings that will further enhance the educational experience our students receive. Here’s an update on where things stand and what will require additional support:• The new chapel was completed in time

for students upon their return from fall break in October. A formal blessing by Archbishop Joseph Tobin is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20. Five stained-glass windows are being prepared and will reflect the origin of the Providence story, beginning with the establishment of St.

Theodore Guerin’s mission in western Indiana in the 19th century.

• Six new tennis courts now adorn the front of campus. They were completed in time for the boys’ team to finish their season this fall and now are regularly used by both boys’ and girls’ teams for conditioning and on-going instruction.

• The baseball team will open its season on a new synthetic turf infield and reseeded natural grass outfield, along with new dugouts and fencing.

• Preliminary work began on the kitchen and cafeteria relocation this summer and continued through the fall and Christmas breaks. New kitchen equipment is on order and the tentative opening of the new areas is scheduled for after spring break.

• We hope for construction to begin on the athletic field entrance building this spring. Funds are still needed for this two-story structure that will contain new restrooms, concession area, ticket booth, locker rooms, baseball press box and storage. Fundraising will dictate how much of the building can be completed before the fall sports season starts.

• New stadium bleachers on the home side represent the final phase of the Murphy Stadium renovation, but there are no funds currently allocated for this project, estimated to be $500,000.

If you are interested in helping support any of the campaign initiatives, contact Tony Perito in the Advancement Office at tperito@providencehigh.net or call 812-945-3350.

New science class offers Lean Six Sigma certification

Your Generosity Visible in Campus ImprovementsSupport still needed for kitchen, stadium entrance, bleachers

Students in the new Scientific Research and Independent Study class organize sheet music as one of their projects.

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Boys Soccer: Fourth consecutive 1A sectional championship; season record 13-5-3, a school record for winning percentage. Switzerland County All-Regional Team: seniors Brett Aria and Blake Huber and juniors Braden Rainier and Connor Van Hook.

Boys Cross Country: Juniors Reid Masterson and Wyatt Dayvault qualified for regional,

with Reid placing 19th and advancing to semi-state.

Girls Cross Country: Placed fifth at sectional and advanced to regional; junior Bayley

Wade placed fifth at regional and advanced to semi-state and named

Indiana Association of Track & Cross Country Coaches Class 2A All-State First Team.

Girls Golf: Placed second at sectional and advanced to regional. Season record: 43-13.

Football: Advanced to 2A sectional semi-final; season record 4-7. Senior Alex Roederer Indiana Football Coaches Association Class 2A All State. Juniors Micah

Oberhausen and Carson McCain to Class 2A Junior

All State.

Dance: Performed at all home football games; preparing for winter competitive season.

Cheerleading: Fourth place Tri West Invitational; first place Central Indiana Cheer

Competition; sixth place IASP Indiana Cheer Championship regional; first in two divisions at NCA Nashville Classic.

Volleyball: Third consecutive state title, and the first in IHSAA history to repeat a state championship after moving up a class, at 3A. Season record: 37-3, with school record for most wins. Senior Audrey Shannon 3A Mental Attitude Award recipient, the third consecutive Lady Pioneer recipient. Coach Terri Blunk Purichia ’90 named Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association’s Class 3A State Coach of the Year. Audrey, senior Jacquie Hornung, junior Lexie Libs and sophomore Marissa Hornung named to Class 3A All-State team. Audrey and senior Anna Wingate named to Academic All-State First Team; senior Claire Shannon Academic All-State Honorable Mention. Audrey has signed to play NCAA Division I women’s volleyball at Marshall University, and Jacquie at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Boys Tennis: Advanced to sectional finals; season record: 13-6. Senior Landon Carrico advanced to the IHSAA Individual Sectional championship and made the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association’s Indiana Boys Tennis All-Star team, Southeast Squad, with senior Ben Popson as first alternate. Landon also named to All-District Team, Second Team All-State in singles, and honorable mention in Academic All-State. Ben Popson and junior Ben Arnson named to All-District Team and named honorable mention All-State, doubles. Ben Popson named First Team Academic All-State. Team one of 32 teams to earn Team Academic All-State.

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D ylan Lovan ’92 is very familiar with the ever-evolving media industry. He knows that as a journalist his

job has a degree of uncertainty. He never knows what kind of story he may come across or be assigned or what people he may meet. Add to that the ever changing media landscape.

He does well what all good journalists do – adapt quickly. He works daily with all these moving parts and the necessity of taking the information he has gathered and presenting it to people all over the world in a way that’s both easy to understand and easy to access. For the last four years, he also has shot and edited videos to go with his news stories.

But he didn’t start out wanting to write for newspapers. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with an English degree thinking he would be a teacher. But after researching his favorite author, Ernest Hemmingway, and discovering that he was a reporter prior to becoming an author, Lovan’s curiosity caused him to reconsider his career path.

Upon graduating, Lovan got his first job at The Evening News in Jeffersonville. He was the editor for the feature and lifestyle sections of the paper, but that role was different than what many editors would do, including writing stories as well as planning the sections.

“When you’re at a small paper you have many jobs.”

This ability to multitask is a skill that would come in handy as Lovan advanced further into his career as a reporter.

After The Evening News, he went on to work as a reporter at The Jackson Sun in Jackson, Tenn., for about a year. He then went on to work for The Associated Press at its Kentucky bureau in Louisville, where he still works today.

Regional Stories, National CoverageAs a whole, the mission of the AP’s Kentucky bureau is to cover all major stories and events going on throughout the entire state and sometimes a neighboring state. He writes so that not only local Kentucky readers understand his stories, but also readers around the world because AP news stories are distributed to newspapers everywhere.

Lovan’s primary focus at the AP is hard-hitting news. One of his first assignments was covering a militia rally. There were state lawmakers there as well as children and adults carrying everything from handguns to giant machine guns. In 2008 he was in Dallas and got to meet Bill Newman, a witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination who was right next to the car when the incident happened. A more recent event he covered was the Kim Davis story.

Occasionally Lovan has the chance to cover light-hearted stories. One he still laughs about took place in Columbus, Ind., when he met with a horse that painted and his owner. The horse’s

artwork, painted by the horse holding a paintbrush in his teeth, sold for hundreds of dollars.

Lovan’s main beats now are the coal industry and religion, assignments that developed out of his growing interest in these types of stories.

“I liked writing about the environment a lot and the effects of coal … and slowly began to write about the industry itself, like mining,” he said. “It has a lot of effects on working people. The industry is dying right now, so there’s a lot going on there.”

He has built relationships with people within the coal industry. That allowed him to go on his first trip five miles underground to a coal mine to get a firsthand experience in mining.

“[I’m] always above ground. It’s neat to think how far under the earth I was at the time,” Lovan said. “It was just darkness. It’s amazing the conditions they work under.”

While he does have his particular AP beats, he also enjoys the freedom to find other stories to cover.

“It’s one of the reasons I like it so much,” Lovan said. “If it’s a good story, that’s what they’re (editors) interested in. I’m happy here. I’ll stay as long as they’ll have me. You never know. It’s a changing landscape in the media.”

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Behind the BylineFavorite Author Inspires ’92 Grad’s Career FocusCovering News Now Art Form of Choice By: Alexas Gregory ’08

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With the rise of the paparazzi and 24/7 news channels, journalists as a whole have lost esteem in the eyes of their audience. Yet many journalists write the news not for their own glory but to present the news in order to inform, educate or entertain the public. Among these are some of our own alumni, who work not only in print journalism but also in various media. Some we have covered in the past, such as retired AP editor Rachel Ambrose ’60 and Courier-Journal arts reporter Elizabeth Kramer ’83. Here are the stories of six who provide news in one form or another.

C laire (nee Napier) Galofaro ’00 enjoys her journalism career, one that has taken her from New Mexico

to Louisiana to Virginia and back home again, now writing for The Associated Press. But it took her a few years and a career switch to get started in that arena.

She received her bachelor’s degree in theater design from the University of Cincinnati and after graduation spent three years working as a costume designer and a crafts artisan in New York and Italy, making costumes for Wicked and The Lion King . But she wasn’t satisfied.

“I just started thinking about other things I could do,” she said. “I was always fascinated with writing and always considered a career as a writer.”

Galofaro applied to Syracuse University’s graduate program but wasn’t sure she would get in since her background was so different. But she was accepted and eventually overcame a rough start once she realized her love of storytelling began with her experience in theatre.

“I think any transition is hard,” she said. “The first few months were tough, and I had never written a story before. But both

theater and journalism are story-based and creative. It definitely got easier as I gained experience.”

After receiving her master’s degree in journalism in 2007, Galofaro moved to Santa Fe, N.M., for a paid internship with Outside magazine. After six months as an intern, she was hired onto Outside’s staff. A year later she moved into newspaper work, landing at job at the Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier before moving in 2011 to New Orleans, where she worked for The New Orleans Advocate and later The Times-Picayune.

A Chance to Come HomeIn January 2014 Galofaro returned to the Southern Indiana and Louisville area to work at the Courier-Journal as a criminal justice and social services reporter. Many of her family live in the area, which she said influenced her decision to move back.

“You know, I grew up here,” Galofaro said. “I decided it was time to come home.”

Galofaro left the Courier in April to become an administrative correspondent for the AP in Kentucky and Tennessee. In her new role, she does some photo and video work, but mostly she covers breaking news on a variety of topics. Some stories with which you are probably familiar but didn’t realize a Providence alumna was the author or contributor: University of Louisville’s president James Ramsey’s apology for his staff ’s Halloween costume, the shooting rampage at military sites in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ stand against gay marriage.

Although her role at the AP is more general, Galofaro said that her favorite topic to cover is still crime.

“I love crime reporting,” she said. “I sort of fell into it and then fell in love with it. There’s so much drama and emotion in crime reporting.”

Galofaro said she has many favorite stories that she has covered, but one in particular stands out from her time in New Orleans.

“My very favorite story was about this family who considered themselves sovereign citizens, sort of an anti-government militia,” she said. “They shot four deputies. I did a three-part series tracing how they came to be in that place and how closely law enforcement came to

arresting them but failed to do so.”

Another of her favorite stories also took place in New Orleans. It involved a man who claimed to be the heir to the J.P. Morgan fortune.

“He claimed to be this billionaire philanthropist and planned a huge party as a fundraiser,” said Galofaro. “But he was actually a con artist and got arrested before the party. So that was a kind of interesting and funny thing to cover.”

Galofaro said that one of the toughest parts of the news industry today is the lack of job security.

“If you want to get a job in the newspaper business, you will see people get laid off. The industry is convulsing, and you won’t know what the future will be like,” she said. “The most important thing is to work hard and be a great reporter and find info that no one else would be able to find.”

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“I love crime reporting. There’s so much drama and emotion.”

— Claire Galofaro

F or Stephen F. Smith ’80, the power of a journalist lies not in the personal acclaim of breaking a

news story but in the opportunity to affect change. As city editor for The Boston Globe, he oversees a staff of reporters, guiding them to report the news accurately and fairly. But in his previous work as a health reporter, he saw real results come about from his own newswriting.

As health reporter for the Miami Herald, he wrote an extensive series on the disproportionate number of African-American HIV/AIDS victims in South Florida in the late 1990s, articles which resulted in new state funding allocated to helping such patients. In 2010 as a health reporter for The Boston Globe, he traveled with a team of New Hampshire prosthetics specialists and covered their volunteer work in Haiti following the devastating earthquake there. Readers were particularly moved by the plight of a young amputee named Reginette, and their donations helped the girl and her family move out of the refugee camp and into a small apartment.

Not all his stories were that groundbreaking, but having the opportunity to bring attention to such issues in a way that also helps bring about change or assistance makes his work meaningful.

“One of the most potent mantras by which journalists live is ‘To comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable,’ and I think that in health coverage, by showing the disparities and unequal degrees of access to health care, you can shine a bright light, and, one hopes, level those out,” Smith said.

In his 20-plus years as a health reporter or editor, he was part of a reporting team for the Miami Herald that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1993. And in 1999, he was selected to spend a year at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow learning

and developing his leadership skills as a journalist. But his most memorable stories took place on the health desk at The Boston Globe from 2002 to 2011.

One of those stories, of course, was his coverage of the health crisis in Haiti following the earthquake. It was his first time in Haiti and witnessing the depth of poverty there made incredibly worse by the disaster. What he saw made a lasting impact because it “was just unimaginable – the devastation, the injuries that people sustained there,” Smith said.

Because Boston has the third largest Haitian immigrant population in the United States, the newspaper committed to continuing coverage as the country sought to recover, and Smith said he is grateful for having that opportunity. The other story occurred five years prior, when he covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans from a health perspective. Again, it was his witnessing how the poorest people are the worst affected in a disaster that stays with him.

“It was just this incredible tableau of suffering at the [New Orleans] airport,” which became a makeshift triage station for those stranded in the flooded city with people lying on mattresses, stretchers, and even sheets, he said. “There was one woman in front of me who died while waiting to be transported, so that was incredibly powerful.”

Early Start in JournalismSmith credits the experience he gained while at Providence for the opportunities that opened up for him early in his career. Sr. Cordelia Moran helped him get a part-time job at The Evening News as a sports reporter, a unique opportunity as a high school student.

His news clips helped gain him a scholarship to Northwestern University, where he worked his way up to editor of the student newspaper and landed internships at the Chicago Tribune and the Lexington Herald-Leader. After graduating in 1985 with a degree in journalism, an internship at the Miami Herald led to a full-time position as a reporter.

From there, Smith said, his experience up the career ladder was fairly typical. He worked for the paper’s “Neighbors” section, the first

in the country and the start of a national trend in local reporting for big city papers. After five years moving from different news desks in the Miami area, he became a health reporter, where he found his niche, working his way to senior health reporter and serving at times as editor.

Up the Coast to BostonIn 2002 Smith accepted an offer from The Boston Globe as health reporter and within a decade became city editor, which requires a whole new approach to the news.

“You go from having this really tightly focused lens as a reporter to pulling back the lens,” Smith said. “So it forces you to tap into a whole different range of skills.”

As an editor, he also has overseen stories that greatly affected Boston and gained international exposure, including the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 and last winter’s historic snowstorm. Each event had its own challenges but are good examples of the evolution of journalism.

In recent years, newspapers have harkened back to the time when multiple print editions offered updated news throughout the day. Except now, reporters update their news online as it unfolds. And they often create their own videos to accompany their stories.

Smith himself does a nightly spot on a local Boston TV station promoting the next day’s headlines. But no matter the medium, the essence of good newswriting remains the same.

“If you keep that close to your heart and soul, that what we’re about is storytelling and not get too fixated on what the medium is, the principles of that storytelling and those bedrock principles remain the same,” Smith said.

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I t’s tempting to view the career of someone who has had success in their field, especially if it’s a field that

interests you, and think, “If I could just know how they did it, I could replicate it,” as if success were a cake with a set number of ingredients and steps that, if followed precisely, can be made by anyone.

It’s tempting, but if you were to try to replicate the career path of Cary Stemle ’78, managing editor at Louisville Business First magazine, you’d need to include refrigerators, microchips, political campaigns, music reviews, and Corydon, Ind.

In his second stint at the business weekly – his first was as a staff writer in the late 1990s – one might expect to find listed on Stemle’s resume an MBA, experience running a start-up, or time with a Fortune 500 company. But that’s not the path that Stemle chose.

“If you looked at my career and my trajectory in life, it wouldn’t be as traditional as other people.” Stemle said.

After graduating high school in 1978, it wasn’t business or journalism or even

college that drew Stemle’s attention. It was manufacturing and electronics. By the time he felt the call to journalism school, Stemle had spent two stints working for General Electric, first in dryers and then refrigerators, gotten a two-year degree in electronics and moved to Dallas to work in a clean room assembling microchips for Texas Instruments.

“I was probably more interested in accumulating life experiences than figuring out what my career would be,” he said.

By 1986, Stemle was back in his hometown at Indiana University Southeast, pursuing his associates in journalism – as well as a bachelor’s in history – while writing about arts and entertainment for the student newspaper. It was then he turned in his first music review, of John Mellencamp’s Lonesome Jubilee album. He also continued to accumulate life experiences, working part time at UPS in the janitorial department.

Stemle saw all these jobs not just as an opportunity to pay the bills or pass the time. He was learning about the world and building the capacity to write about anything and everything. He credits that ability in part to IU Southeast journalism professor Jim St. Clair, who was a mentor to and incredible professional influence on Stemle.

Career Path Continues to Zig and ZagStemle’s journalism career got its start in the early 1990s at The Corydon Democrat, a weekly paper that was named Best Medium Sized Weekly by the Hoosier State Press Association more than a dozen times. Stemle stayed in Corydon covering sports, local farm reports and other general news for five years, a long tenure at a small weekly paper. At the same time, he was also freelancing as a high school sports reporter for The Courier-Journal – and acting as the music editor for the Louisville Eccentric

Observer (LEO Weekly).Next came his first stint at Business First,

where he stayed for a year, before returning to LEO, this time for a 10-year tenure as managing editor. During this time, the industry began to shift as the growth of the Internet led daily, weekly and monthly paper publications to experiment with online content. As a result, LEO was sold in May 2008 (and again in 2014), and Stemle ended up trying his hand at full-time freelance writing.

Stemle wasn’t done accumulating life experiences, however. Later that year, he took a position as the press secretary for Bruce Lunsford’s unsuccessful U.S. Senatorial campaign. In 2012, he took the same job for Shelli Yoder in her unsuccessful Congressional campaign to represent Indiana’s 9th District.

A short time spent writing for business-to-business trade publications for Networld Media Group led Stemle back to Business First in February 2014. He is now managing editor, running a staff of 12 writers, photographers and designers.

He continues to manage the shift in the publication industry as Business First seeks to strike a balance between the old and the new. The magazine now publishes a hard-copy weekly with longer form pieces that accompany and deepen the daily coverage of business news and events that is published online.

Stemle, who has been married to bankruptcy attorney Andrea Wasson Stemle since 2012, plays guitar in a band in his free time and sees a real benefit in the path his career has taken.

“As a writer, the opportunity to do a lot of varied things is probably pretty valuable,” he said.

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I f you’ve never paid much

attention to the Super Bowl pregame show, this year you might want to check it out to see the work of alumna Alanna Campbell ’99. You won’t see

her on camera, but because she’s in the CBS Sports truck with many others making sure all of the right shots and taped segments are ready to go at their assigned times – and all the cameras, sound and connections are working properly, you can enjoy the show.

This will be her fifth Super Bowl pre-game show, but she’s still looking forward to it, just as she does every game she works.

“It doesn’t get old, and I still am a fan,” she said. “I think it’s really funny when people ask me if I’m a sports fan because it would be really hard to do this job if I wasn’t.”

She is based in New York City, but her job takes her all over the country, especially on weekends during the NFL season, when she works as associate producer/director onsite for various games. This season, she’s mostly worked coverage for Buffalo Bills’ games, but she does other sports as well. One game she was really excited about was the Ohio State-Indiana University men’s basketball game earlier this month, a game she was slated to work at press time. It would be her first chance to work a game in Bloomington since she finished journalism school in 2003.

“That’s kind of exciting,” Campbell said. “It (travel) can be a lot at times, but when you get to go back and work a basketball game at your alma mater, that’s pretty cool. That one might be hard to be objective for," she joked.

As big of a sports fan as she is, Campbell said, she does work hard to put her “fandom aside, because you do need to remain objective and you’re there to tell viewers at home what’s happening.” Her goal is to cover the game in the best way possible, making sure to cover all the story lines. And there is always a story behind the contest – rival quarterbacks, teams with a long history between them, a player

returning from an injury. Telling those stories is another part of her

job in her other role as a feature producer. You’ve no doubt seen her work, the short vignettes that appear during game coverage. Or the Men of March series last spring on the top NCAA men’s basketball coaches. Her favorite, she said, was on Duke University Coach Mike Krzyzewski. She and her crew began filming him as the season started, aware his 1,000th win was likely to occur that season. And then Duke won the 2015 NCAA championship, and she co-produced an additional hour-long documentary on the coach and team along with the other three Final Four teams.

“So I was incredibly fortunate to have a front row seat to history unfolding,” Campbell said.

Sports Reporting a Responsibility But she also appreciated the opportunity, as she does with all her interview subjects, getting to know Coach K on a personal level.

“It’s a little different when he’s either the coach of your favorite team or your least favorite team versus really spending time with him as a person and getting to know him,” Campbell said.

Campbell considers herself a natural storyteller, noting she was voted most talkative by her senior class. But as a producer, she is never on camera, not even her voice. Instead, she asks questions off camera, interviewing multiple people for one story. Then she culls through that footage to craft a visual story for viewers to enjoy. Throughout the process, she counts it a great responsibility to honor the subject of the story and not get caught up in creating news for news’ sake.

“It is one of those things where our crew comes in and becomes part of people’s lives for this brief moment in time, and it’s very personal,” she said. “They open up to you,

so you can be there to tell their story, but it’s not something I take lightly. And I always want to make sure that we do the best job we can to tell their story.”

When Campbell says ‘we,’ she means it. She realizes she’s not a one-person show. She values her crew for their shared commitment to excellence. And working with them so closely, traveling together on a regular basis, that crew becomes like family, she said. And that adds to the pleasure she gets from her job.

“It’s really important to enjoy not only what you do but who you’re doing it with, and I work with an exceptionally wonderful group of people,” she said. “That’s everyone from the announcers to the technicians to the local crews.”

Campbell remembers what it was like to be part of a local crew. In college, she saw herself as an investigative reporter, possibly on a news magazine show like Dateline or 60 Minutes. After all, her late father, Howard, was a news producer in her hometown of Los Angeles before he moved the family back to his hometown in Southern Indiana when she was 12. Her older brother, Colin, also is a producer and director.

Then the summer after her freshman year at IU, a family friend working the NBA finals in Indianapolis offered her a job as a runner. Campbell was hooked and as an athlete – she played volleyball at PHS and on a club team at IU – she saw sports broadcasting as a natural fit.

During college, she did some work in the region for NBC Sports and its coverage of the Olympics. In 2004 she was hired by CBS Sports and worked the NFL Today show and some studio coverage as a broadcast associate. By 2008, she had worked her way up to her current role as associate producer/director. And the next year, she began doing feature work. And even though hundreds of games are played in a season, she sees each one with a fresh eye and works to present that unique story to viewers because she knows it means something to them.

“Sports is one of those things that really truly does bring people together, whether it’s the Super Bowl or the Olympics, or particularly in Southern Indiana, college basketball and the Final Four. These are things that matter to a lot of people on a lot of levels, and it’s a real privilege to be able to bring those stories to people.”

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I n the last two decades, the way news is presented and consumed has changed dramatically. Now, smartphone users

seek what’s trending on their Twitter, Facebook or YouTube feed. Andy Wibbels ’93 has been on the cutting edge of providing that news via the latest media, not as a journalist, but to help businesses by combining his writing, media and marketing skills to share their news and to dialogue with their customers.

Before Facebook and Twitter entered our national consciousness, Wibbels was an early proponent of using blogs to enhance the online presence of businesses both large and small. He authored the book Blogwild!: A Guide for Small Business Blogging in 2006 and has contributed to three other books on social media and online marketing. He has since worked as a project manager, consultant and marketing executive for several businesses and venture capital startups. He now serves as director of marketing for Lucidworks, a San Francisco-based company specializing in enterprise search technology and app development.

Wibbels’ resume reads like that of a techie, but he never strays too far from the written word. At Lucidworks, he runs the company’s blog and social channels as well as leads the company’s public relations and

product marketing activities. His personal blog, andywibbels.com, is full of marketing advice. And he’s garnered plenty of attention, having been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Entrepreneur, Wired, Business Week and Forbes as a recognized expert in blogging and related technologies.

While some of what Wibbels delves into sounds sophisticated and, perhaps, complicated, the core principles of reaching customers are the same as they’ve always been: make an honest attempt to find out their likes, dislikes and desires. Only now, the tools have changed.

“Even in high school, I was always entranced by the technology for self-publishing and having an authentic voice,” Wibbels said. “From early blogging came social media and everything else that we take for granted every day. No marketing campaign or brand manager can compete with an authentic human voice, and that was at the heart of blogging – and social media. We live in a hyper-connected environment with everyone and every brand fighting for our attention.”

Helping Businesses Get the Word OutThe companies on Wibbels’ resume have provided products to a who’s who of well-known, profitable corporations: McDonald’s, Microsoft, Pfizer, Proctor and Gamble, and Dow Chemical, to name a few.

All have unique needs and have required flexibility in their online and social media applications, he said. And despite their high profile, they all need help with messaging designed for their customers.

For businesses slow to set up a

Facebook page or Linkedin profile, Wibbels recommends they go ahead and dip their toe in the water. His advice comes from experience.

“If you don’t know where your target customers ‘hang out,’ you need to know that. Whether that’s a real place or the online world, you have to know,” he said. “Having periodic communications to your customers is very important so you stay top

of mind. You’re not always selling them things – but sending them a message, that can be valuable advice depending on what business you’re in.”

The new media industry and its changing landscape is part of the draw for Wibbels, who acknowledges that while he enjoys the creative aspects of his work, the business side can be fickle.

“I’ve worked for seven companies, with most of them being venture capital-backed startups. So it’s a very high-pressure environment to work in, which can be exhausting and exhilarating,” he said. “I don’t have a lot of fantasies about a company I’m at having a big cash out and I get this huge pay day. Two companies I’ve worked for have been bought, and I’ve got nothing both times. As I’ve gotten older, I’m mostly grateful to come to work to do moderately to highly interesting work with co-workers I genuinely like. It’s the stability.”

Using Lessons Learned in TheatreWibbels attributes part of his success in the tech industry from lessons he learned at Providence, where he is perhaps best known for his work as a talented pianist and member of the performing arts community, serving as the lead in several musicals and plays. After Providence, he attended Wright State University in Ohio on scholarship and received a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts.

Pulling up the curtain on a production isn’t unlike working for a startup, he said.

“Learning how to work together as a group to pull off the big show is basically project management in a nutshell,” Wibbels said. “I think working in the performing arts also teaches you to expect anything and everything to go wrong at any time, and that literally no matter what, the show must go on. I was very lucky to find a cadre of friends during those four years that I was very close with, and we helped each other get through some challenges both at school and after graduation. I think it set a model for the depth for friendships I have now.”

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Katie Chrisco ’14

Katie Chrisco ’14 is a sophomore journalism major at Indiana University Bloomington. Her interest in journalism began while she was a student at Providence. Given that there was no school paper, she and a group of students began a journalism club and wrote for the e-VISION newsletter.

Chrisco now writes for the arts desk at The Indiana Daily Student and has been a freelance writer for The Vision for a year. She also has contributed to Odyssey Online, a social media news platform targeting millennials. Chrisco also is a member of the IU Hoosierettes Dance Team.

Alexas Gregory ’10

Alexas Gregory ’10 has loved reading since she was a child. She says: “I didn’t realize my passion for writing until college. I’ve always known I was a decent writer but it wasn’t until I was struggling to declare a major that I started to connect my interests of reading, writing, editing, current events and the desire to always know more about what was going on into something that was more than just a hobby.”

A 2014 graduate of Indiana University Bloomington with a bachelor’s in journalism, she uses her degree and her past experience helping her mother, Debbie (Stumler) Gregory ’81, with her catering business as sales manager at Clarion Hotel & Conference Center-Louisville North.

Jon Reiter ’93

Jon Reiter ’93 is the public information supervisor for the City of Louisville’s Department of Metro Parks and Recreation, where he is in charge of the organization’s media relations and communications efforts. A 1999 graduate of Ball State University’s school of Communication, Information and Media, he also serves as a sports correspondent for The News and Tribune, where he has worked in full- and part-time capacities for the last 15 years. His freelance works also have been published in the Courier-Journal, Indianapolis Star, Cincinnati Enquirer, Bloomington Herald-Times, Muncie Star-Press and other newspapers across the country.

Jeff Taylor ’94

As an educator and school administrator, Jeff Taylor ’94, discovered the need to write. All the time. And in many different styles and for many different reasons: press releases for school events, letters to parents, PR pieces for the school, and so on. And through this need, Taylor discovered a love and a talent for writing.

His love for writing combined with all the thingsTaylor wanted to say about IU basketball (but couldn’t say to his wife, who didn’t care about the Hoosiers) led to the launch of his website, indianauniverse.com, his first book, Who Cares About Phone Calls?, and a career change. Taylor now works as an education consultant and writer, creating content for school websites, writing profiles for his high school alumni magazine, following his other interests at jefftaylorwrites.com and working to finish his second and third books while constantly stockpiling ideas for books four, five, and six.

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T he next time you check the weather via a satellite image,

know that a Providence graduate was behind the technology. David C. Smith ’82 was the chief architect for the ground

control system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), which has been providing global weather monitoring since 2011. Unfortunately, Smith died suddenly in early October, leaving a void at Raytheon, where he had attained the distinguished level of engineering fellow.

Sadly, it wasn’t until after his death that we learned of the contributions Smith made to the technology we have come to take for granted. In a few years, you will also be able to see the benefit of the next generation GPS control center, a project on which he had recently begun working.

But Mark Sargent, program director for the Raytheon JPSS program, said Smith was unlikely to have shared much about what he did because that’s the type of person he was. Sargent worked with Smith in the Denver office since 1996 and for the last decade on the JPSS program.

He said that Smith was well respected for his intelligence and contribution to the company’s work and will be greatly missed.

Raytheon is full of employees with engineering, technical or advanced degrees, but few attain the level of engineering fellow, as Smith had. Sargent added that as talented as Smith was at the very challenging job of “establishing high level framework and design” for such complicated programs, he gave an equally valuable contribution in how he mentored newer employees.

“He was a very natural mentor and teacher,” Sargent said. “He was the kind of person who would take the time to spend time with junior engineers and teach them and train them and share his knowledge. He was widely recognized for that.”

Smith also was known for his creativity, which often presented itself in his personal style. He was usually dressed in something

flamboyant and often in purple. After his death, more than 60 of his co-workers came to work one day dressed in purple in his memory. (See photo at bottom.)

“That’s really unusual to have that kind of response when someone passes away,” Sargent said. “It shows he really took the time to get to know people and had a lot of close friends.”

Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering Purdue in 1986, but the depth of his knowledge went beyond engineering. In fact, many of his ideas came from his many other fields of interest, Sargent said.

“We considered him sort of a Renaissance man because he was able to speak knowledgeably about a whole range of topics well beyond just the pure engineering work that we do,” Sargent said. “He was a very broad thinker.”

Smith’s family, understandably, also is deeply affected by his death and proud of his accomplishments. They are working to establish a Providence scholarship foundation in his memory. His father, Donald C. Smith ’60, shared this message he received from the company: “Raytheon said that with David’s death the world lost a national treasure that can never be replaced.”

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Class Notes1962Bob Braunbeck was featured in an article in the News and Tribune on Nov. 3, 2015, highlighting his 15 years he spent as Jacques Cousteau’s helicopter pilot. Bob was previously featured in the Summer 2014 issue of The Vision.

1964Kathy Haller was reelected to the Georgetown Town Council District 2.

1970After retiring as Floyd County Superior Court II Judge last year, Glenn Hancock is once again offering his legal services to the community as a case mediator in The Mediation Center in New Albany, which opened in October. Glenn is one of three mediators at the center, joining Michael Summers ’83 and Richard Bierly. Glenn’s sister, Joy (Hancock) Sprigler ’56, decorated the new office.

1977Linda (Ringenberg) Murphy was

promoted in March to deputy district engineer and deputy for project management with the US Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for the district’s business management, civil works and military missions. She has the highest civilian position at the Louisville District Corps and the first woman in the Corps to hold this position. In 2012, Linda went to Afghanistan for 21 months and served as chief of water and infrastructure branch and Afghan National Security Forces program manager for the Transatlantic South District and the Transatlantic Afghanistan District.

1979Bob Leuthart was reelected as Clarksville Clerk Treasurer.

1980Debbie (Lancaster) Leist was promoted to director of revenue collection at LG&E in Louisville.

Risk and Insurance Magazine named

Stephen Leist a 2015 Power Broker Award Recipient in its February issue. Stephen was recognized for his exceptional work given to his clients. He is a senior vice president and partner for Assured Neace Lukens, the 13th largest insurance broker in the United States. He also was recognized as one of only nine 2015 Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsibility Leader for his selfless dedication to his community and his professional success. Stephen also is a youth sports coach, a risk management committee adviser for a local non-profit, a fundraiser for various local charities and a contributor to the regional chamber of commerce.

1983Robert Harding accepted a new position as Department of Political Science chair at Valdosta State University in Georgia. Robert was previously an associate professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala.

1985Anthony Harbison retired in 2010 from the US Army after 25 years, and is currently working for the U.S. Army in Fort Knox. Stephanie (Hayes) Monroe proudly shared that she welcomed a granddaughter in December, her third grandchild and the first girl.

1986Remy (Salinas) Branstetter will be competing in the Mrs. Indiana America contest on June 14, 2016.

1988Todd Popson was named a TAPPI Fellow for 2015. This honorary title is given to a small number of members of TAPPI who have made astonishing technical or service contributions to the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging

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and tissue industries. Todd received the award for his many accomplishments as an industry executive and his long-time involvement with the development of TAPPI test methods.

Todd is the president and CEO of Technidyne Corp. and has been with the company since 1992.

1992Matt Theobald has been named head football coach at Hanover College, his alma mater.

1994Martina (McHugh) Webster was elected to the Sellersburg Town Council District 1, running unopposed. She is a realtor with Southern Realty in Sellersburg.

1996Your Community Bank named Syd Whitlock as regional president for Clark and Scott counties. Syd was previously president and CEO of The Scott County State Bank, also owned by Your Community Bankshares.

Dr. Megan Landis-Block and her husband, Dan Block Jr. ’00, welcome identical triplets Reagan, Quinn and Grace in July 2015. They join big brother, Will, 2.

Amanda Jacobi and her husband, Matt Renner, welcomed son Arthur William in April 2015. The family lives in Alexandria, Va.

1998 Jason Higdon married Stacy Davisson

on Nov. 21, 2014. They welcomed Jaxson Eli in July 2015. He was 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 21 ½ inches long. The family resides in New Albany.

Josh Payne married Erika Finney in March 2015 in Santa Barbara, Calif. They welcomed a daughter at the end of December 2015. Josh is CEO and founder of e-commerce platform Stack Commerce. The family lives in Los Angeles.

Alan Rucker has been promoted to assistant director of residence education at Morehead State University. Additionally, in October he was awarded the Kentucky Association of Housing Officers Unbridled Spirit Award. The award is given to a recipient for significant and lasting contributions and service to his or her institution while embodying an unbridled spirit in service for the betterment of his or her institution, state, region, or the profession in general. Recipients demonstrated a record of service as a positive change-agent in service to their students,

colleagues and peers.

1999Brian Lenfert and his wife, Audra, welcomed son Samuel Henry in May 2015. He was 8 pounds, 11 ounces and 20 inches long. Samuel joins big sisters Lexie, 4, and Annie, 2. The family resides in Clarksville.

2000Jake Elder and his wife, Chris, welcomed daughter Kate in August 2015. She joins big sister, Ally, 4. The family lives in Sellersburg. Kate and Ally are the granddaughters of Charlie ’74 and Vickie (Fritz ’76) Elder. Vickie Elder is an administrative assistant/attendance at Providence.

2001Elizabeth (Freiberger) Ernstberger and her husband welcome their fifth child, Raphael Bean, in October 2014. He joins big brothers Gus, 8, Solomon, 6, Artie, 4, and Cyprian, 2.

Lacy Keith has been the stroke outreach coordinator for Norton Healthcare since May 2014. Lacy works with EMS providers in Kentucky and Southern Indiana to educate them on stroke symptoms, stroke prevention and caring for a stroke patient. She also works with neurologists and endovascular neurosurgeons to coordinate care for stroke patients across the region.

Dani (Beatty) and William “Tres” ’02 Cobb welcomed son William Edward Cobb IV in July 2015. He joins sister Vera. The family lives in Sugar Land, Texas.

2002Whitney (Miller-Brengle) Adkins has a new job as marketing coordinator at J&L Marketing in Louisville.

2003Jessica (Platt) Bird and husband Daniel welcomed their first son, Joseph Daniel “JD” Bird, on July 2015. He was 8 pounds, 15 ounces and 22 inches long. They live in Derwood, Md.

Kramer (Hughes) Koetter is now a certified infant swimming resource instructor. After spending the summer in St. Augustine, Fla., Kramer is now able to teach children survival skills in conjunction with basic swimming. ISR is recognized as the safest provider of survival swimming lessons for children 6 months to 6 years old. Kramer resides in Floyds Knobs with her husband, Shane ’02.

2005Christopher Boss married Whitney Sorrels in September 2013. The couple lives in Palmyra, Ind.

Drummer Shane Cody, and the band Houndmouth, including keyboardist Katie Toupin ex-’07 and band manager Chris Thomas ’06, continue to enjoy success with the release of their album Little Neon Limelight in March, which

includes USA Today airplay hit “Sedona.”

Katie (Andres) Dillman and her husband, Scott, welcomed son Henry Scott Dillman in August 2015. He was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 20 ½ inches long.Jimmy Guilfoyle was elected as Clarksville Town Court Judge, running unopposed. Max McCrite accepted a new job at the

law firm Lorch Naville Ward in New Albany. Previously, Max was deputy prosecuting attorney in Clark County’s 4th Judicial Circuit. He earned his juris doctorate degree from Ave Maria

School of Law in Naples, Fla., and his bachelor’s degree in business finance and technology management from Indiana University. He was accepted to the Indiana Bar in May 2014.

2006Christie Denman married Jordan Andres on Oct. 23, 2015, in Floyds Knobs. Alumni in the wedding party included Kristina (Koetter) Misamore ’06 and Michelle (Landis) Huber ’06 as matrons of honor; bridesmaids Kayla (Moeller) Mansfield ’06, Marcie (Huber) Hawk ’06, Aubrey (Burrous) Hudson ’06 and Diana (Stumler) Denman ’02; and groomsmen Brad Denman ’02 and Ben Heck ’06. The couple lives in Clarksville.

Kristina (Koetter) Misamore and her husband, Travis, welcomed their first child, Greyson Tyler Misamore, in October 2015. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 21 inches long. The family lives in Greenville.

2008Matthew Leist graduated cum laude from Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law with a doctor of jurisprudence. He works for the law firm Chapman and Cutler in Chicago in the banking and financial services department and asset securitization group.

Jake Vissing was admitted to the Indiana Bar in September and is working as an attorney at Kightlinger & Gray in the New Albany office. Jake lives in Jeffersonville and is engaged to marry Megan Brinkworth ’08 on May 20, 2016.

2009Allie Huber accepted a new job with Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. as a travel and events planner in Bonita Springs, Fla.

Christine (Ulrich) Trimmer married Dan on July 25, 2015. Hillary Forsee ’09 was a bridesmaid. The couple lives in Nashville.

2010Michael Leist graduated from Indiana University Bloomington Kelley School of Business with a master’s in information systems (MSIS). Michael works for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis as an IT senior analyst.

Paige Daniel married Jeffrey Schueler ’09 on July 11, 2015. Paige works at Wilson Elementary in Jeffersonville, and Jeffrey works at Stuart Middle School in Louisville.

2011Jakob Burchel received his bachelor’s in nursing from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in May 2015 and works as a registered nurse in the critical care/open heart unit at Norton Audobon Hospital.

Hillary Ernstberger has a new job as a member of the distribution and services leadership program at Gexpro. Hillary received her bachelor’s in selling and sales management from Purdue in May and lives in Denver.

Cristian May is now an airport operations agent with W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Mich. She graduated in May from Purdue, majoring in aviation management and air traffic control.

2012Megan Jakoby has accepted a position as marketing and promotions coordinator with USTA Tennessee and lives in Nashville.

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In Memory of William J. KaiserMonty & Melissa (Grantz ’85)

Anderson Paul Bacher Bud & Nina Chapman Don ’57 & Joyce Day Raymond ’57 & Eileen DayMichael (Hon. ’08) & Judy (Hon. ’92) DouglasWilliam & Allison Embrey Nathan & Phyllis Endris Kim & Carol (Spitznagel ’66) FisherMichael & Jody (Cooley ’81) FitzpatrickTodd & Lisa Hall Eric ’80 & Cindy (Keller ’84) Happel Herb

& Tressea Harvey Bonnie Huber David ’56 & Marilyn (Stemle ’56) JarboeMichael E. ’86 & Lisa JohnsonMichael & Maria (Paris ’82) JoksimovicRuth (Uhl) Kaiser ’59William, Jr. ’75 & Rhonda KannapelPaul & Sherri (Seger ’83) KapsalisEugene ’65 & Barbara (Jackson ’65) KochertRichard ’80 & Kim KochertRonald Kochert ’55 Jack ’72 & Melanie (Gibbons ’74) KoetterNorman C. ’63 & Kathy (Howell ’65) KruerRon & Nancy Lambring Stephen ’80 & Debra (Lancaster ’80) Leist Daniel & Helen (Seipel ’77) LhotkaJeffrey & Cara LibsEugene & Evelyn (Kruer ’55) LillyAnthony & Hilda Loftus Betty McCaa Jeffrey ’92 & Rachel Mersmann Jim & Barbara Michell Brian & Debbie (Popp ’87) MillerMonroe Shine & Co. Inc.James & JoAnn Morris Greg ’92 & Christiane (Geswein ’96) NashJohn ’80 & Kim Naville Shelly Pearson ’88 Norman Jr. & Sue Pfau Louis & Susie (Bachman ’59) RennJeffrey & Julie (Paris ’81) RorrerJuanita Schickel Alan & Staci Schroering Gilbert & Mary Seger J. Robert Shine Milford & Dolores Sparks James & Ellen Sparrow William J. ’66 & Elaine (Huber ’67) SpriglerEdward E. Summers Stephen & Donna Taylor Lawrence (Hon. ’09) and Barbara VeryJoe ’57 & Nancy (Phillips ’57 Day) VoignierCarl & Mary Kay Wolford Richard III ’78 & Theresa Williams

In Memory of James LeeHomer A. Jr., M.D., (Hon. ’04) & Marilyn

FerreeIn Memory of Mary Jean “Dino”

HowardJames M. ’05 & Megan Cox

In Memory of Joseph “JoJo” Huber III

Ruth Uhl ’59 Kaiser

In Memory of Charles Randall Hutchins

Anonymous Leonard & Carolyn Eickholtz Kim & Carol (Spitznagel ’66) Fisher Edward & Barbara Freiberger LaVonne Hagan Mike & Joan Hurley Jeffrey & Cara Libs Oneita Phillips Gary E. ’85 & Julie Popp Jeff & Terri (Blunk ’90) Purichia Mildred Scharre Barry ’79 & Karen (Popp ’83) Schueler Stephen & Donna Taylor Corine Yates

In Memory of James MathewsMike & Joan Hurley

In Memory of Mary Elise (Buehler) Moore ’66

Kim & Carol Spitznagel ’66 Fisher In Memory of Daniel Mudd ’56David ’56 & Marilyn (Stemle ’56) Jarboe

In Memory of Jeremy Parr ’91Violet & Cheryl Parr, Andrew Parr & Jessica

Smothers In Memory of Sandra Tevis Pruitt Michael & Kathleen Dicken

In Memory of Mary Ann (Block) Reed ’70

Raymond ’57 & Eileen DayHomer A. Jr., M.D., (Hon. ’04) & Marilyn

FerreeKim & Carol (Spitznagel ’66) FisherMichael & Eva (Lancaster ’70) KapfhammerBetty McCaaSusan Theobald

In Memory of David C. Smith ’82Acceleration Systems, LLCBarbara (Gelhouse) Benjamin ’57Brian & Debra BombardLeslie & Denise (Kruer) Corley ’81Mark & Ruth Ann (Smith) Deuser ’71Adam & Erin DraegerMohsen & Brenda EhsanSteven & Marsha (Goffinet) Esarey ’78Jerry & Jill FinnBob & Michell GreigRoger & Rita HagstromDoug & Mary Ann HarrittGerald (Hon.’14) & Mary Jeanne (Schmitt

’58) HuberRita M. HurstDouglas ’76 & Karen JuliusJames & Irene Karp Joseph & Kathryn KehlbeckDavid & Judith (Stengel ’64) KockaJudith KruerMary Michael Lanham

Dr. Shawn W. MillerTimothy C. ’83 & Karen O’BryanWilliam O’BryanGreg Oster ’82Dorothy (Weber) Oster ’58Glenn RekerCarl & Carolyn “Susie” (Shelton ’63) SchmidtJohn Abel & Nancy SmithJulius A. ’66 & Jean SmithEverett ’60 & Mary (Gettelfinger ’61) SpriglerNorman & Millicent StieflerJames B. Tennill, Jr.Mary M. Stumler) Torres ’82Gerald & Elizabeth TyrrellGarrett & Tonia WeberPhil & Marna WhitneyDonald L. ’63 & Rose Marie (Hadley ’64)

WilliamsCarl & Mary Kay WolfordCatherine J. YoungThomas Herbst & Ann HabegerPhillip R. ’83 & Mariann KruerDan Lanham & Leslie GagnonJerry & Mary Ann McLean

In Memory of Frank Spitznagel, Jr. ’58

Kim & Carol Spitznagel ’66 Fisher In Memory of Paul Michael Tate ’79DJ & LeAnn Bickel Fred & Janette Bridges Caroll Cox Russell ’81 & Mary Jane (Ernstberger ’82)

Fahey Homer A. Jr., M.D., (Hon. ’04) & Marilyn

Ferree Frank & Donna (Jarboe ’79) KimmelBrian J. ’87 & Sarah (Buschemeyer ’87)

KoetterChristopher ’86 & Kelly McCain Seth ’97 & Amy PenningtonTrudy (Lee) Reister ’79James B. ’60 & Mary Jo (Hamm ’63) SchaferBarry ’79 & Karen (Popp ’83) SchuelerSusan Theobald Wanda Worrall

In Memory of Brandon Tevis ex-’16Nicholas Long Greg ’92 & Christiane (Geswein ’96) NashRoger & Deborah Tevis

In Memory of Marian WeberAmy (Weber) Allen ’78 James Augustus William & Marilyn Bensing Doreen Birdsell Mark & Brenda (Smith ’78) FalkensteinBarbara Faruggio Deborah Faruggio Troy & Sue (Crone ’81) GlordanJames & Ann Heath Randa Heavrin Robert & Margaret HutchinsonBradley & Ada King

Stephen & Angela (Grantz ’83) KoopmanStephen ’80 & Debra (Lancaster ’80) Leist Brianne Oakes ’07 Randy & Missy (Weber ’74) OakesJane Pollak Michael ’78 & Antoinette (Sartini ’78) SchmidtDoug & Mary Ann SchmutteMichael Schoenman William & Carol Seale James & Ellen Sparrow Jeffrey & Kathleen Vaders Richard III ’78 & Theresa Williams

Year .......................ContributionClass of 1955 ............................2,735Class of 1956* ..........................7,821Class of 1957* ....................... 12,669Class of 1958* ....................... 26,021Class of 1959* ....................... 10,215Class of 1960* ....................... 22,015Class of 1961* ....................... 13,625Class of 1962* ..........................9,024Class of 1963* ..........................5,470Class of 1964 ............................2,515Class of 1965* ..........................9,150Class of 1966* ..........................5,050Class of 1967* ..........................5,050Class of 1969* ....................... 17,098Class of 1970 ............................1,990Class of 1971 ...............................370Class of 1972 ............................3,800Class of 1974 ............................1,208Class of 1977* ..........................6,000Class of 1978 ............................1,735Class of 1979* ....................... 11,526Class of 1980* ..........................5,050Class of 1981* ..........................6,250Class of 1982* ....................... 30,288Class of 1983* ....................... 15,325Class of 1984 ............................3,760Class of 1986 ............................1,200Class of 1988 ............................2,679Class of 1989 ............................1,000Class of 1991 ............................3,750Class of 1992 ............................2,900Class of 1993 ...............................289Class of 1994* ..........................5,737Class of 1995* ..........................6,204Class of 1999 ............................1,800Class of 2003* ..........................6,000Class of 2005* ..........................6,000Class of 2008* ..........................5,165Class of 2011* ..........................5,025Class of 2012* ..........................5,000Class of 2013 .................................65Class of 2014 ............................3,172Class of 2015 ............................2,500Class of 2017 ...............................50

Total ............................. $294,297

*Denotes permanent endowment, with minimum $5,000 balance.

Don’t see your class listed? No asterisk by your class total? For a limited time, an anonymous donor will match the first $500 in a class endowment or will donate $500 for class endowments with a $4,500 balance to make the fund a permanent endowment. Call the Advancement Office at (812) 945-3350 or email tperito@providencehigh.net for more information.

Memorial GiftsGifts received between June 5, 2015, and December 11, 2015

Class Endowment

TotalsAs of Dec. 11, 2015

Holly Dianne Beaven ex-’00 Douglas Bierman ’64 Greg Biesel ’69 Mary (Carpenter) Briscoe ’67 Donna (Herman) Carter ’60Walt Colin Jr. ’64Walter “Junie” Kahl ’55Gerald "Jock" Kraemer ’59Jerry Kron ’60 Nancy (Orberson) Leach ’55David Martin ’74 Bernie McGuirk ’59 Mary Elise (Buehler) Moore ’66Mary Ann (Block) Reed ’70, PHS

cafeteria supervisor 1995-2013David C. Smith ’82

Paul Tate ’79Tom Volpert ’58

Former Faculty & StaffMargaret Backherms (1977-1991

guidance office sec'y, 2003-2014 campus ministry volunteer)

Ima Ehrhart (1982-1985 cafeteria employee, past parent)

Sr. Margaret Kern (1963-1966 religion and business)

Shirley Schafer (1978-1990 cafeteria employee, past parent)

Elizabeth “Liz” Vissing (1984-1989 director of development, past parent)

In Memoriam

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