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Alumni News Beth Kloesener, M.S.A. ���08, created Girls 2 Women Coaching, an organization designed to help students and professional women define a rewarding career path and obtain personal growth, whole-hearted success and financial independence. David Tuttle, ���08, is manager of demand planning for New Breed Logistics in Greensboro, N.C. He and his wife, Katie (Reynolds) Tuttle, ���05, reside in Winston-Salem, N.C. 2010s Jessica Seba, ���10, lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and has partnered with a local travel company, Journey Mexico, to offer first-hand accounts of life in Mexico through digital marketing and social media. Melica Niccole, M.S.A. ���11, was named Otterbein University���s Alumni Author of the Month for August 2012. She also performed at the National Black Book Festival. Rachel Jezowski, ���12, has been hired as a junior designer by Harrington Communications, a Grosse Pointe Woodsbased strategic communications and design firm. She resides in Ferndale, Mich. Marguerite A. (Rogers) Stokes, ���28 B.S. ���50, East Jordan, Mich., died Nov. 22, 2012, age 103. Desmond J. (Bower) Hicks, ���35, Pullman, Wash., died Nov. 7, 2012, age 103. Vera (Klein)��Mack, ���35, Batavia, Ill., died Oct. 31, 2012, age 100. Send us your news We want to include your news in Centralight. Write to us about recent job promotions, awards, marriages, births, and other noteworthy accomplishments or changes. Be sure to include your graduation year and contact information. Send your information: Email: alumni@cmich.edu Fax: 989-774-1098 Mail: Centralight, University Communications, West Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI 48859 Lawrence D. Gieseler, ���38, East Lansing, Mich., died Dec. 20, 2012, age 93. Veta (Holcomb) Mills, ���41, Portage, Mich., died Jan. 7, 2013, age 93. Ileen (Tanner) Wilkinson, ���41, East Lansing, Mich., died Oct. 26, 2012, age 94. Helen E. (Martus) Marsh, ���42, Marlette, Mich., died Dec. 8, 2012, age 92. Norman Johnston, ���43, Ludington, Mich., died Oct. 6, 2012, age 91. Bernard H. McKenna, ���45, Naples, Fla., died June 18, 2012. Jean J. (Taylor) Cogswell, ���48, Whitehall, Mich., died Nov. 14, 2012, age 86. Dean Ottoson, ���48, Dayton, Ohio, died Oct. 5, 2012, age 88. Jan M. Smits IV, ���48, Traverse City, Mich., died Oct. 8, 2012, age 89. Donna J. (Douglas) Fordham, ���49, Haslett, Mich., died Nov. 28, 2012, age 85. Lois (Courier) Wiedbrauk, ���49, East Lansing, Mich., died Dec. 2, 2012, age 86. Rosemary J. (Bailey) Gallaway, ���50, Port Sanilac, Mich., died Oct. 11, 2012, age 84. Young John C. Napley, ���50, Bingham Farms, Mich., died Dec. 27, 2012, age 89. Laura Glenn, ���03, has her sights set on becoming CEO of a health system. There is little doubt that anything is going to stop her. By age 31, she has already become vice president of physician services at Beaumont Health System and contributed to Beaumont���s status as the third liver transplant site in Michigan. For her achievements, she was named to Crain���s Detroit Business��� ���40 Under 40��� for 2012. ���I attribute my success to having phenomenal mentors who have been willing to allow me to jump into new challenges, learn new things and expand my portfolio,��� says Glenn, who looks forward to facing head-on the challenges of working in the health care industry in the midst of so much change. At CMU, Glenn earned a bachelor���s degree in health fitness, which she says ���has been critical in my ability to translate the components of a clinical program into a business plan.��� ��� William T. Bowles, ���51, Ponce Inlet, Fla., died Nov. 29, 2012, age 84. Frank H. Irish, ���51, Quinnesec, Mich., died June 7, 2012, age 77. Joanne K. (Olmsted) Pietscher, ���51 M.A. ���73, Caseville, Mich., died Nov. 30, 2012, age 84. Pauline E. (Wisner) Guy, ���54, Homosassa, Fla., died Oct. 10, 2012, age 79. Leonard C. Rose, ���54, Gladwin, Mich., died Oct. 22, 2012, age 84. Derrill W. Schneeberger, ���57, Farmington, Mich., died Jan. 7, 2013, age 84. Paul R. Heath, ���59 M.A. ���60, Cedarville, Ohio, died Dec. 27, 2012, age 78. Joseph B. Thering, ���59, M.A. ���65, Elsie, Mich., died Dec. 11, 2012, age 77. Beverly J. (Boyle) Schramke ���60, Saginaw, Mich., died Oct. 12, 2012, age 74. Esther M. (Haines) Skeldon, ���60, Hendersonville, N.C., died Sept. 18, 2012, age 75. 38 38 centralight winter ���13 spring ���10

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