The Colorado Education Association named听Brad Bartels听(Engl鈥80, EdD鈥12) executive director. He previously served as the association鈥檚 general counsel. Brad was a classroom teacher before joining the CEA. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

Rebecca Shockley听(DMus) wrote 鈥淒orothy Stolzenbach Payne: Remembering a Legendary Cincinnati Piano Teacher,鈥 about her mother, for the January-February issue of听Clavier Companion听magazine. Rebecca traces her mother鈥檚 life and career as a teacher and pianist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and as a longtime friend of composer Percy Grainger. Rebecca has donated materials to the Dorothy Stolzenbach Payne Archives, to be housed at the University of Cincinnati.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

础迟迟辞谤苍别测听Susan Korenvaes Robin听(EPOBio) is a partner in the Akerman law firm鈥檚 real estate practice in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She represents clients in commercial real estate transactions with a focus on advising developers, owners and operators of hotels, resorts, condominiums and mixed-use real estate projects in the U.S. and Caribbean.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

After writing sociology textbooks and poetry for 27 years,听Irene Blea听(PhDSoc) has published three novels. Her latest book is Daughters of the West Mesa (APQ Press). Irene retired as chairperson of Mexican American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles, in 1998.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Boston consulting firm Charles River Associates hired economist听Michelle Burtis听(PolSci) as vice president. A seasoned analyst of alleged price fixing, market allocation and attempted monopoly, among other things, she has served as an expert in a wide variety of legal proceedings.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

As director of communication at Patrick Henry College in northern Virginia,听David Halbrook听(Jour) supervises planning and implementation of broad-based, integrated college communications and social media strategy. He also is an adjunct journalism professor, editor of the college鈥檚 American Roundtable publication and coordinator of an interview series.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Daughters of the West Mesa, a novel published in 2015 by Irene Blea (PhDSoc), is a murder mystery based on the true story of the discovery of 11 female remains and an unborn fetus west of Albuquerque, N.M. Irene is the author of seven sociology textbooks and a play, as well as academic articles and poetry.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Herb Keinon (PolSci), diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, is the author of two books: French Fries in Pita, a collection of his columns about life in Israel, and Lone Soldiers: Israel鈥檚 Defenders from Around the World, which tells the stories听of young non-Israelis in the Israeli army. Herb has lived in Israel for more than 30 years, and is married with four children.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appointed Barbara Kelberer McDonald (Engl) president of North Hennepin Community College. She has worked as interim president of Minnesota West Community and Technical College since 2014. Barbara received her master鈥檚 degree from the American University in Cairo and her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Osseo, Minn.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Retired educator Phyllis J. Perry (EdD) released a book in November 2015 from History Press, Colorado Vanguards: Historic Trailblazers & Their Local Legacies. It chronicles the exploits of 30 men and women of Colorado, including explorers, miners, farmers, Native Americans, railroaders, inventors, scientists, doctors, statesmen, environmentalists and entrepreneurs. Phyllis has published scores of books, six of which have dealt with Colorado. Find her at .

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

California formal verification services company Oski Technology, Inc. appointed Dave Perry (ElEngrCompSci) chief operating officer. He previously served as vice president of engineering at Arteris. He also worked for Silicon Graphics, Inc., serving in multiple development and leadership roles for multiprocessor systems. Dave has seven granted U.S. patents and one pending in microprocessor, system and SoC design.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Marc Rayman (MPhys; PhD鈥85) is the chief engineer and mission director at NASA for an exploration of the two largest uncharted worlds in the inner solar system. Following his nuclear physics research at CU, Marc worked for JILA on experimental tests of special relativity and atomic and laser physics. In 1986 he joined the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and worked on optical interferometry missions to detect planets around stars and designed a mission to return samples from Mars. Asteroid Rayman was named in recognition of Marc鈥檚 contributions to space exploration.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Mary Bendelow (MComm; PhD鈥83) was selected to join the Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Foundation鈥檚 (PDF) People with Parkinson鈥檚 Advisory Council. In this role, she will help drive PDF鈥檚 goals of ending the disease and supporting those affected by it. Mary works as a tour director for U.S. and Canadian national parks.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

Laura Marello鈥檚 (MEngl) book, Maniac Drifter, has been published by Guernica Editions, Toronto. Earlier in 2016, Laura released a collection titled Balzac鈥檚 Rose and Other Poems. Laura has published four other books and received numerous grants and fellowships. She lives in Lynchburg, Va.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

After serving 15 years as chancellor, Pamela Shockley-Zalabak (PhDComm) retired from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus in February. She worked for UCCS for four decades and taught classes in the communication department while serving as chancellor.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

Golden, Colo.,听resident听骋颈苍补听惭别补驳丑别谤听(MCDBio)听published her second听book,听The Nitty-Gritty听of Managing Diabetes:听Personalizing Your听Approach through听Determination,听Perseverance & Balance.听The book addresses听how personality, attitude听补苍诲 self-advocation can听impact Type 1 diabetes.听Gina was diagnosed with听Type 1 diabetes at age 17听补苍诲 with celiac disease at听age 32. She strives to live听a life that is not defined听by her conditions.

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

麻豆影院-based author Phyllis J. Perry (PhDEdu) has听written more than 90 books and she鈥檚 still听going strong. In 2017,听she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Authors鈥 League. She has four books that she plans to publish this year:听Missing Bones听in June;听Buddies, Bullies and Baseball听补苍诲 All 麻豆影院 Julia Morgan听in August; and听It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park听in November.听

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Rebecca Shockley (PhD鈥80), professor emerita of piano pedagogy at the University of Minnesota School of Music, recently published a revised and expanded edition of her mother鈥檚 memoir, Is There a Piano in the House?听Her mother, Dorothy Stolzenbach Payne, was a well-known pianist and teacher in Cincinnati for many years. Originally published in 1985 by the Keyboard Club (which she founded in 1935), the book includes new photos, letters, programs and stories

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Since graduating from CU, Tammy Kaitz (Thtr鈥80) has worked as an actress and producer based in Los Angeles. She writes that she married childhood sweetheart Steve Crane (Psych鈥77; Law鈥80), who works for the LA law firm Crane Robinson & Seal, which he co-founded in 2001.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Laurie Cantillo (Jour鈥80) is deputy director of communication and education at NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Previously, she worked at NASA鈥檚 headquarters in Washington, D.C., for three years as a lead communication specialist in the planetary science division. During her time in D.C., she created and produced NASA鈥檚 first podcast, Gravity Assist.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

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