NEWS & NOTES
1960s Patricia Jane Ryan ‘60 , Bachelor of Education, published the book In His Own Words: Charles Orr Ryan, The Story of a WW1 American Soldier . The book is based on the letters her father
1990s S. Gale Vanater ’92 , B.A. in Management, is currently an online Adjunct Professor at State College of Florida. She also earned graduate and doctoral degrees. Julie Wang Plyer ’92 , M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, highly valued her educational experience at NLU. She is proud to announce that 32 years later, her daughter will attend Kendall College at NLU. John Bradley ’94 , B.A. in Applied Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed in the Minot Daily News in North Dakota for his work with youth. His book, Future Leaders or Losers: Guidelines for Understanding Youths , was first published in 2005. He is a residential adviser at Quentin Burdick Job Corps Center in Minot. He received the NLU Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. LaMonica Stephens ’95, M.A.T. in Elementary Education, has been an international teacher for over 20 years. She has taught in Japan, Kuwait, and currently teaching Grade 1 in the United Arab Emirates. Carla J. Curtis ’97 , B.S. in Management and ’99 M.S. in Managerial Leadership, is a licensed clinical professional counselor and certified alcohol and other drug counselor in the state of Illinois in private practice. Curtis’ updated twentieth-anniversary edition of her first book, A Single Woman’s Parenting Journey: Survival Tidbits , was recently released. Catherine Stark ‘97 , M.S. in Management, was honored by Robert Morris University for 30 years of service as a professor of Management and Business Ethics. She also serves as the Teaching Institute Coordinator. Luke Francois ‘98 , M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, is the new superintendent of Waterford Union High School, Waterford, Wisc. Nancee Perry ‘98 , M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, has retired after 40 years of teaching.
wrote during the war and the stories he had told Jane over the years. The letters had been stashed away for nearly 100 years. Jane wanted to bring light to the sacrifice the soldiers made in service to their country. Susan Martindell ’66 , B.A. in Elementary Education, retired from Easthampton School System in Mass., in 2006. She moved to Massachusetts in 1971 after teaching in Schaumburg, Ill. For the past 11 years, she’s been an elementary school volunteer in Northampton, Mass. 1980s Luann Grosscup ‘88 , B.A.
in Applied Behavioral Sciences, collaborated on the book FLIGHT: An Air America Pilot’s Story of Adventure, Descent and Redemption (History Publishing Company, 2019) with Neil Hansen, a former CIA pilot. The book is a historical
aviation narrative that incorporates the pathos of a war zone, humor and candid insight. Pat McCombs ‘88 , M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, was featured in Windy City Times , Feb. 6, 2019, for being a mover and shaker in the city’s LGBTQ community for more than four decades. Susan Wells ’88 , M.S. in Management, published her debut mystery, Secret Lives . The book follows a veteran detective and her partner as they discover the dark sides of suspects intertwined in the life of a missing Chicago woman.
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