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Submitted May 6, 2008

’ 82 Bob Dehaemers , MA, RN, NE-BC is currently the vice-president of Compliance CareerStaff Unlimited in Irving, Texas, a subsidiary of Sun Health Care Group Irving, Calif. Bob works for SUN and has compliance responsibilities for CareerStaff, a temporary healthcare staffing and physician locum tenens company with a nationwide presence. Bob resides in Arlington, Texas. He recently completed the requirements for certification as a Nursing Executive with the Commission on Certification of the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Bob has held this Credential for over twenty years, and was only the third nurse in Kansas at the time to achieve this credential. Bob holds a master's degree in human resources with and emphasis in health care administration. Bob received his bachelor of science in nursing from Avila.

’ 88 Tim Barchak has taken a position with the Delaware State Education Association after a number of years of working in politics in Missouri. Tim now lives with his wife, Jennifer, his daughter, Keely, and son Jake in quaint Newark, Del. Tim received his bachelor of arts in history and English from Avila.

’ 88, 02 Vita (Girardi) Osborn has taught high school English in the Blue Springs School District for over thirteen years. She has three children, one of whom graduated from high school in 2007 and another who graduated in 2008. Vita received her bachelor of science in English with a minor in secondary education as well as her master of arts in education from Avila.

Submitted April 21, 2008

’88 Debbie (Warburton) Aimen owns her own business called A Sweet Expression located in Kansas City's River Market. She was recently elected to the Hickman Mills C-1 School Board. Debbie received her bachelor of science in elementary education from Avila.

’88 Deborah (Amos) Welhoff is an Application Analyst Consultant with DST Systems, Inc. She was recently elected to the Harrisonville Cass R-IX school board. Deb received her BA in Communication from Avila.

Submitted January 4, 2007

’81 Jane (Hulsey) Cochran received a Ph.D. in nursing on December 14, 2007 from the University of Missouri. Her dissertation, “Meta Analysis of Quality of Life Outcomes following Diabetes Self Management Training” was submitted for publication. Jane received her bachelor of science in nursing from Avila.

’87 Peggy (Pfeifer) Eldredge was one of 10 winners selected from hundreds of Nursing: The Heart of Healthcare nominees. She started the first Breast Education and Support Program at Trinity and the Breast Navigator program at North Kansas City Hospital where she serves as an oncology clinical nurse specialist. Peggy received her bachelor of science in nursing from Avila.

Submitted December 17, 2007

’86 Stuart Lindeman and his wife Ann just moved to Guilford, Conn. where he is the president of Revera Healthcare  US, a skilled rehab company in ten states. Stuart received his bachelor of arts in public administration from Avila.

Submitted November 9, 2007

’88 Mike McCollow, Basketball Analyst for Fox Sports Net, covers both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Milwaukee Bucks for Fox Sports. McCollow, a former two year captain at Avila University, was recently an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors in the NBA, as well as previously a head coach for a professional team in Poland, a minor league team in St.Paul, MN and an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of North Texas, and two teams in the CBA. McCollow is also a Senior Vice President for The Hays Companies, one of the leading insurance brokers in the country and he and his wife Katie also own GEAR Running Store, Minnesota's oldest specialty retail store for runners and walkers. McCollow resides in Minneapolis and has three children, Margaret, Finbar and Mary Katherine (Molly). Mike received his bachelor of arts in communication from Avila.

Submitted November 5, 2007

’84 Josetta Wahwassuck has a son, John R. Bonjour, who has been promoted to Sergeant, a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army. He has had one tour in Iraq and will be going back to Iraq next year. Josetta received her bachelor of science in nursing from Avila.