Alumni & Friends

Alumni’s children born within one day of each other

Math teacher, Jenna (Denstorff) Kunkler ‘05, and husband, Craig, welcomed daughter Makinley in October 2019. Mackinley is Jenna and Craig’s first child.

Mater Dei’s Director of Advancement, Mallory (Goebel) Hertel ‘07 and husband Kyle ‘07, welcomed twins Maggie and Mason in October 2019. Maggie and Mason are the couple’s first children.

Haley Rheinlander ‘14

Haley is the owner of Haley Raven Photography, specializing in weddings and lifestyle content. Before Covid-19 introduced itself into our lives, busy season was right around the corner. Soon after realizing she wasn’t going to be able to interact with clients and that weddings were being postponed, Haley began temporarily tweaking her business model. This is when Haley decided to start offering Front Porch Sessions (a quick mini session that both documents this strange time and allows the opportunity for Haley to deliver memorable images). What started out as a small way to compensate for lost time and income quickly turned into something much bigger. Haley quickly started traveling all across Evansville and Newburgh capturing gorgeous porch photos and getting involved in the community. In addition to weddings and lifestyle content, the Front Porch Sessions will stick around for a while.

Dr. Brett Bueltel ‘08, Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern Indiana was the recipient of the 2019- 2020 Romain College of Business Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Brett currently serves as President of the MDFAA Board and he and wife Sara (Weinzapfel) ‘08 served as Annual Fund Chairs for the 2019-2020 campaign.

Brett Weinzapfel ‘16 recently received an Outstanding Future Educator award for his performance as a biology education major at the University of Evansville.