ALUMNI NIGHT AT THE THEATRE

Bartz And Boese Power Alleys

RAWLINGS JOERRES ’10 and many other USM alumni gathered in Denver to participate in Walk MS. The group was raising money for the organization in support of their friend, William Colbert ’09, who was recently diagnosed. USM alumni who participated include Chris Bowen ’10, William Colbert ’09, Misha Fabick ’11, Taylor Isaacs ’10, Tommy Joerres ’10, Rawlings Joerres ’10, and Alex Tesensky ’10.

JACK MINAHAN ’11 took second place in the National Indoor Skydiving

Competition held in Colorado Springs, Colorado in November 2022.

Minahan spends most of his time “free flying,” or flying with his body in a vertical formation (either head down or head up) at speeds approaching 200 mph while in free fall. He hopes to compete in outdoor events later this year.

EMILY BACH ’13 is engaged to Jack Gehl, a 4th grade teacher at Lumen Cristi School in Mequon, Wisconsin, where Bach also teaches kindergarten.

AMBER BAKER ’14 recently got engaged to her fiancée, Ryan Bender.

KATE NOSBUSCH ’15 earned her Master of Science in School Psychology degree from the Universit of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently pursuing an educational specialist degree.

WALTER TAYLOR ’17 recently got engaged to his fiancée, Alex Ventress ’17.

TYLER BAIR ’18

SKY MCGILLIGAN ’10 married Brooke Baker. Many USM alumni were in attendance, including (from left) Peyton Stanford ’10, Jeff Levy ’10, Danny Clark ’10, Sanjay Hariharan ’08, Fitz Stratton ’10, David Mikulay ’10, Grace Stratton ’07, Brian Oldham ’10, and Charlie Wigdale ’10. is a personal trainer for Athlete Performance, a group that trains athletes as young as age 7 to adults in their 70s. Bair focuses his training on helping individuals develop a positive relationship with resistance training to improve performance and reduce the risk of injury.

MATT LE PINE ’18 was voted Coach of the Year by the North Suburban Special Olympics of Wisconsin. He coaches his brother’s Special Olympics basketball team, which made it to the state regional round this year.

NICHOLAS

MAYERSON ’18 pictured, right was the head game master for the Midwest Trivia Contest, a digital scavenger hunt that has been a staple of student life at Lawrence University since 1966. The contest was enjoyed by 550 people, including 60 off-campus teams, and garnered over 1,200 unique views on Twitch.

QUINN TEVLIN ’18 is a Second Lieutenant serving as a “sky soldier” in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Tevlin is currently stationed in Italy and will make First Lieutenant this winter.

DONN RHYS MONDANO ’22 reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of Morehead-Cain Scholars. Mondano was the first USM student to be named a Morehead-Cain Scholar, which is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and covers all expenses for four years of undergraduate study there plus financial support for enrichment experiences.

ISABELA MORTARA ’22

CARSON PETERSEN ’20 got engaged to his fiancé, Alyssa Lackey. In addition, Petersen assisted USM’s FIRST Robotics Team #6823 at the regional competition in Orlando, Florida in March, where the team earned the Excellence in Engineering award.

LILIAN JOCHMANN ’22 was interviewed in for email newsletter by the Notre Dame Club of Milwaukee. Jochmann shared her impressions about her freshman year at the University of Notre Dame, where she is majoring in political science and minoring in constitutional studies, business economics, and Portuguese. has been selected to be a Said Peace Scholar through the American University School of International Service. Mortara will join a cohort of 20 students who wish to advance professor Abdul Aziz Said’s life’s mission through the study of peace, conflict resolution, and interfaith dialogue.

ALEX PTAK ’22 pictured with Kaitlyn Paullin ’26 (right), assisted USM’s FIRST Robotics Team #6823 at the regional competition in Orlando, Florida in March, where the team earned the Excellence in Engineering award.