Lesley (Hofstede) Zylstra,
'99, Milwaukee, her husband, Dave, and daughter Nia welcomed Marisol
Jane in January. Lesley (pictured with her daughters) is a teacher
in the Milwaukee school district.
Jenny Balisle, '98, Berkeley, Calif., featured her multi layered oil paintings in a solo exhibit, Gesture, at HANG ART in San Francisco in March. Her work is inspired by patterns in natural and manmade environments and is created by manipulating oil paint by pooling, wrinkling, scraping and chemical reactions that take 2-3 years to cure. Jenny has a master's degree from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, where she is an instructor. She has exhibited in Brazil; Oakland, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Fresno, Calif.; and Cambridge, Mass.
Frank Hammen, '98, San Antonio, Texas, a technology
applications teacher in San Antonio, received a master's degree in
educational leadership and policy studies from the University of
Texas at San Antonio last fall and his principal certification last
spring. He married Candace Everett in June (pictured above).
"I thank UWSP for all it has given me academically, socially and
emotionally," he writes. "My bond with UWSP will always be strong."
Lisa (Johnson) Bakker, '97, Chicago, had a baby boy, Frans Luke, in May.
Tyler Marchant, '95, Stevens Point, was nominated for the Joe A. Callaway Award for Outstanding Direction for his Off-Broadway production of Freud’s Last Session (www.FreudsLastSession.com). The award is the highest honor bestowed on directors of New York City Off-Broadway shows as determined by fellow professional directors. Freud's Last Session, which premiered in July 2010 under Tyler's direction at the Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts, marked its 200th performance Off-Broadway and it’s 300th performance overall in February, making it the longest running show Off-Broadway this season and the longest running show at the Barrington stage. Tyler also recently directed the world premieres of 40 Days by Laura Eason and the musical Anne of Green Gables at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York. This summer he will be traveling again to the Barrington Stage Company to direct Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing. He also continues to serve as an assistant professor of theatre and dance at UWSP.
Amy Waring, '95, Billings, Mont., is a National Environmental Policy Act planner for the USDA Forest Service at Custer National Forest.
Steven Dwyer, '93, Minneapolis, Minn., a senior project designer for HGA, won the national 2011 American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award. He is involved in several professional committees and activities and has served as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota-School of Architecture. He earned a master of architecture from the University of Minnesota.
Jeff Hamill, '92, Menomonee Falls, teaches anatomy and physiology for Milwaukee Area Technical College. He ran his own chiropractic office for 10 years. He and his wife, Dawn, have a son.
Richard Nelson, '92, Cadiz, Ky., has published a children’s
book, Bird Friends I Know, in hopes to inspire his children
and others to learn about the birds in their own backyard. It
follows nine common birds through the four seasons, capturing their
traits and personalities with illustrations by Gwendolyn Rodriguez.
The book, available for purchase at
http://birdfriendsiknow.com,
focuses on children ages three to eight but will appeal to bird
lovers of all ages, he says. Richard, recently elected to the Trigg
County Fiscal Court as a magistrate, is a writer and contributing
editor for the non-profit Family Foundation of Kentucky and his
articles regularly appear in the Kentucky Citizen. He earned a
master's degree at Regent University. He, his wife, Kari
Nelson, '93, and four children reside on a farm where they
raise cattle, llamas and chickens and he operates a taxidermy
studio.
Teresa (Colvin) Fitzgibbons, '91, Hilton Head Island, S.C., is a freelance writer for a number of local and regional publications and teaches secondary English part time at a private school. She and her husband, James, have a son.
Kim Fenske, '90, Copper Mountain, Colo., has published a
digital hiking guide, Eagles Nest Wilderness Area: Summit County
Hiker, which describes ten of the most popular hikes in the
Gore Range of mountains in Summit County, Colo. It is being sold as
an e-book by Barnes and Noble PubIt! Fenske was a wilderness ranger
and wildland firefighter in the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area with the
U.S. Forest Service. He was also the Backcountry Report columnist
and photographer for the County Cable and served on the executive
boards of Friends of the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area and Sierra
Club. He has also worked as an attorney in low-income housing
development and environmental regulation and served on the staff of
the Wisconsin State Assembly Environmental Resources Committee.