Alumni Notes

Lisa S. Kaler (OLPD, PhD’21) and Jenny P. Steiner (OLPD, PhD’19) recently launched Steiner|Kaler, a consultancy focused on graduate and professional student mental health and wellbeing. Leveraging their expertise and experience in student mental health, student success, and higher education change management, cultivated during their doctoral programs in OLPD, the two leaders aim to improve […]

C&I master’s graduate Beth Bowman has been selected to join the Minnesota State University-Mankato’s Women in Leadership Program advisory board. The certificate serves as a platform for female leaders to engage and uplift each other by inspiring positive change.

Jeanne Bailey (OLPD PhD, ’12) recently received a Faculty Teaching and Advising Award from St. Catherine University, Saint Paul. The Faculty Teaching and Advising Award honors the highest quality of teaching, dedication to effective mentoring, and academic advising. The winners are selected from an impressive faculty that exemplifies the highest echelon of academic excellence and […]

Marjorie Schaffer (PhD, Family Social Science, ’93) published a new book titled “Journey Through the Mental Illness Maze: How Families Find Hope and Acceptance.” Dr. Schaffer completed a qualitative research study to collect the stories of parents, partners, siblings, and adult children who support a relative living with a mental illness. The book (available on […]

Diversity, equity and inclusion leader Sandra Pulles was recognized with the Outstanding Commission Staff Award by America’s Service Commissions, the professional organization of all 52 state service commissions. The award is reserved for an individual who demonstrates leadership and implements innovative strategies to get things done. Dr. Pulles was nominated by her colleagues for her […]

Reid Trulson (BS ’69) is pleased to announce the September 2021 publication of his book, Charlotte Atlee White Rowe: The Story of America’s First Appointed Woman Missionary (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2021). Charlotte Atlee White was the first woman officially appointed as a missionary by any denomination or mission agency. The scandal of her […]

Krysta Goligoski Gibbons (BS’05 Human Ecology-Interior Design) was named a “New Trad 2021” in the fall issue of Traditional Home magazine, along with the redo of a condo in the Historical Gold Coast of Chicago. She is a senior designer for Kipling House Interiors in Minneapolis.

Lianne Anderson (BS’72) passed away on August 25, 2021. Lianne was employed by the University of Minnesota and was a founding director of the 4-H Arts-In Youth Development Program.

Lisa Quinn-Lee, PhD ‘09, MSSW, was recently promoted to full Professor at UW-Eau Claire.

Kablia Thao has been selected as Associate Vice President of Engagement at the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Thao has been with the UMAA for six years as the Director of National Engagement. In her newly formed role, Kablia will retain direct oversight of the national engagement strategy while working collaboratively with alumni relations officers […]