2012 Graduate of the Last Decade Awards
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School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Brett M. Leonhardt, BS Architectural Studies `05 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Graduate Internship-Scholarship, Rockefeller Group, New York, New York
Peck School of the Arts
Kevin J. Horrigan, BFA Guitar Performance `08 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Musician, guitar performer and composer
Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business
Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Doctor of Medicine `77 from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City; Executive MBA `09 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Professor and Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, and Associate Dean for Research at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
School of Education
Darrell L. Williams, BS Early Childhood Education `93 from Rust College; MA Administrative Leadership and Supervision `95 from Marian College; PhD Urban Education `07 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Principal, Casimir Pulaski High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Tien Nhut Nguyen, BSc Computer Science `95 from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam; Pre-doctorate Computer Science `98 from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Luasanne (EPFL); PhD Computer Science `05 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Associate Professor with tenure in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Iowa State University
College of Health Sciences
Julie L. Kinzelman, BS Medical Technology `84 from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside; Supervisory Management Certificate `90 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; MS Clinical Laboratory Sciences `02 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; PhD Microbiology/Public Health from the University of Surrey, Robens Center for Public and Environmental Health, Guildford, UK; Research Scientist/Laboratory Director, City of Racine Health Department Laboratory, Racine, Wisconsin, and Associate Lecturer, Department of Geosciences/Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
School of Information Studies
Umashanie Reddy, BA `89 from the University of Natal, South Africa; Diploma, Bachelor, and Honors Degree in Library and Information Science `99, ’00, ’03, respectively, from the University of South Africa; Masters in Library and Information Science `08 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Manager, Diversity Services, Calgary Public Library, Alberta, Canada
College of Letters and Science
Amy E. Turim, BA Sociology `06 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Business Manager, Jomela Properties, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
College of Nursing
Kristin A. Haglund, ADN Nursing `90 from Milwaukee Area Technical College; BSN Nursing `92 from Marquette University, MSN, FNP Nursing `95 from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; PhD Nursing `02 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Associate Professor, Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
Gretchen G. Mead, Bachelors in Psychology `98 from Clark College; MSW Social Work `04 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Director and Founder, Victory Garden Initiative, Shorewood, Wisconsin