Alumni Office welcomes campus visitors
Evangel is definitely a destination spot for alumni and friends who are passing through Springfield. It is always a delight to have you on campus to witness for yourself the fantastic changes in facilities and admire our beautiful flowers and landscaping.
Planning a trip to Springfield? Please come see us in the Alumni Office. We'll visit with you and take your photo to update our Web visitors on your life. At Evangel, you are always family.
Christyl (Wamser '98) Zielinski, her husband Mark and their children stopped by the Alumni Office on Friday, August 06, 2010 while vacationing in the Ozarks. Christyl had to show the "fam" where she went to college.
Chad '99 and Holly (Thompson) '98 Towers, along with their children, Peyton, Owen, Oliver and Hayden stopped by the Alumni Office on Friday, July 23 to visit. They live in Urbandale, IA.
Bret and Julie (Quick) Hendrickson, both '96, along with their children stopped by the Alumni Office on Thursday, July 6 to visit and get a tour of Riggs Hall.
Jim Fereira and family visited the campus on Friday, July 2, on their way to a Branson vacation. Jim is a former RD of Scott Hall and is now Dean of Students and Community Life at Bethel University in Minnesota.
Janet "Jan" (Gianettino '89) Snook and her husband Dan visited the campus on Friday, July 2 on their way to a family vacation in Branson.
While on vacation, Dallas '61 and Carolyn (Gilliland '64) Krausch from Rapid City, SD came by on Thursday, June 24, 2010 for a tour of the alma mater and to share that they are promoting it to prospective students in their spheres of influence.
Thea (Truesdale '00) Ledyard and husband Adam stopped by the Alumni Office on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 to introduce us to their handsome "Future Crusader" Samson "Sam" Paul!
Becky (Hubert '03) Blahnik and her family stopped by June 22, 2010, while they were vacationing in the Ozarks. The last time Alex and I posed on these steps, we were still dating, she said.
Ellie Thomas '06 visited the Alumni Office on Feb. 24, 2010...her first visit to Riggs Hall. She teaches psychology courses at OTC here in Springfield.
Laura (Bilton ’64) Qualls, Edie (Bilton ’63) Conway with Joy (Andrick) Qualls (EU Faculty) and Blakeley Elisabeth Qualls visited the Alumni Office on Feb. 23, 2010. Laura was in from Virginia Beach, VA and Edie in from Kansas City to spend time with the new baby. Both Laura and Edie are Evangel alumnae. Laura is the mother and Edie is the Aunt of Joy’s husband, Kevin (’06), who is also an alumnus.
Steve ’00 and Susana (Renteria ’03) Casarez ’03, along with little Steve, stopped by the Alumni Office on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 10, 2010. They had not had opportunity to view Riggs Hall. Steve is looking forward to his 10-year class reunion in October.
Pia Sonnek ('03) and Kate Kasper ('03), stopped by the alumni office on Friday, December 18, 2009, when they were on campus for a brief visit. Pia came from Normandy, France, to spend Christmas with Kate, her former college roommate. She is assistant director of the Jacques Lefevre Institute, a Christian liberal arts extension college in French language and cultural studies, located in Merville-Franceville-Plage, France. Kate is working at International House of Prayer and attending nursing school in Kansas City.
On Thursday, December 10 Charles and Charlotte Goble (Schumitsch '70) and Colleen Montag visited family in Springfield. Evangel was a "must stop by to see and visit" event on their schedule.
With John and Joanne Ohlin are Joanne's sister-in-law Colleen Montag and her cousin Charlotte Goble and husband Charles, from Wichita. On the right are John and Joanne's daughters Cheri (Ohlin) Moos and Becki (Ohlin '78) Iannone, both members of the EU staff.
President Spence was available for a photo with John Ohlin and the Gobles.
Nathan ('05) and Tausha ( Fletcher '08) Bacorn visited the Alumni Office on Monday afternoon, November 23, 2009 to show off their "Future Crusader," Benjamin. Nathan is youth pastor at Cornerstone A/G in Sidney Ohio and Tausha is in marketing and sales at Spinacker Coating.
Arlin Stacy '85 stopped by the Alumni Office on a visit to the campus on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. He is the Administrator of the Collinsville (OK) Elementary School. He also serves as Head Coach for the H.S. Varsity Women's Basketball and Cross Country teams. The Cross Country team just won the state 5A Championship. Arlin's purpose for visiting was to bring a prospective student to look at our softball program.
Bryan Newswander ’06 recently stopped by the alma mater and paid a visit to the Alumni Office on Friday, October 30, 2009. He resides in Des Moines, Iowa, where he is the chairman of the newly formed political organization Future Leaders of Iowa. The goals of the organization include engaging, activating, and mobilizing young professionals in Iowa to help make a difference in politics and public policy.
Jeremiah '01 and Rebecca (Carey '00) Andrick stopped by the Alumni Office on Friday, October 23, 2009. They are in town to attend the wedding of a friend and had not been back on campus for eight years. They marveled at the changes. The Andricks live in Bothell, WA where she is a 3rd grade teacher and he is Director of Online Strategy for Logitech.