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Jacobson retired from marketing/public affairs at Northern Arizona Healthcare
John S. Jacobson (Journalism 1972) is retired as a vice president of marketing/public affairs at Northern Arizona Healthcare in Flagstaff. He and his wife Mary now live in Cottonwood, Ariz. They have four grown children.
| Susan Edwards Johnson is CEO of Black Hills Central Reservations
Susan Edwards Johnson (B.A. 1975) is CEO of Black Hills Central Reservations, a one-call-does-it-all reservation and vacation packaging service located in Deadwood. Johnson formerly served in state government, including stints as Cabinet Secretary of Tourism and State Travel Director. Most recently, she served as executive director of the South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preservation and conservation of parks and wildlife habitat.
| Andrea (Skalland) Kieckhefer joins SDSU University Relations
Andrea and her husband, Jon, a 2000 SDSU graduate with degrees in journalism and biology, recently returned to the Brookings area. Jon recently received a Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Kansas in 2005 and is doing a postdoc in the Plant Science Department at SDSU. Andrea was the editor in chief of Capper's and Grit magazines in Topeka, Kan., before joining the department of University Relations as an information officer.
| DeeAnn (Tiede) Konrad joins S.F. School District as communication specialist
After 12 years of reporting, producing and anchoring at KELO-TV, DeeAnn (Tiede) Konrad (Broadcast Journalism 1994) has taken a newly created position with the Sioux Falls School District. She serves as Communications Specialist, writing and producing education stories that appear on the district's cable access channel, KLRN. DeeAnn and her husband Thad have two daughters, Kennedy and Rylan. They live in Tea.
| Kontz is a field represented for Ag United
Stephani Kontz, a 2005 graduate, is a field representative for Ag United for South Dakota and works out of Sioux Falls. She uses her journalism skills by writing press releases
and feature stories.
| Kula teaches English in Krgzstan
Tammy Marsh Kula, a 2003 JMC graduate, is teaching English at the United States Embassy for the London School in Kyrgzstan. She taught in in France after graduation in 2003 then returned to the United States and married Josh Kula. They left for Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia where both teach at the London School in September 2004. They have one son born April 6, 2005.
| Marsh teaches Spanish in Arlington
Tanya Marsh, a 2005 graduate, teaches Spanish classes at Arlington High School.
| Marzahn moves to Groton
Renee (Ag Journalism 1993) and Wade Marzahn recently moved to Groton, South Dakota. Renee stays home with their four children, Breanna (age 8), Landon (age 6), Nicole (age 3) and Andrew (16 months.) Wade is the Agronomy Training Manager for MZB Technologies.
| Mostek awarded three regional Emmy Awards for news photojournalism
Ken Mostek (1992, Broadcast) was awarded three Regional Emmy awards from the Hearland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The ceremony was held in Denver, Colorado the last weekend in October, 2005. The first Emmy was for a spot news story called "Chief's Rescue" about a horse named "Chief", who thought the grass was greener on the other side of the fence. So he broke through it. As he wandered through the yard, he dropped through a pool cover, and found himself stuck in the pool full of water. After draining the pool, rescuers used a special harness to lift Chief out of the pool. The second Emmy was awarded in the Soft News category for a story named "Back to Work". The story follows the recovery and rehabilitation of a motorcycle police officer who was seriously injured when a truck hit him as he rushed to a call. The third Emmy was for a very special story called "Tabi's Journey". It was in the Soft News Series category. The two-part story focuses on a two year old girl with a major facial deformity from Kyrgystan. She came to America to get a new face. Then, the caregiver who brought her, fights the Kyrgys government and wins Tabi's adoption. I have received a total of 8 regional Emmys from across the country, and in 2004, received a National Emmy Award for Spot News Coverage. Mostek lives in Westminster, Colorado with his wife of 11 years, Glenda (Peterson) Mostek, class of 1993.
| Maude named president of the Livestock Publications Council
Lori Maude (Ag Journalism 1992) has been named President of the Livestock Publications Council, a national organization representing livestock publications and media. For the past eight years, Maude was Director of Communications for the American Gelbvieh Association, a group organized to promote the Gelbvieh breed of cattle.
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