Staff Council

Welcome new staff memebers Did you know? Doug Wampler joins Information Services as the IT Security You can load your staff ID Manager. card with money in the Bur- sar’s Office. When you use at Misti Walker is the new Graduate Hall Director in Anniversary Koster’s or any of the cafés, Hall. Misti graduated in December with her bachelor’s in psychology from the of Louisville. She served as a Resident Assistant you don’t pay tax! for three years as an undergraduate, and one semester as an Assis- tant Resident Director. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s of Public Administration program at U of L. We are excited to have her on our team!

Sara Reyer-Byler joins the IPO office as the new assistant. Sara Volume 2, Issue 5 received her B.A. in Foreign Languages and International Studies january 2009 from Bellarmine University in 2005. She also has a degree in Women’s Studies from Trinity in Dublin, Ireland. The IPO is thrilled to welcome her back to Bellarmine and to its brand-new quarters in Miles Hall’s addition, rooms 146-148. Welcome 1 New staff members at BU The Development & Alumni Relations Office welcomes several new faces: Erica Jones is the new Director of Development for Annual Giving, shepherding the Phonathon team, among other duties. Did You Know? Jess Metzmeier is the new Director of Corporate and Foundation Giving. Tracy Tignor and Michelle Gentry are new administra- News from Staff tive assistants. 2 Staff updates Tabatha Thompson replaces John Spugnardi as Director of Media Relations. (John took the position of Director of Sports Informa- tion in September.) Reminders Stephanie James is a new Security Officer on campus. She is joined by Tommy Prescott. STAFF NEWS welcome cont. Billy West (Copy Center) and Susan West (Ac- Adam Bunnell joined the president’s office as Dr. Joseph counts Payable) celebrated the marriage of their J. McGowan’s special assistant for International and son, Ben, on Dec. 6. Interfaith Relations.

Leanne Willen (Admissions) and her husband, Meg Gladstone and John Blackwell are new Admis- Michael, welcomed a son, Lucas Joseph Willen, sions Counselors. on Nov. 18. Charles Vogt is director of Intramural Sports. Martha Fowler (Registrar’s Office) celebrated a milestone birthday in 2008! Lynell Edwards joins the ARC as the director of Writing and Parent Communications. Ted Palmer has accepted a position as a trial attorney with the Louisville-Jefferson County In Student Affairs, Todd Reale is the new director of Public Defender Corp. Ted has worked at Bel- Internships and Experimental Learning and Patrick larmine for 11 years, first in the Media Services Englert is the new assistant dean of students. department and more recently at the Help Desk. He graduated from Bellarmine in 1994 with Bart Sullivan is the new assistant coach. a degree in political science and holds a Juris Doctor from the Brandeis School of Law at the The School of Education has a new faculty secretary, . We wish him well in Jill Starkey. his future endeavors.

Jessica Bowman, director of the Student Activi- ties Center, welcomed a new bundle of joy on Aug. 27. Lorelai Kathleen Bowman was born at reminders 11:44 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz., and was 19 inches long. Check the Staff Council website for a full list of businesses around town that give spe- We bid farewell to Jane Cantrell, our wonderful cial discounts to Bellarmine employees. IPO assistant for the past five years. Jane will be ending a one-year Atlanta-Louisville commute and will join her husband in their new home in Keep your eyes open for an invitation from Georgia full-time. She says she will miss all the the Staff Council to join your fellow col- dear friends she made over the years here and leagues in an upcoming spring event. that Bellarmine will always be close to her heart. “Bellarmine is such a GREAT place to work” she says, and “I am just a text message away if you need me ....”

Congratulations to all!