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WSU Currents
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Winter 2012
Dan Schumacher ’89
(
Channahon,
Ill.) has been named athletic director
at Chicago State University. He moves
to the NCAA Division I Cougars’ head
athletics position after spending the
past six years at Lewis University in
Joliet. Dan was an All-America football
player at Winona State and worked
for the Warriors’ Athletic Department
from 2002 through 2006.
1990
s
Brian Paulson ’94
(
Winona) is the new
men’s golf coach at Winona State. The
former Warriors’ standout is also as-
sistant pro at The Bridges Golf Course
in Winona. The three-time All-America
was medalist at both the NAIA and
NCAA District Championships in 1993
and 1994.
Tim Bronk ’97
(
Laurel, Mont.), who
earned his master’s in educational
leadership at WSU, is superintendent
of the Laurel Schools.
Ranae Case-Evenson ’97
(
Cass Lake,
Minn.) is the new principal of Wilson
Elementary School in the Anoka-
Hennepin School District. Since 2009,
the former elementary and English
and social studies teacher had been
principal at Eisenhower Elementary
School.
Anna Derocher ’98
(
Rockford, Ill.) has
been named managing editor of the
Rockford Register Star. The WSU mass
communications graduate and former
editor of the Winonan has been with
the newspaper since 2000 as a re-
porter, project manager, and assistant
managing editor.
2000
s
Chad Dull ’00
(
Coon Valley, Wis.),
dean of Instructional Services at West-
ern Technical College, was invited by
the U.S. Department of Education to
attend its college completion sym-
posium and think-tank session. Chad
represented the viewpoint of basic
education at the community and tech-
nical college level.
Ryan Kenaga ’01
(
Winona) is a web
programmer for Vision Design Group.
He holds a bachelor’s in computer sci-
ence from WSU and was recipient of
the Chicanowski/Logelin scholarship
and the Computer Science Alumni
Scholarship.
Nick Benz ’03
(
Onalaska, Wis.) is the
new community development officer
for State Bank Financial. Nick joined
State Bank four years ago as commu-
nity bank officer. He earned business
administration and marketing degrees
at WSU.
Jennifer (Flowers) Jepson ’03
(
Lew-
iston, Minn.) has re-joined the Warriors
Athletic Department as associate
director of athletics.
Angela Johnson ’03
(
Freeport, Ill.)
joined Family Healthcare Center in
Pecatonica as its adult nurse practitio-
ner. She earned a master’s in nursing
at the University of Cincinnati after
graduating from WSU.
Turning Tragedy
Into Triumph
On November 11, 1997
Tasha Schuh’s
‘03
life changed forever when she acciden-
tally stepped through a trap door during a high school theater rehearsal. While the
16-
foot fall left her a quadriplegic, Tasha went on to graduate from high school and
earn a degree in communication studies from Winona State in 2003.
This summer, Tasha returned to the spotlight when she was crowned Ms. Wheelchair
USA in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The reigning Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin competed
with eight other contestants for the title.
She earned a second bachelor’s in theology at Maranatha College in 2007 and
has worked as a motivational speaker for the past seven years. It’s been a big year for
Tasha: she’s just finished a book, My Last Step Backwards, and she’s recently engaged with
a wedding planned for next August. Find out more at:
www.tashaschuh.com.