North Central College - Naperville, IL

Robyn Gautschy '08

Robyn Gautschy is assistant editor of special publications at the Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, MO. She has been recognized as a Who’s Who in Southeast Missouri Business and with a Go-Getter Award for Outstanding Service with the Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau. She recently traveled with the Zonta Club to Haiti for a service trip to assist women and children.

Scott King '91

Scott King retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 18 years of service. He worked on the EA-6B Prowler, an electronic attack aircraft, as an electrician, quality assurance chief, maintenance control chief and avionics chief. He was deployed worldwide in support of combat operations, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Italy, Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and on the USS America. He and his wife Michelle Burnard ’91 King live in Newport, NC.

Volunteering with honor

Richard Yndestad ’90, a veteran and longtime musician, has found his passion as a volunteer bugler—a gesture of gratitude for military servicemen and women. He drives from his Naperville home weekly to the expansive fields of Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL, to play bugle at military funerals. He does so with a humble motivation: to ensure the deceased receive an honorable salute.

Rick Guzman '99

Rick Guzman was named assistant chief of staff to the mayor in Aurora, IL. He is liaison to community organizations and nonprofit groups, with neighborhood quality-of-life issues and housing included in his duties. Guzman is founder of Emmanuel House and previously served as director of community development for Community 4:12. He was director of the Office of Reentry Management for the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), 2004-2006, and IDOC program director for the Illinois Going Home Program, 2000-2003.

Mary Lou Puttkowa Lipscomb '66

Mary Lou Puttkowa Lipscomb is a science curriculum and professional development specialist for IMSA FUSION, an outreach program of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She writes curriculum and provides professional development to teachers who are part of this after-school math and science program for talented, motivated middle-school students.

Kristine Lipowski '08

Kristine Lipowski is project coordinator at Northwestern University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center, where she has worked for three years with patients and research subjects who have Alzheimer’s or related dementias or disorders. She helps patients and their families become involved in clinical trials for new interventional and therapeutic drugs or devices to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s or dementias. She is enrolled in a master’s program in liberal studies and anticipates graduating in June 2012 and applying for a Ph.D. program in sociology.

Liz Robinson-Chan '93

Liz Robinson-Chan was a finalist in the Our Towns, Our Heroes program sponsored by General Motors. The award recognizes firefighters, paramedics and police officers for exceptional service. An Aurora police officer since 1993, she earned her undergraduate degree in sociology/criminal justice from North Central where she competed as a member of the women’s track and field team and was recognized as an All-American. She also completed her M.B.A.

Lindsay Hill-Batorski '05

Lindsay Hill-Batorski is a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is studying Ebola virus pathogenesis and is currently working with a biologically contained virus developed in their lab. She is not able to elaborate because, she says, “We are in the process of submitting several new manuscripts that will hopefully be published in the next few months!” She earned her Ph.D. from UW-Madison in 2010 in the laboratory of the late Dr. Paul Bertics.

Rozanne Ferington Redlinski '75

Rozanne Ferington Redlinski received the New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in August 2011. The award is given to teachers by the State University of New York Chancellor for showing mastery of teaching, dedication to students, adherence to academic standards and continued professional achievements. She teaches various biology courses at Erie Community College in Orchard Park, NY.

Andrew Phillips '09

Andrew Phillips is director of marketing and public relations for the Akron Racers, a professional women’s softball team in Akron, OH. While a student at North Central, he interned for the Chicago Bandits for two years and was hired by the team in 2009. In addition to his duties as director of public relations, social media and ticket sales, Phillips eventually assumed responsibility for the Bandits’ popular internship program.