Carthage 1•10 Club for Young Alumni

Stay connected, stay involved, and enjoy the continued benefits of your Carthage education. That's the goal of the 1·10 Club, an organization for Carthage alumni who graduated within the last 10 years.

Recent Carthage graduates are automatically members of this club and can immediately participate in all events and activities. Programming is designed around a common theme: reconnecting with Carthage friends, learning what’s happening at Carthage, and taking advantage of College resources to advance your career.

If you have any event ideas for the 1·10 Club, please contact Lauren Hansen at lhansen@carthage.edu.

View photos of the Carthage 1.10 Club cheering on the Lady Reds as they take on Marquette University in women's basketball.

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The Carthage Alumni Association and YOU

Did you know that you are a member of the Alumni Association?

The Alumni Association organizes activities to meet the needs of alumni and help alumni develop a lifelong relationship with Carthage. The Association seeks to unify all Carthage alumni for service to the College in the development of financial support; the extension of public, community and church relations; recruitment and retention of students; student career planning and placement; the encouragement of academic distinction; and in any other ways consistent with the needs of Carthage. The Association also seeks to identify the needs of alumni for services from Carthage and strives to implement programs to serve those needs, including communication, networking, and social activities to rekindle old friendships.

The Alumni Association is represented by members of the Alumni Council. Meet the Alumni Council members who are also a part of the 1·10 Club:

Heidi Close '07

Heidi graduated from Carthage in 2007 majoring in elementary education with an English minor. While at Carthage she was in involved with TORCH, Intervarsity, and Gospel Messengers. She also worked for the Office of College Relations. Since graduation, she has been working at Mitchell Elementary School in Racine, Wis., as a Title 1 Reading Specialist, where she works with kindergarten and first grade students. Heidi continues to remain involved at Carthage through the Alumni Council as well as taking adult enrichment night courses. In her spare time, she likes to do card making, scrap booking and she recently started scuba diving.

Kim Ferizi, '04

Kim graduated in 2004. He lives in Chicago and is the portfolio manager for an alternative investment firm at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Jim Oboikowitch, '02

Jim graduated in 2002 with majors in business administration and marketing. While at Carthage Jim was on the Red Men basketball team and a member of TORCH. He currently lives in Chicago and works for the Chicago Cubs.

Liz O’Donnell '08

Liz graduated in 2008 with a double degree in Communications/Digital Media and Graphic Design. She graduated with all-college honors, honors in her major, and was as a Clausen Scholar. While at Carthage, Liz participated in Chi Omega (4 years, president for 1 year), was Historian for Alpha Lambda Delta, Habitat for Humanity, and was on the Current Staff. After graduation, she began working for Epic Systems Corporation — a private healthcare software company in Verona, Wis., as a project manager. Currently she lives in Madison, Wis., where she works as the lead project manager for the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Liz also serves as an advisor to the Madison University chapter of Chi Omega and volunteers with Big Brother/Big Sisters of Dane County.

Silvija (Redzic) Papka, '01

Silvija graduated in 2001 with a major in International Political Economy. While at Carthage she was a member of Phi Theta, Tau Sigma Chi (little sister), Omicron Delta Epsilon, and Habitat for Humanity. She is married to Jason Papka, ’99, and they have two children. Silvija currently works for Snap-On Corporation.