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Officers, directors elected by Mothers Association

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Paula Zelanik of Lansing, Ill. has been elected president of the Mothers Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Zelanik is the mother of Melissa, a sophomore in the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Other newly elected Mothers Association officers include (EDITORS: See list).

The election was held during the annual Moms Weekend in April at Illinois. The Moms Weekend tradition began in 1921, and Illinois is thought to have been the first university in the nation to designate a weekend honoring students’ mothers.

The Mothers Association, established in 1923, works to promote a stronger relationship between the university and the citizens of Illinois.

2004-2005 MOTHERS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

BLOOMINGTON – Nancy Rutledge, board member

BURR RIDGE – Angie Goldsher,board member

CATLIN – Wanda Schmit, board member

KANKAKEE – Kathy Meisenbach, third vice president

LEWISTOWN – Barbara Kittell, board member

LITCHFIELD – Susan Griffin, treasurer

MARSHALL – Juliene Pendleton, board member

METROPOLIS – Joan Schaffer Schmidt,, board member

MILFORD – Sandy German, board member

MORTON – Carol Sears, board member

MOUNT VERNON – Sarah Lee, secretary

NORTHBROOK – Jeanie Kennedy, board member

O’FALLON – Cheryl Bievenue, board member

RANTOUL – Monica Zachary, second vice president

SPRINGFIELD – Sena Nelson, board member

OUT-OF STATE

MISSOURI, St. Louis – Kathryn Phillips, board member

TEXAS, Houston – Shelley Levine, board member

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