Family Affairs

Two Families Celebrate Their Fifth CMU Graduates

The Hallinen Family

Kelsey Hallinen (S’14), a physics major who earned Phi Beta Kappa honors, joined four other CMU grads in her family. From left are her father, Ken Hallinen (TPR’82, DC’85), director of resource planning and management for Computing Services; brother-in-law Ross Kukulinski (E’09); sister Nicole Hallinen (DC’09); Peggy Hallinen; and mother Judy Hallinen (DC’83), assistant vice president of educational outreach and director of the Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach. 
The day before CMU’s commencement, Judy received her doctor of education in higher education management from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Judy and Ken Hallinen have each been employed by the university for more than 30 years.

The Bartel Family

Chuck Bartel (HNZ’95), a 35-year staff member at CMU who is currently director of Global IT Services in Computing Services, and his wife, Donna (third from right), had their third daughter, Chelsea (DC’14), graduate with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and minors in art and drama. Other CMU grads in the Bartel family pictured (l-r) include Lindsey Bartel (DC’11), Melissa Bartel Kotterman (E’08) and her husband, Will Kotterman (E’07).