Peer Ministers

Peer Ministers are students who work with members of the professional staff to make sure we continue to provide quality programs for students. Each Peer Minister participates in the same formation process as all other students to ensure they grow closer to God as they work with us. 

Isaac Neppel

Spiritual Life

Kyle Skoumal

Community Life

Kayla Zeimet

Communications and Public Relations

Hi! My name is Isaac Neppel, and I am very excited to serve as the liturgical and spiritual life peer minister this year! I am from Ames, Iowa and have two younger siblings. I am a senior majoring in environmental science with minors in air quality and mathematics with the hopes to become a meteorologist. When not studying or working, I enjoy reading about dinosaurs, playing card games with friends, visiting family, and baking cookies. St. Stephen has been a fantastic place for me to grow in my faith, friendships, and community here at UNI, and I sincerely hope St. Stephen continues to be a welcoming environment for everyone. It is my goal to reach out and continue to build lasting relationships. I challenge each one of you, especially new students, to become involved in something, even one thing. We are fortunate here at St. Stephen to have a variety of opportunities to become involved from choir to Knights of Columbus to the Social Justice Committee and everything in between. Please know of my thoughts and prayers for a great and fruitful year! I cannot wait to see the countless blessings God has in store for the St. Stephen community!
contact: neppeli@uni.edu

My name is Kyle Skoumal and I am St. Stephen the Witness Student Center’s newest Community Life Peer Minister!  I am very excited to take on this position because ministry and planning social events are passions of mine that will reflect into the work I do. A little bit about myself, I grew up in Marion, Iowa and went to high school at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids. I believe myself to be a fairly passionate person for the things I love which includes my family, friends, nature and hiking, music, and living my life for God! My goal this year in my ministry is to bring people closer to Christ through community interaction and continuing to be the loving home-away-from-home that St. Stephen has always been.
contact: skoumalk@uni.edu
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Hello! My name is Kayla Zeimet and I will be serving as the Communication and Public Relations Peer Minister this year. I grew up in DeWitt, Iowa and St. Stephen the Witness is my first Catholic Community, as I was confirmed this last Easter! I am a junior at UNI studying Theatre for Youth. In my free time I like to talk with friends and drink coffee (often at the same time)! I'm so excited to see how the St. Stephen's community will grow this year both spiritually and numbers! Some events I'm looking forward to are the TGIF nights and the Antioch retreat. My goal this year is to re-vamp St. Stephen's presence on campus, to bring others closer to the community of Christ.


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