Jana Volante has been named to the Pittsburgh Advisory Council of Strong Women, Strong Girls. The group is a mentoring program for elementary school girls, connecting them with college women. Volante is a litigator with the law firm of Fox Rothschild in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Megan (Perrault) and Luke Wiedeman welcomed daughter Noelle Amanda on July 3, 2012.
2008
Shawn Carr set a provisional Guinness World Record in golf for the number of completed rounds played in a single day by a foursome at different courses. He and three friends finished eight complete 18-hole rounds apiece. They planned the effort for June, on one of the longest days of sunlight. The golfers started in Lowellville, Ohio, at 5:20 a.m., and ended in Hermitage, Pa. At press time, group was waiting to hear official word from Guinness. When not golfing, Carr is a district manager for Presidential Steel Buildings in Ambridge, Pa. Hope (Tinkey) and Eric Coyle welcomed son Luke on May 31, 2012. Big sister is Molly. Dr. Tyler Fitch graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in May. He has entered an internal medicine-pediatrics residency at University of Illinois/St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Laura (Levai) and Adam Frey announce the birth of daughter Lucy Evangeline on Oct. 24, 2011, in Compiegne, France. Rochelle (Ritchey) Kennedy and her husband, Micah, welcomed son Liam Brooks on June 10, 2012. Rachael (Smith) and Andy ’07 Leuenberger welcomed daughter Evelyn Noelle on Nov. 12, 2011. Allison Mock was promoted to director of school counseling at Rockbridge County High School in Lexington, Va.
Fall 2012
Benjamin Read graduated from Slippery Rock University with a doctorate in physical therapy in May 2012. He will begin his orthopedic residency with UPMC Sports Medicine. He and his wife, Kimberly (Barron) Read, a fifthgrade teacher at Jubilee Christian School, live in Pittsburgh. e LeAna (Negron) Schlener and her husband, Chris, announce the birth of son Caleb James on March 5, 2012. Jared Walczak was elected the Republican nominee for the Constitutionallymandated position of presidential elector in Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District. He will cast one of Virginia’s 13 electoral votes if the Republican presidential nominee carries Virginia in November.
2009
Julia Davis and Michael Blackburn were married May 12, 2012, in Harrisburg, Pa. Julia is finishing her master’s degree in library and information science and Michael is an independent sales representative for Master Terrazzo Technologies. They reside in Haymarket, Va. e Seth Elder and his wife, Caitlin, welcomed daughter Allison Kendall on April 14, 2012. Katie (DeWalt) and Steven Estes announce the birth of son Wyeth Charles on June 8, 2012. Elizabeth (Miller) and Justin ’08 Horst are the parents of son Edmund, born Feb. 18, 2012. e Lauren (Tiller) and Dustin Kunkle welcomed son Miles Ethan on April 10, 2012. e Abigail Morrison and Jonathan Stewart were married April 28, 2012, in Falls Church, Va., where they
now make their home. Jonathan teaches Latin, math and a smidgeon of art, and Abigail is a research assistant. Callie (Martin) and Dan Spaulding welcomed son Robert Miles on March 7, 2012.
2010
Elizabeth (Poston) and Nathan ’09 Brunk announce the birth of son Rowan William on June 11, 2012. John Kurtz and Duranna Fretts were married June 30, 2012, in Conneaut Lake, Pa. John is employed with USIS in Pittsburgh, where the couple lives in the Mount Washington neighborhood. Jessie Mittelman is teaching K-5 Art at a Christian International School in Kampala, Uganda. She is also teaching Primary Art at a Christian slum school through the Doors non-profit organization and teaching English, math and art at a Christian Refugee Center. She lives in a compound with 16 other people, including fellow Grove City College grad Alena Bartolai ’11. Megan (McGuire) and Jeffrey ’09 Oskamp welcomed daughter Ruth Elaine on March 28, 2012. e Kristen (Burnett) Ramsland and her husband, Finn (attended Grove City College), are the parents of daughter Paige Elizabeth, born May 19, 2012.
Maryland Time |
An informal 10-year reunion weekend in Deep Creek, Md., drew these Class of 2002 friends. Row 1, from left, Megan (Standish) Campanella, Nicole (Swartzentruber) Tebbano and Jennifer Berger. Row 2: Diane Blackburn, Jennifer (Smilek) McGraw, Beth (McMorran) Salesky, Kaitlin Domanoski, Karin (Rodenhausen) Wright (with Thomas) and Heather (Simpkins) Parker (with Clara).
2011 Jenna Cooper and Evan Harding were married Aug. 27, 2011, in Troy, Pa. They currently reside in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, where Evan works as a development engineer with Bloom Engineering and Jenna is a staff accountant with Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP. Carla Shula and Reid Stewart were married Nov. 26, 2011, in Greensburg, Pa. Reid is an engineer at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratories in West Mifflin and Carla is an executive assistant/editor at WhiteSand Research in Mount Lebanon. Natalie Walten and Daniel Bos were married March 3, 2012. They now live in Linthicum Heights, Md.
2012 Rachel Brockhage was accepted for graduate study at the Feinberg Graduate School at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
It’s Elementary |
Calling it an annual elementary education alumni gathering, these Class of 2005 friends enjoyed time this summer in Deep Creek, Md. From left: Rachel (Throckmorton) Reedy, Megan (Schleiden) Simmons, Nicole (Leasure) Bull, Erin Smith, Elaine (Rodemoyer) Aretz and Jacquie (Adlam) Van Ooyen.
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