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Three generations Nazareth alumnae celebrate their degrees. Left to right: Mary Wilkes List ’09, ’11G, her mother Corinne Freer Wilkes ’45, ’61G, and her daughter Jessica Susan List ’10, ’11G.
Mary O’Donnell Emineke ’05, Chem., successfully defended her dissertation, What Is a Chemical? Fourth-Grade Children’s Categorization of Everyday Objects and Substances. Her oral report was titled Learning in the Analytical Laboratory and Investigating Children’s Ideas about Chemicals. In September 2010, she began a post-doctoral position at Iowa State University working with the director of the ACS Exams Institute in Ames, Iowa. She married Bright Emineke in 2009. Jessica Ann Best ’06, Music Perf., is a principal artist with Opera Tampa in Florida. She was also recently a soloist in the Rochester Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Handel’s Messiah. Cameron Adams McCurty ’06, ’10G, CSD, was selected to participate in the Minority Student Leadership Program at the American-Speech-LanguageHearing Association Convention in Philadelphia in November 2010.
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’10s Brian Hauck ’10, Chem. and Adol. Ed., spent the summer of 2009 teaching environmental chemistry and forensic science at Explo Summer Camp at Yale. He is currently enrolled in graduate school at Washington State University. Jen Morton ’10, Art Hist., is living in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Art Conservation program, paintings treatment stream, at Queen’s University. Alexandra Parrotta ’10, Bus. Adm., is a youth advocate with Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection. The program provides academic support, part-time employment experience, and long-term mentoring. She also volunteers with the Young Women’s Group.
Adam Rall ’10, Chem., is working in the molecular biology group at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany. Shannon Rene ’10, Bus. Adm., worked as a team leader for Cooper Vision and then in the financial world. She is now working toward becoming a personal trainer. Currently, she is in her rookie season as a safety/wide receiver for the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League.
Graduate Lynne Hallock Erdle ’82G was awarded the 2010 Athena Award from the Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Women of the Finger Lakes. The Athena Award recognizes leadership, advocacy, and collaboration with others. Amy Avino Bryan ’90G is a kindergarten teacher in the Finger Lakes. She is currently working on her master’s degree in literacy.
Susan Ruckdeschel ’91G is hosting writing workshops for grade-school students at Literacy Solutions in Beacon, N.Y. She has also written a number of teaching aids and handbooks for young writers, peer coaches, and instructors or parents. Albert Ambroselli Jr. ’98G has been teaching English with the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership at Leicester Academy since 2000. He is also actively involved with People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity, which advocates for and assists adults who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. In addition to this, he has been coaching and umpiring with the Rush-Henrietta Athletic Association for 20 years. John Taylor ’06G worked in academic computing systems management and then oversaw the administrative local area of network and security, hardware and software resources, and training and support at Finger Lakes Community College. While there,
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