CLASS NOTES Emily Lawson ’03 is studying nurs-
ing and midwifery at Yale University and joined a team of volunteers in Beius, Romania, to work with Habitat for Humanity's Global Village program during summer 2009. She has also traveled to Chamwino, Tanzania, in 2002 where she built multi-room houses for people living in sub-standardized mud huts; and to Chinumbarum, India, in 2005 where she built brick houses with an open second floor for a village that lost all homes and much of its work force to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Laura A. Rafter ’03, an associate of Newcomb & Boyd, is a licensed professional engineer. Chris Summers ’03 and Kim Vax Summers ’03, MAT ’07 welcomed
their son Daniel Stephen Summers on April 7, 2009, weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces. Heather Van Kampen '03
competed at Ft. Stewart for the 2009 Georgia Army National NonCommissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year competition representing the 48th Infantry Combat Brigade Team. She competed at this level in 2007, winning for the 78th Troop Command with the Georgia Guard, where she was selected NCO of the Year. There has never been a two-time statelevel winner for the Georgia Guard. She was stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., until she was deployed to Afghanistan.
2009. Sean is an IT engineer for Tech Systems, Inc. They live in Smyrna, Ga. with their miniature dachshund, Buffy. Jennifer Brown ’04 graduated from Georgia State University with a master’s degree in library media technology in May and is the media specialist at Magill Elementary in Loganville, Ga. Stephanie Singh Chapagain ’04 and her
husband Sunil welcomed daughter Ava Sophia Arya on March 25, 2008: six pounds, three ounces and measured 18 inches.
Christina Shunnarah ’05 MAT was named DeKalb County Schools’ Teacher of the Year. She was also named the 2009 Teacher of the Year at International Community School (ICS).
CLASS OF 2006 Brittany Bennett ’06 and Zack Parris ’08 were married on
October 11, 2008, at the groom's parents’ home in Spartanburg, S.C. The wedding party included alumna Taryn Cooksey ’08 as maid of honor. They live in the Atlanta area.
Abigail Kurland Whitlock ’06 and
Jason Whitlock were married at Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta on May 31, 2008. The wedding party included Jenee
Sara Bowers ’04
Rebecca Bowers Conners ’99, Mary Crowe ’02, Courtney Roberts ’06 and Jeannette
Ransom Remington. Other alumni in attendance were Ronny Remington ’06, Beth Barnes Dubose ’00 and Kerry Kerr. Sara graduated from Emory University with her doctor of physical therapy in 24
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Dela Hayes Coward ’07 joined the U.S. Army at specialist rank (E-4) and hopes to use her training to serve as an advocate for veterans with Alzheimer's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder. She went to Fort Jackson, S.C. for basic training in August 2009. Check her progress on her blog at www.combatbootsforartemis. blogspot.com. Laura Fitzgerald ’07 graduated with a
master’s degree in publishing from Pace University in N.Y.
After a postgraduate internship with the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C., Katie Jost '07 is working in Madrid, Spain, as a junior consultant for Gabinete de Analisis Demoscopico, a social science research firm generating data for Spanish companies connected to the U.S. Katie also completed the Cambridge University certification course on Teaching English as a Second Language. Kira McCabe ’07
graduated with a master’s degree in psychology from Wake Forest University in 2009. She continues her education at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, spending four years abroad to earn a Ph.D. in socialorganizational psychology researching achievement motivation.
Emily Hein ’06
received a master’s degree in building construction from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008.
CLASS OF 2004 and Sean Tintle were married on Dec. 20, 2008, in Greenville, S.C. The wedding party included
CLASS OF 2007
Amodeo Tonelli ’06 and Rachael Zellner
’07. Also in attendance were alumnae Meiyen Bell ’03, Mary Seagrave ‘06, Katie Cofield James ’04 and Kristy Evans ’06. The couple lives in
Lawrenceville, Ga., with yellow lab Sparta and golden retriever Elliot. Kirbie Smith ’06
received a master’s degree in public health in 2008 from the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences.
CLASS OF 2008 Since 2008, Richard Anderson ’08 has worked as a research specialist in the chemistry lab at Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Cell Biology. Mallory Davis ’08 attends medical school at Virginia Tech’s Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is excited about VTech Hokie football games and spending time exploring the mountains of southwest Virginia. Tiffany Desrosiers ’08 works at Marist
School in Atlanta as the assistant to the dean of students and summer childcare director. She also works as a future director for Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Christina Renee MacRosty ’08 entered studies at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.Va., in 2008. Christina is married to Sean Malcolm Mark MacRosty ’03.