Alumni Class Notes CLASS OF 1994
Tamar Frysh completed her MA degree as a Marriage and Family therapist in 2004. She currently lives in Santa Barbara,CA, where she works as a counselor at Pacifica University. CLASS OF 1995
Ianna Reid Briggs and her husband, Jack, welcomed a new addition this summer. Oxley Campbell Dragonslayer Briggs was born July 2, weighing in at 7 lbs, 7oz. Since then they have been enjoying time with their “love monkey.” Ianna just returned to work part-time, and her parents are babysitting. They are delighted, as you can imagine! photo 1 Laleh Khadivi is one of 10 writers to receive the 2008 Whiting Foundation Writers’ Award, which targets writers in the early years of their careers. Laleh is one of three recipients who have not yet published a first book. Her book, “The Age of Orphans,” the story of a Kurdish boy forced to betray his people in service of the new Iranian nation will be published by Bloomsbury this year.
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CLASS OF 1997
Shireen Barday graduated from Stanford Law School this year. She will be back in New York next year, though, working for a giant firm (apparently because she has something against ever seeing daylight or having friends or anything like that). She would be delighted to participate in networking/mentoring with AIS students if there’s anyone going to Barnard or Columbia and would be especially excited to stay in touch with anyone who’s considering law school and/or Stanford Law School, since that’s probably the area where she could be of the most help. Kirsten Wing Gromatzky is still happily living in Dunwoody and is enjoying life staying home with her children. She had a baby girl, Sarah Catherine, in January of 2008 who joined her big brother Adam, now three. They are planning trips to Frankfurt for Christmas to visit her parents who have recently moved there, and one to Australia in Februaryto show off the kids and introduce Sarah to her family. photo 2 Stephanie Fitje du Preez and her husband, Oliver, announce the birth of their baby girl, Matilda. She arrived on Wednesday, September 17 at 9:52 p.m. in a very big rush!! She was so quick to come out that the doctor arrived just in time to catch her head! She weighed 7lbs and 2oz and was 19.2 inches long and very sweet with a head of black hair. The entire family is well and enjoying the latest addition. photo 3 Elizabeth Rickert Dowdy and her husband, Lee, are proud new parents of daughter, Rozelia Elizabeth Dowdy, born on May 8. Her husband continues to serve as the Chief Park Ranger at Bear Creek Lake State Park where they now live, and was voted in as their district’s first elected representative to the Cumberland County School Board last fall. Elizabeth is a pastor at Tar Wallet Baptist Church in Cumberland, Virginia. “I love being a pastor because I get to use many of my personal strengths – textual interpretation, teaching, public speaking, worship leadership, informal counseling, leadership and administration, creative writing – and I am always being challenged to become better at each.” photo 4 & 5 22 Global Exchange
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