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2011 Reunion 2016, June 10–12 class co-presidents Theodore Sutherland theodoresutherland89@ gmail.com Patrick Williams dapatch20002000@yahoo.com Michael Brooks is the host of Intersection, an Aslan Media weekly podcast dedicated to providing a deeper understanding of the political and cultural currents driving the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa....After earning a master’s in engineering from UVA, Charles Burgis works in Madison, Wis., as an environmental consultant with Leggette, Brashears & Graham....Stephanie Cabot, who founded Rêve Cycling Studio to provide an urban escape for riders in the middle of Portland, hosted a fitness and wellness event with the Portland Bates Network....Alisa Hamilton spoke at Bates about her two and half years in Senegal where she worked for the NGO Tostan, first as a volunteer and then as a graphic designer and website editor. She returned to the U.S. to pursue a master’s in art therapy....Writing in The Colorado Independent, clinical social worker Anna Hogeland took note of “post-biblical flood disorder” in the wake of the state’s record flooding: “Reactions to disasters can set in weeks later. It may not be until it rains heavily again or you drive over the repaired bridge or hear a siren that you could feel an odd sense ripping you back to that night and all the confusion and fear and even the adrenaline rush that came with it.” Anna earned a MSW from Smith College and is now a postmaster’s fellow at CU Boulder’s counseling center....George O’Connor joined Cassidy Turley, a commercial real estate services provider, as an associate specializing in Boston’s metro south suburban markets....Nkese Rankine is featured in Hold Fast to Dreams, a book that documents the lives of 10 Brooklyn students, including Nkese, at the Secondary School for Research as they navigated their way through college applications while battling daily realities. Nkese, the first in her family to attend college, told the New York Daily News, “I don’t want my story to be ‘Oh that’s the girl who did it.’ I think that everyone can do it if all the resources are provided.” She works as manager of volunteer
and partner engagement at the New York nonprofit Everybody Wins!, which promotes children’s literacy through shared reading experiences with caring adults. She begins a master’s in education policy at NYU this fall....Ebbe Sweet, a New York City-based photographer, returned to Bates to teach a dance photography workshop and talk to students about her career path....Liz Rowley is a writer and editor for the online Elite Daily.
2012 Reunion 2017, June 9–11 class co-presidents Mikey Pasek mikeypasek@gmail.com Sangita Murali murali58@comcast.net The key players in a recent $5.5 million real estate deal in Portland, Maine, were four Bobcats: Palo Peirce, Alex Jones, Vince Ciampi and Brandon Cooper ’10. In 2013, Palo and Alex founded a real estate investment firm, V3 Partners, while Brandon had co-founded a similar firm in California in 2012. In 2014, the three teamed up to buy four multi-unit apartment buildings in Portland for $5,587,500, and Vince, an associate with CBRE | The Boulos Company, was their broker. Vince bumped into Palo at a Boston Bates Network event last year, and they exchanged business cards. After Palo connected with Brandon, explains Vince, “they decided to go after Portland as their next market. The four of us all played a part in putting the deal together.” The deal is a large one in recent years in Portland’s multi-unit market....Casey Dropkin planned to bike across the country to raise money for Massachusetts Vest a Dog, an all-volunteer nonprofit whose goal is to support Massachusetts police dogs by helping provide bulletproof vests, equipment, training and purchase of dogs for law enforcement. Casey, daughter of a police officer, is studying at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and was accompanied by her mother, Wendy, a teacher.... Tess Glancey is the digital coordinator in the office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill.... Sarah Merullo was named field hockey Coach of the Year by The Salem News after Ipswich (Mass.) High School compiled a 13-2-3 record and reached the state tournament for the second straight season, which was also her second season as coach. She also teaches Spanish at Ipswich High....Jee Hye Kim spent a week in Jordan as a missionary with a team from her church. “I have been following my passion of becoming a painter in New York City,” she writes....Mikey
Pasek was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.... Meg Ramey of San Francisco received a Fulbright to teach English in Mexico.
2013 Reunion 2018, June 8–10 class co-presidents Ryan Sonberg rsonberg9@gmail.com Megan Murphy megan.a.murphy@gmail.com
Cheri-Ann Parris ’13 taught children how to play chess while volunteering at the Lewiston Public Library. “Chess always lives with you. It keeps your brain alive.” Andrew Berry is an associate at Massey Knakal Realty Services, headquartered in New York.... Liza Dorison is now an assistant account executive at the public relations firm Ruder Finn in New York....Ellen Gawarkiewicz of North Falmouth, Mass., received a Fulbright to teach English in Nepal....Ashley Lepre of Portland was awarded a Fulbright to teach English in Bulgaria....The Lewiston Sun Journal caught up with Cheri-Ann Parris as she taught children how to play chess while volunteering at the Lewiston Public Library. “Chess always lives with you. It keeps your brain alive,” she said. Growing up in Barbados, she started playing chess at 11; at the same age, she was a competitive squash player who had represented her country in squash on many occasions. At 17, she represented Barbados in the Chess Olympiad. “It was a blast....To come into a different arena as a chess player, it felt so inspiring in the sense that I knew I had the ability to reach this level in another
sport.”...Among the alums working at McLean Hospital in the Behavioral Genetics Lab of Bill Carlezon ’86 are research assistants Samantha Landino and Abby Alexander ’14....Thanks to a first-of-its-kind Nature Conservancy fellowship program, Eliza Perry is a “job ready” wildlife conservationist, The Omaha World-Herald reported. She and another fellowship winner spent a year learning the nature of Nebraska. The two drove tractors, herded cattle and harvested seeds of native prairie grasses and plants. They also attended professional workshops, practiced land management principles, wrote blog posts and learned the fundraising and marketing side of conservation. “The first thing that struck me about Nebraska was the sky,” Eliza said. “The whole 360-degree color change, that was very striking.” Although she wants to pursue a career in marine conservation, she said lessons from her time in Nebraska will serve her well.
2014 Reunion 2019 June 7–9 class co-presidents Hally Bert hallybert@gmail.com Mildred Aroko mildredaroko@gmail.com Hello from your presidents! We wish we could have come back for Homecoming and hear updates from everyone, but it is all good because it is time to put together our first Class Letter. Alumni from classes before us say that Class Letters are a great adjunct to social media in helping classmates stay connected. In addition, sharing your news and whereabouts helps Bates. By providing up-to-date contact information, the college can communicate with us in ways we want. And, when we stay in contact with the college, Bates can keep us connected to current students as they reach out to the Bates network. So, when you receive our “Call for News,” please share an update for the Class of 2014 Letter! Best to all, Hally and Milly
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doing now and set the tone with his message to work hard all the time,” said Rich, who played football and competed in track at Bates. He’s finishing a graduate degree in athletic administration at Springfield College....Emily Staszak and Patrick Carroll ’11 were married Oct. 19, 2013.
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