and Ellen (Westley) Brace welcomed their baby boy, Conor James, into their family on July 27. Tim, MA’09, and Jennifer (Ferreris) Manning, MA’09, welcomed their second son, Owen Michael, on May 31. Eric and Janice (Pardue) Gregerson, welcomed their first child, Olivia Elise, on June 8. Correspondent: Maura Tierney Murphy mauraktierney@gmail.com
2009 Correspondent: Timothy Bates tbates86@gmail.com
2010 Michael Curley and Katie Forberg were married on August 29 in Chicago. The bridal party included Jenny Driscoll, Katie Faughnan, Patrick Curley ’06, Matt Leimetter, Kevin Alexanderson, James Melia ’11, Sal Cipriano MA’11, and Steven Gadsden. Many other 2010 graduates were in attendance, making the dance floor as hot and heavy as Mod 22-B. • Peter Kwiatek, MA’12, married Jenna Sattar, MA’13, at St. Ignatius Church on July 9. The couple met in 2011 while in graduate school at BC; both currently work at the University. • Christine Peters Andrews recently celebrated her one-year anniversary working for the VA Boston Healthcare System. Christine and her husband, Craig, have also welcomed their first child, Paige Emily, born on April 3, 2016. • Andrew Chung and Andrew Syvertsen made an amazing trip to the Electronic Daisy Carnival in June, fulfilling a goal they had set together soon after graduation to dance the night away under the electric sky! • Amy Peters and Michael Polark were married on April 2 at St. Ignatius. A couple dozen BC classmates attended. Unsurprisingly, the Liberty Hotel dance floor was electric. Contrary to popular belief, Amy and Michael did not spend their wedding night in Edmonds. • Andrew LaVenia married David Parish in September 2015 in Lewes, DE, surrounded by fellow graduates Katherine Kollef Beaumont MA’14, Emmaline McCourt, James Mitman, and Kelsey Lescop ’11. • Megan Grandmont had a busy and exciting few months academically and professionally. Last spring she attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Houston, where she and her colleagues presented on digital, collaborative writing. She was also looking forward to the publication of a scholarly webtext on audio rhetoric, cowritten with colleagues, in the online journal Kairos this fall. In May, she graduated from Salem State University with master’s degrees in English and teaching, and she is now teaching English at Newburyport High School. • Heather Janson and Joe Messina, who met during their junior year on South Street at BC, were married on Long Island on July 16. The bridal party included Christina Bellock MEd’11, Lauren Nageotte, and Krista Carter, and groomsmen included Tom Rose and Jeff Elliott—all former roommates of the couple. Joe and Heather are now living and working in New York City, Joe at Morgan Stanley and Heather at NYU. • Since receiving her MFA in creative 68
writing from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University in June 2015, Casey Guerin has been published in the Spokane Inlander, the Charles River Review, F(r)iction, and Railtown Almanac: A Spokane Prose Anthology. She is currently teaching literature and creative writing at Sacred Heart University. • Michelle Crowther married Michael Glennon (other Comm. Ave. school ’10) on September 19, 2015. Eagles in attendance included maid of honor Catherine Cypher and her mother, Denise JohnstonCypher ’77; bridal comrade and sonnet reader Katie Forberg Curley; Michael Curley; Andrew and Stephany (Benoy) Kunzweiler; Danielle Lozier; Colin Kunzweiler; Jennifer Thomasch; Bennett Applegate; Matthew Leimetter; Steven Bichimer; and Colleen White ’11. • Jennifer Chen Weston-Murphy began her MBA studies at NYU’s Stern School of Business in fall 2015, and husband Michael Weston-Murphy graduated from NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in May. • Nicholas Pintauro recently opened a naturopathic medical practice at Oneida Holistic Health Center in Marlborough, CT. Naturopathy, a form of nonexclusive complementary health care, treats conditions by supporting the body’s innate self-repair processes through natural therapies and nutrition. Nicholas can remember filling out his BC application and writing about his first experience as a child using naturopathic medicine to cure longstanding chronic ear infections. Now here he is, 25 years later, ready to treat others with naturopathic medicine! • Megan Koch married Eric Schraedley (Rutgers ’05) on May 21 in Philadelphia. Among her bridesmaids was BC Eagle Allegra Borghese. • Bennett Applegate and Jen Thomasch were married on August 27 in Cohasset. Members of the bridal party included Stephany Benoy Kunzweiler, Danielle Lozier, James Lange, Dante Devoti, and James Huerta ’11, MA’13. There were over 30 Eagles in attendance, including the bride’s parents and the best man. Ben and Jen live in Chicago. • Two more Boston College Eagles have tied the knot! Brian Corsi and Cameron Vahanian were married in Saratoga Springs, NY, in May. The two met junior year at BC through mutual friends and currently live and work in Boston. Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com
2011 Michelle Foley and Dzmitry Perr were married on September 25, with John McDargh of BC’s Department of Theology officiating. Dzmitry writes: “John played a pivotal role in our Boston College experience, and we are so grateful that he agreed to be part of our wedding ceremony. Our nine-year relationship started at the 2007 Freshman Convocation. Upon graduating in 2011, we moved in together and lived in Connecticut for two years. Currently we reside in Portland, OR, where Michelle is a labor and delivery nurse, and I work for a local gluten-free bakery. We invite anyone visiting Portland to reach out for a coffee or a cider.” You may reach Dzmitry at 203-536-5267. Correspondent: Brittany Lynch brittanymichele8@gmail.com
2012 5TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017
Hannah Feeney married Nathan Adams in July at the Art Institute of Chicago. Many BC friends were in attendance, including maids of honor Erin Boyce, MA’14, and Jess Rolincik and bridesmaid Samantha Diorio. Hannah is entering the fourth year of her PhD program at Michigan State University, and her husband works in consulting. • Erin Mara married Avery Brooks ’10 in Rye, NY, in July. The wedding party included BC friends, and many other Eagles were in attendance. • Trotter LaRoe has returned to the United States after living, working, and studying in China and Taiwan for two and a half years. He was a higher education consultant/counselor while in China and is now eager to join the U.S. workforce. Currently he is at a local advertising agency working as an information architect—“A far cry from the subject matter I studied as an English major and Chinese minor!” he writes. He looks forward to developing in this career path. • Charlie Wood and Kelly Roy ’13 were married in Milwaukee in July and enjoyed celebrating their wedding with many BC friends. The couple reside in Seattle. • Annie Orlowski married Max McGuire on May 30. Many BC alumni were in attendance, including members of the Boston College Acoustics from the Classes of 2011– 2015. Good times were had by all! • Zachary Desmond is coproducing and codirecting Uprivers, a Patagonia Foundation–funded documentary exploring transboundary mining and local indigenous resistance movements in the Pacific Northwest. Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com
2013 On August 20, Bryanna Mahony and John Robertson tied the knot at St. Ignatius, just steps away from where they first met sophomore year. The two were surrounded by family and friends, including several fellow Eagles: Michael Neal; Colin McConarty; Steve Nicholas; Rob Raimundo; Derek Robinson; Chris McLaughlin; Pat O’Donovan; Doug Greig; Tommy Osborne; Sahaan Sozhamannan; James St. Onge; Sarah Wolfe; John Griffin; Mike Yi; Molly McCarthy ’12, MEd’13; Anthony Gigliotti; Kimberly Edouard ’14; Chenille Morrison ’14; and Taylor Cwiertniewicz ’14. Correspondent: Bryanna Mahony bryanna.mahony@gmail.com
2014 Cristy Garciamendez-Mijares has been accepted to the Cross-National Doctoral Course joint PhD program at Tohoku University in Japan and Heidelberg University in Germany. She is the first person from the Americas to be admitted to this program. Her research will focus on the bioethical challenges that will emerge from the “robotization” of the healthcare sector. Cristy will spend a year in Japan