married Molly Bledsoe in Amherst, Mass., and both took Ellis as their new last name. Camels Bethany Boles-Sheslow and Julia Griffin were in attendance. Michael Crosby is currently at Fort Campbell in Kentucky but was home in Sudbury, Mass., on leave in March following his deployment to Iraq. Michael is an army specialist who deployed to Iraq last May with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division. He returned to the U.S. on Jan. 16. He was deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the main focus of which was to advise and assist Iraqi and Kurdish partner forces in their fight against ISIL. Michael spent the deployment in different parts of northern Iraq. He received an Army commendation medal, an Iraqi Campaign medal and an overseas service ribbon. The selectman of Sudbury welcomed him home and named Wednesday, March 1, as SPC Michael Crosby Day.
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After graduation, Alexis Cheney moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a paralegal in the antitrust division at the Department of Justice. She also writes for feminist blog Find Your Moxie, fact-checks articles for National Geographic Traveler magazine and participates in French conversation groups. Alexis has enjoyed reconnecting with the many Camels living in the D.C. area. She is considering the fields of journalism and/or law and looks forward to seeing where her interests will lead her. Sal Bigay is working in recruitment and loves it. As a talent recruitment coordinator at Success Academy Charter Schools, Sal is primarily focused on hiring associate teachers for a network of 41 schools in NYC. Sal was at CC in February to host information sessions and interviews. “I’m very excited to partner my alma mater with my current organization.”
Kate Radlauer ’10, Sophie Marx ’10, Flora Irving ’10, and Jocina Becker ’10 at the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21, 2017.
Lily Kunin ’10 published her first cookbook, Good Clean Food.
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Professor Doug Thompson with alumni together at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco in December. (L-R) Jaime Goode ’02 Alex Iezzi ’15, Katy Serafin ’08 and Janan Evans-Wilent ’11.
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