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Class of 1994 mini-reunion in New York City. Kerri O’Neill Walter, Caitlin Haberberger Barrowman, Miriam Conaway Morrison, Karin Weaver Rohn, Kendal Culp McManus, Rebecca Poulo and Sasha Levy Griffin.
I (Daniella DeFilippo Garran) continue to live on Cape Cod, where I teach seventh grade social studies and do freelance curriculum writing. I am lucky to travel abroad every spring with my students and have seen some incredible sights. I still spend summers at Cape Cod Sea Camps, where I am an assistant director. Perhaps I will see some Camel kiddos there in the future.
Elizabeth met CC Professor Jennifer Fredricks last year through a fellowship for women in higher education leadership that they each had. “What a wonderful small world.”
1995 ———
Correspondent: Ann Bevan Hollos, 1443 Beacon St. #105, Brookline, MA 02446, annbevan23@gmail.com
Correspondent: Stephanie Wilson Mendez, 5328 Oliver Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55419, swilson@bazoomer.com
Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello is happy to share good news. She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to teach and work on a public humanities project in Greece at the University of Thessaloniki this spring, as well as a Whiting Fellowship to travel to Côte d’Ivoire in the coming year to explore options for future research and teaching. In March, Elizabeth will be inducted into the Salem State University (where she is on faculty) Civic Engagement Hall of Fame. “This is an honor I am so very proud of. I’ve been doing civically engaged social justice work since before my CC days, and when I graduated I was awarded the Anna Lord Strauss medal for this.” Elizabeth is also training for the Boston Marathon, running to raise money for MBHP (Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership), a Boston-based nonprofit that serves the needs of the homeless and those facing homelessness at the grassroots and policy levels. For four years, Elizabeth has been collaborating with Salem State University colleague Elizabeth Blood ’89 on a series of research projects “focused on FrancoAmerican immigration and culture in our region. An amazing Camel partnership!” 72
Andrew Russell ’05 and Bianca Kissel Russell ’08 welcomed daughter Isla Blair Russell Aug. 26, 2015.
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1996
Correspondent: Keri Sarajian, kerisarajian@gmail.com
1997 ——— 1998 ———
Correspondents: Alec Todd, 23422 Virginia Rose Pl., Ashburn, VA 20148, artod4789@yahoo.com; Abby Clark, 532 6th Ave. #3L, Brooklyn, NY 11215, abigailbclark@hotmail.com
Duer McLanahan is keeping busy in Boston. He is an assistant teacher of reading, as well as a writer and musical performer. He is responsible for secretarial tasks, bus duties and sustainability. “Recycle, reuse, reduce, refuse packaging, plan local and/or distant shopping trips to minimize fuel use, save time, and pollute least.” Plus, Duer teaches verbal English to native Mandarin-speaking Chinese people, “thus utilizing my CC Chinese major.” He has opportunities to speak Mandarin daily among Boston’s many Chinese residents. He also composes folk-rock songs, accompanying himself on guitar and singing baritone-tenor, and he enjoys writing jokes.
1999 ———
Correspondents: Megan Tepper-Rasmussen Sokolnicki, Kent School, 1 Macedonia Rd., Kent, CT 06757, sokolnickim@kent-school.edu; Danielle LeBlanc Ruggiero, danielle_ruggiero@yahoo.com
2000 ——— Correspondent: Katie Stephenson, 54 Rope Ferry Road, Unit 138H, Waterford, CT 06385, kste78@hotmail.com
Mitch Polatin works at Deutsch Advertising in Los Angeles with Susie Lyons ’02—“and, get this … we hold the same position (SVP strategic planning), and we share an office. We’ve come a long way from attending Free Tibet Club meetings together at CC.”
2001
Correspondents: John Battista, 5225 Skillman Ave., Apt. 2C, Woodside, NY 11377, jgbat@hotmail.com; Jordana Gustafson, jordana6@gmail.com
Adam Rogowin ’03, senior director of public relations for the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, draped his old College hockey jersey over the Cup.
coach of the women’s hockey team at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Crowell has coached at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and she was assistant coach of the CC women’s hockey team for two years.
2006
Correspondent: Julia Printz Jacobson, julia.jacobson@gmail.com
2002 ——— 2007 ——— 2008 ——— Correspondents: Katie McAlaine, kmcalaine@gmail.com; Melissa Minehan, 7533 Buckingham Drive, Apt. 2E, Clayton, MO 63150, melissa.minehan@gmail.com; Lilia Tyrrell, 418 Saint Asaph, Alexandria, VA 22314, lntyrrell@wulaw.wustl.edu
2003 ———
Correspondents: Melissa Higgins, 15 Clark St. #3, Boston, MA 02109, melissa_higgins13@hotmail.com; Leslie Kalka, 418 W. 49th St., Apt. 4A, New York, NY 10019, ljk319@hotmail.com
2004 ——— Correspondent: Kelly McCall Lane, mccall.kelly@gmail.com
Correspondent: Chris Reilly, christopher.thomas.reilly@gmail.com
This class is looking for a correspondent. Please contact CC: Magazine at ccmag@conncoll.edu or 860-439-2500 if you are interested in volunteering. Send notes to: Class Notes Editor, CC: Magazine, 270 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320, ccmag@conncoll.edu
Jonathan McKee recently became a licensed architect in Missouri. “I have Professor Abigail Van Slyck to thank for setting me on that path.” Jonathan was inspired during a sophomore-year elective course, Architecture: 1400– Present.
2005 ——— 2009 ——— Correspondents: Cecily Mandl Macy, cecily.mandl@gmail.com; Stephanie Savage Flynn, stephaniesavageflynn@gmail.com
Maura Crowell was named assistant coach of the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Hockey Team in April. She is also currently the head
Correspondent: Caroline Gransee, caroline.gransee@gmail.com
A year after graduating, Smriti Tiwari began a graduate degree at American University; she earned her doctorate in economics last summer. She worked at the Food and
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