Caitlin Grasso and Emily Gavryck were bridesmaids. Y Have a great fall!
2006 Jennifer Coliflores classnews2006@alum.colby.edu Nani Crashley Phillips and Jon Moss ’05 spent a week in Nantucket and saw Marina Stakes, Kendra King, and Malin King ’11 and bumped into Nicole Turgiss ’08 and Rachel Sheinbaum Sullivan ’05. Nani and Jon also met up with Sarah Belden and Steve Markesich ’05 in Baltimore for some Colby fun. Y Katie Chamberlin, Susannah Young, and Kaitlin Adams graduated from Yale School of Nursing’s nurse practitioner program, passed their board exams, and began practicing in pediatric and family primary care in MA, ME, and CT respectively. Y Alex Jospe qualified for the U.S. Orienteering Team this spring and competed for the U.S. at the world championships in orienteering in August in Aix-les-Bains, France. She was more excited for the wine and cheese and croissants than for the orienteering, but represented her country with pride. Last March she competed at the world championships in ski orienteering (basically orienteering but on cross-country ski trails) in Sweden and finished 24th in the world. Y Brian Rodriguez is settling into his family medicine residency in Augusta and recently moved to Brunswick, Maine. Y Julie Chessin married Doug Lambert May 14 in Long Island City, Queens. Several Colbians attended including Dan Osar, Juan Urruela, Adam Rafsky, Matt Birchby, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin Herlihy, Jessica Moore ’07, Erika Nelson, Anneliese Radke, Toinette Rivas, Todd Basnight, Jessica Wansart, and Ted Wright. Y Bryan Sanders was named one of Campaigns and Elections 2011 Rising Stars in American Politics. Bryan is a partner at Dresner, Wickers, Barber, Sanders in Little Rock, Ark. Y Liz Shepherd married Chris Christensen in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Emily Tull, Lauren Uhlmann Blazar, and Amanda Stein were bridesmaids, while Laura Harker Hankin and Kristin Schmidt were greeters. Y Greyson Brooks currently works at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. In August he interrupted the first week of classes at George Washington University, where he’s pursuing a master’s in development anthropology, for his wedding to Michael Barry on Nantucket. Y Michael ’07 and Emily Boyle Westbrooks are doing well in Ireland. Michael completed his master’s in guidance and counseling at Dublin City University this summer. He still plays basketball and coaches a university team while he looks for a job
guiding high school or college kids. Emily now works as communications director for the Irish Countrywomen’s Association and still writes her blog (www.fromchinavillage. com). Check it out! Y Lauren Erickson continues to live and work in San Francisco and started a graduate program in counseling psychology this fall. Y Katie Lucas became engaged last March to Drew Geant (Princeton ’05). They plan a summer 2012 wedding. Y Jackie Rolleri is heading to Washington, D.C., after graduating from Roger Williams School of Law last spring. She was selected for the Presidential Management Fellowship and will work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Service Center as a natural resource specialist. Y Doug Turnbull ’07 and Sarah Ayres got married June 18 in New Hampshire. There was a nice Colby crowd there including Brooke Barron ’09, Zach Manke ’07, Josiah Taylor ’05, Kate Braemer ’07, Liz Stovall ’07, Nancy McDermott ’08, Chris Andrews ’07, Travis Kendall ’07, Elizabeth Turnbull ’04, Mary Tuttle ’76, Anders Wood ’07, Amanda Hilton ’07, Caroline Turnbull ’10, Anna Morro, Alan and Dorothy Hume, David ’75 and Suzie Benson Turnbull ’75, and Janice Kassman.
2007 Karli Gasteazoro classnews2007@alum.colby.edu Adam Robbins is an associate at Amundi Asset Management, working on how sovereign wealth funds can invest more sustainably. His company hosted a conference in Paris in October. Al Gore and investors representing about $5 trillion attended. Y Rebecca Flint is dean of students at the High Mountain Institute in Leadville, Colo. She got married in June. Y Finn Teach had an artist’s reception for her oil paintings at the Smart Studio Gallery in Northeast Harbor, Maine. In August she visited freshman year roommates Stacy Robillard and Becky Anderson. Y Siuman Ko completed her M.F.A. in drama (major in acting) from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She looks forward to her next role with the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies in November. Y Mark Biggar works as a lawyer in Chicago and sees Jeffrey Barrow, Meggie Herlihy ’08, and Casey Civiello ’06 frequently. Jeff also spent time with Darkness, aka Rory Murphy. Y Jordan Levinson finished her M.P.H. at NYU. She works as a research associate with EcoHealth Alliance and plays music at local dives in the East Village and Brooklyn. She planned to bust out of NYC to begin Peace Corps service in Senegal this fall. Y Kate Braemer works as director of the leadership program and waterfront at
Chewonki Camp for Girls. Kate saw Chris Andrews, Liz Stovall, Travis Kendall, and Amanda Hilton at Sarah Ayres ’06 and Doug Turnbull’s wedding. At the end of summer Kate and Josh Taylor ’05 married and plan to spend December in India and then move to Philadelphia. Y Last spring Chris Zajchowski graduated summa cum laude from Minnesota State University, Mankato, with a master’s in experiential education. He works for Loyola University as program coordinator for outdoor experiential education. Y Ashley Hunt got her M.P.H. from Columbia and is consulting with international and domestic organizations working to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. She and Chris Juraska ’06 were married Aug. 6 in Chicago! They live in Brooklyn with their two dogs. Y Robin Respaut was a fellow for the Carnegie Corporation this summer, working at ABC News in the investigative unit with Brian Ross. Y Liz Boeheim finished her M.A. in English literature and teaches writing and literature as an adjunct instructor at the University of Montana in Missoula. Y Jan Weidner and Tony Gill live in Park City, Utah, with their dogs, Trace and Allagash. Jan works as an EMT and Tony is working on a master’s in communication while editing for Telemark Skier magazine and skiing in their movie this fall. Katie Price recently
McAleer and Caroline Donohue. Y Katie Himmelmann got engaged off the coast of Georgetown, Maine, to fellow mule Charlie Hale ’06. They’ve dated since Colby and plan to marry in Maine in fall 2012. Katie lives in San Francisco and finished the first year of her graduate pediatric nursing program at UCSF. Y In April Victoria Yuan and Bernadette Bibber spent time together in San Francisco. In May Bernadette ran into Roy Wilson, Denis Shubleka ’05, and Mark Burke ’86 at Cushing Academy’s graduation, where they all previously taught or currently teach. Bernadette taught and traveled around the U.S. with the American Boychoir School and in September began her master’s of biomedical sciences at UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey). Y See more news online at www.colby.edu/mag.
2008 Palmer McAuliff classnews2008@alum.colby.edu Thanks to those who sent in news. I’m happy to report that in August I accepted a position in Boston College’s annual fund office, so I have finally (only three years later…) made my way off of the Hill. It was certainly bittersweet, but it’s great to be surrounded by so many Colby alums in Boston.
Nick Malick ’05’s short story “The Boy in the Lake” will be published in the Kenyon Review during winter 2012. It was runner-up in the Review’s national 2011 short fiction contest.
stayed with them on her way to her new job in California. Y Ellen Newcomb married Clarke Denham (CU Boulder) May 29 in Santa Barbara. Katie Himmelmann sang at the ceremony and Amy Fredrickson, Steph Agrimanakis, and Neila Sage were bridesmaids. Y Anne Cuttler started the Tufts Medical School Maine track in August and is engaged to Nate Hicks. They plan an August 2012 wedding at Sugarloaf. Y Jess Kaplan moved to Denver and works at Denver Health. She enjoys the Rockies while applying to medical schools and sees James Cryan and Liz Coogan when she’s in town. Y Liz Stovall moved to the south side of Chicago and attends the Harris School of Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Y Jamie Singelais and Claire Deeley got married July 16 in Plymouth, N.H. The bridal party included Megan Deeley, Alex Shafer, Tara Bergin, and Sarah Smiley. Also in attendance were Jen
Other classmates are doing equally exciting things. Katie Harris finished her master’s in secondary education at Boston College as a member of the Donovan Urban Teaching Cohort and started a new job as a seventh grade science teacher at Prospect Hill Academy this fall. Y Jamie Luckenbill and Valerie Coit were married July 30 in Portland, Ore. Jessica Coliflores, Erica Kreuter, Christa Miller-Shelley, Taylor Kilian, Sam Reid, and Andrew Kabatznick were in the wedding party. Y Anna Birnberg lives in Chicago and finished her master’s in secondary education last spring at DePaul. This fall she moved to Jaen, Spain, to teach English for the school year. Y In July Stacey Dubois started an M.F.A. program in writing for children and young adults at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Y Karina Carley began biking across the country from Oregon to Maine in June and finished Aug. 8! Y After three years with Y
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