CLASS NOTES
Rebecca Byrd Musser is the program manager for the Arts Council of the Valley in Harrisonburg, VA. The Arts Council of the Valley is a non profit art agency that promotes both the performing and visual arts in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham area. She also serves as the director of the re-granting program where the council distributes money for educational and developmental purposes. Gracie McGurn, Kate Robertson, Jessica Longo and Meredith Judkins rang in 2010 together in New York. Stephie Swisher spent the fall semester at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She is now working in Hurghada, Egypt, on a private yacht. MARRIED: Ben Schewel to Keri Daniel on June 20, 2009, at Isle of Hope, GA. Laura Schewel ’02 was a reader. Cougars at the wedding of Molly Hickerson ’03 and Whit Congdon ’02 included Jamie Bokinsky ’05, Paul Lee ’01, Will Allen ’03, Lauralee Glasgow ’03, Whit and Molly, Stuart Farrell ’03, Meg Ruehling ’03, Joanna Parker ’03, and Mark Congdon ’05.
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Catherine Anderson writes, “After graduating magna cum laude from William and Mary in May with a B.A. in English, I got a job as the assistant social secretary at the British Embassy in Washington, DC. The job consists of making preparations for (and attending the majority of) the events held at the British Ambassador’s Residence. I help organize events from small breakfasts and teas to
large receptions for the press and foreign dignitaries. I have been lucky enough to meet and chat with so many fascinating people, including Tony Blair, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ian McKellen, Andrea Mitchell, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger and Colin Powell. (My favorite guest so far has been Azar Nafisi, the woman who wrote the book that inspired my senior speech at Collegiate.) Anyway, I absolutely love what I am doing, and Collegiate definitely was a big step in getting here.”
In her job as Assistant Social Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, Catherine Anderson ’05 has met and talked with many interesting people including the actress Dame Helen Mirren.
The Class of ’04 celebrated their very first reunion – their 5th – at Curbside Cafe in the Fan.
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