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worked for her Friends School Senior Work Project. The Esperanza Center, overseen by Catholic Charities, is an immigrant integration center that offers immigration legal services, health services, referrals, and English and computer classes. Ouranitsa writes, “I’m pretty much the go-to person for the entire center, plus being the legal assistant to our lawyers. I’ve learned so much about immigration law, office management, budgets, grants, accounting, and supervising volunteers that it’s been an overwhelming experience, but I love working here! It’s also made me realize how important the workplace environment is; the relationship you have with your coworkers is very powerful and can influence your day greatly. I’m grateful to be working with generous, kind, and patient staff, and I’m also happy to be practicing my Spanish (and a little bit of Arabic too!) on a daily basis.” Also, Ouranitsa is still belly dancing. She’ll be traveling to Ocean City, MD in March to perform with her troupes, Egyptian Sun and Barakaat. Os Cole sent in his update from Malawi in southern Africa, where he is working with the Peace Corps. He’ll be working as a community health advisor in an area known as Thembani, about 3 km. from the border of Mozambique in the southern district. Os is learning to speak Chichewa, the national language. After his first two months in the country, Os had already met both the president and Malawi’s biggest celebrity, William Komkwamba, the author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind! Fellow Peace Corps Volunteer Katie Minton, is keeping a blog of her experiences in Djangoa, Madagascar. Visit http://katieminton. blogspot.com to read about her projects and adventures,
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including developing a community health worker training guide for future PCVs! As for yours truly, I am back living in Baltimore. I spent the sweltering summer and chilly fall playing fast and slow pitch softball on teams with Jackie Murk and Sarah Dixon, with guest appearances by Laura Green ’07. In November, I started a job as a full-time furniture designer at David Edward, a Baltimore-based, family-owned company that manufacturers their product in the USA.
through March 4, 2011. After graduation, I hope to work in a similar setting, developing and coordinating exhibits for larger institutions.” As for me, your new Co-Secretary, Lauren Marks, I am graduating from George Washington University in May (a year early!) with a major in sociology—looking for a job in Baltimore, DC, or somewhere else more exciting: Chicago, Austin or Cali. I’m looking forward to starting a career, but will miss college life. Still good friends with my friends from Friends: Eileen
Natalie West ’06 with her host sisters and cousins in Nepal.
2007
Butler, Laura Green, Roz Kreizenbeck, Anne Laterra, Chiara Olivi and Holly Heller—and hoping to keep it that way.
Carlyn Trout carlyn.trout@mymail. champlain.edu Lauren Marks lmarks617@verizon.net
2008
Roz Kreizenbeck writes, “I will be graduating in May from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a B.A. in history and an art history minor. I have spent my senior year interning at the Boyden Gallery on campus, developing the exhibit ‘Facing Fences,’ which was co-curated by The Smithsonian Institution. The exhibit examines the positive and negative roles of literal as well as intangible divisions that exist in our culture. The exhibit ran
Jasmine Powe jpowe@elon.edu
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Brittany Davis is a medicinal …chemistry major at Towson University and is excited to have been admitted to University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Pharmacy! She begins her work to earn her doctor of pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) in August 2011 as a part of the Class of 2015. Brittany congratulates her brother, Jon, on his pend-
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ing graduation from Friends School as part of the Class of 2011. Daniel Feinberg writes, “I had an amazing fall in Woods Hole, MA, studying environmental science, and now I’m back at Hamilton where I’m majoring in biology and playing a little music. Looking forward to hearing about everyone else!” Charles Graves writes, “I’m getting ready to graduate from Hampton University a year early in May 2011. I’m planning to do a dual master of divinity/J.D. after graduation.” Charles delivered the sermon at the HU Memorial Chapel on February 20th. Bradley Kolodner has been playing music with his father, Ken Kolodner ’72, and they recently released their first studio album, “Otter Creek,” featuring traditional Appalachian music. They recorded it last summer at Mobtown Studios on Charles Street, Friends alumna Emily Leffler Schulman ’94 and her husband Matt’s company. Look for it on iTunes. Annie Kruger is studying Social Work and Leadership at University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She is a second-year resident assistant in a freshmen dorm, an office assistant for the Campus Activities Involvement Center, and she also volunteers at an elder day care center. She just ran the New York City Marathon, with a finishing time of 4:07:46! Elaine Kwon writes, “I just got back from a sixmonth study abroad in Brazil. I mainly stayed in Sao Paulo, but also spent weeks traveling in such cities as Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Florianopolis. I even made enough time to visit Alex Margolick ’07 in Buenos Aires in December. I’ve just been elected president of my sorority and look forward to spending a semester studying and working in Philadelphia.” Rachel