HONORS & RECOGNITION
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Christine Biggie ’91 was recently awarded the Special Service Award from the Bar Association of Erie County for outstanding service to the legal community. Biggie is the Volunteer Attorney Coordinator at the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc. Patrick Pascall ’93 has been selected and is now attending the Naval War College in Newport, RI. Jennifer McAndrew ’99 was featured in the Lancaster Bee for her work as the Executive Director at Plymouth Crossroads where she helps to teach life skills to children facing homelessness.
2000’S
Alicia Anthony BS ’14 MPA ’15 is a first year student at Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island. Edward Minkel ’14 accepted a position with Axis Global Logistics in North Bergen, NJ as an Account Executive. Ryan Sheehan ’14 was promoted to the position of Medical Investigator at the Monroe County Medical Examiners’ Office. Melissa Brown ’15 was hired as Real Property Examiner with the Division of Military and Naval Affairs and started in October. Wyleia Miller ’15 has been promoted to Supervisor, Housing/Paralegal at Catholic Charities of Buffalo. She is currently in the Public Policy doctoral program at Niagara University.
Kelly Oliver Kozacki ’00 is the office manager for Sue Ann Simonin Court Reporting in Buffalo.
Dana Starr ’15 took a position as a Crime Scene Investigator at the City of Greensboro Police Department in North Carolina in July.
Nicholas Richter ‘03 will be teaching English to 3-8 year olds for a year in the city of Shenzen in southern China near Hong Kong as part of the Walt Disney English program.
Jedidiah Bengert ’16 was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Army Reserves in May.
Jonathan Rajewski ’04 spoke at TEDxBuffalo in October. His topic was “How the Internet of Things is Making My Job Easier.” Melissa Augustine Goldsmith ’05 was recently featured in Londonist, an online magazine, about her recent accomplishment of running a 5K in every borough in London over one weekend. Goldsmith did this to benefit CrisisUK, a charity that helps single homeless people throughout the United Kingdom. Matt Bergman ’05 was recently featured in The Buffalo News – Gusto in September highlighting the Buffalo stops on his comedic tour. Evan Laczi ’08 graduated from the Department of Environmental Conservation police academy in September and is now an environmental conservation officer in Long Island.
2010’S
Christopher Prout ’10 is currently working as a production assistant on America’s Got Talent. Justine Schaper ’10 was hired as an account executive on the commercial lines team of Walsh Duffield.
Melody Cole ’16 was the recipient of the Dr. Randall McLeod 2016 Sigma Beta Delta Fellowship Award. Harlie Decker ’16 was hired as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia. Kari Huber ’16 graduated from the Erie County peace officer academy and is now a Mounted Reserve Deputy of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Adam Kaplewicz ’16 accepted a position with Robert Radel Attorney at Law in Buffalo. Amanda Lumadue ’16 was featured in Buffalo Business First’s “People on the Move” in August. She is currently a marketing assistant at Praxis Communications. Katie Palkovic ’16 was hired as a Senior Court Assistant in Mayville, NY in September. She is also currently enrolled in Hilbert’s Master’s in Public Administration program. Kimberly Preischel ’16 was hired as real estate paralegal at Shaw and Shaw in Hamburg and began in May. Kylie Reinholz ’16 was hired by Traveler’s Insurance Company, Buffalo, in the Collision Claims Department.
Debra Tredo ’10 was recently admitted to the New York State Bar Association. Ashley Blahowicz ’13 completed her Juris Doctor at the University at Buffalo Law School and passed the NYS Bar exam. She is currently a Law Clerk at Bennett Schechter Arcuri & Will LLP.
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