C L A SS N O T ES
Christine Basha ’14
Christopher Bargeron ’10 and Adrian Laudani ’14
Photo courtesy of Ed Casey.
Stephanie Weaver earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from St. John's University in May 2018. She has relocated and is currently a Professor of English at the Savannah College of Art Design in Savannah, GA.
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Rev.
Mr. Matthew Browne was ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Rockville Centre by Bishop John O. Barres at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, NY, on November 3, 2018. Both Father Thomas Cardone, S.M. and Father Daniel Griffin, S.M. ’02 attended the ordination. Ashley Simpson, Pharm.D., recently graduated from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science University in Boston with a Doctorate in Pharmacy. She moved back to New York to pursue a career working for Rite Aid Pharmacy as a retail pharmacist all over Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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Joanna Connolly recently accepted a job as Music Director of Our Lady of Victory Parish in Floral Park.
Kimberly Morales earned her Master’s degree in Childhood General and Special Education. She is now a Special Education Teacher at Rebecca School in Manhattan. Kellie (Murray) Penny and Ethan Penny welcomed their first baby, 28
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Joseph Gasparini ’15
Alicen Ré ’14
Rev. Mr. Matthew Browne ’11 with John Crozier ’11
Caleigh Rose, into the world on July 26, 2018. The family resides in Fort Hood, TX. Katrina (Schmidt) Peters got married on June 9, 2018 in Garden City, NY.
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Melissa Walsh received her Master's in Education from Adelphi in May 2018. She then began her first full-time job working as a sixth grade English teacher in a Flushing public school.
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Basha is a Hospitality and Tourism Management student at Rochester Institute of Technology. She hopes to one day be a general manager of a luxury hotel. Currently, Christine works as a front office agent to gain practical experience to help achieve that goal. She is also President of ETA Sigma Delta, the honors society for the hospitality department; Director of Events and Community Service for American Hotel Lodging Association at RIT; and a member of Hospitality Finance and Technology Professionals. She was blessed with the opportunity to study abroad in Croatia, where she was able to increase her awareness of cultural differences and apply them to her knowledge of hospitality and service. She will also be studying abroad in Dubai in January 2019. Christine says, “I will always be grateful for the teachers and friends I met at Kellenberg who have helped me become the person I am today. Go Firebirds!” Christine
Jamie Boffardi ’17, Patrick La Rosa ’17, and Liam Von Elm ’17
Chris McGorty ’15
Alexandra Belzie was recently accepted into medical school. Alissa Belzie graduated with honors from Queens College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience with minors in Spanish and Chemistry. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Sociology and Demography at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Maura Collins graduated Summa Cum Laude this past May 2018 from Hofstra University with a Bachelor's in SpeechLanguage-Hearing Sciences. During her senior year, she presented research at the American Speech Language Hearing Association's annual national convention in Los Angeles, CA. She also served as the President of Hofstra's chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA). Maura is continuing at Hofstra for graduate school, where she will receive her Master's in SpeechLanguage Pathology in December 2019. Adrianna Duggan graduated from Notre Dame University in 2018. While a student there, she was involved with the Center for Social Concerns at Notre Dame, which is a center on campus that acts as a hub for community based/ service learning and justice education. Her experiences through the Center, including working a summer at the INN in Hempstead, NY and becoming deeply involved with a homeless shelter in South Bend, IN, led her to pursue and join a service program with Colorado Vincentian Volunteers. The focus of this program is companionship
Elizabeth Killian ’16
and accompaniment of those on the margins of society. Adrianna also works as a case manager at a homeless shelter in Denver run by Catholic Charities called the Samaritan House. Caroline Fenton received the Ignatian Award for Outstanding Senior from Loyola University New Orleans at the 2018 commencement exercises. It is the highest award offered by the university and the only one presented during commencement. Caroline is now serving with Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest at St. Labre Indian School, a Catholic school for Northern Cheyenne and Crow Native Americans. Rose Gunn graduated Penn State University in May of 2018. She moved to Arlington, VA and is working in the defense contracting industry as a Systems Engineer. Laudani was pleasantly surprised to meet up with Christopher Bargeron ’10 during her orientation program for Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Atlanta, GA. Chris serves as a Regional Coordinator for JVC, while Adrian is currently engaged in a year of service with the Corps.
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Alicen Ré, a 1/c in the United States Coast Guard Academy, is currently working on her senior research project, which is a directive study on the corrosion of sunken ships and how it correlates to oil leakage. The goal of the study is to find out if there is an optimal time to remove oil from ships to do the least amount of environmental damage. Alicen reflected on her summer, saying,
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