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BodyWork Associates. Frank Bruno recently opened a martial arts and yoga studio called Iron Falcon Martial Arts in Allentown.
2001 Courtney Parrella; sunshine92779@msn.com
2002 Brienne Wilson Rodriguez; briennewilson@ gmail.com Emily Shertzer has been named the Air Force’s athlete of the year, for her success in military athletic competition.
2003 Regina LaCombe Laine; pjfairy@aol.com Matthew Ziegenfuss has recently been hired as the new assistant principal at Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania.
2004 Jessica Naugle; jln13@comcast.net Kelly Wakeman has been chosen as the new head women’s soccer coach at Ursinus College. As well as coaching soccer, Kelly is pursuing a master of education degree.
2005 Regina LaCaruba; regina.lacaruba@gmail.com
2006 Lauren Bahnatka Bachner; mrsbachner@ gmail.com Courtney Werner has earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Literacy, and Social Practice. She walked in graduation and was hooded on August 10. She is happy to let everyone know she has been hired as a tenure-track assistant professor of English in rhetoric and composition at Hope College in Holland, Mich. The school is very similar to Moravian. She writes, “Long live the small, liberal arts education!” Michael Trimble is currently work-
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ing at a dental supply company in Albuquerque, N.M. He was an outstanding baseball player at Moravian and after graduation became involved with slowpitch softball. He is organizing a memorial softball tournament in the Lehigh Valley for Fred Hossler, a man involved with the league, who died in a car accident.
2007 Laura Sahlender; laurasahlender@gmail.com Erin Recker is now teaching fourth grade for the Whitehall-Coplay School District. Jennifer Gillard was recently accepted at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. She will be pursuing a master of science in non-profit leadership.
2009 Cassidy Thomas; CassidyLThomas@gmail.com Kaitlyn McEnrue is currently teaching at KIPP Harmony Academy in Baltimore, Md. Cristina Teresa Tumasz and Francis Patrick Houston are engaged. An October 2012 wedding is planned in Avalon, N.J., with the reception in Cape May. Amanda deVillers is engaged to marry Justin McCutcheon. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Guam. She is employed as a biological technician for war in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam. Maria DeBonis and Marc Braxmeier recently got engaged. Maria teaches math in the Bethlehem School District, and Marc is a project coordinator at Lutron Electronics Inc. A July 2013 wedding is planned.
2010 Kelly Schneider; kellytschneider@gmail.com
2011 Rachel Kleiner; kleiner.rachel@gmail.com Hailey Brown is now an art teacher at Schnecksville Elementary School for grades K-5. Amanda Raiser has a fulltime position
teaching art at La Academia Partnership Charter School in Lancaster. Codi Gauker is engaged to Andrew Logsdon. Codi is employed at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem. Kelly Herzog will begin teaching fourth grade at Franklin Elementary School in Roxbury, N.J. Aaron Hetrick has just accepted the position of band director at Central Catholic High School in Allentown. He will lead the school’s instrumental music program Will Pierotti recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.
2012 Ali Zucal; ali.zucali@gmail.com Melissa Andreas is working as a resident director while studying student affairs in higher education at Kutztown University.
In Memoriam Philip F. Youngken ’44 – July 15 Sally Lewis Bartlett ’45 – July 1 Jean Mandell Litow ’46 – July 10 Charles H.Kuhn ’49 – July 3 Frances L. Barnard ’51 – August 22 John “Lefty” Seifert ’52 – April 26 Richard John Manning ’52 – October 1 Donald Duffy ’53 – August 21 James Evanko ’55 – August 19 Donald Naylor ’56 – July 7 Carmella Carrescia ’57 – September 20 Rocco Paul Fresoli ’57 – July 21 Paul R. Baltzer ’58 – August 15 Charles L. Rush ’59 – July 21 William K. Silsbee ’59 – June 9 Terry L. Male ’61 – July 20 Lawrence S. Homa ’65 – August 17 Robert H. Smith ’74 – July 23 Harry J. Bender ’75 – August 1 Joseph P. Dowling ’79 – July 7 Karen Plessl Samson ’90 – September 2
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