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SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH SERVICE A Visit from Meghan Henshall ’08 By Alexandra Mahoney Back in the United States for less than a month, Meghan Henshall ’08 visited Newark Academy after a two-year stint in Cambodia working on community health education for the Peace Corps. Meghan spoke to two different student groups, squeezing in a visit to her alma mater before heading to Maine, where she now works for the nonprofit company Teens To Trails, which helps local schools start and sustain outing clubs. At NA, Meghan discussed how her commitment to service shaped her decision to spend time supporting women’s health initiatives in developing countries. Her message was clear: Sometime in college, her relationship with service shifted from one of obligation to one of passion. This new relationship meant that she saw her opportunity to serve as less time-bound; rather than fulfilling a minimum requirement, she wanted to dedicate more time and energy to a longerterm project. Meghan went on to discuss her Peace Corps experience, and it was clear that, for her, the most significant element of her assignment was the connections with the villagers with whom she lived and worked in rural Cambodia. After touching on the challenges and limitations of such cultural service projects, Meghan went on to discuss her love of the outdoors, reflecting on how that passion might shape one’s decisions. She encouraged students to generate goals for things they want to experience, to quantify those goals, and to establish timeframes in which to fulfill them. Referencing her own new career venture, she also helped students brainstorm potential careers that might incorporate an interest in spending time in or protecting the natural world. Meghan is a woman with a message. Her warm reception by the students suggests that she has a gift for delivering that message and will indeed have an impact on the communities into which she continues to channel her passions, wherever they may take her.
Kevin Fritze ’03, Dorian Muench Fritze ’03 and son Kenneth
Colleen Malloy at a ceremony in White Plains, NY, attended by classmates Dustin Salzano, Rich Niewiadomski, Adam Burke, Jeff Goldfarb and Nate Burstin ’01. Brother and best man Douglas Vollmayer ’05 and sister-inlaw Christina Capatides Vollmayer ’05 were also there to celebrate. Colleen works for the global music label WMG, while Dan is a television writer, currently working as senior writer/producer for the children’s cable network Nickelodeon. Dan has previously written for The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Saturday Night Live. The newlyweds recently moved to Long Island City, NY.
2003 Contact: Lauren H. Anderson lauren.h.anderson@gmail.com David R. Mazzuca david.mazzuca@gmail.com David N. Rattner drattner07@gmail.com Evan P. Sills evan.sills@gmail.com
Dorian Muench Fritze and Kevin Fritze stopped by NA for a visit to introduce their son Kenneth to some of their former teachers. They were NEWARK ACADEMY
happy to be able to show Kenneth their alma mater. Julia Kaye married Jonah Lobe on September 6. David Mandelbaum recently left a successful career brokering celebrity endorsement deals to start his own health and lifestyledriven matcha green tea company, PANATEA, with his wife. PANATEA is currently available at coffee shops, tea shops and restaurants in New York, and on their website at www.panateagreen.com. Arielle Goldfischer Newcombe ran in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September. As if that were not enough, she ran the race while 20 weeks pregnant!
2004 Contact: Danielle Grunebaum White dwhite@hillviewcap.com Kathryn Pagos katie.pagos@gmail.com Stephanie T. Reingold simma.reingold@gmail.com Louise Ball Schutte louisehira@gmail.com