Sateesh Rogers ’00 wrote, “I'm currently in the process of getting my first major film off the ground, now that the funding is pretty much a go. It's a science fiction short entitled Free Earth. Currently in contract talks with supporting cast from the The Matrix, for our lead character. Principal photography looks set to begin in late January 2010. Independent filmmaking is a lot of work, but it's a tremendous joy and passion! Visit my website, www. sateeshrogers.com for some other work I've been up to, including some music videos, music docs and some other stuff. Cheers!” Joel Blumenfled ’00 has recently moved and is a lawyer in Chicago.
Sarah Blenner ’03 became Douglas Passaro Public Health Practice Scholar at Skokie Health Department in January 2010. Aaron Morris ’03 was working in Thailand for three months beginning last November. Henry Gaud ’03 pictured below introduces his mom at Connecticut College when she was inducted to the college's Athletic Hall of Fame on 10.24.09. Allison Kaplan ’03 is engaged to Alex Bosco. Ann Davis ’04 is in Mozambique where she is serving in the Peace Corps for the next two- and-half years.
Alex Moffat ’00 interviewed Bruce Jarchow ’66 as a featured guest on El Show with Alex Moffat Friday. The talk show runs weekly at iO's the Del Close Theater (3541 N Clark, Chicago). Tom Doar ’00 has been doing some writing and producing for the show. For more information click on link: http://chicago. ioimprov.com/io/shows/16
Nico Gibson ’06 Sam Brown ’06 is abroad this year in Morocco and next semester he will be in China. He'll be back at Pitzer next year for his senior year.
Susan and Henry Gaud ’03
Bruce Jarchow '66 and Alex Moffat ’00 Oana Florescu ’00 is a lawyer at the United Nations in New York City. Lizzie Horevitz ’01 received her MSW from Berkeley. She is in the third year of a PhD program in social welfare. Allie Horevitz ’01 continues to work as a senior investigator in the Habeus Corpus Resource Center in San Francisco where she interviews witnesses in death penalty cases. Friederike Bauer '02, a former ASSIST student, visited her host family Phil and Peggy Reitz with her fiance Stefan Frohlich. "It was so good to see some people from my year at North Shore - thank you all so much." She will be married in 2011. Sara Bernstein ’03 moved to a new position in July 2009 as the associate director of admissions at School Year.
Phil and Peggy Reitz, Stefan Frohlich and Friederike Bauer ’02
Ben Kegan ’05 reported that his short documentary was part of the Chicago International Film Festival in October. Several North Shore faculty attended the screening. Additionally the film became available for download in November from IndiePix films (www. IndiePixFilms.com). Ben visited with Kathy McHugh’s english class to discuss the documentary film process as well as share his film Team Taliban. Noah Swartz ’06 emailed that his show Dropped Among This Crowd is from 3-4 PM (eastern) on Fridays on WRUW (available on the web at www.wruw.org). “If you miss it when it's live, each week's show is archived for a week and then gets replaced with the new show every time it airs.” Kelly Krier ’06 held the position in her sorority of Kappa Kappa Gamma as registrar and currently holds the position in the sorority as education chair this year. Nico Gibson ’06 has been chosen to represent the Studio Art/Visual Communications Department in the Senior Legacy Symposium at St. Louis University this year. He is being honored for his achievements as a student as well as an artist and has been asked to speak about his experiences as an art student at SLU. The Senior Legacy Symposium is a celebration of outstanding student work across the University. Every department selects a student representative. The Senior Legacy Symposium provides seniors with a venue for professional presentation preparation and communication as well as a showcase opportunity to celebrate accomplishments. The entire University community is invited to the event including faculty, administration, staff, students and alumni.
Lusia Zaitsev ’06 “is in the throes of senior year, finishing up my majors in french and creative writing, working at the Teachers College Press at Columbia as an editor. I'm volunteering as an english teacher at an immigration center downtown and hoping to spend next year in France. My best to everyone at North Shore!” Idalia Gabrielow ’07 studied abroad in Buenos Aires for the fall semester. She went to the Tres de Febrero Park and some of the botanical gardens as well as to Iguazu and thought it was absolutely incredible. This semester she will spend five months in Poland and while abroad hopes to visit with other North Shore classmates. Emily Finlay ’07 “is currently finishing my first semester abroad studying at New York University in Florence, Italy. I am having a wonderful time learning about Italian art, language and culture.” Lucas McNulty ’07 studied abroad in China last fall and continues as a student at Bates. Jonathan Webster '07 is a sophomore at Northwestern University. He visited with faculty member Frank Dachille and students during their Model UN session on campus. Jonathan is attending an eight-week Northwestern immersion program in China this summer. Scott Nicholson ’07 is a junior at Miami of Ohio in Oxford. He spent his spring semester last year in China. He will return abroad this summer for six weeks to Luxembourg and Barcelona. When he returned from China mid-June he worked for the Blackhawks and also worked for them during his winter break. Phillip Ochs ’08 photography work was part of the Alumni Art Exhibit. He started taking photos at the age of 6 and has never stopped; he strives for originality and quality in his work.” I thought of translating my love for water into a set of images of Venice, one of Venice during the day, and one at night.”
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