Ave Ver Bockel ’07 is employed in New York City at Tommy Hilfiger. She is in public relations and is assistant to international head of PR for Hilfiger. She graduated from SMU this past December. She has been living with a good friend from NSCDS, Candace Hanson. Caroline Blehart ’08 has “entered my senior year and loving NYC more than ever. Currently working with a jazz music management group and writing my thesis on genre theory, world music and fusion. I have been accepted in the Music Studies department at the University of Cambridge for an MPhil.” Leah Druzinsky ’08 performed in January with her band at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago. Phil Ochs ’08 just returned from a year abroad in Belgium and Spain. This semester he has another internship with the State Department. DC continues to be an exciting and wonderful place for him. Annie Schmidt ’08 spent a semester abroad in Denmark and was able to do quite a bit of travelling in Europe and Scandinavia while she was there. She was based in Copenhagen and loved it. Peter Ver Bockel ’08 is a senior at Indiana U and will graduate in June. He is in the business school and majored in supply and distribution chain, and entrepreneurship. After a summer internship with Amazon in Reno, Patrick got a job in Minneapolis at Cummins Engines. He is very excited about moving to Minneapolis and about his job at Cummins. Eventually, he’d love to get back to Chicago. Lisa Doi ’09 is a junior at Penn double majoring in anthropology and urban studies. She spent the past summer teaching 7th grade English at Breakthrough, NY. At Penn, Lisa is the external liaison for the Civic House Associates Coalition, she has been the co-director of PennCORP for the past two years, and she also is part of the evaluation team for the Netter Center. Off campus, Lisa teaches 7th grade literature at Lea Elementary School, volunteers at Saturday School for KIPP West Philadelphia, and serves on the faculty of the National Association of Independent School’s Student Diversity Leadership Conference. Lisa is considering focusing her civic scholars capstone project on full-service schools. She believes that “social problems” are not discrete entities and cannot be resolved individually, but must all be examined together. Only in this context is there the possibility of really strengthening communities. Joe Tepper ’09 is in NYC interning at the Daily News. Christoph Tries ’09 recently entered university in Germany, in the city of Darmstadt. Hannah Walchak ’09 “just returned from a semester off campus in a program called Sea Semester, a field program in marine and environmental studies. In spite of being seasick for 6 weeks she had the experience of a lifetime.”
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2010s Ben Crane ’10 is doing well in Israel. He left for Israel in the fall of 2010, and was formally inducted into the Israeli Defense Forces in October 2010. He is in the army and now serves in Nahal, an infantry brigade of specialized forces. Known as Israel’s Green Beret, Nahal is known for its extensive training. Ben is excited to have joined Nahal after his first year serving in a naval communications unit, and on a high-speed coastal patrol boat. Sammy Gray ’10 attends University of Michigan and was recently named to the Big 10 All-Academic Team. Will Finlay ’10 was elected the music director of the Amalgamates, Tufts’ oldest co-ed a cappella group. Rob Voges ’10 is no longer at Coe College in architecture and playing baseball. He is now a sophomore at Purdue majoring in building and construction management. Michael Creatura ’11 emailed, “I am currently studying manufacturing and design engineering and am also member of the marching band, concert ensemble band, and a small jazz club, as well as working as the properties manager for the School of Music here. Quite fun to be both an engineer and a trombone player at once!”
Former Faculty Paul Krajovic emailed, “Back in the U.S.A. and I’m owner once again of the apartment I left when I went to Turkey! It’s been a tumultuous year but everything has worked out just right (so far, anyway) and I’m looking forward to yet again beginning a ‘new life’ and to seeing people I haven’t seen in a long while. Of course, there are long stories to tell and time now to tell them. I look forward to re-connecting and welcoming visitors.”
count is now 5—all 5 and under until December when Kiran turned 6. Fun and lots of opportunities to laugh and be the spoiling grandparents without many holds barred.”
Engagements Liam Davis ’86 to Keely Vasquez Katie Butler ’05 to Ben Wakana Rebecca Lockhart ’04 to Matthew Curry-Edwards
Marriages Luke Strauss ’03 to Lisa Anne Gerstenberger June, 25 2011 Sarah Finlay ’05 to Ben Maddox August 13, 2011 Joe Shenton ’91 to Marie Tillman September 3, 2011 Elizabeth Ruwitch ’76 to Jubie Ryan September 17, 2011 Olivia Wiznitzer ’06 to Hersh Friedman November 16, 2011 Sara Bernstein Graham ’03 to Jeffrey Ryan Graham November 26, 2011
Births Payne Thomas Wood September 14, 2011 Janelle and Andrew Wood ’90 Dashiell Reve Vaughn Bransfield October 19, 2011 Mark Bransfield ’86 and Ashley Vaughn Arden Paige Hemphill Netzky February 2, 2012 Ashley Hemphill Netzky ’91 and Pam Netzky
Events Alumni and Friends 2012 Regional Gatherings Boulder, CO Hotel Boulderado January 31 Former faculty Hillary Wirtz, Dan Sweeny, Mia Romero, Jeff Terwin and Annie Gentithes reunited recently. Cindy Funfsinn Pozzi taught Physical Education at NSCDS from 1992–1998 and is now Principal of Oglesby (IL) Public Schools. Beth Foster has “been doing our usual back and forth to Colorado and visiting both kids in San Francisco and Denver plus a trip to Alaska that David put together where we saw bears and mountains in profusion. And our grandchild
San Francisco, CA Luce Restaurant February 6 Boston, MA Algonquin Club February 16 Portland, OR Serrato Restaurant February 28 Seattle, WA The Ranier Club March 1