www.andover.edu/intouch the crew—Marvin Blugh, Alec Abitbol ’11, Ben Elder, Jack Walker, Malin Adams, and Matt Gorski—watched soccer, discussed Moby Dick, went swimming, took pictures by the beach, and had casual libations at a club. It truly was a weekend to remember and a great follow-up to reunion. I hope you all enjoyed our time together as much as I did. As always, you each have a standing invitation to grab drinks with me in New York. Until 10th Reunion, but preferably earlier! P.S. All credit to Marvin Blugh on this one, but be on the lookout on Facebook and other social media for our new, private 2009 Instagram account! —Alex McHale
2010 Sascha Strand Metcalf Hall W205 Tufts University Medford MA 02155 316-371-9053 (cell) Sascha.Strand@Tufts.edu Courtney King 343 15th St. Santa Monica CA 90402 310-984- 0882 (cell) courtney.king116@gmail.com Faiyad Ahmad 978-289-3584 (cell) faiyad_ahmad@brown.edu
Following graduation from Washington University in St. Louis, Andrew Khang planned to move to Shanghai in late July to join General Electric and work in the global operations finance program. Henry Metro has gone back to school as a math and computer science double major. He is enjoying living in Seattle and got a sweet internship coding for Facebook this summer. “All is well,” he says. B.J. Garry graduated from William & Mary and is moving to Charlotte, N.C., to work for a “consumer acquisition marketing” company called Red Ventures. As he describes it, “A lot of what we do is figure out how to place those creepily accurate ads for stuff you just searched for on the Internet.” He’ll be traveling all over New England until late July. Ziwe Fumudoh is wrapping up an exciting internship at the Onion. After graduating from Northwestern, she plans to pursue a career in comedy writing. She spent New Year’s with Colleen Flanagan, Alexis Dawkins, Tavie Abell, Emily Johnson, Peyton Wilson, and Jackie Wallace. At school, she spends time with Hannah Lee, who just had a “magnificent” art show. Caroline Gezon led a community service trip to Thailand this summer and then moved to DC in the fall to work for Deloitte in federal consulting.
Zahra Bhaiwala graduated from Columbia and planned to work in Geneva at the World Health Organization for the summer, then start a master’s degree program in international health systems and economics at Harvard in the fall. She says she’s “really sad to leave NYC, but it will be good to be back in Boston and close to Andover again!” Taylor Clarke graduated from Columbia, winning the 2014 Women’s and Gender Studies Award. She’s now working at CNN as a Digital Research Analyst, and says she’d “love to meet up with any Andover friends who move to the city after graduation!” Sarah Jacobson graduated with a degree in human biology from Stanford and is staying on for a master’s degree in management science and engineering. This summer, she interned in SF. She hangs out with Rachel Coleman all the time and was visited this year by Sophia Jia and Lauren King. Also, her little sister (Claire Jacobson ’15) was just named Blue Key head at Andover, and Sarah is “incredibly proud!” Sara Bakrow graduated from UVa and will be working for Nestlé Waters North America in Stamford, Conn. She was excited to do some traveling around the country before starting work. James Poss attended his second consecutive United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships this spring, where he placed 25th overall in men’s freestyle skiing and earned academic all-American honors. After graduating from UCLA in June, he moved to NYC to do M&A investment banking at Guggenheim Partners. Meredith Rahman graduated from Duke University with a BS degree in evolutionary anthropology and has begun a master’s degree program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Anne Hunter graduated with a degree in philosophy from Smith College and is working in the development office at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. This summer she and her fiancé adopted two retired school horses, put an addition on their house, and planned their wedding! Cerella Gonzalez graduated from Smith College with a degree in government. She interned for the Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera this summer and then moved to Portland, Maine, in the fall; she’s applying to graduate school for vocal performance. After graduating from RISD with a BFA degree in graphic design, Kelsey Lim moved to New York City. There, she will be working as a visual designer at Huge, a digital agency in Brooklyn. She’s looking forward to reconnecting with any other young alumni also living in the city next year! Dylan Rhodes will go back to Stanford this year, continuing to study artificial intelligence for a master’s degree. He says, “If anyone is looking to move to San Francisco in the near future, get in touch.”
Matt Renner is finishing his second and final tattoo apprenticeship and will begin doing apprentice tattoos for free on friends and family to build his portfolio. If you’d like to be tattooed, please reach out to Matt at rennergraphics@gmail.com. He’s located in Greeley, Colo. Emilie Kannekens spent a semester at the University of Melbourne in Australia and graduated from college in July. She’ll begin a research master’s degree in information law at the University of Amsterdam in September. Francis Aw just graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in computational finance. He started a job at BNY Mellon in NYC. Jen Oesterling will have a busy victory lap (fifth year) at Michigan State University before she graduates, and will be applying to veterinary schools this fall. She completed her fourth season playing water polo for MSU, coming in second in the Big Ten Conference. This summer she was in San Diego, interning with the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program, where she’ll be training dolphins and sea lions that are used to locate underwater mines around the world on special Navy missions. Ryan Marcelo graduated from Trinity College and moved down to Washington, D.C., where he will be working as an analyst for McChrystal Group, a consulting firm in Alexandria. He says that he’d “love to grab a drink and catch up with any PA friends who are living there or just passing through.”
2011 Christopher Batchelder 4 Raymond St. Manchester-by-the-Sea MA 01944 batch@unc.edu Oriekose Idah 8 Sycamore Lane Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274 oidah0608@gmail.com Kevin Song 1 Windy Hill Road Green Brook NJ 08812 kevin@andover11.com Edith Young 470 Park Ave., Apt. 2D New York NY 10022 edithwyoung@gmail.com
At many colleges and universities, junior year is the time to study abroad and travel. For the Class of 2011, this past semester has brought together alumni from all over and has seen chance encounters all across the globe. Over in Europe, Ashley Hess, Katie Hess, and Jesse Bielasiak met up a few times for drinks in Andover | Fall 2014
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