CLASS NOTES
he is taking…. Dom Benedict (Jeremy) Nivakoff is a Benedictine monk and newly named prior of the Monastery of San Benedetto in Norcia, Italy. The community is new, but the monastery’s history goes back to St. Benedict himself. In recent years, the monks have opened a craft brewery to help them earn revenue to support the upkeep and day-to-day needs of their monastery. Dom Benedict plays a key role in the beer-making process as the brewery’s overseer. The beer is now available for purchase in the United States and Dom Benedict asks for your support and prayers in his endeavors. See page 21 for a profile of Fr. Benedict and his work at Norcia... Colin O’Higgins and his wife Renee have been enjoying many visits from Colin’s classmates to visit the newest addition to their family, baby Colin. John Heins’01 with his wife Kate and daughter Clara, enjoying the Florida sun
98 I Jen Stankiwicz was recognized with the 2016 Excellence in Student Mentoring Award for Secondary Education in the
Chris Beer ‘99’s family is growing with new daughter Ella Jane
Jason Weida ‘98’s children Bowen and Alden
All is going well for Paul Yoon ‘01 and his family, in Vermont
WINTER Alumni BULLETIN 2017
Teachers College at WGU…. Leslie Heller has been promoted to Director of the Center for Orientation, Transitions and Leadership at Providence College…. Jason Weida is joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, in Boston, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. In that role, Jason will represent the United States in a variety of litigation matters in federal court. He lives in Hingham, MA, with his wife, Kyley, their son Bowen (age four) and their daughter Alden (age two).
99 I Chris Beer and his wife have just had their second daughter, Ella Jane, who was born in November 2016.
01 I John Heins was promoted to the rank of major in the United States Air Force in 2016; he is currently the director of operations for the Air Force’s only formal training unit for advanced cyberspace warfare skills, located near Fort Walton Beach, FL. John, his wife Kate, and their one-year-old daughter Clara, are enjoying the Florida sunshine! The family is excited to be moving back to Rhode Island for one year in the summer of 2017, where John has been selected to attend the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College in Newport…. Paul Yoon is happy to say that things are going well for himself and his family. Paul is still serving as the assistant principal at the Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, VT, and is still a partner with CO Strategies, LLC, facilitating diversity workshops throughout the state. He also sent his condolences, “It was with great sadness that I made my way back down to the Abbey this past Thursday and Friday. When I received word about Fr. Edmund’s passing a couple of weeks ago, I was heartbroken. Fr. Edmund was a father figure in my life throughout my four years at the Abbey, and I will be forever grateful for the love, kindness, and caring he had for me during this pivotal period in my life.”
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