2007
2008
2011
Amanda Nadeau has received a Juris Doctor degree from New England Law School in Boston.
Kenneth Calci received a Master of Public Administration degree and a certificate in sustainability politics and policy from the University of New Hampshire in 2012.
Karen Contois is a special education teacher at Narragansett Pier School.
Nate Tronerud received a master’s degree from California State University-Long Beach and composed the music for Ellen Kushner’s audiobook Swordspoint, his second audiobook score.
Jeffrey Cotnoir became leadership gifts officer in December 2012 at The New School in New York City. Shelly Kozun began teaching sixth grade at Narragansett Pier School in 2012. Amanda (Jordan) LaDuke is a special education teacher in the Middletown School Department. Manuel “Greg” Matos authored Shattered Glass: The Story of a Marine Embassy Guard, a compelling look at his experiences as an enlisted Marine who was front-and-center during an al-Qaeda attack on a U.S. consulate. Jessica Waters, a science teacher at Woonsocket’s Beacon Charter High School for the Arts, is the 2013 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year.
2007
2009
Garine Palandjian is the coordinator of student services at the American University of Armenia. She began work this past March.
Ryan Brennan has received a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of Rhode Island.
2008 Robert Grandchamp wrote and published his seventh and eighth books last year: Rhode Island and the Civil War: Voices from the Ocean State and Col. E.E. Cross: A Civil War Biography.
Katherine Griffin is a special education teacher at Narragansett Pier School. Melissa Kay is a licensed loan officer at Seacoast Mortgage Corp. in Pawtucket. She joins her father and sister in the business. Alyson Saccoccia received an M.Ed. in learning, diversity and urban studies from Vanderbilt University last year. Christina Tavana is assistant women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse coach at Rhode Island College. She played women’s soccer for four years at RIC and women’s lacrosse for two years at RIC. Maria L. Vargas Zamarripa welcomes two children, Marcos Andres, born in the summer of 2010, and Paulo Facundo, born in the spring of 2011.
2012
Sergio DeSousarosa has been promoted from deputy warden to warden by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections.
Shengqiang Chen completed a 2012 Tech Collective IT summer fellowship program. Chen worked on database administration at The Rhode Island Foundation. The eight-week pilot program was funded through the Governor’s Workforce Board and the Rhode Island Job Development Fund.
Josephine Francis received an M.S. in evolutionary anthropology from Durham University last year.
Keith Hamilton signed with the BBC Bayreuth 2, a German professional basketball club, last October.
Jonathan M. Gibbs M.Ed. became the wellness teacher at Foxboro High School in Massachusetts last August.
April Oberhelman is now the head volleyball coach at Cranston East High School. She was an assistant coach.
Nicole Riley is the head softball coach at Rhode Island College, succeeding Maria Morin who stepped down after 18 seasons. Riley played for Morin as an Anchorwoman.
Kaitlyn Poole completed a Tech Collective IT summer fellowship program last year. She worked as a member of the IT training and development team at CVS Caremark. The eight-week pilot program was funded through the Governor’s Workforce Board and the Rhode Island Job Development Fund. She has been hired by APC by Schneider Electric.
2010 Stephanie Antononi is the music teacher at Stanley M. Koziol Elementary School in Ware, Mass. Rui Montilla received an M.S. in human development and family studies from the University of Rhode Island in 2012 and is an area director at Bryant University. Rui is engaged to Jasmine Rezendes ’11.
Peter Sankowich was employee of the quarter for October to December 2012. He is a patrolman with the Exeter Police Department in New Hampshire. Nicholas Soltysiak began teaching math at Narragansett High School last year. 41