Alumni Class Notes 1996
Congratulations to Angel Kozeli (Boston, MA) on her marriage to Michael Mozina on June 2, 2012, at Harvard University’s St. Paul Church in Cambridge, MA. Angel is an attorney and runs her own general law practice in Boston.
2001
Earlier in 2012, Karan Goel (Chicago, IL) sold PrepMe to Naviance (a division of DMG). Naviance is the leader in helping students plan for and build a path toward college; with PrepMe’s industry-leading adaptive learning platform and highly efficacious college test prep products, the combined entity will be poised to take students all the way from planning to achieving their college goals. Per the press release, “In a time of increasing mandates for student success, schools and districts need cost-effective, comprehensive programs that help students connect learning to personalized goals,” said Karan Goel, co-founder, PrepMe. “The combination of PrepMe and Naviance will allow students and families to realize the impact their PSAT, SAT and ACT test preparation has on post-secondary planning and achievement.”
2002
Hank Alexander (Pittsburgh, PA) writes, “I graduated from Harvard Business School in May
and started in the Strategic Planning Group at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh in June. ” Noah Bendix-Balgley (Pittsburgh, PA), concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performed his first recital on June 1, 2012. The recital included selections from Bach, Beethoven and Ravel.
2004
On September 4, 2012, Bryan Bibler (Brooklyn, NY) was a guest, via phone, on the Jim Scott Show on WLW-AM. He discussed how his company, Thirty-Six Education, offers personalized test prep for students on the SATs and ACTs. Per the website, “At Thirty-Six Education we provide individualized, skill-based tutoring for the ACT and other college preparatory tests. Our test prep approach is simple: we design students’ programs based on their strengths and weaknesses and tailor the tutoring to the specific test they are taking.” Congratulations to Susie Keller ’04 and Laura Hoguet ’06 on running (and completing!) the 2012 Boston Marathon.
2005
Our thanks to Anni Macht Gibson (C’70) for sharing this news. Drew Gibson is in his second, and final, year of the Masters of Social Work Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus—with classes two days a week and field work in Washington, DC, Tuesday-Thursday. He lives in between in Laurel, MD, to help his commute! On the side, he is Social Media Director of a website that is a newsfeed for subscribers about all things HIV/AIDS related—and he also writes a blog on the website: www. VirallySuppressed.com - Your Internet Home for All Things HIV Positive and Progressive. Christopher Warrington (Seattle, WA) writes, “[I am] working at Microsoft on Bing.com and enjoying Seattle.”
2006
Jensin Wallace (Cincinnati) designed a mural for the collaboration of ArtWorks and Vision 2015 for the Licking River Nature Trail in Covington, KY. The mural was painted this summer by ArtWorks Apprentice Artists and installed in August. Lindsey Degen (New York, NY) launched her web store DEGEN over the summer. Per her website, “Lindsey’s passion for knitting began at the age of three when her grandmother gave her a set of knitting needles and taught her how to stitch. In pursuit of mastering her skills, Lindsey attended Central Saint Martins and the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied
In October, some members of the class of 2005 enjoyed a mini reunion and OSU football in Columbus. (L to R) Sarah Ott, Asia Reid, Emily McDonough, Mary Wulsin
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