UNIVERSE
Faculty Meeting This fall, University High School welcomes eleven new employees. The beginning of a new school year brings a feeling of promise and anticipation for faculty and staff as well as for students, as we meet new colleagues and are exposed to new scholarship and practices. nurture globally minded and socially conscious students. He holds a BA in history and an MA in Latin American history from San Francisco State University, and he has completed PhD work in Latin American history at the University of Pittsburgh.
Back row: Terrence Brewer, Bayete Henderson, Marcus Caimi, Rhett Jaramillo, Nate Lundy. Front row: Bridget Gleason, Juliet Ayertey, Corinne Limbach, Trude Froland. Not pictured: Mandy Brooks, Bianca Catalan ’10. Photo by Anne Pantelick ’85, P ’19.
FACULTY
Juliet Ayertey joins us as a mathematics instructor this fall. She is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she received a BSc in Actuarial Science, and of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where she earned an MSc in operations research and statistics. She sharpened her skills as a graduate teaching assistant in the mathematics department at New Mexico Tech, and has a wealth of experience as a teacher, mentor, and youth counselor. Terrence Brewer is no stranger to UHS, having worked with our jazz groups for the past ten years. This fall, he joins the UHS faculty as a music instructor and ninth-grade
mentor. A multiple-awardwinning guitarist and 2016 inductee into the Pittsburg Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame, Terrence has more than fifteen years of experience as a music educator, working with SFJAZZ, San Francisco Public Library, the California Jazz Conservatory, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He is a graduate of Los Medanos College. Marcus Caimi joins UHS as a mathematics instructor and ninth-grade mentor. Marcus graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in theoretical mathematics and a minor in education, and went on to earn an EdM through the Teacher Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He comes to us from Cambridge Rindge & Latin School in Cambridge, MA.
UHS alumna Bianca Catalan ’10 returns to UHS this fall as a community engagement instructor and ninth-grade mentor. Since graduating from UHS, Bianca has studied at the City College of New York, where she received a BA in theatre; American Conservatory Theater’s Studio A.C.T.; and St. Mary’s College of California. She has spent many years working with communities to bring the arts to children and families in San Francisco and in Missouri, and she is an awardwinning poet and artist. Bayete Henderson joins UHS this fall as a history instructor and ninth-grade mentor. Bayete comes to us from Assumption University in Bangkok, Thailand, where he taught a variety of different history classes. He hopes to help
Joining UHS as Director of Health, Wellness, and Leadership is Corinne Limbach. A graduate of College Preparatory School in Oakland, Corinne has extensive experience working with students as both a counselor and a teacher. She has worked with the Huckleberry House in San Francisco and AmeriCorps in Richmond, and is trained in a variety of aspects of youth wellness. She attended Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received a BS in biological sciences. See page 11 for more about Corinne.
STAFF
Mandy Brooks is excited to join the UHS community this fall as the school’s first director of major giving. Most recently, Mandy worked at UC Berkeley, as director of development in the College of Letters & Science. She has worked in development for more than seven years and has a wealth of experience in the field. In July, Bridget Gleason joined the UHS community as human resources director. Bridget’s experience in human resources has been acquired over an extensive and varied career serving the human resources, payroll, benefits, and training needs of companies large and small throughout the U H S J O U R N A L | FA L L 2 0 1 8
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