Class Notes in all, my passport’s really looking forward to the next 1-2 years!” Sam Salyer, a senior on George Washington University’s men’s tennis team, was named to ESPN Magazine’s Academic All-District II First Team. Named the 2008 Atlantic-10 Men’s Tennis StudentAthlete of the Year, Salyer was the first GWU men’s tennis player in the program’s history to earn First Team accolades. An American studies major, he was also selected to both the A-10 All-Conference Second Team and the A-10 Academic All-Conference team. His inclusion on the Academic All-Conference team marks the third year in a row he earned that honor.
2005
Jack Adams adams@stolaf.edu Lindsay Giese giese@stolaf.edu Hannah Lamb hel1@cec.wustl.edu Kate Meyer meyerk@carleton.edu Nikki Stennes nikkis2100@aol.com Sarah Wald skwald@gmail.com
2006
Lien Bui lbui@gac.edu Rory Collins collinsr@carleton.edu Alex Gast a-gast@northwestern.edu Marjahn Golban mgolban@wellesley.edu Henry Parker hparker@bates.edu
Ana Panone writes, “Over spring break eight other Hamline students and I, along with about 15 Avalon high school students, went to New Orleans. Most of the Hamline students are going into
education, but we had one psych major and one poli-sci major. We were chosen to participate in a program started by a Hamline education professor, Jean Strait. She and a leadership team got a grant of $30,000 for the trip from Travelers Insurance to cover all of the costs. We went down and worked with Hamline’s sister school, Martin Luther King Charter School, in the Lower Ninth Ward. It is the first charter school in New Orleans and many of the students don’t go on past eighth grade, particularly because there is no high school in their district for them to go to. So we paired up and began mentoring the students and have stayed in contact with them via an online site called Blackboard. We help with homework questions as well as just be a friend. While we were down there we also worked in different parks, cleaning and getting them ready to be mowed and enjoyable again. We also visited a restaurant called Cafe Reconcile; it was started by an excon and he founded this restaurant to help teach young adults who aren’t on the right track the skills they need to get and maintain a job, as well as behavioral skills. The cafe is also expanding and becoming a place where young adults can learn how to do things like file taxes, fill out paperwork and other things that might seem discouraging.”
2007
Etonde Awaah tonders@math.com Nicholas Rosenbaum goopygoop@gmail.com Derek Schaible derek.schaible@gmail.com
Devon Holstad, a first-year student at Loyola University Chicago, was a member of the team that placed sixth at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship
s 2008 Jessie Garretson, Vanessa Levy, Nolan Filter and Ariella Rotenberg were named Class Agents for the Class of 2008.
Tournament held at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minn., in April. Holstad was part of the prosecution team, giving the opening statement and cross examining the opposing witness. The team beat out much larger schools, including University of California-Berkeley and Boston University. Derek Schaible, first-year student at Pomona College, was a member of the quiz bowl team that placed first in the CA-HI-NV regional College Bowl tournament Feb. 23-24 in Sacramento, Calif. The four-person team advanced to the College Bowl championship held in April in Minnesota.
2008
Jessie Garretson Nolan Filter Vanessa Levy Ariella Rotenberg
Louise Parker had two of her paintings selected for the “20 under 20” exhibit June 12 at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Former Faculty and Staff news welcomed! Contact Tracy Madden at 651-696-1323, or e-mail tmadden@spa.edu. Rob Woutat, Upper School English teacher from 1964 to 1987, is a playwright and newspaper columnist. His play, Homo Domesticus, a comedy about house husbands, was produced this spring, and his childhood memoir Dakota Boy is available through major online booksellers. Thor Polson, former Latin teacher, recently published a novel, Childsong, by Athena Press of London. Copies may be ordered through Amazon.com.
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