Spartan Magazine
Emily Aragona works in downtown Austin and is thoroughly enjoying her experience thus far working for RetailMeNot, a web-based coupon marketplace. Trey Jennings has been looking forward to completing the Graduate Program in Finance at the University of Texas in May (master’s degree). After graduation, Trey will move to Houston to work for BHP Billiton’s rotational program. Mark Jackson is pleased to announce his acceptance to the Thunderbird School of Global Management’s Global Marketing program in Glendale, Ariz. He is also building Members of the Class of 2006: Mark VanMiddlesworth, Nick Le, Neil Baron, John McKetta, Walter Heymann, Michael Goldberg, Matthew Fischler and Spencer Craven Selina Strasburger is still kickin’ it in Singapore, play-
Kristine Cruz, who lives in Washington, D.C., is pleased
ing the advertising game, eating immense amounts of
to announce her engagement to Thomas Marchhart.
delicious local food, and spending too much money on
Kristine and Thomas are looking forward to moving back
indulgent trips to countries in the region. She'll prob-
to Texas in the fall for law school.
ably be here for another year or so, so if you want a free couch to crash on you better head out soon!
Natalie Blankenship and Ryan Wolfe have been counting down the days until their June 8, 2013, wedding.
Sophie Foreman “got engaged in December to James Mann, a fellow Austinite, whom I met through
Raiza Aguilar has been looking forward to her graduation
mutual friends right after college. We’re currently
in May from Boston University, after which she will move
busy planning a February 2014 wedding in Austin. I'm
back to Austin to work with the Austin Aztex.
especially excited to celebrate the big day with several classmates as members of the wedding party: JoDee
Raiza’s fellow BU classmate, Daniel Taylor, is thoroughly
Debes, Callie O'Neill, Meredith Martin, Ali Jones,
enjoying his life in Boston. Daniel works in manufactur-
and Megan Trainor.”
ing consulting for Green Beacon Solutions, located in Newton, Mass.
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Justin Patrick, who lives in Boston, reported that he
A nne B uckthal , anne.buckthal@gmail.com
is “surviving” his first year at Harvard Law School and
C ole A r ledge , arledge@fas.harvard.edu
is looking forward to this summer, where he will be splitting his summer between working for a professor in
Aaron Moten appeared on Broadway playing His reviews were outstanding, and he was
Seve Garza recently moved back to Austin and is now
nominated for a 2013 Drama Desk Award in the
pursuing a career in stencil art and long exposure
category of Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
photography. His portfolio and information about his process can be found at g52cube.com, and several of his pieces have been on display at Amy’s Ice Cream’s 6th Street location.
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educate readers on how to travel wisely and inexpensively. Speaking of traveling, after graduating from Hamilton College in May 2012, Caitlin Livsey spent two months in Costa Rica doing volunteer work and working on a sea turtle conservation project. After returning from her trip to Costa Rica, Caitlin spent a few months stateside before moving to Australia, where she is currently spending six-and-a-half months working and traveling. She is looking forward to returning to the states this summer and starting the Graduate Program in Geosciences at Penn State University this fall. Ashley Robert has been accepted into several law schools and has not yet decided which school to attend. “I'm also excited for a 10-day trip to Ireland that I'm taking in May!” Chris Hooks wrote an article for the The Texas Tribune that was also published in The New York Times entitled “Aiming to Serve Free Breakfasts to All Students in Poor Areas.” Read this and other articles by Chris by searching the name ‘Chris Hooks’ at www.nytimes.com.
Boston and for a law firm in Houston.
‘Avery’ in the new Annie Baker play, “The Flick.”
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up his travel site, The Travel Playbook, which aims to
Claudia Iao is back in Austin, working for Swinn, a startup that designs and sells compression sports bras.
Alyssa Posey recently moved to Farmington, Conn., and works in the marketing department at the Edible
Hillary Metcalfe works for Bury + Partners in downtown
Arrangements International Headquarters, located
Austin and is enjoying living within walking distance
in Wallingford, Conn. She is looking forward to her
from the Whole Foods headquarters at 5th and Lamar.
upcoming wedding to Sean McDermott, which will take
Ashley Toscano, who works in downtown Austin, is
place in the spring of 2014.
enjoying her new position as business development
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chantal.strasburger@gmail.com
Jen Nordhauser will be at UT one more year to finish degrees in biomedical engineering and art history, as well as serve on the National Association of Engineering Student Councils as vice president of conferences. This past year she interned at SXSW Inc. in interactive production for the second year in a row, and she plans to apply to medical school this summer! She can't wait to see everyone at the five-year reunion this year!
coordinator at LatinWorks.
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