Sarah Benway Kijowski ’04 received a master’s degree in history and museum studies through the Cooperstown Graduate Program in 2007. She works at the Hyde Collection, an art museum in Glens Falls, NY. Matthew Pray ’04, a music teacher at Moira Central School, formed the Adirondack Jazz Orchestra in 2003. The band consists of 19 members and performs at many different venues in the North Country. Stephanie Tooke ’04 received her master’s in inclusion education from Utica College in 2008. She teaches social studies for grades 8 to 12 at the New York State School for the Deaf in Rome, NY. Richard Viglucci ’04 is pursuing a doctorate of musical arts in clarinet performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was previously the director of bands at Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff, AZ. Rachel E. Guiles ’05 is a Medicaid service coordinator at Cerebral Palsy of the North Country in Canton, NY. Justin Kahn ’05 is a licensed veterinary technician at the Bath Veterinary Hospital in Bath, NY. Nicholas R. Lee ’05 and ’06 holds a master captain’s license from the U.S. Coast Guard and is a seventhgrade science teacher at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School.
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Michelle Roderick ’06 is a market research analyst at Knowledge Systems and Research in Syracuse, NY. José Rincón ’06 was promoted to Artistic Services Manager at OPERA America. He produces professional development and networking events for opera artists around the country. Xiaopo Wang ’06 was recently hired as the scenic designer and technical director at Salina Community Theatre. Heather M. LaForce ’07 is currently enrolled at the Museum School of the Fine Arts in Boston in pursuit of her MFA. Her portraiture will be displayed in the Lawrence Academy’s Conant Gallery. Caitlin Mary Levere ’07 is a fifth-grade teacher at M.M. Pierce Elementary School in Remington, VA. Cara Tromans ’07 accepted a position as a program operations analyst for Conservation Services Group in Albany, NY. Christopher C. Wheeler ’07 received his master’s degree from Clarkson University and is a management trainee at Hertz in Pittsfield, NY. Matthew D. Corey ’08 & Shawn M. VanBrocklin ’08 of the band Greene Reveal released their first fulllength album “(re)shape” on May 4, 2010. The band was profiled in Alternative Press Magazine.
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Emily (Brown) Hanley ’08 is now the dance coordinator for Community Arts Connection, an arts-based day habilitation site, and directs the dance troupe A Moving Experience. Kevin Irwin ’08 is a busy solo music performer and one of North Country Public Radio’s weekend announcers. Irwin also teaches guitar at St. Lawrence University. Sarah Lassor-Peccolo ’08 graduated from St. Lawrence University with a master’s degree in education and currently resides in Potsdam, NY. Tricia Livernois ’08 published three novels under the pen name T.J. Laverne. Gina Fazio ’09 has been named the head coach of the Mohawk Valley Community College women’s lacrosse team. She is also an instructor in the Center for Language and Learning Design there.
Heather Taylor ’09 recently released a new-age flute CD called “From Dream to Dream.” Ryan A. Wright ’09 was selected the 2009-10 recipient of the Frances Leitzell Award, given annually to the student of childhood education judged to be the best student teacher.
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RICH
Bradford J. Novak ’05 published his first political fiction novel, “Appeal to a Higher Father.”
Joshua Rich ’10 is a SUNY Potsdam Alumni Board trustee and a graduate student at the University of Buffalo majoring in Higher Education Administration.
Kathryne Alfredson’s ’10 artwork was recently displayed at the Natural Bridge Gallery. Lauren V. Gilmour ’10 was hired as the new education specialist for the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, NY. Krista Rae Larock ’10 will graduate from Clarkson University in 2011 with an MBA. She is employed as a graduate assistant at Clarkson and by Fused Solutions, Potsdam.
ZERVANOS
for the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide LGBT civil rights and advocacy organization, to coordinate programs and campaigns in Rochester and Buffalo, NY.
Lydia Zervanos ’10 shows her Crane pride before a performance with the World Orchestra in Spain in December 2010
Kyle P. Hesse ’09, U.S. Air Force Airman First Class, graduated from basic military training. Andrew Kromholz ’09 is a string director at the Mount Kenya Academy in Nyeri, Kenya. Previously he was a strings teacher at Bethlehem Elementary School in Delmar, NY. Jason Matteson ’09 will compete in the 2011 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in the professional adult drum major category. He is a bagpiper with the Mohawk Valley Frasers. Mackenzie Reynolds ’09 is attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working toward an MFA in art studio and photography.
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