Christina (Tsoules) Soriano '98 accepted a position at Wake !=crest University in Winston-Salem, NC, where she'll serve as the new assistant professor of dance in the Theater and Dance Department. about to begin her Ph.D. (I think in psychol ogy) at Hunter. Right now I'm in Guatemala for six weeks, learning Spanish, participating m a volunteer social work program in Xela, and am looking forward to traveling around and exploring the country." She also writes that Kaja LeWinn is finishing her final year of her Ph.D. in public health at Harvard and will soon be ready to practice and take the world by storm! Sara Michel becomes my new hero for putting her updates in bullet-point form, which, quite frankly, might be the future format for class notes. Sara highlights the following- Kyra (Shakira, Shakira!) Skvir is due to be wed to the most amazing man on the planet, Joshua Frankel. The wedding is scheduled for August 19 at her family home in Long Island, on a cliff overlooking the Long Island Sound. Tara 1-lanlon has been tearing up the dating scene in D.C. Alix (Peck) Samala is happily married to Paul Samala. The couple was married in September 2005 . Sara herself is plugging away gathering assets for a hedge fund. She just changed jobs and is working for a new fund. Though she's stayed in the same line of work, her new job affords Sara the opportunity to hit happy hour now and then and time to train for a big race in November. Best of luck! Now, onto more weddings and life events that become actuality AFTER weddings. In happy news, Paul 1-lillman informed me that he's been spending lots of time with his Seattle peeps, including Karyn Meyer '99 and Bill '99 and Brianna Mahoney ' 01. What's more exciting is that Paul and girlfriend Jackie got engaged over the 4th of July He writes, "We spent the long 4th weekend on the Olympic Peninsula, and I proposed in a secluded corner of the beach at La Push as fireworks arched over the beach and out to the ocean- it was a great moment. It's been a while coming, Jackie and I have been dating for five years after meeting in an African dance class in Chicago. Good thing I had a couple moves from Adbullaye Syllah's class at Trinity!" Nannie (Corrigan) 1-lartman writes that she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Jack, on March 26. He weighed in at 7lbs., IS oz and 21" long. It was a grueling 46hour labor, but Nannie maintains, well worth
every minute in the end! I'm so happy for the Hartmans but, in all honesty, news of a 46hour labor made my uterus shrivel up and die. Right behind her was Kristin l=ranczyk, who clocked in with a 36-hour labor to deLiver little baby Oscar Joaquin Grajales on July 9. I was hoping for a little Franczyk baby on the eve of my 30 birthday (July 6) but, alas, when we checked in with her on 7/ 6 she was at her book club and deeply ensconced in the subtleties of the novel Chocolat. Who knew that the big push was right around the corn.er? Mommy and baby Oscar Joaquin (who I m callmg OJ, basically because it makes me giggle) are doing well. Also, again, I can say what I want- if Franz ever gets motivated enough to have an issue of the Reporter sent to her I'll eat nothing but okra for a week. George P. Zyrek and his advertising agency colleagues were honored by the American Marketing Association for rwo Web sites they developed for Mohegan Sun Casino. George managed the development of rwo Web sites for the casino giant, one generalconsumer Web site and one meeting-planner site, winning Best Consumer Web site and Best B2B Web site, respectively George and his team also won Best in Show at the 2006 Mercury Awards this year in addition to the PRSA's Gold Award for Best Newsletter and Silver Award for Best Direct Campaigns for Mohegan Sun. "All work and no play" seems to have defined his summer. Congratulations, George! Moren (Reilly) DeGraff caught us up on all her pals. She's doing very well, living in Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco with husband Adam and daughter Reilly Ailish who turns one in August. Maren reports that her daughter is a tremendous amount of fun and they're so luc~ t~ have her and all the joy she brings to the1r hves. She is still working in technology doing Web development for Advent Software, Inc., and really enjoying it (and the workjlife balance it allows ...). Maren writes, ''I'd write in with updates about each of the girls but I'm sure to get some details wrong, so I'll let someone who's better at that (cough, Morgan, cough) give those updates, but I will say that everyone's doing terrifically well.
JOHN WALSTON '98 and Colleen Burke were married at Adler Plane t arium in Chicago, IL. Trinity alumn i/ae attend ing were : (1. to r.) Adrienne Ob er '98, Karen Go '98 , groom , brid e, Ju lie Wyman '01 , Terrence Black '00, and James G ri ffith '99.
is in fashion school in NYC and her husband Mik~ welcomed their son, Michael Francis King IV, to the world on July 21, 2006. He timed it perfectly so that he would be in the air-conditioned hospital during the heat wave and escape the power issues in ~eens . Morgan Rissel just started a new venture with Presidio Financial Partners and is absolutely loving it. Regan l=arrar is getting married in September... Ok, so there are a few updates after all ... " Jennifer (Martinelli) !-logan generated the world's most fabulous wrap-up on all her friends. Deep breath in ... ready? Here goes .... "On July 23, 2005, at Ocean Edge in Brewster, MA, I officially became Mrs. Jennifer Hogan! I married Billy Hogan '96. Lots of Trinity folks made an appearance! My maid of honor was my sister, Melissa Martinelli '02. Billy and I are now weeks away from expecting our first child (due August 23) . Needless to say it's been a crazy couple years. Billy and I live in Brookline, MA, which is very convenient for him because he works for the Red Sox and Fenway Park is two miles away! I am currently working in Charlestown, MA, at the Commandant's House in the Navy Yard. I am the event manager and planner for the mansion. I also continue to work on commissioned furniture, where I wood carve and paint anything from rocking chairs to armoires to toy chests. I can happily say I am in touch with a number of folks from school and can give you a quick run down of what they are up to. Caera (Byrnes) 1-lorwitz and Adom 1-lorwitz also live in Brookline, MA. Both are doing really well. Caera is a phenomenal graphic designer that just had her work displayed all over Boston to promote the 4th of July fireworks. Ashley (Knowles) Grenier and husband Ben live in Charlestown with their new addition, Charlie. He'll be one year old Katie Brierley
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