Classnotes Full Circle’s mission is to provide children and their families with creative ways to express their grief and remember their loved one. The center’s website is www. fullcirclegriefcenter.org. Over a year ago, Mary Harvard also started her own business. Check out the website at www. lifemax.net/mhnolde.
Left to Right: Corbin Brierre Ryland ’01, Christine Beil Rigsby ’01 , Sarah Martenstein Jefferson ’01, Jennifer Gray ’02, Laura Hargrave Slabaugh ’01, and Caitlin Rossmore Baron ’01.
’80s Robert Dietz ’81 and Denise Featherton Dietz ’81 have been running Featherson Service Stations and Properties for the past seven years. They are busy renovating a rental property in North Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, for the 2012 season. Their son, Danny, who graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in May, is attending VCU’s graduate finance program and working for Covington Travel Company. Their daughter, Katie, is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina.
LouEllen Blackwelder ’84 recently accepted a position with VCU Health System as Grants and Business Manager for VCU Continuing Medical Education.
’90s The dynamic doubles tennis team of Mary Harvard Nolde ’93 and Delaney Turnage Mescall ’92 have teamed up again to work at Full Circle, Richmond’s Family Grief Center. Mary Harvard has signed on as Director of Development and Delaney is the new Director of Community Relations.
’00s Sarah Martenstein ’01 and Taylor Jefferson were married on October 15, 2011. Sarah is currently working as a Registered Nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. Maggie Harman ’04 is working as a Special Investigator for the Federal Government, conducting background investigations. She lives in the Fan district of Richmond. Ayers Gilman ’06 recently began a new job with The Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals as Assistant to the Executive Director. She also coaches for the Richmond Rockets Dive Club and referees for the Central Virginia Volleyball Officials’ Association.
Bev Borum ’06 has returned to Noia, Spain, for another year, teaching English at a high school called San Alberto. She teaches in plurilingual classes, such as Music Composition, History of Music, Philosophy, Biology, and Natural Sciences. She also assists in English classes with students ranging in age from 12 to 18. She also continues volunteering at a lower school in the same town. This past summer, Kelsey Mohring ’08 completed a public relations internship at Community Health Network in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kelsey also studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain, during the spring of 2011 to complete her minor in Spanish. She is now a senior at JMU. She serves as the events chairperson for the
Public Relations Student Society of America chapter and is completing an internship in the university’s public affairs office. Emily Friend ’09 is a junior at James Madison majoring in Sports Management/Business. She is a manager for the women’s basketball team and has been a resident advisor in the dorms for two years.
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James Neels ’11 is finishing his first semester at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in welding and metallurgy technology. He is enjoying a mix of academic and labbased activities and has adapted well to life back in Pennsylvania.
Now and Then: (L to R) Mary Harvard Nolde and Delaney Turnage Mescall.
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