NewsNotes Kathleen Terris has completed her bachelor’s at the University of Houston in Texas, where she majored in anthropology. Future plans include applying to grad school.
2007 • Many thanks to Jillian Chaves for speaking at Sophomore Career Evening. Jillian shared the ins and outs of her work at Electus, a branded entertainment studio that produces television shows like Mob Wives and Fashion Star.
Jessica Dholakia is a project fellow at Pacific Council, a nonpartisan international affairs organization in Los Angeles, where she’s working on the council’s newest task force, the Latino Leadership Project. The task force, which aims to better understand the complex foreign relations issues concerning Latino voters, will make policy recommendations to the 2012 presidential candidates. Jessica graduated from George Washington University with a degree in international affairs. She was vice president of the Indian Student Association, vice president of student activities and a sister of Alpha Delta Pi.
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2008 • Joey Jaw flew in from China to attend his sister Jessica’s chapel talk. He is attending medical school in Beijing. - 52
Andrew Kunce received his BS in management from Tulane University. He majored in business management and minored in business law.
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A big thanks to Johnson Lightfoote for hosting Terence Tien ’13 and Kareem Albadawi ’14 at USC as part of Unbounded Days. The students toured the campus and got a taste of video game programming classes. Johnson introduced the students to faculty and students, and Terence and Kareem audited a gaming class. - 53
2009 • Nancy Blayney spent a semester abroad in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. She completed an independent study on the historical, political, and cultural implications of the Argentine tango. She also refined her Spanish-speaking abilities and understanding of Argentina’s dynamic history. “For me, the best part of the whole experience was living an extremely different lifestyle. I hail from Millbrook, NY (pop. 1,400), and go to school in Charleston, SC (pop. 100,000), but suddenly I was thrown into this city of 14 million people. It was the best possible culture shock. I lived on the 13th story of an apartment building in the heart of the Palermo district in the middle of Buenos Aires, and the hustle and bustle never stopped. I would often hear music playing from apartments around me until 4 in the morning.” Nancy is double majoring in Spanish and Latin American/Caribbean studies and minoring in economics at the College of Charleston. She was recently elected the vice president of her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau. - 54 Danae Gregory has completed her junior year at California Lutheran University, where she’s majoring in English. She is president of the College Life Club, a campus ministry group that teaches high school students about Christianity, and she enjoys tutoring at the writing center and volunteering at her local church. Danae occasionally sings at Camp Pendleton with a youth choir group known as New America Singers. For the past two summers, she’s traveled around the globe with them to amazing places like Hong Kong, China, Australia, and Tasmania.
2010 • Will Baker is living in the Chicago area. As a sophomore at DePaul University, he’s studying screenwriting, public relations, and advertising.
The Webb Magazine • Summer 2012
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Elle Markell worked as an editorial intern at the Wesleyan University Press this past semester, and in the fall she’s going to Chile to study abroad for a semester. Jonathon Park is keeping busy at Cornell University. He is part of a BASE Productions dance team, serving as choreographer and a member of the E-Board. He’s also a photographer for the Cornell Daily Sun newspaper.
2011 • It was great to see Chauncy Henn and Nicolette Roger at our alumni event in San Francisco. They had a chance to meet many Bay Area Webbies, including Norm Blackburn ’52. Both Chauncy and Nicolette are enjoying college life. Chauncy is at the University of San Francisco and Nicolette is at Berkeley. - 55 This summer, Emily Kan is traveling to the Bay Area for two internships. She will work in the ER at San Francisco General Hospital, the only level 1 trauma center in the city, and also serve as a health coach at Veteran’s Hospital. Emily just completed her freshman year at Claremont McKenna, and is considering a major in science and management. In her spare time, she coaches the girls’ JV basketball team at Webb.