Cl ass N otes Kathleen Murray Bien ’91, marketing, has her MBA from Assumption College, and is director of provider relations for Fallon Community Health Plan, where she had been a contract manager in network development and contracting. Bien previously was a regional business consultant at Harvard Community Health Care. She, her husband, and two sons live in Millbury. Peggy Lutfy Edwards ’92, nursing, Bellingham, celebrated her 15th wedding anniversary this year. Formerly a nurse at Marlboro Hospital, she is now a stay-athome mom with three children. She is an avid runner who is involved with sports programs in her community.
Donald Freitas ’93, accounting, Plymouth, is Invention Machine’s vice president of global finance and administration. John Graham ’93, management, Abington, and wife Noelle had a son, Connor John (CJ) on September 11. He writes, “Noelle and the baby are doing great! John made it through just fine also.” Denne Arruda Ziegler ’93, mathematics, Rutland, is married and home full-time with her two children, Zoe and Logan, after working for 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She enjoys yoga, knitting, and cooking. Keri Borba ’94, political science, Fairhaven, is the vice president, head of human resources, design, and development for Citizens Financial Group in Fairhaven.
James E. Boyle ’94, political science, New Bedford, is the assistant director of economic development for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He helps drive the Chamber’s public policy and legislative agenda at the State House and in Washington, D.C. He earned a law degree in 2002 from the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. He and his wife, Maureen ‘92, human resources management, have two children, Aileen and Donovan. Roy Nascimento ’94, political science, Taunton, married Maura Ann Estaphan of Shrewsbury in 2007. He is president and CEO of the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce.
Jason Faro ’95, humanities/ social sciences, Townsend, MD, is business sales producer for the Milford area of Murphy Insurance Agency, which he joined in 2006. He has more than nine years of experience in the insurance industry. Faro and his wife, Kimberly, have a daughter, Olivia. Steven H. Jones ’95, accounting, has joined the firm of Mary Louise Nunes, CPA, PC, in New Bedford. He brings 12 years of professional experience to his new position. He was previously a senior internal auditor at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and has held positions with several other organizations. He resides in Swansea with his wife Kim and son.
give yourself to dream” animator. The drawing program is top-notch… drawing is treated as an art onto itself” and not solely as preparation for other art forms. And “I found great inspiration in my backyard at the Star Store. Looking out from my fourthfloor window in the graduate painting studio, I became engrossed in the beauty of the historic whaling city of New Bedford. I bring this love of research to developing myself as an academic.” As he did as a grad student, Strathmann today travels continually to museums, zoos, aquariums, and public spaces, always with camera or sketchbook in hand. “I draw every day to increase my speed and accuracy (to) draw anything I may have to in order to explain something to my students.” His graduate studies, Strathmann says, served as a conduit to the ecologically-themed work he has embarked upon. Collaborating with his wife Carlene, he has completed a film on ocean pollution; he hopes that the series of environmentallycentered films he plans to create in the future “will appeal to people with causes who want to get their message out.
“I do not expect to get rich doing this work but would like to leave some sort of legacy to our children.” Strathmann is optimistic about the continuing importance of drawing: “drawn animation is thriving and studios like Disney are reopening their previously shuttered studios. Whether drawn on paper or directly into the computer, there is no substitute for conveying one’s ideas than a drawn image.” And arts students should be optimistic, he
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believes. “There are countless ways of making a living as an artist. You really are only limited by the freedom you give yourself to dream.” Develop a career plan, and embrace continued study, he advises. “Appreciate the opportunity to grow. Don’t look at others’ success to judge yourself. Take joy and pride in the process of your own development and love being an artist.” —Diane Hartnett
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