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married Michael Ramsey at the Flag Hill Winery in Lee, NH. Heather is a faculty assistant with Harvard Business School, and Michael is a software engineer with Enterasys Secure Networks. They live together in Arlington, MA. Karen Martel married Jeffrey Davis at New Rye Congregational Church. Karen is an environmental scientist at The Smart Associates, Environmental Consultants in Concord and Jeffrey is a physical therapist at Progressive Therapy Services in Bow and Apple Therapy Services in Manchester. They live in Pembroke. Ricky Santos has returned to UNH football as the wide receivers coach. Ricky had an exceptional playing career as UNH’s quarterback, and after graduating, he played professionally in Canada and with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. —Michael Patrick Antosh, 3476 Post Rd., Wakefield, RI 02879; mantosh@alumni.unh.edu
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Continuing EduCation Josh is an emergency management specialist for the Department of Public Safety for the city of Providence, RI. Congrats to Michelle Boutet who recently became a registered dietitian. Michelle received her degree in communications from UNH and furthered her education at Simmons College through their Didactic Program in Dietetics. Patricia Grobecker is a clinical instructor in nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Patricia received her master of science in clinical nurse leadership from UNH. Vermont Governor Shumlin announced the appointment of Philip Kolling who will serve as executive director of SerVermont— coordinating and promoting community service across the state. I have career news as well, having recently accepted a promotion with my current company as marketing manager for a project with URS Corporation in Boston. Congratulations to everyone on their happy and exciting news. I look forward to hearing news from more of you for the winter issue. Enjoy your fall. —Becca Cyr, rlcyr@alumni.unh.edu
2007
Timothy Northrup has earned his professional engineer license. He works for North Woods Engineering in Saranac Lake, NY. Tim has experience as a project engineer, designer, and permitting specialist, working on projects that include the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s conference center in Lake Placid and the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Heather MacNeill
Congratulations to Stephanie Jillson and William Carey Creed, who were married Nov. 16, 2012, in Atkinson, NH. In early July, Meghan Tremarche celebrated her five-year anniversary with the U.S. government. She lives in Washington, DC, where she serves as an international trade specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Cailin Mateleska is getting her master’s in art therapy at Lesley University, and she recently started working in collaboration with Artsbridge, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that uses art and dialogue to develop constructive partnerships between American, Israeli, and Palestinian youth. I’d love to hear from you and know what you’ve been up to! Please send updates, photos, stories, little blurbs, or whatever your heart desires. —Alexandra Covucci, apo2@alumni.unh.edu
2010
Benjamin Tupper is going to be starting school again for his doctoral degree in education at the University of Michigan. He has just returned from South Africa where he worked as a South African National Parks volunteer coordinator and was a large carnivore researcher. Great work, Benjamin! Please continue sending your updates, we enjoy hearing from you. —Caitlin LeMay, 18-22 Essex St., Apt 17 Haverhill, MA 01832; caitlin.lemay@alumni.unh.edu
2011
Kelly Barry joined Vanasse Hangen Brustlin’s team in North Ferrisburgh, VT, as a civil engineer. She is also working on her master ’s degree at UNH. —Kristina Looney, 117 Central St., Apt #2, Auburn, MA 01524; kLooney@alumni.unh.edu
2012
Hello, Class of 2012! I hope this issue finds you busy and well. Kelly Donahue is a marketing coordinator for the New England Patriots. Oriel Health Care has appointed Nathan Oriol as the assistant administrator of Oakdale Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center in West Boylston, MA. Send your news! —Bria Oneglia, 436 Winchester Rd., Winsted, CT 06098; bwf9@wildcats.unh.edu
2013
Lynsey Keenan Burke of Peterborough, NH, has been accepted into the Peace Corps. She is training as an agriculture and forestry extension volunteer in Paraguay. Lynsey joins the 74 N.H. residents currently serving in the Peace Corps and more than 1,628 N.H. residents who have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. To post your note online log on to UNH Connect (unhconnect.unh.edu) and share news with your classmates.
2009
Amanda Ramos graduated from the Mayo Clinic Medical School in Rochester, MN, and has been accepted at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She will pursue a residency in obstetrics and gynecology. Suphatra Paravichai Laviolette has joined the Microsoft Corporate Citizenship & Public Affairs team as the manager of digital marketing, driving and leading the digital strategy and storytelling for the division’s domestic and international efforts in corporate social responsibility. On a personal note, I graduated magna cum laude from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in the spring and also received the Outstanding Law Student Award, which the faculty gives out to a graduating student who has shown a combination of those qualities and abilities that are the ideals of the legal profession. Sadly, there is an “In Memoriam” for Bobby Cann in this issue. Our sincere condolences go out to all his friends and family. Save the date for a 5th Reunion at Homecoming October 2014. Stay in touch by logging in to UNH Connect (unhconnect.unh.edu). —Jenelle DeVits, 187 Woodpoint Rd., Apt. 4, Brooklyn, NY 11211; j.devits@alumni.unh.edu
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her wheelchair to look more closely. “I’m below the knee and through the knee.” For Corcoran, who wavers between hopefulness and tears, Karim is a symbol of what’s possible after a terrible trauma: living without constant help from family, driving on your own, beginning to piece together a life that isn’t dominated by injury. He tells her to measure progress month to month, not day to day. It will get better, he promises. “It doesn’t get easy. But it gets easier.” —Chelsea Conaboy ’04 Ed.’s Note: A version of this story originally appeared in The Boston Globe.