first clinical rotation at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Md., in the neurological rehabilitation center. This fall she will return to Boston for her second clinical at OTA the Koomar Center in Newton, Mass., a pediatric clinic specializing in sensory integration. Jordan Remillard ’11 (left) and Leah Pepe ’11 graduated on May 17, 2015 from SUNY Upstate Medical University with their doctorates in physical therapy.
From left: Michelle Frankel ’12, Alexander Cooper ’12 and Elizabeth D’Agostino ’12 graduated from Albany Law School of Union University in May.
Dennis Group in Springfield, Mass. and Rachel as a software developer with Oracle in Nashua, N.H). I am leaving my job to end the long distance part of the relationship, and Rachel has been allowed a leave of absence so that we can take advantage of this opportunity to do something exciting together. After the trip, I plan to relocate to the greater Boston area to find a new job, and Rachel will return to her job and Tufts University, where she has been taking graduate courses part-time. We will start our ride in Freeport, Maine and plan to finish in northern California. We aren’t opting for an easy or a short route across the country, with our route forming a ‘W’ shape between the following cities: Freeport, Maine, Nashville, Tenn., Denver, Colo., Flagstaff, Ariz. and Eureka, Calif. The purpose of the ride (in addition to pursuing a dream of ours) is to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research (my father was diagnosed two years ago). To raise funds for the foundation, we utilized the Charity Miles phone app, as well as by taking donations on our behalf: http://www2. michaeljfox.org/goto/bike
AcrossAmerica. We documented the trip on our blog (chrachel.com) along the way.”
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Katherine Morris and James Kaplan were engaged in May 2015. Katie graduated from Union with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Jamie graduated in 2011 from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. They are both associate consultants at ZS Associates, a pharmaceutical consulting firm, in Philadelphia. Their wedding will take place in the fall of 2016 on Long Island.
2012 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Anna Meiring annameiring@gmail.com Rachel Finkelstein writes, “This past year I received my MA in Hispanic studies at Villanova University. Additionally, I was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico for the 2015-2016 academic year; I will be acting as a English teaching assistant. None of this could have been possible without the support and guidance of the Modern Languages & Literature Department at Union!”
Rachel Finkelstein ’12
Max Balter writes, “In 2013, I began working for a medical device start-up in central New Jersey called VascuLogic. Recently, we won a Small Business and Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop our main product—a robotic phlebotomy device to help clinicians perform blood draws and other intravenous routines. Currently, we’re working with a design firm to prepare the robot for upcoming clinical trials. The skills and knowledge I gained from the mechanical engineering program at Union have been invaluable throughout my graduate studies and early career thus far.”
Elizabeth Pike attended Boston University and graduated last spring with her master’s in elementary education for grades 1-6. She completed her first year as a fifth grade teacher in Newton, Mass., and will be returning in the fall. Samantha Guidon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with her master’s in 2014 and is now working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service as an environmental policy analyst. She lives in Washington, D.C. and loves it, but misses all of her Union friends and all of the sandwich places in the Schenectady area.
Kathryn Egizi lives in South Boston and works as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Emerson College, located in downtown Boston.
Sam Fein is working for the New York State Assembly, doing communications for the Democratic conference. He is also running to represent the 6th District in the Albany County Legislature. For more information on Sam’s campaign, visit www.FeinForAlbany.com
Since leaving Union in 2012, Kimberly Perry attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where she received her M.S. in industrial/organizational psychology. Kimberly lives in Orange County, Calif. with her fiancé Patrick (and their black lab), where she works as a human capital consultant for Towers Watson.
Since graduating from Union, Jacob Schneider has been cooking professionally at restaurants such as L2o, RPM, Perennial Virant, and Salero in Chicago. He plans to spend his summer teaching cooking at a camp in Wisconsin, but will return to the restaurant scene and continue his cooking journey in the fall.
Iris Mansour graduated with her master’s in occupational therapy from Boston University and is now completing her
Danielle Ayers and Preston Thompson got engaged in December of 2014. She