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N O T E S Colorado. I have started a fundraising firm focused on raising money and building up new members for PBS and NPR stations across the country, including OPB. I credit my days as a TOP caller with Monica Long and Colin McGinty ’99 as the foundation for my career in non-profit fundraising. Until the birth of Callum, Amy was a teacher at a local Montessori school. She now has the mighty task of planning daily lessons for Callum.”
’05 SEAL OF ZAPPROVAL Elena Haugen (Murillo) ’07 and Michael Haugen ’07 tied the knot on September 1, 2013, in Seattle, Wash., surrounded by 140 friends and family, including 45 UP alumni. “The oldest there were my parents, Carlos and Lena Murillo ’78, as well as their classmate and close friend Deborah Reynolds ’78,” writes Elena. “My sister, Olivia Murillo ’10 was my maid of honor and Debbie Gorder ’07 and Kerry Dunn ’07 were bridesmaids. Trevor Coolidge ’06 and Andy Gorder ’07 were groomsmen. It was truly a UP affair and party!” Thanks Elena, and congratulations to you and Mike. surely be many times that size now, if his parents would care to send a new photo, hint hint. Editor Brian Doyle has a note to share from Christine King: “I just had to send a quick e-mail to say that my teeny family and I are moving to Southern Oregon this summer, but you’re going to have to find another middle school class to visit each year because they need you. Arti and I had our baby on February 2, 2014. Her name is Juniper Clementine Boyd. Wow, parenthood is a whirlwind mish-mash of absolute giddy joy, frustration, love beyond all love, and bone-tired body. So intense! I’ve attached a photo, so you can see our little nugget.” Sam Barbara writes: “It’s been quite a year! I got married to Kimberly Sinclair in July with about a million Pilots (give or take) in attendance, I completed my doctorate in choral music from USC in December, I was appointed
as director of choral activities at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and our son Theodore Doyle Barbara was born in April. Roger O. Doyle, my mentor and the late UP legend, fostered my passion for music and helped me in every step of my career. I and so many others owe him so much, naming our son after him was the least I could do.” Gavin Clark has great news to share: “Amy Uberuaga ’05 and I are proud to announce that on April 30th, Amy gave birth to a healthy and strong baby boy. Callum Francis Clark was born at 5:07 p.m., weighed 7.0 lbs, and was 19 inches. Amy is doing great and is taking to motherhood with grace and seemingly endless energy. Callum has already told us that he is excited
to meet his UP Classmates of 2036. Such a little man already! We now live in Denver,
Monica Enand, chief executive of Zapproved, has been named to the Oregon Growth Board, a panel created by the Oregon legislature two years ago to help Oregon businesses find funding and technical assistance. The board aims to coordinate development programs among more than a dozen state agencies, to coordinate their work and use funding more effectively. Prayers, please, for Jillian (Schrupp) Heacock on the death of her father, Richard “Dick” Schrupp, on March 22, 2014. Survivors include his loving wife of 39 years, Alison; children, John, Jillian, and Kyle; brother, Jim; and many cousins; nieces; nephews; and friends. He will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, ridiculous sense of humor, and more. Our prayers and condolences. Michelle Taylor (Shutler) passed away on March 24, 2014, after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. “She was a strong and beautiful woman who refused to believe she couldn’t accomplish anything she set her mind to,” according to her family. She is survived by her husband, Sean Taylor, and her parents, Joe and Becky Shutler, all of Snoqualmie. The family asks that donations be made in her memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 520 Pike St, Suite 1075, Seattle, WA 98101, or online at www.cff.org. Former UP tennis standout
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Roman Borvanov retired from professional tennis earlier this year after a very successful nine-year career. He won nine ITF futures singles titles, had a 14-8 record in Davis Cup competition for his native country of Moldova, and played the qualifying events in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Kristy Getz Willet writes: “My husband Jake and I welcomed our second child, Henry Walter Willet, on March 23, 2014. Hank joins a very proud big sister, Mary, who is two-and-a-half.” Alexis Apatoff writes: “I received my DMD from Tufts Dental School in 2010, where I was awarded a Health Professions Scholarship from the U.S. Army. After graduating, I was stationed at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. After serving three years in the Army, I moved back to the Northwest in 2013 and went into practice with my father at Apatoff Family Dentistry in Edmonds, Washington.” Sara Bernards and her writing partner Wendy Fresh have written The Guided Lecture Notes, a supplement for a textbook authored by Sullivan & Sullivan, “that is a leap of practicality that minimizes the tedium and maximizes the joy of learning college math.” It is especially helpful for students for whom English is a second language. “Students were spending way too much class time copying math definitions and formulas from a white board, time that could have been spent talking about what the definitions and formulas really mean, exploring the math concepts, and working problems,” says Sara. “The Notes give students more time to get to the ‘why’ of the mathematics for a deeper level of understanding.” Sara has taught math at Portland Community College for the past four years.
’06 MARRIED BY THE BAY Ryan McArdle-Jaimes married Daniel Jaimes on the evening of April 4, 2014, in the Presidio of San Francisco. Daniel, a graduate of the University of San Diego (’05), met Ryan in San Francisco in 2010. The evening was a wonderful event (as you’d hope for someone who works in events) highlighting the couple’s love for Hawaiian and California fusion, with many of Ryan’s UP