2 013 2 0 11 Blake Uretsky, a senior in Cornell University’s fashion design program, earned one of four $30,000 Geoffrey Beene national scholarships from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. Uretsky’s design accommodates the changing physique of pregnant women, while allowing them to monitor their vital signs through aesthetically pleasing
Randon Bopp directed The Unforgotten Hero, a feature documentary (theunforgottenhero.webs. com) that premiered at Point Park University in April, and a music video for a professional country band called “The Stickers.” He is working on a short film and coaching lacrosse for the “Dub T” Bears. Lucine “Lucy” Gabriel declared a Chemistry major at MIT. She continues to enjoy hosting on the campus radio station, and the cold New England weather. Chelsea Humphries is currently a sophomore at Penn State University studying Employment Relations and Labor Studies.
Blake Uretsky ’11 receiving the prestigious Geoffrey Beene award wearable technology.
2 012 Antonia “Nia” D’Emilio is studying history, religion, and politics in Northern Ireland. Noah Lafferty writes, “School is going well. I’m on the staff for University of Illinois’ student-run hackathon, Hack Illinois, as well as our Computer Science conference, Reflections | Projections.” Sam Russell writes, “This semester went incredibly well for me. I started my Sociology minor and interviewed a veteran of World War II for the Library of Congress. He was very interesting and had a lot of stories to tell.”
Andrew Linzer is wiling away the prime of his life taking liberal arts classes at Yale. Langston MacDiarmid is having a good year building lots of things that occasionally work. Olivia Price writes, “I declared a math major!”
2014 Jasper Acer is studying biology with a Spanish minor at Penn State University where he is also playing club lacrosse and very involved in Penn State’s THON which helps to fight childhood cancer. Tonya Armes is attending Case Western Reserve University. She spends a lot of her time working as an assistant in a bacteria and tissue research lab. In her free time she enjoys experiencing Cleveland and
going downtown where there are lots of theaters, stadiums, and restaurants. Colin Crowley is having a great time in Philadelphia taking several different classes at Swarthmore College and continuing to fence. He sees Nathan Siegel ’11 and Ben Grandis ’11 around campus. Colin looks forward to being back in Pittsburgh this summer. Kayla Goldstein writes, “I had an amazing first semester studying abroad in Italy. I never thought that I would spend my first semester of college abroad, but I am so glad that I made that difficult choice. WT has definitely prepared me very well for the challenges I have faced thus far, and I cannot wait to continue my international studies at Syracuse University.” Carly Heywood spent time this semester organizing and participating in #BlackLivesMatter protests and interning for the fashion, art, and lifestyle brand Pop’A fricana. She worked for Pop’A fricana during New York Fashion Week in February. Charlie Orr writes, “I spent four months travelling through Europe, Nepal, and India meeting new people, speaking new languages, and challenging my values. I taught English at a Buddhist monastery, worked on a reformation commune, and met people from 34 foreign countries. I am eager and excited to bring these experiences to Brandeis University this coming semester!”
Cecily Milligan writes, “I am published! I won second place in the student category of the American Photographic Artists’ Awards.” The book is now available.
Winning photo by Cecily Milligan ’14 Kyle Salmon Droppa is a member of the presidential honors program at New York University. He attended a one-week Florence trip with the program in January to do research on architecture and the piazza. Jake Sonnenklar writes, “I’m training for a marathon at school. Coach Frey would be proud!”
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