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'98 Lori Albert
has done anything but sit still since graduation. She and her boyfriend Scott
McCracken currently live in Puerto Rico where Lori is a private tutor for an
8-year-old student and a substitute preschool teacher. She and Scott have done a
good bit of island-hopping and Lori has also done some travelling on her own,
including a June 2000 stint in the Panama rain forest where she and eight others
studied monkeys through Florida State University's Primate Behavior and Ecology
program. When Lori and Scott return to Pennsylvania in December of 2001, Lori
plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh and pursue a master's of arts in
teaching and certification in elementary education. Since there is no place like home, Allison
Braus has left Philadelphia and returned to her home state of Connecticut.
She continues to work in the advertising industry and recently joined Leverte
Associates in Westport, Conn., as an account executive. Allison writes that she
now lives in Darien, "only a few blocks away from Kati Mann's Aunt Linnea."
Heather Coady '98 spent two years in
Honduras as a Peace Corps volunteer where she worked in the natural resources
sector, primarily helping with the reforestation of rural villages. Here, she
celebrates the one-year anniversary of a tree nursery with her woman's group in
rural Honduras.
An environmental education
coordinator with the City Parks Foundation in New York City, Heather S.
Coady will be attending Yale University in August, where she will pursue a
master's degree in environmental management. Med student Nicole Ducharme is completing her second
year at the University of Health Sciences in Kansas City, Mo. After working for the
University of Pennsylvania for two and one half years, Becky Dunbrack is
working for the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, where she is
conducting mental health research on both schizophrenia and ADHD. She is also
attending a master's program for school counseling. A newsroom supervisor in charge of Business
Wire's Philadelphia newsroom, Steve Faella reports that he will soon
be moving in with girlfriend Kristin George '01. Michael Gavrich
graduated from Drexel University with an MBA in finance and marketing. . Rhett Goldsmith is head
coach of Reading-based Albright College's men's soccer team and director and
coach of the Evergreen Soccer Academy, a premier youth soccer program in
Pennsylvania. In June
wedding bells were ringing for Hope Jann and Greg Yurkovic. Hope
earned a master's degree from Beaver College last year and now works as a
physician assistant for Whitford Family Medicine in Downingtown, Pa., while Greg
is a consultant with Sanchez Computer Associates in Malvern, Pa. Trekking back to Pennsylvania
from Appelton, Wisc., Amy Lombardi married Michael Schrlau on April 7 at
Bear Creek Camp in Bear Creek, Pa. Ronald Rade and Tammy (Benjamin) '00 were married on
August 5, 2000 in the Muhlenberg chapel. Alums in the bridal party included
Matthew Bourbeau, Nathan Goodman and Aimee Eberhardt '00.
The wedding party of Tammy (Benjamin)
'00 and Ronald Rade '98.
Josephine (Loeb)
Sabillon is an administrative manager for child adolescent behavior health
with Crozer-Keystone Health Systems in Chester, Pa., and reports that Dr.
Brad Pillman '94 also works for Crozer-Keystone. Josephine is pursuing a
master's of science in healthcare administration at St. Joseph's University and
says that she and husband German celebrated their second wedding anniversary on
April 30, 2001. Matthew
Staples is a financial advisor with American Express in West Conshohocken,
Pa. Laura Varrone
reports that after five years of courtship she and Doug Ladley '97 are engaged.
When the pair returned to Muhlenberg's campus in December Doug surprised Laura
with a marriage proposal. Laura writes, "We plan to be married on August 3, 2002
in the presence of dozens of Muhlenberg friends!" Jeremy Wentz and Nicole Goscilo started
2001 with a bang, when at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2001 Jeremy asked
Nicole to marry him. They are planning a November 9, 2002 wedding. On June 1, 2001, Erika
Winterle married Steven Khoo, a third-year medical student at the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Erika is a marketing
assistant with Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C.
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'99 Legal eagle Jason
C. Bergman reports that he is a "2L" at New York University Law in Tribeca.
On her way to veterinary
school, Julie Boero is working as a senior laboratory technician in the
Department of Veterinary PathoBiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at
the University of Minnesota.
Many Muhlenberg alumni and students
celebrated the wedding of Kimberly (Titze) '99 and Jogn Briner '99.
John and
Kimberly (Titze) Briner recently celebrated their first wedding
anniversary on July 29. They were married at the Egner Memorial Church at
Muhlenberg. Lisa Grandinetti Hi '98 was maid of honor while Ben
DiLorenzo and Jeff Shapiro served as "best men." Christopher Titze
'02 also was a member of the bridal party. Jason Bergman and Ayla
Tezel were readers and Jen Scherer and Amanda Hudson were
greeters. More than 40 alumni were in attendance, spanning a variety of
graduation years! John and Kim honeymooned in Hawaii and now happily reside in
Lancaster, Pa. John is a sales representative for Conestoga Graphics in
Lancaster and Kim teaches fourth grade in the Manheim Township School District.
Jeff Brydzinski
will take a break from his studies at Widener University School of Law this
summer to work as an associate at the Philadelphia law firm Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius. Clearly John
Burke is living la vida loca, having been featured on MTV as a Ricky Martin
impersonator. His appearance was part of a celebrity look-alike contest and John
took third place in the event. Bang Chau will be attending UConn Medical School in August
2001 and his wife Jessica Furrer Chau is teaching high school math in
Terryville, Conn.
Second-grade teacher Allyson Crooks, who lives and works in New Jersey,
recently earned a master's in elementary education from Wagner College. Allyson
will walk down the aisle on August 11, 2001. In May, Emily Gross graduated from the University of
Connecticut, where she earned a master's of science degree in special education
with an emphasis on college students with learning disabilities. She also worked
as a learning strategist for UConn, teaching instructional strategies, such as
time management, exam preparation and note-taking skills, to learning disabled
students at the university. Michael A. Martino is living in Bloomfield, N.J. and working as
an information management assistant for the Newark division of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. A
pharmaceutical sales representative, Laura Michener works out of her home
in Lancaster, Pa. As part of her job Laura visits doctors' offices and tells
them about her company's products, which include Retin-A Micro and Renova. "My
company is amazing," Laura writes. "This is the most fun job I have ever had!"
Joseph Morris is
spending the summer as an associate with the law firm of Brach Eichler in
Roseland, N.J. He is a student at Rutgers Law School. Edwin Park received a master's in chemistry at
the University of Michigan and will be continuing his research in the
development of biosensors while pursuing his Ph.D. In February, Kathleen "Kiki" Smith accepted
the proposal of Bret Coupland and the pair is planning a July 2002 wedding. Kiki
is a first grade teacher in Philadelphia. On December 2, Jennifer Spangler married 1st Lieutenant
David Heckman in Egner Chapel. Theresa Kehl was maid of honor. Other alumni in
attendance were: David Garbe '98, Ben Ginter '98, Megan Brown, Karen Jones,
Susan Kraaij, Shelly Markowitz, Katie Metcalfe, Kelly Sczerba, Kirsten
Stensrud and Tom Krapf '00. Dr. Joan Marx and Dr. Lud Schlecht were
also among the guests. Jenn and Dave are currently living in Lakewood, Wash.
Daniel R. Stewart
is a financial professional with The MONY Group in Bala Cynwd, Pa., where he
works with individuals and businesses to provide retirement, estate and college
planning, and relationship marketing for today's and tomorrow's needs. He and
his wife Tracy life in Perkasie. Wedding bells will be ringing for Amy Jo Van Bodegraven in July
2002, when she will marry Mark Jolly. Amy is a researcher for Men's Health
Magazine, where she gathers information for feature stories and checks magazine
copy for accuracy. She lives in Whitehall, Pa. Med student Aimee VanEenennaam reports that
she has moved to New York City to begin her third- and fourth-year clinical
rotations.
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