Caroline L. Jarvis
426 N. Armistead St., Apt T2
Alexandria, VA 22312
mwcgrad01@hotmail.com
Well, it’s been a busy year for the Class of 2001.
Teresa Joerger Mannix hopes to complete her thesis this summer and receive her master’s degree from George Mason University. She lives in Bristow, Va., and works in the Office of University Relations at Mary Washington.
Adele Neiburg is in her second year of a two-year federal clerkship in Williamsport, Pa., and will be an employment litigation associate with the law firm of Williams Mullen in Richmond next fall. Matt Cliszis is working for The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and just bought a co-op in the Forest Hills, Queens area of New York. He and Pam Kirby are still dating. Pam changed jobs and is now a coordinating producer at Spike TV.
Dave Foster is living in Virginia Beach. He works for Serco, a defense contractor that helps the Army with cost analysis for its current LOGCAP contract. He taught English and lived in Jundiai, Brazil, from February to August of 2004, and he lived in Sao Paulo with Chad Gibbons.
Pete Stoughton finished his M.Ed. and is a special education teacher. He is taking graduate classes part time at U.Va. in hopes of getting into a Ph.D. program. He and his wife of two years live in Charlottesville, Va. Sara Harney lives in Alexandria, Va., and works as a high school counselor. Kira Maas lives in Washington, D.C., and is the press secretary in Rep. Silvestre Reyes’ office. Sharon Wilcox lives in Austin, Texas, where she is finishing her master’s degree in geography at the University of Texas.
Rob Eidson is an employee relations manager for a government contractor in Tysons Corner, Va., and he will finish his master’s degree in human resource management at Marymount University this spring. Recently, he was awarded the 2005 Greater Washington Area Human Resources Leadership Award for academic and professional accomplishment.
Gina Han is in her fifth year of living in Fredericksburg. Last summer, she earned her M.Ed. from UMW’s College of Graduate and Professional Studies and is in her second year of teaching biology and environmental science at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford County.
Karen Graver of Arlington, Va., received her master’s degree in applied physics from George Mason University last summer while completing her thesis at the National Institutes of Health in a biophysics lab. Her research at the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute involves using optical techniques to help understand the dynamics of proteins. She is continuing at GMU and NIH for her Ph.D. in a physics and chemistry program.
James Ahlmann is serving as a special agent with a federal law enforcement agency at an overseas location. His first daughter just turned 2, and his second daughter was born in September 2005.
Lauren Oviatt Brennan completed her master’s degree in higher education administration and continues to work with honors students at the Eller College of Management. She also works as a wedding photographer’s assistant in Tucson, Ariz.
Natalie Dykstra married Stan Rutkowski, a native of Pennsylvania, in August 2003. They bought their first home in Bristow, Va., in January 2005. Stan teaches fourth grade in Manassas. Natalie just completed one year of working for the federal government as a secretary. She justifies the daily three-hour commute because she loves her job so much.
Karyn Havas is a captain in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. She serves as veterinarian at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force bases in North Dakota. Stephanie Scheibe Lee finished her master’s degree in computer science at Virginia Commonwealth University in June 2005. In September, she gave birth to her second child, Emily Anne Lee.
Jill McDonald Good is living in Groomsport, Northern Ireland, with her husband, Steven. She graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in May 2005 with a master’s degree in religious education. She is working as a substitute teacher.
Ethan Bedell is a flight attendant for jetBlue. He lives in New York City, but commutes to Virginia many weekends to see friends and family. He saw Matt Facenda in Philly earlier this summer and sends his congratulations – so do we – to Cody Camblin for his wedding to Jennifer Graboyes ’03. Ethan also has kept in touch with Kelley Argie, who resides in her native New Hampshire. Jessica Bergner is teaching fifth grade in Fairfax County, Va. She recently purchased her own home and plans to travel to Argentina and Antarctica next winter.
Patty Donachy was married Oct. 16 to Anthony Barron, who grew up in Phoenix. They are living in Mesa, Ariz., where Patty teaches high school biology. Kevin Lampinen is in the Marine Corps, stationed in South Carolina. Trais Pearson, Zac Sargent and Brendan Eygabroat live together in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Brendan is now in his second year as head baseball coach for the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Zac continues to serve as a project manager for Muckle and Associates, a preservation contractor. Trais works for the Harvard University Law Library in Cambridge. All three miss Charles Street.
Kate McGinn is living and working in Alexandria, Va. She is a third grade teacher and recently performed in the Washington Savoyards’ production of The Mikado. Jessica Moore is a lobbyist for the Walt Disney Co. Jessica, her husband and her totally adorable (I’ve seen her) nearly-2-year-old just moved to their new house in Vienna, Va. Leigh Hightower lives in Alexandria, Va., and works for a congressman, but she would rather win the lottery and move to her own island where she can spend her days drinking pink beverages. Wouldn’t we all?
As for me, I still am working for the Development and Corporate Affairs Department in the Navy League of the United States in Arlington, Va. Having caught the travel bug, I’m hoping to go to Australia in the coming year. I’m also planning another drive across country; hopefully this time we won’t experience a blizzard, a barrage of tumbleweeds, and 95-degree weather in the same day. For now, I’ll have to settle on Vegas and New England!
A big thanks to everyone who responded to e-mails and requests for information. Congratulations on all the marriages, birth announcements, job offers, home purchases, etc. As always, we reserve the right to edit anyone’s notes to make the rest of us feel better!
Remember that the best way to send information is via mwcgrad01@hotmail.com