Brenan Richards (Col ’08, Batten School ’09) was accepted into the two-year Presidential Management Fellowship program. She had the opportunity to work as a policy adviser for the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard and multiple Department of Defense agencies. Ms. Richards recently completed the PMF program and accepted a position as a foreign affairs specialist in the Department of Defense. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Posted 01/18/2012
Corley Hopkins (Col ’08 L/M) is director of development and alumni relations at George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C. Ms. Hopkins has been working for the law school since earning a master’s degree in higher education administration in May 2010.
Posted 01/18/2012
Heather Burdette (Educ ’08) married Joshua Quinn on July 9, 2011. The couple lives in Rocky Mount, Va. Ms. Quinn teaches eighth-grade English at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, and Mr. Quinn is employed by the Uttermost Co.
Posted 01/18/2012
Katherine Hutson (Col ’08 L/M) married Robert Battisti in Terre Haute, Ind., on July 3, 2011. The couple lives in Norfolk, Va., where they both attend Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Posted 09/15/2011
David Moltz (Col ’08) is now a writer and editor at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He was previously a reporter at Inside Higher Ed.
Posted 08/12/2011
Megha Agarwal (Com ’08) joined a fellowship program to pursue international development work in India after working for an information technology firm in the Washington, D.C., area. She will attend the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in August 2011.
Posted 07/05/2011
Brittany Spear (Col ’08) graduated from Old Dominion University with a doctorate in physical therapy. During her time at ODU, she participated in a service learning trip with Physicians for Peace to promote and grow its “Walking Free” and “Resource Mothers” programs. She is currently living in Virginia Beach, where she is pursuing a career in acute care physical therapy.
Posted 06/02/2011
Kristen Sprano (Col ’08 L/M) will begin the master of business administration degree program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in August. She leaves New York City after three years of management consulting. This summer, she will take a three-week trip in Europe with John Mongan (Engr ’08).
Posted 06/02/2011
Trevor Perrier (Engr ’08) is a Peace Corps volunteer. He has taught math and science in a South African township since July 2008.
Posted 06/02/2011
Richard Horner (Col ’08) works at the Coquette Bistro and Wine Bar in New Orleans.
Posted 06/02/2011
Myles K. Glancy (Col ’08 L/M) will be pursuing a master’s degree in music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. He will be studying voice performance and pedagogy.
Posted 05/18/2011
Sihyun Choi (Com ’08 L/M) has joined Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, in its Dallas office. He was previously with Censeo Consulting Group, a boutique supply chain and operational consulting firm in Washington, D.C.
Posted 05/18/2011
Jennifer Walkowski (Arch ’08) was the featured guest on the On Target radio show hosted by Justice Penny Wolfgang of the Supreme Court of New York, 8th Judicial District. Topics of discussion ranged from Buffalo’s collection of historic architecture, including Buffalo City Hall and the Guaranty Building, to other preservation topics in the area. Ms. Walkowski works for Clinton Brown Company Architecture, a historic preservation architecture firm in Buffalo, N.Y., as an architectural historian and serves as acting president of the Louise Bethune Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Posted 01/27/2011
"A true “Wahoo Wedding,” the men in the wedding party donned orange-and-navy bowties and cummerbunds while the women wore long navy dresses with orange shoes. "
Kimberly Grace Spence (Col ’08 L/M) and Drew Linkous (Col ’09) were married at River Road United Methodist Church in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 4, 2010. The wedding party included Laura Rose Pall (Col ’08), Julie Turner Haddix (Com ’07), Sandra Louise Cunningham (Col ’08), Paige Corbin Nichols (Com ’07, Law ’13), Elizabeth Katherine Lovato (Col ’09, Educ ’10), Brittney Dawn Rose (Col ’11, Educ ’12), Kyla Annette Turner (Col ’08), Kathryn Mary Connors (Col ’09), Barry Edward Wirt Jr. (Col ’07), Christiaan Gustavo Rasmussen (Com ’08), Todd Richard Zivic (Engr ’08), M. Tyler Boles (Com ’08), Benjamin Russell Fox (Col ’09), William Harper DuVal (Com ’08), Henry James Ponton (Col ’09), Brandon Arnold Crook (Col ’07) and Nathan Otis Garrison (Col ’10). A model of the Rotunda served as the cake. The couple resides in Middleburg, Va., where Ms. Linkous is a territory sales manager with Altria Sales & Distribution and Mr. Linkous is a district manager with Dixon Marketing, Inc.
Posted 01/27/2011
Ryan Miller (Engr ’08) and Lynsey Profitt (Col ’09, Educ ’10) were married March 6, 2010, at the U.Va. Chapel.
Posted 12/08/2010
Suzanne Thomas Rosenhammer (Com ’08) and her husband, Tom, welcomed their first child, Sarah Elizabeth, on July 20, 2010. The family resides in Richmond, Va.
Posted 11/23/2010
Katherine Spengel (Arch ’08) and Kevin Myhre (Engr ’08) were married on Aug. 7, 2010 in West Chester, Penn. The wedding party included Sean Meredith (Engr ’08 L/M) and Joseph Nedy (Engr ’09). Ms. Myhre is the daughter of Sandra Janson Spengel (Com ’76). The couple resides in Boston, where Ms. Myhre is a job captain at Chang + Sylligardos Architects and Mr. Myhre in the 2011 class at the Boston University School of Law.
Posted 11/09/2010
Robyn Walsh (Col ’08 L/M) graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in May 2010 with her master’s in counselor education. She is currently employed as a high school counselor in Chesterfield, Va.
Posted 11/04/2010
Katherine Stewart Burnett (Col ’08 L/M) was accepted into West Virginia University to receive her masters in medical pathology with the Class of 2012.
Posted 11/04/2010
Bianca Spinosa (Col ’08 L/M) is a television reporter for the NBC affiliate WLEX in Lexington, Ky. She left her hometown of Charlottesville after two years working as a television reporter for the Charlottesville Newsplex.
Posted 09/14/2010
Daniel Lee (Engr ’08) is pursuing a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in information systems management. He is currently studying on exchange in Australia through May 2011.
Posted 09/07/2010
Brandi Sharp (Col ’08 L/M) was among six Ph.D. students awarded a two-year Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant. The grant will support her research on transcriptional output pathways of the circadian clock. Ms. Sharp is earning her doctorate in biology at U.Va.
Posted 09/01/2010
"A number of old and young Cavaliers were in attendance."
Evans Wilson (Col ’08) and Michael Courtland (Court) Nexsen were married on May 30, 2010 in Keswick, Va. The couple lives in New York City, where Wilson works for OneWire, Inc., and Nexsen works for Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Posted 08/31/2010
Rachel Diehl (Educ ’08 L/M) and Peter Strup (Col ’07, Law ’10) married in Richmond, Va., on May 30, 2010. Rachel is teaching third grade for Charlottesville City Schools and Peter will be working for the Charlottesville Circuit Court after completing the bar exam.
Posted 08/31/2010
Torrence Warren (Arch ’08 L/M) and Robert Law (Col ’07 L/M) were married on June 5, 2010, in Fairfield, Conn., the bride’s hometown. The couple was joined by 21 U.Va. alumni and two U.Va. students for the celebration, where they all sang the “Good Old Song” with the band.
Posted 07/08/2010
Tara C. Schaefer (Col ’08 L/M) and Christopher M. Tulip (Col ’04) were married on June 23, 2007, in Charlottesville. The reception took place at The Greencroft Club. The couple resides in Charleston, S.C., where they are both officers in the U.S. Air Force.
Posted 06/29/2010
Rebecca Green (Nurs ’08) and Elliott Garber (Col ’03) were married on Jan. 30, 2010, and reside in Washington, D.C. Ms. Garber is an intensive care registered nurse at the Specialty Hospital of Washington. Mr. Garber is a veterinarian and U.S. Army Captain currently serving a one year assignment in support of the Multinational Forces and Observers mission in the Sinai desert, Egypt.
Posted 06/28/2010
Madeline T. Kristoff (Col ’08) is a research assistant for the Security Sector Governance Initiative at the United States Institute of Peace and was awarded a post-graduate Boren Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program, which focuses on geographic areas, languages and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Ms. Kristoff will spend ten months studying Arabic (formal and dialect) at Birzeit University in the West Bank. She will also extend her research on the EU Police Reform Mission in the West Bank and how establishing the Palestinian police influences the creation of a Palestinian state. In addition to working at the USIP for the past two years, Ms. Kristoff pursued a master’s degree from the American University Graduate School in Washington, D.C.
Posted 06/22/2010
Kelly McMunigal (Col ’08) and Andrew Atkinson (Col ’08) were married in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. They met while students together in U.S. Air Force ROTC at U.Va. They are both serving as officers in the Air Force and are stationed together in Florida. Ms. Atkinson is an intelligence officer and Mr. Atkinson is a test engineer.
Posted 05/27/2010
Ann Lastuvka (Engr ’08) moved to Philadelphia to start a new job as a site logistics engineer with Dow Chemical at their Croydon, Pa., facility
Posted 05/19/2010
Stephanie L. Puffenbarger (Nurs ’08) moved with her husband, Jarrod Puffenbarger, to Seoul, South Korea, to work as a teacher and nurse. There they had their first child, Marc Charles, on Feb. 27, 2010.
Posted 05/17/2010
Juliana Schroeder (Col ’08) received a three year National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship for her social psychology proposal. She will finish her job as an analyst at Cornerstone Research to attend the University of Chicago for a joint doctorate in psychology and business.
Posted 04/19/2010
Jessica Lennon (Col ’08 L/M) is a University of Virginia School of Law member of the class of 2013.
Posted 04/19/2010
Heather Alexander Norman (Nurs ’08) and Brett Norman announce the birth of their son, Jacob Traxel, born on March 30, 2010, in Fairfax, Va. Jacob has two sisters: Lindsay, 12; and Kaitlyn, 8.
Posted 04/19/2010
Madison Gross (Com ’08) lives in Richmond, Va., and works as a strategy analyst in the consumer insights group at CarMax.
Posted 04/15/2010
"The kids have extraordinary talent and passion. Though they have been through tremendous tragedy in their lives, they are still finding a miraculous expression of joy in music. In addition to teaching music, I run a youth group and mentor approximately 30 teenage girls who have all been victims of disease, abuse and neglect. It is a slow process of healing, but they continue to amaze me with their resilience. "
Amanda Brill (Col ’08 L/M) is developing a music program for teenagers at Sparrow Village, an HIV/AIDS community in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her students are studying various instruments, composing their own songs and learning how to edit and record their music with computer software. They hope to complete their “Sparrow Soundtrack” CD by the end of 2010, which will be sold to raise funds for Sparrow Village. In addition to teaching music, Ms. Brill runs a youth group and mentors approximately 30 teenage girls who have all been victims of disease, abuse and neglect. Samples of the music and other stories can be found on her Web site, http://miracle-work.blogspot.com
Posted 04/15/2010
Francie Bernier (Grad ’08) received the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award from the National Association For Continence. She received the award at the Society of Urological Nurses and Associates annual symposium in March.
Posted 04/01/2010
Megan Clark (Col ’08) is business operations manager for a financial planning company in the Washington, D.C. area. She also volunteers with Fairfax County Fire and Rescue as an EMT, works at the VA Hospital Center as an emergency room technician and is attending graduate school at George Mason University.
Posted 01/27/2010
Haley Burton (Col ’08) received a master’s of science degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and works as a multi-media journalist at WBNG-TV in Binghamton, N.Y.
Posted 01/27/2010
Laura Scott (Col ’08) is finishing her master’s degree of design from Carnegie Mellon University in May.
Posted 01/20/2010
"Next stop: Continue to “capitalized on the undeniable power and immediacy of the Internet for politics, policy and entertainment.”"
Gretel Truong (Col ’08) produced a pilot TV show called Your Week of social commentary and politics for PBS. She also directed a music video called Gravity’s Hold for Tim Be Told. She produced a short film, By God’s Grace. Ms. Truong works for Haddad Media directing and produces online videos for various clients, including Newsweek.com and the Pickens Plan. She covers a wide range of content, from the Jonas Brothers to inaugural balls in Washington.
Posted 07/30/2009
David Sexton (Col ’08) is finishing his final year in the U.Va. College Guide Program at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Va.
Posted 07/30/2009
Marci Stewart (Col ’08 L/M) works for Abercrombie & Fitch in their corporate office. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Posted 07/30/2009
"I am thoroughly enjoying my explorations in the world of Regenerative Engineering...one day we will regrow your limbs like a newt!!!"
Keshia Ashe (Engr ’08 L/M) is pursuing a chemical engineering Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut in the Cato Laurencin Laboratories.
Posted 07/28/2009
Andrea Diamond (Col ’08 L/M) moved to New York City after a year working in her company’s Northern California office.
Posted 07/13/2009
Drew Chartrand (Engr ’08) married Anne Marie Neatrour (Nurs ’08 L/M) on Aug. 22, 2008.
Posted 07/13/2009
"We are celebrating our one year anniversary in two weeks."
Devra Bardi Brusso (Engr ’08) was married on Sept. 27, 2008 in Orange, Va., to Jay Brusso of McHenry, Ill. She also celebrated her one year anniversary at Southland Industries, Mid Atlantic Division, which is a mechanical contractor company.
Posted 07/13/2009
Alex Lubin (Col ’08) spent the past year at the “U.Va satellite campus” in Washington D.C./Arlington. He graduated in May from Georgetown University with a master’s of science degree in biomedical science policy. In August, he will start medical school at New York Medical College.
Posted 07/13/2009
"Come to my show in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 5th at the Goodbye Blue Monday bar!"
Devin Shields (Engr ’08, ’09) graduated from U.Va. with an master’s of science degree in systems engineering, focusing on diabetes and the artificial pancreas. He is pursuing a career in Rock and Roll full time in the Shields Brothers Band.
Posted 07/13/2009
"What a great time to be in the working world! I have already been laid off once. I will be hosting a candlelight vigil for the U.S. economy in the Outer Banks in mid-September."
Andrew Eckard (Com ’08) works at Citadel Broadcasting in Atlanta for two radio stations.
Posted 07/13/2009
"In my free time, I enjoy exploring DC and catching up with the many young Wahoos that are in the area."
Brandon Walker (Engr ’08 L/M) is a government consultant in information technology for Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Va.
Posted 07/13/2009
"I am thoroughly enjoying my exploration of the entertainment industry!"
Sage Garner (Col ’08) is the assistant to the President of Steiner Studios, the largest film/television production and support facility on the east coast. In March, she finished writing the script for a documentary entitled “Jay Cutler All Access,” which is now complete and in distribution.
Posted 07/13/2009
Kaitlin Bottock (Col ’08, Law ’11) finished her first year at U.Va. Law and will continue for the next two years.
Posted 07/13/2009
Megan Elizabeth McMullen (Engr ’08) is a development engineer for K2M, a spine implant/instrumentation company.
Posted 07/13/2009
Claire Gutmann (Col ’08) moved back to Ohio after living in Colorado and teaching snowboarding in Aspen for the winter. She is in the Cincinnati area and will be attending University of Cincinnati College of Law beginning this fall.
Posted 07/13/2009
Robert Yip (Engr ’08) is a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Annapolis Junction, Md. He purchased his first condo in April.
Posted 07/13/2009
Tara Brown (Col ’08) received a master’s of arts degree in education in Williamsburg, Va., and moved to Charlotte, N.C. to teach at Cotswold Elementary School.
Posted 07/13/2009
"Shoot me an email if you want to be in touch."
Daniel Ross Newland (Col ’08 L/M) joined the U.S. Army and starts basic training in September and Officer Candidate School in November.
Posted 07/13/2009
"I love living and working in Italy. Being abroad for a year has been such an amazing experience that I am coming back next year! If you get a chance to go live anywhere abroad - don’t hesitate!"
Tiffany Davis (Col ’08, Educ ’08) teaches kindergarten for the International School of Trieste. Next year, she will be moving up to first grade with her students.
Posted 07/13/2009
Serena Rasoul (Col ’08) is in the George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services Class of 2010.
Posted 07/13/2009
Christopher Sabbatini (Col ’08) works as a photographer, graphic artist and web developer for MaisonSabbatini studio. Two of his images were selected to go on a 6 month, 3 gallery international tour in the Colors of Life International Photo Contest. Mr. Sabbatini’s photographs will be displayed in Capital One Corporate Gallery, Richmond Va., in July and August; Artspace, Richmond, Va., in October; and in Kkien Atelier, Milan, Italy, in November and December.
Posted 07/13/2009
David A. Lampen (Col ’08) is entering the U.S. Army as an Officer Candidate on July 7. He will be in Ft. Sill, Okla., for basic training until Sept. 18, then in Ft. Benning in Columbus, Ga., until Dec. 4. After that, he will stay in the continental U.S. for at least 6 months, probably either at Ft. Benning or at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz.
Posted 07/13/2009
Ashley Williams Howard (Col ’08) and Warner Howard (Col ’05, Educ ’05) are expecting a baby boy on July 21, 2009.
Posted 07/13/2009
Natasha d’Andrade (Col ’08) taught preschool and is now the assistant director of ABC Preschool.(Col ’08) taught preschool and is now the assistant director of ABC Preschool.
Posted 07/13/2009
Patricia Belote (Col ’08 L/M) is assistant manager of Enterprise Rent a Car in Tyson’s Corner, Va.- Mercedes Benz.
Posted 07/10/2009
Geraldine Pierre (Col ’08 L/M) is in the second year of a master’s of science in public health degree program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Posted 07/10/2009
Lauren Brown (Com ’08) lives in New York City and works as a communications planner on the Procter and Gamble account at Carat.
Posted 07/10/2009
Jamie Jones (Col ’08) will marry Robert Fisher on Aug. 15, 2009. Ms. Jones is program manager of the Juvenile Literacy Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Posted 07/10/2009
Lindsay Jones Miller (Com ’08) and Chip Miller (Com ’07) were married at a farmhouse estate in Charlottesville and then moved to San Francisco.
Posted 07/10/2009
Leah Passman (Nurs ’08 L/M) is a registered nurse at a free community health clinic.
Posted 07/10/2009
Jonathan Segal (Com ’08) has lived in downtown Washington, D.C., for a year. He works as a client service analyst at comScore.
Posted 07/10/2009
Ali Birouti (Col ’08) works for SEI Investments Company in Philadelphia as an asset management solutions associate and is also pursuing a master’s of science degree in financial engineering part-time at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.
Posted 07/10/2009
Casey Winzeler (Engr ’08 L/M) works with Booz Allen Hamilton in Arlington, Va., developing enterprise architecture.
Posted 07/10/2009
Catherine Tobin (Col ’08 L/M) married Matthew Mika (Engr ’08) at the University Chapel on Jan. 3, 2009.
Posted 07/10/2009
Connie Chang (Col ’08) finished her first year of vet school at WesternU College of Veterinary Medicine in California.
Posted 07/10/2009
Dreama Lynn Montrief Johnson (Col ’08) married R. Marc Johnson (Educ ’08) on Sept. 20, 2008. Ms. Johnson is the college guide at William Monroe High School in Greene County, Va., and recently bought a home with her husband in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville.
Posted 07/10/2009
"If you live in Austin, come out and see me (Lady Libertine) skate for the Putas del Fuego on Sunday, August 16th, at the Austin Convention Center! For tickets or more information check out our website at www.txrd.com "
Emily Prescott Hamel (Col ’08) is working on Terrence Malick’s movie, “Tree of Life”, as the visual effects assistant. She also skates for the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, a banked-track roller derby league Austin, Texas.
Posted 07/10/2009
John O’Dea (Col ’08) works for CC Pace, a business and IT consulting firm located in Fairfax, Va. He works in the areas of business development and account management for the staffing and recruiting practice.
Posted 07/10/2009
Ashley Woodard (Col ’08) is an admissions counselor at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.
Posted 07/10/2009
Nora Kayton (Col ’08) is working toward a Ph.D. in molecular physiology at Vanderbilt, working in a laboratory that studies Type 1 diabetes. She thinks Nashville is a wonderful place to be.
Posted 07/10/2009
Mary Slosson (Col ’08) worked at the Peace Operations Training Institute for a year and is now backbacking around Central America for a few months while waiting to hear back from the Peace Corps. She loves her life.
Posted 07/10/2009
Anna Levinger (Col ’08 L/M) lives in Oaxaca, Mexico, for 6 months of the year for her position with International Education Programs (IEP), a study, volunteer and intern abroad organization.
Posted 07/10/2009
Jianyi Lee (Col ’08, Grad ’12) is a graduate student in the U.Va. cell biology department.
Posted 07/10/2009
William Smith (Engr ’08) is a Ph.D. pre-candidate in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan.
Posted 07/10/2009
Brian Freeman (Engr ’08 L/M) moved to Louisville, Ky., and started medical school in July.
Posted 07/10/2009
Michael Okola (Engr ’08 L/M) is finishing his master’s degree in computer science this fall and started working as a software engineer at CORE Business Technologies. He will be living in Providence, R.I. this year.
Posted 07/10/2009
Meghan Pianta (Col ’08 L/M) works in communications at GE Energy Financial Solutions.
Posted 07/10/2009
Garrett Edward Buxton (Col ’08) and A. Carly Brown (Col ’07 L/M) were married on June 27, 2009, in Richmond, Va. The couple resides in Chicago, where they are both pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Chicago. Mr. Buxton will complete a master’s degree in international relations and Ms. Buxton will complete her doctorate in East Asian languages and civilizations.
Posted 07/01/2009
Allie Schieble (Arch ’08 L/M) is an architect intern in the government studio at HBA Architecture & Interior Design in Virginia Beach.
Posted 02/12/2009
Amol Patel (Educ ’08) was among 33 future teachers from across the country who received a fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, a national advocate for improving the quality of science and mathematics education. Mr. Patel teaches high school biology at Heritage High School in Leesburg, Va.
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