Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
Class Notes are searchable back to our spring 2000 issue. You can browse the notes by decade (click on a decade to view its class notes):
Class notes from the 2000s
| 2001Jennifer Nieto Carey is the new associate director of federal government relations for the California Healthcare Institute, which represents universities, research centers and biomedical companies. She is based in Washington, D.C. She previously was assistant vice president of health and biosciences at advocacy firm FaegerBD Consulting.
(appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • A second story collection by Jodi Angel, M.A. ’03, You Only Get Letters from Jail (Tin House Books) was released this summer to widespread critical praise. Her work has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and appeared in Esquire magazine and literary journals. She teaches writing at Sacramento City College.
(appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Eric Brocales and Rodelia Busalpa were married in July at a St. Helena winery. They had met as students in Professor Michael Denison’s “Environmental Toxicology 101” class, but went their separate ways after graduating. They reconnected in 2006 and were engaged in 2011. Eric works as an industrial hygenist for CalEPA’s Department of Toxic Substances Control in Berkeley. Rodelia is an emergency room nurse practitioner at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco.
(appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Brandon Takahashi, an employment attorney in the Los Angeles office of Jackson Lewis law firm, was recently named to the Lawyers of Color’s inaugural Hot List of rising young attorneys. A story on his selection appeared on the front page of the Rafu Shimpo Los Angeles Japanese newspaper in August.
(appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Larkin Patrick O’Sullivan was born in May, joining big brother Jack and proud parents J.T. O’Sullivan and Laura Galdorisi O’Sullivan. J.T. has retired from professional football and is pursuing a Ph.D. in leadership studies at the University of San Diego. The family lives in Coronado, and hopes to introduce Larkin to UC Davis and Aggie football this fall.
(appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • David Schmale III, an associate professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science at Virginia Tech, was named one of Popular Science’s 2013 “Brilliant Ten” in October for his research using drones to explore microbial life in the atmosphere.
(appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Construction attorney Alan Bishop joined the San Francisco office of Hanson Bridgett as an associate. He is also a licensed civil engineer, who spent six years working on the design, construction and inspection of State Water Project facilities for the California Department of Water Resources. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) |
| 2002Emily Beighley was selected to participate in the Teach For America program. After a five-week training program in New York, she will begin a two-year stint teaching disadvantaged children in the Bay Area. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Lydia Bachman is assistant to the viticulturist and vineyard manager at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, "utilizing my degree as the environmental and ecology adviser," she writes. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Former UC Davis basketball player Janae Henning is playing professional basketball in France for Club Olympique du Puy and living in a small town in the hills of Southern France. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Robyn Canepa is a residential counselor for emotionally disturbed children and plans to become licensed as a marriage and family therapist. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Tynisa Hobley works for Kaplan and as a fellow for the Greenlining Institute and plans to attend law school. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Michelle Furner is an after-school assistant for emotionally disturbed children in the Sacramento area. She says she enjoys working with children in a therapeutic environment. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Hilary Gladstein is a staff writer for a Los Angeles magazine. She says that one of her recent articles, a cover story about cycling in Southern California, drew on the cycling knowledge she obtained in Davis. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Nicole Rabaud, Ph.D., received an Executive Fellowship from the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento. This grant in policy-making supports her work with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. She previously worked in molecular biology and genetic engineering in Palo Alto. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Anna Marie Agana has been deployed to Southeast Asia aboard the guided missile frigate USS Curts. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Tanisha Silas was awarded a $2,000 Janet Gordon Armour, M.D., Scholarship after her first year at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Silas is also an athlete in track and field and was named the 2002 National Collegiate Athletic Association "Woman of the Year." (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Shaun McCullough recently joined the Seal Beach office of the commercial real estate firm Charles Dunn Co. as an associate in brokerage services. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Amanda Scott appeared on the television show Style Court defending her choice to make almost everything in her life pink and black, including her wardrobe, car and furniture. She is working toward her master's degree at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and hopes to one day write for a fashion magazine. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Christopher Kwan has been accepted to study law at the London School of Economics and Political Science beginning in the fall. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) |