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Class Notes Archive 1931-2014

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2008Jamima Wolk, MBA, launched her own business, JammyCo, and began releasing a series of fitness iPhone Apps—First Time Triathlon, Triathlon Trainer, and her most recent, iRideInside, an indoor cycling class. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Wendy Maduff, Ph.D., was recently appointed the director of global product safety for the Subway restaurant chain. From the company headquarters in Milford, Conn., Maduff oversees food safety and product quality for the brand. She previously worked as the principal microbiologist for innovation, engineering, packaging and supply chain at ConAgra Foods. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Tsegereda Mulugeta developed Pal E-Cards, a website where users can personalize a variety of digital cards with their own photos and messages, and download, print, email or share on Facebook for free. Mulugeta says developing pal-ecards.com is a hobby that lifted her spirits while looking for work. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Marshall Roberts has been promoted to project engineer in the Oakland office of engineering design firm Thornton Tomasetti. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Kyle Hubbard, Sacramento, died Feb. 22 at age 31. He worked as a bartender. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) • Peter Abboud, a teacher at Napa’s New Technology High School, won an award from the nonprofit New Tech Network for a quadratic equations problem-solving project he assigned his algebra class. Students watched a video of snow falling and calculated how much snow would fall in a 24-hour period; viewed a clip of the movie Hot Rod and determined mathematically if a Moped stuntman played by Andy Samberg cleared a jump over 15 buses; and watched a clip from Les Miserables and determined how tall the bridge would need to be for suicidal police inspector Javert to finish singing his song before hitting the water. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Intellectual property attorney Thomas Varnum, J.D., was named to Super Lawyers’ 2015 Rising Star list as well as Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” and “Young Guns” lists. He is a partner with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard in Wilmington, North Carolina. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)
2009Julia Elsas, M.F.A., had two pieces featured at the art show Fresh Young Things at the Jay Jay gallery in Sacramento in July. Her artwork, consisting of stitched images of women’s mouths, was a commentary on gender identity and female stereotypes. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Molly Bechtel was selected to be a chapter consultant for the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. During this school year, she will assist the UC Merced chapter in organizing and programming. She has also been awarded a postgraduate scholarship to study educational administration and leadership at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. (appeared in the Winter 2010 issue) • Wesley Sever, Cred., was given a Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership from the U.S. Department of Education. The principal of John S. Wash Elementary School in Fresno, he was recognized in November at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. (appeared in the Spring 2010 issue) • Wesley Sever, Ed.D., principal of John Wash Elementary School in Fresno County, received the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UC Davis School of Education in April. Under his leadership, John Wash School became a California Distinguished School in 2008 and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2009—even though half its students come from economically disadvantaged families. Sever was one of eight principals chosen nationally by the U.S. Department of Education to receive the 2009 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Fresno campus of National University, teaching graduate students in the credential program. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Steven Lee, a second-year law student at Duke University in Durham, N.C., was recently appointed by the Durham County commissioners to a three-year term on the city-county Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission. He is also serving a three-year term on the Durham city Human Relations Commission. (appeared in the Winter 2011 issue) • Elizabeth Le volunteers as the public relations representative and skills trainer at Youth Advocates of Sitka in Alaska. She has been with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps since October and will stay for a year. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) • SARAH LESMEISTER, a doctoral student at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, received a 2011 Delta Science Fellowship from the California Sea Grant to support her research on the effects of pesticides on certain crustaceans in the San Francisco Estuary. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • Austin Smith won the Henfield Prize for the best work of fiction for his story, “The Black Blanket.” The $10,000 award is given annually by the University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to one of their students. Smith is a second-year master of fine arts student in the Creative Writing Program, with an emphasis in poetry. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Elizabeth Le is serving a second full year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, this time assisting the Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel, Alaska. She spent last year as public relations representative and skills trainer at Youth Advocates of Sitka. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Danielle McLaughlin won the gold medal in her division at the Paratriathlon World Championships in Beijing in September. She began competing in April. Her blog can be seen at http://canceratemyfoot.wordpress.com. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Academic publishing group Continuum recently released The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight, by Christopher Schaberg, Ph.D. The book, exploring how airports appear in 20th century literature, grew out of his doctoral dissertation. He is an assistant professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, and writes a blog at whatisliterature.blogspot.com. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • After two years working with liver cancer researchers at Stanford University Medical Center, Charlotte Uyen Pham is a student at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York. She recently received a $2,500 scholarship from the National Medical Fellowships, and was elected 2012–13 president of a Touro College student organization that will conduct free hepatitis testing in Harlem. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Wenting Gao, M.F.A., created a polling website, The Unheard Vote unheardvote.org, for foreign residents who cannot vote in U.S. elections to express their opinions on candidates and ballot measures. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue)

2008Jamima Wolk, MBA, launched her own business, JammyCo, and began releasing a series of fitness iPhone Apps—First Time Triathlon, Triathlon Trainer, and her most recent, iRideInside, an indoor cycling class. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Wendy Maduff, Ph.D., was recently appointed the director of global product safety for the Subway restaurant chain. From the company headquarters in Milford, Conn., Maduff oversees food safety and product quality for the brand. She previously worked as the principal microbiologist for innovation, engineering, packaging and supply chain at ConAgra Foods. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Tsegereda Mulugeta developed Pal E-Cards, a website where users can personalize a variety of digital cards with their own photos and messages, and download, print, email or share on Facebook for free. Mulugeta says developing pal-ecards.com is a hobby that lifted her spirits while looking for work. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Marshall Roberts has been promoted to project engineer in the Oakland office of engineering design firm Thornton Tomasetti. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Kyle Hubbard, Sacramento, died Feb. 22 at age 31. He worked as a bartender. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) •
Peter Abboud, a teacher at Napa’s New Technology High School, won an award from the nonprofit New Tech Network for a quadratic equations problem-solving project he assigned his algebra class. Students watched a video of snow falling and calculated how much snow would fall in a 24-hour period; viewed a clip of the movie Hot Rod and determined mathematically if a Moped stuntman played by Andy Samberg cleared a jump over 15 buses; and watched a clip from Les Miserables and determined how tall the bridge would need to be for suicidal police inspector Javert to finish singing his song before hitting the water.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Intellectual property attorney Thomas Varnum, J.D., was named to Super Lawyers’ 2015 Rising Star list as well as Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” and “Young Guns” lists. He is a partner with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard in Wilmington, North Carolina. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

2009Julia Elsas, M.F.A., had two pieces featured at the art show Fresh Young Things at the Jay Jay gallery in Sacramento in July. Her artwork, consisting of stitched images of women’s mouths, was a commentary on gender identity and female stereotypes. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Molly Bechtel was selected to be a chapter consultant for the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. During this school year, she will assist the UC Merced chapter in organizing and programming. She has also been awarded a postgraduate scholarship to study educational administration and leadership at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. (appeared in the Winter 2010 issue) • Wesley Sever, Cred., was given a Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership from the U.S. Department of Education. The principal of John S. Wash Elementary School in Fresno, he was recognized in November at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. (appeared in the Spring 2010 issue) • Wesley Sever, Ed.D., principal of John Wash Elementary School in Fresno County, received the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UC Davis School of Education in April. Under his leadership, John Wash School became a California Distinguished School in 2008 and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2009—even though half its students come from economically disadvantaged families. Sever was one of eight principals chosen nationally by the U.S. Department of Education to receive the 2009 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Fresno campus of National University, teaching graduate students in the credential program. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Steven Lee, a second-year law student at Duke University in Durham, N.C., was recently appointed by the Durham County commissioners to a three-year term on the city-county Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission. He is also serving a three-year term on the Durham city Human Relations Commission. (appeared in the Winter 2011 issue) • Elizabeth Le volunteers as the public relations representative and skills trainer at Youth Advocates of Sitka in Alaska. She has been with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps since October and will stay for a year. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) • SARAH LESMEISTER, a doctoral student at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, received a 2011 Delta Science Fellowship from the California Sea Grant to support her research on the effects of pesticides on certain crustaceans in the San Francisco Estuary. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • Austin Smith won the Henfield Prize for the best work of fiction for his story, “The Black Blanket.” The $10,000 award is given annually by the University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to one of their students. Smith is a second-year master of fine arts student in the Creative Writing Program, with an emphasis in poetry. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Elizabeth Le is serving a second full year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, this time assisting the Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel, Alaska. She spent last year as public relations representative and skills trainer at Youth Advocates of Sitka. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Danielle McLaughlin won the gold medal in her division at the Paratriathlon World Championships in Beijing in September. She began competing in April. Her blog can be seen at http://canceratemyfoot.wordpress.com. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Academic publishing group Continuum recently released The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight, by Christopher Schaberg, Ph.D. The book, exploring how airports appear in 20th century literature, grew out of his doctoral dissertation. He is an assistant professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, and writes a blog at whatisliterature.blogspot.com. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • After two years working with liver cancer researchers at Stanford University Medical Center, Charlotte Uyen Pham is a student at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York. She recently received a $2,500 scholarship from the National Medical Fellowships, and was elected 2012–13 president of a Touro College student organization that will conduct free hepatitis testing in Harlem. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Wenting Gao, M.F.A., created a polling website, The Unheard Vote unheardvote.org, for foreign residents who cannot vote in U.S. elections to express their opinions on candidates and ballot measures. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue)

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