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Spring  2008
Current news from Cary Academy Alumni:

Kamla Kasichainula (02)
Kamla graduated from the UNC journalism school with a concentration in advertising in 2006. She now lives and works in Los Angeles as a Media Planner.

Kaleah Overton (03)
Kaleah graduated from Agnes Scott College in 2007 and is in Atlanta working for BearingPoint, a management and technology consulting firm.

Ashton Ward Clawson (04)
Ashton and her husband Brandon will both graduate from Brigham Young University in August after she completes her honors thesis. Ashton will graduate with honors with a Journalism major and Business Management minor. They are looking forward to moving on to careers and/or graduate school.

Yuriko Tamura (04)
Yuriko was initiated into the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society at Stanford.  She will complete her BS in Biomedical Computation in June and then spend two extra quarters to earn a MS in Bioengineering. She would love to find an internship in the Triangle this summer.

Alison Titkemeyer  (04)
Alison has returned from 3 months abroad in Brazil, where she shot footage for a documentary on APAE, a school for people (mostly kids) with mental disabilities. She learned Portuguese for the occasion and was in a very small rural town. Her last semester at the College of Santa Fe she is editing the film and hopes to enter it into next year’s Full Frame Film Festival. After graduation Alison hopes to get a job with an independent film production company.

Alex Wilson (04)
Alex will graduate from Wake Forest University Magna Cum Laude with degrees in German and history. He was initiated into Golden Key International Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society. Alex will begin law school at Duke University in June, pursuing a dual degree program in which he will earn a JD degree and an LLM in International and Comparative Law.

Lillian Behrend (05)
Lillian was chosen as the recipient of the Society of First Families of South Carolina Scholarship in History this year.

Valerie Chen (05)
Valerie  is in Liberia volunteering with a global charity in providing free healthcare along the West Coast of Africa.

Richard Feindel (05)
Richard is a junior at Emerson College in Boston majoring in marketing and is the General Manager of the college TV station, EIV. He and his co-producers recently won 5 AP College Radio and TV awards. Richard also won an award in the category of breaking news videography for his footage of the Somerville Fire.

Holly Metter (05)
Holly is President of the Leadership Institute at Harvard, a club that provides professional leadership development seminars for undergraduates, promotes collaboration among student leaders on campus, and tutors middle school students in confidence and leadership skills. Over Spring Break she traveled to El Salvador with Habitat for Humanity, and this summer she will be working in a marketing position in London for 10 weeks.

Stephen Bolick (06)
Stephen is a sophomore at UNC- Chapel Hill and has been accepted into the Kenan-Flagler School of Business.

Mark Hallen (06)
Mark is a sophomore at Duke University and has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year. Goldwater Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit from mathematics, science, and engineering students nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide.

Anna Niles (06)
Anna was accepted into the School of Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill and will start the two-year BSN program in May.

Kevin Cotter (07)
Kevin is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania and is actively involved in volunteering for the Hillary Clinton campaign. He also helped judge at two National Speech and Debate tournaments as well as the NC District tournament.

Winter 2007 -  2008
Current news from Cary Academy Alumni:

Darcy Downs (00)
Darcy graduated in December from Western Carolina University with a Masters in Public Affairs. She is working as a Research Associate at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University.

Noah Abrams (01)
Noah will graduate from the University of Georgia School of Law in May, and plans to return to North Carolina to take the Bar Exam this summer.  Noah will be married to Melissa Neel McKoon on August 2, 2008.  Following their wedding, Noah and Melissa plan to live in the Raleigh area.

Megan (Barnhill) Downey (02)
Megan graduated magna cum laude from the honors program at Brigham Young University in August. Shortly afterward, she and her husband Adam celebrated their second anniversary (October 29) and welcomed their second child, a son (Nov. 12). They also have a daughter who was born in September 2006. They are living in the triangle, where both Megan and Adam are in business school. Megan reports that life is hectic but very fun and extremely rewarding.

Nigel Wallace (02)
Nigel is a member of AmeriCorps and works at a nonprofit in Manhattan.

Sandy An (03)
Sandy is enrolled in the MD/PhD program at Wake Forest University.

Zack Gauck (03)
Zack graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Chinese and a certificate in International Business. He is working in the College of Business IT program at the University of Iowa.

Trey Winslett (03)
Trey is in Charlotte working in investment banking and debt research for Bank of America.

Lillian Goldenthal (04)
Lillian is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in journalism and minoring in entrepreneurship. She was the editor-in-chief of the UNC fashion magazine, Kaleidoscope her junior year, interned with a public relations firm in China over the summer, and has also interned with a local PR firm.

Asher Smith (04)
Asher  iis participating in an honors term at Beloit this semester and is writing a bilingual guidebook for students studying abroad in Japan.

Carolyn Gray (05)
Carolyn is interning in the CA Advancement Division this semester writing articles for Access and Discoveries. She is a junior journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill and also writes for the Daily Tar Heel.

John Herrman (05)
John is attending the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he was elected editor of the UK’s oldest student newspaper. It is available online at http://www.studentnewspaper.org.

Whitney Hill (05)
Whitney is double majoring in psychology and criminology at NC State University and studied abroad in Perugia, Italy in the summer of 2007.

Laura Huff (05)
Laura was inducted into the Chemistry professional fraternity, Alpha Chi Sigma, at UNC-CH.

Karla Misjan (05)
Karla interned in New York over the winter break, working in fashion public relations with French Connection United Kingdom and Carlos Miele. She is studying abroad this semester in Verona, Italy.

Amelia Niemi (05)
After a semester in Athens, where she traveled to Paris, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, and Egypt, Amelia is back at GWU where she is spending the semester interning for Congressman David Price.

Mary Worthington (05)
Mary is majoring in Art History and Studio Art and spending the year studying abroad in Italy. She is in Florence studying art restoration and conservation.

Travis Wright Colopy (05)
Travis helped start the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at William and Mary, serving as Chaplain and Vice President. Over the summer he worked in the NC Attorney General’s Office.

Glen Wright Colopy (06)
Glen also helped start the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at William and Mary, serving as Treasurer. He runs for the Tribe and is looking forward to track season.

Sam Fuchs (07)
Sam interned with the John Edwards for President campaign at their national headquarters in Chapel Hill over the summer and spent part of winter break working with the campaign’s field operations in Nashua, Cover, and Rochester, New Hampshire. He is founding director of the Brandeis for John Edwards group and is also writing feature articles for The Brandeis Hoot newspaper.

Sarah Helfer (07)
Sarah is one of the student managers for the Duke men’s basketball team.

Fall 2007
Current news from Cary Academy Alumni:

Jane Yamaykin (’00)
Jane has moved to Israel where she is enrolled in a peace and justice program. In January she will start an internship with a non-profit organization in Tel Aviv.

Elizabeth “Lisa” Jamieson (’00)
Elizabeth married Sgt. J. Philip Gibson in October 2006; they live at Fort Riley in Manhattan, KS. Elizabeth is the Director of Human Resources for the St. Joseph’s Retirement Village. She graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 2004 with a BS in Business Management, a special certificate in International Management and a BA in Spanish.

Sarah Wechsberg (’02)
Living in Berkeley, CA, Sarah is enrolled at Dominican University’s GreenMBA program. She plans to focus on sustainable agriculture with businesses, farmers, and communities.

Claire Cobley (’02)
Claire has moved to Saint Louis, MO and is enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D  program at Washington University.

Jeremy Allen (’03)
Jeremy is teaching US History, World History, and Civics at Guilford Day School in Greensboro. He is also helping out with the Cross Country team and supervising the Chess Club.

Julianne Gonski (’05)
Julianne went to Ghana for study abroad over the summer. Her studio work will be complete and displayed in October and November.

Emily Gordon (’05)
Emily is singing with the Ladies in Red, an a capala group, for the third year and is also serving as their business manager.

Haley Nix (’05)
In December Haley will debate on a team representing Yale University at the World Universities debating Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

Kristin Killmer (’06)
Kristin is now enrolled at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, in the Conservatory of Performing Arts. She is one of 12 acting majors.

Jeff Stanton (’06)
Jeff won a competition sponsored by Google, using their software to create a 3D model of the Olin College campus. He and six other winners from over 300 entries were flown out to Google’s campus for a tour of Google and San Francisco, a workshop, product feedback and a Giants game.

Kelsey Nix (’07)
In September Kelsey participated in a week long internship with a UC Davis professor on the set of “Lincoln Heights”, an ABC Family series filmed in Los Angeles. The internship was for set design on a TV show.

Summer 2007
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Kathleen Markle ('00)
Kathleen will be married (May 26-27) this weekend at Kitty Hawk.

Cat (Hunter) Fitzgerald ('00)
Congratulations to Cat (Hunter) Fitzgerald and her husband on the birth of their daughter on June 11.

Holmes Merritt ('01)
Holmes Merritt is doing research in Biogeochemical Oceanography involving iron cycling. This summer he’s volunteering at a Methodist mission in the Bahamas.

Katy Rosenbaum ('01)
Following graduation from Agnes Scott, Katy Rosenbaum joined the Peace Corps and is currently based in Morocco.

Alisa Hutchison ('02)
Alisa graduated summa cum laude from Appalachian State University in December 2006. She will be attending UNC in the fall, pursuing a Master of Science in Library Science.

Megan Anderson (’03)
Megan graduated from Wake Forest University in May 2007. She will be attending Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the Fall.

Melanie Kolkin (’03)
Melanie graduated in May from Emory University with a degree in Comparative Literature and a pre-medical concentration. Currently taking two years off before medical school, Melanie has been hired as a full-time medical researcher in the Orthopaedic Surgery Research Department at Duke University. She is working on a project involving Adipose Derived Stem-Cells. She also plans to travel abroad for a few weeks this year as a member of Health Volunteers Overseas.

Ryan Misjan (’03)
Ryan has begun the leadership development program at Siemens Energy and Automation. Following a year’s training and work in Atlanta, he’ll then work in Philadelphia and Chicago to finish out the program’s rotation.

Courtney Redden ('03)
Courtney Redden graduated in May from Wake Forest University and will attend the Wake Forest University School of Medicine this fall.

Sonali Shah ('03)
Sonali Shah graduated from NCSU in June in Textile and Apparel Management. Sonali received the Delta Kappa Phi Senior Award and the Chester H. Roth Honor Award for outstanding work in the college of Textiles. She has joined Belk as an Executive Trainer to be become an assistant buyer.

Louis Wilkerson ('03)
Louis Wilkerson has completed his first year at Johnson & Wales University, working on his degree in Culinary Arts. He’s working at Bonefish Grill for the summer as well as doing some catering.

Adam Pedersen ('04)
Adam is majoring in Jazz Studies and Advertising/Sports Marketing at UNC-CH. He says he’s also been regularly playing gigs in the Durham/Chapel Hill area with both jazz and afro-Cuban groups. Last fall he spent a semester abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and this summer he will intern with ESPN International/ESPN Deportes in Bristol, CT.

Ashton Ward ('04)
Ashton is living in Alexandria, VA for two months where’s she interning at an area newspaper but will return to Utah for her August 3 marriage. She’ll continue her studies at Brigham Young University and looks forward to an April 2008 graduation.

Kelly Will ('04)
Kelly continues to play tennis (and excel at it). She’s a member of the Washington and Lee women’s team that recently won the NCAA Division III National Championship, beating Amherst 5-2 in the finals. Kelly played #4 singles and won a point for the team every day.
Holly Metter ('05)
Holly spent her Spring Break in China with a Harvard student group teaching English at two schools. She will spend her summer in Miami, Florida teaching science at Breakthrough Collaborative, an academic summer program for disadvantaged, high-performing middle schools students.

Amelia Niemi ('05)
After interning for the summer in Washington, DC at a public policy non-profit think tank, Amelia is studying abroad in Athens, Greece fall semester. She'll return to The George Washington University in the spring to continue pursuing my double major in Classical Humanities and Philosophy. Amelia will continue to play in the pep band.

Kelly Shipkowski ('06)
Kelly Shipkowski was named Female Athlete of the Year for her freshman year at Methodist University. Kelly is pursuing a double major in Chemistry with a concentration in Forensics and Biology.
 

Spring 2007
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Paul Bitting ('00) has recently moved to Washington, DC after completing his graduate work in sports management at Old Dominion University.

Dana Schrenk ('02) recently returned to the U.S. after a year’s study at the Goethe Institute in Freiburg, Germany.

Claire Cobley ('02) is enjoying Seattle and is finishing up the first year of her Ph.D. studies in Chemistry at the University of Washington.

Ryan Cotter ('02) graduated from NC State in '06 with a B.S. in accounting and is now finishing up his first year at Loyola University School of Law.  This summer he will be studying the law of the European Union at the University of Vienna Law School in Austria.   

Asheville, NC is home for Katherine Powell where she’s started an artist management company, Geniass Productions, and now represents area bands, songwriters, and other artists. KP is also doing event planning for an agency.

Kathleen Dowse ('03) is pursuing a marketing degree, but she takes advantage of the opportunity to travel for work and study. She spent last summer in Hereford, England where she worked for a non-profit organization and followed that with study in Marseille, France. Her global travels will continue this summer with a hiking trip in Croatia.    

Zack Gauck ('03) will be inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa Society later this month. He’ll graduate this May from the University of Iowa with a major in Chinese and a certificate in International Business.

Daniel Lassiter ('03) got engaged last year and is looking forward to his May 19^th wedding.

Ashley Parks ('03) will graduate from Furman this June with a B.M. in Music Theory. She’ll then begin her graduate studies at American University in Washington, DC working towards her M.A. in Arts Management.

Liz Seidl ('03) will graduate from UNC-W in May with a degree in Marketing and Spanish. Liz is also working for a Wilmington area company handling the firm’s marketing. 

In May Asher Smith ('04) will attend a week session at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School in Utah. He’ll then return to Beloit for his fourth consecutive summer studying language, this year to study Arabic.

Joe Reed ('04) will head to Marine Officer Candidates’ School this summer in Quantico, Virginia. He’ll be commissioned as a 2^nd Lieutenant when he graduates from Davidson in 2008.

Congratulations to Ashton Ward ('04) on her Valentine’s Day engagement.

Alex Wilson ('04) will intern in Denmark this summer, working for Jim Cain, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark.

Richard Feindel, Jr. ('05) and a fellow student at Emerson College have won a national contest for Zilo TV, a college media and marketing network. They produced a 30-second promotional spot for The History Channel's popular show Digging for the Truth. Their winning segment will air on The History Channel and they will receive a cash award. In addition, the winning entry will air on Zilo's college television network reaching over 8.2 million viewers. Their entry beat out submissions from Boston University, New York University and the New York Film Academy. Entries were judged by industry experts.

Lara Almich ('06) recently won the national tournament for Pump It Up, a dance game like DDR. She won a trip to Seoul, Korea for a week where she’ll compete with contestants from 20 other countries.

Winter 2006 - 2007
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Bryan Black ('00) married Anna-Marie Reisel on July 29, 2006.  Black graduated from Algonquin College and then took a computer technology position with Health Canada, a branch of the federal government.  They live in Ottawa, Ontario.

Vanessa Hamer ('01) is working for The Open Planning Project, a non-profit, in New York City.  This organization writes open source software to help grassroots organizations and works mostly with groups interested in environmental and urban planning issues.

David Johnson ('01) is first year medical student at UNC. Following his graduation from Duke in 2005, he worked in Atlanta doing clinical research in cardiothoracic anesthesiology.

Matthew Oberhardt ('01) is pursuing a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. 

Alex Sinha ('01) graduated from NYU in May 2005 with a B.A. in philosophy and comparative religion.  He earned honors in philosophy.  He soon will have an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, and he then will pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy.

After graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology in imaging sciences with highest honors in May of 2006, Jeff Meade ('02) was accepted into the Ph.D. program in biomedical imaging at the University of Arizona with a full scholarship and began his graduate work in August 2006.

Natalie Case ('03) will graduate from Duke in May 2007 with a double degree in biomedical and electrical engineering. She’ll be married later in the summer.

Carrie Miller ('04) of Bowdoin College has been named to the 2006 NESCAC All-Academic Team. Eleven members of Bowdoin's New England Championship-winning women's rugby team, including Miller, claimed honors.  Miller has been voted to be one of the captains of the team for next year.  The team goes to nationals in Florida in the spring, but Miller will be in Botswana on her study abroad program with Pitzer College.

Keith Porcaro ('04) is studying abroad in Harbin, China.

Sara Hardin ('05) is majoring in aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Rachel Hyatt ('05) is majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in Chinese at NCSU.  She is an NCSU Engineering Ambassador, an intramural staff supervisor and plays on the women’s club basketball team.

Bryttany Curran ('06) has been named to the 2006 USA Swimming Scholastic All American Team.  Curran now swims for the University of Tennessee.

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Fall 2006
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Class of 2006

Tyler Graybeal (06), Clay Robinson (06), and Michael Sousa (06) have lunch and provide the inside scoop to Mark Easley (08) about Wake Forest University while Mark was on a campus visit there on November 20th, 2006.

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Summer 2006
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Several CA alums worked with CA’s Summer Quest Camp Program this summer: Amberly Killmer (’04), Kristin Killmer (’06), Amelia Niemi (’05), Charles Noneman (’05), Alison Parks (’02), Chris Perelstein (’02), Megan Singer (’02) and Bonnye Talbot (’02).

Lauren Jackson ('00) - Before graduating, Lauren had two first-author manuscripts accepted for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals. For the past two years she has presented her work at several national conferences, and she won the STM New Investigator Award for her work with hyperthermia and tumor angiogenesis. The New Investigator Award is generally given to post doc and graduate student. She is applying to Ph.D. programs and is considering medical school.

Jennifer Farmer ('00) - Jennifer (formerly Jennifer King) was married in August 2006 on top of Grandfather Mountain to Will Farmer, a graduate student at NCSU for large animal veterinary reproduction & physiology.  The two honeymooned in Asheville, NC.  Jennifer is currently obtaining her second degree at UNC.  She is a junior in nursing.

JB Kuehne ('01) - JB will work for six months for Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany. He will work in the chassis design department. He returns in December and will continue his studies in mechanical engineering for his last semester at NCSU.

Congratulations to Yoshiko Shoji and Brian Deaton (both Class of ’02) on their May 28th marriage.

Kyle Heath ('02) - Kyle graduated from Furman University in the spring with a degree in Ancient Creek. He spent his summer as a pastoral intern in a Greenville, SC church. He has recently started a Masters Program at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

Park McArthur ('02) - Park is currently at the University of Miami working on her Masters of Fine Arts.

Allison Parks ('02) - Allison graduated this spring with a degree in General Theatre from Appalachian State University. She’s returned to Raleigh and accepted a position at the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners.

Uzma Rawn ('02) - We wish Uzma good luck in her new job with the Marketing and Team Business Operations Division of the National Basketball Association.

Lindsey Wakely ('02) - Lindsey is currently working as a paralegal at an area law firm and is preparing for the LSAT.

Ashley Parks ('03) - After finishing the spring semester at Furman, Ashley headed to the NC mountains where she worked this summer at the Brevard Music Center.

Garrett Roach ('03) - Garrett has begun Pharmacy School at UNC this year.

Kristen Aanstoos ('04) - Kristen is studying at National Cheng-Chi University in Taipei, China this semester.

Brent Collins ('04) - Brent’s future offers many paths – he got his real estate license this summer. He also purchased a home in the Charlotte area and renovated it for resale.

Carrie Miller ('04) - Following a brief visit home for her sister Shannon’s graduation from CA, Carrie returned to Bowdoin College in Maine to work in the school’s Advancement Office for the summer.

Joe Reed ('04) - Joe will be the 2006-07 co-editor of the Perspectives page for The Davidson. This summer he served as an intern in a Raleigh District Congressional Office.

Richard Feindel ('05) - On May 13 Richard was presented the EVVY Award for Best Television Advertisement during the 25th annual EVVY Awards at Emerson College in Boston. The EVVY Awards is the largest student-run televised production in the United States. Student work in nearly every area of study offered by Emerson College is judged by industry professionals. Thanks to Richard and Kevin Kline (’05) who managed operations at the 2006 commencement program so Bridget Harron could enjoy her daughter Lila’s graduation.

Alyse Finkel ('05) - After a busy year at Emory, Alyse worked at several sessions of Summer Quest. She and her family enjoyed a two-week trip to Paris and London later in the summer.

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Winter 2005-2006

Class of 2000 

Kathleen Markle and her brother David (’04) traveled to Peru for their holiday break.

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Class of 2001 

Rose Brown graduated from UNC-CH in May, 2005 with degrees in psychology and German and is now working at Residential Services, Inc. as a case manager for persons with developmental disabilities. Thomas Doyle (also CA Class of '01) graduated from NC State last month with a degree in industrial engineering. Even bigger news from the two of them is that they’re getting married in April, 2006 at Emerald Isle.  

After graduating from NCSU last May, Abby Corry has gone to Spain to work for a year before applying to medical school. 

Michael Dorry graduated in May ’05 from UNC with Honors and Distinction in English.  

Class of 2002 

KP Powell is playing drums in a blues/soul/funk band out of Boone, NC. She says that the rest of her time is spent cooking in a kitchen in Blowing Rock and shoveling snow at Hawksnest Ski Mountain in Foscoe, NC. You can email her at kp51590@hotmail.com.  

Teresa Smith graduated from Elon on December 9 with a degree in Human Services.  She is  working with Workplace Options, a work-life benefits company, as a child care consultant in Raleigh.  On December 24 she got engaged to Justin Porter of Cary following her church's candlelight service to the excitement of her family and the church congregation that introduced them.  They are planning an October wedding.   

Class of 2003 

Casey Samilski  is spending his junior year in Tokyo studying Japanese at Temple University’s Japan campus. This summer he hopes to be a representative at the Japan-American Student Conference which starts in Ithaca, New York, and finishes in San Francisco. He will graduate from Sarah Lawrence College in 2007 with a degree in writing.  

Jillian Vitter is back at Notre Dame after spending last semester studying in Perth, Australia.

Megan Anderson will study in Venice, Italy during Fall 2006.  

Rome, Italy will be the backdrop for study abroad for Laura Fox next year. Laura will graduate in 2007 with a degree in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design.  

Class of 2004 

Ale Gutierrez has founded the Pre-Dental Society at Davidson College. The creation of this group will be included in the archives of the college. The society anticipates educating students about dental careers, organizing a panel of dentists to give lectures, and offering students direction in choosing dental schools and careers. Along with the Pre-Medical Director as the faculty sponsor of the group, Ale has recruited three other founding officers and nine other members so far.  

Alex Wilson has received a merit scholarship from Wake Forest’s German/Russian Department to study at the University of Freiburg in Germany next fall. This summer he will be doing an internship at the NC Attorney General’s Office.

Class of 2005 

Saurabh Aneja was recently awarded the Steven B. Currier Merit Scholarship at Kenyon College.

Emily Gordon is a member of the a cappella singing group The Ladies in Red at NCSU this semester.

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Fall 2005

Class of 2000

Heather Saladin graduated in May from NCSU with two Bachelor of Science degrees, one in Biomedical Engineering and another in Biological Engineering.

Class of 2001

Another CA alumni has headed to Alexandria, Virginia to work for the US Patent and Trademark Office. The Agency recruited Tarik Koc before his May ’05 graduation from Virginia Tech. 

Following his two-year mission work Greg Vlazny returned to UNC-Greensboro.

Tighe Wall is enjoying living in the ‘Big Apple.’ New York City is his new home where he works as an editor.

Class of 2002

Following his studies in Montpellier, France during the spring semester Jeremy Freifeld traveled through Europe in June. He spent the balance of his summer working at a vineyard in the south of France.

Class of 2003

Cary Academy had a man in the White House this summer, with Jason Lacerna serving as a White House intern in Office of Presidential Correspondence. Jason was 1 of 100 interns selected from 19,000 applicants. He’s now back at Yale working on a double major in Economics and Political Science.

Chris Leithe was Rush Chairman for his Duke fraternity, Sigma Nu. He’s also quite active in progressive campus organizations.

Class of 2004

This summer NC’s Mount Mitchell called to Asher Smith who climbed it twice, once with fellow ’04 alum Eddie Rendleman. Asher’s sophomore year at Beloit is a busy one, where he is an East Asian Languages and Cultures Major (Japanese concentration). Along with his studies, he’s on the university’s Academic Senate and Policy Committee, works as a language lab attendant, and is a Japanese and Russian tutor 12 hours a week.

The Washington and Lee tennis team recently played in the ITA Southeast Region Championships. Team member and ’04 alum Kelly Will won her singles draw, and she and doubles partner were finalists in the doubles draw.

Class of 2005 

One of the new members on the Yale Debate Team is Haley Nix. Haley was a new member selected from 68 applicants.

Steven Wilson is busy exploring England and working on his majors in Modern History and Politics at Oxford. He’s also recently joined the university’s fencing team.

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Summer 2005
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

The Classes of 2000 and 2001 enjoyed a joint Five-Year Reunion at Jillian’s in June.  A small crowd, but everybody enjoyed the chance to get together. Thanks to Kathleen Markle and Mary Elizabeth Sullivan for organizing the event.

Some alums worked at Cary Academy’s Summer Quest camps this summer: Will Harbour (’05), Ali Parks (’02), Amberly Killmer (’04), Bonnye Talbot (’02), Sara Knowlton  (’02) and Iliya Zilberter (’05)

Class of 2000 

Building a new home and keeping up with their 2-year-old are keeping Sierra Prete Andrews and her husband particularly busy.  

Dan Becker is moving to Alexandria, Virginia and will soon start his new job as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He graduated from NCSU in August with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  

After recovering from wounds suffered during his tour of duty in Iraq, Duane Doster is completing his degree at Pfeiffer University. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 2005.  

Ann Gulley is working towards her Master’s degree in International Affairs from GW Elliott School. She’s also busy planning her June 2006 wedding.  

Laura Johnson has begun her first year at Emory School of Medicine where she’s working on a combined MD/Master’s in the Public Health Program.  

After a year as a fashion merchandiser for Abercrombie & Fitch, Natasha Kennedy-Paesler has begun a job as the Women’s Buyer for Calvin Klein in New York City.  

Law school has drawn two of Class of 2000 alumnae – Kathleen Markle has moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University, and Lynsey Harrington begins law school at Campbell University this fall.  

Lisa Jamieson is in the RTP area working in the corporate offices of the McDonald’s Corporation.

Ross Andrus is teaching computer classes in Los Angeles.

Class of 2001 

After graduating from Wake Forest in May with degrees in History and Political Science, Noah Abrams has gone on to the University of Georgia Law School.  

Natalie Chou began work in New York City as an analyst for an investment bank after graduating from Penn with studies in English and Political Science. 

John Niles has begun law school as well. Following his graduation from Claremont-McKenna College, John returned to the RTP area and is now attending Duke University.  

Evan Pike is teaching English at a school in Japan.

Class of 2002 

Megan Barnhill is completing her degrees in Design and Anthropology at B.Y.U. having finished her creative writing minor this spring. This July she worked as a human service worker at Aspen Senior Care, and she managed to do a lot of singing and acting in her limited free time. Following her wedding in Washington, D.C. on December 16, 2005 she and her husband will travel to Ghana for the spring semester to study medical anthropology.

’02 alums Brian Deaton and Yoshiko Shoji are engaged.  

Works by Park McArthur will be exhibited at her first solo art show Sept. 2-Oct. 28 with the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir.  

Sara Knowlton is engaged.

Cyrus Atkins - Hello fellow alumni. I've just finished my third year at UNC-Asheville and am now living back in Raleigh for the summer. I'm majoring in creative writing while at the same time aspiring to musical adequacy. Pool quickly becoming another passion. This summer, I hope to heal the disappointment stemming from a botched attempt at driving cross country with a productive stab at bartending school. Hopefully this will afford me a rewarding summer job far from the mired pit of retail. Hopefully I'll get to catch up with some of you as well.

Alison Parks will be a pledgemom for her sorority Sigma Alpha Omega this fall.   

Class of 2003 

Peter Cvelich will study in Montpellier, France during the upcoming year.  

Entrepreneurs Alex Leet and Alex Gonski opened Triangle Student Painters, a painting company, last year and continue to sharpen their business skills handling everything from estimating jobs to hiring and accounting.  

Also studying abroad this year will be Casey Samulski, who will be in Tokyo, Japan at Temple University’s Japan campus.   

Gray Still will travel to Australia for four weeks of study in January, ’06.  

Kaleah Overton - Right now I am in Atlanta, GA finishing out my internship with my chemistry professor as a research assistant and getting ready for my third season on the volleyball team.  And believe it or not, I still don't, I am officially a chemistry major. Anyhoo congrats to all the recent grads and have a wonderful summer.

Class of 2004 

Alex DiLeonardo has started his own web development business, DiLeonardo Web Development. He’s currently creating a website for the UNC private dorm Granville Towers.  

This summer Zack Hobbs worked with other volunteers for Appalachia Service Project in Kentucky providing home repairs to those in need.  

Heather Wiles - After the first semester at the University of Wales Swansea didn't work out as I had hoped, I turned the rest of the year into a gap year. From Jan-Apr I worked as an archivist in a CRO before traveling as a volunteer for two months in South Africa. The first month was spent not far from Cape Town and the second month was near Johannesburg volunteering at the Lion Park - both were absolutely incredible experiences. I am currently in Rambouillet, France for a month in a language immersion program and will start at Bryn Mawr College this fall.

Class of 2005 

Amanda Fritz was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen 2005 this summer. 

Although a major in music and pre-med coursework at UNC will keep Danni Simon busy, she’ll also be on the track team competing in the high jump.

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Spring 2005
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Catherine Hunter ('00) - Catherine was married on March 5 to Rick Fitzgerald in Raleigh, NC. Jenni King ('00) was maid of honor. Catherine and Rick spent over a week in Maui, Hawaii after the wedding. Rick was recently accepted into the US Marine Corps Flight Program and the two will leave sometime next year for his pilot training in Pensacola, Fl

Rob Mason ('04) completed a three-week summer tour at Little Rock, AK Air Force Base. The base is the premier C-130 training base in the DOD, training 130 crew members from all branches of the service and U.S. Coast Guard, and students from 27 allied nations.

Sara Knowlton ('02)
Lots to update!  I got back from a semester in Fribourg, Switzerland in February, and now I am currently finishing up my next to last semester at Elon - I will be graduating a semester early in December 2005 with a degree in French (with a minor in Psychology).  I am also engaged :) to a great guy named Jesse Hooven since December 4, 2004.  He lives in Raleigh and works at Transource.  Our wedding is planned for September 2006, and plan to start our life together in Raleigh.  :)  And of course during the summer, Cary Academy has dragged me back in, and I will be working at Summer Quest.  In short, I've been busy! :)

Mathilde Verdier ('02)
Studying at UNC-Chapel Hill and majoring in International studies with a minor in social and economic justice.  Last summer, I went backpacking by myself around Western Europe and this summer, I will be going on a program to Vienna, Bosnia, and Croatia, where I will get to work with the UN and the EU security council.  I then plan to spend a semester in Argentina and work in an NGO in India for a while, dealing with modern-day slavery before going to law school.  Hope everything is going well with everyone! My email is mverdier@email.unc.edu, let me know what's up!

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Fall and Winter 2004 - 2005
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Ryan Zelov (’00)
Ryan is engaged to Michelle Burton of Charlottesville, VA. She’s a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in Social Work. An October wedding is planned.

Ashley Parks ('03)
Ashley is RA on her sorority’s (Kappa Kappa Gamma) hall at Furman. This semester she studied composition with prize-winning composer Mark Kilstofte. She’s composed two works for unaccompanied SATB choir, both to be debuted in Greenville in the spring. One composition is a setting of the sacred text Kyrie, and the other is a setting of Conrad Aiken’s poem Music I Heard. The Kyrie will be performed by the chancel choir of John Knox Presbyterian Church and Music I Heard will be performed by the Furman University Chamber Choir. 

Kaitlin Szulik (’04)
Has been named to the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellow Program at Elon University. Throughout her four years at Elon, the program will offer Kaitlin the opportunity to take an active role in campus organizations and community services and will pair her with campus leaders, faculty and staff to explore the dynamics of leadership and her own leadership style.

Linda Lin ('01)
I’ve recently graduated from UNC-CH with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History.  

Melissa Phillips ('01)
Melissa got engaged on December 25^th  to RL Carter III – my fiancée is currently on active duty in the Army (82^nd Airborne Infantry Division). We met soon after his return to the States after serving one year in Iraq. After his release from the military in March he’ll be going back to school at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ where he will also be playing football.  

Jeff Meade ('02)
I’m still attending RIT up here in New York. For those of you who don’t know, I’m majoring in Imaging Science and getting a double major in mathematics and philosophy. I’ve spent my past summers doing academic research at the CIS doing medical imaging and synthetic image generation. I plan on pursuing a PhD after graduation in mathematical brain modeling.  

Alex Wilson ('04)
Alex was one of 30 students selected to join the Harbinger Corps, Wake Forest’s student tour guide organization. I was also selected (one of 70 Freshman and Sophomores) to participate in LEAD (Leadership, Excellence, Application, and Development), the flagship program for student leadership at Wake Forest. This is a 10-week program that includes small group projects, weekly leadership labs, and mentoring.

Justin Woo (’01) - Graduating in December 2004 from Washington University in St. Louis. Taking a couple months off to travel. Asia? Europe? Canada? Your place? Then heading out to NYC to work on Wall Street at JPMorgan. Any visitors? HOLLA BACK.

Michelle Bradicich (’02) - I'm at NCSU getting my electrical engineering degree...who would've thought - haha...and I finish my minor in Spanish this semester! I'm done in about a year and a half and plan to go to New York to work at IBM in chip design. From there I plan to go to grad-school in Forensic Science in Manhattan. If it's God's will it'll happen!!! =) Still working in a coffee shop ;-) and loving it!

Laura Johnson (’00) - I'm now at the UCSF Breast Care Center in San Francisco, taking a year off before medical school and working full-time as a Clinical Research Coordinator (and doing a lot of dance on the side).   

Jenny King (’00) - I'm currently working as a Pediatric Medical Assistant, and am looking forward to applying to Med School. I'm also very active in my local Church's single's ministry and women's bible studies. 

Matthew Oberhardt (’01) - I'm doing well. I'm a senior at UVA now majoring in physics.  I plan on going to grad school for biomedical engineering. 

Rob Mason (’04) - Rob has been busy since he arrived at Virginia Tech. As a new Cadet in their Air Force ROTC program and as a member of their Band Company, he’s always busy with drills, PT and practice, also keeping up with his classes.  The Band has already played at one home football game, and will play at other upcoming games. 

Phillip Barrish (’01) -  A student at Tulane University, Phillip was one of the 1.2 million area residents forced to evacuate New Orleans as Hurricane Ivan approached the Gulf Coast. Phillip packed up some things, inched along the highway at a snail’s pace for seven hours with other evacuees, and headed to Texas to visit a friend. Classes at Tulane are cancelled until September 20.

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Summer 2004
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Ryan Zelov (’00) - Ryan graduated from the University of Richmond this spring with a major in Psychology. Before pursuing further study in graduate school, he’s taken a job as a counselor at the New Dominion School near Richmond, Virginia. The school offers academics and year-round outdoor therapeutic programs to troubled teens.

Leslie Sall  (’04) -  Leslie visited Galapagos Islands during the summer and also worked in Chemistry lab at NCSU.

Ale Gutierrez (’04) - Ale worked in a Cary dental clinic this summer where she has worked for the past 3 years as a hygienist assistant and lab technician.

Ann Gulley ('00) - Got Engaged this past June!!! The wedding is set for Spring 06!!!

Todd Metter ('00) - Graduated Magna cum Laude from Middlebury College in May 2004 with a double major in History and Spanish. Now living in Middlebury VT and working summer 2004 for Middlebury college in their Alumni Office (currently a temporary position which may become permanent). New address & phone #: 93 Seymour St, Apt 1, Middlebury VT 05753, 802-377-9038.

Evan Pike ('00) - I am doing a semester in Tokyo, Japan!  I have been here since March and come back in August. If you wanna see some pictures I am posting all my pictures here - http://viscom.miami.edu/evan/gallery/.  Hope all is well!  Take care!

Mercy Bravo (’00) - traveling to Thailand and Nepal.  

Kathrin Gassner (’00) - interning at BMW of North America in New Jersey.  

Ryan Zelov (’00) - live in a hostel in Prague.  

Laura Cooper (’01) - grant-funded research at NCSU Dept. of Molecular Biomedical Sciences. 

Tarik Koc (’01) - working at SAS for the summer and will take a trip to Costa Rica. 

Ben Malone (’01) - Film major at Elon and will be visiting Spain.  

Justin Pendergrass (’01) - summer internship at Coastal Horizons Drug Abuse Clinic. 

Carol Squillace (’01) - will spend the next semester studying in Ecuador. 

Brodie Whiteside (’01) - summer school and trips to NYC, DCV, and Florida. 

Emily Mangone (‘02) - internship this summer in California with management firm.  Will study abroad in Paris this fall and in Tokyo for spring semester. 

Gal Nyska (‘02) - studying at Julliard. 

Uzma Rawn (‘02) - studying in Australia.  

Kristan Curran (‘03) - in fall transferring to St. Mary’s, in double major of psychology and theology.  

Alex Gonski (‘03) - visiting Cairns, Australia. 

Alex Gonski (’03), Josh Lebenson (’03), Alex Leet (’03), Garrett Roach (’03), and Jeremy Freifeld (‘02) - started painting business. 

Ronnie Johnson (‘03) - travelling to London and Scotland. 

Gray Still (‘03) - visiting the British Virgin Islands.   

Kristen Anderson (‘04) - waitressing on Nantucket Island.  

Will Andrus (‘04) - performing in Prague.  

Brad Butler (‘04) - working at a dive shop at Wrightsville Beach.  

Rob Mason (‘04) - working at SAS this summer.  

Meghan Morris (‘04) - competition horseback riding this summer.  

Chantal Moshakos (‘04) - visiting Greece for a month and then training for NCSU cheerleading. 

Jared Allen (‘04), Zack Hobbs (’04), Josh Setzer (’04), Alex Wilson (‘04) - Linville Gorge backpacking trip. 

Tracy San Filipo (‘04) - visiting Australia this summer.  

Chris Walsh (‘04) - playing Division I Hockey next year at BGSU. 

Ed Winstead (‘04) - summer internship with political campaign.

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Spring 2004
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Laura Johnson ('00) - will graduate in June from Princeton. After graduation, she’ll participate in the six-week American Dance Festival at Duke University, then begin a year-long internship as a clinical researcher at the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center in San Francisco.  After that, she plans to either return to Argentina for a year (where she studied for a semester) or enter medical school. This year Laura was the co-recipient of the Koren Prize for "outstanding departmental work during the junior year" in the History Department (she’s a History of Science major). She sends her best to all the other CA alums!

Rebecca Jacobs ('00) - For the past few years I have been working on a screenplay entitled No Regrets. There was a live reading of the screenplay in April 2004 in the Studio Theatre at Meredith College. All of the proceeds went to The American Cancer Society. In a nutshell, No Regrets is about trials and tribulations of the young soul. It is R rated due to language.

Uzma Rawn ('02) - is enjoying Ithaca College and her studies in her major of Sports Management. Through a program coordinated by the college she'll leave in July for a six-month Walk About Program in Australia, traveling and studying at three different universities.

Lauren Jackson ('00) - I have been very busy these past few years of school.  I am currently working as a research assistant at Duke Medical Center in the Radiation Oncology Department studying tumor metastasis in laboratory animals. I began working in research last year, working in a lab studying the biochemical pathway leading to TNF-a induced apoptosis. This winter I will be traveling to Africa to shadow doctors and volunteer in health clinics while working on my senior honors thesis. Next May, I will graduate from the honors program at NC State University with a B.S. in Microbiology. While at the University of Georgia, I participated in several campus organizations and was one of two students at UGA chosen to participate in a week long conference in Washington, D.C. given by several prominent leaders in media journalism and past presidental cabinet members, including William Safire, Edwin Meese, and others. Last May, I worked as a certified nursing assistant at Wake Med which solidified my commitment to the medical profession. After graduation, I plan to pursue a career in surgical oncology. .However, I have been offered a research fellowship in Sweden to obtain my PhD following graduation and have not yet decided whether to pursue my PhD overseas before starting med school or to enter a dual degree program here in the U.S. I have continued to pursue my love of art and have had my artwork featured in an exhibition at an art gallery in downtown Raleigh.

Deidre Simon ('02) -  I’m still at VCU and lovin it.  Finished my first (and last) year as a member of the women’s track and field team (T-Fi!!).  I like to say that I quit running because of ‘irreconcilable differences’ with my quote/unquote “sprint coach,” but that is something to be left undiscussed.  Moving along through the Art Foundation program, getting ready to send off a portfolio for an opportunity to be one of the “40/40 Club” of the Fashion Design majors.  YEAH!! 

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Winter 2004
Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Kathleen Markle ('00) -  graduated from UMASS in December. Back in the RTP area for a few months while  finishing up applications to graduate schools and law schools.  

Jane Yamaykin ('00) - will graduate this Spring and will then go to graduate school (on scholarship) in Australia.

Erin Lenhardt (‘03) - recently won first prize in the 2004 Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Contest at Reed College, Portland, OR. 

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Cary Academy’s alumni were busy with a wide variety of activities during the Summer of 2003, as reflected on the alumni forms being returned to the Advancement Office.

Current News from Cary Academy Alumni:

Deidre Simon ('02) - Well...I just transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA this year.  Definitely a great place!  right now, i am on the women’s track and cross country team.  I just declared a second major in Mathematics (first in Fashion design).  Doing some community service stuff with the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (not a member....). I also plan to do a co-op at the Nike headquarters in Oregon with the product design crew. keep in touch! simondd@vcu.edu.

Kaleah Overton ('03) - is playing Varsity volleyball at Agnes Scott this year.

Eric Gardner ('00) - worked for Philips Semiconductors in Zurich, Switzerland for 3 months this summer. He spent his weekend with new friends traveling throughout Europe.

Bryan Fisher ('03) - just made the Carolina Cross Country team.  Bryan earned All-State honors last year in both cross country and track.

Loraine Bailey ('03) - worked this summer for a non-profit domestic violence law firm.  She also became a founding member of new national organization 2020 Democrats.  

Megan Anderson ('03) - was in Northern Ireland for 2 weeks this summer on a church mission trip working on a Habitat for Humanity project and traveling throughout Ireland when the schedule permitted.   

Dana Schrenk ('02) -  will study in Spain during the upcoming year .

Nigel Wallace ('02) - finished classes at the University of South Carolina in the Spring and then went overseas to study for a month in Tours, France. Following his time in Europe, he traveled to British Columbia.

Linda Lin ('01) - I spent the first part of this summer mostly in Moscow.  I studied at Moscow State University for International Relations taking classes on International Conflicts and Resolutions, Russian Culture and Political Culture, and of course a crash course in the Russian Language.  While in Moscow, I got to attend the Paul McCartney Concert held in Red Square, meet the newly elected Chinese President Hu Jin Tao, visit various museums and palaces such as the Kremlin and Tretyakov Art Gallery, and of course party the “Russian” way.  I also took advantage of one weekend and travelled by the midnight train to St. Petersburg and participated in the commencement of their 300 Year Anniversay Celebration.  It was a definite blast!  In a couple of days, I will be leaving for Alaska on a cruise for two weeks and return to a full week of packing and moving into my new apartment.

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Cary Academy’s alumni were busy with a wide variety of activities during the Spring of 2003, as reflected on the alumni forms being returned to the Advancement Office.

Frederik Jagla ('03) - a 6’9” wing forward for the Chargers, has accepted a basketball scholarship offer from Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC.  Frederik is from Berlin, Germany, and has spent the last two years at Cary Academy.  Frederik averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds a game for the Chargers.

Duane Doster ('00) - a Junior at Pfeiffer University -- joined the Reserves last year. His unit was called up in February and deployed to Kuwait. His mother reports that he's now being moved to Baghdad. His unit's orders were for a year's deployment.

Katy Rosenbaum ('01) - Wow... so much has gone on, it’s impossible to say it all. I’m about to declare my history major, with a possible minor in either french, spanish, music, or poly sci. At the end of this year, I will be taking an educational religious studies/politics trip to Cuba to both do some community service as well as guest lectures. Next spring, I will spend the semester in Yunan province in China with a study-abroad program that focuses on field study, research methods, and intensive language training. Over the summer, I worked as an intern at the Latin American Association in Atlanta, and this summer I will either do the same or have another internship, possibly in the Southern Center for International Studies. I am an RA this year and will be next year as well, and am a student representative for the SACS-required quality enhancement plan (a 10-year long range planning committee) and we’re planning some exciting stuff. Classes range from very easy to very challenging, and last semester I was crazy and took 22 hours... never again. Anyway, life is great. Feel free to send me an email to let me know what’s going on in your lives :) katy@rosemagic.com

Kathleen Markle ('00) - I'm have a great time studying this semester in the UK (University of Wales, Swansea) We have a month-long vacation in April and I'm  going to Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands. This summer I have an internship with the New England Educational Institute   where many notable psychologists from around the world come together and lecture.  I' m graduating early from UMASS next December, and I'm considering law school after that.  

Catherine Hunter ('00) - I will be graduating May 17, 2003 (my 21^st birthday) from NCSU with a BA in psychology and a minor in Sociology. I will be attending law school this fall. I’ve been accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill, Pepperdine in Malibu, CA, DePaul in Chicago, IL, and Samford University in Birmingham, AL. I have received a scholarship from Samford, but I’m still waiting to hear from a couple more schools and will then finalize my plans.

Andi Altmeyer (’01) is on the Davidson College basketball team as a walk on.  Thus far he has played in two games and has recorded 1 official assist.

Todd Metter ('00) - Currently I am a junior at Middlebury College, Vermont.  I am studying abroad all this year at Universidad de la Rioja, Spain, which is in Logroño, Spain, north-central part (autonomous community of La Rioja).  I´m having a very good time and it is really improving my Spanish, which is the point since I am abroad to fulfill my Spanish major.  I also have majors in History and Political Science, which keeps me pretty busy, although the Poli Sci might get dropped to a minor, who knows.  I hope to travel around Europe some over the course of this year (the school term here does not end until mid July), perhaps over Christmas and spring breaks.  We´ve already visited many Spanish cities and had a really great time.  I still keep in touch with the family with which I stayed when I visited Spain on my Cary Academy trip; it´s very nice to have a place to go and stay at every now and then.  My email address is tmetter@middlebury.edu and I would love to hear from anyone, student or alum or whomever, with what they´ve been up to or if they have any questions about Middlebury or about Spain!

Deidre Simon ('02) - I'm doing great over at A&T! I've just declared a second major in mathematics. I've joined a club here called VERGE -- a group that is devoted to fashion in terms of hair, makeup, modeling, runway theme, and design. Right now I am one of the designers and makeup artists on staff, but in the spring I will be modeling.

Evan Pike ('01) - In addition to his regular academic load at the University of Miami, he is working as a sports reporter for the university newspaper. One of his photos from the Miami versus Florida State game (a win for Miami) was published on the front page.

Randy Moresi ('02) has recently been initiated into sisterhood of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of South Carolina.  /p>

Mia Lackey ('02) is pledging the sorority Alpha Chi Omega at the University of Georgia and will be initiated in November.

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Cary Academy’s alumni were busy with a wide variety of activities during the summer of 2002, as reflected on the alumni forms being returned to the Advancement Office:

Laura Johnson (’00) studied in Cuba for a month and then volunteered in a rural Costa Rican health clinic for six weeks.  

Jenny King (’00) - Working as an assistant veterinary technician for two local vet hospitals kept her busy, but she also managed a visit to Disney World before classes at NCSU began again.

Greg Vlazny (’01) - alum  is serving a full-time, two-year church mission in Colorado Springs.

Sara Knowlton (’02) worked the throughout the summer at a Day Camp sponsored by the Cary Family YMCA.

Europe beckoned some alums for their vacations and work – Alan Chang (’02) visited Paris and Germany for three weeks; Lisa Fulenwider (’02) also visited France and spent some time in Germany visting Andi Altmeyer (‘01); and Dana Schrenk traveled in Germany with former exchange students Pat Sebastian  (1999-2000) and Heide Altman (2000-2001). Ann Gulley (’00), Natasha Kennedy-Paesler (’00), and Lynsey Harrington (’00) interned for six weeks at Quintiles in Paris. Lynsey followed her internship with a trip home to Scotland and then a Caribbean cruise. After working in Paris, Ann joined her family for five weeks to work at an orphanage and youth camps in the Ukraine.

Duane Doster (’00) was recognized as an honor graduate from the U.S. Army Reserves in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Lots of sun, some good times, and quite a bit of responsibility filled the summer for Craig Phillips (’02) who was a beach lifeguard at Myrtle Beach.  It sounds like the beach also called to Mia Lakey (’02) and Randy Moresi (’02) – they enjoyed a trip to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Linda Lin (’01) traveled back to Taiwan and then visited Japan.

Jeremy Freifeld (’02) split his summer with trips to Myrtle Beach, the North Carolina mountains, and Paris.

Always busy, Joe Reutter (’00) worked at a country club in Linville, NC, but managed to get away to attend some import and modified car shows throughout the Southeast. This past year Joe organized an import car club for students at Appalachian State.

There’s a rumor that at least one of the CA’00 alums is engaged: stay tuned!

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