Kenise Kilbride β59, Hist., has been βdraftedβ to return to teach at Ryerson University for the second term in a row, this time a graduate course in Multiculturalism and Planning Policies.
Peg Rooney Hall β65, French, co-authored Second Wind on the Way of Saint James: A Novel, with her husband, Russell J. Hall. The novel is about hiking The Way of Saint James (El Camino de Santiago).
Carol McManus β71, Soc. Sci., made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November with a group comprised mostly of parishioners from St. Leoβs Parish in Hilton, N.Y., and St. Louis in Pittsford. There she enjoyed a magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime journey through βthe pages of the Bibleβ and drank in the culture, environment, and atmosphere of Israel.
Kathleen Rourke β75, English, received the 2013 Volunteer Leadership award from the Central New York Region of the American Red Cross. The award was presented for her βoutstanding support of the American Red Cross Tompkins County chapter.β She also received her 15-year pin signifying her years as an emergency services volunteer. Presently in her final year of obtaining an M.A. in pastoral studies from St. Bernardβs School of Theology and Ministry, Rourke is doing an internship this academic year at Hospicare of Ithaca.
Lawrence Dugan β81, Mgmt. Sci, Perf. Arts., recently earned a Doctor of Management in Community College Administration and Policy from the University of Maryland.
Elissa Orlando β82, Eng., was recently promoted to senior vice president after 18 years at WXXI. She is responsible for television programming and production and all of WXXIβs news operations, including radio, TV, online, and digital.
Tracey Brewster β89, Bus. Admin., began working at StormFrog as a service delivery manager in May 2013.
Laurie King β95, Psy., relocated to Raleigh, N.C., in May 2013. She is currently employed as an outreach athletic trainer by Triangle Orthopedic Associates and assists with athletic trainer services at two high schools in the Raleigh area.
Jeffrey McCaffrey β96, β02G, Bus. Admin, Mgmt., recently left Alstom Signaling Inc., where he was a senior project manager, to take a position at The Gleason Works as the manager of the project and contract management organization.
Wendy Barnhart Ross β97, Hist., was recently elected president of the Rochester Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication and will serve a one-year term.
Julianna Sikes β97, β01G, Art Edu., Gen. Edu., taught in the Canandaigua City School District from 1997 to 2005, then moved back to her home state of California to accept a position as an assistant principal.
Margaret LeJeune β98, Studio Art, is assistant professor of photography at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. Her recent series of photographs, The Modern Day Diana, is getting national and international attention. LeJeuneβs series is currently featured on Slate.com, one of the leading internet magazines in the U.S., and in the online version of the Daily Mail, one of the top newspapers in England.
John Powell β99, Soc. Sci., recently accepted the position of principal of Stillwater Elementary in Stillwater, N.Y., after working 11 years at Stillwater Central Schools as a teacher and assistant principal.
Ryan McDermott β00, Bus. Admin., has been named vice president and relationship manager at M&T Bank for the Central New York region. He previously worked for KeyBank.
Timothy D. Boldt β01, Poli. Sci., has been named a 2013 New York Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Jason Richardson β06, β11G, IT, Mgmt., started a new job as reliability operations lead at Palantir Technologies.
Kate Wheeler β06, Art Ed., recently accepted a full-time position as a seventh and eighth grade fine arts teacher in Grants, New Mexico.
Laura Mancuso β07, Studio Art, teaches workshops and classes on printmaking at Anchorage Community Works, a new community art center in Anchorage, Alaska. She had a solo exhibition in January 2014 and participated in an Object Runway show where artists and designers created outfits using found and unique objects. She also participated in the International Gallery of Contemporary Art Members Exhibition in January 2013.
Emily Brasley β10, Comm. Rhet., began a literary magazine called Canto Magazine, which gives emerging writers the opportunity to be published.
Kaitlin Legg β10, Comm., is now the program coordinator at the University of North Floridaβs Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center. She was formerly the program assistant at the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Womenβs Studies.
Rebecca Nagel β10, Bio., completed her masterβs work in population genetics at the University of Mainz, Germany. She has been accepted into a Ph.D. position at the University of Potdsam (Germany), where she will be working with African weakly electric fish.
Amanda Poppe β11, Edu., recently completed a three-month internship in higher education administration at U.C. Berkeley.
Rikesh βRickyβ Lad β12, Bus. Admin., works for Macmillan Publishers within their international marketing department.
Becky Welch Thompson β12, Bus. Admin., works at Six Month Smiles as a lab specialist.
James Wood β12, Mktg., works at Goulds Water Technology, a Xylem, Inc. brand in Seneca Falls, N.Y., as a product specialist in the applications group.
Benjamin Stracuzzi β13, Env. Sci., recently got a job with LaBella Associates, PC, as an environmental analyst.
Chris Blaine β10G, Art. Edu., is a director for the 2014 Warnborough College Conference on the Arts in Canterbury, England.
Jaschira Phillips β11G, Edu., recently started a new job as a software developer at Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.
Tracey Harmon β89 to Stephen Brewster, March 23, 2013.
Jennifer Root β02 to Chad Forrest, June 11, 2011.
Jennifer Benson β02, β04G to Justin Kotlarczyk β04G, Sept. 29, 2007.
Jessica Myers β05 to Peter Cayer β06, Aug. 16, 2013.
Michelle (Mimi) Wright β05, β10G to Paul Johnson, March 23, 2013.
Gillian Micoli β07 to Justin Tierney, Aug. 12, 2013.
Laurie Tucker β07 to Andrew Stuntz, Oct. 5, 2013.
Courtney Greene β08 to Richard Smith, June 22, 2013.
Elizabeth Tregan β08 to Thomas Whitcomb, July 13, 2013.
Margaret Gonzalez β09 to Christopher Dillard, Sept. 6, 2013.
Laura Lewicki β09 to David Lamb, Aug. 10, 2013.
Rebecca Glogowski β10 to Michael Sabin, April 13, 2013.
Lyndsi Holmes β11, β12G to Josh Wickert on Sept. 1, 2013.
Diana Daniel β12G to Joseph Seroski, Oct. 26, 2013.
Rebecca Welch β12 to Joe Thompson, June 9, 2013.
Kathryn Hillger β67, a granddaughter, Carly Marie, on June 28, 2013.
Nicole Zervas Adsitt β97, a daughter, Hannah Marie, Oct. 1, 2013.
Jessica Gilson Basta β01, β05G and Jacob Basta β98, a daughter, Carmela Millie, July 28, 2013.
Candice Brown β01, a son, Myles Bon, on Sept. 25, 2013.
Jennifer Root Forrest β02, a daughter, Calista Jane, March 21, 2013.
Jennifer Benson Kotlarczyk β02, β04G and Justin Kotlarczyk β04G, a daughter, Addyson Helene, April 30, 2010, and a son, Keegan Dean, April 9, 2013.
Lisa Handzel Jackson β03, β06G, a son, Paul Thomas, Dec. 14, 2011.
Leah Stevens β09, β11G, a daughter, Avery Jane, Feb. 19, 2012, and a daughter, Olivia Grace, June 14, 2013.
Mary Elizabeth Fritsch β36, on Oct. 9, 2013, in her 99th year.
Avril C. Kaiser β44, on Nov. 3, 2013.
Barbara Schreck Donahue β46, on Oct. 21, 2013.
Rose Mary Connor Kessenich β46, on Oct. 18, 2013.
Alice VanDevoorde β46, on Oct. 10, 2013.
Anna Frances Payne β49, on Aug. 14, 2013, after a brief illness.
Dorothy Therese Schropp β50, S.S.J., on Aug. 26, 2013.
Lina Hill β51, on Sept. 12, 2013.
Bernadette Hunter β65, on March 10, 2013.
Gregory Houston β72, on March 21, 2012.
Mary Helen Buyck β74, β79G, on Aug. 20, 2013.
Rita Bodensteiner Zimmer β75G, on Oct. 1, 2013.
Danute Staskevicius Liauba β76, on Oct. 29, 2013, after a 10-year battle against ovarian cancer.
Margaret Ellen βMegβ Azarian β77, on Oct. 8, 2013.
William C. Gerling β77, on Nov., 11, 2013.
Delphine Wise β78, on Sept. 13, 2013.
James K. Charles β79, on May 5, 2012.
Wendy Rider Metz β79, β82G, on Aug. 30, 2013.
Jannie M. Terry β80, on Nov. 20, 2013.
Cecelia LaFay β86G, on Nov. 3, 2013.
Patricia MacDonald β88, on Nov. 2, 2013.
Lorraine Laws Born β93, on Oct. 7, 2013.
Kelly Connelly β96, on Dec. 4, 2013.
Yvonne A. Peluso β08G, on Nov. 2, 2013.
Patricia Taylor Pivnick, faculty emeritus, on Nov. 6, 2013.
Barbara Lee βBobbieβ Rubin, faculty emeritus, on Nov. 4, 2013.