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July 2007
In response to alumni requests,
@Jepson inaugurates a class notes section. Please
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The Reverend Canon
Matthew Corkern, '95, married Alice Bickerton Coke on Oct. 21,
2006, at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, Tenn. In the days
immediately following, Matthew co-led a 12-day pilgrimage with
retired University of Richmond art history professor Charles Johnson,
exploring art, architecture and faith across Italy. Matthew and Alice
then honeymooned for four days in Venice and two days in Rome. In the
upcoming months, Matthew will be leading two pilgrimages to Normandy,
one this summer and another this fall. Since March 2000 when he
organized and traveled with his first group of pilgrims, Matthew has
led 17 pilgrimages, which he described as spiritual, cultural and
educational journeys.
Clifford "Tripp" Perrin,
'95, and his wife, Dawn,
celebrated the birth of their first child, Isabel Grace, on Feb.
1, 2007. Isabel weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces. In addition to his new
parental duties, Tripp remains active in Jepson and University
affairs, including serving on Jepson's Alumni Networking Group and
giving the alumni speech at Jepson's Senior Banquet in April 2007. He
has served as the vice president for communications of the University
of Richmond Alumni Association for the last two years and began
serving a one-year term as the association's president-elect on
July 1, 2007, to be followed by a one-year term as the association's
president.
Elizabeth Crowe Ream,
'96, resigned as executive director of the Virginia Alliance of
Boys and Girls Clubs to accept a new job as grants director of
University Instructors Incorporated, effective May 25, 2007.
In 1994 University of Richmond alumnus Jim Popp, '92, founded University Instructors, a for-profit company dedicated to helping K-12
students reach their highest potential by providing them access to
highly motivated and educated instructors. The company now ranks as
number 139 on the nation's list of the 500 fastest growing companies.
In her new position as grants director, Elizabeth will lead the
company's effort to attract new business and funding opportunities
through the development of federal, state, corporate and local grants.
Christie Getman, '97,
moved to Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2005 to work for the American Red Cross Tsunami
Recovery Program. Christie manages a portfolio of approximately $130
million in her role as head of programs for both Sri Lanka and the
Maldives. Prior to joining the American Red Cross, she worked for two
other nonprofit organizations: Winrock International from 2001-2005,
where she served as a regional monitoring and evaluation specialist
based in Bamaka, Mali, from 2002-2004, and Christian Children's Fund
from 1998-1999 in
Dakar, Senegal. Christie obtained a master's in anthropology from
George Washington University in 2001.
Maurice Henderson, '97,
resigned his post as deputy press secretary to Gov. Timothy Kaine of
Virginia to start a new position as chief of staff for the chief
technology officer for the District of Columbia effective July 9,
2007. The Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) develops and
enforces policies and standards for information technology in the DC
government. OCTO identifies where and how technology can
systematically support the business processes of the District's 68
agencies.
Christopher Poulos, '97,
and his wife, Helen, welcomed their first child,
Molly Elizabeth, to the world on
March 28, 2007. The family visited
Jepson on April 23, 2007, when Chris spoke to current students at a
Dean's Luncheon about his experiences in the Peace Corps and, more
recently, as a high school Spanish teacher honored as the 2007
Connecticut Teacher of the Year. Later that same day, the family
traveled to Washington, D.C., where they spent the next few days attending several Teacher of the Year
festivities, including one where Chris met President and Mrs. Bush in
the Oval Office.
Chris, Molly and Helen during
their Jepson visit.
The Bushes congratulate Connecticut Teacher of the
Year Christopher Poulos
Stephen DuMont, '00, and his wife, Andrea,
celebrated the arrival of their first child, Abigail, born Oct. 26,
2006. In April 2007 the family moved to Kansas City, Mo., and bought
their first home after Steve accepted a position in the operations
division of the Kansas City office of H&R Block Financial Advisors.
Abigail Elizabeth DuMont at five
months
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Hudson, '00, worked for
a number of nonprofits in the Washington area before moving to
Baltimore, Md., where she joined publishing company Agora, Inc., in
2003. After a one-year stint with a financial publisher subsidiary of
Agora, Liz was reassigned to Agora's legal department. There she has
worked on a number of the company's court cases, several dealing with
First Amendment rights. When a publishing colleague founded the
Roberto Clemente Santa Ana Health Clinic to provide free and low-cost
health care to the poor and underserved in Nicaragua, Liz volunteered
her services as a consultant. She helped the clinic attain 501(c)3
status, something she said she could not have done without the
knowledge she gained in her "Leadership in the Arts" course.
Ginger Doyel, '01,
an author and illustrator based in Annapolis, Md., celebrated the
publication of her latest book, "The Annapolitan Club: A Tradition of
Hospitality since 1897," in December 2006. The book traces the
history of the Annapolitan Club from its founding in 1897 through the
present day, including many interesting vignettes about some of
Annapolis' most colorful and influential citizens.
Matthew James "M.J."
Lynch, '03, and Amanda Nelson Lynch, '03, married in
October 2005 and bought their first home last summer in Metro Atlanta.
M.J. serves as the premium-seating customer service representative for
Atlanta Spirit, the parent company of the Atlanta Hawks (NBA), the
Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) and Philips Arena (an entertainment venue). He
loves working in the sports field. Amanda is currently teaching third
grade at the Atlanta school where she was originally placed as a Teach
for America corps member. This year her school selected her as Teacher
of the Year, and she went on to become a semifinalist at the district
level. Amanda is working on her teaching certification while pursuing
a master's degree in education.
Nicholas Morales, '03,
has been accepted to Harvard Law School for fall 2007. He plans to
focus his studies in the field of environmental law.
Joshua Walker, '03,
who graduated with a master's degree in international relations from
Yale in 2006 and is
now pursuing a doctorate in politics and public policy at Princeton, has focused much of his
research on Turkey, the only democratic Muslim-majority country in the
Middle East. In an
op-ed piece published in the Jerusalem Post and the
Turkish Daily News on July 14, Josh expresses
his concern about the pervasive anti-Americanism in Turkey and makes
an argument for why U.S. policymakers should make every effort to
reverse the trend. He takes a favorable view of the preliminary
results of the July 22 Turkish elections in
another op-ed piece published in the Jerusalem Post on July 25,
writing that "a new day has arrived for Turkish politics with the most
representative parliament in living memory."
Seth Lewandowski, '04,
enjoyed a run in the Classical Theatre of Harlem production of
"Marat/Sade," Feb. 2-March 11, 2007.
Jessica Moye Tallman,
'04, is planning a move to New York City with her husband, Mark
Tallman, after Mark landed a recurring role in the ABC soap opera "All
My Children." Mark debuted as "Kyle" the week of June 11 and will be
appearing in one to two episodes a week indefinitely. Jess, who has
been working as assistant director of alumni and parent programs at
St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., will look for a job in New
York City, possibly in event planning.
Amy Vest, '04, just
completed her second year at Harvard Divinity School, where she is
pursuing a Master of Divinity with a focus on religion in higher
education.
Julee Wilson, '04,
successfully taped
her first television spot
on June 4, 2007. Julee, a fashion editor for Real Simple magazine,
appeared on New York City station NY1 to discuss how to mix patterns
to achieve the most up-to-date look.
On July 1, 2007, she offered solutions to summer hair woes based on
research conducted by Real Simple during
her live broadcast on New
York City station WABC. Julee was awarded a fellowship to attend the
Stanford University Professional Publishing Course in mid-July.
Kimberly Bowers, '05,
was appointed Director of Gubernatorial Appointments by Governor
Timothy Kaine of Virginia in March 2007. She is primarily responsible
for soliciting and assessing candidates for gubernatorial appointment
to policy, supervisory and advisory boards, commissions and councils
in state government.
Saona Chapman, '06,
played basketball throughout fall 2006 for Athletes in Action (AIA), a
Christian athletic ministry that puts together teams of professional
and post-collegiate athletes to compete nationally and
internationally. She traveled with her AIA team to Canada, Michigan,
Texas, Massachusetts and New York to compete against collegiate teams.
In January she accepted a job as Public Relations Coordinator for
Voice of Hope, a nonprofit Christian community center in West Dallas
that provides services and emergency relief to children, families and
senior citizens in what is the 11th poorest community in the nation.
Saona took a month-long leave of absence from work in April to play
basketball with an AIA team in Turkey, an experience which she
described as a great athletic, cultural and spiritual adventure. This
fall Saona will begin her graduate studies at Harvard Divinity School.
Elleni Ghebremicael,
'06, just completed her first year as a Teach for America corps
member in a fifth-grade classroom in Baltimore, Md. She will "loop"
next year, meaning she will teach sixth grade, so that she can stay
with the same group of students. This summer she will spend five weeks
with the nonprofit group Senecorps building a school in the West
African nation of Senegal. Elleni serves on the board of Americans for
Informed Democracy, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate
undergraduates about America's role in the world.
Jason Guillot, '07,
began working as a commercial real estate agent with Thalhimer
Commercial Realty in Richmond, Va., July 9. He is living in Richmond's
bustling Shockoe Bottom and enjoys competitive cycling as a member of
the University of Richmond Cycling Team.
Sara McGanity, '07,
spent the month of June traveling through Italy, Spain and France with
her sister Catherine (UR '10) and has worked at a summer camp in Hunt,
Texas, since her return. In early August she will be moving to
Washington, D.C., where she has accepted a position with the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a
think tank that provides best-practices research, decision-support
tools and executive education to corporations and nonprofits
worldwide. In her role as a business development associate, Sara will
assist CEB member institutions with relationship sales, marketing
initiatives and qualitative analyses.
Stefanie Simon, '07, began a two-year fellowship at the Center for Public Leadership
at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government effective
July 1, 2007. Stefanie and several postdoctoral fellows will be
conducting social psychological research on prejudice under the
direction of Harvard assistant professor Todd L. Pittinsky. Unlike the
majority of previous prejudice research that examined negative
intergroup attitudes, this research will examine positive intergroup
attitudes, with the goal of developing a framework for a type of
intergroup leadership that can effectively provide in-group leadership
without strengthening negative attitudes toward the out-group.
Written by
Cassie Price |