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Crystal Casavant (ENG’96) of Rutland, Mass., received an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, last year and is an operations manager at Intel’s Massachusetts semiconductor fab. When she wrote, Crystal and her fiancée, Mark Roy, were planning a September wedding. They live with their cat, Skunky, and Australian shepherd, Katie. Crystal was recently in the wedding of Tara Heath (ENG’96, GSM’02) and Russel Wolf (CAS’97, MET’01) at the Venezia in Boston.

Van Ditthavong (SMG’96) of Dallas, Tex., has opened a new photography gallery in the Fair Park Arts district of Dallas. E-mail him at van@vanditthavong.com.

Sarah Spierling Mack (COM’96) of Everett, Wash., and her husband, Kevin, celebrated the birth of twin girls, Hannah and Caitlin, on June 30. Sarah would love to hear from old friends at macksarahs@hotmail.com.

Jason “Shoe” Schuster (CAS’96) of Los Angeles, Calif., was a finalist on Situation: Comedy , a new Bravo reality series that follows a competition among aspiring sitcom writers for a $25,000 cash prize and a one-year Hollywood contract. Shoe cowrote Sperm Donor, a TV show about a 13-year-old girl who finally meets her sperm-donor father.

Dahlia Rosenbaum Evans (CAS’97) of Lynbrook, N.Y., and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their first child, Benjamin Jacob Evans, on August 22. Dahlia and Michael celebrated their third wedding anniversary on August 4.

Seth Fox (COM’97) of New York, N.Y., is a staff editor on ESPN2’s Quite Frankly . After spending nearly two years as an editor for TLC’s In a Fix , Seth writes, “it’s kind of nice to make a living watching sports!” He often crosses paths with fellow BU alumni and says he enjoys hearing from recent grads looking for help. “It wasn’t that long ago that I was sending out e-mails by the dozen hoping for a hit from someone — anyone — and I’m always happy to help when I can.” Seth and his wife, Ann Dugan Fox (CAS’98) just had their first child, a girl. He looks forward to hearing from all at asethbu97@msn.com.

Justin Klabin (CAS’97, CGS’95) of Montville, N.J., was one of 30 athletes chosen from a pool of 300 to attend a training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., and compete for a spot on the America’s Cup bobsled team. He will take time off from his work as vice president and general manager of Klabin Industries to compete. E-mail Justin at jklabin@klabin-usa.com.

Ari D. Marcus (SPH’97) of Chestnut Hill, Mass., was promoted to manager of biometrics at Averion, Inc., a contract research organization in Framingham, Mass.

Jay J. Milla (COM’97) of Rockaway, N.J., is the publisher of Filmmaker Magazine. He also works with the magazine’s parent company, IFP, which produces a number of projects related to the film industry, such as the Gotham Awards and Independent Film Week. Check out the magazine’s Web site at www.filmmakermagazine.com.

Doris Shin Yu Pai (CAS’97) of Dallas, Tex., married Markus Kortlan Bergman on August 6 in a Buddhist ceremony officiated by Lama Karma Chodrak in Taos Ski Valley, N.M.

Pratik Sharma (ENG’97) of Atlanta, Ga., recently launched Atyant Capital, an India-focused hedge fund, with two partners.

David Susseles (SMG’97, CGS’95) of Columbia, Md., married Melissa Amy Elengold on May 29, 2005. Alumni in attendance included Jorge Chang (SMG’97, CGS’95) , Melissa Fleming (CAS’97) , best man Christopher Antonopoulos (CAS’97, CGS’95) , Allison Francis (CAS’97, CGS’95) , Nicole Glazer (COM’97) , and Alexandra Beckenstein (CAS’97) . David received an M.B.A. from George Washington University and is a financial analyst at ARINC in Annapolis, Md.

Stephanie Creary (SAR’98,’00) of Boston, Mass., is assistant coordinator of dance in BU’s Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Previously, she worked as a speech-language pathologist in Las Vegas. She would like to hear from former classmates and asks anyone formerly involved with various cultural groups at BU, including the UMOJA “Congress of Color,” to contact her at sjcreary@hotmail.com.

Kimbriell Kelly (COM’98) of Algonquin, Ill., was named a 2005 Racial Justice Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication. Kimbriell is a staff reporter for the Chicago Reporter .

Amy Lerner (CAS’98) and Patrick Redgate (CAS’94 ) of Waltham, Mass., were married on May 14 in Boston. Attending were Hannah Goldenberg (CAS’96) , Michelle Brodkowitz (CAS’95, GRS’97, CGS’93) , Rachel Manzo (CAS’99) , Alisa Taylor (CAS’99, SSW’02) , Rachel Ratner-Hemman (SED’96) , Heather Midgley-Douglas (COM’95) , and Dave Belaire (CAS’94, CGS’93) . Pi Lambda Phi brothers at the festivities were Tim Byhre (CAS’96) , Dave Douglas (CAS’93) , Don Nystrom (CAS’93) , Jim Channick (CAS’94, CGS’92) , Paul DiObilda (COM’94) , Walid Tamari (SMG’94, CGS’92) , Jason Blitz (CAS’94, CGS’92) , and Matt Vannatten (CAS’95) . Pat is a consultant with Deploy Solutions, a provider of human resources software. Amy is a business systems analyst with BeNOW, a database marketing company, and is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Bentley College.

Christina Chang Liew (CAS’98, COM’98,’03) moved to Singapore with her husband after 11 years in Boston. Christina writes, “We’re excited about all the possibilities ahead as we watch and participate in the rapid development in Asia. I will miss this great city tremendously!”

Theresa Lindo Spazian (COM’98, CGS’96) of Washington, D.C., received a master’s degree in Latin American studies and an M.B.A. in international business from George Washington University. Theresa is a U.S. diplomat, and she and her husband, Massimiliano, were to be posted in October to a U.S. embassy abroad on her first diplomatic assignment.

Christine M. Boronyak (CAS’99) of Fairfax, Va., is an associate attorney in tax law at Williams Mullen. Previously, Christine was a law clerk to the Honorable L. Paige Marvel, U.S. Tax Court.

Jeremy Colby (LAW’99 ) of Buffalo, N.Y., left a clerkship with the Honorable John T. Elvin to join the law firm of Webster Szanyi in Buffalo. Jeremy has a son, Barry, 3, and a daughter, Frances, 1. He would love to hear from classmates at jcolby@websterszanyi.com.

Pamela Davies (COM’99) and Andrew Byrne (GRS’99) of Tucson, Ariz., welcomed their first child, Samuel Douglas, on June 24, 2005. E-mail Pamela at Pamela.davies@gmail.com.

Gunnar Glueck (CAS’99, CGS’97) of Woburn, Mass., is president and founder of Carisma Advertising Agency.

Johann A. Jack (CAS’99, CGS’96) of Oceanside, Calif., a Marine Corps lance corporal, recently completed the electrical equipment repair specialist course at Marine Corps Engineer School in Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Carolyn Lawrence (ENG’99) of Cambridge, Mass., is in her second year of the Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering at BU.

Ludmilla Leibman (CFA’99) of Boston, Mass., an assistant professor of music theory at the College of Fine Arts, recently returned from her native St. Petersburg, Russia. As director of the Educational Bridge Project, she organizes the annual festival Days of Boston University in Russia. This year’s festival focused on Raphael Hillyer, a CFA teaching associate in viola and a founder of the Juilliard String Quartet.

Elizabeth R. Lorbeer (SED’99) of Chicago, Ill., is assistant director for collections management at the Rush University Library in Chicago.

Rosanna Legarda Pasquale (ENG’99) of Natick, Mass., married Stephen Pasquale on August 20 in Natick. They were honored to have Diana Legarda-Addison (CAS’97) as matron of honor and Karen Otero (CAS’00) and Melissa Mauro (CAS’99, MED’03) as bridesmaids.

Lisa Rosen-Streim (SMG’99) of Little Neck, N.Y., was married to Corey Streim on May 29 in Cedarhurst, N.Y. Bridesmaids included Annie Lu Balagot (SMG’99) , Brianna Kenny (CAS’99) , Lora Mulone (SAR’99,’00,’03) , Adrienne Reider (SAR’99,’01) , and Tracie Kesatie (CAS’99) . Also attending were Jill Pokaski (SAR’99,’01,’03) , Suzie Ellis (GSM’99) , Clinton Yara (SMG’99) , James Balagot (SMG’99) , Rachel Presnell (SAR’99) , Lisa Navie Sakhai (SAR’99,’01) , Nicole Viscome (CAS’99) , Beth Smith Cantafio (COM’98, SED’04) , and Steve Cantafio (SMG’00, GSM’04) . Lisa is a merchandise planner for Henri Bendel in New York City, and Corey is a financial planner for Smith Barney. E-mail Lisa at lrosen@limitedbrands.com.

Hilary Roxburgh (SMG’99) of Bakersfield, Calif., graduated from Harvard Law School and is a real estate finance attorney. E-mail her at hilaryroxy@yahoo.com.

Shoshana Wolff (ENG’99) of San Jose, Calif., was married on Labor Day weekend. She is studying viticulture and enology (grape horticulture and wine biochemistry) at the University of California, Davis.

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