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Deborah Johnson (COM'00) of New York, N.Y., married Evan Rothenberg on June 25, 2006, in New York City. Stefanie Seiman (CAS'00) and Nidhi Bhatia (ENG'00, GRS'01) were bridesmaids.

Nicol (Lally) Tapp (COM'00) and Jason Tapp (CAS'02) of Davenport, Iowa, were married at Marsh Chapel on August 19, 2006. Stacey (Pedersen) Heffernan (SAR'00,'01), Kristen McCarthy (SAR'00,'03), Karen Kwan Oppegard (COM'00), and Leigh Dumoulin (SAR'02, CGS'00) were in the wedding party. Nicol is an anchor with WHBF-TV, and Jason plays hockey for the Quad City Mallards. Contact the newlyweds at collally@hotmail.com.

Lauren Tullio (CAS'00, CGS'98) and Kyle Wagner (CAS'99) of Chicago, Ill., are engaged to be married, with a June 2007 wedding planned. Lauren is an associate producer for Towers Productions, and Kyle is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Chicago.

Michelle Underkofler (SAR'00) of Philadelphia, Pa., graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June 2006. She is doing her internship near Philadelphia and will begin her anesthesia residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in July 2007.

Mark Celusniak (SMG'01, CGS'99) of Norwalk, Conn., is a product director at Greenwich Associates, a market research–based financial consulting firm. He has progressed through the company over the past five years and has traveled abroad, serving customers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe. When he wrote, Mark and his wife, Kristen Faerber-Celusniak (CFA'01), were planning to relocate to Denver, where Mark will continue to pursue his career in the financial services industry and Kristen her love of music and opera. E-mail them at mcelus@hotmail.com.

Wesley Eberle (CAS'01) of Boston, Mass., was promoted to director in the communication division of O'Neill and Associates, a government relations and public relations firm in Boston.

Dina Keratsis (SED'01) of Somerville, Mass., published her second book, Kicking Sideways (Wings ePress, 2006). The book is a spin-off from her first novel, Charlesgate, about Boston's Charlesgate Hotel. Visit Dina's Web site at www.dinakeratsis.com.

May Low (COM'01) of Brighton, Mass., is an associate at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo in Boston. She received a Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in May 2006.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi (GRS'01) of Oberlin, Ohio, a poet and author, published his second book, Hurling Words at Consciousness (Africa World Press, 2006). He is coordinator of the organization Toward an Africa without Borders.

Kevin M. Nichols (CAS'01, CGS'98) and Leah M. Forma (COM'02, CGS'00) of New York, N.Y., were married on February 4, 2006, at the One and Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The wedding party included Richard Estrin (COM'00, CGS'98), Christian C. Grimm (SMG'00), Randi Marshall (COM'02, CGS'00), Erin Jennings (SMG'02, CGS'00), Tova Berger (COM'02, CGS'00), and Vanessa Wissing (COM'02, CGS'00). Also in attendance were Kelly Snell (COM'02, CGS'00), Melissa Armento (COM'02, CGS'00), Melissa Sudhakar (CAS'03, SMG'03), Swathi Narra (SMG'02, CGS'00), Tiffanie Graham (CGS'00), Travis York (COM'00), Matthew Doyle (COM'00), Jeffrey Scott (COM'00, CGS'98), Jane Lovascio (CAS'01, CGS'99), Sinead Fyda (SMG'00), Kate Fitzpatrick (SMG'00), Marcello Bellisario (COM'02, CGS'00), and Rachel Carafora (COM'02, CGS'00). Kevin works at Morgan Stanley, and Leah is an interior designer at Kemble Interiors.

Jon Whiten (COM'01, CGS'99) of Jersey City, N.J., recently marked the print launch of City Belt, the alternative newspaper he founded in New Jersey. The print edition is published monthly, but the Web site, www.citybelt.org, is updated daily. E-mail Jon at jon@citybelt.org.

Stacy Atchison (CAS'02) and Charles Kilb (CAS'01) of Salem, Mass., were married on May 12, 2006, in Southbridge, Mass., after almost six years together. Stacy is a Spanish teacher, and Charles is a lawyer. E-mail them at sa742@hotmail.com.

Mathew Cerletty (CFA'02) of Brooklyn, N.Y., showed a selection of paintings and works on paper in the exhibition Mathew Cerletty: Fallingwater at Boston University's Sherman Gallery from September 12 to October 20, 2006.

Jenny Catherine Eriksen (CAS'02) of Brighton, Mass., is a media relations specialist at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. E-mail her at jennyceriksen@yahoo.com.

Andres Familia (COM'02) of New York, N.Y., is an associate producer for the news division of SportsNet NY, after spending three and a half years working for ESPN. He writes that he "would love to hear from former classmates in COM or those who took some of Professor Lasartes's Spanish classes." Contact Andres at andres.familia@gmail.com.

Erika Garcia (SED'02) of Huntington Beach, Calif., is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She was selected to travel to China in September to participate in the NCTM Mathematics Education Delegation.

Jonathan Hazghiyan (SMG'02) of Great Neck, N.Y., and his wife, Stefanie, had a baby boy, Oliver, on September 18, 2006. Jonathan is a diamond wholesaler and can be reached at Jonathan@Culetdiamonds.com.

George M. J. Perry (CAS'02) of Groton, Conn., is a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy. He recently completed a deployment to the Middle East on the attack submarine USS Toledo. George was the assistant weapons officer and officer of the deck for several missions. Contact him at gmjperry@yahoo.com.

Jessica (Lippert) Benveniste (ENG'03) of Palmdale, Calif., and Steven Benveniste were married on October 16, 2005. The ceremony took place in Hartland, Wis., and included Adriane Baylog (ENG'03), Katie Peitz (ENG'03), and Kevin O'Brien (COM'03). E-mail Jessica at lipps@alum.bu.edu.

Laura M. (Shwed) Fant (COM'03) and James L. Fant (CAS'03, CGS'01) of Linden, N.J., were married at the SoHo Grand Hotel in New York City on August 5, 2006. James is a student at Seton Hall Law School, and Laura works at the International Ticketing Association.

Veronika (Zubkova) Fitzgerald (CAS'03, CGS'01) of Pawtucket, R.I., married Thomas P. Fitzgerald on July 8, 2006.

Kristen (Restuccia) Goodrich (SAR'03) and Chad Goodrich (ENG'00, CAS'01) of Salem, Mass., were married on June 17, 2006, at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine. Attending were the bride's father, Domenic Restuccia (SED'72, GSM'75), Karly (Ludwig) Pinizzotto (COM'02, CGS'00), James Curry (SAR'01, CGS'98), Eric Padua (SAR'00), Jason Mantagos (CAS'00, MED'04), Holly (Spencer) Nickerson (SAR'86), Jacqueline Roche (SAR'03), Lawrence Silverman (SED'00), and Kirsten Rufleth Silverman (SED'00,'06).

Jessica Kelly (CAS'03, GRS'03) of West Pittston, Pa., received the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant in Geography and Regional Science for her project Reassessing Forest Transition Theory: Gender, Land Tenure Insecurity, and Forest Cover Change in Rural El Salvador. Jessica will be collecting data in El Salvador from January to October 2007 and expects to complete her Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 2008. She writes, "I would love to hear from CEES and Newman folks!" E-mail her at jesskell@rci.rutgers.edu.

Nathaniel Picard (ENG'03) of Orrington, Maine, is an assault amphibian platoon commander (mechanized infantry) in the U.S. Marine Corps. "I'm on my second trip to Iraq and will be getting out of the Corps in December," he writes. "After that it's a 'round the world trip and then go to grad school or lose my mind in a cubicle." E-mail him at nate.picard@yahoo.com.

Kristin (Mackie) Williamson (SED'03) of Lowell, Mass., and her husband, Scott, welcomed their daughter, Brinley Grace, on September 28, 2006. She weighed 8 pounds, one ounce, and was 21 inches long. Kristin writes, "She has a full head of strawberry blond hair! We are all doing well."

John G. Brenner (MET'04) of Fairfield, Conn., is a registered nurse at Yale University. He recently retired from the Bridgeport Police Department. Contact John at john.brenner@yale.edu.

Jacqueline (Belkin) Fulop (CAS'04) of Queens, N.Y., married Joshua Fulop on January 15, 2006. Meredith Polirer (SAR'04) was in the bridal party. Other alumni in attendance included Alexandra April (COM'04), Tracy Fogel (CAS'04), Jessica Rosenraich (CAS'05), Lori (Michaelson) Salkin (CAS'04, CGS'02), Shushannah Walshe (COM'01, CGS'99), and Maya Wolfe (SAR'03).

Lisa Romeo (CAS'04) of Commack, N.Y., and John DeVerna (SED'04) of Hoboken, N.J., are engaged and planning a June 9, 2007, wedding. Lisa works at an architecture firm in Manhattan, and John teaches high school math and computer science at the Newark Academy in Livingston, N.J. E-mail Lisa at LisaMRomeo@yahoo.com and John at JDeverna@gmail.com.

Gilles Simler (GSM'04) and Amelia Brower(GSM'03) of Watertown, Mass., were married on August 5, 2006. E-mail Gilles at gsimler@hotmail.com.

Francis Szalay (ENG'04) of Ashburn, Va., graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's in aerospace engineering in April 2006. He is a systems engineer in the space systems group at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Dulles, Va., and works on the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dawn mission. E-mail Francis at fszalay@gmail.com.

Jordan Vanek (CAS'04, CGS'02) is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army. When he wrote, he was deploying to Bulgaria and Romania as a platoon leader for Immediate Response 2006, a trilateral training exercise involving U.S., Bulgarian, and Romanian soldiers. "Training will include live fire exercises, military operations on urban terrain, air assault operations, and cross-border convoy maneuvers, all while building relationships with the Bulgarian and Romanian troops and civilians," he writes. E-mail him at jordan.vanek@us.army.mil.

Stephanie (Larsen) Cathcart (CFA'05) of Salt Lake City, Utah, married Creston Brian Cathcart on May 6, 2006, in Salt Lake City. Sasha Callahan (CFA'02), Matthew Reeder (CFA'03), and John Englund (CFA'74) attended.

Hanna Cole (CFA'05) of Medford, Mass., showed her work in the exhibition New Paintings at Alpha Gallery in Boston from September 9 to October 4, 2006.

Elaine Dickson (COM'05) of Attleboro, Mass., is president and cofounder of Generis Financial Consultants (GFC) in Attleboro. GFC provides accounting, finance, and management advisory services to small businesses and individuals. Check out its Web site at www.generisfinancial.com.

Jaclyn Trop (COM'05) of Boston, Mass., received two honors from the 2005 Excellence in Journalism contest, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, for her reporting for the Wilton Bulletin in Wilton, Conn. She is assistant editor for the Beacon Hill Times and the Back Bay Sun. E-mail her at jaclyn@jaclyntrop.com.

Richard Chandler (MET'06) of Canton, Mass., is the author of a new book, the political thriller Dark Nation (Vantage Press, 2006).

Cheryl A. Eagan-Donovan (MET'06) of Winchester, Mass., is a documentary filmmaker and a producer at Controversy Films in Boston. In June 2006, she became a board member of Women in Film & Video/New England. The organization screened Cheryl's documentary All Kindsa Girls at MIT last September. She is working on her second feature-length documentary, Nothing Is Truer Than Truth, based on the life of Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford.

Colleen Layman (COM'06) of Miami, Fla., writes, "I will be attending the Miami Ad School, starting in October 2006 in South Beach. Woot!" Contact Colleen at cvlayman@gmail.com.

Jessica Morris (COM'06) of Boston, Mass., is the online communication specialist for Pod Digital Design, a viral marketing and digital entertainment company. She is responsible for developing a new, strategic approach to the company's word-of-mouth campaigns and ensuring that the promotions developed by Pod reach the appropriate target audiences. Jessica comes to Pod with a foundation in public relations and blogging.

Anne O'Rourke (COM'06) of Warwick, R.I., is an account coordinator at O'Neill and Associates, a government relations and public relations firm in Boston.

Todd Thomas (MET'06) of Boston, Mass., a graduate of MET's master of city planning program, is town planner for the town of Norwell, Mass.

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