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Photo by Nikka Pilipar (CFA'16)

Class of: 2020, 2021

Kyle Martin and Mikaela (Mari) Martin

Kyle Martin (ENG’20) (center left) and Mikaela (Mari) Martin (Sargent’21) (center right) of Norwalk, Conn., were married in Burlington, Vt., in July 2024.“We met through the BU Filipino Student Association, so of course the people who witnessed our love bloom were there for the celebration of it,” writes Mikaela.

From the Fall 2024 issue.

Photo by Dan Norman

Class of: 1985

Melissa Maxwell

Melissa Maxwell (CFA’85) (right) of New York, N.Y., received favorable reviews for her turns as Gertrude in Hamlet (pictured) and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the 2024 Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minn. Melissa, the co-associate artistic director of the festival, was lauded by talkinbroadway.com for her “phenomenally funny physical machinations” and “tremendous” performance. She is an actor and educator, as well as a director, writer, and motivational speaker.

From the Fall 2024 issue.

Photo courtesy of Marc Davino

Class of: 1999

Greg Grozdits, Gloria (Goldberger) Linden, Marc Davino, Loretta (Hawkes) McHugh, and Demetri Moustakas

Those involved in the 1994 Freshman Research Opportunity Program came to BU for a 30th reunion in July: Greg Grozdits (ENG’99, MET’09) (from left), Gloria (Goldberger) Linden (ENG’99), Marc Davino, former director of undergraduate programs at the College of Engineering, Loretta (Hawkes) McHugh (ENG’00), and Demetri Moustakas (ENG’98). They explored the campus, shared their experiences during the summer of 1994, and reminisced about their time at BU.

From the Fall 2024 issue.

Courtesy of Tara Gettman

Class of: 1995

Tara Thomas-Gettman

Tara Thomas-Gettman (COM’95) (left) of Waterloo, Iowa, left her TV news anchor job after nearly 20 years and entered the government, education, and tech communications field. “Enter Amanda Goodman (right), the woman who replaced me on the news desk, who suggested we start a podcast to vent about the ups and downs of the business from a female perspective,” she writes. In 2019, the two launched their podcast, Faith & Four Letter Words, and in 2023 took the show on the road as a speaking tour. The show launched a live, weekly newscast on Facebook in September 2024, which reached more than 100,000 in its first month. Tara adds that Marilyn Root, retired associate dean at BU’s College of Communication, continues to be one of her biggest supporters. Email her at taragettman@gmail.com.

From the Fall 2024 issue.

Courtesy of Bettie Levy

Class of: 2002

Bettie Levy

Bettie Levy (COM’02), founder and CEO of BCL Entertainment, an event-producing and brand partnerships company, and Grammy Award–winning musician Darius Rucker are celebrating their new merchandise collaboration, Darius Rucker X BU. It’s the newest addition to the Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics apparel line, which debuted at the BU Campus Store in September. Levy’s company put together the brand partnership about four years ago with Rucker and the digital sports platform Fanatics, starting with all 32 NFL teams. The merchandise collaboration has since branched out to MLB, the NHL, and the NCAA. Since its inception in 2010, BCL Entertainment has been responsible for sponsored events at the Super Bowl and CES, global charity initiatives, and omni-channel advertising campaigns for some of the world’s largest brands. Rucker is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Hootie & the Blowfish and an avid sports fan. Learn more about Bettie’s company at www.bclentertainment.com.

From the Fall 2024 issue.
Class of: 2009, 2017

Brigitte A. Keslinke and Giancarlo Tursi

Two BU alumni were named 2024 Rome Prize fellows in April 2024. Brigitte A. Keslinke (CAS’17) of Philadelphia, Pa., was named a winner of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Donald and Maria Cox Rome Prize in the category of Ancient Studies for “The Making of a Meal: Commensality in the Cult of Mithras.” Giancarlo Tursi (CAS’09) of Santa Barbara, Calif., won the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize in the Modern Italian Studies category for “Dialectal Dante: The Politics of Translation in Risorgimento Italy.” The Rome Prize, established in 1894, is granted to scholars of classical studies, ancient and modern history, art and architecture, literature, and other related disciplines. Brigitte and Giancarlo join the 2024 fellows at the American Academy in Rome for a yearlong study period.

From the Fall 2024 issue.
Class of: 2024

Tommy Vines

Tommy Vines (CFA’24) of Brooklyn, N.Y., wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a play for a four-show run at an off-Broadway theater in July 2024. The play, i love you and i always will or charlie’s play, was first performed at BU’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre in September 2023. Other BU alumni working on the project include Trev Turnbow (CFA’24, Pardee’24), Emma Weller (CFA’24), Nicolas Zuluaga (CFA’24), Katelyn Thompson (CFA’24), and Madeline Riddick-Seals (CFA’24). “I wrote [the play] for my good friend Charlie Foster, who passed away from terminal brain cancer in 2022,” Tommy writes. “It is an experimental, movement-based experience that challenges the audience just as much as it brings all of us in the theater together.” Email him at tommy.e.vines@gmail.com.

From the Fall 2024 issue.
Class of: 2022

Jameeka Sulph

Jameeka Sulph (MET’22) of Boston, Mass., published Mila’s Moment: The BIG Mistake (MayPaul Publishers, 2023), a children’s book promoting self-acceptance and self-love, under the name Jameeka S.

From the Fall 2024 issue.
Class of: 2021

Ethan Brown

Ethan Brown (COM’21, CAS’21) of Bethel, Conn., received Covering Climate Now’s Emerging Journalist of the Year award, which recognizes three journalists from around the world whose climate reporting shows “exceptional promise.” Ethan was selected for his work on The Sweaty Penguin, a comedy climate podcast he launched as a BU student with early support from the BUild Lab and BU Sustainability. It ran for four years, during which time he interviewed several BU professors and won Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition in 2023.

From the Fall 2024 issue.
Class of: 2019

Justine H. Kim

Justine H. Kim (COM’19) of Boston, Mass., joined Casner & Edwards as an associate in the firm’s family law group. Justine focuses her practice on all aspects of family law: divorce modification, child custody and support, grandparent visitation, guardianship, and contempt.

From the Fall 2024 issue.