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Fall 2006 “Who’s Doing What” 21<br />
Jeremy Bolles, Esq. ’01 is an assistant<br />
district attorney with the<br />
Monroe County D.A.’s office in<br />
Stroudsburg.<br />
Benjamin J. Brenneman ’01 was<br />
awarded a new car for winning the<br />
season finale of “Pros vs. Joes” on<br />
Spike TV.<br />
Matthew Tyler Giobbi ’01 is an<br />
adjunct faculty member at Rutgers<br />
University, teaching history of psychology,<br />
<strong>and</strong> at DeSales University,<br />
teaching social psych, development<br />
<strong>and</strong> abnormal psychology. Matthew<br />
is also studying under film maker<br />
John Waters <strong>and</strong> French philosopher<br />
Jean Baudrillard for the D. Phil (Ph.<br />
D.) in continental philosophy <strong>and</strong><br />
media studies at the European Graduate<br />
School in Switzerl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Matthew Kretiv ’02 is pursuing his<br />
acting career in New York. He has<br />
been on Court TV productions as<br />
well as a pilot episode of “Barfly”<br />
produced by Jade Barrymore, <strong>and</strong><br />
was the lead in an off-off Broadway<br />
play called Spare the Goldfish, Spoil<br />
the Child. Most recently, he has<br />
acted in productions with the Metropolitan<br />
Opera.<br />
Beldina Opiyo-Omolo ’02, M’04<br />
founded the non-profit organization<br />
Alice’s Visionary Project Foundation<br />
which provides meals <strong>and</strong> constructs<br />
buildings in Amilo, Kenya.<br />
Regina Sayles Koilparampil ’03 will<br />
release a CD titled “It’s Home.” She<br />
performed all the vocals <strong>and</strong> guitar<br />
for the album. On weekends, she usually<br />
is booked at various clubs <strong>and</strong><br />
performed at The First Friday concert<br />
at the National Theatre.<br />
Jonathan H. Pry ’03, former quarterback<br />
at ESU, is quarterbacks coach<br />
at South Carolina State University.<br />
Andrew E. Said ’03 received an<br />
outst<strong>and</strong>ing graduate award in community<br />
counseling from the University<br />
of Scranton. He is a certified<br />
counselor <strong>and</strong> a behavior specialist<br />
consultant for children diagnosed<br />
with development disabilities.<br />
Neal Michael Thatcher ’03 received<br />
his juris doctorate on May 21 from<br />
Widener University School of Law.<br />
The magna cum laude graduate was<br />
inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National<br />
Honor Society. He also received<br />
the Association of Pennsylvania<br />
State College <strong>and</strong> University Faculties<br />
Honors Award <strong>and</strong> the William<br />
D. McFadden Scholarship Award.<br />
Matt Viggiano M’03 is men’s soccer<br />
assistant coach at Iona College.<br />
Matt has a National Soccer Coaches<br />
Association of America advanced<br />
national license, is a staff coach with<br />
Eastern New York Olympic Development<br />
Program, <strong>and</strong> coaches with<br />
the U.S. club soccer program Middlepath<br />
Football Club.<br />
Ronald “Joe” Camacho ’04 is a<br />
police officer in Dover, N.J. He<br />
previously was a paraprofessional in<br />
the special education department of<br />
Mountain Lakes, N.J., High School.<br />
Melissa Fabbricatore ’04 completed<br />
a visual-history book of Pittston. She<br />
has always had an interest in capturing<br />
the past for future generations to<br />
enjoy.<br />
Barry S. Krammes ’04 finished fifth<br />
in the nation in the javelin throw at<br />
the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track<br />
& Field National Championships.<br />
Jayleen Galarza ’05 was selected to<br />
become AmeriCorps Vista Member<br />
for ESU Host Campus Program. She<br />
also received the Shirley Chisholm<br />
Award from ESU’s Commission for<br />
Women, Commission on Diversity,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Women’s Studies/Women’s<br />
Center based on her academic excellence,<br />
commitment to social justice<br />
<strong>and</strong> social activism.<br />
Brian Pedone ’05, center, together<br />
with ESU senior Michael P. Moynihan<br />
III, at right, founded Grad<br />
Techs, a computer security company<br />
<strong>and</strong> developed software to evaluate<br />
student <strong>and</strong> employee documents<br />
for plagiarism. They won $20,000 as<br />
part of the fourth annual Great Valley<br />
Business Plan Competition. They<br />
are pictured with N. Paul Schembari,<br />
ESU professor of computer science.<br />
Janelle R. Wagner ’05 joined the<br />
Greencastle-Antrim public school<br />
staff as a third-grade teacher in Greencastle.<br />
Joseph Garrera M’06 has been<br />
named executive director of the Lehigh<br />
County Historical Society. He<br />
served eight years as the president<br />
of the Lincoln Group of New York, a<br />
nonprofit that hosts lectures on the<br />
latest Lincoln research by historians.<br />
What’s New<br />
at ESU?<br />
They say a picture’s worth<br />
1,000 words — click on the<br />
Photo Gallery on ESU’s home<br />
page, www.esu.edu, <strong>and</strong> take<br />
a pictorial tour of the fall<br />
semester.<br />
Or click on “Top Stories”<br />
<strong>and</strong> read all the news.