Extracurricular Activities at Sem - Wyoming Seminary

C l a s s N o t e s
everyone know what I’ve been up to. I graduated
from Temple University in the fall of 2009 with a
degree in entrepreneurship, and plan on starting
an adventure tourism business out west in the next
few years. In September, I wrapped up my third
summer in Maine as the head of the Outdoor
Tripping program at Camp Laurel, the premier
summer camp in the country. Following camp I
outfitted and prepped my Land Rover Defender
110 for a month-long cross country adventure
trip, which will include lots of biking, sailing,
snorkeling, surfing, climbing, mountaineering, and
backpacking. I will eventually settle in Montana
in late fall. Follow my travels on my blog: http://
mabraham86.wordpress.com/ Hope everyone
is well!
SASHA ANSELMI, Shavertown, writes, I hope to
be attending culinary school in 2010.
ABIGAIL FRIED, Jamaica Plains, Mass., writes,
I spent the year after college backpacking around
Africa. This year I’m entering the Peace Corps
and will be spending two years teaching English
in Africa.
ARIELLE WAITE, Center Valley, graduated from
Denison University in May 2009 with a B.A.
in history and theatre. She will be spending the
next year working for OTZMA’s Israel Teaching
Corps. During this time, she will participate in
the grassroots/volunteer organization by teaching
English in an under-served Israeli public school.
2006
JESSIE HOOKER, Winchester, Va., is in
rehearsals for the national tour of the Broadway
musical “Legally Blonde.” Jessie and the rest of
the cast will head to Chattanooga, Tenn. for dress
rehearsals and then open the tour in Jacksonville,
Fla. Hooker will be back in the Wyoming Valley
when “Legally Blonde” comes to the Scranton
Cultural Center in November.
Jessie graduated from the Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music in May. During the last
month of school, students audition for talent
scouts and distribute their resume and head shot.
That led to three auditions for Jessie before she
was finally cast in the show as a featured ensemble
member and understudy to one of the leads. She
has a 16-bar solo in the opening number.
NICHOLAS MILLER,
Scranton, graduated with
a degree in Linguistics,
Summa Cum Laude and was
inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
at Georgetown University.
During his rising sophomore
summer, he participated in
the Princeton-in-Beijing immersion program. The
following summer he participated in the seventh
Chinese Bridge competition at the international
level and placed third. He spent his junior year at
the International Christian University in Tokyo.
After he returned, he and NORA MARIAN
’06 spent several weeks exploring Brussels,
Amsterdam and Paris. In summer 2010, he
won the State Department’s Critical Language
Scholarship in Korean and studied in another
immersion program. His favorite part is staying
with a host family. When he returns, he will travel
back to China to study Chinese and education
taking advantage of the year scholarship he won
as part of the seventh Bridge competition. His
plans after that are to take part in the Jet program
(teaching in Japan) and will then concentrate on a
doctoral program.
JILLIAN NATAUPSKY, Collegeville, graduated
from Connecticut College in May of this year. At
UConn, her studies focused mainly on culture, but
specifically on American and gender studies. She
is looking forward to beginning her career as an
undergraduate admissions counselor at Ursinus
College.
ERIC SAM, Berkeley, Calif. is a first year law
student at the University Of California Berkeley
School Of Law.
JESSICA WILCOX, Annapolis, Md., is one of
19 women who were selected this year to serve
aboard the all-nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
Wilcox will join the pioneering group of women
after a Navy policy change in April that opened
the door for them to serve aboard submarines.
The issue of women on subs was considered and
rejected several times since 1994 when women
were allowed to serve on surface ships.
RACHELLE ZAFRANY, New York, N.Y., has
joined Chanel, Inc. as an Executive Assistant
for the New York 9 West Office and will be
reporting to Doug Ostling, Director – Events
and Training. Rachelle recently graduated from
Yeshiva University with a B.A. in International
Business and previously interned at Chanel in both
the Fashion Sales & Marketing and Fragrance &
Beauty Education departments.
2007
MARINA CSERMELY, Pécs, Hungary, writes,
I was at Sem in 2005/2006. It was one of the
happiest and most fantastic years of my life so
far. Through this life changing experience, I have
become more open to other cultures and other
people. Thank you!
COREY KONYCKI , Hunlock Creek, is in his
senior year at Robert Morris University majoring
in business. He is starting his fourth year as right
tackle on the RM football team.
JACK MORTON, Moscow, a senior physical
education and exercise science major at John
Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, was
granted the prestigious Congressional Award
Gold Medal by United States Senator for
Pennsylvania Robert P. Casey, Jr. in August.
The Congressional Award Gold Medal is the
highest honor legislated and presented to young
Americans by the United States Congress. Jack
enrolled in the Congressional Award Program in
the summer of 2004 and completed 400 hours of
voluntary public service, 200 hours of personal
development, 200 hours of physical fitness and
12 days of expedition/exploration activity. Jack
first learned of the Congressional Award program
while he was a student at Sem, where he played
varsity basketball and served as a photographer
and photo editor for the Opinator. This fall Jack is
student-teaching at Kelvin Hall Science College in
Kingston upon Hull, England.
2008
Jacob (Jake) Cole surprised friend and Sem
classmate Paul Anderson at the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point in August when Jake
arrived for his “exchange” (fall semester 2010)
from the U.S. Naval Academy. Friends since
Lower School, Paul and Jake are now both in the
third year at their respective service academies.
They will be commissioned as officers upon
graduation.
Jacob (Jake) Cole, left, and Paul Anderson
JONATHAN MICHAEL DOBLIX, Hanover
Township, received the Dorsey Scholarship for
the 2010-2011 academic year at the University
of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Va.
Undergraduates selected for the scholarship are
outstanding students from diverse backgrounds
who demonstrate a commitment to community,
service, good citizenship and leadership.
CHRISTINA INSALACO, Philadelphia, writes, I
did a two-week study tour in Amsterdam in May.
I then spent the summer in Philadelphia as an
intern at Career Wardrobe where I helped counsel
people going from welfare to the workforce.
AMANDA MADDALENA, Cortland, N.Y. is
a junior at SUNY Cortland and is still playing
ice hockey. She was named one of the assistant
captains for the 2010-2011 season.
IVORI ZVORSKY, Charlottesville, Va. is studying
abroad in Lille, France for four months.
2009
MASON ASTENEH, Dallas, transferred from
LaSalle University to Misericordia in fall, 2010.
LEE MOLITORIS , Scranton, writes, Wyoming
Seminary made college easy!
NEIL O’DONNELL, Baltimore, Md. won second
place in Business Competition at Johns Hopkins
University, which included graduate students.
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