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Class Notes
2009–2010
Hampton, Va., near the NASA Langley
Research Center, where he is pursuing his
Ph.D in electrical engineering at the
National Institute of Aerospace through a
program with the University of Virginia.
Since September, Sara Peterson has
been teaching English to children in
Beauvais, France, with a program by the
French Embassy in Washington, D.C.,
and the French Ministry of Education.
The program lasts for nine months.
Jonathan Werkmeister headed to the
Austrian Alps in October on a Fulbright
teaching grant. He teaches high school
students in the town of Irdning until June.
Amanda Pisetzner now calls New
York City home, where she works as
an executive assistant for a nonprofit
organization called Computers for
Youth. Austin Kennedy is the assistant
to the program manager with the Blue
Mountain Project in Hagley Gap, St.
Thomas, Jamaica. This nongovernment
organization works in education,
economic development, water systems,
and health. Hannah Smock works in
Washington, D.C., for CitiHope
International, a nongovernment
organization.
After spending the summer in
California working for Proximity Theatre,
Liz Witmer headed back to Pennsylvania
in September and now works at InterAct
Theatre in Philadelphia.
Alyson Fitzpatrick is a case
manager at St. Mary’s Villa for
Children and Families in Ambler, Pa.
Wystan Carswell spent her summer
in Philadelphia, training at the Undine
Barge Club to continue her career in
competitive rowing. She competed at
the Royal Canadian Henley, an
international regatta, in August. Wystan
now lives in Massachusetts, where she is
pursuing a master’s in structural
engineering at UMass–Amherst.
Rob Curley and Mark Leggiero
are members of the Carlstad Crusaders
of Sweden, a European football team.
Curley led the team to a 27–0 victory
over the London Blitz in June, which
advanced the team to the championship
game of the European Federation of
American Football Cup. Both were
stars on the Lafayette football team.
In addition, another former football
player, Evan Nardone, moved to
LaGrange, Ga., where he is an assistant
football coach for the LaGrange
College Panthers. Nardone is also is
working on his master’s in teaching.
After graduation, Sarah Mulford
traveled for three weeks in Europe,
visiting Greece, Italy, Spain, France,
and England. She now works as a
corporate sales assistant at Polo Ralph
Lauren in Midtown Manhattan. Julia
Bateman works as an account executive
in advertising sales for CBS Radio in
Philadelphia.
Anthony Romanoski, Andrew
Kotsopey, Laura Bochner, Billy
Kingston, Jenn Bell ’11, Bryan
McAtee ’11, and Tom Voltz ’09
converted a 1982 Blue Bird Mini Bus
into a motor home and took a road trip
to 12 national parks over the summer.
Their five-week trip took them through
21 states and one province in Canada.
Romanoski is pursuing a master’s
degree in geology at Texas Tech.
Kingston is working toward a master’s
in civil engineering. Voltz is pursuing a
master’s in civil engineering at Penn
State. Kotsopey is searching for a job in
engineering, and Bochner is searching
for a job in land conservation.
I wish the Class of 2010 good luck!
I look forward to further wonderful
updates in the future.
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