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ALUMNAE NEWS
1994
Brandei Bass finished her Funeral
Directors and Embalmers apprenticeship
with a local firm in Fresno, CA, and she
was licensed in November 2006. She
plans to open a firm on the Northshore,
preferably Covington.
Rebecca Vasquez Harrison has a website
for stationery, labels, and photo cards, all her
designs. Her website is www.lolapaper.com.
Cali O’Brien Petitt recently moved back
to Covington from Tampa, FL with her
husband James and their son Lucas.
1995
Kelly Windham Dodd works as an
endoscopic specialist for Stryker. She
and her husband live with their son Alex
in Covington.
1997
Kristen Chetta Collura owns two
maternity boutiques called Mama Mia. Her
Mandeville location has been open for 3.5
years and her Baton Rouge location has
been open for 1.5 years. She lives with her
husband Chad and two year old son Knox
in Mandeville.
Courtney Pablovich Dodson graduated in
nursing from LSU in 2002. She married Dr.
Daniel Dodson in April 2003 and she had
her first child Connor in 2005.
1998
Beth Kungel Borck is the Career Services
and Alumni Events Coordinator at the
University of Houston Clear Lake.
1999
Sarah Ward lives in Chicago and works at
Northwestern University Hospital as a surgeon
tech in the operating rooms. She
recently appeared in a national commercial
for Dove products.
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2000
Kylee Scott graduated from Baylor
University in 2004 with a B.A. in speech
communications with a minor in business.
She is a Right-of-Way Agent for the
DART System in Dallas. Kylee recently
bought her first house and she is planning
to pursue her master’s degree at the
University of North Texas.
Natalie Weil is currently attending the
Tulane School of Medicine.
2001
Blair Berthelot graduated from LSU in
May 2006 and is now attending Loyola
Law School.
Christel Cary Malinski is in her first
year at LSU School of Medicine in New
Orleans.
Rachel Drude was accepted to the
International and Comparative Law
Review at the University of Miami Law
School.
Laura Ward graduated from LSU in
Dairy Science in 2004 and is currently in
her junior year at LSU Vet School. Her
area of concentration is equine science.
Alex Yarborough graduated from UNC
Charlotte in May of 2006 and is now
attending UNC Chapel Hill for Dental
School. She lives in Carrboro, NC.
2002
Amy Baiamonte will finish her classes
at North Carolina State University next
semester, and then will begin student
teaching in the fall. She will graduate with
a Middle School Education degree with
concentrations in math and science. She
has been working with various schools
and teachers in the area to get as much
experience as possible.
Allison Beck received her BS degree in
Computer Science from Baylor University
in May of 2006. She is currently attending
Vanderbilt University as a graduate student
in the MS/PhD Biomedical
Informatics Program.
Keri Frisard graduated from SLU in May
2006 and is now teaching Spanish at
Franklinton High School.
Janell Weil graduated from LSU and is
currently attending the LSU School of
Law.
Kate Wiggins received her BS degree in
political science with a minor in science
from LSU. She is living in Spain and
teaching English at a school in the city of
Santander.
2003
Melissa Bennett was appointed by the
University of Georgia’s Terry College of
Business to serve on the 2006-07 Dean’s
Council. In August, she was elected to be
the Vice President of the Banking and
Finance Society. She was also on the
Dean’s list for the 2006 summer term after
studying abroad through UGA in Cadiz,
Spain to complete her minor in Spanish.
Megan Maestri will be graduating magna
cum laude in May with degrees in both
psychology and Spanish from Texas
Christian University. She has been
accepted into the Teach for America
program and will be teaching middle
school in the Rio Grande Valley for two
years.
Amanda Villarrubia was named
Outstanding Student at LSU in the College
of Education in her sophomore year and a
second time in her junior year.
Katherine Wiltz has been accepted into
the 2007 entering class at the LSU School
of Medicine in New Orleans.
2004
Catherine Schwing is a junior at the
University of Alabama where she is studying
biological science with the hope of
studying veterinary medicine.
2005
Emily Dennis was recently accepted into
the spring 2007 program at Oxford
University in England. Selection was
based on academic achievement. Emily
has maintained a 4.0 grade point average
during her freshman year in the University
of Georgia’s Honor Program. Emily has
also received the Carol B. Winthrop
Panhellenic Scholarship as a member of
the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu.
2006
Lauryn Soileau is enjoying her freshman
year at Alabama. She keeps busy, as she
has joined Phi Mu sorority.