’ROO NOTESCOURTESY PHOTOCOURTESY PHOTOCOURTESY PHOTOMegan and Travis Stein ’0100Amy Hatcher and Christian Vanderbeckwere married May 7, 2006, in Fort Worth,Texas. The wedding party included SharonBeth Larson ’01, Giselle Finne Gafford,Chandini Kumar Portteus, and BethWilcox ’98. The couple lives in Hurst,Texas, where Amy runs her own companyand Christian works for Data Return as aprogram manager for the BMWUSAwebsite. ■ A son, Jonathan Michael Alan,was born Sept.12, 2006, to William andKristina Jourdan-Korte. Brothers Khallen,12, Kennan, 6, and Julian, 2, welcomed himhome in Santa Fe, N.M., where Kristina isan elementary music teacher. ■ A daughter,Grace Audrey, was born Feb. 20, 2006, toKenny and Lyndie Perkins Mansfield.Torres/Blackwell Wedding PartyJonathonJourdan-Korte01Charles Gurley was featured in the August2006 edition of Black-Pages Monthly. He isthe banking center president for ProsperityBank. ■ Lela Matthes is attending her firstyear at New York University <strong>College</strong> ofDentistry. She and her spouse, BrookeMcKinney ’03, live in Hoboken, N.J.,where Brookeworks as apharmaceuticalsales specialist forAstraZeneca. ■Travis Stein andMegan Henry weremarried Aug. 12,2006, in DrippingSprings, Texas. TheMehvish Shahwedding partyincluded groomsmen Aaron Kernek, JoshReynolds, and Grant Sadler. Reed Heim’00 was an usher.02 5-YEAR CLASS REUNIONNOVEMBER 10, <strong>2007</strong>Kissi Rosabel Torres and Justin ShaneBlackwell were married June 10, 2006, inWichita Falls, Texas. The wedding partyincluded Mila Bonati ’99 and SilpaDhoma. The couple lives in Fort Worth,Texas. Kissi is in her first year of residencyin family medicine at John Peter SmithHospital and Justin is completing his Ph.D.in mathematics at the University of Texas atArlington. ■ Paul Lawrence Dunbarreceived his master’s degree in history fromthe University of North Texas Aug. 12,2006. ■ Mehvish Shah has entered firstyear studies at the West Virginia School ofOsteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.V.The medical college is recognized worldwidefor its efforts in rural, family, and primarycare medicine. ■ Rebecca Pense and LanceCurrie were married Aug. 5, 2006, in FortWorth, Texas. The wedding party includedmaid of honor Laura Langham andbridesmaids Claire Chandou, StaceyBolanz, and Nicole Corrigan. MandyHollander Maas and Lesley McCrarySiebenhausen attended. The couple lives in<strong>Austin</strong> where Lance is in his second year atthe University of Texas School of Law andRebecca is the catering coordinator for theIntercontinental Stephen F. <strong>Austin</strong> Hotel. ■Mark Wester and Rachel Behl ’03 weremarried in December 2004. Mark was thenstationed with the Marine Corps inDjibouti, Africa, for nine months. Thecouple had a wedding renewal ceremony inFredericksburg, Texas, in July 2006. Thewedding party included Angela Steele ’03,Melissa Rader ’03, and Paul Nichols. Thecouple lives in McKinney, Texas, whereRachel teaches kindergarten. Mark is theacademic services coordinator at Jesuit<strong>College</strong> Preparatory School of Dallas.03Elizabeth Rankin and Andrew Bah weremarried June 19, 2006, in Rivera Maya,Mexico. The couple lives in Fort Worth,Texas, where Elizabeth is a fourth-yearmedical student at the University of NorthTexas Health Science Center and Andrew isa police officer for the city of Irving, Texas.■ Ryane Fraze and Karl Whitcombe weremarried Feb. 5, 2006, in Ko’Olina, Hawaii.The couple lives in Dallas where Karl worksas a developer and Ryane is working on hermaster’s degree in medical sciences from theUniversity of North Texas Health ScienceCenter at Fort Worth.04Megan Varvir Coe received her master’sdegree in vocal performance from TexasWoman’s University in December 2006.■ Lindsay Ihlenfeld did fieldwork in ruralKenya this summer for her master’s degree.She worked with Microfinance groups andElizabeth Rankin ’03 and Andrew BahCOURTESY PHOTO42 FEBRUARY <strong>2007</strong>
COURTESY PHOTOCOURTESY PHOTOLindsay IhlenfeldLo/Finch WeddingAIDS orphans and also wrote grants whichallowed a widow’s group to undergo trainingand open a bakery to support their orphanfeeding program. Ihlenfeld is interning withthe United Nations International Fund forAgricultural Development in Washington,D.C. She will finish her Masters inInternational Development at the Universityof Pittsburgh this spring.COURTESY PHOTO05Tiffany Lo and Seth Finch were marriedJuly 8, 2006, in Irving, Texas. JohnWilliams ’84 officiated. The wedding partyincluded Krista Welch ’06, Jason Lo ’08,and Kenny Penrod ’04. The couple lives inChicago where Tiffany is a teacher and Sethis pursuing his master’s degree in divinity atMcCormick Seminary. ■ Ben Scholl andCynthia Dubre ’04 were married July 9,2005, in Bells, Texas. Thewedding party includednumerous alumni and othermembers of the collegecommunity. Ben is employedby Douglass Distributing inSherman, and Cynthia isemployed by Grayson County<strong>College</strong> in Denison.COURTESY PHOTORachel and Mark Wester ’02HOMECOMING<strong>2007</strong>Cynthia and Ben SchollNovember 9 - 11AUSTIN COLLEGE MAGAZINE 43