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ALUMNINEWSMany alumni attendedgraduation 2014.a company he started with his sister anddad called trim aviation. he got marriedon march 9, 2014 to Jen caron hettinger.Paul Stuckey ’00 was the best man!● Ryan Ruocco is an announcer for espNcovering the Brooklyn Nets. this year heand his broadcast team won an emmyaward for the season coverage. he writesto say: “i’m fortunate to do what i love andthat keeps me stimulated on a daily basis.my Nets broadcast team is an incrediblegroup to be part of and being recognizedwith an emmy is an honor and a wonderfulvalidation of all the hard work we putin. it feels good to know people enjoy thework as much as we enjoy doing it.”● Cynthia Tobey is a doctoral candidatein music and music education atteacher’s college at columbia university,concentrating in college teaching.she is also on the applied piano facultyat columbia and teaches a course onchamber music and democracy. lastyear she was a soloist with the lakegeorge chamber orchestra, performingBeethoven’s emperor piano concerto.2002● Kari Shmaling graduated fromuniversity of Vermont in 2010 with apre-vet degree, but since then has decidedto go into human medicine. after living inrhode island, where she worked in anenvironmental chemistry lab, and thenVail, co for six magical months of skiing,Kari and her now-fiancé, mike willey,moved to portland, me. Kari recentlywrote a newsy update: “in maine, i waslucky enough to land a pretty unique job.the company is called integr8health. itwas a start-up at the time — just me, thebusiness manager, and a doctor. Now wehave three offices, one in mass! the doctorsand nurse practitioners certifypatients to use medical marijuana here inmaine. patients must have a qualifyingcondition to be certified. the physiciansspend a full hour with each patient. ouroffice took off! we started getting hundredsof patients who were tired of thesame old horrible health care and theirdoctors pushing prescriptions on them.the word spread fast in maine that therewere doctors willing to spend an hourwith each patient.“when mike had to move twohours north to Bangor to manage abranch of his company we relocated.instead of letting me go, my bossesoffered to let me work from home.Now i do administrative duties remotely.the best aspect of this company is thatthey are so small and understanding theylet me work my schedule around classes.after seeing the doctors and nursesin the practice i decided to switch gearsand go back to school for humanmedicine. i am taking classes to go tonursing school, possibly medical school.we will see how i do! mike and i havebeen together for five years, since oursenior year of college! we will marry atsunday river on top of a ski mountainnext year. Natasha Menell ’02 andJackson Roesch ’02 will both be inmy wedding party.”in memoriamon July 20th, 2014, Scott Carlin ’07 died tragically in a car accident in millbrook.scott was beloved by all his Dutchess Day school classmates, his teachers, andanyone who crossed his path during his three years at the school. scott wasa natural leader, a loving person who would go out of his way to help in any circumstance.a hard worker, whether hitting the books or plowing fields with hisdad, scott got the job done. after Dutchess, scott attended trinity-pawling schoolin pawling, Ny where he was a resident advisor, guiding theyounger students. honorable, kind, and charismatic, scott was alodestone for the other boys. after graduating from tp, scottattended Virginia tech. scott will always be remembered for hisbeautiful grin and big bear hugs. our hearts go out to his family,parents, sarah and earl carlin, his brother, Rip Carlin ’04, andsister, Hanna Carlin, ’09.2004● Kelsey Reifler lives and works in Nyc.she is a graphic designer in Vogue’s inhousecreative agency. Kelsey reports thatshe is “doing things from invitations forevents to helping art direct photo shoots.Brands will come to Vogue asking forbranding campaigns since they trustthe Vogue voice.”2005 10 YEAR ALUMS!● Andrew Abrams is in his second yearas a doctoral candidate at the graduatecenter, cuNy in New york city, planning tograduate in 2018 with a phD in classics.he writes: “i will be specialized in ancienthistory and will also have a certificate inmedieval studies. i went straight intograd school after graduating from hobartand william smith colleges in 2013.i am currently living in Brooklyn, Ny andhave recently gotten engaged to saraahrendtsen, a classmate at hobartand william smith.”● Danielle Craig majored in sociology atwesleyan with a minor in cultural, critical,and social theory. after graduating, shereports: “i’ve been working as a paralegalat the u.s. attorney’s office for thesouthern District of New york. eventuallyi plan to pursue a career either in socialjustice via impact litigation as an attorney,or in public policy at a non-profit of somekind. at the moment, i am applying tovarious fellowships that will give me theopportunity to work abroad next yeareither in humanitarian development workor at an international criminal justicereform organization.”● Graham Derby reported from Buenosaires, argentina, where he moved thispast fall and plans to teach englishas a second language, for which he iscertified. he wrote about his last year ofadventures in south america: “i had anincredible year last year in southern chile.During the winter months of 2013(July-september) i coached for a chileanfree skiing club on Villarrica Volcano.the court yarD . www.DutchessDay.org 25