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Florence, an opportunity that he used totravel around Europe. “I still like to performand I like to write, and I regularlydominate lesser opponents in the ‘sit onmy ass’ competition. I’m really startingto like NYC.” Ben Sullender is majoringin environmental studies and traveled toChina this winter to study agro-ecology.Last spring he quit varsity soccer to playfor the Carleton Ultimate Team (CUT),which beat the University of Colorado towin the 2009 national championship.“Looking at the size of the schools thatcompeted (Stanford, Pitt, Texas), it’spretty nuts.” Lucas Turner-Owens is amember of the class of 2012 at Wesleyan.Rufus Urion transferred to NorthwesternUniversity last fall, where he isa member of the sailing team. Afterstudying for a year at Pratt Institute,Charlotte Zoller spent the summer of2009 interning at the Middle East inCambridge. “I’m currently workingtoward a BFA in communication designat Parsons Paris. In my spare time, Itutor three lovely French boys in Englishand attend concerts to take photos formy Web site (thiskindofmusic.blogspot.com).I love and miss CAand hope everyone is doing well.”2008Class Secretaries: Peter Boskey,peter.boskey@gmail.com; FrancesBothfeld, bothfeld@grinnell.eduCarly Anderson is at the Universityof Notre Dame and had a part in aFrench opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, byOffenbach. She also won the gold medalat the 2009 Big East Conference championshipin women’s rowing, competingin the Notre Dame Novice Four Boat. Arecycled-fashion garment created byPeter Boskey, who is at Syracuse University,was chosen for XL Projects, theVisual and Performing Art School’s citygallery. Frances Bothfeld has picked upglacial mountaineering as a pastime, andis always looking for a climbing partner.Zoe Mueller took an epic, month-longroad trip across the United States withMarlana Wallace. Tania Torres is a classicsmajor at Lafayette and is currentlyparticipating in Excel research and teachingan intermediate Latin class. SandyWood started her first year at Vassar andis raising money for Jhamtse Gatsal, theschool in India where she spent part ofher year off.2009Class Secretary: Jennifer Lamy,jlamy@wellesley.eduNora Berson has spent her time atOberlin College taking a variety ofclasses and cooking and eating with astudent cooperative. She traveled toNicaragua for the month of January withthe cooperative, learning about farmingand the National Farmers’ Union. LibbyChamberlin has traveled a lot sincegraduation, beginning with a trip toCanada, on tour with Maple Morris, a traditionaldance group. She spentthree months in Greece, where shestudied photography and sculpture,returning home to work for Decemberand January, then went back on tourwith Maple Morris, followed by a monthin residency at the English Folk Danceand Song Society in London. Finally, shewent to France, where she worked witha family on their organic farm. TrippClemens and Harvey Burrell startedtheir own film production company afterthe release of their award-winning filmThe Snowball (windpoweredproductions.com).Since then, they have producedthree narrative films and havebeen very involved with the productionof Cold Water, which will air on WGBHBoston. During the summer, they“worked commercially for boat building,nautical, and marine companies local toMartha’s Vineyard and Newport, RI. Inthe fall and winter, [they] shot commercialjobs for CA’s Summer Stages in theRialto Restaurant in Cambridge and otherperformance clients in venues such asthe House of Blues, the Dance Complex,and the ICA.” Their most recent documentaryhas taken them to Tibet,Venezuela, India, and Thailand. JakeDockterman joined Harvard’s squashteam. Lily Fender spent some of heryear off working in Atlanta at SouthfaceEnergy Institute. She then traveled toWest Africa with friends and proceededto work in an orphanage in South Africafor three months. Clement Guerner isplaying club soccer at University of Denverand will be interning in Geneva nextsummer. Over her winter break, ElizabethLamkin traveled to Mexico Citywith a group of students and a professorfrom Haverford through the school’sCenter for Peace and Global Citizenship.They spent a week learning about migrationand “meeting with various organizations,speaking to migrants from Mexicoand Central America, and discussing thebook, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.” EliseLim is playing Frisbee for the MoneyMellons at Carnegie Mellon and plans tomajor in economics. Cathy Nam hasbeen taking a variety of courses atBrown and has gotten involved withBrown Science Prep, where she tutorslocal high school students in science andhelps them with the college applicationprocess. Lewis Salas joined the FinanceSociety at Bowdoin and was electedfirst-year representative of the LatinAmerican Student Association. Elan Tyehas been playing club soccer at Tufts,which has led him to play teams inRome. He is considering a major in internationalrelations. Ella Walker spentthree months in Costa Rica. She firstworked on a sea turtle conservation project.After traveling south, she beganwork on a wildlife preservation projectand spent the final month traveling. Shethen returned home and continued tofundraise for the Lwala CommunityClinic in Lwala, Kenya by hiking theAppalachian Trail.Faculty and FriendsThe Chameleon Connection:Your Online Alumnae/i CommunityLog in at concordalum.org and use the links in theleft column to:• Read alumnae/i news and register for events• Update your profile and write a Class Note• Check your class page• Find other CA alumnae/i in your area or line of business• Find faculty and staffNicole Fandel writes, “During the summerI show my favorite parts of the U.S.to my European granddaughter andgrandniece: New Mexico last summer,and Louisiana this July. During the winterI work on an intermediate French readerplus exercises. It keeps me happy andout of trouble. For health and pleasure, Ido three or four tours of Walden a week,and I read tons of good books for cheerpleasure. Voilà!” Kevin Jennings isassistant deputy secretary of educationin the Obama administration and runsinto Tom Abt ’91 frequently at meetings,and sees Claudia Burke ’91 and MikeRomano ’89 socially as well. “Let meknow if you’re ever in DC.” SandraRosenblum was in Warsaw, where sheparticipated in the Third InternationalChopin Congress to honor the 200thanniversary of the composer’s birth. “Wewere busy from morning to night withmany papers, group discussions, a salonconcert after a delectable Polish lunch inthe Casimir Palace every day, and a concertevery evening. It was quite a specialevent.” Brett Morrison is northeastregional development officer for the StudentConservation Association, whichprovides crew and intern experiences onpublic lands in all 50 states for highschool and college-age students(thesca.org). Jodi works at StrattonMountain. “Our children Turner, 11,Evangeline, 8, and Jack, 6, are growingfast. Living in ski country for three yearshas allowed the boys to progress assnowboarders and Evangeline tobecome comfortable skiing any green orblue trail. Jack has displayed talent forsoccer, Turner a knack for skateboarding,and Evangeline wants to follow in thefootsteps of Rene Hong ’05 as a fashionista.”Brett, Jodi, and kids would loveany updates from Phelps House girls andother CA friends. Jean Morrow, whotaught media studies at CA from 1977–85, has worked in Penn State’s filmdepartment, run an arts program at alocal charter school, and even had a stintin her first profession, nursing. She’sretired now, spending quality time withhusband, friends, and family. Jean hasmade DVDs of some old super-8mm filmprojects from her era and can makecopies for former students (contact herat jeanmorrow@post.harvard.edu).For more Class Notes, go toconcordalum.org.79C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y. O R G S P R I N G 2 0 1 0