Hi, all! Hope you all had a great summer and are enjoying the fall. It’s August as I write this, but as you read this, Homecoming will be right around the corner. I’m incredibly jealous of those of you who can make it up to the College on the Hill for the bonfire! Can you believe that it was 17 years ago (yes, 17!) that we ran our 100 laps around the bonfire?! Perhaps I should have known by the number of pages I have to flip from the back of the alumni magazine to find the class of 2000 column (yes, I do re-read it even though I write it)! 


I’m still getting over the shock of the fact it’s been 17 years, but it’s no surprise that we have some classmates doing some impressive things all over the world, including Kevan Higgins, who continues his world travels with his family. I got the following update from Kevan just as he, his wife, Kate, and their two children finished their tour at the embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Next up I’m doing a transatlantic diplomatic fellowship in which I will spend a year working on European Union issues at the United Kingdom Foreign Office and then I’ll do a tour as a political officer at our embassy in London. Please look us up if you’re there or passing through!” 


It was also great to hear from Fernando Diaz, who is the VP of finance and accounting at Chembulk Management, LLC. “I moved from New York to Connecticut and I find myself working in a ship owner company. BLT Chembulk has a fleet of more than 40 vessels transporting liquid cargo worldwide. I’m currently responsible for offices in the United States, Brazil, Denmark and Singapore. I foresee making many trips and earning those travel points!” 


Last, Jennifer Dziura married Andrew Sternick (Rutgers ’93) in an atheist ceremony at India House in N.Y.C. Congratulations, Jennifer!


Thanks for the updates everyone! Keep them coming!


—Kelly Heaps, 3666 Willowlea Court, Unit B, Cincinnati, OH 45208; heaps.k@pg.com