Hi! It appears warmer weather inspires people to share great updates. Thanks to everyone who contacted me with news! 


Jennifer Tlumak got engaged on New Year’s Day to Peter Westerholm. The two will wed in September in Nashville, Tennessee, with a few Dartmouth friends among the guests. Best wishes! 


We have some impressive career-related announcements, too. Negarra Kudumu relocated to Seattle at the beginning of this year and is the current artist-in-residence at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. She continues her consultant work in the areas of arts, culture and social impact and looks forward to new projects and new adventures throughout the rest of the year. Minh Le signed a book deal with Disney-Hyperion for a debut picture book to be published in 2016. Starting in June Meg (Fuchs) Hastings will be the director of administration for the computer science and electrical engineering departments at Harvard University. Greg Fournier has accepted an assistant professorship at MIT in the earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences department. Mikah Soliunas has a new assignment: Cook County, Illinois, assistant state’s attorney assigned to felony review. Michael Holmes had a story, “The Boiling Point,” published in the April issue of Prick of the Spindle, a literary magazine. An experience he had while teaching in the Marshall Islands through the education department during the winter of 2000 had a part in inspiring the piece. And Mary Barensfeld has started her own architecture firm, Mary Barensfeld Architecture. Her work can be seen at Barensfeld.com and in the April issue of Dwell, a design magazine. 


After a relatively short stint in Vancouver, British Columbia, Georges Dyer and his family have relocated to the N.Y.C. area for his wife’s job. From the Garden State, Georges wrote, “We’ve been moving too much lately but are excited to be back East and seeing lots more Dartmouth people on a regular basis.” Welcome back to the States! 


Jane Parkin Kullmann and husband Jens welcomed beautiful baby girl Eleanor Julia on January 9. Jane said, “Ellie visited Dartmouth for the first time during Winter Carnival, her first visit as a prospie!” And shortly thereafter, at the beginning of March, the adventurous family packed up and moved to Sydney, Australia. Jens is doing a stint in the Sydney office of PwC and Jane is pursuing a Ph.D. in neurotoxicology at the University of Sydney. They would love to hear from any other Dartmouth grads Down Under! Sena Ku Saret wrote, “Jeff Saret and I added a daughter to our family. Her name is Isla Ku Saret and she was born on December 12, 2013. Her big brother Rylan is the cutest and most enthusiastic big brother that one might ever meet!” Jessica Wirth Strine sent this wonderful news: “My husband, Todd Strine, and I were thrilled to welcome Benjamin Ryan Strine into the world on March 28. He is pure joy. We are living in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and I work at Blackrock in Philadelphia, investing in energy stocks.” And I have one last update of my own: my husband, James, and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our daughter Eve Elizabeth Panettiere. Born April 25, weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces, she arrived just in time to be included here. I can’t express how happy we are! 


—Kristina Panettiere, 20 Great Rock Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; dartmouth2001notes@gmail.com