Hello, ’01s. Even though it is almost fall, we are wrapping up our 20th anniversary of Sophomore Summer series. Pavan Nihalani planned to spend most of his summer in Ecuador, exporting bananas to the Middle East and North Africa.

Jane Parkin Kullmann and Karilyn Heisen recreated their Sophomore Summer trip to the Second College Grant a few years back and are broadening their horizons this year to take their families camping at Acadia National Park. It seems like a nice way to celebrate Jane recently completing her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Sydney in Australia.

Finally, Gretchen (Bell) Biggins and her husband, Tommy (Amherst ’01), spent their summer with their growing family. Gretchen and Tommy are excited to announce the birthday of their seventh child, Robert “Bobby” William Biggins. Big siblings Abigail, Samantha, Tommy, Ben, and Andrew are incredibly in love with the latest addition.

As one could imagine, their house is decked out with two triple bunks and they drive a 12-passenger airport van full of car seats. Gretchen noted, “Fellow ’01 Jane (Serene) Limmer, husband Bryan, and sons Michael and William joined us for a jaunt in the van when they visited in June; it was wonderful to catch up after too many years apart. I have also run into fellow ’01s Bri Johnson, Katie Gayman, and Caleb Moore on the sports fields in Lexington, Massachusetts, where they all live and where I am coaching high school girls lacrosse.”

Congratulations to all, and hope you can make it to Hanover for Homecoming Weekend in October.

—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-693; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com