Class Note 2010
I was wrong, we actually have three ’10-to-’10 weddings on the books. Thank you to Eli Mitchell, who graciously corrected me after reading last issue’s column about weddings.
Yes, I somehow missed the fact that Karli Beitel (now Karli Erickson) married Anfin Erickson the summer after graduation. Congratulations to you two! And Eli, thank you for correcting the information, and even more, thank you for actually reading this column.
Nathan Bruschi wrote this extremely charming note to me before providing his update: “I’d ask what wonderful and impressive things you’ve been up to lately, but that would ruin the surprise when I read all about it in your update!”
Does Nathan think I use the Class Notes section mainly to talk about myself? That would be ridiculous, I have only mentioned myself, like, every other column. Anyway, Nathan moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he is stationed as an air intelligence officer with Strike Fighter Squadron 115 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, deploying aboard the USS George Washington in the Pacific theater.
Matt Wang isin his second year of the master’s of architecture program at Columbia University’s Graduate School. Matt says, “I am pulling more all-nighters, spending more money, working harder and loving school more than I thought I would. Unfortunately, despite living in New York, I don’t get to see much of it or its inhabitants.”
Libbey Brown will be finishing up her stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia this coming fall (November). Libbey has been doing environmental education in her town in Ethiopia since September 2010.
Maxwell Bogren is officially employed. Max is working for Temple Allen Industries, a small mechanical engineering firm in Rockville, Maryland.
Gloria Gerber is en route to becoming a M.D. She was accepted to medical school this past February.
You may best remember Derek Stenquist as the handsome, perfectly toned, blond soccer player who won the “Perfect Man” award during Class Day. Well, it turns out he was not only perfect during college but, coincidentally, he is also perfect in the real world. Derek deferred starting Harvard Medical School this past fall to go on a service trip to Zimbabwe. Derek explains what his experience has been like thus far: “Instead of starting school I shipped off to Africa, and I’m currently writing you from Masvingo, Zimbabwe, where I’m on the road for work. After returning from Costa Rica I had only three weeks to catch my breath before heading to my new home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to start a nine-month volunteer internship for Grassroot Soccer (GRS). “GRS uses the world’s game to teach HIV-prevention in African schools and forms partnerships with community health organizations to lower barriers to HIV care. With GRS Zimbabwe this year I’ve been working to start a support group for HIV-positive youth at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, volunteering at a local orphanage and helping to organize and host four GRS voluntary counseling and testing tournaments (VCT). Since October we’ve tested 1,087 people for HIV through four VCT events. In Bulawayo I’ve also been playing professional soccer in Zimbabwe’s Division 1 league for a club called Bantu Rovers FC. My roommate and former Dartmouth soccer teammate Alejandro Frischeisen ’08 and I both work for GRS and play for Bantu.
“Zimbabwe has been an incredible and challenging experience thus far. I’m hoping it’ll prepare me to be a good doctor. The daily power outages, struggle to secure transportation and pervasive government corruption and inefficiencies trivialize the challenges I faced growing up in a middle-class household in Massachusetts.”
—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com
