Class Note 2011
Issue
May - June 2016
Hello, ’11s. It is my duty, responsibility and honor to give you one last reminder (in case you somehow didn’t know already, as if that were possible) that our reunion is coming up this summer. So make sure you block off the weekend, and see you then.
Now, onto the updates. Jean Mason, who had been working in New York in digital brand strategy, is now getting her M.F.A. at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she’s studying textile design. “It’s a great program—good mix of fine arts and industry-oriented design work,” Jean writes. She’s specializing in print and pattern design, so is doing lots of screenprinting and digital pattern design. Right now Jean is creating a line of saris.
Emily Duke and Matt Scott, who you may remember once had a column in The D about being the “drunkest girls at the party,” are taking their antics to the big screen. Well, not quite the big screen, but still. They have started their own web series with the help of Emma Fidel ’12 called Garbage People. Here’s how they describe the new comedy series: “As far as the idea—Garbage People is basically ‘Drunkest Girls at the Party’ in the real world. Original idea probably came in the midst of drunken Will & Grace binge (on brand) and is highly inspired by Absolutely Fabulous (as we are in real life).” Glad to know Matt and Emily haven’t changed since college. You can catch up here: www.facebook.com/GarbagePeopleSeries/?fref=ts.
And of course we have lots of wedding news to report. Owen Jennings and Kelly McHenry got engaged last summer in Sonoma, California, and are planning to get married in nearby Calistoga next spring. Owen and Kelly live in San Francisco, where Owen is the head of business operations at Square and Kelly manages a global sales team at Google. They spend their time enjoying the beautiful outdoors in the Bay Area, hanging out with fellow Dartmouth alumni and dreaming about the day they will finally get a dog. Leonard Chang and Stephenie Lee, another ’11-’11 couple living in the Bay Area, got married at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans in November and, as Stephenie says, “Dartmouth alums were rolling deep!” Stephenie is working at an educational company committed to transforming the delivery of education globally called Axiom Learning. Leonard is working at a fintech firm called NerdWallet, which gives out credit card recommendations. Stephenie writes, “The Bay Area continues to be super chill and every year more and more people move out here!” Emily Hirshey also recently got engaged, to Joe Tracy ’12. Emily is in L.A., where she’s a staff writer on a new Netflix sitcom starring Ashton Kutcher called The Ranch. “And I’m really happy to see that coloring books have become more socially accepted among the grownup community,” Emily writes. But despite the wedding news and big job, it sounds like the most exciting thing in Emily’s life is that she just got a dog named Rosie. That’s it for now! Please send me any updates, and see you in June!
—Drew Joseph, 49 Grove St., Somerville, MA 02144; (510) 418-2244; aqjoseph@gmail.com
Now, onto the updates. Jean Mason, who had been working in New York in digital brand strategy, is now getting her M.F.A. at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she’s studying textile design. “It’s a great program—good mix of fine arts and industry-oriented design work,” Jean writes. She’s specializing in print and pattern design, so is doing lots of screenprinting and digital pattern design. Right now Jean is creating a line of saris.
Emily Duke and Matt Scott, who you may remember once had a column in The D about being the “drunkest girls at the party,” are taking their antics to the big screen. Well, not quite the big screen, but still. They have started their own web series with the help of Emma Fidel ’12 called Garbage People. Here’s how they describe the new comedy series: “As far as the idea—Garbage People is basically ‘Drunkest Girls at the Party’ in the real world. Original idea probably came in the midst of drunken Will & Grace binge (on brand) and is highly inspired by Absolutely Fabulous (as we are in real life).” Glad to know Matt and Emily haven’t changed since college. You can catch up here: www.facebook.com/GarbagePeopleSeries/?fref=ts.
And of course we have lots of wedding news to report. Owen Jennings and Kelly McHenry got engaged last summer in Sonoma, California, and are planning to get married in nearby Calistoga next spring. Owen and Kelly live in San Francisco, where Owen is the head of business operations at Square and Kelly manages a global sales team at Google. They spend their time enjoying the beautiful outdoors in the Bay Area, hanging out with fellow Dartmouth alumni and dreaming about the day they will finally get a dog. Leonard Chang and Stephenie Lee, another ’11-’11 couple living in the Bay Area, got married at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans in November and, as Stephenie says, “Dartmouth alums were rolling deep!” Stephenie is working at an educational company committed to transforming the delivery of education globally called Axiom Learning. Leonard is working at a fintech firm called NerdWallet, which gives out credit card recommendations. Stephenie writes, “The Bay Area continues to be super chill and every year more and more people move out here!” Emily Hirshey also recently got engaged, to Joe Tracy ’12. Emily is in L.A., where she’s a staff writer on a new Netflix sitcom starring Ashton Kutcher called The Ranch. “And I’m really happy to see that coloring books have become more socially accepted among the grownup community,” Emily writes. But despite the wedding news and big job, it sounds like the most exciting thing in Emily’s life is that she just got a dog named Rosie. That’s it for now! Please send me any updates, and see you in June!
—Drew Joseph, 49 Grove St., Somerville, MA 02144; (510) 418-2244; aqjoseph@gmail.com