Class Note 2011
Issue
Nov - Dec 2017
A couple of updates this time! Courtney Gerwin and Brandon Parks got married on September 3 on campus at St. Thomas Church with the reception at the DOC House. They met on campus their senior year at the Daniel Webster reception and were both elated to head back to campus to tie the knot.
In May Claire Scott received her Ph.D. from the Carolina-Duke graduate program in German studies, also completing a certificate in feminist studies at Duke University. This fall she begins a position as a lecturer in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
From Justin Varilek: “Hey from across the pond! So I just did a slight jaunt throughout the United States and saw some amazing Dartmouth people whom I hadn’t seen for about two to three years. Shout out to Anise Vance, Suz Parker, Vera Bergengruen, Myra Altman, Antonio Brown, Elizabeth Shribman ’10, Jake Sotak ’13 and Jason Klein ’82! Apologies to everyone else I didn’t get to see. Time is not on my side.
“But the trip made me realize how long I’ve been out of it. I even missed the whole Trump-a-thon. So when our class secretary reached out, I figured I should make sure people hadn’t forgotten about my existence.
“After about five years in Russia I’m hoping to call Berlin home for the next two years. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I got my fill in Russia of running from a few riot police with a journalist or cozying up to an oligarch or two while helping MIT found a university there. It’s really just that my startup, HackPack.press, makes the decisions in my life and has banished me to a rave- and history-filled Berlin. To be honest, the startup is worse than twins as it gives me no rest and hasn’t let me stay in one country for more than a month for the entire past year.
“But the good news is that the child is growing into the toddler stage and I’m getting a better grip on the reins. Essentially my team and I are building a global network for the media industry that helps publications and marketers find and hire journalists to tell the stories that matter from around the world. Basically, think of Uber, but hiring photographers, videographers and journalists instead of drivers. After launching in Moscow, then Berlin, we’ve grown to more than 10,000 members in 150 countries, and we are planning to focus on the United States after presenting the startup at a yearly journalism conference this October in D.C.
“Otherwise, if you happen to be traveling through Berlin and looking for a place to stay or someone to grab a bier und currywurst with, then hit me up. Best option is via Facebook—I should be the Justin right above Bieber in the search.”
—Hillary S. Cheng, 16013 Legacy Road #304, Tustin, CA 92782; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu
In May Claire Scott received her Ph.D. from the Carolina-Duke graduate program in German studies, also completing a certificate in feminist studies at Duke University. This fall she begins a position as a lecturer in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
From Justin Varilek: “Hey from across the pond! So I just did a slight jaunt throughout the United States and saw some amazing Dartmouth people whom I hadn’t seen for about two to three years. Shout out to Anise Vance, Suz Parker, Vera Bergengruen, Myra Altman, Antonio Brown, Elizabeth Shribman ’10, Jake Sotak ’13 and Jason Klein ’82! Apologies to everyone else I didn’t get to see. Time is not on my side.
“But the trip made me realize how long I’ve been out of it. I even missed the whole Trump-a-thon. So when our class secretary reached out, I figured I should make sure people hadn’t forgotten about my existence.
“After about five years in Russia I’m hoping to call Berlin home for the next two years. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I got my fill in Russia of running from a few riot police with a journalist or cozying up to an oligarch or two while helping MIT found a university there. It’s really just that my startup, HackPack.press, makes the decisions in my life and has banished me to a rave- and history-filled Berlin. To be honest, the startup is worse than twins as it gives me no rest and hasn’t let me stay in one country for more than a month for the entire past year.
“But the good news is that the child is growing into the toddler stage and I’m getting a better grip on the reins. Essentially my team and I are building a global network for the media industry that helps publications and marketers find and hire journalists to tell the stories that matter from around the world. Basically, think of Uber, but hiring photographers, videographers and journalists instead of drivers. After launching in Moscow, then Berlin, we’ve grown to more than 10,000 members in 150 countries, and we are planning to focus on the United States after presenting the startup at a yearly journalism conference this October in D.C.
“Otherwise, if you happen to be traveling through Berlin and looking for a place to stay or someone to grab a bier und currywurst with, then hit me up. Best option is via Facebook—I should be the Justin right above Bieber in the search.”
—Hillary S. Cheng, 16013 Legacy Road #304, Tustin, CA 92782; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu