Classes & Obits

Class Note 2015

Issue

Sept - Oct 2015

Congratulations, ’15s! Welcome to life as alumni. If I learned anything from being in Hanover during reunions this year it’s this: If the ’10s’ ability to party is any indication, we should have no worries about the gravity of life in “the real world”; and we’ll be back to Hanover in no time—this isn’t even close to the end. Until then however it’s my job as class secretary to keep all of you updated on the brilliant, exciting and cool things that our classmates are doing all over the place.

If you have any leads on what your friends are up to or have anything at all to share about yourself, blitz me, Facebook message me or send me a letter—seriously, anytime—and I’ll be sure to include it in the next class notes!

Additionally, we’ll be blitzing out more information and a sign-up link for the ’05-’15 mentoring program. Its pilot program was implemented last summer and was a huge success. This year the full-fledged version will be expanded to include mentors in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

Many thanks to the ’15s who provided updates for this, our very first Class Notes. Keep ’em coming! Here’s what some of our friends have been up to.

Dylan Sewell and Tasha Wilkins are working for Friendsy this summer. Tasha is the new leading user-experience and user-interface designer and Dylan is the lead iOS developer. They’re working on new features and expanding their network.

Karampreet Kaur is directing DOC first-year trips this summer and will be doing clinical research at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York starting in October. Matt Ritter, John Conley, Stephen Malina, Andrew Lindner and Kevin Francfort are traveling through northern Europe, hitting Iceland, Copenhagen, Berlin and Prague.

Chris Gallerani and Emma Orme are acting apprentices at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer at Williams College. Chelsea Mandel will be starting work at Starwood Capital group, a real estate private equity firm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Gillian O’Connell is living in Crested Butte, Colorado, for the summer hiking and working and hiking some more, then moving to N.Y.C. in September! Ashley Ulrich spent a few days this summer hiking in the Dolomites in Italy.

Michael Blum was named the “Rising Star Guitarist” by DownBeat Magazine in its 63rd annual critics poll. He recently released his second album and vocal debut, Commitment, which features Dartmouth professor Fred Haas on saxophone.

Samantha Webster, 11 Phillips St., #5, Boston, MA 02114; (484) 356-3678; samwweb15@gmail.com