Class Note 2003
Issue
January-February 2021
Winter tidings, ’03s!
By the time you read this column, we will have been in the Covid pandemic for nearly a year and it will be 2021. I hope we will be able to see brighter times ahead.
Our class executives—Tatiana (Fernandes) Amlin, Lindsay (Hirschfeld) Guzowski, Katherine (Howard) Ward, and me, Megan (Riley) Kenney—met over Zoom this fall to discuss how we can stay connected with our class without the ability to host mini-reunions. We will be sending out a survey with some options and hope you will participate as we continue to navigate this situation. We are also looking for someone who would be interested in helping with our online presence—Instagram, our website, an online newsletter that could serve to feature more in-depth information on our classmates than I can cover here, etc. If you are interested (the official title is newsletter editor), please get in touch.
Some levity first. Our own John Burr appeared on Weakest Link, staying stealthy and under the radar to survive through the final round, taking home the team’s whole bank! Fun to watch you on the show, John, and congratulations on your winnings.
Rebecca (Meyers) Galemba reports in from Colorado, announcing that she received tenure and a promotion in June to associate professor of international studies at the Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver. She appreciates the stability, especially during these times. Rebecca lives in the Denver area with her husband, Dan Galemba, and their two daughters. Congrats on your promotion!
I also heard from our former secretary, Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, with some news of her own. Kellee has lots to report on! After five years of juggling full-time teaching, school, parenting, and everything else, she earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from Indiana University-Bloomington (ironically at the height of a worldwide pandemic) and moved her family (husband Ryan and sons Jaxon, 8, and Miles, 6) to Knoxville, Tennessee, where she is the program director and associate professor of physical therapy at Lincoln Memorial University. She’s happy to be closer to Heather (Hanson) Manning in Asheville, North Carolina, and hopes to get their sons together when it is safe again. Otherwise, she has been keeping in touch with Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg, Maura Pritchard, and Justin Johnson over Zoom, entertaining each other with Dartmouth virtual backgrounds and staying connected virtually. Best of luck settling into your new area and job!
Aleron Kong announced the release of his ninth fantasy book in late November. The title is God’s Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World Novel. This is the first book in his new series, after eight in his previous series, Chaos Seeds. Congratulations on the new book!
News is a little light this go-around, so one bit from me. I accepted a seat on the Dartmouth College Fund committee and began my four-year term this September. I look forward to serving Dartmouth as we work to ensure the future of financial aid for Dartmouth students.
As always, submit news to the email below and stay safe and healthy.
—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com
By the time you read this column, we will have been in the Covid pandemic for nearly a year and it will be 2021. I hope we will be able to see brighter times ahead.
Our class executives—Tatiana (Fernandes) Amlin, Lindsay (Hirschfeld) Guzowski, Katherine (Howard) Ward, and me, Megan (Riley) Kenney—met over Zoom this fall to discuss how we can stay connected with our class without the ability to host mini-reunions. We will be sending out a survey with some options and hope you will participate as we continue to navigate this situation. We are also looking for someone who would be interested in helping with our online presence—Instagram, our website, an online newsletter that could serve to feature more in-depth information on our classmates than I can cover here, etc. If you are interested (the official title is newsletter editor), please get in touch.
Some levity first. Our own John Burr appeared on Weakest Link, staying stealthy and under the radar to survive through the final round, taking home the team’s whole bank! Fun to watch you on the show, John, and congratulations on your winnings.
Rebecca (Meyers) Galemba reports in from Colorado, announcing that she received tenure and a promotion in June to associate professor of international studies at the Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver. She appreciates the stability, especially during these times. Rebecca lives in the Denver area with her husband, Dan Galemba, and their two daughters. Congrats on your promotion!
I also heard from our former secretary, Kellee (Harper) Hanigan, with some news of her own. Kellee has lots to report on! After five years of juggling full-time teaching, school, parenting, and everything else, she earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from Indiana University-Bloomington (ironically at the height of a worldwide pandemic) and moved her family (husband Ryan and sons Jaxon, 8, and Miles, 6) to Knoxville, Tennessee, where she is the program director and associate professor of physical therapy at Lincoln Memorial University. She’s happy to be closer to Heather (Hanson) Manning in Asheville, North Carolina, and hopes to get their sons together when it is safe again. Otherwise, she has been keeping in touch with Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg, Maura Pritchard, and Justin Johnson over Zoom, entertaining each other with Dartmouth virtual backgrounds and staying connected virtually. Best of luck settling into your new area and job!
Aleron Kong announced the release of his ninth fantasy book in late November. The title is God’s Eye: Awakening: A Labyrinth World Novel. This is the first book in his new series, after eight in his previous series, Chaos Seeds. Congratulations on the new book!
News is a little light this go-around, so one bit from me. I accepted a seat on the Dartmouth College Fund committee and began my four-year term this September. I look forward to serving Dartmouth as we work to ensure the future of financial aid for Dartmouth students.
As always, submit news to the email below and stay safe and healthy.
—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com