Class Note 2008
Sounds like ’08s are up to lots of interesting things around the world!
Congratulations to Mike Trapp and Laura Cherkas, who got engaged in January! They are living in the New York City area and both started new jobs recently as well. Laura is working for HarperCollins Publishers and Mike just joined the editorial team at CollegeHumor.com. He also writes for a weekly sketch show at the UCB Theater in Manhattan.
Joshua M. Feder is currently serving as the artistic apprentice at the Roundabout Theatre Company, working closely with the artistic director and his office to open a season of Broadway and off-Broadway plays, produce readings and workshops and manage the company. He also is choreographing Beauty and the Beast for a high school in Connecticut, developing a new musical and preparing for his fifth summer at the New London Barn Playhouse up in New Hampshire.
Emily Chen recently joined Lok Capital, a social venture capital firm that invests in bottom of the pyramid social enterprises in India. She is absolutely loving life in Chennai!
James Marlow is living in Beirut and teaching English.
Any potential business school students might want to get on Dana Cushing’s good side, since shejust got a new job working in admissions at Columbia Business School.
Living the dream up in Hanover at the Tuck School of Business, Sarah Stern recently crushed the Tuck Winter Carnival ski party in style along with Paul Bousquet, who was visiting from NYU Stern.
Meg Zebroski and Austin Kim (DMS’10) competed in the mixed doubles of the U.S. Tennis Association National Open Indoor Championships at the National Tennis Center in December. They advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating the No. 6 seeds along the way. Go green!
And finally, John Tepperman urges all ’08s to join the ’08 LinkedIn group here: www.linkedin.com/groups/Dartmouth-College-class-2008-3834701?trk=myg_ugr....
As always, send any updates my way!
—Yasmin Mandviwala, 6 Nollet Drive, Andover MA, 01810; yasminm@gmail.com