Class Note 2012
Hi, ’12s! It’s been a big year. We’ve moved, started new jobs or schools, maybe even launched companies of our own, made new friends and in general just grown a lot. Sure, maybe we regressed a bit at the five-year reunion. At the Class Officers Weekend up in Hanover this September your class officers (new and old) met to set goals for the next few years and learn from the experience of other classes. In addition to working with Tim Koeth and Shaun Akhtar for a couple of days, it was a treat to run into Karen Afre hosting a Latinx barbecue in the McLaughlin Cluster. She’s working for the College and looks like she’s still making a big impact on the current students.
As usual, our class has a host of joyful moments to celebrate, from engagement rings to wedding bells to babies. Keep the announcements coming!
You can take the kids out of New Hampshire, but you can’t take the New Hampshire out of the kids. Amanda Hua and Matt Stone got engaged on Mount Osceola this summer. They’ll be tying the knot in Boston in March!
In more New England wedding news, Marcelo Menezes tied the knot with Molly Michalenoick at Killington, Vermont, in September. And Waitsfield, Vermont, was home to two double-’12 weddings this summer! First, Laura Coyle and Wills Begor capped off years of dating this August. Then, about a month later, Kat Sanders and Yang Wei Neo sealed the deal in the same picturesque town.
In October Chris Calby and Ilanna Kowski got married on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. And a belated congratulations to longtime sweethearts Anna Weingart and Kevin Folinus, who got hitched in New Jersey this past spring.
Finally, Priscilla Trojano and Cody Dennis, along with buying a house in Massachusetts, announced that they’ll be welcoming a baby boy this January. Cheers to the happy parents-to-be!
Celebrating the once-in-a-lifetime moments of our fellow classmates is a joy, but I’m also loving living vicariously through our friends’ daily adventures. For one, Ariana Vacs Renwick just wrapped up a busy travel season in her role as assistant director of admissions at Skidmore. She hit India, France, England, Wales, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Scotland, just this fall. I’d definitely like an invite next time.
Ben Ludlow also spent much of this fall traveling through Europe and Asia, including six weeks walking and biking the Camino de Santiago in Spain before heading to Japan and Hong Kong. Per Ben, one memorable moment was “finishing in the top five of a stein hoisting contest in front of thousands of onlookers at the Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong (joined by the eventual winner Tom Hauch ’13).” Ben, I’m very jealous. As is Jamila Ma—hat tip for the Instagram find!
Wishing a happy holiday season and new year to all of you and your loved ones! Keep breaking the mold, taking risks and doing cool things. And when you do, shoot me a note so I can share the news. We couldn’t be prouder!
—Liz Sullivan, 1444 Rhode Island Ave. NW, #603, Washington, DC 20005; elizabeth.a.sullivan.12@dartmouth.edu
