00 | I'm thrilled to share that Mike '99 and Christina Shwereb Finamore became the proud parents of triplets on March 18! Joseph Vincent,Michael Eugene, and Victoria Lynn are all healthy and beautiful. The new family of five is doing quite well, though understandably very busy!

Three MBA students wrote in to share their news. Lori Dolinger is working on her MBA in northern Italy through an MBA consortium program. She lives in Asolo, a beautiful small town. Lori will be graduating in July. Sulaiman Al Rubaie (Sulaiman@alshaheenalrubaie.com) is also on the MBA track, having left his investment banking job in the Middle East for the London Business School, while Derek Zakov is finishing his MBA at the U. of Miami.

Also immersed in academia is Ted Stankowich, who is the Darwin Postdoctoral Fellow at UMass-Amherst, where he conducts research, teaches evolution, and mentors young graduate students. Ted studies how animals assess the risk posed by a predator and how they decide when to flee and how to escape. He earned his PhD in animal behavior in June 2006 from UC Davis.

Ronnie Chatterji reports that he finished his PhD in business economics at Berkeley and is now an assistant professor at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke U.He also is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank in Washington, DC. Rachel Anderson, MAT '01, is teaching high school agriculture and science in Greenville, NY, and is working on her advanced degree in educational administration and policy studies at the U. at Albany. She said she recently spent some time visiting with Margot Chiuten '99, her partner Shawna Black, and their 2-year-old, Graem, in Ithaca.

Jay Villanueva (jav12@cornell.edu) received his MD in May from the U. of Minnesota Medical School. He graduated with three other Cornellians, Jessica Guiroy '99, Christina Oehrlein '02, and James Lebret. Jay will be doing his internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and will then do advanced specialty training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital in Philadelphia.

Updates for the newlywed file include word that Jon Felder and Allison MacQueen married in October 2006 in Aptos, CA. Several classmates attended, including Poe Tyler, ME '03, Ryan Buck, Chris Sabellico,Matt Guercio, Ty Allen, Julie Miller, Rick Wilson, and Dina Frid. Jon is working as a policy analyst for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education in San Jose, CA. Erica Allgyer married Joe Davila in August. The couple has a house in Nutly, NJ, and a very fat basset hound,Marino. Erica is working at Prudential and is in her third year of evening school at Rutgers Law School, Newark. Tony Mingione also wed recently, to Alison Kowalski. Tony is working as an attorney at Epstein, Becker & Green. The New York Times reported on two weddings. Kenneth Coelho married Rachel Glazer. Kenneth is a media-planning supervisor at LM&O Advertising in Arlington, VA.Melissa Dampf, a small-animal veterinarian in NYC, wed Robert Eisbruck in Melville, NY.

Dan Allen is a senior Java engineer for CodeRyte Inc. in Bethesda,MD.He is also establishing a consulting business, which he plans to use to promote his interest in writing and training in the software industry. Dan and wife SarahWhite own a townhouse in Laurel, MD, and the couple has spent many weekends on elaborate painting projects in the various rooms of the house. The neighbors consider them the local artisans! Carrie Vicens Leary is a senior business analyst in Web development at World Travel Holdings. She shared that she and husband Danie '99 are the proud parents of a new puppy, Reeses, a black and tan cocker spaniel. In the summer of 2006, Chloe Benetatos held two art exhibitions. She is presently working as a painter and illustrating children's books.

After living in Dallas, TX, for nearly six years, Kimberly Virtane relocated to San Diego, CA. Kimberly is a business manager for Frito-Lay and her job includes people/sales/change management, process development, and finance. She is overhauling the office culture and helping the office through a major organizational change. Reena Thomas is living in Fort Worth, TX, and working as a copy editor at Voyager Expanded Learning, while simultaneously pursuing a master's in English literature at the U. of Dallas.

Are you in need of a beautiful, handcrafted hat? Jen Bartos McGowan is embarking on a new business venture, Jackie's Hat Box, which will offer hand-sewn ladies' hats for events such as the Kentucky Derby. Jen continues to write for gardening magazines and serves on lots of committees in the Philadelphia area. She also revealed that she recently enjoyed a stay at the Cornell Club-New York and spent time with Tara Driscoll, who is working as a teacher in NYC.

The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. Until the next issue! -- Christine JensenWeld, ckj1@cornell.edu; and Andrea Chan, amc32@cornell.edu.

01 | 'Tis the season of life for weddings, weddings, and more weddings. In all things Cornell, Nicole Neroulias and Salil Gupte were married on July 29, 2006 at Sage Chapel, followed by a reception at the Statler Hotel.Mihir Shanbhag '02 and Tony Navarra served as groomsmen. Other classmates in attendance included Melissa Hantman, Alison Solomon, Erin Colling, and Angela Bourne Schmidt. For their honeymoon, the couple flew to Bali and Hong Kong, and have now settled down in Manhattan, where Salil is working in Goldman Sachs's private equity group.

Nageeb Sumar and Fatema Gunja were married in August 2006, with receptions in both New Jersey and Calgary, Alberta, followed by a honeymoon in Morocco. Fatema works at the US Dept. of State, and Nageeb graduated from McGill Law School in May and plans to join the law firm of Cadwalader,Wickersham & Taft in September. They live in Washington, DC. Lots of Cornellians joined in their wedding festivities, turning the event into a mini-Cornell reunion complete with a song to the bride and groom based on their Cornell days to the tune of the Alma Mater! Cornellians included best man and younger brother Faiyaz Sumar '05 (currently in law school in Durham, England), bridesmaid Kristina Wallender (who started a job at Amazon after graduating from Stanford Business School), bridesmaid Natasha Ladha (who flew all the way to Calgary from Dubai!), Lisa Oberstein '00 (currently teaching in Seattle,WA), Ronnie Chatterji '00 (teaching at Duke's Fuqua School of Business after receiving his PhD from UC Berkeley), Richard Katz, Robin Levine, Naomi Sage, Sarah Maguire Burns (who got married in July 2006),Wynn, PhD '02, and Sujata GadkarWilcox (who were married in August 2005), Jared Stein, Jason Schall, Alexander Tuneski '00, Sidd Sinha and Shally Madan (who are living in Michigan),Wazila Shikari, and Pooja Agrawal '00.

Congratulations to Christa Cavallaro, who married Travis Glazier on September 9, 2006 in Syracuse, NY. Other Cornellians in attendance included maid of honor Felicia Clancy '02, bridesmaid Melissa Dibella '02, and "Dukes of Honor" David Zackowitz and Nick Bodor. Also last September, James Gutow and Christobel Lorie were married on Cape Cod. James is working at Barclays Capital Investment Bank in NYC.

Checking in from New York City, Zachary Bernstein is an attorney at Manatt Phelps & Phillips, specializing in land use and zoning law. In his spare time, he works as the manager of a music group, The Crooners.Maybe he'll be able to bring them to the Concert Commission at Cornell, as he did with other bands while at school. Nichol Merrill Swartley and her husband Kyle bought a house last summer in Waterloo, NY. She has been working as a loan officer for Farm Credit ofWestern New York in Geneva and is also in charge of keeping the office's computer running.

Ryan Hale checks in from Swampscott, MA, where he is working for Stroud Consulting and their Fortune 500 clients that work for manufacturing companies. They work together to solve "impossible problems" and unleash the potential in business and people.When Ryan last wrote in, he hoped to extend his current project in Milan so he could start off the ski season in the Valle D'Aosta. In his spare time, he cooks with wife Suzanne and plays with their corgi, Jack. Ryan has been training for his second season of triathlons and his first marathon. Jennifer Kerrigan and two teammates from Campbell U. School of Law won the 2007 William E.McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition held at the U. of Minnesota Law School and also won the Best Brief award in March. The National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious appellate advocacy competitions. The competition problem was based on Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, a case involving the constitutionality of voluntary race-conscious school assignment plans at primary and secondary public schools.

Congratulations to Arthur Okere on his graduation from Boston U. School of Medicine. This month he continued his medical career as a resident in internal medicine at NYU Medical Center. Future plans include applying for a cardiology fellowship. Adam Coen graduated from NYU Medical School in 2005 and is currently completing his first year of radiology residency in D.C. Kathryn Prybylski traveled to Mali in Africa for two weeks with Kirsten Myers '04 to visit their friend Sara Delaney '04, who is there working with Peace Corps Service. Last October Kathryn moved from Southie to Jamaica Plain, MA, and was delighted to encounter three other Cornellians in the neighborhood. When not working as a civil engineer, she plays rugby for Boston Women's Rugby Club.

Do you want to reconnect with a former roommate, classmate, or friend from your time in Ithaca? Then check out our Class of 2001 Facebook Group: http://cornell.facebook. com/group.php?gid=2232474330.Would you like to compare those online photos with photos from our Cornell days, but you didn't buy a yearbook back in your senior year? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

Whether at weddings, at BBQs, or on vacation trips, may you find yourself in the company of a good Cornell friend or two this summer. Remember to write and tell us about the good times you had. -- Trina Lee, TKL6@cornell.edu; or LaurenWallach, LEW15@cornell.edu.

02 | Spring is here as I write this column, and I am counting the days until our 5th Reunion.However, you won't be reading these words until well after the event, so stay tuned to the next issue for a full Reunion Report. I was actually up in Ithaca ahead of reunion for the Cornell Tae Kwon Do Alumni Weekend in May, where I ran into fellow '02ers Alice Tu Cho, Abhishek Mathur, and Nancy Archambault, as well as team members Conway Yee '00, Phil Yen '98, ME '99, Ben Edelman '03, Dan Chuang '96, and Chris Tuozzolo '96, MME '98. Abhishek graduated from NYU Stern School of Law in 2005 and now lives in White Plains, NY. He recently got married in India and is enjoying his swift 25-minute door-to-door commute into the city. Nancy is living and working in Kansas, and Alice has been working for Cornell catering services. If you have not been back to the Hill in 2007 yet, it may be a shock to your system to see the bright monstrous Starbucks on the corner of Dryden Road and College Avenue.

Judy Jensvold wrote to tell us that her son Christopher W. Shaw's book, Preserving the People's Post Office, was recently published by Essential Books. It is about the erosion of government service through privatization, using the Post Office as the prime example. An editorial review by Senator Byron L. Dorgan (North Dakota Review) read, "This book highlights what Middle America already knows: the post office is the core of the community in rural areas and provides an anchor for many of our small towns. Christopher Shaw speaks for the millions of Americans who live in those rural places."

Corey Fulton is in law school in Philadelphia. She writes, "I ran the Philadelphia Marathon in November 2006—my first marathon ever." Corey spent Spring Break traveling around Costa Rica.What she remembers most of all was the $5.00 pitcher of beer and/or nachos deal at Rulloff 's (aka "dinner") "that I would take advantage of more often than I'd like to remember."We can all relate to that one! Eva Marcotrigiano lives in Portland, OR, and is a judicial clerk. An avid outdoors enthusiast, she is also studying for the Bar exam, though she says she'd prefer to be backpacking on Mount Rainier. She would love to hear from "any of the girls from our group project in Strategic Management."Another Portland local, Kate Bennett, raised funds for "Climb Mount Hood."

Congratulations to husband and wife Pearl Ann Hendrix and Charles Jerdonek, who welcomed son Zeb Nicholas on October 13, 2006. Zeb was born at Princeton University Medical Center. Perhaps a future member of the Class of 2028?

With summer fast approaching, I am sure many of you have great trips planned and want the rest of the class to be nice and jealous—send me your news! I'll share your Reunion stories in the next issue. -- Carolyn Deckinger, cmd35@cornell.edu.

03 | Hello, Class of '03! By the time you read this column we will be less than a year away from reunion. Can you believe how quickly this has crept up on us? Greg Austic has been busy in the years since graduating. "I did an Americorps program in Arizona for six months building trail and thinning forest to reduce fire damage, and then went into the Peace Corps in Moldova for two years as an agricultural volunteer. There I worked with local farmers to develop a marketing cooperative and irrigation association, and helped promote drip irrigation for vegetable row crops. I am currently working at Piedmont Biofuels, an alternative energy cooperative that focuses on biodiesel production. I have met a number of Cornellians in the field!"Welcome back, Greg! Robin Abraham is also doing her part to help with the environmental challenges of our time. She writes, "Since graduation I have been living in Salem, MA, a small coastal city 20 minutes north of Boston, and working at Winter Street Architects. In 2005 I passed the interior design licensing exam (NCIDQ), and in 2006 I became a LEED accredited professional. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design exam was developed by the US Green Building Council to promote sustainable and energy efficient construction and building operation. I was able to buy a small condo in Salem and completely renovated it with the help of my dad, Robert Abraham '75.We were also part of a 12-person team that completed a 209-mile relay race from Bretton Woods to Hampton Beach, NH, called Reach the Beach."

Christine Banks has been working for a wildlife conservation nonprofit in New York called Wildlife Trust (www.wildlifetrust.org) since June 2003. "After putting it off for several years, I finally started graduate school in the Master of Conservation Biology program at Columbia U. last fall while still working full-time at Wildlife Trust. I'm also a student representative for the Int'l Association for Ecology and Health and work on the journal EcoHealth as well." Congrats, Christine! Ankur Bulsara writes from the road to fame. "Three Cornellians—me, Kyle Beswick '02, and Jonah Rivera—all moved out to Los Angeles in Feb. 2003 to pursue a career in music.We had formed a band called ‘we should run' while at Cornell and released two albums under that name. In Nov. 2005, the band was signed to an independent label. Unfortunately, things went south with the label and we mutually parted ways.We underwent a rebirth and rebranded ourselves ‘Seneca Hawk.' That's our history, here's our news: we're touring the US this summer in July/August and doing some recording in May." Pretty exciting! Check out Ankur's band at www.senecahawk.net or search for them on iTunes.

Jason Berman has passed both the New York and Connecticut Bar and is now practicing law. Katie Calabrese has also joined the ranks of lawyers, having graduated from U. of Pennsylvania Law School in May 2006. She's now in New York City working as a first-year associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation department at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Jamie Porco will be graduating from St. Johns Law School in June and starting up her career in the fall with the law firm Winston & Strawn in Manhattan. Also deserving of congratulations is Lisa Briggins-Tate. She completed her Master of Public Health in 2005 and moved to Jacksonville, FL. In March 2006 she gave birth to her first daughter, Zoe Karisa Tate, who is now a year old. Currently she is teaching at-risk students through a charter high school at the Jacksonville Job Corps Center.

Sara Bufferd is enjoying her time as a second-year graduate student in the PhD program in clinical psychology at SUNY Stony Brook. MegWalraed Sullivan, ME '04, moved to Seattle to work for Microsoft after graduation, but then quit and moved to San Diego to get a PhD. She's still there enjoying the sun (when she's not in the books). Laura Troiola has completed her master's in engineering and changed careers from the Dept. of the Army to American Express. She says she never thought she'd be shooting machine guns and blowing up explosives, "but it was an interesting experience." Now she's living in the West Village and loves the local eateries and stores ("Murray's cheese rocks!" she writes). Ben Weiss will be leaving the working world to head back to college this fall. He writes, "I've been working in management consulting in New York City (two years at MMG Partners, two years at Opera Solutions). This fall I will be attending business school at INSEAD-Singapore, which should be a rather large change."

Well, a lot's been happening since we graduated! I've started a new job as the communications manager at Washington Conservation Voters. It's been an exciting transition and I'm enjoying being involved in the Washington environmental political scene. I know I've been busy and I'm sure all of you are, too, so I appreciate everyone taking the time to write and share their stories. I can't wait until reunion where we'll all get to catch up in person. Please continue to keep me and Sam posted with your adventures and updates. -- Sudha Nandagopal, sn58@cornell.edu; Samantha Buckingham Noonan, noonans@seattleu.edu. You can also find me on facebook.com through our Cornell Class of 2003 group.

04 | Our class correspondent Vanessa Matsis, Esq. (v.matsis@verizon.net) has courageously entrusted me to handle our class updates while she embarks upon a two-issue sabbatical. Graduation from Fordham Law School this year allows her to travel a bit. Be sure to offer your local restaurant and lodging tips as she sees Europe this summer. Hotelies: If you would, let's show Vanessa some Hotelie-style hospitality.

We must stop and celebrate the life of Tony Apuzzo. His family, girlfriend Jessica Rounds, and close friend Jeremy Paley composed the tribute below specifically to share with our class. Tony, know that you touched many. You lived out the words that former President Jeffrey Lehman '77 encouraged us with on our Commencement day,"May you frequently travel beyond the places that are comfortable and familiar, the better to appreciate the miraculous diversity of life." Your class holds a grateful moment of silence for you.

"Anthony Apuzzo tragically passed away at the age of 25 on April 8 after a 13-month battle with liver cancer. At Cornell, Tony was a staff writer for the Cornell Daily Sun, and taught literature and writing with the Cornell prison writing program at Auburn Correctional Facility. After graduation, Tony moved to NYC's Lower East Side, where he worked for a small wine and beverage consultancy. There, Tony organized wine tastings and conducted wine research. His career excelled as his impeccable palate established a reputation for great sophistication.

"From James Joyce novels to Memphis dry-rub barbeque and obscure wine regions, Tony's passion to learn about new subjects and feel new experiences led him to greatly appreciate his undergraduate opportunities. Tony co-founded the club baseball team, rowed light-weight crew his freshman year, and competed for the Mock Trial team. He loved swimming in the gorges, napping for long afternoons on Slope Day, attending Cornell hockey games, watching ‘Seinfeld' re-runs, driving great distances to attend rock and roll concerts (especially if Bruce Springsteen was playing!), and eating lunch at Collegetown Bagels (he notably enjoyed the Tuscan Verde sandwich).

"At Cornell, Tony helped to invent and launch a legendary athletic competition known as the ‘dodecathlon.' It was a daylong series of 12 sporting events, which culminated in a celebration of athleticism and friendship. But Tony was a true Renaissance man: he also created the world's greatest recipe for flank steak, which he would display at frequent ad hoc epic grilling sessions in Collegetown. He was possibly the only person to own both original Traveling Wilburys CDs.

"Tony is survived by his parents, Susan and Edward Apuzzo of Sleepy Hollow, NY, and his sisters Anne and Natalie of New York City. He is also survived by his girlfriend, Jessica Rounds, of New York City. He will be dearly missed by his closest friends at Cornell, especially the guys from his freshman year hall on the fourth floor of Clara Dickson, and friends from his Wilderness Reflections excursion."

Finally, we include the last stanza of Robert Frost's poem, Birches. On behalf of his Cornell family, these sentiments are dedicated to Tony and all those who love him.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches.
And so I dream of going back to be.
It's when I'm weary of considerations,
And life is too much like a pathless wood
Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs
Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig's having lashed across it open.
I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate willfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree,
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

Faithfully, your class co-president and correspondent: -- Esther Tang, et55@cornell.edu.

05 | Greetings, Class of 2005! Based on the influx of updates I've received, it seems that classmates are going full speed ahead with their careers, studies, and amazing life experiences. I'm back in my hometown of Philly, once again enjoying easy access to water ice and soft pretzels. Also back in Philly is Ashley Berke, whom I first met at a Cornell Club of Philadelphia send-off reception before heading up to Ithaca for our first semester! Writes Ashley, "Literally the day after graduation, I started my position as public relations coordinator for the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit museum in Philadelphia. I have had some incredible experiences, the most notable occurring last October when the Center presented the 2006 Liberty Medal to presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush for their Hurricane Katrina efforts. I got to spend time with both presidents and the ceremony performer, Bon Jovi. I was also in charge of all the national television crews that covered the event, including ‘World News with Charles Gibson,' which broadcasted live from the ceremony."

Our classmates are all over the world. Nathaniel Grams is back in his hometown of Vancouver, BC, where he worked last summer at Camp Qwanoes on Vancouver Island. Now he is preparing to enter a Master of Counseling Psychology program at Trinity Western U. Tracy Sinnott Comer is currently deployed to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division, and she will be there for the next year or so. Says Tracy, "Since graduating from Cornell and getting married, I've been to Fort Sam Houston, TX, for Medical Service Corps Officer Basic Course and then to Fort Benning, where I lived for about a year before being deployed [to Iraq]. I hope all is well with the rest of our classmates!"

From Raul Bermeo: "Last November, Unilever transferred me to their Mexico City offices with a promotion to associate. Any Cornellian is welcome to visit!" Cate Kellett sends her regards with this update: "Since graduation, I've been working on my master's in Spanish linguistics while teaching Spanish at SUNY Albany. Last summer, Kathleen Walsh and I backpacked through South America. There we found that the Cornell connection does indeed exist everywhere: we ate at a restaurant in Mendoza, Argentina, owned by a Hotelie and ran into a current law student in an Internet cafe in Peru. Here in Albany I joined the local Cornell Alumni Chapter and currently serve on the board as secretary. I also help Kristina Hong '03 with young alumni events. If anyone's in the Albany area and does not receive the many e-mails from the club, please write me at catekellett@gmail.com and I'll be sure to pass along the info. This fall I start law school. I haven't yet reached a decision, but it'll probably be Wisconsin."

Says Laura Borden, "I am working in Washington, DC, carving out a new, created-especially-for-me marketing position with architecture/design firm Ayers Saint Gross, an exciting departure from the agriculture and nutrition-related communication positions I've held!" Back in May, Laura also participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which allowed her to meet other like-minded people and get acquainted with the city. Dylan Bindman has decided he would like to be a doctor. "After working for a year and a half at the U. of Minnesota Medical School, I am now taking pre-medical school coursework at the U. of Minnesota and plan to apply for medical school, entering in the fall of 2008. How's that for using my Government degree?!"

Valerie Bluth lives on the Upper West Side of NYC and is a second year law student at Fordham Law. Says Valerie, "I am putting my ILR education to good use this summer (and hopefully beyond) at Vedder, Price, Kaufman, and Kammholz in their labor and employment law practice. I'm making a ‘living' bartending and waitressing at Butterfield 8 in Bryant Park. Life is great, but I'm definitely missing Cornell life."Hotelie Kate Kastenbaum writes, "I've been missing the Hill! I'm still not used to weather in the 80s in the beginning of March. Las Vegas has been a treat! I've been busy supporting the 30-some property revenue managers for Harrah's Entertainment. I am now off and traveling the country, rolling out our new Revenue Management System. Additionally, I'm starting a new employee network group at Harrah's called HYPO: Harrah's Young Professionals Organization. I'm keeping busy, but it's all been worth it!"

Congratulations to Eric Goldstein, who will be beginning his third year at Washington U. School of Law. Eric has been elected editor-in-chief of theWashington U. Global Studies Law Review. Additionally, the Note he authored this year as a staff member on the Review was selected for publication. The Note, entitled "Properly Inspecting the Hands that Feed Us: Requiring US Quality for All Imported Foods," will appear in a forthcoming volume.

Due to column limits I cannot print every update submitted right away, but I will include as many as possible as soon as I can! Feel free to send any updates to classof2005news@gmail.com—we look forward to hearing from you! -- Michelle Wong, michelle.r.wong@gmail.com; Jennifer Miel, miel.jennifer@gmail.com.

06 | Dominik Naczynski, a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major at Cornell, is now working toward his PhD in chemical and biochemical engineering at Rutgers. "I've started working on cancer drug delivery over the last few months. So far I love it."Aside from his doctorate, Dom is heading to Spain in June, and will be backpacking across Europe for a month with a bunch of friends. Already in Europe,Milena Pappas is finishing her MSc in shipping, trade, and finance in London. Starting next year, she hopes to work for a shipping chartering company in London for about a year or two before returning to Greece. "I am also going to be involved in real estate this summer and next year, parallel to work."

Paving his way in New York City, native Long Islander Manny Prieto is pursuing a master's in applied physiology and nutrition at Columbia U., where several of his classmates are fellow Cornellians. In addition to a two-year master's program, he has a dietetic internship and is a personal trainer at Manhattan Plaza Health Club. "I miss Cornell and its beautiful campus.When Columbia and Cornell compete with each other in sporting events, I still wear red! Needless to say,my loyalty to the Big Red continues to run true." DaleWinham works for Aramark Higher Education at Peace College in Raleigh, NC, as the assistant food service director.

Reporting in from Japan, where he has taken a year-by-year job teaching English to elementary school and junior-high-aged kids, Brett Staebell is having quite a learning experience: "It's even crazier than it sounds." Carol Arias teaches third grade bilingual in Manhattan. She's in the NYC Teaching Fellows program and is going for her master's in education at Fordham U. Peter Crysdale is a secondary science teacher in the Peace Corps. He will be serving in Burkina Faso from August 24, 2007 to August 23, 2009 and was to begin training in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso on June 7.

Down in Rey Curre, Costa Rica, John Cape is volunteering as an English teacher for first through sixth graders for a year through the WorldTeach program. "It has been quite an experience so far! Outside of the classroom, I'm learning all about Tico and Borunca (indigenous) culture—how to slaughter pigs and chickens, make traditional masks, cook, and dance." John hopes all is well back on the Hill. Speaking of "back on the Hill," some of us embraced Cornell's campus for a while longer. Alex Deyle, ME '07, finished up his degree in May '07 in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. In July, he will start a job for a consulting firm based out of Philadelphia. "If all goes as planned, I'll be taking a cross-country road trip in between graduation and starting to work in the real world." Also in a five-year program, Oat Wichiencharoen, MS ORIE '07, is looking forward to starting his career in corporate IT consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Manhattan. Already an IT recruiter in NYC,Mark Blackman works for Park Hudson Int'l.

Miriam Otero attends Cornell Law School and has continued to participate on the Puerto Rican Student Association. She even managed to get federal judge Gustavo Gelpi from the District of Puerto Rico to be the keynote speaker at the banquet on April 20, 2007. At the Fordham School of Law, Krystyn Tendy, MPA '06, just finished her first year and will be interning this summer for the Hon. Barbara S. Jones, a Federal District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York. Eugene Lerman studies at the U. of Virginia. Like all law students, Eugene says "it's a lot of work." Also at UVA, Josh Katcher was invited by the law school dean to be his research assistant for the summer. He encourages anyone in the Charlottesville area to shoot him an e-mail at jdk38@cornell.edu.

Nicole Dilmani began work toward her MD at St. George's U. School of Medicine. Other than that, she says, "I haven't done a whole lot. Life is pretty much schoolfocused right now." Inna Kleyman finished up her first year of medical school in Brooklyn. This summer she is doing research at Oxford and "spending the remainder of my ‘last free summer ever' traveling around Europe."Among her studies and travel plans, Inna still pursues photography, trying to keep up with a photoblog (www.innakleyman. com). Also in NYC, Robin Scherman has been working at Gevity as a human resources consultant. Her twin sister Randi Scherman is also working in the HR consulting world. Randi has moved to Philadelphia and works as an executive compensation associate at Towers Perrin.

Summer Rej works in the marketing department for Vogue magazine in NYC. Lindsay Ulrey lives in Los Angeles and works at Ketchum in the entertainment marketing division. "My focus is in product placement and brand integration in TV and film." In her spare time she volunteers by coaching a youth soccer team and tries to attend many Cornell Club events. Upon graduation, Ryan Moriarty moved from New York and got an apartment in Santa Monica. During the day, Ryan is an assistant to producer Lawrence Bender at A Band Apart Productions in Beverly Hills; and by moonlight . . . an aspiring screenwriter. I met Ryan through a film project at Cornell and hope to team up with him on the Hollyweird scene in LaLa Land soon!

Ned Shalanski is a landscape architect for the NYC Parks Department. He works on public space design projects for the borough of Brooklyn. Since January, he's been living in Jackson Heights, just a block away from its Historic District. "Hooray for being surrounded by great architecture without having to pay higher rent for it!" As far as he knows, he's the only '06 Cornellian enjoying this Spanish-South American-Indian wonderland. This fall, he plans to apply to graduate programs for a master's degree in landscape architecture or urban design. Jonathan Law works for BDE Architecture in San Francisco, a firm that focuses on housing developments. Jonathan is currently working on a private school in Menlo Park and some condos in Monterey. "I'm playing a lot of basketball, of course, and am starting to get ready to study for the ARE— the architectural licensing exam."

Megan Belkin is an interior designer working for Perkins Eastman in NYC. "I work primarily on healthcare projects, including NYU, Duke, Penn, St. Vincent's, Mt. Sinai, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering medical centers."Megan Womer, residing in New Canaan, CT, holds down two part-time jobs while attending New York School of Interior Design (NYSID). Although stressed ("to say the least"),Megan is "lovin' it!" After graduation, Christelle Haeringer moved back home to Hawaii, where she is a realtor with Coldwell Banker in their Kahala office. After experiencing four years of Ithaca weather, Christelle is "glad to be back in the islands!"Matt Altomare writes, "Life is crazy these days with moving across the country to Texas and getting accustomed to a new career path." Originally from Fairfax,VA, and a former Air Force ROTC,Matt currently holds a position with the US Air Force in San Angelo, TX.

Congratulations to all of you, and keep up the great work! I'm looking forward to hearing about what happens next, so please follow up with your correspondents. Thanks! -- Kate DiCicco, kad46@cornell.edu; and Nicole DeGrace, ngd4@cornell.edu.

07 | Hello, Class of 2007! Congratulations on officially being Cornell alumni! Since graduation has come and gone, it is now our time to explore diverse career paths and transition into the next stage of our lives.

For some of our classmates, the inevitable journey from college into the "real world" has already started; for others it will be postponed as we sign up for more schooling. While Christopher James Kupka and I plan on attending law school this fall, others, such as Scott Millman and Anna Hays, plan on attending medical school. Kinjal Jalavadia already continued with her schooling earlier this summer. Kinjal stayed at Cornell after graduating in May, working toward her master's in Engineering Management.

Many other classmates are already in the workforce and have written us, since graduating, with updates on their whereabouts. Tim Rodriguez resides in NYC with his fiancée Lisa and cat Jezebel. After graduating with a BS in Food Science, he now works as a research analyst with a global food and agribusiness consulting firm. This past spring, he gave a lecture on food economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Others in NYC are Sam Lundi and Tiffany Chieu. After spending the spring traveling the world, going skydiving, and flying in a MIG jet, Sam is there doing investment banking with Lazard. Tiffany is working as a paralegal before going to law school.

Jennifer Molloy works at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System as an administrative resident in the Dept. of Corporate Quality Management. She wants to wish all the best to her fellow classmates! Meanwhile, JonathanWeinstein works for Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst for Gaming, Leisure & Transportation, and Rebecca Sotsky is in Philadelphia working for Lincoln Financial Group in sales and marketing. Ruben Peperkamp has also written in: "As a proud alum, I am working on making Cornell, specifically ILR, proud of me. I am still earning a small living with my own company providing Western Europe with American products. At the same time, I am applying to companies that want to expand their services overseas, possibly becoming a liaison between the East and West."

I'd like to personally thank all of you who participated this year in the Senior Class Campaign: Givestrong 2007! As you may recall, our class gift to Cornell was the Class of 2007 Endowed Scholarship. For every gift of at least $5, Trustee Martha Coultrap '71 pledged $25 toward the scholarship fund! Your donations will go toward benefiting Cornellians of the future. It will allow them to enjoy the many opportunities we had as students and the memories we now hold and miss. On that note, I encourage you to remain active as alumni, uphold your strong Cornell school spirit, and stay in touch!

There are many ways you can remain connected as Cornell alumni. First, please check out our class website at http://classof2007.cornell.edu. On this site, you can find out more about our class activities, future reunions, and classmate contacts and whereabouts. At the Cornell Alumni Directory (https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu), you can get contact information of other Cornellians, and through the Cornell Contact Network (http://www.career.cornell.edu/alumni/shareExperiences.html), you can post job listings or contact other alumni for available positions.

To take advantage of Cornell's e-mail forwarding service, go to: http://www.cuconnect.cornell.edu/index.cfm. And to update your address so that you can keep getting our class mailings, this great magazine, and other Cornell communications, go to: http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/update.htm.

Lastly, don't forget to write to us so we can include your updates in our next column! Please send any information regarding your recent activities, jobs, and/or important announcements to me or Marianna. As your class correspondents, we look forward to hearing from you! -- Dana Sckolnick, drs45@cornell.edu; and Marianna Gomez, mag95@cornell.edu.