Class Year: 2000

Abigail Van Kempen ’06 Dufel and Cari Dufel announce the birth of Harriet Leigh on July 9, 2017 Continue Reading →

Ashley Glickman ’06 and Michael Kozma announce the birth of Roxie Eleanor on July 30, 2017 Continue Reading →

Andrew Rose ’06 and Lauren Mueller ’07 Rose announce the birth of Lukas Richmond on May 31, 2017. He joins big brothers Christian and Gabe. Continue Reading →

Meghan Florian ’07 had her book The Middle of Things: Essays published in July by Cascade Books. Continue Reading →

Ashley Bainbridge ’07 Foster and Brett Foster announce the birth of Grace Annilee on Jan. 19, 2017. She joins big brother Lane (age 3) and furry brother Scout. Continue Reading →

Kali Hess ’07 Haynes and Addison Haynes ’08 announce the birth of Cohen William on May 9, 2017. He joins Briella Hope, who was born on Feb. 2, 2015. Kali is the head coach of the Brebeuf Jesuit Dance Team, and Addison is a physician at IU Health. Continue Reading →

Schuchen Deborah Li ’07 has assumed the regional role of communications manager for Getz Healthcare, managing the marketing and communications needs for the entire company with presence in more than nine countries in Asia. Continue Reading →

Laura Peterson ’07 recently moved to northern Virginia to begin working as a children’s librarian for the Loudoun County Public Library System. Continue Reading →

Miriam Lee ’07 Presley is teaching K-6 general music for Southern York County Public Schools in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. Continue Reading →

Stephanie Konfara ’07 Wright and Justin Wright announce the birth of Elliot Dawson on June 2, 2017. He joins big brother Ethan. Continue Reading →

Jeremy Benson ’08 is a poet laureate of Napa County, California. Continue Reading →

Tarin Coulas ’08 completed her pediatric residency at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in June 2017. She is now a pediatrician at Spectrum Health Medical Group – Pediatrics in Grand Haven, Michigan Continue Reading →

Sarah Watkins ’08 Fabian of Chicago, Illinois, is in her second year of teaching in the Department of Communication, Media, and Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) as a tenure-track assistant professor of theatre. In July she was named the new managing artistic director of NEIU’s Stage Center Theatre, and she reported looking forward to… Continue Reading →

Heidi Weir ’08 Franklin of Canton, Michigan, completed her first year as marketing director for ATEQ Aviation. Continue Reading →

Yvette Wissner ’08 Scharf received a Master of Science in nursing – family nurse practitioner degree from Olivet Nazarene University on Tuesday, Aug. 15. She is working as a nurse practitioner with Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw, Michigan Continue Reading →

Joseph Seymour ’08 received a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue Reading →

Drew Wierda ’08 and Lindsey Cole ’08 Wierda announce the birth of Theodore Edgar on Aug. 29, 2017 Continue Reading →

Lauren Stacks ’08 Yamaoka is now working as a major gifts officer for Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She and her husband, Tom Yamaoka ’08, are recent transplants to the DFW area and would love to connect with other Hope College alumni in the area. Continue Reading →

Timothy Carter ’09 reports that after spending the past six years in sub-Saharan Africa, most recently as the deputy country director for Samaritan’s Purse in South Sudan, he returned to Michigan to pursue an MBA from the University of Michigan this fall. Continue Reading →