Class Year: 2000

Paul VanderLaan ’00 is an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and is the medical director of cytopathology and thoracic pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Continue Reading →

Paul Bush ’01 and Amy Zwart ’04 Bush announce the birth of Reagan Verity on Oct.22, 2018. Continue Reading →

Jennifer Schwieger ’01 Graham and Joshua Graham announce the birth of Benjamin Alan on March 15, 2019. He joins a big sister, Lucy. Continue Reading →

Shannon King ’02 Rischow was elected as a trustee of the Village of La Grange Library Continue Reading →

Amy Avery ’02 Weese relocated her private practice, Amy Avery Counseling Solutions, in September 2019 and also began pursuing doctoral work in July 2019, studying trauma, resilience and the church at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Continue Reading →

Amy Woolard ’02 and Marc Sanchez Diaz-Pinto announce the birth of Ian Jayden on April 15, 2019. Continue Reading →

Curt Copeland ’03 received a Sports 40 Under 40 Award from the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. He is the athletic director for South Christian High School in Byron Center, Michigan Continue Reading →

Bryan DePotty ’04 and Amy Lubbers ’05 DePotty announce the birth of Rhys Shepard on May 28, 2019. He joins big brothers Owen and Samuel Continue Reading →

Kyle Delhagen ’04 and Elena Delhagen announce the birth of Jumah Elise in September. She joins a big brother, Atticus. Continue Reading →

Todd Neckers ’04 and Kate Neckers announce the birth of Whitaker Craig on April 6, 2019. Whitaker joins older siblings Elia (6) and Wells (4). Continue Reading →

Sarah McDonald ’06 Gebben and David Gebben announce the birth of Acacia Hope Ball on March 15, 2019. She joins two big sisters, Shiloh (5) and Jude (2). Continue Reading →

Lauren Stieper ’06 Robinson and Tyler Robinson announce the adoption of Brielle Cameron, born on Dec. 8, 2018. Continue Reading →

Meghan Florian ’07 is the managing editor of MennaMedia & Herald Press Continue Reading →

Christian Piers ’07 developed and guest-edited a special issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association titled “Millennial Dentists: How they work, how they learn, and what it means for the practice of the future” that has been awarded the Golden Pen Award for importance to the dental profession from the International College of… Continue Reading →

Kristin Olson ’07 Brace has received the2018 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize for her first full-length poetry collection, Toward the Wild Abundance, which was published in July by Michigan State University Press. Her second poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press, Each Darkness Inside, was published earlier this summer. Both books, along with her first chapbook, Fence,… Continue Reading →

Sarah Story ’07 spoke about “Mapping Global  Forest Structure with NASA’s GEDI Lidar” during a physics seminar on Friday, Sept. 20, at Hope College. Continue Reading →

Alexa Jansma ’08 Powers and Adam Powers announce the birth of Lydia Nancy on May 14, 2019. She joins big brother Calvin. Continue Reading →

Jonathan Koopmans ’09 and Catherine Hoitenga ’10 Koopmans announce the birth of Ingrid Joy on Dec. 14, 2018. Jon has opened an accounting practice, Koopmans Accounting, specializing in bookkeeping, payroll and taxes Continue Reading →