Class Year: 2010

Sarah VanderMeer ’10 graduated from Western Michigan University in April 2018 with a Ph.D. in geosciences. Her research involved mapping the surficial geology of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and then interpreting the former glacial history of the region. Her map won the “Best Student Geologic Map Competition” at the 2017 Geological… Continue Reading →

Madelyn Clark ’11 and Steven Filimon were married on Aug. 11, 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Continue Reading →

James Colten ’11 and Jennifer Walton were married on Nov. 10, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Their officiant was Caleb Schut ’11). James was also promoted to associate director, fellow recruitment and admissions, at Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). Continue Reading →

Peter Luzzi ’11 graduated from Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2018. He is a first-year resident physician in internal medicine at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. Continue Reading →

Austin Brancheau ’12 and Reanna Janisse ’13 were married on Sept. 22, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan. Continue Reading →

Eden Collins ’12 received her M.F.A. degree in studio art from the University of Texas at San Antonio in December 2018. Following graduation, she is teaching undergraduate courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Continue Reading →

Dean Hazle ’12 and Mia Savagian ’12 were married in August 2018 in Redondo Beach, California. Continue Reading →

Maggie Blaich ’12 Myers and Michael Myers announce the birth of Joseph Dante on July 13, 2018. Continue Reading →

Danielle Northuis ’12 and Ben Uzarski were married on Sept. 22, 2018, in West Olive, Michigan. They are currently residing in Grand Haven, Michigan. Continue Reading →

Carter Piers ’12 of Honolulu, Hawaii, is a certified substance-abuse preventionist and was recently hired by the Hawaii Department of Education to serve as a behavior health specialist at President William McKinley High School of Honolulu. He was also recognized by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium as the 2018 International Prevention Professional of the… Continue Reading →

Kalli Shades ’12 continues to work at the University of Minnesota as a physician assistant in orthopedics. Her husband, Jeffrey Corajod ’12, is in his final year of emergency medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. They just celebrated their daughter Vivian’s first birthday on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Continue Reading →

Brent Smith ’12 made his debut with Opera Philadelphia in February as Peter Quince in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, based on the Shakespeare play. In March, he sang Don Alfonso in the Academy of Vocal Arts’ production of Così fan tutte by Mozart. He recently won the Sachi Liebergesell Award from the Opera… Continue Reading →

Kathryn Ristau ’13 Stocker and Ben Stocker were married on Nov. 3, 2018, in Barrington, Illinois. They reside in Oak Park, Illinois. Kathryn is a sales project manager for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). Continue Reading →

Allison Webster ’14 Dickson received a Doctorate in Optometry degree in May 2018 from the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University. Continue Reading →

Rachel Rebhan ’14 received a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences in May. Continue Reading →

Miranda Orlando ’14 Ulaszek graduated with a Master of Medical Science degree in physician-assistant studies from Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois. She will be starting her career as an urgent-care physician assistant with Physicians Immediate Care in the western suburbs of Chicago. Continue Reading →

Alexis Smith ’15 Henderson and Caleb Henderson were married on Aug. 25, 2018, in Naperville, Illinois. Continue Reading →

Gavin Donley ’16 is currently in the third year of the Ph.D program in chemical and biomolecular engineering (ChBE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He recently passed the preliminary exam to advance to Ph.D candidate in ChBE. Continue Reading →

Victoria Gonda ’17 spoke during a computer science seminar at Hope on Thursday, Oct. 18, on “Exploring Functional Programming.” She works remotely as an Android developer at Buffer. She is also an author for RayWenderlich. com, and is active in the Android community as a conference speaker. Continue Reading →

Nathan Vance ’17 spoke at a computer science seminar at Hope on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, on “Life As A Graduate Student in Computer Science at Notre Dame.” Continue Reading →