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agronomy from Penn State and is now in a Ph.D.
program in biology at West Virginia University.
Tory Harding
is working toward a master’s in
archaeology and another in geographic informa-
tion systems (GIS) at Indiana University of Penn-
sylvania.
Alicia Johnson
recently received her master’s
in forensic psychology. She is a program coordina-
tor for a court diversion program inVermont.
Fellow Vermonter
Sara Domina
is living and
working in St. Albans,Vt., at Northwestern Coun-
seling and Support Services (NCSS) as a youth
employment specialist in a state-funded JOBS
program. She primarily works with out-of-school
youth ages 16-22 with barriers to employment and
helps teach job and other life skills.
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working as an environmental educator in Ver-
mont’s Northeast Kingdom. She’s preparing to
hike the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevadas and
is excited to make the move outWest, location yet
to be determined!
Luke Tobin
is at the New Hampton School
in New Hampshire, teaching English and coaching
soccer and snowboarding. He received his MS in
education last year.
I also heard from
Rosa Rodriguez
, who is liv-
ing in Costa Rica and working with different orga-
nizations that focus on reforesting and preserving
the land. She will also be helping the indigenous
community in the area with their English language
skills. Down the road, she is looking to move else-
where in South America to pursue a career work-
ing at a bilingual elementary school.
Harry Neely
has been living in Union County,
N.J. He’s a campaign manager and legislative aide
to Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean.
Eric Velasquez
is working at Boston Sports
Club in Wellesley, Mass., as a membership consul-
tant. He is also in grad school at Southern New
Hampshire University, pursing a master’s degree
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bodybuilding show.
Katie Palmer
is consultant for a software
company called Citrix and has been traveling all
over the U.S. for her job. She recently started a
six-month stint in D.C. and was in a wedding with
Rachel Mandeix
this past summer.
I also heard from several of our West-Coasters!
Mackie Mescon
reports that she,
Hanzi De-
schermeier
,
Benn Whitney
and Jim Hillick
’08 spent last winter in Truckee, Cal., working,
coaching and skiing through a winter with record
snowfall! They are all still living in Tahoe.
Doug
Mabee
met up with them for some skiing last
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ished working on a 680-mile natural gas pipeline in
Utah, Nevada and Oregon.Then he was off to Red
Devil,Alaska, to work on a mercury mine reclama-
tion project.
Marina Chiasson
is living in Aspen, Col. She
reports that she recently got a promotion to as-
sociate publisher of
Plum Aspen Magazine
, which
launched in December, as well as
Plum Vail Maga-
zine
, launching later this year. She was looking for-
ward to this new and exciting venture with Plum.
Congratulations, Marina!
Liz Karam
writes from Park City, Utah, were
she recently left her job with the U.S. Ski and
Snowboard Association to start an online rental
property listing company with a friend. She is going
through the process of trademarking her company
and will be launching within the next few months.
Bruce Orr
recently moved out West as well.
He writes: “Last summer I moved from Stamford,
Conn., to San Francisco to continue my career
as an account executive for a sales and market-
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business-to-business sales and marketing research
as well as best practices around how to optimize
their organizations. I plan on being here for the
foreseeable future. Life is good out here. But I miss
the good ol’ days in the North Country!” Me too,
Bruce!
It is really great to hear from so many people.
Thanks for all of the updates and I hope to hear
from more of you soon.
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Joshua Johnson ’10
1110 8th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
716-499-3016 (cell)
joshua.david.johnson16@gmail.com
Next Reunion: 5th, 2014
(cluster with ’08, ’10)
Hey classmates! Hope everyone is doing well. I
have some cool updates from members of our
class.
I recently connected with
Nora Wolinsky
and
Lyndsay LaBarge
in New York City. We had
the opportunity to see SLU alum band Grace Pot-
ter and the Nocturnals perform in Central Park.
Nora is living in Brooklyn and working for a digital
advertising company as a project manager. Lynd-
say is back in Canton, working for the alma mater;
she got a job as an assistant director of admissions.
So if you have a friend or family member thinking
about attending SLU, send them her way!
Back in D.C.,
Kristen Kelly
has an intern-
ship at the Partnership for Public Service. She is
working on the Excellence in Government Fellows
program for GS-14 and GS-15 federal employees.
After the internship, she is looking to stay in D.C.,
with a full-time job working with event planning
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On the other side of the world,
Stanzi Mc-
Glynn
checks in about her experience with the
Peace Corps. In June, Stanzi headed to Senegal to
work as a small enterprise development trainer.
Her time there will span two years and three
months. Stanzi said that spending a semester in
Kenya made her want to join the Peace Corps
and she is thrilled that she has the opportunity to
head back to Africa. Before leaving for the Peace
Corps, Stanzi was working in Lake Placid and help-
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inVermont. Stanzi says that she misses the North
Country, but might be able to get used to a bit
warmer weather for two years.
Another classmate doing work in Africa is
Brit-
tony Chartier
. She is doing an internship with
an NGO called Peace Matunda. The project she
is working on is centered around an orphanage in
Tanzania. The orphanage serves 158 children, as
their primary education. Peace Matunda is in ru-
ral Tanzania, and provides basic education, proper
housing and adequate health care to many chil-
dren.
Brittony said if you are interested in helping out
and supporting Peace Matunda, you can go to their
website (www.peacematunda.org). Her experi-
ence was made possible by the Canadian Interna-
tional Development Agency.
In further international news,
Arturs Sabu-
rovs
began working for Mission Possible in Latvia.
I found this especially cool because the organiza-
tion is related to Teach for All, which is a branch
of Teach for America, with which I am working in
D.C. Arturs will be teaching geography and English
in Latvia. Arturs said,“I really believe in education.
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ence life in a negative way and how the presence
of education completely changes one’s life for the
good.” He sees his opportunity to participate in
Mission Possible as a blessing. He is excited for the
opportunity to improve young peoples’ knowledge
and inspire their big goals. Arturs said that he was
lucky to have a very good education and wants to
use that to inspire his students to learn by doing
and experiencing. His experiences at St. Lawrence
have encouraged him to promote deep, critical and
open thinking amongst his classes.
Chris McDonald
joined
Amanda Earley
in
teaching English in China. Amanda is entering her
second year after a brief summer return to the
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He is teaching through the Council on Internation-
al Education Exchange, which Amanda was work-
ing with the previous year. Chris is teaching high
school English in Qinhuangdao; Amanda is in her
second year teaching Kindergarten in Shanghai.
Keep sending news my way! I haven’t been re-
ceiving too much, so encourage your friends to
shoot me a quick email so I can share any exciting
news.
Carl Festa ’09
has
been named head
coach of the Col-
lege of Wooster’s
men’s lacrosse
team, after serving
in that capac-
ity on an interim
basis during the
2011 season. He
was an assistant lacrosse coach during the
2009-10 academic year, when he was also
an assistant on the Scots’ football staff for
the 2009 and 2010 seasons. He partici-
pated in both sports at St. Lawrence, earn-
ing all-league honors twice as a lacrosse
defender and playing in the 2009 USILA
North-South Senior All-Star Game. He
was a government major at SLU.