David E. Johnson, MM '87, music director at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, writes: "We've finally bought a home! Robin and I just celebrated our 10th anniversary. Our kids, Zach and Zoe, are doing great. Would love to hear from BU folks, especially my percussion studio students from 1983-92. Come visit us in Colorado!"

Amy Burtner, MA '99, PhD '02, a lecturer in English at SUNY Cortland, received an Excellence in Teaching for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Award in May. "Her courses are both linked to the Ôreal world' and student-centered," reads the college's announcement of her award. "Assignments include an examination of various forms of media -- including billboards, books, newspapers and websites -- as discussion topics. Burtner's commitment to students extends beyond shared classroom time as evidenced by her use of face-to-face conferences, e-mail discussions and on-line services."

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Franklin B. Resseguie, owner of Brundage Publishing, was named Businessman of the Year by the National Republican Congressional Committee. The award is given "In recognition of the top business leaders in the United States . . . for integrating successful business practices with the unfailing support of Republican ideals such as tax relief and reduction of the federal debt."

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Jane L. Pinchin, vice president of academic advancement and Thomas A. Bartlett Chair in the department of English at Colgate University, where she served as interim president in 2001-02, was elected a member of the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees in May.

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James Jacobs, director of the Center for Work-force Development and Policy at Macomb Community College in Clinton, Mich., was elected to the board of directors of the Peoples State Bank of Madison Heights, Mich. James was formerly a professor of economics at Macomb Community College and a senior researcher for the Industrial Technology Institute in Ann Arbor. He and his wife of 27 years, Gabriella, live in Grosse Pointe Park. They have two children.

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Joel G. Cohn, global account manager for the IBM account for Gartner, Inc., a research and consulting firm in information technology, received his PhD in management and leadership organizations from the University of Phoenix. He did his dissertation on virtual selling. Joel earned his MA from the University of Notre Dame in 1968. He's married and has three children, Ian, Danielle and Marissa. Ian, the oldest, has two children, Ryan, 3, and Alexa, born this year.

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Heather Marilyn Kaney writes: "As part of my job as the school psychologist at Hoover Elementary School (Oakland, Calif.), I was contacted by an attorney regarding a student. He turned out to be Ira Leshin '85, and we were delighted to have SUNY-B in common."

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Ken Johnson writes: "After SUNY-B I earned an MFA in music education at SUNY Buffalo, where I was a dorm director for three years. I now teach algebra and geometry. Hello to former Newing, Broome Closet and Slam Stewart concert fans."

David Sammett, MD is a trauma and surgical critical care fellow at the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine/University Hospital. He received his PhD in biochemistry at Jefferson Medical College in 1982 and his MD at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 1989. He's done research in medicine at Columbia University and pediatrics at Cornell University. David did his residency in general surgery at Columbia University's Harlem Hospital.

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David Weiss writes that he and his wife, Judy (nŽe Kornbluh), met on their first day of school in Endicott Hall, Newing College, in 1973. They have "three great kids," Jeremy, who entered Binghamton this fall, Kari and Rachel. David is in the restaurant supply business. Judy is a medical sonographer.

Kenneth Wolman, proposal editor at Sarnoff Corporation, writes: "I just obtained my first full-time employment after 18 months of semi- and unemployment. To keep myself together, I worked as a part-time editor and taught as an English department adjunct at the College of New Jersey and at two central Jersey community colleges. I am still trying to assess the damage done to my soul by the experiences of the last year and a half. I suspect I've come out in a better place, if only because honesty is less wearying than the mendacity demanded by the current political and economic climate. The good part is my ex and I managed to raise two children who are now wonderful grown men. Come see them and me in my other incarnation at www.kenwolman.com."

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Robert Ponterio, MA '79, professor of French at SUNY Cortland, was honored by the college in May for his research and scholarship relating to an ongoing project he is doing in conjunction with his colleague, Jean LeLoup, a Spanish professor. The project, "FLTEACH: A Model for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction," received a National Endowment for the Humanities award this year, and aims to provide systematic, ongoing professional development for foreign language teachers through the FLTEACH discussion list.

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Michael Berman writes: "After over 20 years as an attorney and investment banker I have recently started my own financial consulting firm. I am also an associate professor of finance and accounting at New York University. I am divorced and have two amazing teenage daughters. Would enjoy hearing from old friends."

Heleen R. Loew, an education specialist in the Research Foundation at SUNY Albany, writes: "After living more than 20 years in Minneapolis and earning an MBA and an MA, I returned to New York state to be closer to my married sons -- Jeffrey, an attorney in Binghamton, Steven, a U.S. attorney in Charleston, W. Va., and Darren, an orthodontist in Flemington, N.J. -- and Ôalmost five' grandchildren."

Jan Arabas, assistant professor of art at Middlesex Community College, writes that her artwork was accepted into the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Decordova Museum and the Boston Public Library. In addition, her artwork has been featured in a dozen exhibitions this year, including exhibitions in Cuba, Montreal, New York City, North Carolina, Maine, Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

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Glenn L. Spitzer is a practicing attorney in Sacramento. In addition, he is also a judge pro tem in the Sacramento County Superior Court and a colonel and judge with the United States Air Force.

Mark L. Deutsch writes: "I was recently promoted to managing partner at Kenner & Company, a New York City-based leverage buyout firm, where I have been for the past nine years. My family recently moved into a newly built home in Scarsdale. My wife, Cathy Procino Deutsch '79, and I have two children, Julia, 10, and Eric, 8. Work and family have kept me very busy, but I continue to be very involved with the School of Management, where I serve as chair of the Metro Advisory Board. It has been very rewarding reestablishing my ties with Binghamton. For those of you who have not been back to the campus in years, it's very impressive. I have taught a one-day seminar on an actual LBO for undergrad and graduate finance students for the past two semesters. It's been a lot of fun and given me a greater appreciation for the amount of prep work required by the professors to be effective teachers. I still can't believe it's been 22 years since graduation! My wife is still waiting for me to grow up."

Matthew David Schreiber writes: "After 3.5 years as a general counsel of HomeGain.com, an online real estate services company, I recently joined Yahoo! as a senior corporate counsel. Monica is marketing manager for the California offices of the law firm Dechert, Price & Rhoads."

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Avrum D. Lapin writes that he is beginning his 13th year as a fundraising consultant with his own practice.

Shari Hill Dorfman and Dave Dorfman '80 write: "Shari has just received her master's degree in elementary education and is now beginning to fulfill her lifelong career passion. Our four children and two dogs are excited about our Ôoldest' graduate. Michael, our oldest, graduated with honors from Syosset High School this year and is attending Binghamton University this fall. Amy, 16, interned with Congressman Israel this summer and returned to high school in the fall to be a leader in many of the extracurricular organizations. Jeffrey, 14, graduated from H. B. Thompson Middle School and Aaron, 11, graduated from Walt Whitman Elementary School. Dave is finishing his tenure on the Syosset soccer board. We would love to hear from Ôold' BU friends; e-mail us!"

Richard A. Solomon appeared onÊGood Day New York, a live, locally produced morning news and information show on FOX 5/WNYW in New York City, on June 25. He spoke about his book, Winning in the New York Small Claims Courts: A Simple, Step-By-Step Guide for Everyone.

Betsy Towlson-DeMay, demayb@msa.attmil.ne.jp, a women's health nurse practitioner, writes that she is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force stationed in northern Japan with her husband and their two children, David Jr., 15, and Stephanie, 13. "Drop me a line!" she writes. "Sayonara."

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Kevin John Jones, kevinjones10@hotmail.com, a senior programmer, writes: "Working at LeMoyne College since 2000 and raising my four kids. Wonder what ever happened to everyone from Bingham Hall (1981-83) and the L*U*S*H* 714 football team."

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Janet Pollack Ornstil, who played on the women's tennis team and lived on the third floor of Endicott Hall, then off campus on Livingston Street on the South Side, is director of marketing and development for Community Access to the Arts in Barrington, Mass.

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Shari Helaine Lichtman, CPA, was named technical manager for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' member innovation organization in May. She supports the business valuation and litigation and dispute resolution services sub-committees and task forces to develop standards, guidelines and professional examinations; develop and assist in the marketing of products and services; perform technical reviews; and serve as an adviser for members in these practice areas. A member of the New York state bar, Shari was formerly a consulting attorney and CPA working with law firms and litigation services departments of CPA firms.

Judy Stenger, judy.stenger@duke .edu, is assistant research professor of medicine, section of medical genetics, Duke University Medical Center, and also assistant research professor in biostatistics and bioinformatics at the Center for Human Genetics, Duke Institute for Genome Science and Policy. Judy writes that she has undergone 13 surgeries for multiple joint dislocations and developed advanced osteoarthritis in her knees, a condition attributable to a genetic defect called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type III. That led her to leave the laboratory where she was doing a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular carcinogenesis at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park. "Needing to get out of the laboratory, I learned some computer science and did a second fellowship in the laboratory of quantitative and computational biology at NIEHS," she writes. "I focused on bioinformatics just as it became fashionable and received an NIH grant in the amount of $325,000 to computa-tionally analyze repetitive DNA in the human genome to gain insight into the parameters that could distinguish stable motifs from those that contributed to genomic instability." Judy is now doing research to try to identify candidate susceptibility genes that contribute to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, autism and cardiovascular disease. "The last 18 years have been a long, hard, wild but rewarding ride that has taken me to the cutting edge of science I couldn't even begin to fathom as an undergraduate biology major," she writes. "I am still single and have no human children, but have four of the feline variety. I'd love to hear from my old friends I have lost contact with."

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Nanette M. Pasquarello, MA '89, was appointed director of judicial affairs at SUNY Cortland July 1 after having served in the position on an interim basis since August 2002. As director, Nanette will administer the Code of Student Conduct, be involved with alcohol and other drug programming, assist with the Greek Standards Board, and educate the college community regarding the judicial process and discipline-related issues. Nanette lives in Cortland with her husband, Thomas, and son, Matthew.

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Steve Koren writes: "I recently wrote and produced the movie Bruce Almighty, starring Jim Carrey, and I'd like to thank all my alumni friends who saw it and helped give it the biggest opening weekend for any original comedy movie in history." Steve was a writer and co-producer for Seinfeld, wrote for Saturday Night Live and wrote feature film spin-offs of characters created on that comedy series, A Night at the Roxbury and Superstar, both of which he also co-produced. At Binghamton, Steve was a track athlete and hammer-throw record holder.

Amy N. Roth writes: "Happy to report that I was part of the team at Constantine & Partners in New York City that represented a class of 5 million merchants in an antitrust action against Visa and MasterCard. The case settled with defendants the week of April 28 for $3 billion and injunctive relief."

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Raquel Larounis Stekardis writes that she worked as an RN for 12 years and is now a stay-at-home mom. She and her husband, Angelo, have four children: Angelo, 7, Emily, 3 and twins, Jennifer and Julia, 2. The family lives in Glastonbury, Conn.

Stacey Agin Murray, professional organizer and owner of Organized Artistry, LLC, wrote and self-published a booklet, 7 Steps to an Organized Wedding Thank You Note: A Bride and Groom's Guide to Staying Sane During the Thank You Note Writing Process. The guide details an easy-to-follow system for organizing the content of nuptial-related thank-yous. "While other wedding books discuss etiquette and how to thank people for silver tea sets, 7 Steps offers a system as well as strategies for breaking down the thank-you note writing process into manageable steps," writes Murray. "7 Steps reveals tips and tools for organizing note-writing and offers creative ideas for saying more than just, ÔThank you for your generous gift.'" For more information about Murray and how she helps people "transform mess into masterpiece," visit her website at www.organizedartistry.com.

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Larry Schneider writes that he left his position as senior investigative counsel at the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office in Manhattan and has moved to Washington, D.C. He is now a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, where he specializes in wiretaps.

Angelicque M. Moreno writes that she graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1993 and has been a trial attorney specializing in civil cases in the five boroughs of New York City ever since.

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Gary Asher graduated in June from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev MD Program in International Health and Medicine in collaboration with Columbia University Health Sciences (BGU-CU MD). He began his residency in family practice at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, N.C. in July. A world traveler who studied medicine and healthcare issues in Israel and India, Gary taught at the National College of Phytotherapy in New Mexico and also taught sports massage and herbology in a massage school prior to enrolling in medical school. In medical school, he helped put together a series of lectures that covered topics such as traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy and botanical medicine.

Dorri Lyn Ramati is living in Tokyo with her husband, Dev. "In addition to learning Japanese full time, I teach English (and had been doing so in a high school in New York City before arriving here)," she writes.

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Krishna K. Singh was appointed principal law clerk to New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert P. Best. He and his wife, Sunita, live in Amsterdam, N.Y., and have a son, Devan, 5, and a daughter, Kiran, 2. Christine M. Bove, a speech language pathologist at Morristown Memorial Hospital, writes that she purchased a home last December.

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Trina Reuben-Williams, a statistical analyst at IBM, completed her PhD in psychometrics at Fordham University in May. Eric Coultoff was promoted to national field manager for Player's Pass, a national discount golf membership that is primarily sold by high school students as a fundraiser with Varsity Gold. He and his wife, Lisa, are enjoying the new Winter Garden, Fla., home they moved into in May.

Due to inaccurate information supplied to us, we incorrectly reported that Lee H. Ellenberg is a NASA astronaut in the spring 2003 issue. Lee is, in fact, a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman.

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James K. Green, director of public relations for the American Red Cross in Nassau County (ARC/Naussau), was named recipient of that organization's Tiffany Award for Management in June. "As director of public relations, Jim Green performs a superhuman job of getting the word out and keeping the Red Cross in Nassau County consistently in the public eye," said Hariette P. Thayer, ARC/Nassau chairman of the board.

Giovanni Mastracchio, program coordinator of social adult day service at Family Services of Westchester -- a place he dubs his "second home" -- graduated with his MSEd in recreation, with a specialty in therapeutic recreation, from Lehman College, City University of New York, in January.

Carrianna C. Eurillo-Travinski graduated cum laude from Union University's Albany Law School in 2001 and was admitted to the New York state bar in February 2002. Prior to attending law school, Carrianna worked as a licensed professional with her family's sales group in the Johnson City branch offices of A. C. Edwards & Sons, Inc. She and her husband, Michael, live in Albany.

Ayelet Talmi, a research fellow in the developmental psychobiology research group at the University of Colorado, has been chosen as one of 22 fellows for Zero to Three's Leaders for the 21st Century program. Zero to Three is a national non-profit founded 25 years ago by leading pediatricians and child-development specialists to share new knowledge on how children develop in the early years. Ayelet, who earned her MA and PhD from the University of Denver, will focus her work during the 18-month fellowship on promoting infant-parent relationships in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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Dana Lynn Franco, d_franco73@hotmail.com, graduated with honors with her MSEd in early childhood education from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, in May. This is a change of career for her, and it has proven to be a wise decision, she writes. Dana lives in Madison, Wis., and would love to hear from fellow alumni.

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Tara R. Feintuch, a high school psychologist on Long Island, is close to completing her PsyD.

Cheryl Dumdum Mango writes: "I've been remiss in updating my information." She and her husband, Charles Mango '96, married in 1999. Cheryl earned her master's in broadcast journalism at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1999, and later held several positions at the local ABC news station, including weekend on-air reporter and weeknight 11 p.m. on-air reporter. She now works in New York City for a company that designs and makes men's clothing. Charles earned his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2000, did a year of residency at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse and then began a three-year residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University, specializing in ophthalmology. "We've been in the Big Apple for two years now, and we love it," writes Cheryl. "We keep in close touch with quite a few of our BU friends."

Christine Reslmaier joined Elle magazine as associate articles editor (copy) in June. Her writing most recently appeared in AARP Magazine, where she worked for two years prior to joining Elle. She also volunteers as newsletter editor of the nonprofit Advertising Women of New York. "Prof. Mary Haupt's classes truly inspired me to pursue a career in journalism," she writes.

Erik Hage, MA '98, writes that after working for several years as an editor for music news at MJI Broadcasting (Clear Channel Communications) in Manhattan, he was hired as an assistant professor of rhetoric and communications at SUNY Cobleskill. A music journalist, Erik writes for Albany's Metroland newspaper and national magazines such as No Depression. In addition, he has contributed to several books on music. Erik, his wife and their children live in New York's Capital Region.

Jay Scott Markowitz, a lawyer, works as a litigator in the fashion industry. After living in Queens for three years, he moved to the West Village in June.

Felicia A. Russin, a school psychologist at the Developmental Disabilities Institute in Ronkonkoma, received her PhD in clinical and school psychology and graduated with honors from Hofstra University in December 2002.

Jim Fowler directs residency recruitment at Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center in Johnson City and is working toward a MASS degree at Binghamton University. His wife, Heather Mackey-Fowler '99, graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in May and began her residency at Wilson in June. The couple has bought a home in Endwell.

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Michael Schmitz, mwschmitz@juno.com, received his DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. At graduation, he was selected by the faculty to receive the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine. He began a dual residency in emergency medicine and internal medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital, a Level-1 trauma center in the South Bronx, in July. He writes that he credits his experience volunteering with Harpur's Ferry Student Volunteer Ambulance Service and the Union Volunteer Emergency Squad in Endwell with leading him toward his chosen career path. Michael received his MS in physiology from Georgetown University in August 1999. "Hi, Elroy!" he writes. "Drive safe, buddy!" Joanna M. Bulzomi graduated with her master's in special education from C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University, in May, and teaches children with autism on Long Island.

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Mahua Mandal received his master of public health degree from Columbia University in 2003 and began work with Population Services International as a research coordinator in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Kristin R. Curcio is working full time on a hematology/oncology nursing unit and also attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro full time to earn her master's in nursing as a geriatric and adult nurse practitioner.

Nicole Licata passed the New York state bar examination and is working as an attorney for a law firm on Long Island.

Robert Levy graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in May 2003 and began his emergency medicine residency in Morristown in July. "During a one-year leave of absence from medical school, I oversaw the creation of proposed federal legislation that would limit the work hours of recent physicians," he writes.

Tony Villecco was lauded in Film and History magazine for his 2001 book, Silent Stars Speak. "In all, Tony Villecco's interviews have achieved an important part of cinema history as each participant peeled off luminary information about a bygone period's primitive set locations, unreliable technical support, high-strung prima donnas, occasional lotharios, and shortsighted activists," wrote reviewer Robert Fyne. Tony is working on a biography of silent film star Pola Negri. He also performs as a tenor soloist in musical theater in the Binghamton area and is the founder of Southern Tier Silents, an organization devoted to showing silent moves of the 1920s. Tony works in the travel section of Binghamton University's business office.

Michael S. Stromer is a marketing director for 1-800-Flowers.com and is pursuing his MBA.

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Kevin Reed Cohen has recorded the soundtrack to the musical Brownstone along with musical stars Liz Callaway (Cats, Miss Saigon), Brian D'Arcy James (Titanic, Les Misérables), Debbie Gravitte (Jerome Robbins' Broadway, They're Playing Our Song) and Rebecca Luker (The Music Man, The Sound of Music). The album's producers invited Kevin (who uses the stage name Kevin Reed) to join the recording after his critically acclaimed 2002 performance in the Berkshire Theater Festival's staging of Brownstone. Kevin lives in New York City and continues to pursue a career on the stage.

Aliza C. Lindwasser received her MST in elementary education from SUNY New Paltz in December 2002 and is teaching math to middle schoolers in Jersey City while pursuing a PhD in education psychology.

James Rodriguez writes: "I made the big move from medical school in Syracuse to residency training in emergency medicine at New York University-Bellevue. Wish me luck... "

Stacy Anne Spizuoco received her DDS from New York University College of Dentistry in May.

Todd F. Huzar received his MD from St. Georges University School of Medicine and is a surgical resident at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn.

Rachel Friedman, Northeast marketing manager for Viacom Outdoor, writes that she started working in the outdoor advertising industry as a sales assistant for fashion and theatrical accounts at TDI and was promoted to marketing, where she handled more national requests, research and creative aspects. "Now, four years later, I have once again been promoted to manage the marketing department of our New York headquarters," she writes. "This came soon after the merger with our sister company, and Viacom Outdoor was born. I am extremely involved in the out-of-home advertising industry and live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan."

'00 Seth Mates is one of the contributors to the The Ultimate World Wrest-ling Entertainment Trivia Book (Pocket Books, 2002). "Here for the first time, test just how much you really know in The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book," reads the publisher's description. "Not for the fan who just knows it all, but for the fan who lives it all!

Marc R. Shapiro graduated from New York University School of Law and Lori Raphan '00 graduated from Brooklyn Law School. Together, they moved to Alabama to represent death-row inmates and pursue public interest work in the legal field.

Mara N. Harvey graduated from Syracuse University College of Law magna cum laude in May and accepted a job as an associate with Lamb & Barnosky, LLP in Melville.

Brooke Biren received her master's in elementary education from Wagner College on Staten Island. At Binghamton, Brooke was president of the Alpha Phi Sorority and a member of the Binghamton University Kickline.

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Clara Christina Beitin is enrolled at Pace University School of Law.

Vania Tareco is a respiratory therapist at Columbia University.

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Colleen A. Donald writes: "Right after graduation I was able to start working as a graduate nurse at Lourdes Hospital. I am still in orientation but loving it so far." Colleen was also elected vice president of Zeta of New York, an alumni association of Phi Theta Kappa International's honors society for two-year colleges, at the New York State Western District. "I had transferred to BU from Broome Community College," she writes.

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