Class Notes

It’s all about weddings: In August 2011, Lindsay Sekel married David Gurak ’05 and honeymooned in the Greek Islands; in July, Michelle Bond married Michael Kappert ’11 and honeymooned in Hawaii and Alaska; and Jessica Barefoot married Thomas Frere and honeymooned in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.

Amy Van Ness earned a master’s degree in education and was offered a position at a Culpeper, Va., school. Andrew SB is pursuing a biomathematics graduate degree from North Carolina State University. Erika Spivey helped start UMW’s Fredericksburg alumni network. Ginny Ferrell planned to move to Los Angeles to work in entertainment. Hannah “Gilmore” McLean spent seven months at New Mexico’s Bodhi Manda Zen Center and planned to move to Montana to work on her grad school thesis.

Mairin Martin earned a graduate degree in education from UMW and is engaged to Patrick Genova. Megan Higgs is restoration manager for the nonprofit American Forests. Jess Sine does research at the National Institutes of Health. Kira Lanewala works with adults with intellectual disabilities at the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board. Laura Evans is interested in global policy, teaches yoga, and aspires to become a music star. She lives in Austin, Texas. Lee Gilliam works for a Washington, D.C., nonprofit.

Ramsey Hanna is pursuing a doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. Rachael Wonderlin is pursuing a master’s degree at UNC, Greensboro. She interned with the University of Pennsylvania hospital system and started a speed dating business. Sarah Lowdon finished her first year at New England Law, where she researched for faculty as a judicial intern at Massachusetts District Court. Sarah lives in Boston with Tatiana Haywood. Samantha Daniel accepted a position through AmeriCorps at Playworks in Washington, D.C. Sylvia Walker of Stafford, Va., is a Marine Corps foreign military sales analyst with Engility Corp. She hopes to pursue a graduate degree.

Congratulations to Amber Elizabeth Donlan on the birth of her daughter, Dorothy, in February.