What's happening with '94 seven years later...
This section features random tidbits about what '94 graduates are up to
now. So if you get a free moment, drop me a line about what you or other
people you are in touch with are up to, and I will add it to this page. Much of the information on this particular page was collected at the 94@5 Reunion Picnic.
You can also access previous years of this section.
June 2002
Greg Tozzi writes the following from Boston:
I just finished up a two year exchange tour with the Navy during which I was able to visit such garden spots as
Bahrain and East Timor. The Persian Gulf was hot, but it was a dry heat. It's also full of armed radicals, but
they're dry armed radicals. East Timor was not dry, however. I've relocated to the Boston area in preparation
for beginning a masters program at MIT. The long hours are mitigated somewhat by the five bars within walking
distance from my condo and the fact that I'm going on the government dime. Thank you all for paying for my
education...again. The taps at these bars flow well and true save Irish Eyes which often hosts the rowdy local
Polish softball team. Fights are common. It's no place for the weak of heart, and the beer sucks. I'm happily
engaged to a great girl I met in Charleston. We've been together two years now and are planning on getting
married next summer.
November 2001
Brad Bailey is has left New Bern, NC, and is now living
in Dallas. He writes:
In 1999, I left my hometown and broadcasting career on the coast of North
Carolina for greener pastures, and have found them in the occupation
of UNIX sysadmin. For the last year, I've been working and travelling
the world for a large webhosting company, and when I'm not living out
of a hotel somewhere, I occupy a loft in Dallas, Texas. Still single,
still bitter about it.
Michael Gray was married over Memorial Day weekend, and
currently lives in Holland, MI. He writes:
My wife Cherith and I are starting to settle in to married life. I've been doing a little bit of everything,
mainly commercial framing, but also some residential. Still teaching for the Red Cross.
Cher and I keep pretty busy. Since our wedding 5 months ago, we've been to Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, and a
couple others. For turkey day, we're going to New Hampshire, then back to MD for two weeks at Christmas.
I'm working with the high school youth at my church, and that keeps me pretty busy as well.
Laura (Seevers) Glendinning writes:
I married Andy Glendinning ('92) in October of '99. We're living in Olney, MD and I'm working as a manager
at a
small computer company in Gaithersburg.... Sorry I missed the 5 year reunion but I'm looking forward to the
10th!
October 2001
Nick Riegel and Melissa (Ayres) Riegel became proud parents of a baby boy on August 29, 2001.
Damon Colbert will finish law school in 2001.
Barbara (Ourique) Hengst has completed her
training in Early Childhood Eduction. She writes:
I am a pre-school teacher now, and loving it. It was I was meant to do! And I am not getting my infant and toddler
certification too.
Martin and I are planning on having a baby of our own in the next 2 or 3 years. I remember saying we might never
want a child, things certainly change!
September 2001
Kimberly Hartman will start grad school in Fall, 2002. She writes:
Have been accepted into UMCP for grad school for English, which is pretty hard for someone who was also an
undergraduate there. I am pleased, and very excited... In my life, all is well. Work is busy yet good, and i
maintain my status as happy as a little pea in a peapod.
June 2001
Shawn Liston graduated from Eckerd College in 1998, spent a season working out at Yellowstone National
Park, and a half a year teaching elementary school in Cheverly. She writes:
I am now about 1/2 way through my PhD. studying the ecology of the Florida Everglades. I'm living la vida loca
down in Miami, and have been engaged since the fall (2000). We're planning on getting married next summer (2002)
when life slows down a little bit for us. That's about it I suppose ... Just working and studying, and studying
and working.
March 2001
Cecilia Hyatt (née Manuel)
is working toward a degree in psychology, and then plans to pursue a
Masters in special education.
She writes:
I am still married happily and now have three beautiful children, the
youngest, Jonathan born just a month ago. We have moved back from Japan and
are stationed between San Francisco and Sacramento in Northern California.
It looks as though this will be our permanent home for quite a while.
Bryce Brylawski
is close to finishing his masters degree in fisheries ecology at the
University of Maryland's
Chesepeake Biological Laboratory. His web page can be found at http://www.geocities.com/bluecrabboy/.
Becky Coleman (née Bender) is living in Greenbelt. She
writes:
Those who were at the reunion may remember that I was expecting a baby. My
daughter Catherine Grace was born in November, 1999. I'm still 9 credits
from finishing my English degree, but take a couple of courses a year and
should be done by the 10-year reunion! I still live in Greenbelt with my
husband, Mike, and stay home with my two great amazing kids. After
everyone's gone to bed and the house is quiet, I write. I'm so happy, and
happy to see how well everyone's done for themselves.
Kimberly Hartman is living in Maryland and working in
Columbia. She writes
All is well in Hartman-land ... working, working ..., oh! And working.
Looking to grad school Fall 2002 ... and then, oh, i suppose more work.
December 2000
Allyson Hamlin
graduated from the University of Maryland in 1998 and is currently a Prince George's County
Police Officer. She writes:
I graduated from the academy in June 00 and am currently
stationed
at District III, Palmer Park. I love the job, but it is CRAZY out there!!!
I live in
Greenbelt and helped coach the Roosevelt Softball team last year. I still
play
fastpitch in the summer and flag football throughout the year. Overall, life
couldn't
get much better!
October 2000
Jamille Carter graduated from the University of Maryland in August
with a BA in Economics. She writes:
I am currently working for Wells Fargo Financial. The biggest news is
that I am three months pregnant and am expecting my bundle of joy on May
2nd or thereabouts.
August 2000Vail Henry is still living with her husband Jesse in Bowie. She writes:
My little update is that my husband Jesse and I are expecing our first child
in... oh... maybe a week and a half, maybe five weeks. Things are going
very well for us, but I continue to have this strange feeling that I'm never
going to fully catch up with my life.
Anywho, I'm probably writing you this e-mail NOW instead of earlier because,
face it, getting out of a chair has become quite a feat. Any excuse to
believe I'm staying in one place because I want to... well, it helps my
pride.
July 2000Barbara Ourique was married late last year. She writes:
Some of you asked about the "kid situation". The answer basically is that Martin and I don't want children, at least not now, and maybe never. We have tons of fun together, and have alot of traveling, camping, and so on that we still want to do before we are willing to "settle down".
I am also changing careers. Last I spoke to many of you I was working at a defense contractor at the computer helpdesk. Well, I have decided to go back to school for Early Childhood Ed.
Eleanor Hong is working as a producer for Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive.
June 2000
Greg Arthur married Gretchen McKenzie on August 22,
1998. He writes:
I graduated from Wheaton Colllege in May '98 with a BA in Theology and
currently I am getting a Masters of Divinity from Denver Seminary. I will
graduate May 2001. After graduation I plan on pursuing a call into full time church
ministry.
Chris Kollman was the best man at Bryce Brylawski’s wedding earlier this year. He writes:
I managed to scrape by and pass my PhD qualifying exam. It was...interesting, in the same way that being bent over the table by the thug in Cell Block D would be interesting. But I digress. The upshot is that I made it through hell and am now proceeding out the other side. Onward toward placing silly letters after my name!
May 2000
Ruth Golden is now a naval officer and is living in Virgina Beach, VA. She is engaged to be married on July 1, 2000.
Feremusu Kamara is currently a medical student, and will be moving to Atlanta in July, 2000.
Khadijah Omar is married Marc Sclawy last year. She writes:
I was unable to attend the reunion back in 99. But of course it was for a
good reason. On July 17, 1999, I was married to Marc Sclawy, another 94
class mate of our's. Marc and I met at ERHS, in 1993, and have been best
friends ever since. We went to the prom together and graduated together.
This was truely a fairy tale. I am now a senior at the Univ. of Maryland,
soon to obtain a BS. in Clinical Psychology. And Marc is a Ecological
Engineer. Thanks to Roosevelt I met the man of my dreams.
April 2000
Warren Gordon is engaged to Jackie Stone. He writes:
I am working at company in Beltsville, MD called Digex. I manage websites. I am also engaged to my high school sweetheart who you know as Jackie Stone. We will be getting married in November of this year. I can't help but think that we know not where life will take us... but we always know where we have been.
Andress Green is currently working for Information Technology Industry Council as the
Coordintor for Industry Statistics Programs in Washington D.C.
Karen Snell is finishing her undergraduate work and will be starting law school in the fall. She writes:
I was sorry to have missed the 5-year reunion, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I didn't have anything interesting to report then anyway! (I'm not married. Just thought I'd throw that in there since everyone I talk to seems to be married with kids...I don't have kids either).
I was recently admitted to Law School and I finally made a decision. I decided on the University of Richmond. Well, they decided on me, I should say. They gave me a heck of a scholarship, so that's where I'm going! I start in mid-August and I will finish my undergrad in the eleventh hour in July. But hey, it'll be done.
Najeeba Wardak completed Univerisity of Maryland, School of Nursing with a Bachelor
of Science in Nursing, and is currently working at Johns Hopkins Hospital in
the Neuro Critical Care Unit. She writes:
I have a four-year-old son named, Marcellus.
He will be going to kindergarten in the Fall. I am hoping to purchase my
home later this year. I will return to school at Johns Hopkins University in
the Fall of 2001 for a Masters in Nursing to be a Nurse Practitioner.
February 2000Debbie Knoch writes:
I am not married, nor will be any time soon. I'm only 23 ya know. But will be the maid of honor in Melissa Ayres and Nick Riegel's wedding. I have a great job which I love at the American Psychological Association.
January 2000
Nick Riegel and Melissa Ayres are married and living in
Vail, CO, "basically being ski bums." Melissa writes:
We eloped in Oct of 99. We're having a wedding ceramony in Baltimore in Nov. I'm currently working in a sports medicine clinic that treats the Denver Bronco players and Olympic skiiers, while Nick just graduated from the Air National Guard. I'm hoping to finish nursing school, while Nick hopes to fly F-16's and become a Physician Assistant in the near future. If anyone is planning a ski trip out here, look us up!
August 1999
Beverly Chinn
is planning to attend graduate school at Hampton University, where she will work on a Masters degree in Counseling.
Rebecca Lem
was married in April 1998. She expects to receive her JD from Duke in 2001 and her husband has just finished the police academy.
July 1999
Damon Colbert
is in law school, and plans to graduate in 2001.
Clare Deming
currently resides in Florida. She writes:
Umm....I am currently in my third year of veterinary school at the University of Florida. I graduated from Univ. of MD with a B.S. in Animal Science in 1997. Eeek, I'm going in reverse...I have also taken up fencing (yeah with swords) and made the national sabre squad this past season. And I have two weird cats that like to get into trouble.
Ryan Dixon
graduated from Georgetown University, and now lives in Northern Virginia. She writes:
I am a neonatal ICU nurse-working a lot with one pound babies and such. Just moved into my own apt-a place of my own!! Parents now live in Ashburn Farm, VA.
Summer Finnegan
is moving to North Carolina to begin work on a Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Duke University.
An anonymous note indicates that "
James Green
is High Priest of a cult of technology worshippersin Northern Virginia."
Christie Ham
is currently attending medical school in Miami.
Vail Mueller
, nee Edna Vail Henry, is married and is a Production & Design manager at the Points of Light Foundation in Washington. She writes:
Several changes in May and June '99: new house, new job, new husb-- well, no, Jesse's been around three years, but he looks like someone new with his hair cut short.
New since high school: my first name (just Vail, not Edna Vail, by legal decree that Edna is an ugly name).Same since high school: choice of quote in yearbook and hairstyle.
Mildred Ikpi
recently moved from Baltimore to Brooklyn, NY to pursue writing and performing. She writes:
Peace, Mean Green Class of '94! I am the Goddess formerly known as Mildred Ikpi. I go by my birthname these days, Bassey. I just signed a three book deal with BlackWords Publishing and I am currently working on my first book; a collection of original poetry. Look for BasseyWorld: Revelations and Reflections in mid August. For more details on performances or book orders (or even just to say, "what's up, baby!") e-mail me at BasseyWorld@Hotmail.com.PEACE!
Farhana Khan is engaged, and grauated in 1999 with a BS in Biology.
Stephen Larsen
is now working for the Chesepeake Biological Laboratory, part of the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science. He graduated from UC/Santa Barbara last year, and is considering going back to school to work on a Masters and/or law degree.
Heather Last
reports that she has changed her major to Criminal Justice.
Tyler Mosman
is working in Baltimore as a design engineer. He writes:
I will soon be moving into a house in Burtonsville so my roomate and I can have a music room with which to make lots and lots of noise. We will have an electric drum set, a few guitars, a bass, a few more guitars, an acoustic piano, amps bigger then third graders, a computer with amazing recording capabilities, and a large electricity bill. If you are someone this excites you are invited to come over. Give me a call.
Elizabeth Mullen
says that she is "traveling and trying to find a job."
Barbara Ourique
is working for a Hunt Valley defense contractor as a help desk analyst, and is working on becoming a MCSE. She writes:
I am getting married this year!! On December 11th to a wonderful man, Martin Hengst (with whom I live and with, along with our 5 naughty cats)...so soon I will be Barbara Hengst (can you guys imagine little Brazilian me with such a German last name!). I am also co-editor of a small print Fantasy / Sci-Fi Magazine "Silicon Sorcery", that is making its debut in October of this year.
Justin D. Ross
says that he is "running for office."
Justin L. Ross
is in the Navy and is curently stationed in Charleston, SC. He writes:
I am currently doing instructor duty at the nuclear training command. In December I will be moving to Kings Bay GA to be stationed on the USS Wyoming, a ballistic missle submarine. I have a wonderful wife, Mary and a beautiful daughter, Elise who is 17 months old. I plan on getting a degree while I'm in the navy, but I haven't quite started working on it yet.
Diane Savard
is getting married to
Michael Schmidt
on July 31, 1999.
Reena Shah
will be in Nepal until January 2001.
Michelle Simms
is engaged to be married.
Emil Thatassary
graduated from Johns Hopkins University in December, 1997. He writes:
I worked for a while at Genesis Medical in Baltimore, backpacked through Europe, and finally ended up in the last year working as a Consultant at Trilogy Software, in Austin, Texas. Tons of fun over here - I love Austin!! I'll actually be leaving to return to Baltimore to go to University of Maryland Medical School this August 99.
Back to school again...
Maria Westman
will graduate from the University of Maryland in the summer of 2000.
June 1999
Mia Baytop
graduated from college in December 1997. She writes:
I'm currently working on MBA in Finance (part-time). Anticipated graduation date is December 2000.
Yakura Coffee
is embarking on a career at IBM. She writes:
My years at Penn State have been wonderful. I was know as the "MOST SKIPPINGEST" and was the primary cause for the ID badges initiated Fall 1995. I will attend the 5 year reunion. Hope to see familiar faces.
Marian Cummings
is finishing a degree in early childhood education at Coastal Carolina University near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She writes:
I have been teaching ever since high school. Currently I am teaching a class of three-year-olds. I am also waiting tables on weekends at the NASCAR Cafe. After this degree, I plan to coninue on toward my master's. I will most likely stay here in Myrtle Beach in the future.
Bill Edwards
Graduated from SUNY-Geneseo in May 1998 with a BA in Music. He writes:
I did a summer stock gig last summer up in New Hampshire and had loads of fun performing for a living. Unfortunately, the job ended and real life settled in.For lack of anything better to do, I made the pilgrimage back home and am still currently living with my Mom and Dad. It's fun, but it's not that fun. You get the idea.
In September 1998, I started as an administrative intern at Arena Stage in Washington, DC and am now a full-time employee in their Development (Fund-Raising) office. This is just for the summer. Read on!
I got an operatic assistantship plus stipend to go to UMCP, and I am starting there in the Fall of 1999. I hope this will give me some more time to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Seems to be a common theme, huh? I'm planning on attending the 5-year reunion...and am very excited about all that!
Jeannie Ellis
is currently working on a Master's in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico.
Leslie Forehand
is engaged to Mr. Walter Jones, a fellow graduate of Hampton University. She currently resides in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Christina Howland
plans to attend George Washington University to work on a Master's of Public Health.
Natasha McCann
is working as a Systems Accountant at the Environmental Protection Agency. She writes:
I just finished my first year of Grad School, pursuing a MBA at Howard University. After Grad School I will be sitting for the CPA exam.
Christina Moore
is taking a two semester break from the demands of being a chemical engineering student by co-oping at the Krytox Performance Lubricants business of DuPont Chemicals in New Jersey.
Malia Robinson
has a 3 1/2-year-old son named Will, and has started her own cleaning company.
Greg Tozzi
is a Damage Control Assistant and Electrical Officer on the Coast Guard Cutter DALLAS, stationed in Charleston, SC.
Bonnie Barker
is is currently employed by Xerox. She writes:
I did not go directly to school when I graduated so I am still going part time. Who knows when I will finish!!!
May 1999
Bryce Brylawski
received a BA in Biology from St. Mary's College of Maryland in May of 1998, focusing on invertebrate physiology. He writes:
After graduation I packed up and moved all the way across the Patuxent River to Solomons to persue a masters in Fisheries Ecology. I am at the University of Maryland Center for Ecological Studies, Chesapeake Biological Laborotory. Quite a mouthfull so we all call it CBL. I am working on actualizing a physiolocally based growth model for the blue crab. Assuming the crabs cooperate I should finish up in the middle of next summer in time to move onto a PhD program.
I am also currently planning my wedding to another SMCM graduate, which will take place in June of next year.
Stacey Davis
is spending the summer of 1999 interning at the AARP in Washington, DC. She will return to Michigan to finish her degree in Health Policy in the fall.
Laura Montagne
is working and living in Japan, and is planning to be married in November.
April 1999
Michael Roh graduated from Johns Hopkins in December, and has now joined the great Michigan migration. He writes:
I am at Univerity of Michigan Medical School and am pursuing a
joint M.D./Ph.D. degree as a fellow in the Medical Scientist Training
Program. I will be here for a very very long time :) but I'm having a
blast and have no doubt that life here will be lots of fun (although the
weather could be better).
And since you asked... David Dwiggins
graduated from Syracuse University in May '98 with a dual BA in English and Textual Studies and Magazine Journalism, which he quickly put to good use by getting a job in the technology field!
He is now Systems Editor at The Tennessean, Nashville's daily newspaper. He's doing his best to appreciate country music, and he relieves stress by writing about himself in the third person.
March 1999
Brian Loughery is now living in Michigan. He writes:
Currently I'm working on my Masters
degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. Hoping to
graduate in December 1999. Not sure what the future holds after that.
February 1999
Chris Kollmann has taken up residence in Boston. He writes:
I enrolled in the Virology Program at Harvard
Med after I got my B.A. in biology from Saint Mary's College of Maryland.
Gee, in five years (I hope) I can put a Ph.D. after my name. Boston's
fun, but cold.
Jason Choy can be reached at jason@webbnet.com,
jason@alice.berkeley.edu, or
jlchoy@uclink4.berkeley.edu.
He writes:
For the moment, I'm in grad school at the University of California at
Berkeley. I'm working on my PhD in Biophysics. We'll see how long that
lasts.
January 1999
Stacey R. Davis is going to school at the University of Michigan. (In addition to the
address listed in the e-mail directory, she can be reached at srdavis@umich.edu
until Spring '00. She writes:
I am currently working on my Masters of Public Health in Health
Management and Policy at the University of Michigan (the one and only
Wolverines...Go Blue!) and have a B.A. in Sociology from the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore. I hope to continue and get a Ph.D. in either
Health Policy or Sociology sometime in the near future too.
Pre-1999 "Where are they?"
davedwig@hotmail.com
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