Class Notes for 2004

I went to Homecoming this year, unfortunately a lot of people were not able to make it, but it was nice to catch up with everyone who did. This issue as well as the last one is jammed packed full of updates, THANK YOU to everyone who has been sending them. ... We�ve gotten a lot of people on the class� myspace.com page - http://www.myspace.com/jcu04 - which has really helped with updates and keeping everyone connected. If you haven�t had a chance to look, please do ... you might just talk with people you haven�t seen since graduation. ... Jen Pawlitsch is currently in her third year of teaching fifth and sixth grade English and Reading in Cleveland. She was recently nominated 2007 Ohio Teacher of the Year. She is also working on her master�s degree in educational administration and supervision through Bowling Green State University. ... TJ Kolba is now the assistant men�s soccer coach at Cleveland State University, after being the assistant at JCU last year. He also coaches youth soccer with the Cleveland Soccer Academy and the Olympic Development Program. TJ is living in North Royalton with his girlfriend Leah, and loving life. ... Noura Radwan is completing her second year of med school at St. Matthew University School of Medicine. She is taking a Kaplan course to prepare for the boards and hopes to start clinicals by April 07. She�s looking to graduate May �09 -- other than golfing, studying, and traveling, she says her life is pretty boring. ... Rebecca Gellott �03 just left her marketing position in Strongsville and returned to Carroll to pursue a language arts licensure and master�s in education. ... Sherman Jacobson got engaged to his long time girlfriend, Kristen, over Christmas last year and is planning the wedding for October �07. Rob Rosen, John Vencl and Rebecca Gellott are all in the wedding. ... Maria (Sellers) Papay and Ben were married August 26 in Canton, OH. ... Diana Sierra is finishing her master�s in Spanish at CSU and teaching Spanish 101/102 at Cleveland State this year. ... Gina Dowell completed her master�s work from Ohio University this past spring, earning her M.Ed. Then she moved to Elon, NC, where she serves as the assistant director of Greek Life. She also passed along news of John Zaluski who graduated with his MBA from Cleveland State and works for Dollar Bank in Cleveland. ... Cara Mazzocca and Matt Sulzer got married the last weekend of September, while Mike Grady and Colleen Kookoothe �06 got married September 30 as well. ... Kelly Ryan just got accepted to Baldwin-Wallace�s master�s in education program. ... Hiva sent a note from Croatia. He loves reading about everyone and is looking forward to coming back to the states this Christmas. He�s been working for a big bank in Croatia. Hiva said it�s fun but lots of work. He�s looking forward to seeing all of his old friends when he�s home and staying with Pat Bittel. ... Katie Zaludek is teaching first grade at Parkside Elementary for Solon City Schools. She also just bought a condo in Twinsburg. ... Mary Kate (Lundeen) Wainwright and Nelson Wainwright �06 were married this past summer and sent us a picture of the wedding party in front of JCU. ... Paul

So many updates, so little space ... so let�s jump right in ... After Katie Crowther�s returned from Dublin where she was working for Ireland AM on TV3 she started an internship at Bloomberg Financial News Television in NYC. She�ll graduate from Northwestern in December after one more quarter covering Congress in D.C. ... Sara Neville will be teaching ninth and eleventh grade honors English at Westlake High School. ... Melissa Giblock is getting her master�s in International Relations at King�s College in London. She�s hoping to find a job after graduating and stay in London for a while. ... Brian Stefanik relocated back to Cleveland from a brief stint with Sherwin-Williams in Louisville, KY. Now he�s an account manager for GE Lighting. ... Richard Duffy II lives in Berwyn, IL, where he works for a trading firm in downtown Chicago. He is engaged to his high school sweetheart, Maria El Locale. Their wedding will be on November 8, 2006. ... Lindsay (LeCorchick) Jensen married Luke Jenson on July 2 in Kansas City, MO, where she and Luke are living. Nicole Accordino, Steph Dishauzi, Megan Luby and Jenny Fiorenzo all made the trip to see the outdoor ceremony in a rose garden. ... Michelle DelSignore sent a note telling us how beautiful Kat Nicholson and Joe Schauer�s wedding was. They were married July 1 in Canton, OH. ... Tony Baker �05 is about to finish his master�s in Applied Politics from the University of Akron and is interning for a U.S. Congressional candidate, Betty Sutton. She�s running in Ohio�s 13th District. ... Jessica Fonow is living in Pittsburgh, PA, where she�s finishing her J.D. from Duquesne University. She recently got engaged to James Dawso who is working for a chemical distribution company in North Olmstead. After their wedding on October 13, 2007 they plan on settling in Cleveland. ... Teresa Delagrange got engaged to Andrew Higl �03 over Valentine�s Day weekend. They are planning a July 2007 wedding in Buffalo. Tim Cherney is going to be best man, and Katie Battistone is a bridesmaid. ... Speaking of Tim Cherney, he�s spending the summer in Hawaii interning for his CSP program at Colorado State University. ... Beth Royce recently got engaged and is staying busy working as a nurse at Rainbow Babies and Children�s Hospital and completing her master�s degree in nursing at Case Western Reserve University. ... Sarah Chessar graduated from Cleveland State with a master�s degree in Clinical Psychology and will be attending the University of Akron this fall to work on a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology. ... Beth Greenwald finished her first year in the Exercise Physiology Master�s Program at Florida Atlantic University and is working as a graduate assistant at the FAU Student Wellness Center. ... Bill Shutes finished his master�s in English in August from JCU. He�s going to take a year off before pursuing his Ph.D. ... Mike Grady just got engaged to Colleen Kookoothe �06. Todd Belinky, Chris Mannarino, and Joe Sellers will take part in the wedding September 30 in Toledo, OH. ... Theresa Dwyer is engaged to Bill Boston with a wedding date of October 28, 2006 in Chicago. ... John Grdina is engaged to Megan Luby. John just started his master�s in Education at Notre Dame College and spends his spare time rebuilding bikes at Western Reserve Harley-Davidson. Megan is starting her second year as a biology teacher at Bay Village High School. The couple will be married at Saint Ann�s Church July 14, 2007. ... Victoria Epprecht is teaching first grade in Chagrin Falls, OH, and coaching cheerleading at Chagrin Falls High School. She�s also in the process of obtaining a master�s degree from Ashland University. She and Mark Pelsozy are now engaged! Mark is working in marketing and sales in Cleveland. ... Paul

Great to hear from everyone. I felt bad not having a lot of updates in the last issue, so hopefully this one is a little better. We are all so busy with work and everything else that goes on in our lives, it�s a real challenge to keep in touch. But now, with a little help from myspace.com, we can all easily stay connected. I have created a page just for our class, and so far it�s been pretty popular. Just check it out -- www.myspace.com/jcu04. We have over 100 classmates already signed up, and hopefully we�ll get more by the time this hits your mailbox. At the page you can send updates to me directly or you can post a message so everyone can see it. So, please take a look. ... I�m looking forward to this having a positive impact, and hopefully we�ll have more than enough information for next issue. So, here�s what�s been happening in the last few months ... Julie Goldyn went on to KSU after Carroll and got her master�s of education in school psychology. Now she�s working on her Ph.D. at KSU in school psychology. She�s been pretty busy out side of the classroom, because she is also working with the school doing consulting with teachers and designing interventions to address academic and behavioral issues in preschool children with disabilities. Soon she will be interning with the Lorain City Schools. ... Ken Fortune is living in Geneva while working corporate security for Progressive Insurance in Mayfield Heights, OH. ... Darice Kopcak is currently the marketing manager for Porsche and Audi at Stoddard Imported Cars, Inc. in Willoughby, OH. She creates ads that are seen in various Porsche parts publications within the U.S. as well as England and Australia. A few of her other ads can be seen in other print publications. ... Matt Joyce graduated from the U.S. Army�s Airborne and Ranger Schools and is now a platoon leader in the 25th infantry division in Hawaii. He really misses the Cleveland Winters -- right! ... Maria Sellers has been living in Lakewood and working in Downtown Cleveland as an editor for KeyBanc Capital Markets. She is engaged to Ben Papay (who she met at work) and they are planning their August 26, 2006 wedding in Canton, OH. ... Joe Lowry recently moved to Arlington, VA, and started a job with the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations for the U.S. House of Representatives where he assists with the various emergency-related programs which they conduct. He�d tell us more but its top secret. ... Sarah Weese will be graduating with her master�s degree in August. She�ll then travel to beaches of North Carolina to pursue a career working with children and adolescents. ... Joe Hoelzle is teaching Social Studies at Hopewell-Loudon High School which is in Bascom (very rural) between Tiffin and Fostoria in Northwest Ohio. He teaches freshman World History and senior Citizenship. Joe stays busy coaching as the assistant varsity football coach - d-line and running backs. His team made it to the state semis in D6. He�s also the Jr. High wrestling coach, and the throwing coach for boys and girls Jr. & Sr. high track teams. This summer he plans on starting his master�s in Educational Administration, most likely at The University of Findlay. ... That�s it for now. Take care, Paul

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying 2006. I cannot believe how much has changed since we left Carroll. In less than two years so many of us have moved, changed career paths, and a good amount of you have gotten married. I enjoy hearing from so many of you each quarter, telling me what you have been up to and updating me on all our friends. This issue we are a little light on updates, so PLEASE send me any info you have so I can keep this space full with your updates and less of my rambling! You can always e-mail me at pclapp@yahoo.com or call my cell phone, 440.812.3837. ... And now the updates: Nikki Spiezio is walking in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on June 24-25! If you would like to help reach her goal to raise $1800 you can e-mail her, nspiezio04@jcu.edu. ... Andrew Higl �03 is a grad student and instructor at Loyola University in Chicago, while Teresa Delagrange is an account executive at Gibbs-Soell Public Relations in Chicago. ... And Samantha Crish is working as an event planner/administrative assistant at Tenable Event Services in Cleveland. ... I look forward to many more updates, Clapp

Hello to all of you. I want to thank everyone who sent in updates. My e-mail inbox was flooded with updates ... which makes my job that much easier. ... I am writing this note just after attending homecoming weekend. It was really nice to get back to campus and see everyone doing so well. I couldn�t help but notice how happy everyone was, especially near the tennis courts. It was nice to catch up with all our friends. I�ll keep this one short, as there are so many updates this time around (we even have pictures). ... Jamie Anderson is working in training and development at National City (Home Equity). She and Matt Warzel �03 are engaged and plan on getting married next year. Matt is currently working on a screenplay. ... Melissa A. Bresler is currently working in Los Angeles at Real Orange Creative, Inc., a full-service advertising agency and creative company. She is the director of account services and the Ambassador to Irwindale, CA (Which is the city the agency is in). ... Emilie Alesnik and Mark Lucia got married in July in Cleveland and have moved to Cincinnati, where Emilie will be teaching high school English at Clermont-Northeastern and Mark will be attending his second year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati. Thanks to Theresa Spada for sending a picture from the wedding. ... Lindsay Recktenwald is living in Virginia Beach and just began a job as a proofreader for Harris Connect after attending the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver this past summer. ... Tim Seeberg is now living in Boston working as an assistant account manager at David Wilson Advertising. If anyone is living near Boston, give Tim a shout. ... Carrie Huszczo, one of our favorite people in the mail center sent great news. Her son, JJ Huszczo �97 and his wife, Karla, just had a beautiful baby boy, Jayden Michael. This is Carrie�s first grandchild, a future Carroll grad for sure. ... Jessica Franck is teaching seventh grade at Mayfield Middle School, while Tim Cherney is at grad school at the University of Colorado, and Jessie Kron is engaged to Larry Nolte �02 and will be married on June 3, 2006 at Saint Francis Chapel. ... Sarah Weese is enjoying beautiful Greensboro, NC. She will be graduating in August 2006 with her master�s degree in counseling. Currently she is in the middle of a year-long internship as a counselor at an agency for troubled youth and adolescents. ... Jen (Szymanski) Konoff was married on June 18, 2005 to her high school sweetheart. Her twin sister Jacki Szymanski was her maid of honor, and Lisa Krall was a bridesmaid. After enjoying the honeymoon in Aruba, they are now living in Cleveland where Jen is working in human resources at Parma�s Hospital. ... Time for some updates ... ENS Josh and Sara (Bryan) Falbo, were married June 4, 2005 on the beach in Virginia Beach. They have moved to Brunswick, ME, where Josh has been assigned to Patrol Squadron 26 at Naval Air Station Brunswick. Sara has gone back to school to earn a nursing degree at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. ... Meghan Kelly arrived back in the U.S. on August 5 and began classes at Indiana University School of Medicine on August 15. It took her a while to get both feet back into the American lifestyle but has adjusted now. ... Thanks again to everyone for sending updates. Paul

Hello to all, I hope everyone is enjoying the summer time. I had the chance to see a lot of Carroll alumni during Reunion Weekend at Carroll. It was nice to see a hand full of our classmates as well -- Ryan Ficco, Artie Mauser and Matt Simmons -- during the wrestling reunion. ... This issue we have news all the way from Africa where Meghan Kelly is volunteering with the Conossian Daughters of Charity in a small town called �Sogbossito.� She sent a picture of herself with a few children from her parish. ... Last summer 2Lt. Clark Rosenberry finished army officer training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He also just finished his first year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati�s College of Medicine where he is doing research in the emergency department on traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome. ... Kate Crimmins and Sean McNeeley are both working as account managers for a technology company called MCPc out of the Strongsville area. ... Amanda Allamong is doing research for the Cleveland clinic, while Jacki Szymanski is working in accounting at Whole Health Management near Beachwood. ... Steven Gray is working out of Columbus as a district manager for Dayton Freight. ... Jen Kramer is still enjoying success as a public relations account coordinator for Liggett-Stashower, while Megan Gerity is working at NovaStar Mortgage in Independence, OH, and is in the top 20% of sale generators in her organization. ... The list of those getting married is getting longer and longer with the addition of Kristen Hudach and Mike Lydecker who plan to get married next summer in Pittsburgh. Blerta Mellani and Blair Edwards will be picking a date some time next summer. While Kathleen Nicholson and Joe Schauer are getting married in Canton, OH, next July! ... I hope this finds all of you well, and please keep the updates coming. Take care, Clapp �To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.� � Anatole

Hello class of 2004. Our 1st year anniversary is almost up. Can you believe it?? You know it�s a great time of year because the Tribe is playing ball. I was able to shoot spring training in Mesa, AZ, for a photo agency just before I moved back to Northeast Ohio where I am enjoying seeing all our fellow classmates around town. I�m working at Enterprise rent-a-car in Mentor and have run into a ton of Carroll alumni in the past few weeks. Keep the updates coming! ... I met up with Ryan Dieter during an Alumni-in-Admissions phone night at Carroll in March. He told me when he�s not hunting or fishing, he is working at his alma mater, Lake Catholic High School, as the director of alumni relations. ... After getting recruited at our Career Fair last February by the vice president of Sales, Maura Roddy is selling homes for Pulte Homes at their largest division, called DiVosta Homes in Naples, FL, and is loving it! ... Mary Kate Lundeen is currently the marketing coordinator for Goldish Financial, a financial services company in Beachwood, OH. She recently moved to Brooklyn, and misses JCU a lot. ... Jim Lilly recently resigned from KeyCorp�s Analyst Program and made the move to National City Bank. Jim is going to continue working in corporate banking in Indianapolis and is excited about the opportunity and move. ... Matt Podkul started working for FedEx in January as an account executive and is back living in Pittsburgh. I�m sure you can e-mail him if your shipment is ever late. ... Anthony Garofalo recently started his own business, Precision Ink. He asked to pass along his company�s Web site www.precisionink4less.com where you can �find great prices on ink and toner cartridges for your home and business.� He also wanted to thank alumni, friends and faculty for their support as he starts this new business. ... T.J. Kolba is working in Canton as an account executive for Wells Fargo Financial, and is considering going back to school to for his MBA, but that is yet to be determined. ... If you�re looking for a job in the D.C. area, Kate Ferguson is working in human resources for the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, D.C. four blocks from the White House. ... Now, for the wedding/engagement updates. Lisa Nau and Randall White got married at John Carroll University on December 18. Caroline (Ortega) and Christopher Stull just got married on March 5, 2005. They are living in Pittsburgh together. Last July, Kim Cahill got engaged to Daniel Knoch from Eastlake, OH. Their wedding will be on July 23, 2005 at St. Gabriel Church in Concord. They bought a house in Eastlake, and will be moving in this summer. ... That�s it for now, hope everyone is doing well! Clapp �The toughest thing about success is that you�ve got to keep on being a success.�

Hello to everyone. It�s been great hearing from everyone. I was afraid I wasn�t going to have much information to share in this issue, but thankfully many people e-mailed me just before this column was due. From what I hear, everyone is enjoying their new jobs and or are continuing their education while living somewhere beyond the parents� house. Speaking of parents, thanks to all of the parents who have given me updates for your kids. I think I�ve gotten more e-mails from mothers and fathers than our classmates! ... Moving away from home seems to be a recurring theme this time around. Hedwig Murphy just moved to Philadelphia while Jerold Ahn is teaching at Borman Middle school in Glendale (just out side of Phoenix, AZ). Timothy Seeberg is a marketing assistant for Mason Selkowitz McDermott in Fairport, NY. Rosella Torcaso just moved to North Royalton where she is a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley. Sean Mooney is the performance-training director for Performance Training, Inc in Cleveland. Jessie Kron is working for American Express Financial Advisors as a financial advisor in Independence. Theresa Spada is currently a project manager for Conferon Inc. in Beachwood. Steve Stefanko is living and working in Solon for Napoli Consultants, Inc. as an actuarial associate. Linette (Caraballo) Pacheco is a development associate at The Women�s Center of Greater Cleveland. Mark Spilker is working for Ernst & Young and working on finishing her MBA this summer. Darice Kopcak is currently working at National City Corporate office in downtown Cleveland as a regional marketing & sales coordinator for the Private Client Group for the North coast region. ... After finishing three months of training in Rome, Meghan Kelly just left for Kove, Togo, Africa on September 7th. She was to be working in a newly built clinic in Kove, however, due to delays the clinic is still under construction. She is now teaching at a school for women ages 15 to 30, which is located in the village and operated by the Cannossian Daughters of Charity. Her mother asked anyone interested to send letters to: Meghan Kelly, c/o Soeurs Canossiennes, BP 10238, Ago�-Nyiv�, Lom�, TOGO, Afrique Occidentale or e-mail volto@cafe.tg. Put �Attention Meghan Kelly� on the subject line. Jessica Lazor is now working at Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond in Cleveland. Jess Fonow is still in law school at Duquesne while Brian Cain is attending grad school there as well. ... Many congratulations are in order for our classmates who have gotten engaged and married in the past few months. Cara Mazzocca and Matt Sulzer got engaged as well as Sarah Sroka and Ron Kubacki. Sarah (Keating) Albanese married Jay Albanese on August 21, 2004. They are living in Buffalo, NY, where Sarah is working for Autistic Services, Inc. and will is attending a master�s program in library science. Angela Smith-Puertas marred Daniel Puertas �03G on August 14th and is now a marketing/PR coordinator for ZO Brands in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. ... As of November 17th, Joshua M. Falbo (newly commissioned officer in the United States Navy) and Sara Bryan are engaged to be married sometime in the next year pending Josh�s deployment and training schedules. Both moved to Virginia Beach, VA, in January as Josh continues his military training as an Intelligence Officer for the Navy. ... That�s it for now. Thank you to everyone who sent information. Please keep it coming!!! Clapp People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just. -- Aristotle

When I last wrote this alumni update, I mentioned how it was hard for me to believe we graduated. However, I am regretfully reminded at least once a week when I get the ever so dreaded �you are about to go into your student loan repayment period� letters. ... All joking aside, I wanted to remind all of you who are moving away from the parents, to update your info with John Carroll. In order to keep you all updated, I need to know how to contact you for information. I have a minimal amount of classmates� e-mail address, so please e-mail me (address above), instant message me �ClapperJCU,� or go to http://www.jcu.edu/alumni/update_record_new.asp. ... I am also looking into creating a Web site dedicated to our class. I would like to have sections where you could post updates, upload pictures, list job openings in your area, just keep in contact (network) with everyone else. If you, or someone you know, can create Web sites, please let me know. It would be great if we could have this up and running within a few months. ... Now, with that said, let�s go to the updates. The good news seems to be how the job market is picking up. Mike Hamlin is a broker at Arthur J. Gallagher in Chicago. ... While Ken Fortune is visitor services/security at the Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, the museum across from the Art Museum. ... Patrick Bittel is an account executive for KISS FM at Clear Channel Radio and says he gets to �rub shoulders with celebrities and attend frequent concerts.� ... Brennan Szczepanski is working for a post audit accounting firm in Hudson, OH, as a staff auditor. After his completion of the CPA, he plans on going to law school part time while working at Advantium. ... Tiffany Cole is currently working at Transwestern Commercial Services in downtown Chicago, IL, as an HR administrator. Tiffany lives in the Hyde Park area and plans on going back to school within the next year at Loyola or DePaul to get her MBA. ... During the past school year Jennifer Kramer was asked to continue her fall 2003 internship through 2004 at Liggett-Stashower and after graduation she was hired as a full time account coordinator. ... Nikki Spiezio recently accepted a full-time marketing associate position at PRN Funding, located in Beachwood, so look for her hanging around campus. Jennifer Reali joins the list of classmates to get engaged. She and Stephen Fiorilli �02 are scheduled to tie the not in October 2005. Jennifer is also working in sales for Z Gallerie in Cleveland. Joe Hoelzle is substitute teaching near his home in Fremont, OH, while coaching d-linemen part-time at Heidelberg College. ... Thanks to everyone who has sent in updates! Paul �One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.� - Elbert Hubbard

Hello to the class of 2004. I am honored to be able to bring news to all of you via this class column. After all those years of getting this magazine and reading a few of the past class reports, it�s a little strange to be writing one about our own class. It still hasn�t hit me that we�ve graduated. Everyone always talks about how it doesn�t really set in until fall when all of our younger friends are preparing to go back to Carroll or other schools around us. It is hard to believe come September we will no longer be able to play �yard ball� near Millor Hall, or make s�mores on the Bernet lawn like we did during our last week at Carroll. I hope you will enjoy reading the updates from our classmates in this column. However, I can only keep you informed if you keep me updated. If you have information about yourself, or anyone else in our class, please feel free to send me the info by one of the ways listed above. So, without further a due, here are some updates from a few of our classmates. ... A lot of our classmates are going back to school for their master�s -- Megan Macala is planning on doing grad work in chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, while John Skendall is currently in Washington, D.C. working on his master�s in political science at American University. ... Matt Krupa is working towards his MBA at Cleveland State, and James Day will continue his Jesuit education at Loyola Marymount in L.A. ... While the job market is tough, some grads are already busy with their new jobs/careers. It seems like Ryan Homes benefited the most from our class, picking up four grads, George Theofilos, Amanda Semko and Emilie Lupiani are sales and marketing associates, while Ryan DeGeorge is a project manager. ... Sara Neville will be busy teaching 12th grade speech and creative writing and 10th grade English this fall at Fairview High School. ... Kelly Ryan will be coordinating individualized education plan for Summit Academy in Lorain. ... Joe Mifsud earned his biology license in Cleveland and is going to be a marine biologist for the Cleveland Institute of Science starting August 1st. ... Dom DiNinno moved to Dayton, OH and began working for Dayton Freight where he recently entered their management trainee business program. ... As for myself, I have just moved to Tucson, AZ where I will be the resident director at a fraternity house on the University of Arizona�s campus and will work for a management group full time as a program manager for over 16 clients around the country. ... Wedding bells have yet to ring for anyone in our class, but there are plans for them in the near future, as Melissa D�Amore will marry her high school sweetheart, Matthew Joseph, in May of 2005 in Hermitage, PA. �Whatever you do, do well, and may success attend your efforts.� Paul

Class Notes 2004

	Paul S. Clapp 1918 Lakeside Drive Madison, OH 44057 440-796-4947 pclapp04@jcu.edu


fall 2008	John Carroll has been in the news a lot the last few months. And even though some of those times were because we lost Tim Russert and Fr. Schell, it reminded me how much of a close family we all are. I’m often reminded how proud I am of John Carroll and all our classmates. Our class has gone off and done some great and extraordinary things since graduation, and even though it is a little early to get excited, I cannot wait to see everyone at our reunion next summer! Like usual our classmates have been busy. ... In early June Megan Maier finished medical school at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and graduated with an MD degree. She started her obstetrics and gynecology residency in June at Riverside Methodist Hospital near Columbus Ohio. She is also was married this May to her high school sweetheart, Tim Staub. Nothing like making all the major changes in your life at one time -- huh? Now all she needs to do is buy a house ... I heard from Patrick Bittel the other day. He is getting married this August to Brittany Smith. They met during our senior year at the Murphy Hall Formal. ... Stephen ’02 and Jennifer (Reali) Fiorilli had a baby boy. Vincent Alexander Fiorilli was born May 30, 6 lbs. 15 oz. They are still living in Tampa and doing well! They sent along a picture of Vincent for all to see. ... Erin Sullivan graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in May and took the Ohio Bar exam in July. ... Congrats to everyone on recent engagements, graduations, or births of new children. Again, start making plans, Reunion 2009 will be the weekend of June 19-21. If you would like to serve on our reunion class committee, please contact Theresa Spada, assistant director of alumni relations - tspada@jcu.edu or 216-397-3014. ... Paul


summer 2008	Thank you to everyone who sent updates. We have a lot of career updates and a few wedding announcements to share ... Melanie Hudak is living in Chicago, IL, next to Wrigley Field. She is the benefits administrator, HR department for Playboy Enterprises Inc. Melanie has been working there for over a year and was recently selected as Who’s Who of Playboy for the month of January 2008. ... Kristen (Hallsky) Taylor works for 21 WFMJ (NBC) and WBCB (CW) in Youngstown doing marketing and promotions for both stations. She has been there since shortly after graduation. She also married Jordan Taylor (Mount Union 2000) on Sept. 22, 2007, in Hubbard, OH. Celeste Cappotto was her maid of honor and Teressa Fiderio was a bridesmaid. ... Brook Miller and Daryl Lee (Central Washington University) plan to be married on October 4 in Salem, OH. ... Lindsay Recktenwald is living in Connecticut and working in development at a theater venue in Hartford. ... Jim Lilly celebrated his three-year anniversary at National City Bank and is currently working as a commercial lending officer in West Michigan. Jim also recently got engaged to Sarah Garlough, a Michigan State class of 2006 graduate. ... Stephanie Tomko was promoted to assistant vice president at Marsh USA, which is an international corporate insurance broker. She also bought a house in Willowick. ... Rebecca Machusick accepted a new position in the PR and Marketing Department of Maxim Healthcare. ... Tina Choudhri was accepted at George Washington in D.C. in emergency medicine. ... Nada Faddoul joined the Akron law firm of Stark & Knoll after graduating in 2007 from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Nada joins Stark & Knoll’s growing Litigation and Employment Department. She is a member of the American, Ohio State, Cleveland Metropolitan and the Akron Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in Ohio. Nada will focus on business litigation, immigration issues and counseling clients on employment matters. ... Katie McPhie and J.P. Krainz both graduated in December 2007 from the M.B.A. Accelerated Program at Cleveland State University. ... Sarah (Keating) Albanese and her husband, Jay, had a baby, Jacob, on Dec. 21, 2007, you can check out their blog - jmpalbo.blogspot.com - or see the photo they sent in. ... We are about to go into our fifth year out -- reunion next year! Start thinking ahead for summer of ’09 -- things are already in the works. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. Enjoy your summer, Paul


spring 2008	I apologize for taking an issue off -- we’ve got a lot of career updates, a few marriages, and even baby news. Gregory Jackson was a copy editor of PR material and online content for CuyahogaValleyChurch.com, and is now looking to move to full time - PR/media/community relations. ... Wildali (Lugo) DeJesus finished her master’s in public administration at CSU in August. She moved to Tallahassee, Fla., in September and is an investigator with the U.S. Department of Labor. ... Elizabeth McGowan is working in supply chain for PepsiCo as the supervisor of their West Coast Grocery Division. She lives in Chicago and is busy planning her September 20 wedding to Tom Foley. ... Jack Donnelly is working in Chicago for the Tribune Company selling advertising. He recently closed the largest deal in his department’s history. ... Carly Grey is graduating from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., on May 20. She will work in the D.C. office of McGuire Woods LLP. After running XC at Carroll, Carly decided to run her first marathon a week after her 23rd birthday -- in 4h 9m. ... Maura Roddy just started with Grubb-Ellis in Chicago. ... Peter Corrigan earned a master’s of education through the University of Notre Dame Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Program while teaching for two years in Tucson, Ariz. He now serves as the assistant principal at Saint Augustine Catholic High School, in Tucson. ... Thomas L. Jenkins celebrated his three-year anniversary with Bank of America and accepted a management position in Newport Beach, Calif., as an officer in Consumer Lending Credit Acquisition managing personal loans upwards of $200,000. ... Todd Belinky started graduate school (master’s in peace operations) at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. He is serving in the Army Reserves as a First Lieutenant and returned from a year in the Middle East. ... Audra (Welch) Van Winkle graduated from OSU and is now working as an occupational therapist for Pediatric Therapy Partners in Columbus, Ohio. ... Adam Duale found a home at Deloitte Tax LLP and was given an amazing opportunity to travel to India to do training at an office in Hyderabad. He spent a month and a half in India over the summer -- more about his trip in the next issue. ... Many wedding announcements -- Lou Grasso was married July 28 to Brooke Daly and is an administrator at IBEW Local No. 129. Amanda (Kresak) and Joe Calabro married on June 30 and live in Dayton. Amanda is a senior auditor for a public accounting firm and just passed the CPA exam in August. Everyone who worked at The Carroll News knew Matt Taylor and Heather Wood were made for each other, and recently Matt and Heather got engaged. Nikki (Spiezio) and Haki Flores were married in Golden, Col., on December 30. John Garber and Dana Delsignore got engaged on Christmas Eve. Dana graduated from the CSU accelerated nursing program with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and passed her state boards to become a registered nurse. She’s a pediatric nurse at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. More summer weddings -- Katie McPhie and J.P. Krainz are planning their wedding and Erik McKay and Jessica Franck are as well. Cindy (Consiglio) and Trevor ’02 Schilling married in September. Tara Billman married Joe LaFlamme on December 28. Megan Gerity and her fiancé, Justin Byrne, plan to be married in 2009 and so will Joe Lowry and Eileen Cummings. ... Randall and Lisa (Nau) White have a new baby girl who was born on August 30; they are living in Charlotte, N.C. Stephen ’02 and Jennifer (Reali) Fiorilli are in Tampa and expecting their first baby in June! ... Thanks for all the updates. Check out our MySpace page for pictures! Paul


summer 2007	Thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures and updates the last few issues. This is the first one in a while I didn’t exceed my allotted space. It’s great to hear about our class doing all these exciting things. Arguably our class has been noted in this magazine as much if not more than any other single year. We’ve got a lot of “movers and shakers” in our class. So, keep sending in the updates! ... Sean Mooney and Amanda (Karpus) ’02 just had a baby boy, Ryan Joseph, on February 14. Sean is enjoying his career as a search consultant in the civil, environmental and health and safety fields with Devore Family & Associates (SearchPath International affiliate) which is based in the greater Cleveland, OH, area. ... Danielle (Saksa) Holman is working as a social work liaison at The Cleveland Clinic. ... Jacqueline Szymanski is now with Whole Health Management as a billing analyst. ... Kelly Zimmerman has finished her M.A. in Education Administration at Carroll and is a 3rd grade teacher at Kirtland Elementary School. ... Congrats goes out to Alicia Grady who got engaged this past Christmas and plans to get married August 29, 2008. ... Michelle Kate Weber was accepted into The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley as a Ph.D. student for their program in Liturgical Studies. She’ll start this fall. She’s also excited about being a first-time aunt: her nephew was born in July. ... Maya Edwards is living/working in Sevilla, Spain, where she is one of the Study Abroad coordinators at the Texas Tech Sevilla Center. Her parents just returned from a two week visit to Sevilla where they were able to join the students on several excursions. Maya is enjoying her time there and has turned into quite the Spanish historian. ... That’s it for now. A little lighter than normal, but hopefully next issue will be back to being full. Paul


spring 2007	I got so many updates that I had to shorten a few ... Mauni E. Khoury completed her master’s in school psychology from Carroll ’06. She’ll be a school psychologist with Fairview Park City Schools. ... Claire (Yeasted) Holekamp attends the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She married Dr. Scott Holekamp in 2006 and plans to work at a New York City hospital in Manhattan. ... Caroline (Ortega) Stull and husband Chris are living in Ithaca, NY, while Chris pursues his Ph.D. Caroline became PHR certified in September and is the HR rep for a medical facility in Ithaca. ... Lisa Krall is the manager of camp programs at the Achievement Centers for Children’s Camp Cheerful in Strongsville. ... John Skendall graduated May ‘06 from American University with his master’s in political science. He’s working as a writer for a trade association in the D.C. area. ... Dan and Kim (Cahill) Knoch are living in Eastlake where Kim is working as a kindergarten teacher in Mentor and has only a couple more classes to complete her master’s in educational literacy. ... Jennifer Randall is living in the Ft. Lauderdale area where she is a risk manager of operations for the Florida division of Balfour Beatty Construction. ... Mark W. Spilker is a financial analyst for Henkel Corporation, and has obtained his CPA. ... Greg Holcomb works at the Lorain County Auditor’s office as a tax settlement specialist. He’s also in his first term as a Lorain City councilman -- working on his re-election. And if that’s not enough, he’s going to Cleveland State University in pursuit of a master’s of public administration. ... Kate Ferguson trains federal government employees on leadership and management at the Council for Excellence in Government in DC. ... Lindsay Marciniak is working in fundraising at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. ... Brice Civiello is doing political consulting for American Strategies, LLC in Columbus, OH, while he finishes a Master’s of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. ... Aimee Bragle just opened a new boutique, Cosmetique de Stefino, in Pittsburgh. ... Matt Krupa and Barb Bain graduated with their master’s from Cleveland State. ... Ryan Paugh finished his master’s in finance at Cleveland State in December and is now a financial advisor for Raymond James & Associates, Cleveland. ... Megan Macala finished her master’s in Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and works for Schering-Plough in New Jersey. ... Matt Rura moved to D.C. to work in golf course management in 2007. ... Erika Thomas moved to Michigan to work on her Ph.D. in communications at Wayne State. ... Caroline Salib is starting her fourth year at CWRU School of Dental Medicine -- she’ll earn a DMD May 2008. ... After completing her first year of doctoral studies at the University of Akron, Sarah Chessar will be interning with the ACT testing corporation where she will develop an assessment tool for determining eligibility for testing accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. ... The list of marriages grew:In January, Wildali Lugo-Santiago and Luis DeJesus ’05 were married in San Juan Puerto Rico -- best man was Matt Davenport ’05. ... Kevin Garvey ’00 and Kim Obluk married on April 21. Heather (Buchkoski) Calvert married Simon Calvert on January 5 and are moving to Todmorden, England, where Heather will be teaching. Audra Welch married Brian Van Winkle June 16. ... The list of who’s expecting:Randall and Lisa (Nau) White are having a baby girl at the end of August. Matt and Melissa (D’Amore) Joseph moved to Erie, PA, and are expecting in July. Amanda (Karpus ’02) and Sean Mooney had their first born, Ryan Joseph, on 2/14/07 ... And those who are engaged: Emilie Lupiani got engaged in February and plans to get married in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2008. Amanda Kresak and Joe Calabro will be married in July. Kristy Monday and Bill Kerr plan to marry in October in California -- Megan Maier and Abby Fernandez will be in the wedding. ... Paul

winter 2007	Hello to all ... Time keeps flying by, it feels like I just wrote the last issue days ago. A few people have been talking about organizing a small get together for those of us who are in the Cleveland area. If you are interested, send me a note and I�ll be more than happy to plan something for our class. ... As for the updates, a lot of our classmates have finished up their master�s degrees. Megan DeLeon completed the master�s program at FSU in Panama City in psychology with focus on applied behavior analysis. She is working with autistic children, and will be presenting at the national ABA conference in May in San Diego. Celeste Cappotto graduated in May �06 with her master�s degree in communication from Cleveland State University and just started work as the development administrator for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation. (Congrats on the new Job). Erin Gregory just finished her master�s in educational leadership through the University of Dayton and completed her two year service program (serving inner-city Catholic schools) and moved back to Cincinnati where she is teaching 6th grade. She is also engaged to Adam Eiser and will be married in April. Nathan Hawley graduated with a master�s in accounting from Duquesne University this past July and is living in Denver, CO, working for a CPA firm. After earning his master�s in applied politics, Tony Baker �05 was able to turn his internship with Congresswoman Betty Sutton into a full time job in Washington, D.C. Audra Welch can see the end of the tunnel, she�ll earn her master�s from Ohio State this June. ... Tim Seeberg has just started a new job as an account executive at Albion Interactive in Boston, MA. If you�re ever near Boston, drop Tim a line. ... Jason Cox sent his update all the way from Mosul, Iraq, where he is stationed with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based out of Ft. Lewis, WA. They are slated to return in June. Our prayers go out to Jason and his men and women along side him. ... After Kate Sullivan finishes up her master�s in speech/language pathology at Case Western Reserve University, she�ll be marrying Paul Murphy who is currently a partner at Gibson Bagpipes in Willoughby, OH. ... Joe Petro recently got engaged to Katie Harcher. Joe is working for Penske Logistics in Beachwood and Katie is working for Athersys, Inc. (a biotech company) in downtown Cleveland. ... Thanks again to those who sent in updates. Keep them coming. We also have a picture again this month of a small JCU get together in Lakewood. Paul

fall 2006	I went to Homecoming this year, unfortunately a lot of people were not able to make it, but it was nice to catch up with everyone who did. This issue as well as the last one is jammed packed full of updates, THANK YOU to everyone who has been sending them. ... We�ve gotten a lot of people on the class� myspace.com page - http://www.myspace.com/jcu04 - which has really helped with updates and keeping everyone connected. If you haven�t had a chance to look, please do ... you might just talk with people you haven�t seen since graduation. ... Jen Pawlitsch is currently in her third year of teaching fifth and sixth grade English and Reading in Cleveland. She was recently nominated 2007 Ohio Teacher of the Year. She is also working on her master�s degree in educational administration and supervision through Bowling Green State University. ... TJ Kolba is now the assistant men�s soccer coach at Cleveland State University, after being the assistant at JCU last year. He also coaches youth soccer with the Cleveland Soccer Academy and the Olympic Development Program. TJ is living in North Royalton with his girlfriend Leah, and loving life. ... Noura Radwan is completing her second year of med school at St. Matthew University School of Medicine. She is taking a Kaplan course to prepare for the boards and hopes to start clinicals by April 07. She�s looking to graduate May �09 -- other than golfing, studying, and traveling, she says her life is pretty boring. ... Rebecca Gellott �03 just left her marketing position in Strongsville and returned to Carroll to pursue a language arts licensure and master�s in education. ... Sherman Jacobson got engaged to his long time girlfriend, Kristen, over Christmas last year and is planning the wedding for October �07. Rob Rosen, John Vencl and Rebecca Gellott are all in the wedding. ... Maria (Sellers) Papay and Ben were married August 26 in Canton, OH. ... Diana Sierra is finishing her master�s in Spanish at CSU and teaching Spanish 101/102 at Cleveland State this year. ... Gina Dowell completed her master�s work from Ohio University this past spring, earning her M.Ed. Then she moved to Elon, NC, where she serves as the assistant director of Greek Life. She also passed along news of John Zaluski who graduated with his MBA from Cleveland State and works for Dollar Bank in Cleveland. ... Cara Mazzocca and Matt Sulzer got married the last weekend of September, while Mike Grady and Colleen Kookoothe �06 got married September 30 as well. ... Kelly Ryan just got accepted to Baldwin-Wallace�s master�s in education program. ... Hiva sent a note from Croatia. He loves reading about everyone and is looking forward to coming back to the states this Christmas. He�s been working for a big bank in Croatia. Hiva said it�s fun but lots of work. He�s looking forward to seeing all of his old friends when he�s home and staying with Pat Bittel. ... Katie Zaludek is teaching first grade at Parkside Elementary for Solon City Schools. She also just bought a condo in Twinsburg. ... Mary Kate (Lundeen) Wainwright and Nelson Wainwright �06 were married this past summer and sent us a picture of the wedding party in front of JCU. ... Paul

summer 2006	So many updates, so little space ... so let�s jump right in ... After Katie Crowther�s returned from Dublin where she was working for Ireland AM on TV3 she started an internship at Bloomberg Financial News Television in NYC. She�ll graduate from Northwestern in December after one more quarter covering Congress in D.C. ... Sara Neville will be teaching ninth and eleventh grade honors English at Westlake High School. ... Melissa Giblock is getting her master�s in International Relations at King�s College in London. She�s hoping to find a job after graduating and stay in London for a while. ... Brian Stefanik relocated back to Cleveland from a brief stint with Sherwin-Williams in Louisville, KY. Now he�s an account manager for GE Lighting. ... Richard Duffy II lives in Berwyn, IL, where he works for a trading firm in downtown Chicago. He is engaged to his high school sweetheart, Maria El Locale. Their wedding will be on November 8, 2006. ... Lindsay (LeCorchick) Jensen married Luke Jenson on July 2 in Kansas City, MO, where she and Luke are living. Nicole Accordino, Steph Dishauzi, Megan Luby and Jenny Fiorenzo all made the trip to see the outdoor ceremony in a rose garden. ... Michelle DelSignore sent a note telling us how beautiful Kat Nicholson and Joe Schauer�s wedding was. They were married July 1 in Canton, OH. ... Tony Baker �05 is about to finish his master�s in Applied Politics from the University of Akron and is interning for a U.S. Congressional candidate, Betty Sutton. She�s running in Ohio�s 13th District. ... Jessica Fonow is living in Pittsburgh, PA, where she�s finishing her J.D. from Duquesne University. She recently got engaged to James Dawso who is working for a chemical distribution company in North Olmstead. After their wedding on October 13, 2007 they plan on settling in Cleveland. ... Teresa Delagrange got engaged to Andrew Higl �03 over Valentine�s Day weekend. They are planning a July 2007 wedding in Buffalo. Tim Cherney is going to be best man, and Katie Battistone is a bridesmaid. ... Speaking of Tim Cherney, he�s spending the summer in Hawaii interning for his CSP program at Colorado State University. ... Beth Royce recently got engaged and is staying busy working as a nurse at Rainbow Babies and Children�s Hospital and completing her master�s degree in nursing at Case Western Reserve University. ... Sarah Chessar graduated from Cleveland State with a master�s degree in Clinical Psychology and will be attending the University of Akron this fall to work on a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology. ... Beth Greenwald finished her first year in the Exercise Physiology Master�s Program at Florida Atlantic University and is working as a graduate assistant at the FAU Student Wellness Center. ... Bill Shutes finished his master�s in English in August from JCU. He�s going to take a year off before pursuing his Ph.D. ... Mike Grady just got engaged to Colleen Kookoothe �06. Todd Belinky, Chris Mannarino, and Joe Sellers will take part in the wedding September 30 in Toledo, OH. ... Theresa Dwyer is engaged to Bill Boston with a wedding date of October 28, 2006 in Chicago. ... John Grdina is engaged to Megan Luby. John just started his master�s in Education at Notre Dame College and spends his spare time rebuilding bikes at Western Reserve Harley-Davidson. Megan is starting her second year as a biology teacher at Bay Village High School. The couple will be married at Saint Ann�s Church July 14, 2007. ... Victoria Epprecht is teaching first grade in Chagrin Falls, OH, and coaching cheerleading at Chagrin Falls High School. She�s also in the process of obtaining a master�s degree from Ashland University. She and Mark Pelsozy are now engaged! Mark is working in marketing and sales in Cleveland. ... Paul

spring 2006	Great to hear from everyone. I felt bad not having a lot of updates in the last issue, so hopefully this one is a little better. We are all so busy with work and everything else that goes on in our lives, it�s a real challenge to keep in touch. But now, with a little help from myspace.com, we can all easily stay connected. I have created a page just for our class, and so far it�s been pretty popular. Just check it out -- www.myspace.com/jcu04. We have over 100 classmates already signed up, and hopefully we�ll get more by the time this hits your mailbox. At the page you can send updates to me directly or you can post a message so everyone can see it. So, please take a look. ... I�m looking forward to this having a positive impact, and hopefully we�ll have more than enough information for next issue. So, here�s what�s been happening in the last few months ... Julie Goldyn went on to KSU after Carroll and got her master�s of education in school psychology. Now she�s working on her Ph.D. at KSU in school psychology. She�s been pretty busy out side of the classroom, because she is also working with the school doing consulting with teachers and designing interventions to address academic and behavioral issues in preschool children with disabilities. Soon she will be interning with the Lorain City Schools. ... Ken Fortune is living in Geneva while working corporate security for Progressive Insurance in Mayfield Heights, OH. ... Darice Kopcak is currently the marketing manager for Porsche and Audi at Stoddard Imported Cars, Inc. in Willoughby, OH. She creates ads that are seen in various Porsche parts publications within the U.S. as well as England and Australia. A few of her other ads can be seen in other print publications. ... Matt Joyce graduated from the U.S. Army�s Airborne and Ranger Schools and is now a platoon leader in the 25th infantry division in Hawaii. He really misses the Cleveland Winters -- right! ... Maria Sellers has been living in Lakewood and working in Downtown Cleveland as an editor for KeyBanc Capital Markets. She is engaged to Ben Papay (who she met at work) and they are planning their August 26, 2006 wedding in Canton, OH. ... Joe Lowry recently moved to Arlington, VA, and started a job with the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations for the U.S. House of Representatives where he assists with the various emergency-related programs which they conduct. He�d tell us more but its top secret. ... Sarah Weese will be graduating with her master�s degree in August. She�ll then travel to beaches of North Carolina to pursue a career working with children and adolescents. ... Joe Hoelzle is teaching Social Studies at Hopewell-Loudon High School which is in Bascom (very rural) between Tiffin and Fostoria in Northwest Ohio. He teaches freshman World History and senior Citizenship. Joe stays busy coaching as the assistant varsity football coach - d-line and running backs. His team made it to the state semis in D6. He�s also the Jr. High wrestling coach, and the throwing coach for boys and girls Jr. & Sr. high track teams. This summer he plans on starting his master�s in Educational Administration, most likely at The University of Findlay. ... That�s it for now. Take care, Paul

winter 2006	Hi everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying 2006. I cannot believe how much has changed since we left Carroll. In less than two years so many of us have moved, changed career paths, and a good amount of you have gotten married. I enjoy hearing from so many of you each quarter, telling me what you have been up to and updating me on all our friends. This issue we are a little light on updates, so PLEASE send me any info you have so I can keep this space full with your updates and less of my rambling! You can always e-mail me at pclapp@yahoo.com or call my cell phone, 440.812.3837. ... And now the updates: Nikki Spiezio is walking in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on June 24-25! If you would like to help reach her goal to raise $1800 you can e-mail her, nspiezio04@jcu.edu. ... Andrew Higl �03 is a grad student and instructor at Loyola University in Chicago, while Teresa Delagrange is an account executive at Gibbs-Soell Public Relations in Chicago. ... And Samantha Crish is working as an event planner/administrative assistant at Tenable Event Services in Cleveland. ... I look forward to many more updates, Clapp

fall 2005	Hello to all of you. I want to thank everyone who sent in updates. My e-mail inbox was flooded with updates ... which makes my job that much easier. ... I am writing this note just after attending homecoming weekend. It was really nice to get back to campus and see everyone doing so well. I couldn�t help but notice how happy everyone was, especially near the tennis courts. It was nice to catch up with all our friends. I�ll keep this one short, as there are so many updates this time around (we even have pictures). ... Jamie Anderson is working in training and development at National City (Home Equity). She and Matt Warzel �03 are engaged and plan on getting married next year. Matt is currently working on a screenplay. ... Melissa A. Bresler is currently working in Los Angeles at Real Orange Creative, Inc., a full-service advertising agency and creative company. She is the director of account services and the Ambassador to Irwindale, CA (Which is the city the agency is in). ... Emilie Alesnik and Mark Lucia got married in July in Cleveland and have moved to Cincinnati, where Emilie will be teaching high school English at Clermont-Northeastern and Mark will be attending his second year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati. Thanks to Theresa Spada for sending a picture from the wedding. ... Lindsay Recktenwald is living in Virginia Beach and just began a job as a proofreader for Harris Connect after attending the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver this past summer. ... Tim Seeberg is now living in Boston working as an assistant account manager at David Wilson Advertising. If anyone is living near Boston, give Tim a shout. ... Carrie Huszczo, one of our favorite people in the mail center sent great news. Her son, JJ Huszczo �97 and his wife, Karla, just had a beautiful baby boy, Jayden Michael. This is Carrie�s first grandchild, a future Carroll grad for sure. ... Jessica Franck is teaching seventh grade at Mayfield Middle School, while Tim Cherney is at grad school at the University of Colorado, and Jessie Kron is engaged to Larry Nolte �02 and will be married on June 3, 2006 at Saint Francis Chapel. ... Sarah Weese is enjoying beautiful Greensboro, NC. She will be graduating in August 2006 with her master�s degree in counseling. Currently she is in the middle of a year-long internship as a counselor at an agency for troubled youth and adolescents. ... Jen (Szymanski) Konoff was married on June 18, 2005 to her high school sweetheart. Her twin sister Jacki Szymanski was her maid of honor, and Lisa Krall was a bridesmaid. After enjoying the honeymoon in Aruba, they are now living in Cleveland where Jen is working in human resources at Parma�s Hospital. ... Time for some updates ... ENS Josh and Sara (Bryan) Falbo, were married June 4, 2005 on the beach in Virginia Beach. They have moved to Brunswick, ME, where Josh has been assigned to Patrol Squadron 26 at Naval Air Station Brunswick. Sara has gone back to school to earn a nursing degree at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. ... Meghan Kelly arrived back in the U.S. on August 5 and began classes at Indiana University School of Medicine on August 15. It took her a while to get both feet back into the American lifestyle but has adjusted now. ... Thanks again to everyone for sending updates. Paul

summer 2005	Hello to all, I hope everyone is enjoying the summer time. I had the chance to see a lot of Carroll alumni during Reunion Weekend at Carroll. It was nice to see a hand full of our classmates as well -- Ryan Ficco, Artie Mauser and Matt Simmons -- during the wrestling reunion. ... This issue we have news all the way from Africa where Meghan Kelly is volunteering with the Conossian Daughters of Charity in a small town called �Sogbossito.� She sent a picture of herself with a few children from her parish. ... Last summer 2Lt. Clark Rosenberry finished army officer training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He also just finished his first year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati�s College of Medicine where he is doing research in the emergency department on traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome. ... Kate Crimmins and Sean McNeeley are both working as account managers for a technology company called MCPc out of the Strongsville area. ... Amanda Allamong is doing research for the Cleveland clinic, while Jacki Szymanski is working in accounting at Whole Health Management near Beachwood. ... Steven Gray is working out of Columbus as a district manager for Dayton Freight. ... Jen Kramer is still enjoying success as a public relations account coordinator for Liggett-Stashower, while Megan Gerity is working at NovaStar Mortgage in Independence, OH, and is in the top 20% of sale generators in her organization. ... The list of those getting married is getting longer and longer with the addition of Kristen Hudach and Mike Lydecker who plan to get married next summer in Pittsburgh. Blerta Mellani and Blair Edwards will be picking a date some time next summer. While Kathleen Nicholson and Joe Schauer are getting married in Canton, OH, next July! ... I hope this finds all of you well, and please keep the updates coming. Take care, Clapp �To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.� � Anatole

spring 2005	Hello class of 2004. Our 1st year anniversary is almost up. Can you believe it?? You know it�s a great time of year because the Tribe is playing ball. I was able to shoot spring training in Mesa, AZ, for a photo agency just before I moved back to Northeast Ohio where I am enjoying seeing all our fellow classmates around town. I�m working at Enterprise rent-a-car in Mentor and have run into a ton of Carroll alumni in the past few weeks. Keep the updates coming! ... I met up with Ryan Dieter during an Alumni-in-Admissions phone night at Carroll in March. He told me when he�s not hunting or fishing, he is working at his alma mater, Lake Catholic High School, as the director of alumni relations. ... After getting recruited at our Career Fair last February by the vice president of Sales, Maura Roddy is selling homes for Pulte Homes at their largest division, called DiVosta Homes in Naples, FL, and is loving it! ... Mary Kate Lundeen is currently the marketing coordinator for Goldish Financial, a financial services company in Beachwood, OH. She recently moved to Brooklyn, and misses JCU a lot. ... Jim Lilly recently resigned from KeyCorp�s Analyst Program and made the move to National City Bank. Jim is going to continue working in corporate banking in Indianapolis and is excited about the opportunity and move. ... Matt Podkul started working for FedEx in January as an account executive and is back living in Pittsburgh. I�m sure you can e-mail him if your shipment is ever late. ... Anthony Garofalo recently started his own business, Precision Ink. He asked to pass along his company�s Web site www.precisionink4less.com where you can �find great prices on ink and toner cartridges for your home and business.� He also wanted to thank alumni, friends and faculty for their support as he starts this new business. ... T.J. Kolba is working in Canton as an account executive for Wells Fargo Financial, and is considering going back to school to for his MBA, but that is yet to be determined. ... If you�re looking for a job in the D.C. area, Kate Ferguson is working in human resources for the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, D.C. four blocks from the White House. ... Now, for the wedding/engagement updates. Lisa Nau and Randall White got married at John Carroll University on December 18. Caroline (Ortega) and Christopher Stull just got married on March 5, 2005. They are living in Pittsburgh together. Last July, Kim Cahill got engaged to Daniel Knoch from Eastlake, OH. Their wedding will be on July 23, 2005 at St. Gabriel Church in Concord. They bought a house in Eastlake, and will be moving in this summer. ... That�s it for now, hope everyone is doing well! Clapp �The toughest thing about success is that you�ve got to keep on being a success.�

winter 2005	Hello to everyone. It�s been great hearing from everyone. I was afraid I wasn�t going to have much information to share in this issue, but thankfully many people e-mailed me just before this column was due. From what I hear, everyone is enjoying their new jobs and or are continuing their education while living somewhere beyond the parents� house. Speaking of parents, thanks to all of the parents who have given me updates for your kids. I think I�ve gotten more e-mails from mothers and fathers than our classmates! ... Moving away from home seems to be a recurring theme this time around. Hedwig Murphy just moved to Philadelphia while Jerold Ahn is teaching at Borman Middle school in Glendale (just out side of Phoenix, AZ). Timothy Seeberg is a marketing assistant for Mason Selkowitz McDermott in Fairport, NY. Rosella Torcaso just moved to North Royalton where she is a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley. Sean Mooney is the performance-training director for Performance Training, Inc in Cleveland. Jessie Kron is working for American Express Financial Advisors as a financial advisor in Independence. Theresa Spada is currently a project manager for Conferon Inc. in Beachwood. Steve Stefanko is living and working in Solon for Napoli Consultants, Inc. as an actuarial associate. Linette (Caraballo) Pacheco is a development associate at The Women�s Center of Greater Cleveland. Mark Spilker is working for Ernst & Young and working on finishing her MBA this summer. Darice Kopcak is currently working at National City Corporate office in downtown Cleveland as a regional marketing & sales coordinator for the Private Client Group for the North coast region. ... After finishing three months of training in Rome, Meghan Kelly just left for Kove, Togo, Africa on September 7th. She was to be working in a newly built clinic in Kove, however, due to delays the clinic is still under construction. She is now teaching at a school for women ages 15 to 30, which is located in the village and operated by the Cannossian Daughters of Charity. Her mother asked anyone interested to send letters to: Meghan Kelly, c/o Soeurs Canossiennes, BP 10238, Ago�-Nyiv�, Lom�, TOGO, Afrique Occidentale or e-mail volto@cafe.tg. Put �Attention Meghan Kelly� on the subject line. Jessica Lazor is now working at Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond in Cleveland. Jess Fonow is still in law school at Duquesne while Brian Cain is attending grad school there as well. ... Many congratulations are in order for our classmates who have gotten engaged and married in the past few months. Cara Mazzocca and Matt Sulzer got engaged as well as Sarah Sroka and Ron Kubacki. Sarah (Keating) Albanese married Jay Albanese on August 21, 2004. They are living in Buffalo, NY, where Sarah is working for Autistic Services, Inc. and will is attending a master�s program in library science. Angela Smith-Puertas marred Daniel Puertas �03G on August 14th and is now a marketing/PR coordinator for ZO Brands in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. ... As of November 17th, Joshua M. Falbo (newly commissioned officer in the United States Navy) and Sara Bryan are engaged to be married sometime in the next year pending Josh�s deployment and training schedules. Both moved to Virginia Beach, VA, in January as Josh continues his military training as an Intelligence Officer for the Navy. ... That�s it for now. Thank you to everyone who sent information. Please keep it coming!!! Clapp People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just. -- Aristotle

fall 2004	When I last wrote this alumni update, I mentioned how it was hard for me to believe we graduated. However, I am regretfully reminded at least once a week when I get the ever so dreaded �you are about to go into your student loan repayment period� letters. ... All joking aside, I wanted to remind all of you who are moving away from the parents, to update your info with John Carroll. In order to keep you all updated, I need to know how to contact you for information. I have a minimal amount of classmates� e-mail address, so please e-mail me (address above), instant message me �ClapperJCU,� or go to http://www.jcu.edu/alumni/update_record_new.asp. ... I am also looking into creating a Web site dedicated to our class. I would like to have sections where you could post updates, upload pictures, list job openings in your area, just keep in contact (network) with everyone else. If you, or someone you know, can create Web sites, please let me know. It would be great if we could have this up and running within a few months. ... Now, with that said, let�s go to the updates. The good news seems to be how the job market is picking up. Mike Hamlin is a broker at Arthur J. Gallagher in Chicago. ... While Ken Fortune is visitor services/security at the Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, the museum across from the Art Museum. ... Patrick Bittel is an account executive for KISS FM at Clear Channel Radio and says he gets to �rub shoulders with celebrities and attend frequent concerts.� ... Brennan Szczepanski is working for a post audit accounting firm in Hudson, OH, as a staff auditor. After his completion of the CPA, he plans on going to law school part time while working at Advantium. ... Tiffany Cole is currently working at Transwestern Commercial Services in downtown Chicago, IL, as an HR administrator. Tiffany lives in the Hyde Park area and plans on going back to school within the next year at Loyola or DePaul to get her MBA. ... During the past school year Jennifer Kramer was asked to continue her fall 2003 internship through 2004 at Liggett-Stashower and after graduation she was hired as a full time account coordinator. ... Nikki Spiezio recently accepted a full-time marketing associate position at PRN Funding, located in Beachwood, so look for her hanging around campus. Jennifer Reali joins the list of classmates to get engaged. She and Stephen Fiorilli �02 are scheduled to tie the not in October 2005. Jennifer is also working in sales for Z Gallerie in Cleveland. Joe Hoelzle is substitute teaching near his home in Fremont, OH, while coaching d-linemen part-time at Heidelberg College. ... Thanks to everyone who has sent in updates! Paul �One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.� - Elbert Hubbard

summer 2004	Hello to the class of 2004. I am honored to be able to bring news to all of you via this class column. After all those years of getting this magazine and reading a few of the past class reports, it�s a little strange to be writing one about our own class. It still hasn�t hit me that we�ve graduated. Everyone always talks about how it doesn�t really set in until fall when all of our younger friends are preparing to go back to Carroll or other schools around us. It is hard to believe come September we will no longer be able to play �yard ball� near Millor Hall, or make s�mores on the Bernet lawn like we did during our last week at Carroll. I hope you will enjoy reading the updates from our classmates in this column. However, I can only keep you informed if you keep me updated. If you have information about yourself, or anyone else in our class, please feel free to send me the info by one of the ways listed above. So, without further a due, here are some updates from a few of our classmates. ... A lot of our classmates are going back to school for their master�s -- Megan Macala is planning on doing grad work in chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, while John Skendall is currently in Washington, D.C. working on his master�s in political science at American University. ... Matt Krupa is working towards his MBA at Cleveland State, and James Day will continue his Jesuit education at Loyola Marymount in L.A. ... While the job market is tough, some grads are already busy with their new jobs/careers. It seems like Ryan Homes benefited the most from our class, picking up four grads, George Theofilos, Amanda Semko and Emilie Lupiani are sales and marketing associates, while Ryan DeGeorge is a project manager. ... Sara Neville will be busy teaching 12th grade speech and creative writing and 10th grade English this fall at Fairview High School. ... Kelly Ryan will be coordinating individualized education plan for Summit Academy in Lorain. ... Joe Mifsud earned his biology license in Cleveland and is going to be a marine biologist for the Cleveland Institute of Science starting August 1st. ... Dom DiNinno moved to Dayton, OH and began working for Dayton Freight where he recently entered their management trainee business program. ... As for myself, I have just moved to Tucson, AZ where I will be the resident director at a fraternity house on the University of Arizona�s campus and will work for a management group full time as a program manager for over 16 clients around the country. ... Wedding bells have yet to ring for anyone in our class, but there are plans for them in the near future, as Melissa D�Amore will marry her high school sweetheart, Matthew Joseph, in May of 2005 in Hermitage, PA. �Whatever you do, do well, and may success attend your efforts.� Paul

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Class Notes 2004