Class of 2005
Toni Ahrens ’05 Finds Alumni Online Community Supportive
“[It] allows Lafayette alumni to remain in each others’ lives, even though we can’t all be in the same place anymore.” As she faced graduation, Toni Ahrens ’05 knew that staying in touch with Lafayette would be difficult. When she stumbled upon the Alumni Online Community, she found a way to alleviate that problem. “I [...]
Art, Muskets, and the Marquis
Alumni enjoy Philadelphia weekend honoring Marquis; see the slideshow on the alumni web site More than 70 alumni and their spouses enjoyed a weekend of events in Philadelphia and the Brandywine Battlefield area Sept. 8-9 as part of the College’s yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette. Saturday [...]
Animal Care Specialist Diane Mitchell ’05 Picture in “Time” Magazine
Article about efforts to help injured animals cites dolphin project Diane Mitchell ’05 is pictured on page 50 of the Sept. 3 issue of Time magazine, holding the tail that is helping an injured dolphin swim again. The photo accompanies an article, “Fake Fins, Plastic Paws,” about doctors’ efforts to “rebuild” injured animals and how [...]
Rugby Alumni and Students Do Battle, Then Share More Fun Off the Field
Current and former players split this year’s games If the parade is the signature image of Reunion Weekend and the pre-game clambake of Homecoming, then a hard tackle to the turf might be a fitting symbol for a reunion with a younger tradition – the annual return to campus of Rugby Club alumni in May. [...]
Melissa Kirk ’05 Receives National Institutes of Health Fellowship
Biology graduate is performing biomedical research at the National Cancer Institute Two years after she graduated with a B.S. biology, Melissa Kirk ’05 is finding out that the research she conducted as an undergraduate at Lafayette was pivotal to the work she is doing now at the National Cancer Institute. Last spring, Kirk received an [...]
BRITNEY MCCOY ’05 SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
She’s a second-year doctoral student in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University By Robin Huiras The childhood curiosity of Britney McCoy ’05 flabbergasted her elders. Relentless in her questioning, she would ask one after another, no matter how impossible to answer. But while her thirst for knowledge may have annoyed her parents and [...]
Mitchell ’05 Leads Recovery Effort for Dolphin That Lost Tail
Imagine trying to row a boat using sticks instead of oars. That’s similar to the plight of Winter the dolphin. Diane Mitchell ’05has been working closely with the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin in its rehabilitation at Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) in Clearwater, Fla.Winter was just three months old when she was entangled in a crab [...]
Fulbright Takes Emily Groves ’05 to Germany
EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2006—Emily Groves ’05 will be spending the 2006-07 academic year in Germany working as a teacher’s assistant and conducting independent research, thanks to a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship. Groves, who graduated last May with an A.B. English degree, will be teaching English, American studies and British studies part-time each week during the [...]
Hart Feuer ’05 is Awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
He is Lafayette’s second recipient of the award in two years Hart Feuer of Portland, Ore., who graduated in May with a double major in economics & business and German, has been awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is awarding 76 scholarships this year to seniors or recent graduates [...]
Hart Feuer ’05 is Awarded a Fulbright Grant for Research in Israel
He will study trans-boundary environmental cooperation between Israel and Jordan Hart Feuer ’05 (Portland, Ore.) has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study trans-boundary environmental cooperation between Israel and Jordan. “I will start out by exploring the historical and socio-political factors that have contributed to the strong Israeli-Jordanian relations in the Arava Rift Valley and [...]
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