1946 RUTH ZIOLKOWSKI (HCW) of Crazy Horse, S.D., has updated the progress on the carving of the colossal Crazy Horse Mountain. This memorial includes cultural and educational events in the Indian Museum of North America. The Crazy Horse Memorial Native American Scholarship Program has observed its 25th anniversary. More than 1,500 students have benefited from the scholarships. They are primarily students from the nine South Dakota reservations.

1952 MARY SHEA BOYLE (HARTT) and MICHAEL J. BOYLE (HILLYER FOUNDING) of Rockville, Conn., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in July 2003. 1955 BERNARD LURIE (HARTT, '57 HARTT) of West Hartford, Conn., has retired after nearly 50 years of teaching at The Hartt School. He taught violin, viola, chamber music, and conducting, and he developed extended and separate courses on orchestra procedures for violin and viola. He conducted the Greater Hartford Youth Orchestra for 25 years. Lurie also performed as a member of the Hartt String Quartet and for 50 years was a member of the Hartford Symphony and Connecticut Opera orchestras. He was featured in an academic tribute at West Hartford Town Hall honoring music educators and their students.

1963 RITA PICCIAFOCHI (HCW) of Meriden, Conn., was the subject of a feature in the Catholic Transcript newspaper. She retired after 35 years of teaching at Saint Stanislaus School in Meriden. CARL SGAMBOTI (ENG) of Wethersfield, Conn., has retired as senior systems engineer from United Technologies Corporation. 1964 LEONARD S. GROSSMAN (ENHP) of Vernon, Conn., a retired Rocky Hill teacher and basketball coach, has just completed his second book, In the Name of Greed. The book is a fictionalized version of a crime that happened in the southern part of Connecticut. 1965 MARGARET BERGER MORSE (ENHP) of Guilford, Conn., published her fourth book, Vermont Life Stories: Memories of Summer Living in the Green Mountain State Revised, in June 2003. Profits from sales of the book and all of Morse's other books are placed into a not-for-profit account for cancer patients who are in financial need. F. STANLEY PHILLIPS (BARNEY) of Southport, Conn., is retired and sailing on the Long Island Sound with occasional skiing trips thrown in. He is consulting part time after 55 years in corporate America. Phillips and his wife, Nancy, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 1966 C. NICK WILSON (BARNEY) of Jacksonville, Fla., was presented the Senior Level Healthcare Executive of the Year Regent's Award by the American College of Healthcare Executives at the Florida Hospital Association Annual Convention. 1968 GLORIA JEAN BERRY ('63 BARNEY, ENHP) of Windsor Locks, Conn., is the author of Open the Door to Great Teacher-Student Rapport, published by Incentive Publications of Nashville, Tenn. Berry's book is the result of a 33-year career in the Hartford public schools-26 years as a business education teacher at Weaver High School and seven years in various positions in the career readiness department. 1969 DANIEL RILEY (ENHP) and LORNA WOODSUM RILEY '71 (A&S) of Vista, Calif., celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. They met as students at the University of Hartford in the late '60s.

1971 RONALD S. BERGER (A&S) of Wayne, N.J., has generated much media attention as co-producer of The Boys of 2nd Street Park, a film that premiered on the Showtime network in September 2003. The film follows six men in their 50s, from their childhood days on the basketball court to the tragedies and triumphs that define adulthood. In addition to a profile in The Hartford Courant, Berger and his co-producer were interviewed on NBC's "Today" program. The former Hartford Hawk is founding partner and CEO of EURO RSCG Partners, a billion-dollar advertising agency that has created award-winning campaigns for Volvo, Intel, New Balance, and Evian. His "Time to Make the Doughnuts" for Dunkin' Donuts is considered one of the notable campaigns of the 1980s. ROBIN S. WITTLIN (BARNEY) of Westport, Conn., presented "Finding a Job in a Tough Economy" as part of the Lunch and Learn series at the Barney School of Business. Wittlin is the owner of the Wittlin Group, a marketing placement firm. 1972 JOHN H. CRANDELL (BARNEY) of Gambrills, Md., has been appointed to direct the Personnel Security and Investigations program for the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury. Crandell spent 30 years managing various aspects of the U.S. government's personnel security programs, most recently as project manager of President Bush's e-Clearance initiative. 1973 MICKEY M. BARON (ENHP) of Coram, N.Y., celebrated his 30th anniversary with BETSY LOCKYER '73 (A&S). He teaches English at Huntington High School on Long Island and is principal of an alternative high school. Lockyer is employed in the research department at SUNY Stony Brook. MICHAEL P. CAHILL (A&S) West Suffield, Conn., is completing 20 years of service with the Connecticut Department of Correction. His wife, Sandra, is director of the University's Entrepreneurial Center, a community outreach program of the Career Counseling Center at Hartford College for Women. The Cahills' son, Daniel, is a freshman at the University's Ward School of Technology, majoring in audio engineering technology. 1974 JOHN ARABOLOS (HAS) of West Haven, Conn., was one of seven artists whose work was featured in the exhibition Structures at the John Slade Ely House in New Haven. A. RAY PETTY III (ENHP) of Mercedita, Puerto Rico, has been promoted to professor of education at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Beginning his 15th year at Inter American, after 22 years in the Hartford public schools, Petty teaches courses introducing teacher education majors to their field and in his specialty area of classroom management. 1975 PATRICK J. McMAHON, JR. (BARNEY, '88 BARNEY), of Meriden, Conn., was recognized for "outstanding and dedicated service as president" by Community Accounting Aid and Services (CAAS), a public-service outreach organization of Connecticut's certified public accounting profession. CAAS provides the volunteer aid of Connecticut certified public accounts free of charge to eligible individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. JAMES R. METZLER (HARTT) of Little Rock, Ark., directed the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir for five choral services at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England, and the Canterbury Singers USA (Toledo, Ohio) for eight choral services at Durham Cathedral in England. He is an organist and director of music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock. 1976 JAMES R. BULLOCK (A&S) of Chonburi, Thailand, has been traveling the world for the past five years. He invites all to e-mail him at balrennet@yahoo.com or visit his Web site: www.jamesbullock .hpg.com.br. 1977 DENISE C. GUNTER (HAS) of Cambria Heights, N.Y., has been appointed assistant principal at PS120 in Flushing, N.Y. DAVID L. KATZ (HARTT; '84, '89 HARTT) of Danbury, Conn., is known as Danbury's own Music Man. He is the artistic director of Hat City Music Theater, his acclaimed professional opera company, and music director of the Danbury Symphony. 1978 MARK GAINER (HARTT) of Charleston, S.C., was mentioned in an article promoting the Charleston Symphony Orchestra's Sottile Chamber Music Series in the Charleston Post and Courier. Gainer is the principal oboist for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. JERI JOSEPHSON RIFFLE (ENHP) of Barnegat, N.J., has been teaching for 23 years. Married for 22 years, she has a 21-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter. 1979 MINDY ZWIRN SMALL (ENHP) of Oceanside, N.Y., coordinator of autism services at Herbert G. Birch Services in New York City, has published her first book. Everyday Solutions: A Practical Guide for Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, is available through the Autism Asperger Publishing Company. This comprehensive resource offers parents and other caregivers practical and effective approaches to solving the many puzzles of daily living with a child with autism spectrum disorders.

1980 BETTY ARNOLD GERICH (HAS) of Enfield, Conn., was presented with the Beatrice G. Epstein Memorial Award for her large ceramic sculpture, Feet First, which was on display at NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Gallery in New York City. She has had four solo exhibitions of her sculpture, including a one-person show at the New Britain (Conn.) Museum of American Art. Her works have been shown at Artworks Gallery in Hartford, the New England Sculptors Association in Boston, the National Association of Women Artists in New York City, and Connecticut Women Artists. WARREN H. SHAPIRO (BARNEY) of Great Neck, N.Y., has joined Levitz Home Furnishing in the accounts payable department. He previously was employed at Lockheed Martin Corporation. Shapiro is president of Sports Research Consultants. STEPHEN WATERS (ENHP) of Burlington, Conn., who played soccer under Coach Al Wilson, recently had his 300th win at Farmington High School, where he has been soccer coach for 21 years. Waters's record is 300-57-25, with state titles in 1986, 1992, and 1996. 1982 BARBARA A. HOPKINS (HARTT) of Vernon, Conn., has released her first solo CD, Short Concert Pieces for Flute and Piano, featuring selections from the popular collection 24 Short Concert Pieces, compiled by Robert Cavally (see www.barbarahopkins.com). Hopkins is assistant principal flutist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. She also teaches flute at the University of Connecticut and is a faculty member at the Hartt Community Division. 1983 TIMOTHY T. STEWART (ENG) of New Britain, Conn., was elected mayor of New Britain. NANCY A. STULA (A&S, HAS) of Old Lyme, Conn., has been appointed curator and deputy director of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London. BERNADETTE A. VAN OSDOL (A&S) of Wellesley, Mass., graduated from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and is practicing at Connecticut Veterinary Center in West Hartford. She spent 15 years in the actuarial profession before changing careers. 1984 LORIANA DeCRESCENZO (HARTT) of North Kingston, R.I., was soloist for a memorial mass at Holy Ghost Parish in Providence, honoring 19 fallen Italian soldiers in Iraq. The mass was sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation. 1985 ERIC W. CRAWFORD (ENHP) of Hartford, Conn., is a violence intervention specialist with the Hartford public schools. His activities as director of Hartford's Safe Schools initiative were profiled in a November article in The Hartford Courant. Crawford oversees a program through which young people on probation for a variety of crimes speak to students in elementary schools. This is a long-term program to help targeted students stay out of trouble. NANCY E. McALLISTER (HARTT) of Clinton, Conn., has been chosen as Clinton's Teacher of the Year. She has been an elementary music educator at the Lewin G. Joel Jr. School for 16 years. DENNIS R. REPLOGLE (BARNEY) of Simsbury, Conn., has been named president and CEO of Broadspire, a leading provider of casualty and disability claims management and risk and safety consulting. Replogle was previously with Specialty Risk Services, a subsidiary of Hartford Financial Services Group. MITCHELL C. SKLAR (A&S) of Voorhees, N.J., received his Master of Administrative Sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has been named to the board of directors of the New Jersey Society of Association Executives and serves on the legislative committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. PETER VERU (BARNEY) of New York, N.Y., and his band, Feathermerchants, opened for Dana Pomfret this fall in the University's Music for a Change benefit concert series. Feathermerchants creates songs that paint American soundscapes, using the taut vocals of Shannon Kennedy. The band's CD, Unarmed Against Darkness, released earlier this year, has received high praise from music reviewers. ERIK G. WEXLER ('83 HILLYER, A&S, '87 BARNEY) of Watertown, Conn., has been named president and COO of Northwest Hospital Center and senior vice president of the LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore, Md. Wexler was most recently executive vice president/COO of MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn. 1986 KEN S. MASON (HAS) of Simsbury, Conn., and his company, Mason Design, are celebrating 10 years in business and have received three prestigious 2003 American Graphic Design awards. Mason is a former alumni relations director for the University. 1987 ALAN HELD (HARTT) of Fountainville, Pa., sang the role of Woltan in Die Walkure, presented by Placido Domingo and the Washington Opera last November. CARL SGAMBOTI (A&S) of Simsbury, Conn., is the founder and vice president of development and technology for ZipPark. The company offers customers technological enhancements at a time when parking businesses require automation in order to maximize value while remaining cost-effective and competitive. 1989 JOLIE A. BROWN (HARTT) of Hartford, Conn., is working toward her D.M.A. in vocal performance at the University of Connecticut, where she received a graduate assistantship and fellowship. She has performed at the Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford and is a featured artist in the Woodland Concert Lunchtime Suite Series. DANIEL J. DEBARBA, JR. (BARNEY), of Orange, Conn., has been named director of budget and financial planning for the Yale-New Haven Health System. Debarba manages the development of annual operating and capital budgets, financial forecasts and projections, and business plans for Yale-New Haven, Bridgeport, and Greenwich hospitals. MARY KAY JERIGE LOFURNO (BARNEY) of Newton, Mass., teaches marketing, Web design, and e-commerce at Boston University and heads her own business, Sunesis Marketing, Inc. The focus of her firm is the technical aspects of marketing and its executions. Lofurno is a member of the Center for Women and Enterprise, an organization that gives women the tools to realize their dreams of business ownership.

1990 TRACI E. FELDER ('88 HILLYER, A&S, '92 A&S) of Cleveland, Ohio, is the executive director of Dress for Success Cleveland (DFSC), a not-for-profit organization that helps low-income women make tailored transitions into the workforce. Each client receives one suit when she has a job interview and a second suit when she gets the job. Once a job is obtained, ongoing support is provided to help the client build a successful career through DFSC's job-retention program, Professional Women's Group. DFSC is especially proud to announce that 75 percent of its clients have remained in the workplace since January 2002. AMY B. LEVY (BARNEY) of Los Angeles, Calif., has opened a full-service Los Angeles public-relations firm called Amy Levy Public Relations (ALPR). Combining her passion for the visual and performing arts and the corporate and nonprofit worlds, Levy established ALPR as a partner and resource for cultural institutions, companies, and community organizations. Her mission is to provide a PR strategy that will assist clients through strategic creative marketing and communications. To learn more, visit www.amylevypr.com. ROHAN F. LONG (BARNEY) of Windsor, Conn., was interviewed for a December New York Times article highlighting Hartford as the reggae capital of the Northeast. Long is a DJ for WWUH 91.3, the University of Hartford's public radio station. JANELLE ROBINSON (HARTT) of West Hartford, Conn., who recently played the office manager in a production of Thoroughly Modern Millie at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, was interviewed by Ray Dunaway on WTIC-AM's morning show. 1991 ANTHONY DeQUATTRO (HARTT) of North Haven, Conn., has been hired as a consultant in early childhood music education by Cooperative Educational Services of Trumbull. AROSHA JAYAWICKREMA (BARNEY) of Andover, Conn., has been named associate vice president for finance at the University of Hartford. Jayawickrema has served in numerous positions at the University, including director of accounting, budget director, controller, and assistant vice president for finance. JEFFREY N. KAMBERG (BARNEY) of Forest Hills, N.Y., celebrated his 10-year anniversary with Robert Half Finance & Accounting by running in the New York City Marathon and raising money for Fred's Team, a nonprofit organization that pays tribute to the founder of the marathon, Fred Lebow, by funding cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Along with another employee, Kamberg raised more than $15,000 for Fred's Team, largely through his business network. DANIEL B. RUSKIN (BARNEY) of Stratford, Conn., has joined the adjunct faculty at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Conn., teaching an introductory business course. He is a community relations specialist at People's Bank. 1992 VINCENT A. METALLO (HARTT) of Princeton, N.J., has distinguished himself in recent years as a sought-after conductor and clinician. He is the Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir and serves as an assistant professor of music for Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. BRADLEY A. POLLER (BARNEY) of Princeton Junction, N.J., is a recruiter in the technology industry for Finders, Inc., based in Manhattan. He specializes in placing application developers and project managers in financial firms throughout the tri-state area. GREGORY J. WILLS (BARNEY) of Mashpee, Mass., is the COO of CapeTakeOut, the first and only online takeout-ordering service for restaurants on Cape Cod and its surrounding islands. For more information, contact Willis at info@CapeTakeOut.com. 1993 RUSSELL E. BLATT (ENG, '96 BARNEY) of Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., has been hired by the Long Island office of the RBA Group in Melville, N.Y. Attending his recent wedding were UH alums Patrick Sullivan '96, J. Bradford Czarnec '95, Vinnie DeFrancesco '96, Adina Leshnower O'Neill '94, and Ilene Geiger '94. SHARI ENISON GOTTESMAN ('91 HILLYER, A&S) of Owing Mills, Md., has joined the legal department of the Home Shopping Network, Inc., as associate counsel. She and her husband, Scott, have moved to Tampa, Fla. JODI L. MESSINA (ENHP) of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., is a blood donor recruiter with Memorial Healthcare System's Blood Bank in Hollywood, Fla. She is responsible for planning events and blood drives to recruit donors in the community. She would love to hear from her classmates at messinajd@wmconnect.com or jmessina@mhs.net. 1994 DARREN A. DEMETENO (HILLYER, A&S) of Great Neck, N.Y., is the talent coordinator for the Stupid Pet Tricks segment of the "Late Show with David Letterman." Demeteno writes that the longer the show airs, the harder it is to find unique tricks. SETH A. NAGELBERG (HAS) of Maplewood, N.J., received his M.F.A. in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He teaches ceramic design at Parsons School of Design in New York City. 1995 ASIF FIRDOUS (BARNEY) of Islamabad, Pakistan, writes that he is a real estate investor/builder in his home country. He had three internships in the United States before returning to his home. Firdous sends his regards and best wishes to everyone at the University. GREGORY A. FLOOD (HARTT) of Staten Island, N.Y., has merged his law practice with another firm to create Koplow & Flood, LLP, specializing in bankruptcy, personal injury, real estate, landlord/tenant, and criminal defense throughout the New York City region. Flood may be reached at koplowflood@yahoo.com. JOAN M. LANDRY (HARTT, '96 HARTT) of Portland, Ore., was selected by the Honolulu Symphony to be assistant conductor for the 2003-04 season. KERRI A. SCHERMERHORN (HAS) of Watertown, Mass., has been "raved" as senior designer, Communications, at Harvard University. The custom, affectionately titled "You've Been Raved," involves senior staff members who comment on a job well done to an entire department. 1996 ERIC M. BUSHKIN (HILLYER, A&S) of Aventura, Fla., was named a director of the Public Relations Society of America Gulfstream Chapter. KELLY S. SEAMAN (A&S) and ROBERT J. CUSHING '97 (A&S) of Rocky Hill, Conn., were featured in an article in The Hartford Courant about how they met. The story was titled "Their Ships Finally Came In, And Docked Together." JONATHAN D. SIMON (BARNEY) of Deerfield Beach, Fla., received his MBA from Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. 1997 JOHN P. BENESEK (A&S, '99 A&S) of Petersburg, Va., has taken a position with the Virginia Department of Corrections in Richmond. CHRISTIN LAWSON (BARNEY) of New York, N.Y., is director of Asia Pacific for Time, Inc., based in New York City. DANIEL P. McCABE (A&S) of Rockville Centre, N.Y., has been licensed to practice law before the courts of the state of New York. 1998 JAMES XAVIER BARBOUR (HAS) of San Francisco, Calif., is a professor/lecturer of human anatomy, figure/portrait drawing, and art history at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. He is represented in galleries throughout New York, Texas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. His work, Surreal Self-Portrait, was recently selected for the prestigious Realism 2003 International Exhibition at the Stage Gallery in Massapequa, N.Y. JOSEPH EUNKWAN CHOI (HARTT) of Hagerstown, Md., was named interim artistic director of the Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix for 2003-04, its 75th anniversary season. ALICIA E. DiDONATO (HARTT) of Stoneham, Mass., completed her M.M. at the New England Conservatory and was the winner of two of the school's concerto competitions as well as Boston's 2003 Pappoutsakis competition. She is the flute instructor at Gordon College and freelances with Boston Musica Viva, the Boston Symphony, and the Boston Pops. She was the featured performer at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival and appeared with the Borromeo String Quartet. She is also studying Argentine tango. ANDREA S. LIACOS (HARTT) of Astoria, N.Y., performed in Don't Tell Mama, directed by Robert Felstein, in New York City. MICHAEL P. MACZKO (A&S) of Raleigh, N.C., is employed by Clear Channel as a night DJ at WDCG, G105, in Raleigh. You can listen to him weeknights from 6 to 11 p.m. under the name of Brody. JONAS RICCITELLI (BARNEY) of Plantsville, Conn., was featured in a Hartford Courant article that followed two police officers on the beat. Riccitelli had been on the job less than a month when the reporter shadowed him and a 20-year veteran to see what their jobs entail. SCOTT G. RIVETTE (A&S) of Falls Church, Va., is finishing his fifth year with Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Northern Virginia. First working with management in rental branch locations, he has risen to the region's corporate office at Dulles, Va. The region is one of Enterprise's largest and most profitable areas in North America. Scott is the grandson of regents and longtime supporters of the University, Harry Jack and Helen Gray. LOREN M. ZOLTOWSKY (A&S, '96 HILLYER) of Staten Island, N.Y., is employed by ABC Carpet and Home, which has been featured in the TV shows "Sex and the City" and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Zoltowsky works in the human resources department. 1999 CARRIE MARTIN RAMETTA (ENHP) of Farmington, Conn., is the nurse case manager for the subacute rehabitation unit at Brittany Farms Health Center, New Britain. EARL C. SNYDER (A&S) of Plainville, Conn., was highlighted in the New Britain Herald for his strong baseball season. Playing in 131 games for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, he hit 25 doubles, 22 home runs, and led his team in runs batted in with 71. His homer total was the third best in the league.

2000 JAVIER D. COLON (HARTT) of Stratford, Conn., has signed a record deal with Capital Records and released his first album, Javier. His debut single, "Crazy," has been featured on the Abet satellite system. He also has his own Web site, javieronline.com, which gives his biography, news, and a chance to hear a few tracks. He is currently on tour with the singer Mya. HANNAH D. MELLO (HARTT) of Putney, Vt., will use a recently awarded $25,000 sponsorship to spotlight one of New England's most overlooked populations. She will produce a film on the difficulties faced by Vermont's farm families, to be shown at universities, schools, and communities across the nation. SHILPA S. PATEL (ENHP) of Clearwater, Fla., has received her master's in health administration from the American College of Health Executives in Chicago, where she was chosen nationally for an internship. 2001 CATHRYN FIELDS BARTOLOTTA (A&S) of Tolland, Conn., finished her first full-length poetry manuscript, The Light Inside, which was published last fall. AUSTIN P. GLASS (HARTT) of Plymouth, Mass., is the Carver (Mass.) High School music director for concert band, jazz ensemble, and chorus. He earned his Master of Music from Yale University in 2003. CRISTINA E. MALDONADO (A&S) of Hartford, Conn., has joined the staff of the University's Faculty Center for Learning Development (FCLD) as an instructional designer. She worked for the FCLD as an undergraduate and most recently was employed at Central Connecticut State University's Department of Media Services. MATTHEW K. WATTS (ENG) of Fort Myers, Fla., was featured in a preview story about his band, The Starting Line, by Hartford Courant rock music writer Eric Danton. The pop-punk band from suburban Philadelphia was formed in 1999 by Watts, a guitarist. 2002 KIMBERLY D. BENNETT (HARTT) of Bloomfield, Conn., a student of Hartt vocal faculty member Mitchell Piper, will make her New York City debut in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolante with the Gilbert and Sullivan Players at City Center. CHRISTOPHER M. DOYLE (A&S) of Dublin, Calif., is a first-year soccer pro, notching a shutout in his second start of the year for the Charleston Battery. He was named to the A-League soccer team of the week. Doyle made four saves in 14 shots faced in a 0-0 tie against division rival Richmond. SCOTT A. HILL (HARTT) of Bloomfield, Conn., has teamed with Hartt student Carlos Boltes '04 (G.P.D.) to form the Alturas Duo. Combining their talents, Hill on classical guitar and Boltes on viola and charango craft a seamless blend specializing in Latin classical music. The pair was commissioned for two exciting new pieces that premiered at the Hartford Club. Currently in residence at The Hartt School, the musicians are faculty members at Torrington's (Conn.) Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and founders and artistic directors of the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival. They have performed widely throughout the eastern United States and Canada. JENNIFER T. LIPACK (HILLYER) of Melville, N.Y., recently graduated from Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, and will continue her education at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to study for her master's degree in mental health. MARION H. MARTINEZ (ENHP) of Clinton, Conn., has been named superintendent of the East Hartford public schools. As the district's first female superintendent, she is responsible for more than 7,000 students and a $71 million budget. 2003 DENISE ANDERSON (ENHP) of Morris, Conn., joined Sharon (Conn.) Hospital as hospital educator. Anderson is responsible for the development, implementation, conduction, and evaluation of staff education, in-service, continuing education, and orientation. KARI L. BANACH (A&S) of Barkhamsted, Conn., is suburban editor at the New Britain (Conn.) Herald. She is responsible for the local-news section of the paper, which covers the towns of Berlin, Farmington, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Southington, and Wethersfield. Banach oversees four reporters and two freelance writers, and copy edits, lays out, and designs the local-news section of the newspaper each day. ALEX "LEX" CAMPBELL (WARD) of Hartford, Conn., was featured in a December New York Times article highlighting Hartford as the reggae capital of the Northeast. Campbell is with Hot 93.7, a hip-hop station and the first FM radio station in Hartford to hire reggae DJs. ANDEVILLE L. CHISHOLM (WARD) of Medford, Mass., has begun his graduate studies in architecture at the Boston Architectural Center. His expected completion date is May 2006. THERESA M. CIOCCI (ENHP) of New Hartford, Conn., submitted the winning paper in the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems New England Chapter Competition. The paper, titled "Scheduling Success: Technology Acts as an Analgesic for the Pain of Planning," was published in the July 21, 2003, New England issue of Advance for Nurses. Ciocci is nurse resource manager for patient care services at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford. KRISTIN DALY (HAS) of North Massapequa, N.Y., has accepted a position at Toby in New York City as an assistant graphic designer for the children's accessories company. LAUREN B. FIRTEL (A&S) of Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., has been named associate communication copywriter for the United Way of Miami-Dade. Firtel writes that she is very happy to be using what she studied at the University in her work. CLAUDIA A. HOSKINS (ENHP) of Danielson, Conn., is a clinical educator in the education and development department of Bradley Memorial Hospital in Southington. INNA LIPKIN (HAS) of Farmington, Conn., employed by Mason Design, was honored with four awards in the 2003 American Graphic Design Awards. Lipkin received recognition in the student category for her package design concepts, a poster project, a complex 3-D graph, and her senior project, Behind the Scenes. JOSHUA A. ODUGBELA (A&S, '01 HILLYER) of Providence, R.I., a graduate of St. Andrew's School, Barrington, R.I., has returned to the school as a teacher and basketball coach. ADAM L. THERRIEN (HARTT) of Longmeadow, Mass., was featured on his first day of teaching at St. Francis of Assisi School, Torrington, Conn., in the Torrington Register Citizen. The story described his teaching children ranging from kindergarteners to eighth-graders.