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Not a ton of news this month. Why not? I know that we are all very interesting people. And even if we are not, we are all very creative people. If we're not doing interesting things, can't we at least pretend that we are doing interesting things? Send me either the truth aboutyour life or a really good story.

On the trnth side of things, Julia Hammer was selected by the National Science Foundation for a Presidential Award for her research on volcanology and for her educational outreach efforts. Dr. Hammerwrote from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, where she is a professor in the department of geology and geophysics. Read the NSF press release atwww.nsf.gov/publications/pub-summ.jsp?ods_key=pro6ioB. Julia didn't add the customary—'And if anyone happens to be in Honolulu they should just give a call.so don't start planningyour surf vacation justyet.

I also got a note from Lisa (Spears) Stump. She currently has her hands full with four boys: her husband, Glen, whom she married in 1999, and her sons Eddie (3), Dan (2) and Luke (born on June 20). Before finding herself surrounded by these four men she worked as a quality assurance specialist, software developer and project leader at a software company in Andover, Massachusetts, and earned a masters in education in the technology in education program at Harvard in 2004. Once the boys at home need a little less attention Lisa hopes to ease back into the workforce and land her dream job as an educational software designer.

Lisa says she's looking forward to our next reunion, which is really just around the comer this June. Get ready and until then, send me your news or fake news.

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