2004

Hi everyone; thank you to those who wrote in. I'm thrilled to have more to report.

On the grad school front: John Buckholz will be attending graduate school at the UniversityofDelaware, pursuing a masterofurban affairs and public policy with a concentration in historic preservation. He has received a research fellowship to work in the university's Center for Historic Architecture and Design. Jared Ray was recently accepted to a master of arts program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his acceptance, he also received a number of honors including a merit scholarship. He'll be moving to Chicago to start school in August. And Arden Fredeking graduated from Georgetown Medical School and will be doing a dermatology residency in D.C. for the next five years.

On the job front: Katie Winterbottom was recently promoted to director of the nonprofit organization Grassroots.org (which provides free business services and project consulting to small nonprofit organizations). Rachel Holmes was in New Mexico over the winter, working as a director's assistant on the movie Not Forgotten (with Paz Vega). Now she's back in L.A. and engaged to Miles Kelly, a fellow actor and '04 from Baylor University (congrats, Rachel!). Finally, Elliot Oshanksky started a new job as a Web editor at the New York DailyNews. He also recently participated for the second time.in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's "Out of the Darkness" overnight walk in New York, in memory of our classmate Daryl Richmond.

In other news: After spending several years in Wyoming getting an M.A. in geography/environment and natural resources, Tyra Olstad is headed to Kansas State niversity to pursue a Ph.D. in geography. Before she goes, however, she'll be spending the summer visiting South Dakota's Badlands—visitors welcome!

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