00 | One of the fun parts of writing this column is taking virtual vacations and hearing about all the interesting spots our classmates are living and working. So, pack your bags and join me for a quick trip. I promise you won't have to contend with jet lag!

Our tour begins in fabulous Las Vegas, where Xania Woodman has been taking advantage of all the town has to offer. She is the director of marketing for Vegas Group Entertainment and keeps busy outside of work writing a column in the Las Vegas Weekly, "Nights on the Circuit."Xania also writes an online column at www.the circuitLV.com. Derek Zakov writes from another warm locale--Miami.He is a first-year MBA student at the U. of Miami and says that he is enjoying single life in the hot spots of South Florida.

To keep our tans from fading, we'll head to Texas next. Billy "Beau" Wells and Melissa Mallery now live in Dallas, where they both work as attorneys. The pair moved to Dallas after receiving their JD degrees in 2003 from the U. of Michigan. No trip would be complete without stops in the East Coast's major cities. Betsy Lewis Totten sent word from Boston of her son's birth, and also sent some adorable pictures! Jack Michael Totten was born on July 2, 2005 to Betsy and her husband Keith. The family spends time with many other Cornellians, including Liz Hamilton, Blaire Daly, Jesse '99 and Chrissy Shea Brown, and Kirsten Rowe. Besides her duties as a new mom, Betsy continues to work for Marriott as a senior account executive doing corporate sales in the Boston area.

Of course, New York is on our travel agenda, being home to many past, present, and future Cornellians. Chung Chi Yu is living in the Big Apple where he is a medical intern at New York Hospital. Navid Zarinejad reported that he is working as an actuary for Ernst and Young in New York and just took his ninth and final actuarial exam. Nav also sent news of two recent weddings. Dave Johnsen and Janna Reis '01 married in July with lots of Cornell classmates in attendance. In November, Brian Bier married Aisling Clohessy in Long Island and Nav wrote that he, Bob Devereux, and Dave Johnsen were in the wedding party. Andrew Montario and Marc Greenberg '99, DVM '03, attended as well. In one of those small world coincidences, Brian ran into Barbara DeMonarco Snell, one of his (and my!) freshmanyear floormates while on his honeymoon in Hawaii. Barbara was also honeymooning, having married Dean in November. The newlyweds live in Ft.Myers, FL, where Barbara works as a veterinarian.

Next, we'll travel down the East Coast and explore Philadelphia.While you're thumbing through the latest issue of Philadelphia magazine, pay particular attention to the redesigned "Style" section. Jessica Blatt recently became the magazine's new "Style" editor. Our next stop is the nation's capital, where Ann Staples will head after finishing up her PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton U. Annie will live in Washington, DC, where she will hold a post-doctoral position at the Naval Research Lab.

Visiting good restaurants is often the highlight of a vacation, but I sometimes wish I could make a quick Wegmans run instead of eating out when I travel! Julie Hulsebus doesn't have to yearn for the delights of Wegmans, since she has the enviable position of working for everyone's favorite supermarket. After completing an MBA at RIT and another graduate program at Yale U., Julie is working as a registered dietitian at the corporate offices of Wegmans Food Markets. Not surprisingly, she reports that she loves her job.

Okay, back to our travels! A quick detour to the Midwest leads us to Dawn Willow, who is currently working as legislative counsel for the Office of the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Our next stop is Seattle, the new home of newlyweds Katherine Steen and Kary Cockerill. The pair married in July, and served Cornell Dairy Bar ice cream at their wedding! While we're in Seattle, let's visit the Woodland Park Zoo--Katherine works there as the public programs supervisor.

Many classmates have not limited themselves to the confines of the United States, so let's hop on a plane and visit some people living abroad. Jenny Chen wrote from Asia to say that she married recently. Jenny moved from Tokyo to Taipei and is now working at Louis Leisure Development. Charles Basinger sent news from Mosul, Iraq, where he is serving with the 172nd Stryker Brigade. The brigade is working to rebuild the Iraqi legal system, and Charles is responsible for advising the brigade commander on all kinds of legal matters, ranging from Rules of Engagement issues to claims local citizens bring against coalition forces. He will be stationed in Iraq until this summer.

Whew--that was quite a trip! I only wish I could get some frequent flier miles for it. Keep the updates coming, wherever you might be. -- Christine JensenWeld, ckj1@cornell.edu; and Andrea Chan, amc32@cornell.edu.

01 | Hello, Class of 2001! We hope that everyone is doing well! Here's some news from your classmates. Congratulations to Lori Luckow and Alex Gitomer '02, who were married on November 6, 2005 in Aruba. The happy couple resides in New York City, where Lori works for MTV as Sales Service Executive, New Business Development at MTV. Congratulations also to Julia Joh and Andrew Elligers, who were married in July 2005. They met in 1996 at Cornell Summer College. Both Julia and Andrew's parents are graduates of Cornell. There were 25 Cornellians in attendance. The most recent graduates included John Kent, Steve Borst '00, Evan Grant, Pam Toschik, Bill Chang, Jim Konopack, David Chao '02, and Jamie Davis '02. Julia works as a senior analyst at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (a public health non-profit) and has started a doctoral program in political science at the U. of Maryland. Andrew is a first-year at American Law School. In Julia's spare time, she hopes to train for a marathon. Julia Bozzolo got married in Argentina in August 2005. Her e-mail is juliabozzolo@gmail.com.

A double congratulations to Mona Arif, who graduated from medical school at the U. of Rochester in May 2005 and got married in August 2005 to Adil Haque. The wedding was in Michigan, and Kristin D'Aco and Seema Saifee were in attendance. She has now moved to the Bay Area, where Adil works, and would love to be reconnected with friends from Cornell. Contact Mona at monakarif@yahoo.com. Geoffrey Zhao has started his MBA at the Ross School of Business at the U. of Michigan. He has met quite a few Cornell alums in Ann Arbor among the faculty and the students, and many things remind him of the atmosphere in Ithaca.

Hotelie Ryan McCarthy is in Miami, FL, working for Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels after working for four years with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises. In the fall he finished the Chicago Marathon and is currently training for the Arizona Ironman in April 2006. Another big excitement for Ryan was when he chartered a sailboat for seven days and sailed around the Turkish Coast with Cornellians Zach Pomerantz, Christian Max Cann,Marc Smoler '03, Richy Petrina, and Phil Auerbach. We'll see Ryan at the 5th Reunion in Ithaca in June!

Christa Cavallaro is living in Liverpool, NY, and working as a staff assistant to Congressman James T.Walsh, where she is handling constituent service and environmental issues.Married classmates Glenn and Karolyn Sutphin Thompson are living in Berkley, MI, where Karolyn is a civil engineer and Glenn is a doctor. In their spare time, they have enjoyed running, reading, traveling, and woodworking. Although they recently traveled through Europe, they'd rather be back at Cornell and walking through the Plantations.

Congratulations to Rose Isard, who has joined the law firm Blank Rome LLP as an associate in the Employment, Benefits, and Labor practice group. Rose attended the U. of Pennsylvania Law School. Nadine Feinstein has been busy up in Massachusetts. She will be graduating with a master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health in June 2006. Jennifer Mait checks in from New York City to let us know that she's currently in medical school. Brian Canlis checks in to tell us that he is working for Canlis Restaurant as the head of the Department of Adventure.He just returned from spending five months deployed to Kyrgysztan, but is finally home to stay. He's been spending his spare time playing ultimate Frisbee and being a photographer.

Miki Agrawal tells us that after graduation she moved to NYC and worked in investment banking for a bit (including living through 9/11 in Manhattan) and then played for a semi-pro soccer team, also in NYC, until she blew out her knees. Over the last three years she's been writing a book entitled "Corporate Karma" (still unfinished), and now she's opening up her first (of many) healthy pizza places in Manhattan."Healthy" means they use organic ingredients, unbleached and whole wheat crusts, spelt crusts, soy cheese, rice cheese, and organic mozzarella cheese. They have high hopes for the chain concept. The store is called "Slice, the Perfect Food" and they're located on the Upper East Side (2nd Ave. between 73rd and 74th streets) for all the New Yorkers! Miki looks forward to seeing everyone at our 5th Reunion!

Remember, reunion is June 8-11 . . . get psyched! For more news about our class and about reunion, check out http://classof01.alumni.cornell.edu/. So . . . what's new in your lives? Any exciting trips? New job? Grad school? Weddings? Babies born? E-mail us at classof2001@cornell.edu.We hope that all is well with each of you-- let us know about it! -- LaurenWallach, LEW15@cornell.edu; and Trina Lee, TKL6@cornell.edu.

02 | I had a fabulous weekend wine-touring in early November on Seneca Lake. The weather cooperated and so did my liver. Good times. I highly recommend heading back up to the Finger Lakes for wine tours in the fall--it's a different experience from Senior Week.With final exams still ahead of me, I am looking forward to my trip to Israel this New Year's. No more interviews for this gal, as I have officially accepted a job in IBM's Business Consulting Group in their Organizational Change Strategy division. I'll start sometime over the summer 2006.Hopefully, I'll be able to make some use of my degree.

Annette Grew wrote to me from Barcelona, Spain. "I have been living here a year with my Catalan boyfriend, and work as a marketing coordinator for a luxury boutique hotel chain in Europe, www.thesteingroup.com."Annette says that Barcelona is fantastic, and she loves the food, weather, and lifestyle. "I have also raced in two triathlons this year, and next year I aim to race in a few more." Though not a Hotelie, she likes working in the hotel business and can be of some help if anyone is willing to cross the Atlantic and start a career there. Also, if anyone is living in Barcelona or anywhere nearby in Europe, give Annette a holler. Adam Frank currently works at Sterling & Sterling Inc. in Woodbury, NY. "Last year I started a community service initiative at my company. Since its inception, we have raised thousands of dollars for different causes through fundraising and participation in community events.Maybe this can inspire others in our class to do the same," he wrote. It's always a pleasure to hear about our classmates' involvement in philanthropic activities.

Asheen Phansey may have graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering, but he spent two of his four years at Cornell as a Computer Science major. Since graduating, he has continued this trend of reinventing his career every year or two. "At first I worked in proteomics and bioinformatics doing lab work and software design for a biotech involved in the molecular characterization of cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease. After two years in biotech research, I jumped on an opportunity to help start a contract manufacturing plant that specializes in the sterile freeze-drying of drugs for pharmaceutical clinical trials.While this was a great entrepreneurial experience, I've recently moved on to become a process development engineer at a Cambridge, MA, company that makes artificial bones." Asheen also began taking classes for the evening MBA program at Babson College. "B-school has been an awesome experience, but I feel a bit like a Cornell frosh again. I wish my classmates a happy holiday season and trust that their lives have been just as wacky as mine."

A couple of classmates did not move too far from our old stomping grounds. Rochelle Burns Pierce is living in East Greenbush, NY, working as a clinical dietitian. Andy Russell is living in Loudonville, NY, and teaching Latin at a local high school. After hours, he moonlights as a Cornell alumni mentor.When asked what he'd rather be doing, he writes, "I'd rather be a full-time grad student studying Latin."Most of all, Andy remembers the amazingly talented people from Cornell. "I'm curious to know how Katie Carlino '03 is doing," he said. Katie, give Andy a holler! Just north of New York, Shane Downey wrote in from Toronto, Ontario, where he works for KPMG. "I was recently promoted to senior accountant in the Financial Service Audit Practice after I successfully passed the three-day final exam for designation as chartered accountant (UFE) in September 2005. I will be meeting with several other classmates from 2002 and 2003 in Philadelphia for New Year's celebrations." Boy, oh boy, I hope there will be an even number of people. Scott Belsky writes, "I am founding a project focused on developing leadership capability in the creative professional community."

And now a shout-out to my fellow students. Amy Schwab just received her MBA from Southern Methodist U. Abhishek "Abhi"Mathur writes, "Hey, Carolyn. Nothing interesting . . . just graduated from NYU law school and am working at a firm in Westchester."What a humble guy. How many of us graduated Cornell in under three years? Congratulations! Li-Fen Chen is a fourth-year medical student.Her present "After Hours" extracurricular activities include swimming, and recently she's been interviewing for residency. She remembers Senior Week most of all when she thinks of Cornell. Since June 2005, Sara Dudnik has been working toward her MBA and Master of Engineering degrees at MIT. "I finally met Ilyse Cody last week, who is also at Sloan, and I'd love to hear from other Bostonians."

To no one's surprise, some classmates have paved their own way in business. Sarah Dickinson, a fellow Donlon 6-er, wrote in to say that she is living in New York, where she has started a business designing and manufacturing handbags and wallets. "The latest design is made of metrocards, all officially licensed by the MTA. I just got the license and am looking to get them into local New York City shops." Sarah's bags have been featured on ABC news and there will be an upcoming piece about them on a German television network called Deutsche Welle. Check out her website, www.metrocardbag.com, for more information on her one-of-a-kind creations. "I am not even in NYC anymore!" gasps Adam Kravetz. "I am living near Stowe,VT, and working on a software startup with Jeff Cedeno '04 producing workout software (think advanced heart rate monitors)." Adam says he tries to get outside to bike, ski, or climb, and test the software as much as possible. -- Carolyn Deckinger, cmd35@cornell.edu; or Elizabeth Richards, elizabethlauren_richards@yahoo.com.

03 | As you read this column, the frost and snow will soon be melting in Ithaca. I'm sure many of us are happy to not have to handle those bitter winter walks anymore.However, for some like Debra Frese, now an animal care technician in New York, walking uphill in two feet of snow is one of her most distinct Cornell memories.Meanwhile Erika Ettin continues with some Cornell traditions and is in an a cappella group called Tonic & Gin with two other Cornell alumni. She hasn't quit her day job as an analyst for Fannie Mae.

Congratulations to Alina Kim, who just opened a 125-seat contemporary American seafood restaurant and bar called Blueside Grill. It's located in Englewood, NJ, but you can visit it online at www.bluesidegrill.com. Congratulations are also due to Anne MarieMurphy Rivard. She wrote, "Bryan and I were married on October 15. Our wedding included many references to our alma mater, including naming our tables after our favorite places on campus. I am working as a clinical dietitian at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and Bryan is a mechanical engineer at Pratt and Whitney in Middletown, CT.We were married in Buffalo, NY (my hometown) and then traveled around Italy for two weeks." Somehow I'm not quite sure I believe Anne Marie when she says she'd rather be hanging out at Collegetown Bagels right now.

Autumn Meister is a US Air Force C-17 pilot. As you can guess, she's been spending a lot of time traveling and flying. Katie Lavin has also been traveling to volunteer in the US and abroad in areas of natural disasters.When she's not doing that, she still coaches lacrosse at the Dalton School and plays lacrosse at NYAC. Jonathan Schoenberg and Kate Nelson are in College Park,MD. Jonathan is a radar systems engineer for Northrop Grumman, where's he's worked since graduation, and Kate is a graduate student in animal science at the U. of Maryland, College Park. Since graduation Katie worked in the Animal Nutrition Lab at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. She followed that with a research position at the U. of Maryland before starting graduate school. Jonathan writes that he misses Cornell hockey (as I'm sure many other classmates do). "Back at Cornell, Kate and I had a great time fueling our Cornell hockey obsession, which is still alive today.We look forward to several hockey road trips each season. Let's Go Red!"

Jason Goldman lives and works in the Big Apple, and his extracurricular activities include intramural softball and poker.He fondly remembers wine tours. John Conlon is living in New York as well and is working in institutional sales at Sidoti and Co. LLC.Meghan Ann Dickerson is in Northport, NY, and is a chiropractic intern while she attends chiropractic college. She is also the manager of and player on a co-ed softball team.

Not too far away, Jaime Kaplan is a junior tenant coordinator at a real estate investment trust in Upper Holland, PA. On the other side of the country, Andrew Rosenthal is a meteorologist at Atmospherics Inc., a cloud-seeding firm in Fresno, CA. Also dealing with the environment--in a different way--Kathy Moon is living in Troy, NY, and is a laboratory technician for NYS DEC at Hale Creek Field Station. She tests fish for PCBs and pesticides.

Natalie Walleser writes, "I finished my master's degree in public affairs from the La Follette School at the U. ofWisconsin,Madison in May 2005. I'm now working as a legislative analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, evaluating various state government programs. Now that I'm not in the library every minute, I'm enjoying living back in the Midwest, and I spend many weekends working on my family's farm." Also in the academic world, Sarah Jensen is currently a graduate student in the child clinical psychology PhD program at the U. of Washington, Seattle, conducting research on children with serious behavior problems. Brooke Lange is a lab technician in Kansas. Charlton Stucken is in his third year at Boston U.Medical School.

Speaking of families, congratulations to Johanna Velez LoTempio on the birth of her baby girl! On July 28, 2005 Johanna became the mother of Allison Sophia. Well, that's it for now. Continue to keep us posted! -- Sudha Nandagopal, sn58@cornell.edu; and Samantha Buckingham, swb9@cornell.edu.

04 | Hello, all.We have a lot of exciting news this issue.With an Internet site that showcases more videos of hotels and destinations from around the world than Yahoo and Travelocity combined, Steve Yu and his business partner, Young-jun Kim, have finally launched www.epictrip.com. The two cofounders coursed through an interesting story before realizing the launch of epictrip.com.Within months of starting his first job after college, Steve's dream of climbing the corporate ladder was quickly brought to a halt when he was laid off as a result of his employer's corporate restructuring. Although there were other options for him to pursue, Steve decided on starting his own business with an idea that had sparked in his mind months before. So he took his severance package and used it as the seed money to start his business. The two men took on odd jobs, from painting people's houses to delivering furniture, to fund their venture throughout the development of their business. The private beta site version, released months before the anticipated launch at the end of January 2006, has already drawn a great deal of interest. According to Steve, "It's only a matter of time before epictrip.com has more travel-related videos and virtual tours than anywhere on the Web. People are referring to us as the video-on-demand travel site."

Kristen Fiore writes that she moved back to Connecticut and accepted a position as a financial service representative for the First Investors Corp. in North Haven. Sage Nagai is in the Peace Corps in Micronesia, working in public health within the Micronesian governmental offices in the capital city. In her free time, she is studying the language of Pohnpei, participating in cultural ceremonies, and learning all she can about the history, culture, and public health problems of the area. She will complete her fieldwork for her master's in international public health, and she is enjoying every moment of her exciting experience. She also says she would love to hear from her friends, especially everyone from Boldt Tower.

Daniel Kim, MAT '05, is teaching high school in Louisville, KY. His forte is teaching math courses and using technology in the classroom. Currently, he is teaching mostly geometry courses and using LCD projectors and SmartBoards. His next step is to pursue a PhD in mathematics or statistics education and to try to make it to at least one Cornell hockey game this season. Esther Pullen writes that although she would rather be taking a hike through Buttermilk Falls or running in the Plantations with the fencing team, she is really enjoying her job as a raw product coordinator for an apple-packing house and brokerage in Lyndonville, NY. She is also very involved in her local community and church. She sends a warm hello to her sophomore year roommate, Judy Ranns.

Russell Shattan is an investment analyst at CNL Hospitality in Orlando, FL, an advisory firm to a hotel investment fund. He works in portfolio and corporate investment analysis, analyzing operating and industry trends for CNL and their competitors. He was able to make it back to Homecoming and had a reunion with some friends in Vegas over Halloween. In his free time, he is biking, traveling, and playing golf, tennis, and squash. Hilary Smith has just returned from teaching in Madagascar. She is working at Panera Bread and writing as an intern for Rochester-area Messenger Post Newspapers. She spent the fall reacquainting herself with New York by attending "foliage-resplendent fall festivals." She is also reading and writing a lot. She would love to hear from anyone who lived in Sperry sophomore or junior year, or anyone from Ears or Professor Avery's research team. She also writes that she misses Katrina Poetzl, Julia Harris, and Michelle Gottlieb.

Send in your updates and join the Class of 2004 groups on Friendster and theFacebook. Enjoy your spring, and hopefully I will see some of you at Slope Day. -- Vanessa Matsis, vgm3@cornell.edu.

05 | Dan Schiff has had quite a year since graduation. He moved back home to Westchester and took a job at Steve and Barry's, a high-quality, low-price supplier of college apparel throughout the US.While Dan's daily commute takes him from one side of the city to the other (Steve and Barry's is located on the North Shore of Long Island), he's also had some more interesting travels in the pursuit of work.When Dan first started with the company he was sent to India, where--like many American corporations--Steve and Barry's outsources some of its functions. There are roughly 700 employees overseas, and Dan was encouraged to get to know his "co-workers" during the trip. The company's facilities were located in Bombay, so when he wasn't working Dan checked out the city and its silver market.

Dan's job also took him to Burnsville, MN, this year, where he helped open one of the company's new stores. It was a short visit due to local union pressures, but Dan and his colleagues were able to travel to Mystic Lake, the Twin Cities area casino, to take in "the largest buffet in the Midwest." It's also been an exciting time to work for the company, which Dan says has enjoyed near 100-percent growth over the past year.He was moved into the shipping and supply side of the company, and from his desk, Dan makes sure all of the company's products go from the shipping point in Ohio to the various stores across the country. As a whole, he's enjoyed the level of responsibility Steve and Barry's has given him, and has viewed the job as a great way to gain experience after Cornell.

Brendan Ahern is also in the Metro New York area, where he's currently finishing up his first year in the NYC teaching fellows program. Similar to Teach for America, Brendan will work at a Brooklyn High School for two years teaching history while earning his master's degree in education at Pace. Not content to confine his impact to the classroom, Brendan has also taken an active role in the school's Debate Club, and is working on starting a club track team. Though he's extremely positive about the experience ("It's awesome!" he said), Brendan has found challenges in shifting his role from student to teacher. "Some days the kids just don't want to listen. The freshmen are the most rambunctious and are really more like middle schoolers."

The student body at Brendan's school is primarily Hispanic and African American, and the students run the gamut of ability levels. He admits his biggest challenge is differentiating his lessons so everyone can be involved--simple enough to push his slower students, yet involving enough to capture the classroom's brightest minds. Like most teaching program participants, Brendan's fellow faculty members are younger, with no one older than 32 on the staff. As a result, he's been able to gain acceptance and work well with the other teachers. They are so cohesive, they even go out in the City together. Socially, Brendan keeps in touch with Stephanie Judd, who's also in NYC, and his local friends from high school. "Time is just flying by," he told me of his two-year commitment. Still, even after he's done with the program, Brendan looks forward to continuing teaching for a few more years. He feels he's still learning, and between classes and the hard-knock education of running a classroom, he's gained a lot of experience. "I would like to give back once I really know what I'm doing."

Jamie Newberry spent the year in Las Vegas working for Harrah's in hotel operations management and bragging to everyone she knows about how she no longer needs a winter jacket. She spent the first half of the year working with her boss from two summers ago, who had just acquired a new department. Together the two restructured Harrah's environmental services area (or EVS, as the insiders call it), which kept them plenty busy. Jamie's work also provided her first encounters with union workers, some of whom constantly tried to fight her over various restructuring points.When not fighting with union members, Jamie was involved in rolling out Harrah's customer service program to all the Caesar's properties, as part of the companies' merger.

Jamie has also been enjoying Las Vegas's strong alumni network. She regularly takes part in the Hotel school events, and loves the ridiculously entertaining and lavish dinners. She's also been living with Josh Pozner since last December. Together they watch TV, surf their wireless Internet, and generally enjoy not having homework. Since real people like Jamie don't have mounting school bills, and actually make money, they can do fun things like travel and visit friends. Jamie hit up NYC, where she visited Marcia Regen and a host of Glee Club and chorus alumni. She also traveled to San Francisco, where she met up with several California alumni and fellow 'oh-fiver Graham Anderson.

Graham is currently at Berkeley working on his PhD and lives with fellow PhD candidate Dave Wang. Graham is currently studying the multiple vulvas in worms and their associated phenotypes. Sometimes he gets to branch out to fruit fly courting behavior.When not playing mad scientist, he also enjoys socializing with the other graduate students (they throw amazing parties in their labs, but also go to great lengths not to disturb or wreck any of the equipment--including covering everything in plastic) and bragging about the weather ("California is not cold at all!" he writes).He recently attended his high school's five-year reunion, which he said was just "crazy."

Graham also said that he's been keeping in pretty close contact with Jevon Bindman. Ironically, I have been spending the year keeping in touch with Dylan Bindman. Dylan is doing well and recently moved into a house in Minneapolis just a few blocks from the U. of Minnesota campus.He's currently employed at the "U" (as the locals call it), and has been a program associate and the graduate medical program's Residency Management Suite (RMS) training coordinator. Dylan's proximity to the medical school has also struck him with a feverish determination to take biology and chemistry coursework. As part of working for the university, he's entitled to take two classes per semester, and is currently working on satisfying the pre-med course requirements.When not training medical professionals in the latest scientific advances, Dylan spends time with his longtime girlfriend Megan, and occasionally . . . me. I just finished up my first year at the U. of Minnesota Law School, and have had the pleasure of catching up with Dylan over several lunches, Twins' baseball games, and occasional bouts of beer.

Have news to share? Tired of reading about people I used to live with? Send us your news! Contact -- Matthew Janiga,mwj3@cornell.edu; and MichelleWong, michelle.r.wong@gmail.com.

06 | As Class Correspondents, we would like to welcome the Class of 2006 to Cornell Alumni Magazine.We encourage you to stay in touch by passing along your experiences and future news to us. Keep your classmates informed about your lives!

This column introduces the newest Alumni Class Council, who will work together on the Senior Class Campaign, as well as on our 5th Reunion in 2011. Congratulations to all the class officers on your new positions!

Class Correspondents: Kate DiCicco (HE) of New York City majors in Apparel Design and Business Management with a concentration in Communications. She is a member of the Women's Alumnae Networking Committee and the Cornell Entrepreneur Organization (CEO). She also writes for kitsch magazine and has participated in the externship program. Kate plans to pursue singing and songwriting, in addition to working in the entertainment or fashion industry. Cristian Serna (CALS) is a Biology major with a Latino Studies minor.He is a Tradition Fellow, Biology student advisor, and very involved in La Asociacion Latino.He hopes to pursue a master's in social work in NYC after graduation.

Co-Presidents: Michael Zuckerman (ILR) of Glencoe, IL, served on the Student Assembly for transfer students. As a junior he coordinated the Cornell mock election in an effort to promote civic engagement. Currently, he serves as the president of the senior class. Kate Nadolny (CALS) is a founding member of Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity, former co-chair of the Student Assembly Finance Commission, CALS representative on the Student Assembly, and president of the Society for Women in Business. Kate will work for Lehman Brothers doing investment banking in July.

Events Chair:Marie-Jouvelle Aubourg (A&S) from Roselle, NJ, majors in Biology and Society and has a concentration in Law and Society. Fueled by her love of Cornell, she has planned many campus-wide events aimed to unify Cornellians. She has been heavily involved in Welcome Weekend, the Haitian Students Association, Freshman Orientation, and Class Councils. After graduation, she hopes to explore her career options in the field of event planning.Miriam Gross (Hotel), from California, has devoted herself to Cornell through many organizations, most notably Hotel Ezra Cornell and Class Councils. She will continue to stay involved as she moves on to pursue a career in restaurant marketing and operations.

Publicity Chair: Krystyn Tendy '05 (Grad) is a Natural Resources major from Yorktown Heights, NY. She was heavily involved with the Class of 2006 undergraduate Class Council, serving as President and Vice President of Events. Krystyn hopes to attend law school and pursue a career in environmental law. Secretary: Nicole DeGrace (HE) of Levittown, LI, majors in Human Development. Nicole taught dance while attending Nassau Community College, where she received her associate's degree. She plans to work in Italy after graduation to continue her educational endeavors, and then hopes to become a nutritional psychologist in the US.

Treasurer: Albert T. Nguyen (A&S) hails from Northern California.He's triple-majoring in Asian Studies, Economics, and Government. Albert hopes to become an international lawyer some day. Vice President of Participation: Jared Levin (ILR) of Newton, MA, is a member of the club lacrosse team and served as a Cornell Orientation Leader and a research assistant in the Labor Economics department. He plans to work as a legal assistant for a few years in the Boston area before pursuing a career in employment law.

Vice Presidents of Athletics: Linda Trotter (HE) of Indianapolis, IN, is a Policy Analysis and Management major. She was voted the Big Red's Best Sprinter in 2005 and was a team captain for the 2005-06 indoor and outdoor track and field season. She is also a member of the first Ivy League women's 4x400-meter relay team to qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships that were held in Sacramento, CA, in 2005. Linda is a mentor in Human Ecology, as well as a member of the Campus Life Student Advisory Committee and the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. Phela Townsend (ILR) is from the Washington, DC, area. She participates in organizations such as MILRSO (Minority ILR Student Organization), CCC (Cornell Concert Commission), and ALANA (African, Latino, Asian, Native American Organization). Phela served as a commissioner on the SAFC (Student Assembly Finance Commission) for over a year and is the coach's assistant for the Cornell football team. Upon graduation, Phela hopes to pursue a career in the sports industry in either law or business.

Vice Presidents of Giving Societies: Victoria Lauterbach (A&S), from the Midwest, is triple-majoring in History, Government, and Philosophy. She has served as vice president of the junior class and Cornell University College Democrats. In the fall, she will head to law school, pursuing a career in law and public policy. Patrick Julius Hough (CALS) of Winston-Salem, NC, majors in Applied Economics and Management. He has worked for the Cornell Office of Investment Management. After graduation, Jules will work full-time as a financial analyst in the investment management division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Pennsylvania.

Vice Presidents of Greek Challenge: Richard Galati (ILR) of Glen Head, NY, is a brother in Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, and president and general manager of WVBRFM, Cornell's commercial radio station. He plans to stay involved with the Cornell community after graduation. Kristen Munnelly (A&S) is a Neurobiology and Behavior major with a minor in Anthropology. Kristen has been involved with Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, and is the vice president for the service organization Circle K. She is currently pursuing an honors thesis in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department. Kristen is excited about getting more involved with Cornell in years to come.

Send us updates at the following e-mail addresses. We look forward to hearing from you! -- Kate DiCicco, kad46@cornell.edu; and Cristian Serna, cs335@cornell.edu.