00 | I remember meeting Oceane Aubry in my freshman writing seminar first semester. I can't believe it is almost 10 years later and she is now an associate veterinarian! She works with small and exotic animals at the Katella Animal Clinic, a small private practice in Southern California. That's awesome, Oceane! Also enjoying warm weather is Cindy Aixmar Salgado. Cindy is a manager at El Verde Field Research Station, Inst. for Tropical Ecosystems Studies at the U. of Puerto Rico. She also began a master's program in environmental management, concentrating in natural resources conservation at Universidad Metropolitana in San Juan.

Shannon McCann Rand has become quite the entrepreneur here in New York City! She started her own personal training and nutrition counseling business, and also teaches a nutrition class at Marymount Manhattan College. Shannon even appeared on CBS's "Early Show" to do an exercise segment! She has been enjoying life: exploring NYC restaurants, skiing, traveling, and collecting local wines. Also running his own business, Ross Siegel serves as the president of Reignition Recordings. When he isn't making music, he volunteers for Human Rights Watch. Ross also just started full-time at the Stern School of Business at NYU, where he is working toward his MBA.

Just over the bridge from Manhattan,Matthew Lewis is here in the Heights, where he lives with his wife Shireen.Matt is the regional scientific manager for Procter & Gamble Pharmaceutical, and is responsible for professional relations, scientific education, and patient outreach in the NY/NJ region. He also enrolled in the doctoral program for health education at Columbia U. In his "spare" time,Matt participates in volunteer building activities, and loves spending time with his wife, family, and friends. Donna Rancourt married Jereme Frigon on September 10, 2005 in West Forks, ME, where they currently reside. Jane Erica Feinson Coulter was a bridesmaid, and said it was an "absolutely beautiful day!"Donna is working as a bookkeeper for Jereme's parents, but makes time for all her hobbies: candle-making, learning to sew, and enjoying the outdoors (hunting, fishing, and hiking with her new husband).

Another happy couple, Sarah Fogelman and Dave Sachs married on July 4, 2005 in Saratoga Springs, NY. The two had met while working at Kraft Foods. Sarah's bridesmaids included Cindy So, Elizabeth Martin Smith, and Meghan McCameyMcIlroy '99. Guests included Mara Brandsdorfer, Ben and Anna Rubinsztajn Graves, Joy Yoskowitz '99, Jon Adler, and Andrea Ludwig. Sarah and Dave also recently bought an apartment in Manhattan on the Upper West Side. Sarah is still enjoying teaching science at Hunter College High School. I hope to see the cute couple around the city! Lucinda Neilon married Nathan Schettler '01 in April of last year. The newlyweds are busy working on their new home in Wisconsin. Lucinda is an attorney specializing in employment litigation, and is proud to say that she finally obtained her US citizenship. Congratulations to all!

Michael Zalar is a HOST Technology Center leader at Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. He's been having fun testing his skills at indoor soccer. And last July, he went to San Francisco to run the marathon with Ron Paryl.Mike finished 48th and Ron finished 58th.While there, they met up with classmates BriceWu and Mike Filler. Sarah Gish Powenski is an attorney at Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia. She practices in the areas of business immigration law and labor and employment law. Shenyarai Pellerin is still a middle school science teacher, but unfortunately had to be evacuated after Hurricane Katrina. She hopes to one day teach again in New Orleans.We'll keep our fingers crossed for you, Shenyarai!

Shirley PuiWa Li is hard at work as an AVP senior analyst at Bank of America, but when she gets the time off, she takes advantage of the outdoors and goes hiking and rafting. Valerie Fristachi is living in Forest Hills, NY, and reports that she is still at working at Accenture as a technology consultant. Recently, she has been doing a lot of consulting for a federal client in D.C. and Kansas City, but she doesn't mind the traveling because she is racking up the frequent-flyer miles! Valerie has been using those miles to attend lots of weddings, including Alla Brodsky and Vadim Yapnyar's in August and Michael Seidman and Lisa Galluzzo's in November.

Last but not least, it's great to hear from former class council member Kim Melson-Lee. Kim wrote us from Reston, VA, with all the great news the Lee family had this year! Kim was promoted to manager at Accenture in September, and her husband Blair Lee '99 decided to change careers and pursue the field of medicine. Blair has already received acceptances at five medical schools! But the best news of all is the most recent addition to the Lee family, Emerson Ji-Eun Lee, born on November 18, 2005. The couple fondly calls their newborn daughter Emmy, for short, and now spend all their free time being proud, glowing parents. Congrats, Kim and Blair! Remember, we love hearing from you and love writing for you, so keep the news coming! -- Andrea Chan, amc32@cornell.edu; Christine JensenWeld, ckj1@cornell.edu.

01 | In just over a month, we will be returning to campus for our first reunion on June 8-11, 2006. The Class of 2001 Reunion Headquarters will be in Clara Dickson and if you would like to help with reunion preparations, please send an e-mail to classof2001_reunion@cornell.edu.

Abby Wells is working as an analyst for the US Dept. of Defense in Washington, DC, while pursuing her second master's in strategic intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College. After graduating from U. of Virginia Law School and passing the Bar, Natalie Rosenfelt is also working for the federal government as a lawyer in the antitrust division at the US Dept. of Justice.

Christian Elwell, based out of Ithaca, NY, is running a rafting expedition company in Alaska May through October and then managing a cucumber farm in Honduras during the winter months. From New York City, Bianca Taxman reports that she is working as an art director for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising. Last year she filmed a commercial for Nintendo in Toronto, Canada.Her younger sister, Ilana Taxman '09, was a freshman this past year and now they have common college memories to share.

Jill Newman Schaffer, ME '02, has found a way to fully utilize her engineering degrees--without working as an engineer. In August, she and her husband Tim relocated to Ithaca, where she now works as the assistant director in Cornell's College of Engineering Admissions Office. Her youngest sister, Susan Newman '08, is also at Cornell. Reporting from the other coast, Scott Gallic is working as an environmental analyst at Kimley-Horn and Assoc. in San Diego, CA.

Several classmates from North Carolina recently checked in.Monica Marusceac was winged (i.e., designated a Naval aviator in the Marine Corps) last May and has been attending pilot training at the Harrier Fleet Replacement Squadron in Cherry Point, NC. She will soon be relocated to Yuma, AZ, where her husband, Ramzy Ayachi, is already stationed.When not training to fly,Monica is training to be a yoga instructor. A "refugee" from Hurricane Katrina, classmate Enjoli Lawhorn is currently teaching high school math in Greensboro, NC. She had previously been teaching at the middle school level in New Orleans and working toward her master's in public health from Tulane U.When not on the road working as a race engineer for number 31 Cingular NEXTEL Cup Car 37 weeks out of the year, Jeff Curtis lives in Mooresville, NC.

On the advanced degree front, Lauren Tingey is pursuing a master's in public health at Johns Hopkins U. and a master's in social work at U. of Maryland. Also at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Sophie Aiyer is studying mental health. Along with Mehreen Yousaf, Sunghee Sohn is attending New York U. for graduate studies in global affairs. Last November Sunghee met up with Diana Tyler and Erin Bordley at the annual Ski Ball in NYC.Miriam Ordonez Clifford will be completing her master of arts in teaching this June. She and her husband Lt. Adam Clifford currently live in Yelm,WA. Joanna Samuelson has been working on her MBA at Babson College in a one-year program in Charlton City, MA.

When not working as a nurse's aide,Michael Agyei has been traveling extensively. Last August he took the MCAT and is looking forward to reunion in June. Also on the medical front, Ryan Nelson graduated from medical school at SUNY Buffalo in 2005 and is currently a resident in internal medicine at the U. of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital. Jennifer Young is a first-year urology resident at the U. of California, Irvine and enjoys living in Southern California. After once boldly claiming that he would never find himself in the Northwest, Pete Dryer visited twice in 2005 and spent two months last fall in Portland, OR, for medical school electives in infectious diseases and internal medicine. Back in Toledo, OH, Pete has been preparing to enter an internal medicine residency program.

Nicohl Merrill Swartley has been working as a loan officer for Farm Credit ofWestern New York since graduating. She is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Genesee and chaired the 2005 Genesee County Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee. She and husband Kyle had their first child, Kaleb, on May 20, 2005, and last October they moved to Seneca Falls, NY. Congratulations also to Thomas '03 and Nicole Kordziel Downs on their July 9, 2005 wedding at Sage Chapel. Send news to: -- Trina Lee, TKL6@cornell.edu; or LaurenWallach, LEW15@cornell.edu.

02 | Well, we are almost through a non-winter in New York City! Graduation is a couple of calendar page turns away, and I look forward to doing some traveling between then and making my return to the real world with a full-time job, a normal sleep schedule, a cured addiction to "CSI" re-runs, bills I can pay, and everything. Until then I am working part-time at Bank of America in the Learning & Organizational Effectiveness group for the Global Capital Investment Bank, where I don't even have to leave the office to get to an ATM.

As always, I have some fascinating work experiences to report from our classmates. Cheryl Engelhardt writes, "I have been living in Harlem for a year and have been promoting my 2004 debut album release, ‘Shoes Off and Run.' It is a rock album incorporating funk and jazz influences.My band and I have been playing all over the East Coast, as well as a recent tour of Texas." Cheryl has worked with several other Cornell alums, including a few from the Cayuga's Waiters and Nothing but Treble a capella groups--Jeff Solomon played saxophone on the album. Cheryl would love to spread the word--and the music (www.cbemusic.com). "I still cherish my Cornell experience. It is everything I am today and much of what I hope to be in the future."David Carlucci was elected in November 2005 to the office of Clarkstown Town Clerk, the youngest person currently holding the position in the State of New York. David accomplished this by beating an incumbent who had held the office for 28 years. He has also been recently appointed to the position of marriage officer and would welcome any Cornell alumni who wish to have their marriage officiated by a fellow alum, provided they come visit him in Clarkstown. David can be reached at d_carlucci@town.clarkstown.ny.us, or visit his website www.davidcarlucci.com.

Ken Meyer is back on the Hill as a 1L at the Law school. He claims that "Cornell is as rigorous as I remember it!" Ken spent the last three years working as a paralegal at the US Attorney's Office SDNY.What he'd rather be doing now? "Sleeping!"His fondest memory of Cornell is watching election night 2000 at the Daily Sun office.Mike Suppe recently sent in an update: "I have been selected for the prestigious Newton Fellowship offered by Math for America, a non-profit educational firm striving to improve math public education by recruiting highly qualified professionals to teach in urban schools. As part of the fellowship I will earn a tuition-free master's degree at Teachers College, Columbia U., in addition to receiving stipends totaling to $90,000." Upon earning his degree, he will teach math in a Manhattan high school for four years.Mary Pat Craver is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Dept. of Medical Neurobiology and Immunology at the U. of Wisconsin,Madison. In her spare time Mary plays ice hockey with a beginner-level women's club team at the university.

While some of us are just beginning to go back to school, others are finishing up with their second degrees. Corinne McGown writes, "This past January I finished my MPH at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia and accepted a job with a boutique healthcare research firm in Manhattan." Congratulations, Corinne! Pearl Ann Hendrix writes, "I was admitted to the New Jersey Bar and the US District Court, District of New Jersey in December 2005 and am presently a law clerk for the Hon.Walter R. Barisonek, AJSC of the Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth, NJ.My husband Charles Jerdonek is a senior engineer at Cordis Corp., a Johnson and Johnson company in Warren, NJ."Who is the old Cornell friend Pearl would most like to hear from? Molly Rusten '01! Nicole Dorsky received her law degree from the Case Western Reserve U. School of Law in 2005, where she participated in the New England School of Lawás Int'l Law Program in Galway, Ireland, during the summer of 2003. She joined Gallagher Sharp in Cleveland, OH, a trial and business practice firm focused on the defense of civil claims for insurance and industry.

Back in the Big Apple, Julia Ramey is starting a freelance job with New York magazine, though her work is also appearing in the Boston Globe and the New York Post. Tanvi Chheda left her job at a fashion magazine in New York to work and travel through India and Asia. Tanvi will be writing for publications in Mumbai and enjoying the food, weather, and people. "One of my favorite things at Cornell," she writes, "was the delicious, homemade soups at Temple of Zeus--just perfect on a cold winter's day." Congratulations go out to Heather Hillman and John Whalen, who were married back in August 2005 at Sage Chapel. According to the announcement in the New York Times,Heather works as an associate in the litigation department of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, and John is an associate specializing in leveraged buyout transactions at the investment firm Apax Partners, also in New York. John's father was an associate professor of Plant Taxonomy at Cornell; Heather's father is a professor of Law at Cornell, where her mother is the dual-career consultant, helping the spouses of recruited professors find employment. -- Carolyn Deckinger, cmd35@cornell.edu.

03 | Lots of news going on this month! Kay Scott-Seale and husband Bill are still in Texas, enjoying their time together and expanding their family. In the Midwest, Cathy Hermann writes, "I've been working with Starwood here in Chicago since graduation. I did the whole revenue management thing, and then moved into marketing, where I'm currently a regional field marketing manager. It definitely keeps me occupied and out of trouble!" Randolph Rodrigues is working with Microsoft Corp. as a senior financial analyst in their corporate development group. He is keeping himself busy not only with work, but as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Association volunteer and working with United Way of King County.

Elizabeth Abbett recently returned home after spending two years in service with the Peace Corps, volunteering for 27 months in Macedonia. Gideon Simpson is enjoying his third year as a PhD student in applied mathematics at Columbia U. Recent adventures include "studying in a basement office that makes Rockefeller look stunning by comparison."He also lamented, "I'm glad I didn't get into Columbia as an undergrad. I had more fun at Cornell than the undergrads here do."Also in New York, Robert Profusek has "been involved with trying to produce a small, independent film and fundraiser for a Representative from Long Island."He is currently working with Kaleidoscope Productions, a film and staging company, as an assistant producer.

Michelle Silverio is a site administrator for the Montefiore School of Health Program in the Bronx after recently completing her MPH at Yale. Out in West Charlton, NY,Matthew Korona is a herd manager showing dairy cattle. Cecelia Sander is a law student at Cornell participating in AmeriCorps. Tamara Crepet is also at Cornell Law, working at the Cornell Legal Counsel's Office and dancing (ballet) in her free time. She writes, "I am on my third year of Law school now at Cornell, on ‘leave' from a Katrina-devastated Tulane Law School."Martha Ann Klein is up at the Cornell Vet college on the surgery team and misses the 2002-03 rugby team. Michael Meadows is also in beautiful Ithaca working in the Architecture department and applying to PhD programs in Italian literature.

Elizabeth Paddock is in Albany, NY, at the Albany Medical College. In addition to being a medical student herself, Elizabeth has been busy coordinating Medical Students For Choice, acting as VP of the American Medical Students Association and editor of the bi-monthly school newspaper, and training for the Chicago Marathon coming up in October. Jacqueline Dorn is finishing up her last year as a law student at Fordham Law. Piper Titus is managing a small retail liquor boutique while a full-time MBA/MPA student at Syracuse U. Amy Laport is taking classes at Duke U. while working as the director of corporate communications at Concord Hospitality.

Hotelie sweethearts James and Nicole Boyar Moriarty live in Winnetka, IL. Nicole is a travel agent, and James is the president of Uber Tap. You can check out his company at www.ubertap.com. On the other side of the world, Joanne Goh is working in Hong Kong with Citigroup as a customer service officer in the Securities and Fund Services Operations. Jonathan Davis is a third-year medical student at UCSF School of Medicine.He writes,"Medical school is a lot of fun, but unfortunately can be all-consuming at times--mainly trying to get quality time with friends and family."Meryl Conant in Staunton,VA, writes, "I am currently entering my second year as a general assignment reporter for WHSB N3. I am on-air every day, reporting on everything from courts, schools, and government to feature stories."

Overseas,Matt Haistings is wrapping up his Army tour in Iraq. He writes, "It's been a long year, but I have to say that it's been very rewarding. I've had the privilege of serving as a platoon leader for 55 soldiers and now as the executive officer for a unique headquarters troop. I mostly have an office job now, but have been able to get off of the base somewhat regularly and see the region.My favorite has been to fly in a Black Hawk helicopter; however, that's not the norm.Work, work, work here. It's also perpetually muddy. I can't wait to get back to Colorado where there is grass and real roads!"We miss you,Matt, and wish you safe travels home in March!

I'm working hard at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle and looking forward to the next couple of weeks when I will (hopefully) hear good news back from the law schools I've applied to. I have gotten into one already, but am keeping my fingers crossed! -- Samantha Buckingham, swb9@cornell.edu; Sudha Nandagopal, sn58@cornell.edu.

04 | First, our Class Council would like to congratulate the Class of 2006 on their graduation. I had the opportunity to meet the Alumni Class Council of 2006 at this year's Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting, and they are a brilliant bunch. Second, I had so many updates that I had to save some for the next column. So, keep the updates coming (my e-mail address is at the bottom), and don't forget to pay your class dues so that you can keep receiving the magazine.

Third, after two years of writing this column, I thought I would actually write an update about myself. After graduation, I moved to Atlanta, GA, to begin my first year of law school at Emory U. with several other Cornellians.While I loved Atlanta, I was given the opportunity to move back to New York City and work as a law clerk while attending Fordham Law School. So I packed my bags and drove back across the Mason-Dixon. It has been wonderful to be back in the City after five years away, catching up with old friends, hanging out with my College Ave. housemates, and just experiencing the City. (But I definitely miss sweet tea and biscuits, so if you're down South please feel free to FedEx/UPS some.)

When I moved back to NYC, I essentially switched places with my friend Mike Janovec. After completing his first year of law school in NYC, Mike began an internship at the NorthPoint Group, a commercial real estate development company in Atlanta, in May 2005. A month into his internship, the NorthPoint Group offered Mike a position as a development manager. The decision was easy--Mike loved his work and he loved Atlanta. So he settled in Midtown and continued his work as a full-time employee performing development analysis, leasehold analysis, and due diligence work. In October 2005, following the break-up of the partnership at NorthPoint,Mike and another colleague left with their boss to form Lodestone Development LLC, which specializes in the construction of "mercantile condominiums" that offer small business owners and retailers an opportunity to build wealth and create equity through ownership of their place of business.Mike is the development manager for their first project, Ellard Mercantile Exchange, a two-story condominium complex located in the North Atlanta suburb of Roswell.Mike himself owns units, which he plans to rent.With Lodestone expecting Ellard Mercantile Exchange to be complete in late October 2006,Mike is not regretting his decision to leave law school or New York City. If you are in Atlanta or want more information on Mike's endeavors, e-mail him at mike@lodestonelimited.com.

Congratulations to Alita Howard and her husband Karl Smolenski '91 on the birth of their new son! Alita gave birth to little Obadiah on October 25, 2005. Amy Elizabeth Bravo is working as a freelance costume designer at various costume designing shows, which seems natural after all of her work at the Schwartz Center during her undergrad years. She says that among the things she misses most at Cornell are her friends and the corn nuggets at the Chariot! She would also love to hear from Ghetto. So, Ghetto, when you read this, call Amy!

Many of our classmates have stayed close to university settings. Courtney Colton is very happy in Rhode Island, working as the managing editor of Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report at Brown U. She is also the development director for the Global Alliance for the Immunization Against AIDS Vaccine Foundation, and working as a Hepatitis C virus patient educator at the Miriam Hospital in Providence. One of the perks of her work is the domestic and international travel. She says she would love to hear from Angie Chin. Kathyrn Bach,my lovely sorority sister, has been very busy. She writes that she is in Ithaca as a grad student in the Dept. of Animal Science. She is also the alumnae advisor for Delta Delta Delta and a committee chair for Expanding Your Horizons, a program in mathematics and science geared toward girls in middle school. She is planning to return to New England and teach biology in independent and secondary schools. After spending time with Kathryn in Tridelta, I can wholeheartedly say that any student who has the opportunity to learn under her will be extremely lucky.

Diana Gamzon is also in Georgia, but in Savannah working as the assistant director of events at Savannah College of Art & Design. Laura Gonzales is a graduate research assistant at Arizona State U.When she is not researching, she is exploring Red Rock country. She misses the intimacy of our campus and the close-knit friendliness of members of the Cornell community. Erin Cook, when you have a minute, e-mail Laura because she would love to hear from you. Ragavan Mahadevan is a second-year medical student at the U. of Arkansas College of Medicine. Best of luck on exams! -- Vanessa Matsis, vgm3@cornell.edu.

05 | Can you believe we left the undergraduate world one year ago? It seems like only yesterday, yet so much has happened in one year. I'm already making my first move--from Philly, where I am currently a program assistant at a community arts non-profit--to Washington, DC, where I will be a community liaison and policy analyst with the White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. A huge change, but I'm up for the challenge. Our classmates are applying themselves all over the place, and it's amazing to see what some of them are up to these days.

At age 22, Nathan Shinagawa (D-District 4) became the youngest person ever elected to the Tompkins County Legislature. He will represent nearly 7,000 residents in the county's most diverse and densely populated district. Nathan has been spotlighted in AsianWeek numerous times and, according to the magazine, he is the second highest-ranked Asian-American politician in New York State (based on the publication's city, county, state breakdown). Nathan is not alone in local politics: Dominic Frongillo is on the Caroline Town Board, and David Gelinas '07 (D-4th Ward) and Gayraud Townsend (D-4th Ward) serve on the City of Ithaca's Common Council. Dominic's full-time job is as a project assistant for the Tompkins County Planning Department, and Gayraud just began his third year on the Common Council.

Many of our classmates have gone abroad to explore, work, and help others. Audrey McFadden works for the Stella McCartney fashion house in London. Outside of working hours she enjoys touring London and other neighboring countries, but she does miss her friends. Elizabeth Aronstam, Andrew Bennett, Lydia Gilbert, Reid Gooch, Alex Jackson, and Caitlin O'Shea are all volunteering for a year with the DREAM Project in Cabarete, Dominican Republic. They are working in several schools, teaching reading and computer skills, co-coordinating educational programs, setting up a science lab, building playgrounds, and planting and harvesting a vegetable garden.More information about the DREAM Project can be found at www.dominicandream.org.

While some classmates travel abroad after Cornell, others find new paths right in the State of New York. Elissa Badean now works as a guest service specialist at the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa in Woodbury, NY, on Long Island. She has been working a lot and wishes she had more time for extracurriculars. Says Elissa, "I'd rather be back at Cornell, taking classes . . . [I miss] the beauty of campus, especially in the fall." Thomas Balcerski currently works as a specialist in financial planning and analysis for Verizon Enterprise Solutions. He spends most of his free time "researching and writing ‘Cornell Acacia: The First Century,' a history of Acacia at Cornell from 1907 to 2007." Through this project he has been able to keep in touch with many Cornell Acacia alumni. Thomas accomplished a great personal feat on November 10, 2005, when he bowled a perfect game at Fair Lawn Lanes.

Also working in NYC, JeanWoroniecki is an underwriting analyst at a commercial mortgage bank. She works many hours, attends Cornell Hotel Society events, goes out with other NYC Cornellians and AOPis, and overall enjoys NYC. Jhony Fung works as an IT consultant for portals, content management, and e-commerce with IBM Global Services. Lately Jhony has been traveling to client sites early in the week and enjoying NYC nightlife on the weekends. Ariel Brewster is finishing up her education at the Columbia U. Graduate School of Journalism and looks forward to a career in print media, writing, or editing.

DanielWhite,MBA '05, is a senior strategic analyst with Intel Corp. and resides in Portland, OR.When he can, he skis on Mt. Hood, visits Oregon wineries, and runs in Forest Park. Although he has been "working too much," he's managed to make many trips to Arizona.He misses getting a slice of pizza on his way home from the Palms.While not working as a family employment advocate at Community Action Duluth in Minnesota, Autumn Day studies Spanish and Ojibwe, exercises, dances, stays involved with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), and travels.

Congratulations to those classmates who have taken that next huge step in their lives and gotten married! Eric Mesa writes, "2005 was a very busy year for me. On July 1, 2005, I got married in Tampa, FL, to Danielle C. Nguyen, now Danielle C.Mesa.We had another wedding ceremony in New York City for her side of the family, then lived in Tampa while I awaited my government clearance before moving to the D.C. metro area to work for that huge bureaucratic machine known as the federal government. For any classmates missing Cornell, check out my set of Cornell pictures on flickr.com (http://flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/."We wish you two many happy years together!

As you all forge ahead with this next segment of your life, please stay in touch through the Class of '05 column! I'm sure time flies by, but take a few moments to drop your class correspondents an e-mail, fill out a News Form, or go online to our class website (www.classof2005.cornell.edu) to keep us posted. -- Michelle Wong, michelle.r.wong@gmail.com; and Matthew Janiga,mwj3@cornell.edu.

06 | Thankfully, we can still spot many a newly graduated classmate wandering the streets of Collegetown. In fact, quite a few of our December grads are here for more education (or here to relax before they leave for more education!). Jennifer Liu is pursuing a master's in Financial Engineering and adding a little spice to her resume this summer working for Merrill Lynch in sales and trading. The master's program tempted Jess Sailor as well. You can find Jess "happily puttering around Ithaca, experiencing life as a grad student" as she works on her degree in Biological and Environmental Engineering. Brennan Veys started the one-year master's program in Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) in January.He plans to take a leave of absence to accept fulltime employment with IBM Business Consulting Services this fall. Jarrett Stoltzfus is pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at the Cornell Inst. for Public Affairs, to be completed in December 2006.

Employed as a researcher at Cornell's Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Gilda Shayan is working on a nanotechnology project to develop an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier. Others working at Cornell:Mitchel Feffer is helping Dean Lisa Staiano-Coico with her research on AlcoholEdu. In the fall, he will attend the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College ofWilliam and Mary. BariMorris is working in a genetics lab before attending vet school next fall. Brian Warshay is keeping busy interning for Terracycle Organic Plant Food Inc. and studying for the GREs. Daniel Han is also in Ithaca, doing full-time research under Prof. Frank DiSalvo in the chemistry department. Amy Dressel is living in Collegetown soaking up one last semester of Cornell fun with her younger brother Blake Dressel '09. Amy, if you need a movie one of these nights, you can visit fellow grad Dan Bushansky, who is "bumming around Ithaca" working at Collegetown Video until he begins working for Citigroup as a finance analyst on July 1. It seems like staying at Cornell, even for just a short period of time, is a very popular decision!

Only a short drive from Ithaca, David Surrey relocated to the U. of Pennsylvania to conduct clinical research in their Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinic. Nicholas Cavallaro is working as a financial analyst at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse, NY, until he starts his MBA in June. Josh Litzman is working as a project manager for ArtInfo.com, a subsidiary of LTB Media, living on Long Island and commuting to Manhattan for work. In the same city, Evan Samek is working as a business analyst with Opera Solutions. Another New York City-bound grad, Cinthia Tejada started her career as a health educator for Alianza Dominicana's H.O.P.E. Program, a community-based organization where she is conducting workshops and running youth groups. North of Ithaca we have James Nuttall researching nuclear proteins at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

It seems many December grads just can't resist home sweet home! Michelle Ho started work in April at Mandarin Oriental Hotel's spa division in Hong Kong. Before that, she was home in Macau. Others hitting home: Keelah Rose, who can be found sleeping heavily to recover from all the sleep she missed as an undergrad. When she wakes up, she is heading off to France. Robert C.Markt is back at home in Shaker Heights, OH, until July 5, when he joins Toyota through their Engineerin- Training program. Jessica Grodio is also at home, but will return to Cornell in the fall as a student in the Vet college's dual DVM/PhD program.

We of course have a couple of Teach for America recruits in our December graduate class. Tamara Alyse Urquhart will be teaching elementary school in Atlanta, GA, and MaisieWright will be moving to the Mississippi Delta area to be a social studies teacher.

Working overseas we have Alexander White heading to Kwazulu-Natal to work on a cattle farm, and Emily Dixon who is conducting volunteer research at the Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Another volunteer, Edward Matthew Segal is working with AHJASA (a Honduran NGO) and the local Junta de Agua, to expand the water collection system for the community in Ojojona, Honduras.

Jill Shemin is heading off to D.C. to work with the Foreign Agricultural Service in the Division of Int'l Cooperation and Development. Andy Guess is also living in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, working at AOL CityGuide.

As for the West Coast, Ramisahaingotia Andriamanarivo is a health safety and environment specialist for Conocophillips at the San Francisco Bay refinery. Laura Seward has moved out to Newport Beach, CA, and is currently working as a project engineer at JJS INC. General Contractors in Irvine, CA.We also have Andrew Butts working full-time as a technical director at Pixar Animation Studios. Look for his name in the credits of the movie Cars, opening in June, as a character shading artist!

Believe it or not, we are also about to leave Cornell . . . to start our own journeys, careers, and lives. Stay connected by signing up for e-mail forwarding at www.cuconnect.cornell.edu/. Keep receiving this magazine by updating your address at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/update.htm. And let us know what you are doing by e-mailing your news to: -- Nicole Degrace, ngd4@cornell.edu; and Kate DiCicco, kad46@cornell.edu. Good luck!