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SUMMER 2012
Greetings from the Head of School
Message from the BSAA
It’s hard to believe that another school year has ended. On June 12, we had a lovely
graduation ceremony, and were honored to have Lauren Belfer ’71 return to her
hometown to give the commencement address. Now, nearly a month later, Summer
at Sem is in full swing, and the halls and classrooms are filled with the laughter of
middle-school girls enjoying their time here as campers.
Looking ahead to September and the start of a new academic year, I am excited to
announce some important changes to my administrative team. Assistant Head of
School Helen Marlette has been named Sem’s first Director of External Relations, a
position that underscores a commitment to increasing collaborations with our Buffalo
neighbors as well as within the wider community. Math teacher Rebecca Farwell has
taken on the role of Dean of Students, and Moira Giammaresi ’05, who worked under
Carrie Auwarter ’96, has stepped into the role of Director of Admissions.
The chance to congratulate these individuals allows me also to thank Carrie
Auwarter, who had been an integral part of the Sem team for the past nine years.
Earlier this spring, she made the difficult decision to leave her position as Director of
Admissions to begin a new chapter in her career at the University at Buffalo’s School
of Management. Carrie’s love for her alma mater and her dedication to excellence in
her work set a high standard for all of us. We continue to be inspired by that example,
and although she is missed greatly, we wish her the best.
Transitions can be both exciting and daunting. As Head of School, I am deeply
grateful to have such a committed staff, caring faculty and dedicated volunteers
working together for a place we all love.
Enjoy the rest of these beautiful summer days, and see you soon!
Best wishes,
Each spring the Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association
Board of Directors has the distinct pleasure of hosting a
luncheon honoring Sem’s seniors. The Senior Induction
Luncheon, which is a relatively recent tradition, is one of our
favorites and gives us an opportunity to meet the soon-to-be
graduates and officially welcome them into the Association.
We also invite each of them to say a few words about her
experience at Sem and what it has meant to her.
Here are a few of their comments:
Our New Alumna Trustee
My experience at Sem has been eye-opening. I’ve learned what it
means to be a leader.
Buffalo Seminary helped me find myself.
Sem was a growing experience. It turned me into an independent
woman.
Sem helped me to achieve things I would not have tried somewhere else.
I am very proud of what I have accomplished.
This experience has been filled with exciting moments…and
memorable lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
Listening to each of them reaffirmed for me how lucky we
are to have graduated from such a wonderful school as Sem.
The City of Buffalo is also fortunate to have such an excellent
single-gender institution dedicated to preparing young
women for the future.
Congratulations, graduates! Enjoy the summer!
Gabrielle P. DeRose ‘74
President, Board of Directors
Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association
Congratulations to Mary Ross Rice, Class of 1952, who has been named our new
Alumna Trustee for Sem’s Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2012. Mary succeeds
Ellie Harder Johnson, Class of 1957. We thank everyone who voted!
Year-end Accolades
JUNE 2012 CUM LAUDE
SOCIETY INDUCTEES
The following members of the Class of 2012
were inducted into the Cum Laude Society:
Isabella (Bella) Dixon
Alanna Leddy
Madison (Maddie) Paulk
MAY 2012 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES
The following members of the Class of 2013 were inducted into the Buffalo Seminary
Chapter of the National Honor Society:
Jane Bertelsen
Olivia Bianco
Ji Eun Choi
Emily Glick
Ali Goodnough
Bridget Haley
Eliza Hopkins
Arianna Hughes
Alexandra (Alex) Lamonte
Curreen Luongo
Erica Pellerite
Sara Sanderson
Kathryn Sands
Jordan Serotte
Grace Von Simson
Xiaotong (Chrissy) Xu
Margaret B. Herron
‘73 Award
Maddie Paulk ‘12
History Department
Award
Juliette Brown ‘12
Gary R. Sutton Award
Ivey Spier ‘12
Outstanding
Athlete Award
Eliza Kaye ‘12
Mt. Holyoke Book
Award
Kathryn Sands ‘13
French Language
Award
Eliza Hopkins ‘13
Wellesley Book Award
Alex Lamonte ‘13
Miriam Berger
Rashman ‘29 Award
Nkiru (Kiki) Ifedigbo ‘12
Harvard Book Award
Eliza Hopkins ‘13
Head’s Award
Sarah Shafik ‘12
CLASS DAY AWARDS (recipients chosen by Sem faculty)
Annette Wells
Stevens ‘24 Freshman
Friendship Award
Maiah Overdorf ’15
Vocal Music Awards
Jaime Engl ’12
Bella Dixon ‘12
Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute Award
Eliza Hopkins ‘13
Suzanne Young Smith
‘63 Award
Giselle Binette ‘13
Margaret Storck Hart
‘40 Award
Stacey Youn Oh ’12
Caitlyn Orta ‘12
Callie Montesano ‘74
Award
Erica Pellerite ‘13
St. Lawrence University
Book Award
Chelsy Wagstaff ‘13
Science Department
Award
Bella Buscarino ‘12
Jean Wende McCarthy
‘31 Award
Bella Dixon ‘12
Math Department
Award in Honor of
Jane Turner
Alanna Leddy ‘12
Linda Rashman Levine
‘59 Award
Molly Armstrong ‘14
Ensemble Award
Lea Karnath ‘12
SEMPER FIDELIS
AWARDS
Madeleine Breinig Reid
‘33 English Award
Sarah Gardner ‘12
Spanish Language
Award
Juliette Brown ’12
Bella Dixon ‘12
Faculty Award in Honor
of Robert A. Foster
Mingus Daniels-Taylor ‘12
Alumnae Association
Award
Jasmine Chen ‘12
MATH AWARDS
ENGLISH AWARDS
EXTERNAL AWARDS
Class of 2015
Hannah Porter ‘15
Faculty Choice Award for
2012 Student Art Show:
Stacey Youn Oh ‘12
Poetry First Place:
Eliza Hopkins ‘13 for
“White Cross, White Star”
Class of 2014
Marissa Egloff ‘14
Photography Award:
Jaime Engl ‘12
Top Five Scorers for the
New York Math League
competition: Anna Magavern
’15, Ji Eun Choi ‘13, Linzi Zhou ‘14,
Wanying (Jasmine) Chen ‘12,
Sarah Shafik ‘12
Business First All-WNY
Academic Team, Special
Mention:
Sarah Shafik ‘12
Class of 2013
Curreen Luongo ‘13
Other media:
Sydney Rice ‘13
Alida Tabaro ‘13
Class of 2012
Isabella Buscarino ’12
Eliza Kaye ‘12
Top Scorer for the
American Mathematics
Competition 10
(underclassmen):
Weiyi Li ‘15
Top Scorer for AMC 12
(upperclassmen):
Wanying (Jasmine) Chen ‘12
Memoir First Place:
Jaime Engl ’12 for “Dental Floss”
Business First Extracurricular
Star (music):
Bella Buscarino ‘12
Business First/Independent
Health Community All Star:
Nkiru Ifedigbo ‘12
Short Story First Place:
Anna Magavern ’15 for “The School
for Thieves”
2012 College Acceptances
The following schools accepted one or more of our 2012 graduates:
Allegheny College
American University
Amherst College
Baldwin Wallace University
Bard College
Barnard College
Barry University
Baruch College
Bentley University
Boston University
Brock University
Bryn Mawr College
Buffalo State College
Canisius College
Catholic University
Clark University
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of Wooster
Columbia College of Chicago
Connecticut College
Curry College
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Daemen College
Dartmouth University
Denison University
DePaul University
Dickinson College
Duquesne University
Edinboro University
Elon University
Eugene Lang College
Fairfield University
Finger Lakes College
Florida International
University
Fordham University
Furman College
Gannon University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Gettysburg College
High Point University
Hobart & William
Smith Colleges
Illinois State University
Ithaca College
Johnson & Wales University
Juniata College
Kent State University
Kents Hill (PG)
Keuka College
Knox College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
LeMoyne College
Lewis & Clark College
Loyola University (Chicago)
Madonna University
(Michigan)
Marist College
Mercyhurst College
Michigan State University
Moravian College
Mount Aloysius College
Nazareth College
New York University
Niagara University
Ohio State University
Old Dominion University
Pace University
Parsons School of Design
Philadelphia University
Reed College
Robert Morris University
Rochester Institute
of Technology
Roger Williams University
Rollins College
Santa Barbara City College
Sarah Lawrence College
Southern Methodist
University (SMU)
Spelman College
St. Bonaventure University
St. John’s University
St. Lawrence University
St. Mary’s College
(Maryland)
State University of
High Honors
Jaime Engl
Sarah Shafik
Honor Roll
Isabella (Bella) Buscarino
Emily Cardullo
Wan Ying (Jasmine) Chen
Grace Clauss
Madeline (Sukie) Cleary
Isabella (Bella) Dixon
Erika Douglas
Sarah Gardner
Alexandra (Alex) Holland
Alanna Leddy
Caitlyn Orta
Madison (Maddie) Paulk
Maya Radoccia-Feuerstein
CLASS OF 2013
High Honors
Eliza Hopkins
Kathryn Sands
ART AWARDS
Critical Analysis First Place:
Eliza Hopkins ’13 for “BlackFlowering Freedom: Pearl’s
Contradictory Role
in The Scarlet Letter”
CLASS OF 2012
New York at Binghamton
State University of
New York at Brockport
State University of
New York at Buffalo
State University of
New York at Fredonia
State University of
New York at Geneseo
Stevens Institute
of Technology
Stonehill College
Syracuse University
(Newhouse)
Trinity College
University of California
(Davis)
University of California
(Irvine)
University of California
(Santa Barbara)
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Miami
University of Miami (Ohio)
University of New
Hampshire
University of North
Carolina (Wilmington)
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
(Madison)
Washington College
Washington &
Jefferson College
Wells College
West Florida University
Westminster College
Wheaton College
Whitman College
Wittenberg University
Honor Roll
Olivia Bianco
Ji Eun Choi
Arianna Hughes
Alexandra (Alex) Lamonte
Curreen Luongo
Sara Sanderson
Jordan Serotte
Xiaotong (Chrissy) Xu
CLASS OF 2014
Honor Roll
Molly Armstrong
Marla Beyer
Marissa Egloff
Katherine (Katie) Herer
Annalise Ishwardas
Callie Keavey
Maribel Leddy
Nianci Lu
Maeve Melber
Julia Paulk
Pamela (Pam) Rivas
Meghan Sullivan
Natalie Voos
CLASS OF 2015
High Honors
Weiyi Li
Anna Magavern
Honor Roll
Nadine Abdellatif
Hannah Atkinson
Julia Douglas
Madison (Maddie) Frank
Jane Gold
Maria Victoria (Marivi) Howell-Arza
Gina Victoria (Tori) Igoe
Jialian (Lillian) Li
Zhuonan (Doris) Liu
Jennifer O’Donnell
Hannah Porter
Mariah Reinard
Alexis (Alex) Wright
Celebrating the Class of 2012
On June 12, we held our 161st Commencement. Author Lauren Belfer ’71 gave the commencement address, and English teacher Carey Miller
delivered the closing remarks. Art teacher Kate Simonds was honored with The Betty Butzer Brown ’44 Humanities Chair, and Kevin O’Leary,
2009-2011 Board Chair, was presented with The Paul J. Koessler Community Service Award.
“So when I look at you, the class of 2012, sitting
where I sat 41 years ago, the most important
thing I can think of to say to you is, Don’t give up.
Sometimes the line to reach your dreams will be a
straight line, but more often, it will be a line that
tacks like a sail boat.” ~ from the commencement
address by Lauren Belfer
“This is it: you’re writing your very own Bildungsroman, in which
you cast yourself as the hero. When crossing the threshold of those
doors, just as you have departed from Sem’s great wooden doors
for the last time as students, it’s finally time to make some big
choices. What quest have you given yourself? What quest will
you give yourself?” ~ from closing remarks by Carey Miller
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Reunion 2012, June 8-9
CLASS OF 1997
CLASS OF 1992
NANCY ESLICK UNGER ’72 &
BETTY WILLIAMS ESLICK ’42
CLASS OF 2002
CLASS OF 1987
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CLASS OF 1962
CLASS OF 1947
Come One, Come All!
WE THANK M&T BANK
A party in the Margaret Smith Mugel ‘38 Atrium capped off our 2012 Sem Reunion. Alums from
all years, as well as their spouses and partners, were invited to toast the Sem classes ending in a 2
or 7. We also learned the names of the Sem athletes who will be inducted into our Athletic Hall
of Fame later this year. Congratulations to Joanne Kouris-Bell ’44, Joan Metzger Brisbin ’46,
Holly Hahn-Baker ’77 and Brenda Ann Mattar ’80!
AND WALSH DUFFIELD
COMPANY FOR THEIR
GENEROUS SUPPORT.
CLASS OF 1942
CLASS OF 1952
CYNTHIA LORI GRIFFA
& HOLLY HAHN-BAKER ‘77
EHLIMANA IMAMOVIC ’97
& ZEHRA IMAMOVIC ‘02
CLASS OF 1982
CLASS OF 1967
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CLASS OF 1957
CLASS OF 1972
Class Notes
CLASS OF 1903
Margaret L. Wendt: From an announcement from the Preservation League of
New York: “The Preservation League of
New York State brought its Pillar of New
York Award celebration to Buffalo in June,
honoring the legacy of the late Margaret
L. Wendt, her many contributions to her
beloved city of Buffalo and the trustees of
the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, who
have assisted in advancing her legacy.”
CLASS OF 1940
Louise Blakeslee Rich: “I had a serious
automobile accident in November 2011,
complete with a broken neck, but I am
recovering thanks to kind thoughts and
prayers.”
CLASS OF 1941
Elizabeth Underwood Mosley: “Sorry to
have missed our reunion. Keith and I are
enjoying these years – a gift – living still
in our home, seeing family and friends,
enjoying our Quaker world.”
CLASS OF 1944
Joanne Bozer Rehmus: “I still go down
to Florida for the winter. I still go out to
California twice a year to visit my two
daughters and five grandchildren. The
grandchildren are all in college now. My
one granddaughter is in her second year at
West Point. My two great-granddaughters
are five and three and live in Bay City – as
does my son.”
Patricia Maxwell Sweeney: “Next year
will be 30 years in Tucson with lots of
sunshine. I couldn’t be without it. I have
five children, seven grandchildren and four
lovely, young great-grandchildren.”
CLASS OF 1945
Mary Moot Buerger: “All is well here. Living close to an excellent liberal arts college
is a wonderful experience. As a very traditional liberal arts place, Hillsdale gets the
very best of young adults from supportive
and traditionally based homes. I have
found the students polite and outgoing.”
CLASS OF 1946
Joan Metzger Brisbin: “2011 – a good
year: third great-grandchild, granddaughter’s high school grad, summer in Maryland near daughter and family, and lots
of tennis, especially in Florida. What an
honor to represent my country with a special trip to Turkey in October as a member
of USTA Doris Hart Cup team. Best of all:
Good health for both Lany and me!”
CLASS OF 1948
Wendy Read Wells: “As an ‘outlander’
from Orchard Park, I often spent the night
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at the home of one friend or another. I
loved being with Corky [Cora Dickinson
Becker ‘48] and her parents (her sisters
were somewhat older), especially the evening in August when, with her neighbors
The Hughes boys, we joined the exuberant crowds on Main Street downtown to
celebrate V-J Day – in conga lines!”
CLASS OF 1957
CLASS OF 1971
Mary Louise Norton Flanagan: “I’m sorry
Catherine Flickinger Schweitzer: In April,
not to be able to attend our 55th. A family
reunion has been planned for that weekend to say goodbye to a niece, heading to
our 50th state for the next three years.”
CLASS OF 1949
parish ministry on June 3rd and am looking forward to travel and more time with
six grandchildren. I still see Nancy Cooley
Polk, Barbara Kohl and Sally Copeland
O’Brien.”
Catherine was honored by the YWCA. In
May, she received the Preservation League
of NYS Excellence Award for her work on
the National Preservation Conference. In
June, she received the Joan Bozer Award.
Last but not least, she and Bob Skerker
were named Citizens of the Year by The
Buffalo News.
Janice Roberts Fretz: “I am so happy that
my granddaughter, Anna Fretz, will be
attending Sem in the fall. I hope my classmates will start thinking about our 65th
reunion, coming up in two years.”
CLASS OF 1951
Susan Wiesner Bray: “Spend six to seven
months in Florida, taking care of my home
at Kelly Greens and my rental property on
Sanibel. Playing golf, walking dog, playing
bridge and enjoying life!”
CLASS OF 1959
Deborah Bayles Hill: “I will retire from
Nancy Cooley Polk: “Bill and I are in our
50th year—yeah! We live in Shelburne,
Vermont, at Wake Robin, a CCRC, near
our son and family and our daughter and
family. We are very happy and send our
best to all at Sem.”
CLASS OF 1960
CLASS OF 1952
Judith Hansen Benson: “Hope to see you
Susanne McMahon Fuller: “Looking for-
all at our 55th in June 2015. All is well in
Chapel Hill. Just had grandchild number
9 and still counting.”
ward to reunion. Have lived in Rochester,
New York, with husband, Gordon, for
many years. And we winter in Sun Lakes,
Arizona.”
CLASS OF 1956
Beverley Cryer Brewer: “Hi, everyone.
I have had an eventful few months,
decided to really retire, and have closed
the business. Sending off my super-salesperson granddaughter to join a like firm in
San Francisco. Reason to travel! Am enjoying the lake house more and just returned
from visiting my mother in Delray Beach,
FL. It was mother’s 94th birthday. I took
one of my 10-year-old granddaughters
with me, and we had a wonderful time
together.
I was happy to receive the Sem postcard
announcing some of the events taking
place at Sem in the next few months.
What a great offering to the students,
the alums and the community! Wish I
was there to take part. Surely a good sign
of Sem’s proactive position and excellence
in education.
Those of you in the Buffalo area must be
proud to recognize these events and take
time to enjoy what you can. Knowing
how important it is to keep the school
on such a high plane, I can’t help but be
a spokesperson to remind everyone that
it takes money to do these things. Our
annual giving is so important. It’s time for
another year – get out those checkbooks or
go online and make a donation! Thanks to
all of you for your generosity.
Stay well and happy! Love to all, Beverley”
CLASS OF 1961
Gail Donaldson: Gail’s mother, Athena
Donaldson, died on February 22, 2012.
In giving a gift to Seminary in memory
of her mother, Gail wrote, “Athena was
not a Sem graduate, but she loved Sem
and attended Alumnae Association events
with her Sem graduate friends, especially
the bridge group. She sent two daughters
to Sem and was very happy and proud of
the results.”
Patricia Liesinger Guinn: “On September
10, 2011, our son Matthew was married
to Rebekah Gayley in Kane, Pennsylvania.
They live in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
I continue to serve the Episcopal Diocese,
most recently at Saint Matthew’s.”
CLASS OF 1962
Wendy Williams McKay: On June 11,
2012, Janie Constantine and Carolyn
Clark received the following email: “Hats
off to you both for a wonderful actionpacked reunion. The reviews would put
Broadway to shame as everyone had a ball.
I think by this age we are all finally comfortable in our own skin and thus seeing
everyone again goes a lot smoother. I was
so thrilled that we won the Oshei Cup.”
Mary Ellen Lowe Tompkins: “Our 50th
is in the 50th year of my dad, Harold
C. Lowe, Esq., being Head of the Board
of Trustees. Look at our diplomas – he
signed them!! We are certainly a Sem
Family.”
Christina Sprague: “In April we went to
visit our son, a junior at the University of
Rochester, who is spending his winter/
spring semester in Amman, Jordan, living
with a family and working on his Arabic.
Our daughter, Alex, joined us from
Portland, OR, for a trip of a lifetime. We
floated in the Dead Sea, while looking over
at Jerusalem and Jericho; we toured and
hiked around Wadi Rum (made famous
by Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia)
and Petra. On our way home, Roger and
I stopped in Istanbul for an incredible five
days, awestruck by the Ottoman Sultans
and the Empire. I couldn’t help but think
of Jean Henrich when we visited Hagia
Sophia and the Blue Mosque, remembering them from her Art History class. She
was with me in spirit!”
CLASS OF 1973
Lucy Butterbaugh Coburn: “Greetings,
fellow Seminarians! So glad to be back in
Buffalo. The last six years have zoomed
by. Currently serving on the BSAA
(alumnae) board, which has been enjoyable. Working at the Canadian Consulate
managing seven homes in the Buffalo area
for diplomats assigned to Buffalo. Enjoying
skiing again and all that Buffalo has to offer. Don’t forget to look me up if you come
to town!”
Marjorie Burt MacElroy: “Life is busy.
My oldest daughter, Melissa, is living in
San Francisco. Kelsey will be graduating from Union and will be working as a
paralegal with an international law firm in
New York City. Donald is a freshman in
high school. I am still at The Albany Times
Union. Donald and I just celebrated our
26th wedding anniversary.”
CLASS OF 1974
Elizabeth Barth Harten: “I retired last
September after 33 years of teaching and
am enjoying my new lifestyle completely!”
CLASS OF 1975
Martha Buyer: Martha, along with Ginny
Schaefer Horvath, has been appointed
to a three-year term on Sem’s Board of
Trustees.
Virginia Schaefer Horvath: The following
is from The Buffalo News of March 23,
2012. “The No. 2 ranking official at
Fredonia State College is being recommended as the school’s next president.
Virginia Schaefer Horvath – an Amherst
native serving as vice president of academic
affairs at Fredonia – was tapped for the top
job by State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher after a six-month
search.” Horvath will take office July 1,
becoming Fredonia’s first female president
in the college’s 186-year history.
CLASS OF 1976
Cathy Anderson Estes: On June 11, 2012,
Cathy shared the following in an email to
the Development Office: “I just found out
I won the PAEMST (Presidential Award
for Excellence in Mathematics and Science
Teaching). This is the highest award a
mathematics teacher can earn. I really believe had I not attended Sem, I would not
have gone into mathematics. I was allowed
the opportunity to go into an area I loved
without anyone making fun of me. I will
be going to Washington, DC, at the end of
June to receive my award.”
CLASS OF 1978
Isabella Bannerman: “Hello to all 78ers
– whom I have been keeping in touch
with mostly through Facebook. Thank
you, Cindy Pope. I have one kid in college
and one in high school now, so my fond
memories of Sem are being refreshed. For
cartoons, go to facebook.com/thesixchix.”
CLASS OF 1979
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle: Gwen was
dinner at Coles.
CLASS OF 1988
Erin McHale: “Erin McHale and her
husband Stephen Langton are proud to
announce the birth of their son Brendan
John Langton on April 15, 2012.”
CLASS OF 1996
Carrie Lyons Auwarter: In April, the Sem
community bid an emotional farewell to
Director of Admissions Carrie Auwarter,
who, after nine productive years of admissions work at her alma mater, began a
new chapter in her career. Carrie is now
the Student Services and Communications Coordinator at University at Buffalo
Executive MBA Program.
Anne E. Villari: “I got married in Boston
on April 21, 2012 to Dr. Jerry Lee. In June,
after completing my psychiatry residency
training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, we will be living together in
western Connecticut. I’ll be working for
Norwalk Hospital, while Jerry will be at
Danbury Radiological Associates.”
CLASS OF 1998
Molly O’Connor Greene: Earlier this
spring, Molly married Rob Greene, a
history teacher at Nichols School. Molly
is currently the acting chair of the Buffalo
Seminary History Department as well as
Dean of Faculty.
CLASS OF 1999
the 2012 commencement speaker at the
Academy of the Arts University in San
Francisco and recipient of an honorary
doctorate in the humanities. Her speech,
the writing of which Gwen acknowledged
was aided by her sister, Katherine Yates
Edwinson ’78, encouraged graduates to be
audacious in taking chances as they pursue
their futures in the arts.
Lisa Game Pritchard: In late spring,
Gwen, a sound editor at Skywalker
Sound has been twice nominated for the
Academy Award in motion picture sound
editing. She has worked on the production
of over 100 films, including Titanic, Rio,
Avatar, Toy Story 3, Mission: Impossible
and Tron.
CLASS OF 2001
CLASS OF 1981
A group of classmates got together in June
when Nancy Hart Terrell traveled from
Nashville to Western New York to accept
a posthumous award given to her late
brother, attorney Charles Hart, recognized for his work on behalf of children.
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Nancy Moden Lambert, Anni O’Connor,
Beth Davis, Amy Lucachik Carpenter
and Gwen (Baggs) Ito joined Nancy, her
daughter and Felicia Miller ’80 for a lively
Lisa was appointed chair of the Buffalo
Seminary English Department.
Anna Van Valin: Congratulations to
Anna, who completed a new film project,
Take It Off. Written, produced and directed by women, the film is “an adorable,
sexy comedy about that moment we all
overshoot, with the best intentions.”
Ann O’Connor Zasowski: “My husband,
Jonathan and I are proud to announce the
birth of our daughter. Ella Ann Zasowski
was born on June 7, 2011, and was 6 lbs. 3
oz. and 19 inches long. She is doing great!”
CLASS OF 2002
Lacy Ellinwood: Lacy was recently
engaged to California native Christopher
Stuart Rodgers. In addition to completing
her Master’s in Library Science in 2008,
Lacy will be finishing a second Master’s in
Humanities from the University at Buffalo
this summer where her thesis concentra-
tion is in the area of Film Studies. Lacy is
contemplating pursuing a Ph.D. in cinema
studies for the Fall of 2013 based on her
recent conference presentation at SUNY
Brockport, which was on the use of
off-scene violence in the films of Austrian
director Michael Haneke.
CLASS OF 2004
Laura Ivins: “Hey, Sem! Thought I’d
update you all about what sort of flim
flammery I’ve been up to. I’ve been living
in Vermont for eight years and am one
year away from a Master’s in social work,
and have been focusing on incarcerated
populations and social justice. I’m also
captain of my roller derby team, the Black
Ice Brawlers, and have been MVP three
times this year! I think Sem needs a jr.
derby league! I promise I’ll visit soon.”
CLASS OF 2005
Moira Giammaresi: Congratulations
to Moira, who was promoted to Director
of Admissions in May. She was previously Associate Director of Admissions,
and traveled extensively on behalf of our
residential recruiting efforts.
CLASS OF 2006
Josiane Abou-Jaoude: Josiane AbouJaoude, PharmD. graduated from the
University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy
on May 12, 2012.
Lauren Sacha: From Lauren’s parents,
Mark and Lynn Sacha: “We are pleased
to announce that our daughter, Lauren
Sacha, graduated from St. John Fisher
School of Pharmacy and was honored
by Fisher for placing in the top ten at the
annual national Clinical Skills Competition sponsored by the American Society
of Health-Systems Pharmacists. Lauren
has accepted a clinical residency at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Two Sem classmates and friends, Eliane
and Dr. Josiane Abou-Jaoude, joined
us in Rochester for Lauren’s graduation
ceremony and a celebratory dinner.”
CLASS OF 2007
Emily Bollier: Emily’s mother reports the
following: “Emily graduated from RIT
in interior design and is now at OSU in
Columbus as a graduate student in architecture. She is doing very well… quite a
deliberate, focused young lady.”
CLASS OF 2008
Morgan Gress: From the NJI Media
website: Morgan Gress joins the team at
NJI Media, an award-winning interactive
agency that specializes in design, web
development, multimedia production,
SEO and online communications strategy.
“NJI continues to expand. This time, we
welcome Morgan Gress. Morgan joins the
Client Services team as a Junior Account
Manager. A recent public communication
graduate of American University, Morgan
comes to us from an internship at Story
Partners where she worked to improve
online communications strategy based on
specific client needs. A native of Buffalo,
New York, Morgan loves skiing, chicken
wings and hockey. We’re very excited
to welcome Morgan to the NJI Media
Warehouse, where she will be assisting
in the Client Services shop, keeping our
clients up to speed on the latest digital
trends necessary to succeed in the online
workplace. Morgan will also be working
on besting the Treat Challenge record (/
the-ultimate-treat-challenge/).”
CLASS OF 2009
Katherine Bollier: Kate’s mother reports
the following: “Kate spent one year at
OCAD in Toronto to study graphic design
but decided to change her major and is
now at Baldwin-Wallace just outside of
Cleveland with a major in communications. She is trying to stay on track to
graduate in four years. She is being very
responsible and has done well academically.”
CLASS OF 2010
Kelsey Shea: Kelsey is spending this summer at Yarmouk University in northern
Jordan. She is taking two semesters of
intensive Arabic through an immersion
program arranged by her school, the
University of Virginia.
CLASS OF 2012
Jasmine Foster: From The Buffalo News,
May 29, 2012: “Six local leaders to get
NAACP honors June 10. Youth Award—
Jasmine Foster, a school leader and
community volunteer, is a 2012 graduate
of Buffalo Seminary. She has volunteered
more than 300 hours of service to the
Boys & Girls Club of Western New York,
the Independent Health Foundation and
Hospice Buffalo. At school, she served
as president of the science club, was a
presenter at the University at Buffalo Step
Day of Service and a student ambassador
at the statewide step conference.”
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Save these dates!
REUNION 2013
JUNE 7-8
REUNITING ALUMS FROM CLASS YEARS
ENDING IN 3 AND 8
162nd COMMENCEMENT
JUNE 11
CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2013
ON MAY 17, 2012, WE WELCOMED ROBERTA RICH ‘63, AUTHOR OF
THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE, AS OUR 2012 HARRIET MCNULTY ADSIT ‘26 LECTURER.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ANNE LIPP FRANK ’63, ROBERTA RICH ’63,
JEANETTE VELING HULTGREN-GECKLER ’63 & MARSHA FEINE BODINE ‘63
“We all have a bond that is threaded
through each and every one of us.”
~Eliza Kaye ‘12,
2011-2012 SGA President, Farewell Speech
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