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November 2004

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Michelle Knuth, MS'00, of Bellingham, Massachusetts, is the director of finance at Associates of Cape Cod, which manufactures and supplies pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Sarah C. Reddington, AS'00, of Danvers, Massachusetts, is an account executive for Single Source.

Jerome W. Salwierz, BA'00, of Watertown, Massachusetts, is engaged to Ami L. Dubois. His e-mail address is jersal873@aol.com.

Jane J. Song, ME'00, of Long Beach, California, is the president of St. Jude Medical's Cardiac Surgery Division. She joined St. Jude Medical in 1998 as senior vice president of operations in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.

Andrew E. Van Ostrand, AS'00, is in his final year at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Ireland. He is working toward earning a master of economic policy degree in 2005. He is a director at the Advisory Board Company, a research and consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

Modhumeta S. Vornehm, E'00, and Joseph Vornehm, E'01, of Evanston, Illinois, celebrated the birth of their first child, Lili, in October 2003. "I left my job as a systems engineer, and I love being a full-time mom," writes Modhumeta, who reports that Joe is working toward a doctorate in electrical engineering, studying quantum computing.

Tanise Adams-Wade, BA'01, writes, "In late March, my husband and I bought our first house, moving from Boston to Sanford, Maine. Since then, I have changed jobs and am now the treasury operations manager for Hannaford Brothers, in Scarborough. We love being in Maine and are enjoying being so close to the ocean." She can be contacted at tadamswade@yahoo.com.

Dawn Marie Beauchesne, AS'01, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, graduated from Boston's New England School of Law in May. She was named a New England Scholar and held an honors judicial clerkship. In addition, she was the technical coordinating editor of the New England Law Review.

Jeffrey D. Bland, L'01, of Minneapolis, is an associate at the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson. He specializes in business law, with an emphasis on real estate and the environment.

Rachel J. Fadziewicz, BA'01, of New Britain, Connecticut, is working toward teacher certification. Her goal is to become a Spanish teacher.

Venessa Grace Manzano, BPH'01, of Randolph, Massachusetts, earned a master's degree in public health from the Boston University School of Public Health in the spring.

Kasey Antone, BA'02, of San Diego, is a distance-learning specialist at StatusOne Health Systems.

Nicole Martins, AS'02, of Urbana, Illinois, is one of seven students admitted to the doctoral program in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana— Champaign. She plans to focus her research on the psychological and emotional effects of mass media on children. Martins credits Richard Katula, a Northeastern communication studies professor, for encouraging her.

Allison Mayer, CJ'02, of Springfield, New Jersey, is the senior crime analyst with the New Jersey Transit Police Department in Newark. She won a Civilian Commendation Award in May for identifying six suspects in a series of crimes in the Newark subway in summer 2003. Mayer previously was a crime analyst with the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Police Department.

Beth Brennan O'Donnell, L'02, of Malden, Massachusetts, has joined the law firm Gallagher & Cavanaugh, in Lowell. She concentrates in tort and business litigation and commercial transactions. O'Donnell formerly was a law clerk for justices in the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Philip Santoro, AS'02, of Westford, Massachusetts, is shooting, directing, and editing a documentary on the search for Bigfoot. Filming, including footage shot during Sasquatch hunts, took place in the United States and British Columbia in late summer and early fall. "We are actually putting this movie out under our own company, Farm Dog Films. I am one of three who have complete creative control over this movie, and we are doing everything from preproduction, to shooting, to writing and recording the soundtrack, to editing and mastering the film," Santoro writes.

Jeremy N. Sullivan, AS'03, of Hartsdale, New York, is a financial planner for the Cowan Financial Group. E-mail him at jnspeed06@aol.com.

Andrew J. Sweeney, CJ'03, of Hull, Massachusetts, is an officer in the Hull Police Department. He previously worked for Northeastern's campus police.

Eric Ortlip, AS'04, of St. Louis, Missouri, a standout with the Northeastern men's hockey team, has signed a contract with the Hassfurt Sharks, in Germany.