Class Notes
The 1950s and ’60s featured a Winter Weekend hosted by the junior class, which included all sorts of winter fun.
2013
Allan La Grenade-Finch has accepted a position — after eight rewarding years serving students across D.C. with City Year — with Springboard Collaborative, a national education nonprofit that partners with parents to close the literacy gap between home and school. Allan serves as their Northeast executive director.
Posted 2023-03-24
One honorary classmate was laid to rest after more than 30 years of public service, and I encourage all of us to return to the words that U.S. Representative John D. Lewis H’13 offered at our Commencement in May 2013. He recalled a storm shaking his aunt’s shotgun house and advised us: “the wind may blow, the thunder may roll, and the lightning may flash, and the rain may beat on our old house... Call it the American house. Call it the world house. We all live in the same house. Maybe, just maybe, our forefathers and our foremothers all came to this great land in different ships, but we’re all in the same boat now. We’re one people. We’re one family. We’re one house. Stay with the house. Walk with the wind.” —stephenpnock@gmail.com
Posted 2021-02-26
Stephen Nock writes: With sincere gratitude to many of you who sent comments in our RPI Class of 2013 Facebook group, I’m overjoyed to give updates from throughout the world. We’ll follow the sun from east to west.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Daniel Gold moved to Japan and courageously immersed himself in the study of the Japanese language and culture.
Posted 2020-05-21
Science
After completing a master’s degree in plant and soil science last year, Deb Kraft recently explored the Balkans on a six-week bike tour. Deb powered herself through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, and Greece.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Wedding season came in full swing. Lin Duan married Tyler Hassenpflug. Lin also completed her MBA in 2019 and returned to Wayfair in a full-time management role.
Posted 2020-05-21
Architecture
Rebecca Exley married Kevin Zaylor, with many other classmates as guests and in the wedding party.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Also in semi-reunion fashion, fellow alumni joined Jon Sevilla’s wedding celebration: Wilson Wong, Allie Ahn, Staci Liu, Rose Coyle, Jeremy Coyle, Patrick Rabbitt, Ben Krieger, and Kevin Ung, as well as non-2013 guests: Orrin Amsden ’16, Kelly Owens ’08, and Sara Epperson ’09.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Connecticut’s Women of Innovation program recognized Maranda Wong as a finalist for the Inspiring STEM Equitability Award.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Carlie Newcomb enthusiastically relocated back to Massachusetts and started at Boston Scientific in Cambridge.
Posted 2020-05-21
Science
Dr. Amy Valera earned a Ph.D. in biology and a position as a scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
Mary Arntzen (Ciufo) earned her professional engineering license in April. She works at a civil engineering firm near Boston.
Posted 2020-05-21
Engineering
In Seattle, Corey Marshall piloted a regional lecture series for local alumni chapters to feature diverse career stories. Seattle also won the 2019 Rising Star Chapter Award.
Posted 2020-05-21
Business
In Portland, Ore., Kyle Maggy started an above-average air freshener venture, called Nose Patrol.
Posted 2020-05-21
Elena Krupin took a new job last fall as a project lead with Datorama, a Salesforce Company, in New York. This past spring, Elena became engaged to Tyler Hargis, a former classmate; the two were introduced by Jason Byer on Freshman Hill!
Posted 2019-10-01
Ashley Devine took a new job as a project manager at CapTech Consulting in Richmond, Va.
Posted 2019-10-01
Ben Lewis is pursuing an MBA focused on Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College, and was scheduled to complete in August 2019.
Posted 2019-10-01
Molly Brunelle and Weston Currey were married in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in June.
Posted 2019-10-01
Weston Currey and Molly Brunelle were married in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in June.
Posted 2019-10-01
Alison Blair Reid has returned to the books and has added fabric bolts to her library! She studies fashion marketing at Parsons School of Design in the city; upon graduation, she intends to return to her hometown of Baltimore and open her own boutique.
Posted 2019-09-24
Sam Germano married Chua Quach, and they live in Las Vegas, where Sam is a software engineer at Switch.
Posted 2019-09-23
Stephen Nock writes: Also from the overseas newsroom, Michele Lynch earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at University College London. Her research examines protein adsorption onto tightly fitting mesoporous silica and the effects of nano-confinement on the catalytic activity of these proteins. Her micro-measurements deserve our macro-congratulations.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: I also caught up with Lucas Lappe on a stop through Berlin. Lucas develops, sources, and builds products for clients of his design and engineering firm, based in Hong Kong and New York City.
Posted 2019-03-10
In Palo Alto, Chris Almodovar is finishing his Ph.D. at Stanford. Chris will join his wife, Kate Manz-Almodovar, in Providence, R.I., where she studies energy science and engineering at Brown University.
Posted 2019-03-10
After completing his master’s at Princeton University and working the virtual reality scene in New York, Tyler Hopf designs products at Facebook in the Bay Area. Tyler married Isaac Chaput in late summer 2018—cheers to that!
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: After a quick SCUBA trip with Gaetano Licata ’15, I also met up with Dan Powell, who currently works on special projects at Amazon.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: Carolyn Carlstrom hosted me on a stop in Seattle, Wash., in August. Carolyn assesses environmental sites at Landau Associates.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: Rebecca Nordhauser is a software developer at Microsoft.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: In nearby Boulder, Tucker Farrell started studying for his master’s in aerospace engineering.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: Chantel Columna joined fellow alumni Tamir Danon and Ayana Coker in opening Novel Strand Brewing Co. in Denver, Colo.
Posted 2019-03-10
Amanda Lambros is now engaged to Alexander Robinson. Amanda is a reliability engineer for Schick, and her fiancé is a brewing supervisor at Two Roads Brewing Co.
Posted 2019-03-10
Alexandra Halvordson was appointed program manager of the Connecticut Undersea Supply Chain Consortium.
Posted 2019-03-10
Stephen Nock writes: Ready for a quick coast-to-coast update? Get in the car, and let’s go, Red. I heard updates about “local” classmates who attended Reunion & Homecoming Weekend: Matt Shiroma has stayed in the Capital District, where he works as an engineer at Applied Materials. Time to tune in: former a cappella guru and student club aficionado Howie Lien now works in student affairs at Juilliard. Courtney Nicholas celebrated her fifth year at Regeneron. Hats off to that! Speaking of milestones, at R&HC 2018 the Office of Alumni Relations recognized Corey Marshall’s significant contributions with its Director’s Award—thanks for your commitment, Corey.
Posted 2019-03-10
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Lindsay Poirier, who attended a research conference in Berlin earlier this year, has defended her thesis and earned her Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Rensselaer. Lindsay has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at the University of California at Davis.
Posted 2018-10-10
Christina Provenza has graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine and is now in her residency for general surgery at the University of Connecticut. Classmate Stephen Nock writes: “We’re thankful for her and for our many classmates who tirelessly pursue careers that prioritize health care."
Posted 2018-10-10
Elizabeth Wroe followed up her undergrad and grad work in slopes, dams, foundations, soil, and sub-surface investigations by earning a geotechnical engineering position with Gomez and Sullivan Engineers in Utica.
Posted 2018-10-10
Hannah Narcross and Tyler Campbell were married in Montreal. The freshman sweethearts, who met while painting a fence during freshman orientation, today live in Atlanta, where Tyler develops software and Hannah is pursuing her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech.
Posted 2018-10-10
Nicole Christenson will be marrying Jeffrey Lowery this August, with former classmate Mary Ciufo Arntzen serving as one of Nicole's bridesmaids.
Posted 2018-10-10
Mary Ciufo isn't on Facebook anymore, because she’s Mary Arntzen now! Mary and Eric Arntzen ’14 met on campus, started dating in 2013, and married in April 2017. Trading places with one of her own bridesmaids, Mary will be in the wedding of Nicole Christenson when Nicole marries Jeffrey Lowery this August.
Posted 2018-10-10
Alyssa Ancin announces that she and Brad Shelofsky ’12 were engaged on August 31.
Posted 2018-03-15
Engineering
Kevin Zaylor proposed to Rebecca Exley in August, and they will be married on their seventh anniversary on Aug. 31, 2019. In the meantime, Kevin and Rebecca work in their respective fields of chemical engineering and architecture.
Posted 2018-03-15
Christopher Rittendale married Anastasia Redding ’12, ’13G last May in Cornwall, N.Y. The pair, who met and dated as students and then reunited online, honeymooned in Alaska, and now reside in the Hudson Valley, where Christopher works for the Department of Transportation as a civil engineer. Anastasia is a data analyst for USAI Lighting.
Posted 2018-03-15
Engineering
Sarah Mailhiot got her bachelor's from RPI and continued on to Montana State University, where, through innovative research in applications of MRI technology, she became MSU’s first female doctoral graduate in mechanical engineering. Following this outstanding achievement, she has a postdoctoral research fellowship in Sweden. “Grattis,” as the Swedes say!
Posted 2018-03-15
Stephen Nock relocated across The Pond to Berlin, Germany last fall, maintaining his job developing product documentation and training resources with Formlabs.
Posted 2018-03-15
