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Jacob Coughlin (B.S. in biology, 2002) lives in Kalamazoo with his wife, Francisca Wong, whom he married on April 28, 2012. He works as a family medicine physician assistant in the medical office of Joseph A. Bruno, M.D., in Kalamazoo. Adam Nelson (B.S. in biology, 2002) lives in Grant Township with his wife, Sarah. He is the assistant principal at Yale High School. Frank Ribitch III (B.S. in computer technology, 2002) lives in Emeryville, Calif., where he works as the vice president of IT operations North America for IPG Mediabrands. Anna (Pechenik) Mausolf (B.S. in Earth science, 2007) lives in Twin Lake with her husband, Adam, whom she married in 2011. After graduating from CMU, she spent time traveling with Adam to Ireland, Singapore, Australia and Alaska. Anna works as an instructor at the University of Mississippi, where she earned her master's degree in 2012. She currently is applying for admission to Ph.D. programs in natural resources. Matthew Ignash (B.S. in biochemistry and biology, 2008) lives in Louisville, Ky., where he works as a chemistry teacher in the Jefferson County public schools Sarah (Anderson-Bereznicki) Widajewski system. Matthew recently was selected (B.S. in Earth science and meteorology, as an academy member for the National 2003) lives in Raleigh, N.C., where she Science Teacher Association's New Teacher works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Academy. Agency as research physical scientist. Lauren Keeter (B.S. in industrial Julie completed an M.S. degree in cloud technology management, 2008) lives in physics (2005) and a Ph.D. in environmental Newport News, Va., where she works as a engineering (2009) at Purdue University, process improvement analyst at Newport which led to a four-year, postdoc position News Shipbuilding. After graduating from with the USEPA's National Exposure CMU, she completed her M.S. in industrial Research Lab in Research Triangle Park, N.C. technology at Bemidji State University in Outside of her career, Sarah plays the fiddle Minnesota and earned her Lean Six Sigma and keyboard and sings for country and Black Belt certification. rock bands – see www.thefiddlechick.com. Tejaswini Beerapu (M.S. in computer Marcy Knoll (B.S. in biology, 2004; M.S. science, 2009) lives in Chicago, Ill., in biology, 2007) lives in Mount Pleasant where she works as a web developer and works as an aquatic biologist at the at liQuidprint. She volunteers her time Michigan Department of Environmental supporting the website maintenance of Quality. a nonprofit foundation and is working Jeffery E. Raymond (B.S. in chemistry, on building a WordPress blog. Tejaswini 2004) lives in College Station, Texas, welcomes the opportunity to network where he works at Texas A&M University with others and can be reached at as the assistant director of the laboratory beera1tr@cmich.edu. for synthetic-biologic interactions. Jacklyn (Welsheimer) Gentile (B.S. in Jeff completed his Ph.D. in polymer Earth science, 2009) lives in College Park, engineering at the University of Michigan Md., where she works as an administrator at in 2011. He has more than 20 publications the University of Maryland. and several patents. Jeff continues to do education outreach with the Jeffrey Spencer (B.S. in industrial Mount Pleasant school district via video technology management, 2009) lives in conferencing and microscope sharing. Hudsonville with his wife, Bethany. He works at Gentex Corp. as an industrial Brian Fuchs (B.A. in industrial technology engineer. Jeffrey has had several notable management, 2005) lives in Brighton accomplishments in improving processes with his wife, Linzy, and works as a facility at Gentex, but his biggest one to date was manager for Alpha Management Group. the development of a digital, cadenceEric C. Rau (B.S. in information technology, based goal system called FAMOS (Final 2006) lives in Dimondale with his wife, Assembly Manufacturing Optimization Aimee, whom he married in 2011. They System). His initiative has provided the welcomed a baby girl into their lives in company an estimated annual savings June 2012. Eric works as a network systems of $750,000. administrator at KMG Prestige Inc. Morgan Gardner (B.S. in biology and biomedical sciences, 2010) lives in Sparta and works as a research technician in the laboratory of transcriptional regulation at Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids. She was accepted to CMU's College of Medicine and plans to start her studies along with the rest of the inaugural class in August 2013. Sharmila Ghosh (M.S. in biology, 2010) lives in College Station, Texas, where she is working on her Ph.D. in biomedical science at Texas A&M University. Sara Rimer (B.S. in mechanical engineering and mathematics, 2010) is a doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan. She recently received a National Science Foundation Research Fellowship for her research in hydraulics. Sara also received the Martin Luther King North Campus Spirit Award from the University of Michigan for teaching undergraduate engineering students in Liberia during the past two summers as part of the USAID Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development program. Sara lives in Ann Arbor. Rick Muysenberg (B.S. in electrical engineering, 2011) lives in Saginaw where he works as an electrical/EMC validation engineer at Nexteer Automotive. His job involves working on Nexteer's latest technology, electronic power steering, and on future Ford Mustang, F-150, Ranger and Silverado vehicles. Joseph Frank Sadorski (B.S. in geology, 2011) lives in Northridge, Calif., where he is pursuing an M.S. in geology at California State University–Northridge. He anticipates graduating in 2014. Joseph teaches introductory-level geology courses and is conducting his graduate research studies in the Fiordland region of South Island, New Zealand. Lisa Zyonse (B.S. in electrical engineering, 2011) lives in Jackson where she is in the engineering entry program at Consumers Energy. In January 2013 she started her third rotation doing low voltage distribution design and planning in Kalamazoo and will complete this two-year program in January 2014. 15

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