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Alumni News Sarah M. Vogel, '02, and her husband, Taylor Vogel, recently welcomed their second child, a daughter, Griffin Taylor, on Oct. 5, 2011. Kenneth James Ball, '03, recently obtained his Master of Education from Winthrop University. Christina Fenbert, '03, completed a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate in August 2011. She was the recipient of the 2011 New Boston Fund Thesis Award and the Heather Smith Fund Memorial Scholarship. Christina recently accepted a position as a Portfolio Analyst with Colony Realty Partners in Boston, Mass. Ryan Wrecker, '05, is a morning show radio host for 104.9 The Eagle in Lima, Ohio. His show is called Wrecker in the Morning. Ryan Moran, '07, is working with the Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Command in Iraq. He oversees the entertainment coordination for 15 installations in Iraq. Brianna Robinson, '08, and husband, Seth Robinson, '07, welcomed their first baby, Zachary Owen, on Aug. 21, 2011. Janet Hulett Parker, '09, and husband, Kyle Hulett, '10, recently welcomed their baby girl, Elly Natasha, on Sept. 11, 2011. Angela Hernandez, '10, recently was promoted to account executive at Detroit-based Franco Public Relations Group. She provides media relations and social-media strategy for several agency accounts and also provides support in graphic design and photography. Katie Baker, '11, recently was hired as an account executive by The Sterling Corp. Her role will be to enhance and strengthen the strategic communications work of the company through working with its clients. Send us your news Send your information: Email: alumni@cmich.edu Fax: 989-774-1098 Mail: Centralight, University Communications, West Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI 48859. As music played, many people – from current CMU students to graduates from the 1940s – swayed on the recently renovated Powers Hall ballroom floor for the Fall into Jazz event. andmusic "We wished the evening would have lasted longer," says Jackson resident Barb DeGolia, '51. Barb and husband, Chuck DeGolia, '50, were the first couple on the dance floor. "This night is bringing back so many wonderful memories." Fall into Jazz attendees danced to big band music performed by the CMU Faculty Jazz Combo and student musicians in CMU's Jazz Lab I and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Elizabeth Ross, President George E. Ross' wife, made her campus vocal debut while being accompanied by Jazz Lab I. Fall into Jazz took place Sept. 17. This campus and community event also served as the finale for CMU's 1946-51 class reunion. Reminiscent of the weekly dances in the ballroom, several "greatest generation" alumni shared their personal stories and a few dance steps along the way. Chuck DeGolia – who wore No. 17 in white and No. 43 in maroon for the football team – says the ballroom was one of the first places he took his wife for a date. We want to include your news in Centralight. Write to us about recent job promotions, awards, marriages, births, and other noteworthy accomplishments or changes. Be sure to include your "I can remember dancing and having a really good time on that date. We saw the jazz musician Elliot Lawrence. We just celebrated 60 years of marriage this past March. So I must have been an alright dancer," he says with a laugh. graduation year and contact information. After a pause Barb DeGolia replies, "He was a good dancer. And still is." • Elizabeth G. Ross performs at the event. centralight winter '10 er '11 39

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