Amy Shellman on Mt. Hood (June '03)
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Amy Shellman
'97 BA Biology, minor Biological Anthropology
Email: ashellma@indiana.edu
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I'm currently pursuing a Ph.D. in
Leisure Behavior at Indiana University (ABD). I'm teaching two courses
while covertly ice climbing when I can. |
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Doc Livingston
'98 BA/BS, Environmental Studies
'01 MAT Biology
Need a place to crash on your way to the Northcountry?
Email: relivingston@yahoo.com
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Doc is teaching Biology and Environmental
Science at Hudson Falls High School in the foothills of the Adirondacks.
He also runs a high school Outdoors Club that hikes, rafts, and climbs
throughout the Southern Adirondacks, and who do conservation work
on local trails. While he still rock and ice climbs, paddles (and
guides) whitewater, and volunteers as a Climbing Ranger in the Cascades,
he still considers the most dangerous time of his life to be that
spent working construction for Birdie and Zuber. (Do you believe he
wrote that?!) |
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Kishan Zuber
'01, BA Environmental Studies
Email: kzuber@binghamton.edu
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Kishan returned to BU in 2003, spending three years as assistant women's volleyball coach. She completed her masters degree at BU, worked in BU Admissions as the Coordinator of Campus Visits and is now working for World Wide Sports as the marketing director. Prior to her return
to Binghamton, Kishan worked as an environmental educator at the Trexler
Game Preserve in Schnecksville, PA in addition to coaching the junior
varsity volleyball team at Parkland High School in Allentown, PA.
After graduation, she completed a 31-day NOLS Outdoor Educators course
in the Pacific Northwest. Kishan teaches the Backpacking and Hiking classes for Outdoor
Pursuits. It's been great to have her back!! |
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Mike Leydon
'96
Email:mikeleydon@hotmail.com |
Birdie ran across Mike in Conway,
NH in March 2004 where he had been teaching wilderness medicine course for SOLO.
Most recently Mike had completed his paramedic training and was headed
off to teach an avalanche safety class. |
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Kevin Hastings
'03, Environmental Studies
Email:klh3rd@hotmail.com |
After completing his WEMT at SOLO
and concluding his TAing career here at Outdoor Pursuits, Kevin headed
to Oregon in early 2004 to pursue his future with fellow BU grad Amy Picard. Kevin and Amy finished grad school at Oregon, got married in August 2006 and now live in Bar Harbor, ME where Kevin is an Admissions Counselor at the College of the Atlantic and Amy is working with a whale research group.
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Mandy Wang
Email: amanda_s_wang@yahoo.com
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After working as a scientific
journalism intern, conservation technician, REI cashier, GIS intern,
and prescribed burn crew technician, Mandy has decided she's ready
for something entirely new. Law school. She is most interested in
natural resources and environmental law. Being a desert rat at heart, Mandy has chosen to go to school in
Albuquerque . During
her spare time she looks forward to great rockclimbing, telemark skiing
and backpacking in the southwest (gotta love the hotsprings!).
UPDATE: Life is hectic in law school although Mandy hasn't found as much time for her outdoor pursuits she has found Roland, a stray kitten who likes to retrieve socks. She works part-time in the law library and as an REI cashier for fun. |
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Sarah Charlop-Powers
'99, BA Economics/BA Environmental Studies
Email: mangocp@gmail.com |
Sarah writes that her
involvement with BOP launched her career as an environmentalist. Sarah now works for Scenic Hudson, a regional land trust and
environmental advocacy organization based in Poughkeepsie, NY. She
manages 14 parks and preserves for Scenic Hudson.
Sarah's most recent adventures have come in home ownership and remodeling! CP recently traveled to Biloxi, MS to do hurricane relief work. She finished a yoga teacher training last year and has turned in to a knitting monster - producing and selling over 40 hats and scarves last winter!
UPDATE: Sarah is taking a leave from work in Fall 2007 and heading to Yale to pursure graduate studies. Big smarty pants! |
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Sara (Hurlburt) Jones
'98
Email: Barlowbay@yahoo.com
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The first of the three "BOP Sara's" has been living in
the Puget Sound homesteading on Lopez Island with the steady companionship
of salmon fisherman Nick Jones for the last few years. Sara puts
her energy into raising goats and fancy lettuce when not helping
Nick. Sara and Nick were maried in September '03 on her mother's
dairy farm in Cuba, NY. What a party! When not at home on their
farm or at sea, look for the Jones' at the local farmer's markets
if you're in western Washington.
UPDATE: Sara & Nick are the proud parents of Mr. Ellery Ivan Swift Downer Jones who was born in April '05. They are also the owners of an oyster farm and lots of cows.
INTERNS WANTED!
www.sanjuans.org/news/summer2006.pdf
Check out the Jones' good work!
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Sarah Zablocki
'00
Email: |
Sarah is living in Seattle, working as the Western Program Coordinator for the SCA. She gets to hire, supervise and chase after approximately 90 trail crews and the 2 crew leaders assigned to each crew each summer!
Although she has a great view of Mt. Rainier from her office, she spends a good deal of time in the field doing trainings and supporting the crew leaders.
Sarah is excited to announce her engagement to the ever amazing Chris Axton!
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Kezee Procita
'01, BS Geology
Email: kprocita@riseup.net |
Kezee finished her Masters
in Environmental Studies at Evergreen (Evergroovy!) State College
in Olympia, WA. After returning East, she worked for the Green Mountain Club as a caretaker and summit steward for a while. Kezee now resides in the DC area where she works for a small environmental consulting agency and writes environmental impact statements. Save the Earth!! |
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Molly Snedden
Email: mollysnedden@yahoo.com |
Molly has moved from the top of Florida Mountain in North Adams, MA where
she was the head cook for Manice Environmental Education Center. She is now the cook at Sterling College in Craftsbury Center, VT. Zuber was able to visit with Molly in Feb. '07 while camping with a BOP group at Merck Forest. |
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Robb Jetty
'01, Environmental Studies
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Robb started Renovus
Energy with 6 employees a few years back. Based in Ithaca, Renovus specializes in
the design and installation of renewable energy systems (wind power,
solar, geothermal) for a variety of clients both regionally and
nationally. After leaving Renovus, Robb moved on to become the General Manager of Phoenix Energy Supply.
Robb married long-time PSU sweetheart Lauren in July 2002. Lauren is finishing graduate
work in a combined SUNY-ESF/Syracuse U Environmental Ed program from afar now that they have moved to the Philly area where Robb is working with a new company. |
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Deborah Merritt
'01 BA Environmental Studies
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"Debs" finished her Master's
degree in Biology at Marshall University in Huntingdon, WV in 2006 along with a secondary education teaching certificate. Teaching
undergrads and hunting down amphibians filled her days as a grad student as did time in a high school classroom. Deb
reports that the outdoor opportunities in WV are plentiful--as is
relaxing near Seneca Rocks!!
UPDATE: Deb and long-time boyfriend Chris Barry got hitched July 28, 2007 at the Cornell campus chapel. Congratulations! |
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Joe Krabak
'98, BA Math and Economics
Email: Bluedogshepherd@yahoo.com
mrfaces@gmail.com |
Joe is best
remembered around Outdoor Pursuits as doing dishes with the back drop
of one of the most beautiful sunsets on our Canadian canoe trip in
the Spring of '97. |
Annie Jacobs
Email: asjpatch@yahoo.com
Pat Erbland |
After graduating, Annie and Pat headed out on a wetern adventure through Utah, Nevada, California (Sierras!!) and Oregon. There as a stint with the SCA for Annie in Maine on a forest ecology research team, then a job with Pat at Red Gate Farm in western MA.
Pat is finishing a graduate program at Delaware State where he has found money to study oysters!! |
Jane Goldsmith
Email: janethefarmer@yahoo.com |
Jane moved to Crested Butte, CO a few years ago to work as a snowboarding instructor and pursue her art. She reported mountain biking at 10,000 feet along epic single track and around the most spectacular wildflowers to be incredible.
She says, "the landscape and happenings here continue to fill me every day-between biking, softball, hiking, slinging coffee and everything else...you all have an open invitation to a comfy couch waiting should you make it out here."
UPDATE: Jane has moved to Gunnison where she works as a 911 dispatcher. She says no day is ever the same, unlike making lattes! She has plans for building a strawbale house on a plot of land she bought recently. |
Monica Rose
'05, BS Environmental Studies
Email: rosewood121@hotmail.com |
Monica visits us often - more often than some of you! She is living in Brooklyn and pursuing graduate work at Columbia.
Monica and Lauren Shapiro enjoyed the balmy January weather here in the northeast (winter 2007) while backpacking in the Shenadoah National Park. Monica said it was great, no bugs, no people, but it got dark at 5 p.m. |
Lauren Shapiro
'05,
Email: ifyrfle@juno.com |
Backpacks with Monica. They saw more bears than people-two bears and one other person on their January 07 New Year's trip. Now that's a good trip!
Lauren is still living the camp counselor life and is rising through the ranks of camp leadership. After spending time in Alaska working she headed to Michigan where she was leading 26 day sea kayak trips on the Georgian Bay for another camp. |
Dave Katz
'05, BS Environmental Studies
Email: dkatz@gmail.com
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Chris O'Shaughnessey
BS Physics and
Email: |
Pursuing a Ph.D at North Carolina State and is working in Maryland as part of his project. Chris visited in January 07. He, Greg Maggdolina and Jon Hasse continue to get out adventuring together whenever possible. |
Chris Whepley-Wightman
BS Biology
Email: |
Chris married the incredible Kate Hurd in December 200_? Chris is busy nowadays drowning in med school while Kate supports him as a Special Education teacher.
UPDATE: Chris and Kate will become parents in early September 2007!! |
Alexandra Gotea
'04, BS Nursing
Email: alexandra13r@yahoo.com
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Kai Nybro
'04, BS
Email: kainybro@hotmail.com |
Kai? Kai? Last we heard he was building tree houses, like real homes in trees, in the state of Washington. Oh, yeah. |
Billie Perlmutter
Email: bperlmutter@gmail.com
Steve Lianoglou
Email: lianos@mac.com
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Billie and Steve renewed their firendship on an Outdoors Club trip to Puerto Rico a few years back...the rest is history. They are living in NYC these days. Billie is doing her masters at Mount Sinai in genetics counseling while Steve, the lovable geek, is at Columbia doing a Ph.D in computer science. |
Linda Gorney
Email: Lagorney@gmail.com |
Linda wrote us back in November 2004 that she along with friends and family completed a hiking journey from the north to the south shore of Long Island in four trips while experiencing all the seasons! Linda is living in Brooklyn and working at Long Island University in the Development Office. She finished an MA in art in May 04 and continues to work in ceramics on the side. |
