Allison Cogbill graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May and works as a criminal defense and personal injury attorney in Eau Claire, Wisc. * Mariah Buckley lived in Scottsdale, Ariz., for the past year, anxiously awaiting the beginning of her nursing program, hopefully in the new bilingual nursing section. She currently works as communications coordinator for Homeward Bound, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, and in April was appointed to the board of directors of Singleton Moms, a local charity serving single parents battling cancer. * Genni Dubuque married Chris Rizzo in August on an old steamboat on Moosehead Lake. Elizabeth Finn was maid of honor, and Meg Distinti was a bridesmaid. Many other Colby friends were there to celebrate. Genni starts her nursing clinical this fall. * Anna Bruno will teach literature at World Class Academy, a private high school based out of Trout Lake, Washington. WCA is a traveling high school with an athletic focus on whitewater kayaking. The school will spend time in British Columbia and Nepal in the fall before heading to Chile in January and Northern California in the spring. * Naomi Branz received her master’s and teaching credential from UCSC and now lives by the beach in Santa Cruz teaching algebra at Harbor High. * Amanda Vickerson spent her summer as director of Gorham’s Xtreme Teen Camp. She got to go whitewater rafting, met a lemur, spent TONS of time in the sun, and loved every moment. This fall she’s returning to Gorham High and is starting her master’s in abilities and disabilities studies at USM. In October she’ll visit Claire Conger in LA. * Ethan Abensohn completed an eight-week Middlebury Arabic program in California this summer. In September he moved to Meknes, Morocco, where he works as a foreign language instructor and is learning Darija, the Moroccan dialect. * Sara Morgan attended the wedding of Julia Lawson and Sidd Tewari in June. Colby grads in attendance included Nina Hoang, Nikki Wong dos Santos, Mikaela Bolduc, and Ryan Graumann. She also saw Alex Shafer and Jenn Nguyen during her trip. * Hanna Stailey and Rusty Glenn will be married in October. Finn Teach will travel to Colorado to attend the wedding. * Mindy Favreau Woerter started a new job as a communications manager at Avesta Housing, an affordable housing provider for people in need in Portland, Maine. She and her husband got a puppy this summer and named him Colby! * Meg Vallaly married Sean Sullivan in her hometown of Lake Forest, Ill., this August. Bridget Appe, Lauren Cahill, Lilli Higgins, and Kelly Norsworthy ’08 were members of the bridal party. A fantastic time was had by all at the wedding. * Kendall Kirby married Jeff Miller ’06 this August in Osterville, Mass. Jenn Murphy was Kendall’s maid of honor and Lee Kozakiewicz, Cassie Sancartier ’08, and Jessie Prentice ’08 were bridesmaids. * Lucy Hitz wants to hear your ideas for poems.
Fall 2012