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ten is working at Leesville Road Ele- mentary School in Raleigh, N.C., as the kindergarten, third- and fourth- grade counselor. “I work with an amazing staff and wonderful kids,” Kristen adds. “My family and I are very grateful for all the wonderful things in our lives.” SOLAIMAN MESDAQ (BBA) opened his own business, Tabac, a specialty coffee and hookah lounge in downtown San Diego. The busi- ness’ Web site is www.tabacsd.com. “We also manufacture cigars and roast our own blend of coffee,” Solaiman says. CAPT. ANDREA NEWHOUSE (B.A.) left the U.S. Marine Corps in July 2008 after serving four years on active duty. She is serving in the Inactive Ready Reserve and was promoted to the rank of captain on Aug. 1, 2008. She started a new job as a defense contractor with AUSGAR Technologies, working in Point Loma at SPAWAR. Andrea planned to start the part-time MBA program at USD in Spring 2009. Northwest (near Spokane) has prov- en to be a great blessing. We enjoy seeing and visiting friends and busi- ness colleagues.” In August 2008 Jay returned to consulting for the De- partment of Defense programs, which he hopes will bring him back to San Diego on occasion. DAVID ROSALES (BBA) married Kendra Tarrant on Dec. 20, 2008 in Corona del Mar, Calif. PETER SCIABARRA (MSGL) re- tired March 28, 2008, from the U.S. Navy after 27 years onboard the USS Midway. He was named director of field operations at Vistage Interna- tional in San Diego on June 18, 2008, and is enrolled in the Ph.D. program at USD’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences. [ 2 0 0 5 ] MICHAEL BEIDLER (MSGL) is attending the Army’s Defense Lan- guage Institute in Monterey, Calif. CHRISTINA BERTSCH (B.A.) graduated with a master’s degree in mass communication research from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in May 2008. She is now working as JAY PARKER (MSEL) says, “Our 2006 move to the Great Inland

a senior representative of employee communications for Northrop Grum- man Corporation in Los Angeles. ANNA (DIEGO) DECLERCQ (B.A.) is working toward a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature at the University of Califor- nia, Riverside. JENELLE HAWKINS (B.A.) moved to San Francisco and works as mar- keting and special events associate for a nonprofit organization called Level Playing Field Institute. “Our goal is to find innovative solutions for unfairness in education and the workplace with program to help low-income students of color go to (UC) Berkeley and graduate debt- free,” she says. JESSICA (MILBOURN) REED (B.A.) married Christopher Reed ’05 on Sept. 6, 2008, in Cyprus Shore, San Clemente, Calif. The newlyweds live in Hawaii. [ 2 0 0 6 ] CARYN ANDERSON (J.D.) joined the complex civil litigation practice group at Luce Forward Hamilton and Scripps LLP. Caryn represents clients in matters involving class actions, contract disputes, employ- ment law, unfair competition law, consumer protection law, white- collar crime, professional liability and trade secrets. JAMES BLACK (B.Acc.) runs his own accounting practice. He reports that he is one section away from ob- taining his CPA license. LINDSEY BUDNY (B.A.) and Jason Kehrer ’05 were married in Founders Chapel on June 28, 2008. “We met in undergraduate chemistry lab at USD,” Lindsey says. Lindsey is a man- ager at the Ritz-Carlton in Phoenix, and Jason is expected to graduate from medical school in June 2009. REBECCA (ESPARZA) CONTRE- RAS (M.A.) and Rigo Contreras Jr. were married July 6, 2007. They pur- chased their first home on Dec. 4, 2008. Rebecca is coordinating a col- lege outreach program called San Diego State University Talent Search. CHRISTINE CYR (B.A.) and her husband, Fernando Clemente, have a son, Alejandro, who was born in August 2006. “I am currently stay- ing home with him and enjoying

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JUDITH RAUNER [1937-2009] passed away from a malignant brain tumor on March 23, 2009. Her life was dedicated to family and community service. In 1980 — while raising four children — she wrote and self-published a handbook for nonprofit organizations titled, “Helping People Volunteer.” She founded USD’s Center for Community Service-Learning in 1986 and served as its director until she retired in 2002. The innovative course-based service- learning program that she began in 1995 has led to over 80 courses from depart- ments across the university that incorpo- rate relevant service-learning components into their classroom studies. Rauner touched a great many lives with her work; read testimonials from colleagues and former students or make a donation to a scholarship fund in her name online at www.sandiego.edu/csl/judyrauner.

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