What next? A sampling of 2007 senior's plans - Commencement, SUNY Fredonia

Ryan Amelio (B.S., T.V./Digital Film with a minor in political science) of Pine Plains, N.Y., has been hired by ABC News in New York City as a freelance editor, working on movie and music reviews and editing news stories on the ABC News website.
Ryan M. Arnold (B.A., political science and minor in journalism) of Webster, N.Y., has been hired as an expansion consultant for Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity in Indianapolis, IN.
Jason Baldwin (B.S. Accounting) of Bloomfield, NY, has been hired by Eldredge, Fox and Porretti, LLP, a Rochester, NY firm of certified public accountants and business consultants.
Lauren A. Bankert (B.A. Criminal Justice and Legal Studies) of Utica has been accepted into the master's degree program in social work at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Social Welfare.
Heather Blake (B.S.Ed. in childhood education) of Williston Park, N.Y., has been accepted into the graduate program in Special Education at Hofstra University.
Stephanie Bluhm (B.S., Biology) of West Seneca, N.Y., was accepted into two graduate programs at D'Youville College: Health Services Administration and Doctor of Chiropracty. She has elected to begin the four-year chiropractic program, which will enable her to be a primary care doctor and chiropractor.
William Booth (B.S., physics), of Lafayette, TN and Utica, NY, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in plasma physics at West Virginia University.
Matthew J. Brysinski (B.A., English/Adolescence Education) of Buffalo, N.Y., has received a graduate assistantship in English at SUNY Fredonia, where he will begin his M.A. in English Literature and teach English Composition courses. This summer he will be interning full time at the Financial Aid Office.
Michael J. Caruso (B.S. physics) of New Berlin, N.Y., is completing a second baccalaureate degree, this one in computer engineering, at SUNY Binghamton.
Andrea M. Chase (Business Marketing) of Buffalo NY, hired at West Herr Chevrolet as a sales consultant.
Sheena Degnan (B.S. Molecular Genetics) of Lockport, NY, has been accepted into the doctoral program in genetics at the University of California at Berkeley
Katie Diebold (B.A. English) of Buffalo, NY, has received a graduate research assistantship at Georgia State University, where she will begin a master’s degree program in Women’s Studies this fall.
Kaitlyn Dykstra (B.S., Molecular Genetics) of Wilson, N.Y., will attend graduate school in biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.
Ellen Engel (B.S. Social Work) of Rochester, N.Y., has been accepted into the master’s degree program in Social Work at Nazareth College
Tara Engstrom (B.S., Biology) of Jamestown, N.Y., has been accepted into the four-year Doctor of Optometry program at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Valerie Feldbauer (B.S. in Business Administration) of Rochester, NY is working for Harris Corporation in Rochester as a Marketing Analyst.
James Fisher (B.S. Geophysics) of Sherman, NY, has received the American Water Works Association John C. Robbins Award and will be participating in the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experienced funded by the National Science Foundation. He has been accepted into the M.S. program in geology at Kent State University, and will begin studies there in the fall.
Lisa Gentile (B.S., Biology Adolesence Ed) of Oneida, N.Y., is moving to Charlotte, N.C., where she will be teaching high school biology and beginning her master's degree at Duke University.
Scott Glasser (Mus.B., with certification to teach) of Mahopac Falls, N.Y., has joined the faculty at Liberty Central School District in Liberty, N.Y., where he will be Director of Orchestras/Strings for the entire school district, grades 4-12.
Sarah Giradet (B.S., Biology) has been accepted into the dual admission program in Nursing through Jamestown Community College and SUNY at Buffalo
Sarah E. Henry (Earth Science and Adolescence Education) of Dewittville, N.Y., has been hired by SUNY Fredonia as Regulatory Affairs Specialist in theDepartment of Environment Health and Safety.
Melissa Hogan (B.A. Psychology) of Patchogue, N.Y., has been hired as a Behavioral Teacher for children with autism at the New England Center for Children in Southborough, Mass.
Joshua Jeffery (B.F.A., theatre production and design) of Rome, NY, has been accepted into the master's degree program in entertainment technology at Carnegie Mellon University. He has also been hired part-time as a graphic designer with the Walt Disney Company, where he will design internal and guest facing communications while attending school in Pittsburgh, PA.
Jessica Johnson (B.S. biology) of Rochester, NY, has been accepted into the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine’s doctoral program (DPM).
Katie L. Johnson (B.S., Chemistry) of Jamestown, N.Y., will enter St. Bonaventure University, where she has received a scholarship in the M.S. certification program for teaching high school chemistry. This summer Katie is working on a research project with a local winery which involves the analysis of wine distillation fractions using GC (gas chromatography). Dr. Holly Lawson is Katie's advisor for the project.
Roberta Kazcor (B.S., Biology) of Lockport, N.Y., will be attending the Wingate University School of Pharmacy to obtain a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
Patricia Keefe (B.A., English and Adolescence Education) of Alden, N.Y., has been accepted into the master’s degree program in English/Adolescence at the State University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.
Nurangiz Khodzharova (B.S. International Studies) of Moscow, Russia, has been accepted into the master’s degree program in international relations and European studies at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
Dan Layer (B.S. Biology) of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., has been accepted into the master's degree program in Biology at SUNY at Buffalo.
James H. Kontrabecki (M.M., Music Performance) of Hamburg, N.Y., has accepted teaching posts at Villa Maria College of Buffalo and St. Bonaventure University as Professor of Violin and Strings.
Michelle Krasinski (B.M. Music Performance) of Port Jervis, N.Y., is a graduate student at the Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University where she is pursuing a master's degree in music (M.M.).
Marc LaBelle (B.S., physics), of Belmont, NY, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in astronomy and astrophysics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, home of the Very Large Array radio telescope.
Margarete J. LaMagna (B.S. Social Work) of Penfield, N.Y., has been accepted into the graduate program at the State University at Buffalo School of Social Work and will begin studies there in May 2007.
Christine LaValle (Mus.B. Music Education) of Liverpool, N.Y., has joined the faculty of the Arlington Central School District in Poughkeepsie to teach general music and band at the elementary level.
Abigail Losh (B.S. Communications) has been hired as an account coordinator at Stern + Associates Marketing and Public Relations in Cranford, N.J. Abigail is from Cheektowaga, N.Y.
Allison Magnano (B.S. Physics) of Saratoga Springs, NY, has been accepted into Columbia University.
Gerard McClelland (B.A. English, Adolescent Ed) of Jamestown, NY, has been accepted into SUNY Fredonia’s TESOL program.
Henry W. Milliman (B.S., Chemistry) of Jamestown, N.Y., has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in macromolecular science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Oh. He is the recipient of the 2007 Keller Outstanding Research Award and the 2007 ACS Excellence in Chemistry Award.
Joseph R. Mucha (B.S. Accounting) has been hired by Dopkins & Co. of Williamsville, NY, a certified public accounting and consultancy firm.
Samantha Myers (B.A. Philosophy) of Vestal, NY, has been hired by Walt Disney World
Ethan Peters (M.S., Biology) of Cherry Creek, N.Y., has been hired by Florida Atlantic University at Davie to manage an ongoing aquatic sampling project under Dr. Nathan Dorn and Dr. Jon Volin.
Michael Polito (B.A., psychology) of Fredonia, NY, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in social-developmental psychology at Brandeis University.
Ashley Portman (B.A. Psychology) of Westfield, N.Y., has been accepted into the master’s degree program in Political Science (Public Policy and Advocacy concentration), at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn.
Patrick Pugliese (B.A., political science) of Pittsford, NY, has been accepted into St. John's University School of Law.
Scott Richmond (B.A. History) has been accepted into the Master of Library Science degree program at the State University at Buffalo, and is beginning in Fall 2007.
Jeffrey Satterley (B.S. Computer Science) of Patchogue, N.Y., has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at Northeastern University’s College of Computer and Information Science, where he will be studying Artificial Intelligence.
Abbey Saxby (B.S., Biology) of Ontario, N.Y., is attending Niagara County Community College to obtain her degree as a Professional Registered Nurse (Associate's in Applied Science), and has been hired by the Lasik Eye Care Center in Buffalo.
Laura J. Shapiro (B.A., English) of Massapequa, N.Y., has received a graduate assistantship at Miami University of Ohio, where she will pursue her master's degree in College Student Personnel.
Alicia Scott (B.S. Molecular Genetics) of Lewiston, NY, has been hired as a medical technologist at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston.
Rob Stanley (B.S., Biology) of New York, N.Y., has received a position for the post-baccalaureate program in diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases with Dr. Daniel C. Masison at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
Danielle Sullivan (B.S. Mathematics) of Fredonia, NY, has been accepted into the doctoral program in statistics at Ohio State University.
Shelly Thielges (B.A. Psychology) of Sinclairville, N.Y., has been accepted into the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Molly Watson (B.S. Accounting) of Walworth, NY, has been accepted into SUNY Oswego’s MBA in accounting program.
Brandon Williamson (B.A. Theatre Arts) will give back to his hometown community by opening an organization called Dramateach in Buffalo. Dramateach will use dramatics and skits to teach life and social skills to youth in the Buffalo public school systems.
Jennifer Wystup (B.S., Computer Science) of Fredonia, N.Y., has been hired as Applications Programmer at Flexovit USA, Inc. (flexovitabrasives.com) in Angola, N.Y.


Michael Lemieux, Commencement Committee Chair Campus Life Office G-113 Williams Center SUNY Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063 Phone: (716) 673-3143			© 2005 SUNY Fredonia

A sampling of immediate plans from the 2007 Senior Class...