A.J. Jackson
Class of 2006
Los Angeles, CA
aj@ajjackson.org

Working hard: A.J. is assistant to the head of the entertainment division at Sitrick and Co., an independent public relations firm in Los Angeles. A.J. says his supervisor was responsible for three of the past five Academy Award-winning public relations campaigns.

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Class of 2005

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Aaron Humphrey
Class of 2005
Orange, CA
humph101@chapman.edu

Chapman scribe:  Aaron is a public relations writer for Chapman, working as  editor/writer of the weekly Happenings newsletter for faculty and staff and also writing  stories for Chapman magazines. In his spare time, he also writes for an online comic strip -- and he skateboards (still) to work, saving gas and a parking space.

Rene Bennett

Survived and going back to hurricanes and law books:   Surviving her speech as the Cheverton Award winner at Chapman's graduation ceremony in May 2005, Rene packed her bags and headed to China for a summer of interesting culture experiences before tackling law school at Tulane University in New Orleans. After her first wonderful week of classes, Hurricane Katrina hit the city, causing chaos, destruction and a postponed first semester. Law school will resume in January 2006. For now, Rene is working at a law office in Newport Beach and she is eager for her return to the Big Easy. Wish her luck as law school goes into overdrive--classes will be held six days a week to make up for the lost semester (gulp). As a side note -- Rene officially hates hurricanes. (11/05)

Joey Dorwart

Maren Kelly

New Full Service Graphic Design Firm:  Maren launched, in June 2007, her own full-service design firm from home: Maren Kelly Design. She specializes in graphics for apparel, accessories and footwear, although she also does a variety of things from web design to flyer creation. Check out her new website: http://www.marenkellydesign.com/ -- (it's still undergoing some changes, so keep tuned).  If you have any design needs, contact Maren. Some of her major clients include:  Not of This World, Truth Soul Armor, Kalikiano, Southern California Edison, and Dark Ali.  She says to shoot her an email and let her know what you think.  Her business card was recently featured in OCMETRO magazine -- chosen for its unique design. Let her know and she's send you one (they are a lot of fun!).  (11/07)

Whitney Owens
Class of 2005
Argentina

Mission bound: Whitney is off to Argentina. After graduation, she planned to serve a full-time ministry for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has received her call and will serve in the Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission. She’s glad she finally became fluent in Spanish. Since she’s not sure she will have email access, those who would like to drop her a line can send a note (after mid-September through February, 2007) to Sister Whitney Owens, Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission, P.O. Box 30150, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150. (07/05)

Lindsay Squibb
Class of 2005
Azusa, CA
lindsaysquibb@sbcglobal.net

Back to school:  After working full-time as a director for SCORE! Educational Centers, Lindsay is back in school at Azusa Pacific, to earn her teaching credential and master's degree. She's currently student teaching in a first-grade classroom in Glendale and is really enjoying it. She'll get her credential in January 2007 and will finish her master's shortly thereafter.  Since she and her boyfriend have been living on separate coasts for the past three years, she is also doing quite a bit of travelling.  Within a year, she hopes they will both reside in the same area. Yea!

Daniel Yoo

Overseas:  Daniel is in Gwangju, South Korea, and is teaching English to university students and professionals as part of the BCM Language Center. If he likes it, who knows...he may remain there for more than one year.  Good luck, Daniel! (11/06)

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Class of 2004

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 Leslie McShane
 Class of 2004          
London, England
 leslieemcshane@yahoo.com 

Plans a return from London next year:   Leslie has completed the Master of Research in Cultural Studies and Humanities at the London Consortium, Birkbeck College, and now has her sights set on a doctorate.  She plans to apply to various Ph.D. programs in the U.S. with an eye on an art history doctorate.  She says Honors students are more than welcome to email her if they want information about visiting London, international art, opinions on applying to foreign grad schools (or grad schools in general). Drop her a line. (10/06)

A Mighty Update:  After a short lived stint in the world of coffee and a chain of unfathomable good luck, I've just become the new Creative Assistant for Studio Hamburg International Production.  I make a lot of phone calls, send a lot of faxes, read a lot of scripts, and am in contact with a lot of supposedly important people.  Now they just need to start focusing on what I've written.

Patrick Hardy
Class of 2004
Orange, CA
paramedicpat@collegeclub.com

Off to Englan:  Patrick left for England in October, 2005, to attend graduate school. He'll be missed by anyone who hangs out in the Henley Lab.

Cat Parsons
Class of 2004
Hanford, Ca
CatEParsons@gmail.com

Space Crazy: Cat's been busy lately, including here on campus. She is Senior Articles Editor for the Chapman Law Review, and president of the Chapman Federalist Society. In summer 2005, she cruised around Europe as a part of the Semester at Sea Law program. Currently, Cat is just across the street at Chapman University School of Law, working on the last year of her JD. She plans to practice corporate & securities law, and her greater career goal is to incorporate that into being a part of the creation of space tourism law, working with Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan to take the common man to space. To learn more, see Cat in the America by Air video about SpaceShipOne's test flight, visit Rutan's SpaceShipOne homepage, or check out Sir Branson's Virgin Galactic site.

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Class of 2003

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Breann Handley
Class of 2003
Hawaii

Running for a cause: Breann and her boyrfriend, Matt Moebius, recently completed the 26.2-mile Kona Marathon in Hawaii, raising $7,980 for the American Stroke Association, a new division of the American Heart Association. In January, 2004, they joined the Orange County Train to End Stroke team. As we know, Breann is not a runner. But she trained hard and met her goal of finishing the race and raising funds for stroke awareness. Breann and Matt ran in memory of their great-grandmothers, Breann's grandmother, and other relatives who have been affected by stroke. For information about strokes and warning signs, visit the American Heart Association.

Laurie Chamberlain
Class of 2003
Diamond Bar, CA

Making a difference: After graduation, Laurie was offered (and accepted) her dream job.  She runs the Riverside County office of Big Brothers Big Sisters.  As an Enrollment and Matching Specialist, she is responsible for matching adult mentors with kids who desperately need them.  Laurie says she loves the job so much she can't believe she's getting paid to do it.  Laurie starts each day knowing that by that evening she will have made a difference in her community.  She can't think of anything she would rather be involved in then improving her community, one person at a time.

Ashley Carlson
Class of 2003
Albuquerque, NM
genefyre@aol.com

Teaching Honors: Ashley has finished her Master’s at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and is now officially a Ph.D student. She’s co-teaching an upper-division English class that is cross-listed with Honors (way to go!) — the class is built around inviting local authors to speak about their books. She also is looking forward to teaching another English class, which she can design herself. She’s decided on calling it the "Rhetoric of Pop Culture." Ashley hopes to finish her course work by May 2007 and finish her dissertation by May 2008. In other news, she decided to try out for a show at the local community theater. The audition was the worst she has ever done, she said, but it has been six years, afterall, since the last time she auditioned for a show. Anyway, she got a role in the chorus of "The Man of La Mancha."  It opens in September, for anyone traveling to Albuquerque. (7/05)

Amanda Peterson
Class of 2003
Littleton, CO

After leaving Chapman, Amanda worked for the Girl Scouts in Denver, doing outreach programs in schools across the city. (It was, well, another learning experience.)  She also taught a program called Earth Force for sixth graders. Recently, she had a phenomenal vacation in Paris with two other Honors students. One of them, Ashley (’03), is an incredible travel itinerary creator.  Despite the metro strike (or “social movement”), they were able to see an astonishing number of things in a short time, while really enjoying themselves and not getting too exhausted.  Amanda is now totally enamored with the French way of life, and she can’t wait to go back again. Amanda is back in school now in Colorado, to study natural resources interpretation and hopefully move into some sort of environmental education-related position.

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Class of 2001

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Mindy Netifee
Class of 2001         
Long Beach
thecultofmindy@aol.com 

New book released:   Mindy has released her first full-length book -- "Sleephead Assassins" -- on through Huntington Beach's new Moon Tide Press. She recently read her work at the Gypsy Den in Santa Ana. Her work was called "vivid and evocative," in a recent review in an Orange County magazine. Her day job: she workds for Habitat for Humanity.(10/06)

Class of 2000

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Claudia Navarro
Class of 2000
Mountain View, CA
Cnavarro10@hotmail.com

Back in CA:  After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a Masters in Aerospace Engineering, Claudia moved back to CA to start her first real job.  She lives in the Bay Area with her boyfriend Andy and their two cats Monkey and Major.  This year has been busy with travel - mostly to weddings.  Great job with the Honors Page!

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Class of 1998

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Vincent Bui
Class of 1998
Spring, TX

Vincent currently lives in Spring, Texas, which is a few miles northwest of Houston. He is working as a computer programmer at Kinder Morgan, which, surprisingly enough, has a branch in Orange, CA.

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Class of 1997

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Jennifer (Beattie) Baiocchi
Class of 1997
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Since graduating from Chapman, Jennifer has done various things—ranging from a year of graduate school at Ohio State University to a short stint as a travel agent.  She served on the Chapman Alumni Assn. Board of Directors from 1999-2002. She now works for UC Irvine as a program coordinator for the Alumni Association.

Chris Baiocchi
Class of 1997
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

After graduation from Chapman, Chris worked for a year at the Orange County Business Journal, covering health care and biotech companies. He's now a Corporate Communications Specialist at St. Joseph Health System in Orange, where he edits several employee publications and manages corporate content for the company intranet.