Class Notes
Name: Stacy Johnson
Class Year(s): 1996
Note: For creating and nurturing a multitude of mentoring relationships; for a legacy of networks among women at all career stages; and for dedicated and tireless volunteering, Stacy Kalisz Johnson BS/MS ’96 (KGCOE) received a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Spark Award at the SWE National Conference. The Spark Award Honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of women by mentoring those around them.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Edward Shanshala
Class Year(s): 1987, 2000
Note: Ed Shanshala ’87 (COS), MS ’00 (CAST) has been appointed by the New Hampshire Commissioner of Health and Human Services to serve on two state commissions. The first is the State Health Assessment (SHA) and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Advisory Council last convened in 2013. The second is the Working Group on the Plan Preparation of a Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit. Ed writes "It is a privilege and a pleasure to bring his education and experience to the table in creating future health and wellness opportunities for the residents of New Hampshire."
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Andrea Carpenter
Class Year(s): 2017
Note: Andrea Shaver 17 (CAD) and Andrew Carpenter 17 (GCCIS) were married on September 28, 2019 in Telluride, CO. They met in Student Government (SG) their second year at RIT. Twenty RIT and SG alum were in attendance to celebrate, including the Best Man, Jumoke Ridley ’17, two bridesmaids, Claire Fleming ’17 and Rebekah Geller ’17 and ’18, and Kathy Hall ’69, who was the SG office manager when Andrea and Andrew met.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Deborah Marcuccilli
Class Year(s): 1978
Note: Deb Marcuccilli BS/ME ’78 (KGCOE) and daughter Alyxandra Sherwood MS ’15 (CLA) both completed the Oct.2019 Detroit Marathon with Personal Best finish times!
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: David Stern
Class Year(s): 1996
Note: David Stern ’96 (KGCOE) received two notices of allowance for his first two patents from the United States Patent Office (both within the Cyber domain). https://patents.justia.com/inventor/david-j-stern
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Thomas Newberry
Class Year(s): 1982
Note: In addition to operations management and helping companies present to investors, Thomas Newberry ’82 (KGCOE) has the honor of coaching a great bunch of boys in the Westborough (MA) varsity soccer program. They created a Cinderella season in earning a berth in the district semi-finals game. He's proud of their accomplishments. It’s like having a second family.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Kyle Bates
Class Year(s): 1997
Note: An alumnus of RIT Ambulance and a graduate of the Biomedical Photographic Communications Program, Kyle Bates ’97 (CIAS) assumed the position of Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County this past August (2019). Here he has taken on the role of Paramedic Program Director, which is 1 of 13 accredited bachelor degree programs in the United States. Prior to this, Kyle was an educational designer and developer for the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, University of Maryland, College Park. Here he brought a different approach to the development and delivery of continuing education to paramedics as well as instructors. Kyle hopes to utilize this opportunity at UMBC to further his desire to create, develop, deliver, and research educational delivery models for EMS students.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Stacy Lake
Class Year(s): 2005
Note: In September 2019, Stacy Lake ’05 (SCB), MBA ’07 (SCB) started in a new role as Corporate Communications Manager for Bergmann, a full-service architecture, engineering, and planning firm headquartered in Rochester. Bergmann’s CEO, Pietro Giovenco ’89 (SCB) MBA ’12 (SCB), is also an RIT/Saunders graduate. Stacy has enjoyed continuing to meet fellow RIT alumni during her first months with the firm.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Chester Shellman, Jr.
Class Year(s): 2004
Note: Chester "CJ" Shellman ’04 (COLA) is the author of a new book series that focuses on divorce and attempts to help children dealing with it. CJ says he was inspired by his own relationship with his daughter in his new book “A Day in the Life of MiMi and Ty: The Graduation Dilemma." The book is currently available on Amazon.
Submitted on: September 20, 2020
Name: Robert Dawley
Class Year(s): 1975
Note: Robert (Bob) Dawley ’75 (SCB) retired from the industry then retired from teaching, recently retired as Code Enforcement Officer. So on the third retirement. He is a published author of book one in a series of three titled "Pink isn’t the only Cancer" a personal story on his Cancer odyssey most recently with prostate cancer - good things and not so good things. The second book is about how other cancer patients were interacted with, good and bad.
Submitted on: September 18, 2020