Class Notes

Name: Cami Kwan

Class Year(s): 2015

Note: Cami Kwan BFA ’15 was recently awarded one of four grants as part of the Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, which was hosted by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and Janet Yang Production. Cami produced her original animated short film, Paper Daughter. Cami’s film is the first animated project ever awarded this grant! Cami and the other grantees were featured in an article in Variety: https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/cape-janet-yang-julia-s-gouw-short-film-challenge-winners-1236382565/

Submitted on: May 5, 2025

Name: Keith Campbell

Class Year(s): 1960

Note: Keith Campbell AAS ’60 is now 94 years old and is proud to have outlived many of his classmates.

Submitted on: May 5, 2025

Katelyn (Whitburn) Reddy MS ’19 and Anush Reddy MS ’19, welcomed their firstborn son, Henry Reddy.

Name: Katelyn Whitburn

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: Katelyn (Whitburn) Reddy MS ’19 and Anush Reddy MS ’19, welcomed their firstborn son, Henry Reddy, in August 2024. Henry is named in honor of Henrietta, where the couple met as students at Rochester Institute of Technology. The family now lives in California’s Silicon Valley.

Submitted on: May 3, 2025

Name: Mike Heinecke

Class Year(s): 2000

Note: Mike Heinecke MS ’00 joined OpenAI as a member of the Program Staff, working on AI and robotics.

Submitted on: April 24, 2025

Wedding Photo for Christa Harvey BS ’16 and Eddie Shealey BS ’17

Name: Christa Harvey

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Christa Harvey BS ’16 and Eddie Shealey BS ’17 were married on August 25, 2023.

Submitted on: April 9, 2025

Douglas Alexander MS ’02 moderating a panel discussion next to congressman Langevin

Name: Douglas Alexander

Class Year(s): 2002

Note: Douglas Alexander MS ’02 has been the director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College for nearly a year now, working to advance workforce development, build a community of practice, and influence legislation and policy. Former congressman, Jim Langevin, is their distinguished chair, and they have been building an IBM Cyber Range, very similar to RIT’s - in fact, they have been in touch with that group and gotten advice from them! It’s incredibly rewarding to take his MS in IT from RIT and apply it to building the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies.

Submitted on: April 8, 2025

Marissa and Allister’s Wedding

Name: Allister Warren

Class Year(s): 2015

Note: Marissa Maugeri BS ’15, Women’s Hockey, and Allister Warren BS ’15, Men’s Lacrosse, were married on October 19, 2024 in Toronto, ON. They met at RIT and 10 years later, had the good fortune of celebrating their wedding with over 30 alumni in attendance.

Submitted on: April 1, 2025

Leonardo / MIT Press

Name: SCOTT RUMMLER

Class Year(s): 1990

Note: Congratulations to Scott Rummler MFA ’90, who published an article called, Scalar Wave Paintings, in the latest edition of Leonardo / MIT Press that might be of interest. The paintings appear white to the naked eye, but emit frequencies that disrupt digital cameras, transforming them into rainbow hues when photographed. As each photograph looks different, the work transforms the relationship between object and representation that is at the heart of much of art and technology theory. https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/58/1/50/124508/Scalar-Wave-Paintings-A-New-Approach-to?redirectedFrom=PDF -Scott

Submitted on: March 24, 2025

Name: Ethan Feldman

Class Year(s): 07

Note: Ethan Feldman BS ’07 was recently promoted at Northwestern Mutual to engineering test lead.

Submitted on: March 24, 2025

John Bero BS ’15, MS ’18 and Elizabeth (Bruen) Bero BS ’15, MS ’15 welcomed their firstborn son, Dylan Bero.

Name: John Bero

Class Year(s): 2015, 2018

Note: John Bero BS ’15, MS ’18 and Elizabeth (Bruen) Bero BS ’15, MS ’15 welcomed their firstborn son, Dylan Bero, in October 2024.

Submitted on: March 17, 2025