Past Class Notes
Submission Date:
First Name: Jon-Michael
Last Name: Fernando
Class Year: 2007
Photo:
Note: Jon Fernando '07 (COLA) was hired at the Henrietta Fire District on March 22, 2021 after 13 years of volunteer service. Since his hire date, Fernando has been attending the Monroe County Recruit Firefighter Training Academy and will graduate on June 12th with 22 fellow firefighter recruits. After graduation, Fernando will attend a week of district orientation and will begin working on June 21st.
Submission Date:
First Name: Mike
Last Name: Hunsberger
Class Year: 1996
Photo:
Colonel Mike Hunsberger
Note: Colonel Mike Hunsberger '96 (KGCOE) is retiring from the United States Air Force on October 31, 2021 after more than 25 years of service. He held a variety of positions including Commander, 30th Mission Support Group and will retire as the Vice Commander, Space Launch Delta 30 in the newly formed United States Space Force.
Submission Date:
First Name: Robert
Last Name: Ripps
Class Year: 1983
Photo:
An image from my ongoing Negativityness series
Note: Robert Ripps '83 (GAP) has an ongoing project called "Negativityness Abounds", which started as his response to the political climate in America for the last several years - everything seems to be about negativity, about division, about what is truth (and what is inarguably false, yet touted as truth). It is about how the surface of things can be 180 degrees opposite from what is underneath; it is about falsehoods and unseen influence. It is about discordance, about disorientation, about a world turned upside down and inside out. What was familiar and perhaps mundane has now taken on a sense of surrealism and unfamiliarity, which leaves us feeling unsure, confused and helpless, powerless to get a handle on events affecting our daily lives.
Even now, with the advent of Covid-19, the lies and misinformation continue unabated worldwide, and his series has broadened to deal with visual representations related to the pandemic. His imagery has also grown to include buildings and landmarks, which had pretty much closed and became deserted- what would happen to them if nature took hold, if vegetation overgrew the familiar and transformed it into something altogether different and foreign looking, but also strange and beautiful?
Christine Frechard Gallery
5126 Butler St
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
www.christinefrechardgallery.com
Opening Reception Saturday, June 5 | 4-7 PM
Gallery open Wed-Sat 12-6pm / Sun 12-3pm
Even now, with the advent of Covid-19, the lies and misinformation continue unabated worldwide, and his series has broadened to deal with visual representations related to the pandemic. His imagery has also grown to include buildings and landmarks, which had pretty much closed and became deserted- what would happen to them if nature took hold, if vegetation overgrew the familiar and transformed it into something altogether different and foreign looking, but also strange and beautiful?
Christine Frechard Gallery
5126 Butler St
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
www.christinefrechardgallery.com
Opening Reception Saturday, June 5 | 4-7 PM
Gallery open Wed-Sat 12-6pm / Sun 12-3pm
Submission Date:
First Name: Lindsay
Last Name: Tendler
Class Year: 2007
Photo:
Tendler-Huntington wedding
Note: Lindsay Tendler '07 (CIAS) married Paul Huntington in a small, intimate (socially distant) ceremony with family on October 10th, 2020. They hope to celebrate with friends in the near future.
Submission Date:
First Name: Lindsay
Last Name: Tendler
Class Year: 2007
Photo:
Isla Astrid
Note: Lindsay Tendler '07 (CIAS) and Paul Huntington are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, pandemic baby Isla Astrid, born February 2021.