Congratulations to Jonathan Charak for making the Hot 100 from Insurance Business America!

Curator Angie Glasker ’05 discussed the Bullock Museum’s exhibit, “Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.” She was also interviewed on KXAN-TV to talk about the exhibit as it travels around Texas.

Congratulations on the exhibit launch, Angie. This is excellent and truly important work!

Our very own Doug Pietrzak recently returned to Hansen Student Center on November 11, 2021 to address his fellow Titans in a talk entitled: “Resilience and the Value of a Liberal Arts Education.”

Doug is an English Creative Writing alum from ’05 with a Master’s in Technology, Innovation and Education from Harvard. He is currently a Product Manager for Internal Education at Google and is the founder of Freshcognate, an educational media and design company with a passion for storytelling. In his free time, Doug is an avid touring cyclist, beer brewer, and trombone player with the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Sarah and her husband, Tom Kropski, are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Matilda Wren Kropski on March 9, 2021.

Congratulations, Kropski family!

Clinton Warren ’05 was part of a Sports career panel on March 10, 2021, which gave insight for students interested in working in the sports industry. Our versatile alumni panelists have worked with the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Fire, and more.

David Hartley ’05 joined the Lyons (Ill.) Township High School faculty as a music teacher ahead of the 2020-21 school year. David began teaching choir at the school in 2014. Congratulations, David!

Dave Varel ’05 authored “The Professoriate Needs Pedigree Diversity,” which was published by the American Association of University Professors in its Academe Blog on November 9, 2020.

Varel’s second book, The Scholar and the Struggle: Lawrence Reddick’s Crusade for Black History and Black Power, will be published by UNC Press in December.

Congratulations, Dave!