Past Class Notes
Submission Date:
First Name: Erin
Last Name: Purington
Class Year: 2010
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Wesley Purington
Note: Jonathan Purington BS '10 (COS) and Erin (Schmidtmann) Purington BS '10 (COS), welcomed their third son, Wesley Thomas, in March 2022. Wes has already demonstrated true Tiger fighting spirit!
Submission Date:
First Name: Lisa
Last Name: Bennett
Class Year: 2001
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Lisa Bennett MS '01 author of "Just Keep Living: Conversations with Granny"
Note: RIT Welcomes Lisa Bennett MS '01 (CAST) author of "Just Keep Living: Conversations with Granny." Join us on September 15 from 5-7 p.m. at the Osher Lifelong Learning Center at RIT located at 50 Fairwood Drive, Suite 100. Lisa is an alumna, former faculty member, speaker, entrepreneur, YouTube personality, author and former executive of a multinational Fortune 500 company. Fearless Coaching LLC helps everyday dreamers seeking to find their path and maximize their potential. She is also a partner and executive coach with C-Crets Podcast, a coaching and corporate training platform and podcast focused on providing career advice to underrepresented employees seeking to reach the C-Suite.
Submission Date:
First Name: Laura
Last Name: Carbonneau
Class Year: 2010, 2012
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Note: Laura Carbonneau '10 (CLA), '12 (CAST), was named the Artistic Director for Theatre and C.A.K.E. (a summer arts program) for MoCo Arts, located in Keene, N.H.
Submission Date:
First Name: Matt
Last Name: LaFever
Class Year: 1998, 2005
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Med Spa Entrepreneur
Note: Matt LaFever '98 (CAST) is a hospitality management and health systems administration grad/nurse practitioner. He opened the third medical aesthetics practice in Franklin, M.A. As a pioneer in his field, his skin and laser centers are the area's largest provider of medical aesthetics and rank in the top 2% nationwide.
Submission Date:
First Name: Jonathan
Last Name: Thomas
Class Year: 2008
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Jonathan Thomas (second from right, in red shirt) while taking the exam during the World Esperanto Congress in Montreal, QC.
Note: Jonathan Thomas '08 (CLA) successfully passed the Komuna Eŭropa Referenckadro por Lingvoj (Common European Framework for Languages) exam at the C1 (fluent as a non-native speaker) exam for the constructed language, Esperanto in less than two years of starting studying the language.