7 0 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N N O T E S classmates reached out to share their incredible news. Congratulations to Carolyn Seiter and Nick Mietkowski! These two got married on Lehigh’s campus in Packer Chapel in October 2021. As undergrads, Carolyn was in Alpha Gamma Delta, and Nick was in KA. They graduated with degrees in mechanical engineering and have since earned master’s degrees while working for the Navy; Nick earned his in electrical engineering, and Carolyn earned hers in systems engineering. On Dec. 11, 2021, Katherine Porfrio and Eric Reid got married at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich.! There were many Lehigh alumni in attendance, including Eric’s parents, Juliana (Luzzatti) Reid ’88 and David Reid ’88, best man Sam Rogalsky ’18 and his wife, Caitlyn (Backer) Rogalsky ’18, and Daniel Beadle ’18, among many more guests. The happy couple honeymooned at Walt Disney World, and both work for IBM in New York. Congratulations to Christina Lorenz de Lescinskis and Tom Ferris! These two were married on April 9, 2022, in Cape May, N.J.! This was another LU alumni reunion-style wedding, with so many alumni members of the Marching 97 and Lehigh Frisbee team in the wedding party and as guests. And the last one I can ft in this article: Congratulations to Jessica Lloyd and Ziv Arzt ’16! Their wedding was on July 10, 2022, in Bristol, R.I., at a lovely venue on the bay. It was attended by family and friends from around the world. Ziv and Jess had an incredible safari honeymoon. I hope to get some more news on that for a future feature article! Congratulations to all our classmates! Share your news with me so everyone can hear about it: robert. j.hillman1@ gmail.com. ’18Megan Olivola, meolivola@gmail. com ’19Alexis Parsells, aparsells@elp-inc. com and Claudia Cohen, claudiacohen10@gmail. com Hadi El Kebbi, Dario Sabidussi, Julie McCooey and Elizabeth Anderson each graduated from Lehigh with a B.A. in architecture. In July 2019, the four began attending the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design to pursue master of architecture degrees. They recently graduated in spring of 2022. Elizabeth enjoyed the program’s fexibility, which allowed her to explore her interests through a variety of electives. She got to take classes from diferent design departments, including the landscape, environmental building design and Ph.D. programs. She liked how professors focused their studios around a common theme, such as housing, so she could choose a professor who aligned with her interests. Elizabeth started working at KSS Architects in Philadelphia, where she interned for the past two summers. Elizabeth has enjoyed making new friendships among the Lehigh alumni in Philadelphia. Julie received the ecological architecture certifcate and agrees that Penn pushed her to explore more of her interests. In addition to discovering her passion for sustainability, she learned how important the storytelling aspect of design is. Julie was able to visit Mexico City during the spring to travel to the location of her studio project, giving her a new and valuable perspective on the project and city. Upon graduating, Julie moved to New York City to start working at an interior architecture frm, ICRAVE. The frm specializes in hospitality and experimental design. Hadi and Elizabeth both like living in Philadelphia because it is small but always has something going on. One thing that Hadi took away from his experience at Penn is to never lose grasp of why and who he is designing for. Building for the people and for the environment always comes frst. It was a very inspiring atmosphere for Hadi to be surrounded by colleagues and professors who were like-minded in their aspirations and unique in their application. Hadi was nominated to speak at the commencement ceremony. Hadi and Dario have started working at HDR as design coordinators in the Pennington, N.J., ofce. They will continue living in Philadelphia. Sidney Boty graduated from Lehigh as a psychology major. After graduation, Sidney went to Temple University’s Physician Assistant School. In August 2022, Sidney completed her master of science degree. She is studying for her board exams and hopes to work in the OB— GYN feld. She remains living in Philadelphia and is the proud owner of a cat named Leo. Benjamin (Ben aka Benny aka Benny P) Piraneo graduated from Lehigh with a B.S. in biology. Since graduation, he has been thriving as a senior fnancial consultant at Strategic Financial Solutions in New York. He specializes in helping individuals burdened with personal and business debts. Ben has also launched his career as a rapper named Benny Franks. His frst song, titled “Hoboken,” has been a huge hit among his peers, and he will be continuing to drop absolute fre hits, including one titled “Fine By Me.” Ben also continues to play a tremendous amount of golf in his free time. He may or may not have a small family in Tijuana. He might go visit them at some point. For now, he is more than happy to continue living in Union City, N.J. ’20Evan Choy egc320@alum. lehigh.edu Hello, Lehigh alums, especially my fellow Class of 2020 classmates! I’m excited to introduce myself as your new correspondent. My name is Evan Choy, and I graduated with dual degrees in CSB and accounting. While at Lehigh, I was in the Marching 97 and an admissions fellow/tour guide. I now work in IT audit for a big four frm and attend law school in NYC. I am so excited to hear from so many of you. Please feel free to connect on LinkedIn or Facebook, or reach out via email. We have a lot to catch up on, so here’s our frst class note since we graduated during the pandemic. There’s been a lot to celebrate since then. … I amhappy to announce that my freshman year roommate, Derrik Bell, recently gotmarried tohis high school sweetheart. The twoweremarried inMalvern, Pa., surrounded by family and friends, including some fellowLehigh classmates. He now resides in the Chicago area. Our mutual friend, Lucy Zhou, has also started a new job with Brown Advisory as a private client relationship associate. Lucy majored in both journalism and economics at Lehigh. Since graduation, she has returned to her home state of Massachusetts and now resides in the Boston area. Lastly, fellow bandmate Nathan Lam, in conjunction with his master’s program with the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, is spending two months inMossel Bay, South Africa, conducting ocean research on various projects. By the time this is published, many of you will have put another semester of graduate
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