N O T E S York Center for Children. The New York Center for Children has provided free, bilingual, trauma-focused, comprehensive evaluation and therapy services to victims of child abuse and their families, for as long as their healing requires. While at Lehigh, Gill was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, Accounting Club, Women in Business, Finance Club, Lehigh ASA and the Investment Management Group. Gill is based out of New York City. Andrew Clayton, CPA, graduated from the College of Business with a B.S. in accounting. He began his career at PwC and is now an associate in the co-investments division at EnTrust Global, one of the world’s largest alternative investment solution providers, managing approximately $19 billion for institutions and private investors worldwide. While at Lehigh, Andrew was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and an assistant captain on the Lehigh hockey team. Andrew is based out of New York City. Kiera Kehoe graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with a major in English and a marketing minor. Kiera is currently based out of Bethlehem and working as the brand manager for Mikey’s, a startup food company whose products are certified gluten free and handcrafted for those consumers who cannot or choose not to eat gluten, grain, dairy or soy. This past year, Kiera drove cross-country and spent time living in other states, including Florida, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. While at Lehigh, Kiera was a writer for the Bethlehem Southside Publication, a member of Lehigh Running Club, and a tutor for the America Reads and America Counts program. Tim Wolak graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics. He began his career at KPMG as a financial advisory associate, took a role as a junior investment analyst at AJWealth,, and will now be working for Barings, an asset management company in their CLO structured credit group. He is the proud owner of an adopted black cat, named Jay Catsby, and has been playing his guitar. Tim is currently based inNYC but looking forward tomoving to Charlotte, N.C., this coming year. ’20Madison Hite maddytennis5@ gmail.com ’21Amy Chai, (412) 427-1769; amc321@alum. lehigh.edu ’22Leidy Iglesias, lmi222@lehigh. edu; Andrew Isaacson, aji222@lehigh.edu It was amazing to see campus come back to life this past semester and seemore of my peers in person, even with the pandemic policies that still exist. After a year and a half of being completely virtual and having most buildings on campus closed, I was so glad that everyone got to experience amore normal Lehigh, especially the senior class. Even if masks were required indoors and there wereminor outbreaks at times, I was grateful that we got to see our professors in a classroom setting instead of Zoom. Events also occurred at full capacity and safely again. For most seniors, everything about this year will be a last. Last first day of school, last midterms and final exams, last time in a classroomand the list goes on. It was also gratifying to see everyone in the class connect with familiar and new faces during their final year to see what everyone’s post-graduation plans are. This is the most important time for any graduating class to connect with each other since everyone is in the same position, applying for jobs or graduate school programs. You never know if you’ll end up working at the same company as someone in the next year or in the near future. The spring semester will be the last chance the Class of 2022 will be able to connect with each other before graduation inMay. We’ve overcome a lot of personal challenges over the last three and a half years at this school and around the world. But everyone has persevered and continued to remain Lehigh strong throughout. Even with new variants and more personal challenges that will come up throughout the next semester, let’s all make an effort to connect with each other for the last time. Commencement inMay will be one of two times the entire Class of 2022 will be all together, with the other being during orientation weekend during our freshman year in 2018. Everyone should be proud and grateful for everything they have accomplished over the last four years, despite having a lot of opportunities taken away from us. But we’ve still been able to make the most out of our Lehigh experience. Graduation day will be a bittersweet milestone and moment for all of us, but until then, let’s make our last rides a memorable one. Good luck to the rest of the class on completing degrees and getting accepted into a graduate program or job. ’23Editor’s note: To share your news or if you would be interested in becoming your class’s correspondent, reaching out to classmates and writing a column three times a year, please contact the Alumni Office at 610-7583069 or classnotes@lehigh.edu. ’24Samantha Gropper, shg224@lehigh. edu Hello, Lehigh community! The Class of 2024 was nothing but smiles returning to Bethlehem for last fall. With Lehigh’s newCOVID policies, students have been able to enjoy amore traditional Lehigh experience. In-person classes, clubmeetings and on-campus events have all made campus atmosphere feel more like home than ever. After a year of being so isolated on campus, it has been amazing to see an active campus. I’ve come to realize that sophomore year of college is full of transitions. Whether students are declaring amajor, taking on a leadership role in a new club, or starting a new on-campus job, we are challenged withmaking lots of big decisions that will impact our college experience and future lives. Adapting to these new roles, while also learning tomanage amore traditional college experience, has presented some challenges, but it has also led to growth and personal development. As the Class of 2024 has shown, we can handle almost anything that comes our way. Rafael Bonner noticed how academics and campus have changed drastically in the past year. As a bioengineering major, Bonner now has more work than he did freshman year, but he is grateful for the return to in-person classes that have provided him with a more engaging academic experience and allowed him to form relationships with his professors. However, there have been some challenges. “Themost difficult thing forme to adjust to was in-person examsmostly due to the fact that I haven’t taken an in-person exam in almost a year,” he notes. During remote learning, most professors allowed for open note exams or replaced exams with different kinds of as7 0 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N
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