d'mensions/the d'youville college Journal summer 2oo6

the
class
David A. Badali of Whitby, Ont.,
is employed by the Kawartha
Pine Ridge District School Board
as a Grade 6 elementary school
teacher, LTO position.
Tonawanda, N.Y., resident, Laura
Beitz Walters, is a physical
therapist at the Brain and Spine
Center.
Hillary Patterson Kelkenberg
is an earth science teacher in the
Wellsville, N.Y., Central School
District.
A resident of North Tonawanda,
N.Y., Lindsay Urtel earned a BA
in psychology. She is a recruiter
with Professional Support, Inc.
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Kelly A. Kastner of North
Tonawanda, N.Y., is a physician
assistant with Lakeshore Primary
Care Associates.
Married since July 2004, Jessica
White Rhodes is a senior research
support specialist with the
Research Institute on Addictions
and Roswell Park Cancer Institute
in Buffalo, N.Y.
class
’05
’04
’03
Tonawanda, N.Y., is home for
Peter Bellanti, a teacher with Erie
I BOCES. He and his wife Erin
were married in August 2003.
A former Lancaster, N.Y.,
resident, Anthony V. Laruffa has
moved to Portland, Ore., where
he is the marketing manager at
Farmers Management Co.
Former Student Association
president, Holly A. Polmateer,
enjoys life in New York City. In
addition to her work at Mt. Sinai
Medical Center, she is involved
with home healthcare clients. In
her spare time, she has kept in
training and has participated in
several marathons.
class
Congratulations to Stacey A.
Learn, an 8th-grade language arts
resource teacher in Clayton, N.C.
She was named the Outstanding
First-Year Teacher of the Year at
Clayton Middle School.
class
’02
’01
Haithem Ben Jaballah is a
market research manager. He
lives in Tonawanda, N.Y., with
his wife, Sonia Ayadi Ben
Jaballah ’02.
Thomas and Kathryn Accles
Orrange, who live in Buffalo,
N.Y., are the proud parents of
two-year-old Malcolm Joseph.
Washington, D.C., is home for
Malikah Z. Shaheed. She is a
recruiter for Choice International.
Brother Kenneth A. Thomas
works in financial services as a
foundation assistant at the Brothers
of Mercy Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center in Clarence, N.Y.
Barbara Traver, MSN, was
elected Region 11 Coordinator
at the 38th Biennium Convention
of Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society of Nursing. As a
member of the regional chapter’s
coordinating committee, she
oversees activities in 28 honor
society chapters in Pennsylvania
and New York. She also leads
a workgroup that is developing
an action plan focusing on
strategic planning at the chapter
and regional committee levels.
Barbara previously earned a BSN
from Niagara University and was
named its 2004 Alumna of the
Year. She was a school nurse
in the Kenmore-Tonawanda,
N.Y., School District from 1986-
2003 and is currently a clinical
instructor at Niagara Community
College in Sanborn, N.Y.
class
’98
Patricia Davenport Salmon has
a daughter Abigail and is awaiting
a new baby this summer. In her
spare time, she is an occupational
therapist with Bucks County
Intermediate Unit #22, based in
Langhorne, Pa.
This is a busy year for Sarah
Hilborn Pawlak who moved from
Canada to Grand Island, N.Y.,
after her marriage to Michael.
In May, she was elected to a
three-year term as corresponding
secretary of the alumni board
and she has been accepted into
the Master of Christian Ministry
Program in Biblical Counseling,
a distance education program
through Western Reformed
Seminary. “I’ll be starting work
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