Thank you all for your great news submissions. I enjoy learning what is new with you and helping you highlight your milestones with our fellow classmates. This issue we have some moves, a career update, a marriage and a handful of new Hood babies.
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Jordana Francis Chettiparampil will open her own optometry practice in July, Elite Family Vision in Sugarland, Texas. Jocylyn Berte Dunnavant and her husband welcomed a daughter, Josephine Mae, on June 13, 2013. They also just bought their first apartment in New York this year. Evelyn Holcomb Gosnell is working as the director of equipping ministries at Black Rock Church of the Brethren. She also moved to Westminster, Md. Jessica Holthaus married Matt Badour on April 20, in Gulf Shores, Ala., joined by family and friends. Kristen Heisey Leiter, Jessica Alberici Allen and Heather Mannix were bridesmaids; Danielle Kahler and Mary Greer also were in attendance. The couple spent their honeymoon on the island of Providenciales in Turks and Caicos. They currently reside in Lithia Springs, Ga. Leslie Beck Hughan welcomed a son, Dexter Richard Hughan, on May 27 at 4:41 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long. Dexter joins Virginia who is 3. Sarah Robinson Rathbun welcomed a second daughter, Lucy Anne, May 1 at 9:45 a.m. Lucy weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. They are so in love. Amanda Hagen Richmond, her husband and daughter Mikayla welcomed Carter Dionte Richmond into their family on March 20. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. Patricia Stevenson is buying her first house in Bowie, Md. Joanna Grauel Zeisser welcomed a daughter, Elizabeth Anne, on Feb. 19. She weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces.

Judie Evans earned a master’s degree in library science from the Univ. of Alabama. Evelyn Gosnell is working for the Carroll County Public School system as a substitute special needs teacher and associate. In addition, she works for Black Rock Church of the Brethren as the director of equipping ministries. In this position, she matches appropriate volunteers to their interests both in the church and in the greater community.

Joanna Grauel married Chris Zeisser on May 12, 2012, in Bethany, Del. Judie Evans officiated the ceremony. Emily Brown Hagan earned a master of science degree in engineering and a systems engineering certificate from the Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County in December. Jessica Holthaus is engaged and will be married in April. She also started a new job in December. She is now a recall outreach specialist in food safety for the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Leslie Beck Hughan started a new job in August. She is now the community relations manager for MedStar Harbor Hospital. Andrew Noll and Lauren Sebald Noll welcomed daughter Lily Isabella on Nov. 25. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long. Lily joins big sister Emilia. Sarah Robinson Rathbun started a new job in March. She is now the facility accounting manager at Corrections Corporation of America.

Kelsey Gage Staggers and her husband Ian welcomed a son Lennox Xavier on Sept. 19. Lennox joins big sister Cadence. Patricia Stevenson was promoted to senior production editor at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, where she has worked for the past seven years.

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