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Eric Claman聽(PolSci) won a seat on the New Hartford, Conn., Board of Selectmen. Prior to entering the political arena, Eric owned and operated two fitness facilities in Connecticut, which he has since sold, and worked as a sales consultant for Twin Oaks Software.

For the past four decades, photographer and graphic artist聽Robert B. Decker聽(Comm) has been exploring and photographing America鈥檚 national parks toraise awareness for their continued protection and operation, and to inspire the next generation of national park supporters. He has been photographing national parks since he was 19, when he studied under Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park. This summer he鈥檒l photograph the Great Basin and Redwoods parks. Robert, who lives聽in Longmont, donates 10 percent of his annual profits to organizations supporting the parks.

Ken Ayers, Jr.聽(MTeleComm) was selected as a Notable 'Note聽by聽Florida State University. He also was named聽the State of Florida鈥檚 2017 Lionfish King after聽he eliminated 1,250 invasive lionfish from state waterways in a statewide competition. A total of 26,321 lionfish were removed during the four-month competition, which occurred from the end of May to the first week in September.

On July 14, 2015, all eyes were on Pluto.听础濒补苍听厂迟别谤苍鈥檚 (PhDAstro) new book, co-authored with David Grinspoon, is Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto. It tells the story of the men and women behind the mission that sent the NASA spacecraft New Horizons screaming past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour.听Alan, who led the mission, lives in Colorado with his wife, Carole. They have two daughters and a son.

Poet, writer聽and teacher聽Albert Flynn DeSilver聽(Art) won two awards for his latest book,聽Writing as a Path to Awakening, published by Sounds True, a multimedia publishing company based in Louisville, Colo. The book, which encourages readers to live an awakened life in order to become a better writer, won an Independent Publishers Book Award and a Nautilus Book Award. The latter celebrates 鈥渂etter books for a better world.鈥�

Technical writing consultant聽Yasmin Naficy聽(EnvDes) writes that she has funded her film聽The Rogue. She says Professor Joseph Juhasz鈥檚 film class and Dr. Alex Hoen鈥檚 work with the 彩民宝典 space grant program had a huge impact on her.

In June 2017,聽Alison (Ali)聽Bay聽(Jour) was appointed deputy press secretary in the Office聽of California Governor Jerry Brown Jr. Before that, she served as the deputy director for the California Department of Public Health鈥檚 Office of Public Affairs. Alison has lived in California for 20 years.

Cassandra Volpe Horii聽(Phys) was elected president of the Professional and Organizational (POD) Network in Higher Education, a professional organization dedicated to educational development. She will serve through spring 2019 then will join the executive board. In 2012, she became the founding director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach at the California Institute of Technology.

Christine Ahn聽(PolSci) is the founder and international聽coordinator for Women Cross DMZ, an organization that aims to end the Korean War, reunite families and ensure women鈥檚 leadership in peace building. In 2015, Christine helped organize a peace walk across the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. She is also the co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute, a think tank that advises American politicians to foster diplomacy and friendship with both Koreas.

Retired NBA player Chauncey Billups (Soc ex) announced that he will open a jazz club, restaurant and lounge in the Five Points鈥� Rossonian Hotel in Denver, which is expected to re-open as a 41-room boutique hotel after nearly two decades of vacancy. Chauncey played 17 seasons in the NBA and is a five-time NBA All-Star. Known as 鈥淢r. Big Shot鈥� for making late-game shots, Chauncey lives in Denver with his wife Piper and their three daughters.

Brandi N.听Ring聽(MCDBio, EPOBio) was elect聽National Junior聽Fellow Vice Chair for聽the American College聽of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Her term began in April 2018 and will run for three years. Brandi is an obstetrician and gynecologist for Mile High OB/GYN in Denver.

Crystal R. Watson聽(MCDBio) is a senior scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security and assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.听She specializes in public health risk assessment, crisis and risk-based decision making, public health and healthcare preparedness and responses, biodefense and emerging infectious disease preparedness and response. From 2012 to 2013, she served as the program manager for the Integrated Terrorism Risk Assessment program for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

K.J. Rawson (MEngl) was promoted to associate聽professor with tenure by the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. A member of the English department, K.J. has a PhD in composition and cultural rhetoric from聽Syracuse University. His research interests include composition, rhetoric, digital media, feminist and queer theory and LGBT studies. In 2016, he founded and created the Digital Transgender Archive聽鈥� a publicly available database for transgender history. He has been a member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2012.

Kyle Redfield (Econ) is CEO and president of KonaRed Corporation, a premier Hawaiian coffee brand.听In 2017, Kyle launched聽the company鈥檚 first line聽of ready-to-drink cold brew coffees. He leads product development to find sustainable ways to use the coffee fruit, which surrounds the coffee bean and is usually discarded聽in the coffee making process. He previously was the general manager for POM Wonderful,聽a beverage and fruit extracts company. Kyle resides in California. Read our Forever Buffs Q&A featuring him.

Kevin Walsh聽(Psych) joined the firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in the litigation department, based in Denver. In his practice, Kevin specializes in construction law and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Brownstein, Kevin was an associate principal at The Holt Group, LLC, where he provided legal services聽to general contractors, design builders, sub-contractors, architects, engineers, private owners and governmental entities. He serves as an adjunct professor at CU鈥檚 College of Engineering & Applied Sciences, where he teaches a course on the legal aspects of construction.

Ira Bauer-Spector (Thtr)聽received聽the 2017 Betty Peabody Emerging聽Young Leader of Balboa Park Award for his contributions to fostering awareness for the arts. Ira is the marketing and communication manager for the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet and the founding artistic director for the Breakthrough Workshop Theatre, which is celebrating its sixth year.

Ted Vardell (Comm) and his brother Tommy Vardell,聽former NFL fullback, started the Boulder- based nonprofit called Brotherbird Foundation in 2016 to encourage youth to explore art, music and sports. The organization has hosted programs聽at the Temple Grandin School of Autism, Denver School of the Deaf, Malley Elementary, OUR Center of Longmont, Columbine Spanish Immersion Elementary and Mountain Children鈥檚 Foster Home.

Jenny Simpson (PolSci) is still running strong since winning a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in 2016. She was inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame this year and has been called the greatest American 1,500-meter聽runner. She also set an American record in the 2-mile race in April. She hopes to represent Team USA at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

"If all goes well, I'll be sending Buff love just shy of the North Pole this August!鈥� writes聽Neil Almy聽(Fin), who is on a year-long sailing expedition with the goal of sailing farther north than any other vessel聽in history, through the Northwest Passage to the very edge of the Polar Ice Cap. The mission, called the Infinity Exhibition, includes a team of 22 individuals hailing from 10 countries and is being filmed as a follow-up documentary to聽Sea Gypsies: The Far Side of the聽World. Read more about his journey.听

Bruce Pelz聽(EnvSt) is co-founder and U.S聽president of the nonprofit Maji Safi Group, which is celebrating its five-year anniversary. The mission of the organization is聽to 鈥減romote health and disease prevention in underserved and impoverished areas through holistic community empowerment and by working predominantly聽with local women and youth.鈥� While attending CU, Bruce studied abroad in Tanzania and wrote an honors thesis titled 鈥淭he Future Environmental Views of Children聽across Cultures and Socioeconomic Class.鈥澛燗s part of his research, he surveyed students in five Tanzanian primary schools and two American elementary schools.