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Dustin Rumsey听(Mus鈥�09) is a composer and soundtrack engineer for Boulder-based Square Two Productions while also offering private music lessons. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

Campton, Ohio, resident听Brandon Vaccaro听(DMus鈥�09) is an assistant music professor at Kent State University. He also spends his days as a freelance composer, audio engineer and producer.

After wrapping up 10 months of community service,听Katherine Adams听(Ling鈥�09) graduated from the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Pacific Region. The members worked in teams throughout the U.S., and Katherine鈥檚 team provided support to Missouri and Montana residents affected by tornados and floods. She lives in Frederick, Calif.

Rakefet Megory听(MCDBio鈥�09) and听Matthew Orobona听(MCDBio鈥�10) plan to get married in July. Rakefet is enrolled in the veterinary program at Colorado State University where Matthew is attending graduate school. The wedding will take place in Boulder.

After graduating from CU鈥檚 arts program,听Julia Lamberton听(Art鈥�09) moved to China to teach English.

Former Alumni Association student worker听David Brennan听(Int Af, Hist鈥�09) has been living and working in Brussels, Belgium, since graduating from CU-Boulder. In August David was happy to write he saw the CU men鈥檚 basketball team during their European tour. David writes he had an overwhelmingly positive experience seeing and meeting the team and wrote a blog about it. It can be read at .

For the third time听Paul Kasemir听(CompSci, ElEngr, MElEngr鈥�09) competed in NBC鈥檚听American Ninja Warrior听competition last summer. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

CU couple听Lara Murphy听(Comm鈥�09) and听Andrew Herlihy听(PolSci鈥�09) married on Aug. 11 in Boulder. Lara works in human resources at Nordstrom and Andrew is a law student at the University of Wyoming.

On May 13听Lara Wahl听(Acct鈥�09) and her boyfriend miraculously survived a horrible car crash and explosion when a truck fell from an overpass onto their car as the couple was driving on Interstate 70 on their way to play tennis. The story appeared in听The Denver Post.听Lara says, in retrospect, they snapped into fight-or-flight mode to survive. Lara works as an auditor and lives in Avon, Colo.

Because of his clean water reserve system invention, Boulder resident听Tom Rachlin听(MechEngr鈥�09) was one of five finalists with a shot at the $100,000 prize in a national entrepreneurship competition sponsored by Ketel One Vodka and听GQ Magazine. The contest took place at .

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awarded听Ian Soroka听(Film, Phil鈥�09) a scholarship to Slovenia in film studies. He is one of more than 1,700 U.S. citizens to travel abroad with a student Fulbright for the 2012-13 academic year. Ian鈥檚 research focuses on Slovene/Yugoslav film history and his project is titledCinema and Memory: Cultural Preservation through National Cinema Slovenia.

NBA player听Chris Copeland听(Psych鈥�09) reached a career-high of 33 points playing for the Knicks against the Atlanta Hawks in April. He then started in his first NBA playoff game against the Boston Celtics in Madison Square Garden. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 every basketball player鈥檚 dream to play here,鈥� Chris told听CUBuffs.com.听鈥淚t鈥檚 the Garden; it鈥檚 the Mecca of basketball. It is such a blessing to be here.鈥� Chris played for the Buffs from 2002-06 and is No. 34 on the all-time Colorado scoring list.

Zehnder Communications hired听Shoni Davidson听(Jour鈥�09) as its digital producer. She manages interactive projects for such national clients as Sazerac Co. and Farmers Insurance. Shoni formerly worked as senior interactive producer for the Los Angeles firm 72andSunny. She lives in Playa Vista, Calif.听

Former U.S. pro-cyclist听Tyler Hamilton听(A&S ex鈥�09) rode for the U.S. Postal Service team and wrote听The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France. He runs the Tyler Hamilton Training program where he works with others as their personal cycling coach. He divides his time between Boulder and Missoula, Mont.

Two years ago听Jeffrey Land听(Hist鈥�09) and a few friends started South Mouth Wings in Boulder on Broadway and Arapahoe. Jeffrey is in his third year of law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Fla.

USA Track & Field named听Jenny Barringer Simpson听(PolSci鈥�09) Athlete of the Week on July 24. That week Jenny won the 1500-meter race in 4:00.48 at the Monaco Herculis Diamond League. In August, Jenny placed second in the women鈥檚 1,500 at the world championships in Moscow.

Four years ago听Kirk Williams听(Soc鈥�09) flew over the handlebars of his mountain bike at Hall Ranch near Lyons, Colo., and damaged three vertebrae and his spinal cord. Last summer he attended the No Barriers Summit in Telluride. The summit has clinics and workshops for adaptive rock climbing, paddle sports, yoga, hiking cycling and more. Kirk lives in Boulder and plans to launch his business Bird Eye Optics, which uses a flying camera to film and photograph different events. He directs the flying camera from his wheelchair.

Colorado native听Natalie Wood听(Comm鈥�09) produces and anchors 10/11 Central Nebraska News at 5:30 and 9 p.m. on KSNB. Natalie landed her first anchor job in Williston, N.D., with an NBC affiliate. She enjoys running, biking and spending time with her dog.

Hoping for some extra tanning for the summer in California? In 2010听Courtney Claghorn听(Bus鈥�09) and听Samuel Offit听(Econ ex鈥�09) founded the boutique salon chain BRONZED in Santa Monica, Calif. Colleen Ryan (Fin鈥�78) completes the trio as the franchise鈥檚 regional owner for its Orange County locations.听BRONZED听offers a 10-percent discount to all CU alumni.

The Chicago-based national commercial real estate firm American Street Capital hired听Alexander F. Rek听(Econ鈥�09) as assistant vice president in January. Alexander came to American Street Capital from his job as director of marketing at the residential mortgage bank Chicago Financial Services. He is a licensed real estate broker in Illinois and lives in Chicago.