COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LETTERS ’80s WILLIAM RAPAI (’82 B.A.) is the author of Brewed in Michigan: The New Golden Age of Brewing in the Great Beer State, his third book. DAVE NORWOOD (’89 B.S.) spoke at the ribbon cutting for the Dearborn Bike Share program Zagster Unveil. ’90s CYNTHIA HENRY (’93 B.A., ’01 Teach. Cert.) was honored by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) as a 2017-2018 inductee into its VIP Woman of the Year Circle. MATTHEW NEWCOMB (’96 B.A.) is co-founder and managing member at Omega Consulting International. ALICE KONDRACIUK (’98 B.A.) is an infrastructure engineer in the enterprise engineering department at Facebook. ’00s MARIAM BAZZI (’00 B.S.) was chosen to participate in the new Environmental Justice Work Group, which will work to bet- ter understand current policy and develop guidelines to better serve all Michiganders. ZENNA ELHASAN (’00 B.S.) received the Rising Star Award from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce. DANIA BAZZI (’01 B.S., ’03 M.A.T.) is the superintendent for Ferndale School District. MEGAN FENECH (’02 B.A., ’04 M.A.T.) is the principal of A2 STEAM Northside. ANDREW DUBYCKYJ (’08 B.A.) released his debut album I’ll Give You My Love under his artist name, Andrijko. ’10s ABDULLAH HAMMOUD (’10 B.S.) received the Rising Star Award from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce. REBECCA KARAM (’11 B.A.) spoke about her research on the contributions of Muslims in Michigan on behalf of the Muslims for American Progress (MAP) at UM-Dearborn in April. AAYAT ALI (’14 B.A.) is a consultant for the re-entry housing advocacy project at Citizen’s Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending. NICHOLAS TIANO (’14 M.P.A.) was sworn in at Farmington Hills Police Department in June. Tiano has served in law enforcement since 2002. WHITNEY AMANN (’16 B.A.) joined the 9&10 News team as a reporter in the Traverse City, Mich., bureau in February. SAMANTHA STRAGER (’16 B.A.) opened Center Stage, a barre studio in Royal Oak, Mich. DIANE GULYAS (’16 M.P.A.) received the Summer 2017 Mentor of the Year Award from the UM-Dearborn Humanities/ History Internship Program. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ’70s RON RIGGAN (’78 B.S.A.) joined Level One Bank as vice president, commercial lender. He brings more than 35 years of experience in business banking. ’80s HAROLD TELNERS (’81 B.S.A.) was named chief financial officer of CGE Energy. KENNETH CHAPUT (’89 B.S.A.) has been promoted to managing director of compliance and operations at CIG Capital Advisors. Health Promotion Most people try to avoid mosquitos. DR. JOHN BOYER (’80 B.S.) went looking for them. Boyer shadowed Panamanian health officials as they went door to door performing inspections. They searched flowerpots, old tires and empty swimming pools for the insects, all part of an effort to eliminate the spread of Zika, dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases. Boyer, who works with the IBM Health Corps, spent nearly a month in Panama, creating a tool to help the Gorgas Memorial Institute and Ministry of Health in Panama collect data more efficiently. Boyer—an advanced analytics consultant for IBM’s Global Business Services healthcare team—and his project team members documented the government’s manual process in tracking public health concerns. The team discovered it took 10 days for information to get from the inspectors to the Ministry of Health. The reason? Most of the work was done on paper. So Boyer and his team created a mobile application that allowed inspectors to upload and send information instantly. In remote jungle areas where there is no wireless, the app caches information until wireless communication is available again. Many homes don’t have addresses, so there also is also a geo-locator. Boyer said making data available earlier and the predictive analysis using epidemiological modeling will reduce the impact and severity of outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases. “The project was a culmination of knowledge from my education and career, from my biology/healthcare roots to the data analysis skills I picked up along the way,” he said. “It was a privilege to learn from my team members and have the opportunity to serve others.” JOHN BOYER (’80 B.S.) KEEP YOUR CLASSMATES UPDATED. Exciting things happening in your life? Changed jobs? Got married? Had kids? Received an award? Send your Class Notes to [email protected]. You also can visit our website at umdearborn.edu/alumni_stay_connected and fill out our form. We’d love to hear from you!. Facebook University of Michigan-Dearborn page and University of Michigan-Dearborn Alumni page Twitter @UM_Dearborn and @UMDearbornAlums LinkedIn University of Michigan-Dearborn Alumni Network group Instagram umdearborn and um_dearborn_alumni Snapchat um_dearborn | 27 CLASS NOTES