Author Jake Shannon (Engl’95) reports his book about wrestling, Say Uncle (ECW Press), reached fifth place in sales on Amazon in its category. He also released a book, Hypnotist: Healer, Head-Hacker, & Headliner (CreateSpace), describing the many facets of hypnosis deriving from his time spent as a hypnotist in Utah. Jake lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two children.

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ԳٰԱܰHenry Schloss (Comm’95) created the “Energy House” in Denver as a space that allows people of different career backgrounds to share work space by buying memberships for the house. He told The Denver Post his hope is entrepreneurs will be able to feed off of each others’ ideas to start successful businesses. The 7,000-square-foot-building at 15th and Delgany streets includes Internet access, a kitchen and a conference room. Henry’s plan is to open 100 co-working locations nationwide. He lives in «Ƶ.

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Former Alumni Association staffer and doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia Leasa Weimer (Comm, Psych’95) received a Fulbright grant and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant in support of her dissertation research on international student fees. The grant allows her to spend the 2011-12 academic year in Finland.

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Former executive chef for «Ƶ’s Jax Fish House Hosea Rosenberg (EngrPhys’97) decided to shut down his start-up company StrEat Chefs, which served hand-held food from a trailer, because of uncertain city regulations in «Ƶ. He says the decision was difficult, but that he and his partners still own the brand. He told the «Ƶ Camera that he plans to open his own restaurant. Hosea was the winner of the fifth season of Top Chef television program and lives in «Ƶ.

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Future Buff Marshall Peter Irvine was born last July to proud parents Monica Frazer Irvine* (PolSci’97) and Peter Irvine* (Engl’97). They also have a toddler and live in Arlington, Va.

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After serving as chief operating officer at Sealevel Systems for five years, Ben O’Hanlan (Hist’99) was named president. The company provides software and hardware for computer connectivity and control. Ben lives in Greenville, S.C.

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Since graduating Randall Flint (CompSci’01) has worked at Lockheed Martin. He writes he got married in 2001 and lives happily with his wife and dog in Littleton, Colo.

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Technology Review magazine recognized Piya Sorcar (Bus, Econ, Jour’01) as a TR35 Honoree for 2011. The TR35 recognizes the world’s top innovators under 35 in several emerging fields and chose Piya for her development of TeachAIDS, software that addresses problems associated with HIV prevention. She developed TeachAIDS as part of her graduate work at Stanford, and the materials are being used in more than 30 countries, including some where HIV-related education has not been previously allowed. Piya lives in Mountain View, Calif.

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ɲNicholas Kant (Jour’03, Law’06) has won many prominent cases in his career, including one against Walmart on behalf of the attorney general of New Jersey. He also successfully sued a drapery maker, which was covered on Fox 5’s “Shame Shame Shame” television segment, and won a default judgment against duct cleaning companies who were manipulating customers with a bait-and-switch scheme. Nick lives in South Orange, N.J.

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As owner of the sports event production company Gravity Play Sports, Jason Newcomer (MBA’04) and his wife put on several adventure races a year in Colorado and Utah designed to challenge participants to try something new and to test their abilities. Details are at and . They live in Durango, Colo.

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President of Giclee Print Net Kevin Reilly (MBA’04) writes he is looking to be involved in the Colorado art and photography community. His company specializes in printing photographs into large sizes for wall art, among several other mediums. The company can be found at . Kevin lives in Pueblo, Colo.

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Last spring Christopher Slater (EPOBio, Hist’04) graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. In July, he entered an internal medicine residency at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. He lives with his wife Meagan Firth (MSpLangHearSci’09) and their son.

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The employee-owned investment-management firm Turner Investments named Kevin Sun (PhD Bus’05) quantitative research analyst and quantitative portfolio manager. He creates screens of the company’s domestic and quantitative models, provides technical analysis on individual stocks and market sectors and manages more than $18 billion in assets. He lives in Philadelphia.

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Denver resident Jennie Dorris (MMus’05) is founder of Telling Stories, an award-winning ensemble that features words and music. It is produced as a radio show for Colorado Public Radio.

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After attending CU Karl Obermeyer (ApMath, MS’05) earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has joined northern Colorado-based Numerica as a research scientist providing track-processing support for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s National Team B. Before joining the company, Karl developed and implemented algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicle control at the U.S. Air Force Research Lab in Dayton, Ohio. He is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He lives in Fort Collins, Colo.

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The public relations firm Scott Circle Communications welcomed Jordan Stinnett (Jour’05) as an account executive. She creates media strategies for clients, pitches to the media for social media campaigns and does event planning. She is a graduate student at Georgetown University where she creates marketing communications plans for many nonprofits and trade associations and designs quantitative research plans in new media.

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Former businessman Andrew Wolff (MEdu’06) is co-founder of a school and women’s safe-house in northwest Cambodia called Children’s Future International, which houses more than 20 poor and neglected children. The school teaches math, Khmer literacy, English, computer skills, music, art and sports to 200 children. Andrew told the «Ƶhe was inspired to start the school after meeting five siblings who were abused and living in poverty.

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Several years ago Christopher Algea (Mktg’07) came up with the idea for “quick and easy quinoa.” He has three flavors in his Keen One Quinoa product line, Original, Pollo Picante and Garden Medley, which are available in 12 Whole Foods stores and at the «Ƶ Farmers’ Market. He is experimenting with different flavors and hopes to raise a larger awareness regarding the healthy grain. Chris lives in «Ƶ.

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Elected to the board of directors for the nonprofit organization Environmental Learning for Kids, Joy Eagle (Acct’07) focuses on providing outreach activities and internal values to urban youth and their families. She writes she is looking for young professionals or CU graduates to serve as committee members. Joy lives in Greenwood Village, Colo.

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Superior, Colo., resident Sara Lohndorf (Anth’07) married David Ibarra last June at the Delta Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colo. The couple celebrated with a trip to the Caribbean. Sara works at Elevations Credit Union.

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