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Hi, Class of 2011,

First and foremost, thanks to everyone who was able to attend Reunion! I heard it was a huge success, and big thanks to all that made it happen. Joe Giaimo let me know it was “a successful turnout of the Class of ’11 during Reunion weekend in May. It was so great to see many familiar faces and friends and get back to Middletown to enjoy campus. We’re excited to keep the momentum going with engagement and fundraising as we approach our 20th Reunion in five years. The goal is to double attendance!!” Big thanks to Joe, Becca Schofield, and Janine Zalstman Reutter, who helped make this reunion year possible with their gifts of time and talent. They were honored in person at the Class of 2011 dinner.

Some numbers from Reunion for your knowledge from Linden Markley who is the associate director of Engaged Philanthropy. “There were 74 alumni from the Class of 2011 who registered for the 15th Reunion (65 attended, which is a great turnout!). Final participation from the Class of 2011 for FY26 was 94 gifts (your highest participation since 2018!). FY26 total gifts were $39,275. Your current Reunion total is $228,620, and all gifts and pledges made up through your 20th Reunion also count toward this total, so folks can still contribute to this if they are interested.” Go us!

Rebecca Friendly informs us, “In her role as COO and producer at Friendly Family Productions, she co-produced the Netflix adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, which premiered in July and became the most-watched scripted original series of the month across streamers.” Fellow Class of 2011 alumna Daria Lombroso also played a key role in the launch as principal of Creative Strategy & Development at Friendly Family Productions. With season two now in production, Rebecca and Daria continue to work together to steward the Little House on the Prairie brand.

Marshall Johnson writes, “I’m now a research scientist in the Department of Astronomy at The Ohio State University. Earlier this summer I got to travel to the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in Arizona and obtain the first astronomical data with iLocater, a state-of-the-art, $7.5 million spectrograph funded by NASA and the NSF. This is a huge milestone on a project that I’ve been working on for two and a half years, plus more than a decade of effort from others in the collaboration. When operational, iLocater will allow us to discover planets around other stars and characterize their atmospheres.”

Thanks for the updates! Hope everyone has a wonderful fall!

Best,

Allie

ALLIE SOUTHAM | asoutham@wesleyan.edu