Welcome Alums!

Once you've been a part of the Tandem Friends community, you are always a part of the Tandem Friends Community. Our alums are vital to the life of the school, and they feel welcome to return and reconnect. Alums show up for school events, plays, graduation, meeting for worship, and more. Alums frequently stop in for a chat with a favorite teacher. Many alums have returned as parents of Tandem Friends students, adding another generation to this connected community.

Want to keep in touch better? Alumni reunions, held each summer, help classmates, friends and faculty reunite. The Turkey Bowl, held the day after Thanksgiving each year, draws community members back for soccer and fellowship on the pitch.

Look below for updates on alums. Go to Recent Alumni 'Drop-Ins' to see who has shown up on campus lately. Send us photos, video, old pictures of school events and activities, and watch for updates in this Alumni area of the website. And always, make sure we have your current contact information.

Find us on Facebook!!! - Check out the Alumni Facebook sites and become a fan of our Tandem Friends School Facebook site!

Tandem Goes Green

In an effort to be even more green with our communications, we plan to start using email rather than snail mail for certain items, such as reunion invitations, e-newsletters, and more. We want to include more informational updates on our alums and what they are doing, on both our website and in newsletters. Let us hear from you!

Click here to update your contact information

We also have a presence on YouTube and on Facebook, with both an organizational Facebook page and two pages that are maintained by alums. You can become a fan or a friend of these sites to receive updates on what's going on at the school and with your classmates.

Alum Updates & Alums in the News

Mourning the Death of a Tandem Alum

August 4, 2010

The Tandem community was saddened to learn of the death of Tandem alum Cristin Marie Carter (TFS '01) on Sunday, July 25 at her home in Reva, VA. Crissa was a talented artist and writer. A private celebration of her life will held at a later date. Click here to read the obituary in the Daily Progress and/or leave a guest book comment for Crissa's family. Please join us in holding Crissa's family in the Light.

Interesting Alum Jobs

Summer 2010

We asked some alums with interesting new jobs to share what they're working on.

This just in from Nick Kyger (TFS '06):

'I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill last May with a degree in Computer Science and have just started working for Credit Suisse, a global investment bank. I'm currently helping develop software as a member of their "Technical Analyst" program, which is comprised of recent college grads working in the more technical areas of the bank - IT, Software Development, etc. We started work last week (July 19th) after a week of training in New York, and so far I'm really enjoying both the type of work and the atmosphere of the office. One of the things I like most about the program is collaborating with so many people close to my own age, including some from UNC who I've known for a while. It's always difficult settling into a new job, but having a group of peers who are in the same boat helps a lot. I'm very thankful to both UNC and Tandem, and for all the professors who've helped me along the way!'

This just in from Dan Myers (TFS -07):

'I'm currently a rising senior at Dickinson College where I'm an environmental studies major. For the past two months I have been interning in the office of Al and Tipper Gore in Nashville, TN where I work for Kalee Kreider, Mr. Gore's chief spokeswoman and environmental adviser. After releasing An Inconvenient Truth in 2007, Mr. Gore has been traveling the world giving his now famous slideshow and training others to do so as well. This summer, my job has been to update and vet the slideshow as well as suggest ideas for new slides. To accomplish this, I have researched every slide in the show (over 540), sought advice from some of the world's foremost climate scientists and diligently surveyed recently scientific papers. It's been a truly fascinating summer and I hope to continue this type of work in the future.'

Alum Plays at FloydFest

July 29, 2010

Tandem alum Jay Pun (TFS '99) played at FloydFest 2010 last weekend, an annual festival of wonderful music, beautiful scenery, and environmental consciousness. His duo, Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun, performed twice on the Porch Stage at FloydFest in Floyd, VA. Check out Jay and Morwenna's music!

Alum's Band to Perform at Newport Folk Festival

July 12, 2010

Congratulations to Suz Slezak (TFS '99) and The David Wax Museum for winning that last spot at the historic Newport Folk Festival. They will be playing in the company of greats like John Prine, Levon Helm and Andrew Bird - performing August 1. The band was chosen from 150 applicants vying for the last performance spot. Three bands were selected, then a public voting period opened up. The band thanks their many devoted fans for ensuring their berth in this famous music festival held in Newport, Rhode Island every summer since 1959. The festival introduced Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and has hosted hundreds of other well-known artists, including Nanci Griffith, Alison Krauss, and Johnny Cash.
Click here to read more about this year's festival.

Tandem Alum Performs One-Woman Show Around Town

July 12, 2010

Tandem alum Addie Horan (TFS '06) is performing her stunning one-woman show about mountaintop removal, Cry of the Mountain, around town this summer. If you missed the first three performances, you can still catch it at one local venues -  July 29 @ Play On! Click here for more information.

Damia Ruth Browder (TFS '91) lives in the country in Louisa, Virginia with her husband, son and two craqy dogs. She teaches Special Education in a self-contained classroom and loves it.

Maya Cabot (TFS '06) graduated from Haverford College on May 15th with a BA in Comparative Literature (English and Spanish) and a Chemistry minor. Beginning in August, she will be working in the Schlessinger Lab, a pharmacology group at Yale University, studying the biochemistry of tyrosine receptor kinases. Tyrosine receptor kinases are important in the processes of cell proliferation, differentiation, metabolism, survival and migration.

Jon McCall (TFS '06) was on campus this spring with his Oberlin College Steel Drum Band as they toured the East Coast. They kindly livened up an Emphasis Week afternoon with an hour of lively steel drum music.

Jacob Perkinson (TFS '07) is a junior at William & Mary and is currently an international student at University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is captain of the W & Mary Club Soccer team. He tried out and made the University of Cape Town soccer team. His university team will play all spring and then serve as a scrimmage squad for World Cup national teams as they arrive, stay in the dorms, and workout on the University of Cape Town Grounds. How cool is that?

John Woodriff (TFS '94) lives in Charlottesville and runs the popular restaurant/market Beer Run on Carlton Road. Stop in and see him!