Alumni

On April 3, 2019 Jeremy Hopwood '14 came back to Joe to speak to Mr Mamarus' two Engineering classes. After graduating from St Joes, Jeremy went on to study mechanical/aerospace engineering at Central Connecticut State University. Jeremy was one of four students in the state of Connecticut to be awarded the NASA CT Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Spring 2018. This fellowship awarded Jeremy the funding required to perform and publish research on “Aeroservoelastic Control System Wind Tunnel Testing”, as well as travel to present his research in San Diego at the 2019 AIAA SciTech Forum.

April 4, 2019 was the soft opening of The Grapevine. The shop, located at 345 Main St in the heart of downtown Westport, is owned by Bia Parente Hittman '99, her husband Seth, and a close friend. Bia told the Alumni Office, "After settling in Westport, we wanted to further deepen our roots in the community and we came across an opportunity to open a full-service wine shop, right in the heart of downtown. Now, along with a good friend, we are the proud owners of The Grapevine!"

Over winter break, Robyn Pelletier ’16, a Pre-PA student at UCONN, traveled to Ghana, Africa alongside fellow SJ alumnae, Katelyn O’Dea ‘17 and Lindsay Lucifora ‘16. There, they provided medical assistance to underprivileged families. While visiting this poverty-stricken area, they were able to help over 700 patients by providing treatment and medication in which typically they would not have access.