AIS alumni were mentioned in several American newspapers in the last several months:
Marriages in the last year of AIS alumni or semi-alumni:
Janis Elane Adams Matos, (No year given)... Married Michael Robert Mlekoday in Naples, Florida on Feb. 17, 2006. Source: Naples Daily News (FL)
Dave Wenslawski, Class of 1989... Married Carrie Pettigrew in Fairfield, California on Sept. 24, 2005. Source: Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA)
Awards:
Judy Bowlin: Teacher of the Year of the Coachella Valley Unified School District (California)... "She left in 1976-77 to teach fifth grade at the American International School in Vienna and returned to the Coachella Valley Unified School District in 1978. Today, she teaches second grade at Westside Elementary School." Source: Desert Sun, The (Palm Springs, CA)
Other:
Jun-Nicole Matsushita (No year is given but class would be around 1994 as her age is listed as 30)... Was featured for her charity work, founding "Help Us Give Slings", or "HUGS" for the Tsunami victims of Indonesia. According to the article:
"The slings, which are 100 percent batik cotton and washable, are made in Bali. They are available for $20 at the Co-op or by calling Matsushita at (319) 430-6736.
Profits from U.S. sales go back into purchasing baby slings to give to Indonesian mothers, pregnant women or women with children under age 5. That's where Indonesian women clamor for multiuse cloths." Source: Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
And, last but not least, the website of our very own Daniel Rhodes (2002), glumbert.com, was mentioned in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of one of the journalist's favorite websites:
"This site got hacked months ago and is a shell of what it used to be, but its links still are great for a laugh."
