Carolina Alumni Review - January/February 2010

exchange of cultural knowledge while teaching English and learning about the German perspective on the environment. u Anoop Manoj Desai (’08 AB) of Chapel Hill performed at the 2009 N.C. State Fair. Desai, who made it to the top six finalists on American Idol, came to the Triangle to record some demos at Raleigh’s Osceola Studios. Having fulfilled his contract with American Idol, Desai is pursuing a career as a pop singer. u Stephen Harry Milder (’08 MA) of Carrboro has received a Fulbright Student Program Award for 2009-10. Milder, a doctoral student in history at UNC, will travel to Germany to investigate the growth and development of the antinuclear movement in West Germany during the 1970s. u Craig Scott Peck (’08 AB) of Los Angeles is the new club leader for the Los Angeles Carolina Club. u Amy Marie Rechtiene (’08 MAT) of Mooresville has won the national 3D curriculum competition sponsored by Google Earth. Rechtiene, a Latin teacher at Lake Norman High School, created A Tour of Rome Fit for an Emperor, a virtual three-day interactive tour of Ancient Rome with Emperor Augustus. u Daniel Hayes Wallace (’08 AB) of Chapel Hill joined Doris Waugh Betts (’ 54) and John Griffin Rowell (’ 83 AB) on a panel, From Books to Movies, Plays and Musicals, at the 2009 N.C. Literary Festival at UNC. Wallace also participated in the panel New to the Scene with J. Matthew Vollmer (’ 96 AB) and fellow Southern writer Nic Brown. ; marriages Kathryn Marie Pruden (’08 BS, ’09 PD) and Brett Allen Crosby of Durham. u Christina Lee Teeter (’08 BS, ’09 PD) and Michael Lawrence Doligalski (’07 BSCH) of Durham. u Taylor Moore Wansley (’08 AB) and Matthew Scott Stading (’07 BSBA) of Charlotte.

’09 Jennifer Alice Carpenter (’09 ABJM) of Raleigh has received a Fulbright Stu- dent Program Award for 2009-10 to travel to Albania, where she will work with MJAFT!, a grassroots organization concerned with youth education. Carpenter also will create a documentary film about the identity of Albanian youth. u Tyler Hansbrough (’09 AB) of Indianapolis has been named College Basketball Player of the Decade by Sporting News. Hansbrough, the ACC all-time leading scorer, has also received a Patterson Medal, awarded annually to UNC’s most outstanding male and female senior athletes. Hansbrough, the only four-time first-team All-American and all-conference selection in ACC history, was a first-round draft pick by the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. u J.J. Raynor (’09 AB) of Charlotte has received a Fulbright Student Program Award for 2009-10 to travel to Malaysia, where she will study the impact of capital controls imposed during the 1997 economic crisis. Raynor served as 2008-09 UNC student body president and as an ex-officio member of the GAA Board of Directors. u Stephanie Lewis Sanders (’09 JD) of Raleigh has been named an associate in the area of corporate law at Poyner Spruill LLP. u Brett Cameron Sturm (’09 AB) of Charlotte has received a Fulbright Student Program Award for 2009-10. Strum will travel to Germany to study German history, language and historical preservation while teaching English as a second language. ; marriage Matthew Hyatt Jednak (’09 BSMDS) and Ashley Lyne Kellum (’04 ABEd) of Chapel Hill.