Alumnae News and Notes

Alumnae News & Notes

New additions to the SHA Family

Ryan Patrick, son of Joe and Catherine Hayden Fox ’07

Sienna Marie, daughter of Jason and Kelly Bogue Huff ’02

Emery Grace, daughter of John and Ashley Rufo Fitzgerald ’09 Sloane, daughter of Vince and Elissa D’Orazio Fitzgerald ’05

Abigail Margaret, daughter of Charlie and Alex Smith Wilkes ’07

Colt Dixon, son of and Brian and Emma Dixon Stiffler ’07 Lilana Maria, daughter of Jim and Lauren Kinslow Finore ’02

Carter John Borys, son of Zack and Meredith Conboy Borys ’06

Evan, son of Ray and Whitney Bordogna ’00 Nathanial “Nate,” son of Sean and Kelly Slota Caulfield ’08 with his big brother

Vivian daughter of Colleen Dempsey D’Elia, Colt son of Emma Dixon Stiffler ’07, Gabriel son of Ro Dixon Beggins ’05 and Ryan son of Cath Hayden Fox ’07

Helen Meek Horstmann ’63 joined the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Board in September of 2016. She has served as the 2020 and 2021 Chair of the Flower Show and Events Committee and is the Co-Chair of the Development Committee.

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Mimi Daly Robinson ’65 After leaving Overbrook, Mimi graduated from Villanova University and enlisted in the Army in 1977. After two years she went to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and upon completion, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps. She then went to Fort Gordon, Georgia for the Signal Officer Basic Course. After completing the basic course in 1979, she was assigned to Camp Darby, Italy and led a unit in- charge of satellite communication facility maintenance. Mimi fell in love with Italy and the Italian language. She transferred back to Fort Gordon in 1984 for advanced courses in communications and electronics. While at Fort Gordon she met her future husband and love of her life Stephen Robinson, and were married in Augusta, Georgia in August of 1985.

Mimi then served at Fort Gordon for four years as a company commander and a brigade operations officer. After her stint at Fort Gordon, she went to the Defense Language Institute to be certified as an Italian linguist and was then assigned to Vicenza, Italy’s Southern European Task Force. After four years in Vicenza, she transferred to Armed Forces South in Naples, Italy and was in charge of coordinating joint NATO/ US military exercises. During this period she deployed to Bosnia as part of the UN Peacekeeping forces. Mimi retired from the Army as a Major in 1996. After retirement she moved to Tallahassee, FL and

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Three generations of SHA women celebrate at the Class of 2022 Ring Mass and Ceremony. Left to right: Helen Locke ’53, grandmother of Bailey Cavallaro ’22 (center), and her mother Mary Cavallaro ’86

Marianne McKeever ’06, Laura Hibbs McKenzie ’06, Cara Regan Burke ’06, Gina Russino Boland ’06, and Katie Robinson Hemcher ’06 celebrating as bridesmaids for the upcoming wedding of Cara Regan ’06. Michael and Cara Regan Burke ’06

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Mimi lost her sight in 2006 and retired from the Department of Health. After retirement she volunteered with a variety of organizations including: the Veteran’s Administration, Tallahassee Council of the Blind, Tallahassee Federation of the Blind, and the Blinded Veteran’s Association.

Sadly, we just learned of Mimi’s passing; she died in 2018.

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Elosia Fernandez Bruner ’69

reports that she is the proud mother of 4 and grandmother of 5 who live all over, including Australia! She is grateful for her Sacred Heart education. Tiana Jones ’02 is the founder of Reckless Movement. She has been working as a Group Fitness Instructor since 2016. Never being fully trained in dance growing up, Tiana found that it was just something she really enjoyed doing and was actually good at it, which led to her teaching and choreographing for fun. Now as the creator of Reckless Movement, she has changed her passion into her purpose and her purpose is now her profession. She helps women to find freedom in dance. It’s more than just dance and fitness. “I want to empower women to feel good and enjoy movement because it can change your perspective on life and upgrade your mindset.” Tiana also serves on the Alumnae Board. Katie Falcone ’11 received a Masters degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania while working full time as an engineer for a pharmaceutical company. Congratulations Katie!

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Gretchen Seifried ’14 passed her Occupational Therapy Boards in December and has been working as a PCA at the local elementary school while job searching. She accepted an OT position and moved to North Carolina in June to begin working as an OT at a pediatric private practice! Hannah Seifried ’18 a member of the Shippensburg University women’s lacrosse team was named the 2021 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Lacrosse Athlete of the Year. Hannah is just the third Raider in school history named a PSAC Lacrosse Athlete of the Year, and the first in 19 years. She was also selected to the All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team for her work as a midfielder and was named the MVP for her team at their annual banquet. Congratulations to Hannah on a terrific season!

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