Anand gets married and Martin visits Lisa in Japan!

Anand Oza and Roshina Nandra (Imperial '07; Cambridge '12*) were married on July 6, 2013 in Roshina's hometown of Sheffield, UK. They met at Cambridge, where Anand was studying for his master's in applied math and Roshina her doctorate in astrophysics. A number of Tigers made the journey across the pond for the sangeet, a pre-wedding event held on the 4th of July, and came bearing American flags. Much to everyone's (and their own) surprise, they managed to perform a choreographed dance at the wedding reception without any major injuries, although Devang Amin came inches from toppling the cake. 

The photo shows: (seated, left to right) Shuenn (Pat) Ho, Anand, Roshina, Jocelyn Drummond ('09), and (standing, left to right): Jeffrey Hsu, Kevin Huang (UC Davis '08), Ashrit Kamireddi, Ivan Ilagan (UC Davis '08), Andris Zvargulis, Saish Setty, Andrew Mackowski, Anand Yegya-Raman and Devang. Anand and Roshina currently live in the (other) Cambridge, MA, where Anand is finishing his PhD at MIT and Roshina works on property research at Liberty Mutual.

Martin Jancik also shared: “I was in Japan couple of weeks ago and managed to meet up with one of the '08 soccer all-stars: Ms. Lisa Chinn” (pictured here)! Lisa has been living in Japan for 4 years since March 2010. She started out teaching English at an English conversation school, expecting only to be there one year. But she said she just loved living in Tokyo, and kept extending her stay. At the end of 2012, she was fortunate enough to get a great opportunity to direct a brand new kids English school that is part of a Japanese cram school called Gnoble. Lisa spent about a year preparing for the opening, and they opened two schools last October and are hoping to open more in the near future! 

Celene appointed as new faculty at Andover Newton Theological School

Celene Ayat Lizzio recently began a new faculty appointment in Islamic Studies at Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College.  She is also co-Director of the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education there.   A press release about her appointment said, “Ms. Celene Ayat Lizzio is recognized as a leading representative of the new generation of American Muslim thinkers and leaders. Her position will involve both teaching courses at the schools, developing programs in conjunction with the existing interfaith work there, and enabling greater interaction between Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities.”

          In other news, Celene’s daughter Rahma Ibrahim just turned 8 years old and is pictured doing her favorite past-time – rock climbing!  Celene brought her to the Princeton rock climbing wall when she was just 6 months old.  Celene said “she was climbing before she could walk ;)”.

Celene’s husband of almost 10 years, Ahmed Ibrahim, who she met while on study abroad while in her sophomore year at Princeton, moved into a new position as Security Manager at Harvard Real Estate.  Ahmed is also an assistant coach for Harvard Volleyball alongside head coach (and Princeton alumnus!) Brian Baise '95.  They are living in Brookline in Southern New Hampshire, which gives them plenty of time outdoors!