In April, Dean Paul Voakes hosted what may have been the first Washington, D.C., SJMC alumni reception at the National Press Club. More than 60 alumni and their guests, along with two students interning in D.C., enjoyed the evening event in the Zenger Room at the club.

Dean Voakes gives Ida Uchill ('39), in foreground at right, a CU "hoodie" sweatshirt for representing the earliest class at the reception. Uchill, who moved to the D.C. area from Denver, has written two books, "Pioneers, Peddlers and Tsadikim: The Story of the Jews in Colorado" (University Press of Colorado) and  "Howdy Sucker! What P.T. Barnum Did in Colorado."

Trademark attorney Alain Lapter ('98) and Haley Chitty ('04), assistant director of communication for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.	Mystery author Ellen Byerrum ('76), Ned Goddard ('81) and Dean Paul Voakes.	Media Matters for America Web editor Solange Uwimana ('99) and C-SPAN producer Tanya Chattman (MA '98).	NBC transportation correspondent Tom Costello ('87) and School Advisory Board member Doug Looney ('63).	Federal Reserve Board public affairs officer Deborah Lagomarsino ('91) and Dean Paul Voakes.

Photos by Jennifer Ashton Berman of Ashton Imaging