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FEATURES
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A
Master
Plan for
Marist,
Inspired
by
the Hudson
Marist's new
campus
plan features
expanded
views
of
the Hudson River, more
green
space, a new academic building,
and improved athletics facilities.
14
Putting a New
Twist
on Podcasting
An
award-winning pilot program
enhances
the study-abroad immersion
experience
by turning
students,
armed with iPods and
microphones, into foreign
correspondents.
17
Learning
Through
Undergraduate
Research
Dr.
Michael Tannenbaum,
dean
of
the
School
of
Science at
Mari st
and
2005-06
president
of
the
Council
on
Undergraduate
Research,
reports on
ways Marist
undergraduates
are distinguishing
themselves
in
research
nationally
and
internationally.
20
Red
Foxes Win 2005-06
JetBlue
Airways
MAAC
Commissioner's Cup
The
2005-06 season marked the third time
that
Marist swept all
three
categories-overall,
men's and
women's-of
the
Commissioner's
Cup,
awarded annually
as
a symbol
of excelle,1ce
in
the
25
championship athletic events conducted
within
the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Marist Magazine
is published
by
the Office of College
Advancement at
Marist
College for alumni, friends,
faculty, and staff of Maris! College
Editor: Leslie
Bates
Art
Director: Ricltard
Deon
Vice President for College Advancement:
Robert L. West
Chief
Public
Affairs Officer: Timmia11
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Executive Director of Alumni
Relations:
Amy
(Coppola) Woods
'97
Alumni News Coordinator: Ktltie Magarity
'05
Cover artwork:Johann
Hermann Carmiencke,
The Hudson
River
at
Hyde
Park, New l'ork,
1856, oil on canvas, 36 x 50
inches, Friends of American Art Purchase 2005. Reproduction
by courteS)' of the Orlando Museum of Art, which owns the
painting.
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Students create
po<lcasts
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ALUMNI
PROFILES
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Maureen O'Rourke '85:
Batting
1000 as
dean of Boston University's School of
Law
24
Ryan Bingham '05: Connecticut's
youngest
mayor exemplifies "optimism and practicality"
26
JR Morrissey '88: Succeeding
in
fashion, the old-fashioned way
28
Dominique Pino-SarHiago
'99:
Designing
elegant yet easy-to-wear wedding gowns
DEPARTMENTS
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Alumni News
Notes about Marist graduates
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FROM
T H E CAMPUS
]e,111ifer
Goldsmit/1
'05
Jennifer Goldsmith
'05
Receives Fulbright Grant
J
ennifer Goldsmith '05, who earned a
Bachelor
of Arts degree
in
English, magna
cum laude, has
been
awarded a
2006-2007
Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Grant.
Goldsmith, a native of
Hixson,
Tenn.,
will travel
to the
Slovak
Republic this
fall to
teach English at the University
of Constantine
the Philosopher in Nitra for eight
months.
The Fulbright research award
includes
a
monthly stipend,
insurance,
and transpor-
tation
costs.
Goldsmith, who minored
in theatre,
philosophy,
and psychology,
received several
Marist awards, including the John
P.
Ander-
son PlaywritingScholarship,
the Champagnat
Service Award, and induction into
the
Na-
tional
English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta.
She served as
president
of the Marist College
Council on Theatre Arts, managing
director
of
Experimental Theatre, and managing editor
of Generator,
a student
magazine.
She studied
in Chile, Italy, and the
Dominican
Republic.
She will learn
introductory
Slovakian as part
of her Fulbright experience.
Upon returning to the U.S., Goldsmith
will pursue a master of fine arts
in
creative
writing and a teaching assistantship
in
Eng-
lish
at
George Mason University.
The U.S. Department of State has spon-
sored the Fulbright program since 1946.
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Dr. 0111kar
Sharma, Professor and Graduate Director
of Corinputer Science, Receives Two Fulbright Grants
D
r. OnkarSharma, professor and graduate
directorof computer science, has been se-
lected
byt.hej. William Fulbright Scholarship
Board (FSB) to receive two Fulbright grants
LO
teach and advise on computer science at
Tribhu\'an Uni\'ersity (TU) in Nepal.
mendalions of professional organizations as
it changes its three-year bachelor's degree
in
compmer science to a four-year program.
He was first appro\'ed for candidacy on
the
Fulbright Senior Special-
TU is Nepal's largest and oldest university,
with
180
campuses
throughout
the country.
However,
its Department
of Computer Sci-
enceand Information Technology
was started
ists
Roster in July 2004. The
roster is a list of approved
candidates eligible to be
matched with incoming pro-
gram requests from O\'erseas
academic institutions. Candi-
dates remain on
the roster
for
five years. In February
2006,
he
was selected by the FSB,
the Bureau of Education and
Cultural Affairs of
the
Depart-
ment of State, and
the
Council
for International Exchange of
Scholars fora Fulbright Senior
Specialists
gram
to
spend
42
days at TU in Kathmandu.
He will work in the
university's Department of
---
Dr.
Onhar
Slianna
only
in
2002.
Sharma was
later
selected
by the same
board in
April
2006 as a Fulbright Scholar
grantee
to
teach graduate-
le"el
courses at TU for the
spring 2007 semester.
The
FSB is
the
presi-
dentially appointed
board
responsible for establishing
worldwide
policies
for all
Fulbright programs and for
selection of
Fulbright
re-
cipients. Grants are
funded
by
U.S. Congress appropria-
tions
and
in
many cases by
contributions from partner
countries and/or the
pri-
vate sector. The
Bureau
of
Computer Science and Information Technol-
ogy, guiding
the
research of master's-level
students. He will also help the department
modify its. curriculum
to
comply with
recom-
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S.
Department of State oversees the operations
of Fulbright programs throughout the world.
More than 150 countries
participate.
Lisa Ci1mpbell
'06
Awarded
Picker·ing Fellowship
L
isa
Campbell '06, a magna cum
laude
graduate, has been
awarded a 2006 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs
Fellowship that will support
tuition
in her graduatestudiesatAmerican
University.
The
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
is
funded
by the
U.S.
Departme:nt of State and administered by the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation. Pickering Fellows prepare
for a professional career
in the
U.S. Departmem of State
Foreign Service.
The
fellowship award
includes
full
tuition,
room, board,
travel,
and fees during the
first
and second year of graduate study.
Campbell, from Paterson,
NJ,
was recognized
in
May with Marist's award for Excellence in Political
Science. "Lisa combined academic excellence with
campus activism and study abroad experiences
during he:r
four years at Marist," says Dr. Manin
Shaffer, as;sociate professor of political science and
chair of the Political Science Department. "She
was instrumental in raising campus awareness
concerninig genocide in the Darfur region of
the
Sudan."
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Joseph Burridge
'07
has been named a William
G.
McGowan Sc/10/ar and Marist's top business
stude11t
for
the
2006-2007
academic
year.
At
right is
Dr. Ka,vous
Arda
Ian,
associate professor
of fi11ance
arul a member of Marist's McGowan Scholars
Aw,ard
Committee.
Joseph Burridge '07 Named McGowan1 Scholar
J
oseph Burridge, a senior from Bristol,
Conn.,
has
been named a William G.
McGowan Scholar and Marist's top business
student for the 2006-2007 academic year.
The prestigious and highly competi-
tive
award from the William G. McGowan
Charitable Fund will provide an $18,000
scholarship
toward
his senior year as he
completes a degree in accounting, with a
minor
in business administration.
A commiuee of School of Management
facully members selected Burridge from
a slate of business students nominated by
management faculty. The committee reviewed
nominees' academic
records, leadership
qualities, character, and commitment
to
helping others.
In
addition LO
maintaininga 3.8GPA, Bur-
ridge will be co-president of the Marist chapter
of Beta Alpha Psi, a professional accounting
fraternity,
this
fall. He plans to use the office to
improve programming and increase campus
involvement.
He has served as the coordina-
tor
of service activities and participated
in
a
program assisting low-income
individuals
in
preparing their
tax
returns.
He is also a member of the Marist Dean's
Leadership Circle and Beta Gamma Sigma,
the honor society for business programs
accredited by the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business International
(AACSB).
His
ultimate goal is
to
own his own
accounting firm by earning his Bachelor of
Science degree in accounting and siuing for
the CPA exam by 2010. "I figured accounting
was the best base for
me
since accounting is
the
languag:e of business," he says. "With a
degree in accounting, I can go anywhere."
The McGowan Scholarship
is
named in
honor of William G. McGowan, a pioneer
in the
telecommunications
industry and the
founder and longtime chairman of MCI Com-
munication:s Corp.
In
his application essay,
Burridge wrote of McGowan,
"he
possessed
the six core characteristics
that I
believe are
necessary for becoming a successful entre-
preneur: leadership, creati\'iLy, organization,
dedication,
confidence, and courage."
Burridg,e auributes his success to the
support and encouragement of his parents,
Ron and Claire Burridge. 'The best part of
winning the scholarship was being able to
tell
my parents. They've given me so much
support over the past three years that
LO
give
them this source of pride
is
more rewarding
to
me than
the scholarship. They pushed me
to succeed.
I
wouldn't have this if
it
weren't
for
them."
Burridg,~ also credits the Marist faculty
with his success.
"The
School ofManagemem
faculty
bring the
passion they have for busi-
ness and accounting into the classroom."
Every year, the William G. McGowan
Charitable !Fund qualifies a select number
of colleges and universities nationwide to
participate in its McGowan Scholars program.
Colleges and universities may apply only if
they have programs accredited by AACSB or
the Association of Collegiate Business
Schools
and Programs.
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BRIEF)
The U.S. Department of Education
has
awarded approximately $1 million
to
a
collaborative project between the Marist
College Hudson River Valley Institute
(HRVI)
and Dutchess County
BOCES,
"America's Promise:
400 Hundred
Years
of
Defining
the American
Dream."
The
three-year grant will allow HRVI to con-
tinue its "Teaching American History"
project, aimed at improving the quality
of secondary
instruction
in American
history. More than half of the funding will
support Marist history faculty involved in
designing professional development ac-
tivities for
local
high school history teach-
ers.
In
the program, Marist faculty work
with history teachers from 40 Dutchess.
Orange, and Ulster county school districts
on curriculum-development projects in
traditional American
history.
Intensive
summer institutes examine the important
role
the Hudson
River
Valley has played
in
American
history. Follow-up
activities
throughout the school year include topical
workshops,
teacher
mentoring, and tech-
nology-enhanced networking of teachers
and Marist historians.
HRVI
also
develops
and disseminates learning modules pro-
moting interactive learning. The award is
the second such grant secured by
HRVI
and its partners. With the first,
HRVI
launched its
Teaching American History
project in 2003.
John Ansley,
head
of Marist's Archives
and Special Collections, has received
a one-year
Documentary
Heritage
Program grant for $23,849
for the
Mari st Environmental
History Project.
The
award will fund the documentation and
arrangement of
historical records
about
the 17-year legal dispute
that
defeated
Consolidated Edison's plan to embed
the world's largest pumped storage hy-
droelectric plant into the face of Storm
King
Mountain. The lengthy and contro-
versial case had a tremendous impact
on environmental issues affecting the
Hudson
River
and Hudson River Valley.
It also set precedents
in
environmental
law,
including the right of citizens to par-
ticipate in environmental disputes and
the emergence of environmental law as
a
legal
specialty. The grant
is
the latest
of several Ansley has received
in
recent
years, allowing him to expand the Archives
and Special Collections.
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President Dennis
J.
Murray and
Trustee
BettyWolfpresented
Dr. CraigW. Fisher,
associate professor of information sys-
tems (center), with the 2006 Board of
Trustees' Faculty Award for Distinguished
Teaching in September. Fisher has been
teaching at Marist since 1989.
Remembering
Dr. Andrew Molloy
'51
D
r.
Andrew Molloy '51
passed
away Aug.
19 following
a
lengthy heart
ailment.
His
affiliation with Marist spanned
half
a
century as a student,
professor,
academic
administrator, and
mentor
to
many.
"He was one of
the true
giants
in
the his-
tory ofMarist College,"
says
Mari
st President
Dennis].
Murray.
"AndrewwasasonofMarist
who
both
literally
and figuratively
played a
major role in
the
building
of our College."
He joined the
Marist
Brothers in 1946and
wasawardeda BA from the
College in
1951. He
taught
at schools
in Lawrence,
Mass., and New
York City before earning
a PhD
in chemistry
from Catholic University
in
1961.
He
returned
to MarisL in
1960 as an
assistant professor of chemistry and
depart-
ment
chair.
In
1966, he
accepted a
position
at
Elmira
College, where he also served as
interim
academic clean
and dean of graduate
and adult education.
Molloy
returned
to
his
alma
mater
in
1980 to serve as academic vice president.
"He played a critical role in advancing
the
academic quality of our College and
helped
LO
chart a course for Marist
that
has
resulted
in the
success we are enjoying
today,"
says
Murray. He rejoined the faculty
in
1985 as
professor
of chemistry and later as
division
chair and
dean
of science.
ln
1998, his
colleagues honored
him
with
the Board
of
Trustees
Faculty Award for Distinguished
Teaching, the highest
honor
that can be given
to
a
professor
at the College.
As a Marist Brother,
he
participated in
the construction of several campus
buildings
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Mana,gement Features
lnter111ational Residency
M
ariia's new Master of Science in Technol-
ogy Management requires something
different than
the usual
master's:
a 10-day
residency in
Beijing,
China.
Designed for professionals with five to
10 years of
managerial
or
technical
experi-
ence, the
program
is being
delivered
jointly
by
the
School of
Management
and School of
Computer Science and Mathematics.
The
focus of
the
international residency
will be on technological changes across
international
markets and amid global
developments, virtual organizations, and
management
across cultures. Students
will partitcipate
in
corporate site visits and
hear presentations by professors from non-
American
universities
and professionals from
relevant
fields.
Courses are all offered online
in
a co-
hort
format.
In
addition
to
the
international
residency
and online courses, students will
visit
the
Marist campus for two short-term
residenci<es
(2
to
3 days).
including
the chapel, the former gymnasium
and auditorium
that
is now
Marian Hall,
and
Donnelly
Hall.
ln
1985, after
returning
to
teaching,
he personally renovated
the
chem-
istry labs
during his summer
break.
His
experience
teaching
high school and
college played a
major
role
in his
success[ ul ap-
plication
for a grant of nearly $2
million
from
the
National Science Foundation for Marist's
landmark
program Science on the Move. Sci-
ence teachers and students
throughout the
Hudson
River
Valley
received
valuable support
in
the teaching
and
learning
of science using
the latest
technology then
available.
He was a
member
of the American
Chemical Society, Sigma Xi,
the
New York
New
Master of
Education
Program Leads
to
NYS Professional
Certification
Marist's new Master of Education program
leads
to New York State initial teaching certi-
fication in
adolescence education
(grades
7 to
12) fonhe following
areas: biology,
chemistry,
English, French, math, social studies, and
Spanish. Students will carry out 36 credit
hours of course work as well as teach. The
program is offered on
Marist's main
campus
in Poughkeepsie,
with somecoursesavailable
online. Graduate assistantships are available
in research, student activities, and
tutoring.
For admissions criteria and other in-
formation about
both
programs, visit www.
marist.edu/graduate
or call,
toll-free,
888-
877-7900.
Academy of Science, and
the
Hudson
River
Environmental Society and served on
the
board
of the Spaceship
Discovery
Science and
Technology Center
in Hyde Park.
As
devoted
as
he
was to Marist
College, his
priority was his
family.
He married Rosemary,
also a
Maristgraduate, in 1966,
and
they had
four
boys,
Andrew,
Richard, Stephen,
and
Joseph.
ln
addition
LO
several grandchildren,
he
is also survived by a number
of nieces,
nephews, and
cousins.
"Andrew
was known as a warm,
kind,
and gentle
man,"
says Murray. "He will
be
remembered fondly
by all who
knew him,
and
his
greatest gift to future
Marist faculty
and administrators will
be the
example of
his
life."
Dr.
Andrew
Molloy renovated
chemistry
labs
during the
summer
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Princeton
Review
Marist Named One of
the
11
Most Connected
Campuses" in USA
F
orbes and
the Princeton Review have
named
Marist one of the 25
"Most
Connected Campuses"
in
America.
Marist, the
only college on
the
list,
and
24 universities
and institutes
of technology were chosen as a
result
of
a Princeton Review
survey
to find
those
educational institutions offering
the
most
cutting-edge
technology. The
Princeton Review
surveyed
the
colleges
listed in its
best-selling guide,
The Best
361 Colleges.
Criteria
included
the
breadth
of
the
computer science and information
tech no
logy
curriculum; the sophistication
of campus
technology,
including stream-
ing
media of classes and extracurricular
offerings; availability of school-owned
digital cameras and equipment for sLUdent
use;
wireless
Internet
access on campus;
and support
for handheld
computing.
MAAC Names 134 to its
Academic Honor Roll-
Highest Total in League
The
MaristAthletic
Department
had 134
I
student athletes named
to
the
2005-
06 Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) Academic
Honor Roll.
Marist
had the
highest
total
of student
athletes
listed
among all 10
full-time
members of the
conference,
the
MAAC
office announced in
July.
To
be eligible
for
the
MAAC
Academic
Honor
Roll,
an athlete must
hold
a grade
point average of 3.20 or
higher
on a 4.0
scale and
be
in
his
or her second year of
athletic eligibility. The
Honor Roll
is
open
to both
full-time
and associate members of
the MAAC
with athletes
represented
in all
25 sports that
the
conference sponsors.
Marist topped
Iona
College with
JJ8 and
Manhattan
College with 100
honorees.
Marist Hosts IBM's First Mainframe Contest
I
thou~:ht
they were gone.
Today,
I
learned
they were not.
Mainframes
are quite cool.
A
lexSandra Ellen
'07,
author of
the
above
haiku, was one of 700 college students
who waxed
poetic
about mainframes
in IBM's
inaugural
"Master
the
Mainframe"
contest,
hosted
by
Marist.
Writirng
Haiku
about mainframes was just
one of
many tasks
required oft
he
contestants
from85 colleges and universities across North
America who raced
to
complete a series of
technical
,~hallenges.
IBM's Academic
Initiative,
System z
program sponsored
the
competition this
past year to interest students
in
careers
in
mainframe
technologies. IBM
chose Marist
to
host
two of the three parts of the comest
because of the College's
mainframe
capabili-
ties and
1/T
staff.
"Marist
College supports
IBM's
Academic
Initiative, System z
program by
providing
excellent lfemote
mainframe
service
to
over
a hundred other universities and colleges
worldwide," says
Don Resnik,
program man-
ager.
"Professors
and students connect via the
Internet
to the
mainframe at Marist College.
Theseschoolsareteachingmainframecourses
provided by the IBM Academic Initiative. As
students learn about the growing demand for
mainframe
jobs
and professors
realize
that the
mainframe
community is thriving, the need
for access
to mainframes
continues
to
grow
and Marist College has been an imponam
part of our hub strategy-providing remote
access to mainframes."
Resnik
says
the event was
IBM's
first
student mainframe
contest
in which students
got to use a virtual mainframe
to
complete
significant
tasks.
"IBM
customers viewed
the contest as a
success
and participated in
interviewing
the
winners of
the
contest."
The five contest winners won trips
to
IBM Poughkeepsie, a visit that
included
a
sightseeing trip to
the
spectacular Mohonk
Mountain House resort in nearby Ulster
County. The winners were from ITT-Tech,
Michigan State University, Northern
Jllinois
University,
St. Ambrose Universit
y-lowa, and
SUNY Binghamton. Two of
the
winners were
hired by IBM.
Marist and IBM staff involved in the first mainframe
contest
included
(left to right) Mike Todd
and Jeff Bisti
'02 of
IBM;f ro111
Marist,
Kathy
La
Barbera, manager
of 011erations
and ResNet;
Martha McC011aglry,
111anager
of systems,
network
and operations;
Richard
Sichler, systems
program111er;
Greg
Zaubi, zSeries
program111er;
and Harry
Williams,
director
of
teclt11ology
and
systems. They are standing
next
to
the
IBM
eServer zSeries z990
at Marist.
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2006
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Fashion Show Marks
Two Milestones
M
anst's annual Silver Needle
[·ash10n
',how
marked
two milestones
this year.
It \\'as thl' 20th annual show, and a
record
S50,000 m scholarships was a,,arded
New this )'ear was the Carmine Porcelli
Junior Garment Scholarship, awarded
tO
an
outstanding
junior designer and
named
in
honorof a past Fashion Program director. The
award ,,as sponsored br Fashion alumnus
JR
\lomsser
·ss.
Another ;\(arist graduate.
Domin
1que
Pino-San11ago '99, sponsored
the Silver Needle Award for outstanding se-
nior spc<.1al
project garment, which went
tO
\leghan O ;-..;eill
'06. The Sih-er ~ee<llc
Award
for outst.mdingsemor collection went to Jen-
nifer Mason '06. (Sec pages 26-29 for more on
Morrissey
and
Pino-Santiago.)
Awards were
also sponsored by
the
Young Menswear As-
socia11on.
24 Se\'en, and many others.
Pmo-'>anuago,
a designer ;pec1ah::mg m
bridal gowns, served as one of the
Judges
of
the
garment com pct
1uons.
Other Judges were
Basia
Szkutmcka, Stud> Abroad director of
the London College of fashion; Jacquelme
Bro\\'n from the Design L1brar>
·~
Apparel
and Home Furnishing D1\'ls1on;
Jason Yang,
owner or Stars and
lnlin1te
Darkness; Tali
SedgwKk, scmorfash1on
manager of Gen Art;
and Kimberl) Ka). ,Ktrcss and co-host of the
morn mg show on ',tar 93.3 F;\1.
·r
he sho\\'
1s
a depart-
ment-wide effort where
the
designs of not only
seniors but also sophomore
and Junior students are
represented. sa)'s program
director
Radley
Cramer. "In
addition
to
the
designs on
the runwa)'.
there
is a
,·ast
amount of planning and
prepara11on
that 1s done by
our Fashion Show Produc-
Radley
Cramer
tion
class-everything
from
program ad sales to sho\\'
product <lc\'elopment.
to promouonal work.
and much more.
"Both
merchand1smgand design
students
are
involved in this
class, as
well
as
working
backstage
as dressers. We also ha,·e models
and ushers from throughout the :-.tanst com-
mumt) And, of course, our facultr puts in
tremendous
effort
1n
planningand
coordinat-
ing
the
show."
A D\'D of
this
)'Car's show includes new
behmd-t he-scenes footage with designer and
faculty mter\'lews as well as sho\\' set-up
footage. O\'Ds may be ordered brcallmg
the
Fashion
Program at845-575-3000 x 2l 24and
will be shipped in about six weeks.
Cramer, wrapping up his firstsemesteras
Fashion Program director, was impressed by
the studcnti;' work.
'The
show was fantastic.
It is
so cxcning
to
see hard work and years of
design ~tud) result in such outstandingsenior
design rnllections. The Fashion Program
6
\1 A R I 5 T \1 A (, ,\ Z I N [
Tiu:
collect
ion
(abo\e)
of]ennifcr
Mason
'06
i,011
the
Sih·c,
l\cedle
Award
Jo,
outstanding 1,enior
collection
at
tire 20th
annual
Silver Needle
fashion show.
has a ,·ery enthusiastic group of dedicated
students."
Before becoming director of the Fashion
Program
Jam.
17,
Cramer served as an adjunct
faculty member
and
formerly
worked with
Revlon in its crca11,·e
marketing d1\'ision He
also has been acrca11,·e
market mg consultant
for Bergdorf Goodman, Alma}, Conran·s
Habitat, tbe
Brooklyn Museum, Citibank,
and
Diner's
Club. He is a founding partner
of Amazing Threads. Ltd., a liber ans retailer
offering catalog and Internet sales. which
sponsored the Amazing Threads Scholarship
design compemion for the Fashion Program
from
1998
through 2005
Shortly after Cramer came on
board,
he
welcomed some distinguished
visitors
to the
program's offices
in
Donnelly
Hall.
On \.larch
8 designers Joseph Abboud. \lomka Tilley.
and Charles Nolan spoke to design students
about careers
m
fashion and critiqued
their
work. The designers were representing the
Scholarship Commi11ee of the Council of
Fashion Designers of America.
Dcsigners.foscplr
Abboud (below),
Monilw
Tilley, and
C/1(/rles
Nolan
spohe
to design
students
about
careers
ancl
critiqued
rhcir
worh.
























Marist Graduates
Nearly 1,500 at Two
Commencements
C
mmencement speaker and en-
ironmentalist Dr. Mary
C.
Pearl
urged members of Marist's Class of
2006
to
devote
their time
LO issues
that matter.
"Once
you find the field you were
meant
to
work
in,
you will find energy
and
personal resources that
you never
knew you
had
.... While you are work-
ing and waiting to change
the
world,
you'll find joy in the companionship of won-
derful
people who share your values."
Pearl,
president of
the
Wildlife Trust,
spoke at
MarisL's
commencement ceremony
May
20
on the campus green. She has been
featured in
Newsweek
magazine
for her work
with the Wildlife Trust, an international
net-
work of scientists and educators engaged
in
efforts to save endangered species and their
habitats
from extinction in 20 high-biodi-
versity countries.
At the ceremony President Dennis]. Mur-
ray
awarded nearly 1,000
bachelor's degrees
and presented Pearl with an honorary
Doctor
of Science
degree.
The previous evening, he awarded ap-
proximately 475 bachelor's and
master's
degrees
during a ceremony
for
graduates
of
degree
programs within the School of
Graduate and Continuing Education. At
that ceremony, held in the McCann Center
gym
because
of
inclement
weather, Murray
presented
the
Distinguished Alumni Medal
to
John R.
Reynolds '81,
president
and chief
executive officer of
the Hospital
for Special
Surgery in New York City. The
medal
is given
to
individuals who exemplify the College's
ideals: excellence
in
education, the impor-
tanceof community, and dedication
tosen•ice.
The first such medal was awarded in 2005
to
Richard
J.
Cole
'69.
First Group Completes
Certification Program for
Data Center Professionals
T
he
first
cohon of students
has
completed the National Science Foun-
dation-sponsored
online
program in
data
center
technology
based at
Marist.
The program, completed by
14 stu-
dents
in August, is offered
by the
Institute
for Data Center Professionals.
Students
who succeed
in the
18-month, 35-credit
undergraduate
program
receive
six as-
sociate certifications in six data center
areas, an overall Certified
Data
Center
Professional certification, and a
Marist
Certificate
in
Data Center Technology. For
more
information
about the program, visit
www.idcp.org.
President
Dc11nis].
Murray presented the Distinguished
Alumni
Medal toJolm
R.
Reynolds
'81
(above),
pres;ident and
chief executive
officer of the Hospital for
Special
Surgery
in
New Yor/1
City.
Dr. Mary
C.
Pearl
(inset),
president of tl,e
Wildlife Trust and commencement speal1er,
urged
graduates to
devote their time to
issues
that
matter.
Attending tltie completion
ceremony were (left to
right)
Barbara McMullen, director of the
Institute
for Data Center Professionals;
cohort
members Jeanne Harden of Tampa, Fla.,
John Edwards of Yukon, Okla.,
Catherine
Dombrowski
of
Claymont,
Del., James Tonclticl1
of
Chicago,
Ill., and
Cavwe/1 Edwards
of the Bronx,
N.Y.;
Robert Mcfarlane, president of
the lnterpor·t Division of
Shen
Milsom
Willie,
Inc., programfarnlty member and keynote
speaker at the
ceremony;
Dr. Roger
Norton,
dean
of
the
School of Computer
Science and
Mathematics; and Dr.Jan Harrington, assistant professor, information teclmology
a,1d chair
of the Depavtment of
Computer
Science, Information
Systems!Teclmology.
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2006
7

























Daniel G. Hickey '66 Joins
Board of Trustees
T
he Marist Board of Trustees has welcomed
a new member, Daniel G. Hickey '66.
He has sen·ed as president of Hickey-
Finn
& Co .. an insurance brokerage firm,
since
1980
and 1s a pan ner in Compensation
Risk Managers
LLC,
a provider of fee-based
management and other ser\'ices for workers'
compensation self. msured groups in New
York and Califorma.
Born and educated
in
Poughkeepsie, he has
a strong
record
of volun-
teer service
111
the area.
He and his wife. the
late Eileen Hickey
'94,
received
the
Mansi Col-
lege President's
Award
for Communit 1 Ser\'ice
m 1990.
Hickey-Finn
has supported \lanst's
I
luclson
Valley Scholars
Program,
which assists
local young people in
papng for a Man st educa-
tion since the program's
inception
in
1995.
He is
known
through-
out
the
community for his
leader~h1p
of holiday dinners for the needy
at the I unch Box in Poughkeepsie. He has
been a member of the board of go\'crnors of
United
Way
of Dutchess County and served
astheorganization'scampaignchairfor
1999.
He hasalsosen·ed on the boards of Northern
Dutchess Hospital, where he'was ,·ice chair,
the Amencan CanccrSoc1e1y,
Ne,, Honzons
Resources,
and Hudson
River Rowing.
Marist Gets High Marks
from
U.S.
News and The
Princeton Review
.....
\'O
popular college guides ha\'e again put
I
\lanst
at
the top of the class. The Princeton
Re\·1e\\ has named Mansi one of "The Best
361 Colleges"
in
the nation, while
U.S. News
c,
..
\\'()1/d
Report
has ranked Marist
I
5th out of
165 colleges and um\'ers11
ies in the northern
Umted ~tales that offer
a full range of under-
graduate ,rnd ma,tcr's-level programs. This
is the highest
rankmg
Marist has achieved
in
1
he
U ~-
.\'rws
guide
America's
Best
Colleges,
up one spot from la~t year
8
M,\RISl
MA(,AZll':l'
Guests
enjoying
an annual
Marist spring tradition, the President's Dinner Dance, included
(at
left) Mary Beth Pfeiffer Mira/di
'76
and her l111sband,
Robe11, and Patdce
Connolly
Pantell'o
'76,
a
Marist
trustee,
and her husband, Ron.
.\1arisl
College's
Hudson
Ri\er \'alle) Institute
celebrated
its fourth anni,·ersar> in June at
tl1e
Fr;anklin
and
Eleanor Roosevelt P,csiclential
Historic
Site. Tlie institute, the academic
arm ojf the lludson River Valley National Heritage Area, is worlling to interpret the
extraor-
dinary features
of "America's
First River" to students,
educators, visitors
to the region,
and
the public.
Pictured
(left
to right) are
Dr.
Thomas Wermuth,
dean
of
tl1e
Scliool of
Liberal
Arts;
Dr.
Frcmll T.
Bumpus,
a patron
of
tlie institute; Mr.
Vincent
Tamag11a,
the
Hudson
River
'a"igator;
and Dr. James M.Jol111son,
executive
director
of
the Hudson Rive,
Valley
lllstitute.
First-year students (centc,)
Sarah C/1Q\oos/1ia11
and Kristen Mahony wlh with alu11111i
(left
to rig;ht) Micliael Babic
'04,
Maura
Sweeney '04,
and Andrew
Senno
'06
at a
"Welcome
Reception" in
New
Yorh
City
for members
of
the
Class of
2010
sponsored
by the Marist
Alumni Association and
the
Office of Admissions.




















FROM THE OFFICE OF COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT
CHANG~ING
TIMES,
LASTil~G
LEGACY
Marist Seeks To Strengt~ten Its Future Through Planned Giving
D
uring
the College's earliest years,
students in
cassocks populated
the
campus. Today
the
iPod
seems to be
the
common
denominator.
From ties to
tie-dye, sweat suits to designer
jeans,
Marist students have
participated in a parade of changing
times.
Throughout,
the College's enduring values and traditions have linked
the generations and provided a distinction
that
has raised
can be an opportunity to make a significant contribution
to
the
College," says Senior Development Officer Shaileen
Kopec,
"and
in some instances provide the donor with
increased
income and tax savings."
A special focus of Marist's Planned Giving program is
expanding endowment to support scholarships, profes-
sorships, and other areas benefiting students and faculty.
Marisl
lo
the top ti"er of American
colleges.
The ideals
imparted
by the Marist
Brothers-excellence
in
education,
the
importance of community, and
the
principle of service-remain
the underpinnings of the College's
mission: to help students develop
the
intellect and character required for
enlightened, ethical, and productive
lives in the global community of
the
21st century.
Philanthropy plays an important
role in keeping Marist's education high-
quality and accessible. To complement
longstanding annual and capital giv-
ing
efforts, the College has instil uted a
A New Pose for
A Familiar Face
She
is
not
a graduate
of Marist,
but
Shaileen
Kopec
has
had
her
picture
in
countless
Marist
yearbooks.
A 34-year
member
of
the
Marist community, she
is
now
in
her
eighth professional
position
at
Marist,
which
includes
14 years
as
vice
president
for college
advancement.
Hired
in
1972
as the College's
first
full-time
alumni director, Kopec
is
still building
programs for Marist. As senior development
officer
for planned
giving
and
endowment
support,
she now
encourage!S
alumni,
friends,
and others committed
to
Marist's future to include the
College
in their wills or other
estate
plans.
"Through
philanthropy," says Kopec,
"we
can honor and pass on to others
what we have valued as important in
our lives."
Marist alumni, trustees, active
and retired faculty and staff, parents,
and community friends who provide
for Marist in
their
estate plans are
eligible for membership
in
the newly
established Marist College
Legacy
Society. Those enrolling during
this
academic year will be designated
charter members and
will
receive
special recognition fortaking
the lead
in developing this
important
avenue
for Marist's future.
Planned Giving program
to
encourage alumni and others
to
include Marist in their estate plans with a bequest, a
gift annuity, or other charitable support. "A planned gift
Further in formation is available
about
planned
giving
and the Marist
College
Legacy
Society by
contacting
Shaileen
Kopec at 845-575-3468
or online at
shaileen.kopec@marist.edu.
MARIST COLLEGE
LEGACY
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Cover Story
Marist's new campus plan features
expanded
views of the Hudson
River,
more green space, a new academic
building, and improved
athletics
facilities.
E
xperts in campus design
note
that cam-
puses need meaningful
places.
"A memorable campus with
unique,
inviting spaces strengthens
the institution
by
deepening
the ways in which
people
experience
it,"
say
Daniel R. Kenney, Ricardo Dumont,
and
Ginger
Kenney,
authors of
From
Mission and
Place: Strengthening Learning and Community
through Campus Desig,1.
"If
we design our
buildings and
spaces
in
certain ways, we can
cause certain
things-more
effective
learning,
more
vibrant community-to
happen there
....
Every
part of
campus
must
be considered a
learning
environment."
Roger
Duffy agrees that the core
mission
of
every college
is
academic excellence.
Duffy
is a design
partner
of Skidmore, Owings,
&
Merrill
LLP, the
architectural,
urban
design,
and engineering
firm
Marist hired
to
create
a
development
strategy that will guide the
campus
from
2006
through 2011.
SOM
has
created
master plans for
Harvard,
Columbia,
the
University
of California's
Santa Cruz,
Mer-
ced, and San
Diego
campuses,
the
University of
Pennsylvania, Bowdoin,
and
the
U.S. Air
Force
Academy,
among others. The firm designed and
built
America's
tallest
building,
the 109-story
Sears
Tower in
Chicago.
"The campus context should support and
participate
in this
striving for excellence," he
says. "Like the
faculty,
campuses can
inspire
and
teach.
A good
master
plan, well-imple-
mented,
can help inspire and attract the best
students and faculty in
the
United States and
from around the world."
The Hudson River School
Duffy says when
he
first saw the Marist
campus he was impressed by
its
situation
overlooking the
Hudson River.
"There was
this nearly
pristine
view looking west
to
the
Catskills.
I
was
immediately
struck by
the
potential
of the campus to become
reoriented
toward the relatively underdeveloped
western
shore of
the river." Duffy
says he
thought
of
the
Hudson River
School of painters, a group
of I 9th-century artists that included Frederic
Church, Thomas Cole, Sanford Gifford, and
Johann
Hermann
Carmiencke.
"These
painters were captivated by west-
ward-looking views. They created big, bold
landscapes that expressed a sense of unbound-
ed optimism about America.
This
seemed like
an appropriate animating spirit for thinking
about
the
future of Marist College."
Certain campuses
make
a deep
impression
because of
their
unique sense of place, says
A goodl
master
plan,
well-
implernented,
can help
inspirE!
and attract
the
best students
and faculty
in the United
States
and
from
around
the world."
-Roger Duffy,
Skidmore,
Owings,
& Merrill
LLP
Marist
President
Dennis
J.
Murray.
"Anyone
who's been a1. the University of Virginia and
seen the green leading up
to
the
Jefferson
rotunda
never
forgets
it."
Other examples, he
says, are
Harvard,
Cambridge, Oxford, Pep-
perdine,
and Dartmouth.
"We
believe
that
Marist, because of our
location
on the East banks of the
Hudson-with
beautiful
views
to
the
West-really has offered
us the
opportunity
to build
one of the top col-
lege
and university
campuses."
The point is not
just
to
have pleasing
views
and
architecture, though. "We're building a
great campus
tosupportteachingand learning,"
says Murray. "Great campuses attract first-
rate faculty and great students, and create an
environment in which teaching and
learning
takes
place.
A unique campus
really
creates
an emotional relationship between faculty,
alumni, students, and their college."
I
/
/
Fig.
1.
Top,
the Hudson River
view
from
Waten.,orhs
Road before maintenance
facilities
were
relocated
this
past summer. Bottom, the
view showing
maintenance
facilities
removed,
replaced
with
open
green
space.
Framing River Views
Duffy's vision for Marist's master plan was
to
nurture and develop the potential of the
College's
river
views.
"The
Hudson River is a
tremendous natural feature that
provides
the
campus with
the
sort of nobility
that
we associ-
ate with places
like
Harvard and Oxford."
A major step has already been taken in
framing the river view; this past summer
Marist'smaintenance building, which perhaps
few alumni ever noticed, was relocated.
It
sat
just north of the Mid-Rise residence hall, on
a prime piece of real estate overlooking the
Hudson River.
That facility has been
moved
to
a
campus site east of
Route
9, widening
the
river
view from the campus green
(see
Fig.
1).
The crown
jewel
of
the
campus, though,
could be what Murray calls "one of
the top
25
views":
the
view
north
from Longview Park,
the riverfront
recreation area. The
panorama
features
mountains rising
from both sides of
the
curving river. Ten years in
the
making,
the
park
is a public-private
initiative
developed
jointly by Marist, New York state, Dutchess
County, and the cit yand
town
of Poughkeepsie.
The park, open
to the public,
offers a fishing
dock, pavilion,
lawn, riverfront walkway, and
picnic
areas.
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2006
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....
,
...
..
fi,g.
2.
The
"campus
heart" links
the
East
a,1d West
campuses.
Red bloc/is
show
the
Hancoch
Center
site and
the
site
of relocated
housing to replace Benoit
and Gregory .
:,_..~.:i)j\(>i~~·
-·'.
... .. ...
'
..
"'~:
{'':
"-:~ ..
T
A New Academic Building
~
,·:,''
,-•·r
I
Green at the Heart
of the Campus
Green space is another key component of the
master plan. The concept of separate build-
ings
set in open green space, reflected in the
Marist master plan
and on
many
American
campuses, is a
tradition dating to
the found-
ing
of
the
first American college,
Harvard, in
1636. SOM's master
plan
establishes
the heart
of the campus as
the
library and
its
adjacent
green space, including the
lawn
extending
eastward (see Fig. 2),
flanked
by Marist's
historic
buildings Greystone,
St. Peter's, and
the Kieran
Gatehouse
(see sidebar).
Green
space
is
also
the
centerpiece of
the East Campus, where student
residential
townhouses and
newly
finished tennis courts
adjoin a wide
lawn
(see
Fig.
3). A concourse
connects the area to the Steel
Plant
art building,
the
Beck
Place parking
lot, and
Roule
9.
Future options
for
connecting
the
east and
west
portions
of
the
campus across
Route
9 are
under consideration.
Marist
is
participating in
a
study of
the
Route
9 corridor being coordi-
nated by the
Poughkeepsie Dutchess
County
Transportation
Council. Despite
the
fact
that
the campus is split by
the
busy roadway, Mari st
students are
not the
primarycauseofincreased
traffic
congestion in the area. According
to
a
New York State Department of Transporta-
tion
(DOT)
Route
9
Pedestrian
Study
Report,
prepared
in
2003,
traffic on Route 9 adjacent
to Mari st
had
al
ready
exceeded DO
T's
traffic
projections
fort
he
year 2014 by
14
percent. The
DOT
controls the
Route
9
infrastructure
and
would decide where an overpass
or
underpass
would be placed, as well as
its dimensions
and
other particulars.
Fig. 3.
New
tennis courts
12
M A R I
S
I
M A G A Z I
N
E
Maristasked SOM not only to
develop
a master
plan but also
to
identify sites for a new aca-
demic
building.
The
Hancock
Center, made
possible
by a $5 million lead gift from Trustee
Ellen Hancock
and
her husband,
Jason, will
centralize Marist's technology activities. The
center will
be built
where residences Benoit
and Gregory, which date to 1968, are now.
The newt wo-or three-story edifice wil
I
capital-
ize on unimpeded \'iewsof
the
Hudson (see Fig.
4). The road currently
between
Benoit/Gregory
and
Lowell
Thomas will
be
shifted eastward,
adjacent to Lowell Thomas, and
the
Lowell
Thomas
parking
lot
relocated.
Student housing
to
replace Benoit
and Gregory will be
built
on
the
East Campus,
pending
townappro\'al, and
ready
for occupancy in fall 2008.
Three
mid-19th-century
stone
buildings
in
the heart of the
Mari st campus
are listed
on the
Natii:>nal
Register of Historic
Plac,es,
the nation's official
list
,:,f properties worthy of
pres,ervation.
They comprise
a four-acre
historic
district
known
as the Rosenlund
Es-
tate Stone Buildings
at Marist
College.
The listing was made
on the basis of the structures'
archiitectural
significance
as highly intact examples
of the Gothic Revival
style, the prominence
of the
architect,
and the importanceofthese
buildings
to
the
history
of the College.
Greystone,
St. Peter's,
and the Kieran Gatehouse
are all that remain of
the e:stateof
a wealthy
Poughkeepsie
industrialist.
Edward Bech.
The
grounds of the estate, named
"Roi;enlund"
by the Danish
immigrant,
were de-
veloIped
circa 1865 at a period when major tracts
of Hudson River land were being purchased
by
wealthy businessmen
for country estates. Bech
was a partner
in
the Poughkeepsie
Iron Works
Co., a thriving riverfront industry that prospered
with the advent
of the Delaware
and Hudson
Canal
and Railroad.
He also was a partner in the Cunard
Steamship
Co. and was
the
first Danish
consul in
New
York
from 1842
to
1858.
Bech's
friend
and fellow
countryman,
Detlef Lienau,
a prominent architect, was
commissioned
to design a
main house
of stone as well
as several
outbuildings.
The
European-educated
Lienau
had
come to New York
in
1848 and established
himself
as one of America's
••••mm
leading
architects. Among
his many achievements
were the design of the
first examples
of
the
French
Second
Empire
style
in
New York and the introduction to America
of
the mansard roof style, typified by the French
chateau.
He also was a co-founder
ofthe American
Institute of Architects
and actively participated
in
its formative years.
Because
of Bech's
death
in 1873,
Lienau's
grand
design for Rosenlund's
main house was never
executed.
However,
the outbuildings
known
as the
carriage
house
(Greystone),
the gardener's
cottage
(St. Peter's),
and the gatehouse
survive today
as
the few remaining examples
of Gothic Revival
estate architecture
along the
Hudson
River.
Reprinted
from
Marist Magazine,
Vol. 3, No. 1,
1992






















Fig.
4. The current
view
looking west from the Benoit/Gregory
site.
Below, the
view
loolling west from the redeveloped Benoit/Gregory
site.
Public involvement with
the
campus
consists of much
more
than simply
driving
past
it. Area residents visit
the
College often
for lectures, theatre, concerts, and art exhibits
that are open to the public. Basketball games
and other athletic events attract more than
7,000
visit◊rs
each year. Special events such
as the
2005
Empire State Games, for which
Marist hosted openingceremoniesand several
athletic evems, drew an estimated
12,000
ath-
letes and their
families from
all over New
York
state
During Lhe
summer the campus
hosts
groups such as Upward Bound, the Sen. Jay P.
Rolison Summer Scholars Program, the Marist
Brothers, and
the
Sisters of Saint Francis, as
well as sum mer camps focusing on
technology,
business, creative writing, and athletics.
One or the principles or the master plan is
to
develop the core or the campus while mov-
ing parking to
its periphery. A new parking lot
behind the
Foy
Townhouses
will
make up
for
spaces
lost
with the
Lowell
Thomas
lot
and
also will accommodaLe
increased
activity as
a
result or the
new
Hancock
Center.
Improvements
will
take
place
beyond
the
core or the campus as well. Officials will
break
ground
in late
fall 2006
for
a grandstand on
LeonidoffField,
to be
ready
for
use
in fall 2007
(see
Fig.
5). The field's
naLural
grass will be
replaced
by
field
turf
which will
make
the
field
much more
multifuncLional,
supporting
intercollegiate athleLics,
intramurals,
club
sports,. and general sLUdent recreation. The
James
J.
McCann
RecreaLion
Center
is
slated
for
renovations
by 2008
including upgrades
to basketball locker facilities, an
increase
in
locker
room space,
more
athletic
training
program
space, and
improved
public
spaces
and lighLing. Also scheduled
for
renovation
by 2008 are science labs
in Donnelly
Hall and
Student Center areas including
the
cafeteria.
The Kem Cards plant, purchased
by
Marist in
2004, will be
demolished
for
later re-use
of the
site. SOM advised
demolition because repair
costs would be
high
and the
plant's
spaces
not
easily adapted.
Input and Outreach
The development of the
master
plan
was
spearheaded by Marist's Board of
Trustees
Buildings and Grounds Committee,
includ-
ing Trustee Michael Duffy,
President Dennis
Murray, Executive Vice
President Roy
Merolli,
and
Physical Plant
Direct◊r
Justin
Butwell.
The committee sought feedback from Marist
alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Admin-
istrators also sought
input
from
members
of
the Town of Poughkeepsie
Planning
Board,
the Dutchess County DepanmentorPlanning,
and the DOT and
kept
them apprised, and
the master
plan
was approved by
the
Board
of Trustees. The
public
was invited
lO
a com-
munity
meeting
on the campus
to
learn about
the master
plain.
"We
don't
have a lot of walls," says Mur-
ray. "Because of our Marist Brothers
tradition,
we've always felt like we're part of the broader
com mun
it)'.''
The ambitious master plan will
be
funded
in
large part by an equally ambitious capital
campaign effort now in
the
early
planning
stages. "Marist College is at an exciting time
in its history, and
the
campus
master plan
implementation will solidify
the
College's
place as one of the finest
liberal
ans colleges
in
the
country," says Vice President for College
Advancement
Robert
West. "The capital fund-
raising effort will support
the master
plan in
addition to bringing
the
College's
philanthropy
goals
to
new heights."
SOM's
Duffy says
Marist's
potential is
tangible
and visible. "The development of
the
campus is still
in
its infancy.
If
Marist plans
well, there's
no
reason
why it can't be one or
the great campuses of America."
■
"We
do1n't
have
a lot of walls,"
says
Murray.
"Becaui;e
of our Marist
Brothers
tradition,
we've
always
felt like we're
part of the broader
community."
Fig. 5.
The
new grandsta,1d will be oriented to provide westward views from the bleachers.
Team rooms amd other facilities will be under the seating and accessed on the Route
9
side.
FALL
2 0 0 6
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T
hey admn 11 the free iPod was
what
first
attracted
Heather Liebal
and Tess
Kltlelberger
to the
pilot program
known
as ·Jdentny Quest: Culture. Communit}', and
Language.·
The
class. open only to students who
were
studying abroad. promised to equip them
with the
popular
portable music players and
compatible
microphones. The
catch?
They
would ha,·e to inter\'1ew local citizens on
assigned topics and make
podcasts
of the
results, learning
about another culture
in the
process.
Enucingstudentswnh free Apple
,Pods,,
as
all
pan
of
the
plan,
according
to
Dr. Dulcep
Deosthale. assistant dean of International
Programs.
He
and faculty colleagues who
designed the
course
hoped the offer
would
draw
students
to the three-credit program.
They created the course to encourage
students studying abroad to
learn
more
about
the people
and society of
their host
countries. The class resulted from efforts b)'
the Global Classroom Commmee set up by
academic administrators
to
explore
ways to
use technologr in a proacti\·e manner as pan
of the abroad experience. "\\'e felt students
could benefit from a course
that would
force
them to engage in a meaningful way in the
culture in which ther were studying."
sa}'S
Dr.
Kevin
Gaugler, associate professor of
Spanish
and one of the course instructors.
In August 1\tanst ,,as named one of 16
"Campus Technology
Innovators"
nationwide
by
Campus
Technology
magazine
fort he
Identity
Quest program Approximately 500 colleges
and
urn,·ersities
were considered.
"Ah
hough educational podcasting
is
quickly
spreading across colleges and universities as
a great way for students to consume relevant
content almost anywhere,
Marist
College is
turning that model on us ear," the magazine
article said. 'Rather than replicating a
traditional lecture format by loading
students
up with pre-recorded podcasts. }.1arist 1s
forging a moreconstrucuve approach in which
students
themselves
generate and share
their
own content."
Uebal, a senior, says what ultimate!}
convinced her to enroll was
the
idea
that
such
a class hadn't been
tried
before. "Podcasting
1s the new frontier, and as an ad,·enising
major, I'm always looking for new ways to
understand
how
technology can offer creative
opportunities in my field ..
Killelberger,
also a senior, signed on when
she realized
that the Identity
Quest course
would give her a unique opportunity to talk
to everyday ciuzens in her host city of Athens.
"This iPod
is a
good
way
to
pull informauon
from people that normally they wouldn't talk
about. Altogether 20 students registered for
the course.
BY KERRY
SYKES







www.marist.edu/international/unit1
Identity Quest
is
a sort of international
scavenger
hunt
where students get instructions
and
have to
complete tasks. Josh Baron,
director
of academic technology/elearning,
came up with
the idea
of sending students
on
quests.
"I
introduced
this
identity quest
concept based on something called Webquest,
which comes from K-12 education.
I
threw
out
the idea
as a possible model and they
ran
with
il."
During
the course this
past
spring,
the
students read assignments about four
components
that
shape
individuals
and
cultures: language, politics,
literature,
and
arl. They posted
theories
about
the readings
to
an online discussion group. The professors
assigned questions
that
the students had
to
ask of at
least
three natives,
recording
the
interviews
on
the
iPods using microphones
donated by Griffin Technologies.
They
shared
their
reOections on
the
experience via the
discussion group and edited their interviews
and added personal commentary
using
the audio editing software Audacity. They
uploaded th,eir files
to
Educator, Marist's
course manag:ementsystem foronline learning,
where, thanks to a program created by Marist's
Academic Technology department, professors
and peers could get
to
them; students in
London could
listen
to podcasts created by
classmates studying in South Africa and
Hong Kong.
"PreviousLy,
technology has been frowned
upon in terms of study abroad programs
because it was seen as a connection back to
campus
that
students would
use
as a crutch,
whereas this is a very different experience,"
says Deostha
le.
"Faculty
members
are more
the facilitators, not
the
lecturers.
IL
is all being
done by
the: students-going
out,
talking,
contributing, editing, podcasting-so it is very
unique;
it
ha:; not been done."
For
the politics unit,
students
read
essays
by a Yugoslavian
poet
who, after
being
deported
to
Paris, constantly had
to
check in
with immigration officers and often worried
about having the correct documentation. They
also read a piece by a
Palestinian
who wrote
about having no country and
therefore
no
identification. Students then went out and
asked people about the forms of identification
they carried, what information the forms
included, and what it meant to them.
Kittelberger, a communication
major,
says when she asked people about the Greek
identification card, it made her realize how
different everything was from America.
"There
are different security requirements and people
live a whole different way. They live
to
enjoy
life,
and being here has
really made
me appreciate
how important life
is."
Many of the students in London were
struck by the fact that many British citizens














do not bother to carry around their
driver's licenses because, should
they
be arrested, they have seven days to
produce
it.
"You
learn the ins and outs of a
culture ina way you could neverlearn in
a classroom," says Liebal.
"You
discover
in a way a professor alone could never
lead
you."
"Theyarereportingfromverydifferent
countries, cultures, perspectives, socio-
political environments, and historical
backgrounds," says
Deosthale.
"There
are students with different
majors,
so
they are all looking at
it
through very
different
lenses. That
is what
makes it
that
much
more
exciting and
unique."
Journa
!ism majorJennaLevandowski
'07
found the Identity Quest project had
an extra
benefit:
it was very
helpful
in
meeting
new
people.
"The
interviews
were a good ice-breaker," she wrote from
London
during the semester. "Many of
the
people
1
interviewed
for
my
first
podcast
have
become
some of
my
closest friends here
in London."
The
Identity
Quest program
was much
more
technologically
complicated than having
students listen
to podcasts
of
lectures,
since
all of
the recording
and editing was
done in
other countries-not to
mention
only one of the
students
had
even
heard
of
podcasting
before
signing up
for the
program.
Before
they left Marist the students attended
training
sessions on using the iPod and
microphone
and uploading,
downloading,
and
editing
podcasts.
The students even
did
a test
run
on campus,
reading
passers-by the Marist
College
mission
statement and asking
whether
it
reOected
Mari st.
They
had to create a
podcast
of
the interviews,
completing
the
quest process
before
going out
into the
real world.
While there were some
technical issues,
things went very smoothly overall, according
to
both students and professors.
"To
my
knowledge
there
hasn't
been a single problem
where we've
had
to
throw
up
our hands and
say, ·s~rry, go
back to
a
tape
recorder and
we'll see you
in
the fall,' " says
Lee
Walis, a
technical supervisor in Marist's Media Center
and a
teaching
assistant for the course.
He
taught
the students how
to
use Audacity and
provided technical support.
Walis
troubleshot
the podcasting
process
in
the
Educator
system and
listened
to
some
of the podcasts. 'Tm an audio enthusiast so I
was curious to see how well the students
did
with their
location
recordings.
I've been
very
surprised at how intelligible and listenable
the
interviews
are; they
have
done a great
job
editing. By and large these could have easily
been on talk radio
instead
of a podcast.
It
really
had this whole public-radio, NPR
feel
to
it."
Le\'andowski
notes that
the support from
Marist was excellent. When her microphone
broke, within a few days a new one arrived. "The
technical help on
line
and
the
communication
with the professors were great."
"I
get great
support
from Marist,"Kinelberger
wrote from Athens
last
spring.
"l
send emails
16
M A R I
S
T M A G A Z I
N E
to the professors all the
time
and they
immediatdy get back to
me
with answers
to
my questions."
The students were at
times
discouraged
by
the
editing process,
though.
"Getting
the interviews, doing all
that
editing, which
takes a lot of concentration and Lime, and
then
having a two-minute podcast
to
show
for
it
can be frustrating," says
Liebal.
"It
can
be
a
reall)'
great podcast, with some fantastic
interviews,
but your heart sinks when you see
how short
it
is."
Liebal notes
the
paradox of
using the
iPod
to
break
down barriers
and gain a deeper
understanding of another
person
and culture.
"So
many people have iPods. If a person
is
walking
up
the
street with
their iPod
on,
you can't ask
them
questions. It creates this
wall, this invisible force-field that might as
well say,
'Don't
talk to me.
Leave
me alone.'
I
think that's
ironic for a
class
where the
iPod
makes so much
possible.
It also makes things
Part111ers
in Podcasting
Marist i;tudents were able to access comput-
ers to carry outthe technical
tasks of
Identity
Quest, including downloading and using
software, thanks to the generosity of the
institutions
hosting
their various
study abroad
programs. Participating
schools were:
• HES
Amsterdam
School of Business-
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
•
Uni\lersity
of Indianapolis-Athens,
Gre11ce
•
Chinese University
of
Hong
Kong-
Hong
Kong
•
University
of Auckland-Auckland,
New Zealand
•
Charles University-
Pra11ue,
Czech Republic
•
University
of St. Andrews-St.
Andrews, Scotland
•
University
of Cape Town-Cape Town,
South Africa
•
Marist London Center at Fl
E
(Foundation
for International
Education)-London, England
impossible. It also makes me fear what
the
iPod
is
doing to
us."
Meg Franklin, another of
the
course
instructors.
was very
impressed
with
the
students' work.
"They've
been
very
diligent
about processing
the
information
from
a
distance and
they
seem
to be
very excited
about the
idea
of going out and
interviewing
people. I'm surprised by how
funny the
podcasts are,
how
energetic and enthusiastic
they
are." The
podcasts
are
not the
only area
where
the students have exceeded Franklin's
expectations.
"The
students
have
also
been
very
thoughtful
in
their reflections.
They've
done a really good
job
listening
to
each other,
providing
the context
for
their conversations,
what
they
found out as
part
of
their quest and
their
podcasting
experience."
Jaclyn
Lawlor'07,abusinessadministration/
communication
major,
found the Identity
Quest project caused
her to
delve deeper
into
the
culture of
the
Netherlands
than
she would
have otherwise.
"Participating
in
this course
while studying abroad made
me
ask questions
about the culture
I
was living
in
as well as
about myself which I normally would
not
have.
It was a great opportunity
for
reOection and
was very
rewarding in that
aspect.
Plus
I got
to
talk
to
lots of people and ask their
thoughts
on
topics which, more often
than
not, led to even
more
in-depth
and
interesting
conversations."
Lawlor also enjoyed the editing
process.
"It's
a
lot off un fiddling with al
1
the
different
features
of Audacity and then
listening
to
the final
product, which sometimes sounded
nothing
like the
original
interview."
While
the
faculty and staff involved see
areas
for
improvement,
they
consider
the
pilot program very successful so far and are
running
the
course again
in
fall 2006. Gaugler
says
the
basic structure of
the
program can be
applied to just about any field of study.
"We
have invented a
new
way of
delivering
course
materials, but
we can also change
the
content.
This can
be
a shell that other professors with
other specialties can
use
for their own specific
content.
lt
is a great way to get a global snapshot
of any one issue."
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Dr. Michael Tannenbaum,
dean of
the School of Science
at Marist and
2005-06 president
of the Council
on
Undergraduate
Research,
reports
on ways Marist undergraduates
are
distinguishing
themselves
in research
nationally
and internationally.
Biology major Katherine
Amodeo
'08 (above
rig/rt)
has been award-
ed
a 2006-2007
Goldwater
Scholarship, tl1e nation's most
prestigious undergraduate award
in
the fields of mathematics, the
natural sciences, and
engineer-
ing.
Environmental science ma-
jor Deboral1
Diehl
'07
(above)
earned an honorable
mention
from tire Goldwater Scholarship
selection committee, marking the
first time a Marist nominee has
achieved that distinction.
BY
MICHAEL
TANNENBAUM,
PHD
M
y office
phone
rang
one afternoon in
mid-March.
"Hi, Mike,"
said Pat Taylor,
Marist's
graduate school and fellowship advisor.
"Have
you heard anything yet
from the
Goldwater
people?"
Her tone suggested she knew some-
thing
I
did
not.
"Why
don't you take a
look
at
their
Web site?" she continued. "I
think
you'll
find
it interesting."
I quickly
na\'igated my
Web browser
LO
the site and
d iSCO\'ered
that the
names of the
2006 Goldwa.ter Scholars had
been
posted
almost two
fiull
weeks before the expected
announcement date of April 1.
I
scrolled down
the
roster
of states with growing anticipation,
wondering whether either or both of Marist's
nominees
would be
listed
as a
recipient
of the
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship,
the
nation's
most
prestigious
undergraduate
award
in
sci-
ence, mathematics, and engineering.
Suddenly,
I
saw it:
Katherine Amodeo
'08,ajuniorbiologymajorfrom
Marlboro, N.Y.,
was
on
the list of awardees! Less than a
minute
later,
l
saw the
name
ofMarist'sother nominee,
Deborah Diuhl
'07,
a senior en\'ironmental
science
major
from
Poughkeepsie,
on the list of
Honorable
Mention recipients.
Official notifica-
tion
arrived in early April: Marist
had
earned
its
first Goldwater Scholar and first Honorable
Mention in only
its
fourth
try.
Both Katie and
Deb
were
recognized
for
their prior accomplishments in
undergraduate
research, their outstanding classroom perfor-
mance
in
all coursework, and their potential
for excellence
in
research careers. Since the
middle of her freshman year,
Katie has
been
working under
the direction
of biology faculty
member Dr. Andrew
Ryder
and chemistry,
biochemistry, and
physics
faculty
member
Dr. Elisa Woolridge on grant-funded research
projects in the area of molecular genetics. She
plans to pursue a PhD in
molecular
biology
once she finishes at Marist, and
her
summer
acti\'ities should go a long way
in
helping her
achie\'e that goal: she worked with world-re-
nowned
researchers at the Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory
on Long Island.
Deb has
been
deeply in\'olved in
research
under
the mentorship of environmental sci-
ence and policy faculty member Dr.
Zofia
Gagnon and is planning a research career in
en\'ironmental
toxicology.
Like Katie,
Deb
has
worked on funded
research,
on heavy metal
accumulation and tolerance
in plants,
and will
enter a PhD program after graduating
from
Marist. Both students came
to
Marist
with
great
promise,
and both have benefited from
the
increased emphasis on, and
increased
funding for, undergraduate research at
the
College over
the
past several years.
In
addition
to
serving as
dean
of
the
School of Science since August
1998, during
2005-06
I
served as president of
the
Council
on Undergraduate
Research
(CUR), a
national
organization whose
mission
is
to
support and
promote high-quality undergraduate
student-
faculty collaborative
research
and scholarship.
The council was founded in
1978
by
chemistry
faculty from some
of our nation's finest small
liberal ans colleges
and since
then
has
ex-
panded to
include
faculty from all academic
disciplines and
institutional
types,
including
public
and private comprehensive institutions,
the large state
"mega-versities,"
and even a few
two-year colleges.
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There
is
no doubt
that student engagement
in undergraduate
research
builds many
skills
that
will
he-lp
students
successfully
negotiate their post-baccalaureate
careers.
Undergraduate
Research Grows
The expansion of CUR
reflects
the progres-
sively growing
incorporation
of undergraduate
research
into
the academic cultures at many
colleges and universities, including Marist.
Why has undergraduate research grown in
stature here and at other small
colleges
and
universities?
Because faculty and administra-
tors have recognized the many benefits
(see
sidebar) that this
intellectual
activity brings
to
students, faculty, and the
institution.
There is
no
doubt that
student engagement
in
undergraduate research
builds
many
skills-including
interpersonal
skills-that
will
help
students successrully negotiate their
post-baccalaureate careers.
For example,
in
the fall
2005 America's
Best
Colleges
guide published by
U.S.
News and
World
Report,
a short article on
undergradu-
ate
research quoted
Marist communication
major
Jeffrey Kuznekoff
'03,
who was
the
first to present
papers
authored while an
undergraduate at three separate conferences
of the National Communication Association
(NCA),
a national organization
dedicated
to
communication scholarship and education.
Two of
these papers received the Top
Student
Group Paper in
the
Nation Award.Jeff said the
three papers he co-authored while at
Marist
led
to
him receiving
a full scholarship toa
master's
program
at
Illinois
State University.
Similarly, communications/multimedia
Undergraduate Research:
A "Win-Win" Situation
This
list was developed
by Dr. Michael
Nelson
of
Truman
State University
for a presentation
co-
authored
with Dr. Michael Tannenbaum
of Marist.
What
are
the benefits to
students'?
•
the development
of skills to
function more independently
•
the
opportunity
to put classroom
knowledge
into
practice
•
the building
of mentor relationships
between faculty and students
•
the stimulation
that comes with critical
thinking and being creative
•
the
opportunity
to participate
in
new
discoveries
•
the ability to
better
understand
research methodologies
•
the
increased
likelihood
of acceptance
into graduate or professional
school
•
the ability to communicate
to a wide
audience,
sometimes
at national
or international
conferences
•
recognition
by one's peers
•
the
enhanced ability
to grasp the
philosophy
of
life-long
learning
18
M
A
R
1
S
T M A
G
A Z 1 N E
major
Am11mda
Stevens
'06
along with
her
co-authori; won
the
Top Student Paper Award
at
the
200'.I conference of the Eastern Commu-
nication Association, a regional affiliate of
the
NCA. She
feels
that the award, coupled with
her ability to discuss
her
project in
detail dur-
ingan
interviewwithan academic
department
head,
won her a spot
in
a competitive master's
program at Fairfield
University.
Marist
undergraduate students
in
com-
munication have won
the Top
Student Group
Paper in
the
Nation Award, given in a special
undergraduates-only division, four years in a
row. But they
also submit and present their
papers
int
he NCA
main
divisions where they
compete against graduate students and profes-
sors
in
a bl ind review
process. Marist
students
have
become
highly
sought after
by
graduate
programs
as a
result
of
their
consistent
pres-
ence at these conferences where theirs have
been the only
undergraduate
papers accepted.
In the
55-year
history
of
the International
Communication Association (!CA), only
15
undergraduates have presented
their original
undergraduate
research papers; all were
from
Marist, says communication faculty member
Dr. Daniel
Cochece
Davis,
who
in
addition
to
teaching
o:ommunication research
methods
is director of undergraduate research in the
Communitcation Program at
Marist.
Dr.
Davis
says his s1;udents have started
to
think every
undergraduate
writes
research
papers and
submits them for acceptance to a conference.
What
are
th1e benefits to faculty'?
•
the opportunity to mentor enthusiastic,
high-quality
students
•
the enhanced ability to remain current
in one's
fiE?ld
and discipline
•
the
excitement created by intellectual
activity
and particiipation
in
new
discoveries
•
the stimulation and confidence
that
accompany creative
thinking
•
the recognition
by one's
internal
and external peers
•
the
reinvig1oration
of one's career
•
the
ability to transfer
results
from
one's
scholarship
into the classroom,
such as in investigative
laboratories
•
the ability to model the concept
of life-lon9
learning
What are the benefits to Marist'?
•
the enhancement of the College's
reputation
•
the recruitment of
high-quality
students a1nd
faculty
•
the garnering of extramural
funding and recognition
•
the breaking down of barriers
between i:tudents and faculty
•
the integration of teaching and
research biy combining
both
into
the teachE?r-scholar
concept
•
the
intellectual
enhancement of
the baccallaureate
degree
Biochemistry major Lauren Jackson
'08 con-
ducted
environmental
chemistry
research
at the
Smithsonian
Environmental
Research
Center in Maryland.
"They don't understand how unusual this really
is. It's
a
niche that,
if supported
right,
could
put us
on the map for a
long
time,
in
a very
prestigious
way."
lt's part
of a culture change,
he
believes.
"It
shifts
the
focus of
learning
from me
back
to them. They really
become national
if not
international scholars on a topic of
interest
to
them.
In
the
process,
they
develop invaluable
skills
that
serve
them
well
in the professional
or graduate realm."
Most recently three of
his
students,
2006
graduates
Shanan Litchfield, Michelle
Rosbozom,
and
Jacqueline Siano,
trav-
eled
to the !CA 2006
conference
in
Dresden,
Germany, where
they
presented a
paper they
co-authored
with Dr.
Davis
that
they've
been
working on since
they
were sophomores.
The paper,
"Up
in
Smoke? Tobacco Image
Frequency in
Film and the Master Settlement
Agreement," explains
the
three-phase study
they conducted
to test the
success of efforts
of the 1998
master
settlement agreement by
tobacco companies to curb the promotion of
tobacco products
in
the United States. Their
results
suggest a clear decrease
in
average
length of time of tobacco
images
within youth-
oriented films, but also a significant
increase
in
the frequency of
tobacco
images.
Six Marist
undergraduates
who presented
papers at either NCAor !CA
have
been accepted
to their top choice of graduate schools, most
receiving multiple
full-ride
assistantships or
fellowships from some of the
top
communi-
cation master's
programs
in the nation. The
most recent
NCA conference in
Boston
drew
26
participants,
and
participation has
been
so strong
that
at the annual NCA conference,
Marist now holds a
receptioµ
for alumni. Dr.
Davis
has personally
had more than 230 of
his Marist students author or co-author papers
presented at
the
two conferences in the
past
eight years.



























History major James
Sheelta,1
'07 extended
a
study of Walt
Disney movies that had
origi-
nally
been published in the
Canadianjournal
of
Psychiatry.
In All Disciplines
Undergraduates
in
other
disciplines
are
showcasing
their
research as well.
Lauren
Richmond
'07,
Heather Pierson
'06,
and
psychology faculty member
Dr.
James
Regan,
direcLOr
of
Marist's
graduate psychology
program, were among
the
co-authors of "Dif-
ferences in Student Opinion of E-Classroom
Interfaces," a paper
presented
at SUNY-
Farmingdale State's
20th
annual conference
Undergraduate Teaching of
Psychology:
Ideas
and
Innovations this
past March. Dr. Regan,
Heather
Pierson, and
Maureen Kavanaugh
'06
were among
the
writers of another
paper
presented
there,
"The Welcoming Aspect of
E-learning Technology."
As an
undergraduate,
psychology
major
Michelle Wojtaszek
'06M
worked on
projects with psychology faculty
member
Dr. Sherry
Dingman
that were
presented
at
the annual conferences of
the
American As-
sociation for the Advancement of Science. "It
changed the whole course of
my
life
for
the
beuer,"
Michelle
says. "I
discovered
that cogni-
tive
science was my
field
of interest. There is
much concern about the lack
of
interest
in
the
scientific
fields
by young people, and
I
think
some of this apathy can be mediated
through
a
wider offering of
hands-on
experience. There
is a large difference
between
science
in theory
and
in
practice, and the opportunities
I
had
through
my work
with Dr.
Dingman
were of
intense value to my growth as a scientist and
as a
person."
Michelle
has
gone on
to
earn an
MA in psychology at
Marist.
James Sheehan '07
extended a study of
Walt Disney
movies
that
had
originally been
published in the
Canadian
Journal
of
Psychiatry.
A history
major
with a
minor
in
psychology,
he analyzed Disney movies
from
the past four
decades to see
if
they contained derogatory
ref-
erences LOward
the developmentally
disabled.
"One of the noteworthy aspects of his work was
his blending methodologies from history, his
major field, and
psychology
and communica-
tions," says psychology faculty member Dr.
William Van Ornum. "We hope
to
encourage
more interdisciplinary study like Jim's."
Currently Jim isdecidingwhethertopursue
an MPA or a master's
in
education. "I would
like to
continue looking into
how
the mentally
ill
are viewed
in
other films and other forms
of
media,"
he says.
Students presenting their
research
in the
liberal
arts
irncluded
English major
Lindsay
DiGianvittorio
'04
who with English faculty
member
Dr.
Judith Saunders co-wrote 'Janey
Archer's
Myopia
and
The Age of
Innocence,"
published
in
Edith Wharton Review
in
2005.
History/political
science/public affairs major
Lauren San1tangelo '06
presented "Listen-
ing to the
Pleas:
The Gendered
Disjunction
Between Experience
and
Interpretation
in
the
Great
Depression" at Monmouth
University's
Undergraduate
Political
Science and Sociology
Student Convention this
past
spring. She is
pursuing
a PhD
at Syracuse University on a full
scholarship.
E:nglish major
Patricia Phillips
'06
presented
"In
Defense
of the
Ebonics
Issue"
at
the Sigma
Tau
Delta
International
Honors
Society
Convention
in
Portland,
Ore., this
spring. She is enrolled
in
the
MFA
program at
the
New
Scho,ol,
also on a
full
scholarship.
English
major
Sarah Gunner
'07
pre-
sented "Issues; in
Homosexual
Equality" at
the
National
Collegiate
Honors
Conference in
St.
Louis, Mo., and hisLOry/adolescent
education
major
Adrienne Harris
'07
presented
"Visions of Equality: Pregnancy,
Law,
and Smmeness/Difference
Feminisms"
at
the Law
and Society
Conference
in
Baltimore, Md.
In
April 2006 mathematics
faculty member Dr. Tracey
Mc-
Grail
traveled with
eight students
to
the Hudsorn River Undergradu-
ate
Mathematics Conference,
which
rotates;
among institu-
tions and
thii; year was
held
in
Massachus;eus.
Three
of
the
students presented
talks
on
their
senio1r
honors proj-
ects. Math m,ajor
Nicole
Greaney
'06,
spoke on
"A
Look
into Voronoi
Diagrams,"
math/ado-
lescent education major
Math
major
N1icole
Greaney
'06
completed
a
project
in
co1111pu-
tational geometry
and
is
beginning
a
PhD program
lin
ap-
plied mathemGttics
at
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
John Burke '06
presented "Visualizing Geo-
desics on Surfaces," and math/philosophy
major
Andrew Canaday
'06
spoke on "QR
Factorization
Methods for Square Matrices
Using Householder
Transformations."
"Undergraduate research is essential for
being admitted to any PhD program in math,
as all graduate programs expect
involvement
in an intensive, faculty-mentored project," says
Dr. McGrail, who was Greaney's academic
advisor. Greaney now is starting a PhD pro-
gram in applied mathematics at
Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute.
Students
in
the School of Management
who have presented their research
include
business administration
major
Anthony
Martinetti
'05.
At a 2005 conference of the
Eastern Economic Association in New York
City, he offered an analysis of the demand for
residential real estate
in
Dutchess County, N .Y.,
as a function of population growth, income,
interest rates, migration, commuting options,
and other factors.
Undergraduate
research
benefits
nontradi-
tional as well as
traditional
students; Marist's
Goldwater
Honorable
Mention recipient
Deb
Diehl
(whose paper won
the
Eastern Colleges
Science Conference Biology Prize
in
2006) is
an adult student, as is
integrative
study major
Lorenzo Puglisi '05,
who won
the
Top Un-
dergraduate Student Paper Award at the 2004
New York State Communication Association
meeting. His work
with communication fac-
ulty member
Dr.
Jeanneue
Kindred
involved
semiotic analysis of scraLch-off
lottery
tickets.
According to
Dr. Kindred,
Lorenzo's
independent
research
project was an
extension of a final paper for a research
methods course.
On-Campus Support
Fellow
deans
and
the
academic vice
president's office provide critical
financial support for undergradu-
ate research projects (see sidebar,
page
44). Marist strongly
r
encourages and provides
}
support for students
to
travel
to
statewide, regional,
national, and even inter-
national
conferences with
faculty mentors to present
their
research results and
findings. Some conferences
cover very narrow areas of
inquiry(e.g., Northeast Algal
/JI
Society) whereas others cover
r:f,'
a discipline
more
broadly (e.g.,
'(J
National Communication As-
/
sociation), and still others are
interdisciplinary (e.g., National
Conference on Undergraduate
Research).
co11ti11ued
011
page
44
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20
Athletics
The
softball
program advanced to
the
school's first-ever NCAA
Tournament
with a 1-0
win
over
Fairfield
in the
MAAC Championship game.
Red Foxes VVin 2005-06 JetBlue
Airways Con1missioner's
Cup
The 2005-06 season marked
the third time that Marist swept
·
all three categories-overall,
men's and women's-of
the Commissioner's
Cup,
awarded
annually
as a symbol
of excellence
in the 25
championship
athletic events
conducted
within the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference.
M
mist, which captured eight Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
titles
during the
2005-06 academic year,
has
taken
home
the
conference's highest
hon-
ors, sweeping all three categories of
the
JetBlue
Airways MAAC Commissioner's Cup.
"Hats
off to Directorof Athletics Tim Murray
and Maris.r's
coaches, its staff, and, above all, its
student athletes," says Marist President
Dennis
J.
Murray.
"They've
proven
once again
that
academic and athletic prowess
can go
hand-in-hand."
The year 2006 marks
the
third
timE:
that Marist has won
all three categories
(overall,
men's, and women's);
the Red
Foxes performed the feat
last
season as well as in the 2000-01 season.
Fair-
field University captured all
three
awards
in
the
1994-95
season, while
La
Salle University
did so
in
1990-91 and 1991-92.
The
2005-06 season marks
the
sixth
time
in
eight years that the
Red
Foxes have won
the
overall title and makes Marist the only school
to win
it
:;ix times.
The
JetBlue
Airways MAAC Commission-
er's Cup
is
awarded annually as a symbol of
overall excellence in athletics
in the
25 cham-
pionship
athletic events conducted within
the MAAC.
Each institution
is
scored
in all
championships in which
it
fields
a varsity
team. However,
only
the
scores from the men's
and women's
basketball
participation, plus
the
other top six men's and other
top
six women's
championships, are
used to
determine an
institution's total
points.
Marist
finished
with a
total
of 130 points, 30
points
ahead
of
runner-up
Manhattan College.
On the men's side, the
Red
Foxes
captured
the
league crown with 60.00
points,
just 1.50 points more than second-
place Manhattan. Marist finished in the
top
spot in the women's cup
race by
compiling
70.00 points, 11.50 points ahead of Fairfield
University.
.
"It
is an unprecedented accomplish-
ment
to win all
the
JetBlue Airways MAAC
Commissioner's Cups
three
times
in
less
than
a decade, and one
that
the Marist College










The Marist men's and women's crew squads
swept
the MAAC Championsl1ips and the men's
squad (above) repeated as
New
Yorh State
champions.
The
women's
water
polo program
(right)
defeated perennial league power Wagner
5-4
in
the MAAC Championship game and ad-
vanced
to the
NCAA Championships,
where it
was
one
of
just
eight
teams
vyingfor
the nation-
al title.
Tlie
women's basketball team (below)
defeated Loyola
in the MAAC
Tournament
to
win
the league
championship
and an automatic
bid to tlie
NCAA
first
round, where Georgia
defeated the Red Foxes 75-60.
Athletics Department should be very proud
of achieving," says
Richard
J.
Ensor, commis-
sioner of
the MAAC.
"I congratulate, on behalf
of all the conference, member school Marist
College on
their
shared success and hope the
administrators, coaches, and student athletes
can continue to develop such a fine
tradition
of success."
The
Red Foxes
captured five women's and
three
men's
championships
this past
season.
This past
fall, Marist earned the title crown
in men's soccer.
In
the winter, Marist claimed
the top
prize in women's basketball
as well as
in men's and women's swimming and
diving.
In the spring,
Marist
captured
the men's
and
women's rowing, women's water
polo,
and
softball championships.
The
2006 spring semester
marked
a
breakthrough
for Marist
athletics with the
softball and water polo programsearningtheir
first-ever
bids
to
the
NCAA Tournament. This
past winter, women's
basketball
and men's
soccer both made
their
second trips
to
the
NCAA
after capturing their
respective MAAC
championships.
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22
Alumni
The actual distance
between the
shores of
the
Hudson and the
banks
of
the
Charles
might not be
so vast,
but
O'Rourke
says she
has
come
a
long
way
over
the
course of
her
career.
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Mc1tureen
O'Rourke '85
Batting 1000 at
Boston
University
PROFILES
M~
ost
Bostonians
are Yankees by virtue
of their birthright. Maureen O'Rourke
'85
has
remained one in spite of hers.
The Poughkeepsie native has
been
teaching ar
Boston University's School of Law since 1993,
but
her
loyalty
to
the
New York Yankees has
never wavered.
"It's not far enough
to
switch," explains
O'Rourke, who keeps a
life-sized
cardboard
cutout ,of Yankees shortstop Derek
Jeter
in
her
office.
The
actual distance between
the
shores of
the Hudson and
the
bank!;of the Charles might
not be so vast, but O'Rourke has undoubt-
edly come a long way over the course of her
BY JESSICA
LILLIAN
career. Her parents never attended college,
but
O'Rourke was the valedictorian of her class and
received her law degree from Yale. She planned
to prosecute organized crime, but became a
professor of
intellectual
property whose stu-
dents describe her knowledge as "stunning."
And while her first job, as an accountant at
IBM, was "really
dull,"
she's more excited by
her latest position as dean of BU's law school.
O'Rourke was named to the post in May, after
serving as
interim
dean for
two
years.
"Now," she says, "I have more of a chance
to
put my own stamp on
the
job."
O'Rourke's version of that reflects both her
own career and her hopes for the aspiring
law-
yers she
teaches.
"I think that the times make
it very interesting," she says. "Every generation
of
lawyers
faces its own set of challenges, and
this generation has the war against terror. The
technologyissosophisticated, the challenge is
different. And what's hugely
interesting
today is
the globalization of the economy-that opens
up a lot of new opportunities for people."
There are new
problems
as well-a
push
for young lawyers to get billable hours, a drop
in corporations recruiting from law schools,
and what O'Rourke perceives as "a decline in
the way
lawyers
treat each other." But
that's
precisely why
leading
the
law
school's admin-
istration
appeals to her.
"I
guess I
like to
solve
problems-I
probably
could have been an en-
gineer," she says.
"You
bring a set of analytical
tools to the table, and I enjoy that."
Those instincts led to her dual majors in
accounting and computer science at MarisL,
chosen because she thought accounting would
be helpful
in taking
down organized crime
rings,and
becausecomputerscience
was
clearly"the industry of the f uture"-a
viewpoint influenced by her
late
father, John, who spent his career
at IBM "finding hardware bugs." In
law school, however, she found
that intellectual property and
commercial
law
also appealed to
her problem-solving mentality.
"There's an element of fun to
it, too, because
it's
so popular-
culture related-copyright,
character protection, patent,"
she says.
After graduating from
Yale in 1990, she returned
to
IBM
and honed her in tel-
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Above: Maureen O'Rourke
'85
speahs at the 2005 Boston University Sc/100/ of Law (BUSL) reunion. Below, left to right: O'Rourhe with Richard
Karelitz, BUSL alumnus, senior vice president and general
counsel
for International Forest Products and counsel to the
New
England Patriots,
at a 2005 awards presentation; al the 2006 BUSL co111111encem.e11t,
where she
introduced the
graduating
class; with Rhode
Island
Supreme Court
Chief
Justice
Frank]. Willia'!IS, BUSL alumnus and speaker
a,:
the
2005
BUSL reunion.
lectual
property skills dealing with software
licensing
issues.
She also made her first return
to the classroom via her alma mater, serving as
an adjunct professor of business
law
at Marist.
"I
just loved
doing it,"
she says.
"It's
like being a
prosecutor, but
happily
so-you get to ask the
question.s,
to see people grapple with concepts,
to
try and
understand
them. When you teach,
you learn something,
t00."
In
1993, she returned
tO
the classroom for
good,
becoming an associate
professor
at BU
and
winning the school's award for excellence
in
teaching iin 2000. As she
thrived
in the
classroom, the School of Law thrived under
her increasing leadership; after moving up
through several administrative positions, she
was named interim
dean
of
the
school in 2004.
When the sea.rch began for a permanent dean,
O'Rourke was a clear choice, bringing to the
university
"the
intellectual strength, inclusive-
ness, and energy needed to lead the school
forward into the first rank of American law
schools," said BU President Robert
A.
Brown.
In her new position, O'Rourke plans to do
exactly that - which unfortunately gives her
less time for teaching, writing, and watching
baseball or 24 with her husband James Molloy,
a financial analyst. But every day spent in her
office high above the Boston University
campus
reminds her how far she has come.
"I
can say for sure that
it's
a long way from
being the daughter of parents who never went
to college," she says,
"to
being the dean of a
law school."
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2006
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Connecticut's
Youngest
Mayor Exemplifies
"Optimism
and
Practicality"
24
MAR
IS
T MA<, AZ IN E
Ryan Bingham '05
0
a wall in Ryan Bingham's office
a
60°
panoramic photograph shows
what could be a bomb-shattered post-
war city. Shot on a late summer day almost
30 years before Bingham was born, it shows
what was left
of
downtown
Torrington, Conn.,
in
August
1955
after
two hurricanes raced
up
the East Coast and slammed mto New England
within a week.
The Naugatuck
River,
a modest stream
harnessed early m the 19th
century
to prov1clc
the industrial
power
upon
which the
city was
bmlt,
was
o,·erwhelmed by torrential ram
It
leapt Its banks and ripped the
City
apart.
The
photo
holds
mythic
significance for
Bingham, who
graduated
from Marist
in
May
2005 and six
months
later
was
elected
mayor
of
Torrmgt0n,
the
youngest municipal execu11ve
in Connecticut's history. The flood hastened
the
decline of Tomngton's
1radn10nal
tex11le
and
brass
economy, already on the
wane m
BY JIM H.
SMITH
the
1950s.
But Bingham believes the
collective
memory of
the
event
hobbled
Torrington for
most of the next 40 }·cars
Only m the past decade has the cny
be-
gun
to
experience rcbtrth. And Bingham, an
unabashed
cheerleader for
his hometown,
is
determined
to nurture that resurgence.
Bingham's mother. Anne Ruwet, 1s a
state representative from Torringwn. and
his grandfather, Joseph Ruwet, a former state
representative. But
"a
career
as
an elected of-
ficial
was
the farthest thing from my mind,"
he says
Instead, he expected to find a job m some
branch of government. Waffling between
Maris!
and
the Univers1t
yof California
at
Irvine
when he was considering
colleges,
he listened
to
the advice of his grandfather, a cagey old
pol who sull keeps his finger on the pulse of
Connecucut politics when he's not dm-ing a
tractor on the family farm. "He
tole!
me that if I
wanted togo into
government,
the
family could
help
me 1f I
was
here
on
the
East Coast."
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"Being young
affords me the
opportunity
to remain
optimistic for our future"
really enjoyed the course work and I had a core
group of political science professors whom I
loved.
They gave me terrific opportunities to
explore my interests within the curriculum."
It
was also at Marist that he honed his lead-
ership skills, turning a key position in his
college fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon, into an
opportunity to enhance the fraternity's reputa-
tion through community service by reaching
out to Poughkeepsie-area organizations such
as the Salvation Army, Special Olympics, and
the
Red Cross.
As much as that experience demonstrated
leadership, it also exemplified Bingham's ca-
pacity for work. "I don't like sitting around. I
like to keep busy," he says of the Yankee work
ethic he learned on
the
farm. And
it
showcased
another important aspect of his personality-a
desire to help others.
After graduation he
t◊ok
a temporary
job
with the Central Connecticut Association for
Retarded Citizens while he explored more
permanent
government job opportunities. As
he began
networking he heard grumblings of
discontent about TorringLOn's
incumbent gov-
ernment. And
that's
when the idea of running
for
mayor
took root.
"lt
happened very quickly," he says.
"From
what
l
heard,
I
felt there was a need for new
leadership and I believed
I
could make a
contribution."
In mid-June 2005 he held a news confer-
ence at City Hall to announce his candidacy.
Two
weeks later he brought on board Stephen
Nocera, another 2005 Marist graduate, who
helped steer the campaign and who has stayed
as his assistant.
"I
went door to door, introducing myself
and
listening
to people," says Bingham, who
actually spok,e with constituents at 6,000 of
Torrington's 16,000 homes while on the hus-
tings.
"Listeniing
is a big part of leadership."
Forthe first three
months
after last Novem-
ber's election lhe continued
listening,
meeting
with city department heads, civic leaders, and
citizens in an effort to understand what's on
Torrington's mind today. "This period has been
invaluable
to me,"
he
said
in
a
news
release in
March, "because
it
has allowed
me
to gain an
accurate picture of where Torrington was, is
and where we ... need
tO
begin
to move."
When he made his first State of the City
address LO
the
Torrington
Rotary
Club this
spring, he talked about peripheral business
development on the outskirts of town that has
given Torrington a renewed sense of optimism.
Then he sketched out his vision for
renewal
of downtown, where construction of a new
country courthouse has just been announced
and
the
historic Warner Theatre-epicenter of
the
regional
arts scene and the site where Bing-
ham wasswonn in-has undergone a complete
Ryan
Bingham's
vision
for renewal of
downtown
Torrington included
restoration of the historic
Warner Theatre, the
epice,1ter
of the regional
arts scene.
restoration
just a few feet from the site of the
historic
photograph on
the
mayor's wall.
"Being young affords me the opportunity
to
remain
optimistic for our future," he told
the
Rotarians.
"Optimism and practicality will
be our
road
to success."
■
Two weehs after
announcing
his candidacy for mayor, he brought
011
board Stephen Nocera '05 (left),
who
l1elped
steer the
campaign
and has
stayed as
his
assistant.
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JR Morrissey
'88
At the Fashion Program's 20th
annual Silver
Needle
fashion
show,
JR
Morrissey presented
the Carmine
Porcelli
Junior
Gannent Scholarship sponsored
by
his
company.
Succeeding
in Fashion,
the Old-Fashi1oned
Way
26
MARIST
MAGAZINE
PROFILES
T
he
name of
JR Morrissey's newest
sports-
wear line-Y?-is a little
mystifying
at
first.
Pronounced
"Why
question,"
the
unusual
moniker makes
perfect
sense
to
Morrissey.
His credo: You don't
need
a fancy
designerlabel
to
enjoy great
fit,
fine fabric, and
meticulous workmanship.
lf
you
like
it, buy
it.
Why question?
That's JR Morrissey '88
in
a nutshell.
The
laid-back,
lanky fashion designer takes
pride
in
doing
things
the
old-fashioned way.
He
oversees every aspect of
Y?, from designing
and
fitting
garments
to production
and
delivery.
Some 400 upscale boutiques nationwide, as
well as Nordstrom, carry Y?, and Morrissey
expects
the
clothing line, which
retails
at
$180 for jeans and $300 for
jackets,
to
ring
up
$7 million
in
sales this year.
The
path
to success wasn't without bumps.
The East Northport, Long
Island,
native worked
hard as a teenager,
mostly in
restaurants.
He
decided
to
major
in
fashion
design
at Marist
because
it was "the
most
artsy
thing
at
the
College." Morrissey says he
thought he
could
do it
because
"l worked with
my hands
all the
time.
I
was good at carpentry,
patterns,
and
everyoneinmyfamilyknewhowtosew-back-
packs and
tents."
Another
big
draw was
the
late
Carmine Porcelli, a former director of
the
Fash
ion
Program.
Even though
Morrissey
and
one other student
were
the
only men
in
the
program, "Carmine made it seem easy," says
Morrissey, who recently
made
a
donation
to
establish a scholarship at Marist
in memory
of
his
former
mentor.
After college, Morrissey started stitching
up
garments and paying vendors
to
sell
them
on
the
streets of
Manhattan
on Friday after-
noons-payday-and
weekends.
When the
recession
hit and sales
dried up,
he begged his
way
into one store, then
two, in his hometown.
He married his
girlfriend,
Laurie
Dejong '87,
and they started their first company, Trousers,
which
they
subsequently sold. Dejong, whose
specialty is production, worked
for Calvin
Klein
Fragrance and now organizes
fashion
shows
for Seventh on Sixth,
L.A.
Fashion Week, and
other venues.
JR's second sportswear company, Womyn,
was also successful and
he
sold
it
as
well.
All
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PERCAL










"You
don't need a fancy designer
label to
enjoy great
fit,
fine
fa bric,
and
meticulous
workmanship.
If
you
like it, buy it."
three
companies
have
a similar
distribution
channel-that
is,
their
products
are sold
to the
same
retailers.
The company shows
its line
at
regional
and New York trade shows many
times
a year.
To reach
far-flungspecialtystores,
Morrissey's
regional
salespeople
take
samples
around
in
Winnebagos.
Says the designer, "It's
a showroom on wheels.
It's
an old-time way of
doing things."
Shipments of new
merchandise
go out lOtimesa year,and Morrissey
personally
gets feedback
from
store managers on
the
line's
performance.
"I'm
my
biggest credit,
quality-
wise," he says.
'That's
up to me."
Marist,
which Morrissey
calls
"an
entre-
preneurial
school," is a
tradition
in his family:
his father
and two
brothers
and
their
wives all
attended
the
College.
The
designer advises
the
Fashion Program and
initiated
a
program
called
New
York
City
Fashion
Experience (NYFE) for
non-Marist students
who
wanted
to
partici-
pate
in Marist's extensive fashion
internship
program.
The students take a year-long intern-
ship
in the
city, live at the 92nd Street
Y,
and
attend a weekly class fashion class,
taught
by
Marist alumna Candace Chestnut-Zoller '94, at
Morrissey'sstudio in
the
garment district.
The
program
will be
open
to
Marist students
next
year as a
fourth-
or fifth-year program.
In
March, Morrissey and
fashion
designer
Dominique Pino-Santiago '99 sponsored a
net-
working reception for senior fashion sLUdents,
fashion alumni, faculty,
industry
supporters,
and
Fashion
Advisory Board members. In
May at
the
Fashion
Program's
20th annual
Silver Needle fashion show, he
presented the
Carmine
Porcellijunior
Garment Scholarship
sponsored by
his
company.
"What
Carmine
did was get us
down to the
city all
the time,"
says Morrissey.
He
too would
like
to
bring
Marist closer to the city.
"I
would love
to
see
Marist buy a building
to
dorm
the
kids
[in
NYFE],"
he says.
Morrissey and
Dejong
have two children,
Jack, 10,
and Joie (pronounced
'Joey"),
8.
They live in downtown Manhattan and have
a house in Sag
Harbor
where
they
spend a
lot of
time,
says Morrissey.
His
children, he
says, "will know
how
tO
work
in
production.
They'll know how to work
in
a showroom.
It's
a good business,"
he
says. "It's definitely
a family business.
I'm
in charge of my own
destiny with this."
■
Morrissey wo,rl1s
with members of his design team
(above)
Dereh Farrar
'92
and
(below)
Domi111ique
Pino-Santiago
'99,
both graduates of Marist's Fasliion Program.













DomiI1ique
Pino-Santiago
'99
Designiing
Elegant
Yet Easy-to-Wear
Wedding
Gowns
PROFILES
D
ominique Pino-Santiago
'99
once
danced a solo, Alvin Ailey's
"Revela-
tions,"
in
a swirling
white
garment.
The
experience of
movement,
fabric, and
fluid-
ity
would one day inspire the
dark-haired,
reed-slim fashion designer-and former track
athlete-to create a
line
of flowing,
lightweight
wedding gowns.
She opened
her
cust0m
bridal
business,
Dominique Daniela,
in
January 2001, shortly
after
her
own wedding.
Her
elegant yet easy-to-
wear gowns capture the spirit of today.
'Times
have changed,"
the designer
says.
"The
modern
bride wants to
be herself
on
her
wedding day."
Her
custom line
has been
so successful
that
she's
launching,
amid great interest, a ready-
to-wear
collection
for metropolitan
area
bridal
boutiques.
Pino-Santiago's sophisticated
ivory
col-
umns stand out
from
the crowd of white
puffballs. And unlike stiff contraptions
designed
mostly for a photo op,
they move
beautifully.
"I
danced a lot on
myweddingday,"
she says, "and
l
want
my
clients
to feel
the same."
While Pino-Santiago
has
hung up
her
track
shoes, she still takes modern
dance
classes at
the
Ailey school.
Her
daughter Isabella, 3, will
start
dance classes
there this fall.
Born in Italy,
the
designer was
raised in
Montgomery,
NJ.
Her
grandfather was a
tailor
and her grandmother a
patternmaker,
and
she grew up literally
between their
sewing
machines.
Attracted to fashion at an early age,
she
found
Marist's Fashion
Program
appeal-
ing
because she could get a full liberal arts
education and
run
crack, competing
in
sprints,
hurdles,
and high
jump.
She still holds school
records for the indoor 55-yard dash, outdoor
100-yard
dash,
and outdoor
long jump.
In
her
freshman
year,
Pino-Santiago in-
terned with fashion
designer JR
Morrissey
'88,
with whom she continues to work asa designer.
Morrisseysaysshe
hasalwaysbeen wise beyond
her years, quipping: "She's about
106."
After
designing
three collections for Morrissey's
Y?
brand,
she knows
"not
only how
to
have
great design,
but how
tO
get
it
done and get
it
done on
time,"
he says. Pino-Santiago, who
sponsored and
presented
a scholarship award
at
Marist's
Silver Needle fashion show
this
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PERCAL

















year
in
a special competition for senior
designers,
advises students
Lo
intern as
early as possible
because,
she says,
"in
the
fashion field, experience is your master's
degree."
She also studied at
the London
College of Fashion and
lnstituto
Maran-
goni
in Milan.
On the eve of graduation, the young
designer
met her future husband, Ismael
Santiago, the brother of a fellow Marist
track
athlete. "We caught each other's
eyes
like
deer
in the
headlights, and
that
was
that," she says. For
their
December
2000
wedding,
she created a strapless
lace
column and a
long-trained
lace
coat. (The
coat
is pan
of
her new
collection.) She also
designed dresses
for each bridesmaid and
CTower
girl.
Seeing a
niche in the
custom
bridal market and
knowing
that
specialization is a key to
success, she launched Domi-
nique
Daniela.
Initially
she was
thrilled Lo design
one gown a
month, working
from
home and
doing her own sewing. Today
she works with 20 brides and
bridesmaids over a two-momh
period in her
Garment
District
studio. She has a pauernmakerand
seamstresses nearby and
plans
tO
keep
production
local as
the busi-
ness grows.
Clients visiting her studio nestle
into
beige-and-gold
Victorian sofas.
Nearby are wedding gowns_
on dress
forms and a rack of
bridal
tops, skirts,
gowns, and
"coverings"-shawls,
coats,
and wraps-made from silk shantung
and satin
in
soft
tones
of gold, ivory,
and
ruby.
A visiting bridesmaid tries
on several outfits; each garment
is
extremely CTattering.
"I
always try to be
elegant and sophisticated, with a liule bit of
a twis(," says
Pino-Santiago,
whose romantic,
"swept-away"
look is clearly Continental. "It
may be
the
fabrication, it may be the
line,
but
there's
something of the Roman goddess
in
every
Italian
designer."
Poised for expansion,
the
company was
recently featured
on Fox 29-Philadelphia's
Good
Morning
as well as wedding Web sites The Knot
and Wedding Channel. The ready-to-wear line
debuted
in mid-April
at the Wedding Channel
Comure Show at New York's Waldorf-Astoria,
where Pino-Santiago
met
with editors from
Martha Stewart Wedding, Modern Bride, Hon-
eymoons,
and other
magazines.
Pan of the allure
for
them, Pino-Santiago
says, is her cust0m design background. She
admits
being inspired by
her clients:
"Each
person brings a different aspect to each gown."
The dancer and
designer loves helping
brides
be both elegant and agile on
their
wedding day.
·Tm
participating in someone's
huge
step," she
says. "I want
them
LO
feel
good."
■
Clients
visiti111g
her
studio
nestle into
beige-and-gold Victorian sofas,
near
wedding
gowns 011
dress forms a111d
a
rack of bridal tops, sllirts, gowns, shawls, coats, and wraps
made from
silk
slumtung and satin
in
soft tones of gold, ivory, and
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1 9 5 6
Bro. Patrick McNulty,
FMS, left
Christopher
Columbus
High
School to be a college counselor
at Marist
High
School in Chicago.
He
will assist the approximately
450 graduates who head
to
college
each year.
1 9
5
7
G.
Patrick
Gallaghe:r,
president
of
the
Gallagher-Wemfall Group,
moved to Bucks Coumy, Pa., and
is
continuing his work
dealing
with
police
liability,
mainly through
risk
assessments of police
depart-
ments and expert witness work,
now
totaling more than
100 cases
specializing in uses ,:if
force and
pursuits. He also was appointed
co-director
of the
na.tional
Legal
and Liability
Risk
Management
Institute
in
lndiam1polis,
Ind.,
which is serving
law
enforcement
agencies through risk management
services, training, policy reviews,
publications, and
legal
guides.
1
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Raymond Bernier
turned
70 years
old
in
December
2005
..
He
is
retired
and
resides in Kingston,
N.H.
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1
9 6
1
John Brady
retired in
June
2006.
He plans
to
travel
throughout the
United States and Europe.
1 9 6 2
William Lenehan
a1nd
his
wife,
Onalova, continue
tc,
enjoy their
retirement,
volunteeri.ng and shar-
ing in the
lives of their three grown
children and six grandchildren.
1
9 6 3
Jim
Gargan's
son,
Jimmy,
joined
the
Marines in
January
2006.
His
grandfather,
Patrolman
Thomas
J.
Gargan, served
in
the Marines
from
1925
to
1927.
He
was
honored
March
21,
2006, when a portion of
Bank
Street
in
New York City's West
Village was
renamed
Patrolman
Thomas
J.
Gargan Wa.y in
recogni-
tion
of
his
19 years of service to
the
New
York
City Police Department
before
he was killed in
the
line of
duty on Aug. 17,
1947'.
IBro.John
McDonnell
returned to the U.S.
in April 2006 after sp,ending three
years
in the
Philippines.seven years
in
Rome, and two years
in
West
MARIST
Africa.
In
2009 he will celebrate
his
Golden
Jubilee,
which signifies
his
50th year as a Marist Brother.
I
Daniel
Roper
Ill
and wife, Marilyn,
moved from
Annapolis, Md., to
Hilton Head
Island, S.C., in
June
2004. They recently moved
into
a
new
house in
Sea Pines
Plantation.
I
Robert
Snyder
is a
professor
in
and chair of the School of Materials
Science and EngineeringatGeorgia
Institute of
Technology.
1
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John Depew
retired
after
33
years
of working at IBM.
He
has
14
grandchildren and
is
enjoying life
with
his
family.
I
Robert
YanAer-
nem
is an
avid
golfer and hit
the
third hole-in-one of
his
career in
October
2005.
1
9 6 5
David Heaphy
retired
from
Johns
Hopkins
School of
Medicine
and
now
spends his time golfing and
sailing
in the
Caribbean.
I
Dr.
Robert
McMahon
has
served
as supervisor
of the
Town of
Canajoharie since 1992 and was
elected for another four-year
term
in
November 2005.
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Bruce Davidson,
Esq.,
a Quarles
&
Brady attorney, was selected by
his peers for
inclusion in
The Best
Lawyers
in
America
2006.
ITheodore
Flynn
was elected vice chairman of
the board of directors
for the
New
England Shelter
for Homeless
Veter-
ans.
I
Donald Haughey
retired
from
the Austin (Texas)
Independent
School
District
and
is
now an assis-
tant professor
of An/Humanities
at St.
Edward's University.
I
Alan
Schultz
retired
from
the
New York
City Department of Environmental
Protection inShokan,
N.Y.,
in
2002.
He
now works for Kingston Airport
as a
0ight instructor
and supervi-
sor of
aircraft
scheduling
and
maintenance.
I
Thomas
Troland
gave a
trends
seminar
presentation
al
the
National Agri-Marketing
Association Conference
in Kansas
City, Mo., in April 2006.
ICharles
Zoeller
took a new position
as the
Alzheimer'scaredirectorat the East
Village Rehab and Nursing Center
in
Lexington, Mass.
1
9 6 7
Peter
Higgins
spent a month
in
2005 in Baghdad,
where
he helped
GRADUATES
Iraqi police
with a
forensic project.
I
John
Perring Mulligan, PhD,
has
served as senior vice president of
Mission Services for Affinity
Health
System
in
Menasha, Wisc., for
the
past four years.
I
Rupert Ross
and
his wife,
Marilee,
have moved to
Port Arkansas, Tex., which
is
on
the Gulf of
Mexico.
1 9 6 8
John
Carey
Jr.
is
a sales
manager
for
Blue Ridge
Medical
Imaging
Inc.
in
Salem, Va. The company
refurbishes medical imaging equip-
ment
for resale
and also
provides
a
mobile
0eeL
of imaging equipment
for use when
hospitals
or
medical
centers are replacing their existing
equipment.
I
Robert D'Errico
is
the president of the
Red
Fox Club,
the official
booster
club
for
Marist
athletics.
It
consists of volunteers
who organize fund-raising events
that
allow members and guests to
socialize with
the
Marist athletic
community.
I
Floyd Holt,
a
former
physics teacher
at Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
High
School
in Hyde
Park, was one of
five 2006 inductees
nationwide
to
the National Teachers
Hall of Fame. The story of
their
careers will be on permanent
display at the National Teachers
Hall of Fame gallery
in Emporia,
Kansas. The
inductees also
received
gifts
including
a $1,000 college
scholarship
presented by
Sodexho
School Services to a student in
their
districts who
is
pursuingadegree
in
teaching.
lArthurJaeger
received
a
master's in
accounting from North
Carolina State University in May
2004.
He became
a CPA
in June
2005 and
is
assistant state audi-
tor
in
North Carolina.
I
William
Kuffner
established WPTKUFF
Consulting Services, which helps
manufacturing companies and
dis-
tributors/online/catalogcompanies
identify ways to eliminate costs
associated with the
packaging
and
shipment of
their products to retail-
ers and consumers. He consults for
Supply Chain Optimizers LLC.
I
Thomas
olan's
daughter, Jaclyn,
graduated
from
Marist
this past
May
as a four-year member of the crew
team,
a four-year
member
of the a
cappella singing group
known
as
the
Sirens, and
most importantly,
cum laude!
I
Peter Passero's
son,
Kevin, opened a practice of natural
medicine
in
Annapolis,
Md.
I
Michael Pepe
retired from
teaching
and is enjoying his first grandchild,
Alexandra.
I
Robert
Scott
was






























Daniel
G.
Hickey
'66
(far
right)
joined
his
son,
Daniel
G.
Hickel(
Jr.
(fourth
from right), for the ringing of
the NASDAQ
Stock Market opening bell on March 16
in
New
York
City. The younger Hickey,
co-CEO
of
CRM
Holdings,
Ltd.,
rang the bell to celebrate the company's
initial
public offering. Third from left is Lou
Viglotti
'79, general
counsel
for CRM.
The elder Hickey
is
president of Hickey-Finn
&
Co. in Poughkeepsie
and
a
member
of the Marist
College
Board of Trustees.
Robert Finn
'66
is owner/partner
of
Hickey-Finn.
named
president/principal of St.
Joseph's Collegiate
lnstitULe
in
Buffalo, N.Y., in July 2005.
1 9 6 9
Harry
Carroll
remains the presi-
dent of the City of Phoenix St.
Patrick's Day Parade, the Arizona
Irish Faire,
and
the
Arizona Col-
leen Pageant.
I
Michael
Gemmel
was elected the vice commodore
of the Hernando Beach Yacht Club
in
Hernando
Beach, Fla.
I
Robert
Hatfield Jr.
was appointed by
Citizens Bank as vice president of
government banking
in
Newburgh,
N.Y.
He
works with Westchester
and
Hudson
Valley towns,
munici-
palities, and school districts to
meet their
deposit,
investment, and
financing needs. Bob previously
worked for M&T Bank. He
has
12
years of banking experience, six
in
managing the
banking
relation-
ships of government entities in the
Hudson Valley.
I
Gregory King
and
his
wife,
Rosie,
have three grown
children, Patrick,
Danielle,
and
Dominic, and reside in
Pacific,
Mo.
I
Anthony
Kondysar
and his wife,
Mary Ellen,
have
two grandsons,
Stephen Kondysar and Travis
Miller, attending Marist.
I
LCDR.
Richard Mease!,
USN
(Ret.), has a
son, Bryan, and a
daughter,
Wendy,
both of whom completed
recruit
trainingand are
police
officers with
the Norfolk,
Va., Police Department.
His daughter Cynthia
is
working
toward a paramedic certification,
and
his
son
Richard
Jr. is a senior
at Floyd E. Kellam High School.
I
Bob
Mennonna
is retired and
now volunteers with Habitat for
Humanity,
United Blood Services,
and Albuquerque public s,chools.
1 9 7 0
Andrew
Fallon
was promoted
in
October
2005
to corporate
vice-president/general manager
of
the
Washington Group for SRS
Technologies
in Newport Beach,
Calif.
I
Cushman & Walkefield's
Frank Liantonio,
MAIi, CRE,
and
Brian Corcoran,
MAI, CRE,
were designated fellows of the
Royal
Institution
of Chartered
Sur\'eyors in
London,
a source of
property,
land,
construction, and
related environmental
kn,:>wledge
worldwide.
i,,a*tN•Ua
:
1 9 7 1
Tom
Ferrara's
company, Ferrara
Jerum International, is
re:present-
ing Kohl's department st.ores
in
N.Y., and the Brio Tuscan Grill
in New England. His d:aughter,
Eve, is pursuing a degree in com-
mercial photography at the Fashion
Institute of Technology.
!Ijames
Pratt-Heaney
entered the private
banking
and
investment
group at
Merrill-Lynch
in
Westport, Conn.
1
9 7 2
Paul
Curtin
Jr.
has a
law
practice
concentrating on commercial
real
estate,
land use,
and
planrning. He
is also active in his community as
the vice chair of Hospice of Central
New York and
the
chancellor of
the Diocese of Central New York.
I
Ray DelMaestro
is principal
of the Casimir Pulaski School
in
Yonkers, N .Y.
The
state of New York
nominated
his
school
to
be honored
through the
U.S. Department of
Education's No Child Left Behind
Blue
Ribbon
School
program.
I
Alexander Novotny received
a
master's
in
education from
Loyola
College in 2004.
He
and
his
wife,
Elaine, have two
daughters.Athena
Franks and Alexis Marie. They
reside
in
Columbia, Md.
I
Michael
Smith
is
the
vice president of the
Empire State Bank in Newburgh,
N.Y.
Healsoistheauthorofthebook
Business-to-Business
Golf,
available
on Amazon.com.
1
9 7 3
John Bardong
was named vice
president of sales for financial
services industry for
Informatica
Corp. His daughter Lindsay is a
junior at Marist, majoring in busi-
ness. His daughter Pamela isa Wake
Forest graduate
living
and working
in Boston for a financial consulting
firm.
I
Kevin Boland
is the father
of five children: Kelly, AnneMarie,
John,
and
twins
Sarah and Kathleen.
I
Dr. Dana
Delaware
was elected
president of the faculty senate at
Truman State Uni\'ersil y for
the
2005-2006academic year.
I
Daniel
Faison
Jr.'s
daughter
is attending
law school at Penn State.
I
Mary
McGuire-Bellenjoysspendingtime
with her two grandnieces and two
grandnephews.
I
Michael Med-
daugh
isaseniorsoftwareengineer
at
Raydon
Corp. in Daytona Beach,
Fla.
I
Gerald Platania's
daughter,
Kathleen,
is
in
her senior year at
Franklin
Pierce College, where she
is majoring
in
law.
IJack
Simeone,
MARRIAGES
1979
Doreen Bachman
to
Michael
Miller,
Aug.6, 2005
1984
Beatrice Dane
to Darryl
Marsan,
July
30, 2005
1988
Ed Eberling
to Mary Lass,
Feb.
18,
2006
1991
Peter
O'Keefe
to
Sara
Jones,
July 23, 2005
Martin
Rule
to
Becky
Rummery,
Sept.
5,
2005
1992
Suzanne Engles
to Tom
Dolan,
July
31, 2004
Nancy Halpin
to William
Murphy,
July
30, 2005
Jennifer Johannessen
to
Kevin
Van
Keuren,
Aug. 20,
2005
Stephen Popper
to
Georgia
Churilla,
September
2005
Jennifer
Riat
to Stephen
Kerrigan,
May 14, 2005
Stephanie
Tanis
to
Chad
Murphy,
November
2005
1993
Robert Allison
to
Mary
Ortizio,
Oct. 28, 2005
Kishani Chinniah
to
Sergio
Moreno,
Oct.
1,
2005
Kathleen Henn
to
Greg
Reidy,
May 7, 2005
Maria
Licari
to
David
Cohen,
Sept.
4, 2005
Jeannine
Marron
to
Thomas
Nixdorf,
Oct.
9, 2005
Tom
Mulryan
to
Jill Cowan,
May
29, 2004
Scott Russell
to
Catherine
Barakat,
April 30, 2005
Thresa Sorrentino
to
John Dezio,
Aug.
14, 2005
John-Takashi
Suzuki
to
Lisa
Zurndorfer,
Sept.
4,
2005
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2 0 0 6
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
Lara Wieczezynski
to John Deke,
Oct.
2,
2005
1994
Jennifer Caron
to
Matthew
Brady,
Oct. 29,
2005
Kathryn Link
to
Thomas
A. Jensen,
April 26,
2006
Scott Russell
to
Catherine
Barakat,
April
30, 2005
Peter Tartaglia
to
Rishika
Advani,
April 29, 2006
1995
Erin Butler
to Mark
Lombardo,
Aug. 12, 2005
Carina Davis
to
Sebastian
Schroder,
Sept. 3, 2005
Kathleen Dick
to
Brian Boland,
Oct. 1, 2005
Michele Ferraro
to Jerry
Graziani,
June
12, 2004
Edward Gilhooly
to
Sheryl
Dimel,
July 31, 2004
Kathryn Link
to
Thomas
A.
Jensen,
April 29, 2006
1996
Stacey Dengler
to David
Girard,
Nov. 5, 2005
Brian Frankenfield
to Anna Allen,
Dec. 3, 2005
Cynthia Ramirez
to Traian
Hernandez,
Sept. 3, 2005
Dina Wehren
to Edward
Keleher,
May 21, 2005
Sandra Zeller
to Lawrence
Strebel,
June 11,
2005
1997
Kellie Benn
to
Michael
J.
Maloney,
April 29, 2005
Bryan Christian
to Allison Lin/ante,
Aug. 13, 2005
Heather Haynes
to
Jason
Vocke,
September
2004
Amy Hoey
to
Jeff Conly,
May 12, 2006
Jennifer Hoover
to
Michael
Bonnano,
September
2005
32
MARIST
MAC.AZINE
PhD,
was appointed
by
Catholic
Charities of
the Diocese
of Albany
as
the director
of grant research
and
development for
its 15 member
agencies
in
upstate
New
York.
1
9 7 4
Janet Riley Donahue
was appointed
assistant superintendent of schools
for the
Mahwah (N.J.)
Public
Schools District
in
January
2005.
I
Dr. Marian Mattison
received
Providence College's
fourth
annual
Joseph R.
Accinno Faculty Teaching
Award. This award is presented
annually
to the
faculty
member
who
best exhibits excellence in teaching,
passion and enthusiasm
for learning,
and genuine concern
for
students'
academic and
persc,nal
growth.
I
Bruce
McGann
was appointed
assistant
professor
of
medicine at
the University
of
Medicine and
Dentistry
of New Jersey's School
of Osteopathic Medicine.
1
9 7 5
Linda Dickerson
Hartsock
was
awarded
the 2005
College-Com-
munity Appreciation Award by
the
SUNY Cortland College Council.
The award recognizes and
thanks
local residents who
have
sig-
nificantly
assisted SUNY Cortland.
Linda
is executive director of the
Cortland County
B,usiness
Devel-
opment Corp.
and the
Cortland
County Industrial
Development
Agency.
I
Robert
Orlando
was
promoted to
assistant director of
Dr. Marian Mattisom
'74
finance for financial
reporting
and
banking
at Catholic Guardian
Society in New
York
City.
I
Rochelle
Iraca Roberts
received a master's
of science in nursing
from
SUNY
New
Paltz in May
2005. She is on
the faculty
at Mount Saint
Mary
College.
I
Robert
Wishart
and his
wife
have two sons
who have
suc-
cessfully graduated
from
colleges
in Maryland.
His
wife,
Jeniene, is
an art
teacher.
1 9 7 7
Renee
Bernard
relocated
with
Johnson &Johnson
to
Cincinnati,
Ohio.after
28
years
inAlbuquerque,
N.M.
IDaniel
Dromm
was elected
Democratic district leader
in
the 39th Assembly District,
Part
A (Jackson
Heights,
Elmhurst,
Corona,
and
Woodside in Queens).
He
teaches
social studies at P.S.
1990 in
Sunnyside, N.Y.,
where he
also serves as
the
United Federation
of Teachers (UFT) chapter leader.
He
was
recently honored by
the
UFT for his leadership. Danny
founded the
Queens
Lesbian and
Gay
Pride
Committee,
the
largest
LGBT
service organization
in the
borough.
Ijames
Masiello
works
at the
Northeastern
Anesthesia
Association. He had the
opportunity
to join
medical teams
in
Bolivia,
Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and
El
Salvador
administering
anesthesia
for children undergoing treatment
for burns and cleft lips and
palates.
I
Edward Seift'sson,Justin,
entered
Elon
University
in fall 2005.
A
drummer,
he
is
active
with the
marching
band,
jazz band,
and
a
number of percussion
ensembles.
I
Barbara
Stern
is a
member
of the
curriculum committee of Marist's
Center for Lifetime Study, and she
thanks
Marist for all of
the
support
given
to
the center.
1 9 7 8
Debra Bowers
Citrone teaches
second grade at Our
Lady
of Fatima
School
in
Scarsdale, N.Y.
She
is also
pursuing a
master's in
childhood
education at Mercy College.
1
9 7 9
James
Stella's
daughter,
Lori,
graduated
from
Marist
this
May
and will
do
graduate
work
at Barry
University
in Miami
on a
partial
scholarship.
1 9 8 0
Mary Ryan
D'Emic
took
a
new_
position teaching
kindergarten at
P.S. 222 in
Brooklyn, N.Y.IMaurice
Lambert
Jr.
took a
new position
as
a
hospice
social worker at
Hope
Hospice
of Southwest
Florida.
I
Susan
Stepper-Mastroianni
became
a partner in Fitzgerald
&
Mastroianni Advertising Inc. in
Springfield,
Mass., in June 2005.
l11
1
1N+C
1
9 8
1
Victoria
Nurena
Figueroa
cel-
ebrated
20
years of service at
Marshall&Sterlinglnc., inJanuary
2006.
She continues to
be the lead
singer
ofDestiny,
an oldies
band
in
the Hudson
Valley. Victoria also is
very
involved with
the
Latino
com-
munity, including
a
program that
sends 40 students
to
school and
pro-
\'ides
two
university
scholarships
each year in Nicaragua.lPau[Jahn
led
a contingent ofBoy Scouts
from
Troop 162ofLatham, N.Y.,onanine-
day
backpacking trek at Philmont
Scout
Ranch near
Cimarron, N.M.,
in the Sangre
de
Cristo
Range
of
the
Rocky Mountains.
I
Lori Klein
Jones
received
her
license
as
a
New
York
State
mental
health counselor
and started
her
own
practice.
She
also
began leaching
educational
psychology to undergrads at Marist
in
spring
2006.1
Brian McGowan
celebrated his company's
10th
year
in the natural
food
industr)'· He
also celebrated
his
20th wedding
anniversary
with his
wife,
Lori
Jean.
They
are
proud
of
their daughter,
Chelsea,
who
is on
the
high honor
roll.
I
Mary
Ellen
Minze-Sparno
accepted
a voluntary separation
package from Merrill Lynch
in
December 2001
and effectivel)'
retired from the practice
of
law.
After
receiving
her
personal trainer
certification from
the American
Council on Exercise, she is working
at a fitness
center
and
starting a
personal training business.
I
Rena
Muckenhoupt O'Connor, Esq.,
is
an
attorney with Corbally,
Gartland
and Rappleyea
LLP
in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. She concentrates
her practice
in
the
areas of
matrimonial law,
family
law,
general litigation, and
real
estate.
I
Timothy
Scherr
returned to
the Hudson
Valley with
his
wife,
Diane, who
was
appointed chief of
the Hospital
Services
Department
at
West Point.
I
Jim
Townsend
produced the 2004
World
Swimming Championships
and
is the producer
for
the Bud-
weiser show-jumping series
on the
OLN Network.
I
Dr. Brian
Whalen





































As a sports writer for
Florida
Today,
Ernie Arico Jr.
'76,
Florida
alumni
chapter president,
had
no trouble getting
hold
of
an autogr.iphed
photo of Dale Earnhardt Jr. for Marist's first
lady,
Marilyn M1urray,
who's
a
big
fan.
Ernie
presented
it to Marilyn during
the annual
Alumni &
Friends
Reception in Naples,
Fla.,
in February.
was appointed
Lhe
president of the
Forum on Education Abroad, a
global membership organization of
educational
institutions,
consortia,
agencies, and individuals who
provide,
direct, manage, or support
education-abroad
opportunities.
He
invites visitors to
L
he
organization's
Web site, www.forumea.org.
1
9 8 3
Jeanne
Ball FoxandJoseph
Fox'82
announced
that
their
daughter,
Kale,
signed a National
Leueroflntent
to
play
soccer at Marist starting fall
2006. Kate isa three-season varsity
athlete,
playing
soccer,
basketball,
and lacrosse. She also plays soccer
year-round for
Charles
River
United,
a Massachuseus
Division 1
Club
team.Jeanne
andJosephare
looking
forward
to
Kate playing
for the
Red
Foxes!
IJohn
Schlegel retired
from
the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office
in
Auburn, N.Y.,
after 22 years.
He
is now a quality
control manager
at a processing plant for
potatoes,
onions, cabbage, and carrots.
I
Arlene
Hutnan
Warmluold
and
Heinz
Warmhold
'84
c,elebrated
their
20th
wedding anniversary
in
2005
1 9 8 4
Joan M.
Andrek
was appointed
director of
marketing
and commu-
nications at Mohawk Valley Com-
munity
College, part of
the
State
University of New York.
I
Ronald
Beckerle
formed BEX
CAM Produc-
tion
lnc.,
a full-service broadcast
video
production
company.
lJohn
Berzal
took
the
posit iorn
of sales
manager
at
Prestige
Toyota
Hyundai
in Kingston, N.Y.,
after
13
years as
a
pre-owned-automobile
manager.
I
Lori Messina
teaches seventh-
grade
math
at Washingtonville
Middle
School in Washingtonville,
N.Y.
1 9 8 5
Janet
Horvat
retired from
the
Central
Hudson
Gas
&:
Electric
Corp. after
more
than 36 years.
While
there
she
held
various
man-
agement
positions.
I
'om
Sakell
Malley
is senior VP of
marketing
for Pablo DeJesusSinclara
Dominica
lndustries.
lClaraSteverns
opened
a second car wash in Connecticut
with her
brother,
Paul,
as well as a
woman's
boutique
in Middlebury,
Conn.
1Pi
1
m1•,&.=:
1
9 8 6
Thomas Begg
is the founder of the
www.gnri.com.
lPatricia
Pagnotta
Lercara
is
assistant principal of
Goshen High School
in
Goshen,
N
.Y.
I
William Losey III
opened Bi
II
Losey Retirement Solutions
LLC in
August
2005.IMichael
Masterson
is director
of sales
and
marketing
for the
Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua.
He
has
lived
on
the
island
of
Maui
with
his
wife, Veronica, for the past
11
years.
I
Lincoln Terzian
joined
KPMG LLP's Boston International
Corporate Services tax
practice
as
a
partner,
where he will serve
mul-
tinational
clients
in the
Northeast.
He previously
worked in the firm's
New
York
City office.
1
9 8 7
James Bier
is a
principal
for the
special educaLion program
for
the
Jefferson-Herkimer-Oneida
Board
of Cooperative Educational Ser-
vices in Watertown, N.Y.
ITimothy
Curry
and his family
relocated
to
Palm Coast, Fla., where he works as
the
director of conference services
for the Ginn Co. at its
0agship
resort, the Club at Ocean Hammock
Beach.
I
Frederick Dever
swims
competitively with the District of
Columbia Aquatics Club and was
ranked
nationally
by U.S. Masters
Swimming. He
has
also competed
in six marathons and most recently
qualified
and
then
competed in the
Boston
Marathon
in April 2005.
Frederick
is
a nationally ranked tri-
athlete
and
competed
in
the U.S. Age
Group
Triathlon
Championships
in 2004. He
has
been promoted
to
senior
territorr
manager with
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
in
the
Neuroscience Division, based
in
Washington, D.C.ILaurie
Barraco
Green
started her
own
business
after the birth
of
her daughter,
Grace. Green's Garden Daycare
is
Joan
M. Andrek
'84
Glen
Rock
(N.j.)
Triathlon.
Club.
He
invitesvisitorstotheclub':;Website,
Lincoln Terzian '86
\nl:li1i·Z:
The flag
denotes
classes that celebrated
reunions
in 2006
MARRIAGES
Alycia Libby
to Sean
Winter,
March
19,
2006
Michelle
Lopez
to
Fredrick
Dalton
Hughes
111,
April 9, 2005
Alyson
Morilla
to Scott Graves,
June
25, 2005
Kathleen
Petise
to
Casey
Woolven,
June
25, 2005
1998
Dolores Anderson
to Kevin
Yereance,
June
18,
2003
Michele Araneo
to
Michael
Anderson,
Aug.
19, 2005
Danielle Battiloro
to
Marc
Vaphides,
Nov. 5,
2005
Tamiko Bell
to Qadir Dixon,
May
10,
2003
Jennifer Scheulen
to
Richard
Moss,
July
22,
2005
Bethann Stanger
to Thomas
Steiner,
April 23,
2005
1999
Maria Frustaci
to
Breffni Kennedy,
Oct. 29,
2005
Deirdre
Kennedy
to Thomas
Cunningham,
July 9, 2005
Kevin
Lundy
to Meredith
Hampson,
June
25,
2005
Colleen
McCulloch
to Brian Learch,
November
5,
2005
Stacey
Spina
to Steven
Van Seggern,
April
16, 2005
Peter Toriello
to Gina
Campadonico,
Aug.9,2003
Ross
Wilson
to
Lesia
Steeh,
Dec. 27,
2006
2000
Erin Beebe
to
Kevin
Richard
'98,
Nov. 5, 2005
Susan Goulet
'04 MPA
to
Edward
Synan
'01/'06
MPA,
Nov. 19, 2005
Raychel Grestini
to
Michael Marcil,
Sept. 18, 2004
Carolyn Guido
to Donald
Mellay,
June 4, 2005
Paul Jendrzejczyk
to
Peggy
O'Connell,
Aug. 26,
2005
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
Elizabeth Johnson
to
John
Shibles,
April 30,
2005
Kristyna McMahon
to Justin
Acerno,
Sept. 16,
2005
Amanda Parrillo
to
Brian Markt,
Oct. 15, 2005
Amanda Pike
to Ryan
P.
Killeen,
June
4,
2005
Karen Ponzoni
to
Christopher
Shedd,
May
5, 2005
Jonathan
Reiss
to Maritza
Bella,
Nov.
5, 2005
Angelina
Rosabianca
to
Brian
Coughlin
'01,
April 2, 2005
Anne Schaudel
and Michael
Gerosimo,
Nov.
7, 2003
2001
Rebecca Astin
to Michael
Rehm,
July
1,
2006
Matthew Crandell
'04MA
to
Barbara
Bliven,
Dec. 17,
2005
Nancy Gates
to Jeffrey
Martin,
Oct.
8,
2005
Kelly Gilligan
to
Chris
Banas,
July
15, 2005
Elissa Soldo
to Kyle
Mostransky,
Feb.
18,
2005
Jennifer
Sperry
to
Oscar
Santiago,
May 10, 2003
Katie Twist
to
George
Rowlinson,
Dec. 10, 2005
Heather Vandrilla
to
Tim
Tuller,
Sept. 17, 2005
Jamie
Veley
to
Marvin Batcher,
Aug.
27,
2005
Daniel Yannantuono
to Jennifer
Lang,
Dec.
30,
2005
2002
Alyssa
Bob
to Rory
Boice
'05,
July 3,
2005
Heather Corkins
to
Brian Hunt,
Oct.
22,
2005
Melissa Discount
to Matthew
Pelle-
tier, Oct. 14, 2005
Kristin Harvey
to
Charles
Coppola,
July 24,
2005
34
\·1ARIST
MAGAZINE
a New York State-lic{:nsed
daycare
facility for children ages
1
to 5.
I
Michael McHale
launched
his
own advertising, marketing, and
mediaconsultancyinJanuary2006.
I
Timothy
elson
was named
director of internal
audit
of
ITT
Industries
in
June :2005.
I
Gary
Smith is regional
sales manager for
Teva Neuroscience.
1 9 8 8
Roger
Ardanowslki
is senior
vice
president
of
Edelman
Public
Relations
Worldwide. He serves
as group head of legal marketing,
professional
services, and busi-
ness-to-business groups.
I
Rocco
Cocco
Jr.'s
daughter,
Melissa, is
a Marist sophomore, majoring
in
fashion design and minoring
in
merchandising.
I
R:obert Hock
retired
from
IBM
and enjoys
working part time at Beekman
Country Club as a starter and
pro
shop employee.
I
T,om
McGrath
resigned
asa
pilot
for
Delta
Airlines
in
September 2005
w
accept a new
position in GE's Aviation
unit.
He
is
working
in
military systems
operations,
develop:ing
the
Fl36
engine
for the
Joint Strike
Fighter
Program.
I
Robert O'Connor Jr.
says he
is
sti
11
savorimg his Marist
educational experience, especially
Helen
(Gegenwarth)
Hayes's
cos-
mologycourse.lDonald
Reardon
is
tradingtimebetween new company
start-up
JDW
(Indu1strial Design
Workshop, at www.
i-d-workshop.
com) and building a cabin in the
mountains.
I
1 9 8 9
Marc Hamlin
was recently pro-
moted
to
captain with the
Tampa
Police
Department.
He was put
in charge of a patrol sector
that
encompasses Ybor ,City,
the
Port
of Tampa, and
downtown
Tampa.
I
Michael
Kinane
was promoted
to
assistant
to
the
president
for
advancement
at
SUNY College at
Old Westbury.
I
Cynthia
Lemek
moved
to
Milwaukee, Wisc., where
she started a
new
jolb as executive
director of the
Polish Heritage
Alliance.
1 9 9 0
Christopher
Dougl.is
and his wife,
Susan,
have
a son, Elrit. Chris
just
returned
from a
second
tour in Iraq
asa
Marine
Corpsinfantrycompany
commander.
I
Celeste Frasier
English
completed a master's
in
childhood education and teaches
sixth grade at Edinburg Common
School in Edinburg, N.Y.
I
Karen
Klei Foley
is
managing her
own
law practice,
concentrating in
the
area of adoptions.
I
Elizabeth
Enright
James
started
a
toy
busi-
ness, CleverKits
LLC, in
January
2005. She
has
created four finger
puppets
and
an accompanying
interactive CD.
I
Donna Jeannette
relocated
to the
Bay
Area where she
is director of on
line
merchandising
for
Hot
wire
in
San Francisco. She
leads a team
that
markets and
mer-
chandisesonlinetravel.
Hotwireisa
subsidiary of Expedia lnc.
lStacey
Waite
MacPhetreswas
promoted to
assistant vice
president
and
district
manager
at
JP
Morgan Chase. She
is responsible for
management
of the education finance
division
in New England, Pa, and NJ.
I
Violet Mensah
is pursuing an
MBA. Her
daughter, Josephine,
is
a
dental student at the University
of Pennsylvania and
her
son,
Isaac,
is a 2006 graduate of Spackenkill
High
School in
Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.
I
Lucille Budd
Ogden
is
the
English Department coordinator
at Poughkeepsie's Arlington High
School, where she also directs
two
theatrical
productions each year. In
addition, she
is
an adjunct
lecturer
for Dutchess Community College
in
the PerformingArts Department.
I
Kathleen
Vetter is
pursuing
a
master's in project
management at
Boston University.
lLaura
Zeppieri
is a part-time substance abuse
counselor with the Commonwealth
Group
LLC
in Manchester, Conn.,
where she works with
multiple DWI
offenders who are
in the
process of
regainingtheirdriver's licenses. She
residesinGlastonbury,Conn., with
her husband, Stephen, and thei
rt
wo
sons, William and
Joseph.
lnamh+R
1 9 9 1
Jennifer
Mignano
and her husband,
Michael, moved to Ridgefield,
Conn., with
their
daughter, Gabri-
elle, and son,
Luke.
I
Tara
Parker
completed
a PhD at
NYU
and was
invited
to
deliver
a speech
this
past
May at NYU on
behalf
of
the
gradu-
ates. She is now a faculty
member
at
the
University of
Massachusetts,
Boston, and conducts research on
racial/ethnic access and equity
issues in higher education. She
recently won a
fellowship award
at
the Social Science
Research
Council
to conduct a
new
study on
the
end-
Andy Lake
'92
was selected to
be playing captain on the
2006
U.S. Men's
35
International Ten-
nis team. The team competed in
Durban, South Africa, in April for
the Italia Cup, an international
competition for men
35
and
older
similar to the Davis Cup. The
event
is sponsored
annually by the Inter-
national Tennis Federation. Andy
and
his teammates finished fourth
with wins over Slovenia, Russia,
and
Germany. Andy achieved
victories
in singles and
doubles
matches
against all
three
coun-
tries. The American team
lost
to
Spain
and
the Netherlands. Andy
lost only two matches during the
tournament-to
the men who
ended
up in
the singles
final. Andy
played in 10 national tournaments
in
2005,
winning seven titles and
finishing
second
in the remaining
three. He is the director of tennis
at
Hawk's Landing Club in Planta-
tion, Fla.
of remedial education.
I
Jeffrey
Thibeault
and
his
wife, Melanie,
moved from
Denver to
Boulder,
Colo.
He
still works for Maui
Jim
Sunglasses.
1 9 9 2
Thomas
Badura is
a software
engineer with Apelon
Inc.
in
Ridgefield,
Conn
I
Hilary Simon
Britton
is
an associate
broker
with
Windermere
Real
Estate in
Bellevue,
Wash.
I
Brent
Caster
and
his
wife,
Mary.are running
the
New Windsor
Deli,
where they
do
off-premise
catering events. They
have
three
children,Jackie,Joseph, and Jenna.
I
Kimberly
Conk
works as a
mas-
sage
therapist
training athletes at
all levels, including several NFL
players.
She accredits
her interest
in sports
to her
swimming career at
Marist.lLaura
Ulbrandt
DiPierro
was
promoted
to
assistant
vice presi-
dent of Leucadia National Corp. in
May 2005.1
Michael
Feeney
was
promoted to senior vice
president,
corporate communications,
at
A&E
Television Networks.
He
oversees
external and internal communica-
tions and works closely with
the
company's
domestic net
works
public relations departments.
He
also
oversees
the network's
corporate events department.
I
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Christopher Jones
was promoted
to
assistant vice
president
of
loan
appraisal for
the
World Savings
Bank in
Parsippany, N.J.
He
and
his
wife,
Kristine KickenweitzJones
'94,
reside
in
Basking Ridge, NJ, with
their daughter, Katie, and their son,
Matthew.
lPaul
Molinari
received a
master's in
business
administration
from Northeastern University.
He
is a
partner
and \'ice president of
marketing
for Clinical Technology
Advisors
Inc.
in
Boston, Mass.
I
Jennifer
Moloy McGurk
is
a New
York State-licensed
real
estate sales-
person
with Prudential Appleseed
Really,
in
addition to running her
own title search company. She
has
two
sons, LJ and Timmy.
I
Stephen
Popper,
in partnership with Wil-
lis,
an international commercial
insurance
broker, began building
a corporate
retirement
consulting
practice in October 2005.
He
has
been
traveling
around New York
and New England meeting with
companies
Lo help
them design
employee benefit programs.
I
Daria Banas
Raehse
is a full-time
mother, staying home with
her two
daughters,
Breana
and Caitlyn, and
enjoying every moment.
I
Jennifer
Johannessen Van Keuren
received
her
master's
degree
in
info1rmation
science from SUNY Albany. She
currently works as a media special-
ist at East Shore Middle School
in
Milford,
Conn.lKevin
Weiigand
is
a health teacher
at Mariner
Middle
School in Cape Coval, Fla.
1
9 9 3
Russell Caputo
works
at
MTV
Networks as a
music and! media
licensing
coordinator
in
N,!w York
City.
He
also
is the
lead singer of
a
popular local band
called
the
Newborn
Kings. Russell
resides in
Rahway,
NJ
I
Lori
Ann
Christ-
man
received
the
Assistant County
Attorney's Award of
the Year
from
the nomination committee of the
Belknap County Commissioners
Office and the state of New
Hamp-
shire. She is a practicing assistant
county attorney
in
Belknap County,
N.H.
IKelly
Cammer Cleary
was
promoted to senior vice
president
of Healthy Directions I.LC
in
Potomac, Md. She
has
been there
for
more
than
nine
years.
II
Denis
Clifford
works as an associate
in Equity Derivatives at Bank of
America Securities. He a.nd
his
wife,
Debra,
have
three
children,
Dermot, Mary Grace, and Conor,
and
reside in
Millburn, N.J.
ITeresa
Sorrentino
Dezio
was nominated
for an Emmy Award forOutstanding
Service Show for
the
Manha Stewart
daytime
talk
show
Martha. As a
producer
for the "how-to" show,
she
is responsible
for
producing
celebrities, craft, gardening, and
food segments.
I
Harry
Di Adamo
was promoted to client executive
with Webster
Insurance
in
Meriden,
Conn.
I
Jennifer
Ubert
Eraca
teaches
third grade in Somers, N.Y.,
and
resides
in
Pleasant
Valley with
her husband, Greg,
and their three
children,Jake,Jillian,and
Mallory.I
Pedro L. Figueroa
is vice
president
at
E.D.
&:
F.
Man Sugar
Inc.,
one of
the world's
largest
agro-commod-
it y
trading
comglomerates. His
responsibilities cover internal ional
sugar trading in the Americas but
primarily in Puerto Rico under the
company's local subsidiary. He is
responsible for the entire import,
packing, and distribution operation
of sugar on the island, which gives
him
the
opportunity
to
interact with
people at
the
uppermost
levels
of
commerce and goYern ment there.
I
The Boys of B-4
Fifteen friends who lived in Townhouse B-4 at Marist back in the late 1980s are still
close friends. The
"Boys
of B-4" and their families got together ini July. Pictured are, left to right: standing:
Mike Nolan, Luke
Palermo,
Todd Jesaitis holding son Jack, John
!Polidoro
holding daughter Madison, Rick
Hankey holding daughter Mia, Joe O'Brien, Sean Noble, JR Morrissey, Grant Hettrick, Bob Palermo, Mike
Daly
holding
son Ben, John Miller, Chris Gagliano, Steve Harris holding daughter Bridget; seated, second
row: MacKenzie Harris, Emma
Hankey,
Kimberly Noble, Tess Gagliano, Connor Harris, Bella Gagliano
holding Violet Gagliano, Sam Miller, Jack Morrissey, Julia Palermo; seated, first row: Samantha Harris,
Ricky
Hankey,
Lily Gagliano,
Joie
Morrissey,
Jack
Miller, Dean Palermo, Nathaniel
Hettrick,
and Madeline
Hettrick.
MARRIAGES
Kerrie Mendez
to Joseph
DeAntonio,
Dec. 31, 2005
Shana Sandroff
to
George
Martinez,
Aug. 27, 2005
Julie Tesoro
to
Nathan
Shook,
Oct.
8,
2005
2003
Stacey Miller
to
Kenneth
Mulready,
April
2005
Carrie
Simko
to Adam
Frazita,
May
20, 2005
Michelle
Slesinski
to Aaron
Wolff,
Sept. 17, 2005
Amanda Swift
to Greg Mitchell,
Oct. 15, 2005
2004
Robin Burdick
to Timothy
Commerford,
March
19, 2005
Heather Connor
to Adam
Weidner,
July
3, 2004
Pia Rose De Nisco
to Jesse
Paul Kelly,
Oct. 1, 2005
Carrie
Dow
to Chris
Gebbie,
July
23, 2005
Nicole Foran
to
Ryan
Scanlon
'03,
April
16, 2005
Folami
Husamudeen
to
Keyon
Young,
Aug. 21, 2004
Shelby Outwater
to
Carmine
Curcio,
June
2005
Stephanie Pendulik
to
Charles
Edwards Jr.
'03,
March
26,
2006
Kylie Streck
to
Ralph
Bianco,
July
16,
2005
2005
Leslie Giffin
to
John
Egiziano
Jr.,
Sept. 25, 2004
FALL
2006
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
1966
Lois
and
Walter Behrman Jr.,
a grandson,
Michael
Vincent
Monaghan,
Sept.
25, 2005
Helen
and
Michael Ward,
a grandson,
Casey
Lewis
Ward,
Jan.
17, 2006
Mary Ann and
James 0. Wright,
a grand-
daughter,
Erin
Marie
Hunter,
March
27, 2006
1967
Robert Mathews,
a grandson,
Belen
Sanchez
Mathews,
Dec.
1,
2005
Palma
and
Dennis Mega,
a grandson,
Maddox
Natole
Mega,
April
15,
2005
1968
Marie and
Peter Passero,
a grandson,
Michael
Purring,
September
2005
1973
Eileen
and
Harold
Troutman Jr.,
a grand-
daughter,
Caroline
Elisabeth
Troutman,
Aug.
12,
2005
1974
Patricia
Luzon
and
Vincent Begley
'70,
a
granddaughter,
Jillian
Brianna
Devine
1982
Margie
and
Geoff Aldrich,
twin daughters,
Vivian
and
Olivia,
adopted
from China
1986
Heidi and
Peter
Colaizzo,
a son,
James,
Oct.
6,
2005
Eileen
and
Scott Dammers,
a
daughter,
Kaylee
Natalia,
adopted
from
Russia
Catherine
Gilio
and John
Rooney,
a son,
Liam
Patrick,
Aug.
23, 2005
Susan
Lecki
and Joseph
Gural,
a son,
Nicholas
Michael,
Dec.
21,
2004
Kimberly
and
Michael Murphy,
a son,
Shane,
May
29, 2000
1987
Marydale Dolezal
and Michael
Leonard,
a son, Thomas
Dale,
May
3, 2006
1988
Doreen
Heath
and
James
Clifford
Ill,
a
daughter,
Grace
Elizabeth,
May
31, 2005
Elizabeth Saunders
and
John
Dencker,
a daughter,
Jaclyn,
and a son, Christian,
March
17, 2005
36
MARIST
MAGAZINE
New Book
Features
Paul X. Rinn '68
PaulX.
Rinn
'68 is the central
figure in No Higher
Honor,
a
new
book released
by the
Naval
Institute Press.
The book chronicles
the operations of the USS
Samuel
B. Roberts,
a small warship, from its
inaugural
deploymentthrough
the day in April
1988
when, in the Persian
Gulf at the height
of the Iran-Iraq
War, it struck a naval mine.
The explosion
ripped open the engineroom,
ignited fires on four decks,
and plunged
the
ship into darkness.
With seawater rising
around
their boots,
the crew, under
Captain
Rinn's
leadership,
fought flames and
flooding
into the night.
The
ship's
tale of bravery
and cool competence
has become
part of Navy
lore.
The
book's author, Bradley
Peniston,
is managing
editor of Defense
News.
Paul is vice president
for management
consulting at international
consulting
firm Whitney Bradley
&
Brown in Vienna, Va. His daughter,
Kirstin Rinn LeTellier,
is a 1994 Marist graduate.
Stuart Gallagher
finished a deploy-
ment
in
Afghanistan commanding
a detachment and returned
to
Fort
Bragg, N.C., where hte commanded
a company with Special Operations.
He outprocessed the· Army in Octo-
ber2005and
issmingupa
financial
planning
practice.
I
Christine
Rowan-Hudson
has a
three-year-
old son, Rowan
Jameson
Hudson.
She
teaches
ESOL in Miami,
Fla.,
and received a master's
in
TESOL
from
Florida
International
Univer-
sity.
I
Maria Giovanna Licari
is
a
producerfortheABC News program
Good Morning
America.
lJeannine
Marron
ixdorf
is
a researcher at
the Violence and Injury Prevention
Program of Saint Fra1ncis
Hospital in
Connecticut. She is also a certified
child passenger safety technician.
Jeannineand her husband,
Thomas,
reside
in Cromwelll, Conn.
I
Rev.
Mary Mroczka
received her PhD in
ergonomics and cognith·e psychol-
ogy on Dec.
14,
2005, from North
Carolina State University.
I
Tom
Mulryan is
a sales executive for
SAXOTECH
Integrated
Mediaware.
IJulie
Dumont Rabinowitz
is
working part time at Northeast
Health Services, :an outpatient
mental health clinic. She has
two
children and resid,es
in
Walpole,
Mass.
I
Valerie Gajdzis
Reyher
and her husband, Mauhew, moved
to
Southbury, Conn., in August
2005.
I
Stephen
Romeo
was
selected to be a member of the
Ii
rst
U.S. National Ski Mountaineering
Team and
represented
the U.S. in
the World Ski Mountaineering
Championships in
Italy
this past
winter. Steve's
mountain adventures
have been
featured
in Couloir and
8acl1country magazines.
I
Marc
Spitzner
joined
the
Fidelity Man-
agementand
Research
Co. (Fidelity
l
nvestments)asa project consultant
in
November 2005.IJohn-Takashi
Suzuki
and his wife, Lisa, were
finalists in Great American Country
TV's Ultimate Country Wedding
Contest.
They
were one of four
couples drawn from thousands of
applications but did not win. They
moved
to John's
hometown of Forest
Hills, N.Y,
where Lisa works for the
New York City Fire Department
in
its Counseling Services Unit. John
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3399 North Rd., Poughkeepsie,
NY
12590-1387.
Feel free to include a
photo of youm•lf (of at least 300
dpi if emailing) and to have your
publisher emai/
1
us a pdf of the
book's cover.
Kim Knox Be1ckius
'90's fourth
book, Backroads
of New York, is
scheduled
for publication in spring
2007
by Voyageiur
Press.
Vincent Begley'70completed
his
sixth book, Flying
Lessons,
a histori-
cal novel
for young
people.
Scheduled
for publication by
TeachNology,
it
tells the story of the flight of the
Vin Fiz, piloted by Calbraith Perry
Rodgers
who, in 1911,
became
the
first aviator to fly across
the
United
States.
Vince
was recently
contracted
to write the history of a prominent
Orange
County,
N.Y.,
family.
JamesMagee'95'sbook,
ToServe
and Protect,
was released
by Keene
Publishers
in May
2006.
It concerns
a small-town
police chief caught
in
a political conspiracy.
James
invites
visitors to his Web site at www.
jkmagee.com.






























works as a sales
manager
for DIC
International in Teaneck, NJ.
1
9 9 4
Jeffrey Barker
is
an inspector for
the
U.S. Department of
Homeland
Security and
resides in
Lincoln,
R.I.
I
Elizabeth Bellis left
the
professional sports field, after seven
years of working with the New
Jersey
Nets,
to
pursue her interest
in
working with children. She
graduated
from
William Paterson
University with a
master's
in science
in communication disorders. She
is a speech therapist at the Lake
Drive School for Deaf and
Hard
of
Hearing
Children
in
Mountain
Lakes,
N.J.IJennifer
Caron Brady
took
a
new
job as traffic manager for
Summit Media
Radio, KJUL/KDOX.
I
Kathryn Link Jensen
works at
Albertus Magnus College for its
New
Dimensionsdegree
completion
program.
I
Thomas Kirwan
was
promoted
to
managing
direct0r
of
the
Pharmaceutical Healthcare
Division of
the
New York
Times
Media Group in
January
2006.
I
Kirsten Rinn LeTellier
works at
Whitney Bradley
&
Brown
Inc.,
a
contracting firm with the Depart-
ment of Defense, as
the
corporate
security
manager
with Homeland
Security.I
Elizabeth Keenan Mey-
ers
and
her husband,
Steve, bought
a
new home in May 2005
and reside
with
their two
sons, Nolan and
Sgt.
Joseph Malorgio
'96
(left) and
Patrick
Brennan '95 are good
friends
who both studied criminal justice at Mari st and went into
law
enforcement, Pat with
the U.S.
Marshals and Joe with the New
York State
Police.
Both went to New Orleans (above)
to
assist after
Hurricane
Katrina
devastated the
city.
Peter de Witt '00MA's
children's
book
Toaster
Pond
has been pub-
lished
by DNA Press. He invites
visitors to his Web site at www.
toasterpond.com.
Clay.
I
Matthew Muro
continues
to
promote
his
online da1ting Web
site, www.lifeknot.com, and is run-
ning his
first advertising campaign
on
the
Bost0n, Mass., s.ubway.
I
Michele Bafuma Puzzanchera
took a position as a market analyst
with Pressley
Ridge in
its new
Department of Customer Relations
in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
1
9 9 5
Tara
Dixon Brennan
teaches third
grade in
the Hauppauge
(N.Y.)
Margaret
"Meg"
Kearney
'86's
second book, a novel-in-verse for
teens, was published
in
December
2005 by Persea Books.
It's
titled
The
Secret
of Me.
She invites visitors to
her Web site at www.megkea rney.
com.
School
District.
Her
husband,
Colm Brennan, is a firefighter in
New York City. They
reside
in West
Islip, N.Y.,
with their son, Aidan.
I
Marla
Colletti-Huber
is pursuing a
registered nurse degree.
I
Matthew
Gillis
is married
LO
Sand
raj.
Varga
and is director of business and
fi na
nee
for Carver Public Schools
in
CarYer,
Mass.I
Matthew Lat
vis
was
appointed principal of Haviland
Middle School in Hyde Park, N.Y.
He and his wife, Karina, have two
chi
Id
ren. Dasha and Matt hew. They
built a house in
Red
Hook, N.Y.
I
Victoria
Perotti
was elected
town
councilwoman of Amenia, N.Y.,
for a four-year
term
that
began
in
January 2006.IRobin
Diller Torres
is di
rector
of first-year programs and
leadership
development at Marist.
She also is an adjunct lecturer
in
psychology at Marist. She
is licensed
by New York State as a mental
health
counselor.
]IBnUMsk
,..
1
9 9 6
Todd
Coulson
has worked at I laley
Productions
in Media, Pa., for five
years. He
invites
visitors to the
company's Web site at www.haley-
pro.com.
IKristin
Wengert
Daly
completed a master's in education
from Lesley University.lRaul
De La
Rosa
was promoted to
local
sales
manager of Univision 65 (WVUP-
TV) and
Telefutura
(WFPA-CA).
Univision Communications Inc.
is
the
premier Spanish-language
broadcast television net work in
the
United States.
I
Mary DeLara-
Gamory
teaches first grade for
NEW
ARRIVALS
Deborah
and
James Selby,
adopted
two
daughters,
Catherine
and Mary
Rebecca Vernon
and
Michael
Bellora,
a son, Dominick
Michael,
June
30, 2004
1989
Linda Min
near
and
Anthony Cozzi,
a son, Alexander
John,
Oct.
11,
2005
Karen O'Connor
and Sean Asay,
a daugh-
ter, Brenna
Lynne,
June
23,
2004
Linda
and
Michael Pelrine,
a son,
Ryan
Michael,
Nov.
25,
2005
Elisabeth
and
Matthew Whalen,
a daughter,
Reilly,
Jan.
3, 2005
1990
Maura
and
John Alexanian,
a son,
Peter,
Sept.
24, 2003
Tracy Aronson
and
Patrick
Gibbons,
a daughter,
Rebecca
Lili,
Oct.
2, 2005
Karen Daly
and Sergio
Amoedo,
a daughter,
Alexis
Dilyn,
Oct.
17, 2005
Darlene Eirish
and
Ken
Schofield,
a
son,
Jason
Mallhew,
Sept.
28, 2005
Jennifer O'Hearn
and Scoll
Winn,
a daughter,
Catherine,
June
2004
1991
Paula Amendola
and John
Sekinski,
a son, Jake Dillon,
Oct.
18,
2005
Aimee Asaro
and
Kenneth O'Connor
'93,
a daughter,
Leigha
Rose,
Aug.
26, 2005
Suzanne Jelinek
and
Jerry
Nies,
a daughter,
Ava
Anne,
Feb.
9, 2006
Voula Kakaletris
and
Lars
Hyman,
a daughter,
Kristina
Lucia,
Feb.
13,
2005
Deirdre O'Connell
and
Declan
O'Keeffe,
a daughter,
Orla Margaret,
July
9, 2005
Linda Tracy
and Scott Geiger,
a
daughter
Natalia
Lynn,
Nov.
22, 2000,
and
a son,
Liam
Patrick,
Oct. 7,
2005
Michelle Walsh
and
Steven
Conrad,
a son, Daniel,
November
2005
1992
Pamela Andrews
and
Sergio
DeNichilo,
a
daughter,
Lucia,
July
25, 2005
Patricia Coffey
and
Kenneth
Fischer,
a son, Brian
Nicholas,
Aug.
15, 2005
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Suzanne
Engles
and Tom
Dolan,
a
daughter,
Brenna
Patricia,
Aug. 25, 2005
Connie
and
Kevin Francis,
a daughter,
Gabriella
Mae, Dec.
14,
2006
Maura Leddy
and Derek
Bradley,
a son, Will
Harry,
March
22, 2005
Christine Martorana
and Peter
Mccann,
a daughter,
Amy Elizabeth,
July 21, 2005
Jennifer
Riat
and Stephen
Kerrigan,
a son, Jack
Michael,
Jan. 25, 2006
Hilary Simon
and
Jason
Britton,
a son,
Matthew
Steven,
June 10, 2005
Mary Sisson
and Jeffrey
Delmar,
a son,
Hunter
Benecke,
June
15, 2005
Denise
and
Matthew Thomson,
a daugh-
ter, Rebecca
Marie,
Oct. 6, 2005
Carrie
and
Gary Wilson,
a son,
Caeden
Gary,
July
9,
2005
1993
Elisa Cannizzo
and
Patrick
Kinsman,
a son,
Holden
Patrick,
May 9, 2005
Lisa Chmielewski
and David
Bell, twins, a
daughter,
Lauren
Olivia,
and a son, Andrew
Carey,
March 15, 2006
Debra
and
Dennis
Clifford,
a son,
Conor
Andrew,
Jan.
4,
2006
Meridith Daniel
and Thomas
Prowse,
twin
daughters,
Abigail
Rose
and Rebecca
Mary,
Oct.
26, 2005
Kelley
Day
and
Frank Macaluso,
a son,
Daniel
James,
Dec.
25, 2005
Kathleen Henn
and Greg
Reidy,
a
daughter,
Jamie
Kathleen,
Nov.
17,
2005
Virginia Kosuda
and Peter
Franco,
a son, Matthew
Peter,
Jan. 15, 2006
Susan Lewis
and
Stephen Domizio,
a
son, Timothy
Stephen,
Aug. 4,
2005
Jill and
Tom Mulryan,
a daughter,
Laura
Elizabeth,
Nov.
26, 2005
Jennifer O'Donovan
and
Keith
McDonnell,
a son, Owen
Michael,
March
14,
2005
Leanne
Rafferty
and
Trinidad
Gonzalez,
a son,
Nicolas,
April 11, 2005
Jennifer
Ubert
and Greg
Eraca,
a daughter,
Mallory,
Jan.
7, 2005
38
\1 AR I
ST
MAG AZ I
N E
the New York City Department of
Education in the Bronx, N.Y.
I
Beth
Dooley-Canfield
accepted a new
position as a school psychologist
in
the Brick Township (NJ.) public
school system. She services autistic
children in the
district.
I
Shannan
Fales
is
the owner of
Junction,
a
boutique
in Washington,
D.C.,
where she has
lived
for the past
nine years. Featured in
Lucl1y
magazine,
it
specializes in Yintage
clothing
for
men and women as
well as items by local independent
designers.
I
PasqU1ale
Ferrante
retired from Merrill Lynch. He
earned an MPA from Marist in May
2006.
I
Katherine Gallagher
and
Leonard
Stripeikis
have moved to
Allendale, N
.j.,
with 1.hei
rth ree sons.
IJennifer
Gomez
was promoted
to manager of document reposi-
tory at
the
business
intelligence
software company Information
Builders.
I
Dina
Wehren
Keleher
is
a school counselor at Timothy
Edwards Middle Sc:hool in South
Windsor, Conn.
I
Dennis
E.
Rau
Jr.
transferred
from
Atlanta, Ga., to
Latham, N.Y., where
he
is a deporta-
tion
officer and senior firearms
instructor for
U.S.
Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, the
primary investigative
arm of the
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
I
Sandra :Zeller Strebel
is president and founder of the
Boulder Valley Woman's Club, a
nonprofit
organiza1:ion dedicated
to women's and children's issues.
I
Kevin
Sullivan
was promoted to
production coordinator for ESPN in
New York City.
I
Brandon Tierney
is
co-host of
The Steven A.
Smith
Show,
which airs noon to 2 p.m.
weekdays, and host. of the Knicks
pre-/post- halftime show, both on
1050
ESPN
Radio. Brandon is also
part of
the
St. John's Uni\'ersity
basketball broadcast team and
is
an
ESPN and ESPN2 TV contributor.
1 9 9 7
Jennifer
Hoover
Bonnano
started
her own video production company,
Connect the Dots Productions
LLC,
in June 2005. She is a video
producer, director, and writer. Her
clients include
local
production
companies and Foxwoods Resort
Casino.
In
addit:ion, Jenny is
working as coordinating producer
for another production company,
SimonPure Produc1tions in Conn.,
on a documentary called
Working
the Land
which wa:; to premier
in
September 2006.
II
Amy
Hoey
is
Alumni attending a Metro New York chapter event at
Coppersmith's
in
New York City this spring
included
(left to right) Erin Burke
'03,
Sarah Beamish
'02,
Allison Kaiser
'03,
Kristina Haff
'03, and Jolene
Zupnik
'03.
Owned by Mari st
alumnus
Liam
Hayden
'99, Coppersmith's
(www.coppersmithsbar.com)
is on 9th Avenue
(at
53rd Street) in
Manhattan.
athletic director at the
Institute
of Notre Dame High School
in
Baltimore, Md., where she is also
head coach of varsity lacrosse,
crew, and cross country. She took
her
lacrosse team to England for
cross-continent matches where they
won six out of seven games. Amy
also plays lacrosse for the teams
Bacharach Rasin and Westside.
I
Kristen
Koehler
was named
executive director of development
at Caldwell College in Caldwell,
NJ.
I
Eric Mandeville
completed
his master's
in
educational
leader-
ship and principal licensure from
Adams State College in Alamosa,
Colo.
I
Alyson
Morilla
and
Scott
Graves
were
recently
married
and live in Brooklyn, N.Y. Alyson
works as a senior designer for Ann
Taylor
Loft and Scott is the Head
of A&R at V2/Virgin
Records.
I
icholas
Roseto
Jr.
'97MPA, the
disbursing officer for
the
Library of
Congress, was appointed to a
two-
yearterm asa citizen member of the
Calvert County (Md.) Employees'
Retirement Savings Plan board
of trustees.
I
Heather Haynes
Vocke
teaches sixth grade in West
Hartford, Conn.
1
9 9 8
Betsy
Liddycoat
Graham
was
promoted
to
assistant director of
public affairs for the New York
State
Thruway
Authority
in
Albany,
N.Y. She resides
in
Waterford,
N.Y., with her husband, Greg, and
their
son, Ryan.
I
Sandra
Hattar
bought a new house and teaches in
New York's Greece Central School
District.
I
Adrienne
Janetti
spent
four
months in
2005 working in
Afghanistan in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom as a Department
ofDefense civilian.I
Frank Maduri
embarked on a new career path as
a pharmaceutical sales
representa-
tive with Boehringer
lngelheim
Pharmaceuticals,
working as a
pan
of
a
sales team
in
Red Bank,
NJ.
I
Stephanie
Mercurio
moved
from NYC to Florida, where she
teaches at Montessori Tides School
and loves living on
the
beach.
I
Robin Peet
'05MBA, Christopher
Rawls,
and their daughter, Maya,
moved into a new house this past
spring.
lJennifer
Scheulen Moss
teaches
sixth grade and coaches
track
at Cavallini Middle School in
Upper Saddle
River,
NJ.
I
Bethann
Stanger Steiner
was promoted to
director of
legislative
affairs in the
Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs.
1 9 9 9
Russell
Boedeker,
CMA,
FFM,
was
named manager
of financial
report-
ing
and analysis at Corillan Corp.,
an Internet banking software
firm
in
Hillsboro, Ore. He also published
a paper,
"God,
Government and
Masonry" in
the
summer/fall 2005
issue
of
the
journal
The
Plumbline.
I
Rachel
Oswald Craparo
received
a master's in professional stud-
ies in
humanistic/multicultural
education from SUNY New
Paltz
in December 2005.
ISgt.
Kenneth
Gerrish
is deploying to Afghani-
stan for
the
third time.
I
Edward
Kenyon
graduated from the New
York Police Academy and
is
now a
police officer in the midtown South
'IJ:n•l'h·i'I::
The flag denotes classes that celebrated
reunions
in 2006







































PrecincL
in New York City. He also
ran his fourth NYC
marathon
this
past November
to
a personal best
of 3:28:41. This year, he hopes to
represent Lhe
New York City Police
Department in Lhe marathon.
I
Amanda
Liles
was named the 2005
4th Quarter Star Performer at KENS
5-TVin San Antonio, Texas. She isa
board member of the
local
chapter
of American Women
in
Radio and
Television.
2 0 0 0
Debra
Alfano
received
a
master's in
education from
Lehman
College
in
January
2006.
IJaneen
Van
Beese!
Allmendinger
received
a
masLer's
degree as a
reading
specialist from
Montclair State University in May
2005. She teaches second grade
at Mount Way School in Morris
Plains, NJ
I
Angelina
Rosabianca
Coughlin
is a special education
teacher in
Conn. Her husband,
Brian Coughlin '01,
is
a mortgage
originator with Franklin Mortgage
in
Cheshire, Conn.
I
Patrick
Damore
is a
top-Len
regional sales
associate for Raymour & Flanigan
in
Brookfield, Conn. He also has
an eBay business
under
the
user ID
PandJsoddities.
I
Anne
Schaudel
Gerosimo
is
pursuing
a bachelor's
in
nursing science, inspired by a
successful
battle
with cancer. She
was previously a marketing execu-
tive.lRaychel
Marcil Grestini
lives
in her hometown of Cohoes, N.Y.,
with her
husband,
Mike, and
their
firstchild,JuliaGrace.lJason
Harty
was
hired
in February 2006 as area
marketing
manager of the North-
easL for Glaceau Vitaminwater.
I
Amanda
Pike Killeen
isa
paralegal
at George,
DeGregorio,
Mai;simiano
& McCarthy
PC,
specializing in
residential and commercial
real
estate.
I
Aisha
Wright Kutter
and
James Kutter
'99 founded an
lT
consulting firm in 2004. They
invite
visitors
LO
Lhe
company's Website at
www.kuuergroup.com.
ll.orraine
Millen
cominues to work
for
IBM
as a global commodity manager
in
Tucson, Ariz. She resides, in Vail,
Ariz., with her husband, Garrell,
their
son, Hudson, anid their
daughter, Momana.
I
Chelsea
Ferrigno
Patriss
and
Joseph
Patriss
'99
bought
their fiirst home
in
Gardner, Mass.I
John
Ra1gozzine
is an advertising sales coo,rdinator
for
Brew
Your
Own
and
Wi111emaher
magazines in Manchester, Vt.
I
Christopher Shedd
was named
account executive at Canon Busi-
ness Solutions in New York Cily.
IJennifer
Simmons
became the
library
director
at
the
Pawling
Free Library in
February
2006.
I
Erin Smith is
a
design
preiducer at
the Grow NeLwork/McGraw-Hill
in New York City.
I
Leah Scalese
Thirty-three
Marist alumni
and
guests
gathered at the
Hilton Hawaiian
Village in Honolulu, Hawaii, this past winter for a reception. Allmost
all
are employed by the
Hawaii
Department of Education
(DOE),,
and
almost all graduated
from
Marist's Psychology-Childhood/Special
Education
program.
Since 199S, when Marist professor Jim Dodd
brought
recruiters from the Hawaii DOE to the campus, the number
of Marist graduates relocating to
this
tropical oasis has grown;
anywhere
from
five
to 20 Marist graduates sign on with the H,awaii
DOE
each year.
Travers
is
teaching
in
Aden, Yemen,
through an English
language
teaching fellowship
funded
by the
U. S. State Department.
I
Charles
Williams
'04MA has been
the
assistant
men's
and women's track
coach at Mari st fort he last six )'ears.
During
this time, his athletes have
set more
than
60 school records. In
addition, man)'
have
won MAAC
Championships
in their
respective
evems. He also teaches at
Roy
C.
Ketcham High School
in
Wapping-
ers Falls, NY
]PamiM■
,,.
2 0 0
1
Rebecca
Astin
isaspecial education
teacher
at the Foundation School
in Milford, Conn.
I
Laura Barnes
Bleakley
was recognized with a
distinguished sales award for
Lhree
consecutive quarters by
Lhe Island
Packet newspaper on Hihon Head
Island,
S.C., where she has worked
for more
than
two years as an out-
side sales representative. Laura was
also
named
Employee of
Lhe
Year
2005. She
has
lived on Hilton Head
for
three
years wiLh her husband,
Michael.
I
Megan
Bruno
received
a master's in education a
I
leadership
from New Jersey Cit)' University
in May 2005. She is teaching and
coaching cross countr)' and track
and field at Saym·ille War Memo-
rial
High School in Sayreville, N.J.
I
Michael Coviello
is pursuing a
master's in public history at SUNY
Albany and interned at the New York
State t-luseum during spring 2006.
I
Vanessa McKee
Donovan
teaches
fifth grade in Rocky Hill, Conn
I
Leah
Duggan
teaches seventh-and
eighth-grade Spanish at Parker
Middle School in Reading, Mass.
I
James Jnfranca
received a master's
in liberal arts studies and
teaches
at
Garden Cit)' High School in Long
Island, N.Y.
I
Michelle Migliazza
was promoted to proposal manager
at TQ3Na,·iga nt in Stam ford, Conn.
I
Marybeth Post
Rivera
and her
husband.
Cesar, celebrated five
years of marriage in June 2006.
She also celebrated five years of
teaching
in the Clayton County
Public School District in Riverdale,
Ga.
IJulie
Rubinstein
left
her job
at MSNBC for
the
opportunity to
work at the 2006 Winter Olym•
pics in Torino. She worked as an
ice hockey graphics production
assistant for the live games. She
writes
thaL
she someumes worked
three games a day and
thaL
iL was
NEW
ARRIVALS
1994
Lindsay
and
Jeffrey Barker,
twin daughters,
Ava
Grace
and Abigail
Samantha,
Nov.
4,
2005
Diann Caruso
and
Jeff
Nicholson,
twin
daughters,
Hailey
and Taylor,
Dec.
8,
2005
Susan
Fitzgerald
and Mark
Buffaline,
a daughter,
Meghan,
May
8,
2005
Ami
and
Michael
Gearing,
a
daughter,
Megan
Elizabeth,
Feb.
7,
2006
Beth Keenan
and
Stephen
Meyers,
a
son,
Clay
Everett,
April
27, 2006
Ann Kucipeck
and Bradley
Ricker,
a daughter,
Tess
Bradley,
May
25, 2005
AnneMarie
O'Connor
and
Paul Rudolph
'93,
a daughter,
Bridget
Ann,
Jan.
10,
2005
Eileen O'Reilly
and
Sean
McGinnis,
a
son, Matthew
Peter,
June
6,
2005
Catherine
and
Scott
Russell,
a
daughter,
Olivia
Marie,
Feb.
6, 2006
Deborah
Schnarr
and
Christopher
McKeough,
a daughter,
Molly
Ruth,
May
22, 2006
Sarah
and
Jeffrey Schanz '99M,
a daugh-
ter, Abigail
Sarah,
Nov.
13, 2005
Colleen Talbot
and
Scott
Jaques
'95,
a
son, Connor
Julien,
March
17,
2006
Stephanie
and
Jeremy
Thode,
a daughter,
Hannah
Deborah,
April
1, 2006
1995
Jessica Adelman
and Brian
Kogut,
twins,
a daughter,
Emily
Grace,
and a
son, Nicholas
James,
May
20, 2005
Amy Anderson
and Lucas
D'Amico,
a
son,
Lucas
Jordan,
Sept.
19, 2005
Pamela
Conlon
and
Joseph Saitta
'93,
a daughter,
Alycen
Mari,
Nov.
18, 2005
Melissa D'Angelo
and Mark
Galvin,
a daughter,
Lauren
Tara,
Feb.
21, 2005
Tara
Dixon
and
Colm
Brennan,
a son, Aidan,
Jan.
20, 2005
Sheryl
and
Edward
Gilhooly,
a
son,
Thomas
James,
May
24, 2005
Cathleen
Kosiewicz
and
Anthony
Morzello,
a
daughter,
Ashleigh
Elizabeth,
Dec.
6,
2005
Marissa
Love
and James
Parisi,
a
son,
Henry
James,
Jan.
23, 2006
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NEW
ARRIVALS
Kathleen
and
Sean Murphy,
a daughter
Shannon
Elizabeth,
Dec. 13, 2004
Kathleen Nealon
and Michael
Palmer,
a son,
Justin
Michael,
Nov.
2, 2005
Carol Paldino
and
Christopher
Guerrette,
a
son,
Gabriel,
Aug.
4,
2004
Sandy Palladino
and Thomas
Nafey,
twins,
a
son,
Liam,
and a daughter,
Kaleigh,
June
29,
2003
Julie Philippon
and
Neil
Pade,
a son,
Charles
Joseph,
Nov.
4, 2005
Alissa Renzulli
and
Steven Parrett
'94,
a son,
Steven
James
Jr.,
Aug. 11, 2004
Jaime Reyman
and Matthew
Krueger,
a
son, Adam
Michael,
March
4,
2006
Kimberly
and
Andrew Witkowski Jr.,
a
daughter,
Victoria
Rose,
May
1,
2001,
and
a daughter,
Erin
Marie,
Sept. 20, 2004
Theresa Zimba
and Harold
James
Flockhart,
a son, James
Valentine,
March
17, 2004,
and a son,
Ryan
Harrison,
May
6, 2005
1996
Alexis Bequary
and Todd
Bennet,
a son,.
Jackson
Ryan,
July
7,
2005
Robin Bradley
and
Christopher
Schubert
'97,
a
daughter,
Kristen
Annmarie,
July
14, 2005
Amy Chiappetta
and Dominic
Antonacci,
a son, Jonathan
Michael,
June
18, 2005
Lori Drugan
and Juan Valdez,
a daughter,
Thalia
Ashlyn,
Sept. 30,
2005
Christine Dube
and
Robert
Mathers,
a son, Melvin
Albert,
March
15,
2006
Gillian
and
Tom Farrell,
a daughter,
Caroline
Margaret,
August
2004
Katherine Gallagher
and
Leonard
Stripeikis,
a son, Shane,
Aug.
24, 2005
Christine Guerci
and
Zoran Milojevic,
a
daughter,
Isabella
Rose,
Feb. 10, 2006
Susan Gullotta
and
James
McCarthy,
a son,
William,
Sept.
7,
2005
Amy
and
Mark Jeary,
a son,
Moses
Charles,
Dec.
22, 2004
Meredith Kennedy
and
Bryan Andrews,
a son, Brennan
Richard,
March
4,
2005
Lynn Lessenger
and
Shannon
Alpert,
a
daughter,
Sarah
Elizabeth,
April
20, 2006
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Christina Schwab
is currently a
buyer for a retail chain craft store.
She
resides
in
Hackensack,
NJ
I
Jaime
Tomeo-Sumersille
received
a Folio Award
from
the
Fair
Media
Council in April 2006. The Folio
Awards honor excellence in
local
news coverage by recognizing well-
told stories that are relevant to
the
community.
I
Lisa
Tai
bought her
first apartment in August 2005. She
works for Gucci.
I
Kyle
Wood
is
in
his second year at Brewster
High
School as
a
social mudies teacher.
He is
also pursuing
a master's in
instructional technology
at Western
Connecticut State University.
2 0 0 2
Benjamin Brenkert.,
a Jesuit novice
from the New York Pro\'ince of
the
Society of
Jesus,
worked in New
Orleans from mid-February
to
early April helping,
to
gut
homes
devastated by hurricanes Katrina
and
Rita.
He and
t-.vo
other
Jesuit
novices worked with the Arch-
diocese
of New Orleans
through
a
Catholic Charities 1program
called
Operation
Helping Hands.
As site
supervisors,
they
completed
23
homes
with additional volunteers
from across
the
United States.
I
Jamie
Calandra is.
the
Fine
Arts
Department
chairperson at Bishop
McGann-Mercy
High
School in
Riverhead, NY. She has
taught
music,
public
speaking, and film
study for
three
years.
I
David
Chong
was sworn
in
as Mount
Vernon's police commissioner on
May 26,
2006,
and is
believed to
be the
first Asian-American
to
lead
a large metropolitan pol
ice
department in the United States.
He has earned more than 100
awards
and medali;
from the New
York City Police Department and
served as
deputy
commissioner of
public
safety for the city of White
Plains
until
his retirement from
that position
in
F,ebruary.
I
Eric
Deabill
continues
to
work as a
producer/reporter for WYOU-TV
in
Scranton,
Pa.I
Pat O,riscoll
finished
222nd
overall out or 37,000 starters
and 53rd in his age group with a
time of 2:47:48
in
the New York
City Marathon in No\'ember. Pat
was pan of several! record-setting
Marist track and cross country
teams during
his time at Marist.
I
Matthew
Hall
is in
his
first year of
medical school at New York College
of Osteopathic Medicine.
lJustin
McNally
works full
time
as a con-
Mark Duffy '04
struction assistant for
Habitat for
Humanity in
Winston-Salem,
N.C.
I
Laurie
ash
is pursuing a PhD
in clinical
psychology at Ferkauf
Graduate School of Psychology
in
the
Albert Einstein College of
MedicineofYeshi\'a
University. She
works at the Nathan Kline
Institute
in Orangeburg, N.Y.
IEdward
Nini
is a market de\'elopment
manager
for Treadways Corp. in East Nor-
riton,
Pa.
I
Susan Safer
teaches
kindergarten in
New
York
City and
is
attending
Brooklyn
College
for
a
master's in
education, specializing
in
elementary
mathematics.
IJen-
nifer
Simon
graduated from Saint
Rose
with an MS in education
in
December 2005. She has worked
in
downtown Albany as a substance
abuse counselor since November
2005.
IJennifer
Stewart
founded
the New
England
College of Optom-
etry Vision Club and was part of
a
medical team
who did visual
evaluations on
the
N.Y.
Knicks
in
September 2005.
2 0 0 3
Tiernan
Applegate received
a
master's in political science with
a concentration
in
political
theory
from Fordham University in !\fay.
She is working
for
a
nonprofit
hospice in grants and community
education.
I
Laura
Connolly is
pursuing
an
MBA through
Marist's
online
program.
I
Andrew Cox
is
The environmental organization Scenic Hudson (www.scenichudson.
org) honored
Janielle
Mahan
'04
(center),
Alex Bea
'04
(left),
and Kate
Daymon '04
as
"Hudson Valley Heroes" for their documentary
Ta~ing
Back the Hudson.
The film, which promotes a cleanup of Hudson River
PCBs, was
shown
at Upstate
Films
in Rhinebeck and at Marist _this
spring. Hudson Valley Heroes are Scenic Huds~n members re~ogmzed
for inspiring others to help create a beautiful Hudson R1ve_r
_and
environmentally and economically vibrant riverfront communities.
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with a focus on gender issues.
2 0 0 4
Pedro
L.
Figueroa
'93 (left)
with the
governor
of
Puerto
Rico, the
Hon. Anibal Acevedo Vila.
Kathryn
Altenburg
has been a
human
resources representati\·e
at Wegmans Food Markets
in
Manalapan, NJ, for two years.
Wegmans is No. 2 on Fortune's
2006
"100 Best Companies to
Work For" list.
I
Dave
Arthurs
is
a
production technician in
Cablevision's Local Programming
Department.
I
Pamela Bellemare
received
a
master's
in organizational
and corporate communication
from
Emerson College
in 2005.1
Kylie
Streck
Bianco
is
an associate
technical designer for Cah·in
Klein
Underwear in New York City.
I
Mary Brosius
is
still director of
planningfortheTownofRidgefield
(Conn.).
I
Faith
Carlson partici-
pated in the Florence,
Italy,
study
abroad
program
in
the fall 2002
semester while she was a student
at
Marist. She went
back in
2004
with other
Marist
alumni and
plans
anothertrip in upcoming
months.
I
Michael
Constantine
isan analyst
in human
resources
at Compensa-
pursuing a master's in cell/devel-
opmental biology at Villanova Uni-
versity.
I
Erica Deninger
received
a master's from Mercy College. She
is
in her
fourth year or teaching at
Arlington
High
School in
LaGrang-
eville, N.Y., where she has received
tenure.
lArika
Garcia
is pursuing
a
master's
in
pharmaceutical sciences
concentrating in forensic DNA and
serology through
the University
of
Florida'sonline
program.
lTimothy
Hardiman
works as a deputy
inspector with the New York City
Police Department. He resides in
Massapequa,
N.Y.,
with
his·
wife,
Kathleen, and
their three
daughters,
Elizabeth, Clare, and Catherine.
I
Lauren
Illuzzi
is
in
her
final year
at Quinnipiac University School
of law.
I
Brian
Kelly
received
a
master's
in
history from
Indiana
University of Pennsylvania in
May
2005. He
is
working
in
the
Hudson
Valley
for
Ben Shuldiner's
congressional campaign.
lJeffrey
Kuznekoff
received
a
master's
in
communication from
Illinois
State
University
in
May 2005. He
is
a
research
associate at
the
School
of Visual Ans
in
New
York City.
I
John Letteney
'03MPA
credits his
master's
from Marist with helping
him attain a new position
with
the
Town of Southern
Pines, N.C.,
as chief of police.
I
Stacey
Miller
Mulready
married and
became
an
associate a
na
I
yst for AC Nie
]sen
in Wilton, Conn.I
Katherine
Nee
is
pursuing a master's at
Hofstra
University in
ESL
teaching. She
works at the Greek American
Institute
in
Bronx,
N.Y.
I
Vito
Pagano
is ranked No. 5 in
the
Northeast with
the
Bank
of America.
He
works
in
Merchant Services as
executive officer.
lAnna-Ka
therine
Schmalz
is pursuing
two master's
degrees at
the
Monterey Institute
of International Studies. She is
studying to be a
teacher
of English
to
speakers of other
langua.ges
and
studying
international
development
Rachael
F_antauzzi
'05
spent the past year in South Korea
fulfilling
her
Fulbright grant.
In
lthe fall of 2005, she
lived
in
Oaejeon
with
a ~ost family and taught conversational
English
at Gwanjeo
Middle School.
She then lived in
Yeosu
with another host family
and taught
English
at
.linnam
Girls
Middle
School. At the
same
time
she volunteered
at Samhaewon
Orphanage
and
helped
set
up a
fund-raising
netw,ork
in America for the
orphanage.
During
her
year abroad,
she also
traveled
to Japan
and
Hong
Kong,
and
across
South
Korea.
She
learned
to play the gayagum,
a
traditional
Korean
folk
instrument,.
studied Korean,
took
sewing
and cooking
lessons,
and
participated regularly in Korean
yoga and hip-hop
dance
classes.
Above,
Rachael
(back
row,
center) and some of her
students
at Jinnam
Girls
Middle School
give a sign
that
in
Korea
stands for
kimchi, the
s.picy,
hot
pickled
radish that
is a staple in
the Korean diet.
NEW
ARRIVALS
Courtney
Loeser
and
Joseph
Zarzycki,
a daughter,
Sarah
Elizabeth,
March
9, 2005
Jeanne-Marie
Mendler
and
Eugene
Pavlik,
a son, Evan
James,
Jan.
21, 2005
Katy
and
Bob Moyer,
a son,
Mason
Joseph,
May 25, 2005
Meghan O'Neill
and Andrew
Currier,
a daughter,
Catrina
Avery,
May 11, 2005
Cylinda Rickert
and Matthew
Areno,
a
son, Frederick
Matthew,
Sept.
25, 2005
Jennifer Trainor
and
Bradley Auleta,
a son,
Jack
Patrick.
June
12, 2005
Dina
Wehren
and Edward
Keleher,
a
son.
James
Edward,
March
2, 2006
Kristen Wengert
and
Terence
Daly,
a son,
Fineus
Brendan,
Jan. 1, 2006
1997
Karen
and
Joseph Callahan,
a
son,
Ezekiel
Jerome
Kathleen
Conway
and
Nathan
Hoak,
a son, John
Patrick,
Oct.
15,
2004
Bree
and
Michael
Corbett,
twins.
a
son,
Gavin,
and a
daughter,
Lorelai,
July
11,
2005
Michele
Cosentino
and Gino
Labruzzo.
a
daughter,
Nicoletta
Mia, Oct. 27,
2005
Deborah Debertolis
and
Bradley
Johnson,
a daughter,
Lillian
Sophia,
Dec.
20,
2005
Bernadette
Goebel
and
Marcel
Cekuta,
a
son. Ethan
Kristopher,
June
16, 2005
Karisa
Jankowski
and Greg
Ancona,
a son, Gregory
Michael
Ancona
Jr.,
March
31, 2006
Tracey
Kupp
and Eric
Chasse,
a daughter,
Kira Lynn,
Feb.
8, 2006
Gina Mclaughlin
and Allen
Grant,
a son, Kyle
Mickey,
May 19, 2005
Jennifer Palmatier
and Matthew
Harrington,
a daughter,
Makenzie
Grace.
March
17, 2005
Jo-Ann Piezzo
and J.
Patrick
Holmes,
a son, Jack
Thomas,
May 2, 2005
Kristin Richard
and
Fred
Aguilera,
a son,
Daniel
Alexander
Josue,
Oct.
14,
2004
Stephanie Rizzuti
and
Scott Dunn,
a daughter,
Ava, Jan.
30,
2006
Tara Sullivan
and Patrick
Fitzpatrick,
a daughter,
Meghan
Catherine,
Nov. 22, 2005
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NEW
ARRIVALS
Denise Tomassetti
and
John Lasker,
a
daughter,
Emma
Nicole,
July
5, 2005
Tracy
and
Adam Towne,
a
daughter,
Rebecca
Grace,
July
25, 2005
Kelly Walsh
and
John Day
'96,
a son,
Ryan
John,
July
25, 2005
Becci
and
Chris Webb
'97,
a
daughter,
Acadia
Elizabeth,
April
13, 2006
1998
JoAnne Adamo
and
Jonathan Gorham,
a daughter,
Emma
Grace,
March
26,
2005
Amie
and
Michael Blanchette,
twins,
a
son Noah
Michael,
and a daughter,
Grace
Elizabeth,
Aug. 17, 2005
Lisa Casavant
and
David Hartman,
a daughter,
Kaitlyn
Ann, April
26, 2005
Denise D'Angelo
and
David
Alterio,
a son, Griffin
Anthony,
Oct. 29,
2005
Danielle
and
Daniel Henn,
a
daughter,
Grace
Eileen,
March
18,
2006
Katherine Jowdy
and
Angelo
Rushforth,
a son, Owen
Matthew,
Nov.
5, 2005
Heather
and
Jeffrey Keene,
a daughter,
Victoria
Hazel,
Feb. 12, 2005
Betsy Lidycoat
and
Greg
Graham,
a son,
Ryan,
Feb.
13,
2005
Robin Peet 'OSMBA
and
Christopher
Rawls '97,
a daughter,
Maya
Barbara,
April
1, 2006
Mimma Tripodi
and
Scott
Bartholdi,
a daughter,
G.iuliana,
July
14,
2005
Christine Winter
and
Brian Silver,
a
daughter,
Grace
Elizabeth,
April
1, 2006
1999
Ellen
and
Shaughn Duffy,
a daughter,
Raina
Elise,
March
17,
2006
Corry Durdovic
and
James Devin,
a
son,
Ryan
James,
Jan.
6,
2006
Kimberly Miller
and
Richard Melinsky,
a daughter,
Sarah
Ashley,
March
2005
Lee Ann Rusk
and
Ryan Whitehead,
a daughter,
Hailey
Olivia,
May
24, 2005
Camelia Sturza
and Shane
Colgan,
a
daughter,
Karina
James,
Jan.11,
2004, and a
son,
Layne
Florin,
May
15, 2005
Lindsay White
and Matthew
St. Lucia,
a
son, Colin
James,
Feb. 10,
2006
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Mark Duffy
was
appointed
account coordinator
at
the marketing
communications
firmMediaLogicinAlbany,N.Y.
He
ispursuingan MBAattheCollegeof
Saint
Rose.
lAaron
·Frecheue was
named Sunday editor of
Tire Call
in
Woonsocket, R.l.
He
was
promoted
fromeditorofTheCove11tryCourier,
a
weekly
newspaper
in Coventry,
R.l.
Aaron was
al.so
previously
an editor for
Taconic Press in
Millbrook, N.Y.
I
Shannon Keller
recently
became
a real
estate agent
and is interested
in helping
Marist
alumni
find
a
new
home in New
York City. For information, email
Shannon at shannon.keller@kur-
landrealty.com.
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R:ajiv Khurana
'04MBA recently retired from the
New York City Police
Department
at the rank of captain after
more
than
20 years of service.
I
Bridget
Maroney
was promoted to
head
of
U.S. event sales for Institutional
Investor
PLC and
its
subsidiary,
Information Man,agement
Net-
work,
in
New York City.
I
Shelby
Outwater-Curcio
is
a
personnel
assistant for
the
Wappingers (N.Y.)
Central School District. She resides
in
Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., with
her
husband, Carmine, amd son.Jordan.
I
Christin
Palombo
is pursuing
a
PhD in
chemistry at Penn State
University. She was a
nominee
for
the John
Lowe Teaching Assistant
Award
for
excellence as
a
teaching
assistant in chemistry. She was one
of the
2005
winner:s of the
Dan H.
Waugh
Memorial
Teaching Award,
given
to
graduate students in
the
Chemistry Depanimenl
at Penn
State. She
received 1.he
award after
teaching General Chemistry
I
and
II as well as Gene-ral Chemistry
Lab I
and ll. She also won first
place in
the Multi-Scale
Modeling
and Computing
Division
at
Penn
State's Second Annual Computation
Day for
her work "Fundamentals
of
Ejection Mechanisms
in Atmo-
spheric Mass Spectrometry."
In
her
free time, she
runs
a Mary
Kay
Cosmetics business .. She began as
an independent bea1uty
consultant
on May4,2004,and earned her
first
promotion to senior consultant on
May
11,
2006.1
After graduating
from Marist,
John Powers
spent
the next two years in
Bristol,
Conn.,
working as a graphics operator for
ESPN.
Responsibilities
included
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and serves the graphics depart-
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is pursuing a master's in education
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icole
Foran
Scanlon
and
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Scanlon
'03 reside in
Middletown, Conn.
Ryan
works at Twin Oaks Software
in Berlin, Conn., and Nicole works
at Safeco
lnsurance
in New Britain,
Conn.
I
Lauren
Selke has
been
working as
a merchandise
coordi-
nator for
the Danbury
Christmas
Tree
Shops for
two
years.
I
Patricia
Tarantello,
a second-year graduate
student at Fordham University,
presented
a
paperon Edith
Wharton
at the
lnternational
Association for
the Fantastic in
the
Ans Conference
in Florida in
March2006.1Rebecca
Truax is
pursuing a master's in
education at SUNY Albany.
2 0 0 5
Julie Barnofski
was accepted to
pursuing
a
master's
in social
work
at Columbia University.
I
Lindsay
Colford
is now an administrative
assistant
at the Coors
Brewing
Co.
in
Edison,
NJ She had
been temp-
ing
there
since November
2005.
I
Ricky
Cusano
works in the
Marist
Athletics
Department and is
also an
assistamcoach fonhe Marist men's
soccerteam.
He is
pursuingan MBA
at Marist.
I
April
Davis
'95MPA
was
to
leave the U.S. Army inJune
2006 and
move back
to the United
States after
five
years of living
overseas
in
Germany and Belgium.
I
Christina
Dias
is the administra-
tive
coordinator
for the Harvard
Foundation at
Harvard
University.
She
is
pursuing a master's with
a
concentration
in
government at
Harvard.
I
Stephen
Dietrich
has
worked
in
Geico's Claims
Depart-
ment
since
July
2005, following a
two-week
journey
to
South Africa
with
the
Marist Abroad Program
after graduation.I
Jessica
Donnelly
isan account executive at
Kwitt ken
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for Life
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address and
having
to notify
your
friends
and family of the
change? Now you
have
an
address that is available to
you for life.
All Marist College alumni are
eligible for free alumni accounts
that give them access to:
■
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■
FoxWeb
■
Alumni Career Network
■
Kaplan
Test Prep
and
Admissions discount
■
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Cannavino Library and
Donnelly computer
lab
To request your
free
Marist
Email
for Life account, go to:
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Master of Fine
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University of North
www.marist.edu/alumni/email4life
Texas. She begins coursework
in
photography
in fall 2006.
I
Mau
Bender
and
Torey Pirolo
'05
won
the
2005 World "Class
B"
Cham-
pionship
in
12.3 Balkline Billiards,
defeating
Taylor
Twist
'05
and
Pat-
rick Huban
'06.IJenniferCapasso
works for HSBC Bank
in
New
York
City.
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Diana
Clark has
been


























IN
MEMORIAM
Alumni
Bro.
Joseph
Anthony
DiBenedetto,
FMS,
'63
Theodore
D. Salomone
'64
Thomas
E. McDonald
Jr. '67
Chester
J. Grohowski
'69
Sr. Theresa
Paul Bailey,
OSB
'71
Frances
M. Griffin
'72
John
E. "Jack"
Shay
'72
June
Diamond
'74
Eileen
Hallenback
Mccue
'85
Henry
R.
Boice
'92M
Albertis
Moore
Whitaker
Jr. '68
Patricia
Wood '04MPA
Friends
Bill
Beutel
Mary
A. Cush
Helen
Ormsby
William
Pulver
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Mary
Louise
Bopp
Tina
Gioielli
Saul Daniel
Kassow,
Esq.
Dr.
Andrew
Molloy
'51
Wesley
G. Nilson
Carmine
Porcelli
Rev.
Leonard
A. Rust
Jeremiah
A. Sculco
Former Trustees
Donald
P. Love
Floyd
Patterson
Students
Sherwood
Thomas
'08
&:
Co.
LLC
in New York City. She
earned a master's
in
organizational
communication
and
leadership
at
Marist
in
May 2006.
I
Mat1hew
Dunning
joined the
Mariner staff
asareportercoveringHanoverand
Norwell, Mass.I
Suzanne
Havelka
teaches seventh-grade Spanish in
the Pawling (N.Y.) Central School
District and
is pursuing
a master's
in ESL. She
traveled
to Germany
Don't Miss the Fun
Visit the alumni Web site at
www.marist.edu to find out
·
when and where chapter
events
will take place.
during summer 2006.
I
Nick
Kesicke
works at a
hedg,e
fund
in
Greenwich, Conn.
IA
my McHugh
is pursuing
a Master or Arts
in
international communications at
Macquarie University in Sydney,
Australia.lKevin
McLean
accepted
a
position at
Citigroup's Corporate
and Investment Bank in commodity
derivatives.ljohn
O'Fallon
lives in
Fairfield, Conn., where
he
works for
the
Somerset Group, a small
firm
1ha1
specializes
in
the placement
of executives
in
the
field
of
market
research.
I
Everett
Reiss
works for
Applied Systems Technolo,gy,
where
she creates software manuals. She
invites visitors to the company's
Web site at
www.as1us;a.com.
I
Heather
Ripp
coaches
lacrosse
at
the Casterton School, a boarding
school
in
Lancashire, England. She
also
teaches
physical education
part
time.
I
Christina
Rotondi
moved
from Albany, N.Y.,
to Denver, Colo.,
to see what it wou Id be
Ii
ke to
live
in a different part of the country.
She
is
a marketing coordinator
for Nelnet, the same company for
which she interned in sum mer 2003
in Portland, Maine. She writes
that
she
loves
the Colorado
Ii
festyle thus
far.
I
Christine See
was promoted
10
manager
in Account Services at
Sprint Nextel in
January
2006.
I
Jacqueline
Stasiuk
teaches sixth-
grade English
in
Chatham, NJ
I
Carissa Swanson
is
attending
the
Southern California College
of Optometry.
I
Scott Sullivan
purchased a new house.
2 0 0 6
Ben
Castor
was selected
in the
Major Indoor Soccer League college
draft by
the
Philadelphia
Kixx.
I
Kara
Langan
'06BA/MA
writes
that
her
younger sister, Kristen, will
carry on the
family tradition
and
attend Marist, becoming a member
of the Class of
2010.1
Kellie
L.
Cunningham (left) and
Louis
Paul Ortiz
Ill received
the
Marist College Alumni
Association's
2006 Alumni Leadership
Award at the College'i,
baccalaureate
ceremony in May. Each year
the association
recog1nizes
two seniors for outstanding leader-
ship and contributions to the campus community. Recipients are
nominated and electEid by alumni employed at Marist.
~
.....:S-..__/
i2)
NEW
ARRIVALS
Audrey White
and Michael
Wood,
a daughter,
Emilie
Grace,
Aug. 21, 2005
2000
Debra Alfano
and Derrek
Turner,
a daugh-
ter,
Seneca
Patricia,
Aug. 30, 2005
Alicia Gabriel
and
Daniel Rice,
a son,
Gabriel
Adam,
March
30, 2006
Manjari Gangwar
and
Koustubh
Warty,
a
daughter,
Niharika,
July
10,
2005
Christine Garvin
and Anthony
Diambrosio,
twin
sons, Christopher
Hughes
and Harrison
Allan,
Nov.
18,
2005
Raychel
Grestini
and Michael
Marcil,
a daughter,
Julia
Grace,
Nov.
13, 2005
Lorraine Millen
and Garret
Millen,
a son,
Hudson
Joseph,
March
20, 2005
Megan Moore
and
Daniel Boyd,
a
daughter,
Madison
Elizabeth,
Jan. 28,
2005
Sara Pitz
and
Kaare Numme,
a daugh-
ter, Emma
Mae,
Dec.
24, 2005
Melissa Ranslow
and
Jason
Beland,
a
daughter,
Elizabeth
Nicole,
May
31, 2005
Stacy
Scott
and James
Cason,
a son,
Khristian,
July
8, 2005
Helen
Stahlin
and
Graig Corveleyn '01,
a son, Jonah
Francois,
April
2 5, 2006
Aisha Wright
and
James
Kutter
'99,
a son, Harrison,
Aug. 27,
2005
Katherine Wright
and
James Hunter,
a daughter,
Erin
Marie,
March
27, 2006
2001
Stefanie Cutler
and
Paul
Hession,
a son,
Patrick
Joseph,
July
24, 2005
Megan
and
Brendan Licata,
a
daughter,
Brigid
Katherine,
Oct. 18, 2005
Jennifer Sperry
and Oscar
Santiago,
a daughter,
Lourdes
Joli, Jan.
23, 2005
Jennifer
and
Daniel Yannantuono,
a daughter,
Gianna
Maria,
Oct. 9, 2005
2004
Folami Husamudeen
and
Keyon
Young,
a son, Aamir,
Nov.
1, 2005
200S
Jennifer
and
Harold Stone Jr.,
a son,
Gavin,
April
14, 2005
Lesley Jaycox,
a daughter,
Karadyn
Alexis,
April
3,
2004
FALL
2006
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111
2002 a group of Marist
students
received the Stepl,en
A
Smith Award
for
the
Top Student
Group Paper
in tl1e Nation
for the
second
straight
year from
the
Lambda
Pi
Eta
division
of
the
National
Communication
Association.
Below,
the
winning
students (left to
rig/1t),Jeffrey
Kuznelwff'0J, Margaret
Quinlan
'OJ,
Sean Condon
'02,
and
Kristin
Frye
'02,
display
the
award,
accompanied by Dr. Daniel
Cochece
Davis
(far
left), assistant professor
in
communication.
Two
of the students,Jeff rey Kuz.11ehoff
and
Kristin
Frye, were
also authors
of
the
paper
that
received the same award
in
2001.
Learning
Through
Undergraduate
Research
continued from
page
19
In
addition to venues off-campus, MarisL
provides an opportunity fora II undergraduates
LO
showcase their intellectual achievements on
campus. The Celebration of Undergraduate
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
(CURSCA) began in spring 2002 with 19 pre-
sentations. After a one-year hiatus, CURSCA
returned in 2004, and for each of the past
three years
it
has featured about 40 presenta-
tions. Held in the Student Center during
the
Wednesday student activity period when no
classes are scheduled, the site and the time
combine to provide substantial exposure for
these young researchers LO their peers and
to faculty members. CURSCA 2006 was the
first year in which student presenters from
all six of MarisL's
undergraduate schools par-
ticipated,
and the CURSCA commiuee, with
representation from all six schools, continues
to
look
for ways to make the event
larger
and
more inclusive.
Involvement
inmeaningfuland productive
undergraduate research takes a lot of time, for
both the student and the faculty mentor, but al-
most
any student who has the right
motivation
and curiosity should be able to
fit
research into
his or her schedule.
Take,
for example, biology
major
Steve Hicks
'05.
Steve transferred
LO
Marist after
his
sophomore year al another
institution where he had not majored in biology.
His goal was
LO
complete a biology major and
all the prerequisites for medical school in two
years.
He
also was a memberofMarist'svarsity
cross-country team. He found the time to work
with Dr. Zofia Gagnon on a variety of research
projects that culminated in a summer 2005
trip
to
Vienna, Austria, where he presented his
work on heavy metal tolerance
in
Sphagnum
mosse·s as well as an article published in the
Journell
of Environmental Science and
Health
with Dr. Gagnon and medical laboratory sci-
44
MARlST
MAGAZINE
ences professor Catherine Newkirk.
Similarly,
chemistry major
Alyson Fiorillo
'04capt.ained
the women's water polo team, co-
authored an article in the
Journal
of
Physical
Chemistry with chemistry faculty member
Dr. John Galbraith, conducted biochemistry
research with Dr. Woolridge, and was invited
by the Merck Corp. to present her findings at
the annual meeting of American Association
for the Advancement of Science in Seattle-all
during her senior year.
The:ir undergraduate
research
experiences,
and th,e fact that they both published their
original intellectual contribution, helped
them gain admission to prestigious doctoral
programs. Steve is beginning a joint MD-PhD
program at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in
Syracuse this fall, and Alyson has completed
the second year of a PhD program
in
bio-
chemistry at Northwestern University School
of Medicine.
The
involvement
of science undergraduates
in research has grown steadily since
1998,
when very few students presented at confer-
ences. Each of the past four years has seen at
least 20 presentations by science students at
Ho1w
is Undergraduate
Re!iearch Supported
at f~arist?
Internal:
•
Faculty research
and development
grants
•
Fiillowship
grants
for
undergraduate research
•
School
and departmental funds
for
student
stipends,
supplies, and travel
Exturnal:
•
Grants and contracts
to individual
faculty members (e.g.,
NASA,
NSF,
NIH,
Research
Corp.,
Merck)
•
Grants to individual
students
(Ei.g.,
Polgar
Fellowships
from
the
Hudson
River
Foundation)
external Yenues, and other schools al Marist
have shown similar
increases.
Marist's School
of Science was
recognized
in2003 with a three-
year, $60,000 grant from the Merck/AAAS
Undergraduate Science Research Program
that funded interdisciplinary student-faculty
research for three summers on the topic
"Bio-
logical and Chemical
Interactions
of Cadmium
in the Hudson River." This fall,
the
School of
Science
issubmittingagrant
proposal
to
obtain
a second Merck award that would provide
opportunities for students
to
conduct similar
research over a
three-year
period starting in
summer 2007.
In
addition
to
programmatic awards such
as the Merck grant,
individual
science faculty
members at Marist have obtained competitive
grants
LO
support undergraduate
research
at MarisL from NASA,
the
National Science
Foundation (NSF), and the Research Corp.
And psychology faculty member Dr. Dingman
has won grants from the National Institutes of
Health to support her neuroscience research
and that of her students.
Even with outside support from grants,
not all Marist undergraduates who wish to
do research can be accommodated on campus
due to stretched resources, a constraint faced
by many small colleges. The NSF and other
public and private sources off
uncling therefore
provide competitive grants that enable
larger
institutions
LO
invite students (and occasion-
ally faculLy)
from smaller colleges to conduct
research during the summers. During sum-
mer 2006, for example, biochemistry
major
Lauren Jackson
'08
conducted environ-
mental chemistry research al the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center in Maryland,
and chemistry major
Jeremy Madden '07
was selected for an NSF-funded project at the
Universit
yofHawaii. Mariststudents have been
members of research teams at Princeton, UCLA,
University of Washington-Seattle, Penn State,
and Georgia Tech, Lo name just a few.
Faculty mentors across the entire campus
play a critical role in guiding the work of these
young scholars, whether they
present
on-cam-
pus, off-campus, or not at all.
These
faculty
members are extending their teaching beyond
the
classroom
LO
Lhe
laboratory, the
library,
the
enYironment, the real world, and
the
studio.
Faculty and administrative commitment
to
undergraduate research not only reflects rec-
ognition of iLs value for students, faculty, and
the institution, but also is consistent with the
College's mission to
"help
develop
the
intellect
and character required for enlightened, ethical,
and productive lives in the global community
of the 21st century."
Michelle Wojtaszek says she found
her
un-
dergraduate research experience indispensable.
"There
is
no substitute for working closely with
a mentor on real-world projects."
■
Dr.
Michael
Tannenbaum
is dean
of the School
of ScienceatMarist
and during2005-06 served
as president
of
the
Council
011
Undergraduate
Research, a national
organization
dedicated to
supporting
and promoting high-quality under-
graduate student-f
acuity
collaborative
research
and scholarship.





































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