"Marist is the most tight-knit community I've
ever been a part of-it's a family. The passion
that exists here
is
truly one of a kind.
I
wake
up so excited every day to live and learn on
this beautiful campus. When making your
contribution to the Marist Fund know
that
your support directly impacts every student's
experience at Marist. Thank you for changing
my
life."
-Shalyn '14
SUPPORT
STUDENTS
like Shalyn
'14
by making your
year-end contribution to the 2013 Marist Fund today.
Gifts to the Marist Fund address
immediate
needs and
enhance programs not covered
by
the
endowment
or
other
sources
of income. Please
consider
a gift that will
provide exciting resources and opportunities for current
and future Marist
students.
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1ST
CONTENTS
I
Fall
2012
FEATURES
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Celebrating The
Campaign for Marist
Events on campus and in Florida, New
York, and California will commemorate
the success of the campaign.
8
Unforgettable
Florence
Spending their first year of college at Marist's
branch campus in Florence, Italy, brought the La
Mela twins an extraordinary learning experience.
How Tweet It Is
While official Marist social media accounts provide
followers with College news and updates, just as much
time is devoted to answering questions about what's
happening on campus, sharing photos, and joining
in the excitement of high school seniors who take to
Twitter to announce their acceptance to Marist.
Marist
is
dedicated to
helping students
develop the
intellect and character
required
for enlightened, ethical, and
productive lives
in
the global community of the 21st century.
Marist
magazine
is published by the
Office
of
College Advancement at Marist College
for
alumni and friends of Marist College.
Vice
President
for College Advancement:
Christopher De/Giorno
'88
Chief
Public
Affairs Officer:
Greg Cannon
Editor:
Leslie Bates
Executive
Director
of Alumni
Relations:
Amy Coppola Woods •97
Alumni News Coordinator:
Donna Watts
Art Director:
Richard Deon
Front and back cover
photos:
Victor Van Carpels
Marist College
3399 North Rd.
Poughkeepsie,
NY 12601-1387
www.marist.edu
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Marist's Enterprise Computing
Research
Laboratory is the cornerstone of a program
to introduce mainframe computing into
undergraduate education, initiated through
a National Science Foundation grant.
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Red Fox Roundup
Corielle Yarde
'12
was named the
2011-12
MAAC
Student-Athlete of the Year, Marist led the MAAC
in number of student-athletes named to the
MAAC Academic Honor Roll, and Marist won
the MAAC Women's Commissioner's Cup.
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Marist
Drive
What's happening on campus
16
Alumni
News
&
Notes
Updates on Marist graduates
32
Philanthropy
A Q&A with longtime professor
Dr. John Scileppi '67 describes why
he contributes to Marist.
Herbert Weinman, MD, '93 MBA
with new friends in
Uganda.
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T H E
CAMPUS
partnered successfully during the
2012
Republican primary season to gauge pub-
lic opinion in key Republican primary and
caucus states leading up to the Republican
nomination.
"The partnership provided a one-of-
a-kind educational opportunity for over
300
students," says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff,
director of the Mari st College Institute for
Public Opinion. "Public polls were under
intense scrutiny this election season, and
the Marist Poll was perfect."
Dr. Lee Miringoff on presidential battleground states durin!I October.
As results were released, NBC News
Political Director and Chief White House
Correspondent
Chuck Todd, who was
Marist's
2012
graduation speaker, broke
down the numbers on
NBC Nightly News,
Today,
and
Meet the Press.
NBC's political
unit provided coverage on other national
NBC broadcasts and online at NBCNews.
com. Live from the Hancock Center at
the College, Miringoff provided detailed
analysis of the results on MSNBC's
The
Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd. The
Journal
included extensive analysis and
news coverage in print and in stories on
its online polling page at WSJ.com. Survey
results were covered by broadcast, print,
and electronic media around the country.
Miringoff was also a regular guest on Fox
Business News'
Varney and Co.
The Marist
Poll posted complete survey findings and
results on line at maristpoll.marist.edu.
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Marist Poll and NBC
New,s
Partner
with The
Wall
Street
JoutJnal
for
Battleground-State
Polling
The
Marist Poll's partnership with NBC
I
News expanded this fall to include
The
Wall Street Journal.
The NBC News/WSJ/
Marist Poll conducted surveys in key presi-
dential battleground states and accurately
predicted the results of the presidential
contest and U.S. Senate and governor races
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in each of these states. As a result of this
partnership, each week during the gen-
eral electtion season Marist students were
involved in polling hotly contested electoral
states including Colorado, Florida, Iowa,
Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia,
and Wisconsin. NBC News and Marist
Moira Fitzgibbons
Receives
Top
Teaching
Award
P
RESIDENT DENNIS,. MURRAY
presented Associate
Professor of English Moira Fitzgibbons with the
2012
Board ofTrustees Distinguished Teaching Award
at the annual faculty convocation in September.
Previously Fitzgibbons had won the Student
Government Association's Faculty of the Year Award
for the School of Liberal Arts three times.
Fitzgibbons, who came to Marist in
2003,
is well
known for helping students understand and appreciate
medieval texts and for incorporating technology in
the classroom. She is also director of the Core/Liberal
Studies program.
She earned her PhD at Rutgers University and her
BA at Georgetown University.
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THEFIR$T
BATTLE
BETWEEN IRON SHIPS OF WAR.
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The
first
confrontation
between ironclads, the USS
Monitor
(foreground, at
left)
and the
CSS
Virginia,
formerly
the USS
Merrimac
(at
right),
took place at
Hampton
Roads, VA, on
March 9, 1862.
The
building of the
Monitor
was financed
by
Jcthn
Flack
Winslow, a 19th-century
industrialist who settled at Wood Cliff, a Hudson
River
estate that
is
now part of the Mari
st
College campus.
Lecture
Highlights
Hudst1>n
River
Valley's
Links
to Ironclad
Monitor
O
NE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS
after
the USS
Monitor
made military his-
tory
in
a Civil War naval
battle
at Hampton
Roads, VA, history buffs gathered at Marist
to
learn about the famous ship's connection
to the
Hudson
River Valley.
John Flack Winslow was a
leading
19th-century industrialist who personally
financed and supervised construction of
the
Monitor.
The new ship was constructed
of iron and wood and possessed the world's
first ship-mounted rotating gun turret,
considered one of the greatest technologi-
cal advances in naval history. The
Monitor
made history on March 9, 1862, by facing
the ironclad CSS
Virginia
(the former USS
Merrimac)
at Hampton Roads. Afterward,
Winslow was deemed the "benefactor of
the
nation" and widely
heralded
for his
vision and foresight. Winslow moved to
Poughkeepsie
in
1867 and purchased the
Wood Cliiff estate along the Hudson River
on what i:s now part of the Marist campus.
The
Monitor's
link with
the
Hudson
River Valley was highlighted in a
talk
by
Monitor
expert David S. Krop titled
"Conserving Ironclad Glory: The
Monitor
at 150-:Excavating, Conserving, and
Interpreting Winslow's Legacy" earlier
this year
in
the Nelly Goletti Theatre.
Descendants of Winslow who
live
through-
out the Northeast attended the lecture by
Krop, who is
the
Monitor
conservation
project manager at the Mariners' Museum
in
Newport News, VA.
The talk commemorated the
10th anniversary of the Hudson
River Valley Institute at Marist
College (www.hudsonrivervalley.
org). HRVI is supported by a major
grant from the National Endowment
for the
Humanities.
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A l,ecture by David S. Krop
(center)
of
thEi Mariners' Museum in Newport
News, VA, commemorated the 10th
an1~iversary of the
Hudson
River Valley
Institute. The executive
director
of
thu
institute is
Dr.
James
M.
Johnson
(letft),
the
Dr. Frank
T.
Bumpus Professor
of lftudson River Valley
History.
Dr.
Thomas Wermuth (right) is the
institute's
director and vice president
of academic affairs and
dean
of faculty.
Tommy
Zurhellen
Wins
Gold
Medal
at Independent
Publisher
Awards
A
SSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH TOMMY
ZURHELLEN
was awarded a gold medal for
his debut novel,
Nazareth, North Dakota,
at the
2012 Independent
Publisher
Awards (IPPYs)
in
New York
City.
'Tm
thrilled
to
have
my novel
recognized
at the
IPPY
awards
this
year,"
Zurhellen
says.
"To me,
these
awards are so important
because
they honor many
writers and editors whose
work might fall outside
the
mainstream.
I'm
also
happy
literary fiction like
Nazareth, North
Dakota
still has a sizable audience who enjoy
literature
that challenges them a bit."
Nazareth, North Dakota,
published
by
Atticus Books, won the "Best Fiction: Midwest"
category for
its
irreverent retelling of the story
of the young Messiah, set in the lonely
prairie
and Badlands of North Dakota starting in
the 1980s.
Publishers Weekly
said of the book,
"[T]his debut novel reveals the hardscrabble
life of normal, unguided people who put their
last
dollars
in the jukebox and
don't
worry
about what will
happen
when the song ends ...
Zurhellen's masterful dialogue often makes for
gripping scenes that sustain these characters
for
decades."
Zurhellen
has
taught creative writing
at Marist since
2004,
and
his
short fiction
and essays have appeared widely in literary
journals including
Quarterly West, Carolina
Quarterly,
and
Appalachee Review.
His sec-
ond
novel,
Apostle
Islands,
was released
in
September 2012 from Atticus Books (www.atti-
cusbooksonline.com)
and
has
already
received
critical acclaim, including a starred review from
Publishers Weekly.
Zurhellen received his MFA
in fiction from
the
University of Alabama.
The IPPYs have been held annually since
1996 to recognize the best fiction and nonfic-
tion titles from academic and small presses
around the
world.
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Associate Professor
of
English Tommy Zurhellen
was awarded a
gold
medal
for his debut
novel,
Nazareth, North Dakota,
at
the
2012
Independent Publisher Awards in New
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The School of Global and Professional Programs Advisory Board, shown with GPP staff, has
established Marist's first scholarships for on line degree programs.
Left
to right, back
row:
Dr. John Peters, dean of international programs; Dr. Lauren Mounty, dean of the School of
Global and Professional Programs;
James
Hochstatter, senii)r VP/technology officer, Ulster
Savings Bank; scholarship recipient Gregg Jocelyn
'16,
UlstE:r Savings Bank; Howard Goldstein,
partner and co-founder, Vedanta Capital; Bill Chess, former COO, Ogilvy PR Worldwide; and
Liz van Caloen, former managing director, Sugimoto Capita I and Glenrock Funds. Front row,
left to right: Lisa Cathie
'03,
president and CEO, Ulster Savings Bank; Emily Smith, former
managing director Scudder, Stevens, Clark/Scudder lnvestrnents; Toni Constantino 'oo/'11MPA,
coordinator of online programs; and Jeanne Eschbach, assi:,tant dean for the School of Global
and Professional Programs. Not pictured are Tony Nicolis
'74,
Nicolis
Insurance
Agency, and
scholarship recipient Tonya Gardiner
'16,
Rondout Savings Bank.
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EVERAL HUDSON VALLEY CORPORA·
TIO NS
are taking advantage of Marist's
online BA/BS in liberal studies by offering
the degree program at a reduced rate to their
employees.
Lisa Cathie, president and CEO of Ulster
Savings Bank and a 2003 Marist graduate,
wanted to give
her
employees the oppor-
tunity to earn Marist degrees. Cathie, who
chairs the Advisory Board of the School of
Global and Professional
Programs,
initiated
a
partnership
between Ulster Savings and
Marist
that
facilitates degree completion,
including tuition
remission from the bank
and academic advising and orientation at a
bank site. This past spring, Ulster Savings
employees began the online program.
Rondout Savings Bank also has employees
enrolled.
"The Marist bachelor's degree is offered
fully online in an accelerated format that
allows someone to complete the degree
in a way that
is
more flexible and conve-
nient," says Dr. Lauren Mounty, dean of the
School of Global and Professional
Programs.
"Students can join us without having to leave
work early and commute to campus. Adult
students may then continue their education
in one of our many on
line
graduate degree
programs."
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Master's programs available fully online
are the MPA, the MBA, the MA in com-
munication, and the MA in integrated
marketing communication as well as the
MS in in formation systems and technology
management. On-ground programs
leading
to the MIEd are also available.
First s:cholarship for
Onlin◄!
Study Awarded
This year Cathie and the School of Global
and Professional Programs Advisory Board
established Marist's first scholarships for
online degree programs. The scholarships
were funded by members of the Advisory
Board.
The scholarships cover
tuition
for one
online course. For academic year 2012-13,
scholarships were awarded
to
Gregg Jocelyn
'16 and Tonya Gardiner '16. The scholarships
will be a1warded
annually.
"The:
Advisory Board saw
the
efforts that
were being made in distance education here
at the College and our various degree pro-
gram options," says Mounty. "They wanted
to provide funds to assist adult students in
their quests to receive degrees."
For further
information,
visit www.
marist.edu/gpp. Dean Lauren Mounty is
availabl.e to speak with any organization
interested
in establishing a connection with
Marist for its
employees.
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U.S.
News
Ranks
Marist
No. 8 Best
Regional
University
M
ARIST JUMPED FIVE SPOTS
to No. 8
on
U.S. News & World Report's latest
rankings of
the "Best Regional Universities"
for the
northern United States,
its
highest-ever
position
on the influential list.
The 2013
U.S.
News rankings
are based
on
peer assessment,
graduation
and retention
rates
(each accounting
for 25
percent of the
total
score), faculty
resources
(20 percent),
student
selectivity
(15 percent),
financial
resources
(10 percent),
and
alumni giving
(s
percent).
In its
small class sizes and
its
high
selec-
tivity,
both factors in the rankings, Marist
is
comparable
to many of the top
institutions
on
U.S. News's "Best
National
Universities"
list. Fifty-seven
percent of Mari
st classes have
fewer than 20
students. Marist
accepted just
over 31 percent
of applicants for
the Class of
2016,
placing it
in
the
top 100
colleges and
universities nationwide
in terms
of selectivity.
The news follows other recent rankings
recognition
for the College,
with the Princeton
Review
naming
it
for the 10th straight year
one
of
its
"Best
Colleges." For the seventh
year in
a row,
Kiplinger's Personal Finance included
Marist in
its
annual ranking of best values in
private
colleges and universities.
A "Military-Friendly School"
MARIST HAS BEEN NAMED
by
G.I. )obs.com
as a "Military-Friendly
School"
in
recognition
of
the
services and programs
it provides
to
support its student veterans and active-duty
military. G.I.
Jobs
is a source for veterans
seeking
information
on higher education and
civilian careers.
The survey-driven
list has
•
been published annually since
2001.
The
2013 list includes
more than 1,700 schools.
For
more
information on
military and veterans
pro-
grams at Marist, please visit
www.marist.edu/admission/military or call
(845) 575-3800.
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The
rampant
fox acknowledges the mascot of Mari st College
,~swell
as a long
tradition
of the fox as a heraldic symbol of wisdom.
The medallions depict important figures from
different eras in the
Hudson
River Valley.
Gates
Reflect
History
of ~~arist
and Hudson
River
Valley
M
arist's south entrance has a
distinc-
tive
new
look thanks to stone carv-
ings that represent the history of the College
and the Hudson
River
Valley.
The gate on the south side of the
road features a rampant (rearing up) fox,
acknowledging the
mascot
of Marist College
as well as a long tradition of the fox as a
heraldic
symbol of wisdom. A similar fox
appears on the College's coat of arms.
The medallions on
the
opposite gate
depict
important
figures from different eras
in
the Hudson River Valley.
♦
St. Ann was the namesake of
the
Marist Brothers' original property
in
Poughkeepsie, St. Ann's Hermitage.
♦
Edvard Bech was the owner of the
estate purchased by the Marist
Brothers in
1908
to expand their
Hudson
River holdings.
♦
St. Marcellin Champagnat was the
19th-century French priest who
founded the Marist Brothers.
♦
Frederic Church was a landscape
painter who was a central figure in the
19th-century American art movement
known
as the Hudson River School.
♦
Henry
Hudson
was an English naviga-
tor who explored the river that now
bears his name.
♦
Daniel Nimham was the last chief of
the Wappinger tribe;
he
died fight-
ing for the American side during the
Revolultionary
War.
♦
Frankli.n and Eleanor Roosevelt,
America's 32nd president and his wife,
were Hyde
Park
residents and global
figures who
helped
shape the 20th
century
♦
Sojourner Truth was a 19th-century
abolitionist and women's rights activ-
ist who was born
in
Esopus.
♦
George Washington made his
head-
quarters and residence in Newburgh
from April 1782 to August 1783
while commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army.
♦
John Flack
Winslow was a 19th-cen-
tury
industrialist who helped finance
the
construction of the USS
Monitor,
which made history in 1862 by defeat-
ing
the ironclad CSS
Virginia
at
Hampton Roads, VA,
during
the Civil
War. Winslow's estate was located on
what is now the northern part of the
Marist campus.
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Wor Underway on New Academic Building
and
!
tudent Center Renovation
Work is
ell
underway
on construction
of a multipurpose academic building
and
renova on
of
the Student Center. The project will be ready for
students
in fall
2013.
For pro ress updates, please
visit www.marist.edu/about/construction.
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The
Campa gn
for
MARIST
$150 Milllion and Counting
Dear Friends,
I'd like to offer my heartfelt thanks to
the more than
14,000
alumni, parents, and
friends who have participated to date in
The Campaign
for Marist.
This impressive
groundswell of support has enabled the
College to meet and exceed its ambitious
goal ahead of schedule-a feat that is the
envy of many of Marist's peers in higher
education. The campaign is a resounding
success because of the generosity of all of
the members of the Marist community
who have made supporting the College and
ensuring its sound future a priority.
This fall marks the campaign's final
countdown, as the effort will officially draw
to a close on December
31, 2012.
Beginning
in February,
2013,
the College will
launch
a
series of celebrations
across the country to
mark the campaign's unprecedented suc-
cess. Each and every campaign donor will
be invited to participate in what promises
to be an incredibly uplifting celebration
of the monumental impact the campaign
has had across the institution and a lfitting
tribute to our dedicated supporters.
Left to right, Marist President Dennis
J.
Murray, former Chair
and
current
member of the Board of Trustees Robert R.
Dyson, and
Campaign
Chair and Trustee Timothy G. Brier
'69
Chair of the Marist Board of
Vice Chair Ross A. Mauri
'So
Trustees Ellen M. Hancock
If you haven't yet made a commitment to the campaign, I invite you to thoughtfully
consider a gift or pledge now so the College can count you among the valued participants
in this historic fundraising effort. Though our initial goal has been successfully met, there
are a number of key institutional priorities with significant remaining need. The Marist
Advancement team will be happy to assist you should you have an interest in discussing
funding opportunities that are aligned with your interests.
When asked recently why I support
The Campaign for Marist,
I responded as I often
do-because it genuinely feels good to give back. My great thanks again to all those who have
already joined me by participating in
The Campaign
for Marist.
To all who are contemplating
the opportunity, I encourage you to imake a gift or pledge before December
31,
and be a part
of this transformational time in the history of Marist College.
Sincerely,
Timothy G. Brier '69, Chair,
The Campaign
for Marist
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Celebrating
The
~~ampaign
for Marist
A series of campaign celebrations is set to
launch
begin-
ning
in February
2013
to mark
noteworthy
achievements
of
The Campaign
for Marist and recognize the individuals
and organizations that made the effort such a resounding
success.
The dates and locations are
as follows.
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G
OING TO COLLEGE
means leaving
home,
adjusting
to
a
new
environ-
ment, and learning how to do things on your own for
the
first time.
For
19-year-old twins Nick and John La Mela of Marlboro, NY,
it meant
something more: spending a year
in
Florence, Italy.
John had been planning to participate
in
Marist's Freshman Florence Experience
(FFE) ever since he was in 8th grade. The
twins and their parents had visited their
older sister, Amanda, in Florence when she
spent her freshman year at Marist's branch
campus there in 2006-2007, the inaugural
year of the program.
studio art (available as both a BA and BS).
Thus a student can complete one of these
degrees at the branch campus completely
in
Italy in what is the only American four-year
undergraduate program in Florence.
Several factors make Marist's Florence
programs unusual. First, the College's
branch
is a partnership with the Lorenzo de Medici
Institute. The institute began in 1973
as one
of the first centers in Florence to specialize in
teaching Italian as a foreign language. Later,
the institute branched out into studio art
courses and is now known as Italy's largest
and most comprehensive institution for
international
education. This partnership
gives Marist-LdM an authenticity missing
from other Florence programs.
At Marist-LdM, the professors and
"It was a beautiful place, and I wanted
to come back to it," John says. Their parents
were very supportive of the idea, Nick says,
because his sister had had a great experience
abroad. "She grew so much, and they wanted
the same thing for us."
They felt nothing but excitement as they
sat in Kennedy Airport in August 2011 wait-
ing
to board their flight to Italy. "For us," Nick
says, "there was no nervousness."
administration are from
Italy
and across the
t
globe. This highly international staff allows
!
students to have access to different views
and opinions.
The twins were two of 56 Marist students
who would be spending their first year of
college in Florence, a city of 400,000 with
huge cultural and historical significance as
the birthplace of the Renaissance. Florence
has proved a popular destination for English-
speaking students from around the world,
including Marist students. In 2006, the first
year Marist operated the branch campus,
17 students participated in the BA and FFE
PHOTOS
BY VICTOR
VAN
CARPELS
programs in Florence.
That same year, Marist
sent another 62 students to Florence to
study for a s.ingle semester as part of their
Marist studi,es. By 2012, the corresponding
numbers had grown to 118 in the BA, FFE,
and the new MA program in museum stud-
ies, and some 222 semester-based students
from Marist spent time in Florence as well.
Note that students can spend a semester,
a year, or ev,~n longer on the branch cam-
pus. In fact, t:he branch campus offers eight
four-year degrees in seven available majors:
conservationi studies, digital media, fashion
design, fine arts, interior design,
Italian,
and
"While many other institutions oper-
ate campuses
in
Italy, they do not have the
branch campus status Marist has," says
Christie Alfaro, assistant director of Marist-
LdM programs.
"Additionally, many of these schools
mostly import American professors and
American administrations executing an
American degree on international soil. In
some cases, they can be a bit of a cultural
silo."
"We seek to push beyond the silo," says
John Peters, dean of
international
programs.
"We want as much as possible to push stu-
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dents to engage with Italians and Italian
culture and
learn
about Italy on Italy's terms."
Second, faculty at the branch campus are
highly qualified academics with significant
experience in their fields. As such, the
branch
campus specializes in experiential
learning,
as students are challenged
to
explore what
Peters calls "the theory/practice dynamic."
A
prime
example is
Professor
Lorenzo
Casamenti. "We have a world-renowned art
restorer who
is
on the faculty of LdM, and
he
is
sought after worldwide," says Alfaro.
The Marist-LdM restoration department
has
relationships with many of
the
top muse-
ums and churches in Florence, which send
their treasures to Marist-LdM for restora-
tion. "Students involved with this particular
faculty member in the classroom are actually
restoring ancient work," says Peters. "So you
see a 20-year-old Marist student working on
a painting that might
be
200 years old. And
the
professor
will stand behind her or
to
the
side and give
direction
on how to restore
it."
After restoration, artwork
is
returned
to
its
church or museum of origin.
The faculty, says Alfaro, "are really amaz-
ing
people who are so
incredibly
passion-
ate about the
things they
do, and
Lorenzo
in
particular. Because his credentials and
his
expertise are so sought after, he often
is able to give these students an internship
type of experience that goes beyond a resume
builder."
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Enhancing student engagement
in
the
classroom through reflection on real-world
experiences is a defining characteristic of
international programming at Marist, says
Peters.
"It's not enough for students to be in
the clas:sroom, nor
is
it enough for them to
begetting their hands dirty-figuratively, or
in
some cases, literally,"
he
says. "They have
to combine
the
two."
Thi:rd, Marist
is
one of only a handful of
schools: that offer a degree
in
conservation
studies,, and
the
only one
in
which students
work diirectly on original artwork from the
14th to
19th
centuries. Marist also offers
a master's degree in museum studies
in
Florence. The program
began in
2010 with
five students. This fall the
program
had 30
and a waiting list.
Th,~ FFE program is another aspect
that sets Marist apart. While FFE students
must complete the same requirements as
their
Poughkeepsie
counterparts, they have
Florence with all its cultural riches to inform
their
learning.
The
La Mela twins were ready to make
the
most
of the city
that
was
now
at their
fingertips. Their 2011 sojourn to Italy was
"The crazy part is, things
that were exciting ended
up being everyday life."
their third; prior to visiting Florence in 2007,
their family had visited relatives in Sicily
when the twins were 5. And
in
high school,
they had gone on a school tour of France,
the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, and
Belgium.
The first week, an orientation
in
Tuscania,
was a good bonding experience, John says.
Then they moved
into
Marist quarters,
shared with four other FFE students, on the
Via del Corso. Walking to class every day
past the Duo mo was a "dream come true,"
says John.
Much of the twins' time was occupied
with core courses
plus
courses in their
majors. Nick
is
a business major with a minor
in
psychology.
John is a communications
major focusing on PR with a minor
in
global
business. While the classes, mainly made up
of Marist students studying abroad, were
taught
in
English, the twins also took classes
in
Italian and practiced
the
language daily
in conversations outside of class. All Marist
students studying
in Italy
are required to
study
Italian
language and culture.
Both young men are hard
pressed
to
come up with any downside to studying in
Florence for a year. On the other hand, there
was plenty to enjoy.
"The most amazing
thing
to me was
that
every weekend, you could go somewhere,"
says Nick. "In regular college,
you could go to
this bar or that club.
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to Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Prague.'
That's what made it so special."
In an effort to help students maxi-
mize their cultural experiences and travel
opportunities, the Florence campus holds
the majority of
its
courses Monday through
Thursday. The twins used their free time by
traveling via inexpensive deals on bus, train,
and plane to Germany, Switzerland, and
other parts of Italy: Sicily,
the Amalfi Coast,
and Cento as well as Padua and Vincenza,
where they visited their relatives.
When the rest of the FFE contingent
left
for home on May
11,
the twins
found an
apartment and stayed
in
Florence
through
June, working three days a week at part-
time jobs. "We were supposed to be home
by Mother's Day,"
Nick says, "but we bought
Mom gifts in Rome instead."
When the time came for them
to
go
home,
they were ready to see their family,
John says. Yet when they pulled into their
hometown of Marlboro,
population
8,808, at
11
p.m., it finally hit them that they were no
longer in Florence,
where even
late
at night,
"you could walk out anywhere and
be
in the
thick
of the action," Nick says. "It was reverse
culture shock."
John
is already pondering whether to go
back
during
his junior year. Nick too believes
he will return
to Florence.
"It's a city you
can't
be
away from for too
long.
It'll always
draw you back."
Both highly recommend the Freshman
Florence Experience. Nick believes having it
on his resume landed his current internship
at a hedge fund. John agrees that it's a plus on
a resume. "It shows that you're a go-getter.
You've
gone through things
that the
average
person hasn't."
thick of a city. You
learn
to adapt to different
things. It was a great experience. The crazy
part
is,
things that were exciting ended up
being everyday life."
"I
grew 1;0 much," says Nick. "You don't
(initially] speak the
language.
You're in
the
"It was like a class in itself, a very
practical
learning
experience,"
John says. "When I get
out of college,
I won't be entirely lost. It taught
me how to use my resources."
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Prince on Review Ranks Marist's Study
Abroa Programs Among Top 20
FOR THE ECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR,
Marist has been
included
i
the Princeton Review's
"top
20"
list for "most
populars dy abroad program."
Marist
ranked seventh
in the stu
°!Y
abroad
category
in
The
Best
377
Colleges,
the
2013
edit1 on
of the Princeton Review's annual guide.
Nearly half of the
Marist
student body studies
abroad, w
~ile the
national
average
for all undergraduate
schools is
ess
than
10
percent. In the most recent Open
Doors su
vey,
Marist is
ranked
18th
in
undergraduate
participa on in study abroad among institutions
that
offer mast r's degrees. The survey is compiled by the
U.S.
Departm
•nt
of Education's Institute for International
Educatio .
The
larist
International Programs office provides
opportun
ties
for students of all majors to study
abroad
in many
countries throughout Europe,
Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Semester, full academic
year,
and short-term programs
are
available.
for
more information, visit marist.edu/international,
call (845)
575.3330,
e-mail
internatio al@marist.edu, or go to Marist International Programs on Facebook.
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How
rTweet
It Is
T
HESE
DAYS,
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
are obvious choices for colleges and
universities
that
need
to communicate with
a
broad
and
diverse
audience of current and
prospective students,
parents,
alumni, and
friends.
But just a few years ago, the benefits of
being
on
the top
social media sites wasn't
nearly as clear as
the
potential pitfalls. Did
colleges and
universities
that play such an
important and serious role in a
person's
life
have a place alongside
pictures
oflast night's
party and 140-character reviews of
the
new
burrito joint?
More than
3,400 Tweets, almost 6,000
Twitter followers, and over 11,000 Facebook
"likes" later, the answer is
clearly
yes, at least
for Marist. Gone are the days when college
brochures
and campus visits were the pri-
mary
sources for
high
school students and
parents looking to
learn
more about a school.
"If
Marist
isn't
telling our story on
Facebook,
Twitter, and other
popular
social
media
sites, someone else will be," says
Dean
of Undergraduate Admission Kent Rinehart
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
While
1official
Marist
social media
accounts
provide
followers
with
Colleg1e
news and updates,
just as
much
1time
is devoted to answering
questions
about what's happening
on campus,
sharing
photos, and
joininii in the excitement
of high
school seniors
who take to Twitter
to
announce
their acceptance
to Marist.
'94. "Prospective students are on these sites
trying
t:o
get a genuine sense of life at Marist,
and we need to
be
part of
that
conversation."
Indleed,
Marist students, faculty, staff,
and aliumni are providing such an
inde-
pendent glimpse, whether intentionally or
simply by sharing with
their
friends things
like
photos
of the
Hudson
River, updates
from a Marist football game, or notice of a
BY GREG
CANNON
IILLUSTRATIONS
BY DANIEL
BAXTER
student musical performance. With such a
beautiful campus right on the Hudson River,
Marist
is
a natural subject for photo sharing,
especially on sites like
Pinterest
and
through
applications like Instagram.
So while the official Marist social media
accounts do
provide
followers with College
news and updates, just as much time is
devoted to answering questions about what's
happening on campus, sharing
photos,
and
joining in the excitement of high school
seniors who take to
Twitter
to announce
their acceptance to Marist. They also share
and
respond
to enthusiastic Tweets that
high
school students send as
they're
touring the
campus, such as 'Tour at Marist College
#dreamschool #sonice
#definitelygoing
herenextyear."
A Brief History of Social Media@ Marist
Social media may be here to stay, but individ-
ual services may rise and fall. New ones pop
up all the time. Rather than bet on whether
or not they will catch on, the safe approach
is to reserve
the
Marist name in case they do.
















''Prospective students are on these sites trying to get a genuine sense of life at Marist,
and we need to be part of that conversation."
Thanks to the foresight of Marist Admission
and Information
Technology
staff, the @
Marist name was reserved on Twitter and
Facebook before it was clear exactly
to
what
use the College would put these services.
The official College accounts joined an
already active Marist community, which took
to the social networks, particularly Twitter,
early and enthusiastically. A widely adopted
theme on Twitter
is
"Follow
Friday,"
in which
people recommend weekly other Twitter
accounts worth following.
Marist put
its
own
spin on things early on when avid Twitterer
Michael Sterchak '07 (@MichaelSterchak)
started the uMaristMonday hashtag, with
which students, alumni, and others make a
habit of
Tweeting
something special about
the College, generating thousands of positive
messages.
The official Marist social media accounts
reside in Admission and are managed
in
con-
cert with the Office of Public Affairs. As a
result,
there
is a strong emphasis on exter-
nal
audiences. Inevitably, individual clubs,
sports
teams,
and campus offices have taken
to
Twitter and Facebook to get their own
messages out to their respective audiences.
While in keeping with the freewheel-
ing nature of social media, the result was
a sometimes muddled and confusing con-
glomeration of official, semi-official, and
unofficial communications going out under
the Marist name. To address the problem, the
campus-wide Marketing Communication
Group recently conducted an inventory of
all social media accounts associated with the
College and developed a new, unified brand
to tie them all together.
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Marist
Social
Media by the Numbers
Facebook
More than 11,000 likes
Twitter
More than 5,700 followers
YouTube
More than 101,000 video views
Fox Tales Blog
More
than
84,000 views
Pinterest
More than 540 pins
Flickr
More than 1,300 photos
Linkedln
More than s,200 members
Marist.eictu/socialmedia
More than soo view per month
The result
is
a detail of the "M" from
the Marist College seal. The
idea,
accord-
ing to Director of Social Media and Online
Initiatives Brian Apfel
'os/'uMS,
is to create a
unifying brand for academic schools, depart-
ments, and !Programs
in
much the same way
that the Re,d Fox serves to
identify
Marist
athletics.
"Many of the world's great colleges and
universitie:;
use
a seal or crest to identify
themselves,."
Apfel says. "Marist belongs in
this company, and
the
mark we've adopted is
a modern
ta1ke
on a historic Marist symbol."
The Next Best Thing to Being There
With thousands of members of the Marist
community regularly sharing Marist-
centered messages,
photos,
and videos with
their vast networks, there now exists a legion
of enthusiastic ambassadors helping to create
and sustain
iinterest
in
Marist simply by doing
what comes: naturally on social media.
But it's fair to ask, to what end? In addi-
tion to serving as a practical source of infor-
mation and a means of generating
interest
in
the College and keeping alumni engaged with
their alma mater,
there
is
increasing
evidence
that prospective students and their families
feel that the information they get
through
social media, in addition to the College's
Web
site and other traditional communications,
gives them all they need
to
know to make a
decision on where to attend.
"As we
have
grown our geographic
diver-
sity, we see more and more students making
the decision to enroll
in
Marist without ever
doing a formal tour and information session,"
says Apfel. "Over the
last
several years we
have seen a growing number of deposited
students visit campus for the first time dur-
ing Orientation or even Freshman Move-In."
Many of these students report becoming
interested in Marist on
line.
That's
the
power
of social media.
■
Greg Cannon is Marist's chief public affairs
officer.
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Senior Doug Rohde learned about mainframes from his
classe!,
but
also
from
his
hands-on work
as a student-intern system administrator for the IBM
System
z
114
mainframe and zBlade Center
In
Marist's Enterprise Computing Research Laboratory.
Putting
Mainframes
in the Mains1tream
E
VER SINCE MARIST SENIOR DOUG ROHDE
was in middle school, he's been inter-
ested in computers.
"I was the one who was always on the
computer, always took tech classes in high
school," Rohde says. "It wasn't something that
ever bored me, because it's always changing."
Rohde is now an information technology
major who puts in as many as
20
hours a
week (and put in
40
hours a week this past
summer) as a student-intern system admin-
istrator for the IBM System z
114
mainframe
and zBlade Center, the rock star of Marist's
new Enterprise
Computing
Research
Laboratory. The
lab
is the cornerstone of a
program to introduce mainframe comput-
ing into undergraduate education, initi-
ated at Marist through a National Science
Foundation grant.
The NSF awarded the two-year
$400,000
grant to Marist College in September
2008
to work with eight academic partners and
nine industry partners to build an academic
and industry community that would revital-
ize undergraduate education in enterprise
computing. The lab and related equipment
were also supported by a second NSF grant.
Additional equipment was provided by IBM,
the world's primary manufacturer of enter-
prise computing systems, which has had a
research partnership with Marist since
1988.
System z a,cademic initiative and client skills
leader. "This includes government, financial,
retail, and the public communities.
"A CIO once told me that schools
should be calling this education 'Extreme
IT' becaw;e it's the most extreme computing
in the world." Currently, Resnik says,
1,067
schools around the world include IBM enter-
prise computing in their curricula.
Among them, Marist has taken the
lead
in establishing an enterprise comput-
ing community (ECC) that now has about
1,000
members worldwide. It is anchored
by a robust educational component. "Marist
College has definitely
distinguished itself
as
a global leader in enterprise systems edu-
cation," says Resnik, by first having "an IT
staff that runs the most efficient and secure
enterprise computing environment that's
best of breed globally in academia, and sec-
ondly, an enterprise computing education
program that was developed in partnership
with over
20
global industry leaders in enter-
prise systems."
Mari:st's offerings include nine under-
graduate credit-bearing courses and eight
noncredit courses, all available online
through the Institute for Data Center
Professionals at Marist College. Faculty
members use the Enterprise Computing
Research Laboratory to train undergraduate
and gradruate students in research methods
and practices. The
lab
is available
The lab is used solely for research and
research training, Rohde says, which is
unusual.
"Usually
when there is a mainframe,
it's in a production environment, so not many
resources get dedicated to
research
and
development." Rohde sets up and oversees
the research projects, making sure the lab's
resources are allocated appropriately.
Another key activity of the ECC is
its
annual conference. Since
2009,
Marist has
hosted a conference each June that has drawn
at least
150
and as many as
230
people. The
audience is made up of
60
percent industry
and
40
percent academia, says Assistant
Dean of the School of Computer Science
and Mathematics Mary Ann Hoffmann.
Partners and sponsors in the ECC are Illinois
State University, North Carolina A&T State
University, Widener University, University
of Arkansas, Monroe College, San Jose State
University, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Binghamton University, Aetna, Bank of
America, BMC Software, CA Technologies,
Citigroup, Compuware, IBM,
Micro
Focus,
Morgan Stanley, Progressive Insurance,
Rocket Software, State Farm Insurance, the
Travelers Companies, and Verizon.
For the
2012
conference, guests traveled
to Marist from as far away as Australia.
Soon after the conference, there were more
international
visitors. Representatives
came to Marist from Shenzhen University
in
Guangdong and Tongji University
in
Shanghai to learn about
the
College's enter-
prise computing courses. Marist also sent
its own representatives abroad; when the
University of Canberra held its own enter-
prise computing conference
in
May, one of
its keynote speakers was Dr. Roger Norton,
dean of Marist's School of Computer Science
and Mathematics.
Rohde says he
learned
about mainframes
in his Marist classes but also learned a lot
from his hands-on work with the System
z
114.
"This
job gives me the opportunity
to learn things in college that most other
students don't get a chance to."
"Businesses that require the most secure
and dependable systems on the planet want
students who can build and maintain enter-
prise systems, storage, and software from
many hundreds of vendors," says
IBM's
Resnik. "There are unlimited jobs in this
industry, but students have to get the fun-
damentals to get started and from there-
the career choices are amazing. Enterprise
systems are about building and maintaining
the most important IT infrastructures in
the world."
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Why is enterprise computing education
important? "Enterprise computing and IBM
mainframes are quietly and securely running
the most mission-critical businesses in the
world," says Don Resnik, IBM worldwide
to Marist faculty and student
researchers as well as academic
and industry researchers.
For
more
information
about the EC(,
visit
http://ecc.marist.edu.
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on submitting
research
proposals,
visit
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Athletics
Red
Fox
Roundup
Yarde
Named
2011-12
MAAC
Student-Athlete
of the Year
C
ORIELLE YARDE
'12 of the women's
basketball team was named the
2011-12
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Female
Student-Athlete of the Year. Yarde became
the fourth Marist student-athlete to receive
the award in the past 10 years, joining her
former teammate Rachele
Fitz (2009-10)
and
current Marist assistant coach Alisa Kresge
(2006-07). Additionally, David Bennett of
the men's basketball team was named the
Male Student-Athlete of the Year
in
2002-03.
The
2012 MAAC Player of the Year
and MAAC Tournament MVP, Yarde led
the
Red Foxes in nearly every statistical
category this past season. She was first in
scoring, rebounding, assists, and blocked
shots. She was also among the team
leaders
in
steals, field goal percentage, and three-point
percentage. Yarde finished her career ranked
in 10 of the 14 Marist top-10 categories for
individual records.
Yarde traditionally saved her best per-
formances for the national spotlight. In
the five NCAA Tournament games she
played in after becoming a full-time starter
her sophomore year, Yarde averaged 17.2
points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.8 assists against
some of the country's best competition. She
recorded a double-double with
25
points and
12 rebounds in the
2011
second round
against
Duke. In this past year's NCAA first round,
Yarde scored
21
points and grabbed seven
BY MIKE
FERRARO
'01
AND BRENDAN
THOMAS
Mike
Ferraro
'01
is Marist's sports infor-
mation
director,
and Brendan Thomas is
assistant
sports information
director
boards in leading the 13th-seeded Red Foxes
to a 76-70 upset over fourth-seeded Georgia.
Along with her success on the court,
Yarde excelled in the classroom. She was
a
three-time member of the MAAC All-
Academic lream. She was also nominated
for the NCAA Woman of the
Year.
She vol-
unteered with her
teammates
at the Special
Olympics and participated in the Kids' Day
Out program. In the spring, Yarde graduated
cum laude, receiving her degree from Marist
in psychology and special
education.
"This is a terrific honor to validate a Hall
of Fame athletic career and
is
the true defini-
tion of the 'final product' of what a Marist
graduate should emulate," Marist Director
of Athletics Tim Murray says.
"Marist
could
not be more proud of Corielle and her accom-
plishments."
237 Student-Athletes
Named
to MAAC
Academic
Honor
Roll
F
OR THE 11TH STRAIGHT YEAR,
Marist
led
the
MAAC in number of student-
athletes named to the MAAC Academic
Honor Roll. The
Red
Foxes had 237 student-
athletes hornored for the 2011-12
season.
A student-athlete must maintain a grade-
point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale to be
nominated for the Honor Roll. Marist had 66
more student-athletes named to the Honor
Roll than the next closest school.
The
stuidents placed on the MAAC
Academic Honor Roll cover 22 of Marist's
23 varsity sports. The
lone
exception
is
football, in which the Red Foxes compete in
the Pioneer Football League. Marist had 27
student-athl,etes
named to the PFL Academic
Honor Roll, which requires a grade-point
average of at: least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Marist
had
6'more
-:::~i:iiiia~:
stuiaat-athletes
na111ed
to the MAAC
---
..,.
Acade■lc
Honor
Roll
than the next
dosast
school.
Corie
lie
Yarde
'12
of the women's basketball team
was
named the
2011-12
Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference
Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
During the
2011-12
academic year, Marist
had 16 student-athletes earn CoSIDA/Capital
One Academic All-District selections.
Swimmer Michelle Fountain
'r2
was named
Third
Team
Academic All-American.
Marist
Wins
Women's
Commissioner's
Cup
M
ARIST WON
the MAAC Women's
Commissioner's Cup for the third
straight year, and seventh time in the last
eight years.
In the
2011-12
school year, the Red Foxes
won conference championships in three
women's sports: soccer, swimming and
diving, and basketball. Soccer won its first
MAAC championship,
swimming and diving
captured its 13th conference championship,
and basketball took home the MAAC cham-
pionship for the
eighth
time.
Five
Teams
Earn
NCAA
Public
Recognition
Awards
F
IVE MARIST TEAMS
earned NCAA Public
Recognition Awards for their
2010-11
Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The
women's basketball, women's cross country,
women's
indoor
and outdoor track, and vol-
leyball teams were all awarded for being in
the top
10
percent of their respective sports
with their APRs during the 2010-11
academic
year.
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t:
es
Keeping Up with Marist Graduates
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Your
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you have
news
to share,
let your
fellow
alumni
hear
from
you.
E•mail
maristalumni@marist.edu
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Mail
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of Alumni
Relations
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Alumr1i
Return
for Homecoming
and R~eunion
Weekend
H
undreds of alumni along with their
families and friends came back
to campus to celebrate Homecoming
and Reunion Weekend Sept.
22
and
23.
Saturday began •with the inaugural
Alumni Awards presentation in the
Hancock Center. Then it was over to
Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field,
where Marist defeated Pioneer Football
League foe Davidi;on. Alumni also
enjoyed the annual Family Picnic on the
campus green, followed by the Theatre
Hall
of Fame induction ceremony
in
the Nelly Galetti Th.eatre and
10
class-
reunion celebration:,.
The 2012 inductees into, the Theatre Hall of Fame
included (left to right) Vinny Capozzi
'78,
Marc
Liepis
'92,
George Halpiin '69
(seated),
Shelley
Curran
'95,
and Jim Fedigan '87. Also inducted but
not present was Maryd,ale Dolezal Leonard
'87.
I]
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Three dedicated Mari st alumni received inaugural Alumni
Awards. From left, Brendan T. Burke
'68
received the
Marist College Distinguished Service Award; Dr. Linus
Richard Foy
'so,
President Emeritus of Marist College, was
honored as the namesake of the Outstanding Alumnus/
Alumna Award; Edward Summers
'04/'06M
received the
Mari st College Young Alumnus Award; and Bro. Sean D.
Sammon, FMS
'70
received the Dr. Linus Richard Foy 'so
Outstanding Alumnus Award. Nominations for the 2013
awards should be submitted on line by March 28, 2013, at
www.marist.edu/alumni/awards.
At their 20-year reunion, Class of '92 members Jennifer
(Boulay)
Acosta, Anthony Mercogliano, and Jennifer
(Riat)
Kerrigan recreated their photo from the 1992
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Fifteen members of the Class of 1962 returned for
Homecoming
and Reunion Weekend to celebrate
their so-year reunion.
The
alumni traveled from
as
far
as
Hawaii to
reconnect once again on the
Mari st campus, and President Dennis J. Murray
presented each one with a signature Mari st watch.
Standing from
left
are Pat Murphy, Jerry McKenna,
Bill Lenehan, George Conboy, Martin Faherty,
Jim Callahan,
Tony
Campilii, George Bagnell, and
President Murray. Seated from
left
are Frank Walsh,
Russ
Therriault, Frank
Swetz, Bob St. Amand, Bill
Shannon, Vincent Poi sell a, and John O'Connell.
The band is back together! Second Look performed at the
Class of 1987 25-year reunion with
(from
left) John Ma com
'87,
Tim Curry
'87,
Bob Higgins, and Matthew Browne
'87.
Alumni and their families and friends enjoyed the Family Picnic on the campus green.
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A Life Less
Ordinary:
Violinist
Robert
G11pta
'05
Releases
His First
~CD
I
s there such a thing as a typical
day
in the
life
of Robert Gupta 'os? Here's a guy, after all, who
completed his undergraduate studies in biology
at age 18 at Marist, finished a master's in music
at Yale University
at 19,
and became the youngest
member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
just shy
of his 20th birthday. If the story ended there, that
would be remarkable enough.
But that would
underestimate
Robert Gupta.
Now 25 and still the youngest member of the
Philharmonic, Gupta recently recorded his
debut album,
Suryodaya, a self-described
"musi-
cal journey from India to Los Angeles,"
on a
1716
Stradivarius belonging to a patron
in
the City of
Angels. Recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall
in
July and financed entirely through gifts from
the online funding platform Kickstarter, all pro-
ceeds from the CD will go toward Gupta's other
passion project: the Street Symphony program.
Street Symphony grew out of a relation-
ship Gupta developed with Nathaniel Ayers,
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the Juilliard-educated musician and homeless
schizophrenic made famous by Jamie Foxx's
portrayal in the 2009 film
The Soloist. The two
met in 2008, at a birthday party for Ayers at a
bowling alley in Glendale, Calif. "He started
asking me questions about this really difficult
passage at the end of a Beethoven symphony,
and I didn't know how to describe it," Gupta
recalls. "And
I
had my violin with me, so I pulled
it out and started playing
it."
A couple of weeks
later,
Gupta got an e-mail
from
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez
saying thalt Ayers wanted violin lessons. During
their first lesson, "Nathaniel had a complete
manic epis:ode.
His eyes went completely blood-
shot. I really saw a very disturbing manifestation
of mental
iillness
right
in
front of me. And what
was striking was the fact that it was happening
with a viol in in his hands." As he found
his
com-
posure, Ayers started throwing out requests. "I
related to this guy," Gupta says. "But that's one
Gupta
(upper
right) and fellow
musicians have played for
audiences ranging from patrons
of the Midnight Mission on Skid
Row
(above)
to veterans at a center
in Long Beach and nonviolent
offenders at four different L.A.
County jails.
face of 50,000 homeless people in L.A. What
do you do? It became a
catalyst
for me to not
turn a blind eye toward homelessness
anymore."
With his background in neuroscience,
Gupta has always been intrigued by the healing
possibilities of music. "ls there a role for music
in
mental illness?" he asks. Street Symphony
became that vehicle to explore the connec-
tion. Since its inception, Gupta and his fellow
musicians (not only from the Philharmonic,
but also students from the Colburn School and
University of Southern California) have played
for audiences ranging from homeless patrons of
the Midnight Mission on Skid Row to veterans
at a center in Long Beach and nonviolent
offend-
ers at four different L.A. County jails. By his own
count, Gupta has played a total of 47 events in
the
last
16 months.
"We try to bring music to the most deeply
underserved, mentally ill individuals who are
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says Gupta, who curated an event
called TEDxSkidRow
in
June with
the
help of friends he made through TED
(a community of individuals from the
worlds of technology, entertainment,
and
design).
"But we also want to start
reaching out to veterans with PTSD,
or with
massive
brain trauma, as well
as hospices and
hospitals-any
place
where
this music would have a role
in
healing."
If
Street Symphony represents one
passion project of Gupta's, the other
has
been
his first album-a
globe-
spanning collection
that
reflects his
culture and
his
influences. "Indian
classical music is the first
music
I ever
heard,
and it's music that was part of
my family and my culture and my
childhood," he explains. "But I'd never
played
it
before."
the darkness of men's hearts-such is
the duty of
the
artist.' And
I
feel like
it's a beautiful way of making a parallel
between
the light of music and what
we
do
for Street Symphony."
The Stradivarius he plays on the
album belongs to businessman and
philanthropist
Jerry Kohl. It was
played
for many years by Nathan
Milstein (1904-1992), who to Gupta
was "the ultimate violinist. He had
this 60-year career churning out
perfect, deeply honest
music." The
first time Gupta
played
on
the
nearly
300-year-old violin, "I felt like a puppy
on Ritalin. My mind was going to
explode. Playing on that Strad was
just a dream."
In
the same exhaustive fashion
typical of
his
other ventures, Gupta
listened to "probably every recording
on
iTunes
and watched every video
on YouTube" to
learn
ins and outs of
writing Indian classical.
Suryodaya
Gupta-who raised
1►22,000
over five weeks from 216 backers via
Kickstarter-describes
Suryodaya
as "very much a musical offering
and a journey of mui,ic and myself from East to the West."
As Robert and his younger
brother,
Patrick '08 (who is now fin-
ishing
up
a PhD in chemistry at RPI),
thrive in their post-Marist careers,
their mother is now following in their
footsteps. Chandana Gupta enrolled
at Marist this fall after a couple
of years of coursework at Orange
(now available on iTunes and Amazon) opens
with "Jaunpuri," an Indian classical raga that
he composed by hand, then segues from
Persian music to European music spanning
the medieval, baroque, and romantic periods,
fast-forwarding to American music (closing
with an original composition by Philharmonic
timpanist Joe Pereira).
'Tm v,ery
happy
that I will reach an audience
wider thain the classical audience alone," says
Gupta.
"Suryodaya
means
'sunrise'
in Sanskrit,
but it also means a kind of gift of
light."
In talk-
ing to aud.iences about Street Symphony, he fre-
quently qiuotes 19th-century German romantic
composer Robert Schumann, who also suffered
from schi:zophrenia. "He said,
'To
send
light
into
County Community College. 'Tm
thrilled and so proud of her," says Robert of his
mother, whose undergraduate studies at Queens
College were
interrupted
by his birth in 1987.
"She's an incredibly hard worker-she's staying
up very
late-but
she wants to get the most out
of Marist that she can, and I think she will. She
certainly knows the campus very well."
■
-Dick Anderson
All in the Marist
Family
Patrick M. and Patricia E. Lavelle
'73/'74 (center) have been
among Marist College's most
dedicated supporters over
the years. Pat, the president
and CEO ofVoxx International
Corp., is a Marist trustee and a
member of the committee that
led the successful
Campaign
for Marist.
He and Patty served
as national alumni chairs
of the 2004 and 2005 Mari st
Fund campaigns. The Marist
tradition continues with
their son, Michael '02, and
new daughter-in-law, Kristen
Stevens 'os. The family is shown
with a host of Marist friends at
Michael and Kristen's wedding
on Nov.19, 2011. Michael is a
key account manager at Voxx
International and Kristen is a
manager in human resources
administration at MSC
Industrial Direct.
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A
Ugandla
Experi~ence
Herbert
M.
Weinman, MD,
'93
MBA tr,aveled to Uganda this past summer
on a medical mission. He and his child1-en
own FirstCare Walk-In Medical
Center in Highland, NY, across the Hudson from Marist.
He
has practiced
in the area since
1968.
He
shared though ts about his trip with
Alumni News.
I
always
pursued
what I felt would give me the
most satisfaction-it's called following your
passion. Being
a physician has always allowed me
to give to others. Now, in
the
twilight of
my life,
I
felt
I
needed to give
back
in a more
meaningful
way.
I
always envisioned
doing
more
hands-on
medicine in
a
disadvantaged
country with
people
who would
really
appreciate
the
effort.
Not sure why
this
trip was on
my
bucket
list but
I
was sure I'd
have
answers to that
question
by
the end of my adventure.
My
six companions,
including the
physi-
cian
assistant
from my
urgent
care center,
and
I
began in
Kampala, Uganda's capital.
No
alarm
clock
was needed
for wake-ups as the cows
mooed
outside
my
window at s a.m.-milking
time. The
city was very congested, and
there
were
no
traffic
lights,
lane
markings,
or cross-
walks. Dr. Mark Kitende, our native Ugandan
host,
driver, navigator,
and interpreter, was very
skilled in avoiding everything
in his
path.
Our
first
stop was the pharmacy, where we
bought about
$250
worth of medications which
would have cost at
least
$2,000
in
the United
States. Lunch awaited us at the church school
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at which we would hold two days of clinics in
a
large
tent. The pastor and
his
wife were great
hosts,
and :she prepared a
buffet
which
turned
out to be fare similar to what we would eat for
the next
two
weeks: white rice, pasta, salad,
beans, and fresh fruit.
On the first clinic day, we saw more than
100
patients
in
four hours. At
the
second clinic
in Kampala, a local pediatrician joined
us
as we
saw about
150
patients.
Among
people
we met were women who
run an
HIV-AIDS
project. They make
unique
beaded necklaces and
bracelets
out of
paper
which is cut into
pieces,
compressed, strung,
and
lacquered.
It
takes three
to four
hours
to
make
each piece, which sells for less than
$2.
Our third clinic experience was in a small
village about
20
minutes outside of Kampala.
As we drove
down the
bumpy dirt road, locals
seeking medical care were already following us.
Our clinic was
held
in a tent with
no
sides but
good
protection
from the sun.
Three of us plus Dr. Mark, acting as the
extraction dentist, saw
more
than
200
patients.
The diseases I saw I
usually
don't encounter in
the U.S.:
TB,
malaria,
worms, and HIV-AIDS.
Chief complaints were back pain, high
blood
pressure, diabetes, ulcers,
headaches,
the
flu,
and cough-everyone coughed there as it is so
dusty from the unpaved red-clay roads.
On our final night
in
Kampala our generous
hotel
owner treated the group to a
barbecue:
meatballs,
salad, fish sticks (made from
real
fish), and local beer. The owner also
provided
a specially decorated cake for us.
Next adventure: to the town of Kisoro and
gorillas
in
the wild.
We
traversed a
narrow,
dusty, rocky dirt
road
along a cliff overlooking
a beautiful
lake.
We were greeted by friendly
rangers, our own one-man armed escort, and
a guide. They collected an entry fee of
$500
per
person and told us there would
be
a so percent
refund
if we didn't see any gorillas (they said
this hardly ever
happens).
We went by car to the starting point, pre-
pared for a short uphill climb. One and a half
hours later, up a trail that varied from
30
to
40
degrees on the mountainside and then through
jungle
trails,
we waited. Eventually
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"My
watch stopped working
four days
into the trip and I didn't miss it at all."
radioed our guide saying they had spotted goril-
las. Back on the trail, we suddenly cut into the
jungle, led by our machete-wielding guide.
Down a slope, then around the corner we
encountered our first silverback gorilla, lying on
his back as he munched on plants. He looked at
us and continued to eat throughout our photo
shoot.
Our final four nights were in the town of
Masaka, the hometown of Dr. Mark and his
family. The clinic that Dr. Mark owns here is
in the bush, about 30 minutes from town. Still
under construction, it has no running water and
only a hole in the ground for a toilet.
Our lab work consisted of doing quick tests
for malaria and HIV. Here we again used many
$5 Wal-Mart specials-generic glasses of dif-
ferent magnification-and "cured" blindness.
We also cured deafness by removing wax from
many an ear canal.
Other memorable activities included a visit
to a church in the bush. The church was made
of sticks and straw and had blown down the
week before, but it was rebuilt and finished the
day before we arrived. About 25 members of the
congregation were present, including African
drummers. We each stood
in
front of the con-
gregation and through an interpreter gave a brief
comment on who we were and a comment about
our mission. It was a moving event.
Then it was off to another church founded
12 years ago by Dr. Mark's wife, Beatrice, who
was the pastor. She had a following of about
4,000 parishioners. We arrived at the end of
the service and a wedding ceremony followed.
Again we were asked to come on stage and give
a brief commentary.
We also visited an orphanage and school
founded by Pastor Beatrice with 23
children
four
years ago in one small building. It now has more
than 500 students, of which 280 board there.
As we rolled into the driveway, an amazing
sight greeted us. About 100 children were
lined
up on both sides of the driveway, cheering and
waving as tears flowed from our group. We took
pictures, sang, and danced with all the children
and told stories as they gathered around us.
Later we were on our way, battling rush-
hour traffic en route to a 46th birthday party for
the wife of the pastor at the tent church where
we had held our first clinic. What a treat-
African wedding and birthday on the same trip.
My watch stopped working four days into
the trip and I didn't miss it at all. No cell phone,
either.
It was a great, relaxing, slow pace of life.
I will certainly be back next summer if not
sooner. I now know why this was on my bucket
list. Anybody ready for a great adventure: join
our
group!
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Readers may contact Dr. Weinman at
execdoc@gmail.com.
Many Mc11rist
Brothers attended the
2012
Champagnat Lecture.
Br~t».
Sean
Sammon
'70, FMS,
Delivers
Champagnat
Lecture
M
a rist Scholar-in-Residence
and Trustee
8,ro. Sean Sammon '70, FMS, spoke
on "Leadership for a Global Society within a
Marist Tradition" in Marist College's annual
Champagnat Lecture this past spring.
The free, public presentation, held in the
Nelly G,oletti Theatre, focused on attitudes
and tool.s needed for effective leadership in
the Catholic Church and society during the
21st century and also addressed emerging
challeng;es facing leaders.
Prio1r
to his appointments as scholar-in-
resideneie
and trustee, Brother Sean was supe-
rior gen,eral and vicar general of the Marist
Brothern internationally and a leader of one
of the B,rothers' U.S. provinces. He has also
served a!; president of the Conference of Major
Superiol's of Men, a group that represents the
leadership of Catholic religious congregations
within the United States. In 2011,
Brother Sean
received! the St. Edmund's Medal of Honor
from th,e Edmundite Fathers and Brothers
for his contributions to the Catholic Church.
In additiion to his BA from Marist, he holds
a PhD
in
clinical psychology from Fordham
University.
The annual Champagnat Lecture is
sponsoned by the St. Marcellin Endowment
for Catholic Activities at Marist College. It was
created t:o commemorate the 1999 canoniza-
Pictured at the Champagnat Lecture were
(left
to right) President Dennis J. Murray, Bro.
Sean Sammon
'70,
FMS, Dr. John Allan Knight,
assistant professor of religious
studies
and
coordinator
of the Catholic Studies Program,
and Bro. Frank Kelly
'73,
FMS, director of
Campus Ministry.
tion of Marcellin Champagnat, who founded
the Mari st Brothers in 1817
as a teaching order
dedicated to serving the educational and spiri-
tual needs of youth.
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&notes
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1962
C
William
Lenehan
is interested in
E
hearing from guys he coached in
crew and football in the 1960s and
:'.)
'70s. Bill is still going strong at 74,
--
hunting and fly fishing. He has been
-<
married for more than 53 years to
his high school sweetheart, Onnie.
" Patrick
Murphy
recently retired
after spending 47 years in education
and putting four children
through
college.
1966
Dr. Thomas Berger
retired in May
2010 after 29 years in the phar-
maceutical industry at Abbott/
Hospina. He and his wife, Linda,
welcomed
two
granddaughters,
Greta and Lucca, born in August
2012. They now have five grand-
children.
1967
Dan Meyer's
children have all
graduated from college. Deborah
is about to enter nursing school
while raising two children, Aimee
Dr. Dorothy Escribano '75
Dr. Dorothy Escribano
'75
has
been
appointed provost of the College
of New Rochelle.
The
Office of the
Provost is at the core of academic
administration and planning at the
college.
Previously she served as the
college's senior vice president for
academic affairs for five years. She
held prior positions at Worcester
State College, Clark
University,
and the University of Rhode Island.
She also held a year-long American
Council
on Education Fellowship
for Administrative Leadership at
the University of Rhode Island.
She has a BA in Spanish from
Marist, an MA
in
liberal studies
from SUNY Stony Brook, an MA
in Spanish literature from the
University of Rhode Island, and a
PhD in Hispanic studies from Brown
University.
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is finishing med schooll, Tim has
a fine job with ARC, and Matt is
working with ADHD sltudents in
an adventure-based camp. Dan and
his wife, Sue, celebrated 30 years of
marriage in
August.
►
11m•1a.~
1968
Thomas
Nolan
Jr.
is in private
practice in individual, couples, and
family therapy. His daughter,
Jaclyn
'06,
is
a school counselor at
Indian
Hills
High School in New Jersey.
1969
Sean O'Neill
was elected com mo-
<lore of the Albany Yacht Club for
2012. He has previously served in
all the
flag
positions. Albany Yacht
Club, formed in 1873, is one of the
oldest yacht clubs in America.
1970
Kenneth
Quinn
retired
in
December from Old Bethpage
Village Restoration, Lo1ng Island's
living history museum. He started
as a volunteer more tha.n 20 years
ago and over the years became a
seasonal, then part-time, and finally
full-time staff memb,er. At the
time of his retirement, he was the
interpretation
supervisor and the
village supervisor, but to thousands
of visitors whom
he
met every year,
he was better known as
"the
Hatter."
He
says it was a fun a:nd unique
job running the only working hat
shop in a museum, making felt hats
by
early 19th-century methods. "
Gregory Rakow
is
prou1d to say he
was recently elected first vice chair
of the board of director:s of Health
Quest, a three-hospital healthcare
system serving the Hudson Valley.
The three
hospitals
that constitute
Health Quest are Vassar, Putnam,
and Northern Dutchess. Other
affiliates include Hea Ith Quest
Medical Practice.
1971
John
Wynne
recently
rntired from
the practice of
law
andl moved
to
Wilmington, NC, this past July.
1972
Bill Carey
lives in North Carolina
with his wife of 38 years,
Robin.
They live near their four sons, two
daughters-in-law, and three grand-
children. A fourth grandchild is on
the way.
Brian Viola took home the trophy as
Low
Net Winner of the 36th Annual
Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament on Aug.
27
at Dutchess Golf and
Country Club in Poughkeepsie, NY. All proceeds from the tournament
benefited the Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund which is awarded to
an incoming freshman or transfer student each year who is the son or
daughter of a Mari st graduate.
Pictured
in
the photo with
Brian
are
Amy Woods
'97,
executive director of alumni relations (left), and Donna
Watts, alumni assistant
(right).
Photos from the tournament can be
viewed at www.marist.edu/alumni/golftournament.html.
The Low Net Team award at the Alumni and Friends Golf
Tournament went to (left to
right)
Nicholas Homier
'13,
John Walsh,
James Steinmeyer
'71,
and Robert
Homier.
Members of the Class of 1969 enjoyed a golf outing on Aug. 9 at Casperkill
Country Club in Poughkeepsie.
The
group included (left to
right) Ray
Yarish, Dan Mahoney, Ray Jurina, Rich Berg, Mike Cann, Dennis D'Amico,
Jack Breitenbach, Jack Eberth, Ed Duffy, Steve Johnson, Gordie Walton,
Jim Conroy, Fred Brand, Tom Annunziata, Bill Rowley, Frank Russo-Alesi,
Bob McNeil, and Frank Dolcemascolo.
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The flag denotes
classes
that
will
celebrate
reunions
in
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1974
Jack Ledwith,
senior vice presi-
dent of
international
distribution
for Universal Pictures,
received
the 2012 CinemaCon Passepartout
Award at CinemaCon's Convention
in April. The award
is
presented
annually to an industry executive
whose dedication and commitment
to the international marketplace is
unparalleled. CinemaCon is the
official convention of
the
National
Association of Theatre Owners
(NATO),
the
largest and most
important
gathering of cinema
owners and operators from around
the world.
1975
Stephen Carberry
has
been
run-
ning sports camps
throughout
the Brooklyn area and also has an
indoor
and outdoor tennis business.
1976
Larry Hurley
has been
retired
for
five years and is enjoying every
minute
of it. Larry and his wife are
helping
their
granddaughter with
school and volunteering
at the
school and the sheriffs department
by patrolling their community.
a
Janet
(Orlowski)
Lang's
son, Eric, is
now a student at Marist after trans-
ferring from another college in the
fall of 2011.
"
Lesley
(Springstun)
Schaffer is
teaching second grade at
Milan Elementary School
in
Milan,
NM.
"
Patricia Tillou
opened a
solo chiropractic practice
in
Xenia,
OH, after 21 years of raising a family.
On St. Patrick's Day
2012
(top
row)
Megan Flynn
'09,
Maura McCue
'07,
(bottom
row) Tom Walsh
'08,
Jim Mccue
'77,
Joanne Melton
'77,
George
Janis
'79,
and
Mike
Marchesano
'78
took
part in
Orien's
Leprechaun
Leap.
The pub crawl
covered
10,3
miles along the South
Shore of Long Island, NY, and raised
more than
$10,000
for the Wounded
Warrior Project and Fisher House,
two organizations that support
injured veterans and
their
families.
Don Duet
'88,
global co .. chief
operating officer of
the
technology
division and head of glcibal
technology
infrastructure
at Goldman Sachs, spo~:e on
"Leadership
in Technolo)gy" at
the Raymond A. Rich ln:,titute for
Leadership
Developme1nt. Right: An
overflow crowd of students
turned
out to hear about cloud computing.
Just
in
time for all of her dassmates
to retire, she's going
back
to work.
Patricia's most recent
practice
was
in
the
High
Falls/Stone
Ri.dge region
of Ulster County, NY.
lnaauN•~
1978
Mark Vitale
retired from
the
Department of Defense
!because
of
an on-the-job injury in 2.009.
1980
Valerie (Poleri) Vitale~ recently
graduated from Bryn Mawr College
with a
master
of social service
degree. She is a
licens;ed
social
worker, working as a
mental
health
outpatient therapist for Creative
Health
Services in Pottsitown, PA.
1981
Matthew
Cole
helps feed people as
a volunteer for Meals on Wheels.
1982
George
Armstrong Jr.
is a senior
manager of quality systems. He
is
treasurer
of the Mercer County
Goldman Sachs Exec Don Duet '88
Speaks at Marist
M
arist's School of Computer Science and Mathematics
sponsored a special event this
past
April featuring
Don Duet '88, global co-chief operating officer of the technol-
ogy division and head of global technology infrastructure at
Goldman Sachs.
He gave a presentation titled "Leadership
in
Technology" at
the Payne Mansion in Esopus, NY, home of the Raymond A. Rich
Institute for Leadership Development. He spoke to regional
lead-
ers in technology, members of the School of Computer Science
and Mathematics Advisory Board, and Marist administrators
and faculty members. The presentation was part of the Rich
lnstitute's
distinguished guest
lecture
series. Later, he spoke
about cloud computing to an overflow crowd of students in the
Hancock Center on the Poughkeepsie campus.
An internationally recognized leader in the field of
infor-
mation
technology,
Duet
has
held key
leadership
positions at
premier Goldman Sachs'
locations
around the globe including
New York, London, Frankfurt, and Tokyo during his 24-year
tenure with the firm.
Green
Party
and a
member
ofRolling
Thunder New Jersey Chapter 2.
He
is also a member of the 156th Field
Artillery Association in Kingston,
NY .
., Virginia {Luciano)
Brophey
is assistant program director and
music director of Country
102.5
WKLB, a radio station in Boston.
Ginny, whose radio name is Ginny
Rogers,
established the "Country
Healing
Tour" at Floating
Hospital
for Children
at Tufts Medical
Center through the radio station.
When country music artists
are
in
town for a show, the tour brings the
artists to the hospital to sing and
visit with the children and their
families.
Recent
celebrity singers
have included Carrie Underwood.
Ginny received
the Country
Radio
Broadcasters-Country
Aircheck
Award for Major Market Music
Director
of the Year
in
both 2012
and 2011
.
.,
Ed
Tucker
(MPA) has
joined the staff of New
York State Assemblyman
Frank
Skartados.
His
principal
role is to help
the assemblyman serve
his
constituents.
~B•IUN&
~
1983
Jeff Laper
is Northeast
area director
at NetIQ.
1984
David Brideau
was
promoted
to senior
director
of
regulatory
planning at Central
Hudson Gas
&
Electric Corp.
"
Adam Thier
is
coaching graduate student
project
teams at Stanford
University's Hasso
Plattner Institute of Design. Adam
notes
that
this is the
same program
that created Google.
Members of the Class of '84 got
together for four days of golf and
relaxation in Ocean City, MD, this past
summer. Left to right at Lighthouse
Sound Golf Course were Ted Kissel,
Andrew Ortiz, John Ritter, Rich
Laforce, Tom Laux, Paul Crowell,
Brian Foley, and Ted
Loughlin.








































1985
Robert LaForty
was recently fea-
tured
in New
Jersey's
Ridgewood
News in the "Village Voices" col-
umn.
When a reporter asked, "What
is something you wish
I
asked you?"
he
responded,
"I wish you asked
me where
I
went to college."
He
went on to answer the question:
"Mari st College ... or
Harvard
on
the
Hudson,
as we call it.
I
am a
very proud graduate of
Marist."
Robert's
interview
is available at
www.northjersey.com/community.
s
Janet Lawler
married
Carolina
Correa in New York City this
past
August.
1986
James Ferguson
was reappointed
as a commissioner on the
New
York State Board of
Parole.
New
York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo
nominated
James for the position,
and the New York State Senate
confirmed him for the position on
June 20, 2012.
He
has served as com-
missioner since 2005. Previously,
he
served as an administrative law
judge
for parole and prior to that,
as an assistant district attorney in
the
Bronx. He has
worked in
the
criminal justice system for
more
than 20 years. He has also
been
an
adjunct professor for 16 years and
teaches CLE courses for attorneys.
e
Ian O'Connor
was named one of
America's top 10 sports columnists
by the prestigious Associated Press
Sports Editors organization in its
annual national writing contest.
Ian
is a columnist for ESPN,
a radio host
for ESPN New York, and author of
two
New York Times best sellers,
including
The Captain: The Journey
of Derek Jeter.
s
Kevin Reilly
is in
the process of becoming a licensed
marriage and family therapist. He
says although it's not film, TV or
radio, communications got
him
there.
s
Jack
Wicks
is
managing
a four-year, $750 million strategic
reengineering program at a major
investment firm.
1987
Fred Dever
was ranked a top
10
U.S. Masters competitive age
group swimmer at the 2012 Spring
Nationals.
m
Virginia Waite-
Hosley
made a major move
this year from Vermont,
where she has lived since
graduating from Marist,
to
South Carolina. She
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MAGAZINE
TV personality Regis Phil bin joined Mari st President Dennis
J.
Murray and
Ron Vuy
'74,
general man1ager
of LaPlaya Beach and Golf Resort in Naples,
FL, for a snapshot followling the Marist alumni reception at LaPlaya this
past February. Alumni amd friends are invited to attend this annual get-
together in Naples on Felb.
21, 2013,
which this year will celebrate the
success
of The Campaign for Marist.
would
love
to
hear
from Marist
grads in the area.
1s
Derrik
Wynkoop
('92MBA)
recently
became
president
an,d CEO of
Walden Savings
Bank,
an 11-branch
community
bank in
Orange and
Ulster counties. The bank is based
in
Montgomery, NY.
~Mum•i•~
1988
Michael Carson
recently moved to
the DC area after a 10-year tour in
Germany.
m
Nicholas Mancuso
is
a teacher at King Streelt School in
Port
Chester, NY. He is also assis-
tant football coach and head track
and field coach there. His team won
a league championship in 2012.
"
Allison
(Hughes)
Stanton
is edi-
tor of the
Okyeame,
the
magazine
of
the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana.
She
is
also the embassy's assistant
community liaison officer.
1989
Marc
Hamlin's
son, Anthony, is
attending Marist and playing
base-
ball
for the Red Foxes as part of the
Class of 2016.
Alumni
PR Pro1s
Meet with Students
M
ichael O'Loorney '87, managing director and head of corporate
communications at Barclays
Capital and Barclays
Wealth, shared
his public relations expertise with Marist students during a visit to campus
this past spring.
He addressed a group of upperclassmen during a luncheon in the
Dyson Board Room in the Hancock Center. He then spoke to two
sections of the Publi,c Relations Case Study class taught by School of
Communication and the Arts faculty member Jennie Donohue. He
talked about his experiences working in public relations, particularly
regarding crisis communication.
O'Looney formerly was deputy commissioner for public
1990
Donna (Jeannette)
Bailey
and
her
husband
welcomed a baby girl,
Abigail, born
in
November 2011.
Donna works in
mobile product
marketing for Visa.
m
Molly
(Ward)
Fagan
is
director
of social services
at Oasis
in
Paterson, NJ. Oasis's
mission is
to
feed and clothe needy
women and children and offer edu-
cational resources to break the cycle
of
poverty.
Molly and
her
husband,
Kiernan
Fagan
'90,
live in Morris
County, NJ, with their two children.
s
Sean
Graham
recently
started a
new
business,
We Appreciate You!,
Inc. The
business
specializes
in
teaching people
how
to increase
business sales and personal
income
through appreciation marketing.
11
Kelly
(Woods)
Traudt
is a techni-
cal recruiter for ThinkBRQ.
1991
Anthony Azzara
started a
new
job on NBC's
Infamous.
m
Dr.
James Jozefowicz,
a professor of
economics at
Indiana
University
of Pennsylvania,
has been named
to
the
Princeton
Review's
"Best
300 Professors" list. The guide,
published
in
April
2012,
was pro-
duced
by the Princeton Review in
partnership
with ratemyprofes-
information
for the New York Police Department. In that role
Michael O'Looney
,
87
he was the department's chief spokesperson and a senior
advisor· to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Previously he was an on-air reporter for
WCBS-TV and a correspondent for
CBS Evening News.
Earlier in the academic year, two other high-profile PR professionals spoke to Marist
studernts. Michael O'Brien '86, a partner and director at Ketchum, addressed Donohue's
Organizational Communication class as well as the membership of the Marist chapter
of the Public Relations Student Society of America. O'Brien advises the Mari st
PRSSA
chapter. And Joseph Madden '88, a vice president at Fidelity Investments,
spoke to Donohue's Public Relations Case Studies class and her Organizational
Communication class.
Both O'Looney and O'Brien serve on Marist's School of Communication
and the Arts Advisory Board.
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Life in MLB's Fan Cave
S
haun Kippins '09 spent four
months earlier this year living
in a cave. Instead of isolation and a
diet of nuts and berries, he feasted
on baseball, Tweets, Likes, and pizza.
As a communication major with
a concentration in sports communi-
cation who was working in Albany
as a sports producer for the YNN
cable news network, Kippins was up
to the task.
Kippins was plucked from a pool
of 22,000 applicants for one of just
nine spots in the second season of
Major League Baseball's Fan Cave-
making
it
one of the few things
tougher to get into than Marist.
Another Marist alumnus-Travis
Miller '08-just
missed making
the cut. Marist's offices of Alumni
Relations and Public Affairs spread
the word over the winter, encourag-
Shaun Kippins
'09
was one of nine finalists picked from
22,000
applicants
in Major League Baseball's Fan
Cave competition.
"My Marist education definitely
helped me throughout the journey,"
Kippins says. From the internship
requirement that landed him the
YNN job that he believes made him a
stronger candidate to the editing and
production skills that he brought to
bear on his Fan Cave work, he credits
Marist with providing him with a
solid foundation.
ing members of the Marist community to vote in support of fello,w alumni.
Launched
in
2011, the Fan Cave at first set for two meg;afans the
challenge of watching all 2,430 regular-season Major League games
from a comfortable space in lower Manhattan furnished with a wall of
televisions. The competitors also hosted visits throughout the season
from Yankees, Mets, and visiting team's stars.
The format was changed for 2012 to an elimination challenge in
which Kippins and his fellow Cave Dwellers were given the job of growing
their personal followings through social media outlets like Twitter and
Facebook while also creating original content in the form of
v,ideos
and
biogs on the M LBFanCave.com Web site, where fans could vote for their
favorite contestants.
sor.com. The Princeton Review
selected
professors
based on
qualitative
and quantitative data
from survey findings and
ratings
collected
by both
organizations.
s
David Panagotis
has applied for
the PhD program in religion and
religion education at Fordham
University,
with
plans
to start
in
2013.
a
Jo-Anne
(Prokopowicz)
Sears
was recently
named
prin-
cipal for aerospace engineering
at
Radiant Blue
Technologies.
s
Christopher
Sheldon
and his
wife, Lisa, celebrated their 18th
wedding anniversary in June 2012.
Son Chris is
running
cross country
and spring track for Bergen Catholic
High School and daughter Tori is
playing soccer for
the
Glen Rock
Shooting Stars. Godson Steven Fox
won the 2012 USGA Amateur Golf
Championship in Cherry
Hills,
CO,
and will
move
on to
the
U.S. Open,
Masters, and British Op,m
in
2013.
1992
Patricia
Kenyon
atte·nded the
Natural
Gourmet Institute
for
Health
in
2011. She recently
moved from NJ to NH to become
a private
health-supportive
chef.
s
Elizabeth
(Murphy)
Ly111ch
joined
the MLB Network in August 2010
as a broadcast technical manager.
She works primarily on Intentional
The Latham, NY, native defied geography and grew up a diehard
Atlanta Braves fan, so the highlight among many memorable moments
(ringing the bell at the NASDAQ, lighting the Empire State Building,
getting his own baseball card made, taking batting practice at the All-Star
Game) was meeting Braves star Chipper Jones.
"He
was nice enough to chat me up for a few minutes," Kippins recalls.
"That's certainly something I'll always remember."
Many more baseball thrills are sure to come, because even though
Kippins didn't make it to the end of the season-he was cut in July-his
experience paid off with a new job as an associate producer for MLB.corn.
-Greg Cannon
Talk, a daily show
hosted by
Chris
Rose and Kevin Millar, which she
also
helped
name. She
recently
won
a Sports
Emmy
award for
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
for MLB Tonight. She remains a
devoted
mother to
her 7-year-old
twins, Christopher and Shannon.
They
enjoy
planning
family
trips
and
rooting for the Yankees.
s
Jennifer
(Maloy)
McGurk
started a
new
job
at the Staten
Island
Chamber of
Commerce as events coordinator.
a
Anthony
Mercogliano
joined the
Advancement team at Marist.
He is
a development officer for
leadership
gifts.
lPanuM■
~
1993
Chris Arrigali
played on the U.S.
over-35 soccer
team
in the Pan Arn
games held in Sao
Paulo,
Brazil,
this past January.
s
Joe
Boyce
is president of Gaia Worldwide,
which
recently
launched
the
Massachusetts
One Solar Roof
Initiative,
a free service
for
Massachusetts residents interested
in a solar installation for a home
or
business
(www.onesolarroof.
com). a
Maria
(Licari) Cohen
is
enjoying being her own boss and
doing PR for food and lifestyle
clients (www.mariacohenpr.com).
She
misses
working with celebrity
chefs at Good Morning America but
doesn't
miss
the early hours or the
commute. Maria and
her
husband,
David, have
two children: Matthew,
who is
in
first grade, and
Riley,
who
is
4
and wishes she were
in
first grade!
s
Patrick
O'Hara
was
awarded the title of Fellow
by
the
prestigious
National Tax
Practice
Institute. NTPI
trains tax profes-
sionals to
represent
their clients
before the IRS and state agencies
in
audits, collections, and appeals.
Patrick was also elected to the
board of directors of the New York
State Society of Enrolled Agents.
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., Amy
Rogers
was promoted to
·-
training
director
for Fred Finch
C:
Youth
Center in Oakland, CA.
The
E
youth center
has
served children,
youth, and families in
the
Bay Area
:::>
for
more
than a hundred years.
e
-
Aaron
Ward has
been a profes-
-<
sional stand-up comedian for the
past 10 years. He
has
appeared in
the
Boston Comedy Festival and
Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival
and appears weekly on a popular
TV show in the northeastern U.S.
known as
The Glenn Slingerland
Situation, now available worldwide
on GSSTV on YouTube.
1994
Rob
Kolb
and
hi$
wife own a
child-care facility named Kids
by
the Sea.
e
Jason
LaScolea
and his
wife, Cheri, welcomed a son, Noah
Jason, born July 10, 2012. Jason also
became
the adult ministries pas-
tor at Victory Highway Wesleyan
Church in Painted Post, NY, in
July 2012.
m
Antonella
Licari
is
the manager of editing operations
at ABC
News.
She supervises the
editing manpower for all of the
ABC News platform .
.,
Michael
Mostransky
and his wife,
Tara
(Ferina)
'96,
welcomed their fourth
child, Marissa Ann, born July 20,
2011. She joins
three
big brothers:
Michael, 9, Grant, 7, and Evan, 4.
In August, they moved from Long
Island
to Camas, WA,
near
Portland,
OR, to be closer to family. Mike is
vice president of product
manage-
ment for Q4, a Canadian company,
and Tara
is
a certified yoga instruc-
tor. Tara took her first yoga class at
Marist as an undergrad.
1995
Chris Cordaro
and his wife, Nicole,
welcomed a daughter, Delia, born in
2011.
e
Matthew Gillis
completed
his
presidency
of
the
Massachusetts
Association of School Business
Officials
in
2012.
a
Bobby Marks
was
named
to the
Crains 40 under
40
list
for New York.
m
Rebecca
(Helman)
O'Dowd
opened a pri-
vate practice in
Plymouth,
Mass.,
with a focus on substance abuse,
addiction, and recovery.
e
James
Sullivan
was
named
to the
Global
Telecoms Business 40 Under 40
list
for 2012. The
list
is compiled from
submissions made by GTB readers.
1996
Gregory
Donohue
welcomed his
third son, Peter James, born in May
26
MARIST
MAGAZINE
2011.
e
Ramon
Hache
became the
head of the markets coverage group
at Deutsche Bank. He is
respon-
sible for capital markets sales for
private banking in
the Americas.
e
John
Hynes
and
Laura Riordan
married on July 7, 2012, and spent
their
honeymoon
in Hawaii.
e1
Kristen
(Mooney)
McGarry
and
her
husband welcomed a
daughter,
Madison,
born
Nov.11, ::.io11.
e Tara
(Ferina)
Mostransky
and her hus-
band,
Michael
'94,
welcomed
their
fourth child, Marissa Ann, born
July
20, 2011. She joins three
big
broth-
ers: Michael, 9, Grant,
7,
and Evan,
4. ln August, they moved from Long
Island to Camas, WA, near Portland,
OR, to
be
closer to family. Mike is
vice president of product manage-
ment for Q4, a Canadian company,
and Tara is a certified yoga instruc-
tor. Tara
took
her first yoga class at
Marist as an
undergrad.
1997
Christopher
Doty
celebrated
his
law office's eighth year as a full-ser-
vice civil
law
firm, Christopher Alan
Doty, PA, in Ocala, FL.
.,
Jessica
Hulett
married Evan Dashevsky in
October 2011 in Atlanltic City, NJ,
and started a new job at Synergistic
Marketing as a
managing
editor.
e
Chris La
line
has
taken a position as
an assistant attorney ge1neral
within
the
State of New York Office of
the
Attorney General. Chris previously
served as a prosecutoir
in
the Sex
Crimes Bureau of th,e Brooklyn
District Attorney's offi,ce for seven
years.
a
John
Lasker
was promoted
to vice president at ESIPN.
e
Carie
(Piskura)
Perugini
and her hus-
band
welcomed
their
first child, a
son, Christopher Jayden,
born
Sept.
20, 2011.
e
Aimee Roux
married
Michael
McCanney
on May 15,
2010.
e Ashley
Rowe
is
1the
associate
buying director for
bro21dcast
media
at a Hispanic advertising agency
in
Miami, FL.
l1nnrn·
1•~
l991U
Jennifer Harmer
i:s
pursuing
a master's
in communication
at Marist.
e
Daniel Henn
was
promoted to the rank of sergeant
with the New Providence
Police
Department.
He
also, celebrated
the first birthday of his fourth
child, Connor,
in
Fehruary 2012.
e
Bethann
(Stanger) Steiner
and
her
husband, Tommy, welcomed a
Damian Bednarz
'04 (right)
was
presented
with
the Republic of
Poland's Gold
Cross of Merit
by then-Polish
Ambassador
to the United
States Robert
Kupiecki
(left)
in
Washington,
DC.
Damian Bednarz '04 Receives
Poland's Gold Cross of Merit
D
amian Bednarz
'04
has received the Gold Cross of Merit from the
Republic of Poland. Bednarz received the honor from then-ambas-
sador of Poland to the United States
Robert
Kupiecki at the ambassador's
residence
in
Washington, DC, in
July.
Bednarz was decorated for his
work on building a stronger relationship
between
the United States and
Poland on energy cooperation, in
his
capacity as a
political
appointee in
the Obama administration at the Department of Energy. Bednarz, 30,
is
the youngest ever to
receive
the
medal, the
ambassador said.
"It's a great
honor
for me and my family, especially because of our
close
Polish roots
and culture," says Bednarz. "It's great to see that my
Fulbright to Warsaw played such an
important
role in getting me here."
While a Marist student, Bednarz
interned
in New York City for the
British
Consulate
and in London for the British House of Commons
through
the Hansard
Scholars Programme.
A political science
major fluent in
Polish, he was awarded a Fulbright
Fellowship
to carry out research in Warsaw in 2004-05.
baby girl, Caden Elizabeth, born July
25, 2012.
1999
Nichola (Green)
Archer
gradu-
ated from Temple University with a
Doctor of Pharmacy degree on May
10, 2012.
Nichola
resides with her
husband,
Dwight, and her 2-year-old
son, Nathan, in Sharon Hill, PA. "
Kathleen (Wisniewski)
McEnroe
changed careers but still
makes use
of
her
Marist experience by running
the
school
newspaper
where she
works, which she began
doing
two
years ago.
e
Steven Napolitani
is an
associate
director
of
MSG
Network,
covering the
New
York Rangers.
He
recently completed work on
his
fourth Olympics for NBC.
e1
Tom
Schwab is
a former New York City
news
reporter
turned
freelance
communications specialist. Tom
now works as a high school English
and journalism teacher in northern
New Jersey . .,
Meghan St.
John
is
a school counselor for schools in
Wake County, NC.
2000
Korin (Daniels) Chisholm
and
her
husband,
James, welcomed their
second child, a son, Jack Harrison,
born
April 27, 2012. Jack joins
big
sister
Reagan
Rosemary at home.
.,
Jennifer
(Boudreau) Djang
('01MA) and her
husband,
Robert,
welcomed their second child, a son,
Austin
Robert,
born Feb. 14, 2012.
He weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and
was
18.5
inches
long.
Big sister Mia
is so proud.
e1
Dan Hagendorn
has
become
the Southern California
area manager for
rum producer
Serralles, USA. Dan has a wide
range
of experience in sales and
marketing and is responsible for
Don Q, Caliche, and Blackbeard
rums
and Death's Door Spirits.
He
has launched
five brands,
including
Angle's Envy Bourbon and Wodka
Vodka, and maintained brand repre-
sentation for Don Eduardo Tequila
and Cabana Cachaca in California,
Arizona, and Nevada. Dan and his
wife, Miriam, were married on Long
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Island in October 2011 and were
expecting their first child this fall.
Dan spends
his
free
time
playing
football and baseball and studying
craft bartending.
His
sister, Devin,
is in her senior year at Marist.
.,
Cassandra (Giarrusso)
Holdridge
and
her husband,
Sean, welcomed
a daughter,
Lauren
Elizabeth, born
June 10, 2012 .
.,
Patrick
Kelly
and
his
wife were blessed with a
third
child,
Brigid
Elisabeth, born in
November 2011. Patrick is a senior
policy advisor with the American
Petroleum Institute
in
Washington,
DC.
e
Kate
(Tamas)
Temple
and
her
husband
welcomed a baby girl,
Sydney Kate, born July 19, 2012. She
weighed 8 pounds and was 20
inches
long .
.,
Rebecca
Valk began
a new
position as senior associate with
Shaw Perelson May
&
Lambert on
May 14, 2012, representing school
districts throughout the
Hudson
Valley
in
employment,
labor,
and
student disciplinary
issues.
Rebecca
practiced
in
the areas of land use,
real
estate, and general litigation
for more than eight years and still
provides those services as necessary.
2001
Allison
(Stec)
Bell
and
her
hus-
band,
Jeremy,
welcomed
their
second son, Tristan,
born June
20,
2012. Allison
has
also been going
back to school for
funeral
services.
m
Christopher
Blasie
('07MA)
and Kimberly LaRock became
engaged on July 25, 2012. A fall
2013 wedding
is
planned.
m
Mary
(Tomm) Knowlton
and her hus-
band welcomed their second child,
a daughter, Julie.
m
Christopher
Sparks has
been an English teacher
and
baseball
coach at East Hartford
High School for eight years.
2002
Melissa (Katomski)
Hughes
and
her
husband,
Sean, welcomed
their first child, a girl, Elizabeth
Katherine, born Dec. 31, 2011.
e
Eric
Jaeger
recently received
the Verizon Wireless President's
Award of Excellence which rec-
ognizes employees
for excep-
tional teamwork, leadership, and
outstanding customer service.
a
Nicole (Hubbell)
Kopiasz
and
her husband, Greg, welcomed trip-
lets,
Lily, Liam, and Noah, born
Sept.
1,
2011.
m
Kristen
Lincks
married
Brian Hanson on March
19, 2011,
in
Glen Cove,
NY. They
live in
the Charlotte, NC, area.
m
a
Ah1mni Authors
Dr.
Frank Swetz
'62
ha:s collected more than 500 culturally and histori-
cally diverse math problems in a new book,
Mathematical Expeditions:
Exploring Word Problems Across the Ages,
out from Johns
Hopkins
Press
in
June 2012. Swetz, a professor emeritus of math and education at the
Pennsylvania State University, tells what various cultures knew about
math and how they came to
learn it.
By organizing the problems by culture
and historical period, he shows the
development
of math throughout
the
world (www.press.jhu.edu).
Joseph
Cavano '65's
short story "Story Cloth" appeared in
issue
no. 51
(spring 2012) of the
Pot:omac Review.
"The Honey Wagon," which was
awarded second place in the 2011
Doris Betts Fiction
Prize competition,
appeared in
issue no.
2:i (2012) of the
North Carolina Literary Review.
Personalized copies are available to Marist alumni at cost. Contact him
at josephcavano.com.
Matt
Daigle
'01,
a senior public affairs specialist at the nonprofit firm
LMI in Mclean, VA, is c,ne of three co-authors of a book for public- and
private-sector managers whose organizations will need to address the
impacts of a changing dimate. The book,
Climate Change: What You
Can Do Now,
describes the impacts of climate change on
public health,
communications and IT, land use, infrastructure, vehicles, the supply
chain, and
national
seciurity and suggests strategies for mitigating and
adapting. The book
is
pulblished by and available from LMI (www.lmi.org).
Meg Kearney
'86
publi.shed her fourth
book,
The Girl in the Mirror,
in
April 2012. A
novel
in verse for
teens,
the book is a sequel to Kearney's
previous verse novel,
The Secret of Me
(www.megkearney.com).
S.J. Richard
'94 has
written
The Peacemaker,
historical
fiction
about a Civil War veteran who
finds
himself
plagued
by
vicious
memories
of
the war as well as
by the politics
of the small
town that hired him to
be its lawman
(www.
amazon.com, www.lulu.,com).
S.J. is writing the
sequel,
The Widow-Maker,
which
is
scheduled
for publication in 2013.
Eerena
Irene
Stefanik Bunin
'92
has
com-
pleted three books about the immigrant
experience.
The
first,
The Baba in Me,
deals
with transitioning from one culture to another.
Immigrants
imitating
idioms is the subject of
the second
book,
With Love from Baba.
The
third one,
Baba's Thre,e-Word
Stories,
deals
with communicating w.ith others (www.ama-
zon.com, www.createspace.com).
Rachel
Carter
'98 has: co-authored (with Christina Tree)
Vermont:
An Explorer's Guide,
pu1blished in August 2012 by Countryman Press.
If
you would like news of your book included in
Alumni Authors,
please
send the title, the name of the publisher, the date of publication, a PDF of
the book's cover, and a description of the content to editor@marist.edu
or
to Alumni Authors, c/o
Marist
magazine, Advancement, Marist College,
3399
North Rd., Poughk,eepsie,
NY
12601-1387-
Dawn
O'Neil
has been promoted
to manager of human resources at
Sharon
Hospital in
Sharon, Conn.
e
Kristin Probst is
a program direc-
tor at Interdisciplinary Center for
Child Development
in Queens,
NY.
m
J.
Jeffrey
Schroeder
and his
wife, Tiesha, welcomed twin boys,
Caleb Joseph and Silas Jeffrey, born
April 30, 2012.
a
Justin
Spraker
cel-
ebrated the birth of
his
fourth (and
final) child, Ashton Christopher,
born Oct. 30, 2011. He also cel-
ebrated the inception of Justin
J.
Spraker
&
Associates, a financial
advisory franchise associated with
Ameriprise Financial. Justin has
completed
the course require-
ments
and earned the Chartered
Retirement Planning Counselor
designation certifying him as
a
retirement
planning specialist.
He
also
began
coursework for the
Certified Financial Planner designa-
tion and was scheduled to complete
it
in
August 2012.
This
year marks
his 10-year anniversary of being in
business with Ameriprise. Justin
continues
to serve on boards,
volunteer at his church, and offer
career
counseling
to
local
colleges.
a
Larry Stoddard
married in April
2012. He also accepted a new posi-
tion as general counsel for Pegasus
Legal
Funding,
LLC.
m
Eric
Welsh
was promoted to a position in which
he created his own digital market-
ing department within BAYADA
Home Health
Care, managing social
media growth, 200+ Web sites,
search-engine
marketing efforts
nationwide,
intranet user experi-
ence, and
digital
marketing educa-
tion. The
department
will focus on
client acquisition and recruiting for
18,000 employees in more than 250
offices in
more
than 20 states and
in India. Eric also manages
the Marist alumni advertis-
ing subgroup on
Linkedln
which
has grown to more
than 275 members in the
past year.
The
group brings
together alumni in advertis-
ing and marketing to share
ideas, post job openings, and
collaborate.
~M•IUN~li
...
2003
Jessica
Bailey
married
Michael
Radon on Sept.
24, 2ou, at Mount Saint
Alphonsus
in Esopus, NY. A
reception followed at
the
Onteora
House in
Boiceville, NY.
m
Nicole
(Tuttle) Gemmati
and her
husband
welcomed their second daughter,
born
April 23, 2012. The couple
celebrated five years of marriage in
September.
a Christopher Santoro
joined the Walt Disney Co. as a
real estate account manager in the
corporate real estate
department.
He
is part
of a team managing the
real estate portfolio in the eastern
region as well as Latin America.
Chris is based
in
Disney's New York
office.
m
Michele vanBrero
married
Max Herzig on Oct. 1, 2011, in New
York City.
m
Monica
Winiarski
and
Jean-Pierre
Walker
recently
became engaged.
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&notes
2004
Allison Affronti
married
Brad
Newton
on Oct.
14,
2011, in
Smithtown, NY.
They
recently pur-
chased their first home and reside
in Stony Brook, NY.
a
Amanda
Augustine
was promoted to job
search expert at TheLadders. She
provides
job
search and career
guidance at conferences, forums,
and
professional
events and on the
company's
blog.
Recently she was
interviewed on WCBS-TV's
Eye
Amanda Augustine
'04
on New York about job hunting
and careers. She is a
member
of a
number
of professional organiza-
tions and volunteers for StreetWise
Partners, a
nonprofit that
provides
free job training for
motivated
people who face
multiple
barriers
to employment.
s
Kylie
(Streck)
Bianco
and her
husband,
Ralph,
welcomed
a daughter,
Taylor
Ann, born
July
10, 2011.
a
Aimee
Blackton
was promoted to produc-
tion manager
at Sesame Workshop.
a
Melonie
(Torres)
Canarte
was
promoted to local sales manager for
Comcast Spotlight. She is respon-
sible for advertising for all of west-
ern Connecticut.
11
Allison
Desaro
married
Robert Walsh on April 1,
2011, and
bought
a home in Babylon
Village. She also completed
the
School Leadership Program at Stony
Brook
University and
is
an
inter-
vention specialist on
Long
Island.
., ChristieLyn
Diller
recently
purchased her first home.
a
Jordan
Gallo
recently
graduated from an
emergency medicine residency at
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
and is
now
an attending physician
at Mercy
Hospital
in Portland, ME.
He
is
engaged to
Jacyln
Grablewski.
11
Tom Harrison
married
Nicole
Peters
'os
on April 28, 2012, at
Longview Park at Marist, with
many
alumni
in
the wedding party
and
in
attendance
as guests.
a
Melissa
(Granell)
Kudlo
gradu-
28
MARIST
MAGAZINE
John liporace
'88
is shown with with Olympic champion
Ryan Lochte during the
ILondon
2012
Olympic Games.
liporace is a managing partner at Taylor, which
helped
International Olympic Committee sponsor Procter
&
Gamble create and execute the
company's
Olympic
campaign. A member of Marist's Communication Advisory
Board, liporace has
hire,d
several
Marist alumni for
internships and full-tim,e positions at Taylor, which is one
of the country's
leading
public relations agencies. He
was joined in London b), Kellie
(Cunningham)
Smyth
'06
and Kristen Spirko
'09.
l.iporace
has worked closely with
Taylor's client partners ,:reating and executing marketing
communications campaigns to support partnerships with
many major sports prop,erties such as the International
Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Committee,
FIFA, the National Football League, Major
League
Baseball, and NASCAR.
Robert La Forty
'85
(left), producer for
CBS
This
Morning, graciously hosted Dean Steve Ralston
and a team of professionals from the School
of
Communication and the Arts for a behind-the-
scenes tour of CBS studios in New York City on
Oct.
19.
The visit was one in a series of
studio
tours in which the group has participated over
the past year to review best-in-class facilities as
they finalize plans for a full-scale overhaul
of
the
television broadcast studios
in
the Lowell Thomas
Communication Center, slated to take place during
the summer of
2013.
The studio renovations are the
second phase
in the
transformation of the center
that
began
last summer with an overhaul of the
lower level and first floor of the building, which
originally opened in
1987.
Earlier this year, Mari st alumni who were working either freelance or on staff at the Major League Baseball
Network in Secaucus, N,J, got together for a photo, complete with the Mari st logo and MLB Network graphic.
Pictured (left to right) a
re
Matthew Angrisani
'08,
formerly
lead
production assistant for MLB Productions, now
at marketing firm Neo@1Ogilvy; Christopher Vaught
'83,
freelance/independent
camera operator;
CJ
Bottitta
'93,
director of operations, ,creative services, at MLB
Network;
Andrew Batti
'08,
broadcast associate at MLB Network;
Paul Beckerle
'84,
freelance/independent
operator/owner BeXCam Productions,
Inc.;
Todd Bivona
'07,
freelancer
in TV and digital produ,:tions and stage manager and studio utility at MLB Network; and Elizabeth
Lynch
'92,
broadcast technical manager at MLB Network.
ated this past May from veterinary
school in Texas and lo,:iks forward
to
finding a job back
home
in New
York.
s
Ross
Stoltz
was recently
featured
in
a segment o,f CNN's "In
America" series. To see the segment,
go to http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.
com/2012/02/23/i-ann-america-
historically-connected--ross-stoltz/.
2005►
Brynne Gadinis
married
Mike
Anstadt in
October 20n1. They have
a
miniature long-haired
dachshund
named Doodles
. .,
Ken1~eth
Kohler
is working on Animal Planet's
Tanked, a reality TV show revolving
around an aquarium manufacturer
in Las Vegas.
He
and his wife,
Barb
(Leasure),
just purchased their
first home. Barb works at Temple
University as an academic advisor
in the Fox School of Business and
Management.
e
Nicole
Peters
mar-
ried
Tom Harrison
'04
on April 28,
2012, at Longview Park at Marist,
with many alumni in the wedding
party
and
in
attendance as guests.
s
Kara
Shier
is a development
associate for special events at the
Hyde
Collection in Glens Falls,
NY.
11
Caitlin
(Halligan)
Tolchin
is an events graphic design manager
for the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society's New York City chapter and
handles
the creative design work
that promotes and supports all of
the society's fund-raising events.
2006
Joey-lyn
(Frances)
Addesa
joined
GolinHarris as a senior manager
in the company's digital practice.
Previously Joey-lyn held positions
at Zeno Group and MWW Group.
.,
Jessica Bell
married James Batty
on May 18, 2012, in New York, NY.
.,
Laura Dempsey
was promoted to
associate director of client services
at Attention USA, a social media
marketing firm based in New York
City.
m
Meagan Donoghue
('09MA)
oversees marketing, advertising,
and promotional
initiatives
for
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Baggs LLC, a
bar
and restaurant
group in Savannah, GA. One of
the
company's three businesses
is a country bar that hosts local,
regional, and
national
country art-
ists.
She supervises and executes all
media
relations with
band
members
and management. Aside from work,
Meagan
is
also pursuing a 200-hour
yoga teacher training certification
and expects to graduate
in
May
2013. She has also assisted in grant
writing, PR, and media outreach
for a local environmental restora-
tion
initiative.
e
Matthew Maul
is
engaged to
Kathleen O'Loughlin
'08.
They didn't know each other at
Marist, but both got a job at Critical
Mention
through
Marist connec-
tions and realized that they had a
lot
of the same friends. Together for
four years, they are planning a wed-
ding for
next
fall.
e
Elia Osterhold
married
Steven
Hennessy
'08
in
Chicago on Aug. 18, 2012. They had
23 Red Fox alumni at their wedding.
m
Jill Rutherford
married
Ken
Juras
on May 26, 2012.
e
Michael
Strong
and
Laura Monroe
are
engaged and are planning a fall
2013 wedding
.
.,
Beth
Wunder
and
Kevin
Connors
will be married on
Sept. 15, 2012.
2007
Elizabeth Apfel
is an account
manager at Synapse, a marketing
company owned by Time,
Inc.
m
David
Barton
recently changed
jobs,
moving
from Edelman
to
Hill+Knowlton
Strategies.
m
Bethany
Bohlin
('uMA) and
Brian
Hodge
married on Oct. 9, 2011, on
Cape Cod, surrounded by family,
friends,
and several Marist alumni.
The
couple honeymooned
in
South
Africa and
Paris before
returning
Zacharey
J.
Berzal
'16,
sbown with President Dennis
J.
Murray,
is the
2012
recipient of the Alumni Legacy Scholarship.
Alumni Legacy !>cholarship Awarded
Z
acharey J. Berzal '1.6, son of John "J.C." '84 and Gina Berzal, is the
2012 recipient of the Alumni Legacy Scholarship. The award is
presented annually to the son or daughter of a Marist graduate who
has shown outstanding; academic and
leadership
qualities throughout
his or her high school career or college career (in the case of a transfer
student) and possesses the potential to succeed at Marist College. Berzal
is a graduate of Catskill High School (NY) and is majoring in business
administration at Mari:;t, concentrating on international business with
a minor in accounting.
home to Pawtucket, RI. Bethany
is
the senior product specialist
at
Collette Vacations, an interna-
tional group
tour
operator.
Brian
is
the communications and social
media manager at the Providence
Warwick Convention an.cl Visitors
Bureau.
m
Christina
Brodzky
moved
to Fort Collins, CO,
from
New York City and started a new
job at Penton Marketing Services as
SEO coordinator .
.,
Elissa Carrick
joined the law firm of Sobo & Sobo
in
Middletown, NY, as an attorney
in
the firm's personal
inju.ry
depart-
ment.
e
Trevor Gavin
proposed to
Diana
Nelson
at
the
Brotherhood
Several Mari st alumni serve on the board of directors of the M,~ke-A-
Wish Foundation's Hudson Valley chapter. Shown left to right
,are
board
members Tony Cardone
'83,
who is chair, Dr. Lauren Mounty, dean
Winery after a visit to campus. She
said yes!
a
Jennifer
Gore-Cuthbert
graduated from
John
Marshall
Law
School
in
Atlanta, GA,
in
May
2012. Jennifer and her husband
also purchased their first home,
in
Roswell, GA.
m
Timothy
Griffin
and
Rebecca
Conradi
'08
became
engaged and are planning an August
2013 wedding.
e
Kristin Kolbinski
relocated
to
Southern California
to
begin
a PsyD program and work
toward becoming a
licensed
clini-
cal forensic psychologist.
.,
Jaclyn
Lawlor
is pursuing an MBA at
Carroll School of Management
at
Boston
College and expects to
graduate
in
2014.
a
Joseph Macho
served as the special
teams
coordi-
nator and defensive backs coach for
Team East
in the high school foot-
ball
Offense-Defense All-American
Bowl at
Dallas
Cowboys' stadium
in Arlington, TX, on Dec. 29, 2011.
All
of
his
kids
had Division
I
full
scholarship offers. Joseph was also
named the
associate
head
football
coach at New Brunswick High
School
in
New Brunswick, NJ,
while turning
down many
college
football coaching opportunities at
the Division II and
III
level. a
Daniel
Miller
('09MA)
is a full-time com-
munication
instructor
at Vance-
Granville Community College in
North Carolina.
m
Christopher
of Marist's School of Global and Professional Programs, and Pl'eston
Felton
'84/'98MPA.
Serving the eight New York counties of Delaware,
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester,
the chapter works to ensure that every child residing in the Hu1dson
Valley who qualifies for
Make-A-Wish
services is granted his
OI'
her
fondest wish.
Reilly
and
Kristin Yelin
'08
were
to wed on Nov. 3, 2012.
llnuuN•
~
2008
Wendy
Baron
accepted a
new
posi-
tion at ESPN as of
Jan.
1, 2012, as an
associate contract administrator in
affiliate operations.
m
Andrew
Batti
won
his
second
Emmy Award
for
his
work on the
MLB
Network's
MLB Tonight.
a
Stacie
Ciarfello
was
promoted to
retail manager
of the MAC Cosmetics store
in
Stamford, CT, in
December
2011.
This past September, Stacie was to
participate
in her
seventh season
of New York City Fashion Week.
m
Matthew Colantoni
gradu-
ated
from
medical school
in
May
2012 and started a residency
in
emergency medicine at Beth Israel
Medical Center in New York City
in
July 2012 .
.,
Elizabeth Connolly
married Brian
Barbulean on Aug.
3, 2012. The bridal party included
Lindsay
(Henoch)
Temple,
and
the
ceremony was officiated by
Matt
Stuart.
e
Rebecca
Conradi
and
Timothy Griffin
'07
became
engaged and are planning an August
2013 wedding.
m
Kate Desena
was promoted
from
assistant to
sales development executive. Kate
also completed
her
master's and
New Leadership
for Alumni
Executive Board
The Alumni Association Executive
Board welcomed a new slate of
officers this past June: Marie
(Esperancilla) Wicks '86, president;
Paul X. Rinn '68, vice president,
Daniel Faison Jr. '73, secretary;
Michael A. Sterchak '07, treasurer;
and Robert P. McAndrew '79, mem-
bership committee chairperson.
Special thanks go to Patrick D.
Mara '97 for his leadership as
president the past two years and
service to the Alumni Association
for more than a decade.
The Board also
recently
elected
four new members: Richard D.
Carlson III '02, Fred E. Dever Jr.
'87, Maureen (McAndrew) McCabe
'86, and Jerome A. Pickett '98. The
Board would
like
to extend
its
gratitude to James E. Daly '72,
Roger Romano '85, Helene S. Slavin
'90, and Brian P. Wade '74 for their
years of service and dedication
to the Marist College Alumni
Association.
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moved
to New
York City.
s
Taryn
Fitsik
married Sean Kane on Oct.
16,
2011, in
Lake George, NY.
G1
Marykathryn
Gielisse, Esq.,
was
sworn
in
as a foreign affairs officer
for the U.S. Department of State. As
a diplomat, she
will
represent the
United States overseas at any of
its
190 embassies and consulates world-
wide. She first worked for State as an
intern
at
the
U.S.
Embassy in
Prague
during
law school. Marykathryn is
now slated for duty as a political offi-
cer. She speaks Russian and Czech
and hopes
to
serve in
Russia
and
Eastern Europe.
s
Lauren
Goodwin
began working as the communica-
tions associate for the New York
Junior
League
in January
2012. She
manages
internal
and external com-
munications
and assists with social
media efforts.
"
Steven
Hennessy
married
Elia Osterhold
'06
on
Aug. 18, 2012, in Chicago. They
had 23
Red
Fox alumni at their
wedding.
m
David
Hochman
was
named to
the
Junior Executive
Board of Tomorrows Children's
Fund, a
nonprofit in Hackensack,
NJ,
that
helps
children who
have
cancer and serious blood disorders.
David also
became
engaged to Cari
McIntyre, and they
plan
an August
2013 wedding.
a
Nicole
Lodowski
is pursuing a
doctorate
in public
health at CUNY Graduate Center.
m
Kathleen
O'Loughlin
is engaged
to
Matthew
Maul
'06.
They didn't
know
each other at Marist,
but
both got a job at Critical Mention
through Marist connections and
realized that they
had
a
lot
of the
same friends.
Together
for four
years, they are
planning
a wedding
for next fall.
G1
Lauren Pavlick
is
a senior account executive at
Edelman.
GI
Alexander
Reynolds
joined SAC Capital as an associate.
GI
Traci Salisbury backpacked
for
nine months in
Central and
South
America, learning Spanish, vol-
unteering
abroad, and writing for
a travel guide. She lived for
more
than two years in
New
Orleans
where she started a mobile bartend-
ing
business, Big Apple 2 Big Easy
Bartending
LLC,
in 2010.
a
Kristin
Yelin
and
Christopher
Reilly
'07
were
to
wed on Nov. 3, 2012.
2009
Alison
Jalbert
is the editorial
assistant for the
West
Hartford
Press
and the
Valley Press,
two weekly
newspapers
in Connecticut.
G1
Kadeine
Campbell married
Joshua
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Alumnae
(above)
of Marist's
women's
rugby team defeated
the
student team
this past spring
in their annual contest.
2010
Peterson
in a religious ceremony on
Aug. 4, 2012,
in Ithaca,
NY, at Sage
Chapel on the Cornell University
campus.
They
met fre:shman year
in
a
biology
class and dated for
three
years beginning their senior
year at Marist.
Joshua
i:; an exercise
physiologist
and
personal
trainer at
Kendal
of Ithaca and
Is:land
Health
and
Fitness.
Kadeine
is a third-year
graduate student attaining
her
doctorate
in genetics at Cornell
University.
a
Jennifer Franz
moved
to Florida
in
January for a new job
opportunity at Chico's FAS. She
has
been volunteering and enjoying the
tropical
weather and lcioks forward
to coming home for the holidays.
"
Joseph
Gentile
sigllled onto an
editorial internship with the Bilerico
Project,
the
Internet's single largest
LGBT
group blog (www.bilerico.
com/contributors/joseph_gentile).
He
recently interviewed the
lead-
ership of four different campaigns
for
marriage
equality-from
Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and
Washington-fighting
anti-gay
ballot
initiatives (www.bilerico.
com/2012/08/keep_calm_marry_
on.php).
a
Kevin
Rich
is a financial
analyst and attends grad school at
night.
He
is
about two years away
from completion of his MBA. Kevin
is also coaching
his
second season of
high school hockey this upcoming
winter outside Boston.
"
Christine
Schoonmaker
graduated from
LaSalle University with a master's
in history
education.
Elizabeth
Horowitz
has
been
hired
as the executive assistant
to
the president
of
IFC
Films,
switching
from
her
previous
job
at AMC
Networks.
GI
Patrick
Massaroni
received
a
master's
in
sports management from James
Madison University
in
May 2012.
He
teaches
at Archbishop Stepinac
High School in White
Plains,
NY,
and works for
the
Brooklyn Nets
on their game-day public
relations
staff.,.
Lindsay
Milone
is working
for
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
as
this
season's production coordi-
"Dave's Day" c:elebrates a Life, Funds a Scholarship
F
amily and friends of David Moccia '03 celebrated his life and raised more than
$4,500 for a Mariist scholarship in his name at the second annual DMC 500
Memorial Softball Game and Picnic on May 12, 2012, in a hot and sunny Bowdoin
Park in Wappinger Falls, NY. Moccia, who graduated with a degree in computer
science, was building his career as a corporate recruiter based in Manhattan
when he passed away in a tragic accident in 2010 at the age of 29. His older sister,
Cristina Moccia-Maltais, organized the event as she had the year before.
Dave's Day, as it has come to be known, brought together more than 100 of
his family and friends. "They came in memory of a great guy,
witlh a generous soul, who loved life, loved to laugh, and who
loved them," says Cristina. Many guests came with their own
you.ng families. They wore T-shirts and wristbands with the
DMC 500 logo, shorthand for David Moccia Core 500, itself
shorthand for Moccia's extended network. Many who couldn't
attend contributed generously to the Marist scholarship.
Highlights of the day included a co-ed game of softball.
Zoaya Fatima '12, who with Zen Ahmed '12 shared the first
David N. Moccia Memorial Scholarship, was at the picnic
Dave Moccia
'03
and played in the softball game.
Zoaya Fatima
'12
(right)
was
one
of two
recipients
of
the first
David N. Moccia
'03
Memorial
Scholarship.
Fatima
joined
Cristina
Moccia-Maltais
(left),
Dave's
sister,
at the
second
annual DMC
500
Memorial
Softball
Game, which raised
money for the
scholarship.
The youngsters flew kites, tossed Frisbees, and kicked soccer balls. Some
grown-ups tended t1J the barbecues, while others passed the food. Moccia's
10-year-old niece, Kayleigh Maltais, his "Princess," helped coordinate the blow-up and release of 200
blue-and-white balJ.oons, all with personal messages to Dave written on them. Dave's father, Robert
Moccia, led a silent prayer for Dave and for others' lost loved ones.
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nator.
m
Gina
Pernicano
is a wed-
ding coordinator at the Grandview
in Poughkeepsie, NY.
m
Kimberly
Sherlock
achieved the designa-
tion of certified public accountant
and continues to be employed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers
. .,
Kait
Smith is
pursuing a master's in
integrated marketing communica-
tion at Marist. She still works as a
coordinator of first-year programs
at Marist and as
a freelance writer.
m
Kimberly
Spallone
works for CBS
Radio in New York City . .,
Colin
Walker
completed a master of arts
at Central Michigan University. He
is a full-time
lecturer
of mass media
at Valdosta State University.
"Amy
Wheeler
was recently hired as an
elementary school counselor in
Vermont and is very excited to begin
her new career.
m
Laura
Zarychta
received an MA in counseling from
Manhattan College this past May.
2011
Molly Cambone
is engaged to
her boyfriend of six years, Sean.
m
Daniel
Caracciolo
writes
comic book industry reviews and
interviews for www.thwp.net.
e
Julianne
Cheng
won the title of
Third Princess in the
2012
Narcissus
Festival Pageant in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
e
Kaitlin Decker
is work-
ing in studio production at ESPN
headquarters
in Bristol, CT.
m
Meghan Embry
is pursuing a JD
degree.
a
Ronald Johnson
accepted
a job with the Albany D,evils and is
now able to work for ant organiza-
tion that he has follow~id since he
was a kid, the New JersE:y Devils.
m
Matthew
Lubrano
('12MBA) was
awarded the New York Society of
CPA's Award for top MBA stu-
dent in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
m
Kathryn McBride
is pursu-
ing an MA in the Department of
Organization and Leadership at
Teachers College of Columbia
University in New Yo,rk City.
m
Christopher Steber
had the privi-
lege, through his former employer,
the FDR Presidential Library and
Museum, of contributing: to the new
temporary exhibit, "The Roosevelts:
Public Figures, Private Lives," which
will be the only exhibit open to the
public while the main portions of
the museum are under renovation.
The exhibit will be ope·n through
June 2013. His main task was to
put together a video montage of
rarely seen photographs taken dur-
ing the early lives of Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt. The montage
is
displayed in the first room of the
exhibit. Shortly after the opening
of the exhibit, Chris started a full-
time position as a produ1ct market-
ing specialist with the Blue Book
Building
& Construction Network
in Jefferson Valley, NY.
e
Jessica
Stevenson
works for an online
marketing firm in Orange County,
CA. She is pursuing an MA in com-
munication at Marist. .,
Joanna
\Veiss
lives
in
Poughkeepsie and
works for Dutchess County Child
Protective Services.
2012
Emily Berger
is the researcher at
the
Rachael Ray Show.
Emily was
previously a production
intern
there.
e
Lisa Glover
is the group
assistant
to Conversation,
an
advertising and marketing agency
in midtown Manhattan. She assists
the corporate communication and
brand development teams. Lisa is
responsible for pitching agency sto-
ries to journalists, managing social
media accounts, and tracking the
agency's outreach. With her corpo-
rate communication manager, she
spearheaded an internal initiative
to update the company's blog and
hyper-target the content that the
agency releases monthly. She loves
her job.
a
Lina
Kirby
is a market-
ing associate at Aetrex Worldwide.
.,
Katie Meena
is a production
assistant for VH1 Digital, located
in Times Square in Manhattan.
m
Marina
Patterson
was hired fol-
lowing graduation as an assistant
account executive in Manhattan.
m
Brittany Tommasone
is a media
desk production assistant at Fox
News in Manhattan.
m
Ashley
Wells-Wood is
a coordinating
producer at IIL Media, a division of
International Institute for Learning,
Inc.
In
Me111oriam
Alumni
James
Gordon
Wade
'67
Thomas
A.
Watters
'68
Ezio
J.
Tringali
'71
Diane
Digit-Cornes
'81
Michael
T. Regan
'86
Lynn
Bartoes
Redl
'90
Dr.
Jean
F.
Shanahan
'03MPA
Melissa
D'Ambrosio
'06
Brian
P.
Carroll
'09
Alex
P.
Butta
'11
Friends
Mike
Wallace
Hermine
Wernikowski
Staff
Rev.
Luke
W.
McCann
Chaplain
and
Adjunct
Profesw
of Religious
Studies
Harriet
St.
Germaine
Administrative
Aide
to the
President
Secretory
to the
Boord
of Trustees
Michael
Gandolfo
Virga
Student
Teacher
Supervisor
- 2010
to
2012
Teacher
Education
Program
Former Trustees
Robert
J.
Stemmermann
Scholarship Established to Honor James A. Kyle '09
F
amily, friends, and IBM co-workers gathered
on June 22 at Marist to launch the James A.
Kyle Memorial Scholarship, established by Jim's
many friends and colleagues at IBM where he
worked for
30
years. He graduated from Marist
in 2009 with a degree in information systems.
He
passed away on June 30, 2011.
At the gathering, Dr. Susan Cohen, vice presi-
dent, design and engineering at IBM and a Marist
trustee, remembered Kyle's perseverance and
positive outlook on life, even while
he
completed
his
last
course at Marist after being
diagnosed with brain cancer. His
wife, Robin, and daughter, Nicole,
shared their memories of
him
as a
husband and a father.
For more
information
about
the James A. Kyle Memorial
Scholarship, please contact the
Office of College Advancement
at (845) 575-3863.
Jim Kyle
(on
right) receives his
diploma from President Dennis J.
Murray
in July
2009.
Pictured are
(from
left) Dr. Roger Norton, dean of the School of
Computer
Science and Mathematics, Lauren Ferrone, Chris Kyle
'04,
Robin Kyle, Nicole
(Kyle)
McMahon, Matt McMahon, and Dr. Susan
Cohen,
Mari
st
trustee.
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Philanthropy
Dr.
John Scileppi,
professor
of psychology
jumped at the opportunity. At the time, all
faculty and staff knew one another. There was
a strong sense of community on campus, and
of the value of service to the larger commu-
nity. Also each student was treated holisti-
cally as a full person. The faculty frequently
helped to organize and participate in student
activities. I recall religious discussion/hiking
weekends at Hunter Mountain, initiating
honor societies and clubs of various kinds,
sponsoring lectures and socials, etc. These
activities were done as a natural part of the
College's value climate.
•
Why did you start
supporting
the Mari
st
Fund, some
30
years ago?
I believe strongly in Marist College! It
has been my alma mater and where I have
focused the bulk of my energies as an adult.
Contributing
Toi
Preserve
the Marist
Spirit
In addition, when foundations evaluate
which proposals to fund, commitment to
the institution by faculty, staff, and alumni
is a criterion highly valued. After all, why
should they support a college if the college
community is not doing so?
What prompted you recently to initiate a
charitable
gift annuity at Marist?
J
ohn Scileppi has achieved a lot between
delivering the valedictory to his Marist
class in 1967
and celebrating his 45th reunion
this past September. He earned MA and PhD
degrees in social psychology from Loyola
University in Chicago and undertook a
41-year college teaching career. As a young
man, he founded an innovative school
in Chicago and served as academic vice
president of the Oglala Sioux Community
College on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
South Dakota.
At Marist, he attained the rank of full
professor and, among other leadership roles,
served as director of the MA in psychology
program and chair of psychology during his
39-year tenure at the College. The recipient
of two coveted Marist honors, the Faculty
Service Award and the Outstanding Teacher
Award, Scileppi stepped down from full-time
teaching this past spring. He is writing his
sixth book and hopes to teach some classes
in community psychology this spring that
would include a trip to Ghana.
Then there is his full personal life. He
and Dr. Lynn Ruggiero, a psychologist and
Class of '76 alumna, have been married 30
years and are the proud parents of Luke,
22.
BY
SHAILEEN
KOPEC
Shai/een Kopec is Marist"s
senior
development
officer
for planned
giving
and
endowment
support.
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The professor's involvement with commu-
nity org:anizations includes service with the
Anders,on Center for Autism, Rehabilitation
Programs of Dutchess County, and Compeer,
a program of Mental Health America. He
is also a volunteer at the local library and a
lector
and special minister at Regina Coeli
Parish in his hometown of Hyde Park, NY.
In a recent interview, Scileppi spoke
about his start at Marist, noting with charac-
teristic enthusiasm, "I am most happy when
alumni write to tell me the great things they
are doiing in the field." This backdrop gives
some context as to why he has been and
continues to be a generous donor to Marist.
What drew you to the field of psychology?
I had really great mentors at Marist-Dan
Kirk, Ed O'Keefe, and Bill Eidle. All three
were both caring and demanding. They
frequently set high standards, and many of
my clai;smates and l strove to meet them.
Proportionally, a high percentage of our psy-
chology majors that year went on to attain
PhDs--over half of us. I thought psychol-
ogy off.ered a great way to help people and
to chanige the world.
What brought you back to Marist, and
what was it like then?
In
1t973,
Dan Kirk wrote to me about
the new Community Psychology Graduate
Program and he invited me to teach in it. I
I am at a point
in
my life when I want to
make a major contribution. The charitable
gift annuity makes this easy to do. My cur-
rent style of life is not adversely affected by
this contribution. Instead of keeping the
money in a bank account paying a relatively
low rate of interest, I can donate the funds
to Marist and at my age receive a nearly
s
percent annual return for as
long
as I live.
Those slightly older than me will get a higher
rate of return.
In
addition, I will receive a tax break
for a portion of the contribution. True, the
contribution goes to the College when I die,
but I don't expect to have much need for it
then. Of course, I have other funds to pass
on to my wife and son. I expect that when
reviewing my financial situation after my full
retirement in two years, I may find myself
able to make another charitable gift annuity.
A final incentive: donations made prior to
December 31 of this year make me eligible
to become a Founding Member of the newly
established Marist Legacy Society.
What would you
say
to others that might
encourage them to look into this form
of giving?
Paraphrasing a classic typing course
assignment, "Now is the proper time for all
good alumni and staff to rally around Marist
College!"
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www.marist.edu/plannedgiving
Information
and tools on Marist's
planned
giving
Web
pages
show
how estate planning
can
provide
peace
of
mind
for yourself
and loved
ones, while
allowing
you to
remember
and support
the College
A Legacy
of Learning
T
he
MarisL
Legacy
Sociely
is
a
valued
circle
of individuals who
have provided for Marist in Lheir
eslale
plans and wish
to inspire
oLhers Lo do
the
same.
Its
membership includes
alumni,
Lrustees,
friends, faculty and
Slaff, college
relirees, and parenls
and
grandparenls-anyone
who
shares a
commitment
Lo
supporLing
MarisL's
fulure
and iLs mission of academic
excellence
and a tradition of
communiLy
and
service.
F'or
some
people, a planned
gifL
enables
Lhem
to
support
MarisL
in a
more
generous
way than may
have
been praclical during their
lifetime.
However,
Lhere is no minimum
gift
amount
required for membership in the
Marist
Legacy
SocieLy
nor is disclosure
of
the
gifL amounl
required.
Individuals
may als,o join and requesl
anonymily.
To
join,
you
may:
•
Provide
for
Maris! in
your
will,
trust, or
other estate
plan
•
Des:ignale Marist
as
the
beneficiary
of a qualified retiremenl plan,
savings
bonds, or
a
life
insurance
policy
•
Creale
a
life-income plan,
such
as a charitable gift
annuity, which
prov ides income to
you or
others
and
a
gifL
Lo MarisL
Join
the
MarisL Legacy
SocieLy
by
December
31,
2012,
the
concluding
date
of
The Campaign
for Marist,
and
you
will
be recognized as
a
Founding Member.
Legacy
Society
members receive
a
pin,
a
certificate
of appreciaLion,
inviLaLions
Lo
events,
and the
gratiLude of
the
students
and graduates
who wi II benefiL
from
your
generosiLy.
lf
you
would like to join the
Marist
Legacy
SocieLy,
please
contact
Shaileen
Kopec,
Senior
Development Officer
for Planned Giving and Endowment
Support, (845)
575-3468 or
shaileen.
kopec@marisL.edu.
Planned
gifts
ben.efit the
College
in innumerable
ways:
Scholarship Endowmenl
•
CulLural Purposes
(Music,
Theatre,
Art, Leclures)
•
Faculty
Development•
Student
Research
the Library•
the
Chapel
•
Athletics
•Technology•
Campus
BeautificaLion
•
Building
Projects• Equipment
Endowed
Professorships
&
Chairs
•
General
Purposes
(Where
Lhe Need is
Greatest)








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