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Save the date for Reunion 2017!
Our Remarkable Future Helen Ladds Marlette Championing Girls' Education Class of 1967
June 2 & 3, 2017 Classes ending in 2’s and 7’s - it’s especially for you! Class of 1967 it's your 50th!
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Celebrate Fall 2016
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September 9 from 5pm - 7pm Don’t miss the annual picnic on Bidwell Parkway presented by the Parent Association. Welcome new families and spend time with old friends! Enjoy great food, pick up SEM gear - kick off the school year in style! One of the best ways to connect is to volunteer! Please contact Picnic Chair Josephine Siddiqui josephine.siddiqui@gmail.com to help.
Open House
September 25 from 9am - noon October 20 from 6 - 8pm Join us as we show prospective families what we all love about SEM. Please contact Laura Munson '79 if you are available to volunteer - lmunson@buffaloseminary.org
Hawk Walk
October 22 Students, Parents, Faculty & Alumnae... Walk, run, or just come for the BBQ! Sponsored by the School Government Association
SEM?Quest
November 4 from 7 - 10pm Join fellow parents, faculty, trustees and alumnae for a casual fun-filled evening of games, music, dancing & silent auction. Your support helps us bridge the tuition gap - the additional cost of educating young women at SEM beyond what tuition covers. Your commitment ensures talented faculty, classroom updates and technology enhancements. Out of classroom educational experiences - like class trips to Washington - are also supported by additional funds raised. Join us for an evening of great fun! Contact Melanie Jaskolka if you would like to volunteer - mjaskolka@buffaloseminary.org
Grandparent Morning
November 22 Don’t let grandparents miss the fun at SEM as granddaughters show their grandparents why they love their school. With performances, cookies and coffee, a granddaughter/grandparent family picture, and the opportunity to be interviewed by granddaughters as part of StoryCorps’ national oral history project "The Great Thanksgiving Listen." RSVP to Monique Brannon, Director of Advancement - mebrannon@buffaloseminary.org
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Remarkable Opportunities Campaign For SEM Success Remarkable Opportunities – Campaign for SEM significantly surpassed its $8.5 million goal, with gift commitments of $9,121,637 as of closing, June 30. The most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history, Remarkable Opportunities – Campaign for SEM is already transforming our campus and securing a strong future. “Our Campaign Committee definitely rose to the $8.5 million challenge,” said Board and Campaign Chair Margaret Brown ‘72. “The outstanding support from SEM’s Board, our Advancement team, and gifts from 1480 donors drove the success and are a source of great pride.” Campus Transformation Underway As a result of the extraordinary fundraising success, renovation of the Bidwell Parkway building is well underway, thanks to a generous and timely lead gift from Michal and Jim Wadsworth. When school opens in September, the MagavernSutton Courtyard will welcome our students and faculty, with new common areas, gardens and pathways, linking our school building and the five student and faculty residences, to unify our Elmwood Village campus at last. A long overdue restoration of our beloved Chapel will also be completed this summer. SEM is so grateful to Linda (Robertson ‘73) and Bill Magavern for their generous financial leadership and to Mary Magavern Worrell ’60 for her design vision and her commitment to creating a unique teaching and learning environment in our Elmwood Village campus. Endowment Soars Campaign gifts now committed to SEM’s endowment will grow this critical resource to $10 million. Endowment growth is imperative to a strong, vital future for all educational institutions and essential to our desire to increase funding for student scholarships, faculty development funds, and programmatic priorities. SEM now has 56 named endowment funds, including 18 new funds established during the Campaign.
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- Ribbon Cutting celebrates building restoration - Groundbreaking for the Magavern-Sutton Courtyard L-R: Gary Sutton, Jody Douglass, Bill Magavern, Margaret Brown '72 and Linda Robertson Magavern '73 - Chapel renovation to be completed by opening day of school, September 2016
Tremendous Thanks
Our fundraising success and its everlasting impact on our future would not have been possible without the time, determination, and leadership giving from this dedicated group of parent, former parent, and alumnae volunteers.
Erin Kelly, Director of Communications, Elizabeth Roach, new Trustee, Kris Kemmis, Director of Special Projects and Helen Marlette, new Head of School tour the Magavern-Sutton Courtyard construction in July.
New Named Funds
As part of Remarkable Opportunities - Campaign for SEM, our endowment greatly benefited including commitments to establish 18 new named funds. Scholarships Richard D. Cutting Scholarship Fund Delaware North Scholarship Fund Virginia Deuel '33 Scholarship Fund Catherine McLean Eagleson '53 Scholarship Fund Jenny Fredrich Franco Scholarship Fund The Gacioch Family Scholarship Fund Jane M. Gold '15 Scholarship Fund Betsy Greene Memorial Scholarship Fund Lois Kittinger Hutten ‘46 Scholarship Fund Helen Dent Lenahan '45 Endowed Scholarship Fund The David B. Lindsay Endowed Scholarship Fund Emily '05, Jenny '08 and Tess '13 O'Leary Scholarship Fund Amy Habib Rittling '86, Kara Habib Boyle '87 and Amy J. Habib Scholarship Fund Louise Alexandra von Simson Scholarship Fund Faculty Faculty Excellence Fund in Honor of Jody Douglass Susan and Edwin Johnston Faculty Fund Other Purposes Dylana Lembitz Accolla '81 Cross Cultural Enrichment Fund The Brian and Deborah Lipke Fund
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Campaign Leadership Chair - Margaret Brown ’72 Honorary Chairs Bill and Linda Robertson Magavern ’73 Jim and Michal Wadsworth Committee Monica Angle Jane Hopkins Carey ‘75 Jane Urban Constantine ‘66 Jody Douglass Shelley Cole Drake ‘66 Molly O’Connor Greene ‘98 Douglas Hopkins Susan Lenahan Kimberly ‘68 David Knauss Charles F. Kreiner, Jr. Madeline Ambrus Lillie ‘68 Helen Ladds Marlette Barbara Fischer McQueeney ‘74 Brian Melber Philip Niswander Kevin O’Leary Molly Love Quackenbush ‘67 Amy Habib Rittling ‘86 Josephine Siddiqui Annual Fund Leadership Annual Fund Chairs Molly Beck-Joslyn ‘99 (2014-2016) Mary Ross Rice ‘52 (2014-2015) Founders’ Society Advisory Committee Chair Linda Robertson Magavern ’73
Total Campaign Commitments $9,121,637 Campus - $1,339,945 Endowment - $5,267,087 Unrestricted - $1,316,297 Special Purpose - $159,805 Annual Fund 2014-16 - $1,038,503
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Party on the Parkway, June 4th
Celebrates campaign success and Jody Douglass' retirement
1. Sam and Jim Magavern 2. Molly Love Quackenbush '67 and Cameron Rockwell Greene '46 3. Katharine Dunbar '14, Erin Hanratty '15, Marissa Egloff '14, Madeline Caywood '15, Kacie Mills, Assistant Athletic Director 4. Sarah Haag Colaccio '99 and Leslie Padgett Vishwanath '99 5. Barbara Cowan Hyde '43, Janie Urban Constantine '66, Molly Wadsworth '82 6. Margaret Brown '72, Abby Hopkins '16 and Yuha Tomita '16 7. Steve and Sally Obletz 8. Bill and Linda Robertson Magavern '73 9. Class of 1976: Katherine Hershey Hafey, Jane Lord Dellinger, Elizabeth Smith Hitchcock, Susan Kraus Harris, Jane Irving Harrington, Gigi Pooley Helliwell, Catherine Anderson Estes 10. Ellen Goldstein '70, Mary Harty Jewett '70, Cynthia Eaton '70 11. Helen L. Marlette and Jody Douglass 12. Mary Hanrahan Berlow '57 and Sheldon Berlow
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These Names Will Linger Alway Ansie Silverman Baird '55 and Shelley Cole Drake '66 honored with new named classrooms for SEM's long, wide hallway
Poet in Residence Ansie Silverman Baird '55, with daughter Cynthia Baird Stark '81 and granddaughter Abigail Stark '08
Shelley Cole Drake '66 and Jody Douglass
The Jody Douglass House
Recognizing Jody’s transformational leadership At its June board meeting, SEM’s Trustees surprised Jody by dedicating the residence she has lived in, at 26 Soldier’s Place, as The Jody Douglass House, in recognition of her extraordinary impact on SEM. “During Jody’s tenure, SEM has made enormous strides in its mission to be an outstanding school with a national reputation. We are so very grateful for her many accomplishments, including the establishment of SEM’s residential program, achieving our unprecedented enrollment and inspiring our vibrant school community." – Margaret Brown '72, Campaign and Board Chair With Deepest Respect and Appreciation The Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees Recognizes Jody Douglass, 13th Head of School, For Her Transformative Leadership Guiding SEM to its Place as a “School of the Future” and a Recognized Leader in Independent Secondary Education for Girls 2007-2016 Summer 2016
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Helen Ladds Marlette - Championing Girls' Education SEM’s 14th head of school is not comfortable talking about herself - but she is effusive when it comes to talking about SEM. “We don’t have to be shy about what we’re good at – educating girls and understanding women, knowing what it takes for women to be fully realized, contributing members to our community and our world.” In 1851 SEM was founded by a group of prescient citizens who believed their daughters deserved the same quality of schooling their sons enjoyed. Women would not get the vote until 1920. By then, a new century was born, Miss Angell had arrived, the school had moved into 205 Bidwell Parkway, and 68 classes of SEM women had graduated - educated, but disenfranchised citizens. Helen takes over a 21st century SEM, where the goal is more nuanced. Rather than providing an education as good as a boy’s, SEM provides an education that’s specifically designed for women. She asks,
“What will our girls need for the future?” Helen was born on September 3, 1959. She is the middle child in a peripatetic family. Her father’s work brought the family to Buffalo where she began 7th grade at Elmwood Franklin after having lived and gone to school in very disparate places: Cleveland, Houston, and West Virginia. As an elementary student, Helen attended rural public school, coed school, and girls' school. She was in the first class of girls that entered The Nichols School as freshmen; she graduated from Nichols in 1977. “We got to create the school we wanted for girls,” she said of the experience of being one of the pioneering girls and a standout athlete at Nichols. “We were trailblazers, teaching the teachers and the boys what girls needed from their school. We had a responsibility to speak out if things weren’t right for girls.” Helen graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Russian Literature. Why Russian Lit.? She liked Crime and Punishment. “It’s why people do what they do,” she explained. Her first job was teaching history, coaching and as the admission assistant at Oldfields School, the venerable boarding school for girls in Glencoe, Maryland. Married to Peter Marlette (center) at 23, she is now the mother of three grown children (left to right: Peter Jr., Liza '13, Grace), mother in-law (to Ryan Jorgensen (far right), and an aunt of 22. But Helen points out that it’s not only being a mother that informs her, it’s being a daughter. “We transition in life,” she said. 8
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In 2007, then Head of School Sandra Gilmor hired Helen as athletic director and a history teacher. She grew up in the neighborhood, had played against SEM teams, her sister had attended SEM for a time. “I thought I knew SEM but I opened the door and realized I didn’t know a thing,” she said. “There is serious academic work going on here, and support. It is a warm community but that doesn’t negate the seriousness of its educational intent.” She was bowled over by the quality education SEM offers young women. By 2010 she was dean of students and by 2013 she was vice president of external relations. In December 2015 she was chosen by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees to be head of school and became head of school on July 1. The process of her selection has given her confidence and she feels supported. And she said with a laugh, “I’m just competitive enough to know I’m not going to let them down.” Of all the changes she will steward, she optimistically anticipates the Magavern-Sutton Courtyard’s effect on the school’s inclusivity, opportunity for some quiet reflection and access to plain old fresh air. “Perhaps most exciting to me though is the opportunity to work with our faculty - extraordinary in its work ethic, compassion, intellect, and creativity. I have to find every way I can to support the work they do and that will keep us at the forefront of women’s education.” By Erin St. John Kelly, Director of Communications
It's Our Time How lucky I feel to be taking the helm at SEM at this point in the history of the school. I know my good fortune is the direct result of the hard work of all of those who have preceded me - work that was fueled by a love of SEM and girl focused education. It is my charge and my duty to carry their passion and work forward to ensure that each girl today receives the same exceptional educational opportunities as those who have preceded her, to ensure this school is worthy of each girl’s promise. What does a SEM education look and feel like in 2016? Our look has changed dramatically. The exterior of 205 Bidwell is being restored to preserve its glory. The Chapel has been refurbished to highlight its beauty and improve the functionality of the space. The MagavernSutton Courtyard, connecting our five student and faculty residential houses, is absolutely stunning. The buildings and spaces at SEM matter; they are the framework for the unique community that is SEM. As is tradition, we will begin each day in the Chapel because it is the Chapel which gives us a sense of place and meaning. It is the very center of our school. It builds our confidence, brings us joy and celebrates our individuality while strengthening our community. The courtyard connecting the buildings of our campus will allow for individual reflection, small group gatherings and a large green lawn for recreation and socializing bringing us together in ways we have yet to imagine. Beautiful places and spaces ground the people at SEM, but it is the people at SEM who give the spaces and places life. The spirit of individual teachers who are passionate about their academic field, devoted to their students and each other, and who work together creatively combined with the energy of students who are kind, curious, engaged, and supportive of one another is unbeatable. Although the faces change and our campus has grown, the essence of SEM has remained the same. When you walk in our hallways and walkways you will see students and faculty engaged with each other, hear laughter and feel the sense of belonging that is SEM: a school guided by our tradition, living in the present and cherishing our time together, all the while pushing the boundaries to prepare us for an exciting future. The result? SEM is a nationally recognized all-girl school whose graduates are capable problem solvers, knowledgeable, resilient, kind, involved citizens who possess outstanding character. It is a privilege to be charged with leading this incomperable school where the tradition is forward thinking, into the future.
Helen officially became SEM’s 14th Head of School on July 1, 2016, though enthusiastic welcomes and congratulations to Helen started pouring in as soon as SEM’s Board announced its vote in December 2015. “Helen’s appointment is both an acknowledgement of the contributions she has made in every aspect of school life and an affirmation of her great work during Jody’s tenure,” shared Margaret Brown ’72, SEM’s Board Chair. “SEM is indeed fortunate to have in Helen an exceptional educator, strong leader, and advocate for our faculty and our students who is deeply committed to our shared mission, values, and strategic priorities.”
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Class of 2016 Commencement
Buffalo Seminary graduated 43 remarkable young women on a gorgeous afternoon at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, June 14. Retiring Head of School, Jody Douglass, gave her last opening address and awarded diplomas with Board Chair Margaret Brown ‘72. Ms. Brown also presented the Captain John Brown Award for new faculty excellence to Chair of the Science Department, Joan Wienckowski.
Buffalo Seminary has held its commencement at Westminster Presbyterian Church for as long as anyone can remember. Uniquely, the entire student body attends graduation as it is integral to the ceremony.
Chair of the Fine Arts Department and theatre instructor, Susan Drozd, gave an epic faculty address with Glenda the Good Witch at its core; guest speaker Amanda Terkel (above), politics editor at The Huffington Post, exhorted SEM students to refuse to be dismissed merely because they are women. Graduates of the Class of 2016 are the most adventurous in SEM’s history according to College Counselor Molly O'Connor Greene ‘98 - they applied to more schools, more places than any class before them. Final choices made, internships complete, SEM students plan majors in a wide variety of fields from public service to business and medicine.
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1. Joan Wienckowski receives the Captain John Brown Award for new faculty excellence 2. Theatre Instructor Susan Drozd 3. Katie Thomas '15 Facetimes a kiss to sister Rebecca Thomas '17 4. Senior Anna Fretz receives her diploma from her grandmother Janice Roberts Fretz '49 5. Seniors Kira Yerofeev, Kendyl Kratzer, and Natalie Rice 6. Senior Kerui Xu 7. Cousin seniors Megan and Sophie Maxwell 8. Juniors behind the scenes 9. Getting the perfect Class of 2016 shot 10. Senior Erin Teeter
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In conjunction with Erik Jewelers, the BSAA has made the Buffalo Seminary pendant – our venerable seal in silver ($125), 14K gold or 14K white gold (both $650). To purchase, call BSAA corresponding secretary Lucy Butterbaugh Coburn ‘73 at (716) 783-4257. Approximately 3-4 weeks for delivery. How can you resist?
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1. Sihao Sheng '16, Bridget Conboy '19, Gabrielle Cleary '18, Natalia Vaquero '18, Kailyn Lane, Jenna Smolarek '19, Hanna Danziger '19, Zeyan (Zoey) Liu '18, Ziquing (Kelly) Wang '16 2. Senior Deidra Mitchell 3. Trustees and their graduate daughters: David and Kaitlin Hughes, Michael and Megan Maxwell, Brian and Erin Melber, Jennifer and Anabel Cornacchio 4. Parent Deonne Pezzino with Gianna '18 and Alexia '16 5. Graduate Qiuyue (Anabel) Shen and Family 6. Graduate Yicen (Jessica) Liu 7. Former history faculty Dr. Ben Priest returned for the ceremony - here with sisters Kailtin Hughes '16 and Arianna Hughes '13, 8. Danielle Little '16 and Aurora Krauss '18 9. Juniors Lara Sherris, Leah Kramer, graduate Milan Gacioch, Dabin Han and Clare von Simson 10. Juniors Mikang Kim, Aerin Wagner, Tessa Pszonak, and English Department Chair Carey Miller
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Into The Future By Abigail Hopkins, SGA President 2015-16 I’ve had the most amazing year working for my SEM sisters. Getting to know you all, helping with SEM events, and seeing all of your faces every single morning inspired me. But as this school year draws to a close, and each of us steps into a new chapter of our lives, I want to leave each class with a quote. To the Freshmen: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It probably feels like yesterday that you were on this stage in weird costumes screaming out if you wanted to be a Hornet or a Jacket (we all know you want to be Hornets though). And trust me, before you know it, you will be sitting on this stage in white dresses, confused as to how four years could have passed by so quickly. SEM is such a special place, and while we all hit rough spots that feel like infinities, it’s vital to treasure each and every moment with the girls around you. Before you know it, you’ll be saying goodbye to them. To the Sophomores: “Just keep swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.” Dory, Finding Nemo. You are half-
way through high school. Think about that for a moment. Two years down, two to go. Junior year is just around the corner, and yes, that may be a daunting truth, but you have all the tools you need to take it on. Just stay steady, organized, and consistent. Everything will fall into place. And of course, don’t forget to take time for yourself. To the Juniors: “Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t about how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward.” Rocky Balboa, Rocky. The prospect of senior year and the infamous college process is exciting, but I remember the dread I felt this time last year. Yes, it’s going to be challenging. Yes, you’re going to think at some point, as every senior does, “I’m not going to college.” But in the end, all that matters will be the way you overcome your challenges. And I promise you: you will overcome your challenges. And you will go to college!
culminating to this point – graduating from high school. But really, graduating is just the beginning. Stepping out of the sheltering arms of SEM and into the real world is terrifying but exciting. Bizarre yet exhilarating. It will be weird to go from having 42 sisters to hang out with, and sometimes disagree with, to being surrounded by thousands of strangers in a new city. But because we’ve spent these four years together, we’ve learned how to take care of ourselves from each other – we’ve learned how to lead, how to follow, how to push ourselves, how to motivate others, and how to be a SEM woman. We may be going, but we’re going with SEM sisters as well as an entire school at our backs. And now finally, to the Entire School: Here is one last quote to leave you with from Back to the Future Part 3: “Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one.”
To the Seniors: “We’re almost there and nowhere near it. All that matters is we’re going.” Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls. It feels like our lives have been
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STUDENT RECOGNITION DAY
2016 STEAM CHALLENGE AWARDS
On June 3, student achievement and leadership in academics, athletics, and community was recognized with awards and prizes given by the faculty and coaches.
May 27, SEM held its 2nd STEAM Challenge Awards conceived of and hosted by Director of Technology Beth Adamczyk. Only freshmen are eligible to compete and 20 projects were submitted for consideration.
The National Honor Society inducted 28 juniors. These students will act as peer tutors in their senior year: Jenna Al-Naji, Morgan Baker, Emma Brentjens, Emily Broxup, Sara Caywood, Caroline Dunbar, Alison Gareis, Dabin Han, Emily Marie Jimenez, Jade Johnson, Mikang Kim, Alexis Kowalak, Leah Kramer, Maria Laudico, Madelynn Leary, Iliana Lukasik, Catherine McClenahan, Sophie Mielnicki, Elisaveta Nedkova, Tara Porter, Isabelle Schlehr, Mariam Shafik, Fatima Siddiqui, Jesse Sloier, Rebecca Thomas, Clare von Simson, Yao (Lisa) Xiao and Xinyang (Amber) Ye.
The opening speakers, women working in STEAM fields, were inspirational, funny, and powerful: Aleisa Adelman, Wendel Companies, sustainability consultant; Lena Levine, programmer and Buffalo chapter founder of Girl Develop It; and Shasti O’Leary-Soudant, transdisciplinary artist. - 1st Place: Mary Curtin, Lucia Schmid and Deanna Abdellatif for their “Bag IT 3000” an easy, hands-free way to pour something into a bag. - 1st place Coding: Maddie Love for her “Rock, Paper, Scissors Game” - 1st place Make It: Mary Leslie for her jewelry holder Guest Teachers/Judges were Peg Simons - Mt. St. Mary’s (Engineering); Cheryl Colpoys - EFS (Coding); Amy Hartman - EFS (Art)
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CLASS DAY On June 13, SGA President Abby Hopkins '16 presided over her last SEM meeting. The morning ceremony is dedicated to academic awards and the Rose Ceremony where leadership of clubs and school government is transferred from the outgoing seniors to the incoming seniors. The morning also serves an an opportunity for the seniors to be fĂŞted and to formally say good-bye.
CUM LAUDE SOCIETY HONORS Seniors Anna Fretz, Milan Gacioch, Maia Gallagher, Erin Melber and Sara Smolarek joined their SEM sister fall inductees TojumiOluwa Adegboyega, Abigail Hopkins, Anabel Cornacchio, and Kaitlin Hughes in SEM’s chapter of the national Cum Laude Society. The Cum Laude Society is a national organization of over 300 chapters in both public and independent schools. Cum Laude membership is based solely on academic achievement. The requirements of Cum Laude permit schools to induct up to 20% of the senior class. SEM admitted nine seniors this school year.
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Hellos & Goodbyes Faculty
By Sophie Michaud, Dean of Faculty 2015-16
This year, we are saying goodbye to our longtime colleague Glenna Leous (above) and wishing her a wonderful retirement after 12 years of service to SEM. We thank her for the difference she’s made in the girls’ lives at SEM and beyond as a science teacher, a class dean, an advisor, and a coach. We are excited to welcome Samantha Basile who has the formidable task of filling Mrs. Leous’ shoes in science this upcoming school year. Samantha graduated from Canisius College in May 2016 where she earned her BA from the School of Education and Human Services in Adolescent Education with a concentration in Physics. She is a passionate and dynamic professional who inspires a love for sciences in her students through inquiry and a hands-on approach. SEM is equally thrilled to welcome Dr. Patrick Walter who has joined our English Department as a sophomore English instructor. Patrick earned his PhD from the University at Buffalo in 2012. At UB, Dr. Walter specialized in a number of areas including contemporary American and African diasporic literatures, composition and media studies. He is committed to making complex reading and writing processes approachable and engaging to students and is excited to start working with SEM girls in the fall.
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We extend an equally warm welcome to Sarah Wooten (below, with Sophie), who is SEM’s first teaching fellow. Sarah received a dual BA in History and Women, Gender and Sexuality from the University of Virginia (UVA). In May 2016, she received her Master of Teaching also from UVA after completing her student teaching in United States History and Multicultural Education. In addition to her social studies background, Sarah also has experience working with English language learners (ELLs) and received an additional certificate in English as a Second Language. At SEM, she will be assisting Sharon Ammerman to provide support to our ELLs, she will teach a section of history, and she will intern as a residential house director. We are excited to welcome these talented individuals at SEM and look forward to the 2016-17 school year.
Welcome Natalie
Natalie Stothart will begin the 2016 academic year serving as SEM’s new Assistant Head for Community Life following seven years at Bay Path University, most recently serving as the Executive Director of Student Engagement. She brings a passion for women-centered teaching with vast experience in residence life, athletics, student leadership, and support. Prior to joining SEM she also served Bay Path as Director of Student Life and Assistant Director of Student Success and Retention. Previously, Natalie worked at Providence College as an Academic Advisor while earning her Master of Education in Counseling. A native of Canada, she completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Women’s Studies at Niagara University while also competing on its Division I volleyball team. Natalie was eager to move back to the area after being away for over 10 years, and she is looking forward to joining the administrative team at SEM. Natalie is quickly settling into the Jody Douglass House, her Buffalo home, with her husband Bret and two young boys, Ben and Jack.
Fond Farewell to Janie Urban Constantine ‘66 and Barbara Fischer McQueeney ’74
The planned retirements of Janie and Barbara coincided with the close of Remarkable Opportunities – Campaign for SEM. During their time with us the unwavering determination of this dynamic duo helped drive our Campaign’s unprecedented success, grow SEM’s Annual Fund, and build important relationships with Western New York’s philanthropic community. On behalf of all of those who will benefit from their commitment to SEM's success, a huge and heartfelt thank you.
A Fond Farewell
SEM has many endearing traditions and one of the most valuable has been the presence of Carla Young for the past 17 years. Prior to her June retirement, Carla faithfully and lovingly served as guardian of law, order and efficiency from her post in the front office. Her helping hand, watchful eye and kind heart will be missed by all.
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Andrea DeMarco '16 and Mrs. Young at graduation.
Main Office Staff Changes
Please welcome Ann Goldman More ‘79 who is the new Executive Assistant (EA) to the Head of School. Former EA Kim Trow, mother of Leah ‘15, is now Admissions Associate. Ann Leslie, mother of Mary Leslie ‘19 and Liz Overdorf, mother of Maia ‘15 and Thea ‘19 will now be the “guardians of law, order and efficiency” in the main office.
Parent Association President Paula Thomas Steps Down
Paula Thomas, mother of Rebecca '17 and Katie '14, steps down after seven years as president of the Parent Association. One can imagine what it meant to countless visiting or new parents and families when she took the time to welcome them. Paula has been integral to what makes SEM a true community parents, students, alumnae, and faculty all benefited from Paula’s generous spirit. Thank you, Paula, for your dedication!
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Living@SEM More than 50 students from across the country and around the world called SEM home this past school year. The Oishei House, Wendt House, Lipke House and Niscah House bubbled with activity and teenage vitality. At any given time you might hear bits of Mandarin, Cantonese, German, French, and Spanish mixed in with English chatter. Students appreciate the diverse international cultures they experience without even leaving the SEM campus. They welcome the opportunity to work on correct grammar and vocabulary in their regular lives, not just as an academic subject. In addition to the outstanding and exceptional SEM education, students are supervised and cared for in the heart of Buffalo’s walkable Elmwood Village. The homes are situated in a gracious neighborhood where students
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who have come thousands of miles for a fine education find peace and comfort with friends, dorm parents and SEM’s administration and faculty. What makes the SEM residential experience homelike? Home-cooked meals are provided seven days a week and the evening meals cater to international tastes and preferences. In addition to regular shopping excursions, weekly outings are selected to entertain and expose students to everything Western New York has to offer. Among many excursions, this year’s residential students particularly enjoyed trips to Skyzone’s indoor trampoline park, Sky High Adventure Park in Ellicottville, ice skating at Canalside on Buffalo’s waterfront and tubing south of the city in snow country.
A cheer of universal support goes up whenever a residential student is recognized or elected to represent the student body. With each passing year the residential program grows and becomes increasingly successful in blending day and residential students. Holiday home visits and open invitations to join in outings continue to blur the lines between all students. It’s fascinating to learn that international students leave SEM with an appreciation for the remarkable educational program that their parents selected for them when they arrived years earlier. Kerai Xu ’16, summed it up this way: “In China, I was a cube and my teacher wanted to turn me into a sphere. At SEM, I can be a cube.”
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Varsity Basketball
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Anabel Cornacchio, Kaitlin Hughes, Anna Fretz, Kendyl Kratzer, Mary Curtin, Cara DeRose, Isabelle Schlehr, Lara Sherris, Clare von Simson, Erin Griffis, Marion Rose McDonnell Coached by Phil Barth Captain - Kaitlin Hughes
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Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association Singles Champion Zoey Liu Singles Runner-up Priya Bommaraju
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Brooke Pohlman, Kailyn Lane, Grace Heidinger, Ella Tolomeo, Chelsea Anderson, Gabriella Cleary, Bridget Conboy, Shannon Shao Kai Ellis, Tess Rine, Nia Ellis, Moriah Daniels, Natalia Vaquero, Ayesha Khan, Julianna Scaccia Coached by Doug Hopkins
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Women Always at the Center of the SEM Art World
33 Years of Colby-Oishei Artists
If you have walked SEM’s hallways in the last 30 years you likely noticed the framed artwork hanging around the school. What many people do not know is that most of these artworks were made by women, and they are part of the Colby-Oishei Art Collection. The Colby-Oishei program was started in 1983 by a SEM alumna, Patricia Oishei Colby '32 (her portrait hangs above the mantle in the former Upper West-Chester, now Colby Room). The program aimed to bring women artists with a connection to the school or Western New York to SEM. Each artist exhibits her work, talks in art classes, and gives an artist lecture to the whole SEM community. Fall of 2015 we welcomed Barbara French Pace ‘61 as our 49th ColbyOishei Artist. Barbara had a beautiful exhibition of her urban and rural landscape paintings on the catwalk. She shared the details of her working process in art classes throughout the day, including photographs of in-progress paintings so the students could see how she creates an artwork from planning sketches to final details. Students loved getting a chance to see how she lays down an underpainting to give richer shadows and highlights to her final painting.
It is such a thrill to have a new artist in the building each year. As an art teacher I enjoy seeing how a Colby-Oishei Artist can affect student artwork. This year in particular I began to notice increased interest in and patience with underpainting. The ColbyOishei Program truly enlivens the art room in a different way each year. Perhaps even more importantly, the Colby-Oishei program puts art by women on the walls at SEM. Women have long been under represented in the art world and while it’s getting better (thanks in large part to feminist art collaboratives like the Guerilla Girls) there is still a long way to go. By the Guerilla Girls’ count, in 2012 only 4% of the works hanging in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art were made by women. The contemporary art world does better but is still far from equal. In 2015 only 15% of the solo exhibitions at major contemporary galleries like Gagosian and Leo Castelli featured women. This is made even more significant when you consider that as of 2006 women made up 60% of college and graduate level art programs.
By Caitlin Cass SEM’s Colby-Oishei Program shows a very different picture to SEM girls. Nearly every artwork they see at SEM is made by a woman. It is programs like this that ensure that SEM graduates leave the school expecting to see equal representation in the college classrooms and beyond - and when they don’t they become strong advocates for themselves and others.
April 7, 2017, we will welcome our 50th Colby-Oishei Artist, Pamela Mitchell Henrich ‘62. Pamela returned to SEM as an art teacher and was the first Colby-Oishei artist in the fall of 1983. This visit, she will share her beautiful trompe l’oeil paintings with a whole new class of SEM girls. Caitlin Cass joined SEM’s Fine Arts faculty in 2013.
Later in the Chapel, Barbara talked about the challenges of balancing her international relations career with her home life and her love for art. She reminded students that it is never too late to follow a dream.
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The Most Adventurous Class in SEM History Which Colleges Did They Accept? By Molly O’Connor Greene ‘98, Director of College Counseling
SEM’s Class of 2016 had an exceptional year in pursuing and completing the college process. These young ladies handled applications, visits, essay writing, and supplements with aplomb and remarkably few moments of anxiety. What became apparent to many of them is that the college process in and of itself is quite simple - fill out the Common Application, write the essays, and pay the application fees. What they also came to realize is that their SEM experience readied them to handle the college process as they did. The real work in preparing for college takes place in the three years prior to senior year, because those are the years in
which SEM students truly discover their passions, strengths and weaknesses and what they are looking for in a college. This happens in the classroom, on the athletic field, on stage and even in the hallways and cafeteria at school. Every step of her SEM career helped each girl engage in the self-discovery and actualization that ultimately allowed her to find the best college for her. Moving forward, the Capstone project (read more about Capstone at BuffaloSeminary.org/MagExtras) will only enhance and refine this process of self-reflection. Congratulations, Class of 2016!
Class of 2016 Matriculated list Alfred University Allegheny College American University Babson College Canisius College Case Western Reserve University Colgate University Cornell University Franklin & Marshall College Georgetown University Gettysburg College Hampton University Hawaii Pacific University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Indiana University at Bloomington Ithaca College John Carroll University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University New York University Niagara University Ohio State University (2) Ohio Wesleyan University SUNY Purchase Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Skidmore College St. Edward’s University St. John Fisher College St. Lawrence University Syracuse University University of Alabama University at Buffalo (3) University of Connecticut University of Miami University of Toronto (Canada) Washington College Xavier University Yale University
*As of 7/28/2016 The full list of acceptances is available online at BuffaloSeminary.org/CollegeStats
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Reconnection & Revelry
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Alumnae gathered from the class years ending in 6 & 1 on June 4 to reconnect, reminisce and celebrate their reunions.
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Natalie Block Jalenak, Phyllis Roberts Staplin, Gretchen Grever Wilson, Linda Kittinger Wadsworth, Joanne Rich Healy Class of 1941 Rosemary Smith Marlette and Bette Treiber Boeckel Class of 1951 Front Row: Joan Willard Gruen, Joan Mischka Doerr, Joan Rieckelman Strachan Back Row: Deborah Bassett McGinley, Frances Lipinski Morrison, Mary Howard Hayes, Alice Sullivan Dillon, Suggie Triepel Williams Class of 1956 Front Row: Beverley Cryer Brewer, Marcie Rashman Frankel, Elizabeth Munson Skinner, Olive Chatsworth Bowles Back Row: Louisa Plumb Pieper,
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Class of 1966 First Row (sitting on floor): Sue Levi Elwell, Deborah Jones Abbott Second Row (sitting on chairs) Adele Chodorow, Amanda Tubbs Thompson, Shelley Cole Drake, Bonnie Stewart Vigeland, Janie Morris, Gretchen Herrmann - Back Row: Camie Rockwell Greene, Chris Nelson Shookus, Susan Rupp, Lissa Marlette Sullivan, Susie Barrett Green, Janie Urban Constantine, Ann Alford Surdam, Katheryn Moeschler Bujalski, Cynthia Biggar, Sally Clarke Spain, Karen Wattles Vogelsang, Barbara Rassow, Candace Kuhn Niznik, Betsy Conover Simmons, Jill Israel
Class of 1961 Front Row: Betsy Henrich Biggar, Kathy Kayser Hudson - Back Row: Joan Whitaker, Sandy Severson Harwood, Gail Donaldson Class of 1971 Front Row: Anne Danahy O’Connor, Devon Parker Marlette, Catherine Flickinger Schweitzer Back Row: Linda Cornelius, Ann Coley Unsworth, Elisa Kreiner, Anne Carter, Ardrey Solomon Manning Class of 1976 Front Row: Elizabeth Smith Hitchcock, Catherine Anderson Estes Back Row: Jane Lord Dellinger, Susan Kraus Harris, Jane Irving Harrington, Gigi Pooley Helliwell, Katherine Hershey Hafey
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4 Class of 1981 Front Row: Gwen Baggs Ito, Elizabeth Zemke, Cynthia Baird Stark, Ann Mattar Bischof Back Row: Julia Morog, Amy Lucachick Carpenter, Nancy Moden-Lambert, Alice Lewzyck-Smith, Ann O’Connor Class of 1986 Front Row: Kristen Kuehnal Dyment, Julie ValentiSmith, Jennifer Runfola Merriman, Anne Darby Back Row: Catherine Silliman Del Vecchio, Laura O’Neill Donofrio, Amy Williams, Ann Tutton, Erin O’Brien, Kate Biondolillio Hibbard, Alicia Saia, Hilary Hartnett
Class of 2006 Front Row: Grace O’Dell, Jeannine O’Brian, Josiane Abou-Jaoude, Natalie Zorn, Rachel Sampson, Lauren Stegemann, Eliane Abou-Jaoude Back Row: Lauren Sacha, Laura Connelly Hartley, Brielle d’Estries, Alisa Officer, Anne Miller, Claire Smith, Esther Kendall
1 Helen L. Marlette, Rosemary Smith Marlette ‘41, Lissa Marlette Sullivan ‘66, and Devon Parker Marlette ‘71
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2 Class of '66 Janie Urban Constantine and Debbie Jones Abbott 3 3 classes, same family: Joanne (Joan) Rich Healy ‘56, Laura Connelly Hartley ‘06, Meg Connelly-White ‘01 4 Louisa Plumb Pieper '56 5 Joan Rogers Libby '46 and Loraine Herdeg Murray '51
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In Memoriam Jennifer Read Regan ‘52 the folk and fibre artist, died on January 17, 2016, in Cambridge, MA. She was 81. Jennifer was SEM’s ColbyOishei Artist in 1991. She created and gave a tapestry of SEM that captures feminist history, SEM’s history, and her own history at SEM; it hangs in the front hall. “In my work I like to combine past and present, myth and reality,” she wrote in the Semafore, published in the winter of 1991. “The past and the present merge in the building itself, too - an old-fashioned group of girls beautifully singing about stately mansions in one window and in another a black and a white girl holding a banner with the brassy demand, “she’s got to have it.”
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I wanted to put in the basement windows women, or females, whose energies and achievement and philosophies and attitudes I feel young women can draw upon during this crucial period when they are together in this girls’ school, to then enhance their lives and their futures.” On the quilt, Jennifer explained who the women are from left to right: Minnie Mouse, Eve, Anita Hill, Anne Frank, Ella Fitzgerald, Mother Theresa, the omnipresent Mom (all of our mothers), Gloria Steinem, Emily Dickinson, Aunt Jemimah (“the black woman of the past whose strength and degradation and humiliation laid the albeit shaky groundwork for the contemporary black woman’s opportunities”), Virginia Woolf, Dorothy, herself from her 1952 graduation picture, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Toni Smith Wilson
We were saddened to learn of the death of
By Harry Schooley
“Remember to stand in working position. No muddy thinking. And … fail gloriously!” Say this to any Buffalo Seminary alumna from 1970 to 2010 and one person will immediately come to mind: Toni Smith Wilson. The Class of 1994 wrote in their Seminaria dedication, “When we first stumbled upon you during our freshman year, we thought you were a madwoman. You expected more from us than anyone we had previously encountered. In your wild accessories and killer high heeled footwear, you were a force to be reckoned with. Yet, you also became our friend….” “Madwoman,” “force to be reckoned with,” “friend.” Toni Smith Wilson. I am privileged to have had Toni as part of my professional life for all of her 40 years at SEM. We first met in 1970 when, as Miss Smith, she came to SEM to do drama and create a theater program. (Continued at
M. Ruth Fowler Niswander ‘43 on
March 16, 2016. Mrs. Niswander wrote literally thousands of thank you notes to annual fund donors; they were invariably sprinkled with smiley faces. The consummate volunteer, Ruth was a pleasure to work with. She was a loyal alum and an involved trustee who embodied the very essence of volunteerism. Cheerful and helpful, when Ruth took on the task of writing thank you notes to SEM donors, she accepted list after list with unrivaled enthusiasm. I looked forward to Ruth’s stopping by the Advancement Office to pick up her next assignment or to stock up on SEM note cards. She always came in with a smile on her face and an eagerness to get to writing! -Nancy Miller, Gifts & Records Manager
BuffaloSeminary.org/MagExtras) Harry Schooley taught at SEM for 38 years, retiring in 2013, the same year as Toni. Toni died on May 28, 2016. Chris and Toni Wilson
Kate Niswander '05, Dr. Philip Niswander, and M. Ruth Fowler Niswander '43
Elizabeth Swados
composer, writer and director, and a 1968 graduate of SEM, died at the age of 64 in January.
Expanded stories of these inspiring women are available online at BuffaloSeminary.org/MagExtras
In 1978 her first play, Runaways, about runaway teenagers, was nominated for four Tony awards. That same year, she returned to where she’d been a teenager, SEM, when she was invited to give the commencement address. The address was reprinted in The Semafore, SEM’s newspaper. Summer 2016
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In Memoriam Donald K. Abbott
Neil R. Farmelo and Doris A. Farmelo
Martha Maloney Lane ‘50
Phyllis Arnone
Mary Ann “Polly” Miller Ferguson ‘43
son of SEM Staff Ann Leslie, brother of Mary Leslie ‘19
Stanley C. Augustyn
grandfather of Sara O’Donnell ’08, Maya Radoccia-Feuerstein ’12, and Jennifer O’Donnell ‘15
grandfather of Wynne F. Barron ‘02 grandmother of Michele Kujawa ‘08 grandfather of Emily Augustyn ‘07
Alan P. Bagley
father of Susan Bagley Hettler ‘68
Sandra Barile
mother of Kristina Barile ‘08
Susan Taggart Bell ‘56 Joseph F. Biondolillo
father of Holly Biondolillo MacFadyen ’83 and Cathryn Biondolillo Hibbard ‘86
Dr. John M. Bozer
brother of Joanne Bozer Rehmus ‘44
James Brady
husband of former SEM Secretary Marilyn Brady, father of Nancy Brady Watkins ‘79
Lois J. Brownschidle
grandmother of Lindsay Brownschidle ’02 and Amy Brownschidle Wopperer ‘05
Virginia Klopp Campbell ’45
sister-in-law of Marjorie Campbell ‘52
Albert H. Chestnut
father of Ann Chestnut Holden ’74 and Mary Chestnut ‘75
Virginia Ward Chorlton ‘51
mother of Virginia Kellogg Warner ‘70 and Alice Anne Kellogg ‘73, sister of Dianne Ward Forbush ‘50, aunt of Elizabeth “Betsy” Pearce Cronin ‘76, Nina Pearce Erensel ‘77, Victoria “Torry” Forbush ‘77, Catherine Forbush ‘79, and Life Trustee William H. Pearce, Jr., cousin of Barbara Hofheins Lavin ‘51
Barbara Strebel Conners ‘42 John T. Dillon
son of Susan Ray Dillon ’51, nephew of Alice Sullivan Dillon ‘51
Rita W. Douglass
mother of retired Head of School, Jody Douglass
Cynthia Gaines Easton ’49 Betty Williams Eslick ’42
mother of Casey Eslick ’69, Nancy Eslick ’72, and Susan Eslick ‘75
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parents of Laura B. Farmelo ‘72
Dr. Aaron I. Feuerstein
Sally A. Fiedler, PhD
former Teacher of English at SEM
Barbara Lion Finn ’39
grandmother of Theodora Finn ’94 and Alexa Finn ‘01
Thomas R. Flickinger
Daniel Leslie
George R. Levine
husband of Linda Rashman Levine ‘59, in whose name a Class Day sophomore English award is given
Edward B. “Tim” Magee, Jr.
husband of Karen Siegfried Magee ‘52
John Mazurowski
father of Melissa Mazurowski Martini ‘84
Ruth Y. McDade
father of Wendy Flickinger Ross ’73, cousin of former Board Chair Catherine Flickinger Schweitzer ‘71
mother of Diane McDade ’75 and Grace McDade Babikian ‘79
J. Bruce Forbush
husband of Margaret “Peppy” Spitzmiller McLean ‘59
Patricia French ’60
sister of Colby-Oishei Artist Barbara French Pace ‘61
sister of Rosemary Gohr Caldwell ‘49, former SEM Director of Admission, aunt of Valelrie Caldwell, former SEM Science Teacher.
Barbara Mathewson Gaul ‘37
Carol Sippel Monsees ‘55
father of Victoria “Torry” Forbush '77 and Catherine Forbush ’79
Henry Goldman
father of Marjorie Goldman Corrow ’75, Executive Assistant to Head of School Ann Goldman More ’79, and Susan Goldman ‘83
Lt. Col. Fillmore “Van” Hall Ret. U.S. Air Force, stepfather of Robin Pfalzgraf ‘86
John “Jack” L. Hill
Hugh McLean
Marilyn Gohr McTaggart ‘53
Lee Morgenlander
husband of Linda Blun Morgenlander ‘56
M. Ruth Fowler Niswander ’43
Life Trustee, mother of Life Trustee Philip Niswander, MD, grandmother of Lisa Niswander ’03, Kate Niswander ’05, and Grace Niswander ’10, sister of Sara Fowler Burchell ’47, MD
stepfather of Kelly Swanson ’77 and Wendy Swanson Gioia ‘82
Gretchen Siegfried Nymoen ‘48
Jean Smith Howland ’43
father of SEM Math Teacher Dolores Pasciak
John E. Johansson
uncle of Alexia Pezzino ’16 and Gianna Pezzino ‘18
aunt of Barbara Howland ’65, Joan Howland ’68, and Sally Howland ‘72 son of Alison Coatsworth Johansson ’44, brother of Jean Johansson ’79, cousin of Susan Fox Priebe ’68, Sarah M. Fox ’69, Cynthia Fox Youngman ’72, Catherine M. Faust ’72, Carolyn Faust ’03, and Kendall Priebe ‘12
Lynn Johnson Kopman ‘54 Charles F. “Bud” Kreiner
father of former Board Chair Charles F. “Chuck” Kreiner, Jr. and Elisa Kreiner ’71, grandfather of M. Lauren Kreiner ‘03
Leon F. Pasciak
John Pezzino III
Claudia Phillips ‘72
sister of Stephanie L. Phillips ‘69
Rocco D. Potenza
father of Ashley Potenza ‘04
Lauren D. Rachlin
father of Laura Rachlin ‘73
Jennifer Read Regan ’52,
Colby-Oishei Artist, sister of Susan Read ’46 and Wendy Read Wells ‘48
Class notes Rosemary B. Saccomando
1944 Molly Potter Scheu: I’m off for a trip to Portugal and then boarding a boat to Bordeaux with my daughter, Jenny. We’re so fortunate!
Diana Mitchell Sanford ‘44
1946 Eva Potter Lee: I’m enjoying Piper Shores - a beautiful retirement
mother-in-law of Jessica Murphy ‘90
Frank J. Schlehr, DDS
grandfather of Isabelle Schlehr ‘17
Ruth B. Schooley
mother of former Trustee and History Department Head, Harry B. Schooley
Matthew R. Scibilia
son of Roseann Denardo Scibilia ‘67
Katherine Selva
mother of Andrea Selva Steinberg ‘93
Rev. Philip A. Smith
former Teacher of Religion at SEM
Jeanne B. Stark
mother of Nancy Stark Campbell ’80, grandmother of Eliza Campbell Kingston ‘06
Elizabeth Swados ‘68 Gloria Lerner Tener '55 Angela Terranova
mother of Ann-Marie Terranova ‘87
Grace Glass Terwilliger ’28 aunt of Victoria Glass ‘00 and Mary Glass-Lindstrom ‘03
Neva Jane Manock Upp ‘40
community on the ocean in Scarborough, Maine. I have three grandsons and one granddaughter who all have graduated from college. No great-grands yet!
Martha Carr Stisser: Looking forward to our 70th Reunion. I hope to be
there!
1948 Alma Chapin Strachan: My third great-grandchild is due in June of 2016. The new first-time grandmother is Jennifer Owen Adsit ’71.
1956 Phyllis Roberts Staplin: I was humbled by the West Des Moines
Community School District dedicating its $16 million Valley High Performing Arts Center auditorium and classrooms to me on November 12, 2015. It is named the STAPLIN Performing Arts Center in recognition of my 33 years of leadership in the school district.
1957 Kate Truslow Montgomery: Retired and enjoying life in our longtime home. No plans to downsize or head south, though sometimes it looks like a good idea. Great to see Mary Hanrahan Berlow ‘57 in NY several weeks ago and visit the Munch Exhibit at the Neue Galerie. 1960 Judith Becker-Cavallon: Even though there were only three at our 55th, it was nice to have a one-on-one with Margot [Rumsey] Banta and Kathy Childs. I had the honor of sitting next to Jody Douglass at our Friday Reunion Dinner. 1961 Carolyn Jones Gurney: Photography and travel are my two
Theresa M. Usiak
favorite pastimes, balanced by family and full-time nursing. Unfortunately, I will miss our 55th reunion because I work on weekends.
Daniel F. Welsh
1966 Susan Barrett Green: Looking forward to seeing everyone
grandmother of Paige Usiak ‘15 grandfather of Olivia Colon ‘16
Cecile Kelly Whittemore ‘39 Vanetta E. Williams
mother of SEM Trustee Vivian Williams ’83 and Kimberly Williams ’85
Toni Smith Wilson
former Dean of Students and Drama Teacher at SEM, mother of Samantha Wilson ‘97
Annette Stevens Wilton ’52
Life Trustee and former Board Chair, mother of Annette P. Wilton ’84, Lucy Wilton ’86, aunt of Larkin Stevens ’71, cousin of Susan Stevens ‘61
at our 50th.
1970 Cynthia Eaton: I’m enjoying my retirement from National Grid and
volunteering way too much at Meals on Wheels of WNY (where Tara Ellis '88 is the CEO), as a Board member on the BSAA, as an Ombudsman at an
Assisted Living Facility in Buffalo and as a member of the Missions of Love Ministry at my church, the New Mt. Ararat Temple of Prayer.
1971 Jennifer Owen Adsit: I’m expecting! Jennifer’s mother, Alma
Chapin Strachan ’48, reports that Jennifer expected her first grandchild in June of 2016.
Dorothy Tronolone Woodworth ‘51
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1971 Lauren Belfer gave the Prince Lecture on May 17, 2016 to a packed house
at the Saturn Club. This first joint Prince Lecture in SEM and Nichols history brought Lauren to discuss her new book And After the Fire, published by HarperCollins. Both Nichols School Head Bill Clough and SEM Head of School Jody Douglass welcomed Lauren. The Prince Lecture was established in 2004 by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Prince, Jr. and their daughters Allison ‘75 and Jennifer Prince Bronstein ‘78. Jennifer and her daughters Ryan ‘15 and Kilby ‘10 attended this year. Also in attendance were three of Lauren’s SEM teachers: Gary Sutton (French), Cornelia Dopkins (English) and Harry Schooley (history). Lauren, who writes best selling historical fiction, said “Harry really pushed me to try to get behind what I was reading in history books.”
1974 Mary (Memo) Oshei: In my eighth
year at Shea's PAC and loving it! I work sales for all theatre groups, sponsorships and Shea's box seats. Heard from my sponsee Kelly Swanson '77 a few days ago and always having fun with Gaby DeRose '74, Betsy
Mackenzie '74, Jane Lord Dellinger ‘76
and many other SEM friends. Really missing
Cindy Williams '69 though. :(
1976 Dr. AmyBeth Taublieb: Just had my third book published and it’s entitled The Tail Wags the Dog - A Psychologist Reveals Two Hundred Lessons Learned from her Patients. It’s available from all major retailers as well as from the publisher, AuthorHouse.com.
Amy Holden Jones has written The Tom Cat - The story of a heartless player who became a real pussy available only as a download on either Amazon or Kindle. A portion of the profits will go to animal rescue. Amy describes it as “a fairy tale for adults, not high literature; it is bite size and would make a good beach read. If you love pets, you’ll particularly enjoy it.” Amy has written the films Mystic Pizza and Beethoven, among other films, but this is her first book.
1973 Kathy Killeen Ashton: Greetings,
classmates! Life is still very busy in the marketing department at Providence College and teaching yoga, but turning 61 has me eyeing retirement and a change in lifestyle. Would love to hear of other's experiences with this. Our daughters are great; Sara married and living in NH and Holly living a bit closer in Newport. David and I are enjoying life together and traveling whenever we can. Looking forward to summer!
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What have you been up to? Your success is SEM’s best tool for success! Share recent events and milestones on our online Class Notes at buffaloseminary.org/classnotes. Do we have your current phone number and email address? Contact: Development@buffaloseminary.org Like us on Facebook/BuffaloSeminaryAlumnae and you can play Harry Schooley’s quizzes!
Prince Lecture - Lauren Belfer '71, Ryan '15 and Kilby '10 Bronstein
Harry Schooley has his book signed by former student Lauren Belfer.
Keep In Touch
1978 Jennifer Prince Bronstein and daughter Kilby ’10: We have completely renovated the Half and Half clothing store at 1088 Elmwood Ave., which has been a fixture in the neighborhood for more than four decades. The mother and daughter team ditched the store’s exterior awning in favor of backlit signs above the store. In addition to women’s clothing and accessories, the new owners have added men’s clothing and a home goods section. In January, we bought the store from longtime owners and family friends Debbie and Bill Sidel, parents of Simone Sidel ’02. 1979 Ann Goldman More is now the
executive assistant to the new Head of School Helen L. Marlette.
1984 Lisa Faturos: Susan G. Komen Western New York honored Lisa Faturos with the 2016 Nora McGuire Volunteer Award at this year’s Komen Race for the Cure in June. The award is given yearly for “extraordinary effort, outstanding leadership and dedicated commitment to the breast cancer cause.” Lisa has been volunteering for Komen for 10 years, working as the chair of the Finance Committee and as lead for finance and accounting for the entire Western New York affiliate.
1986 Katherine Holloway Fusco: Looking forward to reunion — seeing friends and catching up with 1986. Living in Maine with my husband of 24 years and our five kids, ages 7-19. Busy with work and jobs and sports and just enjoying all Maine has to offer, as the way life should be. Go, Jackets!
Amy Habib Rittling ‘86
Amy Habib Rittling: Promoted, along with Jennifer Persico ’87, to co-lead the Litigation Practice Group at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP. Also, The Buffalo Niagara Partnership presented the 26th annual ATHENA Leadership Award to her on March 15. “The ATHENA Leadership Award honors exceptional individuals who have achieved the highest level of professional excellence, contribute time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and actively assist others, particularly women, in realizing their full leadership potential.”
1987 Jennifer Persico: Earned her
bachelor’s degree and JD from the University at Buffalo, was named a partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP and, with Amy Habib Rittling ‘86, was promoted to coleader of the Litigation Practice Group.
Susan Henderson: It's been a whirlwind as we have moved several times in the past few years - first from Atlanta, Georgia, to Beijing, China, where we lived for two years, then to a rental house in Bethesda, Maryland, and finally to our own house this past fall. I've been married for 15 years and have three girls, ages 9, 11, and 11. I am working as the Chief of Epidemiology and Surveillance at the US Peace Corps headquarters, where I manage a small staff. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa between 1991-1993 so it's great to be back contributing to the organization that created so many opportunities for me. I'm attaching a photo of my family on a recent trip to Switzerland in front of Lake Geneva. If you're in the DC area, please look me up!
1992 Valerie Caprio: Val’s sister, Cheryl
of ELL Policy.” She is currently teaching in Alexandria, Virginia.
A bright light has gone out with the death of Valerie Jean Caprio…. So began my sister Val’s obituary after her sudden death in a car crash on September 30, 2015. Many may remember Val as brilliant and yet, distracted. She had won a full scholarship to SEM not only by her stellar intellect on the tests but also, in the interview, by her enthusiasm for life and ideals. She had told interviewers the truth: “I want to start my own country!” Disillusionment with the way things were here on earth carried her down many broken roads and through many heartaches, as I know even more after working to compile her poems and other writings. I guard these as treasures after her death!
2005 Moira Giammaresi: Moira, a
Caprio ’94, wrote the following:
In her last decade of life here, her laughter was still contagious, though rarely heard as she struggled through many hardships. Her “soulmate,” Robert van de Bogard, had died tragically in 2006; her close friend Gary died less than five years later. Though saddening her, her many losses had caused her to do a great deal of soul-searching. Valerie had figured out what mattered the most to her: her family, her faith, her beloved music and books. I am grateful for the years I spent with such an amazing and loving sister!
VALERIE
Susan Henderson ‘87 and family in Switzerland
1988 Tara A. Ellis: Is recent past president
of the Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association, and since 2012 is president of Meals on Wheels for Western New York. She was honored on May 15 as the Syracuse University Alumni Club of WNY’s Alumna of the Year. She received a master’s degree in public communication at Syracuse University.
Big brown eyes: heart of gold Raucous laughter, loud and bold Sad and lonely, lost inside— From pain she could never hide Lost her friends, lost her way… Give up, maybe? NOT TODAY!! Sense of humor, quick and wry; Let’s give hope another try You’re my hero, Valerie! There in heaven, finally free? Let it be, Lord, let it be!!
1992 Jaye Allyn Clark-Nias: Received the degree of Doctorate of Science in Computer Science from Bowie State University in May 2016.
community initiatives specialist at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, is a Buffalo Business First “30 under 30” honoree this year. Thirty Western New Yorkers in the early stages of their careers and achieving at high levels at work and in the community are selected out of more than 100 nominations.
2007 Katherine Meier-Davis: Was
recently hired at Phillips Lytle LLP. She will specialize in products liability and business litigation. Katherine received her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
2008 Elizabeth Bloom: Will join the advancement and the communications departments at SEM in September.
2010 Kilby Bronstein: see Class of 1978 — Jennifer Prince Bronstein
2011 Lia DiNunzio: Was selected as
Miss New York International 2016 and will be representing the State of New York at the 2016 Miss International Pageant in Jacksonville, FL.
Kathryn Melber: Graduated from Daemen College with a dual degree of a Bachelor of Science/Master of Science: Physician Assistant Studies. She will be moving to Pittsburgh, PA, to work in a surgical residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
2016 Yuha Tomita: Will be a trainee at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. “Hard work, dedication and PATIENCE and of course talent pay off,” wrote Neglia Ballet executive director Heidi Halt.
1996 Carrie Lyons Auwarter: I‘m working as associate director of admissions and financial aid at the Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN. Kevin, Lily and I are settling into our new home close to my parents and sister. Tara Ellis ‘88
2001 Dr. Lauren McHugh Herr
graduated with a doctoral degree in Education Administration and Policy from The George Washington University. Her dissertation is titled “Principals' Interpretation
Yuha Tomita ‘16
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Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association News Calling All WNY Alumnae!
Local Alum Networking Event
The BSAA wants you! We’re looking for local alumnae who wish to serve on the board of directors. The board facilitates many of the events you have probably attended such as the reunion dinner and the Holiday Bazaar. But we do much more and would love to have you join us! For more information, contact Betsy Bloom at bbloom@buffaloseminary.org.
On March 1, 2016, the BSAA held an event for local alums in SEM’s art room. Several alums painted our beloved SEM building with step-by-step instructions from Paint the Town. Look for the next alumnae event in the fall at Half & Half Boutique (Jennifer Bronstein ‘78 and Kilby ‘10 proprietors, see p. 32) on Elmwood Avenue. We’ll enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres and camaraderie, along with a store discount! Ladies at their easels: Same as it ever was!
Don’t Miss Holiday Bazaar - Dec. 10, 2016 The event gets bigger and better every year! Come pick up your wreath and poinsettia, see what’s new, and finish your holiday shopping early! Saturday from 10 AM-2 PM.
Jennifer ‘78 and Kilby ‘10 Bronstein set up.
SEM Trustees Gaby DeRose ‘74 and Vivian Williams ‘83
Cynthia Eaton '70 and Cindy Pope '78
BSAA Parting Gift for Jody Douglass Mary Ross Rice ‘52
Junior Poinsettia Sale
Welcome, Class of 2016 to the BSAA! The Class of 2016 was inducted into the BSAA on June 8. After sharing a group lunch with their classmates and alumnae, each student gave her unique perspective about her experience at SEM. Seniors received a single long-stemmed red rose and a charm engraved with their graduation year and “BSAA.”
BSAA President Tara Ellis '88, presented this original oil painting by Buffalo artist Peter Fowler, to Jody Douglass on behalf of the Association to thank her for her contributions to SEM as Head of School. The painting is a depiction of Buffalo Seminary prominently featuring West-Chester Hall. The building was gifted to SEM by the Graduates’ Association as the BSAA was then known.
Upcoming Alumnae Resource Center (ARC)
Andrea DeMarco, Phyllis Gabbey '58 and Deidra Mitchell
SEM and the BSAA are working on a great new resource for all SEM alums! The Alumnae Resource Center will provide a networking tool for all alums to locate likeminded alums. Looking for a job in chemical engineering? Need advice from someone with years of experience in public relations or social work? The ARC will be able to help connect alumnae for networking, mentoring, job searches, etc.
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Remarkable Opportunities Campaign for SEM Success Helen Ladds Marlette Championing Girls' Education Commencement Super SEM Girls - Student Achievement Hellos & Goodbyes Living @ SEM #GoSEM, Go Red-Tailed Hawks! 2016 Reunion In Memoriam Class Notes
Annual magazine for the alumnae, friends, parents, and students of Buffalo Seminary
Thank you for providing
More Opportunities for All Girls at SEM and for your continued support!
Head of School Helen Ladds Marlette
As a companion to this printed issue of SEM Today there are a number of online exclusive stories at BuffaloSeminary.org/ MagExtras. Susan Drozd’s full commencement address is there; our new French elective is described from the inside by senior (and French enthusiast) Andrea DeMarco; senior Danielle Little has an update on the history-making chess club she founded and now leaves; there is an explanation of the origins and purpose of the new Capstone curriculum that begins this fall; and English teacher Alison Wright writes about teaching Shakespeare at SEM. Ali's story is accompanied by stellar student essays by seniors TojumiOluwa Adegboyega and Erin Melber.
Director of Advancement Monique E. Brannon Advancement Associate Melanie Jaskolka Annual Fund Director Susan Beich Gifts & Records Manager Nancy Miller
While we have so much to celebrate this year at SEM, we also have much to commemorate. Our In Memoriam section includes a tribute to theatre instructor Toni Smith Wilson written by fellow teacher Harry Schooley and a remembrance of her by her former student Susie Hunt ‘72 – It’s safe to say the SEM community is bereft. We also have a transcript of the stunningly still relevant 1978 SEM commencement address given by Elizabeth Swados ‘68, the celebrated playwright and composer whom we lost this winter. I hope you enjoy reading about SEM as much as we enjoyed making this issue of SEM Today. Please let me know at ekelly@buffaloseminary.org. Erin St. John Kelly
Parent Association
Contributors Margaret Brown ‘72 Eva Cunningham Molly O’Connor Greene ‘98 Abigail Hopkins ‘16 Sophie Michaud Kacie Mills Harry Schooley Nancy Vargo, RN
SEM Today ONLINE TojumiOluwa Adegboyega '16 Breana Daniels '13 Andrea DeMarco ‘16 Susan Drozd Rachel Engl '06 Susie Hunt '72 Danielle Little '16 Erin Melber '16 Alison Wright Designer Cassandra Ott
Chair: Margaret Brown ‘72 Vice Chair: Michael Maxwell, Esq. Treasurer: Richard Gold Secretary: Josephine Siddiqui
Monica Angle Suzanne Bradley ‘73, MD Jane Hopkins Carey ‘75 Robert Carr Jennifer Cornacchio Linda Cornelius ‘71 Gaby DeRose ‘74 Virginia Schaefer Horvath ’75, PhD David Hughes, MD Alice Jacobs, Esq. Cheryl Klass James Kramer Patrick Long, Esq. Linda Robertson Magavern ‘73 Brian Melber, Esq. Michael Perley, Esq. Elizabeth Roach Claire Schen, PhD Christopher Tolomeo Vivian Williams ‘83
Director of Communications/ SEM Today Editor Erin St. John Kelly
Photography Michele Goldfarb Amy Doyle Tessa Pszonak ‘17 Sara Schmidle '14 Qiuyue (Anabel) Shen ‘16 Kim Trow Nancy Vargo, RN
Officers
Members
In Memoriam & Class Notes Editor, SEM Historian Gary R. Sutton
A Letter from the Editor
Board of Trustees 2016 - 2017
President: Wendy Sievenpiper Beck Vice President: TBD Treasurer: Cynthia Dutton Secretary: Rebecca Rabideau Communications: TBD
BSAA Officers
Thank you!
President: Lucy Butterbaugh Coburn ’73 Vice President: Kilby Bronstein ‘10 Treasurer: Brielle M. d’Estries ’06 Recording Secretary: Nadine Matala-Kowalski ’82 Corresponding Secretary: Linda Robertson Magavern ‘73 ExOfficio/Liaison: Betsy Bloom ’08
BSAA Members
Amy Hayes Atkinson ‘84 Sharon Bailey ’85 Gabrielle P. DeRose'74 Tara A. Ellis’88 Phyllis Gabbey ’58 Mary Jewett Harty ’70 Sarah A. Cercone Heavey ’03 Georgia Pooley Helliwell (Gigi) ’76 Allison Joseph '10 Joy L. Kaminski ’94 Lauren Stegemann ’06 Joan Ginther Wadsworth ’74
BSAA Honorary Members Dianne Ward Forbush '50 Mary E.B. (Memo) Oshei ’74 Mary Ross Rice ’52
Life Trustees
Joan Louise Kostick Andrews ‘48 Marjorie E. Barney Frederick B. Cohen, Esq. Shelley Cole Drake ‘66 Francis S. Faust, Esq.* Joan Willard Gruen ‘51 Amy J. Habib Mark E. Hamister L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr.* Murray S. Howland, MD* Barbara Cowan Hyde ‘43 Elaine F. James ‘42* Ellie Harder Johnson ’57, PhD Susan Lenahan Kimberly ‘68 Dave Knauss Paul J. Koessler* Charles F. Kreiner, Jr. Madeline Ambrus Lillie ‘68, MD, PhD Robin Simon Magavern ‘52* Rosemary Smith Marlette ‘41 Amy Martoche ‘88, Esq. Joseph H. Morey, Jr., Esq.* M. Ruth Fowler Niswander ‘43* Philip R. Niswander, MD Melanie Franco Nussdorf ‘67, Esq. Kevin O’Leary Betty Lehman Oppenheimer ‘37* Jean Reese Oshei ‘32* William H. Pearce, Jr. William H. Pearce, Sr.* Madeleine Breinig Reid ‘33* Charles R. Rice Mary Ross Rice ‘52 Amy Habib Rittling ‘86, Esq. Susan Rubenstein Schapiro ‘48, PhD* Tom Stewart David Strachan Annette Stevens Wilton ‘52*
Honorary Trustees
Ansie Silverman Baird ‘55 Katherine Crandell Bassett ‘50* Mary Henrich Botsford ‘33, MD* Betty Butzer Brown ‘44* Melissa Reed Chudy ‘78* Virginia Deuel ‘33* Alice Sullivan Dillon ‘51 Robert E. Dillon, Jr.* Marritje VanArsdale Greene ‘69 Betty Duthie Kittinger ‘30* James L. Magavern, Esq. Jean Wende McCarthy ‘31* Marion Osborn ‘40* Betty Johnson Ott ‘40* Dorothy Doane Scott ‘26* Suzy Marlette Sears ‘73 Gary R. Sutton Patricia Runk Sweeney ‘56* Tara VanDerveer ‘71 Linda Kittinger Wadsworth ‘56 June Seufert Walker ‘39* Margaret L. Wendt 1903* Rosemary Woodworth Whiting ‘40 * deceased
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