Carlow University President's Report 2013-2014

TRANSFORMING

lives. TRANSFORMING our world.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2013-2014

VISION STATEMENT CARLOW UNIVERSITY will be a preeminent, innovative, Catholic university, renowned for providing transformational learning experiences in which students realize their full potential and become career-ready, ethical leaders committed to a just and merciful world.

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“TRANSFORMATION” IS A WORD WE OFTEN HEAR BEING USED ON AND AROUND CAMPUS. Why? Because it cuts to the core of the student experience at Carlow University.

A Carlow education is about more than satisfying intellectual curiosity, it’s about equipping students with the skills necessary to act on and create change, to not only find their purpose, but to live their purpose.

Transformation also cuts to the core of who we are as an institution—a University on the cusp of even greater success and recognition. Carlow continues to grow and innovate, and prove its significance to the changing needs of the region and beyond.

As I reflect on my first year as president, it’s clear that there’s much to celebrate! I’m inspired by our faculty and staff who connect a Carlow education with active participation in society, addressing issues of social and economic justice, as demonstrated by Enrique Mu, PhD (page 14); by our students who have found their place— and voice—at this institution, including Jehosha Wright (page 21); and by our alumni who have empowered themselves to make a difference, like Lois Folino (page 23).

As you peruse the pages of Carlow’s inaugural President’s Report, I hope you’ll join us in celebrating the generosity of our many alumni and friends. Without your support we would not be able to fulfill our commitment to our students that we will engage with them in Transforming Lives and Transforming our World.

It’s with great pride that I share with you a glimpse of our accomplishments of the 2013-2014 academic year, a year filled with collaborative and transformative opportunities, exciting accomplishments, and dynamic new initiatives of which we are very proud.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to those of you who graciously have given of your time, talent, and treasure for an even greater Carlow University.

Sincerely,

Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD President

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ROOTED IN TRADITION AND REACHING TOWARD THE FUTURE Since our founding by the Sisters of Mercy in 1929, Carlow University has prepared its students for leadership and compassionate service in their professional and personal lives. Guided by the creativity, courage, and values of the Sisters of Mercy, Carlow boasts a successful model of integrating its historic mission with energy, spirit, and vitality as it moves into the future.

Students, faculty, and staff work side-by-side to prepare more than 20,000 dehydrated, protein-rich meals for hungry men, women, and children in Burkina Faso.

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TRANSFORMING LIVES. TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: STRATEGIC PLAN 2014-2019 Transforming Lives. Transforming Our World 2014-2019 is about moving boldly into the future with the same risk-taking entrepreneurial spirit of our founders while continuing to change lives—and our world—for the better.

This comprehensive strategic plan strengthens Carlow’s commitment to respond to the workforce needs of the region, inspiring students to even greater accomplishments. It reflects the particular opportunities and challenges facing the University by addressing five unifying imperatives and underscoring our top priorities, those on which our success most depends:

ACCELERATE GROWTH Design a pathway for dynamic institutional growth by creating models for attracting, enrolling, retaining, and graduating students.

BUILD FINANCIAL HEALTH Drive strategic, sustainable investment in the people, programs, and places that support the vision and priorities of Carlow University.

STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE: OPTIMIZE LEARNING Embrace and implement high-impact learning practices that provide transformational learning experiences for students.

INNOVATE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS Leverage community and business collaborations to our students’ advantage and ensure that local, societal, and global issues continuously inform our curriculum.

CREATE TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTS Develop a campus and culture that foster holistic learning experiences and align our physical, collegial, and virtual spaces with our strategic vision.

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DID YOU

know ?

94%

of students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in December 2012 and May 2013 are employed.

80%

of all Carlow graduates in December 2012 and May 2013 (undergraduate and graduate) completed at least one internship.

CREATING A UNIFIED VISION Looking to reaffirm Carlow University’s allegiance to the region, and reinforce the institution’s 85-year commitment to its students, it was readily apparent to President Suzanne Mellon, PhD, that Carlow University was in need of a powerful vision which would serve as a foundation for the strategic plan. Following months-long engagement with the campus community, the vision statement has received full endorsement across all constituents of the University.

Carlow University will be a preeminent, innovative, Catholic university, renowned for providing transformational learning experiences in which students realize their full potential and become career-ready, ethical leaders committed to a just and merciful world.

MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY STATEMENTS, CORE VALUES Following the articulation of a new vision to impel Carlow into the future, a task force was charged with a revision of the institution’s mission statement and values. A second group was appointed to create a philosophy statement. These companion documents will be approved in early 2015.

PITTSBURGH 2030 DISTRICT Carlow University joined the Pittsburgh 2030 District expansion into Oakland, a consortium of 21 partners committed to making their properties more environmentally friendly. The Oakland expansion gives Pittsburgh the distinction of being the first city in the nation to have two distinct urban areas working towards a 50 percent reduction in energy consumption, water use, and transportation emissions by the year 2030.

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UNIVERSITY COMMONS

When completed, the 82,500-square foot University Commons will be the center of campus life and learning at Carlow University by integrating an array of faculty and student services that support student and faculty learning and collaboration. It will play a vital role in educating students, combining elements of teaching, learning, research, health and wellness, collaboration, and technological support. Amenities will include three computer labs, a cafĂŠ, a state-ofthe-art home for the Center for Digital Learning and Innovation, study spaces, and informal, shared workspaces for students.

suit modern needs, the University is also being mindful of issues of sustainability and conservation. The University Commons will be the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building on campus. LEED is a green building certification program, through the United States Green Building Council, that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. When completed, the University Commons will be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated in a manner that saves money and resources, has a positive impact on the health of the occupants, and promotes renewable, clean energy.

The University decided to renovate and repurpose the Grace Library space because it is an effective and cost-efficient way to meet the need for a changing learning environment. By transforming an older space to

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND EMPLOYABILITY Carlow University cracked the top 20 private colleges and top 100 overall on Washington Monthly ’s annual ranking of more than 1,500 colleges that provide the “best bang-for-the-buck.” Each year, Washington Monthly crafts a list of the colleges in America that do the best job of helping students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. Only 386 schools out of 1,540 colleges and universities considered made the Best Bang-for-the-Buck list. Carlow was ranked 95th overall (public, private, for-profit) and 17th among just the private schools. Notably, Carlow was one of only two schools from Pennsylvania—and the only regional institution— among the top 100, and one of only two Catholic schools among

A recent survey of more than 1,200 colleges ranks Carlow University 69th in the nation in terms of helping its students improve their earnings and attain quality employment after graduation. Carlow is one of seven schools in Pennsylvania, and the only regional institution, listed in the top 100. Educate To Career (ETC) compiled their College Rankings Index by analyzing which universities with more than 1,000 students did the best job of helping their students to improve their earnings and attain quality employment after graduation.

For its rankings, ETC—a nonprofit organization based in California that provides outcome-focused college-planning tools for high school students and their parents—considered

the top 20 private schools. The closest Pennsylvania institution, geographically, ranked among the top 100 is more than 260 miles away from Pittsburgh. To qualify for the rankings, Washington Monthly rates schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

the academic profile of students when they enter college, the total costs related to attendance, and students’ success upon entering the labor market, and measured each school’s ability to improve the employability and earnings power of their students. ETC compiled information from 55 sources of government agency data including school, major, occupation, salary, percentage of graduates employed within their field of study, number of years to graduation, net tuition, and loan default rates.

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CHELSEA SCHREINER BA ’12 Early Childhood Education Second Grade Teacher College Square Elementary School Hometown: Beaver, Pa. Chelsea Schreiner ’12 is passionate about “teaching people to stand up for themselves, work through their problems, and advocate for themselves.”

She harnesses that energy as a second grade teacher and credits Carlow for deepening her desire to serve others.

In addition to her role as a teacher, she volunteers at an inner-city college prep program in Pittsburgh and in the summer of 2014 traveled to Haiti as part of a mission trip, dividing her time between a school, a health clinic, and an orphanage. “Carlow was the best choice I ever made,” says Schreiner.

“There are so many opportunities for service through leadership. I took these opportunities and ran with them, and honestly, it helped me get a job.”

She says her whole philosophy of education, empowerment, communication, and advocating for herself came from Carlow.

“Carlow has prepared me for everything!”

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

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DID YOU

know ?

3.19 was the average Carlow athlete GPA for fall 2013.

Carlow’s enrollment is

2,212 students (1,357 undergraduate; 855 graduate).

30%

Carlow’s nearly minority enrollment makes it the most diverse institution in the region.

Carlow’s residence hall occupancy for 2014 is

99.3%

,

the highest occupancy in over 15 years.

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“ In addition to the top-notch education that I received at Carlow, the campus was an oasis that helped this small-town girl transition into ‘big city’ life.”

—Gina Drzal Weiss ’93, operations manager, ROOT Sports Pittsburgh

CARLOW STUDENT RECEIVES BIG TEN RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY JALINA MCCLARIN Psychology Class of 2015 Hometown: Bethesda, Ohio “The Carlow community is the whole reason I ended up doing psycholinguistic research this summer. Because of this experience, I have many opportunities I didn’t have before…

Coming to Carlow is the best decision I ever made.”

Alum Mary Ann Sestili ‘61, was instrumental in promoting the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s (CIC) highly competitive Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) to Carlow students—a move that resulted in a win for Carlow: psychology major Jalina McClarin was the first Carlow student to be accepted into the SROP and traveled to the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the summer of 2014 to work in a psycholinguistics lab.

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SUPPORTING ACADEMIC INNOVATION For many here at Carlow, the status quo is simply not good enough. We are keenly aware of the fleeting nature of life and the need to focus our attention on the outcomes that matter most. Our work is driven by the understanding that we have the capacity to transform lives, to inspire hope, and to keep dreams alive.

ACCREDITATION FOR NURSING

MIDDLE STATES SELF-STUDY

The Nursing Department received the full 10-year re-accreditation for all programs (BSN, RN-BSN, MSN, and DNP) from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Carlow is now accredited until December 31, 2024.

The Middle States Self-Study process has accomplished its first major milestone: the six working groups have studied all 14 standards and have combed through hundreds of Carlow documents and files.

The groups have documented the state of our compliance with each fundamental aspect of the standards, and a first draft of the proposed outcomes for the self-study has been compiled. The theme of Carlow’s self-study, in alignment with our strategic plan and vision statement, will be Transformation. The self-study document will address three areas of focus: Transforming Learning, Transforming Our Environment, Transforming Ourselves.

DID YOU KNOW: The NCLEX-RN first-time BSN pass rate for the class of May 2014 was 95 percent.

COUNSELING RESEARCH Joe Roberts, PhD, (Psychology) is working with PsyD students, alumni, and master’s of professional counseling students to explore the decision-making of Pennsylvania’s licensed clinicians. They have surveyed more than 150 of Pennsylvania’s licensed clinicians, exploring what factors most help them decide when to report criminal activity that comes to their attention during a counseling session. The research phase of their study, titled “Peripheral Criminal Activity: Implications for Practice and Supervision in Mental Health Settings,” is complete and they are working toward getting their results published in 2015.

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A PASSION FOR TEACHING:

BIOLOGY PROFESSOR STEPHEN BORECKY Beloved and longtime biology professor Stephen Borecky, PhD, is program director of two popular biology concentrations: perfusion technology and autopsy specialist.

Carlow’s perfusion technology program, offered in conjunction with UPMC Shadyside, is one of only 17 programs in the country and the only program in Western Pennsylvania. It is the second longest established program currently accredited in the United States. The autopsy specialist program is the only one of its kind in the country that can be earned with the Bachelor of Science degree in biology. This highly selective program gives students the opportunity to study with pathologists to become autopsy specialists and forensic investigators.

“Whether you are a straight biology major or have a perfusion or autopsy concentration, you are still receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in biology,” said Borecky, “which opens all doors for you, and allows you to find your own path.”

“There is a difference between teaching and lecturing…Carlow has given me the opportunity to teach...students are given not only information, but the guidance and training to use that information.”

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Enrique Mu, PhD, MBA, MS, co-chair of Carlow’s MBA Program, is founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and U.S. director for the Latin American Society for Strategy.

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A GAME CHANGER:

MBA PROFESSOR ENRIQUE MU MBA Professor Enrique Mu’s expertise in Analytic Hierarchy Process (known as AHP), a prioritization and selection methodology, is at the heart of a new study that has caught the eye of the international law enforcement community. While reviewing literature to prepare to teach a new course in scientific inquiry in Carlow’s Master of Fraud and Forensics program, he uncovered an alarming fact: eyewitness police lineup identifications have only a 55 percent ratio of success— and a misidentification rate of about 25-35 percent. He soon learned that lineup misidentification is the most common cause of wrongful convictions of innocent people in the United States—a trend he suspected he could reverse.

With seed money from Carlow’s Grace Ann Geibel Institute for Justice and Social Responsibility, Professor Mu took a new AHP approach to eyewitness identification: examining pairs of suspects instead of the traditional sequential lineup. This new approach increased the successful identification rate to 88 percent and decreased the false identification rate to 17 percent.

After receiving high praise from reviewers at institutions such as Harvard University and Columbia Teachers University, Professor Mu will soon present his findings to the law enforcement community and The Innocence Project, a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals.

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The Project to End Human Trafficking, a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by faculty member Mary Burke, PhD, is dedicated to raising awareness about human trafficking in an effort to pull slavery out from the shadows and into the public eye.

YMAP received a two-year, $277,000 grant from The Heinz Endowments to continue its programming that encourages local youth to advocate for positive changes in their schools and communities. Co-directed by Jennifer Snyder-Duch, PhD, (Communication) and James Kelly, PhD, (Social Work), YMAP (Youth Media Advocacy Project) is part of a service-learning course offered each semester where Carlow undergraduate students work in high school classrooms to impress upon high school students the power of the media, how they need to be aware of its power to influence them, and how they can use it to make the change they want to see in the world.

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SPARKING CURIOSITY AND PREPARING CAREER-READY, ETHICAL LEADERS Whatever their professional and personal goals, at Carlow we do everything in our power to help our students develop the skills and values they need to succeed. We enable our graduates to thrive in today’s workplaces, many of which require critical thinking, ethical leadership, and a commitment to lifelong learning.

ACADEMIC RESTRUCTURING The Presidential Task Force on Academic Structure provided recommendations for a new University structure that would move the institution into the future and better align our departments with the imperatives in the strategic plan. The new college structure is designed to look at academic opportunities through a lens of shared optimism, excitement, and innovation. This cross-pollination will promote interdisciplinary learning, improve efficiencies in serving students, diversify programs and formats, and grow partnerships. As a result of the reorganization, the following Colleges, which comprise both undergraduate and graduate programs, were established prior to the start of the 2014-2015 Academic Year: College of Health and Wellness Currently comprised of undergraduate degrees in nursing and a new respiratory care program, Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN), Education and Leadership, Nursing (MSN), MSN-MBA Dual Degree, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).

College of Leadership and Social Change Comprised of all programs currently in Management, Social Work, Psychology, Communication, Justice Studies (Political Science, Sociology, and Criminal Justice), the Hopkins Communications Lab, and Service-Learning.

College of Learning and Innovation Comprised of Art, English, MFA, Women’s and Gender Studies, Humanities (Philosophy, History, Math, and Theology), Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry), all Education programs, the First Year Experience, and the Core Curriculum.

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MASTER ACADEMIC PLAN A comprehensive Master Academic Plan, a framework to guide academic development at the University, was finalized and is aligned with the strategic plan objectives. As a result, a new general education curriculum is being implemented that integrates a strong liberal arts tradition with career readiness and is grounded in the Mercy tradition of service and social responsibility.

NEW PROGRAMS Carlow combines rigorous academics with exceptional value, equipping students for today’s careers—as well as for those that don’t yet exist. Last year, Carlow launched several new programs, including an undergraduate degree in criminal justice; an undergraduate accelerated program in which students earn a bachelor’s degree to master’s degree in less time (and for less cost) in the areas of psychology, fraud and forensics, and business administration; and certification in special education. Also introduced was an autism concentration that will benefit educators or employees in industries that work closely with individuals with autism. Carlow is currently accepting applications for a new respiratory care degree, set to launch in 2015 as the only baccalaureate level respiratory care program based in Pittsburgh.

WOMEN OF SPIRIT ® INSTITUTE Justice and Mercy are the core values upon which Carlow built its foundation, providing a distinct differentiation for the work of the University among institutions of higher education in our region. The newly conceptualized Women of Spirit® Institute will provide access to women who want to identify and capitalize on opportunities to lead others in directions that will precipitate social justice and sustainable change.

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DID YOU

know ?

Carlow has an undergraduate student to faculty ratio of

11:1

.

Carlow offers more than

50

degree and certificate programs.

Carlow has

two satellite locations in Greensburg and in Cranberry at the Regional Learning Alliance.

Carlow has been

recognized every year since 2005 by the President’s Honor Roll for Community Service for our participation.

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BEST PROFESSORS AND CLASSES IN THE REGION Pittsburgh Magazine named three Carlow professors among the “Best Professors” in the region: Mary Burke, PhD, associate professor and chair of the doctoral program in counseling psychology (PsyD); Allyson Lowe, PhD, interim dean of the College of Leadership and Social Change and chair and associate professor in political science; and Dale Huffman, MFA, chair and professor of art.

An honors class on human dignity taught by Michael Balmert, PhD, professor of communication, and Jessica Friedrichs, MSW, MPA, assistant professor of social work, coordinator of service-learning, and co-director of the Honors Program, was named among the “Best Classes.”

CAREER DEVELOPMENT Carlow’s new Career Development Plan is a roadmap for undergraduate students to follow in order to build their future careers as soon as they step foot on campus. Starting as early as their freshman year, students can work with the Office of Career Development to create a plan for success with the goal of either obtaining a job or an advanced degree upon graduating from Carlow. To further support student career development, a Career Management and Networking (CARMEN) online database was implemented. CARMEN allows students and alumni to search for open jobs and internships, create custom data searches, post resumes and other materials for our network of employers to view, locate employer contacts through various electronic and social media networks, and schedule appointments online.

CAMPUS SCHOOL OF CARLOW UNIVERSITY An independent, coeducational, Catholic day school for pre-kindergarten through grade eight, and a Montessori preschool program, the Campus School of Carlow University developed a new strategic plan and was highly recommended for Middle States re-accreditation.

The Early Learning Center (ELC) earned a Keystone STAR 4-A level rating from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL). Keystone STARS is an initiative to improve, support, and recognize the continuous quality improvement efforts of early learning programs in Pennsylvania. Facilities must maintain a minimum average score of a 5.25 during their bi-annual assessments in order to achieve a STAR 4-A level. This year the ELC attained a score of 6.21. By maintaining its STAR 4-A status, the ELC receives the Merit Education and Retention Award (MERA) to purchase new and improved learning materials, teacher resources, equipment, and furniture for their classrooms.

The Carlow Sharknadoes and the Carlow Like-A-Bots had a fantastic showing at the FIRST® LEGO® League Robotics Championship. Both teams had the best robot performance ever in the past 13 years that the Campus School has been competing, placing 20th and 8th out of over 200 teams.

Campus School students learn to think like scientists and engineers as part of FIRST® LEGO® League, which introduces them to the fun and excitement of science and technology while building self-confidence, knowledge, and valuable career and life skills.

The Campus School forensics team ended their regular season with another terrific success at the Butler Catholic Finals Tournament. For the second year in a row, the team won the league trophy for coming in first place in total points, competing against 28 other schools during the 2013-2014 season.

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FIRST MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM On March 17, 2014, President Suzanne Mellon, PhD, announced that Carlow’s first-ever intercollegiate men’s basketball team would take the court in the fall of 2014. A 10-year athletic plan by Carlow University Athletics Task Force—a group of students, faculty, and staff—recommended introducing a men’s basketball team in 2017, but a 2012 student-led survey of the undergraduate student body motivated them to reprioritize funding and debut the team ahead of schedule.

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JEHOSHA WRIGHT Art Therapy Class of 2015 Forward, Carlow Celtics Men’s Basketball Team Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

“ I chose Carlow because of the opportunity it afforded me to get to know my professors, to ask them questions, to get their help after class. It was important to me that I would not be a number or just an anonymous face in class, and that my voice as a student would be heard.”

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COMMITTED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE Education can radically alter the trajectory of a person’s life. Carlow is a place where students can overcome obstacles placed in their way and become leaders and role models for the next generation. But a university needs to be more than simply an employment agency, where students are matched with particular careers based on standardized tests. They also need the freedom to find their own paths in this world. Through the generosity of others, Carlow is able to provide exceptional educational opportunities. Our graduates have the ethical and values-based foundation they need to handle challenging situations and address local and global concerns.

1929 SOCIETY The Carlow University 1929 Society is comprised of philanthropic alumni and friends of Carlow dedicated to financially supporting the University. Their mission? Carlow’s mission: to provide an educational environment where students learn to think critically while embracing an ethic of service toward a just and merciful world.

Just as the Sisters of Mercy determined the need for women to receive a Catholic education, the 1929 Society ensures that the University can plan for the future, confident that resources are in place to meet the most immediate needs.

Members of the 1929 society contribute $1,929 or more to the Carlow Fund, preparing to meet the University’s next great need.

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INSPIRED TO GIVE BACK

Lois Folino Proudly Supports the Carlow Fund More than most, Lois Folino understands the value of taking the first step toward something big and exciting. All too often we are bound by inertia, overcome by challenges or a lack of momentum, and we struggle to get out of the starting blocks. But not Lois Folino, not anymore.

“Carlow was a time when I blossomed,” she remembers. “I went from a timid, unsure girl to someone who had confidence and conviction. It was a really exciting change, driven by faculty who not only knew my name, but cared about me, celebrated my achievements, and inspired me to keep growing.”

Folino’s ‘big first step’ came in the form of a job interview. “It was the spring of my senior year when the Carlow placement department told me that the top radio station in Pittsburgh was looking to hire a producer for its morning show,” she recalls. “I had no experience in radio and didn’t even know the first thing about what a producer did, but I went on the interview with all the confidence in the world and I got the

job—ahead of 43 other applicants! That opportunity opened many doors at the start of my professional employment—and it was all thanks to Carlow.”

With this in mind, Folino has grown into a strong supporter of the Carlow Fund. “I wanted to give back to make sure that other young women had the same opportunities that I did at Carlow,” she says.

And just as Folino gained courage, confidence, and momentum as a student, so too has she grown as a donor. “I’ve always been a proud supporter of the annual fund, but I was inspired to make a major gift when I learned about the 1929 Society,” she says. “I wanted to honor the founding Sisters for setting into motion the values upon which Carlow was founded—the same values that allowed me to blossom and thrive.”

Folino sees her annual contribution as a way to give back, as a way of saying ‘thanks’ to the institution that gave her the confidence to get hired and kick off her professional life. “Of course I didn’t realize it at the time, but Carlow had a tremendous impact on my life, academically, personally, and professionally, and I’m so happy to have the opportunity to help transform the lives of the young women who are experiencing Carlow University today.”

“I wanted to give back to make sure that other young women had the same opportunities that I did at Carlow.”

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Carlow University is the only Pennsylvania university directly involved with Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab. Here, graduate and undergraduate students participate in the ground-breaking Children’s Innovation Project (CIP) as they work alongside classroom teachers in Pittsburgh-Allegheny’s K-5 school on the city’s north side.

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CARLOW UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $205,000 GRANT FROM THE BENEDUM FOUNDATION Carlow University has received a $205,000 grant commitment from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to establish a satellite on its campus of Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab. Established collaboratively with Carlow’s School of Education and The Campus School of Carlow University, the satellite focuses on interdisciplinary practices in education and high performance learning.

The Campus School has implemented two CREATE Lab projects, Arts & Bots and GigaPan. The School of Education serves as the lead for a third venture, The Children’s Innovation Project (CIP), which it is currently implementing at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5.

“Carlow University’s Campus School and teacher preparation program provide the right ingredients for expanding this partnership model into Pennsylvania,” says James Denova, vice president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.

The CREATE Lab, part of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, stands for the Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment Lab. “We believe having a CREATE Lab satellite at the Campus School will benefit the Campus School students and faculty, and also Carlow’s School of Education faculty and students,” says President Suzanne Mellon, PhD. “We thank the Benedum Foundation for recognizing the potential in this unique opportunity for both students and faculty to learn and excel.”

For several years, the Campus School has featured a distinctive curriculum initiative known as STEAM RISES (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics as a Rigorous Integration of Student Engagement in School).

“The STEAM RISES initiative is a natural opportunity for collaboration and integration with the CREATE Lab,” says Michelle Peduto, executive director and head of school for The Campus School of Carlow University. “It provides our faculty with the chance to enhance their own teaching methods in exciting and innovative ways. Ideally, we would like our teachers eventually to become trainers themselves.”

Collaboration and sustained involvement with the community are significant components of the mission of the CREATE Lab, which is both a technology breeding ground and a community partner.

“The CREATE Lab is pleased to partner with Carlow to help future teachers prepare their students to become technologically fluent,” says Dror Yaron, director of outreach for the CREATE Lab. “The next generation of students should look at technology as a raw material—something that can be used to achieve community and/or personal goals.”

“ The next generation of students should look at technology as a raw material.”

— Dror Yaron, director of outreach, CREATE Lab

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DID YOU

know ?

Continued Generosity Makes All Things Possible • $150,000 from the Pittsburgh Foundation to the School of Education is to support their High Performance Learning Program in the development of curricula for two masters programs.

More than

90%

of Carlow students receive financial assistance.

• Highmark awarded the School of Nursing $250,000 for expanding Carlow’s simulation capacity in both clinical and basic science skills, with a particular emphasis on supporting the Family Nurse Practitioner program.

• The Francis Edward McGillick Foundation contributed $107,000 for scholarships.

• $50,000 from The Heinz Endowments supports the Youth Media Advocacy Program.

Carlow’s endowment has increased

82%

since 2010 to $21.1 million.

Carlow has raised more money than at any other period of time in its history.

Funding is nearly complete for the signature project of this campaign:

The University Commons, which will be a transformation in the learning environment for our students.

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• The University Commons is beneficiary of a $770,000 gift from the Estate of Jack Laubach and a $20,000 bequest from the Estate of Mary Anne Gearing ’42. Both gifts will be recognized with a named area in the transformed facility.

FIGHTING FOR FINLEY Jennifer Pletcher knew her then three-year-old daughter, Finley, was having a tough time seeing. The signs were all there. Finley was a bit clumsy, stood way too close to the television, and had this curious way of tilting her head sideways when she looked at her picture books.

Pletcher, a 1997 graduate of Carlow University’s School of Nursing, suspected Finley needed glasses. What she didn’t know was that glasses would never help.

After multiple doctor visits and numerous tests, Pletcher learned her daughter had Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a rare genetic eye disease. Twenty different types of LCA have been identified, but only four percent of all LCA cases—about 75 people—have the same type as Finley, known as RDH12 after the affected gene. There is no cure, and every child who has LCA —no matter the type—ends up blind.

Pletcher and her husband, Mat, soon began attending conferences, where they met Jean Bennett, MD, a University of Pennsylvania researcher who had discovered a cure using gene therapy for one type of LCA. Together with the other families who had children with the same type of LCA, they formed a 501(c)3 non-profit, RDH12 Fund for Sight, and began fundraising. In just a few months they presented Bennett with a check for $70,000—the amount she needed to start the research into Finley’s type of LCA .

Pletcher has no doubt about where her resolve to fight for Finley originates.

“ I would imagine that if you interviewed 99 percent of the women who come out of Carlow, you will get the same answer. We were taught to be leaders.”

“My experiences at Carlow helped shape my life and my attitude,” she said. “Carlow makes strong nurses and strong women. When Finley was diagnosed, I built on that strength. I knew that I could do this, and that I had to do it.”

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET: $42,734,799

EXPENDITURES­—$43,030,258 Depreciation, Interest and Other Expenses Operation/Maintenance 9%— $3,943,967 of Physical Plant

REVENUE—$45,280,179

Gifts and Grants 10%— $4,741,197

8%— $3,397,705

Other Income 2%— $926,866

Auxiliary Enterprises 13%— $5,351,670 Student Services 4%— $1,875,923

Auxiliary Enterprises 17%— $7,545,073

Scholarships and Fellowships 1%— $437,368

Tuition and Fees 71%— $32,067,043

27%

SOURCES OF GIVING

52%

Corporations and Foundations

Alumni

9%

Friends

1%

Faculty and Staff

11%

Trustees, Former Trustees, Trustees Emeriti

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Instruction 27%— $11,685,943

Academic Support 13%— $5,471,240

Institutional Support 25%— $10,866,442

REUNION GIVING CL A SS Y E A R

PA RT I C I PAT ION R ATE

TOTAL C LASS GIF T

1949

22.5%

$2,919.00

1954

35.7%

$7,460.00

1959

25.0%

$23,678.58

1964**

33.3%

$36,896.90

1969

26.8%

$24,679.50

1974

14.3%

$7,664.00

1979

10.1%

$2,110.00

1984

7.0%

$650.00

1989

8.8%

$1,050.00

1994

6.0%

$1,526.28

1999

4.3%

$2,855.00

2004

2.7%

$650.00

2009

2.2%

$265.00

OV E R AL L TOTA L

$112,404.26

* Totals as of September 15, 2014. ** The Class of 1964 includes a special endowed gift, which established The Class of 1964 Legacy Endowed Scholarship.

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ENDOWMENT TOTALS

2013-2014 BENEFACTORS

BY FISCAL YEAR

With this list of donors, we celebrate the generosity of our alumni and friends. We gratefully acknowledge gifts received during the 2013-2014 fiscal year (July 1, 2013June 30, 2014) to Carlow University, including The Campus School of Carlow University.

Balances as of June 30.

We hope you, our generous benefactors, take pride in supporting Carlow University.

Your investment plays a vital role in Carlow’s continued growth and success.

2009-2010

$11,946,302 2010-2011

$13,706,902

$250,000 - $499,999

$25,000 - $49,999

Highmark Hillman Foundation John Laubach, Jr. McAuley Ministries (5)

Eugene P. Beard Roy and Susan Dorrance William and Nancy Gatti Joseph Kelley, MD and Karen Dunn Kelley (10) Thomas and Eileen McConomy (10) McGuinn Family Foundation Estate of Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 Beth Holley Piraino, MD Estate of Megan Sandell ’75 Judith Scott ’67 (5) Lawrence and Nancy L. Wisnom Stuever ’73 (5) Trek Development Group (3) YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh

Rita M. McGinley ’40 (3) † $150,000 - $249,999

2011-2012

$16,702,296 2012-2013

$18,289,971 2013-2014

$21,167,822

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Marie Immaculeé Dana, RSM, PhD $50,000 - $149,999 Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Bethany Foundation Stephen and Helen Hanna Casey (10) Henry Gailliot, PhD and Mary Lou Gailliot ’64 (10) The Heinz Endowments (5) David M. and Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 (10) Malakoff Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation (10) Francis E. McGillick Foundation (10) A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Estate of Leo Peters The Pittsburgh Foundation (10) Irene C. Shea Charitable Foundation (10) John A. Staley, IV and Patricia D. Staley (5)

$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Georgia Morello Decker ’68 (10) Gerard Diercks Dollar Bank PA Mary J. Donnelly Foundation (10) Ruth D. Egler and Frederick N. Egler † Equitable Energy Fragasso Financial Advisors

Estate of Mary A. Gearing James F. Getz Debbie and Matt Graver Raymond Joseph and Marie Florence Hauser Revocable Trust Thomas J. Hickey Highmark Casualty Insurance (5) Elsie H. Hillman (3) Elsie H. Hillman Foundation (5) Jacob A. and Frieda M. Hunkele Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Lynda Jamison ∆ Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57 (3) Robert Lee, M.D. and Kathleen Lee ’55 (10) Joanne Malenock, PhD ’59 (10) Joseph A. Massaro, Jr. and Carol Massaro Massey Charitable Trust (5) Helen P. McDonough ’49 (10) Anne DeNardo McGowan, JD ’60 Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD* Cornelia Regetz Pepoy ’62 (10) Michael and Margaret Quinn Rosenzweig, PhD ’81 (3) Barbara E. Simpson ’69 (10) Dennis and Regina D. Stover (10) UPMC Health Plan U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Teresa Prendergast Weis ’56 (10) $5,000 - $9,999 Aladdin Food Management Services (5) Margaret Meis Armen, JD ’69 (10) Patrick Atkins, PhD and Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 (10) ∆ Nancy Jones Beard Foundation Joyce Bender (5) Rita McDonough Bren ’54 (10) Jonathan D. and Pamela T. Clark ’11 (3) Comptec, Inc. (3) Marianne E. Felice, MD ’66 (10) Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

First Commonwealth Bank Nancy Lee Gillies ’69 (10) Robert and E. Jeanne Adamson Gleason ’60 (10) Helen R. Golob ’51 (10) Huntington Bank Barbara A. Keane ’52 (10) Frederick and Barbara Kraft ’83 (10) ∆ Ladies of Bethany (10) “Miss Janice" Cygnarowicz Lisiak ’71 and Kenneth Lisiak, PhD Gavin and Amy Millard Mann Walter Noll, PhD and Marilyn Noll (5) Ann Young Pontiere ’47 (10) Judith McKnight Riesch ’68 (10) Rust Foundation (10) Mary Ann Sestili, PhD ’61 (10) Sisters of Mercy (5) Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (5) George and Mariana Whitmer (3) Ellie Wymard, PhD ’58 (10)*

Margaret Mangan, JD ’70 (10) James and Wendy Martielli ’93 (10) Andrea Mastro, PhD ’66 (5) Micheleann Hovan McGowan ’64 (10) Heidi Hylton Meier, CPA ’77 (10) ∆ Marion Goodrum Montanari ’62 Marjorie Schweizer Murphy ’73, ’74 Janet Magaro Nock ’60 (10) Jennifer Park O'Connell ParenteBeard PNC Foundation (3) George and Barbara Pry (5) Jane Nash Purtill ’51 (10) Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD ’48 (10) Maura Scott Theresa A. Scotti (5) Janet DiPasquale Simon, PhD ’67 (10) United Way (3) Linda Laneve Wickstrom ’64 (10) Lisabeth Williams, MD ’72 (10)

$2,500 - $4,999

$1,929 - $2,499

Mary Ann Linz Ager, MD ’74 AICUP Bender Consulting Services (5) ∆ Kathleen W. Buechel (5) Lawrence Callahan, MD and Regina Callahan John and Kelley Denny (5) Sandi DiMola, JD* Joseph V. and Karen M. DiVito Eaton Corporation (5) Ellucian (3) John and Diane Fisher Mary Ellen FitzGerald-Collins ’63 (10) Lois Brown Gaffney ’41 (10) John Gisleson (3) Judith Davies Klingensmith ’63, ’71 (10) Judith A. Kooser, MD ’69 (10) Diane Wassil Louvar ’59 (10)

Charles and Patricia Kady Betts ’67 (10) Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania Elizabeth Erwin Brown ’08 David and Katy Caliguiri Matthew J. O’Brien, PhD and Gina Marie Casalegno Judith M. Davenport, DMD (10) Dorothy A. Davis, JD ’78 (10) Edward and Della Welsh Dobranski ’73 Michele S. Fabrizi ’75 Marylouise Fennell, RSM, PhD (10) Lois Reid Folino ’78 Jonathan and Jody Glance Glance & Associates Paula J. Hasbach (5) Mary Hines, PhD (5) Dorothy R. Hopkins (5) Dorothy A. Jackovic (5)

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Mary Beth Jenkins (3) Augusta Hogan Kairys ’56 (10) Larry Karnoff Patricia Anthony Kirkham ’63 (10) Carole Wilson Lambert PhD ’67 (3) Norma Jean Grazzini LeClair ’66 (10) Karen Merisko Little ’69 (10) Susan Maher ’66 (5) Maureen McBride ’75 and David Lower (10) Kenneth C. McCrory, CPA Paul and Penny Nikolich McKenna ’69 (10) Margaret K. McLaughlin, PhD (5)* Jeannine Coleman McShane ’50 (10) Renee Marie Menegaz-Bock, PhD ’49 (10) Gerald and Georgia Lundberg Navaretta ’63 (10) Dee Jay Oshry (3) Elliott S. Oshry Anne Louise Parry ’73 Margery Brahmer Parry ’45 Wennette West Pegues, EdD ’58 (3) Leo M. Phillips ’95, ’99 (3) Neal and Susan Baker Shipley Mary Jo Speer (3) ∆ Janice Sudak ’80 (5) Janet Wells Thompson ’72, ’74 (10) Leslie Trozzi ’68 Martha A. Valo ’60 (5) James A. Wilkinson (3) $1,000 - $1,928 Deborah Acklin (5) Altria Group, Inc. Sara Marie Baldi ’77 (10) Jean Christie Barnhart ’71 (5) John and Donna Barsotti Craig and Constance Bentzen (3) Denis Morrissey Birsic ’83 (10) Gretchen Clements Breault ’64 (5) Bridges Co. Inc.

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Theresa Stinner Carroll, PhD ’68 (3) Scott Stern and Paula Cerrone Joe and Jeanne Cirilano Mary Carol Cotruzzola ’63 Anita S. Dacal ’69 (10)* Bonnie Vojtek DiCarlo ’64 (10) Jacqueline Dixon ’11 (5) Mary Jane Kearns Dunlap ’50 (10) Eckert Seamans Cherin Mellott Diana Fletcher Annette Bartolo Frese ’62 Joseph A. and Mary Hoffman Fricker ’68 (5) Karen E. Galentine (5)* Bettylee Weisburg Garver ’47 (10) Johanna Boyle Giasi ’63 (3) Maureen Lacey Gleason ’54 (10) John R. Gotaskie, Jr. and Valerie Gotaskie William Guttman, PhD and Kristina Rigopulos Patricia A. Harvard-Hinchberger, EdD ’72,’77 Nancy B. Heath ’66 (10) Raymond Hoare, M.D. and Carol Hren Hoare EdD,’62 (10) Virginia Zewe Holten, PhD ’60 (5) Mary Lou Henry Hrach ’65 (10) Anna Marie Kassab ’63 (10) Edward J. Kavanagh Foundation (3) Rose Schmitt Keene ’63 Carladean DeNardo Kostelnik ’61 Jeanne Daugherty Lese ’61 Carey Lynn Libertini ’01 (3) Loughney Foundation Trust Ernest Darby and Emma T. Lucas-Darby, PhD (3)* MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni Frances McCormick ’68 (10) Christine R. McLachlan ’64 (10) Tom R. Medd (5) Michigan State University Thelma Lovette Morris ’70 (10) Martha Hartle Munsch, Esq. (5) Mildred S. Myers (5)

Ruth Ann Roth Nelson ’68 (10) Theresa L. Whiteside Nimick Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation (3) Sandra M. Olenick ’65 (10) Kathleen Pollock Panepinto ’66 (10) Alan and Cindy Patterson Ronald and Susan Petnuch Philips Matching Program (5) Mary B. Royster ’91, ’92 (10) Barbara Sawyer ’63 (10) Theodore and Theresa Schroeder ∆ Molly Rumberger Schwartz ’65 (10) Janice Shier MD ’74 (5) Elissa Medore Sichi ’59 (5) Angela Laubach Slocum ’58 (10) Luitgarde Dupre Sujansky ’58 (10) Mary Ann Kalis Surprenant ’56 (10) Penphan Sutivong Iwao Takahashi Patricia Daugherty Thomas ’64 (10) Nancy Kane Thompson ’60 (10) Barbara A. Urban ’58 (10) Frances J. Urban ’61 (10) Vanguard Group Foundation (3) Nancy Reardon Vertuno ’65 (5) Linda Carol Wagner ’96 (5)* Kevin Wagstaff and Mary Cerrone Lucienne Wald Niel Wald Marcia Mlynarski Wallander (3)* John and Jean Gannon Ward ’64 Winston-Salem Foundation (10) Marlene S. Galiszewski Winter, PhD ’59 (10)* Rachelle A. Zomak ’91, ’00 (3)

$500 - $999 John W. Alverson, PhD (5)* George and Christine R. Andrews ∆ Anonymous (Three Donors) Dorothy M. Antonucci (3)* Association of Pittsburgh Priests AT&T College Recruiting Paulette J. Studdert Baldi ’79 (10) Bonnie Swegman Barlow ’70 Geoffrey and Reiko Becker Elizabeth Bergholtz Meg Bernard* Blackrock Matching Gift Program (3) BNY Mellon Wealth Management (10) Carol R. Brown (5) Joseph L. Calihan Anne M. Candreva ’14 (5)* Claire Zarur Carey ’58 Jennifer A. Carlo (3)* Henry and Dana Casale ∆ Helen Korba Cesari ’64 (3) Chevron Texaco Matching Gift (3) Mary Sauer Cole ’64 (5) Eileen Reutzel Colianni ’64 (3) Leah Meyers Cooper ’60 (10) Catherine Reavey Cron ’63 (5) Maureen Crossen, PhD ’79 (5) Christopher and Jacquelyn Cynkar DBA Kail’s Parking Candace Jaeger Decker ’70 Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Megan Donnelly Michael P. Donnelly Maria Groethe Donohue ’87 Liz C. Douglass ’67 (10) Mary Isabelle Langdon Duff ’43 (10) Louise C. Eklund ’68 (10) Jan Alpert Engelberg ’71 (5) Dorothy Fedorka PhD ’69 (5)

“ Carlow is like a family. I felt very welcomed, and I’ve been able to rise professionally from what I’ve learned.”—Natasha Thompkins ’10, technical support coordinator, Verizon Wireless

Marion Laffey Ferry, JD ’63 Fire Fighter Sales Service Barbara Mihacs Fischi ’62 (10) Christina McShane Friday ’55 (10) Crystel Gabrich, PhD (10)* Rosemary Voigt Gaines ’60 (5) Kathryn Gardner, EdD ’64 (5) Howard W. Hanna III and Mary Anne Hanna Melissa Pearson Holzmann ’70 (10) Clare M. Hopkins, PhD (5)* Margaret Streiff Horvath ’64 (5) Molly Dennison Houghton ’74(10) Nancy Jones Hudak ’55 (5) IBM International Foundation (10) Audette Cushman Karan ’61 (3) Lynda Ruffo Katz, PhD ’63 (5) Kathleen Morrow Kennelly ’64 Jane McIntyre Kwasniewski ’79 (10) ∆ Allen Robinson and Kathy Lachenauer

Dorothy Kaiser Lamb ’38 (5) Brian Latell (5) Patrick Lazorchak Deborah A. Lightfoot ’95 (10) Maryann Dougherty Liss ’73 Marilyn J. Llewellyn PhD (10)* Barrie Lawson Loeks Denise M. Long Patricia Cyphers Long ’52 (10) Louise Manzione Lunny ’60 (10) Deborah Bauer Lynch ’71 (3) Carol O. Marsiglio ’56 (3) McClelland Concrete, LLC Jennifer A. Staley McCrady Eleanor Keener Midgley ’43 (10) Monessen Lions Club Nemacolin Woodlands Resort ∆ Joan Atkins Neuwar ’58 (10) Jeananne Nicholls ’89, ’90 (10)

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$250 - $499 Abbott Laboratories Fund

Mary Nicolella ’57 (10) Rose Marie O'Connor ’58 (10) Monica Fallon O'Keefe ’69 (10) Wendy S. Paff Roberta Frazier Peluso ’63 Joseph and Jennifer Roberts* Linda C. Root ’97 (10)* Sheila G. Roth* Robert and Maureen Langan Royer ’67 M. Elizabeth (Betty) Sassano, JD ’72 (3) Mary Ann Scheib ’73 (10) Ann Marie Laplume Schneider ’71, ’72 (5) Margaret Poropatic Seltzer ’69 (10) Sally A. Seubert ’58 (10) Mary Lou Shipper ’73 Yvonne Holsinger Silverberg ’62 (10)

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Ann Moffett Sproule ’65 Regina Rusnock Stevenson ’65 (10) Anita Romano Stoy ’70 (10) Iris Suess ’56 (10) Michael and Megan Sullivan Sandy Petro Tracy ’63 (10) Constance Albano Tuszynski ’73 Marie Limetti Uchic ’63 (10) Susan Lear Uram ’98 Judith Parise Urban ’86 (5) Margaret Toomey Urzua ’62 (3) Thomas Pellathy and Stephanie Arami Vega Verizon Foundation (10) Janet A. Wagner Shirley Liszka Whitaker ’69 (10) Helen Girdis Zappa ’54 (10)

Heather Annaloro William Cameron Annear Jr. and Patricia Annear Joan Apt (3) Aqua Filter Fresh, Inc. (3) Alice Mossman Bachman ’85 (10) Michael E. Balmert, PhD* Beverly Barkon, PhD* Maryanne Basilone ’03, ’06 (3) Deborah Gowetski Baustert ’98 Lorraine Baysek, JD ’71 (3) Alice Beard ’65 (10) Melinda B. Beard Mary Anne Bechtel ∆ Mary Shivy Bell ’72 (10) Richard F. Berdik Robin Joan Bernstein Lisa L. Berta (3)* Timothy J. Billick Susan Stone Bingley ’70 (10) John A. Boccella, DDS and Geraldine Boccella ’58 (5) Annette Fedak Bonstedt ’62 (10) Maria Borgo Bowie ’67 (3) Dianne Calderaro Bridges ’68 (3) Helen Martiny Brill ’58 (3) Elizabeth McGrail Brooks ’62 (3) Linda Zarecky Brown ’73 (10) Anthony L. Bucci Daniela Buccilli Angela J. Buckman Maureen Buffington Virginia Kuhn Bukata ’68 Anne Reavey Bull ’66 (10) Jack Buncher Foundation (3) Anne Mullin Burnham Celeste M. Calfe ’74, ’75 (3) Mary Rowan Capenos PhD, ’48 (5) Victoria Rhoades Carraro

Mary Rively Childs ’72 (3) Roberta Mastro Cleland ’73 (5) Mary B. Gentille Clydesdale ’58 (10) Sheryl Coates ’67 (10) Helen Coltellaro ’56 (3) Joan Claire Comstock ’64 Bernadette Corrado Conrad ’48 (10) Patrick J. Cunningham* Simin Y. Curtis Margaret M. Dacoros ’62 Deanne H. D'Emilio, JD* Jeffrey P. Devlin* Christina Dibling ’70 (10) William B. Dixon, Esq. Dorylee R. Dominguez ’67 (3) Ann Donahue Christopher Donahue Rhodora Jacob Donahue ’47 Louanna Marie Donajkowski Mary Duffy Epifanio ’68 (3) Ellie Erwin ∆ Exxon Mobil Foundation (10) Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD Marcia Meyer Frack ’60 (10) Virginia Schaffer Frank ’55 (10) Thomas J. Freyvogel, Jr. and Katherine Freyvogel Michael and Lisa Friday Steve and Aubrey Fulmer Audrey Turlick Fusco ’51 (10) Angela Rushnit Garofoli ’47 (5) GE Foundation William P. Getty Barbara L. Gilles ’10 (10) Rabindra Girdhar Mimi Horrell Giroux ’57 (10) Harry M. Goern Ruth Ann Modzelewski Gorry, PhD ’85 Anne Traurig Goscenski ’64 (10) Patricia Collins Gryp ’81

Mary Ann Connelly Guttendorf ’70 (3) Norma Reisinger Guttman ’55 (10) Lois Swartzfisher Hatten ’56 (10) Eileen D. Rosneck Hauris ’51 (10) Carol Arch Hauser ’72 (10) Adelaide Pace Hemphill ’57 Douglas Heuck Mary Beth Hill ’78 The Hillman Company (5) Monique Lynn Hockman, PhD* Lynn Hurley ’68 (10) Carol Lyne Husa ’94 Laura Mullaney Immormino ’76 (10) Cynthia Ingram Intel Foundation Matching Gifts (5) Marcy L. Jackovic, DO ’94 Jewish Healthcare Foundation Judith Scheffner Jones ’71 (10) Sara Lopushansky Juliano ’64 (3) Kathleen Fay Keenan ’62 Charles J. Kelly ’11 Marita O. Kenna, MD ’45 (10) Marie Wolfe Kennedy ’49 (10) Patricia M. Kern ’91, ’92 (5) Misty Dawn Rice Kevech ’02 (5) Mary Jean Walter Kirby ’69 (5) Mary Rita (Lizza) Kislan ’69 (10) Margaret M. Pavicic Knapp ’71 (10) Denise Erdman Koch-Cole ’66 (10) Ann Curry Koster ’59 (10) Richard and Sara Mercurio Kowal ’76 (10) Ravi Ramani and Christianna Kreiss Gail Payson Langstroth Jim and Suzette Large Susan Ley ’79 Alice Leban Lipscomb ’46 Dolores Domasco Lopushansky ’64 (10) Janet Williams Luczak ’77 (5) Antonia MacPherson

Linda R. Fey Madden-Brenholts ’88 (10) Patricia Spohn Martano ’62 (10) Charles Masterson and Carolyn Ellis Elizabeth Ann McClintock (3)* David M. McCormish B. David McDermott Rita K. McElhinny ’69 Joan Dougherty McKeegan ’53 (10) Mary Lou McLaughlin Robert and Kriston Anne McMichael Eileen Entress McVey ’37 Christine D. Meyer PhD ’80 (5) Dina Chung Miki, MD’66, ’68 (3) Linda Snyder Mikita ’64 (3) Mary Ann Reddinger Miller ’71 (10) Patricia Cullinan Miller ’69 (5) Genevieve Godish Minni ’62 Joan C. Mollica Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment (3) Mary Pat Tyrrell Mulligan ’57 (10) Carol Anton Murphy ’57 (10) Marjorie Kraft Neubert ’47 (10) David and Nan Newell Maureen O'Brien (5) Susan L. O'Rourke (10)* Eugene J. O'Sullivan Timothy Westerfield and Mary Ottie Audia Marie Otto ’71 (10) Suzanne Jane Mihalic Paone ’85 Michelle A. Peduto* Andrew and Melissa Perez Beatrice Gazzola Pitassi ’65 ∆ PPG Industries Eleanor Clark Quigley ’75 (5) Ian Rawson Lucile T. Rawson Red Skies Multimedia Charlotte M. Reed, PhD ’69 (10) Reed & Witting

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Mary Lou Ference Rife ’68 Jo Ann Riley ’63 (10) F. Brooks and Jean Robinson Jane H. Roesch Sara M. Rooney ’42 Carl and Mary C. Rothenberger, EdD* Elizabeth Colfer Rottschaefer ’65 (10) Louisa Fisher Rudolph Salone Vivace ∆ Patricia Rainaldi Santelli ’63 Anne-Marie Sawyer, EdD ’67 Edward and Libby Schmidt Joseph E. Schmitt Signs By Tomorrow (3) Robert L. and Mary Beth Simon Daniel H. Simpson Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69 (10) Peggy Slota DNP, RN, FAAN (5)* Stella L. Smetanka, JD ’70 (10) Gail L. Smith ’95, ’00 (10) Marjorie Smuts Joseph Duch and Jennifer Snyder-Duch* Cecilia F. Sommers Karan Spanard Cecile Springer (3) Judith Conley Stafford ’68 (10) Carol A. Steinman Suzanne Steitz Carol Macus Strange ’63 Regina Kereszturi Sullivan ’68 (10) Evan M. Tachoir (3)* Deborah Grimes Talarico ’73 (3) Harry A. Thompson John and Angela Tondra ∆ Margaret A. Troha ’69 Valerie Karvey Tucci ’60 (5) Laure J. Valentine ’88 (10) Josephine Polvino Vellutato ’59 (5) Mary Ellinwood Wadsworth ’80 (10)

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Patricia Ann Wagle ’64 (3) Nancy M. Wallace ’62 (10) Carole Ruch Watkins ’56 (5) Tecla Kern Webber ’67 (10) Willi’s Ski & Snowboard Shop ∆ Christine Aikens Wolfe ’70, ’99 (10) Francis X. Wymard † James A. Wymard Marlene Wasylik Yospyn ’62 (10) Mary Ann Yurkovich ’65 (3) Kirk Burkley and Penny Zacharias Michael and Marcie Zanic Janis P. Zentner ’94 (10) Gladys Zyskowski ’63 $100 - $249 Jaime Abola Agatha DeLacio Aldisert ’48 (3) Allegheny Conference on Community Development Patricia Webber Althardt ’75 (5) Suzanne R. Ament ’94 (5)* Ursula Meisner Anderson ’66 Anonymous (Four Donors) David Anton and Lynnett Van Slyke Sheila Jones Aranyos ’67 (3) Thomas and Marjorie Armstrong Pamela Coudriet Arroyo ’06 (5) Elaine DiFrango Ashton ’68 (10) Bernadette Marie Brodka Ayer ’08 A-Z Janitorial Services, LLC Judith Flanigan Babcock ’77 Nina Babiarz ’82 Eleanor Ann Baker ’67 Keri L. Hoffman Baker ’10 (3) Virginia Baker, RSM ’54 (3) Dorothy Lawless Ballotta ’59 (10) Brian and Tara Balonick Janet A. Barlett ’87(3)

Diane Wilds Barnes ’93 (3) Wayne Wu and Alison L. Barth Tera Beth Bartolomucci ’05 Eileen Cahill Bates ’51 Elizabeth Hickey Beck ’96 Mary Kealy Bednarz ’67 (10) Diana Durkin Belt ’68 Mary Vaneeda Bell Bennet ’81 (10) Margaret Taiclet Bennett ’86 Judith McClain Bergiel ’67 (5) Betsy Bergman ’64, ’66 (10) Alice Reynolds Berlinski ’65 Roberta Bartolacci Bernardini ’60, ’61 (3) Gloria Gallagher Berry ’53 (10) Kathleen K. Berry ’69 (5) Rebecca Mullaney Bertoni ’74 (10) Barbara Tobin Bettwy ’64 Joanne Beitler Beyer ’61 (5) Patricia Campbell Bibro ’68 Rebecca Bennett Biddle ’86, ’98 (10) Danielle L. Blackburn Lawna R. Blankenship ’97, ’05 Mary Ann Gill Bober ’54 (10) Kathleen Caprara Bogacki ’05 (5) Jody Bolz Barbara Bonnet Bonnet ’71 Christina Jean Bonomo ’04* Christine A. Boodley PhD ’73 (3) Lynne Sandmeyer Bootay ’71 Mary Louise Bost* Elizabeth Boyarski Patricia Reavey Bracken ’68 (5) Patriciann Furnari Brady ’66 Marsha Taylor Braunlich ’68 (5) Marjorie Brehl ’61(3) Marjorie Mullen Brennan ’68 (5) Nancy O'Donnell Brenza ’65 (10) Doralee E. Brooks Jan Czekaj Brooks ’79 (5)

Nancy T. Brown ’56 (10) Geraldine Pszolkowski Browning ’75 (5) Dorothy Holden Bruecken ’50 (10) Rosemary Pollock Bufalini ’59 (10) Thelma Butler ’87 Milton L. Butts (3)* Joanne Blasko Byrnes ’69 Jacquelyn Stone Cain ’68 Grace Medlock Calabro ’69 Calihan Foundation Debra E. Campbell* Mary Ann S. Campbell ’63 Roberta Campbell* Carol Zak Campion ’67 (10) Margaret Ann Cannon ’66 (3) Anna Mulvaney Capriotti ’68 (10) Cyndie Carioli ’09 (5) Carlow University Alumni Board ∆ Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (3) ∆ Rosemary Carroll JD ’72 (10) William H. Carson (3) Belinda Carter Ann Garrett Caruso ’68 (5) John D. Caruso, Inc. Jeanne Fitzgerald Cayo ’62 (10) Melissa Ann Cekus ‘98 Kathleen M. Ceroni, PhD ’73 Kathleen A. Chrisman (10)* Ruth Churley-Strom ’73 (5) Marcy T. Fazekas Clair ’89 Jean L. Zanolli Cline ’70 (3) Diana M. Colaianni ’69 (5) Marilyn Coleman Pamela Coleman ’68 (3) Barbara Greene Collier ’69 (5) Jean Ferry Comber ’73 (3) Margaret McGinley Conley ’36 Marilyn Goscewski Connaughton ’65 (5) Marie Carr Connelly ’54 (10)

Barbara A. Conniff ’71, ’72 Barbara Ann Connolly ’69 (5) Sharon Connor Judith Contrucci ’66 (3) Mary Conway, JD ’68 (3) Mary Lou Corcoran ’50 (10) Marian G. Costello ’86 Mary Jean Conroy Coughlin ’62 (3) Dorothy Uhrin Cousins ’61 (5) Basil Cox Donna Lee Crawford ’88 (3) Brett Copper Creo ’73 Philmore Crichlow Virginia Fisher Curtis ’67 Catherine Ann Cushny ’13 Yolanda F. Cypher ’74 (10) Mary T. DaCanal, OD ’86 Dennis Daley Dalfonso-Billick Funeral Home, Inc. Cecilia Zak Dambaugh ’65 (3) Michael and Suzanne D'Amico Regina Wojciechowski Danek ’61 (10) Susan Brewer Daniel ’69 (3) Sally E. Davenport ’65 Dean of Shadyside Salon (3) ∆ Amelia McClain deChicchis ’79 Susan Joan Deile ’65 (10) Delkirk Construction, LLC Christy L. Dennison (3)* Siobhan K. DeWitt (3)* Elise M. D'Haene Nicole Marie DiMario ’12 Judith McGuire DiNardo, CPA ’70 (10) Frances Ranallo DiVella ’45 Ave Maria Bazzano Dlubak ’66 Martha Scarano Dolfi ’69 (3) Dominion Foundation (10) Pete Donati & Sons Florists Linda D. Donovan ’99

Judith E. Dora Mary Doubleday* Elizabeth K. Douglas ’68 (10) Charma Dorea Dudley, PhD ’80 (10) Martha A. Duncan ’88 (10) Thomas J. Durand (3) Thomas J. Dynoske* Kathleen Howell Howell Early ’77 (10) Dorothy Lebo Ebbert ’55 (10) Rose A. Eckenrod ’02, ’09 (10) Lois Kuntz Eckert ’53 (10) Thomas Egler Ellen Darcher Ehlers ’71 (10) Eleni Alexander Salon ∆ Connie McDermott Emmett ’70 (3) Susan Dowd Erdeljac ’73 (5) Judith Brandt Erick ’75 (3) Virginia M. Erickson Mary E. Erwin Catherine Campbell Evers ’52 (3) Fagan Sanitary Supply Phyllis Balkovitz Fassio ’69 (10) Eleanore Fatigati Christine Strapac Favero’ 62 (3) Fox Chapel Area AAUW First Catholic Slovak Ladies Senior Branch 88 Theresa B. Fedio ’85 Jacqueline Taylor Feeley ’59 (5) Lacey N. Fetcko ’13 (3)* Janine Mutnansky Fiesta, JD ’68 (3) Jane A. Filowat-Milner ’93 (3) Judith Minto Fiset ’65 (10) Cynthia Ann Fisher ’04 (5) Patrick Fisher Catherine Flaherty ’73 (5) Carol Land Fleck ’65 Nancy Buono Fluharty ’69 (10) Donna Lengel Flynn ’69, ’70 Cheryl Poropatich Fogarty ’72 (5)

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Bonnie Fogle (3) ∆ Frances Hvizdos Foley ’52 (10) Mary Patricia Fornal ∆ Joyce Francis ’69 (10) Kathryn Novotny Franko ’45 (10) Arthur Signorella and Kristin Frederick Mary Teresa Frenchik ’74 (5) Rachel M. Furman* Rosemarie Furnari ’66 (5) Lois J. Fyke ’97 (3) David L. Gallaher, Jr., PhD* Bernadette Trach Garrison ’79 Barbara Deller Gaynor ’63 (3) Suzanne Vilsack Gero ’62 (10) Karen Reiber Gethen ’69 (10) Blake and Vanessa DeSalvo Getz ∆ Judy Wehs Gillespie ’64 (3) Clare Arch Gillis ’67 (10) Marianne Thomas Gilson ’80 (10) Albert Giordano, PhD ’50 Judith Bonidie Giovannitti ’70 (3) Evelyn K. Glass ’86 (10) Elizabeth Strock Glies ’56 (10) Carol Doyle Glock ’75 (5) Jean A Glontz ’89, ’90 (3) Dawn E. Tavana Gloss ’91, ’92 (10) The Golf Club of Washington (3) ∆ Betsy Egan Goodman ’66 (10) Mary T. Goodwin Roy’ 65 Jeanne Dvorsky Grabowski ’70 (10) Claudette Falkenhan Gray ’66 Charles Green Gertrude Green (3) Laura Ann Grignano Roberta Costlow Grotstein ’67 (10) Sharon Callahan Grzanka ’71 (10) Barbara Peitz Guger ’65 (10) Carol Houze Guidry ’63 Helen Hegerle Haag ’71 (3)

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Janet M. Hale Daniel J. Hall* Ruth L. Hall ’86 (5) Hannah M. Hamilton, PhD ’88 Susan Q. Hankowitz ’01 (3) Susan J. Hannak ’99, ’02 Margaret R. Hannan, RSM ’65 Michael Hannon and Lisa Campoli John W. and Laurie Hart Deborah A. Hartman ’02 Mary Ann Hartung ’63 Marian Englert Hatton ’55 (10) Carol A. Haverkamp ’60 Denise Wilson Hayes ’89 Donald J. Hayes Mary Joy Haywood, RSM ’60 Mary G. Heine ’62 (3) Marie Cicone Heinle ’56 (10) Celeste Schinski Hicks ’61 Margaret Pollak Hill ’69 Hilton Garden Inn (3) ∆ Rae Ann Hirsh ’97* Faith Regan Hoenigman ’61 Frederick A Hoerster (5) Ruby A. Holmes ’00 (3) Marilou McKnight Hoppe ’73 (3) Dawna G. Horton ’10 (3)* Karen A Hough ’92, ’93, ’96 Kathy Taimuty Householder ’77 (10) Nancy Ann Houser ’62 (10) Rosemary Howley ’65, ’66 Joann Lubic Hughes ’56 (10) Betsy Maria Hunt* Lois Anne Miller Huston ’58 Sandy Ingram Nancy Yunker Isler ’55 (10) Opal E. Jackson ’02 Elfreida L. Jeffries ’10 Mary Ellen Jenkins ’71 (10)

Kim Jones Mary Ann Evers Jones ’58 (10) Rebecca Amelia Jones ’08 Denice Kaminski ’87 Maureen Weldon Kamons, OD ’85 (5) Maureen Hauf Kane ’57 (10) Margaret McGurty Keenan ’58 (10) Maureen B. Kelly Sharra Kelly Thomas J. and Nancy T. Kelly Karen Fischer Kennedy ’76 (10) Kathy S. Kennedy ’91 (10) Paula Peitz Kenny ’61 Mary M. Kieler ’95 (10) Robert and Mary Kiernan Teresa Vento Kimmel ’54 (10) Laura A. Sigmund Kindlin ’55 (10) Rosemary Weber Kindlin ’46 (10) Jeffrey Salipante and Linda King Keith C. Kirchartz ’76 Elizabeth Ritz Kleinhample ’87 (5) Joan Severin Klems ’62 (10) Debra Schneiderlochner Kline ’81 (5) Michael S. Kline (3) Paula Wirfel Knicely ’93, ’07 (5) Danielle L. Kocher* Susan M. Koff ’78 (10) Rita Lebovitz Kohn ’66 Lucille M. Koors ’71 (10) Paul and Linda Riesmeyer Kostyak William J. Kowallis (3)* Patricia Wissner Kowalok ’52 Jeffrey and Lisa Krackow Joan G. Kraft ’51 (10) Marie Plesha Kraig ’65 (5) Susan K. Kral ’70 (10) Nadine Lynn Kramer ’00 (5) Melissa S. Krebs* Ashley Elizabeth Kunkle ’11 (3)*

Sherri Marie Kwence ’11 Alice L. Laffey ’67 (3) Kathy Lamb Alma J. Lampert ’02 (5) Joan Marie Latsko ’84, ’10 (10) Theresa Niedziela Laver ’76 (10) Florence Vitevitch Lawson ’55 (3) Mary Magdic Lebowitz ’89 (3) Joanne Burke Lee ’49 (10) Sandra Schweibinz Leggett ’64 (10) Nancy E. Lemieux ’77 (10) Teresa Lazarchick Lenart ’58 Mary Agnes Koebert Leschak ’64 (5) Bernard and Patricia Lesky ∆ Irene A. Lietz (10)* Dolores Lasky Lindblom ’62 (10) Carol A. Lindner Charlene Weekly Lindsey ’69 (10) Kathleen Rokoski Lipsitz ’79 Rachel L. Lizik ’96 Patricia Logan ’64 (3) James J. Lombardi Allyson M. Lowe, PhD (5)* Nancy Carrie Lowe ’80 (5) Maria Liang Ludmer, MD ’67 Carrol Gagliardi Lund ’66 (5) Candace Otto MacDonald Barbara Sozanski MacIver ’71 (3) LaVerne Vaughan Madancy ’52 Margaret Murphy Murphy Magill ’54 (5) Patrice Flaherty Mahon ’56 Judith Oberleitner Mahoney ’72 Barbara Ann Malczak ’62 (10) Marsha Ann Maljan ’83 (10) Judith Ann Maloni ’65 Vivian Vecchi Marino ’67,’68 (10) Marriott Corporation ∆ Susan Marie Marron ’94 Jerry G. Martin

Janet Hall Martynuska ’59 Shirley Phillips Marvin ’56 Linda Massaro-Cost Thomas J. Cahill and Ann G. Mathias Diane A Matthews (10)* Mildred Ankrom Mazgaj ’72 Bernadette Cadena Mazza ’56 (3) Jane Warnement McAdow ’70 Penny Vent McAndrew ’61 (10) Joan Schmitt McCafferty ’48 (5) Thomas J. McCaffrey Constance McCarthy ’80 (5) Iris Kraft McClenahan ’61 (10) Yetivemarie K. McComas ’86 (10) Kevin H. and Rosalyn Guy McCorkle Joanne Battaglia McDaniel ’69 Joanne L. McDonald ’00 McElwain Motors Roseanne McGrady McGrady ’70 (10) Suzanne Denne McHugh ’99 (10) McKesson Foundation, Inc. (5) Colleen M. McMahon ’02 Suellen DeLaney McShane ’60 (10) David E. and Kathleen Meade Christopher M. Meaner* Judy Ann Mermigas ’89 (3) Donna Johnston Metz ’88 (3) Heather Midgley ∆ Joy Midgley ∆ Anna M. Mihalega (5)* Florence Pavlakovic Miles ’54 (10) Joan M. Miller ’63 (5) Miller Mats (5) Ann Mitch-Resignalo ’73, ’77 Mary Anne Zambito Molinari ’66 John J. Moossy Kathleen Phillips Morus ’76 (5) Mountaineer Casino & Racetrack Resort ∆ Enrique Mu, PhD*

“ The Carlow community takes you under their wing and believes in you. I saw examples of powerful women and realized just what women could be empowered to do.”

—Mary Dreliscak ’83, director of program development and public relations, The Challenge Program

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Elizabeth Holtz Murphy, EdD ’71 (5) Michael Murphy Mona Lisa Murray ’00 Evelyn L. Murrin Grace J. Mushrush, MD’57 (5) Janice G. Nash, DNP ’12 (10)* Beatrice Malone Nicholas ’52 (5) Lorraine Manns Nickerson ’58 Cynthia M Nicola, EdD ’78 (5) James W. Noakes Carol King Nolan ’63 Virginia Norkus ’71 Liane Norman Anne Dorsey Novak ’45 (10) Maureen Bedel Novak ’04 (5) Stephanie Barbiero Novak ’64 (5) Virginia Hague Nowak ’61 Patricia Matella Obyc ’73 Kathleen A. O'Connell ’71 (10) Barbara A. O'Connor Barbara Auth O'Connor ’65

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Barbara King O'Connor ’66 Mary Alice O'Connor, PhD ’63 (10) Margie O'Leary Carol Drechsler Oliva ’64 (10) Carol Bradley Olorunsola ’64 Marian Hreha Olson ’67 (3) Patricia O'Connor Pahre ’66 (3) Dorothy Shall Palmieri ’60 (5) Margaret Gabis Parker ’75 Agnes Siler Pasky ’60 (10) Lorelei Patrick ’74 Julianne Braun Patterson ’48 (10) Pearsall General, LLC Eileen Harry Peifer ’44, ’45 (10) Ave Maria Perrino ’11, ’13 Mary Catherine Peters ’92 (5) Geraldine Pociborek Petrak ’64 (10) Karen Havey Petruny ’72 (10) Jean T. Petruska ’89 (10) Leslie Wirtz Petruzzelli ’93 (10) Pfizer Foundation (3) Anne Picone William A. Pietragallo Barbara Kovalcin Piskor ’64 (3) Pittsburgh Public Theater (3) ∆ Bernadette McGinley Plantes ’44 (3) Barbara A. Plucienik ’71 (10) Patricia Riesmeyer Pope ’69 (10) Christine Libbey Porse ’74 Portersville Prospect Rotary Club Jaime L. Potemra-Bennett ’98 Beverly N. Pounds Kathleen Haney Price ’56 Roger E. Pritts Evelyn Tabacek Quinn ’62 (3) Kathleen M. Rachuba ’73 Marilyn Szymialis Radke, MD ’73 (10) WenXia Zeng Raiti ’02 (5) Rebecca Ann Ray ’91 (5)

Robert A. Reed, PsyD (10)* Susan Waters Reed ‘68 (3) Theresa Vella Reese ’95 (5) George and Linda Rembold ∆ Mary Georgia Rezsutek ’62 (10) Lisa Ann Rich, JD ’80 (3) Richardson Design, LLC Patricia Fitzgerald Riehl ’60 Margaret DiNardo Riesmeyer ’71 (3) Karl Herleman and Maritza Rivera-Herleman Suellen Hang Rizvi ’70 (10) Robert Morris Universitsy Judith A. Robertson ’62 (5) Rockwell International Corporation (10) Rosemary Sanvito Romboski ’95 (3) Anne C. Romesberg Lila Ammeen Russo ’66, ’67 (10) Sarah Jane Russo ’07 (5) Shareen Salem ’62 (10) Sally Ann Salmastlian ’67 (3) Sandra Tate Saville ’75 Mary Kathryn McGurk Scalercio ’73 (3) Karen Cameron Scanlon ’66 (5) Anna Marie Schaefer ’59 (5) Georgiann Schaefer ’63 (3) Patricia Schreinerkerner ’61 (5) Bonnie E. Schuster ’70 (5) Kathleen Coll Schwebs ’70 David A. Scott (5) Karen Seehausen ’70 (5) Mary Pat Sembroski ’72 (10) Victoria Serafini Jennifer Severn ’95 (3) Shadyside Inn ∆ Mary McCartan Sheedy ’56 (3) Audrey Malone Malone Sheehan ’60 (10) Joseph P. Short, Jr. Virginia Tierney Short ’46 (10) Lori Ann Paul Sipes

Mary Beth Sklar ’83 (10) Veronica Ann Slain ’07 (3)* Rita Pushcar Pushcar Slava ’66 George S. Sliman* Lois J. Slocum ‘99 (3) Patricia Dawes Slosar ’70 (5) Tracey Smart, D.O. ’92 (5) Catherine Wright Smith ’53 (10) Eleanor B. Smith Joan Hardiman Smith ’69 (3) Kate Dunn Smith ’60 (5) Kimberly Faust Smith* Leslie Monica Smith ’90 (10) Rosemary Hanley Smith ’60 (10) Sandra J. Lobozzo Smith ’66 (5) Anita Lopatin Smolover Dolores R. Somma ’53 (10) William M. Sonnett (10) Mary Louise Sears Southwood ’76 The Spa in the Hollow & Lash Spa Studio ∆ Barbara Ann Speaker ’49 (10) Karen Spellman ’84 Valerie D. Spence ’02 Athena Rachelle Spencer ’05 Lisa R. Sproul-Hoverman ’01 (5) Christine Tracz Stadther ’74 Anne Maria Kinzey Stalinski ’83 Carol Scheidl Stasik ’65 (10) Robert J. Stefan Stefanik’s Contracting Louise O. Steiner Stivers Staffing Services (5) Darlene Stockhausen ’02 (5) Rita Kohut Stone ’61 Audrey Schulter Studley ’69 (3) Jessica Lucille Sturkie-Lorenz ’02 Joan Crowley Summa ’49 (10) Marylou Klena Svendsen ’66 Carol Cunningham Sweeney ’58 (10)

Rebecca Oaks Swint ’95, ’10 (3) Michele DiLella Notte Sylvester ’99, ’00 (5) Eleanor Szemborski ’59 (10) Mary Karen Griffith Szewczyk ’77 (5) Laurel Szymkowiak Vorachat and Nisa Tammaree Nancy Tannir Antoinette Pugliese Taylor ’68 Samary Taylor ’95 Jo Ellen Temple-Baur ’72 (5) Texas Medical Auditors Association Gregory A. Tobias (5) Doris Benzenhoefer Tobin, MD ’50 (5) Irene T. Toma ’93 (10) Csaba Toth, PhD* Stacy Knupp Tourigny ’84 Kathleen Boal Trainor ’60 (10) Irene Ryan Traugut ’60 (10) Lucille Trettel ’66 (10) Arlene Turlick Trichtinger ’52 (10) Loretta Lalli Tronzo ‘59 Diane Michelle Tuomi ’01 Carmela Turi ’71 (10) Mary Hudson Vari ’64 James E. Vaux, Jr. Doris Jackson Veihdeffer ’51 (3) Lynn Vescio ’00 Geraldine Chase Vesnesky ’64 (3) Mary J. Dobda Virgil ’46 Joanna Cirincioni Viviano ’75 Karen Keating Wagner, JD ’58 (5) Elisabeth Fehl Wallace, JD ’69 (10) Margaret Crowley Walsh ’83 (10) Cheryl Brabender Walter ’72 (5) Joanne Walther ’94 Yu-Wan Cheng Wang ’84 (3) Carol Kryzan Ward ’66 (10) Janice D. Ward ’71 (3) Johanna A. Warloski

Saundra Hondal Waseleski ’77 (10) Joanne Haines Weber ’79 (5) Cyril H. Wecht, MD (3) Janet Margaret Wehner ’68 (5) Ethel R. Weikers ’82 (10) Donna Marie Weiss ’87 (10) Gerri W. Weiss Geraldine Seth Welden ’53 (10) Mary Ann Wellener ’67 Judith Baumbaugh Welsh ’69 (3) Susan Boyle Werner ’62 Patricia Falvo Whipkey ’68 (5) Lois A. Wholey Wholey Petroleum, LLC Jo Ann Williams ’58 (5) Karen Marino Williams ’69 (5) Gloria Klavon Wolak ’74 (3) Janet Heary Wolfe ’58 Lee Woodruff Wood ’68, ’69 Rory Smith Woods ’69 (5) Philomina Capano Woodside ’58 (10) Rose M. Woolley (3)* Kathleen Yosko ’73 (3) Micaela Young ’68 Judith Reed Yuss ’76 (10) Anne Zachary Irene Weiss Lightner Zahm ’66 Margaret Flaherty Zalewski ’70 (10) Jacqueline Zalumas, PhD ’69 Carol Linder Zeltner ’59 Susan Tullius Ziders ’81 (10) Nancy Picciano Zimmerman PhD ’73 (5) Renita Ann Zumbo ’87 (3) Christine Zyra KEY: † deceased (X) years of consecutive giving (3, 5, or 10) * faculty/staff ∆ gift in kind donor ($100 and above)

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GIFTS IN HONOR 2013-2014 In Honor of Mary Ann Gill Bober ’54 • Thomas E. Bober In Honor of Mary Paul Hickey, RSM ’51 • Lorraine Baysek, JD ’71 (3) • Margaret Skalski Begley ’68 • Karen Cameron Scanlon ’66 (3) In Honor of Barbara Kraft ’83 • Frederick L. Kraft (3)

GIFTS IN MEMORY 2013-2014 In Memory of Patricia B. Aldridge ’55 • Allegheny Conference on Community Development • Iwao Takahashi

In Memory of Frederick N. Egler • Patrick Atkins, PhD and Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 (10) • Karen E. Galentine (5)*

In Memory of Paul and Celestine Baldi • Sara Marie Baldi ’77 (10) • Paulette J. Baldi Studdert ’79 (10)

In Memory of Ruth Fey, RSM ’57 • Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 (10)

In Memory of Walter Banaszak • Susan Banaszak-Catena ’97

In Memory of Alice D. Fishkin, JD ’35 • Gregory A. Tobias (5)

In Memory of Rosemarie Mastracci Boccardi ’78 • Paulette J. Baldi Studdert ’79 (10)

In Memory of Rita Flaherty, RSM ’52 • Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 (10) • Marlene S. Galiszewski Winter, PhD ’59 (10)*

In Memory of Marcy J. Boyer ’69 • Joanne Blasko Byrnes ’69

In Memory of Rita Fritz • Barrie Lawson Loeks

In Memory of Vincent “Vinnie” Carson • William A. Pietragallo

In Memory of Margaret Fitzgerald Gloninger ’44 • Mary Gloninger Lahoda ’74

In Honor of Harry E. Nichols • Gerard Diercks

In Memory of Ray and Winnie Coleman • Pamela Coleman ’68 (3)

In Memory of Rose Marie Hauber, RSM • Alice L. Laffey ’67 (3)

In Honor of Virginia Tierney Short ’46 • Joseph P. Short, Jr.

In Memory of James V. Cunningham • Patrick Atkins, PhD and Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 (10) • Jewish Healthcare Foundation

In Memory of Lois K. Hoerster ’55 • Frederick A. Hoerster (5)

In Honor of Lauren Lombardi ’10 • James J. Lombardi In Honor of Eleanor Midgley ’43 • Karen M. Baker • Mary Ann Miller ’71 (10)

In Honor of Ellie Wymard, PhD ’58 • Jack Buncher Foundation (3)

In Memory of Augustus and Norine Cyrus • Ramona Grigsby Cyrus ’68 (10) In Memory of Ralph D’Antoni • Janice D. Ward ’71 (3) In Memory of Dolores Coyne Diercks ’51 • Gerard Diercks In Memory of Patricia Smith Dougherty ’81 • Edward F. Dougherty In Memory of Emily Dorrance • William A. Pietragallo In Memory of Mary Ellen Burns Dolan ’56 • Thomas G. Dolan

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In Memory of Dr. Thomas A, Hopkins, Jr. • Rosemary Pollock Bufalini ’59 (10) In Memory of Lilia Comer Huguley ’84 • Marylouise Fennell, RSM, PhD (10) In Memory of Mary George Klockgether, RSM ’43 • Laurie Klockgether Heronemus In Memory of deLellis Laboon, RSM ’42 • Mary B. Clydesdale ’58 (10) In Memory of John F. Laneve and Marilyn Laneve Kautz • Linda Wickstrom ’64 (10) In Memory of Vera Louvris • Nancy Louvris Mulligan ’63 (5) In Memory of Arthur Lowe • Deborah Rubin

In Memory of Helen McCarthy • Patrick Atkins, PhD and Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 (10)

In Memory of Evelyn Simmons • Michelle Lynn Simmons ’06

In Memory of Mercy McGrady, RSM ’55 • Florence Vitevitch Lawson ’55 (3)

In Memory of Audrey Mars Spanard ’52 • Karan Spanard

In Memory of Doloris Bernardi McHugh ’57 • Nancy M. Bernardi • Raymond T. Eckles • Adeline M. Makar • Rita A. Mars • Geraldine B. Murphy

In Memory of Barbara Laval Tobias ’70 • Joleine M. Kenaan ’70 (10)

In Memory of Merrily Konopka Medd ’67 • Tom R. Medd • Barbara Getsey Palso ’67 (10) In Memory of Margaret Meisner • Ursula Meisner Anderson ’66 In Memory of Dorothy Arch Mueller ’50 • Clare Arch Gillis ’67 (10) In Memory of Patrick and Elizabeth Murphy • Cecilia Murphy, RSM ’62 (10) In Memory of John Myrter, Jr. • Kathy Ann Dressler ’94 In Memory of Erika Jean Reiber • Patrick Atkins, PhD and Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 (10) In Memory of Michael Rowland, RSM ’39 • Joleine M. Kenaan ’70 (10) In Memory of Esther O. Ruskin ’51 • Eileen Cahill Bates ’51 In Memory of Megan Lee Sandell ’75 • Texas Medical Auditors Association In Memory of Margaret Scally Scott ’50 • Maura Scott In Memory of Ann Higgins Sonnett ’49 • William M. Sonnett (10) In Memory of Patricia Crowley Stark ’53 • Mary Ellen Freil ’53 (10)

In Memory of William Townes • Janine Mutnansky Fiesta, JD ’68 (3) In Memory of George and Susan Valo • Martha A. Valo ’60 (5) In Memory of Dr. Donald L. Very, Jr. and Douglas C. Very • Norma Wandrisco Very ’55 (5) In Memory of Lee Ann Webb, JD • Anonymous In Memory of Jane Wells ’37 • Mary Allou • Henry Gailliot, PhD and Mary Lou Gailliot ’64 (10) • Eleanor McAndrews • Helen P. McDonough ’49 (10) • Robert Mulligan • Ester Nathanson • Leslie Monica Smith ’90 (10) • Marjorie Smuts • Louise O. Steiner • Penphan Sutivong • Johanna A. Warloski • Janet A. Wagner In Memory of Matthias Wemm, RSM ’63 • Patricia J. Fiedor • Marian Mignogna In Memory of Maurice Whalen, RSM • Anonymous In Memory of Alberta Wilson • Eva Marie Schulte ’97 In Memory of C. Anthony Wolfe, Sr. • Geraldine Slezak Wolfe ’61 In Memory of Frances Yue Wong ’66 • Anonymous CARLOW UNIVERSITY 43

CARLOW’S ENDOWMENT: A LASTING LEGACY Over the years, generous alumni, friends, and organizations have contributed special gifts to establish permanently endowed funds, thus ensuring that their intentions and Carlow’s needs are supported in perpetuity. These contributions have been made via outright gifts or through a bequest or other deferred gifts. Some have established named scholarships either in the donor’s name or in memory or in honor of a loved one, favorite teacher, or mentor, while others have provided a permanent source of funding for program support.

Chairman’s Circle: $1 million and above Summa Cum Laude Circle: $500,000 - $999,999 Magna Cum Laude Circle: $100,000 - $499,999 Cum Laude Circle: $25,000 - $99,999 Scholar’s Circle: $10,000 - $24,999

Newly established funds are listed in italics.

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ($1 MILLION AND ABOVE)

Mary Hoffman Fricker Scholarship

Class of 1964 Legacy Endowed Scholarship

Michele R. Atkins Endowed Chair for Ethics Across the Curriculum

John and Evelyn Gannon Endowed Scholarships Graduate Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 Fund for Excellence in Faculty Research and Scholarship

Elsie Hilliard Hillman Endowment for the Grace Ann Geibel Institute for Justice and Social Responsibility

Sister Rose Marie Hauber Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 Memorial Scholarship

William Randolph Hearst Scholarship

Sister Therese Coyne RSM, PhD Endowed Scholarship

Rita M. McGinley ’40 Endowment for the Center for Student Success

Doris B. Hesselberg Endowed Scholarship

Mary Welsh Crane ’61 Scholarship

Dr. Thomas A. Hopkins Communication Scholarship

Frances and Peter Dana Endowed Scholarship

Mercy Heritage Endowment

Bernard and Marguerite Phillips Singer Endowed Sciences Scholarship

Sister Marie Immaculée Dana, RSM Mercy Center for Service Endowment

Singer, Garvis Endowed Scholarship

Sister M. Loyola Daugherty Endowed Nursing Scholarship

Sisters of Mercy Endowment for Faculty Excellence

Doerfler Schmidt Families Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service

SUMMA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($500,000 - $999,999) Marilyn P. Donnelly Distinguished Writer in Residence Endowment Donnelly Family and National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarship

Regina and Dennis Stover Endowment Women of Sprit® Leadership Scholarship

Duquesne Light Company Scholarship Michele S. Fabrizi Woman of Spirit® Endowed Scholarship

Sisters of Mercy Endowed Scholarship

CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($25,000 - $99,999)

Marianne E. Felice, MD Women’s Empowerment Fund

MAGNA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($100,000 – $499,999)

Joyce A. Bender Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Sister Rita Flaherty Endowed Scholarship

Capozzi Kirr Endowment Challenge

Blieszner Family Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Nancy T. Caputo Endowed Scholarship

Cadet Commemorative Scholarship

Margaret Fox Nursing Class of 1962 Commemorative Endowed Scholarship

Mary J. Donnelly Foundation Campus School Endowment

Mary Cassidy ’37 Memorial Scholarship

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Anne Peiffer Frazer Memorial Scholarship

Rita M. Fritz Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service

Eunice Kendrick Giles ’49 Scholarship

Georgia Lundberg Navaretta Nursing Scholarship

Catherine Graham Servant Leader Award

Eileen O’Connor and Sally O’Connor Endowed Scholarship

Angelo Grazzini and Helen Stimak Grazzini Scholarship

Paul Emmanuel Paul and Clara Dubrawka Paul Memorial Scholarship

Leonard and Mary D. Clark Memorial Scholarship

Clarice Rose Hensler ’39 and Mildred Hensler Poole ’44 Scholarship Endowment

Pepoy-Regetz Endowed Scholarship Ann Young Pontiere ’47 Endowed Scholarship

Rose Marie DiNardo Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Environmental Studies

Sister Mary Paul Hickey Teachers Scholarship

Mary Ellen Quinn Nursing Scholarship

Nancy Dunn ’55 Student Book Assistance Fund

Kenneth D. Hines Endowment for Ethics in the Professions

Mary Lois Ruffennach ’49 Endowed Scholarship

Sister Marylouise Fennell Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy Louise Holley Endowment for the Madwomen in the Attic Reading Series

Rusnock, Marsalka and Nathan Families Scholarship

Mary Grace Brennan Fitzgerald ’58 Endowed Scholarship

Schaner Family Endowed Scholarship

Mary A. and Frank J. Hren Memorial Scholarship

Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD ’48 Endowment for the Center for Faculty Excellence

Crescent Eddy Fuhrer Memorial Scholarship in Graduate Nursing

Lousie A. Hartman ’50 Memorial Scholarship

Kathleen Wynne Hufnagel Memorial Scholarship Barbara A. Keane ’52 Endowed Scholarship Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 and David M. Kirr Endowment for Faculty Excellence

Beverly Jean Childs ’91 Memorial Scholarship for Carlow Hill College Hannah T. Clawson Endowed Scholarship

Joseph A. Gilchrist Memorial Scholarship Marva Harris Woman of Spirit® Endowed Scholarship

Judy A. Scott ’67 Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service

Sister Mary Joy Haywood Scholarship

Nicholas Medore Sichi Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Jacob A. and Frieda M. Hunkele Charitable Fund

Barbara E. Kraft ’83 Endowment for Theology

Janet Simon, PhD ’67 Woman of Spirit Scholarship

Marie C. Jennings Memorial Woman of Spirit® Scholarship

Daniel B. Krochmal Endowed Scholarship

George J. and Maryellen Hagan Simpson Memorial Scholarship

Mary K. Edwards Krauser ’59 Memorial Scholarship

Ladies of Bethany Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Jacinta van Winkel, L.B.

Sisters of Mercy Award for Excellence in Advising

Lt. Colonel Charles R. Luke ’50 Scholarship

George and Annemarie Smeltzer Nursing Scholarship

Marlene B. Noel ’85 Endowed Scholarship

McClain Lee Family Endowed Scholarship

Mary Therese (Resie) Strauss-Noll ’57 Endowed Scholarship

Parry Family Endowed Science Scholarship

Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57 Endowed Scholarship

McConomy Nursing Scholarship

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Dr. Cornelius W. Kreke Award in Chemistry or Physics

Anna Mihalik Pupo Memorial Scholarship

Helen P. McDonough ’49 Endowment for the Center for Faculty Excellence

Paul and Margaret A. Stehney Endowed Scholarship

Marie Lageman McGann Memorial Scholarship

Ryan Swerbinski Family Endowed Scholarship

Mary Ann McGinley ’50 Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Richard and Deborah Talarico Endowed Scholarship

Anne DeNardo McGowan, JD ’60 Endowed Doctor of Nursing Practice Award

Suzanne Henry Tighe ’68 Endowed Scholarship

Mary Cook Tierney and James Michael Tierney Endowed Scholarship

James D. Trovato Memorial Scholarship

Penny Nikolich McKenna Oakland Catholic Scholarship

Anne Cray Tito ’50 Memorial Scholarship

United States Steel Corporation Scholarship

William Patrick McShea Endowed Scholarship

Margaret and Joseph Toomey Endowed Scholarship

Betty Friedel Weiland ’42 Scholarship

Joanne Fox McVay, PhD ’54 Division of Natural Sciences/ Biology Endowed Scholarship

Lois Dinneen Wholey ’45 Woman of Spirit® Scholarship

Jane Beck Wells ’37 Student Assistance Fund

Bishop Donald W. Wuerl Endowed Scholarship

Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 Endowed Scholarship Rina Marie Menegaz, MSW ’49 and Renee Marie Menegaz, PhD ’49 Endowed Fund Eleanor Keener Midgley ‘43 Endowed Scholarship Dr. Eileen M. Mulhare Memorial Scholarship Endowment Sister Mary Louise Nash, RSM Endowed Scholarship

Theresa M. Sudetic ’59 Scholarship

Margaret Scally Scott ’50 Memorial Scholarship Max and Esther Sestili Award for Excellence in Teaching Florence E. and Alfred J. Seubert Endowed Scholarship

Maysie E. Wisnom Endowed Scholarship SCHOLARS CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) Eva Tansky Blum Woman of Spirit® Scholarship Susan B. Bohn Woman of Spirit® Scholarship

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Rose Marie Beard Woman of Spirit® Honors Scholarship, through the generosity of the Beard family, has supported more than 65 Carlow students as Beard Scholars.

Tammi M. Brush ’98 Endowed Memorial Scholarship Father Andrew Chih Scholarship

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The F.E. McGillick Foundation has generously supported more than 173 Carlow students with the cost of their education.

CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($25,000 - $99,999)

The Georgia Decker Future Nurse Educator Scholarship generously supports the education of students through the nurse peer tutor program.

Calihan Family Scholarship for the Campus School in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey

The Paul de Kruif Writing Prize is generously funded by Cornelia Pepoy ’62 for a student in the sciences.

The William and Mary Lowry Scholarship supported the education of students in the Carlow Hill Education Center for 10 years.

The Jessica Vega-Rogowicz Miles Against Melanoma Scholarship is funded annually by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Miles Against Melanoma organization, founded by Jessica Vega-Rogowicz ’04.

Brown Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey

Freyvogel Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Hickey Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Margot Gloninger Jones ’00 Memorial Scholarship Kelley Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey and The Campus School Kelley Family Faculty Excellence Endowment Lisiak Family Fund for Faculty Excellence in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Mann Family Endowment for Digital Learning

THE CAMPUS SCHOOL

The Petnuch Family Fund in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ($1 MILLION AND ABOVE)

Sister Mary Louis Wohleber, RSM Scholarship Fund

Gailliot Family Chair for the Principal of the Carlow University Campus School

SCHOLARS CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999)

SUMMA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($500,000 - $999,999) Staley Family Scholarship for the Campus School in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey and Staley Family Endowment for Faculty Excellence MAGNA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($100,000 – $499,999) Campus School Founders Legacy Endowment for Faculty Excellence Campus School Parents Endowment Donahue Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Donnelly Family Fund Emily Elizabeth Dorrance Scholarship Endowment Egler Family Scholarship for the Campus School in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey

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Donley Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The McGuinn Fund is supported by the McGuinn Family Foundation to provide annual financial assistance to students with financial need enrolled in the Campus School Early Learning Programs.

THE CALLAGHAN SOCIETY MEMBERS Callaghan Society members are part of the Carlow University tradition that began in 1822, when the Callaghans, the adoptive parents of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, made her the sole heir of their estate in Dublin. At that moment, they could not possibly have imagined the enormous good which would result from their bequest over the next two centuries.

Today, legacy commitments from Callaghan Society members through their wills, trusts, or other estate gifts ensure the vitality and development of Carlow University and its Mercy-based mission from one generation to the next.

List is complete as of October 2, 2014.

New members are listed in italics. † Deceased * Faculty/Staff

Anonymous Martha Ayers Barber ’70 Marie Ballirano Bartorona Sheila McCarthy Begg ’63 Rita Blieszner † Edward and Mary Ann Gill Bober ’54 Betty McGuinness Boucek ’39 Carol Brown David and Linda Zarecky Brown ’73 Nancy H. Hanks Burnett ’68 Joan Jankowski Cameron ’72 Nancy Caputo, MD ’44 † Myles Cassidy † Beverly Childs ’91 ’97 † Elizabeth Lawler Christensen ’88 Sharon Rae O’Toole Ciummo ’93, ’96 Cinda Heist Clark ’72 Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 † Karen L. Cooper ’96 Mary Carol Hawkins Cotruzzola ’63

Martha Welsh Crane ’61 Debbie Talotta Crisafio ’77 Mary Margaret Cummins ’38 † Sue Ann Dal Sasso ’91 Frances and Peter Dana Sister Marie Immaculée Dana, RSM, PhD Peggy King Daugherty ’49 Jocelyn K. Debick ’94 Lois Devereaux ’44 † Veronica McGinley Devlin ’44 † Virginia Gualdaroni DiPucci Frances Ranallo DiVella ’45 George and Eileen Smith Dorman ’54 Mary Elizabeth Canterna Douglass ’67 Maryann Dzama, EdD ’64 Carolyn Greco Eller ’55 † Louis Engelberg † Catherine Campbell Evers ’52 Michele S. Fabrizi ’75 Patricia Lupinacci Falbo ’64

Phyllis Balkovitz Fassio ’69 Peter Flaherty, Esq. ’50 † Lois Reid Folino ’78 Margaret M. Fox, EdD ’62 Anne Marie Peiffer Frazer ’40 † Mary Ellen Freil ’53 Rita M. Fritz † Crystel Gabrich, PhD Rosemary V. Gaines Kathryn Gardner, EdD ’64 Nancy Gartz ’82 † Mary Anne Gearing ’42 † Eunice Kendrick Giles ’49 † Evelyn Glass ’86 Albert Giordano, PhD ’50 Ruth Golden † Helen Golob ’51 Roberta Grotstein ’67 Colleen A. Gurlea-Paige ’87 Phyllis Connors Hartt ’57 †

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Valerie F. Haus ’79

Frances McCormick ’68

John and Mary McCartan Sheedy ’56

Vera Oblak Hawkins ’55

Leona McGann ’40 †

Elissa Medore Sichi ’59

Catherine Blank Haynes ’50

William P. McKee †

Barbara E. Simpson ’69

Barbara C. Hays ’68

Joan Dougherty McKeegan ’53

Bernard J. Singer ’50 †

Clarice R. Hensler ’39 †

Mary McNally †

Marguerite Phillips Singer ’45 †

Kenneth Hesselberg †

Alice McNulty †

Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69

Rev. John P. Hickey †

Ruth N. Meighen †

George and Annemarie Smeltzer

Susan Hirsch ’81

Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 †

Jeanne R. Diana Smith ’86

Dorothy Hance Holley †

Donna Johnston Metz ’88

Paula A. Sneed

Linda Pyle Holsing ’83

Eleanor Keener Midgley ’43

Mary Therese (Resie) Strauss-Noll, PhD ’57 †

Dorothy R. Hopkins

Melissa E. McGregor Morgano ’99

Virginia Hartnett Sullivan ’80 †

Thomas A. Hopkins, Jr., PhD †

Thelma Lovette Morris ’70

Stephanie Domitrovich Susmarski, JD ’76

Joann Rozsas Jabour ’79

Susan Pivirotto Moyer ’82

Karen Griffith Szewczyk ’77

Judith Scheffner Jones ’71

Eileen M. Mulhare, PhD ’72 †

Richard and Deborah Grimes Talarico ’73

Wilma Jordan †

Elizabeth Holtz Murphy, EdD ’71

Andrea Thomas-Niapas ’75

Barbara A. Keane ’52

Marjorie Schweizer Murphy ’73

Doris Benzenhoefer Tobin, MD ’50

Kristina Marie Kendralla, OSF ’82

Catherine G. Murray

Margaret A. Troha ’69

Marita D. Kenna, MD ’45

Joan Atkins Neuwar ’58

Laure J. King Valentine ’88

Margaret M. Kennedy ’52 †

Sally O’Connor

Donna Vereb ’84

JoAnn Skowronek Kerr ’60

Margaret Kvaka Parke ’52

Margaret Gehring Volinsky ’69

Bernadette Kersting ’68

Carolyn Ehni Partridge ’45 †

Linda C. Wagner ’96 *

Patricia Kirkham ’63

Margery Brahmer Parry ’45

Mary Louise O’Callaghan Weber ’44 †

Richard and Sara Mercurio Kowal ’76

Andrew and Elizabeth Trench Payer ’68

Betty Friedel Weiland ’42 †

Barbara E. Kraft ’83

Cornelia Regetz Pepoy ’62

Jane Wells ’37 †

Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57

Leo J. Peters †

Caroline Joyce Whitby ’56

David B. Krochmal †

Sandra Horney Petrosky ’65

Rose Woolley*

John L. Laubach, Jr. †

Karen Harvey Petruny ’72

Marlene Wasylik Yospyn ’62

Suzanne Laubach †

Beatrice Gazzola Pitassi ’65

Micaela Young ’68

Alice Leban Lipscomb ’46

Robert and Rosanne Reilly Poden ’58

Frances Yuschak ’64

Mary Ann Haben Loeffler ’51 †

Mildred Hensler Poole ’44

Jacqueline Zalumas, PhD ’69

Mary Louise Loeffler ’38 †

Patricia Riesmeyer Pope ’69

Ann F. Zilionis ’47 †

William and Marie Lowry

Lois Wanner Richards ’58

Lt. Colonel Charles R. Luke ’50 †

Kathleen and Michael Rosella, DDS

Kathleen Madigan ’68

Megan Lee Sandell ’75 †

Louise Reiber Malakoff, JD ’67

Mary Ann Sestili, PhD ’61

Anastasia (Tessie) Mantzoros ’42 †

Jean Mary Schafer †

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WAYS TO GIVE TO CARLOW The University relies on The Carlow Fund to provide immediate spendable income for Carlow’s core mission: teaching and scholarship.

MAKE A SECURE GIFT ONLINE You can give online through our secure server with your MasterCard, VISA, or Discover Card. You can also make a gift of cash or make a gift of securities.

SPECIAL PURPOSE GIVING Meaningful gifts of any size, to a designated project that can be funded in ways similar to Carlow Fund gifts; to advance the educational purposes of Carlow University.

MEMORIAL/IN HONOR GIVING An honor or memorial gift will recognize someone special in your life or remember a loved one who is no longer with you.

ENDOWMENT GIVING Make a gift to permanently establish a fund that supports scholarship, special student needs, faculty development, or special programs.

MATCHING GIFTS More than 1,000 corporations offer charitable matching gifts programs; donors and spouses should check with their company’s human resources office for details and to obtain the proper form to mail to Carlow.

THE CALLAGHAN SOCIETY Planned giving or legacy commitments from Callaghan Society members through their wills, trusts, or other estate gifts ensure the vitality and development of Carlow University and its Mercy-based mission from one generation to the next.

REUNION YEAR GIVING Reunion Year Giving is an important component of The Carlow Fund in support of our Mercy-based mission and goals. Increasing scholarship assistance continues to be one of Carlow’s top priorities. Class gifts honor the anniversary of a particular graduation year.

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OTHER GIFTS TO CONSIDER APPRECIATED SECURITIES The IRS allows you one of its most significant tax breaks for gifts of appreciated securities.

RETIREMENT PLANS The balance of your retirement plan, including your IRA, may be worth more when donated to Carlow University than to your heirs.

REAL ESTATE Make a gift to Carlow University through a donation of residential, commercial, or undeveloped real estate through your home or no longer used vacation property.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS Transfer cash, securities, or other appreciated property into an annuity trust. The trust makes fixed annual payments to you or to the beneficiaries you name. When the trust terminates, the principal passes to Carlow University.

LIFE INSURANCE Turn a policy whose coverage you no longer need into a gift to Carlow University, or purchase a new policy with Carlow as owner and/or beneficiary.

PERSONAL PROPERTY Donate needed books, artwork, or equipment and receive a charitable income tax deduction.

BUSINESS INTERESTS Give Carlow University an interest in a closely-held or family business.

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CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS A separately invested and managed charitable trust that pays a percentage of the principal, re-valued annually, to you, your spouse, or other income beneficiaries for life or a maximum term of 20 years.

2013-2014 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Deborah L. Acklin Michele R. Atkins, Chair Joyce A. Bender Kathleen W. Buechel Sister JoAnne Courneen, RSM John R. Denny, Jr. Jackie Dixon John K. Gisleson, Secretary Jeanne Gleason Deborah F. Graver Paula J. Hasbach, Treasurer Sister Patricia Mary Hespelein, RSM, Vice Chair, Mission Mary Beth Jenkins, JD Karen Dunn Kelley Louise R. Malakoff, JD Sister Diane C. Matje, RSM Suzanne Mellon, PhD Sister Cecilia Murphy, RSM, PhD Mildred S. Myers, DA Helene E. Paharik George L. Pry Theresa A. Scotti Susan Shipley Janet Simon, PhD Sister Judith Stojhovic, RSM George R. Whitmer, Vice Chair

Helen Hanna Casey Judith Davenport, DMD Sister Anna Marie Goetz, RSM Elsie Hillman Kevin Kearns, PhD Eileen McConomy Sister Jane Scully, RSM Mary Ann Sestili, PhD Regina Stover Sister Patricia Whalen, RSM David Williams Sister Judith Worden, RSM

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CREDITS THE CARLOW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S REPORT 20132014 IS PRODUCED FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IN COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Executive Editor Amy E. Neil Vice President, University Communications and External Relations Editor Alison Juram D’Addieco, MST Graphic Designer Katie Crawford

FINANCIAL AND DONOR INFORMATION COMPILED AND VERIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: Marjorie P. Bernard, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations Anita S. Dacal, Executive Director for Philanthropy Christy L. Dennison, Donor Relations Administrator Janet Guidas, Gift Entry and Donor Records Specialist Ruby A. Holmes, Database Coordinator Melissa Krebs, Manager of Volunteer Relations Amy Schnarrenberger, Data Services Manager Aoife Toomey, Director of The Carlow Fund Marcia M. Wallander, Senior Director of Advancement Rose M. Woolley, Director, Alumni Relations

Contributors Nadine Fails Emily E. Martin, MA Laura Rihn, MBA Andrew G. Wilson This report recognizes volunteer service and gifts made during Carlow’s fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents. However, if you find an error, please send corrections to: Christy Dennison, Donor Relations Administrator, at 412.578.6231 or cldennison@carlow.edu.

affirmative steps to support and advance these values consistent with the University’s mission.

This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities. This is a commitment made by the University and is in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations.

Carlow University, as an educational institution and as an employer, values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and racial/ethnic and cultural diversity. Accordingly, the University prohibits and will not engage in discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, age, martial status, familial status, sexual orientation, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. Further, the University will continue to take

For information on University equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and complaint/ grievance procedures, please contact Andra Tokarsky, Director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action Officer, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, 412.578.8897.

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