STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION
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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 careerready, ethical leaders committed to a just and merciful world.
Dedicating Carlow’s University Commons, L-R: Carlow Board of Trustees Chair Michele R. Atkins; Carlow President Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD; Student Government Association President Rhonda Ekwunoh; and City of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto.
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Each year, we reflect upon the impact we have made on the lives of our students, in our community, and on the world. In this 2014-2015 Carlow University President’s Report, we share stories about our talented students, who go forth equipped with new skills and the desire to address the urgent challenges of the 21st century. We celebrate new programs and partnerships, which have led to innovations in our academic offerings. And we recognize evidence of positive, strategic change that has occurred during this, the first full year of implementation of our strategic plan, Transforming Lives. Transforming Our World. We have made great strides in transforming learning at Carlow University—rebuilding our academic structure, expanding our program offerings, introducing a new undergraduate core curriculum, and fostering exciting new community partnerships and collaborations. Our majestic new University Commons is not only the center of campus life and learning here at Carlow University, it is a symbol of continued institution-wide evolution—growth that results from research, strategy, and the tireless efforts of so many individuals. This report also contains the names of generous donors to Carlow University during the 2014-2015 fiscal year, including those who helped us breathe life into the University Commons. Each gift has an impact, and together they shape the lives of our students—today, and for years to come. It is with great pride that I share with you these stories, and it is with much gratitude that I acknowledge those of you who have graciously given your time, talent, and treasure to Carlow University.
Sincerely,
Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD President, Carlow University
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STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION: 2014-2015 2014-2015 was the first full academic year that Carlow University implemented the strategic plan, Transforming Lives. Transforming Our World. This comprehensive plan strengthens our response 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
In fall 2015, our retention rate was the third highest in the past 15 years, and our total enrollment of 2,300 students was a 2.7 percent increase from last year, surpassing our strategic plan goal.
BUILD FINANCIAL HEALTH
To generate growth, we have made strategic investments in Marketing and Communications, the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research, the Office of Enrollment Management, and in the development of new academic programs and athletics offerings.
OPTIMIZE LEARNING
We launched exciting, relevant new majors in the fall of 2015 and we are proud to unveil a new undergraduate general education curriculum, the Carlow Compass.
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INNOVATE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
We established new articulation agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County, the University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. We have developed new partnerships with the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh—and are currently finalizing several other exciting alliances.
CREATE TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTS Carlow’s new University Commons opened its doors to students in late August 2015. The building received LEED Silver Certification from the Green Building Certification Institute and serves as a standard moving forward as we continue to modernize our facilities. Carlow is also creating a campus and facility master plan with the guidance of CannonDesign, an award-winning integrated design firm. The plan is an adaptive roadmap that will analyze our physical space and ensure a vibrant, secure future in our diverse Oakland neighborhood.
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UNIVERSITY COMMONS The University Commons is the signature project of Carlow University’s Brave Legacy, Bold Vision comprehensive campaign, which began in 2010 and concluded in 2014, raising $33.6 million—more than any other Carlow fundraising endeavor to date. The Commons was completed in just one year, for $19.9 million—on time and under budget. The Commons project would not have been possible without the energy and dedication of alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and numerous institutions and foundations. The names of many donors are listed on an illuminated glass donor wall on the building’s second floor—it includes the name Rita M. McGinley. Thanks to McGinley’s gift—the largest in university history—Carlow was able to create the Rita M. McGinley Center for Student Success, now located on the fourth floor of the Commons. The McGinley Center is home to the Center for Digital Learning and Innovation, the Hopkins Communications Lab, the Center for Academic Success, and the Massey Mathematics Lab.
“The University Commons transformation is symbolic of all that’s happening in this little corner of Pittsburgh … a true renaissance. We will be seeing the spin-off for years to come.” –Bill Peduto, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh
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THE DAVID AND BARBARA CAPOZZI KIRR ’60 LEARNING COMMONS The David and Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 Learning Commons offers quiet, comfortable study spaces on the fourth floor of the University Commons, made possible by Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 and her husband David Kirr. “We want our students to enjoy a learning environment where they have access to state-of-the-art technology and resources that enhance their learning,” says Capozzi Kirr. Over the years, the Kirrs have provided consistent financial support and leadership to Carlow. They established the Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 and David M. Kirr Endowment for Teaching Excellence and created the Capozzi Kirr Challenge—grants that contribute the last $5,000 needed to fully fund new endowments, helping to increase Carlow’s endowment by more than $1 million. A Carlow Laureate and former member of the university’s board of trustees, Capozzi Kirr says she and her husband David firmly “embrace the mission and vision of Carlow.
THE JOHN L. AND SUZANNE C. LAUBACH STUDENT COMMONS The Laubach family always valued education. Their mother Mary worked as a teacher and taught her children how to read before they entered school. Three of the four Laubach children skipped first grade. That passion for education was one reason why son Jack and his wife Suzanne, a former social worker at Mercy Hospital, donated to Carlow University over the years. Recently, $800,000 of the $3 million legacy gift from their estate was used to build the John L. and Suzanne C. Laubach Student Commons on the first floor of the University Commons. The John L. and Suzanne C. Laubach Student Commons provides much-needed meeting space for student clubs and organizations. “[The gift] speaks volumes about Sue and Jack’s commitment and the importance they placed on education,” says nephew Greg Laubach. “It was critically important to them that any young person could achieve a solid education.”
“Carlow does a good job of not only preparing students for a career, but also for life in their community,” says Capozzi Kirr. “Their education encourages them to give back, to do service, and to be leaders—no matter the size of their role.” CARLOW UNIVERSITY 7
A senior Carlow Celtics soccer player, nursing student Sarah Schwartz knows a lot about teamwork. “When you’re part of a team,” she says, “if you don’t learn how to work with each other, then you’re not going to have a positive outcome.” Last summer, Schwartz learned more about teamwork in the healthcare setting as an intern at Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC. She also solidified her desire to work with women and infants. “I loved working with the mothers and their families and bringing life into the world,” she says. Schwartz has multi-tasking down to a science, finding time to study on campus, off campus, and on long bus rides to rival schools in the River States Conference. “Balancing school and soccer can be tough,” she admits. “We are in class or clinicals during the day and sometimes practice until 10 p.m. When you come home from practice, you have to be disciplined enough to open a book and start studying.”
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT SARAH SCHWARTZ Nursing Class of ‘15
Carlow Celtics Soccer Forward
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Hometown: Baldwin, Pa.
Carlow’s convenient location, within walking distance of world-renowned hospitals, was a huge plus for Schwartz, and the university’s intimate, supportive atmosphere gave her the foundation she needed. “Going into nursing, I knew that I would be responsible for other people’s lives,” she says. “I wanted to have hands-on time with my professors. I wanted to go to a school where my professors knew me as Sarah Schwartz and not number 2,365.”
GUIDING THE WAY: NEW COMPASS CURRICULUM
CARLOW C O M PA S S
The redesign of Carlow University’s undergraduate general education curriculum is a top strategic priority of the 2014-19 strategic plan. Designed with broad input from the entire Carlow community, the new Carlow Compass curriculum was introduced in the fall of 2015 to more than 200 incoming first-year students. Emphasizing career-readiness and ethical leadership, the Carlow Compass enables students to design, navigate, and explore their own educational pathways within their major courses of study, in alignment with the university’s mission, vision, and Mercy heritage. The tenets of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and a belief in the transformative power of the liberal arts permeate the Compass. It is the most transferfriendly curriculum in university history, offering many opportunities for students to transfer general education credits from other institutions.
MAJOR CAPSTONE
JUNIOR ANCHOR COURSE ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
FOUR LIBERAL ARTS “BREADTH EXPERIENCE” CLUSTERS Minimum two experiences per each cluster
Carlow Compass Director Lou Boyle, PhD, is a firm believer in the power of the liberal arts in launching students’ careers. “Research shows employers are looking for employees who have problem-solving skills, can work well with clients and co-workers, and who aren’t afraid to take the initiative,” says Boyle. “The Carlow Compass represents a more modern approach to learning and is an effort to make sure everyone is not so siloed from each other. It is really exciting and different from anything Carlow has done before.”
N W E S
LIBERAL ARTS DEPTH EXPERIENCE
WISDOM
NATURAL WORLD
THEOLOGY PHILOSOPHY HISTORY
BIOLOGY PHYSICS CHEMISTRY PSYCHOLOGY MATHEMATICS
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EXPRESSION
SOCIAL JUSTICE
ART MUSIC THEATER ENGLISH
WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES POLITICAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ECONOMICS SOCIOLOGY
CORE 1 CRITICAL EXPLORATION
WRITING SKILLS COURSE
W +LAB
SPEAKING SKILLS COURSE
CARLOW RETREAT
CORE 2 CONTEMPLATION AND ACTION
S +LAB
QUANTITATIVE REASONING SKILLS COURSE
Q +LAB
CONNECTING TO CARLOW COURSE
RETREAT
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When Lindsay Zolkiewicz graduated from Carlow in December 2015, she was already one step ahead of the game. “I found a job the day I graduated, working in a field I love,” says Zolkiewicz. She’s now working as a kindergarten and after-school teacher within the South Fayette School District. A first-generation college student, Zolkiewicz transferred to Carlow from the Community College of Allegheny County. With an associate’s degree in hand and a few months’ experience teaching in a day care setting, she wanted to take her passion for working with young children to another level. Carlow’s small classes were a perfect fit—and a Carlow University Transfer Scholarship made the decision even easier. While at Carlow, Zolkiewicz received a Bright Horizon Scholarship from the Bright Future’s Scholarship program, a national program supporting early childhood education. “Carlow made this easy for me,” she says. “Because my classes were so engaging, I found myself excelling in school like I never did before. I took advantage of every opportunity Carlow had, and that is what led to my current success.”
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT LINDSAY ZOLKIEWICZ BA ’15 Summa Cum Laude
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Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
The solid education she received—and Carlow’s supportive environment—made all the difference. “Carlow professors really want you to succeed,” she says. “They will do everything in their power to help you achieve your goals.”
ACADEMIC ADVANCES: EXCITING NEW DEGREE OPTIONS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH A CONCENTRATION IN CORRECTIONS This degree is ideal for students who want to right wrongs and advocate for a fairer, more inclusive justice system. Criminal Justice students learn where, how, and why crimes affect individuals, families, and societies and how they can help change those dynamics.
ONLINE REGISTERED NURSE (RN) TO BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSN) IN NURSING Busy RNs looking for a competitive edge can now complete their RN-BSN completely online—in addition to in-class or hybrid options. Carlow University’s highly flexible program offers students the opportunity to stay in their current positions while earning this increasingly important degree.
HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARNING ONLINE Educators who want to play a pivotal role in redefining teaching and learning find the Master of Science in Leadership for High Performance Learning with optional Pennsylvania principal certification an exciting departure from the current culture of performance management and teaching-to-the-test.
RESPIRATORY CARE The demand for respiratory therapists is on the rise, and Carlow’s new Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care is one of only 60 programs in the nation to prepare students to care for patients with respiratory conditions and diseases.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A CONCENTRATION IN COMPUTER INVESTIGATIONS AND SECURITY ISSUES Students ready to combat cyber crime and international terrorism will find just what they’re looking for in a new bachelor’s degree that is a perfect blend of technology and political science, putting learners on the cutting edge of the growing field of international security.
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When Zachary Talley was looking at schools, there was something special about the feel of Carlow University—the small class sizes, the terrific faculty-student ratio. He was also attracted by a one-of-a-kind opportunity: to be the point/shooting guard of the university’s first men’s basketball team. He was thrilled to enroll and to join that inaugural team. “It was a great learning experience to be able to play at a university as a freshman,” says Talley. This year, as a sophomore, Talley is part of another inaugural program at Carlow—the brand new Respiratory Care program. Talley has lived with asthma his entire life and has worked extensively with respiratory therapists. Today, he wants to be able to reach out to others in similar situations.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
“I like interacting with and helping patients,” he says.
ZACHARY TALLEY Respiratory Care, Class of ’18
Carlow Celtics Basketball Point/Shooting Guard
Hometown: Jefferson Hills, Pa.
He is looking forward to working in Carlow’s new respiratory simulation lab, where he can virtually dissect a body utilizing a state-of-the-art Anatomage table. He’s also enjoying his second year on the basketball team— which, as he puts it, “plays together with even more chemistry, trust, and talent. “The best way to describe it is that we became more than a team this year,” he explains. “We’ve become more like brothers.”
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IGNITING DISCOVERY OPPORTUNITY WITHIN REACH
NURSING PARTNERSHIPS • Nursing professors Nancy Cupps, MSN, and Diana Paladino, MSN, have developed an innovative perinatal health coach program at Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC—an exciting opportunity for undergraduate BSN students, thanks to an ongoing academic service partnership between Carlow and UPMC. • Deborah Mitchum, DNP, CRNP, director of Carlow’s Family Nurse Practitioner program, has partnered with Pittsburgh Mercy Health System to help develop a clinic focused on providing women’s health services to the underserved in the region. The project is supported by grant funding provided by McAuley Ministries.
Thanks to a $250,000 Highmark grant, Carlow’s College of Health and Wellness purchased state-of-the-art educational technology equipment for students in the university’s nursing and respiratory care programs—the Anatomage table and SimMan® 3G. The Anatomage table (pictured above) is a full-scale, touch-screen digital display with a library of more than 100 high-resolution models that allow students to explore the innerworkings of both human and animal bodies. SimMan® 3G, a life-size mannequin that simulates a full scope of medical, neurological, and physiological conditions, is located in the nursing simulation center.
• Five senior nursing students traveled to Johns Hopkins Medical Center (JHMC) thanks to connections made during Carlow’s 2015 Nursing Career Day, organized by the Office of Career Development in conjunction with Carla Tomas, MSN, RN, an instructor in the undergraduate nursing program, and Roberta Jones ’06, MSN, RN, a perioperative nurse educator at JHMC. The students toured the facility and had preliminary interviews for JHMC’s Critical Care Nurse Residency program.
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INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS CITY OF PITTSBURGH Carlow offers City of Pittsburgh employees and their spouses or partners a 20 percent discount on any undergraduate or graduate program. Dependent children of city employees receive a $2,000 discount on full-time, undergraduate annual tuition.
DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH Beginning in the fall of 2016, Carlow will reward parents who send their children to Diocese of Pittsburgh schools with a Catholic Education Grant totaling as much as $20,000 for each qualified student.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (CCAC) Carlow University offers transfer scholarships to CCAC students and numerous new opportunities for graduates to advance their education:
UPMC SCHOOL OF NURSING Students who receive their RN diploma at one of UPMC’s three nursing schools may continue their education by seamlessly transferring into Carlow University’s RN-BSN program.
• Associate degree graduates may seamlessly transfer to Carlow to complete their bachelor’s degrees.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Carlow and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are partnering to offer an early assurance 3+3 law program. Qualified students receive a $5,000 scholarship for their first year of law school.
• Nursing students are simultaneously admitted to Carlow’s RN-BSN program at a reduced tuition and may accelerate into the MSN program. • Students of 25 allied health programs may continue their studies toward any Carlow bachelor’s degree. • Graduates of CCAC’s business management program may continue toward Carlow’s Bachelor of Science in Management.
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A first-year law student at Duquesne University, Taylor Corn mentors undergraduate minority students interested in pursuing legal careers. She is a member of the Women’s Law Association, the Black Student Law Association (BLSA), and the Animal Law Society. She’s also intrigued by criminal law, sports law, and property law. A native of Pittsburgh’s North Side, Corn came to Carlow in 2013 as an adult transfer student with a smattering of community college credits under her belt. She knew she wanted to help people—and animals—and says law school was “always kind of on my radar,” but she credits her Carlow professors and experiential learning opportunities with helping her find the direction she needed. She further solidified her career path as a participant in Carlow’s Women of Spirit® Pre-Law Workshop. When a Carlow alumna connected her with Tom Flaherty, judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, it led to an internship that “was the best thing on my resume when I applied to law schools. That workshop made a big difference!” says Corn. Corn is adamant that she wouldn’t be where she is today if it weren’t for the support she received at Carlow. One day, she hopes to give back to her alma mater. “At a larger school, you are not guaranteed contact with professors. At Carlow, every single professor really cared about my success. They were always available to help. I probably wouldn’t have gone to law school if I hadn’t gone to Carlow.”
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT TAYLOR CORN BS ’15 Cum Laude
Sociology/ Psychology
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
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ALUMNI IMPACT: MOLLY DENNISON HOUGHTON ’74 Molly Dennison Houghton ’74 is frank when you ask her why she chose Carlow University—Mount Mercy as it was known then:“Scholarship money!” Because she was a first-generation college student, cost was a huge factor, but after touring many institutions, it also came down to the right fit. Each year, hundreds of Carlow University alumni, parents, and friends express their support for the university through gifts to the Carlow Fund, which provides immediate, unrestricted income. Carlow Fund gifts—of all sizes—impact every aspect of campus life. Most often, they underwrite financial aid packages, creating a foundation of financial stability for students. Scholarship support provided by Carlow Fund giving makes a world of difference for so many of our students. In honor of our 1929 founding by the Sisters of Mercy, generous Carlow Fund donors who give $1,929 or more annually become members of the 1929 Society, a group of philanthropic alumni and friends of Carlow dedicated to financially supporting the university. In Fiscal Year 2015, 62 Carlow alumni and friends joined the 1929 Society.
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Houghton fondly recalls the strong women she met here, particularly Sister Terry Coyne and Sister Maureen Walsh. She also made lifelong friends—including Carol Chieco Stewart, whom she met her very first day while taking the airport bus to freshmen orientation. She speaks of Carlow with pride, describing an environment that opened the world up to her. She speaks with awe about women’s studies classes with Ellie Wymard and Edith Benziger, recalling the growth she and her classmates experienced and the mentors who guided them. Houghton gives back to her alma mater at a leadership level via the Carlow Fund. She is quick to credit Carlow President Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD, with influencing her decision to become a 1929 Society member. “Seeing Dr. Mellon’s commitment to the university, and that of other leaders within the campus community, made me want to be a part of Carlow in a bigger way,” she says. Houghton emphasizes that Carlow has “gotten the strategy right” in terms of service to students and the greater Pittsburgh community, and in terms of offering a real, vibrant educational option. That is why she chooses to give.
NEW DEANS Inaugural deans were appointed to each of the university’s three colleges prior to the start of the 2015-2016 academic year. Each brings extensive teaching and publishing experience and provides unified, collaborative leadership to the new responsive academic structure.
LYNN GEORGE, PHD, RN, CNE Dean of the College of Health and Wellness
MATTHEW E. GORDLEY, PHD Dean of the College of Learning and Innovation
ALLYSON M. LOWE, PHD College of Leadership and Social Change
With a clinical focus on women’s health and a research focus on nursing education, Lynn George previously served as associate dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Robert Morris University. In her more than 25 years in academia, she has held numerous faculty and leadership positions, including department head for the nursing program at the Community College of Allegheny County— Boyce Campus.
Matthew E. Gordley previously served as associate dean of academics at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia since 2011 and as a faculty member at the institution since 2005. He has held numerous faculty and leadership positions in his nearly 12 years in academia, including as chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Regent University.
Allyson M. Lowe served as interim dean of Carlow’s College of Leadership and Social Change since 2014 and was a faculty member at the university since 2009. She has held numerous faculty and leadership positions in her 13 years in academia, including as director of the Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy for five years and as the Elsie Hillman Chair in Politics at Chatham University.
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IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: SANDI DIMOLA, JD Sandi DiMola, JD, is the kind of professor students need to know if they have any inkling that a legal career might be in their futures. Before transitioning to an academic career in 2007, DiMola had a 25-year legal career, beginning as a law clerk in federal district court and continuing as employment and immigration counsel to Wall Street financial-services firm Merrill Lynch. After this, she worked in private practice. In 2011, she received a Fulbright award to study ethnic diversity and integration initiatives in Germany and the European Union. That work spawned a number of conference presentations and publications related to social inclusion of marginalized populations. Currently, she is involved as a researcher for the Department of Justice’s pilot initiative, Building Community Trust and Justice. DiMola is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders, an NGO engaged in capacity building in post-conflict societies. She is program manager for the Program for Deliberative Democracy at Carnegie Mellon University, an initiative that involves conducting deliberative polls and forums on issues such as climate change. She has also
served as a consultant to Pittsburgh’s Arsenal Middle School to help facilitate a mediation plan for resolution of ethnic violence, a project funded by the Pittsburgh Foundation. DiMola’s real-world experience is a great advantage for her students. “I like to place students in situations where they are outside of their comfort zones and push them to develop skills in conflict resolution and resiliency,” says DiMola. “Today, students are likely to have more than one career. It’s good to learn not to be complacent and to know how to bounce back from difficult situations.”
“ Dr. DiMola takes the time to make sure all students fully understand the material we are learning. She’s there to talk whenever you need a helping hand. That’s what makes the experience at Carlow so good!” — Jazmyne Taggart (pictured at right with DiMola), Psychology Student, Class of 2018
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THE SCIENCE AND ART OF PSYCHOLOGY: JOE ROBERTS, PHD It may not seem obvious to everyone, but English literature and psychology are closely related. “Language is everything,” says Joe Roberts, PhD, associate professor and chair of the department of psychology and counseling at Carlow University. “It constructs whole worlds of subjective experience. Even today, I will ask my clients how they can be the protagonists in their own stories.” Roberts comes to this connection honestly. As a creative writing major at the University of Evansville, he can recall analyzing the motivations of characters in Moby Dick, King Lear, and Heart of Darkness with psychoanalytic, existential, and feminist theories. “Many of the articles we read were taken directly from psychology journals,” he recalls. “I started seeing that people are not so different from characters in books.” Although he believes he was always a psychologist at heart, after Evansville, he obtained his master’s in social work from the University of Nebraska and his doctorate in psychology at West Virginia University.
“I’ve greatly enjoyed teaching personality assessment to doctoral students in [Carlow’s] PsyD program,” he says. “It always seems like folk magic at the beginning of the semester, but, as it unfolds, I think students start to make connections between all kinds of [diagnostic] tests. To me, diagnostic assessment is a great merger of the science and art of psychology.”
“ Licensed mental health professionals really represent the backbone of the Pittsburgh treatment network. When our MSPC and PsyD students graduate, I know that they are working in schools, drug treatment facilities, private practices. We are helping make the community stronger and healthier.” –Joe Roberts, PhD Chair, Department of Psychology and Counseling
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THE CAMPUS SCHOOL OF CARLOW UNIVERSITY ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STEM FROM THE START The Campus School of Carlow University turns STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) into STEAM—adding an “A” for “Art.” The school’s STEAM+ curriculum focuses on a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary experiences. Thanks to generous Benedum Foundation funding, the school is a regional satellite of Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE Lab (Community Robotics and Technology Empowerment) network. Additional funding supports program development— a McDonalds® MAC Grant (Making Activities Count) allows third-graders to learn programming languages such as Snap! and SCRATCH via the Finch robot, a bird-like device that can be programmed to talk, dance, or even glow. A product of CREATE Lab, the Finch is being further developed as an elementary-level computer science tool within Campus School classrooms. “A-ha” happens every day at The Campus School. Preschoolers and kindergarteners roll up their sleeves and explore electrical components and circuits. Elementary and middle school students turn Hummingbird Robotics Kits (another CREATE Lab spin-off product) into physical representations of poetry and world cultures. And middle school students use GigaPan to create highdefinition panoramic photography that explores the impact of the Gilded Age. Campus School faculty receive training from ASSET STEM Education™, a national education improvement nonprofit, and work with Carlow University education faculty to further develop programming models and implement original designs. In March 2016, Campus School faculty will present their STEAM+ curriculum matrix at the annual conference of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association.
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GIVING THE GIFT OF STEM LISIAKS FUND NEW RESEARCH INITIATIVE STEM was not a buzzword when Janice Cygnaraowicz Lisiak ’71 was an undergraduate student in the late 1960s. Lisiak was a Carlow Cadet back then—an education program requiring a pastor’s recommendation and two years of parish or Campus School teaching post-graduation. Lisiak taught at The Campus School for three years—starting during her third year as a Cadet. Later, after moving from the Pittsburgh area, she went on to earn her master’s degree in computer education and directed technology education at several schools, including the Northshore Education Consortium near Boston, where she developed a Learning and Leadership Program. In 2014, in honor of Lisiak’s Carlow
education, Lisiak and her husband Kenneth Lisiak founded the “Miss Janice” and Dr. Kenneth Lisiak Carlow Campus School-University Research Initiative, enabling students to collaborate on research with faculty. Carlow students further their own education while providing STEM-based learning modules for Campus School curriculum. “Carlow launched my career,” says Lisiak, adding that this kind of giving “should come naturally. When you’ve gained so much in so many ways, you want to give it back to where it all began.”
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT EMPLOYABILITY 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. AFFORDABILITY For three consecutive years, Carlow University has been listed as a “best bang-for-the-buck” school by Washington Monthly’s annual ranking of colleges and universities. In 2015, out of 400 schools in the northeast US region, Carlow University was ranked 45th overall and cracked the top 10 among private colleges. 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. MILITARY FRIENDLY® Carlow University has been named a Military Friendly® school by Victory Media, a veteran-owned business and the publisher of G.I. Jobs. Additionally, Carlow has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Department of Defense to be a preferred provider for education, which will allow military students to receive assistance with their Carlow tuition. The Military Friendly® Schools designation, a program in its seventh year, is awarded to colleges, universities, and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace military students and to dedicate resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation.
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SERVICE. Carlow has been recognized every year since 2005 by the President’s Honor Roll for Community Service for participation in events like Mercy Service Day, where Carlow students spend the day volunteering at more than a dozen different community development agencies.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS 11:1 undergraduate student: faculty ratio
RACE AND GENDER EQUITY THINK-TANK The YWCA Center for Race & Gender Equity partnered with Carlow to offer a Gender, Law & Public Policy course during the fall of 2015. In a policy think-tank setting, students studied leadership barriers experienced by Pittsburgh-area women and conducted a diversity study of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County municipal boards. STRONG WOMEN, STRONG GIRLS Carlow University collaborated with Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG), an after-school mentoring program, to offer a new service-learning course, Girls in American Society. Carlow’s SWSG chapter has more than 40 mentors who help girls from low-income neighborhoods raise their ambitions and self-esteem. GENETIC DIVERSITY Carlow biology professors Matt Fagerburg, PhD, and Michael Capp, PhD, are working with Carlow undergraduate students to assess the genetic diversity of local Japanese knotweed populations, in collaboration with a colleague from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagßez and in partnership with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
2.7%
overall increase in enrollment Fall 2015
90%
of undergrads receive financial assistance
96%
outcome rate for job seekers* *Outcomes data is collected from direct survey responses, faculty, staff, employers, parents, and online sources. Carlow University makes every effort to verify information obtained from any source other than direct survey feedback from graduates. Results are based on a 73% overall knowledge rate.
#1 School of Nursing NCLEX pass rate in the Pittsburgh area
444
students in residence halls: highest occupancy in Carlow history
3rd highest retention rate in 15 years
3.19 average GPA of Carlow student athletes
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS: FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015 TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET: $42,734,799 REVENUE—$48,705,069
Auxiliary Enterprises 15.98%—$7,781,435
65+16+172j
Scholarships and Fellowships 1.23%—$534,031
Tuition and Fees 65.41%—$31,859,185
50%
Operation/Maintenance of Physical Plant 6.93%—$3,005,977 Student Services 4.78%—$2,072,683
SOURCES OF GIVING
Corporations and Foundations
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27+14+2657113j
Auxiliary Enterprises 12.82%—$5,566,410
Other Income 1.71%—$830,695
50+361031j
Private Gifts 16.91%—$8,233,754
EXPENDITURES—$43,406,636
36%
Alumni
10%
Friends
3%
Trustees, Former Trustees, and Trustees Emeriti
1%
Faculty and Staff
Interest Expense 8.37%—$3,634,983 Instruction 26.73%—$11,603,128
Academic Support 13.63%—$5,918,215
Institutional Support 25.51%—$11,071,209
REUNION GIVING CLASS YEAR
TOTAL CLASS GIFT*
1945
$425.00
1950
$2,775.00
1955
$2,375.00
1960**
$219,282.00
1965
$10,910.00
1970
$7,430.69
1975
$3,499.00
1980
$3,219.00
1985
$1,985.00
1990
$3,192.00
1995
$3,950.00
2000
$1,475.00
2005
$735.00
2010
$1,450.00
OVERALL TOTAL:
* Totals as of September 20, 2015. ** The Class of 1960 includes two major gifts totaling $200,000.
$262,702.69
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ENDOWMENT TOTALS BY FISCAL YEAR Balances as of June 30, 2015. 2010-2011
$13,706,902 2011-2012
$16,702,296 2012-2013
$18,289,971
2014-2015 BENEFACTORS With this list of donors, we celebrate the generosity of our alumni and friends. We gratefully acknowledge gifts received during the 2014-2015 fiscal year (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015) to Carlow University, including The Campus School of Carlow University. 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.
† deceased (X) years of consecutive giving (3, 5, or 10) * faculty/staff CF Carlow Fund donor $500,000 - $2 MILLION Anonymous Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr. CF Rita M. McGinley ’40 (3) † Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 † Richard King Mellon Foundation $100,000 - $499,999
2013-2014
$21,167,822 2014-2015
$23,463,263 A strong endowment is critical to Carlow’s long-term financial stability and provides opportunities for generations to come.
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Aladdin Food Management Services (5) George I. Alden Trust Anonymous Eugene P. Beard Jack Buncher Foundation (3) Raymond Joseph & Marie Florence Hauser Revocable Trust Mary Joy Haywood, RSM ’60 Hillman Family Foundations (3) Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 and David Kirr (10) Suzanne Laubach and John Laubach, Jr. † McAuley Ministries (5) Francis Edward McGillick Foundation (10) Megan Sandell ’75 † Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (5)
$50,000 - $99,999 Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Barbara E. Kraft ’83 and Frederick L. Kraft (10) † Pittsburgh Foundation (10) Jean Mary Schafer † Irene C. Shea Charitable Foundation (10) John A. Staley, IV and Patricia Staley (5) $25,000 - $49,999 Michele Rehfeld Atkins ’82 and Patrick Atkins, PhD (10) CF ComDoc Dollar Bank (3) Roy and Susan Dorrance Rita M. Fritz † Karen Dunn Kelley and Joseph Kelly, MD (10) “Miss Janice” Cygnarowicz Lisiak ’71 and Kenneth Lisiak, PhD CF Helen P. McDonough ’49 (10) CF McGuinn Family Foundation A. J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Beth Piraino, MD Scott Electric Foundation Nancy L. Stuever ’73 and Lawrence Stuever (5) CF YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh
$10,000 - $24,999 Nancy Jones Beard Foundation Helen Hanna Casey and Stephen Casey (10) CF Dorothy A. Davis, Esq. ’78 and David A. Lynch (10) CF Georgia Morello Decker ’68 (10) Mary J. Donnelly Foundation (10) CF Marianne Elizabeth Felice, MD ’66 (10) CF Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fragasso Financial Advisors (3) William and Nancy Gatti CF Elsie H. Hillman Foundation (5) CF Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57 (5) Ladies of Bethany (10) Louise Reiber Malakoff, JD ’67 (10) CF Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD (3) CF * Renee Marie Menegaz, PhD ’49 (10) CF Cornelia Regetz Pepoy ’62 (10) Barbara E. Simpson ’69 (10) Regina and Dennis Stover (10) Theresa Sudetic ’59 CF † Trek Development Group (3) UPMC Diversified Services (3) Vanguard Group Foundation (3) Teresa Prendergast Weis ’56 (10) CF $1,929 - $9,999 Margaret Meis Armen, JD ’69 (10) CF Joyce Bender (5) Bethany Community Patricia Kady Betts ’67 and Charles Betts (10) CF BNY Mellon Wealth Management (10) Brooks Foundation Elizabeth Eleanor Brown ’08 (3) CF Kathleen W. Buechel and Frederick Egler, Jr. (5) Campus School Parent Association Gina Marie Casalegno and Matthew J. O’Brien (3) Paula Cerrone and Scott Stern (3) Pamela T. Clark ’11 and Jonathan Clark (3)
Comptec, Inc. (3) Kelley and John Denny (5) Carol Ann Descak ’90 CF * Bonnie Votjek DiCarlo ’64 (10)CF Eaton Corporation (5) Michele S. Fabrizi ’75 (3) CF Marylouise Fennell, RSM (10) Lois Reid Folino ’78 CF Margaret M. Fox, EdD ’62 CF Rosemarie Furnari ’66 (5) CF Lois Gaffney ’41 (10) CF Mary Lou Gailliot ’64 and Henry J Gailliot, PhD (10) CF Nancy Lee Gillies ’69 (10) CF John Gisleson (3)
E. Jeanne Gleason ’60 and Robert Gleason (10) CF Helen R. Golob ’51 (10) CF Paula J. Hasbach (5) Marie Cicone Heinle ’56 (10) CF Highmark Foundation Mary Hines, PhD (10) Virginia Zewe Holten, PhD ’60 (5) CF Molly Dennison Houghton ’74 (10) CF Huntington Bank Mary Beth Jenkins (5) Augusta Hogan Kairys ’56 (10) CF Larry Karnoff Barbara A. Keane ’52 (10) CF Patricia Anthony Kirkham ’63 (10) CF
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Judith Davies Klingensmith ’63 (10) Judith A. Kooser, MD ’69 (10) CF Daniel Lebish Norma Jean Grazzini LeClair ’66 (10) CF Kathleen McClain Lee ’55 and Robert Lee (10) CF Edward Limo-Ndekero Alice Leban Lipscomb ’46 (3) CF Karen Merisko Little ’69 (10) CF Diane Wassil Louvar ’59 (10) CF Joanne Malenock, PhD ’59 (10) CF Amy and Gavin Mann (3) Wendy Chase Martielli ’93 and James D. Martielli CF Eileen and Thomas McConomy (10) Frances McCormick ’68 (10) CF Penny Nikolich McKenna ’69 and Paul McKenna (10) CF Heidi Hylton Meier, CPA ’77 (10) CF Marion Montanari ’62 CF Arlene Myers Morris ’74 CF Georgia Lundberg Navaretta ’63 and Gerald Navaretta (10) CF Ruth Ann Roth Nelson ’68 (10) CF Network For Good Janet Magaro Nock ’60 (10) CF Marilyn Noll and Walter Noll, PhD Wennette West Pegues ’58 (5) CF Philips Matching Program (10) Leo M. Phillips ’95, ’99 (3) PNC Bank PNC Charitable Trusts Ann Young Pontiere ’47 (10) CF † and Santo F. Pontiere George L. Pry (5) Judith McKnight Riesch ’68 and John Riesch (10) CF Kristina Rigopulos and William Guttman (3) Rust Foundation (10) William Schenck, III Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD ’48 (10) CF Theresa A. Scotti (10) Mary Ann Sestili, PhD ’61 (10) CF Yvonne Holsinger Silverberg ’62 (10) CF
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Janet DiPasquale Simon, PhD ’67 (10) CF Mary Jo Speer (3) Janice Sudak ’80 (5) CF Janet Thompson ’72, ’74 (10) United Way (3) UPMC Health Benefits UPMC Presbyterian USS Charitable Gift Trust Martha A. Valo ’60 (5) CF George R. Whitmer (5) Linda Laneve Wickstrom ’64 (10) CF James A. Wilkinson (5) Lisabeth Smolenski Williams, MD ’72 (10) CF Marlene S. Galiszewski Winter, PhD ’59 (10) $1,000 - $1,928 Patricia and William C. Annear, Jr. Anonymous Donor (5) Sara Marie Baldi ’77 (10) CF Jean Christie Barnhart ’71 (10) CF Donna and John Barsotti (3) Mary Kealy Bednarz ’67 (10) CF Denise Birsic ’83 (10) CF Barbara Bonnet ’71 CCF Bridges Co., Inc. Katy and David Caliguiri (3) Anne M. Candreva ’14 (5) CF Theresa Stinner Carroll, PhD ’68 (3) CF Helen Korba Cesari ’64 (3) CF Chevron Texaco Matching Gift (3) CF James P. Conley CF Margaret McGinley Conley ’36 (3) CF Jacquelyn and Christopher Cynkar (3) Judith M. Davenport, DMD (10) CF Sandi DiMola, JD CF * Karen M. and Joseph V. Divito (3) Mary Jane Dunlap ’50 (10) CF Fastenal Joan Kavanagh Feeney ’59 CF
Susan Fishburn ’74 CF Diane and John Fisher CF Annette Bartolo Frese ’62 CF James H. Frey CF * Bettylee Weisburg Garver ’47 (10) CF Johanna Boyle Giasi ’63 (3) † Valerie and John R. Gotaskie Nancy Heath ’66 (10) CF Carol Hren Hoare, EdD ’62 (10) Jin A. Hong Clare M. Hopkins, PhD (5) Dorothy R. Hopkins (5) CF Mary Lou Hrach ’65 (10) CF IBM International Foundation (10) CF Anna Marie Kassab ’63 (10) CF Edward J. Kavanagh Foundation (5) CF Kevin P. Kearns, PhD CF Carladean DeNardo Kostelnik ’61 (3) CF Dorothy Lamb ’38 (10) CF † Jeanne Daugherty Lese ’61 (3) CF Loughney Foundation Trust (3) CF Barbara Sozanski MacIver ’71 (3) CF Margaret Mangan, JD ’70 (10) CF Andrea Mastro, PhD ’66 (5) CF Maureen McBride ’75 and David Lower (10) CF John R McGinley, Jr. Jeannine Coleman McShane ’50 (10) CF Tom R. Medd (5) CF Sharon Brower Merhar ’64 CF Linda Snyder Mikita ’64 (5) CF Barbara K. Mistick, PhD ’90 CF Martha Munsch, Esq. (5) CF Mildred S. Myers (5) CF Monica Fallon O’Keefe ’69 (10) CF Kathleen Panepinto ’66 (10) CF Leslie Petruzzelli ’93 (10) CF Jessica Lynn Rogowicz ’04 Mary B. Royster ’91, ’92 (10) CF Theresa and Theodore Schroeder (3)
Maura Scott Elissa Medore Sichi ’59 (5) CF Carol Viner Smith ’67 and Charles Smith CF Marie Kuehn Sniegocki ’57 CF Ann Moffett Sproule ’65 (3) CF Lisa R. Sproul-Hoverman ’01 (5) CF Mary Ann Kalis Surprenant ’56 (10) CF Target Barbara A. Urban ’58 (10) CF Frances J. Urban ’61 (10) CF Nancy Reardon Vertuno ’65 (10) CF Jean Gannon Ward ’64 and John Ward CF Winston-Salem Foundation (10) CF Ellie Wymard ’58 (10) CF $500 - $999 Deborah L. Acklin CF Aetna Life Casualty Foundation CF John W. Alverson, PhD (5) CF * Dorothy M. Antonucci (3) CF * Jessica Bemer Carol R. Brown (5) Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney Claire Zarur Carey ’58 (3) CF Jennifer A. Carlo (3) CF * Latonia M. Coleman ’90 CF Leah Meyers Cooper ’60 (10) CF Maureen Crossen, PhD ’79 (5) CF DBA Kail’s Parking CF Candace Jaeger Decker ’70 (3) CF Christina Dibling ’70 (10) V Dorylee R. Dominguez ’67 (5) Sheila Doran-Benyon ’64 Louise C. Eklund ’68 (10) CF Enterprise Rent-A-Car Exxon Mobil Foundation (10) CF Marilyn and Daniel Fayock Catherine Bangiola Feenstra ’69 CF Fire Fighter Sales Service (3) CF
“ I am the first member of my family to attend college in over four generations and am very grateful for the aid I have received! A HIGHER EDUCATION AND A CHANCE TO MAKE A STABLE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.” — Courtney Claar, Class of 2019, Perfusion Technology Major, Recipient of the Parry Family Endowed Science Scholarship
Barbara Mihacs Fischi ’62 (10) CF Lisa and Michael Friday Crystel Gabrich, PhD (10) CF * Peter Gailliot Joyce Almash Gillooly ’64 Jody and Jonathan Glance Maureen Lacey Gleason ’54 (10) CF Bernard J. Grimes CF Patricia A. Harvard-Hinchberger, EdD ’72, ’77 (3) CF Katherine Hufnagel Hawkes ’65 CF Heinz Endowments (5) Monique Lynn Hockman* Melissa Pearson Holzmann ’70 (10) CF Claire and Joseph Hosteny Nancy Jones Hudak ’55 (5) CF Mary Beth Iskat ’71 CF Marcy L. Jackovic, DO ’94 (3) CF
Lynda Ruffo Katz, PhD ’63 (10) CF Mary Murphy Kiernan ’77 and Robert Kiernan (3) Jane McIntyre Kwasniewski ’79 (10) CF Kathy Lachenauer and Allen Robinson Brian Latell (10) CF Carey Lynn Libertini ’01 (5) CF * Marilyn J. Llewellyn, PhD (10) CF * Allyson M. Lowe, PhD (5) CF * Katherine Madden ’55 CF Maiello Brungo Maiello, LLP CF Carol O. Marsiglio ’56 (3) CF Margaret McLaughlin, PhD (5) CF Eleanor Keener Midgley ’43 (10) † Mary Ann Reddinger Miller ’71 (10) CF Monessen Lions Club Beverly Morgan Thelma Lovette Morris ’70 (10) CF
Jewish Healthcare Foundation CF JonesPassodelis CF
Elizabeth Holtz Murphy, EdD ’71 (5) CF Marjorie Schweizer Murphy ’73, ’74 CF
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Catherine A. Vella ’95 CF Josephine Polvino Vellutato ’59 (5) CF Verizon Foundation (10) CF Linda Carol Wagner ’96 (5) CF * Nancy M. Wallace ’62 (10) CF Marcia Mlynarski Wallander (3) CF * Derek Michael Wesley, EdD CF * Shirley Liszka Whitaker ’69 (10) CF Theresa Whiteside, PhD (3) CF James B. Wholey Don A. Wirth Sarah H. Young Trust William K. Young Penny E. Zacharias and Kirk B. Burkley Kathryn Zamias Helen Girdis Zappa ’54 (10) CF Zonta Club Pittsburgh $250 - $499
Mylan, Inc. Joan Atkins Neuwar ’58 (10) CF Jeananne Nicholls ’89 (10) CF Rose Marie O’Connor ’58 (10) CF Jennifer Park and Liam O’Connell Vida Cecilia and Christopher Passero PLS Logistics Services Prudential Financial Rachel E. Remaley ’97 Maritza Rivera-Herleman and Karl Herleman Jennifer and Joseph M. Roberts (3)* Patricia Campbell Rodney ’64 Sara M. Rooney ’42 (3) CF Maureen Langan Royer ’67 and Robert D. Royer CF Mary Elizabeth Sassano, JD ’72 (5) CF Mary Ann Scheib ’73 (10) CF
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Ann Marie Schneider ’71, ’72 (5) CF Molly Rumberger Schwartz ’65 (10) CF Sally A. Seubert ’58 (10) CF Laura Shymansky CF Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69 (10) CF Angela Laubach Slocum ’58 (10) CF Margaret M. Slota (5) CF * Anita Romano Stoy ’70 (10) CF Paulette J. Baldi Studdert ’79 (10) CF Iris Suess ’56 (10) CF Nancy Kane Thompson ’60 (10) CF Frances M. Ujhazy ’64 (10) CF Susan Lear Uram ’98 CF Margaret Toomey Urzua ’62 and Rene T. Urzua Vandergrift Presbyterian Church Stephanie A. Vega and Thomas Pellathy (3)
Addison United Methodist Women Operation Blessing B&R Pools Swim Shop CF Dorothy Lawless Ballotta ’59 (10) CF Michael E. Balmert, PhD (3) CF * Beverly Barkon * Maryanne Basilone ’03, ’06 (5) CF * Lorraine Baysek, JD ’71 (5) CF Mary Shivy Bell ’72 (10) CF Bender Consulting Services (5) Lisa Bertolasio ’01 CF Carole Prokay Betzner ’65 CF Susan Stone Bingley ’70 (10) CF Maria Borgo Bowie ’67 (3) CF Gretchen Clements Breault ’64 (5) CF Elizabeth McGrail Brooks ’62 (3) CF Ruth B. Brown Virginia Kuhn Bukata ’68 (3) CF Celeste M. Calfe ’74, ’75 (3) CF Mary Rowan Capenos, PhD ’48 (5) CF Annette Castiglione
Mary Rively Childs ’72 (5) CF Roberta Mastro Cleland ’73 (5) CF Sheryl Coates ’67 (10) CF Eileen Reutzel Colianni ’64 (5) CF Betty Jane Connelly Bernadette C. Corrado-Conrad ’48 (10) CF Catherine Eisenstraudt Cummings ’67 CF Cynthia M. Danel, Esq. Deanne Horner D’Emilio, JD CF * Jeffrey Paul Devlin (3)* Katherine Dzuricky Ditrich ’73 CF Dominion Foundation (10) CF Megan Donnelly ’73 Eileen Smith Dorman ’54 and George Dorman CF Mary Isabelle Duff ’43 (10) CF Robin S. Durr CF Lois Kuntz Eckert ’53 (10) CF Ruth D. Egler Carolyn Ellis and Charles Masterson Rochelle and Marc Eubanks Petra Fallaux Dorothy Fedorka, PhD ’69 (5) CF Lacey N. Fetcko ’13 (5) CF * Mary Ellen FitzGerald-Collins ’63 (10) CF Marcia Meyer Frack ’60 (10) CF Virginia Schaffer Frank ’55 (10) CF Rosemary Voigt Gaines ’60 (5) CF GE Foundation CF Suzanne Vilsack Gero ’62 (10) CF Barbara L. Gilles ’10 (10) CF Judy Wehs Gillespie ’64 (3) CF Marianne Thomas Gilson ’80 (10) CF Mimi Horrell Giroux ’57 (10) CF Eleanor Ann Gladden ’62 CF Patricia Collins Gryp ’81 (3) CF Barbara Peitz Guger ’65 (10) CF Mary Ann Connelly Guttendorf ’70 (5) CF Norma Reisinger Guttman ’55 (10) CF Winifred Gladden Haddad ’69
Roberta Fabec Halo ’74 CF Janette Marie Hanchak ’91, ’06,’08 CF Lisa M. Campoli Hannon and Michael Hannon Lois Swartzfisher Hatten ’56 (10) CF Carol Arch Hauser ’72 (10) CF Karl Herleman Mary Beth Hill ’78 (3) CF Amy Hryckowian Hoback ’96 CF Holy Trinity Ministry For Grieving Carol Lyne Husa, CPA ’94 CF Intel Foundation Matching Gifts (10) CF Judith Scheffner Jones ’71 (10) CF Sara Lopushansky Juliano ’64 and Peter Juliano (3) CF Kathleen Fay Keenan ’62 (3) CF Patricia M. Kern ’91, ’92 (5) CF Misty Dawn Kevech ’02 (5) CF Margaret M. Knapp ’71 (10) CF Paula Wirfel Knicely-Smeal ’93, ’07 (5) CF Ann Curry Koster ’59 (10) CF Joan Welling Kovalcik ’55 (10) CF Sara Mercurio Kowal ’76 and Richard Kowal (10) CF Jason Krall (3) CF * Christianna Kreiss and Ravi Ramani Gail Payson Langstroth Suzette and James Large Mary Davenport Laruffa ’59 CF Ruth Caseino Lauer ’68 CF Carola Neumann and Patrick Lazorchak Deborah A. Lightfoot ’95 (10) CF Patricia Cyphers Long ’52 (10) CF Louise Manzione Lunny ’60 (10) CF Deborah Bauer Lynch ’71 (3) CF Margaret Murphy Magill ’54 (10) CF Elizabeth A. Malloy Patricia Spohn Martano ’62 (10) CF Carol and James McCague Shawn L. McClintock Judy Ann Mermigas ’89 (5) CF Phyllis Nelson Mrosco ’86 CF
Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment (3) CF Carol Anton Murphy ’57 (10) CF Janice G. Nash, DNP ’12 (10) * Jennifer O’Connell Susan L. O’Rourke (10) CF * Suzanne Jane Paone ’85 CF Melissa and Andrew Perez (3) Eleanor Clark Quigley ’75 (5) CF Charlotte M. Reed, PhD ’69 (10) CF Reed & Witting (3) CF Debra Ann Ries, CPA CF Mary Lou Rife, PhD ’68 (3) CF Linda C. Root ’97 (10) CF * Suzanne A. Rumbaugh ’09 CF * Signs By Tomorrow (3) CF Society For Analytical Chemists Pittsburgh (5) Judith Conley Stafford ’68 (10) CF Mary F. Stamper ’90 CF Carol Macus Strange ’63 CF Jacqueline McArdle Stromple ’60, ’90 (3) CF Jessica Lucille Sturkie-Lorenz ’02 CF Regina Kereszturi Sullivan ’68 (10) CF Deborah Grimes Talarico ’73 (3) CF Frances Walko Taylor ’69 CF Patricia Daugherty Thomas ’64 (10) CF Irene T. Toma ’93 (10) CF Stacy Knupp Tourigny ’84 CF Truist CF Tyler Mountain Water Coffee (3) CF Judith Parise Urban ’86 (5) CF Laure J. Valentine ’88 (10) CF Lorraine Mary Wolfe ’84 CF Margaret Streiff Wos ’64 (5) CF Mary Ann Yurkovich ’65 (5) CF Marcie and Michael Zanic
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$249 - $100 Opal Duke Abbink CF Ellen Steele Ahmad ’72 CF Dolores Kennedy Albright ’54 CF Barbara W. Alexander ’00 CF Evangelina Almario Kay Amemiya American Association of University Women Joan Amore ’84 CF Ursula Anderson ’66 (3) CF Barbara Wolfe Andrews ’58 (5) CF Andy Rommes Paving Sheila Jones Aranyos ’67 (3) CF Bunny Rosent Arthaud ’62 CF Elaine DiFrango Ashton ’68 (10) Theresa Marraway Avick ’71 CF Bernadette Marie Ayer ’08 CF A-Z Janitorial Services, LLC (3) CF Judith Flanigan Babcock ’77 (3) CF Nina Babiarz ’82 CF Alice Mossman Bachman ’85 (10) CF Kathleen Baker ’70 CF Keri L. Baker ’10 (3) CF Virginia Baker, RSM ’54 (5) CF Susan E. Banaszak-Catena ’97 (3) CF Lisa Barbour Diane Barnes ’93 (5) CF Tera Beth Bartolomucci ’05 CF Marie Bartorona ’64 Eileen Cahill Bates ’51 (3) CF Deborah Gowetski Baustert ’98 (3) CF Kathleene Jeanette Beadnell ’99 CF John Bechtel Nancy Flaherty Beck ’67 (10) CF Julie Meyer Beckenbaugh ’95 CF Benevity Community Impact Fund CF Mary Vaneeda Bennett ’81 (10) CF Judith McClain Bergiel ’67 (5) CF Todd Berkey
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Alice Reynolds Berlinski ’65 CF Marjorie Bernard (3) * Gloria Gallagher Berry ’53 (10) CF Lisa L. Berta (5) CF* Rebecca Mullaney Bertoni ’74 (10) CF Rebecca Bennett Biddle ’86, ’98 (10) CF Kathleen Marie Blandford ’64 CF Lawna R. Blankenship ’97, ’05 (3) CF Mary Ann Bober ’54 (10) CF Geraldine Rosella Boccella ’58 CF Kathleen Caprara Bogacki ’05 (10) CF Annette Fedak Bonstedt ’62 (10) CF Christine A. Boodley, PhD ’73 (5) CF Cathy Casciato Boyle ’64 Patricia Reavey Bracken ’68 (5) CF Christine Magri Branch ’91 CF Marsha Taylor Braunlich ’68 (5) CF Marjorie Mullen Brennan ’68 (5) CF Nancy Brenza ’65 (10) CF Barbara Campbell Brooks Doralee E. Brooks Jack Edward Brown ’04 CF Linda Zarecky Brown ’73 (10) CF Margaret O. Brown, PhD ’72 CF Nancy T. Brown ’56 (10) CF Dorothy Holden Bruecken ’50 (10) CF Annette Bryan Rosemary Pollock Bufalini ’59 (10) CF Anne Reavey Bull ’66 (10) CF Marylou M. Butler Milton L. Butts (5) CF * Gretchen Gallik Byrne ’73 Grace Calabro ’69 CF Kathleen A. Callihan ’93 CF Geraldine Young Campbell Roberta Campbell* Carol Zak Campion ’67 (10) CF Carolann Douglass Cannon ’62 CF Anna Mulvaney Capriotti ’68 (10) CF
Cyndie Carioli ’09 (5) CF Margaret Carlin ’49 CF William H. Carson (5) CF John D. Caruso, Inc. CF Patricia Ann Caudle ’66 CF Jeanne Fitzgerald Cayo ’62 (10) CF Melissa Ann Cekus ’98 CF Kathleen M. Ceroni, PhD ’73 CF Barbara M. Checco-Sterner ’69 CF Yvonne Sheridan Cherry ’65 (10) CF Children’s Museum Pittsburgh Choices Pregnancy Services Chester J. Chorazy, DDS Kathleen A. Chrisman (10) CF * Ruth Churley-Strom ’73 (5) CF Wanda Phillips Cianfichi ’60 CF Judith M. Cichowicz (10) CF * Jeanne and Joseph Cirilano (3) Marcy T. Fazekas Clair ’89 CF Mary B. Kelly Clydesdale ’58 (10) CF Shirley Coffman Diana M. Colaianni ’69 (5) CF Mary Sauer Cole ’64 (5) CF Pamela Coleman ’68 (5) CF Helen Coltellaro ’56 (3) CF Common Plea Catering, Inc. Annette Lucente Condeluci ’79 CF Marie Carr Connelly ’54 (10) CF Barbara Ann Connolly ’69 (5) CF Mary Connolly Sharon Connor (3) Judith Contrucci ’66 (5) CF Frances Considine Cook ’67 (3) CF Mary Lou H. Corcoran ’50 (10) CF Dorothy Uhrin Cousins ’61 (10) CF Jeanne V. Crichlow ’75 CF Catherine Reavey Cron ’63 (5) CF Mary Ann C. Cronauer ’60 CF Mary Frances M. Cuddy ’64
Annette D. Dabbs Anita Sammartino Dacal ‘69 (10) * Margaret M. Dacoros ‘62 CF Dalfonso-Billick Funeral Home, Inc. Cecilia Zak Dambaugh ‘65 (3) CF David Damico CF Sylvia Spincic Danehy ‘65 CF Regina Wojciechowski Danek ‘61 (10) CF Laurie Jo Danhires ‘13 * Carol Enslen Davidek ‘69 CF Davis Davis Margaret Gregg Davis ‘74 CF Deborah Davison Karen Hradesky DeCarlucci ‘85 CF Susan Joan Deile ‘65 (10) CF Marcia DelCollo Margaret M. DelFausse CF Christy L. Dennison (3) CF * Mary Lou Dickerson ‘63 CF Theresa A. Dietz ‘96 CF Judith McGuire DiNardo, CPA ‘70 (10) CF Loretta DiVecchia ‘70 (10) CF Frances Ranallo DiVella ‘45 CF Ave Maria Dlubak ‘66 (3) CF Martha Scarano Dolfi ‘69 (5) CF Rhodora Donahue ‘47 Christopher Patrick Donnelly Linda D. Donovan ‘99 CF Judith E. Dora (3) Mary Doubleday (3) * Elizabeth K. Douglas ‘68 (10) CF Liz C. Douglass ‘67 (10) CF Judy A. Hill Doutt ‘85 CF Deborah Duch Charma Dorea Dudley, PhD ‘80 (10) CF Martha A. Duncan ‘88 (10) CF Mary Lou Dunlay ‘53 CF Thomas J. Durand (3) CF Kathleen Howell Early ‘77 (10) CF
Dorothy Lebo Ebbert ‘55 (10) CF Rose A. Eckenrod ’02, ‘09 (10) CF Veronica Murray Edwards ‘93 CF Ellen Darcher Ehlers ‘71 (10) CF Karen Eicker ‘76 (3) CF Marsha Broadie Ekunfeo ’71, ‘72 CF Drucilla Ekwurzel El Grande Industries Connie McDermott Emmett ‘70 (3) CF Richard W. Epstein Susan Dowd Erdeljac ‘73 (5) CF Judith Brandt Erick ‘75 (5) CF Mark Erickson Mary E. Erwin (3) Fagan Sanitary Supply CF Theresa B. Fedio ‘85 CF Jacqueline Taylor Feeley ‘59 (5) CF Gerald E. Feldman Jane A. Filowat-Milner ‘93 (5) CF Jane A. Macel Fiore ‘66 (5) Judith Minto Fiset ‘65 (10) CF Cynthia Ann Fisher ‘04 (5) CF Catherine Flaherty ‘73 (5) CF Marion Froelicher Flaherty ‘58 CF Frieda Raschiatore Flaminio ‘66 CF Carol Land Fleck ‘65 CF Cheryl Poropatich Fogarty ‘72 (5) CF Joyce Francis ‘69 (10) CF Kathryn Novotny Franko ‘45 (10) CF Mary Teresa Frenchik ‘74 (5) CF Curt Friehs, III CF Friend Tenley Library Rachel M. Furman (3)* Audrey Turlick Fusco ‘51 (10) CF Evaughna H. Fussell Lois J. Fyke ‘97 (3) CF Kathleen Bollen Gaberson, PhD ‘70 (5) CF David L. Gallaher, Jr., PhD (3) * Cynthia Gallucci
“ Thank you for your unsparing financial support towards my higher education. THIS SCHOLARSHIP NOT ONLY HELPS TO BETTER MY FUTURE, BUT IT HELPS TO BETTER MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE, AND FOR THAT I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL.” — Rochelle D. Tot-Leeper, Class of 2017, Social Work Major, Recipient of the Jacob A. and Frieda M. Hunkele Scholarship
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Bernadette Trach Garrison ‘79 (3) CF Barbara Deller Gaynor ’63 (3) CF Gloria Wilson Geisler ’54 CF JoAnne Huether Gerules ’63 (5) CF Karen Reiber Gethen ’69 (10) CF Suzanne Giangreco Gloria Klavon Gibson ’74 (3) CF Clare Arch Gillis ’67 (10) CF Sandra K. Giotto Judith Bonidie Giovannitti ’70 (3) CF Amy E. Glancy CF Evelyn K. Glass ’86 (10) CF Elizabeth Strock Glies ’56 (10) CF Jean A. Glontz ’89 (3) CF Dawn E. Wagner Gloss ’91 (10) CF Judith A. Goldbach Betsy Egan Goodman ’66 (10) CF Teresa Kochmar Goodwin ’67 (3) CF Paul Goodworth CF Matthew E. Gordley, PhD Valerie Gotaskie (3) Roberta Graham ’68 CF Eileen Buck Gratton ’66 CF Claudette Falkenhan Gray ’66 CF Charles Green Patricia A. Greenaway ’93 CF Mary Karen Griffith-Szewczyk ’77 (5) CF Barbara Conner Grignano ’66 CF Roberta Costlow Grotstein ’67 (10) Sharon Callahan Grzanka ’71 (10) CF Carol Houze Guidry ’63 (3) CF Guttman Energy CF Helen Hegerle Haag ’71 (3) CF Colleen N. Bryce Hadden ‘08 Janet M. Hale (3) Georgetta Haley, RSM ’64 CF Joyce A. Hallowes (5) CF * Penny Tsangaris Hamilton ’69 Linda Hamm
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Anna Marie Churilla Hanlon ’55 (10) CF Susan J. Hannak ’99, ’02 (3) CF Ted Harhai Margaret Hannah Haselhoff ’10 (3) CF Theresa M. Hassett (3) * Marian Englert Hatton ’55 (10) CF Carol A. Haverkamp ’60 (3) CF Deborah Esswein Hayes ’81 (3) CF Denise Wilson Hayes ’89 CF Michelle and Randy Hebert Maureen Martin Helt ’70 Adelaide Pace Hemphill ’57 CF Patricia Miller Henry ’78 CF Marylouise Hornsleth Herbold ’66 (5) CF Julie A. Hester ’94 CF Rae Ann Hirsh ’97 * Faith Regan Hoenigman ’61 CF Eric S. Holmes Ruby A. Holmes ’00 (3) CF Marilou McKnight Hoppe ’73 (5) CF Lyn C. Horning Nancy Ann Houser ’62 (10) CF Helen Chang Hu ’62 CF Ritaq Huddle Joann Lubic Hughes ’56 (10) CF Lynn Hurley ’68 (10) CF Nancy L. Iacobucci ’52 CF Laura Mullaney Immormino ’76 (10) CF JC Ehrlich (3) CF Mary Ellen Jenkins ’71 (10) CF Robert A. Johnson Mary Ann Jones ’58 (10) Rebecca Amelia Jones ’08 Maureen Hauf Kane ’57 (10) CF Vicki Marczynski Kaufmann ’70 CF Margaret McGurty Keenan ’58 (10) CF Rose Schmitt Keene ’63 CF Nancy T. Kelly Sharra Kelly (3)
Thomas J. Kelly Marita O. Kenna, MD ’45 (10) CF Karen Fischer Kennedy ’76 (10) CF Kathy S. Kennedy ’91 (10) C CF Marie Wolfe Kennedy ’49 (10) CF Mary Anita Kennedy-Janczewski ’89 CF Paula Peitz Kenny ’61 (3) CF Robert Kiernan Teresa Vento Kimmel ’54 (10) CF Linda Kimmerle ’00 CF Rosemary Weber Kindelan ’46 (10) CF Laura A. Sigmund Kindlin ’55 (10) Linda King and Jeffrey Salipante (3) Mary Jean Kirby ’69 (10) CF Mary Rita Kislan ’69 (10) CF Brenda J. Kitchel Joan Severin Klems ’62 (10) CF Debra Schneiderlochner Kline ’81 (5) CF Michael S. Kline (3) CF Denise Erdman Koch-Cole ’66 (10) CF Genevieve C. Koepfinger CF Susan M. Koff ’78 (10) CF Rita Lebovitz Kohn ’66 CF Marta C. Kolthoff and Andrew J. Sword Lucille M. Koors ’71 (10) CF William J. Kowallis (5) CF * Marie Plesha Kraig ’65 (5) CF Susan K. Kral ’70 (10) CF Catherine Kruseski ’63 CF Theresa Kuhlmann ’70 CF Mary Ellen Kunesh ’71 (10) CF Ashley Elizabeth Kunkle ’11 (5) CF * Maryellen Labik ’90 (5) CF Alice K. Lackner-Gray ’62 (10) CF Alice L. Laffey ’67 (3) CF Deborah S. Lambert Donald Lankiewicz Mary Magdic Lebowitz ’89 (3) CF Joanne Burke Lee ’49 (10) CF
Sandra Schweibinz Leggett ’64 (10) CF Nancy E. Lemieux ’77 (10) CF Theresa Lazarchick Lenart ’58 (3) CF Daniel Levy CF Jason Lichtenstein Dolores Lasky Lindblom ’62 (10) CF Carol A. Lindner (3) Charlene Weekly Lindsey ’69 (10) CF Kathleen Rokoski Lipsitz ’79 CF Amy Nicely Lloyd ’09 (10) CF * Patricia Logan ’64 (3) CF Dolores Domasco Lopushansky ’64 (10) CF Janet Williams Luczak ’77 (5) CF Patricia Marco Luisi ’68 CF Maralee Ratay Lundberg ’72 CF Margaret Campbell Lyday ’69 (3) CF LaVerne Vaughan Madancy ’52 (3) CF Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 (10) CF Michael L. Magulick Judith Oberleitner Mahoney ’72 CF Barbara Ann Malczak ’62 (10) CF Marbill Diamonds Jewelry Vivian Vecchi Marino ’67 (10) CF Marianna Grippi Martelli ’67 CF Paula Trach Martin ’88 CF Janet Hall Martynuska ’59 CF Mary Kleysteuber Matlak ’69 (5) CF Diane A. Matthews (10) * Margaret Minzak Mayes ’64 CF Mildred Ankrom Mazgaj ’72 (3) CF Bernadette Cadena Mazza ’56 (5) CF Jane Warnement McAdow ’70 CF Penny Vent McAndrew ’61 (10) CF David McCabe Joan Schmitt McCafferty ’48 (5) CF Constance McCarthy ’80 (5) CF Iris Kraft McClenahan ’61 (10) CF Elizabeth A. McClintock (5) CF Wendy McCorkle CF
Martin C. McDaniel Rita K. McElhinny ’69 CF Kimberly A. McGavitt ’08 CF Thomas McGinnis Micheleann Hovan McGowan ’64 (10) CF Roseanne McGrady ’70 (10) CF Donald J. McGraw Suzanne Denne McHugh ’99 (10) CF Eleanor Werner McKenzie ’65 CF McKesson Foundation Inc. (10) CF Janet Louise McKinney ’00 CF Christine R. McLachlan ’64 (10) Suellen DeLaney McShane ’60 (10) CF Jane and Bernard McShea Kathleen and David E. Meade Katherine Mehler, PhD Denis Meinert Mary Clare Messmer ’86 CF Christine D. Meyer, PhD ’80 (10) CF Miller Mats (5) CF Joan M. Miller ’63 (5) CF Patricia Cullinan Miller ’69 (5) CF Geraldine Todaro Minna ’69 CF Genevieve Godish Minni ’62 (3) CF Ann Mitch-Resignalo ’73, ’77 (3) CF Joan M. Mitsch ’90 (10) CF Mary Anne Molinari ’66 CF Mary Molyneaux Virginia Martin Monaghan ’74 (5) CF Margaret Anne Monahan ’76 (10) Monessen Rotary Club Ivette Mongalo-Winston and Gerrod Winston CF John J. Moossy Kathleen Phillips Morus ’76 (5) CF Enrique Mu, PhD (3) * Tammy and Alan Murdock Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Sandra L. Murray ’67 CF Grace J. Mushrush, MD ’57 (5) CF
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Delynne Myers Karen Struble Myers ’07 (5) CF Sara J. Napoleon ’66 (10) CF Linda Nee Marjorie Kraft Neubert ’47 (10) CF Joanne L. Newsome ’96 (5) CF Beatrice Malone Nicholas ’52 (5) CF Lorraine Manns Nickerson ’58 CF David Nixon ’98 CF Anne Dorsey Novak ’45 (10) CF Patricia Matella Obyc ’73 CF Ocean Woods Landscaping Co., Inc. CF Kathleen A. O’Connell ’71 (10) CF Barbara Auth O’Connor ’65 CF Barbara King O’Connor ’66 (3) CF Ursula Kelly O’Leary ’58 CF Carol Drechsler Oliva ’64 (10) CF Marian Hreha Olson ’67 (3) CF Elliott S. Oshry (3) CF Eugene J. O’Sullivan Mary Ellen Ottie Timothy Westerfield Ottie Patricia O’Connor Pahre ’66 (5) CF Diana R. Paladino (5) CF Kimberly Paletta ’80 (10) CF Nicholas Parrendo (3) CF Agnes Siler Pasky ’60 (10) CF Marguerite Patton ’74 CF Eileen Harry Peifer ’44, ’45 (10) CF Regis Pekar Sandra D. Pelusi, RSM ’75 (10) CF James M. Perciak ’93 CF Ave Maria Perrino ’11, ’13 CF Eleanor Peternel ’56 CF Mary Catherine Peters ’92 (5) CF Karen Havey Petruny ’72 (10) CF Jean T. Petruska ’89 (10) CF Linda L. Phelps ’95 CF Barbara Kovalcin Piskor ’64 (3)
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Esme O. Pitard ’68 CF Bernadette McGinley Plantes ’44 (5) CF Kay Plantes CF Barbara A. Plucienik ’71 (10) CF Veronica Furka Pollus ’77 (5) CF Patricia Riesmeyer Pope ’69 (10) CF Carol J. Price Kathleen Haney Price ’56 CF Veronica M. Procasky ’94 CF Caterina Ferrarelli Provost ’59 (10) CF Kim Dutrow Purvis ’81 CF Evelyn Tabacek Quinn ’62 (3) CF Marilyn Szymialis Radke, MD ’73 (10) CF Charlotte Ramsey Rebecca Ann Ray ’91 (10) CF James J. Raynor Robert A. Reed, PhD (10) CF * Theresa A. Vella Reese ’95 (5) CF Mary Georgia Rezsutek ’62 (10) CF Lisa Ann Rich, JD ’80 (3) CF Patricia Fitzgerald Riehl ’60 (3) CF Margaret DiNardo Riesmeyer ’71 (5) CF Janice Marie Rihely Suellen Hang Rizvi ’70 (10) CF Rockwell International Corp. (10) CF Toni Roman ’67 Rosemary Sanvito Romboski ’95 (5) CF John Rommes Rosen, Louik Perry, PC Elizabeth Colfer Rottschaefer ’65 (10) CF Christine S. Rush Lila Ammeen Russo ’66 (10) CF Sarah Jane Russo ’07 (5) Zeletta Sailer ’56 Doris L. Salis, PhD ’62 (10) CF Sally Ann Salmastlian ’67 (5) CF Anne Marie Sawyer, EdD ’67 (3) CF Karen Cameron Scanlon ’66 (5) Anna Marie Schaefer ’59 (5) CF
Georgiann Schaefer ’63 (3) CF Mary Galbraith Schall ’77 CF Beverly A. Schlotterbeck ’67 CF Patricia Schreinerkerner ’61 (5) CF Jean E. Schuett Kathleen Mary Seargent ’64 (10) CF Karen Seehausen ’70 (5) Macrina Hvizdos Seitz ’62 (5) CF Mary Pat Sembroski ’72 (10) CF Louise DePalma Senra ’62 (10) CF Seven Springs Mountain Resort (3) Jennifer Severn ’95 (5) CF Mary McCartan Sheedy ’56 (3) CF Audrey Malone Sheehan ’60 (10) CF Carole Shepard Joseph P. Short, Jr. (3) CF Mary Beth Sklar ’92 (10) CF Lois J. Slocum ’99 (3) CF Stella L. Smetanka, JD ’70 (10) CF Catherine Wright Smith ’53 (10) CF Eleanor B. Smith (3) Gail L. Smith ’95, ’00 (10) CF Joan Hardiman Smith ’69 (5) CF Dolores R. Somma ’53 (10) CF Kae Coughlin Spark ’56 and Donald Spark CF Valerie D. Spence ’02 (3) CF Mary Ann Spitale ’73 CF Kathleen Mulheran Spohn ’63 (10) CF Kimberley Toomey Staley ’84 CF Kathryn W. Stanton ’03 CF Regina Rusnock Stevenson ’65 (10) CF Stivers Staffing Services (5) CF Darlene Stockhausen ’02 (5) CF Luitgarde Dupre Sujansky ’58 (10) Mary Pat Sullivan ’84 CF Stephanie Domitrovich Susmarski, JD ’76 CF Meredith A. Sutter Marylou Klena Svendsen ’66 (3) CF Catherine Kloecker Swanson ’66 CF
“ At Carlow, I found POWERFUL ROLE MODELS and mentors who pushed me to challenge myself and EXPLORE NEW IDEAS.” —Jahlise Chard, BA, Communication for Advocacy ’15
Carol Cunningham Sweeney ‘58 (10) CF Lisa Sweetney Swint ‘85 CF Cynthia L. Syskowski ‘03 CF Evan M. Tachoir (5) CF * Judith Tate Jo Ellen Temple-Baur ‘72 (5) CF George Tierney CF Gregory A. Tobias (10) CF Anne Kochanek Toffolon ‘68 CF Kathleen Gibson Toman ‘65 CF Csaba Toth, PhD (3) * Sandy Petro Tracy ‘63 (10) CF Kathleen Boal Trainor ‘60 (10) CF Irene Ryan Traugut ‘60 (10) CF Margaret A. Troha ‘69 CF Valerie Karvey Tucci ‘60 (5) CF Carmela Turi ‘71 (10) CF Joey-Linn Ulrich ‘98 and Edward Ulrich V & S Sandwich Shop, Inc. Mary Hudson Vari ‘64 CF James E. Vaux, Jr. (3) CF Donna Vivio ‘76 CF Marjorie McGuirk Vogt ‘77 CF
Karen Petrillo Vukich ‘72 (5) CF Mary Ellinwood Wadsworth ‘80 (10) CF Karen Keating Wagner, JD ‘58 (10) CF Elisabeth Fehl Wallace, JD ‘69 (10) CF Irene S. Wallace Margaret A. Walsh ‘96 CF Margaret Crowley Walsh ‘93 (10) CF Cheryl Brabender Walter ‘72 (10) Diane and Edward Walter CF Carol Kryzan Ward ‘66 (10) CF Patricia Ann Ward ‘72 CF Saundra Hondal Waseleski ‘77 (10) CF Michael H. Weaver Joanne Haines Weber ‘79 (5) CF Rose I. Weber ‘96 (5) CF Cyril H. Wecht, MD (3) Janet Margaret Wehner ‘68 (5) CF Donna Marie Weiss ‘87 (10) CF
Patricia Truex White ‘71 CF Denise Catherine Wickline ‘03 Anita L. Williams ‘80 (10) CF Jo Ann Williams ‘58 (5) CF Karen Marino Williams ‘69 (5) CF Lee Woodruff Wood 68, ‘69 (3) CF Rory Smith Woods ‘69 (5) CF Rose M. Woolley (5)CF * Mary Jo Dunn Wuenschel ‘52 (5) CF Kathleen C. Yosko ‘73 (3) CF Marlene Wasylik Yospyn ‘62 (10) CF Micaela Young ‘68 CF Sandra Lee Young ‘99 (5) CF Margaret Flaherty Zalewski ‘70 (10) CF Nancy Kobialka Zavac ‘74 (5) CF Patricia L. Zavesky Carol Linder Zeltner ‘59 (3) CF Susan Tullius Ziders ‘81 (10) CF
Mary Jeanne Murphy Weixel ‘64 Geraldine Seth Welden ‘53 (10) CF Susan Boyle Werner ‘62 CF Patricia Falvo Whipkey ‘68 (5) CF Barbara Ann White
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GIFTS IN HONOR 2014-2015
GIFTS IN MEMORY 2014-2015
In Honor of Sister Carol Arch, CSJ ’67 • Clare Arch Gillis ’67
In Honor of Sister Eleanor P. Loftus, RSM ’65 • Barbara L. Waldron ’69
In Honor of Mary Ann Bober ’54 • Thomas E. Bober
In Honor of Wendy C. Martielli ’93 • James D. Martielli
In Honor of Margaret M. Conley ’36 • James P. Conley • Marylyn Conley • Margaret M. Delfausse • Genevieve C. Koepfinger • Bernadette McGinley Plantes ’44 • Kay Plantes • John Stafford • Joseph E. Stafford • Judith Conley Stafford ’68
In Honor of Sister Fidelis McDonough, RSM • Helen P. McDonough ’49
In Honor of Anita S. Dacal ’69 • Nancy Flaherty Beck ’67 • Claudette Falkenhan Gray ’66 • Patricia Cullinan Miller ’69 In Honor of Bonnie Vojtek DiCarlo ’64 • Kathleen M. Seargent ’64 In Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey, RSM ’51 • Lorraine Baysek, JD ’71 • Margaret Skalski Begley ’68 • Yvonne Sheridan Cherry ’65 • Jeanne V. Crichlow • Sheila Doran-Benyon ’64 • Barbara E. Simpson ’69 • Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69
In Honor of Alexa K. Mermigas • Judy A. Mermigas ’89 In Honor of Ellen M. Pagnotta ’81 • Dorothy Holden Bruecken ’50 In Honor of Nathan S. Ruger ’12 • Truist In Honor of Lois Dinneen Wholey ’45 • James B. Wholey In Honor of Sister Judith Worden, RSM ’60 • Karen Fischer Kennedy ’76 In Honor of Ellie Wymard ’58 • Geraldine Rosella Boccella ’58
In Memory of Celestine Baldi • Sara Marie Baldi ’77 • Paulette J. Baldi Studdert ’79 In Memory of Gaetano Ballirano • Marie Ballirano Bartorona ’64 In Memory of Walter S. Banaszak • Susan E. Banaszak-Catena ’97 In Memory of Mary Budd • Mary Ellen Kunesh ’71 In Memory of Father Andrew Chih • Nancy Minadeo Flanigan ’64 In Memory of Beverly J. Childs ’91 • Marcia F. Snowden ’67 In Memory of the Deceased Members of the Class of 1960 • Joan Halloran Moore ’60 In Memory of Ann Costlow • Louise Reiber Malakoff, JD ’67 In Memory of Sister Rose Dalle Tezze RSM ’55 • Cynthia M. Nicola, EdD ’78 In Memory of Peter D. Donnelly • Christopher P. Donnelly In Memory of Paul A. Eckert, DDS • Lois K. Eckert ’53
In Honor of Mary Hines, PhD • Nancy Jones Beard Foundation
In Memory of Kathryn Shema Egan ’53 • Geraldine Seth Welden ’53
In Honor of Nicolette Ingel • Renee M. Ingel ’05*
In Memory of Alice D. Fishkin, JD • Gregory A. Tobias
In Honor of Kathleen McLain Lee ’55 • Margie and John O’Leary
In Memory of Sister Rita Alice FitzGerald, RSM ’54 • Patricia Campbell Rodney ’64 In Memory of Sister Rita Flaherty, RSM ’52 • Marlene S. Galiszewski Winter, PhD ’59
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In Memory of Sister Thecla Fleckenstein, RSM ’33 • Mary S. Cole ’64 In Memory of Sister Grace Ann Geibel, RSM • Carol L. Caliendo • Dorothy A. Davis, Esq. ’78 • Michele S. Fabrizi ’75 • Joann Rozsas Jabour ’79 • Jewish Healthcare Foundation • Helen P. McDonough ’49 • Debra A. Ries, CPA • Mary Ann Sestili, PhD ’61 • Anita L. Smolover • Ethel R. Weikers ’82 In Memory of Sister Rosemary Heyl, RSM • Barbara Sozanksi MacIver ’71 In Memory of Thomas A. Hopkins, Jr. • Gloria Gallagher Berry ’53 • Rosemary Pollock Bufalini ’59
• Marlene V. Milik • Sandra Horney Petrosky ’65 • Susan and Bob Polack • Kathleen and Thomas Ruppel • Christine S. Rush • St. Mary’s High School Classmates • Goldie Samuels ’83 • Mary A. Scanlon • Mary Ann Scheib ’73 • Jean E. Schuett • Barbara E. Simpson ’69 • Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69 • Rev. Bernard Survil • Catherine A. Vella ’95 • Cheryl Brabender Walter ’72 • Ellie Wymard ’58* In Memory of Sister deLellis Laboon, RSM ’42 • Mary B. Clydesdale ’58
In Memory of Kathleen Wynne Hufnagel ’33 • Katherine Hufnagel Hawkes ’65
In Memory of Miriam Limo ’59 • Edward Limo-Ndekero • David and Diane Ramage • Janice M. Rihely
In Memory of Marilyn Laneve Kautz • Linda Laneve Wickstrom ’64
In Memory of Shirley H. Malone Mary Lou Henry Hrach ’65
In Memory of Kathy Kerestes • Ellie Wymard ’58*
In Memory of Charles Martano • Patricia Spohn Martano ’62
In Memory of Barbara E. Kraft ’83 • Nancy Flaherty Beck ’67 • Denise Birsic ’83 • Karen Bodnar • Mary and Peter Bonadio • Virginia Carroll • Pamela T. Clark ’11 • Mark Erickson • Evaughna H. Fussell • Brenda and Jay Kitchel • Frederick L. Kraft • Peter Kraft • Ashley E. Kunkle ’11 • Marcella Martin Link ’51 • Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 • Louise Reiber Malakoff, JD ’67 • Helen P. McDonough ’49 • Mr. and Mrs. William Michels
In Memory of Sister Marian McGrath, RSM ’39 • Patricia Schreinerkerner In Memory of Merrily K. Medd ’67 • Tom R. Medd • Barbara Getsey Palso ’67 In Memory of Margaret Meisner • Ursula Meisner Anderson ’66 In Memory of Alfred Midgley • Annette Castiglione • Lois P. Keener • Mary Ann Reddinger Miller ’71 • Don A. Wirth Family In Memory of Eleanor Midgley ’43 • Robert G. Allen
• Carol and Kay Amemiya • Karen M. Baker • John Barry Elementary School Cheer Fund • John D. Bechtel, Jr. • Lydia Belancik • Denise Birsic ’83 • Annette Bryan • Annette and Scott Castiglione • Anita S. Dacal ’69 • Erwin Family • Cynthia Gallucci • James Goldbach • Mike and Heather Goldbach • Ralph and Tamsen Goldbach • Goldbach Family • Linda E. Gomulka • Bernadine and Dale Grant • Linda Hamm • Judy and Dave Hedin • Mary Hines, PhD • Holy Trinity Ministry for the Grieving • Rita Huddle • Patricia and Fred Just • Jim and Amy Kern • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koepfinger • Ashley E. Kunkle ’11 • Amy N. Lloyd ’09 • Edna Lombardo • Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 • Diane A. Matthews • Heidi Hylton Meier, CPA ’77 • C. William Midgley • Mary Ann Reddinger Miller ’71 • Theodore and Janet Molnar • Mount Nittany Medical Center • Penn State Better Kid Care Program Staff • Laurie Russell • Mary Ann Scheib ’73 • Barbara and Ray Schmitt • Amy Yearsley Sigmore • Rebecca Yearsley Sigmore • Maura Skiba • Marjorie Tucci • Jennifer Trigona • Erin M. Weinberg ’15 • Don A. Wirth Family • Alice Yearsley • Alice McKearn Yearsley • Rev. James C. Yearsley • Patricia L. Zavesky CARLOW UNIVERSITY 41
In Memory of Anna Mihacs • Barbara Mihacs Fischi ’62 In Memory of Ellen Miller • Michelle A. Peduto* In Memory of Lillian Panaro • Amber L. Bartakovich ’09 In Memory of Barbara Plutnicki ’51 • Eileen Cahill Bates ’51 • Anita S. Dacal ’69 • Ruth A. Eisner • Drucilla Ekwurzel • Mary Ann Gonot ’90 • Mary and Paul King • Linda R. Madden-Brenholts ’88 • Patricia Maxwell • Sara J. McDonald • Placidus McDonald, RSM ’63 • Helen P. McDonough ’49 In Memory of Ann Pontiere ’47 • William and Barbara Brooks Family • Geraldine Y. Campbell • Anne C. Carson • The Friends of Tenley Library • Burton S. Greenstein • Yolande Langbehn • Linda Nee • Santo F. Pontiere • Marjorie K. Ward • Michael H. Weaver • Kay Young • Sarah H. Young Trust UAD • William K. Young In Memory of Sister Jeanette Poujoulas, RSM ’52 • Kathleen Pollock Panepinto ’66 In Memory of Mary Ellen Quinn • Academy of Trial Lawyers • Gina M. Ameci • Lisa and Jack Barbour • Todd Berkey • Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney • Carol and Richard Caruso • Susan M. Cohen, PhD • Mary Connolly
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• Annette D. Dabbs • Sylvia Spincic Danehy ’65 • Cynthia M. Danel, Esq. • Davis & Davis • Paula K. Davis • Deborah Davison • Kathy Weiner Dibiase • Judith Erlen • Gerald E. Feldman • Sandra K. Giotto • Paula and Arthur Goode • Ellen Hagan • Margaret M. Hensley • Eric S. Holmes • Mindy and Richard W. Epstein • Robert A. Johnson • Cary and Kathryn Klein • Sara Klein • Sandra and Cliff Kress • Missy and Donald Lankiewicz • Ann Levy • Julie and Jason Lichtenstein • Maryanne and Michael L. Magulick • Elizabeth A. Malloy • David McCabe • Vanessa and Phil McEntee • Thomas McGinnis • Margaret A. McNeil • Katherine Mehler, PhD • Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. • Debra Otey • Pittsburgh Reporting Service, Inc. • Patricia D. Riley • Rosen, Louik & Perry, PC • Sema and Sid Rosenzweig • Georgeanne M. Schlicht • Carole and Mark Shepard • Jackie Simon • Howard Stein • Leslie and Richard Snow • Audrey L. Szmed • Judith Tate • Chris Weber • Sarah Weber • Patricia and Rex Wiggers In Memory of Cora Pantalone Radus ’46 • Suzanne R. Ament
In Memory of Felix Raschiatore • Frieda Raschiatore Flaminio ’66 In Memory of Emil and Helen Rosen • Bunny Rosen Arthaud ’62 In Memory of Sister Michael Rowland, RSM ’39 • Joleine M. Kern Kenaan ’70 In Memory of Sister Madeleva Savage, RSM ’57 • Maureen Martin Helt ’70 In Memory of Angelina Scarano • Martha Scarano Dolfi ’69 In Memory of Virginia T. Short ’46 • Opal D. Abbink • Thomas Cosgrove • Susan H. Crookston • Margaret and David Damico • Robin S. Durr • Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr. • Amy E. Glancy • Daniel Levy • Wendy McCorkle • Denis Meinert • Ocean Woods Landscaping Co., Inc. • Joseph P. Short, Jr. • Laura Shymansky • George Tierney • Suzanne M. Whalen • Mary F. Wilson In Memory of Lawrence F. Sibert • Lisa A. Rich, JD ’80 In Memory of J. M. Simon, PhD • Elliott S. Oshry, CFRE In Memory of Mary D. Suplee ’49 • Helen P. McDonough ’49 In Memory of Richard A. Talarico • Deborah Grimes Talarico ’73 In Memory of Anna M. Tepe • Barbara M. Checco-Sterner ’69
In Memory of Members of the Haywood Family • Sister Mary Joy Haywood RSM ‘60 In Memory of Barbara L. Tobias • Joleine M. Kern Kenaan ‘70 In Memory of Barry Toomey • Aoife S. Toomey* In Memory of Joseph Toomey • Pauline Toomey-Jencik In Memory of Kenneth F. Vilsack • Suzanne Vilsack Gero ‘62 In Memory of Rosemary H. Voigt • Rosemary Voigt Gaines ‘60 In Memory of Sister Maureen Walsh, CSJ ‘52 • Maureen O. Moses ‘77 • Sister Catherine Elizabeth Williams, CSJ ‘65 In Memory of Margaret C. Wang ‘60 • Helen Chang Hu ‘62 In Memory of Margaret O. Waterkotte ‘53 • Mary Ellen Freil ‘53 In Memory of Jane Beck Wells ‘37 • Carladean DeNardo Kostelnik ‘61 In Memory of Angela S. Zalavary ‘57 • Mauria Zalavary Kunkel ‘88
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CARLOW’S ENDOWMENT: A LASTING LEGACY Over the years, a number of very generous alumni, friends, and organizations have contributed special gifts to establish permanently endowed funds. These contributions have been made either outright or through a bequest or other deferred gift. Some have established named scholarships either in the donor’s own name or in memory or honor of a loved one, favorite teacher, or mentor. Others have provided a permanent source of funding to ensure that a program will be supported for generations to come. These permanent endowed gifts ensure that a donor’s intentions and the university’s needs are supported in perpetuity.
Italicized names indicate our newest endowments. CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ($1 MILLION AND ABOVE)
Graduate Endowed Scholarship
Michele R. Atkins Endowed Chair for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Sister Rose Marie Hauber Endowed Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship
Sister Therese Coyne RSM, PhD Endowed Scholarship
Elsie Hilliard Hillman Endowment for the Grace Ann Geibel Institute for Justice and Social Responsibility
Doris B. Hesselberg Endowed Scholarship
Mary Welsh Crane ’61 Scholarship
Dr. Thomas A. Hopkins Communication Scholarship
Frances and Peter Dana Endowed Scholarship
Suzanne Crain Laubach Education Fund
Barbara E. Kraft ’83 Endowment for Theology
Rita M. McGinley ’40 Endowment for the Center for Student Success
McConomy Nursing Scholarship
Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 Endowed Scholarship Mercy Heritage Endowment
Bernard and Marguerite Phillips Singer Endowed Sciences Scholarship
Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy Legacy Endowment
Singer, Garvis Endowed Scholarship
SUMMA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($500,000 - $999,999) Marilyn P. Donnelly Distinguished Writer in Residence Endowment
William P. McKee Endowment for the Art Department
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Duquesne Light Company Scholarship Marianne E. Felice, MD Women’s Empowerment Fund Sister Rita Flaherty Endowed Scholarship
CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($25,000 - $99,999)
Michele S. Fabrizi Woman of Spirit® Endowed Scholarship
Emily Beth Breide Endowed Scholarship
John and Evelyn Gannon Endowed Scholarships
Doerfler Schmidt Families Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service
Sister Marylouise Fennell Endowed Scholarship
MAGNA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($100,000 – $499,999)
Mary Hoffman Fricker Scholarship
Sister M. Loyola Daugherty Endowed Nursing Scholarship
Women of Spirit® Leadership Scholarship
Joyce A. Bender Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Mary J. Donnelly Foundation Campus School Endowment
Sister Marie Immaculée Dana, RSM Mercy Center for Service Endowment
Sisters of Mercy Endowment for Faculty Excellence
Donnelly Family and National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarship
Dr. Nancy T. Caputo Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 Fund for Excellence in Faculty Research and Scholarship
Blieszner Family Endowed Scholarship Cadet Commemorative Scholarship Capozzi Kirr Endowment Challenge Mary Cassidy ’37 Memorial Scholarship Class of 1964 Legacy Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Fox Nursing Class of 1962 Commemorative Endowed Scholarship Anne Peiffer Frazer Memorial Scholarship Rita M. Fritz Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service Eunice Kendrick Giles ’49 Scholarship Catherine Graham Servant Leader Award Angelo Grazzini and Helen Stimak Grazzini Scholarship Louise A. Hartman ’50 Memorial Scholarship
Mary C. Hawkins Memorial Scholarship
Mary Ellen Quinn Nursing Scholarship
Sister Mary Joy Haywood, RSM, PhD Endowed Scholarship in Biology
Mary Lois Ruffennach ’49 Endowed Scholarship
Clarice Rose Hensler ’39 and Mildred Hensler Poole ’44 Scholarship Endowment Sister Mary Paul Hickey Teachers Scholarship Kenneth D. Hines Endowment for Ethics in the Professions
Rusnock, Marsalka and Nathan Families Scholarship
Jean Mary and Ruth Mary Schafer Endowment for the Center for Faculty Excellence Schaner Family Endowed Scholarship
Rose Marie DiNardo Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Environmental Studies Nancy Dunn ’55 Student Book Assistance Fund Mary Grace Brennan Fitzgerald ’58 Endowed Scholarship Crescent Eddy Fuhrer Memorial Scholarship in Graduate Nursing
Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD ’48 Endowment for the Center for Faculty Excellence
Marva Harris Women of Spirit® Endowed Scholarship
Mary A. and Frank J. Hren Memorial Scholarship
Judy A. Scott ’67 Endowment for the Mercy Center for Service
Jacob A. and Frieda M. Hunkele Charitable Fund
Kathleen Wynne Hufnagel Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas Medore Sichi Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Barbara Capozzi Kirr ’60 and David M. Kirr Endowment for Faculty Excellence
Janet Simon, PhD ’67 Women of Spirit® Scholarship
Dorothy Louise Holley Endowment for the Madwomen in the Attic Reading Series
Sister Mary Joy Haywood Scholarship Marie C. Jennings Memorial Woman of Spirit® Scholarship Mary K. Edwards Krauser ’59 Memorial Scholarship Dr. Cornelius W. Kreke Award in Chemistry or Physics
Daniel B. Krochmal Endowed Scholarship
George J. and Maryellen Hagan Simpson Memorial Scholarship
Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57 Endowed Scholarship
Sisters of Mercy Award for Excellence in Advising
Marlene B. Noel ’85 Endowed Scholarship
Ladies of Bethany Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Jacinta van Winkel, LB
George and Annemarie Smeltzer Nursing Scholarship
Parry Family Endowed Science Scholarship
Paul and Margaret A. Stehney Endowed Scholarship
Anna Mihalik Pupo Memorial Scholarship
Regina and Dennis Stover Endowment
Margaret Scally Scott ’50 Memorial Scholarship
Mary Therese (Resie) Strauss-Noll ’57 Endowed Scholarship
Max and Esther Sestili Award for Excellence in Teaching
Theresa M. Sudetic ’59 Scholarship Ryan Swerbinski Family Endowed Scholarship
Mary Cook Tierney and James Michael Tierney Endowed Scholarship
Suzanne Henry Tighe ’68 Endowed Scholarship
Anne Cray Tito ’50 Memorial Scholarship
James D. Trovato Memorial Scholarship
Margaret and Joseph Toomey Endowed Scholarship
United States Steel Corporation Scholarship
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl Endowed Scholarship
Betty Friedel Weiland ’42 Scholarship
Lois Dinneen Wholey ’45 Women of Spirit® Scholarship
McClain Lee Family Endowed Scholarship Helen P. McDonough ’49 Endowment for the Center for Faculty Excellence Marie Lageman McGann Memorial Scholarship Mary Ann McGinley ’50 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Anne DeNardo McGowan, JD ’60 Endowed Doctor of Nursing Practice Award Penny Nikolich McKenna Oakland Catholic Scholarship William Patrick McShea Endowed Scholarship Joanne Fox McVay, PhD ’54 Division of Natural Sciences/ Biology Endowed Scholarship
Florence E. and Alfred J. Seubert Endowed Scholarship
Jane Beck Wells ’37 Student Assistance Fund
Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 Endowed Scholarship
Maysie E. Wisnom Endowed Scholarship
Rina Marie Menegaz, MSW ’49 and Renee Marie Menegaz, PhD ’49 Endowed Fund
SCHOLARS CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999)
Eleanor Keener Midgley ‘43 Endowed Scholarship
Eva Tansky Blum Women of Spirit® Scholarship
Dr. Eileen M. Mulhare Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Susan B. Bohn Women of Spirit® Scholarship
Sister Mary Louise Nash, RSM Endowed Scholarship
Tammi M. Brush ’98 Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Georgia Lundberg Navaretta Nursing Scholarship
Father Andrew Chih Scholarship
Eileen O’Connor and Sally O’Connor Endowed Scholarship
Beverly Jean Childs ’91 Memorial Scholarship for Carlow Hill College
Paul Emmanuel Paul and Clara Dubrawka Paul Memorial Scholarship
Lt. Colonel Charles R. Luke ’50 Scholarship
Pepoy-Regetz Endowed Scholarship
Leonard and Mary D. Clark Memorial Scholarship Hannah T. Clawson Endowed Scholarship
Ann Young Pontiere ’47 Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 Memorial Scholarship
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CARLOW UNIVERSITY RESTRICTED FUNDS
CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($25,000 - $99,999)
Josh Allenberg Fund for Applied Political Science
Brown Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey
Rose Marie Beard Women of Spirit Honors Scholarship ®
Georgia Decker Future Nurse Educator Scholarship
“Miss Janice” and Dr. Kenneth Lisiak The Campus School of Carlow University—University Research Initiative F.E. McGillick Foundation Scholarship
Calihan Family Scholarship for the Campus School in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Freyvogel Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey
Ruth Ann Roth Nelson ’68 Restricted Scholarship
Hickey Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey
Mary Ann Sestili, PhD Fund for Experiential Learning
Margot Gloninger Jones ’00 Memorial Scholarship
THE CAMPUS SCHOOL
Lisiak Family Fund for Faculty Excellence in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey
SUMMA CUM LAUDE CIRCLE ($500,000 - $999,999)
Mann Family Endowment for Digital Learning
Gailliot Family Chair for the Principal of the Carlow University Campus School 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 and 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 Kelley Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey and The Campus School Kelley Family Faculty Excellence Endowment
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The Petnuch Family Fund in Honor of Mary Paul Hickey Sister Mary Louis Wohleber, RSM Scholarship Fund SCHOLARS CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) Donley Family Fund Scholarship in Honor of Sister Mary Paul Hickey Joseph A. Gilchrist Memorial Scholarship THE CAMPUS SCHOOL OF CARLOW UNIVERSITY RESTRICTED FUNDS The McGuinn Family Fund
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.
Italics indicate new members. Anonymous
Martha Welsh Crane ’61
Peter Flaherty, Esq. ’50 †
Martha Ayers Barber ’70
Debbie Talotta Crisafio ’77
Lois Reid Folino ’78
Marie Ballirano Bartorona
Mary Margaret Cummins ’38 †
Margaret M. Fox, EdD ’62
Sheila McCarthy Begg ’63
Sue Ann Dal Sasso ’91
Anne Marie Peiffer Frazer ’40 †
Michael and Constance Berry
Frances and Peter Dana
Mary Ellen Freil ’53
Rita Blieszner †
Sister Marie Immaculée Dana, RSM, PhD
Rita M. Fritz †
Edward and Mary Ann Gill Bober ’54
Peggy King Daugherty ’49
Crystel Gabrich, PhD*
Betty McGuinness Boucek ’39
Jocelyn K. Debick ’94
Rosemary V. Gaines
Deborah J. Breide ’82
Lois Devereaux ’44 †
Kathryn Gardner, EdD ’64
Carol Brown
Veronica McGinley Devlin ’44 †
Nancy Gartz ’82 †
David and Linda Zarecky Brown ’73
Virginia Gualdaroni DiPucci
Mary Anne Gearing ’42 †
Nancy H. Hanks Burnett ’68
Frances Ranallo DiVella ’45
Eunice Kendrick Giles ’49 †
Joan Jankowski Cameron ’72
Thomas Donnelly †
Evelyn Glass ’86
Nancy Caputo, MD ’44 †
George and Eileen Smith Dorman ’54
Marcia Marilyn Glass ’86 †
Myles Cassidy †
Mary Elizabeth Canterna Douglass ’67
Albert Giordano, PhD ’50
Beverly Childs ’91 ’97 †
Maryann Dzama, EdD ’64
Ruth Golden †
Elizabeth Lawler Christensen ’88
Carolyn Greco Eller ’55 †
Helen Golob ’51
Sharon Rae O’Toole Ciummo ’93, ’96
Louis Engelberg †
Roberta Costlow Grotstein ’67
Cinda Heist Clark ’72
Catherine Campbell Evers ’52
Colleen A. Gurlea-Paige ’87
Dorothy Weber Cochran ’43 †
Michele S. Fabrizi ’75
Phyllis Connors Hartt ’57 †
Karen L. Cooper ’96
Patricia Lupinacci Falbo ’64
Valerie F. Haus ’79
Mary Carol Hawkins Cotruzzola ’63
Phyllis Balkovitz Fassio ’69
Raymond and Marie Hauser †
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Vera Oblak Hawkins ’55
Maureen McBride ’76 and David Lower
Mary Ann Sestili, PhD ’61
Catherine Blank Haynes ’50
Frances McCormick ’68
John and Mary McCartan Sheedy ’56
Barbara C. Hays ’68
Leona McGann ’40 †
Elissa Medore Sichi ’59
Clarice R. Hensler ’39 †
William P. McKee †
Barbara E. Simpson ’69
Kenneth Hesselberg †
Joan Dougherty McKeegan ’53
Bernard J. Singer ’50 †
Rev. John P. Hickey †
Mary McNally †
Marguerite Phillips Singer ’45 †
Susan Hirsch ’81
Alice McNulty †
Bernadette Burger Skoczylas ’69
Dorothy Hance Holley †
Ruth N. Meighen †
George and Annemarie Smeltzer
Linda Pyle Holsing ’83
Patricia Meighen Melby ’49 †
Jeanne R. Diana Smith ’86
Dorothy R. Hopkins
Donna Johnston Metz ’88
Paula A. Sneed
Thomas A. Hopkins, Jr., PhD †
Eleanor Keener Midgley ’43
Mary Therese (Resie) Strauss-Noll, PhD ’57 †
Joann Rozsas Jabour ’79
Melissa E. McGregor Morgano ’99
Virginia Hartnell Sullivan ’80 †
Judith Scheffner Jones ’71
Thelma Lovette Morris ’70
Stephanie Domitrovich Susmarski, JD ’76
Wilma Jordan †
Susan Pivirotto Moyer ’82
Karen Griffith Szewczyk ’77
Barbara A. Keane ’52
Eileen M. Mulhare, PhD ’72 †
Deborah Grimes Talarico ’73 and Richard Talarico †
Kristina Marie Kendralla, OSF ’82
Elizabeth Holtz Murphy, EdD ’71
Andrea Thomas-Niapas ’75
Marita D. Kenna, MD ’45
Catherine G. Murray
Doris Benzenhoefer Tobin, MD ’50
Margaret M. Kennedy ’52 †
Joan Atkins Neuwar ’58
Margaret A. Troha ’69
JoAnn Skowronek Kerr ’60
Sally O’Connor
Laure J. King Valentine ’88
Patricia Kirkham ’63
Margaret Kvaka Parke ’52
Donna Vereb ’84
Richard and Sara Mercurio Kowal ’76
Margery Brahmer Parry ’45
Margaret Gehring Volinsky ’69
Barbara E. Kraft ’83
Carolyn Ehni Partridge ’45 †
Linda C. Wagner ’96*
Mildred Bauman Krnacik ’57
Andrew and Elizabeth Trench Payer ’68
Mary Louise O’Callaghan Weber ’44 †
Daniel B. Krochmal †
Cornelia Regetz Pepoy ’62
Betty Friedel Weiland ’42 †
John L. Laubach, Jr. †
Leo J. Peters †
Jane Beck Wells ’37 †
Suzanne Laubach †
Sandra Horney Petrosky ’65
Caroline Joyce Whitby ’56
Norma Jean LeClair ’66
Karen Harvey Petruny ’72
Rose Woolley*
Alice Leban Lipscomb ’46
Beatrice Gazzola Pitassi ’65
Marlene Wasylik Yospyn ’62
Mary Ann Haben Loeffler ’51 †
Bernadette Plantes ’44
Micaela Young ’68
Mary Louise Loeffler ’38 †
Robert and Rosanne Reilly Poden ’58
Frances Yuschak ’64
William and Marie Lowry
Mildred Hensler Poole ’44
Jacqueline Zalumas, PhD ’69
Lt. Colonel Charles R. Luke ’50 †
Patricia Riesmeyer Pope ’69
Ann F. Zilionis ’47 †
Kathleen Madigan ’68
Lois Wanner Richards ’58
Louise Reiber Malakoff, JD ’67
Kathleen and Michael Rosella, DDS
† Deceased
Joanne Malenock, PhD ’59
Megan Lee Sandell ’75 †
* Faculty/Staff
Anastasia (Tessie) Mantzoros ’42 †
Jean Mary Schafer †
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WHY GIVE TO CARLOW? When you make a gift to Carlow University, you affirm our rich heritage and culture and ensure that learners of every age and background leave Carlow as career-ready, ethical leaders. CHOOSE PURPOSEFUL GIVING In keeping with your philanthropic goals, you can direct your gift and the impact it will have on the lives of our students and on the future of the university. THE CARLOW FUND Unrestricted annual giving is one of the most impactful ways you can support Carlow University. From scholarships to program development and facility upgrades, Carlow Fund gifts of any size are directed where the need is greatest and are vital to the success of the university. For more information about the Carlow Fund, please contact Aoife Toomey at 412.578.6654 or astoomey@carlow.edu. SCHOLARSHIPS More than 90 percent of our students receive financial assistance. Your gift of scholarship support through the Carlow Fund, or through a specially designated one-time or annual scholarship or a permanently endowed named fund, allows students to pursue a transformative education. You may give to an existing scholarship or discuss setting up a new one. SPECIAL PURPOSE GIFTS Would you like to support current programmatic or student initiatives such as the Center for Global Learning or the Center for Faculty Excellence? Your support enables us to create and enhance programs and experiences for our students.
ENDOWMENT GIFTS A robust endowment is a hallmark of a strong university and a measure of its resilience. Permanently endowed gifts can be named and used to support programmatic, capital, and student needs. Because the principal is never spent and a portion of the investment income is reinvested, endowment funding helps programs and initiatives thrive for generations to come. You may choose to establish a permanently endowed fund for a minimum donation of $25,000, which can be paid over several years or included in your estate plan. For more information on scholarships, special purpose gifts, or endowment giving, please contact Anita Dacal at 412.578.6343 or asdacal@carlow.edu or Marcia Wallander at 412.578.8772 or mmwallander@carlow.edu. HONOR/MEMORIAL GIFTS All gifts can be made in honor or in memory of someone you wish to recognize in this thoughtful way. REUNION/CLASS GIFTS Alumni celebrating special reunion years often make gifts to mark the occasion or as a class legacy. For more information, please contact Rose Woolley at 412.578.6274 or rmwoolley@carlow.edu.
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WAYS OF GIVING Thank you for your interest in making a gift to Carlow University! For more information, please contact Sandy Ortolani in the Office of University Advancement at 412.578.6086 or via email at giving@carlow.edu. ONLINE Make a secure gift online at carlow.edu. Consider Carlow’s recurring gift program to make automatic, recurring gifts for an amount, frequency, and duration of your choice. Visit www.carlow.edu and click the “Donate Now” button for instructions. BY MAIL OR PHONE Complete and mail the enclosed pre-addressed envelope including your check or credit card information. To make a gift by phone, please call Aoife Toomey at 412.578.6654 Monday–Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST. MATCHING GIFTS Multiply the value of your gift by participating in your employer’s matching gift program. Your employer’s human resources office can provide information. To find out if your company has a matching gift program, please visit www.carlow.edu/matching.
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PLANNED GIVING – THE CALLAGHAN SOCIETY Use estate planning to make a gift and leave legacies through wills, trusts, insurance policies, pension plans, real estate, or other gifts. To learn more, please contact Anita Dacal at 412.578.6343 or asdacal@carlow.edu or visit our planned giving website: www.carlow.edu/plannedgiving. GIFTS OF STOCK AND APPRECIATED SECURITIES Transfer appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares you have owned for more than one year to Carlow University and realize the tax benefits. Carlow sells your securities and uses the proceeds as your gift. CORPORATION AND FOUNDATION GIVING Corporations, foundations, and other regional partners are an important source of providing critical resources for Carlow University. For more information, please contact Meg Bernard at 412.578.8880 or mpbernard@carlow.edu.
2014-2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Deborah L. Acklin Michele R. Atkins, Chair Sister Gilmary Bauer Joyce A. Bender Kathleen W. Buechel Stephen Casey Sister JoAnne Courneen, RSM Dorothy Davis, JD John R. Denny, Jr. Jackie Dixon William J. Gatti John K. Gisleson, JD, Secretary Jeanne Gleason Deborah F. Graver Paula J. Hasbach, Treasurer Sister Patricia Mary Hespelein, RSM, Vice Chair, Mission Donna Hudson Mary Beth Jenkins Larry Karnoff Louise R. Malakoff, JD Sister Diane C. Matje, RSM Suzanne K. Mellon, PhD Mildred S. Myers, DA Helene E. Paharik George L. Pry William Schenck Theresa A. Scotti, Vice Chair Janet Simon, PhD Sister Judith Stojhovic, RSM Nancy Stuever, EdD George R. Whitmer
Helen Hanna Casey Judith Davenport, DMD Sister Anna Marie Goetz, RSM Elsie Hillman Kevin Kearns, PhD Karen Dunn Kelley 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 2014-2015 is produced for the Office of the President in cooperation with Marketing and Communications: Editor Alison Juram D’Addieco, MST Graphic Designer Katie Crawford Contributors Anita Dacal Meghan Holohan David Holzemer Nadine Kundrod Aoife Toomey Marcia Wallander Andrew G. Wilson Caitlin Wilson
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, Prospect and Donor Manager Janet Guidas, Gift Entry and Donor Records Specialist Ruby A. Holmes, Database Coordinator Sandy Ortolani, Development Associate Amy Schnarrenberger, Data Services Manager Aoife Toomey, Director of The Carlow Fund Marcia M. Wallander, Senior Director of Advancement Derek M. Wesley, EdD, Vice President for Advancement Rose M. Woolley, Director, Alumni Relations
This report recognizes volunteer service and gifts made during Carlow’s fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents. However, if you find an error, please send corrections to: Christy Dennison, Prospect and Donor Manager, 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 the Director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action Officer, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, 412.578.8897.
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