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Regis Ranked Among Fastest-Growing Colleges in the Country
Just 10 years ago, Regis had approximately 1,500 students from 17 states. Today, Regis has more than 3,400 students from all 50 states and several countries around the world. Regis was named on The Business Journals list of the top 25 fastest-growing colleges or universities in the United States as the number nine school, citing an 87 percent increase in enrollment over the past five years.
REGIS TODAY DECADE 4 OF SUCCESS A
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• Regis launches its iPad initiative, expanding its digital footprint and creating innovative advances in the curriculum. • Regis is recognized by Apple as an Apple
Distinguished School for its leadership and educational excellence with the iPad initiative. • Regis breaks ground on its Master Plan to make significant updates to the campus.
• Regis hosts its first Let It Shine
Gala, honoring Virginia Pyne
Kaneb ’57 and raising nearly $1 million for student scholarships. Special guests include Red Sox Hall of Fame member Jim Rice, Jack Connors, and Governor Charlie Baker.
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• President Antoinette
M. Hays, PhD, RN, is inaugurated as the tenth president of
Regis College. • Regis establishes the Center for
Global Connections, creating opportunities for Regis students to study abroad and connect with educational opportunities around the world.
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Ten years after President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN, was inaugurated, Regis celebrates the great strides and transformational growth that the university has made under her leadership. Watch more in this short video:
https://regisma.me/decade
• Regis North satellite campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts, opens with several bachelorcompletion programs. • Regis completes several components of its campus Master Plan and cuts the ribbon to open the new quad, the Lorraine Tegan Learning
Commons, and Maria Hall Extension.
• Regis launches
Now We Fly: The
Campaign for
Regis, its largestever fundraising campaign with a $40 million goal. • The Center for Inclusive
Excellence opens. • Launch of
Regis College
Online graduate programs. • Regis joins the
Great Northeast
Athletic
Conference with its 20 NCAA athletic teams. • Three-year bachelor’s degrees and accelerated fast track programs launched. • Family of the late trustee emeritus and longtime supporter
Richard “Dick” W.
Young, PhD, and
Sheila Young, make a campaign gift to name the Richard and Sheila Young
School of Nursing— the first of Regis’ four schools to be named. • Launch of the Institutional
Action Plan to Address
Systemic Racism. • Regis receives the Higher
Education Excellence in
Diversity Award (also in 2021).
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• Regis confers master’s degrees to 37 Haitian nurses through the Regis
College Haiti Project.
• Regis opens the Autism Center within the Regis College
Children’s Center. • Regis completes its most ambitious comprehensive campaign, Now We
Fly, exceeding the $40 million goal. • Regis opens a state-of-the-art Dental
Center in Waltham, Massachusetts, for its dental hygiene program. • Regis named a Top 100 Women-Led
Business in Massachusetts by The
Commonwealth Institute (also in 2020, 2021, and 2022). • Regis names the Marshall M.
Sloane School of Business and
Communication in memory of longtime Regis supporter and friend
Marshall M. Sloane.
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• Regis is recognized as the
No. 9 fastest-growing college in the country by The Business
Journals. • Regis celebrates its sixth Let It
Shine Gala, bringing the total raised for student scholarships through the gala to $4.5 million.
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Q&A with
Diana Matthews ’95
Head Coach of Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving and Aquatic Director
In fall 2021, Diana Matthews ’95 returned to Regis as head coach, bringing more than a decade of coaching experience at Winchester High School. As a Regis student-athlete on the Women’s Swimming & Diving team, Matthews specialized in the sprint freestyle and backstroke events.
Why are you excited about working in college athletics? Coaching NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association] swimming is an exciting opportunity, but more importantly returning to Regis to fulfill the dream is priceless. My office has a view of the pool. There are days I find myself staring out at the pool quiet and still before practice. My mind starts racing back to the memories of my college swimming days. I hope my athletes have a great experience and can look back someday with the same fondness I do.
What are your priorities as head coach? My goals as a head coach are to help my student-athletes do well in the classroom, pool, and community. We are more than just athletes. I preach the importance of education and studying, which I learned from my Regis coach Ray Harrington. We work hard in the pool every day, but we also spend time together outside of school and swimming— because even though we are a team, each person has their own goals. I always have my office door open for swimmers to come by at any point if needed.
What is the biggest lesson you learned as a student-athlete under
Hall of Fame head coach Ray Harrington? The greatest gift Ray gave his athletes was the strength of education. During my four years in college, we earned NCAA All-Academic Team ranking every semester and he took pride in our academic success.
Ray was so much more than a coach. He was also a father figure, role model, friend, and support system. To this day, I always try to coach as Ray would.
What is it like to be back at Regis? I returned to campus to begin my career on my wedding anniversary. I was married in the Regis Chapel 18 years earlier on a beautiful sunny day. The weather was similar, and I was in awe that I was back on campus.
Things have changed in the nearly 27 years since graduation but some things near and dear were still the same. The drive up to College Hall is still the most beautiful view, the pool is still a happy place, and the campus is still something special. It has been a journey over time. I am now married and the mother of four kids, but when I am on campus I feel young again.
New Trustees
Patrice Tegan McCloskey is chief information officer of Communications Technology Services, LLC, a firm providing wireless and network solutions for enterprises and mobile network operators based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. A former director of software development at Workgroup Technology and software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation, McCloskey’s extensive technology and business process expertise spans more than three decades. She volunteers on many boards including serving as treasurer of the Neighborhood Outreach Connection in her hometown of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and member of the Plantation Garden Club. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in computer sciences from Brown University.
Jeffrey Navin is the vice president of project management and procurement at Consigli Construction Co., Inc. He brings more than 23 years of experience to his role, providing strategic direction and corporate leadership across all regions and markets.
As a member of Consigli’s leadership team and Board of Directors, Navin has contributed to scaling the company from a local, Massachusetts-based contractor to one of the largest general contractors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. He has played a significant role in leading business operations including acquisitions, implementing integrated project management systems, and developing the next generation of leaders. In addition, he oversees some of Consigli’s most complex, high-profile projects in the academic, life science, and developer markets.
Navin helped to transition Consigli from a fourth-generation family business to a 100 percent employee-owned company. He is a member of organizations including the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts Board of Directors and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Civil and Environmental Engineering Board of Advisors.
REGIS GIVING DAY
More than 400 members of the Regis community came together to raise more than $101,000 on February 14, making it the most successful Regis Giving Day yet. Alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, trustees, and friends made gifts to support six different areas: the Dear Neighbor Fund, service trips, athletics, Regis In Haiti, inclusive excellence, and where it’s needed most (unrestricted).
Learn more about Giving Day, see the final fundraising results, and view photos and videos:
alumni.regiscollege.edu/givingday
IN MEMORY
REMEMBERING BETTY ANN HYNES ELLIOTT ’49
Betty Ann Hynes Elliott ’49—a beloved and devoted alumna and former office assistant on the Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations team for more than 40 years—passed away in November 2021. She is remembered for her quick wit, kindness, and friendship to all, and the Regis community will forever cherish and appreciate her commitment and generosity to her alma mater.
Regis to Launch Professional Studies Division
Regis College will launch a new Professional Studies Division to help address the ongoing workforce development needs in nursing and health sciences.
With an already robust portfolio of degree completion programs and certificates, this new division will elevate both tracks and position Regis to further support career growth for adult and non-traditional learners.
“The Professional Studies Division reinforces Regis College’s commitment to meet the needs of today’s workforce, particularly in the nursing and health sciences fields,” said President Antoinette Hays, PhD, RN. “Those needs are evolving and so is Regis. We will be part of the solution to this crisis.”
A nationwide nursing shortage, accelerated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, continues to strain the health care system. In addition to graduating 600 nurses into the workforce pipeline each year, Regis College will now have an infrastructure to support curricula and certificate programs to strengthen employees’ skills set and further infuse the workforce pipeline.
Regis College boasts more than 80 strategic industry partners across the country that will play a critical role in the development of new programming. The Professional Studies Division will offer certificate programs that will close workforce development gaps and build pathways for employees.
“I am thrilled to share the Board of Trustees’ unanimous support of President Hays’ vision for the Professional Studies Division at Regis College,” said trustee chairwoman Kathleen Jose ’87, ’94, former senior vice president and the first chief nursing officer at Lahey Clinic Medical Center. “Through collaborative work with industry partners, this new division will provide programs that meet the needs of our community and the workforce.”
Slated to launch in 2022, the Professional Studies Division will provide flexible learning modalities. Programs will be taught by industry experts and offerings will evolve based on the ever-changing needs of the workforce. Regis will also tap into the educational infrastructure of its Young School of Nursing and leverage the real-world experience of faculty.
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8 Say Her Name, Discover Her Life
Tamika Palmer is the mother of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman and emergency medical technician who was shot and killed in her apartment by Louisville police in March 2020. Lawana Brown, director of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program and assistant professor at Regis, and Faydene Small-Jones, BSN ’06, MSN ’09, DNP ’21, an ICU nurse at the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Steward St. Elizabeth Medical Center who is pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Regis, sat down with Palmer in June 2021 to remember Taylor and her passion for helping others, as well as discuss her aspiration to become a nurse.
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Regis Receives Excellence in Diversity Award
For the second year in a row, Regis received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Announced in September 2021, the annual award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
“Recognition for a second year in a row demonstrates our strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at Regis,” said Regis College President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN. “Under the leadership of Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Audrey Grace, we will continue to make this effort a top priority for our students and employees.”
The university’s diversity and inclusion efforts continue to have a tremendous impact on the campus community. Regis has made significant progress instituting its Action Plan to Address Racism, which was launched in 2020. Among the goals already reached are an institutionwide self-identification campaign, the creation of an inclusive excellence committee of the Board of Trustees, racial healing workshops for senior leaders, and several workshops for faculty on building an inclusive curriculum.
The fiat of the Almighty, “Let there be Light,” has not yet spent its force. No abuse, no outrage whether in taste, sport or avarice, can now hide itself from the all-pervading light.
READING FREDERICK DOUGLASS WITH POET REGIE GIBSON
In November 2021, Regis hosted a live reading of Frederick Douglass’ famed “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” speech performed by literary performer and educator Regie Gibson and students from the Regis Department of Humanities. The program, which was held in the Fine Arts Center, was made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities, which provided funding through the Mass Cultural Council.
“My students have been struck by Douglass’ ability to name the systemic racist practices that have tarnished this country’s promises of freedom and justice for all,” said Regis English Professor Julia Lisella, PhD.
Since she joined Regis as chief diversity officer and associate vice president for inclusive excellence in spring 2020, Audrey Grace, JD, has been a champion for social justice, equity, and inclusion at the university. A little more than a year later, she was promoted to the inaugural vice president for inclusive excellence.
Under Grace’s direction, Regis College received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine in 2020 and 2021. Regis joined the Campus Pride Index, a national benchmarking tool of colleges’ and universities’ commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policy, program, and practice. In March 2022, Regis will host its first justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion conference for all CSJ sponsored ministries and congregation ministries thanks to a “Neighbor to Neighbor” grant received from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston.
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Learn more about the Center for Inclusive Excellence:
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Honoring Front Line Workers
When Samantha Gevry ’25 was accepted to Regis College, she thought one way she could relieve some stress for her mother—a nurse who has worked on the front lines throughout the pandemic—was to apply for the Regis College/Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) scholarship, a four-year, fulltuition undergraduate scholarship for dependents of MNA members working on the pandemic front lines.
Gevry was selected as a scholarship recipient and started at Regis in fall 2021.
“We are so proud to welcome Samantha to the Regis College community,” said President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN. “Like so many front line health care workers and their families, Samantha and her mother have faced numerous challenges, and we thank them for their sacrifices. Samantha’s drive and determination to improve the health care system embodies the spirit of this scholarship.”
Gevry plans to pursue a career as a nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist—and the pandemic did not deter her from her dream. “If anything it made me want to be a nurse even more. Nurses were so critical to the response and I want to be able to help people every day no matter what is going on.”
President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN
Regis Partners with Leading Pharmaceutical Company
Regis has partnered with Novartis in their novel academy program that offers an experiential and rigorous learning opportunity for those interested in a career in clinical research operations and supporting the development of therapeutic care.
“We are excited to have this unique partnership with a major biomedical company,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Mary Erina Driscoll, PhD. “Through the development of this program we recognized the highly structured work Novartis is doing can be used as active clinical credits in our courses.”
The two-year academy started in January 2022 with a cohort of eight fellows. It includes hands-on learning with Novartis’ clinical research operations—including many functions that support studies ranging from neuroscience to cardiovascular disease to liver disease—as well as courses at Regis that will culminate in the fellows receiving a certificate in clinical research management.
The fellows will have also completed more than half of the number of credits required toward a master’s in regulatory and clinical research management at Regis.
“There are so many biotech firms just in Massachusetts and the number of people with clinical research work is in high demand,” said Laura Burke, dean of the School of Health Sciences. “It is really a fantastic opportunity. The experience at Novartis will put these fellows in a position to grow in the clinical research field.”
In the first year of the academy, the fellows will take on the role of a study operations manager, shadow Novartis clinical research employees, and over time be given more tasks and responsibilities that will make them integral parts of the study teams.
“We will also give them opportunities to explore the aspects of clinical research they are most interested in,” said Geraldine Brucelle, study operations lead at Novartis. “So if they want to become a clinical trial lead, or are more interested in data sciences, or clinical finances, they can spend more time on one area or the other as they progress through the program.”
NEW NP RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Continuing its mission as a leader in nursing education, Regis has partnered with Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and Holy Family Hospital to launch an innovative nurse practitioner residency program. Similar to a physician residency, this program gives new nurse practitioners extensive clinical experience under the supervision of a veteran provider; in this case, a fellow nurse practitioner.
“In practice there tends to be a gap between when someone finishes their degree program and starts their clinical work,” said Ed Travers, an associate professor at Regis who helps lead the program. “This residency program provides greater support as new nurse practitioners get up to speed. Their faculty mentor is with them every step of the way.”
Elsa Sullivan ’21 grew up in an underserved community in southeast New Mexico, where access to quality health care was very limited. And when there was access, many family, friends, and neighbors still forwent care because they couldn’t afford it. So when an opportunity arose for the newly graduated Regis nurse practitioner to work directly with a similar community, Sullivan jumped at it.
“The people we are working with is who I grew up with,” said Sullivan. “It is definitely full circle for me.”
Sullivan began working in September at a new Greater Lawrence Family Health Center clinic in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The goal is for Sullivan to have about two-and-a-half patient visits an hour, which is significantly more than a typical new NP. This is possible because she is seeing the patients with faculty mentor Lesly Harris, assistant professor in the graduate department of the Young School of Nursing.
“You can always share your experiences with the next generation,” Harris said of why she signed on to be a faculty lead. “This opportunity gives a new NP more time to learn in the clinic from someone who already has several more years of experience. This is why a NP residency is so important.”
