A year from now, what do you want to say you’ve accomplished at Rosemont? What about three years from now? A year from now, the Fall of 2021, we will have just launched the College’s year-long Centennial Celebration. I want that year-long initiative to inspire hope for the College’s next 100 years, and to fill everyone who is touched by Rosemont with tremendous pride for this wonderful institution. Three years from now, I would love to say that I, and those with whom I work in College Relations, have increased the participation in the life of the College by our graduates of the Undergraduate College from the 1980s and 1990s. As is the case at many colleges across the country, those alumnae don’t take part in Rosemont’s programs and events or donate to the College as faithfully and regularly as the alumnae who came before them. There is a documented generational difference in the way they view their relationship with their
alma mater. As one of them myself, I know that our alumnae from the 1980s and 1990s have great affinity for Rosemont. I want to work to turn that love for the College into active engagement with Rosemont.
League of Philadelphia, and having Friday night wine and cheese at home (never actually dinner!) with my husband Michael Muscarella – it’s our long-standing tradition.
What book are you currently reading? I always read more than one book at a time. What I pick up on any given day depends on my mood. Thank goodness for my Kindle. Right now, it is The Nickle Boys by Colon Whitehead (with my Rosemont Alumni Book Club), A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everday Life by Andre Comte-Sponville (a recommendation from a dear friend), The Beneficiary by Janny Scott (because it is about the Main Line), and Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner (just because).
What is your favorite hobby? I don’t know that I think of it as a hobby, but I love to cook for other people, host events and holidays, and entertain at my home. COVID-19 has really put a damper on that!
Where can we find you when you’re not at work? Spending time with my family, practicing yoga, walking in my neighborhood, serving on two Committees for the Union
What excites you about the Philadelphia area/region? I was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, so Philadelphia has always been a part of my life. The years that I lived in Center City in my 30s were among my happiest. I loved – and still love – how it is a sophisticated city that has the warmth of a small town. .
Rosemont Votes Rosemont’s new Global & Civic Engagement Committee (GCEC) held several events during Civic Engagement Week from October 12-16. Civic Engagement Week at Rosemont kicked off with a voter registration drive. More than 45 students from across campus including members of the Student Government Association, men’s and women’s basketball teams, and softball team helped register students to vote and talked to them about creating a voting plan.
The committee also hosted a virtual Lunch and Learn session on October 16. “We had a great turnout for the Lunch & Learn, with President Boyers joining in as well,” said Burns. “We talked about some of the topics that would have been addressed during the debate, racial injustices affecting our nation and how they affect our students.” The Global & Civic Engagement Committee(GCEC), formerly known as the Civility Week Committee, works to instill,
educate, and inspire the students, faculty, and staff to create positive change in the Rosemont and surrounding communities. The GCEC also supports diversity & inclusion and community spirit on campus. The primary focus of the GCEC is to facilitate the Annual Global & Civic Engagement week in October and provide supplemental programming, workshops and resources throughout the academic year. According to committee member Holly Polanki ’21, “It’s really important for young people to get involved and be knowledgeable; to effect the changes that will impact them in the future. By voting, they are impacting their own fate.” Lovest Diomande ’21, another committee member, added, “Vote for those who couldn’t. Voting is so important because so many do not have a voice.”
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