Saint Rose Magazine Winter 2011

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The College of Saint Rose

Saint Rose Magazine

A Message from President R. Mark Sullivan

VOL. 6 NO. 2 WINTER 2011 PRESIDENT: Dr. R. Mark Sullivan PROVOST: Dr. David Szczerbacki MANAGING EDITOR: Lisa Haley Thomson G’94

“I wish for all of you a year of good health both for yourself, your family and friends. Do not take one moment for granted and cherish those special moments.”

ASSISTANT EDITOR/WRITER: Jane Gottlieb CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Mark E. Hamilton ’91 ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Chris Parody ’99 COPY EDITOR/PROOFREADER: Sue Conroy ’83, G’10 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS EDITORS: Dr. Severin Carlson Dr. Margaret Kirwin Dr. Lorna Shaw Dr. Richard Thompson

As you can see from the cover story, on September 24, 2010 we celebrated one of the most historic days in the life of the College and the City of Albany — the dedication of the Christian Plumeri Sports Complex. It was a magnificent and emotional day, with all of Joe Plumeri’s family with us, Mayor Jennings, numerous elected officials, neighborhood residents and children, staff and faculty and, of course, our students. As we dedicated each field — soccer, softball and baseball — each moment provided another reason to talk about the Saint Rose legacy of athletics and commitment to this City. When I finally went home that day, my mind and heart were glowing with pride that we had built a sports complex that was undoubtedly going to propel the revitalization of this once vibrant neighborhood, connecting college athletes with city kids, and showcasing to visitors to Albany coming off I-90 or I-787 that this neighborhood is a jewel in the Capital City. As the cliché goes, we had hit this one out of the park and scored an absolutely certain home run.

ADVANCEMENT EDITOR: Karin J. Carr ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EDITOR: Lisa McKenzie ATHLETICS EDITOR: David Alexander PHOTOGRAPHY: Greg Cherin Photography Gary Gold Photography Marty Kerins Tom Killips Benjamin Marvin Photospin Thinkstock Cover Photo: Gary Gold We encourage letters to the editor.

Please address comments to: Saint Rose Magazine, Lisa Haley Thomson, Editor, Office of Public Relations, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203-1490 (518) 454-5102, thomsonl@strose.edu The College of Saint Rose is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province.

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As if that day was not enough, we went on to have an extraordinary fall with the women’s soccer team and the women’s cross country team competing in the Elite Eight Division II finals in Louisville, Kentucky (page 26), and the College’s Friday Knights program featured on the NBC “Today” Show (page 24). We were also recognized by several national publications including U.S. News and World Report ranking Saint Rose as one “The Top 40 Best Northern Universities” in its annual “Best Colleges 2011” guide, Billboard magazine naming the College as one of just 28 “Schools of Rock” nationwide for its innovative music industry program founded by Sister Mary Anne Nelson, and The Chronicle of Higher Education citing Saint Rose as a “Great Colleges to Work for” in its 2010 listing (pages 24-25).

As some of you know, two days after the dedication of the Plumeri Sports Complex, I suffered a mild stroke.

Thanks to the expertise and care of the doctors and staff at the Albany Medical Center, I have made a remarkable recovery and am profoundly grateful to tell you that I returned to work full time on February 1. It has been said that the strength of a team can best be measured in how a team performs when one of their key players is out. To conclude this year as we began (with a lot of sports analogies), this experience proved what we already knew, this College has a very deep bench. In my absence in the fall, with the guidance of the board of trustees, Provost David Szczerbacki served as acting president and with the management team, carried out the mission, not in a stall pattern, but with the forward momentum that has been the Saint Rose hallmark in the last several years. As we start the countdown toward the centennial (see inside back cover), our alumni, donors and friends can rest assured that the commitment of the faculty and staff to the College’s founding values is as strong as ever and lived out daily on the life of this campus.

A profound thank you to all of you whose names are listed in the Honor Roll of Donors. Your generosity enables us to transform this campus and the lives of our students. I wish for all of you a year of good health both for yourself, your family and friends. Do not take one moment for granted and cherish those special moments. I do now more than ever.

With gratitude for all that you do for Saint Rose, have a wonderful 2011.

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Inside Saint Rose

12 The Schools School of Arts & Humanities

A Spellbinding Course School of Business

CPA Preparation School of Mathematics & Sciences

Criminal Justice Programs

2 Christian Plumeri Sports Complex A City Park Becomes a Source of Pride

School of Education

Project SLATE

17 Institutional Advancement Honoring Thy Fathers Saint Rose Social Scene Thank You, Mr. Barlow

21 Trustees

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A Message from Richard J. Huether

Insight Strategic Plan 2005 - 2010

22 Leading Edge Saint Rose in Review

26 Athletics News & Notes

27 Alumni

10 Sister Rose Regina Smith Retires A Tribute to a Saint Rose Icon

Message from Denise DiNoto ’95, G’96 Chapter Notes Alumni Notes Alumni Spotlight Project 70

35 2009-10 Annual Report Outstanding in ’10 Honor Roll of Donors

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From behind a podium

at the park’s

know why our son and brother’s name is here and who he was. He

nerships that had made the $6 million Christian Plumeri Sports

was a young man who did not have an opportunity to live a full life.”

Complex possible. The NCAA-level fields for soccer, baseball,

The usually ebullient Plumeri has spoken, legend has it, for

softball and lacrosse represented not only a new chapter for

hours at a time and tends to let the ideas flow without a script. On

Saint Rose athletics, but also for city children, who could now

this occasion, he took a long and quiet three or four seconds before

use them for leagues and camps. And the complex meant a

moving on to speak about building better tomorrows. But he did so.

boost for a neighborhood on Albany’s southern edge.

College President R. Mark Sullivan called this “a day in history” for Saint Rose and Albany. Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings noted that his counterparts in other cities were calling, asking how the park transformation had been accomplished.

When it was his turn to speak, Joe Plumeri, a global business figure and the project’s main benefactor, marveled at the potential

And Plumeri was beaming as he took his place beneath the “Christian Plumeri Sports Complex” sign to help cut the ribbon making it all official.

“It’s like my life’s work, ‘Work Hard, Play Hard,’” he marveled, quoting the Golden Knights slogan splashed across the complex of fields, wide walkways and bleachers.

Plumeri is chairman and chief executive officer of London- and

being unleashed here, in a city-owned park that had sat dilapidat-

New York-based Willis Group Holdings, the world’s third-largest

ed and underused. But he reminded the audience that for him the

insurance brokerage, with 400 offices in 120 countries. He had

athletic fields would also serve as a memorial to his son,

no particular connection to Saint Rose until accepting an invitation

Christian, who died in 2008 at 39.

to be the 2006 commencement speaker.

“Every day, you see a building, a statue, a sign with someone’s name on it, and you never know who these people are,” said

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Plumeri, whose extended family filled the front row. “I want you to

gateway, College leaders and elected officials spoke of the part-

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A connection formed instantly when he learned about the death just days earlier of Bob Bellizzi, the College baseball coach who

launched and nurtured the program and longed to see his players

President Sullivan and his wife, Kathleen, is lighted and equipped

take to the diamond in their own ballpark. The tributes to Coach

with a portable press box. The Cathy Cummings Haker Softball

Bellizzi overwhelmed Plumeri. In the middle of his speech, he

Field, named for the long-time athletic director, seats 100 and has

pledged $100,000 to develop Saint Rose athletic fields. Two years

a skinned infield and outfield in natural turf. An adjacent building

later he was back in Albany, a city that now reminded him of his

has been renovated to include a training area and restrooms.

native Trenton, announcing a $1 million challenge.

His passion propelled a project the College had long envi-

The Bob Bellizzi Baseball Field is lighted and seats 390. The softball and baseball fields have enclosed press boxes with Internet

sioned, with more than 300 people contributing $2 million on top

access. A fourth field, named for women’s soccer coach Laurie

of Plumeri’s gift. The city agreed to lease part of the park to the

Gutheil and her husband and assistant coach, Jason Gutheil, is

College for 30 years, for $1 a year, while Saint Rose paid for all

used for practices. A community center, housing a team room, train-

of the renovations. City recreation leagues, in turn, gained use of

ing facilities and concession area, is expected to open in the spring.

the fields during the College teams’ off-season.

Over 14 months, 15 acres of muddy terrain, including a ravine

Tying the Plumeri Sports Complex together are wide concrete concourses, pedestrian street lights and banners illustrated with

containing construction debris from the nearby Empire State Plaza,

Golden Knights graphics. At the brick entry, inlaid with the names

was excavated. Crumbling wood bleachers and a sagging dugout

of the City of Albany and The College of Saint Rose, the Christian

were hauled away. Drainage and sprinklers were installed below

Plumeri Sports Complex sign crosses overhead. A bronze plaque

ground and the entire site was re-graded. A city park became a

memorializes Christian and back-lit displays tell the story of the

gleaming source of pride, with fields for four Division II teams and

complex and lists donors. The results are eye-popping.

a new lacrosse program.

Seating 500, the turf soccer and lacrosse field, named for

“When I attended the groundbreaking, I thought ‘an athletic field is an athletic field,’” Ronald Canestrari, the Assembly majority

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leader, noted at the grand opening. “I did not expect this.”

During the day-long celebration, College employees and student volunteers gave out pretzels, snacks and drinks. Children had their faces painted and jumped in a bouncy house.

One by one, fields were dedicated and games kicked off,

game was at the Bob Bellizzi Field. Alex pitched a winning game.

It was a moment their father certainly would have appreciated.

“He never needed a nice fancy car, house or vacation,” said Rob, a one-time Golden Knights second baseman, who was

revealing the distinct communities that had grown up within Saint

completing his undergraduate degree in business administration

Rose athletics. In a ceremony at the soccer and lacrosse field,

at Saint Rose while starting on his MBA. “He liked baseball

Trustee Norman Massry called President Sullivan “a change-agent”

fields. Naming a field for him was more than anything he could

and “unsung hero.” He told a crowd that filled the bleachers that

have dreamed of.”

the president and his wife, Kathy, had been surprised by the decision to name the turf field for them.

“We just learned the meaning of ‘offsides’ a few weeks ago,”

By mid-afternoon, the face painters and balloon artists had packed up and the complex looked as it might on a typical fall afternoon. Families filled the playground and walked dogs as

President Sullivan proclaimed, as a column of white-uniformed

soccer fans watched the Golden Knights women’s team continue

soccer players lined up behind he and his wife. “But we know the

its undefeated season. Saint Rose security officer Joe Kolach,

impact that athletics can have.”

who patrols the park, joked with neighborhood children.

Meanwhile, the Golden Knights softball team prepared to

Common Council member Dominick Calsolaro, a native of

take on Siena. Before asking longtime Athletic Director Cathy

the neighborhood, stayed through the afternoon. He recalled

Haker to throw out the first pitch, more than one alumna noted

when Hoffman Park was busy like this all the time. Now he could

that she had been an inspiration.

see brighter days ahead, particularly since the agreement

“She brought the College from one to 17 sports and from

between the city and College guarantees a percentage of public

a little-known division to Division II and an athletic program that

usage. “This place used to be empty,” said Calsolaro. “Now it’s

is top-notch,” said Trustee Judith Calogero, ’80 who played bas-

a jewel of the area.”

ketball for Haker. The group also lauded her for building strong programs even as teams moved from field to field for games and practices.

Surrounded by family, an emotional Haker said she had

Also on hand for the grand opening was Meghan MatthewsGondelman, who grew up playing Pop Warner football in Hoffman Park. Now she watches her children play their games there. She said the makeover had been dramatic. “I’m happy it’s been cleaned

always preferred a low profile. “But I know that won’t be possible

up. It has made a huge difference,” she said. “Improvements like

at this field any longer,” she said, adding, “every day it has been

this one can help bring families back to the city.”

my privilege to serve the students and student athletes. It has been my joy and privilege.”

Across the complex, a baseball face-off with the University

A few doors down Frisbie Avenue, Evita Robinson washed her car and said she felt like she had gained a new neighbor.

“It’s a major improvement to the neighborhood. There’s more

at Albany was under way. Several alumni recalled that when the

lighting, more garbage cans, more security,” she said. “There are

College’s first male students had asked her to start a baseball

more children around. My children have made a lot of friends.”

program, Haker had readily agreed. “And she brought in Bob Bellizzi,” said Nancy Gill Scisci ’81 whose husband Pat played on the original Golden Knights baseball team.

Mirroring Plumeri’s sentiment, Kim Bellizzi said the complex marked “an unbearable loss” along with a remarkable gift from a man who had never even met her husband. As the first pitches were thrown, Bellizzi’s eldest son, Rob, recalled how last spring he and his brother, Michael, had continued family tradition by coaching

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their youngest brother, Alex, on his Babe Ruth team. The first

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From 2001 to 2005, undergraduate enrollment at The College of Saint Rose increased 21 percent. Facilities and services were stretched. Strong programs in such areas as music and communications required new equipment, space and more faculty in order to grow.

The College, meanwhile, saw an emerging potential for new offerings in business, science and the social sciences.

The school also faced rising competition from not only other private, liberal arts colleges but public institutions and a whole new entity — online distance learning. The strong economy was bound to weaken and projections called for a decline in the number of high school graduates in the traditional upstate recruitment base.

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Led by its Strategic Planning and Priorities Committee, Saint Rose developed a five-year plan, using input from a series of meetings held across the campus. The challenges became clear: respond to enrollment growth without raising class size; update and expand facilities while maintaining a disciplined fiscal plan; remain competitive, affordable and enhance quality.

“We had facilities issues and a program mix issue,” said Provost David Szczerbacki, who chairs the committee. “We had to deal with real and perceived academic quality issues. Our academic portfolio was unbalanced. We needed to invest in our faculty, staff and student services.”

First, the College’s mission statement was revised to reaffirm its commitment to its students, its academic quality and founding by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Next, the committee put pen to paper, drafting a five-year road map that identified seven goals, each tied to specific actions. Saint Rose would elevate its academic profile, serve its urban community and follow a disciplined financial plan. It would upgrade the campus, foster students’ personal development, promote face-to-face dialogue and diversify its student and employee populations.

Five years later, Saint Rose has followed its road map to become the “outstanding liberal arts and sciences college with widely recognized professional programs” identified as goal #1. Proof of its success fills a document many pages longer than the plan itself.

The goals were reached, in some cases exceeded, even as the economy sank far lower than many top economists had predicted.

“The economy could have knocked us off course,” said Szczerbacki. “But, in the end, we remained very true to the strategic plan, despite a national economic meltdown.”

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tal improvements, including the Massry Center for the Arts, the Center for Communications and Interactive Media and the Christian Plumeri Sports Complex — on top of a $5-million investment in technology across the campus.

Extensive renovations also made the difference. The main dining room was upgraded, along with the cuisine. A private residence at 1006 Madison Ave. was transformed into offices for the School of Arts and Humanities. Student housing along the same stretch of Madison was restored. Albertus Hall was gutted and renovated to make way for classrooms equipped with new lighting, windows and floors. More than 1,000 computers were added to classrooms, labs, the library and lounges. “Smart” classrooms are now the norm.

Saint Rose also fortified its base as a superior educator of educators, adding programs in curriculum and instruction, program evaluation and instructional technology.

The College has also built up its portfolio in entirely new areas — offering bioinformatics and geology, along with revised and expanded criminal justice degrees (see story page 14). MBA enrollment grew by 25 percent. Graduate programs in communication sciences and disorders, as well as school psychology, were enrolled at full capacity and today rank among the most selective in the country.

Students come here from a dozen or more countries as Saint Rose students study not only in Europe, but Australia, Asia and Africa. Close to home, students

and professors are also reaching out. With the new Institute of Community Research and Training, faculty members lend their expertise to help non-profits measure their effectiveness and make improvements.

Professors, like the students, now come from a larger geographic region; the lion’s share arriving with a doctorate or other terminal degree. Under the strategic plan, funding has been allocated to expand faculty development, including Scholars and Artists grants. The College has made progress in raising faculty salaries to competitive levels.

The learning environment stretches beyond the classroom, with scores of lectures; concerts at Picotte Recital Hall by worldrenowned musical artists; a new literary series, Frequency North; and eclectic exhibits at the Esther Massry Gallery.

Word is out. Saint Rose now ranks 40 among U.S. News and World Report’s 172 “best regional universities — north,” a jump of 14 spots from 2009 to 2010. And for three consecutive years, the Chronicle of Higher Education named it a “Great College to Work For” among institutions its size. For the past two years, it has appeared on the honor roll of schools that rate most favorably.

“In the past, our strategic plan was more fragmented,” Szczerbacki said. “We needed an integrated framework for aligning planning, budgeting and assessment. This has been a major contribution of the ’05-’10 plan. We all serve the same students.

“And,” he added, “the discipline will serve us well as we prepare for 2010-’15.”

THE ROAD MAP The 2005-2010 strategic plan demonstrates the power of a community to chart its own course. Incorporating broad and frequent input from stakeholders across disciplines and departments, the Saint Rose plan has done nothing short of move the College from one era to the next. A look, by the numbers: FRESHMAN CLASS Applied Enrolled

2005 2,659 563

2010 4,840 640

TOTAL ENROLLMENT Undergraduate: Graduate Total

2005 3,078 2,071 5,149

2010 3,048 2,082 5,130

ACADEMICS Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Graduate Certificates Percent of undergraduates required to complete senior thesis or other capstone

2005 44 29 12

2010 66 45 21

38%

90%

FACULTY-TO-STUDENT RATIO

2005 15:1

2010 14:1

WHO THEY ARE African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Native American Male (undergraduate) Freshmen from the Capital District Percent of freshmen from NYC/Long Island

2005

2010

9% 26% 47%

12% 31% 30%

10%

26%

FACULTY African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Native American Full-time faculty with doctoral or other terminal degrees

2005

2010

10%

13%

77%

95%

Sources: Office of the Provost, Office of the President, Office of Institutional Research, Office of the Registrar

A spirit of generosity pervades campus life. With the Friday Knights recreation program, hundreds of Saint Rose students help hundreds of children on the autism scale stretch well beyond what many experts thought they were capable of. Reach Out Saint Rose, the school’s day of volunteerism, increased six fold in five years, with more than 600 taking part annually. The Office of Spiritual Life, among the most visible symbols of the College’s mission, has spread its reach across disciplines. At last count, students participate in at least 60 service programs in the region. They can also choose from a menu of service trips from New York City to Honduras.

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When she entered religious life, Maryrose Smith

students in a college housed in a single building, Moran Hall. In addition, Ursula’s own sister, Sister Rita Agnes prayed to be given the name “Rose.” She had been Casey, CSJ, lived in Moran, and served as music department immersed, since birth, in The College of Saint Rose, as chair for many years. Sister Rose grew up attending her the niece of a founding sister, the first daughter of a charmother’s alumnae events and visiting her aunt. ter class member and, later, an alumna herself. Also, she After graduating from Vincentian Institute, along this had once dreamed of being crowned Rose Queen at the same stretch of Madison Ave., Sister Rose enrolled at Saint annual College pageant celebrating the ideals of Saint Rose as a “day hop” and graduated in 1950 with a major Rose and the Christian woman. in commerce. Her studies included accounting and business She was granted her wish, and then some, when she arithmetic, along with such core subjects as English. was received by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet Later, realizing that God was calling her and given the name Sister Rose Regina. in a special way, she entered the Sisters “Regina means ‘Queen’ and I have been Her faith in the of St. Joseph. the Rose Queen ever since,” Sister Rose said In 1974, she was named administraclose to 60 years later, having contributed 35 College is tied to her tive assistant to the Saint Rose president, years of service to the College. In 2008, the a prospect she found intimidating given College awarded Sister Rose the Carondelet religious faith and belief the academic credentials of those with medal, the highest honor the College can in striving, always, to whom she worked. bestow, for her unmatched commitment to be a better person.

Her fear is difficult to picture today, the Saint Rose mission and values. given her insight, clear writing style and Few would argue. Sister Rose, who conattention to detail. She is apt to correct ducts herself in a style at once gracious and colleagues on their posture or glitches in direct, has served as a one-person bridge grammar. Rarely one to miss a birthday, between the founding sisters and the vibrant birth or anniversary, Sister Rose has sent institution of today. She can recite the years out thousands of cards, written by hand and bound in a of eight family members’ Saint Rose graduations, the ribbon matching the card’s color. arrival and retirement dates of presidents and the launch Tall and regal, she might well be pulled from the pages of academic programs. of a fashion magazine. Her designer clothing and impeccaJust as important, Sister Rose has borne witness to core ble jewelry are a far cry from the habit she wore until 1968. principles that have not changed during decades of signifiIn 1990, as most of her peers were preparing for retirement, cant change. Her faith in the College is tied to her religious Sister Rose became a concrete symbol of lifelong learning faith and belief in striving, always, to be a better person. when she earned her M.S. in Education.

“The whole point is that the spirit and mission and Sister Rose speaks of herself as having a “worldly vision of the original sisters are still in place,” she said mind and a cloistered heart.” She prefers a corporate firmly. “It is embedded.” appearance at work as a hedge against being treated difOn June 30, Sister Rose, 82, retired from Saint Rose, ferently. But the clothing is all donated, she never shops. where she served most recently as assistant to the president The cards are repurposed, the fronts clipped from previfor donor relations. In this capacity, she “invited” alumni and ously used ones. friends to support the College, attending social events and Carrying on the ministry of Jesus Christ remains her following up with letters with an eye toward building the priority. When she left College offices for the day, it was Annual Fund. This ministry fit squarely with her conviction to return home to the sisters of her religious community, that Saint Rose students receive an outstanding education. where she continues to live. “We share prayer and meals And over the years, she concedes, she became good and conversation and live together,” she said. at making her case to donors.

But born, raised, educated and employed along this “It is a skill I have developed,” she acknowledged. stretch of Madison Ave., Sister Rose said she is unlikely “It’s a unique job, and I am a unique person to do it.” to stay away from campus for long, even in retirement.

Growing up just a few blocks west of campus, her college “I have already asked President Sullivan if I may choice was all but assured at birth. Her mother, Ursula R. return in the fall to volunteer,” she concluded. As if she Casey Smith, had enrolled at Saint Rose in 1920, the year needed to ask. the College opened its doors. She was among the first 19

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THE SCHOOLS

School of Arts & Humanities

A Spellbinding Course THIS PAST FALL, 35 SAINT ROSE FRESHMEN SHINED A LIGHT ON THE HISTORICAL RIDDLES WITH A NEW COURSE DEVOTED TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

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In February 1692, a group of girls in the village of Salem, Mass., claimed to be afflicted by Satan and a band of witches.

They identified women in the neighborhood as their tormentors and, soon, their accusations multiplied. In six months, about 150 people from throughout the region would be jailed as suspected witches. By September, the general court had ordered 20 women and men executed; their property seized.

More than 300 years later, the behavior of Salem residents is still not easily explained, though scholars have certainly tried. Was it illness brought on by moldy rye, hunger, or tensions with the British crown that led godly people to characterize neighbors as devil-inspired witches? This past fall, 35 Saint Rose freshmen delved into the historical riddles with a new course devoted to the Salem Witch Trials.

“I believe the bread going bad and villagers getting sick had something to do with it,” surmised Rolly Lloyd, a Saint Rose newcomer from Voorheesville who, like many classmates, saw multiple factors behind the hysteria.

“I also believe people were jealous of each other,” he continued. “Some people may have wanted other people put to death so they could feel better about themselves. If someone was put to death, then there was an opportunity to purchase their land, and I think this had an influence on what people said about one another.”

The Salem Witch Trials is the College’s newest class taught to freshmen who have not yet declared a major. With it, they explored an intriguing, if unnerving, chapter of America’s past, while learning the critical reading, writing and analytical skills needed to succeed in any discipline. Through the intensive focus on Salem, the College’s newest students also got a substantial lesson in colonial America.

“A documents-driven course prompts them to ask questions about the past that they are genuinely interested in,” said Associate Prof. Bridgett Williams-Searle, a colonial scholar who designed and taught the class. “Examining testimony against the accused, we might talk about colonial cooking techniques, cultural ideals about marriage and neighborliness, Calvinist theology, and the politics of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the Dominion of England.”

In place of textbooks, her students read the words of the accused, accusers, sermons, petitions and other primary

documents. Among other things, students used the materials to identify factors that made an individual susceptible to a witchcraft charge. At first, it appeared the poor and elderly were most vulnerable. But students soon saw that more affluent members of the community and Puritan church were also accused.

And in place of the neat menu of facts served in high school, Salem Witch Trials students were asked to weigh in on what actually happened in that time and place. “At first, reading in old English was really hard and it freaked me out,” said Bernadette Foley of New Baltimore. “But after a while, I figured out what they were saying and it got easier.”

“In high school history, we just read facts and it was boring. But this is like a story we’re living in,” said her classmate (and roommate) Justine Velez of the Bronx.

In October, the class visited the small city dotted with witch logos, taking in museums and other sites to see how Salem interprets its own chapter in history. They discovered both a wealth of information and some unusual silences. And as for what exactly explains the antipathy toward a select group of citizens, the students would be asked to decide on their final paper.

“We are studying ‘who is a witch in 17th century,’” said Williams-Searle. “We are asking freshmen to develop an argument that supports the evidence. In high school, they came into class with a testable body of knowledge. Now we are asking them to make the judgments. We’re really asking them to be the historians.”

School of Business

CPA Preparation

AS THE ECONOMY FALTERS AND GOVERNMENT EXPANDS ITS OVERSIGHT OF FINANCIAL MARKETS, THE DEMAND FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IS BALLOONING.

The construction trade was in Greg Swift’s blood, and he had spent decades following his father’s lead in building homes and shopping centers and renovating older buildings. But at age 49, the cyclical nature of the business was starting to wear on him. He had always had an interest in finance. So as the economy weakened, he developed a back-up plan, enrolling in the master’s accounting program at The College of Saint Rose and earning the credits needed to take the CPA exam. Over the next year, he passed all four sections on the first try.

“I wanted to get a skill that I thought would be in demand, something I was suited for and capable of,” said Swift, 52, who had earned an undergraduate math degree from Saint Rose in 1980. “Now I’m lucky because I can work in accounting in parallel with construction. I’ve also started doing consulting and tax preparation on the side.”

As the economy falters and government expands its oversight of financial markets, the demand for certified public accountants is ballooning. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 16 percent increase in job openings by 2016. Factors include the introduction of safeguards following worldwide banking failures and the expected changes to health care.

Small family-owned businesses that once handled their own accounting more frequently rely on CPAs to locate savings and prevent fraud. Even the FBI now employs a large number of accountants to track down white-collar crime.

Assistant Professor Gretchen Guenther, who earned her BS and MS in accounting at Saint Rose and now coordinates the master’s level program, noted that the field is wide open. A CPA may work in the public sector or for a private corporation. The skills are transferable to many settings and personal circumstance, ranging from the person with a young family who wishes to work as a consultant, to someone in mid-career, like Swift, looking for a change.

With salaries stagnant in so many occupations, Guenther said accountants are likely to see their pay double within the first five years.

Beyond that, it is an occupation that involves a good deal more than crunching numbers.

“You actually do something different every day. You never know what the next day will bring,” said Guenther, a veteran

of the private sector. “Every day is a new client, and how you go about fixing their problems is always new.”

But along with the growing demand is a substantial rise in prerequisites. The CPA candidate in nearly every state, including New York, now needs 150 college credits, up from 120, to sit for the exam. And while a law school graduate may enter the legal field on passing the bar exam, the person passing the CPA exam must first accumulate 2,080 hours of work experience in order to apply for a license.

The state continues modifying requirements, but Guenther said Saint Rose is keeping up and making it seamless for aspiring accountants to do the coursework and get to the exam. The 150 credits are spread through four undergraduate years and a fifth year, which results in a master of science in accounting.

New courses emphasize international standards, advanced taxation and auditing work and fraud detection.

The program is geared for both traditional undergraduates and returning students. Many colleges, said Guenther, do not seek out the latter, a population Saint Rose is eager to draw. The College even offers a discount to those with undergraduate degrees who need to complete prerequisites in order to enter the program.

“Some are bookkeepers who want to advance their careers,” Guenther noted. “They bring a different perspective into the discussion and help our younger students who can learn from them rather than learn from rote.”

Greg Swift, in turn, praised his latest classroom experience at Saint Rose for being true to life.

“I really like that I was in a caring environment and the professors were people who have a lot of work experience,” he said. “And I really like that I was in classes with people who have worked in the real world. They could really relate to me.”

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School of Mathematics & Sciences

Criminal Justice Programs

SAINT ROSE OFFERS THREE DISTINCT MAJORS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELD:

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Tanika Warden has a job she doesn’t say much about in public.

“People get a little obsessed and won’t leave you alone so I don’t volunteer too much about it,” said Warden ’99, G’06, who analyzes crime scene evidence for traces of biological material like blood and develops DNA profiles for state and national databases.

The daughter of a Saratoga Springs police officer, Warden came to the College to study science and hoped to apply it to a field in which she could help improve lives. In her senior year, Warden did an internship at the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center, just a few miles from campus, and found her niche not far from her own roots. She received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and later earned an MBA at Saint Rose to allow her to advance in an ever-expanding occupation.

“It is very, very interesting and you learn all the time,” says Warden, now 32, who was hired at the crime lab straight from college and has advanced to become CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) administrator. “The technology is constantly changing and so many new people come in with so many new ideas.”

Criminal justice is booming and not just on television. In the years between the O.J. trial and the September 11 terrorist attacks, the field has developed scores of offshoots, thanks to advances in technology and discoveries about behavior. It is also taking off at Saint Rose, where about 140 students are enrolled in three distinct majors: criminal justice, behavior and the law; forensic science; and forensic psychology, the latter launched in September (see sidebar).

The programs overlap, but they are as different from one another as Sherlock Holmes and “CSI.” “People right away think “Law and Order,” but we offer a huge range so that students can get into many different fields,” said Assistant Professor Christina Lane, a criminologist who coordinates all three programs. “They go into public

administration, the FBI, the border patrol, law school, counseling to help people or to straight science in the lab.”

Since arriving at Saint Rose five years ago, Lane has revamped criminal justice studies to reflect the field’s rapid expansion. She also envisions a program that meets the growing and, apparently, recession-proof, demand for skilled workers in such areas as counterterrorism, victim advocacy, homeland security, drug enforcement, immigration patrol and cybercrime investigation.

The College’s original program, criminal justice, behavior and the law, is an interdisciplinary major that examines crime, the criminal justice system and such specific areas as juvenile justice. Students may enter law enforcement, medicine, human services or law.

The forensic psychology degree, which is offered at only a few colleges, focuses on criminal behavior. Forensic psychologists might help police develop criminal profiles, produce a courtroom evaluation of criminals, manage correctional facilities, set public policy or become counselors.

Forensic science, a major introduced two years ago, is geared to scientists like Tanika Warden, who come up with answers behind the scenes, using molecular biology and genetics and perhaps appearing in court to explain their findings. She and co-workers at the state police lab might well have their own television show as they put together, or pull apart, the pieces.

“Right now I have a person’s bed that they died in. They found “Hawaiian Punch” near it and want to know what was in it,” said Dr. Frank Padula, a long-time forensic scientist who teaches three Saint Rose classes. “I take apart ATVs, trucks, cars to see what happened. I’ve taken ignitable liquid out of rosebushes. You help a lot of people by tracing the evidence.”

Another outside expert, Christopher Kunkle, introduces forensic psychology students to his work with the New York State Office of Mental Health. A licensed psychologist with

a doctorate in clinical psychology, Kunkle weighs the risk of sex offenders repeating their crimes. His assessment helps determine whether the person may live in the community or be confined to a treatment facility.

“It challenges the mind to try to understand why someone would do things that are so horrific. It’s an enormous puzzle students are very eager to solve,” said Kunkle. “To be able to see what’s going on as a real experience is far more interesting and memorable for them.”

James A. Caruso, a Troy attorney who teaches Saint Rose criminal law classes, has also opened his world to the College community. Last spring, a friend, Rensselaer County Judge Robert Jacon, agreed to oversee a homi-

cide case Caruso’s students spent a semester inventing.

People of the State of New York v. Wanda Miles tried a fictitious Mrs. Miles for allegedly killing her police officer husband, who had been unfaithful. The class established the facts, developed the characters, set up a crime scene in a borrowed garage and took photographs before “lawyers” from both sides presented their cases over two days in Jacon’s courtroom.

“At trial, the defense prevailed. The judge said the evidence did not stand up,” said Caruso. “But even for prosecutors, I don’t think anything could have beat the experience. They saw that it was nothing like what happens on television.”

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It’s recession-proof, intriguing and changing every day. It is criminal justice, a discipline that delves far deeper than the good-guy/bad-guy stories of prime time. Unique among colleges, Saint Rose offers three distinct majors in the field, preparing students for careers ranging from the most technical work in a laboratory to an up-close probe of the scene, the perpetrator and the victims who are left behind. A primer on CSI Saint Rose: The major: Criminal Justice, Behavior & the Law (From “crimin,” the Latin word for “accusation”) the study of the nature, extent, cause and control of criminal behavior, in the individual and in society and the various systems under which crime is treated; draws on research in such fields as sociology, anthropology, psychology and the law.

The major: Forensic Science (“Forensic” the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts) applies natural science such as biology, chemistry, earth science, along with math and physics, to answer questions that pertain to the legal system. Among the most fundamental: was a crime actually committed?

The future: Police officer, lawyer, social worker, border patrol, federal agent, juvenile probation officer, judge, correction officer.

The future: Analyze DNA evidence, trace crime-scene materials in a lab, testify in court, work for a police agency, health department, medical examiner’s office or in private industry.

Think (real and fiction): Clarence Darrow, Colombo, Cagney and Lacy, Atticus Finch, anyone from any show with “Law and Order” or “CSI” in the title, Frank Serpico, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Think (real and fiction): Dr. Henry Lee, Dr. Michael Baden, Dr. Quincy, the scientists in the “CSI” shows.

The major: Forensic Psychology Applies psychology to the criminal justice system to assess and diagnose offenders in order to solve crime, treat offenders and set policy.

The future: Serve as an expert witness in court, a case manager for offenders living in the community, a counselor or assist police as they evaluate or seek a suspect; work in law enforcement, government, a non-profit organization or as a consultant.

Think (real and fiction): Dr. Samantha Waters (TV’s “The Profiler,”) Sherlock Holmes, Special Agent Clarice Starling (Hannibal Lector’s nemesis in “Silence of the Lambs”).

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Project SLATE

PROJECT SLATE, SPONSORED

BY THE FEDERAL CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AWARDED SAINT ROSE AND THREE OTHER CAPITAL REGION COLLEGES WTH A $450,000 GRANT THAT WILL HELP MAKE SERVICE LEARNING A REGULAR PART OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

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An elementary school class clears trash from a stream. That is volunteer work. The class analyzes contents of the trash, evaluates the steam’s ecosystem, with and without the trash, and turns their written findings over to city government. That is service learning.

“We have always known that we want children to use what they learn when they leave the classroom for their own neighborhoods and communities,” said Margaret Kirwin, dean of the School of Education at Saint Rose. “Now we want to use those neighborhood and communities as learning laboratories and leave those places in better shape for having done that.”

Saint Rose and three other Capital Region colleges will help make service learning a regular part of the school experience thanks to a $450,000 grant, the first of a threeyear project. Called Project SLATE, for “Student Learning and Teacher Education,” the program is sponsored by the federal Corporation for National and Community Service.

It is highly competitive, with $9 million awarded to just 28 organizations of 192 that applied.

Saint Rose, long active in promoting hands-on education, was the lead applicant for its grant and will head a consortium that also includes education programs at The Sage Colleges, Union Graduate College and Schenectady County Community College. The colleges will match the first-year $450,000 federal award and qualify for two more years once results are evaluated.

At a press conference in August announcing Project SLATE, Saint Rose President R. Mark Sullivan, standing alongside the three other college presidents, noted the significant imprint the initiative stands to leave on future educators and their students from pre-kindergarten through high school.

“New York State has just won a grant from the federal government for Race to the Top,” Sullivan noted. “And that is a huge victory for New York and our students. But I would argue that what we are announcing here this morning has more impact on the teachers and students in the greater Capital Region. If we impact 3,000 teachers, that could impact 300,000 students over three years. And we’d like to think it could become a national model for similar urban and suburban school districts.”

Service learning goes beyond simple community work.

When they organize and plant a community garden, create

public service messages on the dangers of smoking or clean up trash, students are also studying science or history or engaging in research.

With Project SLATE, the colleges can now pool their strategies for including community learning in their undergraduate and graduate education curricula, while also working with local schools to implement their ideas. Kirwin said that beginning next spring, pre-service teachers will take classes that teach them to address service learning and, eventually, build community projects into their student teaching that satisfy national standards.

A new Institute for Service Learning, housed at Saint Rose, will be established. The Institute will work with the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center so that local teachers include service learning approaches in their professional development.

The biggest winners, educators agree, are children, who stand to gain a fuller appreciation for their towns and neighborhoods as their school lessons become more meaningful. Research at Cornell University and other leading institutions suggests that children’s homes and the playgrounds, parks and libraries they regularly visit play an important role in how they develop. However, a significant number are not aware of the impact that they, in turn, can make on these familiar and important places.

“This will help our college students intellectually understand the context in which children grow up, where they spend their time, where they live and where someday they might work — and how these contexts can be linked to math, science and other studies,” explained Kirwin. “But we are also warming our future teachers up to the idea that they can improve their communities.”

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Honoring Thy Fathers John F. O’Donnell was a respected lawyer who devoted his retirement years to the study of philosophy, theology and literature, largely at The College of Saint Rose. He was also the father of Mary Grondahl.

Neil Haley spent his career at the United Nations as head of information systems and telecommunications, ensuring that U.N. staff around the world had the technology they needed to promote the peace.

He was also the father of Lisa Haley Thomson.

Strongly influenced by their fathers, the daughters have advanced to leadership roles in the Saint Rose administration.

Grondahl, who earned her M.B.A. from the College in 1992, is vice president of enrollment management for undergraduate and graduate students. Thomson, who earned a master of education degree at Saint Rose in 1993, is assistant vice president for public relations and marketing.

Now the two close colleagues, along with families and friends, are honoring their late fathers through contributions that will benefit Saint Rose students for years to come. The John F. O’Donnell, Esq. Endowed Scholarship will go to a student(s) exhibiting “Jack” O’Donnell’s graciousness and particular intellectual spirit, especially his passion for philosophy and religion. Thomson has funded The Neil B. Haley Spiritual Life United Nations Trip to U.N. headquarters in New York City, to expose students to issues of human rights and international diplomacy.

The gifts recognize two men with a great deal in common,

most importantly, daughters who have invested so much of themselves in The College of Saint Rose.

“Jack O’Donnell and Neil Haley never met and yet they had much in common,” said Lisa Haley Thomson. “They were men of the same generation who possessed a strong Catholic faith and went to Catholic universities.”

For her and Grondahl, the financial gifts merge devotion to the College with love of family.

The two share a profound commitment to Saint Rose that extends well beyond the work day. They are guided by an institution that transforms lives through its strong academics and community service. And they see their initiatives as clear examples of how Saint Rose allows individuals to be enriched and to enrich those around them through a continuous process of giving and receiving.

“I wanted my father’s legacy of scholarship and pursuit of learning to live on in perpetuity,” said Grondahl. “He felt that being

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selected by a panel that includes religion and philosophy faculty. here was a precious gift. But I don’t think he knew how much he “Our family takes comfort that with this scholarship, our father’s touched the other students, faculty members and staff.”After name and spirit will live on at Saint Rose,” she said. retiring as a lawyer with the State Legislature’s Bill Drafting Lisa Haley Thomson has been inspired throughout her life Commission in 1992, O’Donnell audited his first Saint Rose by her father’s career at the United Nations. The work was a class. It was a practice he would continue 27 times over 18 years, mission that brought him to Beirut and other conflict-ridden long enough that his first classmates are now approaching middle parts of the world. age. The registrar’s office confirms that he was among the “He needed to make sure staff would be able to speak to longest-standing lifelong learners at the College. one another, and they could not negotiate unless they had the Though he did not always write the papers or sit for exams, satellite dishes in the right places,” said Thomson, who saw her the boxes of O’Donnell’s neatly labeled notebooks attest to his father frequently when, as a student seriousness of purpose in the classThe gifts recognize two men at Drew University, she participated in room. There, his manner combined a the U.N. semester. polite, if probing, nature with a dose of with a great deal in common, Neil Haley remained in the job fatherly affection and a lawyer’s determiuntil his death in 1996. Fourteen nation to get to the bottom of issues at most importantly, years later, when Thomson learned hand. He had none of the timidity that daughters who have invested that a Saint Rose U.N. trip needed a young undergraduate might exhibit financial support in order to continue, toward professors and classmates. so much of themselves in the message was all too clear.

“When Jack would come in, he “God was definitely pushing me would weigh in on the issues of the The College of Saint Rose. toward making this gift,” said day,” said Associate Prof. of Religious Thomson, who with her husband, Jonathan, gave $10,000 to Studies Jeffrey Marlett, who taught O’Donnell in four of his classestablish The Neil B. Haley Spiritual Life United Nations Trip. es. “And I don’t know if he meant to do it or just did it because he The gift funds the three-day experience for five years. Last felt sorry for me, but he asked questions in a way that allowed October, Thomson accompanied 15 female students on a trip me to bring other students along. He really made me look good.” devoted to understanding women’s rights issues. Among other O’Donnell took courses devoted to Thomas Merton, Chaucer, programs, they took part in a seminar about sex trafficking in the Elizabethan literature and the Bible — that’s along with French, United States and heard from a speaker who gave a first-hand American religious history, women in religion, even radical feminist view of conditions in Sudan. The students, who stayed in the philosophy. His age and experience were real assets on a youthHarlem Bed and Breakfast, gathered several hours each night to oriented campus: O’Donnell could tell students (and their profesreflect on what they had heard. On the third morning, they took sors) what the 1960s were really like or what distinguished public part in a community service project at a Brooklyn shelter for chilsentiment during World War II and the Vietnam War. dren and teenagers that is run by a Sister of Saint Joseph.

Grondahl occasionally saw her father chat with classmates Thomson said the experience reinforced the intellect and two generations removed. She met him for lunch in the Camelot compassion of Saint Rose students, while sealing her father’s Room, and they cheered on the Golden Knights women’s and memory. She urges others to consider making a similar gesture. men’s basketball teams. But she also took joy in the fact that “Mary and I have honored our fathers in a unique, long-lasther father’s Saint Rose experience was his own. He continued ing and personal way,” she said. “It would be worth thinking taking classes when he could no longer drive and when his eyeabout doing this for a mother, an aunt or other family member sight was greatly diminished, and he needed a magnifier to help who has had an impact in some way. For me, it keeps my him read. He often told his daughter that “this would be the last father’s memory alive and advances the mission of Saint Rose.” class,” but she knew better.

Grondahl was considering creating a scholarship in her father’s name when, suddenly, last July he died at home. She To support the John F. O’Donnell Esq. Endowed Scholarship believes he would be overwhelmed by the O’Donnell or Neil B. Haley Spiritual Life United Nations Trip, or for more Scholarship, which through corporate and private gifts has information on creating a gift for a family member, call almost reached its minimum funding goal of $50,000. The fund Lisa McKenzie in the Office of Institutional Advancement will support scholarships of approximately $2,000 to students at (518) 454-5114.

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4. Trustee Emeritus Carl Touhey and his wife Nancy were honored by President R. Mark Sullivan at “A Community of Excellence”, the College’s annual scholarship fundraising luncheon, held on June 10 at Wolfert’s Roost Country Club.

2. The team from Fuller & O’Brien Gallagher, the lead sponsor of the 2010 Thomas M. Whalen III Golf Classic.

5. The honorees of this year’s “A Community of Excellence,” luncheon — Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, Carl and Nancy Touhey, and KeyBank (represented by Vice President of Community Relations Ellen Sax and President Jeff Stone) — were joined by President R. Mark Sullivan as the College celebrated their contributions to Saint Rose and to the greater Capital Region community.

3. Jersen Construction, one of the event’s Cart Sponsors, at this year’s Thomas M. Whalen Golf Classic.

6. The Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany, enjoys the luncheon by serving dessert to attendees.

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Thank you, Mr. Barlow Trustee Bob Barlow with Mallory Weaver ’10, recipient of the Joan Sheridan Barlow ’54 Scholarship.

To find out how you can make a difference in the life of a student, contact Susan Ziegler, Director of Gift Planning, at 518-454-5104 or zieglers@strose.edu.

The steps to establishing a scholarship fund are simple: ❑ a desire to help an aspiring student attend The College

of Saint Rose; ❑ determining the most tax-wise giving arrangement to

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Find out more about planned giving.

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(i.e., choosing a certain major or academic program).

TRUSTEES

A Message from Richard J. Huether Trustee, Board of Trustees

You know, I am embarrassed to say I’m only beginning to understand the growing excitement that Saint Rose is building in the world of higher education. I never fully realized that our students in the Lally School of Education are not just growing from classroom learning, but from faculty who are changing possibilities for countless children with difficulties in the same building. And, then coming into classrooms, with that “rush,” to impart how their students can share in what they are doing to change opportunities for even the youngest, most struggling youth (as featured recently on NBC’s nationwide “TODAY” show). What motivation!

Or, over in the Massry Center where a facility enables faculty as well as students to realize that, “Alumni and friends, you whether their field is visual or performing arts, there is no limit of this facility’s ability to observe and are all a part of this.” reward even the smallest skill growth. Or, in the School of Mathematics and Sciences, where our expanding laboratories offer limitless opportunities for faculty revealing research to stimulate early interests in searching minds. Then, what about the Music Industry program where again the tools of their fields are of a quality to enhance even the smallest of growth in skill and even to coach it in multiple new directions with advanced technologies. And, what must our School of Business be planning as they prepare to enrich this highly stimulated campus with their knowledge and dreams from their future home.

Alumni and friends, you are all a part of this because you were either a piece of the planning, planting or nourishment of every one of these seeds.

New Members Join the Board of Trustees

Sister Mary Ann Hayes (1936 – 2010)

Sister Mary Louise Dolan, CSJ Since 1997, Sister Mary Louise has directed the graduate program in earth literacy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, the nation’s oldest Catholic liberal arts college for women. She has taught biology at Saint Rose and helped develop the College’s medical technology program. A Buffalo native, Sister Mary Louise has a doctorate in cell biology from the University of Pittsburgh and has done postdoctoral work at Duke University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from The College of Saint Rose and now resides in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.

Sister Mary Ann Hayes, CSJ, whose career at Saint Rose extended from her days as a student to her 13-year tenure as trustee, died July 19 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 74 years old and died at St. Joseph’s Provincial House. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 54 years.

Sister Mary Rose Noonan, CSJ Sister Mary Rose is director of communications for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province, in Latham, a position she has held since 1991.

She also has served as the director of development for the Albany Province.

Prior to that, she taught English in Catholic high schools in Binghamton, Utica and Rome. Sister Mary Rose is a lifetime member of three national honor societies, and the Diocese of Syracuse named her “Outstanding Teacher” in 1979, 1982 and 1984. Sister Mary Rose holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Notre Dame, a bachelor’s degree in English from The College of Saint Rose and has pursued post-graduate study in counseling psychology at Syracuse University.

Born in Cortland, she earned her bachelor’s degree in social studies at Saint Rose in 1957, and in 1967 earned a master’s degree in history/political science.

She served 12 years in a variety of positions at the College, including instructor and assistant professor of history and political science, acting director of academic counseling, assistant director of academic counseling and assistant dean of administration and registrar.

She also earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in canon law and a licentiate in canon law from St. Paul University in Ottawa. Most recently she served 21 years as a judge, canonical consultant, advocate and auditor with the Roman Catholic Diocese.

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NEW FACE: LORI BINDIG Assistant Professor of Communications Assistant Professor of Communication, Eastern Connecticut State University Ph.D. in communication, Advanced Graduate Certificate (feminist theory) and University Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A., communication, B.A., American studies and B.F.A. (musical theater) University of Hartford.

Author “Dawson’s Creek: A Critical Understanding” and “The O.C.: A Critical Understanding” (publication pending), exploring cultural norms reflected in the two runaway hit TV shows. “Even if you don’t watch shows like ‘American Idol’ you are hearing about them. It’s important to look under the layers at what the story is saying about our world. Those stories don’t just come out of thin air.”

“I watched 124 hours of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ after I’d already seen it as a fan. Some episodes I had to watch over, and I ended up breaking my DVD player.”

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The Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, Bronx, a public school using Coalition of Essential Schools ideals, which tailor schools to their communities.

Attendance rose to 90 percent, students made strides in reading and math proficiency and the four-year graduation rate soared from 20 percent to 67 percent.

“My focus is on how education helps to create equity for everyone, or attempts to.”

NEW FACE: CECILE GLEASON Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Director, Tinsley Institute for Human Services, a notfor-profit agency providing consultation and professional development in education. Mentor-teacher Capital District Beginnings Ph.D., educational psychology, University at Albany; M.S., special education, The College of Saint Rose; B.A., English, minor in education, University at Albany; extensive experience teaching in early childhood settings, including Montessori classrooms

NEW FACE: LISA DAVIS CLARK Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Strategies that help children labeled “difficult” or “challenging.”

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York

Instead, state “no grabbing toys” and suggest another approach to helping child obtain the toy.

Ph.D., educational technology, Walden University; Professional Diploma (36-credit) Long Island University; M.A., international/early childhood education, Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S., early childhood/elementary education, New York University.

“I was a newspaper reporter covering stories about laws in Massachusetts integrating special needs children into the classroom. I was visiting a Montessori pre-school and felt so comfortable I wound up quitting the newspaper and going to school to train in Montessori.”

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NEW FACE: COLLEEN KAROW Title: Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders

of Nevada-Reno; M.Div., Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, Calif.; B.A., University of Zimbabwe; taught at University of Wisconsin and in high school in his native Zimbabwe.

Last seen: Associate Professor of audiology and speech pathology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Expertise: Publications include “Out of these Ashes: The Quest for Utopia in Critical Theory and Ubuntu,” which explores oppression and the search for justice in various parts of the world.

From the vitae: Ph.D., communication sciences and disorders, University of Texas at Austin; M.A., speech pathology and B.S., audiology and speech pathology, Western Illinois University; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certification for clinical competence.

In case you had a question about affective prosody: Researches how brain damage hinders speech, specifically the absence of emotion that helps a person distinguish a compliment from a put-down.

Connecting with the founders: Introducing a 90-minute mental fitness program at the St. Joseph Provincial House to help retired sisters stay sharp and to further her own research on preventing dementia. Workout emphasis: memory, movement and attention span.

What she said about it: “When I went over there to pitch my idea, the sisters were very excited. A lot of them have iPads they want to use. Now, in my spare time, I’m learning how to use mine.”

NEW FACE: AJA LADUKE Title: Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Last seen: Completing Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, University of Connecticut From the vitae: M.A., B.S., elementary education, University of Connecticut; third grade teacher, Burlington, Conn.

Expertise: Bilingual/multicultural education; dissertation focused on a program that tried to reverse the high academic failure rate of Latina high school students by incorporating lessons about their heritage.

What she said about it: “They had been low-tracked, and guidance counselors weren’t pushing college or anything like that. For the most part, they felt invisible. That’s a direct quote from one young lady.”

NEW FACE: MARK MALISA Title: Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Last seen: Assistant Professor teacher education, Northeastern University From the vitae: Ph.D., curriculum and instruction, University

Consider this: He challenges students to think about education from a non-European perspective.

Spiritual roots: Originally a religious scholar, he became inspired to enter education. Why? “If you study the words of Mohammed or Jesus or Moses or Buddah, they were all teachers. There is definitely a connection.”

NEW FACE: EKATERINA (KATYA) MIDGETTE Title: Assistant Professor of Literacy Last seen: Completing Ph.D. in education, concentration in literacy, University of Delaware From the vitae: M.A., linguistics and international communication, Moscow State Linguistic University (includes undergraduate studies); taught reading and writing courses to Russians preparing for American and British college entrance exams.

And this is her second language: Wants students to see the richness of English phonology (sound), lexical diversity (vocabulary) and morphology (structure).

NEW FACE: HURREM YILMAZ Title: Assistant Professor of Marketing Last seen: Assistant Professor of marketing, State University of New York at Oneonta From the vitae: Ph.D., management science (combining finance, marketing and accounting), University of Texas at Dallas; M.A., business, concentration in marketing and consumer behavior; B.A., psychology, Bogazici University, Istanbul.

Circling the globe: Specializes in consumer practices around the world.

Would you like croutons in your breakfast? In Turkey, visitors are offered not hot coffee but hot soup first thing in the morning; in many Asian countries dinner is a big meal; not so in Germany. A Turkish business meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. and starting at 7 p.m., would be considered on time.

“Especially in today’s business world, American business students need to learn how things are different in thousands of other cultures.”

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TOP-TIER SCHOOL

SAINT ROSE STARS ON THE “TODAY” SHOW — AGAIN! For the second year in a row, NBC’S “TODAY” SHOW highlighted the generosity of the Saint Rose community. This time, the story, aired December 28, centered on the 140 students who volunteer twice a month with Friday Knights (featured in the winter 2010 magazine). This expansive program for children with autism was started by Susan DeLuke, associate professor of education. Led by national correspondent Jenna Wolf, the piece showcased students and children working on art projects, movement and other activities that help individuals with autism progress considerably further than authorities once thought possible. “Today” also noted the impact of Friday Knights on parents. “It’s always moving to see people willing to help,” said parent, Alex Nichols. “It’s the best part of life.” (In 2009, “Today” featured Saint Rose’s unique freshman move-in day.)

PUBLIC RELATIONS MASTER BENJAMIN MARVIN has been named Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Capital Region Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Marvin, the College’s director of media relations, is a tireless advocate for The College of Saint Rose and is “well respected by reporters, editors, newsmakers, professionals and colleagues for his dedication and work ethic.”

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Saint Rose has been recognized as one of “The Top 40 Best Northern Universities” by U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. The College was recognized for its full range of undergraduate and graduate programs. Factors weighed in the 2011 rankings, released in August, include peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.

THIS SCHOOL ROCKS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE named Saint Rose one of just 28 “Schools of Rock” nationwide for its innovative music industry program founded, and still led today, by Sister Mary Anne Nelson. The listing, in the magazine’s October 31 edition, notes the importance of a strong college education over “the school-of-hard-knocks” approach that was once enough to land someone a gig.

PROJECT ASPIRE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION awarded the School of Education a $1.5 million, five-year grant that will be used to research and innovate special education instruction in grades 7-12. The grant, one of just nine in the country, recognizes the shortage of highly qualified special education secondary school teachers and the need to design new approaches for students with disabilities. With Project ASPIRE — for Adolescence Special Education Preparation for Inclusive and Reflective Educators — the College revises its adolescence education and special education graduate programs and develops a five-year degree in which students will graduate dually certified in special education and their content areas.

The project will include close involvement with Albany and Schenectady schools.

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ONE MORE TIME For the third year in a row, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION names Saint Rose a “Great College to Work For.” The survey ranks the College among the top 10 medium-sized institutions (3,000 to 9,999 students) in eight of 12 categories. Also, for the second consecutive year, The Chronicle places Saint Rose on its Honor Roll of the 10 medium-sized institutions cited in the most individual categories.

Factors include job satisfaction, collaborative governance, tenure clarity and work/life balance. Results are based on responses from more than 43,000 administrators, faculty and staff at 275 institutions.

BEST PLACE TO WORK THE BUSINESS REVIEW named Saint Rose a “Best Place to Work” among 30 Capital Region employers narrowed from a field of 100 contenders. The award lauds the College for creating a work environment that attracts and retains motivated employees through its strong benefits package, work conditions and overall institutional culture. Saint Rose is the only college on the list and among just six with 500 or more employees.

PRESIDENT SULLIVAN HONORED JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES (JFS) awarded the president its annual Anschel Weiss Community Builders Award, recognizing his extensive service to the Capital Region. Among other things, the award recognizes the College’s Institute for Community Research for its hands-on work with JFS.

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IN MEMORY

DR. DONALD TAPPA, who served as undergraduate academic dean at Saint Rose for many years and is remembered with great fondness by members of the campus community, died August 19. Dr. Tappa, appointed in July 1974, was undergraduate dean before the College’s academic disciplines were housed in schools. He is credited with expanding and nurturing programs in all areas, with a special fondness for the sciences. “He wasn’t a biologist by profession, but he was a biologist by interest,” said Sister Tess Wysolmerski, CSJ, a professor emeritus of biology. “But his contribution was in all liberal arts. He introduced new programs across the board.” Dr. Tappa earned his B.S. from Brooklyn College, an M.A. from Williams College and Ph.D. from Yale University. He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Ecological Society of America.

DR. MARGARET SCHEPPACH ’53, a beloved member of the music department for 28 years, died August 22. She will long be remembered as a remarkable singer who put teaching first, going so far as to phone or visit students who were absent from class. “Doc,” as she loved to be called, worked with her students in a firm but engaging manner.

Contributions in Dr. Tappa’s name may be made to the Sister Tess Wysolmerski Endowed Scholarship at The College of Saint Rose.

Born in Albany, she graduated from Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart and earned her B.S. from The College of Saint Rose in 1953. A gifted lyric soprano, she went on to earn her M.A. at The Catholic University of America and her Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music.

She joined the Saint Rose music faculty in January 1970, retiring in June 1998, when she was honored with the title Professor Emeritus. She was largely responsible for planning the graduate degree in music that continues to flourish. Dr. Scheppach also entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and remained with the order until 1977, when she moved on to pursue music. Her legacy will live on at Saint Rose with the Margaret Scheppach Endowed Scholarship she established, awarded to a music major concentrating in voice.

Contributions may be sent to the Office of Institutional Advancement.

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News & Notes Class of 2010 Inducted into Hall of Fame Saint Rose inducted four former student-athletes and the 1990 baseball team this fall during the College’s Golden Knights Homecoming Weekend celebration. The 2010 class included; the 1990 baseball team, Brian Beaury (men’s basketball coach, 1986-present/player 1978-82), Kerri Stone (women’s soccer, 2000-03), Colleen (Sheridan) Tauriello, (women’s basketball, 1996-00), and Eliza Whipple (women’s soccer, 2000-03).

For a complete member listing of the Saint Rose Athletics Hall of Fame or to nominate someone, visit www.gogoldenknights.com.

Women’s Soccer Advances to National Semifinals

Women’s Cross Country Makes First NCAA Championship Appearance The women’s cross country team made its first-ever appearance at the NCAA National Championships in December. The Golden Knights were one of two teams from the East Region that automatically qualified. Saint Rose finished second among 28 squads at the NCAA East Regional Championships at Boston’s Franklin Park on November 21, and placed four runners among the top-25 in a field that consisted of 187 entries.

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Senior midfielder Amanda Deck of the women’s soccer team was named the NE-10 Player of the Year…Senior back Kelly Guerin was presented with the Elite 88 Award at the NCAA national championship. The Elite 88, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers…Guerin and junior midfielder Christina Cuffari were both named to the 2010 first-team Capital One Academic All-America® College Division squad as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). They comprised one of just two sets of teammates who were selected to the first team…Jesse Schmid, a junior on the men’s golf team, was awarded The Congressional Award Gold Medal in Washington, DC this past June. The Congressional Award Foundation teaches participants to set and achieve personally challenging goals that build character and foster community service, personal development and citizenship. The only other medal awarded by the United States Congress is the Medal of Honor…Head cross country coach Andrew Rickert was named both the 2010 NE-10 and the USTFCCCA East Region Women’s Coach of the Year. It marked the second time in a three-year span that he was so honored…Head women’s soccer coach Laurie Darling Gutheil was selected as the NSCAA East Region Coach of the Year for the third straight season…The Saint Rose men’s golf team had its best showing ever with a third place finish at the 2010 NE-10 Championships held at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, N.Y.

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The Saint Rose women’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Tournament national semifinals for the third consecutive year this fall. The Golden Knights also won their fourth straight Northeast-10 postseason title and spent the majority of the year as the nation’s top-ranked NCAA Division II squad. They outscored their opponents by an 82-8 margin and finished with a 23-1-1 record.

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Denise DiNoto ’95, G’96 Alumni Association President

ALUMNI From the Alumni Association President

In June, during my 15-year Reunion Weekend, I was honored to become the President of your Alumni Association. As my college friends joined me, we gathered to reminisce and ponder how the world has changed since we were students. Nearly twenty years ago, when we moved into Lima Hall, cell phones were big, clunky luxury items. Instead of surfing the internet on smart phones, we spent our downtime mastering the new phone-mail system the College had just installed. Students walked around listening to music on cassette tape or compact disc players.

Only a select few students had computers in their rooms — most of us still used word processors to type our papers. Email had yet to become a common word in our lexicon and “text” referred to the contents of a written work of literature or an assigned reading.

Reunion 2010 saw the rededication ceremony of Moran Hall, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the College, with more examples of how student life has changed over time. The science labs are no longer located in a garage. Gone are the days when young ladies heated their hair curlers in the basement of their residence hall using the steam from the furnace or water heater.

The library is not confined to just one room in Moran Hall, and the campus is no longer contained in just two buildings on Madison Avenue.

Many things have changed over time, but hopefully our connection to Saint Rose remains strong.

The mission of the Alumni Association is to connect all graduates to the College and to involve all alumni in the life and future of the College. Connection can take many forms, and we hope to utilize many avenues to help foster that link. We’ll continue to send out mailings, but we’ll also take advantage of developing social media such as facebook to help promote events and networking opportunities.

I would like to thank immediate Past President Jim Feeney G’93 for his years of service to the Alumni Association. His departure leaves me with some big shoes to fill. I would also like to welcome and thank all of the new members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors for volunteering: Shylah Addante ’07; Travis Clause ’07, G’07; Alyssa Gosnell ’05; Aimee Gould ’06, G’10; James Luciano ’00; Nunzio Pellegi G’96; and Casey Mulligan Walsh ’95, G’96.

If there is a way we can better serve your needs as alumni, please contact us at alumniassociation@strose.edu.

CHAPTER NOTES Capital District Chapter The Capital District Chapter continues to offer social and sporting events throughout the year for area alumni. In addition, the chapter supports the overall mission of the College by our commitment to support college events and through financial donations to college groups and departments. Our members also provide a Book Scholarship Fund, which supports deserving undergraduate students each semester.

This year is specifically significant as we mark the 25th Anniversary of the creation of our Chapter (originally known as the Greater Capital Area Chapter). A special celebration is planned for Sunday, May 1, to mark the occasion.

If you would like to become a member (annual dues are $10) or simply learn more about us, please contact Kathy Kieffer, chapter president at kmiddlegrove@aol.com or call (518) 583-1874. We’d love to hear from you!

Schenectady Chapter The Schenectady Alumni Chapter is one of the oldest and most active, celebrating 80 years of commitment to The College of Saint Rose. We keep the Saint Rose spirit alive through our social events and local volunteering. Currently, members of the Chapter volunteer weekly at the Ellis Health Center gift shop in Schenectady. We also assist with the quarterly mailings for the Dominican Retreat House in Niskayuna.

At our annual Brunch, held on June 13 at the Woodlin Club, we installed a new slate of officers and inducted Adelaide O’Connor and Bernadette Verdile, class of ’60 into the Golden Roses Society. Incoming Saint Rose Freshman Lesia Gribbin, a Duanesburg Continued on page 29.

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Capital District Chapter – Celebrating 25 Years The Capital District Chapter of The College of Saint Rose Alumni Association began as the Greater Capital Area Chapter and was formed by the joining of two local alumni chapters from Albany and Troy. It began as a group administered by a Steering Committee, but in July of 1986, the first slate of officers was elected and the committee transformed into a working chapter. The first slate of officers included: Maureen Elliot ’80, President; Mary Fran Verostek ’82, Vice-President; Betsy Van Deusen ’84, Secretary; John Marsolais ’82, Treasurer; Mary Bee Longabaugh ’85, Recorder; Barbara Mohan ’54, Director; Rose Mary Murray ’45, Director; Cynthia Grande ’83, Director; and Jane O’Brien ’46, Director. This group continued to operate for the next decade organizing social activities, like dinner theater events, ice cream socials, wine tours, SPAC events, and the Chapter’s annual dinner. The Chapter also supports various College functions like the scholarship fund, player-of-the game awards, donations to the Sisters of St. Joseph homeless fund, and reunion activities.

In May of 1996, the name of the group was updated to its current title: The Capital District Chapter of the Saint Rose Alumni Association. The group continues to follow the framework established by the founding partners by offering social functions where alumni in the Capital Region can interact and network. In addition, the Chapter continues to promote and support the College by offering a bi-annual Book Scholarship, making financial donations to various College departments or groups and promoting the College through the group’s community activities.

ALUMNI NOTES

Alumni Notes reflects news submitted to the Office of Alumni Relations on or before September 2, 2010.

1967

Renee Rosch G’67 recently published a novel, The P. Word: Provence Traps and Initiates the Unwary.

1972

Paul Morelli recently published a book titled Martial Arts of the Mind for Teachers.

1976

Carol DeFries G’76 received a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.

1978

Lorinda Callahan was featured in an invitational exhibition of abstract art at The Marion Art Center in Marion, MA.

1980

Coleen Murtagh Paratore was featured in The Troy Record’s Five Questions for her work as an author of 14 children’s novels.

Rev. William Lynn Hamilton was installed as pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Schenectady, NY.

Please be on the lookout soon for information on a special 25th anniversary celebration that is being planned for Sunday, May 1, 2011!

Paul Quackenbush opened a new photography center, ArchiveLab, in downtown Vancouver, WA. 1985

Edward Behan is the new director of business development at FireThread, a software development firm in Glenville, NY.

1986

Marc Green G’86 was recently elected President of the New York State School Music Association and is serving as the Director of Visual and Performing Arts in Bedford Central Schools in Westchester County.

1989

Lorelei Fugaro G’89 was a 2009-10 Top Teacher Award Recipient from NewsChannel 13.

1990

Alicia McLean Rizzo is the new principal at Lynwood Elementary School in the Guilderland School District.

1991

Mark Hamilton and Chris Parody ’99 from The College of Saint Rose Office of Public Relations & Marketing were honored with three American Graphic Design Awards by Graphic Design USA and eight Nori Awards from the Albany Ad Club.

Mark Hamilton also was a design judge for the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) 2009 Communicator Awards.

Schenectady Chapter: 1930 – 2010

by Sharon Vilardo Maneri ’64, G’69, Schenectady Chapter Historian

In 1924, the College held its first commencement with sixteen young women. Two of them, Winifred McGowan Quinn ’24 (author of the Alma Mater), Anna V. Carey ’24 and, one year later, Margaret Welch Goldsmith ’25, were the founding members of what became, in 1930, the Schenectady Chapter. Their vision was “To stimulate an active interest in the College, to support the College and to provide its members with activities that will enhance their lifelong pursuit of knowledge while fostering their intellectual, creative and spiritual growth.” The Chapter has been fulfilling this vision by their support of the College’s activities and their volunteer work at the Gift Shop at the Ellis Medical Center and the Dominican Retreat House.

From the 1930’s, with members doing Red Cross work and making altar linens for army chaplains, to today, members have continued to serve their College and community. Each year, the Chapter presents nine Mother Rose of Lima Language Awards ($100 each) to a Junior or Senior in area schools and the J. Raymond Quinn, Jr., Award ($1,000) to an incoming freshman from a Schenectady County high school.

As the oldest continuously active chapter, with a membership of over 100, the Chapter continues to be strong and support the College with time and talent.

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Sean O’Hare was named President of the Maine Society of CPAs. 1992

Scott Hanrahan coached the Maple Hill boys’ team to the Class C Final Four.

1993

Daniel Fiore G’96 earned his National Board Certification in teaching and recently published a book entitled, What They Have Taught Me.

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1993

Eileen M. Rossler is the new VP of Education and Program Evaluation at the Trident United Way.

1994

Jason Miller was appointed to president of Corvest, an advertising and marketing company in Florida.

1995

Kevin McFerran G’95 was named SEFCU Top Teacher and was a 2009-10 Top Teacher Award Recipient from NewsChannel 13.

1995

James P. Dexter G’95 was selected as the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES superintendant.

High School Senior, received the J. Raymond Quinn, Jr., Award. Lesia will study Art, with plans to enter the publications field. Also, ten students from local high schools received the Schenectady Chapter's Mother Rose of Lima Language Award.

On Wednesday, August 4, members met at Saratoga Racetrack for our annual Day at the Races.

This was the 7th running of the “De La Rose” Stakes, a fun event, followed by a great dinner at the Spa Brahaus.

As summer drew to a close, we met for our Membership Get-Together on September 17 at the home of Pamela Zilka. It is always a great opportunity to catch up with former classmates, meet with other alumni and their spouses and encourage recent graduates to join us. Our guest speaker was Cathy Cummings Haker, the Athletic Director at The College of Saint Rose. She spoke to us about the future of Athletics at the College. We also began our sale of Entertainment Books to benefit our awards.

We combined our annual Christmas Party on Sunday, December 5, with the celebration of our 80th Anniversary Party. It was a glorious evening held at The Lighthouse at The Water's Edge banquet facility, with special recognition from President R. Mark Sullivan and members of the National Alumni Board.

The event was well attended by current and past members who also included past presidents of the Schenectady Chapter. Raffle baskets and a silent auction benefited the J. Raymond Quinn, Jr., and mother Rose of Lima awards. We were all nostalgic as we closed the evening with an emotional rendition of the Alma Mater.

Our first spring event of 2011 will be the Laetare Mass and dinner, scheduled for Saturday, April 2.

In June, we will meet for our annual June Awards Brunch and installation of officers.

Currently, there are 100 members of the Schenectady Chapter. If you are interested in joining please contact co-presidents Paulette George ’88 (399-9388) or Marguerite Pileggi ’72 (280-4623).

For more information on upcoming events, visit our web page at http://schdycsralumni.tripod.com.

Sarah Hinman Ryan the Times Union’s director of news research received the newspaper’s Publisher’s Quarterly Award.

1996

Jennifer A. Drautz was appointed the new house principal at Maple Avenue Middle School by the Saratoga Springs Board of Education.

1998

Ronald Pucherelli was featured in a Times Union article for his animation work in the movie, "How to Train Your Dragon."

Stuart Rizzo G’98 was appointed as President of Hudson River Community Credit Union Board of Directors.

1999

Diana Ehrlich G’99 was named the new VP of Advocacy and Communications with the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce.

2000

Sean Organ was named the 2010 Class A Coach of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Thea Coughlin G’00 is now the owner of Thea Coughlin Photography, LLC. James Iacketta G’00 was a 2009-10 Top Teacher Award Recipient from NewsChannel 13.

2002

Peter Gannon is the new president of Arsenal Business & Technology Partnership at the Watervliet Arsenal.

2003

Lisa Queeney received the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Business from Fulton-Montgomery Community College.

2004

Jennifer Moran G’04 was a 2009-10 Top Teacher Award Recipient from NewsChannel 13.

New Chapters You can help The College of Saint Rose Alumni Association realize its vision to connect Saint Rose alumni across the nation, but you don’t have to do it alone. The Office of Alumni Relations and the Alumni Association are eager to help you start a local Saint Rose Alumni club in your area. Please contact the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at 518-454-5196 or e-mail alumni@strose.edu.

Schenectady Chapter Schenectady Chapter’s 2010 Golden Roses, Adelaide O'Connor ’60 (left) and Bernadette Verdile ’60 (right).

Rebecca Eppelman joined The Troy Record as a copy editor.

2005

Mike Wasilewski won a Type Directors Club Award for his work on “AMC Storymakers.”

Jason DeFrias G’05 was a 2009-10 Top Teacher Award Recipient from NewsChannel 13.

Debra Person is developing a shelter on Syracuse’s South Side to provide basic needs and spiritual support to women in need called Exodus 3 Ministries, Inc. Melissa Googas G’05 was promoted to assistant director of government relations with the Retail Council of New York.

Officers and Board for 2010 – 2011 (left to right) Mary Jo Vlainich G’05, Secretary; Paulette George ’88 and Marguerite Pileggi ’57, Co-Presidents; Barbara Czech ’76, Vice President; Kelly Smith-Lawless G’99, Past-President; Nina Sisto Whitney ’64, Treasurer; and Board Members, Mary Sager ’62, Lisa Stanco ’04, G’06, and Linda Venditti Tefiacchi ’86.

Missing: Board Member Nancy Munger ’95, G’04.

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Alumni Spotlight Daniel D. Lance, Class of 1980 B.A. in Business Administration Global Training Leader, General Electric Energy Renewables, Schenectady; Saint Rose Alumni Association Board Treasurer

Dan Lance has trained more than 1,000 field technicians to work with wind turbines, which he describes as “250 foot high towers with a school bus on top.”

He calls his work in renewable energy “as much fun as ever in my 27 years” with GE, and encourages young people to train in his field, by perhaps combining science and business studies. On the job and off, Lance does extensive coaching, whether addressing classes at Hudson Valley Community College, where he earned an associate’s degree in computer science in 1978, or mentoring younger employees and interns at GE. And while expressing himself in front of a group has always come naturally — Lance graduated from Toastmasters at age 13 and went on to appear in high school theater productions — his talents were fine-tuned at Saint Rose. As a business student, he made presentations to executives, did an internship with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and enjoyed lively discussions in contemporary theology classes.

Lance was also a catcher on the first Golden Knights baseball team — an appearance he never expected to make. Then, as now, he works for the team: building GE’s wind-energy portfolio and supporting campaigns for the Massry Center, the Christian Plumeri Sports Complex and many more Saint Rose projects.

Here, he discusses his roots as a working class kid, the importance of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and following the wind.

WE CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE YOUR CHOICE OF WARDROBE FOR YOUR HIGH WIRE ACT (SEE PHOTO) SO YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT YOUR ALMA MATER?

This was in Munnsville (Madison County), N.Y. There are a lot of wind turbines in the area. I went out for the day. It was a beautiful day, and when it came time to climb that turbine, I knew just what I was going to wear. I played on the first Saint Rose team in history, in 1979, with Coach Bellizzi; and I have always been a big supporter and promoter of Saint Rose athletics. I guess I like any chance to talk about it.

YOU ARE A PROUD LANSINGBURGH NATIVE AND THE FIRST MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. PART OF YOUR ENTHUSIASM COMES FROM THE FACT THAT YOU WORKED HARD TO GET HERE.

I started working when I was 13 years old. I paid my own tuition to Catholic Central High School, working as a janitor in the school for four summers.

I never got any money. For every week I worked, they paid a month of my tuition. I went to Hudson Valley Community College on a federal grant and loans. It was all on my own; the same for Saint Rose. When I went to college, I certainly wasn’t going to waste my time.

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YOU ENROLLED AT SAINT ROSE ALONG WITH A GROUP OF CLASSMATES FROM CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. ON CAMPUS, YOU ALSO SAW PLENTY OF FAMILIAR FACES ON THE FACULTY.

I knew some of the sisters, they taught me at Catholic High School. Sister Lynn Levo was the residence life leader at Saint Rose. She was a French teacher at Catholic High who helped me decide to come to Saint Rose.

We had a great relationship. I have a very fond place in my heart for the Sisters of St. Joseph, having them as my teachers from kindergarten all the way through college.

YOU HAVE SAID YOU APPRECIATE THE COMBINATION OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES OF THE SAINT ROSE BUSINESS PROGRAM. WHAT ELSE STOOD OUT ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION?

I remember the religious, philosophical courses. I thought they were very, very interesting, and I remember we had pretty progressive priests, Father Bert Fay. I always enjoyed listening to them and the great debates and conversations they had.

ALSO, A NOTICE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD CHANGED YOUR LIFE.

A notice went up announcing the College was thinking of putting a baseball team together. I showed up on a Thursday night, and there was Coach Bellizzi; and there were enough guys who showed up, and we started the team. It was great. I still think about it all the time. Because of Bob and (Athletic Director) Cathy Haker, I can say I played college baseball and you bet I do, all the time. I thought by then that my baseball career was over.

Saint Rose didn’t have a team.

I have such marvelous memories. It was a thrill. I was captain in my senior year and catcher. There is misinformation about how bad the early teams were. In my senior year, we were 16 and 8.

YOU, OF COURSE, WORKED CLOSELY WITH COACH BELLIZZI AND WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN RAISING MONEY TO DEVELOP THE FIELD NAMED IN HIS HONOR. CAN YOU SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT HIM THAT HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SAID?

At first when we played, it was a club team and Bob could be a playercoach. So I actually played games with Bob. He played second base. His claim to fame was that he had a hit in three different decades, the late 1960s, the early 70s, when he was playing college ball, and in my senior year, in 1980. We were playing a game, and he roped a ball and announced: “I got a hit in three decades of college baseball!”

But, like most of us, I don’t have a lot of faith in our government right now.

We don’t have a long-term energy policy that will attract investors. We’ve got to get to the point where Congress passes national energy standards.

THE PHOTO OF YOU ON THE TURBINE BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT IS IT LIKE UP THERE?

I tell everybody ‘don’t worry about the height, the climb will kill you.’

(Safety is paramount so you’re actually harnessed and tethered the whole time.)

But it’s a tremendous physical challenge to climb up a ladder inside the tower. It’s at least as tall as a 30-story building. Someone who does this twice a day can do it in 6 or 7 minutes. It usually takes me about twice that. There are three decks where you can stop and take a break. When you are up there, it’s like standing on top of a school bus — and it’s breezy. The whole thing sways. It’s a big piece of heavy duty equipment and it’s magnificent.

TURNING TO ANOTHER PASSION…NEW YORK RANKS SEVENTH OF THE NATION’S TOP WIND STATES. STILL, WIND IS CLEARLY AN UNDERUSED ENERGY SOURCE. WHAT IS KEEPING US?

I have never been this excited about technology. Regardless of your politics, energy independence is tremendously important for our country. It will never be either/or. We’ve got to have coal and gas and nuclear. We also need solar and hydro. It’s that or we continue to spend $700 billion a year in imported oil. If you replace half of that with renewable energy such as wind and solar, you would inject $350 billion of that into our economy — money that would stay in this country. We’d have explosive job growth.

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Distinguished Alumni and Faculty

ALUMNI NOTES 2007

Claudette Thornton is the new Director of Marketing and Communications with the Rensselear County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

2008

Nicolena Asaro joined Marvin and Company, P.C. as a Staff Accountant.

At the Alumni & Family Brunch on Reunion Weekend 2010, two members of the Saint Rose community were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments.

Richard Brody, Ph.D.

Brian Schwenzfeier received the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 2010 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for New York for his work on behalf of others with disabilities.

Thomas A. Manion Distinguished Faculty Award Richard Brody, Ph.D., associate professor of educational psychology, was the recipient of the 2010 Thomas A. Manion Distinguished Faculty Award.

2010

After earning his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Statistics from the University at Albany, Dr. Brody arrived at Saint Rose to teach and conduct research in his field. Dr. Brody has been published in journals such as Psychological Reports and Developmental Psychology and has presented papers at the Society for Research in Child Development, American Educational Research Association, Southeastern Society for Child Development, Northeastern Educational Research Association, and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Dr. Brody is also a member of the American Educational Research Association, as well as the Jean Piaget Society.

His nominator acknowledged that Dr. Brody “embodies the qualities of a true educator, someone who teaches you academic and life lessons at the same time, someone who values you as a student and an individual outside of the classroom.”

Sister Patricia St. John, CSJ, Ed.D. ’79

MARRIAGES 1989

Kelly Holohan married Margaret Sommer

2001

Karen Wawrousek married Shane Murphy

Distinguished Alumni Award Sister Patricia St. John, CSJ, Ed.D. ’79, was the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Sister Patricia has been a contributor to her community through music since receiving her B.S. in Music Education from Saint Rose in 1979. Sister Patricia later continued her education at Syracuse University, earning an M.A. in Musicology in 1982, a Certificate of Piano Pedagogy from Saint Rose in 1992, and a Doctorate in Education in Music and Music Education in 2004 from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her resume boasts achievements ranging from published works, funded research, academic awards and honors, various presentations, additional certifications, multiple teaching and administrative roles, and professional affiliations. Sister Patricia also serves as a Trustee for The College of Saint Rose, a position she has held since 2000. In this role, she has contributed to the Academic Programs, Mission and Values, and Student Life Committees, offering invaluable knowledge and experience to the College.

Charly Mallet is working for C.H. Robinson in Albany, NY.

2007

Lynne Adams married Tim Johnston Anna Carr married Fabio Trocino

NEW ARRIVALS 1995

Joshua D. Gifford welcomed daughter, Charlotte Chris Fursa Haynes and Wil Haynes welcomed son, Andrew Joseph Haynes

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! The 2011 Thomas A. Manion Distinguished Faculty Award and the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award Saint Rose alumni are encouraged to participate in the nomination process by submitting a letter to The College of Saint Rose Alumni Association Awards and Scholarship Committee. The members of the committee will convene to select the winners. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 518-454-5105 or alumni@strose.edu.

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2002

Maureen E. Corrigan and Brian Corrigan welcomed twins

2003

Megan Durham Carlson and Scott Carlson welcomed son, Lucas Fred Carlson Melinda S. Monnat welcomed a daughter Erin Freund Mavrides and Jason Mavrides welcomed daughter, Estella Lee Mavrides

IN MEMORIAM Please keep in your thoughts and prayers…

1920s

Mary Hilda Judge ’29

1930s

Annette Perrault Foloky ’32 Jane Gabriels Houle ’38 Louise B. Zannieri ’38 Henrietta Phelps Chesley ’39 Eileen Corrigan ’39

1940s

Marcella Blacha Ryan ’40 Margaret Dugan Sandman ’40 Marian Whalen Zarzynski ’41 Mary Maloney Shaw ’42 Ruth Wagner ’43 Marion Rose Marino Long ’44 Marion Giniecki Betlejeski ’45 Mildred C. Ford ’46 Marie Sullivan Main ’46 Agnes Fennessy ’47 Margaret Voskanyon Maloney ’47 Sister Bernarda Jaques, CSJ, ’48 Margaret Boland McAlonie ’49

1950s

1960s

Mary Powanda Bethel ’50 Sister Germain Cisek, CR, ’50 Sister Edythe Palacz, CR, ’50 Lorraine Pitteloud ’50 Barbara Dugan Marihugh ’51 Margaret A. Scheppach ’53 Sister Mary Rosaria Krzysko, CR, ’54 Sister Joan Schermerhorn, CSJ, ’54, G’61 Sister Mary Ann Hayes, CSJ, ’57 Carol Daly Krobetzky ’58 Joan E. Brennan ’59 Sister Mary Jane Manzerra, RSM, ’59 Carmel Ann O’Connor G’59 Carole Belonga Quackenbush ’59 Janet Burns ’60, G’80 Adelaide O’Connor ’60 Barbara Wolosz Whitney ’60 Sister Patricia Nicholson, CSJ, ’62 Concettina Conforti Armao G’63 Sister Louise Bauer, CSJ, ’63 Sister Madelene Colaneri, RSM, ’63 Margaret Ashman Kelly ’65 Philip Foote G’67 Della Ruth Webster ’68

1970s

Janice Luzinas Spinks G’70 Mary Beth Toomey Dunne ’75 Edward Nejman ’75 Robert Mulligan G’77 Suzanne Waldron G’79

1990s

Josephine Capodicasa Rice ’94

2000s

Josh Fink ’04

2010 Carondelet Lifetime Achievement Award At the Golden Roses Society Luncheon on Reunion Weekend 2010, the Carondelet Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon Ann LaMontagne Karl ’44, from Schenectady. Ann graduated from Saint Rose with a B.S. in Education and began teaching until she and her late husband, Bob, began a family that eventually grew to four children. Through the years, she contributed to Saint Rose and the greater community in various alumni, church, community and educational roles. She is an individual who personifies the Saint Rose spirit and the virtues honored by the Carondelet Award.

Ann is a member of the Schenectady Chapter of the Alumni Association. In 1953 she was elected to the Board of Directors, eventually holding the offices of Treasurer, Vice President and President. She was First Vice President and then President from 1964-66 of the Alumni Association and served as a representative from 1989-91 while President of the Schenectady Chapter. Ann was also Representative of the Past Presidents Council to the National Board in 2000 and has been active in guiding other various instrumental National Board committees.

Ann taught at St. John the Evangelist School in Schenectady for 20 years, retiring in 1986. She joined the New York State Retired Teachers Association and has been head of the Eastern Zone Friendly Service since 1996. Ann is a long-time member of St. Helen’s Church in Niskayuna and is a Eucharistic Minister and lector. She has also volunteered at Proctor’s Theater, Sunnyview Hospital, and the Dominican Retreat House in Niskayuna.

GRADUATES OF THE LAST DECADE (G.O.L.D.) Classes of 2000 and later — this is your golden opportunity!

G.O.L.D. engages young alumni by providing opportunities for networking, learning, socializing and giving back to the College community through the G.O.L.D. Scholarship Fund and other volunteer efforts.

Your G.O.L.D. Membership Donation, an annual minimum gift of $25, can be made at www.strose.edu/giveagift (select the G.O.L.D. designation). If you have questions, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 518-454-5105 or alumni@strose.edu.

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ALUMNI NOTES

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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE, INC. Saturday, June 4, 2011, 10 a.m.

Thelma P. Lally School of Education 1009 Madison Avenue, Albany

The purposes of the meeting shall be: 1. To conduct the annual business of the Association; and 2. To vote on an amendment to the bylaws of the Association relating to notification for elections of the Board of Directors.

All alumni/members are welcome and encouraged to attend. A copy of the proposed amendment may be obtained at www.strose.edu/alumni or by calling 518-454-5105.

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Class of 1980 Pathways to Success

(left) Monica interning at the JuneauDouglas City Museum.

Project 70 Every weekday morning last summer, Monica Hastedt ’11 found herself trekking through the Alaska wilderness. After fixing herself a bowl of elk chili for lunch, Monica headed through the woods to work at her internship at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Work brought unique surprises and challenges every day: design a tour of historical Evergreen Cemetery, clean and reassemble part of a log cabin for an installation on gold mining culture, and keep the museum visitors away from the bear outside the museum. There she learned to identify the local medicinal plants and to count in Tlingit, the language of the native clans, as she worked alongside other museum employees to create public programming. Her spare time was spent hiking the Mendenhall Glacier and experiencing the wildlife (eagles, harbor seals, and bears!) and sampling the local cuisine.

Monica, a senior pursuing her degree in Studio Art, was selected from an impressive applicant pool as this year’s PROJECT 70 intern. She worked as a student curator for the College’s Center for Art and Design 2010 Undergraduate Show, reached out to our alumni as a Phonathon caller and competed as a member of our Track and Field team. In the summer of 2009, she traveled with Saint Rose classmates and immersed herself in the rich art history of Rome and Florence.

With a strong interest in collections management and museum operation, the PROJECT 70 internship enabled Monica to learn the nuances of managing a small museum — everything from curation to running a gift shop.

PROJECT 70 is an internship opportunity started in 2005 by the Class of 1970 in honor of their 35th Reunion. To date, the Class of 1970 has generously donated over $86,000 to make this opportunity possible for one student each summer, utilizing alumni business connections in the U.S. and around the globe. This year’s internship opportunity was brought to us by Aleta Klahn McLain ’70, whose daughter, Alysia McLain, is the Curator of Public Programs at the Museum.

The PROECT 70 Juneau experience followed internships offered to Saint Rose students in Mexico City with Reichman International, with the Museum of Natural History in New York City and with Judge Loretta Preska ’70 of the U.S. Second Court District in New York City.

Read Monica’s life-changing adventures in Juneau. Visit her blog at http://blogs.strose.edu

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Another benefit of the program includes pairing the selected student with a class of 1980 Professional Mentor who will assist the students in completing their degrees and help them advance toward graduate school and/or their careers.

Students interested in the award will be asked to submit a short application including a statement of interest and a letter of recommendation. Thanks to the efforts of the Class of 1980, who have already raised $26,641, the first “Pathways” recipient will be selected in spring 2011.

Reunion Class Scholars In conjunction with Reunion 2010, each class conducted its Reunion Gift Campaign, which is a part of The Saint Rose Fund for Students, to commemorate their Reunion Year, but also to engage in a little friendly competition for Reunion Class Gift awards.

Saint Rose students with demonstrated financial need were identified by the Office of Financial Aid and assigned to individual Reunion classes to become their class Reunion Scholar.

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(above) Monica, second from left, met Project 70 donors on campus.

The Class of 1980 Pathways to Success is a program created by the Class of 1980 for freshmen who want to return to Saint Rose for their sophomore year, but are in need of additional financial assistance to do so.

Students must demonstrate that their financial circumstances have been compromised, but that they have a clear motivation to stay and further enhance the Saint Rose community.

An award of $2,500 per year for the remaining three years of their undergraduate experience will be awarded to the selected student.

View the recipients of the Reunion Scholar Awards.

www.strose.edu/reunion

On Saturday, June 5, during Reunion 2010 Weekend, The College of Saint Rose held a rededication and blessing of Moran Hall, the first Saint Rose building (originally named Saint Rose Hall), in celebration and recognition of the 90th anniversary of the College.

“This year, but eight girls may be accommodated as boarders and about 30 girls, including boarders and day students. Applications are already being filled, between 20 and 25 having been received up to yesterday. The girls who have applied for admission are from Amsterdam, Schenectady, Utica, Rochester, Waterford and Troy as well as Albany. It is expected more applications will be received than the house can accommodate.”

— excerpt from the Albany Argus, September 5, 1920

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THE SAINT ROSE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL BE HONORING ALUMNI WITH GRADUATION YEARS ENDING IN ‘1’ AND ‘6’.

Join Saint Rose alumni to relive your memories, reconnect with classmates, and reminisce about your days at Saint Rose!

For more information or to help plan your class reunion, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 518-454-5105 or alumniassociation@strose.edu