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A Message from the President WINTER 2008

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here have been so many exciting developments here at Emmanuel over the past several years, and progress con-

tinues! In the fall, we broke ground on our new Academic Science Center. In the next few weeks, its frame will

begin to take shape. This facility will enable the College to continue building distinctive academic programs in

the liberal arts and sciences, as well as strategic partnerships in the city and the Longwood Medical Area.

In addition to our growing academic programs and facilities, student engagement remains such an important

characteristic of an Emmanuel education. Our students are engaged in leadership activities, ethical discussions, diversity initiatives and promoting global awareness. I am proud to share with you how our students are engaged on campus, in the city of Boston, across the country and around the world.

Over winter break, our women’s basketball team traveled to Beijing, China to compete against several Chinese teams and to tour some of the most historically significant sites in the world.

In May, 10 students will participate in a mission trip to South Africa, providing service as part of the United Nations Millennium Goals. Through study abroad programs, our students are exploring culture and academics in Russia, throughout Europe, Morocco, Australia, and through the Semester at Sea program.

Our students are also strongly committed to serving others; 85% engage in volunteer service in the local, national and global communities. During Alternative Spring Break in March, Emmanuel students will dedicate a week to working with and serving the poor in Phoenix, New Orleans, and right here in Boston.

This year’s Founders’ Day celebration in February featured Katherine “Sissy” Corr, SND, Executive Director of Notre Dame Mission Volunteers – AmeriCorps. Her organization has 16 service sites in the U.S. and three in Kenya and Peru and provides support to more than 300 student volunteers.

Three of our graduates who joined Notre Dame Mission Volunteers – AmeriCorps were part of the Founders’ Day program, encouraging our current students to consider dedicating a year of service.

Students are engaged in career preparation around the city. We have interns gaining valuable experience in diverse fields of study to complement their work in the classroom. Our location in the city enables us to offer students often life-changing opportunities to explore professional experiences.

I am grateful to our alumni and friends, who have been so dedicated to supporting the Emmanuel mission.

I invite you to become engaged in the College through upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, visits to campus and by offering us feedback.

As always, as we move ahead, Emmanuel, Our God With Us, provides the guidance and strength to continue to fulfill our mission.

SISTER JANET EISNER, SND, PRESIDENT

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this common Emmanuel experience.

Frazier, in his first year of medical school at the University of Texas-Health Science Center, reflected on his Emmanuel education by saying, “In addition to a solid foundation in the sciences, Emmanuel helped me understand the humanitarian side of medicine. As a physician, the ability to ethically reason through a complicated medical situation is just as vital as understanding the treatment method.”

Dr. McCormick, the Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health at Harvard School of Public Health, was a biology major at Emmanuel and went on to receive her medical degree from The Johns Hopkins Medical School and a Doctor of Science from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her distinguished career has focused on the research of infant mortality and high-risk neonates.

“The most important things I gained from my education at Emmanuel were values and integrity — to be rigorous in everything you do, to be honest in what you’re doing, and to have intellectual values,” said Dr. McCormick, who also received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Emmanuel in 2006.

Both graduates agree that the Academic Science Center is an important step in better preparing students for graduate and medical school, and for raising the bar in terms of academic offerings in a liberal arts and sciences environment.

“Science today is merged across fields — with math and science coming together,” said Dr. McCormick. “Science is becoming more fluid and Emmanuel has taken advantage of opportunities, such as the partnerThe Foundation: ship with Merck, to offer more interesting A Shared Mission Looking to the distinguished women gradu- and flexible academic programs. The Academic Science Center is a strong signal ates of the past as well as the more recent alumni from the College’s coeducational era of where Emmanuel College wants to go.” reveals the common thread which makes an Emmanuel education distinctive: a rigorous The Design: Building Community and Fostering academic program rooted in values and ethics. The new Academic Science Center is Collaborative Learning not merely an expansion of classrooms and The Academic Science Center has been designed to blend new architectural elelaboratory space, but an extension of the ments with the Gothic collegiate-style on educational mission.

Alaric Frazier ’07 and Marie McCormick, the exterior. In the interior, academic and social areas have been created which will M.D., Sc.D. ’67 are examples of graduates enable faculty and students to collaborate from different decades who have shared

In the summer of 2007, Emmanuel College began construction of a new Academic Science Center, to be built adjacent to the historic Administration Building. With modern architecture complementing the College’s landmark 1919 building, these structures together parallel the programmatic developments at Emmanuel — building upon the rich traditions of the liberal arts and sciences, while forging ahead into emerging scientific fields.

The Center is what its architects have referred to as “a living billboard” for Emmanuel’s strategic vision to further build distinctive programs in the liberal arts and sciences and leverage its location in the world-renowned Longwood Medical Area (LMA). The Academic Science Center will also enable the College to create partnerships with the institutions in the LMA through internships and research projects, and with urban schools through the Carolyn A. Lynch Institute to help train K12 teachers in math and the sciences.

“As a liberal arts and sciences college, the academic experiences of both our students and faculty are at the core of every decision we make,” said Sister Janet Eisner, SND, President of Emmanuel College. “This Center will enhance dramatically teaching and learning across disciplines by providing state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, and research and study areas. The sciences are an integral part of an Emmanuel education, for science majors and non-science majors alike. The Academic Science Center will have a strong impact on the entire Emmanuel College community and beyond.”

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with one another, whether through laboratory research, group study sessions in common areas, or classroom discussions.

The Boston-based architectural firm, Goody Clancy, which also designed Emmanuel’s Jean Yawkey Center, spent many months meeting with administrators and faculty to understand the academic and research needs of the College. The result is a design to fit those needs, as well as to further enhance the community spirit which has become a hallmark of the Emmanuel experience.

“We wanted to build in interactive spaces near the stairways and outside of classrooms to create areas where students could continue conversations started in classes,” said Goody Clancy Principal Rob Chandler.

He continued, “The laboratory designs are like lofts, separated by glass. Because of this, students can see what is happening in other labs and observe a broad range of programs. There are also faculty/student research spaces in the building, which allow students to be active participants in research projects.”

Dr. Frank Scully, Emmanuel’s Vice President of Academic Affairs, further underscored the value of the design. “The laboratories have been designed in a way that allows students to work in teams to solve scientific problems — the way science is done in the real world,” said Dr. Scully, drawing on his experience as a scientific researcher and faculty member. “Central

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locations for instrumentation, as well as separate prep areas for experiments, provide the flexibility and space to properly complete this work.”

The Academic Science Center also provides continuity to the campus design, with the glass exterior facing the main quad mimicking the façade of the Jean Yawkey Center, and the use of brick, cast stone and the arrangement of windows on the entry side echoing the Administration Building design.

“The Administration Building is the historic and functional center of the campus, richly detailed and shaped,” said Chandler.

“The design of the new building is calmer, to fit with, but not copy, the Administration Building. It does not diminish the importance of it.”

There are a number of design and structural elements which make the new structure an environmentally-friendly building.

Interior lighting will automatically dim as the glass wall allows daylight to stream into labs, maximizing energy efficiency. An underground parking garage will create more outdoor grassy areas. And, sustainability has been emphasized throughout.

“The project adheres to good engineering practices in terms of the environment,” said Goody Clancy Architect and Director of Laboratory Planning Bernard Dooley, who is the project manager for the Academic Science Center. He pointed out the many elements which make the building “green,”

including water-efficient plumbing and the use of recycled materials including steel, concrete and fiberglass ceiling tiles by Walsh Brothers, the construction management company. Walsh Brothers is also very diligent about construction waste management, with 90% of waste recycled, thus kept away from traditional landfills.

The Programs: Preparing Students for the Science of the Future The planning for the design and construction of the Academic Science Center has run on a parallel track with the assessment of academic programs offered at the College. A focus of this assessment has been the fields of science which will best prepare students for the careers and research of the future.

Much of the academic program development has been informed by Emmanuel’s Science Advisory Council (see sidebar on page 7), a group of experts in the medical, biotechnology and scientific research fields who have met to advise the College on emerging opportunities in the sciences. The Council, which is coordinated by Dr. Sally Dias ’62, Emmanuel’s Vice President for Programs and Partnerships in Education, has offered key recommendations in terms of program development, as well as the expansion of internship opportunities to enhance undergraduate preparations for graduate and medical school.

tem — which is a collaborative concentration within the biology and psychology departments.

“Neuroscience is an area which the scientific community knows relatively little about, so we need to further study the brain and the nervous system,” said Dr. March, who comes to Emmanuel from the University of New South Wales School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences. “More research needs to be done on neurobiological disorders, such as the diseases of aging like Alzheimer’s disease. Considering our aging population, such conditions are emerging as the major health care challenges of the near future.”

Senior Alexandra Bravoco is a prime example of a student who has dramatically benefited from both the curriculum and College’s location. A biology major, Bravoco sought to attend college in close proximity to a medical area. Emmanuel offered her that location, in addition to a broad selection of courses which would prepare her for dental school. Bravoco has been accepted at both Boston University and Tufts University dental schools.

“As a junior, I landed an internship at the Forsyth Dental Institute down the street, where I became involved in a research study that examined the effects of certain bacteria in dental caries,” said Bravoco.

“Emmanuel has prepared me to be an independent thinker and to explore outside the classroom to learn on my own.”

The Academic Science Center will help the College expand these types of opportunities for students. “It makes me proud to know that Emmanuel is investing so much time and energy into the sciences,” said Bravoco. “I am excited that future students will have this great opportunity to use such a fascinating building and benefit from the vast opportunities that a Bachelor of Science degree holds.”

The Graduates: A Legacy of Science at Emmanuel During a recent President’s Society event, Sister Janet Eisner, SND, briefed a group of alumni and donors about the Academic Science Center, reflecting on the strong tradition of the sciences at the College, and how new developments are building on this foundation.

“Emmanuel has a distinguished history in the sciences dating back to the 1940s when the College built as its second building, Alumnae Hall, a science building,” she said. “We prepared our women graduates to be doctors, professors, researchers at MIT and Harvard, and innovators in businesses like IBM, RCA and General Electric.”

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“The Science Advisory Council has provided the support and encouragement to build strong science programs in a liberal arts and sciences environment,” said Dr. Dias.

“The council has served as a sounding board and is made up of people from a variety of areas of expertise in the sciences,” said Dr. Marie McCormick ’67, who along with fellow graduates Dr. Barbara McNeil ’62 and Dr. Catherine Costello ’64, is a member of the council. “We have discussed which direction the College should go in terms of science programs and have also advised on resources and grants.”

Members of Emmanuel’s faculty have also worked with the Science Advisory Council, including Professor of Biology Joel Kowit, Professor of Chemistry Christine Jaworek Lopes, Assistant Professor of Biology Josef Kurtz and Associate Professor of Chemistry Faina Ryvkin.

The College is currently pursuing the development of signature programs in the biomedical sciences, including a major program in biochemistry — the study of chemical processes in living organisms. Dr. Paul March, Emmanuel’s new Chair of the Science Departments and Professor of Biochemisty, has been charged with building this major, as well as further developing on-campus research programs for undergraduates and assisting faculty in writing grants to further their research.

“Science is integral to everyone’s lives,” said Dr. March. “While we are developing new programs for science majors, we also seek to create a rich experience for our many nonmajors. Providing students with a positive experience for all undergraduates allows them to go into the world appreciating science.”

The College has also launched a track in neuroscience — the scientific study of the nervous sys-

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Interior renderings of the laboratory space

Many of these graduates have remained engaged with the College and are enthusiastic about the new Center. Mary Lynne Perille Collins ’71, who is a professor of microbial physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), returned to Emmanuel in 2007 as the Merck Science Seminar Series lecturer. After graduating from Emmanuel as a biology major, Collins received a Ph.D. in microbiology from Rutgers University and completed post-doctoral work at the New York University School of Medicine. Since 1980, she has been teaching and researching at UWM. “The new Academic Science Center will be terrific for science education and for involving undergraduates in research,” said Dr. Collins. “As a researcher and faculty member at a university, I know how important undergraduate research in the sciences is for students preparing for graduate or medical school.”

Dr. Sally Dias ’62, a physics major who went on to serve as the superintendent of schools in Watertown and Lynnfield, is also the College’s Director of the Carolyn A. Lynch Institute. Emmanuel will further develop programs to help train K-12 teachers in the sciences. “This Center will provide the opportunity to expand our partnerships with urban and Catholic schools. The Lynch Institute outreach in terms of math training

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has been very successful. We expect to be able to support the sciences in the same way.”

Recent graduate Stephanie Ruest ’06 was the Merck Summer Research Intern in 2005 and conducted research at Children’s Hospital and Joslin Diabetes Center while a student at Emmanuel. “The expanding science curriculum, including the neuroscience program and future biochemistry program, will surely be of great benefit to Emmanuel College. I attended the school during a time of significant transition and it is great to see that Emmanuel has recognized that it is in the best interest of the school and of current and future students to emphasize these changes in such an important field.”

Ruest, now a medical student at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, feels the opportunities she had to conduct research gave her a strong advantage when applying to medical school. “Research experience is highly desired when entering the medical field and having had exposure to both pharmaceutical and academic research set me apart from other candidates.”

nearly doubled its faculty since becoming coeducational in 2001, and the new Center will provide the research space and instrumentation for faculty to conduct their own research, and involve students in joint research projects.

“This new Academic Science Center, along with our location in the LMA, is key to attracting faculty who want to do research,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs Frank Scully. “We must promote faculty scholarship so they can maintain their edge in respective disciplines, and we need research-oriented faculty who are also excellent teachers with a desire to work with undergraduates.”

For faculty members such as Assistant Professor of Chemistry Christine Jaworek Lopes, whose research centers around environmental pollutants and environmentallyfriendly laboratories, the Academic Science Center will have an immediate impact.

“Having this new space will allow for more continuity with these research projects,” said Dr. Jaworek. “The dedicated lab space will promote collaboration among faculty and across disciplines, and The Faculty: Developing will better prepare students for graduate Research Opportunities and medical school because of new instruResearch is not only important to educating mentation.” students, but it is critical to recruiting and “Science is a moving target, and faculty retaining talented faculty. The College has engagement in research allows for the

A view of the Academic Science Center from the entrance of the College.

Emmanuel College Science Advisory Council

The Future: Tying It All Together Upon completion, the Academic Science Center will be an integral element of the campus, not just as a physical structure, but as a key symbol of life at Emmanuel. The Academic Science Center, along with the Administration Building, the Jean Yawkey Center and St. Ann Hall, will represent the

four “walls” of the main quad, bringing residential, student, academic and spiritual life together in the center of campus. The past, present and future will merge, tied together by the College’s educational mission.

“As a college in the Catholic intellectual tradition, we seek to educate the mind as well as the spirit,” said Sister Janet Eisner, SND. “The completion of this Center will enable us to provide a facility for scholarship, as well as a place for community building. Educating the whole person is our promise. The new opportunities the Academic Science Center will offer in the classroom, as well as the vibrancy it will bring to the physical campus, will help us fulfill that promise.”

–MOLLY HONAN

FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Children’s Hospital Boston Vice President of Research Administration Carleen Brunelli, Ph.D., MBA; IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences Biotech Solutions Executive Erin Cummings; Boston University Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering Charles DeLisi, Ph.D.; Boston University School of Medicine Director of Mass Spectrometry Resource Center Catherine Costello, Ph.D.; and Harvard School of Public Health Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health Marie McCormack, M.D., Sc.D. NOT PICTURED: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center President and CEO Paul Levy, Harvard Medical School Chair of the Department of Health Care Policy Barbara McNeil, M.D., Ph.D.; and Merck Research Laboratories-Boston Vice President of Basic Research Lex Van der Ploeg, Ph.D.

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understanding of new discoveries and developments, both through primary research and through reading scientific journals,” said Science Chair Paul March.

“This results in a rich experience for undergraduates in terms of learning about contemporary issues in science. At Emmanuel it is my aim to foster a research and learning environment in which research informs our teaching and teaching informs our research.”

For Dr. Jaworek, the Academic Science Center is one of many changes which have impacted life at the College. “The growth since I came here, which was right when the decision to go coed was made, has been amazing. The Jean Yawkey Center has added so much to campus life, and this Academic Science Center will contribute greatly to student learning. The growth has also meant having more faculty members with which to share ideas.”

TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Museum of Science President Emeritus David Ellis, Ph.D.; Data General Corporation Founder Edson deCastro; Dana Farber Cancer Institute Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Vincent O’Reilly; Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Health Care Policy Samuel Thier, M.D.; MIT Center for Cancer Research Novartis Professor of Biology David Housman, Ph.D.; and Mediphase Venture Partners Founder Paul Howard.

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The following article, highlighting Emmanuel College's partnership with Merck Research

BY PETER SCHWORM

Laboratories– Boston, was featured on the front page of The Boston Globe on December 1, 2007

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GLOBE STAFF / DECEMBER 1, 2007

Eight years ago, Emmanuel College’s future looked bleak. Cash-strapped, with fewer than 500 students, the small school in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood stood at a precarious crossroad.

But Emmanuel held a trump card, a coveted acre of its campus near the burgeoning Longwood Medical Area. College officials had long held the land in reserve, like a valuable family heirloom to be sold only as a last resort. With its prospects in doubt, New England’s first Catholic women’s college began searching for a savior.

The school’s longtime president, Sister Janet Eisner, found an unlikely source: the pharmaceutical giant Merck Co., which agreed in 2000 to lease the land for 75 years for approximately $50 million, with no strings attached.

The windfall and subsequent alliance with Merck allowed the college to add dormitories so it could begin admitting men the following year, and sparked a sustained revival that has made it one of the fastest-growing colleges in New England.

Emmanuel’s geography, which had confined it to relative obscurity in the collegesat urated Boston area, turned out to be its deliverance.

“We held on for as long as we could,” Eisner said.“But what’s happened since has certainly exceeded our best expectations.”

The striking turnaround for Emmanuel is a study in contrasts. A nun brokering a landmark real estate deal. A small liberal arts college joining forces with a research colossus. A school traditionally known for training teachers using the windfall to help in landing millions in federal science grants and help building a $50 million new science center scheduled to open in 2009.

Higher education observers said Emmanuel’s decision to lease the land to Merck marked a creative strategy for elevating its profile and avoiding the fate of the dwindling ranks of women’s Catholic colleges.

“It’s an amazing story,” said Kathleen Dawley, president of Maguire Associates, a higher education consulting firm in Concord that has advised Emmanuel. “It wasn’t just about leveraging resources; it was about careful planning. There was little luck involved.”

Emmanuel’s transformation, while unorthodox, has been undeniably successful. Since 1999, enrollment has risen from 466 to 1,741 students, applications have risen eightfold, and the faculty has nearly doubled in size. Its revenue has tripled, and the endowment, bolstered by the proceeds of the lease with Merck, has soared from $8.6 million to $85 million.

In turn, the college, founded in 1919, has embarked on an ambitious building campaign featuring a state-of-the-art student center, which opened in 2004 as the first new building on campus in 35 years.

The same year, Merck opened its 12-story building, whose glittering glass facade towers over the college’s main quad and its English Gothic buildings. Some 350 scientists conduct first-line research on cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s at the facility.

Other Fenway-area schools, in particular Simmons College and Wentworth Institute of Technology, have also shown strong growth in recent years. But Emmanuel’s revival is eye-catching.

Mark Goulet, executive director of drug design and optimization at Merck Research Laboratories Boston, said its proximity to the hospitals and the collegiate atmosphere draws prospective researchers.

“There are no strings attached,” he said.

Emily Willmer, a senior biology major who worked last summer at Merck on a research project on Alzheimer’s-linked proteins, said the college’s ties with Merck were a major reason she came east from Michigan for college.

“I didn’t want to spend my time at college exclusively on the campus,” she said.

“I wanted to branch out and experience the real world. The internship really opened my eyes.”

Some Catholics have criticized Merck for pressing state governments to mandate the cervical cancer vaccine for girls entering puberty, before abandoning the campaign earlier this year. Discussions of the school’s ties to the company have made the rounds on blogs devoted to Catholic colleges, with commentators seeing a potential threat to Emmanuel’s Catholic identity.

But Eisner and Merck officials said the company agreed from the outset that it would not use the facility for research that violated Catholic doctrine. Emmanuel and Merck officials decline to discuss details of the agreement, but said scientists were not conducting research on embryonic stem cells or aborted fetal tissue.

“There are certain kinds of research that just aren’t allowed on a Catholic campus,” Eisner said. “We know that, and they know that.”

Many students say Merck has little effect on their daily life, but some express reservations about Merck’s presence.

“I chose Emmanuel because it is a Catholic college,” said senior Marissa Choiniere, president of the college’s Republican Club. “The fact that they have a partnership with a company that doesn’t always conform to Catholic beliefs is a little troubling. If I were running the school, I wouldn’t have struck up the relationship.”

Lester F. Goodchild, an education professor at Santa Clara University who studies Catholic colleges, said Emmanuel’s savvy gamble helped separate it from the “thicket of colleges” in the area.

Eisner agrees, but also believes a higher power may have smiled upon the college.

“No doubt in my mind,” she said. “We were always faithful to what we were all about.”

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“It doesn’t feel like Kendall Square with a lot of budding businesses,” he said. “It’s more of an academic feel, which is a great fit for us.”

Merck has provided more than financial benefits. The company endows several scholarships for Emmanuel science majors, and contributes $50,000 to the college’s summer research programs in biology and chemistry. It reserves one spot in its competitive summer internship program for an Emmanuel student, and donates tens of thousands of dollars in lab equipment.

Merck researchers headline a monthly science seminar series, and there are discussions of greater collaboration in the labs and classrooms. A Merck employee even coaches the Emmanuel women’s volleyball team, and many employees use Emmanuel’s fitness center.

Corporate-academic partnerships such as the new research collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Novartis are increasingly common in higher education, but the alliance with Merck is unusual because of the impact of the deal, which has overhauled the school’s image and focus. The college has expanded its slate of science courses by 50 percent in the past five years, including a new neuroscience department, and plans to open a new biochemistry program next fall, said Frank Scully Jr., a chemist who became the college’s vice president of academic affairs in July.

Faculty members say that despite the potential tension between a small college and a large corporation — including fears that companies will influence the way a college is run — the relationship has been productive and smooth. Josef Kurtz, a biology professor, said the prospect of a collaboration with Merck helped draw him to Emmanuel four years ago. In guest lectures, Merck employees give students a glimpse of private-sector experience and expose them to a range of potential careers in the field, he said.

“It’s phenomenal for me as a faculty member. I can teach at a small liberal arts college while also being part of the larger scientific community,” he said. Merck’s donations allowed him to hire four students last summer to help with research projects on diabetes and bone marrow transplants, he said.

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Through Internships, Students Exposed to World Beyond Emmanuel Making the transition from college life to the real world can seem like a daunting task for many college students. At Emmanuel, great efforts are made to make the adjustment feel as seamless as possible.

Students of the College have long been encouraged to utilize the city of Boston as their extended classroom. With so many doors to open and different possibilities to explore, the city provides an exceptional outlet for students to expand their horizons in order to make their undergraduate experiences truly unforgettable. When the time comes for students to go forth as Emmanuel graduates, their connections to the world beyond the campus often help shape the paths they ultimately choose. Through internship opportunities specifically, Emmanuel is able to offer its students a major step in their journeys towards professional careers.

With assistance from the Office of Internships & Career Development, students get the chance to apply the knowledge they have gained in the classroom within professional environments. Working with faculty advisors, who maintain close contact with students and internship site supervisors in order to offer support and advice throughout the program, students receive course credit for their time spent working in business settings. Internships are required for most major areas of study and regarded as invaluable experiences in students’ preparation for future careers.

“We encourage students to apply for internships that they are honestly interested in for future career reference — not just because it’s required by their majors,” said Director of Internships & Career Development Candice Serafino. “The best internship sites provide substantive projects, good supervision and treat interns as part of the professional team.

Yes, they are out there and Emmanuel students are in them!”

–BRYAN MAHONEY

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YupSeng Ing ‘07, Stop & Shop Corporation pating in brainstorming sessions and documenting issues and risks to the projects were all part of her tasks throughout her internship, which Ing feels allowed her unique visibility on a company-wide scale.

“I wanted to get involved in the operation side of things and learn how the whole operation of a company worked,” she said.

“This was a perfect opportunity for someone like me who wants to learn about the bigger picture. I was able to see how everything worked and fit into the company’s main vision.”

An individualized major with a focus on management and chemistry, the opportunity also provided Ing with much insight for her post-graduate objectives. A native of the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, a country considered to have one of the worst health care systems in the world, Ing hopes to return home and open up pharmacies to provide aid to families in need of medical assistance.

“A lot of individuals from my country do not get the opportunity to go abroad and study,” she said. “I got offered an opportunity to come to Emmanuel College and I jumped at the chance. I want to bring back what I have learned at Emmanuel and use it to help my country.”

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During the fall 2007 semester,YupSeng Ing spent her last few months as an Emmanuel College student with Stop & Shop Corporation in Quincy, MA, serving as a strategic project intern. A December graduate, Ing was willing to delay her departure from the College for the sake of a worthy internship experience and came across the Stop & Shop position just two days before paperwork had to be finalized.

“When I was looking for an internship, I didn’t want to settle for just anything,” she said. “I think students should look for internships they think they will love that relate to areas they are passionate about.

You can get so much more out of it.

“For me, it came to a point where there was that sense of urgency [to find an internship], but at the same time, I didn’t want to take just anything I could find,” she added. “I was glad it worked out the way it did.”

As a strategic project intern, Ing’s responsibilities involved what she called “a little bit of everything.” Supporting the company’s meat strategy and pharmaceutical strategy projects, she assisted project managers and the project analyst in the application and production of strategic planning. Researching and compiling data for project teams and executives, partici-

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putations with matrices and vectors, Anderson is analyzing information with planets and solar systems in hopes of unearthing terrestrial data. The opportunity is one in which only a handful of students were selected to participate in at NASA’s 11 national facilities and centers.

“I’m really proud of being selected,” said Anderson. “My acceptance letter noted that only 850 students have ever been able to participate in an internship like this, so it is pretty selective. It should be interesting to work with scientists in the field and see what I can do with my degree.”

Anderson’s interest in physics and astronomy became apparent to a number of the College’s faculty early in his undergraduate career. Department of Mathematics Chair Jeanne Trubek and Anderson’s faculty advisor, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Matthew Tom, have been especially instrumental in guiding him in the direction of interesting pursuits, the NASA internship included. Both

Brian Anderson ‘09, NASA When Brian Anderson arrived at Emmanuel as a freshman, he hoped to discover a way to develop his interest in physics and astronomy. This semester, the math major is currently serving an exclusive internship where reaching for the stars is simply the name of the game.

As an undergraduate student researcher with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Anderson is spending the spring at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where he is getting the opportunity to take part in unique hands-on experiences working beside NASA scientists and engineers. Using MATLAB, a tool for doing numerical com-

were pleased to discover Anderson’s acceptance in the program.

“Brian has worked very hard to qualify for this opportunity. He has been interested in the space program for a long time,” said Trubek. “His interest has expressed itself not only in making a strong effort to find an internship in this area but also in his academic selections of electives, choosing courses such as MATLAB and differential equations. We are looking forward to hearing about his experiences in a talk he will give upon his return in September, and we hope that this will encourage more Emmanuel students to apply for such internships.”

Thanks in part to college level courses he enrolled in during high school, Anderson will be able to fully focus his attention to the NASA internship and still graduate from Emmanuel on time next May. He says he has already begun looking into graduate programs with the intent of focusing his studies on either astrophysics or astronomy. Having NASA on his resume should prove to be a giant first step in that direction.

‘It’s the best place I could be,” he said.

“It should be extremely beneficial.”

Eric Lavoie ‘07, Charlestown Lacrosse and Learning Center Eric Lavoie, who completed his undergraduate requirements in December, spent the fall months with Charlestown Lacrosse and Learning Center, assisting with its fundraising and marketing initia-

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tives. Originally founded in 1997 solely as an after-school program, Charlestown Lacrosse opened its Learning Center the following year to continue its academic initiatives on a year-round basis.

One of Lavoie’s most significant responsibilities during his time with the program was writing grant proposals, a task he immediately recognized as vital due to Charlestown Lacrosse’s reliance on the generosity and donations of private and corporate sponsors. A management major, Lavoie used the opportunity to hone his writing skills as well as utilize his marketing savvy, which he felt played an important part in the construction of each project. In the end, his dedication and hard work paid off, as he was able to help raise over a quarter of the program’s budget.

Kayra Contreras ‘08, WHDH-TV7 Getting information to the public was a significant part of Kayra Contreras’ internship experience, as she recently worked on the assignment desk at WHDH TV-7, the NBC-affiliate station for eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Responding to calls on top of monitoring scanners, press releases and competing news sources, Contreras found herself exactly where an eager student such as herself could only hope: Entrenched in the center of the station’s fast-paced daily news environment.

“People at the assignment desk are basically the behind-the-scenes reporters,

“My internship really made me think about how marketing works, how you need to focus your proposals and make sure your target is precise,” said Lavoie. “It was challenging to adapt [to that way of thinking], but it was a great learning experience. Overall, it also gave me a good perspective on how to improve my writing, and grant writing is a great skill to have.”

Although his position did not involve working directly with children, Lavoie especially enjoyed any opportunity he had to interact with the kids, who would come in from school during his last hour of work.

“It was great to have that break and be reminded of why a job like this is so important,” he said. “It’s about helping those kids.”

As part of his final project for the semester, Lavoie came up with a more convenient way for families to find information on after-school programs. He organized a community newsletter that consolidated sources for all youth sports programs in

Charlestown, which he distributed throughout locations around town as well as via email blasts and mailing lists.

“A lot of families have kids in multiple programs and sometimes it can be difficult getting all that information together,” he said. “Instead of having to go to three different sources to find information, I figured it would be easier for them to know they can find everything in one place.”

For Lavoie, getting the opportunity to use his Emmanuel College education, work for a great cause and make a difference in children’s lives were more than enough reasons to prove his internship experience was worthwhile.

“My time at Charlestown Lacrosse proved to me that when people know you’re an intern, they will go out of their way to help you and mentor you,” said Lavoie. “And having the opportunity to go out there and put together all that I have learned academically was so important.”

lect information quickly but accurately.

“It’s about paying attention to detail and communicating to the people on the floor,” she said. “You need to be able to get as much information from sources, but at the same time, realize that you can’t just take their word for it either.”

Previous work at a smaller station proved helpful in easing Contreras’ transition to a major news location, as she interned with WNJU Telemundo in New York last summer. For Contreras, the chance to learn at a slower pace proved key to establishing a foundation for her future undertakings in the field.

“Telemundo put me on the right path, I would not have had the chance to intern at Channel 7 without it,” she said. “When I got to Channel 7 it just felt like second nature to me. It helped me develop my eye for news.”

If you have information on potential internship opportunities at your company for Emmanuel College students, please contact the Office of Internships and Career Development: Emmanuel College Internships & Career Development 400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 Phone: 617-735-9930 Fax: 617-264-7695 E-mail: careerdevelopment@emmanuel.edu

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they set the tone for the day’s telecast,” she said. “It is the heart of the news.”

Growing up, Contreras remembers always having the desire to pursue a career as a news journalist. Watching newscasts with her father, she often expressed to him her appreciation for reporters’ roles in society — loving the very idea of hitting the streets, talking to people and getting the story.

“As a reporter, you have the authority to question what’s going on,” said Contreras, an English/Communication major at Emmanuel.

Her ability to ask the right questions and hit the ground running were important characteristics that helped Contreras succeed at WHDH TV-7, which depends on its assignment desk reporters to not only col-

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Emmanuel College Students Help Seniors with Computers through Cyber Café Program As part of her First Year Seminar (FYS) course during the fall semester, Assistant Professor of Education Sister Karen Hokanson, SND instituted a unique opportunity for Emmanuel students to provide service to the local community.

Through a partnership with Saint Katharine Drexel Parish in Roxbury, Sister Karen and students from her “Computers in Society: Global Connections” class provided assistance to the parish’s Cyber Café Program, an Internet and computer education program for senior citizens.

For two hours every other Friday throughout the semester, students traveled to the parish center’s computer room to tutor senior citizens on basic computer and Internet operations. The idea, which was originally generated by Senior Associate Dean of Academic Advising Carolyn Caveny, had been in the works since last spring, when Sister Karen and two students piloted the program and gauged interest from members of Saint Katharine’s community.

“We worked with senior citizens to determine what they felt their needs were and from there we developed a computer skills workbook over the summer,” said Sister Karen. “I put it into my First Year Seminar because I thought it was a beautiful way to help educate senior citizens in the use of the Internet so they could stay in touch with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

During registration, which was free for all senior citizens, those interested were asked to fill out an information sheet, which asked whether or not they had use of a personal computer at home and what knowledge they would like to gain from the program. From there, Emmanuel students helped guide them through a variety of lessons included in the workbook, beginning with basic topics such as “Anatomy of a Computer” and “Intro to the Internet” and developing into more advanced training in Powerpoint and various Windows features.

The program proved very helpful for the elders involved.

“Most of the folks were between the ages of 70 and 90 years old, so the Internet came out after they had retired,” said Sister Karen.

“What they wanted was to learn computer skills in order to be able to keep up.”

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For many of the students, the program also turned out to be beneficial in a number of ways. For instance, Rachel Peritore ’09, who served as the Instructional Assistant (IA) for Sister Karen’s FYS course, learned much about patience when it comes to teaching, a lesson she plans to utilize after graduation when she looks to teach English at the middle school or high school level.

“It is easy to forget how much technology we take for granted,” she said. “Many of the senior citizens did not even know how to turn a computer on, let alone send an email. I have learned a new patience for teaching and explaining things which will definitely help me in the long run.”

Luis Diaz ’11, meanwhile, enjoyed the interaction with his two tutees, Francis, who shared his strong interest in sports, and Sister Mary, who like him, grew up in Lawrence, MA. “Helping senior citizens is the best feeling in the world,” he said.

“You not only become a mentor, but a friend. And for them to have a college student as a friend is special to them.”

Sister Karen hopes to continue the program through the spring on a volunteer basis. For students looking for another way to make the city of Boston their extended classroom, the Cyber Café Program can prove educational for all involved. As Jordan Dunne ’11 discovered, there is much wisdom to attain from spending some time with elders.

“I learned that people never outgrow their desire to learn new things and that it’s never wrong to seek help,” she said.

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Megan Clary ’11 helps a senior citizen use the Internet at the Cyber Café

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Jansen,Wood Featured Speakers at Fall Installments ofWyant Lecture Series Katherine L. Jansen, the author of the award-winning book, The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Late Middle Ages, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Gordon Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University, were each welcomed to the College during the 2007 fall semester as guest speakers for the Wyant Lecture Series.

At the September 20th installment of the series, Jansen enlightened an audience of students, alumni, Katherine L. Jansen faculty and staff in the Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall with her vast research on Saint Mary Magdalen, using artwork to highlight the biblical figure’s rise in popularity in the late medieval period. An associate professor of history at The Catholic University of America, Jansen’s research has focused on the fields of medieval history, Italian history, religious culture and women and gender.

Throughout the lecture, Jansen explored the question, “Mary Magdalen: Sinner or Saint?,” and explained how the various — and sometimes contradicting — depictions of Magdalen have led to her allegorical status within religion. As Louise Doherty Wyant Professor Dr. Patricia Herlihy described in her introduction during

the event, “Professor Jansen strips Mary down to the bare bones of fact, skillfully describing the myths woven around her.”

On November 1st, Wood, the 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for history for his book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, brought his knowledge of the Founding Fathers to the College’s campus. In his discussion, which was influenced by his most recent work, Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founding Fathers Different, Wood investigated the imposing awe and veneration that surrounds the political figures still to this day, describing how Americans, compared to their counterparts around the world, tend to hold their Forefathers in higher regard.

“We became a nation in 1776 and thus in order to Gordon Wood know who we are, we need to know who the founders are,” said Wood. “They were an incomparable generation. The greatest in our history.”

The Louise Doherty Wyant professorship was established by the late Louise Doherty Wyant ’63 and her husband, Dr. James Wyant, to be held in the Humanities, History and the Arts, and in honor of Sister Anne Cyril Delaney, SND.

Emmanuel College’s Center for Mission and Spirituality is hosting a series of discussions for students called “Supper with the Sisters: Conversations about the Local and Global Mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame.” Held in the Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership, the series has allowed students to learn about the work of the Sisters of Notre Dame both in the U.S. and abroad.

The first semester featured discussions with Sr. Jane McGinley, SND, a doctoral student at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and Sister Mary Johnson, SND, Director of the Center for Mission and Spirituality and Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Emmanuel.

The most recent gathering with Sr. Ann Malone, SND on January 23rd looked at the mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame in

Kenya, a timely topic given the current political turmoil in the country. Other speakers during the second semester will include Sr. Catherine O’Brien, SND of Notre Dame Americorps and Executive Director of the Notre Dame Education Center Sr. Gwynette Proctor, SND. The Center for Mission and Spirituality, which was inaugurated during Founders’ Day 2007, seeks to translate into action the strong mission, beliefs and legacy of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and to make bridges to the Sisters locally, nationally and internationally. The Center also sponsors a luncheon series for faculty, staff and administration and sponsors the annual Founders’ Day celebration.

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College Celebrates Start of Academic Year with Convocation The Emmanuel College community convened in the Jean Yawkey Center gymnasium on September 13th to celebrate the start of the College’s 89th academic year with its annual Academic Convocation. Derrick Bell, one of the most highly respected constitutional law professors in America and author of Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth, which was required summer reading for all first-year students, provided this year’s Convocation address.

College President Sister Janet Eisner, SND, along with Vice President of Academic Affairs Frank Scully, Jr., welcomed students, faculty and staff to the event, an important tradition that dates back to the earliest years of the College. With members of each undergraduate class present, as well as students from the Graduate and Professional Programs and local partner schools Mission Grammar, Beacon Academy and Fenway High School, Sister Janet reminded all present of the mission that was established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur so many years ago.

“In 1919 the Sisters of Notre Dame gave Emmanuel our founding vision with their deep belief that an excellent education in the liberal arts and sciences opens doors for students and transforms their lives,” she said. “An Emmanuel education challenges students to become critical thinkers, ethical decision makers and contributing members of the local community and the global society.”

Derrick Bell Bell, an internationally recognized legal scholar, civil rights activist and writer, is a visiting professor at New York University’s law school where he teaches constitutional law.

The recipient of six honorary degrees in the last decade and the author of a number of well-respected works, he holds the distinction of being the first African American to be tenured at Harvard Law School, as well as the only academic to relinquish a coveted tenured position to protest Harvard Law School’s failure to appoint women of color.

Dorr Speaks at Sister Marie Augusta Neal, SND Lecture Donal Dorr, an Irish missionary priest and former consultant to the Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace, spoke at the Sister Marie Augusta Neal, SND Lecture on October 4th. A well-respected consultant for leadership and management teams, Dorr discussed “Ethics in the World of Business” with an audience in the Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall.

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Donal Dorr

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Alum Returns to Emmanuel as Guest Speaker for Merck Lecture Series Emmanuel alum Mary Lynne Perille Collins, Ph.D. was the keynote

Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages José AlvarezFernandez had his book Memoria y Trauma en los Testimonos de la Represión Franquista published by Anthropos Editorial, a publishing house in Barcelona.

Additionally, he recently presented a paper titled, “La Casa de Bernarda Alba: Un Retrato Cultural de la España de los Años Treinta,” at the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association Conference in late October.

Mary Lynne Perille Collins ’71

Emmanuel Hosts FamilyWeekend From October 12th-15th, Emmanuel College welcomed family and friends to campus for its annual Family Weekend.

Several students, such as Mark DaCruz ’08 (pictured here with his mother Aduzinda), were joined by family members who are also alumni. Mark is one of many in the DaCruz family to attend Emmanuel. His sister Melissa DaCruz Vergne ’03 and her husband Jariel Vergne ’03 are both alumni and hold the distinction of being the first Emmanuel College couple to be married in the College’s Chapel. Natalie

Baptista ’04 and Henry Baptista ’08, cousins of the DaCruz family, Mark DaCruz ’08 and his mother, Aduzinda DaCruz at Family Weekend

Associate Professor of Psychology Joyce Benenson coauthored the following articles in 2007: “Explaining Sex Differences in Infants’ Preferences for Groups” in Infant Behavior and Development; “The Development of Boys’ Preferential Pleasure in Physical Aggression” in Aggressive Behavior; and “Children’s Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game” in Evolution and Human Behavior.

are also linked to the College, as well as Jariel’s brother, Julio Vergne ’08. Please see Class Notes for more legacy photos.

Professor of Theology Mary Hines’ recently had her work entitled “Voice of the Faithful Survey; an Ecclesiological Reflection” appear in Voices of the Faithful: Loyal Catholics Speaking Out. Last June, she presented to the Karl Rahner Society during the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America in Los Angeles.

The title of her presentation was “What is a Bishop to Do? Rahnerian Resources for a Renewal of Episcopal Ministry.”

Dissertation Fellow of Foreign Languages Regine Joseph recently published a book chapter in a critical work on Marie Vieux-Chauvet, a feminist novelist who was censored and exiled under the dictatorship of Francois Duvalier in Haiti. The work is a theatrical adaptation of Chauvet’s censored novel. Her contribution was entitled “Ecrire sous la Dictature” (Writing under Dictatorship).

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Fr. Thomas Leclerc, M.S., recently had an article titled “Justice and Worship in Isaiah 58” published in The Bible Today 45. He also saw the publication of three books in 2007, including: Introduction to the Prophets: Their Stories, Sayings, and Scrolls; Living Liturgy: Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities; and Living Liturgy for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, 2008.

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speaker of the October 5th installment of the Merck Lecture Series. Dr. Collins, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and a 1971 graduate of the College, discussed “Rhodospirillum rubrum: Model for Membrane Assembly and Host for Production of Heterologous Membrane Proteins” in the Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall.

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Assistant Professor of Sociology Christine McKenna has been accepted to the 2008-09 Early Career Scholars Program, which is sponsored by the Sloan Center for Work and Family. The affiliation will connect her with a network of researchers and professional development opportunities as she continues to study childcare subsidiaries in the United States.

Assistant Professor of Education Corinne R. Merritt had her article, “Urban Catholic High Schools and Disadvantaged Females,” accepted by Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Notre Dame. The article focuses on the narratives and life experiences of five young women and how their Catholic secondary education met their academic, emotional, social and spiritual needs.

Associate Professor of History Melanie Murphy participated in the 2007 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute at Dartmouth College from July 9th –14th. The theme of the convention was “Beyond Antiquity: The Legacy of the Classical World.” During the six day event, Murphy took part in two mini-courses, “The British Poets of World War I and the Classical Tradition” and “Ovid in the Renaissance.” She also attended performances and lectures on such subjects as “Edward Gibbon,” “The Iliad as an Ideal-Type Honor Society” and “Classical Lessons for Political Reconciliation.”

Professor of Political Science Marie D. Natoli presented a paper entitled “Terrorism, Rhetoric, and the Imperial Presidency” at an international conference on “Interdisciplinary Analyses of Aggression & Terrorism,” in Madrid, Spain in September.

The conference was co-sponsored by the Coloquios Internationales Sobre Conflicto Y Agresion (CICA) and the Society for Terrorism Research (STR).

Assistant Professor of English David Palumbo presented a paper entitled “Re-thinking Empiricism: Sensible Decay in Stella’s Birthday Poems” at the Southeastern American Society for 18th-Century Studies at Auburn University in February. In March, he will also present his work “Sensing Inequality: The ‘Fair Defect’ in Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” in Portland, Oregon at the American Society for 18th-Century Studies.

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Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education Kimberly Santucci Sofronas’ article entitled “An Examination of the Knowledge Base for Teaching among Mathematics Faculty Teaching Calculus in Higher Education” recently appeared in Volume 14 of CBMS Issues in Mathematics Education. Additionally, in October, she and a group of approximately 30 students and faculty formed a team to participate in the 2007 Light the Night fundraiser walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, raising $3,596 towards the fight against cancer. This was the third consecutive year a team from Emmanuel has participated in the walk, with Dr. Santucci Sofronas planning to continue the tradition next year as well.

Assistant Professor of Performance Arts Tom Schnauber’s work for a capella choir called Winter Soul premiered on December 8th and 9th by the Cambridge Madrigal Singers as part of their winter concert series in Boston. He also had arias from his comic opera With Such Friends… performed in New York by the opera troupe, Opera On Tap, as part of its Oktoberfest fundraiser on October 26th. The performance was a preview of the work, which is due to be performed in its entirety in 2008. In addition, Schnauber has been commissioned to write a song for soprano and string orchestra by The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin (Moscow), setting a poem entitled “The Rain Has Flown” by Vladimir Nabokov as part of its Nabokov Song Project. In midDecember, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin also performed his work for string orchestra called Night of the Transfigured Dead, which they commissioned last year, as part of its “Christmas at the Kremlin” festival series.

Associate Professor of Management Diana Stork presented two works at the Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting and Proceedings in New Brunswick, NJ last May. The title of her papers were “Donor Decisions and Choice: Sustaining Charitable Organizations” and “Contemporary HR Roles: Emotional Intelligence and Effectiveness.” In addition, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Eastern Academy of Management.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Jon Paul Sydnor made two presentations at the American Academy of Religion conference in November. His first presentation addressed the practice of comparative theology by an Indian theologian, Abraham Varghese Kunnuthara. The second compared an Indian work of art, “The Dancing Shiva,” with Picasso’s 1930 “Crucifixion.” In addition, he recently published an article in the International Review of Mission on the theology of religions of Jacques Dupuis, S.J.

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The women’s soccer team capped off the fall season with its second Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship in five years and a berth in the 2007 NCAA Division III tournament. The Saints’season officially came to a close November 10th with a 3-1 loss to Tufts University in the opening round.

For the Saints, who entered the game ranked No. 7 in the New England region, the NCAA tournament berth represented the culmination of an impressive season. Before claiming the GNAC title with a come-from-behind win against Emerson College in the championship game, they strung together an unprecedented 16-game unbeaten streak — a timeframe that extended nearly two months without a mark in the loss column. Additionally, their 17 wins set a new program record — shattering the previous mark of 12 set by the 2003 squad — and their 12-0-1 conference record represented the first time in program history the team finished undefeated in GNAC play.

Offensively, this year’s Saints put together a stellar collection of statistics, which included a total of 72 goals and 193 points. In all, 15 players contributed to the scoring this fall, with six of the top 10 scorers being members of the freshmen class.

Leading the charge was rookie Amber Di Nucci, who was the top threat in all offensive categories. Her 18 goals, 11 assists and 47 points on the season placed her among the elite in the conference and she finished the season earning GNAC Rookie of the Year and tournament Most Valuable Player distinctions.

Earning selections to the All-Tournament team along with Di Nucci were Stephanie Levesque ’11, Hillary Mota ’10 and Kate McKenna ’10. Di Nucci, McKenna and Erin Kelly ’08 also earned All-Conference honors for their play during the regular season as well.

Women’s Basketball Visits China Over Winter Recess Over the winter break, the Emmanuel College women’s basketball team traveled to Beijing to participate in exhibition games against a number of China’s top universities.

During the trip, the Saints had the opportunity to play against elite schools such as Beijing Sports University, Beijing University and the Jinli All Stars, as well as tour the numerous historic sites around the country. Guided excursions to the Forbidden City, Great Wall, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven were just some of the locations scheduled during the Saints’stay from December 28th to January 5th. A total of 38

members of the Emmanuel community took part in the trip, including players, coaches, staff, family and friends.

Senior Associate Dean of Academic Advising Carolyn Caveny was among the group who traveled to China and represented the College and the team as an educational coordinator. One of her responsibilities involved planning and facilitating presentations and discussions for the student athletes. Caveny assembled a pre-trip orientation with speakers such as Assistant Professor of History Caroline Reeves and Director of the Colleges of the Fenway Global Education Opportunities (GEO) Center Robin Melavalin with the intent of educating the Saints about the distinctive country and culture they would encounter.

Please visit the College’s website, www.emmanuel.edu, for a detailed re-cap of, and photos from, the trip.

Look for further details on the team’s trip in the next issue of Emmanuel Magazine.

DaRocha Named GNAC Cross Country Coach of the Year At the GNAC Championship, held at St. Joseph’s College (ME) on October 26th, Cross Country Head Coach Tony DaRocha, in his seventh year at the helm of the Saints’program, was recognized as the GNAC Coach of the Year.

“It was nice to be honored by my fellow coaches,” said DaRocha. “[Assistant coach] Alice [Kramer] and I have worked hard over the last seven years to develop a program that we can be proud of. Our focus has always been to make sure that our athletes represent Emmanuel in a positive manner.

Sportsmanship is stressed and we are thankful that the other coaches in the league feel the same way.”

“We have always believed that we have one of the best cross country and track coaches in the Northeast, if not in the nation,” said Director of Athletics and Recreation Pam Roecker of DaRocha.“We are proud his peers in the GNAC recognized the fantastic job he does with our student-athletes at Emmanuel College.”

For information on all your favorite Saint teams, please visit www.emmanuel.edu and click on Athletics.

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who received All-Conference honors in their respective sports: Anna Marie Podnecky (women’s tennis) – 2nd Team Amber Di Nucci (women’s soccer) – 1st Team & Rookie of the Year Erin Kelly (women’s soccer) – 1st Team Kate McKenna (women’s soccer) – 1st Team Tully Nicholas (women’s soccer) – 1st Team Lindsey Parker- (women’s volleyball) – 2nd Team Amanda Machado (women’s volleyball) – 2nd Team Christine Gaspar (women’s cross country) – 1st Team Emily McCaffrey (women’s cross country) – 1st Team

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CLASSnotes We invite you to share your news with your classmates!

You may contact your class notes correspondent(s) directly, or call 617-735-9771, or e-mail alumni@emmanuel.edu. Your classmates want to hear about what you are doing!

1932 Margaret B. McCullough Buckley 180 Main Street Apartment #D241 Walpole, MA 02081-4051

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Insurance Committee helping seniors with Medicare, Medicaid, as well as assisting them in other areas.

Jean Reddy Kennedy moved to Georgia, where she is living near her daughter, Janet, and her family.

Anastasia Kirby Lundquist 33 Hancock Street Auburndale, MA 02466

1944 Rose C. Merenda

1937 Mary T. Dynan Battell 67 Tufts Street Arlington, MA 02474-6838

1938 Frances-Marie Connaughton Mitchell 81 Emerson Road Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-3411

1945 Elizabeth V. Mahoney 8 Edward Street Canton, MA 02021-2304

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Patricia Anne Lyons passed away on September 27, 2007. The class, via correspondent, Frances-Marie Connaughten Mitchell, extends its condolences and prayers to Patricia’s family.

Alice McCarthy

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Miriam O’Connell Santilli

Sister Therese Gerard Kleh, SND 30 Jeffrey's Neck Road Ipswich, MA 01938-1398

Sr. Therese Gerard Kleh, SND reports with sadness the death of Marie Marchi Bonello in July 2007 and of John E. Caffrey, son of Evelyn White Caffrey. The class also extends its condolences to Miriam Fellows Best, whose husband, Fred, passed away in February 2007 and to Rita Callan Schleker, whose son, Jonathan, died at the age of fifty-four. Rita cared for him devotedly for many years.

Martina Gugger Bursik writes from Minnesota that she had to lay low due to illness beginning in February, but she has now resumed independent living. The class wishes Martina continued good health.

1942 Catherine Nigro Guinee 15 Brewster Lane Acton, MA 01720-4252

1943 The class of 1943 extends its sympathy to the family of Eunice Kelley Yost, longtime class correspondent, who passed away in June 2007. Eunice was a dedicated writer of class notes for the Emmanuel Magazine for many years. We are most grateful to her.

The class also sends its condolences to the families of Mary King and Roseann Schomer, who both passed away recently.

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258 Negansett Avenue Warwick, RI 02888-3425 rosemerenda@earthlink.net

676 Farm Road Marlborough, MA 01752-2519

1947 55 Sargent Street Melrose, MA 02176 Due to a long standing commitment on the weekend of the reunion, Nancy Nolan Clancy regrets that she was unable to attend but wants all to know she was there in spirit. Mary hopes everyone enjoyed the reunion weekend and wishes for all many years ahead filled with peace, health, and happiness.

1948 Mary Corcoran 247 Washington Avenue #9 Winthrop, MA 02152

1949 Joan Brennan Goodwin 134 Scott Circle Dedham, MA 02026

Jean E. Dowd Lynch 47 Westdale Road Westwood, MA 02090

1950 Lorraine Muse Crosby 93 Walnut Hill Road Newton Highlands, MA 02461

1951 Ann Blute Vogt 18 Pomfret Street West Roxbury, MA 02132-1810 annlvogt@aol.com

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Anna Noone McDonald retired from her vol-

Regina Sullivan Hunter

unteer job after twenty years. She had worked for the State of Washington

32 Stubtoe Lane Sudbury, MA 01776

Caitlin Landry ’08, Nicholas Landry ’10 (far right) and their mother, Jane Landry, along with Ryan Bringhurst ’08 (far left) and Gregory Ainsworth ’08, pose outside of the Jean Yawkey Center during Family Weekend in October.

The Landrys’ great aunt, the late Margaret A. Cahill ’42 (pictured front row center) also attended Emmanuel. Do you know any of the other Emmanuel College alumni pictured in the photo? If so you can e-mail us at

alumni@emmanuel.edu or call us at

(617) 735-9771.

1954 Barbara Raftery 151 Wolcott Road Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3132

1955 Ann Kelley Ryan 404 Country Way Scituate, MA 02066-2514 “A trip of a lifetime,” writes Grace LaFauci Taylor of her magical trip to the Galapagos Islands (600 miles of the coast of Ecuador) in August 2006. After teaching for years about Darwin and the unique animals found there she was thrilled to see giant tortoises (including Lonesome George), land and marine iguanas, small penguins (on the equator!), a school of dolphins jumping alongside the boat, Orca whales, and birds such as the bluefooted booby, black frigates extending red throat pouches to entice females, cormorants, pelicans, and Darwin’s finches — all tame. Grace climbed the rim of a volcano to see fumaroles, up a lava flow to a cliff overlooking the Pacific, and, inadvertently, swam with a frolicking sea lion.

So much fun, in fact, that Grace and her educator friends went on a three-week

safari to Kenya in June 2007. She traveled 2,500 miles, visiting seven National Parks, above and below the equator. “How exciting to see large mammals in their native habitats including the ‘big five’ (elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros and Cape buffalo), as well as hippos, cougars, and my favorite — giraffes.” The group brought supplies to three schools, visited an archeological site, a Maasai village, a collaborative, and a Samboro village for displaced women and their children. It was another “trip of a lifetime.”

Ann Casey is happily teaching all-day kindergarten at St. Mary’s School in Brookline, MA. She has a myriad of cute stories about her “charges.”

Others are equally happy to be retired from teaching — to name a few: Claire Delay Enright, Pat Dwyer Dawson, and a new “lady of leisure,” Mary Burke (recently retired from a professorship at Suffolk University).

Polly Donovan Smith donates time to the Marshfield Senior Center when she isn’t taking interesting courses (along with Maryanne Connolly Kerrigan).

1963 Cora Ciriello Maggioni wings her way to

Catherine Berlinghieri Rossi

California frequently to visit two daughters.

50 Webster Street Arlington, MA 02474-3318 caterossi@aol.com

Alyce Vincent Hanley and Peg Murphy Bush

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Diane Fava D’Errico’s son, Keith M. Golden, M.D., has been awarded a fellowship in cardiology from UNC Chapel Hill Medical Center.

Janet O’Donnell Murphy The Class Luncheon continues to be a great way to keep in touch. Our last was attended by 22 and 2 guests. Every gettogether has had both new- and “old“comers. The next one is scheduled for April 2008. Give your class correspondent a call for more information.

Suite 1920 111 W Washington Street Chicago, IL 60602-2719 MUR1411@aol.com

1965 Lucille Farina Carberry

1956

22 Haverhill Street North Reading, MA 01864

Joan Paille 113 Church Street South Easton, MA 02375 jtpaille@aol.com

Anne Abokalil Alonso died in August 2007 in Cambridge. Anne was a Ph.D. holding psychotherapist and professor, as well as a mother, wife, and grandmother.

Ida Catalano Privatera passed away in the spring of 2007. The class sends their condolences to her family.

1957 Irene Griffin 280 Liberty Street Braintree, MA 02184 igrif@beld.net

1958 Joanne Cannon Murphy 11 Lilac Circle Wellesley, MA 02482-4569

1959 Phyllis McManus Hayes 3 Oak Road Canton, MA 02021 thomasjHayes@att.net

1960 Maria C. Keilhauer 10 Avenue 8-23 Zona 14 Guatemala City Guatemala, C.A. rmkeil@msn.com

1961 Maureen McKenna Horn 50 Fairway Circle Natick, MA 01760 maureenmhorn@aol.com

1962 Janet Hamilton Carr 235 Winthrop Street Unit #7712 Medford, MA 02155 janetcarr8@comcast.net

Ann Harrington Brockette retired from teaching after 40 years in the classroom. She completed her career as Professor of Communications at Amberton University in Dallas, TX. Married to Jack Brockette for 40 years (in June 2008), Ann has five grandchildren, Victoria, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Ocean, and Samantha. She is currently president of The Ward Center, a company that specializes in drafting technical documents for major businesses in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

1966 Joan Hurley Black 166 Ocean Way Vero Beach, FL 32963 casablacka@earthlink.net

1967 Marcia Grandone Powers 54 Mayall Road Waltham, MA 02453

Jane Cobbett passed away on June 14, 2007 at the age of sixty-one after a heroic battle with renal cancer. Some years after graduating from Emmanuel, Jane earned a degree in Hospitality Management from the Escuela Superior de Administracion de Instituciones, now a faculty of the Universidad Panamericana, in Mexico City. For the last 25 years she worked in the financial department and in hospitality management at Bayridge Residence and Culture Center in Boston. Tricia Kelly recently wrote of Jane, “She knew how to make the most ordinary circumstances of life enjoyable for others and inspired many young women with her life of dedication and service. She deeply understood the meaning of friendship.”

1969 Patricia Claus Keating 56 Oaks Road Framingham, MA 01702-5938

Edwina Maksym recently returned to the Boston area after living and working in Washington, D.C. for many years. She is happy to be back and hopes to reconnect with her classmates.

1975 Marie Campagna Franklin 29 Trowbridge Avenue Newtonville, MA 02460-2222

235 Park Drive Apt. 32 Boston, MA 02215

Bobbilynn Hawkins Lee is a Colonel and pediatric urologist in the US Army. She will soon retire from the military and would like to contact her old roommate, Rosemary Bacco-Costello, to invite her to the ceremony. Bobbilynn plans to move to Arizona after her retirement.

1971

1976

Susan Cooney Murphy

Eileen Devlin MacPherson

569 Annaquatucket Road North Kingstown, RI 02852-5601 Rid23560@ride.ri.net

57 Lincoln Woods Road Waltham, MA 02451-1431

1970 Valerie Gigliotti

23 North Hill Avenue Needham, MA 02492-1221 ndiamondbu@yahoo.com

Joanne Choquette Curley recently earned national certification in world languages from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Joanne is one of only three world language educators in Connecticut and one of 838 foreign language teachers in the country to ever achieve this national certification status.

According to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, national board certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession. Certification is attained through a rigorous performancebased assessment, typically requiring up to three years to complete. Joanne’s accomplishment was officially recognized and honored at the Connecticut State Capital Building in June, 2007. Joanne’s other teaching honors include Plainville, CT’s “Teacher of the Year” award in 2005 and the “Dancing with Giants” award from the superintendent of schools in 1995.

Joanne is also a BEST (Beginning Educators Support Teacher) mentor and a BEST assessor for the state of Connecticut. Many congratulations are extended to Joanne for her great accomplishments.

1974

1977

Mary McManus Bagley and her husband, Bill,

Julie Donovan Gantley

have relocated from Connecticut to the North Shore. They are living in Rockport

2307 89th Street NW Bradenton, FL 34209 jgantley@aol.com

1972 Ann Marie Keegan 185 South Cobble Hill Road Warwick, RI 02886-9336 gallokeegan@aol.com

Denise Murray Kofron’s son, Michael Kofron, was married on June 2, 2007. Many alumni from the class of ’72 attended the event including, Mary Ellen Remmert-Loud,

Ann Lisi Purr, Susan Richard, Joanne Bonomo Pease, Sr. Patricia Toce, SND, and MaryAlice Couillard DeCesare. Other alumni in attendance were Louise Coggeshall ’71 and Anne Marie Skowron Mahoney ’73. In January 2007 Denise left the Southborough Library to become the Children’s Librarian at the Hopkinton Public Library in Hopkinton, MA.

1973 Noreen Diamond Burdett

Where on Earth is Regina Preziosi DeRise?

Traveling! Although Regina and her husband, Marty, both continue to work, they have been traveling more. In the last few years they’ve been to Italy, Sicily, China, Machu Picchu, and the Amazon rainforest of Peru.

and are both working in Beverly, MA. Mary is currently teaching history, religion, and art to grades six through eight at St. Mary Star of the Sea School in Beverly.

After spending a wonderful year at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama, Japan, Barbara-Jean Kubik, SND is now the Hartford Site Director for Notre Dame AmeriCorps. She is working with nine members, three of whom are teaching and tutoring in Hartford, CT, and six who are teaching interns at St. Martin de Porres Academy, a nativity school in New Haven, CT. Barbara-Jean invites you to check out the program’s website (www.ndmva.org) and help find new members for the 2008–2009 service year.

1968 Elizabeth Sullivan Cimini 133 Pawtuxet Avenue Cranston, RI 02905-4030

Kathryn Fullam Jerram’s daughter, Betsy Jerram ’98, received her J.D. from

Christina Bencivenni ’08 looks on with her aunt, Emmanuel graduate Deborah Nacewi ’73, at the Family Weekend Senior Cap and Gown Ceremony in October.

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each appreciate the cards, notes, and prayers.

Massachusetts School of Law on June 1, 2007.

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1978 Kim Cronin 35 Hillside Road Lincoln, MA 01773-4106

1979

Emmanuel when we were young and carefree. Plan on attending if you can.” If you would like to be involved in planning the reunion, contact Sandra Strong at sandra.strong@rcn.con or Maureen Hallice to offer to help.

Doreen Jachimowski 33 Kensington Avenue New Britain, CT 06051

1984 Kathleen Keough

Jayne LaCarubba Mazzaglia

226 Grove Street, Apt 6 Northhampton, MA 01060 kkeough19@comcast.net

14 W Parish Ridge Road Haverhill, MA 01832-1197

Lisa Taleghani

Robin Schlager Shaye-Pietrunti married

11 Cheever Street Revere, MA 02151-5008

1980

Nicholas Pietrunti on June 9, 2007 at Glen Ellen Country Club in Millis, MA. Robin wrote the couple’s interfaith ceremony, which combined both Jewish and Catholic traditions. Nick and Robin bought a house in Natick, MA, and they have two boys and two girls each. The family also acquired Spirit, a Portuguese water dog, who joins their cat, Zach.

Robin’s oldest son, Seth, will be attending Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA in September. Her son, Adam, a junior, and daughter, Arielle, a sophomore, attend Natick High. Both are on the varsity swim team. Robin’s daughter Eliza is in the fourth grade at the Rashi School in Newton. Eliza is a budding actress and has already appeared on the Food Network with Al Roker and had a small role in a movie. Life is crazy, busy, and fun!

Paula McArdle rowed in the 2007 Head of the Charles Regatta. She was in the women’s Master Eight Class. Her husband, Chris Vondrasek, rowed in the men’s event. Both teams distinguished themselves in this famous race. Paula and Chris reside in Seattle, WA, and Paula is a curator at the Tacoma Art Museum. Jean Twomey, Jane Owens Triano, and Catherine Price were on hand to cheer Paula and Chris and to reminisce their college days while enjoying a meal in the North End after the race. Jean is an artist and writer residing in Portland, ME, with her husband, Jeff. Jane is an attorney and Montessori teacher residing in North Andover, MA, with her husband, Nick and children, Lydia and Nicholas. Cathy is a physician residing in Bedford, MA, with her husband, Joe, and daughter, Katy.

1981 Sandra Voytush Griffin Sheppard is looking for a classmate from the nursing program, named Ginny (Virginia). Sandra would love to get in touch with her.

1982 Mary E. Donlan 161 Quai de Valmy 75010 Paris France medonlan@yahoo.com

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1992

1997

Kathryn (Kate) Begley

Elizabeth Motte

413 Highland Avenue Orlando, FL 32801-1503 kbegley@hotmail.com

10 Boxford Terrace #2 West Roxbury, MA 02132

Kelli Chapin Kennedy Karen Zraket Pappalardo 298 Hampshire Road Apt A Methuen, MA 01844-1119

Melissa Joy Tremblay

1993 Rhonda L. Cook Haller 10 Londonderry Lane Derry, NH 03038-5118

1994 Tara O’Brien Cordeiro

1985

84 Loring Avenue Whitman, MA 02382

73 Alice Street North Dartmouth, MA 02747

25 Arlington Road, Apt. 3-2 Woburn, MA 01801-4953 mjtremblay24@hotmail.com

Julia Stitson Fehmel and her husband, Erik Fehmel, are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Max Josef Fehmel, on July 27, 2007 at 3:07 p.m. Max weighed six pounds, thirteen ounces and measured twenty-one inches long. Julia and family currently live in Pelham, New Hampshire.

Kathryn T. Bowler Vitali 5996 Wescott Hills Way Alexandria, VA 22315-4746 ktblrnasl@aol.com

1986

Aine Mairead Cryts

Jacquie Granfield Hoskins and her husband, Leroy, are busy with their fourteen month-old son, Trey.

354 Market Street, Apt. 4 Brighton, MA 02135 Politica26@aol.com

1998

1995

Margaret (Peggy) Dillon-Cecil pcecil793@hotmail.com

1987 Jacquelyn Buck Kelley 281 Spring Street East Bridgewater, MA 02333-1827

Ann-Marie Hart 953 County Road P.O. Box 152 Cataumet, MA 02534 AMHart@adelphia.net On May 12, 2007 Donna Battey Fish and her husband, John, celebrated their twelfth wedding anniversary. They have a daughter, Katie, age eight, and a son, Ryan, age five and a half. They are all happy and healthy.

1988

Rebecca Consentino Hains Eileen Miller Crean 15 Springhill Avenue, Apt. 2 Bridgewater, MA 02324-2526

1996 Gina DeVivo Brassaw

Mandy L. Price 1513 E Mobile Lane Phoenix, AZ 85040

318 Jackson Street Willimantic, CT 06226 gina.brassaw@uconn.edu

Alison Ward Nyhan

Jennefer Aquavia and her husband, Paul Willis Jr., welcomed a baby girl, Madison Elizabeth, on September 7, 2006.

1999

208 South Street Concord, NH 03301

Andrea Pappalardo Rossi Andrea DeFeo married Jesse Dotterrer on July 29, 2006. In attendance were Emmanuel Alumae, Chrissa Sarhanis Kaselis ’96, Julia Gange Moisiades ’97, and Melissa Tremblay ’97. Andrea and Jesse enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon cruise of the Eastern Carribbean and currently live in Worcester, MA.

Christine A. Busi DeGiacomo 10 Drummond Road Stoneham, MA 02180-2121 ctgam@comcast.net

3425 Verner Street Drexel Hill, PA 19026-2910 rebecca@hains.net

Amy Capoccia Whitney and family welcomed their daughter, Sadie, born in May 2007.

Six-year-old brother, Kieran, is smitten.

23 Macarthur Road Plainville, CT 06062

Betsy Jerram recently accepted the position of Director of Resource Development for the United Way of Greater Nashua, New Hampshire.

2000 Hillary Oak Hiers 140 Hepburn Road Apt 8A Clifton, NJ 07012

Stephanie A. Medeiros Wasserman 68 Birchtree Drive Westwood, MA 02090

1989 Michelle E. Duschang 143 W Brookline Street, Apt. 406 Boston, MA 02118-1565

Elizabeth Orrell and her family celebrate the birth and adoption of their daughter, Lea Victoria Rapson.

1990 Julie Nolet Berthiaume 16 Glines St. Haverhill, MA 01830

1983

1991

Sandra Capriulo Strong

Julie Reyburn

20 Bryant Street Apt. #2 Woburn, MA 01801 sandra.strong@comcast.net

790 11th Avenue Apartment 34G New York, NY 10019-3521 www.juliereyburn.com

Sandra Capriulo Strong wants to remind the class that this coming year represents our 25th reunion! The dates for the event are May 30 through June 1, 2008. Sandra writes, “It would be wonderful to see each other and to reminisce about our days at

Nancy Jeffery married William Harrison on September 15, 2001. They welcomed their first child, Nolan Robert Jeffery Harrison, on December 24, 2005.

Lyndsey Valanzola ’11 attends the President’s Reception during Emmanuel’s Family Weekend in October with her brother, Michael Valanzola ’07.

2001 Sarah Consentino 38 Vinton Street, Floor 1 South Boston, MA 02127 sarah@sarahconsentino.com

Sarah Consentino has recently been promoted to Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations in the Division of Development and The Jimmy Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she has worked for the past three years. She continues to perform in local theater productions and lives with her boyfriend, Corey, in Lynn, Massachusetts.

2002

Ainsley Lake graduated from Suffolk University’s Frank Sawyer School of Management with an MBA in Finance in May 2007. He is also currently working as a Relationship Manager with State Street Bank & Trust’s Wealth Manager Division. Ainsley would like for you all to know, “I am thankful that Emmanuel College has provided me a foundation to grow, which allows me to take advantage of opportunities for success as they arise.”

In Memoriam We pray for the following alumni who passed away or were remembered at a Memorial Mass in the Emmanuel College Chapel from July 2007 to November 2007.

Lisa Letourneau Mazzola married Anthony Mazzola of Westfield State College on July 21, 2007. She works for Attleboro Public Schools as a fourth grade teacher.

Christina (Tina) Sullivan

Timonthy Kane and Renee Hacket Kane mar-

12 Beach Street Millbury, MA 01527

ried October 20, 2007 after meeting at Emmanuel and being friends throughout college.

1930s

1960s

Grace Doherty McCarthy ’35

Sr. Marie West, SND, ’60

Patricia Anne Lyons ’38

Jane Marie Cobbett ’67

Hilda DeLeo Mahoney ’38

Ellen Mae Ryder ’67

Rebecca Frade Dutra married Jesse Dutra on October 7, 2007. After the wedding, the couple went on an amazing week-long honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico.

Monique Ocasio recently changed positions at Harvard University. Previously, Monique was the supervisor of student records at the FAS Office of the Registrar.

She is currently the office manager for the Registrar’s Office at the Division of Continuing Education. Before moving to Harvard and the field of higher education, Monique had a career in youth services at the Boston Private Industry Council where she was a Career Specialist at Charlestown High School. She is also still actively involved with Showa Boston, which was first introduced to her at Emmanuel through the College Connection program. Monique currently participates in the Showa Friendship Circle (SFC) where she is matched with a pair of Showa students for intercultural exchange, conversational exchange, and other activities. Monique is thankful that Emmanuel College introduced her to such a great program.

2006

1940s

Laura Mason

Marie Marchi Bonello ’41

10 Garfield Ave Palmyra, NJ 08065 eclaura06@yahoo.com

Susan Aguiar finished her Masters in Higher Education at Suffolk University in August 2007. Susan headed to Washington, D.C. this fall to take part in the SND Mission Volunteer AmeriCorps program. She is living with three other volunteers and working at Mary House, a non-profit organization for low-income, refugee, and immigrant families. Mary House offers programs for mothers, an after-school program, a food pantry, and adult education.

Alaric Frazier is attending the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX.

Florence M. Barry ’42 Mary K. King ’43

Eunice Kelley Yost ’43 Marie Walsh Bowen ’45 Elizabeth R. Fleming, ’45 Barbara Haviland Nash ’46

Rosetta Sharry Sheehan ’47

Kathleen Crosby Gallagher ’48 Jean Farrell Lenehan ’48

Anne E. Sullivan ’70 Nancy McCarron Williams ’71 Bro. Raymund F. Davey, FSC, MS ’ 1980s Margaret E. Klacik ’88

1990s Paul M. Drainville ’94

1950s

Mary Doyle Thoen ’51 Sister Margaret V. Donovan, SND, ’53 Jean Lenox Powers ’55

Wendy Forsyth Groves is interested in contacting classmate, Walter O’Connor, who goes by

Anne Abokalil Alonso ’56

“Sam.” Wendy regrets losing contact after graduation and would love to catch up.

Jean McNulty Donnelly ’57

32 Irving St. Medford, MA 02155 allisonfraske@yahoo.com

1970s

Lavina Murray Duffy ’48

Maryann Ziemba

Allison Fraske

Maria Gabriella DeMello ’69

Teresa Mason Halligan ’47

Elizabeth Arribea Sweeney ’51

2004

Jacqueline (“Lynn”) M. Dame ’69

Roseann Schomer ’43

2003 12 Tompson Road Braintree, MA 02184 ziembam@bu.edu

Sr. Barbara A. Ciccolini, SND, ’68

Sr. Margaret St. Joseph Flynn, SND, ’58 Sr. William Julie Hurley, SND, ’58 Sr. Ann Claire Looney, SND, ’58

Keri-Rose Harkins 8810 Citrus Village Drive #202 Tampa, FL 33626 keriroseharkins@yahoo.com 3 Rocky Hill Dr. Litchfield, NH 03025 afontaine16@yahoo.com

2005 Ali Weller 108 Peterborough Street PH East Boston, MA 02215 welleral@gmail.com

Errata The following alumni were inadvertently omitted, or listed in an incorrect giving society, in the 2007 Giving Report. We extend our sincere apologies and great appreciation for the thoughtful support of the following: Associates ($2,500 - $4,999) Marie Maher ’51 Notre Dame ($1,000 - $2,499) Patricia Boyden Morris ’51

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Emmanuel College hosted the first-ever President’s Society Reception on November 7th, an event which recognized the support of the College’s top donors. Held at Merck Research Laboratories-Boston on the Emmanuel campus, guests were thanked for their remarkable support and learned about the College’s strategic vision.

THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY IS THE PREMIER

Left to right: Helen Coleman Stanton ’41, Noreen Dimond ’56, Anne Stanton Mikulski ’73, Marietta Marchitelli ’56, Margaret Dennison Sweeney ’51, Margaret Gallagher ’51.

Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SND, Chair of the Board of Trustees Thomas J. Hynes, Emmanuel Treasurer Sister Anne Mary Donovan, SND and Board of Trustees member Jack Connors, Jr.

DONOR RECOGNITION SOCIETY. Leadership

gifts made by President’s Society members support the realization of Emmanuel’s founding vision. $25,000+ .................Benefactor $10,000+ .................Patron $5,000+ ...................Founder $2,500+ ...................Associate

His Eminence Cardinal Séan Patrick O’Malley, OFM, Cap. offered a greeting to guests following a Por Cristo Mass, also held on the Emmanuel campus

To learn more about joining the President’s Society, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 617-735-9771 or SupportUs@emmanuel.edu

Assistant Professor of Biology Josef Kurtz and Chair of the President’s Society Leslie McCafferty ’76 with student speakers Ryan Rivard ’08 and Emily Willmer ‘08

Upcoming 2008 Events

FEBRUARY 7

MARCH 27

MAY 10

MAY 30 – JUNE 1

Founders’ Day

Wyant Lecture

Commencement

Alumni Weekend

Please visit our web site at www.emmanuel.edu for details on these and other events!

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