The Communicator

2007·7.9 MB·English

Head Coach Erin Sullivan G'06and Ed Lindsay'78 unveilthe newsoccershelters.
Share the Dream
ALUMNI DONATIONS SPUR SUPRENANT FIELD RENOVATIONS
"The alumni have a lot of love for Several men's soccer alumni pledged significantfinancial
this program, for the things Coach donations forfacility upgrades to Suprenant Field during
Downes did with us and the things the team's annual reunion, September 23-25, 2006. Included
Coach Sullivan is doing now." in the gift was funding for a set of new soccer bench shelters
given by Ed Lindsay '78, which arrived in time for Home-
—Ed Lindsay 78 comingWeekend.
"I feel it is important to give back Dan Boskey '76, Bob DeMarco '76, Gary LaPede '75, and
to the College. want to stay GaryWebster '77 contributed the funding for a fence to
I
involved in theAlumni Association enclose Suprenant Field.The fence will be in place in time
and continue to support the Men's for the beginning ofthe 2007 season.
Soccer program."
—
Dan Boskey 76
When you support the Fund for
Western New England College, you
help make the dream of a private
college education a reality for
deserving students.
Support the dream. Give back
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Contents
4 Campaign KickoffMarks Day of
Celebration and Transformation
The College community celebrates the public launch of
Transformations: The Campaignfor Western NewEnglandCollege.
12 Leadership: It's All About People
Human Resource executive Kim Kenny-Rockwal '90/G'OO offers
insights in howto prepare for and excel in leadership roles.
13 Faculty Authors Explore Variety ofTopics
Read about recently published books by faculty authors.
14 Engineering is Anything But
Mechanical for Annette Knopf '87
Annette Knopftravels from conference rooms to aircraft carriers.
COVER STORY 16 Projects Link Computer Science to Community
Multigenerational outreach projects connect students to the community.
Lessons in Leadership
17 Transformations Campaign News
Read howgrants and corporate contributions haveplayed an integral role
Alumni Donald G. Campbell in helpingthe Transformations Campaign raise $16.3 million toward its
'73/G'79, Kevin S. Delbridge 77, $20 million goal.
Daniel P. McLaughlin '96, and 18 Homecoming 2006
AnnMarie Alexander L'Ol share A celebration ofGolden Bearpride and communityspirit.
the lessons in leadership that 20 Athletic Reunions: Men's Soccer and Football
inspire them to devote their A return to campus brings warm memories for former athletes and inspires
time and talent to Western some to contribute to the future ofthe College's athletic program.
New England College. 22 Forging the Math Frontier: Dr.Jennifer Beineke
The School ofArts and Sciences is pushingthe boundaries ofmathematical
research through Dr. Beineke's workon the renowned Riemann hypothesis.
Campus and 24 New Leadership Team Heads School ofBusiness
Community
Newlyappointed DeanJulie Siciliano '81/G'84 and Assistant Dean Marilyn
Pelosi have a new mission andvision for the School ofBusiness.
2 President's Message MBA
25 In a League ofIts Own: The Sport
3 Letters to the Editor The newMBA Sport is settingthe gold standard in graduate education.
10 Campus Update
21 Student Spotlight
26 Sports Update
28 Alumni News
30 Class Notes
41 From the Archives
ALUMNIASSOCIATION The mission oftheAlumniAssociation ofWestern New England College isto communicatewith and bring
MISSION STATEMENT valueto the alumni body and to support actively and financiallythe goals ofthe College as detailed in its
Mission Statement,
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DEAR BENEFACTORS AND FRIENDS OF
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE,
Iamgratefultoouralumniandfriendswhocaredeeplyabout
WesternNewEnglandCollegeandwhoappreciateoureffortsto
elevateandenhancethegrowingreputationofeveryaspectofthe
College. Ouracademicprograms,facilities, andtheconsistently
highqualityofourfacultyand studentsareattributeswidelyrecog-
nized locally, regionally,and nationally.
While I thankyou foryourpastsupportthathasenabledusto
makeremarkableprogressinthecourseofthepastyear,Iappeal to
youtosupport Transformations: TheCampaignfor WesternNew
EnglandCollege.Witha$20milliongoal,thisinitiativeisthemost
ambitiousfundraisingeffortintheCollege'shistoryand isourfirst
comprehensivecampaign.Through thisCampaignwearestriving
toincreasestudentfinancialaid,supportcurriculumand faculty
development,andenhanceouracademicandstudentlife facilities.
Oneofourgoalsistoreach atotalof$19.2 million in giftsand
pledgesbyDecember31,2007,toreceivean$800,000challenge
grantthatwasawardedbyTheKresgeFoundation.
1 call uponyou to makealargergift to thisyear's annual fund
orto makea special gift to the Campaign so thatwemaycontin-
ueto transform theCollege. And to ouralumniwhohave never
givenbefore, nowisthe timetobreakthe habitand makeyour
vitallyimportant and needed firstgift;you, too. canbepartof
ourtransformation!
Pleasehelpuscontinue toachieve theexcellenceweall seek
forWesternNewEnglandCollege.Thefinancial supportofmany
donorsovertheyears has helped us implementourplans for
progress. I knowthat1 canthankyou nowinadvance foryour
generositythroughyourgiftthisyeartotheCollege'sannualfund
(which countstowardtheCampaign)andtothe Transformations
Campaign.
Sincerely,
AnthonyCaprio
President
2 Communicator Winter 2007
TheCommunicatoris
Letters to the Editor publishedforthealumni,
parents,andfriendsof
WesternNewEnglandCollege.
The trip to Tuscany, Italy, last summer offered a unique oppor- PRESIDENTOFTHECOLLEGE
tunity for alumni from across generations and graduation AnthonyS.Caprio
years to make connections and share a common experience. VICEPRESIDENTFORADVANCEMENT
BeverlyJ.Dwighl
Fifteen Western New England College alumni were among VAINCDEPERXETSEIRDNEANLTAFFOFRAIMRASRKETING
a group which launched a joint travel program coordinated BarbaraCampanella
among several New England colleges. DIRECTOROFALUMNIRELATIONSAND
ANNUALGIVING
KatherineM.PappasG98
Alumna Patricia L. Bonnett '84 shared these thoughts with
EDITOR
us about the trip: MaryMcLeanOrszulak
Patricia L, Bonnett'84
SPORTSUPDATEEOrrOR
KenCerino
"/ willalways remember the beginning, butsoon Look for future announce-
Tuscany's beautiful country- became friends as wellas ments of travel opportunities CAMPUSUPDATEEDITOR
DavidStawasz
side and friendlypeople. traveling companions. The both in the U.S. and abroad
Traveling with Western New fun andexcitementofthis In future issues of The WRITERS
PatriciaGagnon
England College alumni trip was magnified by the Communicator, Alumni jefl'eryLee
made this trip even more friendships we found with Outlook, and Alumni MaryMcLeanOrszulak
special. We werestrangers at each other" E-Newsletter. RosemaryO'Donoghue
BrendanPayne
JamesRich
DebWhiltemore
Sendyourlettersto: MaryMcLean Orszulak, DirectorofCopywriting Services,Western NewEngland College,
CREATIVEDIRECTOR
1215Wilbraham Road,Springfield, MA01119-2684oremail: [email protected]. DeborahChappell
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TOP TEN Campaign
Kickoff
CAMPAIGN
GOALS Marks Day
of
Inatake-offofDavidLetterman's
TopTen Countdown,Campaign
and
Celebration
CochairDonaldCampbelltold
theaudience,"Todaywehavealot
tocelebrate,butraisingthelast
$5millionwill notbeeasy.SoKevin Transformation
andIthoughtwewouldprovide
somecompellingreasonsforyou
tosupporttheCampaign."Here
aretheTopTenReasonstoSupport BY MARY MCLEAN ORSZULAK
the TransformationsCampaign:
#10 Athletic Facilities Music, food, and fine weather set a festive tone on September 19,
#9 Campus Center 2006, with the official launch ofthe Public Phase of Transformations:
#8 Curriculum & Faculty The Campaignfor Western NewEngland College.
#7 D'Amour Library Kickoffevents throughout the day recognized the Campaign's suc-
cess thus far.Jay O'Brien III '77, chairman ofthe Board ofTrustees,
#6 Financial Aid
led offthe day's events at a lunchtime gathering held outdoors at
#5 Law & Business Center the Campus Mall. Scores ofstudents, alumni, faculty, administra-
#4 Classrooms & Labs tors, and local dignitaries joined with the Board ofTrustees to
celebrate this important milestone in the growth ofthe College.
#3 The Fund forWNEC
O'Brien told those gathered, "We have a great deal to celebrate.
#2 Law School Facility
More than $15 million have been committed in gifts and pledges
#1 A Better Place toward our $20 million goal."
Communicator Winter 2007
CollegeProvostandVicePresidentforAcademic CampaignCochairsDonaldCampbelland Kevin PresidentAnthonyS. Caprio announces the
AffairsJerryHirschvisitswithguests. Deibridge,TrusteeChairJayO'Brien III,andVice topcampaign goal: to makeWestern New
PresidentforAdvancementBeverlyDwight England College"A BetterPlace."
Buttheday'seventsalsoservedtorally CampaignCochairDonaldCampbell St. Germain Campus Center; a three-
supporttopressontowardthatultimate assuredthegueststhatthroughoutits storyaddition to the DAmour Library;
goal. CampaignCochairsDonaldG. transformationtheCollegewillremaintrue and the completion ofthe George E.
Campbell73/G79andKevinS. Deibridge toitscorevalues."WhiletheCollegehas Trelease Memorial Baseball Park and the
77sharedtheirmotivation forbecoming grownandchanged,ithasretaineditscore Golden Bear Stadium. Funds were also
involvedintheCampaignandencouraged principles,mission,andculture.Thereis used to establish the Lawand Business
otherstodothesame.Bothdemonstrated stillastrongfocusonstudentsandthe Center for AdvancingEntrepreneurship.
theircommitmenttotheCampaignby qualityoftheireducation.WesternNew
contributing$1 millionatitsoutset.These EnglandCollegehasnotforgottenitsroots School of Law Renovation
giftsmadeCollegehistoryasthelargest orleftbehinditstraditions." Oneofthe mostdramatictransformations
Campaigngiftsfromindividuals. yettobeundertaken isamajoraddition
PresidentAnthonyS. Caprior—eminded Campaign Goals Defined toandrenovationoftheS.PrestleyBlake
gueststhattheKresgeChallenge an FundingforFinancialAidEndowmentwill LawCenter.
$800,000grantthattheCollegewillreceive helpmaketheeducationalexperienceat Slatedtobreakgroundthisspring,
ifitreaches$19.2millionin—giftsand WesternNewEnglandCollegeaccessible the$5.5 millionprojectentailsa 10,000
pledgesbyDecember2007 lendsurgency tothosewithfinancialneed.Morethan70 square-footnewwingonthenorth sideof
toCampaignefforts. percentofundergraduatesand80percent theexistingstructure,a majorexpansion
"Wearedefiningtransformationasthe oflawstudentsrequirefinancialassistance. andrenovationoftheLawLibrary,and
processbywhichwebecomeabetterver- Improvingacademicqualitywillinclude theimplementationoftechnologybased
sionofourselves.TheCollegehasprovided updatingclassroomtechnology,developing improvementstoclassroom,seminar,and
atransformativeeducationalexperience cutting-edgecurriculum,andattracting interviewroom spaces.
forstudentssince 1919andhasundergone high-qualityfaculty.Thestudentenrich- Thesechangeswillsignificantlyenhance
transformationsofitsownsincethattime. mentobjectiveaimstoimprovethequality theacademicqualityattheSchoolofLaw,
YourgeneroussupportofTransformations: ofstudentlifeandincludessupporting improvingbothourcompetitiveposition
TheCampaignfor WesternNewEngland- athleticprogramsaswellasrenovations andtheeducationalexperienceofstudents.
Collegewillensurethecontinuationof tocommunitycampusbuildings. TheSchoolofLawprojecthasbeendes-
ourtraditionoftransformationthrough ignatedforthe$800,000grantfromThe
education,"statedPresidentCaprioashe Visible Signs of Transformation KresgeFoundationofTroy,MI.TheKresge
addressedwell-wishers. Through funds raised duringthe Leader- Foundationisoneofthebest-knownfoun-
ship Phase ofthe Campaign, students dationsintheUnitedStates,withmore
Faculty and Staff Respond are alreadyenjoyingthe benefits ofcapi- than$3billioninassets,andisthepremier
to Family Campaign talprojects includingrenovations to the foundationforfundingcapitalprojects.
ThedayalsosawthelaunchoftheCollege's
"FamilyCampaign"toraisesupportfrom
facultyandstaff.Theresponsehasbeen Welcome Center Honors Alumnus in an afternoon dedication ceremony,
excellent,with$164,524ingiftsraisedfrom members ofthe communitywatched as Springfield native Kevin S. Deibridge '77 unveiled new
346membersofthecampusfamilybythe signage naming the "Kevin S. DeibridgeWelcome Center" in recognition of his pacesetting
giftto the Campaign.
closeof2006.
PresidentAnthony S. Caprio spoke ofthe
Gala Dinner Celebrates Giving contributions Deibridge has made to the
Thefestivemoodcontinuedintothe College through his service as a trustee
eveningwhenPresidentCapriowelcomed and cochair ofthe Campaign.
generoussupporterstoagaladinnerat
In saluting Deibridge he said, "Ifyou have
RiversMemorialBuOding.Dressedinblack ever held a leadership position, you know
andwhiteformalwear,studentsmingled thatyoursuccess depends, in part, on the
amongtheinvitedguests,servingasvisible supportand encouragementfrom some
signsofthetransformativeexperiencepro- veryspecial people. Kevin is one ofthose
videdattheCollege. people for me, and I thank him."
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