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WESTERN NEW ENGLANDCOLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINTER 1991 CONTENTS: ON CAMPUS STUDENT EVENTS 1 Human Relations program begins Orientation highlights Alumni at Student Activities Fair Who's who and how many Freshmen move in New deans 2 FACULTY FOCUS Dr. Rempel makes discoveries in Germany 3 SPORTS Fall update ONTHECOVER: FEATURE An artist'srendering ofthenew HealthfulLivingCenter. 4 The Healthful Living Center comes THECOMMUNICATOR closer to reality — Editor Deborah PorterSavoie ALUMNI NEWS — Copyeditors GeneGumbs, GeorgeBrooks — Contributing writers KaraBrighenti '87/G'89, 6 Homecoming Reunion - A special time YvonneGoucher'92—, RosalindHoffa Sports Information GeneGumbs for visiting alumni — Design Studiographics 8 Alumni and student programming — WNEC Photographers Mike LeClerc, Deborah PorterSavoie, Third Annual Symphony Night Paul Schnaittacher Spring Reunion reminder: Publishedfourtimes ayear(winter, spring, summer, and Save June 10, 1992 fall) foralumni andfriendsoftheCollegeby theOfficeof Meet Linda McGurn Public Relations, WesternNew EnglandCollege, 1215 MA WilbrahamRoad, Springfield, 01119. 9 Alumni spotlight: John Turgeon '82 CLASS NOTES WesternNewEnglandCollegedocsnotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,religion,color, nationalorigin,age,sex,sexualorientation,orhandicapinadmissionto,accessto,treatmentin oremploymentinitsprogramsandactivities.Thefollowingpersonhasbeendesignatedto handleinquiriesregardingthenondiscriminationpolicies: 10 Class Notes DirectorofPersonnel,WesternNewEnglandCollege New Jersey reception a real success 1215WUbrahamRoad, Springfield,MAOil19, (413)782-3111 Inquiriesconcerningtheapplicationofnondiscriminationpoliciesmayalsobereferredtothe 12 In Memoriam RP.eOg.iCo.nHa.l,DRiroeoctmor2,2O2f,fiBcoestfoonr.CMivAil0R2ig1h0t9s^,5U5.7S..DcpaitrrxjntofEducation,J.W.McCormack CAMPUS WINTER 1991 O N STUDENT EVENTS Who's Who and How Orientation Highlights Many Human Relations According to theCollege Registrar's Program Begins Office, 2,065 students are enrolledas full-timeundergraduates attheCollege. Yael Dayan, daughterofthelate Ofthese, 57% hail fromMassachusetts, GeneralMosheDayan, spokeon"Israel 22%fromConnecticut, 10% fromNew inViewofaChanging World,"October York, and4% from NewJersey. 28.The lecturewas thefirstofa Twenty-onestatesand 22foreign continuingseries in the 1991-92 Arthur countries arerepresentedby students, andRebeccaMarshall Human Relations and40% arefemale. andHumanIssuesLectures titled"Ages Will Keim gave thedynamic ofDiscovery, 1492-1992-2492."Dayan keynote addressduring fall orientation Saying Goodbye isthe authorofsevenbooks. Hermost witha special messageforfreshmen to recentwork,MyFather,HisDaughter, get themostoutoftheircollege waspublishedin 1985 and is an account experience. Otherorientationhighlights oftherelationship withherfather. She includedanevening with comedian servedin theIsraeli army andwas an Craig Anton and theband "IrieIrie," armyofficerand warcorrespondent and apicnicfornew students and their during the Six-DayWar. She is a peeradvisors atHighMeadow in memberoftheCentral Committeeof Granby,CT. Students attended sessions theIsraeli LaborParty andcontinues to on topics including adjusting tocollege, serveintheIsraeli Army Reserve. registeringforclasses, thefaculty Dayanis currentlystudying biochemis- advising system, andresidencehall try attheOpenUniversity inTel Aviv, living. Parents attendedreceptions and where shelives withherhusband. sessions acquainting themwith the General DovSion, and theirtwo school, peeradvisors, and theParents children. Association. Alumni Host Booth at Activities Fair TheStudentActivitiesFair, heldon as thestudent armofthe association. September 12, was a great wayforthe Thisprogramis intended toopenthe Julie Rizzohugs mom anddad Alumni Association toreach students. lines ofcommunication between alumni goodbyeoverLaborDay weekend Thealumni boothwas staffedbyKara and students. Whilestudentsbenefit when shemoved intohercollegedorm Brighenti '87/G'89, assistantdirectorof from thelearning andnetworking forthefirst time. Julie, from alumni affairs, RayMeyers '51/G'64, opportunities, the association getsmuch Wilmington, DE,joins 625 freshman AlfredLaRiviere '51, and Youssef needed visibility among the student students on thecampusofWesternNew Fadel G'87. populationandhelps develop these EnglandCollege thisyear. Thefairwas agreatopportunity to student alumnirepresentatives into introducethe"StAR"program (Student effectiveandenthusiastic volunteers Alumni Representatives),which serves upongraduation. New Deans Threenew deansjoinedWestern New EnglandCollegerecently. Dr. RichardM. DiRuzza assumedhisduties asdean ofstudents inJune. Hemost recently served as vicepresidentfor student affairs atWagnerCollege in New York. Dr. Burton Porterassumed hisduties asdean ofthe School ofArts and Sciences in lateAugust. Hewas headofthe Humanities-Communica- tionsDepartment atDrexel University in Philadelphia. AndDr. StephenC. Crist also assumed hispositionas dean ofthe School ofEngineeringin August. Dr. Cristhad served as professorand chairoftheDepartmentofElectrical Engineering at West VirginiaInstitute ofTechnology. o N C A M P COMMUNICATOR! - FACULTY SPOTLIGHT from intcrfaith marriages hasnotbeen the andtheircriminal activity,thatcoincided subjectofscholarly study thus far. with the informationattheBDC and at By Deborah Porter Savoie Afterthree weeks attheBDC,he Potsdam. spent aweekatPotsdam, whichhadbeen Lastspring. Dr. Rempelplarmedtogo difficulttogetintobefore. A suburbof tothe BerlinDocumentCenteronly. Research and Berlin, Potsdam used tobethegarrison ScholarshaveusedtheBDC foralong townofthePrussiankings. Dr. Rempel time. Hesaysthatninety-ninepercentof Discoveries in foundlotsofinformationontheHitler thepersonal files ofmembersoftheNazi YouthatPotsdam. He founddetailed party arethere. Americans started Germany informationon acourtcasedealingwith collectingthesedocumentstopreparefor thechiefoftheHitlerYouthinBavaria the trialofwarcriminals atNuremberg. whowas involvedwith Kristallnacht,the Onlyscholarsor membersofsomeallied Whileothersspenttheirsummerlying firstmajorpersecutionofJews in orGermancourt,gatheringevidence,can inthe sun atsometraditionalvacation getin. spot,Gerhard Rempel,professorof FromBerlin,Dr. Rempeltravelledby history, spentsix weeks this summer, traintoFreiburgtothefederalmilitary fromJuly4toAugust 14, inthedark archive. From Freiburghe wentto musty archivesofGermanyresearching Augsburgtovisithisnephew andonto forhisnextbook. Although itwashard NurembergtovisitRonBashista '89 who workforProfessorRempel, itwas alabor isstationedthere. Hestayedwith Ronand ofloveandhemadesomemajor his wife,Nancy, forseveraldays. discoveries totopitoff. "I spenttimein TogethertheydrovetotheCzechborder fourdifferentarchives, somethatwere townofVilseck. Anarmybaseislocated impossible to getintobefore. Theyhave thereandDr. Rempel andhisfamilylived justopenedup toWesterners andI found neartherefrom 1945-49. Dr. Rempel information thatthe scholarly world recognized theplacewheretheyusedto hasn'tseenyet!" shopinVilseck, andthecemetery.Then Dr. Rempelspentthefirstfourweeks they cruised throughNuremberg andthe ofhissojourninBerlin. Herented aroom oldNazipartyrallygroimds.They found inahousewithanEastGermandentist Dr. Rempelvisitedwith Ron Bashista '89 thecourthouse where the trials tookplace andhisKoreanwifeandhermother. whileinGermanythissummer. andalso themedieval townof Theyknewvery littleEnglishsoDr. Nuremberg. Rempelgotthechancetoimprovehis Dr. Rempelendedhisstay in German. "Itwas anicesuburban areaand November 1938. Dr. Rempelexplains, Germany withavisittoDachau. "That Imetsomefascinatingpeopleon the "Untilnow, everyonethoughtthatno was a strange andmovingexperience," street, inpubs,onbuses, and trams. I HitlerYouthwereinvolved in this.Thatit says Dr. Rempel,"I wenttoDachauwith foundthatoncepeoplethereknewyou wasonly theSS andSA. I'm thefirstto my nephew whoisinthe U.S. army couldspeakGerman, they would talkto find acase thatproves youthleaders were stationedatAugsburg.Wespentmostof youforever." Dr. Rempeldidresearch directlyinvolved. Itwas arealfindandI thedayatDachau,viewing therecreated TuesdaythroughFriday attheBerlin was thrilled." gas andtorturechambers,therecon- DocumentCenter(BDC) and atPotsdam. Thethird archive Dr. Rempel visited structedbarracks, andthememorials Since the EastGerman archives aren't wasone ofthe biggestrevelations for representing themajorfaiths.Itwas an openonMondays, thatmeant Dr. Rempel him, the STASI (StaleSecurity Police) imusualbutappropriatewaytoendmy could spend the long weekendson archive. This archiveis sonew thatDr. trip." excursions. Heretracedhis steps from the Rempel foundout aboutitby accident. It Hecan'twaittogetback toGermany lasttimehewas therein 1986andvisited was arestrictedpolicearchiveusedonly nextsummerandrevisitsomeofthesame theremainsoftheBerlinwall,museums by theEastGermanGovenunent, taken archives tocontinuehis research. "Inow inEastBerlin,andtheBerlinopera. overby theFederalGerman Archiveand feel likeIhavetwobooks inthemaking; Forhis firstbook.Hitler'sChildren, now opentoscholars. It's afour-story acompletehistoryoftheHitlerYouth pubUshed in 1989, Dr. Rempelusedthe building in EastBerlinpacked fullof andanotherontheirmilitaryhistory." National Archive inWashington, D.C. recordsoftheNaziperiod. Dr. Rempel andmaterialfrom theBDC acquiredby adds,"Theseweredocuments the correspondence. Hehopes towritehis Russians tookduring thewarand in the nextbookonthesocialmilitary history of 1950s gavebacktoEastGermany. The theHitlerYouthDivisionwithnew SecretPolicethentookoverandused materialdiscoveredintheEastGerman them selectively to blackmailWest archives. Germanpoliticians."Dr. Rempel found Oneofhismajordiscoveriescameat outaboutthis archiveonlydaysbefore theBDC whenhefoundseveraltraysof his trip. Hesaw apictureofitandthe namesofHitlerYouth whohadbeen streetit's oninamagazine. Hesenta expelled. Going throughthenames and lettertothedirectorofthearchiveright reasons they wereexpelled. Dr. Rempel beforehis trip. Whenhefinishedhis foundthat 14percentofthemwere research atthePotsdam archive,hewent Jewish orpartly Jewish. An amazing overtoseeifhecouldgetin. Henotonly Dr.RempelatLangenbruckCemetery in discovery.Dr. Rempelhopes tountangle gotin,hewas able toseesix folders, all Germany.Dr.Rempelandhisfamilylivedin whatitallmeans.Thefateofchildren new informationaboutthe HitlerYouth Langenbruckfrom 1945-49. WINTER 1991 O N C A M P U S - SPORTS Update Fall ByGene Gumbs The 1991 fall sports season at WesternNew EnglandCollegewas one ofthetougherones inrecentmemory. Thevarsity golfteam was theonly one thatmanaged topost awinning record. Thegolfers, ledbyheadcoach Bill Downes, won theConstitution Athletic Conferencetitle. Freshman Brian Reid wasthe low individualmedalist with a 76.The team alsomadeastrong showing in theNew EnglandChampi- onships. TheGolden Bears placed fourteenthoverall andthird among DivisionIII teams. JuniorRob Bailey ledthechargeforWNEC andwas namedHonorableMentionAll-New England. Themen'ssoccerteamfinishedthe yearwithadisappointing 6-8-1 record andafifth-placeshowing in theCAC. SophomoreJeffBrunelle led thescorers withninegoals and two assists. The individual gameoftheyearwas turned inby freshmanMike Henry,who notchedthreegoals ina4-1 winover WorcesterState. Thewomen's soccerteamsuffered a string ofinjuries throughout theyear ChrisWhiting(#56) hasbeen theleaderoftheWestern NewEnglandCollegedefensethis andstruggledto a3-12record, but year.Theseniortri-captainfromSouthMeriden,CT,istheleadingtackierandhas finishedstrong winning twoofthelast recoveredsixfumbles. threegames. SeniorLizMarques led the team in scoring witheight goals. victories, defeating SienaCollege 13-0 injury. SeniortightendDoug Diano, Thefieldhockey team was also duringHomecoming Weekend, and whoplayedQB hisfirst twoyears at beset withinjuries andfinished with a capturing the President's Cup with a 13- WNEC,stepped in tofill thevoid. 3-10-1 record. FreshmanKristenCobb 12win at Westfield State. Diano isnow theall-timeleaderin ledtheGoldenBears withthreegoals Thegridders weredealt aserious passing yards in schoolhistory. andoneassist. blow during a 13-3 loss toSt. Peter's Despite thepoorrecord,WNECis Thefootball teamfinished the Collegeto open the season. Starting oneofthetop 15 defenses inthe seasonwith a 3-5 record. TheGolden quarterbackTomMazzella was country, allowingopponentsjustover Bearsdidpicktimely moments fortwo knockedoutfor the seasonwith ahip 200yardsofoffensepergame. The I3th Annual Tri-State Thanks to all alumniwhoplWaeyed inthefall golftournament. Conference Alunuii Mixed had agreattime! Wearelooking Team Bowling Tournament forwardto the24thAnnual Golf win beheld April 11, 1991,at Tournamentin thespring. noon at Chieopee Falrlanes In Chieopee, MA. WNEC is a foundingmemberofthe SPORTS SCHEDULES conferenceand we haveover AVAILABLE WNEC 200 1ri-Statealurnni bowlers.For more informa- Anyone who would like the year's tioncontact Dick Burnsat sports scheduleofall varsity teams can get one by calling the Athletic (413)782-1333. TheWNECfieldhockeyteamstruggledthis Department at413-782-1202. fall,finishingwith a3-10-1 record. COMMUNICATOR "When I accepted the respon- Healthful Living Center sibility ofchairman ofthe Alumni Fund lastyear, my motivation was to give Dream I nfci-v- something back to the IT, school that hadservedme BUILDIT,LIVEIT. so well. I didn't realize how exciting and importantthe HealthfulLiving Center project wouldbe orhow involvedand dedicated everyone wouldbe. Since I am committedto the success ofthis project, I have de- cidedto stay on as chairman untilthe doors open! I would like allalumni to likewise search theirhearts anddiscover what time, talent, ortreasures they too can commit. The success of the HealthfulLiving Center is not onlypersonally important to me but it is equally important to allour students, alumni, and friends." — Peter Stone '70/G'78, chairman ofthe Alumni Fund Campaigns seniorpartner, Youell Haviland Bliss Thisfall marks asignificant turning More excitingnews! A challenge pointforthe campaignfor theHealthful has beensentforth to the alumni that LivingCenter. No longerisitjusta involves thenaming oftheHealthful project thatpeople are working on in LivingCenter. Ifalumni canraise$2.5 thebackground. It isfastbecoming a milliontowards thenew building, the reality withseveral developments to BoardofTrusteeshasvoted tonamethe report. new centerthe"AlumniHealthful Thispast summer, a long lookwas LivingCenter." taken at thedesign forthe building. With therearrangement ofsome Naming a Room in the New elements ofthe building and thedecline Building inconstructioncostsbecause ofthe economy, theCollege willnow be able There arestill manyrooms andareas tobuild thecenterfor$8.8 million in theHealthful Living Centerthatcan insteadof$14million. benamed inhonorofalumni orfriends We areable tomake thesesavings oftheCollegefor acommitmentof withno sacrifices. Itis important to $10,000ormore. Othergifts of$1,000 note thatnoprogrammingneedshave ormorewill berecognizedby having beeneliminated and the outsideofthe thedonor'snameengraved ona brick building will look almostexactlylike that will bepartofthe wall in thefront entranceoftheCenter. theoriginal. Peterstone'70/G'78 WINTER 1991 F E A T U R E ''TheAlumniHealthful Living Center, as it willbe named when alumni meet the challenge issuedby the Board ofTrustees, is a tangible testament to the time volunteeredandmoney given by the alumni in support ofthis greatfacility. It is ourbenchmark on the campus; itproves that we WNEC care about the entire family, past, present, and future. Past; it willbe available to alumni, present; it willoffer the students a PHeetaelrthSftuolnLei'v7i0n/gGC'7e8n,teJrohdnurTiunrggacosnpec'i8a2,labnrdunDcrh.hMeilldleornhOocldtoubperth6etnoetwhadneksitghnosfoerwthhoe have healthfulplace to go in their supported theCentersofar. spare time,future; the Center will be a calling card to prospective students. I'm BRICK BY BRICK proud to bepart ofit!" — TheHealthfulLivingCenteris Nick Creanza '79 builtbrickbybrick.Sofar225 Owner, Campus Pharmacy alumni and friends have pur- chasedabrickforthenewcen- ter.Thismeansthepurchasers havegiven$1,000ormoreand their names will be engraved Healthful Living on the bricks creating a wall Center Update thatwillbeaprominentpartof the front entrance ofthe center. Topurchase abrick,sim- $700,000* Totalraisedbyalumni ply fill out the form on this $ 86,000 Raisedby Faculty and pageandreturnittotheOfficeofAlumniAffairs,WesternNewEnglandCollege, Staff 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01119-9987, or call Tom Hastings, $ 100,000 RaisedbyParents directorofalumniaffairsat 1-800-962-6592 $ 55,000 RaisedbyFriends $ 931,000 RaisedbyCorporations Brick Order Form $ 440,000 Raisedby Foundations I $2,312,000 TotalRaised SoFar Twould liketopurchasea brick. I Mycheck isenclosedfor$_ I *TotalcommitmentsincludingtheAlumni .,, I oAvsseorc$i4a,t0i0on0,p0l0e0dgeof$2.5miUionare „ Mypledgeis$ tobepaidfor .years. I I wouldliketobebilledin themonthof I I Brick Inscripiion; Thanks to those whohave ,„ I sentus theirmilliondollarideas I forfundraisingfortheHealthful Name: I LivingCenter. Anyoneelsewith I ideaspleasefeel free tosend them Address:. toThomasHastings,directorof I alumni affairs. WesternNew Ciiv: Stale; -^-^ J EnglandCollege, 1215 Wilbraham j MA Road, Springfield, 01119. Telephone: 1 COMMUNICATOFI Alumni CareerNetwork, and the Alumni StudentLiteracy Corp. Also, Kathie Reunite! Bums, theCollege archivist, setup displays forthe anniversaryclasses. The Alumni Awards Banquet By Kara Brighenti '87/G'89, his assistantisEugeneCassidy '84. The assistantdirector ofalumni affairs ServiceCommitteecoordinatoris Caps offthe Morning YoussefFadelG'87 and his assistant is Onehundredandfifty guests Teeing Off Amy Smith '88. The FundCommittee attendedthemoming's Alumni Awards HomecomingWeekend began coordinatoris PeterStone '70/G'78 and Banquet. Aspecial awardcalledthe Friday withthefallgolftournament. his assistantisRoccoFalcone '84/G'87. SilverLettersAward was givento Theweatherwasexceptional BarbaraCormier '5l/G'60. She fortheOctober4day. There hasbeeninvolvedinthe were about55 golfersenjoying Alumni Associationformore thecourseatTekoaCountry than40yearssinceher Club inWestfield, MA. Wehad graduation. The SilverLetters ashotgun start at 12:30p.m. Awardisgiven tothe alumnus followed by aprimeribdinner oralumna whocontinuously complete withprizes toall the serves theAlumni Association golfers. Thewinnersofthe for 25 yearsormore. scramble tournament were It was announced thata DavidWalsh '89,Joseph special endowedscholarship Brosseau '89, andPeter hasbeenestablished inhonor Kakridas '90, whowalked away ofRaymondand Shirley S. fromthecoursewith ascoreof ItwasannouncedduringHomecomingthataspecialendowed Meyers by theirchildren. Ray tenunderpar. Winnerofthe scholarshiphasbeenestablishedinhonorofRaymondand '5l/G'64has beenextremely longestdrivewasJoseph ShirleyS.Meyersbytheirchildren. Picturedinthefrontrow: activein theAlumni Associa- Brosseau. Closest to thepin RayandShirley Meyers.Backrow:TheirgranddaughterJaime tionovertheyears.Heis a wenttoBill Kaman '74 atfive Skerker,daughterPamelaSkerker,grandson DavidMeyers, committedalumnuswhocares feetaway. sonsGaryandAllan Meyers,daughter-in-lawAnneMeyers,and deeplyaboutWesternNew grandsonJonathon Meyers. EnglandCollege andhigher Alumni Association education. Becauseofthis Elects New Officers commitmentandhisdedication,his Activities for all on Saturday andSeaatrulrydwayi'tshaacntiAvlituimesnibeAgsasnocbiraitgihotn Homecomingregistration tookplace ceshtialbdlriesnhdaecsichdoeldarthsahtipthienytwheoiurlpdarents' meeting. New officers wereelected: Saturday morning in themall area ofthe names. TheRaymondandShirley S. JohnTurgeon '82ispresident; Al Campus Center. There weremany Meyers ScholarshipFundissetupto TCtrhierbaiossnutirienr'e.81STohisveveiArcdoemwipnr'ie8ss5tirdiseantstie;vceraenCtdaormym/it- Mdtiieoscnphsl,aanysisuccsaheltausEnptghfieonrAeecmlreusrbi(scAaaSnnMdESoo)rc,giaetnthiyezao-f bSsechnhieorfoliletsy.laoTrcehailpsrsowtduaudscetnitsnsd,oefaestdhReaalpyorcmoaouldndanadnd teecoordinatoris JohnIwanicki '84 and ResidenceHall Association(RHA), the wonderfulmoment. ThePresident'sWalk Theinfamousicecreambar! WINTER 1991 U M N N W I Excellencehasbeen awarded to Before lunch, alumni weregiven the students forthepast fouryears. Each opportunity totakeadvantageofthe yearit seems, the caliberofnominated artistic abilitiesoftwocaricaturists, students ishigherand theircaring and who wereonhand. Childrenenjoyed commitment toexcellence increases. ridesonthe SixteenAcres Lion'sClub Skookum Awardwinners for 1991 Li'l TootTrain. areBackrow: ChristineDeeb, Karla Geoffroy, RonaldPrzybycien, Sherri Football Victory, the Alumni Wilson, MauriceEdwards, John Reception, and Dinner Turgeon '82 (presidentoftheAlumni TTpuohsreegSewkoitonho'kA8u2lmu(mcAennwitaeArrsdsboaoccfika)Et.xicoenllpernecseidweinntnJeorshn WAthisensokaclwieaarrt,disSo)nh,aaDnnandvoiondnFeEerornfgsutts,hoeJnpa,rmeDesiseanntneresof DshuurtiTonhugethvfaiolcoftt-obtarilymloetvaeearfmaScieuenlntjyaoyaCeondldlaeagl1eu3.m-n0i Aubain, andJenniferWilson. Front reception was held sothat all could row: Nancy Bazan, Amy Badal, and catchup oncurrent activities and AndreaGaspardino. Notpictured: reminisce aboutold limes. Everyoneate CharlesLeonard andLisa Raymond. dinneron theTundrawithmusic Nancy Bazan and Andrea Gaspardino providedby WNEC'sownSeanand wererecipients ofthe Jamie. Royal Skookum Awards forextraordinary commit- Soccer Alumni ment toexcellence. The Reunite in the Grand Skookum Award, Rain Sunday given tothe student TheSilverLettersAwardwasgivento showing a commitment Someverydedi- BarbaraCormier'51/G'60duringthe thatexceeds the ordinary catedalumni soccer AlumniAwardsBanquet. and serves as anexample playersreunitedfora to all, went to Amy Badal. game intherainon TheAlumni Associationthen Sunday. EdLindsay '78 granted the SkookumAwardof The President's andTonyPio '79 lead E'x81c,elvliecnecperetsoid1e5nsttoudfetnhtes.AAllumTniiboni Walk and Other aSulpurmenniabnatcFkietlod. Itwas Association andoneofthepresentersof Activities anintensegameforall A "ctuhTlehteaurwweaordrdedsnoa'ttSetkshoeeoxbkcauenmlql'ueenitcn,etehaxenpdIlnawdiienaendin,the pBreevseKiredleeynptiWno.gfMtwihiletlehCrot,lrlaedgitei,on, aaIrrltcia'sr5ti7cdaautnrudirneLgeoHefoLBmereeocdwoonmniepnogbs.yewainth pdpaaorrwttiynciampneadnmtaos.rscyenlpiaicnzezwaalk Alumni Associationuseit today tobest led a walk through the followed thegame. describe thestudents gatheredhere. campus. During thisbrisk walk. Dr. Thesestudentshavedemonstrated a Millerpointed out thefuture site ofthe IhopeeveryoneenjoyedHomecom- commitment toexcellence intheir Healthful Living Centerandmanyof ing. Ifyou'd liketobecome involvedin endeavors to academics, co-curricular therenovations that tookplace since planningHomecoming '92pleasecall activities, sports, andcommunity lastyear'sHomecoming. Kara Brighenti '87/'89 attheOfficeof service."The SkookumAwardof Alumni Affairs. JuniorJoeCooperbreaksthroughasthe ThecrowdwatchestheGolden BearsbeatSienaCollege Golden BearstakeonSienaCollege. ALUMNI W COMMUNICATOR N Alumni and Student Thisyeara special minority mentoring program has alsobeen 50th Anniversary Reunion Programming: established beginning with a series of for the Class of 1942 A Win Win lunches for freshmen tomeet alumni Situation and culminating in a largerevent for all TheClafisof 1942 will hold its By Rosalind Hoffa,directorof minoritystudents. 50th Anniversary ReuniononJune career planning & placement aliuTnhniesaenkiinntdegsraolfpaactritvoitfieosurmasekrevices s1c0,ho1o9l92a.luAminli)alwuhmnoig(riandculautdeidnginlaw CareerPlanning and Placement is and all participants benefit: thestudents anyyearpriorlo 1942are also working hand inhandwiththeOffice of get insight intocareers,makeconnec- invitedtoreturn tocampus fortlie Alumni Affairs toprovideservices for tions, and often leam ofopportunities; day. alumni and offerthemexposure tothe and thealumni enjoy giving something A veryspecialday isbeing students. It's a win winsituation. Over back tothe students andtheCollege and planned. There willbeplentyof thepast yearwehave intensifiedefforts alsobenefit fromourresources. timetorenew oldfriendshipsand Manyofouralumni seehowmuch thecampushas sponsorstudent interns at their grownand changedinthelastfifty placeofwork and we note an years. Look formore infonnaiion to increase inthenumberof comebymail in Ihcnextfew alumni whoprovide us with months. informationonjobopenings, sometimesresulting inan on- campus interview. Remember Meet Linda McGurn wealso sendresumes of alumni and students toyou in LindaMcGurnhasjoinedWNEC's response to ajob listing. staffas theassociatedirectorof workTsh.isWies aarceongnreatcetfiuolnftohrat development. Oneofherresponsibili- alumni participation andwe ties is to work withlocal andregional Alumnimadeconnections,renewedacquaintances,obtained lookforward to thefuture companies to solicit theirfinancial ltehaedsA,luamnndi-shtaor-eAdluimdneiasroenceppetrisoonnNalovaenmdbperrof6e.ssionaltopicsat wbeecacuasnedtohetroegeitshsetri.ll somuch scuapmppoaritgnf.orTtoheaHcecaolmtphlfiuslhLtihviis,ngshCeenter works with alumni committees and individualvolunteers. ptorosgtrreanmgmtihnegn.both aspectsofour ThirdAnnual WNEC Formerly, Linda served as adirector stafDfuwreirnegatvhaeilsaublmemteoramlounmtnihswChPo&hPad Symphony Night! fAomretrhiecPainonCeaenrceVralSloecyieatryeaaonfdtahsethe programdirectorofNorthCentral needofindividual consultation and by Yvonne Goucher '92 Hospice, inVernon, CT. Sheliveswith assistanceas they went through acareer changeor anewjobsearch. Cari Smith studentsymphony representative herhusband and threechildrenin Granby, CT. Carpenter, associatedirectorofCP&P, OnSunday, February 9, 1992, the andKara Brighenti '87/G'89, assistant Springfield Symphony will perform directorofalumni affairs, combined theirannual recital. Arrangements have creativity andorganization withthe been madefora tickettobe donated to energy and commitment ofAl Tiboni aWNECundergraduatestudent with '81, vicepresidentofthe Alumni each ticket purchase you make forthat Association, todevelop the Alumni-to- night. Alumni Networking programs. The You maypurchase any numberof November6threception was thethird in tickets atpricesranging from $5 to $29. aseries toprovideacongenial forum Ticketscanbeobtainedbycalling (413) foralumni tomakeconnections, renew 733-2291, Monday throughFriday from acquaintances, obtain leads, orshare 9:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. orby stopping at ideason any numberofpersonal and theSymphony box officeat the professional topics. The nextsuch Mezzanine levelofBaystate West. reception will take place Tuesday, Unfortunately, tickets alreadypur- April 21, 1992. chased donot counttowardthenumber Forthestudents, theAlumni Career offree tickets that WNEC students Networkcontinues tobe aninvaluable receive. Pleaserememberto identify resourceforoccupational information. yourselfas a partofWNEC Symphony Anew seriesofpizza lunches with Night when youpurchaseyour tickets. alumni presenters insales, finance, Thanks in advance formaking computerinformationsystems,engi- WNEC Symphony Night asuccess. We neering, and social workhas sparked hope to seeyour there. Call me with any LindaMcGurn,associatedirectorof 8 studententhusiasm. questions at (413) 796-4458. development