2021 REPORT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR W. Patrick Hughes, P’96

VICE CHAIR Kathryn M. Sardella ’67, M.Ed. ’81

TREASURER Robert E. Balletto ’79 As we prepare to conclude the 2020-2021 academic year, we CLERK Dr. John J. Santilli ’71, Hon. ’02 reflect on a year unlike any other in our College’s long history.

PRESIDENT However, in the extremely challenging environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to strategic planning, strong financial resources, and the concerted efforts of all members of the Curry Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr. College community to fulfill our mission for student success have ensured that together, we continued to move our College forward. BOARD MEMBERS Hon. Anthony M. Campo ’79, Hon. ’18 We offer this update on the latest at Curry College: Our continued investment in providing a rich academic Dr. Ruth Ellen Fitch, Hon. ’11 environment where students can thrive, with state-of-the-art resources and exciting new programs; our David K. Hemenway ’81 new partnerships and expanded learning opportunities; and the many significant accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni, in which our entire community takes pride. Vincent J. Lombardo John T. Mahoney, III, Esq. P ’03 Together, we will continue to build on Curry’s legacy of success and ensure our bright future in 2021 and Dr. Joyce A. Murphy, Hon. ’99 beyond. Robert M. Platt ’67, P ’00 Joseph P. Plunkett, III Christine A. Pulgini, Esq. ’92 Mitchell I. Quain P ’01 Thomas J. Quinlan, III P ’13 Kenneth B. Wagner ’84 Andrew B. Wrublin ’76

National Survey for Survey National Engagement Student Higher thanScored on: Peer Colleges in Participation internships/field experience plansDiscussion of career with a faculty member faculty with a Working member on activities other than coursework Holding a formal leadership position in a student group CURRY AT A GLANCE AT CURRY

800 1,700 Undergraduate Students Traditional Nearly Education Students Graduate and Continuing and Endowment Financial Reserves $100M+ Assets $221,721,488 Cash and Investments $106,851,240

ENROLLMENT FINANCIAL STANDING

Student-to-Faculty Ratio Ratio Student-to-Faculty Honor Societies Master’s Degree Programs Master’s 11 100% by Faculty of Courses Taught 81% Degrees of Faculty with Terminal 70+ and Majors, Minors Concentrations 5 12:1

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AA NC miles Almost Clubs and Organizations 15 Division III Programs Athletic 16,000+ Alumni and 34 Countries in Every State Picturesque Picturesque 131 Acre Campus 7 from Downtown 80% Live on Campus Students of First-Year

STUDENT LIFE FEBRUARY 2020 MARCH 2020 MARCH 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 OCTOBER 2020 Epidemiology New Career Development Google Exec Addresses Students State-of-the-Art Students Study the Platform Handshake Program for Advancement of Business Students on Digital Analytical Technology Science of COVID-19 Launches at Curry Learning Celebrates 50 Years Marketing Learn Real- Incites New Era of Students examine the Students and alumni now have patterns of the coronavirus access to thousands of new job Time Global Research and how that data informs and internship opportunities public health programs and through leading job-search and OCTOBER 2020 APRIL 2020 Economics The Science and Research Center is policies. networking platform, Handshake. now home to a series of new state-of- Nursing Students Join Tufts in the Age the-art analytical instruments that will Class of 2019 Achieves allow students to uniquely identify and SEPTEMBER 2020 Medical Center to Support quantify organic compounds at the part- OCTOBER 2020 95 Percent Career of COVID School of Nursing Awarded Patients with COVID-19 per-billion level, which is equivalent to Massasoit Community measuring one drop of ink in a giant Grant to Educate Future Outcome Rate Nursing Faculty College and Curry College College partnered with Tufts Medical Center to tanker truck. Create Pathway to Business deploy senior nursing students to work as junior Administration Bachelor’s medical providers in support of the hospital’s OCTOBER 2020 nursing workforce. JUNE 2020 Degree Curry Launches New Graduate Certificate for Transformative Healthcare and Curry NOVEMBER 2020 MAY 2020 College Create New Training Program Special Education Teachers and Counselors MAY 2020 New White-Collar Crime in Emergency Medicine Curry Ranked Minor Prepares Students NOVEMBER 2020 College Adds Marketing and in College for Booming Job Sector Students Lead Real-Time NOVEMBER 2020 Computer Science Majors Consensus’ Top The business and criminal justice AUGUST 2020 programs partnered to add a 2020 Campaign Analysis By Joining the ‘ Guarantee,’ 30 Best Colleges new five-course minor in white- and Predictions Curry College Provides Community College AUGUST 2020 Cordage Park is the collar crime offering business, Students a Transfer Pathway for Students accounting, and criminal justice Students act as political analysts to The Early Intervention Program is Among the to a Four-Year Degree with Learning New Home for the students a direct career path to research and examine the hundreds Selected Few Approved by the State for Training Plymouth Campus one of the fastest-growing job of factors that influences the Specialists That Serve At-Risk Children Disabilities sectors today. outcome of the presidential race. IN THE NEWS A New Home For Curry Creatives: The ThinkTank

At Curry, we strive to build not only a culture, but also a campus that supports our academic community.

Walk through the third floor of the Kennedy Academic Building this year and you’ll see creative artists and designers at work in the new industry-inspired open-plan design studio. The state-of-the-art “ThinkTank” was keenly designed to replicate the industry atmosphere, with a digital photography studio, industry-standard Wacom tablets, and large format printers. In this space, students can brainstorm, conceptualize, and develop dynamic systems that facilitate meaningful, consumer-based interactions, and graduates of the newly-reimagined graphic design program and the studio arts program are prepared to effortlessly transition from student to professional.

This powerful new feature of the Curry campus is an embodiment of the College’s mission and strategic vision for the future.

THE THINKTANK FACULTY PERSPECTIVES I hope to expose students to the real-world experiences of what’s happening in the industry today, everything from the day-to-day operations to the business models of major radio or Dr. Ishani Tewari production companies. I bring those real-life Associate Professor, Business stories into my classes to help students learn the business. Dr. Ishani Tewari’s work started in research with a focus on development economics, studying the various issues related to growth in developing or emerging markets, including economies in South Ken Carberry ’80 Asia or sub-Saharan Africa. Though an accomplished research scholar who has published and Assistant Professor, Communication Our commitment

“ presented at prestigious conferences, Dr. Tewari finds great meaning and professional fulfillment in

Interim Director, WMLN-FM to our students 81% teaching and says Curry’s small campus community is critical for connecting with students. starts with our of Faculty with “Unlike an ECON 101 class at a large university, I don’t just walk into a class of 200, throw up a faculty, who bring Terminal Degrees We have high expectations for our students and PowerPoint lecture and walk out,” she says. “I remember the name of every student I have taught a wealth of and at least one other thing about them — a conversation we had, a frustration they expressed,

their future. We need and expect them to be real-world a particularly good grade they got, or a memorable comment they made in class. This dynamic leaders in their fields and engaged citizens. I improves the educational experience for both the student and the professor.” want them to be exposed to ideas they may have experience 100% Though she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses—including Microeconomics, never even heard of and I really want them to and diverse of Courses Taught by Faculty Macroeconomics, and Strategic Managerial Economics —Dr. Tewari doesn’t anticipate students will want to learn more even after the semester is perspectives to  “ walk out of her class and step into a career as an economist. Instead, she takes pride in teaching over. the classrooms, the critical learning habits and skills that are invaluable to success at the College: consistent class Dr. Sandra O’Neil studios and labs on 12:1 attendance, smart notetaking, framing class questions, completing homework, studying effectively, Professor, Criminal Justice and taking tests. “My classes are intro classes, and one of my goals is to create a solid foundation campus. Student-to-Faculty Ratio for all the subsequent classes students have to take in their major.” Teaching for me goes beyond the classroom–it She’s excited to see interest among students grow for economics, which is often known as involves mentoring and advising that allows me a difficult or demanding subject. “Economics classes have a reputation for being ‘hard,’ and I to understand my students’ lives and experiences embrace that because I want students to set the highest expectations for themselves and work better. What I love most about teaching at Curry towards fulfilling them. I challenge them but am always available to help them along the way.” is the sense of community I have with my advisees and students.

Dr. Mia Khera Professor, Psychology FACULTY MENTORSHIP

POPULAR INTERNSHIP SITES KATE MCDERMOTT ’21 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center  My professors have “ When Kate McDermott arrived at Curry, you could say she was undecided – both about her major, and about her own opened up my Boston Children’s Hospital Curry students potential. It was her deep bench of supporters – from her PAL eyes to ideas and The Boston Globe intern in Boston possibilities that I advisor, faculty mentors in psychology and studio arts, as well as the Center for Career Development – that helped her to Boston Police Department and beyond, never considered refine her academic focus, lead others as a PAL Peer Mentor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute exploring a for my future secure competitive internships, and find her passion for Dunkin’ variety of career beyond Curry. working with children on the Autism Spectrum as an Applied ESPN paths, discovering Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapist. KATE MCDERMOTT ’21 FOX25 News Major: Studio Arts their interests, “ Kate first found her interest in the ABA field when she served Gillette Stadium Minor: Psychology as an intern during her sophomore year with the Charles strengths, and Legal Services River Center (CRC) as part of its Futures Program, which pairs values, and Habitat for Humanity adult clients from the CRC with psychology student interns opening doors each week on campus. Students in the internship take turns Harpoon Brewery for bright future developing a lesson plan that provides cognitive enrichment The Home for Little Wanderers and social skills training. She then secured an internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital opportunities. May Institute, observing ABA Therapists working with young Massachusetts Governor’s Office children diagnosed with ASD. Massachusetts State Police “The internship was life-changing. I fell in love with the career,” MTV she says. “I created art projects that allowed the clients to NESN express themselves creatively, learn to work with the other Reebok children, and develop their motor skills. I am excited to apply my art education to my future work as an ABA Therapist and Stoughton District Court to discover other ways to utilize art to help my clients grow TD Garden and succeed.” The View After graduating this spring, Kate aims to become certified WCVB Channel 5 as a Registered Behavioral Technician and will also apply for positions at ABA clinics such as New England’s Children Center, while also pursuing graduate school to ultimately become an ABA Therapist. STUDENT EXPERIENCE With the small classes, you could not hide if OVER you were struggling. It pushed me to be at my Curry alumni very best every single day. I knew that if I put NATE ALMEIDA ’18 95% succeed-whether in the time and effort that I could excel, and that’s exactly what happened. When Nate Almeida pictured himself after graduating from Curry with a degree in criminal justice, he Career Outcome Rate (graduates they run their own imagined a hero FBI agent, kicking in doors and saving the world from criminal masterminds. As he identified as employed, enrolled Dr. Zachary Gross ’11 advanced in his studies, he soon realized, “that’s not me at all.” But, the young alum found his own way in graduate or continuing study, or businesses, develop Public Health and Wellness Geriatric and Internal Medicine Physician, Cape Cod Healthcare of saving the world–after working as an emergency management intern at Boston Children’s Hospital. serving in the military)* a new generation “I knew then that I wanted to be in healthcare and that I wanted to help other people.” of leaders in the I learned so much in my time at Curry College, He now serves as the Physical Environment Coordinator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to direct

classroom, care “from life experience to time management to emergency preparedness and security operations. “I make sure that we are prepared for the 500,000+ the actual classroom and industry lessons. unexpected.” From natural disasters to a cyber-attack, Almeida helps manage any crisis by executing Employers recruiting from Curry’s for patients, work I’ve thought a lot about how much my time at the hospital’s emergency management plans to ensure continuity of operations for hundreds of cancer Career Platform Handshake in front of the patients. Curry shaped me into who I am and who I am camera (or behind going to be in this field going forward.  Even as a young professional, he is often relied on by top level executives, and says his success and “ Cole McNanna ’18 confidence stems from the experiences he had at Curry. “I was the student representative on many it), advance new Communication advisory boards and so I had opportunities to influence change and work with senior leaders. It’s 4/5 technology, create Sports and Education Editor, The Sealy News because I had that exposure at Curry that I feel confident and comfortable now when I am sitting at the Are working in a field directly visionary art, or table in a crisis meeting with the CEO.” related to major All of my education courses have prepared At Curry, the criminal justice major graduated magna cum laude in three years and held numerous serve their local, me to become the elementary educator I am. leadership positions at the College including serving on the board of the Alexander Graham Bell Honor *95% knowledge rate of Class of 2019 graduate national and global The field experiences at Curry have given me Society and the Curry College Strategic Planning committee, on top of roles with the criminal justice outcomes, 12 months in data collection period. the experience and confidence needed to be honor society and as a student admissions ambassador. Most recently, Almeida earned a master’s communities, they a classroom teacher. They set the foundation degree in emergency management from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He was also appointed to make their mark on the International Association of Emergency Management as the state representative and he hopes to for my future success. the world. teach as an adjunct faculty member in the future. Courtney Lima ’20 Education Third Grade Teacher, New Bedford Public Schools

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