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WCSU Foundation Inc. Board Go Colonials! David Nurnberger ’72, Josie Hamer President Chair Gary Hawley ’78 James W. Schmotter Whenever I meet Western alumni, the conversation often turns to our Gerard Robilotti, Tracy M. Horosky ’93 Colonial sports teams and how our football, basketball or soccer teams are Vice Chair M. Farooq Kathwari faring this season. Those conversations, and my service on the National Paul Steinmetz, ’07 Constantine Macricostas, Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Presidents Council, lead Secretary/Treasurer Director Emeritus me to reflect on the role of intercollegiate athletics at our university. And I Sheryl Battles Cory Plock ’98 like what I see. Ed Boone Mary Jean Rebeiro ’87 Thomas Crucitti ’69 Robert J. Reby What’s most important to remember about WCSU student-athletes is how Theresa Eberhard Asch ’64, ’72 Bernard Reidy ’63 they differ from their NCAA Division I and II counterparts, who are recruit- Isabelle T. Farrington ’43, Paul Reis ed with explicit financial incentives to play sports. Our students choose to Director Emeritus Scott Sanderude play for the love of the game. As with the other 440 Division III institu- Kevin Freyer James W. Schmotter tions, WCSU does not provide athletic scholarships. This means some of Joseph L. Giaquinto, Jr. ’70 Nabil Takla our student-athletes are juggling work schedules alongside academic Daniel Goble Jack Tyransky Erland Hagman and team responsibilities. All of this requires determination and drive –– Robert Yamin ’79 qualities that lend themselves to any successful endeavor. Recent graduates include a volleyball captain who sang with her fellow vocal-performance majors at Carnegie Hall, a football and basketball play- Interim Assoc. Vice President...... Paul Steinmetz ’07 Institutional Advancement er who studied abroad in Australia, a soccer goalie who won a summer Managing Editor ...... Irene Sherlock ’84, ’91 internship at the National Institutes of Health, and a swimmer who held Associate Director, University Publications & Design multiple positions of leadership in student life and government. Unlike Associate Editor...... Sherri Hill Associate Director, University Relations other schools whose athletic teams exist to entertain donors and generate Writer/Copy Editor ...... Connie Conway ’96 revenue for the school, WCSU athletic teams aim to provide yet another University Publications & Design opportunity for student development. As most know, playing competitive Contributing Editor...... Tammy Hammershoy ’97 Director, Alumni Relations sports promotes self-esteem and encourages an overall healthier lifestyle. Writers...... Robin DeMerell We’re all for that. University Relations Art Director ...... Jason Davis ’97 In many ways, our Division III student-athletes more than resemble their Director, University Publications & Design larger, taller and faster counterparts on Division I and Division II teams. Layout & Design ...... Frederica Paine WCSU students work just as hard in practice. They compete just as fiercely. Assistant Director, University Publications & Design Photography ...... Peggy Stewart ’97 Winning is their goal every time they enter the playing field, court or pool. Campus Photographer, University Publications & Design They — and those of us cheering in the stands — are proud to view the The Cupola is an official bulletin of Western Connecticut State University many NCAA tournament banners that adorn the walls of the Feldman and is published twice a year, spring and fall, by Western Connecticut Arena in the O’Neill Center. Some programs, such as football and softball, State University, Danbury, CT 06810. The magazine is distributed free of charge to alumni, friends, faculty and staff. Periodical postage paid at have managed to maintain consistent success throughout the years; while Danbury, Conn., and additional mailing offices. recently, women’s soccer and basketball have joined their ranks of excel- Change of address: Send change of address to Office of Institutional lence. All of these student-athletes have learned valuable lessons about Advancement, WCSU, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810, or discipline, teamwork and leadership –– lessons they will carry with them e-mail [email protected]. For duplicate mailings, send both mailing labels to the address above. throughout their lives and careers. Contents: ©2011 Western Connecticut State University. Opinions NCAA Division III urges participants to “follow your passions and discover expressed in The Cupola are those of the authors and do not necessarily your potential.” In every season, in each of Western’s 14 sports programs, represent the opinions of its editors or policies of Western Connecticut State University. this directive occurs every day. I’m proud to say our teams produce competitive excitement rivaling that of our more visible and expensive athletic Postmaster: Send address corrections to Office of Institutional Advancement, WCSU, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810. counterparts. Check out the schedule of upcoming games and meets and stop by to enjoy one. You’ll be hooked. u cover story At 35, JLA comes of age 4-6

features in this issue 11 7 8 Homecoming 2011 Just another SVPA Center win for Groundbreaking Bob Campbell 12-13 Save the dates

9 Dr. Carol A. Hawkes: 16 A career in perspective Honor roll of donors

32-33 9 10 Class notes Goble named On a journey SVPA dean of discovery — destination found 34 Take note! 14-15 Four ways of giving

3 Western Connecticut State University Foundation Inc. • wcsu.edu/ia 4 theCupola profile Emeritus Dr.HarrySchramm. and constitutionallawscholarProfessor bagpipe performanceeachSt.Patrick’sDay, regaled theWCSUcommunitywitha Emeritus Dr.DavidMachell,who,foryears, Former JLAchairsinclude(l-r)Professor Professor Dr.GeorgeKain. Professor CharlesMullaneyandAssociate Assistant ProfessorDr.MelissaFenwick, and (bottom,l-r)ProfessorDr.CaseyJordan, Michael Foley,ProfessorDr.FrankMuska Professor Dr.AnthonyMarkert, Assistant ProfessorTerrenceDwyer, (Top row,l-r)TheDivisionofJLAfacultyinclude: An East Windsor, Conn., transplant to Ohio at Mullaney, a private-practice attorney for many the time, Muska himself recalls that things were years before coming to Western, sees solid rea- changing at Western when he arrived. “Ruth Haas son for JLA’s popularity among today’s students. was retiring as president of the college,” he says. “Respect for public service has grown in the last “Dr. Robert Bersi was coming in.” decade,” he says. “Students are eager to engage with the various aspects of the law, to discuss how The Westside campus was just a hope and some it shapes, or is shaped by, society.” drawings then. Numerous other projects and programs needed funding. Still, the two persevered. Ultimately, though, the division’s ability to draw “The grant was for $14,000, but it got the program energetic, excited young minds resides with its implemented,” Muska says. Then the real work superb faculty — which, in the 1980s, began to started: “We spoke to police departments and grow in numbers. devised day and night classes so officers with some The much beloved and brilliantly eclectic Professor college could finish their education. These days of JLA Dr. Harold B. Schramm, now professor emer- 3 most police departments require a degree. Back At 35, JLA itus, originally taught English at Western. A consti- then, that idea was just catching on.” comes of age tutional law expert as well, however, he joined the It’s amazing what a partnership of dedicated department, becoming chair in 1982. educators can do with a big idea and just enough cont’d. on page 6 financial “fuel” to fire up the engine to drive it.

“Seven of those initial 14 students worked on (l-r) Professor of JLA Dr. Casey Jordan shares WCSU’s Division of Justice and Law Administration degrees they’d started,” Muska says. “The rest were a laugh with Bridgeport Police Department (JLA) has a success story that any university would freshmen. The law enforcement format stayed in Detective Anthony Davila and JLA intern 5 Andres Ariza. take great pride in telling. Yet the division’s start place until 1983, then was broadened to include 35 years ago was modest. Launched as “The legal studies, criminology and corrections.” by Connie Conway Department of Criminal Justice,” it had just two This evolution was guided by what worked. teachers and 14 students as its doors opened in the “Educating administrators and managers for the School of Arts and Sciences in 1976. justice and law sector made sense,” Muska says. Today’s JLA, in the Ancell School of Business, “For instance, arrests happen in only one in 40 boasts 10 full-time and 14 adjunct faculty. It serves incidents. What police officers need are human more than 500 students and stands as a respected relations skills in the situations they have to example to other such programs in our region. address.” Arguably Western’s most popular program, the division’s “birthday” has occasioned a yearlong campus celebration, with numerous events and Honors student Mike Fraser attended one of sev- forums held in its honor. eral lectures on the issue of capital punishment offered by the Division of JLA last spring. “Those first two pioneers were impressive guys,” says current department chair, Professor of JLA Charles Mullaney. “Dr. Frank Muska was director of the criminal justice program at a college “Respect for public service in Ohio, a man with a great idea and passionate carry-through. Associate Professor Dr. Solomon has grown in the last decade. Gross, now professor emeritus, was teaching criminal justice here at Western.” Students are eager to engage In 1975, at a New York conference, Gross heard with the various aspects of Muska speak about a law enforcement certification program he’d developed. According to Mullaney, the law.” “The federal grant he’d written for it sounded right JLA Professor Charles Mullaney for Western. So Gross talked Muska into bringing his idea here.”

5 6 35 Years, JLA Comes of Age cont’d.. theCupola Sean Abbott’91,specialagentinthe U.S.Drug criminally prosecuteaccuseddefendants, and Attorney SharmeseHodge’01,whose jobitisto Examples includealumnilikeAssistant State’s bers oftheuniversitycommunity.” among themostdedicatedandenthusiasticmem- he says.“ButtheheartofJLAisourstudents— has alwayshadthesupportofadministration,” force, addinginternationalfocus.“Thedivision the program”andMullaneyasitsbroadening cess, SchrammcitesMachellas“thetruesoulof Along withotherswhocontributedtoJLA’ssuc- go ontosomeofthenation’stoplawschools.” law enforcementagencies,manyofourgraduates “Prepared forcareerswiththeIRS,FBIandstate here,” saysWCSUPresidentDr.JamesSchmotter. demic andprofessionalexperiencetotheirwork “Our JLAfacultybringtheperfectblendofaca- Melissa Fenwick. researcher andexpertAssistantProfessorDr. Dwyer; andfrequentlypublished,criminal-justice practicing attorneyAssistantProfessorTerrence F. Kain;retiredN.Y.Statespecialinvestigatorand death-penalty activistAssociateProfessorDr.George Jordan; legalexpertandnationallyrespectedanti- CNN andTru-TVcommentatorProfessorDr.Casey Today, JLAcountsamongitsstellarfacultythe Feeling inspired? Create ascholarshipfortheDivisionofJustice &LawAdministration . [email protected]. “JLA’s storyhasreallyjustbegun,youknow.” land securitytrack,”hesays,addingwithasmile, that answerchangingneeds—possiblyahome- great futureforthedivision.“Buildingprograms Acknowledging thecompliment,Mullaneyseesa says Schmotter. high qualityoftheeducationtheyreceivedhere,” “These graduates’accomplishmentsspeaktothe Europe, AsiaandAfrica. Enforcement Administrationwithresponsibilityfor Danbury, Conn. Sharmese Hodge’01,AssistantState’s Attorney intended. Iwasinspired,tosaytheleast.” whether banningprayerwaswhatthe foundingfathers Schramm wantedtodigintotheNationalArchivessee sporting eventsandseeingtimesquicklychanging,Dr. Western hadrecentlybannedlockerroomprayerpriorto ing thecomplexissueofseparationchurchandstate. a caravanofcarsleadbyDr.Schramm.Hewasresearch- Law School).Therewasnobus—wejustdrovedownin schools (IwouldchooseGeorgeWashingtonUniversity Supreme Court,Congressand,ofcourse,potentiallaw the ’infamous’ridedowntoWashington,D.C.,visit “In 1998,IwasaJLAmajorandinthefirstclasstotake u event. JLA Clubpresidentfor2009-10,ata Terrence Dwyer(left)andAnthonyCruz, (Top, right)AssistantProfessorofJLA punishment. capital of issue the on debates and which includedseverallectures during JLA’s35thanniversaryyear, Prejean wasthefeaturedspeaker anti-death penaltyactivistSisterHelen (Top, left)Authorandworldrenowned profile

Head Basketball Coach Bob Campbell rallies his team before a game during the 2011 season. Campbell and his parents, Beverly and Bob, attended a reception that recognized and honored Campbell’s 500th win. Just another win for Bob Campbell Western Connecticut State University Men’s That success set the scene for a chance at achieving Basketball Coach Bob Campbell didn’t have the 500 wins by November 19, 2010. WCSU traveled to traditional sports past you would expect in Purchase, N.Y., that day to play SUNY Plattsburgh Coming into last year’s record-setting season, Campbell, who earned an M.A. from Columbia

by Hobson Lopes someone who has had his success. in the first round of the Manhattanville tournament. The Colonials won the game 86-80 with a University, has perspective on his 500th win. “It’s a Growing up, he played baseball, but when he nice split between experienced and young players. great achievement, yes, but I am also excited when arrived at the University of Connecticut in 1969, The entire 2010-11 campaign was a testament to the kids do well,” he says. he realized he was small for the team and left his the skill Campbell has at coaching athletes of all baseball dreams behind. He decided he would put Now sitting on 519 wins, that milestone is already ages. his “real desire to learn” toward basketball. in the rear-view mirror. Six hundred can now be The celebrated coach says he never would have seen in the distance, with no end in sight. At UConn, he associated with “great coaches,” reached this milestone without the tutelage of including Dee Rowe, Dom Perno and Jim Valvano. “I’d like to continue what we’re doing,” Campbell Rowe and Danbury High School Head Basketball He graduated with a B.S. in physical education and says — an understatement, of course. “We try to Coach Harry Hyra. During his time at UConn, became an assistant coach at Danbury High School recruit the best people. Success makes that pretty Campbell would sometimes go on recruiting trips before taking a job at WCSU as assistant coach for easy, so hopefully we can keep going for a few with Rowe and Valvano and from them he learned three different sports. more years.”u what to look for in prospective players. When the basketball team was without a head “I would drive so they could sleep,” he says. Those coach following the 1983-84 season, Campbell was trips helped him “learn how to deal with other recruited. Since then, he has gone on to have great people and players as much as how to determine success with the team, taking his players through a the ’Xs and Os’ of the game.” winning season in each of his 31 years here.

7 The WCSU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 21. See ad on page 12. 8 theCupola by RobinDeMerell experience. into offeringstudentsaworld-classeducational leading professionalsinthearts,whichtranslates has allowedtheuniversitytodrawfacultyfrom cultural centersofNewYorkCity.Thisproximity arts, andwithineasydistanceoftheartistic County, homeofmanyartistsandfriendsthe The schoolwillcapitalizeonitslocationinFairfield excellence. regional centerforcultural,intellectualandartistic the potentialforestablishingWesternaspremier promotion oftheartsdisciplines.Theschoolhas arts departmentsforthebetterdevelopmentand The SVPAbringstogetherart,musicandtheatre at 4p.m.intheWestsideCampusCenterBallroom. with aspecialgroundbreakingceremonytobeheld Performing ArtsCenterwillbecelebratedonOct.17 Groundbreaking forthenew$68millionVisualand That’s abouttochange. call homesinceitwasfoundedin2006. Performing Arts(SVPA)hasbeenwithoutaplaceto the artsandtheatre,WCSU’sSchoolofVisual Despite providingstudentsworld-classexposureto Oct. 17 to breakgroundon Instructional Center Construction for School ofVisual&PerformingArts u Join WCSU’scommitment tothearts!DonateSVPA. Call(203)837-8279. program. forms withTedMorcaldi,astudentinthe jazzstudies At the2011JazzFestival,BennyGolson (right) per- A painterisinspiredonthegazeboinIves ConcertPark. Westside campus. Performing ArtsCentertobebuiltonthe university’s An artist’srenderingofthenewSchoolVisualand staged inthespringbyWCSU’stheatreartsdept. Paige Meehanperformsduring’Seussical,theMusical,’ (Clockwise fromleft) Dr. Carol Hawkes at the bond awarding ceremony Dr. Carol A. Hawkes for the new SVPA building in May, 2008. A career in perspective For more than 50 years Dr. Carol A. Hawkes has Finch College where she taught English for 17 During her WCSU tenure, Hawkes served as asso- taught and governed at some notable institutions, years and was chair of the department. ciate vice president for the Office of Academic including WCSU where, most recently, she was Affairs, chairing the Self-Study Steering Committee After Finch closed its doors, Hawkes became dean named founding dean of the School of Visual and for 10-year regional reaccreditation by the New and vice president at Hartwick College; then, five Performing Arts (SVPA). England Association of Schools and Colleges, as years later, president of Endicott College. “I’m for- well as the Academic Policy Committee of deans Hawkes considered retirement last year, but after tunate in that I’ve had so many opportunities to do and directors. In addition, she served on the a number of key administrative positions were different kinds of interesting work,” Hawkes says. University Senate and was a member of the Board vacated at Western, she was asked to stay on by When she arrived 24 years ago, Hawkes was of Directors for the University Foundation. the president and graciously agreed. This summer, appointed dean of WCSU’s School of Arts and however, this highly respected colleague retired, “I was asked to chair the task force that developed Sciences, the largest school at the university. both from WCSU and academic life. Tentative the proposal for a School of Visual and Performing plans have included travel and some long-post- “Not only has the physical structure of Western Arts and was delighted when asked to be its found- poned writing. changed and grown,” Hawkes explains, “but we ing dean,” she says. “We already had an excellent now offer many more outstanding degree pro- arts program but I’m certain this school is going to “I never planned to become an administrator,” grams. We’re a great resource for the community.” make us a major regional force in the arts.”u says Hawkes, who began her academic career at Goble named SVPA dean After an extensive national search, Dr. Dan Goble Goble, a respected saxophone player, obtained a has been named dean of the School of Visual and Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education Performing Arts (SVPA). Goble has served as chair at the University of Northern Colorado, and a of the WCSU department of music since 2005, as Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts at the associate chair of the department from 1998 to 2004, University of Texas at Austin. Goble has performed and as director of the university’s Jazz Studies with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the program from 1994 to 2005. New York City Ballet Orchestra, the New York City Opera Orchestra and many other orchestras. He has “I am honored and excited to have been chosen numerous publications and recordings to his name. as the next dean,” Goble says. “My primary goal will be to execute the school’s collective vision of its As chair, Goble was largely responsible for the music students, faculty, staff and alumni, which from its department’s accreditation and reaccreditation by establishment, has been a place where students can the National Association of Schools of Music. His receive an outstanding education in the arts without goal is to gain national accreditation for all WCSU the high costs associated with a conservatory.” arts programs.u 9 Cupola the profile On a journey of discovery, destination found She hopes to one day incorporate writing and other thought I would come this far, I wouldn’t have alternative techniques into her work. “Meditation entertained the thought,” she says. “WestConn seems most promising and currently has the most turned out to be the perfect school for me.” attention in the clinical psychology field,” she says. In her senior year, Mrotek landed an internship, One thing she did know coming into WCSU was then a part-time job at the Sobering Center in that she wanted to study abroad for a semester. Danbury. She remains surprised by the many “Thailand seemed like an exotic destination and rewards of the job. I’ve been interested in Buddhism and meditation “Addicts in recovery are usually on an upswing and for a long time.” lovely to be around,” she says. “So many of them Her trip marked her first time overseas. have overcome or survived so much. The more time “Homesickness was definitely a challenge,” she I spend with clients the more I feel I’m the one says. “But I still managed to have an incredible benefiting from knowing them.” Recent graduate Kate Mrotek ’11 knows what it’s cultural experience. I also got straight As in my like to begin a journey only to arrive at a destina- The Sobering Center’s director, Peter Pizzillo, classes in Thailand, and credit for an independent tion that’s not at all where she expected to be. It’s thinks Mrotek is a natural for the field. “She has study in magazine writing.” a phenomenon she’s experienced several times in a wonderful spirit,” he says. “We’re lucky to have by Irene Sherlock her life. “Kate’s an idea spreader,” says friend and honors her here.” classmate Joshua Durkin ’10. “In discussions, she’d “I was less than a stellar student in high school,” As an undergraduate, her academic performance latch onto interesting ideas –– insights about the she says. “Let’s just say family life was complicated and professional demeanor garnered her four U.S. invasion of Iraq, or understanding the post- and encouragement was limited. I didn’t have the awards and scholarships. Professor of Writing, 9/11 consciousness –– with the hope of making confidence to pursue higher education after high Linguistics and the Creative Process Dr. Ed Hagan her ideas more accessible to the rest of us, maybe school, but it’s really what I wanted to do.” remembers Mrotek as one of his favorite students in even to herself.” his Honors Seminar. Mrotek traveled a bit, became a nanny and bar- After her semester abroad, Mrotek accepted a job tender for a while. “I signed up for some night “She really engaged Sabrina Tavernise, a New York tutoring in Western’s Writing Lab. “Tutoring has classes at Franklin Pierce College (FPC). I wasn’t Times reporter in Islamabad, whom we skyped into helped me become a better writer,” she says. Her sure where they would lead, or even if I had the the classroom. Kate was very knowledgeable about goals clarified as she progressed at the university. ability to do well. I got As in both classes.” issues related to the Muslim world. She’s a wonder- “If someone had asked me four years ago if I fully thoughtful, erudite young woman.”u She then received an encouraging $5,000 scholarship to FPC. “I saw it as my chance to go after my dream of getting an education,” she says. “I took A marketplace snapshot from Kate Mrotek’s semester abroad in Thailand. seven classes, made the dean’s list again. But I decided to transfer to a more affordable school.” Enter Western, where she became a writing major. “Writing is a strength and I wanted to see where the major would take me,” Mrotek says. By then, she was a student in the Honors Program, toying with the idea of becoming a psychologist one day. Eventually, she realized she could do therapy with a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a degree she’s pursuing at Western.

10 contributed photo homecoming 2011 Saturday, Oct. 22 Football Game: WCSU vs. Brockport State Noon, Westside Athletic Complex. Cost.

Tailgate Party 10 a.m., Westside Campus Center Parking lot, WCSU Westside campus

Alumni

Hospitality Tent WCSU photo/Sophia Duarte’ 11 Featuring music at halftime

Street Fair 2 p.m., free and open to the public

WCSU photo/Sophia Duarte’ 11 Class of 1961 Golden Reunion Celebration Take a trip down memory lane with the class of 1961 as they celebrate their 50th reunion. 6 p.m. cocktail hour, 7:30 p.m. dinner, Alumni Hall, Midtown campus. $60/person. For more information or to make a reservation call (203) 837-8298.

WCSU archives WCSU archives 11 Cupola the save the dates Monday, Oct. 17 Groundbreaking Ceremony & Celebration of the Arts WCSU will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new School of Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Center from 4 to 6 p.m. in the ballroom of the Westside Campus Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. For more information, call (203) 837-8486. contributed photo Wednesday, Oct. 5 Artist’s rendering of the new SVPA performance hall. 2011 WCSU Macricostas Entrepreneur of the Year luncheon honoring Dr. John Murphy, president and chief executive officer of Danbury Health Systems. 11:30 a.m., Westside Campus Center Ballroom, Westside campus. $50 plate/$500 for table of 10. For reservations, call 203) 837-8341.

Bill Williams Jaymie (Rosario) athletic director Bercedoni ’02 volleyball

Jim Bastura ’91 Rich Myers ’93 baseball coach wcsu athletic Hall of fame Friday, Oct. 7 Ron Gleissner ’90 Friday, Oct. 21 WCSU Men’s Hockey Alumni Game football The WCSU Men’s Hockey Team is looking for former Join us for dinner and the players to participate in this season’s Alumni Game Dr. Craig Foster induction ceremony at 5:30 p.m., taking place Friday, Oct. 7, at 7:50 p.m., Danbury Ice support (team doctor) Westside Campus Center Arena. Full equipment and full face masks or shields Ballroom, Westside campus. are required. Cost of $25 includes: ice time/game $75/person or $700/table of 10 and reception at Two Steps following game. Game jerseys can be purchased for an additional $25 at Please RSVP to (203) 837-8298. the game.

Amy (Matthews) McKenna ’00 John Crescione ’87 women’s basketball men’s basketball 12 One Book, One Community is a partnership comprised of: Danbury Library, Danbury Public Schools, Wooster School and Western Connecticut State University

Author Doug Fine Live Tuesday, Oct. 25 WCSU, White Hall Oct. 26, 27 at 7 p.m. Ives Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at 2 & 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at 8 p.m Nov. 5 at 2 & 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at 3 p.m.

Nov. 11 & 12 at 8 p.m. contributed Theatre Production “Sweeney Todd” Presented by the theatre arts department. Saturday, Oct.29 Gala follows performance opening night. Alumni Trip to Salem, Mass. Berkshire Theatre, Midtown campus. Join alumni and friends for a day of fun, lei- Tickets: $22; $18 for seniors and students. sure and haunted enchantments. Trip includes WCSU students free with valid I.D. transportation and alumni souvenirs. Bus Box office: (203) 837-TIXX. departs Midtown campus at 7 a.m.; arrives back in Danbury around 10 p.m. $49/person. Please RSVP by Sept. 29 to (203) 837-8298. contributed Author Doug Fine discusses Saturday, Nov. 5 Saturday, Nov. 19 Sunday, Dec. 4 Alumni Dinner Theatre Alumni Broadway Trip: 13th Annual “Farewell, My Subaru” “Sweeney Todd” “How to Succeed in Business Holiday Wine Tasting sponsored by One Book, Dinner: 5:30 p.m., Warner Without Really Trying” Join the university community for One Community Hall, Midtown campus. $149/person includes our Holiday Wine Tasting. Proceeds Doug Fine’s writing has been described Show: 8 p.m., Berkshire transportation and orchestra benefit student scholarships. 4 to Theatre, Midtown campus. 7 p.m., Grand Ballroom, Westside as a combination of “environmental seating. For more information Cost. For more information, call (203) 837-8298. Campus Center. Cost. For more awareness mixed with can-do optimism, call (203) 837-8298. information call (203) 837-9820. honest reflection, and spiced with plenty of laughs” (Portland Tribune), and the Miami Herald called him “an eco-hero for our time.” As residents of Danbury and northern Fairfield County, we can learn more about what we can do to live sustainable, eco-friendly and green lives. Visit wcsu.edu for a complete calendar of events. This event is free and open to the public. 13 Cupola the profiles Jason Burger ’09 Shawn M. O’Brien ’98 Fabiana Lopes Hershfield ’02 Lorraine Sautner ’89 Four ways of giving contributed photo Jason Burger ’09 Despite the ever-increasing demands of daily life, The last leg of the couple’s “honeymoon” trip angel investor opened Excel Fitness, a gym and fit- many people continue to create time for volunteer included some actual vacationing on the beaches ness center in West Hartford that’s been recognized work. Some say it simply makes them feel better. of Karnataka and Goa, the desolate twin crescents as a “Best of” in Hartford Magazine for the last Others enjoy the social connection, the perspec- of Om beach in India. “We both felt very lucky to three years. by Irene Sherlock tive gained from connecting with those in need. have grown up where we did,” Jason says. “We had Now that he’s in a position to give back, O’Brien Here, four alumni allowed us a glimpse into what a sense of moral debt and wanted to donate time and his staff make themselves available for fund- brought them to volunteering and what they have and energy in trying to make some sort of a differ- raising and volunteer efforts that support a variety gained from the experience. ence in the world, no matter how small.” of causes, including Special Olympics and the Big t Jason, who graduated with a degree in professional Brother/Big Sister program, at which he’s volun- writing, says they had left without a clear plan but teered for the last nine years. Newlyweds Jason Burger ’09 and Lindsay Frank- discovered a whole range of volunteer opportuni- Burger had what some would call an unorthodox O’Brien also gives of his time to the American ties. “For a time we were able to have positive honeymoon. In lieu of a beachside resort or Cancer Society. “My mother is a breast cancer impact on a few people’s lives and, perhaps more mountainside retreat, they opted for a monthlong survivor and my father died suddenly last December importantly, make others aware of the work of trip that morphed into nine months in rural India of pancreatic cancer. People say they don’t have some really great organizations.” and Cambodia. The goal was to see the sights, sure; time to do this,” O’Brien says. “But giving even but they would do it by volunteering at a series of For more information, go to www.cambodia-dutch. five hours a month can make a difference in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), doing org or www.mitraniketan.org or contact Jason someone’s life.” whatever they could for people in need. Burger on Facebook.

“We spent the first two weeks in Ladakh doing t relief work,” Jason says. Ladakh, a region of India, (l-r) Shawn M. O’Brien ’98 with fellow fundraiser Todd Football player and justice and law administration was hit by devastating floods only days after the Sullivan at an American Cancer Society event. major Shawn M. O’Brien ’98 was planning a couple’s arrival. They dug out houses and a hos- career in law enforcement until an injury took him pital before heading to their intended NGO, the off the playing field and had him considering ways Students Educational and Cultural Movement of in which the body heals. Ladakh, where they taught health education. After that, they spent a month at the Barefoot College After graduation, O’Brien shelved plans to join the in rural Rajasthan, providing health care. Then police force and worked instead as a recreation and in Kerala, at Mitraniketan, they again taught intramural supervisor in Western’s athletics depart- health awareness — and also ran a bicycle club. ment. After that, he became operations manager Everywhere they went, they taught English. and a master personal trainer at Bally Total Fitness in Hartford, Conn. Eventually, he, a partner and an

14 contributed photo In addition to her outreach work here, Hershfield required a long commute. But now I had time and is a board member of the Somers Newcomers & an opportunity to create another professional life Neighbors Club, in Somers, N.Y. She co-edits its for myself.” monthly publication and is the founder of the Sautner honed her skills at various organizations in Northern Westchester Working Mother’s Club. and around the Danbury area, including Renewal “Volunteer work lets me grow as a person,” she House, Jericho Partnership, Housatonic Habitat for says. “I’ll always find time to do the things I Humanity, Ability Beyond Disability, the Danbury believe are important.” Museum and Historical Society, and Danbury Hospital, where she was ultimately offered a perma- t nent position as a development research analyst. When Lorraine Sautner ’89 was downsized Now she researches and analyzes potential fund- from her corporate job in 2009, she considered ing sources for hospital initiatives. “Our current Fabiana Lopes Hershfield ’02 looking for work in the nonprofit sector. She was campaign involves raising funds for the new tower particularly interested in developing expertise in t building, which will include a larger emergency institutional advancement, a field that involves It’s been said if you want something done, ask a room and intensive-care unit,” Sautner says. “This fundraising and creating strong support and busy person because they know how to manage building will benefit the community immensely.” their time. Fabiana Lopes Hershfield ’02 is a lasting relationships with an organization’s woman who could apparently teach a course on it. constituents. One volunteer activity she continues to maintain is her position on Western’s Alumni Board. Sautner, But the recession was in full swing. “There wasn’t As a global client-service manager at Cartus who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English/ a lot of hiring going on,” Sautner says. Instead of Corporation in Danbury, Hershfield specializes Writing, honed her writing skills when she worked sending out resumes and chasing job applications, in international relocation, which focuses on for the ECHO, WCSU’s student newspaper. immigration compliance, information and service she cashed in her severance package and cast her models for expatriated employees. She’s so good net wide over a variety of social-service agencies, “I loved my time at Western,” she says. “My at her job that twice she’s been asked to be guest offering time and expertise in exchange for hands- involvement with the Alumni Association is one way speaker at the prestigious Annual Symposium for on training and experience. I can show appreciation for my school.”u the American Council on International Personnel “It was a great year and a half,” she recalls. “I had at Pentagon City in Washington, D.C. been wanting to volunteer for a while but my job After-work hours mostly center around husband David and their two children, Daniel, 2, and Nicole, 5. Yet Hershfield still finds time to support a number of worthy causes. One of which is WCSU. “Western is where I came into my own,” she says. “The leadership role I played in my sorority allowed me to become a more confident individual. I’m happy to encourage others to do the same.” Hershfield, who graduated with a B.A. in political science, was the Student Government Association treasurer, yearbook editor and president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority in which she continues to be involved as an adviser. “Fabiana was a great student activist,” says WCSU Director of Alumni Relations Tammy Hammershoy. “She continues to serve the university by act- ing as liaison between the Alumni Office and alumni giving Cartus, which employs a great number of Western (l-r): The WCSU Alumni Association awarded scholarships to the following students for the 2011-12 alumni.” academic year:(l-r): Bruna Oliveira, Stephanie Wozniak, Amanda Nagurney, Diana Bytyqi, Jacob Humerick, James Heffner, Amanda Daley, Kristopher Osborne, Leah Firmender, Douglas Otto Jackson, Kara Mendes, Vincent Kmetz. 15 2010-11 Cupola the our donors

This annual Honor Roll of Donors acknowledges Western’s loyal givers and recognizes contributions made by generous first-time donors, as well.

Your donations to the WCSU Foundation allow us to offer scholarships, departmental support and other special projects that benefit our students. Your investment helps sustain this university, making it possible for these worthy students to earn a quality education that allows them to make a positive difference in the world in which they work and live.

We are grateful for your decision to support WCSU and hope we can continue to count on your pledge for 2011-12. Thank you for supporting the WCSU Foundation.

Best regards,

David W. Nurnberger, Chair WCSU Foundation, Inc.

Donations by purpose Donations by type Donations by source Donations by area

Endowed ...... $122,452.17 Unrestricted ...... $176,521.87 Students ...... $355.26 School of Visual & Capital ...... $135,932.68 Student Support ...... $14,678.02 Faculty/Staff ...... $31,843.47 Performing Arts ...... $55,390.50 Academic Scholarships ...... $324,642.56 Private ...... $7,175.00 School of Professional Studies ...... $52,761.56 Programs & Restricted (other) .....$101,893.04 Parents ...... $27,744.83 Operations ...... $582,822.71 School of Arts & Facilities ...... $400.00 Other Individuals .....$115,681.26 Total ...... $841,207.56 Sciences ...... $94,364.20 Academic Support ....$223,072.07 Foundations...... $89,287.50 Other Areas ...... $99,859.45 Total ...... $841,207.56 Corporations ,,,,,,,,$342,817.45 Multiple Schools .....$110,628.62 Bequests ...... $24,983.89 Graduate School ...... $4,450.00) Alumni ...... $201,318.90 Library ...... $2,802.96 Total ...... $841,207.56 Athletics ...... $146,771.67 Ancell School of Business ...... $25,300.24 Alumni Association ...... $52,127.68 Administration/ Operations ...... $196,750.68 Total ...... $841,207.56

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President’s Club ($1,000+) 200% Club Faculty & Staff Members of this group have made an annual financial com- Donors who double their gifts from one year to the next be- Each year, many university employees at WCSU donate mitment of at least $1,000 to the WCSU Foundation without long to this giving group. Their growing endorsement from financially to the WCSU Foundation. Apart from their daily placing restrictions on the purpose of their gifts. These year to year keeps pace with programmatic cost increases involvement at WCSU, their contribution underscores their donations are allocated to the university’s greatest needs as the university faces in its pursuit of excellence. commitment to enrich the university. determined by the president. President’s Club donors have placed their trust in the WCSU mission and remain some of New Donors Endowed & Restricted Scholarship Funds our most faithful advocates. This giving group includes those who donated for the first The endowment is an investment fund that remains intact. time in 2010-11. We welcome you to the fold and hope you Donors designate their gifts to many areas, including Fairfield Hall Society ($500-$999) will renew your support each year. scholarships, faculty professional development and honorary With their support, these members enhance our students’ faculty chairs, programs, athletics, the arts and building collegiate experience and invest in our faculty’s ever- Loyalty Society projects. The funds generate income that is both reinvested evolving needs. Members of this group have given to WCSU for at least five and partially spent according to the bylaws of the WCSU consecutive years, regardless of the amount. We count on Foundation. Endowment provides a foundation upon which WestConn Society ($250-$499) these loyal donors who heartily believe in the university and WCSU can grow and be perpetuated. It is supported by The earliest established giving arm of the WCSU Foundation, do tremendous good through the simple act of contributing foundations, corporations and individual donors. this group has for decades supported innovative programs, annually. Restricted funds are named funds that are not invested outreach opportunities and enrichment initiatives. as endowment; instead, donors contribute annually to the 50th Reunion Gift scholarships. Century Club ($100-$249) The Class of 1960 honored their beloved former Deans of By far, the largest participating giving group, these alumni, Women and Men, Claire G. Trisch and Alfred T. Geddes, by Alumni Association Golf Tournament parents and friends provide an invaluable endorsement of a contributing to their memorial scholarship fund. Recipients Players & Sponsors Western education. have demonstrated financial need, and the scholarship is All proceeds from the 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament, open to all majors. Visionaries in 2010 at Richter Park in Danbury, benefitted the Alumni This giving group honors those whose cumulative giving Class of 2011 Senior Class Gift Association Scholarship Fund, from which annual awards over the years exceeds $50,000. The extraordinary commit- Each year, the senior class leaves a legacy honoring their are made to students based on achievement, diversity and ment that they have made to WCSU impacts every facet of years at WCSU by donating to a scholarship for an incoming financial need. our university and serves as an inspiration to others. student. In this way, they pay tribute to the university by A. Isabelle T. Farrington ’43, director emeritus of the making it possible for a student, who otherwise might not Legacy Society be able, to enjoy the same opportunities they were afforded. WCSU Foundation, Inc. Board, was recognized at the This giving group was established to recognize those 2006 University Ball. individuals who have made a charitable provision for WCSU Foundations & Corporations Present at the 2010 President’s Club Reception were in their estate plans. By joining the Legacy Society, you Many companies offer a matching gift program for their (clockwise, l-r): B. Foundation Board member Ed Boone can make a significant contribution to benefit generations employees as an incentive to contribute to nonprofit orga- to come at the university. Please contact the development nizations, such as the WCSU Foundation. Please remember of Branson Ultrasonics Corp.; C. Gail Hill Williams ’87 office at (203) 837-8419 to learn more about joining this to ask your human resources department if your company and Mary Behrens; D. Patricia and Donald Weeden with group. offers a matching gift program. For more information, call Rudy Behrens; and E. Kathleen Azzariti and Foundation (203) 837-8419 or e-mail [email protected]. Board member Theresa Eberhard Asch ’64, ’72.

17 The Office of Institutional Advancement has taken great care to ensure that the information contained in this Honor Roll of Donors is accurate and complete. However, errors do occur occasionally. If you were a contributor to WCSU between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011, and did not receive any goods or services for your contribution but find your name missing, misspelled or listed under the wrong heading, please accept our sincere apologies. Please help us correct our records by contacting S. Jane von Trapp at (203) 837-8419 or [email protected]. A correction will be printed in next year’s Report. Cupola the

leadership Please note that total giving includes donations to the WCSU Foundation and Alumni Association that were tax-deductible.

($25,000 and above) Robert & Barbara Fornshell P Isabelle T. Farrington ’43   Michael & Jacqueline Friel  Fiorita, Kornhaas & Russell Fryer Company, P.C. W  Leonard ’74 & Colleen Genovese, Jr. P Lea Neylan Joseph L. Giaquinto, Jr. ’70 P David W. ’72 & Nancy ’72 Hillel & Carmen ’98 Goldman P Nurnberger P  Bruce ’82 & Susan ’84 Goldsen A Pinney, Payne, P. C. Charles & Sharon Guck P Praxair Foundation, Inc. W Hamilton Sundstrand Samuel Ross & Myra Mattes Nancy Hathaway ’98 P Ross ’52 P  Carol Hawkes P  Gail P. Shaker Gary ’78 & Cynthia Hawley P The Morganti Group, Inc. W   John W. Hoffer, Sr. W Union Savings Bank P   Richard ’99 & Tracy Horosky ’93 P  A ($10,000-$24,999) Howard K. Archdeacon Family Foundation, Inc. P Anonymous  Estate of Marguerite M. Minck Sanford & Constance Kaufman P  Phyllis Kelleher Mario Mesi  Webster Bank, N. A. Leahy’s Fuels, Inc. P Richard & Doris ’70 Lundberg ($5,000-$9,999) Albert ’67 & Joan ’68 Mead, Jr. P  Barden Foundation, Inc. Gary Michael, Jr. Bedoukian Research, Inc. Allen & Roberta Morton  Mary & Rudy Behrens  Lewis & Mary Ellen Mottley, Jr.  Ergotech, Inc. George Mulvaney P  Friends of the Danbury Library, Inc. Richard Parmalee, Jr. ’95 P  Erland Hagman Pitney Bowes Employee W. Jason ’81 & Ellen Hancock  Involvement Fund James W. Schmotter & Daphne A. Cory ’98 & Lizette ’00 Plock P Jameson P  Lawrence ’81 & Tamara Post C The Pitney Bowes Foundation, Inc. P Richard Proctor, Jr.  Ronald ’74 & Janice Pugliese P B ($1,000-$4,999)  Anthony & MaryJean ’87 Rebeiro P Anonymous Bernard ’63 & Nancy Reidy P Aetna Foundation  Paul & Mary Jane Reis P Marc & Jan Aldrich  Robilotti Consulting, LLC P E Richard Arconti P  Gerard & Martha Robilotti P Arnhold Foundation P  Rose & Kiernan, Inc. Kathleen Azzariti P Savings Bank of Danbury P William Baker ’86  Gregory Schramm Richard & Jennifer Bassett, Jr. P Kenneth ’96 & Meagan Silliman Walter Bernstein P  Small Business Development Center Ed Boone P  Sodexo Campus Dining Services Branson Ultrasonics Judith Somers C Corporation P   Charles & Denise Spiridon P Scott ’85 & Tracy Brunjes P  Craig & Peggy ’97 Stewart Ron Shaw & Lorraine  Richard & Marie Sturdevant Capobianco ’77 P  Richard & Elizabeth Sullivan P Anthony & Roberta Caraluzzi, Jr. P   Carl & Barbara ’59 Susnitzky P Hugh & Alice ’67 Carolan  Taunton Press, Inc. Cartus Corporation P The Danbury Garden Club Dante & Diane Cirilli The Leir Foundation, Inc. Anthony W. ’88 & Jeanette ’90 D C The Peter and Carmen Lucia Cirone, Jr. W  Buck Foundation, Inc. Danbury attorneys Robert and Dianne Yamin were recognized for exemplary professional and public Cornell University Jack & Doris Tyransky P service at the 30th annual WestConn Society Luncheon in March, hosted by the WCSU Foundation. Thomas ’69 & Lois ’71 Crucitti P   United Way of Western Connecticut Danbury Hospital Attendees included (clockwise, l-r): A. Honoree and Foundation Board member Robert Yamin ’79, former  Neil ’52 & Carolyn ’52 Wagner P Dennis Dawson & Noreen Grice C   WCSU Alumni Association Foundation Board member Hal Wibling of Savings Bank of Danbury, Honoree Judge Dianne Yamin and Paul & Elaine ’74 Dinto P Donald & Patricia Weeden P Foundation Board member Gary Hawley ’78, president of Hawley Construction; B. Jay Lent, president and Theresa Eberhard Asch ’64 P  Westchester Hebrew High School CEO, Union Savings Bank; C. Foundation Board member M. Farooq Kathwari, chairman, president and CEO, EnerNOC Corporation, Inc. Fredric & Monica Wheeler P Equale & Cirone, LLP Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., Dr. Daphne Jameson and President James W. Schmotter; D. Foundation Board  Harold C. Wibling P Fairfield County Bank F  member Mary Jean Rebeiro ’87 and Phyllis Boughton, WestConn Society member and wife of Danbury  Robert ’79 & Dianne Yamin P Mayor Mark Boughton ’95; and E. Foundation Board Chair David Nurnberger ’72 and former Interim Vice Charles & Shirley ’86 Ferris  President for Institutional Advancement Fredric Wheeler. Our apologies to Thomas ’69 and Lois ’71 Crucitti who should have been included as leadership donors in the 2010 Honor Roll of Donors in the $1,000-$4,999 category, and should have received designation as President’s Club members.

18 Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift   visionaries legacy society This giving group honors those whose cumulative giving over the years ex- This giving group was established ceeds $50,000. The extraordinary commitment that they have made to WCSU to recognize those individuals who impacts every facet of our university and serves as an inspiration to others. have made a charitable provision for WCSU in their estate plans. By Barnes & Noble College David W. ’72 & Nancy ’72 joining the Legacy Society, you can Booksellers, Inc. Nurnberger P  make a significant contribution to Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Melvin Powers Boehringer Ingelheim Powers Construction Company, Inc. benefit generations to come at the university. Please contact the devel- Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Praxair Foundation, Inc. W Branson Ultrasonics Corporation P Savings Bank of Danbury opment office at (203) 837-8419 to  learn more about joining this group. Anthony & Roberta Caraluzzi, Jr. P  Sodexo Inc. & Affiliates Kathleen Cherry  The Morganti Group, Inc. W  Frances E. Allen ’35* Estate of Harold Jonathan Greenwald The Nellie Mae Education Anonymous Estate of John A. Johnston Foundation, Inc.  Mary & Rudy Behrens  Estate of Marguerite M. Minck Union Savings Bank P  Valery G. Cunningham* Estate of Natalie F. Johnston W.B. Connor Trust Marilynn Glen  Estate of Rose L. Heyman Roy & Ginny Young  H. Jonathan Greenwald* Estate of Valery G. Cunningham Nancy Gyurko* Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. Rose L. Heyman ’29* Isabelle T. Farrington ’43  Gail Hill Williams ’87 Fiorita, Kornhaas & Company, P.C. W  John A. Johnston* Gino Arconti Family Natalie F. Johnston ’36* W. Jason ’81 & Ellen Hancock  Joseph Kilcran ’58* Hawley Construction P  Marguerite Minck* Gary ’78 & Cynthia Hawley P  Lea Neylan Irfan Kathwari Foundation Arthur Rosien ’40* Farooq & Farida Kathwari James W. Schmotter and Konover Construction Corporation Daphne A. Jameson P  Constantine & Marie Macricostas P Gail P. Shaker* Mario Mesi  The W. B. Connor Prominent supporters who have been honored by WCSU include (clockwise): Roy Young, Lewis & Mary Ellen Mottley, Jr.  Foundation, Inc.* former Foundation Board member, and wife Ginny; Constantine ‘Deno’ Macricostas, director * Realized Bequest emeritus of the WCSU Foundation, and wife Marie; and Anthony Caraluzzi, former Foundation Board member, and wife Roberta. 200% club Donors who double their gifts from one year to the next belong to this giving group. Their growing endorsement from year to year keeps pace with programmatic cost increases the university faces in its pursuit of excellence.

Jerry Allford C Verna Cordon  Sandor & Debra Kappel Ellen Myhill ’90 Alan ’80 Skiparis & Susan ’76 C Christal Cupp Eric ’85 & Dawn ’87 Nielsen Beebe-Skiparis Jon ’60 & Claudia ’60 Anderson  John & Cynthia ’69 Kasper Laura Anderson ’01 John & Karen Daley Morris ’85 & Sandra Katz David W. ’72 & Nancy ’72 Margaret Solomon Danbury Hospital P Sergio & Monica ’04 Sousa Steven & Pamela Bander C Barbara Keane Nurnberger   James & Janet ’95 DeCarlo Anne Baran ’74 Maureen Kelly John Osborne ’67 C Craig & Peggy ’97 Stewart  Margaret Donecker ’91  Alistair Barnett Eleanor Kirk ’61 Breamond Ostrander Scala ’04 Joseph & Delores Strilowich  Kathleen Durnin ’75 P JC Barone Marcia Klebanow ’74 Richard ’74 & Karyn ’97 Palanzo C Carl & Barbara ’59 Susnitzky  George & Janet ’73 Fuechsel  Robert ’61 & Margaret Basta  Katherine Koulogianis Anthony Palumbo ’83 Raymond & Polly ’88 Tafrate  C W Emil ’60 & Jacqueline Fusek F Rose Paonessa ’61 Judith Tattar ’64 Charles & Cheryl ’70 Beck  Stanley & Phyllis ’39 Kriksciun  Peter ’60 & SallyAnn ’58 Gallagher  Henry & Susan ’85 Tritter Louis Beck ’70 C  Shirley LaPine Herbert ’68 & Toni Perlman   Andrea Gartner P C Ed & Rhoda ’60 Lemkin Patricia Petruny Jack & Doris Tyransky Samuel Beck ’70   Bernard & Barbara ’50 Berg GE Foundation Matching Gifts Douglas ’90 & Diane ’90 Leonard C Richard Pinto ’83 C Vincent & Patricia Viola Program F C Vanita Wagner Theodore & Carleen Blum W Marilyn Lieff ’70 Lawrence ’81 & Tamara Post  Thomas Gebert C C Lawrence ’07 & Melinda Bobnick Janice Light ’79 William & Mary ’94 Rieke Barbara Wanzer ’93  Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Cathleen Gianfranceschi Thomas & Jean Llewellyn Jonathan Rosario ’09 Charles Ward ’67 Foundation, Inc. Joseph L. Giaquinto, Jr. ’70 P Reet Lubin Edwin & Harriet ’61 Rosenberg WCSU Health Promotion & Lawrence & Sharon ’76 Girard Exercise Sciences Suzanne Brigman ’88  Jesse & Joan Makles W Samuel Ross & Myra Mattes Bruce ’82 & Susan ’84 Goldsen Elizabeth Malle ’94 Ross ’52 P William ’61 & Lois ’61 Weiss Brian ’74 & Elizabeth Burgess    Wesley & Eileen ’76 Gorham Samuel Rubin ’76 Fredric & Monica Wheeler P Emile ’75 & Theresa ’00 Buzaid, Jr. C Helvi Maripuu ’79  Nicholas ’55 & Vera ’69 Hadad E. Marie Mas ’75 Thomas ’93 & Valerie Saadi C Mary-Jo Whitlock ’76 Anthony & Roberta Caraluzzi, Jr. P    Roy & Erin Haight William & Jane ’83 Sander W Josiane Whitson ’93 W Alfred & Lauren Cenatiempo Donald & Eleanor ’54 McBride  Josephine Hamer Andree McColgan ’46 Yvonne Santiago ’09 Kenneth & Nancy ’85 Wildman John & Jane Chopourian    Thomas ’75 & Linda ’79 Higgins Savings Bank of Danbury P Robert & Joan ’65 Wolfe Vincent ’53 & Beverly Cibbarelli C Cornelius McLaughlin, Jr.   Edyce Hornig ’48 Harold C. Wibling P Dante & Diane Cirilli Jason Miller ’06 Harold & Patricia Schramm   Lawrence & Amy Huntley John ’74 & Linda ’77 Wrenn C Anthony W. ’88 & Jeanette ’90 Roland & Mary ’98 Miller Ted & Marian ’45 Schroeder   Melvyn & Pamela ’79 Hyman C  Cirone, Jr. W Albert & Susan ’86 Mion Robert & Susan ’08 Shaw  John & Lee Ann Jennett John & Gioia ’64 Clyde Paula Mitchell ’83 C Marjorie Sherman ’60  Alfred & Inge Johannssen-Schultz C C Mary Cohen ’65 Susan Morris ’73 C Robert ’55 & Irene Simonelli Margaret Johnson ’60 Carolyn Singletary C C Thomas & Mary Ann Murtha John & Barbara ’80 Collins C Theodore ’66 & Barbara Johnson 

Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift 19   Cupola the

new donors This giving group includes those who donated for the first time in 2010- 11. We welcome you to the fold and hope you will renew your support each year.

3 Brothers Diner Norman Clarkson Ruby Abreu George Class ’11 Sebbie Achaibar’11 David Coelho  Adult Home Care LLC Holly Colbert ’11 Cesar Aguero Coldwell Banker Commercial - Gary & Lucille Allen Scalzo Group W Mario & Maria Almeida John Coleman Jean Aly Walter Conley Deborah Andersen James & Sandra Conlon Bryan Anderson ’10 Dorothy Cook ’60 Lora Andrade-Cauthen Faith Cooney ’89 Edward & Dawn Evans John & Mary Andrews C Phyllis Cooper Patrick Falciano Ellen Assad Thomas & Kelly Ann Coppola Juan Farfan Ronald & Mary Avallone Peter Cordes ’11  John & Maureen Farrell Ronda Avery Cornell University MaryAnne Ferguson Kathy Baisch Rocco & Nanette Corriere Rafael & Onilda Figueroa Janice Barabas Debra Ann Cortez Peter & Virginia Fiore Mary Baranauskas Patricia Cosentino ’08 Ann Fisher C Mark & Ann Barrett Timothy Coyle James & Sylvia Flickinger Jeanne Barry C Karen Csere Thomas Foley W Louis Bazzano Forbes & Elizabeth Cummings Hong Fong Anthony Belanger ’11 Thomas & Jane Curley Fordham University Ned & Fortunata Belardinelli Barbara Cyr-Sawyer Amanda Forker ’11 Richard & Reeta Oun Benedict C Donnalynn Czudak Dean Ann Fowler ’00 Eric & Cynthia Benzon Michael Dalton Estela Francis Stephen Benzon ’11 Erin Damato ’11   John & Dorothy Francis Berkshire Food Distributors, Inc. Alison Damon ’06 Kristin Fruechtenicht’11 Meczyslaw Bernacki Danbury High School Student Deborah Fuller Reese Bernal ’06 Activity Fund Krystin Gaetano ’10 Armando Bernardo Danbury Hospital Development Gager, Emerson, Rickart, Bower & Bethel Cinema Fund, Inc. Scalzo LLP W Craig Beyer ’02 Emily D’Andrea Lisa Galanti (top) Professor Emeritus of Meteorology Dr. Mel Goldstein, who Kenneth Beyer Anthony D’Aurio C Lisa Gallucci founded Western’s Weather Center and meteorology program, gave Bryan ’11 & Kelly Bielefeldt Joseph Dautruche Jane Gangi the keynote address at the 2011 President’s Lecture Series. Here Big Y World Class Market Betsy Davidson ’10 Ana Garcia-Blasquez ’11 Richard & Kathleen Bischoff Tina Davis Charles & Deborah Gaylord he poses with meteorology students, (far left) current Director of Peter Blackstock Keona Dawson ’09 Elizabeth Gebert the Weather Center Assistant Professor Albert Owino and (far right) Jeffrey & Janice Blanck John Day W Ronald George W Assistant Director of the Weather Center Gary Lessor. Heather Bodington ’11 Salvatore & Carol Defilippo  Barbara Giamattei Donna Bonoff Frank & Terri-Lynne DeFino Doreen Gigante (bottom) At the reception held in Dr. Mel’s honor, (l-r) WLAD AM/98Q Carrie Boriss ’05 Scott & Carol Degraeve Davita Glasberg FM Manager Irv Goldstein greets Arlene Goldstein, Dr. Mel’s wife, Wendy Bresson Jonathan & Melissa ’98 DeJoseph David & Jill Godburn while Robert M. Opotzner looks on. Dr. Mel, who has had a long- Gregory & Amy Brick Michael & Elizabeth DeSanctis Pam Godette Luisa Britton ’10 William & Rosemary ’68 DeSanctis standing relationship with WLAD, continues to report the weather Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program for several Connecticut radio stations. Robert & Susan Broderick Max Deselin Rosana Gonzalez Donald & Kimberly Brown Desert Moon Fresh Mexican Grille Good Taste Chinese Restaurant, Inc. Ralph & Jacqueline Brown-Hanna Gisela Dias ’10 Gary & Laura Grant Jack Huse Nora Lee ’06 Jane Bucher ’02 Louis & Stacey ’85 Didato Christy Green Hickey I.B.E.W. Local Union #448 Lisa Lindblom Stephen Bull Colleen Dietter ’11 Paula Greenberg W Robert & Gabriela Iacovo Michael & Catherine Littlefield Barbara Cahill ’05  George & File Djonovic Greenwoods Grille & Ale House Randall Insero ’10 Wayne & Yvonne ’00 Locke Marco Cardellino ’10 Charles & Caryn Donofrio David Greiner ’11 Blake Irving ’11 Lore’s Lanes Gary & Ellen Carlo C Matthew Donofrio ’11 Willard & Carolyn Grimes Steven & Deborah ’80 Isaacson Dorothy Lumino Joseph ’99 & Wendy ’00 Carrafiello  Daniel & Rebecca Doty Alan & Jane Grogle Cynthia Johnson ’00 Matthew Lupoli ’08 Joseph & Debra Carroll Ronald Douglass ’80 David Gropper John & Patricia Jones-Blakeley Michael & Marion Lynch C Cartus Corporation P John & Claudia Downey W Shelly Grosso Joy Nail Salon Tyler Madwid ’11 John & Gloria Carvajal Gary & Deborah Dufel Nick & Grace Gullusci Jennifer Kamens Gerard Maroney  Jeffrey Case Jose & Geralda Dutra HAC Communications Inc. Jake Kara ’10 Lauraine Martin Stephen & Frances Casey E & S Food Service Corporation Margot Hall W James & Lynn Karounis Susan Matra M. Edward Chale Lisa Eannotti Robert Hall, Jr. Danielle King ’11 Martha Mauro Michael & Roseanne Chandler Lisa Edwards Lawrence Hallock, Jr. ’11 Ellen Klaus ’87  Donnie Maxwell Hernando & Barbara Chaves Katherine Ellis ’11 Lorene Hayden  John & Jeanne Klinge Kelly Mazako ’04 Deborah Chest  Doreen Elnitsky HB Group, Inc. Mallory Knutson ’07 Barbara McCloskey Karen Chiaramonte EnerNOC Corporation, Inc. Sharon Heyse Robert & Kathy Kornhaas, Jr. Vincent & Jane McCurdy Church Hill Classics, Ltd. Daniel & Ingrid Engel Leigh & Ruth Hickcox Walter & Maria Kunze John & Vivienne McGrath Mary Cipolla Steven England Anita Hoey Gary & Nancy Kurz W John McGuinness Matthew & Vita Ciullo Ergotech, Inc. Diana Howard-Horvath Jeffrey & Laura Lanehart David McGuire ’01 Daniel & Deborah Clarke Lida Ermert Kimberly Hudock ’10 Michael Laurent Therrien Rory McGuniness

20 Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift   new donors, cont’d. Michael & Vicma McHugh David & Annmarie Pecka Cinzia Roe Lester Silberman United Way of Western Connecticut Michael McLachlan Harry & Elizabeth Pember Lionell ’97 & Keva Rogers, Jr. Kenneth ’96 & Megan Silliman University of Rochester Kathleen McNally Tara Pensiero Robert Rogers Lisa Sinopoli Thanh Valente Henry & Denise McNew Per Tutti Pizza, LLC Thomas Roncinske, Jr. ’08 Barbara Skrebutenas ’79 Mieke Vanhout Roanna Metowski George & Maria Pereira Jennifer Rose ’99 Gail Slupatchuk Kate Veccharelli ’10 Lawrence & Anna Michaels Luke Philippas Robert & Tina Rose Small Business Development Center Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith LLC W Patricia Mino Elzbieta Piechocki David & Elizabeth Ross Kem & Syn So Edward & Donna ’11 Viner Mary-Ellen Monahan Ayako Piera Joseph Ruffo Frederick & Kathryn Sokolowski Bernard Vitti  Joseph & Shirley Mone Gregory & Robin ’79 Pietz Ann Ryan Michael Sorell Diana Vogel ’06 Bradley Morris Loriann Pirraglia Edward & Maria Ryan Andres Sovero ’11 S. Jane von Trapp Helen Moses Gerald & Colleen Plimpton Frank & Rosa Sabene Alexander & Linda Sparaco Melissa Wasik ’94 Nikhil Mukheja ’03 Donna Poliquin ’08 Thomas & Teresa Saboe Caleen Speed Harry & Kim Watson, Jr. Michael & Joanne Murphy Theresa Polseno Barbara Sakalian ’11 Charles Speidel Watson Pharmaceuticals Nicholas Muscente Lauren Post ’11 Jerome & Kama Sanchy Daniel Spring ’10 WCSU Health Promotion & Exercise Karen Nagy ’11 Helen Previdi  Melissa Santos ’11 St. John’s University Sciences Ron Neugold  Stephen Price ’09 Noreen Saunders  Susan Stahley Alan Webb New England Graphics & Metals, LLC Prudential Connecticut Realty Raymond & Jill Schmidt Debbie Stanton Westco Scientific Instruments, Inc. New Fairfield Senior Center Stanley & Jenny Przytulski David & Evelyn Schneider Robert & Pamela Starrett Tad & Sherry Wheeler Nhung Nguyen ’09 Georgios Psarofagis ’08 David & Marisa Schoenberg C Christine Stone ’11 Lacey Wildman ’11 William Ochs IV ’96 Purple Zebra, LLC David & Deborah Scholz Stop & Shop  Bryan Wilson ’99  O’Connell, Flaherty & Attmore, LLC Jeremy Rawson ’11 Keith & Eileen Schroeder June Suib Windmill Diner Hugh O’Donnell Ellen Revesz  Courtney Schultz ’11 Take Time Center, LLC Kaylah Winter ’10 Mark Oeding ’10 Kelly Richardson Mary Secola ’10  Jose & Bonnie ’84 Tate Wooster School Office Equipment Center, LLC Edwin & Lillian Rivera Jane See Richard & Zena ’59 Taylor Marion Yamin Paulson W Jodi Olinsky Richard Rivera Gale Senglaub The News-Times Abdel Hamid & Olga Yasin Erin Olivo ’10 Sissi Rivera’11 Nanette Seperack The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Michael & Nancy ’10 Yonkers Kevin Olson ’08 Robilotti Consulting, LLC P Patricia Seri W Foundation, Inc. Ana Zobler ’10 Laura O’Reilly ’10 Janet Robinson Brittany Serke ’08 The University of Vermont OTA LLC Kathleen Robinson John & Robin Shepard Jessica Tobin ’11 Vincent & Madelyn Parisi Sarah Robinson ’11 Denise Sheppard Michael ’80 & Jean Tomkovitch C Party Depot, Inc. Rocco’s Haircutting  Paul & Cindy Shupenis Curtis ’91 & Tonya Torian Stephanie Pavlu ’10 Robert & Nanette Rodriguez Thomas Siena Adam Trujillo

(left) At a recent ‘Coffee and Conversation’ hosted by the president’s office, (l-r) Dudley Williams, director of district education strategy in the GE Asset Management Group in Stamford, Conn., chatted with Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Abbey Zink and Susan Neumann, vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at Praxair, Inc., in Danbury. Neumann is president of Praxair Foundation, the primary sponsor of the Bridges program, of which “Camp College” is a part. “Camp College” introduces sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders to a college setting.

(below) Assistant Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences Dr. Patrice Boily introduces middle-school children to a laboratory setting. Building a Bridge to improve student success

Freshman Kassandra Woods recently was awarded a Praxair Scholarship, a full four-year scholarship to WCSU.

Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift 21   Cupola the

alumni donors by class

Class of 1935 Fritz Wieting C Edith Vogel Patricia Williams Class of 1939 Class of 1952 Mary Mitchell C  Elizabeth Kennen AnnaKaie Sodemann P Myra Mattes Ross  Ruth Wilson  Henry McQuade Carolyn Wagner P Class of 1940  Neil Wagner P Christine Travostino  Olga Zukowsky  Class of 1941 Class of 1953 Harriet Davis Vincent Cibbarelli C Edna Frisbie Julianne Gallagher  Class of 1943 Margret Maloney Ruth Cohn Janet Moore Alan Svonkin Isabelle T. Farrington   Ruby Holloway 50th reunion gift  Class of 1954 Carol Kronewitter The Class of 1960 honored their beloved former deans of Women and Men, Claire Elizabeth Ann Comcowich W Doris Mason   Benjamin DaSilva, Jr. G. Trisch and Alfred T. Geddes, by contributing to their memorial scholarship fund. Paul Mockovak Lucia Kimber Recipients have demonstrated financial need, and the scholarship is open to all majors. Richard Wanzer C Ralph LoStocco Marion Wells  Charles Maloney Barry Spencer Paul Naves John Greene C Walter McCarroll C  Class of 1944 Eleanor McBride  Wesley Masten Margaret Meisenhelder William Tesbir Robert Pettinicchi Winifred Bjarke Mary Jane Newkirk  Anna Marie Michaels J. Robert Tulipani Paul Romaniello Class of 1959 Shirley Peknik  Irene Morrison Julius Tulipani Elaine Salem W Class of 1945  Jean Pellerin Carol Clark Barbara Nero Caren Snook W Gladys Evertsen Helena Hahn Class of 1964  Constance Quarrie  Dorothy Nolte Judith Tattar C Mary Lou Alberetti  Vivian Henley  Barbara Sarojak Gloria Hanstein Rose Paonessa Dawn Tomaino Susan Andrews Edna Miller Sarah Siksay Elsie Kandrak C Harriet Rosenberg Frank Tomaino, Jr. Marian Schroeder  Nancy Takacs James Leonard C Myra Tesbir Charles Ball, Jr. C Nan Usman Frances Merante Carol Beers Diana Wellman Class of 1946 Class of 1955 Ralph Toscano   Ned Moore C Richard Bellesheim Andree McColgan Herman Anderson, Jr. David Tyrrell  Donald Wilson C   Jerome Rose Marilynn Chisholm  Patricia Conway Lois Weiss  Linda Zucca Class of 1947 Margaret Schneider Gioia Clyde Ann Gill  William Weiss, Jr.   Shirley Alexander Theodore Smigala Lee Cronin Class of 1965 Nicholas Hadad Patricia Wooster C June Fahey Barbara Susnitzky P Donna Cubelli Morris Beers Dorothy Myers  Brenda Zamary C Annabelle Lynn Zena Taylor  Louis Cubelli Mary Cohen  Francis Pane, Jr. John Zamary C Margaret Reardon Raymond Valus  Bernadette DeMunde Ruth Effron  Robert Simonelli C Marie Trowbridge Class of 1962 Theresa Eberhard Asch P  John Ganio David Vaughn Class of 1960 Leona Fusco S. Sanford Boughton Kathleen Keating  Class of 1948 Mary Lou Vaughn C Claudia Anderson  Robert Collins Mary Green Judith Lee Irene Anderson Betty Vincent Jon Anderson C Patrick Griffin  Joseph DaSilva Ruth Lewis  Charles Bass Helen Wahlstrom C Patricia Bellini Joan Johnston   Louis Filippelli Kathleen Mauks  Marguerite Fuller C Dorothy Cook Claire Leheny Joseph Merluzzi Class of 1956 Thomas Fulling Eleanor Hegedus Joan Furci Joanne Gregory Sheila Martenson Gail Minthorn Joanne Baldauf C  Edyce Hornig  Emil Fusek F George Mann Ross Martin Fredrick Morlock  June Jones C  Edward Siergiej C Peter Gallagher Lorraine Merluzzi Elizabeth Naves   Ellen Masterson C Arthur McCormack C Mary Gordan  Mary Siergiej C Robert Murphy, Jr. C Mary Murphy C  Miriam Zimmer Francis Grosso Grace Parisi  E. Thomas Ohara Patricia Kelly Barbara Romboni Class of 1949 Myra Peterson  Reale Lemieux, Sr. Joseph Sanchez Virginia Ciccarone Ronald Schmidt  Dorothea Macol Priscilla Wallace Herbert Garber Richard Teller C Eugene McNamara Raymond Wixted Mary Kirby C Mary Vaghi Katherine Santuro Carol MacLenathen C Marjorie Sherman Class of 1963  Class of 1957 Elizabeth McGivern Maureen Stanek-Chisholm John Bellino Dionizia Brochinsky Louise Winter Susan Trump Kay Brooks Marie Cochran W  Irene Tyrrell Linda DaSilva Class of 1950 William Conway Janet Valus Frank Dye Barbara Berg Herbert Crocker, Jr.   Carol Woodworth Joyce Fitzgerald Rosabel Clark Marie Gervasini C  A. Rodger Wutzl C Charles (Tony) Gorman, Jr. Gloria Kinney Douglas Jeffrey C  Joan Wutzl C Kitch Gorman Marita O’Neill  Ernest Lehman C Robert Groeschner Dolores Rossler Janet Loya Class of 1961 Frederick Hanstein Alyce Millson Class of 1951 Robert Basta Ann McNamara Margaret Pane Gloria Churchill Mildred Bogues Mary Anne Moore C  Giovina Sessions Wendy Donovan James Brawley Sondra Phinney-Miller C  Jean Hutchinson Alumni who participated in this year’s academic proces- Helen Chapman Class of 1958  Bernard Reidy P Eleanor Kirk  sion included (l-r) June Jones ’56, Ned Moore ’59 and Shirleymae Ela Patricia Bowen W Judy Rowan  James Mackey Frances Perchal  Kenneth Saloom Sharon Fusco ’67. Robed in gold are members of the  SallyAnn Gallagher  Katharine Philbrook W Jean Gilbert Golden Circle (graduated 50 or more years ago).

22 Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift   John McMahon James Milne Joseph Kocet C  David W. Nurnberger P  Dale Mitchell C Katherine Loehr Nancy Nurnberger P C Jonathan Los  Richard Palanzo  Donna Ray Jon Lovelett Roger Pollick  Sydney Rehkamp P Maria Magalhaes Ronald Pugliese  George Szigeti Paul Nickolloff Franklin Renz  Viola Watson Edward Seagraves Richard Nigro Lorraine Seaton Wendy Pandolfi Class of 1973 Diane Smith Susan Pelchat Les Andrews W Claude Wallace, Jr. Linda Powers Joseph Arconti John Wrenn C Olga Roman-Bates Shirley Bernson  Elaine Zarcone Samuel Rubin Jane Casagrande C   Eugene Saska Deborah Chester Class of 1975  David Seltzer C Joseph Dellamarggio Marilyn Austin Marian Senatore Frederick DiMaria  Anne Beatty Jessie Steiner Rita Drozdenko   Emile Buzaid, Jr. C Kathleen Turner Kevin Freyer, Student Government Association president and member of WCSU’s Francine Fleischman  Bruce Cavanaugh Mary Walsh Foundation Board, checks in with Alumni Association (AA) President Jan Maria Jagush Deborah Foote  Paul Cesca Mary-Jo Whitlock ’75, ’81, who gave the greeting and passed the flag to the incoming class at this year’s Janet Fuechsel   Jean Collins Karen Williams “Entering the Gates” ceremony. Bernadette Ganio C Maria Craye  Douglas Goodrich Kathleen Durnin Class of 1977 Mark Graser Rosanne Adams Class of 1965, cont’d. Herbert Perlman Betty Liberty   Louise Freund Marilyn Lieff Marilyn Greene Maria Luisa Getz Lorraine Amdur Kenneth Reed, Jr. Mary Ellen Ryer   Doris Lundberg Sharon Haley W Michael Blake Ronald Russo Jennifer Trombley Deborah Gogliettino  Charles Mann Robert Hopkins John Gogliettino W Andrea Brandl C August Serra C John Yarochowicz    Brendan Jugler C Nancy Taterosian Linda Miller  Darrel Haley Barbara Brooks C Class of 1969 James Poodiack Cynthia Jugler Kathleen Hannigan Lorraine Capobianco P Joan Wolfe Adele Bernstein  Donald Pothier Joyce Jugler C  Lynn Hennessey Serena Coulombe Barbara Bernstein  Class of 1966 Ross Prinzo Olga Leavitt  Thomas Higgins Kevin Cragin Lois-Jean Berry James Botta Fred Rossomando Mary Liscinsky Gwynne Hopko Elaine Cyr Mary Bonaccorso Michael Byron Barbara Schancupp Jeff Lorello C Deborah Galle C Jan Maria Jagush  Jean Courtney James Carroll C Nancy Schumann C Jeanne Lutze Benjamin Kirkland Nellie Gaughran Beverly Center Garrett Lyke C Patricia Egan   Marguerite Straiton Helen Lalak Joan Giannone Michael Flanagan Thomas Crucitti P  Nancy Sudik Catherine Macchio Catherine Larson Stephen Gillotti C Aileen Egan C Walter Sudik III Diana Major Gordon Harris Theodore Johnson  Eric Larson Brian Fagan Marie Troha  Robert Veneziano Karen Mann  Susan Littlefield Linda Harris Cynthia Vlasaty Pamela Fagan Elizabeth McDonough W Peter Marcato Charles Hutchins  Class of 1971  Betty Jean Wasczyk Mary Gerrity Eileen Mitchell C E. Marie Mas Margaret Imbro  Ronald Arbitelle  Brenda Gilbert  Marta Moret C Cheryl McDowell Walter Keenan W Class of 1967 Claire Bergin  Marshall Hadad Susan Morris C Margaret O’Neill Sandra Kissel Donald Amorosa C    Vera Hadad Karen Chambrovich Karl Olson Kay Palacko Anita Lynch Edwina Amorosa Cynthia Kasper Joyce Clark Harmon Joyce McCarthy  Salvador Pandolfi John Pytel  Melanie Ballard Georgia Keogh Lois Crucitti P Mary McCormack   Doris Parry Alexander Rooney  Roy Bouffard Joan Kick Patricia Durkin C Eugene Quarrie Marianne Seymour C Margaret McKerrow  Alice Carolan Arline Lathrop John Fusek  Victoria Reinhold C Jeffrey Smith Ann Mulvaney Daniel DeRosa, Jr. William Lemak, Jr. Patricia Gage  John Setaro C Anne Sorenson Christina Noce Kathleen Donatucci Gary Lemme W Joan Gereg   Shirley Smith Barbara Teller C Katherine Pollaro Sarah Guyaz Vicki Gustavson Nancy McBrien Roberta Struski Donna Varbero Robert Pytel C Jeanne Hubbard W Michael Hagan   Emilia Montalto  Joseph Taylor Roger Wright Daniel Rovelli Linda McMaster Sheila Howard Paul Montalto  Allan Weir Morrell Smith Albert Mead, Jr. P C Class of 1976  Dianna Poodiack Viola Huntoon Julie Wright Joseph Strilowich Bonnie Miller Susan Beebe-Skiparis  Wayne Richardson Rosemary Madia  Judith Telesmanick John Osborne C Evelyn Marshak Susan Cavanna  Karen Streeter Class of 1974 Linda Wrenn C Marie Pinchbeck Pauline McBride Kathleen DeShields  Gail Taar  Anne Baran Maureen Shanley Kathleen Townsend C Stephen Durci Class of 1978 Dayle Moulton Gary Bocaccio   Barbara Sipe Pamela Verrastro James Parcells Kenneth Borsari Maija-Liisa Fink C Allan Albetski Vincent Tomkalski Robert Lincoln Pease Brian Burgess Ann Fitzgerald Carmella Amodeo Class of 1970  Charles Ward James Potvin, Sr. Elizabeth Dimock Stephen Galle C Diane Andrews Cheryl Beck W  Marc Reynolds C Elaine Dinto P Linda Galloway C Gilbert Brown C Class of 1968 Louis Beck C   Margaret Richardson Anthony DiPerrio Gary Gillotti C Jeanne Camperchioli Hilary Caldwell Samuel Beck C  Marcia Rumsey Mitchell Drabik C Barbara Castrataro Frederick Carpenter  Sharon Girard  Martin Bernstein Ronald Drozdenko Patricia Domnarski Robert Chakar, Sr. Raymond Snyder, Jr.  Alfred Glazer  Cameron Brundage Leah Turner Debra Elliott George Eller Mary Jo Costabile Marilyn Gordon  Elinor D’Angio C Candice Ermer Brenda Fegley Rosemary DeSanctis Michael VanGeons  Eileen Gorham  Thomas Fogarty C  Lynn French Richard Gribinas John Ferrante Chester Gage Class of 1972 Joseph L. Giaquinto, Jr. P Francis Gallo Nancy Grimes Barbara Gorham Imogene Jaykus C Richard David C  Margaret Godsill Leonard Genovese, Jr. P Laura Gross Barbara Greaney Michael Jaykus C  Johanne Hagan Joseph Durkin C Alison Haber Deborah Heon Norma Gyle W Joseph Kelly, Jr. Kathryn Hand Leigh Galanis Frank Herbert Glenn Herzig Gary Hawley P George Lamperti, Jr.   Regina Huber Diane Hassell Marcia Klebanow Robert Hopko Frederick Lobdell C Diane Lesniak Sally Hutton Charles Leety Gary Kozak Cynthia Johnson Dorothy Mellett  Joan Mead P Theresa Lucente  Sandra Justin  Karen Marcato Carol Jones Margaret Miller W Robert Orgovan  Philip Karpinsky Alan Mattei Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift 23   Cupola the

Class of 1978, cont’d. Louise Ann Finch C Sara Morgatto C  Margaret Glahn Noreen Morrell W. Jason Hancock  David Plews  Ruth Holzthum Rachel Ramsey Marilyn Kain Joan Roberts  Paula Keegan Virginia Sampson Holly Kocet C  Vera Tisdall Donald McGran  Stephen Vale C Edgar Miller III Phyllis Whitlock John Perillo MaryAnn Wohlever Lawrence Post C John Sheeran Class of 1979  Robert Van Buskirk Jean Antin C James Wolf Lygia Arcaro C Pauline Argeros Class of 1982 Susan Boland Shepherd Robert Bailyn The Alumni & Friends Circle rededication ceremony is held annually on the Midtown campus near Old Main and the Helen Bourgoin Marianne Billings old oak tree. The circle houses an ensemble of engraved bricks, inscribed benches, trees and light posts. This year’s Lorraine Chagnon Joseph Chiaramonte participants gathered near the circle after the ceremony. Kathleen Cragin Donna Cincogrono Daryle Dennis Dawn Coen Andrew Salamon Jeffrey Miller Dawn Nielsen Maureen Salinger C Joan DiGiulio JoAnn Corsaro C   Jane Sander W Eric Nielsen Kathleen Pisciotta Lorraine Sautner Elaine Eitzer Thomas Courtien C Jeffrey Twombly  Stephen Ostroski MaryJean Rebeiro P Deborah Gross F Mary Curtis Linda VanDam Heather Rogalski Barbara Reisinger Class of 1990 Carey Hewitt C Maureen Armstrong C  Anna Denninger  Claire Warner Edward Satkowsky, Jr. Karen Ryan Linda Higgins Terri Fasig-McLaughlin John Beckett John Schosser Cheryl Scriven C Deborah Hjort Daniel Fegley Class of 1984 Jeffrey Bellagamba  Brian Smith C Martha Statchen-Slater Pamela Hyman C Charles Fenwick Sherryl Anderson  Jeanette Cirone W Susan Tritter Michele Valenti C  Margaret Borgeest  Lynne Kearney Denis Gallagher  Jeffrey Crouch Nancy Wildman  Sebastian Valenti C Sally Kile C Marilynn Gillotti Lorraine Branecky  Sarah Fay Marilyn Krentzman Bruce Goldsen Sandra Brenner Class of 1986 Class of 1988 Wendy Grispin Joan-Marie Bresnahan Colvin Allen C Sara Kruzansky Mara Griffiths    Aldo Biagiotti, Jr. Gary Justiniano Linda Cavagna W Janice Light Geniene Guglielmo Nancy Anderson  Suzanne Brigman Hannah Kauffman Drusilla Hoge Bonnie Chainey William Baker Helvi Maripuu  Pamela Bruschi Douglas Leonard C Adelino DosSantos, Jr. Louise Millis George Kain  Naomi Barber Peter Casazza Diane Leonard C Nancy Morrissey Earl Kroner Kenneth Erdmann C Kathleen Briggs Knox Anthony Cincogrono Carol LiVolsi  Cindy Mortensen Trudy Menzer Judith Gentile Steven Byrne Anthony W. Cirone, Jr. W    William McDevitt  Jacqueline Morrison Susan Goldsen Patricia Carlson Andrew Ocif   Donna DeFabritis Jill Miller Robin Pietz Susan Murray Eileen Kenny  Yvette Carp Christine DePaoli-Floer Ellen Myhill Anne-Marie Satkowsky Barbara Rasp Gabrielle Kessler Shirley Ferris  Karen Engstrom C Linda Penn Barbara Skrebutenas Andrew Rodgers Lisa King Lamar Fife C W Scott Fawcett  Nan Salamon Gary Williamson Dale Rothbell Debra Lajoie Sherry Gervais Mary Ellen Fiorita Eric Sawyer Elizabeth Salame Maureen McCarthy Robert Yamin P Alice Halpine  Suzanne Godwin Pamela Simmons Alicia Snakard C Julie McCormick C Cindy Machado Robert Gyle III W Margaret Stephens C Class of 1980 Cheryl O’Herron Susan Mion Michael Kaltschnee Bernadette Allan Class of 1983 Susan Williams C Amy Partrick Tina Mulinski William Karnoscak Allan Azary Mary-Anne Ammerman   Lawrence Peck C Jonathan Pilla Joseph Kay Class of 1991 Andrew Ciaburri Marguerite Auslander C  Craig Romanek Jane Sadowski Mary Ellen Loncto Gail Andersen  Barbara Collins C Renee Barall Andrew Staley Carol Schmidt Diane Mineo Vicki Barrett Barbara Combs Walter Barlow C    Bonnie Tate Ilia Scriven C Kristen Papucci Christina Beaudoin Janet DePaul Laurie Bellagamba Barbara Thompson Cheryl Sgrignari C Robert Porter Margaret Donecker Ronald Douglass Winifred Brickmeier  Teresa Tortora Keli Solomon Kimberley Rybczyk Mark Fernand Beryl Gribbin Sharon Broderick  Leslie Wallace Julie Sorcek C Rose Sayers Dorothy Gibson C Deborah Isaacson Helen Buzaid C    Caroline Weldon Pamela Watkins Irene Stukshis C Joseph Giordano III David Karraker   Cynthia Conti Margaret Whitney Patricia Weiner Polly Tafrate Anita Harris Mary Lillis    Paul Cunningham Valerie Williams Rebecca Woodward Kangsun Krten Holly McGran  Karen deFriesse Class of 1987 Lawrence Moran III Daniel Mulry Helen Ernst Class of 1985 Brian Ainsworth C Class of 1989 Dawn Passano Eileen O’Connor Marguerite Fasone Dawn Ackerman Holli Babb Debra Bekish C Mark Riccio  Jonathan Rose J. William Font Jessica Braun Lois Boisits Judith Brown  Curtis Torian Maureen Salerno Scott Brunjes P  Marlene Gaberel  Matthew Costello Fung Chow Paula Caldara Class of 1992 Annette Shapiro  Stuart Goosman  Marie Delawder Eileen Coladarci Alan Skiparis Mary Ellen Guere Todd Cambio Martha Giammatteo Melissa Conklin Robert Brown Carol Snyder C Jean Irving Margaret Caterson Maribeth Griffin Faith Cooney Marie Dennis Kurt Solek C Rita Dantonio Lowe Christina Gust Ellen Czyz Jeffrey Dobratz  Carole Johannsen  Stacey Didato Maura Drabik C Michael Tomkovitch C Carmela Keck Nancy Haack Grace Geanuracos C  Al Trimpert III Rebecca Diot John Dye Lisa Koeppel Carol Hazzard  Gregg Geanuracos C  Robert Dubauskas Marilyn Galanti Robert Lovell W  Daniel Hepp Joel Gomes Class of 1981   Veronica Erdmann C Ellen Klaus Elisabeth Hirschfeld Carol Lubus  Jeanne Henderson Betsy Bielefield Robert Guere Karin Hyzy  Paula Mitchell C James Laverty Joanne Justiniano C Laurence Budweiser Jalna Jaeger Dianne Ostroski Carolyn Kenworthy George Letts James Kile Stephen Chwaliszewski Nancy Krulikowski Diana Jones  Anthony Palumbo  Mark LoPresti C Gail Lehman C Wendy Ciaburri Christine Mattei Jiri Krten Steve Pichiarallo Gary Marino Philip Lewis John Cossu Anna Menard  Katherine McKay Richard Pinto C Joseph Monde Barbara Pokorak W Cory Denninger   David Rogalski Sandra Mierzejewski Angelle Roussel  Peggy Southard

24 Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift   Class of 1993 Chek Keong Tan C Sissy McKee Bernard Orenstein Michael Lombardi C Doris Cartolano Mark Benigni Clare Zimmitti Trinh Mezerewski Timothy Salwierz Matthew Lupoli Dennis D’Amato Mary Devine Breamond Ostrander Frances Shaver Helen Meyer Betsy Davidson Class of 1998 Jennifer Dobratz Margarida Sagaria Ryan Soto Kevin Olson Gisela Dias Geoffrey Bandura Bernard Findley Breina Schain Diana Vogel Donna Poliquin Krystin Gaetano Evan Bernstein Judith Foye C Monica Sousa Georgios Psarofagis Beverly Grey-Sheldon Amy Davis  Class of 2007 Valerie Hale  Mounira Stott Henry Ricci Kimberly Hudock  Melissa DeJoseph Suzanne Anderson Jeffrey Hall Tony Zatzick Thomas Roncinske, Jr. Randall Insero Jacqueline DiCerbo Brian Austin Tracy Horosky P Brittany Serke Jake Kara  Loretta Ertl Class of 2005 Lawrence Bobnick Eileen Keeler  Susan Shaw Laurie Libby Carmen Goldman P Barry Boriss W Helen Curtin Rosenspire James Kunicki  Daniel Lovallo C  Cynthia Hannan C Jaimme Eckert Franson Anneli Lillbask Carrie Boriss Class of 2009 Mark Oeding Nancy Hathaway P Mark Faticoni Amanda Morrison Stephanie Browne Melanie Abissi Erin Olivo Brian Morehouse Christopher Fountain Sharon Owen Barbara Cahill Diane Burke Laura O’Reilly  Cory Plock P Katherine DeGroat Richard Giorgi Michelle Cordeiro Lisa Peck C  Stephanie Pavlu Margaret Dobbins Keith Karvelis Keona Dawson Inez Ramirez Class of 1999 Mary Alice Secola Samantha Flynn Robert Mayette Meredith Liberto Kevin Quinn Joseph Carrafiello  Daniel Spring Vanessa Freitas William Milkovic Allysa Lombardo Thomas Saadi C David Critelli Jessica Strom  Debra Hvolbeck-Livingston Paula Muhlfeld Nhung Nguyen Gisela Seagraves Richard Horosky P  Kate Veccharelli  Susan Kelly Hanna Profeta Stephen Price C Barbara Wanzer C David Kozlowski Kaylah Winter   Joann Korniluk John Read Adam Radzimirski Josiane Whitson W Carol Lieto Nancy Yonkers Charles Pomeroy Courtney Robinson Jonathan Rosario Genene Morehouse Laura Young Class of 1994 Sara Slater-Smith C Yvonne Santiago Anne Newbury Class of 2006 Ana Zobler Linda Timman Timothy Brown C Irene Patalano Helen Anne Class of 2008 Terri Csizmadia C Jennifer Rose Thomson Babykutty Dawn Bailey W Class of 2010 David Dann Valerie Roth C Angela Bednarchak Patricia Cosentino Bryan Anderson Dawn Grenier   Barbara Sancho  Reese Bernal Rebecca Devine Laura Barker Barbara Lesperance  Cosimo Sgarlata Karen Chance Diane Forth-Raccio Katrina Barlowski Elizabeth Malle Bryan Wilson Michelle Kelfkens Pauline Goolkasian C Robert Billings C Beatrice McKirgan  Nora Lee Joseph Hochheiser C Luisa Britton Marcella McVay Class of 2000  Heide Lock C Frank LaBanca Marco Cardellino Kathryn Plum Deborah Bailey  Jason Miller Evan Light Mary Rieke Theresa Buzaid C Melissa Wasik Wendy Carrafiello Thei Cherry Class of 1995 Kathleen Livolsi Mary Consoli  Yvonne Locke Debra Cratty  Lizette Plock P Frederic Cratty  Renee Raabe Janet DeCarlo Jonathan Stark Daniel Hamm Rosemary Wright Michelle Mattiaccio Christopher Morrison Class of 2001 Richard Parmalee, Jr. P  Laura Anderson James Purcell III Carol Broesler  Kristen Sirois C Priscilla Durgy David McGuire Class of 1996 Christopher Meehan Antonella Capilupi Michael Vaughn C Constance Conway  Ralph Williams 2011 Class Gift co-chair Deborah Dougherty F Brian Douglas Class of 2002 Bianca Lucchesi was one Tamara Douglas Craig Beyer of several seniors who Diana Downes Phyllis Boger promoted the “Leave Your Stephan Gerhard Jane Bucher Mark” campaign, which Students celebrated at this year’s undergraduate commencement ceremony. Sylvia Green Susan Carbone  encouraged students to William Ochs IV Day De Rosa, Jr. donate toward the Senior Shawn Ryan John Egan  class of 2011 Class Gift. At one event, Kenneth Silliman Fabiana Hershfield senior class gift Frances Starr Jennifer Nash C seniors left their special George Rogers Each year, the senior class leaves a legacy honoring their years at WCSU by donating to a mark on personally deco- Class of 1997  Ted Selken scholarship for an incoming student. In this way, they pay tribute to the university by making Jason Davis rated cupcakes, raising  Emile Waite Teri Fernand  it possible for a student, who otherwise might not be able, to enjoy the same opportunities $225 for the Scholarship they were afforded. Tammy Hammershoy C  Class of 2003 Fund. Maryann Kepple C Mary Fuller Sebbie Achaibar Katherine Ellis Jeremy Rawson Maria Laderach Nicole Gregory Anthony Belanger Amanda Forker Sissi Rivera  Robert Lanczycki Nikhil Mukheja Stephen Benzon Kristin Fruechtenicht Sarah Robinson Aaron Larkin   Class of 2004 Bryan Bielefeldt Ana Garcia-Blasquez Barbara Sakalian Todd McInerney C    Petrit Ajro Heather Bodington David Greiner Melissa Santos Elizabeth Nunes    Verna Lee Cordon George Class Lawrence Hallock, Jr. Courtney Schultz Karyn Palanzo C      Susan Donnelly Holly Colbert Blake Irving Andres Sovero Denise Pearson    Laura Haskins Peter Cordes Danielle King Christine Stone Lionell Rogers, Jr. Erin Damato  Tyler Madwid  Jessica Tobin  Brian Lane C Birte Selvaraj    Kelly Mazako Colleen Dietter Karen Nagy Donna Viner Peggy Stewart Matthew Donofrio Lauren Post Lacey Wildman  Brian McIlrath   

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Evan Bernstein ’98 Mary & Rudy Behrens Music Fund Peter Holmstedt restricted funds Mary and Rudy Behrens  Scott Andrews Memorial WCSU Communication Richard Lundwell Anonymous Nursing Scholarship New Fairfield Senior Center Scholarship Department’s Emeritus Anonymous Dr. Harold Schramm Scholarship Morton Family Scholarship for Marjorie Steinberg Faculty Award Robert & Patricia Ivry Hugh & June McCarney Baker Communications Group Irene Patalano ’99 Academic Excellence  Gregory Schramm Robert Veneziano ’70 John & Leslie Ann Wallace Scholarship in Journalism Allen & Roberta Morton  William Baker ’86 Harold & Patricia Schramm New Beginnings Nursing Masters Steven Ward Scholarship WCSU Foundation Scholarship Fund Stephen & Dawn ’08 Bailey W Dean & Pauline ’79 Argeros Berkshire Food Scholarship Dr. John M. Tufts Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Joseph ’73 & Karen Dellamarggio Berkshire Food Distributors, Inc. 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Century Club C WestConn Society W Fairfield Hall Society F President’s Club P Loyalty Society Senior Class Gift 31   32 theCupola class notes spent manyhoursincommunitymusi- Lutheran ChurchinDanbury.Shehas minister ofmusic/organistatImmanuel Joanne F.Archibald’77iscurrently 1970s projects andenjoyshertwocatsdog. Home. Sheisinvolvedinmanyat-home Kent’s ThriftShopandtheVeterans unteers attheHomeBureau,Common Patricia Williams’51isretiredandvol- 1950s mates. social gatheringsinvolvingformerclass- enjoys receivingnewsaboutWCSUand Marian Schroeder’45isretiredand 1940s ciate deanattheNewJerseySchool After leavingoffice, Dyerbecameasso- Danbury. four termsasmayorof He laterserved in1976.state HouseofRepresentatives Council in1974andelectedtothe Youthwas appointedtotheDanbury Rep. JohnMonagan, D-5thDistrict. He In 1972, heworkedasanaidetoU.S. ofTrustees. SystemBoard University member oftheConnecticutState and was appointedthefirststudent dent, editedtheClassof’69yearbook - presi Association Student Government aWesternAs as student, Dyerserved on July26. Hewas 64. to 1987, James “Jimmy” Dyer’72 died 1979 from Former mayorofDanbury and donor WCSU friend James Dyer’72, The WCSUAlumni OfficehasmovedtoOld Main302.StopbyandvisitMonday throughFriday,8:30a.m.to4:30 p.m. Office in1971. (Inset) DyerpicturedintheYearbook Team 40threunionin2009. daughter Whitneyatthe1969Football Former mayorJimDyer(center)and for AdvancedAllergy andAsthma. after 29years.Sheisaregisterednurse Masonic HealthcareinNewtown,Conn. Brenda Fegley’79isretiredfrom my cherishedWestConnfriends.” than momdid!“Warmestregardstoall are incollege—behavingmuchbetter Meyers, Fla.DaughtersErikaandChrissy Dave liveinLebanon,Conn.,andFort “Nell” RameyBourgoin’79andhusband where shemajorsinradioandtelevision. Spring attendsMariettaCollegeinOhio specializes insound.DaughterHeather a theatreartsdegreefromWCSUand guitar. SonDanSpring’10graduatedwith continues toteachpiano,organ,fluteand cal theaterasmusic/vocaldirectorand personal paperstotheuniversity. ofdonatinghismayoraland process At thetimeofhisdeath, Dyerwas inthe atalkatWCSU’sand gave Haas Library. 10, displayedinauguralmemorabilia sincetheageof Kennedy memorabilia John F. Kennedy, Dyer, acollectorof election andinaugurationofPresident Nov. ofthe 9, onthe50thanniversary football teamreunion. Last anniversary a leadingorganizerfor WCSU’s 40th alma materuntilhisdeath. Hewas tohis anddevoted involved remained of Architecture, in2010. retiring He u

wcsu archives urban life. His muralsindowntownDanburydepict Deb Keiser”intheDanburyNews-Times. recently featuredinthe“SundayChatwith The workofartistJoeDiGuiseppi’02was for eightyears. as anoncologynurseatDanburyHospital married inMay2009,hasbeenworking Melissa (Ballas)DeJoseph’98,whowas ’98. WestConn SweetheartLennyBisaccia collegiate division.Bisacciaismarriedto crowned nationalchampionsinthelarge first runner-upandthisyeartheywere Beach, S.C.Lastyeartheywereawarded Am NationalsCompetitioninMyrtle tive year,herteamcompetedintheCan department. Forthesecondconsecu- and alsoworksparttimeintherecreation the ClubCheerleadingSquadatWCSU (Parsons) Bisaccia’98isheadcoachof Former WCSUcheerleaderDeborah 1990s Hampshire withherspouse. in communityhealth.ShelivesNew nurse practitionerandclinicalspecialist primary care.Sampsonalsoisafamily researches healthpolicyandaccessto from theUniversityofPennsylvaniaand Boston College.ShereceivedherPh.D. Practitioners, isanassistantprofessorat low oftheAmericanAcademyNurse Deborah Sampson’83,anelectedfel- and twodaughters. Beacon Falls,Conn.,withherhusband Group inHamden,Conn.Shelives titioner incardiologyattheCardiology employed for13yearsasanurseprac- Tina ChasseMulinski’86,’93hasbeen 1980s Ph.D. inAugust. School ofNursingandgraduatedwitha dissertation atUMassWorcesterGraduate LPN program.Sherecentlycompletedher High SchoolinUpton,Mass.,theadult time atBlackstoneValleyVocationalTech Susan BolandShepherd’79teachesfull to celebratethismilestone. cruise-tour throughnorthernEurope anniversary inAugustandplanto celebrated their40thwedding Linda (Huey)’79andJohnGirko’73 Greater Danburyarea. North Salem,N.Y.,andvolunteerinthe at PequonakonkElementarySchoolin wedding anniversaryinJune.Theyteach Stephen ’79 WestConn SweetheartsValerie’78and Fuller celebratedtheir40th whenever shecan. & Video,andentersartcompetitions business, SoundsIncredibleHomeAudio in 2009.Sheassistsherhusbandhis Alicia (Ammirata)Daley’03wasmarried New HavenHospital. Dennis D’Amato’10isemployedatYale unit. ShewasmarriedonJune18. position onacardiothoracicstep-down Michelle Cordeiro’09startedanew to anMDScoordinatoratMasonicare. Melanie Abissi’09wasrecentlypromoted 2000s than 22years. design, printingandadvertisingformore that hasbeenalocalleaderincreative Graphics &Printing,aBethelcompany Ron Lawlor’93ownsR.E. Michael. husband JuliusandsonsJr. the original1969Woodstocksitewith Teachers award,Krentzresidesnear ent oftheWho’sWhoAmongAmerican in Jeffersonville,N.Y.Atwo-timerecipi- the SullivanWestCentralSchoolDistrict her 20thyearasamusiceducatorat Michele Krentz’91,’95justcompleted cabinet maker. New Milford,Conn.,withhusbandJoe,a rummaged asachild.Maureenlivesin grandmother, whosejewelryboxesshe com), attributesherloveofbeadsto Hill Beads(www.pumpkinhillbeads. Maureen Kelly’91,theownerofPumpkin the QuinnipiacUniversitySchoolofLaw. his B.B.A. from WCSU,heholds a JDfrom Cohn, LLP,inGlastonbury.Inadditionto ner inthestateandlocaltaxgroupofJ.H. organization’s 2011-12year.Heisapart- a memberofitsadvisorycouncilforthe Certified PublicAccountantstoserveas appointed bytheConnecticutSocietyof Patrick J.Duffany’88CPA,J.D.was at [email protected]. 837-8290 orvisitourwebsite Tammy Hammershoyat(203) Director of Alumni Relations For moreinformation, contact fair inyourneighborhood? promote WCSU atacollege Interested inhelpingto class notes Monique Daley ’03 earned a B.A. and Marcella Kurowski ’05 exhibited her work In memoriam M.A. in Communication from WCSU this summer at the Forest To Shore Rosemarie Altieri ’96, Wilton, Conn., May 26, 2011 and Central Connecticut State University Gallery in Stratford, Conn. Pamela J. Berry ’80, Ridgefield, Conn., Jan. 4, 2011 (CCSU), respectively. She began working Jamison Odone ’10 is a professor of Marcel A. Brisebois ’87, Sleepy Hollow, Ill. at CCSU as a graduate assistant and in illustration and drawing at Frostburg 2007 became program assistant at the State University in Frostburg, Md. His Michael J. Burns ’70, Danbury, Conn. Ruthe Boyea Women’s Center where latest book, “Mole Had Everything,” Eladio Camis ’72, Seminole, Fla. she provided violence against women will be released in early 2012. He is Nancy Ellen Campbell ’67, Brookfield, Conn., April 11, 2011 programming and leadership development married to WestConn Sweetheart Erica for women. In 2011, she began working Fabrizi ’08. Jacinth A. Campisi ’75, Venice, Fla., Feb. 3, 2009 with a councilman for the City of Hartford Peter A. Celona ’80, Thornwood, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2008 to improve the quality of life for city resi- 2nd Lt. Steve Ortiz ’07 is the command- dents. She is looking forward to serving er/musical director for the Air Guard Band Alfred Cipriani ’60, Danbury, Conn., March 12, 2011 of the Northeast. They recently completed as a WCSU Alumni Ambassador for the Linda D. Cosentino ’66, Marietta, Ga. Greater Harford area where she lives with their annual two-week tour of New York/ Lavonne M. Crawford ’71, New Milford, Conn., July 13, 2011 daughter Naia. New England. He lives with his wife and son in Willington, Conn. Elizabeth L. Curley ’45, West Hartford, Conn., Feb. 1, 2011 Isabelle Day ’11 and Sarah Stewart Wright ’11 opened at the First Street Serina Quinsland ’03 is engaged to Peter Louis J. DePaul ’63, Danbury, Conn., June 7, 2011 Moore. The wedding is planned for March Gallery in New York City, in the 2011 Arnold E. Finaldi ’57, Vero Beach, Fla., March 12, 2011 M.F.A. Juried Exhibition, the first in a 3, 2012, in Brookfield, Conn. Dorothy R. Gowin ’74, Syracuse, N.Y. series of annual exhibitions open to grad- Nima Rezvan ’00 is a loan officer for uate art students throughout the U.S. Prospect Mortgage. He invites you to Barbara F. Gross ’69, Salem, N.Y., April 23, 2011 Gisela Dias ’10 works on a general medi- email him at [email protected] or Kathleen L. Guilbeault ’83, Danbury, Conn., May 24, 2011 cine floor specializing in infectious disease visit him on Facebook. William A. Gulya ’54, Bethel, Conn. at Yale New Haven Hospital. David W. Roach ’06 was promoted to Katherine L. Hall ’53, Novato, Calif. Krystin Gaetano ’10 started her nursing head coach at his alma mater, Pomperaug career at Bridgeport Hospital in the cardi- High School, where he teaches social Miriam L. Hubka ’69, Salisbury, Md., June 9, 2011 ology unit and loves what she’s learning studies. In July, he celebrated his first Martha S. Irwin ’43, Danbury, Conn., March 28, 2011 every day. wedding anniversary with wife Jessica. Joseph F. Kilcran ’58, Danbury, Conn., April 6, 2011 Bridget Grady ’04 spent 4 1/2 years as Samantha Sommerer ’11 became Martha F. Lachowska ’71, Ansonia, Conn., April 20, 2010 assistant professor of art at the School engaged to fiancé Timothy Day on the eve of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang of her undergraduate graduation in May. James E. Manning Jr. ’72, Discovery Bay, Calif. Technological University in Singapore, Monica Sousa ’04, ’10 is a clinical nurse Jeannette H. Mannion ’47, Danbury, Conn., May 8, 2011 where she taught foundation drawing specialist and cardiac educator for the Betty McGran ’48, Danbury, Conn., April 11, 2011 and painting and developed workshops to cardiovascular service line at St. Vincent’s expand art curriculum. She was awarded Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn. She Vincent L. Riddick ’91, Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 23, 2010 the Nanyang Technological University also teaches nursing full time at WCSU. Carrie L. Robinson ’01, Huntersville, N.C., Jan. 28, 2011 Teaching Excellence Award. Barbara-Anne Burke Rudolf ’54, Nov. 2010 Alice F. Strouse ’67, West Redding, Conn. Joseph E. Sylvia ’04, Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 4, 2010 Brian W. Tobin ’88, Bethel, Conn., Jan. 29, 2011 And baby makes… Melanie (Fortunato) ’09 and Carl Abissi welcomed daughter Sofia Grace on Gladys M. Wood ’62, Southington, Conn., Nov. 3, 2010 Feb. 26, 2011.

Amy (Proulx) ’98 and husband Bryan E. Shanks welcomed daughter Emilee Jean WCSU faculty and staff Shanks. She joins brother Austin, 3. Professor Emeritus of Art John Wallace, Washington Depot, Conn., April 15, 2011. WestConn Sweethearts Megin (Richards) ’97 and Bret Nichols ’96 announced the Memorial donations can be made in John’s name to the MFA in Visual Art Fund, WCSU birth of their daughter, Sadie O’Brien, on Jan. 3, 2011. She joins sister Juliette, 5, Foundation, 181 White St., Danbury, CT 06810. and brothers Lincoln, 3, and Maxton, 2. Assistant Professor of English Maureen Reidy Maguire, Wilton, Conn. Wedding bells April 6, 2010 Michelle Cordeiro ’09 and Christopher DiMauro, June 18, 2011 Phyllis Esposito ’78 and Lenny Katz, June 26, 2011 Amanda Haggas ’06 and Joseph DosSantos, July 2011 Stay current Beth Joyce ’04 and Andy Kerchoff, May 2011 Do we have your current email? Stay connected to your alma mater WestConn Sweethearts Michelle Miska ’08 and Ryan Roudenis ’07, June 2011 via our alumni e-newsletter. Email [email protected] or update your Erin Moran ’05 and George Frascione, May 8, 2011 contact information at wcsu.edu/ia/update.asp.

33 The WCSU Alumni Association Meeting — Wednesday, Oct 5, 6 p.m., Alumni Hall, Midtown campus Cupola the take note! The following year Ashley Hyde, who earned a Bachelor of Science in anthropology with a minor in international studies, received a Fulbright to conduct a yearlong research project in Jamaica on alternative methods of integration for deportees. She’s expected to complete the project in fall 2011 for a Master of Science in public health/international relations from the University of West Indies. In 2011, WCSU graduate student Kevin Gaughan was awarded a Fulbright to study social entrepre- neurship in the small Eastern European nation of Estonia. All three students credit WCSU faculty — especially Drs. Robert Whittemore, Christopher Kukk and Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox — for their support and encouragement in applying for the prestigious award. Western puts “The courses that I’ve taken at WCSU have given me a wide variety of knowledge,” Gaughan said, wide is a testament to the university’s philosophy “but the thing I take away most from my educa- that a holistic approach to intellectual and social students on tion is learning how to interact meaningfully with growth and development does indeed prepare stu- people. Drs. Kukk, Gadkar-Wilcox and Whittemore dents to be productive citizens of the world. Fulbright track have been excellent.”u Stephen Price, who earned a Bachelor of Music by Robin DeMerell For three years in a row, students from Western from Western in 2009, received a Fulbright in his Connecticut State University have been named as senior year to study at the Conservatoire national (Top left) Fulbright winner Ashley Hyde ’09 (center) Fulbright scholars — making their marks on the de région de Toulouse, France. Price, who turned worked with disadvantaged children in Cape Verde. (Top world in France, Jamaica and Estonia. down a scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory to right, l-r) Professor of Political Science Dr. Chris Kukk with Fulbright recipient Kevin Gaughan ’09. (Bottom) attend Western, plans to become a professional The fact that three Western students were selected Fulbright winner and organist Stephen Price ’09 at Saint organist and would like to teach music. Peter’s Church in Danbury, Conn. from hundreds of applications submitted world-

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Welcome new alumni!

Former Knicks star and motivational speaker Allan Houston was awarded an honorary doctorate after address- ing undergraduates and their families at this year’s Commencement ceremony.

Twenty-nine alumni participated in this year’s academic procession. They included Golden Circle alumni, robed in gold, who graduated 50 or more years ago. Commencement 2011

At the 2011 Graduate Commencement Ceremony, held in the Feldman Arena at the O’Neill Convocation Center on the Westside campus, 181 graduate degrees were awarded. The speaker was Stephen F. Angel, chairman, president and CEO of Praxair Inc.

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