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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in What's News? by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. April 14, 2008 Vol. 28 Issue 7 WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College Established in 1980 Circulation over 52,000 6 Alumni Award winners, 34 Honor Roll recipients to be recognized May 8

ByBy Ellie O’Neill 2008 ALUMNA OF THE YEAR modern dance club, which led Director ofof Alumni AAffairsffairs Marianne Maynard Needham ’59 to a lifelong passion for the This year’syear’s Alumni Criteria: Graduate of College’s dance program. The AAwardward winnewinnersrs and the College, continuing dance faculty could always HoHonornor RollRoll memmembersbers – interest in the College and count on Marianne for support. 40 in all – are the latest Alumni Association as Marianne is the sixth member represented by outstanding of the Class of 1959 to be 0 WINNERS ALUMNI AWARD examples of success stories that highlight the service, and/or by impressive honored as an alumna/alumnus value of a Rhode Island fi nancial contribution. of the year. This speaks 2008 ALUMNA OF THE YEAR College education. In Marianne has been an active volumes for the involvement Marianne Maynard Needham ’59 8 2008, Alumna of the of a class, which to this day alumna since graduating Year Marianne Maynard almost 50 years ago. She gathers several times a year. Needham ’59 leads a has been an advocate for the The College is a family affair. roster of distinguished College, generous benefactor, Her mother Marion graduated Photo: Gene St. Pierre P Ph alums that also includes engaged fundraiser and Alumni in 1926 and sister Jean Michael E. Smith ’79 Association board member McMillan graduated in 1961. (Alumni Staff Award), Herb for 12 years, most recently 2008 ALUMNI STAFF AWARD Kaplan (Alumni Service 2008 ALUMNI STAFF AWARD serving as past president. Michael E. Smith ’79 Award), Karen Davie ’76 Michael E. Smith ’79 Assistant to the President Marianne was a distinguished (Willard Achievement Assistant to the President educator, retiring from CCRI Award), Patricia Nevola Criteria: Need not be a Testa ’00 (Young Alumni in 2001 after 29 years as a graduate of the College, but Award) and Francis J. professor of mathematics. shall be employed by the Leazes Jr. (Alumni Faculty She has chaired just about College and have made a Award). These six award every committee possible as unique contribution to the an alumni board member. She 2008 ALUMNA SERVICE AWARD winners, along with 34 College (development of a Herb Kaplan Honor Roll inductees, also served on the College’s new program, wide community Retired Businessman will be recognized at Sesquicentennial Committee recognition of quality of service Community Volunteer the Alumni Awards and the RIC Foundation. to the community or campus). Dinner on May 8 in the As a student, Marianne was In 1995, Donovan Dining Center. involved with the popular Michael joined Cont. p 19

2008 YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Patricia Nevola Testa ’00 CPA, Controller, Town of Johnston

2008 CHARLES B. WILLARD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Karen Davie ’76 Vice President, Philanthropy Women & Infants Hospital of RI

2008 ALUMNI FACULTY AWARD Francis J. Leazes Jr., PhD Professor Political Science Department Photo: Gene St. Pierre '77 Signs of spring are apparent at the quad entrance of Donovan Dining Center on a recent April morning. Page 2 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

“I hope exposure to history like this “Both undergraduate and graduate students WN Quotes… will inspire Rhode Islanders and are encouraged to use the NEAA as a chance remind them of the unique treasures to investigate what others are doing, learn “We need better interdisciplinary teamwork the State Archives has to offer.” about careers or present their work.” to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes.” – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, – E. Pierre Morenon, RIC associate professor of on an exhibit on the history of public anthropology, on the Northeastern Anthropologi- – Philip Clark, a URI professor and one of the education in the state that’s now cal Association, which held its annual meeting instructors for the RIC Summer Sessions course, on display at the State Archives in at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Health and Providence. [P 16] March. Eleven RIC students and faculty members Human Services. [P 3] presented papers at the conference. [P 8]

This regular feature of booming oil prices. Juba, What’s News looks at the with its grass-thatched WHAT’S NEWS @ links between the world orld a houses and unpaved, war- Rhode Island College and Rhode Island College. t destroyed roads, cannot This is the fi rst of a two- W R come close to Khartoum. Editor: Jane E. Fusco part story written by Hoth e I These disparities between G. Chan, who taught as an the North and the South Managing Editor: Rob Martin C adjunct professor in RIC’s h Sudan were partly the Design Manager: Jennifer Twining ’92 Anthropology Department. causes of the confl ict Information Aide: Pauline McCartney T Photographers:

Journey to Sudan… between the two regions. Gene St. Pierre ’77 After teaching as an …A look at the 08 adjunct professor in the Comprehensive Christopher Giroux ’ Anthropology Department Peace Agreement Mike Shiel ’11 at RIC for one semester, I The Comprehensive Graphic Designers: Charles Allsworth ’82, M ’86 decided to visit my native Peace Agreement (CPA) country, the Sudan, in the was signed in 2005 Lance Gorton ’09 early part of 2007. I had between the Sudan Paul J. Silva ’03 not been back there for Government, represented Copy Editor: Ray Ragosta 13 years, during which I by National Congress Staff Writers: lived in the United States, Party (NCP), and the Gita Brown and it was a touching Sudan People’s Liberation Nick Lima ’10 experience to see and meet Movement (SPLM). The Robert P. Masse ’08 family members after peace agreement has ended Lauren Mesale ’06 all those years away. 22 years of fi ghting, at Kerry McCartney I arrived in Juba, the least for now. The fruits Peter Silveira ’08 capital of the autonomous of the peace, however, are Alison Strandberg region of South Sudan, on yet to be realized as the Public Relations Assistant: a hot day in late January, government in the north Alicia Vanasse ’08 after spending a few is still dictating the terms days in Addis Ababa, HOTH G. CHAN of peace implementation. Ethiopia. I was received There are sprinkles What’s News @ Rhode Island College at Juba International Airport by my cousin, who is a of clashes at the south-north border areas such (USPS 681-650) is published by: member of the South Sudan Legislative Assembly. as Abyei, Unity State and in Northern Upper Rhode Island College While in Juba, I visited places such as the Nile State. Troops from both sides are now Offi ce of News and Public Relations Parliament of Southern Sudan, Judiciary of South deployed at the border areas. No one knows for 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Providence, RI 02908 Sudan (JOSS) as well as all the ministerial buildings. certain how and when the standoff will end. I also met with key people in the Government of the The instability in the western region of Darfur It is published monthly from Southern Sudan (GoSS), including the president, is also a major obstacle to the CPA. It seems that September to June. Periodicals Salva Kiir, and vice president, Dr. Riek Machar. the Sudanese Republic’s wounds are healing on postage paid at Providence, RI. All of them encourage the Sudanese living abroad one side and bleeding on the other. What that to come home in order to build their country from means for the Sudanese is a big question for Printing: TCI Press, Seekonk, Mass. scratch. “After 23 years of fi ghting, it’s time to many to answer. As far as the South Sudanese are give this peace a chance,” said President Kiir. concerned, 2011 will be a determining date to vote After staying in Juba at the Juba Raha Hotel for unity or secession from the Sudanese union. POSTMASTER: (a tent hotel) for two weeks, I decided to visit The founder of the SPLM/A, the late Dr. Garang Send address changes to: Khartoum, the capitol of the Sudanese Republic, de Mabior, put it well when he said, “it will be your What’s News @ for the fi rst time in my life. When the civil war choice (South Sudanese) to vote for second class Rhode Island College broke out in the early part of 1983, most people citizenship or be free from the yoke of Northern Offi ce of News and Public Relations trekked to the Ethiopian border where my home domination.” Given the nature of things here in 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. town is (Jiokow Town in Maiwut County, Upper Sudan, the majority are now coming to the conclusion Providence, RI 02908 Nile State), and where the Sudan People Liberation that Sudan will be two countries very soon, either Deadline: Movement/Army (SPLM/A) was born in July 1983. by voting through the monitored referendum in Deadline for submission of copy and The contrast between the North Sudan and the 2011 as agreed upon, or by the barrel of a gun. photos is noon the Tuesday two weeks before publication date. South Sudan became very obvious when I arrived Part 2 of Hoth Chan’s story on Sudan will appear in Khartoum. Khartoum is a booming city with in the May 12 issue of What’s News. He will outline Telephone: (401) 456-8090 Fax: (401) 456-8887 modern tall buildings and four-lane highways, due to developmental challenges facing South Sudan.

At the Rhode Island Watch RIC’s undergrad Geographic Bee held on April 4 in the commencement live! Nazarian Center’s May 17 is graduation Sapinsley Hall, event coordinator day for the College’s Pat Jarvis presents a special award undergrads, and from The National The next issue of you can watch the Geographic Society What’s News to RIC President will be May 12, 2008 commencement John Nazarian for ceremony live online his support and assistance to the Story ideas are welcome. at www.ric.edu society from Call (401) 456-8090 beginning at 9:30 a.m. 1990-2008. or email [email protected]. Page 3 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 FOCUS ON Faculty & Staff The faculty of the Health and A panel presentation at Brown University’s Andrews Hall in April of 2007 was one of the learning experiences suggested by students Physical Education who participated in the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Pilot Program. Department were highly visible at the RIC Summer Session course teaches teamwork in healthcare 2008 Convention By Rob Martin observations of clinical interdisciplinary teams. of the Eastern Managing Editor The course grew out of a pilot program on District Association Everyone agrees that healthcare in the U.S. interdisciplinary curriculum development launched of the American needs a transfusion of new ideas to improve the in the summer of 2006 by Brown Medical KERRI TUNNICLIFFE Alliance for Health, system. One common-sense strategy to bettering School, RIC’s School of Nursing and the Rhode Physical Education, care – using a team approach among the various Island Area Health Education Center Network. Recreation health disciplines – will be the focus of a course Two nursing students, Julia Clinker and Claire and Dance. taught at RIC this summer by educators from the Rodriguez-Annoni, and two medical students, RIC Faculty College and other local institutions and centers. Matthew Brumbaugh and Zachary Ginsberg, members who The three-credit class – Interdisciplinary were selected for the project, which had a goal of presented papers Teamwork in Health and Human Services – will be proposing ideas for curricula to develop effective included Kerri available to upper-level undergraduate and graduate inter-professional communication. Jane Williams, Tunnicliffe and students in health or human services. It is offered in dean of RIC’s School of Nursing, and Philip Ben Lombardo Summer Session I for six weeks beginning May 20. Gruppuso, associate dean for medical education at BEN LOMBARDO (“Enhancing The course’s principal instructor, Philip Clark, Brown University, were advisors to the students. the Educational a professor at the University of Rhode Island, A panel presentation at Brown University’s Outcomes of the said it was “great that Andrews Hall in April Sport Experience”), Karen Berard- RIC has stepped up to the I NTERDISCIPLINARY of 2007 was one of the plate” to take a lead role learning experiences Reed ’93 and Susan in the effort to promote T EAMWORK IN HEALTH suggested by students Clark (“Rubric teamwork education. AND HUMAN SERVICES in the pilot program. Development He described RIC Summer Session I This is the fi rst time Workshop”), Robin Auld, interdisciplinary 3 Undergraduate or Graduate Credit Hours the Summer Session Tunnicliffe, and teamwork as a “huge Location: School of Social Work A01 course is being offered. KAREN BERARD-REED Emily Clapham issue for the future of Dates: May 20-June 26 Course instructors are (“Innovative the healthcare system.” Tuesday and Thursday, 4-7 p.m. affi liated with RIC, URI, Over the years, as the Rhode Island Geriatric Teaching Methods concerns have grown about Collaborating Schools and Agencies: Education Center and the that Challenge the quality of healthcare, • Rhode Island Geriatric Rhode Island Area Health K-12 Students it’s become apparent Education Center (RIGEC) Education Center. The Critical Thinking that people across the • Rhode Island Area Health two centers are funded Skills”), Clapham (“Why We Should different health fi elds Education Center (AHEC) by the federal Bureau of Be Using Data don’t communicate, said • Rhode Island College Schools Health Professionals. Driven Authentic Clark, who is also director of Nursing and Social Work “The roster of SUSAN CLARK Assessment of the URI program in • University of Rhode Island collaborative members Devices: Heart Gerontology and of the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, is very impressive, said Rate Monitors Rhode Island Geriatric and Human Science and Services Dante Del Giudice ’79, from A-Z”), Karen Education Center. interim director of RIC Participating faculty: Castagno and “We need better Continuing Education • Phillip Clark, RIGEC several senior interdisciplinary teamwork and Summer Sessions. director and professor, URI physical education to improve the quality “This is a great story of students (“No- of care and patient • Randi Belhumeur, executive director, cooperation between and Central RI AHEC PHAT: Novel outcomes,” he said. among academic and Physical Activities”) Though he teaches a • Belle Evans, professor, professional agencies and ROBIN AULD School of Social Work at RIC and Robert similar course at URI, advocacy organizations.” Cvornyek of the History Department Clark said it was the • Cynthia Padula, associate professor and Del Giudice said master’s program director, RIC School (“It Ain’t Hip to Play Baseball”). fi rst time that academic that although the focus In addition, Tunnicliffe and Lombardo of Nursing institutions in the state will be general in co-chaired the General Services • Norma Owens, professor have cooperated at such nature, applying to all Committee for the four-day convention, of pharmacy, URI a level in this endeavor. categories of patients, which attracted over 700 professionals • Interested faculty from other disciplines Clark cited areas there will be special and students to the Newport Marriott where complex health interest in addressing Hotel from Feb. 27 through March 1. issues especially require geriatric care and Jamie Taylor, a collaborative approach: children with special needs and benefi ts that follow from chair of the learning and behavorial problems, geriatrics, such interdisciplinary care delivery. Department of and end-of-life palliative care. “This puts us on the cutting edge Music, Theatre, Typically, health care professionals are trained of this national trend in medical care and Dance, in their own fi elds; this course teaches them to education and delivery,” he added. recently served as become better “team players,” said Clark. For more information on the course, an adjudicator at To model and teach interdisciplinary practice, contact Belle Evans at (401) 456-8616 or the Rhode Island the class will be instructed by healthcare experts Cynthia Padula at (401) 456-9720. Theatre Education from various fi elds. A seminar will include RIC Summer Sessions provide a cross- JAMIE TAYLOR Association’s an orientation on teamwork, collaboration, section of courses in two six-week sessions 80th Annual R.I. State Drama Festival. communication and confl ict. Leadership and each summer. Traditional and intensive courses The two-day festival was held at Mt. power issues, teamwork theory and ethics in in liberal arts and professional programs are Hope High School in Bristol. Taylor clinical practice will be studied as well, along with offered to accelerate and maximize college adjudicated 11 high school shows collaboration in quality improvement initiatives. study and professional development. Visit alongside fellow adjudicators, Linda Students will also explore problem-based www.ric.edu/recordsOffi ce/pdf/Bulletin.pdf Sutherland and James Beauregard. learning, using online resources, fi eld visits and for details on summer study opportunities. Page 4 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 NEWS FROM THE Foundation & Alumni Offi ces RIC YOUNG ALUMNI WELCOME THE CLASS OF 2008

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. MCFADDEN’S 52 Pine St. Providence, RI Join us at McFadden’s for food, fun, and the opportunity to meet a few people with helpful information for recent graduates: • Nancy Ann Dooley, Director of Program Administration Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority To RSVP and for more • Linda Kent Davis, Director information, contact RIC Career Development Center Members of the Young Alumni Group Committee planning an event for the class of 2008 include, standing from left, Abbey Brooks ’05, Rachel McNally ’02, Jennifer LeBlanc ’02, Adam Stanley [email protected] or • Deborah O’Gara ’04, Suzy Alba ’05, Steve Cranshaw ’05 and Joe Graziano ’08. Seated is Shana Murrell, assistant (401) 456-9625. AmeriCorps Vista Programs director of Alumni Affairs.

If you graduated from RIC during the years For information on scholarships, visit 1967 to 1985, you recently received a special our website at www.ric.edu/alumni. Baby Boomer mailing from project co-chairs Gary The Annual Fund awards more than Mohamed ’85 and Barbara Loomis Smith ’70. All other alumni received a spring appeal letter $100,000 in scholarship aid and supports from Ellen Kitchell ’81, president of the Alumni AnnualThe Annual Fund needs alumni programs including the Alumni Association. Their messages urge you to join your help this spring Magazine, E-News, and RIC on the Road. them in giving a donation to the Annual Fund. To make a donation to the Annual Donations help the Alumni Association offer merit-based scholarships in the following categories: Fund online, go to www.ric.edu/givenow Freshman Awards, Alumni Scholarships, Alumni or call (401) 456-8827 to charge a Children Academic Awards and Graduate Awards. Fund donation to your VISA or MasterCard. Looking Back... 1978 Anchor Staff Page 5 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

a night to honor

Baby Boomers NetworkingNet Event june 20, 2008 Wednesday,WednesWednes April 30, 2008 5 to 7:30 pm | Waterman Grille 4 Richmond Square, Providence, R.I.

The RIC Baby Boomers Project Committee D invites you to a boomer networking event

Presentation: “Rhode Island $10 registration ~ College as an Economic Tapas and Cash Bar

Engine,” Tony Maione ’75, If you’d like to register, please email E [email protected] or call (401) 456-8827.

HD ’05, President and IE CEO, United Way R.I. RIC alumni of all ages are welcome. Shinn Study Abroad scholarships awarded RIEND R RIE Three RIC F students will enhance their -F educational experience in Europe this year. They are the recipients of Ridgway F. Kate McMullen Nazeli Avagyan Dorothy Joyal Shinn Jr. Study Rehoboth, Mass. Cranston, R.I. Johnston, R.I. Art education major Public administration/ Nursing major Abroad Fund Florence, Italy, political science major Salamanca, Spain, scholarships. fall 2008 Yerevan, Armenia, fall 2008 summer 2008 The Shinn Study Abroad Fund, Proceeds From Shinn Fund Reception maintained by the RIC Foundation, To Benefi t Students’ Study Abroad ENTOR provides income to support The 2007-08 winners of awards from the undergraduate students in planned 6:30 P.M. study outside the United States. It Ridgway F. Shinn Jr. Study Abroad Fund will be Gathering and Reminiscing allows any undergraduate with 30 introduced at a benefi t reception in the Nazarian …time to Share a Memory semester hours of study at RIC who Center’s Forman Theatre following the 2 p.m. John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts Lobby is in good academic standing in any performance of No, No, Nanette on Saturday, fi eld of study to apply. Grants are April 19. A silent auction will be part of the 7 P.M. -M for a minimum of three months and reception festivities. Prizes include a weekend Greetings and Tributes a maximum of 24 months abroad in June at a Scarborough cottage (valued at $500), a Coach handbag (valued at $200) and …time to Celebrate and are of variable amounts. John Nazarian’s life and The fund was created in 1987 two tickets to four RIC Performing Arts Series events in the 2008-09 season (valued at $280). presidency by Ridgway F. Shinn Jr. and his Lila and John Sapinsley Hall wife, Clarice ’67, with the support Tickets for the reception and performance are $35, which will be used to benefi t the of friends, colleagues and former 8:30 P.M. students. Shinn, a professor Shinn Fund. For ticket information or to make Champagne Reception emeritus of history whose career a contribution, contact James Bierden at (401) Refreshments, Dancing, at the College spanned 48 years, 831-2495, Peter Moore at (508) 336-9670, or the Merriment! died in December of 2006. RIC Offi ce of Development at (401) 456-8087. …time to Join the Festivities with family and friends John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts Grounds

Black Tie Optional. EADER Questions? Over 600 bricks and pavers, each with its own special message, make up the Legacy Walk at Rhode Island College. Call (401) 456-8105 Purchasing a brick or paver is a thoughtful way to honor or memorialize someone special. To order, call (401) 456- 8827 or download the mail-in form at www2.ric.edu/givetoric/pdf/brick_fl yer.pdf. L Page 6 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 RIC Athletic News ACROSS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S DESK RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE Summer Sports Camps BY DONALD E. TENCHER June Aug. Director of Athletics to

• I want to congratulate our 2008 to his wife Kelli and their two Athletic Hall of Fame class – Robert daughters, Courtney and Sydney. 23 Ages 8 and 8up Bayha ’69, Al DeAndrade Jr. ’59, • I want to congratulate Thom Baseball/Softball, Tennis, Basketball, Gymnastics, Gail Henderson ’82, Bradley Levett Spann, Dick Ernst, Joe Conley ’93, Joseph Luzzi ’93, Christopher Soccer, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Wrestling, Running, and Jim Ahern who are among Cheerleading (Daily Swimming) Reddy ’92, Leonard Silva ’87 and 11 to be inducted into this year’s Melissa (Andrescavage) Veresko R.I. Interscholastic League Hall of $140 per week ’95. They will be inducted at Fame. Thom has spent a lifetime For brochures and information, call (401) 456-8007 or visit www.ric.edu/athletics. our Hall of Fame Dinner held in helping kids, especially through the conjunction with Homecoming. sport of track and fi eld. Dick Ernst Additional details will be and Joe Conley are former coaches forthcoming in a future issue. here at RIC. Jim Ahern, a longtime RIC athletics: winter success… • Also, at this year’s Hall of fi xture in high school basketball Fame Dinner, we will honor our who recently passed away, is the high hopes for spring fi rst team as part of our newly brother of Pauline McCartney in By Scott Gibbons established Team Hall of Fame. go by the boards in a tough, RIC’s Offi ce of News and Public Sports Information Director 78-70 loss to host Richard RIC’s 1979 baseball team, which Relations. Also, congratulations to compiled a 24-13 record and went It was another great Stockton, the New Jersey Athletic Dan Sylvester, a supervisor in the Conference champions. to the College World Series, will Recreation Center who is being winter season! With the weather getting “I am proud of our guys,” be honored. More details will be inducted into the R.I. Interscholastic slightly warmer and the spring head coach Bob Walsh said available in future issues and on our Athletic Directors Hall of Fame. website at www.ric.edu/athletics. sports already underway, it’s time after the loss. “We came • Many thanks go out to Vin Cullen to take a quick look back at an together with only fi ve returning • Thanks to some incredible team ’55 and his committee for the great outstanding winter campaign. players and got to the second and individual performances, this celebration last week honoring Al In the last issue of What’s round of the tournament. It is a was one of the longest winter Cataldo ’53. Over 130 people turned News, we highlighted the great accomplishment for our seasons on record. The men’s out at The Murray Center. Radio wrestling team’s fi rst New program and the school.” basketball team was one step away personality Steve McDonald was England championship in 16 from another Sweet 16 appearance, The women’s indoor track the master of ceremonies. A room years and the men’s basketball Mike Bonora and Mike Martini and fi eld had three competitors in The Murray Center was named squad’s second consecutive Little went to the NCAA Wrestling win their respective events in Al’s honor and sports cartoonist East Conference Tournament Championships with Steina and at the annual Little East Frank Galasso presented a portrait. title. Things only went up from Kayla Fleming participating in Conference/MASCAC there as several individuals the NCAA Indoor Track and Field • If you haven’t been out to see Alliance Championships. shined on the national stage. Championships. Congratulations to the softball team play yet, make it Junior Kayla Fleming earned Senior Mike Bonora followed all. For anyone wishing to attend a point to get to a game because All-Alliance/Little East honors in his N.E. championship by a dinner honoring the champions, they are really something. Baseball four events. She was the Alliance/ becoming just the second Rhode please see page 7 for information. is also playing well as of late, with Little East Champion in the long its biggest competition being the Island College wrestler to jump, placing fi rst with a leap • I am deeply saddened to weather. Men’s tennis, women’s capture a national championship, of 5.09 meters. Fleming placed announce the passing of Scott Viera lacrosse, outdoor track and golf joining Billy Cotter (1994), ’85 on March 7 after a courageous second, and tied the meet record, are also having fi ne seasons. by posting a perfect 4-0 mark in the high jump with a 1.65-meter battle with cancer. Scott was an in the 141 lb. weight class at A drive has started to name the effort, while fi nishing second in All-New England wrestler at RIC, • the NCAA Div. III National soccer fi eld Alumni Field. Watch for the 1,000 meters with a time of but most importantly he was an Championships on Saturday, more details on how to get involved 3:07.58 and as part of the 4x400 All-American person. He was March 8, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. recently inducted posthumously in this project. Additionally, look meter relay with a time of 4:17.65. He fi nished the season with a Sophomore Steina Fleming into the Rhode Island Wrestling for renovations to Bazar Field in 44-2 record and was undefeated earned All-Alliance/Little East Coaches Hall of Fame. Our the next month, which will take this against NCAA Div. III opposition, honors in three events. She thoughts and prayers go out facility from very good to great! becoming the fi rst RIC wrestler in was the Alliance/Little East history to accomplish that feat. champion in the 55 meters, The men’s basketball team placing fi rst with a time of 7.34, traveled to Pomona, N.J., to take while fi nishing second in the 200 part in fi rst- and second-round action of the NCAA Div. III meters with a time of 27.28 and Tournament on March 7-8. The third as part of the 4x200 meter Anchormen battled the Empire 8 relay with a time of 1:52.21. Conference champions, Nazareth, Junior Mary Ellen Horsman in fi rst round action and slid past earned All-Alliance/Little honors, the Golden Flyers, 77-73, to placing fi rst and taking home advance to the second round. With the crown in the weight throw what has become a trademark of with a distance of 13.02 meters. this team, RIC had four players Kayla and Steina Fleming score in double fi gures led by advanced to the NCAA Div. III junior guard Cameron Stewart’s Women’s Outdoor Track and team-high 17-point effort. Field Championships, where they Rhode Island College saw its placed 9th (tie) in the high jump and 11th in the 55 chance to advance to the Sweet Cont. p 19 A view through the fence of the RIC baseball team’s home fi eld. As of April 8, the Anchormen 16 for the second straight year meters, respectively. have a record of 13-7 overall, and 4-1 in Little East Conference play. Page 7 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

Mike Bonora records another victory on the wrestling mat. RIC SOFTBALL TEAM DINNER OF CHAMPIONS RIC alum and 10 student-athletes RIC selected to host On Friday, April 25, at the Quonset Point to be honored at State House NCAA softball regional Offi cers Club, a “Dinner of Champions” will Mike Kennedy ’73 and 10 Rhode Island College be held to salute the men’s basketball and student-athletes will be recognized by Speaker Rhode Island College has been selected wrestling teams as well as NCAA national of the House William J. Murphy and the Rhode by the NCAA to host the Northeast wrestling champion Mike Bonora and Island House of Representatives at a reception Regional Softball Championship May 8-12 conference indoor track champions Kayla and at the Dayna A. Bazar Softball Complex Steina Fleming and Mary Ellen Horsman. held in the House Chamber at the Rhode Island State House on Monday, April 28, at 2 p.m. on campus. This marks the fi rst time the Tickets for the event are $20 per person and NCAA has pre-selected its regional sites are available by calling Tim McCabe at (401) The event gives public recognition to men and women from the Community College of Rhode and is a credit to RIC’s professionalism 456-8260 by April 18. This is a great opportunity in hosting past NCAA Championships. for alumni to make old acquaintances, while Island, Rhode Island College and the University honoring this year’s winter champions. of Rhode Island who have had signifi cant achievements in their academic and athletic RIAIAW to honor Bonora and Lotti to pursuits. The honorees have also demonstrated receive Hetherman, exemplary citizenship and community service. Kayla Fleming Murphy awards Kennedy will be recognized as Rhode Island Rhode Island Senior wrestler College’s Distinguished Athletic Alumnus. He College junior Kayla Michael Bonora and played two seasons of soccer at RIC in 1967 and Fleming will receive a softball student-athlete 1968 before embarking on a career of over 30 Distinguished Student- Christie Lotti have years as an administrator for the Department of Athlete Award from the been chosen to receive Labor and Training in Rhode Island. Kennedy, Rhode Island Association CHRISTIE LOTTI the prestigious John who also earned his MEd from RIC, has stayed KAYLA FLEMING for Intercollegiate E. Hetherman and Helen M. Murphy Awards, actively involved with the College and supported Athletics for Women (RIAIAW) at a respectively, honoring them as Rhode Island many of its endeavors throughout the years. reception hosted by Providence College on College’s top male and female student-athletes. The 10 RIC student-athletes are Mallary Wednesday, May 7, beginning at 5 p.m. The pair will receive their awards at the College’s Bileau, a senior women’s soccer player from Fleming is a two-year starter as a Annual Cap and Gown Day on Wednesday, Woonsocket; Michaela Bileau, a senior women’s midfi elder on the women’s soccer team April 30, at 12:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall. soccer player from Woonsocket; Michael Bonora, and a high and long jump specialist on the Bonora claimed the NCAA Div. III National a senior wrestler from Nutley, N.J.; Brendan women’s indoor and outdoor track and fi eld Championship in the 141 lb. weight class this Casey, a senior wrestler from Lowell, Mass.; teams. She competed at the 2007 NCAA past season. The Nutley, N.J., native was the Erin Duffy, a senior women’s lacrosse player Outdoor Track and Field Championships New England Champion in both 2008 and from North Dighton, Mass.; Kayla Fleming, in the high jump and narrowly missed 2007, and earned All-New England honors a junior women’s soccer and track and fi eld attaining All-American status in the same in each of his four seasons on the mat. student-athlete from Pawtucket; Kimiyo Garcia, event at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track and Lotti holds virtually every career record a senior women’s volleyball player from East Field Championships. Fleming is RIC’s in RIC softball history. The Waterford, Providence; Sherri Heard, a senior women’s outdoor record-holder in the high jump, Conn., native is a three-time First Team All- volleyball, basketball and lacrosse player from while holding indoor program records Little East Conference selection as a fi rst Coventry; Ryan Kelley, a sophomore men’s in both the 800 and 1,000 meters. baseman, in addition to earning LEC Player soccer player from Hope; and Christie Lotti, a She is an elementary education major of the Year honors in both 2007 and 2006. senior softball player from Waterford, Conn. with a concentration in special education. Rhode Island College honors Al Cataldo ’53 Over 150 family, friends, former teammates and colleagues gathered in the Kleniewski-Foley Hall of Fame Lobby in The Murray Center on Saturday, March 29, to honor Al Cataldo ’53. There were speakers who represented the segments of Al’s life from RIC, the Cranston School system and his family. Vin Cullen ’55 spearheaded the event, while local sports’ broadcasting legend Steve McDonald was the master of ceremonies. In addition to the speaking program, a room was dedicated in The Murray Center in Al’s name and a fund has been established to support the academic initiatives of RIC’s student-athletes. Thanks to everyone who participated in and contributed Above, Al Cataldo (third from right; front to this great event. Anyone wishing to contribute to the fund row) is joined by some of his former teammates. At right is RIC President John may do so by sending a contribution to the Al Cataldo ’53 Nazarian with Al (right) and his wife Thelma. Fund at Rhode Island College or by calling (401) 456-8260. Page 8 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 RIC faculty, students Groundbreaking partnership of RIC’s Child Welfare Institute may make all the difference in children’s lives present research at regional By Nick Lima ’10 at the event. The Foundation, Staff Writer which for fi ve years has provided In Rhode funds to DCYF families in need of anthropology meeting Island, furniture, decided that it wanted to By Lauren Mesale for Dependent and Neglected children under have a bigger impact on the child Staff Writer Children. One of its buildings still the care of the welfare system. When leaders Department in DCYF identifi ed the present Over the years, the RIC stands on RIC’s east campus. of Children, lack of suitable family visitation Anthropology Department’s Gullapalli’s “Archaeology in Youth and and observation facilities as a students and faculty members Museums: Stories Told and Stories Families top priority, the Nina Foundation have frequently made their Understood” highlighted how (DCYF) often changed its entire charter to focus presence in the fi eld known, and archaeology and anthropology TONYA GLANTZ have very on creating a new visitation center. this year was no exception. museums have been reassessing limited options regarding where According to Glantz, DCYF is On March 8, many of them their roles and their relationships they visit with their parents. Child unable to provide funding, so the shared their latest research — on with museum-goers to make their welfare workers supervise visits Nina Foundation is committing topics ranging from primatology exhibits more accessible, inclusive and determine whether parents are to raise all of the funds necessary, to personal space preferences and relevant to wider audiences. ready to handle the responsibilities some of which may be acquired — with colleagues at the 48th Mary Baker, RIC assistant of raising their child, but poorly through federal grants. annual Northeastern professor of anthropology set visitation rooms, noisy, But there’s another aspect to the Anthropological since 2005, presented her overcrowded offi ces, and limited program, as well. A key facet of Association studies on medicinal plant facilities make assessments the proposal will be a partnership (NEAA) meeting use by capuchin monkeys. diffi cult, if not impossible. with higher education, so the at the University She also discussed new However, an innovative program’s leaders are exploring of Massachusetts, directions she would collaboration the possibility of a Amherst. The two- like to take in working between Rhode joint venture with part RIC session with traditional healers Island College’s one or more of the was organized by in Costa Rica. She has Child Welfare state’s social work E. Pierre Morenon, PRAVEENA GULLAPALLI been researching the Institute and degree programs associate professor topic since 1991. Baker’s the Nina at Providence of anthropology, and presentation was titled Foundation, College, Salve Praveena Gullapalli, “Primatology in the Field: a R.I. non- Regina University, assistant professor Monkeys, Medicine, and profi t dedicated to helping needy CCRI and RIC. of anthropology. Traditional Healers.” children, may change all of that. So far, the Child Welfare Morenon has been “We were very pleased that Leading professionals in the Institute has played a signifi cant with the College other people [from outside of child welfare fi eld, community role in working with the Nina since 1978. This is the RIC community] attended service providers, RIC School Foundation, Glantz said, providing Gullapalli’s fi rst year. our session, especially since of Social Work faculty and staff, research data and identifying the The NEAA, founded E. PIERRE MORENON there were many others and local government offi cials, best visitation practices to serve as in 1961, is a regional organization to attend,” Baker said. She added among others, attended the a model for the project’s intent. that helps to communicate ideas that she was impressed with the March 11 event, “Visitation: Once in place, a new visitation in the fi eld of anthropology and special sessions for undergrads on Building the Potential of Child center in the DCYF system would beyond. There were approximately career paths and graduate school. Welfare Involved Children and benefi t both families and students 200 papers entered this year, 11 of Baker said that RIC’s sessions at Their Families.” The program in social work and other programs. which belonged to RIC students the event were planned around pairs served as an unoffi cial kickoff to “It would become almost like and faculty members. Higher- or groups of papers covering similar the partnership between several a laboratory for learning for education institutions represented topics or themes. For example, in child advocacy organizations. students enrolled in social work ranged from southern Canada to her session there were two papers Tonya Glantz MSW ’97, a and other disciplines,” Glantz said. Pennsylvania. The meeting location on nonhuman primates and three clinical training specialist at “In addition to the educational varies from year to year and is held on patterns of social interaction. the Child Welfare Institute, aspect, it would provide a in a college or university setting. According to Richard Lobban, gave a presentation on valuable service for families. “Both undergraduate and chair and professor of anthropology, understanding child welfare Having a community-based graduate students are encouraged there are currently 10 full-time visitation at the event, which program is much more productive to use the NEAA as a chance to faculty members and nine adjunct was held in Alger Hall. – not the fi sh bowl of the child investigate what others are doing, professors in the department. There “There’s no consistent model welfare offi ce that parents learn about careers or present are also 60 students majoring for visitation right now,” said currently describe,” she said. their work,” Morenon said. in the subject. Typically, 10 Glantz. “The concept involves DCYF director Patricia Morenon’s paper, “The Hidden majors graduate each year with creating a visitation center so Martinez, DCYF Providence Lives of Native American BA degrees and, occasionally, parents and children involved regional director Anne Lebrun- Children at the State Home and individualized MA degrees. with DCYF can have a family- Cournoyer and Providence city School,” focused on how in The RIC Anthropology friendly environment that councilman John Lombardi 1885, the state of Rhode Island Department hosted its fi rst NEAA promotes family connections also illustrated the need for a assumed custody over children, meeting in 1976, and again in 1999. while providing opportunities to new visitation center during the including Native Americans, Morenon is working to bring the assess permanency – reunifi cation, March event. For all involved, at the State Home and School meeting back to campus in 2009. adoption, etc. – for children.” the next step will entail looking The Child Welfare Institute, at property opportunities and Nine RIC students presented their research at the NEAA meeting affi liated with RIC’s David E. determining which institute of on March 8 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Sweet Center for Public Policy higher education to partner with. and the School of Social Work, In 2006, nearly one-third of • Julianne Jennings: “The Women • Amie-Nacole Ramaglia: “Child’s Play: has been jointly administered by the children in DCYF care were of Turtle Island: Violence and Sexual The Role of Play in Social Development” the director of DCYF and the not reunited with their parents, Assault Among Native American Women” • Christina Nacci: “Rhode dean of the School of Social Work according to DCYF statistics • Diane Konicki: “Childbirth in Islanders and Personal Space” since 2001, and would be in line cited in Dionne’s presentation. America: A Generation of Change” • Kayla Vilardi: “You can’t say that!” to administer the proposed facility It is through partnerships like • Melissa Guerra and Heather Mello: • Juliette Zanni: “Reaching Out: – if it can be built. That’s where the visitation center project that “Putting Things on Display: Engaging Male and Female Differences in the Nina Foundation comes in. social workers and community the Public Through Small Exhibits” Physical Touch During Conversations” Mike Dionne, director of the activists can better help families • Stephanie Izzi: “Primatology at Home: Foundation, illustrated the new maintain connections and ensure Monkeys, Apes and School Children” goals that his organization has that the best decisions are made committed itself to in his remarks on behalf of the children. Page 9 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

Bryant Carrillo, left, and Gerardo Lopez, seniors at Mt. Pleasant High School, present Charles McDonald, right, a chemistry teacher at Mt. Pleasant High School involved in their research at a conference at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., last July as part of the coordinating RIC’s Computational Chemistry Summer Institute, explains the program’s fi ndings Computational Chemistry Summer Institute. to an observer at a presentation at RIC last July. Chemistry program fosters ties between RIC and area high schools By Nick Lima ’10 schools, including McDonald’s the complex questions posed by for 15 years. A graduate of the Staff Writer own Mt. Pleasant, located within their experiments. Purchased for University of Massachusetts and “You attach a screen to it walking distance of RIC. the research with the program’s McGill University, with an MA and it gets more interesting.” Following several weeks grant money were 20 clustered in mineralogy, he spent eight That’s the take Mt. Pleasant of research, the program’s power Macs, located in RIC’s years working as a groundwater High School teacher Charles participants attended a national Clarke Science building. The hydrologist before deciding J. McDonald has on students’ conference at Hamilton College powerful computational capability to pursue a career in teaching, reactions to a new collaborative in Clinton, N.Y., last July. of the new computers has and received a doctorate in chemistry program between “They met some of the also been employed by many education from the University Rhode Island College and top people in the chemistry RIC students and professors of Arizona at Phoenix. local secondary schools. fi eld,” said McDonald. “For in the course of their work. As many of his students will be The Computational Chemistry an academic conference, the Ten laptop computers that run the fi rst in their family to graduate from high school, McDonald said program, begun last summer students did very well following the modeling program were also the encouragement and inspiration by RIC associate professor of along and in their research.” purchased through grants, and they receive from participating chemistry Glênisson de Oliveira Next July, as the program are now in use primarily at Mt. in programs like this can make a with the assistance of McDonald enters its second year of a three- Pleasant in every-day chemistry tremendous difference. Requests and others, has continued its year grant, plans exist to expand classes, introducing even fi rst-year are already coming in from students purpose of using computer it to include even more students. students to molecular modeling who are interested in participating technology to provide new, The organizers were originally using advanced mathematics. hesitant about starting off too big Moreover, three teachers at in the program next summer. exciting learning opportunities According to McDonald, a for the fi rst year, but McDonald Mt. Pleasant were trained to for RIC undergraduates and higher level of chemistry can said he is enthusiastic about use the technology acquired high school students alike. now be taught to the students developing it to a higher level. via the program, allowing McDonald and de Oliveira because of the ability to simulate “We would like to get more over 270 students there to began involving students from models of molecular reactions kids, teachers and schools benefi t in their coursework. various Rhode Island high that would otherwise be involved,” he said. “There McDonald said that there’s schools last summer as part of the impossible for them to observe. aren’t many opportunities for Computational Chemistry Summer an ulterior motive that goes “They can see it better,” said Institute. For the students, it was high school students, so to beyond simple research and McDonald. “Research is the an extraordinary opportunity to expand and encompass the learning within the program. fun part – where you question engage in college-level research. school year would be great.” Students are being inspired to why and fi gure things out. Work “They were very enthusiastic A central point of the program pursue higher education as a that we did helps other people – the kids loved it,” McDonald is to keep the focus of research direct result of their involvement, solve the bigger problems.” said. “It’s like nothing they’ve about involving undergraduate and several participants have The problems the program is ever done before.” students at RIC and linking them applied to attend RIC. helping to solve – developing McDonald assisted de Oliveira to high school juniors and seniors. McDonald, whose father educational opportunities for in bringing in students and teachers The students made use of graduated from RIC, has been a inner-city high school students – from many Providence-area high computers to generate answers to chemistry teacher at Mt. Pleasant go far beyond chemistry. New School of Social Work collaborative program generates opportunity Rhode Island College’s School of Social the opportunity for its employees Work has entered into a new collaborative to enroll in the three-semester, 17- partnership with Fellowship Health credit program this spring. Resources, Inc. (FHR) to enroll employees An inaugural event was held on the of the organization in a case management fi rst day of classes for the program undergraduate certifi cate program. on March 25, where Nimmagadda, The training affi liation agreement School of Social Work dean Carol between FHR and the School of Bennett-Speight and FHR president Social Work is nothing but good news and CEO Joseph Dziobek MSW ’83 for the College, according to RIC introduced students to the curriculum. professor of social work Jayashree Through FHR’s educational division, Nimmagadda, who heads up the Case the David L. Taton Learning Institute, Management Institute at RIC. employees enrolled as students will be “Some of the students enrolled will be able to participate via video conferencing Jayashree Nimmagadda, professor of social work (left), Joseph Dziobek and inspired to join the Bachelor of Social Carol Bennett-Speight, dean of the School of Social Work. from any of the seven states that FHR serves. Work program – it is an excellent For Nimmagadda, the agreement fi ts RIC’s opportunity to capture a group of students,” she said. mission in providing opportunities for students to develop new skills. FHR, a non-profi t agency that provides clinical support and services “I think we should have more of these community partnerships,” to persons recovering from mental illness and other behavioral she said. “There are many students out there who, provided health matters throughout the eastern United States, began offering the opportunity, can gain the confi dence to move on.” Page 10 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

ACCOUNTING ART

5:30 p.m. Dining Center Donovan Rhode Island College Kevin Lehoullier ’92 Susanne Sullivan Tierney ’96 Vice President of Finance Self Employed Artist/Investor Arthur Schuman, Inc. MFA, UConn CPA MS, University of RI

DANCE DANCE Derek Perry ’00 Doug Perry ’00 Co-Producer/Co-Director Co-Producer/Co-Director Perry Twins Perry Twins Co Music & Dance Planet Music & Dance Planet Thursday, May 8 May Thursday,

HISTORY JUSTICE STUDIES Joy E. Fox ’99 Shelley Cortese ’97 Director of Communications and Assistant Probation & Community Outreach Parole Administrator Offi ce of Congressman Rhode Island Department James Langevin of Corrections MA, Rhode Island College

Honor Roll recipients are recognized for their 0achievements in their chosen fi elds and their distinction as role models whose success demonstrates the value of a Rhode Island

College degree. The 34 members of this year’s NURSING PHILOSOPHY/ANTHROPOLOGY 8 Judith Koegler-Diaz ’00 Isabel Ferreira Gould ’94 Honor Roll represent ten states and 27 advanced Director of Clinical Operations Assistant Professor of Blackstone Valley Portuguese & Brazilian Studies degrees from 12 diff erent colleges and universities. Community Health Care University of Notre Dame – MPH, Columbia University College of Arts and Letters A photograph and background information on PhD, Brown University each winner is mounted, framed and displayed in the Board of Governors Room in Roberts Hall for one year, and then sent to the respective departments for permanent display. AWARDS DINNER AWARDS

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 5:30 P.M. Donovan Dining Center | Rhode Island College SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION 5:30 P.M. SOCIAL/RECEPTION | 6:15 P.M. DINNER Arthur Petrosinelli ’82 Scott Sutherland ’91 Award presentations immediately following dinner. Principal Principal Tickets are $35.00. Reservation deadline: May 1. Hope High School Hope Arts High School For more information, call (401) 456-8086. MEd, Providence College; MA, Providence College EdD, Johnson & Wales University Page 11 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008

BIOLOGY CAREER/TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPUTER SCIENCE Florence Rose ’96 John Canole ’75 Elisabeth Galligan ’86 Robert Almberg ’87 Shamsi Moussavi ’91 Veterinarian Director/Principal President Information Security Associate Professor Bellingham Animal Hospital Regional Career & Technical Newberry Public Relations Department Manager Massachusetts Bay DVM, Tufts University School Center, Coventry Public Schools & Marketing, Inc. UPS Community College of Veterinary Medicine MEd, Rhode Island College MA, University of Phoenix MS, Brown University

ECONOMICS/FINANCE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ENGLISH FILM STUDIES HEALTH EDUCATION William White ’78 Marianne Quinterno ’75 Janine Napolitano ’94 Nathan J. DiMeo ’97 David Rubin ’94 President & CEO Elementary/Early Childhood English Department Chair Freelance Journalist Health Educator oastway Credit Union, Cranston Reading Specialist North Providence High School Los Angeles, CA Seekonk High School MA, University of Phoenix Dr. Joseph A. Whelan School, MA, Rhode Island College MEd, Providence College North Providence MEd, Rhode Island College

MANAGEMENT MARKETING MATHEMATICS MUSIC G. Wayne Hebert ’90 Amanda Elderkin Simoneau ’99 Rebecca Sparks ’96 Kevin Kane ’72 Senior Manager President/Co-Owner Associate Professor of Mathematics Scituate School Charles Schwab and Porino’s Fine Foods, Inc. Rhode Island College Department (retired) Company, Inc., Honor Roll MS, PhD, University of RI RIC Adjunct Faculty Phoenix, AZ 0Recipients 8 MAT, Rhode Island College

PHYSICAL SCIENCES PHYSICAL EDUCATION POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY SECONDARY EDUCATION John Laiho ’98 Dawn Romans ’98 Brenda Munro ’96 Robert Turrisi ’83 Wayne Montague ’82 Post Doctoral Researcher Physical Education & Deputy Director Professor, Biobehavioral Health Principal – Leadership Academy Washington University Health Teacher Department of Finance and Prevention Research Hope High School in St. Louis Warwick Public Schools and Budget Pennsylvania State University MEd, Rhode Island College PhD, Princeton University RI Judiciary – Supreme Court PhD, University of Albany, SUNY MPA, University of RI

SOCIAL WORK SOCIOLOGY SPECIAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION THEATRE Lois Colwell ’01 Melissa Alexander ’98 Lauren M. Loader ’73 Paul DeRita ’02 Barbara Reo ’86 Clinical Director Manager of Advocacy Services Title 1 Language Arts Teacher Technology Education Teacher Production Stage Manager Family Service of Rhode Island & RIC Adjunct faculty Veterans Elementary School, Chariho Middle School Broadway, Off Broadway, and MSW, Rhode Island College Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center Central Falls Regional Theatre MCJ, Northeastern University MEd, RIC; PhD, UConn Page 12— WHAT’S NEWS@RhodeIslandCollege, April 14,2008 RIC Arts Entertainment and TASH. Works by(fromtop)KristinHartly,LorenMay Bannister May 1–17at art ondisplay RIC student on Thursday,May 1,from5-8p.m. photography, printmaking andsculpture. graphic design,jewelry painting, will beondisplay,includingceramics, drawing, within thisvibrantandinnovative department Art. Representativeworksfrom alldisciplines graduating seniorsfromRIC’sDepartmentof at BannisterGallery,willfeaturetheworkof & And openingreception willbeheld The AnnualStudentExhibition,May1-17 classes focusondevelopingtheskills musical theater. Duringthefallsemester, to preparestudentsforacareerinoperaor in charge ofmusicalpreparation. serving asstagedirectorandMarkward professor ofmusic,withRodgers and EdwardMarkward, adjunct professorofmusic, directors areSusanRodgers, Chepachet MeetingHouse. April 6,at2:30p.m.inthe were offered onSunday, this year’s production Providence. Scenesfrom at St.Martin’s Churchin and onMonday, May12,at7:30p.m. the NazarianCenter’s SapinsleyHall, – onSunday, May11, at7:30p.m.in Workshop willpresenttwoperformances Keyboard Conversations Opera WorkshopconcertsMay11,12 College inaKeyboardConversations performance oftheseasonatRhodeIsland Siegel willinspireaudienceswithhisthird session thatfurther engagestheaudience. concludes with aquestionandanswer is playedinitsentirety, andthe concert entertaining, upbeatformat. Eachpiece www.keyboardconversations.com. meaningful,” Siegelwrote onhiswebsite, listening experiencemorefocusedand will makethemusicmoreaccessible, and signifi with anewperspectiveonitsbackground composition byprovidingtheaudience Siegel addshisuniquetwisttoeach music ofDvorakandBartok, Liszt rhapsodies,andthe elegant Strausswaltzes,saucy Series. Performing Arts sixth seasonaspartofRIC’s conclusion ofthemusician’s Continentals, Austria-Hungary: Captivating Sapinsley Hall.Siegel’s concert, p.m. intheNazarianCenter’s concert on Tuesday, April 29,at7:30 in May7concert avant-garde music New York Systemserving selections from and Morgan Santoswillperform Amanda Shuman,ElizabethCodd performance is“War andPeace.” and percussionistDustinPatrick. Santos, pianistRichard Anatone Elizabeth Codd,violoncellistMorgan clarinetist Amanda Shuman,violinist Kathleen Waters andCaitlinCraig, wrote thepiecewhileinaNaziPOW of Time byOlivierMessiaen,who its debutconcertlastDecember. System’s secondperformancesince Sapinsley Hall.ItwillbeNew York at 7p.m.intheNazarianCenter’s garde musicon Wednesday, May7, performing contemporary, avant- groups, New York System,willbe The workshopisatwo-semestercourse The workshop’s co- The RhodeIslandCollegeOpera Critically acclaimedpianistJeffrey Siegel’s commentaryispresentedinan “My hopeisthattheremarksIshare Along withrenditionsof The centralthemefortheMay7 The ensembleincludes One oftheCollege’s newestmusical cance before performingit. will mark the will markthe Quartet fortheEnd fl autists ® RIC OPERAWORKSHOP makes JEFFREY SIEGEL ®

one-act opera will beapresentationofSeymourBarab’s Fidelio The BalladofBabyDoe Cumming’s ThePicnic Conversations orchestras bothdomesticallyandabroad. appeared asaconductorfornumerous immense reservesofpower, andthe and character, widetonalresources, massive technique,musicalsensitivity as aperformerwho“…haseverything: during theweeklythree-hoursessions. are broughtintoworkwiththestudents from the singer. Various guestprofessionalartists necessary foracareerasprofessional visit newyorksystem.pbwiki.com. more informationonNewYork System, assembled andleadsNew York System. RIC adjunctprofessorofmusic,who bowling deadwood 21.5 byEdgard Varése, and Four Timpani byElliottCarter, by James Tenney, Never Written aNoteforPercussion War PigsbyBlackSabbath, Stockhausen’s AusdensiebenTagen, include anexcerptfromKarlheinz and SixSixths of Afterimage concert willbetheworldpremiere two new American composers. The Dance tocommissiontheworksof Department ofMusic, Theatre, and from theCollegeatlarge andthe Peace March 1 featured willbeChristian Wolff’s with threefellowprisoners. Also camp andoriginallyperformedit prior toperformance starttime. which willbe openforsalestwohours the appropriate performancevenue, edu/pfa; orintheboxof to 4p.m.weekdays;online atwww.ric. calling (401)456-8144from 10a.m. in advanceviaVisa orMasterCard by tickets canbepurchased asfollows: and children. Foryourconvenience, for seniors,RICfaculty/staff/students fi nal stopoftheseasonatRIC Admission totheconcertsisfree. Tickets forJeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Admission totheconcertisfree. For Other worksperformedwill The groupalsoreceivedsupport Los Angeles TimesThe LosAngeles . The secondhalfoftheconcert Symphony Orchestra,among Philharmonic, andtheBoston State Symphony, New York Berlin Philharmonic,Moscow including theLondonSymphony, the world’s greatorchestras, for hissoloistperformanceswith ability tocommunicate.” United Statesannually, andhas many others.Hetoursthe fi elds ofdance,theaterandopera Siegel hasgainednotoriety byColbyLeider A GameofChance. ® by TedCoffey. andPeaceMarch 3.

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Page 13 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 A College music tradition turns 30 By Ray Ragosta her sister, Mary Bicho, a music Gibbs pointed Staff Writer educator in the East Providence out, “some On Monday, April 28, one of Public Schools for 35 years, musicians the College’s longest-standing died in 1998, the concert was and listeners musical traditions will celebrate renamed to honor both women. have resisted its 30th anniversary – the Bicho If one looks long enough at any the Ninth Family Memorial Scholarship complex work, ironies are bound Symphony, concert. For this landmark to crop up, but in the case of the embarrassed event, the Rhode Island College two works on the Bicho program, by what they one does not need to look far. consider its Symphony Orchestra and Chorus GEORGETTE HUTCHINS will join forces under the direction In 1964-65, Leonard Bernstein naïve optimism,” of Edward Markward and Teresa took a leave of absence from his which some feel, Coffman respectively to present position as music director of the comes through in Beethoven’s monumental Ninth New York Philharmonic in order that innovative FREDRIC SCHEFF Symphony and Leonard Bernstein’s to devote himself to composing, fi nal movement. Chichester Psalms. Members of especially focusing on 12-tone Perhaps the Rhode Island Civic Chorale composition, which was essentially because of will also perform. In all, nearly 200 unexplored territory for him. both of those will take part in the performance. However, Bernstein followed qualities, the The concert will be held in the his heart, and when receiving a Ninth has Auditorium in Roberts Hall at 8 p.m. commission from Walter Hussey, marked some The performance will feature fi ve dean of Chichester Cathedral in auspicious soloists: Diana McVey, soprano, England in 1965, he composed what occasions such he himself described as “the most as when Leonard whose singing and acting skills TIANXU ZHOU have made her highly visible in B-fl at majorish tonal piece I’ve Bernstein opera, oratorio and as soloist with ever written.” It has become one of conducted it Ninth with the more symphony orchestras; Georgette Bernstein’s most performed works. in Berlin on modest Chichester The Chichester Psalms is a three- Christmas Day Psalms – around 70 Hutchins, mezzo-soprano, who DIANA MCVEY has sung leading roles with the movement work setting psalm 1989 to celebrate minutes versus 18. Connecticut Grand Opera and texts in Hebrew, although some the re-unifi cation of the city. While the compositions are worlds Rhode Island Philharmonic of the music has a secular origin. In putting together a concert apart in scale and in philosophy, they fi nd a common ground in the Orchestra, among others; Fredric Bernstein uses material from an like the Bicho, Markward theme of universal brotherhood. Scheff ‘83, tenor, who has made abandoned setting for Thornton comes with defi nite plan. While Beethoven approaches recent appearances in “A Tribute Wilder’s play The Skin of Our He never programs two of the theme from the viewpoint to Carlisle Floyd” at RIC, and Teeth, as well as music cut from what he calls “mammoth pieces” the prologue to West Side Story. for one evening as he feels that of Enlightenment humanism, as a soloist on Alice Parker’s employing Schiller’s poem as a Completed in 1824, Beethoven’s it would put too much strain on Sermon From the Mountain; base, Bernstein applies a religious Symphony No. 9 in D Minor the orchestra. It also allows for Tianxu Zhou, baritone, a conductor perspective and Biblical material. has had a tremendous impact diversifi ed musical styles. and international performer Still there are points of agreement on subsequent generations of who teaches voice and leads the For instance, the December 2007 – such as when Beethoven sets the Men’s Chorus at RIC; and Mark composers: Schubert, Brahms, Symphony Orchestra concert had words “All men on earth become Garrepy, age 10 of Harrisville, Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique brothers” and Bernstein uses the who sings in several church and and numerous others. Like as its centerpiece, a large-scale text from Psalm 133, “Behold how community choral organizations. Beethoven’s Third Symphony, it work with highly dramatic content. good and how pleasant it is for The concert, originally named the expanded the dimensions of the For balance, Markward paired brethren to dwell together in unity.” Rita V. Bicho Memorial Scholarship symphonic form beyond anything it with two smaller and lighter A donation of $10 is requested Concert, was established to honor before it, even including a choral works by Maurice Ravel, Mother for the scholarship fund. Seniors a beloved and highly respected movement, setting Friedrich Goose Suite and Don Quichotte, and non-RIC students, $5; RIC member of the Rhode Island Schiller’s Ode to Joy, with its creating an all-French program. students, faculty and staff, free. College music faculty, who served message of universal brotherhood. This year’s Bicho concert For tickets, contact the RIC the College over 30 years. When Yet, as the critic Christopher H. couples Beethoven’s monumental Box Offi ce at (401) 456-8144.

conducted by Teresa Coffman, and Men’s Chorus, conducted by Tianxu Zhou. The high-energy program includes a wide variety of pieces ranging from sacred to secular, serious to light. Songs include Moses Hogan’s Music Down in My Soul and O Mary, Don’t You Weep Don’t The Baritone Deafs, a RIC student-run RIC CHORUS men’s quartet, won the New England You Mourn, Franz Performs competition on March 15. With an exciting evening of diverse Biebl’s Ave Maria The quartet was awarded $3,000 and Taking fl ight: music, the Bon Voyage Choral Concert bids and Eric Whitacre’s a walk-on role in a Cardi’s Furniture farewell to graduating senior music majors Leonardo Dreams of commercial. Members include, from left, and participants in the May 2008 RIC choral Thomas Labonte, Patrick Gilson, Daniel Bon Voyage Concert His Flying Machine. George and Jason Linden. concert tour of Vienna, Slovakia and Prague. Selected scholarships The event, to be held Friday, May 2, at 8 p.m. will also be awarded to outstanding music students salutes seniors in the Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall, will at the event. feature a full roster of vocal performers: the RIC General admission is $4, free for RIC faculty, May 2 Chorus, Chamber Singers and Women’s Chorus, staff and students. Page 14 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 Concert Jazz Band concert to spotlight a jazz legend By Ray Ragosta Stanley Dance, who and drums. Philharmonic, an orchestra that Staff Writer has said of Wilson’s Standard charts he has been with for 17 years. When in the early 1960s Woody playing, “Phil will include His list of performances has Herman formed the Swinging Wilson’s daring Frank Foster’s also included appearances with Herd, one of his more renowned trombone solos arrangement of the Boston Pops Orchestra, later bands, it featured a group of impress both in Duke Ellington’s with the Boston Musica Viva (a distinguished soloists that included terms of conception Take the A Train contemporary music group), and Bill Chase on trumpet, Sal Nistico and execution.” and Sammy with bands backing such popular on tenor sax and Phil Wilson on As an arranger, Nestico’s Fancy acts as Barry Manilow, Linda trombone. One member of that his chart of Joe Pants (Nestico, Ronstadt and The Temptations. elite group will be on stage in the Zawinul’s Mercy, incidentally, is not Recently you may have heard Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall, Mercy, Mercy for to be confused with him playing the muted trumpet when the Rhode Island College Buddy Rich was tenor player Sal solos behind Bernadette Peters at Concert Jazz Band performs on nominated for a Nistico; they were Providence Performing Arts Center. Monday, May 5, at 8 p.m. Grammy in 1970. cousins, though His love of jazz goes back to his Phil Wilson will solo with the Wilson’s work their last names are days at Boston University, where at band in several of his arrangements. as a soloist and slightly different). the time, Foley wryly commented, He will also coach the group during arranger can be Among the non- “Jazz was a four-letter word.” two clinics before the concert. found on nine standard charts He continued, “I did a lot of Joseph Foley, recordings with will be Gordon work under the radar then – big who conductors Wood Herman and Goodwin’s Sing bands, jazz brunches and such. the College’s six with Buddy Sang Sung, a send- “I try to tell students not to jazz band, says Rich. In addition, up of Sing, Sing, limit themselves to Brahms and of Wilson, “I’ve Wilson has 18 Sing, a Louis Prima Beethoven. I encourage them to seen him work albums under his crowd-pleaser play in the jazz band and learn to with students own leadership. from the late 30s. interpret different styles of music before. He’s As an educator, There will also – it’s not always exactly as it appears he chaired the Three members of RIC Concert Jazz band be opportunities to on the page in a classical sense. JOSEPH FOLEY fantastic. Like Gunther Afro-American perform in 2004. hear some fi ne solo So much ‘classical’ work, like the Schuller, who was just here in Department at the New England work by students in the band on such Boston Pops, really requires you February, he does everything. Conservatory for three years. He pieces as Monk’s ’Round Midnight to be fl uent in many idioms. He’s a performer, arranger, has taught at the Berklee College of and Earle Hagen’s Harlem Nocturne. “That’s what makes the jazz composer and educator. Music since 1965, where he remains The varied tapestry of the concert band such a great performance “And students can learn a lot to one of its principal instructors. will be enhanced by a Latin standard, outlet and a great teaching tool.” see how legends like him play.” At Berklee, Wilson founded Fiesta Bahia, by Victor Lopez, as Foley has taken the band on Whatever he does, Wilson the Dues Band, later renamed well as Crescent City Stomp by Eric a bit of a road trip of late. On rises to the top of his fi eld. the Rainbow Band, which has Richards, which Foley describes as April 10, the ensemble played at He made his initial mark on spawned such outstanding alumni reminiscent of “New Orleans street Rehoboth High School by way of the jazz world with a famous solo as Cyrus Chestnut, Roy Hargrove, music and bands at Mardi Gras.” invitation from Andrea Bolton, a on It’s a Lonesome Old Town Makoto Ozone and Greg Abate, Kris Berg’s Poultry in Motion, former student of Foley’s at the with the Woody Herman band in who is on the jazz faculty here a funk piece parodying the College who teaches there. the mid 60s, and soon after, he at Rhode Island College. idea of “poetry in motion,” The next day the band traveled to earned a reputation as one of the Along with Wilson’s will close the concert. Williamstown to perform at the 17th world’s leading jazz trombonists. appearance, the May concert “It’s become kind of a tradition Annual Intercollegiate Jazz Festival. Wilson has performed with a will feature a mix of standard with the band,” Foley noted, Since then they have been priming whole roster of greats, including and non-standard arrangements “to end with a funk piece.” themselves for their next big Louis Armstrong, Buddy showcasing student talent in the Foley himself is a musician who assignment – to impress one of the Rich, Herbie Hancock, Doc College’s Concert Jazz Band. covers a wide range. In addition great names in jazz, Phil Wilson. Severinsen, Frank Sinatra, Clark The band follows the confi guration to being on the music faculty General admission is $5; free to Terry and Illinois Jacquet. used in most big band arrangements: at RIC, he has played with the children, seniors, non-RIC students, He has garnered accolades from fi ve saxes, four trombones, three Boston Symphony, most recently at and RIC students, staff and faculty. noted critics like Ralph J. Gleason trumpets, and a rhythm section Carnegie Hall, and is the principal For further information, call the and Leonard Feather, as well as composed of piano, guitar, bass trumpet with the Rhode Island box offi ce at (401) 456-8144.

Student Choreography on Trumpeter Jens Lindemann joins RIC Wind Ensemble April 25 On Friday, April 25, in Foley, an assistant professor of display in Forman Theatre the Auditorium in Roberts music at RIC, is principal trumpet New student works will be presented in the Student Hall, the Rhode Island in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Choreography Showcase on April 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. in College Wind Ensemble will Orchestra. He is also a founding the Nazarian Center’s Forman Theatre. These creations present Trumpet Virtuosi, member of the Atlantic Brass are the result of coursework and independent projects featuring world-renowned Quintet and a frequent performer completed throughout the academic year. This annual trumpeter Jens Lindemann. with the Boston Symphony event provides our Showtime is 8 p.m. and Boston Pops Orchestras. advanced students The concert, conducted by Katie Waters and Caitlyn Craig with an ideal venue Robert Franzblau, associate (fl ute), Jason Stelle (trumpet) for their work. professor of music and and Joshua Kane (trombone) General admission director of bands at RIC, JENS LINDEMANN are graduating members of the is $8; $6 for seniors, will also showcase special RIC Wind Ensemble. Each duo groups and non-RIC guest Joseph Foley and include duet was selected after auditioning for the students; $4 for RIC performances from four RIC students. Senior Concerto Competition. Waters students. Tickets Lindemann is considered among the and Craig will perform Andante and may be purchased in most celebrated and distinguished trumpet Rondo by Franz Doppler; Stelle and Kane advance at the Roberts soloists in history. He was trained at will play Joseph Turrin’s Fandango. Hall box offi ce. For the Juilliard School, and has played in Tickets are $7 for the general further details, call major concert venues across the globe, public and $5 for seniors and non-

Photo: Nikka Carrara Angelica Vessella at including appearances in New York, Los RIC students. Admission is free for RIC DANCE COMPANY (401) 456-9791. Angeles, London, Berlin and Tokyo. RIC students, faculty and staff. Page 15 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 RIC Marketing Association selected Revealing the Real World of eating disorders as semi-fi nalist in competition By Peter Silveira ’08 bay area of Oakland, Calif., without a care in the The RIC student chapter of the American Staff Writer world, she said. But everything changed when Marketing Association was recently she enrolled at UCLA and joined a sorority. On March 3, Amaya Brecher and Veronica selected as a semi-fi nalist in this year’s “I went from an environment where I wore Portillo, former stars of MTV’s reality television AMA Collegiate Case Competition for fl annel shirts and Birkenstocks to a place series The Real World and Road Rules, visited the fi rst time in its history. This month, with women who were thin and blonde,” said Rhode Island College to present Body Images, students from the organization attended the Brecher. “It was kind of a breeding ground for an interactive lecture on eating disorders. 30th Annual AMA International Collegiate For the past several years, the pair has taken insecurities and girls feeding off each other.” Conference in New Orleans, La. advantage of their national television exposure, Away from home and without anyone to “The exposure offered to RIC AMA at this describing their personal struggles with eating look after her, Brecher’s eating habits changed, year’s conference will be unprecedented,” disorders to students at numerous colleges and she said she put on the freshman 15-20 said Christina Crow ’08, RIC AMA president. and universities across the United States. pounds typical of fi rst-year college students. The competition required student According to Brecher and Portillo, two Her boyfriend at the time gave her the nickname AMA chapters to develop a plan to out every 10 American females ages 15-25 “Chubs.” It got to the point where she knew she market McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s develop some form of an eating disorder, most needed to eat but didn’t want to gain weight. e-commerce portal for students, a commonly anorexia nervosa, the relentless “So I started to throw up,” said real-life issue of the company. pursuit to be thin, and bulimia nervosa, Brecher, “and eventually, it developed Typically, only eight fi nalists are selected a cycle of binge eating and purging. into a habit. Every single meal, I had to to present their cases at the conference. They are caused by a variety of factors, get up, walk to the bathroom, make my However, due to a record number of including low self-esteem, feelings of excuses, and throw up my food.” quality submissions this year, an additional inadequacy, depression, anxiety and anger, and Although she knew she was living a eight case schools, including RIC, will be cultural pressures that glorify “thinness.” hazardously unhealthy lifestyle, Brecher felt presented with awards. The original top Portillo, who developed physically at that it was something she could control; it eight fi nalists will still compete for the a very young age, felt those pressures wasn’t until a friend visited from New York highest award during the conference. growing up in Orange County, Calif. and disclosed that she too had been throwing RIC AMA was the only chapter selected “As early as 12, I started up her food that Brecher in the top 16 entries not associated with a eating just an apple a day,” noticed something was wrong. university. Rhode Island’s Salve Regina said Portillo. She fi gured She looked at her friend, University was also selected as a semi-fi nalist. that even though she was then at herself, and realized The RIC student chapter now has starving herself to stay thin, that she was heading down 25 members that are affi liated with the she would at least be healthy. a very dangerous path. national organization, which has grown from 13 last fall. The students recently However, Portillo was It took Brecher an additional received a $500 community service constantly hungry. She thought 18 months to completely recover, grant from the AMA Foundation. she found a solution when she and to this day, she has to fi ght “This past year’s members have shown a came across her mother’s diet the occasional urge to purge. level of engagement and professionalism that pills, known as Fen-phen. “If I feel a little bit bloated or if I feel fat, I still have that will carry us into the future,” Crow said. Fen-phen, a popular More information on the chapter can be medication in the early MTV personalities Veronica Portillo (left) image in my mind that I could and Amaya Brecher discuss the dangers literally just go and take care found at www.ricmarketingassociation.com. 1990s that was used as an of eating disorders with RIC students appetite suppressant for the and faculty in the Student Union of it,” she said. “But I have to long-term management of Ballroom on March 3. stop. It’s a constant recovery.” RIC Student Support Services alum obesity, combined two drugs – fenfl uramine, an As a result of her disorder, wins 2008 NEOA Achievers Award “upper” taken in the morning, and phentermine, Brecher developed ulcers, gastroesophageal Corsino Delgado ’82, a treasurer and a “downer” for the end of the day. The refl ux disease (GERD) and an infection caused alum of Rhode Island College’s Student Food and Drug Administration requested its by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori. She will Support Services program, is one of the removal from the market in September 1997 require surgery in her mid-30s to repair the winners of the regional 2008 New England after several reports of valvular heart disease fl ap between her esophagus and stomach. Educational Opportunity Association among women who had used the anorectic. Other effects of eating disorders include (NEOA) Achievers Award, which honors “The pills became my best friend in college,” malnutrition, dehydration and lanugo distinguished graduates of New England- said Portillo. “I could sleep four hours a night, or (growth of fi ne white hairs on the body area educational opportunity programs. less, get all my schoolwork done, work almost to compensate for insuffi cient fat layers), Delgado, who is currently a director a full-time job, still have a social life – and look and if not properly managed, can lead to of fi nance for the City of Cranston, said great. Basically, it ran me into the ground.” infertility, organ failure and even death. that the opportunities he was given at Portillo’s best friend fi gured something was Portillo and Brecher alluded to the impact Student Support Services helped lead him wrong when she returned from studying abroad of the media on today’s society, specifi cally to his professional and volunteer work. and noticed that Portillo looked treacherously the pressure that it puts on young women to “SSSP helped mold me into a mature thin, barely tipping the scales at 95 pounds. look a certain way and the role that it plays individual, and instilled in me the Portillo insisted that she was fi ne – until, in the development of eating disorders. discipline of hard work and responsibility, that is, the two attended a Tae Bo class. For instance, television and magazine ads doctrines that I still follow to this day,” “I was there for two seconds, and I started perpetually promote perfection, and typically Delgado said in an NEOA release. seeing stars,” she said. “I knew then that feature slender, attractive women. The Student Support Services is a federally what I had been doing to myself, even though average American woman (approximately funded TRIO program that helps low- I might have looked good and appeared 5’4” and 140 pounds) is rarely represented. income and fi rst-generation students across to be all together, I was actually slowly Eating disorders, though, are not just a the country stay in college by providing counseling, tutoring and remedial instruction. killing myself and slowly putting everything problem for women. It is estimated that of Delgado received a bachelor’s degree that I’ve ever worked for in danger.” the eight million people in the United States in management from RIC and an MBA It was around the same time that Portillo who suffer from them, 10 percent are men. in fi nance from the University of Rhode was cast to MTV’s Road Rules: Semester at But no matter one’s sex, body type, Island. He also earned a certifi cate of Sea. During the trip, she visited 10 countries weight or hair color, Brecher and Portillo advanced graduate studies in accounting and encountered many different cultures, said that the key is to love yourself for who you are, to be comfortable in your own from Bryant University in 1999. and was amazed at how everyone was “Corsino was the fi rst in his family to appreciated, no matter how they looked. skin and to feel good about yourself. “If you feel good, you’re going attend college,” said Joseph Costa, director “At the end of my experience [on Road of RIC Student Support Services. “He has to look good,” said Portillo. Rules], I walked away realizing that we’re the energy, poise, intelligence, creativity and all different, we’re all shaped differently, and For more information about eating maturity to be a leader in the community.” it’s okay to be different. There’s no reason disorders, call the National Eating Disorders Corsino and other awardees were why I shouldn’t have control of who I am, Association’s toll-free Information and honored this month at the 2008 NEOA because we’re all beautiful,” said Portillo. Referral helpline at 1-800-931-2237 or log conference in Westbrook, Conn. Brecher was raised on a hippie commune in the on to www.nationaleatingdisorders.com. Page 16 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 Hot Books: suggested reading on summer vacation RIC community invited to learn By Judith Stokes wealth. Our hero, the FBI agent who succumbs more about College’s history Serials Librarian and Assistant Professor to temptation and stumbles onto dangerous Exhibit at State Archives includes early images of Rhode Island College In 2004, Adams Library secrets, nearly becomes one more victim of as well as historic manuscript launched a completely new a rich, ruthless, clever and deadly beauty. establishing the State Normal School. 5. Tell No One by Harlan Coben is a thriller “Browsing Collection” A free exhibit on the history of public of popular books. By full of plot twists and turns. It’s a quicker than education in Rhode Island is on display arrangement with a quick read, and just when you think you know at the State Archives at 337 Westminster commercial service, the all, it will surprise you. The protagonist, a St. in downtown Providence. library rents a selection of likeable fellow, a doctor, a widower, comes to It will be open weekdays from 8:30 brand-new books to lend believe that his beloved wife may still be alive. a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through June 30. Free while they are still new, If she was not killed by the serial murderer, JUDITH STOKES parking is available at the In-Town Parking and returns them when Killroy, eight years ago, what happened to her? lot adjacent to the State Archives. they have passed their best-selling prime. 6. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa “Educating Rhode Island: A History of (Books that have lasting value to RIC, however, Fowler is a moving fi ctional memoir. 80-year- Public Schooling” features many original are retained and moved to the permanent old Lily Yi looks back on her life, recalling manuscripts including the 1854 act that collection.) According to circulation fi gures, her youth as a worthless girl, foot binding, the created the State Normal School – which the Browsing Collection has become a great rigidly limited life of 19th-century Chinese was the forerunner of Rhode Island College. success, and that piqued my curiosity. Which wives and mothers, and ultimately the loss of Early photographic images of Rhode Island books are the hottest new books at RIC? her lifelong friend, Snow Flower. The secret schools are also showcased in the exhibit including photographs of the construction In the April and May issues of What’s News, writing in the fan of the title was nu shu, a of Rhode Island College from 1958. we’ll look at the fi ction and non-fi ction books phonetically spelled language that actually was used, in rural China, only by women to carry The exhibit also highlights the emergence in the Browsing Collection that have been of the Narragansett Indian School and the borrowed most frequently, as of spring 2008. on correspondence among themselves without the knowledge of husbands and brothers. School for the Deaf as well as petitions Then, in June, I’ll review 10 of my favorites. dealing with equal educational opportunity Perhaps among these books you will fi nd some 7. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks for children of color and child laborers. to put on your personal summer reading list. matches a successful science journalist with “People will be surprised Top 10 popular fi ction books a rural librarian when he comes to town to to learn that free public cover the story of eerie lights that mysteriously 1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is far education for all Rhode appear in an ancient cemetery. The skeptical Island children did not and away the most frequently borrowed book. If scientist and the true believer investigate the happen overnight,” said you have not read this book yet, you are a real mystery of the glowing graveyard together. Secretary of State A. Ralph non-conformist. It’s a modern day search for the 8. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich is Mollis in a release. “This Holy Grail, a mystery, a thriller, an adventure, a Stephanie Plum novel in the popular series exhibit highlights the a romance and an elegantly detailed narrative featuring that improbable heroine. Stephanie, A. RALPH MOLLIS progress we have made you won’t be able to put down. The background a New Jersey bondswoman, decides to get in extending access to a good education was so carefully researched that this novel has out of that dangerous business. With help and to all our children. I hope exposure actually generated controversy about Christian hindrance from her sidekick Lula, a 250-pound to history like this will inspire Rhode history. The movie, even at 2 ½ hours long, ex-hooker, her Grandma Mazur, her sexy vice- Islanders and remind them of the unique falls short on details that give the book depth. cop boyfriend Joe Morelli, and assorted other treasures the State Archives has to offer.” 2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown colorful characters, Stephanie weathers a series The Rhode Island State Archives, a division features the The Da Vinci Code hero, Robert of new jobs, exploding cars, and death threats, within the Offi ce of the Secretary of State, is the offi cial custodian and trustee for public Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology. and still manages to “bring in her man.” records with permanent historical value. This time, he is summoned to a Swiss research 9. Dumping Billy by Olivia Goldsmith is facility to decipher a mysterious symbol. It is home to thousands of documents chick-lit par excellence. Kate Jameson has such as the Act Extending the Right to From there to the Vatican secret archives is worked hard to leave Brooklyn behind, but a fast-paced thrilling race, complete with Vote to Women Citizens and a copy of cannot keep her tony Manhattan friends separate the original 1638 deed for Providence an ancient secret brotherhood, ambigrams, from her frumpy high school girlfriends, in Roger Williams’ handwriting. antimatter, catacombs, entanglement science, the self-proclaimed “Bitches of Bushwick,” For more information on the famous Roman architecture, a cold calculating especially once they have heard about “Dumping “Educating Rhode Island” exhibit at physicist and a warm Italian biologist. Billy,” a bartending, French-speaking, skirt the State Archives, call (401) 222–2353 3. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks is all chaser whose ex-girlfriends always wind up or visit www.sec.state.ri.us. romance. Sparks’ fans will enjoy this sequel marrying the very next man they date. to The Notebook. Allie and Noah Calhoun’s 10. At Risk by Patricia Cornwell was daughter, June, is the mother of the bride. originally serialized in the New York Times As the last of their three children marries, Magazine, and that may be why it suffers Wilson, father of the bride, realizes that he from some discontinuity in the details. An has neglected his own marriage far too long. ambitious DA responds to governor’s orders Wondering whether June still loves him at all, to launch a new high profi le crime initiative he sets out to learn how to win back her love. called “At Risk,” with her own plans to garner 4. Honeymoon by James Patterson is no headlines for herself. She summons a state honeymoon. It is a thrilling murder mystery police special investigator to work on one case, full of suspense, fabulous wealth, sex, revenge, while another simultaneously unfolds around polyandry, identity theft and more fabulous him, ultimately putting them both at risk.

The RIC Gerontology Center and the Sherlock Center on Technology Disabilities will sponsor a conference on Technology and Aging on Wednesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Faculty Center’s South Dining Room. The conference will examine the and Aging use of assistive technology with older adults. Topics include adaptive technology suited for individuals with blindness and conference low vision, hearing assistive technology for people with hearing loss, the onset of age-related disability and simple solutions to improve access in a domestic setting, and the use of the set for Internet for the delivery of senior services. The event, which is “Faces of the Undocumented in Rhode Island: A Call to supported by the College Lectures Committee, is open to the Action” was the title of the fourth annual Nancy Gewirtz public free of charge and offers continuing education credit. Symposium held in the School of Social Work atrium. April 23 Margarita Nix (inset) addresses the audience at the March 26 event. Page 17 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 • Literature Institute for opportunity to learn about the craft Teachers is a model of an of writing by actively participating interactive classroom where in all aspects of the process. This reading and writing are mutually institute will be held from 9 a.m. supportive and reading is a to noon, Monday through Friday collaborative activity. Classes from July 7-18. Tuition is $195. will meet from June 30 to July Rhode Island Writing Project 10. Three graduate credits. programs are designed to improve • Planning for Change is an the teaching and learning of institute offering participants the writing and literacy. Since 1985, luxury of time to research a topic over a thousand educators in of their choice and to develop the state have participated in a plan of implementation. The RIWP programs. These teachers program features guest speakers and bring new motivation, ideas and discussions of practices, journaling, Participants in last summer’s Literature Institute for Teachers. techniques to their classrooms. research and writing. Planning for The project also conducts Change will take place from July an annual spring conference, Full slate of R.I. Writing Project 14-24. Three graduate credits. a mentoring program for new • Literacy Leadership teachers, teacher research programs at RIC this summer Workshop fosters a community courses, writing groups, in- of inquiry and maximizes Teachers and students alike will by the wonderful ideas and energy service workshops and provides fi nd lots of learning opportunities of a cadre of 100 new Rhode opportunities for collaboration. Participants will share experiences, assistance to the Rhode Island at RIC this summer, when the Island Writing Project fellows.” Department of Education for Most institutes meet from 8:30 examine case studies, and engage Rhode Island Writing Project the New England Common a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through in role-play and refl ection to refi ne (RIWP) will offer four teacher Assessment Program (NECAP). Thursday. This summer’s offerings: their understanding of literacy institutes and a special program Several schools in the state have to encourage and develop young • Summer Invitational Institute pedagogy and coaching. The on Writing and Critical Literacy institute will focus on teachers as RIWP “embedded institutes” writers. These grant-funded courses – on-site year-round programs. are available at reduced tuition. is a research group and writer’s learners, facilitators, and supporters The organization is one of over “Every year teachers tell us how community that explores applied of effective classroom instruction and theoretical issues in teaching 190 National Writing Project sites much the institutes mean to them,” in reading, speaking, listening and writing and critical literacy. around the country dedicated to said Marjorie Roemer, director of writing. Classes will meet from This is the core program for the strengthening literacy instruction. the project and professor of English July 21-31. Three graduate credits. RIWP and it is for teachers of all For registration or information, at RIC. “They say that their own • Summer Institute for Young disciplines and levels. Classes Writers is fi ve concurrent young contact the Rhode Island Writing joy in writing has been rekindled. will meet from June 30 to July And every year we feel enriched writers’ programs – organized by Project offi ce at (401) 456-8668 or 24. Six graduate credits. grade – giving K-12 students an visit the website www.ric.edu/riwp. Welcome to RIC’s Convocation of Scholars Welcome to this year’s Convocation of Scholars, an annual showcase and celebration of the intellectual and creative life of the College. As you review this year’s program, you will notice an interesting mix of student, faculty and public events – each of which represents some aspect of the College’s scholarly orientation. Please join us as we present an array of outstanding presentations that acknowledge the depth of study on campus.

Convocation of Tuesday, April 15 Friday, April 18 Scholars Committee: Public Policy Presentation Faculty Research Conference Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship Lecture Nancy Carriuolo School of Nursing Campus scholars will offer engaging interim vice president, Alger Hall 110 research presentations from the College’s Presentation by the 2008 recipient, Academic Affairs 1 p.m. many schools of discipline. Ying Zhou, professor, mathematics and computer science Mark Motte Student Union assistant vice president, Wednesday, April 16 9 a.m. Faculty Center, Main Dining Room Academic Affairs 4 p.m. Caroline Hazard, Patricia Nolin ’84 Daughter of the House Wednesday, April 23 chair, special assistant Presented by Helen Farrell Allen, Technology and Aging Friday, April 25 to the president biographer Conference sponsored by the Emeriti Appreciation Jason Anthony ’99 Sponsored in part by the Rhode Faculty Center, Main Dining Room assistant director, Island Council for the Humanities and Gerontology Center and the Sherlock undergraduate admissions dedicated to Nancy Potter, professor Center on Disabilities 5:30 p.m. (invitation only) Lisa Bain emerita, University of Rhode Island Topics will include hearing assistive assistant professor, Fortes Room, Adams Library; technology for people with hearing loss, adaptive technology suited for accounting and computer Exhibition, Special Collections, Adams Monday, April 28 information systems Library 413 individuals with blindness and low vision, improving domestic settings, Student Honors Presentation Teresa Coffman 4 p.m. associate professor, music and the use of the Internet for service Faculty Center, Main Dining Room delivery. 3:30 p.m. Glênisson de Oliveira, Who’s Who Among Students in American Faculty Center, South Dining Room associate professor, physical Universities and Colleges sciences 9 a.m. Faculty Center, Main Dining Room Joan Dagle 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 professor, English Psi Chi Research Presentations RIC Oral History Panel Presentation Department of Psychology Denise Guilbault- Based on interviews with students, Alger Hall 110 Langworthy, assistant Thursday, April 17 faculty, and administrators, memories of professor, music Public Policy Presentation noon the College’s move from the downtown Cynthia Padula School of Nursing campus to Mt. Pleasant will be shared. associate professor, nursing Alger Hall 110 Cape Verde: Publications, Research, The information is informal, personal Karen Rubino 1 p.m. Libraries and Archives and often nostalgic. special assistant to the Promotion and Tenure Reception As part of a week-long cultural exchange, Alger Hall 110 president, President’s House this session provides an opportunity 2 p.m. Internet technology 3 p.m.(invitation only) to meet with visiting scholars from Kathryn Gray Sasso ’69 the Republic of Cape Verde. Topics for director, conferences and discussion will include current research, Wednesday, April 30 special events the availability of resources from Cape Cap and Gown Convocation Deborah Siegel Verde, and the building of networks. Auditorium in Roberts Hall professor, social work Special Collections, Adams Library 413 12:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Page 18 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 Participants will attend the Cranston schools better presentations about book publishing for her teachers, her staff and featuring editors and publishers, and mostly for all students. Her great they will meet and hear from guest passion for improving literacy authors. Additionally, published led her to recruit Jean Brown authors will serve as instructor/ in 2002 to establish an ASTAL/ mentors working with participants Cranston Literacy Partnership in one of two strands: Writing with Bain Middle School. Fiction for Young People or Writing Both Catherine and Montie Picture Books for Young People. In received their preparation to teach both strands, the instructor/mentor at RIC. Catherine earned her BA to student ratio will not exceed 1:8 at the College before beginning to provide maximum opportunities her career in the Cranston Schools. for individualized instruction and Montie came to RIC to earn a feedback during work sessions. second BA to teach when he was Enrollment will be limited and seeking a career change. He was students will be accepted in a highly effective and well-loved the order that we receive the English teacher at Shea High applications by the strand indicated. School when he died in December Enrollees may elect to earn three 2004. Montie was one of the graduate or undergraduate credits original members of the ASTAL for their participation. This year we Executive Committee. ASTAL are asking all participants to submit gives two Educator Grants for the 7-10 pages of their writing because Fall Conference in Monte’s name. we will have daily workshopping Kelly Easton and Peter Johnson received Book of the Year Awards at ASTAL's Authors sessions. The submissions must Application/Nomination Form: Luncheon on March 29. be submitted by June 10. We have also built in writing time We will accept both applications ASTAL 2008 Books of the during the day so participants from participants and nominations can apply what they are learning for the Catherine and Montie Ciarlo Year Awards presented and get feedback on the spot. Scholarship for the ASTAL Summer For more information or to Institute. Applications must be ASTAL (Alliance for the Study Ruined Everything Else)] register, visit www.astal-ric. submitted by April 20 to Jean E. and Teaching of Adolescent and Ellen Emerson White org or contact [email protected]. Brown, 352 Craig-Lee Hall, Rhode Literature) announced the 2008 (Long May She Reign). Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant ASTAL Rhode Island Books ASTAL supporters Natalie ASTAL Summer Institute Avenue, Providence, RI 02908-1991; Catherine and Montie Ciarlo of the Year Awards at the 5th Babbitt, Mark Peter Hughes, or by email to [email protected]. Annual Authors’ Luncheon and Janet Taylor Lisle joined Memorial Scholarship the other authors to participate The Executive Committee held at RIC on March 29. ______In the middle school category, in conversations at each table. of ASTAL has established the Name of Participant Catherine and Montie Ciarlo ASTAL recognized Kelly Easton’s 2nd Annual ASTAL Scholarship in memory of two Hiroshima Dreams, a coming of Summer Institute Writing ______outstanding educators and good age story of Lin, who shares the for Young People Mailing Address friends to our organization. The gift of sight with her Japanese June 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 25… grandmother. 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What Happened by Peter Johnson. Alliance for the Study and Teaching fees for an individual to attend It is the story of an unnamed the ASTAL Summer Institute, ______of Adolescent Literature (ASTAL) State Zip protagonist/poet who struggles at Rhode Island College is offering Writing for Young People. with losses: his mother’s death, Preference for this scholarship will an institute for people who are ______be given to Cranston residents. his father’s abandonment of both interested in learning to write for Email him and his brother Kyle, and his young people. Participants will The Ciarlos were long-time personal sense of loss and direction. choose between a strand for fi ction residents of Cranston, where ______Selection for the awards is writing or picture book writing. Catherine spent 47 years in the Phone based on literary merit, age We are delighted that our public schools, most recently as appropriateness and a Rhode Island faculty, Kelly Easton, Mark Peter superintendent from 1997 until her ______connection. Books are eligible Hughes and Liza Ketchum, will retirement in June of 2006. She School for the award during the fi rst be returning for our second year. was superintendent emerita at the three years of their publication. They are not only accomplished time of her death in September ______Position The speakers at this year’s authors for young people, they 2007. Her effectiveness as an luncheon were three Rhode are also outstanding teachers and administrator was the product of Statement Islanders who have recently dedicated mentors. They will be her commitment to instruction Briefl y (200 word maximum) describe published novels: Tom Cobb joined by author and illustrator and her vision. Because Catherine your (or the nominee’s) background and (Shavetail), Ann Hood [How Lisa Jahn-Clough, who will work was always a teacher at heart, interest in writing for young people. I Saved My Father’s Life (and in the picture book strand. she relentlessly sought to make

Oral History Committee to present summary The Oral History Committee faculty and administrators from has been active during the past that era. Much of this information four years chronicling the is informal and highly personal, College’s move in 1958 often nostalgic. It has been from the present-day site arranged in a symposium of the Providence Place format, as if all those Mall to the Mt. Pleasant interviewed were sitting campus. A summary of 50 around the same table, the committee’s work years contributing their comments and its fi ndings will be on a series of mutually agreed presented by a panel on upon topics. The panel presentation Tuesday, April 29, from 2- provides an opportunity for 4 p.m. in Alger 110. members of the RIC community Members of the Oral History Committee include (seated from left) Brenda Rapoza ’82, Ellie The Committee has gathered a to hear the “voices” from that O’Neill, Marlene Lopes, Patti Nolin ’84 and Rob Bower; (standing from left) Michael Smith ’79, great deal of information about the era and to share their own P. William Hutchinson, Kathy Sasso ’69, Jim Bierden, Tom Ramsbey and Susan Soltys ’06. (Not pictured: Mary Davey ’41 and Don Driscoll ’54.) move by interviewing students, comments and refl ections. Page 19 — WHAT’S NEWS @ Rhode Island College, April 14, 2008 Awards cont. the CCollege’so administrative Upon graduation, Patty worked in the state’s Athletics cont. GetGet rreadye for another eexcitingxcitin spring! teamteam,, following his service auditor’s offi ce. Today she is a CPA serving The RIC softsoftballball teateamm highlights what ttoo the state in ppositionsositions hheld in the Offi ce the town of Johnston. She visits accounting sshouldhould be another outstaoutstandingn spring season. of HHigherigher EdEducation,ucation, tthehe Offi ce of the classes on campus-sharing her professional ThThe season bbegan with ith another milestone Governor and R.I. Department of Education. experiences with current students. In addition for head coach Maria Morin, who earned her Michael has served the president and the to her accomplishments, Patty is a member 300th career win in RIC’s season-opener, 7-3, College in a variety of important capacities of the R.I. Air National Guard and recently over Misericordia at the Rebel Spring Games and on numerous committees. The recent returned from a deployment to Germany. on March 7. Senior fi rst baseman Christie Lotti, publication of the commemorative calendar A volunteer with the YWCA, she was part who owns almost every record in program of a group that assisted in opening a house for history, added another one to her impressive highlighting the architecture of the campus resume, becoming the Anchorwomen’s all- is just one of the many College projects that abused and battered women, and can often time stolen base leader vs. Bates on March have benefi ted from his love of history. be seen working alongside other volunteers 21. The career RBI mark (91), established Michael has essentially become the sorting food at the R.I. Community Food Bank. by Kristyn Alexander last season, is also College’s offi cial historian. Through his efforts, 2008 CHARLES B. WILLARD within striking distance, as Lotti needs just the College has a tangible chronological ACHIEVEMENT AWARD eight more to eclipse that mark as well. history, traceable to its roots even prior Karen Davie ’76, Vice President, Philanthropy The team is currently 16-4 and looking to to 1854. Designated by the president as Women & Infants Hospital of RI capture its fourth consecutive Little East regular chair of the Honorary Degree Committee, Criteria: Graduate of the College, brought season championship and secure home-fi eld Michael has worked with faculty and staff advantage throughout the league playoffs. honor to the College by distinguished to identify over 60 individuals who, because Despite losing Alexander and All-American achievement in his/her fi eld. of their honorary degree status, are now pitcher Nicole Riley, the Anchorwomen have the With over 17 years combined experience counted among the College’s alumni. rest of the roster back and have added a group of in national not-for-profi t associations Regardless of how busy Michael is, he can talented freshmen. Keep an eye on rookie second and health care organizations, Karen is always be counted on to offer a calm and baseman/outfi elder Amanda Perry, third baseman/ an innovative manager, administrator, catcher Kayla Jandreau and pitcher Melanie pragmatic voice – and for an expertise that has fundraiser and entrepreneur. Neece. Big things are expected from this trio. enriched the College’s service and history. Head coach Jay Grenier’s baseball team Since 2003, she has served as the CEO for opened their season with an impressive fi ve- 2008 ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD Women & Infants Development Foundation game winning streak and went 6-3 during Herb Kaplan, Retired Businessman and has developed a hospital-wide strategic their trip to the Tampa Bay Invitational. The Community Volunteer focus for philanthropy. Under Karen’s weather played havoc with the squad upon its Criteria: An alumnus/a or non-alumnus/a leadership, a record breaking capital campaign return to Rhode Island, but the Anchormen have who has made an important contribution exceeded the $16 million campaign target. been solid with a 10-5 record to this point. to the College, by giving time, talent or Karen has led several high-visibility RIC returns seven starters, losing All-New resources; or an outstanding citizen who has national organizations. She was named acting England right fi elder and all-time school RBI, made a contribution to the state or nation CEO with United Way of America following hit and runs scored record-holder Mike Naylor that refl ects ideals of service to humanity. a tumultuous period with the departure of its along with All-LEC catcher Tim Henault. Junior two-time All-Little East selection Since 1987, when Herb retired from national president. From 1998-2001, she led Chris O’Connors moves over from left to business, he has devoted himself to the non- three national organizations simultaneously – right fi eld and will prove to be a diffi cult out profi t community, serving on over 30 boards. the nation’s largest hospice and palliative care in the middle of RIC’s batting order. Senior Family Service of R.I., Meeting Street Center, association, serving 3,100 organizations, fi rst baseman Jim Connell and All-Little East Providence Public Library, Youth in Action a public foundation committed to end-of-life shortstop Josh Cardoso will follow O’Connors and Trinity Repertory are just a few of the non- care, and the national hospice insurance agency. to form a potent 3-4-5 spot in the order. profi ts that have benefi ted from his leadership. She currently serves on the board of United Senior Eric Thibault will anchor the pitching He is the founder and president of Way of R.I. and is a part-time faculty member staff and classmate Evan Grogan will set up All- the New England Amateur Skating Foundation. at RIC in the David E. Sweet Center for LEC junior closer Eric Fama, who is returning Herb has provided countless hours of Public Policy. to the fi eld after missing all of 2007 while volunteer time to the Poverty Institute at RIC recovering from Tommy John surgery. Freshman 2008 ALUMNI FACULTY AWARD as a board member, lending his expertise in Gary Levesque from East Providence is expected Francis J. Leazes Jr., PhD, Professor board governance, fundraising and strategic to be a key contributor in the rotation as well. Political Science Department planning. He has written newspaper articles, The men’s and women’s outdoor track and Criteria: Need not be a graduate of the fi eld programs have just one week off between spoken to policy makers, and engaged College but employed by the College. seasons, so they just kept rolling. Many of others in the effort to improve economic Wide recognition for exceptional competence the women’s standouts were highlighted in security for low-income Rhode Islanders. in teaching, printed publication, initiative the winter summary, and more is expected For Herb, serving others makes life in research, development of a new program, from them in the warmer weather. enjoyable. His way of giving back to the community recognition of quality of Sophomore Max Willett and junior Dante community has often been as a mentor helping Lopardo, both All-New England and All- service to the community or campus. non-profi ts and development professionals Alliance/Little East performers in the fi eld events, Fran Leazes is a serious scholar and highly serve their organizations more effectively. He as well as senior Mike Van Gieson in the 600 effective teacher. He has published two books has been honored by Meeting Street Center as meters, are expected to have excellent seasons. and numerous articles and monographs. For an outstanding volunteer fundraiser and by the The men’s golf team is the one program just the 2007-08 academic year, Fran was named getting underway, and head coach Greg Gammell Association of Fundraising Professionals the Paul Maixner awardee for sustained hopes to keeps things rolling from the fall. as an outstanding Philanthropic Citizen. excellence in teaching within the Faculty of Freshman Derek Jensen was the medalist at the Leadership R.I. and Youth in Action have both Arts and Sciences. As a political scientist, conference championships in October, shooting honored him for his mentoring activities. a two-day total of 146, which was six over par Fran’s knowledge spans a number of fi elds and two strokes better than the next competitor. 2008 YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD – local and state government systems, the Jensen logged a score of 72 in the fi rst round Patricia Nevola Testa ’00, CPA exercise of bureaucratic power, non-profi t and shot a 74 in the second round. He fi nished Controller, Town of Johnston organizations, public sector budgeting, city fi rst among a fi eld of 39 golfers and was the fi rst Criteria: Graduated in the last 10 years from politics and urban revitalization. He has golfer in school history to win the league title. the College, and has made a contribution to made signifi cant, innovative contributions Head coach Joe Testa’s men’s tennis team got the College, since graduation, by giving time, to research and policy in all of these areas. off to a great start, winning the season-opening talent or resources (e.g., mentor of current Fran has been a guide to the members match for the fi rst time in 11 years with a 5-4 students or alumni, involvement or volunteer of countless committees and boards, both win over Clark on March 22. The team has revamped much of the lineup, with junior David with a campus group or activities, or providing on and off campus. He has advised local Haggerty, who lost in the conference title match internship opportunities to current students governments, non-profi ts, study commissions, at No. 6 singles a year ago, bumping up a spot. or job opportunities to recent graduates). think tanks and budget task forces on The women’s lacrosse team is still searching Patty has spent three years on the Alumni best practices in rational problem solving for its fi rst win and to fi nd a replacement for Board and is active on several committees, and budget planning. As a multiple-term all-time leading scorer and four-time First Team including fi nance, homecoming and the young department chair in political science/geography All-LEC selection Caitlin Gavin. RIC returns alumni advisory group. She has worked as a at the College and as the director of the senior All-Conference defender Erin Duffy part-time track and fi eld coach at the College joint RIC/URI master’s program in public and classmate Sydney Culbertson, while senior and helped organize the fi rst women’s alumni administration, he has been a role model to Kerry McDevitt will be a focus of the offense. soccer game during homecoming weekend. younger faculty and countless students. Rhode Island College students appeared at the State House for Higher Education Day on April 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the College’s move to the Mount Pleasant Avenue campus, dressed in authentic costumes from the last fi ve decades. A six-by-six-foot cake decorated with college photos from the last 50 years was also on display.

Higher Education Day at the State House – April 2

Higher Education day featured representatives of the School of Nursing (above) and participants in the INBRE biomedical grant program. Above left are Sara Claypool (left), Deana-Rae Brown, Dean Jane Williams, Daniel Fortin, Inna Chvetsova and Tara Brown. Above right are Lisa Chin (left), Dennis Bennett and Sean Hersey.

Pamela Harlowe ’09 dances with Matt Berryman, a recent graduate of Roger Williams University, on March 28 during the RIC Ballroom Dance Team’s fi esta-themed social dance at the College. In attendance were members from the URI, Brown, WPI, Holy Cross, Roger Williams, UMass Lowell, and Johnson & Wales ballroom teams.

Students, parents and teachers of Henry Barnard School enjoyed the World Celebration of Cultures Day at Henry Barnard on Feb. 29. HBS families brought Members of the Physical Science Club compete in the Ms. Physical Science Pageant on March 27 in Clarke food, drink, crafts, games, music and more to be shared at the event. Science Building. Above right are contestants Jessica-Lynn White (left), Melissa Phillips, Lisa Chin, Sarah Cate and host Andrew Tessier. The winner of the pageant, Jennifer Watson (above left), displays her painting talent.