THE EMMANUEL COLLEGE CLASS of 2014 COMMENCES Contents

SPRING 2014 MAGAZINE

THE EMMANUEL COLLEGE CLASS OF 2014 COMMENCES contents

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS

10 Commencement 2014 1 Message from the President For the members of the Emmanuel College Class of 2014, 2 C ollege Journal Commencement was just that—the beginning. 22 Al umni Contemplation and a College Education 32 Flashback 16 Emmanuel Philosophy Professor Raymond J. Devettere explores the classical roots of modern-day efforts to incorporate mindfulness and other contemplative practices into the student experience.

ON THE COVER: VERONICA CAMARA ’14

EDITOR CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHY Emmanuel Magazine is published by the Office of Sam O’Neill WRITERS Brian Crowley Development and Alumni Relations. Please address Dan Morrell John Earle all correspondence to Editor, Emmanuel Magazine, DESIGN Melanie Rehak Tom Kates 400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 or to Kaajal Asher Amy Stewart Carla Osberg [email protected]. Merrill Shea message from the president

ccasionally, circumstances align to reveal the far-reaching impact of an Emmanuel education. During our 92nd Commence- ment Exercises in May, the O College conferred an honorary degree on Kenneth R. Feinberg, an attorney widely respected for his fair and compassionate leadership of some of the nation’s most complex victim assistance initiatives, including those established in the wake of the September 11th terror attacks and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. His efforts have helped thousands to recover from tragedy and to rebuild their lives. Before delivering the 2014 Commencement address, Mr. Feinberg paused to pay tribute to a woman in attendance who had inspired and shaped him: his ninth-grade English teacher, Elisabeth “Betty” O’Hearn of the Emmanuel College Class of 1947. We often say that Emmanuel is all about students. It is. Yet the learning and growth that take place here transform not only our students, but also the people, professions and communities they will engage with throughout their lives. This is the “multiplier effect” of These results affifi rm the hallmarks of an Emmanuel Emmanuel’s Catholic educational mission, and it is education. Each year more than 90 percent of our evident in the examples of so many of our alumni. students participate in career-launching internships The members of the Class of 2014 possess extraordi- in Boston and beyond. Our faculty provide students nary potential. It is exciting to imagine the contribu- mentorship and opportunities for research and schol- tions they will make in areas such as business, arship, enabling them to reach the furthest extent of education, science, public service and the arts. What- their talents. These experiences supercharge careers ever paths they choose, they are prepared to excel. and set the stage for fulfifilling, purposeful lives. In early May, Gallup and Purdue University pub- The pages ahead convey, as much as words and lished the results of a comprehensive national study images can, the remarkable vibrancy of this College that explored the connection between people’s experi- community in 2014, reflfl ecting Emmanuel’s dynamic ences in college and their success after graduation. integration of its 95-year-old mission and the evolving Respondents were more than twice as likely to be needs of our global society. enjoying “great jobs” and “great lives” if as students they were involved in internships and extracurricular Sister Janet Eisner, SND activities and if they had professors who cared about them personally, made them excited about learning and encouraged them to pursue their dreams.

Spring 2014 1 college journal

KELSEY RYAN ’14 AWARDED FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP TO GREECE

n late March Kelsey Ryan ’14, a Global Studies and Spanish double-major from Bellinggham, MA, was named a Fulbright IU.S. Student Grant recipient. Ryan will spend the 2014-15 academic year as an English Teaching Assistant at Athens College, an independent high school near Greece’s capital. This is the fourth consecutive year that Emmanuel students have received Fulbright grants. Two additional Emmanuel students received prestigious grants this year. James Withers ’16 was selected for NOTRE DAME a UK Summer Fulbright Institute CAMPUS TO program to study at Queens College OPEN IN Belfast this summer, and Alex Cho ’15 SEPTEMBER won a Gilman Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State, which will fund his summer study in Tokyo. At the start of the fall 2014 semester, 30 Emmanuel juniors and seniors will take up residence at the Notre Dame EMMANUEL HOSTS FULLBRIDGE PROGRAM Campus in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood to participate in a living/learning community and engage in service through- n innovative partnership between Emmanuel out the city. The campus will and the Cambridge, MA-based Fullbridge also provide opportunities for Program enabled 15 Emmanuel students to retreats, reflfl ection and prayer, spend two intensive weeks on campus in May as well as educational and h Aoning the skills they need to compete and thrive in the 21st cultural programs. century workplace. The Notre Dame Campus is located just over a mile from The program complemented Emmanuel’s demanding Emmanuel’s main campus and liberal arts and sciences curriculum by emphasizing several blocks from the site real-world business skills in a hands-on environment. where the Sisters of Notre Guided by personal coaches and accomplished Boston Dame de Namur opened Notre ) business professionals, the students focused on effective Dame Academy in 1854. The team collaboration and on ways to serve as active and cre- FULLBRIDGE HEAD COACH LUKE OWINGS ENGAGED one-time home of the aboli- EMMANUEL STUDENTS AT THE START OF THE ative contributors in a modern business setting. The expe- tionist William Lloyd Garrison, FULLBRIDGE TWO-WEEK PROFESSIONAL SKILLS-BUILDING ( now a National Historic rience also included immersion in areas such as fi nance, PROGRAM. marketing and project management. Landmark, is one of the four Emmanuel is the fi rst undergraduate college in Boston to host the Fullbridge Program. “This collaboration buildings that constitute this new symbol of the College’s

is one more example of the College’s commitment to offering robust experiential learning opportunities— ; MICHAEL DENNIS Catholic educational mission. ) and to providing our students a professional edge in today’s competitive marketplace,” said Joyce A. De Leo, RYAN Vice President of Academic Affairs. ( OHN EARLE J

2 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAMS ARE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, SSS, DELIVERS FIRST DOROTHY DAY LECTURE

n April 27, Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director of NET- OWORK, a nonprofifit Catholic social justice lobby, and author of the just-published book A Nun on the Bus, addressed a capacity crowd of alumni, students and faculty at the inaugural Class of 1971 Dorothy Day Lecture. In her remarks, “Faith Doing Justice: Living the Joy of the Gospel,” Sister Simone, a member of the Sisters of Social Service, spoke of the importance of inner transformation in creating KAILE MACLEAN-DALY ’16 positive change in society. A video HELPED LIFT THE SAINTS of her lecture may be viewed at TO THEIR FIRST GNAC youtube.com/emmanuelboston. CHAMPIONSHIP. Generous donations from members of the Class of 1971 enabled the College to establish the Dorothy Day Lecture Series in 2013. Named for the co-founder of the Catholic Social Worker oth the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams earned their fi rst Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Movement, the series focuses on championships in April, in only their third and fourth years, respectively, of competing at the varsity level. topics that reflfl ect the interplay With its GNAC championship victory over St. Joseph’s College (Maine) on a rain-soaked of sociology, history, economics Roberto Clemente Field, the women’s team earned its inaugural appearance in the NCAA Tournament. and political action, as well as BDespite not having a single senior on the roster, the Saints went undefeated in conference play this season. on the connections between the In defeating Becker College in their conference title match, the men extended their season winning streak to era of the late 1960s/early 1970s 15 games and earned an automatic qualififi er into the 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship. and the present.

ERRILL SHEA [ See more at emmanuel.edu/news. M

Spring 2014 3 college journal

2014 HAKIM LECTURER DISCUSSES CIVIL RIGHTS-ERA STRIFE

avid Cunningham, Professor and Chair of Sociology and Director of the Social Justice & Social Policy Program at Brandeis University, visited campus in March to deliver the annual Catherine McLaughlin D Hakim Lecture. The author of Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan, Cunningham focuses his research on the causes, consequences and legacy of racial violence. His talk contrasted two instances of racially motivated attacks in the 1960s South—one in New Bern, NC, and the other in Franklin County, MS—and examined the contemporary relevance of an organization that was a potent force a half-century ago. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim ’70 Lecture is an annual event established by Dr. Raymond Hakim in honor of, and named for, his late wife. AFTER DELIVERING THE 2014 HAKIM LECTURE AT EMMANUEL, BRANDEIS PROFESSOR DAVID Lectures focus on issues of sociology, social justice and public CUNNINGHAM (SECOND FROM RIGHT) GATHERED WITH MRS. VICKIE HAKIM, DR. RAYMOND HAKIM policy on the local, national and international levels. AND CATHERINE SIMPSON BUEKER, CHAIR OF EMMANUEL’S DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY.

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOLS GATHER AT EMMANUEL

uring the College’s spring break in March, over 400 high school students from four institutions established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur traveled to the Emmanuel campus, where they celebrated their shared SND heritage and discussed its D importance in today’s world. The Notre Dame High Schools Retreat included prayer and musical and dance performances, as well as small-group discussions on a range of topics, from meditation and friendship to homelessness and international migration. In attendance were students, faculty and staff from Notre Dame Academy, Worcester, MA; Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro, MA; Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School, Lawrence, MA; and Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, PA. Greeting the participants were 18 Emmanuel students who were spending their vacation week ) engaging in service projects in Boston as part of the College’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. Also on hand were members of Emmanuel’s 1804 Society, a mission and student leadership organiza-

tion on campus named in honor of the year St. Julie Billiart founded the Sisters of Notre Dame. DAME NOTRE ( Alison Gilbert ’16, herself a graduate of an SND high school (East Catholic High School in CELEBRATING THE SND LEGACY AT Manchester, CT) and Tony Maiullari ’14, a Boston College High School alumnus, spoke with the THE NOTRE DAME SCHOOLS RETREAT. group about how the mission and ministry of the Sisters of Notre Dame had inﬂﬂuenced their ; HARRY CLOUGH CLOUGH ; HARRY

educational and spiritual paths, as well as their plans for their lives after Emmanuel. ) The day began with an address by Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SND, who described the life of St. Julie Billiart and how her HAKIM vision continues to inspire all who participate in the congregation’s ministries on ﬁ ve continents. “We are all part of carrying out the mission ( of making known God’s goodness,” she said. “In this mission we experience the joy and the privilege of being part of what St. Julie called ‘the greatest work on earth.’ ” MERRILL SHEA

4 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE EC TEAM EXCELS AT HARVARD MODEL U.N. CONFERENCE

mmanuel’s Model United Nations Team received three awards at the Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) conference in February, delivering the most successful team performance at the conference in the club’s E10-year history. Nathan Benevides ’15, President of Emmanuel’s Model U.N. Club, received a Verbal Commendation for his performance in a simula- tion of the Second United Front, the 1930s alliance between China’s Nationalist and Communist par- ties. Emily Larkin ’16 took home Outstanding Delegate for her representation of Kuwait in the League of Arab States. Elizabeth Rioux ’14 received an Honorable

RIOUX ’14, BENEVIDES ’15 AND LARKIN ’16 Mention for her representation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as a non-governmental organization. HNMUN was founded in 1955, just a decade after the creation of the United Nations. The conference annually draws more than 3,000 participants from around the world.

EC UKE’S FIRST GIG

Emmanuel’s newly formed Ukulele Club, “EC Uke,” made its off-campus debut at St. Ambrose Family Shelter in Dorchester in April. The group performed for residents and volunteers on the occasion of St. Ambrose’s 25th anniversary.

SMOKE-FREE

Emmanuel will transition to a smoke- and tobacco-free campus in August. The step is based on the recommendations of an ad hoc MAYORAL ENCOUNTER exploratory committee that conducted a College-wide dialogue on the topic between January and April 2014. Affifi rmed by the Board of Trustees at its spring meeting, the smoke-free policy reflflects Fresh off his election win in November 2013, Boston Mayor-elect Emmanuel’s commitment to provide and maintain an optimal Marty Walsh chanced upon members of the Emmanuel men’s working and living environment for all members of the College lacrosse team as they were engaged in a service project at the community. Franciscan Food Center at St. Anthony’s Shrine in Boston.

[ See more at emmanuel.edu/news.

Spring 2014 5 college journal

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD

Emmanuel students spend spring break advancing food justice in Boston | BY ALISON GILBERT ’16

t is one thing to know that poverty exists in your city. It and food centers. By the end of the day, we were able to sort is quite another to journey two miles from campus and enough food to feed a family of four for an entire year—some- assist people who are struggling to obtain nutritious and thing we never imagined possible. Just three days later, while affordable food. serving at the Franciscan Food Center at St. Anthony’s Shrine, IIn March I joined 17 other Emmanuel students in a weeklong we handed out bags of food that had been donated through the series of service projects focused on advancing food justice and ac- same food bank. cess for low-income residents of Boston. The program was one of Other service sites included the Pine Street Inn and urban farms three faith-based Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips sponsored in Dorchester and Roxbury. As the week progressed, it became by Emmanuel’s Offifi ce of Mission and Ministry. Teams also partici- clear to us that we genuinely pated in community service in Phoenix and New Orleans. In all, were making a difference in more than 60 students, faculty and staff took part in ASB this year. ASB’s our own backyard, and this We in the Boston group resided at Emmanuel’s Notre Dame Nationwide added a special depth to our Campus in Roxbury, where each evening we shared a meal and Reach experience. For our group, it reflfl ected on the day’s service experiences. We also welcomed was eye-opening and hum- guests—including Adam Silver, Assistant Professor of Political In 2014 the College bling to see how much need sponsored Alternative Science at Emmanuel, and Patti Wilder of Share our Strength’s Spring Break (ASB) service for food there was just a cou- No Kid Hungry campaign—who provided insights into how trips to three U.S. cities: ple of T stops away. hunger affects individuals and families and what can be done to In addition to service, ASB make healthy food more available and affordable in communi- PHOENIX: Working through is known for creating lasting two nonprofifi ts, participants ties across the country. Also joining us for discussions were friendships and amazing provided basic services to William Leonard, Associate Professor of History and Dean of people suffering from memories. I knew this would Arts and Sciences; Carolyn Caveny, Associate Director of Aca- hunger, homelessness and be true of our group from demic Advising; and Rev. John Patrick Spencer, S.J., Associate extreme poverty. the moment we sat down to Vice President for Mission and Ministry. our fi rst dinner together. NEW ORLEANS: Emmanuel On our fi rst day of service we traveled to the Greater Boston volunteers helped local Although we were virtual Food Bank, where we sorted goods for distribution to area shelters communities continue to strangers, we quickly bonded recover from the effects of through our shared experi- Hurricane Katrina and the ences. Coming back to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Notre Dame Campus in the BOSTON: Students, faculty evening was like coming home and staff explored the to your family. Whether play- challenges many city ing hide-and-seek until 1 a.m. residents face in gaining or laughing until we couldn’t regular access to healthy breathe, we formed lasting food, while lending their efforts to a food bank, a friendships in a matter of days. food distribution center, a On a personal note, the trip homeless shelter and two helped to solidify my decision urban farms. to stay in Boston after graduation. As a biology major with the hope of becoming a physician’s assistant, I am drawn to help make this city an even better

THE WRITER, ALISON GILBERT ’16 (CENTER), WORKED WITH EMILY LARKIN ’16 (LEFT) place to live. I look forward to going back to our service sites and AND HOODO MOHAMED ’16 TO DISTRIBUTE GOODS AT THE FRANCISCAN FOOD continuing my work, and I’m glad to be able to say that I made a RIAN CROWLEY

CENTER AT ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN BOSTON. difference in the place I love and call home. B

6 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE A LANDMARK CROSS COUNTRY SEASON

Both men’s and women’s teams win GNAC championships

mmanuel established its men’s and women’s cross country teams in 2001, at the time of the College’s transition to coeducation. Initially, the program strove to meet minimum standards, particularly with Ethe men’s squad—the NCAA requires at least five athletes to compete in each cross country meet. Last fall the Saints made history, winning both the men’s and women’s Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships. The day brought multiple “fifirsts” for Emmanuel athletics: • The Saints’ fi rst GNAC Cross Country Championship • The fi rst men’s team championship in any sport • The fi rst time Emmanuel has won multiple championships in LONG-RUN SUCCESS: FOUNDED IN 2001 WITH A HANDFUL OF RUNNERS, THE MEN’S a single season CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IS NOW HIGHLY COMPETITIVE IN ITS CONFERENCE. “It is a great feeling to know that all our hard work has fi nally paid off,” said Tony DaRocha, head coach of the cross country and women’s sides, that to win both championships on the same program since its inception. “It has been years in the making, day this year, made it even sweeter,” said DaRocha. but we accomplished our goal.” From the start DaRocha and Assistant Coach Alice Kramer The women’s title came fi rst, with four of the top 10 individual have worked to assemble a program that prides itself on cama- fi nishers in the 5K race wearing Emmanuel blue and gold. Later, raderie and resilience. “They are the most supportive and caring the Saints completed the sweep as the Emmanuel men raced to coaches I could have ever asked for,” said women’s team captain a team championship in the 8K event, paced by Sean Colford Amy DeNuzzio ’14. “I have accomplished things I didn’t even ’16, who took home GNAC Runner of the Year honors and be- know were possible because they are my coaches.” came Emmanuel’s fi rst men’s individual conference champion. The Saints take pride in their achievements this year—and in Emmanuel had been on the brink of history for the past sev- the groundwork laid in past seasons. “This team has been my eral years, with the men fi nishing second at the championship family since freshman year,” said four-year standout Meaghan meet in 2012 and 2010 and the women capturing second place Mauer ’14. “I couldn’t ask for better teammates to win a champi- in 2011. “We had come close so many times, both on the men’s onship with.”

EC ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS | 2013-14

UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS: POST-SEASON PLAY: 52 AND COUNTING: BRIGHT FUTURE: Both the men’s and women’s The women’s volleyball team The women’s basketball team Two members of the lacrosse teams earned their made its 15th consecutive stretched its GNAC regular- men’s basketball team— ﬁ rst Great Northeast Athletic GNAC post-season tournament season winning streak to James Sullivan ’17 and Conference (GNAC) champion- appearance. The Saints advanced 52 games; the run of victories Kyle Smith ’17—collected ships. Each team went to the conference championship now spans ﬁve seasons. all of the GNAC Rookie undefeated in conference match and later earned a bid to of the Week honors during play in the regular season. the ECAC Tournament. a six-week period. HEA S [ For more athletics news and updates, visit goecsaints.com; like “EC Saints” on Facebook; and follow the Saints on Twitter @ECSaints. ERRILL M

Spring 2014 7 college journal

SENIOR PROFILE MICHAEL KRUPA ’14 | Learning on Location

Michael Krupa complemented his coursework with two internships in Boston and two months of studies in London. The combination has given him the know-how and contacts to launch a career in marketing and advertising.

CHAEL KRUPA ’14 knows the value globally and cultivating a richly e. After studying in London during nagement major and graphic design uel and in the course of his senior ps at nationally and internationally

rst internship for the fall semester, Krupa worked with Emmanuel’s Career Center, which matched him with New England-based business advisory company MEnquiron. “The Career Center was extremely helpful,” Krupa said. “In two weeks, the position fell into place.” As a relationship manager at Enquiron, Krupa was able to work directly with clients, helping them understand the benefifits of their liability insurance policies and assisting them with pre-claim inquiries. The relationships he developed spanned company presidents, CEOs and human resource directors. Krupa also provided technical support and promoted webinars and |online training for the employees of Enquiron clients. Though Enquiron offered him a full-time position following his graduation from Emmanuel, Krupa felt there were other areas he wanted to explore. “Enquiron was a valuable experience for me,” Krupa said. “I learned a lot about human resources- related issues and interpersonal communication.” and developing media lists, tailoring information according to After his semester at Enquiron ended, Krupa began an Internet an editor’s fi eld of interest. search of the public relations industry and came across Lewis “Lewis PR has all the characteristics I’m looking for in an orga- PR, a global communications agency headquartered in London nization,” Krupa said of the company’s clientele, talent and inter- with 25 offifi ces throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and North national presence. “I’ve been grateful to be able to get my foot in and South America. Through LinkedIn, he connected with the door of this industry.” Elizabeth van Luling ’13, a former intern and current account Krupa has already begun to set his sights globally. The Bridge- coordinator at Lewis PR, who offered guidance on the internship water, MA, native spent two months during the summer be- application process. Krupa was ultimately accepted for the tween his junior and senior years at Richmond, the American spring of 2014. International University in London, studying corporate finance, As a Lewis PR intern, Krupa managed the social media feeds for international marketing and global economics. various companies, promoting their events and publications. He With his Emmanuel diploma now in hand—along with a certif- also drafted and edited press releases for the agency’s clients and icate in French—Krupa hopes to gain several years of work expe-

their product releases, while building relationships with editors rience in the marketing and advertising industry in the U.S. or S and reporters from publications such as Newsweek, Business abroad, possibly putting his language skills to use, before enroll- M KATE

Insiderr and Wired. He also assisted the agency by researching ing in graduate school and earning an M.B.A. —Amy Stewart TO

8 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE INN HISS RESEARCH,CH, ASSASSSISTAIS NT PROFPRP ESSORRBE BENNJAMIN ALLENENN USEU S MATHM EMATE ICALCALALL ANAANA LYSIS TOO PRPROP BEB HOWHO EVOLOLLUUTUTIOUTI N RREEALLYLLYLLY WWORKS.KS

FACULTY PROFILE BENJAMIN ALLEN | Tangible Applications

NJAMIN ALLEN started getting especially excited term? Using mathematical analysis, the team was able to deter- ween his sophomore and junior years in high mine that some cancers can evolve a resistance to the drugs, always liked numbers, even trying his skills at a with initial treatments leaving behind enough resistant cells to etitions. But that summer, Allen went to a camp repopulate the cancer. For researchers, it offered evidence that a mber theory and began to see what was possible single drug might not do the job for some cancers. mething clicked. “In some ways, we were given In another breakthrough study with Nowak, Allen helped build k,” says Allen, assistant professor of mathemat- a mathematical argument against something called “inclusive el. He appreciated not only the mathematical fi tness”—a 50-year-old, widely accepted theory in evolutionary rigor needed to develop airtight arguments, but also the way biology that states that humans essentially cooperate only to the camp required him to explain his numbers as a narrative. benefi t the spread of their gene pool. (The pair think the theory B“It’s a creative process. There was a story for why something doesn’t fully explain the altruism we see in the animal kingdom.) was true.” But while Allen admits that this kind of work has drawn a fair bit Allen followed his passion all the way to graduate studies in the of attention, he’s equally excited about an under-the-radar proj- fi eld, but a year into his Ph.D. he began moving away from the ect he worked on last summer with Emmanuel mathematics more conceptual math material. “I wanted to do something less professors Christine Sample and Yulia Dementieva as well as abstract—something I could talk to people about,” says Allen. students Chris Paoletti ’15 and Ruben Medeiros ’14. Their paper “You can get to a point where only you and 10 other people under- on the work has not been published yet, so Allen is guarded stand what you are doing. Literally. That feels a little isolating.” about the details, but he does offer that it involves the effect of An evolutionary dynamics course with Harvard professor “spatial structure” on mutation rates. Martin Nowak offered a fi rst glimpse of that type of tangible Allen is also busy in the classroom. In addition to calculus, he’s work. Evolution, he quickly found, was not only ruled by a sim- teaching a senior seminar focused on seven of mathematics’ great- ple, elegant mathematics, but it was applicable to so much be- est unsolved problems, spending a week on each. No one is expect- yond the Darwinian struggle to exist: there was evolution in so- ing to solve them, of course. Allen is just hoping it might inspire the cial behavior, in languages, in microbes—even in tumors. kind of reaction he had at that summer camp so many years ago:

Y Allen has worked with Nowak extensively on this last topic. “I want the students to see what is possible.”” —Dan Morrell WLE

O In a recent study, the pair worked with colleagues at Johns R C Hopkins and Harvard to tackle a major unresolved question: Learn about the latest faculty achievements at emmanuel.edu/ RIAN

B Why are targeted cancer drugs often effective only in the short facultyhighlights.

Spring 2014 9 COMMENCEMENT 2014 BegınnıngJUST THE

At Emmanuel s 92nd Commencement Exercises in May, members of the Class of ’14 celebrated years of achievement, friendship and engagement in a spirited campus community. With the turn of their tassels, 633 graduates became Emmanuel’s newest alumni and launched exciting new chapters in lives of leadership, service and purpose. LL COMMENCEMENT PHOTOS BY BRIAN CROWLEY EXCEPT WHERE NOTED. EXCEPT BRIAN CROWLEY BY PHOTOS LL COMMENCEMENT A

10 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE ROBING | 9:45 A.M. – 10:40 A.M.

Spring 2014 11 COMMENCEMENT 2014 WisdomPARTING

KENNETH R. FEINBERG | Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient

An expert in mediation and alternative dispute resolution, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq., is widely known for his leadership of high-profifi le victim compensation efforts, including The One Fund, established in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings; the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; the Virginia Tech Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund; and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Feinberg Rozen, LLP, a law firm with offifi ces in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Whatever your chosen profession, whatever STILL MISS O’HEARN your priorities and goals in the years ahead, never lose your sense of community. Recognize that each and every citizen can During his address, Ken Feinberg hon- make a difference in improving how we live ored an Emmanuel alumna in atten- and interact with each other. This is what is dance, Elisabeth M. “Betty” O’Hearn ’47, called ‘the communitarian ethic,’ the idea his ninth-grade English teacher at West rich in the history of this college, this city Junior High School in Brockton, MA. and our nation, that we are all one. “You may call her Elisabeth or Betty,” he told the audience. “She will always be to me Miss O’Hearn.” As we honor and remember the anniversary of the Administration of President John F. Kennedy, a son of Massachusetts and an PEGGY S. KEMP | Honorary Degree Recipient old friend of this college from days gone by, remember his inaugural words about giving back to our nation. Remember his call to Since becoming Headmaster of Fenway High School in 2003, Peggy S. arms that each one of you can make a Kemp has helped to transition the Pilot School into one of difference. And use the degree you earn Boston’s leading secondary schools. For the past four years, today to become community leaders. This Fenway High has been rated one of America’s Best High is not an option; it is an obligation. Schools by U.S. News & World Report; it has also received recognition from the U.S. Department of Educa- tion (National Blue Ribbon School, 2012) and the Massachusetts Department of Education. As Headmaster, Ms. Kemp has forged successful partnerships with organi- Graduates, maintain your allegiance to this zations throughout Boston, including Emmanuel College, to great institution. Never forget the role it enhance educational opportunities for Fenway students. has played in helping to deﬁ ne who you “I encourage you,” she told this year’s graduates, “to become comfort- are and what you hope to be. able with being uncomfortable, to understand that you can handle awk-

ward situations, that the life in front of you is a lifetime of learning…. (O'HEARN) OSBERG CARLA Find something that you love to do—you won’t know it until you try it— and you will have a fulﬁﬁ lling life.” PROCESSION AND CEREMONY | 10:40 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Reviewing the procession were Commencement Speaker Kenneth R. Feinberg, Emmanuel Board of Trustees Chair Thomas J. Hynes, Jr., and Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SND. Second row: College Trustee Sister Mary M. Farren, SND ’69 and Retiring Associate Professor of Information Technology Gouri Banerjee.

Spring 2014 13 COMMENCEMENT 2014

Faces OF THE CLASS OF ’14

SRUNPHUT “JAE” PUKMA

As an Emmanuel biology major, Jae secured a laboratory internship SPENCER DESCHENES at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he participated in research focused on developing new treatments for neuroblastoma, a rare type In the summer of 2013, psychology major Spencer Deschenes was of cancer that occurs mostly in infants and children. He will soon enter awarded an Emmanuel College Travel Fellowship to study at Trinity an eight-year program at Tufts University School of Medicine, which College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD). She is on her way includes a one-year Master of Public Health program, followed by a back to Ireland this summer as the recipient of a 2014-15 Global Excel- seven-year dual M.D./Ph.D. medical science training program. lence Graduate Scholarship for the Master’s in Psychological Science Program at UCD. )

JAMIE MOORE PATRICK CARLAND This fall, Jamie will begin pursuing a master’s in speech-language An English major with a concentration in communication, media and pathology in Massachusetts General Hospital’s Internal Health Pro- cultural studies, Patrick spent the fall 2013 semester studying at Osaka gram. During her time at Emmanuel, the developmental psychology Gakuin University in Japan. He was awarded a Bridging Scholarship by major complemented her studies with an internship in the Depart- the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, with funds contrib- ment of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement at Boston uted by the United States-Japan Bridging Foundation. Patrick enrolled Children’s Hospital. The internship was the result of connections she OHN EARLE (DESCHENES, CARLAND); TOM KATES (PUKMA, MOORE KATES TOM CARLAND); OHN EARLE (DESCHENES, in an intensive Japanese language class and in courses on the nation’s made as a hospital volunteer, including one with an Emmanuel graduate. J religions and popular culture. CELEBRATION | 1:00 P.M. ONWARD

Spring 2014 15 •

16 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE Contemplation and a College Education

Interest in mindfulness, meditation and other contemplative practices is surging on American campuses. What seems like a new trend in fact has ancient roots and marks a return to the original ethical and spiritual motivations of

A higher education. HARD MI C BY RAYMOND J. DEVETTERE N BY RI N BY O Emmanuel College Professor of Philosophy and TRATI

US Director of the College’s Values-Based Education Program ILL “The philosophers advise us not to be satisﬁ ed with mere learning but to add meditation and then also practice.” —EPICTETUS, FIRST CENTURY STOIC

OONTEMPLATION and a college education: what’s lum. It has moved to student life and campus ministry ser- the connection?conn Isn’t contemplation something done by vices with their support systems, counseling offifices, com- peopleeople wwho have withdrawn from worldly affairs to live in munity volunteering, and campus-sponsored programs monasteriesnaster and convents? Isn’t a college education designed to reduce destructive or unhealthy behaviors. aboutut masteringma the facts and skills that will enable a Ethics still exists in the curriculum, of course. In fact, youngg personpe to succeed in the world with a good career? there has been a notable increase in the number of ethics The very idea of a “contemplative college education” courses offered on both the undergraduate and graduate seems oxymoronic. levels. However, these ethics courses have generally be- Yet in recent years there has been an extraordinary up- come just another academic hurdle a student needs to surge in contemplative studies and programs on college clear to receive a degree; they are not designed to help stu- campuses. Here are a few examples: the University of dents become more ethical. In fact, not only is there no Wisconsin Center for Mindfulness, the Contemplative substantial evidence that ethics courses actually help stu- Studies InitiativeIniti at Brown University, the Emory Collabora- dents become more ethical, but also some philosophers tive for ContemplativeCo Studies, the Mindfulness, Stress & argue that philosophical debates about moral theory and Health LabL at Duke University, the Center for Mindfulness controversial moral issues such as abortion, physician-as- in Medicine,Me Health Care and Society sisted suicide, war, capital punishment, at the University of Massachusetts homosexuality and gay marriage leave Medical School, the Mindfulness students confused and cynical about Awareness Research Center at UCLA, Is there a ethics. In general, ethics in the higher and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre place for education curriculum is about learning at Oxford University. contemplative what ethicists and moral philosophers So what is “contemplative education” say about behaving in a moral way, not and what is going on here? Contempla- exercises in the about actually behaving in a moral way. tion refers to a cluster of practices that curriculum— There is, however, a growing realiza- includes various forms of meditation, in classrooms, tion that college teaching and research mindfulness (paying attention in the have become too narrow in their em- present moment to our awareness of lecture halls and phasis on training the minds but not what we are thinking or feeling with- laboratories? the hearts of students. The pendulum is out judging what we are thinking or now swinging back to the ancient con- feeling), reflfl ective reading of insightful cern not only for academic success but literature on the human condition, re- for personal progress in what the phi- treats, periods of silence, journaling and yoga practices that losophers of antiquity called the “art of living.” Hence the embrace dhyana (meditation) as well as postures. growing interest in contemplative learning that revives What is going on here, at least to some extent, is a move- something of the original ethical and spiritual motivations ment to recapture one of the important convictions of the of higher education. original motivation that led to the development of philos- Contemplation has the power to transform the way we ophy and a liberal arts education—namely, that an import- think about ourselves, our work, other people, animals, ant goal of education is not simply knowledge but the our society and its institutions, the global community in transformation of individuals and societies for the better. which we dwell and the environment of which we are a Contrary to a rather widespread popular belief, education part. It is now well documented that contemplative prac- was seen as not simply about learning “stuff ” and position- tices bring both physical and mental benefifits to those who ing oneself for a successful career; it was very much about faithfully practice them. The exercises help us learn better, personal and social transformation. retain more, and, most important of all, transform our- In recent centuries, however, in many colleges and univer- selves into more compassionate moral people. sities the personal growth of students is no longer seen as One reason for the revived interest in contemplation on the business of professors and a component of the curricu- campus is the growing list of scientififi c studies in both cog-

18 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE nitive science and behavioral psychology that are provid- probably “mindfulness” or “attention.” This ancient philo- ing empirical evidence for physiological changes in the sophical exercise is a meditation that focuses on our pres- brain and for observable positive changes in personal ent experience right now as a living being in the only behavior as the result of contemplative practices such as moment that is real, the present moment. Mindfulness is meditation. Once cognitive neuroscience and behavioral more than paying attention to what I am thinking, feeling psychology began establishing scientifific evidence for and doing. It is paying attention to my embodied self that improvement in learning thanks to contemplation, mind- underlies all of my thinking, feeling and doing. The non- fulness and meditation, the universities were able to judgmental attention to my living, breathing body brings accept the value of these practices. inner peace and tranquility by freeing me from the disrup- A second signififi cant factor supporting contemplation on tive thoughts, feelings and judgments that typically arise campus is the recent cultural interest in programs that from ruminating or grieving about past losses as well as stress meditation, programs such as authentic yoga (the worrying or fretting about possible future misfortunes. indispensable element in authentic yoga is meditation, not the poses) and mindfulness-based programs in major medical centers. Premeditation on Actually, contemplative practices designed to transform our way of living have ancient roots. Buddhism is an Misfortunes important major historical source, but so are the theistic “If something considered religious traditions with their practices of prayer and meditation. Another ancient source, however, is almost com- undesirable happens, the fi rst pletely overlooked: the philosophies of antiquity. Properly thing that will make it easier is understood, the philosophical traditions of antiquity, the thought that it was not beginning with Socrates in the late fi fth century BCE and lasting well into the fourth century CE, all agreed that unexpected.” —EPICTETUS philosophy was most importantly about living well, living a good life, and that a person cannot accomplish this This contemplative exercise has a long history; traces of it unless he or she engages repeatedly, even daily, in certain are found in some of Euripedes’ plays. Seneca called it contemplative practices that train our minds and our feel- praemeditatio malorum, premeditation on evils, and sug- ings. The Stoics, who dominated the philosophical land- gested that we practice it at the beginning of each day. It is scape in ancient Greece and the Roman Empire for more brief and simple: I take a few moments to remind myself than fi ve centuries, were especially insistent that one had that some things will go wrong today. Things may break, to perform exercises such as meditation daily if one actu- somebody may give me a hard time or cheat me or insult ally wanted to transform his or her life. me or ignore me or lie to me. I may receive bad news about What did the philosophers of antiquity, especially the others or myself, and so forth. Once I am mentally pre- Stoics, insist we had to practice in order to live a good life, pared for things to fall apart, their power to disrupt my life experience happiness, become ethical decision makers, and and undermine my happiness is diminished. A reality of transform society? Unfortunately, we have lost most of their life is that bad things happen and some people will do bad treatises, but from what we do know of their exercises, some things that affect me, either accidentally or on purpose. of them were very similar to the contemplative practices undergoing a revival today. They included the following: The View from Above Mindfulness “When you are thinking about human beings, look upon things “Stop being jerked around on earth as if from some vantage like a puppet; limit yourself point high above them.” to the present.” —MARCUS AURELIUS —MARCUS AURELIUS A major contemplative practice in ancient philosophy was the exercise of “self awareness” or “attention to myself” as In this contemplative exercise I imagine myself rising high- I live in the present moment. The usual Greek word for er and higher above my particular situation and then look- this is prosoche and the best corresponding term today is ing back on the spot I now occupy. This is easy for us to

Spring 2014 19 imagine today because it is akin to ascending in an airplane sins, the philosophical daily reflfl ection directs the person or looking at photographs of earth taken from space. Sud- to recall both his morally good behavior as well as his mor- denly, all of the things we judge to be so important become al lapses during the day. Seneca provides one of the better insignififi cant and eventually invisible. So many human ac- descriptions of this daily exercise, quoting Sextius, one of tions are motivated by lust for wealth, or pleasure, or power, his mentors. or recognition, and they all amount to so little when looked Every day we must call upon our soul to give an account at from far above. We are the tiniest speck in a vast universe, of itself. This is what Sextius did: When the day was over and a human life span of 80 or even a 100 years is almost and he had withdrawn to his room for sleep he questioned imperceptible in the 13 billion-year history of the universe. his soul: “What evils have you cured yourself of today, what The meditation on the vastness of space and time reminds vices have you fought, in what sense are you better? There us of our tiny and vulnerable place in reality and of the im- is nothing better than to examine an entire day’s conduct. portance of the only area where we do have some signifificant . . . I examine my whole day and evaluate what I have done control—the moral quality of our lives. and said. I hide nothing from myself, nor am I indulgent with myself.” (Seneca) Frequent Meditation

on Death uch are the major contemplative exercises that we “It is not possible to live well fi nd in the various philosophies of late antiquity. SThe major philosophical schools disagreed with today unless one thinks of it as each other on many major philosophical doctrines. The his last.” —MUSONIUS, FIRST CENTURY STOIC Epicureans, for example, thought physical reality was a mass of tiny atoms moving in an unguided random fashion If this sounds depressing it is not, at least not for the phi- while the Stoics thought physical reality unfolded in ac- losopher. This meditation enriches the present moment cord with a rational plan. Yet both schools proposed re- where we are living now. It is actually liberating because it markably similar contemplative exercises beginning with frees us from any enslavement to people and to the things the exercises on attention or mindfulness, prosoche. of this world. It also reminds us that death is as natural as This is not to say that the exercises and practices of an- birth; it is a part of the natural reality of all living beings. tiquity are exactly the same as some popular contempla- The reflfl ection reminds us that we need to live now, that we tive practices today. We do not fi nd in ancient philosophy, cannot keep putting the beginning of our happy life off for example, the technique of focusing on breathing to into the future, for one day there will be no future for us. help us pay attention to the self in the present moment as Thus Seneca advised people to “meditate on death,” a mindfulness practices often do today. We do not find the phrase he borrowed from Epicurus, which should really be poses known as asana that we fi nd in the Raja form of understood, he wrote, as meditating on freedom because yoga. The yoga poses are an important preliminary physi- once we acknowledge that everything will be taken away at cal exercise designed to bring the person to the goal of the end of life, then we become detached from all attach- yoga: contemplative meditation leading to oneness with ments that worry us now. ultimate reality. Nonetheless, the ancient philosophical exercises share much in common with some of today’s contemporary con- Daily Evaluative Refl ection templative and meditative practices. They also remind us that ancient philosophy was a way of living and not simply “Do not go to sleep before you a way of thinking, speaking and writing, which is what have gone over each action of much of philosophy has become in academia today. your day . . . censure what was The idea behind practicing mindfulness and contemplative exercises is simple. If we want to perform well in wrongful and rejoice in what sports or in a performing art such as music or dance we was good.” —EPICTETUS need to train for it and to practice constantly. If we want to succeed in the art of living our lives well we also need to This important contemplative exercise is very similar to train for that by contemplative exercises. what Christians call an “examination of conscience.” How- Now for the challenging question: Is there a place for ever, unlike the Christian exercise that focuses on faults or contemplative exercises in the curriculum—in the class-

20 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE rooms, lecture halls and laboratories—and not just in an- cillary programs? Well, suppose contemplative exercises such as meditation actually improve student learning in classrooms and laboratories. If they do, then certainly they belong in the academic program where student learning is a major goal. We now know from cognitive science that meditation exercises do change not only how the brain functions but the organic structure of the brain. Just as repetitive physical exercises change a person’s bodily shape, so repetitive contemplative exercises, especially meditation, change the structure of the brain. Our brains are, to a certain extent, plastic; they can be shaped. But do these changes in the brain actually improve student learning? Actually, it seems that they do. Recent studies in behavioral psychology strongly suggest that mindfulness practices really do enable students to become better learners by improving their ability to pay attention and their ability to comprehend and remember what they are learning. As we begin putting some expensive techno- logical assets in the classroom to improve student learning, perhaps we might begin bringing meditation into the classroom to improve student learning in yet another way. What about ethics? Do mindfulness practices help people become more ethical? Again, it seems that they do. Studies are now showing that meditation exercises transform moral as well as cognitive behavior, and that meditation can actually make people This feature is adapted from more compassionate. In a recent the Spring 2014 issue of study at Northeastern University, Emmanuel College’s Values-Based three times as many subjects who Education Newsletter. had done mindfulness training for To view an electronic version eight weeks responded in a compas- of the newsletter, please visit issues, are what play the major role sionate manner when unexpectedly emmanuel.edu/vbe/spring14. in transforming our behavior. If we confronted with a situation in which To request a printed copy, please see value in advocating ethics across a stranger needed help than did the write to: the whole curriculum, then medita- control group who had not received Editor, Emmanuel Magazine tion will ﬁ nd a place in many other the eight weeks of meditation train- 400 The Fenway courses as well. ing. Typical ethics courses may not Boston, MA 02115 The insertion of mindfulness improve moral behavior, but con- [email protected]. practices such as meditation into templative exercises such as medita- the classroom, lecture hall and labo- tion apparently do. ratory will strike many as a radical So the provocative question is: Do idea. Yet what seems like a startling contemplative practices such as and inappropriate development meditation belong in ethics courses? If a goal of ethics edu- would be a return to what philosophy and a liberal arts cation is to enable students to become ethical decision education once was in antiquity—a way of transforming makers to transform their lives so they, and the social insti- one’s life for the better and not simply a way of learning tutions in which they dwell and work, can ﬂourish, then about events, nature, logic, theories, doctrines and texts. yes, it seems that they do belong. Current research shows Helping students and faculty become more contemplative that contemplative practices such as meditation, rather may well become an important factor in a values-based than academic learning about ethical theories and moral education.

Spring 2014 21 alumni

Alumni Weekend 2014 Graduates of class years ending in “4” and “9” gathered in late May for a weekend of friendship, fun and reﬂ ection

Scores of 1964 alumni traveled to the College to celebrate their milestone 50th reunion.

Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SND (center) welcomed members of the 75th Cynthia Freed Dacey ’77 joined friends from the Class of ’79 at their 35th reunion, Reunion Class of 1939, including Agnes Cox Carson (left) and Filomena Natal Pasquarelli. including Paula Scott Dehetre, Lauren Bowerman, Karen Bennett Mark, Claudette Roy Also in attendance was Mildred Tully Schmidlin ’39. ALUMNI WEEKEND PHOTOS BY CARLA OSBERG CARLA BY WEEKEND PHOTOS ALUMNI Dachowski, Peggy Benz and Stacy Paul-Kardos.

22 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE Rediscover. Engage. Connect.

Gathering around the College sign were 1994 classmates Diana Morrissey Kenneally, Michele Sardo Heim, April Giordano Sullivan, Elizabeth Fadrowska Nowakowski, Suzanne Wenz and Maura Connolly Kazorek.

MyEmmanuel, the College’s new alumni online community, offers a host of ways to connect with Emmanuel and its global extended family.

By creating an account at alumni. emmanuel.edu, you can: 1989 classmates Janet Gagnon Hinton, Cecilia Johnson, Elizabeth Orrell, Marjorie Galas and April Kelley toasted > Search a directory of fellow their 25th reunion. graduates > Read and contribute to online ATTENTION class notes CLASSES ENDING IN > Register for upcoming alumni events “5” AND “0”: and see who else is attending SAVE > Find information about class THE DATE reunions, regional alumni clubs and volunteer opportunities Alumni Weekend > Follow Emmanuel on Facebook, MAY 29–31, 2015 Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social media For more information, visit alumni.emmanuel.edu/ Register today! connect/reunion The Class of ’09 gathered for the ﬁ rst of many Emmanuel reunions alumni.emmanuel.edu to come.

[ See more photos on Pinterest: pinterest.com/emmanuelcollege.

Spring 2014 23 alumni

Regional Alumni Events Emmanuel graduates make connections around the country

NAPLES, FL SARASOTA, FL

HelH en Wata son, Caroar lBl Brugman Melley ’58, Sheila Devlin Brennan ’58, PegP gy Lisi, Mandy Junior and Anna J. Foleye ’558 were amongg theeo overve 60 alul mni andtd theih rgr guesu ts who gathered for the annan ualal St. Patrt ickk’s DayDa paradde viewing and lunch on Saturday, March 15.

Mary Marino Murray, Claire Kearney McCorry, Sheila Barry-Oliver and Wendy Scott Hopkins represented the Class of ’69 at a luncheon for alumni in the Sarasota/Tampa/St. Petersburg area on March 13. Special thanks to Sheila and to Libby Stout Seaver ’63, who were instrumental in bringing the group together.

It was a family affair for Jane Boland Clark ’75 (second Nancy Laﬂﬂeur LaPierre ’63 traveled to from left) who attended with her husband, John (left), the event from Mableton, GA, with 1960 classmates Carol Melanson Smith and Nancy Cahill Fraser were on along with her aunt, Carol Doan Callahan ’52, and her husband, Terry. hand for the gathering at Marina Jack. Carol’s husband, James. I H C N O AR C HAEL C BY MI BY OS

The classes of 1976 and 1977 were well represented by Mary Jo Skayhan Rogers ’77, T O Susan Alﬁﬁ ero-Bavasso ’76, Juleen Donovan Gantley ’77, Jane Christiano Alix ’76, Mary O’Connor, Libby Stout Seaver and CeCe Louhgman had a Class of ’63 PH S Mary Cosgrove Allard ’77, Kathleen Ambrose Barrett ’77 and Mary Ann Alix Finn ’77. post-50th mini-reunion at the event. APLE N

[ For a full listing of upcoming Emmanuel events, please visit alumni.emmanuel.edu.

24 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE BOSTON

Dianne DiStefano ’12, Jonny Stevens ’12, guest Nick Attention Casssero and Patrick Froass ’12 were among the over 130 Classes of GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) alumni and their guests who attended the Wintry Mix & Mingle event at 2004-2013! Emmanuel on January 11.

It’s not too late to help lead your class to victory in Emmanuel’s second annual Young Alumni Participation Challenge.

Make a gift, of any size, by June 30, 2014, and you will:

1. SSupport a scholarship for a returning Emmanuel student in ﬁ nancial need

2. RRaise your class’s participation rate—and its chances of winning this year’s challenge

The class with the highest participation rate will have the student scholarship named in its honor.

2012 classmates Stephanie Mariano, Kaela Mullaney and Makenze Mulcahy were Members of all classes ’12 came dressed for the party. happy to have the opportunity to reconnect. will make a difference in the life of a current Emmanuel student.

GIVE NOW AND BE COUNTED!

alumni.emmanuel.edu/ CountMeIn G

2010 classmates Jenn Underhill and Samantha Sokoloski joined Mitch Moise ’13, Amanda Schadlick ’11, Isaiah Mulligan ’12 and Michael Goemans in the College Auditorium, where the Ryan McGowan ’12 were all smiles after a memorable evening. Patriots-Colts playoff game was projected live on the big screen. OSTON PHOTOS BY CARLA OSBER CARLA BY PHOTOS OSTON B

[ See more photos on Pinterest: pinterest.com/emmanuelcollege.

Spring 2014 25 alumni

PROFILE TERRI GILLIS ’71 | Pioneering—and Paying it Forward

ROUND-BREAKING has always come of women had. In 1997, Gillis established the naturallyy to Terri Gillis ’71. From her chemistry Gillis-Pollock Scholarship Fund at Emmanuel in major at EmmanuelEm at a time when the sciences order to ensure that their inflfl uence will continue were a male-dominated fi eld right on through her to be felt far into the future. pioneeringneering careecareer as a female patent lawyer, she has neverver backedb down from a challenge—not even thee law partner who assumed she was a typist when she cameca to him for an assignment on her fi rst day of wwork in New York some 40 years ago. And while temperament can’t be discounted, Gillis has no doubt that Emmanuel played a big role in her success as well. Her years at the College were, in her view, “very formative, in that women were entitled to be equal. Not only was it that women could do anything, it was that the measure of the person wasn’t related to money. Your status was based on how well you did in school as opposed to what brand of shoes you were wearing.” In an era when students weren’t even allowed to wear pants off-campus, the effect of this atmosphere was both powerful and lasting. It propelled Gillis to partner at her firm, where only one other woman occupied that role, even as she was raising two daughters. Her husband passed away when the children were just 11 and 13, only strengthening her resolve to perse- TERRI GILLIS ’71 HAS BEEN RANKED REPEATEDLY AMONG THE NATION’S LEADING vere on their behalf. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS. HER YEARS AT EMMANUEL, SHE SAYS, WERE Her daughters are now 28 and 30; one is en- “VERY FORMATIVE, IN THAT WOMEN WERE ENTITLED TO BE EQUAL.” rolled in medical school and the other in law school. Both, Gillis says, are committed to lives of As for Gillis’s own future, she’s pondering retire- service. “I feel my real success in life was commu- ment from her current partnership at Mayer nicating to them the importance of paying things Brown in New York. Though she has always been forward,” she says. “To me, it’s always been im- active in her parish and community, she sees a portant, and I think being at a school like chance to more fully embrace the ideals that have Emmanuel communicates that: family and giving informed her life. To that end, she has recently to the community is what matters.” joined the board of New York City’s biggest out- This understanding began long before college, reach program, Goddard Riverside, which deals however, as Gillis grew up with the examples of with the many pressing needs of the city’s elderly, her mother, Nancy Gillis, and aunt, Mary-Jane homeless and children. She’s not yet sure where Pollock, two women who believed profoundly in she’ll focus, but true to her nature, she’ll be whol- the value of making a difference in the world, ly engaged. “I want to roll up my sleeves and be

even without the opportunities Gillis’s generation part of the group.” —Melanie Rehak ROBERT ELISABETH

26 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE You’ve updated your style. What about your will?

Recent revisions to tax law—or changes in your family status or residence—may have caused your will to go retro.

Supporting Emmanuel through a bequest is simple and offers an opportunity to leave a lasting and rewarding legacy at the College.

If you would like to obtain a useful Personal Estate Planning Kit at no charge, please visit: alumni.emmanuel.edu/estateplanning

If you have questions about including Emmanuel College in your new estate plan, please contact Ellen Still, Ofﬁ ce of Development and Alumni Relations, 617-975-9386; [email protected]. Spring 2014 27 alumni

| Zealand. When home, Sacrament Catholic CLASS NOTES Reunion 2014 Edition they attend hockey games, School, in Ocean Pines, concerts and baseball MD. She is active in Our games, “enjoying the little Lady’s Sodality, currently ones’ activities.” serving as vice-prefect n the months preceding Alumni Weekend (May 30–June 1), Emmanuel invited and coordinator of The Beverly Bonder Burns is Book Project. Two members of this year’s reunion classes—those ending in “4” and “9”—to send retired after teaching thousand brand new updates on their lives. The College looks forward to publishing notes from all elementary and middle books are given to the classes in future issues of the magazine. To share your news, send an e-mail to school for 38 years in students at two local [email protected],I call the alumni offifi ce at 617-975-9400, or post an update on Virginia, Massachusetts elementary schools, once Emmanuel’s secure website, alumni.emmanuel.edu. and New York. Beverly at Christmas and again in majored in French at June for summer reading. Emmanuel and studied the language at the Over New Year’s, Anita good thing, since six of has two others in renowned Institut de (Nicki) D’Amato Cobb 1939 her seven children and 19 After graduating from development, and is Francais, yet never taught and her husband, Charlie, of her 21 grandchildren Emmanuel in social currently looking for an it except for extracurricu- and Mary Ellen (Har- are scattered far from studies, Mildred Tully agent. Her clips include a lar classes. But it still is rington) Sullivan had the Boston. Schmidlin attended the number of travel pieces on her passion, and she pleasure of watching the Harvard School of Public Ireland and several short travels to France each year Saints women’s basketball Health and then worked stories. Judi and her with her husband, Chuck. team compete in the 2014 for the Commonwealth 1959 husband, Steve, continue During this year’s Key Largo Classic. Nicki Elizabeth Molloy Twomey of Massachusetts as a to travel and hope to visit Emmanuel reunion they said Coach Andy Yosinoff was honored by St. John’s biometrician. She Australia and New were in France celebrating could not have been more Prep in Danvers, MA, for conducted research on their 50th wedding gracious and the players an illustrious career in the relationship between anniversary. Their home were exemplary represen- education. A St. John’s tobacco and cancer, is at Lake Winnipesaukee tatives of Emmanuel. Prep parent (Class of ’85), STUDIO ART MAJORS FROM THE presenting her fi ndings in Wolfeboro, NH. Their Although the game is Betty has served as a CLASS OF ’64 GATHERED AT at the 1944 meeting of the daughter, Lauren, is a much different than the trustee and Educational ANNE BELSON-HEVNER’S American Public Health graduate of Georgetown one she played in the ’60s, Programs Committee NOVEMBER 2013 WEDDING TO Association held in New University and lives and Nicki likes to think she chairperson at the Prep. THOMAS HEVNER. PICTURED York City. Mildred married works in Alexandria, VA. could hold her own today. She is currently a ARE ANNE HALLAHAN DOWNS, Herb Schmidlin and they She is hoping to have the consultant at Boston RITA O’BRIEN BERNIER, ANNE had three children, Joanne M. Busalacchi is opportunity to see the College Lynch School of BELSON-HEVNER, GAIL ultimately settling in on the Advisory Board of Saints compete again Education after serving MORENCY BLECZINSKI, ELAINE Appleton, WI, where a regional elementary next season. as a professor there for FELOS OSTRANDER AND Mildred transmitted her school, Most Blessed many years. KATHLEEN PALANO RAY. love of music and literature to her pupils as an elementary school teacher. 1964 50TH REUNION! Priscilla Kelley Beadle 1944 has moved to Hull, MA, Mary O’Neil Mahoney is site of her bead jewelry an Associate of the Sisters studio. She can be reached of St. Joseph of Boston through her website, living at Bethany in www.priscillabeadle.com. Framingham. Rev. Thomas Mahoney, one of Judith Getch Brodman, a her eight children, is now math major, uses “the pastor of St. Joseph-St. other side of my brain” Luke Parish in Belmont, as a writer and painter. MA. She has previously She is part of a juried written for the Emmanuel cooperative art gallery Advent Reflfl ections. on the Scituate, MA, waterfront and coaches a painting group during 1954 winters in Florida. On the Kathleen Fennessy McGill literary side, she has reports that she is in good fi nished her fi rst novel, health and still traveling—

28 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE Georgia Iavicoli Devine started teaching as a grad- festival performances in the Chicago-Casablanca math and science and Patricia Tipping uate student in Applied Canada and community Sister Cities Committee. preparation for employees Walsh, writing in jointly, Statistics at Utah State theater productions. She has taken numerous who wish to further their note that they have been University in 1977 and trips to Morocco with education by pursuing friends since the 1950s, took early retirement Frances Donovan doctors, teachers, nursing degrees. All of the from East Boston to from her position of Monahan retired after a architects, musicians and services are free of charge Emmanuel. On the Principal Lecturer in career as a professor and others. Five years ago, she thanks to grants and the occasion of their 50th (introductory) Computer chair of the Department of was honored by King financial support of the reunion they particularly Science in 2005. Follow- Nursing at the State Mohamed VI with an Sisters of Notre Dame. Sr. remember their beloved ing her last reunion, she University of New York at award equivalent to a Sandra also volunteers in friends Suzanne Hyland and her husband took a the Pastoral Care Offifice as McCarthy and Julie cruise of the Greek needed. “Other than that,” Vaughan. Islands and Turkey with she says, “I live a very former classmate Nicki quiet, peace-fifilled life.” At press time, Elizabeth D’Amato Cobb and her SEND YOUR NEWS & Cox Gravelle was looking husband, Charlie. YOU MAY SEE THE SOX! Marcia Gingrow Noyes forward to celebrating her says her 50th reunion 50th reunion with her A Sister of Notre Dame de theme of “Gratitude and classmates and also with Namur for 54 years, Sr. Thanksgiving” created an her aunt, Agnes Cox Margaret Lanen, SND, Submit an update for Class Notes opportunity to reflflect on a Carson ’39, on campus has ministered as a high before July 31 and you will be world of cultural, scientifific for her 75th reunion. school teacher for many entered into a drawing to win four and personal changes since years. Today, she teaches tickets to see the Boston Red Sox in her years at Emmanuel. Marybeth Burke Harmon at Notre Dame Education Fenway Park during the 2014 Recent media retrospec- says the words “To be is to Center in South Boston as season—with complimentary parking on the tives reminded how 1963 be with” — used to the coordinator of online and ’64 were important describe her in her learning for adults who Emmanuel College campus! historical benchmark Emmanuel yearbook — are learning English. years. The Class of 1964 continue to apply to her Share your news in any of the following ways: was particularly proud life as a woman of faith, This August, Sr. Monica • E-mail: [email protected] of its “Fifty/50 Reunion widow, mother, grand- Daniel Madden, SND, will • Phone: 617-975-9400 Art Exhibit,” the first for mother, sister, cousin, complete 55 years living • Web: Post a real-time update on Emmanuel’s a Reunion Weekend. friend, hospital chaplain among the Sisters of password-protected website, alumni.emmanuel.edu. All majors participated, and spiritual director. She Notre Dame de Namur. reflfl ecting the multi- recently renewed her Emmanuel prepared her talented class. Emmanuel connection by for a master’s degree from Your classmates and Emmanuel serving as a spiritual Fairfifi eld University. She hope to hear from you! Elaine Felos Ostrander is director with the Busy celebrates the Emmanuel an illustrator/artist active Person’s Moment Retreat College of 2014 as it in the Cape Cod, South at the College, and said brings education to so Shore and Boston art she is grateful that the many men and women. Rockland. She now resides knighthood for her service communities. She has Emmanuel mission is in Vero Beach, FL, close to to Morocco; in that operated the Felos alive and well and that Mary Ellen Melder loved her two children and their country she is offifi cially Memorial Art Center in she is able to continue her everything about Emman- families. She is a faculty known as “Lady Janet Stoughton, MA, since connection to the campus uel: the classes, the member at Excelsior O’Donnell Murphy.” 1995. She and her in a new way. A mother of teachers, her classmates, College and stays busy husband, Ed, have five fi ve and grandmother of the Boston location. As a with accreditation work Following a “very full life” children and 11 grandchil- 13, Marybeth delights in commuter from Lynn, she and writing for Elsevier. in the ministries of the dren and reside in South being with her family. She was dazzled by the whole She spends summers in Sisters of Notre Dame de Harwich, MA. Elaine says has also enjoyed traveling experience, and Emmanu- York Beach, ME. Namur, Sr. Sandra M. that she is “truly blessed to Ireland, Italy, Greece, el College was a pivotal Napier, SND, is now with the talent that Alaska, Austria, Germany, time in her life. From Janet O’Donnell Murphy retired at Notre Dame Emmanuel developed in Budapest, Israel and Emmanuel, Mary Ellen attended her Emmanuel du Lac in Worcester, me” and treasures deeply Jerusalem. went to the University of reunion for the fi rst time MA. She is involved in her many life-long friends Virginia for a master’s this year. After joining the the volunteer tutoring from Emmanuel. Mary Mason Kolesar and degree in English, then Peace Corps in 1964 and ministry at the Notre her husband, Peter, live in spent her working life spending two years in Dame Bridge Education Utah and will be celebrat- teaching. Now retired, she Morocco, she moved to Center, which is a 1969 ing their 49th wedding and her husband, John, Chicago where she still component of the Notre Barbara A. Deck is anniversary in August. have two grown children lives with her husband, Dame Health Care Center. Executive Director of They have two sons, and four grandchildren. Tom, and where they The major work of the EIKOS, a psychiatric Michael and Matthew, Their passion is theater, raised four children. About center is citizenship community residence in and two grandsons. Mary and they regularly attend 20 years ago Janet joined preparation, ESL and Boston. She lives in

Spring 2014 29 alumni

CLASS NOTES | Reunion 2014 Edition Kathleen Kerns and husband Joseph Sullivan, 2004 lifelong New England residents, moved to West KAITLYN FOLEY AND HUSBAND Virginia last April. They DAVID FERRANTE WELCOMED Newton Center, MA, with to travel and experience are enjoying the sights THEIR FIRST CHILD, RILEY JOHN her daughter Noor and many places in the world and sounds of their new FERRANTE, ON OCT. 30, 2013. HIS stepdaughter Zenobia. and meet new and region, as well as their PARENTS BEING BIG RED SOX Her husband, Yasin fascinating people. Not all four grandchildren in FANS, RILEY ARRIVED IN TRUE Balbaky, died in 2009, the of it has been without nearby Virginia. FASHION ON THE DAY THE RED same year she celebrated reversals and heartache, SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES. son Abed’s graduation she says, but all of it has Jo Anne Steele received a from Columbia University been meaningful. Best Master of Public Health and Noor’s graduation wishes to all of the Class of degree from the Universi- Lisa M. Iolli is the Dean posted on the Variety411. from Winsor. Noor has 1969. Marianne is looking ty of Michigan in the late of Student Affairs at the com website, she produc- graduated from Earlham forward to seeing all of you 1970s and has worked in Woodward School for es educational webinars College and is a peace and at many more reunions in the oncology pharmaceu- Girls in Quincy, MA. and handles marketing justice organizer, while the years to come! tical industry for over 30 responsibilities. Abed is finishing his years. Jo Anne remarried Ph.D. in plasma physics. 12 years ago and now lives 1989 Janet Gagnon Hinton lives Barbara and her late 1974 in Novi, MI, with her 25TH REUNION! in Rhode Island with her mother shared a love of Catherine M. Briand- husband, Ron Wangerow. Maggie Brutnell husband, Carlos, and sons one of her favorite James traveled to Jo Anne’s son Greg will followed graduation from Alejandro, 21, and Emmanuel theology Australia in January 1975 start working on his Emmanuel with a career Antonio, 19. She will books, Pierre Teilhard de to take up a two-year doctorate in the fall. in the employee benefifits complete studies for a Chardin’s The Phenome- teaching contract, and is fi eld. In 2012, she became nursing degree in non of Man, taped up still there! She and her 1984 a health coach and started December 2014 and from constant use. Australian husband, John, Mary Jane (MJ) Maciejko her own business, A plans to combine her have one daughter who Cuzzupe and her hus- Health Look Within. French and Spanish Mary Kinney Fox has attends the University of band, Bob, live in North language skills with her worked in preschool Wollongong. After 31 Grafton, MA, with their Patricia Ashford Coffey nursing skills and be a special education for years of teaching and children Christopher and recently left her middle travel nurse. almost 35 years. She has administration, Cathy is Mary Teresa. Christopher school special education been married for nearly thoroughly enjoying is a freshman at Assump- classroom to become Out 44 years and has five retirement. tion College and Mary of District Liaison in 2009 children and 18 grand- Teresa is a junior in high Student Services for the 5TH REUNION! children. After a 20-year career in school. MJ has worked for Norwich Public Schools Brian Anderson received information technology, the U.S. Environmental in Norwich, CT. She his MBA degree from the Kathryn E. (Kitti) Pecka is Joan F. Campitelli left the Protection Agency since continues to run the University of Akron in still working at Stanford fi eld to work in social 1984, first as a chemist Music Therapy Program Ohio and is now working University but also added services. She currently is a and currently as an at the Westport School of on his Ph.D. in finance at yoga teacher to her mental health associate environmental engineer. Music in Westport, CT. the University of Texas in credentials! for Grady Memorial San Antonio. Hospital in Atlanta. She is Beth Pierce Covino is a Laurajane Le Clair Nancy Walsh Scofi eld is on an ACT team (Asser- pre-school teacher, mural Fitzsimons is a counselor Shannon M. Baglole enjoying retirement life tive Community Treat- artist, puppeteer, Girl at UMass Dartmouth. She attended New England on Cape Cod, traveling ment), working in the Scout leader and mother is married to David School of Law and passed with her husband, Frank community with people of three. Fitzsimons, Professor of the Massachusetts Bar in (often on a sailboat), and who have severe and History at Rhode Island October 2012. She is a savoring special moments persistent mental health After graduating from School of Design, and has junior attorney at with their children and issues. Joan is in her 20th Emmanuel with a B.S. two children, Aidan, 15, Beliveau Law Group, LLC four grandchildren. year of volunteering with in psychology, Susan M. and Ellen, 11. in Waltham, MA. AID Atlanta, the largest Hutchinson went to the Marianne Manzon AIDS service organization Simmons College School Marjorie A. Galas lives in Lear E. Brace is in her Winsser fi nds that she has in the southeast, as a of Social Work. She has West Hollywood, CA, and third year of a Ph.D. had the life she wanted: certifi ed HIV/AIDS been a clinical social is the editor of Variety411, program in Genetics and marriage, a child, a career, counselor and educator. worker with an LICSW a division of Variety/PMC. Complex Diseases at lifelong best friends, In her off time, she enjoys and has a private practice In addition to writing Harvard University. Her opportunities to learn and being with her partner, in Chatham, MA, on news articles and project is titled “Investiga- stay young, and the ability Endsley. Cape Cod. overseeing all information tion of Lipodystrophy,

30 E MMANUEL MAGAZINE Mitochondrial Dysfunc- Costa Rica. In May she obtained his professional tion, and Neurodegenera- became a certififi ed power independent license to tion in a mouse model of vinyasa yoga teacher. practice in Massachusetts Cockayne Syndrome.” as a Licensed Mental After graduating with a Health Counselor Keara J. Clifford is a bachelor’s degree in (LMHC). Verifification Loan Offificer Psychology and Spanish, at Festiva Adventure Ryan J. Rivard earned a Caitlin M. Santacroce Club, where she has master’s degree in Mental completed work on her worked since graduation. Health Counseling from master’s degree in After working on Cape Boston College in 2011. Management from Cod and in Maine, she is Since then he has worked Harvard Extension now living in Ozark, MO, at the nonprofifit Riverside School in January and near the company’s Community Care, graduated in May. In Memoriam Branson offifice. providing family and individual therapy within Shannon M. Sullivan is a We pray for the following alumni who Elizabeth A. Donovan the Greater Boston Physician Assistant for lives in Washington, DC, community. A Boston the Navy, providing care passed away between January and where she works for resident, Ryan recently for marines and sailors in April 2014. Congressman William Afghanistan. Keating of Massachusetts. In May she received her EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE CLASS Seth J. Urbanoski earned Each month Emmanuel honors recently deceased J.D. degree from the OF ’09 WERE ON HAND FOR his J.D. degree from Catholic University of CLASSMATE MARIE GAGNON Suffolk University Law alumni at a Memorial Mass in the College Chapel. America’s Columbus LINEBAUGH’S MARRIAGE TO School in May. If you know of the passing of an alumnus/a, please School of Law. ROBERT LINEBAUGH IN advise the alumni offifi ce at [email protected] MILFORD, NH, LAST SUMMER. TO Joseph R. Vallee is or 617-975-9400. Kelly A. Morrison has THE LEFT OF THE BRIDE AND working toward a Master worked as a human GROOM ARE SETH URBANOSKI, of Science in Education Catherine C. Reardon ’38 resources specialist for the KELLY MORRISON, YNES HELOU degree in the College Nancy Burns ’40 U.S. General Services AND BETHENY MATHER; ON THE Student Personnel Administration in Boston RIGHT, PRISCILLA ANDRADE, program at the University Dorothy G. Hansberry ’42 since 2009. Since studying CHRISTINA MAINIERO, MARISSA of Dayton. Barbara H. Ritter ’45 abroad in college, she has PASTORE AND FRANCIS FOLEY Katherine Manthorne ’45 traveled to Iceland and III. IN FRONT IS PRISCILLA’S Gwendolyn M. Donovan ’46 SON, RUBEN. Anne M. Quealy ’48 Barbara M. Carmody ’49 Jean M. Prendergast ’49 Kathleen R. Moran ’50 Patricia H. Reardon ’50 Janet S. Canty ’50 Patricia Collins ’52 Ann P. Sussenguth ’53 Maryanne Zielinski ’55 Mary E. Sheehan ’57 Anne H. Oliver Webb ’57 Marianne Paresky ’57 Rosemary B. Reynolds ’59 Ruth E. Quigley ’60 Deborah E. Shaurette ’63 Louise E. Henderson ’66 Shirley H. Snell ’84 Elizabeth K. Feeney ’84 Margaret M. Kehoe ’85 Mary M. Bradbury ’90 Linda M. Hagan ’09

Spring 2014 31 flashback

#TBT

Each Thursday, users of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter post images from the past. “Throwback Thursday”—or #TBT in Twitter speak—has provided Emmanuel an opportunity to breathe digital life into photos from past editions of Epilogue, the College yearbook. Each weekly posting offers a window into life at Emmanuel, from its earliest days to just a few years ago. Here are a few much “liked” photos from recent months.

1975: Cheering on the Red Sox as they vied for the World Series title.

1962: Students and faculty form the footprint of what would become the Cardinal Cushing Library.

1969: You could always ﬁ nd a friend to join you for a meal and a laugh in the Marian Hall dining hall. 1988: Nothing says spring at Emmanuel like the annual Clambake!

See more. Share yours. facebook.com/emmanuelalumni Include #ECtbt and @EmmanuelAlumni twitter.com/emmanuelalumni in your Facebook or Twitter post.

32 EMMANUEL MAGAZINE WHY Igive I give to Emmanuel because it is my second home. My four years at the College were ﬁ lled with much activity and growth, and I want future generations to have the rich student experience that I did—if not better. —ERIN TRACY DIGUARDIA ’08

EMMANUEL ALUMNI, PARENTS AND FRIENDS OFFER MANY REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE COLLEGE, INCLUDING:

• AN EXTRAORDINARY LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES CURRICULUM

• A DISTINGUISHED FACULTY

• CAREER-CATAPULTING INTERNSHIPS THROUGHOUT BOSTON

• A SPIRITED CAMPUS COMMUNITY ROOTED IN VALUES AND COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHERS

WHAT INSPIRES YOU? SHARE YOUR REFLECTIONS AT ALUMNI.EMMANUEL.EDU/WHYIGIVE

THE 2013-14 EMMANUEL FUND CONCLUDES JUNE 30. NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! emmanuel.edu/give

E THANK YOU. LE L R

AR A THE 2013-14 EMMANUEL FUND EAR EA E EAR EA N HN H OHN OH O JOHN JOH JO J 400 THE FENWAY | BOSTON, MA 02115

FOLLOW EMMANUEL ON:

twitter.com/emmanuelcollege

facebook.com/emmanuelcollege emmanuel.edu/linkedin youtube.com/emmanuelboston

EMMANUEL ON THE CAPE THIS SUMMER, JOIN EMMANUEL ALUMNI AND THEIR GUESTS “DOWN THE CAPE” FOR AN AFTERNOON OF GOOD COMPANY AND AN EVENING OF WORLD-CLASS MUSIC.

37TH ANNUAL CAPE COD LUNCHEON 29TH ANNUAL TD BANK POPS BY THE SEA CONCERT Thursday, July 24 The Club at New Seabury Conducted by Keith Lockhart. Celebrity guest 20 Red Brook Road | Mashpee, MA 02649 conductor: Charlie Rose. 11:30 a.m.: Cash Bar Opens /Auction 12:30 p.m.: Luncheon Sunday, August 10 $40 per person Hyannis Village Green South Street & Main Street | Hyannis, MA To register, please visit 02601 alumni.emmanuel.edu. 5:00 p.m. (gates open at 1:00 p.m.) You may also contact the alumni offiffice at $30 per person [email protected] or 617-975-9400. To learn more, and to check ticket availability, please contact Susan D. Harrington ’70 at 508-385-7662 or [email protected].