MAGAZINE SPRING 2017 Making connections: Tom Hanchin ’85 P. 12 Inside this issue: RENEWAL THROUGH MERCY: THE NEXT 90 YEARS P. 2 MERCYHURST CONSIDERS NEW CAMPUS IN IRELAND P. 4 GRAD PROGRAMS GROW OUTSIDE THE GATES P. 6 SENIOR CLASSES SINCE ’89 HAVE LEFT THEIR MARKS ON CAMPUS P. 14 WRESTLING’S BAND OF BROTHERS P. 26 The Ofce of Marketing and Public Relations publishes Mercyhurst Magazine twice a year. Magazine Editor Susan Hurley Corbran ’73
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[email protected] 814-824-3022 Contributing Writers Susan Hurley Corbran ’73 Deborah W. Morton Allison Seib Jennifer Smith Inside this issue Contributing Photographers Jeremy C. Hewitt ’07 2 MICHAEL T. VICTOR INAUGURATED AS 12TH PRESIDENT Angela Zanaglio ’16 3 NEW RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED 3 STRATEGIC PLAN GETTING UPDATE Printing 4 MERCYHURST EYES CAMPUS IN IRELAND Leader Graphics, Erie, Pennsylvania 4 LEARNING DIFFERENCES PROGRAM CELEBRATES 30 YEARS 5 MERCYHURST TAKES LEAD ON DOWNTOWN ERIE INNOVATION DISTRICT Director of Alumni Engagement Lindsay Cox Frank ’12 ’14M 6 GRADUATE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ONLINE
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