Bryant University Bryant Digital Repository Douglas and Judith Krupp Library Special Bryant Review (1978-1997) Collections Summer 1996 volume 19, no. 2, Summer 1996 Bryant University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/bryant_review Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation University, Bryant, "volume 19, no. 2, Summer 1996" (1996). Bryant Review (1978-1997). Paper 57. https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/bryant_review/57 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Douglas and Judith Krupp Library Special Collections at Bryant Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bryant Review (1978-1997) by an authorized administrator of Bryant Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE n this issue of the Bryant Review we look back at a year of accomplishments. The individuals I profiled are stellar representatives of a strong community. My family and I are proud to be among you. This magazine also affords us an opportunity to bid farewell to President and Mrs. Trueheart, to recognize the strides that Bryant College made during Bill's tenure, and to say thank you to Interim President Dolph Norton for his year of leadership. The developments described on these pages, and many others, form our foundation for the future. As we move forward together, I will value your input - your experiences from the past and your ideas about our opportunities. Please take an active role in your college. In next summer's issue of the Bryant Review, and in the ones to folloW; we will proudly highlight many more accomplishments and achievers. I hope you will be one of them. Sincerely, ~:'~I~~ EDITORlAL STAFF Elizabeth Steele Kelly BRYANT REVIEW Editor-in-Chief SUMMER 1996 Ann MacDonald Managing Editor THE TRUEHEART TENURE IN REVIEW Karen D. Callan During President William E. Trueheart's tenure, Bryant made sig­ Art Director nificant strides and undertook important initiatives. The College attained accreditation by the prestigious MCSB, increased the Donna Harris number of full-time faculty by 55 percent, achieved a greater PAGE 8 Marcia Beaulieu diversity of faculty, students, and staff, and launched the Center Class Notes for International Business and Economic Development. 12 CONTRIBUTORS THE YEAR IN REVIEW Don DeMaio Marie S. Marchese 18 Janet Proulx BIG DREAMS, BIG RESULTS Nicki Toler Bryant students are going places professionally Phyllis Waldman 20 PURSUING THEIR DREAMS OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE 1\\'0 Bryant freshmen are making their dreams a reality Ronald K. Machtley 22 President POPULAR ACHIEVERS Taking the Junior Achievement program to a new level Joseph R. Meichelbeck Vice President for Business Affairs 24 READY FOR ANEW GAME Diana Beaudoin Roman Pavlik '96 leaves a champion and becomes a consultant Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs 26 ALEGACY OF LEADERSHIP Frederico J. TaUey Three 1996 graduates who have made a lasting impression PAGE 17 Vice President for Student Affairs 28 ON THEIR WAY Bryant's most recent graduates begin their professional lives College is an independent institution of higher edu· dedicated to the preparation of leaders in business and SPRING EVENTS fie lds ror success in their personal and professional The College offers full- and part-time undergraduate leading to BS and BA degrel~, full- and part-time MBA 8 progmms, an MSA degree, an MST degree , and a Certificate on Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS). The College provides COMMENCEMENT '96 business outreach services through the Center for Inter- uonal Business and Economic Development (CIBED). 10 PAGE 27 ALUMNI WEEKEND '96 PHOTOGRAPHY: Jl ~E 1996, VOL UME 19. NlIMBEK 4 /tr) ant Review (USPS 462-970) (ISSN 0892-0214) is pub- Front cover by Don Hamerman; back cover by . cd eight times a year in February, April , May,June,July, REGULARS Steve Spencer. PORTRAITS: Pages 15, 17, 20, >q>tember, November, and December for the Bryant COlll­ and 26-28 by Don Hamerman; pages 14, 23, u ni~' . Publication offices arc located in the Office of College btions, Bryant College, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, and 24 by Patrick O'Connor; page 21 by Dave IChode Island 02917-1284. Second class postage paid at 2 Silverman. All others by Tom Croke, Don Ham­ 'r\)l idence, Khode Island. POSTMASTER: send address Taking Stock and Ticker Tape erman, J,P Langlands, Patrick O'Connor, Dave = ges to Bryant Review, Bryant College, 1150 Douglas Silverman, and Steve Spencer. Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917-1284. 6 "'nions expressed in Bryant Review are thll'e of the auth­ Spotlight on Sports PRINTING: . and are not necessarily those of Bryant Coliege. Meridian Printing, East Greenwich , RI 7 Leadership 32 Alumni Newsmakers TAKING STOCK CKERTAPE ANGELOU CAPTIVATES BRYANT AUDIENCE It was an evening to remember. Nationally renowned Steve Sutton, KPMG Peat Marwick author, poet, and playwright Maya Angelou dazzled a sell­ Distinguished Visiting Professor of out crowd at her March 25 campus performance. The Accounting, presented a paper on author sang, read from her works of poetry, and shared liThe Impact of Time Pressure and life experiences to a spellbound sell-out crowd during 'M Group Support Systems" at the Mid­ Year Conference of the Auditing Sec­ Evening With Maya Angelou," sponsored by the Office of tion of the AAA in San Antonio. Steve College Relations. The evening was one of many Women's also co-authored a paper titled History Month events held on campus in March. "Instructional Case Using the NAARS Ms. Angelou spoke eloquently of her belief in the impor­ Database: Resolving Revenue Recog­ tance of poetry and literature in modern life. She urged nition Issues at Carefree Enterprises," Bryant students to go the library, read, and seek out the which was accepted for future pub­ works of little-known poets. "There's a world of difference lication in Issues in Accounting Edu­ cation. In February he served as between being educated and being trained," she said. co-chair of the third annual Account­ "The most noble cause in the world is the liberation of ing Information Systems Research the mind and spirit - beginning with your own." Symposium held in Phoenix, co-spon­ The recipient of numerous awards and honors including nominations for the National Book Award sored by the Information Systems' a~d th.e pu~~tzer prize, Ms. Angelou is best known for her autobiography "I Know Why The Caged section of the American Accounting Bird Smgs. She was Inaugural Poet for President Clinton in 1993 and won a Grammv for "Best Association. Steve was a founding Spoken Word Album" in 1994. ' co-chair of the symposium. He has also co-authored a paper titled "Performance Measures to Improve Internal Audit Productivity and Qual­ ity," which has been accepted for RISBDC REORGANIZES publication in Internal Auditing. CIS Professor Ken Sousa '87MBA AND LAUNCHES NEW CENTER conducted sessions on "Careers in Computer Information Systems" at The Small Business Development Center Economic Development Corporation, and the Our Lady of Fatima and Riverside (RISBDC) at Bryant, which helps small busi­ Small Business Administration in launching a Junior High School. He talked with nesses get started by providing their owners new comprehensive business center serving students about career options and with free advice on everything from business disadvantaged neighborhoods in Providence. educational requirements in the plans to finances, recently underwent a reor­ The new organization, known as the RISBDC information systems field. ganization and took part in an exciting initiative. Enterprise Community Business Information Center, is only the second one of its kind in The RlSBDC restructured in early spring in an English Professor Stan Kozikowski's the nation. The Center emphasizes service to effort to better respond to its clients' needs. essay, "Frost's 'After Apple Picking small minority-owned businesses and will be Under the new arrangement two RlSBDC staff and God's Judgment' " has been administered by Bryant. It offers free access members work out of various Chamber of Com­ accepted for publication in The Rob­ to hardware, software, books, and publica­ merce offices on a rotating basis, along with ert Frost Review. tions to help entrepreneurs plan a business, account executives from the Rhode Island Eco­ expand an existing one, or venture into new nomic Development Corporation (EDC). English Professor Jeannette White business arenas. has had two articles accepted for RlSBDC Director DougJobling believes this new publication: "Caribbean Revolution­ approach provides "one-stop shopping" for bus­ "This is an exciting new approach to provide aries: Trinidad's C.LR. James and inesses that need services from all three organi­ comprehensive services to the Enterprise Com­ Cuba's Nicolas Guillen" in C.LR. zations - the Chambers, the RISBDC, and the munity's business operators," Doug says. "We James Review, and "Shakespeare's EDC. The reorganization also gives the RlSBDC a can offer a small business owner services from Titus Andronicus," in the Explicator. stronger partnership with the state's Chambers. soup to nuts - from writing a business plan, to getting profeSSional consulting from C.P.A.s or In May, the RlSBDC joined Hospital Trust National faculty at Bryant." Bank, The Providence Plan, the Rhode Island 2 BRYANT REVIEW TAKING STOCK COAST·TO·COAST STUDENTS ADVOCATE COMMUNICATIONS ELECTORAL REFORM TICKER TAP Management Professor Hinda Pollard and Bryant faculty and staff recently participated in a