Alumni onnection FALL 2015C ALL IN THE FAMILY PLUS HCC Honors One of Its Own amilies, in all their brilliant forms, The Alumni Connection is published two times are the foundation of every strong per year by the Holyoke Community College community. It’s no different here at F Alumni Office, Holyoke, Massachusetts, and HCC. is distributed without charge to alumni and We know from experience, and studies friends of HCC. Third-class postage is paid at have shown, that students do better Springfield, Massachusetts. in school when they have support and encouragement from their families. That’s Editors: why we include information sessions JoAnne L. Rome and Chris Yurko specifically for family members during Contributors: our New Student Orientation and Open Janice Beetle, Judith Kelliher, House programs every Fall and Spring. and Chris Yurko HCC President William F. Messner Design/Art Direction: At those sessions, we often see the William Murphy familiar faces of alumni whose children – Photography: or grandchildren, as the case may be – are newly enrolled at HCC. Don Treeger and Chris Yurko In this issue of Alumni Connection, we celebrate our legacy families – those Layout: where multiple generations have attended HCC. William Murphy Class Notes/Change of Address: Inside, for instance, you’ll read about the Trudell/Florek family, which has Please contact the Alumni Office 13 family members from two generations who have attended HCC, among (413) 552-2253 or
[email protected]. them husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, and children. Alumni Council Interim President Indeed, we often find legacy families in unlikely places.