Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University Bridgewater Magazine Campus Journals and Publications 1996 Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 7, Number 1, Fall 1996 Bridgewater State College Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College (1996). Bridgewater Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1. Retrieved from http://vc.bridgew.edu/br_mag/42 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. .' Fall, 1996 Volume 7, No. 1 A Publication for Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Bridgewater State College Lou Ricciardi, '81 and Cynthia (Booth) Ricciardi, '81, at Alumni Park. He is the Chairman of the Bridgewater Foundation, she is President-Elect of the Alumni Association The Bridgewater State College Foundation Proudly Announces F E AL The Boys Choir of Harlem Saturday, December 14, 1996·8:00 PM Founded in 1968 in the basement of the Ephesus Church, The Bo,s Choir of Harlem has become an international phenomenon. Billboard Magazine says the "classically rich...voices take flight on a contemporary slice of pop!hip-hop." New York Newsda, says they have "become one of the definitive cultural landmarks in a city top-loaded with them." The Bo,s Choir of Harlem has Neil Sedaka appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, The David Letterman Show, Saturday, March 22,1997·8:00 PM and on the sound tracks ofSpike Lee's "Jungle Fever", Few musicians have attained the commeocial "Malcolm-X", and the Grammy-winning "Glory." For a success awarded to Neil Sedaka. Pop hits like night of inspiration and angelic uplifting, don't miss the Oh Carol, Calendar Girl, and Love Will Keep "best known boys choir in the country." Us Together have sold millions of records and Orchestra Seats $29 • Balcony Seats $2S have earned him an international reputation PUCCiNI'S as a singer-songwriter and pop-pioneer. Now Neil returns to his classical piano roots, LaBoheme combining the melodies of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky with his own originally-<:omposed lyrics. The recently released oochestral CD Classical!, Sedaka has embraced overwhelming support. For an evening of musical history in the making, do not miss the artist as he appears at Bridgewater State College. Orchestra Seats $30 • Balcony Seats $26 All performances to be held at the Rondileau Campus Center Auditorium --------.-------- For more information and to LaBoheme Wednesday, February 5, 1997·8:00 PM make reservations call: Puccini's LaBoheme is the heart-wrenching tragedy of two 508-697-1290 artist couples living in the poverty of nineteenth-<:entury Paris_ Noirish and passionate, LaBoheme has been a or write perennial favorite since it opened in 1896. Bridgewater State College Foundation The critically acclaimed New York City Opera National P.O. Box 42 C'.ompany incorporates a unique and beginner-audience­ Bridgewater, MA 02324-0042 friendly novelty: Supertitles_ The projection appears above the performance interpreting opera into English. The Ann Arbor News calls it "exciting theater", and the Bangor Dail, News says the audience expressed "loud approval ofall SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS AND that transpired on stage." DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE Orchestra Seats $37· Balcony Seats $33 Class Notes We welcome updates from alumni for Bridgewater magazine. Please fill out this form and return as soon as possible. Our readers are anxious to know about your activities, career news, family news, and other significant activities. Thanks for letting us publish your news. Name:--------------------------- Class Year: ---- Mailing Address: (if this is a change of address, please check this box 0) Telephone: _ Internet (e-mail) address: _ Your News: ------------------------ • People have been inquiring how to get in touch with old friends with whom theyve lost contact. Why not try to "reach out and touch someone" in the class notes section? We welcome your small personal messages along the lines of "Jane Doe, '84, would like to know how John Smith, '86, is doing." Send it to us and we'll print it! E-MAIL us your class news! We welcome your class notes via e-maiL Please send to: [email protected] Seal with tape or staple Fold here Place Stamp Here Editor Bridgewater Magazine PO Box 42 Bridgewater MA 02324 Fold here " Table of Contents A Publication for Alumni/ Parents/ and Friends ofBridgewater State College On the cover: Lou Ricciardi, '81, and Cynthia (Booth) Ricciardi, '81, stand CONTENTS beside Alumni Park, the new baseball/softball complex whose President's Message 2 construction was supported by gifts Alumni Profiles: raised from private sources. Lou, a member of the college's Board of Lou and Cynthia Ricciardi 3-10 Trustees, and former Board chair­ A Business of Her Own: man, is also the new chairman of the Jill Rainville, '91 11 Bridgewater State College Founda­ tion. Cynthia is the incoming Terry Hart Cogan, '51, to Chair Annual Fund 12 president of the Alumni Associa­ tion. Their profile begins on page 3. College News: Paul Gaines: Cornerstone of Bridgewater Magazine Staff BSC's Diversity Plan 13 Editor: David Wilson, '71 Get Online - Visit BSC's Web Site 13 Editorial Board: Dr. Richard Cost, vice president for institutional New Trustee Appointed 14 advancement; Marie Murphy, '86, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence 15 director of public affairs; and Mary Dr. Ann Lydecker Appointed Tiernan, director of alumni relations. Provost and Academic Vice President 15 Contributors: Marie Dennehy, '93, office of public affairs, and Leah BSC at '96 Olympics 16 Pabst,'94. BSC Senior at NASA Space Center 16 Photography: D. Confar, Marie Honor Roll of Donors 17-40 Dennehy, Galaxy Studios, Kindra Clineff, Rick Friedman Photogra­ Bridgewater Welcomes Class of 00 41 phy, Heather Blasi, Leah Pabst, New School of Management Science David Wilson. and Aviation Science 41 Correspondence: BSC Students, Faculty at Model UN 42 address all mail to: Editor, Bridgewater Magazine ~f:~~o~~f~~n~~F~~~~ P.O. Box 42 42 Bridgewater MA 02324 Faculty Profile: 508-697-1287 e-mail to: Dr. Jacob Liberles 43 [email protected] Roger Limoges Appointed to Bridgewater is published quarterly Board of Higher Education 44 for the information and reading Alumni Update 45-46 pleasure of Bridgewater State College alumni, faculty, students, Class Notes 47-55 staff, parents and other friends of the college. Marriages/In Memoriam 56 President's Message Message from the President... An Increasing Demand for a Bridgewater Education Recently I shared with the campus community some from high school went on to college, while today the thoughts about the report from the U.S. Department of national average is above 62 percent. This is to be Education which noted that the 51.7 million children expected in a society where, according to the U.S. attending grades K-12 this fall in America broke a record Department of Education, 89 percent of the jobs being set by Post-World War II "baby boomers" in 1971. The created in this decade require some form of post-second­ report went on to predict that by the year 2006, the ary education. Young people and their parents are well number will rise to 54.6 million. aware of the estimate by economists that workers gain In Massachusetts, high school between 4 to 6 percent in income enrollment is expected to increase for every year of college that they by more than 20 percent in the complete. next decade as the result of the I share this information with increase in births that began in you because, as alumni and 1990, and here in southeastern friends of the college (many of Massachusetts, among communi­ you parents of college-bound ties that traditionally send large children yourself), your support numbers of students to is needed in the continuing effort Bridgewater State College, many to maintain a strong public school systems are projecting higher education system in the increases even higher than that. Commonwealth. For example: there are 117% In every contact I have with more students in kindergarten in members of the Legislature and Brockton than there are in the with other public officials, I make 12th grade; 111 % more kinder­ the point that public colleges • gartners than 12th graders in such as Bridgewater are where a Taunton; and 62% more kinder­ large proportion of Massachu­ garten pupils than high school setts high school graduates go to seniors in New Bedford. earn their degrees. In fact, in a survey published Equally important, the by The Boston Globe on September majority of these students will I, among 42 cities and towns remain here as a skilled, edu­ which are most directly serviced cated work force contributing to by the college, more than half are the long-term prosperity of the expecting double-digit increases state. in student population within the next decade. The case for investing in public colleges is particu­ For Bridgewater, the implications are obvious. larly compelling in southeastern Massachusetts, which Education Secretary Richard Riley, quoted in The Wash­ for more than a decade has experienced the greatest ington Post, said, "This trend will ultimately put added population increase of any region in the Commonwealth. pressure on public higher education systems to accom­ In this region, among high school graduates who go modate a rising demand for a college education. Access on to college, a larger percentage attend public colleges (7 to higher education has been part of our national pur­ out of 10 in southeastern Massachusetts vs. 5 out of 10 in pose for well over 50 years, and we cannot close this door the rest of the state). of opportunity." Clearly, the need in the future to have a Bridgewater James Appleberry, president of the American State College that offers a high quality college experience Association of State Colleges and Universities, believes at an affordable cost will be more acute than ever before.