SPRING 2021 ISSUE

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The College’s 15th President, J. Michael Academic achievement and Catholic A Tribute to Marian K. Shaughnessy Pressimone, Ed.D., presents areas of leadership awards, plus Commencement and the Donor Honor Roll focus at the anniversary of his first year celebrations, from 2020 for calendar year 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESIDENT J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D. on the CONTRIBUTORS cover Culeen Carey The Class of 2020 and Families Ann Coakley Nakeysha Hamilton ’07 Patricia E. Harding Nadya Jacoby Kimberly Krozser ’17 The Marian K. Shaughnessy Family The Betty Gerhart Smith ’49 Family The Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff ’45 Family

PHOTOGRAPHY Dave Hall ’12

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Notre Dame College, a Catholic institution J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D. (cover and center) became the 15th president of Notre Dame in the tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame, College in 2020. He stands, socially distanced, with his leadership team (from left to right): educates a diverse population in the Culeen Carey, vice president for advancement; Tera Johnson, former dean of students and liberal arts for personal, professional title IX coordinator; Florentine Hoelker, Ph.D., dean of the Finn Center for Adult, Online and and global responsibility. Graduate Programs; David Orosz, Ph.D., dean of faculty, Marie Goetz Geier Distinguished Professor of STEM and professor of biochemistry; Sandy Grassman, M.B.A., dean of academic programs and associate professor of management information systems; Ted Steiner, M.A., Notre Dame Today is published by the chief mission officer and director of campus ministry; Sr. Carol Ziegler, SND, Ph.D., executive Notre Dame College Communications Office assistant to the president and executive director of the Abrahamic Center; and Cheryl for alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends Noviski, C.P.A., vice president of finance and administration. Not pictured is Beth Ford ’00, of the College. M.A., vice president of enrollment, and Scott Swain, director of athletics.

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What a year! Am I right? Every one of us can look back over the last year and marvel at the complexities and challenges we encountered.

My arrival at Notre Dame College was moved up from the originally scheduled July 1 to early April. I refer to this three- month period at the helm at NDC as my “Covid blessing.” Weird, right? How could this year be seen as a blessing?

Well, first and foremost, I became a part of this wonderfully mission-driven, diverse community, which genuinely makes a difference in the lives of the students we serve. My personal passions for equity, justice and opportunity resonate beautifully with this mission begun nearly 100 years ago by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Next, that three-month period gave me time to better assess the state of affairs at Notre Dame and assemble a team of people ready to respond to the challenges of being a small, private, Catholic college in the midst of a pandemic. Some of what you will read in this magazine are reflections of that assessment and provide direction for the College to move boldly forward.

Speaking of the pandemic, I am proud of the efforts of our leadership team, faculty, staff and students and how they were able to navigate a very difficult transition and allowed us to return to in-person instruction in the fall. We used our time wisely to plan and prepare and implement the Falcon Flex program, which helped keep our community safe.

We all hope that we will emerge shortly from the restrictions placed on us by the pandemic. We want to return to a vibrant campus life and a rich educational environment. We have a great deal to look forward to. This issue looks both back and to the future. That’s where I want us to focus. We march toward the 100th anniversary of the institution, and we do so with optimism, hope and faith. Go Falcons!

J. MICHAEL PRESSIMONE, ED.D. We want to return to President a vibrant campus life and a rich educational environment.

NDT NEW DAY 1 campus news

NOETZEL FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP BECOMES COLLEGE’S FIRST $1 MILLION ENDOWMENT

The Notre Dame College Noetzel Family Scholarship Endowment Fund surpassed its $1 million goal this academic year with the support of the family’s matching challenge gift.

The scholarship commemorates the legacies of Notre Dame alumna Frances Burger Noetzel ’41 and her niece, Gretchen Noetzel Walsh. Frances Burger Noetzel graduated from Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in music in 1941. She served as an advisor and trustee at the College for more than 60 years.

“Our mother was devoted to Notre Dame College and dedicated to fostering tolerance and education for people of all backgrounds and differences,” said Mary Noetzel Brevard, Frances’ eldest daughter. “There is no better tribute to her commitment than creating opportunities for students with learning differences through the wonderful program founded by her niece.” Frances Burger Noetzel in 1990, eight years before she and her husband, Justin, established Gretchen Noetzel Walsh is the founding director of the College’s Academic Support the College’s first charitable annuity trust which Center for Students with Learning Differences. The endowment will aid student provided scholarships for incoming students. members of the center. The first recipients of the Noetzel Family Scholarship Endowment Fund were named during the 2020-2021 academic year.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP OFFERINGS THRIVE WITH NEW GIFTS, GRANTS

The Burton D. Morgan Foundation, amplified by multiple new donors, is continuing its support of the innovative entrepreneurship program at Notre Dame College.

A continuation grant from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation has been supplemented by the first gift from the Harvard Business School (HBS) Alumni Club of Northeast Ohio and contributions from two additional HBS alumni donors. Entrepreneurship activities at Notre Dame also have received significant gifts from the Cleveland Foundation Fenn Educational Grant and from individuals, including members of the Notre Dame Board of Trustees, alumni and other friends of the College.

In combination, the gifts and grants reinforce programming at Notre Dame’s campus Enterprise Development Center, called the EDC @ NDC, which supports more than 100 students pursuing Notre Dame’s ground- breaking entrepreneurship offerings.

The funds received from all donors allow for the expansion of course content, provide scholarships to students and strengthen the culture of entrepreneurship on campus through student participation in off- and on- campus activities.

Notre Dame’s entrepreneurship program is advanced among colleges and universities. Students can add entrepreneurship as a co-major to any other degree program at the College. The resulting double major trains students to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to their specific field of study, growing their own career and business endeavors to create personal wealth for themselves and their families.

2 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 NOTRE DAME UNVEILS CYBERSECURITY MAJOR, SITUATION ROOM

Notre Dame College is launching a cybersecurity major and opening the first of multiple high-tech interactive learning spaces in its $400,000, three-phase project in support of the new bachelor’s degree and related intelligence programs.

The College is enrolling its first students in the new cybersecurity Bachelor of Arts program and has completed construction of a state-of-the-art situation room and cybersecurity lab. The cybersecurity major prepares students with the information technology and problem-solving skills needed to safeguard sensitive data for private and public organizations across the country. The College also offers a cybersecurity minor. Both programs are available on site and online.

“Notre Dame College is the only institution in the Cleveland-metro area to have this cybersecurity program and a brand new facility on campus,” said Florentine Hoelker, Ph.D., dean of the Finn Center for Adult, Online and Graduate programs at the College. “Notre Dame College is truly cutting edge as far as this program.”

The $200,000, 1,100-square-foot cybersecurity situation room features video screens on each wall and enhanced Internet and computer equipment to simulate cyberattacks, so students can devise and implement defense strategies. All technologies have recording and video capture and transmission features. The innovative classroom also features an observation room from which faculty instructors can monitor and alter the technology in real time.

Cybersecurity Curriculum Notre Dame has been collaborating with corporate and state technology and security agencies to design the situation room and to develop the new major, which requires 70 credits. The minor in cybersecurity is 19 credits.

The curriculum for the cybersecurity bachelor’s degree is structured to enable students to earn multiple certificates based on industry standards as they progress through the program, in addition to the bachelor’s degree. The major includes a practicum and an internship that can serve as a base for additional certifications.

Cybersecurity Experience The situation room is the first of three construction projects in support of Notre Dame’s cybersecurity, intelligence studies and emergency management degree programs. The second phase is a cybersecurity laboratory in 2021 and a combined intelligence studies and emergency management center in 2022.

These facilities are part of a $2.1 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a Center for Intelligence and Security Studies at the College.

NDT NEW DAY 3 campus news

COLLEGE ANNOUNCES UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Notre Dame College is now offering a bachelor’s degree in health care administration that prepares students for high-paying, high-demand leadership roles in clinical and treatment settings.

The College’s new Bachelor of Arts in health care administration is available beginning this academic year. Students in the new program at Notre Dame acquire advanced knowledge of the dynamic business environment of health care while studying health care delivery, providers and their services and financing. Those who earn the degree will gain an understanding of the significant role health care executives have in improving the well-being of the communities their organizations serve.

Students who major in health administration at Notre Dame fulfill requirements in the business core and complete 24 additional credits in operations and project management, health information management, health and the legal system, the continuum of long-term care and disaster management planning.

Jobs in health care management are growing much faster than the national average for all other occupations, and the mean salary is six-figures. These executives improve efficiency of operations and patient outcomes, changing people’s lives.

NOTRE DAME ESTABLISHES ONLINE MASTER’S DEGREE IN CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION

Notre Dame College has been training professional teachers since its founding in 1922 and has added a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction to its offerings.

The online M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction prepares teachers to be leaders not only in the classroom but also in multiple other education industries. The non-licensure program is for licensed teachers and also prepares professionals in non-education fields striving for a career change.

In addition to designing curricula for K-12 classrooms, graduates of Notre Dame’s M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction will have gained the skills to innovate new educational resources and programs for both teachers and students, evaluate new educational programs, utilize new technologies to program digital teaching tools and understand an extensive history of education.

Through interactive online learning, students explore topics in education and receive individual attention from experienced education faculty. The curriculum and instruction master’s degree requires 33 credit hours. Online courses allow students to learn on their own schedules.

Courses range from integrating technology across the curriculum and psychological implications for the professional educator to data literacy and evaluation and innovation.

M.Ed. students in curriculum and instruction also complete a capstone experience. Educators embark on an action research project in their fields, while those in other industries pursue a topic of study related to their specific practice.

4 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS PRESENT AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Four Notre Dame College psychology majors were the only undergraduates in the country selected to share their research through poster presentation at the 23rd Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference (AABSS).

The students conducted their research at Notre Dame and attended the symposium in Las Vegas with Michele Fry, M.A., M.S., visiting professor of psychology at the College. The AABSS conference was conducted in connection with the 32nd Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference and the 4th Annual Conference on Academic Research in Education. The Notre Dame students received access to attend informational sessions and network with professionals at all three events.

At the convention, Alexandria Dick, a 2020 graduate from Notre Dame, discussed her study of neuromodulation, specifically upper limb prosthesis using brain computer interface with a focus on emotional well-being. Libby Sparks, a junior at Libby Sparks, Jamie Brown-Warren, Notre Dame, exhibited her research connecting mental illness and cell phone usage Alexandria Dick, Elexia Verbick and among adolescents and young adults in America. Elexia Verbick, a 2020 graduate Michele Fry attend the juried conference, from Notre Dame, presented her study on the development of sensory play centers for which proposals undergo peer-review for children with autism spectrum disorders, including benefits for parents and prior to acceptance for presentation. families. Jamie Brown-Warren, a senior at Notre Dame, reported on a new form of leadership for industrial/organizational psychology that addresses generational and cultural challenges.

COLLEGE FACULTY, STAFF DONATE SCIENCE PPE

Notre Dame College has answered the call for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to aid in the fight against COVID-19.

When the Cuyahoga County Emergency Management Agency issued a request for contributions of masks, gowns, eye protection and related PPE to address the supply shortage for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Ohio, the College responded. Sharon Balchak, Ph.D., professor of biology and chair of the mathematics and science division of the College, approved release of the lab items. Balchak is a 1984 graduate of Notre Dame.

Notre Dame faculty transported more than 100 boxes of gloves, two large boxes of gowns and multiple pairs of eye protection and extra isopropyl alcohol from the Notre Dame science labs to the Cuyahoga County COVID-19 collection point. The endeavor truly was a College-wide effort. Members of the essential office services and facilities staff at Notre Dame assisted by providing cartons and moving the containers of PPE from the labs.

The College transitioned to a hybrid delivery of courses to heed the Ohio governor's order for gatherings no greater than 10 individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NDT NEW DAY 5 campus news

‘VISION & VOICE’ DIVERSITY INITIATIVE RECEIVES EXTERNAL SUPPORT

Notre Dame College recently received a grant from the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) to continue to engage its campus community members in discussions of diversity and inclusion, an essential element of the College mission.

The College’s Office of Mission Effectiveness, in collaboration with Campus Ministry and Student Affairs, was selected to receive one of only two awards granted by OFIC. More than a dozen institutions from across the state of Ohio applied for the funding.

Notre Dame used the $2,500 grant to support its “Vision & Voice” programming. The College began the initiative with an inaugural essay and creative arts challenge and scheduled a series of dinner conversations. The events invited faculty, staff and students to consider privilege, microaggressions, bias and bigotry with an emphasis on how participants would work toward a more equitable world. Guest speaker Lori Stevic-Rust, Ph.D., a clinical health psychologist, chats with Notre Dame The contest was part of ongoing efforts, which included continuation of the students about social justice for women. College’s “From ME 2 WE” speaker series, to create meaningful conversations among Notre Dame community members. Guest lectures featured Lori Stevic-Rust, Ph.D., a clinical health psychologist, and Romona Robinson, television news anchor and author. They discussed women’s and faith issues.

NOTRE DAME DEVELOPS PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL DIALOGUE AROUND DIVERSITY

Notre Dame College continued attention to diversity and inclusion programming that has always been part of its Abrahamic Center and broader College mission by conducting professional development seminars for employees to discuss systemic inequities apparent in the country's history and that often continue today in economic, health and justice disparities.

The sessions flipped the typical “talking head” model of professional development by holding circles of conversations among faculty and staff that began with student voices via video, according to Sr. Carol Ziegler, SND, Ph.D., executive director of the Abrahamic Center at the College.

The virtual in-service sessions titled “Supporting Black Students in White Spaces” featured snippets of personal stories from several Notre Dame students who agreed to be videotaped and discussed experiences of racism in their lives. The students all self-identify as Black Indigenous People of Color.

After viewing the recording of these students’ comments, concerns and experiences, the employees joined in small circle conversations to consider what surprised them and how they could improve their own skill sets to better meet the needs of these and other students at the College who may have different life experiences then they did as young people.

The professional development opportunity continued the College’s ongoing conversations about creating a more just and caring world. It built on a student-led prayer vigil conducted on the Campus Commons.

6 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 COLLEGE 2020 ABRAHAMIC LECTURE INSPIRES DIVERSE DISCOURSE

The Notre Dame College Abrahamic Center Annual Lecture in 2020 grew out of some of the summer tensions across the country.

Rather than using a single speaker, the lecture gave voice to a diverse group, including two Notre Dame students, an alumnus and staff member, to help raise awareness of the realities of racism in the lives of young professionals during a socially challenging time in the world.

Kimberly Chapmon-Wynne, the founder and principal consultant at Mosaic Insights Consulting, LLC, facilitated the virtual, panel discussion featuring: Cordae Barnes, a sophomore elementary education major at Notre Dame; Selena Carter, a senior exercise science major who is president of the Black Student Union at the College; Imani Gordon, assistant coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team; and Anshawn Ivery, who graduated from Notre Dame in 2011 and is the founding senior high school principal of Garrett Morgan School of Leadership & Innovation in Cleveland.

Chapmon-Wynne is certified by the Cultural Intelligence Center as a practitioner and train- the-trainer in cultural intelligence and unconscious bias. She led the annual lecture this year, which once again featured an innovative discussion format.

“This year’s Abrahamic Lecture chose an important slice of the larger discussion—inclusion; diversity; valuing the ‘other,’ whether the other’s difference is race, religion, culture, age, ability or sexual orientation,” said Sr. Carol Ziegler, SND, Ph.D., executive director of the Abrahamic Center at the College.

DISCUSS Chapmon-Wynne said the College and its Abrahamic Center Lecture are distinguished in providing a forum for Black Indigenous People of Color to share their lived experiences in a mixed culture assembly.

“One way to heal is through conversation, to talk across differences. Dialogue invites discovery. It develops common values, shared understanding, opportunities to enact common goals, question and re-evaluate our assumptions and strengthen relationships across differences,” Chapmon-Wynne said.

EMPOWER The members of the Notre Dame family did express how they now are starting to feel empowered at the College and in other aspects of their lives.

ENGAGE The Abrahamic Lecture panelists also committed to engaging others in continuing conversations.

The Abrahamic Lecture speakers for 2020 are (from top) Kimberly Chapmon-Wynne, Cordae Barnes, Imani Gordon, Anshawn Ivery and Selena Carter.

NDT NEW DAY 7 PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES SEES OPPORTUNITIES WITH NEW YEAR, NEW PRESIDENT

Although the world has been contending with challenges around the pandemic, Notre Dame College’s new President J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D., embraced the challenges as a growth Notre Dame College’s opportunity for our students, faculty and staff. His leadership and vision are setting the tone for sustainable growth and fiscal stability. As we prepare 15th President to celebrate our 100th anniversary, the College is well-positioned for its second century of service. BRINGS EXTENSIVE

Notre Dame is a leader in bringing alternative HIGHER ED EXPERIENCE education platforms to prospective students beginning with the weekend college offered to working women in the 70’s. Today, the College is on the cutting edge of online learning for both undergraduate and post-graduate studies with new J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D., became the 15th president degrees in cybersecurity, health care administration, of Notre Dame College on April 8, 2020. Prior to joining social work and an MBA program. The world of a Notre Dame, Pressimone served as the president of student at Notre Dame is defined by resiliency and Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Mo., since 2014. fortitude. Our top-flight education continues in real- time with a full roster of undergraduate students A native of Baltimore, Md. Pressimone was a first- enrolled and actively pursuing their goal of obtaining generation college student. His higher education career a college degree. spans more than three decades. He served as vice president of advancement at Alvernia University in As a private college, Notre Dame continues its Reading, Pa.; at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C.; tradition of offering small classes and educating and at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. the most diverse student body in Ohio. This tradition embodies the College mission to stand in With an extensive background and experience its Catholicity with open arms to those who seek a college degree with all the services and support a in fundraising, he successfully led the largest student will need to succeed. Notre Dame continues comprehensive campaign at Alvernia, surpassing $31 to stand out as a college that brings value to our million. In that role, he also oversaw the offices of community. The tuition with room and board is development, alumni relations and marketing and among the country’s most affordable. The College communications. In a similar position at Elizabethtown provides students with opportunities for internships College, he designed, implemented and managed an and research and alumni mentors to level the playing endowment campaign with an initial goal of $20 million field. Our graduates go on to stable and meaningful that raised more than $26 million. employment. To see students thrive after they obtain their College degree is so worth the hard work and Pressimone holds an Associate of Arts degree from constant innovation required by our faculty and staff Catonsville Community College (now known as the who help them get there! Community College of Baltimore County), a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Catholic University of America My future vision for the College is to remain (Washington, D.C.), a Master of Arts in Leadership in steadfastly faithful to our mission and prayerfully Higher Education from Regis University (Denver, Colo.) open to the necessary changes we have to make in response to the ever-evolving world. We are able to and a doctorate in Higher Education and Organizational do this through God’s grace and the support of our Change from Benedictine University (Lisle, Ill.). donors and friends. Thank you! Pressimone and his wife, Cathy, have been married for nearly 40 years and have 12 children and six ANN HAWKINS, ESQ. grandchildren with three more on the way. Board of Trustees Chair, Notre Dame College

8 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Notre Dame College's 15th President J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D.

DR. PRESSIMONE MARKS HIS FIRST YEAR AS LEADER OF NEW DAYS AT NOTRE DAME beyondone hundred

NDT NEW DAY 9 welcometo the family

The Notre Dame College community is embracing President J. Michael “Mike” Pressimone, Ed.D., and the new leader is opening his heart and his home to his Notre Dame family.

Pressimone has been sharing short videos of himself, his wife and children, offering insights into their interests and activities, with campus members throughout his first year.

He has chronicled his transition from St. Louis to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and his children’s entry into new Catholic schools.

He also has been telling stories from his new College kin, featuring Notre Dame students, faculty and staff in his greetings.

The president films the approximately 60-second clips weekly via mobile device. He has been highlighting his personal and professional experiences on location and on campus, with a little bit of his College family, and Notre Dame history, built-in. A few features from the videos:

• The president’s love of and commitment to running • His passion for higher education and Catholicity, which he shares with his children • The “mother van” in which he and his wife, Cathy, and their 12 children have traveled more than 150,000 miles • His family’s celebrations with boiled crabs, a tradition from his Baltimore heritage and his father's employment in a crab factory

All the clips are available on the president’s page of the College website at NotreDameCollege.edu and the College YouTube channel at YouTube.com/NotreDameCollege.

Interested alumni and friends of the College can sign up to start receiving the media messages by emailing their name and email address to [email protected].

10 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGE NEW PRESIDENT LEADS WITH PRESIDENT

Higher education presidents are faced with a global pandemic, racial strife, aftermath of the Capitol protest and a slowing economy. This confluence of issues threatens the very core values, as well as financial sustainability, of these mission-based institutions. Powerful Crises also create great opportunity for exemplary leadership. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Petitions Pentagon and the related plane crash in Pennsylvania, Stephen J. Nelson of Brown University in 2002 set a standard for higher education presidents that has taken on even During greater precedence today. Nelson cited then how, among growing diversity and pluralism, higher education presidents serve as paragons of democracy and voices of civic virtue. Challenging A liberal college education is critical to creating responsible citizens in a democratic republic. According to Nelson, college and university presidents must regularly Times challenge their campus communities and the global public to imbue fundamental moral, religious and spiritual beliefs inherent in and essential to civil integrity Notre Dame College President, and representative government. J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D., has Nearly two decades later, Joseph A. Brennan addressed the extended College and Eric K. Stein, both from the University at Albany SUNY, in 2017, indicate that higher community on three separate education presidents need to communicate occasions, calling for respect and faithfulness to mission as well as make moral decisions. These scholars resonate that praying for healing following civil colleges and universities are intended to be safe places where contentious issues unrest around the world. The are discussed openly and honestly. complete text of his messages— A significant role of the college or university one following the death of George leader is to help others make sense of divisive incidents and their broader societal Floyd, one at the College’s Academic implications, particularly with regard to the Opening Convocation and one at the core values of the institution. According to Brennan and Stein, presidents also have a time of the elections—are reprinted duty to help others understand perspectives that contribute to a crisis and views that may on the following pages. have aided or impeded appropriate response.

NDT NEW DAY 11 MY DEAR NOTRE DAME COLLEGE COMMUNITY,

Many of you have gotten to know me and my family through brief video snippets during this time of social distancing and quarantine. You’ve probably noticed that I have a diverse family. My children are white, Hispanic and African American. As my children have married, they have brought even greater diversity into our larger-than-usual family. You can’t begin to imagine the intense conversations about wide-ranging issues when we are gathered together.

However, reflecting on recent incidents of racism and violence toward black men in our country, I am gravely concerned as several members of my immediate family are seen differently by many members of our society; I have two African-American sons and an African-American son-in-law.

One of the things that most attracted me to Notre Dame College was the range of diversity within the campus community and in the greater community that surrounds it. I feel this is a great place to raise my children. However, I fear that my sons and son-in-law are viewed all too often through the tainted lens of racism by many throughout our nation, merely because of the beautiful color of their skin.

As president of the College, I feel that I must reflect and respond when issues of injustice are prominent in our society. As a Catholic institution, founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame, we stand against any racism, America’s original sin.

I am idealistic, and I hope that Notre Dame College will stand as an example of how we can respect the inherent dignity of every human person and recognize that each of us is an amazing and unique creation of a loving God. For our students, we hope that a Notre Dame education will prepare you to live peacefully and as a problem-solver in a world of exquisite natural beauty and rich human diversity. We must attune our hearts to the suffering of the oppressed and mistreated. We should be a place of comfort to those who are marginalized. We should be a voice of reason when faced with unreasonable hatred.

Finally, I ask that you join me in prayer for healing. In order to move forward, we must grow in our understanding of each other’s circumstances, personal history and pain, and develop hearts of love and forgiveness.

Let’s be a model of God’s kingdom, that all may be one, on campus, in South Euclid, in the greater Cleveland community and in the world.

J. MICHAEL PRESSIMONE, ED.D President of Notre Dame College

12 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 GREETINGS EVERYONE,

I AM MIKE PRESSIMONE, PRESIDENT OF NOTRE DAME COLLEGE

I delivered the following remarks to new Notre Dame students at the opening convocation on August 29. However, this message is something I would like to share with all members of our community.

Hello new Falcons and welcome back to our returning Falcons. Allow me to add my words of welcome as we begin this journey together. Like our new first-year students or new transfer students, I consider myself a first-year student as well. To be sure, I have considerable experience in the higher education environment, but this place, this college, this community of students, faculty and staff are new to me. I have had the pleasure to serve as your president since early April, but, as you can imagine, many of the hours I spent in my office were lonely. I was one of only a few employees who came to the office daily.

Over the last several weeks there has been a marked change in the energy on campus as more and more people returned to prepare for your arrival. Your presence gives energy and purpose to my work. I am excited to begin this adventure with you.

Already, it’s unlike any journey I have had in higher education. This is certainly not the environment in which you expected to begin or continue your college education. Yet here we are. This current pandemic will require much of you and us as members of this community. As I have walked around campus this week, I have been pleased to see so many wearing face masks and practicing the kind of community behavior that will keep you and all of us safe. There will come a time when you look back at this period, and you’ll say something like, “Remember when we started at Notre Dame College during the pandemic.” Perhaps it will be a story you will tell your children as they go off to college. I simply ask that you be attentive to yourselves and other members of the community so that we may all be safe and free from illness together. We can be a model community for others to follow by doing the simple things that will keep us safe. Wear your mask, wash your hands and watch your distance. While we have a strong desire to celebrate this new year with our friends, now is not the time to be reckless or unwary. There will come a time when we can gather freely for such purposes.

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NDT NEW DAY 13 I CALL ON YOU

Unfortunately, COVID-19 is not the only infection we are fighting in our country at this time. Racism continues to be a plague that threatens the very fabric of our communities. Unlike COVID-19, for which we hope someday to have a vaccination or a therapeutic drug, no such miracle cure exists to cure the disease of racism, which has been with us for more than 400 years. We must change the hearts of people one person at a time.

For those of us who grew up in the civil rights era, we thought we would have made progress by this early part of the 21st century. But as we see day after day, we do not have equality in this country. We have seen attacks on immigrants, the LGBTQ members of our communities, members of diverse religious beliefs and, in particular through a tragic series of events this summer, black men and women.

Even as many good men and women lead the fight for social justice and civil rights, these topics are too often politicized in ways that give rise to incendiary language and drown out public civil discourse. Divisive, angry rhetoric will likely grow louder in the months leading to the November presidential election. But we can make the choice to rise above that fray.

Like I’ve called on you to be a model community in response to the pandemic, I call on you to be a model community engaged in thoughtful civil discourse about racism in America today. We must be attentive to the thoughts, opinions, hearts and minds of each member of our Notre Dame community. Conversations about these topics can be difficult, but difficult conversations need to happen. They need to happen because it is part of our educational mission to expand the hearts and minds of our students and each other and because it will help us build stronger and more peaceful communities. I call on all of you to deepen your understanding of those whose experiences are different than your own.

During my time in St. Louis, I was fortunate to get to know an African American civil rights icon, Ms. Frankie Freeman. She was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to serve on the civil rights commission in the 1960s. I got to know her when she was 98 or 99 years old, and she was still vibrant. At a gathering with students and members of our community there, she simply asked the question, and I paraphrase, “Have you ever just turned around and spoken to someone who didn’t look like you?”

14 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 We must be attentive to the thoughts, opinions, hearts and minds of each member of our Notre Dame community.

I challenge each of you to do that. Reach out to someone and learn something about them. Try to understand their humanity. Understand their perspectives. There will surely be disagreements—and I have no Pollyanna ideal that we will all agree and live in some utopia—but we should be able to walk NOTRE DAME COLLEGE POLICE away from those conversations with a deeper understanding CHIEF CONTRIBUTES TO CUYAHOGA and respect. COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION POSITION STATEMENT Informed by my faith, I see each one of you as a beautiful creation of a loving God. It was faith that called the Sisters of Chief Joe Grecol Commits to Discourse Notre Dame into being and eventually brought them to the with College, Cleveland Communities United States, to Cleveland, to teach the children of German Cuyahoga County, Ohio • June 2, 2020 immigrants. As those German immigrants became a part of the fabric of Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio, the Sisters did The Cuyahoga County Police Chiefs Association not declare that their work had been completed. Rather, they stands with and in support of the family of looked to the next group that needed their educational zeal. George Floyd in mourning his death. We are Over time it became clear that part of their mission was to sorrowful for this loss and regret that it came at serve the under-served in urban communities throughout the the hands of a police officer whom we trusted country. I stand before this beautiful diverse group of young to obey the law. We know, too well, that our women and men as we continue to animate and carry out the profession is one that requires difficult decisions mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame through education. As and reactions, but we, wholly, condemn the young adults, you are expected to learn in the classroom and actions of this case. be attentive to your academic pursuits, but we also expect you to learn from one another. This is a learning environment. Cuyahoga County is blessed to be made up of diverse populations and police personnel. Take advantage of it. I have confidence that you can succeed We hear our communities when they say that here in developing your intellectual capacity and skills that there is much to do to improve race relations. will lead to a life of work, and that you will also leave here We, together with the community, want to prepared to live peacefully in an ever more diverse world. facilitate those improvements by listening, even more, and together developing a tangible way As we bring this convocation to a close, let me reflect for one forward. The actions of this one officer do not moment on that word and expand a bit on the definition in represent what our profession stands for, but your program. Convocation is derived from the Latin convoco we acknowledge that he represented all police or convocare. Voco or vocare means to call and con means officers while he was employed as an officer. We together, so a convocation is to call together. feel shame that our trust in him was broken in such a way as to lead to the death of Mr. Floyd and which is bringing into question the actions Let this coming together, this convocation, be a beginning of law enforcement everywhere. of the time that we come together as members of the Notre Dame College community. I, along with my faculty The Cuyahoga County Police Chiefs Association and staff colleagues, will stand with you as seekers of is committed to help heal the division that peace and understanding. this and past incidents have caused. It is only through a continued effort of collaboration that we will begin to make headway. Without the support of our residents, we could never It is now my pleasure to officially accept the be successful. Therefore, we continue to members of the class of 2024 and all new students push community relations, diversity training to Notre Dame College. Thank you for joining our and improving our hiring practices. We want community, and God bless all of you as we begin to assure you that the voice of the people is being heard, and we want to work with our this journey together. communities to create a better path forward.

NDT NEW DAY 15 I shared these thoughts with our campus community, and I wanted to share them with you, our alumni and friends, as well.

Some of you may be seeing this the evening before the election, others during the election or perhaps after the election has concluded. Whatever your circumstance, I hope this email finds you well.

I have had the opportunity to meet with many of our first- year Falcons over the last several weeks. I am well aware that the stress level on campus related to the virus has been trending higher and higher. Now, as we near the conclusion of a contentious presidential race, there may be additional stress as we await election results which could take some time.

This is not a political statement. I look at each of you, members of the Notre Dame College community, and I see God‘s hand at work in each unique individual. None of us can be defined simply by the vote we cast in any election. We are complex people with complex feelings and beliefs.

That being said, I would hope that, no matter the outcome of the election, we can all come together around a common set of aspirations that bring our community together rather than drive us apart. This is difficult. Our political climate, at times, seeks to create divisions. We are called to a higher purpose.

Simply stated, the issues facing our society before the election will still face our society after the election. Our heritage, rooted in the Sisters of Notre Dame, calls us to care for the needs of individuals in need no matter what lever they happen to pull on election day. We must still fight to eliminate systemic racism in our country. We must serve the poor. We must care for the needy. We must be a place of access, opportunity and empowerment through education. We must do all we can to create a world of trust, peace and understanding by learning from one another.

I understand that some of you may need time to process the results of the election, and I invite you to do that as part of a group discussion…

If you feel you need to speak to someone confidentially, I suggest you reach out to our very able counseling staff…

I simply ask this evening that you join me in a moment of prayer for our campus, our communities and our country no matter the outcome of the election. May we continue to care for one another on our campus and beyond. I will hold you all in prayer.

16 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 PRESIDENT EXPRESSES Gratitude for a New Year

Even in the midst of the turmoil we will forever associate with the year 2020, there are things to be thankful for. Here are a few of mine…

I am thankful that God‘s plan for me led me to Notre Dame College.

I am thankful for the many new friends and colleagues I have found here.

I am thankful for the care and love of NDC so beautifully exhibited by our faculty and staff.

I am thankful for the energy, enthusiasm and zeal for learning exhibited by our students.

I am thankful for those who serve NDC as trustees and volunteers and for those who give so generously to support and sustain our mission.

I am thankful that we are an institution that stands for something and animates our founding mission by lifting up the needs of the oppressed, the disenfranchised and the underserved.

I am thankful for the Sisters of Notre Dame who had the vision to establish this place of learning nearly 100 years ago and who stand with us still today.

Finally, Cathy and I are thankful for the many blessings of family, for great memories and for the new lives that have joined us this year.

NDT NEW DAY 17 1 GOVERNANCE

A vibrant and engaged Board of Trustees is vital to the survival of many institutions in the broad not-for-profit sector. Notre Dame College has In the president's own words - benefited from such a Board. The College is thankful for this service above and beyond expectations. In addition to regularly scheduled board and committee meetings, the administration will develop a method for regular reporting of key dashboard data so that the Board is never surprised by changing trends. PRIORITIES FOR The principle point of contact between the Board and the College PRESSIMONE'S remains the President. Trustee philanthropic support and efforts to FIRST YEARS open doors to others who could support the Notre Dame mission is a vitally important part of Board service. AS PRESIDENT AND FOR NDC 2 COLLEGE CULTURE BEYOND 100 The campus needs all community members to bring best efforts in At the heart of Notre Dame alignment to serve the greater good and seek greater efficiencies. College is a deeply felt and positive Everyone must understand the big picture. Communication must be as commitment to the mission of transparent as possible. The identity of the College in the tradition of the the Sisters of Notre Dame and Sisters of Notre Dame gives life to many of the majors, particularly those the important work done by the in the helping professions. It drives Notre Dame to be an opportunity College in service to the greater college and to serve the needs of the greater Cleveland community. Cleveland community and beyond. A key leadership goal is to engage the campus community in order It is my hope to harness these to get to know them and to have them know the new leadership. resources and that energy to move the institution forward in the face of unprecedented challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 virus. 3 BUDGET AND FINANCE The women and men who serve there today embrace this mission. Demonstrating sound financial planning for the coming fiscal year and They see their work as truly subsequent years and achieving a balanced budget are critical steps. transformative for each individual Given the impact and the uncertainty created by COVID-19, multiple student. Students from various financial models will be anticipated that bring the College to a balanced constituencies see Notre Dame as budget. Notre Dame will focus on cash flow, refinancing and annual a place of opportunity. These are revenue and expense predictions. The College has enacted significant all elements that create a climate expense reductions over the last few years, so long-term solutions will for success. consider revenue.

The College will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2022. The ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT College must focus on life beyond 4 100. In light of these realities, this vision for the first year of my The enrollment team continues every possible effort to recruit new presidency is tentatively titled students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels throughout the Notre Dame College: Beyond 100 summer and throughout the year for the multiple starts in online, adult and encompasses a 10-point plan and graduate programs. In addition, administrators will continue efforts organized around: to re-enroll current eligible students. Going forward and looking toward the fall of 2021, enrollment efforts will focus on specific program-related recruitment and a better balancing of the financial aid award structure.

18 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Enrollment Management continued Marketing , public relations, communications Key to this will be the identification of flagship continued programs that will serve as market leaders for the to be said for strong, interpersonal engagement. College. An enrollment professional will be embedded The president must also be supported by an effective within each of these major divisions and will work internal marketing and communications process. with faculty to determine appropriate recruitment goals. Each division head and recruitment professional will be held accountable for the achievement of each PHILANTHROPY goal. This model must also allow for the undecided, 8 uncertain or undeclared student. The College must return to a higher level of annual unrestricted philanthropy in support of the operating budget. There remains great passion for the work of 5 GROWTH Notre Dame within its alumni and friends’ community. The College will need to raise some philanthropic In order for Notre Dame College to be successful, venture capital to implement needed immediate it must have a growth strategy. Growth will explore improvements. Conversations with major donors to new markets, partnerships and collaboration and the College have already taken place, and they are the expansion of existing programs. The president fully supportive of the College. The advancement team will assemble a growth task force to complete an will have a renewed focus on alumni engagement and opportunities assessment, and the resulting document deferred giving will become a routine part of major will give rise to further market research and study. donor discussion.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRUCTURING 9 ASSESSMENT

In order to change the culture of leadership at the The College strengthened its assessment culture and institution, changes have been and will continue to be the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. For the new made as necessary. A fundamentally different and, by fiscal year, cabinet members will develop goals for the necessity, smaller administrative structure maximizing year, and these will provide the basis for performance the talents, skills and abilities of those who remain and evaluation. Cabinet members will be encouraged to who are eager to serve the mission of Notre Dame has create appraisal opportunities for staff as well. been implemented. Efforts in this area could stand as an example for creating sustainable models for mission- rich and impactful institutions. 10 THE FUTURE

There is much to be done. With properly aligned and 7 MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, efficient action, the College can achieve its goals. There COMMUNICATIONS will be challenges. The assurance that Notre Dame can continue to carry out its mission started by the Sisters Today’s prospective students demand an interactive of Notre Dame nearly 100 years ago should fill this experience online. Similarly, the campus visit experience community with hope. must also be consistent with the social media and virtual Notre Dame College is vitally important to the greater experience. To that end, Notre Dame must redesign the Cleveland area and to the many women and men who welcoming experience for students who come to visit the walk its halls or who sit in virtual classrooms. Part of campus. The president is the chief brand ambassador for the work of the president is to tell that most important Notre Dame. He must travel throughout the community story wherever or whenever possible. Trustees, faculty creating relationships and telling the story of Notre and staff will serve as ambassadors for Notre Dame, Dame. While much of the College's marketing efforts will as well. rely on aggressive social media, there is still much

NDT NEW DAY 19 A Tribute to MARIAN K. SHAUGHNESSY Marian K. Shaughnessy has been a gift to Notre Dame College.

The Sisters of Notre Dame have been innovators in higher education for nearly 100 years. They are joined by Marian Shaughnessy, a lay nurse practitioner, who envisioned a thriving nursing school at the Sisters' College. Today students with a desire for a Catholic education study and practice together; earn bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing; and serve as competent, caring nurse leaders worldwide. Marian Shaughnessy connected with Notre Dame after her career as a seasoned nurse. She has a stellar history of volunteering her skills and expertise in "medical deserts" around the country, including among indigenous populations in Colorado and Alaska and with the urban and inner-ring suburban areas of Cleveland. “Marian talked about impacting health care policy with her influence. She wanted to help reduce disparities in communities and build a nursing workforce that exemplified the highest level of quality and safe nursing care,” said Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D., J.D., interim chair of the Notre Dame Division of Nursing.

Marian Shaughnessy completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in 2017. Her dissertation project and subsequent publication was titled “Transformational Leadership Practices and Work Engagement Among Nurse Leaders.”

20 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 SAGE VISIONARY bring out the best in us as human beings, as nurses and as a profession.” Marian Shaughnessy's vitality, wisdom and imagination When Notre Dame and its Board of Trustees imagined a have made an indelible and lasting mark on the Notre nursing school, Marian Shaughnessy was among the first Dame community and the nursing profession worldwide. experts called upon for guidance, wisdom and resources to She envisioned an extraordinary school at Notre Dame that help realize the vision. Her innovative thinking has helped would teach compassion, impeccable care and leadership inspire and grow the College's Division of Nursing. Each fall, to future nurses. Her inspiring vision prevails, and for that, about 40 students begin their studies to pursue a Bachelor the College continues to be blessed. Notre Dame nursing of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.). Additionally, working nurses alumni are Marion Shaughnessy’s legacy. join the program to convert their R.N. to a B.S.N., and about ten students pursue studies toward a Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.). EDUCATION ADVOCATE “From the very beginning, Marian had a personal relationship with the Notre Dame Division of Nursing. Marian and Michael Shaughnessy founded and endowed She was interested not only in how the program was the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy doing but, most especially, how the students were doing,” at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Sweeney said. Western Reserve University. It is one of the few programs Marian Shaughnessy also served as one of the founding in the country dedicated to cultivating nurse leaders to members of the Nursing Advisory Committee for the serve in all areas of research and medicine. Division of Nursing at Notre Dame. Due to her guidance As the academy founder, Marian Shaughnessy led by and contributions, almost every graduate in the history example, giving her time and expertise teaching other of Notre Dame's B.S.N. program has been accepted to a nurses the value of working collaboratively instead of graduate nursing program or offered a position in a major subserviently with doctors and other medical professionals hospital or health care organization. in clinical settings. At Case Western Reserve, she was When Marian Shaughnessy passed away on February 24, an adjunct faculty member and the senior director for 2020, she and her husband, Michael Shaughnessy, already leadership development at their Frances Payne Bolton had helped create the Shaughnessy Center for Nursing School of Nursing. Innovation at Notre Dame, a state-of-the-art interactive nursing classroom in Regina Hall. NURSE LEADER “The Shaughnessy Center for Nursing Innovation and Education exemplifies her commitment to giving Notre Dame nursing students the tools that are needed for the In addition to her leadership at Notre Dame, Marian development of clinical skills that are guided by clinical Shaughnessy helped launch the national Nurses on Boards reasoning,” Sweeney said. Coalition for the American Nurses Foundation to present a nursing perspective to America's boardrooms. DISTINGUISHED INNOVATOR She has served on several national and Cleveland-area nonprofit organization boards. Her nursing career includes leadership positions and consulting in perioperative care Marian Shaughnessy earned her multiple credentials, delivery at the Cleveland Clinic and Lakewood Hospital and D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., while raising her family and pursuing critical care nursing at MetroHealth Medical Center. other passions, like teaching and horseback riding. Her focus and unrelenting drive made her a superior equestrian and an influential partner with multiple higher education and health care institutions, collaborating to train leaders in 21st-century nursing. Marian and Michael Shaughnessy were recognized with Notre Dame's highest honor, the Fidelia Award in 2014, for distinguished service and fidelity to the College's mission.

“She did so many things. Some of her best work was not recognized with any award. Her best work was bringing out the best in all of us,” Sweeney said. “She wanted to

NDT NEW DAY 21 th 96COMMENCEMENT

22 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 College Celebrates Virtually, Spiritually with Class of 2o2o

Notre Dame College celebrated its 96th commencement in an unfortunate but unforgettable way, by commemorating the Class of 2020 with a creative yet unconventional observance.

The College conferred degrees to more than 180 graduates, including the first to receive the Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, via a videotaped ceremony in Christ the King Chapel. The rite included an academic procession of fewer than 10 administrators to comply with social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Sadly, we’re not able to celebrate our 96th commencement of Notre Dame College in the way we had planned. We do look forward to celebrating your graduation in person at a later date,” said Ann Hawkins, chair of the College’s Board of Trustees.

In addition to the Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, Notre Dame graduates were recognized for earning the Bachelor of Arts in majors across the humanities, business and education; Bachelor of Science in biology, chemistry and environmental science; the Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Master of Education; and Master of Arts in national security and intelligence studies. Some of these graduates finished their coursework in December 2019, as well as in May 2020. The College is planning an in-person recognition for the class this year.

The Notre Dame College diploma, commemorative programs and a special keepsake were delivered to the homes of each graduate.

NDT NEW DAY 23 Individual graduates and their families highlighted personal commencement activities on social media, while Notre Dame coaches and teammates also virtually saluted their senior student-athletes.

24 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Campus Family Connects with Graduates

Notre Dame College’s 2020 virtual commencement celebration featured an address from College President J. Michael Pressimone, Ed.D., and multimedia greetings from nearly 100 faculty and staff.

Both videos and the degree conferral ceremony are available on the Notre Dame YouTube channel. Students also shared their personal graduation celebrations throughout the year via social media.

Pressimone asked the Class of 2020 to show their appreciation to the Notre Dame faculty who imparted their knowledge and expertise to aid the graduates in earning their degrees. The president underscored how these educators will serve as supports for the new alumni for years to come.

“They have dedicated their lives to perfecting their craft so that you may take that expertise into your various fields, so please be mindful of them, remember them, stay in touch with them,” Pressimone said. “They will be great sources of help and inspiration for you into the future.”

He articulated how these campus community members, as well as the graduates’ classmates, coaches and administrators, share in their joy.

Pressimone also commended John Galovic, Ed.D., liaison to the president, who served as interim president over the past year. Pressimone thanked Galovic, who he said was “responsible for shepherding this class through their final year of study.”

NDT NEW DAY 25 Notre Dame Award Tradition COMMEMORATES LEGACY, EMBRACES MISSION

Five Notre Dame College graduates were honored for their academic achievement and campus leadership with the College’s four annual Commencement awards: two named for legendary Sisters of Notre Dame, one for a Catholic saint and the other in recognition of the College mission. Jessica Stout, who graduated summa cum laude with majors in biology and chemistry and a GPA of 3.99, won the Sr. Mary Agnes Bosche Award. Medely Gardner, who completed a Bachelor of Arts in business management while working full time as assistant director of student accounts at the College, received the Sr. Mary LeRoy Finn Award, and Alana Norris, who earned a Master of Arts in national security intelligence studies, has been recognized with the St. Catherine of Alexandria Medal. Jake Finkenthal, who created an opportunity for Notre Dame students to join with him in helping individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and Stacey Kovacic, who became the first in her family to graduate with a bachelor’s degree and who twice participated in the College’s international immersion trips to Guatemala, both were recognized with the College Mission award.

JESSICA STOUT

Stout graduated with the Notre Dame Honors Scholar distinction on her degree and as a Choose Ohio First STEMM Scholar. At the College, she conducted independent research in the laboratories of three different faculty members. She volunteered in the emergency departments of two Northeast Ohio hospitals and will be attending medical school. In addition to her scholarship, Stout served as a peer tutor at Notre Dame, helping her fellow undergraduates in subjects such as chemistry, physics and biology. She also worked with the Science Olympiad in Northeast Ohio, a program that serves Catholic elementary school students. Stout participated in a Guatemala immersion trip sponsored through the College’s Campus Ministry Office and excelled on the NCAA Division II basketball court as a member of the Falcons’ women’s basketball team, where she earned All-Mountain East Conference Honorable Mention honors.

26 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 JAKE FINKENTHAL

Finkenthal graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Notre Dame. In addition to connecting the College campus with Friendship Circle, a Jewish organization that works with people with autism spectrum disorders, Finkenthal was one of the most active participants in Notre Dame Campus Ministry service activities. As a junior, he even volunteered in an after-school program at the Salvation Army in East Cleveland, among some of Northeast Ohio’s most poor. During the shortened 2019-2020 on-campus academic year due to the pandemic, Finkenthal continued to serve. He also has been employed at an after-school program in Cleveland and at a summer camp, leading fitness activities for people with disabilities.

STACEY KOVACIC

Kovacic completed her bachelor’s degree in biology at Notre Dame in December 2019. She served as the president of FirstGen, the College’s center that provides support to first–generation college students. She has been a leader in Campus Ministry service activities and a two-time Guatemala immersion participant. She had signed up to participate in a third Guatemala immersion in spring 2020. When she realized that the trip was going to be cancelled due to the pandemic, Kovacic still wanted to make an investment in the community she had visited. She signed up to financially support the school there.

MEDELY GARDNER

A wife, mother and first-generation adult student, Gardner earned her bachelor’s degree while working full time at the College. As she was completing her own academic requirements, her husband was finishing work on his doctorate and their children were being home-schooled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She credits the grace of God for helping her find a way to balance her family, her education and her employment. A native of Waltham, Mass., Gardner next plans to pursue an M.B.A. at Notre Dame.

ALANA NORRIS

Norris earned her master’s degree in national security and intelligence studies from Notre Dame. She is now a double-alumna. She first graduated from the College in 2016 with magna cum laude honors and a bachelor’s degree in history. While working on her graduate degree, Norris joined the College as a full- time administrative coordinator for the Notre Dame Finn Center for Adult, Graduate and Online Students.

NDT NEW DAY 27 A Notre Dame College Family Connects Across Space and Time

A Notre Dame College student’s father wrote her a letter 73 years ago. The alumna just now received it.

The letter postmarked April 29, 1947, to Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Gerhart Smith, a 1949 alumna of Notre Dame who is now 93 years old, re-entered the mail stream and finally was delivered to the College campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Administrators at Notre Dame embarked on a search and made sure Smith received the missive. “I was shocked. … It’s fantastic. I’m just thrilled to death. Everybody is,” Smith said. “I never even thought about it because it was so long ago. We’ve moved. I got married, and we’ve moved. I never dreamed that we would be interviewed about a letter he wrote to me.” Because of COVID-19, members of the College could not visit Smith in person. Administrators sent a communication of their own to Smith via the U.S. Post Office instead of delivering the more than 70-year-old missive by hand. Smith and her family were touched by the letter and the College’s efforts to reach the recipient, so much so that they reached out to the local ABC affiliate to share the story. “During this time of social distancing, the elderly and those living in assisted living or nursing homes have been shuttered away from friends and family. This letter was a boost for her,” said Lucy Hokes, Smith’s niece, in a message to WEWS, Cleveland NewsNet 5.

28 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 The letter from 1947 had been packaged as damaged Betty Gerhart Smith and her niece Lucy Hokes said mail and was delivered to the College in 2020. receiving the letter from the College lifted their spirits.

SPACE TIME

The message that arrived at Notre Dame in 2020 was According to Betty Smith, her father would write her packaged as damaged mail. letters on occasion while she was a student at Notre Dame. She said her father’s cursive penmanship was Members of the College were hesitant to open the letter well-known throughout the family. but knew they had to read it in order to learn about the author and intended recipient. The envelope was In the hand-written letter to her, Smith’s father provided addressed to Betty Jane Gerhart, Notre Dame College. an update on construction of his new workshop and No residence hall or room number was listed. mentioned that twin children in the family were preparing to start school. Staff at Notre Dame searched the College’s enrollment records and found an entry for Smith. Unfortunately, the Smith’s father, Joseph, and his wife, Jane, had 44 last known address on file was more than 20 years old. grandchildren. The 4-year-olds he mentions in his letter to The Notre Dame alumna completed her undergraduate Smith now are in their late 70s, according to the alumna. degree in chemistry at the College and went on to earn Her father suggested Smith consider x-ray technician as a a law degree. major but recommended she talk to her professors, the Then College officials searched the internet and found Sisters of Notre Dame, first. He also wrote that he would an obituary. It was the notice of the death of her husband, visit her soon on a trip to Cleveland and that he was Victor Smith. sending her some money for her to spend as she wished. Victor Frances Smith of Sandusky died in July 2018 at the age of 93. The obituary said he was survived by his wife, Betty, and that Victor Smith worked at Sandusky Electric Inc., which also employed Betty’s Smith’s father. The note to her from her father, Joseph Gerhart, was written on Sandusky Electric stationery. Letters mean more to Notre Dame administrators employed the internet again and discovered that one Betty Smith in Ohio resided at me than any amount of the Parkvue Senior Living Community in Sandusky. After a phone call, the College learned that Betty Smith was still a money, that’s for sure,” resident there. The College addressed a new letter and sent the old one Smith said. to the alumna in Sandusky.

NDT NEW DAY 29 class notes

1969 1972 1974 1995 2002 Marye Anne Payne Fox ’69, Christine L. Piatak ’72 retired Deborah L. Plummer, Ph.D., Shelbrey Althoff Blanc ’95, Melissa (Garrett) Hirsch who earned her bachelor’s in June 2020 as a Latin and ’74 has retired from University has been named president of ’02, has been appointed to a degree in chemistry from the French teacher from St. Ignatius of Massachusetts Medical Holy Name High School. She seven-year term on the Board College, has been featured in a High School in Cleveland. School. Plummer served as earned her Master of Education of Trustees of the Shaker poster series highlighting “World vice chancellor of diversity and in educational leadership from Heights Public Library. She Changers” from the University inclusion and as professor of Notre Dame. She also has a earned her bachelor’s degree of Texas in Austin. She served psychiatry and quantitative Master of Arts in French language from Notre Dame in business as a faculty member and vice health sciences in the medical and culture from Boston College management and is director of IT president for research at the school and its graduate school Graduate School of Arts and strategic planning and business university in the 1990s before of nursing. Sciences in Chestnut Hill, Mass. management for the Cleveland becoming chancellor at North Metropolitan School District. Carolina State University.

2004 2005 2011 2013 2013 Carol Mary Waitinas Alaqua Clifton S. Spencer III, M.Ed., Carol J. Nardi Johnson ’11 Elizabeth M. (Anderson) Lauren B. Macer ’13, Notre ’04 is currently teaching ’05 has been serving as an retired from KeyBank after Bengert ’13, married Josh Dame head women's basketball elementary students with autism elementary school teacher 28 years working in Bengert on June 20, 2020, in coach, led the Falcons to a spot and intellectual disabilities for 22 years in East Cleveland information technology. Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned a in the NCAA tournament for the for Duval County, Fla., Public City Schools. bachelor’s degree in education first time in school history in Schools and was named 2019- from Notre Dame and works as a 2020, though the tournament 2020 Teacher of the Year for middle school science and social was cancelled due to the Pinedale Elementary School in studies teacher at St. Antoninus pandemic. She was named the Jacksonville, Fla. She also has School in Cincinnati. In August Mountain East Conference's celebrated 20 years of marriage 2019, she was named head Coach of the Year for the season. to Victor Alaqua. varsity lacrosse coach of Seton High School.

30 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 If you have news you would like to share, email [email protected] or visit NotreDameCollege.edu/alumni/update. class notes Nominations are being accepted for the next Alumna/us of the Year. Please email your nomination to [email protected].

2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 Mary Louise Owen ’15 Matt Warren ’15 is partnering Kani Lynette Johnson ’16, a Rachael Fowler ’17, who Justin Michael Pearce ’17 is married Tylor T. Vincent '15 with his father, Richard Warren, legacy student who graduated completed her Maser of working with health and human on July 18, 2020, in a private to bring Benjamin Moore paint with a bachelor’s degree in sport Education in reading from services under the National ceremony due to the stores to Cleveland. They have management from the College, Notre Dame, has been named Disaster Medical System on the COVID-19 pandemic. worked with paintCLE to open became a mother to a 2-year- Teacher of the Year for 2020 at front lines of Coronavirus care. their first store in Willoughby old son while living and working Highland Elementary School in He recently was deployed to Hills, Ohio. Matt Warren said he near Florida state's capital, the Alamance County-Burlington, California Travis Airforce Base, always has wanted to go into Tallahassee, where she is gaining N.C., school district. She has where he cared for people who business with his father and this experience in law enforcement taught fourth and first grades were quarantined, and expects is the perfect opportunity for the prior to earning a law degree. at the school. to be deployed again to continue father-and-son team. the fight against the virus.

2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 Parker Berzin ’18, owner of Rebecca Regnier ’18 is Julio Rosales ’18 has finished Colleen Carroll ’19, who Sarah Tolson ’19 has been PowerBuilt Construction LLC employed as a first-grade his M.B.A. program at the earned her Bachelor of Arts working as a special education in Wickliffe, Ohio, completed teacher at Mater Dei University of Saint Mary in in communication from Notre tutor and assistant swim coach a model home in 2020 at 150 Academy in Wickliffe, Ohio. Leavenworth, Kan. He is keeping Dame, has been accepted by at Rocky River, Ohio, High School. Ava June Drive in Painsville, in touch with his family in Teach English in Thailand. She is using video conferencing to Ohio. The house, which features Venezuela and plans to work in help her students stay organized an innovative work-at-home healthcare administration and and modify their assignments. space, is featured in the 2020 serve as a medical interpreter. Next year she plans to move to a Homebuilders Association of role as an intervention specialist Cleveland Parade of Homes. and is married now.

NDT NEW DAY 31 class notesCONTINUED

2020 2020 2020 2020 Natalie Bacon ’20, a nursing Mitch Balla ’20, a communication Julie Bogomolny ’20 has Ryan Brown ’20, an education graduate, is working at University graduate, was scheduled to serve been accepted into graduate major, has been student teaching Hospitals Geauga Medical Center as commentator for ESPN Cleveland school at Bowling Green State in the Cleveland Metropolitan in Chardon, Ohio. Part of her floor for the Mid-American Conference University, where she will study School District. With the advent of on which she serves has been basketball tournament in March criminal forensics. COVID-19, he spent time distributing made into a COVID unit, and 2020. Balla has been working for food packages to children and she has been trained to work ESPN, and this would have been his their families. He is now working with pandemic patients. first opportunity to broadcast. as a middle school math teacher at Oakmont Education in Akron, Ohio. He also donated a kidney to his father several years ago.

2020 2020 2020 2020 Damon King III ’20, graduated Maggie R. King ’20, who majored Megan McCollum ’20, who Jon Zechman ’20, is working as with a degree in business in nursing and psychology, completed graduated with an environmental a chemistry teacher at Trinity High administration in management. her degree while working as a clinical science degree, is planning to work School in Garfield Heights, Ohio. He is He has mentored Cleveland-area technician in the emergency room at in conservation management. happy for the opportunity to work in youth through Iron Sharpens Iron, Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital in the classroom right out of college and a program with Kappa Alpha Psi Mayfield Heights, Ohio. She has had to help coach the track team in the and plans to pursue an M.B.A. to keep up with many policy changes spring. He also is employed as a tutor in patient care due to COVID-19 and at the Academic Support Center for expects to transition to a nursing Students with Learning Differences job in labor and delivery at the at Notre Dame. medical center.

32 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 class ALUMNA, FACULTY MEMBER PUBLISHES notes BOOK ON SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY OF1964 HAPPINESS Louise Prochaska, Ph.D., a 1964 graduate of Notre Dame College and professor of theology and women’s studies, has uncovered 10 best practices based in scientific evidence and religious teachings that help students of all ages live happier, healthier lives. In her recent self-published interactive workbook, “Ten Keys to a Happier Life: Unlocking the Riches in Positive Psychology, Neuroscience and Ancient Religious Wisdom,” Prochaska has distilled 20 years of study on brain activity and research of individual and social well-being into a weekly journal of reflections and activities that lead to regular routines and relieve people from stress and anxiety. The easy-to-understand, lifelong learning guide grew out of a one-credit course Prochaska offers to undergraduates at Notre Dame. “Never have I had so many students thank me for a course and say that everyone should take it,” Prochaska said. “Also, I have never experienced any other theology course result in students’ changes of behavior and attitudes.”

Alumna and faculty member Louise Prochaska also offers workshops for individuals and community groups based on her book of factors shown to improve well-being.

ALUMNUS CONNECTS WITH ACTOR TO BRING TECHNOLOGY TO POOR 2014

A Notre Dame College alumnus is teaming up with actor Jason Momoa to bridge the digital divide in one of the poorest big cities in the country. Joshua Edmonds, a 2014 graduate of Notre Dame, serves as the director of digital inclusion for the city of Detroit. Edmonds is featured in a video with Momoa, known for his role as Aquaman in the DC Universe film series. The two met with leaders of the city of Detroit and at Rocket Mortgage to help bring awareness to the connectivity issue. “Every kid in Detroit and really in America should have a computer. Not to play games or entertainment, but it’s much more to focus on learning on becoming the leaders of tomorrow,” Edmonds said in the MLive.com feature. Rocket Mortgage Classic’s “Changing the Course” initiative has committed $2.1 million to Detroit’s Connect313 fund to build digital hubs in neighborhoods throughout the city. Rocket Mortgage is by Quicken Loans, which is headquartered in Detroit. The Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, located in downtown Cleveland, is a sports and entertainment arena in Northeast Ohio that is home to the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

Notre Dame alumnus Joshua Edmonds (right) explains to actor Jason Momoa that 30 percent of people living in Detroit do not have access to computers, the Internet or related technology.

NDT NEW DAY 33 Mary Ellen MARSH'45 WOLFF

NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ALUMNA’S FAMILY SHARE THE LIFE STORY OF ONE OF THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE

Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff ’45 died peacefully on April 14, 2020. She was 95. She was born in Kansas City, Mo., to Richard Francis Marsh, a member of the Arikara Indian tribe of North Dakota, and Winifred Patricia Kelly of Wisconsin. Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff was raised in Cleveland, living in the “owner’s suite” of the Hollenden Hotel, where her father was general manager and vice president. The Hollenden was among Cleveland’s most luxurious hotels, hosting the great and the good, including celebrities who performed in the hotel’s Vogue Room nightclub and six U.S. presidents. In the Hollenden, she learned how to swim in the pool, arrange flowers in the florist shop and select wines and fine cuts of meat by watching her father in the executive kitchen. For an exciting period of several months, a young entertainer performing in the Vogue Room used to greet Mary Ellen Marsh

Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff graduated from Notre Dame in 1945 and earned a master's degree in medical social work from St. Louis University in 1947.

34 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Wolff as the school bus dropped her off in front of the she was named “Super Senior of the Year.” She and her Hollenden; his name was Dean Martin. The Hollenden was husband also were dedicated members of Our Lady of demolished in 1962, and the Fifth Third Center now stands Perpetual Help parish. on its location. On their world travels, Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff and her Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff attended Notre Dame Academy, husband were often joined by her mother and his brother. the high school division, and Notre Dame College as a day Luxembourg, where Joseph Wolff’s family originated, and student. World War II occupied her college years. Ireland, where Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff’s maternal family came from, were frequent stops. Early in college, Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff was introduced by a friend to a tall, handsome young man from John Carroll Joseph Wolf passed away in 2005, after 57 years of University, Robert Wolff. Though they were the same age, marriage. Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff continued to be active Robert Wolff said he probably was not her type, since he in her parish and community life. When she turned 90, she was going to study for the priesthood. Fortunately, Robert’s began hosting an annual birthday party at her club, Valley older brother, Joseph, was very much her type. Lo. Friends of all ages and all walks of life joined Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff to celebrate her many extraordinary years. Upon his early graduation from John Carroll, however, Joseph Woff immediately entered Officer Candidate School At the time of her passing, Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff was to become an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He would serve in survived by her son Rev. Alec J. Wolff of Chicago, and combat aboard a landing ship until 1946. Msgr. Robert C. Wolff of Cleveland. Msgr. Wolff died in November, also at the age of 95. Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff Patiently, though anxiously, waiting for him to return home, was preparing to endow a scholarship at Notre Dame Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff graduated from Notre Dame in when she passed, and her family is planning to honor the spring of 1945 and enrolled in graduate studies at St. her bequest. Louis University in the fall of the same year. At St. Louis, she studied medical social work and graduated with her master’s degree in 1947. She then joined Joseph Wolff in Chicago, where he was studying for his doctorate in English at the University of Chicago. The two were married on September 1, 1947, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church near the university. While Joseph Wolf completed his doctorate, Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff served as a psychiatric social worker at Cook County, Ill., Hospital and swam in Lake Michigan every morning in the summer. Joseph Wolf would go on to teach at Loyola University in Chicago for his entire career. In 1952, they built a house in Glenview, Ill., and they never left, except for their many travels around the world, on which they often brought their only son, Alec. The family lived in Rome for a year in 1966, when Joseph Wolff was teaching in the Loyola University Rome Program. In Glenview, Mary Ellen worked first in management at Mystic Tape Corp., and then at Westbrook School. She was a tireless volunteer in her community, helping to found Maryhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and then serving as president of “Friends of Maryhaven” for years. She also volunteered at the Glenview Historical Society and with the Glenview Senior Center. Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff (far left) attends Notre Dame College Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff was instrumental in helping to in 1945, and the alumna (above) celebrates her 95th birthday design Glenview’s new senior activities building, for which on September 5, 2019.

NDT NEW DAY 35 In Memoriam

ALUMNI Rosemary Jacono Doherty '59 Nicholette I. Koller '90 June 2020 May 2015 Anna Jean Stokes Jordan '41 October 2015 Kathryn F. Toth Planet '59 Dorothy Highsmith '91 October 2018 February 2020 Marie Schneider Lee '45 September 2020 Rosalie Marie Anderson Mahoney '60 Angela C. Williams '91 Elizabeth Ann Rowland Wayton '45 October 2018 May 2018 March 2017 Judith L. Carmody '62 Beverly Stills Holland '93 Mary Ellen Marsh Wolff '45 October 2020 August 2015 September 2020 Karen Lynne Davis Carson '63 Debra A. Koller Peck '94 Doris Rae Gotter Lutz '46 August 2016 May 2005 June 2018 Patricia Walsh Corrigan '63 Mary Elizabeth Rastatter Golombek '96 Phoebe S. Burbridge Giambroni '47 May 2020 March 2014 February 2020 Rebecca Ann Lippay Stary '64 DeLois Yvonne Sims Burton '97 Dorothy Ann Goebel Allanson '49 May 2020 February 2015 October 2019 Danielle Frances Pichichero '99 Mary Jude Welch English '65 December 2015 Mary Jeanne Coleman Kray '49 January 2020 July 2020 Sara L. Burnham '00 Dr. Ann Marie Byrne Fridrich '65 January 2019 Loretta D. Vargo Horvath '50 June 2019 May 2020 Berentha Machelle Dantzler Crowder '04 Eileen Catherine Teare '65 May 2020 Mary Ann Milner King '50 March 2020 March 2020 La Mont L. Johnson '08 Mary Therese Tupta Carney '68 June 2018 Mary Kathleen Hawkins Lasch '50 July 2019 February 2020 Betty J. Goode '11 Martha A. McGorray Schmitz '69 April 2017 Kathleen Ann Berger Priem '50 October 2017 August 2016 Amy L. Smilanich '19 Karen Marie Gwirtz Adams '72 February 2019 JoAnn R. Henninger Markgraf '51 August 2020 December 2019 FAMILY MEMBERS Helen Therese Zenis Gries '55 Katherine E. Pusztay DiCorpo '74 Alvis Ray Cobb - 10/2019 March 2020 May 2019 Husband of Joann M. Naglic DeLeon '85 Irene Lucille Bickimer Basista '56 Anne B. Schwartz Rush '77 April 2019 May 2020 Kenneth A. Birne - July 2020 Father of Jonathan R. Birne '18 Mary Jean Schwerko Monahan '56 Julia A. Kirby Leahy '78 December 2019 December 2011 Alvis Ray Cobb - October 2019 Husband of Joann M. Naglic DeLeon'85 Grace Ann Liska Staab '56 June M. Collins Hlivak '84 March 2020 March 2020 Paul J. Kelly, Sr. - May 2019 Caroline Marie Guerriero Snyder '58 Joan R. Giacomin Adams '87 Father of Karen Agnes Kelly '03 February 2020 May 2020 Walter E. Kramb - April 2020 Barbara A. Sturbaum '58 Anne V. Marble '87 Father of Marie Annette Kramb September 2019 August 2015 Campbell '87

36 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 We offer our condolences to relatives and friends of the recently deceased and pray that our good God will welcome them into everlasting joy. This listing was current as of November 30, 2020.

John A. Naylor - March 2020 Catherine M. Wissman - September 2020 Angela M. Rutkowski Hille Husband of Mary Claire Matousek Mother of Cathy Pressimone and September 2004 Naylor '66 President J. Michael Pressimone Mother of Dr. Barbara A. Sposet

Rose Marie Paluf - November 2019 and William L. Wykle - January 2019 Edward Joseph Hurley - December 2012 George A. Paluf - June 2018 Husband of Dr. May L. Wykle, Trustee Parents of Sr. Donna Paluf, SND '71 Mary Therese Hurley - February 2018 FACULTY Neil Joseph Raleigh - September 2020 Janis E. Kilpatrick - February 2019 Ernest H. "Ernie" Brass III - October 2019 Father of Maureen Ann Raleigh Bihn'79 Sister of Dr. Joyce A. Banjac Grandfather of Kevin Raleign'09 PAST PRESIDENT John R. Korzi - January 2017 Gay Culverhouse, Ph.D. - July 2020 John A. Shields, Jr. - December 2019 Robert Malecki - April 2020 Husband of Priscilla M. Greszler Father of Susan Hren Shields '69 FRIENDS Anthony L. Sassano - December 2015 Camille Maria Simpson - June 2020 Louis C. Bennett - November 2005 Husband of Mary H. Sassano Mother of Tiffany Mackie- Griffith '01 Father of Sherri L. Bennett Eugenia E. "Jean" Beumer Ellen Hayes Stevenson - October 2019 Dr. James Kilbane Sutter - April 2020 November 2019 Mother of Margaret "Molly" Pifer Father of Katherine L. Sutter '14 Mother of Dot Garman Dr. James Kilbane Sutter - April 2020 Robert H. Thein - November 2018 Kenneth A. Birne - July 2020 Husband of Dr. Connie Sutter Husband of Mary Ann Zickes Thein '58 Husband of Pamela Beth Birne Jane Van Bergen Zupancic - March 2020 Robert J. Walick, Jr. - April 2020 Emerson L. Bobb - September 2018 Wife of Anthony Zupancic Husband of Christine S. Shannon Walick '74 Marilyn T. Buckley - January 2020 Retired Faculty Secretary Frances Rita Woscek - May 2019 Memorial Masses may be offered Mother of Annmarie Woscek Walter Hugh Edwards - June 2020 in Christ the King Chapel for a Morrow '79 Husband of Bridget Hyland Edwards deceased loved one.

Robert Thomas Xeras - June 2018 Margaret Baca Fazio - March 2019 For more information or to Husband of Sylvia Mary Juris Xeras ' 62 Mother of Desiree M. Morrison schedule a Mass, contact the Notre Dame Campus Ministry Sara Lee "Sally" Garfield - February 2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Office at 216.373.5387. AND EMERITI Mother of Jay Garfield James E. Brogan - July 2020 Chester Stoner Giltz - September 2019 Trustee Emeriti Husband of Carol Giltz

Francis Charles "Sonny" Pressimone - Emerson R. "Emo" Gorslene, Sr. November 2020 November 2020 Father of President J. Michael Father of Karen Poelking, M.Ed. Pressimone and Cathy Pressimone Stephen Goryanec - February 2020 Marian K. Shaughnessy, RN - Father of Susan Anderson February 2020 Wife of Michael R. Shaughnessy, Frank V. Grajczyk - December 2011 Trustee Emeriti Husband of Rosemarie Grajczyk

NDT NEW DAY 37 Tower Tributes THE ESTEEMED COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT TEAM

The Notre Dame College Office of Advancement supports the mission and sustainability of the College by connecting with community partners to grow revenue, reputation and reach. The team features some new, and a few familiar, faces now.

Culeen Carey, vice president for advancement, joined Notre Dame in 2020 with experience in major gift, endowment, capital and foundation campaigns, raising more than $18 million in cash and future gifts during her 12 years with the Boy Scouts of America, Lake Erie Council. She has worked in strategic fund development and stakeholder relations in nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including with the YMCA of Greater Cleveland and area commercial real estate companies.

Ann Coakley has served as senior donor relations officer at Notre Dame since 2016. She started her career in advancement as a volunteer raising critical research investment funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. She was a member of the development staff at HealthSpace Cleveland and Boys Hope Girls Hope Northeastern Ohio, where she was interim director for two years. She continues her connection with Notre Dame as she prepares for a new position in advancement at Gilmore Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio.

Nakeysha Hamilton ’07 started in 2020 at her alma mater as director of alumni relations and annual giving. She is the owner and operator of Hamilton Strategy Co. She has worked in consumer marketing and business operations, managing projects and philanthropic efforts for the Verizon Foundation. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in business administration, marketing, from Notre Dame in 2007.

Nadya Jacoby, associate director for advancement, has worked with the Notre Dame advancement team for more than three years. She is a Certified Public Accountant and manages the alumni and donor database, donor stewardship, related finances and programs for the department. She began her tenure at Notre Dame as the office manager at the Counseling Center and was instrumental in securing several sizable grants, focusing on suicide prevention and wellness, for this office.

38 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Honor Roll of Donors

The College recognizes the importance and great honor of distinguishing, with deep gratitude and in continual prayer, the many individuals, families, organizations and others who tirelessly give of their time, talent and treasure to our community as we continue to educate, in the Catholic tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame, a diverse population for personal, professional and global responsibility. Should any changes be required to this honor roll, please direct them to the Office of Advancement by email to [email protected]; by phone at 216.373.6532; or via U.S. mail to Notre Dame College, Development Office, 4545 College Road, South Euclid, OH 44121. This issue of Notre Dame Today includes donors for the period of January 1, 2019, to December 30, 2019.

$1,000,000+ Judith Lang Curran '57 Justine Ellison Sharp and Jack D. and Cynthia A. Elber Derrick Sharp* Sisters of Notre Dame Christopher and Maria Ellison* Scott G. and Catherine K. Slaughter Margaret Noetzel Ellison and Daniel and Marci Ungar John Ellison* $250,000 - $499,999 William A. and Diane C. Valerian Michael and Shatoya Ellison* Gretchen Noetzel Walsh and Rachel Ellison-Lewis and Fred Lewis* Michael J. Walsh* Anonymous Elizabeth Walsh Frey and Kevin Frey* Margaret W. Wong, Esquire Richard R. Geier and Family Bob and Nancy Geschke Catherine Walsh Yates and Mary and Thomas Gilbane, Jr. David Yates* $100,000 - $249,999 Kevin and Cara Hurley* Mary K. Hurley '78 $50,000 - $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Chambers Michael and Kate Hurley* Richard L. and Robbin Garcia Monica Noetzel Hurley and The Cleveland Foundation The John Huntington Fund for Brian Hurley* Dustin Family Foundation Education Thomas and Emily Hurley* The Estate of Sam and Maria Miller Teresa and Jeffrey Karlovec Mr. and Mrs. James Dustin Samuel H. and Maria Miller Foundation John J. Kirn, Jr. and Dolores M. Kirn The Geier Foundation Ray and Katie Murphy Karen B. Lieberman Dr. Robert Geier Normandy Catering Service & Nancy A. and Casey J. McKeon Mueller Roofing Distributors, Inc. Party Center, Inc. Gabrielle Miller Ohio Department of Higher Education Ray and Eleanor Smiley Carl and Ann Monastra The Ohio Foundation of Independent Anna Noetzel and Anthony Gatuso* Colleges, Inc. Bridget Noetzel and Logan Wright* DONORS TO THE NOETZEL The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss David Christopher Noetzel, Foundation FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP In Memoriam* Smiley Family Charitable Foundation ENDOWMENT FUND Evan Noetzel and Julia Reardon* James Noetzel and Emily Knoll* $25,000 - $49,999 *Indicates Noetzel Family Donor Justin and Janine Noetzel* Kathleen Noetzel* William J. Adler, Jr. and Elizabeth Mark and Karen Noetzel* Ascendium Education Group Ritchie Adler Michael and Mary Noetzel* Dennis Chiancone Bill and Martha Avery Jolan V. Palkovitz Albert J. DeGulis Doris M. Belovich '49 Dr. David and Karen Peereboom Carol Huber Fegen '59 and Dr. J. Russell F. and Lynn Berzin Sandra and Frank J. Petrovic Peter Fegen Mary Noetzel Brevard* Dennis and Luann Rossi KeyBank Foundation Mathew and Julie Brevard* Ronald S. and Cynthia Schickler Sisters of Charity Foundation Ryan and Marianne Brevard* Paula M. Claar Schmansky '75 of Cleveland Daniel J. and Francine C. Clark and Thomas K. Schmansky William A. and Diane C. Valerian

 Denotes donors who are now deceased. NDT NEW DAY 39 GOLD MEMBER BRONZE MEMBER Kelly R. Holcomb $10,000 - $24,999 $1,000 - $4,999 Insurance Management Company Judith L. Jacobs AC - Coach Operations, Inc. Able Drywall Co. & Supply, Inc. Lillian E. Vosmik Joliat '51 Ayco Charitable Foundation Abrasive Supply Company, Inc Teresa and Jeffrey Karlovec Katz-Ungar Philanthropic Fund Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Carole A. Albanese Aizenman '68 Maggie R. King Mary Noetzel Brevard and Morris Aizenman Donna W. Hiznay Kleiner '76 and Daniel J. and Francine C. Clark Anonymous Lothar W. Kleiner Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Melissa A. and David M. Bacon Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kramer Donley's, Inc. Dana M. Holy Kromer, DO '81 and Mac M. and Debbie Donley Doris M. Belovich '49 Mr. and Mrs. John Betchkal Thomas R. Kromer Sharon Shiplett Gandee '63 and Kay D. Lazio Bidinger '58 and Thomas G. and Carrie Kruczek Robert Gandee George H. Bidinger Kulas Foundation Philip H. and Jane G. Geier Fund John C. and Colleen I. Bloomstine The Laub Foundation Ann M. Hawkins and David R. Hodgson Richard J. Bogomolny and Estate of Geri Ann Locker '57 Stella Corbett Hetzer '59 and Patricia M. Kozerefski Scott A. and Barbara Lowery John J. Hetzer Mathew and Julie Brevard The Catherine L. and Monica Noetzel Hurley and Ryan and Marianne Brevard Edward A. Lozick Foundation Brian Hurley Brookfield Properties Maloney+Novotny, LLC KPMG Foundation Diane M. Steele Bugner '73 and M. Joan McCarthy Jeffrey T. and Janet Leitch Edward F. Bugner Nancy Meacham '67 Barbara and Abraham Miller The Honorable Kathleen B. Burke and Medical Mutual of Ohio Barbara and Abraham Miller William S. Gaskill Carl and Ann Monastra Family Foundation The Catholic Foundation Bridget Noetzel and Logan Wright Estate of Sarah A. Miller '53 Ann C. Salvatore Chasar '65 and Daniel P. O'Neil Jack and Marsha Myslenski Dwight W. Chasar O'Neill Brothers Foundation Mark and Karen Noetzel Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, Peter R. and Sue Osenar Parker Hannifin Foundation Inc. Dr. David and Karen Peereboom Joan M. Cronin Reagan '52 Cleveland State University Foundation Victoria L. and John W. Peterson Katharine G. Byrider Phelan '54 and Dennis and Luann Rossi Margaret M. Heintel Conway '63 and Harold Phelan Joseph Scaminace and Cynthia John P. Conway PNC Bank Maglosky Daryl K. and Jennifer D. Deckard Amy and Michael Delaney Dr. Margaret M. Poloma '65 Gino A. and Marisa A. Scipione Deloitte Foundation Joseph and Tamara Pophal Margaret W. Wong, Esquire Robert J. Digeronimo Christine Mead Powers '93 and Stephen Ellebracht Dr. Richard Powers SILVER MEMBER Mary Katherine Evans '65 William L. and Barb Rich $5,000 - $9,999 Fidelity Charitable Geoffrey J. and Molly M. Ritts Drs. Susan M. Ray and Thomas Roddy Joseph Finocchio Dr. Andrew P. and Mrs. Judy Roth Anonymous Fluid Line Products, Inc. RPM International Inc. Russell F. and Lynn Berzin Michelle M. and Michael A. Franczek Joseph Scaminace Foundation The Conway Family Foundation Jeannie M. Gallagher Michael P. and Trina E. Scharf Mary and James Conway John P. Galovic, Ed.D. and Delmas A. and Sandra K. Schock Grant Thornton, LLP Kathleen A. Galovic Donald E. Schuele Sean W. and Teresa B. Hardy The GE Foundation Schwab Charitable Jones Day Thomas Geier Marian and Michael R. Shaughnessy Sanjiv K. and Anju N. Kapur Bob and Nancy Geschke Deborah L. Sheren, DBA and Lori A. and Andrew W. Kosko Gesu Catholic School Barbara E. Stevens '93 The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust Carol Giltz and Chester Stoner Giltz In loving memory of Dorothy Mae Reverend Edward E. Mehok Alicia Reuscher Gleixner '60 and Zivcsak Simon '56 Michael and Mary Noetzel Eugene Gleixner Dr. Carole P. Smith '61 Frances A. Nugent '50 Karl D. and Diana M. Glunz The Helen F. & Louis Stolier Bethany L. Pugh Susan K. Siegwarth Hack '70 and Family Foundation Natalie M. Strouse Edward G. Hack Julie Stout Anna A. and Richard A. Warren II Laura R. Hammel Lauretta A. Strouse

40 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Mary S. Borzy Takacs '56 and Thomas S. and Melissa A. Feola Marieann Berg Shovlin '62 and Edward Takacs Diane M. and Thomas T. Fistek Michael D. Shovlin Kailey M. Thompson A. Dale and Gwendolyn M. Flowers The Shovlin Trust Todd Associates, Inc. Derek D. Foore '13 Fareed and Laura Siddiq Total ID Solutions, Inc. Elizabeth Walsh Frey and Kevin Frey Mariellen Terwoord Simon '68 and Truline Industries Molly and Raymond A. Fuerst, Jr. Robert Simon Daniel and Marci Ungar Hedy Varga-Sinka Fye '61 and Carol Sisson and Paul Kowalczyk Jeanette M. Nauman Van De Motter Charles E. Fye, Jr. Brooke and Michelle Spectorsky '51 and Charles P. Van De Motter Harbor Education Services, LLC Leslie A. Sledz Stadler Berch '71 and Pamela Wright Waitinas '61 Maria Vida Urbancic Horn '57 George Stadler Jonathan Wakeen '12 and Theodore Horn Jessica Stout Gretchen Noetzel Walsh and Paul S. and Kimberly A . Howe Mary Elizabeth Swinker, Ph.D. '75 Michael J. Walsh Jackson Foot & Ankle Clinic Marilyn R. Terbraak '62 Beverly A. Frattura Waltz '58 and JAG Education Services, LLC Margaret E. Kloss Thorp-Orlowski '65 Richard J. Waltz Johnson & Johnson Family and Gerard Orlowski The Clara Weiss Fund of Companies United Way of Greater Cleveland Youngstown Service Shop, Inc. Suzanne Gauchat Joseph '70 and Rhianna Weall Dr. Mary V. Zeller '64 Dr. Benoy Joseph Cornelius J. and Sheila M. Whitford Tina M. DiBacco Jurcisin '85 and Janet Borer Winton '60 Christopher A. Jurcisin TOWER CLUB Steven J. Wood Donald and Audrey Kadusky $500 - $999 Paula M. and William A. Zigmont Mary Sue Kaliszewski, Ph.D. '85 and Bill Cassarly NOTRE DAME CLUB 1964 Rugby Foundation Kehoe & Associates, LLC $300 - $499 Anonymous Kelsey and Luke Stopp Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Jodi and Jeffrey Kephart Capital, LLC John J. and Dolores M. Kirn 360 Insurance Services, LLC Sarah Bonilla Judith M. Lachvayder-Frazier '65 Jeanine Aitken and Michael P. Aitken John H. Borkey, Jr. Ariel Linberger Elizabeth A. and Mark D. Aniol Sally Louise Bostwick '54 George C. and Angel N. Linberger Anonymous Mark H. and Kathryn Brandt The Lubrizol Foundation William Arnold CT Consultants, Inc. Allison M. Luksic BK Insurance & Financial Service Cassie Burkey Michael Maxwell Michael Balla Jodie M. and Glenn E. Cahill Anne C. Fischer Mayer '51 and Walter J. Benson Erin K. Calhoun Richard E. Mayer Bob Sumerel Tire Co., Inc. Gabriella R. Calderon Joanne J. Plaga McNamee '65 and Ron Bokan Michael R. Canty Dr. David L. McNamee Mary G. Bounds '83 Taesun and Sung K. Cha Meador Supply Co., Inc. Peter and Kelly Burke Ann G. Coakley Christopher and Dianne Murphy Kristin E. Smith Butterfield '99 and Dennis L. Coleman and James Noetzel and Emily Knoll Jerry Butterfield Mary E. Goodson Kathleen Noetzel Cardinal School District Donald A. and Beth Coleman The Northern Trust Company Dave and Tracey Carpenter Christine Gottermeyer Curtis '64 Mary Karen Killeen O'Neil '64 and Evelyn Carter and Henry B. Curtis John P. O'Neil Diane Hitch Chesko '96 and Steven Decamp Anne F. Poorman '84 and Eric Cotton James Chesko Allison Delaney Richard W. Porto Chipotle Mexican Grill Grace M. Sgro DiDomenico '64 Professional Electric Products Co. Constellation Schools and Louis DiDomenico Julie Censky Randall '60 and Robert and Penelope DiBiasio Carol F. Diedrichs-Himes '81 John C. Randall Mary Donlon and Walton L. Himes Rockwell Automation Charitable Gail L. and James C. Eddy Barb Draves Corporation Robert Ellebracht Audrey M. Hubeny Dvorak '56 David Sauld Linda D. and Patrick Farrell Terri Bradford Eason and Marc Schrade Samantha Flowers '19 Clayton L. Eason, Sr. Susan Kimszal Shea '76 and Shawn Flowers Beth A. Egan '97 and Allan R. Neis Daniel Shea Brian and Barbara Fonderlin ExxonMobil Foundation Priscilla M. Greszler Shields '69 and Richard Fridrich in memory of Fairport Harbor Band Boosters, Inc. John A. Shields, Jr. Ann Byrne Fridrich '65

 Denotes donors who are now deceased. NDT NEW DAY 41 Erin H. Gaisser-Sadler '94 Cynthia Santoro Dalia R. Kavaliunas Bitenas, Ph.D. '73 Sharon A. Galinac Eric M. Shega '13 and Rimantas Bitenas Joseph J. and Elenia Gault John H. and Jody L. Shultz Blackstone Funeral Home, Inc. Marlene A. Hennes Girton '63 Charlie Simkovich Vicki L. and Christopher Boshkos Greater Cleveland Council of Dusty R. and Michael L. Smith Dr. Laura S. Bouch-Raasch '88 and Orthodox Clergy Shelby Stephens Elvin Raasch Michael S. and Katherine L. Guzik Sandra K. Stewart Marilyn R. Markert Bourguignon '55 Margaret A. Russell Haile '67 and Stuart Smith Insurance Agency, LLC and Edward M. Bourguignon Gary Haile Halli Swiger Mary Helen Braeunig '57 Susan and Jeffery Hamilton Syracuse Management Alan Braun Heller, Maas, Moro & Magill Co., L.P.A. Jenny Thomson The Alan Braun Revocable Trust Mary Kay Meacham Hemenway, Trim & More, Inc. James E. and Julia M. Brogan Ph.D. '65 Vermilion Band Boosters Club, Inc. Helen Laslo Brown '52 Taylor Henderson Perry and Madonna Wells Anne Bruder '88 Drs. Marjorie and Florentine Hoelker Mark Weymer Stephen and Jean Bucchieri James H. Holle Mark and Shawna Whitlock Maria T. and Anthony Bucco Christopher '08 and Shannon Holz Jeffrey and Michele K. Williamson Brandon T. Bucknell '15 Susan Hren Christopher D. Zelinsky Catherine Calder Kyle Hysell Audrey M. Reinmann Zupan '52 and Joyce and Edward G. Calderon Ingram, Cassese & Grimm, LLP Cyril F. Zupan Mary E. Fischer Campbell '42 Mary Jane Janki '64 Mary L. McKee Campbell '61 Aaron and Cheyenne Jefferson Heather and Mathew Campfield CENTURY CLUB Christine Greeney Kohls '92 Marvin and Denise Canfield John S. Korpusik and $100 - $299 Denise Carkhuff Leta E. Kane-Korpusik Lorraine K. Rusian Carnes '72 Lynn Kosmynka Jacob M. Allen '16 Daria D. Castro Mary Jo Cooper Kranz '56 Yvonne Allen Marcella A. Frato Castellarin '57 Estate of Mary Kathleen Hawkins Alliance Data Systems, Inc. Caterpillar Foundation Lasch '50 Ally Financial, Inc. Catholic Charities Corporation W. Scott and Anna M. LeMaster Janet L. Amer '50 Catholic Charities Migration and Alexis Maciejowski Chadrick A. Anderson Refugee Services Jeff D. and Sherri M. Marshall Diane Anderson Joseph Charboneau Erin M. McGrath '12 Anonymous Tony Ciavarella Joan E. Fisher McGuire '56 Diane K. and Michael Arens Anthony Cicione Shari M. Miley and Erich Lenz Scott and Kimberly Armitage Arlene Perko Clancy '69 and Gary Minadeo Avanaire Design, LLC Robert J. Clancy Kelsi Miske BL Restaurant Operations, LLC Cleveland Internationals Soccer Club Monarch Recovery Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Cleveland Rugby Academy Dr. Carolyn F. Nemec '80 and Mathews Nancy Codori Carl Schiko Sharon K. Balchak, Ph.D. '84 Collaborative To End Human Trafficking Northeast Ohio Medical University Joyce A. Banjac, Ph.D. Mary Alice Conkey '85 Cheryl L. and Victor E. Noviski Bar Louie-Lyndhurst Karyn Nelson Conrath '82 and One South Euclid Mary Budd Barnett '51 and Richard C. Conrath David E. Orosz, Ph.D. and Linda Orosz Robert Barnett John G. and Colleen Cooney Tina S. and Jed T. Owen Christine A. Smigel Barni '63 Mary M. Coppolo P.J. McIntyre's Irish Pub Bill Barone Linda Council Jennifer L. and Kirk A. Parker Cynthia Barone Patricia V. Rybicki Coviello '52 and Deborah M. and James D. Paskell Judy Bartel Dr. James J. Coviello Jacqueline M. and Scott E. Payne Daniel C. Beaver '17 Stephen A. and Karen S. Crandall Kristen Peace Thomas Beans Debra Jones Crawford '76 and Mark and Diana C. Pierson Steven and Pamela S. Beasore E. Vincent Crawford Timothy W. and Lori E. Purdy Mary Louise Jurkiewicz Beckstrom '87 Croatia Juniors Inc. Raising Results LLC and Jeffrey J. Beckstrom Judith Lang Curran '57 Matthew S. and Kimberley M. Richards Belief Sports USA Richard Decamp Michael and Denise Rinkus Rosemarie Benya, Ph.D. '64 Antonio J. Delgado Rossi Insurance Agency Karl Beus Courtney Dennis Safelite Fulfillment Inc. Maureen Raleigh Bihn '79 Meghan Dennis

42 NOTRE DAME TODAY SPRING 2021 Cardez Diaz Gretchen A. Hallerberg and Danielle N. and Michael G. Larson Martha J. Diederich '59 J. Walton Tomford Leatherman's Garage Dina's Pizza & Pub, Inc. Richard Harding Janet Ledbetter Mary Jo Fornadel Domen '75 and Patricia E. Harding Marie Schneider Lee '45 Mark Domen Sondra J. and Stephen R. Hardis Mary Jo and Paul F. Levand Mary Anne F. Gerak Donner '53 Charitable Trust Dr. Ronald J. and Joy Lewellyn Carole B. Bucila D'Onofrio '70 and Meghan J. Hardy Joan H. Falatek Lidrbauch '59 Michael A. D'Onofrio Brian P. Harp '14 Brenna Lorek Mary Ellen Quinn Drobnick '66 Harry Buffalo Laura Lorek Bradley D. Dumas '13 Cynthia M. Hawkins-Stallworth '75 Tim M. Lowery '16 and Jennifer Lowery Lea V. Echan '93 and Edward M. Echan Rebecca Henn M. J. Baker Financial Advisors Marley Ford Eiger '70 and Charlie Hogan Lauren B. Macer '13 Robert Shields Sheri Hogan Gary and Cyndi R. Maciejowski Katherine E. Elsenbeck Joan M. Lutkus Holmes '65 Joanne Dula Madison '67 and Amy E. Enos Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Robert L. Madison FKP21 LLC Stephen and Sally Hotchkiss Stephen and Stephanie Malbasa Thomas M. Fabbro Hudson's English Pub & Bistro Deborah Mantone Estamarie Fairchild William Hurst Markovich Land Improvements, LLC Lee and Kathryn Fawcett IBM Corporation Robert Markovich Laura J. Fecko '96 JKM Services, LLC Tucker Marston Dr. John and Mary '93 Ferron J.P. Clark Insurance Agency, Inc. Jessica Marty Christy and John J. Filak, Jr. Jack's Delicatessen James L. Mason Kris Fleeman Brian and Shayna Jackson Mary Jo Spoerl Mathias '55 and Phil Fogarty William L. Jacobs Charles T. Mathias Beth A. Johnson Ford '00 and Justine Jaklitsch '64 Lisa S. Winger Matula '85 and Matthew Ford Anne C. Jarrad Valentine Matula Mikaela Fording Debbie Johnson Don and Denise May Elizabeth Way Franklin '72 and Sherry L. and Terrence A. Johnson Sherri May John H. Franklin, Jr. Linda A. Schostek Kacenjar '79 and Philip H. Maynard Jane A. Freund '65 Anthony Kacenjar Kathleen J. McCrillis '93 and Kevin J. and Cindi L. Freyhauf Thomas J. and Natalie A. Kayani Steven McCrillis Matt Frey Barbara A. Kelly, Ph.D. '68 Brandon McDowell Roseann M. Conforto Fusco '64 Jennifer S. Keppler '95 Christina McDowell Ganley Chevrolet of Aurora, LLC Jeffrey T. and M. Bridget Kerr Susan L. McGinn Geraldine M. Feldhake Gast '44 and Kenneth D. and Irene E. Kerro Barbara A. Schade McGreer '64 and William Gast Janet M. Kicher '80 and John McGreer Joseph J. and Elenia Gault Thomas P. Kicher John D. McMahon and Diane M. and Richard W. Gent, Jr. Rita M. Brady Kiefer '53 and Jane Sheahan McMahon Andy Gess Jerome A. Kiefer Karoline Medancic William Gess Mary M. Todd Knake '65 and Denise K. Mackert Meeks '84 and Gibbs and Nesbitt Funeral Home, LLC Dr. Walter P. Knake, Jr. Thomas Meeks Mary and Thomas Gilbane, Jr. Michael F. Knapik and Albert D. and Jeannine Melchiorre Karen L. Marshall Gilliam, Ph.D. '87 and Dr. Mark E. Hostettler Robert Mercuri John W. Gilliam Lorna A. O'Connor Knazek '67 and Victor A. Mezacapa III Cecilia Girz, Ph.D. '70 and Richard Knazek The Middlefield Bank Company Army Armstrong Marsha Paul Kolke '70 and Kevin Kolke Midwest Marlins Baseball, LLC Stephanie N. Glueck '13 Michael Kosko Russ and Diane Miklos Richard Goodban Michael and Jean Kosko James Millar Angela M. Grajczyk Teresa Krajewski Terry E. Montz Growing Opportunities, LLC Mary Jeanne "Jean" Coleman Kray Kevin T. and Sarah E. Mooney Michele A. Dulick Gubernatis '68 and '49 and Gene Kray Gerald D. Moore James E. Gubernatis Nan Krebs '54 Patrice Moore Richard and Carol '75 Richard S. and Barbara A. Krivanka Tamara Moore Brodnick Gundelach Regina M. Breig Kupecky '70 and Marie T. Morelli '64 Tony Hajjar Donald J. Kupecky Bonnie Rufo Morosi '71 Marian L. O'Loughlin Halasz '52 and Landerhaven Dental Associates Morrow Group & Company Louis Halasz John Langenderfer Guya A. Munn

 Denotes donors who are now deceased. NDT NEW DAY 43 Janet E. and Robert D. Musson Jonathan D. Schleicher '09 Marilyn F. Fisher Venables '80 Katharina Nagy Mary Elizabeth Schmalz and Dr. Katalin A. Almay Volker '68 and Dr. Victoria J. Marsick '67 and Thomas D. Schmalz Eugene Volker Peter Neaman John and Barbara S. Schubert Diane R. Chayka Wahl '65 and David K. Neiswander Andrew and Melinda Schultz Robert G. Wahl Carol A. Murphy and Elaine M. Honacki Schwerko '65 and Matt Warthman Peter H. Niewiarowski Albert Schwerko John Weitzel Justin and Janine Noetzel Shaker Law Offices, LLC The Honorable Georgine Welo and Northeast Ohio Psychological Sherwin-Williams Foundation Carter Welo Traci J. and Wayne M. Olson Sara Shoaff Julia Wendell Mary Jo and John O'Neill Shoaff's Window Cleaning, LLC Howard & Sandy Wenger and Family Patricia A. Opaskar '65 Virginia A. Kollin Shovlin '62 and Virginia Pliska Wenzel '64 and Kathleen Otto Gerald L. Shovlin Mark V. Wenzel Kelly A. Selais Ovsek Richard Siderowf Karen White Paladin Protective Systems, Inc. Donna M. Lesko Simon '68 and Janet M. Stropki Wiece '65 and Vincent Palombo, D.B.A. and Theodore A. Simon Robert Wiece Jill Palombo Linda Janchar Sinar '69 and David Sinar Micah Windson Dean Parker Gustave J. and Frances M. Skapek Steve and Leverne Windsor Sandra M. and David A. Paulchel Mary Lou Blake Slania '69 and Anita Z. Petelinek Witt '65 and Paypal Charitable Giving Fund Stephen V. Slania Adolf N. Witt Alyssa A. Henning Perna '10 Herbert Smith, Jr. Wood Fired Foods, LLC John Petrunak Timothy G. and Regina T. Smith James Woods and Delores George M. and Pamela J. Phillips Veronica C. Finneran Smith '54 Robinson-Woods Dr. Helen Kuhn Pigage '69 William B. and Marlene R. Sparks Robert P. and Samantha M. Wright Mary H. Skelley Pilla '51 Jill Spielvogel Dr. May Wykle and William L. Wykle The Plumbing Source St. Ignatius High School Sylvia M. Juris Xeras '62 and Tony and Karen Poelking Joseph M. Staab, Jr. Robert T. Xeras Mary Louise Pestak Poje '68 and Betty Stallings Elizabeth A. Rossum Zaboly '56 Robert G. Poje Elizabeth and Clifford Stallings Anthony Zaccagnini Barbara C. Pophal Tom Stanley Julie Zachar Dr. Mark Pophal Rebecca Lippay Stary '64 and Brian A. Zeid Beatrice Pruett Gerald D. Stary Madeleine C. Grdina Znidarsic '57 and Richard Pruett Ted and Monica Steiner Dr. Adolf F. Znidarsic Catherine L. MacDonald Quinlan '49 Kelley R. and Brian M. Stephens and John F. Quinlan Chuck Steward GIFTS IN-KIND Brad Rabal Morgan Sullivan Concetta "Toni" A. Piunno Rash '64 Angela Gregur Sustarsic '45 Stephen Benjamin Ravenna Runners Club Patricia A. Hocevar Suster '63 and Sisters of Notre Dame Razor Marketing LTD The Honorable Ronald Suster State Crest Carpet & Flooring, Inc. Evan Noetzel and Julia Reardon Agnes R. Hellman Szpila '45 Judy Reardon Betty Riedel Takitch '64 Chris and Kelly Resch Team Challenger FC Shirley A. Reynolds Dean Testa Katelyn Rheude Todd and Pamela Testa Theresa A. Tokesky Riedl '70 and Patricia Tierney Richard E. Riedl Janet Tilton '92 and Robert C. Tilton Christopher C. and Kimberly A. Roberto Joan Walker Tonelli '69 and Christopher and Natalie A. Ronayne Richard L. Tonelli Vince and Tracey Ruggieri Margaret Ann Trivison '64 Ray N. Russ '15 Donna Trombetta Jeffrey S. and Tamara L. Sabrin Laz Tromler Katherine Sala Myron Trotch Noel Salwan Jeanette M. Camino Turton '60 and Patricia Lyons Samuel, Ph.D. '66 and Lawrence J. Turton Roger Samuel Frances E. Ulrich, Ed.D. Rosetta Saraniti '86 United Way of Rhode Island Ronald S. and Cynthia Schickler Kathleen M. and Ivan Valentic

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