Making a Difference, an Achievement- and Action-Oriented Perspective Which Is Central to the Ethos of the Entire Bryant Community
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A BR y A nt UnivERSity RESo URc E foR PR ofESSionA l SU ccESS SUMMER 2011 september 23-25 Making a Reunion Difference Homecoming @ Visit www.bryant.edu/reunion for details. in a tradition that began shortly after Bryant’s move from Providence to Smithfield, Ri, the Bryant community recently joined together for the 34th Annual festival of lights. the celebration of holidays from around the world included a candlelight procession that began in the Koffler Rotunda (pictured), and ended with a celebratory tree and menorah lighting at the Machtley interfaith center. BA nco SA ntA ndER SUPPo Rt S Si E innovAtion thR o U gh RESEARch 148 th co MMEncEMEnt 210723.C.indd 2 7/27/11 5:19 PM sUMMer 2011, VOLUMe 18 , nUMBer 2 You’re part of Make Bryant PUBLisHer PrOjeCt COOrdinatOr Bryant’s legacy. part of yours. Bryant University Office of Leslie Bucci ’77 1 24 University Advancement President’s Message PHiLantHrOPY in aCtiOn James Damron, Vice President design/PrOdUCtiOn A donation by Banco Santander supports for University Advancement Sandra Kenney Malcolm Grear Designers students’ access to the Sophomore PUBLisHing direCtOr International Experience program. Elizabeth O’Neil PHOtOgraPHY Victoria Arocheo As a Bryant graduate, you know that editOr Peter Goldberg Karen Maguire Don Hamerman 26 Richard Howard sPOtLigHt On: FaCULtY business is about more than debits and credits Managing editOr Matthew Lester 2 Faculty members are recognized Stasia B. Walmsley Pam Murray gaMe CHangers and that education takes you far beyond the Patrick O’Connor for excellence in teaching, research, COntriBUting Writers Doug Plummer Visionary alumni share their stories mentorship, and service. John Castellucci David Silverman of innovation and success. classroom. 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Publication offices are CeLeBrating researCH and leGAcY located in the Office of University Advancement, Bryant engaged Learning University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917-1284. legacy = Periodicals postage paid at Providence, RI, The Bryant community comes and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send together for a day-long event to share reMeMBer BrYAnt address changes to Bryant Magazine, Bryant University, meaningful scholarship and research. Bryant + x • • 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI, 02917-1284. In your estate plan (x = you) 210723.C.indd 3 7/29/11 10:44 AM President’s Message I n thIs Issue of Bryant magazIne we focus on makIng a dIfference, an achievement- and action-oriented perspective which is central to the ethos of the entire Bryant community. our alumni, faculty and students share a passion for taking the knowledge imparted in the classroom and making the world a better place. By bringing their talents, creativity and dedication to bear, the individuals we feature are making significant contributions to their professions and communities. that distinctive Bryant ethos is a hallmark of our future planning. throughout this spring and summer, Bryant has continued work on our bold strategic plan: Vision 2020, Expanding the World of Opportunity. this vision provides the framework for us to re-imagine Bryant’s leadership role in an age of unlimited global possibility. continuing the momentum of the past decade, our student-centered approach — focused on academic excellence and engaged learning — remains a cornerstone of the Bryant experience. through new academic initiatives and expanded programs of alumni engagement, in the decade ahead Bryant will rise to a new level of prominence in the global arena. we will be at the forefront of educating successful leaders of character who are prepared to make a difference in a global context. In rethinking Undergraduate Business Education, published by the carnegie foundation this spring, the authors advocate an integrative vision of business and liberal arts. the vital interdependence of nations around the world is increasingly managed by international business sectors that are tightly linked on a global scale; higher education must prepare students to engage as responsible and ethical leaders in the world they will inherit. Bryant’s distinctive curriculum and abundant programs for engaged learning are already designed for the connections that are needed. Expanding the World of Opportunity will take us to the next level in meeting the emerging challenges of the 21st century. the entire university community has worked together to offer ideas for continuing Bryant’s trajectory of success. we are inspired by the stories of Bryant alumni who make a difference, through service and innovation. together, we are creating Bryant’s legacy for the future. sincerely, rronald kk. mmachtley President 210723.P01.indd 1 8/17/11 3:04 PM gam e c hange rs hey say necessity is the mother did in ergonomics at Boeing but also of invention. When necessity innovations by five other Bryant graduates forced Sherrill Taylor Tooley ’78 in the fields of telecommunications, to come up with an inventive law, architecture, and mass merchandising. Tway of dealing with a dollars-and-cents As a Justice Department lawyer problem, she discovered that her Bryant who won a precedent-setting tax case, education helped. Angelo A. Frattarelli ’86 helped the b y J o h n C a s t e l l u cc i It was the early ’90s and Boeing, Internal Revenue Service recover billions hard-hit by a downturn in the aircraft of tax dollars that were questionably industry, was looking for ways to cut withheld by big corporations. spending. Tooley, who headed a team An architect with a Bryant MBA, of Boeing engineers devoted to reducing Frank A. Stasiowski ’75 has spent the workplace injuries, had to persuade past three decades introducing sound the company that disbanding her team business practices to design professionals. would be penny-wise and pound-foolish. As a telecommunications executive, “And that’s when I started to build Eric R. Handa ’97 helped pave the infor- and investigate the way to quantify mation superhighway. Heirs of the the cost of an injury. And thank God family furniture business, Peter ’78 and for Bryant because if it wasn’t for my Roland Cardi ’75, along with their brother Bryant background, I wouldn’t have had Nicholas, turned the humdrum job of the business acumen to do that invest- selling tables, sofas, and mattresses into igation,” she says. an opportunity to entertain, promote The profiles that follow showcase not local charities, and have fun. only the groundbreaking work Tooley 2 Bryant sUMMEr 2011 210723.P02_25_V2.indd 2 8/3/11 8:53 PM Making human performance analysis into a priority SH E R R I L L T AY L O R T O O L E Y ’ 7 8 workplace ergonomics. In her 30 years at refueling — and determining whether Boeing, Tooley presented more than 100 the equipment they were handling papers and devised a system for quanti- was easy to use. fying the cost of job-related injuries. “And of course I knew nothing,” Now semi-retired and living in a sub- Tooley says. “So the first thing they did urb of Seattle, WA, Tooley left Boeing in was send me to school.” 2009 to run her husband’s roofing com- Tooley took a 40-hour course on air- pany. During the final decade she worked craft and flying at Boeing. She read for Boeing, she became a technical fellow, textbooks on human engineering and joining the elite corps of employees was mentored by a senior employee.