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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

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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

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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

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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. n alligator squeeze riveter Boeing recruits into management because She did such a good job assessing is a pneumatically operated of their contributions and expertise. what went tool used to drive rivets Things didn’t always look so promis- on in air- through metal. On a Boeing ing. When she first went to work in the plane cock- Asubassembly line in Wichita, KS, a Boeing plant in Wichita, it was as a tem- pits that, worker who used the 32½-pound tool to porary office worker responsible for data when the attach rivets to aircraft components processing using a keypunch machine. Pentagon had to support the riveter with his shoul- “This little old lady in the employ- ordered ders and arms. ment office looks at my résumé and gave Boeing and That was before the Pentagon ordered me the lecture from Beelzebub,” Tooley other defense defense contractors to modernize their says. “‘Young lady, you have an educa- contractors factories and — while they were at it — cut tion. What are you doing? You can’t work to modernize down workplace injuries. A team of engi- in keypunch.’” their factories neers headed by Sherrill Taylor Tooley ’78 Instead Tooley was given a job as and cut workplace injuries, Boeing gave devised a rotating-collar counterbalance an engineering estimator. She calculated her the job of evaluating the effect that system that took the weight off the the cost of the computer resources that the computerized assembly-line equipment worker, reducing the likelihood he would Boeing proposed including in the military was going to have on its employees. be hurt on the job. aircraft it was competing with other “I was assigned to come up with “I got a call from a worker’s wife,” defense contractors to build. a human factors plan, where one of the Tooley remembers. “She said, ‘Are you The job didn’t last long. A manager elements was going to be ergonomics, that lady with that ergonomics stuff?’ said, “You’ve got way too much talent to while the other focused on the safety of And I said (warily), ‘Yes, and how may be doing this.” Tooley was promoted the worker in this new environment. I help you?’ to human performance analyst. The work And it was from that one position that it “‘Well, I just wanted to thank you,’ involved evaluating the demands placed just snowballed,” Tooley says. “I woke the woman said. ‘You put in that collar on key personnel — such as the pilots who up two years later and I was a manager of thing. We went out dancing this fly the giant military tankers and the 42 human factors ergonomics engineers.” week. He came home Friday night, and operators of the boom used for mid-flight he wasn’t tired.’” An economics major at Bryant, Tooley says she “didn’t know one end of an airplane from another” when she went “I was assigned to come up with a human to work for Boeing after graduation. But she proved to be a quick study, factors plan.… Two years later I was a manager drawing on her Bryant education to rise from keypunch operator to an expert in of 42 human factors ergonomics engineers.”

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A N G E L O A. FRATTARELLI ’86

hree years ago, the Internal the practice — were taking advantage of Judge Tilley agreed and so, a year Revenue Service announced a loophole in the law that enabled them later, did the Fourth Circuit Court of what it said was a limited- to accelerate transaction-related deduc- Appeals. The lease between the BB&T time offer: Corporations that tions on facilities they leased from other Corporation and Södra Cell existed Thad stiffed the agency for billions companies, then leased back. only on paper, the court ruled. The BB&T of dollars could pay 80 percent of what In 1996, the IRS proposed regula- case set a precedent, enabling the IRS they owed now, or 100 percent later — tions to abolish the questionable tax to prevail in subsequent cases and offer plus penalties. shelters. But the regulations weren’t ret- corporations the 2008 “take-it-or-leave-it” It wasn’t a bluff. The corporations roactive, and there was a scramble by settlement that saved ordinary taxpayers had 30 days to take it or leave it. many large financial institutions to estab- billions of dollars. “We obviously have a strong hand,” lish the shelters before 1999, when the Frattarelli, who is now assistant chief said Douglas H. Shulman, the IRS new rules took effect. of the Civil Trial Section, Southern commissioner, “as we’ve been winning In 1997, the BB&T Corporation, Region of the Justice Department, these cases in court.” a bank holding company in North was honored for his work on the BB&T The Justice Department lawyer who Carolina, claimed a $4.5 million tax case and another involving a question- won the first of the cases Shulman was deduction by leasing part able tax shelter, alluding to was Angelo A. Frattarelli ’86, of a wood pulp mill from AWG Leasing Trust an avid bicyclist, father of two, and Södra Cell AB, a Swedish vs. the United States. Rhode Island native who worked in his company, and leasing it He received the family’s diesel repair shop in Smithfield back. The IRS disallowed department’s presti- before graduating from Bryant. the deduction and BB&T gious John Marshall “I got an opportunity to work with took the agency to court. Award in 2007 and my parents, neither one of whom went The case, which 2009. Among the other to college,” says Frattarelli, who went Judge Norwood Carlton award winners were on to attend the New England School Tilley Jr. called “an issue three assistant U.S. of Law (JD ’89) and New York University of first impression,” was attorneys who prose- School of Law (LLM ’90). “They instilled assigned to Frattarelli, cuted a gang of in me certain values about the impor- then a Justice Department trial lawyer high-profile drug dealers in Florida, and tance of hard work, and what you owe in Washington, D.C., and he argued in the team of Justice Department lawyers to your customers, in their case, or federal District Court in North Carolina who put Afghan Taliban cell leader in my case what I owe the taxpayers of in January 2007. Khan Mohammed behind bars. the United States.” On its face, the deal with Södra Cell “I felt very humbled that I would be Frattarelli says the taxpayers were looked complex. Frattarelli said it wasn’t. recognized among people who were being cheated because certain corpora- “My job in presenting that case, both doing work that I felt was far more note- tions were using questionable tax to the court on motion and if it had come worthy,” says Frattarelli. shelters to reduce their tax liability, in to the jury, was to explain that, despite effect forcing ordinary Americans to what looked to be a lot of moving parts pick up the tab. and complicated financial arrangements The corporations — according to The and documents, it isn’t that hard to see New York Times, more than 45 engaged in that nothing was happening,” he says.

“[My parents] instilled in me certain values about the importance of hard work.”

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“I was an artist and I wanted to be an architect. Suddenly I get into these business courses. I absolutely loved it.”

frank a. stasiowski ’75 mba

businesslike, Stasiowski says: “Marketing was considered unethical. Proposals were drawn up so carelessly that design Filling the need for effective firms got million-dollar fees and would spend $2 million getting the job done.” management training Stasiowski, who in March became the first graduate school alumnus to FRANK A. STASIOWSKI ’ 7 5 MB A receive Bryant’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, flourished in the MBA program, even though architects and engineers “were pretty much not on the radar screen s an architect with a master’s forcing everyone to streamline their of business schools” when he enrolled. degree in business, Frank business operations to survive. “I had never taken any business A. Stasiowski ’75 MBA was PSMJ Resources, Inc., the manage- courses in my whole life. I was an artist well aware of how far behind ment consulting company Stasiowski and I wanted to be an architect,” he says. Adesign firms lagged when it came to founded, was a kind of midwife to “Suddenly I get into these business courses, sound business practices. But he was the change. Providing data, training, and I loved nevertheless surprised by the brush-off and consulting to design profession- strategic he got when he proposed doing an als, PSMJ has helped modernize the planning. exhibit on computers at the American business of design. I loved Institute of Architects (AIA) tradeshow “The principles that we try to put the courses in 1979. into place in design firms today are like statis- Computers are irrelevant to A/E/C principles of good business practice,” tics and (architecture, engineering, and con- Stasiowski says. “Writing solid propos- accounting struction) firms, Stasiowski remembers als is number one, because that’s how that got me the AIA chairman saying. you get clients. into num- Just four years later, at a tradeshow “The second thing we do is make bers. And Stasiowski organized with his associates, sure that within the proposal there is then I got a small company called Autodesk, Inc., clarity around the business transaction: turned on to marketing. I absolutely loved unveiled an early version of its AutoCAD, what form of contract they will use, it. So I had found myself.” or computer-assisted drafting program. how will they get paid, what if they Armed with an MBA, Stasiowski “They exhibited at our tradeshow in have to stop work.” landed a job as general manager of King 1983 in Anaheim, California,” Stasiowski If all that seems like it should be & King, a 60-person, family-owned remembers, “and about 10,000 people self-evident, consider what the design architecture firm in Syracuse, NY. Like crammed into their booth.” industry was like in the 1970s. That’s most architecture companies, King & King Since then the personal computer when Stasiowski, who was then running hadn’t computerized its payroll or has replaced the architect’s drafting a small home-building company in billing. “They were literally operating table. Autodesk has grown into a multi- Rhode Island, enrolled in Bryant to learn their accounting out of shoebox,” he says. billion dollar company. And the way accounting and was talked into getting Stasiowski did what he could to get things are done in design, architecture, an MBA. King & King operating according to and engineering companies has Architecture, engineering, and sound business principles. In the process, changed dramatically, with small firms design were considered professions and he formed an association made up of growing into big ones and competition run according to principles that weren’t design firm business managers and

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210723.P02_25_V2.indd 5 8/3/11 8:53 PM started a newsletter to keep everyone One of them was Callison Architecture, informed of developments in the field. which grew from a 10-person company Stasiowski’s company, PSMJ in Seattle into a firm that now has Resources, grew out of that association. hundreds of employees worldwide. The Headquartered in Newton, MA, the company’s founder gave PSMJ credit company now advises design profession- for the transformation. “Before he died, als all over the planet. Its panoply of the owner, Tony Callison, said that products includes a project management it was our fault that he grew so much,” boot camp and a project delivery manual Stasiowski says. that’s 800 pages long. PSMJ has helped make the design industry more business-like, enabling small companies to grow into big ones.

Improving global telecommunications

ERIC R. HANDA ’97

n 1997, when Eric R. Handa gradu- tiny handheld devices that double as ated with honors in economics, phones provide connected mobility. high-speed Internet access was The change has come about thanks almost nonexistent. To get online, to data transfer speeds that were Iyou used dial-up, enduring excruciating once unheard of. The number of American waits for Web sites that were text-heavy households with high-speed Internet and stingy access jumped from less than 1 percent, or with graphics, 375,000, in 1999, according to the Federal e-mail mes- Communications Commission, to 68 sages that took percent, or more than 81 million last year. ages to get into Part of the credit belongs to Handa, your inbox, one of the small army of businesspeople search engines who created the global telecommunica- that were slug- tions networks that made affordable high- gish, and speed Internet access possible. search results In a class he took at Bryant, Handa that were slow learned about the handover of Hong to appear. Kong to China. He instantly became Now people use the Internet not only interested in the former British colony, to fire off e-mails and breeze through and found himself working there for Web sites but to shop, make telephone AT&T after graduation. He wound up in calls, watch television, and share videos. a part of the world where the telecom- And access isn’t limited to computers: munications industry was about to undergo explosive growth. “In Asia, because of the landscape “ If you’re this fly-by-night operation, that you’ve got 10 million people sandwiched in (places) the size of Providence, does very little in Asia. I’m a big believer in or Warwick, Rhode Island,” Handa says. “A network provider can roll out 50 cell people paying their dues.” towers and 50 fiber patches, and they’ve eric r. handa ’97 got 90 or 95 percent of the population covered.” As a result, telecommunication

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networks were built a lot earlier in Asia interpersonal skills necessary to navigate than they were in the U.S., where greater the Asian business world: “The United distances and lower population density States is a very open marketplace. We’ve made it a lot more expensive to create the driven down costs for the world, and physical infrastructure needed for high- we do host a lot of content,” McCarthy speed data transmission. says. “But to really get those data transport If Asia had the population density, rates down over in Asia, that takes a however, the United States had the open tremendous amount of relationship work marketplace. As an American living and respect for your business peers.” in Hong Kong, Handa took advantage of After AT&T, Handa worked for Tyco, both to create the telecommunications TATA Communications, and Bharti Airtel networks that have made broadband pos- Limited, spending more than a decade sible on a global scale. in Asia and seeing one Western company It took some diplomacy. “In Asia, after another close shop. you’re dealing with people who have not “I’ve seen a lot of U.S. companies, a so much ego as this ingrained culture lot of European companies, come to Asia of needing to save face, needing to have and leave three or four years later because respect, needing not to show weakness,” they don’t have what you learn when says Denis McCarthy ’96, ’97 MSA, you’re in Asia and you spend a consider- the friend and Bryant alumnus recruited able amount of time there,” he says. by Handa to act as chief financial officer Relationship and long-term perspec- for AP Telecom, the telecommunications tive are very important. “If you’re this company Handa recently established fly-by-night operation, that does very in the United States. little in Asia,” says Handa. “Our dad said to us According to McCarthy, Handa “I’m a big believer in people paying exhibited the cultural sensitivity and their dues.” growing up, ‘If you want this business, you need to make Branding themselves to make the business bigger.’” a local retail powerhouse roland p. “ron” cardi ’75

ROLAND P. CARDI ’75 AND PETER D. CARDI ’78

n the more than 30 years since they enough to support all these families,’” took over the business, the Cardi he says. brothers have built a small, family- It hasn’t been easy. Furniture chains owned store into one of the top compete not only with one another, I100 furniture chains in the country in but with all the other things vying for terms of volume. people’s disposable income, Peter Cardi In the process, Bryant alumni Roland says. In the face of buying a new car, P. “Ron” ’75 and Peter D. ’78 Cardi, upgrading a personal computer, or taking along with their brother Nicholas, have the kids to Disney World, replacing a turned themselves into a household mattress often drops to the bottom of name and transformed Cardi’s furniture the list. into a regional powerhouse, with 20 loca- “Everyone’s out there for the con- tions and 700 employees. sumer’s disposable dollars. Furniture is According to Nick Cardi, they had to. postponable,” Peter Cardi says. “Our dad said to us growing up, ‘If So the Cardi brothers have innovated, you want this business, you need to make creating a brand synonymous with their the business bigger because there’s not nickname — NiRoPe for Nick, Ron, and

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sell furniture as to entertain viewers — at the same time reminding them that Cardi’s exists. The TV commercial that Cardi’s aired during this year’s Academy Awards ceremony was typical. It didn’t win best picture. But it did get the point across, using a soft-sell approach that other fur- niture pitchmen seldom employ: A married couple walks into an empty movie theater. The woman looks around. She seems to wonder what’s happening. The screen lights up, a movie comes on — it’s the story of their life together. The day they were married, the kids growing up, the time the dog ate the chair. The envelope, please. And the winner is — a gift card to Cardi’s Furniture! The happy couple leaves the theater. The camera “Everyone’s out there for the turns around to reveal the Cardi brothers, Nick, Ron, and Peter, sitting in the row consumer’s disposable dollars. behind them. There are tears of joy in the Furniture is postponable.” brothers’ eyes. The Cardi’s have been making TV peter d. cardi ’78 commercials starring themselves for a couple of decades. They have their own sound stage — a space carved out of their Swansea, MA, distribution center — a fully equipped post-production studio Peter — and producing commercials that and a full-time radio and TV producer, aim to keep that brand uppermost in Larisa Vlasov, on staff. the consumers’ minds. In addition to being entertaining, “We were born and brought up with the Cardis promote local charities. a pick and shovel, not a golden spoon,” A typical commercial will say little or says Ron Cardi. “We needed an in-house nothing about the company or its advertising-coined name because in furniture, but a lot about such charities as the ’70s we went from being a store that the Heart Gallery and Ronald McDonald changed its prices to a store that didn’t House. Out of the 30-second Academy have any sales. Awards spot, there were only 2½ seconds “In doing that, coming from an that the Cardi logo was on the screen. Italian background of bartering for every- The hope, according to Peter Cardi, thing you buy, it was a culture shock is that people will watch even if they to the company and the neighborhood,” aren’t in the market to buy furniture. So Ron Cardi says. that when they are ready to buy furniture, The Cardi brothers took “NiRoPe” Cardi’s will be at the top of the list. from the name their Great Aunt Grace gave the rowboat they had when they were youngsters. The nickname became John Castellucci is a former Providence Journal part of the advertising slogan — reporter working as a freelance writer. His work “Guaranteed Lowest NI-RO-PE prices!” has appeared in previous issues of Bryant and — they used to reassure customers they in The Chronicle of Higher Education. were getting the best possible deal. The goal of the commercials is differ- ent from that slogan. It isn’t so much to

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BRYANT ALUMNI IN THE SOCIAL SECTOR

We make a living by what we earn. We make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

A rewarding career and a comfortable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender income are near-universal markers (LgBT) youth in Philadelphia. of success. But success comes in varied Then there is football standout Lorenzo forms, and many Bryant alumni have M. Perry ’07. Three years ago the gridiron found that improving the lives of others superstar saw his dream of playing Acan be as gratifying as a corner office. professional football in a start-up league The paths Bryant graduates follow dissolve with the economic collapse. to service and philanthropy are far Then he walked smack into an opportu- by Anne Diffily from uniform. Take Melissa A. (Wood) nity to mentor at-risk adolescents in his Radcliff ’90: Her undergraduate intern- old Providence, RI, neighborhood. ship with the State of Rhode Island led Eric A. Lewandowski ’05, a Duke MBA to work in the nonprofit world, first with candidate whose goal since high school crime victims and more recently with was corporate finance, wouldn’t have incarcerated mothers. predicted he’d ever work for a nonprofit. Two earlier alumni, Mary L. Dupont Yet he took an eye-opening detour into ’68, ’93H and James H. Bryson ’55, the burgeoning field of social enterprise pursued successful careers in accounting at Virginia-based Ashoka. and insurance, respectively, before find- Regardless of how they became ing their second callings — Dupont as engaged in the social sector, these alumni co-founder and CEO of a foundation that are clear about the rewards. It feels good, helps educate impoverished children in they say, to widen their horizons, both Tanzania, and Bryson as a gay activist personal and professional. It feels good to who established an institute supporting make a difference.

210723.P02_25_V2.indd 9 8/3/11 8:54 PM “[I] learned there was no plan, no fund-raising strategy, no marketing materials. I said, ‘Maybe I can help.’ ”

MARY L. DUPONT ’68, ’93H

Mary L. Dupont ’68, ’93H (top row, left) and a group of United States volunteers pack a container of books and school supplies bound for Tanzanian schoolchildren.

When Mary Dupont’s daughter, agement position at any of the “Big Six” men on the street corners, scrounging for Katherine Decelles, then a college stu- accounting firms. She later became an menial jobs,” Dupont says. dent, visited her former middle-school international tax partner, responsible for The Arden Foundation had expanded science teacher in Tanzania seven creating a single worldwide tax consult- its original mission from housing and Wyears ago, neither mother nor daughter ing process for the firm. After 32 years, feeding orphan boys to supporting edu- could imagine how their lives were she retired from KPMG in 2000. cation. “We ran a scholarship program, about to change. Today, as co-founder and president provided books and school supplies, and “Jim Arden (a retired Greenwich, CT, of EfforTZ, a small nonprofit run entirely helped arrange for volunteer teachers in Country Day School teacher) and by volunteers, she is anything but retired. three public schools,” Dupont says. his Tanzanian fiancée had set up a small Dupont started by collecting sup- Dupont and several other Arden board orphanage, the TACODA Children’s plies — towels, sheets, toothbrushes — members launched EfforTZ, dedicated Center, in the city of Arusha,” Dupont for the orphanage. Within a year, she to providing scholarships and other sup- recounts, “and they started to take groups was meeting stateside with Arden and port to the orphan boys and also to Maasai of American students over to help.” his wife. “I asked about the foundation’s girls; and to partnering with other non- Katherine came home brimming with business plan,” she says, “and learned stories of the young boys at the orphan- there was no plan, no fund-raising age. “The children she met were happy, strategy, no marketing materials. I said, smiling, and beautiful,” Dupont says. ‘Maybe I can help.’ ” She called an artist “Six months earlier, these same boys had friend, and together they produced an been sleeping in alleys.” Mary Dupont informational brochure and a Web site for reacted instantly: “What do they need?” the Arden Foundation. In short order So began Dupont’s second career Dupont was on the foundation’s board, as a hands-on philanthropist and foun- eventually chairing it. J dation president dedicated to providing Mary Dupont and her husband made educations — and the possibility their first visit to the orphanage four of better lives — to orphaned and impov- years ago. Situated on the outskirts of governmental organizations to fund a erished children in one of the world’s Arusha, a city of 350,000 in northern literacy program that reaches 2,700 poorest countries. Tanzania, the orphanage is an island in a students. Her husband, Robert Decelles; Dupont’s first career was with the sea of poverty. “School is free for children, daughter; and son-in-law have joined global accounting giant KPMG, but their families must purchase a uni- her on the organization’s board. where she landed after earning her form, pencil, paper, and books, which can This year EfforTZ provided scholar- degree at Bryant in 1968. She worked her run $50 to $60 a year,” Dupont says. ships for 16 Tanzanian children, 11 way up the corporate ladder, and in 1990, Some 80 percent of primary school in primary school, five in pre-secondary she was appointed partner-in-charge students go no further with their programs, and two in secondary of human resources. At the time, she was education and unemployment runs close school. Those who don’t continue on to the first woman to hold this senior man- to 50 percent. “You see a lot of young college will attend vocational schools

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“[I] learned there was no plan, no fund-raising strategy, with EfforTZ’s help. Eventually Dupont no marketing materials. I said, would like the foundation to provide microfinancing so that its graduates ‘Maybe I can help.’ ” can set up small businesses. The board’s hope, Dupont says, is to create future MARY L. DUPONT ’68, ’93H Tanzanian community leaders. When she’s not visiting Africa, Mary Dupont works on EfforTZ business from her homes in Florida and Martha’s Vineyard. She envisions the organization staying small — sponsoring 25 to 30 children at most — to ensure that each child can complete his or her education. “Saving even one child is more than enough reward,” Dupont says. “We consider them our children. They call us aunties and uncles and greet us with tremendous joy and affection. I have never met a person in Tanzania who doesn’t welcome you with warmth and a smile.” Her dedication to improving the chil- dren’s lives has become, Dupont says, “my overwhelming passion in life. I loved my job at KPMG. It was professionally and personally rewarding. wife, kids, a dog. I couldn’t envision that “My work for EfforTZ is no different,” as a gay man.” she says, “with one small exception. Bryson engaged in five years of psy- This touches my heart.” chological “change therapy” to become straight — therapy that is now acknowl- edged to be useless. The therapy did “Virtually all U.S. Fortune 500 have some value and led to falling in love, marriage, and raising two daughters. companies came to include James Bryson’s road to social activism A mainstay of Bryson’s management has followed a 20th-century script that philosophy as he built Bryson Associates, LGBT rights in their mirrors challenges facing gay men and Inc., a surplus lines insurance agency, nondiscrimination policies.” lesbians of an older generation. Growing into a successful regional business was Jup in the 1940s and early 1950s, he his devotion to integrity and honesty — JAMe S H. BRYSON ’55 secretly knew that he was attracted to building blocks for generating customer males. “Like most others, I stayed in the trust. “Yet here I was,” he says, “carrying closet,” Bryson says. around this lie in my personal life.” After receiving his Bryant degree in The strain became overwhelming, and business and management in 1955, and in the 1980s, he and his wife divorced. completing a stint in the Navy, Bryson By now, with a powerful reputation, returned to Philadelphia, PA, and got Bryson’s next challenge was to “come a start up job in the insurance industry. out” in his company and the conservative Part of building a happy life and success- insurance industry. A few colleagues ful agency, he knew, was to create an were uncomfortable, but on the whole, active, conventional social life. “I wanted people were accepting of his news. to get married and have the American Soon after his coming-out, Bryson dream,” he says — “a suburban home, a got involved with local and national gay

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210723.P02_25_V2.indd 11 8/3/11 8:54 PM health and gay rights organizations. After joining the national Human Rights Campaign, a D.C.-based advocacy organization, Bryson saw an opportunity to use his skills and eminence as a busi- ness leader. He formed the organization’s first Business Council, which launched what has become the Workplace Project, to lobby leading corporations on behalf of their gay workers. Over the course of several years, Bryson says proudly, “virtually all U.S. Fortune 500 companies came to include LGBT rights in their nondiscrimination policies.” His skill as an insurance salesman came in handy. In 2001, he provided funds and a framework to establish the Bryson Institute for Sexual and Gender Diversity noted that its extensive community work Melissa A. (Wood) Radcliff ’90 Education, affiliated with Philadelphia’s wouldn’t have been possible without the came to Bryant from Dighton, MA, to Attic Youth Center for gay and lesbian vision and generosity of its namesake. study business communication. While teens. The institute offers training and “[Jim is] the type of person who gets an she loved her chosen field, she found other educational outreach on LGBT idea and starts something — he serves as equally rewarding experiences outside issues throughout the region. a spark for new things that are positive Mthe classroom, notably as editor of The “Our model is simple,” Bryson says for the community,” Kline told the Archway and as a member of the Parents of the workshops his institute conducts Philadelphia Gay News. “A lot of times in Weekend committee. at schools and other organizations. social services, we’re working, working, During her senior year Radcliff “Trainers meet with teachers and staff, working, but not thinking about the big landed an internship as a grant monitor, and tell their personal stories of growing picture. Jim looked at the big picture.” assessing what nonprofit organizations up gay: the shame, the rejection by Jim Bryson is equally proud of his were accomplishing with government family, sibling issues, and the coming-out success in the insurance industry and as grants. “This,” she says, “has had a huge process. Then they lead a discussion.” a change agent for the gay community. influence on my career.” She was able The low-budget program is estimated Since retiring in 1995, he has given gen- to observe nonprofit agencies in action to have reached 30,000 individuals in the erously to charities that reflect his gay and to talk to people working for positive Philadelphia area. activism — although he’s quick to add change. She began to realize she could Bryson, now in his seventies, has that even when he was working full-time, use the skills she cultivated at Bryant — been recognized by a number of commu- he gave away 50 percent of his gross computer knowledge, business expertise, nity groups for his contributions to LGBT income. “My life values,” he says wryly, managing volunteers, and public speak- rights. When the Attic Youth Center “are out of sync with the typical capitalist ing — to make a difference for people threw a party in his honor last year, the have-it-all approach.” whose lives weren’t as blessed as her own. Bryson Institute’s director, Michelle Kline, After Radcliff graduated, she was hired by Rhode Island’s Department of Employment and Training, where she worked for 2½ years. She went on to “ The opportunity to have their babies and toddlers with them become director of administration at the Rhode Island Anti-Drug Coalition and will serve as an incentive for [incarcerated] women.” then volunteer coordinator at the Rhode Island Rape Crisis Center, where for MelissA ( Wood) RA dcliff ’90 the first time she interacted with clients in crisis. “We worked 24 / 7,” Radcliff recalls. “ T h e r e were never enough people for the workload.”

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In 1997, connections she had made a residential program for incarcerated are removed within 72 hours and placed at professional conferences helped her women and their infants and young chil- with relatives or into foster care.” land a job as a victim services specialist dren. While the state’s recent fiscal OCP hopes to show that keeping babies in the Mesa, AZ, prosecutor’s office and situation has slowed OCP’s opening of and mothers together, even during prison later with the city’s police department. the facility, Radcliff and her board are sentences, will provide benefits for both Radcliff plunged into crisis work, helping undaunted: “We’ve been fund-raising,” that transcend simply establishing an crime victims navigate the police and she says, noting that it will take “a early bond, as important as that may be. court systems, taking them to temporary patchwork of public and private donors” “We hope the opportunity to have shelters as needed, and referring them to realize their goal. their babies and toddlers with them will to agencies for further help. Some of the professionals Radcliff serve as an incentive for these women Eventually Radcliff and her husband works with are startled to learn that her to make better choices,” Radcliff says. moved back East to be nearer to their college degree is in business. “I’m really “Our program will reflect what it’s like to families, settling in North Carolina. Her a generalist, though,” she says. And that raise children and hold down a job in work as a founding member, then business degree hasn’t gone to waste: the outside world. The days will be highly executive director of the Family Violence “I can read financial statements; I can structured, and the women will have Prevention Center of Orange County, explain them to our board. I can commu- jobs — in the kitchen, in child care, and so paved the way for her current position as nicate to the public about our goals on. It will be an opportunity to make deci- executive director of a developing non- and needs.” sions just as they would outside prison.” profit, Our Children’s Place (OCP) “In North Carolina,” Radcliff says, in Chapel Hill. OCP is working to create “babies born to incarcerated women

An interest in learning more about the field of finance drew “The board liked the perspective I brought. . . . I began to Pawtucket, RI, native Eric Lewandowski ’05 to a position at Ashoka, perhaps see how much finance was involved in the social sector.” the best-known social venture capital Aorganization in the world. Since 1981, Eric A. L E wA ndowski ’05 the firm has funded leading social entre- preneurs who develop and implement solutions to some of the world’s most urgent problems. There are now more than 2,000 Ashoka Fellows in 60-plus countries engaged in what The Huffington Post recently called “the business of hope”— enterprises such as College Summit that helps increase college matriculation among at-risk teens, and Childline, a toll-free helpline for impov- erished street children in India. Ironically, Lewandowski set out to pursue a far more traditional business career when he enrolled at Bryant. “Understanding the world of finance and focusing my career on that field is at the core of who I am,” he says from his home in Durham, NC, near Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where he will graduate with an MBA this spring. His first job out of Bryant involved advising financial services companies for

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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Boston. — visionaries of college and even high- At an early age, Lorenzo Perry ’07 — Like many of his co-workers at PwC, school age whose passion for making one of 11 children raised by a single mother Lewandowski signed up for an after-hours the world a better, safer place could in Mount Hope, one of Providence’s volunteer commitment. benefit from the counsel, mentoring, poorest neighborhoods — was bright, “I was serving as a board member and funding Ashoka provides. motivated, and distinguished by a prodi- at the Boys and Girls Club in Stoneham, He recalls an impressive project by A gious athletic talent. His achievements MA, in the evenings,” Lewandowski students in California who, with Ashoka’s on the football field and in the classroom says. “The board liked the perspective I support, created a microlending model paved the way for him to attend private brought — my business mindset, my at their university to educate peers about high school at La Salle Academy. knowledge of cash flow and investing.” microfinancing. “My role was to assess Perry’s older sister, Shannon, was He also benefited from his service to the investment decisions involving such the first sibling in his family to complete club: “I began to see how much finance projects: Did each entrepreneur have a high school, preceding him at La Salle was involved in the social sector,” he practical budget and business model? and going on to play basketball at says. “It piqued my interest in pursuing Would they develop organizations that Syracuse University. other types of opportunities.” would last more than just a few years? “She was my role model,” he says. That happened when, in the course Did they have a social mission?” He Perry’s world began to open up, and he of doing research for the Boys and Girls credits his involvement with the Collegiate seized the opportunities that football and Club on funding sources, Lewandowski Entrepreneurs’ Organization at Bryant an innate positive attitude brought him. read about Ashoka and spotted an open with making him well prepared for the After a three-sport career at La Salle, position at the organization. “I was skep- work at Ashoka. Perry received a full scholarship to tical at first,” he admits. “I wanted to Even as he took the Ashoka job, UMass-Amherst and enrolled in 2003. be sure to hang on to my roots in busi- Lewandowski knew he eventually would He was one of only three freshmen on the ness. But the more I read, the more I was head to business school and continue football team to see playing time that moved to reach out.” He worked at on to a career in the for-profit sector. He first year. When his head coach departed, Ashoka, which is based in Arlington, VA, is grateful, though, to have expanded however, Perry didn’t fit into the new for two years. As it turned out, his definition of what finance can mean coaching regime’s playing style, so he Lewandowski was in the right place at in the 21st century, and he recommends transferred to Bryant. the right time. that current undergraduates consider Majoring in management with a minor “The world of finance was changing,” doing the same. in sociology, Perry led the Bryant he notes. “We now have fields like micro- “I knew when I went to Ashoka that football team to a winning season with a finance, which, until recently, didn’t exist it was a big move outside of the typical record 1,335 yards and 17 touchdowns. on a global scale. I wanted to understand finance career path,” Lewandowski says. After graduating, he entered Target Corp.’s how these approaches to funding compa- “But people need to think about the management training program before nies and entrepreneurs were changing social sector in a new way: It’s not leaving to play pro football. Drafted into the industry. I saw that even major another world. You have the opportunity the newly established All American financial powerhouses were exploring to do some great hard-core finance there.” Football League, he trained hard in the the social sector.” preseason — only to learn that the league Lewandowski’s particular client base had run into the recession and was at Ashoka was the young entrepreneur postponing its inaugural season. Back to Providence’s Mount Hope he went, won- dering what would be next. In May 2008, Perry’s question was answered. “I ran into the Mount Hope “I n someways,theworkneverends.Itellthe Neighborhood Association board chair- kids,‘I’llalwaysbearesourceforyou.’” man,” he says. “He told me they needed to fill a three-month summer position and   Lorenzo M. Perry ’07 thought I’d be perfect for the job.” Perry agreed, and soon was overseeing the pro- gram and teaching work-readiness classes. Perry soon took on added respon- sibilities and a new title, Youth

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Program Coordinator. “I did compre- holds workshops on goal-setting, eti- “They’ll want me to talk to their kids,” hensive work around youth develop- quette, leadership, and decision-making. Perry says with a smile. “They say, ‘He ment — teaching courses, running the He has partnered with the local YMCA really looks up to you.’ That’s a great feel- basketball league, organizing tutoring, to provide education about exercise and ing! In some ways, the work never ends. and one-on-one mentoring.” obesity awareness, and he has brought But it’s good to know you can make that As someone who successfully navi- in speakers such as the NFL’s Jamie Silva, big a difference in someone’s life. I tell the gated an inner-city childhood, Perry a Rhode Island native, and Captain kids, ‘I’ll always be a resource for you.’” aims to expose his young charges to the Wilfred Hill of the Rhode Island State limitless possibilities outside their com- Police. The boys have also visited Bryant, Anne Diffily is a freelance writer and editor, fort zones — and to role models such where they heard from head football and former editor of the award-winning Brown as himself. “Kids can’t set goals and train coach Marty Fine. Alumni Magazine. for things they don’t know are possible,” “I also want to put together [public- he says. “I try to bring these ideas to service] programs for the boys. Helping them so they can dream. I want them to the less fortunate has always appealed to go to college.” me. I’m giving back to my community In the school-vacation camps he and helping others to get a head start on now runs for boys ages 12 to 15 who also their lives,” he says with pride. play for the Pop Warner football team When the Pop Warner season ends he coaches, Perry makes sure to maxi- each fall, Perry continues to get phone mize mind-opening experiences. He calls from his young players’ parents.

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t an inaugural session of the including involvement in three rounds leadership — not only among our stu- Bryant Institute for Public of contract negotiations. dents, alumni, and faculty, but within the Leadership, the “click” was “The feds come this way. The state is State of Rhode Island as well.” instant when James Segovis, coming that way. And, as a school board The Institute for Public Leadership’s APh.D., told some of Rhode Island’s member, you are caught in the middle. work is funded by the Hassenfeld Family newly elected school committee members You are constantly under fire,” Segovis Foundation, whose chairman is Alan that he knew what they were feeling. says. “It’s a tough, tough job that nobody G. Hassenfeld ’85 H, a past Bryant trustee In addition to his current work will ever thank you for doing.” and former chairman of the board of as Bryant University’s Executive- His candor, using examples from his Hasbro, Inc., the Rhode Island-based mul- in-Residence, decades of experience own history, produced instant respect, tibillion-dollar international toy company. in the government and nonprofit recalls Associate Professor of Management “The Institute is a perfect fit sectors, Segovis, who trained to be a Lori Coakley, Ph.D. for Bryant,” says Hassenfeld. “President high school teacher, brings to the Machtley, who has served in Congress, Institute nearly 10 years of service as understands the pressing need for ethical, a member of the board of trustees of effective leadership. The expert faculty at the William M. Davies, Jr. Career & “This creates a think tank Bryant have been able to assemble a world- Technical High School in Lincoln, RI, class program that can make a tremen- environment in Rhode Island. dous difference in Rhode Island’s future.” It’s an opportunity to learn Expert guidance and support from other people’s experience The Institute is led by one of Rhode and build upon that.” Island’s most trusted leaders. Sasse served for three decades as executive Mayor Scott Avedisian, director of the Rhode Island Public The City of Warwick, RI Expenditure Council, a nonprofit public policy research organization. The Institute’s goal, Sasse says, “is Segovis knows that moment — just to provide a world-class program for pub- after an initial wave of elation at winning lic leadership because the quality of public the seat — when fear strikes as you real- service and the quality of decisions are ALAN G. HASSENFELD is the visionary ize: Now I have to do something! directly related to the quality of leadership. behind the Bryant Institute for Public Coakley calls it the OMG moment. By working with Bryant University’s Leadership, providing the vision as well It was that moment, Coakley, faculty experts in management, leadership, as support for the initiative, according Segovis, and other Bryant Institute for economics, and other fields, municipal to Bryant President Ronald K. Machtley. Public Leadership faculty kept in leaders and others can develop and A past Bryant Trustee and 1985 honorary mind as they designed a program of strengthen skills they will need to face degree recipient, Hassenfeld inspired customized training for Rhode Island’s pressing issues head-on.” the University to create an academic newly elected mayors and school com- In a state facing a budget deficit of institute customized for Rhode Island mittee members. Working under more than $330 million, unfunded municipal public officials that would pro- the guidance of the Institute’s founding pension liabilities in the billions, and an vide the skills and tools they need to director, Gary Sasse, the faculty con- unemployment rate of more than 11 provide effective leadership. For many ducted two inaugural programs for the percent, the Institute programs empha- years, the Hassenfeld Family Foundation Institute this winter. size the need for policymakers to had underwritten scholarships for Rhode University President Ronald K. make better — and informed — decisions. Island leaders to attend a similar program Machtley stressed, “The need for a pro- Assistant Professor of Economics and at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy gram like this in Rhode Island is critical. Institute presenter Edinaldo Tebaldi, School of Government. The Bryant Institute for Public Leader- Ph.D., says, “As an economist, I talked ship is just one example of the University’s about data and the importance of data- vision of fostering character and driven decision making.”

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“As we worked through many of the issues Pawtucket is The session tailored for newly elected school committee members was so well faced with, we continually reflected back to the information received, says Tim Duffy, executive director provided throughout the program.” of the RI Association of School Committees, “it has led to requests for follow up pro- Mayor Donald Grebien, The City of Pawtucket, RI grams for veteran committee members.” “Establishing and nurturing relation- ships between the University and the Michael A. Roberto, DBA, trustee pro- the question: What I am going to do wider community has become increasingly fessor of management, notes, “These now as a public leader? We had these lead- important,” says Professor Holtzman. elected officials are facing pressing issues. ers produce a three-, a six-, and a twelve- “The Institute is another great example of We can help. These are topics we’ve exam- month plan. And they walked out of the how seriously Bryant cherishes such rela- ined and understand. We play it straight. program Sunday night with something tionships and how committed its faculty We are nonpartisan.” they were able to use on Monday morning.” members are to having a positive influence Sasse, Coakley, Roberto, Segovis, and The faculty joined the participants for beyond the bounds of our campus.” Tebaldi collaborated with Rich Holtzman, meals and socializing. “That allowed us Karen Maguire is the director of editorial services in Ph.D., assistant professor of political sci- to get to know the issues that were really the Department of University Relations at Bryant. ence, in developing the programs. These on people’s minds, what they were concerned about in unguarded moments,” says Coakley. With faculty as passionate and enthu- “I wish such a program existed siastic as the participants, the atmosphere was exhilarating. when I first became a “By Sunday, we couldn’t get them to school committee member.” stop talking,” recalls Coakley. “They were determined to get as much as they Virginia “Jean” Harnois, could squeeze out of us.” 29-year veteran of the Smithfield, RI, School Committee Candid discussions about the issues Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian was one GARY SASSE is the founding director of of the incumbent office holders invited the Bryant Institute for Public Leadership. expert faculty members, who embody that to share his experience and insight with One of Rhode Island’s most trusted lead- distinctive Bryant blend of expertise the newly elected. ers, administrators, and consultants, in their disciplines and real-world experi- “The Bryant program,” says Avedisian, Sasse served for 30 years as executive ence, tailor the cutting edge program “allows us to connect with the people director of the Rhode Island Public to the needs of each specific audience. serving on the city councils, town coun- Expenditure Council, a nonprofit public- Also involved in planning the cils, and school committees — people who policy organization that examines state Institute’s session with school committee don’t often have the opportunity to all be and local policy, government operations, newcomers was Virginia “Jean” Harnois, in the same room together. It’s a place and fiscal and economic issues. Former who is in her 29th year on the Smithfield where you can say, I’m thinking of this or Governor Donald Carcieri appointed School Committee and currently chairs here’s my issue. What have you done? Sasse director of the state’s Department the board. It was very powerful walking into of Revenue and Department of Adminis- Says Roberto, “We discuss techniques a group of officials, gathered on a Saturday tration. In addition to his work with the to make sure they are getting a wide and Sunday, on their own time, all Bryant Institute for Public Leadership, range of opinions and ideas, and are not with the goal of doing the right thing,” Sasse currently serves as fiscal adviser for just hearing from people who agree Avedisian says. the Providence City Council. with them.” Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien Coakley continues: “We offered help says, “I can’t tell you enough how helpful in crafting a vision statement that answers the program was to the team.”

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ot long after a group of 30 resources that would be available to Rhode Island high school them through the Academic Center for seniors from Central Falls Excellence and the Douglas and and Pawtucket settled into Judith Krupp Library. “I hope they saw Nchairs in a lecture hall on the Bryant that college is not a scary place, but a campus earlier this year, Lindsey Weber fun and enriching environment that by Dave Cranshaw ’08 M ba ’11 told them, “Today, you are being facilitates student growth,” Weber says. treated as college students.” She organized the visit for these 30 sixth graders counting on her students from Blackstone Academy, a Amy Angeloni, a 2010 graduate, knows Pawtucket-based charter school, as part firsthand the challenges of teaching of her Honors Program senior capstone in an inner-city school system. During project exploring the challenges faced by her senior year at Bryant she was first-generation college students. accepted into the Teach for America “While education is supposed to be program, a nationwide nonprofit ‘the great equalizer,’ there are many stu- organization that works to end the edu- dent populations that are not adequately cational gap between social classes served in higher education — first-gen- by training prospective teachers to work eration and minority students being in low-income communities. examples,” says Weber, a double concen- With no background in teaching, trator in applied psychology and in Angeloni took part in an intensive seven- sociology and social research who is a week training program last summer first-generation college student herself. before relocating to Detroit, MI, to teach As part of their day on campus, sixth graders in a local school. the high school students participated in “Late May through Christmas a mock class and learned about the was pretty much a blur,” she says. “I

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encountered some of the most challeng- Increasing engagement and motivation and I am confident that my true passion ing situations I have ever faced. I Weber, who will enroll at Boston College is education.” quickly realized that this wasn’t some- in the fall to pursue a Master’s Degree Settling into her role as a teacher, thing I could learn overnight, but I in Applied Development and Educational Angeloni reports that the most rewarding still had a classroom of 30 sixth graders Psychology, says her project has shown part of her work is watching the students’ counting on me to teach them everything her firsthand the challenges that Angeloni progress. At the beginning of the school they need to know for middle school.” faces as an instructor. year, one of her students was reading at Angeloni admits that, initially, it was “I was constantly thinking of ways a first-grade level. By January, with a lot of a challenge to build relationships with her to increase engagement and motivation hard work and guidance, the student was students. “As a new teacher, the students when I visited the students,” says Weber, reading at a third-grade level. were testing me, but as the year continued who planned six sessions with the “The best part is that he sees this I have been able to connect with them. high schoolers. “I also realized how much change in himself and is motivated every They are a lot more motivated to learn.” I truly enjoy working with students, day to continue to improve,” she says.

Access to support systems Weber, who presented her research at the PwC Honors Senior Capstone Colloquium “A classroom of 30 sixth graders [is] counting on at Bryant in April, says her “aha” moment came during a talk with one of the students me to teach them everything they need to know.” after the trip to Bryant. “The student told me that ‘everyone A m y A n g elo ni ’10 tells us that we have to be independent when we get to college, but it is good to know that there is support for us if we want it,’ ” she says. “That was my goal for the visit. I wanted the students to realize

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Jason F ortin ’12

that there are support systems available up,” says Angeloni, “I’ll watch an episode regulation, federalism, and American to them. They just have to be proactive and remember why I chose to do this politics. “Working with Dr. Nivola has and seek help if they need it.” in the first place.” increased my ability to process complex Angeloni, who hopes to continue her issues and analyze history in order to dis- work in education following her two-year The brightest minds in the field cover links, explain, and then suggest assignment in Detroit, first learned about Jason Fortin ’12 (Pomfret, CT) has decided solutions to contemporary policy quanda- Teach for America in her senior year, the best way to initiate change is through ries,” says Fortin. when she attended an event in Providence, politics and public policy. In January, As part of his work, he has examined RI, where the CEO of Teach for America the global studies and economics double the political leadership of Presidents was receiving an award. major began an internship at the Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama, and Hearing Wendy Kopp talk about the Brookings Institution, a renowned public he has explored the role of President program sparked Angeloni’s interest. policy think tank in Washington, DC. James Madison during the War of 1812. Then she took an innovative class with Fortin serves as one of three interns He has also conducted research about Sociology Professor Judith McDonnell, in the Governance Studies Department the right of habeas corpus — the legal Ph.D., that examined the hit HBO series with a 2010 graduate from Wake Forest procedure that keeps the government from “The Wire,” which takes a look at life in University and a final-year law student holding an individual indefinitely without Baltimore, a city where Teach for America from Australia. showing cause — for suspected terrorists has been praised for making a difference. Fortin is a research assistant for imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. He has “Some days when I am feeling senior fellow Pietro Nivola, who has compiled a database of cloture motions to exhausted and like I want to just give written extensively about energy policy, limit debate or end filibusters in Congress. “My favorite experiences are the con- versations I get to have with the brightest minds in the field of governance studies,” JASON FORTIN ’12 says Fortin, who plans to explore career opportunities as a research assistant at a think tank following graduation. “It is an absolute privilege,” he con- tinues, “to be able to sit in their offices, have an open conversation about current issues, theorize about potential solutions and causes, and be able to analyze com- plex problems through data, history, and qualitative approaches.”

Making a lasting impression Halfway around the world, Jessica Reategui ’10 is part of a community development program in Muisne, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, where she works with at-risk youth and their families. The Peace Corps volunteer began her work in August. “I want to connect inner-city kids and at-risk youth with higher education,” said Reategui. “I believe that the oppor- tunity to pursue higher education can be the solution to many social problems.” One volunteer experience from her time at Bryant that sticks out in Reategui’s mind is her Management 200 service learning assignment in which her team

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210723.P02_25_V2.indd 20 8/3/11 8:56 PM distributed to more than 30 programs throughout the country. Last summer Brida traveled to Peru as part of a team of students who volunteered for a week at the Casa de Mantay in Cuzco, an organization that provides shel- ter and teaches skills to teenage mothers. Quite often, the mothers are the victims of JESSICA REATEGUI ’10 rape or sexual abuse. After returning, Brida said: “I feel that we were able to take away much more from this trip than the help we provided them. I can confidently created a college application manual I came back a different person say I came back a different person.” for students at the Metropolitan Regional Another change agent, Chris Brida ’12 After graduation, Brida plans to work Career and Technical Center, a high has also sought to make a difference for a nonprofit organization and pursue school in Providence, RI. She also helped outside the United States. Two years ago, an advanced degree in social entrepre- spearhead an open discussion group he was one of 50 students invited to neurship. Ultimately, he hopes to continue between high school and Bryant students. take part in Oxfam America’s CHANGE to build the Tanzania Education Resource Last spring break, Reategui traveled Initiative conference, an intensive leader- Network, potentially expanding it to to the Dominican Republic to work in ship training program that educates other developing countries. “I think,” says the local community. One day she would students about injustice around the world. Brida, “that education is the way out like to start a nonprofit organization or As part of a Hunger Banquet ®, of poverty.” a charter school. Brida ate a meal he will never forget. She credits her parents with instilling Food was used to illustrate the difference Dave Cranshaw ’08 MBA is a Web writer in the in her at a young age the importance of between economic classes. He was Office of University Relations at Bryant. giving back. As youngsters, Reategui and lucky enough — or so he thought — to be her sister — fellow Bryant grad Stephanie placed in the group representing high- Reategui ’09 — traveled with their parents income earners. What he saw around to their home country of Peru to see the him made a lasting impression. humble living conditions they grew up in. “It was an experience that I will “When we were little, my parents truly never forget,” he says. “It was hard brought us there so we could learn where to swallow my food as I watched the they came from, and to help us appreciate majority of the group eating rice and sit- everything we have here,” she says. ting on the floor, whereas I was served a three-course meal.” His passion to get involved is fueled by his belief that where you live should not determine if you live. “I am someone “I am someone who is who is afforded opportunities at Bryant and in the community, has access to afforded opportunities resources, and has the opportunity to use my voice and knowledge — why not at Bryant … why not use those for the greater good?” he says. use those for Brida has been active with Alex Perullo, associate professor of English the greater good?” and cultural studies, who started the Tanzania Education Resource Network C hris B rida ’12 to collect books to donate to universities and K-12 schools in Tanzania. They C H R I S B R I DA ’ 12 have collected 3,500 books that have been

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Research and Engagement Day brought together the entire Bryant community for a unique learning experience.

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ryant held its inaugural them a chance to showcase their research, Research and Engagement get feedback from their peers, and pres- Bryant’s Vice President for Academic Day (REDay) this spring. ent examples of student engagement Affairs and University Professor Dozens of faculty, along with and collaboration. It’s this last opportu- RED José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D., a prolific students and staff, shared nity that sets ay apart from similar their innovative research at this all-inclu- research days held at other colleges, scholar who has earned numerous national B sive community-wide conference. Classes DeMoranville says. and international research awards and were cancelled and everyone on campus “Engaged learning is part of the honors, has championed the idea of estab- was encouraged to present research Bryant DNA. We didn’t limit presenta- lishing a day dedicated to showcasing or to attend presentations offered in 72 tions to ‘traditional’ research,” she says. faculty and student research and engage- sessions throughout the day. “We recognize that learning occurs in ment since her arrival last spring. ”It was a celebration of faculty and many ways, both in the classroom and “Being involved in research and students, and essentially a celebration outside the classroom. ” scholarship invigorates us, challenges us, of learning,” says Carol DeMoranville, When the call for REDay proposals stretches us and we are never the same Ph.D., professor of marketing, and, most went out early this year, the response was again. Yes, the results of our research and recently, interim dean of the College of impressive — not only in the number scholarship often create new knowledge, Business. DeMoranville worked with a of entries but also in the variety of types insights, and innovations that make contri- group of faculty, students, and admin- of presentations. Abstracts poured in from butions to society and the world in istrators to organize REDay by bringing the College of Business, the College which we live. together separate but similar events of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate By experiencing the process of research, that were occurring on campus — Faculty School of Business. Students and faculty, we become informed consumers of others’ Research Day during winter break, an separately and collaboratively, sent in research, are able to evaluate and respond Honors Thesis Colloquium in the spring, submissions. Administrative offices such to information that is presented to us and several informal research presentations as Student Affairs, the Academic Center and better understand the types of ques- through the academic year, for example. for Excellence (ACE), and Academic tions we need to ask to validate. Affairs also saw staff members eagerly But most of all research and scholarship Part of the Bryant DNA put forward proposals. change us as individuals and the institu- Bringing these events together would After building a schedule, the REDay tions in which we are involved.” serve to benefit a wider audience. committee (comprising administrators, And faculty embraced the idea, as it gave faculty, and students) broke out multiple

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210723.P22_23.P-alternative.indd 22 8/19/11 11:15 AM presentations among four total sessions. study strategies, organizational skills, RESEaRch and EngagEmEnt and EngagE d LE arning Presentations with similar topics were and time management to fellow class- day By thE numBERS clustered within sessions and represented mates. International Business (IB) majors themes including the environment, gen- offered their final recommendations der, children, Web technology, history, to business clients in presentations that finance, drugs, and nonprofit organiza- served as the conclusion of their capstone tions, to name a few. IB Practicum course. Honors Program presentations members presented their thesis projects, 212 Variety and depth the culmination of two years of applied From case studies to interactive panel dis- scholarship and a requirement for grad- cussions to poster presentations, REDay uating with honors. featured a remarkable depth and breadth sessions of information. “We wanted to include Student Engagement and involve as many people on campus as Economics major and Honors Program 72 faculty possible, not just from a presenter’s point member Melissa Allen ’11 was one of of view but also from the audience’s per- several students who collaborated and spective as well,” DeMoranville explains. co-presented research with a faculty 64 Nicholas Mancuso ’12, a member of member. Allen and Edinaldo Tebaldi, the REDay committee, says, “Students are Ph.D., professor of economics, studied here, learning, researching, and getting “The Effects of International Students students involved with various endeavors. It’s only on the U.S. Bilateral Trade Flow.” 272 logical that they present their findings to “I think it is important to collab- their peers,” he says. orate with faculty on research because REDay included presentations about of the great insight they provide,” Allen Facebook® and academic performance, says. “Having their input throughout the accusations of socialism and President research process is invaluable. REDay is presentations featuring an opportunity for students to establish 79% student / faculty collaboration “REDay is an opportunity for students close relationships with professors and to establish close relationships prepare for the future, whether it is for a career or to continue one’s education.” with professors and prepare for the According to Vice President for future, whether it is for a career or to Academic Affairs and University Professor continue one’s education.” José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D.,RED ay 2011 is the start of an enduring and important Photos above (left to right): Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, ele- tradition at Bryant. “Research and Kristie Aicardi ’12 shares the details of her research ments of the perfect advertisement, CEO engagement are the hallmarks of a Bryant project during REDay; Sandra Enos, Ph.D., associate compensation, and immune cell function, education. REDay allows us to celebrate professor of sociology, assisting a student; REDay among many others. the vital work our faculty and students are student presenter Thomas Pagliarini ’11; Hong Yang, Of the 212 presentations, 159 included doing throughout the year.” Ph.D., professor of science and technology and the Dr. Charles J. Smiley Chair for the Confucius Institute student engagement and collaboration. at Bryant; two of the 272 student presenters at REDay; During a session by ACE, student peer Stasia B. Walmsley is a writer/editor in the Carol DeMoranville, Ph.D., professor of marketing. tutors described the process of teaching Department of University Relations at Bryant.

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Sovereign / Santander: Partner in Global Education

tudy abroad changes students’ lives. It increases self-confidence and provides a deep understanding S of and respect for other cultures. And in a global economy — where success requires cultural fluency, a broad global perspective, and an appreciation for diver- sity — international experiences provide an unmatched competitive advantage for today’s university graduates. With these values in mind, Bryant created the Sophomore International Experience (SIE), a distinctive initiative that immerses sophomores in a semester- long, intensive course culminating in two weeks of study and travel abroad. Since the program began in 2006, nearly 1,000 students have benefited from an SIE. The success of the program is largely due serves an important role in students’ For many participants, the SIE is to the generous contributions made to futures by providing them the opportunity their first international travel experience. the University by alumni, parents, and to learn about other cultures and how This was the case for Catherine Heaphy ’12 corporate partners, as well as student businesses operate globally,” said Jorge (Lindenhurst, NY), one of 34 students philanthropy (see story, p.25). Morán, president and CEO of Sovereign who spent two weeks living and studying In March, the SIE program was again Bank and Santander U.S. Country Head. in China. “I still can’t believe some of bolstered by the philanthropic support “We are grateful to Sovereign Bank the things we were able to do, like touring of a generous donation. Banco Santander, and Santander Universities for their the Beijing Olympic Village, visiting one of the world’s largest banks, demon- support of our innovative program,” said Tiananmen Square, and interacting with strated its global vision and commitment Bryant President Ronald K. Machtley. local people,” she says. “We also learned to the international study of history, “At Bryant, we strive to contribute signifi- about the business climate in China and culture, economy, and language with a cantly to the larger world through met with Lenovo/IBM executives.” gift to the Bryant SIE. the leaders we produce. The Sophomore Heaphy and her fellow SIE partici- “We believe the best investment for International Experience is one compo- pants are among the one percent of the future is in higher education. The Soph- nent of this effort.” American students who study abroad. For omore International Experience program The SIE offers an array of destina- many, the opportunity is simply finan- tions, including locations in Asia, Europe, cially out of reach. Bryant’s goal is to and Latin America. This unique experi- make the SIE financially accessible for all ence begins with rigorous preparation on qualified sophomores. Bryant’s Smithfield campus as students If, like Banco Santander, your join discussion groups, write papers, business is international in scope — or like and make presentations about their desti- many Bryant alumni and parents, you nation of choice. At the conclusion of value diversity and the often transformative the semester, students travel with approxi- experience of studying and traveling mately 30 classmates accompanied by abroad — we invite you to share that global Bryant faculty and staff members. Once vision with Bryant students. To support Left to right: Eduardo Garrido, director of abroad, the days are packed with visits to or learn more about Bryant’s Sophomore Santander Universities; Bryant President Ronald regional small businesses and multina- International Experience, call (877) K. Machtley; and Jorge Morán, president and CEO of Sovereign Bank and Santander Holdings, tional corporations, trips to museums, 353-5667 or visit www.bryant.edu/giving. USA (SHUSA) historic sites, and lectures.

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210723.P02_25_V2.indd 24 8/3/11 8:57 PM ALUMNI GIVING ADDS UP

he percentage of alumni who contribute to Bryant’s giving 2011 CLASS GIFT FUNDS SIE SCHOLARSHIPS programs is a figure of great consequence in the life of the ryant seniors band together each TUniversity. National rankings in U.S. year to create a legacy gift for News & World Report’s America’s Best the University and begin a tradi- Colleges, among others, use Bryant’s tion of giving that lasts well alumni giving rate in their higher educa- Bafter Commencement. This year, students tion comparisons. The higher the alumni raised more than $30,000 for the giving rate, the higher the perceived “Celebrating Our Bryant Spirit” Class Gift alumni satisfaction. Currently, the high campaign. An impressive 53 percent of rate of satisfaction frequently expressed the Class of 2011 contributed to a scholar- by Bryant alumni and students is not ship fund that assists qualified students reflected in the University’s alumni par- who want to participate in the Sophomore ticipation rate. International Experience (SIE), a semester- “Alumni involvement in The Bryant long course culminating in a two-week Fund and other campaigns sends a study abroad experience. This is the strong message to classmates, fellow third year that Bryant seniors have posted alumni, and to prospective students and record-breaking numbers for both par- donors,” says James Damron, vice ticipation and contributions, despite a president for university advancement. challenging economy. “We are committed to increasing the rate According to the Class Gift of alumni contributions in support of Bryant’s Sophomore Committee, students chose to create an the University’s strategic goals for future SIE Scholarship Fund because it is a International Experience academic programs, facilities, and tech- gift that will benefit the entire Bryant nological advancements.” community and have a positive impact on participants are among To help to raise Bryant’s profile in the University. In line with the strategic important industry rankings, and to play goal of expanding international outreach the one percent of a transformational role in the life of and educational opportunities abroad, students, please consider a gift to the Bryant seeks to make the SIE program American students who University. All gifts will help to increase more accessible to all sophomore students the University’s alumni participation (see story, p. 24). study abroad. rate. Visit www.bryant.edu/bryantfund to explore the many ways to give.

Left to right: First Lady Kati Machtley, Class Gift Co-chair Emily Murphy ’11, President Ronald K. Machtley, National Alumni Council President Jim Magee ’88, and Class Gift Co-chair Ryan Letourneau at the Senior Class Gift Celebration.

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communicate with others, and in spread chain e-mail assertion SPOTLIGHT ON: the way those we elect and respect that welfare programs have caused treat each other.” more damage to Detroit than the Allison butler, Ph.d., assistant atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima. FACULTy professor of applied psychology, Specifically, she addressed the and Jane McKay-nesbitt, Ph.d., e-mail’s assertion that Japan has no the Bryant faculty comprises engaged assistant professor of marketing, welfare programs, which is untrue. educators and dedicated researchers whose were nominated for the Inter- An exhibit at the Florida Holo- national Conference on College caust Museum in St. Petersburg, work is recognized internationally. Teaching’s “Distinguished New FL, features An American Heroine Faculty Award” and “Award for in the French Resistance: The he and his undergraduate students Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Diary and Memoir of Virginia are conducting. Reid works Learning, and Technology,” d’Albert-Lake, a book written by closely with his undergraduates respectively. They both also made Professor of History Judy barrett to provide hands-on training presentations at the conference, Litoff, Ph.d. At the opening of and experience in isolating and which was held in April. the exhibit, Barrett Litoff spoke characterizing biomolecules. In her recent commentary for about the tragedies and triumphs A member of the American The Huffington Post, Amber day, of d’Albert-Lake, who grew up Chemical Society’s Biological Ph.d., wrote that there is no need in St. Petersburg, worked in the Chemistry Division, Reid has to fear “the increasing centrality French Resistance during WWII, authored nearly 20 scholarly of satire and irony.” Day, an and survived incarceration at research articles, book chapters, assistant professor of media and Ravensbrück Concentration and abstracts. He has also pre- performance studies, is the Camp for Women in Germany. sented his research at a variety author of the recently published Christopher Reid, Ph.D. of conferences. book, Satire and Dissent: Inter- ventions in Contemporary Political BIOCHEMIST HElpS fInd fACUlTY nEWS And nOTES Debate. Further discussion about TREATMEnT fOR dEAdlY In the wake of the discourse her research is available as a InfECTIOn surrounding the Arizona shoot- podcast, recently distributed by A $200,000 grant from the Rhode ings in January, Professor of NPR and Inside HigherEd, and Island Science and Technology Communication Stanley baran, accessible at blogs.bryant.edu/ Advisory Council (STAC) is Ph.d., published an op-ed piece newsroom. helping a Bryant biochemist find distributed through AOL News. nicole Freiner, Ph.d., an assistant a treatment for a fungal infection “We should do our best,” he professor of political science, that is often lethal to premature writes, “each of us, to maintain a helped the Pulitzer-Prize winning infants. sense of dignity in the way we Web site PolitiFact dispel a wide- The funding — the first ever received by Bryant from STAC — supports a research collaboration between Christopher reid, Ph.d., assistant professor of chemistry, and Joseph Bliss, M.D., of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital. Together, they are taking aim at Candida albicans, a common fungus that can cause a systemic infection fatal in 60 percent of premature infants who contract it. The grant enables Reid to equip the University’s 10,000-square- foot laboratory for research that Allison Butler, Ph.D. Nicole Freiner, Ph.D. Judy Barrett Litoff, Ph.D.

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 26 8/3/11 9:06 PM HISTORY PROFESSOR’S BOOK EXAMINES AcTIvISM BRYANT AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING FACULTY IN THE 1980S Overlooked by the 1980’s narrative Each year, Bryant honors faculty members for excellence in of a nation that had embraced the teaching, research, mentorship, and service to the Bryant Reagan administration’s conser- community. This year’s honorees are: vative momentum is the success of a determined opposition that effected change on a number Excellence in Teaching of fronts. In his new book, The Srdan (Surge) Zdravkovic, Ph.D. Other Eighties: A Secret History of Assistant Professor, Marketing Alex Perullo, Ph.D. America in the Age of Reagan, Bradford Martin, Ph.D., associate Along with his students, Alex professor of history, says activists Perullo, Ph.D., associate professor thrived during the decade through of anthropology, ethnomusicology, various means. Martin offers one and African studies, organized the Faculty Development donation of nearly $7,000 worth Mentor of the Year of textbooks by the U.S. Embassy Tony Houston, Ph.D. to the Open University of Tanzania. Associate Professor, Modern Perullo, a former U.S. Fulbright Languages Scholar in Tanzania, spearheaded a similar contribution in 2009. Perullo’s latest book, Live from Dar es Salaam: Popular Music and Tanzania’s Music Economy, is Research and Publication due out later this year. Amber Day, Ph.D. A Huffington Post column about Assistant Professor, English the benefits of using eXtensible and Cultural Studies Business Reporting Language (XBRL) quoted XBRL expert of the earliest scholarly examina- Professor of Accounting Saeed tions of the social and cultural Roohani, D.B.A. In it he notes that issues of the era. Among the if XBRL had been in widespread findings he discusses in his book Outstanding Service use in the U.S. in 2004, the finan- are the tactical innovations that Madan Annavarjula, Ph.D. cial collapse might have been arose to supplement 1960s-style Associate Professor, International avoided: “There would have been direct action and savvy use of Business and Strategy little room for mystery about technology. He also describes types of portfolios and derived how the divestment movement financial instruments that recently reinvigorated student activism failed institutions were holding.” and how the decade’s popular Hong Yang, Ph.D. , professor of culture reawakened social Faculty Federation science and technology, and the consciousness. Distinguished Faculty Award Dr. Charles J. Smiley Chair in Martin is also the author of The Kenneth J. Sousa, Ph.D. the Confucius Institute at Bryant, Theater is in the Street: Politics and Associate Professor, Computer was an invited presenter at the Public Performance in Sixties America, Information Systems World Universities Forum in Hong as well as several journal articles Kong. Citing Bryant’s successful and conference presentations. programs and partnerships, Yang spoke about “American Univer- Read the latest faculty news at Learn more about the awards at www.bryant.edu/facultyawards2011 sities’ Engagement With China.” blogs.bryant.edu/newsroom.

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Spotlight on: CampuS

the spring semester at Bryant was highlighted by several exciting announcements and events that build on the University’s dedication to excellence and innovation.

new Jersey. RBS is recognized as Gertrude Meth Hochberg (above) one of the top three business and her children, Erica Hochberg schools in the newYork tri-State Stern and Mark Hochberg (right). Region, and it is the highest-ranked business school in new Jersey. prior to his work in academia, a pioneering figure, hochberg NEW CENTER FOR Cooper served as chair, president, made a personal commitment PROGRAM INNOVATION and chief executive officer of to be a role model for women Building on a nearly 150-year opinion Research Corporation, students at Bryant. Beginning tradition of academic excellence, which he took public on the with her position as director of the university has launched naSDaQ. he was president of public relations in 1949 and later a new Center for program hay Research for management as vice president of the College, innovation to further differen- Michael R. Cooper, Ph.D. for 10 years and senior partner hochberg was a lifelong advocate tiate the Bryant experience of the hay group. Cooper earned for women’s issues. She was the through bold innovations in MICHAEL R. COOPER a doctorate in industrial and moving force behind the first programs, curricula, and APPOINTED DEAN OF THE organizational psychology from Commencement address given teaching pedagogy. trustee COLLEGE OF BUSINESS the ohio State university. he by a woman (oveta Culp hobby, professor of management Bryant Vice president for academic served as a psychologist in the 1953), and organized Bryant’s Michael roberto, d.b.A., will affairs José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.d., u.S. army medical Service Corps inaugural women’s symposium serve as director of the Center announced the appointment of from 1972-1974. in 1963, a precursor to today’s under the leadership of Vice Michael r. Cooper, Ph.d., as dean For Cooper’s full bio and a successful Women’s Summit®. president for academic affairs of Bryant university’s College detailed CV, visit blogs.bryant. the gertrude meth hochberg José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.d. of Business. edu/newsroom. Women’s Center will provide a the Center is charged with Cooper is a proven champion centralized space to coordinate the development of a signature of innovation in global education WOMEN’S CENTER activities and events. it will serve and an internationally recog- DEDICATED TO as a forum for the discussion of nized expert in building strategic GERTRUDE METH HOCHBERG issues facing women in business alliances between academia and on march 22, the Bryant Women’s and society, as well as a resource the private sector. he has more Center was dedicated in honor of for students, faculty, and staff to than 30 years of experience as a Gertrude Meth Hochberg, former gather and celebrate diversity, senior executive in academic Bryant vice president and vision- engage in intellectual discussion, and corporate settings, including ary leader for women’s rights. and ensure the full participation international market research, a celebratory luncheon featured of women in the life of the marketing services, management tributes to hochberg from her university. consulting, and technology com- family and friends, followed by gifts to the gertrude meth mercialization. the unveiling of the newly hochberg Women’s Center can he comes to Bryant university named gertrude meth hochberg be made online at www.bryant. from the Rutgers Business School Women’s Center located in the edu/giving. (RBS) at the State university of Bryant Center. Michael Roberto, D.B.A.

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 28 8/3/11 9:06 PM Bryant learning experience for all students that will be interdis- ciplinary and experiential in nature. “We hope to create an experience that will be rigorous and fun, and that will truly (Left to right) Ed Mazze, Ph.D., distinguish us from other insti- distinguished professor of business tutions,” says Roberto. administration, University of The Center will collaborate Rhode Island; John Muggeridge, with faculty committees and the vice president of public affairs, Department of Student Affairs Fidelity Investments; John Simmons, executive director, Rhode Island on innovative elements in the Public Expenditure Council; and general education model, business Allan Tear, managing partner, core curriculum, and first-year Betaspring and the Aptus experiences. Robert Shea, Ph.D., Collaborative. Bryant’s new director of faculty development, will lead a steering committee of faculty and staff HELPING TO REBUILD of laws that encourage job Rhode Island Public Expenditure who will work with Roberto on RHODE ISLAND’S ECONOMY creation and retention is a posi- Council, as well as Bryant program development and In March 2010, Assistant Professor tive step in making Rhode Island University’s Chafee Center for implementation. Additionally, of Economics Edinaldo Tebaldi, business-friendly. Throughout International Business, the an advisory board, comprising Ph.D., organized a day-long the day, participants explored College of Arts and Sciences, students, alumni, and other conference at Bryant to develop many ways to improve the and the Department of external friends and supporters, a roadmap for rebuilding Rhode state’s profile. Economics. Conference docu- provides input and guidance Island’s economy. To continue the The forum was sponsored by ments, resources, and videos for these efforts. conversation, Tebaldi chaired the Rhode Island Foundation, are available online at As a clearinghouse for infor- a follow-up conference in March Fidelity Investments, and the www.bryant.edu/rieconomics. mation about innovation in 2011, “The Rhode Island Business education worldwide, the new Environment: Challenges and Center will also host seminars Opportunities.” GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS JAM AT BRYANT and workshops with leading The forum was a multifaceted, innovators to provide a forum data-driven exploration of the for campus-wide discussion of state’s business climate, attracting these issues. Visit the Center 200 state leaders in government, for Program Innovation at www. nonprofit and business sectors, bryant.edu/programinnovation. and academia. The keynote speakers were Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and Amica Mutual Insurance President and CEO Robert DiMuccio. A Rhode Island co-forecast manager for the New England Economic Partnership (NEEP), Tebaldi has become a go-to expert as state leaders continue On the heels of their 2 0 11 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk to look for ways to emerge Album, The Carolina Chocolate Drops performed at Bryant this spring. from an economic downturn The audience was treated to an energetic, modern interpretation of and fiscal crisis. He believes African-American string band music, which Rolling Stone magazine the Rhode Island General described as “dirt-floor-dance-electricity.” Robert Shea, Ph.D. Assembly’s passage of a series

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SPOTlIgHT ON: CAMPuS WORlD TRADE DAY 2 011: AWARD-WINNER NAMED (CONTINuED) COMPETINg BEYOND BORDERS AS BRYANT TOP CHEF The 26th annual World Trade Angie Armenise, recipient of the TENTH ANNuAl RElAY FOR Day: Competing Beyond Borders 2010 Rhode Island Hospitality lIFE RAISES $70,000 welcomed 500 professionals from Chef of the Year Award, has been On April 15 and 16, nearly 1,000 around the region who gained named executive chef of Bryant members of the Bryant commu- insight on burgeoning trends, University Dining Services, which nity participated in the technologies, and best interna- is administered by Sodexo, Inc. University’s 10th Annual Relay tional business practices. Since graduating in 2002 from for Life to benefit the American Among the new features at this Johnson & Wales University, Cancer Society. Teams of stu- year’s conference was an interac- 12TH ANNuAl BRYANT Armenise has worked at a number dents, friends, and families tive case study of Alex and Ani, a LITERARY REVIEW PuBlISHED of restaurants, most recently as camped out at the Bryant Turf U.S.-based jewelry manufacturer The 12th edition of the Bryant executive chef for seven Rhode Complex and took turns walking with a central focus on using recy- Literary Review (BLR), an inter- Island-based Pinelli Marra or running the quarter-mile track cled materials in its designs. Jim national journal of poetry and restaurants, four of which she during the 24-hour event. Cox, director of the Boston Export fiction, was published in April. opened. Her grilled sea bass with Participant brooke Garnett ’13 Assistance Center, led a panel of An editorial board of faculty, crisp fruit avocado hash earned (Medfield,MA ) knows all too experts in a discussion about Alex students, and staff selected nine her a second-place finish in the well the heartache that cancer, and Ani’s global business out- short stories and 26 poems can cause — both her uncle and reach — past, present, and future. out of thousands of submissions grandfather succumbed to the The day continued with break- from across the country and disease. “Too many people are out sessions on various topics around the world. still losing their battle with cancer in export development and This year’s edition features and this has got to change,” says management, as well as a panel poems by several members of Garnett, an accounting concen- discussion about the emerging the Bryant community, includ- trator. Garnett raised $1,200 for opportunities in the global ing nancy Craven, lecturer for the Relay, making her the top health and human services sector. the Department of English and fund-raiser at the event. Participants were encouraged Cultural Studies; Janet Proulx, Another participant, and a to take advantage of the myriad writer/copy editor for the Office Relay team co-captain, Sean services available at agencies of University Relations; Wendy Haddad ’11 (Danbury, CT), such as Bryant’s John H. Chafee Smith-Stenhouse, technical contributed to the impressive Center for International Business. services assistant at the Douglas $70,000 raised at this year‘s Throughout the year, the Chafee and Judith Krupp Library; and inaugural Olivado International event. “It is so important to get Center offers programs to assist student Emily Swaine ’12 — all Chef Quest Cup, a competition as many students involved as local and regional companies to of whom presented their work held in 2007 in Australia. In addi- possible because any amount expand their international business at the annual BLR Editor’s tion to her passion for cooking, raised will eventually lead to efforts. Visit www.chafeecenter.org Reading this spring. Armenise volunteers her time finding a cure,” he says. to learn more. Copies of the 2011 BLR are with a variety of organizations, $10 and can be purchased by including the Rhode Island Food calling (401) 232-6464. The BLR Bank, American Red Cross, is sponsored by the College of March of Dimes, and the Cystic Arts and Sciences. tom Chandler, Fibrosis Foundation. M.F.A., Bryant professor of Bryant Dining offers thousands creative writing and poet laure- of meals daily, including those in ate emeritus of Rhode Island, Salmanson Dining Hall, which serves as editor. serves students living in Bryant’s Submissions for the next 17 residence halls. It also has issue will be accepted between several retail dining options on September 1 and December 1, campus and a full-service catering 2011. Visit www.bryantliterary department that meets the needs review.org for guidelines. of students, faculty, and staff.

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 30 8/3/11 9:07 PM Linda Alvarado Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. Joan Lunden Alison Levine

WOMEN’S SUMMIT® 2011: She has served on the boards of The luncheon ended with an THE POWER OF EXCELLENCE directors of Fortune 500 compa- address by Joan Lunden, one of 2011 Women’s Summit On March 10, Bryant University nies, held leadership positions the most well-known and trusted sponsors: welcomed 950 women and men in numerous civic, business, and journalists in America. She spoke Platinum Sponsor to the 14th annual Women’s charitable organizations, and about her experiences in television Summit: “The Power of was Commissioner of the White as the co-host of “Good Morning Amica Insurance Excellence.” The event featured House Initiative for Hispanic America” for nearly two decades. Gold Sponsors esteemed keynote speakers Excellence in Education. Today, she is a successful entre- GTECH and workshops to inspire and After the morning breakout dis- preneur with a home goods line empower participants to advance cussions and a “Power Plenary” on QVC, and serves as the face of Silver Sponsors professionally, develop person- session by Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., Resurgence skin care products by Amgen; APC by Schneider ally, and provide leadership executive director of the Domar Murad. The author of eight books Electric; BankRI; Citizens Bank; in their communities, the nation, Center for Mind/Body Health, and mother of seven children, and the world. participants gathered for lunch Lunden gives back as a spokes- CVS/Caremark; Fidelity The day began with a motiva- and the presentation of the 2011 person for several organizations. Investments; FM Global; tional speech by Linda Alvarado, Bryant University Women’s Alison Levine, the final keynote Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP; president and CEO of Alvarado Summit New England Business- speaker of the day, wowed the National Grid; Navigant Credit Construction Inc. Considered a woman of the Year Award. audience with her stories of sur- Union; PwC; TD Bank trailblazer in her field, she made This year’s award was given to vival in sub-zero temperatures, history as the first Hispanic owner Constance A. Howes, president hurricane force winds, sudden Bronze Sponsors of a Major League Baseball fran- and CEO of Women & Infants avalanches, and a career on Hasbro; LGC&D; Target; UPS; chise — The Colorado Rockies. Hospital in Providence, RI. Wall Street. Levine was the team and Wealth Management captain of the first American Resources Inc. Women’s Everest Expedition and the first American to follow a Media Sponsor remote route to the South Pole. Providence Business News She is an adjunct professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; owner of the consulting firm, Daredevil Strategies; and founder attendees connected, relaxed, of the Climb High Foundation, and discussed the many ways a nonprofit organization that they were inspired and empow- trains women in Africa to work ered throughout the day. as porters and trekking guides. To join the Women’s Summit The Summit closed with mailing list, go to www.bryant. a networking reception where edu/wsummit. Kati Machtley, Director, Women’s Summit ®

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class of 2011 Bryant Celebrates 148th Commencement

Honorary Degrees Conferred on Five Distinguished Individuals

At the 148th Commencement leader and executive with exten- ceremonies, held May 19 and 21, sive operating and management more than 800 graduate and experience, having served as undergraduate students from chairman, chief executive officer, the Class of 2011 walked through or president of several major the Bryant Archway on the way companies including General to receive their degrees. Instrument, MCI, Nextel, and Daniel Akerson, chairman XO Communications. At MCI and CEO of General Motors, gave an inspiring keynote address to graduating seniors at under- graduate exercises on May 21. Roger Mandle, executive direc- tor of Qatar Museums Authority and former president of Rhode Island School of Design, bolstered the confidence of master’s degrees recipients as the speaker at the Graduate School of Business ceremony on May 19. Akerson and Mandle received honorary degrees, as did Ellen Alemany of Citizens/RBS, Rabbi Leslie Gutterman of Temple Beth-El in Providence, and World War II veteran/POW survivor Louis Communications Corporation, he Zamperini, subject of the best- was responsible for formulating selling biography Unbroken. and executing MCI’s global strat- Zamperini also gave a touching egy. While at General Instrument, address to graduating students and he oversaw development and their guests at the Baccalaureate deployment of the first digital Service on Friday, May 20. video, satellite, and cable systems Daniel Akerson became chairman domestically and internationally. of General Motors this January, In addition to serving on GM’s after serving as CEO since 2010. Board, Akerson serves on the Prior to joining GM, Akerson Boards of the American Express was a managing director of The Company and the U.S. Naval Carlyle Group and the head of Academy Foundation. Akerson global buyout. Akerson is a noted is a graduate of the U.S. Naval

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Daniel Akerson Roger Mandle Ellen Alemany Rabbi Leslie Gutterman Louis Zamperini

Academy and holds a bachelor from which he received his Ph.D. Rabbi Leslie Gutterman has Redemption, by internationally of science in engineering. He in art history. served Temple Beth-El for more recognized author Laura earned his master of science in Ellen Alemany is chair man and than 30 years, since his ordination Hillenbrand. Zamperini was a economics from the London CEO of Citizens Financial Group, from Hebrew Union College- member of the 1936 Olympic School of Economics. Inc., head of RBS Americas, and Jewish Institute of Religion. team and America’s top finisher Roger Mandle became executive a member of the Royal Bank A graduate of the University of in the 5000-meter run in Berlin. director of the Qatar Museums of Scotland Group’s Executive Michigan, Rabbi Gutterman has Following the Games, he joined Authority in 2008, embracing Committee. Alemany is the only made a crucial difference in our the U.S. Air Corps as a bombardier the challenge of building a woman responsible for one of community through his involve- Smithsonian from the sands after the top 12 commercial banking ment with civic organizations, nearly 40 years of leading the companies in the United States and has served on the boards of world’s preeminent museums and was recently listed 13 on several institutions including Bryant University in addition to Butler Hospital, The Providence “ When it is all said and done, serving the greater Athenaeum, Hospice Care, good, making a positive difference, spells success.” Rhode Island Kids Count and Trinity Repertory Theatre. Rabbi dan i e l ak e r son, chairman and CEO of General Motors Gutterman is a past president of the Rhode Island Board of Rabbis, the Jewish Family Service and educational institutions. A U.S. Banker’s list of The 25 Most and the national Rabbinic Alumni distinguished academic adminis- Powerful Women in Banking. Association of Reform Judaism trator, curator, and art historian, Forbes magazine has ranked her as well as the Rhode Island for fifteen years Mandle was 57 among the World’s 100 Most Committee for the Humanities. president of Rhode Island School Powerful Women. Alemany He has served on the executive of Design, overseeing both the joined RBS Americas in 2007 board of the Central Conference in the South Pacific. On a routine college and The RISD Museum from Citigroup, where she served of American Rabbis and received reconnaissance run, his aircraft of Art. He was previously Deputy as CEO for Global Transaction a public service award from crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Director of the National Gallery Services (GTS). She joined the City of Providence. Rabbi Although Zamperini and another of Art and Director of The Toledo Citibank in 1987 and held several Gutterman received a Doctor of crew member survived in a life Museum of Art. Mandle was leadership positions including Divinity degree from Hebrew raft for 47 days, drifting into hos- appointed by two U.S. Presidents executive vice president for the Union College. tile Japanese waters, his rescuers to the Council of the National Commercial Business Group. At 93, Louis Zamperini has were also his torturers and put Endowment for the Arts, and has CitiCapital, where she also served survived a phenomenal odyssey as him into a series of prison camps. served as head of many cultural as president and CEO, was the a World War II veteran and POW. When the war ended Zamperini and professional organizations. second-largest bank-owned His life’s story serves as the basis returned to a hero’s welcome, but He holds degrees from Williams leasing company in North for the best-selling biography lacked a sense of direction. He College, New York University and America. Alemany earned her Unbroken: A World War II Story ultimately became a missionary, Case Western Reserve University, MBA from Fordham University. of Survival, Resilience, and preaching the gospel of forgiveness.

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SoFtbALL tEAM’S StELLAr SEASon FEAturEd SPotLIght oN: on ESPn.CoM AthLEtICS

With one more year until full nCaa Division I membership, Bryant continues to make a name for itself in 2010-2011 in the northeast Conference and across the country.

ARTHUR “ARCHIE” BOULET Bryant dominated Division II RETIRES golf in New England under one of the most successful colle- the tutelage of Boulet, who has giate golf coaches in New England led his team to the same success for nearly five decades, Bryant over the last three seasons at University coach Arthur “Archie” the Division I level. Since Boulet In just its third season as a Division I program, Bryant women’s softball boulet signed his final scorecard began the varsity program in team finished tied for first in the Northeast Conference (NEC) standings. at the end of the 2011 spring sea- 1964, his numbers have been Despite being picked by conference coaches to finish in a tie for ninth son to conclude a remarkable 47 remarkable: 23 Division II All- out of 11 teams, the team ended the season at 14-6 in the conference years of service as the only coach Americans, seven New England and 25-19 overall. The story of the team’s outstanding run is the subject in Bryant golf history. Boulet will Players of the Year, 10 national of a story on ESPN.com. Visit www.bryantbulldogs.com to read the remain as coach emeritus, but top-20 Division II finishes, 11 full article. will retire from a program he not New England Division II titles, only founded, but guided to 31 NCAA tournament appear- numerous conference champion- ances, one ECAC all-divisions ships and NCAA appearances. title, four New England all- tant pros at golf courses across HISTORIC SEASON FOR A fund-raising effort is under way divisions titles, and 24 players the nation. WOMEN’S SWIM for a scholarship in his honor. who have become head or assis- Boulet has coached many great After setting more than 20 school players and enjoyed a number records and generating a program of impressive highlights during best for wins in a season, the his coaching career. Perhaps Bryant women’s swim team pro- none is greater than James “Jim” duced their strongest campaign o. Hallet ’83, who captured the to date in the third season of low amateur prize at the 1983 Division I competition. Masters tournament in Augusta, Northeast Conference Coach gA, after leading the entire field of the Year Katie Cameron and during part of his second round. her staff led the most successful he continued as a professional season in Bryant swimming golfer, joining the PgA tour. history. In total, the team won A longtime professor and chair six head-to-head meets, living of the Department of Science up to the prediction by the and technology at Bryant, Boulet NEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll has served on various commit- of finishing fourth overall in tees during his tenure, including the league. the NCAA Championship Leading the way for Bryant Committee. was Casey ostrander ’13 Bryant Golf Coach Arthur “Archie” Boulet stands with his players on the last hole Read the full news release at (Yarmouthport, MA), who was of the 2011 Northeast Conference Championships in Florida. www.bryantbulldogs.com. named NEC Swimmer of the

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 34 8/3/11 9:08 PM Week twice before picking up her two-time conference swimmer second-straight NEC Swimmer of the week and All-NEC First- of the Meet honor. Ostrander is Team Selection. She also set two in the Bryant record books with individual school records in the five individual program records 200-free and the 500-free. (50-free, 100-free, 50-back, In addition to strong individual 100-back, and 200-back), making performances, Bryant’s relay her the most decorated Bryant teams pushed the squad to the swimmer in program history. next level: The 200-yard freestyle Joining Ostrander at the head First-Team All-NEC lineup of the pack was rookie Taylor won the program’s first-ever DeBever ’14 (Denver, CO), a NEC relay victory with a time of 1:34.56, shattering the previous conference record. The Bulldogs will enter their fourth season of Division I competition in 2011-12 and will once again look to compete for a NEC title. Read more online at www.bryantbulldogs.com.

STUDENT-ATHLETES BREAK RECORDS OFF THE FIELD

Many things brighten the day for out the year to reinforce what’s All first-year student-athletes are Kelley Tiarks, M.Ed., Bryant’s important off the field. required to attend eight hours of academic services coordinator for A former collegiate athlete, Tiarks study hall every week, including time student-athletes, but a simple high understands the rigors and demands they spend using the resources and five from one of her students may of being a Division I student-athlete. study spaces available at ACE. “We rank above them all. Balancing studies and group projects allow them to be creative with their She sees student-athletes succeed with team practices, game travel, time instead of just sticking them on the playing fields — earning all- and offseason workouts requires in a room and telling them to study,” conference honors and leading their commitment, focus, and, most Tiarks says. teams to victories — but for Tiarks it’s important, discipline. The results show that Tiarks’s more than that. Their success in the These traits don’t always come methods work. The combined classroom is what truly moves her. easily to 18-to-22 year olds. Many student-athlete grade point average “It’s a great feeling when a student- require a little help adjusting to reached its highest level ever this athlete stops you in the hallway, eager academics at the college level, and past fall at 2.908, just a fraction Kelley Tiarks, M.Ed. to seek you out, not to talk about how that’s where Tiarks and her team come below the undergraduate student- many points he or she scored last in. Joined by Marissa Zadrozny and body GPA of 2.983. Conference, with nine earning Gold night, but about getting a top score on Aaron Dashiell, Tiarks offers guidance A total of 233 athletes exceeded Scholar recognition. an exam. That is what it’s all about,” and support to those who need it. the GPA of the overall student popu- “Every semester we seem to have said Tiarks. “That’s when I know we “Through Bryant’s Academic lation, with 229 of them earning at a breakthrough that’s even better are doing things the right way.” Center for Excellence (ACE), we get least a 3.0. Three even achieved a than the last one,” said Tiarks. “The When Tiarks came to Bryant in freshmen immediately connected perfect 4.0 — a feat for any student — student-athlete GPA just continues 2007 after earning a master’s degree to the best resources we can offer, and did so during their competition to climb higher and higher, and at Springfield College, she was given allowing them to start off their season last fall. Seventy-one were that is certainly a direct result of the a significant task: work with more academic careers on the right foot,” named academic all-conference resources and programming offered than 450 student-athletes through- she says. selections by the Northeast at Bryant.”

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OUTSTANDING STUDENT Spotlight on: ACCOMPLISHMENTS FIFtH AnnuAL the passion of Bryant students is HonorS CoLLoQuIuM StudentS evident by the awards and recog- At the 2011 Honors Colloquium, nitions they’ve received from sponsored by PwC, more than national programs and conferences. 30 Honors Program members Bryant students participate in a myriad of learning Jason Fortin ’12 (pomfret, Ct), took part in a campus-wide experiences that reach far beyond campus. Jessica Komoroski ’11 (West presentation of their capstone islip, nY), thomas Pagliarini ’11 thesis projects. Explore the vast Ri (north providence, ), and research completed by this Amanda Zagame ’11 (Bellingham, extraordinary group of students MA) had undergraduate research at digitalcommons.bryant.edu/ papers accepted for the 2011 honors. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY extravaganza — part fashion national Conference on under- AND HERSTORY MONTHS show, part dance performance graduate Research at ithaca Learn more about the every year Bryant campus is busy — coordinated by dozens of College. their papers were based Honors Program at with activities celebrating black MSu students. on collaborative research projects www.bryant.edu/honors. history and women’s history in Bryant’s HerStory Month completed with the support of February and March, respectively. in March was marked by visits professor of history Judy barrett Spearheaded by the Multi- from prominent women and Litoff, Ph.d. cultural Student union (MSu), a a “telling her Story” series, Christina Knips ’12 (Wappingers variety of celebratory Black history among other events. in addition, Falls, nY) was one of just five and vice president and captain of Month events included a “Yard the 16th Annual Women’s students from around the country the women’s rugby team. Show,” a showcase of step dance herStory Awards dinner awarded a fellowship to attend Bryant freshman Arianna routines performed by Bryant featured a keynote speech by the 30th Annual Conference on McLaughlin ’14 (Moorestown, fraternities and sororities; a soul Vice president for Academic the First-Year experience. Knips nJ), a newcomer to Bryant’s food dinner; music and spoken Affairs José-Marie griffiths, an served as a lead counselor for a Mock trial Association, walked word performances; and an award-winning scholar who Bryant program that helps away with an “outstanding annual event honoring the spoke about how she was incoming multicultural and Attorney” award at the American legacy of Martin luther King Jr. inspired by the work of physicist international students. She is Mock trial Association’s regional the month culminated with and chemist Marie Curie. also a student diversity advocate, tournament. Mclaughlin bested students from teams representing such schools as harvard university, Brown university, and Boston College. Another student standout, Casey Mulcare ’11 (hatfield, MA), continued a Bryant tradition by winning the Kenneth M. Bedini Student leader Award at the annual conference of the north- east Chapter of the national Association for Campus Activities. the award marked the fifth year in a row that a Bryant student took home the award. Mulcare, a communication major, is general manager of WJMF 88.7FM , a member of president Machtley’s (Left to right) HerStory award winners Cynthia Birdsong ’11 (Somerset, NJ), Extravaganza featured a fashion show Senior Advisory Council, and Cristine Cox ’11 (Suitland, MD), Sherri Lowe ’12 (Boston, MA), and and dance performances. active in Relay for life. Sherika Nicholas ’11 (Long Island, NY)

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 36 8/3/11 9:08 PM IB STUDENTS CAPTURE #1 Bryant’s College of Business and ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS WORLD RANKING one of the instructors of the top- A team of Bryant students major- ranked team. ing in international business All teams start out on the same claimed the No. 1 spot overall for footing: a shoe company with the week of March 21-27 in the equal sales volume, global market Business Strategy Game. The share, revenues, profits, costs, and simulation game is an online footwear quality. Each team has exercise that places 4,558 teams two manufacturing plants — one from 283 colleges and universities in Asia, the other in the United around the world in head-to-head States. Each company has markets competition running an athletic in North America, South America, footwear company. Europe and Asia, and offers The members of the top-ranked branded footwear to retailers, Bryant team are Rachel Boucher direct-to-consumer sales online, At the 2 0 11 International Business (IB) Awards, Roberta O’Neill, ’11 (Burlington, CT), Catherine and private-label opportunities. president of Tatutina, a maker of custom hand-painted gifts, praised Heaphy ’12 (Lindenhurst, NY), Where teams succeed or fail is the consultation her company received from students who helped Elias McQuade ’12 (Manchester, in their week-to-week decisions her develop international growth strategies. NH), and Andres Orobitg ’11 on topics such as corporate social (Puerto Rico). A second team responsibility and citizenship, from Bryant ranked 76th overall production of branded and private- unstable governments in the rating of B+ or better; stock price during the same week. Bryant’s label athletic footwear, plant Middle East, and foreign exchange gains; and image ratings. International Business program capacity additions/sales/upgrades, rate variances — affect each team “This project has given us an fielded a roster of 15 teams to worker compensation and train- and its strategies. opportunity to make real-world take on the international business ing, shipping, pricing and mar- Team rankings are judged on business decisions,” says team case study. keting, celebrity endorsements, five performance objectives: member Catherine Heaphy ’12, The game is “very, very realistic,” and financing of company opera- growth of earnings per share; “which are experiences that will says Andres Ramirez, Ph.D., tions. Actual current events — maintaining a return on equity put us ahead of the competition assistant professor of finance in such as earthquakes in Japan, investment; maintaining a credit when applying for jobs.”

TARYN SMITH ’12 BELIEVES IN SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS

When Taryn Smith ’12 (Voorheesville, management, and sociology and college students from around the NY) began her first year at Bryant, she service learning. Since then, she has country, including two others from envisioned spending the next four continued her work with Helping Bryant, planting 250 trees, collecting years preparing for a career in busi- Hands, and, last year, she was part of trash, and creating teaching aids to ness. That was until she took the class a group that spent a week teaching be used in the education center in Community Engagement and Service English and computer skills to the Angeles National Forest. Learning with Associate Sociology residents of a small fishing village Smith, who began her volunteer Professor Sandra Enos, Ph.D. in the Dominican Republic. work in high school with Relay for As part of the course, she worked Smith was thrilled to be offered the Life and blood drives in her home- with the student-run Helping Hands opportunity to travel to Los Angeles town, truly relishes the opportunity organization to plan a holiday party to be part of the Liberty Mutual to help others. “In today’s fast-paced on campus for underprivileged Responsible Scholars™ Community world, people don’t always take the children. Project team. The group’s mission: time to do something nice for others,” “I realized that I was truly passionate continue recovery efforts from she says. “Performing a small act of about being active in the community,” devastating wildfires in 2009 and kindness—that can so easily brighten says Smith, who is now pursuing flooding at the end of last year. For a someone’s day—is my favorite part a double major in human resource week in January, Smith joined nine of volunteering.”

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Spotlight on: Alumni

Bryant alumni are making an impact around the globe, in their local communities, and as active participants in University programs and events.

(Left to right) Frank Stasiowski ’75 MBA; John LaRocca Sr. ’70; Jennifer Parkhurst ’97, ’06 MBA; Michael Roberto, D.B.A.; and Steven Berman ’68

2004 after a successful 25-year ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT Frank Stasiowski ’75 MbA, corporate career. through her AWARD WINNERS HONORED Distinguished Alumnus Award, company she shares proven During Bryant’s annual Alumni graduate School; Steven berman strategies to help clients achieve leadership Weekend this spring, ’68, nelson J. gulski Service personal and professional success. several alumni were honored for Award; John Larocca, Sr. ’70, A past Bryant university Women’s their outstanding contributions nelson J. gulski Service Award; Summit® presenter, Williams- to their professions, their com- and Jennifer Parkhurst ’97, ’06 Bogar travels throughout the munities, and the university. MbA, Young Alumna leadership united States and internationally, the Awards Selection Com- Award. in addition, Michael facilitating customized work- mittee, comprising members of roberto, d.b.A., received the shops in subject areas including the national Alumni Council, Association’s Distinguished emotional intelligence, cultural students, and faculty, chose as Faculty Award. competency, multigenerational recipients of the 2011 Awards: the Alumni Achievement leadership, and the unique Kenneth oringer ’87, Awards were presented by the perspectives of women leaders. Distinguished Alumnus Award; president of the Bryant university Rita Williams-Bogar ’76 Following the success of Alumni Association, Jim Magee personal Development Solutions, ’88, at a recognition dinner she formed pDS institute llC during the Fifth Annual Alumni TRUSTEE NAMED AMONG in 2007 to provide educational leadership Weekend. Stephen TOP WOMEN IN BUSINESS services to the insurance industry. Fitch ’09, the winner of the inau- Bryant university trustee rita in addition to her work with gural Alumni new Venture Williams-bogar ’76 has been the Bryant Board of trustees, Competition, was also honored named one of new Jersey’s Best Williams-Bogar serves as vice during the celebratory dinner. 50 Women in Business for 2011 president of diversity for the new Fitch won the $10,000 first place by nJBiZ. the awards program Jersey Association of Women award in support of his start-up honors dynamic business leaders Business owners. She is the company, moondust macarons, who are making a significant executive director of the new which makes and distributes impact in their companies, Jersey chapter of the Chartered unique French cookies. industries, and communities. property and Casualty under- For more information about Williams-Bogar is president writers Society, and a past presi- each of the Alumni Achievement and CEo of montclair, nJ-based dent of the national Coalition of Award recipients, or the Alumni personal Development Solutions 100 Black Women inc., Bergen/ new Venture Competition, visit llC, a venture she started in passaic chapter. Kenneth Oringer ’87 www.bryant.edu/alumni.

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 38 8/3/11 9:09 PM One of a panel of experts, he resources, the latest fiction and programming based on the num- guided alumni attendees through nonfiction titles, and e-reader ber of alumni who are Amica the topic “Successful Leadership technologies. Located within customers. A similar agreement in a Competitive Market.” the George E. Bello Center for exists with Bank of America for Salary Tutor, which has been Information and Technology, alumni credit cards. featured by Yahoo Finance and the Krupp Library houses more Other Alumni Association Monster.com, will be released in than 150,000 items, and current benefits include a 10 percent paperback in August. print and electronic journal discount for programs at Bryant’s subscriptions totaling more than Executive Development Center, DisCoVer your alumni 20,000 titles. Alumni can access and a 20 percent discount alumnus writes book on assoCiation beneFits an extensive database of business on services at the University’s salary negotiation Bryant’s 40,000-plus alumni are resources off campus as well, John H. Chafee Center for While preparing for an important automatically members of the through an arrangement with International Business. Alumni interview, Jim Hopkinson ’91 University’s Alumni Association, EBSCOhost. can also become members at noticed that there are hundreds with access to a wide range of The Bryant Alumni Association the Downtown Harvard Club of books on résumés and inter- exclusive benefits and services. has also partnered with Amica in Boston, MA, through its viewing but virtually no resources One of these many privileges is Insurance to provide a great affiliation with Bryant. for salary negotiation. The more access to the Douglas and Judith value in high-quality insurance. Explore these and many other he learned about this topic, the Krupp Library on campus with As an added bonus, Amica Alumni Association benefits more people told him they’d love its impressive array of electronic supports the University’s alumni online at www.bryant.edu/alumni. to know more, and Salary Tutor, Hopkinson’s latest book, was born. Hopkinson lives in New York City and is a marketing director overseeing the online marketing and social media strategy for Wired.com. His popular @ stay connected and informed “Hopkinson Report” podcast and blog covers new media marketing trends. He also is a contributing @ writer to Wired.com’s “Epicenter” business blog, and teaches a class on social media strategy at New @ York University. Before WIRED, Hopkinson BRYANT spent eight years working at ESPN To keep you informed @with news from the University, as a technical producer in Seattle, and then in New York City we need yoUr help. spearheading online marketing for ESPN.com and Mobile ESPN. When we have announcements to share, There are three easy ways to connect: Hopkinson has stayed connected Bryant increasingly turns to e-mail as one of to his alma mater by returning to E-mail us at [email protected] Bryant to share career advice with our most effective means of staying in touch Call the Alumni Office current students, and has met with alumni and friends. at (401) 232-6040 with Bryant’s honors students as Don’t miss this information because we part of an alumni reception during don’t have an e-mail address for you. Update Or enter the information directly the Honors Program New York your record today (please include your class into Bryant’s online directory, City Experience trip. In April 2010, year and maiden name, if applicable). login at www.bryant.edu/alumni he also served as a panelist during Bryant’s Alumni Leadership Forum — Career Development 360°.

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Class notes is a great place to share news about 1974 CT, chief financial officer of Arburg daNNy harriNGtON of Inc., was named “CFO of the Year” professional and educational accomplishments and Newburyport, MA, considered for a medium-size private company a founding father of the Firehouse by the Hartford Business Journal other special events in your life. Keep Bryant University Center for the Arts, was featured Online. Arburg, Inc. is a German informed of your latest endeavors by submitting 20th anniversary celebration on manufacturer of injection molding NewburyportNews.com. machines with a presence in 24 information online through the Class notes page at Harrington is a baritone saxophonist countries. www.bryant.edu/alumni. and a professor at Berklee College you can also send an e-mail of Music in Boston, MA. stEvEN issa ’82 MBa of to [email protected] or call (877) 353-5667. Cumberland, RI, was appointed thOMas hENdErsON of executive vice president & managing Medford, MA, has been promoted director, commercial banking, at to group vice president- Flagstar Bank. He will oversee the 1957 1969 commercial lending at East Boston commercial banking division and will Ed O’NEill of Centerville, MA, rOBErt GilBErt of Blackstone, Savings Bank, heading a team of also serve as the market president has joined the team of tax MA, was awarded the Federal commercial lenders to develop for the New England region. Issa professionals at Crabtree CPA & Aviation Administration’s presti- lending opportunities and related serves on the boards of the Greater Associates in Hyannis, MA. gious Wright Brothers Master Pilot business in the bank’s Boston- Providence Chamber of Commerce, O’Neill has more than 50 years of Award. This award is presented for South region. Delta Dental of Rhode Island, industry experience and extensive “Fifty Years of Dedicated Service Miriam Hospital, and the Governor’s tax knowledge. He is a Korean in Aviation Safety.” Gilbert is a shEryl (Chait) sChOENaChEr, Commodore Advisory Group. War veteran, and president and certified commercial pilot with multi Ph.d., of Massapequa, NY, has been treasurer of the VFW in Hyannis. engine and instrument ratings. promoted to associate professor in 1978 He has also served as a volunteer the Computer Systems Department JOsEPh sarNO of Avon By The photographer for Cape Cod’s aNdrEw wOOd of Bluffton, SC, at Farmingdale State College. Sea, NJ, has joined CB Richard Ellis- Figawi Charity Ball for 20 years. is the new chief financial officer New Jersey. He was named of Bamberg County Hospital 1975 executive vice president and will 1968 in Bamberg, SC. Wood is a senior rOBErt arsENault, most recently work out of the East Brunswick, NJ, JOhN dwyEr sr. ’72 MBa of consultant with Financial Resources of Tacoma, WA, has been hired as office. Sarno will be part of a team Kingston, NY, president and Group LLC, the Dallas-based administrator of Edgewood Vista at that provides commercial transaction owner of Quilty, Dwyer & Larkin company selected to provide interim Edgewood Village in Fargo, ND. services to global corporations, as Insurance Agency, has been management at the hospital. He well as landlord advisory services for elected chairman of the SUNY has more than 14 years of experience 1976 many of central New Jersey’s top Ulster board of trustees. He will in health care financial management. JiM hawkiNs of Merritt Island, office buildings. head the board until October. FL, joined DNA Brands, Inc. as vice Dwyer represented the Town of 1972 president of its meat snack division. stEPhEN BEllO ’88 MBa of North Kingston in the Ulster County riCk BiBEN of McLean, VA, chief Hawkins will spearhead the expansion Providence, RI, has been named Legislature for 20 years and was executive officer and president of and development of DNA Shred chief financial officer for Dama the minority leader for 11 years. Gibbs & Cox, Inc. was interviewed Stix™ and DNA Beef Jerky® Jewelry Technology Inc. Bringing by MarineNews magazine. Gibbs nationally across all channels. more than 25 years of experience & Cox, Inc. is an independent to the role, he is responsible for engineering and design firm 1977 helping establish consistency in specializing in naval architecture rOBErt araCE of Glastonbury, operational and finance activities. and marine engineering.

JaCk aNdErsON ’77 MBa of North Scituate, RI, in the overall business excellence category is co-founder of New England disaster recovery for companies with fewer than 100 employees. experts Enviro-Clean, Inc., which received the The younger Anderson, a widely regarded Providence Business News (PBN) 2010 Business mold expert, is in demand as a lecturer, has Excellence Award. The firm, which Jack founded served as expert witness in regional court cases, in 2002 with his son EriC aNdErsON ’08 MBa, and teaches about mold and mold awareness. started as a mold remediation service and is a He also started Happy Shirts, a company now a full-service disaster recovery company. that creates T-shirts locally from 50 percent The PBN Business Excellence Awards, one ring-spun cotton and 50 percent recycled of the region’s longest-running business materials. Revenue from T-shirt sales support recognition programs, honor local organizations the Happy Foundation, which partners and individuals for their excellence, leadership, with organizations such as PlanUSA and Jack Anderson ’77 MBA Eric Anderson ’08 MBA and community involvement. One of seven World Vision to provide a T-shirt to refugees recipients, Enviro-Clean was chosen this year worldwide for each Happy Shirt purchased.

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 40 8/3/11 9:09 PM 1979 1982 Scott devenS, most recently of Jilma (nyBerg) Sweeney of Stephen Furtado of East renee dupuiS of New Bedford, Holliston, MA, is general manager South Dennis, MA, received Providence, RI, has been elected MA, chief of the Criminal Bureau of of Talend, Inc.’s new application national certification for her firm as to the School Committee in East the Attorney General’s Office, has integration division. Devens brings a Women’s Business Enterprise by Providence, RI. been sworn in as Superior Court more than 24 years of experience in the Center for Women & Enterprise, Judge. Previously, Dupuis served the technology industry to this role. the New England regional certifying patricia (raymond) magao for 21 years in the Bristol County partner of the Women’s Business of Salem, CT, has been named District Attorney’s Office. capt. raymond gallucci Jr. Enterprise National Council. Her corporate secretary of Chelsea of Warwick, RI, a 24-year veteran company, Dennis Partners, is a Groton Bank. Magao, a senior vice peter Fogarty of Greenville, RI, of the Warwick Police Department, global biopharma recruiting firm. president, has been with the has been named to the board of has been sworn in as police major. Groton, CT-based bank for 31 years Operation Clean Government, the He is now third-in-command of the 1987 and is the company’s senior deposit nonprofit volunteer group dedicated department. Gallucci is a colonel amy (BrookS) nelSon, cpa, services officer. to government transparency and with the National Guard and of Exton, PA, was appointed chief accountability for Rhode Island. recently transferred to the Army financial officer, Global Vendor 1980 Fogarty is a certified public Reserve after a tour of duty in Iraq Finance, for De Lage Landen Steven Franchetti of North accountant and fraud examiner in 2004. He holds a master’s degree International B.V., a global provider Attleboro, MA, was named director with the national accounting firm in national security and strategic of asset-based financing for of integrity and compliance at Hagen Streiff Newton & Oshiro. studies from the Naval War College manufacturers and distributors Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. in Newport. of capital goods. She also serves michael griFFin mBa of on the board of directors of Philips 1981 Swansea, MA, a UMass Dartmouth mark provoSt ’95 mSt, cpa/ Medical Capital, LLC. Nelson is richard rocheleau of Lincoln, professor, authored the text: MBA pFS was named a 2011 Rhode a member of the Equipment RI, a project manager Fundamentals: Accounting and Island Five Star Wealth Manager Leasing and Finance Association’s in Citizens Bank’s Finance. Griffin, assistant dean of in the January 2011 edition of Accounting Committee and is a Operations Support the Charlton College of Business, is Rhode Island Monthly magazine. regular presenter at its conferences. and Development also the internship director for the department, has college. He is the author of many 1985 ellen ordway of Scituate, RI, been promoted to business books and has developed Bernard tyrrell of Indianapolis, rejoined DiSanto, Priest & Co., senior vice president. He joined the several software packages for IN, was appointed to the newly where she will work in the firm’s company in 2000 and has held commercial and academic use. created position of senior vice business-resource center. She brings positions in various departments. president-North American sales 23 years of experience in public and Rocheleau is the committee JameS moniz Jr. of North and marketing by Delcath Systems, private accounting to the position. chairman and games director for Kingstown, RI, has Inc. In this role, Tyrrell will lead Special Olympics Rhode Island. been appointed the development of Delcath’s sales, 1988 senior vice president marketing, and clinical support caryn goulet of Wilmington, edwin SantoS of Saunderstown, and employee teams, as well as the reimbursement MA, has been appointed to the RI, volunteered as benefits leader at strategy for the company’s chemo- newly created position of human a financial expert Starkweather & saturation system in the United States. resources manager at Cummings for Rhode Island’s Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc., Properties, a Woburn-based newly elected where he will lead the firm’s peter moreau ’09 mBa of commercial real estate firm. She General Treasurer employee benefits division. Moniz Attleboro, MA, has been named is affiliated with the Society for Gina Raimondo as serves on the board of directors of vice president and chief information Human Resource Management she launched a full review of the the Rhode Island Blood Center and officer of Amica Mutual Insurance and Northeast Human Resources state’s treasury. As the former group is a trustee of the Greater Providence Company, Lincoln, RI. Moreau has Association. Goulet also volunteers executive vice president and general Chamber of Commerce. He is held a variety of positions at Amica with a number of youth soccer auditor for Citizens Financial Group, also on the broker advisory boards and has earned the insurance organizations. Santos has more than 28 years of of Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI industry’s prestigious Chartered financial services experience. He and Tufts Health Plan, as well as Property Casualty Underwriter david piccerelli of Barrington, currently is chairman of the board a member of the RI Business (CPCU) designation. RI, has been named president and of CharterCARE Health Partners. Health Care Advisors Council. chief executive officer of WSBE He is also vice chairman of the 1986 Rhode Island PBS. He has served board of Crossroads Rhode Island. 1984 Beth (wagner) SchwenzFeier as acting president since March anthony Borzaro Jr. ’91 mBa, opened her second 2010 when roBert FiSh ’68, michael uva ’85 mBa of Lincoln, of Cranston, RI, has franchised restaurant who died in July, took an extended RI, has been appointed senior vice been promoted to in Augusta, GA. Her medical leave. Piccerelli also serves president and director of finance executive vice first Great Wraps as treasurer of the board of the risk and control in the accounting president of finance franchise was Brad Faxon Junior Golf Foundation department at Citizens Bank. Uva is for commercial opened in 2008 in and president of Rhode Island a member of the American Institute banking at Citizens Evans, GA. The newest location is Country Club. of Certified Public Accountants. Financial Group, Inc. Borzaro has in the Augusta Mall. been with the company for more than 13 years.

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Mike Vagnini of Southbury, CT, peter Dillon of New Milford, CT, Jason CaVe of Alexandria, VA, 1994 joined Stanley Black & Decker as accepted a position has been selected by the Federal kennetH riCHarDson Jr. Mst vice president of tax compliance as associate Deposit Insurance Corporation of Providence, RI, was elected chair- and financial reporting. He will focus director, executive (FDIC) as the deputy director for man of the Providence Democratic on increasing the use of technology, compensation at monitoring in the newly created City Committee. Richardson has tax software, and standardized Praxair, Inc. located Office of Complex Financial been the chairman of the Ward 5 processes to increase overall effi- in Danbury, CT. Institutions. He has been with the Democratic Committee since 2006. ciencies within the global tax function. FDIC since 1993 and currently Jennifer HarMoning of Lowell, serves as the Deputy to the Chairman. DaViD Crosby of Parker, CO, 1989 MA, joined RFWalsh Cave is a CFA Charterholder. accepted a position at CH2M HILL eVerett gabriel of Cranston, RI, Collaborative Partners in Englewood, CO, as expatriate has been named vice president of as an assistant kara (kelly) Derosa of administration manager. Gilbane Building Company. He project manager. Stratford, CT, was promoted to has been employed by Gilbane She will primarily be chief counsel and will manage legal JosepH gereMia of Rocky Hill, since 2001, and currently serves as responsible for support for the Discrete Automation CT, has been elected Worthy Grand a corporate tax strategist and project financials and accounting. and Motion and Low Voltage Knight of the Knights of Columbus compliance officer. Products divisions of ABB in Council #10651 and Faithful Navigator 1992 North America. She will relocate of Assembly #2325. He serves as angelo tartaglione Mst of Carla (blain) CrowsHaw, to Wisconsin. the controller for the Connecticut North Providence, RI, has been pMp, ’99 Mba Housing Finance Authority. appointed executive director for the of Wakefield, RI, rabeCCa (fuoCo) eunis, Cpa, James L. Maher Center, a private has been promoted of East Greenwich, JaMes MCCarty iii ’06 Mst nonprofit that provides support for to director of organ- RI, has received the of Bristol, RI, has been appointed people with developmental disabil- izational develop- FIVE STARSM Wealth a tax supervisor with Batchelor, ities. Tartaglione continues to serve ment of APC by Manager Award, Frechette, McCrory, Michael and Co. as chief financial officer. He is also a Schneider Electric. Crowshaw was an award given to McCarty, a certified public account- fellow of the Health Care Financial also elected vice president of the 7 percent of ant, will be responsible for client tax Management Association. board of directors of Cane Child professionals in a given industry planning and compliance with a Development Center, a nonprofit and market area. Eunis is president focus on individual, corporate, and 1990 agency serving families in the of My CFO Source and Eunis & pass-through entity taxation. keVin santaCroCe of Southold, South County area of Rhode Island. Associates CPA, Inc. She is a NY, chief lending officer of member of the Rhode Island 1997 Bridgehampton National Bank, was 1993 Association of Public Accountants. nirbHay kuMar of Stamford, promoted to executive vice president. salVatore “sal” buonaCore CT, has been promoted to director- A member of the Risk Management of Westford, MA, has been promoted brian walDMan of Milford, relationship management at Association for Commercial Banks, to store manager at TD Bank in MA, vice president of marketing & BlackRock within the BlackRock he currently serves on the board of Andover, MA. He is responsible strategy of Merchant Warehouse, Solutions business. trustees of Timothy Hill Children’s for new business development, was a featured speaker at Affiliate Ranch in Riverhead, NY. consumer and business lending, Summit West 2011. The Affiliate allan staunton of Cranford, and managing personnel and day- Summit provides educational NJ, accepted a position at Nomura 1991 to-day operations. sessions on the latest industry issues Securities in Piscataway, NJ. DaViD appolonia, Cpa, of for affiliate marketers. Waldman Wakefield, RI, has joined FTI also serves as an e-commerce Consulting’s Corporate Finance/ strategy/search marketing Restructuring business segment as consultant for B2B companies, a senior managing director in the among others. Transaction Advisory Services practice.

erika Dunn ’07 of Boston, MA, will take a year in Italy while at Bryant. “ I also have a passion for off from her position as a senior associate at Keane people that has drawn me to service work and Inc., an IT recruiting and services firm, to embark missions. Through this experience, I hope to connect on a mission across the globe. She will be part of further with our world.” The World Race, run by the Adventures in Dunn’s work abroad will include building Missions organization. Over 11 months, Dunn will churches, helping to feed and clothe the poor, raising be part of one of several teams to travel to Kenya, awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia Uganda, Tanzania, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Eastern Europe, teaching English, and running the Philippines, China, Ukraine, Moldova, and sports camps. Romania to help impoverished populations. Learn more about The World Race and Dunn’s “Ever since I was a child I had a passion for journey, at erikadunn.theworldrace.org. worldwide travel,” says Dunn, who studied abroad

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210723.P26_44_REV.indd 42 8/3/11 9:09 PM 1998 micHeLLe eicHeNgreeN of 2006 Jessica Witter of West Hyannis- Baillie & Hershman P.C. Attorney Purchase, NY, accepted a position as DamieN caBraL of Warwick, RI, port, MA, joined Jay N. HersHmaN of Cheshire, associate director of residence life is a partner and vice president of Otis & Ahearn Real CT, was selected as a 2010 at Manhattanville College in client experience at TribalVision in Estate in the luxury Connecticut Super Lawyers Rising Purchase, NY. Providence, RI. residential sales Star, an award announced in and leasing office Connecticut magazine and New 2004 matt Doumato of Cumberland, in Boston. England Super Lawyers magazine. aNDrea (BarBosa) Fortier RI, recently took over the family of Swansea, MA, was promoted business, Ephraim Doumato 2009 LeaH szLateNyi ’07 mst of East to assistant director, marketing/ Jewelers, from his father, Ephraim, LiLy HimmeLsBacH of New Greenwich, RI, has been appointed strategy, at (add)ventures in who launched the company nearly York, NY, was promoted to senior to the National Business Valuations Providence, RI. 30 years ago. international coordinator at Committee of the American American Eagle Outfitters. She is Institute of Certified Public mark carrisoN of Cranston, RI, katHeriNe taNkoos of responsible for the international Accountants. Szlatenyi currently was named to the board of directors Hamden, CT, has been hired by the expansion and oversight of serves as a partner and director of of the Audubon Society of Rhode DiMatteo Group as a personal-lines operations in markets outside of Bentley Consulting Group, LLC. Island at the Society’s annual account manager. In her position, North America. This spring she meeting. Carrison is senior Tankoos acts as a customer liaison oversaw the launch of the AE 2000 accountant for the accounting firm for DiMatteo Group’s personal- brand, and the opening of new ryaN HoLziNger ’01 msa, of DiSanto, Priest & Co. He has lines clients. stores in Russia and Asia. ’07 mst of North served as board treasurer for the Providence, RI, was Rhode Island Wild Plant Society 2007 aNtHoNy gratto of North promoted to manager and is currently a board member for DaviD FoNtes mBa of Lincoln, RI, Providence, RI, was promoted to at the Providence, RI- the Boy Scouts of America. was promoted to manager of pharmacy enrollment based CPA firm of manager at the at CVS Caremark in Woonsocket, Sullivan & Company. PauLo Pereira couto of Providence, RI-based RI. He will manage enrollment Holzinger, who received the Central Falls, RI, has been promoted CPA firm Sullivan & with Medicare Part B, state Nicholas Picchione Gold Medal for to PSC contracts specialist for the Company. Fontes, Medicaid plans, and all third-party achieving the highest scores on the United States Agency for who joined the firm commercial payers for CVS’s 7,150- Rhode Island November 2002 CPA International Development’s Office in 2004, works with firm clients in a plus stores. examination, is a member of the of Foreign Disaster Assistance in tax and audit capacity in industries American and Rhode Island Society Washington, D.C. such as manufacturing and whole- 2010 of Certified Public Accountants. saling, precious metals, and kaitLiN maNter of Oneco, CT, sHauN mciNtyre of Scarborough, entertainment. He is a member of has been hired as staff accountant 2001 ME, has been promoted to vice the Rhode Island Society of Certified at Eunis & Associates, CPA Inc. JoHN BLy of Charlotte, NC, a CPA president, municipal lending, in Public Accountants. She began as an intern at Eunis at Toler Bly & Associates, was named the government banking division & Associates in January 2009. to the Charlotte Business Journal at TD Bank in Portland, ME. He is aDrieNNe sHeeDy of Blackstone, She is currently enrolled in “Forty Under 40” issue. Bly was responsible for completing the under- MA, had her recipe for hummus Bryant’s Masters of Professional also recently named the incoming writing analysis, pricing, funding, featured in “The Recipe Box” Accountancy program. president of the Entrepreneur’s and management of all short-term in the Valley Breeze newspaper. Organization for the Charlotte municipal loans for Maine, New Sheedy works at EMC and JiLLiaN Nery mBa of New Chapter. He will be taking Hampshire, and Vermont. is currently enrolled in Bryant’s Bedford, MA, has joined Hodgson the torch from fellow alumnus MBA program. Pratt & Associates, P.C., as a staff DaNa BraDLey ’92. DaNieL smitH will be attending accountant in the audit department. The Wharton School of the 2008 erNest DemeNeses mBa, mst University of Pennsylvania as a kristoFer Hart of East Long- saraH LaNg of Monroe, CT, has has transitioned to the role of member of the MBA class of 2013. meadow, MA, accepted a position joined Barnum Financial Group as president of EMD Tax Consulting. at Cerulli Associates located in a financial services representative. He brings to the role his experience 2005 Boston, MA. Hart recently was Prior to Barnum, Lang worked with federal, multi-state, and local margaret HoLLaND mcDuFF employed at Morgan Stanley as a at SureSource. Lang is licensed to tax matters specific to Fortune 100 mBa of Riverside, RI, was named financial adviser. sell life and health insurance in companies. to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Connecticut and has her Series 6 Chafee’s transition team. She is sHaNNoN LaviN of Braintree, securities licenses. JustiN PuHLick of Walpole, MA, CEO of Family Service of Rhode MA, accepted a position with Otis established a law practice, the Law Island, and founder and current & Ahearn Real Estate in the luxury micHeLLe ricHarD of Mansfield, Office of Justin P. Puhlick, in Walpole, president of the Ocean State residential sales & leasing office MA, has been named staff accountant specializing in real estate legal Network for Children and Families. in Boston. Lavin previously worked at DiSanto, Priest & Co. She is services. Puhlick recently worked McDuff is a recipient of the national at William Raveis Real Estate in currently enrolled in Bryant’s Master at Grenham & Turchetta, LLC. Child Welfare Leadership Award Norwell, MA, where she was ranked of Science in Taxation program. from the Alliance for Children and the No. 6 agent for sales volume Families, and recently founded the in 2010. Lavin is a member of the Providence Children’s Initiative. National Association of Realtors and the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

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In Memoriam

HARRY FRANKLIN EVARTS, 82, former Bryant president (1970–1976), died on March 6, 2011, near his home in Polson, MT. After serving in World War II, Evarts earned a doctorate from Harvard University and went on to a successful career in higher education. He had several international assign- FREDERICK J. STEPHENSON ’27 PHILIP A. BOSCALIA JR. ’48 January 3, 2008 December 11, 2010 ments, including serving as the instructor of advanced management courses in Kenya (1970) and Zambia (1971, 1973). He rounded out his professional DOROTHEA (GREVE) MCGUIRE ’29 ERNEST CORNELIUS JR. ’48 October 26, 2010 February 10, 2011 career at the American Management Association in New York City, where

H. JEAN (WALLER) DELONG ’33 NANCY (GIBBS) CUMMINGS ’48 he pioneered MBA programs for working professionals. In his retirement, December 15, 2010 September 26, 2007 Evarts moved to Montana and enjoyed hunting, riding, fishing, and boating. ISABELLE (SKOCZYLAS) CARLINE ’34 CHRISTOS G. JOHNS ’48 March 4, 2009 February 13, 2011

BENJAMIN E. ANTHONY JR. ’36 THEODORE J. PALIY ’48 THOMAS F. SIMMS ’53 CHESTER J. KOTKOWSKI ’69 December 30, 2010 October 29, 2006 December 28, 2010 February 17, 2011

HUGO G. CONATI ’36 KENNETH A. RAYMOND ’48 WILLIAM R. ROMEO ’54 ALLEN R. MOONEY ’69 December 11, 2010 April 24, 2010 November 25, 2010 July 5, 2010

EDWARD S. DUPUIS ’36 CHARLES E. ANTONE ’49 SHIRLEY (BUCOVETSKY) SOMMER ’54 DAVID A. RICCIO ’70 January 11, 2011 January 7, 2011 January 19, 2011 September 18, 2010

ROBERT A. ANDREWS ’37 ISABELLE (GODDARD) AQUINO ’49 EDWARD H. SCHMITZ ’55 JOHN E. BORK ’71 January 26, 2008 October 27, 2010 November 29, 2010 November 23, 2010

SYLVIA (LUBINSKY) FINLAYSON ’38 THEODORE S. ARMATA ’49 CHARLES A. VAN LOON ’55 MARTHA (VONVILLAS) SOTO ’71 September 30. 2010 January 2, 2011 November 15, 2010 November 19, 2010

RUTH (GOLD) BERNSTEIN ’39 SYLVIO C. BLANCHETTE ’49 RONALD J. WOOD ’55 STEVEN H. MONACO ’72 July 21, 2006 December 4, 2010 December 5, 2010 August 11, 2010

MILDRED (KENT) DAVENPORT ’40 ROBERT P. GAFFNEY ’49 CAROL (KAHN) BECKWITH ’56 EDWARD J. MULLEN ’72 December 2, 2010 October 28, 2010 November 7, 2010 November 20, 2010

MARY JUDD ’40 ROBERT E. LOWREY ’49 PAUL J. DUNNE ’56 RICHARD C. SINGER ’72 January 2, 2011 December 30, 2010 January 21, 2011 November 13, 2010

DOROTHEE (TRUDELLE) MCHUGH ’40 ADOLPH SIDORUK ’49 VIRGINIA (DUBE) BLASKO ’57 THOMAS A. COLANGELO ’75 August 9, 2010 February 16, 2011 January 18, 2011 January 10, 2011

HARRY A. MELKONIAN ’40 JOHN K. ZACHOS ’49 RUSSELL E. MILLIKEN ’57 KEVIN M. DURNIN ’76 October 31, 2010 September 10, 2010 December 2, 2010 December 8, 2010

R. WILLIAM ROWSE ’40 JANE (CARMODY) CROOKS ’50 JAMES W. GATELY ’58 CYNTHIA (WILLIAMS) KARNAN ’76 January 8, 2011 December 23, 2010 February 5, 2011 January 3, 2011

DOROTHY (TUCKER) BROWNING ’41 MARTIN A. EDWARDS ’50 LLOYD D. CONSTANTINE ’60 DANIEL MICKIEWICZ ’76 January 17, 2011 January 7, 2011 September 28, 2010 October 14, 2010

SHIRLEY (WILSON) EISENSTOCK ’41 ROBERT A. FLYNN ’50 JOSEPH R. CROWLEY ’60 SUSAN (KAPLAN) ZELT ’77 December 14, 2010 February 8, 2011 February 11, 2011 January 2, 2011

OLIVE (HOXSIE) PYSZ ’41 ROBERT E. O’DONNELL ’50 JOAN (ZEMAITIS) SHAFER ’60 DIANNE (O’DONNELL) KEVAN ’78 December 5, 2010 December 16, 2010 February 7, 2011 January 22, 2011

WILHELMINA SIMONI ’43 MARY (HANLEY) O’HAGAN ’50 RICHARD C. SHAW ’60 TIMOTHY H. EASLEY ’79 February 3, 2011 October 3, 2010 November 13, 2010 November 14, 2010

FRANK A. TUCKER ’43 RAYMOND PANNONE ’50 RAYMOND A. FERRIS ’61 CARL D. MARCELLO ’79 October 23, 2010 November 29, 2010 October 12, 2010 January 8, 2011

DOROTHY (MILLER) SIMKO ’45 EUGENE WHITE ’50 ROBERT V. RUDOWSKI ’61 RICHARD N. DONALESHEN ’82 December 23, 2010 November 21, 2010 May 10, 2010 August 7, 2010

ARNOLD S. CLEVELAND ’47 WILLIAM D. ANTINE ’51 ROBERT L. CABRAL ’63 STEPHEN L. MCMANN ’84 August 26, 2010 February 13, 2011 January 21, 2011 August 8, 2010

A LFRED G. DUHAINE, JR. ’47 JOHN F. CIPRIANO ’51 MARIANNE (MARCELLO) FITZGERALD ’63 KAY (BUDWAY) MURPHY ’86 December 12, 2010 November 6, 2010 February 23, 2010 January 2, 2011

SIDNEY LANSKY ’47 WILLIAM A. HEANEY ’51 RICHARD D. TRAVERS ’64 SANDRA (SMITH) FIORE ’91 March 27, 2010 December 20, 2010 January 5, 2011 December 23, 2010

BETTY (ROBINSON) PALIY ’47 PAUL V. TERRANOVA ’51 RUSSELL C. COTNOIR ’66 TRACEY LEE MILLER ’91 December 22, 2010 November 16, 2010 October 24, 2010 October 30, 2010

RAYMOND E. PIETTE ’47 RAYMOND A. WALSH ’51 DENNIS J. CUNNINGHAM ’66 DEVNATH SINGH HOON ’94 February 3, 2011 January 12, 2011 November 28, 2010 August 23, 2010

MARGARET (PIVARNIK) SULLIVAN ’47 LOUIS E. ERICSON ’52 KENNETH J. LASALLE ’66 STEVEN J. MANNING ’99 August 4, 2010 April 19, 2010 November 12, 2010 January 12, 2011

GEORGE L. SUTCLIFFE ’47 ROBERT E. FORSBERG ’52 WILLIAM N. TURNER ’66 ELIZABETH L. ARNOLD ’07 January 20, 2011 December 1, 2010 November 17, 2010 November 9, 2010

GEORGE M. WATSON JR. ’47 PHILIP B. BOURGEOIS ’53 IVAN D. PURDY ’67 John C. Gardner ’12 January 26, 2011 September 15, 2006 January 7, 2011 March 19, 2011

DOUGLAS B. BAKER ’48 JEROME KAPLAN ’53 NANCY (PERRONE) DEGNAN ’68 December 2, 2010 December 11, 2010 September 25, 2008

44 Bryant sUMMER 2011

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As a Bryant graduate, you know that business is about more than debits and credits and that education takes you far beyond the classroom. You’ve learned that organizations succeed because of dedicated people working together toward a common goal.

Since its founding in 1863, Bryant has had dedicated, passionate people, all working together to create a legacy of excellence in education. Share their passion for education by establishing a legacy that will make a difference in the lives of generations to come. Include Bryant in your estate plan.

Call toll free (877) 353-5667 and ask to speak with Ed Magro, J.D., associate director of planned giving, contact Ed via [email protected], or visit www.bryant.edu/plannedgiving to learn more about establishing a legacy of opportunity at Bryant.

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september 23-25 Reunion @ Homecoming

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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 sAntA n D er sUPPorts sie innovAtion throU gh reseA rch 148 th co MMenceM ent

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