indicia text tk WINTER 2017 Drew University 36 Madison Ave. MAGAZINE Madison, NJ 07940 drew.edu Mark Your Calendars SETH MEYERS Emmy Award–winning writer and current host of Late Night with Seth Meyers. FEBRUARY 4 | 8 p.m. Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ In The Game: EARL MONROE | IRA BERKOW Hall of Fame basketball star, with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. MARCH 14 | 8 p.m. $85.4 million Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University from 14,001 RON CHERNOW unique donors! THE Thomas H. Kean Visiting Lecturer Thank you. Best-selling author of the book that inspired the Pulitzer Prize–winning DREW musical Hamilton. Nina Subin APRIL 5 | 8 p.m. FORUM Simon Forum, Drew University The Drew Forum speaker series is generously sponsored by the Blanche and drew.edu/events Irving Laurie Foundation and the Thomas H. Kean Visiting Lectureship. Winter 2017 | Contents Thanks to the One And All campaign—and the EXPANDED $85.4 million raised from 14,001 distinct donors— CENTER FOR CIVIC Junior ENGAGEMENT AND Drew boasts this vast array of achievements. PROFESSORSHIP 1 PAGE 31 On the pages that follow, we take a closer look CIVIC at what was made possible by the generosity SCHOLARS of our remarkable community—One And All. PROGRAM ADDED PAGE 3 $31+ RENOVATED NEW YORK SEMESTER ON MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MILLION HALL OF PAGE 22 TO THE ENDOWMENT SCIENCES PAGE 47 PAGE 40 BALDWIN Percent Increase ENVIRONMENTAL HONORS PROGRAM in CLA Alumni STUDIES AND Participation SUSTAINABILITY PAGE 6 7 PAGE 30 3 Faculty MAJOR Fellowships PAGE 36 PAGE 41 16 STUDENT ARTS-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM 38 RESEARCH SCHOLAR INITIATIVE SHIPS FELLOWSHIPS KEAN PAGE 14 PAGE 172 READING PAGE 28 FEATURES EVERYTHING ELSE ROOM NEW ANNUAL 6 A Fellowship of Scholars 4 Mead 205 PAGE 40 31 Into The Forest 42 Honor Roll 12 GIVING 14 Answered Prayers of Donors Ehinger INTERNSHIP RECORDS 154 Classnotes Center FUNDS 22 Manhattan Matters 172 BackTalk PAGE 34 PAGE 172 PAGE 30 DREW MAGAZINE Volume 44, No. 1, Winter 2017 PRESIDENT MaryAnn Baenninger, PhD PUBLISHERS Kira Poplowski, PhD VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Kenneth Alexo, Jr., PhD VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT CREATIVE DIRECTOR Margaret M. Kiernan EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Kristen Daily Williams C’98 CONTENT DIRECTOR Christopher Hann GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Peter Heineck, Rizco Design, Melanie Shandroff PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT Lynne DeLade C’12 EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Coyne, Christopher Hann, Andrew McMains, Amy Motzenbecker, Shannon Mullen, Leslie Garisto Pfaff HONOR ROLL CURATORS Julie Gill, Jane Driscoll Himmelrich CLASSNOTES COORDINATOR Kathleen Merusi LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WEBMASTER Justin Jackson C’05 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Robert Benacchio C’98, President, College Alumni Association Brandon Cho T’06, President, “ I gave to the One And All campaign for Theological School Alumni Association many reasons, but the most important Drew Magazine (ISSN 0889-0153) is one was definitely our students. I saw this published by Drew University, campaign as an unprecedented opportunity 36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, USA. to transform the Drew experience for all Standard rate postage paid at Madison, New Jersey, and additional mailing office. of them: to modernize the classrooms POSTMASTER: Send address changes to and laboratories in which they learn, to Office of Alumni Records, Alumni House, renew the spaces in which they hang out Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940. and to create or enhance the programs All material in Drew Magazine is ©2017 by Drew University. and initiatives that connect them to—and prepare them for—the real world. I am SUBSCRIPTIONS Through your relationship to Drew University, honored to have been one of the 14,001 you are a subscriber of Drew Magazine. donors who helped build for Drew the kind ADDRESS CHANGES OR TO UNSUBSCRIBE of foundation that will enable it to reach its Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 973.408.3229, full potential—and will propel the University [email protected] into a future in which it will shine more LETTERS TO THE EDITOR brightly than it ever has.” [email protected] or to the first address above —William M. Freeman C’74, Campaign Chair Drew University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action employer and educator. See the video featuring Olivia Blondheim Views expressed herein are those of the authors and do C’18, a Civic Scholar and Baldwin not necessarily reflect official policy of the university. Honors Scholar, at drew.edu/oneandall. Lacrosse Coach Tom Leanos surrounded by graduating players. On and off the field, Leanos’ mentoring matters. Page 11. 2 Drew Magazine I drew.edu/magazine Winter 2017 3 Bill Cardoni Bill Cardoni Adam Nawrot Mead 205 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Nelson Henderson, an otherwise obscure Canadian farmer, is reputed to have shared with his son the following sage advice: “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” Giving to others without expecting something in return lies at the heart of the world’s great religions and philosophies. It is an aspiration that underscores the inherent connectedness of the human race: the fact that none of us is an island, that we are mutually dependent on one another, that we owe much to those who have come before us, and have a responsibility to those who come after. It is, as such, a value that all of us would do well to remember—and to practice—as we go about our everyday lives, in whatever endeavor we may be engaged. and have raised the value of a Drew diploma for those of you Engagement; the conversion of environmental studies into a t also happens to be an apt description of what more than who had the exceptionally good fortune to graduate from here. full-fledged major program of study; and the initiation of an 14,000 Drewids accomplished during our recently completed In the pages that follow, we recognize all of those who gave to arts-across-the-curriculum initiative. IOne And All campaign. Drew as part of the One And All campaign, and highlight some of These are impressive and inspiring accomplishments, but they Perhaps because ours is “the University in The Forest,” I immediately our most spectacular and emblematic successes. For reasons of don’t end there. During the One And All campaign, we also set recalled Henderson’s simple yet profound metaphor as I perused space, we couldn’t include a story on every tree that was planted new records for annual giving, increased our undergraduate initial drafts of the articles included in this special issue of Drew during this campaign, and so I’d like to provide a quick snapshot alumni participation rate by seven percentage points and added Magazine. I read with admiration and gratitude the stories of of just how much we accomplished: more than $31 million to the endowment. the many new trees planted by our alumni, trustees, students, n The establishment of 38 new scholar- Possibly our most notable achievement, parents, faculty, staff and friends in the larger community. Their ships, 16 new student research fellow- however, was that this campaign very generous gifts—given without any expectation that they would ships and 12 new internship funds, So much of our progress much lived up to its name. One And ever receive the scholarships they established, or take classes supporting students across all three during the past few years would All was a truly egalitarian enterprise. in the buildings they renovated, or study in the programs they schools, as well as the creation of three “ Though we received some big and piloted—added up to a remarkable $85.4 million, helping us new faculty fellowships and one junior not have been possible without extraordinary gifts, none topped the surpass our One And All goal by more than $5 million. professorship in mathematics. the significantly increased “ $3.25 million mark. Unlike most major fundraising campaigns with similarly Drew is clearly a school on the rise in a host of important respects: n The long-overdue transformation of support of our dedicated enrollment and retention have dramatically improved and long- the University Center into the Ehinger ambitious goals, there were no eight- awaited capital improvements on campus—such as the new Center, creating a new hub of student alumni and friends. figure gifts during One And All. This Commons—have been completed. We have added programs activity on campus. was not a campaign focused on and that both leverage our enviable geographic location and help us led by the 1%; our success was, instead, n The equally long-overdue renovation, expansion and modern- better prepare our students for the real world. It’s little wonder, the result of the collective dedication and leadership of the 99%. ization of the Hall of Sciences, the University’s primary facility then, that Drew is considered a “hot” school by one major national The $85.4 million we secured came from exactly 14,001 unique dedicated to teaching and learning in the STEM fields. publication and, according to another, is one of only 50 “colleges donors. This, in and of itself, makes One And All a rare and truly that create futures.” n The building of the stately Kean Reading Room in what was historic campaign—and it sets the stage for even greater success the original lobby of the Library, providing a fully mediated in the near future. One should definitely add the success of the One And All space that serves as one of the most popular study spots on campaign to our growing list of recent achievements. Indeed, so Words cannot fully convey what One And All has meant to this campus and honors the legacy of one of Drew’s most beloved much of our progress during the past few years would not have University and to its continued growth and prosperity.