Join alumni, friends, and family With a special invitation to the members of the 2009 graduating class of Husson University Ledgend 01 Robert ’67 & Frances O’Keefe Husson University Softball Complex 02 John Boucher ’66 Soccer Pitch Fall 2008 | husson.edu 2009 Alumni Trip 03 John W. Winkin Sports Ledger alumni magazine Complex & Harold Alfond May 18-23, 2009 Diamond 04 William P. Newman Athletic 10 Complex 13 05 Clara Swan ’33 Center with Exotic Eastern 09 Alice & Richard ‘65 Trott Fitness Studio Caribbean Cruise 06 Pi Rho Zeta Bell Tower 07 14 07 Ross Furman ’72 Student On the Carnival Destiny with stops in Grand Turk, Center Half Moon Cay, Bahamas & Nassau Bahamas 08 Tennis Courts 09 The Meeting House & The $250.00 deposit is due January 21, 2009 to secure your 12 Price includes 06 Gracie Theater reservation. Deposit is refundable until final payment is due 15 on April 20, 2009. 5 night cruise from Miami, Florida, 11 10 New England School of 08 Contact our travel partner Main 1 Travel at 1-800-418-4114 or port charges, taxes, and fuel charges Communications 18 207-941-8477, [email protected] 05 Inside Cabin $595.52 per person 11 Robert D. O’Donnell Ask for Julie or Eva. 16 Outside Cabin - $665.52 per person 72,’82,’05 Commons Flights to Miami, Florida and all transfers can be made for you by contacting Main 1 Travel. Balcony Cabin - $765.52 per person 04 12 George F. Peabody ’73 Hall & Optional: Gratuities can be prepaid at $50.00 per person. 19 G. Peirce Webber ’89 Campus Center 13 Hart Residence Hall 02 Non-Profit Org 14 Carlisle Residence Hall US Postage PAID 15 Permit # 112 Dickerman Dining Commons Bangor ME 04401 03 16 Bell Residence Hall Alumni and Development One College Circle 17 17 Richard E. Dyke ’58,’76 Bangor ME 04401 Center for Family Business 18 Husson President’s Home Address Service Requested 19 Hillman House & barn 01 20 20 Husson Arboretum & Marc Quinlan ’72 Gazebo It’s center stage on the Husson University campus. It’s brand new. It’s spectacular. Fall 2008 And, starting in the spring of 2009, it’s going to offer the best in local and regional performing groups and Celebrating professional productions – from Broadway musicals Editorial Staff to dramatic plays and comedies to rock concerts and William H. Beardsley country music shows. President It’s Gracie Theatre. Albert R. Smith II Vice President years of success Publisher And we’re inviting you to 110 Susan Nutter Director of Alumni Affairs Take a Seat! Editor Your Take a Seat! gift of $500 or $250 will make you Husson Paul Husson a tangible part of a world class theatre that’s sure to reincorporates as First doctoral Husson Fellow become a premier venue – the only one in the region Institution a non-profit Nursing school graduates hooded, Amanda Kitchen with a fly stage and full orchestra pit! renamed Husson institution with Husson merges into total enrollments Director of Annual Giving Frank Shaw College, board of trustees, receives first Husson, BSN pass 3000, and Adrienne Pidacks As a Take a Seat! donor… your name will be Assistant Director of Annual Giving establishes Shaw Chesley Husson Park Street regional authority follows the ribbon is cut on Warren Caruso » Engraved on a brass plate and displayed on the arm of your seat Business College as President campus booms. accreditation in 1983 Husson University Associate Director of Athletics » Listed on our permanent donor plaque and displayed in the theatre lobby JGroup Advertising » Included in our first-year Gracie Theatre program books ..... ..... ..... ...... ...... ...... .... ..... ...... ...... 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We cannot guarantee your recognition seat for performances. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SUCCESS AT HUSSON UNIVERSITY a Seat Take A University in the making The year 2008 will be to serve as cornerstones in Husson’s physical therapy and pre-pharmacy. academic mission. Writing and paralegal programs lead to exceptional for the entire Founded as Shaw Business College and pre-law. The New England School of Husson community – School of Penmanship in 1898, Husson Communications is welcoming students has evolved into the undergraduate with interests in applied technology, truly a year to remember. Husson College with a focus on business speech, and music. Husson has rebuilt Leading the way, Husson College and accounting. The business school its teacher education presence with officially became Husson University on gained professional accreditation and a focus on elementary and physical Sunday, October 12, 2008. The Board prospered. Boasting 1000 students, it education, school counseling and of Trustees voted to approve the name remains the heart of Husson University – alternative certification. This fall, close to change in recognition, not of what we as so many alumni and friends knew it 1200 students are pursuing professional aspire to be, but rather of what we’ve in the past and as others still know it studies at Husson. already become. Husson’s mission and today. But it’s also changing, with new A University That Still Prizes academic core have evolved with the concentrations in hospitality and sports Teaching and Undergraduate times to serve the ever-changing needs management gathering momentum College Life of Maine’s economy and professional and serving as a platform for potential Husson stands by its founding academic workforce. As Husson makes its doctoral programs in leadership and law. core and is steadfast in ensuring that transformation to university status, it still Also founded in Bangor in the 1890s as Husson University will not lose sight of remains a teaching institution that puts the Bangor General Hospital School of the school’s rich history. undergraduates center stage – and that’s Nursing, the RN diploma program, along what sets us apart. As we embark on this A Focus on Teaching Husson University is with its strong alumnae and traditions, new voyage, let’s look at the coming of now hiring an ever higher percentage of became part of Husson in the 1980s. age of Husson University – our College faculty with doctoral degrees. Despite Since then, it has expanded to offer a Circle Campus – and consider where the diversity in faculty interests, Husson’s bachelor of nursing, graduate nursing, pursuit of core values will next lead us. primary focus remains on excellence in and master’s and doctoral programs teaching and on attracting faculty who Some Things Never Change; in occupational and physical therapy, practice what they teach. Yet Change Is Everywhere respectively. And, with final professional A Focus on Applied Degrees Whether a At its core, Husson has always been approval in process, a doctor of student seeks a doctorate in physical comprised of three fields of interest: pharmacy program is in the making. therapy, a master’s in teaching, a business, health, and professional Husson’s collection of health-related bachelor’s in business, or a one-year studies. These three fields continue undergraduate and graduate programs enroll 800 students. Turning out nurse certificate in boat building, Husson practitioners, Husson is becoming a continues to concentrate on applied dominant force in the delivery of primary knowledge and skills that lead to care health. Like physical therapy,