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THE EMMANUEL EFFECT After earning their diplomas, Emmanuel graduates apply their talents at leading businesses, nonprofits and service organizations, as well as prestigious graduate programs. What accounts for their success?
INNOVATORS Entrepreneurship and technological advances are redefining industries and creating new ones. Meet graduates who are embracing the changes and opportunities.
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stablishing Emmanuel was like a mountain action in her time, so today Emmanuel continues to that had to be moved. And, then again, it was prepare students to lead lives of purpose and service in ' like a dream." So wrote Sister Helen Madeleine the 21st century. Ingraham, SND, in her Memoirs. Dean of the College from its founding in 1919 through 1950, Sister Helen An Education "Lacking Nothing" Madeleine has long been considered the founder of When St. Julie Billiart established the Sisters of Notre Emmanuel for her leadership in moving the College Dame in 1804, she made education a vital part of the from an idea to a thriving reality. congregation's charism. This commitment was partly Recently, I spoke to the College community about in response to a scarcity of education in France in the Sister Helen Madeleine's remarkable life and accom wake of the French Revolution, as well as during and plishments. The address was part of our annual after the Napoleonic Wars. A century later and an Founders' Week, which celebrates the educational ocean away, a simil ar lack of educational opportunity legacy of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. existed in New England. Although the region was Founders' Week is one of the many ways students, home to many colleges atthe turn of the 20th century, faculty and staff deepen their understanding of the there was no Catholic college for women. mission and values at the core of our community-an Once again, the Sisters of Notre Dame responded to endeavor that takes on special meaning as we the need. At the invitation of William Cardinal approach the College's Centennial in 2019. O'Connell, then Archbishop of Boston, the Sisters As I said in my address, Sister Helen Madeleine envisioned a college that would, as Sister Helen provides a fascinating lens through which to view the Madeleine would write, "provide a liberal education early history of the College and the social currents which would lack none of the advantages offered to surrounding it. Her story also unites past and present: women by colleges in or near Boston, which would at Just as she translated St. Julie Billiart's vision into the same time be integrated with Catholic principles."
EMMANUEL MAGAZINE Emmanuel's founder, Sister Helen Madeleine Ingraham, SND, served as Dean of the College from 1919 to 1950. During her tenure, she established the College's reputation for academic excellence as well as t raditions that became hallmarks for future gen erations. She received an honorary degree from the College in its Golden Jubilee year, 1969.
It was a bold initiative, particularly in Build ing t he Fou ndations light of the mores of t he time. Some Following the Sisters of Notre Dame's purchase in 1912 believed that educating women was of 11 acres of land in the Fenway and the construction nothing short of dangerous, and many of the Administration Building, Emmanuel College actively opposed the growing women's welcomed its first students in 1919. As the first Dean suffrage movement. Not until1920, a year of the College, Sister Helen Madeleine set about after Emmanuel open~d its doors, did women secure establishing programs and traditions that would the constitutional right to vote in the United States. come to define Emmanuel. Building the faculty was a top priority, and she A Spirit to Match the Moment quickly appointed ~ xcellent professors-many of Sister Helen Madeleine and her contemporaries were them Sisters of Notre Dame-who taught exception undaunted. For one thing, they possessed a combina ally well and who were wholeheartedly dedicated to tion of practicality and perseverance that made them their students. She also sought degree-granting ap superb administrators. In a deeper sense, they be proval from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. lieved passionately that education was not only Her efforts are reflected in the College's charter, essential to the public good, but also, in the words of which authorizes Emmanuel to grant bachelor's St. Julie, "fundamental to bringing about the reign of and master's degrees, a latitude that would enable God." Their new educational enterprise would liberate Emmanuel to establish Graduate & Professional minds, open doors of opportunity and empower Programs in the 1970s. women to make outstanding contributions to an To create the College seal, Sister Helen Madeleine array of professions, to the Church, and to their fami turned to Pierre de Chaignon Ia Rose, a member of lies and communities. Harvard's faculty and a renowned expert on ecclesias The history of the Sisters of Notre Dame in America tical and college heraldry. Their collaboration resulted provided further inspiration. After coming from in a seal symbolizing the College's mission, location Belgium to Cincinnati in 1840, the Sisters were invited and heritage. Emblazoned with "Emmanuel" in to Boston's North End by John McElroy, S.J. (who ancient Hebrew, the seal continues to be used today would later become president of Boston College), on diplomas and in other formal contexts. In response where they opened St. Mary's School, the only Catholic to students' desire for a class ring, Sister Helen school in the City at that time. From there, they estab Madeleine engaged Tiffany & Co. in New York to lished schools in Cambridge and Somerville and in design the famous lapis lazuli ring, which has been mill towns such as Lynn, Lowell and Springfield, serv worn by generations of alumni. ing a largely immigrant population. Sister Helen The influence of this amazing woman is evident even Madeleine knew the stories of the women who had in the name of the College. In her reflection and courageously gone where their vocations led them. prayer, one name rose above all others. "I thought She shared their pioneering spirit, along with their about it very often," she wrote later, "but I never unshakeable confidence in God's goodness. thought beyond my original thought, Emmanuel Sister Helen Madeleine herself had earned a College. Emmanuel, God with us." . bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., pursued graduate studies at Oxford University and "The Emmanuel Effect"- Then and Now taught for ll years at Notre Dame Academies in Lowell, During Sister Helen Madeleine's tenure as Dean, many Roxbury and Boston-experiences that made her equal of the students at Emmanuel were the first in their to the challenge of founding a Catholic college for families to attend college. Each day, they commuted women in the heart of a historic and vibrant U.S. city. from throughout Greater Boston to 400 The Fenway,
2 SPRING 201 7 1919 an address they saw as a springboard to careers and Emmanuel Opens Its Doors lives that they could only dream of previously. The first Catholic college for women in New During the 1930s, in the midst of the Great England quickly takes its place among other Depression, the College created a Placement Bureau rising stars in the Fenway and Longwood neigh a forerunner of today's Career Center-to help borhoods of Boston. Harvard Medical School, students and graduates find professional positions, the Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Park, the fore further propelling them to the forefront of new runners of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and opportunities. Graduates found that their liberal arts other future world-renowned institutions and sciences education gave them an edge in the job had recently opened nearby. market . Several of the first woman judges, for example, came from the classes of the 1930s and 1920s 1940s. Students who majored in the sciences in the
CENTENNIAL PLANNING ADVANCES Momentum is build ing toward Emmanuel's Centennial in 2019. Plans are in progress for a range of events that wi ll celebrate the College's impact on higher education, the City of Boston and generations of students. In addition, the Centennial will provide opportunities for alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff to join in advancing Emmanuel's Catholic educational mission and ensuring a second century of excellence. Emmanuel seeks your input on how to make the most of this celebration of our past, present and future. Please e-mail your ideas to [email protected].
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Allen's Paper on 'Evolutionary Games on Networks' Published in Nature
Assistant Professor of Mathemat ics 2017 Honorary Degree Recipients Benjamin Allen, Ph.D. , is the lead author At its 95th Commencement Exercises in May, Emmanuel College of a manuscript titled, "Evolutionary dy conferred honorary degrees on three individuals for their namic on any population structure," which outstanding contributions to their professions and to society. was recently published by Nature, a pres tigious multidisciplinary scientific journal. Professor Allen and his collaborators at Harvard University and Northeastern Un iversity have derived a ROSANNE HAGGERTY-the College's 2017 condition for when cooperative behaviors will be able to spread Commencement Speaker-is the founder and across a network via natural selection. Using probability theory, president of New York-based Community t hey have found that cooperation flourishes when there are Solutions, which is dedicated to ending strong ties between individuals. These "individuals" refer to homelessness, strengthening communities people as well as other types of organisms. Nature's impact and changing the conditions that perpetuate factor, a measure of how many citations a journal generates in poverty. She is internationally recognized for other works, is among the highest of any science journal. her leadership of innovations such as the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a movement of 186 U.S. communities that collectively found permanent homes for more than 105,000 vulnerable and chronically homeless Americans between Johnston Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant 2010 and 2014.
Emmanuel College Associate WAYNE BUDD is anattorneywithover40 Professor ofTheology and Religious years of legal experience in the public and Studies Laurie Johnston, Ph.D. , has received a Fulbright grant to teach and private sectors. Currently senior counsel at to perform research at the Catholic Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, Budd served Un iversity of Leuven in Belgium. as United States Attorney for the District of Du ri ng the spring semester of 2018, Massachusetts from 1989 to 1992. He later Johnston will study the relationship between Catholic served as an associate attorney general educational institutions and Muslim students in Be lgium . She overseeing the Civil Rights, Environmental, also will teach a graduate-level course on ethics and Tax, Civil and Anti-Trust Divisions at the international relations. Department of Justice. He formerly served as Although this is Johnston's first Fulbright award, she has been president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and in 1979 involved with the program as Emmanuel's director of fellowships became the first African American president of a state bar when he and scholarships. Emmanuel has produced student Fulbright assumed the presidency of the Massachusetts Bar Association. scholars in each of the past six years, and the College has been named a Fulbright "U.S. Scholar Top Producer" in recognition of ELAINE EL-KHAWAS is a research sociologist its faculty awardees. and professor emerita of education policy at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Her areas of expertise Farquharson Wins Fulbright . include higher education policy at both the English Teaching Assistantship state and federal levels, and comparative I... ..4 policy and practice in higher education. She Sam Farquharson '17 has been has been a consultant and advisor to the World awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Bank, the Organisation for Economic Assistantship to teach English literacy Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Association of African to middle school-aged students in Universities. In addition, Dr. El-Khawas has served as a trustee of Malaysia. The English major has Emmanuel College for three decades and chairs the Board's Committee volunteered fo r the past three years at on Academic Affairs. Jumpstart AmeriCorps, teaching literacy skills to preschool children in low-income communities.
6 SPRING 2017 New Trustees Elected to Board During the 2016-17 academic year, the Board of Trustees welcomed four new members representing a broad range of endeavors and expertise.
Sister Maria Delaney, SND '69 lfm!l•',f§U§b is a senior vice is co-director of the United States president in the Relationship Office of Sponsored Ministries for Management Services Group at the Sisters of Notre Dame de Fidelity Investments in Boston. Namur, acting as a national liaison Before joining Fidelity in 2000, to over 20 educational institutions. Metters served as a manager at Prior to this role, she served for 12 Qwest Communications and, years on the SND Congregational previously, as an executive officer Leadership Team based in Rome. in the U.S. Army Infantry. He Sister Maria earlier served as the first executive director of the earned an M.B.A. and a master's in international business from the Notre Dame Education Center in South Boston, a comprehensive University of Colorado and a bachelor's in management from education center for adult students. She earned bachelor's and Bryant University. He and his spouse, Wendy, live in Attleboro and master's degrees from Emmanuel and received an honorary degree have two young daughters. Their niece, Emily Horan, is a second from the College in 1997. year student at Emmanuel.
Mary Jo Skayhan Rogers '77 is an active alumna who has served on her class reunion committee, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a hosted alumni receptions at her global education company. For home and participated in alumni decades, Dragoon has overseen the events in the Baltimore marketing, venture financing and Washington, D.C. area. In August product development efforts of 2015, she was appointed to the companies such as Novell, Art board of directors for the Technology Group (ATG), Internet Capital Group (ICG) and IBM. Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest private funder of He earned an M.B.A. from Cornell University and a bachelor's in melanoma research. Previously, she served for several years as a economics and computer science from Union College. He and his trustee and volunteer at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore. spouse, Dr. Nancy Dragoon, live in Boston and have two young adult She and her spouse, Brian, reside in Towson, MD, and have three children. young adult children.
Front Library to Learning Commons
HE CARDINAL CUSHING LIBRARY, dedicated in 1965, is about the classroom, such as author talks, guest lectures and poetry to undergo a transformation. Plans are well under way to convert slams. t he library into a modern "learning commons," a vibrant space Phase I of the project, to be implemented this spring and combining resources for traditional study with expanded services, summer, includes renovations to the building's interior to add new technologies and areas fo r collaboration and group projects. st udy space, update furniture and lighting, and create flex ible Karen Starin Linitz, associate dean for library and learning areas for collaborative learning and experimentation with resources, says the project will enable the College to offer "a multimedia technologies. Phase II entails the completion of a bundle of services," including IT assistance and research cafe space, a redesigned service desk and glass-enclosed group consultations, along with programs that extend learning beyond study rooms.
EM MANUEL MAGAZINE 7 "Andy Yosinoff Court" 1--lonors Coach's J__Jegacy
ovember 19th was a historic day as Emmanuel paid tribute to AndyYosinoff and his extraordinary legacy as coach, educator and mentor. Yosinoff, who recently completed his 40th season as Emmanuel's Head Women's Basketball Coach, has led teams to the NCAA Tournament 18 times and currently ranks as the second all-time winningest coach in Division III his- tory. Many ofYosinoff's former players and coaches were on hand as the College officially named the Jean Yawkey Center court in Yosinoff's honor. Recently, the College established the Andy Yosinoff Fund to support athletic programming and facilities, with specific plans to refurbish Yosinoff Court. To learn more or make a contribution, visit www.emmanuel.edujYosinojJFund. Emntanuel On the Air
As part of its comprehensive branding initiative, Emmanuel recently produced a two-minute video that offers an energetic and inspiring look at the student experience. The video-which has been running in abbreviated 30-second spots on New England Cable News (NECN), You Tube and Facebook-is part of the College's ongoing effort to bolster its profile and enhance awareness of the distinctiveness and value of an Emmanuel education. See the full video at www.emmanuel.edu/go-all-in.html.
Guest Lecturers Analyze Global And National Events COLLEGE INTRODUCES
Throughout 2016-17, the College welcomed distinguished speakers ACCELERATED RN-TO-BSN offering insights on important national and global events. Here is a DEGREE PROGRAM sampling: • Iraq's Ambassador to the United States, Fareed Yasseen , Beginning in the fall, registered nurses (RNs) provided his views on the history of Iraq, ISIS, the new U.S. will be able to earn a Bachelor of Science in presidential administration and the important role of Nursing (BSN) degree in as few as 16 months. education in his country's reconstruction. Through changes to the credit requirements • Journalist Reese Erlich discussed his book, Inside Syria: The and course format, nurses will complete their Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect. degree in a timely and cost-effective manner, Erlich recounted his reporting from inside Syria, including his while improving job security and adding interviews with rebel leaders, regime supporters and Syrian flexibility to their career choices. President Bashar al-Assad . • Dr. Aykan Erdemir, a former member of the Turkish "O ur expert faculty, strong alumni network and Parliament, discussed last July's failed coup attempt, as well location in the heart of Boston's Longwood as the current state of U.S.-Turkey relations. Medical Area have always provided a winning • Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts governor and 1988 com bination for aspiring nurse leaders,'' said Democratic presidential nominee, visited campus the day Diane Shea , Emmanuel's associate dean of following the election to offer his analysis of the 2016 nursing. "These program changes will facilitate presidential race. the delivery of our high-quality program in an At press time, the College was preparing to welcome civil rights accelerated format." activist Diane Nash as its 2017 Dorothy Day Lecturer. A founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and an associate For more information, visit of Martin Luther King, Jr., Nash was instrumental in crafting the www.emmanuel.edu/ nursing. 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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H~~\Jf\ID t{\~\) lN 5<.-~0 ~~~ (Hl~\ \.Pbi, NN\.E~ \.t\~~~\ Cosi\e CJ,f'u '~'ll Critical, Creative and Ethical Habits of Mind "The thing that keeps CEOs up at night is mission for nearly 100 years. In dynamic discus- In the 21st talent," said Bill Green, former chairman and sions with faculty members and with one another, chief executive officer of Accenture, in 2013. Emmanuel students continually sharpen their century, Traditional capabilities and skills are essential, he ability to distinguish facts from opinions and 'learning said, but in many ways are "j ust table stakes." In marshal persuasive, data-supported arguments how to recruiting employees, companies like Accenture skills that are increasingly vital in what commenta learn' is seek candidates "who have learned how to learn ... tors have described as an emerging "post-factual" more crucial and who have a view that this is a very big world." environment. than ever In the 21st century, "learning how to learn" is more In addition to their intellectual versatility, to career crucial than ever to career success. Organizations Emmanuel graduates stand out for their values. success. know that in an environment of constant disruption At the College, ethical issues are not confined to a and change, it is vital to attract workers who are pre single class or department but examined in courses pared to depart comfort zones, question assump across the curriculum. These thought-provoking tions and keep ahead of emerging trends. explorations, combined with direct service experi The critical and creative habits of mind that, ences throughout Boston and beyond, build stu- according to surveys, employers prize most have dents' capacity for making informed and compas been at the core of Emmanuel's educational sionate decisions in a complex world. c .§ "'c Q) -" a::::> c .':l E B 0 £ a._ 12 SPRING 201 7 INTO EFFECT EMMANUEL COLLEGE GRADUATES GO ON TO MAKE THEIR MARK IN A BROAD RANGE OF PROFESSIONS AND ENDEAVORS. of recent graduates of recent graduates 01 seeking 01 seeking admission employment to graduate school found a job were accepted ·~'o within one year.* ~~0 within one year.* EMPLOYERS Recent Emmanuel graduates have t ranslated their education into purposeful work at leading companies in Boston and beyond. Here is a sampling: Ameriprise Financial Services Fidelity Investments Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Liberty Mutual Insurance Boston Ballet Massachusetts Department of Health Boston Children's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Globe Media Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston Police Department New England Biolabs Boston Public Schools Nickerson PR Brigham and Women's Hospital PricewaterhouseCoopers Brown Brothers Harriman Reebok Brown University Rue La La Catholic Charities-Archdiocese of Boston State Street Cheshire Academy Suffolk County District Attorney's Office Cloud Health Technologies TJX Companies Commonwealth Financial Group TripAdvisor Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Tufts Medical Center Deloitte U.S. Secu rities and Exchange Commission Easter Seals Wayfair EF Educational Tours WGBH Ernst & Young WHDH-TV Recent graduates also committed to service through Notre Dame Mission Volunteers AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. For more information on the outcomes of an Emmanuel education, visit www.emmanuel.edu/outcomes. *BASED ON A SURVEY OF THE CLASS OF 2015 ONE YEAR AFTER GRADUATION. EMMANUEL MAGAZ INE 13 Boston: Global City of Opportunity THE POWER OF PROXIMITY Each year, Emmanuel students complement t hei r coursework w ith internships and practicums throughout greater Boston, building valuable professional know-how. During the Spring 2017 semester, students gained experience at organizations including: ActivMed Practices & Research Boston Children's Hospital Boston Magazine Boston Medical Center Boston Municipal Court Boston Public Schools Brigham and Women's Hospital Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Veterans Affairs Editas Medicine Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers enVerid Systems Flywire Harvard Education Publishing Group eneral Electric's 2016 decision to move its world head Harvard Kennedy School quarters from Fairfield, CT, to Boston's Seaport District un Irish International immigrant Center derscored the City's status as a powerhouse of innovation Jimmy Fund Launch Byte and opportunity. Boston's success in attracting the eighth Longwood Neuropsychology largest firm in the Fortune 500 burnished the City's reputation as Massachusetts State House- Legislator Offices "a worthy rival of Silicon Valley for overall leadership," wrote Metter Media Lou Shipley, a lecturer at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Mission Grammar School Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management, at Museum of Fine Ar)s the time ofGE's announcement. Neurocare NextGen Realty Of course, Boston's strengths are many, from its premier insti Norfolk County Juvenile Court tutions of higher learning to its financial sector to its thriving Notre Dame Education Center startup culture. And Emmanuel College is at the center of it all. Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey With a short ride on the "T," students can reach the doorstep of Office of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker dozens of industry-leading organizations in finance, media, social Partners HealthCare services and many other fields. In addition, the College is part of School the World Sociedad Latina the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, placing students Tufts Medical Center steps away from research and internship opportunities at some U.S. Department of Commerce of the world's most respected names in biomedicine, including WGBH Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Lauren is a shining example of Nearly 90 percent of Emmanuel students participate in at least the Emmanuel College student one internship before graduating. Through these hands-on expe riences, students learn to apply knowledge in real-world situa population-talented, smart, tions, work on teams, build their resumes and make professional articulate and gracious. She connections-advantages that capture the attention of employ has already completed a data ers and graduate school admissions officers. analysis for our patient safety "The job offers our students and graduates receive are often team and presented her findings rooted in their internship experiences," says Emmanuel College to senior leadership. We are President Sister Janet Eisner, SND. "By engaging in the myriad thrilled to have her with us. opportunities that Boston offers, our students do more than pre -CHRISTl CLARK BARNEY, RN , MSN, CS , Brigham and Women's pare for their careers; they launch them." Faulkner Hospital, describing Emmanuel Biology Major Lauren Clark '17, who interned atthe hospital in 2016-17. 14 SPRING 2017 Faculty-Student Collaborations Emmanuel's address in the heart of Boston is a compelling draw for prospec tive students and faculty. Yet 400 The Fenway is unique for another reason: it GRADUATE PROGRAMS lies at the intersection of liberal arts colleges and large research un iversities. Here, students can interact directly with professors in small classes and take advan In recent years, Emmanuel graduates tage of research and scholarship opportunities often reserved for graduate students have continued their studies at prestigious institutions across the at other institutions. "That intersection sets us apart," says Josef Kurtz, Associate country and abroad. Here is a Dean of Natural Sciences and Professor of Biology. sampling: Each year, students work side-by-side with faculty members to create knowledge in an array of disciplines. During the summer, many of these students receive grants and remain on campus to assist faculty full time. This summer, the College is supporting Boston College faculty-student research in eight different departments: art, biology, chemistry/ phys Boston University Brandeis University ics, education, history, mathematics, psychology and sociology. Projects frequently Columbia University culminate in students' co-authoring articles for respected academic journals and pre George Washington University senting at national and international conferences. Georgetown University Along the way, students benefit from the mentorship of faculty members who are Harvard University highly accomplished in their fields. In 2015-16, Emmanuel produced more Fulbright Johns Hopkins University scholars than any other bachelor's institution in New England. In addition, the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to date have New York Film Academy, Los Angeles awarded Emmanuel faculty $1.1 million in grants to fund faculty-led scientific Purdue University research. Regent's Business School London A number of Emmanuel faculty members are engaged in ongoing collaborations Tufts University with peers at neighboring institutions. Often they take student assistants with them University of Connecticut on working visits to labs and offices throughout Boston, giving them valuable exposure University of Edinburgh to leading scholars and their research. "It's one more way that faculty members University of Pennsylvania demonstrate their commitment to their students and open doors of academic and pro Villanova University fessional opportunity," says Dr. Kurtz. The opportunity to perform ' research as an undergraduate was crucial in my application to and success in graduate school. -ARIANA CARDILLO '16 Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, (!) .c"' . Purdue University (j) EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 15 The Emmanuel Network Wh en Lindsay Cathcart '17 learned of an internship at Editas Medicine in Cambridge, MA, she was intrigued. Although bound for dental school-she later would be admitted to Boston Bring talented University's Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine-she knew that an experience at Editas Emmanuel students would hone relevant skills: problem-solving, fine hand work and collaboration with other professionals. and graduates to your As Cathcart would soon find out, the internship opportunity arose because Chris Borges '10, organization. a scientist in the T-cell group at Editas and a trustee of the College, hoped to attract Emmanuel students to the company in Cambridge's Kendall Square, one of the world's top biotech innovation HireSaints is a free online centers. Cathcart landed the internship, and throughout her senior year worked in Borges's recruiting tool for Emmanuel's T-cell group, investigating clinical applications of CRISPR/ Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing employer partners. technology. Organ izations can post jobs When students enroll at Emmanuel, they join more than a campus community. They become part and internships, request of a worldwide network of alumni who are ready to provide internships, mento ring, informational resume packets and manage applicants. To set up an interviews and job leads. The power of Emmanuel connections is especially evident on Career account, please contact the Networking Nights, when alumni from a range of industries and backgrounds gather on campus to Career Center at connect with students, provide suggestions for career advancement and offer insight into their own [email protected]. professional paths. Students aren't the only ones who benefit. Alumni can support their organizations' recruiting HireSaints goals by posting job, internship and volunteer opportunities on HireSaints, the College's online ca www.emmanuel.edu/ hiresaints reer resource (www.emmanuel.edu/ hiresaints). And whether seeking a new job or career, graduates can always contact the College's Career Center for assistance. 16 SPRING 2017 Career Center Connections For years, Megan Costa '19 aspired to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This summer, she plans to do exactly that as part of the F.B.I.'s Honors Summer Internship Program. She credits the team at Emmanuel's PROGRAMS Career Center for helping her gain admission to the highly competitive program. "This is a dream come true for me," Costa wrote to the staff after receiving news The Career Center develops thoughtful and of her acceptance (conditional on a top-secret security clearance). "I really targeted programming that helps students didn't think I had a chance in the pool of 15,000 applicants, but thanks to all of explore career options, expand connections your help with my resume and interview preparation, it looks like I was able to and make informed decisions. make a good impression." Costa is one of countless students who have discovered the potent role the Career Communities Career Center can play in helping them envision and achieve their career goals. The Career Center has launched a new "Whether students are deciding on a major, learning about careers, or seeking an initiative to further educate, empower and internship or job, we are here to share valuable resources and provide them with equip students for professional success. the tools to navigate their professional paths," says Maureen Ashburn, executive Career Communities help students to connect director of the Career Center. their major(s) to an industry, learn about Ashburn and her team promote a four-year career plan and partner with stu industry events and allow the Career Center to dents from the day they arrive on campus. Beginning with an assessment of in easily share targeted internships and job terests and a broad exploration of career options, students move into goal setting postings.ln addition, employer partners can and increasing involvement in student activities, internships, part-time jobs and leverage Career Communities to recruit networking. Throughout the process, they work closely with knowledgeable ca students who have the skills their organiza reer advisors who have decades of experience across a broad range of industries tions are seeking. The five communities are: and functional areas. Advisors keep informed about employment trends and · Business and Economics offer students an inside perspective on what hiring managers and recruiters are · Creative Arts, Design and Media seeking. • Government, Law and International Relations "The Career Center has been an integral component of my career develop • Social Services and Education ment," says Nicholas Fucci '17, an economics major who interned this year as an • STEM and Health Sciences analyst at Investment Consulting Associates, a global management advisory firm. "If you get in touch with them early and often, there is no doubt that they Recruiter Series will give you the tools you need to be successful." - Sam O'Neill The College regularly welcomes recruiters to campus to educate students on hiring trends, share job and internship opportunities, and provide insider perspectives on their organizations and industries. Recent The offer from participating companies include State Street, KPMG changed the F.B .I. , the U.S. Department of Commerce, my life. A number Biogen Idee, Bay Cove Human Services, of experiences Beacon ABA Therapy, the Peace Corps and led to it-an on Citizen Schools. campus job in the Emmanuel Connects controller's office, Through the College's partnership with the an internship at College Career Centers of Boston, Emmanuel SHYFT Analytics, offers students access to large, off-campus and professors career fairs and networking opportunities. who encouraged Students recently attended recruitment me to set my events offered through Idealist, Boston Red sights high. Sox, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Office :... of the Commonwealt h of Massachusetts, ...," - TONYCIBELLI'17, Massachusetts Green Careers, Harvard who will begin a full·time job Business School and the YMCA of Greater at KPMG following his graduation Boston. from Emmanuel in May 2016- 17. EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 17 Innow tors How Emmanuel alumni are thriving in the changing world of work ....---.--- 18 SPRING 2017 HE INNOVATION ECONOMY not only has affected And the City-led effort to transform the South Boston the world's jobs, but also how we work at them. Norms waterfront into an "Innovation District'' that began in around everything from office hours to even the exis 2010 has brought more than 5,000 new jobs to the tence of offices have shifted. The World Economic area-and more than 10 million square feet of new de Forum's 2016 "The Future of Jobs" report asked chief velopment since 2000. human resources officers in some of the world's larg The recent addition of General Electric-which left est companies what was driving change in their re its Connecticut headquarters to move to Fort Point spective industries, and 44 percent reported that it has been attributed in large part to Boston's innova was the changing nature of work-the highest per tive ecosystem. "GE is not buying a place or a location," centage of any factor, besting mobile technology and Dennis Frenchman, a professor at the MIT Center for cloud computing by lO percentage points. Real Estate, told the New York Times. "GE is buying Emmanuel graduates are well prepared for roles in into a culture that they want their employees to be a the innovation economy. As none .other than Apple part of." In September, GE CEO Jeffimmelt described cofounder Steve Jobs famously said, "It's in Apple's the level of innovation as downright scary for a com DNA thattechnology alone is not enough. It's technol pany of this size. "You just walk out the door, [and] ogy married with liberal arts, married with the hu you're in the middle of an ecosystem that, quite hon manities, that yields the results that make our hearts estlyfor a big company, makes you afraid, right? You're sing." Famed futurist and Google engineering director where the ideas are. You get more paranoid when Ray Kurzweil recently sang the praises of liberal arts you're doing that, and that's a good thing." education at Big Think: "What we should teach in As senior manager of talent acquisition for a na school in general is not this kind of spoon-feeding of tional biotech firm, and a 2008 graduate of facts, because we carry the facts around in our pockets. Emmanuel's Master of Science in Human Resource What they do need to learn is a thirst for knowledge Management Program, Bonnie Schwamb knows that and an ability to learn new material, to explore an area ecosystem well. She's watched it change rapidly over with a vision of what you want to accomplish." the past 10 years, forcing changes in her industry. But Alumni don't have to look far from campus for oppor even as her role aclapts to a changing economy, tunities. Massachusetts was named the most innova- Schwamb has noticed that some skills are consis- Emmanuel graduates are well prepared for roles in the innovation economy. As none other than Apple cofounder Steve Jobs famously said, "It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough.lt's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing." tive state in America by a 2016 Bloomberg survey, edg tently sought after. "You want to have the technical ing out California. According to a Massachusetts skills that fit the company," she says. "Those skills will Technology Collaborative (MassTech) report, Boston always be in demand." But it's also the ability for can and Cambridge alone brought in more than 4,000 didates to engage with their co-workers, hold strate grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2014, gic conversations, and engage in problem solving. totaling more than $2 billion. A 2017 report from "They may be considered soft skills, but they really MassTech found that 38 percent of employees in the matter," Schwamb says. "They can be the difference state work in the innovation economy in some way. makers." -Dan Morrell 20 SPRING 2017 EMMANUEL INNOVATORS Name: LAURENCE BRADFORD Name: LILY GAGLIARDI DACRUZ Name: BORIS PERLOVSKY Graduation Year: 2012 Graduation Year: 2008 Graduation Year: 2006 Major: History and Economics Major: Development Psychology Major: Business Administration Occupation: Product Educator, Teachable; Occupation: Founder and CEO, Lily's Kids; Occupation: Director, Cambridge Founder, Learn to Code With Me Digital Health Coach, Om ada Health Innovation Center Coding autodidact Bradford began Learn Born with a congenital heart condition, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) to Code With Me to "help other beginners DaCruz began Lily's Kids in 2007 to help creates powerful innovation communities start out strong, because I've been in educate and advocate for children's heart for entrepreneurs. ere has been their shoes," she says on her website. health. She helped push Connecticut to described as having "more startups than Bradford's writing about the power of pass a law in 2012 that requires heart anywhere else on the planet." That coding has appeared everywhere from screenings for all newborns, and now also number is growing, too: The company has Forbes to Mashable, and she puts her works as a health coach at Om ada Health, recently expanded beyond Perlovsky's skills into action at Teachable, a leading which specializes in digital applications Cambridge location to downtown EdTech startup based in New York City. for chronic disease prevention. Boston's Financial District, St. Louis, Miami and Rotterdam, and has anno~Jnced projects in Providence and Philadelphia. Name: CHARLES PH ILl P POZZI Name: EMILY WILLIAMS Graduation Year: 2009 Graduation Year: 2016 Major: Business Management Major: Mathematics Occupation: Founder and Shoe Designer, Occupation: Business Analyst, The Axial Charles Philip Shanghai Company Pozzi's footwear brand has turned the Williams built a math skills app to help "Made in China" label on its head with his the adult students she tutored at the Shanghai-made slippers, telling Forbes Notre Dame Education Center, telling that "Shanghai today is what New York Wicked Local Southborough that "Math was in the Eighties-everything is education can be a confidence tool." possible. We love the city, and mentioning Williams also told the paper that she its name in our brand is a sign of donated the app to the center as part of appreciation." her work as a member of the 1804 Society, a mission and student leadership organization at Emmanuel. Alumni Events SARASOTA, FL: ALUMNI RECEPTION Sarasota-area alumni gathered for a luncheon at Marina Jack in March. The group welcomed Lisa Stepanski, associate dean of humanities and social science and professor of English at Emmanuel. Back row: Margaret "Peggy" Malloy Armstrong 71, Patricia Mojcher Sidlovsky71, Cecelia "CeCe" Gallivan Loughman '63, Carol Melanson Smith '60, Carol Kolkmeyer McMahon '67, Dolores Shea lnfanger '49, Frank lnfanger, Claire Pollard 72, Sheila Barry-Oliver '69 and Lisa Stepanski Front row: Christopher Leonardi '07 and Molly Zuccarini '08 NAPLES, FL: ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE VIEWING Emmanuel alumni and friends donned their green and gathered on the balcony of the Presidential Suite at The Inn on Fifth, the best spot in town to view t he annual Naples St. Patrick's Day Parade' Back row: Gretel Schneider 77 Middle row: Julie Donovan Gantley 77, Maryanne Alix Finn 77, Mary Cosgrove Allard 77, Susan Alfiero-Bavasso 76, MaryJo Skayhan Rogers 77 and Cynthia Freed Dacey77. Front row: Jane Christiano Alix 76, Sharon DiGiore Arbit '77 and Kathleen Ambrose 76 Judith Mazza Brown '62,Jane Cashman, Angela Cappadona Ciampa '63, Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SN D (right), traveled to Naples for Kathleen McNulty Hart '63 and Nancy Lafleur Lapierre '63 the festivities, where she joined College Trustee MaryJo Skayhan Rogers 77, Charlene Gough Dondis '67 and Susan J. Alfiero-Bavasso 76. 22 SPRING 2017 BOSTON: ST. PATRICK'S DAY HAPPY HOUR UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS Mark you r ca lendars for these upcoming gatherings of Emmanuel grad uates and their guests. Alumni Weekend 2017 1Classes ending in 2 and 7 Friday, June 2-Sunday, June 4, 2017 Emmanuel College Emmanuel College alumni gathered at Lir for a St. Patrick's Eve happy hour in 40th Annual Cape Cod Summer Luncheon March. Joining the fun were Kevin Toro, Eric Batista '14,Johnna Field man '16, Thursday, July 27, 2017 Maggie Brutnell '89, Bernadine Desanges '12 and Ashley Cilenti '13. The Coonamessett Inn, Falmouth, MA Speaker: Lenore Martin, Professor of Political Science Pops by the Sea Concert Sunday, August 13, 2017 Hyannis Village Green, Cape Cod Cocktails on the Harbor Thursday, August 24, 2017 Information regarding location coming soon Alumni Memorial Mass Thursday, September 21, 2017 Emmanuel Co llege Chapel Seth J. Urbanoski '09, Maggie Brut nell '89 and Jeff Joseph '07 Brunch with Santa Sunday, December 3, 2017 BOSTON: EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA Emmanuel College Alu mni and thei r fami lies hopped ove r to campus for our ann ual Easter Egg-St ravagan za on Saturday, April 1. St. Patrick's Day Parade and Celebration Saturday, March 17, 2018 Naples, FL 5th Annual Dorothy Day Lecture Sunday, April22, 2018 Emmanuel College Chapel Alumni Weekend 2018 1Classes end ing in 3 and 8 Friday, June 1-Sunday, June 3, 2018 Emmanuel College For the latest information on upcoming alumni events, please visit olumni.emmonuel.edu. Margaret "Meg" Brice, Mary-Kate Thomas, Jeanette Vernon '94G and her and Kathleen Brice '08 granddaughter Keira Vernon EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 23 DONOR PROFILE I MARGARET MCKENNA '67 A Force for Progress IKE MANY AMERICAN COLLEGES in the 1960s, Emmanuel was a scene of student demonstrations and passionate discussions of issues that were gripping the nation-from civil rights to women's rights to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. As president of the Class of 1967, Margaret McKenna was in the middle of it all. The era's emphasis on equality and social justice would have a profound influence on McKenna, a sociology major. So would Sister Marie Augusta Neal, SND, then chair of Emmanuel's Department of Sociology. "She was an aca demic, a member of her religious community and an activ ist. I thought, 'Wow, you can be all of those things,"' McKenna recalls. By senior year, she was sure of two things: She was attracted to leadership opportunities and wanted to promote positive social change. "The world is changing. You need to co nt inually invest in an institution,'' In the decades since, McKenna has combined her skill says McKenna, whose career includes service in the Carter White House and commitment to superb effect in an array of roles, in and 22 years as president of Lesley University. Recently, she made a cluding deputy White House counsel in the Carter admin maj or gift to the Emmanuel Fund in honor of her class's 50th reun ion. istration and president of Lesley University, of the Walmart Foundation and of Suffolk University. A multifaceted leader, scholar and volunteer, she has driven progress in Education and Radcliffe College's Bunting Institute. In arenas such as education, public health, women's economic 1985, she was inaugurated president of Lesley University in empowerment and global hunger relief. Cambridge, MA. During her 22-year tenure, McKenna led Her career trajectory was spurred in part by an early en Lesley's transformation from a college to a university, ex counter with gender bias. Soon after graduating from panded enrollment from 2,000 to 12,000 students, and in Emmanuel, McKenna says, she researched corporate exec creased the endowment from $1 million to over $100 mil utive training programs in Boston, only to learn that none lion. Her success as a fundraiser was rooted in her belief in accepted women. "I said, 'Okay, I'll go to law school and the importance of philanthropy-and in the powerful im change that."' pact donors can have in shaping lives. "The world is chang She did. As a young attorney, McKenna worked for the ing," she says. "You need to continually invest in an U.S. Department of Justice, suing organizations for em institution." ployment discrimination. In January 1977, after running That conviction partly inspired McKenna's recent deci the Carter-Mondale campaign in Rhode Island, she landed sion to make a generous $50,000 contribution to the in the West Wing of the White House. "I was 30. It was an Emmanuel Fund in honor of the Class of 1967's 50th re incredibly heady time," McKenna says. One of only a hand union. In a deeper sense, the gift is an expression of her ful of women in the executive branch, she enjoyed substan appreciation for her Emmanuel education and for the tial access and authority, and was influential in a range of people, experiences and values that helped to set her on a presidential actions, including the appointment of judges remarkable journey. to the federal bench, among them Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through the years, McKenna has remained actively en While still at the White House, McKenna envisioned a gaged in the Emmanuel community. In 1978, she was the new professional path-to become a college president. College's Commencement Speaker and began eight years "What I wanted in life was to make a difference," she ex of service as a trustee. In 2000, she received an honorary plains. "On a college campus, you can expose people to the degree from Emmanuel. Now she is looking forward tore fact that they have responsibility to give back and advance turning to campus in June for Alumni Weekend. "I'm eager the common good." With this new goal in mind, she went to see people again," she says. "You know, we were there in on to high-level positions at the U.S. Department of interesting times." - Sam O'Neill 24 SPRING 2017 c assnotes 1993, a 38-year career as a school 1951 psychologist, and six grandsons. Now Patricia McDermott McLoud of she and her husband are retired and Philadelphia, formerly of Cape Cod, "reading, traveling, going to the theater hosted family and friends at her and taking classes to keep from rusting beachfront condo on the island of out. Life is good, and we are blessed." Ambergris Caye, Belize, where she She wishes her classmates the same. spends the winter months. Last fall she self-published a children's book, In September Sister Barbara-Jean The Rescue of Mr. Bear, available online Kubik, SND, began working as a service at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and now coordinator for students at East is penning a gardening book. Catholic High School in Manchester, CT. She is eager to catch up with class mates at her 50th reunion. 1960 Bettina D. Laidley ofTamworth, NH , Sister Mary E. Friel, SND, is feeling reports to her 50th reunion class that blessed for "the gift of a spring she recently retired from her dentistry sabbatical" at Springbank Center for practice after 45 years. She is spending EcoSpirtuality & The Arts in Kingstree, time with her oldest daughter, a medical SC. She resides in Windsor, CT. res ident in Tennessee, awaiting her youngest daughter's upcoming 1962 graduation from St. Michael's College in Vermont, and readying to embark on Last summer, world traveler Naomi "the last third of my life." Rousseau Sullivan and her daughter, Helen M. Sullivan '89, celebrated Naomi's 75th birthday with a European 1968 river cruise and trip to Prague to see Elizabeth Sullivan Cimini is happy to Naomi's other daughter, Naomi Sullivan become a grandmother to baby Helen, Callender '91 . Then in February, Naomi, who joins big brother Charles, age 3. Helen and her third daughter, Catherine They are the children of Liz's daughter, Sullivan Critchett '92, traveled to Maria, and her husband,Jay. Guatemala to visit Naomi's fri end, Coralia Andrade Camacho. Naomi 1976 retired as Director of Development and 1969 Alumnae at the Academy of Notre Dame fl Continuing their 40th reunion, Tia in Tyngsboro, MA, in 2008 and soon Barbara A. Deck is still running EIKOS Patricia McCormack (pictured, left) of "embarked on another career" as a Community Services, Inc. , a psychiatric Spring Hill, FL. traveled to the Sunshine substitute teacher for Lowell High community residence in Brighton, MA. State's Tarpon Springs with Patricia A. School. She looks forward to her 55th She attended the Women's March in Yeaman (right) in December. reunion in June. Washington, D.C., and was heartened by the sister marches in Boston and worldwide. 1977 1967 rn virginia residents Marylou Brewster Teresa Moynihan Hart of Mercer Island, 1970 (pictured,left) and Catherine Dolan WA , shares "the short story" of her past Spahr'86, (right) took in a November 50 years: Emmanuel, marriage, master's Jean Marie Sullivan Donovan: see performance of Six Degrees of Separation degree in 1968, three chi ldren, Ph.D. in Elizabeth ("Lizzie") A. Donovan '09. at the Keegan Theatre in Wash ington, D.C. EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 25 Holly E. Hamlett of North Hollywood, CA, in downtown Wolfeboro, NH, and are early). After a brief stay in the NICU, the 1 is a therapist for Kaiser Permanente, transforming it into an upscale inn and babies are home and doing very well where she is one of two clinicians event venue, slated to open in 2018. assessing and treating transgender Meanwhile, she continues to consult on patients, a population she loves working home design and renovation through 1999 her company, Wentworth Style. with and learns from every day. She Eileen F. Hugo published a book of hopes to retire in 2020 and move back poetry, Not Too Far: A Journey of Words, to the East Coast to be closer to her available on Amazon. She also shares children and newly born grandchild, 1992 that her graduation in 1999, which came "a sweet boy named Lars." She and Valerie T. Hoyle is a state representative "many years after my intended date in Janet Semple-Hess are the youngest in Oregon and former House majority 1967 ,"was one of her proudest days. members of Emmanuel's Southern leader. She also recently accepted an California Alumni Club, and Holly still appointment as policy and development keeps in touch with Marylou Brewster. fellow at the University of Oregon's 2000 She plans to be in Boston for the 40th Wayne Morse Center for Law and Robin Rider of Las Vegas married reunion in June. Politics. Randall D. Hedlund in Plymouth, MA, last July. The wedding party included 1979 Robin's niece, Kayla, the daughter of 1993 Robin's sister, Jessica Rider '1 0, along Patricia Sullivan Cooke and her Amanda Tracy Shockley is excited to with Randall's three children. husband, Peter, "spontaneously" switch careers after many years in sales purchased the historic Pickering House and marketing. She recently earned a master's in education from Bridgewater 2001 State University and is certified to June Sampson Peterson has been teach grades 1 through 6. She and her named coordinator of Regis College's husband live in Bridgewater, MA, with Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult their two children. Gerontology, nursing program. She welcomes any questions about CNS advanced training and can be reached 1998 at j u ne.peterson@ regiscollege.edu. Heather R. Martin we lcomed twins, Linus William and Harriet Cleopatra Rose, in November (nearly six weeks 2005 U.S. Air Force Major Adam P. Brandao of Santa Maria, CA, has been appointed learning and development manager at Zodiac Aerospace. He is also an instructor for the Reserve National Security Space Institute. He and his wife, Stephanie, recently traveled to the Dominican Republic for their belated honeymoon. 2006 B Kymberly Jefferson Bryson married Ashley Bryson at the Stevens Estate in North Andover, MA, in September. Alumni in attendance included (pictured, from left): Catherine M. Gallant '07, Kathleen A. Brice '08, 26 SPRING 2017 Nicole Marie Little '07, Kymberly, and Jenna E. Tara be lsi '07. Photo by . Michelle Davidson-Schapiro. 1!J Cyndie M. Ellis hosted a "cookout and catch-up" at her home in Wayland, MA, with her former Julie Hall suite-mates. > Pictured, from left to right: Sara Malone .<: a. Potts, Melissa M. Carroll, Jessica e 'OJ) Kalinowski Martin and Cyndie. B 0 .J::c.. 0 Alaric D. Frazier is a forensic psychia Nc trist and bioethics committee chai r for en"' ::2: the California Department of State ~ .. ~ Hospitals in Coalinga. He earned his '0 Q) M.D. from the University ofTexas and <:; completed his residency at the ~ .J::c.. University of California, San Francisco/ Fresno. He credits the performing arts at Emmanuel with helping him build MacKay. Front row: Marie Campagna mHillary Root Szczerbinski feels strong academic skills. Franklin '75, Dan Campagna and grateful for the friends she met Susanne Diliddo Campagna '75. freshman year on the fourth floor of St. Ann Hall-and for the way they have 2007 stayed connected "through highs and lows." An extra special high was her lEI On December 31, Daniel P. Campagna and his wife, Becky Vinci-Campagna, 2008 September wedding to husband, Alec, in Northampton, MA. Pictured, rang in the new year with their Ill Ryan J. Hunt and his wife, Michelle from left to right: Kristin L. Good '09, Emmanuel Chapel wedding and Cape Dudley Hunt '09, announce the birth Joanna Sullivan White '07, Mallory Cod reception. Back row, from left to of their daughter, Grace Anne, who is Rego , Hillary, Katie M. Wool, Laura right: Mark M. DaCruz '08, Eric Tobin '06, happy to represent the Saints in her DuBey Peura, Lauren Marsden Gilpin Loxley Walters, Andrew G. Duffy '08, awesome onesie. The family resides in and Jessica A. Nieuwenhuizen. Nathan E. Pierce '10, Melissa Abreu '1 0, Cheyenne, WY. Martha Gavry LoPorto '75 and Celeste P. Vezina '75. Middle row: Sheila H. rn Kathryn C. Harper Papadeas Gilligan '75, Lily Gagliardi DaCruz '08, welcomed Joseph Alexander into the Gina Light Baptista '08, Henry Baptista, world in September. His big sister, Alexandra A. Koerten '10, Becky, James Lillian, is so excited he is finally here. MacKay '06 and Meredith McCarthy EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 27 D LukeS. Baxter and Ashley O'Neill 2009 worker in Ann Arbor, MI. Her work Baxter were married September 13, focuses on trauma, academic under 2016, in Andover, MA. They were engaged Elizabeth ("Lizzie") A. Donovan recently achievement and academic resilience. on campus in the Jean Yawkey Center, moved back to Massachusetts and She herself was "tested by many where they first met as Emmanuel started a new position as assistant setbacks" at Emmanuel, but she credits students. Pictured left to right: district attorney for Norfolk County Professor Jaime Vidaurrazaga and her Robert F. Allen '09, Ryan C. Bringhurst, District Attorney Michael Morrissey in classmates for leading her to persevere. Patrick Chivruk, Benjamin Kelly, Quincy. She also shares that her mother, She and her sister, Jane Lothrop '11 , are Cat Chivruk, Sean D. Wilkinson, Jean Marie Sullivan Donovan '70, is a the first in their family to finish college. Janine M. Stelle, Katherine Beaton French teacher at Cardinal Spellman Allen '1 0, Michael J. Houdlette, Adam P. High School in Brockton. Smith, Catherine Robinson , LukeS. Baxter, Danielle E. Beaulieu, Elise STAY Zablowsky Ash law, Ashley O'Neill 2011 Baxter, Vanessa R. Valenti , Emily A. CONNECTED Vanessa M. Gatlin accepted the role of McCaffrey, Elizabeth E. Baxter'14, regional director for Sen . Edward J. Emmanuel Friends: Diana T. Grimaldi '1 0, Christopher N. Markey's Boston office, having previ Thank you for giving us the Kaufmann '1 0, Meagan E. McGivern, ously worked on his 2013 Senate scoop! And please keep the Christopher R. Flanagan '1 0, Stephanie campaign. She also writes a blog, A City news coming for our Fall L. O'Neill '1 0 and Kevin C. Ly '10 . Girl's Guide, which Boston A-List named 2017 issue. E-mail your note one of Beantown's best fashion blogs. to [email protected], call the alumni office at 617-975-9400, orpostan 2012 update on Emmanuel's secu re website, Deirdre Lothrop earned a master's of alumni.emmanuel.edu. social work from the University of Chicago and is working as a social 28 SPRING 2017 m Rem em bering Anastasia Kirby Lundquist '35 Anastasia Kirby Lundquist, a distinguished alumna of the Class of 1935, died November 3, 2016, at the age of 102. ''Anastasia was a remarkable woman of spirit, of action and of enduring loyalty," said Emmanuel President Sister Janet Eisner, SND. "She inspired generations of students by her pioneering achievements as a writer and media professional, by her lifelong love of language and story, and by her faith-filled devotion to Emmanuel College." During her time as a student in the early 1930s, and throughout her 82 years as an Emmanuel alumna, she generously offered her talents to the College community. For her myriad contributions, Emmanuel conferred on her an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2005.1n 2015, Anastasia proudly represented the 80th Reunion Class of 1935 at Alumni Weekend. Anastasia led a ground breaking career, writing extensively for print, radio and television, and even performing a collection of eleine Ingraham, SND, the founder of the College. In character sketches in her own one-woman show. In 2014, a 2012 interview, she recalled the moment she first concurrent with her 1OOth birthday, she published Out for Blood, stepped onto the Administration Building's solid tile floor. a 390-page book that provides a compelling account of the work "Emmanuel was founded on that solidness, and I think of the Red Cross during World War II. it still is maintained," she said. "My hope for the College Anastasia's relationship with Emmanuel began early in her life, would be that there will always be that strength of when she came to campus to visit her cousin, Sister Helen Mad- Emmanuel, God with us." We pray for the following alumni who passed away between September 1, 2016, and March 1, 2017. Anastasia K. Lundquist '35 Barbara Heard Brown '53 Cynthia 'A. Jobin '66 Claire Devlin Johnson '40 Marie Hoyt '53 Janet Cignetti Cormier '67 Sister Marion Irene McMullen '43 Frances T. Nixon McDonald '53 Julie Carroll Cosentino '67 Margaret D. Travers '43 Elaine Magner McDonald '54 Maureen Crighton Fitzhenry '67 Mary O'Neil Mahoney '44 Alice Harrigan Sullivan '54 Annette Caroselli French '67 Patricia Fergus Tuohy '44 Mary J. Matthews '55 Cameron Shea Burton '68 Patricia Pryor Cullen '45 Agnes Prior Reilly '55 Marie A. Sweeney '68 Margaret McMahon Davin '45 Anne Kelleher Sweeney '56 Linda Zammarchi Ardrey '70 Genevieve Logue Desmond '45 Teresa F. Broderick '57 Nancy Smith Bradley '71 Adele Guinee Smith '45 Sister Mary Frances Hurld, SND '57 Kathleen Downey lngley '72 Mary Donovan MacDonald '47 Jane Sartori Brunelle '58 Jennifer Cody Johanson '75 Doris Tremblay Segadelli '47 Sister Jean Piela, SND '58 Martha-Jane Ekstrand '78 Jeanne Nelligan Sheehy '47 Ann Rego Ciriello '60 Janis G. Crafts '80 Claire A. Winters '47 Priscilla Trombly Curtis '60 Anne Drummey Scotians '80 Ursula Fitzgerald Davey '48 Sister Charlotte Flynn, SND '60 Julie Ann Paquin '84 Olga Dilanni Car ito '49 Sister Frances Donahue, SND '61 Laura Scanlon Cavicchi '88 Mary Donohue Feeney '49 Kathleen McEnaney Heitman '61 Roseann McEvoy '90 Eleanor Campbell Kluesener '50 Sister Margaret Donovan, SND '62 Anne B. Good '97 Margaret Hinchey McCusker '51 Mary Bonier Parry '62 Jane Quinn DePass '99 iii Charles Arienti '00 RenaL. Themistocles '51 Ellen Gibbons Hughes '63 ~e Irene Shea Drummond '52 Sister Claire E. Lyons, SND '64 Roberta A. Jacks '02 0 c: Mary Hickey Milan '52 Mary Callaghan Rose '65 ~"' £ B Memorial Masses honoring recently deceased alumni are held quarterly in the Emmanuel College Chapel. Upcoming Memorial Masses 0 ;;;; a. are scheduled for September 21, 2017; December 14, 2017; and March 15,2018, at 11 :45 a.m. For more information about Alumni .!!! ::> Memorial Masses or to report the passing of an Emmanuel alumna/alumnus, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni cr '0 c: ::> Relations at [email protected] or at 617-735-9771. ....J 30 SPRING 2017 MEET THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EMMANUEL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2016-2017 D JEFFJOSEPH '07, President l!l LENORE MERULLO DELVECCHIO '84, Treasurer Massasoit Community College President, Summit Press, Inc. Director of Minority Mentorship Programs & First-Year "I am grateful for the education I received at Emmanuel and am Experience, so proud to be a part of such an amazing team of hardworking "The opportunity to foster cross-generational relationships and dedicated individuals. I look forward to staying actively between both current and rising alumni has greatly informed involved in alumni events and will continue to enjoy connecting my decision to serve on the Alumni Board. Additionally, I joined with the talented, service-or,iented alumni community." to further promote and support the engagement of my fellow alumni of color." Iii ERIN TRACY D1GUARDIA '08, Secretary Director of Advancement & Alumnae Relations, Ill GRETEL SCHNEIDER '77, Vice President Mount A/vernia High School President/Owner GAL Advisory, Inc. (Retired) "The impetus to come back to Emmanuel College and serve "I want to give back to Emmanuel College in a way that I think on the Board was the opportunity to work to further alumni can make a difference. This year as VP, I hope to create engagement across the generations and support alumni continuity and build initiatives that can improve and grow involvement at the College." alumni engagement with Emmanuel." ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD LEADERSHIP Meet all members of the 2016-2017 Emmanuel College Alumni Association Board of Directors at alumni.emmanuel.edu/board. CAST YOUR VOTE The Alumni Association is governed by a Board of Directors, volunteers who are elected by alumni to serve two-year terms. The Board works with the College's Office of Development and Alumni Relations to offer ways for alumni to remain connected with one other and our Alma Mater. Vote for the Emmanuel College Alumni Association Board of Directors now through June 1, 2017, at alumni.emmanuel.edu/vote. EMMANUEL MAGAZINE 31 PROFILE I JUSTIN PRAIRIE '05 A Commitment to Service LTHOUGH HALF A WORLD away in Pakistan, Justin Prairie '05 is never far from Emmanuel and Boston. A foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, Justin currently works on political and military af fairs at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. His job, he explains, is to promote peace, support prosper ity, protect Americans and strengthen relations be tween the United States and Pakistan. Prairie, who was part of the College's first coeduca tional class and served as class president, often thinks of how his time at Emmanuel expanded his world view "Emmanuel's message of spi rituality an d generosity and giving has been incredibly important to me,'' notes Justin Prairie '05. "I've tried to carry and pushed him toward his career in diplomacy. He says that that message with me throughout my career." Prairie, who graduated Emmanuel's "service-focused curriculum and community re with a degree in political science, is currently a foreign service officer ally inspired me to think about my place in the world, how my with the U.S. State Department stationed in Islamabad, Pakistan. actions relate to other people and what any of us can do, given the opportunity, to make things better for others." In addition, Prairie found Boston to be a vibrant, multicul For Prairie, the journey to the U.S. diplomatic corps began tural melting pot. "I met people from places I had never even almost immediately after he arrived on campus from his heard of, and interacted with people whose experiences and hometown of Springfield, MA. Just weeks into his college ex perspectives were new to me," he recalls. perience, the attacks of 9/ ll took place. "I remember all of us Another import influence on Prairie was the College's tradi huddled around the TV in my dorm room," he says. "I remem tion of service to others. "Emmanuel's message of spirituality ber that moment so vividly and thinking that everything had and generosity and giving has been incredibly important to changed for my generation." That experience prompted him me," he says. ''I've tried to carry that message with me through "to be more conscientious of the world around me and to think out my career." about what I could contribute." That career started right after Prairie graduated from From that moment on, a number of factors shaped his view Emmanuel. Initially, he worked in state government, taking a of the world and sharpened his understanding of how he could fellowship at the Governor's Office of Management and make an impact. His off-campus internships with the offices of Budget in Illinois. From there, he worked in international Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Governor Mitt Romney gave business development at BAE Systems and Energia Growth him a deeper understanding of politics and community in Strategies, where he had many opportunities to travel over volvement. At the same time, Prairie says, his coursework in seas. These roles, he says, broadened his experience and put the College's Political Science Department "exposed me to him in a position to pass the foreign service exam. Soon after political theories and topics that I hadn't considered." passing the test, he was hired by the U.S. State Department. The city itself had an enormous impact. "The whole idea of Before taking his current foreign service assignment in Boston as a global classroom is very powerful," he says. "You Pakistan, Justin was posted to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. can just pop over to the Museum of Fine Arts or the Isabella Soon, he will leave Pakistan for another role in another coun Stewart Gardner Museum or go to foreign policy forums at try. But no matter where Prairie goes, he will bring along his Harvard." These opportunities, he explains, "were just incred Emmanuel experience. "My time in Boston inspired me to ible, and they completely reshaped my view that there is a serve, to make some kind of contribution to the world," he world outside of New England." says. "I think that will always be with me." -Scott Howe 32 SPRING 2017 rE:il EMMANUEL I 400 The Fenway ~imiv COLLEGE Boston, MA 02115 FOLLOW EMMANUEL ON: t: www.twitter.com/emmanuelcollege I'J www.facebook.com/emmanuelcollege mwww .emmanuel.edu/ linkedin ~ www.emmanuel.edu/youtube