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“WOMEN AT THE WHEEL” From Beyoncé to Sister Fixit, a gendered look at 100 years of American car culture. INVISIBLE page 24

FORWARD WOUNDS PROGRESS One veteran’s Celebrating 25 years of Hawks football. battle with PTSD page 36 page 30 “Thank you. Your generosity has opened so many doors for me.” Contents — Nicole Sivetz ’19, biology major and scholarship recipient Features | Fall 2017 nder the direction of Professor Martin Hicks, Nicole is investigating the effects of RNA therapy Uon the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway in glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and malignant form of brain cancer. Her work is contributing to the development of improved medical therapies. BACKSTORY » This 1941 Cadil- Your contribution to Monmouth’s Academic Excellence lac Series 62, owned by Mark Funds helps create innovative learning experiences Skesavage ’11M, was the perfect like this. Every gift, no matter the size, enhances the prop for our photo shoot with academic quality and overall university experience for Professor Katherine Parkin. current and future students. Skesavage, a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Give today at monmouth.edu/give. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is Parkin’s friend and former student. Story, p. 24.

24 30 36 WOMEN, CARS, FACING THE LONG AND LIBERATION THE DEMONS GAME A Q&A with Katherine J. Christian Benedetto Jr.’s battle In 1992, Kevin Callahan didn’t Parkin, author of Women at with PTSD led him to become even have a campus office. Now the Wheel: A Century of Buy- an advocate for others he’s celebrating 25 years of the ing, Driving, and Fixing Cars. coping with the disorder. football program he launched.

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re: Summer 2017 The best piece of mail I’ve gotten expectation. He believed in his in a while was the Monmouth TELL students. As a retired teacher, I am still look- magazine with President Dimenna The Leon Hess Business School » MONMOUTH VOL. 37. NO. 1 ing for creative ways to encourage on the cover has truly lost one of its greatest 17 20 42 Monmouth magazine is published thrice reading that I can pass along to Sarah Lewis ’17 via Twitter US professors. I will never forget annually by the Monmouth University other teachers. I think the Fade him. Division of Enrollment Management. to Books program (“A Cut Above WHAT Brian J. Blackmon ’10, ’11M Vice President for the Rest”) is a wonderful idea that Remembering Enrollment Management stimulates a love of reading and the James Cavazzini YOU Robert D. McCaig, Ed.D. importance of being a part of your #MUx2 community. Congratulations to all I was deeply saddened to learn Associate Vice President, involved. of Professor Cavazzini’s passing THINK We met at one of the tennis courts The Front Marketing & Communications Suzanne Palmer-Smiga (“In Memoriam,” summer 2017). He Email us at behind the field house in the mid- currents » RESEARCH & REFLECTION Tara Peters ’94, ’99M (Long Branch, New Jersey) was such an inspiring teacher, and ’70s. There was a sea of courts despite his numerous ground- magazine@ behind the old field house, before Editor The summer issue was the breaking achievements in the ca- monmouth. the football revamping of the area. Tony Marchetti 06 09 10 best Monmouth magazine. Please ble television industry’s founding, edu, or write us Tennis, at the time, was extremely NEED TO KNOW PAW PALS EXPLAIN THIS keep the informative articles a very humble and endearing popular in the country and with Assistant Editor coming. human being. at Monmouth Monmouth students in particular. Prof. Michelle Scott on Can playgroups improve a How to reduce stress and Breanne McCarthy Lois Harm Cahill via Facebook I was fortunate enough to The campus played a large part the increase in adolescent dog’s adoptability? increase focus. magazine, (Parent) take his Strategic Manage- in our lives in the late Seventies, suicides and creating “an Design & Layout Monmouth ment course in spring 2010, and we were married on June 2, epidemic of help-seeking.” Dog Ear Consultants Good read, cover to cover. and he made it one of the most University, 1979, in the chapel in Wilson Hall. Contributing Writers Enjoyed all the articles, espe- memorable and motivating experi- Alumni House, Paul Stookey wedding song music TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY cially the one on the Middle ences in my scholastic career. played softly in the background; Tobias Carroll 400 Cedar Nick DiUlio East. Great view from the inside I learned a great deal from him, the chapel at the time cast a 14 16 17 Kelley Freund looking out. far beyond the course Ave., West curious, haunting spell and an Melissa Kvidahl John Reiss via Facebook materials. Long Branch, implied air to whisper and conduct THIS IS MONMOUTH HOW MONMOUTH MY MONMOUTH (Parent) I was disappointed that I never everything in hushed tones—likely Ryan Jones NJ 07764. The scene at West Long WAS MADE One alum’s journey from Karl Vilacoba got a chance to take him again the quietest New Jersey wedding Branch. The library was once a summer Amman to America. The magazine is wonderful and it when I entered Monmouth’s Submissions ever. A very small ceremony (a retreat for one wealthy family. Photographers keeps us all in touch with Mon- M.B.A. program, but I did run for the Letters dozen or so in attendance) but Anthony Deprimo mouth’s progress. Great job! into him one evening in Bey Hall grand in results. We celebrated page are subject PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS Matt Furman Lois La Pointe Kiely ’65, ’80M, ’88HN between night classes. Right off our 38th anniversary last June. Kalai Ramu the bat he told me he expected to editing for Erik ’77 and Sharon (Tosel) Crazy good read (re: “End to see me on the cover of Fortune Liljestrand ’74 clarity and 20 22 Illustrators of an Era”). one day. He was always ready Dung Hoang Glen DeNigris ’19 via Twitter with sincere encouragement and length and must I met my husband, Ron ’66 ’75M, JUST FOR KICKS IN THE GARDEN Julie McLaughlin include the at a fraternity/sorority Halloween Three ACL injuries can’t What it’s like to play in “the Patrik Svensson party in October 1964. We were keep this Hawk down. world’s greatest arena.” writer’s name, Luke Waller “ engaged the following March address, and and married in August 1965 after I’m sorry, phone number a nine-month courtship. Now, 52 On the cover but my years later, we still have many fond Visualizing PTSD: Salt Lake City for confirmation. president memories of Monmouth College. The Back The Rest artist and designer Dung Hoang We are both very proud in what Class notes » ALUMNI LIFE Letters, 03.Crowd - illustrates alumnus Christian is better the university has become. sourcing history, 11. Benedetto Jr.’s battle after combat. than Carol (Volk) Kurowsky ’65 Last trees standing, 12. your 42 46 5 Questions for Mi- THE THE RECOMMENDER chael Waters, 13. A Day president. CHANGEMAKER Buzzfeed’s Jessica Anastasio at the Beach, 18. Alumni ” Bill Elliott ’95M is work- ’16 reveals how to land a Roundup, 44. Celebra- ing to end drunk driving dream tech job. tions, 49. Talking with West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Bennie Kanzler ’17 tragedies. Terry Spear ’81M, 52. 732-571-3489 via Twitter In Memoriam, 56. www.monmouth.edu

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what professor changed your life? Leaving Deanna Shoemaker has helped make my time at Monmouth the best it could be. I go to her with all of my problems, because she always has the solution. I can’t wait to continue my academ- a legacy ic journey with her as my mentor. Emily G. Blaser ’20 Ron and Darlene Carlson’s Lauren K. Woods was my first real bequest will provide scholarships acting teacher, director, and mentor. He dropped into my life like for generations of Monmouth Clarence in It’s a Wonderful Life students—with no immediate cost and showed me the path forward to the Carlsons. to what has now been almost a 50-year career in theater, film, raduating from Monmouth and TV. “Woody” and his influ- was a difference maker in his ence have played an important life, says Ron Carlson ’68. To part in every step I have taken G show his gratitude to the university Monmouth me to try out for an intramurals ABOVE: From left, Dr. in my career and in life. I feel his that gave him an excellent start to team, the Chinese Bandits. The Frank Brand, Dr. Richard presence whenever I make an memories Benjamin, and Dr. Harold his information technology career, Bandits, I found out after making Jacobs with an electric artistic choice. he created the Ronald H. Carlson My dad, Dr. Harold Jacobs (far the team, dominated intramural measuring device they Bill Cwikowski ’67 Endowed Scholarship. Then, he and developed. right in photo above), was the sports for years (and continued Darlene included it in their estate founding chair of Monmouth’s to after I graduated). Fifty-two BELOW: The Chinese Thomas Kelly, my freshman En- plan. Their bequest will make it Electrical Engineering Depart- years ago, this picture was Bandits, a Monmouth glish teacher, advised me to join possible in perpetuity for graduates intramural sports power- of New Jersey’s most underserved ment. He is pictured here with snapped on The Great Lawn be- house in the 1960s. the staff of the school newspaper. an electronic measuring device fore one of our games. It seems That was the moment my life high schools to attend Monmouth. And it allows the Carlsons to rest he co-developed with Dr. Richard nondescript, but two of the changed. I took his advice and easy knowing they are supporting a Benjamin (center, and later chair history makers of Monmouth Uni- went to see Howie Newman ’63, cause they care about without any of the same department) and versity sports are pictured here: the editor-in-chief of The Outlook. immediate cost to themselves. Dr. Frank Brand (left, a former Vincent “Vinnie G” Giordano ’66, Howie hooked me up with Art Monmouth professor). My dad did ’73M (#33) and John “Hoss” Kes- Katz ’60, the sports editor, who “Recognizing the university in some amazing things at Mon- sler ’69 (#40). That year our team had me cover a couple of baseball a manner that will assist future mouth, and I established a modest went on to win another cham- games. Then, Art gave me some students with their education has scholarship in his honor to remem- pionship thanks to the fierce wonderful advice. He told me my provided us with a high degree ber him: the Dr. Harold Jacobs competition by these stories were strong but, in writing of comfort,” says Ron. “We hope Memorial Scholarship in Science two winners. sports, I should try to write more other graduates will thoughtfully consider their ability to contribute to & Technology. I find it thrilling that Dennis Redmond ’67 like I was sitting at a bar and Monmouth.” to this day, students post their talking to the person next to me. resumes on LinkedIn and mention In other words, more conversa- Join Ron and Darlene in helping they received this award in honor tionally. That was great advice. deserving students while creating of my father. I went on to have a wonderful your own legacy at Monmouth Steven M Jacobs ’74 career in sports journalism, as a University. Contact Keith Richardson, reporter, editor, and award-win- assistant vice president for ning columnist. I was twice voted leadership programs, at 732-263- New Jersey Sportswriter of the 5758 or [email protected] for Good sports Year by the National Sportscast- more information on legacy giving, or I mustered out of the Navy ers & Sportswriters Association. visit mylegacy.monmouth.edu. in June of ’63 and enrolled at And it was all because of Mr. Monmouth College in September Kelly, who steered me in the right of that year. A few friends asked direction. Chuck Hassol ’61A

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“ If we could have an epidemic of help- seeking, that would be good. ”

NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends makes it seem like some event— such as being bullied or experiencing a loss—was the cause. Those are situations that may Taking on be a triggering event, but usually occur within the context of other risk factors. Those factors in- teen suicide clude depression, anxiety, sub- THE SUICIDE RATE FOR ADOLESCENTS HAS stance use, lack of connection BEEN SLOWLY RISING, ACCORDING TO THE to others (or social withdraw- al), previous exposure to death MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE CENTERS by suicide, and prior suicide at- FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. tempts. What we worry about WE ASKED MICHELLE SCOTT, PH.D., WHAT is if we start to see a bunch of CAN BE DONE TO REVERSE THE TREND. them together, then there’s an increased likelihood that suicide INTERVIEW BY TONY MARCHETTI could happen. But it doesn’t mean it will hap- The American Psychological rate from 11.6 to 12.5]. We don’t pen. You have to balance all of Association has labeled teen know yet if that’s a trend up- the protective factors. For in- suicide “a growing health con- ward or just a blip. stance, on college campuses cern.” Can you share some sta- students have access to men- tistics to help put the issue in What caused that uptick? tal health care. That’s a bril- perspective? I wish we could say, but there’s liant thing. Students don’t have According to the CDC, about never an easy answer when it to pay for each visit, because it’s 44,000 people across the life- comes to suicide. There are con- part of their student services. If span die by suicide every year in stellations of risk factors, so when they need help, they can get it. the U.S. That’s one person every we teach individuals what they We want to promote to every- 11.9 minutes. Overall, suicide is should be on the lookout for, one that it’s normal and it’s im- the 10th leading cause of death. we list a bunch of things. People portant to seek help. If we could But among 15- to 24-year-olds— might want to say it’s social me- have an epidemic of help-seek- the age group I do most of my dia, or substance abuse, or eco- ing, that would be good. research with—it’s the second nomic hardship. But we can’t just leading cause. From 2011 un- say there’s one cause. It’s those Tell me about some of the pre- Michelle Scott, Ph.D., is an til 2014, the suicide rate for 15- constellations of risk factors. associate professor in the vention work you’re doing to 24-year-olds was pretty sta- School of Social Work and here at Monmouth. ble. Then, from 2014 to 2015, What are some of the risk fac- is director of Monmouth We had a multiyear suicide pre- University’s SRF Suicide there was an increase of almost tors to look for in young people? Prevention Research and vention grant that let us train 1 person per 100,000 [raising the The news about suicide often Training Project. students, faculty, and staff

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about how to take care of each of the day are still being worked I don’t know if it’s real. I don’t ciated with how different play- other at the level they’re appro- out, but we had a lot of inter- know if kids are doing it. But groups are run. She and her priately supposed to. We cre- est from professionals to learn if kids think it’s real, then it’s Paw Pals research fellows are collect- ated on campus what we call a more specific clinical informa- a real thing. If there’s a clus- CAN PLAYGROUPS IMPROVE A DOG’S ing salivary cortisol from the “competent community.” It’s a tion about suicide. We have an ter of contagion of, “Oh, this is ADOPTABILITY? dogs to measure the animals’ public health social work mod- incredible mix of academic re- what everyone’s doing,” then stress levels before and after el in which everyone has a role searchers and clinical profes- it’s something we need to be ad- BY BREANNE MCCARTHY playgroup. They’re also moni- in suicide prevention. The idea sionals here and on our steering dressing. toring behavior patterns before ore than 3 million dogs enter animal shelters is, your role isn’t to do every- committee; working together and after play and instances of thing, it’s one piece of the puzzle synergistically will allow us to Looking ahead, what more each year, and while most end up being dog-on-dog aggression, among in this model, and if everyone get the message across that sui- needs to be done to confront adopted, the ASPCA estimates that 670,000 other things. does their role, then no one falls cide prevention is something we the issue of adolescent suicide? M It’s important to determine through the cracks. That grant all need to work on together. California recently passed a are euthanized annually. the potential positive impacts ended in 2016. Then, last Janu- law that mandates six hours of playgroups can have ary, we received a large private You mentioned 13 Reasons clinical training in suicide pre- To improve a dog’s chances of on a dogs’ welfare, donation that was a logical ex- Why, the series about a high vention for clinicians before being adopted, some shelters says Mehrkam, as tension of the work we were al- school girl who dies by suicide. they can get licensed. More are taking the animals out of their behavior can di- ready doing. The show received a lot of me- states need to do that. That way, their cages to interact with their minish rapidly when dia coverage, in part because when someone has the courage four-legged brethren. The idea placed in a shelter, You’re referring to the SRF some people felt it glorified to get treatment, their thera- is that these doggy playgroups potentially making Suicide Prevention Research suicide. Does a show like that pist, their clinician, their doc- reduce the animals’ stress and them less adopt- and Training Project. What’s help or hurt your efforts? tor knows what to do. It sounds anxiety, help them expend ex- able. She says dogs happening through that initia- It has its pluses and minus- scary, but [many] clinicians are cess energy, improves their can go from showing tive? es. It brought the issue to light, somewhat ill-prepared—unless quality of life, and provides a signs of enthusiasm In September, we hosted a free and everyone reacted to it in a they’ve sought out additional natural setting for staff to as- toward people and conference, Youth Suicide Pre- way that is making a conversa- training on their own, like the sess a dog’s behavior and a willingness to ap- vention: Using the Media to tion happen. What I would have people who came to our Sep- personality. proach the kennel gate Start the Conversation. It was liked to see is the producers tember conference. We have to But opinions vary on how to displaying abnormal inspired in part by 13 Reasons putting protections in place— make sure therapists know ex- the groups should be struc- behavior like pacing and Why, as well as other stories in that is, providing information actly what needs to be done, and tured: Some shelters cor- excessive licking, due to the media earlier this year. The on what people can do if they’re that they’re comfortable doing rect undesirable behav- boredom and anxiety, in a conference was open to any- experiencing those thoughts or that job—these are what we call ior, others use only posi- week or less. one who interacts with youth, know someone who is. You didn’t downstream measures. tive reinforcement; some “We’re trying to give some and we had more than 300 par- get that in the show. On some ep- We also need to focus more allow groups of only a few science and data behind ents, grandparents, clergy, coach- isodes, you were warned there on upstream prevention. That dogs to play together, others what is now becoming a very es, school counselors and social was suicidal content, but they means working with young peo- allow large groups. And some common practice in shel- workers, state workers, admin- didn’t tell you what to do if you ple way before suicidal thoughts shelters are altogether opposed ters—these play groups,” says istrators, case managers, mental were upset—except in a small, or behavior become an option. to the concept, arguing that play- Mehrkam. “And we’re trying health professionals, and sub- stand-alone segment, “Beyond We can start with young chil- groups lead to increased dog-on- to really evaluate objective- stance abuse professionals at- the Reasons,” which was not dren to build resiliency, prob- dog aggression, a greater chance ly: is this good for dog wel- tend. We asked the participants connected to the individual ep- lem-solving, and coping skills. of volunteers being injured, and fare? And if it’s good and ahead of time to share with us isodes. The series had a ma- I just wrote a curriculum, Life- elevated risk for disease trans- it shows some promis- their questions about suicide, ture-audiences-only rating, but lines Prevention from Hazelden mission. ing benefits… what is and we focused the day’s pro- there were 11- and 12-year-olds Inc., with my colleague, Judith Now, in a first-of-its-kind study, the best way to run ceedings on those questions. watching it without any protec- Springer, Ph.D. Schools can use Assistant Professor of Psy- them?” Participants learned ways to A collection of preventive tions, because parents didn’t it to teach 11th and 12th graders chology Lindsay Mehrkam is The study, which is start the conversation, whether and informational resourc- know it was happening. emotional preparedness for life seeking to determine wheth- being funded by a Canine es related to adolescent on the national, school-based, suicide are available for after high school. My colleagues er implementing playgroups grant from Maddie’s Crew or individual level. We hope free at monmouth.edu/srf. Along the same line, there have also created a 5th and 6th grade in shelters is beneficial to a Fund, is expected to Assisting Mehrkam in they will bring this informa- been stories in the news about version that mimics the same dog’s welfare, and how their run through May this study are several tion back to their organizations, the so-called Blue Whale Chal- kind of learning. These curric- use might relate to the dog’s 2018. Canine Behavior Re- schools, and communities. If you are thinking about lenge. Can you explain what ula complement the Lifelines chances of being adopted. search Coordinators: harming yourself or Because we received so many attempting suicide, call the that is? Is this a real thing? prevention education for 7th Mehrkam has part- Mehrkam was lead Alexandra Heaney clinical questions, we’re plan- toll-free, 24-hour hotline I don’t know a lot about that, to 11th graders. This way, when nered with shelters in author of a study ’16 and current of the National Suicide that found a dog’s Monmouth students ning another conference, for Prevention Lifeline at but it is supposedly an app or people hit the bumps in the road New York, Philadel- environment has early 2018: Continuing the Con- 1-800-273-TALK (1-800- online game where you com- in life that we all know they will phia, and Florida more of an impact Angelina Powers, versation: Clinical Approach to 273-8255) to be connected plete challenges that lead to face, they can weather them to track the posi- on how dogs inter- Mary Kate O’Rourke, to a trained counselor act and play with Youth Suicide Risk Assessment at a suicide crisis center a final challenge in which you better and not think suicide is tive and negative each other than Amanda Vidal, and and Management. The details nearest you. hurt yourself or die by suicide. the solution. outcomes asso- their breed does. Tyra Ward.

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EXPLAIN THIS » Answering your burning questions q: How can I cut stress and increase focus?

ave you ever says O’Connell. “As thoughts come and take stock of where you are; in, acknowledge that thought and Take a breath; Observe what’s walked into the let it float by like a cloud in the happening around you; Proceed Hkitchen only sky. You can revisit that thought forward. Before long, mindful- to realize you don’t later.” ness will filter into your life. Some beginners might find that If you already practice mind- remember why you’re meditation comes naturally to fulness meditation and want to there in the first place? them; others can benefit from take your practice to the next Or forgotten to include the help of a guided meditation level, try a few creative exercis- mobile app. O’Connell also ad- es: eat silently and notice your the attachment on an vises beginners to put a sticky food, or take an entire minute important email? Then note on their computer monitor, to eat a piece of chocolate. “See you could benefit from steering wheel, or cell phone to what it tastes like; notice the remind them to practice. sensations,” says O’Connell. practicing mindfulness So how does concentrating on The most important thing is to meditation, says Cynthia your breathing a few minutes keep practicing. “Make it part of each day translate to being more your daily routine just like eat- O’Connell, a specialist mindful in day-to-day life? “It ing, drinking water, and brush- professor in Monmouth’s helps you remember to ‘STOP,’” ing your teeth,” says O’Connell. School of Education. says O’Connell, which is an acro- “In order to reap the benefits, it nym she recommends for begin- has to be a daily effort—even if At its core, mindfulness is no- ners. Whenever you find yourself it’s just two minutes.” ticing what’s happening in the on autopilot, remember to: Stop —Melissa Kvidahl present moment. “You can be CROWDSOURCING HISTORY mindful without practicing meditation,” says O’Connell—by sin- JOSEPH P. VEIT WAS JUST 25 cloth covering from the plane after These artifacts, along with gle-tasking rather than multi- years old in 1917, when he was it crashed. He also claimed that the about 150 others, are currently tasking, for example. “The prac- the drafted to fight in World War I. food in the trenches was supplied on display in the Monmouth tice of mindfulness meditation, 10-second DO I NEED A Hailing from the Vailsburg section by the British and consisted largely University Library as part of an however, is setting aside time of Newark, a largely German- of mutton, which was, in his estima- exhibit marking the centennial bonus American and Jewish community, tion, pretty awful.” of the United States’ entry into each day, or a few times a day, to question MANTRA? concentrate on being present.” he was sent to fight on the Following Joseph’s death, WWI. The items were crowd- Anyone can benefit from it. Ac- The short answer? No. A component Western Front as part of the 78th Richard inherited a trunk that sourced from a dozen people, cording to the American Psy- of Transcendental Meditation, the Infantry (“Lightning”) Division, had belonged to his grandfather. including many in the Mon- 312th Regiment. His grandson, Inside it he discovered a treasure mouth community, by Specialist chological Association, mind- mantra is intended to let the mind fulness meditation is linked to Richard Veit, chair of Monmouth’s trove of memorabilia from the Professor of Public History Me- reducing negative thoughts, cut- settle and, ultimately, transcend History and Anthropology war. Some of the items, including lissa Ziobro, whose experiential Department, says his grandfather a needlepoint and welcome home Museum and Archives Manage- ting stress, boosting memory, in- thought entirely. This kind of The WWI exhibit creasing focus, and other health shared many memories of the war banner (pictured), had belonged ment Basics class curated and meditation is a totally different with him. to Joseph. Others were keep- spans two floors developed the displays, which To ask a question of our benefits. How does one do it? It’s in the Monmouth faculty experts, email simple, says O’Connell. approach from being mindful, which “One of his stories was about sakes given to him by his com- University library include various memorabilia magazine@monmouth. shooting down a German biplane rades. Joseph collected the items and runs through from British, American, and edu or mail Explain This, First, sit or recline in a comfort- instead encourages practitioners to with his machine gun team,” says well into his 80s, as he was one of the end of the German troops. Monmouth magazine, able position. Then, concentrate year. Admission Alumni House, 400 Cedar not only have thoughts, but to focus Richard. “He saved a piece of the the last survivors of the regiment. is free. —Breanne McCarthy Ave., West Long Branch, on your breathing. “Breathe in NJ 07764. and out slowly through your nose,” them on the present moment.

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»»You’re at work on your 13th book of poetry, which you’ve said will focus on “bridging the old world with the new.” What do you mean by that? The last time I was in Romania, I saw a family with a new car. They had brought the car to a monastery and asked Last trees standing the head monk, the abbot of the monastery, to bless it. HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL ALTER COASTAL FOREST MAKEUP. They had all of the doors of the car open, and the hood was1 up, and the trunk was up, and the family was standing BY KARL VILACOBA around in their Sunday best. And the abbot was walking hen it comes to will tilt natural selection in fa- tles and the flood tank (although around the car, sprinkling it with holy water, and reciting prayers so that the family would be safe in that car—so climate change, vor of the hollies and cedars, none of the trees survived the »»How do you pick the theme for your books? and begin to eliminate the oth- 12-hour flood). that’s the old world and the new world right there. the evergreens I don’t. What happens is I start writing poems and, W ers near beaches, estuaries, and “The results showed that de- after a while, I notice that there are thematic or stylis- are ever ready. other brackish water bodies. ciduous, broad-leaf species are tic consistencies… I see them starting to form a book “They’ll try to survive, but if starting to die off,” says Jeff rather than a collection of poems. And then, maybe, Associate Professor Pedram there’s no more seed source from Dudek, a student who worked 2I might start leaning toward that. And when I feel the Daneshgar and a team of stu- parent trees, they won’t,” says on the project. “We saw leaf book is finished, I really just go on writing poems and dent researchers conducted a Daneshgar. loss, curling of leaves, stunted »»In terms of process then, do you wait for see what else starts to rise. battery of saltwater exposure The team conducted two types growth. The prediction there inspiration to strike? tests this summer on young of experiments on the trees. In is that we’ll start to see a more There’s a quote by a famous artist, Chuck trees that are native to New Jer- the first, the roots were sub- evergreen-dominated forest.” Close: “Inspiration is for amateurs.” So, no, it sey’s coastal forests. The experi- merged in a tank of saltwater for This fall, the researchers re- really is the work itself. It’s the sitting down ments were designed to provide intervals of one, six, and 12 hours moved the trees’ leaves and at the desk to do the work… Writing is a pro- » a glimpse at what the increased to simulate flooding according weighed them. They are now an- »What advice do you share with students cess. I don’t think of it as a product… For me, when it comes to writing creatively? contact with wind-borne ocean to tide cycles. In the second set alyzing which species had the 3the line is the most important part of poetry. What’s important is not to dress like a writ- spray and floodwaters—brought of tests, the trees were sprayed strongest growth and maintained Each line has its own integrity, so I tend to er, or talk like a writer, act like a writer, or on by more frequent and in- with concentrations of saltwa- the strongest root systems in the write line by line. drink like a writer! What you have to do is tense coastal storms—will mean ter running from zero parts per face of the saltwater exposure. actually write. You have to put pen to paper for trees along the region’s wa- 1,000 (a control) to 25 parts per The research was conducted and learn your craft. terfront areas. 1,000 (comparable to levels in in the campus greenhouse by Working with a large sam- lower Barnegat Bay). Half of the Daneshgar, Dudek and students 4 ple of American hollies, sassa- trees were placed beneath a mesh Kelsey Connelly and Matthew Michael Waters is a 2017 fras, black cherries, red maples, sheet to emulate the shaded con- Francis. recipient of the presti- and cedars, the researchers ditions young trees see at the bot- A version of Daneshgar says the study re- »»Being a poet for nearly five decades, how do you think the art form gious John Simon Gug- this article origi- is faring in a modern, digital world that’s so full of distractions? genheim Memorial Foun- found that the deciduous trees tom of a forest. nally appeared sults offer clear guidance for dation Fellowship, which were decidedly less salt-resis- Across the board, the ever- on Monmouth those planting near the shore: People turn to poetry after any kind of national trauma. After 9/11, for example, honors prior achievement University’s there was poetry chalked all over the streets of New York, so it seems poetry is and exceptional promise. tant. The results point to a fu- greens fared better after their Urban Coast “Use salt-tolerant evergreens His 12th book of poetry, ture in which climate change exposure to both the spray bot- Institute blog. that have very waxy leaves.” essential to our lives. There always seems to be a hunger for poetry throughout The Dean of Discipline, is 5the centuries. due out in early 2018.

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The Early Years, 1926–1966. Green Power This first-ever biography of Martin THIS IS MONMOUTH » The scene at West Long Branch is part of a planned two-book The Environmental Protection series by Womack, who is a world- Agency recognized Monmouth Fulbright renowned authority on the Beatles as the largest green power user Campus Roundup and their enduring cultural in the MAAC for academic year Scholar Award influence. 2016–17. The university’s sustain- ability practices and achievements have ranged from installing one Three-peat MW of solar power, purchasing green power, retrofitting lighting in Monmouth won its third con- campus buildings and parking lots, secutive Metro Atlantic Athletic upgrading old mechanical equip- Conference Overall Commission- ment, and practicing effective er’s Cup for the 2016–17 academic energy management. year. The award symbolizes overall excellence in athletics in the 25 championship athletic events con- Codey’s on campus ducted within the MAAC. During Professor of Political Science the 2016–17 campaign, Monmouth Former New Jersey Gov. Rich- Rekha Datta is spending a portion won the field hockey, women’s in- ard J. Codey was named as the of this academic year in India door track and field, men’s tennis, university’s 2017–18 Public Ser- as the recipient of a prestigious and men’s and women’s outdoor vant-in-Residence. During the com- Fulbright-Nehru Academic and track and field championships. ing academic year, he will give lec- Professional Excellence Award in tures on the importance of public Teaching and Research. She will service and mental health policy, ABOVE RIGHT: New be researching global governance, Some great PR and participate in public events on Fulbright Scholar Award local and cultural norms, and gen- campus during the fall and spring recipient Rekha Datta. der-based violence in India. The Public Relations program re- semesters. Codey served as gover- BELOW: Actress Emma ceived the Award for Certification nor from 2004 to 2006, and is the Roberts gave an Instagram shout-out to Assistant in Education from the Public Re- longest serving state legislator in Professor Melissa Febos’ Expanding lations Society of America in Octo- New Jersey history. new book, Abandon Me. in the region New home Mission and that share the category “Regional ber, making Monmouth one of for the Hawks tradition Universities North.” Monmouth three schools in the state, and one Monmouth University and the Bor- was also named one of the nation’s of only 50 in the U.S., to earn such ough of Rumson unveiled plans to Henni Kantor Kessler & John The annual Founders’ Day Convo- best institutions for undergraduate a distinction. develop a new Monmouth Marine H. Kessler Stadium, the new $16 cation was highlighted this year by education by the Princeton Review and Environmental Field Station million facility that is home to more the investiture of Grey J. Dimenna, (The Best 382 Colleges—2018 Edi- on the banks of the Navesink than half of the university’s student Esq. as the ninth president of tion) and was featured in Money You Read River. The facility will provide athletes, opened in style on Sept. Monmouth University. During the magazine’s “Best Colleges for Your It Here First* unique opportunities for scientific 2 when the football team defeated ceremony, Henry D. Mercer, III ’87, Money 2017” list. research and educational collabo- Lafayette, 31-12. Made possible immediate past chair of the board, Assistant Professor Melissa Febos’ ration between the professionals by a generous gift from Henni ’68 received an honorary Doctor of latest book, Abandon Me, which and students of the university and and John ’69 Kessler, the stadium Public Service in recognition of 22 we excerpted in our spring issue, local schools. features more than 4,200 seats, in- his dedication to the university; received a social media shout-out cluding 800 chair-back seats; a full William Elliott ’95M received the The number of students Mon- of epic proportions from actress concourse with concession stands; Distinguished Alumni Award (see mouth welcomed in the inaugural Emma Roberts. The American Hor- Fin a state-of-the-art press box; and p. 42); and John K. Lloyd, co-CEO class of the Doctor of Education ror Story star, who co-created the multimedia and coaches’ booths. of Hackensack Meridian Health, (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership online book club Belletrist, shared Professor Keith Dunton and stu- The facility also features a received the Maurice Pollak program this fall. It’s the univer- Febos’ book with her 11 million dents from the School of Science 1,855-square-foot Panasonic HD Award for Distinguished Commu- sity’s second doctoral degree Instagram followers. tagged sand tigers, sandbars, and LED video display board thanks nity Service. granting program. other sharks and stingrays along to a grassroots fundraising effort the New Jersey coast as part of a spearheaded by football alumni and Perfect summer research project funded supporters. More than 100 former Movin’ on up This one goes to II through the UCI’s Marine Science players, Touchdown Club members, The first graduating class of and Policy Initiative. Their work and friends of the program rallied The university climbed 10 places Ken Womack, dean of the Wayne Monmouth’s Physician Assistant will help shed new light on the be- ABOVE: The brand-new to raise $750,000 for the mammoth in the latest U.S. News & World $16 million Henni Kantor D. McMurray School of Humanities program had a 100 percent pass haviors, movements, and diets of display, which was named The Foot- Report annual ranking of “Amer- Kessler & John H. Kessler and Social Sciences, published rate on the Physician Assistant these migratory predators, as well Stadium opened on Sept. ball Alumni Scoreboard in honor of ica’s Best Colleges,” landing at 2 with a win for Hawks Maximum Volume: The Life of National Certifying Exam last as the demographics of the sharks the group’s efforts. No. 28 out of the 196 institutions football over Lafayette. Beatles Producer George Martin, spring. and rays near the Jersey Shore.

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HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » Landmarks & stories A Palace of Books MONMOUTH’S LIBRARY WAS ONCE A SUMMER RETREAT FOR ONE OF AMERICA’S WEALTHIEST FAMILIES. BY BREANNE MCCARTHY wo years before construction of the 1905 family foundation, offered the es- Guggenheim Mansion was complete, the Year tate to Monmouth Medical Cen- completed ter. But locals petitioned against Testate’s architects (from the same firm that the move, with many saying they built the New York Public Library) won a gold medal 2 preferred the estate instead be donated to Monmouth College. for the building’s design. Years of construction The property was officially con- Built as a summer cottage for (which today houses the Lauren veyed to the college on Septem- Murry and Leonie Guggenheim, K. Woods Theatre). With a white ber 9, 1960. Since then there have MY MONMOUTH » Shared experiences in your words classes in beautiful Wilson Hall known for both their extrava- stucco exterior, largely white in- 1 been two major construction and saw Annie filmed there. I gant wealth and their philan- teriors, and numerous floor-to- Gold Medal projects: a four-story addition learned to program in PL/1 on thropy, the mansion was fash- ceiling windows and doors, the Award for built in 1967 and a $14 million a keypunch machine, and re- ioned in the Beaux Arts style cottage had a light, airy feel and architectural expansion and renovation proj- Coming to member walking across the and modeled after the Petit Tri- was less extravagantly decorated design ect completed in 2003. hall to hand my cards to the op- anon in Versailles. The original than other summer homes built Today, the library is home to erator in the computer room, estate sat on eight acres and in- by wealthy families of the time. 337,087 more than 300,000 books—472 America (twice) who ran them through the cluded the 35-room mansion, a After his parents’ deaths, Ed- Books housed of which were written by Mon- MY 17,000-MILE ODYSSEY TO BECOME A HAWK. reader. As a member of the In- small pond, and a carriage house mond Guggenheim, who ran the today mouth University authors. ternational Club, I helped run BY BASEM ZREIQAT ’84 our annual parties on campus, which featured authentic arrived on campus at back to JFK and bought a plane food, colorful costumes, mu- 1 a.m. on a cold morning ticket to Jordan. I didn’t realize sic, singing, and dancing. I also then how crazy my actions were. worked part time at the famous Iin January 1980—a I didn’t come from a rich family; Rhapsody in Blue restaurant in 20-year-old freshman my parents had borrowed mon- Long Branch, where the owner, from Amman, Jordan. ey from relatives to fly me to the Yvonne, would introduce me to U.S. But I didn’t care. All I could customers as “Base, the young Hours earlier I had landed think of was going home. man from ‘Jordanie.’” at JFK, and after two bus I stayed in Amman for two After graduating with a bache- days. Then I went to the Amer- lor’s degree in computer science, rides and a taxi, I was ican embassy and applied for I went back to Jordan for six knocking on the door of another visa to go back to Mon- years. In 1990, I moved to Aus- Cedar Hall. A senior let me mouth. It was the best decision tralia and took a job as a PL/1 I’ve ever made. programmer for an American in and showed me to my I arrived back at Cedar Hall bank in Sydney. I’m still there room. He wished me good and knocked on the door at al- 27 years later; these days my re- luck and said goodnight. most the same crazy hour as be- sponsibilities include managing fore. The same senior who had the Asia Pacific region projects. The semester hadn’t greeted me came running out, My experience as an interna- started and the dorm was asking where I had been. I hadn’t tional student at Monmouth was eerily quiet, but I knew I told anyone I was leaving, so he rich and inspirational, both ac- thought I was lost. When I ex- ademically and culturally. I had would fall asleep quickly. plained what had happened, he great professors and received The next day I was so homesick didn’t believe me. Share your Monmouth tremendous support from them experience! Email us at The current front that I called my brother in Cal- Given a second chance, I worked magazine@monmouth. throughout my studies. I am entrances of Wilson Hall ifornia and told him I was go- hard to succeed—both for my- edu or write us at My where I am now because of Mon- and the library were rear Monmouth, Monmouth entrances in the man- ing home. Using the money that self and to make my family mouth, and for that I will forev- magazine, Alumni House, sions’ original layouts. was supposed to last me through proud. I made so many friends 400 Cedar Ave., West er be grateful and proud to be a the first semester, I took a taxi in my time at Monmouth. I took Long Branch, NJ 07764. Monmouth alumnus.

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A DAY AT THE BEACH » Coastal moments, captured AUGUST 28, 2017 The early bird gets the photo along the shore in Long Branch.

18 MONMOUTH fallFall 2017 2017 photo NAME NAME Fallphoto 2017 ANTHONY MONMOUTH DEPRIMO 19 PLAy SPORTS & FITNESS

Don’t let that smile fool you Sunny disposition aside, Cuevas is a tenacious defender. With her in the line- up, the Hawks have posted shutouts in 16 of 31 games to date.

regular-season and conference tournament titles. Coming into Just for the 2017 season, longtime coach Krissy Turner called her “a seasoned veteran” who “leads by Kicks example in all that she does.” Now 24 and suiting up in her INJURIES AND SEVEN (YES, SEVEN) seventh collegiate season, Cue- COLLEGIATE SEASONS IN SOCCER HAS vas knows that “seasoned” is put- GIVEN VETERAN DEFENDER GABBY CUEVAS ting it politely. “I’m not even the UNWAVERING DRIVE—AND A WHOLE LOT ‘team mom’—we have a fifth-year OF PERSPECTIVE. player who’s the team mom,” she says with a laugh. “I’m known as BY RYAN JONES the team grandma.” She’s particularly tight with the sopho- y the third one, surely, Gabby Cuevas was mores, who arrived on campus ready to give up. This was three years ago, when at the same time she did, but Cuevas went down with her third ACL tear in four says she’s proud to play “middle B man” between the coaching staff years. She was in her fourth season at UConn, seemingly and players. “I’ve been around at the end of a collegiate soccer career that had been the game longer, so I know why we do things,” she says. “Being a repeatedly and cruelly interrupted by injury. At that mentor comes easy for me, but I point, it could hardly have seemed worth the trouble to also joke around with them: ‘You try to come back again. guys keep me young.’” As she works toward her mas- You’d think so, anyway. In fact, of the 2014 season—Cuevas left ter’s in social work—she’s eye- Cuevas insists, giving up “never UConn with a psychology de- ing a career in family mental crossed my mind.” gree and a hunger to get back health counseling—Cuevas owns “I couldn’t picture college with- on the field. From there, the a unique perspective that makes out soccer, and not being part Wayne, New Jersey, native (a her not only a rare teammate, but of a team,” she says. “As soon as three-time All-State pick during an inspired choice for the uni- it happened, I was like, I know her time at powerhouse Immac- versity’s new promotional push. what I need to do. When can I get ulate Heart Academy) made the That’s her in the debut video for surgery?” comfortable transition to Mon- Monmouth’s #PerfectDay cam- That insistence powered Cue- mouth, where she immediately paign, jogging along the board- vas through another grueling earned a starting spot with the walk, working on a class proj- round of rehab, and ultimate- Hawks. ect in the library, and working ly brought her to Monmouth. Starting every game for Mon- out in the weight room and on Granted two additional seasons mouth last fall, Cuevas paced the practice field. “I really didn’t of eligibility by the NCAA—her a defense that posted 11 shut- know what to expect,” she says of first two ACL tears occurred in outs. She finished the season Check out Gabby’s filming the clip. “I’m like, I don’t the very first games of her 2011 as a second-team All-MAAC commercial at monmouth. know what I’m doing. I’m a soc- edu/perfectday and find and 2012 seasons, and her third pick, a vital piece in a squad that inspiration for your cer player.” happened in the fourth game finished 14-5-1 en route to the #PerfectDay. That she is, remarkably, still.

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RITUALS » Traditions & recollections

Will Lewis ’92 » Forward Jeff Franklin ’97 » Guard In the Garden THE SMELL OF THE PLACE STILL STICKS AT PRACTICE ONE DAY THE COACHES EVERY HOOPSTER DREAMS OF STEPPING ON out in my mind. The Garden hosted a lot of told us we’d be playing there. I almost fainted. THIS COURT. THESE FOUR DID IT. circuses back then, so maybe one had just been I had grown up in Brooklyn, when public in town, but the place smelled like—the zoo. I schools played the city championship at the AS TOLD TO TONY MARCHETTI wasn’t the only one who noticed it, either. Garden. But I went to Taber Academy in or the first time in 20 years, and only the third time in I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I’m Massachusetts and missed out on that. Getting a huge Knicks fan, so it was exciting to play to play in the Garden was a dream come true. program history, the men’s basketball team returns to there. We played in some big places around The game experience didn’t meet expecta- FMadison Square Garden. As Monmouth gears up for the country, but the Garden is unique. It’s tions, unfortunately. We were the better team its Dec. 9 showdown with the Kentucky Wildcats in New York definitely the greatest arena on Earth—there but came out flat. That was a home game for have been so many great sporting events, and us, and we normally lived off the excitement of City, we asked some Hawks who’ve been there what it’s like concerts and shows there. We didn’t take it for our crowd. The place felt empty that day. to play in “the world’s greatest arena.” granted where we were playing. I’m a middle But the experience of seeing the Garden— school counselor in the Bronx public school seeing the posters of former Knicks, of being system these days, and I still tell my kids about in the locker room and on the floor—that was when I played there. They get a kick out mind blowing. I was in awe when I walked of that. on that court. I sat on the Knicks bench and It makes me proud as an alumnus to see looked around the place, trying to think what it how far this program has come. I’ll be there in must be like to play in front of 19,000 people, December cheering as loud as I can. And all of them screaming and yelling. Shooting at the fact that we’re going against an opponent those baskets gave me chills. It was exciting. like Kentucky? It doesn’t get any better than I just wish I’d had a cell phone at the time to that. take some pictures.

Dave Calloway ’91, ’95M Corey Albano ’97 » Forward »»Calloway was a guard on the 1990–91 team I REMEMBER BEING ON THE BUS AS IT SAT and an assistant coach for the 1996–97 team. in city traffic, and looking out at how alive THERE WERE MAYBE A COUPLE Manhattan was, and thinking, I’m going to play thousand people in the stands for our games basketball in Madison Square Garden. It was at the Garden. And for me, the atmosphere surreal. During the pregame shootaround, I and the people always mattered more than the think I was looking around more than shooting, building. We had some great games in Boylan, taking it all in. I can’t speak for everybody, and those memories come back to me before but for a few people it seemed there was a the games at the Garden. When we played at sense of, Wow, we’re playing in the Mecca of Duke, and the Cameron Crazies were going basketball. nuts—that was a great atmosphere. It’s the I played in Europe for 13 years after graduat- excitement that the students and the fans ing, and saw some iconic buildings over there. bring that make a place stand out. That’s what But it wasn’t the same as being in Madison this year’s team will experience in December. Square Garden. Until this day, it is one of the The Garden will be packed for the Monmouth- coolest places I ever played. Kentucky game. And I think that experience is To hear Monmouth in the same sentence as How TO WATCH going to be pretty special for the players. Kentucky shows how much the program has But the mystique of the Garden? That’s defi- grown. I couldn’t be prouder. A Hawks win that nitely there. I don’t know if I noticed it at the day would be so great. It would definitely take »»Tickets for the Hawks Dec. 9 time, but playing there was one of the great the program to the next level. game against Kentucky are things that happened to me at Monmouth. available at ticketmaster.com. If you really want to talk about how far the The game will be televised on program has come, it’s who they’re playing ESPNU. more than where. Even if they lose to Kentucky, people will be talking about the game for awhile. In the program’s two previous Madison Square Garden They already are. And if they beat Kentucky? appearances, the Hawks beat Marist, 61-53, on Feb. 5, 1991, You’re talking a whole new level of visibility. and lost to Mount Saint Mary’s, 53-59, on Jan. 29, 1997.

22 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 photo EMMANUEL MILOU/WIKIMEDIA Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 23 , WomenCars And Liberation AN ANNOTATED CONVERSATION WITH KATHERINE J. PARKIN, AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK WOMEN AT THE WHEEL: A CENTURY OF BUYING, DRIVING, AND FIXING CARS.

INTERVIEW BY TOBIAS CARROLL

24 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 25 n Women at the Wheel: A Century vehicles vied for supremacy through to the What drew you to the topic of women’s rela- One of the most interesting parts of the book tionships with cars over the years? was your research into the time before gas-pow- of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars, present, examining everything from NASCAR When I was working on my last book2, I came ered cars were ubiquitous. History Professor Katherine J. driver Danica Patrick’s advertising work1 to across a statistic that 50 percent of driver’s li- I think it’s important to recognize how much ev- Parkin examines the fascinating Volkswagen’s relaunch of the Beetle, with the cense holders are women. I clipped that out and erything was in play. We tend to think only of gas put it on my wall to think about. At first, I thought footnotes or electric cars, but there was a third, steam, and al- history of how American car culture tagline “It’s a boy.” that maybe the women’s movement was a liberat- though it didn’t survive it was certainly a contender. Iand American attitudes toward gender Along the way, she shares insights on the ing force that encouraged women to drive. But I 1. According to TiVo, The woman who was the first to drive in Wash- 7 have overlapped, conflicted, and defied (occasionally bizarre) automotive subcultures found that wasn’t the case; the growing number of Patrick’s “Enhance- ington, D.C., drove a steam car . Her dad was a women drivers was part of a trend. The number of ment” commercial doctor, and she was his driver; she would help expectations. she unearthed during her women drivers grew across the 20th century, and for GoDaddy.com was him go around to his patients. Steam was even Parkin takes readers from the days when research and chronicles women now outnumber men3. I don’t think it was the most watched more complicated than gas and electric, and really about liberation so much as that society re- commercial during tended to be more popular in urban areas with gasoline-, electric-, and steam-powered decades of cringe- ally needed women to drive and women clearly the 2009 Super short distances and a guarantee of finding wa- worthy automotive sought it out. Bowl. ter. Women have long been identified with elec- advertising tric cars in the popular imagination, but they You write about a number of very particular 2. Food Is Love: Ad- drove steam and gasoline-powered cars, too. campaigns. subcultures, including grandmothers who work vertising and Gender as mechanics. Where did you first encounter Roles in Modern You discuss how early electric cars were often them? America. Philadel- marketed toward women. Is it significant, then, I grew up watching David Letterman, so I’d see phia: University of that today’s high-profile manufacturer of elec- him having [auto mechanic and cable host] Lucille Pennsylvania Press, tric cars, Tesla, is named after a man? Treganowan4 on. She was a grandmother in the 2006. When I was finishing up my book, Tesla had just 1980s, but the grandmother-mechanic figures that emerged as a strong contender in the car indus- I discovered did not start out working as grand- 3. According to try. Car companies have long placed an emphasis mothers. They only became acceptable as mechan- the most recent on science and on inventors—we admire Ford, we ics because as they aged, they were considered to statistics from the admire these men who created these cars. How- be asexual. We don’t consider older women to be Federal Highway ever, we also know that American car companies sexual beings. I think there’s a way in which we al- Administration, there have long sought to crush electric cars. It is no low women to be engaged with a car—as long as are 1,365,947 more surprise that it took a Japanese automaker, Toy- they’re not a threat to men’s masculinity. female than male ota, to break into the American market with the licensed drivers in first successful hybrid, the Prius. Does that also apply to the car-repairing nuns the U.S. I think that they appeal a lot to women, but most you wrote about? automakers don’t believe being successful with Yes. A nun, whose nickname was Sister Fixit5, 4. Treganowan also women is good. Take for example the popularity taught high school women how to fix their cars appeared as herself of the revitalized Volkswagen Bug. After recog- and talked to men about God while she worked in a 1996 episode nizing their success, the company rejected wom- under the hood, but it was all seen as holy work. of “Tool Time,” the en and said to themselves, “Okay, we’ve sold it to It’s not seen as anything untoward. show-within-a-show all these women; now let’s change it into a boy!”8 on the Tim Allen ve- They brought in Porsche designers to masculinize You discussed the arrival of women-owned ga- hicle Home Improve- the rounded beetle shape and removed the flower rages in the second half of the 20th century. Do ment. vases. It’s a very contradictory impulse. you find that they’re still vital today, or was that more of an isolated moment in history? 5. Sister Joan Ma- Were there any sections of the book that were Auto repair garages persist in being male-dom- rese. She also did particularly challenging to write? inated, but there have always been exceptions. carpentry, plumbing, One of the most difficult parts was writing There’s a wonderful garage in Philadelphia that and electrical work, about police and sexual violence. I found that po- just won an award for the best garage in the city6, according to a 1973 lice used their power to coerce sexual acts from and it’s owned and operated by a woman who UPI news article. women they pulled over. Similar experiences works in her trademark red heels. They opened were found with driving instructors and their as- it with a beauty bar attached to it, so you bring in 6. Girls Auto Clinic, saults—I think it’s an unspoken experience that your car for repairs and you get your nails or hair in Upper Darby, Pa., women are having, that there’s a risk when you’re done at the same time. They even advertised mix- was named Phila- getting into a car with a male stranger. ing your own nail polish paint, which is a paral- delphia magazine’s We have a notion that cars represent freedom, lel for mixing your paint for your car. It’s trying “Best Multipurpose but women are constantly told to be afraid with to make dealing with your car more accessible to Garage” in 2017. their car: Don’t pump your own gas; it’s danger- women—an effort that has been fairly consistent ous. Parking garages are dangerous. I find that the throughout history. Continued, p. 28 fears are not substantiated in the crime statistics,

26 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 illustrations CSA IMAGES/ISTOCK Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 27 Continued from p. 27 Not only is automotive design still overwhelmingly male, it is also consistently tone deaf to the American consumer. The example 7. Anne Rainsford you mentioned, of men wearing trash bags for French. She was dresses and taping paper clips to their fingers, nicknamed “Miss was proudly detailed in press releases. Com- Locomobile” by panies proudly proclaim that they’re working some D.C. residents, hard to understand women. I found it shocking according to a 1952 that they would believe that would be a positive Life magazine article. thing today. It really only reveals how few women are involved10. 8. VW’s 1959 “Think If you look at Volvo, which is a very success- Big” campaign for ful car in appealing to women and safety, they the Beetle was put together a team to create a pink, prototype named the top ad- Dodge La Femme kind of car. Why wouldn’t vertising campaign of they put them to work to make a car that was the 20th century by good and appealed to everyone? I found that Ad Age. disheartening. Volvo proudly touted that they created floor mats that you could change out 9. Among them was with the seasons. Listening to consumers, par- Princess Elizabeth, ticularly women, seems like a pretty low bar later Queen Eliza- that the car industry still can’t cross. beth II. but also that we don’t hear much about women’s Was there anything you found that surprised experiences. That’s partly what motivated me to 10. In 2011, Gener- you, or defied expectations of what you were write the book. Women are having different ex- al Motors named looking for? periences with cars and we don’t know it. In the Mary Barra senior I structured the book along the lines of a wom- case of the crimes that are occurring, the silence vice president of an’s experience with a car: you learn to drive, you means no laws or policies are being developed to global product get your license, you buy your car, you care for help police the perpetrators. development. Three your car. What I didn’t expect to find in my re- years later she was search were all the ways people identified with the Women worked with cars in both world wars. appointed CEO, car. People’s relationships with their cars didn’t Did one war have more of an impact as far as becoming the first really fit into expected patterns that I had antici- changing perceptions of gender and automo- woman to lead a pated, to the extent that people named their cars, biles? major automaker. had sex in their cars—or with their cars11. In some ways, I think the First World War had Once when I was teaching, I was talking about more revolutionary potential. The American suf- 11. According to Wiki- the notion of women assaulting the car as a way fragist Rosalie Jones said, effectively, “We have pedia, “Mechanophil- of getting back at a betrayal by a man. One of my suffrage, now we need to learn how to fix a car.” It ia (or mechaphilia) is students said, “Oh yeah, I did that. I got in trou- “ was part of this understanding of women’s inde- a paraphilia involving ble.” As I was finishing writing the book, Beyon- pendence, the idea that women would find inde- a sexual attraction cé’s Lemonade came out, and she’s mad at Jay- We have a pendence in their relationship with a car, in learn- to machines such Z’s infidelity and beating cars with a baseball notion that ing how to drive and assisting, as Gertrude Stein as bicycles, motor bat12. cars represent did overseas, transporting goods and being a part vehicles, helicopters, freedom, but of the war effort. ships, and aero- Do you consider yourself a car person, or did I have less of a sense of that from the Second planes.” writing this book turn you into one? women are World War. Certainly, more women were in- I’ve always enjoyed driving, and like the inde- constantly told volved, more women drove, more women were 12. Five years before pendence it gave me. I’ve driven in Europe; I’ve to be afraid mechanics9. But I didn’t find anyone from World Beyoncé went driven stick in England on the other side of the War II saying, “This is really going to open doors Angela Bassett on a road. But I’m not a car person. I don’t know much with their car: for women; this is really going to transform their row of cars for her of anything about under the hood. Writing this Don’t pump lives.” music video, Jay-Z book made me more aware of the ways that cars your own gas; and Kanye West de- permeate the American experience. If you take One of the most memorable images you bring stroyed a $350,000 something like music, the Beatles have very few it’s dangerous. up in the book is this moment where male car Maybach in the songs that reference the car, but American musi- Parking garages designers attempted to understand a woman’s video for their song cians use the car to talk about escaping bad rela- are dangerous. driving experience by wearing fake nails and “Otis.” The rappers tionships (Tracy Chapman, Melissa Etheridge), approximating wearing a dress. Is automotive later auctioned the avenging bad behavior (Carrie Underwood, Be- ” design still an overwhelmingly male field? car off for charity. yoncé), seeking out freedom and joy in cars.

28 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 photo MATT FURMAN Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 29 y almost every measure the party was a grand and cheerful affair. A large tent was set up in the backyard, a jukebox had been rented for the evening, and more than B100 people showed up to celebrate the homecoming of Christian Benedetto Jr. ’89, who had just spent the better part of the past year serving as a United States Marine in Operations Desert Shield and Storm. Gathered at his parents’ home in Middletown, New Jersey, friends and family laughed and smiled with delight at seeing the 24-year-old safe and sound, showering him with frequent hugs or pats of congratulation on the back. But as the night grew later, Benedetto’s father couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t quite right with his son.

Walking over to Christian and putting thousands of miles away. an arm on his shoulder during a lull in “Are you sure you’re all right,” his fa- the celebration, he asked, “You OK?” ther asked again, this time with a little “Sure,” said Benedetto, surveying the more insistence in his voice. CHRISTIAN party with a detached, faraway look in “Yeah,” he said. “Why do you keep ask- BENEDETTO JR. his eyes. “I guess it’s kinda surreal for ing me?” me. Just trying to take it all in.” “Well, you’ve got more than 100 peo- REPRESSED HIS Surreal indeed. The nine months spent ple here. And we’ve got four bathrooms PTSD UNTIL IT on the front lines had been an ardu- inside the house. But all night you keep ous and ceaseless journey comprising walking over and taking a piss in my WAS ALMOST equal parts fear, adrenaline, and ex- flower beds.” TOO LATE. hausting vigilance. Not only had he wit- Like waking from a dream, Benedetto nessed the jarring and often sudden vi- snapped to a realization. He hadn’t used NOW HE’S A olence of war, but he also hadn’t slept a proper bathroom in more than half RESOURCE AND inside a building in more than seven a year. Like every other soldier, he had months and had been afforded the lux- become accustomed to simply walking ADVOCATE FOR ury of a shower only once during that 50 feet and doing his business wherev- same time. And just five days before his er he could find spare ground. And that’s OTHERS COPING homecoming party he was stationed at what he was doing now, subconscious- WITH THE an agricultural compound in Saudi Ara- ly reverting to the crude, indelicate bia, waiting for the slow, tedious gears routines of military life in his parents’ DISORDER. of his deployment to churn in the direc- backyard. Until his father said some- tion of home. thing, it hadn’t even occurred to him to BY NICK DIULIO Now, as if in a flash, here he was, stand- use the bathrooms inside. And while he ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUNG HOANG ing in his backyard with a mind trapped breezily dismissed the moment with a

30 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 31 “ chuckle, Benedetto couldn’t help but detto was enthusiastic about the oppor- Here’s the and he and his wife were already making wonder if the episode signaled some- tunity to eventually serve his country paradox plans to have a child. He stopped drink- thing dire about his state of mind. overseas. And for the first few weeks of ing and built a life of sobriety that’s now Over the next few weeks he continued his deployment everything progressed about being lasted 10 years. And yet he had not come struggling to adjust to everyday life. He more or less as he’d imagined it would, a Marine: The to terms with the disorder that was ru- couldn’t sleep in the house, so he’d go with a few notable exceptions. best thing is ining his life. out to his parents’ deck and spend his “I had some preconceived, romantic “I just didn’t want to deal with it,” says nights on a lawn chair with nothing but notions from the movies. Some of them that you’re Benedetto of his then-repressed PTSD. a pair of shorts and a thin sheet to cover were true and others were definitely tough as “I did whatever I wanted to. I wasn’t him. One night a major thunderstorm not,” says Benedetto. “For example, one nails... But considerate of anyone’s feelings but my rolled in, but instead of moving inside, of my jobs during the war was to drag guess what? own. And it wasn’t until I was 38 that I Benedetto simply flipped two chairs 55-gallon drums from under the priv- started to realize life actually had conover and slept beneath the makeshift ies into the desert, pour diesel fuel in That’s also sequences.” shelter. Sometimes he would even dig them, and burn the waste. That definite- the worst The final turning point came one ear- a hole in the yard and spend evenings ly wasn’t in the brochure.” thing about ly Saturday morning in the fall of 2013. curled up in the cool, familiar earth. Benedetto doesn’t care to share spe- Benedetto and his now ex-wife were ly- And he was also drinking. A lot. cific horror stories from his time over- being a ing in bed when their 5-year-old son “I knew something was wrong,” recalls seas, but looking back, he is unflinch- Marine. You came into the room at 6 a.m. asking to Benedetto, now 50. “But there was a lot ing about tracing his PTSD back to that never think sleep in their bed. Eventually Benedet- more going on.” long, interminable stretch of time spent to and his son fell asleep, and the mo- It’s been more than two decades since in the theater of desert warfare. you need any ment should have passed as an other- that memorable homecoming, and the “My PTSD comes from being in real- help. wise peaceful and happy one. But then journey hasn’t been easy. Wrestling with ly, really cramped places that were re- his son stirred suddenly in his sleep, jar- the demons of post-traumatic stress dis- ally, really hot while things are blowing ” ring Benedetto from a nightmare and order (PTSD), Benedetto has emerged up all around us,” says Benedetto. “And causing him to instinctually grab the from a darkness that once threatened to then there was the sleep deprivation. boy’s wrist with frightening and uncon- consume him, soberly and honestly ac- You’re up every night for a few hours scious intensity. Emerging from the fog cepting his condition while also serving and then up and at it the entire next day, of sleep, Benedetto was horrified, and as an enthusiastic voice of advocacy and cleaning weapons, digging holes, always later that day he made a call to his local support through PTSD Journal, a maga- on alert. All of that starts to take its toll. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) zine he founded last year to educate and To this day, I still can’t sleep for longer office. It was time he admitted that he help others who suffer from the crip- than an hour and 45 minutes at a time.” needed help. pling condition. Benedetto’s military service eventu- “My son’s nine now, and he doesn’t But before he could help others he first ally came to an end in 1994, at which even remember that moment. And even had to help himself, and that meant ex- point he decided to go into sales, a ca- at the time I think it scared me more periencing moments far darker than reer lifestyle perfect for hiding the de- than it scared him,” recalls Benedet- nights spent sleeping beneath deck mons lurking beneath the surface. to. “But that’s when I knew I had to do chairs or relieving himself in his fa- “I was the life of the party. A former something, because either I was going ther’s flower beds. Marine! OK, so he drinks a little too to manage my PTSD or it was going to “Here’s the paradox about being a Ma- much, but who cares? He’s bringing in manage me.” rine,” says Benedetto. “The best thing is deals. And I was good at it,” says Bene- that you’re tough as nails. Nothing both- detto. “I could drink while golfing, wine ers you. You can deal with anything. But and dine clients, and entertain business guess what? That’s also the worst thing partners at casino bars. And nobody TSD statistics for service mem- about being a Marine. You never think thought anything of it because I was bers are often sobering and stag- you need any help. I had no idea what just this big, fun-loving war vet. People Pgering. According to the VA, about struggles were ahead.” cut me a lot of slack.” 12 percent of U.S. troops who served in But when he was alone the walls came Desert Storm have been diagnosed with down. In addition to drinking himself to PTSD (compared to 20 percent of sol- sleep, Benedetto was also becoming in- diers from the most recent theaters in hen Benedetto enlisted in the creasingly paranoid, wracked by panic Iraq and Afghanistan, and 30 percent Marine Corps in December attacks, and thrust into nightmares al- from Vietnam). W 1989 after earning his under- most every time he closed his eyes. He What’s more, NBC reported in 2016 that graduate degree in financial services from would sometimes barricade his base- U.S. military suicides hit a record high in Monmouth, he did it because he “wanted ment door or hide behind his living room 2012 when more than 349 military men more from life than a wife and a starter couch and keep watch for no specific and women took their own lives (a high- home with three and a half bedrooms.” reason other than to obey the crippling er number than those lost in battle that He wanted to see the world. whims of his untamed anxiety. same year). That number dropped to 265 It was during his time at boot camp that By 2007, he knew something had to last year, and while overall awareness of Desert Shield got underway, and Bene- change. He’d recently gotten married, the disorder has risen throughout the

32 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 33 “ PTSD robs you of your dignity, and it robs past decade, many who specialize in the cated to this pervasive and critical topic. treatment of PTSD and general trauma you of any Since then he and his publishing partner say there is a long road ahead. ability to have released five issues, each dedicated “This is one of those topics in mental really just to improving the quality of life for PTSD health that hadn’t been very well un- sufferers and their families. Function- derstood for a long time, and there’s still function ing as a veritable advocate for the PTSD a lot to learn,” says Tom McCarthy, as- in the community, the biannual journal com- sistant director of counseling and psy- world,” says prises a mixture of research articles, per- chological services at Monmouth. “And sonal essays, and myriad service pieces the more we try to understand PTSD, Benedetto. highlighting the causes of PTSD and the the more we understand how pervasive “And the tools needed for recovery and healing. and detrimental it is to a person’s life. thing is you And the journal is not limited to com- It doesn’t just go away after combat. It bat-related PTSD. According to Bened- stays with the person and affects every don’t get etto, PTSD can arise from a wide variety single level of their life.” better. You of traumas, including sexual assault, do- This is the message Benedetto has get less mestic abuse, car accidents—even unex- been trying to broadcast ever since that worse. pectedly witnessing a distressing event. fateful morning in 2013. In addition Statistics related to non-combat PTSD to maintaining his sobriety, Benedet- ” are hard to come by, but according to the to has been getting regular treatment Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Alliance, from the VA, which includes a combina- about 70 percent of U.S. adults have ex- tion of medication and counseling. And perienced a traumatic event at least while he still encounters triggers—un- once in their lives, and up to 20 percent announced, spontaneous circumstanc- of those go on to develop PTSD. What’s es that can ignite debilitating panic at- more, an estimated 5 percent of Amer- tacks—he now knows how to recognize icans have PTSD at any given time, and manage them through breathing and about 8 percent of all adults—1 in and mindfulness. 13 people—will develop some level of “PTSD robs you of your dignity, and PTSD. it robs you of any ability to really just Christian Benedetto Jr., “We’re trying to help people, to raise pictured in his dress function in the world,” says Benedetto. blues below, served in the awareness, and to engage in meaning- “And the thing is, you don’t get better. United States Marines ful interactions with our readers,” says You get less worse.” during Operations Desert Benedetto, adding that the magazine’s Help and healing, he says, are made that Shield and Storm. Facebook page receives a steady stream much more difficult by the persistent, of traffic and user comments. “We’re lingering stigma PTSD still has with- touching people’s lives on a daily basis.” in the military community and beyond, Outside of the magazine, Benedet- which Benedetto likens to “where same- to is tireless in his personal outreach, sex marriage was seven to 10 years ago.” publicy offering his cell phone number “People still think admitting you have to anyone who feels like they need to PTSD means you’re not strong enough, reach out for help. It’s all part of his new but in fact you get PTSD from being too appropriation of the PTSD acronym: strong for too long,” says Benedetto. “I Please Tell Someone Directly. literally had someone come up to me “If you have PTSD or feel like some- once and tell me that his grandfather thing is wrong, don’t waste any time. fought in World War II and that he was Tell someone how you’re feeling,” says just fine, so what kind of wuss was I to Benedetto. “And if you think someone say I had PTSD? That’s what we’re still you know is acting a little odd or de- dealing with.” pressed or angry or drinking too much, To that end, Benedetto founded PTSD talk to them about it. I’m sharing my Journal in the summer of 2015, which story not so I can come across as a pro- bears the tagline “Not all wounds are vis- fessional victim with a sob story. I’m do- ible.” The idea came about when he first ing it because I want people to get the started seeking treatment and discov- help they need—the same help that I ered there weren’t any periodicals dedi- needed for so long.”

34 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 35 IN 1992, COACH KEVIN CALLAHAN DIDN’T HAVE SO MUCH AS A CAMPUS OFFICE, LET ALONE A TEAM. NOW, 130-PLUS WINS LATER, CALLAHAN AND HAWKS FOOTBALL ARE CELEBRATING THE QUARTER-CENTURY MARK. ThE BY RYAN JONES Long gamE Of course he had doubts. Not chance to relocate from upstate New to where we are now, so there have al- many, mind you: Kevin Callahan York, where he was the top assistant at ways been new challenges,” says Mon- wouldn’t have taken the job if he Colgate, to the sun and warmth of the mouth Athletic Director Marilyn Mc- Jersey Shore. (It didn’t hurt that his Neil. “I think in many ways this has really hadn’t thought he could make wife, Ann Marie, is a Monmouth Coun- been more like four or five different jobs it work. But starting a program ty native.) A year later, he was on the for him.” sidelines, coaching once again. He had One of the longest-tenured athletic di- from scratch, all the scraping his players, and he had a program, bare rectors in the nation, McNeil has led the and building and struggling bones as it all was at the time. He was in Hawks athletic department since 1994, that implied, with no guarantee his element, doing the work he knew. a full two years after Callahan arrived By then, for Callahan, the doubts were to start building the football program. it would pay off? Yes, there long gone. By that time, the first of Callahan’s were doubts, moments when Presumably it took a bit longer for the jobs—the daunting task of implement- he wondered what exactly he’d rest of the college football world to re- ing a plan, of simply figuring out where alize that this experiment on the Jersey to start—was complete. “When I first gotten himself into, whether he’d Shore would succeed. Twenty-five years started,” Callahan remembers, “we did made a mistake. It’s perhaps and more than 130 wins later, there’s no not have any facilities, we did not have fitting that those moments denying the project has been a success. any equipment, we did not have any Those who know Callahan best will tell players. We also didn’t have time to that stick in his mind now have you that the first—and still, only—head worry about the problems. We just had nothing to do with anything that coach in Monmouth football history to focus on solving them.” simply wouldn’t allow it to fail. Without games to coach that first year, happened on the field. “Coach Callahan is never satisfied, he spent his Saturdays in the fall of “My first year here was the first time never happy with being average,” says 1992 traveling the region to watch oth- that I wasn’t actually coaching a team former All-American linebacker Joe er teams play. In part, he simply wanted in probably 15 years,” says Callahan. “I Sentipal ’03. “He always wants more to be involved in the game. But he was didn’t even have an office at that point. out of his players and more out of the working, too, scouting potential oppo- I was kind of wondering, Is this really program. He’s always on the forefront nents for the Hawks’ first season the going to happen here? Did I do the right of doing what’s best for his team.” following year. “I knew we were going to thing?” Adds Don Burnaford ’72, a longtime be a team made up of 100 freshmen,” he That was 1992, a quarter century ago, Callahan friend: “With Kevin, it’s about says, so he looked for teams he thought when the football program at Mon- structure, integrity, and—most of all— his young squad would be able to com- mouth College—university designation character.” pete with physically. He also picked the was still three years away—was more This fall, Callahan led the Hawks into brains of colleagues at a handful of oth- oof an idea than a tangible thing, a con- their 25th season, a testament both to er schools, places that had either re- cept that he and a handful of others his consistency and to his ability to adapt cently established football, or had sal- were willing into reality. It’s a process to change. It’s an almost unrivaled ten- vaged moribund programs. It was all few coaches ever get to experience, one ure on the college football landscape, steady and deliberate, a chance to learn Callahan and his squad that no amount of game planning, prac- head to this year’s season and one he couldn’t have managed with- from the success of others and, whenev- tice reps, or film study can ultimate- opener against Lafayette. out repeated evolutionary leaps. “We’ve er possible, avoid their mistakes. ly prepare them for. The challenge ap- grown so much in his time here, moving It paid off quickly: Without a schol- pealed to Callahan, of course, as did the from a little non-scholarship program arship player on the roster, the Hawks Program notes A TIMELINE OF HAWKS FOOTBALL

» 6/11/92 » 8/13/92 » 8/13/93 » 10/2/93 » 11/16/96 » 1998 The Board of Trustees Kevin Callahan is The Hawks welcome A last-minute field goal The Hawks clinch a share of Callahan is named approves starting a hired as head coach. 105 recruits to cam- gives the program its first the inaugural NEC champion- NEC Coach of football program at pus for the program’s win, a 44-42 victory over St. ship, the first of five confer- the Year. (He’ll win Monmouth, ending first practice. Peter’s College. ence titles for the program again in ’03 and months of speculation. to date. ’06.)

38 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 photos (above and previous page) MARK BROWN/B51 PHOTOGRAPHY Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 39 went 2-5 in their inaugural season, Callahan’s vision that drew guys like puts in the hours required to prepare but they were competitive in every Sentipal, a North Jersey native who for ever-tougher challenges on the field, game. The program’s first victory turned down scholarship offers from Callahan and former yet never seems to lose perspective. Hawks wide receiver Miles came just three games in, a dramatic other programs to play for a Monmouth Austin at a ceremony to “What’s always fascinated me about fourth-quarter comeback against St. squad that couldn’t offer him aid when retire Austin’s jersey number. Kevin—he’s so calm,” says Marilyn Mc- Peter’s in which the Hawks overcame “ he arrived. Neil. “It’s easy to forget that this is a a 17-point deficit to win on a late field It’s easy “My parents were not happy, to say the sport, that it’s not the only thing go- goal. “That one was special,” Calla- least,” says Sentipal, with a laugh. ing on in these young men’s lives. He’s han says. His only real regret from to forget By the time he was done, wrapping passionate, and he cares, but he doesn’t that first season was not scheduling that this up a stellar career as Monmouth’s first make it bigger than it is.” more games; in retrospect, he says, is a sport, All-American selection, Sentipal (and This is the man McNeil remembers be- “I probably underestimated what we presumably his parents) had no doubt ing impressed by from her earliest days could handle.” that it’s not he’d made the right choice. “When I think at Monmouth, a positive, approachable A year later, the team went 7-2, the the only of the program now, I think about all the leader whose tenure has made him, in first of 11 winning seasons to come. For thing going friends I made, the learning experienc- her words, “our dean of coaches.” To Callahan, countless moments stand es, the winning seasons we had, but ulti- this day, she says, Callahan’s office door out: the 2003 team bouncing back from on in these mately it goes back to the guy who gave is always open, an unspoken invitation a dreary ’02 season with 10 wins and a young men’s me the opportunity,” he says. “Coach Cal- to other coaches in the department who Northeast Conference championship; lives. He’s lahan just has a dedication to winning, might be looking for advice or a sound- the last-second Hail Mary to beat Rob- passionate, and to turning out good people.” ing board. “He loves to coach,” says Mc- ert Morris in ’04 en route to a second Mike Basile felt a similar pull. Now a Neil, “and he loves to teach.” straight NEC title; shutting out Alba- and he senior safety on pace to finish his career Where balance is concerned, per- ny on the road in ’06 to clinch another cares, but as Monmouth’s all-time leading tack- haps that is Callahan’s most impressive conference crown; the 2011 road upset he doesn’t ler, Basile came to West Long Branch achievement: constantly evolving, yet of Villanova. There are more such mo- in part because of the tangible signs “He knows when it’s time never losing the qualities that allowed make it to yell and when it’s time ments, of course, but you will be disap- of ambition—a new conference, a new to have fun,” says senior him to succeed in the first place. pointed if you expect Callahan to dwell bigger than stadium—that were part of Callahan’s safety Mike Basile about Don Burnaford has known Calla- on any of them for long. “I prefer to it is. recruiting pitch. But there was some- his head coach. han since he was an applicant for the think about where we’re going,” he says, thing less tangible that clinched it, says head coaching job. As chair of the “and what the next steps are going to ” Basile: “I thought he was the guy who committee tasked with making a rec- be.” could make me better.” ommendation on the addition of the Those steps are a continuation of the Basile cites Callahan’s instinctive knack sport, Burnaford remembers being progress the program has made since for balancing discipline and encour- impressed by Callahan’s resume even its inception, from those early seasons agement with his players—“He knows before they’d met. “In 26 years,” Bur- as an independent, through 17 years when it’s time to yell and when it’s time naford says, “there’s never been a hic- (and five conference titles) in the NEC, to have fun”—as one of the keys to his cup that has ever made me change my to the move to the Big South Confer- success. Indeed, the idea of balance in feelings about him.” ence in 2014. That success, the increase all aspects of life might go a long way With Kevin Callahan, it seems the only in scholarship numbers, the transfor- in explaining why Callahan has en- change is progress. And he has no plans mation of Kessler Field into a state-of- dured. He can focus on the future— to stop getting better anytime soon. “I the-art stadium, all are marks of the on recruiting and facilities and all think there’s still so much potential in program’s ambition—and all are insep- the rest—even as he maintains this program, so many places we can arable from Callahan’s refusal to ever strong ties to past players like still go,” he says. “I want to keep pushing be satisfied with “good enough.” It was Sentipal and so many others. He us forward. There’s more to come.”

ONLINE EXTRA Go to monmouthhawks.com for a video chronicling the program’s rise.

11/15/03 » 11/22/04 » 10/31/09 » 9/17/11 » 2/14/13 » 10/17/15 » 9/2/17 A 28-21 win over St. Monmouth wins its The program earns The Hawks upset 2012 Monmouth football an- The Hawks beat No. Monmouth opens the Francis earns the team first-ever I-AA mid- its 100th win, a 10-6 NCAA semifinalist nounces it will join the 22 Liberty, 20-17, for new Kessler Stadium an invite to the ECAC major national champi- victory over Bryant Villanova, 20-9, for one Big South Conference the program’s first win with a win, beating Classic, the program’s onship following a 10-1 University at Kessler of the marquee wins in in 2014. over an FCS-ranked Lafayette, 31-12. first trip to the post- campaign. Field. program history. opponent. season.

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John’s Law The HERO Cam- paign championed what’s now known as John’s Law, a piece of New Jersey legis- lation passed in 2001 that gives police the authority to impound CHANGEMAKER » Alumni making waves the cars of drunken drivers and hold Turning them for 12 hours. tragedy into change HERO CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN AND CEO BILL ELLIOTT IS WORKING TO END DRUNK DRIVING TRAGEDIES. BY MELISSA KVIDAHL

arly in the morning of July 22, 2000, Ensign on their favorite, from the Berry John Elliott, a recent graduate of the United Sobertini to the No-hito. “The EStates Naval Academy, was driving from idea is that designated drivers Annapolis, Maryland, to his family’s home in Egg don’t have to be the odd man out, and they can still have fun Harbor Township, New Jersey, to celebrate his mother’s and enjoy a great drink,” says birthday. He never made it. Bill. “They’re not party poopers. We like to say they’re actually Instead, his parents, Bill ’95M service as a peer advocate and the life of the party.” and Muriel Elliott, were awak- counselor in the Naval Academy’s The campaign also partners ened by a knock on the door from Human Education Resource Of- with police, accompanying them police, who informed them their ficer (HERO) program, where he at DUI checkpoints and hand- son had been killed in a head-on was honored as his graduating ing out T-shirts to thank des- collision with a drunken driver. class’s Outstanding HERO. ignated drivers. A partner- That other driver had been ar- The goal of the HERO Cam- ship with Uber provides dis- rested earlier in the evening on paign is simple but ambitious: counts to those who sign the DUI charges, then released to a register 1 million designated HERO pledge to be a designat- friend, who allowed him to get drivers and make having a des- ed driver. Additional partner- behind the wheel again. ignated driver as automatic as ships with sports teams provide “My thought was if that friend wearing a seatbelt. Thanks to free soft drinks to designated had only driven his buddy home Bill Elliott’s tireless work, nu- drivers. instead of putting him back be- merous stakeholders and part- “This is all designed to pre- hind the wheel, our son would ners have joined the effort, put- vent families in the future from be alive,” says Bill. “A designat- ting the campaign well on its getting that knock on the door ed driver would have been a way to meeting that goal. that we received, because you hero to us.” One of Bill’s tactics has been to never get over it,” says Bill. Looking to honor his son and enlist bars and taverns to serve “You never leave the memory make a difference, Bill formed free soft drinks to designated of your child behind. It’s im- OPPOSITE: Bill Elliott, the John R. Elliott HERO Cam- drivers. This past summer, the pictured holding a photo possible. But we think we have paign for Designated Drivers. The campaign challenged 32 such of his son, John, received certainly made every effort to name’s meaning is twofold, re- establishments along the Jersey the 2017 Distinguished honor him in a way that is ap- Alumni Award from Mon- flecting both the heroic potential Shore to come up with nonalco- mouth University’s Alumni propriate and reflects who he of designated drivers and John’s holic “mocktails.” Patrons voted Association. was as a person.”

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Company, whose innovations, in Oakhurst, New Jersey, until the Princeton and New York »» Michael “Greeny” Greenblatt inventions, and vast contributions her retirement in 2016, credits a bureaus. Wilson got his start ’83 (Psych.), former captain of to the sport are recognized and number of her professors at Mon- as an editorial assistant and the Monmouth University men’s celebrated. The Ciniellos, who mouth with cementing her desire pop-music writer for Asbury Park tennis team, wed Sarah Anne have both bowled since a young to become an educator. Press before moving on to work Sherman in a rare and unique age, received the prestigious hon- as a reporter at the now-defunct wedding on the campus of Mon- or for everything they have done »» Angel Kames ’75 (Bus. Adm.) newspaper in Millville, New mouth University on June 3, 2017. to advance the sport. Together, was recently featured in the Jersey, and ultimately making The couple held their ceremony the Ciniellos own seven bowling Asbury Park Press’ Small Business his way to Dow Jones, where he outdoors in the Erlanger Gardens, Alumni centers and have hosted several Spotlight Q&A column highlighting worked as a news assistant and where their guests also enjoyed PBA50 Tour events. Patrick, who his eatery, the Cuban Café. Kames stock reporter before heading to cocktail hour to the sounds of the is the past president and chair- co-owns the café, which serves Bloomberg. Wilson is a member garden fountains. The reception roundup man of the International Bowling authentic Cuban cuisine, with of Monmouth’s Communication was held in Anacon Hall and was LISTED BY GRADUATION YEAR Museum and Hall of Fame and Dunechky Hernandez and Roberto Council and is a board member attended by nearly 300 guests, president and chairman of Qubi- Perez. of the Friends of the Bruce including over 50 alumni from caAMF Worldwide, has received Springsteen Special Collection, Monmouth University. Greenblatt Chicken Soup for the Soul for a slew of accolades, including the »»Raymond G. Klose ’77 (Bus. housed at the university. is a celebrity fitness trainer, actor, 1960s Military Families (May 2017). The Victor Lerner Medal for a lifetime Adm.) was appointed to the Dean’s model, and proud owner of the story tells about the organization of service to the game. Advisory Council for the Leon »» Karen Schwanzer ’82 (Ed./ “World’s Most Famous Rescue »»Dr. Robert G. Kahrmann ’63 that was formed in honor of her Hess School of Business. Klose is Art) was named teacher of the Cat,” Roadrunner. The bride, who (Ed.) is a retired university dean father, who died in WWII. Its goal currently the president and CEO year at Northfield Community holds degrees in exercise physiol- who is now the president of was to raise funds to send the 1970s of Klose Associates, a full-service School in Northfield, New Jersey. ogy from Rutgers University and Woods Landing Homeowners fallen soldier’s daughter, Lois, to design and build production firm, Schwanzer, who has spent her Adelphi University, is a marketing Association in Mays Landing, New college. When Lois graduated from »»George Severini’s ’70 (Engl.) which provides creative solutions 35-year career in teaching in the coordinator for The Mindful Jersey. Kahrmann, who earned his high school, she chose Monmouth book, Lost Amusement Parks of for trade show, museum, and Northfield School District, shares Eating Company and also does master’s degree at Seton Hall Uni- College because of its strong the North Jersey Shore, was pub- showroom displays. Klose, who is the spotlight with fellow teacher personal training. She is a certi- versity, followed by his doctorate journalism and English literature lished in March 2017. Co-written also a managing partner at Med- Mary Sudra, who teaches art at fied group fitness instructor and at New York University, taught at programs. She earned two degrees with Rick Geffken, it documents itirinia Properties in West Long the elementary school level in currently teaches Zumba fitness New Jersey City University before before being awarded an honor- how the Jersey Shore became the Branch, New Jersey, serves on the the district. Schwanzer and her and R.E.D. Warrior classes. The joining Seton Hall as the dean of ary doctorate in 1988 when she most famous vacation and recre- Monmouth University Advance- husband live in Galloway with their couple resides in North Bruns- University College. He also served became the New Jersey Teacher ational destination in the coastal ment Committee and the Business two college-aged children. wick, New Jersey. as the dean of academic affairs at of the Year. Lois returned to United States. Council Steering Committee, and the Pennsylvania Institute of Tech- Monmouth as an adjunct profes- is chair of the Business Council’s nology and as the enrollment dean sor in the education department »» Professor of theatre at the Mentoring Committee. at Hudson County Community while she was working as a school University of North Carolina College. Kahrmann, who has since administrator and staff developer. at Greensboro, James Fisher »» Bill Schroeder ’78 (Bio.) joined NOT TO MISS » Dec. 7 retired, now substitute teaches in Recently, Lois won two writing ’73 (Speech/Comm./Thtr.) was Larry Kaplan (Bio.) and Phil Crin- the Greater Egg Harbor Regional awards from the Phoenix Writers’ presented with the UNC Board coli ’79 (Bio.) at the Jersey Shore A Musical high schools and serves on the Club. She is an artist and has not of Governors Mary Settle Sharp for a reunion on July 4 weekend—a Winter Hamilton Township Zoning Board only shown, but has won awards Award for Teaching Excellence fun opportunity to talk about the Wonder- of Adjustment. He lives in an adult in, many local art shows. Lois lives during graduation week at UNCG biology department and model the community with his wife, Linda. in Ocean Township and winters in in May 2017. A theatre director, new alumni shirts. land Phoenix, Arizona. Fisher has not only authored 14 »» Stephen C. Rafe ’63 (Bus. books, but he has also written Adm.), who is the author of five »»Joyce Hospodar ’66 (A.A.) is many essays and book chapters 1980s published books with two major senior advisor of rural programs and has worked as an editor on publishers, has completed three at the Center for Rural Health at several books. His most recent »»David M. Wilson ’80 (Engl.) was more book manuscripts that cover the University of Arizona’s Mel and book, The Historical Dictionary appointed to the Dean’s Advi- the topics of volunteer leadership, Enid Zuckerman College of Public of American Theater: Modernism, sory Council for the Wayne D. canine behavior, and the teaching Health. She is a member of the to be published by Rowman & McMurray School of Humanities A cavalcade of holiday favorites of a cappella singing-subjects that newly formed National Emergency Littlefield Publishers, will appear in and Social Sciences. Wilson is featuring the Monmouth University he has covered extensively in his Medical Services Council being print later this year. currently the stocks editor for widely published feature articles. led by the Federal Office of Rural Bloomberg Radio, where he Chamber Orchestra, the Jazz Hawks, Rafe is also the head of two con- Health Policy. »»Irene Gilman ’73 (Engl.) received writes a chart-based story each the Concert Choir, the Chamber sulting firms—Starfire and Rapport the Monmouth University-Roberts weekday for Bloomberg News Choir, soloists, and a special Communications—both in the field »» Patrick C. Ciniello ’67 (Bus. Charitable Foundation Outstand- and contributes to the Markets of behavior-based communication. Adm.) and his wife, Lisa, are the ing Teaching Award at the annual Live blog on the Bloomberg appearance by the Colts Neck 2017 recipients of the John Davis awards dinner hosted by Mon- terminal. He joined Bloomberg Reformed Church Exultation Ringers, »» Lois La Pointe Kiely ’65 (Engl.) Award. The award is named in mouth’s School of Education on News in 1990, becoming the sec- (M.S. Ed. ’80) (D.H.L. ’88) published honor of John Davis, a lifelong May 4, 2017. Gilman, who taught ond U.S. stock-market reporter all in the magisterial setting of “My Father’s Voice,” an essay in bowler and founder of The Kegel at Ocean Township High School ever hired, and eventually ran Wilson Hall.

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»»Allen R. Mitchell ’84 (Bus. Adm.) the lead reading comprehension Maureen Murphy while officials joined RISK Technologies, a cyber instructor at Hawkins Street conduct a national search for a network consensus SaaS compa- School, which is part of the New- permanent president. Through- ny, as vice president of channels ark Public Schools district. out his 20-year career at Brook- THE RECOMMENDER » Tips & good advice and client executives, where he dale, Stout worked as a student will be responsible for identifying »» Brian Vieth ’96 (Ed.) (M.A.T. ’98) counselor, a full-time faculty partner channels for cooperation was awarded the 2017 Dedication member, department chair of the 5 steps to and growth while championing the to Education Award by Kappa Delta psychology and human services position of customer needs in pro- Pi, the international honor society department, and dean of the gram management. Mitchell has in education, during a ceremony at college’s Freehold campus before landing your over 30 years of experience in the Monmouth University on April 2, assuming his role as vice president information technology industry 2017. Veith, who has taught social for student success. In addition to with IBM, where he served as a studies at Roosevelt Intermediate serving as a member of Brook- drEam tech job client executive along with other School for 20 years, also serves as dale’s senior executive leadership client-facing positions within the an adjunct professor at Mon- team and the president’s cabinet, BUZZFEED’S JESSICA ANASTASIO SHARES sales and distribution division. mouth’s School of Education. Stout has served as an adjunct HER RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. faculty member at Monmouth, »» Thomas Holt ’87 (M.B.A.) joined »» Candice Bidner ’98 (Comm./ Rutgers, Kean, and Thomas Edison BY BREANNE MCCARTHY Sterling National Bank’s com- Ed.) and husband, Jerry Ouellette, State universities. mercial banking team as senior welcomed their second child, “IT’S REALLY THE COOLEST THING 2. Embrace challenges. 4. Get an internship. Better yet, get several. vice president and managing Hayden Karielle, on February 17, »» Monmouth County Sheriff ever,” Jessica Anastasio ’16 says of working as director. Holt, who was previously 2017. The couple also have a four- Shaun Golden ’99 (Poli. Sci.) a full-stack software engineer at BuzzFeed, a OMG LOL senior vice president and public year-old daughter, London Brielle. hosted the second annual Student leading independent digital media company sector market leader for Bank of Ambassadors for Heroin Use that delivers news and entertainment to America, is now based at Sterling’s »» Brad Hennessy ’98 (Comm.) Prevention forum on April 25, 2017. hundreds of millions of people around the Paramus, New Jersey, office. won a Daytime Emmy for his con- Students from a handful of edu- world. The 23-year-old, who was hired right tributions as a stage manager for cation institutions in Monmouth out of Monmouth, was lead engineer on the Emmy Award–winning morning County, including students from the Tasty.co website, which corresponds 1990s program “Good Morning America.” Monmouth University, joined law with the recently launched iOS app “Tasty,” Hennessy has stage managed the enforcement officials, educators, which Anastasio also worked on. Based on Barcex Eviatar Bach »»Jose “Chuck” Martin ’93 show for three years. and members of nonprofit drug BuzzFeed’s popular online cooking brand, Being the only woman in a handful of her Attending a career fair early on at Mon- (Comm.) was hired as the assistant abuse agencies not only to brain- it includes more than 1,700 instructional core classes was daunting at times, but it mouth helped Anastasio connect with coach of the men’s basketball »» Mike Luna ’98 (Comm.) com- storm ways to steer their peers cooking videos and syncs with the Tasty One taught her the importance of challenging several companies, which in turn helped team at the University of South pleted a doctoral degree in educa- away from heroin use but also to Top, a new smart cooking appliance. Here, herself. “It’s just fighting through… and not her build the experience she needed to Carolina. Martin, a native of The tional leadership from California come up with new strategies and in true BuzzFeed fashion, she shares tips on letting [anything] stop you” that’s impor- get where she is today. Bronx, New York, has spent nearly State University, Long Beach on solutions to inhibit the growing how anyone can land their dream job. tant, she says. 20 years coaching across the col- May 23, 2017. This accomplishment opioid epidemic. Golden, who is lege and NBA ranks, including five stems from Monmouth University, an adjunct professor at Mon- 1. Follow your heart. 3. Network, network, network. 5. Be your own advocate. years as head coach at Marist. He which jump-started Luna’s career mouth, is on the executive board assisted at Manhattan College, the in student affairs administration, of the Constitutional Officer’s cute Win University of Massachusetts, Drex- following what he describes as Association of New Jersey and el University, St. John’s University, “the best undergraduate campus is on the executive board of the and the University of Memphis. life experience!” Sheriff’s Association of New Jersey (SANJ), where he currently »» Andrea Romano ’94 (Sp. Ed.) »» Dan Sabella ’98 (Bus. Adm.) was serves as secretary. In addition, he was named the Sussex County ranked No. 24 on NJ.com’s second is an active member of the Nation- Superintendent of the Year for the annual ranking of the most influ- al Sheriffs’ Association and serves 2016–17 school year. This honor was ential people in New Jersey high on the traffic safety and homeland Michael Coghlan Pui Shan Chan Ralpharama bestowed on her by her colleagues school sports. Sabella was rec- security committees. Though fascinated by computers and “I adored my experience at Monmouth, but Anastasio was already eyeing her next in her fourth year of her superin- ognized for leading the Paramus coding, Anastasio considered majoring in you will 100 percent not get an awesome, step when she was hired as a junior soft- tendency at the Sussex County Catholic Paladins to a 10-2 season graphic design “because the culture that high-paying job if you don’t… do stuff ware engineer in May 2016. She took the Educational Services Commission. that culminated with a Non-Public 2000s surrounds engineering is intimidating, I felt outside of the classroom,” says Anastasio. challenging assignments, and didn’t hes- Romano just recently signed a five- Group 4 title. like I’d fit in as a woman designer versus as Joining ACM/IEEE, Monmouth’s computer itate to ask her boss what she needed year contract with SCESC. »»Lisa Marino ’00 (M.S. Ed.) was an engineer,” she says, citing the oft-re- science club, connected her to the larger to do to advance. “It’s all about reaching »» David Stout ’98 (M.A. Psych. appointed as principal of Indian ported bias against women in the tech in- engineering and computing communities. out and trying to put yourself out there,” »»Ramona Johnson ’96 (Comm.) Coun.) was appointed as Brook- Hill School, a three-year elementa- dustry. Ultimately, she followed her passion So too did attending the Grace Hopper she says. In less than a year she was pro- (M.A.T. ’02) was inducted into the dale Community College’s interim ry school located in Holmdel, New and entered Monmouth as a computer Celebration of Women in Computing, the moted to software engineer. “I can see Red Bank Regional High School president beginning on July 1, 2017. Jersey. Marino, who started her science major. world’s largest conference of women work- myself continuing up the ladder, but I’m Hall of Fame on April 28, 2017. Stout, who was previously vice career in education as an elemen- ing in tech, as a student. (She’s headed happy with where I am for my age and I Johnson, who graduated from Red president of the college, assumes tary teacher, was previously an back this year as a rep for BuzzFeed.) feel like I’m on a good path for sure.” Bank Regional in 1991, is currently the duties of outgoing president assistant principal for the

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Manalapan Public School District turer. Previously an architectural R.J. Brunelli & Co. in 2010 before before serving as an assistant sales consultant for the company, becoming president of the compa- 1 principal of the William R. Satz Bertrand will now be partnering di- ny in 2015. School in Holmdel. Before taking rectly with national retail, hospital- on her current role, she served as ity, and food service brands along »» Heather Markson ’03 (Bus. assistant principal of Holmdel High with Mosa’s distribution network, Adm.) was elected as correspond- School. focusing on serving multiunit proj- ing secretary to the board of ects with a national scope. Prior to trustees of the Jewish Heritage »» Michael McLaughlin ’01 (Bus. working at Mosa, Bertrand spent Museum of Monmouth County. 2 3 Adm.) married Kierstin Gillis on more than a decade in multiple Additionally, she serves as chair March 31, 2017, at The Breakers design-sales oriented positions of the art exhibit subcommittee, on the Ocean in Spring Lake, in the homebuilding and building as well as serving on both the New Jersey. Alumni in atten- materials industry. membership and nominating dance included Eddie Zurawski committees. ’01 (Comm.), Teddy Bomba ’01 »» Danielle Brunelli-Albrecht 4 5 (Bus. Adm.), and Jason Biehl ’03 (Bus. Adm.), president of »» Nicole Virgilio ’04 (Anthr.) mar- ’02 (Comm.). McLaughlin is an R.J. Brunelli & Co., based in Old ried Sean Smith on April 14, 2017, independent energy derivatives Bridge, was recognized as one at Elberon Church in Elberon, New 6 7 trader at the New York Mercantile of Chain Store Age magazine’s Jersey. Monmouth alumni were in Exchange, and Gillis works for the “Real Estate 10 under 40” for 2017. attendance, as well as many of the National Basketball Association in Brunelli-Albrecht, who began her bride’s sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau. 10 Manhattan. career at the age of 16, started out The couple honeymooned in the as a part-time marketing assistant. Riviera Maya, Mexico. 4 »» Adam Worth ’02 (Comm.) was She earned her real estate license nominated for a New York Emmy while attending Monmouth Univer- »»Lauren Harms-Kreig ’05 (Art) 8 9 in the cinematography category sity, where she was also captain was appointed to the Dean’s Ad- for his short film highlighting the of the Division I women’s tennis visory Council for the Leon Hess Lakewood Renaissance Fair. This team, and began making her first School of Business. Harms-Kreig is the third nomination for Worth, deals for Sally Beauty Supply. She currently serves as the assistant who works professionally as a went on to broker assignments for vice president of public relations filmmaker and video DJ. Massage Envy and European Wax for George Harms Construction Center and has represented major Co. Inc., a family-owned and »» Andrew Bertrand ’03 (Bus. chains such as Toys “R” Us, Zales, operated business in Farmingdale, Adm.) is corporate account manag- and Tuesday Morning. Brunelli-Al- New Jersey. She has worked for er for Mosa, a Dutch tile manufac- brecht was named a principal of the company since she was 16 11 12 13 years old and today oversees the company’s external communications, including community in- NOT TO MISS » volvement and interaction in the Dec. 8 firm’s overall public presence. The Lords Harms-Kreig, who also manages the George and Ruth Harms of 52nd Foundation, has also served Street— on the Hackensack-Meridian Legends of Women’s Heart Fund Board since the Billy 2015. ENGAGEMENTS: 1. Jaclyn Schultz ’13 (Crim. J.) and Michael Gloria Joel Band »» Joseph Lizza ’05 (Hist./Poli. CELEBRATIONS Sci./Ed.) received his doctoral ’11 (Crim. J.). 2. Christine Parker ’10 (Comm.) and Ryan Richardson ’09 (Bus. Adm.). 3. Christine D’Ottaviano ’11 degree in education from Rowan (Crim. J.) (M.A. Crim. J. ’12) and Allen Franchi. 4. Genevieve Fasano ’14 (Bio.) and Anthony Imparo. WEDDINGS: 5. The Piano Man’s original band takes University on May 10, 2017. Michael Greenblatt ’83 (Psych.) and Sarah Anne Sherman, June 3, 2017. 6. Michael McLaughlin ’01 (Bus. Adm.) Lizza, whose degree focuses on the Pollak Theatre stage for a special educational leadership, wrote a and Kierstin Gillis, March 31, 2017. 7. Nicole Virgilio ’04 (Anthr.) and Sean Smith. 8. Diana (Vasquez) Jarvis ’10 concert, proceeds from which will dissertation titled “A Qualitative (For. Lang.) and Rashaun Jarvis ’07 (Comm.), February 11, 2017. 9. Courtney (Verblaauw) Shippee ’13 (Bus. Adm.) Case Study of the Congruence benefit Monmouth’s SRF Suicide and Jonathan Shippee ’12 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ’14), May 19, 2017. 10. Kimberly (Talbot) Dolan ’15 (M.S. Ment. Hlth. between Fraternal Organizations’ Prevention Research and Training and Members’ Values, Principles, Coun.) and David Dolan ’15 (M.S. Ment. Hlth. Coun.), June 17, 2017. BIRTHS: 11. Candice Bidner ’98 (Comm./Ed.) Project. Opening for them is singer- and Standards.” . and Jerry Ouellette, daughter Hayden Karielle, February 17, 2017. 12. Heather (Berger) Donato ’11 (Engl./Ed.) and

songwriter Matt McAndrew from »»A play written by enniferJ Pergo- Robert Donato ’10 (Bus. Adm.), daughter Izabella Rose, February 13, 2017. 13. Jessica (Santos) Chomko ’11 (Comm.) The Voice. la ’05 (Engl.) titled Change or Death and Thomas Chomko ’06 (Bus. Adm.), daughter Stella Marie Chomko, March 28, 2017.

48 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 Fall 2017 MONMOUTH 49 CLASS NOTES will be performed by The Grange from the coastlines of New York team to the conference semifi- joined Beacon Hill Staffing Group Playhouse in Howell, New Jersey, on and New Jersey at Patagonia Bow- nals. Stezzi, who was a four-year as an account executive at the October 27, 28, 29 and November ery’s surf gallery on April 26. A New member of the Hawks lacrosse company’s 52nd office location in 3, 4, 5. York–based photographer, Struck’s team, helped lead the squad to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Kof- client list includes Rolling Stone, three regular season Northeast ka brings six years of experience »» James T. Pierson ’05 (Crim. J.) Outside Magazine, The Weather Conference titles as well as the in the staffing and medical device (M.A.T. ’07) was inducted into the Channel, Verizon and Condé Nast, first round of the NCAA National fields to the group, which just Red Bank Regional High School Tournament in 2007. launched its clinical research/life Hall of Fame on April 28, 2017. »» Joseph Palmer ’08 (Comm.) is sciences specialty division, Beacon Pierson, who graduated from Red engaged to marry Aimee Brown. Hill Pharma. He will focus on the Bank Regional in 2001, is currently The couple plans to wed on No- 2010s New Jersey–Pennsylvania–New vice principal at Red Bank Middle vember 3, 2018. York tri-state area markets. School. »»Margaret DeVico ’10 (Poli. »» Lin Tang ’08 (M.B.A.) has Sci.) (M.A. Pub. Pol. ’12) and her »» Kevaney Martin ’10 (Comm.) is a »» Chrissy L. Skudera ’05 (Comm.) been appointed non-executive husband, Andrew Katz ’09 (Bus. sports anchor/reporter for WFXR. was promoted to director of director of the board of Empire Adm.), welcomed a daughter, Previously, she worked in the San curriculum development at Inde- Energy Group Limited. Tang has Amelia Mae Katz, on November Francisco Bay Area as a sports an- 1 pendent Electrical Contractors, over 12 years of experience in the 22, 2016. chor/reporter for the prep sports a national trade association for finance and energy sectors and is show “Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area.” She 2 3 4 merit shop, electrical, and systems currently a financial manager for »» Robert Donato ’10 (Bus. Adm.). worked as a sideline reporter at contractors. IEC includes more China CITIC Bank International in See note for Heather (Berger) CollegeInsider.com, was the host of than 3,000 member companies New York. Previously, she spent Donato ’11. MidMajorTV.com, and took on sev- within 50 chapters across the seven years in the energy finance eral roles, including anchor, color United States. strategic business unit at China »» Diana (Vasquez) Jarvis ’10 commentator, and sideline reporter Minsheng Banking Corporation in (For. Lang.) wed Rashaun Jarvis during her time at KSFY-TV and »» Thomas Chomko ’06 (Bus. Beijing, China, and was the finan- ’07 (Comm.) in Punta Cana on Midco Sports Net, both in Sioux Adm.). See note for Jessica (San- cial manager for Global Oil Corpo- February 11, 2017. The couple, who Falls, South Dakota. As a Hawk, tos) Chomko ’11. ration Limited. Tang was appointed met at Monmouth, had three of Martin played all four years for the to the board as a representative their Hawk family members in their women’s basketball team. »» Psychotherapist, motivational 5 6 7 8 of Global Energy and Resource wedding party, including Jamise speaker, coach, and author Bailey Development Limited. Barret ’08 (Bus. Adm.), Terik Tid- »» Christine Parker ’10 (Comm.) Frumen ’06 (Soc. Work) (M.S.W. well ’07 (Bus. Adm.), and Marcus and Ryan Richardson ’09 (Bus. ’07) LCSW helps ambitious women »» Danielle Butera ’09 (Comm.) Matthews ’07 (Bus. Adm.). Adm.) became engaged on May escape stress and overwhelm has joined Mint Advertising as 20, 2017. The couple, who do to find life balance through her account supervisor and digital »» John Kofka ’10 (Bus. Adm.) Continued, p. 54 unique, self-made coaching marketing specialist, where she programs. She recently published will be responsible for aiding in her first book, Own Your Power: client account management and Your Guide to Feeling Powerful, in identifying digital opportunities NOT TO MISS » Fearless, and Free. for clients. Previously, Butera was Dec. 10 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: 1. Michael CELEBRATIONS account director at Single Throw The taming »» Rashaun Jarvis ’07 (Comm.). See Maiden ’07 (M.A.C.P.C.) (M.A. Hist. ’14) and President Emeritus Samuel H. Marketing in Wall, New Jersey. of the note for Diana (Vasquez) Jarvis ’10. Magill, chance meeting at Lowes in Chapel Hill, N.C., in July. 2. Three Chi »» Andrew Katz ’09 (Bus. Adm.). shrew Sigma Delta sisters—Mariam Noel Bediguian ’66 (Psych.), Racielle Kardane »» Michael Maiden ’07 (M.A.C.P.C.) See note at Margaret DeVico ’10, (broadcast Lande ’65 (Elem. Ed.) and Carol Barbanel Bryan ’66 (Psych.) —reunited (M.A. Hist. ’14) was glad to be ’12M. in HD) wearing a Monmouth T-shirt when recently after 50 years. 3. Bill Schroeder ’78 (Bio.), Larry Kaplan (Bio.), he had a chance encounter with »» Ryan Richardson ’09 (Bus. President Emeritus Samuel H. and Phil Crincoli ’79 (Bio.), July 4 weekend reunion on the Jersey Shore. Adm.). See note for Christine Magill while in the lighting section MILESTONES: 4. UNC–Greensboro theater professor James Fisher ’73 (Speech/ Parker ’10. of Lowes in Chapel Hill, North Comm./Thtr.) was presented with the UNC Board of Governors Mary Settle Carolina, this past July. Maiden »» Jackie (Trainer) Stezzi ’09 (Poli. says Dr. Magill was gracious at Sharp Award for Teaching Excellence, May 2017. 5. Angel Kames, left, ’75 (Bus. Sci./Hist.) was hired as Kutztown having his quiet Saturday morning Adm.), recently featured in the Asbury Park Press’ Small Business Spotlight University’s head women’s lacrosse errand interrupted by a stranger coach. Prior to the appointment, for his eatery, the Cuban Café. 6. Brad Hennessy ’98 (Comm.), Daytime Emmy Acclaimed choreographer Jean- with a love of Monmouth history Stezzi spent eight years at Wil- and a fearless approach to asking for contributions as a stage manager of “Good Morning America.” 7. Mike Luna mington University where she was Christophe Maillot brings out the wit, strangers to take his picture. ’98 (Comm.), received a doctoral degree in educational leadership, California head coach from 2012 to 2017. She fast- paced athleticism and vibrancy was named the Central Atlantic »» Ryan Struck ’07 (Hist.) displayed State University, Long Beach, May 2017. 8. Joseph Lizza ’05 (Hist./Poli. Sci./Ed.), Collegiate Conference Coach of from the Bolshoi Ballet dancers in a collection of his surf images taken doctoral degree in education, Rowan University, May 2017. the Year in 2012 after leading her Shakespeare’s rowdy comedy.

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Spear Snippets Terry Spear is every bit as fascinating as the characters who inhabit her stories.

»»Star Student: Spear skipped two years of high school and entered college at age 16. Talking »»Big Down Under: She has a huge Aus- tralian fan base; it’s with Terry her third largest after the U.S. and U.K. Spear ’81M »»Award Winner: SEXY WEREWOLVES, JAGUAR SHIFTERS, Spear crafts award-winning teddy AND MEDIEVAL HIGHLANDERS ARE ALL IN bears for various A DAY’S WORK FOR THIS U SA T O DAY BEST- charities including SELLING AUTHOR OF PARANORMAL BOOKS Ronald McDonald FOR TEENS AND ADULTS. House. INTERVIEW BY KELLEY FREUND

How did you get interested in several stories where I’ve used Q. What personal accomplish- this genre? some of the situations I was in. ments are you most proud of? I love anything paranormal. I raised a son and daugh- When I was 13, my mother took What did you like about Mon- ter, and I’m proud they have me to see Dracula at the local mouth? done really well. My son is in community college. I fell in love To make lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, and he’s getting with him. He was the underdog, the military, you have to have a his master’s in computer sci- and I thought he deserved to be master’s, so I went for my M.B.A. ence. My daughter is a dieti- loved. I started writing vampire I loved Monmouth. I remember cian for a school system. She stories, but that was becom- for some of my classes, I was sit- just had her first child, and I ing popular, so I thought what ting in [Wilson Hall]. I’m trying get to take care of her two days else could I write? When I cre- to concentrate on the lecture, a week. Being a grandparent is ated the Heart of the Wolf se- but I’m thinking, this was some- fantastic because after the day ries, I based it on some of the body’s home. I was thinking of is through, the baby goes back lore of werewolves. I researched time travel, and if I went back home with her parents and I wolf behavior and incorporat- to the past, I’d be sitting in the get to sleep. ed some of their characteris- middle of somebody’s bed. tics into the stories to make the Your latest novel, Dreaming werewolves as realistic as pos- You’ve written more than 50 of a White Wolf Christmas, hit sible. My stories are also very books. Can you pick a favorite? bookstores in October. What contemporary—the pack travels When you’re working on a book, can you tell us about it? in SUVs. that’s your favorite. Your whole Readers had been asking for focus has to be on it. You have to more of the white wolf pack, a You were a lieutenant colo- love your characters [and] love group of private investigators nel in the Army Reserves. How your story or it really shows. One who were turned into wolf shift- does that help you as a writer? time, I tried to write a straight ers in Legend of the White Wolf. I got to fire a tank. I did confi- young adult novel—not para- So, Dreaming of a White Wolf dence courses, leadership cours- normal—and it was an absolute Christmas was born. Romance, es, obstacle courses. It’s expe- struggle. I finished it, but it was suspense, and adventure are all riences like that you can’t get awful and I never shared it with part of the wolf shifters’ world— anywhere else. I have written the world. this time at Christmas.

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not have a date set as of yet, met Steven De Caesar ’12 (Crim. J.) »» Jonathan Shippee ’12 (Bus. ment company; and a freelance field teams at Bryant University, IN Memoriam SEND each other while living in Willow was sworn in as a member of the Adm) (M.B.A. ’14). See note for photographer. where he will work primarily Hall during the bride’s freshman Colts Neck Police Department at Courtney (Verblaauw) Shippee ’13. with the throwers. Prior to »»ALUMNI year. a township committee meeting in »» Courtney (Verblaauw) Shippee the appointment, Bernstein Greta Boyter ’51 (A.A.) March 12, 2017 US March 2017. »» After receiving his J.D. and ’13 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ’14) married spent the 2016–17 season as the James F. Robbins ’54 (Bus. Adm.) June 30, 2017 »»Christine Altland ’11 (Anthr.) M.B.A. in Florida, Victor M. Jonathan Shippee ’12 (Bus. Adm.) throws coach at Rider Univer- Frederick Roman Sweeton ’58 (Bus. Adm.) April 7, 2017 YOUR is the head coach for Mater Dei »» Michael Thomas Hughes Nazario III ’13 (Hist./Poli. Sci.) (M.B.A. ’14) on May 19, 2017. sity, where his team broke two Mary Patricia Jones ’62 (Elem. Ed.) (M.S. Ed. ‘81) June 30, 2017 Prep’s girls cross-country team. ’12 (Poli. Sci.) wed Dr. Julianne passed the Florida Bar and is school records and 11 qualified Frank Roettinger ’63 (Poli. Sci.) July 26, 2017 Prior to the appointment, Altland Elizabeth Pereira at St. Thomas thus authorized to practice law in »» Jennifer van Alstyne ’13 for the ECAC/IC4A Champi- Louis J. Ploskonka ’64 (Math) April 23, 2017 Mark Schusheim ’64 (Bus. Adm.) December 21, 2016 NEWS coached the girls track and field the Apostle Church in Old Bridge, the state of Florida. He recently (Engl.), who is working on her onships. Bernstein, who was a Ruth Azulay Cahn ’65 (Elem. Ed.) June 21, 2017 »»Online: team for the prep school, and New Jersey, on June 17, 2017. moved to Washington, D.C., to second graduate degree as one four-year member of the track John Knieriem ’65 (Bus. Adm.) July 29, 2017 monmouth.edu/ also served as head coach of Hughes is the council president in attain his LL.M in taxation from of four master’s fellows at the and field program as a Hawk, is Corrine Sosnowski ’65 (Elem. Ed.) May 23, 2017 ClassNotes the boys and girls cross-country East Brunswick, New Jersey, and is Georgetown University Law University of Louisiana at Lafay- also the head coach and owner Leo Stephen Bulvanoski ’66 (Bus. Adm.) May 29, 2017 and track and field teams at the the chief of staff for a New Jersey Center. He started a tax internship ette, will have her peer-reviewed of Thrower Nation Track Club, Richard Arthur Kelly ’66 (Math) (M.A.T. ’72) April 27, 2017 »»By email: now-closed Cardinal McCarrick assemblyman and a state senator. with Northrop Grumman Corpora- article, “Long Branch, USA: Robert where he instructs 30 throwers George Henry Moffett ’66 (A.A.) August 3, 2017 classnotes@ High School in South Amboy, New Pereira is a pediatric resident at tion in spring 2017. Pinsky’s Extended Metaphor for and has coached two Team USA William G. “Bill” Voelkel ’66 (Hist.) August 15, 2017 monmouth.edu Jersey. In 2016, she was named Cohen Children’s Medical Center Tenuous Social Capital,” published selections, one Team Ecuador Rosemarie Troutman Jacobson ’67 (A.A.) (B.S. Elem. Edu.) Middlesex County Girls Coach in New Hyde Park, New York. »»Jaclyn Schultz ’13 (Crim. J.) in Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. selection, one Master’s World Willard Leroy Stockton III ’67 (Bus. Adm.) August 17, 2017 »» By mail: of the Year and was previously and Michael Gloria ’11 (Crim. J.) 2 this winter. This past year, van Medalist, 10 national champions, Douglas J. Gatta ’68 (Hist.) July 12, 2017 Myra Jane Fox ’69 (Elem. Ed.) June 3, 2017 Class Notes, inducted into the Raritan High »» Rena Levine Levy ’12 were engaged on April 8, 2016, Alstyne’s poetry has appeared in and 79 All-American selections. Linda E. Hess ’69 (Psych.) August 4, 2017 Monmouth University School Hall of Fame for her track (M.A.C.P.C.) was recognized as in the Ice House Gallery at Mon- Mad River Review, Qu, The Citron Patrick Alban Vachon ’69 (Elec. Eng.) May 31, 2017 Magazine, and cross-country achievements an outstanding humanitarian at mouth University in front of their Review, ELKE, and Sweet Tree »» David Dolan ’15 (M.S. Ment. John Thomas Allen Jr. ’71 (Ed./ Art) April 28, 2017 400 Cedar Ave., with the Rockets. the FoodBank of Monmouth and family and friends. The wedding Review. She will be presenting Hlth. Coun.). See note for Kimber- F. Aldyth VanCamp Conover ’72 (Elem. Ed.) West Long Branch, Ocean Counties’ Humanitarian is set to be held on October 6, at this year’s Modern Language ly (Talbot) Dolan ’15. (M.S. Read. Sp. ’79) May 1, 2017 NJ 07764-1898. »»Jessica (Santos) Chomko ’11 Gala on March 24. Levy—who co- 2018, at the Park Chateau in East Association annual convention in Dino Kapetanakis ’73 (Hist.) April 30, 2017 (Comm.) and Thomas Chomko owns WindMill Restaurants with Brunswick, New Jersey. Schultz New York City this January. »» Kimberly (Talbot) Dolan ’15 Mary Louise (Barrett) Leen ’73 (M.A.T.) May 25, 2017 ’06 (Bus. Adm.) welcomed daugh- her brother and fellow outstanding works as a workers’ compensa- (M.S. Ment. Hlth. Coun.) mar- Hilary Koyen Terjesen ’75 (Art/Ed.) July 11, 2017 ter Stella Marie Chomko on March humanitarian, Steven Levine—an- tion claims team manager for »» Genevieve Fasano ’14 (Bio.) ried David Dolan ’15 (M.S. Ment. Domenick Michael Bellia ’77 (Bus. Adm.) May 3, 2017 28, 2017. nounced the creation of the “Elea- Liberty Mutual Insurance. Gloria and Anthony Imparo are engaged Hlth. Coun.) on June 17, 2017, David A. Sutton ’77 (Engl.) August 5, 2017 Barbara Jeanne (Dalley) Weber ’79 (Elem. Ed.) April 3, 2017 Monmouth University nor Levine Unsung Hero Award” is co-owner of Digital Music to be married in a Spring 2018 at Camp Zehnder in Wall, New encourages alumni to Mary Beth Yost ’79 (Engl.) (M.S. Read. Sp. ’81) April 25, 2017 share news regarding »» Christine D’Ottaviano ’11 at the gala. The award, which was Pool, an online music distribution wedding in Sorrento, Italy, on the Jersey. Norma E. Luettchau ’81 (Engl.) April 13, 2017 career changes, awards (Crim. J.) (M.A. Crim. J. ’12) and inspired by her mother, will recog- service for professional DJs; Amalfi Coast. The couple, who Keith Ward McPherson ’82 (Comp. Sci.) June 23, 2017 and honors, marriages, Allen Franchi are engaged and nize outstanding volunteers. owner of Allure Events entertain- met shortly after Fasano’s first »» Michael Napoli ’15 (Crim. J.) anniversaries, births, Joyce Maynard ’84 (M.A. Hist.) April 17, 2017 and other life events for planning a July 2018 destination semester at Monmouth Univer- joined the East Brunswick Police Dr. Donald Swerida ’84 (Bio.) July 27, 2017 inclusion in Class Notes. wedding in Maui, Hawaii. D’Ot- sity, enjoyed a photo shoot on Department as a patrolman Daniel B. Holt ’87 (M.A.T.) June 20, 2017 All submissions are subject Patricia (Phillips) Blume ’89 (Bus. Adm.) May 31, 2017 to editing for clarity and taviano is a crime analyst for the campus this past April to cele- during a swearing-in ceremony David C. McPolin ’89 (Bus. Adm.) May 7, 2017 length. We welcome sub- Evesham Township Police Depart- NOT TO MISS: » Jan. 16–March 23 brate their engagement. Fasano, held on May 2, 2017. Napoli, who missions of high-resolution ment, and Franchi is a police offi- who performed and presented graduated from Bishop George Catherine F. Bianchi ’93 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ’94) May 16, 2017 digital images for possible cer for the Washington Township Maunderings by Tonya D. Lee research under the guidance of Ahr High School in 2011, worked Heidi Caroline DeAndrea ’95 (Nurs.) July 7, 2017 inclusion with your class Daniel V. Kuczynski ’96 (Crim. J.) June 12, 2017 note; however, we reserve Police Department. Dr. Michael Paladino while at as an intern for the department Kevin Thomas Van Amburgh ’00 (Comm.) July 21, 2017 the right not to print sub- Monmouth, will be graduating during his undergraduate studies. mitted photos due to space Deborah Lee Ivey ’02 (Bus. Adm.) August 12, 2017 limitations or issues with »»Heather (Berger) Donato ’11 from Drexel University College He attended the Cape May Virginia C. Downey ’05 (M.S.W.) July 15, 2017 image resolution. (Engl./Ed.) and Robert Donato ’10 of Medicine in May 2018 and County Police Academy as an In addition to the news items sent by alumni, the (Bus. Adm.) welcomed a daughter, plans to become a surgeon in the alternate route recruit and was »»FRIENDS university receives press Izabella Rose, on February 13, 2017. Monmouth County area. previously a patrol officer with releases from businesses the Bound Brook Police Depart- Marvin Broder (friend) May 24, 2017 and organizations an- Scott James Diaforli (former student) May 17, 2017 ment. nouncing alumni achieve- »» Michael Gloria ’11 (Crim. J.). »» Richard Novotny ’14 (Crim. J.) Philip C. Donahue (former professor) June 28, 2017 ments, and subscribes to See note for Jaclyn Schultz ’13. was sworn in as a probationary Alan Foster (former professor) an online news clipping police officer for the Long Hill »» Victoria Rivera ’14 (Crim. J./ service that provides news Frances J. Jaworski (former employee) July 22, 2017 items about alumni. These »» After 10 years of teaching high Township Police Department, Psych.) wed Christopher Murray James Robert Kane (former student) March 26, 2017 items are edited and school in Monmouth County, during a township committee on February 25, 2017. Hon. Paul A. Kapalko (friend) April 27, 2017 placed in the appropriate Robert Keratt (former student) May 19, 2017 class section. Monmouth Brianne Sardoni ’11 (M.A. Engl.) meeting on April 26, 2017. Novotny magazine staff members joined higher education as a pro- graduated from Ocean County Po- »» Marisa Sevasti Ayvaliotis Robert Trevor Krienke (former student) May 21, 2017 try to verify the accuracy fessor of English at Brookhaven lice Academy in Lakewood before ’17 (M.S.P.A.) wed Dayne Paul Elsa Lake (former professor) June 13, 2017 of this information; howev- The artist and faculty member College in Dallas, Texas. serving as a special officer class Mosconi on August 19, 2017, in Walter E. Mayer (former student) April 2, 2017 er, the university cannot be presents a collection of Gail Ann McDonnell (former employee) April 9, 2017 responsible for incorrect II with the Seaside Heights Police Tenafly, New Jersey. The bride Gertrude “Gert” Murphy (former employee) July 9, 2017 information contained »» After graduating from the Ocean multidiscipline work that explores Department. is a physician assistant for New herein. If you would like us William Wheat Ragsdale Jr. (former professor) June 24, 2017 to correct any inaccu- County Class II Police Academy in the abstraction of nature and York-Presbyterian/Columbia Sydney Patrice Shelton-Hood (former student) April 11, 2017 racies that have been May 2014 and working as a Class II »» Taylor Bernstein ’15 (Hlth. Medical Center, while the groom Emory G. Wall (former professor) March 28, 2017 printed, please contact the environment. Rotary Ice House magazine at magazine@ special officer in Seaside Heights, St. Phys. Ed./Ed.) is the gradu- is a sales engineer for Sandvik Mark Wojcik (friend) August 12, 2017 monmouth.edu. Monmouth Beach, and Jamesburg, Gallery. ate assistant for the track and Coromant. Robert F. Wright (former Society of Trustees member) August 7, 2017

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REMEMBRANCE SAVE THE DATES Prescott Three reasons to come back to campus Evarts PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, 1938–2017 BY SUSAN GOULDING 12.02.17 Holiday Ball | Wilson Hall Black-tie event to benefit the Monmouth University Scholarship Fund 03.10.18 Beer vs. Wine Tasting | Wilson Hall Let the rivalry begin!

dedicated teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend, and enthusiasm—with students, Prescott Evarts was instrumental in shaping with colleagues, with the Uni- versity community, to know the direction of Monmouth for the last 51 years, A us all, to reach us, to recognize particularly in our identity as a liberal arts institution. us for who we are, and to push His passion for the liberal arts stemmed from his lived us, gently, to be better at being who we are. The tributes post- understanding of how they enrich our lives, help us ed to him following his death 06.09.18 form community, and connect us with others past and testify to this: alumni from present. His mark on Monmouth is indelible. as many as 30 or 40 years ago Alumni Weekend Rooftop Bash | Wilson Hall Roof remember much more than Network and celebrate with alumni at this exclusive event Generous, humorous, caring, ways be there. While his length “a great professor”; they re- on the Wilson Hall rooftop. and constant, he was for so many of service is itself exceptional, it count the details of papers he the “first face” they saw at Mon- is not for that alone that we will worked with them on during mouth, and certainly the face remember him; it is for his grace office conferences. He knew they saw so steadily and regular- of character and his grand exam- how to work to help students ly. He was always eager for a con- ple. We mourn his death, but we and colleagues learn, to expe- Details at monmouth.edu/alumnievents versation, not only about litera- take comfort in knowing that he rience the joy he knew through ture, but about movies, houses, did what he loved, every day and his own accomplishments, to running—anything and every- thoroughly, his whole life: teach- challenge themselves. For the thing. He knew that the most ce- ing, reading, writing poetry, run- entire Monmouth communi- mented of relationships are not ning, working on his house, be- ty, we have lost a part of our- founded through the single grand ing with his family. A rich and selves, but our best tribute gesture or the scheduled appoint- model life, with pleasure, joy, may lie ahead in our efforts to w ment, but through the day-in and love. reach higher than we think we and day-out contact that let you Prescott worked tirelessly— Susan Goulding is chair of can. And, of course, to read an know, over time, he would al- indeed, always with great vigor the Department of English epic (or at least a poem). HAWKS ON THE ROAD Join alumni in your area at one of our upcoming regional events. 56 MONMOUTH Fall 2017 photo MONMOUTH ARCHIVES Visit monmouth.edu/hawksontheroad to see where we’ll be in the months ahead. NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

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1,000 WORDS » A story in a picture THE GENIUS WOWS MONMOUTH In November 1967, Ray Charles performed for more than 3,000 people inside the then newly opened Boylan Gymnasium. As the Asbury Park Press reported, Charles transformed “that big, cold, stadium-type room into a hothouse of exuberant rhythm,” fielding questions from the audience, sharing stories about his upbringing, and even meeting backstage with a fan who brought his blind son to the show. Monmouth has hosted some amazing musical acts through the years— from Billy Joel to The Four Seasons to Sammy Davis Jr. (not to mention some guy named Bruce Springsteen on more than one occasion). Send us your favorite campus concert memory—and share any artifacts you still have, from pictures to ticket stubs—by writing us at the address above or via email at [email protected].

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