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“I Got Your Six” Giving Back ST. MARY’S COLLEGE of Maryland SPRING 2016 GIVING BACK Connecting through the Arts “I GOT YOUR SIX” Internships Shift into High Gear ST. MARY’S COLLEGE of Maryland SPRING 2016, VOL. XXXVII, NO. 2 www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree Editor Lee Capristo Alumni Editor Kathy Cummings Design Skelton Design Photographer Bill Wood Editorial Board Karen Anderson, Lee Capristo, Kathy Cummings, Carolyn Curry, Missy Beck Lemke ’92, Nairem Moran ’99, Karen Raley ’94, Grace Davis ’15 Publisher Office of Institutional Advancement St. Mary’s College of Maryland 47645 College Drive St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686 The Mulberry Tree is published by St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Maryland’s public hon- ors college for the liberal arts and sciences. It is produced for alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, the local community, and friends of the College. The magazine is named for the famous mulberry tree under which the Calvert colonists signed a treaty of friendship with the Yaocomico people and on the trunk of which public notices were posted in the mid-1600s. The tree endured long into the 19th century and was once a popu- lar meeting spot for St. Mary’s students. The illustration of the mulberry tree on the cover was drawn in 1972 by Earl Hofmann, artist-in- residence when St. Mary’s College President Renwick Jackson launched the magazine. Copyright 2016 The opinions expressed in The Mulberry Tree are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the College. The editor reserves the right to select and edit all material. Manuscripts and letters to the editor are en- couraged and may be addressed to Editor, The Mulberry Tree, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 18952 E. Fisher Rd., St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. Photographs and illustrations may not be reproduced without the express written consent of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. CONTENTS SPRING 2016 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND July 2015 — June 2016 FEATURES ALUMNI COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES PAGE 8 Executive Board Chair Connecting Danielle Troyan ’92, President Gail Harmon Allan Wagaman ’06, through the Arts Vice Chair Executive Vice President Cindy Broyles ’79 Alumni give back of their time and talent, Alice Arcieri Bonner ’03, Vice President of Operations Secretary sharing with students their paths to Angie Harvey ’83, Secretary Lawrence “Larry” E. success. Five in the arts tell their stories. Mark Fedders ’74, Leak ’76 Parliamentarian Treasurer Jim Wood ’61, Treasurer PAGE 14 Mr. John Chambers Elected Voting Members Wobensmith ’93 [ PAGE 8 ] “I Got Your Six” Thomas Brewer ’05 Trustees Camille Campanella ’12 Carlos Alcazar Undergraduate internships are in high David Cribbs ’74 Arthur “Lex” Birney, Jr. Geoffrey Cuneo ’10 Peter Bruns demand but what makes an internship Donna Denny ’81 Donny Bryan ’73 experience worthwhile? Jack Saum ’89 Barbara Dinsenbacher ’56jc Peg Duchesne ’77 has the answers. Kate Fritz ’04 Elizabeth Graves ’95 Chris Holt ’86 Rear Admiral Timothy Missy Beck Lemke ’92 “Tim” Heely, usn Retired PAGE 18 Ryan McQuighan ’05 Sven Holmes Laurie Menser ’01 The Honorable Steny Hoyer A Case for Endurance Jeremy Pevner ’09 Captain Glen Ives, Amanda Kellaher Walker ’01 usn Retired By conservative estimate, Jim Kenney Jayson Williams ’03 Gary Jobson has taught more than 2,000 students Molly Mahoney Matthews Student Member John McAllister since he first took the job as adjunct Helena Klassen ’16 Ann L. McDaniel [ PAGE 14 ] faculty in 1964. A tribute to a man who Chapter Presidents Michael P. O’Brien ’68 Annapolis: Katharine Russell doesn’t quit. Erin O’Connell ’91 Eric Schroeder ’16, Student Baltimore: Trustee Dallas Hayden ’06 Danielle Troyan ’92 DEPARTMENTS Boston: Laura Cripps, hsmc Kyle McGrath ’11 D.C. Metro: 2 President’s Letter Matt Schafle ’10 Denver: 3 College News Alisa Ambrose ’85 20 Alumni Connection New York: Christelle Niamke ’05 28 From the Archives Philadelphia: Vacant San Francisco: Micah Cupid-Benons [ PAGE 18 ] Morgan ’09 Southern Maryland: Cathy Hernandez Ray ’77 Western Maryland: Kristi Jacobs Woods ’97 COVER: Jolene Schafer ’01 wears one Staff of her hand-crafted leather masks. Dave Sushinsky ’02 Alumni Director Photo by Bill Wood Beth Byrd OPPOSITE: Associate Alumni Director Springtime in the Garden of Remembrance. Lauren Taylor ’14 Photo from the College collection Assistant Alumni Director St. Mary’s College | THE MULBERRY TREE | spring 2016 | 1 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT ASPIRING TO LIVE BY THE ST. MARY’S WAY s the spring semester races to its finish, we are provided Editor’s Note with occasions to recognize our students’ achievements through Awards A Convocation, Phi Beta Kappa inductions, St. Mary’s Project days, and here’s a country song by Commencement. These are joyful days – days that inspire confidence in the public Tim McGraw that’s getting a lot liberal arts mission of St. Mary’s College. T of air play these days, and a line from it makes me think of St. Mary’s alums, We’ve had some tough, Let us continue the work that who come back to their alma mater in big challenging days on our way to [Lucille Clifton] started: to numbers to give of their time and talent these pleasant ones – days where after they’ve gone on to make their careers. we did not, as a community, live aspire to live by the St. Mary’s The song says, “When you get where by the St. Mary’s Way. Some Way, to urge correction when you’re goin’, don’t forget, turn back around, campus unrest is reflective of we get off course, and to and help the next one in line, always stay humble and kind.” the national climate in this celebrate success along the way. It’s a great thing about this college, the election year, but incidents of generosity that alums have for their alma racial discrimination and acts mater and their willingness to share their of arson on our campus are not life experiences to mentor current students. something to be proud of. We came together in a Day to Pause, on April 6, to recommit It’s like how the St. Mary’s Way (page 7) de- scribes the College as a community “where to the St. Mary’s Way and to one another as a community worth the effort. people contribute to a spirit of caring and Growth is incremental, whether as a student scholar, a professor or a College an ethic of service” and where its members administrator. Let us acknowledge brave steps in our students’ “Speaking of Race” contribute to its future. performances last fall and their publication this winter. Let us also acknowledge those As you’ll discover in “I Got Your Six” on faculty, students, and staff working on the issues of inclusion, diversity and equity. And page 14, mentoring can be life-changing. The student interns chosen for the Beltway finally, let us recognize our entire community, including alumni, who are providing final Companies’ internship are assigned a men- input to our strategic plan, which will be presented to the Board of Trustees this spring. tor from the company who brings them We held a tribute to the legacy of Lucille Clifton on March 1, bridging Black History along until they are able to contribute with Month to Women’s History Month. During that very special evening, arranged by Lucille’s confidence to the overall company goals. longtime friend and professor emeritus poet Michael Glaser, we all were reminded, The mentors themselves take pride in their work: they are building, day by day, intern through her poems, of the type of community she wanted and worked for at St. Mary’s by intern, the company’s future workforce. College. Let us continue the work that she started: to aspire to live by the St. Mary’s Way, So it is with the faculty who mentor the to urge correction when we get off course, and to celebrate success along the way. students at St. Mary’s: class by class, semester I’ve had the privilege to meet alumni from near and far during this past academic by semester, project by project, year by year, year – from Prince George’s County, Md. to Boston, New York, and San Francisco – they lay the sticks in the nest, teach their and their pride in this institution is unflagging. It proves, without a doubt, that this is a “birds” to fly, then nudge them out of the nest into their post-graduate lives. Gone but not community worth our effort. And, it is as a community that I have no doubt that we – forgotten; students reconnect in a request for students, faculty, staff, and alumni – will be able to “sail through this to that” to take a grad school recommendation letter, and the College from here to there. share what they’re doing and learning. They remark on what they miss, what they’re trying to move toward. The faculty member’s role may change, from teacher to colleague, but always there is a connection. Not all small colleges have this; my own alma mater does not draw me back like St. Tuajuanda C. Jordan, President, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Mary’s draws back its own. It’s remarkable and wonderful. Lee Capristo, editor 2 | St. Mary’s College | THE MULBERRY TREE | spring 2016 COLLEGE NEWS CAMPUS & COMMUNITY NEWS Biochemistry St. Mary’s Receives College Accreditation No. 2 in The Department of Chem- Maryland istry and Biochemistry at St. St. Mary’s College of Mary’s College of Mary- Maryland has ranked land announced that its among the top 100 public biochemistry program has colleges and universities received accreditation from in the country – and the American Society for second out of 12 Maryland Biochemistry and Molecular Biol- institutions – according to a new ogy through 2023.
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