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In last fall's college ratings, I was proud to see that companies, with bosses who are U.S. citizens. Mercyhurst continued to get high marks. All that's changing. It's important for students to I was especially happy when The Princeton Review see the world beyond America. quoted a Mercyhurst student as saying, "Everyone The international students who studv here add a seems to have a friend from another country." That's special dimension to the campus, acting almost like exactly what we hope to accomplish, and we're walking textbooks, but they're not the only global becoming more and more successful. For a medium- connections for Mercyhurst these days. Many of our sized school in northwestern Pennsylvania, our American students also venture abroad every year to student population is remarkably diverse study and to experience life in other countries and - including more than 200 international cultures. The number climbs every year, topping 80 students from 37 nations last year. for 2006-2007. I'm proud to say that we're truly on path for Even students who never leave the country know creating a global village at Mercyhurst. they're part of a global community. You'd be hard What I call "global engagement" is one of pressed to find a single major that doesn't expose its the big goals we've set for ourselves students to what's happening throughout the world. over the next few years. In the pages that follow, you'll meet just a few Both the Mercy nuns who of the international students who have chosen founded Mercyhurst and Mercyhurst and the Americans who have studied the church they serve abroad. In addition, you'll learn how this global take a global perspective, awareness is impacting the curriculum for everyone and so Mercyhurst here on the Hill. must do the same. I hope you'll be as excited as I am by these I strongly believe it developments. will energize the God bless you and God bless Mercyhurst! campus, enhance the college experience for the whole community Thomas J. Gamble, Ph.D. and best prepare our students for the world they'll step into once they leave the 'Hurst. Until relatively recently, colleges and universities in the United States have graduated students to work in the U.S., for U.S. The Cover Brothers Surafel inside this issue and Nathneal Mulugeta, natives Global connections of Addis Ababa, at Mercyhurst Ethiopia, are both majoring Students of in biology and The Americas planning careers in pharmacy. Honduran student They were enjoys Oxford experience photographed by Steve Perkins in German student the Donald and helps run Hurst TV Judith Alstadt Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Research in Zurn Hall. The Mulugetas are just two of Students of more than 200 international students from 37 countries who attended Mercyhurst last year. 10 Europe Faculty introduce students to international travel 12 Issue Editor Susan Corbran 73 Web site offers scorbran(" mcTcyhurst.edu (814) 824-2090 virtual tour of campus Contributing Writers Students of Susan Corbran 73, Jason Knavcl. Africa and the Middle East Deborah Morton Contributing Photographers Professors share expertise Steve Perkins, Daniel Williams 18 in Angola, Cyprus Art Director/Graphic Design Brothers from Ethiopia Steve Perkins aim for pharmacy careers [email protected] (814)824-3340 Class Notes Editor Students of Sherrie Shumate '04 20 Asia and the Pacific [email protected] (814) 824-2246

Curriculum features Associate Vice President of Alumni Services 22 international business, Chinese Cathy Anderson canderson @ mercyhurst .a In Afghan student pursues (800)845-8568 (814)824-2293 Fax: (814 ..-2153 business career The Office of Marketing and Public Relations News from produces Mercyhurst Magazine. 24 'the Hurst Send changes of address to: 'Hurst athletes Mercyhurst Magazine Mercyhurst College 26 had banner year 501 E. 38* St., Erie, PA 16546 Scholarship endowments Fax:(814)824-2473 28 hit new record Dave McQuillen earns 30 international recognition Clarification We would like to recognize Jeff Kidder and Chip Class Wachter, of Kidder Wachter Architecture & Design, Notes who created the Country Fair exterior design shown on pages 6 and 7 of the January 2007 Andrew Macpherson named one Mercyhurst Magazine. The attribution of New Hampshire's Top 40 Under 40' was inadvertently omitted. 1 3

A smile comes across my face as an image of students sprawled across the Rome airport rolls across my Screensaver - exhausted students trying to catch a few minutes sleep before their flight t o Dublin in 2005. It takes me back to when I was a senior in college and hiked the Andes for four days before arriving at Machu Picchu. I have been fortunate enough to travel as a student as well as to teach education students overseas. Colleges across the country today realize that exposure to the world outside U.S. borders isn't just an extra touch for a few- students, but a necessity for all. Any education worth its salt must worth its be a global education. According to Thomas Friedman, the world is flat, the economy is filled with players from every part of the globe, and no one can remain salt must in isolation and survive. Far more than this drives us to appreciate and enhance our global connections at Mercyhurst.

Our roots lie in a group of women from Ireland who saw the global community as their responsibility. These women traveled from be a g l o b al Dublin to Pittsburgh to Titusville and on to Erie to found this learning community on the hill. Equally significant, we are a part of a global church of over one billion members. This Catholic Church touches education' every shore and attempts to bring Jesus' vision of justice to the world. By Dave Livingston Our vision of education at Mercyhurst calls us to know ourselves and the world, to bring our talents in service to the world and, by so doing, to complete ourselves. It might have been unthinkable in the 1930s for a woman enrolled at Mercyhurst to spend the spring term of her junior year in Russia, but it now happens every year. Our students come to Mercyhurst to prepare to serve the world, and to serve the world thev must know the world. J Our student body includes students from Honduras and Poland, Ireland and Tibet, and dozens of other countries. This international flavor enhances the classroom experience for everyone.

Our students also travel to a myriad of countries to see and experience firsthand t h e unique cultures around the globe.

Classes such as Hinduism, Comparative Politics of Asia and History of the Modern Middle East introduce students to the complexities of global citizenship.

Mercyhurst is a campus enlivened by its relationship to the global community. We have done so much, and yet have so much more to do. The world may be flat but we still sit upon a hill, and from this hill we see the world stretched before us beckoning us to venture forward to learn and to serve.

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\ ) Right after graduation, Mike Boling left for Bermuda, but he isn't vacationing. Instead he's working at the island's beautiful Pompono Beach Resort. He got his foot in the door last summer with a three- ..HONDURAS month internship, which included everything from front desk work ^NICARAGUA to housekeeping to bartending.

m His reputation for customer service earned him an offer to become the hotel's bar manager and assistant front office manager. He organized a weekly 6 night golf game using glow-in-the-dark •^^ balls and glow sticks outlining the fairways and greens. He tripled the record for sales in a single day at a popular beach bar. He created new drinks and swam them out to waiting guests. But he's probably best known for saving the day by ARGENTINA^ disposing of Portuguese Man o'War that showed up on the resort's beaches. These jellyfish-like creatures deliver painful, occasionally fatal, stings. Bermuda may be just the first s t e p on Mike's journey, since he says he chose to major in hotel, restaurant and institutional management so he could see the world.

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6 Choral director Becky Ryan lured cellist Israel Estrada to DIDYOU Mercyhurst, after he accompanied the Mercyhurst Choir during its KNOW? tour of Honduras in 2004. While they shared the language of music, he didn't even speak Eric Evans, director of international English at the time. In fact, he remained in Honduras an entire year admissions, is responsible for while he learned the language. Thrust into English classes this year recruiting international students as a freshman music major, he's improved dramatically. He says, "I to come to Mercyhurst. During didn't even notice when I began talking in English." 2006-2007, he visited a number Known to all by his middle name of J o n a t a n , he had studied at the of Central and South American nations including Argentina, Chile, National School of Music for Honduras. He played cello with the Jph#6?h Ss&ap?AA National Symphony of Honduras and the Honduras Philharmonic, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, both extremely competitive positions. He's aiming for graduate Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, school and a career as a professional musician. "I feel in my soul that I want to compose and as well as Ireland, The Netherlands play," he says. and Poland. He says the largest Erie feels like home now, he adds, especially with support and friendship of the many number of international students other Honduran students on campus. still come from nations where he has "set his boots on the ground," but adds that more and more Most students of Spanish study in Spain or Mexico, students these days first learn about but Deanna Kramer wanted something different, so she Mercyhurst through the Internet. headed instead for Argentina and a term at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires. A Spanish education major and a history minor, she jumped at the chance to study Evans has focused much of his Latin American historv in the 20th and 21s: centuries. attention recently in Central 4 America. This year's graduating class Her schedule also included pre-Hispanic literature, included a half-dozen Honduran traditions and cultures of Argentina, and tango theory students, the first group enrolled and dance. since active recruiting started there. The months abroad helped Deanna improve her "For many of our students, their speaking skills, which she'd been practicing since her first international contact will be junior year in high school. In an odd twist, many Buenos Aireans wanted to someone from South America or speak English to her, while she replied in Spanish. She lived with a local family, giving Central America," Evans says. her the opportunity to experience everyday life and the very different rhythm of life in South America. Before returning home, she visited sites like Cordoba, Argentina, and northern neighbor Uruguay, then met her grandmother to tour Peru and visit the Incan Daniel Cabanillas, a native of ruins at Machu Picchu. Honduras and a 1998 graduate Deanna, a native of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, will enroll in graduate school in the fall, and of Mercyhurst, is the school's hopes eventually to teach at the college level. "Principal Designated School Official" (PDSO) who guides foreign students through the maze of U.S. "Nicaragua is my home, my family, my happiness and my immigration laws. He deals with paradise," says junior Candida Bolanos. "I find m y s e l f in my SEVIS, the Student and Exchange third world country." Visitor Information System. A double major in psychology and business management, she expects to settle in Nicaragua after There's a large delegation of graduation. In the meantime, though, she spent part Canadian students at Mercyhurst, of this year studying at John Cabot University in Rome. most noticeably on the men's and 4 Already fluent in Spanish and English, she hoped to women's ice hockey teams. return home speaking Italian as well. She also took three business courses. Being in Europe also gave her freedom to many neighboring countries. Before last year's elections, Candida Bolanos Geyer, had been president of Nicaragua since 2002. 7 and back

For Amelia Diaz, just coming to Mercyhurst was studying she'd set out to research the issue and write a paper At the next abroad. But the native of Honduras took foreign study a step meeting, she'd have to defend her ideas, while the professor acted further when she spent the spring term of her sophomore year at as devil's advocate. She was graded not only on her research and Trinity College of England's famed Oxford University. writing, but also on how well she presented her arguments and When she arrived at xMercyhurst, Amelia was undecided about advocated her ideas. her major, so the college's liberal arts focus and varied programs At Mercyhurst, Amelia is a very visible advocate for foreign appealed to her. After beginning in sociology, she later chose a students and international education. She served as international pre-law concentration. She'd like to work in international law, student rep on the student government, was a member of the particularly humanitarian law. "I can see myself working at the all-college International Education Committee, and was a student United Nations," she says. co-chair for this year's Academic Celebration. The topic, fittingly The Oxford experience did much to shape her goals. enough, was "Mercyhurst: The International Arena." She's also "You can study anything you want at Oxford, so I was able to working on ways to make overseas experiences available to other design the courses I wanted," she explains. She picked a course international students. on international law, with a focus on human rights. She also Eventually, Amelia would like to work in Latin America, and studied jurisprudence (the science and philosophy of law) and especially in Honduras, which she says still faces huge problems introduction to sociology, all of the courses using Oxford's unique like underdevelopment, debt and political incivility. tutorial system. "Poverty is like a black cloud there," she says. "We need to move She met weekly, one-on-one, with a professor for past it so we can see the light." a each course. They'd choose a topic, discuss it, and then "I want to give back to my country and my culture." Global networking German student aims She already has five scripts at various stages of development. While her youthful appearance allows her to blend in easily for career in TV, movies with her fellow students, her 6-foot stature, blond hair and lilting German accent make her easy to identify. She started learning At age 27, Nadine Zinram is considered an adult student, but English at the age of 14 (it's a requirement for German students) the German native is living the life of a traditional-age college and today speaks it fluently, although her accent is often mistaken sophomore - and loving it. for British. She's a resident assistant in a Lewis Ave. apartment building. Nadine's parents accepted her decision to leave home, but she She welcomes visitors and leads tours as a member of the admits they probably wish their only child had stayed in Germany. Ambassador Club. And she's one of three student managers She now expects to pursue her career in the U.S., perhaps with a running the campus TV station, Hurst TV. company like Lucasfilm or DreamWorks. She started working in the Gliding Stars skating program for "I promised my parents that if I have kids, I'll raise them children with disabilities to fulfill a service learning requirement, to speak two languages so they can always talk to their and liked it so much she stayed on. She also works part time in grandparents," she reports with a smile. the President's Office. Nadine worked in the television production field in and around her hometown of Mainz (near Frankfurt) for several years before concluding she'd need a college degree to really advance in her field. She worked both on-air and behind the scenes on projects ranging from a magazine show targeted at teens to broadcasts of rock concerts for MTV. Last summer, after her first year as a communication major at Mercyhurst, she returned to Germany for an internship with ZDF, the biggest TV station in Europe. Her assignment: video engineering for broadcasts of the World Cup soccer matches hosted by Germany. The station wanted to keep her there and offered her a nice job. "But it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life," Nadine says. She'd like to become a producer, either with TV or for the movies. With an eye toward possible screenwriting, she's added a minor in creative writing to her schedule. f DIDYOU Tomas Bolger is one of Mercyhurst's John F. Kennedy Scholars and a KNOW? graduate of Wexford's Good Counsel College, not far from Erie's Sister City of Dungarvan, Ireland. He first heard of Mercyhurst when Director Dr. Heidi Hosey coordinates study of International Admissions Eric Evans visited his school during a abroad and international education recruiting trip. for the Office of Academic Affairs. A freshman majoring in finance, he takes every opportunity to In addition to her teaching load travel and has already visited New York City; Raleigh, N.C.; Chicago in the English department, she and Toronto. After graduation, he'd like to spend a year traveling the works with Eric Evans, the director world before returning to Ireland and a career in accounting. He also of international admissions and hopes to do a political science minor. He enjoys cross country running and is taking part in services, to expand faculty and the Leadership Development Program. student study abroad opportunities and facilitate existing programs.

Mercyhurst started recruiting in When renowned international ballerina Valerie Valentine Poland in 2000, just two years after Erie formed its sister city visited Mercyhurst in December 2006, dance major Cassandra relationship with Lublin, the largest Powers (left) enjoyed working with her. After competitive city in eastern Poland. The Sister City auditions, Cassandra and fellow students Liz Clain-Stefanelli Scholarship Competition awards and Jackie Koehler were selected to attend the Summer three new scholarships each year. Intensive Program at Valentine's Amsterdam studio. "We get a lot of individual attention," Cassie reported from The Netherlands. "Our teachers are just wonderful, Mercyhurst has been actively very inspiring and encouraging, yet demanding as well." recruiting in Ireland since 1985 Besides the challenging curriculum, the trip abroad has when the John F. Kennedy Irish meant the chance to experience a variety of dance performances, including "living legend" Scholarship Competition began, Sylvie Guilliem, the Nederlands Dance Theatre and the Dutch National Ballet. Exploring and over 130 Irish students have Amsterdam has meant visits to the Anne Frank Huis, Heineken Brewery, Westerkerk, the graduated from the college. Many Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum with its collection of Rembrandts and Vermeers. of the Irish students come from the Cassie admitted, "I think I'm falling in love with the city! There seems to be so much area around Dungarvan, a harbor opportunity over here for almost anything! I am seriously considering a life in Europe on Ireland's southeast coast and the one day!" county seat of County Waterford. This relationship helped lay the foundation for a sister city agreement between Erie and Dungarvan that ypbe//a rfhkakP was formalized A native of Scotland, Finella Annand grew up immersed in soccer in a country this year. Three new infatuated with the sport. Irish students are In her home country, few women can get a college education and play soccer, awarded Kennedy so she headed to the United States. When Annand chose Mercyhurst, coach Keith Scholarships each year. Cammidge had the benchmark player he was looking for - one against whom the other players could measure themselves. Finella graduated this year with a degree in English after four years as a key player on one of the top Division II teams in the country. The Lakers were ranked in the top 25 most of the year, made an undefeated run through the conference for the GLIAC Championship and advanced to the Division II national tournament before falling to Indianapolis. Her ability to impact the tempo of a game is unmatched, and her onfield /o leadership and maturity has been essential during her career. * *m

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It was the crew team that recruited sophomore Thomas Ruettimann, but it's the freedom Mercyhurst offers him Sophomore Anna Kwirant is one of about a dozen students at to create a personalized major program Mercyhurst who hail from Erie's sister city of Lublin, Poland. that's keeping him here. A rower since She's majoring in international business and management the age of 14, Ruettimann earned several national rowing championships and expects to pursue an MBA after graduation and eventually in Switzerland. Today, he competes for Mercyhurst in the men's lightweight return to Europe to work. eight. On the academic side, he's combining classes in art history, finance Besides her studies, she has played violin with the college and economics into a contract major in finance of art. His eventual goal: a job orchestra, is a member of the Ambassador Club and enjoys in art banking, perhaps in a gallery or auction house specializing in art works working out at the rec center. To finance her education, as investments. Anna holds work-study jobs in the cafeteria and in the Walker He got his foot in the door last summer with an internship at Galerie Business School. Koller AG in his hometown of Zurich. Earlier, he had taken a part-time job at To prepare for a career in the international business Koller to balance his law studies at the University of Zurich with "something community, she hopes to study abroad some day in a French- completely different." The balance quickly tilted in favor of art and he began speaking country and plans to take a refresher course in pursuing a much different career path. the German language this summer. n A passport is becoming standard equipment as more and more Mercyhurst students head abroad for study opportunities, often in groups led by Mercyhurst faculty members. Packin for college ? Don't forget your passport!

Both students and faculty benefit from these travel experiences. appointment to see the Yves St. Laurent "It is profoundly rewarding to get to know the students as co- Archives full of the master's original explorers on a journey together," comments Dr. Brian Reed. designs and sketchbooks, a fashion show Dr. Daniel McFee points out that these trips are the first at the mall-sized Galeries Lafayette, a exposure to international travel for many of the students. chance to watch fragrances being created "We hope it whets their appetite so they want to see more at the Fragonard Perfume Museum. | of the world," he adds. "This isn't the endpoint; it's just the beginning." Seventeen students joined Drs. David The journeys take many forms. For some students, the Livingston, Daniel McFee and Brian Reed trip abroad culminates weeks of classroom study. Other last summer for a trip through Italy and students aren't earning academic credit, though they're Ireland that was much more than a I learning a great deal about themselves and the wider tourist experience. world. Still others offer service to the poor and needy. Each of them completed two or three All the trips have one thing in common: the core classes that began with classroom experience is life-changing for the students involved. sessions during spring term. The day following graduation they embarked on The international fashion world has four design a 16-day tour of Rome, Assisi, Florence, centers: New York City, Paris, London and Milan. Dublin, Belfast and Galway. To experience both the history of fashion and its Among the highlights for Livingston's most current developments, Marilyn Smith and Western Christian Heritage class were Amy "Weaver-Kaulis regularly take their fashion visits to the landmark churches of Rome merchandising students to all and its environs. four cities. McFee's Social Ethics students Every other year, a discussed whether violence is ever group visits New York. In a legitimate tool - while standing in alternate years, they rotate Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol, where leaders through the other fashion of Irish rebellions against the British were hubs, a schedule that took imprisoned and executed. them to Paris last summer. Reed's British Classics class read Yeats' They made all the usual poetry in his boyhood home, and trod tourist stops, but the true the streets that were the setting for James highlights were the fashion Joyce's Dubliners. experiences that could only Sister J o a n ne Courneen, who was - be had in Paris: viewing a working in Dublin then with the Sisters Balenciaga exhibit, a private of Mercy, welcomed the group for a of the Harvard World Model diplomacy throughout Europe, and, in my United Nations. group alone, there were students from The Model U.N. is a simulation Pakistan and Russia," Kelly said. in which participants are Dr. Michele Crumley, assistant professor assigned country positions of political science, accompanied the in U.N. and international team members, who also included Allison organizations, such as the World Moore, Adam Hammer, Nicole Kubit, Health Organization. During a Mark Schneider, Andy Narusewicz and series of sessions, they debate Chris Bodley. topics from the position of their Participants also enjoyed a colorful assigned country. social experience in their host country, Kole, a fifth-year senior who where they explored the beautiful wa, Ireland graduated with an intelligence landscapes of Switzerland and savored personal tour of the Sisters' Baggot Street studies degree in 2006 and is completing its traditions and specialties, including headquarters, sharing the history and her studies for a degree in political an evening enjoying one of its most heritage of the order and what it means to science, said the conference annually famous: chocolate! be a college in the Mercy tradition. welcomes 1,500 students from Joining the faculty for this summer's more than 35 countries and is trip is Dr. Mary Ann Owoc, associate considered the most diverse professor of anthropology/archaeology, college-level model U.N. in who'll teach Intro to Archaeology with a the world. focus on ruins in southwest England. Wrapping your head around real issues and working with "It was a great opportunity to perfect students from the world's your research skills, public speaking, leading academic institutions and negotiating while interacting with added the "wow" factor for students from around the world," said senior intelligence studies major Lindsey Kole in summarizing her March Jim Kelly. 2007 trip to Geneva, Switzerland, where "We were on the same playing Geneva. Switzerland she and seven other Mercyhurst students field with all the big names, from Model U.N. team in represented Poland at the 16th session Harvard to schools known for

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. >*. Concert Choir and about a dozen to their feet with applause. friends. They were guests of A touring choir from Mercyhurst enchanted officials honor at the council meeting in Dungarvan, Ireland, with its rendition of "The Celtic where each guest was presented From left: Dungarvan Town Clerk Joe Blessing" at a meeting of the town council in May. The with a crystal gift engraved with Flaherty, student Jessica Provenzano, Tom Keith of the Waterford County choir was the first official delegation from Erie to visit the date. Following the meeting, Council, student Jessica Shane, music Dungarvan since the harbor city on Ireland's southeast townspeople crowded historic professor Dr. Nathan Hess, Dungarvan Mayor Teresa Wright, student Jim coast established its sister city relationship with Erie Abbeyside Church where the choir Rudisill. choral director Rebecca Ryan, in March. "They treated us like royalty," said Rebecca sang for Mass and then presented a student Dennis TeCulver and Joe Moynihan, principal of St. Ryan, the Mercyhurst choral director who organized the concert. Their closing piece, "Ain't Augustine's College 13 "Students who come back was a visit to Majdanek Concentration tell us the trip was a life- Camp where students took a walking tour changing and life-direction of the camp which included gas chambers event for them," Schroeck and a memorial of human ashes. During says. Some have even the war, guards took all shoes away been inspired to return to from prisoners entering the camp and, Honduras on their own to although many were destroyed, thousands offer longer service. of shoes remain on display at the site in crates - a very personal reminder of those Rebecca Ryan, director who entered and never walked out. of choral activities in the As choir members struggled to leave Hondur D'Angelo Department of a blessing on this sacred place, strains Music, plans a trip for the choir every year. of "The Celtic Blessing" in four-part When Sister Michele Schroeck, Pat They have visited Ireland, Honduras, Italy, harmony permeated the somber, cold Benekos and 11 Mercyhurst students left and last year traveled to Erie's Sister City, and damp room. for Honduras last year, just hours after Lublin, Poland. graduation, half their luggage was filled Restaurant owner Darius Baran (whose The list goes on ... with donations to be used by the mission own two children attend Mercyhurst) The trips described here are just a groups they were going to help - from was the group's host and traveled with sample of the experiences available clothing and shoes to school supplies and them for the five-and-a-half-hour b u s trip to Mercyhurst students recently. computer gear. from Warsaw to the Lublinianka Hotel. Among others: Their home base for 11 days was San He also took them to Krakow, arriving on Dr. Peter Benekos, dean of the School Pedro Sula, the second largest city and the same day as Pope Benedict XVI. The of Social Sciences, took his honors class industrial heart of Honduras. The first whole group was able to attend the Pope's on Contemporary Social Problems to the Mercyhurst trip to the area, organized by Mass in a huge field o u t s i d e the Old City U.S.-Mexico border during spring break the late Sister Kathleen Marie Leap, was with about a million Poles. for a Border Awareness Experience. in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, The Poland Tour Choir also sang History professor Dr. Randy Howarth which devastated the area in 1998 and several selections in "the underground led a group of 28 on a tour of Rome, killed thousands. salt cathedral of Poland," a salt mine Naples and Sorrento this spring. Then, the student volunteers helped at Wieliczka that's been in continuous Dr. Alice Edwards, chair of the World to clean six feet of mud that had filled operation since the 13th century and still Languages and Cultures Department, took homes, salvaged building materials and produces table salt. her Spanish students to a "Mercyhurst carried cinder blocks to building sites. Perhaps most memorable, though, Summer in Seville," sponsored by the The trip has become an annual Center for Cross-Cultural Study. tradition. There is still great need in Honduras, which remains one of the poorest nations in Central America. It's a labor-intensive visit. Working with Maryknoll Father Tom Gloeker last year in Chamelecon barrio, the volunteers laid cement floors, cleared lots with machetes, knocked down walls, varnished furniture for the community center and tutored children in Spanish and English. They also glimpsed the wider world of the Sisters of Mercy at Casa Corazon de la Misericordia (Heart of Mercy House), an orphanage for children with HIV.

/4 Wieliczka, Poland Once inside the tour, you find vourself on the front boulevard, facing "The Rock" bearing the college seal, with Old Main rising in front of you. Before you move on, use the buttons below the image to pan left and right ft I to take a look around you. The tour includes dozens of these panoramic views of the campus, as well as of building interiors. . You can customize your tour, jumping to spots that interest you. You determine the path you'll follow by clicking anywhere you see a spinning golden seal. If you're familiar >&M< with the campus layout, you can click and drag the map at upper right to bring a desired area into view, then click one of the bright blue pulsing markers to go to a specific tour stop. You can also choose from a clickable list of tour stops at bottom right, or scroll through thumbnails of campus photos Obviously, the best way to experience Mercyhurst's beautiful at the top of your screen to find the spot you want. campus is in person. But if you can't visit, a virtual tour that's Mixa and Kara pop up periodically to continue narrating, now available on the college's Web site is the next best thing to and there are text descriptions as well. being there. At a few stops, you'll find a video button. Click it and a Whether you're a high school student checking out colleges or screen with video footage makes you feel as though you're a graduate wondering how the college looks today, you'll feel as right in the middle of a women's hockey game or a choral though you've actually stepped through those famous gates into concert at the D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. Mercyworld. "I've visited dozens of top college Web sites without As the tour opens, you choose a guide - either Mihailo "Mixa" finding another tour as complete as ours," says Mercyhurst Jovanovic, the sophomore business major from Serbia who art director Steve Perkins. He worked with Greg Windle, was recently elected vice president of Mercyhurst's student owner of Erie MultiMedia, to create the interactive cybertour. government, or Kara Stadelman, the sophomore music major from To experience the tour, visit www.mercyhurst.edu and Kent, Ohio, who just captured the title of Cleveland Idol. Both are click on "Take a Virtual Tour" on the homepage. A tour of the college Ambassadors who frequently do in-person tours for visitors, North East campus is now in the works.

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Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, chair of Mercyhurst's applied forensic sciences program, traveled to Angola last fall to

help recover human remains from a « » pair of air crashes in the late 1990s. Seepage 18. The Sisters of Mercy DIDYOU of the Erie Regional KNOW? Community don't operate foreign missions, but Mercyhurst's International Student they've found a unique Center is located in a former student way to contribute to townhouse next to the Bookstore. Third World nations - by It serves as home base for both sponsoring women religious Eric Evans, director of international from developing countries admissions, and Daniel Cabanillas, the to live with them and study Principal Designated School Official at Mercyhurst. handling immigration issues. Sister Juliet Nakayiza is a member of the Little Sisters of The center is a gathering spot both St. Francis, who operate educational and health care centers in the east African nations for students from overseas and of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. She graduated from a public high school after joining for American students seeking her order at age 20. She had worked in the formation ministry, helping to train women information about opportunities to wishing to join the 650-member order. • study abroad. "Americans who come Now, at age 41, she's a freshman majoring in English education. She'll return to to talk about Study Abroad may run Uganda after graduation to teach English in schools run by her order. into international students when they visit," Evans said. "They feel the international flavor."

The Mercyhurst International Student Fulbright Teaching Assistants Organization (MISO) also meets have enriched Mercyhurst's there. The group works to increase language offerings for the awareness of the diverse people and past five y e a r s . Mutasim cultures represented on campus. Its Aldeaibes of J o r d a n (left) motto: "Accepting diversity, embracing taught beginning Arabic classes the world." Foreign language during 2006-07, while Sefika conversation groups are also held Bilge Cantekinler (center) of at the center. Turkey taught introductory Turkish. With them is Maria Its decor includes many international Gomez Bedoya of Spain, who touches, like signs pointing the way to taught basic Spanish. Waterford and Dublin, a "Koalas next Native speakers of key 10K"sign, and photos of Anne Frank's foreign languages, they also Amsterdam home, now a museum, add an energetic and up-to- captioned in eight languages. date cultural component to their classes.

Dr. Steven Symes, assistant professor of anthropology, traveled to Cyprus in February to train workers studying victims excavated from mass graves

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Eric Evans, Daniel Cabanillas 1? At times during the academic year, it may seem as though Mercyhurst forensic anthropologists Dennis Dirkmaat all i n and Steven Symes have gone missing, although it is the "disappeared" who occasionally beckon them from the classroom to distant corners of the globe. As highly regarded experts, Dirkmaat in archaeological the name recovery of human remains and Symes in the analysis of skeletal trauma, they are the go-to guys when it comes to recovering, identifying and interpreting trauma to victims, FORENSIC be they from mass disasters or mass graves. Last fall, Dirkmaat was summoned to Angola, Africa, as part of a deployment team working for the United Nations to perform a site assessment and recover human remains from SCIENCE the crashes of two Lockheed L100-30 Hercules aircraft in Angola in 1998 and 1999. Due to heavy fighting d u r i n g the 27- year Angolan civil war, recovery efforts were halted until the when war ended and a recovery team could access the sites safely. In February, Symes traveled to Cyprus at the behest of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. There he trained Dirkmaat human rights workers to interpret and document trauma to victims excavated from mass graves, with the goal of restoring dignity to the dead and bringing to justice those responsible for these crimes against humanity. Some 1,500 Greek and Symes Cypriots and 500 Turkish Cypriots are officially registered as missing on Cyprus since fighting b r o k e out between the two communities in the 1960s. -M It is the sum of Symes' and Dirkmaat's remarkable experiences in the field t h a t makes their teaching so genuine and affords their students a reality check that they likely would not get elsewhere. Students in the college's anthropology graduate program frequently accompany Dirkmaat and Symes in the field, particularly in the tri-state area where they are often called upon to assist authorities at crime scenes. During 2006, the department weighed in on 100 cases, according to Symes. On occasion, undergraduates in applied forensic sciences also get this kind of hands-on opportunity. Likewise many of Mercyhurst's forensic anthropology students have gone on to do research and pursue careers on international frontiers, among them Canada, Spain and Portugal. In the words of J o h n Dewey, "Education is a process of living and not a preparation for future living." When it comes to Mercyhurst's forensic science

s^, ...... y program, no words could be truer. It's all about the process. Science talent runs in t h e family Ethiopian brothers heading to pharmacy school

Nathneal and Surafel were able to spend time with their mother this spring when she came to America for Philipose's graduation. Other than that visit, they have to keep in touch with their parents with phone calls and e-mails. Due to instability in their homeland, they've decided not to risk going home between school years. Both spend their summers working on maintenance crews at Mercyhurst. The brothers are happy here, but they do miss their east African homeland with its 13 months of sunshine. That's not just tourist promotion hype. The Ethiopian calendar really does have 13 months, 12 of them with 30 days and one additional month of five d a y s (or six in leap years). Temperatures are generally in the 60s year-round, Surafel says. Weather wasn't the only adjustment, recalls Nathneal, who said After graduating from high school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he had just one week with family in New Jersey to acclimate to the Nathneal Mulugeta studied for a year at Gondar Medical University. American way of life. In his homeland, the education is free, but the government decides One big change was in dining habits. In Ethiopia, families eat what college you attend and what field you study. with their hands from a single large plate, no individual plates He was happy they sent him to medical school, but there were a or forks. few problems. For instance, there were no textbooks. The students Social interactions are also much different, Nathneal says. had to rely on their own notes from professors' lectures. "Back home, we think nothing of embracing other males Living arrangements weren't great, either. Twenty-six slept in each openly, or kissing them on the cheek," actions he said would of the 10 dormitory rooms in his building. That meant 260 students be ridiculed here. shared six showers and 10 toilets. They ate just once each day. Surafel offers another example. "In my country, we'd never say So, for his second year of schooling he headed to America 'I don't like this' straight to somebody's face," he explains. "People and settled in at Mercyhurst as a biology major with a pre- are a lot more direct, more bold here." pharmacy concentration. He admits most of his ideas about American life were based on A year later he was joined by his younger brother Surafel, who's Hollywood movies. Even so, he's surprised at what he describes also majoring in biology and planning to attend pharmacy school. as disrespect for parents and family among many Americans. Their dad, a pharmaceutical salesman, and their mom, a secretary, "Americans are really independent," he says, "not so in Ethiopia. encouraged their sons to attend American colleges, believing the Family is everything." educational opportunities are greater here. They found Mercyhurst Both Nathneal and Surafel hope to take advantage of through collegeboard.com. accelerated programs that will allow them to enroll in pharmacy Their older brother, Philipose, graduated from New York's school after just three years of study at Mercyhurst. Vassar College this year with a biochemistry degree and enters the Vanderbilt University Medical School this fall. There's still one brother, 14-year-old Kurubel, at home, but Nathneal and Surafel say he may very well follow in their footsteps at Mercyhurst. 19 AND

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Australia's Mitch Brennan wrapped up his Mercyhurst basketball career this year ranked among the school's top 50 all-time scorers. A forward, he'll play for Australia at the World University Games in Bangkok, zo Thailand, August 8-18 Thupten Dorjee's records list him as Nepalese, but he DIDYOU proudly explains that his family is actually Tibetan, driven KNOW? from their homeland as refugees generations ago when the Chinese invaded Tibet. About 80 Mercyhurst students His sister paved the way to the U.S., and is now a pre- took part last year in Study Abroad med senior at Mount Holyoke College. programs, which range from three

. « Originally a business major, Thupten's heading into weeks to a full year. The majority spent his junior year in the hotel, restaurant, institutional a semester overseas. Most of their management program. He expects to work in the trips are arranged through programs U.S. after graduation, but hopes a job with an like the American Institute for Foreign international hotel chain might eventually lead him Study (AIFS), Cultural Experiences to Japan or Korea. Abroad (CEA) and AustraLearn. He'd studied English since the first grade, but still found himself clueless during

his first c l a s s e s here, unable to understand the teachers' American accents. Things have International students choose gotten much better since then. Mercyhurst for many of the same While there are few other Buddhists at Mercyhurst, Thupten says it's not a big problem. reasons that American students "If I want to pray, I pray wherever I am," he says. "I'm sure he hears it." do: specialized programs, strong faculty and close student-faculty relationships, campus atmosphere, Ngoc Ha traveled halfway round the world from her home affordability, Catholic affiliation. in Hanoi to a freshman dorm in Erie, Pennsylvania. She found "Mercyhurst isn't a well-known name Mercyhurst through collegeboard.com. overseas," Evans says. "We need to Her classmates call her "Jade," which is the English translation convince students to look beyond of her hard-to-pronounce Vietnamese name. brand-name schools and t o ask She just finished h e r freshman year as a hotel, restaurant instead'Is it right for me?"' institutional management major, and is already active with the Green Team and Hospitality Management Association. She expects to eventually return to her homeland to work in the Talk about coincidence! Dr. Daliang food service industry. Wang joined the Mercyhurst faculty last fall as an assistant professor, teaching courses in the Mandarin language and Chinese culture. Stephanie Alward had always dreamed of However, his first connection with Erie experiencing Australia. During her junior year happened more than 20 years earlier. at Mercyhurst, the dream became reality when Wang, a 9-year-old third-grader, and the advertising major from Pittsburgh spent his martial arts classmates performed a term studying business and some general for former Mayor Louis J. Tullio and courses at Bond University on Australia's * other delegates from Erie in 1985 Gold Coast. when they visited his home town

.'• She says the trip was "an incredible - their new sister city, Zibo, China. ShvliAkJe A/mw opportunity to travel the world, meet new people, and gain a better understanding of myself." Besides studying, she went scuba 1 diving in the Great Barrier Reef, learned to surf in Byron Bay, went shopping

% jf in Melbourne, sailed the Whitsunday Islands, and explored the sites of * Sydney Harbor. The interesting people she met along the way completed the experience. "Those lasting friendships I will carry with me for the rest of my life," she says. "I have learned to be a more carefree, independent and outgoing individual that enjoys pushing the boundaries and enjoying life," she adds. Her advice to anyone • thinking about studying abroad: "Definitely do it! Trust me, you won't regret it!" International flavor New courses translate into global awareness

Political science students study "Politics of the Global Economy" "Take a simple example," she says. "Here in the U.S., when we and "Global Environmental Politics." Family and consumer have a meeting, we walk in, say 'hi' or 'how are you?' and get sciences offers "Human Needs and Global Problems." And in down to business. In other countries, that would be considered psychology, there's "Cross-Cultural Psychology." very rude. Building up the personal relationship takes priority The global perspective can be felt throughout Mercyhurst's over business talk." curriculum, evidence of the college's commitment to prepare A native of Turkey whose husband is from Nigeria, Yalcindag students to live and work in the global community. is especially attuned to such cultural differences and enjoys One prominent outgrowth of this global engagement is the sharing them with her students. So does Juan Argaez, who major in international business, which graduated its first s t u d e n t s joined the business faculty last year. He was born in Mexico, this year. A collaboration between the Walker School of Business is completing his doctorate at Notre Dame and specializes and the World Languages and Cultures Department, it was in international economics, gender economics and regional a natural direction for a school that already had both a well- development in Mexico. respected business school and the most varied program of foreign Many foreign students coming to Mercyhurst gravitate language courses in the region. toward the international business program. "They add an extra International business students complete the core business dimension, and are able to speak directly to how things are done curriculum as well as specialized courses in international differently in other cultures," Yalcindag adds. economics, finance a n d marketing. In addition, students take Chinese was reintroduced at Mercyhurst last fall with the arrival language and culture courses to become fluent in a target of Dr. Daliang Wang, a native of Erie's sister city of Zibo, China. language, which can be Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese Although Chinese is the most prevalent language in the world, or Chinese. it's not often taught in the United States. Nor is Arabic, which Dr. Selin Yalcindag, who directs the international business is spoken by more people than French and German combined. program, says the ability to speak a foreign language is important Arabic is also taught at Mercyhurst, thanks to the presence each for her students, and familiarity with the cultures year of a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant from in which they'll work is also crucial. the Middle East, last year Mutasim Aldeaibes of J o r d a n . Fulbright Sefika Bilge Cantekinler taught Turkish. Mercyhurst's array of language offerings also includes French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Latin and American Sign Language. Erie residents benefit as well with noncredit classes in conversational Chinese and Arabic, and a variety of continuing education programs for the region's foreign language teachers.

Daliang Wang, Ed.D.; Juan Argaez, M.A.; Selin Yalcindag, Ph.D. "For the first t i m e in my life, I feel peace," says Mercyhurst junior Narvan Shorish, who quickly adds, "Emotionally, my mind is still back home with my family. I feel guilty that I live such a good life." Home is the Persian city of Herat in western Afghanistan where her parents still live. The years of Taliban rule in her homeland were like a nightmare, she says, especially for women. "Women couldn't work. They couldn't go to school. They couldn't have any fun," she explains. "Home was like a jail for women." They weren't permitted to leave their homes unless escorted by a close male relative and covered by the burqa - a garment which shrouds the body, leaving only a small mesh opening through which to breathe and see. "It was like I was blind," she says. "I couldn't see." While her parents encouraged them to head to America to pursue an education, Narvan and her two sisters had no legal rights and weren't able to obtain passports. Their brother had to lead them out of Afghanistan into Pakistan, where the siblings spent a year and a half as refugees. They put their time to good use learning English. Their trip to America was eventually sponsored by their aunt, Dr. Zieba Shorish-Shamley, a 30-year resident of the United States who gave up her college teaching career to become a full-time advocate for women's rights. Through the Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan, she works tirelessly to She has a work-study job at student manager of the Laker Inn, raise awareness about the plight of women there. where her duties include acting as cashier, supervising employees, Now an international business major with a concentration in and opening and closing. She says it's a great place to practice her management, Narvan envisions a future job with an international English - and to make more friends. oil company or a government, but always with an eye toward helping her home country. "I think I'll be better able to help them from outside," she says, "maybe by sponsoring schools and orphanages." While she faced some big adjustments on her arrival Student at Mercyhurst in 2004 - notably the English language and Erie's long finds p e a c e snowy winters - she now's happily settled in. "What I love about Mercyhurst is that there is far fro m no discrimination toward anyone," Narvan says. "I have friends who are Afghanistan strong Catholics, but I can be a Muslim and they have nothing against us." She's home very grateful to the Sisters of Mercy for welcoming and Herat Mosque supporting her. 23 o t + l

fe communities. Forsthoefel, chair of the religious studies department, writes, "The authentic expression of our II human being, in the wide compass of wisdom and love, is our holiness; it is our soulsong." Soulsong is not an FROM THE 'HURST academic textbook. "It's intended to be accessible to anyone," Forsthoefel said, "anyone thinking and reflecting on key 'Mercyhurst a hot ticket' questions in their lives." He describes That was the headline in the Erie Times-News on December models of holiness ranging from Jesuit 12,2006, reporting a sharp increase in the number of priest John Dear and Buddhist leader applications for fall 2007. By the end of May 2007, more than Sulak Sivaraksa, both activists for social aiDBj painj 3,500 applications had been received, a remarkable 28 percent justice, to Mother Teresa, who provided increase over last year's numbers. Admissions Director J.P. direct service to the poor, and the Cooney said students had already enrolled from 27 states and Dalai Lama, who offers an example 14 countries (including Bhutan, Honduras, Panama, Norway, of the meditative life. Mercyhurst art Nepal, Japan and South Africa). Students will be traveling instructor Peggy Brace contributed WHraTecr^ from all corners of the U.S. including Alaska, California, the original cover art. Florida and Maine. 'Hurst, Hamot partner on medical facility Two faculty authors at North East celebrate new releases Final touches are being applied and All 100 available copies of The Invisible Sex, a new book a fall opening is planned for the $2.9 challenging some long-accepted theories of the archaeological million Hamot Healthcare Center at establishment, sold out quickly at Mercyhurst's Bookstore Mercyhurst North East. Besides serving in February. Dr. James Adovasio, founder and director of the the health care needs of the North East Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, co-authored the book community, the joint venture between with anthropologist Olga Soffer and science editor Jake Page. Mercyhurst and Hamot will house Adovasio and Soffer sav women of Paleolithic times created an infirmary for MNE students and J critical materials, from nets used for communal hunting to create opportunities for new academic clothing for survival in cold climates and ropes used to make offerings. The building will house rafts for travel. "Female humans have been the chief engine primary care offices for Dr. William'Mix in the unprecedentedly high level of human sociability, were and Dr. Margaret Shanley, as well as a the inventors of the most useful of tools (called the String rehabilitation center, imaging services, Revolution), have shared equally in the provision of food for a medical laboratory and cardiology human societies, almost certainly drove the human invention diagnostic services. The new facility of language, and were the ones who created agriculture," will enable Mercyhurst and Hamot to Adovasio writes. The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles collaborate on new health-oriented of Women in Prehistory was published by Smithsonian Books/ academic offerings on the North East HarperCollins Publishers. campus. Among programs being euio explored are training for medical lab Dr. Thomas A. Forsthoefel's new book - Soulsong from technicians, occupational therapy Orbis Books - examines models of holiness from a variety assistants and respiratory therapy of the world's religious traditions and focuses on what it assistants, according to Dr. Gary Brown, means to be human, drawing upon wisdom, poetry, and executive vice president of Mercyhurst lived examples found across the globe and in our own North East. Major gift brings natural Facilities named for Mercyhurst graduates history alive on Hill beloved teachers record class Three teachers who have had lasting Mercyhurst graduated its largest If you thought you had to travel to the effects on decades of Mercyhurst class ever - 9 2 5 students - during Smithsonian to see a museum-quality students were memorialized this year commencement weekend May 19-20. specimen of Tyrannosaurus Rex, you when campus facilities were renamed Ceremonies honoring 548 traditional- can forget it. The big guy's skull has in their honor. aged Erie students took place Sunday found a new home in Erie, thanks to a at the Tullio Arena in downtown Erie, spectacular natural history collection The Mercyhurst Dance Department beginning for the 17th time with the of casts and fossils being donated to paid tribute to the memory of former Traditional March along State Street. Mercvhurst. Now, Mercvhurst students Academic Dean Dr. David Palmer Mercyhurst celebrated the graduation can study first-hand a cast of a T-Rex last fall with an eclectic performance of 149 adult and graduate students skull as well as casts of several other titled "Dances for Dave, Hip Hop on Saturday in the Mary D'Angelo skulls of large reptiles from the Jurassic and Moore;" then dedicated one of Performing Arts Center on campus. Period, a two-ton section of petrified the Zurn Hall dance studios in his Also on Saturday, Mercyhurst North wood from Indonesia, a fossilized honor. "David Palmer was a man who East graduated the largest class in elephant specimen from Java, a dinosaur loved the arts and gave above and its history with 228 students. The egg nest, a stalactite from China and beyond to both Mercyhurst and the exercises took place at Liguori more. The collection - valued near Erie arts community," said dance Field House. $100,000 - is a gift of Michael and chair Tauna Hunter. Barbara Sincak, who have spent nearly 20 years traveling the globe to acquire He called himself "a humble specimens. The wide appeal of the percussionist," but when Mark collection became clear during March Marchant died of cancer last summer when more than 3,600 Erieites visited at the age of 52 his absence was the Cummings Gallery during a nine- strongly felt both in the D'Angelo day preview. Eventually, the fossils will School of Music and in Erie's musical be displayed on the walls and in the community. Musicians from throughout m laboratories of Zurn Hall. Geology Erie gathered at Mercyhurst in February instructor Scott McKenzie is for a tribute concert and the dedication I curator for the collection. of a lower-level room of the D'Angelo Music Building as the Marchant Ensemble Room.

The nursing arts lab at Mercyhurst North East was dedicated to the late Sister J o s e p h Mary Kosarsky, RSM '47 at a ceremony in November. Sister Joseph

Mary, who passed away in June 2006, : . r served as the director of health services at Mercyhurst from 1970 until 1995 and as a college trustee for 11 years. Before -v,' her death, President Tom Gamble

presented her with a President's -.-•>

Medallion for her many years •fi of service.

This triceretops skull is one of several casts of large reptiles from the Jurassic Period that are part of the colled ion 'Hurst athletes top competition on playing fields

Success can be defined in many ways. In sports, it's often measured through the final score, but in college athletics it goes deeper than that. Are the student-athletes excelling in the classroom? Are they developing their talents? No matter how success is defined, Mercyhurst athletics had a banner year in 2006-07. Five teams and numerous individuals advanced to the NCAA playoffs. Two teams were ranked No. 1 in the country, while Laker programs brought home four conference championships. Just as importantly, athletes excelled in the classroom. More than 110 were honored with academic awards by conferences or national organizations during the year. The average cumulative grade point average of a Mercyhurst athlete was 3.05 and 55 student-athletes had perfect 4.0 grade point averages during spring term. More than 60 percent had a 3.0 or better. And when those athletes hit the field o f competition, results tended to be even more striking. The women's hockey and men's lacrosse teams built on the foundations of the past and produced two of the greatest seasons in Mercyhurst history. The women's hockey team, playing in NCAA Division I, went 32-2-3, was ranked No. 1 in the country for 11 straight weeks, hosted an NCAA playoff game for the first time in school history, and was one of only two teams to win at least 30 games this year. Julia Colizza was named Mercyhurst's Female Senior Athlete of the Year. The men's lacrosse team posted an equally impressive season, finishing with a record of 13-2. The Lakers also hosted an NCAA playoff game for the first time in program history and advanced to the Division II national championship game for the first t i m e , s losing by a single last-second goal. Mercyhurst was ranked No. 1 in the country for the final five w e e k s of the regular season and was the top seed in the playoffs. Senior Joe Thon was named Division II Defenseman of the Year and was drafted by Major League Lacrosse, the only Division II player selected. That championship season

Not to be outdone, a number of other programs earned conference standings. Senior J e n Feret was a force at the plate and recognition throughout the year. The men's and women's on the mound, hitting a school-record 16 homers and hurling 175 soccer programs both won Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic strikeouts with a 1.47 ERA. Conference (GL1AC) championships and advanced to the NCAA Even teams that struggled to post wins had opportunities to playoffs. The men's team went 17-4 and swept the conference's showcase rising talent in their programs. The football team had a postseason awards, while the women's team finished 16-4 as winning record at Tullio Field and defeated Gannon 35-21 in front co-GLIAC champions. of more than 4,000 people during Homecoming weekend. The The men's tennis team was the fifth Laker team to qualify for field hockey team broke numerous school records in a 9-2 win the NCAA playoffs, finishing w i t h a 14-8 record. Mariano Fava and over Houghton to end the year. The women's lacrosse team did Lee Michael Marnik starred as seniors, finishing w i t h a 22-1 record the same with a 23-10 victory over Presbyterian to end the season, at No. 1 doubles, including 19 straight wins to end the season. breaking the program record for goals in a game. Fava was named Mercvhurst's Male Senior Athlete of the Year. The success of the athletic department has fueled national Many other teams enjoyed success, even if they missed out recognition of Mercyhurst College. Feature stories were on trips to the NCAA playoffs. The men's basketball team went written in both USA Today and The New York Times about the 18-11 on the year, placing second in the GLIAC South Division. women's hockey team. The Division II men's lacrosse national The Lakers hosted Wayne State in the opening round of the championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium in conference tournament and picked up a 59-54 victory, the first Baltimore, Md., in front of 22,000 people and broadcast nationally postseason win for the program in 29 years. on CSTV. The men's volleyball team hosted schools that are easily The wrestling team sent six individuals to the NCAA recognizable, like Ohio State and Ball State. As the department Championships, three of whom were named All-Americans. Senior continues to excel, the college will continue to reap benefits in Zack Schafer ended his career with the most wins in Mercyhurst many ways. history. The squad's other senior, J.J. Zanetta, completed his career as a two-time Ail-American. The baseball team had a tremendous season, finishing 3 2 - 2 0 overall and qualifying for the GLIAC playoffs as the No. 4 seed. Over the past two years, the squad has won a combined 70 games, the most during a two-year stretch since the 1996-97 seasons. David Lough and Brian Espersen were drafted by Major League Baseball teams. By winning 10 straight contests, the men's water polo team broke the school record for wins in a season by completing a 12-8 campaign. Sophomore Andrew Schonhoff was named first team All-American and broke the school record for career goals in just two years. The softball team also broke the school record for wins in a season with 23. The team was picked to tie for ninth out of 11 squads in the GLIAC Preseason Poll, but instead qualified for Jen Feret the eight-team postseason tournament and tied for fifth in the 21 s ixraoit I

artistic expression is crucial to a While the Black Family endowment people and to the communities is one of the largest at Mercyhurst, they live in. dozens of other scholarships have "The arts are about the human soul been funded by businesses, individuals, and the expression of soul is critical to families and graduating classes. During any community's survival and growth," the 2006-2007 school year, endowed he said. "Art is not a nice add-on as an and restricted scholarship funds extracurricular activity - it's the core of made grants totaling $883,522 to our humanity." 579 students at the Erie and North Kate, who is among the first students East campuses. to be awarded the Black Family The chart at below illustrates the Scholarship for four years, came to impressive growth of these funds in Mercyhurst with an established love of recent years. musical theater. She burst on the Erie theater scene during her sophomore When Kate Amatuzzo graduated May year playing the title role in "Beauty Total Endowed and 20 with a degree in vocal performance, and the Beast" and became well-known Restricted Scholarships former Mercyhurst Trustee Pat Black to Erie Playhouse audiences through a Since 2003-04, the number was probably almost as proud as her dozen more shows. of endowed and restricted parents, Judy and Sam Amatuzzo of A versatile musician who plays scholarships awarded has Jamestown, N.Y. both piano and percussion, she was increased from 129 ($256,991) Kate received support during all four everywhere within the D'Angelo to 579 ($883,522). years at Mercyhurst from the Black Department of Music - performing Family Scholarship Fund, a $1 million with the Wind, Jazz and Percussion fund endowed by Samuel P. "Pat" Ensembles, singing with the Concert Black in 2002. Black is the president of Choir and cheering Laker teams as part 900,000 the insurance firm Samuel P. Black & of the Pep Band. 800,000 Associates in Erie. At the same time, thanks to faculty member Louisa Jonason, she was He created the fund to honor his 700,000 father, Samuel "Sam" P. Black, Jr.; his discovering a new love: opera. mother, Irene Black; and his sister, She appeared in many operas at 600,000 Elizabeth Lee Black. Though Sam Black Mercyhurst, from "License to Marry" to died in December 2001 at the age of 99 "Falstaff," and traveled to New York City 500,000 and Irene Black died the following May with the After Dinner Opera Company at the age of 95, the fund that bears in several more. 400,000 their name will provide a lasting source In the fall she'll begin a two-year of scholarship support for students. master's program in vocal performance 300,000 Interest income generated each year at New York University, and a career in by Black's million-dollar gift is tunneled opera just might be in her future. 200,000 into scholarships for Mercyhurst "I'm very grateful to the Black Family students in the performing and for this scholarship," Kate said. "Their 100,000 visual arts. Black chose that help made it possible for me to get an emphasis because he believes outstanding education in music." 0

03-'04 '04-'05 '05-'06 '06-'07 Eleven Mercyhurst Psychology major Emily Elizabeth Torrence of education, while Jamie The students who received graduating classes HartzofWest Mifflin, Pa., Beaver, Pa., a junior in Krusewicz of Erie earned awards from the Classes have created endowed received a $1,000 award the business/marketing her degree in fashion of 1942,1990 and 1994 scholarships to help from the Class of 1938. program, received a merchandising. Each asked that their names not today's students fund their She graduated in May. $500 scholarship from received a $1,500 award. be published. The Class of college educations. Here's the Class of 1943. The third scholarship 1942 provided an award of a rundown of the students The Class of 1939 awarded we'nt to Andreea Neagu $1,000, the Class of 1990 who benefited during $1,000 to Daniel McNulty, Leanna Michnik, a of Lakewood, Ohio, a an award of $1,000 and the 2006-07. a junior majoring in freshman who has not yet junior in the intelligence Class of 1994 an award intelligence studies. He is declared a major, received studies program, who of $2,500. Sarah Beercheck and from Westlake, Ohio. a $500 award from the received $2,000. Angela Pascoe, who both Class of 1949. She is graduated in May, received Juniors Andrew Kelly from Elma, N.Y. Ryan Uber received an $1,500 awards from the and Brian Kliszczewicz award of $1,500 from the Class of 1937 scholarship. each received a $1,000 Three students received Class of 1977. He is a Sarah is a psychology major award from the Class the Class of 1964 sophomore majoring in from Cleveland, Ohio, and of 1940. Andrew, of scholarship, including two sportsmedicine and comes Angela a communications Pittsburgh, Pa., is majoring who graduated in May. from Warren, Pa. major from McDonald, Pa. in criminal justice; Brian, Kenneth Doolittle, from from Liverpool, N.Y., is a Townville, Pa., earned sportsmedicine major. a degree in elementary

Class members who would like copies of the thank-you notes from these students can call Sherrie Shumate '04, director of constituent and donor relations, at (814) 824-2246 or e-mail [email protected]. To make a gift to one of these endowed scholarship funds, or to discuss starting a new scholarship endowment, contact Sherrie Shumate or Linda Bennett, vice president of development, (814) 824-2241 or e-mail [email protected].

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If you want to know what your customers need, ask them. Dave, the son of noted history prof and former Mercyhurst Or, better yet, walk a mile in their shoes. president Dr. Michael McQuillen and his wife Joy, married It's not rocket science, says David McQuillen '94. But convincing Australian Claire Fuglsang in Zurich last summer. his employers at Credit Suisse to look at the world from the A marketing major at Mercyhurst, Dave always knew he wanted consumer's viewpoint has launched him into the top ranks of the to work in Europe. He remembers decorating his Briggs Avenue global financial s e r v i c e s firm, o n e of the world's largest banks with apartments with posters of European cities. He spent one college 45,000 employees. summer backpacking through Europe, and another interning with It also propelled him into an issue of Fast Company magazine, a British communication company. which dubbed him one of the "Top 10 Creative Minds" of 2006. "My parents always encouraged us and gave us freedom to He calls his technique "experience immersion." Decision- explore," he recalls. "Mercyhurst also played a part. There were so makers at the company - executives who probably haven't many foreign students. My friends were British, Irish, Australian, waited in teller lines in years - get to deal with their bank the way Peruvian, African - a great group of kids from all over the place. average customers do. I loved that feeling." They observe customers. They step up to the counter to His advice to other students who want to work abroad: perform common tasks like exchanging foreign currency. They Make it happen yourself. Don't wait for someone to offer you actually talk with customers in a bank. They navigate the bank's a job. Go to Europe and get a job. Web site and fill o u t credit card application forms. For more about Dave's work and travels, visit It takes only a couple of hours, but the experience often leads www. davidmcquillen. com. to changes in how the firm does business. Too often, McQuillen explains, businesses create products and processes that suit them, not their customers. "You need to go out and talk to customers to find out what they want," he says. The immersion is only one of about 20 projects McQuillen's team of five i s now working on. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, they have wide leeway to tackle tasks that can improve the customer experience, from redesigning branch offices to revising account statements. "Immersion" is a natural concept for Dave, who tends to immerse himself completely in whatever interests him. Take "Room to Read," a charity devoted to improving literacy among the poor children of Nepal. He didn't just write them a check. During 22 days in spring 2004, he and pal Nicolas Bertsche rode mountain bikes some 1,200 kilometers over the highest roads in the world, from Lhasa, Tibet, to Kathmandu, Nepal. Between corporate sponsorships and personal donations, their "Ride to Read" raised more than 25,000 Swiss francs - enough to build four libraries, provide scholarships for girls for 10 years, and David McQuillen and Jens Haasen finished 91st out of publish 14,000 books for Nepalese kids in their 264 men's teams competing in June's Jeantex-TOUR-Transalp, a own language. grueling seven-day bike race from Germany to Italy that covered so 600 miles while climbing 55,000feet. II0R!eMHlMlMMM»fflHe)MiMS110ffi0S

The FIFTIES International Juried Exhibition,"in Mark A. Williams '86 is the new research facility associated with Laredo, Tex. director of recreational sports at Marshall University. Sister Seattle University. Marianna Beth Beal ladeluca 7 9 and her Cassandra Kuba '97 received her Harrison husband John recently celebrated their Julie Dauer Larson '88, New York, doctorate in anthropology from O.P.'53,San 25th wedding anniversary at a private N.Y., has accepted a position as director Arizona State University in May 2006. Rafael, Calif., dinner party at Juniors on the Bay in of marketing atTPG Architecture, a Cassandra and her husband, Tony, will celebrated her Erie. Her best friend, JoAnn DeSantis- planning and design firm in Manhattan. soon be moving from Phoenix, Ariz., 50th Jubilee Barnes 7 9 , arranged for a surprise to Pennsylvania, since she has been July 29,2006. "special delivery"of Beth's son Bryan to Maureen Percy Lorei '88 is a K/1 appointed assistant professor in the the celebration. He is a flight instructor multi-age classroom teacher in Brussels, Department of Justice, Law and Society H. Ann Downing Sala '54, Erie, Pa., and pilot living in Melbourne, Florida. Belgium. Her husband, LTC Christopher at California University of Pennsylvania. is active in the Prison Ministry Program Lorei, is serving in Afghanistan with at the state correctional institutions at the U.S. Army NATO joint position. Their Beth A. Koskoski '98, Wake Forest, Albion and Cambridge Springs. Ann, The EIGHTIES children Nathan, 14, and Colleen, 11, N.C., received her MBA/MHA in who retired from teaching in 2000, also Michael Phillips '80 was recently attend Brussels American School. August 2006 from Pfeiffer University, continues to be involved with after- appointed president of the Harriman Charlotte, N.C. school programs in the Erie Research and Technology Development Dallas Kaiser'89 recently accepted School District. Corporation, Albany, N.Y. Phillips a position at Quantum Technology Dr. Eric Wicks'98'03 graduated is charged with helping guide the Associates in Victor, N.Y., as vice as valedictorian from New York Dianne Ledoux Szeliga Janus '56 330-acre campus from a center of president sales/staffing solutions. Dallas Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, took part in a vaudeville show at government employment to a haven recently was employed at Marsh Inc. as N.Y. He is the chiropractor and certified the Historic Riviera Theater in North of high-tech private enterprise. Learn vice president/sales. athletic trainer for Florida Physical Tonawanda, N.Y., on March 21,2007. more about the project at www. Medicine in Largo, Fla. She sang and did a soft-shoe numberto harrimancampus.com. "Sunny Side of the Street." The NINETIES Andrew Macpherson '99, of Durham, Tom Dore '81 was welcomed into Raymond Davies '94 has accepted N.H., has been selected as one of the The SIXTIES the Inaugural President's Club at 0SI a position at The First Tee of Michigan New Hampshire Union Leader's"40 Oncology. Tom and his wife, Pam, spent in Detroit as chief marketing and Under Forty"for 2007. This honor MarcellaMikulecGalitsky'69, a week in Maui, Hawaii, to celebrate development officer. identifies Macpherson as one of Youngstown, Ohio, recently purchased the occasion with company executives. New Hampshire's emerging leaders. rental property on the Outer Banks in This award is given to the top sales Jim Doherty'94 has been promoted Macpherson, a RIAP graduate, is an North Carolina, and has named her professional from each division. to senior editor at Getty Images, New assistant research professor at the beach house Carpe Diem. York City. University of New Hampshire Donna Russo '81 is the entertainment in Durham. Rosalie A. Hodas Tellers '69, Erie, Pa., sales manager at the Sportsmen's Lodge Terese Wade Houle '96, Dublin, Ohio, recently received the 2006 Educator of Hotel in Studio City, Calif. Visit her Web has accepted a position as manager of Dave Roth '99, who previously worked the Year Award from ACES (Americans site at www.motivatemedonna.com. meetings and conventions for OFA: An in southern California with the U.S. for the Competitive Enterprise System) Association of Floriculture Professionals. Forest Service as the interim district for dedication to free enterprise Rose Marie Forget Zmyslinski Terese's previous experience was as archaeologist in the Sequoia National education. Tellers is a guidance '82, Westerly, R.I., is an adjunct director of sales and marketing for Forest, is working in Rock Springs, Wyo., counselor for the Erie School District faculty member at the University of Hyatt Hotels in Columbus, Ohio, and as with the Bureau of Land Management at Central High School, and formerly Connecticut as a clinical instructor in regional director for HelmsBriscoe, a (BLM). Roth accepted this permanent taught business training/education the School of Nursing. hotel procurement company. position as an archaeologist/section 106 at Central, Technical Memorial and St. reviewer in January 2007. Benedict Academy. Bruce Pancio '83 recently founded the Melissa Brown Zarbo '96, Painesville, law firm Walsh Pancio, LLC in Lansdale, Ohio, was named Wal-Mart Teacher The MILLENIUM The SEVENTIES Pa. The practice focuses on all types of of the Year in Mentor, Ohio. She is a civil litigation. Contact him at bruce@ special education teacher at Bellflower Karen Hardy '00 received a master's Mark Musial 7 5 has become walshpancio.com. Elementary School. degree in integrated marketing associated with Guardian Protection communications from Northwestern Services, Warrendale, Pa. Tom Hanna '85, Erie, Pa., has been a Chandra Inglis-Smith '97 graduated University in August 2006. Navy Reservist Seabee for the past 17 in May 2006 with a master's degree Passle Hordinski Helminski 7 6 , Erie, years and just returned to the United in geobiophysical modeling and a Jennifer Harwell '00 recently Pa., recently had two pieces selected States after a six-month deployment certificate in Geographic Information accepted a position as copy editor for the Laredo Center for the Arts to Iraq. Tom has also been advanced to Systems, and is employed by the atAllrecipes.com in Seattle, exhibif'Crossing Borders: 14th Annual Senior Chief Petty Officer. Rahall Transportation Institute, a Wash. 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the Island County Reserve Police Lana Ritterman-McAndrew'02 Richard Vespa '03 was promoted Academy in June 2006, and is a has accepted a position as TBI Services to First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army commissioned reserve deputy marshal Supervisor with Flower City Healthcare in February 2007. He is with the in Coupeville, Wash. Services in Rochester, N.Y. She oversees 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 40 home and community support staff 2nd Infantry Division, based in Ft. Scott Koskoski '00, Harrisonburg, Va., and four independent life skill trainers. Lewis, Washington. He is currently has been promoted to assistant athletic commanding a Stryker Platoon in Iraq. director for the JMU Duke Club and Megan Verbanick '02 has accepted marketing at James Madison University. a position as an education consultant Kristina Harmon '04, Bakersfield, at MicroStrategy and is relocating to Calif., is a forensic technician Cassandra Gretchen M. Koskoski '01 graduated Charlotte, N.C. She was previously with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Kuba Vincequerra '97 summa cum laude with a master's employed at Billco Manufacturing Police Department. and Anthony Vincequerra degree in elementary education from outside Pittsburgh as a software Meredith College, Raleigh, NX. She is a support specialist. Autumn Hamady'05 completed her Aaron Stankiewiz'98 married first grade teacher in the Wake County master's degree in physician assistant Angela Merski '06 at Christ the King School District in Raleigh. Susan Fisher Bortz '03 is the newly sciences from Saint Francis University, Chapel, Mercyhurst College. appointed mayor of Derry, Pa. Loretto, Pa., and is working as a Nancy Mealey '01, Pittsburgh, Pa., is physician assistant in psychiatry a staff accountant for the firm of Hill, Kristen Brown '03, Erie, Pa., is the at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Barth & King LLC in Wexford, Pa. U.S. human resources supervisor for Hospital, Johnstown, Pa. Autumn Railpower Hybrid Technologies Corp. also works for Western PA Sports Vanessa Tipton '01, Columbus, Ohio, Medicine and Rehabilitation as a earned an Associate in Underwriting Leslie Fletcher'03 has been hired certified athletic trainer. and is working towards PCU in as morning producer for WKYC-3 in insurance underwriting. Cleveland, Ohio. Dan Koziorowski '06 is a special investigator with U.S. Investigation ZacharyVenable'01 graduated Richard Johns '03 has accepted a Services (USIS) and lives in Leesburg, Va. magna cum laude from Kutztown position as budget analyst at the New Dr. Tracy Bacik '99 married University in June 2007 with a master's York City Office of Management and Dr. Brian Braussa on Oct. 21,2006, in degree in education. Budget. He was previously employed WEDDINGS Parma, Ohio. They are pictured with at Samaritan Village, Inc., as research Cathryn F. Bern 7 7 married Steven Paula Donnelly'99, Sarah Reynolds associate. Tim Garbach '02 is now the sales V.Smith on Dec. 2,2006, at the Edelman '99, Courtney Shores manager for G&G Fitness Equipment in Cathedral of the Immaculate '99, Danielle DeMatteo '00, Jamie Penfield, N.Y. Heather Richmond '03 is a U.S. Peace Conception, Albany, N.Y. Thompson Floyd '99, Dr. Brian Ash Corps volunteer in the Philippines. '98 and Dr. Renee Burns Ash '98. Sara Seidle Patton '02 graduated Richmond was instrumental in Christine Dance '88 married John from Duquesne University School of developing the Reading Center Brookhouser on Oct. 14,2006, at Faith Erin Brown '01 married Costa Law in June 2006 and was admitted to Renovation and Enhancement Project, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Erie, Pa. Eleftheriou on Oct. 7,2006, in the Pennsylvania Bar in October 2006. a proposal funded by the Peace Richmond, Va. She accepted a position as a part-time Corps Partnership Program that will David McQuillen '94 married assistant district attorney for Clarion establish a reading/development center Claire Fuglsang in August 2006 in LynnFalbo'OI County, Pa., in August and is preparing consisting of a mini library, training Zurich, Switzerland. married Earle to open a private practice in New room and livelihood training space. Graham '01 on Bethlehem, Pa., focusing on municipal Richmond serves as the volunteer Jessica Baker'96 married Brian June 17,2006.The law, estates and family law. coordinator. More information is Herron on Sept. 22,2006, at LaMalfa wedding party available at www.peacecorps.gov. Centre, Mentor, Ohio. They reside in included Jackie Cortland, Ohio. Joseph P. Ratajczak'02 '04, Columbus, Hudec'01, Ohio, was published in the January/ Leah Vallone '03 received a master Luke Little'01, February 2007 issue of the Society of of science in Organizational Studies- Paul Blossom '97 married Nicole Larry Casillo Competitive Intelligence Professionals Leadership from Robert Morris McCrystal on Feb. 3,2003, at Regina '01,RobKennehan'01 (SCIP) Trade Show Intelligence Book. His University on May 5,2007. Leah is Pads Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Neil Fildes'02. article is titled "Engineering Engineers: employed full time as a victim advocate A True Story on How to Develop a Trade for Pittsburgh Action Against Rape and Cassandra Kuba '97 married Anthony Susan Gonnam ' 0 1 married Gregory Show Intelligence Process." part time as a police officer for Rosslyn M. Vincequerra III in Las Vegas on Beato '01 on Aug. 26,2006, in Farms Borough. Jan. 18,2007. Kira Michelle Presler Wilmington, Del. Members of the '97 and Stephanie Whitlatch'97 wedding party included Ryan Molli '01 were bridesmaids. and Jessica Bartoszek O'Dwyer '01. Anna Guerriero '04 married Kirk BIRTHS Hartog '04 on Sept. 30,2006, in Buffalo, N.Y. The wedding party Lori B. Barone Dornberger '89 included Lindsay Gray'04. had a son, Brennan Michael Dornberger, Dec. 26,2005. Shannon King '04 married Brian Capellupo '04 on June 16,2007, in Tony Prusak '90 and wife Christy Pittsburgh, Pa. The wedding party had fraternal twin sons, Noah Anthony included Kristin Carlisle '04, Dayna and Nicholas Anthony, on November Behm '04, Christina Coulter '04, 22,2006. Justin King '06, Mike Rispoli '05, Christian Beyer'04 and Brian Steven Ipri '91 and Ann Marie Heim Freidrich '04. Ipri '95 had a son, Vincent Anthony, June 17,2006. Jaime Rinne '04 married Brendan Megan Strauman '04 married Mark R. Diffendal II on Oct. 21,2006, at Mahoney '03 on March 24,2007, at Tom Hemer'91 and wife Heidi Southminster Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pictured at their wedding, the Phoenix Park Hotel, Washington, had a daughter, Brooklyn Reece, which had a medieval theme, are (from left) Sean Strauman, Melissa Timo '04, D.C. The wedding party included March 5,2007. Jesse Robbins, Shirley Fleming, Tim Byrnes, Jennifer Beck, Mark Diffendal II, Megan John Hessier'03, Damien Ettere Strauman-Diffendal '04, Tim Rotta, Kimberley Bolender'04, Ren Akerlow, '03, Jeffrey Halladay '03, Danielle Raymond Davies '94 and Amanda Lindsay Clark '05, Joe Clemens and Dayna DiClaudio. Reznik '03, Claire Whaley '04 and Brock Davies '94 had a daughter, Rae Kate Horn '04. Jaime and Brendan Alexa, onAug. 15,2006. reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. Patrick Nicholas Corr '02 married Heather Pease '03 married Douglas Sharon Biss Varischetti '91 had a Lindsay Christine Hornyak '05 on Morally'04 on Oct. 21,2006, in Carolyn Stockman '04 married Joe son, John F., Dec. 13,2006. July 1,2006, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Rochester, N.Y. Their wedding party Laska on April 7,2007. included Sara Pease'03, Lauren Dave Lewis '92 had a son, Griffin, Carrie Greene ' 0 2 married Jason Dujanovich '03, Shauna Snyder'03, Anthony Fera '05 married Heather July 8,2006. Fuhrer on Jan. 6,2007, on the beach in Jay Hooper '04 and Scott Fiorina Koban'06 on Nov. 11,2006, at St. Siesta Key, Fla. '04. Heather and Douglas now reside in Luke Church, Erie. The wedding party Racquelle Rockwell '92 had a son, Pittsburgh, Pa. included John Nichols '05, Joe RoganRoss,May9,2006. Jason Hill '02 married Leslie Washburn DeFazio '05, Matt Lembright '06, on July 8,2006, at First United Diane Rooney '03 married John Megan Hines '06, Jessica Williams Christian Wertz '92 and wife Christine Methodist Church, Westfield, N.Y. Roach '02 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on '06 and Kristine Edwards '06. had a son, Daniel, Jan. 23,2006. June 30,2007. The wedding party Sara Seidle '02 married Michael includes Caitlin Carroll '04 and Lisa Achille '06 married Timothy Mark Fearey'93 and wife Victoria had Patton on Nov. 18,2006, at Immaculate Stephen Miros'01. Crocoll on Sept. 15,2006, at Sacred a daughter, Olivia Jane, Dec. 13,2006. Conception Church in Clarion, Pa. Sara Heart Church, Erie. Strand '02 was a bridesmaid. Nicolle Bellmore '04 married Jeffrey Grace Bruno Kurtz '94 and husband Pierse on April 14,2007, in Parma, Ohio. Ronald Dorchak'06 married Kelly Chris had a son, Gannon Christopher, on Laura Junker '03 announces her The bridal party included Tuesday Evans on Nov. 18,2006. March 22,2007. engagement to Michael Hillwig Jr. The Kastner Mishook '02, Melissa wedding will take place June 21,2008, Mucha Herbolsheimer'04, Chrissy Katherine Haney '06 married Paula Heddon Murphy'94 and in Pittsburgh, Pa. Yule'05andCassieSeth'06. Gregory Kline'03 on April 21,2007, at husband Jay had a daughter, Ellen Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge, Grace, March 16,2006. Katherine Kimple '03 married Anthony DeDionisio '04 married Pa. The bridal party included David Jason Bennett on April 29,2006, at Courtney Bromley on Nov. 11,2006. Vitale '03, Tom Hartwell '03, Alicia Renee Upperman Triana '94 and Erie First Assembly of God in Erie, Pa. Anthony'03 and Kimberly Allera husband Jason had a son, Vincent, on Bridesmaids included Lauren Shadle Kara Fink'04 married Brett Osgood on '03. Katherine and Gregory reside in April 20,2006. '03, Becky Dodge '03, Anna Signs July 22,2006, at Mercyhurst North East. Austintown, Ohio. Lindahl '03, and Heather Bennett They now reside in Minnesota Beth Hurrianko Murphy '95 and Colby '94. Elizabeth Chevalier'05 married Mark husband Stephen had a son, Patrick Timothy Fox'04 married Stephanie Goodwin Jr. at Christ the King Chapel Stephen, July 9,2006. Rebecca Kovacs'03 married Keith Schnacke '05 on July 22,2006, in at Mercyhurst on Aug. 5,2006. Allison Bentley on April 29,2006, at Christ the Columbus, Ohio. Wasielewski '06 was maid of honor. Brad Rybczynski '97 and wife King Chapel, Mercyhurst College. Andrea had a son, Luke Julian, on May 25,2006. iMtll(^lI!JliMIHi»aiiM@IfJ^M(D]flili

Nicholas Ferraro '96 and Gina Katherine Bojarski Hayes'01 and DEATHS Father of Castanzo Ferraro '99 adopted a son, husband Brian had a son, Jonathan Kathleen Deger Byrnes '68 Tristan Ellis Ferraro, on June 8,2006. David, Sept. 12,2006. (Charles Deger) Alumni Rhonda MahoneySchember'71, Tamara Valovich McLeod '96 and Peter Zohos '97 and wife Karen had a Natalie Ford Allen '32 Judith Mahoney Streich 7 7 , Leanne husband Ian had a daughter, Kalyn son, Bill Peter, on March 5,2007. Mary B. Carlos M a r t i n '33 Mahoney Wolfe '83, Tricia Mahoney Virginia, on Feb. 28,2007. Marjorie Alge '37 '83, Dr. James Mahoney 7 5 and Scott Platz '01 and wife Alison had Margaret Anne Mooney Emiing '37 John Mahoney'86 Kristen Churchill Melan '96 and a daughter, Payton Elizabeth, on Marion Darsie Herrick'44 (James Mahoney, Sr.) husband Peter had a son, Patrick Nov. 30,2006. Sister M. Virginia Bernhardt, RSM, '46 Lorie Chylak McClure ' 8 1 Joseph, March 7,2007. Mary M. Craig '48 (Paul J. Chylak) Megan Ruffino Solada '01 and Rosemary Guinnane Davies '49 Dawn DelBianco Graeser'97 and husband Brian had a son, Zachary Mary Patricia Cunningham '51 Parents of husband Brian had a daughter, Rebecca Daniel, on Nov. 29,2006. Mary Ellen BlattJansen ' 5 1 Michael R. Grine ' 9 1 Lee, Jan. 30,2007. Frances J. Sullivan'53 (J. Robert and Mary F. Grine) Shannon Mazzant West'01 and Theresa Gorney Bradley'54 Todd Hengerer '97 and Amanda husband Bill had a son, Noah William, Marjorie Cummiskey Francis '55 Husband of Loncto Hengerer'97 had a son, on Nov. 5,2006. Mary Ann Nash McCormick '55 Helen Martin Calhoun '46 Nicholas Roberts, March 10,2007. Anne Pierotti '55 (Robert Calhoun) Carlee Cramer Wood '01 and Perry Sylvia A. Christie Tucker '57 Anne N. Gazda '48 Stacey Fitzpatrick Starnes '97 and Wood '01 had a daughter, Isabella Karen Gail Pierce Duska '64 (Theodore E. Gazda) husband Mark had a daughter, Hannah Grace, on April 16,2006. Edward Robert Gubish, Ph.D., 7 1 Florence Cherry Joyce '53 Grace, March 12,2007. Gina Louise Miano 7 1 (Jack Joyce) Autumn Potter Klimen '02 and Kathleen Caulfield 7 2 Rosalie A. Hodas Tellers '69 Amanda Barry '98 and John Barry husband Chip had a daughter, Barbara J. Wnukoski Ruhling 7 3 (Henry C. Tellers) '97 had a daughter, Caroline Grace, Brookelyn Mirissa, Oct. 21,2006. Barbara Soltys Nagy 7 4 Mr. Tellers sponsored benefit concerts Dec. 1,2006. Thomas D. McCullough 7 5 and guest artists who performed at Kelly Mertz '02 and husband Ann London Kukla '91 Mercyhurst's Christ the King Chapel Ellen Burke Fleckenstein ' 9 9 Jeffrey had a son, Carson Cash William, Jonathan Lee Eret'05 and D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. and Brian Fleckenstein '99 had a Dec. 29,2006. Tammy Tate Coleman '95 daughter, Grace Riley Fleckenstein, on Mother of (Clarence Coleman) July 5,2006. Mercyhurst art professor Elizabeth Dunn Shiels '02 and Mike Patricia Pepper Shevchuk'61 Daniel Burke '69 is one of Grace's Shiels '99 had a son, Aidan Timothy, on (Patricia Glen Pepper) Son of Mary Elyn Joyce Demetter '64 proud grandparents. Sept. 20,2006. Pauline Hergenrother'38 (Lynette Murray Joyce) (Andrew Hergenrother) Jane Pepper Y u r g a 7 0 Leslie Appleton '00 and husband Bethany Armstrong '03 and Mary Kay Walsh Galvin '58 Mark had a daughter, Elaina Marie, Jan. husband Randy had a son, Asher Lee, (Patricia Glen Pepper) Patricia Glenn (Christopher Galvin) Pepper was also the sister of the late 15,2007. Sept. 15,2006. Sister Geraldine Hull, RSM Brother of Mary Lou DeLuca 7 2 Lori Fabrizi Beksel '00 and husband Leslie Echan Fletcher'03 and Margaret Tellers Dupre ' 6 1 Greg had a daughter, Olivia Rose, husband Matthew had a son, Nathan (Antoinette DeLuca) (Henry C. Tellers) Carol Biron 7 6 (Betty Gregory) Feb. 3,2007. Matthew, January 19,2006. Karen Hergenrother Miles '64 and Cheryl Hollenbeck Danowski 7 6 , '01 Mary Hergenrother Murosky 7 5 (Andrew Hergenrother) Jenifer George Conklin '01 and Richard Vespa '03 and Barbara (Mary Hollenbeck) Jacob Conklin '02 had a son, Joshua Tompko Vespa '02 had a son, Aiden Jane E. Craig 7 8 (Mary M. Craig'48) Elaine Zasada Flick '83 Sister of James, on Dec. 7,2006. Thomas, May 31,2006. (Dorothy Zasada) Laura Petrasek O'Leary '90 Lesa Kronenwetter Kime '83 andMarkPetrasek'85 Scott Farison '01 and Celeste Jennifer Ruffa Wagner '04 and (Eileen Kronenwetter) (Donna) Ferrare Farison '01 had a son, Nathan husband Stephen had a son, Noah John DeLuca '87 Robert, Feb. 8,2007. Andrew, on April 2,2007. (Antoinette DeLuca) Grandmother of Sandy Lewis '97 Melissa Danowski ' 0 1 Heather Ackerman Alexander '04 (Mary Hollenbeck) and James Alexander '04 (Jeanette R. Lewis) had a daughter, Noel Anna, on Andrea Bauer'03 Friend of the College March 17,2007. (Kathleen Bauer) Jodie Ghisoiu '05, U.S. Army Fred S. Brinchi (MaryGollihugh) Father John "Tex" Hilbert Robert H. Schneider Closin the vulnerability

In the immediate wake of the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks, Macpherson credits much of his career success to Mercyhurst, air traffic controllers brought down every commercial plane in the which he said is recognized globally as a major player in the field air. Had there been a simultaneous cyber-attack that prevented of intelligence education. them from doing that, the magnitude of the worst terrorist event "I truly appreciate the opportunities that Bob Heibel (director on U.S. soil could have been much greater. of the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies) Heeding the potential threat to the nation's cyber gave me," Macpherson said. "He created the benchmark for infrastructure, Mercyhurst alumnus Andrew Macpherson 36, and intelligence programs. Today, the Mercyhurst program leads all a team of researchers at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) others around world." have developed a Cyber Threat Calculator, which they unveiled It should come as no surprise that the high-tech cyber sleuth last winter at a Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference discovered Mercyhurst on the Internet. Macpherson was in in St. Louis. The risk assessment tool allows security experts business school in Canada when he developed an interest in to enter information about individuals, religious organizations, intelligence and began researching educational opportunities governments and terrorist groups and, based on past behaviors online. That led him to Mercyhurst, where he fast-forwarded by and current situations, assess the potential attackers' intent and doubling up on coursework and earning his degree in two years capabilities and assign a number that estimates their level of risk. at the age of 29. Since graduating from Mercyhurst in 1999 with a bachelor's It was through Mercyhurst that Macpherson earned the first degree in intelligence studies, the 36-year-old Macpherson non-lawyer internship at the United Nations Criminal Tribunal has made a name for himself as a cyber crime expert. Besides for the former Yugoslavia. From there, he earned his master's directing UNH's Justiceworks Technical Analysis Group, he is a degree at the London School of Economics and took a position cyber crime adviser to the New Hampshire Department of J u s t i c e at Dartmouth's newly formed counter-terrorism institute (The and has worked as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Institute for Security Technology Studies) in 2000. Security National Cyber Security Division. Macpherson said he and his wife, Erie native Beth (Hoffman) Last January, Macpherson was named one of the "Top 40 People Macpherson, get back to Mercyhurst on occasion. Married in Under 40" in New Hampshire for 2007 by the Union Leader 2001, they have a daughter, Emily, one-and-a-half. newspaper, which lauded him for "helping teach hundreds of One of Macpherson's fondest college memories is the day he police officers statewide how to catch criminals preying on people learned he earned the highest score in his Intro to American over the Internet." Government course - as a Canadian citizen. Macpherson became an American citizen in January 2006 and says he is "proud of it."

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