SUMMER 2018

Congratulations GRADUATES 2018 contents D’YOUVILLE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 631 Niagara Street Vice President for Institutional Advancement COMMENCEMENT 2018 Buffalo, New York 14201 Kathleen M. Christy 6 www.dyc.edu 10 HONORS CONVOCATION Associate Vice President for Advancement Services 716.829.8000 Aimee Pearson 12 HECAP GRANT Associate Vice President for 14 CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR Alumni Engagement and Planned Giving Meg Rittling Meg Rittling 19 REDFEST Donor Records and Event Administrator 20 THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE For comments and suggestions, LeeAnn Petronsky TEACHING THE TEACHERS contact the editor at 716.829.7808 or 23 Associate Vice President for Grants SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESEARCH [email protected] Molly Flynn 26 HAVE PROJECT LAYOUT & DESIGN Director of Foundation Relations 27 William McKeever Cher Ravenell 33 NEW ALUMNI Grants Specialist 34 ALUMNI PROFILE: CATHERINE MUTH ’11 CONTRIBUTORS Sarah Goldhawk 36 ALUMNI PROFILE: MAUREEN FINNEY ’97, ’08 Lorrie A. Clemo Department Receptionist Kathleen M. Christy Rhonda Beck 38 SPOTLIGHT: MARYANNE SHANAHAN ’65 Melinda Miller 40 ALUMNI EVENTS Gary Steltermann Office of Institutional Advancement 42 CLASS NOTES Bob Kirkham Photos 46 KAVINOKY 2018-2019 SEASON BACK COVER: SPECIAL OCCASIONS & DATES

MISSION STATEMENT CORRECTION FROM LAST ISSUE D’Youville College is an independent institution of higher education that offers baccalaureate and We would like to correct an error from the 2017 Annual graduate programs to students of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds. Report. The following alumni were inadvertently omitted D’Youville College honors its Catholic heritage and the spirit of Saint Marguerite d’Youville by from the Honor Roll of Donors: providing academic, social, spiritual, and professional development in programs that emphasize Eileen Clifford Cavanaugh ’63 and the Kathleen and Michael leadership and service. D’Youville teaches students to contribute to the world community by Clifford Endowed Scholarship leading compassionate, productive, and responsible lives. MaryEllen Merrick Reilly ’67

2 3 students participating in the health sciences track will graduate with certificates or associates degrees from MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT D’Youville already in hand. Additionally, those currently in the healthcare workforce will be able to upskill and upscale their careers through 24/7 education provided at the Hub to more skilled, higher paying jobs which will help address If there is one characteristic that all D’Youville alumni possess, it is the quest issues of inequity and poverty, so more residents can be part of the region’s revitalization and economic to be part of something bigger. Our new campus development project the progress underway. Health Professions Hub, or Hub for short, offers people across the region, state Programs delivered in the Hub will also offer leading-edge approaches to preparing students for today and and beyond, the opportunity to join D’Youville and have a connection with tomorrow’s high tech medical environment. All D’Youville health professions’ students will participate something bigger than oneself. in an interdisciplinary patient-centered care model aimed at preparing them with the communication, Joining our ambitious project is the State of New York. Earlier this summer we collaboration, leadership and critical thinking skills essential to improving the health of patients. The Hub were notified that New York had awarded D’Youville $5 million from its Higher will enable students to fulfill a portion of their clinical placements in the on-campus health clinic, while all Education Capital Matching Grants (HECap) program for construction of D’Youville students, regardless of major, will reap the benefits of the Hub through multidisciplinary real- D’Youville’s new Health Professions Hub. world simulations.

The HECap grant is the largest single award the college ever has received, The benefits of the Hub will reverberate far and wide from our West Side neighborhood. Not only will the through private gift or as a grant, and the announcement is serving to propel the professionalism, skills and interdisciplinary care model learned by our D’Youville graduates shine wherever Hub project forward. Phone calls and inquiries received from all areas reflect our alumni venture, but the Hub itself, and the learning demonstrated here, will become a pioneering the desire of people to be part of D’Youville’s vision to build healthy, thriving model for other communities in the state and beyond. communities by designing ambitious projects like the Health Professions Hub. Lorrie A. Clemo, PhD The $5 million HECap award from New York is a significant down payment for our $20 million Hub President of D’Youville It is a great reflection on the college to have this $5 million worth of public project. When complete, this innovative center for healthcare education will house training space, confidence, but the Hub is so much more than just capital development. simulation labs, classrooms, a clinic, and a pharmacy. This public outlay is an investment in the health and well-being of our local We hope this show of confidence by the State will cultivate more interest in our ongoing fundraising to community. The West Side neighborhood is home to the poorest ZIP code bring the Hub and building healthy communities to reality. Its success will allow us to expand enrollment in in the city of Buffalo with some of the worst rates of asthma, diabetes, and our health programs, improve the health of our neighbors, and help address the severe health professional obesity in the state. shortage we face in our region. The Hub will provide comprehensive care in one facility representing all of How we achieve these goals could be a model for other communities in the state and beyond. From our D’Youville’s academic healthcare programs — a true medical home for a research in planning the Hub, we believe it is one-of-a-kind, something that is unique in higher education community in need. Dedicating a portion of the Hub to delivering healthcare across the country. to our neighbors is a vital part of a longstanding D’Youville mission of care. We can feel the momentum and growing support for the project and know that underlying all of this is a Beyond the college, Western New York remains united in its focus on building desire to create something where everyone will feel they are part of something bigger — bigger than being a strong health sector, with the aim of being second to none in the nation. The a student, a teacher, a college — larger than the city of Buffalo. programs housed within the Hub will significantly contribute to growing an educated healthcare workforce through professional development programs. With your support, we can become a leader in helping others nationally in reducing economic disparities in healthcare and have an impact on improving other people’s lives. Partnerships with urban high schools to offer early college health science- themed programs are being established with da Vinci High School on the The Hub project is tangible, real, and something we can make happen. D’Youville campus and with Buffalo city schools under consideration. The

college-high school connections will introduce young students to careers in the health fields and offer hands-on learning in the Hub. High school

4 5 Undergraduate & Graduate COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATIONS

There was an impressive turnout on May 20 for the 2018 induction of the newest members of the D’Youville Alumni Association. More than 600 undergraduate and graduate students were awarded their degrees and doctorates from the college. The brilliant sunshine outside was matched by the pride and happiness inside Kleinhans Music Hall as the honors were bestowed in the arts, sciences and education, encompassing dozens of majors —­ an educational achievement far beyond the dreams of the Grey Nuns who founded the liberal arts college for women 110 years ago. The 2018 graduates now join 20,000 Joseph McDonald (middle) receives an honorary degree from President Lorrie A. Clemo other D’Youville alumni on the path and D’Youville Board of Trustees Chair CJ Urlaub to making those dreams come true. As contributions of the classes that had Those gathered received some earnest an organization to work for that, in testified to by the day’s speakers, they come before, praising D’Youville’s and practical advice on how to put return, respected and valued them for are not going to sit back and contribute tradition of being a force of change for their degrees to best use from keynote what they brought to the job and as to an imperfect status quo, no matter the better. “It is a product of thousands speaker Joseph D. McDonald, FACHE, individuals. Then right from the start, what their field. of open minds that came before us, who recently retired after serving for 15 he said, they should work as though recognizing and advocating that people years as president and CEO at Catholic every day was a try-out for their next “You see, at D’Youville, it’s the students of all creeds, races, sexual orientations, Health. McDonald urged the graduates job or promotion. and the culture we have cultivated that cultures and upbringings deserve the to value their talents, their skills and the “Demonstrate that, when you say you’re we do not want to work today for a same opportunity to succeed and to knowledge they gained while pursuing going to do something, you do it,” he better tomorrow,” Nicole Catherine allow their experiences to add to and their degrees. And he told them to be said. “Build a reputation.” Webb told the audience gathered for the strengthen their community – not choosy about where they invested those Graduate Commencement Exercises. remove them from it,” she said. assets. Every person has needed help along the way, McDonald said in his address. “Because,” Webb explained, “we don’t That inclusiveness was reflected in the “Really think about whom you want to “There is no such thing as a self-made want to wait for tomorrow. And so we graduates themselves, which included work for,” he said. “Do they have values man or self-made woman,” he said. “All don’t — because we’re making a better students in fast-track programs to earn that align with yours? today.” bachelor and graduate degrees and older of us had support.” He encouraged the After years of studying and preparation, graduates in particular to thank their In her salutatory address, Ms. Webb, professionals who returned to college to further their formal education. McDonald said, it was time for the families, teachers and friends who helped who received her doctor of pharmacy graduates to be a little selfish, to find and encouraged them along the way. degree, recognized the efforts and

6 7 Michael Macri, who was receiving “D’Youville is a unique institution,” Association, gave heartfelt advice as share one planet, and how each person for these times, “May we be peaceful his Bachelor of Science in nursing, Macri said. “Unique in that everyone she officially inducted the graduates chooses to live is up to him or her. people, welcoming everyone.” echoed the importance of the here genuinely wants you to succeed into the alumni group. D’Youville community as he gave and will help you do so in any Choose wisely, Dr. Clemo said: After all the graduates received their the undergraduate salutary address. capacity that they are able.” As a “Don’t forget to share the D’Youville Be compassionate. Elevate others. degrees and were hooded by their He cited the life lessons he and his result, he said, the graduates were story with all those you meet across Embrace community, behave ethically former teachers, John Garfoot, classmates learned “that did not moving onto the next stage of their the globe,” Prezyna said. “It is, after and give of yourself. In other words, vice president for finance, gave the come from a textbook.” lives as a part of “something bigger all, now your story. Tell them about she said, “Do well.” benediction, quoting the guiding words than ourselves.” the caring community you have been of Marguerite d’Youville: “We must a part of. Tell them this story with a Mary Catherine Kennedy, a member never refuse to serve.” Dolores Prezyna, EdD, ’70, ’14, as grateful, open heart – letting them of the 50th anniversary Class of 1968

president of the college’s Alumni know that D’Youville gave you the gave the invocation, offering a prayer opportunity to make an impact not only while you studied here but now, in the world.”

That impact has echoed across generations, D’Youville President Lorrie A. Clemo, PhD, said. In a reflective speech, she looked back 50 years, to the changes at the college, and in the nation and world, since the Class of 1968 graduated. In today’s ever-churning news cycle, Dr. Clemo spoke of the world that lay before the women who received their diplomas 50 years: The Vietnam War was tearing the country apart; Yale University admitted women for the first time, and it would be three more years before D’Youville would admit its first male students. The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy rocked the political landscape, and black American athletes raised clenched fists at the Olympic Games. Dr. Clemo also reminded the graduates that 1968 gave the world its first Big Mac sandwich, and the country elected its first African American mayors in large cities. Apollo 8 photographed a brilliant ‘Earth rise’ as it orbited the moon — an image that captured better than any other is the fact that we

8 9 and service are two components that ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE & COLLEGE AWARDS are clearly connected to my life,” Taheri BUSINESS: AMBER BAWANI – UNDERGRADUATE | LAURA FRANKLIN - GRADUATE says. “Thus, there is an overlap in not CHIROPRACTIC: MICHAEL HAIGHT | HANNAH LAMONT Honors only my work at St. Luke’s but also DIETETICS: SHANNON WILSON CONVOCATION in the type of education that is being EXERCISE & SPORTS STUDIES: BENJAMIN SHAW provided at D’Youville.” HEALTH ANALYTICS: MELISSA BORODZIK Taheri told the students to follow HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: SARAH BALSAMELLO The Honors Convocation held on Taheri takes a personal role in the Mother Teresa’s advice. Stay where you HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT: LAUREN KRYSZAK HEALTH POLICY & HEALTH EDUCATION DOCTORAL PROGRAM: MICHELLE ALT March 7 not only recognized students lives of those who visit St. Luke’s by are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the LIBERAL ARTS who achieved academic success, but coordinating internship opportunities sick, the suffering, and the lonely right also those who show great leadership and taking students on visits to colleges MITCH BOUGHTON – HISTORY there where you are — in your own DARLIN NGOMA AND JILLIAN JANCZYK – CAREER DISCOVERY ability, service to the community and and cultural institutions. homes and in your own families, in your compassion for fellow students. HEATHER BOOL – PSYCHOLOGY “Seeing students graduate from college workplaces and in your schools. You ZACKERY HUBER - FOREIGN LANGUAGE Guest speaker Mike Taheri spoke and get a job is a very powerful and can find Calcutta all over the world, if FINN WILSON - HUMANITIES about the passion he has discovered for emotional experience for me,” Taheri you have the eyes to see. SR. MARY KHONG - WRITING education and service to the community. reflects. “To be part of their life and see MATH AND NATURAL SCIENCE Taheri made his reputation as a criminal them achieve their academic goals is a TYLER FULATER – BIOLOGY defense lawyer in Buffalo, but after real blessing.” ALEXANDRA CUMMINGS – BIOLOGY RESEARCH visiting St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy in Taheri sees a shared mission between AWESO NOOR – MATH SONDO AL-KHADI – ANATOMY 2009, he discovered that his passion and D’Youville and St. Luke’s. “D’Youville JASON DEN HAESE – ANATOMY RESEARCH the outlet for his greatest work would and St. Luke’s both share a deep and be outside of the courtroom. TAYLOR RIDER – ANATOMY MS RESEARCH rich tradition of being committed NURSING GRADUATE Taheri has been named to the “The to serving the most needy in the KAYLA LIMARDI – BERNICE SCHNEEBERGER AWARD Best Lawyers of America” list and community.” AMANDA ULSIFER – MARGERY STANTON RESEARCH AWARD handled state and federal court cases, “We’re excited to have Michael KATHRYN DIPASQUALE – FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER but now he says he answers to an even Taheri speak at D’Youville’s Honors NURSING UNDERGRADUATE higher calling. Convocation. The Buffalo community is KALEIGH MCMONAGLE – MARGARET CURRY AWARD “I felt God was calling me to serve in richer for having Taheri’s involvement,” MICHAEL MACRI – ELEANOR G. ALEXANDER AWARD OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY education,” says Taheri. said D’Youville President Lorrie LEE CONROY HIGGINS MEDAL A. Clemo, PhD. “Taheri’s tireless MIKE MACRI KALYLEI DUPONT - BS/MS ACADEMIC It began simply as reading to children MADELINE KRAUTSAK – MS ACADEMIC dedication to giving selflessly of his and teaching confirmation classes. Then DEVLYNN NEU - PROFESSIONAL PROMISE time and energy mirrors a core mission Taheri retired from the law in 2010, so KENDYLL SMITH – PROGRAM DIRECTOR that he and his wife could dedicate their of D’Youville.” PHARMACY HYGEIA AWARDS time fully to St. Luke’s. He now serves Since retiring, Taheri has received ANDREA JAENECKE (P1) as an associate missionary and director The Buffalo News Outstanding Citizens FOLAKE OLALEYE (P2) of Our Lady of Hope (OLH) Child of the Year Award (2010), the St. CHELSEA WESELAK (P3) Services, which provides education Thomas More Society Award (2011), MICHAEL CARTER (P4) services to St. Luke’s. the Distinguished Non-Alumnus Award PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ANDREW KORORSCHETZ – TRADITIONAL STUDENT “I experienced first-hand what it meant for Outstanding Service to the SUNY School of Law (2012), the Award of MARGARET GARITO – NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT to lack basic reading and writing skills, PHYSICAL THERAPY Merit from the Bar Association of to not have access to the internet,” JODI GREGORY Erie County (2013), and an Honorary he says. “I was overwhelmed by these AIMEE PFUNTER – PT SERVICE/LEADERSHIP Degree from Canisius College (2016). student experiences and felt that my GREY NUNS OF THE SACRED HEART MEDAL Mike Taheri wife and I could make a difference in “The mission of the college and its D’YOUVILLE MEDAL WINNER KATELYN BUCK ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA MEDAL their lives.” commitment to spiritual development SAMANTHA COHEN JONVIER WHITTINGTON 10 11 FEATURE ARTICLE D’Youville Awarded STATE’S LARGEST HECAP GRANT Right: D’Youville Board of Trustee Chair CJ Urlaub Below: President Lorrie A. Clemo On Monday, July 9, faculty, administrators, staff, Board of Trustees and friends gathered as President Lorrie A. Clemo announced that D’Youville had been awarded a $5 million grant through the New York State Higher Education Capital Matching Grant President Clemo closed her remarks with a challenge to make Program (HECap). D’Youville will use D’Youville’s Health Professions Hub a reality - they’d need to the $5 million towards the construction raise an additional $15 million. “The Hub is going to be a gift,” of a 50,000-square foot Health Professions Hub to train the healthcare said Clemo. “That gift is not for D’Youville, the gift is not even workforce of the future. the building itself – as it has been said, D’Youville is not a bunch of buildings, it is people caring for others and their world. The “We are honored to receive the largest award in D’Youville’s history,” Hub’s primary purpose is for healthier people, raising the money said Clemo. “The HECap grant is a and getting The Hub built is a promise for a healthier tomorrow.” transformative step in opening up a world of opportunity for our students, “This is a transformational project have to go elsewhere to see them. The college, and community, helping to for our entire community, not just the Hub will allow these services to be establish Western New York as a offered right here in our community.” Left to right: Assemblyman Sean Ryan, State Senator Chris Jacobs, Dr. Maureen Finney, President D’Youville campus. I’m honored to be premier location for health career Lorrie A. Clemo, Senator Tim Kennedy ’99, and Mayor Byron Brown here as an alumnus, I’m honored to be “I want to congratulate Dr. Clemo and enhancement.” here as a representative of the West her extraordinary management team “I know this is the largest award for Side of Buffalo and a member of the “I would like to thank D’Youville’s for putting together the top application healthcare leadership and countless provider shortage by producing more D’Youville but as far as the HECap New York State Senate. Regardless of distinguished faculty and thought for this funding in the entire state of other community leaders for their highly-skilled professionals right here Grant it was the largest as well, of where this project would be, it would leaders, State Senator Chris New York,” Mayor Byron W. Brown support and work on D’Youville’s in Western New York. In addition, we anywhere in the state of New York, and be transformational because it’s about Jacobs; Senator Tim Kennedy ’99; said. “While $5 million is an important behalf,” added Clemo. will improve public health by addressing it says so much about your leadership investing in our future,” said Senator Assemblyman Sean Ryan; Buffalo number to remember because that’s the the needs of the underserved in our and everyone here in the room, staff, Tim Kennedy. Mayor Byron Brown; and the entire “The HECap grant is a significant step amount of the grant, I also want you community.” and board members that have done so Western New York delegation whose to help D’Youville establish itself as to think about 10,000 — 10,000 jobs much to create an incredible project and “This is economic development in a tireless efforts went into procuring this the preeminent center for health career “The real future of this community is in healthcare that will have to be filled is something that will be a model for the place that’s been in our community, and extraordinary award and helping us to training and workforce preparedness here. To have this project right here in over the next six years in Buffalo and future,” said State Senator Chris Jacobs. it’s going to stay in our community,” achieve our vision of creating a beacon while meeting the complex our community, right next to the school, Western New York. D’Youville will be “We want to make sure that students said Assemblyman Sean Ryan. for health professions for the state and healthcare needs of society,” said Dr. a part of the school, this is going to on the front lines of preparing people coming out of D’Youville can seize “D’Youville has been educating beyond. Maureen Finney, School of Health teach new clinicians how to collaborate, in our community to fill those jobs. those jobs in the medical fields and stay occupational therapists, physical Professions Dean. how to work in interdisciplinary teams,” And as this institution has done for 110 here. We no longer have our biggest therapists, and chiropractors for a long “We also thank Mayor Byron Brown said Charles Urlaub, D’Youville’s Board years, helping people in the community “Our Health Professions Hub, with export being our best and our brightest time. But you can’t get any of those for his leadership and support, our of Trustees Chairperson and President/ lift themselves out of poverty and interprofessional skills training, will young people.” services right around the College. D’Youville Board of Trustees, generous CEO of Mercy Hospital. make a life for their families and build help address the world’s healthcare People who are living in this community donors, the Western New York community.” 12 13 and Paul Young, MD, director of preferences changed. otolaryngology at Millard Fillmore Historically, nursing education has been Campus News Suburban Hospital. conducted in a face-to-face lecture As a research fellow with IPI, Ó format. In the last decade that has given Súilleabháin is working on inclusive way to more distance education through peace-building at the national and online course work (Allen & Seaman, RESEARCH & international policy level as well as the 2010). role of women in conflict mediation In light of that trend, Gloekler SCHOLARSHIP DAY and peace processes. Her research conducted a longitudinal study, in which focuses on the diplomacy of small she administered a volunteer survey to states at the United Nations (UN). 335 sophomore level nursing students at Paul Young is a leading ear, nose, and D’Youville over four semesters. throat (ENT) specialist in Western New From the 335 students surveyed, York. He received his medical degree 87 percent preferred paper and from the University at Buffalo School pencil exams, 11 percent preferred of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. computer exams, 2 percent indicated Named to the America’s Top Physician no preference. For texts, 81 percent Award list in 2015 by the Consumer’s Lou Ann Gloekler, assistant clinical professor, nursing preferred hard copy textbooks, 17 Research Council of America, Young percent preferred electronic books, has his own practice in Amherst. may translate to better care for people Lou Ann Gloekler, an assistant clinical and 2 percent indicated no preference. “It is exciting to see all the hard in the future.” professor in the D’Youville School For instruction, 63 percent preferred work the next generation of clinical This year, more than 30 students and of Nursing, had an article published classroom lecture, 34 percent preferred and academic scientists has put in to faculty shared their research with the regarding her research of Nursing attending class with hybrid online advance their fields,” said Young. “All community. Students’ Preferences in Test Taking learning, and 3 percent preferred online of which can lead to providing a better and Learning Styles in the Vital learning. “Research & Scholarship Day is a understanding of the mechanisms that Signs Journal (2017 Issue # 2) of the Magdalene Halasz, associate professor and Dr. Susan Kowalewski, professor, showcase wonderful opportunity during the busy Although the literature indicates that Professional Nurses Association of their study from the business department month of April to pause and celebrate the use of technology is currently the Western New York (Vol. 70 No. 2). the scholarly work of D’Youville faculty preferred method of learning, the Held on April 23, D’Youville’s Research and students across the disciplines,” said Gloekler also had two abstracts findings from Gloekler’s study suggest & Scholarship Day was an opportunity Mimi Steadman, EdD, vice president accepted for poster presentations that nursing students significantly prefer for students and faculty to present their for Academic Affairs. She said before regarding this research. The poster, traditional test-taking and learning styles research to the campus and the outside the event she was looking forward to Nursing Students Preferences in over technology-based methods. community. “energizing conversations about the Test Taking and Learning Styles, was Each of the four sophomore level Dr. Brandon Absher, assistant professor creative and rigorous scholarship on our presented at the Professional Nurses cohorts studied will be asked to of philosophy, and Dr. Shoshanna campus.” Association of Western New York on complete the survey again in their final Zucker, assistant professor of pharmacy April 18 and at D’Youville’s Research Faculty and guest judges selected undergraduate year at D’Youville’s served as co-chairs of the 5th annual & Scholarship Day on April 23, where award winners in each of the four School of Nursing to determine if event, and convened a panel of faculty she received the award for Outstanding schools: Arts, Sciences and Education; their test-taking and learning style judges from across the disciplines. Research in the School of Nursing. Pharmacy; Nursing; and Health preferences changed after having In addition, two guest judges also Professions. In addition, two new Gloekler received approval from the more exposure to computer exams, offered their expertise for the fifth awards were presented to the best D’Youville Institutional Review Board e-book usage and online learning annual event: Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, overall in liberal arts, decided by Ó to conduct a volunteer survey of methodologies. a non-resident research fellow with Súilleabháin, and the best overall in the students’ learning preferences during the International Peace Institute (IPI), Student Olivia Kim and Dr. Christopher Patridge from the chemistry department present their research. sciences, decided by Young. their sophomore level and again at their senior level to determine if their 14 15 PI THETA EPSILON HOSTS RAFALSON NAMED ACE FELLOW FOR 2018-2019 FINNEY NAMED TO HEALTH SPRING ART GALLERY EVENT Lisa Rafalson, PhD, chair and associate professor of the Health Services CARE CHAMPIONS LIST Administration department, has been named to the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship Program for the 2018-2019 academic year. “I’m so honored to have been selected to participate in this prestigious program,” said Rafalson. “I’m looking forward to learning new ideas, networking with colleagues across the nation, and bringing back new knowledge and skills to D’Youville.” The ACE Fellows program seeks to enrich leadership ability in people on track to rise to senior positions in colleges and universities. The fellowship condenses years of learning about higher education and leadership into a single year. OT IN SALT LAKE Fellows are immersed in the culture, policies, and decision-making processes of The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) hosted the Academic other institutions, shadowing current leaders throughout the year. At her host Leadership Council Meeting for Program Directors, Fieldwork Coordinator Pi Theta Epsilon’s Alpha Rho chapter institutions, Rafalson will observe and participate in key meetings and events, meetings, at its annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, from April 17-22. Maureen Finney, EdD, dean of the School hosted its 3rd annual Art Gallery event and take on special projects and assignments. The program also involves retreats, Among those attending were Theresa Vallone, chairperson of the Occupational of Health Professions, has been named to at D’Youville in April. Pi Theta Epsilon, interactive learning opportunities and visits to other campuses or higher education- Therapy BS/MS program and MS program at D’Youville; Erin Lafferty, Level the Business First Health Care Champions the national occupational therapy (OT) related organizations. I Fieldwork Coordinator; and Fauna Flores, an OT student. Several D’Youville list for 2018. honor society, has an active chapter alumni attended and presented. The Health Care Champions list is at D’Youville. Each year, the honor Fellows are nominated by the presidents of their home institutions. D’Youville President Lorrie A. Clemo, PhD, is proud to see one of D’Youville’s own be comprised of 29 professionals who have society holds the campus-wide event CHINESE FACULTY EXPERIENCE D’YOUVILLE THROUGH NEW selected. achieved high levels of success in their field. during Occupational Therapy Month to PARTNERSHIP celebrate and promote the profession. “The ACE Fellowship is one of the nation’s premier leadership development Thanks to a partnership with Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, “I congratulate Dr. Finney for being The Art Gallery event promotes programs for future academic leaders,” said Clemo. “I was pleased to nominate Dr. D’Youville was the temporary home to 22 Guangxi faculty members for the named a Health Care Champion by disability awareness by featuring various Rafalson for this developmental opportunity and extremely gratified that Lisa was spring semester. The Chinese faculty members took part in the Global Faculty Business First,” said D’Youville President artists with intellectual or physical selected from an extensive field of candidates. Lisa brings a wealth of experience Professional Institute (GFPI) offered through the Center for Global Engagement. Lorrie A. Clemo. “It is a well-deserved disabilities. At this year’s show, over 70 to the ACE Fellowship role, providing strategic leadership in the planning and recognition for the significant impact The GFPI allows faculty members to experience American higher education and artists showcased their work, including implementation of high quality Health Services Administration programs for she has made at D’Youville and in the explore college teaching methods through an immersion experience at D’Youville. paintings, woodworking, sculptures, faculty and students at D’Youville.” healthcare community through her Part of the program allows the faculty members to observe two classes of their jewelry, and photography. Dancers from leadership, provision of care, and tireless “I’m so thankful to have the support of Lorrie A. Clemo, and (Dean of the School choice as well as take part in Intensive English Language instruction. Moving Miracles, a therapeutic dance/ of Health Professions) Dr. Maureen Finney,” Rafalson added. dedication to serving the underserved.” movement program for individuals with D’Youville’s ongoing partnership with GXUCM also includes a joint bachelor’s Finney entered her profession because a variety of abilities, performed pieces degree in nursing. Students will start with three years of instruction in China, she wanted to “care for the underserved” that certainly moved the crowd. 2018 NURSES OF DISTINCTION followed by two years at D’Youville. Upon completion, the students will receive a — a goal she’s proud to continue today. bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) from D’Youville. The first cohort of students The night of celebration and socializing Faculty members Colleen Dowd, RN, MSN (left) and Abigail Mitchell, DHED, Becoming a physician assistant is what led will be on campus for the fall 2018 semester. with the artists brought awareness to the MSN, RN, CNE, FHERDSA (right), were recognized by The Buffalo News as 2018 her to become a faculty member. community and raised approximately Nurses of Distinction. “I am so very honored and humbled to $700, which will be donated to Moving OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY have been chosen for this recognition,” Miracles and Fantastic Friends, an IN WASHINGTON DC said Finney. “To have my work as a all-volunteer social organization for physician assistant and an academic leader individuals with special needs. Susan Swenson ’13, Dr. Theresa recognized is very rewarding. I’m blessed Vallone, chair of occupational thera- Pi Theta Epsilon would like to thank all because I truly enjoy my work and the py, and Allison Laskey ’17 who participated to make the event the impact I have on my patients and the most successful one yet. academic community.”

16 17 DEAN OF ONLINE LEARNING AWARDED NATIONAL REDFEST 2018 FELLOWSHIP “We know our alums had a great experience at D’Youville. Our All things considered, the first Rock’n Redfest for students and staff at Jeremiah “What we really want to do goal is to offer that same quality education in an online setting. D’Youville, held in late April despite some decidedly unspringlike weather, Grabowski, is bring together a campus went pretty well. PhD, dean of I encourage any interested alums to visit our website and see community—to build a online learning So well that the college’s Student Life office is planning another Redfest, and what online learning at D’Youville is all about,” Grabowski said. sense of campus community at D’Youville, they aren’t waiting a year to do it. Redfest 2.0 will be celebrated as part of is in the midst ability to bring in other technologies. Even so, he said, there will always be and campus pride,” Randyll reunion weekend in September. of a fellowship The instructors at the forefront of the a place for traditional classroom and Bowen, vice president for “We’re hoping the weather will be better,” remarked Randyll P. Bowen, vice program, courses are embracing this accessible hands-on learning. To cite one obvious enrollment management president of student life and enrollment management. way of teaching. example, “We’re never going to put full awarded by the and student engagement, More importantly, he said, the college would like to use Redfest and other chiropractic online, and a nurse has to national Online Learning Consortium. “The faculty has been great,” nonacademic special events to provide more engagement for students in places learn clinical skills in the first few years, said. It would be no surprise to hear that Grabowski said. “They are all very eager away from the labs and classrooms. to learn as much as possible (about like how to draw blood.” much of the prestigious fellowship’s The spring 2018 Redfest, which was free for students, was presented in the technology), and the college is But once those techniques are mastered, coursework is done online. Grabowski cooperation with country radio station WYRK and featured artists Jerrod committed to teaching best practices to nurses can continue their education said the program is conducted by Niemann and Jon Langston. leaders in online college education and all who are using the programs.” online to add their already robust Also on the bill were pop musician and YouTube star MAX, whose recent will include a one-week conference Soon the college will have a community clinical nursing skill sets, he said. hit was “Lights Down Low,” plus local singer-songwriter Kate Mallen and for its 50 fellows at Washington State of professors and other instructors “You can imagine a floor nurse who Western New York native Eric Van Houten. University. who are teaching online, supporting wants to move into management, or to The hit of the eight-hour show, Bowen said, was Buffalo DJ Adam Barrett, “The online portion has started and the D’Youville’s goal of adding 1,000 online become a nursing educator,” he said. who kept people moving as temperatures topped out at a chilly 47 degrees and other participants are great,” Grabowski students to its traditional campus-based “They have to do some practicums dipped lower later in the day. said. He is working with fellows from enrollment. or clinicals – they can do that in the large university systems, mid-sized “We provide the faculty with all the hospital where they are working -- and The hardy attendees gathered at the new outdoor facility, Dobson Field. the rest can be online.” institutions and smaller colleges, all resources to teach online the way they “We’re trying to use it for a variety of events,” Bowen said, “and I think that sharing their specific experiences and want to teach,” Grabowski said. There are online learning orientations despite the rain and poor weather, those who attended — about 700 faculty, expertise. That includes some online learning for and staff members to guide students students and staff throughout the day — enjoyed themselves.” along the way if they encounter The capstone of the fellowship is those teachers to get familiar with the The field will be doing double-duty on the September reunion weekend, problems with the software. Students participation in the Consortium’s programs. hosting an abbreviated Redfest on Friday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 10:30 PM and can email, Skype or text their international conference in Orlando, “This summer I’m running an online soccer games the following Saturday, starting at 11 AM. instructors, who also keep “old- Fla., in November. Grabowski is excited course to teach faculty, so they are fashioned office hours,” Grabowski Away from the stage, Redfest hosted food trucks and had a tent for beer and about what he will be able to bring from experiencing it themselves, and learning to said. wine, encouraging people to hang out and connect. the fellowship to enhance D’Youville’s use different technologies. The hope is that The upcoming concert promises more of a rock and pop music line-up. Each online courses, which already are I give them the instruction and they can And along with the convenience of D’Youville student is eligible for two free tickets, while tickets will be for sale to expanding in scope. leverage the resources for their courses,” he learning on schedules that fit their the public. Bowen said there also will be alumni tickets available. “Online learning has certainly come said. “I’ve lost count, so many faculty have lives, students also may see a reduction of age. We (at D’Youville) are using signed up -- about 40 of them last spring in tuition for courses that are entirely Entertainment projects would compliment D’Youville’s solid tradition of collaborative software, and the college and another 30 this summer.” online. community service programs, as a way to offer students of all ages and backgrounds a more well-rounded college experience. has invested significantly in its online The college is adding more online “We and the faculty are really involved infrastructure,” Grabowski said. courses all the time, mostly at the in trying to create an engaging learning Bowen said, the goal is to recognize that even students intent on obtaining the D’Youville recently switched its graduate level now, but with more environment,” Grabowski said. best education possible sometimes deserve to just have a little fun. online programs to Canvas learning undergraduate courses coming soon, management software, upgrading its Grabowski said.

18 19 “This is capitalism,” Luke said. “Head The hospital of the future will not only in a bed. It’s the only way I get paid be treating those with their heads in (when running a hospital).” the beds, he said, they will be managing and delivering even more care out in Luke’s presentation didn’t paint existing The D’Youville Health Services the community – in longer term care insurance-driven model of care as a Administration department facilities and, more and more often, in significant improvement in stemming the person’s home. invited author and former waste and improving health. For health industry CEO Josh example, he said, most people who go “ ‘At home’ is a great thing,” Luke said. Luke, PhD, to headline the to a nursing home for rehabilitation stay “Hospitals will be for complex cases.” event. His book “Ex-Acute: 20 days, a remarkably consistent pace of The hospital executives were candid recovery, “because on Day 21, there’s a A Former Hospital CEO about the challenges of adjusting their co-pay.” business models to the new high-tech Tells All on What’s Wrong Again, the payment, not the health of individualized vision of how patients with American Healthcare” the patient, determines the treatment. receive care. was inspired by his own “If you weren’t poisoned by the fee- Urlaub said that he sees treatment family’s frustration with how for-service era, why would you have moving in that direction, with healthcare is delivered when problems with anything else?,” Luke healthcare expenditures at hospitals his grandmother became ill. asked his audience, which included dropping from 45 percent of total healthcare providers, faculty and healthcare expenditures nationally in students. 1980 to just over 30 percent today. Still, the topic of the day was the future, The dilemma for hospitals, he said, is and Luke and the panel agreed that the how to transition to more community HSA Presents system is changing, however slowly. care while retaining the admissions they need to be economically viable. “THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE” One force behind that change is the Affordable Care Act and the influence Jody Lomeo pointed out that, unlike The last time the United States saw payday brand of treatment Americans talked about the built-in economic of the federal health insurance with personal computers and smart changes in its healthcare system as came to expect in the late 20th century. barriers that prevent healthcare programs, Medicare and Medicaid. TVs, healthcare is an area where, when technology improves, the costs do not dramatic as those now underway professionals from implementing “In the health system of the future, the Panelists for the well-attended event go down. was half a century ago, when the included Jody Lomeo, president and patient-first practices. hospital is the last resort, the nursing “family doctor” gave way to teams CEO of Kaleida Health; Nora O’Brien- “When you called your doctor and said home is the second last resort, and Quatroche said the expenses are of specialists, and what was quaintly Suric, PhD, president of the Health ‘I have a stomachache,’ they only got long-term acute care doesn’t exist,” compounded by the fact that there known as a “house call” went the way Foundation of Western and Central paid when they saw you in the office,” Luke said. is a lot of variability in patients’ and of the passenger pigeon. providers’ ability to pay for that New York; Thomas Quatroche Jr., Luke explained, describing the lowest Economics remain a big factor (Why technology. Well, the passenger pigeon appears PhD, president and CEO of Erie rung on the fee-for-service payment pay $1,200 a day for hospital care when gone for good, but the house call, in the County Medical Center, and C.J. Urlaub, scale. we can treat him for $400 down the As Urlaub said, the big question form of patient-centered home care, is president and CEO of Mercy Hospital A visit to the emergency room often street, Luke said), but change will only remains, “Who is going to pay for those making a comeback. and chairperson of the D’Youville would result in no specific diagnosis, succeed when providers at all levels resources? Board of Trustees. That is only one part of “The Health but patients weren’t sent home, he said. of care focus on the needs of the We have to be really careful we don’t System of the Future,” which, according Dr. Josh Luke, who began his career as They would be put into a high-priced individual patients. leave patients behind,” he said. to a panel of health executives who administrator of a nursing home and hospital bed for “observation,” often A patient may be ready to be Lomeo agreed it is, at least for now, a discussed that future at D’Youville in then as CEO of a small community supplemented with a battery of tests, discharged, but how will she get home? balancing act. April, will bear little resemblance to hospital before moving upward and which came with their own battery of And once a patient gets home, who will the fee-for-service, “heads in the beds” outward as a healthcare “futurist,” charges. be there to help?

20 21 “We want D’Youville to be the place in Western New York that offers continuing professional education to a wide range of healthcare professionals,” said Lisa Rafalson, Teaching the Teachers PhD, chair and associate professor of the Health Services FOR A BETTER LEARNING EXPERIENCE Administration department.

The Institute for Teaching “The big drive came from the faculty its work with the D’Youville’s Online embarrassed about telling their doctors “The old school way of how a physician “Having great data, having predictive Innovation has existed for less members,” MacVie said. “They kept Learning office, run by Jeremiah that they would like to get a second comes into the hospital world has to analytics, will really help in lowering than a year at D’Youville, and asking the college to create a center Grabowski PhD, and other departments the cost to the patient,” Lomeo said. opinion about a diagnosis or treatment change dramatically,” he said. for teaching and learning, to learn new to make sure faculty members get the already it is having an impact. “But you have to believe in it and invest plan, Luke said. It likely will be a change that a new pedagogies, new technologies.” answers they are looking for. heavily to get there.” Thanks to technology, however, patient- generation will embrace, according to The center is new for D’Youville, but “We really pull on each other’s expertise At the same time, those investments directed care will become the norm, these members of the old guard. it is not a new idea in higher education. to help the faculty. They may come have created their own difficulties, as with providers there to help direct the “We’re seeing a lifestyle shift for Many smaller colleges have this type to us wondering ‘How do I know my care providers purchased competing use of healthcare personnel. Home care medical personnel that is generational,” of teaching support space, MacVie students are still going to come to class hardware and software programs, figures largely, as does a continuum of Lomeo said. “It’s a different world, it’s a said. The difference at D’Youville is the if I put my learning materials online?’ resulting in a fragmented healthcare care, O’Brien-Suric said. different lifestyle. The expectations are diversity of its faculty members – in and we would refer them (to Online system with multiple providers on “Continuum of care is so important, different.” their backgrounds and in the programs Learning),” she said. “In truth, the lines they teach. are very blurred between classroom multiple systems. I’m going to expand the definition,” she Everyone, including those on a medical development and online learning.” For patient-centered healthcare to said. “We have to get this right.” staff, wants time for their own lives “Although we have the arts and work, those systems need to be able to In getting it right, she sees healthcare now. The days of “the institution above sciences, and liberal arts, we also have To help faculty structure their courses talk to one another, as do their human agencies broadening their services to all” are ending. a strong component of healthcare in a way that works best for them, the counterparts, Luke said. non-medical home care, like help with and graduate studies. Many of these Institute offers resources for different “At the Health Foundation, we believe instructors never saw or talked to each instruction models. It took no prompting for the executives cleaning, shopping and bathing. that partnerships between healthcare Springtime conferences brought faculty other,” she said. “Some may be teaching full-face with to concede that they are not there yet. “There is a need to provide these home- and community-based organizations and outside educators together to based services to keep people home. are vital to address all of the issues that The College administration recognized a few online components, others are “I work with doctors all day long, and discuss teaching methodologies, new that a support unit was needed and, hybrids of both, and some courses are when I need care, I don’t want to go to ‘Healthy’ happens at home,” she said. impact our health and quality of life,” faculty members toured the campus said O’Brien-Suric. after Dr. Lorrie A. Clemo took over fully online. What we provide is more the doctor,” Urlaub admitted. It will be an adjustment on all levels before heading to the classroom as president, planning began. MacVie of a universal design for learning, and in August, and for the first time If that’s his attitude, he said, imagine of medical education and experience, D’Youville looks to attract current is impressed by the commitment the the model may change depending on the College has an online template how the average person feels. Like him, essentially turning the healthcare professionals working within the college has made. what they are doing that semester,” providing the nuts and bolts for faculty most people would prefer to avoid “pyramid” upside down, Quatroche healthcare delivery system, as well as MacVie said. functioning on campus, everything from Along with the college’s financial the waiting room and instead have a said. students, and hoped that attendees took where to get a parking pass to how to support, MacVie said, she sees “We look at the best ways to teach medical app on their phone that they Community care providers will take away something important from the file grades. professional interest on campus. across all generations,” MacVie said. could click through a likely diagnosis. over for hospitals in the top tier, with discussion. While it is early days for the Institute, “When I started, I didn’t know if it Technology is only one tool for faculty “Do I really need to go to the ER, or can hospitals devoting their attention to the results so far are encouraging was only a core group (of faculty) who members to consider. They also want I go out and get a brace,” is how Urlaub critical care patients. for Leah MacVie, PhD. She came to wanted it, but that wasn’t the case. We to know how to respond to different put it. And, if all he needs is a trip to One group that may find this D’Youville in December 2017 as the have had faculty come from all groups learning styles and how to use strategies Walgreens, “Is it the right brace?” adjustment easier than others, Lomeo first director of the newly created and programs,” she said. that incorporate the varied experiences said, are the new professionals just Physicians shouldn’t resent it if their Institute. She previously held a similar D’Youville’s atmosphere of and backgrounds that students bring entering the healthcare system. patients take the initiative, but many post across Buffalo at Canisius College. collaboration is a key component of the with them. patients worry about it. They also are MacVie said the Institute is more than faculty initiative, which does not operate “Inclusion and equity are part of the an administration brainchild. in isolation. The Institute coordinates overall picture, looking at students’

22 23 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LIBERAL ARTS FACULTY SISTER DENISE ROCHE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AWARD FINN WILSON ELECTED GREY NUNS INSTITUTE FOR PURE AND THE 2018-2019 RIVERRUN PRESIDENT APPLIED MATHEMATICS BIG FELLOWSHIP DATA PROGRAM He hopes to continue his philosophy The Grey Nuns of the Sacred differences and engaging those Dow’s participation in the fall program studies in graduate school, and plans Heart have elected a new five- differences,” she said. “For instance, comes at a perfect time for the college’s to use the award to pursue research member team to lead their faculty advising and research will look Biology and Mathematics Department, into historical definitions of humanity congregation of Catholic sisters. different, in how they are practiced and which is developing a Bachelor of and the ways that they potentially The election took place at a how much support they have.” Science degree in data science. excluded people from receiving full meeting held in Philadelphia recognition. The fellowship, he says, during the week of April 9th. The Even in the first few months of the “Having Dr. Dow acquire this will allow him to “devote much of the newly elected sisters will serve Institute, the response from faculty has advanced training is especially valuable coming academic year to studying and five-year terms, beginning in July. been overwhelmingly positive. More to D’Youville,” said Jeremiah Davie, developing [his] thoughts on this matter Sister Denise A. Roche, GNSH than 150 faculty members attended a PhD, associate chair of biology and in a format that can be shared with ’67 was elected president of the January information session, and 55 mathematics. “We’ll be able to connect interested people.” Grey Nun congregation. Sister came to a conference held in May after our students to the burgeoning job Denise served as president of classes ended to compare notes on such market for data scientists.” With social media leading people topics as outcome-based assessments to become more ensconced in their D’Youville in Buffalo for 37 years, and faculty wellness. “We are incredibly proud of Dr. Dow In conjunction with the riverrun prejudices, shutting out the views of from 1979 until 2016. She entered the Grey Nun community in 1961. The instructional part of the Keiko Dow, PhD, assistant professor for being named a fellow in the IPAM Irish-American cultural organization, others outside their “news bubble,” the programs often is secondary to the of mathematics at D’Youville, has program,” said President Lorrie A. the Department of Liberal Arts at liberal arts teach the virtues of open- Sister Anne Marie Beirne ’74, communication that takes part in received a fellowship with the Institute Clemo. D’Youville has awarded Finn Wilson the mindedness and empathy. Sister Bridget Connor, Sister between the scheduled events. Because, for Pure and Applied Mathematics and 2018 riverrun Fellowship in the Liberal Barbara Schiavoni and Sister Clemo believes the experience will As Finn explains, “Personally, a liberal after all, who better to learn from than will be in residence at the University Arts. Eileen White ’72 also were inspire more girls and women who arts education has given me the teachers? of California, Los Angeles for the fall elected to serve as Council know Dow to pursue scientific careers. Riverrun provides fellowships to opportunity to express my beliefs and semester. members. outstanding majors in the liberal arts challenge them with new ideas. This D’Youville is committed to encouraging The new president and Council in recognition of the value that such is important, because the process of Dow will be participating in the women and girls in STEM fields. It members will work together to education provides to the community changing your mind makes you more program “Science at Extreme Scales: hosts Girls Who Code, which started as lead the Grey Nun congregation and its role in fostering engaged receptive of differing views in the Where Big Data Meets Large Scale a student club but now is open to girls and facilitate the advancement citizenship. future. In this way, it wards against Computing.” in grades K-12. of the sisters’ mission to create uninformed prejudice and helps to keep Finn, a philosophy major, already has a more just and compassionate “I am very excited to have this “I’m hoping to make data analytics you from being trapped in whatever taken his considerable talent on the world. opportunity to be learning something more accessible to everyone,” said ideologies you may have been raised in.” road, having presented “A Critique of new, especially since it is about ‘big Dow. “Data analytics has a powerful Headquartered in Northeast Ayn Rand’s Objectivism” at SUNY Because he embodies the spirit of well- data,’ which is one of the most talked ability to find invisible patterns that can Philadelphia, the Grey Nuns Oneonta’s 23rd Annual Undergraduate rounded individuality and the open- about topics in mathematics today,” help people make optimal decisions. of the Sacred Heart are the Philosophy Conference. minded search for truth so central to Dow said. Currently we offer a Bachelor of only order of Grey Nuns in the the liberal arts, and because he makes United States. The sisters have Science in mathematics with an applied Closer to home, Finn is joining Drs. The mission of the Institute is to this spirit effective through service to an extensive history of ministry concentration in analytics, as well as an Stephen Williams and Brandon Absher advance the integration of mathematics the community, the Department of in education, healthcare, social analytics minor. I’m looking forward to in teaching an afterschool enrichment within other fields of scientific inquiry Liberal Arts at D’Youville is proud to work, pastoral counseling and incorporating some of what I learn this program in philosophical and critical and to encourage women and minority honor Finn Wilson. administration, serving diverse fall into our curriculum.” thinking for fourth graders at the West mathematicians and scientists. populations and working for Buffalo Charter School. peace and social justice.

24 25 can be met,” McKinnon says. “As a U.S. SCHOOL OF HEALTH THE HAVE PROJECT Army Airborne Infantry veteran, I have PROFESSIONS CONNECTS DISABLED seen firsthand many veteran families struggle while in need of assistance. INTERPROFESSIONAL VETERANS WITH While pursuing my dream of becoming ASSISTIVE DEVICES a physical therapist, it came to my EDUCATION RESEARCH DAY attention that there are used assistive/ mobility devices not being put to use in long-term care residents to remain joint presentation was hectic, the result the community. was very well received. socially active; equine therapy for MS “One day, I had to ask myself, ‘Have patients, and gardening for troubled “We used to have (the presentations) you helped a veteran today?’ (This is adolescents. separately, and different guests were why I named the company the H.A.V.E. Students also looked at integrating having to come more than once, or Project). This question motivated emerging technologies into treatments, couldn’t make it at all,” Vallone said. me to start reaching out to the local including using virtual reality to help Some outside clinicians would have community and asking them to donate burn patients manage pain and the to make multiple visits; now it was their used equipment for veterans effectiveness of robotic-assisted combined into one evening. It also and their families. To my pleasure, therapy. gave students a chance to see the work the Buffalo community has put forth of their peers once they finished their an overwhelmingly positive response. presentations. It humbles me to be able to help the Students from three departments “After the clinicians left, friends and veteran community and to be of service in D’Youville’s School of Health family came in, and it was packed,” to others in need.” Professions gave public presentations Vallone said. “The place was hopping.” According to the state Department of their work in the inaugural “We also presented a workshop for One of the first clinics to sign up to be a donation site was Buffalo Physical Therapy and Sports of Labor statistics, New York is home Interprofessional Student Research the preceptors – the people who take Rehabilitation, operated by D’Youville PT professor Dr. Ronald White, PT, DPT, OCS. Shown (left to to 921,400 veterans, representing Presentation this spring. students on their clinicals – as a way of right) are PT student Zachary Klapp, Ron White, Shawn McKinnon and PT Student Alexander Peters. approximately 6.1 percent of the state’s Occupational therapy, physical therapy showing our appreciation,” Vallone said. civilian population. The majority (58 percent) served during World War II, and dietetics students took over the Army Reserves Nursing Corps (1992- The clinicians could earn a certificate Have you helped a the Korean War and the Vietnam era, College Center to display their posters, 2005), and their son is currently in the for continuing education hours with 23 percent serving during the Gulf organized by topic, in the lobby, hallway veteran today? Oklahoma Air Force National Guard after reviewing the posters by Wars and 19 percent serving during and dining hall. The H.A.V.E. (Helping Assist Veterans while pursuing his bachelor’s degree at attending a dinner and workshop peacetime. Erie and Niagara counties The public presentation meets a course Everyday) Project provides a way Oklahoma State University (at Tulsa). on “The Important of Self-efficacy, alone are home to 80,000 veterans, so requirement for the therapy students Physical therapy students examined you can do just that. Founded by Independence and Empowerment to During his physical therapy studies, the need here is great. and was optional for dietetics students, ways to decrease falls for dementia Mental Health,” with guest speaker D’Youville Physical Therapy student McKinnon became aware that many “Many veterans do not know about who also do a thesis. The presentations patients, lower the rate of reinjury for Chris Warden, MS, director of adult Shawn “Mac” McKinnon, the H.A.V.E. patients treated at PT clinics end up the programs and foundations in place drew about 150 students. people with ACL reconstruction as they services for Compeer of Buffalo. Project is designed to supply veterans with walkers, canes, wheelchairs and to help them,” McKinnon explains. A wide range of research interests return to their sports, and adapt yoga with walkers, canes and other assistive other aids that they no longer require, Those who helped make this year’s “And veterans are often skeptical of was on display. Occupational therapy techniques to help people with MS and devices. Since its inception in January and he decided to create an organization program a success included Brian H. support, particularly if it requires them posters looked at such issues as the Parkinson’s, among many more subjects. 2018, the project has grown in size and that would help direct those items to Wrotniak, PT, PhD, the physical therapy to give up personal information and/ effectiveness of Tai Chi in preventing Theresa A. Vallone, EdD, MS, OTR, scope. veterans and their families who do need point person, and Megan Whalen, PhD, or identification. The H.A.V.E. Project falls among older adults; music- chair of the occupational therapy McKinnon knows the needs of veterans them. RDN, CDN, chair of dietetics. Colleen is committed to ensuring privacy and based interventions for a number of department (pictured above listening to a firsthand. He served as a U.S. Army Corcoran, PT, DPT, chaired the CEU “I was raised in Sanborn with a sense of building trust with local veterans.” conditions, including dementia, stroke student’s presentation), said after the event program. Plans already are underway for a Airborne Infantryman from 1990- responsibility that gives me an impulse McKinnon’s first step was to establish and autism; strategies for encouraging that, while the initial organizing of the combined presentation evening in 2019. 1994, his wife is a veteran of the U.S. to help fill a need when I see one that donation centers for assistive devices at

26 27 exceeded my expectations. I am Montante Construction has generously privileged to be able to play even a small contributed to the H.A.V.E. Project part in this terrific endeavor.” general fund. Montante President Doug Other members of the accountability Elia says, “Montante Construction was board include D’Youville alumnus honored when Shawn and the H.A.V.E. Matthew Veronica, DPT ’12, and Jason Project reached out to our team asking Sokody, head of the Sokody sales team for support. Assisting our veterans is of Hunt Real Estate. critical. The men and women of the armed forces risk their lives on a daily Sokody’s Grand Island real estate basis for our country, and we need to office recently donated $500 to repair make sure they are taken care of after power scooters for the WNY Veteran their dutiful service.” Housing Coalition. The work will include providing new battery packs and Other D’Youville PT students have also making minor repairs to upholstery and joined the project. Zach Klapp from wheels. The scooters will be used by the the Class of 2019 and Sarina Miliota, Disabled American Veterans charity. Alexander Peters, Dan Semrau and Jay Forde from the Class of 2020 have “Partnering with the H.A.V.E. Project Above: (left to right) Alexander Peters, Shawn volunteered to help pick up and deliver is truly an honor,” Sokody says. “As McKinnon and Doug Elia, president of donations. the largest real estate team in Western Montante Construction, a proud supporter of the New York, with four agents currently “I am energized by Shawn’s passion H.A.V.E. Project. and determination to establish his The H.A.V.E. Project recently donated $500 to the WNY Veterans Housing Coalition. Shown are serving in various branches of the Left: (left to right) D’Youville PT students H.A.V.E. Project,” says Klapp. “Shawn Shawn McKinnon and his son Liam presenting the check to WNY Veterans Housing Coalition President armed forces, we are proud to display Jonathan Forde, Shawn McKinnon and is able to relate to veterans and has Gigi E. Grizanti. the H.A.V.E. Project’s donation sign in our front window. Shawn’s passion for Alexander Peters pick up a donated power scooter identified a group of people within helping others is contagious, and we that will be serviced and donated to a veteran. our community who need our help. local physical therapy clinics and various veteran students at D’Youville, set up This project has grown exponentially are onboard 100 percent. His passion “I can go into an organization such organizations. Distribution works loan closets for veterans at the Veteran’s since January because of Shawn’s is genuine, and his approach is candid. as the Lions Club and review the through the Veterans One-Stop Center Housing Coalition of Western New efforts as he reached out to companies Our troops, active and retired, deserve equipment they currently have available of Western NY and veterans’ service York and the Veterans’ One-Stop and individuals to donate money the best from each and every one of us. to tell them if it is out of date or in organizations such as the Lions Club. Center, and establish a memorial garden and supplies that will go to our We are inspired by the H.A.V.E. Project need of repair. In some cases, we can Veterans and their spouses, widows or for loved ones in Western New York in veterans. Shawn truly represents the and honored to be part in its growth provide newer equipment than what children may pick up these donations. conjunction with Boy Scouts Troop 261 mission of D’Youville to serve others.” (Eagle Scout project). and positive movement.” they have been able to offer,” he said. McKinnon also has partnered with COMPEER Buffalo to provide mental The first clinic to sign on as a donation The Buffalo Rehab Group, one of the The project already has distributed largest physical therapy networks in level of engagement in their personal The H.A.V.E. Project is a 501-C3 not-for- health assistance for veterans and has site was Buffalo Physical Therapy rehab process and helps all involved in more than $10,000 worth of donations organized prize drawings of gift cards and Sports Rehabilitation, owned the area, has also come on board, with to veterans and low-income families. profit organization. All donations and funding multiple locations serving as donation a deeply meaningful way. The Buffalo received go directly to helping veterans. and gift certificates for local veterans and operated by D’Youville Physical Rehab Group is looking forward to In March, the daughter of a veteran at selected donation sites. Many local Therapy Department clinical associate sites. “Shawn and the H.A.V.E. Project who had recently passed away donated For more information on the H.A.V.E. have given us a reliable avenue to continuing to assist and work with the businesses have rallied behind the cause professor Ron White, PT, DPT, OCS. growth and success of the H.A.V.E. a mint condition power chair, two Project, contact: haveveteranproject@gmail. by donating the prizes for these raffles. White also became a member of the connect with our local communities in special Tilt-in-Space wheelchairs and com or check out its Facebook page at www. a way that we couldn’t have imagined,” Project in veteran community projects The project will also accept financial H.A.V.E. Project’s accountability board. in the years to come.” a home patient lift system. McKinnon facebook.com/veteranhaveproject/ and videos donations. says Raymond J. Hammel, PT, DPT, is currently raising the money to have on the “HAVE PROJECT” YouTube “Shawn’s work and dedication for MS, director of the Tonawanda clinic. McKinnon has found that his physical Phase 2 of H.A.V.E., planned for this very important project is really the power chair inspected and serviced channel. “The involvement of our clients helping therapy training comes into play in this prior to giving it to its new veteran Fall 2018, will seek to raise funds to astounding,” White says. “His efforts their veteran neighbors increases their new endeavor. purchase new laptop computers for in a very short period of time have owner.

28 29 Friday, April 13, 2018, was not a day of bad luck for the Physical Therapy Class of STUDENT ATHLETES LEAD IN THE D’YOUVILLE ATHLETES HONORED AT 2019. It was a day of rejoicing with family, friends, faculty and administrators as the CONFERENCE AND IN THE CLASSROOM ATHLETICS BANQUET students celebrated their white coat ceremony at Holy Angels Church. The student-athletes of D’Youville have separated D’Youville’s student-athletes celebrated their seasons WHITE COAT CEREMONY The white coat ceremony marks the conclusion of most of the classroom portion themselves from the rest of the conference as D’Youville and were recognized for their achievements at the annual CELEBRATES A MILESTONE of the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program and the beginning of clinical field has been awarded the AMCC Institutional Peak Performer FOR DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL Athletics Awards Banquet on May 2 at Salvatore’s Italian work. Each student is formally “coated” by a member of the PT Department Award. Garden. THERAPY STUDENTS faculty.

Over 58% of the student-athletes earned a 3.2 GPA Brian Cavanaugh, director of athletics and emcee for the A welcome by college President Lorrie A. Clemo was followed by opening remarks or higher, giving D’Youville the highest percentage of night, said, “It was a great evening for student-athletes, from Dr. Maureen Finney, Dean of the School of Health Professions. student-athletes named to the Academic All-Conference especially for the seniors, with over 430 athletes, coaches, Guest speaker Andrew Mangan gave a reflection on physical therapy as a Team. Each team had at least three student-athletes receive family members, administrators, and guests in attendance.” profession, recognizing the students’ educational path thus far and talking about his Academic All-Conference honors, many of which were The highlight of the evening was honoring the academic own experience as a physical therapy patient during his rehabilitation from a serious named Peak Performers. peak performers — athletes with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. accident. Both the D’Youville men’s basketball team and the men’s D’Youville President Lorrie A. Clemo and Joe Kabacinski, Faculty member Ron White, PT, DPT, OCS, and students Alexandra Polhill and cross country team were named Team Peak Performers for D’Youville faculty athletic representative, presented awards Enike Kadar also spoke. The coating ceremony was introduced by department having the highest cumulative GPAs amongst teams in their to the peak performers, and D’Youville was awarded Chair Lynn Rivers, PT, PhD Adjunct faculty member Cheryl Aaron, PT, DPT, sport in the AMCC. the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) CWS, led the students in their Pledge of Professional Performance. Academic Membership Award for having the highest The enthusiasm of the family members attending elevated the joy and anticipation percentage of all academic student-athletes of the 10 AMCC contained in the ceremony, as the newly coated members of the Class of 2019 set members. forth on their last year of preparation to become doctors of physical therapy. Each team’s coaching staff presented three awards: most The Physician Assistant and Occupational Therapy departments held their white valuable player; a Spartan Award, given to an athlete who coat ceremonies on May 11 and 18 respectively. Chiropractic students had their exemplifies teamwork, passion and dedication; and a most pinning and hooding ceremony on May 5, and the School of Nursing held its improved player. pinning ceremony on May 17. The School of Pharmacy white coat ceremony took place in September. An entire list of student-athletes in the AMCC can be found at athletics.dyc.edu

30 31 Dusuba Sesay is typical. She had her job THE MISSION lined up long before she graduated in Welcome New Alumni AT D’YOUVILLE May with her master’s degree in health services administration. A month after that helped her realize how her dreams “All four years, the whole IS TO PRODUCE she received her diploma she was at could become a career. time, I was in health analytics, work in Baltimore as a health policy After she earned her bachelor’s degree with a minor in public health,” WELL-ROUNDED analyst with the Maryland Department in public policy from SUNY College at Borodzik said. And then came GRADUATES WHO of Health. Buffalo, Sesay took a break from school and got a job. When she interviewed for the job offer “I started FIND SUCCESS graduate school at D’Youville, she said, from M&T Bank. applying IN BOTH THEIR her advisor encouraged her to reflect on “I’m a Treasury a year what truly interested her, what her goals data analyst,” PERSONAL AND before I were and her expectations from the Borodzik graduated,” master’s program. Then they planned PROFESSIONAL her program. said. “It’s not Sesay said, LIVES. healthcare, but “and was “If she hadn’t done that, I probably wouldn’t have discovered what I really analytics is the called wanted,” Sesay said. same across for an Today, in her new position in Baltimore, industries, so Personal success can be a subjective measurement, interview. I went down (to Sesay is gaining a solid foundation in I’m still using my skills.” but professionally speaking, D’Youville can Maryland) twice to interview the operation of large-scale public take pride in its graduates’ accomplishments. The flexibility of her education was built and was offered the position.” programs. Independent surveys, plus feedback from into the program. alumni, show that 90 percent of the graduates in The post was a good fit for her. She “It’s going well. I basically work in “I was president of the Health Analytics D’Youville’s most popular programs find good aspires to a career in improving public compliance, working with the policies Student Association, and we brought jobs in their chosen fields within six months of health, on a local or global platform. that the state puts in place for Medicaid in guest speakers from several different graduation. For her graduate research at D’Youville, providers,” she said. “Right now I’m businesses to talk to the group,” she said. she worked with professor Lauren focusing on where I am with this work Based on figures from 10 years after initial “We had one from (advertising agency) Clay, PhD, MPH, on the importance and paying attention to public health. It enrollment, D’Youville alumni have the highest Crowley Webb, one from M&T – hearing of cultural sensitivity in addressing is entry level, but I have a chance to use median salary for students of any private college from people in other industries seemed to healthcare issues, and how that impacts a lot of the skills I already have.” in Western New York, according to the National really help. It showed that, in reality, you countries in the developing world. Center for Education Statistics. Freshly minted can use those skills anywhere.” graduates start with a median annual salary of Her interest goes beyond the Melissa Borodzik is discovering the Just a few weeks into her job, Borodzik $55,000, according to US News & World Report. professional. Sesay is from Sierra Leone, same thing in her new job at M&T said she is being included in a number of one of the poorest countries in the Bank in Buffalo. The college’s numbers reflect the high need for projects and becoming familiar with the world. The nation was hard-hit by the workers in the healthcare professions, a key part She also graduated in May, receiving a banking culture. Ebola outbreak in 2014 and average life of D’Youville’s degree programs. Physical therapy bachelor’s degree in health analytics and expectancy is only 55 years. She also is looking ahead, to furthering and nursing, public health and administration and sending out resumes just a few weeks her education in economics. First, many other health fields show up repeatedly on “It’s very bad there. I would like to be before graduation. though, she’s intent on being an asset to lists of the best jobs out there, when ranked on able to do something,” Sesay said. Unlike many other college students, her employer while learning all she can. need, pay and other criteria. She found her job in Maryland on her Borodzik stayed with her original degree “I figure I want the job experience before That accounts for D’Youville’s near-record own, without using the college’s career plan throughout her time at D’Youville. I continue on in school,” she said. “Then enrollment and for the success of this year’s placement help, but Sesay said that it It was only after she graduated that she I will have a better idea of what I need to graduates. was guidance she received when she made a turn on the career path. know.” began the D’Youville graduate program

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The object, she said, is for helping the community,” Muth said. They helped her land an internship manufacturers to have a reliable at the Canadian embassy, and they workforce and remain viable Shifting her direction wasn’t all that helped her get into George Mason contributors to their local economies. hard. She understands the value of not and Georgetown University for other being too set in one path. studies, she said. Through the program, Muth works with companies in the 15 westernmost About ten years earlier, Muth took “They still help me and offer support, CATHERINE MUTH ’11 counties of New York State, putting to her dream of working in international even those who are out of teaching or TURNING GLOBAL STUDIES pragmatic use her education in public relations downstate, to attend SUNY on sabbatical,” Muth said. policy. She also studied international at New Paltz for her freshman year INTO LOCAL ACTION business and government affairs, and of college. She hadn’t even applied “I tell people who are looking at schools says that the skills she developed in those to D’Youville -- a deliberate decision, to think about that, to find a place areas are an asset in her current role. she said, because her mother was a where they can create the path they “I cannot overstate the impact my professors had on myself, D’Youville grad. want, and go for it.” my career, my education. They helped me establish myself in “My path to this position has been a little different,” Muth said. “My favorite “I didn’t want to imitate her,” Muth Washington, D.C.,” she said. subject was international policy, and said. I was able to work in that field in my A year later, the daughter had a change Catherine L. Muth ’11 never wavered “My job here is to work with advanced first few years (including for the United of heart and applied to D’Youville as a in her goals. She always wanted to work manufacturing companies, to increase the Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C.).” transfer. Once there, she found she was with people on a large scale, to effect number of apprentices they are putting literally in a class by herself. change and to be a positive influence in through the program,” Muth said. A Rochester native, she eventually chose the lives of others. to return to Western New York to work Other history students were heading A five-year grant from the U.S. with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, toward teaching careers, she said. The community has taken notice. Muth Department of Labor helps cover the focusing on trade policy between the was chosen this year as one of Business costs for the participating companies to United States and Canada, “to help the “I did not want to do that. I desperately First magazine’s “30 Under 30,” a group train their own workers in the skills they international community that we live in.” wanted to study international relations. of 30 young Western New Yorkers need for today’s high-end manufacturing The other student in the program left, honored for what they have achieved in jobs. Muth said 35 manufacturers are It didn’t take long for her to notice so it was just me. It was a wonderful their careers and for their involvement signed up so far. other challenges facing Buffalo. opportunity, since we could focus on and leadership in the city and region. exactly what I wanted,” Muth said. “I “We are trying to insure workforce “I started seeing a community that did wonderful things at the college.” For the past year, Muth has been project development in a sector that doesn’t needed a lot of help in other areas,” manager of workforce development for have enough qualified job candidates,” she said, “and I started turning from a The D’Youville influence followed her the American Apprenticeship Initiative Muth said. “The grant offers money for corporate-minded focus to being more even after graduation, when she went to at United Way of Buffalo. She brings classroom training. You are working and community-minded.” George Mason University to earn her companies into the program, matching learning at the same time, so you are When the opening came to manage the master’s degree in public policy. their needs to the grant’s objective of getting a paycheck – and you are getting federal grant program at the United training entry-level workers to become raises as you become more of an asset “I cannot overstate the impact my Way, she went for it. highly skilled – and highly valued – for the company.” professors had on myself, my career, long-term employees. “It was a great marriage of helping my education. They helped me establish companies achieve their goals and myself in Washington, D.C.,” she said.

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poor families and to refugees who were dean as a compassionate healer and as their intellectual competence and settled in Buffalo. total professional in the science and art inquiry. They are so good at serving, of medicine. they inspire others. It is such a point of “The chronic disease rates in this ZIP pride for me.” code are higher than the overall city Even today, Finney works as a PA in and state rates,” Finney said. “It’s time medically isolated neighborhoods, as That trait is noticed outside the campus for us to be outward facing and change time allows. as well. MAUREEN FINNEY AIMS that trajectory. We have a lot of health HIGH TO SERVE THE LESS professions here on campus, and this “It’s very important to me, personally “These are all high-demand professions, will help the community benefit.” and professionally, and I didn’t want and nearly all our disciplines have a ADVANTAGED to lose that piece of me as I moved up 100 percent hire rate within six months It also is part of Finney’s ongoing the ranks from faculty to chair,” Finney of graduation,” she said. “I hear a lot pursuit of personal happiness, as said. “I still love it, to be able to give from employers who say, ‘I only want “No matter how small, you can make a difference in a prescribed by her father. She started back. It has a profound impact on me D’Youville grads,’ or ‘I can always tell a person’s life,” she reflected. “I think that knowing that is why when she earned her bachelor’s degree and on the community. D’Youville grad.’” at her professor father’s school, Niagara I’ve been successful.” University, and her master’s degree at “No matter how small, you can make “The mission is not something that’s the University at Buffalo. a difference in a person’s life,” she just on a piece of paper. They live and An early lesson she learned from her The $20 million initiative received a reflected. “I think that knowing that is breathe it.” father continues to inspire Maureen significant boost in late June when the Originally, she said, she thought she why I’ve been successful.” Finney, dean of the D’Youville School project was awarded $5 million from would be going into medical research, It is a philosophy that she tries to of Health Professions. New York State through its Higher but that was before she began work as impart to her students, and one that she Education Capital Matching Grants an HIV/AIDS counselor for New York considers to be part of the mission of Her father was a chemistry professor program. State. at Niagara University for 45 years. She D’Youville as a whole. recalls when she was a child, “He would That vote of confidence left Finney so “That was an ‘Aha!’ moment for me in “I tell students, ‘You’re going to be able leave for work early and come home thrilled she could hardly sleep, she said. patient care,” Finney said, a moment to do lots of things, but you have to do late, always with a smile on his face.” that brought her to the physician “I can’t tell you how transformative assistant program at D’Youville, where what resonates in your heart,’” she said. “He taught me that whatever I chose to this will be for the college and the she also earned her doctorate in health As dean she is committed to bringing all do, to make sure it was something that community,” she said. “Everybody is policy and education. the health profession students together made me happy,” Finney said. excited.” She now is a much-honored full as a unified body, starting a dean and And lately, Finney (’97, ’08) has been That’s because, in addition to professor at D’Youville and was student council and supporting a service very happy indeed. As head of the housing space for students to learn chairwoman of the college’s Physician initiative for people in Haiti who are school that teaches future physical interdisciplinary cooperation in treating Assistant Department before being still suffering from the effects of the and occupational therapists, physician patients, the first floor of the Hub will named dean in 2015. catastrophic 2010 earthquake that left assistants (like herself), chiropractors, contain a public health clinic. the country in ruins. dietitians, administrators and others, she At that time, college President Lorrie Finney said she sees in current students is closely involved with plans to open The clinic will be a significant A. Clemo lauded Finney for her and in D’Youville alumni a sense of a new Health Professions Hub on the addition to D’Youville’s West Side “tireless dedication to serving the service that is “as central to their lives D’Youville campus. neighborhood, which is home to many underserved” and described the new

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In honor of her graduation, Maryanne’s D’Youville classmates have joined together in contributing to the M. Caroline and Walter F. Shanahan Memorial Scholarship fund she set up in MARYANNE SHANAHAN ’65 honor of her parents in 2000.

At the age of 74, fifty-three years after the email group: [I had] “the idea master’s degree, which was awarded program, has been active in her church receiving her Bachelor of Science in to create an e-group for the class of in May 2018 by Duke University. as a choir member and volunteer, nursing from D’Youville, Maryanne 1965 and this group now has about 60 This is only one of Maryanne’s many has worked for a local political action Shanahan was awarded the degree of women…. The group has become a professional achievements. In her long committee, and has volunteered for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies by support system — helping each other career, Maryanne was a public health NAACP in her community. Duke University. Maryanne interviewed through life crises, deaths of loved ones, nurse in New York; Medical Services several of her ’65 classmates for her illnesses, and triumphs and joys. One Supervisor, the Gorgas Hospital, Congratulations Maryanne! Master’s project on the impact of the of the best outcomes was ten years Panama; Director of Publishing and You are the sort of lifelong loss of a mother figure in a family of annual reunions at the Inn. The Editor in Chief, the Joint Commission achiever that D’Youville is proud through several generations. Most absence of the Inn as a destination on Accreditation of Healthcare to have produced! impressive, she graduated with a 4.0 since 2014 has created a loss many of Organizations, Chicago; COO and GPA! us feel deeply. Yet mini-gatherings have acting CEO/President, the American proliferated across the globe and the Maryanne Shanahan is pictured Journal of Nursing Company, New In 2000, after the 35th reunion of her experience of consistent connection at her graduation from the York City; owner, MSI New York, a D’Youville class, Maryanne set up an throughout the years has affected us all D’Youville School of Nursing in medical executive search firm, New email group through which members profoundly.” 1965, with her mother Caroline York City; and owner-operator and of the class communicate regularly. Shanahan. chef, The Hawthorn Inn, Camden, Through this group, Maryanne also Class forays to Maine continued Maine. She also co-owned and managed sponsored annual gatherings for until Maryanne and her husband, Bill a restaurant in Chicago at one time. classmates at the Hawthorn Inn, the Amidon, retired to Burlington, North Concurrent with her graduate studies, B&B in Camden, Maine that she owned Carolina in 2014. There she embarked Maryanne has tutored a young student for a dozen years. Maryanne describes on the long-held goal of pursuing a in reading through a mentoring

38 39 ALUMNI EVENTS ALUMNI GATHER FOR ANNUAL TEA D’YOUVILLE ON TOUR ALUMNAE SOFTBALL PLAYERS HONORED This year’s Alumni Tea was held on Saturday, March 3, at the historic Buffalo Club FT. LAUDERDALE, SARASOTA, Alumnae gathered at Dobson Field on April 21 and were recognized by Director on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. NAPLES, WASHINGTON, DC of Athletics, Brian Cavanaugh during the D’Youville vs. La Roche College student softball game. In attendance were: Jessica M. Banning, Lauren DeVantier, Brittany Women and (a few) men from the classes of the 1950s through the 2000s mingled College President Lorrie A. Clemo, PhD Domros, Amanda M. Drake, Shannon M. Evans, Alison M. Hall, Ona Halladay and reminisced together throughout the club’s second floor as they sampled fine travelled to Florida and Washington (coach), Marissa A. Hurley, Shannon M. Hyman, MacKenzie T. Kehlenbeck, Nicole teas, scones, assorted sandwiches, and desserts. Alumni Association President, D.C. this spring to meet alumni - many Y. Kunda, Gabrielle Lathrop, Sarah Marino, Lydia Monin, Kristie Palazzo, Lisa Dolores Gaeta Prezyna ’70, ’14 welcomed guests and College President Lorrie A. who had not yet met the new president. C. Petty, Ashely Szpara, Shannon Superczynski (coach), Deanna Torpey, Hannah Clemo, PhD gave a brief update on the College. Clemo gave an update on the college and plans for moving forward. L. Turek, Hilary S. Walker and Alexis Walser. Afterwards, the alums and went continued to reminisce at Big Ditch Brewing Company.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’S MARCH MADNESS Alumni gathered at the Wellington Pub on March 22 to watch college basketball teams compete in the final four. The event was such a success that the alumni association hopes to make this an annual event. (left to right): Mary Elaine Henning Spitler ’70, and Christine Yakubec ’70 Photo on left (left to right): Todd Potter, Jr. ’12 with D’Youville’s assistant director of athletics and women’s basketball coach, Dan Glover ’11

40 41 CLASS NOTES also serves as President of the Alter of play in helping children make sense Michelle Swygert Seay ’98, was International Nurses Association Michelle Acorn ’14 was appointed to Society of Sacred Heart parish. of the world. The show also featured selected as Erie County Medical with her upcoming publication in the the Provincial Chief Nursing Officer the children in Carrie’s classroom Center’s 2018 Employee of the Year. Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare. (PCNO) in Ontario, Canada. Her role Michele Gullo Arcara ’77 an ANCC working together at stations that she Seay, a family nurse practitioner works will focus on the strategic and clinical board-certified pediatric nurse had set up to develop their reading. The as a Clinical Patient Care Liaison. Karen Krieger ’06 was selected as expertise across the Ontario Public 70S practitioner has been hired by Sheridan episode (episode 14) can be seen on Genesee Community College’s Medina Service as it relates to nursing. She Medical Group. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ Campus Center’s Instructor of the will also serve as co-chair to the Joint Mary Leach O’Shea ’79 a nurse at watch?v=l59842Cpbys&feature=youtu.be Fall 2017 semester. Krieger teaches Provincial Nursing Committee and the Oishei Children’s Hospital received Foundations of Academic Success and represent Ontario on the Principal Dreher was inducted into the National the 2018 Nurse of Distinction. O’Shea is an academic advisor on the Medina Nursing Advisors Task Force (a Teacher Hall of Fame in 2017 and was serves as the End Stage Renal Disease Campus. Prior to coming to GCC, she committee of the federal/provincial/ the NYS Teacher of the Year in 2014. coordinator and works tirelessly to was a special education teacher for territorial Committee on Health Workforce). Acorn also continues to educate patients/families about ESRD Jonathan Bartels ’97 a palliative grades 1 - 5 at Medina Central School. serve as a respected lecturer at the and the transplant process. care nurse liaison at the University Rebecca Bonasera Shepherd ’06 a University of Toronto. 80S of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville was honored by the physician assistant has been hired by Alicia Amadori ’14 and Daniel Vargo American Association of Critical-Care Seay, is pictured with ECMC President and Bertrand Chaffee Hospital. Shepherd Gail Rogers ’83 represented D’Youville were married on October 28, 2017. Nurses with the 2018 AACN Pioneering CEO, Thomas Quatroche, Jr. PhD (left) and has worked in urgent care and at the inauguration of Dr. Marc M. Amadori is a physician assistant at Spirit Award. Jonathan created, “The Senator Tim Kennedy ’99 emergency medicine departments in the Camille, the 14th president of Albertus New England Baptist Hospital and her Pause,” which honors the death of a Buffalo area. Magnus College on May 4, 2018. Gail’s S husband is a resident in orthopedic patient by having the care team present 00 husband, Joseph Marinaccio is a 1982 surgery at Tufts Medical Center. of D’Youville. at the end of life, take a moment for Kim Lewis Krug ’01 owner of Monkey Andrew Belden ’07 a physical silent reflection. See, Monkey Do Children’s Bookstore therapist has been named director of Wendy Rae Richards ’14 who received Jenny Salamone Bagen ’84 was in Clarence, N.Y. will be honored by the rehabilitation services at Elderwood in Dana Olzenak McGuire ’98 has been a Doctorate in Educational Leadership named to Buffalo’s Business First 2018 Clarence Chamber of Commerce with Wheatfield. hired by St. Lawrence County in New has been appointed Head of School at Dorette “Dee” Sugg Welk ’71 Health Care Champions. Bagen is an the Small Business of the Year award. York as public health director. She Health Sciences Charter School. represented D’Youville at the adult psychiatric nurse practitioner at The bookstore opened in 2009 and Gregg Shutts ’09 professor and chair is looking forward to partnering with inauguration of Dr. Bashar W. Hanna, JT Bagen Enterprises Inc. and Transit has welcomed thousands of families, of the Physician Assistant Department hospitals, schools, clinics and other Lauren Bates ’17 and Alex Podbbryi 19th president of Bloomsburg Psychiatry at WNY Medical Psych participated in literacy based camps, at Daemen College was named by organizations that share the goal of were married on October 14, 2017. University of Pennsylvania on April Services. tea parties and book themed birthday Buffalo’s Business First 2018 Health Care improving the health of north county Bates is an occupational therapist and 27, 2018. Welk recently retired from S parties. Best-selling children’s author, Champions. 90 residents. Prior to this, McGuire her husband is a dentist. Bloomsburg University as a nursing Jan Brett launched her new book worked as an epidemiologist for the professor. Ashli Skura Dreher ’98, host of the “Cinders” with a book signing event. Aimee Thompson Larson ’10 a federal Centers for Disease Control and Kelsey Farmer ’17 an occupational TV program Inside the Classroom The bookstore was also recognized by physician assistant has been hired Julie White Miller ’73 an administrator Prevention in Atlanta. therapist has been hired by (WBBZ and YouTube) interviewed New York Times best-selling author by Canisius College as Director of in the Boone County Health Theradynamics Rehab Management in fellow D’Youville graduate, Carrie Van James Patterson who pledged to donate Physician Studies program. Department has been elected President Brooklyn. Valkenburgh Hayes ’00 on February of the West Virginia Association $1 million to independent bookstores 24, 2018. Carrie, a kindergarten teacher Richard Hanaburgh, III ’11 has of Local Health Departments. The across the nations. at Parkdale Elementary School in East been appointed Program Executive at Robert Welker ’17 is the new food and association is comprised of all 49 public Aurora, NY, talked about the importance Jeanine Marinko Luke ’05 a registered Greater Niagara Frontier Council, Boy nutrition manager at Cassia Regional health departments in the state. Miller nurse and clinical instructor with Trent/ Scouts of America. Medical Center in Idaho. He received Fleming University in Peterborough, his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Ontario has been recognized by The nutrition and dietetics.

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Margaret Condon Grupp ’39 • Paonia, CO • March 10, 2018 Mary Margaret Ransford Anderson ’49 on the death of Dr. Ann Caughill on the death of her mother, Rosemary Boris Mary Lenahan Gormley ’41 • Fort Lauderdale, FL • January 21, 2018 her husband, Harry Anderson Dr. Kathleen Mariano on the passing of her father, Stefano Bottita Eleanor Szwanka Ferraro ’42 • Williamsville, N.Y. • February 6, 2018 Nancy Mills Loving ’42 • Burke, VA • December 16, 2017 Mary Elizabeth Cosgrove Miller ’57 on the death of her Elizabeth Quinlan Bohn, on the death of her father, William Virginia Burke De Saulnier ’44 • San Francisco, CA • January 10, 2018 husband, Robert W. Miller. Brother-in-law of Aileen Quinlan Valerie Sauk Latham ’46 • Weatherford, TX • December 26, 2017 Cosgrove Flynn ’58, Jeanne Cosgrove Kirk ’61, Sister Rita Cusimano Whalen ’47 • Deland, FL • May 3, 2018 Cecelia Cosgrove, GNSH ’65 F. Clare Cosgrove Andrews The family of Dr. Ronald Santasiero Mary Kennedy Whalen ’48 • Clarence Ctr., N.Y. • January 24, 2018 ’67, Ellen Cosgrove Scheiderer ’69 and Meg Cosgrove Diane Gerow on the death of her mother, Martha Burr Rosalie Putney Pfeiffer ’49 • Buffalo, N.Y. • July 31, 2018 Stiglianese ’70 Loretta Miller ’50 • E. Amherst, N.Y. • April 27, 2018 Martha Rollek Rutowski ’57 on the passing of her Leo Dandes on the death of his mother, Marcy Dandes Anna Luty Borowiec ’51 • Orchard Park, N.Y. • January 31, 2018 husband, Joseph M. Rutowski. Father of Ann Marie Brenda Beutel on the death of her father, Howard Beutel Joyce Griffin Kurita ’51 • Modesto, CA • February 27, 2018 Rutowski Kakavand ’82 and Jerome Rutowski ’87; father- Carol Gareis Leberer ’51 • Tonawanda, N.Y. • January 17, 2018 in-law of MaryEllen Kresse-Rutowski ’88 and Dawn Mark Alicea, on the death of his brother, Charles Alicea Mary Carol Kelleher Herwood ’52 • Hamburg, N.Y. • December 11, 2017 Sikorski Rutowski ’88; grandfather of Elizabeth Rutowski Jean Sherman ’52 • Rochester, N.Y. • July 5, 2018 ’14, Emily Rutowski ’17 and Katherine Rutowski ’17; Gloria West and Richard West, on the passing of their mother and The D’Youville community was saddened by the sudden Diana Milazzo Duca ’54 • Woodbury, N.Y. • April 30, 2018 cousin of Christine Nowak ’56 and Adele Nowak grandmother, Josephine Martin death of Dr. Ronald Santasiero on May 11, 2018. Dr. Mary Francis Danner ’55 • Buffalo, N.Y. • January 12, 2018 Roycroft ’61 Santasiero was the founding and current Medical Director of Eileen Duszynski Sowinski ’56 • Henderson, NV • March 3, 2018 Antwanette Dato on the passing of her partner, Parris Warren the Physician Assistant Department at D’Youville, a position Joan Rayburn Rose ’57 • Buffalo, N.Y. • February 12, 2018 Mary Kenney Thomas ’57 on the passing of her husband, The family of Karin Nelson Meyer Sally Kreuzer Stefanick ’57 • Tonawanda, N.Y. • July 12, 2018 William Thomas he held for 25 years. Constance Bell Saeva ’58 • Rochester, N.Y. • May 13, 2018 Dr. Charles Coyle on the passing of his sister, Patricia Coyle As one of the first physicians in the region to champion Barbara Schumacher Klocke ’61 on the passing of her Margaret Bowes ’59 • Williamsville, N.Y. • June 27, 2018 for the role of a Physician Assistant, he advocated for Louise Balling ’60 • Tonawanda, N.Y. • May 25, 2018 sister Virginia Wendel Isabelle Vecchio on the death of her mother, Mary Vecchio Barbara Novaro Winkowski ’60 • Phoenix, AZ • February 18, 2018 the profession and was instrumental in the establishment, Barbara Campagna ’63 on the death of her niece, Carol Jean Caffrey ’62 • Amherst, N.Y. • July 25, 2018 Loraine O’Donnell on the passing of her mother, Donna development and growth of the PA department and the Johnson Boyle. Carol was the daughter of the late Mary Rita Barrett Yanatsis ’63 • Hamburg, N.Y. • June 29, 2018 O’Donnell PA profession. In addition to this leadership role, he also Elizabeth Campagna Johnson ’56 and niece of the late Barbara Szydlowski ’64 • N. Tonawanda, N.Y. • August 4, 2018 Ann Campagna Antil ’55 The family of Wardell Mitchell embraced his teaching role, and mastered his craft by Sheila Ann Kelly ’65 • Glen Mills, PA • July 23, 2018 emphasizing the importance of integrative medicine to Elizabeth Kloiber Steisslinger ’65 • Morristown, TN • July 1, 2018 Carol Jolley Kent ’63 and Susan Jolley Csizmar ’69 on the improve patient outcomes, health and wellness. Ann Bodden Bryk ’66 • Miromar Lakes, FL • June 20, 2018 death of their brother, Paul Dee Jolley Dorothy Higgins McNicholas ’69 • Buffalo, N.Y. • April 1, 2018 Dr. Santasiero’s reach was extraordinary, as he educated nearly Mary Ann Bohen Corbett ’70 • Buffalo, N.Y. • February 15, 2018 JoAnne Marciano Winkler ’63 on the passing of her 800 Physician Assistants in his time as the medical director. Diane Melisz Nester ’71 • Hamburg, N.Y. • February 23, 2018 mother, Phyllis Marciano He was adored by his D’Youville colleagues and students Catherine J. Salzman ’72 • Tonawanda, N.Y. • August 4, 2017 Carol Lyons Montante ’64 on the death of her brother, for his superior medical acumen, gentle style, team centric Janet Schachner ’74 • Buffalo, N.Y. • April 29, 2018 William Lyons and mother-in-law, Georgia Beck Montante approach and compassionate heart. He will forever hold a Karen Kirsch Fuller ’76 • Safety Harbor, FL • February 15, 2018 fond place in the hearts of all of those he worked with and Carol Porter Brown ’81 • Athens, GA • February 7, 2018 Regina Garey Burke ’66 on the passing of her husband, taught. Ilga Spogis Krawchuk ’80 • Buffalo, N.Y. • July 29, 2018 Tim Burke Mary Myers ’84 • Attica, N.Y. • March 19, 2018 In recognition of his incredible service and legacy, Dr. Maureen Vaughan Straight ’67 on the death of her Marian Gurowicz ’87 • Buffalo, N.Y. • March 17, 2018 Santasiero’s family and D’Youville have established a Laura Wilhelm Kreutzer ’89 • Syracuse, N.Y. • March 17, 2018 husband, Gene Straight Gertrude Alice Swannie Wettlaufer ’89 • Orchard Park, N.Y. • February 11, 2018 scholarship, “The Dr. Ron Santasiero Memorial Mark Farmer ’93 • Onancock, VA • May 21, 2018 Anne Chmura Anthon ’78, ’12 on the death of her Scholarship.” The scholarship will support D’Youville Barbara Arbogast ’96 • Syracuse, N.Y. • December 13, 2017 daughter Kelsey Anthon; brother of Jonathan Anthon ’09 Physician Assistant students during their studies and Julia Roman Casey ’97 • Archbald, PA • January 19, 2018 Teresa Paolini Shannon ’09 on the death of her father, clinical placements. Contributions to the scholarship Nicole Lynn Boyer ’99 • Gastonia, N.C. • January 23, 2018 Norman S. Paolini, Jr. can be directed to: D’Youville’s Office of Advancement, Jack Robbins ’08 • Hamburg, N.Y. • May 14, 2018 631 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14201 (please note the Dr. Sarah Pictor on the passing of her father- and contribution to be directed to this fund). mother-in-law, William and Ann Pictor

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