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SFall 2013 ETON HA homeALL for the mind, the heart and the spirit Love Connectionsh ALSO: SETON HALL PHYSICAL THERAPIST LEADS FOOTBALL STAR ERIC LEGRAND’S RECOVERY INVENTED HERE: ALUMNI SOLVE TOUGH PROBLEMS THROUGH INGENUITY SETON HALL Fall 2013 Vol. 24 Issue 2 Seton Hall magazine is published by In this issue the Department of Public Relations and Marketing in the Division of University Advancement. President A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D. features Vice President for University Advancement 20 Seton Hall David J. Bohan, M.B.A. Love Connections Associate Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Dan Kalmanson, M.A. 25 Passion Ingenuity Director of Publications/ + University Editor Breakthroughs Pegeen Hopkins, M.S.J. = Seton Hall inventors use creativity Art Director to solve thorny problems. Elyse M. Carter Design and Production Linda Campos Eisenberg departments 20 Photographer Milan Stanic ’11 2 From Presidents Hall Copy Editor Kim de Bourbon 4 HALLmarks Assistant Editor Possibilities A Spiritual Erin Healy 12 Connection Despite a busy medical practice, News & Notes Editors pediatrician Michael Giuliano has Finding peace Dan Nugent ’03 embarked on a spiritual journey Kathryn Moran ’12 to become a deacon. and tranquility in the Chapel of Contributing HALLmarks Writer Roaming the Hall Susan Alai ’74 14 the Immaculate Yanzhong Huang, one of the world’s Send your comments and suggestions top experts in global health, has Conception. by mail to: Seton Hall magazine, been exceptional from the start. Department of Public Relations and Marketing, 457 Centre Street, South Orange, NJ 07079; by email 16 Profile 25 to [email protected]; or by phone Physical Therapist Sandra “Buffy” at 973-378-9834. Wojciehowski ’04/D.P.T. ’07 helps patients find strength after grave injury. On the cover: Tara ’06/M.A. ’07 and Daniel Curtin ’05 share a kiss in front of the Chapel of the Immaculate 18 Profile Conception on campus in 2009. The Calandras follow tradition: Facing page: Photo by Peter Lacker entrepreneurship and the Stillman School of Business. 30 Sports at the Hall 34 Pirates in Print 36 Alumni News & Notes 48 Last Word With Vice President of Enrollment 12 www.shu.edu Management Alyssa McCloud FROM PRESIDENTS HALL | A. GABRIEL ESTEBAN, PH.D. SETON HALL MAGAZINE | FALL 2013 The Calandras, who turned a small bakery into a string Sciences launched its Interprofessional Perspectives of successful businesses, have a family tradition of Speaker Series in September with nearly 1,000 people “Friendship is the source of the greatest entrepreneurship and studying business at the Stillman coming to Walsh Gymnasium to hear the inspiring story pleasures, and without friends even the School of Business. of Eric LeGrand and his rehabilitation team. The Rutgers Seeing alumni walk across the Green during Seton Hall football player suffered a paralyzing spinal-cord injury most agreeable pursuits become tedious.” Weekend wearing their Pirate sweatshirts or baseball during a 2010 football game and remains undaunted. - St. Thomas Aquinas caps reminded me how much love and pride exists for LeGrand’s rehabilitation team includes Sandra “Buffy” Seton Hall. There are many graduates who “bleed blue,” Wojciehowski ’04/D.P.T. ’07 — his physical therapist. (Learn in different ways. Some get married in the Chapel of the more about Buffy on page 16.) The relationships she has Immaculate Conception, send their children to Seton Hall built with her patients at the Kessler Institute of Reha - and recommend the University to friends and colleagues. bilitation in West Orange might not have been possible We’re All Connected (See our “Love Connections” story on page 20, highlighting without the input of her School of Health and Medical Each year during the first week of October, the Univer - to welcome parents drew a standing-room-only couples who met and fell in love as students.) Countless Sciences professors. They steered Buffy toward a career sity holds its own version of homecoming: Seton Hall crowd and the main lawn was filled with more than alumni donate their time and talent by serving on advisory helping patients with severe neurological injuries — Weekend. The event not only brings to campus — and 40 student and community groups offering a wide councils and are involved in mentoring programs. So many at which she so excels. to life — the keen enthusiasm of our many alumni and array of activities to our campus visitors. provide financial support. Then there are the diehard Buffy’s path to a promising career clearly illustrates friends, it also fortifies the relationships members In addition to the impromptu reunions that occurred Pirate fans who attend sporting events; some attend every what those of us at the University have long known. of our community have established with one another over those three days, members of the Classes of 1963 men’s basketball game, even traveling across the country Talented, hard-working students blossom at Seton Hall, over time through shared experiences and values. and 1993 reminisced and reconnected as part of formal to see the team play. guided by professors interested in their intellectual Seton Hall Weekend attracted record crowds this reunions, as did graduates of the Honors Program To acknowledge this type of enduring loyalty, we development and growth as servant leaders. That is year, with more than 3,500 alumni, students, p arents and members of our many legacy families. One of launched a new program called “True Blue” to formally something we can all be proud of. and local community members attending. The recep tion Seton Hall’s legacy families is highlighted on page 18: acknowledge alumni who are actively engaged with the Looking forward, we continue to make significant University each year. (More information about how to strides in recruiting and developing the next generation become a True Blue member can be found on page 4.) of servant leaders. Last year, we welcomed our largest This program is ideal for alumni like Dr. Kathleen class in over 32 years and arguably our best prepared. Cuddihy ’92, a pediatrician who for years has served as This year, despite an increase in applications, we pur - a mentor to the University’s pre-med students, allowing posefully reduced our class size to increase the academic them to shadow her at her busy medical practice. She profile of our first-year students. By increasing our selec - takes time to share her experiences in a meaningful way tivity, we ended up with 1,341 freshmen and our SATs with students on an individual basis and give aspiring increased significantly. In fact, in the past two years, doctors a true picture of what practicing medicine our average SAT scores have increased by 50 points and is like. Having studied biology as an undergraduate, 35% of our freshmen were in the top 10% of their gradu - Kathleen also has generously provided funds to support ating class compared to 24% just two years ago. As our the biology department and the students who follow in future servant leaders develop their own connections her footsteps. She is just one example of the thousands across campus and with other members of our Seton Hall of engaged alumni who make me feel honored to lead family, I ask that you continue to be engaged and be a this outstanding institution. TRUE BLUE Pirate. I 1 1 ’ I continue to marvel at the relationships our alumni, c i n a t as well as our faculty and students, foster in order to S n a l enrich the lives of others. The School of Health and Medical i M y b o t o h P 2 3 HALL MARKS SETON HALL MAGAZINE | FALL 2013 A FUTURE SO FULBRIGHT... Four recent Seton Hall graduates and five faculty members were She will also research the impact of the country’s free health initiative Alumni who stay connected to Seton Hall will now “We greatly value the involvement of every member awarded Fulbright grants this year to study and teach abroad. on women’s political beliefs, attitudes and behavior. be recognized for their Pirate Pride as part of a new of the alumni community on behalf of Seton Hall. This The international educational exchange program sponsored by the Elizabeth Torcivia, associate professor in the Occupational Therapy “True Blue” alumni loyalty program. is just one way we say thank you for all our alumni do for U.S. Department of State was established in 1946 by U.S. Rep. J. William Anyone who is a graduate of Seton Hall can earn their alma mater,” said David J. Bohan, vice presi dent for Department in the School of Health and Medical Sciences, will travel to Fulbright to increase global understanding and learning abroad. The Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Finland next spring. the True Blue honor by following four steps each year: University Advancement. program chooses participants for their academic merit and leadership Throughout each fiscal year (which runs from July 1 She will teach clinical reasoning and elective innovation courses for G Make sure Seton Hall has a current mailing potential and allows them the opportunity to study, teach and conduct through June 30), Seton Hall will identify alumni who occupational therapy in the community. address, phone number and email address to research while exchanging ideas with people in other countries. meet the True Blue criteria and honor them in a variety Rabbi Alan Brill, the Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair of Jewish- maintain communication. of ways: sending a welcome mailing and branded promo - Christian Studies, will be in India, teaching a graduate course exploring 1G tional items, and giving special recognition at events. the commonalities between Judaism and Hinduism and conducting Stay active in the Seton Hall community by STUDENTS attending at least one University-sponsored “The True Blue program recognizes what I have seen research for a new book.