Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University Bridgewater Magazine Campus Journals and Publications 2002 Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2002 Bridgewater State College Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College (2002). Bridgewater Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 1. Retrieved from http://vc.bridgew.edu/br_mag/60 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. • rl ewater Bridgewater aims to keep alumni, faculty, students and their families, staff and friends of Bridgewater State College informed about the college community and its impact on the region. The tri-annual college magazine is written, designed and edited with the needs of its varied audiences at heart and in mind. On the cover: Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria becomes Bridgewater State College's II 'h president on Oct. 18 before a gathering of nearly 1,000 guests. Coverage begins on page 3. Cover photo (top left): Dr. Judith Gill, chancellor, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, administers oath of office to Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria. Cover photo (bottom right): President Left to right: a) Dr. Adrian Tinsley, president emerita, presents presidential medallion Mohler-Faria's wife and son, Kathy to President Dana Mohler-Faria at his inauguration. See story on pages 3-7. and Jonathan, applaud his induction. b) President Dana Mohler-Faria greets guests at East Campus Commons prior to building dedication. See story on pages 8-9. c) Alumni walk through the daisy chain at Alumni Weekend. See story on pages 15-16. Bridgewater Magazine staff: Editor: Marie C. Murphy, '86, assistant Career Services director of public affairs Table of Contents Class of 2001 Career Survey Results 13 Editorial Board: Buy a Brick lnside Front Cover Calling All Alumni! 13 Eva T. Gaffney, G'OI, director of President's Message 2 9'h Annual Job Fair 13 public affairs Feature Story CareerNet 14 Candace A. Maguire, director of The Inauguration of Bridgewater Spring Spotlight Panel Series 14 alumni relations State College's 11 Ih President: Alumni Weekend 2002 David K. Wilson, '71, staff associate, A'Native Son' Comes 'Not To AHuge Success 15-16 public affairs Be Ministered Unto, But To Minister' 3-6 Advisory Board: Class Notes 17-26 Alan Comedy, assistant to the president "A Journey to Excellence" - excerpts for affirmation action, minority affairs from the lnaugural Address of and equal opportunity Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria 7 Note Bene Marriages 27 Dr. Victor DeSantis, executive assistant College Stories Births 27 to the president College Celebrates Official Opening of Deaths 28 John Harper, director of athletics New Dining, Residence Halls 8 F. Scott Longo, '89, '51, president, Tinsley Center Opens Bridgewater Alumni Association 'A New Era On Campus' 9 Donor Honor Roll 29-64 Louis Ricciardi, '81, chairman of the Charitable Deferred Gift Annuities ...... 64 Bridgewater State College Foundation Alumni Association Update F. Scott Longo, '89, Takes Ofnce Dr. Laurence Richards, dean, School of The Bridgewater Management and Aviation Science as New President of the Collection inside back cover Professor Donna Stanton, assistant pro­ College's Alumni Association 10 fessor of art Alumni Update Contributors: Eva Gaffney, G'Ol ; New Building Upcoming Events 11 Candace Maguire; Julie Santos Dedications back cover Alumni Travel Program ll Reardon, '91; David K. Wilson, '71; Bridgewater State College Bryan Baldwin; Tracey Connell Online Community 11 Photography: Kindra Clineff; Tom Alumni Association Croke/VlSUAL image; Julie Santos Presents Awards 12-13 Reardon, '91; David K. Wilson, '71 lIlustration: Dana Barros Correspondence: address all mail to Editor, Bridgewater Magazine, c/o Public Affairs Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325. 508-531-1335 e-mail to: Design: Philip McCormick of [email protected], e-mail class notes to: [email protected] Design works. Issues of Bridgewater may be found on the college's Web site at www.bridgew.edu. For up-to-date information on college news, activities and events, please refer to the Web site at: www.bridgew.edu Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends, t is difficult for me to imagine a more exciting time to take the helm at Bridgewater State College. Our campus is growing and I improving, our faculty, students and staffare each committing themselves to the cause ofexcellence, and our alumni are championing that excellence in the communities around us. To put it simply, BSC is a college on the move. To say that the first four months of my presidency have been a whirl­ wind is an understatement: We opened three new buildings, witnessed a record turnout at Senior Convocation, and took part in what was, by all accounts, a stirring and memorable inaugural celebration. I have profound feelings ofgratitude and appreciation for each ofyou. As I noted in my inaugural address, you are the men and women who constitute the core ofour excellence, the people who each day deliver on the promise ofquality, and the ones who continue to make us proud. And you are also the community that has personally guided and inspired me throughout myjourney to the presidency. Just as the past decade was one oftremendous growth for the infra­ structure ofour college, I am confident that this new era will be remembered for the remarkable advancement ofour people. As we embark upon the journey ofexcellence, my very first responsibility is to strengthen the bonds ofour Bridgewater State College family. This philosophy means we must pay immediate attention to our faculty, ensuring that our professors and instructors have access to every tool and resource we can uncover, while making certain that we are foster­ ing the kind ofacademic environment that rewards outstanding research and teaching. Moreover, we must find innovative ways to energize our students and connect them to the expanding network of new ideas and novel ways ofthinking generated by our professors and instructors. Together, we will create an environment which applauds the persever­ ance and passions demonstrated by all ofour family members - our alumni, our staff, our students and our faculty. Each and every one of you has an open invitation to join with us as we chart our course for the future. Consider it a promise when I say, "I'll see you around." Sincerely, The Inauguration of Bridgewater State College's 11 th President: A 'Native Son' Comes 'Not To Be Ministered Unto, But To Minister' r:::: "Today is about continuing less conversations and discussions an excellence made obvious by our ;£ Bridgewater's journey we've had at this college over the commitment to the cities and towns 5; toward excellence ... it is past 11 years. Together we have for­ around us, and an excellence made ~ for each and every one ofyou that 1 mulated this vision, and together we distinct by our promise to foster the ~ now dedicate myself to the cause of will carry it out." kind of community here on campus "':l Because he is a 30-year veteran .~ championing the advancement of we would all like to live in." <::! Bridgewater State College." of public higher education in In his inaugural address, he out­ ~ To the cheers of more than a Massachusetts - and the nrst presi­ lined "a vision for excellence" for ~ thousand people gathered in the new dent ofBridgewater State College in students, faculty, staff and visiting ?\ Adrian Tinsley Center on Oct. 18, Dr. half a century to rise to that position officials, for what has become the Dana Mohler-Faria used those words from within the college's ranks (he state's largest public college, with an ;£ o in his inaugural address to chart his came to BSC in 1991 as vice president enrollment exceeding 9,000 students. 1: ~ plans as Bridgewater State College's for administration and nnance] - he Cl:::; 11 th president - the nrst person of could speak from personal experi­ .8'" color to hold that position and the ence about the quality of the ;:: <::! second Cape Verdean in the entire institution and its people. "I want our community to be a V) .~ nation to become president of an "Bridgewater State College has model of openness, of respect and ~ institution of higher learning. come a long way - not just as mea­ diversity, a place where students, fac­ .5' The inaugural ceremony provided sured over the past century," he said, ulty and staff can grow intellectually, President Mohler-Faria with an oppor­ "but, in fact, over the past decade. personally and professionally," he tunity to outline publicly the chief We've transformed ourselves from said. "A place where new ideas and objectives of his new administration. that small, struggling public school novel approaches are embraced and Achieving excellence, he said, rep­ on the South Shore to the flagship of opinions respected, a place that resents a goal, "that is not the cre­ the state college system." enhances and enriches each person ation of one man" but, rather, he Much of this growth, said on this campus, and a place that emphasized, "the product of count- President Mohler-Faria, is due to seeks to create learning that helps us the "nne and able leadership" ofDr. value each other as human beings." Adrian Tinsley, who served as presi­ The inauguration ceremony had dent from 1989-2002. Turning to begun that morning with the best of Dr. Tinsley, seated on the stage, he omens: The rising sun brought with said, "Our college was tremendously it a brilliant, flawlessly blue sky, and lucky and blessed to have had you at by 10:30 AM, when the academic pro­ the helm for the past 13 years." He cession of severaI hundred people pledged to continue that progress. began making its way from the new "Bridgewater will persist in its East Campus Commons to the Tinsley journey to excellence," Dr.