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Giving<br />
opportunities<br />
at <strong>WestConn</strong>:<br />
One is right for you!<br />
Whether you’re an individual, family,<br />
corporation, small business, community<br />
organization or charitable foundation, there’s<br />
a way <strong>to</strong> support the university that’s right<br />
for you.<br />
The WCSU Foundation Inc. receives and<br />
manages charitable gifts, ranging from cash <strong>to</strong><br />
real estate <strong>to</strong> personal property and more, for<br />
the support of the university. There are many<br />
ways you can con-<br />
tribute <strong>to</strong> the ongoing<br />
success of <strong>WestConn</strong><br />
and our hard-working<br />
students.<br />
You can donate<br />
cash, gifts-in-kind,<br />
s<strong>to</strong>cks, bonds, mutual<br />
funds and real estate.<br />
Wills, trusts, insurance<br />
policies and<br />
other estate planning<br />
methods allow you <strong>to</strong><br />
James W. Schmotter installed as the<br />
university’s eighth president.<br />
See page 6<br />
For more<br />
information<br />
about<br />
developing<br />
a scholarship,<br />
please see s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
on page 6.<br />
support the university. You can generously<br />
respond <strong>to</strong> the university’s Annual Fund telephone<br />
and mail appeals or attend a special<br />
fund-raising event, such as the annual<br />
President’s Gala, Holiday Wine Tasting and<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> Society Luncheon.<br />
Once you’ve decided what you want <strong>to</strong><br />
give, you may have a say in how it’s used.<br />
With an unrestricted gift, <strong>WestConn</strong> will use<br />
your donation where it’s needed most. Or,<br />
you can designate that your restricted gift<br />
support a particular school, department, facility<br />
or program. If you’d like <strong>to</strong> create an<br />
endowed fund and provide a predictable<br />
income, you can create support for student<br />
scholarships, buildings, equipment, athletics,<br />
please turn <strong>to</strong> page 7<br />
Premiere Issue Spring 2005<br />
The newsletter for friends and supporters of Western Connecticut State University<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong>-<strong>WestConn</strong><br />
<strong>partnership</strong> <strong>continues</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>grow</strong><br />
Western Connecticut<br />
State University’s<br />
more-than-100-year<br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry is built on<br />
powerful, enduring<br />
relationships with<br />
community organiza-<br />
Meteorology student has a future on his<br />
radar; now made easier with scholarship.<br />
See page 3<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong><br />
support<br />
honored at<br />
May 7 gala<br />
tions and corporations. These bonds have provided<br />
the university with the opportunity <strong>to</strong> offer<br />
students outstanding programs and facilities,<br />
while providing the<br />
community with well-educated employees <strong>to</strong> fuel<br />
the region’s success.<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong> Corp., a powerhouse in<br />
Thank<br />
You!<br />
A comprehensive listing of our most<br />
recent donors<br />
See page 5<br />
Above: <strong>Boehringer</strong> President & CEO J. Martin Carroll<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> Pho<strong>to</strong>s/Peggy Stewart<br />
Right: <strong>WestConn</strong> Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Eugene Buccini (left) and <strong>Boehringer</strong> Senior Vice President of Human<br />
Resources David W. Nurnberger<br />
the U.S. human and animal healthcare products<br />
industry, is one of the university’s strongest<br />
partners. <strong>WestConn</strong> honored Ridgefield-based<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> and its commitment <strong>to</strong> that<br />
<strong>partnership</strong> during the annual WCSU President’s<br />
Gala on May 7.<br />
“We are proud <strong>to</strong> count <strong>Boehringer</strong> among the<br />
university’s greatest allies,” <strong>WestConn</strong> President<br />
James W. Schmotter said. “As we move in<strong>to</strong> the<br />
university’s second century, we look forward <strong>to</strong><br />
continuing <strong>to</strong> work with all our friends at<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong>. Together, we will make a<br />
difference in the lives of <strong>WestConn</strong> students.”<br />
please turn <strong>to</strong> page 7
2 <strong>WestConn</strong>tribu<strong>to</strong>rs, Spring 2005<br />
Scholarship recipient makes the most of her education<br />
With a 3.97 grade point average (G.P.A.), a<br />
number of volunteer roles, and a year of study<br />
abroad, <strong>WestConn</strong> junior biology major Galina<br />
Filipova is making the most of her education —<br />
both in and out of the classroom.<br />
The 19-year-old Oakville resident is the recipient<br />
of an Isabelle T. Farring<strong>to</strong>n Scholarship, the<br />
School of Arts and Sciences W. Jason and Ellen<br />
M. Hancock Scholarship, and a WCSU Alumni<br />
Association Scholarship for the 2005-06<br />
academic year. She says these and several other<br />
scholarships she’s received since enrolling at<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> in the spring of 2003 have helped<br />
her excel.<br />
“Receiving these scholarships has not only<br />
been helpful <strong>to</strong> my financial situation, but it also<br />
has been a great motivation,” Filipova wrote in a<br />
recent essay. “Knowing that my hard work and<br />
efforts are being recognized has prompted me <strong>to</strong><br />
perform even better and <strong>to</strong> aim higher.”<br />
Filipova’s outstanding <strong>WestConn</strong> G.P.A.,<br />
which is just shy of a perfect 4.0, is part of her<br />
long his<strong>to</strong>ry as a diligent student: Born in<br />
Bulgaria, she moved with her family <strong>to</strong> Botswana<br />
in Southern Africa in 1997. Studying in a foreign<br />
country and in a foreign language (English), she<br />
went on <strong>to</strong> graduate from a prestigious private<br />
high school in Botswana’s capital city, Gaborone,<br />
with a record of outstanding academic<br />
achievement in several subjects. Filipova also<br />
earned third place in the Botswana National<br />
Mathematics Tournament in 2000.<br />
Filipova, the daughter of <strong>WestConn</strong> Computer<br />
Science Professor Dr. Todor Ivanov, has continued<br />
her diligence throughout her college career.<br />
She’s consistently earned a spot on the School of<br />
Arts and Sciences Dean’s List each semester, is a<br />
member of <strong>WestConn</strong>’s honors program and<br />
received the Most Promising Biology<br />
Underclassman Award.<br />
While in high school, Filipova participated in<br />
several sports and was active in many clubs and<br />
organizations. Since her family moved <strong>to</strong> the<br />
United States in September 2002, Filipova has<br />
continued her volunteerism as a classroom tu<strong>to</strong>r<br />
at Water<strong>to</strong>wn High School and a member of the<br />
Program Activities Council at <strong>WestConn</strong>. These<br />
good works are among the things that made her<br />
eligible for the Isabelle T. Farring<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Scholarship, which requires students be “of<br />
demonstrated good character.”<br />
Filpova’s volunteerism also earned her praise<br />
from Dennis Leszko, a programming assistant in<br />
the Student Center/Student Life Office. Leszko<br />
serves as the faculty adviser for the Program<br />
Activities Council and wrote a letter recommending<br />
Filipova for the 2005-06 scholarships.<br />
“Out of the many students who attend a<br />
Scholarship recipient Galina Filipova enjoys the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.<br />
university, there are very few who take full<br />
advantage of all the opportunities made available<br />
<strong>to</strong> them,” Leszko said. “Galina Filipova is a<br />
student who has used many of those opportunities<br />
<strong>to</strong> <strong>grow</strong> as a well-rounded student leader.”<br />
Filipova left the <strong>WestConn</strong> campus in the fall of<br />
2004 <strong>to</strong> pursue yet another element of her education.<br />
She’s participating in a yearlong student<br />
exchange program, studying in Amiens, France.<br />
“So far, this has been an amazing experience<br />
that has provided me with an opportunity <strong>to</strong><br />
improve both my knowledge of the French<br />
Contributed Pho<strong>to</strong><br />
language and culture,” Filipova wrote. “Being<br />
submerged in this environment has allowed me <strong>to</strong><br />
learn and personally experience the French<br />
cus<strong>to</strong>ms and traditions.<br />
“It is thanks <strong>to</strong> the scholarships that I received<br />
that I was able <strong>to</strong> participate in this program of<br />
study abroad — a very valuable experience that I<br />
am thoroughly enjoying.”<br />
For more information about ways <strong>to</strong> help<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> students excel, call the Office of<br />
Institutional Advancement at (203) 837-8298.
Parents establish<br />
scholarship <strong>to</strong><br />
honor son’s memory,<br />
support other<br />
meteorology majors<br />
Before his death in March 1996, 28-year-old<br />
Jonathan Mottley had turned his enthrallment<br />
with meteorology in<strong>to</strong> the pursuit of a<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> bachelor’s degree in the field.<br />
“Weather and meteorology had always<br />
interested him,” Jonathan’s father, Lewis<br />
Mottley, said during a recent telephone<br />
interview.<br />
“He was fascinated by the changes in<br />
weather,” added Jonathan’s mother, Mary<br />
Ellen Mottley.<br />
In fact, the former Army soldier and New<br />
Canaan volunteer firefighter was so focused<br />
on his goal that he met personally with then-<br />
Meteorology Professor Dr. Melvin Goldstein<br />
and asked <strong>to</strong> join one of his classes in 1995.<br />
Goldstein, recognized as “Dr. Mel” and best<br />
known as the chief meteorologist for WTNH-<br />
TV, was convinced; Jonathan joined the course<br />
and he earned an A.<br />
“This was something he really wanted,”<br />
Mary Ellen Mottley said.<br />
After Jonathan’s death, Goldstein was<br />
among the many <strong>WestConn</strong> students and<br />
faculty members who attended his funeral.<br />
Goldstein later suggested the Mottleys create a<br />
scholarship fund for meteorology students as a<br />
way <strong>to</strong> honor the young man’s life and support<br />
his interest. Goldstein, who regularly contributes<br />
a weather column for The Hartford<br />
Courant, also suggested the Mottleys team<br />
with the newspaper <strong>to</strong> secure additional<br />
funding for the endowed scholarship fund.<br />
“We thought it was a great idea <strong>to</strong> help students<br />
get an education,” Lewis Mottley said.<br />
The first $1,000 Jonathan Mottley<br />
Meteorology Scholarship was awarded in<br />
1997. Each year, the junior or senior full-time<br />
student with the highest grade point average<br />
please turn <strong>to</strong> page 7<br />
Mottley scholarship recipient<br />
says donor support inspires<br />
People of all ages look <strong>to</strong> the sky and wonder<br />
why it rains, question what causes hurricanes<br />
and ask what will happen next.<br />
Twenty-two-year-old <strong>WestConn</strong> junior meteorology<br />
student Carring<strong>to</strong>n “C.J.” Klopfer said his<br />
interest in meteorology began with the musings<br />
so many of us share.<br />
“I’ve been interested in weather — its causes<br />
and effects — for a long time,” he said.<br />
Klopfer’s interest was fueled by additional<br />
curiosity as the Cromwell resident pursued an<br />
associate’s in environmental science degree at<br />
Briarwood College. Since transferring <strong>to</strong><br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> in fall 2004 <strong>to</strong> pursue his bachelor of<br />
science degree, Klopfer has immersed himself in<br />
the subject; he <strong>to</strong>ok three meteorology courses at<br />
once during the spring semester. He also earned<br />
the highest grade point average in his major,<br />
making him the recipient of the Jonathan<br />
Mottley Meteorology Scholarship for the<br />
2005-06 academic year.<br />
“It’s a wonderful incentive <strong>to</strong> keep up my<br />
grades and keep going for my degree,” Klopfer<br />
said of the $1,000 scholarship. “I’m very appreciative<br />
because it will help me continue going <strong>to</strong><br />
school.”<br />
Lewis and Mary Ellen Mottley, the parents of<br />
deceased <strong>WestConn</strong> meteorology student<br />
Jonathan Mottley, established the endowed<br />
Carring<strong>to</strong>n “C.J.” Klopfer is one of many <strong>WestConn</strong> students inspired by donor support.<br />
scholarship in their son’s memory after his 1996<br />
death in a car crash. They said they want the<br />
scholarship <strong>to</strong> help students interested in the<br />
same field that fascinated their son.<br />
“We see it as a way <strong>to</strong> honor students’<br />
accomplishments in the pursuit of meteorology,<br />
and it gives them some money <strong>to</strong> continue their<br />
studies,” Lewis Mottley said. “We also hope<br />
other students will hear about this scholarship.<br />
Our wish is that it might entice more young<br />
people <strong>to</strong> pursue their interest in meteorology.”<br />
Klopfer said he is grateful <strong>to</strong> the Mottleys and<br />
others who have donated <strong>to</strong> the scholarship fund<br />
for their generosity. He urges those who may be<br />
thinking about creating or donating <strong>to</strong> a<br />
scholarship fund <strong>to</strong> understand that their giving<br />
has a direct impact on students’ lives.<br />
“Scholarships definitely help a great deal,” he<br />
said. “They can make a real difference for students.”<br />
With the support of the Mottley Scholarship,<br />
Klopfer said he’s looking forward <strong>to</strong> his senior<br />
year, and he’ll keep trying <strong>to</strong> answer those ageold<br />
questions about the weather.<br />
Call the Office of Institutional Advancement at<br />
(203) 837-8298 for more information about<br />
ways you can support students’ educational<br />
pursuits.<br />
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<strong>WestConn</strong> Pho<strong>to</strong>/Peggy Stewart
4 <strong>WestConn</strong>tribu<strong>to</strong>rs, Spring 2005<br />
Science building on track for fall 2005 opening<br />
Since the September 2003 official groundbreaking,<br />
construction has continued on the new $48million<br />
science building on the <strong>WestConn</strong><br />
Mid<strong>to</strong>wn campus.<br />
In the two years since the ceremony, the<br />
building has been transformed from a stark<br />
exoskele<strong>to</strong>n of concrete and steel <strong>to</strong> a stylized<br />
three-s<strong>to</strong>ry structure.<br />
This state-of-the-art science building will<br />
house the biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy<br />
and meteorology departments. It will replace the<br />
88,000-square-foot Higgins Hall, which was<br />
built in 1949, as the home <strong>to</strong> these departments.<br />
When it opens in the fall of 2005, the threes<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
building also will house the WCSU<br />
Weather Center. Offering 122,000 square feet,<br />
the new structure will contain science<br />
labora<strong>to</strong>ries, general classrooms, lecture halls, an<br />
astronomy observa<strong>to</strong>ry, a greenhouse, faculty<br />
space and administrative areas.<br />
The science building is the first state-funded<br />
building project <strong>to</strong> seek Leadership in Energy &<br />
Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification<br />
from the U.S. Green Building Council. The<br />
Center for the Arts<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong>’s proposed Fine and Performing<br />
Arts Center will provide performance space,<br />
including an 800-seat concert hall, a 500-seat<br />
proscenium theatre, a 200-seat recital hall,<br />
and a 200-seat studio. It will include classrooms;<br />
conference rooms; labs for<br />
graphic arts, sculpture, painting, ceramics<br />
and pho<strong>to</strong>graphy; choral and orchestra<br />
rooms; 52 practice rooms; a recording studio<br />
and rehearsal rooms; and space for theatre<br />
instruction. The facility also will offer public<br />
gathering spaces <strong>to</strong> support its use as a fine<br />
and performing arts center.<br />
If you are interested in donor opportunities<br />
related <strong>to</strong> the Center for the Arts, call the<br />
Office of Institutional Advancement at<br />
(203) 837-8279.<br />
U.S. Green Building Council works <strong>to</strong> promote<br />
environmentally responsible and sustainable<br />
designed buildings.<br />
If you are interested in donor opportunities<br />
related <strong>to</strong> the university’s science programs or the<br />
science building, call the Office of Institutional<br />
Advancement at (203) 837-8279. Donor<br />
support options include naming opportunities<br />
for labora<strong>to</strong>ries and classrooms, as well as the<br />
sponsorship of distinguished and visiting<br />
lecturers.<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> hosts honors ceremonies<br />
Hundreds of proud <strong>WestConn</strong> students received<br />
awards and scholarships when the university’s<br />
three schools and the Division of Graduate<br />
Studies hosted honors convocations before the<br />
May commencement exercises.<br />
The Honors Convocation is a major university<br />
event, one that celebrates outstanding academic<br />
achievement and permits faculty and administra<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
the opportunity <strong>to</strong> emphasize academic<br />
excellence as one of the university’s major<br />
priorities. Each year, departments present<br />
awards <strong>to</strong> students; students also receive scholarship<br />
awards contributed by donors.<br />
“At the end, we give out the dean’s award <strong>to</strong><br />
the outstanding student in the business school,<br />
and this student talks about his or her<br />
accomplishments, what he or she has learned and<br />
what <strong>WestConn</strong> means <strong>to</strong> them,” said Dean of the<br />
Ancell School of Business Dr. Allen Mor<strong>to</strong>n.<br />
“We have a strong group of students who have<br />
worked hard earning honors,” said Dean of the<br />
School of Arts and Sciences Dr. Linda Vaden-<br />
Goad. “It is really very exciting for us, and one<br />
way we celebrate what we do.”<br />
The dean also praised the “generosity of our<br />
community and different individuals” who<br />
donate scholarship funds. Vaden-Goad said<br />
instead of giving birthday presents, she is giving<br />
scholarships in her father’s and brother-in-law’s<br />
names.<br />
“I started <strong>to</strong> think about the kinds of things<br />
they care about and decided <strong>to</strong> do it,” she said.<br />
“They are excited about it, <strong>to</strong>o.”<br />
Dean of the School of Professional Studies Dr.<br />
Lynne Clark also commended various donors<br />
whose generous contributions add <strong>to</strong> the success<br />
of the ceremony.<br />
“The School of Professional Studies awarded<br />
some 45 scholarships <strong>to</strong> students on May 4,” said<br />
Clark, adding that those who attended the ceremony<br />
included faculty members, students who<br />
received scholarships and other academic awards,<br />
and their parents and family members.<br />
The WCSU Alumni Association Inc. also<br />
presents awards <strong>to</strong> deserving students each year.<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> Pho<strong>to</strong>/Peggy Stewart<br />
Donor Jason Hancock and graphic design student Lynn<br />
Ullman, a scholarship recipient, know first-hand about the<br />
importance of recognizing student achievement.
Jeffrey Abbott<br />
Adherent Technologies, LLC<br />
Joseph Aina<br />
Kathleen Albano<br />
Robert & Mary Alberetti<br />
Robin Alexanderson<br />
Diane Alexanian<br />
Ruth Allen<br />
Jerry Allford<br />
Donna Ames-Trudell<br />
Mary Anne Ammerman<br />
Steven Anderlot<br />
Irene Anderson<br />
William Anderson<br />
Koryoe Anim-Wright<br />
Anonymous Donor<br />
Sally Arconti<br />
Thomas Arconti<br />
Pauline Argeros<br />
Arnhold Foundation<br />
Joanne Baldauf<br />
Peter Baldino<br />
Bridget Banic<br />
Bank of America<br />
Richard Bassett<br />
Thomas Beardsley<br />
Carol Beers<br />
Morris Beers<br />
Rudy & Mary Behrens<br />
Lori Beirne<br />
Richard & Marjorie<br />
Bellesheim<br />
Kerry Bender<br />
Robert Bender<br />
John Benn<br />
Barbara Bernstein<br />
Lois-Jean Berry<br />
Bertha M. McCollam Inc.<br />
Ber<strong>to</strong>zzi Electric<br />
Daniel Bertram<br />
William Bey<br />
Dorota Biernat<br />
Slawomir Biernat<br />
Carol Bills<br />
Bridget Bishop<br />
Louann Bloomer<br />
Mark Blore<br />
Jose Boa<br />
Mary Bonaccorso<br />
Naomi Bonnell<br />
Donna Bowe<br />
Margaret Boyle<br />
Ariel Brandt<br />
Branson Ultrasonics Corp.<br />
Robert Brno<br />
Daryle Brown<br />
Suzanna Burch<br />
Eileen Burke<br />
Theresa Buzaid<br />
Anthony & Roberta<br />
Caraluzzi<br />
Ann Carey<br />
Gertrude Carey<br />
Thomas Carlone<br />
Ruth Carlson<br />
Michael Casale<br />
Jessica S. Casey<br />
Nancy Cassidy<br />
Bruce Cavanaugh<br />
Denise Chris<strong>to</strong>pher-Papp<br />
Virginia Ciccarone<br />
Mark Cioffi<br />
Lynne Clark<br />
Abigail Clarke<br />
John & Marie Cochran<br />
Joan Conn<br />
Conn. Student Loan<br />
Foundation<br />
Monica Connor<br />
Mary Consoli<br />
Fred Cratty<br />
Maria Craye<br />
Herbert Crocker<br />
Carolyn Currie<br />
Mark Curti<br />
Linda Curtis<br />
MaryAnne Cutrali<br />
Sandra Cvanciger<br />
William Daly<br />
Rita D’Amico<br />
Joseph DaSilva<br />
Linda DaSilva<br />
Biruta David<br />
Roy Dellinger<br />
Sharon Dellinger<br />
Augustine DeLuca<br />
Loretta DeLuca<br />
Jack DePace<br />
Aileen Dever<br />
Gregory DiOrio<br />
Toni Doherty<br />
Patricia Domnarski<br />
Kathleen Donatucci<br />
Mary Donaty<br />
Peter Donaty<br />
Adelino DosSan<strong>to</strong>s<br />
Michael Driscoll<br />
Johanna Dubauskas<br />
Robert Dubauskas<br />
Stephen Durci<br />
John Dye<br />
Theresa Edwards<br />
Robert Eisenson<br />
Simon Elsinger<br />
Mavis English<br />
Karen Engstrom<br />
Kenneth Erdmann<br />
Veronica Erdmann<br />
Efrain Escobar<br />
Lori Esposi<strong>to</strong><br />
Mark Esposi<strong>to</strong><br />
Estate of John A. Johns<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Estate of Natalie F. Johns<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Isabelle T. Farring<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Charles Fenwick<br />
Mark & Teri Fernand<br />
Lois Fernandes<br />
Maija-Liisa Fink<br />
Fiorita, Kornhaas & Van<br />
Houten, P.C.<br />
Thomas Fogarty<br />
Jeanne Fonfara<br />
Our Donors<br />
Our thanks <strong>to</strong> all the university’s supporters. This list represents donations received between Jan. 1 and March 31, 2005.<br />
If your name is missing or misspelled, please call (203) 837-8279. Your gift is important <strong>to</strong> us. Thank You!<br />
Eleanor Franck-Jimenez<br />
Patricia Fusco<br />
Fusco Corp.<br />
Arlene Futch<br />
Denis Gallagher<br />
Francis Gallo<br />
Susan Gankos<br />
Rich Gerber<br />
Margaret Glahn<br />
Barbara Gorham<br />
Edward Gross<br />
Judith Grundvig<br />
Rona Gurkewitz<br />
Virginia Habbas<br />
Ann Hagman<br />
Janet Hall<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall<br />
Fredrica Halligan<br />
Donald Hallquist<br />
Elizabeth Hallquist<br />
Helen Hamm<br />
Kathryn Hand<br />
Harry Hara<br />
John Harris<br />
Joan Harrison-Bough<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Juliana Hart<br />
Mary Hatzis<br />
Hawley Construction<br />
Ervie Hawley<br />
Meriel Held<br />
Daniel Hepp<br />
Francis Herbert<br />
Barbara Heuer<br />
Sean Hickman<br />
Mary Hoddinott<br />
Jacqueline Hogan<br />
Drusilla Hoge<br />
Mark Hor<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Housa<strong>to</strong>nic Valley Coalition<br />
Patricia Hunt<br />
Viola Hun<strong>to</strong>on<br />
Robert Hutchings<br />
William Hutchinson<br />
Barbara Hymel<br />
Donna Iacoviello<br />
Patricia Ivry<br />
Carolyn Jackson<br />
Chris<strong>to</strong>pher Jackson<br />
Marjorie Shaf<strong>to</strong> Jameson<br />
Henry Jensen<br />
Lorraine Jowdy<br />
George Kain<br />
Dr. Michael Kane<br />
Katherine Keating<br />
Kathleen Keating<br />
Patrick Kerin<br />
Eileen Kessler<br />
Sandra Kissel<br />
Marilyn Kobara<br />
Elizabeth Kocaba<br />
Robert Kocaba<br />
Jacqueline Kuegler<br />
Karl Kuegler<br />
Ronald Kutz<br />
Margaret La Polt<br />
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Elaine Labate<br />
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Anna Lavalla<br />
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Margaret Leahey<br />
Charles Leety<br />
Joseph Leheny<br />
James Leonard<br />
Dennis Levesque<br />
Patricia Levesque<br />
Carol Lie<strong>to</strong><br />
Marlene Lindquist<br />
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Ellen Lyon<br />
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Jeffrey Maccarone<br />
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Deno Macricostas<br />
Sandra & Frederick<br />
Maidment<br />
Kathleen Maloney<br />
Anthony Markert<br />
Linda Marot<strong>to</strong>lo<br />
Peter Martin<br />
Marita Masuch<br />
Mathew Abraham<br />
Laura Mathison<br />
Gail Matusovich<br />
Joanne Maurer<br />
Pauline McBride<br />
Anne McCarthy<br />
Andree McColgan<br />
Thomas McCusker<br />
Cheryl McDowell<br />
Cheryl McIlroy<br />
David McKane<br />
Katherine McKay<br />
Janet McKay<br />
Beatrice McKirgan<br />
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C.M. Medford III<br />
Yuan Mei-Ratliff<br />
Margaret Meisenhelder<br />
John & Susan Melillo<br />
Stan Mersand<br />
Polly Messer<br />
Jennifer Michaud<br />
Karin Miller<br />
Arlene Minkin<br />
Nicholas Mitchell<br />
Norbet Mitchell<br />
Irene Mlynar<br />
Richard Molinelli<br />
Janet Moore<br />
Dana Moorer<br />
Brian Morehouse<br />
Genene Morehouse<br />
Julie Morgan<br />
Irene Morrison<br />
Allen Mor<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Lori Mott<br />
George Mulvaney<br />
Beatrice Murdock<br />
Janice Murphy<br />
Jennifer Nash<br />
Emma Nau<br />
Katherine Neilson<br />
Robert Nemergut<br />
The News-Times<br />
Sandra Norelli<br />
Thomas Norelli<br />
Novella Development, LLC<br />
Catherine Oberle<br />
Beverly O’Boza<br />
Sheryl O’Hurley<br />
Sally O’Neil<br />
Frederick & Patricia O’Neill<br />
Rocco Orso<br />
“Over the Hill” Farm Inc.<br />
Tiziana Paniagua<br />
Paul Paquette<br />
Susan Paquette<br />
Grace Parisi<br />
Jeanne Parsley<br />
Penn Gardner Inc.<br />
Bur<strong>to</strong>n Peretti<br />
Susan Pochal<br />
Robert & Barbara Pokorak<br />
R. Scott & Sharon Porter<br />
Joan Potenza<br />
Jordan Powell<br />
Kathleen Powell<br />
Powers - Powers<br />
Barbara Pret<strong>to</strong><br />
Sharon Pritchard<br />
Elaine Puzzo<br />
Shouhua Qi<br />
Kelly Ralabate<br />
Rachel Ramsey<br />
Barbara Rasp<br />
Margaret & Thomas<br />
Reardon<br />
Richard Reimold<br />
Elizabeth Reis<br />
Glenne & June Renzulli<br />
William Robbins<br />
George Rogers<br />
Rose and Kiernan<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Janet Ross<br />
Alison Roth<br />
Noel Roy<br />
Thyra Salonen<br />
Kenneth Saloom<br />
Phyllis Saltzgaber<br />
Patricia SalvateRiley<br />
Katherine Santuro<br />
James Sarath<br />
Arthur Sarnecky<br />
Randall Sayers<br />
Michael Scalera<br />
Joan Scat<strong>to</strong>lini<br />
James Schmotter and<br />
Daphne Jameson<br />
William Schnitzel<br />
Linda Schramm<br />
Kay Schreiber<br />
Kathryn Sharkis<br />
5<br />
Linda Sheldon<br />
Michael Sheldon<br />
Mildred Siegel<br />
Veronica Smith<br />
Alicia Snakard<br />
Kurt Solek<br />
Keli Solomon<br />
Lisa Sorrentino<br />
Elizabeth Speglevin<br />
Charles & Denise Spiridon<br />
Amy Stanzione<br />
Arlene Stewart<br />
Peggy Stewart<br />
Marguerite Strai<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Richard Sullivan<br />
Rosemary Sutich<br />
John & Rosemary Sutich<br />
Katrina Swann<br />
Kathi & David Swanson<br />
Barbara Talarico<br />
Laura Taylor<br />
Frederick Tesch<br />
Donald Thoren<br />
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Union Savings Bank<br />
Nancy Urell<br />
Linda Vaden-Goad<br />
Frances Van Zanten<br />
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John Wallace<br />
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John Webber<br />
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Eric Wellman<br />
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A. Rodger Wutzl<br />
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6 <strong>WestConn</strong>tribu<strong>to</strong>rs, Spring 2005<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> inaugurates eighth<br />
president: James W. Schmotter<br />
On April 15, 2005, <strong>WestConn</strong> did<br />
something it has done only seven times in its<br />
more-than-100-year his<strong>to</strong>ry: inaugurate a new<br />
president. It was with great excitement and<br />
expectation that Dr. James W. Schmotter was<br />
officially installed as the university’s eighth<br />
president at a ceremony in the William A.<br />
O’Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on<br />
the Westside campus.<br />
To commemorate the significance of the<br />
event, the university offered a full schedule of<br />
activities beginning Saturday, April 9, and<br />
leading up <strong>to</strong> and after the ceremony.<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> Pho<strong>to</strong>/Peggy Stewart<br />
Schmotter’s chosen inaugural theme was<br />
“Changing Lives,” so many of the Inaugural<br />
Week events celebrated the impact <strong>WestConn</strong><br />
has had on its students and the Greater<br />
Danbury community.<br />
Throughout the week, faculty, staff,<br />
students and local residents joined <strong>to</strong> celebrate<br />
their individual accomplishments, group<br />
achievements and common future goals. It was<br />
clear during the festivities that <strong>WestConn</strong> has<br />
changed lives in a very positive way — and<br />
will continue <strong>to</strong> do so under its eighth president’s<br />
leadership.<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> Pho<strong>to</strong>/Peggy Stewart<br />
Ancell School of Business Dean Dr. Allen Mor<strong>to</strong>n (left) and WCSU Foundation Inc. board member Roy Young<br />
Creating a scholarship<br />
is as simple as one,<br />
two, three & four!<br />
This year <strong>WestConn</strong> awarded more than 60<br />
student scholarships from funds created by<br />
donors like you, with most of the awards ranging<br />
from $500 <strong>to</strong> $1,000 each.<br />
You can create your own scholarship with an<br />
annual contribution in the amount of your<br />
choice, usually $500 <strong>to</strong> $1,000. Or, you can<br />
create an endowment that will generate a<br />
predictable income <strong>to</strong> provide the scholarship<br />
funds. Endowments usually start at $10,000; we<br />
recommend $20,000 <strong>to</strong> generate a good-sized<br />
scholarship that can make a real difference.<br />
The key word with <strong>WestConn</strong> scholarship<br />
funds is flexibility. You can make a series of<br />
smaller contributions, one large gift or a combination<br />
of the two. You can choose your favorite<br />
academic area, require a specific grade point<br />
average, emphasize community service, or<br />
combine all three.<br />
We manage scholarships for the highest<br />
academic performance in a particular major. We<br />
also offer them for international students,<br />
students involved in extracurricular activities,<br />
graduate students and undergraduate students.<br />
We can design a scholarship program based on<br />
nearly any special interest you or a loved one<br />
prefers. Athletic scholarships are one exception;<br />
NCAA regulations prohibit them in our division.<br />
To get started <strong>to</strong>day, please take these three<br />
simple steps:<br />
1. Call Direc<strong>to</strong>r of Institutional Advancement<br />
Michael Driscoll at (203) 837-8419.<br />
2. Tell Driscoll about your preferences and<br />
discuss your options.<br />
3. Make your gift.<br />
As the fourth and final step, you’ll be able <strong>to</strong> take<br />
pride in knowing you are helping <strong>WestConn</strong><br />
students achieve their dreams!<br />
Tuesday, July 19, at Water<strong>to</strong>wn Golf Club<br />
I p.m. shotgun start<br />
Dinner and awards at 5:30 p.m.<br />
$175 per person<br />
Call (203) 837-8290
Commencement<br />
gives degree<br />
candidates<br />
something<br />
<strong>to</strong> celebrate<br />
Beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 22,<br />
the dreams of nearly a thousand men and<br />
women will become reality when they<br />
receive bachelor’s or master’s degrees during<br />
the 106th annual <strong>WestConn</strong> commencement<br />
exercises.<br />
Joining the 764 bachelor’s candidates and<br />
193 master’s candidates on the athletic<br />
practice field on the Westside campus will be<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong>’s newly inaugurated eighth<br />
president, Dr. James W. Schmotter, who will<br />
preside over his first commencement ceremony<br />
at <strong>WestConn</strong>.<br />
During the ceremony, Dr. Jack S.C. Fong,<br />
chairman of the department of pediatric<br />
medicine at Danbury Hospital, will be the<br />
2005 Presidential Medal recipient. Fong will<br />
be recognized for his strong support of the<br />
university and the community, as well as his<br />
tireless dedication <strong>to</strong> promoting quality<br />
education and health care for Danbury<br />
residents.<br />
Bruce Goldsen will receive the<br />
Distinguished Alumni Award. Goldsen, who<br />
earned a bachelor’s degree in communications<br />
& theatre arts from <strong>WestConn</strong> in 1982, is<br />
president and co-owner of Jackson Radio<br />
Works in Jackson, Mich.<br />
President Schmotter will deliver the commencement<br />
address.<br />
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<strong>Boehringer</strong> support <strong>continues</strong> continued from page 1<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> and <strong>Boehringer</strong> have teamed up for<br />
more than 25 years. The relationship formally<br />
began when <strong>Boehringer</strong> first donated equipment<br />
and chemical abstracts <strong>to</strong> the university.<br />
Donations of equipment and chemical abstracts<br />
continue <strong>to</strong> be an important component of the<br />
alliance that so richly benefits students.<br />
Then, in 1986, <strong>Boehringer</strong> became one of the<br />
first corporate donors <strong>to</strong> the university, providing<br />
a $100,000 donation <strong>to</strong> establish <strong>WestConn</strong>’s first<br />
state-of-the-art biochemistry lab. Understanding<br />
the importance of maintenance, <strong>Boehringer</strong> also<br />
established an endowment fund <strong>to</strong> support the<br />
facility’s ongoing operation in Higgins Hall. The<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong> Biochemistry Labora<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
has been the major teaching labora<strong>to</strong>ry for<br />
students in WCSU’s biochemistry program, with<br />
both formal labora<strong>to</strong>ry classes and undergraduate<br />
research projects conducted there. Since then,<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> has reaffirmed its support<br />
many times.<br />
This <strong>partnership</strong> is key <strong>to</strong> the continuing<br />
<strong>grow</strong>th and success of <strong>WestConn</strong> students’<br />
scientific study. One example is the university’s<br />
new $48-million science building, scheduled for<br />
completion later this year. The facility will house<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong>’s biology, chemistry, physics,<br />
astronomy and meteorology departments. The finished<br />
structure will offer classrooms, research<br />
labora<strong>to</strong>ries, lecture halls, a greenhouse, an<br />
observa<strong>to</strong>ry, and the WCSU Weather Center.<br />
During the university’s first capital<br />
campaign, <strong>Boehringer</strong> made a $100,000 corporate<br />
gift donation. This will establish a<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong> Biochemistry Labora<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
in the new science building and create an<br />
endowment fund <strong>to</strong> benefit the lab.<br />
<strong>Boehringer</strong> <strong>Ingelheim</strong> Senior Vice President of<br />
Human Resources David W. Nurnberger pointed<br />
out that <strong>Boehringer</strong> also has benefited from its<br />
support of the university, with many talented<br />
<strong>WestConn</strong> graduates becoming employees of the<br />
company. In 2005, <strong>Boehringer</strong> employed about<br />
150 <strong>WestConn</strong> alumni.<br />
“On behalf of our senior management team<br />
and all our employees, we are pleased <strong>to</strong> continue<br />
the long and mutually beneficial <strong>partnership</strong> we<br />
have with Western Connecticut State<br />
University,” said Nurnberger, who is a <strong>WestConn</strong><br />
alumnus. “The university has become an important<br />
resource for us, not only in terms of<br />
supplying us with talented graduates, but also by<br />
joining with us <strong>to</strong> train more than 200 of our<br />
managers through a specially tailored program<br />
taught by professors from the Ancell School of<br />
Business. We look forward <strong>to</strong> continuing our<br />
<strong>partnership</strong> in the future.”<br />
For more information about creating a<br />
<strong>partnership</strong> <strong>to</strong> benefit <strong>WestConn</strong> students and<br />
the community, call the Office of Institutional<br />
Advancement at (203) 837-8298.<br />
Giving opportunities abound continued from page 1<br />
library services, supplies, programs or<br />
specific departments.<br />
There are also ways <strong>to</strong> make your gifts go<br />
further: The State of Connecticut is<br />
considering a new program <strong>to</strong> supplement<br />
endowment gifts, and many companies will add<br />
<strong>to</strong> gifts made by employees, their spouses or<br />
retirees. Contact your human resources office<br />
about your company’s matching policy.<br />
Call the Office of Institutional Advancement at<br />
(203) 837-8298 for more information about<br />
giving opportunities.<br />
Mottleys establish scholarship continued from page 3<br />
in the meteorology major receives the scholarship.<br />
Twenty-two-year-old Carring<strong>to</strong>n “C.J.” Klopfer, a<br />
junior meteorology major, is the recipient of the<br />
scholarship for the 2005-06 academic year.<br />
“We believe education is so important,” Mary<br />
Ellen Mottley said. “We see the scholarship as a<br />
way <strong>to</strong> invest in a person, that person’s education<br />
and that person’s future.”<br />
Lewis and Jonathan Mottley were both members<br />
of the New Canaan Volunteer Fire Company,<br />
so his parents also established a fund in<br />
Jonathan’s memory <strong>to</strong> support education of the<br />
department’s members.<br />
Lewis Mottley said he hopes his family’s s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
will help others see the benefit of supporting<br />
scholarships. “We all know that students are<br />
faced with a number of challenges,” he said.<br />
“They’re working incredibly hard, so providing<br />
recognition and some support is really<br />
important.”<br />
Call the Office of Institutional Advancement at<br />
(203) 837-8298 for more information about<br />
establishing a scholarship.<br />
7
Save<br />
theDate<br />
Mark your calendars and<br />
please join us for the following<br />
upcoming events:<br />
May 20 & 21, Dinner theatre for “Blue<br />
Window” play, 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m.<br />
theatre production, Alumni Hall, Mid<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
campus, $15 for play only, $35 for dinner<br />
& play<br />
May 22, Commencement, 10:30 a.m.,<br />
Westside campus<br />
July 19, Alumni Golf Outing, 1 p.m.,<br />
Water<strong>to</strong>wn Golf Club, $175 per person<br />
Sept. 28, Scholarship Donor/Student<br />
Reception, Warner Hall, Mid<strong>to</strong>wn campus<br />
Oct. 15, Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,<br />
10 a.m., Warner Hall, Mid<strong>to</strong>wn campus<br />
Nov. 13, Wine Tasting, 4 - 7 p.m.,<br />
Warner Hall, Mid<strong>to</strong>wn campus,<br />
$50 per person<br />
Jan. 18, <strong>WestConn</strong> Society Luncheon,<br />
11:30 a.m., Warner Hall, Mid<strong>to</strong>wn campus<br />
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Josephine Hamer<br />
Carol Hawkes<br />
Gary Hawley<br />
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