Spring 2013 - D'Youville College

D’Youville CollegeD’MensionsAlumni MagazineSPRING 2013 STAYING INFORMED SPANNING A DECADE SPOTLIGHT ALUMS TAKING NOTE

Over the years, D’Youville has been generously gifted with works of art that are displayed around its campus. The cover photo is by artist Madelen Lawton, titled,President William McKinley Visits the Pan American Exposition and was donated by Catherine Waters ’30. The inside image was recently donated byMr. & Mrs. Gerald T. Stay and is by artist Jin G. Kam, Untitled - Color Lithograph, Edition #99/375.

Our MissionD’Youville College is anindependent institution ofhigher education that offersbaccalaureate and graduateprograms to studentsof all faiths, culturesSTAYING and backgrounds. INFORMEDTHE We COLLEGE honor our CatholicPAGE heritage 2 and the spirit ofOURSaintFACULTYMargueriteANDd’YouvilleSTAFFPAGE by providing 10 academic,social, spiritual, andSTUDENTS, professional PAST development AND PRESENTPAGEin programs18that emphasizeTAKING leadership NOTE and service.PAGE D’Youville 30 teaches studentsto contribute to the worldcommunity by leadingcompassionate, productiveand responsible lives.SPOTLIGHT ALUM FEATURE DEPARTMENTSFIFTY AND COUNTINGPAGE 22SPANNING A DECADEPAGE 201

STAYING INFORMED - the college18th AnnualAchievement in Health Care(r) Dr. Edwin A. Nlirand enjoying the eveningin the company of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeSchlemmer.D’Youville College honored two localhealth care professionals at its annualAchievement in Health Care AwardsDinner on February 28, 2013 at Salvatore’sItalian Gardens in Depew, N.Y.Since the award’s inception eighteenyears ago, D’Youville College hascontinued to grow as a leading educatorin the health professions. The College’smission challenges students to contributeto the world community by leadingcompassionate, productive and responsiblelives. Each year we look to our honorees asexamples of the personal and professionalheights our students may attain as theyprepare for service to others in their chosencareers.This year’s honorees were Dr. LawrenceBone, professor and chair of theDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery at theUniversity at Buffalo School of Medicineand Biomedical Science, and Dr. EladLevy, director of the Endovascular StrokeService for the Gates Vascular Institute andprofessor of neurosurgery and radiology atthe University at BuffaloDr. Bone, an orthopaedic surgeon, is oneof the oldest members of the local 865thCombat Support Hospital at Niagara FallsAir Reserve Station. He serves as chiefof orthopaedics for the hospital and looksforward to returning to Afghanistan to helpsave the lives of American soldiers woundedin combat. Dr. Bone was accepted into theDr. Lawrence B. Bone addressing the guestsafter being honored at the Health AwardDinner for his work as chair of orthopaedicsurgery at the Universityr at Buffalo School ofMedicine and Biomedical Sciences.2

Awards Dinnermilitary under the age waiver for areas ofcritical need, and despite his family andprofessional responsibilities, continues tomake the time to go to the war zone to treatcombat soldiers. He has said, “Our menand women are still being injured and after30 years of treating civilian trauma victims,I’m honored to have this opportunity totreat our military.”“This award, an eagle,represents strength…and so I dedicate it tomy son, the epitomeof strength for me”DR. BONEDr. Bone knows personally why his medicalskills are needed. His son Christiansuffered a severe combat wound in Iraq andby continuing to serve, Dr. Bone said, “Iwill have the chance to return the favor ofcaring for the wounded just as my son wascared for by a military orthopaedic surgeonin Baghdad during the Iraq War. It’s achance for me to help someone else’s son.”Dr. Levy, a well-known leader inneurosurgery, is a member of a team ofsurgeons responsible for bringing cuttingedge stroke treatment to Western New York.As director of the Endovascular StrokeService for the Gates Vascular Institute,he oversees treatment of complex largebrain aneurysms with a new minimallyinvasive pipeline embolization device.He is also a professor of neurosurgeryand radiology at the University at Buffaloand has participated in major clinicalresearch on synthetic bone, carotid arteryrevascularization and stents. The residentshe instructs have called him “a superbteacher.” Dr. Levy trains surgeons fromaround the nation, including those fromthe Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Universityand Duke University, in this lifesavingtreatment.“This award tonightis a testament to theefforts of so manypeople over thepast decade.”DR. LEVYHis associates praise his sense of humorand greatly enjoy working with him.Dr. Levy has said: “There is little moregratifying than seeing our research andDr. Elad I. Levy extends his thanks tothe College on being recognized for hisextraordinary work in Stroke Research.training translate into real advancementsin medicine that help our community andpatients across the globe.”Proceeds from the Achievement inHealth Care Awards Dinner fund studentscholarships at the College.Co-chairing the event were trustees,Samuel J. Savarino, president and CEOof Savarino Companies and Cheryl A.Klass, president of Women and Children’sHospital.alumni.dyouville.edu 3

STAYING INFORMED - the collegeD’YOUVILLECOLLEGE NAMESKATHLEEN CHRISTYAS INSTITUTIONALADVANCEMENTVICE PRESIDENTof FleetBoston Financial Group and servedas director of development for BuffaloGeneral Hospital.She is the founding member of Girls on theRun – Buffalo and chaired the board fortwo years. Christy is a member of the St.Amelia School Home School Associationand currently serves as president of theschool board. In addition, she serves on theboard of the New York State School ChoiceFoundation, and on the advancementcommittee for the Nativity Miguel MiddleSchools.She is a graduate of the College ofSaint Rose in Albany, and a native ofFranklinville, NY.“As a person who is passionate abouteducation, it is truly an honor to joinD’Youville College. I welcome thechallenge to raise the essential fundsneeded to support and provide affordableand accessible options for both our currentand future students. I look forward toworking with faculty, staff, alumni, boardmembers and the greater community tocontinue to develop and grow our campusfacilities and structure.”“I was drawn to D’Youville, not onlybecause of its mission that embodies serviceand leadership, but also the heritage andspirit of St. Marguerite d’Youville that isso very present every day on this campus.”D’Youville College has named KathleenM. Christy to the position of vice presidentof institutional advancement where shewill be responsible for all fundraisingactivities from private sources and collegealumni. The appointment was effectiveJanuary 1, 2013.Prior to joining D’Youville, Christy wasthe executive director of the BISONScholarship Fund, Inc., a tuition assistanceprogram for low-income children (K-8thgrade) to attend a private school of choice,a position she held since 2001.She held the same position at the WesternNew York Grantmakers Association, whichis a membership association community ofphilanthropic individuals and organizations.Christy was also the regional marketingcoordinator for the Private Clients Group“As a person whois passionateabout education,it is truly anhonor to joinD’Youville College.”D’YOUVILLE PURCHASES LAND FORATHLETIC FIELDSD’Youville has purchased 3.5 acres of landfrom the City of Buffalo for use as athleticfields. Located near the foot of PorterAvenue, they will be the first athletic fieldsowned by the college and will serve boththe varsity softball and soccer teams. Thepurchase price was $400,000.The college will invest approximately $2.5million in bringing the fields, bordered byPorter Avenue, Jersey Street, Fourth Streetand the Niagara Thruway, up to playingstandards. While not contiguous with themain campus on Porter, it is close enoughfor students to walk to the fields to play orwatch the games. Plans call for the fields tobe ready by this fall.Included in the site is the property thatformerly was home to Ted’s Hot Dog Stand.“The college needs to have its own outdoorsoccer and softball fields instead of playingat other facilities,” said Sister Denise A.Roche, college president. Teams currentlyuse the fields at Riverside High School,but the Allegheny Mountain CollegiateConference, to which D’Youville belongs,expects conference colleges to have theirown fields.4

D’YOUVILLE PARTNERS WITH WEST BUFFALOCHARTER SCHOOLD’Youville College has become aninstitutional partner with the brand newWest Buffalo Charter School through ateacher education program and membershipon their board.Located a short distance from the collegecampus at 113 Lafayette Avenue, in therenovated former Lafayette Hospital, theschool opened its doors on August 13, 2012.West Buffalo Charter School offers gradesK-2 and plans to expand to K-4 in thefuture. Its curriculum is aligned with theState Common Core Learning Standardsand classes stress literacy skills for themultilingual and diverse student body.The school, headed by Andrea Todoro,currently has 138 students enrolled. Thestaff includes eight classroom teachers,eight teaching assistants, and threelanguage and literacy instructors.Twelve different languages are spoken bythe students. Instructional hours run from8 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. and there is a “JumpStart Program” from 7:15 a.m. to 8 a.m. Art,music, physical education and technologyare included in the curriculum, accordingto Todoro.“West Buffalo Charter School allowsstudents to explore their interests, establishand maintain positive relationships andmaximize their individual successes,” shesays. “Our mission is to instill a love oflearning in all children.”The school has approval for 270 studentsand plans to grow one grade level each yearuntil reaching grade four.It is also a site for student teaching forD’Youville’s education majors, allowingthem to work with the Charter Schoolteachers in elementary and specialeducation classes, according to Dr. ArupSen, vice president for academic affairsat the college, who sits on their six-personboard of trustees.“I would like to strengthen this partnershipwith more of our education studentsand faculty engaged in teaching andresearch activities in literacy, other areasof education, and speech and languagedevelopment,” he said.D’Youville plans to build partnerships withother charter schools.A charter school is an independent publicschool, free, and open to residents of NewYork State.Sister Denise A. Roche, GNSH, president of D’Youville College, listens intently as a studentreads from a journal at the West Buffalo Charter School.PHONATHONCALLERS ENJOYGREAT SUCCESSThis past year, an energized, wonderfulgroup of DYC students diligently workedto call alumni and let them know all theexciting things that are happening oncampus and seek support for the LoyaltyFund. On behalf of all D’Youville students,thank you for your support!The D’Youville College student phonathonstrives to build a greater awareness of,interest in, and support for D’Youvilleamong alumni and friends throughrelationship building and fundraising.Each semester, a team of students thatincludes all majors from across campusare employed part-time to call alumniduring our annual phonation appeal togive updates about current campus eventsand ask for continued support. This appealraises more than $150,000 in pledges,cash and matching gifts for the collegeeach year. Callers are ready and willing totalk about the great things happening oncampus, their experiences as students andall of the ways your support benefits the3,000 students currently on campus. Thankyou for answering your phones!continued on page 6alumni.dyouville.edu 5

STAYING INFORMED - the collegecontinued from page 5It’s a little known fact that tuition onlycovers a portion of the true cost of aD’Youville education each year. StudentsFund through:Gifts to the Loyalty Fund may be organization or they can be unrestricted, tobe used wherever the need is the greatest.Donations provide students with theresources they need, keeping educationwithin reach for future generations ofstudents.If you haven’t done so already,there is still time to give tothis year’s campaign thatruns through May 31.Visit alumni.dyouville.edu/donations/ to make yoursecure donation!Give Today!The food collected for Thanksgiving wasenough for 50 boxes, much of which wasdistributed to Westside Ministries.LIVING THE GOSPEL AND THE MISSIONIn August of each year, the faculty andstaff gather together for the college’sopening assembly at which time SisterDenise Roche offers a warm welcome, the“state of the college” address, along with ato live the mission of the college. August of2011 offered a slightly unique challenge, tolive the gospel of Matthew 25:35, 37, and40 which states: “For I was hungry and yougave me food, I was thirsty and you gaveme drink, I was a stranger and you mademe welcome. Then the upright will say tohim in reply, Lord, when did we see youhungry and feed you, or thirsty and giveyou drink? And the King will answer, Intruth I tell you, in so far as you did this toone of the least of these brothers of mine,you did it to me.”Sister’s challenge was based, in part, onthe alarming statistics regarding hunger inthe United States. We live in the wealthiestnation in the world yet 50.1 millionAmericans struggle to put food on the table.Each night 16.2 million children in Americago to bed hungry. Forty percent of food isthrown out in the US every year, whichtranslates into approximately $165 billionworth of food. This uneaten food couldfeed 25 million Americans. Contraryto the thoughts of some, the problemis not due to a food shortage, but thecontinued prevalence of poverty.Hunger exists within our own collegecommunity as students weigh the costof food versus the cost of rent, textbooksand general school supplies. So in thespirit of St. Marguerite d’Youville andliving the gospel the D’Youville CollegeHunger Initiative began. A committee wasformed, led by Sister Denise, and the 2011-events and volunteer opportunities tocombat hunger in and around the collegecampus. The response was so great and sowell received by those on the receiving endthat the committee voted to continue theinitiative for a second year.Efforts that are continuing from last yearinclude serving food at Friends of NightPeople on the second Wednesday of eachmonth, collecting food at the monthlyalumni association board of directorsmeeting, packing food for Feed MyDYC volunteers help Friends of Night PeopleStarving Children, Thanksgiving foodbaskets, and caring for the West SideCommunity Services Center vegetablegarden. New initiatives for this academicyear include supporting the Earth 2 Mouthproject (connects local food producers andsoup kitchens in an end-to-end volunteerexperience), various food collections tosupport the Holy Angels Church food pantry,Charter Day Food Drive, healthy treat drivefor the afterschool program at West SideCommunity Services Center and the EmptyBowl project. The bowl project consists ofdecorating small bowls, selling them for $5apiece and offering free soup to anyone whopurchases a bowl. Proceeds of the sale of thebowls will go toward Food for All, Friendsof Night People and Family Promise.The Hunger Initiative Committeeencourages alumni and friends of the collegeto join our mission to make a difference inVolunteer at a local soup kitchen, sponsora food drive at your work place with thecollected food and/or funds donated to alocal food bank, sponsor an empty bowlproject at your school or parish, start acommunity vegetable garden or simplyreach out to someone you know who isstruggling to make ends meet. Performingeven the simplest acts of kindness will havea ripple effect in ways that you cannot beginto imagine. Be that ripple of change, and, inthe words of St. Marguerite d’Youville, “…never refuse to serve.”6

HAITIAN PARTNERSHIP FLOURISHESFor the past three years, faculty and studentsfrom the D’Youville College School ofPharmacy have been participating inmedical mission trips to Haiti. Thoughour locations have varied, there has beenone constant: our Haitian pharmacist host,Mrs. Apphia Saint-Elien Beauge. Last fall,D’Youville College had the pleasure ofhosting her here for a change.To call the experience “life changing”would be an understatement. Apphia hadnever been on a commercial airplane, hadnever left Haiti, and had never been in aclimate under 75 degrees, until she showedup in Buffalo. In November, Apphia wasable to experience so much more thanjust coming to America and cold weatherduring her month-long visit. She spent timeobserving in the classroom, shadowingclinical faculty and she gave several guestlectures. At the end of her trip, she wasasked what she thought about D’YouvilleCollege.“I wish I could have studied at D’YouvilleCollege. It is a place where students areable to learn well and help the community.And the teachers really care about theirstudents,” she stated.She was impressed with the differencesbetween American and Haitian pharmacyschools, specifically in the areas ofpatient counseling and training in thecompounding laboratory.“American pharmacy students practicecounseling and have the (compounding)laboratory. In Haiti, we weren’t taught howto talk to patients and we don’t have thelaboratory. Most Haitian pharmacists don’tknow how to make an IV or compoundwhen they graduate,” she noted.At the airport, as Apphia was leaving, shehanded over a card and said not to open ituntil she was gone. Here is part of what shewrote:Ten million thank yous is notenough. I have learned so much,and this trip has really changedmy life.I found the experience to be lifechanging as well; I learned somuch about my own culture byteaching it to someone else.Soon, Apphia will once again be hostingD’Youville students in Haiti. In March, Dr.McCrory-Churchill and Dr. Patricia Pittsare taking a group of nursing and pharmacystudents to Haiti for an interdisciplinaryexperiential experience with Apphia andInternational Medical Assistance Team(IMAT).Impressions of Africa by Salvador Dali.Lithographic Reproduction - signed &inscribed.CHRISTMAS GIFTSEEN AS A “DISPLAYOF GENEROSITY”D’Youville College received a niceChristmas gift when a generous coupledonated several framed works of art afew weeks before the holiday.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Stay of Buffalograciously contributed seven works of artappraised at $25,000 with the hope theywill be displayed on the campus for theenjoyment of the college community,according to D. John Bray, directorof public relations, who handled thetransaction.Included are works by Salvador Dali,Walter A. Prochownik, Sunol Alvar, JinG. Kam, Qi-Qun Pan and G.H. Rothe.The college welcomes you to enjoy themany works of art that have been giftedover the years, many are housed insidethe Montante Family Library.alumni.dyouville.edu 7

STAYING INFORMED - the collegeSister Denise A. Roche poses with Cheryl Klass, Kaleida Health’s event sponsor representative,and a D’Youville College trustee.SISTER DENISE RECEIVES WOMAN OFINFLUENCE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTAWARDSister Denise A. Roche, GNSH, PH.D.,president of D’Youville College, was the2012 recipient of the Lifetime AchievementAward by Business First, and was honoredalong with 25 other women at the annual September at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens.Business First, Lake Shore Savings Bankand Kaleida Health sponsor the awards.“The awards recognize the businessacumen and community spirit of thesewomen,” Business First publisher JackConnors said.Sister Denise was cited for her longleadership of D’Youville and the progressmade during the more than three decadesof her presidency.“D’Youville has nearly tripled its budgetto $73 million and grown the studentpopulation to nearly 3,200. Those numbersare even more impressive consideringwhere the college was in 1979 when Rochewas named president: a budget of $5.4million and 1,500 students,” the citationread.In accepting the award, Sister Deniseremarked that she looks at each day as asomething or try something new. “I lovewhat the students bring to the college.They have such great ideas and see thingsdifferently and ask wonderful questions.”Sister told the audience of more than500 attendees that the college wasnamed for Marguerite d’Youville, an18th century woman who took careof the poor and founded the GreyNuns, Sisters of Charity in Canada.St. Marguerite always said, “The poor mustknow that we never refuse to serve.”D’Youville College was founded by theWestern New York.INNOVATIVEEDUCATION PROGRAMAT D’YOUVILLE TOPREPARES TEACHERSFOR NEW CURRICULUMD’Youville College has developed anew academic program that will betterprepare students for a career in teachingand enhance their opportunities foradvancement.A new liberal studies for education majorwas designed to immerse the student inelementary teacher education right fromthe beginning of their college career whilealso requiring courses in everything frommath and science to literature and history.“By including courses in teaching earlyon in this new curriculum, the student or not,” says Dr. Hilary Lochte, chair ofthe education department at D’Youville,who helped create the new program.Preparation of the new curriculum wasa cooperative effort involving variousacademic departments including liberal drawing on the other departments for theirinput,” notes Dr. Lochte.in education, and a course in historicalfoundations of education in the U.S.course. Later, students will take coursesin classroom management and studentmotivation, technology in education,education assessment and evaluation and avariety of other courses.“We are ahead of the movement toward theCommon Core State Standards (CCSS) inteacher education that is now formulatedand will be voluntarily implementednationally,” according to Dr. Lochte.Three years ago, the National GovernorsAssociation and the Council of Chief State state-led, voluntary effort to develop coreacademic standards in English languagearts and mathematics. After muchcollaboration from teachers, administratorsState Standards were released in 2012.Today, 45 states have formally adoptedthese voluntary standards, referred to asthe “common core.”8

“Before the new CCSS, academicstandards varied significantly from state tostate. Now, students from Massachusettsto Mississippi to Montana will be heldto the same high standards, which isimportant both for educational equity andaddressing the reality of student mobilityin our society today,” wrote CherylScott Williams, executive director of theLearning First Alliance in Washington,D.C., in Educational Horizons magazine.“Exposing students to a diverse set ofcontent knowledge courses in the liberalarts, mathematics and the natural sciencesprepares them to effectively work with thecommon core when they become teachers,”Dr. Lochte said.D’Youville’s five-year program startedin the fall 2012 semester, and studentscompleting the program will graduate withboth bachelor’s and master’s degrees.Dr. Lochte believes this revised programwill help address the shortage of teachersthat is looming in New York state becauseof aging teachers. Forty-two percentof New York teachers are 57 and older,according to the New York State EducationDepartment.In addition, the U.S. Department ofEducation predicts a shortage of teachersin bilingual education, chemistry,earth science, physics, specialeducation and technical education.D’Youville offers masters’ degrees inspecial education and teaching English asa second language, which can add extracredentials to a student’s resume.Dr. Lochte points out that D’Youville’sfive-year programs feature undergraduatetuition for all five years and are designedto have the student in the workplace with amaster’s degree, faster. “You can completethe teacher education requirements in fiveyears instead of what used to take fiveyears or more.”Today, it is recommended that teachereducation programs should be fiveyears as the norm, according to a recentstudy conducted by the WoodrowWilson National Fellowship Foundation.D’Youville was one of the first institutionsnationwide to inaugurate five-yearprograms in a number of majors in additionto education.Wayne Reilly, past member of the board of trustees, and his wife, Helen, enjoying the TrusteeReunion. In the background, past trustee, Mary Kirwan in conversation with current trustee,Carl Montante.TRUSTEE REUNION BRINGS BACK 35 YEARS OFLEADERSHIP AND MEMORIESLast September, President Sister DeniseRoche entertained current and formermembers of the D’Youville College boardof trustees in the newest building oncampus – the D’Youville Academic Center.Those present were invited to tour the newbuilding, viewing its large lecture hallsfurnished with tiers of D’Youville redseating, and its labs complete with modernequipment to accommodate the growingbody of pharmacy students.Guests who visited the sixth floor took noteof the stunning view of the Niagara River,Lake Erie and the Canadian shoreline.And everyone seeing the building for thefirst time was impressed not only by itselegance but its practicality.The tours were enhanced by the studentambassadors who volunteered for theirduty as guides.Save the DateHomecoming’13OCTOBER 4, 5 & 6alumni.dyouville.edu 9

STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffCHIROPRACTIC DIRECTOR ELECTED TOACCREDITING AGENCY COUNCILKathleen L. Linaker, d.c., ph.d., executivedirector of chiropractic programs atD’Youville College, was elected to theCouncil on Chiropractic EducationInternational (CCEI).The Council on Chiropractic Education(CCE-USA), based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,nominated her to the CCEI. It is theaccrediting body that establishes andpromotes standards of chiropracticeducation stressing educational quality andpatient-centered healthcare in the UnitedStates. It evaluates achievement of acceptedstandards and encourages improvementand excellence in chiropractic education.The council is recognized by the U.S.Secretary of Education for accreditationof programs and institutions offeringthe doctor of chiropractic degree.Linaker has been a member of CCE sincelast year. “Dr. Linaker brings a broadbase of experience in higher educationgenerally and chiropractic in particular.We are very pleased with the level ofexpertise she brings to the council,” saysDr. Craig S. Little, D.C., council chair.She is a graduate of the University ofAlberta and received her doctor ofchiropractic degree from NorthwesternHealth Sciences University inBloomington, Minn. Linaker completedher residency in radiology at NationalUniversity of Health Science in Lombard,Ill. Her doctorate is from Loyola University.She joined D’Youville in 2009 andpreviously was director of radiology and anassociate professor at Canadian MemorialChiropractic College in Toronto.Dr. Gamble presents Malia Obama with hertrophy.D’YOUVILLE’SPROFESSORPRESENTS TROPHYTO PRESIDENT’ SDAUGHTERDr. Robert J. Gamble, professor ofeducation at D’Youville College, presenteda trophy to Malia Ann Obama, daughter ofPresident Barack Obama and First LadyMichelle Obama.Malia received the runner-up trophy inthe ‘15 and under division’ of the TennisTournament Invitational at Camp Robindel,a summer camp for girls, located on LakeWinnipesaukee in New Hampshire.“She came up to me after the briefceremony and said she enjoyed the day.She was very, very nice,” Gamble said.Gamble is long time director of the tennisprogram at Camp Robindel, The President’sdaughter, who attends a nearby camp, wasplaying in the tournament.EDUCATION FACULTY AT D’YOUVILLE PRESENTSPAPER IN PARIS, FRANCEDr. Gheorghita M. Faitar, assistantprofessor in the department of educationsince 2006, presented the results of herresearch initiative at the prestigiousFourth Paris International Conferenceon Education, Economy and Society,July 23-28, 2012 in Paris, France. Theconference brought together more than 400participants from 30 countries in an effortto delineate preeminent issues and solutionsof evaluation of education systems andeducation professionals. Keynote addresswas delivered by Règis Malet, professorof comparative education at the Universityof Lille, at the International Center forEducational Research (CIREL), and theeditor of international journal EducationComparee.Dr. Faitar’s presentation entitled “SomethingOld, Something New…in Pre-serviceTeacher Education,” discussed generalrecommendations and possible factors ofchange that might be amplified by the swiftdevelopments in national and internationalscientific career orientation policies.This study presented the latest developmentsin United States public education, andanalyzed the significant adjustmentsrequired under the implementation ofthe No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.Schools, districts and states had becomeresponsible for their students’ educationalaccomplishments and also held accountablefor their progress. As a result, a bettereducation needs to be offered not only tothe general student population, but also tothe teaching staff. The structural analysisformulated by Dr. Faitar emphasizedideas promoted by referenced longitudinalstudies specifying that the teacher traininghas to start earlier than before, and shouldbe done in accordance to the realities of amulticulturally diverse society. The resultsof the research leading to the generalconclusion of imperative change neededin training of new Science, TechnologyEngineering and Mathematics (STEM)professionals were based on the groundsof educational endeavors foreseen at thehigher institutions levels. The New Yorkstate higher education institutions offeringpre-service teachers training towardcertification consider critical characteristicsof an efficient teacher in today’s society.The pre-service teachers’ perceptionsregarding trends and needed initiative inconjunction with future national requestsfor STEM highly-qualified professionalsoffered valuable insights into much neededactions.10

Nicole Conroe, RPA-C, director of the health center, administers a skin test for TB to astudent preparing for fieldwork at the first on-campus PODCLINICAL COORDINATOR COMMITTEE (CCC)FACILITATES DYC’S FIRST “POD”On September 21, 2012, the Blue Loungewas transformed into D’Youville’s first oncampusPOD site. A Point of Dispensing(POD) site dispenses medications to aspecific group of people as a service to itsconstituents or during health emergencysituations. A POD is an organization in thecommunity (agency, hospital, business oracademic institution) that forms a voluntarypartnership with state and public healthplanners to better protect its employees/families/students. The POD benefits theDepartment of Health in meeting publichealth needs; it aligns with the StrategicNational Stockpile, designed to prevent themass casualty effect of certain biologicalagents by rapidly distributing antibiotics toall residents believed to be in the affectedarea within a 48-hour period.There are closed or private PODs as wellas open or public PODs. The open PODsare locations at which the general publiccan receive emergency medications frompublic health officials in a catastrophichealth event. A closed POD, D’YouvilleCollege, is qualified to schedule a PODfor specific needs, or to dispense medsto its employees, their family membersand students during a catastrophic healthevent.The genesis of a closed POD at DYCstemmed from the work of the DYCClinical Coordinator Committee (CCC).The CCC envisioned a time-efficient/costefficient immunization clinic using oncampusresources to serve our studentsprior to clinical fieldwork rotations.Consultation with and immediate supportby Dr. Anthony Billittier, dean of theSchool of Health Professions, led to aquick partnership with the Erie CountyDepartment of Health (ECDOH). APOD committee, spearheaded by Dr.Theresa Vallone convened; they attendeda training hosted by the ECDOH. TracyFricano Chalmers, Office of Public HealthEmergency Preparedness; Jack Koford,clinical coordinator for the School ofPharmacy, who chaired the “pilot” POD;and committee members developed theinfrastructure for a successful closedPOD. Staffed by J. Koford, J. Bovey, T.Vallone, and three ECDOH employees,approximately fifty people (pharmacystudents, a few OT students and a fewemployees) received a PPD (at an outof-pocketcost of $15). Nicole Conroe,director of the health center, and ReneeAndreef, clinical assistant professor in PAprogram, administered the PPDs on Friday.An online pre-registration procedurewas devised by the ECDOH and wassuccessfully accessed by those who werescheduled. It was the first time in New YorkState that the Clinical Data ManagementSystem (CDMS) was used for trackingthe administration of the PPD. Plans for aspring 2013 POD are underway to servehealth professional students who beginclinical rotations in spring/summer 2013.The CCC, formed to enhance clinicalcoordination efforts across campus,continues proactive efforts throughinterprofessional and interoffice collaboration.The goal is to streamline similarprocesses related to affiliation agreements,professional liability coverage, preceptorrelationships and healthcare pre-requisites.KWANDRANSTO CHAIRSUPERINTENDENTSADVISORY COUNCILFOR OCCUPATIONALEDUCATION FORBUFFALO SCHOOLSKaren Kwandrans, interim director,Learning Center/HEOP director, andNursing Workforce Diversity Program atD’Youville College, was appointed chairof the Superintendents Advisory Councilfor Occupational Education for the BuffaloPublic Schools.She will focus on awareness of the Careerand Technical Education Programs (CTE)offered in the public schools as well asthe successful collaborations with areabusinesses and post-secondary institutions.“Our CTE program has a 78 percentgraduation rate in the City of Buffalo, with90 percent of the students going right intopost-secondary training, employment intheir career area, or the military. These areimpressive numbers,” Kwandrans said.The Superintendents Advisory Councilcomprises business, post-secondary, tradeand labor partners as well as representativesof the New York State Department of Laborand workforce investments agencies.Kwandrans has worked with the BuffaloPublic Schools for more than 12 years inmultiple grant capacities and has been amember of the advisory council for tenyears. She has been the director of theNursing Workforce Diversity Program atD’Youville since 2007 and is an adjunctfaculty in the educational foundationsdepartment at the State University College.She serves on the Perkins AdvisoryBoard and is an Allied Health Boardrepresentative at Erie County CommunityCollege, a member of the Education ActionCommittee at St. Francis of Assisi School,and is on the board of the Western New YorkProfessional Development Consortium.Kwandrans holds a master of educationdegree in technical education from theState University College and a bachelor’sdegree in nursing from University atBuffalo.alumni.dyouville.edu 11

STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffSOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LEMOTE YEELOONG NETBOOK:PROTECTING FREEDOM IN A WORLD OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUSTECHNOLOGIESDr. Anthony BasileDr. Basile holding the Lemote Yeelongrunning Hardened Gentoo Linux.Next time you walk down the halls ofD’Youville College when classes are aboutto change, take a look at how many studentshave their heads down, looking at theirAndroid or iPhone, texting away. If wecontrast this picture with what you wouldhave seen only ten years ago, you realize thatsomething is happening to our relationshipwith technology. It can look bewilderinglynew, but this is a repeated phenomenon inhuman history. When a new technologyenters our society, we adopt it and thencan’t imagine life without it. Try taking ateenager’s cell phone away and you’ll knowwhat I mean! Broadening our focus over thelast century, can you imagine life withoutTV? Without radio? Without cars?There is no denying it, we get hooked toour technologies. And where there isdependency, there is the possibility ofcontrol. We don’t usually think of our choiceof computer technologies as political, but asearly as 1982, Richard Stallman, a pioneerprivacy and freedom [1] . In 1983, Stallmanstarted the GNU software project [2] whichaims to build a complete operating systemwith purely free software. The movementtook hold. The Free Software Foundationwas founded two years later, and in 1990the Electronic Freedom Foundation wasestablished. Both have full legal standingand aim at protecting the rights of softwaredevelopers and users, respectively [3] .Today, much of the GNU software projecthas found its way into Gentoo Linuxwhich powers servers at companies likethe NASDAQ Open Market Exchange [4] ,Engine Yard which hosts sites like groupon.com [5] , and D’Youville College’s DistanceLearning [6] . It often surprises people to seefree software being used at companies tomake money, but that’s a misunderstandingof what “freedom” means in this context.As the geek community puts it, we don’tmean “free” as in “free beer” but “free”as in “free speech.” So when we say“free software,” we mean software whichrespects your freedom. For example, thismeans freedom from the sort of controlexercised by social media giant Facebookwhen it gathered information about itsusers, all the while deceiving them aboutprivacy [7] .Here’s where I come into the picture. Myresearch is centered on being a GentooDeveloper. What this means is that I don’tjust run computers with Gentoo Linux onthem, like the distance learning servers orthe desktop I’m writing this paper on. But,I help build the Gentoo Linux operatingsystem from scratch, along with a worldwide network of other developers [8] . This isthe ultimate in computer freedom becauseyou build the very operating system thatcontrols every aspect of the computer –well almost, but more on that below! Myparticular contribution has been to addsecurity enhancements to those small handheld devices and tablets you see everyonecarrying [9] . Android phones, for example,run Linux, as do the new SamsungChromebook series 5 [10] .So why did I say “almost” completefreedom above? Well there are limits, themost important being the hardware. Ican’t control what hardware goes into mycomputer, so what’s to stop manufacturersfrom putting chips in computers to spyon us? This isn’t paranoia; it has alreadyhappened with DRM (Digitial RightsManagement) systems that decide to “tell”on you if you install what they decide is“stolen” software or music. Remember theSony BMG copy protection rootkit scandalback in 2005 [11] ? Sony decided that if youbuy a music CD from them, that theywould secretly install spying software onyour computer without telling you. Nice!Sony was sued and lost, but that doesn’tstop other companies from trying.This is where I come back into the picture.A company in China known as Lemotebegan manufacturing the Yeeloongnetbooks [12] which are distributed in theUS by FreedomInc.com [13] . The Yeeloonghas achieved legendary status becauseeverything about its hardware has beendisclosed! There can’t be anything inthere that can be used maliciously by somecompany or government. For someone likemyself, building a free operating system onfree hardware was a temptation too hard toresist. So over the summer of 2012, I setmyself to porting Hardened Gentoo over tothe Yeeloong. The challenge was that theYeeloong is powered by a MIPS processor,which is totally different than typical Intel that worked on Intel broke and had to be sweat and tears, I got a functioning system12

and announced my release of a HardenedGentoo desktop for the Yeeloong, a highsecurity operating system that respects theuser’s freedom [14] . I continue to maintainand update the system to this day.In 1982, Richard Stallman was criticizedfor having extreme views. Today, theydo not seem so extreme. For the mostpart, companies and governments dorespect people’s privacy and freedom.But the fact that this technology permitsabuses means that, given human nature,someone, somewhere is going to try. Asthese technologies become as common asthe casual student texting in the halls, thereis a need to build devices that protect us.In a small corner of D’Youville College,research on protecting our freedom in aworld of potentially dangerous technologiesis an ongoing endeavor.References:[1] http://stallman.org[2] Thttp://www.gnu.org[3] http://www.fsf.org/, http://www.eff.org[4] See the article about the NASDAQ OMX athttp://lwn.net/Articles/411064[5] http://www.engineyard.com[6] Every time you access http://moodle.dyc.edu, oruse one of our blogs at http://blog.dl.dyc.edu/, orthe students do the Student Satisfaction Surveyat https://survey.dyc.edu, they are accessing aGentoo Linux system similar to what’s rung atthe NASDAQ.[7] See, for instance, the Guardian article about howthe FTC indicted Facebook regarding unfair anddeceptive privacy claims: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/29/facebook-ftcprivacy-settlement[8] http://www.gentoo.org/. The current list ofGentoo developers is at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/roll-call/userinfo.xml[9] My hardened embedded images are mirroredat most major universities and technicalinstitutes around the world. For example, youcan see some of them at Rochester Institute ofTechnology, at the following urls:mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/experimental/amd64/uclibc/mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/experimental/arm/uclibc/mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/experimental/mips/uclibc/mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/experimental/x86/uclibc/[10] www.google.com/intl/us/chrome/devices/chromebook-samsung-550.html[11] news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4511042.stm[12] www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html[13] freedomincluded.com/[14] Here’s my initial announcement: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel.announce/1738DYC SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR TAPPED FORTHREE SCHOLARLY BOOKS ON HUMANRIGHTSDr. Julia Hall, associate professor ofsociology at D’Youville College, has beensigned by two leading publishers to writethree books in her specialty, human rights.Routledge Publishers and Sense Publisherswill publish and market her works in 2013.Routledge is a global publisher of academicbooks, journals and online references.Sense Publishers, an international academicpublishing house, produces books in thefield of sociological educational research.Her book, “Children’s Human Rights andPublic Schooling in the U.S.,” addresses theserious human rights violation taking placeamong children everywhere including inthe U.S. I think it’s important for the publicto know that as the economy continues toconstrict, more and more young people findthemselves struggling to grow up on theserazor-thin margins of survival,” she said.She argues that public schools could bethe very place where children come tounderstand they have rights, but many donot get this information.Hall’s second book, “Low Income Childrenand the Assault on Dignity: PolicyChallenges and Resistance in the CurrentPolitical Economy,” focuses on low incomeschool children in Chicago as an exampleof schools and communities in whichsilencing, limitations, despair and lack ofdignity is a normal part of life.Outside reviewers say the book willpresent a more dimensional and dynamicunderstanding of how the dignity of youthis being eroded.Her third book, “Urban Girls and Culturesof Violence and Silencing in an Era ofPublic Repression,” will focus on the resultsof her extensive research on violence in thelives of girls, which indicates an escalationof the problem in conjunction with shifts inthe economy.To submit an article forconsideration in D’Mensionsemail: dmensions@dyc.edu“Increasing numbers of urban girlsstruggle to negotiate their lives at home, intheir neighborhoods, and in their schools asthose spaces are becoming saturated withviolence,” she said.According to Dr. Brad Porfilio, “The bookwill put the reality of violence in the livesof urban school girls as shaped by theeconomy back on the map…”Hall has been a D’Youville faculty membersince 2001 and teaches undergraduatecourses in sociology, including researchmethods, social problems, principals ofsociology, cultural diversity, human rightsand other related courses.She has received four large competitivegrants from external agencies to fund herresearch. Two were co-authored with Dr.Donald F. Sabo, a professor in the healthservices administration at D’Youville anda nationally known sociologist.Hall was voted the “Scholar of the Year”by the college faculty in 2005 and haspublished approximately 40 articles andbook chapters in peer-reviewed journals andbooks. She also serves on the editorial boardof The Journal of Critical Education PolicyStudies, a leading public policy publication.Hall started and oversees an initiative thathas obtained $3.7 million in scholarshipsfor low-income high school and collegeyouth in Buffalo. This program is currentlyongoing.Active in community service, she isinvolved with various communityorganizations including working withcity children in an after school programat the Valley Community Center, whereshe helps prepare entries for art contests.Dr. Hall is an organizing member for theannual Prader-Willi Syndrome ResearchFoundation walk and race held at ChestnutRidge Park, and is a former board memberof the Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo andErie County.alumni.dyouville.edu 13

STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffBELLAVIA: BY DAY A COLLEGE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND BY NIGHTA WELL-KNOWN “FILK” MUSICIANAn esoteric and little known form of musicknown as “Filk” is growing in popularityintrigued by new creative musical sounds.Filking is a musical culture, genre and a It has been around since the early 1950s,and played primarily since the mid 1970s,according to Wikipedia. “Filk has beenis not exact,” Bellavia notes.of folk music in an essay by Lee JacobsModern American Filk Music.” It caughton and is used today for the genre. comic book conventions.One of the best internationally known director, Rand Bellavia, who just wonthe 2012 Pegasus Award for Excellencein Filking for his composition, “TiberiusRising,” written with long-time fellowWhen away from the D’Youville library,Bellavia and his writing and band mateEnglish, head up the musical group Ooklathe Mok, a rock band performing andand music has been used by Walt DisneyTelevision Animation as the theme for theABC-TV show Fillmore and their work hashas performed throughout the U.S. and hasmade a number of recordings.He and English also won a Pegasus Awardin 2004 for the Best Comic Book Song titled“Arthur Curry,” and the group was namedBest Performer in 2000 and Best Composerin 1997. The Pegasus Awards were foundedin 1984 by the Ohio Valley Filk Fest “toThe duo has written and produced astring of compositions well-known in theFilk community. The band has releasedmany songs about more universal topicslike relationships and lost love, but are(l to r) Band members: Wolfram Neff, Rand Bellavia, Joe Pepper and Adam Englishbest known for their genre creations. TheStar Wars song “Tantric Yoda” from their“Nerdvana EP” was the most requestedsong of 2012 on Dr. Demento’s nationallysyndicated radio show.Ookla the Mok is named after a characterfrom the Ruby-Spears Productions cartoonThundarr the Barbarian, created by SteveGerber.Bellavia and English met at HoughtonCollege in 1988, and shortly thereafterstarted performing their songs about StarTrek and Super Heroes, largely to thebefuddlement of audiences in the Buffalobar scene. Some years later, they wereintroduced to the Filk community and therest is history.Ookla the Mok were the internationalguests of honor at the 2009 British FilkConvention in Grantham, Lincolnshire,England and musical guests of honorat the 2007 installment of MarsCon inBloomington, Minn.The band is coming off a brief hiatus andwill be playing and touring in 2013. Theywill be releasing their tenth album “vs.Evil” in March at Consonance in San Jose,Calif., where they will be the guests ofhonor.14

ACADEMIC REVIEWPRESENTATIONS:G. John Abbarno, Ph.D. presented a paper atthe Eastern Division meeting of the AmericanPhilosophical Association (APA), December2012 in Atlanta. The title of his paper was“Ways of Philosophizing.” He attended theCentral APA in New Orleans, February 2013to present a paper on “The Risks of PublicPhilosophy.”G. Jayarama Bhat, Srinivasan Marimuthu,Raghavender S. Chivukula, Majid M.Moridani, Fred K. Hagen and Lloyd F.Alfonso, Ph.D., presented: Aspirin acetylatesmultiple cellular proteins in HCT-116 coloncancer cells: Identification of novel targets.American Association of Cancer ResearchAnnual Meeting, March 31- April 4, 2012.Chicago, IL.Dattesh Verlekar, Madhav G. Pai andLloyd F. Alfonso, Ph.D., presented: A newvalidated HPTLC method for the quantitativeestimation of Amlodipine Besylate andAtenolol in tablets. American Association ofPharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting,October 23-27, 2011. Washington D.C.Denise Brylinski, Ph.D. presented researchon X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Imagingand Depth Profiling of PVC/PMMA PolymerBlends. Spring National Meeting of theAmerican Chemical Society, March 2012.Melissa Guarino, PharmD, BCPS, Posterpresentation - “Pharmacist participation oninterdisciplinary rounds to improve painscores and patient satisfaction.” Presentedat the Annual American College of ClinicalPharmacy Conference, Hollywood, Florida,October 21, 2012.Dr. Sukhwinder Lakhman was a guestspeaker at the Annual Conference of IndianAcademy of Neurosciences and InternationalSymposium on Translational Neuroscience:Unraveling Mysteries of Brain in Health andDisease - October 27th 2012 -Venue – GuruNanak Bhawan Auditorium, Guru Nanak DevUniversity, Amritsar, Pb, INDIA, where hegave a presentation on “Genomics: A need toKnow.”Laryssa S. Petryshyn gave a paperpresentation regarding documentation issuesfor foreign students. National Association ofForeign Student Advisors (NAFSA), BrownConvention Center, May 27-June 1, 2012.Houston, Texas.SEMINARS:G. John Abbarno, Ph.D. is organizingsessions at the 23rd World Congress ofPhilosophy that will convene in Athens,Greece summer of 2013. The World Congressconvenes every five years and is dedicatedto general themes that embrace the diversityof philosophers from all over the world. ThisCongress has for its theme; “Philosophy asInquiry and Way of Life.” Dr. Abbarno ispresident of the Conference on PhilosophicalSocieties.Goodman, Margaret Anne, Ph.D.;Goodman, M.S.; Brennessel, W.W.; Binga,B.W.; Ryan, A.L. “Recent Progress onTris(pyrazolyl)methane and -ethane Ligands:Research at an Undergraduate College,”Symposium on Bioorganic Chemistry, June24-26, 2012, Oxford, England.Goodman, Margaret Anne, Ph.D.;Goodman, M.S.; Brennessel, W.W.; Binga,B.W.; “Tris(pyrazolyl)ethane ligandsmethylated at the 3-, 4-, and 5-positionsand their Fe(II) complexes”, 38th NortheastRegional Meeting of the American ChemicalSociety, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2012, Rochester,New York.In 2012, Joseph H. Jurkowski, Ph.D, MBA,CPA, CGMA, CRA spoke at the following:Taxation in China, KPMG; Affordable CareAct, Foundation of Accounting Education;Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes, Lumsden,McCormick; Exempt OrganizationsConference, Lumsden, McCormick; LearningApplication to Accounting, Wiley FacultyNetwork; American Institute of HigherEducation - 8th International Conference -Niagara Falls, New York; Internal Control andFraud Detection, CPE Solutions, Inc.; BusinessResearch Council, Annual Conference,Oswego, N.Y.; Global Research Conference,Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Spring Business TaxSeminar, Lumsden & McCormick; HIPAASeries: Confidentiality and Privacy underHIPAA for Health Care Organizations;Business Research Council, AnnualConference, Brockport, N.Y.Karen J. Panzarella, PT, Ph.D. presentedat Cultural Competence and Team Process,Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, 15thAnnual Symposium, High Performing ClinicalTeams: The Art and the Science, Oakland,California, November 5, 2012.PUBLICATIONS:Srinivasan Marimuthu, Raghavender S.Chivukula, Lloyd F. Alfonso, Ph.D., MajidM. Moridani, Fred K. Hagen and G. JayaramaBhat, Aspirin acetylates multiple cellularproteins in HCT-116 colon cancer cells:Identification of novel targets. InternationalJournal Oncology 2011; 39(5): 1273-83.David A. Gettman, Ph.D., Chapter 18 onBudgeting in Desselle, Shane; Zgarrick,David & Alston, Greg (Editors) “PharmacyManagement,” Third Edition, McGraw-HillMedical, 2012.Margaret Anne Goodman, Ph.D.;Nazarenko, A.Y.; Casavant, B.J.; Li, Z.;Brennessel, W.W.; DeMarco, M. J.; Long, G.;Goodman, M.S.; “Tris(5-methylpyrazolyl)methane: Synthesis and Properties of itsIron(II) Complex,” Inorganic Chemistry, 2012,51(2), 1084-1093.Rachel Gorodetsky, Hon SL, Geller RJ,Morgan BW. The Beneficial Auxiliary Role ofPoison Information Centers: Stewardly Use ofRabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Time ofShortage. APJMT 2012;1 34-37Barth, B., Cabot, M., Cheng, H., DiVittore,N., Fox, T., Fritz, J., Yasser Heakal, Ph.D.,MBA, RPH, Jiang, Y., Kaiser, J., Kester, M.,Shanmugavelandy, S., Staveley-O’Carroll,K., Tagaram, H., Tran, M. (October 1,2011). Combinational Therapies Improvethe Therapeutic Efficacy of NanoliposomalCeramide for Pancreatic Cancer. CancerBiology and Therapy, 12, 574-585. Retrievedfrom www.landesbioscience.com.Yasser Heakal, Ph.D., Kester, M., Savage, M.(October 25, 2011). Vemurafenib (PLX4032):An Orally Available Inhibitor of MutatedBRAF for the Treatment of MetastaticMelanoma. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy,45, 1399-1405. doi: 10.1345/aph.1Q363Stacie Lampkin Pharm.D., AE-C, TurnerAM, Lakshminrusimha S, et al. Associationbetween caffeine citrate exposure andnecrotizing enterocolitis. Am J Health-SystPharm. 2013. Pending publication. AcceptedOctober 2012.Silberman, N., Karen J. Panzarella, PT,Ph.D. and Melzer, B. “Using High FidelityHuman Simulation to Prepare PhysicalTherapy Students for Acute Care ClinicalPractice,” Journal of Allied Health, AcceptedSpring 2013.alumni.dyouville.edu 15

STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffNURSING PROFESSORAT DYC NAMED TOBOARD OF HEALTHFOUNDATION OFWESTERN ANDCENTRAL NEW YORKDr. Denise Dunford, DNS, FNP, RN, associateprofessor and director of the family nursepractitioner program at D’Youville College,has been named to the board of trusteesof the Health Foundation of Western andCentral New York.Dr. Dunford is a member of the AmericanAcademy of Urgent Care Medicine, theAmerican College of Nurse Practitioners,the National Organization of NursePractitioner Faculties, the AmericanAssociation of University Professors andthe Emergency Nurses Association. Sheis also a member of the National BreastCancer Coalition, the Susan G. KomenFoundation Partnership and is a volunteernetwork speaker for the American HeartAssociation in Buffalo, N.Y.Dr. Dunford maintains an active clinicalpractice as a nurse practitioner in thedepartment of emergency medicine atBuffalo General Hospital.Dr. Dunford has received many professionaland academic awards and honors for herwork, including the National Competencein Aging Award from the EmergencyNurses Association in 2010; Women of Business Firstof Buffalo in 2007; Catherine McAuleyDistinguished Alumna Award from MountMercy Academy in 2003; OutstandingNursing Faculty Award from D’YouvilleCollege in 2002; and The Nurses’ HealthStudy 20-Year Anniversary Award, 1989-2009.She earned an associate degree innursing from Erie Community College, abachelor’s degree in social science fromthe University at Buffalo, a bachelor’s innursing degree from D’Youville College, amaster of science - family nurse practitionerdegree from the University at Buffalo anda doctor of nursing science degree from theUniversity at Buffalo.D’YOUVILLE BUSINESS PROFESSORKEY SPEAKER AT ‘FOR-PROFIT’HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCEDr. Bonnie Fox Garrity, associate professorof business at D’Youville College, was one ofthe key speakers at the Access, Competition,held at the Sanford School of Public Policyat Duke University recently.Dr. Fox Garrity spoke on the differences at these institutions.She was invited as a recognized leading publications in the Journal of CriticalEducation Policy Studies, co-authoredwith her D’Youville associates Dr. RogerFiedler and Dr. Mark Garrison.The national two-day conference wasattended by educational leaders in the area institutions. Approximately 100 leaders inD’Youville College is collaborating withUniversity Emergency Medical Services health workers on an innovative programfor emergency department (ED) patients.Under a $2.6 million federal grant, theBetter Health through Social and HealthCare Linkages Beyond the EmergencyDepartment (HealthiER) will assistMedicaid and Medicare patients in Buffaloafter they leave the ED. (The designation“Emergency Department” has replaced theappellation “Emergency Room.”) go to the home of the recently dischargedED patient to help with the ‘disconnectsituation’ once a patient leaves the ED,”says Lauraine A. Neal, RN, MS, assistantprofessor of nursing at D’Youville,program developer and the HealthiERproject coordinator for UEMS.“We will send the workers to high-risk,high-need patients that have been referredDr. Fox Garrity was invited to speak atthe Association for the Study of HigherEducation Conference in Las Vegas inNovember, and Dr. Dion Daly, chair of theD’Youville business department, presenteda joint paper co-written with Dr. FoxGarrity at the American Institute of HigherEducation Conference in Niagara Falls lastOctober.A graduate of the University at Fredonia,Dr. Fox Garrity earned her master of artsin speech communication degree at theUniversity of North Carolina and herMBA at Canisius College. Her doctorate ineducation is from D’Youville College Professional in Human Resources.She received the D’Youville Scholar of theYear Award in 2012 and was voted CollegeProfessor the Month by the D’Youvillestudent body in 2008.PROGRAM HELPS HOSPITAL EMERGENCYSERVICE PATIENTS AFTER DISCHARGEby the ED personnel and provide them withsuccessful linkage to primary care, socialor other health services in the community,”she said. Education, coaching on health,wellness, and disease self-managementwill also be available. Western New York and is voluntary. Itsgoal is to reduce emergency departmentvisits by 30 percent, and both hospitaladmissions and inpatient readmissions by25 percent.D’Youville will train the volunteer healthworkers in a three and a half week programand will utilize faculty and students fromthe college’s array of healthcare programscurrently on campus. They will providespecialized instruction on medicationmanagement, behavior change, physicaltherapy and nutrition.The University at Buffalo departmentof family medicine will provide care forpatients without primary care providers.16

PROFESSOR SPEAKSAT NATIONALSUMMIT ONACADEMICBENEFITS OF SPORTDr. Donald F. Sabo, a professor in theD’Youville College health servicesadministration program and director of theCenter for Research on Physical Activity,Sports and Health (CRPASH), spoke at theinaugural LA84 Foundation Summit inNovember 2012 in Los Angeles.His focus was on research and educationpolicy links to high school sports and theeducation benefits of such a policy.Sabo was joined by leading researchers,educators, journalists, philanthropists,athletes and sports administrators toexamine the benefits of youth sports andtheir connection to academic achievement.“Youth sports and high school athleticsare among the best kept secrets in U.S.education,” Sabo said. “Thinking about theeconomic downturn, no one is looking athigh school athletics as a national asset toincrease our competitiveness in the globaleconomy.”Sabo is the author of several nationalreports on the social impact of sports and arecognized expert in the field.The foundation, named for “The Legacyof the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games,”studies and funds youth sports. “Thissummit brings together experts to examinethe available research and how to best useit to highlight the importance of sport inkeeping kids connected to school andachieving better academic outcomes,” saidfoundation president Anita L. DeFrantz.The keynote speaker was Pat Haden,University of Southern California athleticdirector and a Rhodes Scholar.A key topic was the need to better alignsports and academics and tackled how toencourage and strengthen the relationshipbetween sports and school in an era ofshrinking school budgets that threatenathletics and physical education.Editor’s Note: Look in our next issue fora follow-up article detailing Dr. Sabo’sresearch.D’Youville physical therapy students and faculty shown at the 2013 American Physical TherapyAssociation Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego in January.DYC PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS ACTIVE INTHE COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONDuring the 2012/2013 academic year theStudent Physical Therapy Association(SPTA) has been very active atD’Youville College. Some of the mostnoteworthy efforts include their continuedparticipation in the Feed My StarvingChildren campaign, initiation of the firstSPTA curling tournament fundraiser, andpromotion of students to attend a nationalphysical therapy conference.Physical therapy students at D’YouvilleCollege collaborated with other physicaltherapy schools in the Buffalo area,including Villa Maria College, to fundraiseand participate in a one-day mobile-packingevent for the non-profit organization FeedMy Starving Children (FMSC). SPTAsupplied over 20 volunteers, made up ofstudents and faculty, and donated $1,000 tothe organization. As a volunteer team, withother community members, DYC packagedenough food to feed approximately 40children for an entire year.The SPTA embarked upon their firstHalloween curling event on October27, 2012 at the Niagara Curling Club inNiagara Falls, Canada. Participants wereinvited to play individually or form a teamof four. Prior to the competition, everyonewas given a curling lesson. Prizes wereawarded for best team theme, first place,last place, best team costume and bestpotluck contribution. When players werenot on the ice, they socialized over a potluck dinner and supported a basket auctionand 50/50 raffle. The response from thisevent was overwhelming. People were ableto try a different sport and have fun in theprocess. Proceeds from the event went tosupport both FMSC and SPTA.For the second time, the SPTA organizedover 30 physical therapy students to attendthe Annual American Physical TherapyAssociation’s Combined Sections Meetingin San Diego, Calif. in January. Thisconference, with an attendance of over9,000 physical therapists, is the largestconference of the American PhysicalTherapy Association. The nation’s highestregarded practitioners and researcherspresented state-of-the-art physical therapytopics. This was an excellent educationaland networking opportunity for D’Youvillestudents. As a group, all students activelyparticipated in fundraising efforts to helpdefray costs. The fundraisers includedproceeds from the curling event; sellingpoinsettias, chocolate bars, and koozies;bake sales and a massage-athon at alocal shopping mall. Students had theopportunity to actively participate in thephysical therapy profession outside of thecampus. They build a camaraderie withfellow classmates as well as with studentsand professionals from across the country.The excitement for our profession ofphysical therapy was infectious!alumni.dyouville.edu 17

STAYING INFORMED - students, past and presentTHE SPIRIT OF ST. MARGUERITE CHRISTENEDSister Denise dedicates the new boat on avery rainy day at the West Side Rowing Club.October 27, 2012 was a cold and drearymorning not quite fit for outdoor activity,but that did not dampen the excitementsurrounding the DYC Crew’s muchanticipatedinaugural boat dedication. As theLady Spartan rowers celebrate their tenthanniversary this year, the team welcomedsupporters down to the West Side RowingClub to share in their historic day.The sleek Hudson Hammerhead 4+glistened black in the teeming rain as itsat atop its stretchers on the front lawnof the rowing club, two crossed rosesadorned the bow in school colors. CoachJohn Dorn addressed the dedicated grouphuddled under the protection of the porchand thanked everyone for being part of theDYC rowing community. College presidentSister Denise Roche was then invited tocome up and say a few words about thenew boat’s namesake, St. Marguerited’Youville. After educating the crowdon St. Marguerite’s connection to DYC,Sister Denise dedicated the boat Spirit ofSt. Marguerite d’Youville by pouring waterfrom the Black Rock Canal over the bow.As the applause subsided, DYC CampusMinister Father Patrick O’Keefe blessedthe boat to complete the ceremony.The Spirit of St. Marguerite d’Youvillewent on to win its first race later thatmorning against longtime rival CazenoviaCollege. The Varsity 4+ lineup of cox:Meg Logan, Stroke: Lauren Ciurzynski, 3:Andrea Milleville, 2: Kaylee Martin, andBow: Lindsey Hurley completed the 2000meter course in a time of 7:31 finishing 1:37ahead of the Cazenovia crew.Without the generosity of those whocontributed during the fundraisingcampaign, as well as the support of theD’Youville administration and athleticdepartment, the boat purchase would nothave been possible.FORMER DYC SIFETEAM PRESIDENTAPPOINTEDAS MANAGERDenise Cotto ’03, was appointedprogram manager for the Niagara FallsEntrepreneurial Training Program lastSeptember.A past president of the D’Youville Studentsin Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team and amanagement and accounting major, shebrought her college and professionalexperience to the program.“I am very excited about the opportunityto be a part of this great program.… I am implementing many changes andpositive improvements to the program,”Denise told the Niagara Gazette.She plans to have participants build a virtualbusiness based on classroom knowledge.“It will better prepare the participants forthe mini business plan competition to takeplace at the culmination of the program.”Her program offers two separate businesseducation cohorts, one for those with limitedor no business knowledge and the second formore advanced students who will learn webdevelopment, bookkeeping, accountingmethods and business plan writing.The advanced session is presented byD’Youville’s SIFE team in collaborationwith the Niagara Falls Department ofEconomic Development. It is free to cityresidents.Peter Eimer, CEO at Brothers of Mercy,assistant professor of business, atD’Youville and faculty advisor for the SIFEProgram said, “Denise is an extremelyknowledgeable young lady. She is full ofenergy and has a passion for contributingto the betterment of her community.”Cotto, 32, worked with the InternalRevenue Service and is a CPA candidate.She has been involved in communityoutreach projects since high school andwas president of the Lafayette High SchoolZ Club and a member of the National HonorSociety. She started a financial literacyProgram for Cuban refugees that wastaught in their native Spanish language.Denise also managed a volunteer incometax assistance site for members of the WestSide community in Buffalo.18

DYC STUDENT EARNSSTIPEND FROM GOOGLED’Youville information technologystudent Devan Franchini successfullycompleted the Google Summer of Codeprogram and received a stipend of $5,000.He finished a “free and open-sourcesoftware coding project” during thesummer, with a mentor and co-mentor,working on a project to increase securityon Gentoo Linux servers using SELinux.Since its inception in 2005, the program hasbrought together more that 6,000 studentparticipants and more than 3,000 mentorsfrom over 100 countries, all for the love ofcode, according to Google. More than 1,100students took part in the 2012 program.“Students are paired with a mentor ormentors from the participating projects, thusgaining exposure to real-world softwaredevelopment scenarios and the opportunityfor employment in areas related to theiracademic pursuits,” the company states.“Best of all, more source code is createdand released for the use and benefit of all.”Franchini was mentored by Sven Vermeulen,an information & technology infrastructurearchitect at KBC Global Services, aninternational finance institution based inBelgium. Dr. Anthony Basile, coordinatorof the information technology program atD’Youville, was a co-mentor.The Summer of Code is a global programthat offers post-secondary studentdevelopers stipends to write code for variousopen source software projects. Students areselected to participate in this competitiveprogram by mentoring organizations.(l to r) Laura Littlejohn, bookstore assistant manager Corissa Tefft, Sister Denise and LauraCarballa, bookstore managerThe National Association of CollegeStores (NACS) hosts a National StudentDay Competition annually that is “allabout celebrating and promoting socialresponsibility by college students.”Corissa Tefft, a freshman physician assistantstudent at D’Youville College, was one ofseven students selected as a winners.Corrisa wrote an essay explaining how shestarted a Pajama Drive at Rosewood HeightsNursing Home in Syracuse, N.Y., where shehas been volunteering since 2006. Her ideastemmed from her sympathy towards thepatients at the home who did not have enoughpersonal funds to purchase clothes and werewearing only the home-provided gowns.The Central Square, N.Y. native said in hersubmission, “It was very sad seeing thesame people each week wearing the samehospital gowns, the single outfit they own.”She wrote to local newspapers each yearduring the holiday season asking for bothclothing and monetary donations. Corissa,a graduate of Paul V. Moore High School,collects these donations and even sortsthem for each resident, being careful thateveryone gets what they need, the citationsaid.NACS hosts this competition every year,and Laura Carballa, Barnes & NobleD’Youville Bookstore manager, hopesto award a D’Youville student a valuableprize next year. “We were all excited thatone of our students was selected,” she said.To learn more about Corissa’s submissionand the annual competition, visit www.nationalstudentday.com. You can “like” thebookstore Facebook page for your chanceto enter the competition in 2013.Corissa’s prize was a new iPad from Barnes& Noble.PHARMACY AND CHIROPRACTIC STUDENTS COLLABORATEIn a unique student collaboration, D’Youville College pharmacystudents spent a week with the college’s chiropractic studentsduring their clinical rotations. The pharmacy students had theopportunity to shadow the chiropractic interns at their clinic onMain Street in Buffalo where they treat members of the localcommunity. They were also at the college campus clinic andBuffalo Spine and Sports Institute in Williamsville, N.Y.“Pharmacy students observed chiropractic treatments providedto members of the community, reviewed patient cases and sharedtheir knowledge of medications commonly prescribed to patientswith back and neck pain,” said Jack Koford, assistant professorand director of the experiential education department within theSchool of Pharmacy. “For some of the pharmacy students it wastheir first experience with chiropractic.”D’YOUVILLE FRESHMAN WINS NATIONALCOMPETITION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYThis collaboration provided both health professions, which aretaught at D’Youville, a chance to collaborate in the review ofpatient cases in an environment conducive to learning about eachother’s profession.“Both the department of chiropractic and the School of Pharmacyrecognize the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration tofoster improved communication and an understanding of other’sprofession,” said Dr. Lisa DeMarco, assistant professor in thechiropractic department. “We believe this will improve patientoutcomes while administering evidence-based quality care.”On schedule is another rotation for the spring semester where thechiropractic students will participate in the pharmacy rotations inthe community.alumni.dyouville.edu 19

SPANNING A DECADEBUSINESSA CORNERSTONE OFD’YOUVILLE’S HISTORYD’Youville College has a long, progressivehistory of providing business education.d’Youville, for whom the college is named,became the director of a Montreal hospitalwhen it was falling into ruin and heavilyin debt. She and her fellow nuns rebuiltthe hospital and cared for those in need Dr. Bonnie K. Fox Garrityimpossible task for any business leadertoday, but this was a much more impressiveaccomplishment when you consider thatshe was a woman leading a hospital in 1747.In this spirit, D’Youville College, an allwomen’scollege until 1970, began trainingwomen for careers as leaders in businessvery early in its history. In 1910, there was anelective course encompassing commerciallaw, business organization, patents andcopyrights. By 1913, a minor in economicswas added and, in 1917, a bachelor’s degreegraduated from this program in 1922. Theclass of 2012 marked the 90th graduatingclass of business majors.Throughout nearly half of the businessdepartment’s 100-year history, one facultymember has provided the students andfaculty with steadfast leadership, friendshipand guidance. Alumni who graduated inthe last 44 years may remember Mr. JosephFennell. Joe joined the business departmentfaculty in 1968 as a recent graduate of theMBA program at Columbia University.This academic year will mark Joe’s 45thyear at D’Youville College.Perhaps because D’Youville was on thecutting edge of educating women for• The first twostudents inthe secretarialstudies programgraduate1920s1910s• Elective course covering commerciallaw, business organization, patentsand copyrights offered• Minor in economics offered• Bachelor of science degree insecretarial studies introduced in 1917• Departmentname changesto businessadministration• The Gregg-OrianBusiness Clubstarted1930s• Bachelor of science incommerce offered• Division of businesseducation established1940s1950s• Degrees offeredinclude:bachelor of science inbusiness education,medical secretarialscience, commerce,accounting, business20

usiness careers, Joe’s early recollectionsof teaching at D’Youville in 1968 includea sense of respect and deep appreciationfrom his students. He recalls a sense ofpurpose among the students as they foughtagainst societal norms that suggested thatthey should not be in college because theywere women.As a co-educational institution, D’Youvillecontinues to offer progressive, forwardthinkingbusiness programs. In 2012, wegraduated nearly 100 business majorswith undergraduate-level accounting,management, exercise and sports studies,and information technology degrees, andgraduate-level international businessand MBA degrees. Currently, the 333business department majors represent 11percent of the students at D’Youville. Newprograms are introduced continually andstudent enrollments continue to expand.The business department is excited bythe prospect of continuing the D’Youvilletradition of innovative educationalopportunities for the next 100 years.I would like to acknowledge AmyVilz (college archivist) and JosephFennell for their help in gatheringinformation for this article.– Bonnie K. Fox Garrity, EdDDEPARTMENTENROLLMENT TRENDS350300250200150100• The CPA-certified accountingprogram is introduced• The first graduate-level businessprogram is introduced in healthservices administration1980s501994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012• Exercise and sports studies degreeprogram is added• MBA program introduced2000sJoseph Fennell, MBA, joins faculty1960s1970s• Managementdegree added• Programsinclude business,economics andmanagement• D’Youvillebecomesco-educational1990s• International Businessprograms (5-yr BS/MSand MS) are introduced• The Advance managementdegree completion programis introduced2010• The existinginformationtechnologyprogram joinsthe businessdepartment 2012• Joseph Fennelcelebrates 45 yearsalumni.dyouville.edu 21

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Four alums speakof life after 50,be it age or yearssince graduation.Their time spentat D’Youvilleis woven into thefabric of their lives.and countingalumni.dyouville.edu 23

SPOTLIGHT ALUMSRuth Kelly ’89I’ve been asked to write about my lifeabout my life after D’Youville when somuch of my life occurred at D’Youville.I am an academic wanderer; I leftD’Youville three different times, but Imember of the class of 1963. I dropped outafter my freshman year. I returned in 1987and graduated in the class of 1989. In1997, I joined the D’Youville facultyand just retired in 2012. I have been atraditional student, a non-traditionalstudent, a member of the faculty,department chair, and now professoremeritus.After I graduated in 1989, I wenton to the University at Buffalowhere I received a master’s andPh.D. in history. In 2010, I earned mymaster’s in theology from Christ theKing Seminary–an impressive number ofdegrees by any standard. However, I wouldlike to focus on my years before graduate schooland the providential moments that led to me attending andgraduating from D’Youville.me to an intellectual world I never imagined and awakened in mean insatiable search for knowledge. In the years between 1960 and1987, I took classes on and off at ECC and UB, just one course asemester for many years. I also devoured any reading list I cameacross: a freshman reading list from Canisius College, a readinglist for a degree in counseling, theology and philosophy readinglists, history and business lists.My attempts at self-education were never enough for me; Ipart-time position became available. I decided to take the parttimeposition and go back to college. But which college? WhenI phoned D’Youville in 1987 to inquire about coming back, JeffPlatt, associate vice president for student affairs, would not letme off the phone until I made an appointment to come in. Thankyou, Jeff.How to pay for college? I was a single mother with fourchildren, two grown, one in college and one in high school.I had some sources of income, but it was not enough.and sent me a check every month – an interest free loan.Thank you, Bob. (I did pay him back.)When it was time to graduate, I hesitated, I was frightened.My education was so spotty; there was so much I did notknow yet. I was sure I would fail graduate school. When Iin philosophy, his response was an “aha” moment. “Whenyou know there is so much more for you to learn, youare truly educated. Time to move on.” Thank you, BobNielsen.One of the proudest days of my life was graduating fromD’Youville. My children and my father were there. MyDad was especially proud, pointing out it had only takenIn 1997, I came back to D’Youville as a history professorand retired in 2012. One of the things that I am very proudof during my tenure is my contribution to the D’Youvillestudy abroad program. My husband and fellow historian,Dr. David Kelly, professor of history at the College, and Ibegan taking students on summer study trips to Ireland in1999. We continued our class in Irish history until 2013. Petryshyn as the director. Thanks to the able work of Dr.John Abbarno, professor of philosophy, and Dr. MartaWerner, English professor, students are now studying atuniversities in Spain, France, England, Italy and Australia.D’Youville students are fortunate to have this opportunityto develop a broader world view.24

Rosemary Townley ’73It has been a long and winding road from teaching grade school,after graduation from D’Youville in 1973, to settling disputesbetween Wall Street executives and their investment bankemployers or between an NFL team and a football player, but it’sthe one I traveled over the past 40 years.When Pat Van Dyke asked me to write an article outlining mycareer since leaving D’Youville in 500 words or less, I told her itwas impossible. Five hundred words would barely get me throughthe ’80s. But, I told her I would try.In 1969, I was among a small group of students who were grantedfull four-year scholarships, under the auspices of the D’Youville-Buffalo Diocesan Program. We signed contracts that required thecompletion of all coursework in three years and four summers, inexchange for one year of teaching in a Diocesan school during theusual fourth year of college, for a small stipend. For a graduate ofKensington High School growing up in the Lovejoy District, it wasthe opportunity of a lifetime that provided me with the foundation graduating from college. I spent my fourth year teaching 6-8thgrade at St. Bernadette School in Orchard Park. The followingyear, I taught fourth grade at The Medaille School, which at thetime was part of Medaille College. At the same time, I earned mymaster’s in education at SUNY-Buffalo.Thanks to my late father, Angelo Mustarelli, who was a uniontradesman and activist, I was always involved in civic matters,even as a teenager. He always told me that if I wanted to be part ofany change, then “do something about it, or shut up.” His adviceschool board in the City of Buffalo in 1974. At the time, I was the I later became vice president of the board. I have fond memoriesof my days on the board and learned much about education andlabor relations from the late Dr. Joseph Manch, the late Dr. GeneReveille, and my fellow board members, such as Michael Ryan,Esq., a prominent attorney in Buffalo, and Florence Baugh, thenboard president. I will never forgot the wisdom and knowledge ofthe former associate superintendent of schools Joseph Murray whotaught me so much about large city school administration. I left inlate 1976 when I entered Syracuse University to earn a Ph.D. ineducational administration, with a focus on arbitration and laborrelations.After earning my Ph.D.and during my late20s, I worked at theN.Y. State EducationDepartment for a numberof years. There, I initiallyworked in the section thatadministered arbitrationhearings involving disciplinefor tenured teachers andadministrators and providedanalysis of labor-relatedproposed legislation to the then moved to the sectionthat was responsiblefor the oversight andauditing of school businessadministration in publicschool districts statewide.When offered the opportunityto “sit at the table” and engagein collective bargaining, I joined the administers the court system in the state. I was partof a team that negotiated approximately 50 contracts,primarily downstate in the metropolitan NYC region, onbehalf of the Court of Appeals, with the various unionsrepresenting different groups of court employees.From 1980-1984, I served as the director of employeerelations in the Ardsley School District in WestchesterCounty, N.Y. In that role, I was the chief school districtspokesperson at the bargaining table and implementedthe collective bargaining agreement, while running theDuring my bargaining days, I participated in numerousrealization that I understood and enjoyed the importanceof the nuances of employment dispute resolution – onewho readily understands both sides of an argument andappreciates the value of settling matters out-of-court. Icontinued on page 26alumni.dyouville.edu 25

SPOTLIGHT ALUMScontinued from page 25background in labor-management relations, my education and evenmy limited political experience.In 1986, I “nailed up my shingle” and began a full-time practiceas a labor and employment mediator and arbitrator. Generallyspeaking, a mediator is one who helps parties reach a settlementthrough discussion but does not impose any resolution on them. Anarbitrator hears a dispute in a manner similar to a trial, but writes adecision that is binding upon the parties. During the early days ofbuilding a practice, as mediators and arbitrators are self-employedwho contract with both parties to provide services, I realized the interpretation of provisions in a collective bargaining agreement, orin a private contract, but also might include interpretation of federaland state law. So I entered Brooklyn Law School’s part-time,evening program that I completed while developing my practice.Over the years, I have worked with parties in virtually every sectorof the work world, both private and public. Approximately half that involves, a single employee, for example an executive, orhis or her employer. These cases involve both international anddomestic companies encompassing a wide range of issues andan agreement between an investment banker and the investmentbank regarding the payment of a bonus or whether there was “justcause” for termination. The other half of my practice is in the“traditional labor-management” realm, involving the interpretationof collective bargaining agreements between a group of employeesand their employers. These disputes, or grievances, could include,for example, a player with one of the 32 teams in the NFL who infraction of a team’s rule, or that he is owed certain funds. I am oneof three arbitrators under this contract who hear and resolve suchdisputes. Or, a collective bargaining dispute could be one betweenan association of nurses and a medical center over a schedulingissue or the payment of overtime. The bottom line is that everyday brings a new and different issue to tackle, which has resulted inthousands of fresh challenges over the past 25 years.Along the way, I served as chair of the NYS Labor and EmploymentLaw Section and Legal Coordinator and a Governor of the Boardof the National Academy of Arbitrators. I am a frequent speaker atprofessional conferences and have written extensively on labor andemployment topics, which keep me up-to-date with current trendsand changes in the legal landscape. My only return to teaching wasfor a semester at St. John’s University School of Law, as an adjunctprofessor of law, teaching collective bargaining to a group of thirdyear students. It was a joy to return to the classroom again and Iwould like to explore that option in the future.On a personal note, my husband Jon and I live in Larchmont, N.Y.,with our two bichon frises, Lucy and Ethel. He loves to cook (I amvery lucky) and we enjoy going to movies and taking advantageof the cultural events in NYC. In addition, we both have the samesense of humor, which is a blessing in this day and age.My mom, Cassie Mustarelli, lives in Lancaster, N.Y., and is 86years strong. When I call her, she is never home but out socializingand frequently lectures me that I work too hard. My brother Franklives with his wife Joanne in Baldwinsville. My sister PatriciaRyion, lives with her husband Tom and son Tommy in Alden,N.Y. Thankfully, Patricia has provided my mom with beautifulgrandchildren and great-grandchildren. I am lucky to have such aloving, funny and supportive family back home.Finally, I would not have been able to make the academic journeySister Marie Christine Fitzgerald was one who always urged meto continue to grow and seek new challenges – and her sardonicwit was a delight. Professor Robert Nielsen, professor emeritus,was one of the most intellectual, yet caring teachers I haveencountered in my endless years as a student. He never allowedthe class to rest on an assumption, but forced us to analyze andthink through a problem or issue to its logical conclusion. Also,Professor Kevin Cahill, professor emeritus English, instilled a loveof literature that sustains me to this day. The late Dr. Earl Bogganwas a true gentleman and mentor, as I worked a short time within administration.Finally, D’Youville is blessed to have Patricia Van Dyke as itsdirector of major and planned gifts. For over 30 years, Pat hasmaintained personal contact with me by sending occasionalmessages to check on my progress and the well-being of my familymembers, sharing sorrows and successes, and has always beenthere when I needed a great friend.26

Ruth Smith ’55A charm on my bracelet under the Buffalo image reads “Ruth,wherever you may roam, remember Buffalo is your home.” Theinscription has been a nostalgic reminder throughout my travels oftwelve years civilian nursing, twenty years of Navy Nurse CorpsAfter graduation from D’Youville in 1955, I began a versatilecivilian career including industrial nurse for the Buffalo Branchof the Federal Reserve Bank, multiple assignments at BuffaloGeneral Hospital such as program designer and instructor for theirnumerous domestic and foreign trips to Europe and Cuba, but Iwanted more adventure.On September 5, 1967, I found myself commissioned as LieutenantNavy nurse call ourselves, “Thirty Day Wonders.”Naval Regional Center, Bethesda, Md. The severely woundedtroops of our current crisis reminds me of those young patients wecared for, sometimes directly from war zones.Attendance at temporary assignment to the Catholic University assignments in coronary and intensive care at Oakland NavalHospital, Calif.In 1970, I was augmented to the regular Navy and reported as LCOR“selective” to the U.S. Naval Hospital, Subic Bay, Republic of thePhilippines. During the worst torrential rains in their history whichcaused massive mudslides and severe injuries, the hospital intervenedand cared for civilian patients. President Ferdinand Marcos rewardedthe hospital with the Philippines Presidential Citation.This unique experience in this land of beautiful sunsets and sincerecamaraderie with all the civilian staff, probably is my favorite dutystation.Upon my return to the United States in 1973, I attended NavalSchools Command, San Diego, Calif., to embark upon one of themost satisfying assignments of my career, instructor for HospitalCorps School, preparing young men and women for more advancednursing duties to hospitals and combat service with the Marines.In 1978, I was transferred to Naval Regional Medical Center, LongBeach, Calif. During this tour, I was promoted to commander andcompleted my master’s degree with off-duty instruction.1981 found me at Branch Clinic Hospital, Iwakuni, Japan. Thisfacility is a mere 27 miles from historic Hiroshima. As a medicalfacility on a marineair station, it wasnecessary to constantlyrun exercises to beprepared for unexpectedemergencies.Leaving this cherryblossom fairy land,I returned to seniorassignments at the NavalHospital, Camp Pendleton,Calif., including as ambulatorycare coordinator. This positionafforded me the secondarypleasure of workingwith corpsmen detailingassignments as well as beingthe military liaison for RedCross volunteers.uniform including combat boots, atemeal rations and participated with theIn 1988, I retired and found a new interest as hospital representativefor the Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Auxiliary, “Heart Beat.”In 2000, I traveled to Buffalo where I was awarded the D’YouvilleDelta Sigma Award, recognizing my devotion to the philosophyand tradition of St. Marguerite d’Youville and the Grey Nuns ofthe Sacred Heart.Although directly involved with the serious illnesses of family anddear friends, I managed to join a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in1995, the Passion Play in Oberammergau in 2000 including a Papalaudience with Pope John Paul II, and most recently, the MarianPilgrimage to Lourdes and Fatima.The retired Navy Nurses Organization has kept me busy withleadership roles and opportunities to travel. My 80th birthday thisyear was celebrated by a trip to the majestic seventh wonder of theworld, the Grand Canyon.Currently, residing in San Marcos, Calif., with my widowed sisteras my next door neighbor, I look forward to returning to Buffalo in2015 for our 60th class anniversary – God willing!alumni.dyouville.edu 27

SPOTLIGHT ALUMSMary Schweitzer Bauer ’47It was 1943, during World War II, whenI entered the newly established NursingSchool at D’Youville College in Buffalo,N.Y. There were seven of us young ladies,known as Mother D’Youville’s Women inWhite–the MDWW Club. After 66 years,we Women in White still have annualreunions. As the war waged on, it was myintention to become a member of the U.S.Army Nurse Corps and to serve overseas.After four years, in 1947, the war wasover. I graduated with a BSRN degreeand stayed in Buffalo doing publichealth nursing with the VisitingNurses Association.In 1948, I married Dr. CharlesBauer and we moved to Hot Springs,Ark. for two years. Captain CharlesBauer was doing active duty as a General Hospital there. I worked at alocal hospital in the obstetrical labor anddelivery rooms.giving. I personally appreciate how my D’Youvilleexperience has given me the opportunity to succeed inlife. We have encouraged the value of education in our have been fortunate to be able to present scholarships toassistance to complete their studies. We are pleased at thegood results!We have helped D’Youville by furnishing the PharmacyFaculty Research Laboratory which is now functional.Many DYC/SOP have embarked upon initiating theirindividual or collaborative laboratory-based researchprojects. We have furnished two physical therapylaboratories with the needed improvements to function asstate-of-the-art environments.Through the years, our family foundation has contributed tomany charitable organizations and educational institutionsthroughout the United States. All our grandchildren areinvited to our annual meetings and are inspired to continuethis work in the future.This is our legacy.After that two year honeymoon, we returned to Buffalo and hospitals and nursing homes. We took time off each year to travelwith the children and sometimes without them. We have beento all the 50 states, and have toured almost every corner of theearth, New Zealand, Tahiti, Russia, China, Hong Kong, Mexico,Central America, and Bermuda; the Caribbean Islands are amongour favorites. children have married (that makes 10 children). We have 15grandchildren – four have married (making 19 grand kids). Twomore are being married this year. Who knows where this willend!We have stressed the importance of education and charitable28

Anthon FamilyApplied FitnessMr. Timothy BanksBarnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc.Mrs. Karen BraunBuffalo Bandits, Bisons,Bills & SabresThe Buffalo NewsBusiness First of Buffalo Inc.Miss Barbara J. CampagnaMr. Brian CavanaughMr. Drew J. CerzaClinical Support ServicesMs. Shirley J. CsepegiMrs. Jodie CunninghamMr. Dion DalyDobmeier Janitor Supply, Inc.DYC Alumni, Public Relations& Athletic DepartmentsEastern Mountain SportsMr. Jeffrey EglinMrs. Barbara A. EliasEmblemHealth Services, LLCECMC NursesEye Care & Vision AssociatesMr. Stephen FasselFirth JewelersChristine FryszGentile Family FoundationMrs. Elena GrecoGolf GalaxyHart HotelsMs. Terry HerringMs. Audrey HoernerHollow Bistro & BrewMs. Jennine R. HuntJ.C. Penney SalonMrs. Cynthia JachlewskiMs. Barbara KalinowskiDr. Michele KarnesJohn KasperekThe HonorableTimothy M. KennedyMr. Jeff KirchickMrs. Joyce C. KnollMr. John KofordMr. John KrausLactalis American GroupMs. Pamela LampmanLawley InsuranceLearning PartnersMrs. Virginia LeyhLinks at Ivy RidgeLippes, Mathias, Wexler& Friedman LLPMs. Janet LoPrestoMr. Dave P. LoretoMrs. Bridget B. Lynch-HerodDr. William J. MarianiMs. Julie M. MarinaccioMarkarian RugsMr. and Mrs. J. McNicholasMs. Camille McOwenThank You to all of last year’ssponsors and participants.Please join us this year.Alumni Association2nd Annual Golf TournamentJune 28, 2013The Links at Ivy Ridgefor information visit the alumni website:www.dyc.edu/golf orFacebook: DYouville Alumni AssociationPrivate Clients GroupMorning Glory CafeNew England FinancialNiagara BiotechEileen NowortaNorthtown LexusJeff OffhausPanera BreadPersonal Touch Food ServiceMrs. Raymond PfeifferMary B. PfeifferMr. Dennis A. PinesPrint2Web LLCProformaProtocol RestaurantMs. Mary Ellen PuleriMs. Edith A. RacinowskiRapid Ray’s PrintingSCVNGRSister Denise Roche, GNShRosina Food ProductsSalon AllureScanlon JewelersMrs. Jeanne SchenkMr. Jeffrey A. SiegristMr. Franklin J. SpinaStarbucksStatefarm InsuranceRev. Richard Sudlik, OMIMrs. Ann SwanMr. David J. SwartzMs. Michelle SwygertMs. Cherelle N. SyphT.C. Wheelers Bar & PizzeriaThe Home DepotThe Lofts at 136David Tiftickjian & SonsTownsquare MediaUnited Way of Buffalo & Erie CountyMiss Nancy A. VanderlindeMs. Ann Victor-LazarusMrs. Barbara M. WalleshauserMs. Jean WendtMs. Barbara WestermeierMrs. Barbara M. WierWUTV/WNYOMs. Chantal H. ZambitoMrs. Karen ZiemianskiZoe RestaurantONE PERSON CAN MAKEA DIFFERENCE.Rarely does your generosity have such animmediate impact on the lives of others as withyour annual gifts to Loyalty Fund. Why?Because, dollars from the Loyalty Fund areflexible and immediately available, giving thepresident, college deans, and other divisionheads the ability to direct resources whereverthey are most urgently needed.Every gift can and does make a differencein the lives of students.Contact: 716.829.7803, pearsona@dyc.du,or to make your gift online go to:http://alumni.dyouville.edu/donations/.

TAKING NOTEabirths | announcements | weddings’89Anthony Mrozik is the new chieffinancial officer for CommunityServices for the DevelopmentallyDisabled. Previously, he servedas the comptroller, chief financialofficer and vice president for financeat other non-profit agencies in theBuffalo area. Community Servicesfor the Developmentally Disabled,Inc. is a local nonprofit agencythat serves over 1,500 WesternNew Yorkers with developmentaldisabilities. The agency providesa variety of programs for peoplewith developmental disabilitiesincluding service coordination,habilitation and respite services,and housing and shelter services.’99Ann Makuch Gross, a PTgraduate, announced, “Next monthI will be opening a gym, ‘CrunchFitness’ in my hometown ofAmherst, NY.” Good Luck Ann!’05(standing l to r) Rosemary O’Connor Lawley, Barb Chmielewski, Brenda Vahey Horanburg, Mary E.Kirwan, and Pat Matthews Hemmer, (seated l to r) Sister Mary Finnick, gnsh and Bea Maulucci Quinn allenjoy a dinner together in honor of fellow 1960 classmate and 2012 Ann Lum Distinguished Alumna, SisterMary Finnick.Congratulations to StephenConstantine ’03, ’05 on hispromotion within the AllianceAdvisory Group, Inc. Steve isnow the director of training anddevelopment for the financialservices firm. As director, heis responsible for leading andcoordinating all trainings relatedto Guardian’s proprietary sales30

platform, The Living BalanceSheet®, along with providingweekly one-on-one coachingopportunities to all new hiresthroughout the firm’s four-cityimprint. Additionally, he willcollaborate with members ofleadership to identify internal andexternal subject area experts whowould provide value, perspectiveand technical training to newlyhired and experienced advisorswithin the Alliance AdvisoryGroup.Ryan and Nicole Miller ’11expanded their family with thebirth of their first child, Mason.Congratulations to Ryan andNicole!Congratulations to the family ofAdam Patrick Morris ’05 on thebirth of their daughter MelaynaL. Morris. The Morris familywelcomed Melayna on Nov. 10,2012. She weighed 5lbs., 1oz. andwas 17 inches long. Mother anddaughter are happily and healthilyhome in Lockport, N.Y.’07Sarah Nagro ’05, ’07 was recentlyspotted by a local educator atthe Teacher Education DivisionConference of the Council forExceptional Children. It wasreported to us that she was veryactive at this conference and freelytalking about her alma mater.Sarah is currently studying for herdoctoral degree at Johns Hopkins.Good luck with your studies, Sarah,and keep up the great promotionalwork for DYC!’08O’Dane Brady wrote, “Rightnow I am still living in Ocala,Fla., and I work as an independentresearch consultant. Unfortunatelythe new PhD program I wishedto commence experienced sometrouble and will not be ready toaccept students for some timenow. However, I have acceptedan extended volunteer positionwith an organization called WorldSpine Care (worldspinecare.com)and will be leaving for Mahalapye,Botswana in early March.”Carla Bisceglia Demler andhusband Jon, and daughter Maggie,welcomed son/brother Dominic.’09In addition to keeping busy withher work at Strong MemorialHospital, Mary Lynn Arlotta isalso busy planning for her weddingin September of this year. Bestwishes to Mary Lynn and Jeff.Sarah Hanaburgh Raymondand husband Reggie welcomeddaughter Addie Mae: Addie isthe granddaughter of alum TerriHanaburgh ’82, niece of alumRichard Hanaburgh ’11’10Congratulations to Joe Amico ’07,’10 and to Kari Childs ’11 ontheir engagement and impendingwedding. We wish them all thebest.NURSE HELPS THOSE IN NEEDBY LITERALLY GIVING OFHERSELFA reporter, Michael Tsai, with the Honolulu Star Advertiser recentlypublished an article about a D’Youville nursing student from theclass of 1977.Over the last 35 years, Susie Lee has honed her nursing skills inpediatrics, recovery room and home health care. Years earlier shehad undergone hours-long procedures to donate lifesaving whiteblood cells to a young Filipino boy and an older Japa nese lady.In a profession in which the call to give is as constant as an IV drip,it’s not unheard of for dedicated healthcare workers to dig deepwithin and find nothing left to offer.Not so for career nurse Susie Lee, who on duty and off has devotedmore than mere blood, sweat and tears to better the lives of thosearound her. “I tell people not to be afraid to give to other people ifit will help to improve their life,” says Lee, a native of Buffalo, N.Y.Caring for people is second nature to Lee, who says she inheritedthe trait from her father, a medic during the storming of Normandyin World War II.“Once, when I was about 10, I had an accident at home and had a badcut,” Lee recalls. “My father took me into the bathroom and taped itup. It always stayed with me how calm he was.” Lee also got a lessonin the uncertainty of life two years later when her father asphyxiatedon fumes and died while trying to clean paint off a stairwell at home.The family survived the tragedy, and Lee went on to attendD’Youville College, earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1977.An aunt and uncle lived in Hawaii and had invited Lee to join themafter graduation. And so, with $280 and three suitcases, Lee took thefirst airplane ride of her life all the way to the aloha state.Over the last 35 years, Lee has honed her nursing skills in pediatrics,recovery room and home health care. She now holds dual assignmentsas a wound-care specialist and employee health nurse for HawaiiHealth Systems Corp. She also serves as an after-hours call nurse forSt. Francis Home Health Care Services.Lee is married to HHSC Oahu CEO Vincent Lee and has twodaughters, Melissa and Nicole, from a previous marriage.Last year Lee learned that her husband’s cousin Larry was startingdialysis. She also learned that she and Larry were the same bloodtype. Gears turned.“I decided to get tested to see if I was a match,” Lee says. “I figuredI probably wasn’t, but it would make me feel better and it would letLarry know that someone cared.”As it turned out, Lee was a match. And in June 2011 she donated oneof her kidneys to Larry.To anyone who knew Lee well, the decision wasn’t a total surprise.Years earlier she had undergone hours-long procedures to donatelifesaving white blood cells to a young Filipino boy and an olderJapa nese lady.Six months after the transplant, Larry died of unrelated causes. Leesays she doesn’t regret her decision.“You can’t make decisions out of fear of the what-ifs,” Lee says.“Being a living donor is something that is doable, something that canyou can do to improve another person’s life.”alumni.dyouville.edu 31

TAKING NOTEFellow PT alum Andrew Belden’07,’10 will also be taking a walkdown the aisle with Mary AliceWasneechak ’11 at his side.Andrew and Mary got engaged thispast fall and are busy planning fortheir July 2013 wedding.Ted Maul ’10 married NicoleFehringer on June 30, 2012. Tedis currently in law school at theUniversity at Buffalo and Nicoleis a PA and works for AssociatedPhysicians of WNY.’12The Buffalo News announcedthat the American Associationof University Women BuffaloBranch recently awarded theOlga Lindberg Scholarship toD’Youville alum KaitlynnTrzaska. Trzaska, a Tonawandaresident, has a bachelor’s degreein exercise and sports studiesfrom D’Youville and is currentlypursuing a Ph.D. in physicaltherapy at D’Youville College aswell. She would eventually liketo open her own physical therapyclinic for the disabled, she stated.Great job, Kaitlynn!CondolencesEvelyn Brennan Williamson’56on the death of her husband,William J. Williamson , Jr.Eleanor Rolfe Holden ’56 on thedeath of her husband, David.Ellen Lynch O’Shea ’61 on thedeath of her husband, James.Mary Grace Poorten Demarse ’63on the death of her step-mother,Rita Poorten.Sheila A. Kelly ’65 on thedeath of her brother, Thomas.Sally Januale Treanor ’65on the death of her husband,Dr. James Treanor.Karen Piotrowski ’69,associate professor of nursing atD’Youville, on the death of herfather, Edward Piotrowski.Barbara Ruggiello Moore ’73on the death of her father,Dominic A. Ruggiello.Dale Martin ’09 on the death ofhis father.’32 BeatriceStockman HickeyOctober 10, 2012Buffalo, NY’33 Laverna Sanfleet RocheJanuary 10, 2013Getzville, NY’42 Isabelle TurnerNovember 24, 2012Williamsville, NY’42 Dorothy StrassnerJanuary 28, 2013Kenmore NY’42 Margaret SchreiberBurnhamFebruary 3 , 2013Sun City , FL’44 Elizabeth Eder BobseineNovember 21, 2012Hamburg, NY’44 Dolores Zielinski KaslerNovember 15, 2012East Aurora, NY‘46 Sister Margaret MaryScott, GNSHMarch 31, 2011Yardley, PA‘47 Betty Tripi CorcoranDecember 30, 2012Williamsville, NY’48 Sister Ann C. Ryan, GNSHAugust 4, 2012Yardley, PA’49 Dorothy A. NystromOctober 13, 2012Buffalo, NY’50 Joan Fischer HeubuschNovember 20, 2012Snyder, NY’51 Sister Mary AlmaBrady, GNSHFebruary 8, 2004Yardley, PA’51 Mary Jane SweeneyNovember 1, 2012Snyder, NY’52 Loretta GulinoQuennevilleJanuary 7, 2013Clarence, NY’53 Jeanne SanscrainteMooreNovember 7, 2012Tonawanda, NY’57 Sister Mary ElizabethSander, RSMJanuary 29 , 2013Buffalo, NY’58 Shirley Keipp SpiessJuly 20, 2012Pottsville, PA’61 Mary O’Hara FisherNovember 10, 2012Amherst, NY’63 Theresa Myers RanneNovember 26, 2012West Seneca, NY’66 Martha Lee TurnerJanuary 20, 2013Berlin, CT’68 Rita Jane RycynaSeptember 12, 2012Buffalo, NY’74 Mary M. KontosNovember 24, 2012Buffalo, NYJoin us!Alumni’75 Kathleen MorrisseyBeldenDecember 23, 2012Richland, WA’79 Linda FarnhamJanuary 22, 2013North Tonawanda, NY’91 Janet DiMartino RiceNovember 13, 2012Clarence, NYPlay it smart!Make DYC a part ofyour estate plans andbecome a member of theProvidence Society.Simply write into your will or acodicil:“I bequeath to D’YouvilleCollege, Buffalo, N.Y., the sum of$_______” or “____ percent ofmy assets.”Please contact Patricia Van Dyke,716.829.7802, vandykep@dyc.edu.awards& ScholarshipdinnerMay 8ACQUA2192 Niagara StreetBuffalo, NY 142076-9 p.m.2013 Delta Sigma Recipients:Martha Rollek Rutowski ’57Beverly Raczynski Tomasi ’6832

D’MensionsD’Youville College631 Niagara StreetBuffalo, NY 14201www.dyc.edu716.829.8000last call2O12SEASON2O13For comments and suggestions,contact the editor at 716.829.7802or dmensions@dyc.edu.EDITORPatricia Lyons Van Dyke ’52LAYOUT & PRODUCTIONDeanna M. Rusek ’11CONTRIBUTORSDr. Anthony BasileD. John BrayDr. Bonnie Fox Garrity ’08Dr. Karen J. PanzarellaMary Pfeiffer ’84Dr. Theresa Vallone ’04AUGUST:OSAGE COUNTYWNY Premiere by Tracy Letts4/29 – 5/19/2O13Winner of the 2008 PulitzerPrize and Tony Award,AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTYwill leave you laughing andwondering, shuddering and smiling!Log into or jointhe alumni onlinecommunity toreceive informationon special pricingfor alums!I LOVE YOU,YOU’RE PERFECT,NOW CHANGEMusical by Joe DiPietroand Jimmy Roberts6/14 – 7/7/2O13Off-Broadway’s phenomenal longestrunningmusical celebrates themayhem of modern-day suburbanmating games. Box Office 716.829.7668Fax Number 716.829.779OWebsite kavinokytheatre.comOFFICE OFINSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTVICE PRESIDENT FORINSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTKathleen M. ChristyDIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT GRANTSTBADIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION RELATIONSWilliam McKeeverDIRECTOR OF ANNUAL GIVINGAimee PearsonDIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONSTBADIRECTOR OF MAJOR ANDPLANNED GIVINGPatricia Lyons Van Dyke ’52DEPARTMENT RECEPTIONISTRhonda BeckASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENTCarol RadwanCOORDINATOR OF DONOR RECORDSDeanna M. Rusek ’11

631 Niagara Street • Buffalo, NY 14201Non-Profit Org.US PostagePAIDPermit No. 3350Buffalo, NY 14201& occasionsSPECIALdatesMARK THESE EVENTS ON YOUR CALENDARALUMNI CALENDAR • SPRING/SUMMERMay3 Alumni Board Meeting | College Center board room | 6:3O p.m.8 Alumni Spring Awards & Scholarship Dinner | Acqua Restaurant | 6-9 p.m.17 Baccalaureate Ecumenical Services | Holy Angels Church | 7:30 p.m.18 Commencement | Kleinhans Music Hall | 9 a.m.June6 Alumni Board Meeting | College Center board room | 6:3O p.m.28 2nd Annual Alumni Golf Tournament | The Links at Ivy Ridge | NoonJuly19 Alumni Bisons Night | CocaCola Field | 7 p.m. | Tickets will be available after May 1, 2013August3 Niagara County Wine TourFor the most up-to-date information about alumni activities, check the website: alumni.dyouville.edu/events.You may also call the alumni office at 716.829.78O8 or e-mail at alumni@dyc.edu.