2009 Annual Report - Western Connecticut State University

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To our friends, 

Welcome to the first Western Connecticut State 

University Annual Report to be published 

exclusively online. 

This Annual Report is in keeping with the spirit and 

priorities of our times — the first completely 

“green” report that requires no paper, ink or 

postage and thus conserves our precious natural and financial 

resources. Moreover, electronic publication opens up an impressive 

array of new tools that enable us to provide information in a more 

effective and efficient manner. Through innovations such as expanded 

photo coverage and links giving you direct online access to additional 

background on featured events and people at WestConn, this year’s 

Annual Report shares our story in ways that would have been 

impossible solely in the traditional printed report. 

Even as we keep pace with the conservation and information demands 

of a new century, we have remained faithful to our time-honored 

commitment to provide a comprehensive, enlightening and 

entertaining overview of the university’s progress in every Annual Report. We focus in this year’s 

report on the university’s deepening connections to the community, at every level — local, regional, 

national and global. In these pages, you will discover the latest chapters in WestConn’s pursuit of 

educational opportunity, academic excellence, cultural diversity and community engagement. The 

story unfolds and inspires through the accomplishments of our students, the instructional innovations 

and pioneering research of our faculty, and the many outreach efforts that have forged productive 

collaborations with our donors and with our partners at area schools, businesses and civic 

organizations. 

I invite you to read about the university’s progress over the past year and share in the excitement of 

the WestConn story. I welcome your comments and suggestions by telephone at (203) 837-8300 or 

e-mail at schmotterj@wcsu.edu [1] . 

Sincerely, 

James W. Schmotter, President 

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From the classrooms of area high schools to 

partnerships with businesses based in the 

Greater Danbury area, WestConn is an integral 

part of the surrounding community. Alone, and 

as an active partner with other Fairfield County 

institutions, the university has demonstrated its 

commitment to enhancing the quality of life of 

our neighbors through outreach, education and 

open-to-the-public events. 

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12. http://www.wcsu.edu/president/annualreport/local/bridges-peace.asp 

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Building a Bridge to Improve Student 

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Exploratory Academy [2] 

One Book, One Community [3] 

Hancock Student Leadership Program [4] 

RN-to-BSN at Danbury Hospital [5] 

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Art show at Cartus [7] 

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The word “unique” is often used inaccurately, but 

WestConn and two local high schools have 

developed a program that we can safely say is one 

of a kind. 

Since 2004, WestConn professors have worked with 

teachers at Danbury and Bethel high schools to 

develop a partnership to improve student learning. 

As a result, more students are able to avoid 

remedial classes. They also save money and more 

of them move on to their sophomore year at the university. 

It began with discussions between WestConn professors and teachers 

at the two high schools about how to address this problem: Too many 

incoming first-year students at the university were not ready to take 

college-level courses in math and English. 

The effort to lessen that rate became “Building a Bridge to Improve 

Student Success [2] " It led to increased and more-focused 

testing and instruction for high school juniors and seniors — and a 

significant increase in the number of college-ready students. 

The testing, which began with high school juniors, showed that more 

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than 60 percent of those students would have qualified only for remedial classes in math and English 

in their first year at the university. By the third year of Bridges, only 40 percent of incoming freshmen 

needed to take a remedial math class and 15.5 percent needed remedial English. 

In addition, retention improved, with 20 percent more Danbury and Bethel students moving on to 

their sophomore year than students from other schools. 

The Connecticut State University System has recognized Bridges as a “Beacon of Excellence” that will 

be put in place at the other three CSUS universities. And at WestConn, we continue to build on our 

partnership. Please see the next page on our new Exploratory Academy. 

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Statistics demonstrate the deficits of 

education in science, math, engineering and 

technology, or STEM. For instance, women 

earn 58 percent of all bachelor’s degrees but 

only 20 percent of computer science 

degrees, 21 percent of physics degrees and 

20 percent of engineering degrees. African- 

Americans and Hispanics make up less than 

10 percent of the workforce in STEM 

occupations. U.S. high school seniors test 

below the international average for 21 

countries in mathematics and science. 

Many approaches have been tried, but one stands out: Start younger. 

That was the idea behind The Exploratory Academy, which brought 

100 middle school students to WestConn for a day of instruction and 

re-introduction to the STEM subjects. 

Judging from the letters of thanks from students [2] sent a few 

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Like many universities, WestConn directs 

first-year students to read a specific book — 

a common read — for discussion when they 

start the fall semester. Unlike most 

universities, WestConn joined with the local 

municipal library to create an event for 

readers throughout the region. 

“One Book, One Community” brought 

authors, celebrations, movies and book 

discussions to WestConn and other venues. 

The partnership with the Danbury Public Library presented “The 

Namesake” to the community. Highlights included lectures by author 

Jhumpa Lahiri and by Mira Nair, who directed the film based on the 

book. 

“Working with the library, as well as with Indian cultural groups in the 

community, allowed us to expose students to a greater experience 

than they would have if we had done this project alone,” said Dr. 

Linda Rinker, provost and academic vice president. “We are proud of 

the community where we live and work, and this project brought 

together the best that the university and Danbury have to offer.” 

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Book, One Community” presented a traditional Diwali to celebrate the Hindu new year, a bus trip to 

an Indian restaurant in New York, a lecture on Indian spices, and showings of the films “The 

Namesake, “Monsoon Wedding” and “Mississippi Masala.” 

During her appearance, Lahiri discussed the audacity of writers and her own reluctance to describe 

herself as an artist. 

“There is a belief in yourself, and a belief that your observations are unique, that is so 

presumptuous,” Lahiri said. At the same time, she added, the act of writing is not accidental: “I think 

creativity is an extremely active role. It’s not passive.” 

For Lahiri, her Indian heritage has driven her creativity. 

“The world is not just one place,” she said. “It is not just one way. The longing for place, for 

something not present, is something I’ve known from my first knowledge.” 




1. http://www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/AuthorofTheNamesaketoappearatWestConn.asp 

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The university offered some of its best 

students an opportunity to learn from 

established leaders through the new Hancock 

Leadership Scholarship Program. 

Twenty-three students were accepted in the 

first cohort of the program, which is offered 

by the divisions of Academic Affairs and 

Student Affairs and is partially funded by the 

Ellen M. and W. Jason Hancock Scholarship 

Fund. 

The participants, who were selected based on academic background, 

leadership potential and extracurricular involvement, completed a 24- 

hour training program that included fundamental leadership, 

communication and conflict management. 

Students then worked with mentors to develop individual, 40-hour 

applied leadership projects. 

“We hope the students will become successful role models by learning 

more about leadership and management styles, fiscal and ethical 

responsibility, and communication and conflict management,” said 

Professor of Social Sciences Dr. R. Averell Manes. “These students will 

become the leaders of tomorrow in business, politics and the public 

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The scholarship recipients were honored at a dinner at the Ethan Allen Inn, where they sat down with 

Farooq Kathwari, chairman, president and CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors, who discussed inspiration with 

the students. 

“I was working as an accountant when an acquaintance suggested I look for a job on Wall Street,” 

Kathwari said. “So I went there and walked into the first building I came to — One Wall Street. Thank 

goodness there was no security in those days, because I walked in and went down the hall and floor 

to floor asking for a job. On the 16th floor, I was offered a job.” 



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The WestConn nursing department offers 

courses for the RN-BSN (Registered Nurse— 

Bachelor of Science in Nursing) degree 

completion program at the WestConn at 

Waterbury campus, located at Naugatuck 

Valley Community College in Waterbury. This 

program is designed specifically and 

exclusively for students who hold a current 

RN license in Connecticut or another state. 

The curriculum enables RN graduates of 

associate degree programs and diploma 

programs to earn a BSN from WestConn by completing a program of 

study similar to that completed by undergraduate nursing students, 

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Professor of Education and Educational 

Psychology Dr. Marcia Delcourt was named 

the 2008 recipient of the WCSU Teaching 

Excellence Award, which was presented at a 

ceremony on Dec. 10. 

Delcourt is coordinator of the Ed.D. Program 

in Instructional Leadership, which saw its 

first members graduate in May 2008. 

“Dr. Delcourt exemplifies all that one hopes 

for in a faculty member,” said Dr. Ellen 

Durnin, dean of Graduate Studies and External Programs. “She brings 

strong research skills, exemplary teaching, and a personal 

commitment to her students and to the university which inspire all 

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Cartus, a global corporation based in 

Danbury, regularly stages art shows for its 

employees so it made sense that the 

company would look to WestConn to supply 

artists for a representation of student work. 

Paintings by Master of Fine Arts students 

graced the hallways and the walls of the 

Cartus cafeteria for several weeks. 

“It’s great to be able to partner with 

WestConn,” said Lawrence Post, Cartus vice 

president of global facilities and a WestConn graduate. “We find it to 

be valuable for our employees.” 

President Schmotter pointed out the benefits to students. “It’s a win- 

win,” he said. “It makes your workplace more attractive hopefully and 

our own student artists are always looking for someplace to show 

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WestConn honored individuals and one 

special institution at the annual University 

Ball. 

The ball’s theme, "A Beacon on Main," was 

chosen to illustrate the decades of work that 

Union Savings Bank has undertaken to foster 

independent and community growth in 

Western Connecticut. 

The WCSU Foundation Board created two 

new awards this year and announced them 

at the ball. 

The Ruth Haas Community Leadership Award was presented to 

chemistry professor Dr. Paul Hines and his wife, Dr. Ann Hines, who 

with Paul has devoted many years to community service. 

Richard and Marie Sturdevant, who have also been community 

volunteers for several years, were presented the Gino Arconti Civic 

Award. 

Proceeds from the ball benefit the WCSU Foundation, which offers 29 

scholarships across all academic disciplines. The awards help many 

students stay in school or take classes without having to work 

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WCSU worked with Danbury Hospital, the 

Danbury Health Department and the United 

Way of Western Connecticut to produce a 

Community Report Card on the health of 

residents in the region — the first such 

report in several years. 

The report covers the towns of Bethel, 

Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New 

Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, 

Ridgefield and Sherman and measured 

indicators such as access to health insurance, diseases, emergency 

room visits and the like. 

The research found that the region’s residents are generally healthier 

than state and national averages, but also suggested areas of 

potential improvement. 

“What’s key about the report card is that we now have a tool that will 

be invaluable in helping us identify new trends and issues that require 

attention as well as a benchmark for measuring our success tackling 

our community’s challenges,” said Michael Johnston, chief executive 

officer of the United Way of Western Connecticut. 



1. http://www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/CommunityReportCard.asp 

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More than 350 students, parents, donors, 

faculty and staff participated in a new 

approach to celebrating student scholarship 

in the Grand Ballroom in the Westside 

Campus Center. 

In the past, the schools of Arts and Sciences, 

Professional Studies, Visual and Performing 

Arts and the Ancell School of Business all 

acknowledged their scholarship winners in 

separate ceremonies in the spring. 

For the first time, scholarship winners from the schools, along with 

the Division of Graduate Studies, were honored at a single ceremony 

during Homecoming Week. At the same time, donors were invited to 

meet the students who have benefited from their generosity. The 

effect was to show WestConn’s best efforts in an even brighter light. 

“We have clearly advanced the impact and energy in this event, and I 

know that there were complex organizational and logistical challenges 

to be overcome in so doing,” said President James W. Schmotter. 

“The setting was perfect and the emotions genuine.” 

Students and other guests gathered in receptions for the separate 

schools in rooms throughout the Campus Center before coming 

together for a ceremony in the ballroom. Each student honoree was acknowledged by name and 

collected a certificate to applause from the audience. 

“The need to promote education is important because it is an investment in the very thing that counts 

most for our country’s future: the educated population,” Dr. G. Koryoe Anim-Wright, vice president of 

Institutional Advancement, said as she opened the ceremony. “The audience seated here tonight 

represents our future leaders and our future source of entrepreneurship and growth. The investment 

in education by our donors is an important gift that allows WestConn to continue providing students 

with the key to social mobility. And for many of our students, these awards keep them on the path of 

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Danbury officials turned to WestConn’s math 

department for help in the city’s middle 

schools last fall. 

Two days a week, WestConn math majors 

tutor pupils at Rogers Park and Broadview 

middle schools for about 45 minutes so that 

they can achieve higher scores on the 

mandatory Connecticut Mastery Tests (CMTs) 

given to middle school students throughout 

the state. 

Math professor Dr. Josie Hamer said the program is advantageous 

from every angle. “Our students get the experience of working in the 

schools and with teachers in the classroom,” she said. “The middle 

school students get the extra help they need and the school system, 

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Internationally acclaimed children’s folksinger 

John Farrell joined a cast of 280 performers 

from WestConn, Danbury schools and the 

Greater Danbury community in a “Bridges of 

Peace and Hope” concert presented in April 

2009 in the Ives Concert Hall in White Hall 

on the university’s Midtown campus. The 

program featured performances by the New 

Hope Baptist Singers, a Nigerian drumming 

group, and a large cast of student 

performers from WestConn, Danbury High 

School, and several middle and elementary schools in Danbury. An 

accompanying exhibition displayed paintings, drawings, photographs 

and written works by students participating in the “Bridges of Peace 

and Hope” project. 

The concert was part of a collaborative project coordinated by 

Professor of Education Dr. Darla Shaw and supported by the WCSU 

President’s Initiatives Fund to further the development of the Peace 

Curriculum program in the Danbury public school system and to 

promote music literacy at all grade levels within the framework of the 

“Bridges of Peace and Hope” initiative. 

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participating Danbury schools during the 2008-09 school year, and the April 7 concert marked the 

culmination of months of preparation and rehearsal by students and teachers at the participating 

schools. “This inspirational performance offers the children’s interpretation of what it takes to make 

this a more peaceful and better world,” Shaw observed. 



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In collaboration with various community 

organizers, including Danbury Children First 

and the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, the 

Multicultural Fair at WestConn celebrated the 

diversity of our community and attracted 

dozens of people from the community to 

sample ethnic foods and browse through 

boutique items at tents and tables set up in 

the quad. 

The event showcased arts and crafts, 

businesses, services and food from a wide variety of local eateries. 

Flags from more than 100 countries were displayed, and there were 

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The Fairfield Hall Tea & Tour celebrated the 

renovated residence hall that has been a 

Midtown campus landmark since 1927. In 

addition to the tour, more than 70 people 

gathered to enjoy tea sandwiches, petit fours 

and an old-fashioned sing-along. Professor 

of Education Dr. Darla Shaw hosted a fashion 

show in the persona of the venerable Dr. 

Ruth Haas, university president from 1946- 

1975. The clothing was modeled by 

students, staff and faculty, and highlighted 

each decade starting with the 1920s. 

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WCSU Opera performs 

“Amahl” 

Economic Summit 

College Goal Sunday 

CSUS 25th Anniversary 

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As part of a statewide system of public 

universities, WestConn is anchored in the 

southwest corner of Connecticut. Our students, 

however, come from all corners of the state and 

our impact extends from boardrooms and 

classrooms in large and small towns, to the 

legislative offices in Hartford. 

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Nine WestConn students applied to be 

legislative interns for the 2009 General 

Assembly Session in Hartford, and nine were 

selected. 

WCSU Director of Cooperative Education Dr. 

Anthony Ciarleglio said WCSU students were 

well-prepared before they applied for the 

jobs that involved attending committee 

public hearings, reporting back to their 

assigned legislator, listening to lobbyists and 

answering the phones. 

Sophomore justice and law administration major Denise Morelli of 

New Fairfield said she learned a lot about what goes on in Hartford. 

“I never realized how much time it really takes to be a legislator,” 

Morelli said. “And the amount of constituent contact is very high, as 

they are constantly calling to express their opinions.” 

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Even before the Connecticut State University 

campuses signed articulation agreements with all 

the community colleges in the state, WestConn and 

Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury 

had a strong relationship that benefited students. 

One student each year — the one named the 

President-to-President Scholar — was especially 

happy. 

This year, it was Juanita Curtis, a wife and mother 

of four school-age children (pictured at right) who 

earned her associate degree in liberal arts from 

NVCC with a 3.9 GPA. She is studying 

communications at WestConn 

“I knew that WestConn had something for me, and I 

knew I would excel here,” Curtis said. 



1. http://www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/President-to-PresidentscholarCurtis.asp 

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Starting in June 2009, college graduates 

seeking to change careers and become 

teachers can earn a master’s degree and 

state certification at WestConn to teach 

biology, math or Spanish in secondary 

schools. 

The M.A.T. is for candidates already holding 

a bachelor’s degree who have decided they 

would like to become teachers. The 42-credit 

M.A.T. program, which is completed in 15 

months, will produce teachers for grades 6-12 in education areas 

where teachers are in short supply. The university also is seeking 

approval from the state for an M.A.T. program for primary school 

teachers. 

“The Graduate Studies and Certification offices have had a high level 

of demand for a M.A.T. program at WestConn,” said Dean of Graduate 

Studies and External Programs Dr. Ellen Durnin. “Last spring, we 

received 275 phone inquiries about a program that incorporates a 

master’s degree with teacher certification. When we hosted our first 

graduate open house in April, we received more requests for 

information about the proposed M.A.T. program than for any existing 

graduate programs.” 



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The WestConn communication department 

has introduced a new Bachelor of Arts in 

Media Arts program offering concentrations 

in media production and media studies. The 

Media Arts program is designed to encourage 

students to explore diverse areas of the 

media — film, television, radio, journalism 

and photography — from the perspective of 

a critic or producer. The curriculum seeks to 

develop students’ communication skills 

through courses in writing, production and 

media performance, and to cultivate students’ skills in critical thinking 

through classes exploring communication theory, the history of the 

media and the contemporary relationship between the media and 

society. 



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The Connecticut State University Board of 

Trustees (BOT) honored two WestConn 

professors for their exemplary work by 

presenting them with research and teaching 

awards. 

Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Daniel 

Barrett was recognized with a Trustees 

Teaching Award. Barrett has been recognized 

by the university community as an engaging, 

committed and effective educator able to 

relate his content area expertise with the day-to-day learning 

process, promote the active participation of students in their own 

learning, advance the assessment of academic programs, build 

teaching mentorship relationships with colleagues, and lead and 

improve the university's advising system. 

Associate Professor of Education and Educational Psychology Dr. 

Karen Burke received the Trustees Research Award. Burke has 

advanced the understanding of learning styles in children and adults, 

has translated this knowledge into curriculum development and 

assistance to school leaders and practitioners in Connecticut, 

nationally and abroad, and has promoted the evaluation of 

instructional strategies within educational accountability systems. 



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The Connecticut Science Center and the Connecticut 

State University System (CSUS) formed a 

partnership that brings science applications 

developed by university faculty to Connecticut 

Science Center visitors. The new “i4 Initiative” 

showcases science research and applications under 

way and highlights career paths for young people 

pursuing scientific fields. Initial applications to be 

featured include geology, genetics, navigation and 

technological simulations. 

Science faculty from a range of academic disciplines 

will be included on a rotating basis each year. 

“Finding Our Way - Navigation and Remote Sensing” 

presents a historical perspective of multicultural 

navigation, as Associate Professor of Biological and 

Environmental Sciences Dr. Theodora Pinou and Dr. 

Scott Graves of Southern Connecticut State 

University have developed a unique Wii-based 

tracking device that will help visitors explore navigation and how past 

cultures have solved the problem of understanding where they were, 

how to get to someplace else, and how to return. Within the Science 

Center, visitors will use the device to experience remote sensing. 

Research on satellite tracking of marine turtles around the globe, for 

example, presents real-world applications to remote sensing 

technology and how it is increasing our understanding of earth 

systems. 



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“When you think of jail, who do you think of?” 

was the question posed in one award-winning 

video by four university students. The 30- 

second clip flashes the words “kidnapper,” 

“embezzler” and “murderer” as the criminals are 

found behind bars, and then shows a mother 

jailed for serving alcohol to minors. 

David Duncan, Mike Lukaniec, Dan Choi and 

Robin Moravsky earned second place in the 

student-produced video commercial for an 

alcohol awareness Public Service Announcement competition 

sponsored by Wine and Spirit Wholesalers of Connecticut in May. 

“The message was very effective and the soundtrack and visuals 

packed a powerful punch,” Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. 

J.C. Barone said. “I was very grateful to see their hard work and 

talent recognized outside of the classroom in a way that helped the 

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The university’s campus at Naugatuck Valley 

Community College in Waterbury began 

offering “Small Business Management” as 

part of the Small Business Entrepreneurial 

Management option — making students 

majoring in business administration even 

more versatile in today’s competitive job 

market. 

The course prepares students to lead and 

manage in a small business environment. 

Special attention is given to operating small businesses in their early 

stage. The course also looks at the role of small business in the 

economy. 

Other new additions at WestConn at Waterbury include Latin I and II 

courses this summer, and the recent completion of a nursing 

lab/classroom in Founders Hall. The nursing classroom includes five 

simulated hospital rooms, and SimWoman, a computerized “patient” 

who can communicate with nursing students. 



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The WCSU Opera Ensemble’s December 2008 

production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” 

marked the 14th annual presentation of the 

holiday classic for the enjoyment of theatre- 

goers in western Connecticut. 

Since 1995 the WCSU Opera Ensemble has 

shared with regional audiences the holiday 

gift of this one-act, English-language opera 

by Gian-Carlo Menotti, based on the story of 

an impoverished and crippled shepherd boy’s 

encounter with the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem and the 

heart-warming outcome of their chance meeting. Professor of Music 

Dr. Margaret Astrup served again in 2008 as director and producer for 

the performances, which featured live orchestral music and two 

separate casts of WestConn student and community actors performing 

the principal roles. “This opera is the quintessential holiday family 

opera with its message of generosity and giving,” Astrup observed. 



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Despite the doom and gloom on cable news 

and Wall Street and the plummeting statistics 

from unemployment to business growth 

rates, the WestConn community learned at 

an economic summit held in March that 

Danbury is holding its own. 

A panel of local business people discussed 

current economic conditions, and its 

expectations for the future at the “Economic 

$ummit: Surviving Our Economic Tsunami” 

held at the Westside Campus Center Ballroom. Panel members 

included: moderator Dr. Allen Morton, dean of WestConn’s Ancell 

School of Business; John Kline, CEO, Union Savings Bank; Stephen 

Bull, president, Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce; Bernard 

Findley, president, New Century Direct; Scott Sanderude, vice 

president, marketing and development, Praxair; Jane Didona, 

president, Didona Associates Landscape Artichitects; Brian Raabe, 

partner, Empirical Research Partners; and Chris Bruhl, president and 

CEO, Business Council of Fairfield County. 

Most of the panel had encouraging words for the 50 or so students 

from the Ancell School who attended the discussion. Kline urged 

students to keep their expectations in line with the economy, 


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WestConn joined sister university Eastern 

Connecticut State University to participate in 

“College Goal Sunday” — an event taking 

place at 12 locations statewide — in January. 

“College Goal Sunday” was an event for 

parents and college-bound high school 

seniors to learn about college entrance 

requirements and obtain assistance in filling 

out financial aid application forms. They also 

received assistance in the completion of the 

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online. Most grants 

and scholarships require a completed FAFSA form, which does not 

obligate applicants to attend college, but is required for most sources 

of financial aid. 

At these sessions, teams of experts were available to answer any 

questions about sources of financial aid. 



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The Connecticut State University System 

celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 

creation of a centralized and cohesive 

connection between the four universities: 

Central, Eastern, Southern and Western. 

Each university celebrated the anniversary 

and the release of a book about the history 

of CSUS called “We Are Four: We Are One,” 

written by Tom Farnham, professor emeritus 

of history at Southern. 

President Schmotter spoke at a gathering in Warner Hall to mark the 

celebration. 

“The things Western and our sister institutions have accomplished 

wouldn’t have been possible without the strength and muscle of the 

Connecticut State University System, especially on the funding side,” 

Schmotter said. “With our relatively manageable size — four 

universities — we are able to work together to achieve an economy of 

scale and learn from our colleagues on other campuses to do more 

than we would otherwise. The system supports us in our mission as 

an institution that serves students and serves the state of 

Connecticut.” 



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A new scholarship in honor of the university’s oldest 

living graduate, Mary Edgett, was created to be 

awarded to a WestConn elementary education 

major. 

“Mary is one of the most beloved teachers in 

Danbury,” said Dr. G. Koryoe Anim-Wright, WCSU 

vice president for Institutional Advancement. “What 

better way to immortalize her than with a 

scholarship that supports the work to which she 

devoted her entire life?” 

The scholarship was established in part because of 

the huge response received after a profile on Edgett 

was published in the spring 2008 issue of the 

university’s alumni magazine, AlumniNews. 

“Many readers wanted to reconnect with their 

former teacher,” Anim-Wright said. “That led to talk 

about forming a scholarship. We think it’s a fitting 

tribute to her.” 

For more than a half century, Edgett fostered a love for education, 

living and teaching middle school primarily in the Danbury area. Many 

of those she taught went on to become luminaries in their field. 

Mary Edgett Scholarship committee member the late Guido J. Tino, a 

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The 20th annual Nutmeg State Games were 

held in Danbury for the first time, with WCSU 

hosting many competitions at the Westside 

Athletic Facility. 

The Games attracted 5,384 youngsters 

(primarily ages 8-18) to its Olympics-style 

sporting competitions. 

“The 2008 Nutmeg State Games were a 

tremendous success for the City of 

Danbury,” said Dick Murray, HV Sports 

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The games are endorsed by the Governor’s Committee on Physical 

Fitness, governed by the National Congress of State Games and 

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A new undergraduate course, 

“Road Scholar,” takes students 

out of the classroom to learn 

more about the lives of famous 

authors and playwrights who 

helped shape American literature 

by visiting their homes in and 

around Connecticut. 

Students visited the homes of 

Mark Twain and neighbor Harriet 

Beecher Stowe in Hartford. The 

setting for playwright Eugene 

O’Neill’s “A Long Day’s Journey into Night” is based on the living room 

of his home in New London. Other visits included the Massachusetts 

homes of Edith Wharton, author of “The Age of Innocence,” and 

Herman Melville, who wrote the classic whaling tale, “Moby Dick.” 

“As professors of American literature, we felt that WestConn is ideally 

situated in the very heart of the region in which American literature 

came of age and announced its presence,” said WestConn English 

Professor Dr. Margaret Murray, who came up with the idea for the 

course with Associate English Professor Dr. Donald Gagnon. 



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With rising energy prices cutting deep into pockets, more 

commuters are looking for energy-efficient and affordable 

transportation options. In 2008, gas prices soared, forcing 

many to find cheaper means of transportation. 

As a result, Tatum Lakowsky and Cyndi Berry, of the 

university’s Financial Aid office, were enthused by the 

idea of carpooling. They noticed several of their 

coworkers driving from the same direction to school 

during the morning and evening commutes and figured a vanpool 

would help save hundreds of dollars a month and reduce unneeded 

stress. Riders come from as far away as Bristol and Southington, with 

the bulk coming from the Waterbury area. 

Lakowsky and Berry discovered a program called Rideshare, a 

nonprofit organization that provides commuters with a car or van — 

depending on the number of riders. 

About a dozen WestConn employees take part in Rideshare. The van 

leaves Waterbury every morning from a commuter lot off Interstate 

84 and leaves the WCSU Midtown campus each afternoon. 


“Not only are we saving a lot of money, but we are also lessening the congestion on the roads,” Berry 

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As part of its partnership with the city of 

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presentation of a fine arts season at Ives 

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Student and professional actors and 

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Dream,” “Reynard the Fox,” “Into the 

Woods,” “The Tempest,” the Ives Old Tyme 

Circus, "A Salute to Sinatra” with the Mike 

Berkowitz Orchestra, and the annual Ives Concert Park Family Fair. 

The outdoor concert park also featured national acts during the 

summer, including B.B. King, Jackson Browne, Gov’t Mule and 

Collective Soul. 

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From summer’s terrific displays of lightning 

and thunder, the hurricanes and tornadoes 

that storm their way into fall, and winter’s 

snow squalls and blizzards, weather is 

always a hot topic at WestConn. 

In April, more than 150 people interested in 

meteorology — from professional 

meteorologists and researchers to students 

and weather enthusiasts — gathered at the 

university’s Second Tri-State Weather 

Conference in the Midtown campus Science Building. “It’s a research 

conference where meteorologists who conduct research present their 

findings,” said WCSU Assistant Professor of Meteorology Rob Eisenson. 

“And the term meteorologist includes the amateur hobbyist to the 

professionals.” 

Eisenson said he came up with the idea for the conference after 

traveling the East Coast to conferences. “I thought there was nothing 

of this type in the New York metropolitan area and we needed one. 

We have a beautiful facility here with the Science Building and there’s 

no conference like this in the New York area,” he said. 

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Longtime WestConn patrons Roy and Ginny 

Young opened their home to 100 people for 

a celebration of the School of Visual and 

Performing Arts. Guests were treated to a 

sampling of what the school has 

accomplished and also heard some hints of 

what it might yet achieve. 

Architects Robert Swain, president of 

Amenta/Emma Architects, and Nestor 

Bottino, a partner with Holzman Moss, 

explained some of the concepts they are developing as they design a 

$98 million instructional center for the school on the Westside 

campus. 

WCSU President James W. Schmotter extolled the virtues of the SVPA 

and asked those in attendance to engage in WestConn’s vision to be a 

university with public accessibility and costs but with many attributes 

of a small private university. 

“This is a unique opportunity to move the university forward with the 

arts,” Schmotter said. “The arts have an economic benefit — they 

bring people, money and interest to the region as well as creativity in 

all its manifestations. We are the only university between Purchase, 


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Selected painting and illustration works by 

nine 2009 graduates of the WestConn Master 

of Fine Arts program were exhibited at the 

Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City, with 

the artists featured in the 2009 M.F.A. Thesis 

Exhibition recognized at an opening reception 

at the gallery. The show continued the 

annual tradition of featuring M.F.A. graduate 

art selections at a Manhattan gallery 

following a spring exhibition of their thesis 

works at WestConn. The exhibitions mark the 

capstone of two years of intensive creative studies and practice in the 

fields of painting and illustration, which involves extensive interaction 

with WCSU faculty and with resident and visiting professional artists. 

Artists whose works were shown at the Manhattan gallery included 

Jessica Bartlet, of Torrington; Karen Bartone, of Clinton; Bryn Gillette, 

of New Milford; Janice Nichols, of New Haven; Tracy Powers, of 

Wolcott; Jennifer Wheeler, of Salem, Conn.; and Carmen Canal, Jim 

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More than 300 area musicians attended WestConn’s 

annual Summer Music Camps, now in their 25th 

year. Forty violinists of all ages and performance 

levels participated in the Julius Baker Flute Master 

Class, 50 string instrumentalists in grades 5-12 

attended Summer Strings Camp, and more than 

220 concert band, jazz band and orchestra 

musicians in grades 5-12 attended Summer Band 

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The WestConn theatre arts department 

presented “Tongues” and “Savage Love” by 

Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin at the TBG 

Theatre in Manhattan. The annual off- 

Broadway showcase provides students with 

an outstanding opportunity to practice their 

craft not far from the bright lights of the 

Great White Way. 



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The WCSU Opera Ensemble took the stage in 

October 2008 at New York’s legendary 

Carnegie Hall as featured choral singers in 

the Opera Orchestra of New York 

performance of “The Tsar’s Bride” by Russian 

composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Forty 

WestConn students participating in the Opera 

Ensemble, directed by Professor of Music Dr. 

Margaret Astrup, performed in a chorus that 

also included the West Point Cadet Glee Club 

of the U.S. Military Academy and the Alumni 

Russian Chorus of Yale University. Music Director Eve Queler 

conducted the Opera Orchestra of New York in a concert-format 

performance of the Rimsky-Korsakov work. 

The Carnegie Hall appearance offered further recognition of the WCSU 

Opera Ensemble for its superior performance of a diverse repertoire of 

American and international operas. The ensemble presents two to 

three operas at WestConn during each academic year, and conducts 

an extensive outreach program offering one-act opera performances 

both on and off campus targeted to reach general community and 

student audiences. Astrup expressed pride in the student performers 

of the Opera Ensemble for earning the rare opportunity to perform in 

Carnegie Hall. 



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In January, the WCSU theatre arts department 

took Best Associate Production with its staging of 

The Who’s 1969 rock opera “Tommy” at the 

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 

(KCACTF) Region I Festival in Fitchburg, Mass. The 

KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 

18,000 students from more than 600 academic 

institutions across the country. 

Along with the recognition for entire productions, 

KCACTF recognizes the efforts of individual actors, 

stage managers and various other crew members. 

Nick Bussett, senior theatre major, was the 

alternate winner in the stage management 

competition. Other mentions included Kymberly 

Powe, senior theatre major, who took second 

place in costume management and Alfya Menconi, 

senior graphic design major, who captured second 

place in the poster competition. 

“We did fantastically well at this festival,” said Sal Trapani, chair of 

the theatre department. “We had nine students do readings! This is 

unheard of at KCACTF — usually schools will get no more than two or 

three. The students spent their free time taking workshops and 

making valuable connections in the world of theatre. I believe it was a 

very beneficial experience for the department.” 

WestConn first competed in the acclaimed regional portion of the 

festival at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Mass., showcasing 

Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” in 2007. The production, 

directed by Pamela McDaniel, received a merit award as Outstanding 

Associate Production for Region One. 



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“The Hat City Debates” sponsored by 

WCSU’s Roger Sherman Debate Society 

attracted teams from throughout the East, 

including New York University, Harvard 

University, Marist College and Dartmouth 

University. 

About 100 teams of two students from at 

least 15 schools participated under the 

watchful eye of WestConn debate team 

adviser and Associate Professor of History 

and Non-Western Cultures Dr. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox. 

Last year, WestConn’s debate team was ranked 12th highest for 

master's-level public universities nationally. Regionally, in the 

university’s National Debate Tournament district, WestConn’s debate 

team ranked at No. 11 in New England regardless of size and type of 

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Jeff Kalin, an expert on prehistoric Native 

American life, visits schools and universities to 

show how early humans lived and to discuss the 

human condition. 

Lecturing at the invitation of Dr. Laurie Weinstein, 

professor of anthropology, Kalin used a moose 

antler as a chair, placed a deer skin across his lap 

and chipped a flake from a stone. The flake was 

sharp, and he used it to slice a small piece from the 

animal hide. 

“The invention of this tool was so important to us,” 

Kalin explained to a group of students. “Today we 

drive cars. We fly in planes, we use the Internet. 

These things came about because of our ability to 

envision. We can look at a rock and say ‘Wow, I can 

see a knife inside this rock.’ We can imagine things 

that don’t exist.” 

Luong Ung, author of “First They Killed My Father,” was a young girl 

in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge came to power and began a 

reign of terror against their own people. Ung described how the 

Khmer killed both her parents, among other horrors. 

“We were among the 2 million Cambodians evacuated out of the city 

of Phnom Penh in 17 hours. What would you pack if you were in that 

situation?” 

Ung was able to immigrate to New Hampshire, where she was raised 

by a local family. She grew up to became a social activist. Her 

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“Since I have left Cambodia I have been back 30 times. When I go, I make it a point to go to a mass 

grave and experience a moment of silence. In Cambodia, a country the size of Oklahoma, there are 

20,000 mass graves.” 

Before she left Cambodia, she was trained by the Khmer in a war camp for children. 

“I was lucky. It ended before I believed them, that my parents were weak and traitors and didn’t love 

me.” 


Rev. DeForest Blake Soaries Jr., former secretary of state of New Jersey and commissioner of the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission, spoke about his joy at the election of an African-American as 

president, and his view that it doesn’t change much in U.S. society. 

“To live long enough to see a member of that same oppressed minority rise up to become the most 

powerful person in the world is unbelievable. It’s unprecedented in the world. What concerns me today 

is that there are deeper implications of having an African-American president than have been 

discussed.” 

Soaries pointed out that in any university cafeteria, most students still self-segregate by race. And he 

pointed out the correlation between race and the reliance on subprime mortgages to buy a home. 

"Unless we take our responsibility seriously to form relationships not only beyond our racial pride or 

ethnic pride, but our economic pride, we will have symbols of success and still have no understanding 

of each other,” Soaries said. "Institutions have rules that never take into account ethnic cultures. 

Unless we are willing to look at institutional structures, we can all get along, but we can still have an 

unjust society. Justice requires institutional analysis. Multicultural means the entire fabric of our 

institutional reality reflects the ethnic fabric of our community.” 

Douglas K. Mellinger gave the Macricostas Entrepreneurship Lecture and told students that they will 

be successful if they stay nimble, expand their contacts, and keep a positive outlook. 

“The entrepreneur has to supply the vision and culture of a company. It’s absolutely critical. In many 

companies, people have no idea why they are there,” Mellinger said. “The entrepreneur’s job is to tell 

them. If you are an entrepreneur, you tell everybody – I don’t care who they are – they are in sales. 

We’re here to grow. Forget about shrinking. That’s unacceptable. And if your business does go down, 

are you just going to live with that or are you going to change to get into something else?” 

Mellinger said good business people get used to disaster, too. 

“There is almost no example of an entrepreneur who you would know today, who runs a company, 

where this is their first company. They failed,” he said. “Business always changes. The moment they 

stop changing they slowly, and sometimes quickly, begin to die.” 

He concluded with this advice for students: “If you believe you can or you believe you can’t, you’re 

right.” 

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WestConn’s male and female athletes participate in 

the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 

Division III. The football program is a member of 

the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The 13 other 

intercollegiate athletic programs are members of 

the Little East Conference. In addition, the men’s 

and women’s programs hold membership in the 

Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). During 

the 2008-09 season, WestConn’s teams performed 

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The WCSU music department received a 

$7,500 grant from the National Endowment 

for the Arts (NEA) for a yearlong residency at 

WestConn by the renowned Manhattan String 

Quartet (MSQ). The purpose of the residency 

was to promote “American Masterpieces in 

Music” and enable the university’s music 

department to offer concerts and workshops 

by the MSQ for the 2008-09 season. 

The grant funded a series of three concerts, 

the first of which paid homage to iconic American composer Charles 

Ives, celebrating Danbury’s recognition of its native son as the most 

famous American composer. The second concert in the series 

celebrated American composers whose works derive from classical and 

musical theater, including Gershwin and Kern, Aaron Copland and 

Samuel Barber. The final concert in the series highlighted American 

women composers. Composer Laura Kaminsky’s String Quartet 

dedicated to the Manhattan String Quartet premiered and the MSQ 

celebrated the 70th birthday of one of America’s most famous 

composers, Joan Tower, with a performance of her third string 

quartet, “Incandescent.” Before the concert, there was a “Meet the 

Composer” session where Kaminsky and Tower discussed their 

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activities including lecture demonstrations, workshops for string teachers and summer string chamber 

music camps for children from elementary to high school. Members of the MSQ also have collaborated 

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WestConn faculty members Dr. Casey Jordan, 

professor of justice and law administration; Dr. 

Kevin Gutzman, associate professor of history; and 

Dr. Burton Peretti, professor of history, have shared 

their professional insights with television viewers 

around the nation and the world through their 

appearances on international news programs. 

Jordan, a criminologist and attorney with more than 

20 years of teaching, mediation, scholarly research 

and criminal justice consulting experience, served as 

the in-house CNN criminologist during the 2002 

D.C. sniper coverage, and has been a guest 

criminologist, legal analyst and expert commentator 

for more than 800 television shows and newspaper 

stories. Her insights have aired regularly on Court 

TV, “America’s Most Wanted,“ ABC’s “Good Morning 

America” and “20/20,” MSNBC, Fox News and other 

broadcast programs. On the TruTV series “Unsolved 

Murder Unit,” she teamed with a forensic pathologist and police 

detective to reprocess evidence and develop leads in unsolved 

homicide cases. 

Gutzman, American history specialist, constitutional scholar and 

author of the best-seller, “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the 

Constitution,” appeared in April 2009 on the Lou Dobbs Show on CNN. 

Gutzman is an expert on the middle period of American history from 

1760 to 1877, and he has published and lectured extensively on the 

U.S. Constitution and the history of the American South. He is the 

author of other books including his most recently published work, 

“Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776– 

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1840,” and has written many professional articles, reviews and encyclopedia entries. Thomas Woods, 

writing on the Tenth Amendment Center Web site, described “Virginia’s American Revolution” as “not 

only an invaluable contribution to the scholarly literature, but also a treasure trove for those who 

would recapture the original American republic.” 

Peretti, chairman of the university’s department of history and non-Western cultures, appeared on an 

episode of PBS television’s “History Detectives.” The PBS program, which airs Mondays at 9 p.m., 

attempts to solve historical mysteries by separating fact from myth and exploring challenges that 


connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects. Between the pages of a library book, 

well-worn after many years, a young girl found a Boy Scout program for an event in 1933 at a 

famous Manhattan hotel. After being contacted by the Oregon girl, the PBS show’s detectives wanted 

to know, among other things, if President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was at the event. That’s when 

they turned to Peretti. Peretti said the charity ball that he was asked to research was held at the 

Waldorf-Astoria. FDR was a well-known supporter of the Boy Scouts. But, said Peretti, during the era 

of the Great Depression, FDR had myriad economic issues to contend with. By delving into the 

archives of The New York Times, Peretti was eventually able to confirm that those economic issues 

were indeed pressing and on that particular April 1933 evening, he was at the White House 

hammering out details of an economic plan. 



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Amid applause and tears of joy, students, 

faculty, administrative staff and members of 

the public watched on the big screen at the 

Student Center Theater as Barack Obama 

took the presidential oath of office on Jan. 

20. 

The ceremony was preceded by a discussion 

about the future conducted by a panel that 

included Lionel Bascom, adjunct professor in 

the department of writing, linguistics and 

creative process; Dr. Christopher Kukk, associate professor of political 

science; and Mary Connolly, editorial page editor of The News-Times 

of Danbury. 

The discussion ended just before Joseph Biden took the oath of office 

and the crowd of 60 cheered and applauded for the next hour. 

“It’s not very often you know exactly when history is going to be 

made,” said Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Dr. 

Abbey Zink, who helped organize the panel discussion. “This is truly 

an historic occasion, which is why we wanted the university to mark 

the day in this way. It’s one of those events people seem to want to 

get together for.” 

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Elsewhere on campus, several small groups of students stood staring at the monitors in the lobby of 

the Student Center on the Midtown campus. Clusters of faculty and staff sat at tables in the faculty 

dining room, eyes fixed on televisions rolled in for the occasion. Among them were assistant directors 

in the Financial Aid Office, Melissa Stephens and Amanda Evans, who said they chose to eat lunch and 

watch the inauguration together. 

About a dozen people — a mix of faculty, staff, students and members of the local community — 

congregated around a TV screen in the lobby of the Ruth Haas Library across campus. “It was a 

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Actor, writer and activist Ruby Dee shared 

her personal experiences with civil rights 

leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 2009 

MLK Community Celebration held at 

WestConn on Jan. 14. 

Also featured at the event celebrating King’s 

legacy was a staging of “The People of 

Clarendon County,” a short play by Ossie 

Davis, Dee’s late husband. An award-winning 

actor, director and producer, Davis was also 

a civil rights activist who worked closely with King. Recipients of the 

Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Screen Actors Guild, Davis and 

Dee were involved in organizing the 1963 civil rights March on 

Washington, and Davis spoke at King’s funeral. 

“The People of Clarendon County” centers on African-American 

parents in 1950s South Carolina who fight for racial equality in the 

school system by legally challenging segregation. Davis wrote the play 

in celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw school 

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Best-selling author Anthony Swofford led a two-day 

writing conference at the university in April and 

talked to a group of about 25, mostly writing 

students and veterans, about putting their 

experiences down on paper. 

“To be a writer, one must pull away to be able to 

critique, criticize and render the world,” Swofford 

said. “Being an observer and a participant is 

essential to being a writer.” 

Swofford said writing a memoir is challenging. He 

had to dig deep to relate to the 20-year-old soldier 

and remembered poignant moments that brought 

him back to where he once stood. Those memories 

then became part of “Jarhead,” his 2005 book 

about his Marine Corps experience. The national 

best-seller recounts his days as a sniper during 

Desert Storm. 

The two-day conference was organized by Elizabeth Cohen, WCSU 

assistant professor of writing, linguistics and creative process. The 

conference also included a screening of the 2005 movie, “Jarhead,” 

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Anticipation was growing at WestConn for 

the August 6 theatrical release of “Sisterhood 

of the Traveling Pants 2” (STP2). Why would 

a movie geared to young teens cause such 

excitement on a college campus? Because 

WestConn’s Midtown campus in Danbury 

served as a backdrop for several of the film’s 

scenes. 

To celebrate, WestConn and Bethel Cinema 

hosted a premiere party with free movie 

merchandise, discounted tickets, and two local residents who were 

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WCSU President James W. Schmotter’s 

active participation in the Little East 

Conference (LEC) and the National Collegiate 

Athletic Association (NCAA) earned him top 

recognition. In June 2008, after the 

retirement of John Nazarian, president of 

Rhode Island College, Schmotter replaced 

Nazarian as LEC president for a two-year 

term. 

LEC Commissioner Jonathan Harper said it 

was only natural to also nominate Schmotter to sit on the NCAA 

Division III President’s Council Advisory Group, a term that runs until 

January 2011. 

“I didn’t hesitate to nominate him to the president’s group,” Harper 

said. “He’s a strong proponent of athletics and understands the role of 

athletics and the overall community on campus. He has a strong 

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Dr. Julius A. Elias found time throughout his 

distinguished career as a popular teacher and 

visionary administrator at the University of 

Connecticut to share his lifelong passion for opera 

with his students and colleagues. Thanks to his 

family’s benevolence, the Ruth A. Haas Library’s 

2008 acquisition of the Julius A. Elias Collection — a 

vast personal library of opera performances 

spanning more than four decades that includes 

approximately 5,000 LP records, as well as several 

hundred video tapes, published scores and 

reference works — will share his passion with 

present and future generations of students and 

faculty at WestConn. 

“The Elias collection is interesting because it offers 

a fairly comprehensive collection of operatic 

performances recorded from the late 1940s to the 

late 1980s,” Archivist and Special Collections 

Librarian Brian Stevens said of the collection, preserved in an archive 

room on the lower level of the Haas Library. “There will be 

performances in here that have not been put on CD, and may in fact 

play better on vinyl.” 

The Elias collection is available for listening and research by 

appointment with the university archivist. A finding-aid guide will 

enable the public to browse titles of LP holdings in the collection, and 

items will be archived for the purpose of creating a formal library 

catalogue facilitating searches for a specific work, performance, 

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WestConn kicked off a yearlong series of 

events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of 

the birth of our 16th president with a special 

“Political Fight Night.” Political Fight Nights 

were scheduled every second Wednesday of 

the month through the semester. 

At the first event, students, professors and 

the public gathered to debate “If Lincoln 

were alive today, would he be a Democrat or 

a Republican?” Members of the audience 

were invited to present their arguments on a “soapbox,” and audience 

applause determined the outcome. 

“Lincoln’s story is inspiring. It’s about mobility, advancement and the 

self-made man and that’s why it is germane to a university setting,” 

said Dr. Burton Peretti, professor of history and non-Western 

cultures. 

“Anything that gets people to talk about history is important,” Peretti 

said. “Lincoln tried hard to say what the Civil War was about; what 

we were fighting for and whether it was a power struggle or 

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On Jan. 7, 2009, Mark Zuckerberg posted a message on 

Facebook, the social network he founded in 2004, which 

said: “Today, we reached another milestone [5] : 150 

million people around the world are now actively using 

Facebook and almost half of them are using Facebook 

every day. This includes people in every continent — even 

Antarctica. If Facebook were a country, it would be the 

eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, 

Russia and Nigeria.” 

Add WestConn to the ever-growing list of Facebook users. The 

university’s social networking team quietly created a Facebook page 

during the fall semester and officially launched it on Dec. 15, 2008. 

On Dec. 14, WestConn’s page had 315 “fans.” A month after the 

launch, the number stood at 515 — and climbing. Nine months later: 

more than 1,600. 

Why Facebook? An October Inside Higher Ed article sums it up: “As 

colleges try to adapt their more traditional outreach methods to the 

successive waves of students who live much of their lives online, it’s 

inevitable that some will start to ask whether they can marshal the 

ubiquity of social networking to attract applicants, connect to enrolled 

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Some people say it’s not what you know, but 

who you know. For 2009 School of Visual 

and Performing Arts graduate Stephen Price, 

it came down to a bit of both. If he didn’t 

know so much about playing the pipe organ, 

the Buffalo, N.Y., native might not have won 

numerous local competitions or been one of 

only 20 high school students nationwide 

invited to attend the Westminster Choir 

College of Rider University Organ Week in 

Princeton, N.J. 

But it was who he met once he was at Organ Week that eventually led 

Price to WestConn. 

“I was a sophomore in high school when I went to New Jersey for 

Organ Week,” Price says. “While I was there, I met another organ 

student from Pennsylvania. We became friends, and even after the 

week was over, we kept in touch. “He was a year older than me, so 

when he went to college, I was a senior in high school. He would tell 

me about his organ teacher, the playing techniques he was learning 

from him, and how much the teacher obviously cared about his 

students — and it sounded great.” 

Read Price's blog [1] 

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The organ instructor in question was WestConn Adjunct Professor of Music Stephen Roberts. Price 

called Roberts to talk about WestConn’s organ program, and before long the two met when the Organ 

Historical Society held a convention in — of all places — Buffalo. 

“Steve Roberts actually performed an organ recital at my church, so I got to meet him, hear him play 

and talk to him about the organ,” Price said. “That pretty much made up my mind about where I 

wanted to go to college.” 

It’s not that Price didn’t have other options. The prestigious Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio had offered 

a $12,000-per-semester scholarship. Price turned it down to come to WestConn. 

Roberts is pleased Price made that choice. 

“Stephen is a fine young man, and I believe that we are indeed fortunate to have had him at WCSU,” 

Roberts says. “He won a number of prizes, scholarships and awards as a high school senior, and he 

was generally recognized to be an outstanding talent. Because of this high potential and outstanding 

high school record, he was recruited by a number of outstanding and prestigious universities and 


conservatories. The fact that he chose WestConn over these better-known schools shows that our 

reputation is increasing, and that we compare very well to other universities.” 

Price says he based his decision on a number of factors. “The smaller music department allows more 

time for individual attention and enables the trips that the organ program takes to Europe each year,” 

he says. “I also knew I would have a better chance at getting a job as a church organist in Fairfield 

County, while at Oberlin the odds would not have been as good.” While at WestConn, Price was an 

organ scholar at St. Paul's on the Green Episcopal Church in Norwalk, Conn. 

The 21-year-old says he wants to become a professional organist and would also like to teach music 

on the collegiate level one day. He participated in some memorable learning experiences while at 

WestConn that will help him along that path. “I went on all four organ program trips to Europe,” he 

says. “The trips are done in a four-year cycle: Austria, central Germany, France and Holland/northern 

Germany. We studied the music of composers related to the countries before we went. Once there, 

we had classes with world experts on the music and the organs. My favorite trip was the France trip 

because I enjoy French organ music the most.” 

It’s a good thing that Price prefers French organ music, because in September 2009 he began studies 

there. This spring, as the Dean’s List student prepared to graduate with a Bachelor of Music, Price 

received word he had won a very coveted award: a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the 

Conservatoire National de Région in Toulouse, France. After that, he will relocate to Bloomington, 

Ind., to enroll in the Masters in Organ Performance program at Indiana University. 

Price’s instructor, Roberts, had a Fulbright to study in Vienna when he was an organ student 35 years 

ago. “The truth is, since I had a Fulbright myself, I know what kinds of doors this can open for a 

student,” Roberts says. “Stephen has worked really hard and deserves this award. It’s recognition of 

his hard work and commands immediate respect in the academic world. To study in another country, 

in a completely different environment, is invaluable,” Roberts continues. “He’ll make friends and 

contacts that will continue through his whole life. I’m glad Stephen will have the same opportunity I 

had.” 

In the end, Price believes it comes down to a combination of what you know AND who you know. “At 

WestConn, you can put yourself out there, and let the professors and staff get to know you. I had 

invaluable help with my Fulbright application from my organ instructor, Steve Roberts; and Professor 

of Anthropology Dr. Robert Whittemore and Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Chris Kukk, 

both of whom have also won Fulbright Awards. WCSU is a small school, but it affords its students the 

same opportunities as at other institutions. Here, you can determine your own path.” 



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WestConn and Roots & Shoots, a program of the 

Jane Goodall Institute, hosted a symposium that 

addressed water conservation, sanitation and 

access. Founded by Goodall, Roots & Shoots is a 

program that promotes positive environmental 

change. 

Goodall sat on a panel that included Dr. Chris Kukk, 

associate professor of political science and director 

of the Honors Program at WestConn, who addressed 

privatization of water resources as a worldwide 

issue. Kukk highlighted the debate about whether 

water should be treated as an economic commodity 

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WestConn celebrated International Education 

Week in November with a variety of lectures, 

film screenings and discussions, including 

“International Language Panel: The 

Importance of Language in Today's World.” 

There also was a screening of “The Singing 

Revolution,” which depicts how the Estonian 

people peacefully gained their freedom and 

helped topple an empire along the way, 

followed by a Q&A session with Associate Professor of Political Science 

Dr. Chris Kukk, who recently returned from a Fulbright teaching 

experience in Estonia, and Maureen Castle Tusty, the film's 

director/producer. 

Additional events included several presentations by the Muslim 

Student Association to demystify Islam, information sessions about 

the International Student Exchange Program, the Peace Corps and 

WestConn’s Study Abroad program. The WCSU German Studies 

Center presented “Exploring the History and Contributions of German 

Singing Societies" and the WCSU Graduate Student Union hosted 

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As horrified citizens crowded around television 

monitors tuned to news outlets in the aftermath of 

the November terror attack that left more than 160 

people dead in Mumbai, India, several things 

became clear. First was the common expression of 

condemnation, outrage and concern that flowed 

forth from all corners of the world about the 

atrocity of the attack. Then, in whispered voices, 

many could be overheard asking, “Where is 

Mumbai?” “How did the attackers get there by 

boat?” and more often, “I didn’t know Bombay was 

now called Mumbai. When did that happen?” 

WCSU Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. Alex 

Standish would say that therein lies the imperative 

to teach geography. He makes his case in a recently 

published text, “Global Perspectives in the 

Geography Curriculum: Reviewing the Moral Case 

for Geography.” Standish, a native of Oxford, 

England, who was educated both in the United Kingdom and the 

United States, has researched the rise of “global ethics” in the 

curriculum. 

Standish believes there’s been a shift in geography education from 

teaching students about national issues to concentrating on the 

students themselves and what they perceive their place to be in the 

world. The underlying change, he said, is a new focus on the 

individual as a “global citizen.” 

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young people socially,” Standish asserted in the introduction to his book. “However, global 

perspectives fail to provide meaning to people’s lives in the way that national perspectives did in the 

past. This is because it lacks a positive vision of a better tomorrow, faith in collective action for social 

change or a final goal, and distrusts the moral autonomy of individuals to bring about such change. As 

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In July, the university’s world languages 

Spanish courses hosted “Global Academy in 

Granada, Nicaragua.” Associate Professor of 

World Languages and Literature Dr. Stacey 

Alba Skar said it was the perfect classroom 

setting for students to immerse themselves 

in language, culture and biology for two 

weeks. 

“Our classroom is a museum and the beach 

is a place to learn,” said Skar. “When 

traveling as a part of a course, every place becomes an opportunity 

to engage in real world learning.” 

Students also learned about preserving turtle eggs with the help of 

Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences Dr. 

Theodora Pinou. In addition to weekly studies, there were also 

weekend trips to Refugio La Flor, Volcano Lake of Laguna de Apoyo, 

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Award-winning films by contemporary 

directors were featured from Wednesday, 

Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 29, during the 

12th Annual African Film Festival. The four 

films featured this year — “Forgiveness,” 

“Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of 

Romeo Dallaire,” “Witches in Exile” and 

“Umgig” — earned an impressive array of 

honors, including human rights, audience 

and best film awards at notable international 

film festivals. 

Presented as part of Black History Month activities at WestConn, the 

festival of African films presented a different title each week. 

Professor of Anthropology Dr. Robert Whittemore, who coordinates the 

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“Twin-Sun River: An American POW in China,” a 

three-act play written by Professor of English Dr. 

Shouhua Qi, debuted in April at the Shanghai 

Theater Academy with eight performances. 

The play is narrated by Private First-Class Simon 

Mackenzie, who disappears in the heartland of China 

to find his dream of solace, but finds his dream 

tested over and over by flood, famine and the 

Chinese Revolution. He becomes enmeshed with a 

Chinese family whose only son did not return from 

the Korean War and falls in love with the soldier’s 

“widowed” wife. He is suspected of being a spy for 

the Russians and is beaten by the Red Guards. 

Throughout his trials, Mackenzie realizes that he 

cannot run away from his destiny, which is to build 

his own peaceful existence in his heart. 

“My goal is to get the younger generation to see 

the history of the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, not just the boom 

of China as the next superpower,” Qi said. “The Korean War is a 

forgotten war in this country, too. It’s the first war the U.S. didn’t 

win. It’s not the most glorious page in our history. We don’t want to 

forget our soldiers and their history. We don’t want to forget the 

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Two of the world’s most influential and 

innovative jazz artists today — Panamanian 

pianist/composer Danilo Perez and Cuban 

drummer/composer Dafnis Prieto — brought 

their trios to WestConn as featured 

performers in the 15th Annual WCSU Jazz 

Fest from April 30 through May 2. 

The Dafnis Prieto Trio performed with the 

WCSU Jazz Orchestra under the direction of 

Assistant Professor of Music Jamie Begian on 

May 1 and the Danilo Perez Trio was featured in concert on May 2 in 

Ives Concert Hall. 

Faculty and student performers from the WestConn music department 

presented two free concerts to kick off the festival on April 30. A 

matinee concert featured a seven-member WCSU Jazz Faculty Band 

playing with a select group of eight WestConn music students. 

Performances by the WCSU Jazz Sextet, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz 

Faculty Band showcased faculty and student artists in an evening 

concert. 

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his own jazz groups since the early 1990s, earning Grammy nominations for his “Motherland” and 

“Central Avenue” albums. He continues to perform with award-winning artists including the Wayne 

Shorter Quartet, recipient of a Grammy Award in 2006 and Best Small Ensemble of the Year honors 

from the Jazz Journalists Association in 2002 and 2004. Perez also received association nominations in 

2001 and 2002 for Pianist of the Year. 

“Danilo Perez has all the attributes of a performer, conductor, impresario and purveyor of musical 

expression, so greatly needed in these uncertain times,” observed the legendary jazz saxophonist and 

bandleader Wayne Shorter. “His effort to bring to the world a beacon of hope and inspiration … is a 

prime example of confidence in a future laden with cornucopian gifts for all humanity.” 

Perez, who also serves as a good will ambassador for Unicef and cultural ambassador for his native 

Panama, leads a trio that also includes bassist Ben Street and drummer Adam Cruz. “Trust and deep 

knowing are the foundation for the spirited and soulful interplay among the musicians in this trio,” the 

biographical summary on Perez’s Web site noted. 


“I know them very well, and we all try to practice brotherhood, love, equality and freedom in our 

personal lives and in our music,” Perez said. “All of us have become a family, and there is a feeling of 

celebration, of transcending communication when we play that is very magical to me.” 

Prieto, a native of Cuba who emigrated to the United States in 1999, has made a dramatic impact on 

the New York and international music scenes over the past decade as a groundbreaking performer and 

composer in the Afro-Cuban, Latin and jazz genres. His three recordings to date — “About the Monks,” 

“Absolute Quintet” and “Taking the Soul for a Walk” — have earned widespread critical acclaim, with 

“Quintet” receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album and Prieto winning the 2006 Up 

and Coming Musician of the Year prize from the Jazz Journalists Association. 

“In a remarkably fertile period for Latin-infused jazz in New York, the drummer Dafnis Prieto stands 

out for his energy, his creativity and, perhaps most of all, his borderless musical worldview,” wrote 

Nate Chinen in The New York Times. Noting his collaborations with leading contemporary jazz 

innovators such as Henry Threadgill, Chinen cited Prieto’s “forceful yet flexible sense of groove, 

derived from traditions of Afro-Caribbean hand percussion, but also informed by polyrhythmic post- 

bop. Prieto mines the same territory as a composer, with impressive results: He has written sweeping 

arrangements for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra as well as compact missives for his own small groups.” 

Reviewing “Taking the Soul for a Walk,” Larry Blumenfeld wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Prieto 

“has transformed Afro-Cuban rhythms to the trap set with a light touch and a gracefully deceptive 

manner of speeding up and slowing down tempos. These pieces are emotionally charged and 

stylistically diverse, carried along not just by rhythm but also through lovely harmonized passages 

and powerfully conjured moods.” 



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A notable Middle East Scholar with 

unconventional ideas was the featured guest 

at a special presentation for WestConn honor 

students. 

Dr. Norton Mezvinsky, a professor of history 

at Central Connecticut State University, and 

executive director of the International 

Council of Middle East Studies, a new 

academic think tank based in Washington, 

D.C., discussed his view that the citizens of 

Israel and the Palestinian Diaspora should live together in one country 

— not in two separate states, as the U.S. government and others 

advocate. 

Regarding the two-state proposal, which would give Palestinians a 

country of their own, Mezvinsky said, “The obstacles appear to be the 

most difficult and almost impossible to overcome. And Israeli 

expansion has probably already defeated the proposal. Each Israeli 

government since 1967 has confiscated more land” and religious 

conservatives on both sides appear to be unmoveable. 

On the other hand, he said, a one-state solution would have to mean 

the end of the Zionist state that guarantees rights to Jews above 

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Semitism,” Mezvinsky said. “We’ve had that kind of state for 60 years. Yet every year when there is a 

campaign to raise money for Israel, the argument is that Israeli Jews live in the most unsafe place for 

Jews in the world. Well, it can hardly be both, the safest and the most dangerous. 

“A one-state solution is more democratic, more fair and many of these practical problems, perhaps 

not Zionism itself but the practical problems, can be worked out,” Mezvinksy said. 

And, he concluded, he is optimistic that more people on both sides are hungering for peace. 

Dr. Christopher Kukk, who is director of the WestConn Honors Program; Dr. John Briggs, professor of 

writing, linguistics and creative process; and Dr. Linda K. Rinker, provost and academic vice president, 

worked together to bring Mezvinsky to campus. They intend to bring more speakers to WestConn 

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Dr. Darius Rejali, a nationally recognized expert on 

government torture and interrogation, was the 

keynote speaker for the Steven D. Neuwirth Annual 

Arts and Sciences Lecture at WestConn. 

Rejali, a professor of political science at Reed 

College in Oregon, discussed his most recent book, 

“Torture and Democracy,” an examination of the 

use of torture by democracies in the 20th century. 

The author demonstrates that as democracy, 

human rights and the free press flourished after 

World War II, so did the market for “clean” torture 

techniques that leave no evidentiary scars. Rejali 

reveals the most controversial Western intelligence- 

gathering techniques — including the use of drugs, 

stress positions and waterboarding — and questions 

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During the Master of Fine Arts in Professional 

Writing Summer Literary Festival, Linda 

Rodriguez, a poet, critic and professor, read 

from her poetry in Alumni Hall on August 6. 

Rodriguez, professor of Caribbean literature, 

film and creative writing at the University of 

Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, edited a collection 

of writings on the language, literature and 

culture of the Caribbean nations and 

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As part of “Project Reconciliation — Ghana 

2008,” college students from Ghana stayed 

at WestConn for one week to learn skills that 

will enable them to be trained arbitrators in 

the villages of their West African country that 

most need help. 

The 20 students from the Catholic University 

of Ghana traveled from Danbury to New York 

City daily, to attend seminars at St. John’s 

University School of Law, the New York 

Judicial Institute and Fordham University School of Law. They also 

spent one day at WestConn with Dr. Averell Manes, a professor of 

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Stein Villumstad, deputy secretary general of the 

International Conference of Religions for Peace, 

discussed “Religion as a Missing Link to Diplomacy” 

in a talk co-sponsored by the WCSU International 

Center, the Honors Program and the Newman 

Center. Villumstad also served as a guest lecturer in 

a class on international institutions taught by Dr. 

Christopher Kukk, associate professor of political 

science. 

“He offers a different perspective,” said Kukk. 

“Religion in modern-day international relations is, 

more often than not, looked at as a stumbling block 

toward diplomacy.” 

Villumstad is affiliated with Religions for Peace, the 

largest international coalition of representatives 

from the world’s great religions dedicated to 

preserving humanity, stopping hunger and ending 

poverty. The organization’s recent successes include building a new 

climate of reconciliation in Iraq, mediating dialogue among warring 

factions in Sierra Leone, organizing an international network of 

religious women’s organizations and establishing a program to assist 

the millions of children affected by Africa’s AIDS pandemic. 



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WestConn students joined instructors from 

the university, the Wooster School in 

Danbury and the University of Guadalajara at 

a field camp on Mexico’s Pacific coast to 

begin a long-term project to track the epic 

migratory journeys of the Ridley turtles 

native to the region. 

WestConn Associate Professor of Biological 

and Environmental Sciences Dr. Theodora 

Pinou, coordinator for the turtle migration 

research project at La Gloria field camp in the west central Mexican 

state of Jalisco, accompanied the WCSU undergraduate students 

majoring in secondary education during the two-week summer 

program. Also participating in the program were two teachers from 

Wooster School, a faculty member and two students from the 

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The WCSU Humanitarian Travel Club went to 

Cape Verde, Africa, during spring break. 

Twenty-one students traveled to the capital 

city of Praia, then took a small plane to the 

islands of Fogo and Brava. Among the group 

were several Portuguese-speaking students 

who served as translators. The students 

volunteered at local schools, held educational 

and literacy seminars, and participated in 

construction projects. The students worked 

closely with a group called the deportees. 

These are people who emigrated from Cape Verde to America and 

were sent back by the 1996 Immigration Act, which triggered the 

deportation of several young adults who were brought to America by 

their parents and were arrested. The law stripped the court of judicial 

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When resources are scarce, it’s easy for 

children to fall through the cracks. Friar 

Michael Lasky of WestConn’s Newman Center 

has seen the children who can’t read and 

write and says that without help they face a 

lifetime of uncertainty with few choices. 

Three years ago, Lasky and a group of 

WestConn students from the Newman Club 

first set foot in the rural hills of Jamaica to 

help tutor children who desperately need it, 

and they’ve returned every year since. 

During a recent trip, 14 university students taught “Brain Camp,” and 

worked with 28 local sixth-grade boys during an intensive morning 

tutoring session. “A whole group of kids is written off,” Lasky said. He 

added that a test administered at the end of sixth grade literally 

dictates their futures. “And some of them can’t even read in the sixth 

grade.” While Lasky said the WestConn students were saddened by 

the situation, they can see the huge impact their work has on the 

children. “They had a good rapport and had the best time,” Lasky 

said. “Some of the younger kids even showed up early for school.” 



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Honor Roll of Donors 

July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 

Legacy Society 

Anonymous 

Marilynn Glen 

H. Jonathan Greenwald 

Gail Hill-Williams '87 

Joseph W. Keilty '60 

Marguerite M. Minck '53 

James W. Schmotter & Daphne A. Jameson 

Distinguished Benefactor ($100,000 plus) 

The Estate of Harold Johanthan Greenwald 

Sustaining Benefactor ($25,000-$99,000) 

Mario Mesi 

Sodexo Inc. & Affiliates 

Trustees’ Club ($10,000-$24,900) 

Anonymous 

B&N College Booksellers 

Bedoukian Research 

Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals 

Isabelle Farrington '43 * 

Fiorita, Kornhaas & Company, P.C. * 

Pitney Bowes Literacy & Education Fund 

Union Savings Bank + 

Chancellor’s Club ($5,000-$9,999) 

Mary and Rudy Behrens 

Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation 

Danbury Hospital 

Ethan Allen Global * 

GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program 

J.A.R. Associates 

John Koschel 

* WestConn Society 

member 

+ President's Club Member 


KPMG LLP * 

Morganti Group 

Photronics + 

Savings Bank of Danbury + 

Donald & Patricia Weeden 

President’s Club ($1,000-$4,999) 

Ability Beyond Disability 

James Ahern 

Marc & Jan Aldrich 

Gail Andersen '91 

G. Koryoe Anim-Wright + 

Helen Anne 

Archdeacon Family Foundation 

Arnhold Foundation + 

David Asch 

Richard Asch (Deceased) + 

Walter Bernstein + 

Branson Ultrasonics Corporation *+ 

Business I.T. Strategies LLC + 

Business/Industry Foundation of Western CT 

C L & P 

Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction * 

Ron Shaw & Lorraine '77 Capobianco + 

Hugh & Alice '67 Carolan * 

Thomas '69 & Lois '71 Crucitti + 

Danbury Garden Club 

Dennis Dawson & Noreen Grice 

Anthony DePoto 

Phillip Dunk 

Alan & Ellen Durnin + 

Theresa Eberhard Asch '64 * + 

Fairfield County Bank 

Charles & Shirley '86 Ferris 

Robert & Barbara Fornshell * + 

Michael & Jacqueline Friel 

Friends of the Danbury Library 

Hillel & Carmen Goldman + 

Bruce '82 & Susan '84 Goldsen * 

Melvin & Arlene Goldstein 

Greater Danbury NAACP 

Jonathan & Amy Greenfield 

Sharon Guck + 


Jason '81 & Ellen Hancock * 

Carol Hawkes * + 

William Hawkins + 

David & Elizabeth Heneberry + 

Richard '99 & Tracy '93 Horosky + 

Richmond & Jeanne '67 Hubbard * + 

Sanford & Constance Kaufman + 

Robert & Phyllis Kelleher 

Richard Harbison & Doris '70 Lundberg 

MCCA * 

Mittler, Mercaldo & Braun, P.C. 

Allen & Roberta Morton * 

Lewis & Mary Ellen Mottley 

Newtown Savings Bank 

Richard Parmalee '95 + 

Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors 

Pinney, Payne, P.C. 

Cory '98 & Lizette '00 Plock + 

Bernard '63 & Nancy Reidy + 

Neil & Angelica Rudenstine 

James Schmotter & Daphne Jameson 

Scholastic Incorporated 

Harold & Patricia Schramm 

Judith Somers 

Charles & Denise Spiridon + 

Richard & Marie Sturdevant 

Richard & Elizabeth Sullivan + 

Taunton Press 

The Leir Foundation 

The NY Conn Corp * 

The Pepsi Bottling Group 

The Rizzo Group * 

The Walton Group 

Guido '64 & Kristine Tino 

Unilever United States Foundation 

Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut 

Robert & Linda Vaden-Goad + 

David Van Ess & Diane Gallo-Van Ess + 

Neil '52 & Carolyn '52 Wagner * + 

WCSU Alumni Association 

Whippoorwill Club 

Karen Wright + 

Roy & Virginia Young * 


David & Lee Zackrison 

Partner ($750-$999) 

1995 Salame Trust * 

Allen & Tyransky 

Anthony & Roberta Caraluzzi * 

Susan Cizek + 

Albert '67 & Joan '68 Mead * 

Mediassociates * 

Mulvaney Mechanical 

Ronald '74 & Janice Pugliese * 

Alan Skiparis '80 & Susan Beebe 

Patricia Struna 

Charles & Carolyn Troccolo * 

Patron ($500-$749) 

Anonymous 

William Baker '86 

Barry & Esther Boriss * 

Bozzuto's Sports Charity Classic 

Gilbert Brown '78 * 

Kevin '81 & Mary '80 Cahill * 

Douglas & Sharon Cheney 

Joseph '84 & Cynthia '85 Csire * 

Del-Tron Precision 

Didona Associates Landscape Architects LLC * 

Dunham Studios Theatrical, Museum and Exhibit 

Charles & Ruth Ann '70 Flynn 

Donald & Maureen Gernert * 

Thomas & Mary Green * 

M. Hamilton 

Violeta Hannegan '49 * 

Housatonic Valley Coalition 

Samuel & Alice Hyman 

IBM Matching Grants Program 

In Demand Networks 

Karen Koza 

Susan Maskel 

Todd '97 & Tammy '97 McInerney * 

Gary Bocaccio '74 & Janet McKay '05 

William McKee '48 * 

Norbert E. Mitchell Co. * 

David '72 & Nancy '72 Nurnberger * 


Marjorie Oakes 

Police Commissioners Association of CT 

William Robbins '62 & Karla Brewer 

Elaine Salem 

Robert Schappert 

Richard & Carol Steiner * 

WebLoyalty * 

Jay & Patricia '86 Weiner * 

William '61 & Lois '61 Weiss 

Eric '64 & Diana '64 Wellman * 

Friend ($250-$499) 

Actis-Grande Ronan & Co LLC * 

Air Flow Laboratory Services * 

Ruth Allen 

James '83 & Maureen Arconti 

Richard Arconti * 

Kathleen Azzariti 

Nancy Barton '95 

Lynne Beardsley * 

Raub '84 & Sharon '86 Beitel * 

Kal Bittianda 

Theodore & Carleen Blum * 

Walter Boelke 

Patricia Bowen '58 * 

Peter & Lynn Bricker * 

John '00 & Stephanie Brodacki * 

Gregory & Shaun Budnik 

Abner Burgos-Rodriguez 

Helen Buzaid '83 

Theresa Canada * 

Carole Joy Creations 

Karen Casazza '83 * 

Kathleen Cherry * 

Cleary Benefits Group * 

Andrew & Elizabeth '54 Comcowich * 

Community Health Center 

Como & Nicholson 

Frederic '95 & Debra '95 Cratty 

Lloyd & Nicolletta Cutsumpas * 

Jerry & Rita '67 D'Amico * 

Danbury Metal Finishing * 

Francis & Elizabeth Dattalo * 


Jason '97 & Amy Marie '98 Davis 

Susanna Davis 

Bernadette DeMunde '64 

Adelino DosSantos '84 * 

Ronald '74 & Rita '73 Drozdenko 

Frank Dye '63 & Kathleen '65 Mauks * 

Earthmovers 

Karl & Nancy Epple * 

Equale & Cirone, LLP * 

Ethan Allen Hotel 

Scott Fawcett '88 * 

Rodrigo Ferrer * 

Judith Frankle Bardack 

Gardner Ministries 

Leonard '74 & Colleen Genovese * 

John '75 & Deborah '75 Gogliettino * 

Erland Hagman 

David Halek 

Thomas Hall 

Gary '78 & Cynthia Hawley * 

Alfred & Jean Hazard 

Paul & Ann Hines 

John Hoffer * 

Todd Holtman * 

Noel & Tamar Hord 

Mark Horton 

Irving Levine Automotive Distributors 

Patricia Ivry 

John '81 & Frances Jakabauski 

John & Norine Jalbert * 

George '84 & Deborah '84 Judd * 

Walter Keenan '77 

John Kline * 

KPMG Foundation 

Anthony & Deborah La Bruno 

Dennis '95 & Kathryn '98 Leszko 

Joyce Ligi * 

Joseph & Eleanor Lovallo 

Robert '83 & Carol Lovell * 

James Mackey '61 

Marilyn Maginley 

MasterCard International 

Samuel & Myra '52 Mattes Ross * 


Hugh & June McCarney 

McCollam Associates * 

Elizabeth McDonough '73 * 

Lawrence & Patricia McHugh * 

Beatrice McKirgan '94 

Cornelius McLaughlin * 

C. Martin Medford * 

Karen Milewski '04 * 

Margaret Miller '78 

Mount Pleasant A.M.E. Zion Church 

George Mulvaney * 

Mutual Security Credit Union 

North America Equipment 

Parker Refrigeration 

Camille Petrecca '69 * 

Katharine Philbrook '51 * 

Lawrence '81 & Tamara Post 

Richard Proctor * 

Putnam Automotive Group LLC 

Q Products 

Donna Ramey * 

Ricardo & Renate Ramos 

John Rathgeber 

Robert Reby * 

Richard & Kathleen Reimold 

Harry & LindaRinker 

Robert J. Reby & Co. 

Gerard & Martha Robilotti * 

George Rogers '02 

Kelvin Roldan * 

Peter & Pamela Rosa 

Edwin & Harriet '61 Rosenberg * 

Rosy Tomorrows * 

Noel Roy II * 

Ryer Associates * 

Elizabeth Salame '82 

Douglas Salmon '62 

Mary Sergi '94 * 

Sandra Seymour '57 

Morton & Mildred Siegel * 

Jacklyn Simmons * 

Kenneth & Gail Siranko 

Timothy Smith 


Maurice & Caren '64 Snook 

Paul Steinmetz '08 & Jenine Michaud 

Roger Strong 

Frank & Jean Taylor 

Frederick Tesch 

Rita Thal * 

The Laving Agency 

The Rizzo Corporation 

Tower Investment Group * 

John & Linda Trentacosta * 

Jack & Doris Tyransky * 

Paul Larsen * 

Gary Lemme * 

Jay Lent * 

John Taylor * 

Joseph & Lucie Voves * 

Harold & Barbara Wibling * 

Jerome Wilcox * 

Yamin & Yamin LLP 

Edward Young * 

Supporters ($100-$249) 

Raymon Adiletta 

Laurence & Shirley '47 Alexander 

Katherine Allocco 

Hal & Barbara '63Anderson 

J. & Nancy '86 Anderson 

Jerry & April Appelblatt 

Thomas & Maureen '90 Armstrong 

Kerry Asmissen 

Association of Religious Communities 

John & Brenda '83 Aurelia 

Christine Austin '64 

Joanne & Joanne '56 Baldauf 

Michael & Lynne Balduino 

Daniel & Joan Bandura 

Walter '83 & Kathryn Barlow 

Thomas & Melanie Barnes 

Bill & Jeannie Barnhart 

James & Christina '91 Beaudoin 

Charles & Cheryl '70 Beck 

Michael Bellach 

James Bellano 


Carolyn Benson '79 

Bertozzi Electric LLC 

Albert '74 & Tracy Berwick 

Patrick '86 & Elizabeth Blanchfield 

Richard & Lucille Blessey 

Thomas & Barbara Blumenthal 

Naomi Bonnell '30 

Margaret Borgeest '84 

Barry '05 & Esther Boriss 

John & Judith Boyle 

Sharon Bradley '91 

Alan & Andrea '77 Brandl 

James Brawley '51 

Winifred Brickmeier '83 

John & Barbara Briggs 

George & Lisbeth Brooks 

Ernestine Brown 

Timothy '94 & Alexis Brown 

Karen Burke 

Timothy Burr '85 & Peggy Boyle 

William & Susan '86 Bury 

Emile '75 & Theresa '00 Buzaid 

Robert & Marilyn Ann Caiazzo 

Arthur & Paula '85 Caldara 

John '86 & Suzette Cameron 

Mark Candela '01 

James '69 & Barbara Carroll 

Fausto & Rachel Carusone 

Isabel Carvalho '82 

Ezio & Jane '73 Casagrande 

Paul '00 & Erin '05 Caso 

Vincent '85 & Karen Catania 

Kristin Chach '94 

John Channing 

Helen Chapman '51 

Charles Ives Center of the Performing Arts 

Chatterton Marina Basketball Team 

Jon & Marilynn '64 Chisholm 

John Chopourian 

Chuck's Steak House 

Stephen '81 & Sue Chwaliszewski 

Dante & Diane Cirilli 

John & Gioia '64 Clyde 


John & Marie '57 Cochran 

Paul & Kimberley Coleman 

John & Barbara '80 Collins 

Collins, Hannafin, Garamella, Jaber & Tuozzolo 

Joseph & Mary '95 Consoli 

Donald & Barbara Cook 

John & JoAnn '82 Corsaro 

Thomas '82 & Eileen Courtien 

Beverly Coyne '70 

Walter Cramer 

Karl & Maria '75 Craye 

Eleanor Crisci 

Herbert '57 & Marcia Crocker 

Scott & Terri '94 Csizmadia 

CSU American Association of University Profesors 

Harold Dalcher 

Danbury Children First 

Carl & Elinor '70 D'Angio 

Richard '72 & Biruta David 

Nicholas Delgrosso 

George & June Dimyan 

Mark & Rebecca '85 Diot 

Peter '89 & Mary '89 Donaty 

William & Ilene Dorenbosch 

Michael Draves 

Michael Driscoll 

Joseph '63 & Susan Dube 

Stephen '76 & Marilyn Durci 

Henry Dyson 

Eastern Connecticut State University 

Nicholas DeCillis & Robyn Eberhard '64 

Richard & Ellen Eberle 

Abraham Echevarria 

Ecuadorian Civic Center of Greater Danbury 

Mary Edgett '24 

Walter & Shirleymae '51 Ela 

Elmers Diner Inc. 

Wayne '54 & Cynthia Engle 

Mavis English '99 

Michael Erlich 

Amanda Evans '05 

F & M Electric Supply Company Inc 

Paul Falciano 


Lauren Ferrara '06 

Lamar Fife '86 

Bernard '93 & Sara Findley 

Joseph Fiorita 

Joyce Fitzgerald '63 

Robin Flanagan 

Michael Foley 

J. '83 & Patricia Font 

Gerard & Judith '93 Foye 

John & Dorothy '71 Francis 

Vanessa Freitas '04 

Richard Fuchs 

Leona Fusco '64 

Richard & Carol Gammie 

Donald Gardner 

JoAnne & Ronald '63 Gauss 

Gregg '89 & Grace '89 Geanuracos 

Linda Gerber 

Marie Gervasini '57 

Robert & Laurel Giacolone 

Michael & Valerie Giarratano 

Brenda Gilbert '69 

Jean Gilbert '58 

Lawrence & Sharon '76 Girard 

Marilynn Glen 

Jermain Griffin '02 

Kathryn Griffin 

Maribeth Griffin '87 

Tom & Judith '99 Grundvig 

Robert '88 & Norma '78 Gyle 

Monika Hajzer '00 

George & Harriet Hall 

Thomas '69 & Lynn Halligan 

Samer Hamadeh 

Josephine Hamer 

John & Susan Hancock 

Keith & Tina Hanniger 

Eleftherios '00 & Kathy Haralambakis 

Susan Hartmann '97 

Robert Hawkins '71 

Kevin Heffernan 

Maribeth Hemingway 

Roland & Lynn '75 Hennessey 


Francis '74 & Nancy Herbert 

Glenn Herzig '76 

Frederick & Susan Hesse 

Carey '79 & Leigh Hewitt 

Jack & Catherine Hickey-Williams 

Edward & Claire '82 Hines 

Louis Hirshfield 

Robert '76 & Gwynne '75 Hopko 

Edyce Hornig '48 

Michael & Mona Howard 

Albert & Sharon Hutkowski 

Jan Maria Jagush '75 

Dietmar Jakobus 

Lawrence & Anne James 

Michael '68 & Imogene '68 Jaykus 

Douglas Jeffrey '57 

Brant & J. Wilma Jeffreys 

Kevin '76 & Janet Jenkins 

Jennie Bryant Temple 

Carole Johannsen '83 

Theodore '66 & Barbara Johnson 

Theodor & June '56 Jones 

Brendan '73 & Joyce '73 Jugler 

David Juran 

Joseph Juran 

Kane Funeral Home 

Donald Karcheski '61 

Steven Karel 

Kathleen Keating '65 

William '64 & Elaine Kelleher 

Doha Khoury '87 

Christine Kijek 

Joseph Kilcran '58 

Delmore & Georgette Kinney 

Joseph '76 & Holly '81 Kocet 

Konover Construction Corporation 

John & Mary Koukos 

Ramon Kranwinkel 

Edward Krisiunas '82 

Andrew & Tracey '91 Kurjiaka 

David & Debra '84 Lajoie 

Law Office of Cornelius J. Ivers LLC 

Rita Lee 


Ernest '57 & Gail '89 Lehman 

John Leopold 

Andrew Ligonde 

Eugene & Heide '06 Lock 

Sean & Patricia Loughran 

Lori Lurcott 

Fred & Magaly '03 Macaluso 

Marie & Constantine Macricostas 

Alexis Mahood Hubbard 

David & Vivian Maletzky 

Neil & Martha Mangot 

Marshall Street Entertainment 

Joseph & Ellen '62 Masterson 

Michael & Sandra Mathew 

Donald McCann 

Walter '61 & Nancy McCarroll 

Andrew & Eleanor McClellan 

Richard & Joyce McClurg 

Bill & Julie '84 McCormick 

James McMahon 

Margaret Meisenhelder '61 

Robert & Christine Merrer 

Eleanor Middleton '61 

John & Marian Miller 

Dale '74 & Eileen '73 Mitchell 

Mary Mitchell '39 

Paula Mitchell '83 

Cynthia Montesi 

Peter & Marta '73 Moret 

Gary & Sara '78 Morgatto 

David Mott 

Lee & Dayle '71 Moulton 

Charles & Mary Mullaney 

Edward Mulrenan '75 

James & Mary Murchie 

James & Margaret '62 Murphy 

Nora Murphy 

Robert '62 & Joellen Murphy 

Thomas & Mary Murtha 

Nafi Connecticut 

Jennifer Nash '02 

New Hope Baptist Church 

Paul & Claudia Nickolloff 


G. Gary '76 & Mary '85 Nimer 

Elizabeth Nkonoki-Ward '58 

Henry & Cheryl Norton 

Joseph Nunn 

Nadia O'Dell '86 

Richard '62 & Jennie '49 O'Grady 

Patricia O'Neill '73 

Keith '84 & Lisanne '84 O'Reilly 

John Osborne '67 

Richard '74 & Karyn '97 Palanzo 

Joan Palladino 

Donald & Muriel Parille 

Lynne Paris - Purtle '78 

Lisa Peck '93 

James Pegolotti 

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Carlo & Monica '04 Perry 

Philip & Catherine Petrosky 

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Clarissa Ploski '81 

Robert Pytel '77 

Marilee Rasmussen 

MaryJean Rebeiro '87 

Patricia Repko '62 

Marc '71 & Barbara Reynolds 

Mary Ann Riley 

Damian '88 & Jeri Rippon 

Debbie Rizzo 

Kristen Robinson '95 

Thomas '82 & Marilyn '82 Rose 

Terri Rotella 

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Dale Rothbell '82 

Michael Ruggieri '73 

Kimberley Rybczyk '88 

Lucille Sabia '64 

Christopher Sadowski '73 

Andrew '83 & Nan '90 Salamon 

Maureen Salerno '80 

Kenneth Saloom '63 

Susan Saloom '63 

Louis '82 & Mary Santore 

Enrico & Ellen '75 Santoro 


Anthony '72 & Mary '76 Saracino 

Daniel & Carolyn Savitsky 

Barbara Scattolini '84 

Margaret Schneider '59 

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Dale & Nancy '70 Schumann 

Sheryl Scott 

Ilia '86 & Cheryl '87 Scriven 

Mark & Christina '94 Seale 

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Ted Selken '02 

Birte Selvaraj '97 

Scott & Darleen '73 Senete 

John Setaro '73 

Carolyn Settzo 

Robert & Marianne '75 Seymour 

Ajay & Harsha Shah 

Theodore Shannon '40 

Brian & Betsy Sharlach 

Sherman Soccer Club 

Ruth Shibuya 

Beatrice Shilstone '75 

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Robert '55 & Irene Simonelli 

Sara Slater-Smith '07 

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Marcia Palmer 

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Francis '55 & Margaret '57 Pane 

Rose Paonessa '61 

Theresa Papcunik 

Papi's Liquor LLC 

Catherine Parisi '87 

Rocco & Grace '62 Parisi 

Harold Parisi '68 

Jeffrey & Nancy Parker 

Michael & Mary Jane Parks 

Amy Partrick '84 

Joseph '98 & Cathy Pasanello 

Dawn Passano '91 

Steven & Veronica Passaro 

Steven & Veronica '86 Passaro 

Jaydev '86 & Alpa Patel 

Paul Mitchell the School 

Barbara Paulding 

Walter & Beverly '71 Pavasaris 

Stephen & Maria Pavia 

Jimmie & Rosemary '64 Payne 

Bruce & Theresa Pearson 

Eugene & Antoinette '73 Pedicone 

James & Shirley '54 Peknik 

Anthony & Brenda Pelillo 

Antonio & Maria Pelosi 

Evan Penchuk '06 

Anita Penn '79 

Peoples Products 

George & Frances '51 Perchal 

Paulo Pereira 

Nalin & Malanie '94 Perera 

Performance Equipment Brookfield Tractor & Mower 

John '81 & Rosemarie Perillo 


Barbara Perkins '51 

James & Gail Perkins 

John Perkins 

Michael & Maureen Pernal 

Russell & Ellen Perper 

Egon & Ursula '87 Perrefort 

Trevor '04 & Kinsley Perry 

James '91 & Nancy '91 Persico 

John & Barbara Perwinc 

Mark & Joanne Pesce 

Charles & Carrie '62 Peterson 

Eric & Linda Petro 

Catherine Petrosky 

Robert '64 & Lisa Pettinicchi 

Joanne Peyser 

Pfizer Foundation 

Philanthropic Fund WCD/NF 

Thomas Philbrick 

Robert & Tansie '07 Phillips 

Sondra Phinney-Miller '63 

Monica Piccinini '89 

George & Judith '88 Pilch 

Denise Pilipaitis 

Jonathan Pilla '86 

John & Marie '67 Pinchbeck 

Theodora Pinou 

Emily Pinto '02 

Richard Pinto '83 

Pitney Bowes Matching Gift 

Warren & Ruthann Platz 

David Plews '78 

Leo & Kathryn '94 Plum 

Robert & Barbara '89 Pokorak 

Roger '74 & Judith Pollick 

Edward & Janice '75 Pontacoloni 

Robert '85 & Sharon Porter 

Marjorie Portnow 

Linda Poulin 

Megan Poulsen '08 

Randy & Patricia Poulter 

Jordan '74 & Kathleen '74 Powell 

Donald & Linda '76 Powers 

Barbara Pretto '90 


Gregory '77 & Yvonne Price 

Marvin & Norma Prince 

Mark Principi 

Michael Principi '04 

Jacques & Kathryn Proteau 

Bryan Shanks & Amy '98 Proulx 

Horace '64 & Maria Puglisi 

Anthony & Jodi Pustorino 

Joseph & Elaine '71 Puzzo 

John '75 & Carol Pytel 

Shouhua Qi 

Eugene '73 & Constance '54 Quarrie 

Jack & Theresa '94 Queil 

Mark & Erica '70 Rachlin 

William & Anne '73 Radak-Golder 

Adam Radzimirski 

Jody Rajcula 

Richard '70 & Carole '63 Ramey 

Frank & Rachel '78 Ramsey 

Humera Rana 

Ennio & Elisabetta Ranallo 

Howard & Donna '72 Ray 

Ronald & Doris '90 Raymond 

Thomas & Margaret '47 Reardon 

Eli Reed '08 

Kenneth Reed, Jr. '65 

Sharon Reeves 

Richard & Sandra Reifeiss 

Elizabeth Reis '77 

Barbara Reisinger '87 

Franklin '74 & Mary Renz 

Gregory & Elizabeth '97 Repp 

Richard & Constance '85 Reynolds 

Thomas '73 & Karen '77 Rezendes 

RG Electric 

Bruno & Mary Ellen Ricci 

Henry Ricci '08 

Mark Riccio '91 

James & Catherine Rice 

John & Stephanie '98 Rich 

Bruce & Patricia Richards 

Laurel Richards 

Thomas & Margaret '71 Richardson 


Charles & Lorraine '71 Ricker 

Richard & Barbara Riddle 

Glenn & Sheila Riedell 

Jay Cerrone & Jacqueline Rieg '98 

Sheila Rietano '59 

Raymond & Johanna Rinaldi 

Michael & Suzanne Rindos 

William & Karen '79 Rivero 

Michael & Linda Rizzo 

Julie Robertino 

Anne Roberts 

Donald & Joan '78 Roberts 

Adrienne Robinson 

Laurence & Catherine Robinson 

Danielle Robinson 

Patrick '96 & Joey '97 Robinson 

Mark & Mary Robinson 

Michelle Rock '96 

Peter & Daria Rockholz 

Terry & Shirley '81 Rodrigues 

David '83 & Heather '85 Rogalski 

Agnes Rogan '74 

Angela Roman 

Jose & Patricia Roman 

Olga Roman-Bates '76 

Paul Romaniello '64 

Albert & Barbara '62 Romboni 

Alexander Rooney '75 

Jonathan Rosario 

Sunnye Rosasco '59 

Jonathan Rose '80 

Matthew & Mary Rose 

Stephen & Judith Rosentel 

Francis & Janet '80 Ross 

B. Alan & Susan Ross 

Dolores Rossler '50 

Fred Rossomando '70 

Harry '92 & Linda Rosvally 

Angelle Roussel '92 

Daniel Rovelli '77 

Sheila Roy '85 

Samuel Rubin '76 

Susan Rubino '70 


Patricia Rude '65 

Richard Ruggiero '72 

Marcia Rumsey '71 

Diane Rusanowsky '94 

Judy Russell '86 

Ronald Russo '65 

Edmond '92 & Debra '88 Ryan 

Michael Ryan 

Mary Ellen Ryer '68 

Thomas '93 & Valerie Saadi 

Daniel & Margarida '02 Sagaria 

Randolph '76 & Rosemarie '74 Salazar 

Bryan Samuel 

Joseph '62 & Gloria Sanchez 

Gonzalo & Liliana Sanchez 

Richard & Barbara '99 Sancho 

Violet-Rae Sanford '36 

Louis & Marjorie '56 Santella 

Robert & Aydely Santiago-Taiman 

James Sarath '88 

Eugene Saska '76 

Edward '85 & Anne-Marie '79 Satkowsky 

Susan Savino '96 

Gerald & Cynthia '84 Savoie 

Ken & Rose '88 Sayers 

Victor & Theresa '83 Scalora 

Michael & Charlotte '99 Scaviola 

Breina Schain '05 

Edris Scherer '81 

Christine Schilling '03 

Robert '90 & Josie Schmidt 

Ronald '56 & Carol '86 Schmidt 

Harry & Barbara Schmus 

Cindy Schofield-Bodt 

John '85 & Charlene Schosser 

Ted & Marian '45 Schroeder 

Gerhard & Alicia Schulz 

Janet Schutte '74 

Eric & Tracy Schwab 

Petra Schwarz '06 

Thomas & Kathryn Scimia 

Sciortino's Restaurant 

Christopher & Karen '78 Scopino-Kristan 


James Scrimgeour 

Ken Seel 

Marian Senatore '76 

Clarence & Judy Sequeira 

John & Giovina '57 Sessions 

Michael & Cheryl '86 Sgrignari 

John & June '47 Shalagan 

Paul & Maria Shanley 

Ronald Buck & Christine Shanley '87 

Terrence & Patricia Shannon 

Paul & Annette '80 Shapiro 

Kathryn Sharkis '71 

Frances Shaver '06 

Beverly Shaw '74 

Justin Shaw & Kimberly Devou Shaw 

Robert & Susan Shaw 

Christopher & Carolyn Shay 

Robert & Shari Shea 

Timothy & Adriana '63 Shean 

Thomas & Sandra Sheehan 

John '81 & Patricia Sheeran 

Robert & Susan '79 Shepherd 

Irene Sherlock '84 

Ju Li Shi '83 

Merle & Peggy '86 Siegel 

David & Angela Silk 

Corinne Silvert '78 

Patricia Simcoe '98 

Dana Simmons 

Dena Simmons 

Neil & Rosemary Simmons 

William & Pamela '90 Simmons 

Daniel & Rena Simoes 

Paul Simon 

Robert Simpson 

Sinapi Ceola Manor 

Barbara Sipe '67 

Kristen Sirois '95 

Brian Skarda 

Andrew & Phyllis '81 Skidmore 

Steven Skinner 

Carl & Carol Ann Slicer 

Richard & Eugenia Slone 


Barbara Smith 

Gary Smith 

Morrell Smith '77 

Randolph & Shirley '73 Smith 

Timothy '86 & Heather '99 Smith 

Vanessa Smith 

William Smith 

Mark Snelgrove '79 

Jonathan Soares '06 

Alfred & Theresa Soave 

Robert & Thelma Sodano 

Robert & AnnaKaie '39 Sodemann 

Kurt '80 & Susan Solek 

Keli Solomon '86 

Margaret Solomon 

Ryan Soto '06 

Harold & Julie Sowell 

Louis & Bonnie Spada 

Vincent & Marguerite '81 Spano 

Alexander & Linda Sparaco 

Elizabeth Speglevin '65 

Jerry & Ann '83 Spenard 

Barry '63 & Myrna '60 Spencer 

Gregory '83 & Doloris Sperling 

Robert & Barbara '51 Spinillo 

William Spontak '96 

Paul & Emma '48 Spyropoulos 

Robert & Susan St. Jernquist 

Andrew '84 & Mary Staley 

William & Colleen Stanley 

Amy Stanzione '04 

Mark & Elena Staple 

Barbara Stark 

Phillip & Nancy '84 Stark 

Alexander & Martha '87 Statchen-Slater 

James & Karen '83 Stavris 

Andrew Steffen 

Francis '71 & Margaret '72 Steffero 

Roy & Jessie '76 Steiner * 

David & Margaret '90 Stephens 

Richard '84 & Joanne '97 Sterk 

John & Arlene '81 Stewart 

Dorothy Stock 


Dennis & Barbara '86 Stone 

Heather Stone '94 

David '92 & Nina Stout 

Lynda Stout 

Ronald Strand '61 

Karen Streeter '69 

Marie Strik 

Joseph '77 & Delores Strilowich 

Kim Strom '90 

Ronald & Roberta '73 Struski 

James Stuart '71 

Studio G 

Donald & Margaret Studley 

Amy Sturdevant 

Marie Sturdevant 

Joseph & Eileen '72 Sudol 

John & Denise '04 Sullivan 

Joe Sullivan 

Leonard '81 & Kathy Summa 

Debra Sutcliffe '06 

Robert & Nancy Sutherland 

James & Marie Svalstedt 

Alan '53 & Lynda Svonkin 

Bryan & Jennifer '95 Swanhart 

John '47 & Jean '47 Sweeney 

Mary Ellen Swiatek 

John Swicklas '72 

Derek Sylvester '81 

Joseph '89 & Joyce Szabo 

Michael Szabocsan '81 

Gail Taar '69 

Raymond & Polly '88 Tafrate 

Taipei Tokyo 

George '76 & Elizabeth '76 Tanaka 

Janet Tanner Poskas 

Ellis Tarlton 

George & Nancy '65 Taterosian 

Judith Tattar '64 

Joseph '73 & Joan Taylor 

John & Laura '94 Taylor 

David Telesco 

William '63 & Myra '61 Tesbir 

The Class of 1947 


The Department of Nursing 

Christine Thomas 

Christine Thomas '81 

Horace '84 & Nancy Thompson 

Lisa Thompson '82 

Donald & Janet Thoren 

Shirley Thorson '79 

Irving Thurrott '63 

Linda Timman 

Alexander & Belle Tolor 

Jeff & Lori Tonon 

Raymond Topazio '77 

Richard & Teresa '84 Tortora 

David & Jenny Townsend 

Nhung & Hai Tran 

Teresa Travoska '68 

Albert & Christine '40 Travostino 

Andrew & Elyse Trevers 

Albert Trimpert '80 

Louis '74 & Joan Troccolo 

Adrianna Troiano 

David & Jennifer '68 Trombley 

Mark & Linda '79 Trumbull 

Stephanie Tucci '08 

Julius '63 & Georgine Tulipani 

Mark Turndahl 

Kathleen Turner '76 

Austin & Ruth '73 Turney 

James '76 & Barbara '80 Twitchell 

Jeffrey '83 & Eleanor Twombly 

Gary '94 & Maureen Tyra 

Doris & Jack Tyransky 

Barry & Sue Unger 

Adrienne Urban '93 

Rosa Urena 

Azam & Nan '64 Usman 

Nancy & Nancy Usman 

Joan & Alan Vale 

Sebastian '87 & Michele '87 Valenti 

Robert Van Horne 

Roberta Van Nostrand '62 

Wayne & Janice '06 Van Wart 

Michael VanGeons '71 


Carley VanWattum 

Michael Vaughn '01 

Dominick & Kathy Veccharelli 

Michael & Maria Veilleux 

Keith & Karen Vendette 

Verizon Foundation 

Josephine Verner '80 

Gerald & Barbara '66 Vidal 

Francisco & Nora Vides 

Jim Voelzke 

Edith Vogel '35 

Scott Volpe 

Deborah Vouris '73 

Stephen Wagener 

Emile Waite '02 

Maureen Walker 

Claude '74 & Sue Wallace 

Roger & Lucille '92 Walsh 

James & Mary '76 Walsh 

Barbara Wanzer '93 

Richard '43 & Victoria Wanzer 

Frederick & Claire '83 Warner 

Joseph & Karen Warner 

Betty Jean Wasczyk '66 

Robert & Pamela '86 Watkins 

David & Jane '82 Watrous 

Viola Watson '72 

Thomas Way 

John '72 & Barbara '68 Webber 

Ronald & Mary Weinkauf 

Allan '73 & Bonnie '84 Weir 

Robert & JoAnne '78 Weiss 

John '04 & Donna Wekerle 

William & Pamela Welch 

Steven & Caroline '84 Weldon 

Thomas '66 & Mary West 

Robert & Maryellen Wheelock 

Lawrence & Linda Whippie 

Jennifer Whitaker 

Michael & Linda White 

Donald & Janice '63 Whiteley 

Mary-Jo Whitlock '76 

Robert & Phyllis '78 Whitlock 


Bart & Linda '63 Whittaker 

Robert & Sylvia '84 Wickwire 

Stanislaw & Aleksandra Widomski 

Kevin Wiggins '78 

Bernard & Donna '79 Wilbur 

John & Suzanne Wilcox 

Tim & Francesca Wilder 

Kenneth & Nancy '85 Wildman 

Donald & Barbara '87 Wilke 

Peter & Brenda '79 Wilkes 

Greg & Gail '87 Williams 

Ross & Karen '76 Williams 

Robert & Margaret '87 Williams 

Fred & Margaret '91 Williams 

Patricia Williams '71 

Stephen & Susan '90 Williams 

Gary Williamson '79 

Dwight Willman '73 

John Wilson '08 

Edward & Ruth '39 Wilson 

Douglas & Martha '03 Winkel 

Louise Winter '49 

Gregg '92 & Margaret '95 Winters 

Kathryn Wiss 

Gwynne Wittmann '06 

Raymond '62 & Carolyn Wixted 

James & MaryAnn '78 Wohlever 

Robert & Joan '65 Wolfe 

Carol Woodworth '60 

John '74 & Linda '77 Wrenn 

Roger '75 & Rosemary '00 Wright 

Susan Wright '01 

Terri Wrinn 

A. Rodger '60 & Joan '60 Wutzl 

Robert '87 & karen Wylie 

Mark '86 & Elizabeth Wynnick 

Christopher Wyskiel 

Robert '79 & Dianne Yamin 

James & Wendy Yarrish 

Matthew & Jane Yeaman 

Gary & Cynthia '73 Yerman 

Ed Yezierski 

John & Rose Marie '81 Zaharek 


John '61 & Brenda '61 Zamary 

Richard & Helen '74 Zampiello 

Gary & Elaine '74 Zarcone 

David '05 & Pamela Zavarelli 

Elise Zazula 

Victoria Zdanowicz '06 

Michael '82 & Linda '82 Zenobia 

Thomas & Debra Zilinek 

Miriam Zimmer '48 

Abbey Zink 

Aristotel & Doriana Zoto 

Michael '56 & Toula Zotos 

Olga Zukowsky '52 

Gifts In-Kind 

Bella Tillis 

Bethel Cinema 

Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation 

Conrad Gosset 

Costco 

Elmer’s Diner 

Ives Concert Park 

Joy Nail Salon 

Lore’s Lanes 

Nestle Waters 

Pepsi Bottling Group 

Rocco’s Haircutting 

Soho Pizzeria 

WCSU Bookstore 


Adam Broderick Salon & Spa 

Adrienne 

G. Koryoe Anim-Wright 

Arthur Murray Dance Studio 

Beardsley Zoo 

Beiersdorff 

Bradford Renaissance Portraits 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

Cappiello Jewelers 

Chelsea Piers NYC 

Costco 

Courtyard by Marriott 


Cox Radio 

Danbury Maron Hotel & Suites 

Danbury Plaza Hotel & Conference Center 

Dental Associates 

Exhale Spa 

F & M Electric 

Fitness Revolution 

Hampton Inn 

Hawley Construction Corporation 

Helen Bechard 

Hollandia Nursery 

Ives Concert Park 

Joe’s Salon & Spa 

John Kane Photography 

Jurg Lanzrein 

Lia Schorr Spa 

Robert & Linda Vaden-Goad 

Tom ’69 & Lois ’71, ’97 Crucitti 

Long Wharf Theatre 

Luigi Marcone 

Marilynn Glen 

Marjorie Portnow 

Market America Mall Talk Catalog 

McInerney and Hammershoy Families 

Mirbeau Inn & Spa 

Mitchell Oil Company 

Mobil 1 Lube 

Mohawk Learning Center 

Molten Java 

Nancy & Frank ’74 Herbert 

New Britain Rock Cats 

Party Depot 

Peggy Stewart 

Joanne Peyser 

Pilot Pen Tennis 

Plonia Nixon 

Red Lobster 

Ricci’s Salon & Spa 

Richter Park 

Robert Alberetti 

Robert J. Reby & Co. 

Safilo USA 

Joe Shaboo '98 


Sheryl Scott 

Shubert Theater courtesy of the Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts 

Jonathon Soares ’06 

Solidus 

Stamford Symphony Orchestra 

Stepping Stones 

The Children’s Museum 

The Gift Cottage 

The Hopkins Inn 

The Interlaken Inn 

The Palace Theater 

Two Steps Downtown Grille 

Unilever 

United Alarm Services 

United States Tennis Association 

Vineyard Vines 

Visual Impact 

Walmart 

WCSU Alumni Association 


WCSU Finance & Administration 

WCSU Music Department 

WCSU Office of Alumni Relations 

WCSU President’s Office 

WCSU Theatre Department 

Westport Country Playhouse 

World Yacht 

Yamin & Yamin, LLP 

Wine Tasting 

Adrienne Restaurant 

Big Y 

Bogey's 

Boston Billiard Club 

Curves 

Danbury Liquor Store 

Dental Associates 

Forever Yours Flowers & Gifts 

George Kain 

Heritage Trail Vineyards 

McLaughlin Vineyards 

Mohegan Sun 

Sheryl Scott 


Trader Joe's 

WCSU Alumni Relations 


WCSU Finance & Administration 

WCSU Music Department 

WCSU Theater Department 

Class of 1924 

Mary Edgett 

Class of 1930 

Naomi Bonnell 

Class of 1935 

Edith Vogel 

Class of 1936 

Violet-Rae Sanford 

Class of 1938 

Ruth Smith 

Class of 1939 

Phyllis Kriksciun 

Mary Mitchell 

Beatrice Murdock 

AnnaKaie Sodemann 

Ruth Wilson 

Class of 1940 

Marion Blake 

Eveline Finan 

Evelyn Levy 

Theodore Shannon 

Christine Travostino 

Class of 1941 

Harriet Davis 

Edna Frisbie 

Class of 1942 

William Hahn 

Virginia Horton 

Mortimer Johnson 

Eleanor Lawry 

Elizabeth Laws 

Rita Lundebjerg 

Class of 1943 


Isabelle Farrington 

Ruby Holloway 

Carol Kronewitter 

Josephine Markiewicz 

Doris Mason 

Paul Mockovak 

Elizabeth Olson 

Janet Orford 

Class of 1944 

Winifred Bjarke 

Class of 1945 

Gladys Evertsen 

Vivian Henley 

Aloise Mulvihill 

Genevieve Olson 

Marian Schroeder 

Class of 1946 

Shirley Beresin 

Andree McColgan 

Class of 1947 

Shirley Alexander 

Joy Ginsberg 

Annabelle Lynn 

Carmelina Pace 

Margaret Reardon 

June Shalagan 

Jean Sweeney 

John Sweeney 

Class of 1948 

Floriene Amerine 

Charles Bass 

Dorothy French 

Marguerite Fuller 

Eleanor Hegedus 

Edyce Hornig 

Alice Lawrence 

William McKee 

Edward Siergiej 

Mary Siergiej 

Emma Spyropoulos 


Miriam Zimmer 

Class of 1949 

Lena Bosworth 

Virginia Ciccarone 

Elizabeth Darragh 

Doris Garber 

Herbert Garber 

Barbara Gillies 

Violeta Hannegan 

Louis Lubus 

Carol Mansfield MacLenathen 

Jennie O'Grady 

Louise Winter 

Class of 1950 

Barbara Berg 

Rosabel Clark 

Carl Gustafson 

Gloria Kinney 

Marita O'Neill 

Dolores Rossler 

Class of 1951 

Elaine Arnow 

James Brawley 

Helen Chapman 

Shirleymae Ela 

Lorraine Lubus 

Frances Perchal 

Barbara Perkins 

Katharine Philbrook 

Barbara Spinillo 

Class of 1952 

Warren Bosley 

Dorothy Boyle 

Marjorie Jane Cole 

Barbara Demougeot 

Elizabeth Kennen 

Myra Mattes Ross 

Henry McQuade 

Carolyn Wagner 

Neil Wagner 

Olga Zukowsky 


Class of 1953 

Julianne Gallagher 

George LaCava 

Joseph Leheny 

Barbara Menegay 

Alan Svonkin 

Class of 1954 

Elizabeth Comcowich 

Charles Eddy 

Wayne Engle 

Marjorie Goodwin Judge 

Carolyn Jackson 

Lucia Kimber 

Ralph LoStocco 

Eleanor McBride 

Mary Jane Newkirk 

Shirley Peknik 

Constance Quarrie 

Class of 1955 

Herman Anderson 

Robert Brayton 

Dorothy Myers 

Francis Pane 

Robert Simonelli 

Helen Wahlstrom 

Class of 1956 

Joanne Baldauf 

Mary Anne Eddy 

June Jones 

Arthur McCormack 

Marjorie Santella 

Ronald Schmidt 

Richard Teller 

Michael Zotos 

Class of 1957 

Marie Cochran 

Herbert Crocker 

Frances DePreta 

Marie Gervasini 

Douglas Jeffrey 

Carol Kelly 


Ernest Lehman 

Janet Loya 

Robert Melillo 

Margaret Pane 

Giovina Sessions 

Sandra Seymour 

Class of 1958 

Patricia Bowen 

SallyAnn Gallagher 

Jean Gilbert 

John Greene 

Joseph Kilcran 

Elizabeth Nkonoki-Ward 

Class of 1959 

Helena Hahn 

Carol Lovell 

Frances Merante 

Ned Moore 

Sheila Rietano 

Sunnye Rosasco 

Margaret Schneider 

Barbara Susnitzky 

Class of 1960 

Shirley Downs 

Peter Gallagher 

Patricia Kelly 

Myrna Spencer 

Carol Woodworth 

A. Rodger Wutzl 

Joan Wutzl 

Class of 1961 

Robert Basta 

Emily Botti 

Wendy Donovan 

Susan Ellis 

John Hammer 

Jean Hutchinson 

Donald Karcheski 

James Mackey 

Walter McCarroll 

Margaret Meisenhelder 


Eleanor Middleton 

Irene Morrison 

Barbara Nero 

Rose Paonessa 

Harriet Rosenberg 

Ronald Strand 

Myra Tesbir 

Lois Weiss 

William Weiss 

Patricia Wooster 

Brenda Zamary 

John Zamary 

Class of 1962 

S. Sanford Boughton 

Sandra Brown 

Robert Collins 

Joseph DaSilva 

Louis Filippelli 

Thomas Fulling 

Joanne Gregory 

Margaret Lagasse 

George Mann 

Ellen Masterson 

Margaret Murphy 

Robert Murphy 

Richard O'Grady 

Grace Parisi 

Carrie Peterson 

Patricia Repko 

William Robbins 

Barbara Romboni 

Douglas Salmon 

Joseph Sanchez 

Roberta Van Nostrand 

Raymond Wixted 

Class of 1963 

Barbara Anderson 

John Bellino 

Linda DaSilva 

Joseph Dube 

Frank Dye 

Joyce Fitzgerald 


Ronald Gauss 

Dorothy Hordubay 

William Lathrop 

Alan Martin 

Mary Anne Moore 

Sondra Phinney-Miller 

Carole Ramey 

Bernard Reidy 

Kenneth Saloom 

Susan Saloom 

Adriana Shean 

Barry Spencer 

William Tesbir 

Irving Thurrott 

Julius Tulipani 

Constance Vingo 

Janice Whiteley 

Linda Whittaker 

Class of 1964 

Mary Lou Alberetti 

Susan Andrews 

Christine Austin 

Karen Banks 

Richard Bellesheim 

Marilynn Chisholm 

Gioia Clyde 

Lee Cronin 

Gail Delafield 

Bernadette DeMunde 

Theresa Eberhard Asch 

Robyn Eberhard-DeCillis 

Leona Fusco 

Mary Green 

Patrick Griffin 

Joan Johnston 

William Kelleher 

Barbara Koller 

John Krebs 

Diane Lathrop 

Claire Leheny 

Arlene Leonard 

Marlene Lindquist 

Sheila Martenson 


Ross Martin 

L. Armand Menegay 

Lorraine Merluzzi 

Rosemary Payne 

Robert Pettinicchi 

Horace Puglisi 

Paul Romaniello 

Lucille Sabia 

Caren Snook 

Barbara Talarico 

Judith Tattar 

Guido Tino 

Dawn Tomaino 

Frank Tomaino 

Nan Usman 

Marcelene Vingo 

Diana Wellman 

Eric Wellman 

Donald Wilson 

Linda Zucca 

Class of 1965 

Ruth Effron 

Lynne Gang 

John Ganio 

Dianne Gribosky 

Roger Hibbert 

Joseph Hordubay 

Kathleen Keating 

Ruth Lewis 

Kathleen Mauks 

Joseph Merluzzi 

Vyasaraj Murthy 

Kenneth Reed, Jr. 

Patricia Rude 

Ronald Russo 

Elizabeth Speglevin 

Nancy Taterosian 

Joan Wolfe 

Class of 1966 

Lois-Jean Berry 

Mary Bonaccorso 

Rosemary Bouffard 


Jean Courtney 

Mary Deming 

Patricia Egan 

Theodore Johnson 

Barbara Vidal 

Betty Jean Wasczyk 

Thomas West 

Class of 1967 

Donald Amorosa 

Edwina Amorosa 

Alice Carolan 

Rita D'Amico 

Daniel DeRosa 

Ledonia Gray 

Jane Haffner 

Jeanne Hubbard 

Linda McMaster 

Albert Mead 

Bonnie Miller 

John Osborne 

Marie Pinchbeck 

Barbara Sipe 

Vincent Tomkalski 

Class of 1968 

Robert Chakar 

Dennis Hyde 

Imogene Jaykus 

Michael Jaykus 

Joseph Kelly 

George Lamperti 

Diane Lesniak 

Joan Mead 

Robert Orgovan 

Harold Parisi 

Mary Ellen Ryer 

Teresa Travoska 

Jennifer Trombley 

Barbara Webber 

Class of 1969 

Barbara Bernstein 

James Botta 

James Carroll 


Beverly Center 

Thomas Crucitti 

Karen Dalessio 

Brian Fagan 

Pamela Fagan 

Lois Gentile 

Brenda Gilbert 

Marshall Haddad 

Thomas Halligan 

Thomas Jeffers 

Georgia Keogh 

Joan Kick 

Arline Lathrop 

William Lemak 

Gary Lemme 

Carmine Lombardi 

Nancy McBrien 

Emilia Montalto 

Paul Montalto 

Louis Najamy 

Camille Petrecca 

Karen Streeter 

Gail Taar 

Class of 1970 

Molly Ayer Nottage 

Cheryl Beck 

Louis Beck 

Samuel Beck 

Cameron Brundage 

Dorothy Burke 

Beverly Coyne 

Elinor D'Angio 

Ruth Ann Flynn 

Thomas Fogarty 

Nancy Grimes 

Kathryn Hand 

Glen Hochstetter 

Sally Hutton 

Sandra Justin 

Patricia Keegan 

Betty Liberty 

Marilyn Lieff 


Doris Lundberg 

June MacDonald 

William Manfredonia 

Charles Mann 

Linda Miller 

Rosalie Newman 

Erica Rachlin 

Richard Ramey 

Fred Rossomando 

Susan Rubino 

Nancy Schumann 

Nancy Sudik 

Walter Sudik 

Joseph Tomaino 

Class of 1971 

Ronald Arbitelle 

Kurt Beck 

Diane Britton 

Ronald Campanaro 

Patricia Casale 

Bernadine Castronovo 

Karen Chambrovich 

Lavonne Crawford 

Lois Crucitti 

Penelope Dawson 

Amelia Dent 

Deborah DeRienz 

Patricia Durkin 

Dorothy Francis 

John Fusek 

Kristine Geddes 

William Geddes 

Joan Gereg 

Robert Hawkins 

Elise Knapp 

Martha Lachowska 

David Leavitt 

John MacDonald 

Rosemary Madia 

Joseph Materile 

Dayle Moulton 

Kathleen Murray 

Rocco Orso 


Andrew Ostapenko 

Edward Paige 

Beverly Pavasaris 

Elaine Puzzo 

Marc Reynolds 

Margaret Richardson 

Lorraine Ricker 

Marcia Rumsey 

Kathryn Sharkis 

Francis Steffero 

James Stuart 

Michael VanGeons 

Patricia Williams 

Class of 1972 

Lynn Brown 

Richard David 

Virginia Doucette 

Joseph Durkin 

Darlene Ference 

Leigh Galanis 

Susan Grobnagger 

Diane Hassell 

Jeanne Henderson 

MaryLou Henning 

Gay Herbst 

Charles Leety 

John McMahon 

Nancy McMorrow 

David Nurnberger 

Nancy Nurnberger 

Donna Ray 

Richard Ruggiero 

Anthony Saracino 

Margaret Steffero 

Eileen Sudol 

John Swicklas 

Viola Watson 

John Webber 

Class of 1973 

Peter Barbieri 

Shirley Bernson 

Judith Bielizna 


Robert Bonazzo 

Jane Casagrande 

Aline Dennison 

Frederick DiMaria 

Rita Drozdenko 

Sandra Falzone 

Robert Ference 

Patricia Finn 

Edward Flanagan 

Deborah Foote 

Janet Fuechsel 

Bernadette Ganio 

Patricia Gatchell 

Kristine Ginty 

Douglas Goodrich 

Mark Graser 

Marilyn Greene 

Sharon Haley 

Robert Hopkins 

Brendan Jugler 

Cynthia Jugler 

Joyce Jugler 

Eileen Kessler 

Olga Leavitt 

Mary Liscinsky 

Philip Longo 

Jeanne Lutze 

Catherine Macchio 

Karen Mann 

Elizabeth McDonough 

Eileen Mitchell 

Marta Moret 

Susan Morris 

Patricia O'Neill 

Antoinette Pedicone 

Eugene Quarrie 

Anne Radak-Golder 

Thomas Rezendes 

Michael Ruggieri 

Christopher Sadowski 

Darleen Senete 

John Setaro 

Shirley Smith 


Roberta Struski 

Joseph Taylor 

Ruth Turney 

Deborah Vouris 

Allan Weir 

Dwight Willman 

Cynthia Yerman 

Class of 1974 

Anne Baran 

Albert Berwick 

Gary Bocaccio 

Brian Burgess 

Jean Burns 

Charlotte Cuneo 

Anthony DiPerrio 

Mitchell Drabik 

Ronald Drozdenko 

Candice Ermer 

Leonard Genovese 

Thomas Gereg 

Alison Haber 

Bruce Hargraves 

Francis Herbert 

Joanne Hutchings 

Barbara Hymel 

Norma Johnson 

Gary Kozak 

Sharon Marullo-Mirabella 

James Milne 

Dale Mitchell 

Lenore Niedzielski 

Martin Nilan 

Richard Palanzo 

Roger Pollick 

Jordan Powell 

Kathleen Powell 

Ronald Pugliese 

Franklin Renz 

Agnes Rogan 

Rosemarie Salazar 

Janet Schutte 

Patricia Shannon 

Beverly Shaw 


Louis Troccolo 

Claude Wallace 

John Wrenn 

Helen Zampiello 

Elaine Zarcone 

Class of 1975 

Betty Bajek 

Anne Beatty 

Emile Buzaid 

Bruce Cavanaugh 

Jean Collins 

Maria Craye 

Mary Devaney 

Edward Dickman 

Kathleen Durnin 

Joan Eagle 

Louise Freund 

Joanne Gabryszewski 

Margaret Gallo 

Pete Gereg 

Maria-Luisa Getz 

Deborah Gogliettino 

John Gogliettino 

Darrel Haley 

Lynn Hennessey 

Gwynne Hopko 

Richard Immohr 

Jan Maria Jagush 

Thomas Jeffress 

Carol Lawlor 

Cheryl McDowell 

Edward Mulrenan 

Margaret O'Neill 

Janice Pontacoloni 

John Pytel 

Alexander Rooney 

Ellen Santoro 

Marianne Seymour 

Beatrice Shilstone 

Martin Srugis 

Barbara Teller 

Roger Wright 


Class of 1976 

Carole Anderson 

Andrea Buergers 

Susan Cavanna 

Mary Jo Corrao 

Constance Duppenthaler 

Stephen Durci 

Carl Durgin 

Stephen Fornaciari 

Paula Gaudet 

Gary Gillotti 

Sharon Girard 

Marilyn Gordon 

Richard Gribinas 

Glenn Herzig 

Robert Hopko 

Kevin Jenkins 

Heidi Jensen 

Janet Kelly 

Joseph Kocet 

Glen Lebetkin 

Teresa Lent 

Jon Lovelett 

Linda Maggi 

Doreen McGehee 

Frances Monti 

Paul Nickolloff 

G. Gary Nimer 

Linda Powers 

Olga Roman-Bates 

Samuel Rubin 

Randolph Salazar 

Mary Saracino 

Eugene Saska 

Marian Senatore 

Jessie Steiner 

Elizabeth Tanaka 

George Tanaka 

Kathleen Turner 

James Twitchell 

Mary Walsh 

Mary-Jo Whitlock 

Karen Williams 


Class of 1977 

Rosanne Adams 

Susan Addison 

Sebastian Aresco 

Kathryn Bartus 

Ray Boa 

Andrea Brandl 

Lorraine Capobianco 

Laura Collins 

Serena Coulombe 

Rozalia Dickman 

James Funk 

Braxton Hill 

Margaret Imbro 

Walter Keenan 

Sandra Kissel 

Anita Lynch 

Joyce McCarthy 

Eileen McKenney 

Margaret McKerrow 

Gail Moses 

Sheryl O'Hurley 

Gregory Price 

Robert Pytel 

Elizabeth Reis 

Karen Rezendes 

Daniel Rovelli 

Morrell Smith 

Joseph Strilowich 

Raymond Topazio 

Marilyn Unger 

Linda Wrenn 

Class of 1978 

Allan Albetski 

Carmella Amodeo 

Ross Anderson 

Diane Andrews 

Marie Bordonaro 

Gilbert Brown 

Barbara Castrataro 

Richard Deysenroth 

Joseph DiCioccio 


Patricia Domnarski 

Brenda Fegley 

John Ferrante 

Elizabeth Finelli 

Joyce Flanagan 

Stephen Flanagan 

Barbara Gorham 

Barbara Greaney 

Norma Gyle 

Joseph Hartz 

Gary Hawley 

Jean Hellyer 

Phyllis Hill 

Doris Janofsky 

Nancy Keilty 

Margaret Keskinen 

Jill Kuhn 

Frederick Lobdell 

Dorothy Mellett 

Margaret Miller 

Kathleen Moore 

Sara Morgatto 

Lynne Paris - Purtle 

David Plews 

Rachel Ramsey 

Joan Roberts 

Karen Scopino-Kristan 

Corinne Silvert 

JoAnne Weiss 

Phyllis Whitlock 

Kevin Wiggins 

MaryAnn Wohlever 

Class of 1979 

Carolyn Benson 

Helen Bourgoin 

Lorraine Chagnon 

Pamela DeWitt 

Joan DiGiulio 

Johanna Dubauskas 

Elaine Eitzer 

Margaret Fitzgerald 

Sharon Green 

Carey Hewitt 


Karen Kemp 

Marilyn Krentzman 

Wendy Krueger 

Sara Kruzansky 

Janice Light 

James Manweiler 

Helvi Maripuu 

Thomas Melninkaitis 

Irene Miller 

Nancy Morrissey 

Cindy Mortensen 

Susan Narus 

Katherine Neilson 

Andrew Ocif 

Diane Orlowski 

Anita Penn 

Karen Rivero 

Anne-Marie Satkowsky 

Susan Shepherd 

Mark Snelgrove 

Shirley Thorson 

Linda Trumbull 

Donna Wilbur 

Brenda Wilkes 

Gary Williamson 

Robert Yamin 

Class of 1980 

Bernadette Allan 

Allan Azary 

Edward Baniak 

Donna Bowe 

Deborah Bugryn 

Mary Cahill 

Andrew Ciaburri 

Lawrason Anne Clement 

Barbara Collins 

Barbara Combs 

Phyllis Cullen 

Michael Fitzgerald 

Beryl Gribbin 

Mary Hall 

Linda Kaplan 


Ruthann Krohn 

Mary Lillis 

Gael Lord 

Holly McGran 

Jonathan Rose 

Janet Ross 

Maureen Salerno 

Annette Shapiro 

Alan Skiparis 

Kurt Solek 

Jill Tomczuk-Dowdall 

Michael Tomkovitch 

Albert Trimpert 

Barbara Twitchell 

Josephine Verner 

Class of 1981 

Annette Barbour 

Betsy Bielefield 

Katherine Burns 

Kevin Cahill 

Stephen Chwaliszewski 

Wendy Ciaburri 

John Cossu 

Ronald Defrancesco 

Cory Denninger 

Robert Desena 

Monica Frizzell 

Mary Gallucci 

Margaret Glahn 

Bonnie Haeger 

Janet Hall 

Jason Hancock 

Ruth Holzthum 

John Jakabauski 

Louise Kachevsky 

Marilyn Kain 

Holly Kocet 

Donald McGran 

John Perillo 

Clarissa Ploski 

Lawrence Post 

Shirley Rodrigues 

Edris Scherer 


John Sheeran 

Phyllis Skidmore 

Marguerite Spano 

Arlene Stewart 

Leonard Summa 

Derek Sylvester 

Michael Szabocsan 

Christine Thomas 

Rose Marie Zaharek 

Class of 1982 

Robert Bailyn 

Carole Baniak 

Marianne Billings 

William Burns 

Isabel Carvalho 

Joseph Chiaramonte 

Dawn Coen 

JoAnn Corsaro 

Thomas Courtien 

Loredana DeNardis 

Anna Denninger 

Robert Dreissig 

Douglas Farrenkopf 

Terri Fasig-McLaughlin 

Daniel Fegley 

Charles Fenwick 

Bruce Goldsen 

Mara Griffiths 

Geniene Guglielmo 

Geoffrey Herald 

Claire Hines 

Drusilla Hoge 

Janice Howard 

George Kain 

Christine Kokinchak 

Edward Krisiunas 

Trudy Menzer 

Jacqueline Morrison 

Marita Narel 

Marilyn Rose 

Thomas Rose 

Dale Rothbell 

Elizabeth Salame 


Louis Santore 

Lisa Thompson 

Jane Watrous 

Linda Zenobia 

Michael Zenobia 

Class of 1983 

Mary-Anne Ammerman 

Catherine Amodeo 

James Arconti 

Brenda Aurelia 

Renee Barall 

Walter Barlow 

Mark Block 

Winifred Brickmeier 

David Brown 

Helen Buzaid 

Karen Casazza 

Cynthia Conti 

Christopher Doney 

J. Font 

Marlene Gaberel 

Stuart Goosman 

Virginia Habbas 

Arthur Harris 

Frank Healey 

Jean Irving 

Carole Johannsen 

Christopher Johnson 

Lisa Koeppel 

Albert Lanza 

Robert Lovell 

Carol Lubus 

Linda Marottolo 

Paula Mitchell 

Jennifer O'Brien 

Anthony Palumbo 

Richard Pinto 

David Rogalski 

Andrew Salamon 

Theresa Scalora 

Ju Li Shi 

Ann Spenard 


Gregory Sperling 

Karen Stavris 

Jeffrey Twombly 

Claire Warner 

Class of 1984 

David Barbour 

Raub Beitel 

Margaret Borgeest 

Mark Brachman 

Lorraine Branecky 

Sandra Brenner 

Joan-Marie Bresnahan 

Eileen Coyne 

Joseph Csire 

Cathy Dombrowski 

Adelino DosSantos 

Bonnie Ellison 

Edward Gasser 

Judith Gentile 

Susan Goldsen 

William Hunt 

Deborah Judd 

George Judd 

Eileen Kenny 

Joseph King 

Debra Lajoie 

Patricia Lawrence 

Linda McCollister 

Julie McCormick 

Shirley Nwachukwu 

Cheryl O'Herron 

Keith O'Reilly 

Lisanne O'Reilly 

Amy Partrick 

Cynthia Savoie 

Barbara Scattolini 

Irene Sherlock 

Andrew Staley 

Nancy Stark 

Richard Sterk 

Horace Thompson 

Teresa Tortora 

Caroline Weldon 


Sylvia Wickwire 

Class of 1985 

Dawn Ackerman 

Betty Bennett 

Nancy Bowen 

Jessica Braun 

Mary Broas 

Timothy Burr 

Paula Caldara 

Raymond Campbell 

Vincent Catania 

John Cerrone 

Cynthia Csire 

Rebecca Diot 

Robert Dubauskas 

Karen Frank 

Jane Freeman 

Korin Kendra 

Walter Koerting 

Kevin Koschel 

Nancy Krulikowski 

Raymond Lynch 

Joseph Mazzari 

Jeffrey Miller 

Carol Morawsky-Curry 

Mary Nimer 

Robert Porter 

Constance Reynolds 

Heather Rogalski 

Sheila Roy 

Edward Satkowsky 

John Schosser 

Brian Smith 

Susan Tritter 

Nancy Wildman 

Class of 1986 

Colvin Allen 

Nancy Anderson 

Jeffrey Armstrong 

William Baker 

Sharon Beitel 

Patrick Blanchfield 


Kathleen Briggs Knox 

Susan Bury 

Steven Byrne 

John Cameron 

Jo-Ann Campbell 

Carolyn Cannon 

Patricia Carlson 

Corrine Cobbol 

Chris Cooper 

Sharon Dellinger 

Eleanore DiCioccio 

Shirley Ferris 

Lamar Fife 

Kathleen Fischer 

Alice Halpine 

Deborah Hocking 

Jean Jackson 

Frank Johnson 

Deanne Komlo 

Tina Mulinski 

Anne Murphy 

Nadia O'Dell 

Veronica Passaro 

Jaydev Patel 

Jonathan Pilla 

Judy Russell 

Carol Schmidt 

Ilia Scriven 

Cheryl Sgrignari 

Peggy Siegel 

Timothy Smith 

Keli Solomon 

Julie Sorcek 

Barbara Stone 

Pamela Watkins 

Patricia Weiner 

William Willauer 

Mark Wynnick 

Class of 1987 

Diane Alexanian 

Lois Boisits 

John Crescione 

Marie Delawder 


Joyce Edwards Dufault 

Sarah Enright 

Robert Furce 

Maribeth Griffin 

Christina Gust 

Carol Hazzard 

Daniel Hepp 

Brian Hommel 

Carol Jalbert 

Jeffrey Jones 

Alice Karl 

Doha Khoury 

Ellen Klaus 

George Letts 

Gary Marino 

Cecilia McHugh 

Joseph Monde 

Valerie O'Rourke 

Catherine Parisi 

Ursula Perrefort 

MaryJean Rebeiro 

Barbara Reisinger 

Cheryl Scriven 

Christine Shanley Buck 

Martha Statchen-Slater 

Jodi Tobin 

Michael Tobin 

Michele Valenti 

Sebastian Valenti 

Barbara Wilke 

Gail Williams 

Margaret Williams 

Robert Wylie 

Class of 1988 

Jill Brough 

Pamela Bruschi 

John Carvalho 

Doreen Chudoba 

Margaret Crescione 

Deborah Cyr 

Donna DeFabritis 

Roy Dellinger 


Karen Engstrom 

Scott Fawcett 

Robert Gyle 

Cynthia Hannan 

Joseph Kay 

Joanne Lewis 

Peter McKinney 

Diane Mineo 

Jason Morin 

Robert Noe 

Susan Palma 

Judith Pilch 

Damian Rippon 

Debra Ryan 

Kimberley Rybczyk 

James Sarath 

Rose Sayers 

Polly Tafrate 

Class of 1989 

Debra Bekish 

Christine Blonski 

Judith Brown 

Melissa Conklin 

Cathy Davidson 

Mary Donaty 

Peter Donaty 

John Dutsar 

Grace Geanuracos 

Gregg Geanuracos 

Robert Gibson 

Joel Gomes 

Jeanne Henderson 

Joanne Justiniano 

Lauri Kikosicki 

James Kile 

Joan Kotenski 

Gail Lehman 

Patricia Oeckler 

Monica Piccinini 

Barbara Pokorak 

Mardi Smith 

Joseph Szabo 

Scott Todd 


Class of 1990 

Maureen Armstrong 

Jeffrey Crouch 

Kenneth DiRico 

Patricia Dowling 

Henry Jensen 

Gary Justiniano 

Hannah Kauffman 

Matthew Kieras 

Carol LiVolsi 

Dawn Lukehart 

Lois McCormick 

Catherine Milne 

Ellen Myhill 

Barbara Pretto 

Doris Raymond 

Nan Salamon 

Robert Schmidt 

Pamela Simmons 

Margaret Stephens 

Kim Strom 

Susan Williams 

Class of 1991 

Carolyn Abdella 

Gail Andersen 

Vicki Barrett 

Christina Beaudoin 

Sharon Bradley 

Mark Fernand 

Debra Gardner 

Joseph Giordano 

Anita Harris 

Kang Krten 

Tracey Kurjiaka 

Christopher Kyle 

Allen MacDonald 

Dawn Passano 

James Persico 

Nancy Persico 

Mark Riccio 

Margaret Williams 


Class of 1992 

Beth Bogues 

Robert Brown 

William Dahl 

Maura Drabik 

John Dye 

Hoy Ea 

Marilyn Galanti 

Rose Germinaro 

Kathleen Hood 

Cathy Hunt 

Tammy Kearns 

Thomas Knox 

Jiri Krten 

Joy Kyle 

Sally Lacey 

Lorraine Maher 

Nicholas Mancini 

Katherine McKay 

Harry Rosvally 

Angelle Roussel 

Edmond Ryan 

David Stout 

Lucille Walsh 

Gregg Winters 

Class of 1993 

Edward Abdella 

Alan Addley 

Donna Ames-Trudell 

Mark Benigni 

Bruce Dersch 

Bernard Findley 

Alice Flynn 

Daniel Flynn 

Judith Foye 

Renato Ghio 

Valerie Hale 

Tracy Horosky 

Katharine Ierace 

Susan Kilgore 

James Kunicki 

Anneli Lillbask 

JoAnn Mauceri 


Richard Myers 

Sharon Owen 

Lisa Peck 

Thomas Saadi 

William Unger 

Adrienne Urban 

Barbara Wanzer 

Class of 1994 

Diane Bell 

Timothy Brown 

Kristin Chach 

Terri Csizmadia 

David Dann 

Dawn Grenier 

Barbara Lesperance 

Beatrice McKirgan 

Marcella McVay 

Malanie Perera 

Kathryn Plum 

Theresa Queil 

Diane Rusanowsky 

Christina Seale 

Mary Sergi 

Heather Stone 

Laura Taylor 

Gary Tyra 

Class of 1995 

Barbara Alberts 

Nancy Barton 

Brenda Beagle 

Bradley Bechard 

Leon Bouteiller 

Margaret Bowers 

Monica Connor 

Mary Consoli 

Debra Cratty 

Frederic Cratty 

Kevin FitzGerald 

Susan Gamache 

Jennifer Knox 

Dennis Leszko 

Ingrid Mallon 


Gary Nork 

Richard Parmalee 

Kristen Robinson 

Kristen Sirois 

Jennifer Swanhart 

William White 

Margaret Winters 

Class of 1996 

Donna Albano 

Nancy Cassidy 

Constance Conway 

Audrey Domain 

Barbara Donahue 

Ellen Heffernan 

Patrick Robinson 

Michelle Rock 

Susan Savino 

William Spontak 

Class of 1997 

Linda Bacino 

Beverly Bjorklund 

Vance Cannon 

Jason Davis 

Teri Fernand 

Susan Hartmann 

Maura Keenan 

Robert Lanczycki 

Tammy McInerney 

Todd McInerney 

Judith Novella 

Karyn Palanzo 

Elizabeth Repp 

Joey Robinson 

Birte Selvaraj 

Joanne Sterk 

Peggy Stewart 

Class of 1998 

Elaine Abrams 

Kelly Alguire 

John Apinis 

Dympna Bowers 

Kristine Collin 


Amy Marie Davis 

Luis Diez 

Loretta Ertl 

Kathryn Leszko 

Mary Miller 

Joseph Pasanello 

Cory Plock 

Amy Proulx 

Stephanie Rich 

Jacqueline Rieg-Cerrone 

Patricia Simcoe 

Class of 1999 

David Antedomenico 

Heather DiCello 

Mavis English 

Judith Grundvig 

Richard Horosky 

David Kozlowski 

Jennifer Light 

Deborah Melycher 

Anne Newbury 

Robert Owen 

Valerie Roth 

Barbara Sancho 

Charlotte Scaviola 

Heather Smith 

Class of 2000 

Deborah Bailey 

Berenice Barberi 

Ariel Brandt 

John Brodacki 

Theresa Buzaid 

Paul Caso 

Lisa Crowley 

Alicia Ghio 

Monika Hajzer 

Eleftherios Haralambakis 

Susan Hill 

Kathleen LiVolsi 

Lizette Plock 

Rosemary Wright 


Class of 2001 

Christine Bechum 

Carol Broesler 

Mark Candela 

Vikki Delay 

Yvonne FitzGerald 

Nancy Maxwell 

Kristine Miklus 

Michael Vaughn 

Susan Wright 

Class of 2002 

Jessica Bilyard 

Susan Carbone 

Day De Rosa 

John Egan 

Jason Ginsberg 

Jermain Griffin 

John Lehman 

Jennifer Nash 

Emily Pinto 

George Rogers 

Margarida Sagaria 

Ted Selken 

Emile Waite 

Class of 2003 

Anisha Allen 

Tatania Allen 

Lisa Boff 

Kristal Castellano 

Melissa Dos Santos 

Ali El Moustakim 

Denise Marie Germano 

Nicole Kullberg 

Michael Lombardi 

Magaly Macaluso 

Christopher McPadden 

Christine Schilling 

Martha Winkel 

Class of 2004 

Petrit Ajro 

Donna Albano 

Verna Lee Cordon 


William Druschell 

Vanessa Freitas 

Laura Haskins 

Holly Keeler 

Sissy McKee 

Trinh Mezerewski 

Karen Milewski 

Ellen Murphy 

Monica Perry 

Trevor Perry 

Michael Principi 

Amy Stanzione 

Denise Sullivan 

John Wekerle 

Class of 2005 

Sara Almeida 

Elisa Beckett 

Barry Boriss 

Mary Brocco-DeLorenzo 

Erin Caso 

Samantha Conetta 

Katherine DeGroat 

Margaret Dobbins 

Gail Dow-Goldberg 

Ana Duarte-Pinto 

Amanda Evans 

Mimi Herald 

Debra Hvolbeck-Livingston 

Glynis Jordan 

Brian McIlrath 

Breina Schain 

Sidrah Wahidy 

David Zavarelli 

Class of 2006 

Adam Ayala 

Angela Bednarchak 

Margaret Boyle 

William Burgess 

Natali Cabrera 

Karen Chance 

Lauren Ferrara 

Tristan Fischl 


Debra Gibson 

Regina Hilaire 

Michelle Kelfkens 

Jordan Lee 

Heide Lock 

Linda Mulvihill 

Evan Penchuk 

Petra Schwarz 

Frances Shaver 

Jonathan Soares 

Ryan Soto 

Debra Sutcliffe 

Janice Van Wart 

Gwynne Wittmann 

Victoria Zdanowicz 

Class of 2007 

Marianne Baboo 

Lawrence Bobnick 

Elsie Bruno 

Caitlin Clarkson 

Christopher Coulter 

Barbara Crapa 

Helen Curtin 

Yujian Davis 

Stacy DosSantos 

Megan Gagliardi 

Keith Karvelis 

Susan Lozoraitis 

Robert Mayette 

Lisa McCormick 

Jennifer McPadden 

Christopher Merkle 

Paula Muhlfeld 

Juan Obreros 

Tansie Phillips 

Sara Slater-Smith 

Class of 2008 

Jonathan Astbury 

Christina Bennett 

Richard Bucich 

Anna Cadena 

Tatiana Chang 


Amy Crupi 

Lori Dilport 

Novlet Fidler 

David Figueroa 

Dawn Fletcher 

Diane Forth-Raccio 

Erin Fowler 

Thomas Huizinga 

Concetta Iovieno 

Frank LaBanca 

Matthew Malecot 

Erik Ofgang 

Megan Poulsen 

Eli Reed 

Henry Ricci 

Paul Steinmetz 

Stephanie Tucci 

John Wilson 

Class of 2009 

Lisa Ackerly 

Edmund Breitling 

Carla Netto 

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