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98th CNR
Commencement
at Radio City Music Hall
The
College confers honorary degrees on Tim Russert, Maureen Orth, and
Cicely Tyson. Over 1,300 students graduate from CNR.
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Commencement Speeches
President Stephen J. Sweeny
Maureen Orth
Timothy J. Russert
Cicely Tyson
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Edith Greene O’Hara ’30, attended Alumnae/i College with her daughter
Maude Hughes and granddaughter Margaret Hughes.
Alumnae/i
College Weekend: Defining Wellness in the 21st Century
CNR’s 67th annual
Alumnae/i College Weekend focuses on wellness in the 21st century.
Ursula Laurus, Angela Merici, and Women of Achievement Awards are
presented to 33 alumnae. m o r e
New Dean for
CNR
Graduate School Named
Dr. Guy E.
Lometti is the new Dean of the Graduate School, succeeding Dr. Nancy
Brown who leaves CNR after 13-year career. m o r e
Nursing Educator
Master’s program begins in September
Dean Donna
Demarest has announced a new state-certified Master’s Nurse Educator
program to start this fall. This master’s program puts nurses on a
34-credit track to become educators and is designed to help address the
critical shortage of nurse educators. m o r e

C N R S T U D E N T N E W S
Students
of Achievement
15 SAS students
make presentations in Maura Hall. Student of Achievements recognition
is sponsored by Women’s Studies Committee. m o r e
Undergraduates
bridging cultures in Mexico
Five SAS social
work and education students spent eight days in Oaxaca, Mexico in June
on a study/learning trip. m o r e
Summer
Art Workshop for high school students
The Art
Department again offers intense summer art workshop for high school
students. m
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F A C U L T Y F O C U S
Dr. Cynthia Kraman,
SAS Associate
Professor of English, delivered a paper entitled “Ego Dormio: Insomnia,
Desire, and the Song of Songs in Levinas” at the 40th International
Congress on Medieval Studies held in May at Western Michigan
University. Dr. Kraman is cited as a contributor to sessions of the
newly created Societas Ovidiana in The
Book of Forty compiled by The
Medieval Institute. Also in May Dr. Kraman gave a reading with Poetry
Flash editor/publisher Joyce Jenkins in Detroit, and work from her
Summer Night Poems series appear in the recent The Café Review.
SAS Honors Program
Director, Dr. Amy Bass, has had an article entitled
“What Honors Students Are Like Now” accepted for publication by the
Journal of the National Collegiate
Honors Council.
Michael Grabowski,
SAS Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, has
been elected the Media Ecology Association representative to the 2006
Eastern Communication Association convention in Philadelphia. He will
organize the call for papers and panels for the division next year.
Adjunct Associate
Professor of Business, Russel R. Taylor, a Trustee of
Richmond University in London, England, received an honorary Doctor of
International Business in May from this American international
university.
Dale Drakeford, SNR
Co-op City Campus Instructional Staff, read from
his new publication, A Universal
Template for Research Position and
Life Experience Papers, at the Co-op City Barnes & Noble in
May.

A L U M N A E / I N E W S
Dr. Emelise Aleandri SAS ’65, has
been selected as a Queens Woman of Distinction for 2005. The Women of
Distinction program honors exemplary women throughout New York State
whose singular professional or personal achievements, commitment to
excellence, accomplishments and dedicated service on behalf of their
communities merit them special recognition by the State Senate.
Donald Paglieri, who received a Professional Diploma in School District
Administration from CNR in 1988, has been selected the 2005 Man of the
Year by the Pelham Civic Association. Mr Paglieri is being recognized
for his many contributions to the Pelham community, and for his
“qualities of character that truly define a gentleman,” according to
the president of the Pelham Civic Association.