The College Names
New Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Richard Thompson as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, effective August 1, 2004.

Record Number Comprise
Centennial Class of 2004
During Commencement
at Radio City Music Hall
On May 27, the College’s record-setting Class of 2004 -- more than 1,600 strong -- were the star performers at Radio City Music Hall during this year’s Centennial Commencement.

America’s Pre-eminent
Feminist Theologian at CNR
Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Fordham University, addressed the question “For the Second Century, Why Catholic?” at the final Centennial Academic Convocation held on June 5 during the Centennial Alumnae/i College Weekend. An overflowing crowd of alumnae/i, faculty, and friends filled a large tent on Maura Lawn to hear Professor Johnson, who is regarded as America’s pre-eminent feminist theologian. Following the Convocation, President Sweeny conferred an honorary degree on Sister Elizabeth and awarded her the special Centennial Medal.

CNR  Shares
Coburn Memorial Home Gift
On July 28, at an afternoon reception held in Leland Castle on the Main Campus, the Board of Trustees of the Colburn Memorial Home, a former senior citizen residence in New Rochelle, donated the entire proceeds from the sale of its Clinton Avenue property to nine area not-for-profit organizations, including The College of New Rochelle.

College Honored for Outstanding Commitment
to Community
On June 9, the College was honored by the New Rochelle Council of Community Services for outstanding commitment to the New Rochelle community during its annual luncheon at the Davenport Club in New Rochelle.

President Stephen J. Sweeny accepted the award on behalf of the College. The NRCCS is comprised of health and human service agencies, religious institutions, educational facilities and other not-for-profit organizations united to improve and coordinate the delivery of services to all members of the community. Karen Farber GS’86, Co-President of the Council, presented the award to President Sweeny, saying that The College of New Rochelle had “changed her life.”

Others honored at the luncheon were Chris Templeman of the New Rochelle Boys & Girls Clubs and Yolanda Davis of HOPE Community Services.

CNR Athletic Awards
The 2003-2004 Athletic Awards Banquet was held on Friday, May 14, at Juliano’s Restaurant in downtown New Rochelle. Dr. Amy Bass, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program and author of Not the Triumph but the Struggle: the 1968 Olympic Games and the Making of the Black Athlete  spoke to the student athletes on “Women in Sports Today.”

CNR At The Olympics
From August 13 - 29,  Dr. Amy Bass, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program in The College of New Rochelle’s School of Arts and Sciences, is attending the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.  Dr. Bass is the Research Room Supervisor at the Games, working for the NBC network. She oversees researchers who act as the central information network for the broadcast of the Games on NBC. Dr. Bass is sending CNR emails of interesting news from the Olympics, exclusive to our CNR website. So visit www.cnr.edu today and read first-hand of her experiences during the Summer Games.

Director of College
Health Services
Gives Keynote Address
Marie Serina, RN-C, MA, FNP-CS, Director of College Health Services at the College, gave the keynote address at the May 12 National Nursing Week commemoration at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, NY.  This event, sponsored by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, focused on this year’s American Nurses Association theme, “Nurses: Your Voice, Your Health, Your Life.”

Marie was joined by Natasha Ramgahan, RN, Gail Wilson, RN, and Hope Holmes-Gay, RN, three students who are pursuing their baccalaureate degrees at the College’s School of Nursing.

66th Annual Alumnae College Reunion Weekend was held
on June 4, 5, and 6, 2004.
They dined, danced, were intellectually stimulated, received awards, posed for photos, and renewed friendships forged during their years at The College of New Rochelle. They were the alumnae/i of the Classes ending in 4s and 9s, and the place was the 66th Annual Alumnae/i College, held in early June.

Three Generation Alumnae Family Honors Matriarch with Gift to The College of New Rochelle
During the College’s 66th Annual Alumnae/i College Weekend in early June, four sisters -- all graduates of the School of Arts & Sciences at CNR -- announced that they will be naming a seating area in Gill Library in honor of their mother, Kathryn (Kaye) Shanley Vavasour SAS ’44, who was attending her 60-year reunion.

Castle Gallery to
Spotlight the Talents
of Alumnae/i Artists
To mark the culmination of its Centennial year celebration, CNR’s Castle Gallery will launch a juried multi-media art exhibition, Once Upon A Time: Visions by Alumnae/i Artists, spotlighting the work of 49 CNR alumnae artists. The exhibit, which will be on display from September 5 through November 14, will include crafts, installation, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, video, and works on paper.

The artwork was selected by a panel of jurors which included Jennifer McGregor, the Visual Arts Curator of Wave Hill in the Bronx, Simone Dewey, the owner and founder of Simone's Gallery Ltd. of Pelham, and Katherine Gass, the President and founder of James Company Contemporary Art Projects LLC, a curatorial and art consultancy organization.

 More than half of the participating artists reside in Westchester County, with the balance of artists hailing from New York City and Long Island and New Jersey, Connecticut, among several other states. An opening reception will take place on September 12 from 2 - 4 p.m. This reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.

Castle Gallery is located on the Main Campus in New Rochelle and is open Tuesday to Friday, 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 12 - 4 pm.  It is closed Mondays and major national holidays.  For more information, visit www2.cnr.edu/cg.htm or call (914) 654-5423.

New Con Edison Access Center
at Rosa Parks Campus
A $100,000 grant from Consolidated Edison, Inc. to upgrade the School of New Resources Access Center at the Rosa Parks Campus with new equipment and software, as well as ongoing maintenance and training for faculty and students, was recognized by the College with the renaming of the Access Center as the Con Edison Access Center. This Center is available to approximately 600 students who are enrolled at SNR’s Harlem Campus. Dr. Joan Freilich, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Con Ed, and the Vice Chair of CNR’s Board of Trustees, spoke at the official naming of the Con Edison Access Center.

Ursuline High School
Students at CNR
This June, three dozen female high school students from Ursuline Schools in Wilmington, Delaware; Mt. St. Ursula in Bronx, New York; Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Texas; and the Ursuline Academy in St. Louis, Missouri, spent a week of service at non-profit organizations in Greater New York while using CNR as their "home base." This is the second summer that the College has been honored to host these Ursuline high school students on campus. The students are all participants in a special Ursuline Schools Unite in Service program. This year, the young women delivered food they prepared and clothes they collected to the homeless in Manhattan, worked in gardens, and did office work in White Plains, all part of the Ursuline schools emphasis on service to the community.

The College Remembers
Sr. Estelle Ghidoni
It was with great sadness that President Sweeny informed the College Community of the passing of Sr. Estelle Ghidoni, OSU ’32 on June 26 at the Marian Residence in New Rochelle.  Sr. Estelle, who was also known as Mother Bonaventure, was 93 years old at the time of her death. A beloved faculty member, she began teaching in the College’s Biology Department in 1944 and remained there until her retirement in 1976.  In the years following her retirement from CNR, Sr. Estelle taught Environmental Botany at the New York Botanical Gardens, worked in ambulatory care at New Rochelle Medical Center (now Sound Shore Medical Center), and served as a Eucharistic Minister at the Bayberry Nursing Home in New Rochelle.