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F E A T U R E S T O R I E S
CNR Honors Former
Senator George J. Mitchell at Trustees Gala
Presentation of the Pope
John XXIII Medal to The Honorable George J.
Mitchell by CNR President Stephen J. Sweeny and CNR Alumna Anne M.
Sweeney, Co-Chairman, Disney Media
Networks, President, Disney - ABC Television.
In celebration of The College of New Rochelle’s commitment to educating
and empowering women and
men, the College hosted a black tie gala on April 24, 2007 at Cipriani
42nd
Street. CNR paid tribute to The Honorable George J. Mitchell,
presenting him with the Pope John XXIII Medal in recognition of his
significant achievements as Senator of Maine, United States Senate
Majority Leader, and assiduous peace negotiator in Ireland and the
Middle East. To view George J. Mitchell video presentation click here.
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C N R C O M M
E N C E M E N T
Thursday, May 24, 2007
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
Commencement
Speaker
Brother
Rick Curry,
S.J.
Actor, Author, Teacher
and Advocate for the Disabled
Founder & Artistic Director
The National Theatre Workshop
of the Handicapped
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New CNR Senior
Vice President Appointed
Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny,
president, has announced the
appointment of Dr. Dorothy Escribano
as the College’s Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs, effective July 1, 2007. As the chief
academic officer of the College, Dr. Escribano will supervise the
operations of the College’s four schools, the library, and various
academic support services. She will report directly to the president as
a member of the Executive Team. She succeeds Dr. Joan Bailey, who has
held the position since 1997.
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A R O U N D C N R
School
of Nursing
Celebrates 30th Anniversary
On April 21, 2007, CNR faculty, staff, students and alumnae/i gathered
to celebrate the School
of Nursing’s 30th
Anniversary. The celebration began in Romita Auditorium with a lecture
and panel discussion featuring keynote speaker Mary Healey-Sedutto,
Ph.D., founder and executive director of Hope for a Healthier Humanity
Foundation and Pan American Catholic Health Care Network, who spoke
about the effects of globalization on populations here and in
developing countries. Dr. Healey-Sedutto’s address was followed
by a response panel School of Nursing faculty members Dr. Joan Arnold,
Dr. Anne Duval Frost, Dr. Marie F. Santiago, and Dr. Connie Vance,
Ed.D., RN, F.A.A.N.
The celebration culminated in a dinner during
which CNR President Dr. Stephen Sweeny presented Dr. Healey-Sedutto
with the Ut Vitam Habeant
Abundantius Award.
CNR and ESPN Partners
to Fight Childhood Obesity
CNR “Blue Angels” & ESPN presented a “Play Your Way” Seminar in
Maura Ballroom on Saturday, April 14, 2007. Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics, Harold Crocker presented the ESPN “Play Your Way” concept to
interested students and teachers. ESPN “Play Your Way” is a youth
fitness program designed to encourage kids, ages 7-12, to get fit and
remain physically active by making up their own physically active games
and writing their own rules.
CNR Community Completes
Day of Service
On April 19, 2007, more
than 100 members of the College’s faculty, staff,
and students from the Main Campus, and five NYC campuses participated
in
the College’s Annual Community Service Day coordinated
by the Office of Campus Ministry. This year, CNR's annual event
concentrated on painting, gardening
and cleanup chores, and providing one-on-one services for the residents
of the Richmond Community Services Intermediate Care Facility
Program for the developmentally disabled and physically
challenged in Yonkers, NY.
College Community
Remembers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Tragedy
On April 25,
2007, members of the CNR Community gathered on the Main Campus to
remember the victims of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. Following
the Eucharistic Liturgy in Holy Family Chapel was a
Candlelight Prayer Vigil in Maura Ballroom. In a show of support, CNR
students, faculty, and staff stood
together to form a candlelight recreation of the distinctive Virginia
Tech "VT" logo. To read the statement on the
Tragedy at Virginia Tech by CNR President
Dr. Stephen
J. Sweeny click
here.
SAS Art Department
Alumnae Panel
SAS Art Department presented an Alumnae Panel on April
25, 2007, in Romita
Auditorium featuring four School of Arts & Sciences panelists: Teitjen Murphy
received her BS in Art Education in 1990 and her Masters
in Education in 1993; Sa’dia Rehman
earned her BA in Studio Art &
Art History in 2002; Tara Pasciucco
earned her BFA in Art Therapy in
1999; and Shervone S. Neckles completed
a BFA Studio Art degree in 2002.
New York State
Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie
Speaks to School of Nursing Class on Politics of Health Care
At a Politics of Health Care class held at the New Rochelle Campus on
April 11, 2007, New York State Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie, 83rd
Assembly District, spoke to students from the School of Nursing.
Assemblyman Heastie, a frequent visitor to the College, spoke candidly
to the students about his college career, the current state budget, and
health care issues. Pictured with some of the nursing students are
Assemblyman Heastie (center), Dr. Mary Alice Donius, Dean of the School
of Nursing (left), Terri Eberle, Director of Government Relations (3rd
from right), and Professor Connie Vance (right).
SAS Social Work
Department Presents Panel on Prevention of Domestic Violence
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Byron Goto: A
Retrospective Opens at Castle Gallery
On April 15, 2007, the Castle Gallery hosted a reception for the
current exhibit, Byron Goto: A
Retrospective, which runs through June 15.
In attendance were many friends and family members of the artist. For
more opening reception photos click here.
Women’s Studies
Department Hosts Author Bushra Rehman SAS ’98
On April 17, 2007, the College hosted author Bushra
Rehman
at CNR Café, an informal reading, workshop and book signing
sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences Women’s Studies
Department. Ms. Rehman, a 1998 graduate of the School of Arts and
Sciences, read from Colonize This!
Young Women
of Color on Today’s Feminism, an anthology she co-edited, as
well as from her own work.
SAS to Offer Expanded
Summer Courses at Special Tuition Rates
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CNR Drama Presents
Dramatic Reading of Antigone,
and Colloquim
On April 19, 2007 in Romita Auditorium, The
College of New Rochelle’s student theater group, CNR Drama, performed a
staged reading of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone.
The role of Antigone was played by School of
Arts and Sciences international student Sakina Laksim (r.), who is from
Morocco.
A Colloquium: “Speaking Truth to Power:
Antigone in the
21st Century,” moderated by CNR Associate Professor of Political
Science Dr. Daniel McCarthy, followed the performance.
CNR faculty panelists included Professor of Classics Dr. Ann Raia;
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. Jennifer Scuro; and Associate
Professor of English Dr. Nick Smart.
Eve Was Framed!
Reflections on Women & Religion subject of
Ursuline Institute Panel Discussion at the Co-op City Campus
Eve Was Framed!
Reflections on Women & Religion was the
spring 2007 panel discussion of The Ursuline Institute held at the
Co-op City Campus of the School
of New Resources
on April 12. Elisabeth Brinkmann, R.S.C.J.
(second from right) spoke on Women
in the Bible; Mary Virginia
Orna,
O.S.U. (second from left) discussed Women
in The
DaVinci Code; and Dr. Basil Williams (center), spoke on Women and Ministry. A discussion
with several hundred SNR students who attended the evening presentation
followed the panel presentation. Moderator was College archivist Martha
Counihan, O.S.U. (right). At left: Pearl Sullivan.
Take Your Daughter to
Work Day
On April 26, 2007, CNR welcomed to the Main Campus the
daughters
of faculty and staff on “Take Our Daughters to Work Day” at CNR. After
a welcome breakfast, the VIP guests were taken for a campus tour and
had a day-long schedule of presentations about careers in art,
biology, and nursing. The visitors met with student leaders, played
volleyball on Maura Lawn,
learned
about CPR techniques, Internet, theater, and even dissected a
shark.
C N R S T U D E N T N E W S
13th Annual Student
Symposium of
Westchester Consortium for International Studies Held
The
Thirteenth Annual Student Symposium of the Westchester Consortium of
International Studies was held at CNR on March 29, 2007 in
Romita Auditorium on the main campus of the College. Six students from
three schools spoke at the symposium. From The College of New Rochelle,
Jennifer Lanni spoke on “International Criminal Courts: Saddam Hussein
Trial.” (L.
to r.): Dr. Anne McKernan, Astrid Paniagua (Manhattanville), Itay Golan
(Manhattanville), Jennifer Lanni (CNR), Dean
Richard Thompson.
SAS Honor Students
Present Research Projects
The scholarly undertakings of students enrolled in CNR’s Honors Program
were featured at Honors Conference Day, April 27, 2007.
Working with both peers and faculty mentors, students presented their
findings at the annual luncheon event.
CNR Students Stage Holy
Week Labyrinth
The Labyrinth, an ancient
Christ-centered prayer walk, incorporating music, meditation, art, and
activities at stations along a guided path was held for the fifth
consecutive year at CNR on April 3, 2007 during Holy Week.
Held in Maura Ballroom on the Main Campus, students, faculty, and
administrators took time to walk the stages of the labyrinth. Here
students pause at Station 6 of the 11 stations to reflect on God. One
hour is normally needed to fully embrace the labyrinth experience.
Campus Ministry Honored
Liturgical Ministers
The Office of Campus Ministry honored the liturgical ministers at The
College of New Rochelle with a special brunch on April 29, 2007 in
Maura Ballroom. Peer Ministers, Gospel and Chapel Choir members,
Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Altar Servers, and Liturgy Committee
members were presented with a glass mug on which the Campus Ministry
logo was printed. The 14 graduating student ministers were
especially honored for their years of service with the Office of Campus
Ministry. Pictured above: Suzette Walker-Vega, Assistant Director of
Campus Ministry; Kadeish Brown SAS'09, Peer Minister; and Fr. Joseph
Flynn, Chaplain.
A L U M N A E / I S P O T L I G H
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“I
took my first class at CNR in 1977 while I was at Daytop Village. I
had been at Daytop for a year for heroin addiction. I was anxious about
starting school again, not certain about my future, not clear about
what I wanted to do. I finished Daytop and continued at the School of
New Resources. I learned I could expect a lot of myself. I just haven't
stopped, and it all started at The College of New Rochelle.”
John Bliss
School of New Resources
Class of 1980
The College of New Rochelle
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John Bliss is a
founding partner of The Second Wind, Inc., an addiction
treatment center run on psychoanalytic principles. With his partner
Marcia Poston, John started The Second Wind in 1988. It is a private
outpatient treatment program for people with substance abuse problems,
licensed by New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Services. After attending CNR, John went to Fordham University and
obtained his LCSW degree in 1983. He did his psychoanalytic training at
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and finished
his training in 1998 and has been on the faculty since 1999.
John started out as a
social worker in an addiction treatment center in
Chinatown, later worked at the Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, and
then for a private clinic before establishing Second Wind where, as
John says, “people could be treated in a dignified way, where they’re
not treated as criminals.” John and his partner have deliberately kept
The Second Wind’s operation small. Besides the two of them, and a staff
psychiatrist, there are six therapists who work part-time. Half of the
center’s business is in general psychotherapy, working individually
with patients who are not seen for addiction problems. The Second Wind
also work with the mentally impaired chemical abuser population,
conduct anger-management groups, and has non-structured meditation
groups. At The Second Wind there is a focus on finding the optimal
level of work for each patient, in terms of frequency, group
assignments, and medication. “We want to help people relieve the
constraints in their lives,” says John Bliss.
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F A C U L T Y / S T A F F F O C U S
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"The role of
the librarian as a
facilitator, a teacher, and a guide is even more essential today in our
age of information technology and Internet access. One could say that
the rest of society has joined in the work that librarians have been
doing for a very long time, researching, gathering, organizing and
sharing information."
Susan Acampora
Associate Professor
Mother Irene Gill Library
The College of New Rochelle
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Three collage paintings by Douglas Craft, Professor Emeritus of
Art,
have been selected for the permanent collection of The Butler Institute
of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. They were exhibited in Professor
Craft’s recent show at the Mesaros Galleries of The Bulter Institute of
American Art.
Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School Dr. Richard O’Connell was
picked by Irish-American
magazine as one of this year’s Top 100 in the
field of education. At the awards ceremony, he presented Senator
Hillary Clinton with a copy of his book Motivating Kids To The Max.
The Westchester Library Association has selected CNR’s
Manager of
Communications John Coyne’s
recent novel The Caddie Who Knew Ben
Hogan
for inclusion on the 2007 Washington Irving Book Selection list. The
criteria for selection include a combination of literary quality,
readability, and wide general appeal. Authors and books from the list
will be featured at the annual Westchester Library Association
Conference luncheon on May 11, 2007. Associate Professor of the Gill
Library, Jennifer Ransom, is
the current president of WLA Board of
Directors.
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Castle Gallery
B Y R O N G O T
O :
A Retrospective
April 1 –
June 17,
2007
Co-Curated
by
Jennifer
Zazo
and Tsuru Goto
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Graduate School
S P R I N G
E X H I B I T 2 0 0 7
April 29 - May 20, 2007
Mooney Center Exhibit Hall
Mooney Center, Main Floor
Main Campus
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S T R A W B E R R Y
F E S T I V A L
Sunday, May 6, 2007
12 noon
Maura Lawn
CNR Main Campus
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C N R A
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S P O R T
S A W A R D S
B A N Q U E T
Tuesday, May
8, 2007
6 - 8
p.m.
Beckwith
Pointe
Beach Club
700 Davenport
Ave.
New Rochelle
(914) 235-0620
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H O O D I N G
C E R E M O N I E S
School of New Resources
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Brooklyn Campus
Saturday, May 12, 2007
11:00 a.m.
Restoration Plaza Amphitheatre
Brooklyn
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Co-op City Campus
Monday, May 14, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Co-op City Campus Auditorium
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DC-37 Campus
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
6:00 p.m.
DC-37 Campus
Room 1
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New Rochelle Campus
Wednesday May 16, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Holy Family Chapel
Main Campus
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Rosa Parks Campus
Thursday, May 17, 2007
6:00 p.m.
St. Charles Borromeo Church
211 West 141st Street
Harlem
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John Cardinal O'Connor Campus
Saturday, May 19, 2007
11:00 a.m.
Immaculate Conception Church
389 E. 150th Street
Bronx
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Graduate School
Celebration of Achievement
Monday, May 21, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Holy Family Chapel
Main Campus
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School of Nursing
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
4:00 p.m.
Holy Family Chapel
Main Campus
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School of Arts & Sciences
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
4:30 p.m.
Holy Family Chapel
Main Campus
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C N R
C O M M E N C E M E N T
Thursday, May 24, 2007
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
Commencement Speaker
Brother Rick Curry, S.J.
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69th Annual
C N R A L U M N A E / I
C O L L E G E
W E E K E N D
June 8, 9 10, 2007
Main Campus
Experience
CNR
all over again
during this
amazing weekend!
Classes
ending in 2s or 7s
will be
celebrating reunions.
Keynote Address:
Understanding MEdia
Teri Gamble, Ph.D.
Professor of Communications Studies, CNR
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CNR Blue Angels
S P O R T S
T H I S M O N T H
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S O F T B A
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Thursday,
May 3
HVWAC
Make-up Date
4 p.m.
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Saturday, May 5
HVWAC
Tournament
10 a.m.
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All home
games played
@ D’Onofrio Field
New Rochelle, NY
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