F E A T U R E S T O R Y
CNR Confers 1,200 Degrees at 102nd
Commencement
On May 21, 2009, The College of New Rochelle celebrated its 102nd
Commencement as it graduated the Class of 2009. The College awarded
approximately 1,200 baccalaureate and master’s degrees, during
commencement exercises at Radio City Music Hall. Pictured here is
Gina Jones moments after receiving her master’s degree from CNR.
This year at Commencement, The College of New Rochelle conferred
honorary degrees on three distinguished recipients. Pictured here
with CNR President Stephen J. Sweeny (far right) are (left to right)
Michael J. Brescia, Executive Medical Director of Calvary
Hospital; Joan E. McVetty Bristol, Vice President for Student
Services, The College of New Rochelle; and Brother Tyrone Davis,
CFC, Executive Director, Office of Black Ministry of the Archdiocese of
New York. m o r e
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Welcome to
Our Newest Alumnae/i -
Class of 2009
Prior to the 102nd Commencement of the graduating
Class of 2008, the traditional Hooding Ceremonies were held on all the
campuses of The College of New Rochelle. Student representatives spoke
on behalf of the graduates. Here are photos in a slideshow format
and excerpts from those speeches.
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2009
Hooding
Ceremonies
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71st Annual Alumnae/i College Weekend
CNR celebrated its 71st annual
Alumnae/i
College Reunion over the June 5-7 weekend. Graduates of The
College
of New Rochelle, including the class officers from classes ending in
4's and 9's pictured above, returned
to campus for a weekend of fun and
remembrances.
Angela Merici Medal recipients pictured with President Sweeny are l. to
r.: Eileen Mylod Hayden ’59,
Florence O'Donovan ’39, and Carole McCarthy Nicholson ’59. List of
2009 Awardees
Alumnae/ Association Candidates
Announced
The slate of
officers, directors, and
nominating committee members is presented for election. We are
deeply indebted to members of the Nominating Committee chaired by Tara
Nicole Alfano SAS’02 & GS’04, for their earnest effort to formulate
a slate that truly represents our alumnae/i body. To view the
candidates click
here.
Your endorsement via the electronic
ballot acknowledges these alumnae/i as your
representatives.
New York City Networking Breakfast Held for
CNR Alumnae/i
On May 5, 2009 a New York City Networking Breakfast for CNR
alumnae/i was hosted by Jane Canner, Ph.D., SAS’72. Jane serves as the
President of Classroom Inc. and spoke about Classroom Inc., which is a
nonprofit that helps kids learn through real life computer generated
simulations. Daria Doyle Sheehan SAS’73 also spoke on her role as
Senior Program Officer for the Citigroup Foundation, as Citigroup is a
major supporter of Classroom Inc. Fifteen alumnae/i attended the
breakfast. The next one is scheduled for September 15 and is hosted by
Kristin Krause McDonough SAS’68 at the Science Industry and Business
Library of the New York Public Library.
A R O
U N D C N R
37th
Annual Strawberry Festival Held on Main Campus
On May 3, 2009, the 37th
Annual Strawberry Festival was held on the Main Campus of The College of New Rochelle. The
Strawberry Festival, which was introduced in 1973, is the single largest event organized
entirely by the College’s undergraduates. m o r e
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Community Part of Spring Clean up of Huguenot Park
2009 CNR
Community Service Day participants pose with New Rochelle Mayor
Noam Bramson and New Rochelle Parks & Recreation Commissioner Bill
Zimmerman. Photo courtesy of Thomas
O’Connell and United Way.
The City of New
Rochelle’s Huguenot Park and Jack’s Friendship Garden Park
received a spring cleaning on April 28, 2009, thanks to a team of 50
volunteers from The College of New Rochelle. This was the final
community service event of the spring semester coordinated by CNR’s
Office of Campus Ministry. Following a welcome by New Rochelle Mayor
Noam Bramson and New Rochelle Parks & Recreation Commissioner
Bill Zimmerman, CNR Chaplain Fr. Joseph Flynn, OFM Cap, offered a
prayer for the environment. CNR volunteers then got to work painting
benches and picnic tables, spreading topsoil, and cleaning up Twin
Lakes shoreline. The event was coordinated in partnership with the
Volunteer Center of United Way. "This community collaboration recognizes
the thoughtful coordinating efforts of the Volunteer Center of United
Way partnering with the spirited volunteers representing The College of
New Rochelle. Our city has greatly benefited from this extraordinary
day of park service!" said New Rochelle Parks & Recreation
Commissioner Bill Zimmermann.
Athletics & Student Leadership Banquet
Held at Beckwith Pointe
Kathie Levache,
Professor Emerita of Physical Education, and past Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics, congratulates Megan Showell SAS’09, winner
of the Blue Angels Award.
The College of New Rochelle's
annual Sports Awards & Student Leadership Banquet 2009 was
held on May 6, 2009. More than 20 sports awards were presented to
student athletes, including the top Blue Angels Award to Megan Showell
SAS’09, and the Senior Scholar Athlete Award to Rachael Unger SAS’09. The Blue Angels Award is given to a
graduate with outstanding athletic
ability and academic performance, generous service to the College
Community, and dedication to the values of The College of New Rochelle.
The Scholar Athlete Award is given to the student-athlete with the
highest cumulative GPA. In
addition to the sports awards, Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry,
recognized the contributions to the College Community made this year by
peer ministers, and Rosanna Santos-Elliott, Director of Student
Development and Tiffani Blake, Associate Director of Student
Development, recognized the contributions of the resident assistants
and the student leaders of the campus clubs and organizations.
Game Show
On The Environment Held
The annual Earth Day Game Show was held
on April 28, 2009 in Romita Auditorium. Students in the WILDE Club
(Women in Lasting Defense of the Environment) established the game a
number of years ago as a different way to celebrate Earth Day. Their
goal was to get students to think and learn about the environment in a
fun and entertaining way. Dr. Nick Smart, Associate Professor of
English in the School of Arts & Sciences, served as the game show
host. This year's event featured the new ‘clicker’ technology
called the Student Response System (SRS). This device is used to
promote active learning in the classroom. Students respond to questions
posed by an instructor using clickers (small handheld keypads) that
send information to a wireless receiver. The system records student
responses and displays the results during a class session or other
event through a PowerPoint presentation.
Rite Of
Passage Held At Co-Op City Campus
The School of News
Resources Co-op City Campus held an African “Rite of Passage” event on
April 17, 2009. The event, organized by Pearl Sullivan, Coordinator of
Retention, is celebrated in many cultures and marks a significant
change in the life of the adolescent into adulthood. This event at SNR
is used to expose our students to traditional African rituals and was
facilitated by a community organization.
CNR Hosts LUNAFEST Film
Festival
Pictured at this
year's LUNAFEST, which was presented on the College’s Main Campus, is
Dr. Richard Thompson, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, and
Dr. Roblyn Rawlins, CNR Chair of Women’s Studies, School of Arts &
Sciences.
On April 17, 2009, The College of New Rochelle once
again hosted the LUNAFEST® film festival featuring award-winning
short films by, for, and about women. The unique film program
highlights the richness of women's stories, illustrated through short
films. The annual LUNAFEST event, launched in 2001 to support
female artists and their works, is sponsored by LUNA, the manufacturer
of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women. Merchandise donated by Liz
Claiborne, Inc. was raffled and all proceeds from the event benefited
My Sisters’ Place of Westchester and the Breast Cancer Fund.
C N R S T U D E N T N E W S
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CNR Student Profile
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"During my four years
at CNR I have had the chance to study with a
number of amazing professors. They have all made me the person I am
today, and I am truly grateful for what I have learned.."
Samantha Bach
Year: 2009
Major: Nursing
School: Schoool of Nursing
Home Town:
Chicopee, MA
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Symposium on West Side Story
Meeting one of the
cast members after the show are (l.) Darianna Parra SAS’10 and Kristin
Diaz SAS’10. With the CNR Honors Program students is Kyle Coffman who
played A-rab, a member of the Jets!
Honors Program students took part in a special symposium
that focused on the musical West
Side Story. CNR Drama Director Laurie Castaldo discussed the
significance of the musical in American theater history; Dr. Roblyn
Rawlins, chair of Women's Studies and Sociology in the School of Arts
& Sciences, spoke on the political and social implications of the
show. The students completed the seminars by attending the Broadway
revival at the Palace Theater.
SNR Students Finish
Semester with Posters on Display
SNR student
Assunta Gugliemo shows off her classwork.
In early May a poster session was hosted by New Rochelle
Campus director Dr. Elena Bront De Avila and the Spring 2009 Ways of
Knowing class. Ways of Knowing is the exit core course at the
School of New Resources, and the theme of this year's poster session
was “Self-Reflection, Who Have We Become at The College of New
Rochelle.”
Freshman Akosuah Agyei
wins Westchester Chemical Society Award
Freshman honor
student Akosuah Agyei, a double major in chemistry and biology, was
recognized for her academic achievements at the Student Achievement
Awards Dinner of the Westchester Chemical Society on May 6, 2009.
Freshmen chemistry students who excelled in scholastic performance and
aptitude in the laboratory and have the probability of a future career
in the chemical sciences were presented award certificates and special
prizes by the Westchester Chemical Society.
Akosuah was acknowledged by the College for her work in CNR’s Center
for Academic Excellence, where she was active as a chemistry tutor for
the students in the School of Nursing. Also this semester at the annual
Sonia Kovalesky Day for high school students, she co-taught a forensic
science workshop for visiting high school students.
Born in Ghana, West Africa, Akosuah is the daughter of a pharmacist,
and early in her life became fascinated with her father’s work because
it resulted in helping people and saving them from serious African
illnesses. She now wants to follow in her father’s footsteps. Akosuah
is a graduate of the Colonie Central High School in Albany, NY.
Graduation Expo Gives
Seniors an Edge on Graduation Week
Graduation Expo took place on April 16, 2009. This
afternoon event, held in the Student Campus Center, gave seniors from
the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Nursing the
opportunity to meet with a variety of College offices and prepare the
necessary paperwork for graduation, including ordering their class ring
and signing up for the alumnae/i online community.
Honor Students Present
Their Research
Jelena Krstic SAS'10 with her junior colloquium project on comparative
ideas of terrorism in the 21st century. Jelena served this year as the
Honors Conference Day Coordinator.
On April 30, 2009, the Annual
Honors Conference Day was held on the Main Campus of CNR. Many of the
students featured were members of the Honors Colloquium “Catastrophe!
The Course!” – a six-credit interdisciplinary seminar engaging
students in intensive readings and conversations that focused on the
socially constructed concept of ‘catastrophe.’ Students explored the
cultural, political, and social ramifications of spectacle events, with
a particular focus on Hurricane Katrina and 9-11. The course
demonstrated how the Honors Program, as governed by the student-faculty
collaboration of the Honors Board, fostered learning that is both
issue-oriented and responsive to diverse perspectives. Other
students featured at this year’s Conference Day were those who engaged
in Honors Contracts, study abroad, or other paths of individual
learning, working one-to-one with a faculty mentor.
F A C U L T Y / S T A F F F O C U S
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“The Center for
Academic Excellence
is a place where sharing and refining is as important as correcting
mistakes and doctoring ailing term reports.”
Woodrow Bovell
Director
Center for Academic Excellence
The College of New Rochelle
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Dr.
Susan A. Conte, Associate Professor of Guidance & Counseling
in the Graduate School, offered an in-service workshop at Trinity House
Addiction Center of St. Luke's -Roosevelt Hospital on May 14. The
workshop, “Self-Injury, Addiction, and Group Process Variables,” was
given for the center's clinical staff.
On April 26, 2009, Robert
Wolf, Professor of Art in the Graduate School, hosted a special
Open Studio Event for the membership of the National Psychological
Association for Psychoanalysis, the oldest and largest psychoanalytic
training institute in the country. Professor Wolf displayed more than
60 pieces of contemporary stone sculpture and many photographs.
Ann Zalendski,
an adjunct instructor in the Education Department of the School of Arts
& Sciences, was honored on April 20, 2009 by the New Rochelle
Special Education Parent Teacher Association for her exceptional
contribution to educating specials needs students within the general
school community.
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