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The Fall CNR Town
Meeting was held in Romita Auditorium on Tuesday, November 29, 2005.
President Sweeny welcomed the College Community and brought everyone up
to date on topics such as the progress of the Wellness Center. Each of
the Vice Presidents gave reports from their respectives areas, and a
question and answer session followed.
All CNR campuses were able to participate in the meeting
through video streaming provided by the Office of Information
Systems.
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E N E F I T S F A I R
CNR’s annual fall Benefits Fair
sponsored by the Office of Human Resources for the faculty and staff of
CNR was held on the main campus on Friday,
November 18. As always, representatives from the providers and
vendors
to the College were on hand to answer questions.
Visitors to the Fair had the
opportunity to experience vision screenings, massage therapy,
reflexology, Reiki and hand massages.
C N R D R A M
A P E R F O R M S C A B
A R E T
To mark its
centennial year season, the Dramatic Society of
The College of New Rochelle presented their Fall production of Cabaret in Romita Auditorium on
CNR’s Main Campus, November 4 - 12, 2005. The
production was directed
by Laurie Peterson Castaldo, with choreography by Juan Borona and music
direction by Kurt Kelley.
D I R E C T O R, A U T H O R
& A C T I N G
C O A C H A T C N R
Acting coach to award winning actors and author of The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True
Potential as an Actor,
Larry Moss, spoke in Romita Auditorium on Monday evening, November 21,
2005. Mr. Moss, who has coached such Academy Award winners as Helen
Hunt and Hilary Swank, and is currently directing the critically
acclaimed play RFK in New
York City, discussed the craft of acting with members of CNR’s Student
Theatre Ensemble.
R E M E M B E R I N G R O S A
On Thursday, November 10,
2005, the Rosa Parks Campus of CNR held a special memorial service and
celebration of the life of Rosa Parks. Among those posing with a photo
of the legendary
civil rights leader is Acting Director Barbara Adams, Elnora Harrison,
Adjunct
Faculty, and Ken Jones, Adjunct Faculty and journalist who spoke at the
service.
U R S U L I N E I N S T I T U T E P A N E L
The Ursuline Institute
presented a panel discussion on religion and politics in Romita
Auditorium on Thursday,
November 17, 2005. The panel of CNR
faculty included (l. to r.) Pearl Sullivan, Coordinator of Retention
Systems at
the Co-op City Campus of the School of New Resources; Dr. Nelson
Ong, Associate Professor of
Political Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences; and Dr. Dennis Ryan,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Arts &
Sciences. The
two hour panel presentation and discussion was one of many special
events presented by the Ursuline Institute.
S T U D E N T S C O N N E C T W I T H S E N I O R S
Althea Graham, SAS ’07 (r.) was one of ten SAS students enrolled in a
course on Foundations of Social Work Practice who spent time recently
with adult residents of Willow
Towers, an
assisted living facility near the college’s main campus in New
Rochelle. The trip to Willow
Towers was
to help students learn about new ways of caring for our aging
population.
H S W O M E N ' S A R T E X H I B I T I O N
An awards ceremony and reception was
held on Sunday, November 13, 2005 for the 12th Annual High School Women
Artists Competition. This year's show was the largest in its 12-year
history, featuring the works of 121 artists
from 38 high schools throughout the United States. m o r e
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The
College of New Rochelle hosted its annual Family Weekend from Friday,
November 4 through Sunday, November 6, 2005. The autumn tradition for
CNR students and their families provided opportunities to experience
campus life and to dine and socialize with other CNR families. m o r e
H E A L T H Y
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Healthy Campus 2010,
a successful
collaboration between the Health Services Office and the School of
Nursing at The College of New Rochelle, was held on the Main
Campus on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, from 10 am to 4
pm. CNR nursing students offered presentations on health
promotion topics to the CNR community, senior citizens from Willow
Towers, an assisted living facility, and students from Isaac E. Young
Middle School. m o r e
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N U R S I N G
I N F O S E S S I O N
On Wednesday, November 2, 2005, more than 75 students from New Rochelle
High School (NRHS) attended an on-site information session on career
opportunities in nursing. Four seniors from the School of Nursing
at The College of New Rochelle visited NRHS as part of a five-week
outreach effort to local high schools, middle schools and grammar
schools. CNR plans on visiting schools in Mt. Vernon, Pelham,
Bronx and Queens through the end of November.
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R S U L I N E S Y M P O S I U M
Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry, accompanied two CNR student
representatives to the International Student Leaders Symposium held at
the Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in late
October. The CNR students, Gabrielle Carrasquillo, SN’08, and Megan
Skrip, SAS’07 joined eighty-six student leaders from twenty-three
universities and eight different countries who met to discuss issues of
global concerns. Pictured above (l. to r. ): Helen, Sr. Christine Liu,
Mother Theresa Lim, Sr. Fidelas Wang (former president of Wenzao,
current President of the Board of Trustees), Megan, and Gabrielle.
C N R A T T E
N D S H O N O R S C O N F E R E N C E
Members of the School of Arts
and Sciences’ Honors Program attended
the 2005 National Collegiate Honors Council’s annual conference in St.
Louis, Missouri, October 27 – 30. The students attending with Honors
Program Director Dr. Amy Bass were (above): Sara Weigand SAS’08;
Kathryn
Tyranski SAS ’06 and Elizabeth Skrip SAS’06. The conference,
entitled
“Gateway to Exploration and Discovery,” brought together faculty and
students from honors programs around the country to present research on
a variety of topics.
D O M E S T I
C V I O L E N C E A W A R E N E S S D A Y
New York State Assemblyman
George Latimer, who represents the New Rochelle Campus, visited CNR on
Thursday, October 27, to participate in a Domestic Violence Awareness
Day on
campus. This event, organized by Student Development and Programs,
Government
Relations, and the Student Government Association, is part of New York State’s observance of domestic
violence awareness month. Here Assemblyman Latimer talks with
CNR Director of Government Relations Terri Eberle Boyle, who worked
with the
students in organizing this event.
F O U R T H
A N N U A L G O L F & T E N N I S O U T I N
G
The Fourth Annual CNR Golf & Tennis
Outing was held on Tuesday, October 18,
2005,
at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle. Playing golf or tennis at this
special CNR event were over 100 alumnae/i and friends of the
College. m o r e
S T O P T H
E R A I D O N S T U D E N T A I D
Freshman student Jee Hee Yoon sends a quick email to her congressional
representatives urging them to “Stop the Raid on Student Aid.”
Organized by Terri Eberle Boyle, Director of Government Relations at
CNR, laptops were set up in the Student
Campus Center
so students could go on-line and email their representatives about the
proposed cuts to student aid.
Now is a critical time for us to let Congress know how we feel about
higher education regulations and funding.
To contact your federal representatives via email to “Stop the Raid on
Student Aid” c l i c
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F O U N D E R ' S
D A Y
On October
20, 2005, The College of New Rochelle began its
Founder’s Day celebration with a Liturgy of the Eucharist in Holy
Family Chapel.
Following the liturgy, a luncheon was held in the Student Campus Center
along with the presentation of the Serviam Awards for 2005. Five
students from the School of Nursing, School of Arts & Sciences,
School of New Resources, and the Graduate School were recognized for
continuing to serve in the tradition of the Ursuline ministries.
Above: The 2005 Serviam Awardees (l.-r.): Nancy
Hicks, School of Arts and Sciences; Julia Geronimo, School of Arts and
Sciences; Bethany Bellino,
School of Nursing; and Rebecca Greene, School of New Resources. Not
pictured: Thomas Smythe, Graduate School.
President
Sweeny posed with Founder's Day speakers Dr. Susan Conte, OSU
(l.) and Kari Black (r.).
V I S I T I N
G A R T I S T L E C T U R E
Geraldine Ondrizek, an Associate
Professor of Art at Reed College, delivered a lecture
in Romite Auditorium on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 . Her
installation piece “Repairing RNA” is based on an embroidery loom
used since the 17th century in South East Asia. The work (r.) is on
view at the Mooney Center
Gallery from October 1 through October 26, 2005.
C N R C O M M
U N I T Y S E R V I C E D A Y
On
Wednesday October 12, 2005, CNR held its annual Community Service Day
where CNR volunteers served at organizations
throughout New Rochelle and New York City, including Jacqueline
O'Connor SAS'09, who volunteered at the YKIdz Afternoon program
at Webster Elementary School in New Rochelle. m o r e
C N R F I N A
N C I A L R E P O R T
Judith
Huntington, Vice President for Financial Affairs, and Keith Borge,
Controller, presented to the College Community the annual financial
report on Thursday, October 13, the twenty-seventh consecutive year of
positive operating results for the College.
W O M E N ' S C O L L E G E C O A L I T I O N A D
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As seen in
The New York Times!
The College of New Rochelle
was listed among the Women's College Coalition members in an ad that
appeared in the Sunday, October 2, 2005 edition of The New York Times. The ad entitled
"Women's Education The Unfinished Agenda" featured endorsements
from First Lady Laura Bush and Senator Hillary Clinton.
To view the ad click
here
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The semester’s first Commuter Coffee
House was held on Tuesday, October 4th in the Mooney Center Lounge on
the main campus. The Commuter Coffee House is a Student Development
& Programs sponsored event that offers a continental breakfast and
relaxing environment to students who do not reside on campus. The
Coffee House breakfasts are an opportunity for commuting students to
meet other commuter students.
S L E E P O U T 2 0 0 5
On September 28, 2005, The College of
New Rochelle hosted Sleep Out 2005. Members of the College Community
made temporary “homes for the night”
out of cardboard boxes, thereby experiencing for one night what the
homeless in America face every night. Above: (l.-r.) Laura
Enright SN’08; Megan Skrip SAS’07, and Melissa Morgan SN’09 get
ready for their night outside. m o r e
L I S O U N D C L A S
S T R I P
Under the guidance of Dr. Faith Kostel-Hughes, Associate Professor of
Biology at CNR (l.), members of the School of Arts & Sciences
Environmental Biology class had a chance to learn about and experience
the Long Island Sound in a more direct way -- by kayaking.
The students learned about the Long Island Sound’s natural history and
developed a greater sense of connection to this major habitat so close
to campus.
(L.) Dr. Richard Thompson, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences
(and kayak enthusiast), also accompanied the class on their trip.
C N R S T U D
E N T A W A R D E D E P A F E L L
O W S H I P
(Second from left): Megan Skrip, a junior in the School of Arts &
Sciences, has
been awarded a Greater Research Opportunities Student Fellowship
from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). m o r e
P R E S I D E N T ' S C I R C L
E D I N N E R
President Sweeny
officially launched the Campaign for the new Wellness
Center at the President’s Circle Dinner on September 22, 2005.
CNR President Stephen Sweeny (left) poses
with Campaign Chair Christine LaSala SAS'72 and Board of Trustees Chair
Michael Ambler before a rendering of the new Wellness Center. m o r e
R 3 E X H I B
I T O P E N I N G
Left: Curator Susan M. Canning and Castle Gallery Director
Jennifer Zazo at the September 18 opening reception of the Castle
Gallery exhibit, R³:
Reading
‘Ritin ‘Rithmetic, 30 Years Later. Right: Over 100 visitors,
young and old, enjoyed both the art and outdoor reception.
This exhibition, which runs from September 11
through November 13, 2005, spotlights the work of 13 artists who
use reading (text or text- based), writing (language and
words),
and arithmetic (numbers and systems) as their medium for art making.
R³
takes a
fresh look at how, thirty years later, contemporary artists continue to
use the
"3 Rs" in their paintings, sculpture, mixed media, and book-based
art. m o r e
C O N S T I T U T I
O N D A Y
Dr. James Schleifer led a discussion with the students and faculty of
CNR on Constitution Day, Monday,
September 19, 2005. Dr. Schleifer, Dean of Gill Library, is
a noted scholar on Alexis de Tocqueville, and spoke on how this French
statesman, traveler, historian saw our constitution. The discussion was
held at noon in the Gill
Library Café.
O P E N I N G O
F S C H O O
L Y E A R
M E E T I N G & D I N N E R
On Friday evening,
September 16, 2005, the College Community came together for their
annual Opening of School Year Meeting. President Sweeny, along with the
Vice Presidents and Deans,
gave up-to-date progress reports of each school/area and introduced new
members to the College Community.
Immediately
following the meeting, a dinner was held to honor faculty and staff
celebrating service anniversaries and share a meal at the beginning of
the fall semester.
President Sweeny
is joined by Dr. James Schleifer, Dean of Gill Library, and Sr. Mary
Virginia Orna, Professor of Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences,
both celebrating 35 years of dedicated service to The College of New
Rochelle.
Click here for 2005 Service
Anniversaries List
S T U D E N T A C T I V I T
Y D A Y
This year's Student Activity Day was held in the Student Campus
Center where new students were introduced to the many clubs and
activities at CNR.
One of the many tables on display was Campus Ministry's. CNR Chaplain Fr. Joseph Flynn, OFM Cap. and Director
of Campus Ministry Helen Wolf were there to welcome new members
and answer any questions the students had about their organization.
F R E S
H M A N C O N V O C A T I O N
The Class of 2009 was formally
welcomed to the College at a midday
Freshman Convocation in Holy Family Chapel, Tuesday, September 6, 2005. m o r e
