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K A T E C A N
T Y C R È C H E C O L L E C T I O N
In
conjunction with Castle Gallery's Fifteen Years:
The Art of Laura James,
CNR simultaneously
mounts another
Crèche exhibition in the Leland Castle Parlors through January
6, 2008.
The exhibition features a wide array of unique crèches from a
collection compiled by alumna Eileen Canty and her husband, Jim, from
their world travels over the past two decades. m o r e
W E L L N E S S C E N T E R
U
P D A T E
The Wellness Center is entering
the final stage of construction—finishing of all remaining construction
activities and preparing the building for occupancy. m o r
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B L U E A N G
E L N A M E D P L A Y E R O F T H E W E E
K
Leading the nation in rebounding with 16.8 rebounds per game, CNR’s
outstanding basketball senior center Ruchelle Austin was named
the PrestoSports/Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association (MBWA)
Player of the Week during the week of December 14. The Metropolitan
Basketball Writers’ Association is made up of the New York City area
college basketball writers.
In winning the award, Ruchelle Austin becomes not only the first CNR
Basketball
player to ever be honored by the MBWA, but she is also the first Hudson
Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Basketball player to ever
earn Player of the Week honors. Austin won the award over a field of
more than 70 candidates across all three divisions. The Blue Angels
return to action on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 when they host
USMMA-Kings Point at Sarah Lawrence for a 7:00 p.m. game.
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H R I S T M A S I N T H E C A S T
L E
President
Sweeny welcomed members of the College Community to
the annual Christmas party and dinner on Friday, December 14, 2007 in
the parlors of Leland Castle on the Main Campus.
At the “Christmas in The Castle” event, CNR’s faculty and
staff had an opportunity to visit with colleagues from all of the
College’s campuses.
President Sweeny and two representatives from the United States Marine
Corps
“check out” the toys collected by the faculty and staff of CNR for the
U.S. Marines “Toys for Tots” program.
I T ’
S A W O N D E R F U L L I F E A T C N R
Immediately following the Christmas party, a reading of It's A Wonderful Life
starring President Sweeny as George Bailey was presented in Romita
Auditorium. Thirty members of
the College Community also participated in this staged production that
was directed by Laurie Peterson Castaldo..
L A U R
A J A
M E S R E C E P T I O N
On December 9, 2007, an opening
reception was held for the Castle Gallery's winter exhibition Fifteen Years: The Art of Laura James,
which runs
from December 2, 2007 through February 24, 2008. The exhibition, curated by Jennifer Zazo,
focuses on a 15-year retrospective of the work of Laura James. m o r e
Born in Brooklyn,
New
York, Laura James is a self-taught painter of Antiguan heritage. She
paints religious subjects and visual dramatizations of Bible stories
using iconography found in Ethiopian Christian Art. Ms. James is also
an award-winning artist of secular works. Using bright colors,
intricate patterns, and sometimes surreal imagery, she paints women,
families, and scenes of everyday life.
Among the many attending the reception were (l.-r.): Br. Tyrone Davis, C.F.C.,
Executive Director, Office of Black Ministry, Archdiocese of New York;
Artist Laura James; and CNR President Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny.
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N R P O L A
R B E A R P L U N G E
On December 8,
2007, 40 CNR students, faculty and staff participated in the National
Polar Bear Plunge at Hudson Park in New Rochelle.
Click
here to read the Journal News
article.
This event helped
raise awareness for the Focus the Nation's educational conference on
January 31, 2008, when CNR will join the more than
1,000 universities and colleges from all 50 states participating in
this unprecedented educational initiative on
global warming solutions for America. Click
here
to view the Journal
News video, then scroll down on page and select video entitled
"Keep winter cold!".
As the largest teach-in in U.S.
history, Focus The Nation is preparing hundreds of thousands of
students to become leaders in the largest civilizational challenge any
generation has faced. For more about Focus The Nation, click
here.
T R E E L I G
H T I N G C E R E M O N Y
On December 3, 2007, the College Community gathered on Chidwick Walk
for the blessing of the College tree and crèche.
Campus Ministry Director Helen Wolf, Executive Vice President Dr.
Ellen Curry Damato, and Chaplain Fr. Joseph Flynn, OFM CAP, led the
students, faculty, and staff in this annual Christmas Season blessing
of the crèche and the lighting of the tree.
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S N H O S T
S H I V / A I D S T A L K
On Thursday, December 29, 2007, Robert Makunu of Kenya spoke to School
of Nursing students in Romita Auditorium on the main campus of CNR. Mr.
Makunu, who is the Deputy HIV/AIDS Unit Manager from CRS Kenya, spoke
on the importance of development and implementation of HIV and AIDS
control within the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program. The
title of his talk was “Restoring Hope in Africa: Community Based Care
for HIV.” Mr. Makunu is pictured here with (l.-r.) Professor Elizabeth
Rolston of the School of Nursing; Dr. Mary Alice Donius, Dean of the
School of Nursing; Sr. Arlene Flaherty, of Catholic Relief Services;
and Deborah Hunt, Clinical Instructor in the School of Nursing.
T H A N K S G I V I
N G P A R A D E
Riding on the CNR float at this year's New
Rochelle Thanksgiving Parade are members of the CNR Blue Angel
Cheerleaders. Along with other students, faculty and staff, they helped
spread "CNR spirit" at this annual event.
C N R O
N B R O A D W A Y
On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, students in the Honors Program took in
their annual Senior/Freshmen Broadway show. Fifteen seniors and
freshmen attended the Broadway production of “25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee.” Poised with members of the cast are freshmen honor
students Kristin Diaz (l.) and Darianna Parra (r.)
F A L L T O W
N M E E T I N G
The Fall CNR Town Meeting was held in Romita Auditorium on November 13,
2007. President Sweeny welcomed the College Community and brought
everyone up to date on topics such as the progress of the Wellness
Center, Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to the United States, and
then turned the Town Meeting over to Dr. Dorothy Escribano, Senior Vice
President and the Deans of CNR's four schools to discuss enrollment
management. Executive Vice President, Dr. Ellen Curry Damato, and
Lenore Carpinelli, Director of College Relations, then spoke on current
and future advertisement campaigns for the College. The presentations
were followed with a Q & A session.
G O S P E L C
A F E N I G H T
CNR’s Gospel Choir hosted Gospel Café Night on Friday, November
9 in
Maura Ballroom. An evening of music, dance, fellowship and praise with
the CNR Gospel Choir and guest performers. Homemade baked goods were
coupled with praise-filled performances. Students on the main campus,
said Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry, “came together to praise
God in a fun way – through poems, step dancing, solo songs, dances to
praise God. Over 160 people were in attendance.” The homemade
baked
good were prepared by Danielle DeLancey SAS’09,
Blanca Casillas SAS’09, Robyn Jones SAS’11,
Natasha Hill SAS’08, Heather Wallace SAS’09
and Markytha Ernest SN’10
C N R A N N O
U N C E S A R T A W A R D W I N N E R S
On November 11, more than 150 people attended the award ceremony for
The College of New Rochelle's 14th Annual High School Women Artists
Exhibition. In announcing the winners, Dr. Dick Thompson, Dean of the
CNR’s School of Arts & Sciences said, “Art is central to the life
of the College and it is central to our everyday lives. The creative
work you have shared with us contributes to that vision and to our
greater appreciation of the ordinary and extraordinary in life.”
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E E K E N D
The
College of New Rochelle hosted its annual Family Weekend from November
2 through 4, 2007. 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
" M A G I C A L " T O U R
Michelle Jammes, Castle Gallery Manager, shows students from the Hallen
School pieces of art work from The
Art of Magic: Magic Memorabilia from the Collection of Nelson Nicholson
currently on exhibition at the Castle Gallery on the main campus of CNR
through November 11.
W E L L N E S S C E N T E R
U
P D A T E
The new Wellness Center is approximately 85 percent complete.
Approximately
70 tradesmen are on site working on the project. m o r
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P H O T O J O U R N A L I S T V I S I T S C
N R
On November 1, 2007, photojournalist and Fulbright Scholar Haider Abdul
Razak
spoke on the main campus to students in SAS’s International Studies
Program.
A guest of Dr. Anne McKernan, Associate Professor of History in the
School
of Arts & Sciences, Haider Abdul Razak is currently studying at The
New
School for Social Research in New York City.
Born in Germany, Haider Abdul Razak grew up in Tanzania, Kenya,
Ethiopia,
Bulgaria, Spain, Turkey and Portugal before attending high school and
college
in Iraq. After college, he joined the U.S. military as an embedded
journalist
to cover the war in Iraq for the U.S. and international media
organizations.
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G R E E N T O R C H R E L A Y
On October 26, 2007, six students from The College of
New Rochelle joined students from Bard and Vassar as part of a
three-college Green Torch Relay team that walked, ran and biked to
Albany, as party of Focus The Nation, an educational initiative on
global
warming solutions for
America. m o r e
G O R D O N P A
R K S G A L L E R Y
Sweetness in the Rhythm of Jazz:
Herbert
Gentry’s Inner Dance, an exhibit featuring the works of the late
artist
Herbert Gentry, opened
in
October at the Gordon Parks Gallery and Cultural Arts
Center
located on the School of New Resources’ John Cardinal O’Connor
Campus. The exhibit also featured “Personal Anthology,” works by
Aiki.
Pictured above at the opening reception are (l.-r.) Katrina Rhein,
director
of the Castle Gallery, Kristine Southard, Co-op City Campus director,
Toni
Parks, daughter of Gordon Parks and curator of the exhibit, Mary Ann
Gentry, the
artist’s widow, and Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd, dean of the School of New
Resources.
Robert Tate, School of New Resources instructional staff member, and
his
wife, Tina Atterbury, enjoy one of Herbert Gentry’s paintings. For more
on
the exhibit click here.
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R
F O U N D E R ’ S D A Y
On October 25, 2007, 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.
Speaking about the history of the Ursulines and The College of New
Rochelle
were Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry; Dr. Joan Bailey, Special
Assistant
to the President for Mission & Identity; Sr. Martha Counihan,
College
Archivist; and CNR president Stephen J. Sweeny.
Students from the School of Nursing, School of Arts & Sciences,
School
of New Resources, and the Graduate School were recognized for
serving
in the tradition of the Ursuline ministries by receiving the Ursuline
Institute Serviam Awards
for 2007. Flanking President Stephen J. Sweeny are the 2007 Serviam Award winners (left to
right):
Ruth Collura, School of Nursing; Allison Ipoliti, School of Arts &
Sciences;
Willette Fletcher, Graduate School; and Tamisha Hurley, School of New
Resources. m o r e
U R S U L I N
E
I N S T I T U T E
On Thursday,
October 11, 2007, The
Shroud
of Turin & Other Mysteries was the Fall 2007 topic of The
Ursuline Institute
held at Mooney Center's Romita Auditorium on the main campus.
Mary
Virginia Orna, O.S.U., Scientist-in-Residence at the College, discussed
“uncovering
traces of the past through science.” Sr. Mary Virginia Orna showed how
applying
methods of archaeological chemistry scientists and non-scientists alike
can
gain a better understanding of the past. In her talk she showed how
analysis
of the techniques used to produce objects in the past can support or
undermine
the claims to authenticity of such famous artifacts as the Shroud of
Turin.
Pearl Sullivan, Coordinator of Retention of the School of New Resources
at Co-Op City Campus, (l.) introduced Sr. Mary Virginia Orna.
I T A L I A N H E R I T A G E
M O
N T H A T C N R
On Thursday,
October 4, in celebration of Italian Heritage Month, the College hosted
the
Bersaglieri, a marching band visiting from Abruzzi, Italy.
The band, dressed in traditional costume and sporting elaborate
feathered
caps, entertained faculty, staff and students gathered on the Student
Campus
Center Terrace.
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
4, the twenty-ninth consecutive year of positive operating results for
the
College.
C L A S S K A Y A K T R I P
Twelve students, including Sherly
Mathew
SAS’10 and Sarah Hnath SAS ’09., in Dr. Faith Kostel-Hughes’s class on
Environmental
Biology took a half-day long kayaking trip on the Long Island Sound to
see
“up close and personal” some of the organisms living in the Sound. They
also
observed tides and other physical properties of the water, and
identified
and experienced some of the human impacts to the environment.
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C N R G O L F & T
E N
N I S O U T I N G
The College of New Rochelle’s Sixth Annual Golf & Tennis Outing was
held
on September 25, 2007. The outing was held at Wykagyl Country Club.
Golfers
played on the newly renovated Coore/Crenshaw Course.
Over one hundred golfers and tennis players enjoyed brunch, cocktails
and dinner before and after their games.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A
Y
O F P E A C E
The College
Community gathered at midday on Friday, September 21, 2007, to
participate
in a Prayer Service at the Statue of St. Angela on Chidwick Walk of the
main
campus. Organized by Campus Ministry, this CNR prayer service is part
of
the International Day of Peace, a day the United Nations General
Assembly
established by resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the
General
Assembly. It is observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence.
Helen
Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry, and Father Joseph Flynn, OFM Cap., CNR Chaplain, led the prayer service.
C N R S T U D
E
N T R E T R E A T
Campus Ministry
sponsored an Overnight Student Retreat on September 21 and 22, 2007.
Peer
Ministers Natasha Hill, Kerry Deas, and Araba Adjei-koranteng
coordinated
the retreat experience under the supervision of CNR Chaplain, Fr.
Joseph
Flynn, OFM Cap. The retreat theme was “Our Walk With
God,”
and it explored ways for students to strengthen their ongoing
relationship
with God. The retreat was held at St. Mary’s Retreat House in
Sloatsburg,
NY.
C O - O P C I
T
Y H I S P A N I C C E L E B R A T I O N
On September 19, 2007, Co-Op City Campus celebrated Hispanic Heritage
Month.
Pictured here are young members of Grupo Quetzalli. From left to right:
young
members of Grupo Quetzalli; poet Armando Mora; Instruction Staff and
Mistress
of Ceremonies Heather Herrera; Colombia Day Parade Queen Stephanie
Garay; Spanish Instructor Hernando Merchand; poet Luis Alejandro;
singer Ramon Fuentes,
Grupo Quetzalli Director.
T H E A R
T
O F M A G I C O P E N I N G R E C E P T I O N
On Sunday, September 16, 2007, the opening reception
was held for the Castle Gallery's fall exhibit The Art of Magic: Magic Memorabilia
From The Collection of Nelson Nicholson. Above: Nelson and Carol Nicholson pose
with CNR
President Stephen J. Sweeny.
The reception kicked off with a demonstration of magic including a few
card
tricks.
As the weather more than cooperated, the reception was held both in the
gallery
and outside on Maura Lawn.
Castle Gallery members pose with Nelson Nicholson. For more on The Art of Magic: Magic Memorabilia
From The
Collection of Nelson Nicholson click here.
C O N S T I T U T I O N D A
Y A
T C N R
Each September at CNR a special discussion is held in Mother Irene Gill
Library
to discuss some aspect of our U.S. Constitution. This seminar is given
by
members of the College’s distinguished faculty and is another way The
College
of New Rochelle helps develop habits of good citizenship in the next
generation
of Americans.
Dean of the Lbrary, Dr. James Schleifer, hosted and introduced Dr. Amy
Bass
(l.) and Dr. Daniel Garcia (r.) who led a discussion on current Civil
Rights
issues.
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
14, 2007, 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.
The
evening started off with a toast by Dr. Ellen Curry Damato, Executive
Vice
President, in acknowledgement of Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny's tenth year as
President
of The College of New Rochelle.
Celebrating their many years
of service to The College of New Rochelle, some of the top honorees
pose
with President Sweeny.
(L.-r.):
Darnley Osborne, Campus Director, SNR Brooklyn; Joan Bristol, Vice
President,
Student Services; Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, Ph.D.; Grace Mullaney,
Assistant
Professor, Mathematics, SAS.
Click here for 2007 Service
Anniversaries
List
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On September 11, 2007 at
12:30 p.m., an Interfaith Prayer Service was
held in Holy Family Chapel to remember the tragic events of September
11,
2001. Led by Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry, a second service
also
took place in the evening so students unable to attend during the day
because
of class schedules could be part of the prayer remembrances in the
chapel.
The names of all of CNR students and graduates who lost their lives in
the
Twin Towers were read from the altar, and prayers of the major
religions
were read by members of the Campus Ministry Professional Staff and Peer
Ministers
W E L L N E S S C E N T E R C
O N S T R U C T I O N U P D A T E
Click on the Campaign for The College of New Rochelle Website and
follow the building of CNR’s Wellness Center as well as the progress of
the
Campaign. m o r e
O P E N I N G O F S C H O O L Y E A R
M A
S S
On September 9, 2008, the CNR Community celebrated the opening of the
new academic year at a special Mass in Holy Family Chapel. Fr. Joseph
Flynn, OFM Cap, and President Stephen J. Sweeney offered communion to
the faculty, staff and students.
Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry sang the opening hymn.
F R
E S H M A N C O N V O C A T I O N
President Stephen J. Sweeny, Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Dorothy A. Escribano, and the Deans of
the
School of Arts & Sciences and School of Nursing welcome the Class
of
2011 to the Freshman Convocation on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in Holy
Family
Chapel.
New freshman student of the Class of 2011 signs the Class Matriculation
Book.
Dr. Dorothy A. Escribano, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
and Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, President of The College of New Rochelle
listen to the Address by Faculty Speaker, Anne DuVal Frost, Associate
Professor of Nursing.
