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T U D E N T A C H I E V E M E N T C E L E B R A T I O N
On December 11, 2008, the Women’s Studies Committee held a celebration
of the outstanding work done throughout the year by students in the
School of
Arts & Sciences. Students, who were nominated by faculty members,
made short presentations of their work in Maura Ballroom. Photographed
here are the presenters and faculty members: (l. to r.) Dr.
Jennifer Scuro, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Event
Coordinator; Estella Ayuk SAS’07, Dianne Rios SAS’09. Vanessa
Walker SAS’09, Elaine Campos SAS’09, Karyn Mooney SAS’09,
Christina Antico SAS’09, Jee Hee Yoon SAS’08, Megan Showell
SAS’09, Shannon Fell SAS’09, Jelena Krstic SAS’10, Sakina Laksimi
SAS’10, Dr. Roblyn Rawlins, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair
of Women's Studies, and Eileen Schaub SAS’11.
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O U . S . T R O O P S
CNR students take time out on the Main Campus to send Christmas cards
to U.S. Troops currently on duty. This special Community Service event,
organized by the Office of Campus Ministry, was held in the Student
Campus Center on the afternoon of December 11, 2008.
T A L E S O
F W O N D E R
A N D W O E R E C E P T I O N
On December 7, 2008, the Castle Gallery held an opening reception for
its current exhibition Tales of
Wonder and and Woe: Fable and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Art.
The exhibition, organized by Susan M. Canning, runs through February
22, 2009. For more information, including holiday viewing hours and
more opening reception photos click here.
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E L I G
H T I N G C E R E M O N Y
On December 4, 2008, the College Community gathered on Chidwick Walk
for the blessing
of the crèche and the lighting of the tree.
CNR President Stephen J. Sweeny, Campus Ministry Director Helen
Wolf, and Chaplain Fr. Joseph Flynn, OFM Cap, led the
students, faculty and staff in this annual Christmas Season event.
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Dr. Maria Cimperman, Ph.D., an Ursuline Sister who teaches at Oblate
School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, was the guest presenter at
the Roses in December remembrance on two campuses of The College of New
Rochelle. Dr. Cimperman presented at the New Rochelle Campus on
December 3, and the Rosa Parks Campus on December 4, 2008. This annual
College event honors the lives of the four women - Ursuline Sister
Dorothy Kazel, lay missioner Jean Donovan, and Maryknoll Sisters Ita
Ford and Maura Clarke. These four American churchwomen were martyred in
1980 while working with the poor in El Salvador. The events were
sponsored by the Offices of Campus Ministry and Mission & Identity.
Rosa Parks Campus Director Dr. Barbara Adams (l.) accepting from Dr.
Cimperman a biography on the life of Dorothy Kazel: In The Fullness of
Life, signed by the author, Dr. Cynthia Glavac OSU, for the Rosa
Parks
Campus library.
F I N D I N G
G O D L E C T U R E
On the evening of December 2, 2008, in Romita Auditorium on the Main
Campus, the Reverend Leo J. O’Donovan, SJ, president emeritus of
Georgetown University, delivered the first in a series of four
lectures on “Finding God In All The Galleries.” Dr. Joan Bailey,
Special Assistant to the President for Mission & Identity,
introduced the speaker. College President Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny
described the concept of the lecture series to the College Community.
Father O’Donovan lectured on how art and faith enlighten each,
sometimes correct each other, and often challenge each other. The
lectures follow the liturgical year of Advent, Ordinary
Time, Lent, and Eastertide. The second lecture, on Ordinary Time,
will take place on February 10, 2009.
N O V E M B E
R 2 0 0 8
U N I T E D N
A T I O N S B R I E F I N G
Three students of CNR (l.-r.) Maria Loja SAS’09, Hellen Konyango SAS’10
and Jaimie Pasqua SAS’10 were among a group of 22 CNR students who
attended a November 21, 2008 briefing and discussion at the United
Nations on the Millennium Development Goal that targets the elimination
of extreme poverty around the world. The students also toured the UN
and had lunch in the Delegates’ Dining Room. This event was sponsored
by the Lower Hudson Valley Catholic College and University Consortium,
and the College’s delegation was organized by Rosann Santos-Elliott,
Director of Student Development. It was led by Chantell Francis,
Graduate Assistant for Student Development, and Dr. Anne McKernan,
Director of the International Studies Program.
C N R D R A M
A G O E S I N T
O T H E W O O D S 
CNR Drama presented the celebrated Stephen
Sondheim/James Lapine musical Into
the Woods in Romita Auditorium. Students Christine Locke
SAS’11, Alexandria Sarmiento SN’11, Kathleen Scott SN’11 and Cynthia
Rodriguez SAS’11 were among the cast of 20 talented actor/singers who
played to sold-out houses from November 7-16, 2008. Arielle Ares
was production stage manager and Laurie Castaldo directed.
S N R H O S T
S N E W S T U D E N T M I X E R A T J O C
The School of New Resources hosted a “New Student Mixer” on November
15, 2008, at the John Cardinal O’Connor Campus (JOC). Several
alumnae/i attended, including JOC graduate and adjunct professor, Wanda
Goodin, who addressed the students about attending CNR. Maria
Moore and Sam Jeffrey also talked about their experiences as students
of the college.
The evening ended with a drawing for special prizes which included SNR
knapsacks, and autographed copies of books by SNR authors Meri Weiss,
Herb Boyd, and David Goewey. The “New Student Mixer” at JOC was
organized at by Prenella Philip and Delphine Hill Smith with the
assistance of Judith Balfe, Director of Retention.
F I R S T A L
U M N A E / I v s . S T U D E N T S
B A S K E T B A L L G A M E I N N E W
W E L L N E S S C E N T E R
The College of New Rochelle hosted an alumnae/i vs. students basketball
game in the Wellness
Center, new home of the College’s Blue Angels sports teams, on
Thursday, November 13, 2008.
On the alumnae/i team was Ruchelle Austin, former
Blue Angel and 2008 NCAA Division III Statistical Champion for Rebounds
Per Game, who returned to her alma mater after graduating in May 2008.
Presenting Ruchelle the award is Harold Crocker, Director of Wellness
Center and Intercollegiate Athletics. Also returning to the game were
three former All Americans, Lois Salto ’84,
Annie Fitzpatrick ’85, and Dawn Cillo ’85.
Prior to the game, CNR President Stephen J. Sweeny honored beloved
former faculty
member, physical education professor Kathleen LeVache with the
unveiling of her portrait.
Professor LeVache's portrait was permanently installed in the main
entranceway to the Wellness Center's gymnasium.
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U N C E S A R T A W A R D W I N N E R S
The 15th
Annual High School Women Artists Exhibition closed on November 9, 2008,
with the awarding of prizes to the winning artists. This year 119
artists from 35 high schools in six states were represented in the
competition. In welcoming the students, parents and art teachers to the
College, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences Dr. Richard Thompson
said “We value art, in all of its forms, at The College of New
Rochelle. Art is central to the life of the College as it is
central to our everyday lives.”
Winning students in the High School Artists
Exhibition posed with Dr.
William Maxwell, Professor of Art in the Art Department of the School
of Arts & Sciences (l.), and Dr. Richard Thompson, Dean of the
School of Arts & Sciences, (r.) The winning students are (l.-r.)
Sara Cha, a junior at Ardsley High School; Laurent
Dominga Marin-Ramos, a senior at Mt. Vernon High School; and Breyanna
Faulkner, a
senior at Yonkers International Baccalaureate High School.
C H O C O L A T
E A N D W I N E T A S T I N G
What could be better than an evening spent with friends enjoying
fine wine and chocolate? Not much, according to the 40 alumnae and
friends of the College that gathered for the Chocolate and Wine Tasting
event at CNR on November 6, 2008, including (l.-r.) Brenna Mayer, VP
for College Advancement, Lois Scarpino Amend SAS’57 and Fran Choquette
Broderick SAS’57. Participants learned the health benefits of chocolate
and how to pair it with wine, while sampling a number of delicious
choices.
D R . M A X I
N E G R E E N E V I S I T S W E L L N E S S C E
N T E R
Dr. Maxine Greene (c.), founder of the Maxine
Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education,
addressed students and faculty in the Wellness Center on November 6,
2008. In introducing Dr. Greene, Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs Dr. Dorothy Escribano (l.), called her “an
international treasure” saying that Maxine Greene, is “the most famous
American educational philosopher since John Dewey.” Dr. Greene spoke on
the topic, “Wellness: Windows of the Imagination.”
F A L L T O W
N M E E T I N G
President Sweeny introduced Dr. Teri Kwal Gamble, Professor of
Communication Studies in the Graduate School, at the annual fall Town
Meeting held on November 5, 2008.
Dr. Gamble spoke to the College Community in Romita Auditorium on the
main campus. The title of her talk was “The Media Generation” and she
spoke on the attitudes, abilities and outlook of today’s college age
students.
C N R G E T
S T H E V O T E O U T
Newly minted United States citizen, Marga Taylor, Associate Dean of the
School of Arts & Sciences (c.), who was born in Germany,
is all smiles as she leads a group of students to vote for the first
time in an American election on November 4, 2008.
Terri Eberle, Director of Government Relations, prepares to drive
another group of CNR undergraduates to the voting booth in New
Rochelle. Ms. Eberle organized a college-wide ‘get out the vote’
campaigns on all of CNR’s campuses for this historic 2008 presidential
election.
E L E C T I O N 2 0
0 8 P A N E L D I S C U S S I O N
On Thursday, October 23, New York
Times Religion Columnist Peter Steinfels delivered the Founder’s
Day Lecture, “Moral and Social Justice Considerations of What’s at
Stake in the Upcoming Election.” In response to Steinfels lecture, the
College presented a Panel Discussion, “Further Considerations of
What’s at Stake in the Upcoming Election,” on Tuesday, October 28, at 7
p.m., in Romita Auditorium. The panelists who spoke also
took questions from the audience of students and faculty.
The CNR panel of faculty and administrators (l. to r.) were Moderator
Dr. Joan Bailey, Special
Assistant to the President for Mission & Identity; Dr.
Elisabeth Brinkman, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the
School of Arts & Sciences; Dr. Walter Sullivan, Associate Professor
of Educational Leadership in the Graduate School; Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd,
Dean of the School of New Resources; Dr. Daniel McCarthy, Associate
Professor of Political Sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences;
Sr. Martha Counihan, Associate Professor and College Archivist;
and Dr. Nelson Ong, Associate Professor of Political Sciences in
the School of Arts & Sciences.
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F O U N D E R ’ S D A Y
On October 23, 2008, 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 their connection to the Ursulines and The
College of New Rochelle were Director of the Rosa Parks Campus of the
School of New Resources, Dr. Barbara Adams, and Director of Counseling
& Career Services, Lynda Magrath. Dr. Joan Bailey, Special
Assistant to the President for Mission & Identity introduced the
Serviam Award winners for 2008. Dr. Bailey noted that “The Serviam
Award at The College of New Rochelle, inaugurated by the Ursuline
Institute and now continued by the college, highlights extraordinary
volunteer service to family, church, school, community, society and/or
the larger world.”
Students from the School of Nursing,
School of Arts & Sciences, School of New Resources, and the
Graduate School were recognized for their service. Flanking
President Stephen J. Sweeny
are (left to right): Dr. Joan Bailey, Special
Assistant
to the President for Mission & Identity; 2008 Serviam Award
recipients Merin George, School of Arts &
Sciences; Maria Davis, School of New Resources, Rosa Parks campus;
Rashmi George, Graduate School; and Laura Enright, School of
Nursing. m o r e
C N R F O U N D E R ’ S D A Y L E C T
U R E
Peter Steinfels, Ph.D., Co-Director of Fordham University Center on
Religion and Culture and the New York Times’ Religion
Columnist, pictured here with Dr. Joan Bailey, Special
Assistant
to the President for Mission & Identity, gave the Founder’s Day
Lecture on the “Moral and Social Justice Considerations of What’s at
Stake in the Upcoming Election.”
Following the lecture, Peter Steinfels answered questions from the
audience. Dr. Steinfels is the recipients of the 2003 Laetare Medal,
the University of Notre Dame’s highest award for service to the church
and society, and the author of the 2003 book, A People Adrift: The
Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America.
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 Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the thirtieth consecutive year
of positive operating results for the College.
G O S P E L C
H O I R P E R F O
R M S A T C O L L E G E S U N D A Y
CNR’s Gospel Choir performed at Shiloh Baptist Church, New Rochelle on
October 19, 2008. Under the direction of Roger Francis, the choir was
one of several choirs participating in Shiloh’s College Sunday.
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 October 16, 2008, in celebration of Italian Heritage Month, the
College hosted a return visit of 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.
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D F O R P L I G H T O F H O M E L E S S
Students,
faculty and staff of CNR staged a “Sleep Out” in support of the
homeless on October 8, 2008. The event, sponsored by the
Office of Campus Ministry, was
to educate participants about the plight of the homeless. Members
of the College Community - students, faculty and staff - spent the
night
sleeping in “homeless” boxes on Maura Lawn in an effort to draw
attention to
the issues surrounding homelessness. School
of New Resources Students
from the Co-op
City,
John Cardinal O’Connor, and Rosa Parks Campuses also participated in
the
“Sleep Out.” Above: Heather Wallace, SAS
’09 and Danielle DeLancey, SAS ’09, who slept out in their first year
at CNR, returned
as seniors to spend the night on Maura Lawn.
Helen
Wolf, Associate Director of Campus Ministry, welcomed everyone to Maura
Lawn
and thanked the College Community and friends of CNR for making the
special
night both a profound educational experience and a tremendous
success. She told the late night gathering “All we ask is an
open mind, a willing heart and the determination to make a difference.”
The
“Sleep Out” was organized by Suzette Walker Vega, the Assistant
Director of
the Office of Campus Ministry and student peer ministers. Ms. Vega and
the peer
ministers spoke to the College Community of the plight of the homeless
in America.
Dale Williams, formerly homeless
himself and now Executive Director of The Midnight
Run, a volunteer organization that brings food to the homeless in New
York
City, shared his personal story of what it is like to live on the
streets of
America.
" L E F T T
O T E L L " A
U T H O R S P E A K S A T C N R
Students, faculty
and staff filled Romita Auditorium on the afternoon
of October 1, 2008, to hear author Immaculée Ilibagiza, who
survived the Rwandan holocaust of 1994 and later wrote Left To
Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. A guest of the
College’s Office of Mission & Identity, Ms. Ilibagiza spoke
movingly of how her faith in God kept her alive while she and seven
other women hid for three months in a tiny bathroom to escape the rages
of a tribal genocide. m o r e
Immaculée
Ilibagiza (c.) poses with Dr.
Joan Bailey, Special Assistant to the President for Mission &
Identity (l.), who introduced her, CNR President Stephen J. Sweeny, and
some of the many CNR students who attended the lecture.
Ms.
Ilibagiza signs autographs of her 2006
book that tells of her ordeal and the tragedy of the Rwandan genocide.
Proceeds from the book go to support Immaculée’s Left to Tell
Charitable Fund, which has raised over $150,000 for the orphans of
Rwanda.
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W O M E N ' S
N E T W O R K I N G B R E A K F A S T
The third CNR Women’s Networking Breakfast
Forum took place at The New York
Times on September 16,
2008. It was hosted by Diane McNulty SAS’75, Executive Director
of Community Affairs and Media Relations at The New York Times. Seventeen College of New Rochelle
professional women discussed CNR issues and were briefed by Gerry
Mullany, Deputy Editor, Government and Politics, on coverage of the
presidential campaign. The briefing engendered lively discussion
of the candidates and the issues as well as the coverage they have
received. The CNR women then toured the editorial offices of The New York Times. (L. - r.) Brenna Sheenan Mayer,
VP College Advancement, Pat Wiley SAS’72, event host Diane McNulty
SAS’75, Betsy Donovan Nolan SAS’79, and President of the Alumnae/i
Association Marlene Tutera SAS’71.
A N N U A L F
A L L S E N A T E P I C N I C
The Annual Fall Senate Picnic was held on the main campus on September
23, 2008. This event, sponsored by the Faculty Senate, brought the
College Community together on a warm and sunny day to share news of the
summer and discuss upcoming plans for the new semester.
Over 700 students, faculty, and staff enjoyed the noon-time special
event on Maura Lawn.
C N R S E R V
E S T H E C O M M U N I T Y
On September 23, 2008, Campus Ministry coordinated the first in a
series of Monthly Service Events for the College Community. Staff and
students facilitated Casino Night at United Hebrew Geriatric Center on
Pelham Road, spending time with the residents playing Blackjack,
Horseracing, and Roulette. Pictured at the Horseracing table are CNR
volunteers Sr.
Annette Nankusa, SAS ’10 and Sherly Mathew SN ’10.
B I E N A L D
E A R T E E
X H I B I T
S H O W C A S E S H I S P A N I C A R T I S T S
An opening reception was held for Bienal
de Arte - Latinoamericano
del
Bronx 2008 (Bronx Latin
American Art Biennial 2008) on
September 20,
2008 at the Gordon Parks Gallery located at the School of New Resources
John
Cardinal O'Connor Campus.
The biennial exhibition "Historia
y Memoria /
History and Memory" is on view through November 26, 2008.
Call Delphine Hill-Smith at (718) 665-1310 for hours or to view by
appointment.
F I T N E S S
F O R L I F E ! D A Y
On September 18, 2008, 124 students, faculty
and
staff of the College participated in the 1st annual CNR Fun Run and
Walk, part of Fitness for
Life! Day 2008. The purpose of this new college event was to
encourage
participants to strive for lifelong fitness by engaging in enjoyable
physical
activity and to set an example for the entire community.
Before the start of the one-mile Fun Run, CNR
President Stephen J. Sweeny brought all the runners to
their mark on Leland Avenue and congratulated them on their
participation in
the new College of New Rochelle event. m o r e
S T U D E N T
A C T I V I T
Y F A I R
This year's Student Activity Fair was held outside the Student
Campus
Center where new students were introduced to the many clubs and
activities at CNR.
Campus
Ministry's was one of the
many tables on display. 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.
C O N S T I T U T I
O N D A Y
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. On September 17, 2008,
Dr. Daniel McCarthy (l.) and Dr. Nelson Ong (r.) led a discussion on
“The Supreme Court and the Constitution after the 2008 Election.”
On display in the Periodical Reading Area of Gill Library in connection
with Constitution Day on campus are recent Gill Library acquisitions on
the U.S. Constitution, as well a one of the College’s rare books from
its Special Collection, a copy of the Magna Carta. This
book was donated to CNR by Dominick Henry. Bound in fine Morocco
leather, and printed on white vellum in Gothic types, with gold
stamping, this unique printed limited edition uses gold leaf instead of
ink letter press.
Much of American Law is based on British Law and the Magna Carta became
the code of law in the British Isles, and for that reason Sr. Martha
Counihan, Archivist, included this rare book in the Constitution Day
exhibit. The book is one of the treasures of the Gill Library Special
Collection.
B E Y O N D B I O : C L A
Y B O D I E S R E C E P T I O N
On Sunday,
September 14, 2008, the opening reception
was held for the Castle Gallery's fall exhibition Beyond: Bio: Clay
Bodies. The exhibition
is on view
through November 9, 2008 and is part of Clay Art Center's All Fired Up: A Celebration of Clay in
Westchester County which includes a number of other
participating venues throughout Westchester County. m o r e
Some of the many Castle Gallery board
members in attendance gather for a photo. For more on Beyond Bio: Clay
Bodies click here.
In conjunction with the Castle Gallery
exhibition, an artist's reception was held in the Mooney Center Gallery
for Grace Powers Fraioli solo exhibiton entitled Bridges, which runs through
September 22, 2008. For more on Bridges.
click here.
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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
12, 2008, 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 of 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.
Celebrating their 30
years of service to The College of New
Rochelle, Teri Gamble, Professor,
Communication Studies,
GS (c.)
and Leonard Toterhi, Groundskeeper
(r.) pose
with President Stephen J. Sweeny.
Click here for 2008
Service
Anniversaries
List
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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. Sweeny offered communion to
the faculty, staff and students.
Helen Wolf, Director of Campus Ministry sang the opening hymn.
