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spring 2011
A mAgAzIne fOr ALumnI, PArenTs & frIends Of
ChAmPLAIn COLLege
Exploring
Finances
Champlain leads the way toward
a better relationship with our money
In Their Own Voices | Professor of the Year | Lakeside Campus | Class of 2011
Calendar of events
mAY
June
7
Class of 2011 Commencement
MemorialAuditorium,Burlington,Vermont.10a.m.,ticketsrequired.
12
15th Annual Celebrity spelling Bee
OrganizedbytheZontaClubofBurlingtontobenefitChamplainCollege’sSingleParentsProgramScholarshipFund.
Receptionat6p.m.intheIDXStudentLifeCenter,SpellingBeeat7p.m.intheAlumniAuditorium.Cost$10,tickets
availableatthedoor.
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Varsity Basketball Players Alumni Basketball game
IntheIDXStudentLifeCenterArgosyGymnasiumontheChamplaincampus,2to4p.m.Free.
Forfurtherdetails,contactDianaAgusta’[email protected].(Seestoryonpage27.)
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ChAmPLAIn ALumnI eVenT: BBQ, Baseball and ... Chauncey at the Lake monsters
Bringfriendsandfamilyandcatchupwithfellowalumniandparentsofcurrentstudentsduringthepre-gameBBQ.
EnjoyaspecialvisitbyChampandcheerontheLakeMonstersastheytakeontheConnecticutTigers.
BBQat6p.m.,gameat7:05p.m.Cost:$18,includesticketforreservedseat,BBQandasmalldonationtothe
AlumniFund.RSVPbyFriday,June10,[email protected].
JuLY
23, 24 ChAmPLAIn ALumnI eVenT: rockin’ the red sox
FromtheGreenMountainstotheGreenMonster,ChamplainisheadingtoFenway.JoinusaswewatchtheBostonRedSox
takeontheSeattleMariners.Saturday,July23,eveninggame,alumnionly.Sunday,July24,daygame,alumniandparents.
ThiseventishostedbyChamplain’sBostonAlumniChapter.Visitwww.alumni.champlain.eduforeventandticketdetails.
summer
ChAmPLAIn ALumnI eVenT:Watchthealumniwebsiteatwww.alumni.champlain.edufordetailsonourannual
HabitatforHumanityworkdays.
AugusT
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fall classes begin.
sePTemBer
16-18
ChAmPLAIn ALumnI eVenT: fashion & retail merchandising reunion in nYC
ChamplainCollege,togetherwithPhyllisEmmonsBlack,willbeinNewYorkCityontheheelsofFashionWeektoreunitewith
FashionandRetailMerchandisingalumni.Watchformoreinformationorcontactusatalumni@champlain.edu.
OCTOBer
21-23
ChAmPLAIn ALumnI eVenT: Alumni and family Weekend
ReliveyourChamplaindaysduringthismemorableweekendpackedfullofeventsforallages.It’stheoneweekenda
yearwegathereveryonetogethertocelebrateChamplain’spastandpresent.Spendtimewithfellowalumniandreconnect
withfacultyandstaff.Savethedatebecauseyouwon’twanttomissthisweekend.Moredetailscomingsoon!
ALumnI, get connected, stay connected!TosignupfortheAlumnie-Newsletter,[email protected],visitwww.alumni.champlain.edu,
orcall(802)860-2785ortoll-free(866)421-7170.Parents,[email protected]
SAVE THE DATE
former Varsity Basketball Players
Alumni Basketball game
saturday, June 11, 2 p.m.
IdX Argosy gym
at Champlain College
2011 Alumni & Parent networking events
upper Valley region, Vermont /new hampshire–June8,6to8p.m.
atMontshireMuseum,Norwich,VTwithIanMortimer,vicepresidentof
enrollmentatChamplainCollege.Shareyourstoryandnetworkwithalumni,
parentsandprospectivestudents.Refreshmentswillbeserved
Washington, d.C. –June18-19.Regionalchapterkick-offevent.Social
alumnieventonSaturdayandregionalchaptermeetingonSunday.
Boston, massachusetts –June30.Regionalchapterkick-offevent.
Boulder, Colorado–October,Lookfordetailssoon.
for details, contact:
Bob Tipson: [email protected]
steve gentile: [email protected]
diana Agusta: [email protected]
We are interested in creating regional chapters in your area.
Please call (802) 860-2785or email [email protected].
We’d love your help!Letusknowifyouareinterestedinvolunteeringforeventsinyourarea.
Spring 2011
volume 10, number 1
A magazine for Alumni, Parents & Friends of
Editor
Stephen Mease
[email protected]
Champlain College
Contributing Designer
Tom Baginski
Contributing Writers
Ame Lambert
Christina Erickson
Michael Kelly
Amanda Petry ’11
Darrien Marazzo ’11
Inside the View
P. 10
Photographers
Kathleen Landwehrle
Stephen Mease
Michael Blanchard
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Elizabeth Scott
Vice President of Advancement
Shelley Richardson
Director,
Advancement & Campaign
Tere Gade, CFRE
Director,
Alumni Relations
Alison Johnson ’89 and ’97
P. 4
Assistant Director,
Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
Elizabeth Scott
Senior Development Officers
Dannah Beauregard ’P13
Moneer Greenbaum
Greg Morgan
Erik Oliver
Evan Smith ’94
President’s Letter
View from the Hill
The Learning Zone... Stories from
the War... Kudos for the College and
Burlington... News & Notables ... Lakeside
Campus Opens Professor of the Year
Spending Summer Abroad
Class Notes
Basketball Reunion... Alumni Lives... Class of 2011
Vision. Innovation. Passion.
Annual Report of Gifts
Champlain Voices
Champlain View is published twice a year
(spring and fall) by Champlain College. Printing
by Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT.
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Features
12Financial Breakthrough
Contact Information
Send letters and
address changes to:
Champlain College, Office of Advancement
163 South Willard St., P.O. Box 670
Burlington, VT 05402-0670
[email protected], (866) 421-7170
T he new Center for Financial
Literacy is earning interest and
attention for teaching students and
adults about money in a new way.
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Who Are You Going To Be?
T he voices of Champlain College’s
leaders and educators are asking
some interesting questions about
how we live our lives.
Photos by Stephen Mease
Founded in 1878, Champlain College is an
Equal Opportunity Educational Institution.
Printed with vegetable-based inks on Flo Dull, 10% post-
consumer waste recycled paper. Please recycle this magazine.
If you would like to read the issue online and would rather
not receive it through the mail, please contact the Office of
Advancement at (800) 570-5858 or [email protected].
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On the cover: The College’s Samuel de Champlain statue at sunset.
PresIdenT’s LETTER
Hello from the Hill,
For more than a year, I have told you
about the College’s strategic plan, how every
department and division established goals,
how staff and faculty met several times to
review ideas and dreams and blend those
into a collective document that will focus
our work in the coming years.
Last fall, the Champlain Board of Trustees reviewed
and approved our work and as the decade dawned,
we set the course ahead for Champlain 2020.
The creation of Champlain 2020 occurs at a time of enormous change for
Champlain College. Recent history has seen a complete restructuring of the
academic enterprise into divisions focused on discrete professional areas. The
separation of adult education into its own academic unit occurred, along with
the creation of several new graduate programs. A number of global initiatives
have been launched, and the size of the full-time faculty has increased by 52
percent since 2006. The College has tremendous momentum, which bodes well for its next decade.
Champlain College is uniquely poised among American institutions of higher education. The College’s
career-focused programs remain squarely at the center of what it means to obtain a Champlain degree. With its
focus on educating the whole person through the critical thinking aspects of CORE and the life-skills LEAD
programs for professionals in an increasingly complex and changing world, Champlain offers the most complete
undergraduate education available. This educational approach is not found elsewhere in the world, and its
distinctiveness will serve the College well over the next decade.
Competitively, the College finds itself in an arena that is dramatically different from that of 20 years ago. As a
private, four-year college in New England, Champlain exists in a highly crowded and competitive marketplace.
The College’s ability to innovate and its long-standing career focus have allowed it to flourish in this competitive
milieu. As with any other endeavor, past performance is no guarantee of future prospects. Champlain must
continue to earn its place each year.
In addition to a tradition of innovation, Champlain is characterized by exceptional execution—by its ability
not only to change quickly, but also to maintain a focus on excellence in its new and innovative program offerings
even as they are being created. This is a rare skill, especially uncommon among institutions of higher education.
The goals set forth in Champlain 2020 are interrelated. The single largest threat to the viability of the College
has to do with its ability to improve at a time when the number of high school graduates is falling. We must
come to be viewed as an attractive option by a larger number of students. Our programs must be distinctive,
so that our capacity to market them effectively is enhanced. They must be academically challenging, so that
increasingly bright students engage deeply with their programs and see them through to completion.
It is through all this—a unique and rigorous professionally focused education that fosters awareness of global
connections and issues along with an appreciation of Vermont and its possibilities—that Champlain charts its
course for the future.
Even as we look forward, we look back. Our plans for the future are built on the accomplishments of our
students, graduates, faculty, staff, and generous supporters. We are restless and eager for tomorrow to arrive. Such
is our confidence and our commitment to our shared vision. The adoption of Champlain 2020 is our first bold
step into that unknown and hope-filled future.
Dr. David F. Finney
President
2011Board of Trustees
GeorgeF.Bond’73
RobertD.Botjer
DawnD.Bugbee
GeorgeC.Burrill
ScottD.Carpenter
JamesH.Crook,Jr.
ThomasV.S.Cullins
LauraP.Dagan
StaigeDavis
Molly Dillion
HeatherB.Dwight
Mary Evslin
DavidF.Finney
JamesB.Foster
JoanL.Gignoux
Susan W.Lamaster’88
DianaL.McCargo
MichaelM.Metz
EmilyMorrow
MarkNeagley
TreyPecor
MaryG.Powell
DavidA. Scheuer
PeterStern
MichaelJ.Sullivan,Jr.’90
Richard Tarrant, Jr.
DawnTerrill’88
SarahG.Tischler
LeandroA.Vazquez
LisaVentriss
ArthurE. Wegner
| VIEW FROM THE HILL |
CLASS
ACT
Champlain Education students
working with Adjunct Professor
Emily Reynolds (shown) help staff
the Salvation Army’s After-School
Learning Zone program.
In the Learning Zone
T
he Salvation Army on Main Street in Burlington buzzed
with kids laughing, drawing pictures of Harry Potter, reading
books, and even dancing. It was Friday and most kids had
completed their homework and were enjoying some free time with
new friends at the Learning Zone.
The Learning Zone, a licensed after-school program, kicked off
last fall. It targets students in Burlington in first through sixth grade,
who are overwhelmed in school and are at risk of failing. Created in
collaboration with the Division of Education & Human Studies at
Champlain College, the program focuses on helping children from
disadvantaged families get excited about learning and ultimately
succeed in school.
“Many of these children come from families that are struggling,”
said Major Karin Dickson, corps officer in Burlington. “We are
concerned that these children are going to end up dropping out of
school and perpetuating the cycle of needing assistance. Our goal is to
help them become excited about school.”
The Learning Zone would not be possible without the help of
Champlain students and faculty. Associate Professor Laurel Bongiorno,
Assistant Professor Kathryn Leo-Nyquist, and Adjunct Professor Emily
Reynolds created the curriculum and launched the program. Reynolds
was nominated director of the Learning Zone last spring. She runs the
program with the help of Champlain College students. The students
work with Reynolds to provide one-on-one tutorial assistance to 17
children, Monday to Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.
“Champlain students act as mentors helping kids get excited
about learning and take pride in their work,” says Reynolds. “These
relationships help social and behavioral development among the kids
so that they can become independent learners.”
According to Reynolds, Champlain education students need to
fulfill only a two-hour volunteer requirement per week, but many end
up coming to the Learning Zone every day. Two students majoring in
education, Katie Scanlon ’11 and Allison Tinson ’11, played a crucial role
in the startup of the Learning Zone by creating a library for the program.
“The Learning Zone helps students get one-on-one help that can’t
always be provided at school,” Scanlon explains. “The kids come into
the Learning Zone library and are actually excited to pick a book to
read with their Champlain reading buddy.”
Every day Reynolds reads one chapter of a Harry Potter book aloud.
She is amazed by how attentively the children sit and listen. After
the reading session, they complete their homework with help from
Champlain students. Once the homework is completed, they pick a
book of their choice from the library to read with their reading buddy.
If the children are well behaved, they get a marble in the Learning
Zone jar, and once the jar is filled they get to go on a field trip. The
children have already been apple picking and swimming at The Edge
sports and fitness club. The students are putting on their best behavior
for their next field trip, a hike.
According to Reynolds, the children have made a huge
improvement in behavior and in academics. Many children who were
not doing any of their homework before the program now come in
and are glad to do it. The children come from different school districts
so it is a time to meet new friends.
“We provide this program at no cost to the families or schools, using
grants,” said Chuck Bongiorno, development director for the Salvation
Army. “We also provide transportation to and from the Learning
Zone, because transportation can be a barrier for many parents.
More than half of the children who attend now wouldn’t be able to if
transportation or funding was not provided.”
The support and dedication of members of Champlain College and
the Salvation Army make this program possible. The Learning Zone is
changing the lives of children who struggle with issues at home or in
the classroom.
“I like coming here,” said Pyper Rivait, 10. “I get to do all my
homework so I can go home and play.”
—By Amanda Petry ’11
Champlain View | Spring 11
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| VIeW FROM THE HILL |
Bringing the stories of War home
Champlain College’s Professional Writing program and the Vermont Council
on World Affairs hosted a panel discussion with six journalists and photographers
who shared their experiences and insights from recent reporting trips to the front
lines of the war in Afghanistan and Iran.
The panel for “Reporting Live from War
Zones: Journalists Tell Their Stories from
the Front Lines” included (shown from
left) Vermont Public Radio reporter Steve
Zind, Burlington Free Press photographer
Ryan Mercer, moderator Mark Johnson
of WDEV, Champlain Assistant
Professor Warren Baker, Burlington
Free Press reporter Sam Hemingway, WCAX videographer Lance MacKenzie,
WCAX news anchor Darren Perron, and (not shown) award-winning reporter and
author Louis Salome. The group discussed reporting from Afghanistan and their
experiences reporting from war zones.
“It is the first time all of these journalists came together to talk about their
experiences,” explained Baker, who teaches journalism and writing in Champlain’s
Professional Writing program. “It was an extraordinary opportunity for students
and the community to hear from and ask questions of journalists who have reported
from the war zones we have been hearing and reading about for years.
“We wanted to go to places off the beaten path, to the fringe areas, and write
about conditions nobody had really reported,” Mercer explained. “People don’t
really know much about Afghanistan,” Hemingway added. “Our reporting gave
Vermonters an inside view. It helped to humanize Afghanistan and make it more
than just car bombs and violence.”
All five Vermont journalists were embedded with the Vermont National Guard
last summer.
early Childhood
education master’s
Begins fall 2011
A
master’s degree in Early Childhood
Education (M.Ed.) program begins this
fall at Champlain College, joining a growing
list of graduate programs.
“The Champlain College M.Ed. program
will engage students on a deeper level as early
educators,” explained Champlain College
Professor Laurel Bongiorno, program director
for the new master’s program. “We are
dedicated to developing leaders in the field of
early childhood education and in pursuit of
that goal, our M.Ed. will offer specializations
in both teaching and administration.”
Bongiorno has taught at Champlain for more
than 12 years and is currently finishing her
Ph.D. in Education with specialization in
Early Childhood.
The master’s degree in Early Childhood
Education is designed for people who already
hold a bachelor’s degree and are interested in
moving to a higher-level teaching position,
transitioning into an administrative role,
opening their own early childhood program,
or becoming a more competitive job
candidate through a high level of professional
development.
For more information, call (866) 282-7259.
The second Kids In Technology and science (K.I.T.s.) event was held in november
2010 with more than 200 middle school students from eight local schools attending
the daylong event at Champlain College. more than 30 Champlain College Information
Technology and sciences division students helped lead groups and assist students
building computers and robots. many members of the faculty and staff worked side
by side with the students to create a great hands-on fun day for the students as they
learned how to build computers, how to build Lego mindstorm robots and program
them to do things, to realize that mathematics is fun, how hydrogen fuel cell cars
operate, and how computer and digital forensics are used to solve crimes. The division
of Information Technology and sciences also offered a free computer programming
course for middle school students this year—a six-week program to teach the beginning
software “Alice Programming.”
“One of the goals is to spark interest in computer technology among middle school students, in particular among female students,” Ali
rafieymehr, dean of the division, explained. “We had a full class last fall.” A second K.I.T.s. session just for 80-plus middle school girls was
held in April. Champlain’s division of ITs covers computer and digital forensics, computer information technology, computer networking and
information security, computer science and innovation, game programming, radiography, and Web development and design.
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Champlain View | spring 11
Photographs by Stephen Mease
Building minds and Computers
| V I e W F R O M T H E H I L L |
COLLege guIdes & rAnKIngs
Champlain Joins
Princeton Review’s 2012
Best Colleges List
Champlain College is one of
the nation’s best institutions for
undergraduate education, according to
The Princeton Review, the widely known
education services company. The College
will be profiled in the forthcoming
edition of its popular annual “best
colleges” guidebook. The Best 376
Colleges: 2012 Edition will be available in
bookstores and online in early August.
“We chose Champlain College as one
of our ’best’ undergraduate colleges based
on several criteria we consider when
reviewing schools for this book,” said
Robert Franek, senior vice president of
publishing for The Princeton Review.
“First, we must have a high regard for
their academic programs and other
offerings. Second, our selections take
into account institutional data we collect
from the schools and the opinions of
the students attending them whom we
survey. We also greatly value the feedback
we get about schools from our collegesavvy staff across the country as well as
from students, educators, and parents
who use our services and books.”
Franek said, “It was a great pleasure
reviewing your school’s impressive
credentials. You have much to brag
about!” He noted Champlain is one of
only six institutions that will be added to
the 2012 edition.
Champlain College President David
F. Finney noted, “This recognition is
a reflection of everyone at Champlain
College for a continued commitment
to providing the most student-centric,
professionally focused education in the
country.”
Said Franek, “Only about 15 percent
of the colleges in the nation are in this
book, and they vary considerably by
region, size, selectivity, and character.
It includes public and private schools,
traditional and nontraditional
colleges, historically black colleges and
universities, and science and technologyfocused institutions. However, each one
is an outstanding institution we highly
recommend to college applicants and
their parents. In our opinion, these are
‘the crème of the crop’ institutions for
undergraduates in America.”
“The last step of The Princeton
Review’s process is capturing the real
student experience and evaluating
it against other top institutions,”
Champlain Vice President of Enrollment
Management Ian Mortimer added.
“More than 200 Champlain students
provided information on our college to
the Review, and their stories and critical
feedback are what sealed the deal; they
told their story and the Review was
clearly impressed.”
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The Burlington metro area is the
happiest small city in the country,
according to a recent gallup poll. The
survey considered the health, lifestyle
choices, and optimism of residents.
huntington, West Virginia, was ranked
the saddest place to live, while Boulder,
Colorado, ranked as the happiest large
city in the nation. Burlington ranked high
in exercise and healthy eating, while
having a very low number of people with
diabetes and obesity.
LIKe ThIs!
Men’s Health magazine
ranked the most socially
networked cities in America, and
Burlington came in 13th. The rankings
were calculated on the number of
facebook and LinkedIn users per capita,
followed by overall Twitter usage. The
magazine also looked at overall traffic
generated by services such as myspace,
friendster, reddit, and digg and the
percentage of households that check
out chat rooms and blogs. All those
#campchamp tweets must have helped!
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TOP UNDERGRAD
GAME DESIGN
PROGRAMS
2011
for the second
year in a row, The Princeton review
and gamePro media, the publisher of
GamePro magazine, a video gamer’s
bible, have joined forces to list what they
consider the “Top 10” undergraduate
and graduate programs in video game
design. Champlain College came in
eighth. The Princeton review and
gamePro made their selections based on
the results of surveys of administrators
at 150 colleges and universities that
offer video game design courses (and
in some cases degrees). The full list
appeared in the April issue of GamePro
magazine.
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BY desIgn And hArd WOrK
heather Conover speaks Well of Champlain
heather Conover, Class of 2011.
H
eather Conover ’11 is a game
designer with almost three
years of game development
experience who received her bachelor
of science degree in Electronic Design
and Interactive Development from
Champlain College in May. Although
graduation marks the end of her
undergraduate time at Champlain, as
with so many others who crossed the
stage on May 7, it begins a new chapter
in her story.
To this ambitious game designer,
it seems like only yesterday when she
arrived from Sharon, Massachusetts, and
first set foot on campus in Burlington.
From almost Day One, Conover’s
future began to crystallize. “I applied
for a position in Champlain’s Emergent
Media Center (EMC),” she recalls. “But
I really thought, ’Why would they hire
me?’ — I was a freshman without much
game design experience.” However,
Conover did land the EMC position.
“I started working that July,” she says,
“and then they said: ’By the way, we are
sending you to South Africa.’”
She travelled with 15 other
Champlainers to Cape Town, South
Africa, as part of the research team
working on a joint project between
Champlain’s EMC and the United
Nations that addressed the issue of
violence against women. “Going to
South Africa for 10 days changed my
life,” says Conover.
As a sophomore, she was chosen
to present at the Montreal Game
Summit about social impact games.
“It was scary,” she recalls. “I was going
to this conference and there were
creative directors of companies I would
potentially want to work for sitting in
the room listening to me.”
That experience helped prepare her
for the next challenge—speaking at the
United Nations presenting the EMC
game project. “I now feel very confident
speaking in front of people,” Conover
enthuses. “I figure if I’ve spoken in
front of the U.N. to an international
audience, I can speak in front
of anybody.”
She also started the Women in
Technology Club to encourage
young women to enter the tech arena
traditionally dominated by men.
She finished up as president of the
16-member growing club this year.
As a junior studying abroad in
Montreal, she was hired by Fit
Brain to help develop an interactive
learning game for Reader’s Digest.
The vice president of the Vancouverbased company read one of her blog
postings on the topic of serious game
development, and he contacted her. “It
was the best paying job I’ve ever had,”
says Conover, who worked with the
company via Skype.
That led to receiving the “Most
Promising Non-Senior” Scholarship,
enabling her to go to the Game
Developers Conference in San Francisco
with five seniors from Champlain. “I
introduced myself to people I didn’t
know,” she laughs. “That’s how I
ended up with an internship at 38
Studios—a video game company in
Massachusetts where some of the most
massive multiplayer online games
have been developed. It was really
great that happened for me because
any opportunity in the industry that
happens to one of us at Champlain
is beneficial to all of us.”
At this April’s Communication
& Creative Media (CCM) Division
Honors Night, Conover was among
seven seniors who were presented awards
from the Emergent Media Center.
She earned the Interstellar Award for
exceptional achievement in all areas.
“I really feel confident, I have
done so many interesting
things and met so many
people that I have made a
name for myself; I want to use
that to help Champlain and
give back to the people who
really deserve it — there are
so many talented people at
this school.”
Although getting a job can be
stressful, graduating seniors at
Champlain College are prepared.
“It’s exciting,” she says, looking ahead
to life after Champlain. “I’ve been
very fortunate to meet people from
game design companies across the
country and to learn firsthand where
the industry is going.”
And with her confidence, a website
to showcase her work, an impressive
resume, and the confidence to succeed,
she knows where she is going.
Read more about Heather’s
Champlain Experience—visit
go.champlain.edu/heather-conover.
More Class of 2011 photos and award winners on page 31.
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Student
View
Q&
A
Van Dang ’11
V
an Dang ’11 professes to be afraid of public speaking, but you wouldn’t know that when you watch her compete
in the annual Elevator Pitch competition, sponsored by Bring Your Own Business (BYOBiz). She won the
competition in 2010 and was a finalist this year. Originally from Vietnam, she moved to Vermont after completing
high school and enrolled at Community College of Vermont, where she studied business for two years. She
transferred to Champlain College because she wanted to earn a bachelor’s degree. At the urging of one of her favorite
Champlain professors, Champ Soncrant, she switched her major to Accounting. In April, she received the President’s
Award at the Graduate & Trustee Dinner for her overall achievements. She graduated with top honors in May.
What is it about the Accounting program and the
instructors that helped you excel?
I like the academic structure of the program and my instructors in
general. They are friendly and helpful. Whenever I need more
explanation about something that I didn’t understand in class, I
could drop by during their office hours. That is a luxury we have
with a small college.
What was the most challenging aspect of being a
student here at Champlain College?
A lack of time! This is not the most challenging aspect of being a
student at Champlain—it is the most challenging aspect of my life.
I’m aware that I am ambitious, love challenges, and usually like to
“shoot for the top.” There are so many things I want to do—travel,
study well, get good grades, still have fun time with friends, get to
Wall Street, etc.— I need to make time for all of those. I think so
far I’m doing okay. I balance my professional and personal life. I’m
taking five classes this semester, maintain a 4.0 major GPA, a 3.9
cumulative GPA, work about 30 hours a week, volunteer, take yoga,
hang out with friends, and attend most of the student activities/
clubs on campus.
What’s ahead for you when you graduate in May?
Last fall, I received an offer for an audit associate position with
PricewaterhouseCoopers and I accepted it. I will start with PwC in
mid-September. Champlain’s Career Services Office and counselors
like Pat Boera really helped me prepare for the interviews.
Down the road, what are your goals?
Things have always happened unexpectedly in my life. My elevator
pitch speech this year was aimed at getting a summer internship
at Goldman Sachs. While I didn’t win the competition this year, I
think I might have won a bigger prize. At the reception, I spoke with
one of the judges, Ty Danco, who used to work at Goldman Sachs
before moving to Vermont. He was so impressed with my elevator
pitch that he offered to help me connect with the human resources
office at the firm. I emailed him my resume, which he forwarded
to the partner in charge of the securities team. I then received an
email from the undergrad recruiting team saying they would like to
talk with me regarding my interest in working at Goldman Sachs. I
spoke wth them and have a strong connection there for the future.
Is there anything else you would like to say about your
experience at Champlain?
I chose Champlain because it’s a small private college with
small-size classes. Students are able to get help from instructors,
advisors, and their classmates if needed. My experience has been
wonderful and memorable. I definitely have had a great time here.
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Champlain People
&
News
Notables
Soup’s On
Sandi Earle, executive chef for Champlain
Sodexo, and four students have been
cooking up a new program to provide meals
for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
Beginning in the fall of the 2011-12 school
year, they will lead a group in making
soup weekly. The four students in the pilot
program are senior Monique Prevost, junior
Rob Flusk, sophomore Castle Gosslin,
and freshman: Ben Mace. It is sponsored
in part by the Center for Service and Civic
Engagement and LEAD.
The Single Parents Program Women Supporting Education for Women event raised
more than $200,000, matching a $100,000 challenge gift contributed by Carole
and Bill Hauke. Above, pictured in the back row, are committee members, from
left, Aimee Marti, Stephanie Reiskin, Nicole Gorman, Kim Dannies, Liz Foster,
and Christine Stiller; in front, single parent student Jodi Fontaine ’13, committee
members Jennifer Vaughan, Amy Vazquez, Carol Conard, and single parent program
alumna Meg Sealey ’07. More than 150 benefactors supported the fund.
The 2010 Champlain College United Way Campaign raised $31,000, up
significantly from the $25,112 raised during the 2009 campaign. The employee
participation rate jumped from 40 to 50 percent this year. The theme, “We Can’t
Just Leave It to Beaver,” played on the notion that the campaign’s key person was the
College’s mascot—Chauncey T. Beaver.
Former Champlain College president Robert Skiff Sr. was named interim director of
the Shelburne Museum, taking the reins during a search to replace outgoing director
Stephan Jost, who left in March to become director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Skiff has served on the board of the Shelburne Museum since 2002. He was president
of Champlain from 1977 to 1992 and founded the Vermont Commons School in
South Burlington.
Hal Colston is executive director of the Vermont Commission on National and
Community Service, which coordinates AmeriCorps and other services in Vermont.
Colston has been executive director of the nonprofit organization NeighborKeepers
and is an adjunct professor at Champlain College.
Student winners in the fourth annual Elevator Pitch competition are: Nonprofit and
social advocacy: Amanda Petry ’11, Monique Prevost ’11 and Peter Deng ’11; Job
/ Internship Seekers: Emilie Rodgers ’11, Emily Clemons ’11, and Patricia Cawley
’11; Entrepreneurs: Marguerite Dibble ’12, Justin Lloyd-Miller ’12 and Aaron
Bryant ’11. Tim Kavanagh ’86 was the event emcee. The event is organized by
Champlain’s Bring Your Own Business Program (BYOBiz), Career Services, Center for
Service and Civic Engagement, Oral Communications Lab, Office of Advancement,
and LEAD. It is sponsored by KeyBank with support from Free Press Media.
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JOB WELL DONE
TD Bank was among 100-plus employers
who participated in the annual Spring Job
Fair in March organized by Champlain’s
Career Services Office. Hundreds of students
and others talked with potential employers
and attended five practical career-related
workshops on emerging career fields and
strategies for the job search offered by Lake
Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Invisible Children
Champlain College welcomed representatives from the international organization
Invisible Children as part of a weeklong event to raise awareness of issues plaguing
sub-Saharan Africa organized by the Center for Service and Civic Engagement.
The midday screening of the documentary film Tony packed Hauke Conference
Room with a mix of students, staff, and faculty attending. Many classes attended the
film as part of their studies. It was all part of “The Congo Tour,” featuring a group of
volunteers who call themselves Roadies, as well as Ugandans who have been affected
by the war who travel around the country for screenings of the new documentary.
Champlain College Event Management student Sadie Stone and Hotel and Restaurant student Angie Cummings planned the
event and promoted it using an array of posters, emails, social media event postings, and free coffee in the courtyard to draw in
students. Stone and Cummings also visited many classrooms to encourage professors to allow students to attend the event.
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The Champlain College Core Division held its first Student
Colloquium to celebrate student excellence in the Core and encourage
a climate of engagement
and commitment
to academics. This
year marks the first
year all students in
the graduating class
have experienced four
years of the Core. “It
is the Core Division
equivalent of the other
divisions’ Honors
Nights,” according to
Elizabeth Beaulieu,
dean of the Core Division. The following students participated:
Hannah Long (from Dublin, via Skype), Mary Anderson, Mack
Bensko, Emma Daitz, Becka Gregory, Navah Lemieux, Jacob
Mott, Lauren Palazzo, Amina Srna, and Lauren Stevens. Anderson
won the Student Choice Award, and Stevens won the Faculty Choice
Award. Megan Munson-Warnken was the chief organizer of the
event, getting help from Core faculty members.
Expanding the Reach of Champlain Community
Champlain College’s Alumni and Admissions outreach program has
been expanding to include special events in the Northeast. In February,
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sen. Leahy Lauds Champlain students’ high-Tech skills
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) offered his congratulations to
Champlain College’s Emergent Media Center on a job well done
at the Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam for a project students designed to
help reduce violence against women around the world.
The presentation was part of the two-day tech job fair
sponsored by Dealer.com, Seven Days newspaper, and
Champlain College last fall. More than 1,200 people from the
New England region and Quebec attended.
The online soccer game
Breakaway is part of an
international project funded by
the United Nations Population
Fund and in partnership with
the Population Media Center of
Shelburne, Vermont.
“The Breakaway project is
a shining example of what an
education should be today,”
said Sen. Leahy. “As students
you have become engaged
global people; you have studied
innovative concepts, and tackled
the root of a generationally
embedded social issue. All of you who have taken part in this
venture—you should walk away confident in your abilities as a
well-trained professional and leader in your field.”
The free game was unveiled during the 2010 FIFA World
Cup in South Africa last summer and distributed locally in
Africa during the monthlong competition to young soccer
players attending camps. To try the game and learn more
online, visit www.breakawaygame.com/.
In today’s competitive job market, businesses are looking
for applicants who can set themselves apart from others. “I
look for people who understand social responsibility and have
a passion for what they are doing,” explained Tara PfeifferNorrell, intern program manager for Vermont Businesses for
Social Responsibility (VBSR). “Independent learners with
entrepreneurial mind-sets are most important in this day and
age,” she added.
For more information, visit www.vermont3.com/.
Perry Hall Wins Top Excellence Awards
The Burlington Business Association (BBA) presented its 2011 Architectural
Excellence Award to Champlain College’s Roger H. Perry Hall in April. The
BBA has more than 200 member businesses that work year-round to promote
the economic vitality of Burlington. The award is given annually to a project
contributing significantly to the physical or architectural quality of Burlington.
The Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
awarded Perry Hall and the lawn its 2010 Vermont Public Space Award
in March.
The building houses the Advising and Registration Center, Admissions, and
Financial Aid, and serves as the Student Welcome Center. The restoration
included energy-efficient climate control systems, including a geothermal
pump. The ultimate goal is to earn certification from the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED
recognizes performance in five key areas of human and environmental health:
sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials
selection, and indoor environmental quality.
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hamplain College’s new Lakeside Avenue campus opened
in January, giving a new home to eight administrative
departments and providing a new location for Continuing
Professional Studies and the Champlain College Center for Digital
Investigation (C3DI). The Emergent Media Center, currently located
in Winooski, will move to Lakeside later this summer. An official
open house for the building is planned for June 16 from 3 to 7 p.m.
Tours, food, and music are planned for the community.
“The vision of this project was to create a collaborative and flexible
space for more than 40 percent of our administrative staff—a design
that would encourage dialogue and collaboration among colleagues,”
explained David Provost, Champlain’s senior vice president.
(Top to bottom) Lakeside Avenue campus serves as a central hub
for parking, and shuttle buses link it to the main Champlain College
campus about five minutes away.
The roof holds an array of solar panels designed to generate enough
electricity for the building’s needs (excluding the data Center).
A cantina area on the main floor offers lunch and reception space
for the new building.
The three-story facility, built by Bobby Miller and REM
Development of Williston, features open work environments
surrounding a core of various meeting rooms and workspaces and
flexible classroom space.
The new facility offers parking for 270 vehicles and is adjacent to
the Gilbane parking area for undergraduate students. A continuous
shuttle service connects Lakeside to the main campus.
“Providing off-campus parking will help ease the vehicle traffic
on the hill and addresses one of the College’s major master plan
objectives, to reduce parking and cars on the main Champlain
campus,” Provost added.
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At the Center
of a Financial
AWAKENING
Champlain College LEADs the Way
to A Rational Relationship with Our WalletS
Last December in Roger H. Perry Hall,
President David F. Finney stood up before a packed
room to unveil the College’s latest project—The
Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College.
He introduced its director, John Pelletier, who up
until that day was a bit of a mystery man to most
people on campus.
The morning news conference was the culmination
of a 10-month whirlwind journey for Pelletier, who
Champlain LEAD Credit Workshop instructors Lorelie
Jackson ’12 and Assistant Director of LEAD Jen Sweeney.
in seeking a change of lifestyle and looking for new
challenges, decided with his wife that they would relocate with their three young boys to Stowe
and he would start his own consulting business. His previous work for nearly two decades
had been in Boston serving as the chief operating officer and chief legal officer at some of the
largest U.S. asset management firms, including Natixis Global Associates, the owner of Loomis
Sayles and Oakmark Funds. It was time for a change, he felt, in both his work and his personal
life. It was time to step away from the rarefied business and trading world where dollars are
counted in billions. Time to find a way to help prevent a repeat in the future of the economic
turmoil suffered by businesses, families, and individuals who made poor financial decisions
resulting in the Great Recession of 2008-09.
Story by Stephen Mease
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The Merrill Lynch Help2Retire panel
(from left): moderator and ABC
News anchor Charlie Gibson; Roland
Fryer, Robert M. Beren Professor of
Economics and CEO of The Education
Innovation Laboratory at Harvard
University; Anya Kamenetz, author of
Generation Debt and DIY U, and staff
writer at Fast Company; John Pelletier,
director of Champlain College’s Center
for Financial Literacy; and Andrew
Sieg, head of Retirement Services,
Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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It was time to step back and make a difference
Pelletier’s idea was simple on the surface—figure out a way to make people smarter
about how they handle their money. Starting at an early age in school, teach them how
to use credit wisely, encourage them to save for the things they want, and give them the
tools to make sound decisions about things like job benefits, mortgages, and retirement
plans. Make sure college graduates have the life skills to make good career decisions and
help adults save and invest wisely.
Christian Thwaites, President
and CEO of Sentinel Asset
Management, Inc.
CFL Advisory Board
Joseph Bergeron, President,
Association of Vermont Credit Unions
Renee Bourget-Place ’90,
Partner, KPMG, LLP
Jeanne Chenoweth, Chief
Administrative Officer, Dwight Asset
Management Company LLC
Jeanne Collins, Superintendent of
Schools, Burlington
Philip Daniels, Market President,
Vermont, TD Bank
In his search for a partner institution, he approached several larger higher education
institutions in Vermont with his idea. The same thing happened repeatedly, he said.
“They loved the idea, but kept saying that if I really wanted to see my idea for a financial
literacy center become a reality, I should go and talk with Dave Finney at Champlain
College. They said Champlain was ‘entrepreneurial, innovative, and creative’ and was
much more nimble than they were.”
About the same time, Champlain College was already pursuing its own mission
to equip its undergraduate students with a set of lifelong skills, including financial
sophistication, through Finney’s new campus initiative known as Life Education and
Action Dimension (LEAD).
Deborah Healey, Head Trader/
Partner, Champlain Investment
Partners, LLC
Joyce Judy, President, Community
College of Vermont
“It was clear to me that John’s vision for the center was a perfect fit with Champlain
College’s focus on practical life skills for our students,” Finney said of their first meeting.
Quick approval for the partnership followed that first meeting—though it came with its
own financial caveat—Pelletier would need to find funding for the center’s programs and
aim to be self-sustaining after 24 months.
David Lamberti, Teacher of
Economics and Personal Finance at
Burlington High School
Finding Supporters
Thomas Leavitt, Executive Vice
President, Merchants Bank
Susan Leonard, Senior Vice
President/Chief Financial Officer,
New England Federal Credit Union
Michael Seaver, Division President,
Vermont, People’s United Bank
Christian Thwaites, President and
CEO of Sentinel Asset Management,
Inc. / Sentinel Investments (National
Life Group’s Asset Management
affiliate)
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In researching his next steps, he found a serious lack of financial principles being
taught in schools at all levels, from kindergarten to college. “A direct result of our
nation’s poor personal finance knowledge has been a record number of foreclosure rates,
mortgage defaults, personal credit defaults, and bankruptcy rates,” he said. “Some of our
economic problems were created by bad actors focused on personal gain, but so many
others were created by good people making poorly informed personal finance decisions.”
So last August, with the help of Greg Morgan from Champlain’s Office of
Advancement, Pelletier reached out to numerous Vermont financial institutions to
explain his plan to improve Vermonters’ personal finance knowledge beginning in
elementary school and continuing through high school, college, and adult education.
He used his simple Powerpoint presentation to show potential supporters the alarming
national and state statistics on how little most people know about handling their money.
He pointed out that in Vermont, the average college loan debt for a graduating college
senior in 2008 was $25,047—the eighth highest in the nation. Equally troubling, he
said, were adult behaviors—30 percent have no savings, 58 percent haven’t tried to figure
out how to save for retirement, a third were “surprised” by the terms of their mortgages.
Donald Vickers, President,
Vermont Student Assistance
Corporation
In fact, only four states mandate a one-semester high school course in financial
literacy; Vermont is not one of them. A study of educators found almost two-thirds of
K-12 teachers felt unqualified to teach to their state’s financial literacy guidelines and
only 28 percent were even teaching the subject, usually as part of another course.
Art Woolf, Associate Professor
of Economics at the University
of Vermont and President of the
Vermont Council on Economic
Education
The most powerful slide, however, may have been the last one, in which Pelletier
challenged the status quo: “We teach our children to look both ways before crossing
the street, to buckle their seat belts and avoid talking to strangers, all good advice with
regard to physical dangers. We need to do the same thing when it comes to teaching our
children about the financial dangers they will face.”
“It is truly heartwarming to see financial firms that compete with each other every day
in the marketplace join hands in supporting the cause of enhancing the financial literacy
of Vermonters,” Finney said at the center’s unveiling.
Initially, the Center for Financial Literacy’s three programs will address the growing
needs for financial education and increased literacy for K-12 students, college students,
and adults in Vermont.
•The Vermont Financial Literacy Summit, sponsored by TD Bank, National Life Group, and the National Life Group Charitable Foundation. A daylong conference will be held on June 16 (postponed from March due to a major snowstorm) to raise awareness in the public policy arena about the need for increasing personal financial education in grades K-12, at the collegiate level, and for adults on a local, state, and national level.
•The Vermont Teachers Financial Literacy Summer Institute, sponsored by Merchants Bank and the Merchants Bank Foundation. A three-year summer program beginning this August will provide graduate-level training for more than 100 Vermont high school and middle school educators at a five-day training course in understanding and teaching financial literacy.
•What’s My Score? sponsored by People’s United Bank. A program that began this spring aimed at helping Champlain College seniors and juniors access and understand their credit
scores and create a peer-to-peer credit and financial counseling network in conjunction
with Champlain Housing Trust and Champlain College’s Life Experience & Action Dimension (LEAD) curriculum.
Sharing the Wealth of Information
As word about the new Center for Financial Literacy and the progress of the required
LEAD financial workshops started to spread beyond Vermont, the news caught the eye
of New York Times reporter Ron Lieber, who visited the campus in early December to
see for himself what was going on. He flew up from New York City to spend a day on
campus, meet with students in the LEAD program, talk with Shelli Goldsweig, director
of LEAD, and attend a LEAD workshop with students on the basics of credit.
In his January 8 “Your Money” column, he singled out Champlain College for
making the commitment to giving students the tools they need to make good financial
choices. The situation at Champlain is unique, Lieber wrote, suggesting that other higher
education institutions would do well to follow Champlain’s lead, especially in the area of
requiring students to attend a “financial sophistication” workshop.
Lieber seemed even more surprised at who was actually teaching those workshops,
noting, “Champlain has chosen to train students to teach its introductory class on credit,
a strategy that is fraught with all sorts of danger given how complicated the topic can
be. I was impressed, however, with the student teachers I quizzed, and the materials they
share with their fellow undergraduates were 100 percent accurate as well.”
While only two workshops are required—one on budgeting and another on credit—
the Champlain LEAD team, along with its partners Champlain Housing Trust and the
Center for Financial Literacy, is expanding its workshops to include topics such as paying
student loans, buying a car, and employee and job benefits.
This March, a number of students, mostly seniors, took advantage of the “What’s My
Score?” credit report program and learned their credit score numbers and met with a
financial counselor to review the information.
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COmPOundIng InTeresT
Following the publication of the New York Times piece, news outlets across the country
began contacting Champlain College to talk about the programs. Reporters from
Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Florida cited the Champlain financial literacy
programs and often held Champlain up as a national model for what other colleges and
educational institutions should consider doing.
The New York Times story intrigued Merrill Lynch executives who were looking for an
expert in the field of young people and finances who could join a panel discussion, led
by former ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, to talk about young adults and retirement
plans.
In early March, Pelletier flew out to San Francisco to participate in a one-hour
online broadcast with fellow panelists Roland Fryer, the Robert M. Beren Professor of
Economics and CEO of the Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University;
Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt and DIY U
U, and staff writer at Fast Company;
and Andrew Sieg, head of Retirement Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The Help2Retire broadcast (which is available online at www.totalmerrill.com), also
features video interviews with more than a dozen current Champlain students and recent
alumni talking about their plans for retirement. Not surprisingly, many of the students
said the pressure they feel to find a job and begin paying off their student loans often
preempts thoughts of saving for retirement.
The film crew who interviewed the students also produced a 2½ minute video about
Pelletier and the LEAD courses, showing numerous campus scenes and students.
“If I were king for a day, I would mandate that every high school student be required
to take a personal finance course and, frankly, I would think the same would be true at
the collegiate level,” Pelletier says in the video. “We do have a program where we will be
teaching K-12 teachers to give them the confidence, the skills, and the curriculum tools
that they need to go back into the classroom and to teach this to our children.”
LOOKIng AheAd
While it has been a busy six months since the official announcement of the center,
Pelletier still has two of his center’s signature programs ahead this summer. The Vermont
Financial Literacy Summit is a one-day conference designed to raise Vermont’s awareness
of financial literacy issues and begin a discussion on the public policy choices related to
creating a robust personal finance education program for all ages. Senior policymakers,
senior educators, businesspeople, and nonprofit leaders will examine the lack of personal
finance education in Vermont’s K-12 schools, colleges, and workplaces when they gather
at Champlain College on June 16.
“We hope to tap into the collective wisdom of the attendees to gather ideas on how
best to bring personal finance education into our schools, colleges, and workplaces in
effective and efficient ways that will directly benefit Vermont’s economic competitiveness
and vitality,” Pelletier told the Vermont House and Senate Committees earlier this year.
Champlain College was featured
in the New York Times in January,
highlighting the LeAd program and the
Center for financial Literacy.
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Among the speakers at the June event are Ted Beck, the president of the National
Endowment for Financial Education and a member of President Obama’s Advisory
Council on Financial Capability; John Gannon, the president of the FINRA
Education Foundation; a senior representative of Vermont Govenor Peter Shumlin’s
administration; and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan via a taped message.
Champlain College students studying the video game industry and working through
the Emergent Media Center will present a financial literacy game concept suitable for
online or mobile use at the Summit.
The center will also discuss the results of its 2011 survey looking at how financial
literacy is being taught today in high schools, leading to the third program, the
Vermont Teachers Financial Literacy Summer Institute, scheduled for August 1-5.
The institute will train Vermont middle school and high school teachers on how
to teach the subject with confidence and how to use skills and curriculum tools to
successfully teach personal finance in their classrooms.
The Summer Institute will grant three graduate degree credits to teachers
who successfully complete
the program and will feature
a national curriculum pilot
program created by a steering
committee made up of the
Jump$tart Coalition, the
National Endowment for
Financial Education (NEFE),
the Council on Economic
Education, Family Economics
and Financial Education
program (FEFE), the FDIC,
and the U.S. Departments of
John Pelletier explains job benefits at a fall LEAD workshop.
Treasury and Education.
“This potential relationship gives Vermont the opportunity to be a national leader
with regard to teacher training on financial literacy,” Pelletier said.
“It is my hope that within a decade, Vermont will be viewed by the nation as a
leader and innovator in financial literacy education,” he told Vermont legislators
earlier this year. “And that we would be able to review the following list of
accomplishments:
•Personal finance education and assessment would exist
in all of our middle and high schools
•Teachers would be given the personal finance training and
curriculum that they need to be successful
•College students would be required to take a personal finance
course or pass a test to prove their personal finance knowledge
•Our community colleges would offer personal finance
courses to all of our citizens free or at subsidized rates
•Employers would receive tax credits for offering personal finance workplace training
This ambitious vision is possible if we create a strategic plan for Vermont’s
financial literacy education program.”
For more information about the Champlain College Center for
Financial Literacy, visit www.champlain.edu/center-for-financial-literacy.html
LEAD’s Financial
Literacy Workshops
Champlain College students have the following
workshops available to them through the LEAD
program in their junior and senior years.
•Understanding Employee Benefits: Helps students understand employee
benefits and how to obtain the most value out of them when negotiating a job. •Goal Setting & Budgeting: Looks at the core financial topics of budgeting and goal setting in a nonjudgmental
environment. Provides students with tools they can use to set and stick to a personal budget, track expenses, and accomplish financial goals.
•Repaying Your Student Loans: An introduction to the options students have in repaying their student loans. Students learn
about deferments, forbearances, income-
based repayment, and other tools to decrease stress in relation to paying loans.
•Understanding Credit Part 1:
An introduction to what goes into a credit report and credit score, as well as the
influence it has on students’ lives. Participation qualifies students to take part in the What’s Your Score? free credit review day to get a free copy of their credit report and score as well as a 20-minute professional analysis of both.
•Understanding Credit Part 2: A closer look at credit reporting and scoring. By using sample credit scores, students learn how to repair and/or build toward a
stronger credit report and score.
•Making Your Money Work for You: Students learn the benefits of starting to save for retirement early, as well as
different types of retirement accounts available. They also learn about the difference between stocks, bonds, and mutual funds and the risks and trade-offs associated with each type of investment.
•Buying Your First Car: Students gain an understanding of the basics of credit, negotiating, budgeting, and loan documentation as they apply to buy a first car.
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The voices of Champlain College’s educators and leaders
are being heard in various ways every day and not always just in the classroom or
on campus. Their philosophy and beliefs are being heard in our community—
delivered as an introduction to an evening of history brought to life on Martin
Luther King Day. Or a newspaper essay on the personal conviction of living a
sustainable life. Or the insights that reveal themselves when you live close to the
students you teach. We offer you a sampler of Champlain voices asking...
Who Are You Going to Be?
By Ame Lambert
A
Senior Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
s we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., I am reminded once again of this
question and the challenge inherent in it.
I am reminded that this was Martin Luther King’s story.
After all, he was a black man and he felt the sting of
segregation personally.
But it also was not his story. He was a middle-class,
educated man, who earned a Ph.D. at 26. He had a
relatively comfortable life in front of him as a pastor, with
a committed congregation and a family and community
that loved him. Security seemed certain. He could have
created a life that insulated him and his from the brunt of
segregation. He could have found a way to be happy, even
in the midst of terrible societal circumstances.
But he made a choice to engage. And he paid a price for
it. In time away from his family. In never seeing his children
grow up. In stress, in loss of privacy, in early death.
I also realize that I can legitimately say this is not my
story. After all, I am from another country, and this is not
my history. I am the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. LambertAikhionbare, great parents who both hold graduate
degrees, as do I. I have never known hunger or poverty,
never been stopped by the police, never been called the
“n” word to my face, have always made good grades and
graduated on time, often early. I have never had to take
out a loan to pay for my education. I have lived a blessed,
sheltered, and privileged life in many ways.
But as I have both learned about the choices made by
the heroes who have come before me and seen the current
devastation of people, communities and the environment
caused by the refusal of the many, myself included, to see,
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be, and act, I have realized that I too must make a choice—
who am I going to be?
I have decided I don’t get to sit this one out. So I say,
loudly and boldly—This is my story. Because the story did
not start and will not end in America. Because those who
were left behind were not unscathed. Because I am a black
woman and proud of it, so I do deal with the discomfort,
the burden, and the pain of race. I too pay a price for being
black and for doing the work. But most importantly, I must
engage because I am a person. Human, not in a way that
ignores, denies, or minimizes my race, gender, or any of
the other identities that are important to me, but in a way
that makes me unable to be fully me until I work to create
space for the full humanity of those around me. In a way
that makes me not truly free until I work for the freedom of
others.
There has been progress, and we should celebrate these
successes. But 43 years after MLK’s death, there is still much
work to do, and in truth, some indicators are getting worse.
For example, the average family of color earns 60 percent
of what the average European American family earns, which
is especially troubling both because this figure is worse
now than it was in 1974 and because the U.S. Constitution
designated black slaves as three-fifths or 60 percent of a
human being. When you look at wealth, the picture is much
starker; the average family of color has 10 percent of the
wealth of the average European American family.
“There has been progress, and we should celebrate these successes.
But 43 years after MLK’s death, there is still much work to do,
and in truth, some indicators are getting worse.”
—Ame Lambert
Meet Ame Lambert
A
In 2008, the nation elected its first African American
president. The world paused to celebrate. That night, Don
Black’s hate website crashed because it was overwhelmed
with traffic. The site, which usually averages 80 new
registrants per day, received 2,000 new members on
election night. David Duke, the former Louisiana legislator,
has also seen an average increase of 25,000 daily visitors
to his white nationalist website post election.
I will not overwhelm you with statistics. They can be
overwhelming and are too easy to tune out. Instead, once
again in 2011—in a world where we are often too busy to
think or reflect, where our gadgets can easily drown out
the whispers of our hearts, and we are often isolated and
insulated from the challenges others are experiencing,
where our lives are comfortable and we are constantly
encouraged to focus on us and ours—I ask you as I ask
myself—who are we going to be?
We are here only because many before us chose to make
this their story, roll up their sleeves, and do the work.
I hope you will not sit this one out.
This essay was the introduction to a campus theatrical presentation of
Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham,” with Edgar Davis as MLK.
me Lambert of South Burlington
began work as Champlain
College’s new senior director of
diversity and inclusion last November
with a goal to create a diverse and
inclusive campus community. Lambert
and her staff work directly with students
to prepare them to thrive in a global,
multicultural, interdependent world.
The office also serves as a resource to
campus departments on diversity issues
and provides training, programming,
and support services to underrepresented
populations.
“It is about equipping champions to
do what they are passionate about and
what they want to do. People have been
asking how to address bias incidents,
how to create inclusive communities,
how to weave diversity discussions
into the curriculum and co-curricular
activities. People want knowledge to
make diversity real and relevant, and
it is our responsibility as the Office of
Diversity and Inclusion to provide that
information and be a resource,” Lambert
explained. She launched an in-house
training/certification program called
Intercultural U in the spring semester.
Prior to coming to Champlain,
Lambert was director of intercultural
affairs at Northwest Missouri State
University. She is a graduate of Baylor
University and earned her master’s
degree in human resources and
labor relations from Michigan State
University. She is originally from
Nigeria.
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Karl Haas, Christina Erickson and Emily Ginter at the annual trash sort last fall.
I Believe in Being a
Role Model
By Christina Erickson
Champlain College Sustainability Coordinator
I believe that we
need to model the
behaviors we wish to
see. My background is
in environmental and
experiential education and I once had a mentor say to me, “Never
ask your students to do something you yourself would not do.” In that
case, it meant if I was asking students to intentionally dump a canoe
on a mid-September day to learn how to right it again, I needed to do
it too, no matter that I had done this more times than I could count.
The same holds true for me with sustainable living behaviors.
They also reported a higher awareness of how operations and
systems on campus worked, such as what can be recycled and that
they can ride the local buses free. Eco-Reps programs have been
replicated many times since their inception at Tufts University in
2000; now there are more than 50 similar programs at campuses
across the country. Additionally, Staff Eco-Rep programs have
sprung up, utilizing the same concepts and practices with campus
employees. These programs help address the behavioral side of
sustainability, which can work in conjunction with technological
solutions. This type of program is one that I hope to create at my
current position at Champlain College. In past years, Champlain
has accomplished some great work in energy conservation and
green building projects and
is ripe to take off with other
is a very
initiatives, such as peer
education programs. there is the chance that
My job in the past six
years has been working with
students, faculty, and staff on
college campuses to reduce
their individual ecological
personal matter, and
and carbon footprints (and
Changing behaviors is a
tensions can be raised when someone is
collectively reduce those of the
very personal matter, and
institution) by participating in
asked to change. I have learned that top-down there is the chance that
various behaviors such as riding
tensions can be raised
approaches can be met with resistance.
bikes and walking, choosing to
when someone is asked to
eat local foods, switching off
change. I have learned that
—Christina Erickson
computers at night, supporting
top-down approaches can be
thrift stores, and so on. What does that mean for me? That I ride
met with resistance. Peer education and modeling strive to be a
my bike or walk to work, grow and process foods for my family to
more grassroots approach that is more personable. An aspect of
consume, am ardent at flipping all switches, and have a closet full of
training for Eco-Reps is discussing how to talk about difficult topics
clothes gently worn by someone else.
and create communication strategies that are sensitive to others’
needs while addressing the issues at hand. One aspect of being a
Modeling behaviors is a key concept behind a peer education
thoughtful communicator is learning how to avoid having an “ecoprogram that I’ve worked with and studied for my doctoral work. Ecorighteous” attitude—something that I try to model for others.
Rep programs on college campuses, such as the one at the University
“Changing behaviors
of Vermont, hire and train students to learn about sustainable living
practices. They then model those practices to their peers in college
residence halls, encouraging them to follow suit. Student Eco-Reps
bring information such as levels of energy use on campus or how
much waste is generated annually back to their residence hall
neighbors. They then provide ways to actively engage their neighbors
through waste sorts, lightbulb swaps, and clothing exchanges.
So does this program work? In a word, yes. My research evaluating
the program at UVM showed that students who had an Eco-Rep in
their building reported higher levels of sustainable living behaviors.
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Every person does not have the same life circumstances; but
by showing that reasonable alternatives do exist, particularly
within peer groups, change is possible. I have seen this with my
student Eco-Reps, who have found inspiration to continue with
environmentally related work. I have seen this with a co-worker,
who decided to raise her own chickens. I have seen this with my
parents, who decided that having a compost pile in their backyard
was a pretty easy thing to do. My goal is that by inspiring people
around me to make personal changes, they will in turn inspire
others to do the same.
This essay originally appeared in the Burlington Free Press’s Green Mountain
section, a weekly look at sustainable living and the environment.
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In a recent essay published in Inside Higher
Ed, educator Lee Burdette Williams draws
Ed
attention to just how little we, on the faculty
and administrative side of academia, actually
know about our students outside of what we
see of them on campus.
the form of hideous renditions of the ’80s pop
ditty “Walking on Sunshine” blasting at the
wee hours of the morning and pungent aromas
(or “skunks,” as my 4-year-old calls them)
that mysteriously find their way to my open
windows on warm fall evenings.
She writes, “Our students are different
people late at night. In our classrooms
and offices during the day or the library
or practice rooms in the evening, they are
smart, charming, ambitious, clear-headed,
and reasonably nice to one another. But
like a collegiate version of Teen Wolf
Wolf, as the
clock ticks closer to midnight, they become
unrecognizable.”
However, these collegiate rites of passage tell
only a small part of the story. There’s another
aspect of our experience that illuminates the
rich complexities of what it means to be an
18-year-old freshman, away from home for
the first time in a schooling environment
that looks vastly different from what they left
behind in their hometowns. Being around
students when the formal filters of schooling
dissipate allows access to a world previously
inaccessible to me as a professor.
This year, my wife, three small boys, large
golden retriever, and I have been privy to these
students and their lives as the clock ticks closer
to midnight by virtue of my role as “faculty in
residence” at Champlain College. As Williams
suggests, we’ve seen our share of teen wolves in
In this world I hear inquiries into ideas
about the role of prescription drugs in
upper-class American suburbs, the classist
assumptions high schools make about what
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kind of learning is valuable, and critiques of policy that would
make for excellent essays in my first-year writing classes. I hear
the stories of these students’ complicated lives, their struggles
with depression and self-doubt. But I also hear their exuberance,
their joys about being free to become the people they aspire to be
and, as they pet my dog, their talk about how they long for some
semblance of order in a transitional time.
At Champlain College, I teach in an innovative
interdisciplinary humanities program that complements the
majors offered at this professionally focused school. My colleagues
and I are tasked with creating a curriculum designed to support
students in seeing how a broad range of academic subjects can
work together to create a better understanding of themselves and
their place in the world.
The following morning I teach
some of these same students. They
Being around students when the formal filters of schooling
come to my Rhetoric class sleepy and
disaffected with iPods blaring and
dissipate allows
previously laptops opened up to Facebook, and I
inaccessible to me as a professor. —Mike Kelly
get a gnawing sense that the passion I
saw on display just nine hours earlier
got left on the front steps of our apartment building. Don’t get me
Part of the challenge involved in doing this work is teaching
wrong: They are still capable of having a discussion. Contrary to
students to re-see what schooling asks of them and to be
actively involved with their own learning—learning that doesn’t
the prevailing opinion of the public (and some of my colleagues),
necessarily have immediate, identifiable rewards. At a college
they can even put a sentence together without using text-speak.
where students begin exploring their chosen professional program
Their baseline intelligence is not the problem in my classroom.
in their first year, it is easy to see why some students view
The problem, as I see it, is that the same energetic and
our interdisciplinary courses as the same kinds of educational
thoughtful people I hung out with outside my building are doing
roadblocks they’ve come to resent because of their experiences
pale imitations of themselves when they come into the classroom
with a culture of schooling that privileges results-driven
and perform as students. While Williams writes compellingly
accountability over the intangible qualities that we, as a culture,
about the type of student who gets straight As by day and
say we value.
turns into a miniature version of Charlie Sheen by night, my
“
access to a world
”
experience living around 85 freshmen is actually reversed in some
cases. These are students who come to my college conditioned
to believe that learning is a means to an end, a quantifiable
hoop to jump through measured by tests and standardization.
It is ironically the nighttime when they turn into the thinking,
articulate people we expect them to be.
I can’t blame them. They are earnest, savvy young people who
have effectively played the role that contemporary schooling
culture expects them to. They have not been rewarded for taking
risks with their learning and, because of this, have never really
tried. Instead of being a medium to make sense of their changing
lives and aspirations, academic subjects become an obstacle to be
overcome in order to get out into the world and focus on what
they say they really want to do.
Our challenge is to help them see education differently. In the
Core curriculum we don’t test our students, and I believe this to
be a boon to our program. They are already being tested regularly
as they negotiate the uneven remainders of young adulthood.
In his commencement address to students at Kenyon College,
the late David Foster Wallace said the value of the liberal arts is not
necessarily to teach students how or what to think, but rather to
make them realize that thinking “means being conscious and aware
enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you
construct meaning from experience.” So when I see my neighbors/
students trying informally to make meaning from their experiences
while enjoying a cigarette, I think about ways to channel this level
of inquiry into my own classroom the following day.
Mike Kelly joined the Champlain College Core faculty in the fall of 2010. His reflection on life as
a faculty member in residence at Quarry Hill, an all-freshman residence housing alternative, was
originally published in Inside Higher Ed, an online publication at www.insidehighered.com.
The Quarry Hill Experience
First-year Champlain College students were offered a unique experience last fall
in the Quarry Hill program—a living/learning environment designed to help them
adjust to life at college and discover the field and major that would capitalize on
their strengths and interests.
Students in the apartment-suite living experience were able to collaborate with
two Champlain College in-residence faculty and participate in exciting new
experiences to help them find their true calling.
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Mike Kelly and family outside their Quarry Hill residence.
Champlain’s First
Professor of the Year
A
ssistant Dean for Global Engagement at
Champlain College Gary Scudder is known for
many things on Champlain’s campus—for being
a world traveler, for his Super Bowl chicken-wing-eating
prowess, and for engaging his students in the world through
the groundbreaking Global Modules program.
And last fall, he added a new moniker—2010 Vermont
Professor of the Year—awarded by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Scudder
is the first Champlain College professor selected for the
national honor.
“What an extraordinary honor for Gary and Champlain
College. This is an important first for our college,” said
President David F. Finney.
The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most
outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those
who excel as teachers and influence the lives and careers of
their students. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious
awards honoring undergraduate teaching.
“I am immensely honored and humbled by this award.
I’m a teacher and that is my first love. This recognition
makes me want to work even harder for my students in the
future,” Scudder said before heading down to Washington,
D.C., to receive the honor. “This award is truly an award for
everyone at Champlain College. It is recognition of all of our
hard work and how far we’ve progressed in our mission of
becoming an institution of academic excellence.”
“Gary is an outstanding professor,” noted Elizabeth
Beaulieu, dean of the Core Division.“He has an amazing gift
and our students are lucky to have him.” He is continuously
stretching the limits of cultural immersion in the classroom,
she noted.
Scudder works extensively with the Core Division’s
Global Modules, an online international discussion forum
for Champlain students. In Scudder’s classes, students hold
discussions with students from universities around the world,
in places like Moscow and Dubai, to help undergraduate
students actively engage in discussions about global issues
and develop a worldwide perspective.
“I’m hardly the first good
teacher in the history of
Champlain College—and
I’m certainly not the only
one here now,” Scudder
said. “I would not have
won this award five years
Gary Scudder
ago. Champlain is simply
viewed by people now in
In Good Company
a very different light than
Recent past winners of the
it was in the past. This
Vermont Professor of the Year
award are: John Elder, professor
transformation is the result
of English and Environmental
of incredible hard work and Studies at Middlebury College in
dedication by my colleagues, 2008; David Mindich, professor
and Chair of Journalism and
and I am honored to work
Mass Communication at Saint
with them—and I truly
Michael’s College in 2006,
Sunhee Choi, professor of
believe that I share the
Chemistry and Biochemistry at
award with them.”
Middlebury College in 2005,
and Susan Dinitz, lecturer of
John Lippincott,
English at the University of
president of CASE, said
Vermont in 2004.
the 2010 national and state
winners were selected for their commitment to student
learning, their use of creative teaching methods, and
their outreach to the larger community. “They emphasize
learning, not just teaching; inspiring, not just professing;
and exploring, not just explaining. In short, they are
exceptional representatives of a noble profession.”
“Gary has influenced literally thousands of students
through the Global Modules program, and many
Champlain students have had the privilege of having him
in class. Still others experience him, this year, daily at the
Quarry Hill student residence, where he models living and
learning and even cooking. His impact has been felt on the
Champlain campus for a decade, and we look forward to the
many ways he’ll continue to contribute to our community.
I know that I speak for everyone when I say that we are
honored to work side by side with such a gifted educator,”
added Robin Abramson, Champlain’s provost and chief
academic officer.
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Spending Your
Summer Abroad
New programs in Dublin and Montreal expand study abroad options
Students looking to create a meaningful and engaging study abroad
experience at Champlain College have a new opportunity beginning
this summer with the launch of new summer programs at the
Montreal and Dublin Champlain campuses.
James Cross, associate provost and senior international officer,
explains, “This gives students the ability to gain a once-in-a-lifetime
experience, while providing a more flexible and convenient program.” Students attending either program will arrive at their abroad campus
May 20 and attend classes until June 24. Students will take part in
a mandatory orientation their first weekend, which will allow them to
become adjusted to their new home.
Both programs include tuition, housing, health insurance, general
activities fees including a weekend trip, personal support, and
direction and instruction provided by the site’s program director,
operations manager, head resident, academic coordinator, and
academic faculty.
Dublin in the Summer
Ireland’s capital city buzzes during the summer with its many
festivals and brings a unique opportunity for students to experience
the vibrant, energetic, and multicultural location. The new fiveweek, 6-credit summer programs at Champlain’s Dublin campus
offer a selection of courses that focus on professional and cultural
opportunities. Students will be immersed in the culture by spending
time in galleries and exhibits, in the Irish Parliament building, atop hill
forts, and watching real Irish music seisiuns and gigs.
Dublin’s summer course opportunities include a wide range of
classes that combine Champlain’s intellect with Europe’s culture.
These courses include Cultural Immersion through the Irish Fine Arts,
Cultural Immersion through Music, Early Irish History, Modern Irish
Social History, Northern Ireland History, Dublin Literary Experience,
and Ireland—the Celtic Tiger and the European Union.
Montreal Beckons
Montreal comes alive with creativity in the summer months. Overlapping
festivals and a
great diversity
of cultural
dimensions in
music, art, dance,
food, and comedy
bring about a
fun and unique
atmosphere. Graphic Design
and Digital Film students will submerge themselves in one of the
world’s most creative and cutting-edge arts communities, and E-Game
students can find themselves at a true hub of the industry.
“Students will have a great opportunity in taking their learning
experience out of the classroom by spending time exploring and
learning hands-on the historical and cultural dynamics of Montreal,”
said Lynda Reid, director of study abroad recruitment.
Champlain College students can choose from a variety of classes
such as Conversational French, French III, Canadian Culture through
the Fine Arts, Canadian / American Relations, and Intercultural
Communication. Those with specific interests and majors have the
option of taking Duality, Design & Dissent, and Introduction to Game
Design Seminar.
To continue the engagement of culture, students at Champlain
College Montreal live in the University of Quebec at Montreal’s
international dorm with French-speaking students from around the world.
Learn more about the Champlain College Study Abroad
programs at www.champlain.edu.
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News
Karen Nilsson recently retired after 25
years at MIT.
Norman Perron and his wife Barbara
Perron celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary on October 9, 2010, at the
Burlington Elks Club.
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News
Jeannette Warn is now the payroll
manager at Fletcher Allen Health Care in
Burlington, Vermont.
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News
Richard W. Greene recently sold his
business, Hull Insurance Agency, Inc.,
and is in school to earn his associate’s
degree as a physical therapist assistant. Bernard Schmidt was awarded on
January 15, 2011 a master of science
in applied information technology. He
graduated from George Mason University
with a 4.0 GPA.
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News
Mariann Carlson joined New York
Life Insurance Company in 2009 as an
agent, and in 2010 became licensed as
a financial services professional helping
clients with insurance and retirement
planning. Her website, is www.marianncarlson.com.
In Memory of Our Fellow Alumni and Friends
The following members of our alumni family have passed on and will be
remembered warmly by their friends, family, and alma mater.
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Catherine (Malloy) Crouchley, South Burlington, VT, November 14, 2010
Michelle A. Forgues, Quechee, VT,
October 13, 2010
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Wayne Whittemore,
North Troy, VT, February 2, 2011
Debra Sue Blanchard,
Washington, VT, January 11, 2011
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Joan (Larsen) Ladd, South Burlington,
VT, December 17, 2010
Myrna G. Holdman, Middlebury, VT,
September 29, 2010
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Mary M. Munn, Bradford, VT, April 7, 2011
Maureen T. (Bonin) Bedard,
Hubbardston, MA, December 4, 2010
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Merle G. Parenteau,
Fairfax, VT, December 28, 2010
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Deborah Mattison, Shaftsbury, VT,
January 16, 2011
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Patricia A. Legienza, Old Saybrook, CT,
December 24, 2010
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John R. Brigham, Milton, VT, December
28, 2010
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Jason L. Flood, Barre, VT, December
15, 2010
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Jeremy M. Gomez, Winooski, VT,
October 5, 2010
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Erin M. Hehir, September 9, 2010
Tracy Jill McPhail, Middlebury, VT,
March 25, 2011
Carolyn (Neill) Greaves was admitted
to the practice of law for the state of
Vermont on December 7, 2010. She has
worked for the law firm of Gensburg &
Atwell for the previous 16 years, and on
that date, she became a partner in the
firm. It is now called Gensburg, Atwell & Greaves.
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News
Jennifer Bair is the author of Open
Road, A Goddess-Biker Guidebook, and
its companion CD, The Goddess Sings—
An Audio Workbook and Original Rock ’n
Roll Music, both released in July 2010.
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BIRTH
Ericka (Bryce) Luneau and Brent
Luneau, a daughter, Annabelle Diane
Luneau, Flower Mound, TX, September
27, 2010.
Joan S. Wingate, 79, of Burlington passed away March
31, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. She moved
to Burlington from Scarsdale, NY, in 1949 to attend the
University of Vermont, receiving her B.A. in business
administration in 1953 and her M.A. in education in 1982.
She married Earle F. Wingate Jr. in 1951. Professionally she
was primarily an educator, though she also worked as a
secretary and in numerous political campaigns. Her teaching
career included substitute teaching and teaching in three
hospitals. Before settling in as an assistant professor in the
Administrative Division at Champlain College, she worked
as the assistant to the president. In 1970 she served as
statewide coordinator for the U.S. Census.
Personally, her great life joy and pride were her children and
grandchildren; the loves of her life. She was an avid gardener
and took pride in her many awards for her bread-and-butter
pickles. She leaves behind three children, Earle F. Wingate III
(Sandy) and wife Pam of Pittsfield, NH, Karen Marr Wingate
of Colchester, and Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Bachilas and husband
Frank of Shelburne; and four grandchildren, Seth Wingate,
Drew Wingate, Greg Bachilas, and Holly Bachilas.
Wesnide Labissiere, 37, of Montreal, Quebec, passed away
on December 28, 2010. She was the operations manager for
the Montreal Champlain College campus and a beloved friend
and advisor to many students, faculty, and staff. Memorial
services were held in Montreal and Burlington to honor her
memory.
To honor her life and service to Champlain College, a
scholarship fund in her name was started that will help future
students studying abroad in Montreal. To make a gift, contact
the Advancement Office, (802) 860-2788 or by mail: Wesnide
Labissiere Scholarship Fund, Advancement Office, PO Box
270, Burlington, VT 05402-0670.
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News
Diana M. DiTacchio owns four Healthy
Mexican Cuisine restaurants on the
Connecticut shoreline.
News
Jonathan Amon joined the Doubletree
Hotel Burlington as rooms division
manager. He manages front desk
operations as well as the engineering
and housekeeping departments.
Jonathan was previously employed as
luxury sales manager for Orient-Express
in Charleston, SC.
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BIRTH
Stacey (Graham) Clarke and Ronald
Clarke Jr., a daughter, Claire Lorraine
Clark, Burlington, VT, September 3,
2010.
News
Tamar Bouchard was inducted
into the Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society
Alpha Chapter at the University of
Vermont on November 5, 2010, for
outstanding academic achievement in
interdisciplinary education. She just
completed her M.Ed. in interdisciplinary
studies at the University of Vermont. Her
thesis was “Soully Responsible: A Single
Mother’s Spiritual Journey.” She has
also started a life coaching business,
Essentials Life Coaching.
Kristin Halpin was recently named vice
president of human resources at Dealer.
com. She joined Dealer.com in 2009 and
has more than 20 years of experience in
dynamic human resources environments
(including eight years in Europe and the
Asia-Pacific region) with Expedia, General
Electric, and IDX Systems Corp.
’02
Julie Wilson ’86 and husband Mike, and Marsha Davis ’85 and fiance Dave,
visiting Rowell Hall while in Burlington.
’93
BIRTH
Clifford Wanner and April Bell, a
daughter, Olivia Susan Wanner, Milton,
VT, August 13, 2010.
’95
Marriage
Heather Malone and David Laggis,
September 18, 2010.
News
Marie Bergeron-Gonneville and her
husband started building their new home
in Dayton, ME, in July 2010, and were
excited for it to be finished by the end
of October.
’90
’96
NEWS
Jay Guyette, who works for the
Automaster Honda, was recently honored
by American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
for achieving one of the highest sales
volumes in 2009. He is one of 33 Honda
sales consultants to recieve this award.
BIRTH
Christopher Quintin and Regina
Quintin, a daughter, Kate Madeleine,
Essex, VT, September 9, 2010.
’92
Marriage
Matthew Sears and Alma Rizvanovig,
August 27, 2010.
Lynch, Richmond, VT, September 22,
2010.
Katherine (Merkel) Ducey and Cliff
Ducey, a daughter, Carlysle Torah Ducey,
Cazenovia, NY, July 21, 2010.
Marriage
Tiffany Ovitt and Craig McCormick II,
September 18, 2010.
News
Katherine (Merkel) Ducey has
started her own e-commerce business,
Red Onion Clothing, selling women’s
clothing.
Tiffany (Ovitt) McCormick is now
an LVTC office manager at LandVest in
Newport, VT.
birth
Amy (Mattison) Hawley and Brian
Hawley, a daughter, Caylie Marie Hawley,
Arlington, VT, September 29, 2010.
Marriage
Benjamin Howard and Melissa
Branco, October 23, 2010.
NEWS
Matthew Rehbein is living and working
in Bali, Indonesia, for a design company.
’03
birthS
Robyn (Morin) Carnevale and
Keith Carnevale, a daughter, Ava Ellis
Carnevale, September 25, 2010.
Troy Stienstra and Maria Eduarda
Costa-Stienstra ’05 welcomed their
daughter, Julia, on November 10, 2010.
’97
MARRIAGE
Sam Kunz and Cami Carter, August 7, 2010.
’98
MARRIAGES
Susannah C. Gallagher and Seth J.
Lemoine, July 8, 2010.
Kevin Graziadei and Vilma Borges de
Oliveira, July 2010.
News
Kevin Graziadei just celebrated his
10th year of working for 20th Century
Fox as project manager of information
security. He also completed his master’s
degree in project management from
George Washington University in
March 2010 and obtained his project
management professional certification
from the Project Management Institute in
December 2010.
’99
Kevin Graziadei ’98 and Vilma
Borges de Oliveira, July 2010.
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birthS
Michele (Severance) Lynch and
Andrew Lynch, a son, Cooper Matthew
Tiffany (Ovitt) McCormick ’99 with husband Craig, son Cooper, and
daughter Harley.
alumnilives
| CL As s N OT E S |
Varsity Basketball Alumni
Reunite on the Court
I
t has been almost a decade since the former members of Champlain College’s varsity basketball
teams have reunited on the court to relive some of their past glories, nurse a few aging knees, and catch up on what’s
new with their former teammates.
Former Champlain College varsity basketball players will do that and more when they gather for the 2011 alumni
basketball tournament on Saturday, June 11 at 2 p.m.
Along with multiple games at Argosy Gym, a full weekend of activities is on tap for alumni players beginning Friday, June
10, with a “meet and greet” at KC’s in Winooski—the traditional gathering spot for past alumni basketball weekends.
Former varsity basketball coach Bob Tipson; the voice of the college basketball games, Steve Gentile; and Diana Agusta,
executive assistant to the president and renowned varsity basketball ticket seller, are leading the effort.
Saturday afternoon is reserved for basketball games, which are open and free to the public. That night, alumni players
and their guests will enjoy a special dinner and evening of reminiscing about past swishes and last-minute wins.
The varsity basketball program at Champlain College ended in 2002, which was also the last year of the alumni basketball
reunions. The interest in the annual reunion had dwindled, until last summer when Coach Tipson visited Agusta and said
he was finally ready to plan an alumni game for this year. “I jumped out of my chair and hugged him; I have been waiting
for this,” explained Agusta.
A Facebook page to invite past players and help get the word out about the reunion was started earlier this year with the
hope that social media will fuel a strong turnout of players for the reunion.
Some of the players expressed some fear that they can’t play like they used to. Agusta assured them that it will be just
like a fun pickup basketball game. “The players are very excited about coming back; we are all ready to see each other
again. It creates a following with the Burlington community and will be exciting,” Agusta said.
The event is open to all varsity basketball alumni. For more information, check out the event’s Facebook page or contact
Diana Agusta: [email protected].
—darrien marazzo ’11
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alumni lives
A Letter Home
Champlain College International
Business major Eduardo Vasquez ’10,
checked in with his business professor
Joseph O’Grady about his experiences
after graduation. His success story,
which is highlighted in the new
Division of Business video, is one we
also want to share with you.
Dear Prof. O’Grady,
Hope all is well with you and your family and
you are having a good semester so far. I hear this
winter has been very snowy but that is part of living
in Vermont! I just wanted to give you an update on
my life as I am now living and working in Hong
Kong. I have been here for six months now and I
have settled in very well. I am working at a company
called Kerry Properties (www.kerryprops.com), which
is a large-scale property developer (residential,
commercial, and retail) in Hong Kong, China, and
other southeast Asian countries. It has been a big
change but a very refreshing one. I am working
in the marketing and sales department (Prof. Jay
McKee would be happy to know!), which has been
very interesting and challenging but my Champlain
education has definitely come in handy.
I am the only “Westerner” in the company as
of now, which has its pros and cons. They often
ask me to give insight on projects as they enjoy
having a fresh perspective, but at the same time
language barriers and cultural differences make it
difficult. Some of the projects I have been working
on include a new residential tower located in Happy
Valley, Hong Kong, which is an area known for
horse racing. We are in the process of naming the
tower and coming up with a marketing theme,
which is sometimes the most challenging part of the
development!
I have also been assigned the task of creating
the pricing model for another residential project
in Wong Tai Sin. The project is called “Lions Rise”
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and it is named after Lion Rock, which is a famous
mountain near the project. That project has a total
just under 1,000 units on top of a shopping center
and is due to be sold in May, (www.lionsrise.com.hk).
The experiences and knowledge I have gained
have been invaluable and I recommend to everyone
to step outside of their comfort zone and do
something that really challenges them as this is
the best way to learn. Everyone has told me that
in today’s “global community,” cultural awareness
and appreciation is important, and being here I
couldn’t agree more.
The hard work and determination of the
Chinese people has created a society based on
ancient traditions, yet modern enough to be
competitive with every other so-named “developed”
country I have visited. It was a tough decision for
me to pack up and leave everything I knew and am
comfortable with and come to a strange country with
strange food and start life all over again, but I will
never regret the decision and I encourage others to
do the same. If I can be any help to Champlain College or
yourself being in Hong Kong, please let me know. I
would be more than happy to meet with prospective
students and talk about the school and Burlington.
Best Regards, Eduardo
ENGAGEMENT
Martha Carpenter and Jeffrey Kostiw,
June 26, 2011.
News
Christopher MacDonald was
promoted to government affairs director
at the Vermont Association of REALTORS.
Marissa Wilkens was recently hired
as the new director of recruitment and
events for Mobius, a local nonprofit
dedicated to developing a culture of
mentoring in a local communities.
Lyndsey (McAllister) Delaney and
her husband Sean Delaney welcomed a
daughter, Lily Anne Delaney, on August
8, 2010. Lily weighed 7 pounds 15
ounces and was 20 inches long.
ENGAGEMENTs
Jennifer Gallant and Neil Charland.
Jodi Sorrell and Jason Mashia, May 2011.
Michele Beaupre and Tim O’Day,
August 8, 2011.
’04
birthS
Desiree (Bouthillette) Vatter and
Robert Vatter, a daughter, Adelyn
Michelle Vatter, Fairfax, VT, September
20, 2010.
Ryan Lamothe and Isaura LaMothe,
a son, Thiago Dylan LaMothe, South
Burlington, VT, September 10, 2010.
Kimberley Kilbon and Stephen Kilbon,
a son, Owen Stephen Kilbon, Williston,
VT, September 4, 2010.
Thomas Jackman and Jenica
(Norrish) Jackman ’08, a daughter,
Noella Jade Jackman, Santa Barbara,
CA, December 26, 2010.
MarriageS
David R. Mayer and Jordan E. Pratt,
August 15, 2010.
Cory Rossetti and Elizabeth Crowley,
August 14, 2010.
Lee Gaboriault and Carol Wheel,
September 29, 2010.
News
Maria (Fredlund) Laven is working as
international coordinator at Mid Sweden
University in Ostersund, Sweden.
’05
Births
Maria Eduarda Costa-Stienstra and
Troy Stienstra ’03 welcomed their
daughter, Julia, on November 10, 2010.
Lennox Madalynn, daughter of
Heather (Lovering) Terrel ’05.
Nicholas Novello received his
MBA from California State University,
Northridge, in December 2010, and
subsequently accepted the position of
associate director of financial aid at
California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Keeley Higgins is now marketing
coordinator for Geri Reilly Real Estate in
South Burlington, VT. She has been with
Geri Reilly’s award-winning real estate
team for several years. She resides in
Winooski, where she recently bought
a condo. You may contact Keeley at
[email protected].
’06
Jennifer Gallant ’05 and fiance Neil
Charland.
MARRIAGE
Matthew Martelle and Jenna Costa
’06, October 2010.
News
James Willette has enrolled in the
Ph.D. program in college and university
leadership at Colorado State University
with an expected completion date of
2014. In March 2010 he accepted
a position coordinating student
employment and work-study at the
University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA.
Meredith (Walker) McCullough has
accepted a new position as a conference
specialist in Silver Spring, MD, at Social
& Scientific Systems. She also continues
to work part-time as a special events
consultant for Fox Chase Manor in
Manassas, VA, and Rose Hill Manor in
Leesburg, VA, managing social events.
Amy Rothschild is marketing manager
at Turpin Sales & Marketing in West
Springfield, MA.
Molly F. McGill has been assistant
editor of Lewiston Auburn Magazine,
produced by L/A Publishing, for the
past year. In conjunction with her role
as assistant editor, Molly was awarded
the task of editor for a new publication
the company has started for the Oxford
Hills Chamber of Commerce, Ascend
Magazine. Molly is also a board member
and the spokesperson for the inaugural
year of the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (LAFF).
MARRIAGEs
Jenna Costa and Matthew Martelle
’05, October 2010.
Becky Danaher and Ben Colley
(UVM ’01) were married in an outdoor
ceremony in New Haven, VT, on
September 18, 2010, before 150 of their
closest friends and family. Thanks to a
great group of people (including lots of
Champlain grads), they danced the night
away, laughed until their faces hurt, and
enjoyed the gorgeous fall day that they
were blessed with!
News
Alexandra Sevakian and her husband
Ben Hudson are living in Dublin, Ireland,
where Alexandra is earning her master’s
degree in drama and performance
studies at University College Dublin.
Jodi Greene recently bought her first
house and is now residing in Claremont, NH.
Travis Mears recently accepted the
student services specialist position at the
University of Washington, Tacoma.
Becky (Danaher) Colley is now
teaching at Champlain College. She
joined the adjunct faculty team last fall
as a Visual and Digital Fundamentals
instructor.
Jodi Greene ’06 and DJ Lebrun at
her new house.
Courtney Davis was promoted to account
manager for Champlain Cable’s sales team.
She works with accounts from all over the
world, including India, China, and Italy.
Alastair Lee received his MBA from
Southampton Business School, Solent
University (U.K.) in September 2009. He
has recently been promoted to the position
of deputy director of library relations at
The Journal of Visualized Experiments in
Somerville, MA.
Ashley Jewell was promoted in November
to coordinator of campus visits and events
at Bates College in the Office of Admission.
Ashley has been with Bates for three years.
She was previously an administrative
assistant in the Office of Alumni and Parent
Programs.
’07
Engagement
Brett Patnaude and Brynley Robinson
’09.
Marriage
Molly Gagnon married Joshua DeLuca
in Bermuda on May 29, 2010.
News
Cara Collins has joined Davis and
Hodgdon Associates CPAs as an associate
accountant. Her prior experience
includes local public accounting as well
as professional support for the Women’s
Business Owners Network throughout
Vermont.
Andrew B. Delaney recently passed the
Vermont bar exam and was admitted to the
Vermont Bar on December 7, 2010.
Alexandra Sevakian ’06 and Ben
Hudson.
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Bradley Kelly ’08 and Kathleen Ray ’08, recently engaged while visiting
Disney World.
’08
Birth
Jenica (Norrish) Jackman and
Thomas Jackman ’04, a daughter,
Noella Jade Jackman, Santa Barbara, CA,
December 26, 2010.
Engagement
Kathleen A. Ray and Bradley A. Kelly,
both class of 2008.
Marriage
Douglas Tetrault and Valerie
Radlinski, both class of 2008, were
married on August 28, 2010, at Our Lady
of the Mountains Church in North Conway,
NH. A reception followed at the Attitash
Grand Summit Hotel in Bartlett, NH. The
happy couple honeymooned in Belize.
news
Jacob Fink is a web designer at Carbone
Auto Group.
Paul Jarvis of Bilodeau, Wells & Company,
P.C., has recently been licensed by the state
of Vermont as a certified public accountant.
Eric Adamowsky moved to Boston, MA,
in 2010 and founded Derivative Media
LLC, a holding company whose businesses
include Armitage Digital, a full-service
digital marketing and lead generation
agency. Armitage Digital provides an array
of strategic services to create visibility,
conversion, and engagement opportunities
for medium-sized and large businesses.
Derivative Media LLC also maintains
a portfolio of several educational Web
properties in the financial education,
couponing, and technical career verticals.
’09
Engagement
Brynley Robinson and Brett Patnaude
’07
Marriage
James Harlow and Elizabeth Griffo,
August 21, 2010.
NEWS
Kristen Mercure has been working with
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., since
2009. She works in the public relations
department dealing with media relations,
campaign development, and social media.
Jaime Henry has accepted a position at
Meditech in Boston, MA.
Annemieke Wade, a recent graduate
of the Champlain College MBA program,
is production manager for the Lower
Ossington Theatre in Toronto, Canada, and
is co-producer of their upcoming production
of A Chorus Line.
Alison Proctor is in Namibia to
serve in the Peace Corps as a health
extension volunteer. She will be helping
to prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS
through trainings and local community
building activities. Check out her blog at:
travelingforpeace.blogspot.com.
’10
Marriage
Nicholas Vanwinkle and Chantal
Rouvrais, November 6, 2010.
NEWS
David Tabaruka was hired as junior client
financial analyst with Ogilvy & Mather.
Nichole Magoon is a marketing coordinator
at MyWebGrocer in Colchester, VT.
Corey Grenier was hired by
Brandthropology in Burlington, VT.
Abigail Thomas has recently been hired
by New Breed Marketing in Burlington, VT.
Lindsey Campbell was recently hired by
Wind Ridge Publishing in Shelburne, VT.
Emily Regis is a marketing designer at
William Arthur in Kennebunk, ME.
Glenna Murray has recently been hired
by Paul Frank & Collins in Burlington, VT.
Catherine Rubalcaba has joined
Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs as an
associate accountant. She has had several
internships in the accounting industry and
is currently preparing for the CPA exam.
Division of ITS Dean Ali Rafieymehr (left) and Champlain College Human
Resources Director Sarah Potter (right) received honorary plaques from
Cpt. Cristian Balan, who served in the 172nd Cavalry Squadron Task Force
Morgan in Afghanistan in 2010. Balan is an assistant professor in the Division
of Information Technology and Sciences.
Veteran to Veteran
SCHOLARSHIP Fund to Honor Service
Ronald J. Fatato ’66 was 22 years old when he joined the Army
and on June 20, 1968, was sent to Vietnam. He recalls being “hot and
muggy during the day, cold and exhausted at night; curious yet scared.
Excited one moment, then bored and homesick the next.”
With those memories still fresh, Fatato and his wife, Pat Olwell Fatato,
have created two Veterans funds, the Ronald J. Fatato ’66 Veterans Fund,
to honor his fellow servicemen and women, and the Sgt. John Olwell
Veterans Fund, to honor Pat’s father who earned a silver star in the
Normandy Beach invasion in World War II.
Both funds are meant to work hand-in-hand with the Yellow Ribbon
program established by the government to help today’s returning
veterans and their families engaged in the military since 2001 get an
education. The funds will assist veterans in their application process,
their financial aid process, in applying for the Federal Yellow Ribbon
program funding when appropriate, and to help veterans and their family
members acclimate to college life. In addition, the funds will be used
to provide scholarship funding to fill the gap after federal funds are
exhausted.
“My strongest memories are the day I arrived in Vietnam…and the
day I left to come home. It’s not easy to return to civilian life. Often our
veterans need to feel appreciated and to go back to school with students
who are both younger than they are and not always understanding of
their experiences. A good education is irreplaceable and as a Champlain
graduate, I know that well.”
He continued, “I’m adding my support to the Yellow Ribbon program
and pledging to match any gifts dollar-for-dollar over the next five years
up to $100,000 to the Sgt. John Olwell Veterans Fund and The Ronald J.
Fatato ’66 Veterans Fund. I believe those who have served our country
deserve our gratitude and I know that a Champlain education will help
them find a career path and be successful, as it did for me,” he said.
“This Fund is a legacy I’m proud to begin at a college I’m proud to call
my alma mater.”
To give to the Veterans Funds, please visit https://secure.champlain.
edu/annualfund/ or call Erik Oliver in the Office of Advancement at
(802) 383-6662.
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Class of 2011
Members of the Class of 2011 gathered for a senior photo at the second annual Graduate and Trustee Dinner on April 7 at Argosy Gymnasium.
(Below) The tradition of student, spirit, and leadership awards
was revived this year by President David F. Finney, with a new
Mary Kay Kennedy Service Award to David Madonna, right, and
Amanda Bryant (not shown).
The Class of 2011 Senior Gift Committee kicked up their heels after announcing
their preliminary participation numbers at the April dinner. The senior gift
participation is over 50 percent. More than $2,000 will be directed to the Support a
Student Scholarship Fund.
A Gift to the Future
e Class of 2011 gathered for the second annual Graduate
Th
and Trustee Dinner on April 7, exactly one month from the
date of their commencement at Memorial Auditorium.
Along with the traditional senior class portrait and
socializing with trustees and other college leaders, students
shared stories of their experiences at Champlain.
The tradition of presenting college-wide awards and
honors was revived, including the Service Awards, renamed
this year to honor Vice President of Student Life Mary Kay
Kennedy ’67, who has served the College for 40-plus years
and plans to retire in 2012.
The 2011 awards were presented to:
Presidential Award for Outstanding Leadership: Van
Dang, originally from Vietnam, now Burlington, Vermont,
an Accounting major. (see story on page 7)
Mary Kay Kennedy Service Award: David Madonna of
Cranston, Rhode Island, a Computer & Digital Forensics
major, and Amanda Bryant of Lee, New Hampshire, an
Elementary Education major.
H. Dean Memorial Award for student activities
involvement: Tommy Ngan of Williston, Vermont.
Chandler S. Page Memorial Award for college spirit:
Leah Galasso of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Elementary
Education major; Katie Scanlon of Woodstock, Connecticut,
an Elementary Education major; Ted Schwinden of
Needham, Massachusetts, a Communications major; Patricia
Cawley of Quincy, Massachusetts, a Marketing major; and
Michaela Fortin of Bristol, Vermont, a Multimedia and
Graphic Design major.
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| C L A s s N OT E S |
A
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C O N N E C T I O N S
Champlain College alumni enjoy a variety of events put
on by the Alumni Relations team. This year, they’ve joined
in at the Perry Hall Grand Opening; Alumni Weekend and
the Alumni Awards; the South End Art Hop; the Family
Weekend 5k Fun Run; a gourmet dinner on campus; the
Chill Out Skating Party at Leddy Park Arena; a Young
Alumni Happy Hour at RiRa in Burlington; a networking
and planning session in Washington, D.C., as alumni set out
to launch a chapter there; and a networking event for Bostonarea Alumni and Parents of current Champlain students that
featured John Pelletier, director of Champlain’s Center for
Financial Literacy.
Watch the website www.alumni.champlain.edu for details
on upcoming alumni events, including the annual alumni
gathering at a Vermont Lake Monsters game and BBQ, and
two alumni Red Sox events. Save the date for Alumni and
Family Weekend, October 21 through 23, 2011!
Kat maund ’09 & Kathleen Wamser ’10 at Young Alumni happy hour.
Beth fitzgerald ’78 & P’02 and Alison Johnson ’89 & ’97 at the
alumni happ
appyy hour at rira in Burlington.
Burlington.
Washington, d.C., area alumni, frank Boyle
Boyle ’93, Leslie donovan ’77,
Jacqueline zeiher ’71, hadley rako
akowski
wski ’05 and sean Coppinger ’88,
met to organize a Champlain College alumni chapter in their region.
Justin gillis ’08 introducing John
Pelletier of Champlain’s Center
for financial Literacy at a recent
Boston
Bos
ton event.
nicole Lentine ’07 and fiance, Chris, at the Chill
Out alumni skating
skating event.
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’10,
0,
Katelyn fausnacht ’10, Brooke zambroski ’1
and Katherine Baxter ’09, greet alumni at a recent
Boston event.
Boston area alumni and parents of current Champlain students
mingle at the Boston networking event.
Julius higgins ’01 and wife Tammy at the Chill Out skating event.
The 2011 annual
Champlain College
spr
pring
ing Phonathon
raised $46,105 with
generous donations
from alumni, parents,
and friends of
Champlain. Thanks
to all the donors and
callers for their help!
Alumni, family and friends at the Alumni Chill Out skating party.
Alumni working at dealer.com visit campus. There are approximately
50 alumni employed
employed at dealer
ealer.com
.com in Burlington.
mehdi Britel ’04 and Peter Loati ’85 at a Boston networking event.
Jackie Botjer ’05 and a friend at our recent Young Alumni happy
hour at rira in Burlington.
Burlington.
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Vision. Innovation. Passion.
InSeptember2010,attheopeningofRogerH.PerryHall,ChamplainCollege
officiallyannouncedits$25millioncomprehensivecampaign.PerryHallwasthefirst
ofmanyinitiativessupportedthroughthecampaigndesignedtohelpourstudents
learninanenvironmentthatpositionsthemforglobalcitizenry andalifetimeof
success.Thefocusisourstudents.
Withfinancialsupportfromtrustees,alumni,parents,andfriendsoftheCollege,
Champlainenvisionsfundingenhancedacademicinitiatives,financialaidand
scholarshipawards,andadditionalcampus planprioritiestohelptoday’smost
promisingstudentscompeteintomorrow’scareers.Newresourceswillenablefaculty
tobetterreach,teach,and
ACAdemIC PrIOrITIes:
Amount raised
goal
inspirestudents;additional
Endowment for Faculty Chairs & Division Initiatives
$3M
$506,500
financialaidwillhelpmake
Flagships and Program Priorities
$5M
$4,530,982
theCollegeaffordable
TOTAL
OT fOr ACAdemIC PrIOrITIes
OTAL
andattractivetoalarge
$8M
$5,037,482
$5,03
7,482
populationofstudents.In
sTudenT LIfe & sChOLArshIP PrIOrITIes:
keepingwithourmasterplan,
Scholarship Endowments
$2M
$1,106,136
$1,
106,136
therenovationsofcampus
Annual Financial Aid
$5M
$1,768,298
$1,7
68,298
facilitiesandnewbuildings
TOTAL
OT fOr sTudenT LIfe & sChOLArshIP PrIOrITIes $7M
OTAL
$2,874,434
willblendharmoniouslywithin
CAmPus PLAn InITIATIVes:
Burlington’shistoricHillSection
Capital Initiatives
community.
$10M
$4,284,687
$4,284,68
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Learningneverends;nor
$3,483,141
Vision Innovation Passion general Campaign
doeschange.Byencouraging
Total Campaign Progress as of 2/27/11
$25M
$15,679,744
ourfacultyandstudentsto
constantlypushattheedgesof
whatisprobable,theywilldiscoverandunderstandwhatispossible.Thiswillhappen
*Champlain College
notjusthereinVermont,whereourrootsandcommitmentremainstronganddeeply
students created the name
embedded,butinnewandexcitinglocationsaroundtheworld.Inthe
wordsofa
of our campaign—
campaign—Vision.
Innovation. Passion. You
longtimefacultymember,“Wedidn’tinventinnovation;wearesimply,andendlessly,
make it happen—as part of
perfectingit.”Thenextroundofinnovationbeginsnow.Pleasejoinusaswetake
a Branding class.
This is just one example
ChamplainCollegeboldlytowardnewhorizons.
You Make
It Happen!
of our students’ handson experience: listening
to a client’s needs,
proposing solutions, and
building their portfolio of
accomplishments.
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ComewatchourcampaignvideoandlearnmoreaboutitsprioritiesontheCollege
website: www.champlain.edu/Advancement-Office/Vision-InnovationPassion-Campaign.html
Annual Report of Gifts
You make it happen.
This explains how Champlain
continues to achieve so many
of its goals. Despite enduring
one of our worst economic
downturns, supporters of
Champlain like you have
understood what Champlain
stands for and have stepped up to produce truly inspiring
results. From capital projects like the renovated Perry Hall
to the introduction of exciting programs like BYOBiz
and our new Center for Financial Literacy to increased
scholarship assistance, the response has been tremendous.
In my nearly three decades of service to the College, I have
been humbled by the level of enthusiasm from alumni,
parents, businesses, foundations, and many other friends.
This Annual Report of Gifts reminds us of your thoughtful
and generous philanthropy.
Comparision of 2009 and 2010 dollars raised
AreA Of gIVIng
Total gifts &
Pledges fY09
Total gifts &
Pledges fY10
Annual
$956,536
$1,413,462
Capital/Campaign
$798,750
$3,006,861
Endowment
$67,051
$82,546
Grants/Special Projects
$925,580
$405,136
Planned Giving
$147,580
$350,182
Gifts In Kind
$112,600
$69,076
$3,008,097
$5,327,263
Totals
scholarship highlights
(dollars raised for Champlain’s scholarship funds, including
support-a-student, single Parents, Vermont first, new Americans,
and Yellow ribbon). Approximately 80% of Champlain students
receive financial aid,
2009
2010
including scholarships
from these funds.
$569,659
$974,550
in three key areas: the growth in total dollars raised; the
direction toward success of our new financial aid initiatives;
and the progress of our Vision. Innovation. Passion.
Campaign. Everyone associated with Champlain should
feel great pride over these accomplishments.
I realize there is more to successful philanthropy than
simply belief in mission. There must be healthy and happy
relationships, and here is where Champlain works hard
to build new bridges and to strengthen existing ones.
Our community relations, including the business sector,
are strong, and we are constantly ramping up our alumni
relations program to involve more alumni with the College.
Our most important relationship is with current students,
our future alumni. We are committed to providing
them with top-flight teachers who challenge them in the
classroom and who partner with them on projects that
stretch assumed limits of knowledge. Our curriculum is
intentionally nimble, allowing us to respond to emerging
technology and to examine new ways of looking at
familiar problems, such as environmental issues and social
injustice. Students are attracted to Champlain because
of the curriculum. They leave here with a leg up on the
competition in the marketplace and, happily, many choose
to remain in Vermont. Your increased scholarship support
for single parents, new Americans, veterans, and firstgeneration college students, or general financial aid, has
made their journey possible.
If students leave Champlain with positive and productive
experiences, they, in turn, will support the College in the
years ahead. That’s a wonderful prospect for Champlain and
for the students yet to come. Your continuing support is a
great role model for them!
Thanks for all you do for Champlain.
Warmly,
I have been involved with fund-raising long enough to
know that people support an organization because they
believe in its mission. Champlain equips its students
with the skills necessary to compete in today’s—and
tomorrow’s—workplace. Our constituencies know this
and have responded accordingly. Please take a moment to
review the charts on these pages. They document results
Shelley Richardson
Vice President for Development
and Alumni Relations
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2010 Honor Roll of Donors
Because of You...
Boundless Possibilities Create Individual Journeys
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ach year, the College relies on the generosity of alumni, parents, friends, corporations, and foundations to
provide exceptional opportunities for our students. These contributions also support myriad initiatives related
to our dynamic goals on campus, within our state-of-the-art curriculum, and in the community. Thanks, each
of you, for believing in the value of a Champlain College education and for investing in our future.
This honor roll reflects all gifts to the College received during the 2010 calendar year. Although we make every
effort to ensure that these details are correct, if you find any errors or omissions, we would be grateful to hear from you.
The College also gratefully acknowledges those donors who wish to remain anonymous. (P = parent of Champlain student or alumni)
Leaders Circle
President’s Circle Gold
$25,000 and up
Anonymous
Robert D. & Leslie W. Botjer
The Burrill Foundation Inc.
George Burrill & Lola Van Wagenen
Andrea & James H. Crook, Jr.
Heather & John Dwight
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Norm ’49 & Ruth Hammond
John W. Heisse, Jr., M.D.
S. D. Ireland Family
Lance Llewellyn
Mrs. Edward P. Lyman
Diana McCargo & Peter Swift
Lois H. McClure
Michael Metz & Denise Shekerjian
The Metz Family
Family of Adam Michaan ’08
Dr. Robert Moore & Ms. Karen Walker
Oneteam, Inc.
People’s United Bank
Remo & Donna Pizzagalli P’86, P’89
Population Media Center
Pat S. Robins & Lisa Schamberg
Elizabeth Steele
The Stern Family
Christine & Robert Stiller P’12
Catherine & Michael J. Sullivan, Jr.
United Nations Population Fund
Vermont Community Foundation
Art & Pat Wegner
President’s Circle
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous (2)
Terry & Debbie Allen
Bob & Karen Allen
American Endowment Foundation
George ’73 & Cindy Bond
Bond Auto Parts
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Inc.
Tony & Lynn Cairns
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England
The Coleman Foundation
Laura P. & Barry W. Dagan
Engelberth Construction
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Mary & Thomas Evslin
Dr. David Finney & Sabine Zerarka
Forrest C. & Frances H. Lattner Foundation
Jim & Liz Foster
Debra L. & William L. Gottesman
The Gottesman Fund
Carole & William R. Hauke, Jr.
David & Julie Hollenbeck
Charles & Valerie Maniscalco
Merchants Bank
Dr. Ronald J. Miller P’13, P’14
Holly & Bob Miller
Emily & Paul Morrow
National Life Group
Northfield Savings Bank
The Pecor Family & Lake Champlain Transportation
Frederick & Eleanor Pratt
The Redducs Foundation
Mary Jane (Corley) ’58 & Jan W. Rozendaal P’87
David Scheuer
Winthrop H. Smith, Jr.
Sodexo Campus Services
Tracy & Rich Tarrant, Jr.
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development
Vermont Association of Broadcasters
Winthrop H. Smith Family Foundation
Provost’s Circle
$5,000 to $9,999
Agnes M. Lindsay Trust
Dawn & Jesse Bugbee
Coastal Building Maintenance Corporation MG
Champlain Investment Partners LLC
Staige Davis
City of Burlington
David R. ’60 & Margaret Coates
Angie Ducas
Lula Ducas ’36
FM Groove, Inc.
Four Angels Foundation
Joan L. Gignoux
Jephson Educational Trusts
KeyBank
KPMG LLP
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Susan (Willey) ’88 & Thomas Lamaster P’09
Cynthia Langley
Walter B. Levering, Jr.
Meadowhill Fund
Merchants Trust Company
Keeli (O’Connell) ’84 & Dale Metz ’76, P’03
Mark Neagley & Marilyn Webb Neagley
NEIWPCC
New England Federal Credit Union
NRG Systems, Inc.
Paul Frank + Collins P.C.
John & Leigh Pelletier
Judith & James Pizzagalli
Maureen (Barry) ’84 & Bill Post
Stephanie M. Reiskin
Julie ’04 & Gene Richards P’11
Shelley Richardson
John & Nancy Rosenthal
Lili Ruane
Reed Schiess ’75, P’14
Schiess Distributors
Schwab Charitable Fund
State Street Bank
Margaret (Bombard) ’68 & Raymond P. Sullivan ’68
The Sullivan Family
Michael J. ’67 & Jill Sullivan P’90, P’94
Amy Tarrant
TD Bank
TD Charitable Foundation
Dawn (Gilbert) ’88 & Steve Terrill
Mrs. Ann W. Weathers
Windjammer Hospitality Group
Zonta Club of Burlington
Allison (Crowley) ’86 & Dave DeMag
DEW Construction Corporation
Kimberly (Blais) ’85 & John DuBrul
The Dubrul Family & Automaster Motor Company
Edward Eurich Estate
Edward ’36 & Alleen Eurich
Douglas Griswold & Lori Rowe P’01
Patricia D. Heinrich P’81
Sheila & Jeff Hollender
Audrey Michaelis Holm Hansen ’94
Johnson, Lambert & Co.
Mary Kay Kennedy ’67 & Thomas D. Brocco
Lake Champlain Chocolates
Anne & Jim Lampman
Larry Mandell & Marcie Andres
Elliott & Cathy Masie (The MASIE Center)
Hilary G. Maslow
Michelle & Lynn Miller
National Life Group Charitable Foundation
Radetta Nemcosky
Daniel Johnson & Lisa Pizzagalli
Pizzagalli Construction Company
In Memory of Richard W. Posey ’48
Susan Read Cronin P’01
Kathi R. (Kiesel) ’80 & Peter J. Sclafani P’11
Seventh Generation
Julie (Germek) ’86 & Eric Snow
Thomas F. Staley Foundation
Brady and Karla Toensing
Tozour Family Foundation
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
Kim & Sally Wichert
Dean’s Circle Gold
Anonymous (3)
Robin Abramson & Joseph Gaines ’79
A.C. Hathorne Company
Drs. Zosimo & Pepita Adefuin P’02
Deb & Starr Barnum
The Bartlett Family
Elizabeth Beaulieu
Paul ’93 & Dannah Beauregard P’13
The Owen Becker Family
Anita & Douglas Bewick
David Binch & Willa Harris
Robert & Nancy Bloch P’07
David & Joan Boardman
$2,000 to $4,999
Dollie E. Ash, In Memory of Philip M. Dusini
Mike Boardman
James Campbell & Cindy Anderson P’10
Jennifer & Spencer Campbell
The Cooper Family Foundation
Co-operative Insurance Companies
Courtney & Victoria Buffum Family Foundation
Estelle Deane
Dean’s Circle
$1,000 to $1,999
Daniel Boardman
Holly Boardman
Scott & Carol Boardman
Aletta & Edward Bond, Jr. P’08
Randy & Andrea Brock
John & Elizabeth Carey P’14
Scott & Lisa Carpenter
Connie & John Carpenter
Jake & Donna Carpenter
Rick & Lynn Davis P’11
Barry T. Chouinard, Inc.
Peter M. & Bern H. Collins P’93
Nancy & Ed Colodny
Carol & David Conard
Concept 2
Jack A. Cowdrey ’64
Tom & Kelly Cullins
Robert DiPalma & Theresa Alberghini DiPalma
Colin & Elizabeth Ducolon
Edward A. Bond Foundation
Edwin I. Colodny Trust
Anne Ellsworth
Jo Elmaleh
FM Global
Follett College Stores Corporation
Edlund Company & The Foster Family
Willett Foster III
Tere & Chris Gade
Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP
Wayne & Theresa Garrett P’14
Margaret Gebhard & Donald Perkins, P’10
Stephen & Nicole Gorman
Grippin, Donlan & Roche, PLC
Dr. Ellen Wolfson & Neil Groberg P’07
Bunny Grossinger
Luther & Sally Hackett
Jonathan & Cornelia Hall P’12
John H. & Joy P. Heyrman
Jenny Humphrey ’99
IBM Corporation
William Josiger & Janet Keyes P’11
Davis Watkins & Mary Keown-Watkins P’13
Pamela Laurence & Barry Dimson
Colleen (Kelly) ’85, ’94, ’03, G’08 &
Rich Long ’85, ’94, ’98, G’05, P’10
Ruth Haigh Mackenzie ’42
Corinn G’10 & Raymond McCarthy Bergeron ’04, ’07
Microsoft Corporation
Steven & Marianne Mills P’03
Greg & Toni Morgan
Dr. Charles Ryan & Dr. Eileen M. Murphy P’11
NBT Bank, N.A.
Alan Newman
Office Environments Inc.
Irving ’37 & Helene Palmer P’66
Burton ’38 & Celia Paquin
Rick & Teresa Pete
Paul Pflugfelder & Deborah Konke P’14
Mary G. Powell & Mark C. Brooks
David & Anne Provost
Queen City Printers Inc.
Dr. Ali & Carolyn Rafieymehr
Lisa ’85, ’02 & Grant Rees
Jacqueline A. Roy ’63
Jeffrey & Claire Rutenbeck
Patricia Sears
Rita Shangraw ’95
Bill & Jane Shearer
Shearer Chevrolet & Shearer Pontiac-Cadillac
Del & Skip Sheldon
Barbara Sirvis
Margaret P. Sirvis
Sallie Soule
Sarah Goodwin Soule ’82
Spike Advertising
Kit & Roger Stone
Alan D. Stracke & Lynda Reid
SymQuest Group, Inc.
Lucas T. ’05 & Genevieve Trono
Dr. Henry M. & Carleen A. Tufo
Marc ’07 & Dana vanderHeyden
Lisa & Curtis Ventriss
Marlyn & Richard Victor P’12
Jon ’85, ’98 & Linda Walsh
Patrick & Mary Welch
Bonnie (Pebbles) ’00 & Marvin ’69 Williams
Young Alumni Leaders
Alumni of the last 10 years
who gave $250 or more
Daniel T. Allen ’08
Brian Amero ’04
Christopher R. Brown ’07
Anne M. Bueche ’06
Reid S. Byers III
Sue Conley ’03
Zachary D. Grimes ’03, ’10
Laura Huffman ’05
Colleen (Kelly) ’85, ’94, ’03, G’08 & Rich Long ’85, ’94, ’98, G’05 P’10
Lauren Nishikawa ’09
Karen Dougherty Patno ’07
Becky & Thomas Peterson ’00
Lisa ’85, ’02’ & Grant Rees
Steven D. Shepard, Jr. ’09
Yusuke Takita ’01
Lucas T. ’05 & Genevieve Trono
Marc ’07 & Dana vanderHeyden
Gift Clubs
The Summit Society
$500 to $999
John & Mary Abele
Diana (Arey) ’71 & Michael Agusta ’97
Linda J. Allen P’08
Daniel T. Allen ’08
Deadra B. Ashton
Christopher R. Brown ’07
Reid & Patty Byers P’10
Reid S. Byers III
Timothy & Kathleen Carter P’12
Chroma Technology Corporation
Tina L. Cobb ’89
Kim & Jeff Dannies
Christopher & Susanne Davis
Ann DeMarle & Jim Reda
Molly Dillon
Paul & Karen Dusini P’02
Sandy & David Enman
Essex Paint & Carpet
Edward P. & Liz M. Flynn
Four Winds Consulting
James S. Fry
Rebecca Gamble
Lisa Gilbert
Green Mountain Practical Shooters
Paul & Eileen Growald
Growald Community Fund
Hall Communications, Inc.
Maurice A. Harvey ’65
Jay & Dorothy Heinrichs
Jim & Rita Howe
Alison (Smalley) Johnson ’89, ’97
& Chris Johnson
Ann Jones-Weinstock In Memory of Jane Stradley
Helmut A. ’72 & Joan Lenes
Walt & Aimee Marti
Dr. Joel & Hinda Miller
Paul Millman
Jen Milot
Bob & Stephanie Morse P’92
Charlie & Denise Nagelschmidt
Karen A. Nilsson ’71
Lauren Nishikawa ’09
Patty & Chris Nunnink
Mark B. O’Brien P’68
Roland F. Palmer ’90
Leigh A. Phillips ’99 & Bruce C.
Beauregard
Sarah & Paul Potter
Carol ’98 ’69 & Terrence Reynolds
Dawn ’87 & Richard Rizzo,’87
Robert L. Morse Fund
Andrea Rogers & R. Avery Hall P’84
Sue & Bill Rowley
Jeannie M. Slauson
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
Southern Shipping and Energy
Debra Stenner & Keith Mintz
Shinsuke Takita P’01
Yusuke Takita ’01
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Richard & Jennifer Vaughan
John & Dana Wagner P’09
William & Catherine Wells
Hilton Wick
Robert T. & Sandra G. Willey P’85
Stephen & Barbara Williams
WJOY/WOKO Radio
Dr. Robert Yoon & Beverley Yoon P’12
Campus Hill Associates
$250 to $499
Able Paint Glass & Flooring
Brenda & David Allard
Brian Amero ’04
Peter & Michele Asch
Bridget (Flaherty) Baldwin ’92
Thomas G. Ball P’04
Debby Bergh
Lawrence & Lynn Blanford
Laurel & Chuck Bongiorno
Thomas & Leslie Bonnette P’99
Peter A. & Linda Bouyea P’99
Judy (Van Riper) ’83 & Yves Bradley
Douglas D. Brown P’12
Anne M. Bueche ’06
Linda (Foote) ’64 & William Burke
Rita (Aplin) ’68 & Richard Burrell
Champlain College Staff CounciI
David Coen & Sandra J. Berbeco
Robert & Mary Cohn P’13
Steve & Maggie C. Conant
Sue Conley ’03
Dr. James P. Cross
Ellen (Read) ’77 & Keith Davis
Birgit & Andy Deeds
Suki & Ted DiGrande
Derek & Odete Dupras
Richard & Peggy Eastman
Jonathan Ferguson
Karen & Michael Frost P’14
Gary B. Warner and Company, Inc.
Michel & Gayle George P’12, P’13
Giles Hill Canine Charity Fund
Cynthia Kingsford & Peter Gilmore
Gloria (MacAulay) Gora ’61
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Moneer & Joseph Greenbaum
David Hallowell
Jonathan & Robin Hayden
Nora K. Haynes ’02
Philip & Joan Hoff
Bradley ’74 & Karen Hurlburt
ITW Foundation
Dr. Tom Jaksic & Loretta Arnone Jaksic P’12
Barbara (Kinney) King ’73
Missy Kraus
Carlie & David Krolick
Ann Marie (Davey) ’77, ’06 & Richard Lafford
Violet M. (Demar) ’65 & Rayburn V. Lavigne P’95
Alfred R. & Nina Lewis P’94
Candace & John Marsellus P’96
Marsellus Family Fund
Marsh Management Services Inc.
Deborah S. Mauer P’12
Lisa McKenney
Danielle Conlon Menk & James H. Menk
Signa Lynch Read
Kathryn (Willey) ’85 & Gregory Mitchell ’78
Ian Mortimer
Gwen & David Murphy III P’06
Claire L. (Nordstrom) ’68 & Drew A. Nelson
The P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Thomas ’00 & Becky Peterson
Carol J. Pinney
Gina (Pizzagalli) ’86 & Paul Plunkett
Ernest & Dee Pomerleau
Louise C. Reese ’99
Laureen (Condon) ’77 & Mark A. Rheault
Colleen M. Robie
Dana Valentine & Todd Sarandos
Joan & William Shelley, Jr. P’10
Steve & Sabine Shepard P’10
Steven D. Shepard, Jr. ’09
Sherwin-Williams
Robert V. & Antonia W. Simpson
Dr. George Skarvinko & Susan Contri P’05
Whit & Meg Smith
Southwestern University
Sportstyle Inc.
Robin (Brackett) ’85 & Mark Standen
Allie Stickney
Fran Stoddard
Barry & Carol Stone
Theresa Swett
Tickets for Charity, LLC
United Way of Greater Waterbury
Jennifer (Boucher) ’89 & Chris Varin ’94
Verizon
Vermont Systems, Inc.
Gary B. ’65 & Paula A. Warner
Dolly & John Wisener
Friends of
Willard & Maple
$100 to $249
Anonymous (2)
Nancy Abernathey
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Diancy T. Adams
Steven A. Adams P’93
Zaxery P. Adomaitis ’07
David Allen ’71 & Jane Ross-Allen
Charles & Lynn Amey
Rosemary Audibert ’82
Elaine (Lavalette) ’69 & Tom Bacon ’70
Emily (Ball) ’04 & Andrew Bacon
Scott H. & Becca Baker
Lynne & William Ballard
Michael & Susan Balon P’06
Bank of America
Gregory A. Barrows ’89
Gary & Louise Bashaw
Elizabeth Bassett & John A. Pane
Anne Anderson & David Baxter P’09
Katherine Baxter ’09
Edward A. & Bernice S. Bayer P’90
John & Sharon Beal
George A. Beattie, Jr. ’63
Kevin Veller & Jesse Beck
Mia & Jeff Beer
Bernice S. Bayer Revocable Trust
Celeste Berrick ’92
Brenda & John Bisbee
Ion & Valentina Bitca P’13
Gabi (Renken) ’70 & Ted Blacklidge ’70
Carol Blair
Katharine Blanchard
Elizabeth & Steven Blatt P’12
Stephen D. Blum P’13
Nancy C. Boardman
Patricia Boera
Julianne Bond ’10
John ’58 & Janet Bossi
Morton D. Bostock ’84
Bernard M. Bouchard Sfc. Ret. ’68
Jessie & Jeffrey Bradley
Margaret (Kubin) ’75 & William Brakeley
Frank A. Brandino ’69
Marcia (Malzac) Bristow ’79
Donna (Surenko) ’67 & Daniel Brogan
Catherine & David Brotzman
Frank Brundage P’13
Joshua & Juliet Buck
Thomas A. & Aida Busconi P’01
Kathleen (Carter) ’69 & James Bushnell ’68
Laura & Thomas Butler P’11
Elizabeth (Capecelatro) ’82 & Brian Byrne
Julia & Michael Caminiti
Joseph L. Cappuccio ’08
Mary Mallard Cappuccio &
Joseph J. Cappuccio P’08
James P. Carroll ’76
The Honorable Edward Cashman & Gail Cashman
Eileen Cataldo
Willard Chamberlin ’48
Champlain Cable Corp., a Huber & Suhner Company
Brianne E. & David S. Chase P’80
Paul ’49 & Rita Christofoletti
Pat Heise & Charles C. Church, Jr. P’93
William J. & Tanya Z. Cimonetti
William ’49 & Constance Coates
Jeffrey L. Cohn
Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
Robert & Robin Coleburn
Robert Coleman P’04
Nicolas Ward & Leslie Colis Ward
Patricia Burns Conant
Jason Cone
John P. & Katharine J. Corbett P’04
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Anne Corrigan P’03
Jo Corrow
Dennis ’84 & Anne-Marie Cote
Janet Cottrell
Dan & KC Cox
Andrew & Ellen Crawford P’12
Ann & Mark Crilly P’11
Debra (Palmer)’83 & Lawrence Crone
Janice M. Cutting ’75
D. R. Mccullough Excavation LLC
Denise & John Daily P’11
Sharon (Hurlbert) ’66 &
Lt. Col. Duffy Daugherty
Nancy De Forge In Memory of Wayne De Forge ’63
Lydia Spitzer & Dottie Deans P’10
Susyn & Denis Dees P’05
Brian & Margaret Dempsey P’12
Kelly & Matthew DeSantos
Patricia (Mayhew) Desbiens ’66
Thomas Pierce & Lu Ann Dillon
John M. & Ann G. Dinse
Ira J. Divoll ’06
Thomas & Sandra Donaldson P’86
Thomas & Carolyn Doyle P’12
William & Patti Drew
Patrick & Denise Dryzga P’13
Marcia (Hanson) ’66 & William E. Dunn
Christina & Earle Dunphy
John Eng-Wong & Priscilla J. Angelo
Elizabeth & William Esola P’12
Bradley C. Ferland ’79
Andy ’69 & Betty Finelli
Jeanne & Mark Foerster, Sr. P’03
Frances Foster
The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies
David & Nancy Freihofer P’08
Carolyn ’00 & Milton Frye
Rit & Laura Fuller
Scott ’84 & Macky Gaines
Senator Robert T. Gannett
Joan & Walter Gates
Joseph M. Gaynor
Maryann & Gerald Gaynor P’10
GE Foundation
Cynthia (Benoit) ’79 & Mike Gelinas ’78
Margaret (Davis) ’69 & David Gelinas
Stokes & Mary Jane Gentry
Barbara B. & John C. Giebink
Stephen L. Giles ’81
Scott A. Gokey
Bart Lapin & Sandra Goldstein
Arthur ’93 & Shelli Goldsweig
Catherin (Pingree) Goodheart ’75 & Timothy Carney
Craig ’66 & Linda Goulet
Peter J. Graber ’95
T.S. & Rosalyn Graham
Kimberly M. Gregg
Michael & Elizabeth Gregg P’14
Jesse Greif ’03
Robert & Devora Gronauer
Susan ’93 & Donald Haggerty
David Starr & Anne Hambleton
Michael C. Galves ’04 & Family
Darin Hathcock ’09
David C. Henderson ’82
Melissa Hersh
Roderick Holland P’10
Brendan A. Holt
James V. Horrigan ’64
Gregory ’63 & Susan Howard
Diane and Jim Howe
Laura Huffman ’05
Angela & Ted Hyldburg
Laura (Liberman) ’73 & Brian Ibey ’75
IMS Health
Mary Lynne Isham ’85, P’93
Dr. Frank Ittleman & Elaine Ittleman
Jeffrey R. Jackman ’98
Janet & David H. Jarvis P’11
David Johnson ’00 & LeeAnn Podruch
Sally P. Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Marie & Joseph Kascus
Jeanne (Howard) ’77 & Patrick M. Kennedy ’75, P’10
Robert & Valarie Kepchar P’10
Ali & Margery Keskin P’12
William Keyworth ’02
Martin Kleinbart P’85, P’95
Barbara Cory & Spencer Knapp
Benjamin ’07 & Helen Kohler
John & Donna Kozick P’10
Kevin & Rise Kulick P’05
Kathleen & Don Landwehrle
Jane & John Lawlis III
Kathryn Leo-Nyquist
Sally (Archer) Leszko ’73
Malcolm K. LeVanway ’58
Mark W. Levinsky ’80
Lincoln Financial Foundation, Inc.
Colin P. Lindberg
Marjorie & Michael Lipson
Thomas A. & Susan M. Little P’04
Robert & Christine Lobel
Rosaire ’79 & Irene ’88 Longe
E. Camille ’85 & Joseph Lovering
Douglas Lynn ’09
Kathleen ’87 and ’98 & Paul Lynn
Daniel & Pauline Mahoney P’98
James Pasman & Eileen Mahoney P’13
Jean & Richard Mallary, Sr.
Marcia M. Bristow Revocable Trust
Sybil (Markey) Eady ’81
Isabella & Peter Martin
Eleanor (Purinton) & Gary Mathon ’62
Katherine Maund ’09
Lisa B. Mazzariello ’91
Cathy (Ribar) ’80 & Dan McCullough ’80
Marie & Gary McGinnis P’08, P’11
James E. McKee
Margie & Thomas McShane P’13
Stephen Mease & Cheryl Dorschner
Barbara (Snyder) ’76 & John Mercure P’09
Merritt & Merritt & Moulton
Felicia Messuri
Ashley & Andrew Mikell
Douglas C. Miller ’10
Dr. Randall Miller & Mary Jo Miller
Linda & Chris Miller
Sharon & Michael Miller P’10
Laurie & Stephen Mindich P’12
James F. Moccio ’67
David Modica
Peter J. Morin ’96 & Rachaele C. Morin
Gretchen B. & James L. Morse
Nigel & Claudia Mucklow
The Munson-Warnken Family
Sarah (Greco) ’02 & James R. Murphy
Sharon (O’Dell) Murphy ’79
Thomas & Julie Myers
Patricia C. Myette
Bonnie L. (Birch) ’67 & James A. Nadeau
Diane Nancekivell
Shelley ’01 & Brent Navari
Robert & Ellen Nelson P’03
Peter O. Hood & Mary Neville Hood
Sherry (Layn) ’67 & Hubie Norton
Mike ’65 & Nancy Nugent
Ramona J. (Russell) Nutting ’53
Roberta (Pike) ’75 & Scott Oates
Dee Dee O’Brien & Dennis Sanders
Nan O’Brien
Brenda & Joseph O’Grady
Cindy (Casey) O’Leary ’76
Erik C. Oliver
Janice (Kulak) Olson ’77
Ute & Brian Otley
John M. Otto ’10
Fred S. Parker ’59
Karen Dougherty Patno ’07
Elsie & Allan Paul
Catherine (Scruggs) ’95, ’97 & David Pelton
Susan (Wright) Petrie ’88
Peter L. & Leigh K. Phillips
Charles & Susan Pinkham P’11
Catherine L. Poole ’58
Edward J. Poplawski ’67
Tammy (Miller) ’95, ’98 &
William F. Poquette P’11
Catherine & Laurent Potdevin
Angela (Emery) ’96 & Abraham Prandini
Daniel Pratt
Pratt & Smith Electrical Contractors
Eleanor Provencher ’49
Vincent & Lori Pugliese P’11
Will & Lynette Raap
David & Susan Rahr
Matthew Rainville ’85
Linda Randall ’67
David & Nancy Raphael P’93
Jay S. Rascoe ’87
Phyllis & Peter Reed, Jr. P’86
Timothy Reed ’85
Thomas ’87 & Jennifer Renaud
Sandra & William Ricker
Carl Riden
Elizabeth Rocklin & William Pierce
Catharine M. Rogers
Kathleen M. Rogers P’12
Tatyana & Vadim Shvakham P’13
Eric Ronis
Technical Sergeant Justin E. Root ’03
Michael & Judy Rosow
Mathew Rubin
Thomas Clavelle & Wendy A. Saville
Schlesinger Associates
David & Ann Schmidt
Richard W. Schneider
William & Kate Schubart
Elizabeth A. Scott
Norman Senna
Eden L. Sharp ’95
Michael Shaw ’87
Elizabeth A. Shelley ’10
Phoebe (Glynn) ’59 & Richard Shepard ’60
Andrew B. Shevitz ’10
Betty & Max Shevitz P’10
Milton G. ’72 & Dana Shirlock
Susan & Craig Sim
Jeffery D. & Martha W. Small
Evan ’94 & Priscilla Smith
Susan F. Smith
William Smith, Jr ’66 & Carolee Smith
Jane & Edward Sommers
Joanne (O’Brien) ’71 & Champ Soncrant
Nan Starr
Bonita (Accorsi) Stewart ’75
Dale & Karen Stokdyk
Elaine (Edson) Strunk ’64
Matthew Surprenant ’09
Shawn & Randy Sweeney
Cheryl F. & Lee B. Taylor
Susan (Martin) Taylor ’69
Chuck & Eadie Templin
Susanne Terry & Stephen Parker
Claudia Lovell & Andrew Tetreault P’14
Sharon Thompson ’62
James Thornton P’96
Craig Towne P’13
John A. ’62 & Claudette Trepanier
Christopher & Patricia Turley
Brenda Tymecki ’92
Michael J. Ummarino ’09
Amy & Leandro Vazquez, Jr.
Verizon Foundation
Ann & Donald Vermeulen
Robert & Suzanne Veselis P’13
Donald Vickers
Charlotte L. Vincent ’85
Bernadette Wagner
Jonathan R. Wainer ’05
Jeanne (Trumbull) Welivar ’85
Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program
T.J. & Jennifer Whalen
Robin Buchanan & Marcell Whitaker P’09
Charles C. & Janet Winchester P’97
JeanMarie & Ted Winokur
Kathleen (Dutcher) ’78 & Mark Winter
Elliott R. Wireman ’06
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Melissa Wolfe P’10
Lisa J. Wulfson P’12
F. Mark & Kristin Yardley
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Randy Abar P’07
Kimberly (Lyon) ’89 & David Abare
Christina S. Aceves
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Michael A. Ackerman, Jr.
John C. W. & Cheryl J. Adamec P’12
Teresa J. Adone
Kathleen Ahmann
Lola Aiken
Raymond Aja ’66
Jennifer L. (Hayes) Alderman ’93, ’97
Margaret (Cruickshank) Alexy ’72
A. Russell Allan
Tiffany E. Alley
Jonathon Allyn
Kristen C. Amato
Michael T. Anciello
David Gewirtz & Lisa Anderson P’12
Everett Anderson II & Monica Anderson P’14
Deborah Andorka-Acenes & Patrick Aceves P’13
Mary Jo Andrews ’87
Freddy & Joyce Angel
Kwadwo F. Anim-Adjei
Kelly (Boyer) Annick ’87
Brendan Anson-Pritchard
Tyler M. Apanell
Manly Applegate P’01
Susan ’70 & William April ’95, P’06
Corrine S. & David N. Arel, Sr. P’12
Robert & Kim Arena P’13
David Armenti
Phillanne (Noyes) ’83 & Kevin Armstrong
Kimberly & Thomas Asacker P’13
Laurel V. Audy ’80
Karen Auth ’03
Diane (Whitcomb) ’70 & Stephen Avery
Dr. David & Meredith B. Babbott
Mildred R. Badger ’80
Christelle Bakala ’09
Ellen and Robert Baker, Jr.
Lori (Martin) ’84 & Donald Baker
Natalie & Robert Baker P’06, P’11
Samantha Baker
Warren Baker
Lina & Todd Balcom
Kathleen H. & Scott D. Baldwin
Mary Jo (Douglas) ’67 & Albert Baldwin III
Deborah (Bancroft) Balserus ’75
Cullen E. Barber ’90
Gregory A. ’89 & Winnie M. Barnes
Henry N. Barnes ’70
Kathleen Barnes ’09
Lewis & Lisa Barnes
Alegra & Eliezer Baron P’13
Tina M. Barriere ’04
Jessica L. (Farr) Barron ’08
Linda & Clay Barrows
Kaitlyn E. Barry
Charles E. Bashaw
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John W. Baumbach ’86
Ron & Paula Beales
Steven Beaulieu
Ken ’66 & Carol Beauregard
Chad W. Bechard
Stephen M. Bechard ’77
Mary Beltaski ’81
Arlie (Buttura) ’65 & Gary B. Belknap
Robert & Deborah Bell P’14
Jack R. Belsinger, Jr. P’03
Laura & Mark Bentivoglio P’10
Marissa A. Bentivoglio
Melissa A. Benton
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Margaret A. Betourney ’65
Wanda M. (Lawrence) ’74 & Danny Bezio P’06
Jerry Bimbo
Craig Bingham ’97
Christine M. Blair ’03 & Justin Ballou
Ricky G. Blake ’80
Betty (Stark) Blanchard ’87
Michael Blanchard ’86 & Shari Dufresne
Maureen (Blaine) ’87 & David Blanck
Carol L. Blattspieler
Russell M. Blodgett ’74
Patricia A. (Frank) ’89 & David W. Blood ’91
Tim & Joan Bly P’11
Linda Boardman
Robert Bolin
Cinse Bonino
Nanette & Stephen J. Bonneau P’94
Tara-Kay (Stanley) ’ 86 & Dennis Booth
Jason Borges
Jacqueline A. Botjer ’05
Nancy (Burroughs) Boucher ’69
Leigh Ann Bouffard ’08, ’01
Phyllis (Mongeon) ’71 & Mark Bouffard P’01
Theodore A. Bourgault ’74
Douglas W. Bouvier ’77
Kevin J. Bracey ’87
Kathy & Michael Bracken P’10
Sherry D. (Rosano) Bradstreet ’02
Katherine Brady
Susan & William Brady P’10
Cynthia Brandenburg & William Vespa
Kathleen & Paul Breault P’08
Candace (Taylor) ’66 & Gary Breen
Zoe L. Breiner ’74
Caitlin Brennan
Mary Ellen Bridge
Debbie (Jones) ’68 & Gary J. Briggs
Deborah Brighton
Thomas J. & Donna Briody P’08
Anita (Kirouac) ’71 & Donald Brown
Gregory A. Brown ’72
Karen (Griswold) ’76 & Charles W. Brown ’75, P’01
Mariah (Ford) ’88 & Courtney Brown
Meagan G. Brown ’06
Robert ’69 & Cathy Brown
Sheri (Clement) Brown ’86
Gloria (Spence) Bruce ’95
Kenzie M. Bruso ’09
Susan M. Bruyette ’73
Aaron Bryant
Amanda Bryant
Laurie (Mason) Bryda ’82
Eileen Buckwold P’88
Lucinda Budzynski P’13
Sally & David Buffum P’11
Edward Burditt ’97
William & Therese Burgos P’13
Rebecca Burk ’87
Caila M. Burke
Lori Burke ’83
Andy Burkhardt
Garrett Burns
Silas Burton
Heather (Revoir) ’94 & Jason Bushey ’99
Barry & Donna Butkus
Thane & Peter Butt P’06
Margaret (Kesseler) Buxton ’81
Joseph & Claire Cafaro P’05
Judy (Erickson) ’69 & Christopher Cain P’99
Molly Cain
Bridget & Matt Calacci
Ian R. Callan
Carol (Hotaling) Calvin ’74
Emilia M. Campbell ’10
Katherine & John Campbell P’08
Scott C. Campbell ’98
Christopher Campion ’10
Megan & Mark Cannella
Anthony J. Carace
Leslie Carew
Sarah J. Carlough ’96
Mariann C. Carlson ’84
Allen & Theresa Carpenter P’03
Dianne M. Carter G’09
Tracey Cartier ’92
Pamela M. Cary
Casa Bella Design
Dorothy (Looney) Casey ’38
Edward & Anne Castle
Benjamin J. Cavallari
Karen (Peltz) Cavoretto ’81
Patricia Cawley
Whitney Centerbar
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Bonnie (Dickerson) Chaffee ’84
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Kyle Chamberlain
Barbara (Poremski) Champine ’64
Rachel Charbonneau
Alan & Ann Charron
Kimberly (Leclair) ’77 & Thomas Chevalier P’06
Alberto M. Citarella
Judith Citarella
Elizabeth Clapp
Alan J. Clark P’10
Cullen A. Clark
Harry G. Clark ’04
Timothy ’84 & Lina Clark
Bonni (Finch) ’76 & Stephen Clavelle
Arlene Clokey ’85, P13
Raymond & Linda Clouatre P’01
Gladys Coates Hart ’76
Anne R. Cohen
John Collins ’64
Philip S. Collins ’93
Susan (Fish) Colomb ’72
John & Linda Connolly P’13
Julie (Bishop) ’72 & Jim Coons ’72
Dr. Steven & Linda Cooper P’10
Jackie T. Cooper
Andy J. Corona ’80
Katie Corridan ’98
Joshua Corrow
Linda (Deslaurier) ’78
Bob ’84 & Rebecca Cota
Ray S. Cota ’66
Kayla Cote
Raymond & Elizabeth Coté P’13
Rae (Clark) ’99, ’01 & Jeremy Couillard ’98
Amanda (Griffin) Coulman ’01
Evelyn Y. Cousino ’47
David Cowles
Anne E. Cramer
Samantha Credit
Megan Crilly
Anna (Rainville) ’82 & Andrew Crocker
Patricia (Gordon) ’71 & James Crocker
Kelly J. Cross ’84
Tanner A. Crowe
Pamela Crowley P’13
Travis Crudgington
Kimberly (Abare) ’78 & Frank Cuiffo
Peter Cullen
Mary L. Currier ’07
Eric V. Curtis ’84
John Cushing ’67
Christianna Cutler
Doreen (Hamel) ’71 & Donald Cutter
James Czaplyski ’09
Alexander Dahl
John P. ’66 & Sandra Dahl
Jami (Morgan) Daigle ’00
Karen L. Daley ’85
Kimberly Dall’ava
Lindsay A. Damici
Nancy & Gary Damici P’10
Joyce (Tatro) Darling ’43
Cindy E. Davies ’74
Torrey H. Davila
Gloria A. (Bailey) ’51 & Richard M. Davis
Jeffrey R. Davis P’08
Joanne (Leveillee) Davis ’80
Thomas G. Day ’82
Bernard & Mary Dee
Christine (Semar) Deleire ’87
Angela Demers
Karla (Rohrmeier) Dendor ’80
William C. Derwin
Edward P. DesLauriers ’88
David & Giselle Desroches P’10
Jonathan R. Desroches
Thomas M. Deterling
Lawrence Devino ’70
Bret M Dewhurst ’07
Oscar Diaz
Patricia Diehl ’71 & Kenneth E. Smith
Robert & Mary Dill
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JoAnn (Farnham) ’74 & Michael Dilloway ’74
Deborah & Philip DiNizio Jr. P’10
Philip E. DiNizio ’10
Curtis D. DiPasqua ’76
Nicholas P. DiRico
Donald Dodds ’68
Philip & Louise Dodge P’89
Kyle Dodson
Jane Doherty Mitchell
Renee Doran-Leguire ’82
Timothy A. Dow ’84
Michael Dowd
Amanda J. Dowling
Molly C. Dowling
Senator & Mrs. William T. Doyle
Melinda S. Doyon
Michael Drew ’75
Stephanie Drew ’08
Evelyn (Woolley) Drinkwine ’59
Sally A. (Brown) ’66 & Nathan Drown
Valerie J. Drown ’77
Kate Dubenetsky
Amy (Spagnuolo) ’81 & Michael Dubie
Rebecca (Towne) ’76 & Joseph Dubois
David F. Ducey IV
Nancy Conlon & David Ducey III, P’12
Katherine (Young) ’87, ’92 & Michael Duggan
Mary & Michael Dumont P’10
Riva Dumont
Sharon (Carpenter) Dupuis ’71
Andrew J. & Gertrude Dussault P’89
Daniel ’87 & Christi Dussault
Dussault Surveying
David T. Dustin ’09
Kathi & John J. Dwyer, Jr. P’11
Alyson (Audet) ’97 & Michael Eastman
Matthew J. Eaton
James & Nancy Edgerton
Lonnie (LaForce) Edson ’70
Edward A. Bayer Trust
Grace & Joseph Egan P’10
Ryan J. Egan ’10
Nmoemeka O. Ekwuabu
Julie Eldred
Audrey (Mardin) ’95 & Jeremy Elliott
Craig Ellsworth
Diana (Flynn) ’68 & Ernest Emmerson ’67
Anthony A. Enzor-DeMeo
Richard H. & Maatje Epperlein P’02
Gayle Erdman
Christina Erickson
Marla B. Erk P’12
Heather Briggs & Peter Erly
Erik Esckilsen
Barry Estabrook P’10
Robyn A. Estabrook
Frances & Tim Estes
Cheryl L. (Foote) Ettinger ’73
Faith (Gregg) ’70 & Roger Evans
Raymond Evans ’63
Cathy & Steven Everitt P’13
Sean R. Fairhurst ’05
Susan (Walker) Farley ’82
Dorothy Ann Farrell
Joanne Farrell
Rachel Farrell
Thomas Farrell ’66 & Rebecca Farrell
Katelyn M. Fausnacht
Christopher Ferguson
Jennifer & James Ferguson P’11
Robert Ferland ’99
Karla Ferrelli ’80
Marcy Ferretti P’12
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Steven A. Ferretti P’12
Adrian K. Ferris, Jr. ’66
Angelica Ferris
Diana & Malcolm Fielder P’01
Bradley Fishkin
Elyse G. Fishkin P’11
Beth (Mishkit) ’78 & James Fitzgerald P’09
Dina (Abate) Fitzgerald ’04
Maureen Fitzpatrick
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Joyce & Ted Flanagan
David ’04 & Laurel Flatley P’08
Karen & Thomas Flett P’12
Richard & Teena Flood
Patricia (Thibeault) ’78 & David Fondry P’06
Shayna Fontaine
Carrie Foster
Amanda Fox
Patricia Foxworth ’91
James Fraina
Patricia A. Frazer
John Frechette ’88
Henry ’84 & Marilyn Freeman
Russell G. Freitag
Megan Frenzen
Laura G. Fuller
Gregory G. Fullum
Laura & George Fullum P’10
Jessica K. Fulton ’07
Heather A. Funk ’10
Amy D. (Doenges) Gaboriault ’94
Justin R. Gabriel
Eric S. Gage
Dorothy & Peter Galant P’12
Leah Galasso
Carol (Borst) Gammon ’70
Jean (Scott) ’81 & Steven Gardyne
Todd M. Garthaffner ’09
Sandy (Stillman) ’96 & Allen Gartner
Richard & Lisa Garvey P’12
Nancy & Donald Gasink
Deborah Gaudet ’78 & Kris Stirling
Liz & John Gaudet P’10
Patrick M. Gaudet ’10
Robin (Hill) ’81 & Daniel Gauthier ’80
Scot D. Gaylord
Brian ’64 & Tricia Gee
Erik C. Genlot
Richard H. & Lois J. George P’85
Andrea Gewirtzman
Thomas Giannakopoulos
Jared Gilbert ’92
Nicole Gilbert-O’Brien & Sean O’Brien
Barbara (Bovat) ’60 & Milton Gilmore
Rachel & Barry Gilmore P’96
Nathan Ginsbury
Emily Ginter
Karen (Nelson) Gladu ’79
Kathleen (Burke) ’74 & John Glasserman
Suzanne & Gordon Glover
Rebecca N. Gnirke
Julianne Godbold
Noah & Hilary Goldblatt
Katherine J. Goliver
Marie (Bergeron)’95 & Stephen Gonneville
Cynthia (Spear) ’76 & C. Joseph Goodrich ’74
Charles & Natalia Gorawski P’13
Daniel L. Gordon ’10
Deana (Higgs) ’10 & Jeffrey Gordon
Dr. Andrew Gordon & Nancy Gordon P’10
Karen (Gillander) ’70 & Drew Gordon
Melissa (Rhodes) Goss ’83
Chelsea R. Gosselin
Kelly & Michael Gosselin P’10
Cynthia & John Graf P’12
Julie A. Grant ’86
Anne Grantham
Jana Granzella & Pat Thornton
Robin Grassi P’11
Brian C. ’85 & Claire T. Gravel
Linda V. Gravell P’13
Michael M. & Lorraine Greco P’07
Marianne Green ’79, P’10
Robert Green
Jodi B. Greene ’06
Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie
Jackie ’02, G’11 & Bill Greer
Corey J. Grenier ’10
Michael Gretkowski ’96
Susan (Thomas) Griffin ’84
Jenna L. Grimaldi
Katherine A. Grinberg ’10
Nancy & Richard Grinberg P’10
Kenneth & Brenda Grob P’11
Andrew L. Grogan
Barbara Grogard ’80
Carol D. (Langford) ’78 & Paul H. Gross, III
Julia Grunewald
Mario Guay ’84
Jeffrey & Mary Guerin P’11
Lisa Guerrero
Alex K. Gustafson ’10
Susan & Mark Gustafson P’10
Daniel M. & Laura L. Gutt P’05
Steven W. Hair P’11
Glenn Hall ’78 & Pamela Hall
Henry & Margaret M. Hall, Jr. P’05
Ann & Robert Hallowell III
Russell R. Halpern-Reiss ’05 & Polly Halpern-Reiss
Charles B. Hamlyn ’97
Deborah A. Handy P’11
George R. Hanerfeld, Jr.
Tisha Hankinson
Bryan Hare
Douglas ’74 & Kerrianne Harlow
Michael Harron
Hartford Insurance Group
Jennifer E. (Blair) ’95 & Jeffrey Hastings
Deborah Hatch P’12
James T. Hatin ’68
Katherine Hawley
Deborah & Jeffrey Hayes P’04
Eva (Lowell) ’82 & Mark Hayes
Joseph Heald ’88
Sara Hearne
Susan Heath
Stephanie J. Heger ’03
Joel Heiny
Amy Jo (Verrill) Heinz ’03
Scott A. Hendela ’03
Zachary Henderson ’03
John J. Henebury, Jr. P’12
Maureen Henebury P’12
Brodie N. Henry
Jamie M. Henry ’09
Thomas P. Henry P’10
Kelly Hewes ’95
Roy Hewes P’97
Roderick G. Heywood ’64
Julius A. Higgins ’01
Barbara (Fields) Higgs ’64
Kenneth Hirschmann
Casey L. Hiser
Jim Hoag
Roberta (Wells) ’75 & Gary Hodgdon
Marsha E. & Paul L. Hoffman P’00
Jean & Richard Hohenberger P’04
John G. Holland
Brian Holmes
Jeanne (Burrington) ’70 & Peter Hommel
Albert E. Hoppe ’66
Michael Horn P’04
Dr. Miriam E. Horne
Jeff K. Howard ’66
Alice & Frederick Howe P’12
Ken Howell & Geeda Searfoorce
Christopher T. Huarte
Bruce R. Hughes ’06 & Eva Hughes
Jeanne (Lamson) Hull ’71
Meghan Hurley
Michael ’82 & Julie Hurley
Elizabeth & Robert Huss
Thomas J. ’95 & Joan M. Hussey
Christine & Jonathan Hutchins
Jeff & Susan Hutson P’98
Dominic J. & Pauline M. Ilacqua P’11
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Jessica D. Ingram ’09
Kerri Irick ’91
Rebecca A. Irick
Carol R. (Sauer) Iske ’79
Patricia (Monaghan) Iverson ’65
Levi R. Jackson
George ’79, ’07 & Holly Jamison P’14
Matt Jarvis
Jazzman’s Cafe
Margaret (Walsh) ’80 & Craig Jehle
Christy L. Jennett
Morgaine A. Jennings
Joan (Dahms) Jepeal ’75
Sarah (Ernest) ’04 & E. Jay Jerger
Ashley N. Jewell ’07
Barbara (Longley) Jewett ’66
Clifford Johnson ’07
Lilla E. (Chisholm) Johnson ’89
Michele & Richard Johnson P’10
Paula (Sheehan) Johnson ’75
Timothy A. Johnson ’10
Michael M. Jonczyk ’08, ’10
Amanda J. Jones
Donna Jones P’12
Michelle & John Jordan
Mallory (Devoid) Joyce ’07
Laurie (Mercure) ’80 & William Keating
James Kelley, Jr.
Bradley A. Kelly ’08
Elaine A. Kelly P’08
Gail & Michael Kelly P’10
Kyle P. Kelly ’10
Mike Kelly & Family
Jenna M. Kemp
Melissa Kennedy
Michael & Camille Kennedy P’11
Julie A. & James P. Kent, Jr. P’09
Louise (Lemay) Ketcham ’73
Jane (McEnrue) ’81 & Louis Kiefer
Paul S. Kilbury ’83
Justin D. Kimball ’10
Susan & James Kimmel P’13
Colleen King ’73
John ’75 & Cheryl King
Lisa (Fullington) King ’89
Lyle ’03 & Angela King
Catherine Kinsman
Deborah (Billings) ’74 & Michael Kirby
Katharine & Davis Kitchel
William C. Kitchell ’76
David Kite
Geoffrey Klane
Lesa M. (Blackmore) Knapp ’82
Shirley & Walter Knox, Jr. P’88
Toby Knox & Kathryn Boardman
Fred Koch & Ann Clark
Andrew Korb
Sharon & Joseph Kosmo P’11
Anne & Josef Kottler P’10
Elisha Kottler
Michael A. Kotzen ’07
Joseph P. Kozachek ’10
Peter & Theresa Kozachek P’10
Alyssa H. Kozick
Dave M. ’72 & Susan J. Kramer
Carol & Daniel Kristiansen P’12
David & Mary Kutz P’09
Jodi (Israel) ’04 & Christian Kuzia
Cathryn S. & Robert C. Kwit P’92
Dick ’63 & Jackie Labrecque P’89
Carolyn M. LaCivita
Jessie LaCroix ’01
Book-Ends Associates Inc.
Kim (Brigante) Lamothe ’88
John E. Lampman III ’95
John A. Lamson ’62
Douglas P.Landry
Carolyn (Wilmott) Lane ’82
Michael Lange
Peter F. & Joann M. Langrock
Vasile Laur
Melissa L. Lauziere ’09
John R. ’70 & Joan Lavallee
John W. Lavely ’79, ’89
Fran (Farr) Lavoie ’62
Randi & Brian Law P’12
John M. ’71 & Dorothy Lawrence
Hau Le
Dr. Bruce J. & Anne S. Leavitt
John P. LeClair ’90
Marcel H. Leclaire ’76
Andrew K. Lee
Susan & Gregory Leicht P’10
Bernard P. Lemieux, Jr. ’61
Nicole E. Lentine ’07
Perry Lessing P’14
Carol (Pearson) ’59 & Donald Lewis ’59
Kim L. (Moir) ’93 & Jeffrey Lewis
Mae & Robert Lewis
Marion Otis Lewis ’68
Virginia & Joel Lieblein P’12
Janice (Spaulding) ’63 & H. Douglas Lincoln
Janet (Palmer) Linden ’70
David Lindquist ’09
Joan L. (Moore) Lint ’66
Ying Liu
Danielle Livellara & Gregory Pajala
Llewellyn-Howley, Inc.
Stephen J. Locke ’68
Walter & Susan Locke P’98
Jenna Londynsky
Kurt & Cynthia Longevin P’09
Sharon A. Lucia ’78, ’98
Todd A. Lunge ’87
Daniel Lussier ’90
Jane Faust Madden
Nancy (Curtiss) ’67 and Edward Magee
Mark Magnant ’93
Nichole M. Magoon
Thomas R. Maheux ’08
Brittany Mailhotte
Renee ’99, ’02 & Russell Manchester P’09
Heather Manning ’91
Nicholas & Sandra Manouvelos P’93
Stephanie & Scott Mapes
Darrien R. Marazzo-Clarke
Rene Marceau ’89
Charlotte I. & Robert A. Marcotte P’85
Jaclyn K. Marcotte ’06
Jamie Marcucilli
Maureen Canet-Markis & William Markis P’11
Evan & Jodi Marks P’13
Susan (Spencer) ’73 & Michael Marks
Donna J. & James F. Marshall III P’08
Donald C. Martin ’64
Doris (Philip) ’68 & Edward Martin P’01
Joyce Martin ’08
Patricia J. Martin P’11
Peter J. Martin
Wendi Martinez ’87
Tammy L. Masse ’91 & Amanda K. Lamb
MassMutual
Diana (Olsaver) ’91 & David Matot
Lauren Matuozzi ’10
Rose & Mark Matuozzi P’10
Christopher M. Matuszek ’10
Monique & William Matuszek P’10
Samantha J. Maxfield
Robert R. Mayer
Zach Mazzotta
John J. McAree P’91
Lisa (Richardson) ’85 & David McCormick
Robert McCormick
Alissa C. McCue ’06
Tawnya McDonald
The McElwain & Williams Family
Alan ’64 & Dale McFeeters
Michael & Denessa McGarty P’12
Sharon S. McGowan ’79
Darlene M. McGrath
William & Shirley McGrath P’03
Neil & Mary McHale P’09
Cassie A. McHarris
Penny McIntosh
Maureen McKenzie ’88
Conor McKeon
Alicia McLoughlin
David & Lynn McMahan P’13
Keith W. McManis ’03
Jessica L. McMullen
Deborah L. McNeal ’89
Ryan K. McSweeney
Tiffany McSweeney ’01, ’06
Kathleen McWain P’10
Patrick J. McWain
Jane (Withers) ’70 & Rene Menard
Sheila (Kelton) ’66 & John P. Menard
Peggy (Arthur) ’80 & Raul Mendez
Kristen Mercure ’09
Daniel V. Merrill
H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr. & Sharon J. Merritt
Dr. R. Bruce & Eileen Metz P’10
Lauren Metz ’10
Kevin & Heidi Meyer ’P12
MGB Designs
Ann & John Michaud P’05
Anne & Daniel Miley P’10
Scott G. Miley
Benjamin S. Miller ’09
Susan E. Miller ’74
Lance A. Millett
Matthew G. Mills ’81
Norbett Mintz P’10
Julie (Fales) ’86 & Brian Miranda
Robert Mitchell
Sally (Barr) ’60 & Felix Molina
Rebecca & Anson Montgomery
Auston J. Montville ’10
Tina L. Montville P’10
Charles & Kathryn Moore P’89
Russell A. Moore ’78
Zachary Moosbrugger
Frank & Mariann Moran P’09
Shannon K. Moran
Carol Moran-Brown & Tom Brown
Jeffrey ’91, ’99 & Heather Moreau ’92
Jeanette (Kittell) Morey ’48
Jessica M. Morgan
Paula (Murphy) Morgan ’69
Nicole & Michael Morris
Kevin & Donna Morse P’12
Eric F. Moulton
Alison & Thomas Mueller
Thomas ’05 & Tee Mulhall
Matthew E. Mullen ’99
Pamela (Collins) ’84 & James Mullen
John Murnane P’13
Amy Murphy P’10
Dana & Raymond Murphy
Kyle J. Murphy
Bob Myers ’67
Jean Kaufman Myers
Kristina (Moulton) ’68 & Richard Myers
Christopher D. Nathlich ’02
Deborah O. Nault ’78
Allison Neal
Lois (Gordon) Neufeld ’70
Debra Newcombe ’78
Christine & Michael Newkirk P’10
Kaitlyn N. Newkirk ’10
Man D. Nguyen
Catherine & Paul Nichols P’10, P’12
Jack Nichols
Jeffrey & Christine Nichols P’04
Catherine Nickerson P’14
Kelley Nishikawa P’09
Charles M. Nolan ’10
Ed & Janet Nolan
Clara (Oakes) ’75 & Thomas F. Nold
Leah Nolet
Penelope & James Nolte
Jenica Norrish ’08
Donna (Ovitt) ’60 & John Northrop
Casey Norton
Suzanne (Wilken) Norton ’69
Patricia Novak
Katherine (Danforth) ’50 & Clarence Nutter ’49
Cynthia ’89 & Timothy O’Connor
Molly E. O’Day
Bryan O’Hara
Paula Olsen & Wayne Schneider
Sarah C. Olson
Lisanio & Clelia Orlandi P’05
Anne Orser P’91
Karen C. Osborn ’71
Bailey M. Osborne
Timothy O’Shea ’74
Saramae Ouellette ’57
Dr. Alice D. Outwater
Gerald ’69 & Paulette Owen
Holly Pacitto
Joanne Palmisano
Susan M. Paquette ’86
Todd E. Parker ’08
Susan Paruch ’01
Caitlin E. Pascucci
Robert & Jackie Pascucci P’08
Jo Ann Patel
Caitlin M. Patey
Charlene & Eric Patey
Bradley M. Patnaude
Sandra ’91 & James M. Pearson P’96
Eula L. Pedro
Dawn (Groseclose) ’80 & Philip Pelkey
Judi (Butterfield) ’69 & John Pelletier
Rose (Kropsky) ’54 & Ivan Pels
Craig Pepin
Jennifer & Kris ’96 Perlee
Denise (Boutin) ’70 & Eric Perron
Eric Petersen
Sarah Pettitt
Harry ’63 & Joan Piccini P’94
Lyndsey H. Pierro ’07
John Pile, Jr.
Stephen Pinkham
David M. Piper ’66 & Dale Piper
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Daniel L. Plante
Trina Plantier ’04, ’10
Sheryl Kurland-Platt & Gregory Platt
Carrie (Beauchemin) Plunkett ’89
John & Kerry Plunkett P’06
Plunkett Property Management
Robert ’72 & Donna Poczabut
Dorothy Pomplin & Children
Daniel A. Poor ’09
Julian Portilla
Ellen M. Post
Susan (Lyons) ’05 & Charles Post ’08
Barbara Potter
Sue Powers-Bellew ’88, ’09 &
Steve Bellew
Sarah Praetsch
Channary & Varin Prak P’12
Jo-Anne (Meilleur) ’84 & Edward Precourt ’84
Monique Prevost
William & Angela Prew P’05
Lois Price
Nicholas Puma
Jennifer (Broughton) Quesnel ’78, P’05
Lee R. Quick
Beth (Hersey) Quinn ’85
Brian J. & Margaret A. Quinn P’12
Carla (Cote) Raboin ’85
Barbara Rachelson
Brenda Racht
Norma J. Racine ’73
Margaret M. (John) Radke ’65
Jonathan ’09 & Kristen Rajewski ’10
Kathleen A. Ray ’08
Loretta M. & Laurence E. Redden P’91
Rachel (Fournier) ’74 & Jeffrey Reeder
Carole D. Reese P’89
Sandra C. & Robert A. Reese
Emily J. Regis ’10
Paul & Suzanne Regis P’10
Rosemari (Pattirson) Renahan ’70
James Retz P’10
Mary C. Retz ’10
Barbara (Thibodeau) ’67 &
Ronald E. Reuter
Marc J. Reynolds ’65
Linda (Brown) Rezac ’76
Barbara Rhodes & Thomas Ventre P’12
Amber Rich ’06
Jonathan T. Richard
Linda (Merrill) Richard ’71
Mary Ann (Cerreto) Richard ’56
Sarai S. Richardson ’08
Justine Riegel
Lois B. Riegert ’74
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Robert G. Riggen ’01
Geoffrey R. Rivard ’86
Robert & Anne Robtoy P’06
Dr. Elizabeth A. Rocco P’14
Linda Rodd & David Jacobowitz
John & Lucy Rogate
Melissa & Timothy Rogers P’11
Alan & Gale Rome
Shannon (Leonard) ’94 & Martin Romeo, Jr.
Gail Rosenberg
Douglas S. Rowden ’66
Gary D. Ruberti ’06
Carolynne & James Rucereto P’12
Erik J. Rusin ’93
Maryann (Baker) Russell ’95
Richard C. Russell ’69
John & Melissa Russo P’13
Susan (Couture) Ryan ’95
Nathan K. Saddler ’06
James & Karen Salvatore P’12
Mary & Steve Sanborn
Shawn Sanford
Penilee H. Saulnier
Diane (Clark) ’68 & James Saunders P’06
Kaitlin Savage
Robert & Cynthia Savage P’12
Laura R. Scafati
Katherine Scanlon
Don A. Schinnerer Jr. ’70 & Sue B. Schinnerer
Terri (Bellavance) ’83 & Dean Schoolcraft
Frank & Elizabeth Schreiner P’07
Susan (Bown) Schryer ’71
Barbara & Garry Schwall P’12
Theodore F. Schwinden
Lara E. Scott
Sandra (Domingue) ’81 & Darcy Scott
Meg Sealey ’06
Lisa J. Seaver-Maston ’02
Nicholas M. Seifert
Laura (Shearer) ’88 & John Senecal
Mary & Michael Senecal P’10
Shaun M. Senecal ’10
Dror & Suzanne Seri P’07
Brenda Servon P’05
James Garner ’84 & Jean-Marie Severance
Krystal Sewell
Maureen Shea Kos ’83
Leah M. Shearer ’09
Peggy & Steve Shearer P’10
Joyce Sheehy ’80
Shari (Modica) ’83 & Joel Sheehey
Thomas & Jennifer Sheerin P’13
Elissa (Benninger) ’80 & Richard Sheppard
Richard E. Sherman ’72
Joshua Silman ’02
Jasmine K. Silver
Jill Simeral ’65
Robert Simone
Ann (Hennessey) ’89 & Scott Sincavage
Asha ’96 & Sean Singer
Mary Anne (Pientka) Sjoblom ’83
Kara Skaling
Jacqueline Smith
Nada (McEvila) Smith ’43
Philip L. Smith V
Stephen & Pamela Smith In Memory of Jeremy Smith
Noreen (Delaney) Snyder ’56
Susan (Boera) ’84 & David Sobczak
Fredrick & Joan Hayes P’10
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Henry M. Soule
Southern Vermont Glass & Shower Door, LLC
Mia (Lastra) Spada ’89
Sarah K. Spiggle
Richard Allen Spitzer ’94
Amy & Matt St. Louis
Linda (Gravelle) ’72 & Wayne St. Peter
Dr. J. Ward Stackpole & Janet Stackpole
Melanie D. Stafford P’10
Mary Jane (Trevithick-Daggett) Stanley ’64
Andrew W. Start ’10
Robert & Beverly Start P’10 & Beth Wilson
Alyssa Stearns ’10
Katherine & James Stearns P’10
Pamela (Beach) ’89 & Randy Stearns
Teresa (Pratt) ’83 & Dean Stearns
Nicholas J. Stefani
Suzanne (Brown) ’78 & John Stefani P’10
Lynne (Kiesendahl) Steinhoff ’85
Misti R. Stevens
Scott & Nicole Stevens
Ann (Wevling) Stevenson-Meyer ’67
Burton Stewart
Jacklyn M. Stickley
John & Gayle Stickley P’10
Warren ’71 & Claire Stimets
Jennifer Stockwell
Jane Henley-Stone & Victor Stone
Kathleen E. Straube
Peter Straube
John T. Stroup
Amanda J. Sullivan
Patricia M. Sullivan
Leigh Swanson ’78
Jennifer Sweeney
Anna H. Swenson
Stanley & Charlene Szczepanek P’11
Rachel M. Szymialowicz
David Tabaruka
Dr. John P. & Kathryn H. Tampas
Keith Tatarczuk
Mckenna Tatro
Olivia L. Tenan
Maria Thach
Jana (Cole) ’94 and Kevin Therrien
Karen (McMahan) ’88 & Gordon Therrien
Abigail M. Thomas
Amanda R. Thomas
Barbara & Wallace Thomas, Jr. P’12
Daryle Thomas ’79
Francine (Robert) ’66 & Keith Thomas, Jr.
Shane Thorndike
Kimberly ’10 & Matthew ’00 Thornton
Marion B. Thorpe
Charles T. Thygesen, Jr. ’76
Pamela J. Tidyman
Marie Tiemann ’91, P’05
James & Deborah Tierney P’12
Adam Tinker
Allison R. Tinson
Barbara (Hall) ’81 & Ross Toof
Joann M. Toof
Judith (Thomas) Toom ’69
Janice ’71 & John Tower
Cathy J. Townsend ’10 & Christopher Townsend
Ronald Treacy
Sheri (Osgood) ’83 & Allen Tremblay
Patricia (Page) Trendowski ’66
Linda (Rosenbeck) ’67 &
William Trenholm
Leon T. ’65 & Sandra L. Trombley
Nancy (Weigel) Trottier ’77
Carlyn Trout
Matthew P. Trudeau
Mary & Charles H. Truslow, Sr. P’13
Beth & Tracy Truzansky
Jessica (Holcomb) Tuure ’02 & Joshua Tuure
Elise & Bill Tuxbury, Jr.
Oliver Q. Twombly
Dorothy (Vincent) Underkoffler ’68
Debbie & Don Urbahn
David & Carol Usher
Susan (Quintana) ’80 & Stephen Vantine ’78
Anthony ’86 & Sally Vargo
Eduardo Vazquez
Andrew Brendler & Margaret Vetter P’13
Aaron Videtto ’00
Michael P. Viens ’87 & Mary P. Viens
Jennifer & John Villaire P’10
Emily E. Vincent
Jennifer Vincent
Richard ’64 & Marjorie Vincent
Jane (Fletcher) ’78 & Edward Vizvarie P’09
Amy Vlosky ’08
Charles J. & Michelle M. Voorhis P’09
Eric C. Voorhis ’09
Krysta L. Voskowsky ’09
Richard D. & Catherine Vynalek P’93
Ken & Sue Wade P’01
Laurie (Lattrell) Waite ’92
Gary Waleko & Tracy Hedges-Waleko P’14
Dr. Erich F. Walka
Daphne Walker
Elizabeth Walker
Robert A. Walker ’66
Lena J. Walsh ’82
William & Barbara Walton P’13
Kathleen J. Wamser
Gordon & Doria Ware P’02
Miranda A. Warner
Lisa Washburn ’88
William Waterman
Carolyn M. Waters P’06
Carol & Joseph Waxman P’05
Beverly (Grow) Weaver ’53
John & Holly Weber
Dr. Janice Gohm Webster & Dr. Cameron Webster
Jessica Webster
Lindsay M. Webster
Nancy Leigh Weiand P’90
Paulette M. Wein ’77
Virginia & Evan Weiner P’12
Michael & Phyllis Wells
Harry J. Wendt
Lisa (Sherman) Wener ’84
Stacey S. (Hanscom) ’83 & David Whaley
Carolyn L. Wheeler ’82
Linda ’80 & Ian Wheeler P’13
Mark & Elizabeth Wheeler P’13
Cheryl M. (Carr) White ’67
Pamela (L’Esperance) White ’79
Deborah (Tabarrini) ’95 & Jonathan Whitfield
Kathy & Chip Whiting
Ryan Wien ’07
Jennifer M. Wilcox
Michele L. Wile ’88
Claire & Cori Giroux-Williams
Rob Williams
Valerie Williams ’86
Tyler J. Willis
Patrick J. Willwerth
Craig & Laurie Winslow P’10
Craig E. Winslow
Dave W. Winslow, Jr. ’00 & Petra Smejkal
Naomi & Madeleine Winterfalcon
Jessica (Griffin) Wolf ’02, ’09
Ty Robertson & David A. Wolfe
Jacqueline (Kimball) ’60 & Richard S. Wood
Madison W. Wood
Douglas Woodruff ’85
Frederick W. Woodward ’67
Beverly S. Wool
Jennifer Wool
Corey L. Wrigley ’09
Sharron & Steven Wygonowski P’12
Rebecca A. Wyman
Ann (Brixius) Yando ’90
Tyler J. Yandow ’05
Bruce ’69 & Madeline Young
Maria ’88 & Scott Young
Charlene (McKearney) ’77 &
Thomas Zabek
Judith A. Zajicek ’78
Sanford Zale
Kaitlyn Zambroski
Mark Willscher Zammuto
Jordan M. Zehr
Michael K. Zeigler ’79
Ellen Zeman & Paul Hale
Sarah (Williams) ’63 & David ’63 Zipp
Jacob Zolna
Eleanor Zue
Class of 2010
Student Donors
Michael A. Ackerman, Jr.
Michael Agusta ’97 & ’10
Michael T. Anciello
Kwadwo F. Anim-Adjei
Tyler M. Apanell
Kaitlyn E. Barry
Chad W. Bechard
Marissa A. Bentivoglio
Katherine Brady
Caila M. Burke
Micah Burrington
Ian R. Callan
Emilia M. Campbell
Christopher Campion
Anthony J. Carace
Whitney Centerbar
Cullen A. Clark
Jackie T. Cooper
Tanner A. Crowe
Peter Cullen
Christianna Cutler
Lindsay A. Damici
Angela Demers
William C. Derwin
Jonathan R. Desroches
Thomas M. Deterling
Oscar Diaz
Nicholas P. DiRico
Michael Dowd
Melinda S. Doyon
Riva Dumont
Matthew J. Eaton
Nmoemeka O. Ekwuabu
Anthony A. Enzor-DeMeo
Robyn A. Estabrook
Katelyn M. Fausnacht
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Shayna Fontaine
Carrie Foster
James Fraina
Russell G. Freitag
Gregory G. Fullum
Justin R. Gabriel
Eric S. Gage
Scot D. Gaylord
Joseph M. Gaynor
Erik C. Genlot
Rebecca N. Gnirke
Corey J. Grenier
Jenna L. Grimaldi
Andrew L. Grogan
George R. Hanerfeld, Jr.
Tisha Hankinson
Brodie N. Henry
Deana (Higgs) & Jeffrey Gordon
Casey L. Hiser
John G. Holland
Christopher T. Huarte
Levi R. Jackson
Christy L. Jennett
Morgaine A. Jennings
Michael M. Jonczyk
Amanda J. Jones
James Kelley, Jr.
Jenna M. Kemp
Elisha Kottler
Joseph P. Kozachek
Alyssa H. Kozick
Carolyn M. LaCivita
Douglas P.Landry
Vasile Laur
Hau Le
Andrew K. Lee
Ying Liu
Nichole M. Magoon
Stephanie & Scott Mapes
Samantha J. Maxfield
Cassie A. McHarris
Jessica L. McMullen
Ryan K. McSweeney
Patrick J. McWain
Scott G. Miley
Auston J. Montville
Zachary Moosbrugger
Shannon K. Moran
Jessica M. Morgan
Eric F. Moulton
Kyle J. Murphy
Man D. Nguyen
Molly E. O’Day
Bailey M. Osborne
Caitlin E. Pascucci
Caitlin M. Patey
Daniel L. Plante
Trina Plantier
Ellen M. Post
Jonathan T. Richard
Justine Riegel
Laura R. Scafati
Jasmine K. Silver
Philip L. Smith V
Henry M. Soule
Sarah K. Spiggle
Nicholas J. Stefani
Misti R. Stevens
Jacklyn M. Stickley
Patricia M. Sullivan
Amanda J. Sullivan
Rachel M. Szymialowicz
David Tabaruka
Maria Thach
Amanda R. Thomas
Abigail M. Thomas
Shane Thorndike
Kimberly & Matthew ’00 Thornton
Oliver Q. Twombly
Eduardo Vazquez
Emily E. Vincent
Kathleen J. Wamser
Miranda A. Warner
William Waterman
Lindsay M. Webster
Jessica Webster
Harry J. Wendt
Jennifer M. Wilcox
Tyler J. Willis
Patrick J. Willwerth
Craig E. Winslow
Madison W. Wood
Rebecca A. Wyman
Kaitlyn Zambroski
Jordan M. Zehr
Grant Partners
City of Burlington
The Coleman Foundation
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Merchants Bank
National Life Group Charitable Foundation
National Life Group
NEIWPCC
People’s United Bank
Population Media Center
TD Bank
TD Charitable Foundation
United Nations Population Fund
U.S. Department of Justice
Vermont Agency of Commerce &
Community Development
Gifts of Other Assets
Includes gifts-in-kind and
tangible personal property.
FM Groove, Inc.
Lake Champlain Chocolates
Anne & Jim Lampman
Lance Llewellyn
Llewellyn-Howley, Inc.
Mrs. Edward P. Lyman
Dr. Robert Moore & Ms. Karen Walker
Oneteam, Inc.
Matching Gift
Companies
Corporate matching gift programs double
or triple an employee’s gift to the College.
Bank of America
FM Global
GE Foundation
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Hartford Insurance Group
IBM Corporation Matching Grants Program
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
IMS Health
ITW Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
KeyBank
KPMG Foundation
Lincoln Financial Foundation, Inc.
Marsh Captive Solutions Group
MassMutual Matching Gift Center
Microsoft Corporation
P&G Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Sherwin-Williams Foundation
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Verizon
Verizon Foundation
Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program
In memorium
and in honor
Anonymous in honor of Harold D.
Heck III
Jacqueline A. Botjer ’05 in memory of
Owen Smith 1982-2003
Nancy De Forge in memory of
Wayne De Forge ’63
Nancy & Donald Gasink in memory of
C. Bader & Marjorie Brouilette
Ann Jones-Weinstock in memory of
Jane Stradley
Elliott & Cathy Masie (The MASIE Center)
in honor of Ann DeMarle
Lisa McKenney in honor of Colleen M. Robie
Planned Parenthood of Northern New
England in honor of Heather Dwight
Signa Lynch Read in honor of Susan Read Cronin
Shelley Richardson in honor of Alan D. Stracke & Lynda Reid
Shelley Richardson in memory of
Jeff Hatch
Stephen & Pamela Smith in Memory of
Jeremy Smith
Vermont Association of Broadcasters in
honor of Nancy Kerr
Gordon & Doria Ware P’02 in honor of
Roger Perry
In honor of Larry Mandell
Senator & Mrs. William T. Doyle
Sandy (Stillman) ’96 & Allen Gartner
Peter O. Hood & Mary Neville Hood
Clifford Johnson ’07
David Johnson ’00 & LeeAnn Podruch
Katharine & Davis Kitchel
Marlboro College
Susan Paruch ’01 Carol J. Pinney
Shelley Richardson
Michael & Judy Rosow
Nan Starr
Claudia Lovell & Andrew Tetreault ’P14
Pamela J. Tidyman
Nicolas Ward & Leslie Colis Ward
Stephen & Barbara Williams
Donald Vickers
Endowment Gifts
Anonymous
Elaine (Lavalette) ’69 & Tom Bacon ’70
Gregory A. Barrows ’89
Bernice S. Bayer Revocable Trust
Edward A. & Bernice S. Bayer P’90
John ’58 & Janet Bossi
Sherry D. (Rosano) Bradstreet ’02
Gregory A. Brown ’72
Thane & Peter Butt P’06
Coastal Building Maintenance
Corporation MG
Tina L. Cobb ’89
John Collins ’64
Linda (Deslaurier) Corse ’78
Amanda (Griffin) Coulman ’01
Dr. James P. Cross
Doreen (Hamel) ’71 & Donald Cutter
Janice M. Cutting ’75
Ellen (Read) ’77 & Keith Davis
Staige Davis
Ira J. Divoll ’06
Kyle Dodson
Valerie J. Drown ’77
Angie Ducas
Lula Ducas ’36 Colin & Elizabeth Ducolon
Christina & Earle Dunphy
Amanda Fox
Megan Frenzen
GE Foundation
Andrea Gewirtzman
Jared Gilbert ’92
Arthur ’93 & Shelli Goldsweig
Green Mountain Practical Shooters
Eva (Lowell) ’82 & Mark Hayes
Deana (Higgs) ’10 & Jeffrey Gordon
Audrey Michaelis Holm Hansen ’94
Diane and Jim Howe
Meghan Hurley
IBM Corporation
Anita (Legendre) Guild ’81
John W. Heisse, Jr., M.D.
Mary Lynne Isham ’85 & Steven A. Adams P’93
Bradley A. Kelly ’08
Fred Koch & Ann Clark
John A. Lamson ’62
Rebecca (Mason) ’66 & Armand Lemieux ’65
Carol (Pearson) ’59 & Donald Lewis ’59
Marsh Management Services Inc.
Doris (Philip) ’68 & Edward Martin P’01
The McElwain & Williams Family
Felicia Messuri
George & June Mona
Nicole & Michael Morris
Brenda & Joseph O’Grady
Paula Olsen & Wayne Schneider
Gerald ’69 & Paulette Owen
Roland F. Palmer ’90
Burton ’38 & Celia Paquin
Sandra ’91 & James M. Pearson P’96
Craig Pepin
Eric Petersen
Leigh A. Phillips ’99 & Bruce C. Beauregard
Remo & Donna Pizzagalli P’86, P’89
Sarah & Paul Potter
Jo-Anne (Meilleur) ’84 & Edward Precourt ’84
Lee R. Quick
Kathleen A. Ray ’08
Julie ’04 & Gene Richards P’11
Shelley Richardson
Linda Rodd & David Jacobowitz
Phoebe (Glynn) ’59 & Richard Shepard ’60
Joanne (O’Brien) ’71 & Champ Soncrant
Lynne (Kiesendahl) Steinhoff ’85
The Sullivan Family
Margaret (Bombard) ’68 & Raymond P. Sullivan ’68
Marie Tiemann ’91, P’05
Jennifer (Boucher) ’89 & Chris Varin ’94
Vermont Association of Broadcasters
Ken & Sue Wade P’01
Bernadette Wagner
Jonathan R. Wainer ’05
Laurie (Lattrell) Waite ’92
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Champlain College Summit | Audeamus
Champlain College is exploring career engagement
in the 21st century. We invite you to join us as a
member of the Champlain community to share your
insights as we create a strategic model for all phases
of the professional journey in the future.
Let Us Dare
On Aug. 10-11, we will bring faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents, employers, and
community leaders from Vermont and beyond to our campus to share insights and highlights,
and design how to best prepare ourselves for the future and a constantly changing workplace.
Aug. 10-11, 2011
at Champlain College
Burlington, Vermont
For registration details visit:
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MASTER YOUR FUTURE.
Play a formative role in the lives of your students.
The Champlain College Online M.Ed. in Early
Childhood Education is a highly engaging program
that will help you connect on a deeper level with the early
childhood community in your area. You can choose either an
administrative or teaching track.
As a Champlain Graduate student, you will enjoy our unique,
project-based approach to learning, which allows you to work
independently online and then apply the content to your current
position. This innovative program combines academically
excellent online classes with a low residency requirement for an
accessible, high-quality graduate-level education.
When your degree is completed, you will have the credentials
for the best positions in your field—opening up the doors for
you to take on higher-level teaching positions or move up or
into an administrative role.
To learn more: go.champlain.edu/med
Attend the upcoming online info session on this program
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EXPERIENCE LEARNING.
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| CH AMPL A IN VO I C E S |
An Orphan, but Not Alone
By Peter Garang Deng ’11
I was born in South Sudan, and grew up in Bor Village, Sudan, until I was 12 years old. I was orphaned at an early age, my
mother dying without warning and my beloved father having passed away when I was 5. I lived with my two sisters and my
aunts. Things were good for a while but I still missed the care that only my parents could offer me had they lived. When I was
7 years old, my elder sister got married to a man from the Tuch area, leaving me under the care of my other sister. One year
later she got married, leaving me to remain under the care of an aunt, and my life became a nightmare. My life at that time
was no different than the life of a homeless person. Having both parents gone, my basic childhood needs went unmet and I
was neglected. I sat down one morning on the street curb thinking about where my life was going while watching the kids
who had parents going to the local school, Konberk, just 10 minutes away from our home.
While sitting watching these kids with big smiling faces as if they owned the whole world, I made a decision that I would
go to school so that I too could have a good life in the future. I then went to school in Konberk and then in New Cuch.
At age 12, I moved to Kenya, where I was given a name I had never dreamed about before: “Refugee.” I continued with my
studies in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. In the refugee camp, life was neither bad nor good. There was a food shortage in
this camp and so I’d usually end up spending some days with no food, which led to a serious stomach ulcer that affected me
for three years. Thank God I went to Eldoret, a great town in Kenya where I received treatment.
While I was in the refugee camp in Kenya, I went through the teachers training course and became an adult education
teacher, in 2005-06. I left teaching to further my education in Eldoret Town, one of the most beautiful towns in Kenya.
Before I touched the moon and the sun kissed the hill, I left Kenya to come to the USA. For two years, I have been here in
the U.S. working on my dream, studying at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.
I became an orphan fully at age 5, and since then I have been struggling for a better life for myself. At that time, I had a
dream that I would one day bring changes to my people who are desperately in need of help. Having experienced the tough
life of being an orphan has encouraged me to form New Sudan Jonglei Orphans Foundation to raise money and help the
orphaned children of Jonglei.
For more information and to donate: http://www.nsjof.org
New Sudan Jonglei Orphans Foundation (NSJOF) is a nonprofit organization based in Burlington, Vermont, working to improve
the future living standard of orphans in Southern Sudan, particularly in the Jonglei region, by sponsoring orphaned children to go
to school. NSJOF was founded in January of 2010 by Peter G. Deng. He migrated to the United States from Southern Sudan three
and half years ago. He attended Community College of Vermont and then transferred to Champlain College, where he will receive
his bachelor’s degree in Business with Concentrations in Accounting, Finance, and Marketing this May. After experiencing the life of
an orphan when he was young, he launched NSJOF to provide humanitarian support to those orphaned children who are in need
of help in his home country. He has written a book with Champlain College junior Jillian Towne about his experience growing up
as an orphan in Sudan. It was published in April by the Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Proceeds from the book will help
support NSJOF.
(Photo above: Peter Deng with Scott Carpenter, president of KeyBank, and President David F. Finney at the 2011 Elevator Pitch Competition.)
Send Champlain Voices submissions to [email protected].
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Save the Date — Alumni and Family Weekend Oct. 21-23, 2011
Make your plans now! Reconnect with your classmates.
Enjoy a festive weekend on campus and in Burlington, VT
Watch the alumni website at www.alumni.champlain.edu for details.

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