Fall 2010 - Siena College

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FALL 2010
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departments
On Campus News | 10
Faculty News | 18
Saints Corner | 20
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Alumni Connection | 23
Class Notes | 28
contents
More Photos of
New Hall
Blessing of New Hall
Left to right: Fr. Ambrose Donehue,
O.F.M., Fr. Dennis Tamburello ’75,
O.F.M., Ph.D., College Chaplain Fr.
Greg Jakubowicz, O.F.M., J.D. and Br.
Walter Liss, O.F.M. blessed the opening
of the new residence hall this fall. The
residence hall received rave reviews
from the students who moved into the
state-of-the-art facility.
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from the president
Years ago in Boston, I lived with
a friar who collected nativity sets. His
crèches hailed from around the world
and were fashioned from all sorts of
material—everything from stone to
wood, to coat hangers and straw.
Each December, the friar proudly
displayed this vast array of religious
tableaux. Indeed, there was scarcely
a tabletop, countertop or windowsill
in the friary that went unadorned by
some replica of the first Christmas.
No doubt, the friar’s pious excess
would have pleased St. Francis.
Francis loved Christmas more than
any other feast because it spoke to
him so profoundly of God’s humility and love. Reflecting on the poverty
of a stable and the vulnerability of a child, Francis encountered a God
who humbly and compassionately shared in our broken humanity so
that we might share in the fullness of divine life. To honor this humility
of God in a fresh new way, Francis created the first Christmas crèche,
whose myriad descendents so fascinated my Franciscan brother.
What Francis celebrated at Christmastime, he imitated throughout
the year. He understood that humility is the key that opens hearts. It
takes humility—even for God—to love and be loved and to make
oneself vulnerable to the risk of rejection.
Francis also knew that humility is the key that opens minds. It takes
humility to admit that we know so little about the wonders of God’s
good creation, and that we will always be students and never the
masters of the truth.
I can think of no more appropriate holiday wish for the members of
the Siena community than for each of
us to be blessed with a humble mind
and a humble heart, and that we
become ever more receptive to God’s
priceless gifts of wisdom and love.
Fraternally,
Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D.,
President
2010 - 2011 Board of Trustees
Ronald E. Bjorklund ’85
J. David Brown
Michael Bucci ’73
Robert F. Campbell ’66
Judy Capano/Michaelson ’87
Br. F. Edward Coughlin, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Robert M. Curley
Robert T. Cushing ’77
Susan Law Dake
Virginia L. Darrow ’83
Scott C. Donnelly
Howard S. Foote ’74
Shari Golub Schillinger ’86
Sr. Violet T. Grennan, M.F.I.C., D.Min.
Robert L. Guido ’68
Rev. Kenneth R. Himes ’71, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Walter T. Kicinski ’62
Pamela McCarthy
Robert J. McCormick ’87
James J. Morrell ’66
Very Rev. Kevin J. Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D.
John F. Murray ’79
John J. Nigro
Very Rev. John F. O’Connor, O.F.M.
Walter A. Osterman ’87
Kenneth M. Raymond, Jr.
William E. Redmond, Jr. ’81
Mark S. Rose ’65
Rev. James P. Scullion ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D.
David M. Stack ’73
Christine L. Standish
Nimmi M. Trapasso ’98, M.D.
Dennis L. Winger ’69
Siena News - Fall 2010
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• Publisher: Delcy Fox
• Editor: Jim Eaton
• Contributing Editors: Mark Adam,
Fr. Bill Beaudin ’76, O.F.M., Mike Demos,
Jodi Ackerman Frank, Ken Jubie ’04, Hilda Marinello’11,
Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D., Jason Rich ’98,
Jack Sise ’75 and Mackenzie Watroba ’11
• Online Editor: Allison Maloney ’06
• Art Director : Sergio Sericolo
• Alumni Class Notes Design: Jean Higgs
• Alumni Class Notes Editor:
Mary Beth Finnerty ’85 and Janice Goca
• Photography: Athletics Office, Alumni Office, Dave Boswell, John Cummings, Darrin Scott Kibbey,
Joe Marotta, Shannon O’Neil, Ph.D., Tony Purificato, Kris Qua and Sergio Sericolo
• Back Page Design: Jim Knox
• Printer: The Lane Press, Burlington, Vt.
On the cover: Lauren Lavare ’11, Students for Fair Trade
co-chair, with fair trade products that are being
offered at Siena College.
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School of Business Gives Birth
to Incubator Program
Matthew Narolewski ’11 sat in his
marketing class last December listening to
Todd Drowlette ’03 speak about a real estate
company that the alumnus was trying to
launch. Narolewski approached Drowlette
after class and offered some ideas he thought
could help the company. They stayed in touch,
and Drowlette eventually offered Narolewski
an internship.
“He was so excited and so involved with
throwing out ideas that I didn’t even care what
his resume said,” Drowlette recalled.
The company they discussed became
the online startup MoveThatBlock.com. The
company, founded by Drowlette and Pat Gray
’03 in January, is the Siena College Business
Incubator’s first tenant.
School of Business Dean Jeffrey Mello,
Ph.D., announced the incubator initiative this
fall. The program gives students from all fields
of study the opportunity to gain real-world
business experience by working alongside
executives and making decisions that will
impact the productivity and overall success of
up-and-coming companies.
Michael Hickey ’83, the College’s new
executive-in-residence and former Pitney Bowes
Business Insight president, will oversee day-today operations of
the incubator.
“Siena’s values and commitment to
student success and growth, coupled with its
loyal, engaged and dedicated faculty and
alumni, have positioned the College to make
contributions to idea generation,” Hickey said.
“Who knows? Perhaps, the seeds of the next
billion dollar company will be planted right
here.”
News Clips:
The Business Review
The Times Union
Troy Record
Check out Move
that Block’s website
ABOVE: Todd Drowlette ‘03 and
(left) Michael Hickey ‘83 are the
key players in starting the School of
Business Incubator. It is designed to
give students from all fields of study
the opportunity to gain real-world
business experience.
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By Hildy Marinello ’11
Students, faculty and staff gathered in Serra Hall on Nov. 9 to celebrate Siena’s
distinction as the first college in New York to be granted fair trade status. Siena is just
the third college in the country and the first Roman Catholic college to earn
this distinction.
“This is a very proud moment for Siena College,” said President Fr. Kevin Mullen
’75, O.F.M, Ph.D. “We are called to be responsible citizens of the world and this
shows that we are doing more than taking a part — we are taking a lead.”
As a fair trade college, Siena is committed to offering products that support
fair pay and working conditions for vulnerable farmers and producers whenever
possible. The College currently serves fair trade coffee, tea, sugar and chocolate. By
offering such goods, Siena is upholding children’s rights to security and education,
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encouraging environmental sustainability and supporting the efforts of farmers to invest in
their communities.
“This is about more than just coffee and tea,” said Students for Fair Trade Co-Chair
Lauren Lavare ’11. “It is about justice and introducing options so we can make the choice
for ourselves.”
“Siena has taken a bold step in advancing the Franciscan mission of the College,”
said Shannon O’Neill, Ph.D., director of the Sr. Thea Bowman Center for Women and
leader in the effort to obtain Siena’s fair trade status. “Fair trade inherently works toward
building a world that is more just, peaceable and humane.”
Government leaders, including Congressman Paul Tonko, Assemblyman Jack
McEneny ’65, Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and Town of Colonie Supervisor
Paula Mahan addressed the Siena community and offered their congratulations and
support.
The process of becoming a fair trade college began two years ago through a
student-led initiative by Mike Ellement ’10 and Ben Thomas ’12. Both were integral to the
formation of the Fair Trade Steering Committee. Political science professor Vera EccariusKelly, Ph.D., and O’Neill guided the students in their efforts to establish Siena as a fair
trade college.
“It is communities like Siena that make real change possible,” Breslin said.
Still, members of the Siena community recognize that there is plenty of room for growth.
Sodexo General Manager Norm Kvam will be looking to increase the variety of fair
trade products available in campus dining facilities, and College leaders will continue to
educate the community about the importance of using fair-trade products.
Fair Trade chocolate products have
been a hit on campus. Students
enjoyed a chocolate fountain at
the Fair Trade press conference.
Other fair trade products that
Siena offers include sugar, coffee
and tea. Left: Matt Sayles ’07
learned about the importance of
offering Fair Trade products while
abroad in Thailand.
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A Revolutionary Grant
NEH
By Hildy Marinello ’11
T
he Center for Revolutionary Era Studies (CRES) has
been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). It is the
largest grant in the 7history of the School of Liberal Arts.
The grant will help CRES become a prestigious
academic program that will link Siena with the Capital
Region’s revolutionary-era historical sites, scholars and
organizations. CRES will partner with these local resources to
heighten awareness of upstate New York’s significant contributions
to the history of colonial America, the American Revolution and
the founding of the American Republic.
Specifically, the money will be used to expand the CRES
curriculum and outreach to the community, and to train a new
generation of American Revolution scholars. CRES will establish
a digitization center to scan fragile historical documents and
preserve them for future use. Students will learn the process of
scanning, annotating and archiving these documents.
“The digitization center will allow undergraduate students to
do work primarily done at the graduate level, which makes this
an extraordinary opportunity for our students,” said CRES Director
Jennifer Dorsey, Ph.D.
This year, the NEH awarded $31.5 million in grants to 201 humanities
projects across the nation. CRES was one of eight recipients of the NEH
challenge grants. Other recipients include Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and
the National Civil Rights Museum.
Challenge grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term
support for, and improvements in, their humanities programs and resources.
Recipients are required to match NEH funds on a three-to-one or four-to-one
basis. To meet its grant obligations, Siena will raise $1.5 million over a five-
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Above: Jennifer Dorsey, Ph.D. discussed the impact the NEH grant will
have on the Center for Revolutionary
Era Studies (CRES) program at
an on campus celebration.
year period.
In addition to its community programming, CRES offers a certificate program for Siena students in
any major. Students take courses on the revolutionary era and they must complete internships at local
historical sites, such as Saratoga National Historic Park and Ten Broeck Mansion.
“Supporting CRES is an opportunity for donors to promote the development of public-history skills at
Siena. These are skills needed in the heritage tourism industry,” said Associate Director of Development
Brad Bodmer ’82. “It is a niche that our donors will recognize as a way of helping students leave Siena
with skills that give them a competitive advantage in a challenging job market.”
For more information on the CRES or the NEH, contact Jennifer Dorsey at [email protected].
To support the NEH Challenge, contact Brad Bodmer at [email protected].
Above: Students will have the ability to
preserve historical documents in the proposed
digitization center. Currently Siena has one
station that is located in the J. Spencer and
Patricia Standish Library.
Left to right: Director of Government and
Foundation Relations Alfredo Medina and
History Department Chair James Harrison,
Ph.D. at the announcement of a partnership
between Siena and the Saratoga National
Historic Park.
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ON CAMPUS NEWS
Edited by: Hildy Marinello ’11
Decked Out Hall
After months of planning and construction, Siena College cut the
ribbon on New Hall this fall. Located on the northern side of campus
near Cushing Village, it is the first on-campus residential facility to be
completed since Padua Hall opened in 2001.
The new residence hall features:
• 130 double-occupancy rooms with private baths
• Massry Commons Dining and Conference Center
• Stewart’s Shops fitness center with state-of-the-art treadmills
and elliptical machines that include televisions
• Guido ’68 Lecture Theatre
• BBL Construction Services, LLC Media Lounge
• business center
• washers and dryers in the laundry room that can
e- mail or text students when their laundry is finished
The $20 million Dutch-themed building contains several common
spaces that foster Siena’s Franciscan values of openness, hospitality
and community. In addition, New Hall is one of the greenest
buildings on campus. Many of the products used during construction
were recycled or made of energy-efficient material. It also contains
“green” features. Each room, for example, is equipped with recycling
bins, and all of the water fountains have a special element for filling
up reusable water bottles. As bottles are filled,
a gauge keeps track of how many disposable, plastic water bottles
have been saved.
For more information on features and naming opportunities visit
www.siean.edu/preserveyourlegacy
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A Busy Beginning
Throughout the first week of the 2010-11 academic year,
Siena held numerous events to welcome new and returning
students to campus. The Franciscan Center for Service and
Advocacy (FCSA), for instance, hosted the Volunteer Service
Fair. More than 40 local charities and organizations, including
the Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity and Unity House
participated. Siena students spoke with representatives from the
organizations to inquire about volunteer opportunities.
“It’s beneficial to see how many different types of off-campus
organizations exist, and this is a great opportunity for Siena
students to get involved with community service,” said Alex
Georgieva ’12, FCSA event coordinator.
The Office of Student Affairs and the Department of Public
Safety held Siena Health and Safety Day, which featured tips on
safe grilling and fire prevention. A highlight of the event was a
fire demonstration in which a model dorm room was ignited. The
demonstration was conducted by the Colonie EMS and Shaker
Road Fire Department.
“It’s scary to see how quickly a fire can get out of hand in our
dorms, but now we know how to prevent such an occurrence,”
said Blair Atkins ’11.
Opening Week at Siena concluded with the Damietta CrossCultural Center Welcome Barbecue and Club Fair. The academic
quad was full of representatives from each club on campus.
Matthew Narolewski ’11 was recruiting students to get involved
in launching MoveThatBlock.Com, a startup company under the
auspices of the new Siena College Business
Incubator program.
“We want to help students connect to businesses and learn
real-life skills that they will be able to apply in their future careers,”
said Narolewski.
Rising in the Rankings
U.S. News & World Report released
its annual college rankings, “Best Colleges
2011,” and Siena College improved to
114 in the “National Liberal Arts Colleges”
category, up from 121 last year.
This ranking places Siena College in
“Tier 1” among the country’s liberal arts
colleges, which includes 250 schools
that focus on undergraduate education in
traditional disciplines.
Forbes magazine ranked Siena College
231 on its list of “America’s Best Colleges
2010.” Forbes ranked undergraduate
institutions based on the quality of education,
student experience and the achievements of
graduates. Forbes reviewed only 9 percent
of the 6,600 accredited post-secondary
institutions in the United States.
Siena College was also ranked among
the nation’s top “Small Private Schools” in a
recent issue of Parade Magazine. This ranking
was based on a survey of 43 high school
guidance counselors in the U.S.
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NSF Grant to Send Siena to China
By Jim Eaton
Most vacationers steer clear of the beach when a lightning strike looms, but
Kyle Turck ’12 spent his summer mixing electricity and water. He was assisting John
Cummings, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, who received a National Science
Foundation research grant to work on the Daya Bay project in China. Cummings
and Turck are examining neutrinos, particles that usually travel
close to the speed of light and are able to pass through ordinary matter
almost undisturbed.
The Siena scientists are building monitoring devices on campus for a detector
that costs close to $20 million. These devices will be placed below a mountain
under water at Daya Bay, just outside of Hong Kong and home to one of the top
five reactor complexes in the world. Daya Bay is an ideal location for the study of
neutrinos.
The Siena research team will create between 25-30 monitoring devices to
gauge the water flow. “The devices we are building will measure the transparency
of the water, which will be used during the analysis to correct for detection
inefficiencies,” Cummings said. In January, the team will travel to China to test their
new devices.
“This is what science research is all about,” Cummings said. Developing an
educational and research collaboration with Chinese scientists will be their next
step, once Cummings and Turck are satisfied with their own work.
ABOVE: John Cummings, Ph.D., assistant professor
of physics and Kyle Turck ’12 are creating neutrino
detectors in their Roger Bacon Hall lab. Right: The
detectors will be placed below a mountain in water
at Daya Bay, just outside of Hong Kong, China.
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Siena Featured
on NASA Website
Professor of Physics Allan
Weatherwax Ph.D., Jennifer
Williams ’10 and Robert Carroll ’10
were featured on NASA’s Website for
their work on Firefly, a small satellite
with a big mission. Firefly will be
used to help scientists understand
terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, bursts of
electromagnetic radiation in the earth’s
atmosphere first discovered by NASA’s
Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory in
the early 1990s.
“We are doing cutting-edge
science,” said Weatherwax, who
partnered with another institution to win
the NSF grant to develop Firefly.
The satellite is scheduled to launch in
early summer.
Bio Major Makes Medical News
Siena College sophomore Rhoda Asimeng is an exceptional young woman who is receiving national
attention. Asimeng was recently featured on the American Medical News Website for her participation in a
summer program at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.
The Montefiore program was designed to give students from racially diverse backgrounds the opportunity to
explore careers in medicine. During the intense six-week program, Asimeng attended lectures, learned medical
techniques and shadowed physicians in a variety of specialties. Asimeng also conducted research and wrote a
final paper on infant mortality rates.
“The whole experience gave me a sense of confidence,” said Asimeng.
Asimeng has dreamed of becoming a physician since she was 13 years old. It is a dream that stemmed
from her experience with her parents, who both battled cancer. The compassionate medical care her parents
received sparked her interest in a career based on helping others. Asimeng hopes to become a general
practitioner in a high-needs area.
“Many minorities don’t have access to good medical care,” said Asimeng. “It’s easier to relate to a doctor if
you share similarities with them.”
Asimeng is a member of Siena’s Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP).
When Asimeng applied to the program, she was one of 17 students chosen from an applicant pool of
more than 470.
“Rhoda impressed me immediately with her motivation and commitment to pursuing her education,” said
HEOP Associate Director Cynda Brousseau. “It was evident that she was a student who would engage
thoroughly in the Siena experience and give back to the Siena community wholeheartedly.”
Asimeng is involved in the HEOP peer-mentoring program. She is also a member of the American Red
Cross Club, Ambassador Club, Biology Club and was an orientation leader for first-year students. She said her
experiences and interactions at Siena are preparing her for a career in the medical field.
“People here care about each other. I’ve learned how to be compassionate and personable,” Asimeng
said. “These are qualities that will make me a good physician.”
While Asimeng still has a long road ahead, she remains focused on achieving her dream. “With Rhoda’s
drive, determination, and perseverance,” said Brousseau, “I have no doubt that we will be calling her Dr.
Asimeng someday.”
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Rabbi Honored for Siena Service
On October 24 Siena College bestowed its
highest nonacademic award, the St. Bernardine
of Siena Medal, on Bernard Bloom, Rabbi
Emeritus of Congregation Gates of Heaven
in Schenectady, N.Y. Bloom received the
accolade at the 26th annual colloquium of the
Hayyim H. Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian
Studies.
“I was left speechless,” said Rabbi Bloom.
“I appreciate being appreciated.”
Siena’s Board of Trustees awards the St.
Bernardine of Siena Medal to men and women
whose accomplishments reflect the highest
traditions of Siena and contribute significantly to
the fulfillment of the College’s mission.
“Rabbi Bloom was given the award in
honor of his years of service to Siena College,”
said Siena’s president, Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75,
O.F.M., Ph.D. “That service included his stellar
leadership of the Kieval Institute and more than
20 years of teaching as an adjunct professor.”
Rabbi Bloom began working at Siena after
the Second Vatican Council set the Roman
Catholic Church on a path of ecumenical
dialogue with other religious traditions.
“It was interesting being involved in a major
change of the religious scene,” said Bloom. “It
is nice to know that I was a small part of that
change.”
Above: Before receiving the St. Bernardine Medal, Bloom joined
longtime friends and colleagues, the Rev. Robert Lamar, Pastor
Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, and the Most Reverend
Howard Hubbard, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Albany, in a public conversation about Jewish-Christian
relations in the Capital Region.
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Together for Tolerance
More than 200 members of the College community
gathered around the Peace Pole in front of the Standish
Library for a vigil on October 20 to grieve over the lives
lost to anti-gay bullying and to take a stand
against all forms of violence, hatred and bigotry. “We
are mourning all those lost to hatred and injustice,”
said Damietta Cross-Cultural Center Director
Oscar Mayorga.
“It’s not just about gay youth — it’s about bullying
and the fact that little is being done to stop it,” said
Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) President Joe Shea ’11.
The event called attention to the spate of suicides
related to anti-gay sentiment, that have taken place in
recent months, most notably the death of Tyler Clementi,
the Rutgers University student who took his life in
September.
Jillian Duarte ’11, who attended the vigil, went to
high school with Clementi. “The sudden tragedy of Tyler
Clementi hit close to home for me,” said Duarte. “With
all of the heartbreak, it is very comforting that Siena is
holding an acceptance vigil. I know anyone can walk
on this campus and feel safe from bullying, no matter
what their differences may be.”
The Franciscan tradition of love for all members of
society, outreach to the marginalized and reverence for
the dignity of every human person play a large role in
the spirit of tolerance present at Siena.
College Dedicates
Cross-Cultural Center
Siena celebrated the opening of the Damietta
Cross-Cultural Center in October with prayers from
several faith traditions and a talk by Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, Paul Moses. Formerly known as
the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the center promotes
mutual respect and understanding among peoples of
all cultures and religions.
“The center will provide opportunities for students
to engage in inter-religious and cross-cultural
dialogue through service and immersion trips as well
as academic events,” said center director, Oscar Mayorga.
At the dedication ceremony, Moses discussed his recent book, The Saint and the
Sultan, which chronicles St. Francis of Assisi’s delegation of peace to Muslim sultan,
Malik al-Kamil. The historic meeting, initiated by St. Francis in an effort to end the
bloodshed of the Fifth Crusade, took place near Damietta, Egypt.
“By crossing enemy lines, St. Francis made a shocking display of nonviolence in
the midst of war,” said Moses as he reflected on the relevance of the 800 year-old
story to the mission of Siena’s newly minted cross-cultural center.
Moses asked his listeners to share their thoughts on how Francis’s audience with
the sultan might serve as a guide for the center’s activities. Katie Perry ’13 was quick
to respond to the speaker’s invitation. “St. Francis loved and embraced everyone,”
Perry said. “Siena teaches this to all students. The Damietta Cross-cultural Center will
help to continue promoting this message.”
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Siena Research Institute Spot-On
During Election Season
The Siena College Research Institute (SRI)
conducted polls across New York state in seven
congressional districts, eight state senate districts,
and the gubernatorial race.
The polls, which included surveys in partnership
with Long Island’s Newsday and Syracuse’s PostStandard, correctly named the winner in the eight
contested state senate districts. They also called the
20th and 23rd congressional races within a few
percentage points.
SRI forecasted the governor’s race more accurately than other academic and publicly disseminated polls. SRI’s poll found voters preferred
Andrew Cuomo over Carl Paladino by 25 points.
Final election results confirmed SRI’s findings, with
Cuomo defeating Paladino by 27 points.
The surveys received national coverage in the
media, including CNN, NBC, FOX, MSNBC,
as well as regional newspapers, radio and the
Internet.
“We are proud of our work and excited about
the extensive positive publicity the Institute continues
to bring the College,” said Don Levy, Ph.D., the
institute’s director.
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Whose Land is it Anyway?
For six years,
Siena College
has celebrated
Constitution Day
by highlighting
controversial and
timely themes. This
year’s topic was
property rights,
specifically eminent
domain.
Albany Law
School Associate
Dean Patricia E.
Salkin, Esq. examined the 5th Amendment clause, “nor
shall private property be taken for public use without just
compensation.”
“It puts in perspective the Constitution as a relevant
document that can relate to students’ everyday lives,”
Salkin said. “It doesn’t sit well with them that the
government can take your house.”
Salkin is a nationally recognized expert on land
use law and zoning. She was invited to speak at Siena
by longtime colleague Leonard Cutler, Ph.D., director of
Siena’s Center for the Study of Government and Politics
and pre-law advisor.
88.3
TURNS
50.0
By Ken Jubie ’04
Siena’s radio station WVCR-FM
88.3, The Saint, has reached the
half-century mark, and by all
accounts, it’s aging gracefully.
When WVCR hit the airwaves
in 1960, it was housed in the
basement of Plassmann Hall,
and its 10-watt signal could
WVCR’s signal grew stronger through the years and so did the
station’s profile. Now WVCR is located in the Sarazen Student Union
and has 35,000 watts of power. It can be heard from the heart of the
Capital Region up to Lake George, west to Cobleskill and east toward
the Berkshires. WVCR also has a presence on the Web. Along with its
primary format, it airs an Internet-only talk station called Saint Talk.
“Just as Siena has changed, so has WVCR. It serves as a wonderful
chronicle of our history. It’s been a passion for so many students, a
unique adventure for many others, and an enormous community and
public relations asset. All of this tied together makes it one of the top
college stations in the country,” said Mark Grimm ’78, who remains
connected to the station, serving as executive producer and host of the
Siena Alumni Connection program.
There have been many music formats and programs over the years.
Now, WVCR under the direction of John Kelly, is the station that “plays
anything.” It’s not surprising
to hear the Beatles and the
Beastie Boys back-to-back.
Sundays are reserved mainly
for shows that celebrate the
heritage and diversity of the
Capital Region, including the
Polka Spotlight, Proud to be
Irish, de Selecciones and the
Caribbean Circuit.
“We’re like the United
Nations of the radio dial,”
said WVCR General Manager
Darrin Scott Kibbey.
The students and alumni
volunteers remain the focus of
the station. Students are taught
to use equipment and develop
on-air performance skills. By
participating in the business
of the radio station, they also learn about sales, marketing
and management.
“The practical knowledge that I gained at WVCR helped me
develop an entrepreneurial mindset,” said the former station general
manager, Neerav Patel ’00, better known to listeners as the
“Bombay Bandit.”
As a noncommercial radio station, WVCR cannot sell air time, but
it generates funds through underwriting announcements and donations
from the community. As Kibbey points out, The Saint happily uses its
reach to return the favor. “We have raised hundreds of thousands of
dollars for charities throughout the Capital Region,” Kibbey said.
For more information on WVCR and to listen live, log on
to www.wvcr.com.
barely be heard across campus.
SIENA 17
FACULTY NEWS
Ted von Hippel, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, was awarded a $391,000 NASA Astrophysics
Data Analysis grant for research in stellar evolution. He will lead a team of eight investigators along with
their students in a study of the roles of convection and mass loss in stellar evolution using data from the
Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based observatories. Team members
are from a range of colleges and universities, including Harvard University, Space Telescope Science
Institute, the University of California, Irvine, the University of Florida, the University of Texas at Austin and the
University of Vermont.
Peter Fiore ’49, O.F.M., Ph.D., professor emeritus of English and scholar-in-residence, published a
book titled The Gospels Are Now: Timeless Gospel Themes and Life, Literature, and the Arts. The book,
which is the sixth Fiore has written, examines events of Christ’s life as they are reflected in recent novels,
plays, operas, paintings and films.
Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, S.E.D., professor of creative arts, was featured on the Theatre
Communications Group Website for his participation in the recent Theatre Without Borders
conference. Theatre Without Borders is a volunteer-based organization that aims to build theatre
bridges between the United States and the rest of the world.
Cynthia Love, sociology major and development coordinator of administration, and
Sudarat Musikawong, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and project advisor,
presented their co-authored paper, “The Digital Campaign: How Barack Obama
Achieved the Dream,” at the American Sociology Association’s National Conference
in Atlanta, Ga., in August. The paper argues that Obama’s administration achieved its
“online presidency” through his campaign, which was built on racializing and deracializing Obama’s identity at the same time. The paper evaluated how the use of
online social networking during the 2008 presidential campaign made Obama appear
as “the typical American Democrat” and then separately as an African-American.
Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.,
recently published two articles.
The first, “Love Lived in
Community: Lumen Gentium 13
and the Meaning of Grace in
Bonaventure’s De Septem Donis
Spiritus Sancti,” was published in
the British theological journal The
Downside Review 128 (October
2010). The second article, “St.
Francis and the Millennials: Kindred Spirits,” was published in St.
Anthony Messenger Magazine (October 2010) and is available
online: www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Oct2010/
Feature1.asp. Horan also delivered a lecture titled “Thomas Merton
the ‘Dunce’: Identity, Incarnation and the Not So Subtle Influence
of John Duns Scotus” to the Chicago Thomas Merton Society at the
Passionist Monastery in Chicago, Ill.,
in October.
Former President and CEO Heads
Siena’s New Business Incubator
By Jodi Ackerman Frank
For the last 25 years Mike Hickey ’83
has led Fortune 300 and multimillion-dollar
companies. Now, the well-seasoned business
leader has become Siena’s first executivein-residence and head of the College’s new
Business Incubator program, launched this fall.
Hickey, 49, is well known as a leader
in technology-based businesses, starting with
MapInfo, where he rose from head of sales
and marketing to vice president. He became
COO in 2002, a position he held through
the company’s acquisition by Pitney Bowes in
2007. In his next role as president of Pitney
Bowes Business Insight, Hickey guided the
1,900 employees of the global software
company to record revenues of $400 million.
“Mike Hickey’s keen insight and leadership
ability will serve the School of Business, and the
entire College, well,” said School of Business
Dean Jeff Mello.
As executive-in-residence, Hickey also
teaches two capstone strategy classes.
“I’ve seen the world. I know how hard it is
to do business in this country and abroad, and
those are the types of lessons I try to bring to my
students in the classroom,” said Hickey.
Patricia Trutty-Coohill, Ph.D., professor of art history and
chair of the creative arts department, edited the 106th volume of
the Analecta Husserliana, published by
Springer (Dordrecht, the Netherlands).
The volume contains three of her essays
on the subjects of originality, intention
and communication in art. She examines
contemporary and traditional art from the
standpoint of phenomenological theories
and shows how abstract thought can be
understood concretely through the work
of art. These essays and several in other
volumes are available online at www.
SpringerLink.com. Trutty-Coohill won Siena’s Raymond Kennedy
Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2004.
Joe Zoske, M.S., M.S.W., administrative coordinator of the
Social Work Program, was invited to speak about men’s health, his
area of expertise, at a Centers for Disease Control conference in
Atlanta last May. He also spoke on the same topic for a statewide
health department program in Arizona in August and for the
Texas Department of Health Services in Austin in October. Zoske’s
presentations focus on how men in today’s society are raised with
“rules of manhood” that can keep them out of the health care
system. In essence, seeking medical help goes against a man’s
sense of self-reliance, he said. Zoske explained that, because men
are often trained to ignore pain and eschew vulnerability, they tend
to tune out symptoms of illness. Zoske included several statistics and
offered recommendations that can be adopted by physicians trying
to get patient compliance or by a loved one trying to convince a
man to live a healthier lifestyle.
SIENA 19
SAINTS CORNER
The Siena women’s soccer team had a magical season this fall, posting a
program-record 17 wins and capturing its first-ever MAAC championship and
NCAA Tournament bid. Head Coach Steve Karbowski ’93, who returned
all 11 of his starters from the 2009 squad, led the team into unchartered territory.
By Mike Demos
Above: The women’s soccer team captured their first MAAC Championship this fall. Opposite page left to right: Ashleigh Barone ’12, Elizabeth Barna ’11
and Tabitha Tice ’11 were vital to Siena’s championship run. Barone and Tice tied for the team lead with 27 points and four game-winning goals, while
Barna posted a 10-3 record in goal and earned a shutout in the MAAC Finals.
SIENA 20
Welshman Earns
MAAC’s Highest
Honor in Soccer
By Mike Demos
“This was a special season,” Karbowski said. “I am happy for the 25 players
who worked so hard to reach our goal of a NCAA Tournament berth.”
The Saints made plenty of local and national headlines. They started their season
12-0, which left them as the only undefeated, untied program in all of Division I. They
secured a national top 25 ranking in the Soccer America Poll from Oct. 4 - 11 and
were among teams that garnered votes for eight consecutive weeks in the NSCAA/
HendrickCars.com National Rankings Poll.
“The recognition that the team received was exciting,” Karbowski added. “It
created a lot of buzz on campus and in our local community.”
The Saints exhibited a flair for the dramatic throughout the season. In their
first match, they set the tone by going on the road and defeating the University of
Connecticut, 3-2 in overtime. The game also signaled the arrival of freshman Brittany
Pfaff ’14, who would go on to score 10 goals (four of which were game winners)
and post 25 points on her way to being named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
“The UConn game gave us confidence that we could compete with anyone,”
said Pfaff. “We knew if we stuck together as a true team, this could be a magical
season.”
After a fast start, the Siena team also showed its ability to overcome adversity
late in the season. Entering their final weekend, the Saints had lost three straight
MAAC matches and were in danger of not qualifying for the four-team MAAC
Championships. Senior captain Tabitha Tice ’11 made sure the Saints would reach
their ultimate goal of winning a MAAC trophy. She scored the game-winning goals in
each of the Saints’ crucial victories that weekend, which secured the green and gold
a spot in the MAAC championships.
“We knew the importance of the final regular season weekend and were
determined not to let an amazing season go to waste,” Tice reflected. As the number
three seed in the MAAC Championships, the Saints found themselves trailing 1-0 in
the second half to Marist. However, their resilience and self-proclaimed “refuse-tolose” attitude helped them erupt for four second-half goals, sending the team to the
championship match against Canisius.
It was Tice again who would come up with the most important play in Siena
women’s soccer history in the championship game. She fired home the winning
goal in the 92nd minute, which sent Siena to its first MAAC title and the NCAA
Tournament. The season ended in a tough loss to Georgetown.
“We look forward to building upon our success next year,” Karbowski said.
One season after being
named MAAC Rookie of the
Year, men’s soccer striker
Emery Welshman ’13 was
named MAAC Offensive Player
of the Year. The Mississauga,
Ontario, native led the MAAC
in goals (13) and points (29),
despite missing three games due
to injury.
“He was injured a lot at
the start of the year and, even
though he was less than 100
percent, he showed you what
he can do,” Head Coach
Gareth Elliott said. “He was
tremendous, and I think only
bigger things are ahead of him
in the future.”
Welshman, who ranked
eighth nationally in goals and
14th in points despite playing
just 16 games, served as the
catalyst to a Saints offense that
placed third in the nation in scoring. Under Welshman’s leadership, the Saints posted their best
record since 1998, finishing
the season with 10 wins and
an appearance in the MAAC
semifinals.
SIENA 21
High Hopes for
Saints’ Hoops
By Jason Rich ’98
The last three years have been nothing short of amazing. Many small college programs have their time in the
sun, but the Saints have had enough March moments to turn Albany into an island getaway: three Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC) championships celebrated on their home court, a pair of NCAA Tournament upsets
and 77 victories in three unforgettable seasons.
Most of the faces that have become synonymous with Siena basketball over the past five years — the most
successful era in the College’s 70-year history of men’s basketball — have moved on. However, not everything
has changed.
Armed with one of the top centers in the country, an explosive and imposing roster and a legion of diehard
fans, the Siena program is gearing up for another MAAC tournament run. The man charged with overseeing the
Saints is intimately familiar with the high expectations his program has to live up to. After all, he played a major
role in the recent success Siena has enjoyed.
Mitch Buonaguro, lead assistant coach at Siena for the last five years, returns to the head coaching ranks
after a 19-year hiatus. In the 1980s, he became one of the most respected and well-known head coaches in the
country. This spring, Siena appointed him head coach of the Saints.
“We’ve certainly raised the bar here,” Buonaguro said. “But the thing I remember is ultimately it comes down
to coaching college kids. You can put everything else aside. That’s what my job is. I don’t have to change a lot
here. These kids expect to win.”
This year’s schedule is the most anticipated in program history. Led by preseason MAAC Player of the
Year Ryan Rossiter ’11 and preseason First Team All-MAAC pick Clarence Jackson ’11, the Saints
are determined to compete for yet another league title, and to be recognized as one
of the top Mid-Major programs in the country.
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Dan Paolin
i ’12
ALUMNI CONNECTION
Gathering for Good Times
Northern California alumni gathered at the St. Francis Winery
in Santa Rosa on Oct. 30. Bob Aldridge ’89, CFO of the
winery, hosted Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, OFM, Ph.D., alumni and
alumni relations staff for a food-and-wine tasting.
Siena Day at the Races
was held on Aug. 13 at
the Saratoga Racetrack in
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The
event celebrated the giving of
alumni and friends, including
members of the President’s
Circle, who donated $1,000
or more to the Annual Fund.
Siena hosted 420 alumni,
friends employees and of the
college At the Rail Pavilion this
year.
Festa Vino, the annual food
and wine festival, was held
in the Marcelle Athletic
Complex on Oct. 14. The
event raises funds for the
Saints Alive! Athletic Fund
and special programs at
The Sarazen Invitational Golf Tournament celebrated the Sarazen’s Siena College.
family commitment to Siena College on Aug. 1. The event
included a welcome dinner and day on the links at Schuyler
Meadows Country Club in Loudonville, N.Y. All proceeds were If you are interested in
becoming involved with
contributed to the Gene and Mary Sarazen
alumni events and
Scholarship Fund at Siena College.
activities, e-mail us at alumni@
siena.edu.
SIENA 23
By Mark Adam
By Mark Adam
Searching for something more in life and seeing this as a way he
could help the people in Ghana, Joe Marotta ’80 founded Medicus
in Christi (translated to Doctor in Christ).
SIENA 24
Joe Marotta ’80, M.D., knew almost
nothing about Ghana, the small West African
nation, until two years ago when a visiting
Italian missionary spoke to parishioners at St.
Joan of Arc Church in Menands, N.Y. about
the desperate needs
of the African people.
“We need your money,” the missionary
said. “But if you think putting a twenty dollar
bill in the collection plate today absolves you
of your responsibility to these people who are
suffering, you’re wrong.”
“It was like this arrow that just pierced
right through me,” said Marotta, an
orthopedic surgeon and, for the past 20
years, Siena Athletics’ team doctor. He and
his wife Kate, a former nurse, asked their
pastor Fr. Kofi Ntsifal-Amissah, a native of
Ghana, how they could help.
“I told Joe, ‘If you feel comfortable going
there and using your expertise, I will help
open doors for you,’” Fr. Kofi said.
Ghana has a population of more than
24 million people with only 12 orthopedic
surgeons to serve them. Searching for
something more in life and seeing this as a
way he could help the people in Ghana,
Marotta founded Medicus in Christi (“Doctor
in Christ”). Medicus in Christi is a nonprofit organization charged with providing
modern and compassionate medical care
to impoverished peoples of the Third World.
Marotta’s goal is to establish an orthopedic
treatment, rehabilitation and training center at
a hospital in Ghana’s Cape Coast Diocese.
Medicus in Christi’s first patient will be
a Catholic nun who suffers from crippling
arthritis and needs two knee replacements.
Marotta plans to fly her to the United States
next year for the procedure. Meanwhile, he
is working to get the hospital in Cape Coast
funded and outfitted with the necessary
equipment and resources. Years down the
road Marotta envisions a rotating army of
orthopedic surgeons and volunteers from
the U.S. and Europe who will visit Ghana
and teach local doctors the latest surgical
techniques. Medicus in Christi would eventually sponsor a
full-time Ghanaian orthopedic surgeon to run the center.
Fr. Kofi, Cardinal Turkson and Arch Bishop Nketsia
have all supported Marotta’s mission, gaining him access
to African hospitals and doctors who work there as well as
government leaders.
“Siena is where my view of the world was formed by
Franciscan and Catholic teaching,” Marotta said. “It’s a
little shining beacon and I think a lot of our alumni feel the
way I do.”
“The more money we can raise, the more we can do,”
Marotta said. “And there’s no limit to what we can do.”
For more information on Medicus in Christi, visit www.
MedicusInChristi.org.
Left to right: Joe Marotta with a boy at the Apam Catholic Mission Hospital in Cape Coast,
the prospective site of Marotta’s orthopedic center. Arch Bishop Matthias Nketsia,
Joe Marotta and Cardinal Peter Turkson at Nketsia’s office in The Secretariat building
of the Cape Coast Arch Diocese.
SIENA 25
Still Opening Doors to Low-Income Families
By Jim Eaton
When Siena welcomed its first students in 1937, the men who attended came from the local
community with few means to pursue higher education. Today at Siena, nearly
20 percent of the 3,000 undergraduate students come from families earning less
than $55,000 annually. The federal government considers these students to be
eligible for Pell grants.
“Many of these students are the first in their families to pursue higher
education,” said Bob Klein ’68, director of development. Since Siena has nearly
double the percentage of Pell-eligible students compared to its private college
competitors, the College relies heavily upon the Annual Fund to help these
students afford their education.
“The College continues to make a concerted effort to break the cycle Ben Velazquez ’93
of poverty one student at a time, and it starts by welcoming Pell-eligible students
into our classrooms,” Klein said.
Marissa Moncrieffe ’11 from Albany, N.Y., is a shining example of how Siena has aided students
of limited means in their quest for a college degree.
“I never thought I’d be able to afford college, until I went through the financial aid process here at
Siena,” said Moncrieffe, who comes from a single-parent household. “I can’t thank Siena enough for
the opportunities that I have been given here. I was able to experience things that I would not have
had the chance to otherwise.”
Ben Velazquez ’93, director and head of Latin America Global Infrastructure Investments, also
came to Siena from a low-income household.
“Once I was on campus, the HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program) office helped to
make the transition as smooth as possible. When you combine this with the confidence Siena instilled
in me, I couldn’t imagine a better place for me to go to college,” said Velazquez, who also is vice
chair of the Siena College Board of Associate Trustees.
This year, HEOP welcomed 18 Pell-eligible students to the college. The most recent graduation
rate of 86 percent for such students, well above the national average, shows Siena is doing its part.
Velazquez and Moncrieffe are just two of the thousands of students for whom Siena has made a
college education accessible and affordable. However, this opportunity might not be available down
the road.
“We need our alumni and friends of the college to help us grow the Annual Fund, which will keep
our doors open to a wide range of students in the future,” said fund director
Sue Ferris.
If you are interested in learning more about Siena College’s Annual Fund, please visit
www.siena.edu/annual fund or call 1-888-SIENA4U.
Did You Know? Even a gift of $25 to Siena College’s Annual Fund can make a huge
difference. Many external ranking systems, such as U.S. News & World Report and
Middle States Accreditation, calculate alumni participation/giving into their equation
for ranking colleges.
SIENA 26
Showstopper
By Mark Adam
Michelle Campbell ’13
captured the audience at the
Fr. Kenneth P. Paulli ’82, O.F.M.,
Ed.D. scholarship dinner, when
she discussed how a scholarship
offer from Siena College had
given hope for her future.
“Exactly two years ago, I
stood in my dining room and
held in my hands three letters –
two acceptances to the colleges
that I wished to attend the
upcoming fall and in the other,
a foreclosure letter on our family
home,” said Campbell.
With finances weighing
heavily on Campbell’s future,
she interviewed for and was
accepted into the Bonner
Service Leaders Program. The
academic based scholarship
program paired with a service
term provided the financial help
necessary to attend Siena. Since
arriving at Siena she’s earned
a 3.4 GPA and is a resident
assistant in Hennepin Hall.
“Several people that night
said to me, ‘Oh my God, who is
this student? She was amazing,’”
Fr. Ken recalled. “I share that
feeling. She was so articulate
about all of the things that make
Siena a special place.”
To read the complete
story visit www.siena.edu/
news keyword search Michelle
Campbell.
For more information
on the Fr. Kenneth P. Paulli ’82,
O.F.M., Ed.D. Scholarship,
visit www.siena.edu/
FrPaulliScholarship.
An Open Letter
In May 2011,
Siena College
will recognize
of its first grad
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class notes
ALUMNI
Editors: Mary Beth Finnerty ’85 Director of Alumni Relations and Janice Goca, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
Please submit all of your Class Notes information to your Class Coordinator, or if there is no Coordinator listed for
your class, please send all information to [email protected] for posting in the magazine. All of our coordinators
would like to hear from their classmates. Please send us your news.
1951
John Hourigan
[email protected]
Charles Jeseo
[email protected]
Larry Mahar has a poem
published in the November/December issue of the magazine Good Old
Days titled “To A Special Parent.”
Congratulations, Larry! George
Racette and his wife Dodie have
been married for 53 years and have
four children and seven grandchildren, three currently in college. He
and his wife live in Lafayette, Pa.
George records textbooks for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic and
volunteers for the local Watershed
Association. John Hourigan
shares: “We gathered all available
courage and ventured beyond the
borders of California in September
to visit family and friends in New
York City, Albany, New Jersey,
New Hampshire and Maine. It was
great to see everyone again. No
more traveling until February when
it’ll be time to head for Mexico to
warmer and drier weather.” Bernie
Wildove shares that he sold his
accounting practice in Keene, N.H.
in 1986 and is l­iving in Florida.
1956
Tony Forte ’60 is looking to purchase a 1956
class ring. He is also interested in
any other year as long as the ring
has a cross and the hands of St.
Francis. Size 11 preferred, but not
necessary. Please contact Tony at
[email protected] or 386-4462009/802-345-5319.
1959
Frank Martin
[email protected]
Tom Spierto was elected to the
“Wall of Distinction” at Willsboro
Central School, for his service to the
school and community for the past
55 years. The plaque was presented
at the graduation ceremony this past
SIENA 28
June and will be displayed on the
“Wall”. He graduated from Willsboro
in 1955 and returned to teach there
for 33 years. Congratulations, Tom!
Ed Smith hosts the radio show
“Smitty and Friends” each Sunday
afternoon 3-6 p.m. on the Siena
station WVCR 88.3FM. Ed has been
hosting this program for the past
seven years. If you have not tuned
in recently, give it a try. He features
Frank Sinatra tunes as well as other
artists from that era. The show can
also be heard “on line” at WVCR.
com click on “listen live”.
1960
Joseph Miller is the 2010
recipient of the Darwin Davis Award
for Community Service at AXA
Equitable. The award recognizes an
AXA Equitable employee or financial
professional who has made extraordinary contributions in public service,
community development, community
service and volunteerism.
Joe has been with AXA Equitable and AXA Advisors for 50
years as a Financial Professional,
district manager, branch manager,
regional president in Texas and as
an executive in headquarters. Joe is
presently a Financial Professional in
New Canaan, Conn., a member of
the Paramount Planning Group (PPG)
and a member of the Hall of Fame.
Joe’s volunteer and community efforts reflect an ongoing and substantial commitment to those who need
a helping hand. Joe is a founding
member of The Inner City Foundation
for Charity and Education, which supports agencies and institutions whose
programs serve needy children and
adults in Connecticut.
He currently serves as President
of the Order of Malta American Association, where he is responsible for
more than 1,800 people who devote
time to helping the sick and those in
unfortunate circumstances. Through
this work, Joe also tutors at All Saints
Catholic School in Norwalk, Connecticut and is a Eucharistic Minister
at Norwalk Hospital.
NEWSMAKER
1961
Patrick Flynn is retired from the
Department of Research
of New York State United
Teachers. He taught
school for 16 years prior
to being employed by NYSUT.
In the years following his retirement,
he has co-authored two books on
Constructivist Education:
Applying Standards-Based Constructivism: A Two-Step Guide for
Motivating Elementary Students and
Captivating Classes with Constructivism, published in collaboration with
The Institute for Learning Centered
Education. He is also a co-founder of
the Institute and the Institute’s annual
Constructivist Design Conference.
1963
Kevin Raymond
[email protected]
It’s amazing to me that 47 years
have passed since Siena gave us our
diplomas. Back in the sixties, tuition
was $16 a credit hour. Father Rayner
taught us Economics, Father Charles
and Father Vianney taught us how to
write, Father Stephen, History, Doc
Buff, business (for me, he taught life
and values), and Father Matthew,
Shakespeare. They all gave us the
Franciscan Tradition, the most important lesson of all. Today, it is exciting
to see the incredible work that has
been done — new buildings, new
programs, and the campus, more and
more beautiful with each passing day.
Who would have believed that Siena
would be a regular NCAA contender,
while remaining a small school, that
went on to beat the likes of Ohio
State! From what I hear and read in
the alumni news, I think it is safe to
say the end product of the labors of
the Franciscan Priests and lay faculty
is excellence.
Kevin Raymond is a quality
assurance specialist working in the
examination function at the Federal
Housing Finance Agency in Washing-
Bob O’Connell ’63
has been selected by AARP
New York to receive the
Andrus Award, its most
prestigious volunteer award for
community service
ton. In his spare time, he keeps up
with his four children. Two are teachers, one is a guidance counselor, and
his son, Mike, is working with Beauty
and the Beast on Broadway. Kevin
also enjoys watching Washington
Nationals baseball, and is especially
proud of its great pitcher and Siena
grad John Lannan ­’06!
Dick Holmes has had his
second book published. Just Lucky,
I Guess: Lessons I Learned through
Forty-three Years in High School was
released in October 2010. Dick
recounts his own struggles from first
grade to the middle of his sophomore
year at Siena. With these experiences in back of him, he vowed that
he would enter the field of secondary
education with one overriding goal
... to help all of his students, but
especially those who were struggling
and finding little success or enjoyment in high school. To do that, he
knew he had to start with himself by
becoming the best that he could be
in the p
­ rofession. He believed then,
as he does now, that the single most
powerful influence on student success
is the teacher standing in front of the
classroom.
Dick, author of For Parents
Only: Straight Talk from Inside the
American High School (2008),
is a freelance writer who lives in
upstate New York and southwest
Florida. His many articles have appeared in numerous periodicals and
­newspapers.
Robert (Bob) O’Connell of
Clifton Park N.Y. has been selected
by AARP New York, to receive the
AARP Andrus Award for Community
Service, the Association’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award for
community service. The Andrus Award recognizes members and volunteers
who, through volunteer service, are
significantly enhancing the lives of
individuals age 50+. The award
was presented to O’Connell during
a ceremony at the New York Mets
game at Citi Field on August 1. Bob joined AARP as a volunteer
in 2005 following a full professional career as a social worker and
renowned advocate in the field of
aging. He was regional administrator at the U.S. Administration on
Aging from 1998 to 2004 and for
20 years held leadership positions
with the New York State Office for
the Aging. He was also director of
services for the aged for the New
York State Department of Social
Services and commissioner of the
Rensselaer County Department for the
Aging. Bob began his career in the
U.S. Army as a captain and social
work officer with the Office of the
U.S. Surgeon General.
1966
Charles Connolly
of Hiland Golf Course in
Queensbury, N.Y. became the first
golfer in NYSGA history to win two
championships concurrently. He became the winner of both the NYSGA
Senior and Super S
­ enior Amateur
titles.
1967
Rick Spataro
[email protected]
Edward W. McCarty has been
elected Nassau County Surrogate
Court Judge ousting an incumbent. Congratulations Edward!
1968
Bill McGoldrick
[email protected]
It’s a very proud moment for our
class that Mike Long has been
inducted into the Capital District
Basketball Hall of Fame. Mike joined
13 other former Siena players who
have been honored. Mike scored
more than 900 points as a player
and has coached at St. Rose and
Sage Junior College of Albany. He is
also a member of the Bishop Maginn
High School and the College of St.
Rose Halls of Fame.
Bob Klein organized a mid-term
Class Mini-Reunion on November
13 in Albany. Attending were:
Chuck Chera, Allyn and Kathy
Dodd, Jim and Susan Donsbach, Woody and Cathy Forns,
Joe Grant, Tom Hunt, Kathy
Keogh, Bob and Maureen Klein,
Sue ­LaVigne, Brian and Gail
McCabe, Don and Cindy McCormack, Bill and Betsi McGoldrick,
Gary Mills, Liz Pollock, Dan
and Marianne Sleasman, Dick
Snyder, Jim and Teresa Snyder ’72
and Dick and Noreen Tarantino.
Organizing the event, Bob heard
from lots of classmates who couldn’t
be there including: Terry Arndt,
Rich Blasi, Tami Church, Bruce
Cook, Rich Dolinar, Brian Farrell, Don Grady, Bob Guido,
Gary Hache, Dave Healy,
Gene Jannotti, Rev. Jim
Joyce, Paul Laramie, Peter
Lattimore, Mike Long, Tom
Mammen, Mark McCandlish,
Larry Mule, Chris Newtown,
Cliff Piper, John Rowe, Dennis
Sullivan, Jim Thompson and
John Williamson.
When Bob spoke with Denny
Sullivan who’s a physician in the
Atlanta area, Denny said “Mid
November in Albany! Who could
resist? Seriously, it’s a good idea;
but I’m going to wait until our 45th
reunion to head back to Siena. Funny Siena story: I’m sewing up a
7-year-old’s forehead last month at
the hospital. His mother and I are
chatting about hometowns. I mention
Siena and the son starts singing the
Siena fight song, “drink six friars to
the grave, etc.” Turns out his dad
Kristan Weinberg ’87 is still a big
Siena basketball fan and has been
singing the fight song to his son Reed
since infancy.”
Joe (Fr. Joseph) Ciarciaglino was the spiritual leader of an
Orthodox Church Medical Mission to
Northern Uganda in June. The team
of two doctors, one nurse practitioner, three RNs and two medical
technicians treated more than 3,500
people in a part of Uganda that was
decimated by insurrection and terrorism for almost 20 years. Malaria is a
particular scourge of this area.
Joe said that they brought all
necessary medications with them.
“On one particularly heavy day 700
people were seen and treated. There
is a large Orthodox presence in
Uganda and we have a hospital in
Kampala, the capital. Medical out-
reach is conducted year round but
these remote areas are sometimes
able to be serviced only when the
medical team from America comes
each year. Besides seeing to the
spiritual needs of the team members,
I brought much needed Liturgical
supplies for our priests as well
as funds to enable them to assist
their various parishioners directly
or through the establishing of long
delayed programs.”
Joe also said, “The highlight of
the trip was a Sunday Divine Liturgy
celebrated in a church with mud
walls and a thatched roof. The
singing of the people in their own
language was very moving.” Photos
and more of the story are available
on the parish’s website at
http://www.tampaorthodox.org/.
Gene Jannotti has been back
and forth to Hong Kong, spending
several months there this year on
assignment. Gene has been responsible for separating the computer system of AIG from its Asian subsidiary
AIA as part of the sale and ultimate
public offering of AIA as a separate
company.
Mike Coffee who lives in the
San Francisco Bay area recently
attended a dinner in San Francisco
with Siena President, Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75 hosted by Siena Trustee
Dennis Winger ’69.
Mike Novack has retired after
38 years with the New York State
court system.
1969
Champlain College has
awarded the 2010-11 Edward
Phelps Lyman Professorship to
Professor James S. Fry, Esq. of
Essex Junction, Vt., the coordinator
of Champlain College’s Para-Legal
Studies Program.
The Edward Phelps Lyman
­Professorship was established in
1984 and is presented by the
­Champlain College Board of
­Trustees to a senior faculty member
who has shown dedication to
students and Champlain College
through a record of service and
excellence in teaching and advising
and through work on faculty and
College committees. James is also
a member of the United States
Supreme Court Bar.
1970
Bob Hermann
[email protected]
Greetings class of 1970! Now
that we have a class representative
and an e-mail address to send information, please let me know what is
going on. No news is too small. NEWSMAKER
Charles Connolly ’66
two time New York State
Golf Association’s Senior Golf
Champion
NEWSMAKER
James S. Fry ’69
won the Lyman Professorship
Award at Champlain College
John Kelley was appointed in
2008 to be a judge of the Superior
Court for the state of New Jersey. John’s daughter is currently a Siena
student.
40 YEAR REUNION REPORT:
Although we had just 11 classmates
attend, they came from
Florida to California to
Illinois and had a great
time.
1971
Nicholas Positano
[email protected]
Greetings class of 1971! Nick
Positano has volunteered to represent your class. Please send Nick any
updates.
1972
Jack Callahan
[email protected]
Dear Class of 72 and others of
that era.
Saints Alive! along with Don
Rafferty ’74, Christian King ’91 and
Jack Callahan (me) are excited
to announce the inaugural Orlando
Road Tour to be held at Reunion
­Resort and Club in Orlando on January 21, 2011. Golfers of all levels,
as well as non-golfers are welcome. We have arranged dinners,
lunches, golf and good weather for
alumni, friends and spouses to get
away and have a good time. Kick
back and relax from a hectic winter
and see old friends and make new
ones. You can utilize the Orlando or
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executive director of Shelters of
Saratoga, an organization offering
a broad spectrum of services for the
homeless and at-risk homeless. of 1978 was a great class and I
am honored to serve as class coordinator.
Here is a small sample of
some of my best Siena memories.
Christmas branches decorating the
dorm halls, “Christmas Lists” on
Janet Gutowski Hall
the dorm walls in Plassman, Ryan
[email protected]
and Hennepin Hall, Sunday night
Green Earth Technologies
movies and ice cream after in the
(OTCQB: GETG), announced that
caf, the mixers and dances in the
David Buicko, chief operating officer of the Galesi Group and director Rat, Wreck Weekend, Fr. Tom and
Fr. Bob, Harry Chapin, the coffee
of Green Planet Products LLC, has
house, Little Theatre, The Rafters on
been appointed as a director of the
Wednesday nights, going crazy in
company.
the quad during exam week and
Since 1986, David has been the
Senior Week in Lake George ... the
chief operating officer of the Galesi
Group, a leading industrial real estate best times of my life!!
Anne L. Chotkowski/Deardeveloper in the Northeast and owner of one of the largest, most versatile ing of Glenville, N.Y. was honored
at Hudson Valley Community Colthird-party logistics companies in the
region. He is responsible for the day lege’s 26th annual Faculty Honors
Convocation in May with the New
– to– day operations of the Galesi
Group’s operating divisions including York State ­Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching. The Chancommercial real estate, industrial
cellor’s Award acknowledges and
parks, distribution and logistics and
provides “recognition for consistently
the exploration and production of
superior professional achievement.”
natural resources. David is a certified public accoun- Assistant Professor Dearing has been
a member of the Hudson Valley
tant. He is a member of a variety of
local professional, economic develop- Community College English faculty
since 1990 and a full-time faculty
ment and charitable organizations
member since 2001. She has been
and is the chairman of the Center for
actively involved in several commitEconomic Growth, a regional economic development organization. He tees on campus, including editor
also serves on the board of numerous of Academic Notes, the college’s
faculty journal, and the committee
privately held companies in the real
for the Voices: Library Lecture Seestate, oil and gas industries. ries. Anne received her master’s in
English education at The University
at Albany.
Linda Fitzsimmons
[email protected]
Stephen L. Badger, chief
Sue Reilly/ Hayes
executive officer of GWU Medical
[email protected]
Faculty Associates hosted First Lady
Prayers, hugs and heartfelt
Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and
condolences go out to Charlene
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in
Minogue/Carli on the death of
July when an announcement regardher husband, James P. Carli. Jim
ing new preventative healthcare
died on August 27 from non-Hodgcoverage was made.
kins lymphoma. He and Charlene
had been married for 29 years and
have three children—Matthew, Ryan
Rick Gabriel
and Monette. Prior to his death, Jim
[email protected]
taught English at Saratoga High
Greetings, Class of 1978! For
School for 27 years. Charlene, your
many years since our graduation day,
classmates grieve with you.
I have read great stories from various
Congratulations to Robert
classes that were present during my
Pape on his promotion to senior
years at Siena. During that time, I
vice president, sales and marketing,
had the privilege of making lifelong
for J&J Snack Foods Corporation,
friends. I still keep in touch with many
headquartered in Pennsauken,
of them either by reunions, dinners,
N.J. Bob is now responsible for all
vacations, and even Facebook...(just
sales and marketing, including new
so you know Facebook is not just for
product development for JJSF. Keep
your kids.) Still, I have lost touch with
up the great work, Bob!
many of my fellow classmates and I
Kenny Carter sends best
am always curious about what they
wishes to all, especially his lacrosse
have been up to. Siena News has
buddies, from his home on Long
been a good way to see the various
Island. He retired from futures
paths our lives have taken. The class
trading in 2002 and began a
1975
John Penzer ’74
has been named executive
director of Shelters of
Saratoga
1973
Brian Valentine
[email protected]
Greetings to all of Siena’s community, and Merry Christmas and New
Year greetings to all. I visited the Siena College campus
one day last summer, for the first time
in about 30 years. I have been a
resident of Arlington, Va. for that long.
I hardly recognized Siena College,
with all the development that had
gone on since my last visit. Siena’s
development continues, thanks to the
generosity of supporters and alumni. Last year we reported that our
classmate Ed Duess was studying
for the Permanent Diaconate. We are
pleased to say that Ed was ordained
a Permanent Deacon by Cardinal
­Justin Rigali of Philadelphia on June 5,
2010. Ed was assigned to his Parish
at St. Andrew Catholic Church, in
Newtown, Pa. and Father Richard
Trezza, O.F.M., concelebrated at Ed’s
first Mass. Congratulations to Ed and
St. Andrew’s! Ron DeFilippis was nominated by New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie of New Jersey in May to be a
commissioner on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission;
Ron’s appointment was approved
by the New Jersey State Senate in
June. Ron started his term in July. The
Election Law Enforcement Commission
oversees the campaign finances of all
of the New Jersey’s elected officials
from the Governor to the local school
board officials and the Commission
comprises four commissioners. The
Commission appointment is a part
time position and Ron will continue to
practice as the senior partner of his
CPA firm. Ron and his family have an
extensive association with Siena College. Ron’s wife Patti graduated from
Siena in 1975 and their two sons
are also Siena College graduates: Christopher ’02 and Kevin ’04. In addition, their daughter-in-law Rosemary
­DeLaurentis/­DeFilippis ’04 is ­married
to Kevin. 1974
John Penzer has been named
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1977
1979
1978
second career in aviation. He was a
flight instructor at Farmingdale State
College before becoming a regional
airline pilot in 2007. This year he left
the skies as a captain, flying 34-seat
Saab turbo-props and headed back
to the classroom as a flight instructor.
He has three daughters, ages 24, 21
and 16, and writes that he couldn’t talk
any of them into going into Siena. (But
wait, it’s not too late for the 16-year-old
to change her mind, Kenny!) He heads
back to Siena once in awhile to catch
a lacrosse game.
Another Long Islander, John
Stubenrauch, reminisced that he
got his first post-Siena job at Allstate
with a boost from classmate Kevin
­McAleese, who made a call to his
uncle, the hiring manager. After a few
years, John switched gears to join a
German surgical instrument company
and has represented them for the last
26 years. John and his wife are officially empty-nesters after sending their
youngest daughter off to college in
September. She joins her 20-year-old
sister at Hope College in Holland,
Mich. John also has a stepson, age
28, who lives in Chicago and works in
the financial world. Recalling his Siena
connections, John writes: “I still see
Brian Zwilling and Frank Sands
fairly regularly as they are here on L.I.
and Dave Woods when he’s traveling
on L.I.5 (he lives outside of Hartford,
Conn.) and occasionally gets together
with roommates J.D. Strong, Chip
Davy and Tom Metzold ’80 for a
party, golf outing or some other event.”
This week I enjoyed a wonderful
“catch-up” dinner with Patty Kelly,
who was in Rochester for a conference.
We commented on how quickly the
years fall away when you start talking
to Siena friends … very easy to pick up
right where you left off. E-mail me about
YOUR latest meetings with classmates,
what’s g
­ oing on with your career and
­family, etc …
1980
Diane DeSilva
[email protected]
Susan Weiderhold skipped the
reunion for the first time this year (she
had attended every five year reunion
prior to this) for a very good reason: She and her husband Mike, backpacked in the Grand Canyon during
that time. Nineteen years ago they
visited the Grand Canyon with their sixyear-old son and three-year-old daughter and spent four hours on the south rim
watching them every moment to make
sure they didn’t disappear over the
edge into the canyon. They promised
themselves they would go back some
day and hike to the bottom, so this year
they did but without their children. They
did a rim-to-rim hike, four days, three
nights. Of all her backpacking trips,
Susan said, “This was the most rewarding and most challenging.” They
have hiked Yosemite three times, the
Appalachian Trial in Virginia and next
year are planning a 50 miler to Rae
Lakes Loop in the Sierra Nevadas.
Susan and Mike have been living
in Springfield, Va., for 11 years. Eight
years ago Mike and two business
partners started a defense contracting firm and Susan works for them as
an accounting manager and human
resource director. Their two children
are now 25 and 22. Susan said,
“I may not be curing cancer, but I’m
living a good life, using my degree
and promoting Siena to all my friends’
children who are starting the college
search.”
Steve Gerbes was married
on December 19, 2010 to Tatiana
Shuman from St. Petersburg Russia at
the Mohonk Mountain House in the
Hudson Valley. Congratulations Steve
and Tatiana!
1981
Robert Folkl has completed
a solo cross-country bicycle tour of
the continental U.S. It took 38 days
to ride over 3,400 miles from San
Diego, Calif. back to his
home near Newburgh.
N.Y. Trip highlights
include exploring the
Grand C
­ anyon, riding through the
Gateway Arch, tracing the historic
Erie Canal and meeting many wonderful supportive people along the
journey.
*Please note a clarification from
the previous issue: Tom Baldwin
was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse
Adirondack Chapter 2010 Hall of
Fame.
1982
Bob Young
[email protected]
Dave Kaiser enjoyed a surprise
50th birthday party hosted by his wife
Pam Clesceri/Kaiser ’84 at Davidson’s Brothers Brewing Company in
Glens Falls, NY. The theme: Does
Dave Still Rock? Decorations featured
a life size cutout of Dave dressed up
as Gene Simmons from KISS. Survey
of the party goers confirmed that
Dave Still Rocks. Alumni in attendance: Pat Culligan and Maureen
Connors/Culligan ’85, John Capazzola and Meg Toomey/Capazzola, Brad Bodmer and Lisa
Matheu/Bodmer’85, Rich Coughlin and Noreen Mahoney/­
Coughlin, Tom Murphy ’80 and
Linda G
­ ordon/Murphy ’79.
Frank Bice has a blog. In “Daily
Hope,” Frank offers daily narrative
interpretations of the gospel. To join
Frank’s email distribution list, visit
www.frankbice.com or find him on
Facebook.
Cindy Pettit was recently promoted to senior vice president at Citizens
Bank. Her banking career began as
a part time teller while a student at
Siena and she never left.
Carla Romano/Dennerlein,
Fran Pellerito/Bessette & Margot Hennigan/Anderson (who
is “only” 49) went to Block Island
to celebrate their 50th birthdays.
Maryellen McAndrews/ Lively ’81
joined in the fun. Peggy (Margaret) Verno still travels the world
every chance she gets, most recently
the U.K. Damian LaPlaca recently
facilitated a Siena dinner in Boston; a
great time was had by all.
Several ’82 alumni were on
campus to celebrate the establishment
of the Fr. Ken Paulli ’82 O.F.M.
Scholarship: Becky Simbari/Almstead, Kim Kamilow Luker,
Beth Smith-Boivin, Mary Liz
Blowe/Finn, Cheryl Glover/
Buff, John Neeley, Brad Bodmer, Margot Anderson and
Mike Papadopoulos. 1983
Elvira Altimari-Jaeger
[email protected]
Hi all, I have a few updates …
thanks to all who answered my e-mail
request for updates for our class column. I couldn’t do it without your help.
Gina Oliveri-Cristsel accepted a
new position as director of guidance
(K-12) for Garden City School District
on Long Island in September. Gina
has been married to Steve for 25
years and has four children. Gina
thanks John Walker’s wife, Lynn,
for bringing Rebecca chicken soup
when she had the flu. Tom Lindgren coordinated a Mid Hudson
Alumni Club mixer at Keegan Ales in
Kingston in September. It was the first
networking event for that club. Another
is tentatively planned for February in
Newburgh. Maria Jones, daughter of
Tom Jones has accepted an offer to
play soccer at Siena beginning in the
fall of 2011. Tom is happy to have
Maria carry on the tradition. Terry
Flynn and sister Mary Flynn ’85
just celebrated the 20th anniversary
of the law firm they started together,
Flynn & Flynn PLLC, which specializes
in commercial law, licensing and administrative law serving the food and
beverage industry. If you want to be
added to the class e-mail list, please
let me know. Reminder to “save the
date” for our 50th Birthday Party in
NYC next October 29th. Shout outs
requests to Kevin Kerr, Michelle
Mitchell, Tom “Suds” Leskow,
Al Foice, Phil Stocchetti and
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NEWSMAKER
Robert Folkl ’81
has completed a solo
­cross-country bicycle tour
of America
Dr.Stephan Kudyba ’85
associate professor, in the NJIT
School of Management has
published five books
Donna Kissel, your many fans
request an update, hope to hear from
you.
School of Management. Stephan
is the author of five books including
the latest book addressing health
informatics as posted in USA Today. Search “Stephen Kudyba” and
“health informatics” for more information.
The White House announced that
New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT) will receive more than $23 million of the $2 billion allocated by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 to achieve widespread
meaningful use of health IT and
facilitate use of an electronic health
record (EHR) by every person by the
year 2014. The New Jersey Health
Information Technology Extension
Center (NJ-HITEC) initiative will assist
New Jersey’s health care providers in
their significant use of health information technology through outreach,
consultation and user support for
the state’s primary care providers
serving at-risk population centers. The NJIT Division of Continuing and
Professional Education along with
established New Jersey educational
facilities throughout the state will help
provide the delivery of outreach and
awareness training throughout New
Jersey. Stephan provides a supportive role
in enabling the NJ-HITEC to achieve
its goals of promoting the facilitation
of information technologies assimilation throughout the healthcare industry
in New Jersey.
1985
Catherine & Ron Bjorklund
[email protected]
Paul Sausville was promoted
in April to the rank of Colonel and
assigned as the State Judge Advocate
for the New York Army National
Guard. He is the primary legal advisor to the Adjutant General for the
State of New York and oversees legal
support to approximately 16,000
Army and Air National Guard members in New York.
Joe Bidwell will be leaving his
position as an associate professor in zoology at Oklahoma State
University to take a position as
professor of environmental science
and management at the University of
Newcastle in Newcastle, Australia
in January 2011. Joe was recently
on a Discovery Channel episode of “When Fish Attack.” Joe’s episode
involved an Oklahoma traditional
form of catfishing called “noodling”
involving catching large catfish (up
to 70 pounds) by sticking your hand
in their nest and letting them bite you
and then wrestling them into the boat.
Joe and his grad students have run a
tournament each year which brings in
a real eclectic bunch!
Kenneth “Kenn” Todorov
was recently promoted to the rank
of Brigadier General, USAF, at a
ceremony at United States Northern
Command (NORTHCOM) in Colorado. Todorov commands NORTHCOM’s Joint Task Force that responds
to terrorist threats and natural disasters
in our h­ omeland.
Lori Matt-Murphy has accepted the position as the first chief
regional development and external
relations officer for the American Red
Cross. In this position, she will be
responsible for the development and
communications efforts in their entire
17 county Northeastern New York
Region.
Congratulations to Stephan
Kudyba, associate professor in the
New Jersey Institute of Technology
1986
Edward Giordano
[email protected]
Susan Slattery
[email protected]
Michelle Roche
[email protected]
From Ed: Hello Class of ’86!
Happy to say we have three alumni
who will be making sure your
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Chris Gibson ‘86
was recently elected
­congressman of New York’s
20th Congressional district
Jennifer Gilchrist ’96
has just published her first
children’s chapter book; Into
the Land of Nede
news and notes are accounted for
– Edward Giordano, Susan Slattery
and Michelle Roche. Hope to hear
from all of you – especially as we approach the unbelievably approaching
25th year. Send your contributions to
the above e-mail addresses.
From Susan: Come on, 86ers,
pony up! I’d love to hear about your
recent promotion to executive director
or whatever, your new baby or new
grandchild (Class of ‘86, can you
believe how the time has flown?)
Did you recently get an a
­ dvanced
degree? Change careers? Do some
exotic volunteer work? We’ve been
absent from this space for far too long
and now it’s time to show off.
Capital Bauer Insurance Agency,
Inc. hired Sandy Woods as a
sales executive specializing in commercial property-casualty, health, and
workers’ compensation insurance. Sandy has previous sales experience
with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
and previous development/publishing/marketing experience with
Delmar Publishers. Sandy and her
husband, Neville also own their own
business, Woods Seal Coating. Sandy is an ­active member of Women in
Development of Northeastern New
York, an association of women in the
fields of development, advancement
and related professions. Chris Gibson was recently
elected congressman of New York’s
20th Congressional district. Chris
was commissioned an officer from the
Siena Army ROTC program. Over
the course of his decorated 24-year
Army career, Chris rose to the rank of
colonel and deployed seven times.
Congratulations, Chris!
Athens, N.Y. If you are in the area,
stop by and have a great meal. I am
sure Mary would love to see you.
Congratulations to Forrest
MacDonald on his recent appointment as vice president of accounting
and financial reporting for Cengage
Learning. Cengage is a world leader
in providing learning solutions for
academic, professional and library
markets fostering academic excellence and professional development. During his 21-year tenure with
Cengage, Forrest was the controller
for the Academic and Professional
Group. Forrest lives in Malta, N.Y.
with his wife Liz and two children,
Colin and Christopher.
I would love to highlight the
accomplishments of our classmates.
Please send me your updates: promotions, weddings, birth announcements, accomplishments, awards
or anything else that is new. I look
forward to hearing from you!
1987
Geraldine ‘Gerry’McAndrew
[email protected] Mary DiStefano and her
partner, Dana Wegener, are keeping
busy with their two children Stefan,
15, and Zoe, 10, but still have
time to cook up great food. Mary is
the co-owner of the popular MOD
Gourmet Café located on Main Street
in Catskill N.Y. She is also the chef at
Stewart House, Athens Hotel & Bistro,
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1991
Kevin Clarke
[email protected]
Hey, Class of 1991!
We are ­officially on
Facebook – Siena Class of 1991.
We are 60+ members strong and
growing each week. Spread the
word and if you haven’t taken the
leap – learn along with the rest of us.
Deb Killeen/Macarchuk and
her family are living in Croton-onHudson, N.Y. She spends all her time
taking care of the kids, Sean, 8, and
Hannah, 6, as well as keeping up
with fellow Siena alumni/neighbors.
Deb promises that TH 31 will be
well represented next spring at the
reunion. Tim Holloway, Corrine
and their kids are living in Houston,
Texas and enjoying life.
Dina Vacca/Allen and her husband Richard are happy to announce
the arrival of child number three,
Natalie Margaret, born May 21.
Dina has also volunteered to help
with the reunion.
Dr. Rose Frasco in her podcast
discusses her path to becoming an
optometrist. She shares a “typical”
day for her in the office, a few war
stories and great career advice.
Check it out at www.bit.ly/9Rc0cI.
Congratulations, Rose!
The reunion dates are locked in –
June 3 and 4, 2011. The planning is
underway and the letters are out. The
goal is 10/15/20 – let’s see what
we can do to set a record! If you
have any questions, please let me
know or contact Michael Utzig ’07 at
[email protected].
For next issue, let’s hear from Jen
Petrilli, JP McGuirk and let’s try
to get 120 members on Facebook.
Finally, I wish you all a very happy, healthy and safe holiday season.
1993
Susan Hannon [email protected]
Hello, class of ’93! Hope
everyone is well! Congratulations
to Sharon Britt who has been
named to the permanent appointment
as a professor of English at Horry
Georgetown Technical College. Ann
Dejnozka gave me the update on
former housemate Patti Hundiak.
She and her husband Alan Scott had
their first baby, Colin, in late July. Ann
herself is on “the crazy train” after
having a second baby, Julia, in May.
Julia is only 14 months younger than
her brother. Ann secretly hopes that
“Julia and Colin will meet up at Siena
in 18 years!”
Tracy Martin has been busy
since graduation. She was a stay at
home mom for her first two children,
Justine and Brendan, for eight years
and has worked in pharmaceuticals
for 7+ years with various companies
— most recently with a California
based company, Santarus. Tracy was
named to the 2009 Presidents Club
(the top 20% of their sales force) and
has reached the top 10 overall. Her
most recent addition is Liam, 1, who
was born just two days after good
friend Lori Bubb’s little girl. The
two e-mail baby questions and issues
back and forth thanks to Facebook.
Tracy lives in Clifton Park N.Y. with
her life partner Simon. Tracy shares
that Rene Murdico/Stryjski
lives right around the corner with
Greg Stryjski ‘92 with their two sons
Thomas and Jason. Gerri Hutchings/Bock continues to share more
about our former classmates. Chris
DeOrio/Truax lives in Maryland
with her husband, Todd and two
children, Jordyn, 11, and Blake, 8.
She has taught French and Spanish, lived/studied in Spain, been a
stay-at-home mom while obtaining a
master’s degree and soon will be living in China. Keep it coming with the
updates people! I hope you all have
a very happy and healthy holiday
season. My best to all of you and
your families.
1996
Brian Murray
[email protected]
Jennifer Thompson-Gilchrist published her first
children’s chapter book Into the Land
of Nede. She found it to be a tremendous experience and accomplishment
to birth the book amid the responsibility of raising four children. The
book is currently available at www.
jgilchristbooks.com or can be ordered
through Barnes and Noble.
Christopher Lillis, M.D. and
his wife Amy Garrett Lillis celebrated
the birth of the first child, Thomas
Jesse (TJ) Lillis on O
­ ctober 20. Chris
and Amy live in Fredericksburg, Va,
where Amy teaches and Chris is a
private practice Internal Medicine
physician. Chris writes a monthly
health column for the Free Lance Star
newspaper, and was recently named
the director of Progress Notes — a
blog focused on health policy
www.drsforamerica.org/blog. 1997
Selena Dutcher
[email protected]
George Benzie lives outside of
Boston. He and his wife, Susan Kelly
are enjoying life. George is the principal of Mystic Valley Regional Charter
School. He tries to make it back for at
least one basketball game so be on
the lookout.
Eileen Morrissey/Mulroy is
proud to announce the addition of
Caitlin born on February 23. She joins
big sisters Megan, 4 and Tara, 2.
Matt Millea has accepted a
position as deputy county executive
of physical services for Onondaga
County. In addition, they have two
boys to keep them busy—Ethan, 5
and Aaron, 2.
Kate Howard/Bender ’96, husband Adam and daughter Indigo, 3,
welcomed Genevieve to their family
on June 23, 2010. Also, a former
student of Kate’s from Classical Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., Daniel
Hollens, has matriculated to Siena as
a member of the class of 2014. 1998
Janine Trapp/Scotti
[email protected]
Jackie Zore/Smrek and her
husband Rob Smrek welcomed their
handsome son, Owen Andrew, on
May 13, 2010. Lisa Marie Ruscitelli was
married to Jeff Stoltzfus earlier in
2010 and together they welcomed a
beautiful daughter, Josephina Marie,
on August 27.
Stacy Lee announced her engagement to David McNamara! They
are planning a 2011 wedding. NEWSMAKER
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Donald Zumpano ’01 (middle)
and Timothy Delaney ’88
head of the new agent’s training program (right), both FBI
Special Agents at Donald’s FBI
Academy graduation
Robert Stout ’02
has joined the law firm of
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna
LLP in Albany, N.Y.
Ryan Keleher ’04
joined Hiscock & Barclay Law
Firm in Albany, N.Y. as an
Associate Attorney
After 13 ½ years together Jolene
Johnson married Michael Thompson
on July 31 at his family property
in Worcester, N.Y. They had Siena alums celebrate in many ways. Lindsay
Flax was a bridesmaid, Casey Diminico/Ragan captured the memories
while playing photographer, Michael
Petersen ’06 kept the drinks flowing
while tending bar and Dana Cairns
gave a stellar stand-up comedy routine at the bachelorette party. Michael
and Jolene have been living on Long
Island for three years now, and during
this time Jolene has been working as
an environmental educator with the
NYS Department of Environmental
Conservation. She is also attending graduate school at Stony Brook
University and intends to receive her
teaching certification in the spring of
2011.
On June 14 Christina Sudano/
Klejsmyt, David Klejsmyt ’04 and their
daughter, Emma welcomed another
beautiful baby girl, Molly Rose. Congratulations to the K
­ lejsmyt family!
­ hristopher Edward on August 17;
C
and Jaime McIntyre/ Richardson and C
­ hristopher Richardson
finalized the adoption of their two
sons out of foster care: Alexzander
Shem, 2, and Daryus Christopher, 5.
2000
Shaymus R. Schweitzer
[email protected]
Hello all! Hope you are doing
well. It was great catching up with
a lot of you over Reunion Weekend
in June. Hopefully we’ll see more of
each other before the next five years
are up.
Bronwyn Tobin/­
Wucherpfennig and her husband
Craig ’99 welcomed their second
son, Owen William on January 5.
Owen joins older brother Declan.
Lindsay Gennari/Thomas
completed four years at Albany Medical School, a three year residency in
internal medicine and her second residency in anesthesiology. Dr. Gennari
currently practices on staff at Albany
Medical Center.
Michelle Stefka, M.D., has
joined the Department of Gastroenterology at Lahey Clinic North. Michelle
received her Doctor of Medicine at
SUNY Upstate Medical Center in
New York. She completed both her
residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at Lahey
Clinic. My wife, Kristina Turley/­
Schweitzer and I were happy to
welcome our second daughter, Emma
Riely on August 23. Emma joins big
sister Natalie who is a great helper.
2001
Maura Mack
[email protected]
Meg Allessio/
Duquette and ­Brian
Duquette ’97 welcomed
a baby girl, Isabella Grace, on
May 22. Meg is an attorney with
Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP
focusing on business and banking.
Christina Torelli/George and
J.R. George ’99 welcomed a
baby girl, Abigail C
­ ecilia on July 21.
Christina Ganieri/Brandi and
her husband, are happy to welcome
their first son, Christian Julius (CJ) Brandi, born June 9. Will Laffey and his
wife Dana welcomed a son, Connor
William, on November 1. Mike
Monaco, his wife Klara ’02and
big brother Will welcomed Keira, on
September 4. Scott Knapp and his
wife Jennifer welcomed their second
child, ­Samantha Mary Knapp,
September 9. Cheryl Cassino/
Rasmussen and her husband,
Anders, welcomed their second child,
daughter, Abigail Lee, on January 13.
John Lizzi and Kelly Mackin/
Lizzi and big sister Claire welcomed
John Michael Lizzi III on April 8.
Mary Helldorfer-Cooney and
her husband Ryan welcomed their
first baby in September, Annaliese
Roeckell Cooney.
Chris Hough recently moved
from Maine to North Carolina. He
married Kelly Barber in August 2008.
Jordan Birdsall happily married
Amanda Bennett on July 17. Congrats
to Kendra Johanson and Jason
Grassick ‘02 who are engaged, getting married in October 2011.
Jessica Zaborowski-Hartz
is proud of her camp, “Camp Stanley
for the Performing Arts,” celebrating the Franciscan spirit. Last year
Jessica gave discounts to her campers
for community service hours. Over
50 percent of her campers took
advantage of this incentive program.
Projects have included everything
from starting a coat drive to recycling
batteries.
Remember to mark your calendars
for our 10 year reunion, June 3 & 4,
2011!
2002
Christine Cinnamond
[email protected]
Rob Stout has joined the law
firm of Whiteman, Osterman &
Hanna LLP in Albany, N.Y. as a member of the firm’s environmental, clean
teach, real estate development, zoning and land use practice groups. At
Whiteman, Rob will continue his practice of advising clients on complex
environmental regulatory matters as
well as sophisticated commercial real
estate transactions including leasing,
lending, land use and the purchase
and sale of commercial property.
2003
Gina Gizzi
[email protected]
On July 25, 2009 I attended
the “destination” wedding of Gina
Yates to James Peattie. Gina
and James were living in California
at the time but returned to our alma
mater for their ceremony, followed by
a very lively reception at the Century
House. They now live in the Albany,
N.Y. area.
2004
Jolleen Wagner
[email protected]
Season’s Greetings, Class of
2004!
Ryan P. Keleher has joined
the Albany, N.Y. offices of Hiscock
& Barclay Law Firm as an associate attorney. Congratulations to
John Paul Ciejka and Lyndsay
Reed,who were married at Emma
Willard this past October. John Paul
has been promoted at the Albany
County Hall of Records where he
manages the archives, preserving
and making historic record more
accessible. Belated congratulations to
Colleen Dacey who was married
on April 28 and to Kelly Collins
who married Daniel Webster on
August 8, 2009.
John Witkiewicz and Kelsey
Hanno/Witkiewicz welcomed
Henry Finn on May 15; J­ ennifer
Peloquin/Banker and Brian
Banker welcomed Andrew Judd on
July 30; Melissa Termine/Goetz
and Steve Goetz welcomed
2005
Breanne Suhrland
[email protected]
Greetings, class of 2005! This
summer I became engaged to a
­fellow Siena grad and the love of my
life, Chris Elsesser ’06! We are busy
planning and are looking forward to
our July 30, 2011 wedding.
Colleen McCue, married
Brendan McLaughlin ’04 on August
21, 2009 in Woodcliff Lake, N.J.
Brendan is a marketing manager for
Silhouette in Green Island, N.Y. and
Colleen is a tradeshow coordinator in Albany. The couple resides in
Wynantskill, N.Y. Be sure to check
out their wedding photo at the end of
this issue.
Kevin Kaleita married Jocelyn
Maningo on September 24, 2010
on Long Island, N.Y. Jocelyn is a
2005 graduate of Elon University in
North Carolina. Check out their wedding photo in this issue too.
2006
Chris Elsesser
christopher.elsesser@gmail.
com
Ashley Boland
[email protected]
Hello Class of 2006! On September 1, 2010, I (Chris) became
engaged to my longtime “Siena
Sweetheart” and fellow Siena class
notes editor, Breanne Suhrland,
’05. Dan Schuldt and Bethany
Madej were married on July 17
at Siena College. Their ceremony
was performed by Fr. Bill Beaudin
’76. Their special day featured
many of their Siena friends being in
attendance, including wedding party
members ­Christina Pepe, Derek
Jones, and Sean McInerney. (Be
sure to check out their Siena wedding
photo.) Since graduation, Dan has
been working in litigation services for
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Summer gathering in
­Brighton, Mass
Marc D. Roberts ’07
was promoted to Research
Analyst at Fenimore Asset
Management, the investment
advisor to FAM Funds
Yuliana Cummings ’07
joined the Certified Public
Accounting firm of CMJ, LLP as
a Senior Associate in 2007
and recently received her CPA
designation
Kevin Gioia ’10
has joined Fenimore Asset
Management, the investment
advisor to FAM Funds, as a
Junior Research Analyst
moved to Williamsburg, Va. to attend
graduate school at William and
Mary. After graduate school, Beth
moved back to New York for a teaching job at Fayetteville Manluis; where
she teaches fifth grade. Recently, Dan
and Beth purchased a home in Camillus, N.Y. and luckily Xerox has allowed Dan to keep his job in Albany
while living near Syracuse with Beth.
Tiffany Montgomery completed
her master’s degree in childhood
education/literacy this past August at
the Sage Graduate School. Tiffany
is now enjoying her first year as a
second grade teacher.
Natalia Kutzer, shared
updates on our classmates. Kristen
Kubera recently became engaged
to Carmen Cavatassi. They are
planning to marry on October 1,
2011 in Rochester, N.Y. Ashley
Boland recently became engaged to
Jim Tyner. A July 2011 wedding is
planned in Lake Placid, N.Y. Maggie McKeon recently accepted a
new position as director of communications for the New York City Opera.
2007
Sean Robbins
PO Box 11222
Loudonville, NY 12211
[email protected]
Michael Utzig
[email protected]
Greetings class of 2007! Erin
Hennigan married her boyfriend
of seven years in October. Erin’s husband works as a police officer. Erin
graduated from SUNY Albany with
a master’s in literacy in December
2009.
Joshua Werbeck has joined
the firm Green & Seifter, Attorneys,
PLLC as an associate. Josh was
a summer associate with Green &
Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC during the
summer of 2009 and graduated
cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law with a J.D., in
2010. While completing law school
he earned the New York State
Academy of Trial Lawyers Leadership
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Award, admission to the National
Order of Barristers, admission to
the Justinian Honorary Law Society,
and the C.A.L.I. Excellence Award.
Josh focuses his practice in the areas
of business transactions, employee
benefits, tax planning and advocacy,
real estate, economic development
initiatives, bankruptcy and litigation.
Yuliana Cummings received
her CPA designation. Yuliana works
at CMJ, LLP as a senior associate in
accounting, assurance and advisory
Services located in Queensbury,
N.Y.
Stephanie Richter of the
Northeast Parent & Child Society has
been elected to the Board of Directors of the Capital Alliance of Young
Professionals.
Jen Rota is graduating from
New York Law School this semester
and will be taking the NJ/NY Bar in
February.
Amanda Kuryluk, who recently graduated from Ohio Northern
University Claude W. Pettit College
of Law joined the law firm, Thorn,
Gershon, Tymann, and Bonanni,
LLP, in Albany, N.Y. as an associate
attorney.
David Jalette passed the CPA
exam last month and was promoted
to senior associate at KMPG. He
recently went to Buenos Aires,
­Argentina to visit Catlin Phillips
who has been working as a study
abroad coordinator and English
teacher. Meredith Toussaint has
a new job working as an employment operations specialist in human
resources at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in Troy, N.Y..
Amanda Brown and Andrew
Knipfing ’06 got married this summer
in Syracuse, N.Y. Their reception
was at The Lodge in Skaneateles.
Lauren Winn was a bridesmaid.
Father Bill Beaudin ’76 married the
couple and they honeymooned in
Santa Cruz and San Francisco.
Ryan Watroba got married
on July 24 to Heather Frame in
Siena’s Saint Mary of the Angels
Chapel. Their reception was held
at Riverstone Manor in Scotia. They
honeymooned in St. Lucia. Ryan
moved into a new position as assistant director of technology for
enrollment management at Siena.
James Tumulty is beginning
the second semester of his master’s in
biology at East Carolina University.
He just completed a four month field
season in the Peruvian Amazon
doing research for his thesis on the
evolution of monogamy in the mimicking poison dart frog (Ranitomeya
imitator). With basketball season
upon us, go check out
www.sienasaintsblog.com for all
your up-to-date Siena bball needs.
Matt Restivo who finished the
NYC Marathon recently is in charge
of the site and does a fantastic job
with it.
Dave MacDonald married
Kristin Wernig on September 18
at Siena. The reception was held at
the Edison Club in Rexford N.Y.
Stephanie Korona married
Erik Ebbesen on July 31 in Loveland,
Colo. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Long-time Siena friends
Caitlin Goodman, Jamie
Knightes and Maura Titterington were there. The reception
was held outside at Ellis Ranch in
Loveland. They honeymooned in
Kauai, Hawaii for a week after the
wedding.
2008
Danielle Grasso
Patrick Preston
[email protected]
2009
Tiffany Salonich
[email protected]
Hello, Class of 2009! I thank
those who sent me well wishes upon
hearing of my car accident. I am
healing slowly. It is wonderful to
have Siena community support.
Jenny McNulty got engaged
to Daniel Mulhall. They are getting married in August of 2011.
Heather Stec played for the
Horsholm 79ers in Denmark where
they finished as national champions.
She was named player of the year, forward of the year and import player of
the year. This year Heather is playing
for the STOL Grasshoppers in Katwijk,
Netherlands.
Christian Wolf started a master’s
program in economics in Lisbon at the
Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He attends
Sunday mass at the Church of St.
Anthony, which has been built at the
site of the original house of the saint. “I
also walk by this church every morning
on the way to the university. Nevertheless, I really miss my Franciscan friends
at Siena College,” said Christian.
Gary Domermuth and A
­ shley
Davison were published in the
November/December issue of FRAUD
Magazine. “We wrote an article as
part of the master’s program at Siena
that we graduated from this past year.
The article is about our internships,
our findings and how internships
can be helpful to students in applying classroom education to the real
world,” stated Ashley. The magazine
is the publication of the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners, the world’s
largest anti-fraud o
­ rganization.
Tara Nolan recently started with
a CPA firm in Saratoga and she loves
it. Vic Cristiano wishes to share this
for the Annual Fund:
By now, you have received a letter
and an e-mail regarding Siena’s Young
Alumni Challenge. As Siena gears up
for the fourth month of this challenge,
I wanted to take a moment to update
you on where we are and remind you
of the importance of Young Alumni
Giving. To date the participation rate
for Young Alumni is close to 2 percent.
That is only 8 percent away from our
goal of 10 percent. For those of you
who have made a gift to Siena, I
thank you for your continued support
of the college. Remember, if Siena is
able to reach or exceed the goal of
10 percent, each donor will receive
a Siena College mug from the annual
weddings
fund office.
2010
Kelly Peckholdt
[email protected]
Hello, Class of 2010! Amber
Ethier recently started a job as an
underwriting services specialist at
Farm Family Insurance in Glenmont,
NY. Michelle Sullivan started off
this school year “on the other side of
the desk”…as a 9th grade French
teacher at Monroe Woodbury High
School.
Jillian Pabis started teaching
at Bishop Maginn High School this
year as a high school chemistry
teacher. At the beginning of the
year, Jill said, “In just two and a half
weeks of school, I’ve already taken
away five cell phones and kicked
two students out of class! But I love
my job!”
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In Memory of:
John E. Maloy, Sr. ’43
Joseph E. Riley ’47
Ernest Kershaw ’48
James McGeever ’48
John J. Sebunia ’48
John S. Sweet ’48
Stanley B. Eisenberg ’49
William F. Gaffney ’49
John B. Garrett, Jr. ’49
Walter R. Henningson ’49
Frederick J. Murphy ’49
Vincent James Selkis ’49
Robert Buckley ’50
E. Edwin Du Pont ’50
George J. Gearhardt ’50
Thomas J. Hennessey ’50
Timothy Holland ’50
Richard W. Keeler ’50
Robert J. Mahar ’50
William McCann ’50
William K. Murphy ’50
James R. Raciti ’51
Bernard W. Cobb, Jr. ’56
Teresa (Morone) Copeland
’56
James J. Hynes ’56
William Forget ’57
Robert T. Sullivan ’59
Francis V. Keegan ’60
Alan Lee Roth ’60
Aurelia M. Aiossa ’63
Thomas A Giroux ’65
Robert J. Hilt ’66
John T. Bryant ’67
Joseph “Jay” F. Stewart. Jr.
’72
Carl M. Montanino ’73
Kathleen C. Gadomski ’80
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photos to the magazine
please make sure they are
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questions please contact
communications@siena.
edu.
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