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MEDAILLEThe Medaille College magazine is published for alumni, students, and friends of Medaille College. Address changes, comments, article and photo submissions, and class briefs should be directedto the Editor, c/o the Office of InstitutionalAdvancement.Medaille CollegeAgassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214 716.884.3281 716.884.0291 fax www.medaille.edu

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT PAGE 2HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE 3FACULTY PROFILE PAGES 4-5MEDAILLE ONE PAGE 6STUDENT ATHLETES PAGES 7-10SPORTS SCHEDULES PAGES 10-11CAMPUS KUDOS PAGES 12-13NEWS AND NOTES PAGES 14-15

WHO’S NEWS PAGES 16-17BRANCH CAMPUSES PAGES 18-19MEDAILLE ARCHIVES PAGE 21ALUMNI NEWS PAGES 22-23MEDAILLE GRADS IN

EDUCATION PAGES 24-29CLASS NOTES PAGES 30-33ALUMNI PROFILE PAGES 33-34NEW ALUMNI – 2005 COMMENCEMENT PAGE 36

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MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT

As part of our new strategic plan, we committed ourselves to ensure that all of our students graduate with a very definite set of competencies. One of these competencies we called “citizen-ship,” and we defined it as “awareness of democratic traditions and the responsibilities they entail.”A second competency we called “engagement” and we described it as “involvement with the world,locally and globally; compassionate interaction with others, unselfish recognition of values largerthan oneself.” We could also say that we have committed ourselves to educating women and menwho will leave us with a commitment to make our world, locally and globally, a better place.

The College recently hosted an exhibit that directly speaks to making the world better. During thelast week of October and the first week of November, Medaille College had the honor of hosting“Roads to Freedom,” a wonderful exhibit that commemorates the 25th anniversary of the SolidarityMovement in Poland. The exhibit presents the history of a movement that led to the overthrow of communism in Europe and to freedom in Poland and several of its sister countries. Perhapsmore essentially, the exhibit also celebrates the victory of a group of men and women who wereguided by their faith and driven by a dream. They knew oppression and they dreamed of freedom.They worked tirelessly and risked much, including their lives, to reach their dream.

As I was preparing to address the invited guests at the reception that marked the opening ofthe exhibit, I was reminded of Robert Kennedy’s words: “It is from numberless diverse acts ofcourage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope.”Twenty-five years ago the men and women of Solidarity could not even begin to imagine the magnitude of the ripple they had set into motion.

The willingness to be involved and make a difference, along with the ability to hope and the abilityto dream are as needed today in our community as they were twenty-five years ago in Poland.We in Western New York are going through challenging times. While we may not be seeking to overthrow communism, we are seeking to free ourselves from the oppressive and debilitatingbelief that the best times for our region are behind us. Yes, it is true that we will need to re-inventour economy, but it is also true that we need men and women who are willing to be involved,to risk and to dream.

Since it’s founding, Medaille College has contributed significantly to Western New York. We continue to do so today. We estimate that the annual economic impact that Medaille has on ourcommunity exceeds $114 million. Perhaps even more importantly, we at Medaille are committedto providing our community with men and women who will be engaged and who will be willing to dream about what can be rather than to dwell on the difficulties inherent in what is. Men andwomen who will resonate to this other quote from Robert Kennedy who in speaking about himselfonce said: “There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of thingsthat never were, and ask why not?”

With every best wish for a wonderful holiday season, I am,Sincerely yours,

Joseph W. Bascuas, Ph.D.President

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women and men who willleave us with a commitment

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Alexander P. and Charlotte T. Dzierba Scholarship - Taranne Kogler, ‘08

The Alexander P. and Charlotte T. Dzierba Scholarship is a grant-in-aid for textbooks given everysemester. Full-time juniors and seniors at Medaille enrolled in theSocial Sciences or Humanities programs who possess a GPA of atleast 3.0 and demonstrate economicneed are eligible.

Anna M. Kramer Scholarship- Linda Rose, ‘07

The Anna M. Kramer Scholarship is awarded to an adult student (over 25) in management-relatedprograms with an interest in account-ing. A student will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial need and academic merit.

Kevin I. and Virginia D. SullivanScholarship - Claudia Biegasiewicz, ‘07

The Kevin I. and Virginia D. SullivanScholarship is awarded to an enteringtransfer student whose academicrecord promises success at Medailleand who has demonstrated leader-ship potential through prior activitiesin college or in the community.

Veterinary Technology MemorialScholarship - Corrie Westfall, ‘06

The Veterinary Technology MemorialScholarship was established in memory of Joseph E. Savarese, Sr.The scholarship is awarded to a stu-dent entering his/her second year inthe Veterinary Technology program.The scholarship is awarded on thebasis of financial need and good academic standing.

Anna Illuzzi Palano MemorialScholarship - Julie Kuhns, ‘06

The Anna Illuzzi Palano MemorialScholarship is awarded annually by the Medaille College AlumniAssociation. Factors considered in judging applicants include financial need, scholastic ability,participation in activities, personal initiative and community involve-ment. Semi-finalists are contactedby the Alumni Association for personal interviews. It is named in honor of the late Anna IlluzziPalano, a member of the class of1972 and former president of theAlumni Association.

Dr. Susan Bokman Leitzan MemorialScholarship - Jennifer Lipiarz, ‘07 and Christine Monacelli, ‘06

The Dr. Susan Bokman LeitzanMemorial Scholarship is awarded totwo deserving Medaille CollegeVeterinary Technology Students eachyear. The scholarships are awarded to full time students who are excellingacademically.

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Lisa AungerBrenna BarbourNathan BeutelCorey BiesingerMolly BrewerKatelyn BugenhagenBrenlyn CampbellJami CawardMarilee CookAmber CzockClaire DaviesNicole GawelJeremy GeorgeMargaret KeddieKevin KnospeEmily Newcomb-SmithMegan OhnmeissJessica PostoleseJared ReisdorfJacob ReisdorfAndrea RobinsonMichael SimoncelliKatherine SlomowiczMatthew SlovickKimberly StencelSharlyn WagnerAndrew YestrebiChristina Yuen

Alaina AikinAron Ayers-SpicolaDavid BennettCassandra BetzSara BovaJanine BryanPaul BergessElizabeth BushMelissa CarterKathryn DavisChristine DetorMattea HaessnerJacquelyn HealyLaura HoffmanMatthew HollenbeckBryan JudsonMegan KoscielniakAshley MerktShala A. ReifingerTamara RiveraShannon RogowskiNatalie SchiavoneKristin SommerKatherine SzczechowiakMariette TyrpakGregory WaltersAmanda WheelerKody Zielinski

Aaron JantziEmily KnappStephanie KramerAlex NicosiaJames O’ NeillAshley PeedEmily Pieterse Emily SchaeferDarbee SehneKortney SmithersScott St. GeorgeJanessa VandegriffJosh WaclawskiJames WitherowCorrinne YotterMelanie Zimmerman

Sharon BakerHeather BelmontTracey BrewerBenjamin BrindiseJameson BugenhagenTiffany CoburnGilisa CurringtonZachary DavidDeanna DawsonErica DeFisherRyan DeweyBen DlugoshTricia DoveJoseph EllisKelly FinchAshley GerlachHaddie Herzig

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Dr. Terri Borchers, Assistant Professor,Humanities, spent a week this past springexperiencing life as a poetry reader andtutor for a very unique group of studentson the Navajo Indian Reservation in TubaCity, AZ. The Navajos have a distinctivegeography, located in a desert-like, ruralarea. Their economy is weak, with anunemployment rate of over %. Theyhave a strong cultural heritage based infamily.

“The first thing I learned was what to callthem, which was interesting - this ideathat there were 14 different tribes and 14different creation stories,” Borchers says.“The first thing a tribe member says toanother tribe member, another Indian, is‘What four families in the Navajo tribe?’You say that you’re Navajo, they say theirfather’s family is Beaver Dam, my mother’s

family is River Water, my mom’s mom isPine Forest and my dad’s mom is RedHawk and so on to identify each other.”

Dr. Borchers recognized that the oppor-tunity to be engaged in this process ofexperiential teaching and learning wouldbenefit the field of Humanities as well asbenefit Medaille College.

“This is an opportunity to gain greaterknowledge about America’s colonial heritage and our nation’s shared and marginalized cultures,” Borchers wrote in her Faculty Development Award appli-cation, “and a greater store of knowledgeabout the American Indian that I canshare with my students in literature andpoetry courses.”

“There are Indian tribes around us inWestern New York, and all the streetnames, river names and mountain namesare taken from the Indians – and we don’tknow them,” Borchers says. “We don’tknow those stories. With the Greeks andRomans we had thousands of years ofstories, but we continue to be so illiterateabout our own native history.”

In addition to broadening her scope ofmyth and folklore for her classes, experi-encing this very different environmentmade her a better teacher in terms ofmodeling her teaching methods tounique student groups.

“The predominant thing you notice onthe reservation is that they are all slowlearners,” says Borchers. “There is nomoney and there are no good schools.

There’s poverty and no support at home,or no home. Three extended family mem-bers live together, mom has problemswith alcohol and dad has died of a heartattack. Somebody has diabetes, somebodyelse has run away and there are 13 kids.How do children learn if there is nomeans of family support, no one evenreading to them out loud?

“The older children have it no better,”Borchers continues. “They actually pro-vide child care right at the high schoolbecause there are so many teen mothers.The boys all want to be police officersand the girls want to be teachers, becausethat is all they see. The only other oppor-tunity for them seemed to be the ROTCprogram that might lead to scholarships.”

Borchers tried to use her time on theNavajo Reservation to understand what itwould be like growing up in this environ-ment. Viewing these children from onlythe viewpoint of the teacher-student rela-tionship can’t tell the whole picture.Experiencing life as they live it is a start.

“I really wished I had learned more aboutteen-age life and what it is like to grow upand face the decision they all face - to stayin that place or move,” Borchers says. “Ireally wanted to know what it would belike to grow up on the reservation. I saw alot of despair, but I also saw outstanding

diversityTEACHING IS A VERY DIVERSE ART. WHETHER THERE ARE GEOGRAPHIC, SOCIO-ECONOMIC OR

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, WHAT WORKS IN ONE CLASSROOM MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT

WORKS IN ANOTHER. TO FULLY APPRECIATE THESE DIFFERENCES, EDUCATORS MUST STEP OUT OF

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models and proof that it is possible togrow up and take on the Navajo culturesuccessfully.”

Borchers’ days started at 8 a.m. with ele-mentary age students, grades one throughsix. She would often read stories to thestudents.

“I would sit on the ground and often –times they would read along or act outthe parts with some kind of dance,”Borchers says. “I wanted them to fullyparticipate - participation is something Iemphasize in all of my classes. But, on thefirst day, the primary teacher had a familyconflict and was out. I walked into thisclass with just an assistant from the com-munity college, and it was just plainawful. The kids were not listening, shewanted them to sit down and shut up,and I wanted participation. I motivatedthe students to get up out of their chairsand bring the texts to life.”

The last day of the week was Earth Day.The whole school walked around thecampus, and then took minivans to different areas of the city and picked upcigarette butts, bottle caps and brokenglass. The students literally got down ontheir hands and knees and prayed toMother Earth in a fully participatory waythat charmed Borchers’ heart.

“That is why I was there, to help theteacher and learn their lore,” Borcherssays. “First I went there to learn profes-sionally about their cultural differencesand the second professional reason was tolearn by the seat of my pants. I wanted tolearn how these children come to answer,‘Am I special or am I forgotten?’”

experiential learning. Her trip was suc-cessful in many ways, and very positivelyreceived by the Navajo tribe. As such, shehas helped open the door to futureMedaille students who are looking for thesame type of experiential learning.

As she reflects on her experience, Borchersexplains, “Unless you can become a conversationalist with the ideas you arelearning, you are in trouble. I need mystudents to be able to tell me what theyhave learned, how they understand it andwhen I need to slow down. This can be a conflict at Medaille because sometimesstudents are too shy to speak up and I don’t know yet how to answer theimportant questions: What can I assumethey know? How do I get them to tell me what they understand?

“My experience on the NavajoReservation has taught me a lot abouthow I need to figure these things out,”Borchers concludes. “I can introducepractical skills to my students and getthem involved with the Prelude so theycan go out and try to get a job as a desktop publisher or an editor. Medaillestudents may learn in different ways than1st graders, but it is all about participat-ing in your education. I am never goingto forget our activities on Earth Day - seeing all the garbage and seeing all ofthose kids down on their hands andknees, picking up pieces of broken glassand praying to their Mother Earth.”

Borchers and her fellow teachers

The Arizona desert provided a stunning backdrop for Borchers’ teaching experience

She also worked three afternoons withhigh school students and two eveningswith nontraditional students that came to the school for community collegecourses. In what little down-time she had, Borchers explored the reservation.

“Sometimes I would have a half-hour totake a walk or relax,” Borchers says. “Iwould go to the high school and watch acouple innings of a girl’s softball game,then go and talk to the jeweler and thepeople who run the sheep ranch. I spokewith dancers and the people that helpNavajo teens learn the traditional dancesteps, and I would watch the ROTC drillteam practice.”

Borchers spent some time with the tribe’selders in the evenings. One neighbor shevisited with was an actual Navajo codetalker.

“He is the story of why I am one of thefew people that get invited to the Navajoreservation,” Borchers says. “They tried toHollywood-ize the code talker traditionwhen they did that movie on their role in World War II, and they wanted to turn the reservation into a tourist trap.He wouldn’t play along because he feltbelittled and dehumanized as a Navajowhen he wore the soldier’s uniform.”

Borchers is looking forward to using herexperiences to be a better Humanitiesprofessor and to expand opportunities for

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SCT Banner has significantly improvedthe speed by which student data andrecords can be located, and now allowsstudents to see that information directly,as opposed to waiting in an office and filling out a form. This will result inshorter lines and will allow staff to givemore time to students for personalizedattention. From the time students begin

their first year to the time they graduate,Banner and its integrated IT services willsupport them as they register for classes,communicate with faculty and fulfill theirrequirements for their degree.

As an intranet portal, the main page ofMedailleOne is customizable, meaningthat users can add content and move it tosuit their individual needs. Users will beable to add different channels later thisyear to include announcements, newsheadlines, sports scores and personalizedbookmarks.

When combined with the content on the main Medaille Web site(www.medaille.edu), WebCT coursemanagement and e-mail, students and faculty can now access almost anyCollege information with a click of themouse.

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Information Technology:http://www.medaille.edu/college/it

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Investments in technology will allow Medaille students,faculty and staff to access information in real time.

After ten months of coordination andcooperation, the Medaille CollegeInformation Technology office and thetechnical administrators at DrexelUniversity have installed and launchedthe SCT Banner system for Medaille students, faculty and staff.

“Everything came up perfect,” says Cheryl Thompson, Chief InformationOfficer at Medaille. “Projects like this cantake eighteen months. This remarkablepartnership between Medaille and Drexel has brought powerful education resourcesand communication tools to the campuscommunity.”

SCT Banner provides a sophisticatedbackbone of data for administrative and financial purposes. As a centralizedsource for information, Medaille staff willbe able to enter and update educational, personnel and financial records intoBanner. This will connect Medaille’s three campuses throughout Western New York under one system.

“Staff and faculty will be able to pull their own reports and fill their own data needs,” Thompson continued.“Having this centralized information

system will help us to forecast wherewe are and where we’re going.”

Training sessions, held this summer andcontinuing throughout the fall, giveadministrators, staff and faculty hands-onexperience with the software and the system. Drexel administrators instructedMedaille staff through videoconferencingand recorded the sessions for the benefitof new hires.

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Jenny Garris ‘05 BIO (anticipated)SPORT

Cross CountryHOMETOWN

Wyomissing, PA; Wilson High School

Where do you work?I tutor Biology and VeterinaryTechnology classes in the Academic SkillsCenter at Medaille.

What is your favorite music/band? Movie? Food? Music - I like some of everything and Iusually listen to 98.5 on the radio.Movie - “Fast & the Furious.” Sexy menand hot cars, there can be no better moviethan that.Food - Cake with lots of icing on it. It isthe way to my heart.

What do you do for fun in your free time?I like to hang out with friends and family.We go to the movies, go mini-golfing andgo to clubs. I also enjoy walking my dogand going to Marineland or anywhere elsewhere there are animals to see.

What pro/amateur athlete do you admire most and why? I don’t really have an athlete that I admire because my dad has alwaysbeen my inspiration. He works very hardat everything he does, always gives every-thing 100% and expects the same fromme. He is always proud of me as long as I do my best, so that’s what I keep inmind at each meet, every day at practiceand with everything I do.

Why did you choose Medaille?I wanted a school where I could get aVeterinary Technology degree and a four-year Biology degree at the same time. Iheard that Medaille had a really good VetTech program and that’s definitely truebecause I took the national veterinarytechnician licensing exam this summerand I passed with flying colors!

What is your greatest sporting moment since coming to Medaille? My first year of crosscountry when I finished in the top ten at the conference championships.

Are there any team goals your squad hopes toachieve this fall? My goal is to see everyonetry their hardest and encourage eachother so we can have a good, solid teamthis year.

Are there any goals you personally hope to accomplish this fall? I hope to continueimproving and to beat my best time.

Do you have a favorite Medaille sports story to tell? The most amusing story I can think of happened on the way to one of ourmeets. Our Coach picked us up in aMedaille van in front of the MainBuilding. All of the girls got in the van,but so did one guy. None of us thoughtanything of it because we just assumed he was someone’s boyfriend and wascoming to watch the meet. However,after we had been driving awhile the guyspoke up and asked us where we weregoing. We told him we were going to our x-country meet. He looked really embarrassed and told us that he thoughtthis was one of the shuttles to the zooparking lot. We had to turn around and bring him to the zoo. As soon as the poor freshman boy was out of the van we all died laughing. I’m still not sure why he didn’t figure it out when he saw that it was all girls in the van, in x-country uniforms, but hey I guesseveryone makes mistakes sometimes.

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Soccer - Central midfielder, central defender,captain since spring of sophomore year.HOMETOWN

Lancaster, NY; Lancaster High School

Where do you work?I work in the Medaille AthleticsDepartment on a work program.

What is your favorite music/band? Movie? Food? - I like country and rap, but I enjoy everything. - “Old School” - Steak

What do you do for fun in your free time?I like hanging out with my friends andplaying cards. I play any sport, whenever I can.

What pro/amateur athlete do you admire most and why? The athlete I admire most isBrian McBride from the Men’s USNational Soccer team. He has an amazingwork ethic, comes through in clutch situations and is a great leader.

Why did you choose Medaille?I liked the small classes, the friendly atmos-phere and the internship opportunities. I also welcomed an opportunity to playsoccer.

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What is your greatest sporting moment since coming to Medaille?Scoring my first goal in my first Collegegame is definitely a highlight. I’m alsoproud of my sophomore year when wewent 12-4-3 and broke almost every teamsoccer record here at Medaille.

Are there any team goals your squad hopes toaccomplish this fall?We hope to reach the AMCC playoffsand take the championship game. We alsowant to keep our goals against averagebelow 1.5 goals per game, and our scoringaverage above two goals a game.

Are there any goals you personally hope to accomplish this fall?My goals are team goals. We want to getas many shutouts as possible and we hopeto reach the playoffs and win. I want tobe the leader of a team that stays togetheron and off the field.

The Men’s Soccer Team boasted the best season in Medaille College history, finishingwith a record of 18-2-2. The team went unde-feated in regular season AMMC play and wonthe AMCC Tournament with a 2-1 win overLake Erie College in the Championship game. That victory earned the team a spot in theNCAA Tournament where they fell against St.Lawrence University. Congratulations to theteam for securing one of the longest unbeatenstreaks in the nation (18 games), as well asleading the Allegheny Mountain CollegiateConference in shots, goals, assists, and points.

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Soccer - Captain junior and senior yearLacrosse - Captain senior year HOMETOWN

Liverpool, NY; Liverpool High School

Where do you work? I have a summer job working for theOnondaga County Health Department.

What is your favorite music/band? Movie? Food? - Recently I have been enjoyingclassic and modern rock, but I reallyenjoy all music. - “Seven.” I love it because thebad guy wins in the end.

- Definitely seafood, fresh seafood - I can’t get enough of it!

What do you do for fun in your free time?During the summer I love being outside.I love going to the beach or to drive-inmovies. During the winter months, myfree time consists of hanging out withfriends or visiting family. No matter whattime of the year it is, I love going dancingwith my girls. We always have a goodtime even if we’re the only ones dancing -it’s a stress reliever for all of us.

What pro/amateur athlete(s) do you admire most and why? The U.S. Women’s SoccerTeam. Not only are they amazing soccerplayers, but I admire the way they con-duct themselves. They are professionalwomen and fantastic athletes. They serveas role models for women, and I amproud that they represent our country.

What is your greatest sporting moment since coming to Medaille? My greatest sportingmoment was against Frostburg State during the 2004 soccer season. I wasextremely nervous - as a goalie there isalways pressure, but being nervous and in goal is unbelievable. The game started,and our team was playing so well. I saw a breakaway coming from one ofFrostburg’s best forwards, and I knew Icouldn’t hesitate. I had to make my move,and I had to come out at the right time.As I started to come out of the net, mybody went through adrenaline overload.

Then the forward took the shot, and itseemed for a split second that there wassilence. As the ball deflected off of myright hand, I realized I made the save. It was a great moment.

Are there any team goals your squad hopes toachieve this fall? I think our biggest goal forthis fall is going into the AMCC, andshowing them what we’re made of. Weturned a number of heads last year, andwe’re planning on turning even more thisyear. I think our team is capable of goingall the way this year, but it will take perse-verance and team strength (mentally andphysically) to get us there. We are lookingto beat the teams that we had close gameswith last year, and we’re hoping to makeit to the top of the conference standingsthis year. Without a doubt this will beone of the Medaille’s most successfulwomen’s soccer seasons.

Are there any goals you personally hope to accom-plish this fall? This is my last sport to playin college, and this is my senior season. Iwant to do the best I can, and to accom-plish as much as possible. If I am able towalk off the field after the last game ofmy collegiate career knowing that we alldid the best we could and played ourhearts out, then I will have accomplishedmy goal.

What is your best memory of playing sports atMedaille? Playing both sports at this col-lege has been unforgettable. I have hadthe privilege to play with some of thegreatest women I know. I have beencoached very well, and I could not ask formore from my coaches or fellow athletes.Everyday playing soccer and lacrosse hasbeen memorable for good or bad, and Iwould not have it any other way. I wishthe best of luck to all the other seniorsand their sports teams this year. This is itfor us, so let’s make it the best yet.

The Lady Mavs saw further improvement in2005, finishing with an 11-8 overall record andmaking the AMCC playoffs, where they lost inthe first round. The team’s impressive seasonearned them an at-large bid to the ECACTournament, where the team fell on the roadto Geneseo State.

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Mark Glende ‘06 ED (anticipated)SPORTS

GolfVolleyball - Libero, outside, and rightside. HOMETOWN

Webster, NY; Webster Schroeder High School

Where do you work? I work for Medaille as aResident Assistant and as an Ambassadorfor the Admissions Department.

What is your favorite music/band? Movie? Food? - The Used, Halifax - “The Italian Job” - Duff’s Wings, Baked Ziti atFrank’s Sunny Italy

What do you do for fun in your free time? I playthe guitar and bass, as well as a number ofsports. I also like to head out hunting orfishing whenever I can while I’m home.

What pro/amateur athlete do you admire most andwhy? Cal Ripken, Jr. He was modest,exhibited an admirable work ethic, andplayed purely for the love of the game.

Why did you choose Medaille? I chose Medaillelargely for the teaching program, but alsofor the small school atmosphere, personalattention, and the opportunity to playsports at either the collegiate or club level.

What is your greatest sporting moment since comingto Medaille? The greatest moment I haveexperienced is being a part of the Men’sVolleyball Team and winning the NECVATournament on our home court againstRivier College, which gave us our berthinto the Molten National Championship.

Are there any team goals your squad hopes toachieve this fall/spring? Our golf team has alot of room for improvement and we lookto use that to our advantage and capitalizeon the opportunities we are given to goout and play quality schools. As long aswe show improvement throughout theseason I feel we will achieve things fargreater than any goals I would set rightnow. Our overall goal in volleyball is towin the National Championship afterhaving the chance to do so the past twoyears.

Are there any goals you personally hope to accomplish this fall? On the Golf team I amlooking to pass on the experiences fromlast year to my incoming teammates whowill carry the program to much greaterheights in the future. As long as I accom-plish that, along with some great scores, it will be a successful year for me. In myfinal volleyball season I look to hold astarting position and build on my ownpersonal accomplishments while helpingthe team as a whole go out there anddominate until we win it all.

Do you have a favorite Medaille sports story to tell?After winning the NECVA Championshipour Assistant Coach, Charlie Brittain, gotcaught up in the excitement, slipped onsome water on the floor and fell flat on his back as we all celebrated on our feet.

The Medaille College men’s golf team finished their season with a fifth -place finishat the AMCC Championships, a significantaccomplishment for the second-year program.In addition, freshman Aaron Jantzi won the individual championship at the AMCCchampionship, earning him 2005 AMCCNewcomer-of-the-Year honors. Newcomer-of-the-Year honors.

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Tonawanda, NY; Kenmore East High School

Where do you work?I have a part time job working at a DairyQueen not far from my house.

What is your favorite music/band? Movie? Food? - Country music. I really likeRascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and Tim McGraw. - “Bringing Down the House” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Both were hilarious. - My favorite food is breadsticks.

What do you do for fun in your free time?During school, I don’t really have toomuch free time. I usually just relax athome or go out with my friends. Duringthe summer, I spend a lot of my timeworking out or playing basketball. I alsotry to spend as much time as possiblewith my family, since I don’t get to spendtoo much time with them during theschool year.

What pro/amateur athlete do you admire most andwhy? The pro athlete that I admire most isDerek Jeter. He came from a small townwhere people told him he couldn’t

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become a pro baseball player. He workedhard, never gave up on his dreams, andnow he is one of the best shortstops in themajor leagues.

Why did you choose Medaille? I chose to cometo Medaille because they have a very goodElementary Education program. When Icame for a campus visit my senior year, Iliked the fact that this was a small collegeand that I wasn’t going to be just a num-ber. The people that I met on that visitwere also very pleasant. What made mydecision easier is that I would still be ableto play volleyball, basketball, and softball.

What is your greatest sporting moment since coming to Medaille? I have had several, butthe most memorable are playing in myfirst volleyball game, winning our tip-off

basketball tournament my freshman yearwhen we beat Geneseo, and basically theentire ‘04-’05 basketball season.

Are there any team goals your squad hopes toachieve this fall? I think that our goals forvolleyball this season are just like the goalsof every other team at Medaille, winningthe conference tournament and going tothe NCAA tournament. This is going to

be difficult after losing three starters fromlast season, but after meeting several of the incoming freshmen and seeing thedetermination of all of the returning players, I am very excited about what our team will be able to accomplish.

Are there any goals you personally hope to accomplish this fall? I am really hoping to get a 4.0 GPA this semester. I have comeclose and I am hoping this will be thesemester I attain it.

The Lady Mavs finished their season with anoverall record of 5-23, 1-8 in the AMCC.

For more information on Medaille College athletics, visit www.medaille.edu/mavericks

Medaille College Men’s Basketball 2005-06 ScheduleDate Host School Time Site

11/18 &19 Hamilton Tourn. TBA Away

11/29/05 Robert Morris TBA Away

11/30/05 Grove City TBA Home

12/2/05 Lake Erie 8:00pm Home

12/3/05 LaRoche 4:00pm Home

12/9/05 Buffalo State TBA Away

12/10/05 Buffalo State TBA Away

12/17/05 D’Youville 3:00pm Home

1/5/06 Fredonia 7:30pm Away

1/7/06 Hilbert 4:00pm Away

1/13/06 Pitt-Greensburg 8:00pm Away

1/14/06 Frostburg State 4:00pm Away

1/17/06 Penn. St. Behrend 8:00pm Home

1/20/06 Penn. St. Altoona 8:00pm Away

1/21/06 Mt. Aloysius 4:00pm Home

1/24/06 Pitt-Bradford 8:00pm Away

1/27/06 LaRoche 8:00pm Away

1/28/06 Lake Erie 4:00pm Away

1/31/06 Penn. St. Behrend 8:00pm Away

2/4/06 Hilbert 4:00pm Home

2/7/06 Pitt-Bradford 8:00pm Home

2/10/06 Frostburg State 8:00pm Home

2/11/06 Pitt-Greensburg 4:00pm Home

2/17/06 Mt. Aloysius 8:00pm Away

2/18/06 Penn. St. Altoona 4:00pm Away

Medaille College Women’s Basketball 2005-06 ScheduleDate Host School Time Site

11/18 & 19 Medaille Tip Off TBA Home

11/28/05 Alfred TBA Away

11/30/05 D’Youville 6:00pm Home

12/2/05 Lake Erie 6:00pm Home

12/3/05 La Roche 2:00pm Home

12/10/05 St. John Fisher TBA Away

12/15/05 RIT TBA Away

1/7/06 Hilbert 2:00pm Away

1/10/06 Buff State TBA Home

1/13/06 Pitt-Greensburg 6:00pm Away

1/14/06 Frostburg State 2:00pm Away

1/17/06 Penn St. Behrend 6:00pm Home

1/20/06 Penn St. Altoona 6:00pm Home

1/21/06 Mt. Aloysius 2:00pm Home

1/24/06 Pitt-Bradford 6:00pm Away

1/27/06 La Roche 6:00pm Away

1/28/06 Lake Erie 2:00pm Away

1/31/06 Penn St. Behrend 6:00pm Away

2/4/06 Hilbert 2:00pm Home

2/7/06 Pitt-Bradford 6:00pm Home

2/10/06 Frostburg State 6:00pm Home

2/11/06 Pitt-Greensburg 2:00pm Home

2/17/06 Mt. Aloysius 6:00pm Away

2/18/06 Penn. St. Altoona 2:00pm Away

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Date Host School Time Site

1/15/06 Rivier College 1:00pm Home

1/28,29 Stevens Institute TBA Away

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2/2/06 D’Youville College 7:00pm Home

2/7/06 Nazareth College 7:00pm Home

2/21/06 Nazareth College 7:00pm Away

2/27/06 Clarke College 7:00pm Home

3/2/06 D’Youville College 7:00pm Away

3/4-3/5 Endicott College TBA Away

3/19/06 Carthage College 7:00pm Home

3/31-4/2 NECVA TBA Away

4/6-4/8 Molten Champs TBA TBA

4/8/06 ECAC TBA TBA

*More contests to be scheduled

SEASONPREVIEWSMEN’S BASKETBALLThe Mavericks enter the - men’s basketball campaign with optimism. Season ending injuries and a very young squadmade for a very trying year last season. The optimism stems fromthe fact that both of the injured student-athletes are returning as well as many of the freshmen that gained valuable experience.“I believe we addressed a lot of our needs in recruiting. We willadd several transfer players from other four-year institutions,” said Coach Dick Hack, entering his second season as theMavericks head coach. “Those players are expected to bring additional leadership as well as experience on the collegiate level.We have added height, quickness and depth. This recruiting class will provide much stronger competition in practice. All players will be competing for starting positions and other roleson the team. Success this coming season will be predicated onthis competition daily in practice.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLThe Lady Mavs will try to top their first twenty-win season in2005-06. The nucleus of the team will return, featuring foursophomores who started as freshmen, and a talented group offreshmen recruits. The key to their third consecutive winningcampaign will be how well everyone learns to get along, and howquickly a team-first attitude is established. Key returnees areAmanda Baker (AMCC Co-Player of the Year), Marisa Clark(All-Conference), Amanda Walling, Kim Sendlak, Lauren Smith,Sara Lewis and Rachel Boice. The newcomers feature CarissaFerrucci (All- WNY), Brenlyn Campbell (All-WNY), MollyBrewer, Claire Davies, Heather Belmont, and first-year studentsJanessa Vandegriff, Kortney Smithers and Lisa Aunger. Afterbeing invited to their first post season tournament (ECAC), thegoal this year is to gain a berth to the NCAA Tournament.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALLThe Men’s Volleyball Team will look to build on last year’s success, which featured a 19-10 overall record, a perfect 6-0 divisional record and a berth in the Molten Championships, theDivision III national “Final Four” tournament, for the secondyear in a row.

The team is returning every starter from last year’s team includingseniors Erik Hartman and Mark Glende. Juniors Jake Beiter,Brett Wood, Greg Wlosinski and Mark Steinel, as well as sophomore Drew Lewandowski will also be expected to lead the Mavericks. Significant contributions are expected from senior Matt Coleman and junior Nick Manolakos.

For more information on Medaille College athletics, visit http://www.medaille.edu/mavericks/.

JOIN THE MEDAILLE COLLEGE

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The Maverick Booster Club plays a vital role in achievingour goal of athletic excellence. With your support, we can

expand our funding base to meet the many challenges aheadand turn more dreams of our teams into realities.

We encourage you to visit one of the many athletic events taking place throughout the year. If you have any questions,

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CAMPUSKUDOSDr. Stephanie Argentine, AssistantProfessor, Business, was awarded a majorconsulting contract with Park Associates,owners of nursing homes in New York andIndiana. She developed and will be present-ing human resources management trainingprograms for administration and staff.

Dr. Virginia Batchelor, Assistant Professor,Education, was the reviewer of conferenceproposals for the Association of TeacherEducation and a judge at the NAACP ACT-SO, Afro-Academic Cultural TechnologicalScientific Olympics held here in Buffalo inMarch 2005.

Dr. Alan Bigelow, Professor, Humanities,recently posted a new interactive story onthe web at www.SavingTheAlphabet.com.This is a new type of fiction which is created entirely in Flash.

Dr. Alice Blake-Stalker, AssistantProfessor, Education, along with her stu-dents, developed instructional materialsbased on the children’s books, Dinner atAunt Connie’s and Bread and Culture.These were presented at the Castellani Art Museum in Lewiston, New York.

Dr. Blake-Stalker also presented“Addressing Diversity in Teacher EducationProgrammes: Syllabi Analysis and FacultyResources and Needs Assessment Survey”in Montreal, Canada, for the AmericanEducational Research Association. Shealso presented “A Creative CollaborationBetween a Teacher Education Program anda Museum” through the auspices of theNew York Association of Colleges forTeacher Education/New York StateAssociation of Teacher Educators, SaratogaSprings, New York, 2005.

Dr. Terri K. Borchers, Assistant Professor,Humanities, had her paper “Elizabeth Bishop,The Unhomely, and The UnaccomodatedOther” accepted for publication and presentation at the Hawaii InternationalConference on Arts and Humanities, Jan 11-14, 2006, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Suzanne D’Amato, Assistant Professor,Humanities, has authored two major entriesin the new five-volume Encyclopedia ofAnthropology, to be published by SAGE inJanuary 2006. One entry is titled “Educationand Anthropology” and the other“Mythology.”

Courtney Grim, Associate Professor, MediaCommunications, was selected as one ofthe artists to exhibit in the Albright Knox’sBi-Regional exhibition entitled, “Beyond/InWestern New York.”

Linda Herman, Associate Professor, Library, was awarded the National 2005Louis Fishman Advocacy Award at theParkinson’s Action Network Public PolicyForum in Washington, D.C. This annualaward honors a PAN State or CongressionalCoordinator for their advocacy efforts in the fight against Parkinson’s Disease.

Dr. Brad Hollingshead, AssociateProfessor, Humanities, is the recipient ofthe 2005 Dr. Brian R. Shero TeachingExcellence and Campus Leadership Award, and gave the keynote address to student honorees at the 2005 MedailleCollege Honors Convocation.

Dr. Judith Horowitz, Associate Professor,Social Sciences, has been appointed as theInterim Dean of the College of Adult andGraduate Studies.

Mark Lavatelli, Professor, Humanities,mounted a one-person exhibition of hispaintings at the Flickinger Center, NicholsSchool. The exhibition was entitled “TaosPaintings” and featured large oil on canvasand medium-sized encaustic on panelpaintings made by Lavatelli during histhree-month artist residency at the HeleneWurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico inTaos.

Dr. Michael P. Lillis, Associate Professor,Business, has been appointed to theEditorial Review Board for the SAMAdvanced Management Journal.

Seana Logsdon, Assistant Professor,General Education, presented “Old HabitsDie Hard: Teaching Active Learning toCollege Freshmen” at the 2005 FreshmanYear Experience National Conference.

Dr. Gerald J. Erion, Assistant Professor, Humanities, presentedhis paper “Student Relativism” at “Future Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophy”, aninternational conference that met July 1-2 at the University of Leeds (UK) and the first conference on the teaching of philosophy ever convened in Great Britain. Details on the conferencecan be found at http://www.prs-ltsn.ac.uk/philosophy/events/conference.html

Erion also has been chosen to present “‘Everything is Relative?’ Cross-DisciplinaryLessons From the Scholarship of Philosophical Pedagogy” at the InternationalSociety for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference in Vancouver,BC, on October 14-16, 2005.

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Ilona Middleton, Professor, Director ofLibraries, was the 2004-2005 President ofthe Western New York/Ontario Chapter ofthe Association of College and ResearchLibraries, part of the National AmericanLibrary Association. In this capacity, Prof.Middleton oversaw the development of twoU.S./Canadian Library Conferences whosethemes dealt with, among other things, thenew technologies and library researchservices in the 21st century.

Robert E. Nesslin, CME, Assistant Professorat Medaille’s Accelerated LearningPrograms, Amherst Campus, has been re-elected Chair of Faculty Council for 2005-06.The Council is composed of five faculty-elected representatives and coordinatesthe work of the 11 faculty committees andserves as a liaison with the President,administrators and the Board of Trustees.Nesslin is also serving a second term asVice President for Education with BuffaloNiagara Sales and Marketing Executives.

Ethan Paquin, MFA, Assistant Professor,Humanities, had his third book of poetry,The Violence, released in September byAhsahta Press, and received favorableadvance notice in Publishers Weekly. Fallbook tour dates include stops in Paris,France, and the University ofMassachusetts Visiting Writers Series. Hispoems were published recently in ColoradoReview, Fence, Cincinnati Review and GulfCoast. He also presented a paper on RobertAltman’s film “Three Women” at the 30thannual West Virginia University Colloquiumon Literature and Film, Sept. 15-17.

Dr. Paul Parsons, Professor, SocialSciences, is the editor of The Journal forthe Professional Counselor.

Dr. Theodore W. Pelton, AssistantProfessor, Humanities, recently posted“Jack Slazy, Ma Scrazy,” an excerpt of his forthcoming novel Malcolm and Jack, in the web magazine, BlazeVox(http://www.blazevox.org.).

Pelton’s story, “Republicans and ErectileDysfunction,” appears in the most recentissue of Rain Taxi Review of Books andanother story, “Buffalo,” appears in themost recent issue of Submodern Fiction.Also, Pelton’s Starcherone Books awardedtheir 3rd annual manuscript prize to SaraGreenslit for her novel, The Blue of HerBody. The novel will be published byStarcherone Books in the fall of 2006.

Anne Pfohl, Instructor, Social Sciences, had her article “The Intersection ofPersonal and Professional Identity: The Heterosexual Supervisor’s Role inFostering the Development of SexualMinority Supervisees” appear in TheClinical Supervisor.

Louis J. Pozantides, Assistant Professor,Media Communications, was named as the 2004-2005 Professor of the Year as presented by the Medaille College StudentGovernment Association.

Dr. Todd Riniolo, Associate Professor,Social Sciences, along with three of hisstudents, has had an article accepted forpublication, entitled “Hot or Not: DoProfessors Perceived As PhysicallyAttractive Receive Higher StudentEvaluations?” The article will appear in The Journal of General Psychology.

Dr. Riniolo also had an article entitled “Is aLack of Cerebral Hemisphere Dominance aRisk Factor for Social ‘Conflictedness’?:Mixed-Handedness in Shyness andSociability” published in the journal,Personality and Individual Differences.

Dr. Susan Schroeder, Associate Professor,Education, presented a workshop entitled“Literacy and Urban Schooling” at the firstInternational Symposium on UrbanEducation and Intercultural Learning. Dr. Schroeder also was appointed to the Executive Board of WILLA, a specialinterest group of the National Council ofTeachers of English.

Dr. Karen Selby, Professor, Education, hada chapter, entitled “South AfricanEducation: the Growing Impact of ParentalChoice,” published in the book PromisingPractices for Family Involvement inSchooling Across the Continents.

Paul R. Shine, President of NorampacIndustries Lancaster division, will shareteaching responsibilities for MBA 660,which is an integrated research projectencompassing creating a business concept, preparing a feasibility plan, and delivering a completed business plan all in a seven-week period.

Marsha Swiatek, Guest Lecturer,Education, was recently appointed to the National Planning Committee of theNational Association of Teacher Educators.Swiatek also was elected VicePresident/President Elect and ProgramChair of the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Pi State and Delta Kappa GammaInternational, an organization of key women educators around the world.

Dr. Robert Guang Tian, Associate Professor,Business, had his article “Breakthrough the Invisible Barriers: Understanding Cross-cultural Issues in InternationalBusiness Communications” selected to be included in the book Cross-CulturalCommunication in Business Scenario, edited by Danteshwari Bhasker. The book will be published by the Instituteof Chartered Financial Analysts of India,Hyderabad, India.

He and his former students also co-authored the article “Food ServiceManagement and its Impact on CollegeOperations” which was accepted by the Journal of Foodservice BusinessResearch to be published in fall, 2005.

Andrew Yeager, Assistant Professor,Library, sits on the Greater Buffalo SchoolLibrary Board. In this capacity, he acts asliaison between the college community andthe school district.

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Medaille College DonatesTwo-Dozen Backpacks forWGRZ-TV Promotion Backpacks will be donated to needyschool children in WNY

Medaille College recently donated twodozen backpacks to this year’s WGRZ-TV promotion “2 Pack a Backpack.”Each year the NBC affiliate collects backpacks and school supplies to donateto needy school children in Western New York. The Medaille College store,along with the Medaille College athleticdepartment, teamed up to make thedonation to this year’s drive.

Members of the Lady Mavericks volley-ball team presented the backpacks toWGRZ’s Jodi Johnston during theDaybreak show at the Clarence WalMarton Friday, August 26, 2005. JuniorLauren Smith, an education major, spokewith Johnston on-air about the impor-tance of school children having the propersupplies in a learning environment. ■

Congressman Higgins Hosts Business Power Forum

On Saturday, June , , Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) hosted a forum in the Medaille College Lecture Hall to allow small business, industry leaders and the general public an opportunity to discuss how power costs impact their businesses.“Western New York has a unique natural resource in Niagara Falls that generates thecleanest, cheapest hydropower in the United States,” said Congressman Higgins. “Yet the cost of doing business in this region is greatly impacted by high utility prices.”Topics of discussion included the New York Power Authority’s Niagara Power Projectlicense, which must be filed by August of , as well as the topics of replacement and expansion power. ■

Government Affairs

During April and May of this year,Medaille College President, Joseph A.Bascuas, Ph.D., and Director forGovernment, Corporate and FoundationRelations, Vince Clark, traveled toWashington, D.C., to meet with theCollege’s Congressional delegation several times. The effort was made to create stronger relationships between the College and its representatives inWashington, D.C.

The Medaille delegation met with thestaff of Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) and Senator Charles Schumer torequest government funding for renova-tions of the College’s Main Building andto help start a Pharmacy program at theCollege. While no commitment wasmade, the requests were well received andare currently pending.

The delegation also met with SenatorHilary Clinton and her Deputy Chief ofStaff, Chris Balderston. This meeting presented the College with a wonderfulopportunity to establish a direct relation-ship with Senator Clinton and her staff.As a result, members of the Medaille fac-ulty and staff are currently working withSenator Clinton’s office on an excitingjoint venture to benefit Medaille studentsand the greater Western New York community.

“I was very pleased to have an opportuni-ty to raise the College’s profile within akey constituency on Capitol Hill,” Dr.Bascuas said. “I look forward to workingtogether to ensure that our studentsreceive an outstanding educational experi-ence here at Medaille.”

Clark will lead efforts to build upon therelationships that have been establishedover the past year with our CongressionalDelegation and their staffs. ■

Michele Peruzzini, Nicole Schuth, Jodi Johnston, Heather Belmont and Lauren Smith

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Medaille College recently received a, grant from the James H.Cummings Foundation to upgrade equipment used in the College’s sciencedepartment. The new equipment will beused to meet the immediate needs of students while also providing valuableequipment for a converted science suite.With plans moving forward to completelyrenovate the 1922 Main Building, this funding will also allow the college to expand its available laboratory space,upgrade its technology and expand itsprogram offerings.

With the Cummings grant, the Collegewill install a Liquid Chromatograph andGas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.The Liquid Chromatograph is used toseparate and identify chemicals in the liquid state. This equipment is an asset in the instruction of chemistry labs at various levels. The Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer is also used to separateand identify unknown chemicals. The GC-MS is another instrumentwhich is widely used in industry and scientific research and will provide students with hands-on experience, which is an advantage as they pursueentry-level careers in science. ■

Medaille Receives Grant from Cummings Foundation

The recently adopted Strategic Plan reaf-firms Medaille College’s commitment tocontinue meeting the educational needsof adults as well as the more traditionalage undergraduate students. In addition,it also calls for a significant increase in thenumber of graduate offerings.

The Strategic Plan recognizes that each of these three populations has unique anddifferent needs and therefore calls for programs and academic structures appro-priate to the needs of each group.

Specifically, the Plan calls for the creationof three academic units, one that wouldaddress the needs of traditional age under-graduate students, the UndergraduateCollege; a second that would sponsor programs geared toward adult learnersand those seeking professional education;and a third “college” that would includeall graduate programs.

With the arrival of Dr. Doug Howard asour new Vice President of AcademicAffairs, Medaille has begun to implementthis part of the Strategic Plan. Whileeventually there will be a three-collegestructure, Medaille has started by addingthe School of Adult and GraduateEducation [SAGE] that will include theadult and professional programs alongwith all of our graduate offerings.

Medaille is proceeding with caution andwill use the first year or so to nail downthe various implications of this changeand the processes necessary for the newSchool to function independently of the Undergraduate College.

Dr. Norman Muir will continue to leadthe Undergraduate College. Dr. JudyHorowitz has been appointed as theInterim Dean of the School of Adult and Graduate Education. ■

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Strategic Plan Update

Golf ClassicThe Medaille College Golf Classic was rainedout on September 26, 2005, and rescheduled for October 17, 2005. Fortunately, the weathercooperated on the new date and golfersenjoyed a beautiful, brisk autumn day filled with sunshine.

Over 130 golfers took to the links at TransitValley Country Club for the second MedailleCollege Golf Classic, which had SavarinoConstruction as the main event sponsor. Thetournament raised more than $60,000 for studentscholarships and a good time was had by all.

After receiving welcoming gifts, including aMedaille rain jacket, golfers started the daywith a buffet lunch and some practice on thedriving range and putting green. At noon, par-ticipants went to their respective tees to attackthe fairways of Transit Valley.

As the leaves were changing, golfers enjoyedclosest to the pin, and longest and straightestdrive contests, as well as the chance to “Beatthe Coach” on the putting green for prizes.

After the day on the links, guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and were generous in theirsupport of the College by participating in asilent auction and business card raffle. Theauction featured signed memorabilia from theBills and Sabres, a color television, gift certifi-cates from local merchants and restaurants,and an autographed Goo-Goo Dolls guitar.

Special thanks go out to Tom Donahoe,President and General Manager of the BuffaloBills, who returned as the Golf ClassicChairman, to the entire Golf Classic Committee,to all the volunteers who helped run the event, and to Mother Nature for getting it righton the second try.

WHO’SNEWS

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT:

Luis BorgesAssistant Professor

Robert TianAssociate Professor

Lonni WilsonAssistant Professor

GENERAL EDUCATION:

Adam KaulAssistant Professor

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:

Alice Blake-StalkerAssistant Professor

Claudia ConwayAssistant Professor

Elaine CorreaAssistant Professor

Suzanne D’AmatoAssistant Professor

Belete MebratuAssistant Professor

Louis SandlerAssistant Professor

Thomas ScheiraAssistant Professor

Susan SchroederAssociate Professor

Karen SelbyProfessor, Chairperson

Lawrence SformoAssistant Professor

Scott CorrigallInstructor

Carol O’ConnorInstructor

Donald O’ConnorInstructor

Mary Beth ScumaciInstructor

MATH & SCIENCE DEPART-MENT:

Vochita MihaiAssistant Professor

HUMANITIES:

Mary Louis HillAssistant Professor

MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS:

Haydar SadigAssociate Professor

E. Susan WeberAssistant Professor

VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY:

Diane BreczkaVeterinary Technician (10-month)

Kelly Valentine, LVTVeterinary Technician

SOCIAL SCIENCES:

Bridget MarinaccioAssistant Professor

Anne PfohlInstructor

ACADEMIC SKILLS CENTER:

Lori DuVallSecretary for Academic SkillsCenter

Accelerated LearningProgram, ROCHESTER:

Cheryl KleistAssistant Professor

Lori LaneyAssistant Professor

Michael WallaceAssistant Professor

Lorraine Beach-HornerBranch Campus Director

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE:

Judith HorowitzAssociate Professor/InterimDean of the School of Adult& Graduate Studies

Douglas HowardVP Academic Affairs

ADMISSIONS:

Kelly EaganAssistant Director ofAdmissions

Susan GreenwaldExecutive Director ofAdmissions

David LuzerAssociate Director ofAdmissions

FINANCIAL AID:

Susan O’LearyFinancial Aid Clerk

Tammi GaineyOffice Manager

STUDENT AFFAIRS:

Ronald BeiterEmployer RelationsCoordinator

Karen KingDirector of Special Programs

Monika ThompsonDirector of MulticulturalEducation and Diversity

Tressa WilberAssistant Director ofResidence Life forProgramming

ATHLETICS:

Daniel KrzyzanowiczDirector of SoccerOperations, Head Women’sLacrosse Coach, and Strength& Conditioning Coordinator

Robyn VenturaHead Softball & Women’sCross-Country Coach andEquipment Supervisor

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT:

Richard DavisVP InstitutionalAdvancement

Gwyn BeyerAdministrative Assistant to Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Kara KerwinWeb Editor

Detra McTierGrants Writer

Vicki WardOperations/Office Manager

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE:

Matthew CarverController-Planning andBudgeting

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Charles GradowskiVP of Business and Finance

Katleen WisniewskiAdministrative Assistant toVP, Business & Finance

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

Iran AlbuezInformation TechnologyTechnician

CAMPUS ENHANCEMENT:

Thomas BapstCarpenter’s Assistant

Joseph CastigliaCarpenter’s Assistant

Anthony LamonicaCarpenter

Domenic LibertaCampus EnhancementTechnician

During the previous academic year, Medaille College announcedthe appointment of several new administrators.

Dr. Douglas W. Howard was named as the Vice President ofAcademic Affairs. In this role at Medaille College, Dr. Howardwill work proactively with the president, faculty and staff toreview academic plans and planning processes for Medaille’sfuture growth and development. Most recently, Dr. Howard wasAssociate Provost at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.While in that position, Dr. Howard was responsible for facultydevelopment, assessment, academic advising, and career services.

Richard Davis was recently hired as the new Vice President forInstitutional Advancement. For the last five years, Davis has beenthe Vice President for Institutional Advancement at AlverniaCollege in Reading, PA, where he was responsible for institutingnew advancement practices, significantly increasing President’sCircle donors and doubling alumni participation in the annualfund. Prior to joining Alvernia, Davis was the Vice President forInstitutional Advancement at the College of St. Scholastica (MN)and the Chief Administrative Officer, Institutional Advancement,at Mount Mary College (WI).

OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY:

James HeuserPublic Safety Officer

Lucas LangworthyPublic Safety Officer

Alan OrtizPublic Safety Officer

Christina PasternackPublic Safety Officer

David RicePublic Safety Officer

Joseph BartolottaPublic Safety Officer

Gregory HerzogPublic Safety Officer

Katherine O’NeillPublic Safety Officer

John SullivanPublic Safety Officer

James ZsirosPublic Safety Officer

Lorraine Beach-Horner is the new Branch Campus Director for the Rochester Accelerated Learning Programs. Beach-Hornercomes to us with 13 years of administrative experience at SUNYDelhi. While at SUNY Delhi, Lorraine served in various rolesincluding Residence Life, EOP Counselor, Director of FinancialAid and Director of Continuing Education and CorporateServices.

Matthew Carver has been named Controller-Planning andBudgeting. Carver formerly served as a Lead Weapons SystemBudget Analyst for the United States Air Force.

The Medaille College Admissions Office named SusanGreenwald as the Executive Director of Admissions, David Luzer as Associate Director of Admissions, and Kelly Eagan as Assistant Director of Admissions. The Office also promoted Thomas D. Iwankow ‘05 MSEDto Assistant Director of Admissions.

The Student Affairs Office appointed Kerry Dieckman as the Director of Student Activities, Karen King as the Director of Special Programs, and Monika Thompson as Director ofMulticultural Education and Diversity.

Medaille College Names New Administrators

Learning ProgramsLearning ProgramsA c c e l e r a t e d

The Rochester Accelerated LearningProgram’s MBA-004R cohort completedtheir MBA program on August 29, 2005.The five graduates included MelissaLuedemann, Jennifer McCauley, SteveMcDermott, Cheryl McKeiver and LaurieSwagler.

The cohort gave a presentation on theirfinal project, titled “‘How I Grow’ SeriesBusiness Plan.” This project is unique inthat it is a complete business plan pre-pared for a real organization that exists in Rochester. The “How I Grow” series isa not-for-profit agency that is committedto the development of well-adjustedinfants and babies of at-risk teens throughthe eight stages of development by offering a free DVD series. It is veryexciting that their work will be imple-mented and utilized by this organization. Dr. Judith Horowitz, the Interim Deanfor the School of Adult and GraduateEducation, attended the presentation onand said, “This was a great presentation.

As of September , , the Amherst Accelerated Learning Program welcomed

M.S.Ed. students to the facilities at and Essjay Road. Students attend classesMondays through Saturdays in two-day formats. The evening and Saturday acceleratedbusiness programs currently have about students enrolled, also at Essjay. At Commencement this past May, approximately Amherst and Rochester studentsgraduated with undergraduate and graduate degrees.

The work these students did provides awonderful example of how they’ll applytheir recently acquired knowledge andskills in a real-life setting.”

Loraine Beach-Horner, the new BranchCampus Director, said, “We are veryproud of our graduates and the work theyhave done to assist this organization andto improve the community.”

Lorraine Beach-Horner is the newBranch Campus Director for theRochester Accelerated Learning

Programs. Beach-Horner comes toMedaille with 13 years of administrative

experience at SUNY Delhi. While atSUNY Delhi, Lorraine served in various

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Medaille College was founded as an insti-tution to prepare teachers. While a strongeducation program continues to makeMedaille a leader among Western NewYork colleges and universities, Medaillehas also made quite a mark north of theborder. 375 new students joined theMedaille Canadian Teacher EducationProgram at Medaille’s Amherst Campusthis September, more new Canadian stu-dents than any other college in WNY.

Robert DiSibio, Director of the CanadianTeacher Education Program, came toMedaille three years ago. He explains thatcompetition is the biggest factor drivingCanadian students to Medaille.

“In Ontario, there are five big universitiesthat offer the teaching program and theylimit the number of students they allowinto the program,” DiSibio says. “Theyadmit 1,000-1,500 a year out of 30,000applicants and choose the best and bright-est. They are accepting “A” students, so“B” students need to find a place to gettheir education. And they come from very far away - some of our students aredriving 5-6 hours to get here.”

The Canadian Teacher EducationProgram currently hosts 450 weekday students. Class times run from 9-12 inthe morning and 1-4 in the afternoon,two days a week. The majority of thesestudents are Canadian, with a fewAmerican students mixed in. There arealso two weekend groups, one at Amherstwith approximately 60 students andanother on the Main Campus that has 30 students, all Canadians.

DiSibio came to Medaille in 2001 andwas the Chair of the EducationDepartment for two years before movingout to Amherst. Last year, he became afull-time administrator and the programhad about 240 Canadian students. Today,there are almost 600, and DiSibio citesseveral factors for the program’s success.

“This increase is due in part to a coordinated effort between me and theadmissions department,” DiSibio says.“Originally, the program had a four-days-per-week bachelor’s program, and now we have a two-days-a-week master’s program, which is much more competitive. We also go into Canadawith our recruitment efforts; we don’t sit and wait for them to come to us.”

Another major factor in the program’ssuccess is the outstanding faculty atMedaille.

“The real success is because of the facul-ty,” DiSibio remarks. “Canadian studentscome here because of the dedication andlevel of professionalism among the facul-ty, so they deserve most of the credit forthe program being as strong as it is. Theyare sensitive to the student’s needs andthey work hard to prepare these students.When you combine strong teachers withstudents who are very serious about learn-ing, you can do nothing but win.

“As a teacher, you have first-hand experi-ences in the teaching-learning process,”DiSibio continues. “Your goal is to teachthem as much as possible so that whenthey go into their student teaching ortheir teaching career, you can feel goodabout it as a teacher. I think that is theaspiration of all Education professors at Medaille, that is to provide as muchapplied practical experience to the

students to prepare them for good studentteaching and then to be good futureteachers.”

DiSibio says that Canadian students arevery focused, very serious about getting agood education, and very dedicated sothey can go back and teach in Ontario.

“There is an intrinsic push with these students because they are paying morethan the universities in Ontario cost, theyare coming from far away, and they areinvesting significant time which limitstheir ability to maintain a job,” DiSibiosays. “But they have a desire to teach inOntario and their job market is good.”

Regardless of whether the students areAmerican or Canadian, or whether theyattend the Amherst or Main Campus, the values of Medaille are still present.

“Medaille is dedicated to working withthe individual student,” DiSibio remarks.“The College is truly interested in thesuccess of the students who go here. And I still feel that sense of community, a bond between everyone involved withlearning at Medaille.”

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YOUR CHANGING CAMPUS

From these aerial views, the Medaille Collegecampus once looked much different than it does today.

The top photo, taken prior to 1955, shows an era when the Main Building, plus green space,made up the entire College campus.

The bottom photo was taken in 1957, one yearafter the completion of Scholastica Hall whichadded significant class room space and livingquarters. Today, Scholastica Hall is known asHuber Hall, named after former Medaille CollegePresident Sister Alice Huber.

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From June -, , Medaille Collegehosted an All Years Reunion, its first since. More than people enjoyed aweekend filled with events such as theAlumni Golf Tournament, a tent partymixer, and the installation of the -

Alumni Officers.

Those in attendance provided the best reviews -

“I had a great time. I enjoyed seeing somany old friends and appreciated theopportunity to get together with them.Everything, from golf through the tentparty, was perfect. It was all I hoped forand more.”– Gregg O’Shei ‘85 MC

“I really enjoyed the history presentationand the social event on Saturday evening.I recently graduated from the MBA program and it was a great opportunityfor me to relax and enjoy time with several other alumni that were also in the program. For the first time in quite a while I could talk to my professors and not feel anxious because I had to analyze a Harvard case study.”– Christine Koch ‘05 MBA

“You did an incredible job on thereunion, from the people to the events!!Can’t wait to see some of those photos. I had the best time looking back andcatching up.”– Eileen Buckley ‘85 MC

“I had a blast over the weekend. It wastoo cool. It was so good for the soul. It was great to see everybody and howmuch the college has grown!”– Heidi Klosterman ‘85 MC

“The opportunity to reminisce with classmates, professors, and other collegestaff and to catch up on our lives awayfrom Medaille was fantastic. To tie ourexperiences at Medaille with our successesin the world of work made the reunionthat much more meaningful.”– John Barry ‘95 ED and Alumni Board President

“I wanted to express my sincere appreciation for last weekend’s “All YearsReunion” held at the school. I have notbeen on campus in quite some time and

I was very impressed with the manychanges on campus. As a graduate in 1987, the only physical change I witnessed first hand was the beginningstages of the Downey Wing connected to the original building. You can onlyimagine how impressed I was with thephysical tour of the campus.”– Craig Bamberg ‘87 MC

“Thank you for being such a good host! It was a blast!!!”– Tom Pfeufer ‘88 MC

“It was obvious to me that we all had aspecial connection, even though it hasbeen 20 years since we all last connected.Looking forward to our next get together.”– John Langan ‘84 MC

“The All Years Reunion was a spectacularevent. It was great to see some old facesand reconnect with people that I probablywouldn’t have otherwise crossed pathswith. I think people were genuinelyimpressed with all that’s gone on at Medaille over the past few years.”– Neil Dengler ‘97 SM and Alumni Board Vice President

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Medaille graduates enjoyed reconnecting withfriends and Medaille at the 2005 All Years Reunion.

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Dear Fellow Alumni,

As we celebrate the start of the ’-’ school year and all it has in store, it reminds me whyMedaille College is so important in my life. ■ ■ ■ In many respects, Medaille College has beenlike a parent for me. She has given us a safe haven for the free exchange of ideas, and turned manyof us from children to adults and from workers to professionals. She has provided a nurturing environment but also forced us to make choices and to live with our decisions.

Medaille, like our biological families, has impacted each of us greatly and as a result it is up to us to celebrate her legacy and to ensure her continued and ongoing success. ■ ■ ■ On behalf of the- Alumni Association, I would like to let each of you know that this year we will place a significant emphasis on highlighting the success stories of our individual alumni members and creating opportunities for networking that will benefit Medaille and each of you individually. We will draw strength from each other and the collective talents of an extremely successful association.

In our personal lives, many of us have become caretakers of our own parents. Medaille, our otherparent, needs our help on many levels. Please be ready to answer your call to help give back to thisnurturing lady in the upcoming months and years ahead. It is our turn to show our appreciationfor the role she has played in making us who we are today. ■ ■ ■ I look forward to a very success-ful year, one in which all alums and the College itself have opportunities to excel through participa-tion and recognition. After all, a family can accomplish much more than any one member.

Sincerely,

John Barry ‘ , Alumni Association President AlumniAwardsOn Saturday, June 4th, as part of the 2005 All YearsReunion, Medaille College presented Alumni Awards tofive individuals who have distinguished themselvesthrough their association with Medaille and played a role in the success of the College.

2005 Distinguished Career Award- Christopher A. Musial ‘80 MCChris Musial graduated from Medaille College in 1980with a Media Communications degree and has been amember of the WIBV-TV, Channel 4 News Departmentsince his Medaille College internship in 1978. He wasrecently named President and General Manager of thestation after serving as News Director for a number ofyears.

2005 Community Service Award - Robby Takac ‘86 MCRobby Takac has dedicated a great deal of time and effortinto enhancing the Western New York community eventhough his schedule is very demanding as a member ofthe band Goo Goo Dolls. Robby is passionate about theactivities of his Music is Art Foundation, which promotesmusicians and artists in Western New York by encourag-ing involvement through schools and community events.

2005 Young Alumni Award - Jill Azzarello ‘02 BBA, ‘05 MBAJill Azzarello graduated with her Associate’s Degree in2000, a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Administrationin 2002, and a Masters in Business Administration from

Medaille College in May 2005. Professionally, Jill works at Iimak, a manufacturer and distributor of thermal transfer ribbons, where she is a Senior Distribution Sales Representative responsible for managing a one- million dollar territory.

2005 Distinguished Faculty Award - Karen A. SchiavoneKaren Schiavone served at Medaille College from 1966 to 1998. In addition to teaching, Karen held variouspositions within the Institution, including Reading CenterDirector, Director of Professional Studies, Registrar, and chairperson of both the Elementary Education andHuman Services departments.

2005 Honorary Alumni Award - John MurphyJohn Murphy is the Sports Director for WKBW Channel 7News as well as the Radio Play-by-Play announcer forthe Buffalo Bills Radio Network. Murphy has been a greatfriend and supporter of Medaille College for many years.He has helped several students gain valuable experiencethrough internships, has been a guest lecturer for theMedia Communications program and volunteered hisservices to be the master of ceremony for the inauguralMedaille College Golf Classic in 2004.

For more information on the Medaille College Alumni Awards recipients, visithttp://www.medaille.edu/news/alumawards05.asp

Neil Dengler, Alumni Association Vice President,and Medaille College President Dr. JosephBascuas present the 2005 Honorary Alumni Awardto Channel 7 Sports Director John Murphy.

2005 Distinguished Faculty Award accepted by Karen Schiavone

WIVB-TV President Chris Musialaccepts the 2005 Distinguished Career Award

The 2005 Community Service Award is accepted by the parents of Robby Takac

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Sharon Syracuse ‘73 EDSecond Grade Teacher, Team Leader,Williamsville Central Schools, Forest Elementary

Sharon Syracuse ‘73 ED is in her 33rdyear teaching at Forest Elementary Schoolin the Williamsville Central SchoolDistrict, where she is currently a secondgrade teacher. She is also a Team Leader,where she is responsible for making sureeveryone works as a team, communicat-ing information from the administrationand enabling knowledge sharing amongteachers.

She started at Medaille in 1969, when theCollege was much smaller.

“I came from Mt. St. Mary’s and my parents wanted me to keep my educationparochial,” Syracuse says. “I liked theclasses and the sense of community I sawat Medaille. Going from Mt. St. Mary’s toMedaille was easy because they felt thesame - even some of the buildings lookedthe same. Plus there were four other girlsfrom the Mount that went to Medaille foreducation as well, so it felt right.”

“It was a great community,” Syracusecontinues. “It was small enough whereyou got to know everybody. I left therewith an excellent education and left withmany friends I still have today.”

She also fondly remembers socializingwith students and teachers.

“One time we had a spaghetti dinner atthe nuns’ house up in Wilson, NY, andwe had 100 students there,” Syracusesays. “And in 1972, two of the facultyand six of us students went to Europe for23 days and we had the best time. Thosememories are the ones I keep with me.”

Syracuse values the education she receivedat Medaille, saying when she walked intoher first classroom, she knew more thanteachers who had years of experience.

“The quality of education at Medaille wasreally top-notch,” Syracuse says. “It wasthe only school that had a concentrationon reading and we received 18 hours ofliteracy instruction at the undergraduatelevel. Medaille was ahead of its time, evenfor the 70’s. When I graduated I got a jobright away because of the way Medailleprepared teachers for reading.

“Medaille also gave us the value of sharingwith one another,” Syracuse continued.“Sharing what we’ve learned and not to take ownership of ideas. It was verynon-competitive amongst my classmates.Maybe that was the Catholic tradition, or maybe it was because we were the bestprepared students in Western New York.”

Syracuse also taught night school atMedaille in the ‘80s. She was an AdjunctProfessor who taught the TeachingMethods and Materials class for threeyears. She enjoys teaching and has noplans to slow down.

“I still enjoy the job and plan to stay hereuntil retirement,” Syracuse states. “I willstay as long as I am enjoying it. I tell myco-workers that when I’m not enjoying itto kick me out the door. I love helpingkids discover learning and I always will.”

In her free time, Syracuse loves to travel.She went to Alaska last summer andbrought back lots of stuff for the class-room. She also loves golfing and is a

handicap.

TeachingTeachersTeachingTeachersGoing all the way back to its days as Mt. St. Joseph’s, Medaille College has a long his-tory of preparing the next generation of teachers. From the days of the DemonstrationSchool being housed on the first floor of the Main Building, school districts throughoutWestern New York have long turned to Medaille graduates to fill their ranks.

Today, Medaille College continues to provide a superior undergraduate experience,culminating in a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. The College also offers Master’s programs in Literacy, Curriculum and Instruction, and Early Childhood, along with therecently added Special Education program.

Medaille Magazine recently caught up with several education graduates.

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David Ward ‘73 EDThird grade teacher, Team Leader,Williamsville Central SchoolsMaple West Elementary

David Ward ‘73 ED is in his 18th year inthe Williamsville Central School Districtand his 17th at Maple West ElementarySchool. He started out his education byattending Villa Maria College where heearned an Associate’s Degree, then choseMedaille to further his education.

“Medaille was highly recommended for education by many people, including the teachers at Villa,” Ward says. “It had the same feel - small classes really appealed to me.”

Those recommendations were well founded, as Medaille helped set him on his career path.

“At the time, the whole college was dedi-cated to preparing teachers, specificallyin Elementary Education,” Ward says.

“We had a K-8 demonstration school onthe first floor which provided classroomsfor future teachers. We could go downand interact with the kids and observe, so it really helped us decide if we weregoing in the right direction.

“Medaille was really the place that helpedme recognize my own potential,” Wardcontinues. “I was not the number onestudent in high school and I didn’t findmyself academically until my junior yearwhen I realized I was on track to do whatI wanted with the rest of my life.”

He also has some fun and personal mem-ories of Medaille, including the interac-tion with faculty members.

“We received such tremendous supportand encouragement from the faculty towork with kids and get the most out ofour education,” Ward recalls. “And weused to socialize with them, and even hada faculty vs. the student body touch foot-ball game. I really reflect warmly on these

kinds of things. I also met my best friendat Medaille and married his sister.”

Ward has been very satisfied with hiscareer and looks forward to continuing atMaple West Elementary.

“I’ve had a terrific career so far,” Wardsays. “I’ve been very lucky. I taught inWest Virginia, I taught overseas and I did a lot of neat things that came fromteaching. I found the best job here inWilliamsville and I wouldn’t have beenable to make these leaps and boundswithout my Medaille education.”

Outside of the classroom, Ward serves onthe Board of Directors for Kids EscapingDrugs. He and his wide, Paula, run a parent’s support group at the RenaissanceHouse and volunteer at Children’sHospital. They have two grown children,Shelly and D.J.

St. Amelia’s School, Tonawanda

Kate Newton ‘00 EDKindergarten Teacher, St. Amelia School

Kate Newton ‘00 ED is in her sixth yearof teaching and her fourth year as akindergarten teacher at St. Amelia’sSchool. She was very active during hertime at Medaille.

“I was one of the girls who started thewomen’s basketball team and it is neat to

see them doing so well now,” Newtonsays. “I also worked in the AcademicSkills Center as a tutor and was a residentof the Humboldt houses.”

Newton was very pleased with the educa-tion she received at Medaille.

“Medaille prepared me for teaching byteaching us education standards and byrepetitions and practice in the schools,”Newton recalls. “I liked that we wereactually put into Mt. St. Joseph’s nextdoor to see if it was what we wanted todo. They also taught up-to-date technolo-gy and helped prepare us for things weuse everyday in class.”

Newton sees distinct characteristics ofMedaille graduates. “I’ve worked with afew Medaille graduates besides the oneshere at St. Amelia’s, and they are allgreat,” Newton says. “I’ve noticed thatMedaille grads have a similar style and alot of it is centered around being flexible,conscientious and dedicated - putting100% into everything.”

Outside of the classroom, Newton playssoftball and coaches softball and basket-ball. She looks forward to advancing ineducation.

“I look forward to continuing with education,” Newton remarks. “I have myMaster’s in reading and I hope somedayto be Master’s teacher of reading.”

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Nicole Lapham ‘02 ED, ‘05 M.S.Ed.Third Grade Teacher, St. Amelia School

Nicole Lapham ‘02 ED, ‘05 M.S.Ed., isin her fourth year as a third grade teacherat St. Amelia’s School. She found a senseof community at Medaille because of thesmall class sizes.

“I enjoyed attending Medaille for bothundergraduate and graduate work, and I loved working in our small groups,”Lapham says. “My best memory is under-graduate graduation. There were 12 of us who had gone through the programtogether. So we took up the whole firstrow and got to walk across stage together.”

In addition to being in a close-knit community, she felt Medaille gave her the tools to succeed as a teacher.

“The Medaille faculty presented differentideas of how to look at teaching - there isno right way or wrong way,” Laphamrecalls. “We got to put our ideas and ourpersonalities into our teaching. Also, theclassroom experiences at Medaille gave methe opportunity to learn that teaching iswhat I want to do, and that I can do it.

“I was really impressed with a Children’sWriting Workshop we took as part of ourMaster’s program,” Lapham continued.“The authors came in and we got tounderstand how and why they wrote theirbooks and you got to connect with thebook. Events like these made it more

interesting to us so we can make it moreinteresting to our students.”

During her undergraduate studies,Lapham was a work-study student andserved as an Admissions Ambassador. This past summer, she did a graduateassistantship in the Graduate and AdultAdmissions Office.

Jennifer Wielinski ‘02 ED, ‘05 M.S.Ed.Third Grade Teacher, St. Amelia School

Like her fellow Medaille graduates at St.Amelia’s, Jennifer Wielinski has beenteaching there for four years. And like hercolleagues, she appreciates Medaillebecause it was a nice small college withoutstanding academics and faculty.

“We worked in small groups - there were4-5 people who were in all of your classes

Sharon Aikens-Dzierba ‘01 M.S.Ed.Pre-Kindergarten Teacher, St. Amelia School

Sharon Aikens-Dzierba ‘01 M.S.Ed., hasbeen a pre-kindergarten teacher at St.Amelia’s School for four years. She had adifferent experience at Medaille than herSt. Amelia’s colleagues.

“I liked Medaille because older studentswere attending in the evening,” Aikens-Dzierba says. “At the time, there seemedto be a wave of people wanting to make acareer change and it was comfortable tosee other adult learners going for theirMaster’s Degree at Medaille.”

She also found the education at Medailleto be exceptional.

“I liked Medaille because they made itvery easy to do my student teaching, andVictor Burgio was an excellent teachingsupervisor for me,” Aikens-Dzierba says.“I also was impressed with the writing

workshops we went to. It allowed me tolearn a lot more about the writing processand understand what goes into writinggood story. I think it also helped meunderstand ways to teach the stories.”

Besides teaching, Aikens-Dzierba enjoyswatercolors and is hoping to write andillustrate her own story for children. Shealso is a Children’s Ministry Coordinatorat her church and a tutor at HuntingtonLearning Centers.

- so we were able to get comfortable withthe same group throughout the program,”Wielinski says. “During my studies atMedaille, I enjoyed all my professors. We were able to have the same teachers forseveral courses, and you got to know them.It made it easier to go into a new class.”

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She found that the education programprepared her for her career very well.

“I enjoyed Medaille for my undergraduateand graduate work because we were putright in our program,” Wieleinski says.“We had an opportunity to get right inthe schools and work with the children.We were always taught in hands-on situations, which made it very interesting.As a teacher, you have to be interested inwhat you are teaching. If the kids noticethat you’re not interested, they won’t be.This hands-on approach let you knowright away if teaching was right for youand provided us with the tools we neededto be successful.”

She also cherishes the friendships shemade at Medaille.

“Nicole and I met during our undergrad-uate studies, went to graduate schooltogether, and we are now working together,” she says. “Making these type of friends is probably my best memory of Medaille.”

Regina Becker ‘76 EDLiteracy Specialist, Holland CentralSchool District

Regina Becker ‘76 ED is in her 29th yearof teaching and is currently a LiteracySpecialist with the Holland CentralSchool District. She also is an AdjunctProfessor at Medaille, teaching Literacy in the Education Department. She is currently enrolled in the EducationAdministration program at St.Bonaventure and hopes to move up to the district level at some point.

“I’m going back to school because Iwould like to be an English LanguageArts Coordinator for a large district,”Becker says. “I think that I could be aLiteracy Principal because it is a veryimportant component and I think I coulddo a good job at that. Then I can take theextra courses to get a district certification

that would allow me to be an ELACoordinator, or even a Superintendent.”

Becker remembers the sense of communi-ty she felt at Medaille, and how it extend-ed to the faculty as well.

“The second floor of the Main Buildingwas our whole college,” Becker says. “The nuns lived on the third floor andthe demonstration school was on the first.We used to hang out in the Canteen and itwas a small room with vending machineswhere students could sit and talk. That’swhere students met between and afterclasses and got to know each other.

“My first class was with Ross Runfola andI came in a week or two after instructionhad started,” Becker continues. “He cameup to me and said not to worry, that heknew I was behind and that he would dowhatever he could to help me get caughtup. I’ve always remembered that. It wasvery instrumental to the way my careerturned out.”

Upon graduation, Becker found herselfher very employable, receiving an inter-view in Holland almost immediately. She credits the focus on Literacy, which is a vital component of any educationprogram.

“The opportunities coming out ofMedaille were unbelievable,” Becker says.“I applied to Holland right out of school,almost on a whim, and I got an interview.

It turns out the Principal always hiresMedaille grads because of the strong read-ing component.”

Looking at the past, Becker is veryimpressed with the recent growth ofMedaille College.

“The change at Medaille is just unbeliev-able,” Becker remarks. “Now they havedorms and a sports complex and it justwows you to think of where they camefrom. But the basic principles are stillthere - principles of friendship, personalattention from faculty, taking an interestin what you do. I still see that now and Itruly think Medaille is an important partof my career. Medaille is my first love.”

Joseph Torregrasso ‘02 EDDirector, Goodwill Technical TrainingCenter

Joseph Torregrasso ‘02 ED recently left elementary education to become aDirector at Goodwill Training Center,where he helps adults with mental andphysical disabilities to upgrade their computer skills. A career in teaching wasn’t always in his plans.

“I had been out of school for nineteenyears before I decided I wanted to get intoeducation,” Torregrasso says. “So I spokewith a professor from another college whotold me that Medaille was the only place

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I could be guaranteed the classes at nightthat are needed to graduate. So I visitedMedaille and talked to the educationdepartment, Maria Weimer in particular,and decided on Elementary Education.”

He was pleased with his decision toattend Medaille.

“I loved the size of the classes,”Torregrasso says. “The atmosphere in theevening was very focused and the studentsand faculty were great. You weren’t asocial security number. I would highlyrecommend the school and I still do toanyone I know. It was a home.

“When I first started school, I got this listof all these classes I had to take and I waswondering how I would ever make itthrough it,” Torregrasso continued. “Butby the time I graduated, I had an innerfeeling that there is nothing I can’tachieve. Medaille gave me the foundation,the skills set and the confidence to accom-plish what I have. Without all that, Iwould have never been able to do it.”

While he enjoyed his classwork atMedaille, he recalls that there was a transition period.

“Professor Alan Bigelow,” Torregrassorecalls. “I took his classes three times inone year. Early in the semester, I raisedmy hand and asked him if the Collegehad a service to type my paper. Aftersome oohs and aahs, he asked me howlong I had been out of school. I told him it been 19 years and he said, ‘Joe, we no longer type, we word process.’”

Torregrasso went on to get a Master’sDegree in Educational Leadership fromNiagara University and is currentlyenrolled in a Doctorate program at Nova Southeastern University, a school in Florida with cluster cohorts around the country. He would like to use his education to find a position as a principal, or a job teaching at the Collegeor University level.

“In Western New York, education majorsmight have to think about relocatingbecause there are so many teachers gradu-ating from area colleges and the supplyoutweighs the demand,” Torregrasso says.“However, I want to stay here if I can andI think there is, or will be, a shortage inadministrators. There are more opportu-nities along that career path.”

Torregrasso lives in Williamsville with hiswife Martha and their three children,Joey, Angelo and Julianna.

Parette Walker ‘88 ED CERTAssistant Principal, Buffalo Board ofEducation, Olmstedt School 64

Parette Walker ‘88 ED CERT has beenteaching at the elementary school level for11 years and has spent the last four as theAssistant Principal at Olmstedt School 64in the City of Buffalo. However, shefound the teaching bug after she complet-ed her initial education.

“I received a Communications degreefrom another school and found that thereweren’t a lot of jobs available in the fieldin Buffalo,” Walker recalls. “I started sub-bing in the Buffalo Public School systemand I just loved it, especially the interac-tion with the kids. So I decided to go backto school for my education certification.”

She was drawn to Medaille by the strong faculty.

“I chose Medaille because I had heardwonderful things about the instructorsand the classes at Medaille, and every-thing turned out to be true,” Walker says.“The teachers were very helpful. It was an intimate situation where they werealways there for us to help deal with anyproblems. Plus, they put me in real lifesituations where I got to practice readingtechniques with the children.”

Walker also found her fellow students tobe an important part of her education.

“My classmates were wonderful,” Walkerrecalls. “We always worked together onthings because the faculty pushed us towork in groups on our projects. In mostdistricts, teachers are working together, so the model fits real-life.”

After receiving her Education Certificate,Walker taught at the elementary schoollevel. She then earned a Certification inAdministration from Buffalo StateCollege, and was able to work her way up to the position of Assistant Principal at Olmstedt School 64. Listening to herspeak, you can sense she has found theright situation.

“I love the Buffalo School District,”Walker says. “I grew up there and went to Bennett High School. It is challengingand rewarding and I don’t want to goanywhere else. I also love educationbecause I enjoy just watching childrengrow and learn. I enjoy reading withthem and doing science experiments with them and seeing their faces.

Walker resides in Lancaster where shelives with her husband Marvin Jr. and her sons Brandon and Bradley.

Parette Walker ‘88 ED CERT

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CLASSnotes1970’sSharon (Mendola) Syracuse ‘73 ED is a second grade Teacher and a Team Leaderat Forest Elementary School.

Brian M. McIntosh ‘76 ED is a third gradeTalented Math teacher in the Houston (TX)Independent School District.

Debra M. Sobkowich ‘76 ED is a seventhgrade Teacher at Our Lady of Mount CarmelSchool in Ohio.

Phil DePaolo ‘77 MC is in CashManagement Sales at Sovereign Bank inRhode Island.

Pamela DePaolo ‘77 ED is a PayrollManager with Ronald Jamirault, CPA, Ltd., in Rhode Island.

Ellen Schranz ‘78 ED is a first grade Teacherwith Broward County Schools in Florida.

Ken Vetter ‘79 GS is the Director of theCenter for Growth and Regional Cooperationat the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

1980’sVanessa Anderson ‘80 ED is a pre-kinder-garten Teacher at Buffalo Public School 82.

Russell Beasor ‘80 HS, a Senior CorrectionsOfficer, reached the 25 years of service markat Attica Corrections Facility in 2005.

Robert Bradley ‘80 LS recently celebrated20 years as a Safety Officer at the RochesterPsychiatric Center, State of New York.

Barbara Chase ‘80 MC works in AccountsPayable for the Buffalo Municipal HousingAuthority.

Louis F. Chilelli ‘80 MC is a News photog-rapher at WKBW-TV and has been on thestaff for 25 years. He also is a VolunteerFirefighter with the Townline Fire District.

Lynn Davies ‘80 ED is a Supervisor of theLasik Surgery Center at Atwal Eye Care Center.

Christina Levine ‘80 LS is the Director ofCommunity Relations at Covenant Village LifeCare Retirement.

Cheryl N. Messore ‘80 MC is a MarketingManager with the Buffalo and Erie CountyBotanical Gardens. She also is a CertifiedDocent at the Darwin Martin House.

Peter Nikiel ‘80 MC is a Vice President,Marketing, with WTSP-TV (CBS) in Tampa,Florida.

Joseph “Jay” McDonnell ‘80 MC is thePresident of Custom Carpet Centers and wasrecently named a Chancellor for the JuvenileDiabetes Foundation.

Diane Penrod ‘80 MC is a Professor andDepartment Chair at Rowan University.

Karen (Anderson) Koller ‘81 LS is thePresident and CEO of RCap Solutions.

Joe Militello ‘81 MC is a Senior AdvertisingConsultant with Metro Community News.

Patrick Smith ‘81 MC is a Vice Presidentand Account Director with GSW Worldwide.

Fritz C. Van Leaven ‘81 MC is a MarketingDirector with Fisher Towne and Associates.

Chris Keller ‘82 LS is the Director ofAdmissions and Records at BloomsburgUniversity.

Richard Maloney ‘83 MC is a Web Editorand Reporter at Buffalo Business First.

Roger Puchalski ‘83 MC is the ManagingEditor of the Am-Pol Eagle. He also is theChair of Polish Culture Studies at CanisiusCollege, a Senior Visiting Lecturer in theCommunications Studies Program at NiagaraUniversity, and a Member of the MonroeFordham Regional History Committee atBuffalo State College.

Mike McKay ‘84 MC is a former NewsReporter with WBFO-FM, WBEN-AM andWGR-AM, and is currently involved withProgram Underwriting at WBFO-FM.

Nancy (Torres) Starzynski ‘84 MC is aResearch Director with the Star ledger (NJ).

Walt Gabalski ‘85 MC is employed by WXXIin Rochester.

Louis V. Morrocco ‘85 MC is a Gas ControlDispatcher at National Fuel Gas.

Gregg A. O’Shei ‘85 MC is an Officer in C-District with the Buffalo Police Department.

Maria Todd ‘85 MC is a Morning ShowPersonality with “Sam Malone and theMorning Show” on KRBE 104 Radio inHouston, Texas.

Leslie Parker Cohan ‘86 AM is a TribalCounsel for the Ho-Chunk Nation Departmentof Justice in Wisconsin. She also serves onthe Wisconsin State Bar’s Board of BarExaminers Review Committee.

Robert Dingwall ‘86 MC is a NewsOperations Coordinator with WKBW-TV.

Howard Lewis ‘86 BA is a Vice Presidentand Manager of the Investment BankingGroup at Bank of America.

Tom Vetter ‘86 MC is a Videographer andProducer at WIVB-TV. Vetter has won fiveEmmy Awards and been nominated for 30.

Vincent Ciancio ‘87 BA is a NationalAccounts Manager with 3-M O-CEL-O.

Marlon Hearon ‘87 BA is a Team AnalystLeader with Capital One in Virginia.

Jeffrey Bowerman ‘88 MC is a HumanResources Recruiter with People, Inc.

Scott B. Hopkins ‘88 VT is a CustomsBrokerage Manager with Nippon ExpressUSA, Inc., in North Carolina. Hopkins also recently published a book of poetry, Life is a Refreshing Shower, a representa-tion of the seasons of our lives as may be experienced by different people.

Bruce A. Millard ‘88 MC is a Director of Entertainment Programming at AOL inColumbus, Ohio.

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SystemsCJ Criminal JusticeCW Creative Writing

CYS Child and Youth ServicesED EducationFS Financial ServicesGS Government ServicesHR Human ResourcesHS Health and

Human Services

LS Liberal StudiesLIT LiteratureMBA Masters in Business

AdministrationMS in Ed Masters in EducationMA MHC Masters in Mental

Health Counseling

MA PSY Masters in Psychology

MA OL Masters in Organizational Leadership

MC Media Communications

MNP Managing Non-Profits

PSY PsychologyPW Professional WritingSM Sports ManagementSS Social SciencesVDA Video and Digital ArtsVT Veterinary Technology

Halbert Brooks ‘89 HS is the owner ofTimberman Construction.

Birgit Burton ‘89 MC is the Director ofFoundation Relations at Georgia TechUniversity.

Irene (Haas) Kazmierczak ‘89 CIS recentlyjoined HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) as Vice President of Financial Administration.

Ellen U. McKay ‘89 ED is a Teacher at Erie One Boces.

Mary Murray ‘89 MC is a PublicInformation Officer with the Erie CountySheriff’s Office.

Bruce Wawrzyniak ‘89 MC is a Director of Communications for the InternationalSoftball Federation.

David M. Weeks ‘89 ED is a K-12Computer Teacher at the Park School ofBuffalo.

John H. Wild ‘89 MC is the South CampusManager for Instructional TechnologyServices at the University at Buffalo.

1990’sPaul Emery ‘90 CYS is a Pastor atCleveland Hill United Methodist Church.

James A. Trimboli ‘90 HR is the Director of Financial Aid at Niagara CountyCommunity College.

Catherine C. (Letcher) Bars ‘91 CYS is a Client Instructor with People, Inc.

Cheryl M. John ‘91 ED is a Teacher withthe Bloomingdale School District in SouthCarolina.

Mati (Aiello) Ortiz ‘91 CYS is the Directorof Campus Activities at Niagara University.

Conrad Phillips ‘91 CIS is a DesktopSupport Technician at Moog, Inc.

Jenny M. Bainbridge ‘93 ED is a Principalat Saints Peter and Paul School.

Kerry Felstead ‘97 ED is a sixth gradeTeacher with the District School Board ofNiagara in Ontario, Canada.

Dennis Grim ‘97 CIS is a DatabaseAdministrator at Moog, Inc.

Steve Marchiano ‘97 SM is in Sales and Customer Service with Great LakesOrthodontics.

Jeff Surdej ‘97 MC is a Promotions Director at Entercomm Communications.

Joan Dziak ‘98 LS is a Senior CorporateAccountant at Moog, Inc.

Victoria A. Hanson ‘98 MC is an Operations Manager in the Campbell Student Union at Buffalo State College.

Aimee (Jordan) Pearson ‘98 LS is theDirector of Annual Giving at D’YouvilleCollege.

Stacey Porter ‘98 MC is a PromotionsDirector at Peachez, Inc.

Coreen A. (Leach) Lake ‘99 ED is a firstgrade Teacher at Hollywood School House in California.

Noelle Melancon ‘99 VT is a VeterinaryTechnician at Alden Small Animal Hospital.

Bill Newton ‘99 MC is an Assistant Directorof Campus Activities at Niagara University.

Tom Stankowski ‘99 BA is a QualitySupervisor with BOC Edwards.

John “Jack” Szmania ‘99 HS is a Directorof the Drinking Driver Program at First StepCenter Alcoholism Counseling, Inc.

Anita J. Williams ‘99 CYS is a MedicaidService Coordinator at Southeast Works.

2000’sAlvin E. Capstick ‘00 BA is an OperationsCoordinator at Plymouth Tube Company.

Courtney A. Gorman ‘93 LS is a SalesConsultant at Hy-Grade Distributors.

Stephen Norton ‘93 MC is a CorporateCommunications Manager for the SterisCorporation.

Andre-Phillipe R. White ‘93 LS is anAcademic Advisement Counselor with NewSchool University in New York City.

David Blackburn ‘94 LS is the MulticulturalAffairs Director at Niagara University.

Amelia Anne Beckett-Damore ‘94 ED isparticipating in the Leadership Program with-in the Niagara Catholic District School Board.

Beverly Kominarek ‘95 HS is the associateDirector of Personnel at D’Youville College.

Lisa M. (Potter) Stutz ‘95 HS is a VolunteerCoordinator at the North Carolina Aquariumat Fort Fisher.

Amanda Collins ‘96 CYS [above] is aStaffing Manager with ACT-1 PersonnelServices in Mesa, Arizona.

William P. McKeever ‘96 MNPis a Director of Development with theIndependent College Fund.

David A. Pyc ‘96 FSwas recently appointed as Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager for Commercial Real Estate at KeyBank Real Estate Capital.

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Kate Newton ‘00 ED is a kindergartenTeacher at St. Amelia’s School.

Jeremy Nickerson ‘00 MC recently began a one-year appointment as a VisitingAssistant Professor of Journalism at OswegoState University.

Barbara Price ‘00 M.S.Ed. recently published a book entitled Living Large,According to the Three Little Pigs.

Rebecca (Maslen) Sapolsky ‘00 MC iscurrently finishing her MFA in CreativeWriting at Rosemont College in Philadelphia.

Steve Zambito ‘00 MC is the Statler OfficeManager at the National Statler Center forCareers in Hospitality Service.

Sharon Aikens-Dzierba ‘01 M.S.Ed. is apre-kindergarten Teacher at St. Amelia’s School.

Craig R. Hausrath ‘01 SM is a ClosetInstaller with California Closet Company.

Alison M. (Juliano) Olivieri ‘01 FS worksfor Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

Maria Ribaulo ‘01 FS recently received her CMA Certification and has earned a promotion to IBM Internal Audit.

Alfred H. Rex Jr. ‘01 CJ is an AdjudicationsOfficer with the U.S. Department of VeteransAffairs.

Teresa A. Roberts ‘01 VT is a VeterinaryTechnician at Ponte Verde Animal Hospital,Inc., in Florida.

Michele C. Sebring ‘01 HS is a SubstanceAbuse Coordinator at The Centers.

Amol Shah ‘01 CIS is the President andOwner of OHM Consulting.

Renee J. Stupski ‘01 BA is the GeneralManager of the Airport Quality Inn.Gina Carnrike ‘02 FS is an AssociateFinancial Consultant at M&T Securities, M&TInvestment Group.

Nicole Lapham ‘02 ED, ‘05 M.S.Ed. is athird grade Teacher at St. Amelia’s School.

Tanya Ramirez ‘02 BA is a StaffAccountant at Raptim International Travel.

Carlos S. Solano ‘02 SS, is an Estimatorwith Anthony’s Custom Closets in the Bronx, NY.

David Solomon ‘02 MBA is an AccountingAssistant with Sodexho.

Richard D. Spiller ‘02 BA is anAccountant/Contract Specialist with LakeShore Behavioral Health.

Nicole Y. Stewart ‘02 LS is a ResidentialUnderwriter at Greater Buffalo Savings Bank.

Joseph Torregrasso ‘02 ED is a Director at the Goodwill Technical Training Center.

Jennifer Wielinski ‘02 ED, ‘05 M.S.Ed. is a third grade Teacher at St. Amelia’s School.

Lonnell M. Williams ‘02 MBA is thePresident of Elegant Urban Essentials.

Laura (Horner) Fleming ‘03 MBA is a Lead Medicare Representative with UniveraHealth Care.

Theresa M. (Hutchinson) Hain ‘03 BAis a Marketing and Sales Executive with The Color Works, Inc.

Collen B. Koblinski ‘03 ED is a third gradeTeacher at Pinnacle Point Academy in Arizona.

Susan Sadowski ‘03 ED is an AdministrativeAssistant with Devere Capital Corporation.

Anna M. Suranyi ‘03 M.S.Ed. is a Teacherat North Collins Elementary School.

Sheila M. Traficante ‘03 MBA is anAssistant Vice President, Lending and RiskAnalysis at Mercantile Bank and Trust inBoston, Massachusetts.

Kristina L. Ettinger ‘04 BA is a TerritoryManager, Youth Market, for Coca-ColaBottling Company of Buffalo.

Shannon Johnson ‘04 BA is a LeaseConsultant II with RSA, Inc.

Kimberli A. Barcus, ‘05 BA is a Postmasterwith the United States Postal Service.

WEDDINGSEllen Schranz ‘78 ED married

Matthew LaPointe of Valparaiso, Florida on October 1, 2005.

Terry Felstead ‘97 ED married ShannonHenry on July 22, 2005.

Molly Jacobs ‘02 MC married Eric Burt on May 7, 2005.

Scott Kaeselau ‘02 MC married Jennifer O’Connor on March 12, 2005.

Jamie A. (Carioti) Culican ‘05 EDmarried Daniel Culican on July 23, 2005.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTSChris Mathews ‘96 BA and Lori (Shilea)

Mathews ‘96 BA recently celebrated the birthof their first child Nicholas Frank Mathews.

Jeremy Nickerson ‘00 MC and his wife Asia had a baby girl, Ruth Elisabeth

Nickerson, on June 24, 2005.

Michelle D. (Reiter) Connolly ‘03 MBAand Kevin Connolly welcomed their first child,

Alexandria Charlotte, on March 31, 2005.

Jennifer (Newman) D’Alessandro ’03 BA has recently been hired as the Development Associate for Heritage Christian Services. She will be responsible for publicrelations, marketing, event planning andfundraising in the Western New York area.

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Reliability of a company’s technology infrastruc-ture has become one of the most critical elementsof business today. Downtime, security issues andmaintenance translate to lost revenue when itaffects crucial systems. One Medaille graduateidentified an opportunity to address this need andlaunched a rapidly growing company in Buffalo.

Brian Chapin ‘02 BA and his partner MarkMusone founded Shatter IT Global Service in 2001 following the dot com boom. Shatter IThosts and maintains back-end hardware for companies in its data quality facility. They provide disaster prevention and recovery services,as well as system monitoring and reporting.

“Mark and I grew up in two different areas - Iworked at Fortune 500 companies and he workedwith a lot of start-up businesses,” Chapin says.“When he and I met at Chek.com, it was a revelation that we were both seeing companies facing the same difficulties. They were having ahard time finding a highly reliable, vigilant focuson technology infrastructure. Whether it was a Fortune 500 company dealing with disasteravoidance or a start-up company trying to establish their infrastructure, they both needed a place to put their technology that was secure,safe and reliable, and that had competent technology people on hand seven days a week.”

Brian Chapin ‘ President and CEO, Shatter IT Global Services

“... we don’t have acookie-cutter approach.

We work with technology start-ups,insurance companies,

printing and onlinemedia companies, as

well as traditional brickand mortar companies.

So we have been able to establish

ourselves without saying one industry is

our niche market.”

IN MEMORIAMC. Ty Federick ‘70 ED died on September9, 2005 at the age of 58. Federick worked

in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District and in 1994 was named principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle

School, a position he held until his passing.

Sister Elizabeth Ann Harding died on August 28, 2005. Harding was a graduateof Mount St. Joseph’s Teachers College.She spent six years as a special reading

teacher in the reading center at Medaille.

Sister Mary Gregory Wilemski passedaway on July 12, 2005. A graduate ofMount St. Joseph’s Teachers College,

Wilemski was a longtime parochial schoolteacher and a Felician nun for 74 years.

Steve W. Allen succumbed to cancer at the age of 56 on July 9, 2005. He earned a Purple Heart during his service in the

Vietnam War.

Sister M. Charlene Stonish died on July4, 2005. Stonish entered the Sisters of

Mercy in 1953 and taught in several ele-mentary schools in the Buffalo Diocese.

Sister Rose Marie Brick, SSJ, died onMay 31, 2005. She was a graduate ofMount St. Joseph’s Teachers College.

Sister Rosemary Hartings, OSF, died on May 18, 2005. She was a graduate of

Mount St. Joseph’s Teachers College.

Sister Nancy McNulty, RSM, passedaway on May 9, 2005. McNulty was a

Sister of Mercy for more than 44 years. Shewas a doctoral candidate at the University

of Rochester at the time of her death.

Joseph P. Morgan died on April 25, 2005.He was a father of three, a brother to

four, and an accountant for P&C Foods.

The company has grown to $750,000 in revenue in 2004 and projected revenues of $1,000,000 in 2005, even with the expense of constructing a new Buffalo data center to handle growth. Their client list is very diverse.

“Our clients can be anyone,” Chapin says. “I know that sounds clichêd,but we don’t have a cookie-cutter approach. We work with technologystart-ups, insurance companies, printing and online media companies,as well as traditional brick and mortar companies. So we have been ableto establish ourselves without saying one industry is our niche market.”

The company is also working with the FBI and Homeland security toprovide their systems with a high level of reliability, as well as securityand theft prevention services.

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What does the future hold for the company?

“As we continue to grow Buffalo and Toronto,” Chapin says,“we would also like to expand to the Atlanta rim in fiveyears. With that said, there may be an opportunity for a larger company to come in and merge or acquire us, so weare trying to keep our business strategy flexible enough thatall of those are options.”

Chapin’s experiences at Medaillehelped him get where he is today, in more ways than one.

“We were able to use the business plan I developed atMedaille, along with my partner’s small business experience,to form Shatter IT,” Chapin says.

Coming out of high school, Chapin went to work at MooreBusiness Forms on Grand Island, where he spent 11 years.He attended Erie Community College and the University at Buffalo, but was learning more about technology at work. He later moved on to M&T Bank where he was andEnterprise Architect working for the CIO. He wanted to pursue other ambitions, and had the opportunity to do so.

“My wife, Barbara, and I were both allowed to ‘trade-up’ and switch careers,” says Chapin. “At one time, my wife was focused on business. She decided she wanted to go back to pharmacy school while I was working full time. She is now a Doctor of Pharmacy. That allowed me to goback to school myself.

“I wanted to focus more on the business side and less on the technology side,” Chapin continues. “I had been workingwith technology for about 15 years and I didn’t think a technology degree would help me much at that point.”

Chapin chose the Medaille Amherst campus because it wasclose to home, but more importantly because it allowed flexi-bility in scheduling. Once there, he appreciated the studygroups the most.

“My experience at Medaille helped me learn leadership byexposing me to a more realistic environment,” Chapinremarked. “It helped me expand beyond what I had encoun-tered in the structured business world. The study group envi-ronment - working with different people, with differentstyles, plus the time constraints - was very realistic and taughtme to feel out the personalities and decide if I would bestserve by taking a leadership role or a back seat.”

He also credits the Medaille faculty, including Bob Nesslin,for sharing their business experiences and creating applicationbased learning.

“With the support of the study group and the faculty, wefocused some of our projects on getting Shatter IT up andrunning,” Chapin says. “So projects such as the marketanalysis, marketing plan, and the spreadsheets I still usetoday, allowed me to use and develop the core fundamentalsof the business program while working towards a real goal.”

One fundamental that Chapin developed was time manage-ment.

“I developed strong time management skills from the projectdeadlines,” Chapin says. “Living a life, working full time andgoing to school can be overwhelming. But when you have to,you can always find time to make things happen. We had agood study group that showed me that when someone hasdemands that they can’t meet, there is always someone thereto help pull them up and get the job done.”

When Chapin isn’t focusing on business development, heenjoys hanging out with his twin 13-year old daughters,Kaitlyn and Krystal. He is an avid golfer and spends time inthe outdoors skiing and snowboarding.

Shatter IT donates time and money to the LiteracyVolunteers. They also belong to local organizations such asthe Info-Tech Niagara and the Buffalo Partnership. Chapinhas a desire to see Buffalo succeed, and knows where thatgrowth will come from.

“I grew up in Black Rock and live on Grand Island now,”Chapin says. “Buffalo is and always will be home. But thereis an opportunity that is often missed in this area, and that isthat small businesses are what is going to revitalize this area.The one-hit wonders are gone. So it is important to put thetools in right people’s hands to foster creative new businessesand ideas. I want to see Buffalo succeed and it will bedependent on small businesses growing and succeeding.”

The region can surely benefit from more entrepreneurialminds like Brian Chapin.

Brian Chapin ‘01 BA is a proud Medaille graduate

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In an effort to provide handicap accessibility to the houses on Humboldt Parkway,Medaille College has added a new land ramp to the campus. In addition to providing improved access to the newly installed rear doors on each house, theramp provides more green space and adds to the sense of an enclosed campus.

Construction started with the demolition of the garages behind the HumboldtHouses. It continued with the grading of the slope followed by extensive landscaping. The project also included completion of the adjoining parking areaand roadway.

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SNAPSHOTcommencement Medaille Graduates - Commencement 2005

On May 20, 2005, students, as well as their families and friends, took part in the Medaille College’s 2005Commencement Ceremonies.

At 1 p.m., Medaille graduate students received advanceddegrees during the Graduate Degree Commencement.The keynote address was presented by Thomas A.Emmet, ED. D., Founder/ President of Higher EducationExecutive Associates, and the student address was given by Kerry Woods ‘05 M.S.Ed.

The Undergraduate Degree Commencement took placeat 7 p.m. on the same day, with students receivingtheir diplomas from Medaille College President JosephW. Bascuas, Ph. D. The Honorable Brian Higgins,Congressman for the 27th District of New York, deliveredthe keynote address, and Derek B. Spencer ‘05 BA, presented the student address.

Congratulations to the Class of 2005!

Through donating gifts of assets, life-income, retirement plans, life insurance, or by naming Medaille in your will, you can help generations of Medaille students by:

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Medaille College recently introduced the School for Adult andGraduate Education (SAGE), a unit designed to address the needs of non-traditional undergraduate students, as well as students interested in a graduate degree from Medaille.

SAGE can help you earn your B.S. in Business Management andmake changes in your career, your future and your life. You will begranted full credit for your Associate Degree coursework, puttingyou on track to meet the demands of today’s marketplace.

SAGE offers Adult and Graduate programs in Psychology,Education, MentalHealth Counseling as well as new professionalcertificates in PublicRelations, E-Business and Computer CrimesInvestigations.

To learn more about these and other exciting programs, contact the SAGE office at () -, toll-free () - oremail gradadmissions@medaille.edu.

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