A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS & FRIENDS OF
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE
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President’s Letter A New Website Unveiled Student View: Mahmoud Jabari ’15 -HJ\S[` 7YVÄSL! )QHYUL /VSTLZ 10 News & Notables 13 Subaru/Nordica Partnership 14 Creativity Needs a Home 20 Jean Luc Dushime ’10 Photos 24 Alumni News & Class Notes P. 8
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Spring 2013, volume 12, number 1 Editor Stephen Mease | smease@champlain.edu
Sr. Director of Advancement & Campaign Tere Gade, CFRE
Writers Kayla Hedman ’14, Jeffrey Gangemi
Senior Development Officers Moneer Greenbaum, Erik Oliver, Susan Pankey, Evan Smith ’94
Photography Stephen Mease, Kathleen Landwerhle Designer Tom Baginski Vice President of Advancement Shelley Richardson
Alumni Relations Director Hannah Campbell Annual Giving Director Sarah Bunnell ’05 Communications Molly Ritvo
Send letters and address changes to: *OHTWSHPU *VSSLNL 6MÄJL VM (K]HUJLTLU[ :V\[O >PSSHYK :[ 7 6 )V_ Burlington, VT 05402-0670 | alumni@champlain.edu | (866) 421-7170 | www.champlain.edu
2013 Board of Trustees George F. Bond ’73 Robert D. Botjer Dawn D. Bugbee George C. Burrill Scott D. Carpenter Thomas V.S. Cullins Laura P. Dagan (Chair)
Molly Dillion Mary Evslin David F. Finney James B. Foster Joan L. Gignoux Charlie Kittredge Susan W. Lamaster ’88
Dale Metz ’76 Michael M. Metz Emily Morrow Mark Neagley Judy O’Connell Mary G. Powell Peter Stern
Michael J. Sullivan, Jr. ’92 Rich E. Tarrant, Jr. Sarah G. Tischler Leandro A. Vazquez Lisa Ventriss
Champlain View is published twice a year (spring and fall) by Champlain College. Printing by Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT. Founded in 1878, Champlain College is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution.
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