I AM A NURSE MOVING FORWARD, TOGETHER MEMORABLE MOMENTS
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The Saint Anselm College community navigated one of the most challenging times ever experienced, and is discovering new ways to thrive in uncertain times.
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Focus on Faculty
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Philanthropy
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I AM A NURSE We pay tribute to this special group of Anselmians through a selection of nurse pinning essays from members of the class of 2019.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS Along with photos from this year’s Democratic Debate, our alumni share their favorite memories of participating in the debates as students.
On the cover: The world needs our nurses now more than ever before. We pay tribute to this special group of Anselmians with a collection of nurse pinning essays from the class of 2019. Photo by Matthew Lomanno ’99 Inside cover: As the campus emptied in midMarch, there was one group that remained: the monastic community. By livestreaming their daily Mass, they have helped keep the community connected, and continued to serve as the heart of the campus. Photo by Brother Francis Ryan McCarty, O.S.B. ’10 Visit the website at blogs.anselm.edu/Portraits Portraits is published two times a year for the alumni, college community, and friends of Saint Anselm College. The magazine is produced by the Office of College Communications and Marketing (603-641-7240) and published by Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, N.H. 03102-1310. Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and (except for editorials) do not necessarily reflect the position of the college or the editors. Email: magazine@anselm.edu
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Portraits THE MAGAZINE OF SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE Volume 22 Number 2 Summer/Spring 2020
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
MAGAZINE ADVISORY BOARD:
Paul Pronovost ’91
Jennifer (Plunkett) Alban ’96 Alumni Council Representative
EDITOR Kate Grip Denon
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Annee Newton Giard
DESIGNER Melanie deForest-Malloy
COPY EDITOR
Fr. Anselm, O.S.B. Monastery Representative Dr. Gary Bouchard Faculty Representative James F. Flanagan Senior Vice President for College Advancement
Barbara Coles
Bridget (Martin) Lazzara ’11 Alumni At-Large Representative
CONTRIBUTORS:
Dr. Landis Magnuson Faculty Representative
Samantha Jette ’20 Laura (Rossi) Lemire ’06 Laurie D. Morrissey Lorraine Parr
Dr. Elaine Rizzo Faculty Representative Patrice Russell ’93 Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Advancement Programming
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Letters! I am writing to tell you and the Portraits staff how much I enjoyed reading the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of Portraits. The great variety of topics written so concisely held my interest. The subject matter and photos really kept me in touch and up to date with what is happening on the Hilltop. It was a nice way to introduce Dr. Favazza. Thank you and your staff for all you do for the school and alumni. — Ruth M. Conley ’56
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From the President Dear Friends, A year ago, when I first stepped into Alumni Hall as the 11th president of Saint Anselm College, I was eager to embrace the opportunities and challenges that awaited my own freshman year on the Hilltop. As an educator and a lifelong learner, I looked forward to understanding the transformative experience of what was referred to as “being Anselmian.” And learn, I did. While it certainly was not the year I anticipated—it was not the year anyone could have anticipated, as the world confronted a pandemic the likes of which we have not seen since the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak—I surely discovered what this idea of “being Anselmian” was all about. When we made the decision in March to cease on-campus classes and activities, the moment was a test of the character and resolve of every student, faculty and staff member, and members of the monastic community, as we pivoted to a remote-learning environment. I am proud to say we met the challenge and emerged as a stronger, smarter and more supportive community. As for our students, from first years who were just getting their footing, to seniors who faced the disappointment of an abbreviated final semester, their resiliency was nothing short of inspiring. Meanwhile, many of the Anselmian alumni community continue to serve on the front lines of this global health crisis, working as nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, first responders and nursing home providers. Even more are giving their time and expertise to support those in need, a philanthropic spirit the college experienced firsthand through a tremendous outpouring of financial support for the Anselmian Student Relief Fund and other student-centered causes. It seems hard to believe we were already having a momentous year at the college, particularly as the first-in-the-nation primary season put Saint Anselm in the political spotlight when we hosted the only nationally televised New Hampshire debate on February 7. Today, as we prepare for a fall semester that promises to be unlike any before, I reflect on the words I shared during my inauguration in October: “We will not limit our challenges out of fear or conflict or timidity; rather, we will challenge our limits by coming together to accomplish the hard but necessary things to keep this college vital for the next generation and the generation after that.” You may rest assured that we are indeed facing those hard but necessary things to guide us through these challenging times and well beyond. And we do so as Anselmians. It has been my great pleasure and privilege to become a member of the Saint Anselm family this year, and I so look forward to the years ahead. Sincerely,
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BROTHER FRANCIS PROFESSES SOLEMN VOWS Brother Francis Ryan McCarty, O.S.B. ’10, has professed solemn vows as a monk of Saint Anselm Abbey. On February 2, 2020, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day of Consecrated Life, Abbot Mark Cooper, O.S.B. ’71 clothed Brother Francis in the monastic cuculla, a pleated choir robe, the symbol of his solemn profession. Standing before his confreres, Brother Francis took the three vows of the Order of St. Benedict: stability, obedience and conversatio morum to permanently join the community. These vows solidify his place in the monastic community of Saint Anselm Abbey. As a solemnly professed monk, he becomes a member of the monastery’s chapter as well as a member of the Saint Anselm College and Woodside Priory school corporations. Brother Francis also known as Ryan McCarty from North Smithfield, R.I., graduated from Saint Anselm College with a degree in history and a certificate
Brother Francis McCarty, O.S.B. ‘10 and his parents and siblings stand with Abbot Mark Cooper, O.S.B. ’71. Photo by Jeff Dachowski
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in Catholic Studies in 2010. Prior to joining the monastic community, he was a theology and technology education teacher at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, R.I. He is the son of Philip McCarty, Jr. and Rita Turcotte and was a parishioner of Saint James Church in Manville, R.I. Speaking at a reception for family and friends after the ceremony, Brother Francis said, “Mark Twain once said, ‘The two most important days in a person’s life are the day they are born and the day they found out why.’ I have found the reason why. It is to be a monk of Saint Anselm Abbey, to serve this community which is so dear to me. I am grateful to God for the gift of this vocation and so very grateful to all those who have supported me thus far.” Brother Francis is currently a seminarian at Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., and hopes to be ordained to the priesthood in the near future.
Brother Basil, Abbot Mark, and Brother Titus Photo by Saint Anselm Abbey
2020 INSTITUTION OF LECTORS On Saturday April 25, the feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, Abbot Mark A. Cooper, O.S.B. ’71, instituted two monks of Saint Anselm Abbey, Brother Titus Phelan, O.S.B. ’12, and Brother Basil Franciose, O.S.B. ’17, into the ministry of lector. The ministry of lector is formally conferred on those men who are preparing to be ordained as priests. “We are pleased to have two of our brothers take this step toward the priesthood,” said Abbot Mark. “This event is a fine representation of how our community continues to grow and flourish.” Brother Titus is currently in his first year of theological and priesthood studies at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in Brighton, Mass. He is a native of Swampscott, Mass. Brother Basil is currently in his first year of theological and priesthood studies at Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass. He is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah.
CATHOLIC VOLUNTEER NETWORK RECOGNIZES SAINT ANSELM AS A TOP SCHOOL FOR SERVICE The Catholic Volunteer Network (CVN) has named Saint Anselm College one of the top five schools for service in the New England region on their recent national Top Schools for Service List. The recognition highlights colleges and universities who have demonstrated excellence in collaboration with their network and have advocated for post-graduate service among its students. Saint Anselm College has achieved this honor along with Boston College, Stonehill College, Providence College, and College of the Holy Cross. “I hear often from recruiters and program directors how well prepared our students are for a year of service because of their ability to recognize the differences between service and social injustice, their clear experience connecting their faith and articulating that through reflection, and their generous hearts to give in whatever capacity is needed,” says Campus Minister Joycelin Raho. After graduation 21 members of the class of 2019 began a year of service in August. Raho estimates that in the past 12 years, well over 150 students have spent an extended amount of time in service with a CVN partner. Kaitlyn Brine ’20 has chosen to complete a year of service at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., through the Saint Joseph Worker Program. “My decision to do a year of service came from my experiences through Campus Ministry and the Meelia Center [for Community Engagement],” says Brine, “At Saint Anselm we have the privilege of being provided opportunities to engage in community and, in doing so, broaden
Photo by Jason Kolnos our understanding of society and humanity.” CVN is a leading membership organization that promotes full-time volunteer service opportunities and includes a community of volunteer program staff members, volunteers and missioners, parishes, religious communities, and colleges and universities. The Saint Anselm College Office of Campus Ministry has partnered with CVN for 10 years. The organization has helped Saint Anselm students like Megan Miller ’19 find postgraduate and summer service programs. The network has also assisted the college in organizing it’s post-graduate volunteer fair, held in October. Miller is currently in the midst of a year of service with the Amate House, a social justice and leadership development program for young adults. She is placed at the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL), doing grassroots faith-based community organizing. Miller, a Peace and Justice and Spanish double major
at Saint Anselm, was also involved with the Meelia Center for Community Engagement. Other Saint Anselm graduates have gone on to serve at places such as the Salesian Lay Missionaries in Cambodia, So Others Might Eat in Washington D.C., the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Intl. in Belize, the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, the Chris House in Washington D.C., and through the ACE Program at the University of Notre Dame where students earn a master’s in education while teaching in Catholic schools around the country. Along with Brine, current Saint Anselm seniors Caitlin Golden and Madi Jones have chosen to serve at Saint Joseph the Worker in Los Angeles and Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, respectively, for the coming year. CVN is not the only community to recognize Saint Anselm College’s excellence and commitment to its Christian identity. College Factual named Saint Anselm 13th for Best Catholic College nationwide.
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On the Hilltop CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INNOVATION The college recently celebrated now works in Washington, D.C. as excellence in research and a STREAM (Science Tech Reading innovation at the President’s Engineering Art Math) instructor Innovators Reception, the inaugural teaching music production and event showcasing Diversity and robotics to third- to eighth-grade Innovation Fund Recipients. youth. Alumni, faculty, staff and students Walker shared his two programs joined Dr. Joseph A. Favazza, college resulting from the grants. The fall president, to hear from a panel semester’s “Foundations in Health featuring prior fund recipients. Care Training” Program for Visiting Alumnus Michael Akinlosotu ’18, Students with Intellectual Disabilities Kenneth Walker, director of the was a collaboration with clinical Academic Resource Center, student nursing faculty member Joanna Sneda Hoda ’20, and history Parolin and the training program Professor Beth Salerno, Ph.D., she developed Foundations in discussed their experiences with the Health Care. This semester’s second Diversity and Inclusion Innovation program Neurodiversity and Lifelong Fund. Learning is a collaborative initiative The Diversity and Inclusion with Saint Anselm College students, Innovation Fund supports faculty, visiting learners with intellectual staff, monastic and student disabilities and retired senior community members in the members of the local community development of a project that will through the Moore Center and advance diversity and inclusion. Birch Hill retirement community. The funds encourage crossPsychology professor Elizabeth campus collaborations to improve Rickenbach and her Brain Aging and diversity and inclusion for long-term Dementia class are involved in the community growth. current program. As a student, Akinlosotu Hoda, a computer science major, collaborated with English professor Michael New, Ph.D., on their Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Fund, hosting a three-part series of discussions on Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give (Balzer + Bray, 2017). The discussions began with the novel followed by an analysis of poems by 20thcentury African American poets, presentations from New and Akinlosotu, and then an open mic for students to present their own written work. Akinlosotu, who was a Photo by Jason Kolnos computer science major,
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discussed the fund she and her corecipient, alumna Pauline Yates ’19 received last year, Empowering Women in Computer Science. Under the advisement of English and gender studies professor Jennifer Thorn Ph.D., Hoda and Yates educated themselves about the gender gap in computer science and technology through conversations with successful women in tech at conferences focused on mentoring women and people of color. They conducted information-gathering about fellowships aimed at bringing women into computer science and companies that especially support women. Lastly, they hosted a film and discussion on campus. “It was inspiring to hear what support of woman by other woman can mean,” said Hoda. She said it also encouraged her to volunteer at the Meelia Center for Community Engagement’s Access Academy program, teaching high school-age students programming skills. Finally, Professor Salerno, shared her experience taking students from her fall 2019 teamtaught course to New York City. Salerno and modern languages professor Jaime Orrego, Ph.D., developed and taught Latinx History and Literature in the United States in the fall of 2019. The weekend’s trip fully immersed students in the Latinx culture, making the history come alive said Salerno. “Students were connecting their New York reality with a new New York reality that they hadn’t experienced before.”
SALAMONE FAMILY ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME DEDICATION CELEBRATED Spurred by a legacy gift commitment from former men’s basketball studentathlete Chris M. Salamone, J.D. ’84, Saint Anselm College started construction on a physical Hall of Fame space during the summer of 2019. The Salamone Family Athletics Hall of Fame was dedicated on February 15, 2020 prior to the college’s Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The new Athletics Hall of Fame space was designed to be a powerful motivational tool, one that reflects and sustains not only the rich tradition of Hawks Athletics, but also the core values upon which Saint Anselm College was founded. The role of the student-athlete is uniquely connected to the Hilltop experience and thus is recognized within a creative, customized tribute area. Salamone graduated with a degree in business and economics, and during his time at Saint Anselm, he competed in both basketball and baseball for the Hawks and finished with more than 100 career games played on the hardwood. He was named captain of the basketball team as a senior after claiming the Al Grenert Proficiency Award as a junior, issued to a studentathlete whose values extend beyond the basketball court. He led the Hawks in scoring in 1982-83, averaging 12.2
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points per game and picked up several Northeast-8 Conference Weekly Honor Roll selections. With the project in motion thanks to Salamone’s generosity, plans and renderings for the space were unveiled on January 26, 2019 to those gathered for the induction of the 2019 Saint Anselm Athletics Hall of Fame class. The Hall of Fame construction project included a complete facility upgrade of the west lobby of Stoutenburgh Gymnasium, with the scope of work
From left, Father Benet Phillips O.S.B. ’87, Anthony C. Salamone, Chris M. Salamone, J.D. ’84, Karen Salamone and President Favazza.
including modern flooring, lighting, painting, glass, and custom display areas. Recent Hall of Fame inductees are prominently featured as a focal point of the gallery within modules flanking an interactive, touchscreen tower that contains photos of all-time Hall of Fame members, the College’s All-America selections and a historical timeline. Other elements of the space include two dynamic Hawks Highlights trophy galleries as well as a back wall which features 24 former student-athletes and a historical timeline. The completion of the Hall of Fame project coincided with several other college-funded improvements to Stoutenburgh Gymnasium, which was originally constructed in the late 1950s. New bleachers (upper and lower level), railings, accessible seating and new lights were installed in 2019. The physical Hall of Fame exhibit connects to the Roger and Francine Jean Student Center Complex. This customdesigned space recognizes more than 150 current Hall of Fame members and also pay tribute to decades of athletic success on the Hilltop.
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ANSELMIANS GATHER FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE THOMAS A. MELUCCI JR. ’88 THEATER On Saturday, November 23, 2019, members of the Saint Anselm community, past and present, joined together to dedicate the new Thomas A. Melucci Jr. ’88 Theater. The dedication began at the Abbey Church with a Memorial Mass celebrated by Father John Fortin, O.S.B. ’71, former Dean of Students at Saint Anselm College and professor emeritus of philosophy. Following Mass, the Melucci family, the Melucci scholars in attendance, and members of the community which included a large contingent of the Class of 1988 made their way to the Roger and Francine Jean Student 8 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
Center Complex for the dedication of the Thomas A. Melucci Jr. ’88 Theater, where attendees honored the life of Thomas A. Melucci Jr. ’88 and recognized the tremendous generosity of Thomas and Gail Melucci over the past 30 years. “We, the Saint Anselm College community, can never put in to words how the Melucci Family’s generosity has touched the lives of so many Anselmians,” shared James Flanagan, senior vice president of college advancement. The theater is named in memory of Thomas A. Melucci Jr. ’88, who died in May 1988, and whose diploma was
awarded posthumously to his parents. Melucci entered Saint Anselm College in the fall of 1984 as a business major. He quickly stood out as an athlete, as a member of the hockey team his freshman year and a member of the ski team his sophomore, junior, and senior years. During the theater dedication, friends remembered his “miracle catch” on the field as part of an intramural softball game. Melucci also regularly volunteered at New Horizons soup kitchen and food pantry in Manchester. “I first met Tom in the fall of 1984,” recalled friend and classmate, Charles Gadbois ’88. “Over the coming days,
weeks, years, I got to know Tom well, as the guy across the hall, classmate, and then close confidant. Through all of it one thing stood out, and that was his infinite love for his family.” Speaking of Mr. and Mrs. Melucci, Sr., Gadbois continued, “Their dedication not only to the memory of their son, but to his true spirit reveals their character.” Since 1988, Thomas and Gail Melucci have been active members of the Anselmian community. They established the Thomas A. Melucci Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship which, since 1989, has awarded full tuition scholarships to 61 students in their senior year at Saint Anselm College— the largest scholarship program of its type at the college. In 1998 Thomas Melucci received an honorary doctor of laws and Saint Anselm College dedicated the Thomas A. Melucci Jr. Memorial Field. Mr. Melucci served on the Saint Anselm College Board of Trustees from 2002 until 2018. “It’s beyond imagining the impact the Meluccis have made on Saint Anselm College,” said Dr. Joseph A. Favazza,
but inspired them. Those recipients took the lessons and value of the “paying it forward” mentality so evident in the lives of Tom and Gail Melucci into their professional lives—to leave the world a little bit better. “I couldn’t have known then, that the dream was not just to be here, but to leave here,” said oncology nurse Stefanie Iannalfo ’10, who founded the Food, Clothing and Furniture drive on Thomas and Gail Melucci campus. Saint Anselm College president. “What The event ended with a a legacy we celebrate here today.” reception where attendees had the Melucci scholars spoke about the opportunity to socialize and reminisce impact the scholarship had on their about their time at Saint Anselm lives during their senior year as well as College and memories of Thomas A. how the generosity has impacted the Melucci Jr. “It was truly an amazing choices they have made since then. event—a homecoming in every sense “Someday in your life, we want you of the word, said Maura Devine to do something for someone else,” McShane ’88. challenged Thomas A. Melucci Sr. to “I think of the smile, the laughter, his those in attendance. “You’ll find that spirit, and that he was always at the time to give help to another individual.” center of things,” said Erik Jones ’88. The generosity of the Meluccis not “This theater is a fitting tribute for only helped relieve the financial burden someone who had a starring role in all of the scholars during their senior year, of our lives.”
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On the Hilltop AMANDA CONGER ’20 RECEIVES 25TH ANNUAL HOCKEY HUMANITARIAN AWARD Amanda Conger ’20 of the Saint Anselm College women’s ice hockey team was selected as the 25th recipient of the prestigious Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, first presented in 1996, is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen—a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. Conger was nominated in recognition of a selfless act that took place last summer. Through an internship experience in her home state of Vermont, she met a local man, Cameron Ouellette, who was diagnosed with stage five kidney disease. “I am in complete and utter awe by the fact that I was considered a nominee for this prestigious award,” said Conger. “I was in even more awe that I was a finalist, let alone the recipient. I feel extremely honored and am humbled just by the thought of it.” “While I am exceptionally grateful to be the recipient of this award, it was completely unexpected,” said the Saint Anselm team captain. “I can only hope that the more my story is shared, the more awareness it brings to the importance of organ donation. I am fortunate this is another platform to do just that.” After learning of the public appeals for a donor, Conger went through the process of learning if she was a match. Balancing academics and working with the kidney transplant team, it was discovered during the spring of 2019 that she was a match. The harvesting and transplant procedures took place in early June 2019 and, to date, both Conger and Ouellette have been recovering well. Heading into her senior campaign with the women’s ice hockey team at Saint Anselm, Conger was prevented from lifting anything more than five pounds for a large portion of the summer. She has since fully recovered from the 10 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
procedure and headed into this past season with no restrictions. Conger cites the overwhelming support from her teammates, the Hawks coaching staff and, most importantly, her family who supported her decision from start to finish. On the ice, Conger has responded from the intense medical procedure to skate in a career-high 32 games in 201920, scoring three goals with 10 assists for 13 points (3-10=13). For her career, she has played in a program-record 116 games with 31 goals and 41 assists for 72 points (31-41=72)—she has missed only two games in the last four campaigns. As part of the women’s ice hockey team, Conger has volunteered her time with numerous noteworthy causes, including Team IMPACT and Girls with Power Tools. She also has worked with the College’s Assault & Violence Education & Reporting Team (AVERT) and in the Harbor, an on-campus hub for prevention, education and awareness of domestic and dating violence. “I truly believe it is Amanda’s outlook on life to make the most of all her opportunities and not take life for granted,” said her Head Coach, Kerstin Matthews. “It takes a special person to
be so selfless to add a physical challenge of this degree right before her senior year. It is amazing to see how this young woman has touched so many lives— what’s more, she doesn’t see it in terms of what she has done for them, but rather what they have done for her.” Announced as one of five finalists in early February, Conger is the 25th winner of the national award and the second from Saint Anselm—Tucker Mullin ’13 was so honored in his senior season. As an institution, Saint Anselm becomes the fifth college or university to have individuals win in multiple years, joining Boston College, Northeastern, Yale and Wisconsin. “Over 25 years, we have been incredibly impressed by the caliber of our nominees,” said Matt Patrick, Executive Director of the HHAF. “Amanda’s sacrifice exemplifies all that the Foundation seeks to honor. She is in every way a true heroine. We could not be more pleased.” The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation will present Conger with a check for $2,500 with the funds earmarked to Donate Life Vermont, the organization that also received her earlier donation of $500, issued to each of the five HHA award finalists.
“ I can only hope that the more my story is shared, the more awareness it brings to the importance of organ donation.”
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MOVING FORWARD, TOGETHER THE SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE COMMUNITY NAVIGATED ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES EVER EXPERIENCED, AND IS DISCOVERING NEW WAYS TO THRIVE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES. BY KATE GRIP DENON
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hen President Joseph A. Favazza, Ph.D., sat down to deliver his first virtual town hall meeting on Friday, March 20, the campus, and the world as we know it, had changed drastically within days. Instead of students preparing for the end of the semester and milling about the quad in search of early springtime sun, and faculty and staff buzzing about campus teaching and supporting students, the daily rhythms of campus life were altered. The campus had gone quiet. Experiencing a situation not seen by Saint Anselm—nor the world—in more than a century, the college acted swiftly to first ensure the safety of all students, faculty, staff and the monastic community, and next took steps to continue academics and campus life virtually. This Herculean effort took the work of all departments on campus, which acted quickly, thoughtfully, and as one Anselmian team, to keep the community moving forward.
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more affectionately called “Fridays with Dr. Favazza.” In a modern twist on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats, Dr. Favazza began broadcasting news and updates and answering questions from faculty and staff via Zoom. “It’s important to me to be as transparent as possible, and I think when we’re on campus we make assumptions that people know what is going on—but once we were off campus it became clear the community needed information,” says Dr. Favazza. With roughly 500 people tuning into his first town hall, the response was so positive the one-time information session turned into a weekly virtual gathering. “I don’t think I was aware at the time that this would become a weekly thing, but there was such positive feedback and there was so much information to relate we decided to continue with them,” he says. And continue he did. Not only with a weekly virtual town hall for staff and faculty, but one for each class, the parents of each class, perspective students, incoming students, parents of incoming students and, finally, alumni. Creating the town hall meetings, however, was just a small part of a greater effort to move everything online, and Chief Information Officer Steven McDevitt and his entire team made certain the transition was easy
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and stress-free for all faculty, students and staff. “I think we were very aware of the stress everyone was under, but also how everyone in the community was concerned for one another—the faculty was especially concerned for their students,” McDevitt says. According to McDevitt, the college already had shifted to a learning management system called Canvas the previous year that supports up to 2,000 students online, allowing faculty to share electronic content with their students, and create and use videos, quizzes, discussion groups and threaded discussions. The next step was setting up Zoom. “On Friday, March 13 we looked into Zoom and knew this would be perfect for what the college needed—by Monday, March 16 we were setting it up, and by Tuesday, March 17 we started giving faculty Zoom licenses and began training,” he says. Since obtaining the Zoom license, McDevitt says the college has had Zoom users in 10 countries, held 5,860 Zoom meetings with 57,723 participants, and had 2,179,000 meeting minutes. Once systems were in place, training began. McDevitt credits Cynthia DiMascio ’08, instructional support specialist, for having the greatest impact here. “We held approximately 10 or so training sessions for faculty— everything from a general overview of Canvas, how to use specific features of Canvas, and how to set up and use Zoom—that each lasted about 90 minutes,” says McDevitt. “Cindy worked patiently with all faculty to make sure they felt comfortable with everything from how to set up a microphone to using a video recorder—we had so many faculty members tell us they couldn’t have done this without Cindy.” McDevitt and his team also looked to make sure everyone, including students, had the proper equipment for remote learning. They provided about 40 laptops to faculty members who did not already have one, as well as laptops for students who either did not have one or were sharing computers at 16 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
home with siblings. “Some of our students had very poor internet connectivity or had a computer that wasn’t strong enough to support Zoom—so we provided Verizon Wi-Fi devices to help with their poor speed internet connection,” says McDevitt. “We had one student who was driving to a nearby business’s parking lot to pick up their Wi-Fi—we knew some students were struggling and so we did everything we could to help them.” According to Tauna Sisco, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of sociology and social work and Faculty Senate president, moving 654 classes online for remote learning would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the information technology team. “Steve McDevitt and Cindy DiMascio held all-day training sessions for us on everything from Canvas to Zoom,” she says. “For some faculty, transitioning online was going to be a steep learning curve perhaps because of what they teach—our science professors had to move all of their labs online, and it took a lot of work in a short amount of time. I’m so impressed with how all faculty engaged in new ways of educating.” Sisco also was impressed but not surprised by the concern all faculty had for the students. “They put the student’s health, the student’s ability to learn, and the student’s wellness first,” she says. McDevitt was quick to mirror that. “We would not have learned of students in need of assistance or help with technology without the faculty,” he says. “They were reaching out to us and letting us know which students they were concerned for.” The resiliency Sisco saw in students throughout the switch to online learning was overwhelming. “The student response was 100 percent all in” she says. “They met the challenge of E-learning, being at home and working in a different space, and taking a full course load with grace—they realized this is what was best for the community and turned their focus outward on the greater good.”
THE HEART AND SOUL OF CAMPUS Focusing on the greater good is very much an Anselmian attribute, and the cornerstone to much of what is reinforced by student life on campus, including campus ministry. Before the final decision was made to send students home, Susan Gabert, Ed.D. ’91, assistant dean of students and director of campus ministry, and the campus ministry team were already discussing ways to keep students connected with campus. “We began brainstorming what we were doing that could be transitioned online, so when the decision was made to send everyone home, we were ready to roll,” says Gabert. It soon became clear offering regularity was going to be a key service they could provide. “We asked ourselves ‘how do we help the community stay
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" All the things that make Saint Anselm College such a special place were still happening, but now they were happening virtually." —PAUL PRONOVOST ’91, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OFFICER
connected and anchored to campus?’ We felt offering a meeting opportunity the same time every day was important, and a daily prayer option was the first thing to come to mind,” she says. This resulted in an Instagram Live prayer held every day at noon. The campus ministry team built upon their daily prayer offering with Zoom hangouts and program offerings each day of the week. They also held a Zoom women’s retreat prior to Easter, and a busy person’s retreat that was planned before but then transitioned
online, and a Zoom meeting titled “Alone Together: The Hilltop, The Monks and the Pandemic,” where more than 70 participants logged on to see how the monastic community was handling the Covid-19 situation and faring with quarantine life. “This was very much a team effort and all-hands-on-deck with a talented campus ministry team working together to make this happen,” says Gabert. Livestreaming daily Mass held at the Abbey Church was another significant opportunity to keep the
campus community connected, and campus ministry along with David Helm, instructional media technician, worked behind the scenes with Brother Francis Ryan McCarty, O.S.B. ’10 to bring daily 8:30 a.m. Mass to everyone. At first, Brother Francis admits, the monastic community was apprehensive about the idea of livestreaming Mass. “The situation has been quite an adjustment for us, but so many constituencies asked us to do this— alumni, students, faculty and staff—that it became a no-brainer.” According to Brother Francis, the average number of people viewing daily Mass ranges from 150 to 200, while Sunday Mass draws more than 1,000 participants. Prior to Easter, Brother Francis noted viewers from 49 states were represented. As of late May, the total number of views was more than 16,000. “The response has been overwhelmingly positive,” he says. “People are so thankful and grateful for what we are doing, and that in turn overwhelms us with gratitude.” For Gabert, keeping the community connected during this time also meant looking beyond her own department. “It’s not just about what campus ministry is doing, but we needed to look campus wide, and a tremendous help in doing this was the Anselmian Hub.” The Anselmian Hub, created by the office of college communication and marketing, was designed to help everyone in the community stay connected to campus. The new section to the website offers interactive maps, 360 videos, upcoming virtual events, and news about new and ongoing programs. “The transition to remote instruction happened so quickly; one day the campus was bustling and the next it was empty,” says Paul Pronovost ’91, chief communications and marketing officer. “All the things that make Saint Anselm College such a special place were still happening, but now they were happening virtually. The Hub allowed our Anselmian community to stay connected to the Hilltop and that gave us all a way to stay grounded in this uncertain time.”
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HELPING FUTURE, AND FOREVER ANSELMIANS The decision to send students home and for faculty and staff to work remotely coincided with one of the busiest and most stressful times of year for the office of admission and enrollment. “Our admitted students open house was scheduled for April 3, and by March 15 we knew this wasn’t going to be able to take place in person,” says Michael Iorio ’07, assistant vice president for enrollment and director of admission. Switching gears quickly, Iorio and his team made the decision to keep in contact with admitted students by mailing items they would have otherwise received while visiting campus, including a Saint Anselm baseball cap, a sticker with college logo, and a note expressing “Be well. Be happy. Be Anselmian.” Iorio describes the early days of working remotely with his team like working in a think tank. “Our department was constantly thinking up new ways to reach out to admitted students, and everyone on our team, and on campus, jumped in to help.” This included offers from the athletics department and alumni relations to help with making more than 2,000 calls to admitted students just to check in and see how they were doing. With help from departments across campus, it also included creating a new virtual tour, hosting virtual academic workshops, and Instagram Live chats with current students on why they chose Saint Anselm. Iorio and his team also felt it was important to acknowledge the huge amount of stress perspective students were under by mailing admitted students another item they would have received while visiting the campus, but with a twist. Instead of home-baked chocolate chip cookies given to on-campus visitors, admitted students were sent a recipe card for the signature chocolate chip cookie, along with a stress ball in the shape of the cookie. “The overall feedback on our efforts has been so receptive, everyone has been appreciative of how upfront and transparent the college was—our 18 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
communication has been spot-on,” says Iorio. “The big question from everyone has been ‘what’s going on?’ and so our transparency has been important, and appreciated.” While the admission and enrollment team worked hard to meet the needs of future Anselmians, Kimberly DelGizzo, executive director of the career development center, and her staff have been working diligently to help the outgoing class of 2020, and all students, navigate a post-pandemic job and internship search. “From the moment we left campus, all of our services transitioned online,” says DelGizzo. This included offering online drop-in sessions—10-minute meetings that aren’t required being set up in advance where counselors provide help on cover letters and resumes. Students also still have access to Handshake—a recruiting platform helping Saint Anselm students connect with jobs and internships across the country.
DelGizzo and her team also offered webinar series such as “At Home” for students to learn about strategies to engage with their career journey while at home. “Career Chat Live” invited representatives from companies such as Enterprise Holdings, Granite Telecommunications, Kronos, and Rise Wealth Management for miniinformation sessions with students, as well as to learn what these companies are doing during the Covid-19 situation, and what students should be doing now to become career-ready. Connecting with students, especially seniors, is a top priority for the career development center. “We felt it was extremely important to check in with our seniors after commencement,” says DelGizzo. “Our staff called each senior to first check in and see how they’re doing—we know some of our students are having a difficult time—but also to find out if there’s anything our office can be doing to assist them with their job
Instead of home-baked chocolate chip cookies given to on-campus visitors, admitted students were sent a recipe card for the signature chocolate chip cookie, along with a stress ball in the shape of the cookie.
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search, and remind them of the services and programs we offer.” While the current job market may look bleak, DelGizzo is quick to point out some good news. Right now, through Handshake, there are 3,527 full-time positions, 867 internships, 260 fellowships, and 52 volunteer opportunities posted. “We know some employers are pulling back and some are delaying start dates, but companies are very interested in our talent at Saint Anselm, and companies want to maintain relationships with our talent,” she says.
ANSELMIAN ALWAYS The importance of focusing on others is not something only practiced on the Hilltop. It’s instilled in all of its students through coursework, student life and campus activities, and then carried on by alum in their lives after graduation. There’s no better example of this than the friendship and recent partnership to help a community very much in need during the Covid-19 situation. When the Covid-19 situation was just beginning to arise, Craig Welton ’03, chief development officer for Northeast Arc in Danvers, Mass., an organization that helps people with disabilities become full participants in their communities, knew the Northeast Arc communities would be impacted greatly. “When Covid-19 first broke, we knew we’d be in desperate need of hand sanitizer—it was one of the first things to go,” says Welton. “The individuals we support, it’s so crucial to have a clean environment.” That’s when Welton thought of his friend and former football teammate Sergio Bonavita ’03. “Sergio and I have been friends since freshman year and I knew he had opened a brewing company and distillery, Westfield River Brewing Co. and Tobacco Road Distillers, in Southwick, Massachsetts,” says Welton. “I had heard how some distilleries were switching their operations to help with the need for hand sanitizer, so I reached out.” Bonavita couldn’t have been happier to get the message: “I called him back
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and asked, ‘How much do you need?’” Within a few weeks Bonavita had produced 300 gallons of hand sanitizer for Northeast Arc. “This also helped about 20 other service providers in Massachusetts who support people with disabilities,” says Welton. The partnership, according to Welton, is a perfect example of what he learned on the Hilltop. “What struck me most about going to Saint Anselm was developing a community of people you knew you could depend on,” he says. Bonavita agrees. “At Saint Anselm, we were always taught the world is bigger than us,” he says. “There’s a bigger community out there that you need to be aware of.” For Father Hugh Vincent Dyer ’97, administering to the needs of others is how he spends every day. A Dominican
friar whose community is St. Catherine of Siena in New York, N.Y., Father Dyer made the decision to leave his community of brothers to move in to the nursing home where he has been serving as chaplain. According to Father Dyer, this decision was about making sure he didn’t put the nursing community at risk by inadvertently passing along something he had picked up from his brother priests who were serving in hospitals. “My residents were the most vulnerable,” he says. In addition to broadcasting daily Mass to the residents via CCTV, leading the Rosary prior to daily Mass, and being available for council, Father Dyer pulled from his humanities education from Saint Anselm to create what he calls the “Cultural Miscellany” show. “I’m reading residents poetry, playing etymology games, and showing classic movies,” he says. “At Saint Anselm I was exposed to great and beautiful texts, and to have the opportunity to share that with this community is a powerful thing.” Father Dyer points to the Benedictine ideals of hospitality and welcoming others as having influenced his life. “These lessons filter down in ways unimagined, and help to inform the culture of this community at a very difficult moment,” he says. While Father Dyer never could have imagined his path would have led to him to this moment in time, he is prepared. “It has been unexpected work, but not work I was unprepared for—and that is thanks in part because I went to Saint Anselm College.”
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In response to the uncertain times our students are facing, Saint Anselm College created the Anselmian Student Relief Fund. This fund assists students who are encountering financial emergencies and exceptional needs that might prevent them from continuing their education on the Hilltop. As of late May, the fund has raised $70,141.42. To support students in need, please visit www.anselm.edu/giving.
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here’s something special about Saint Anselm College nurses. While the qualities that make up this unique group of people are often intangible, these selected nurse pinning essays from the class of 2019 get to the heart of what it truly means to be a nurse from Saint Anselm College. For those unfamiliar with the pinning ceremony, it celebrates the seniors’ completion of the highly respected and rigorous nursing program. The pin symbolizes our nurses’ preparedness to serve as a compassionate caregiver. plus-circle When this year began, none of us knew how much the world would need our nurses now more than ever before. And while this year’s pinning ceremony was unable to take place in person, our nursing students from the class of 2020 have traded their student training scrubs for professional ones, doing what they do best: caring for others.
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Mollie Mannion, R.N. ’19 MEDICAL-SURGICAL FLOOR
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass. A turn of the page, a knock on the door, a choice. When I think about my time in nursing school, I think of it as a book—and no, I am not talking about Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems by Lewis, Bucher and Harding (2017). Although I did carry that one around campus and read it often (I highly recommend it, by the way), I’m thinking of a book that tells a story. Often when we read storybooks, we want to skip to the end, to the part where everything comes together and, in most cases, a happy ending is achieved. There is no doubt that during nursing school there were times when we wanted to skim through the pages as quickly as possible to get to the end simply because we thought those chapters were too hard. I can’t help but think what a shame this would have been. For the true beauty of books is pages that might be a little crumpled and maybe even have some tears from laughing too hard (or crying), the characters you meet, and the varying lessons in each chapter. I am sure there may have been a few paper cuts along the way, but I am here to remind you that you should be proud because you chose to go through each chapter (both good and bad) of your personal nursing school story and make it your own. Like all books, the story can sometimes have a slow start; however, none of you were fooled. For you were just too smart for that, knowing that the introduction is a crucial part to pay attention to, a foundation. Thus, you chose to go to our Tuesday/Thursday 8 a.m., two-anda-half-hour lecture freshman year with Professor Welch where we learned the patient is a person first. We learned Swanson’s Theory of Caring and that
“ In Fundamentals of Nursing we learned the BEAUTY OF EMPATHY AND THE SIGNIFICANCE IN RECOGNIZING THE HUMANITY in others.” —MOLLIE MANNION, R.N. ’19
knowing, doing for, enabling, maintaining belief, and being with the patient during a most difficult time in their life can have the biggest impact. Moreover, in Fundamentals of Nursing we learned the beauty of empathy and the significance in recognizing the humanity in others. During this course, we chose to wear a brief (a big diaper)
on a hot September day (all day), and to sit and spoon-feed and be fed by our lab partners so that we could put ourselves in our patient’s shoes. I laugh thinking about going to my non-nursing classes with my brief bunching out of my pants, but at the same time I smile at just how lucky I am to be a part of a program that emphasizes empathy and love.
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I AM A NURSE The story continued and our lives became filled with clinical hours with new opportunities, choices, and pages to turn. We learned to recognize important lab values, perform the head-to-toe assessment, and synthesize the varying components of our patient’s story. We made a choice each time we went into the hospital, knocked on the door and said, “Hello, I am going to be your student nurse today.” Behind each door was a new character who would impact our lives forever, whether we knew it or not. Reflecting on the Saint A’s nursing school journey, I am reminded of a quotation from Father Mathias during a senior retreat. “If you carpe diem (Latin for seize the day), you will nunc dimittis (be dismissed),” he said. Elaborating, he explained if you make the choice to seize each day, you will have those ‘aha’ moments in life where you feel so connected to the moment you are in and at peace with what you are doing in life that you are able to say “Now I can be dismissed, Lord.” I realize I am turning the very last page of an important book in my life. I thank you all for being a part of my personal nursing storybook. You each hold a special place in my heart. I look forward to starting the next book in my series of life and feel so blessed to have my Saint A’s nursing school book engrained in my heart and my mind to always look back on.
“ For every difficult moment we’ve experienced, we have a hundred incredible moments that remind us WHY WE CHOSE NURSING as a profession.” —ALEXI STATHIS, R.N. '19
Alexi Stathis, R.N. ’19 PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINICAL NURSE
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Pediatric Oncology, New York, N.Y. What does it mean to be a nurse? Professor Welch asked us that question on the first day of our first real nursing class: Introduction to Professional Nursing. A few of us attempted to answer it, suggesting it involved being caring or helping people, but what none of us knew was that only time and experience could show us what it truly means to be a nurse. As we sit here today in our white uniforms and white caps, it feels impossible that we have made it this 22 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
far. We all knew after freshmen year biochem this was not going to be an easy journey, but looking back it was well worth it. Sophomore year, our nursing career really took off because we got our stethoscopes and learned how to take vital signs. Shortly after, we put on our scrubs for the first time, got our hands blessed, and entered into our first geriatric clinical rotation. At that point, we still couldn’t process the fact that we were allowed to interact with real people instead of simply using our mannequin “Annie,” who couldn’t be hurt by our mistakes.
After fumbling with the blood pressure cuffs and performing our 10-minute headto-toe assessments, we quickly began to realize nursing was not just about completing tasks. We began building rapport with our patients, listening to them tell stories about when they were our age or about their grandchildren. We learned a lot about patients, but I’d say we learned more about life. As we moved on to med surg, we started applying more critical thinking skills and started thinking more like a healthcare professional: analyzing the patient’s history with our assessments, recognizing abnormal lab values,
making nursing diagnoses and coming up with interventions. But more importantly, we continued our focus on patient-centered care. My very first med surg patient was a 52-year-old gentleman. I was receiving the report from the nurse when she informed me he had just learned he had cancer with a poor prognosis. My heart sank and I stood trying to listen to the rest of what she was saying, but my mind was caught on that important detail. For someone who talks a lot, I had no idea what I was supposed to say to him. But I went in and I began by introducing myself. As I took his vital signs, I noticed he had a tattoo. After a brief exchange regarding the tattoo, he went on and shared many memories and life experiences with me. What was supposed to be me taking vital signs for five minutes turned into an hour-long conversation. After, I realized I witnessed firsthand this man reflect on his entire life. I saw what it was like to be at the end of your life and have regrets. When I was leaving, he thanked me for listening and said, “You really have no idea how much it meant and how much I appreciate you talking to me.” We all have had experiences like this. We may have heard different stories, but we’ve experienced similar overwhelming emotions. We all have had those days— when it all starts to feel a little too much. And for every difficult moment we’ve experienced, we have a hundred incredible moments that remind us why we chose nursing as a profession. It’s the experiences we have had here, at Saint Anselm College, that will shape us into the nurses we will become. We never could have made it this far without the support from our professors, our friends, our family. We are forever grateful for everything you have done for us. Finally, we never could have made it this far without each other. We have all grown so much throughout these four years and I am so proud to be a part of the Saint Anselm Nursing Class of 2019. And now (senior year) I know we all have the answer to the question: What does it mean to be a nurse?
Cecilia Mercadante, B.S.N., R.N. ’19 MEDICAL/SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS, 3 GARRISON
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, N.H. High school. College. Get a job. That’s the trajectory that was expected of all of us sitting here. High school prepares you for college. College prepares you for the real world. And in the real world, you need to get a job. I thought, when I first came to nursing school, that my path was as clear as this, maybe even easy. It was simple; I would go to college and then get a job as a nurse. What I’ve since discovered is nursing is not an easy path. None of us could
have estimated the number of hours spent studying, reading, researching and writing papers, doing practice NCLEXstyle questions, projects, and learning to care for patients in labs and clinicals. We’ve spent an exhausting four years learning everything there is to know about the human body. All of this has been in preparation for when we walk off this campus, pass the NCLEX (fingers crossed, on the first try in 75 questions) and get a job as a nurse. The second misconception I had when I started school was thinking that nursing would be just a job. Honestly, if nursing was just a job, no one would do it. Nursing school has been challenging, and from what I’ve seen in clinical, nursing is often draining and exhausting
“ Maybe in all the stress and hard work, you’ve found MEANING, FULFILLMENT AND BEAUTY in this work.” —CECILIA MERCADANTE, B.S.N., R.N. '19
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I AM A NURSE as well. So why are we here? Maybe you are here because you come from a long line of nurses, and you were inspired to be like them. Maybe you had an ill family member or friend, and the nurses cared for you as much as they did for your loved one. Maybe you needed to be cared for yourself, and now you can do that for others. Or maybe, like me, you just had a feeling. And now, in all the stress and hard work, you’ve found meaning, fulfillment and beauty in this work. Whatever the reason, one thing is clear. After four years of lectures, studying, and thousands of NCLEX practice questions, we aren’t here to get a job as a nurse. We are here to become nurses. I don’t fully understand what that means yet, and maybe I never will, but I believe becoming a nurse means we have responsibilities, both to ourselves and to those we care for. First, it means we should act this out in all parts of our lives. To start, we need to take care of ourselves. Being kind to
ourselves may be the best way we can give of ourselves to others. Second, being a nurse means remembering this is not just a science, but an art. Looking at my peers, I see qualified, intelligent and compassionate nurses who are all ready for this work, but it is essential we remember our care goes beyond the physical. Over our time at St. A’s we have learned this well; from dancing in the halls with residents of the nursing homes, to practicing therapeutic communication with our med surg patients, to holding the hands of loved ones in the ICU, to cheering on a mother as she enters another hour of labor, to finding creative ways to reach vulnerable populations in Manchester or even Costa Rica. And I could go on. Our patients’ most important needs are often not physiological, but social, emotional, psychological or spiritual. When we begin working in a couple of months, I can imagine we will be overwhelmed with the science because there is so
much to understand. In the midst of that, we have the responsibility to find moments to practice nursing as an art. Lastly, my hope is that we never treat this work as just a job. When we feel burned out or exhausted, or that this profession we have chosen is becoming a series of tasks to accomplish, we should take a moment to remember those answers. You chose this for a reason; you put in all this time and work for a reason. And whatever that reason is, it boils down to the same thing: Today we are pinned; we do not become qualified for a job. Today symbolizes that being a nurse is part of who we are.
Jordan Ezekiel, R.N. ’19 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Elliot Hospital, Manchester, N.H. Walt Disney once said “all of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” For those of us sitting here in white, today celebrates a dream we had as children and chased to achieve. This chase was not easy. Sometimes it felt like a sprint. Sometimes like the last two miles of a marathon. Sometimes like the mile-run you had to do in gym class as a kid. Regardless, today those of us who are being pinned, and those who we love and have helped
“ I knew right then what it meant to be a holistic nurse, and I saw what light a SMALL GESTURE COULD BRING TO SOMEONE.” —JORDAN EZEKIEL, R.N. '19
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us through the challenges of nursing school can all celebrate as we approach the finish line together. I remember choosing to attend Saint Anselm College because it seemed like the place where I could continue to be involved in many of the things I liked to do in high school, in addition to studying a subject I was passionate about: nursing. In one of our first nursing lectures, Professor Welch told us how throughout the years we would grow as nurses and our ideology behind why we wanted to become nurses and influence others would change as we grew. I realized I was surrounded by students who seemed to know exactly why they wanted to be nurses and what specialty they wanted to pursue. I, however, had absolutely no idea why I wanted to be a nurse. Of course, there were always the general ideas such as “I like helping people,” but I felt like it had to be so much more than that. Our nursing instructors taught us the importance of holistic care and building patient connections. I thought it sounded wholesome, but integrating this along with all of the other things we were supposed to remember seemed overwhelming. During one clinical day, I was caring for a woman recovering from a stroke. The woman would not speak but cried often. During morning care, I started humming and singing softly to her, and I saw her eyes change in the way that she looked at me. They were soft and gentle, and I could tell she did not want me to stop. I continued singing, this time a little louder, and later she began singing with me as best she could. The nurses on the floor told me they had not gotten a word out of her for months, and here she was spending the afternoon sitting in her chair singing with me. I knew right then what it meant to be a holistic nurse, and I saw what light a small gesture could bring to someone. Now I knew why I wanted to be a nurse. Along with the high moments during nursing school have been those when we question ourselves—is this really what I want to be doing? I just got below a 70 percent, am I going to recover? Am I going to be able to handle the
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“ Our unique Anselmian identity will be evident through our ability to demonstrate STRENGTH, COURAGE AND FAITH in the most trying times in our careers." —VALERIE PAUER, R.N. '19
responsibility of having the lives of others in my hands? Sometimes there have been moments where we wanted to cry and quit rather than submit two case studies, study for anatomy practical, write a research paper, take a patho exam, go to 16 hours of clinical, do a VSIM, 2 ATIs, and two more exams all in one week. But we didn’t quit. And we should be proud. Aside from graduation and finals, today is one of the last days we will spend together as the Nursing Class of 2019. Whatever path we choose to pursue from here, may we always remember our home on the Hilltop and the many blessings it brought us, and our loved ones. Let us say a special thank-you today to our instructors and professors who guided us over the years and believed in our capabilities through
our lowest and highest moments. Let us give our parents an extra big hug for always being on the other end of the phone when we needed to cry, for cheering us on all the way, and for being here today celebrating in our future. We could not have done it alone. I wish you all nothing but grace, strength and happiness as we close out this chapter and begin a new one.
Valerie Pauer, R.N. ’19 CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL UNIT
Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, N.H. Today, we are gathered again in the Abbey church, just as we were two years ago for the Blessing of the Hands, a ceremony that marked the beginning of our journey to
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I AM A NURSE become Saint Anselm nurses. We have grown so much as nursing students as well as individuals during our time on the Hilltop. As students, we have acquired an immense amount of knowledge through the successful completion of the highly respected and rigorous nursing program here at Saint Anselm. While this pinning ceremony commemorates the end of our journey as Saint Anselm nursing students, it also marks the beginning of our tenure as Saint Anselm nurses—which brings up the question: What is a Saint Anselm nurse? It is difficult to describe what sets a Saint Anselm nurse apart within the nursing profession. Countless times, when I have talked to patients, members of the community or other healthcare professionals, I have received an outpouring of compliments and praise regarding the excellence of Saint Anselm nurses. I have heard comments such as “I love Saint Anselm nurses; Saint Anselm nurses are the best; I’m so thankful to have a Saint Anselm nurse taking care of me; I love hiring and working with Saint Anselm nurses.” Yet it is often difficult for people to explain in words what makes Saint Anselm nurses so special. As a student nurse, I frequently hear people say, “There is just something about you.” This is something that I myself have pondered, and I would like to share with you, in my own words, my
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interpretation of the essence of a Saint Anselm nurse. There is no doubt that Saint Anselm nurses are clinically competent, as evidenced by our rigorous curriculum and outstanding faculty who have served as extraordinary nurse role models for each one of us, both inside the classroom as well as in clinical rotations. We all owe a special thanks to our faculty who have inspired us with their passion for and dedication to the nursing profession. The countless hours of nursing lectures, studying in groups with each other, completing ATI and Evolve quizzing, working through complex case studies, receiving one-on-one help from our professors, writing papers, and answering seemingly impossible “Select All That Apply” questions have prepared us well to master knowledge needed to pass the NCLEX and become registered nurses. We are both competent and holistic nurses, as we are able to care for others at their most vulnerable times with thoughtfulness, compassion, and humbleness. Our studies of the liberal arts have not only instilled in us a lifelong desire to pursue truth, but the liberal arts have also further cultivated the innate qualities that drew us to Saint Anselm in the first place. I consider these qualities to be strength, courage, wisdom, patience, compassion and understanding. It is these qualities that set Saint Anselm nurses apart.
Our scrubs will no longer be embellished with the SAC logo, and our multiple I.D. badges will not identify us as Saint Anselm Nursing Students, and we will no longer introduce ourselves as “Hi, my name is Valerie, and I am a Saint Anselm student nurse who will be helping to take care of you today.” As we move beyond the Hilltop, however, and go out into the world to fulfill our individual roles as registered nurses, our identity as Saint Anselm nurses will forever be demonstrated by the compassion, strength, understanding, wisdom and patience that guides the way we will care for our patients. Our unique Anselmian identity will be evident through our ability to demonstrate strength, courage and faith in the most trying times in our careers. The cultivation of these qualities is a quintessential element of the identity of a Saint Anselm nurse, and it is what makes Saint Anselm nurses so special. In closing, to the Nursing Class of 2019: Let the Saint Anselm College nursing pins we receive today serve as everlasting reminders of our duties to faithfully serve God and humbly care for our fellow men through our calling to the sacred profession of nursing. Congratulations and best wishes to all my fellow Anselmian nurses. Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. Thank you and God bless you all.
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To all of our nurses, healthcare workers, first responders and frontline workers, and to everyone in our Saint Anselm community who has been putting the wellness and safety of others in front of their own during this unprecedented time, we thank you.
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A CALL OF DUTY Matt Quin R.N., M.S. ’99, president smaller obstacles such as wearing and COO at Women & Infants Hospital, masks all day and no longer meeting Providence, R.I., is not a stranger to in groups, to bigger hurdles of closing challenging times. While he is currently down surgical units, moving surgical guiding his hospital, which delivers 80 units and surgical pods in hours instead percent of the babies born in Rhode of weeks, and determining how to Island, through the worst pandemic in navigate the complexities of social more than a century, Quin also was on distancing and restricted visitation in the front lines of the Boston Marathon the setting of significant life experiences bombing in 2013 as director of the such as the birth of a child or the Surgical, Burn and Trauma Intensive/ passing of a loved one. Intermediate Care at Brigham and The Covid-19 situation also has caused Women’s Hospital in Boston. Quin and the healthcare team to create “The Boston Marathon bombing was new care models to support patients. a very challenging time,” says Quin. “Many patients are coming to Women “We hadn’t experienced anything like & Infants Hospital for a joyous event, it before in Boston—there was a lot of the birth of a baby, but now we need to trauma, physical and emotional.” develop safe ways of getting patients Quin credits a rise in the human spirit out of the hospital more quickly because with helping everyone through the tragic they are safer at home,” he says. “While event. “Nurses and healthcare workers there is a lot of uncertainty right now, make such a sacrifice putting others we need to begin to work through before themselves—it is truly a call of duty,” he says. “Seeing everyone rise above these challenging moments to give the best possible care to patients is uplifting and inspiring.” This same human spirit is helping him and his staff handle the current Covid-19 situation. “Like the marathon bombing, we’ve never experienced anything like this before, and people are coming together in ways they have never done before, rising above old and new challenges while forging new relationships and work processes,” he says. “The unified sense of community and drive to figure out our path forward is palpable—we are having to learn as we go.” For Quin and his staff, this means adapting to situations Photo courtesy of that are changing by the Women & Infants Hospital hour. That includes navigating
the problems, step by step, to assure patients are getting the care they need.” This ability to problem-solve and look at situations creatively is an attribute Quin says he learned during his time at Saint Anselm. “Resilience and creative thinking are attributes that grew and developed during my time at Saint Anselm,” he says. “The importance of thoughtful and intentional communication, especially when caring for people, was also something I took away with me.” Upon graduating from the Hilltop with his Bachelor of Science in nursing, Quin took these skills on to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where in addition to being the director of the Surgical, Burn and Trauma Intensive/Intermediate Care, he also was director of Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care, leading the units’ clinical discipline of nursing. He also earned a master’s in nursing and healthcare from Simmons College in Boston. Joining Women & Infants Hospital in 2013 as vice president for nursing operations, Quin was then named senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer in 2015 before assuming his new role as president and COO. Quin’s exceptional blend of patient care and clinical nursing experience is something he recognizes in every Saint Anselm College nurse. “I’ve found over time when hiring, nurses from Saint Anselm are just so well rounded and very smart—I know from experience how tough the program is,” he says. “They are so resilient and show such a nice balance between the art and science behind nursing.” —Kate Grip Denon
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LAUREN CHOOLJIAN ’10
Reporter, Politics and Policy, NHPR My favorite moment, by far, was the day I found out Candy Crowley was a math major. I was a runner for the CNN debates in the summer of 2007, a time when Candy was CNN’s lead political reporter and I was a confused soon-tobe sophomore, obsessed with figuring out what the heck I should choose as a major. I remember waiting on the quad for Candy to finish a live shot, and the minute the camera went off, I marched up to her and told her my situation: I think I wanted to be like her one day. We didn’t have journalism at Saint Anselm then—should I choose politics? What was her major? “Math!” she told me. “I thought I was going to write the great American novel!” All this to say, I learned a big lesson that day: It wasn’t my major that would decide my future. Candy was brave and curious and found jobs in newsrooms and kept hustling hard, working her way up the ladder. So that’s what I decided to do. By the way, I ended up choosing history.
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Director of Government Affairs for the Professional Fire Fighters Union of New Hampshire Formerly Deputy State Political Director for Sen. Cory Booker Campaign During my junior year, I was a runner for MSNBC News, and was able to work with broadcast personalities such as Joe Scarborough and Tamron Hall. We did a lot of behind-the-scenes work, like having to track down an American flag and a New Hampshire flag for a backdrop—it took hours to set up this one shot. And while I work in Democratic politics, it was impressive seeing political pundits from both sides. Having a chance to meet everyone and hear their stories about how they got where they are today was great—that experience definitely helped me become more politically connected and involved. But my most memorable moment? Probably picking up conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt from the airport. When we dropped him off, he said, “Always remember Republicans tip better than Democrats.”
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The weather did not stop supporters from gathering on the Hilltop to catch a glimpse of the excitement inside, left.
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KELSEY WALSH ’17
Special Events Producer, ABC News As a student, my favorite part of working with ABC was being exposed to some of the best journalists in the business that I’ve admired for so long. One of the most memorable moments was talking with ABC’s campaign reporters and realizing that I too, as a student, had the opportunity to interact personally with each candidate running for the highest office in America, as they do every day for their job. On debate night in 2016, I had a pinch-me moment as I sat in ABC’s production truck watching presidential candidates take the stage on the Hilltop. My role for the night was to buzz candidates when their allotted minute was completed. My pinch-me moments happen more frequently now, but the strongest one of my career happened when I returned to the Hilltop in 2020. I have enormous gratitude for a place I call home, Saint Anselm College.
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SALLY PERSONS ’13
White House Producer, Fox News The reason I came to Saint Anselm College was to be part of the New Hampshire Primary political process. As a student, I worked the debate in 2012 for ABC News and was introduced to the world of broadcast journalism. My most memorable moment from that cycle was seeing journalists, ones I had always watched and read, eating in Davison Hall, or hanging out in the coffee shop just like me and my fellow classmates. Luckily, I’ve been back on campus the past two campaign cycles for work and it always feels like being home.
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JOE ALEXANDER ’17
New Hampshire State Representative, Finance Director of the NHGOP One of the most memorable opportunities I had in the 2016 election cycle was being able to work in the television studio at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. I was the student attendant in the studio, usually when a Republican candidate or VIP did a news hit. That gave me a unique opportunity to talk one-on-one with presidential candidates and see what they were like off-camera As a New Hampshire Republican Primary voter, I used that one-on-one time to meet the real candidate and ask questions I thought were important. I used the information I learned and the conversations with the candidates at the ballot box when I voted for president for the first time in the Republican Presidential Primary in 2016.
PHOEBE FERRAIOLO ’17
Deputy Press Secretary, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine As a junior, I worked as a runner for Fox News during the New Hampshire Primary/Fox News Republican debate. The morning after the debate, “Fox News Sunday” aired live from Davison Hall, and I was assigned to greet Governor Jeb Bush and lead him into the Presidential Dining Room where breakfast was set up. In addition to Governor Bush, Governor John Kasich and Governor Chris Christie were also being interviewed on Fox News that morning. Christie and Kasich were already in the dining room when I brought Bush in. They all immediately started talking and joking about the debate the night before. It was so interesting to hear their candid conversations, when the night before, they were battling it out on the debate stage. After the New Hampshire primary, I went on to work as a production assistant for Fox News at several events, including the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, election night at Trump Headquarters in New York City, and Trump’s inauguration in D.C.
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On primary day, runners were given different tasks and locations to report to, and I was assigned to CBS This Morning at Café la Reine in Manchester. The show’s co-host, Tony Dokoupil, was scheduled to report live from Café la Reine in the morning, and then later from a polling station in Manchester. I was asked to join a producer for the segment to be held at the polling station. When we arrived, the producer received a call that the polling station segment needed to change completely. Given limited time, the producer quickly helped create new shots for the segment, and then walked his team and Tony through the new segment. Being able to witness what happens behind the scenes of a live broadcast was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I will never forget.
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COOKIES SERVED BY DINING SERVICES DURING THE CNN TOWN HALLS
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THANK YOU, LORIE BY LAURA (ROSSI) LEMIRE ’06
On May 15, following a 27-year career on the Hilltop, Lorie Cochrane, executive assistant at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) and a mom of sorts (mentor, supporter, manager) to the thousands of students who passed through her office door, retired. To say she left her mark on this campus would be an understatement. “Lorie has been key to the great success of the NHIOP and making Saint Anselm a nationally recognized civic location,” says Neil Levesque, executive director of the NHIOP. “While she has taken the lead on many projects and programs, her most important contribution has been the individual attention she has given to thousands of students—she is one of the most beloved members of the Saint Anselm community because of it.” Since she was hired in 1993, Lorie worked for the Dana Center, Dining Services, the NHIOP, the Institute’s Research Centers, and the Department of Politics. As a student-favorite, she was invited to senior formals and asked to chaperone trips. She was the first advisor to the Seton Service Society founded in 1999, and was the originator of the Stoneface stamp that now appears on every poster and flyer found on campus. She also was awarded the Walter J. Gallo ’58 Alumni Award from the Alumni Association in 2012. Lorie started in the Dana Center, working in the box office part-time. Then she spent some time as a bookkeeper for the coffee shop. In 1995, she returned to the Dana Center as the reservation coordinator and 38 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
administrative assistant. She was assisting with campus events in Dana when the NHIOP was dedicated and opened in September 2001, and by the end of October the team at the NHIOP had recruited Lorie to help with their ever-expanding programming. “I would never have been able to get the residential summer women’s leadership forum [NEW Leadership New England] Jennifer Lucas of the politics department and I ran for eight years without her,” says Professor Elizabeth Ossoff, chair of the psychology department. “She is one of the most dedicated and resourceful people on this campus—she cares for the students, faculty and staff here in a way that makes me wonder how the place will be the same without her smile, her enthusiasm, and her energy.” Lorie recalls her first event at the NHIOP when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited on November 2, 2001. Requiring special protocol when hosting a foreign dignitary, she had to confirm flags on the stage and deal with very tight security parameters. “Whether she was supporting faculty, handling logistics for a guest speaker, assisting at debates or helping a student, Lorie was the perfect combination of administrative rock star and Benedictine hospitality steward,” says Anne Broderick Botteri ’82, former executive director of the NHIOP. “She was especially committed to the NHIOP’s ethos to never waiver in its intention to put students first, ensuring they had access and opportunity to
engage in real-time with thought leaders, journalists, and the men and women who seek our nation’s highest offices, including the presidency.” In her 19 years at the Institute, Lorie’s role continued to evolve until she became an executive assistant for Executive Director Neil Levesque in addition to assisting the politics department, advising the Kevin B. Harrington Student Ambassador Program and managing the VideoLink Studio. She has worked with every executive director and hundreds of students. Through the Institute’s video studio, which is the only live production and broadcast studio in the Greater Manchester area, outside of a newsroom, she has welcomed countless guests and public figures, many of whom now know her by name. During her tenure, Lorie met almost every presidential candidate who visited campus; she even hosted Joe Biden at her own home in 2010. Pictures of her with politicians litter her office, not to be outdone though by the pictures of her with students. Lorie says students and the ambassador program are what she will miss most. She has kept every note a student has ever written her and insists she will carry them with her long after retirement. As her beloved Dana Center manager Donald Cox used to say to her at the end of every day, “Lorie, thank you for a great day.” From all of us on the Hilltop, Lorie, thank you for a great day, and a great career, and enjoy a much-deserved retirement.
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Focus on Faculty
MICHAEL MCGUINNESS ’78 Economics and Business BY KATE GRIP DENON
“Invest in yourself first. New graduates need to establish a budget once they leave here, and make sure they’re putting money away each pay period.” What brought you to the Hilltop as a student? I grew up in Lynn, Mass., my father was an alum—he went here back when it was one building. I knew I wanted a small school, where I could find my niche, and Saint Anselm had a great reputation. I was very quiet but was lucky to make a great group of friends and I still see that happening today to students. Saint A’s really is a special place.
When did you return to the Hilltop to teach, and why? I worked for Converse Inc. for 16 years, finishing as the director of international finance and operations. I then did contract work doing international operational audits where I would travel overseas for two weeks and be home for one week—but it was tough on my family. Then in 2002, I started getting calls from friends that Saint Anselm was looking for an economics and business professor, and I knew it was meant to be.
What is your favorite class to teach? While I love my accounting courses, believe it or not, it’s personal finance for non-business students. It’s such a relevant class, and if a student pays attention in it, they’ll hopefully make good financial decisions through their lifetime. It’s
practical, and I get great questions from the students. What’s most rewarding for me is knowing they’re going to use this information in their lifetime.
Did this give you the idea for your book? Yes. The school was kind enough to grant me a sabbatical, and I took representative questions and answers from this class as the basis for the exchanges in the book, A Young Adult's Guide to Personal Finance (Mascot Books, 2018).
What do students say is their biggest takeaway from your personal finance class? Students will come back and tell me how useful the information has been to them (and some have actually become good financial planners). I’ve met some of their parents, and I think they like the course even more than the students.
Have you seen a change in students and their financial savviness over the years? With all due respect to our current students, I don’t believe they are as financially well versed initially as prior generations, and it is absolutely critical
Michael McGuinness ’78 Associate Professor, Economics and Business M.B.A., University of Notre Dame
for them to be so. Many companies are eliminating pension plans and, in my opinion, local governments and states are going to have to, at some point, put their new employees on a 401k or 403b plan. These students are going to be more responsible for their own retirement and financial future than any other generation has previously been.
If you could give one piece of financial advice to young people, what would it be? Invest in yourself first. New graduates need to establish a budget once they leave here, and make sure they’re putting money away each pay period.
In your opinion, what sets Saint Anselm economics and business students apart from students at other schools? Former faculty Tom Moses and David St. Cyr really laid the foundation for the accounting department. Professor Emeritus John Rqomps HD ’18 was just exceptional; I had him in class, and then found myself teaching alongside him. Professor Emeritus Arthur Kenison ’63 and Professor Emerita Jeanne Kenison ’62 (Mount Saint Mary) loved the school. With the efforts of our prior faculty, continued by our current faculty, our students, across all majors, succeed in many different areas. They are logical, articulate, and know how to go out and solve problems. I am very humbled by former students coming back to visit when I see how well they have done.
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Philanthropy SHEEHAN FUND FUELS SIGNATURE HUMANITIES PROGRAM BY PAUL PRONOVOST ’91
For generations of Saint Anselm students, the cornerstone of the curriculum was Portraits of Human Greatness, a two-year program that examined humanity, morality and spirituality through archetypes like the “Warrior” and individuals such as Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, Jr. In 2014, however, after years of work to reimagine the program, a new humanities program was unveiled. In Conversatio, Saint Anselm students consider questions of value, moral choice, and the real significance of human life through a multidisciplinary series of seminars, readings and lectures, and an expansive program of films, concerts, exhibitions and stage presentations. Pivoting to a new humanities model was not easy and has required extensive faculty training and continuous learning. The program’s success can be credited to a $500,000 gift from the Sheehan family in support of the college’s humanities efforts. Through the Frederick and Claire Sheehan Endowed Faculty Fund, professors are provided the resources to develop innovative seminars and other learning experiences to help develop critical thinking skills that are the underpinnings of a Saint Anselm education, regardless of a student’s major. Dr. Gary Bouchard, a professor in the English department and executive director of the Grappone Institute for the Humanities, says the Sheehan Fund provides the lifeblood to the college’s signature program.
“Just as the National Endowment for the Humanities helped sustain the Portraits of Human Greatness program by providing opportunities for selected faculty to read and study relevant classical texts together for a full year, the Sheehan Fellows program helps keep Conversatio vibrant by funding a similar opportunity for selected faculty in the program to spend a year reading and studying texts that can then inform or even become part of the curriculum,” he says. Rooted in the Benedictine vow that encourages faithfulness to a way of life within community, Conversatio is the foundational shared learning experience for every Saint Anselm student. As part of the Fund, a cohort of Sheehan fellows are provided support to develop and discuss new ideas for Conversatio. This year’s Sheehan fellows— David Banach, philosophy department; Dale Kuehne, politics; Sean Parr, fine arts; Aubrey Scheopner Torres, education; and Kevin Staley, philosophy—have been meeting biweekly to read and discuss works together. The fellows continuously shape Conversatio, keeping the program vibrant each year. An annual retreat also is held for humanities faculty so those teaching in the program can debrief and review new approaches to continually improve the lessons. “As the curriculum in Conversatio becomes less entrenched, faculty need to develop new curricular materials related to the modifications that are made each year,” says Dr. Derk Andrew Wierda, a professor of chemistry
and director of the Conversatio program. “The Sheehan Fund helps to enhance the experience of all of our students and the faculty who teach in Conversatio, the common shared learning experience of the college.” At a time when many universities are moving away from a focus on the humanities, Saint Anselm’s Conversatio program distinguishes the college in how students are engaged in a variety of topics that might be outside of their comfort zone and in how they are asked to challenge themselves to have a better understanding of people, politics and culture. Michael Sheehan ’82, H.D. ’11, managing partner of Allied Sports and former chair of the Board of Trustees at Saint Anselm, says the skills learned through the college’s humanities program will make a difference in life for graduates. “By encouraging critical thinking and reasoning, Conversatio helps students define and refine their creativity and to develop lifelong intellectual curiosity. Innovation isn’t solely about STEM; it’s about ideas and concepts and original thinking. Conversatio gives Saint Anselm students, regardless of their major, an important advantage.” Over the years, the humanities program has expanded at Saint Anselm and now includes a minor with classes such as “Gender in Music and Literature,” “The Qu’ran, Culture, Conflicts: An Introduction to Islam,” “Shakespeare and Political Power” and more.
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Alumni News 10 UNDER 10 AWARDS RECOGNIZE YOUNG ALUMNI The Saint Anselm College Alumni Association is proud to recognize 10 recent alumni as part of the fourth annual 10 Under 10 Awards. The program was established in 2016 as a way of highlighting the success and accomplishments of young alumni who have already made a profound impact on their communities while positively influencing the future.
Lindsay (Desharnais) Benton ’12 Nurse Practitioner, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Lindsay (Desharnais) Benton ’12 began her career at Catholic Medical Center as an R.N. in the ICU, and then moved to Elliot Hospital in pediatric medical/ surgical before working in pediatric primary care. While there, she fell in love with the relationships she made with families and began pursuing her master’s at Boston College. While taking classes, she worked at Boston Children’s Hospital, and graduated with her Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree in May 2018. She currently works as a pediatric APRN at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Concord, N.H., and lives in Candia, N.H., with her husband.
Lauren Choolijian ’10
Reporter, Politics and Policy, NHPR Lauren Chooljian ’10 is NHPR’s politics and policy reporter for the State of Democracy project. She was recently a producer for the widely acclaimed “Bear Brook” podcast and is currently a reporter/producer for the “Stranglehold” NHPR feature on the NH Primary. Her reporting has earned her awards from the Associated Press and a regional Murrow Award.
Michael Doherty ’10
Scientist, Codiak BioSciences A scientist at Codiak BioSciences in Cambridge, Mass., Michael Doherty ’10 develops manufacturing processes for exosome therapeutics. He has developed his career through the 44 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
ecosystem of Cambridge startup biotech and has worked on the development of several pre-clinical and clinical programs. He has contributed to his field as a leader in high-throughput process development and has presented his work externally through scientific meetings and patent applications. In addition to his B.A. in biology, Doherty received a M.S. in biology from Northeastern University and enjoys spending time in the kitchen and on his road bike.
Hilary Gorgol ’14
Staff Nurse, Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Hilary Gorgol ’14 has received certifications in hospice/ palliative nursing and is a certified chemotherapy/biotherapy provider. She was awarded the Norman Knight Preceptor of Distinction Award in December 2019 and often represents the Saint Anselm College Nursing Department at open houses and other college events. She also is the president of Saint Anselm’s chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Greg Merrill ’14
Financial Advisor, UBS Private Wealth Management A partner in The Shantz Mantione Group at UBS Private Wealth Management in Stamford, Conn., Greg Merrill ’14 and his team help families navigate significant financial transitions. A particular passion for Merrill is working with business owners and entrepreneurs in helping them understand the financial, business
and personal impact of transitioning their business. This experience has led him to become the founder and president of the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the Exit Planning Institute. Since graduating, he has received his Certified Exit Planning Advisor ® (CEPA®) and Certified Financial Planning ™ (CFP®) designations. He lives in Stamford, Conn., with his fiancée Tory.
Mary (Feenan) Nelson ’12
Exhibitions Project Assistant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Mary (Feenan) Nelson ’12 is an assistant project manager in the Exhibitions department at the MFA. She works with the director of exhibitions, conservation, design, and collections management to organize, plan content, and install objects for exhibition projects on view to more than one million annual visitors. She also oversees art rotations for paintings, decorative arts, works on paper, and ancient objects. She joined the MFA in 2015 and worked in the curatorial department for European art for three and half years. There she assisted the department with the acquisition of more than 250 paintings and decorative arts objects, and planned numerous events for museum patrons. She also is often enlisted to escort paintings that the museum lends to other institutions.
Ashley Pratte ’11
Vice President, The Herald Group Vice president at The Herald Group, a full-service public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C., Ashley
Photo by Kevin Harkins
Pratte ’11 has extensive experience in crisis communications, strategic communications, and brand reputation management. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., she served as press assistant and interim communications director to Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH). She also worked on his congressional campaign in 2010. She has made frequent appearances on MSNBC, Fox News, Al Jazeera, and CBS News, and she also is an opinion contributor for NBC News THINK. Pratte has been published on CNN.com, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today and The Hill, and was named as one of Maverick PAC’s 30 Under 30 in 2017.
Eric Ricci, D.M.D. ’10
Dentist, Ricci Family Dentistry Eric Ricci, D.M.D. ’10 always dreamed of becoming a dentist just like his father. After college, he attended Rhode Island College and obtained a
Master of Arts degree in biology. Ricci was awarded a federal grant through the National Science Foundation EPSCoR program for his research that resulted in the discovery of a plant cuticle on the species of moss Physcomitrella patens. He then attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, where he was inducted into the Tisch College of Civic Life’s Honos Civicus Society. Currently, Ricci serves as a corporate member of the board at Delta Dental of Rhode Island, and works as a general dentist with his father, John Ricci, D.M.D., in Providence.
Lucy Santangelo ’15
Operating Room Service Line Coordinator, Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center Recently accepting a leadership management position as the coordinator of the vascular and
thoracic surgery departments, Lucy Santangelo ’15 obtained a master’s degree in healthcare emergency management from Boston University in 2019. She is dedicated to continuing education and works as a teacher and mentor to new nurses.
Margaret Wood ’10
Nurse Manager, Cardiac ICU, Duke University Health Margaret (Meg) Wood ’10 has been utilizing her nursing degree as a cardiac ICU nurse at prestigious hospitals such as Beth Israel, Yale and the Duke University Medical Center, and also gives back through her work with Team Heart, Inc. With Team Heart, Inc. she provides nursing and healthcare education in order to prevent advanced rheumatic heart disease through a combined effort of surveillance, prevention, education and early intervention.
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Alumni News ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME • CLASS OF 2020 The Saint Anselm College Department of Athletics inducted six individuals into its Athletics Hall of Fame on February 15 in a ceremony at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
From left: Kelsey (Johnson) Kane ’09, Tim Karalexis ’02, Jim Moore ’06, Alana McNeil ’08, Coleman Noonan ’11, and Chris Bagley’02 Photo by Bruce Preston
Chris Bagley ’02, a four-year member of the Hawks men’s soccer program, was a two-time All-America selection and a two-time NE10 Conference Player of the Year. Across a standout career on the Hilltop, Bagley continues to hold the program’s all-time record for goals scored (71) and is the far-and-away leader with 170 career points. Playing in a program record 83 career games, Bagley scored 21 gamewinning goals across his career and 46 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
owns three of the top four singleseason goal and point scoring totals in Saint Anselm history. A team captain as a senior in 2001, he logged six game-winning goals in the historic 1999 season to help the Hawks defend their ECAC Division II Men’s Soccer Championship. Propelling Saint Anselm to three NE10 Championships, Bagley was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player as a senior. He had a three-goal
outburst in the Hawks quarterfinals win over Bryant which was his 13th multipoint game of the 2001 season. To date, Bagley is the only student-athlete in team history to win First Team AllConference honors in each of his four seasons with the program.
Kelsey (Johnson) Kane ’09 was a three-year member of the Hawks women’s ice hockey program, scoring
48 goals with 40 assists for 88 points before graduating in 2009. She ranks fourth all-time with 19 power play goals and 12 game-winning goals in her career. Johnson was named the Anselmian Female Student-Athlete of the Year as a junior after earning AHCA East Region All-America honors, scoring 22 goals and 15 points for 37 points with 10 power play goals in 25 games. She locked down ECAC East Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC East honors that season, ranking among the national leaders in power play tallies and goals per game. After picking up ECAC East All-Rookie Team selection in her first campaign on the Hilltop, Johnson would become a finalist for the Laura Hurd Memorial Award, issued to the National College Player of the Year, in 2007-08. She was a team captain as a senior and was a part of 63 victories for her team in only three seasons.
Tim Karalexis ’02, a four-year member of the men’s soccer team joins Bagley as the only other two-time All-America selection in Hawks history. A four-time NE10 All-Conference selection, including back-to-back First Team picks in (2000, 2001), Karalexis is fifth all-time in point scoring with 26 goals and 27 assists for 79 points. Placing second all-time in career assists, Karalexis saw action in 79 career games for Saint Anselm and scored 10 game-winning goals, scoring 12 goals in two separate seasons. As a senior in 2001, he scored the game-winning goal in the NE10 Semifinals and assisted both goals in his team’s 2-0 victory over Southern Connecticut State in the NE10 Championship. He captained the program alongside Bagley in 2001 and guided the team to at least 14 victories in each of his four seasons. The squad also combined to post an NE10 regular season record of 36-5-1 (.869) from 1998-01. Karalexis helped Saint Anselm to back-toback ECAC Division II Men’s Soccer Championships (1998, 1999) and back-
to-back NCAA Division II Tournament appearances (2000, 2001).
Alana McNeil ’08, the first-ever Athletics Hall of Fame inductee from the Hawks women’s volleyball program, was a twotime captain who departed the Hilltop as the all-time team leader with 1,105 kills. Her attacking percentage of .312 was the team record upon her graduation in 2008 and she was also a strong net-front presence, throwing up 270 career blocks (0.72/set). She averaged just shy of three kills per set (2.94) in her career and departed as one of only six studentathletes with over 100 solo blocks to her credit. Her .354 attacking percentage in 2007 ranked second all-time in single-season team history when she graduated. Never finishing with fewer than 257 kills in a season, McNeil hammered home a career-high 27 kills in a match against Stonehill as a senior.
Jim Moore ’06 was a three-year member of the Hawks men’s basketball team who poured home more than 1,700 points after transferring to the college. Finishing with 1,913 career points and 757 rebounds to his credit, Moore was a two-time NE10 First Team All-Conference pick and went on to earn All-East Region honors from the NABC and Daktronics. The all-time program leader with 513 made free throws, Moore finished with an 84.5 percent free throw percentage, ranking second all-time. Against Saint Rose on February 18, 2006, he made all 26 of his free throw attempts on Senior Day to break a 54-year old NCAA Division II record—his 26 consecutive
made free throws also stands as the divisional record. Moore was a two-time NE10 Tournament Most Valuable Player selection, at the time becoming only the fourth student-athlete in conference history to do so. He powered the Hawks to back-to-back conference titles as a junior and as a senior and finished the aforementioned contest against Saint Rose with 43 points scored, the third-most ever in a single game.
Coleman Noonan ’11, a four-year member of the Hawks men’s ice hockey program, scored 116 points in his illustrious career and was a Second Team All-America pick by the American Hockey Coaches Association in 2010. Notching 50 goals with 66 assists, he played in 100 career games and was a two-time team captain for the Hawks. As a junior, Noonan earned Player of the Year honors from the ECAC East and the Northeast-10 after potting 23 goals and 24 assists for 47 points. He went on to capture Northeast-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors that same season, leading Saint Anselm to its first league title since 2006 with two game-winning goals and 10 total points in three contests. Spanning his junior and senior years, Noonan posted at least one point across 14 consecutive games and notched at least one point in all but four games during his final season on the Hilltop. He was the winner of the prestigious Joe Concannon Award, conveyed to the best American-born Division II/III men’s ice hockey studentathlete, and was a finalist for the Sid Watson Award.
DARREN CLOUGH ’96 A 2001 inductee into the Athletics Hall of Fame, Darren Clough ’96 was also honored at the banquet for his selection to the Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Fame last summer. PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020 47
Alumni News
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Dennis Naughton was reelected to the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board (MTRB) by the active and retired teachers of that state. This will be his third 4-year term on the board. The board oversees the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System (MTRS). He will also continue to serve as the MTRB’s designated trustee on the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM).
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Edmund P. Harrigan, M.D. has been appointed to the board of directors of Incyte, a Wilmington, Delaware-based global biopharmaceutical company. Peter Lally retired from coaching girl’s varsity soccer at Manchester High School Central this past year as the winningest coach in the history of girl’s soccer in the state of New Hampshire with a record of 453-145-30.
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Brian Lowney has produced the 32nd segment of his cable television show entitled “Fur, Fins and Feathers.” The bi-weekly show is carried throughout Eastern and Southeastern Massachusetts.
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Alan MacDougall, Ph.D. has been appointed the sixth director of the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC) in Washington, D.C. Prior to this role, he served as NCPC’s deputy director.
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Jonathan Hopkins retired from the Manchester, N.H. Police Department after 31 years of service at the rank of captain. He is currently working as the director of Central Fleet Management for the City of Manchester. Central Fleet is responsible for the repair, maintenance and purchasing of the city’s 500-plus vehicle fleet. He lives in Hooksett, N.H. with his wife Lynn, they are expecting their first grandchild in February.
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Lynne (Zifcak) Ricardo has started a private practice offering comprehensive inhome lactation education and support throughout the South Shore and Southeastern Massachusetts. She has been an international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) since 1997, working in settings such as home care and post-partum, pediatrics and special care nursery. She also is a provider at South Shore Perinatal Wellness Center in Norwell, Mass., where she offers prenatal
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breastfeeding education, support groups and lactation consults in the office.
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Phil Bouvier has been appointed senior vice president, sales and marketing, individual life for Symetra in Waltham, Mass. He joined the company in July 2011 as vice president, life insurance sales. He previously served as national vice president, individual insurance division at Sun Life Financial in Boston, and spent 15 years at John Hancock Life Insurance Company in a variety of sales and management positions. Bob O’Brien of Milton, Mass., was named assistant vice president of commercial banking for TCB The Cooperative Bank. Previously, he was a small business relationship manager and assistant vice president at Santander Bank in Boston, and also held key management and sales roles at Citizens Bank.
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Deb (Thibodeau) Anthoine is director of advancement at Saint Dominic Academy, a Pre-K through 12 Diocesan Catholic School with campuses in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.
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Robert Browne is director of security for Saint Anselm College. He previously was the chief of police for the Goffstown, N.H. police department.
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Matthew McFarland, C.F.A., vice president and portfolio manager of R. M. Davis, a northern New England wealth management firm, has been named a shareholder in the firm. McFarland works out of the firm’s Portsmouth, N.H. office. Prior to joining R.M. Davis, he worked at People’s United Bank Wealth Management, Bank of America Investment Services, and Prudential Securities Private Client Group. He serves on the boards of the Strawbery Banke Museum and the Hope for Tomorrow Foundation.
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Kirk Orgeldinger has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO) for Lightspeed Systems of Austin, Texas, a leading education technology solutions provider. He will be responsible for Lightspeed’s support, finance, and operations teams. He most recently served as the CFO of Accruent, a global software company.
TELLING UNICEF’S STORY: LAUREN (WEYBREW) DAVITT ’08 UNICEF was founded more than 70 years ago to help children in war-torn Europe, the Middle East and China. With programs across the globe, it has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization. Lauren (Weybrew) Davitt ’08 never suspected, while trick-ortreating in her Hatfield, Mass., neighborhood with a UNICEF donation can in one hand, that someday she would work for the organization. As director of public relations for UNICEF USA, with a master’s degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, she plays a vital role in programs that have resulted in everything from school desks to scholarships to drone-assisted medical supply delivery. “It’s an exciting place to work, and its mission is unparalleled,” Davitt says. It was a senior year internship in the Office of Communications and Marketing at Saint Anselm that set the history major (with a certificate in French) on her career path. After graduation, she spent six years at Manhattan communications firms before seeking work that was more in line with her passions. UNICEF USA is the organization’s presence in the U.S., conducting fundraising, education and advocacy to support worldwide programs. Davitt’s work has taken her to 11 countries—a benefit for someone who has always loved travel. (Her writings about Paris during a semester abroad appeared on the college website.) For three months in 2019, she worked in Malawi when that program lacked a chief of communications. Most of the time, however, she oversees a staff of five in an office on Wall Street. “Our job is to figure out the best way to get
information into the hands of those who need it,” she says. Sometimes that means correcting misinformation and “putting out fires.” It can be a demanding job: “Whatever’s happening anywhere, I get pulled in. If there’s an emergency in Indonesia, I’m on my phone with my team. It’s a lifestyle.” It is because of this dedication and her work with UNICEF that Davitt earned recognition from New York Nonprofit Media as one of their inaugural 40 Under 40 honorees. In addition to leading the day-to-day P.R. operation, Davitt has developed key programs including a highly successful media partnership strategy. “I saw an opportunity to tell UNICEF’s story in local markets,” she says. “I felt it would be a huge win for us if we could take a local broadcast station into the field.” A news team from Los Angeles joined
UNICEF staff at a refugee camp in Kenya, airing stories and producing a half-hour special. In what Davitt calls “a super-calculated risk,” UNICEF received $125,000 in one week, nearly all of it from first-time donors. The model is being replicated in several cities in the U.S. Davitt also manages a partnership with MSNBC called K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Desks) in a campaign that has donated 900,000 school desks and provided scholarships to young women in Malawi. Through this program, Davitt became friends with Joyce Chisale, an inspiring 17-yearold who is determined to become a doctor and a poet. This, Davitt says, is her biggest passion project: “Education for women. I will be a champion and an advocate for this cause for the rest of my life.”
BY LAURIE D. MORRISSEY
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Alumni News
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Susan Barnatowicz has joined the customer service team of Gannet & Scott, a precious metal reclamation and recovery company in Cranston, R.I. Previously, she was a program director and teacher at Aim High Academy in East Greenwich, R.I.
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Paul Nolette, chair of the department of political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisc., was named the research consultant for the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute, the training and research arm of the National Association of Attorneys General. Christina Psaros was promoted to associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also assumed the directorship of the psychology predoctoral internship in the Behavioral Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Kevin Nylen has been named the head coach of the men’s soccer program at Boston University.
Craig Welton was elected city councilor for Ward 1 in Peabody, Mass.
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Christopher Barrett recently joined the law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in Nashville, Tenn., where he will continue representing employers in employment law matters. Joshua Holcombe is a captain in the Army National Guard serving in Afghanistan as a Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter pilot. David A. McGrath has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF) James W. Cooper Fellows Program. He is a partner at Louden, Katz & McGrath, LLC in Hartford, and is chair of the Young Lawyers Section and serves on the Executive Committee of both the Family Section and the Professionalism and CLE Committee. He also serves as the co-chair of Mentoring for the Hartford County Bar Association. He is the recipient of the HCBA’s Judge Maxwell Heiman Award, and has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers (20132018) and as a New Leader in Law by the Connecticut Law Tribune (2016). Darlington Okerulu is head coach of a new professional basketball team, the TriState Admirals, based in New Jersey. The team is a
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pro franchise with franchises in Indianapolis, Columbus, Dallas, Albany, Tampa Bay and Raleigh, North Carolina, and began play this past winter. Paul Servideo, a theology teacher in his second year at Saint Bernard School in Uncasville, Conn., was awarded the 2019 Ryken Award. The award is given annually on the feast of St. Francis Xavier at each of the 13 Xaverian Brothers sponsored schools. Carol Anne Watts was named director of energy sales for Freedom Energy Logistics in Auburn, N.H. She has previous management experience from holding positions as sales and branch manager at several other energy management companies.
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Michael Nicholson has been appointed principal at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Mass. Adam Schibley has been appointed by the Connecticut Supreme Court to serve as permanent law clerk to Associate Justice Maria Araujo Kahn.
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Gregory T. Josephsen, D.M.D. was recognized as a top dentist by New Jersey Magazine and was featured in their 2019/2020 top doctor list which appeared
online and in their nationally syndicated publications. Brendan Lynch is the new talent acquisition manager for Yup, an educational technology company based in San Francisco.
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Katelyn Whalen joined Ameritas as regional vice president and will oversee retirement plans sales in North Carolina, South Carolina and Southern Virginia.
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Bridget (Martin) Lazzara is communications manager for the human services department for the City of Cambridge, Mass. She was previously communications manager for the community development department for the City of Cambridge.
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Michael Healy recently completed the New York City Marathon. He has completed the marathon “Grand Slam” having also completed the Boston and Chicago Marathons. He is an account executive with Dell (EMC) Technologies in the Boston area. Scott Richards was promoted to commercial lending portfolio manager with Dedham Savings in Dedham, Mass.
PAST, PRESENT, ANSELMIAN: BENJAMIN HORTON, PH.D. ’12 As a student and peer tutor at Saint Anselm College, Benjamin Horton, Ph.D. ’12, always saw himself as an educator. His passion for teaching fueled him to go on to get his M.Ed. and ACE Teaching Fellowship from the University of Notre Dame, and eventually his Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from the University of New Hampshire. Horton is now back on the Hilltop as assistant director of the Academic Resource Center, helping students meet their academic and personal goals. “Students are what make it such a joy to come to work each day. That’s why I chose to return to Saint Anselm as an employee—because the college’s wonderful faculty and staff made my experience so meaningful and formative. I hope to pass that on to each and every student I interact with,” says Horton. Horton’s impact extends far beyond the walls of the Academic Resource Center, however. In 2015, he began
teaching in the college’s Conversatio program, a seminar-style course geared towards first-year students. Two years later, his Conversatio cohort piloted the Hillsborough Humanities Program, adding a service-learning component to the class. The program brings the humanities curriculum to Goffstown’s Hillsborough County Nursing Home, engaging elderly residents in conversations about Plato and Boethius alongside Saint Anselm students. “Hillsborough really has given me a lot of perspective in terms of my work,” he says. “It has shaped the way I teach, explain things, the way I ask questions, the way I listen—I think it’s been a meaningful experience for the students as well.” Horton was awarded the Campus Compact for New Hampshire Presidents’ Good Steward Award in 2019 for his work with the Hillsborough program. Horton’s newest project, Hilltop Academy, is a newly created tuition-
free, for-credit summer program designed for incoming first-years. As co-director of the program, Horton will help students adjust to the Anselmian community with a 2-credit academic course during the summer before their first semester. Recently, Horton was inducted into the Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty class of 2020 for his public service and professional development in New Hampshire. He joins his wife and fellow alumna Alexandra (Puglisi) Horton ’11, who was inducted in 2015, and is owner of Café la Reine in Manchester. “For me and for Alex, we have found Saint Anselm to be a very supportive home. We’ve also found New Hampshire to be a very positive place for us to live, to have a business, and to work,” he says. Despite his long list of achievements, Horton considers himself a “hobby guy.” In his spare time, he loves to fly-fish, spend time with his rescue Schnauzer, Keefe, and play in an ice hockey league. He even builds an ice rink in his yard every winter. One of Horton’s lesser-known achievements is his first-place prize in the college’s annual Staff Chili CookOff. He secured a spot in the winner’s circle with one secret ingredient: his own honey. Horton, and a friend, raise bees in their spare time, and also sell their honey at Café la Reine. From serving the community to serving cups of chili, Horton has made his mark on the Hilltop, and will continue to inspire students in the years to come. Find the recipe for Horton’s awardwinning chili at www.anselm.edu/ portraits-magazine.
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Alumni News
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Sedona Chinn has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at the University of WisconsinMadison. She will be working in the Life Sciences Communication department, which is dedicated to science communication research. Her dissertation work is focused on how scientific disagreement in media affects trust in science and scientists. Torrie (Cram) Lalime has been promoted to vice president, internal audit manager of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. She manages the Internal Audit Department, which ensures the bank’s internal control, risk management, and governance processes are effective. Prior to joining Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in 2017, she was an audit associate with Cohn Reznick, LLP and then BerryDunn, LLP. She holds her Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor certifications.
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Nicholas Dries joined The Feil Organization in New York, N.Y., as director of leasing. Prior to joining The Feil Organization, he was a director of commercial leasing at EXR. Jorge Gonzalez is the new assistant director of student development for
Framingham State College in Framingham, Mass. Previously, he was the coordinator for student programs at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Mass. John Pearson now works for UnitedHealth Group in their Washington, DC office.
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Maeve Harrington recently produced her first original play, “Finn,” a story of immigration to Lowell, for Lowell Catholic in Lowell, Mass. She is a fine arts and theology teacher at the school.
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Bobby O’Donnell has published a book, Running Wild: A Quest for Healing Across 7 Continents (Mascot Books, 2020). Madeleine Reynolds is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research concerns alchemical manuscripts in 16th and 17th century Britain. In 2018, she completed her master’s degree in collecting and provenance studies at the University of Glasgow. This past November, she was invited to discuss the subject of her dissertation at an international conference in Poland, contributing to the discussion surrounding the
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protection of rare books and manuscripts during wartime, notes from which will be published in 2020. Upon finishing her degree, she hopes to become a university lecturer in art history and material culture.
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Ashley Motta joined the office of U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan as a senior constituent services coordinator in August 2019. She was recently named the “Young Democrat of the Year” by the New Hampshire Young Democrats. Hannah Synnott is a 2nd lieutenant logistics officer in the United States Marine Corps, stationed in Okinawa, Japan.
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Matt Wagner has graduated from the 179th New Hampshire Police Academy, and after completing a rigorous Field Training Program, has been cleared to patrol on his own as a member of the Goffstown Police Department in Goffstown, N.H.
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Richard Cabrera received the Student Change Agent Award from the New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (NHBSR). Winners were
recognized for their leadership in community, environment, governance and workplace efforts. Mike Ferraro of the Saint Anselm College men’s hockey team has signed a professional contract with the Marseille ice hockey team of the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG). Nicholas Fiorillo, senior captain of the Saint Anselm College football team, was named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society. Jake Grade of the Saint Anselm College men’s hockey team has signed a professional contract with the Hockey Club of Cholet of the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG). Megan Grenier is a marketing programs specialist with Kronos Inc. in Lowell, Mass. Emily McSherry is an analyst in Business Operations and Strategy group at Fidelity Investments. Caroline Morison is an associate accountant with Liberty Mutual in Boston. Liam O’Sullivan of the Saint Anselm College men’s hockey team has signed a professional contract with the Marseille ice hockey team of the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG).
IN MEMORIAM
Thomas P. Flynn ’57 Thomas P. Flynn ’57, a former trustee for Saint Anselm College of Oakland, Cali., passed away on November 10, 2019. Born on September 4, 1935 in Manchester, N.H., Tom was the son of Alexandra Berthiaume and Thomas F. Flynn. He attended St. Marie School, which fostered in him a great love of languages, French culture and history. He was an honor roll student at St. Marie High School, where he played football, enjoyed singing in the choir and was voted senior class president. He developed wide ranging interests as a student, became an avid reader of The New York Times, and was first in his extended family to attend college. Tom enrolled at Saint Anselm College in 1953, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in business, summa cum laude. He held leadership offices in his senior class, and the economics society; he was on the Dean’s List, and was a member of Rho Kappa Sigma, honor fraternity. Tom married Patricia Dean, R.N., in 1957. They had four children: Kathryn, Margaret Frost, (Ian); Matthew Flynn, (deceased) and Patricia McArdle, (Kevin). In 1959, Tom was hired by a small Wall Street firm and he and his family set out for New York City. A year later he joined Goldman Sachs, learned investment banking, became a vice president of Institutional Sales, and remained for 24 years. Tom enjoyed frequent opportunities to return to Manchester to visit family and attend Saint Anselm class reunions. He joined the college’s Board
of Trustees, on which he served with distinction for 18 years from 1979 to 1997. He was on the Finance Committee and followed with avid interest the development of strong politics and history departments, two of his favorite subjects. In 1997 he was elected trustee emeritus, a position he held until his death. When an opportunity arose in 1983 to join Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, Tom became a managing director of one of the preeminent investment banks in the west. He and his second wife, Sherri Richards, made California their home. Over many decades, Tom was active in community theatre, performing favorite roles in My Fair Lady, On Golden Pond, To Kill a Mockingbird, Inherit the Wind, Summer and Smoke, Anything Goes and Guys and Dolls. He continued his love of choral singing in two choirs. Tom served as a director and became board president of Stagebridge, the oldest senior theatre company in the United States. Tom is survived by his wife, Sherri, 3 children, 2 stepchildren, Daly Richards and Rami Richards, (Kathryn), 7 grandchildren, and a great-grandson. He is remembered by all who knew and loved him as a man of great humor, warmth, integrity and intellect.
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IN MEMORIAM Eugene L. Tougas, Esq. ’40, Springfield, Va., February 23, 2019. Rev. Vincent M. O’Connor ’44, Springfield, Mass., April 10, 2020. Rev. Robert A. Marchand ’48, Moody, Maine, July 18, 2019. James V. Broderick ’49, Manchester, N.H., October 19, 2018. Florence J. Cote ’49 (Mount Saint Mary), Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 24, 2019. Frederick E. Morris, Jr. ’49, Sudbury, Mass., September 26, 2019. Gerald C. Tucke ’49, Chelmsford, Mass., Centerville, Mass., and North Ft. Myers, Fla., June 2, 2019. James J. Fandel ’50, Burlington, Mass., June 18, 2018. Roger C. Tremblay ’50, Ocala, Fla., July 29, 2019. Harry J. Warner ’50, Marlton, N.J., December 26, 2019. Raymond Davis ’51, Claremont, N.H., March 25, 2020. Armand A. “Deke” Duclos, O.D. ’51, Bedford, N.H., June 9, 2019. Alfred E. Gagnon ’51, Manchester, N.H., January 18, 2020. Lillian (Bick) Jacobus ’51, (Mount Saint Mary), Atlanta, Ga., October 30, 2019. Andrew Normandeau ’51, McLean, Va., July 23, 2019. Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. ’51, Manchester, N.H., June 20, 2019. James Anthony Konides ’52, Winston-Salem, N.C., January 24, 2020. Raymond A. Lehner, Sr. ’52, Charlton, Mass., December 10, 2018. Romeo Zamberletti ’52, Jupiter, Fla., February 6, 2019. James A. Bissonnette ’53, Nashua, N.H., March 18, 2019.
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Milestones | IN MEMORIAM
Donald R. Girouard ’54, Venice, Fla., March 4, 2019.
Maria (Kostyshak) Graubart ’60, Manchester, N.H., February 7, 2019.
Alexander J. Hebert ’54, Manchester. N.H., September 27, 2019.
Anthony W. Joyce, Jr. ’60, Dunwoody, Ga., December 23, 2019.
James J. Connors, Jr. ’55, Holyoke, Mass., April 6, 2020.
Edward F. Shevlin ’60, Ridgewood, N.J., March 3, 2020.
Paul F. Corcoran ’55, Westport, Mass., April 17, 2019.
Robert L. Badolati ’61, Goffstown, N.H., November 24, 2019.
Katherine B. Cote ’55, Fullerton, Calif., March 11, 2019.
John S. Dechamplain ’61, Berlin, N.H., March 3, 2019.
Hubert W. Dougherty ’55, Hollis, N.H., October 23, 2018.
Donald E. Lipsky ’61, Uxbridge, Mass., February 26, 2020.
George H. Bibaud ’56, Manchester, Concord, and Stratham, N.H., August 25, 2019.
John F. Connolly ’62, Carlisle, Pa., September 25, 2018.
Carolyn (Kelleher) Bucklin ’65 (Mount Saint Mary), Hancock, Maine, February 2, 2019. Joseph A. Dilk, Jr. ’65, Indooroopilly, Australia, July 21, 2019. Roger L. Gauthier ’65, Portsmouth, N.H., January 25, 2020. Rev. Gerald T. Murphy, J.C.D. ’65, Spring Hill, Fla., September 14, 2019. Edmund G. Nicholas ’65, Manchester, N.H., October 29, 2018. Fr. Richard P. Tetu ’65, Manchester, N.H., October 13, 2019. Dorothy (Laroche) Tomkinson, R.N., B.S. ’65, Mount Holly, Vt., October 15, 2018.
Leo P. Savoie ’56, Norwich, Conn., November 15, 2018.
Cornelia “Connie” M. Crosby ’62, (Mount Saint Mary), Osterville, Mass., October 18, 2019.
Roger James Williams ’56, West Hartford, Conn., March 1, 2020.
Edward R. Dean, Jr. ’62, North Chelmsford, Mass., February 25, 2020.
Mary Jane Derby ’66 (Mount Saint Mary), Salem, Mass., March 13, 2020.
Thomas E. Minoughan ’57, Manchester, N.H., November 6, 2019.
Joseph Edmund Hickey, Ed.D. ’62, East Hampton, Conn., December 26, 2019.
William R. Kuslaka ’66, Manchester, N.H., May 18, 2019.
Normand R. Pinard ’57, Goffstown, N.H., February 14, 2019.
John “Jack” Rooney ’62, Bedford, N.H., February 8, 2020.
Stephen C. Ryder ’66, Framingham, Mass., November 2, 2018.
Robert B. Beaudet ’58, Manchester, N.H., September 28, 2019.
Vincent D. Spadafora ’62, Leominster, Mass., May 22, 2019.
John F. Sweeney ’66, Tampa, Fla., October 20, 2018.
Richard M. Broderick ’58, Arlington, Mass., December 25, 2019.
Joseph A. Badolato, Sr. ’63, Haverhill, Mass., October 14, 2019.
Bernadine (Lyons) White ’66, (Mount Saint Mary), Clifton, Va., August 21, 2019.
Robert A. Orlando ’58, Scottsdale, Ariz., July 31, 2019.
Dennis A. Hazel ’63, Sarasota, Fla., March 7, 2019.
Michael P. Zamarro ’66, Shrewsbury, Mass., April 10, 2019.
Dennis P. Quinn ’58, Latrobe, Pa., December 20, 2019.
Tom E. Judge, Jr. ’63, Port Washington, N.Y., February 6, 2019.
Michael Terrence Lavin, Ph.D. ’67, Orleans, Mass., March 11, 2020.
Robert V. Waldron, Sr. ’58, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., November 12, 2019.
John Joseph Lorden, Jr. ’63, Groton, Mass., May 6, 2019.
Giles E. Lepage ’68, Tampa, Fla., December 22, 2018.
Paul T. Leonard ’59, Bedford, N.H., September 12, 2019.
Arthur H. Martel ’63, Indiana, Pa., November 15, 2019.
Robert F. O’Malley ’68, Hudson, Mass., October 8, 2019.
Adrienne L. (Murphy) Markham ’59, York Beach, Maine, August 1, 2019.
Kenneth C. Roy ’63, Salem, Mass., May 8, 2019.
Donald H. Bouchard ’69, South Hadley, Mass., January 15, 2019.
Paul L. Tringoson ’59, Hollis, N.H., December 16, 2019.
Arthur Michael Sullivan, Jr. ’63, Palm Beach, Fla., February 1, 2020.
Barbara J. (Mazerski) Robinson ’69, Framingham, Mass., January 16, 2020.
Pauline J. Broberg ’60, Raleigh, N.C., October 23, 2019.
Donald Dow, Jr. ’64, Millinocket, Maine, May 27, 2019.
Robert J. Mulready ’69, Avon, Conn., April 5, 2020.
Richard (Dick) W. Cuff, D.M.D. ’60, Manchester, N.H., February 9, 2019.
Peter G. Segersten ’64, Fredericksburg, Virginia, August 8, 2018.
Donald C. Bouchard ’71, Old Saybrook, Conn., May 8, 2019.
Jeremiah P. Gearan ’60, Concord, N.H., February 12, 2020.
Arthur G. Blair ’65, Eden Prairie, Minn., July 31, 2019.
Thomas Peter Lalli ’71, Middleton, R.I., July 18, 2019.
Walter Joseph Gaffney, Jr. ’60, Killingworth, Conn., April 6, 2020.
Roger Blais ’65, Seattle, Wash., April 14, 2020.
Michael D. O’Keefe ’71, Hooksett, N.H., September 25, 2019.
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Raymond G. Demers ’66, Manchester, N.H., July 8, 2019.
Milestones
Patrick B. Burns ’72, Dracut, Mass., December 26, 2018.
Stephen H. Pickett ’80, Brockton, Mass., February 7, 2019.
Devon Langin ’13 and Tyler Savage ’13, June 8, 2019, West Dennis, Mass.
Elias “Skip” Ashooh ’73, Manchester, N.H., October 24, 2019.
William H. Curtis, III ’81, Feeding Hills, Mass., September 2, 2018.
Mary P. Hess ’73, Green Hill Beach, R.I., April 15, 2019.
Jeanine Shaughnessy ’82, Belmont, Mass., February 13, 2020.
Devon MacKinnon ’13 and Michael Ford ’14, November 2, 2019, Saint Anselm Abbey Church.
John A. Mikuszewski ’73, South Hadley, Mass., November 26, 2018.
Debra A. Curry ’84, Clifton Park, N.Y., March 28, 2019.
Joseph E. Sullivan, III ’73, Swanzey, N.H., November 12, 2019.
Daniel J. Conley ’86, South Portland, Maine, July 2, 2019.
Kevin M. Behan ’74, Brattleboro, Vt., January 31, 2020.
Arthur H. Langley ’86, Manchester, N.H., July 1, 2019.
D. Barry Corridan ’75, Chicopee, Mass., October 30, 2019.
Robert J. Roy ’87, Norfolk, Mass., February 28, 2019.
FUTURE ANSELMIANS
Paul J. Larrousse ’75, East Brunswick, N.J., November 14, 2018.
Steven P. Passarello ’88, Altoona, Pa., October 13, 2019.
Matthew Echaniz ’99 and Maria, a son, Kolbe Dean, November 9, 2019.
Dennis M. Lynch ’75, Fairmont, W.V., November 14, 2018.
Pamela J. (Mitchell) Barker ’89, Newburyport, Mass., December 2, 2018.
Leo J. Morency ’75, Manchester, N.H., August 19, 2019.
Margaret “Peggy” (Byrnes) Ferry ’90, Cumberland, R.I., September 22, 2019.
Christina Psaros ’01 and Paul Fogel, a daughter, Thalia, April 26, 2019.
Richard R. Dupont ’76, Easely, S.C., February 16, 2019.
Edward Hamilton Klufts ’93, Manchester, N.H., August 23, 2019.
Stanley E. Stevens ’76, Wolfboro, N.H., October 4, 2018.
Michael C. Downing ’98, East Greenwich, R.I., November 25, 2019.
Lindsay (Halliday) Bottari ’05 and Andrew, a daughter, Noelle Vivienne, October 8, 2018.
FRIENDS
Laura (Rossi) Lemire ’06 and Ryan, a son, Miles Leonard, April 13, 2019.
Herve R. Boisvert, former employee, January 24, 2020.
Danielle (McKenna) Hendricks ’08 and Aaron, a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Catherine, August 3, 2018.
Louis M. Arcidy ’77, Bedford, N.H., November 26, 2019. Maryann (Fandel) Ciampi ’78, Medford, Mass., January 2, 2020. Edward B. Boyle ’79, Manchester, N.H. October 7, 2019. Winnifred A. (Grieve) Walker ’79, Emmaus, Pa., February 5, 2019.
We want to know:
Users-cog
Rev. George C. Berthold, former faculty, March 10, 2020.
Nicholas Gabardina, former employee, October 11, 2019.
MARRIAGES
What are you working on?
Christina LeBlanc ’07 and Aaron Morse, October 13, 2019, Portland, Maine.
Map-Signs
Jaclyn Dutton ’09 and John J. Andrade, III, November 16, 2019, South Windsor, Conn.
What are you doing?
Globe-Americas
Where are you?
www.anselm.edu/ClassNote
Katie McNamara ’10 and Mike Eressy, November 23, 2019, Worcester, Mass. Colleen Barry ’11 and Michael Fortier ’10, October 12, 2019, Charleston, S.C. Samantha Seamon ’11 and David Falaki, February 22, 2020, East Freetown, Mass.
Jessica Rhodes ’14 and Brendan Carroll ’11, January 25, 2020, Saint Anselm Abbey Church. Jeff Lessard ’15 and Haylie Matta, October 5, 2019, Saint Anselm Abbey Church.
Jennifer (Jacques) Smith ’01 and Ryan, a son, Kai Bahli, June 30, 2018, adopted September 9, 2019.
Meaghan (MacKinnon) Kelliher ’08 and Kevin, a daughter, Kathryn Clare, February 22, 2019. Conor Frain ’09 and Abby, a daughter, Dorothy Lynn, January 2, 2020. Kaylan (Finn) Ranagan ’09 and Sean Ranagan ’09, a son, Eamon James, September 20, 2019. Caitlin (Patenaude) Vannoy ’11 and Jon, a daughter, Avery Emma, October 28, 2019. Lauren (Boyce) Youman ’13 and Andrew, a daughter, Aila Morven, November 19, 2019.
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End Note
While the Class of 2020 may not have been able to enjoy commencement on campus this spring, a Celebration in Honor of the Completion of Graduation Requirements was held virtually on May 16, 2020. President Joseph A. Favazza, Ph.D., and Paddy Cronin Favazza, Ed.D., stand outside of their home in Bedford, N.H. with one of the diplomas, which will be presented to graduates when an inperson commencement can be held in the future. Photo by Jeff Dachowski 56 PORTRAITS | SPRING/SUMMER 2020
$60 GOAL
MILLION
When the Faith in the Future Campaign ended on June 30, 2020, it ended with a campus transformed. As the largest philanthropic effort in the College’s history, its success has moved the college forward by building on foundations laid by a Catholic, Benedictine liberal arts mission and tradition. We look forward to sharing more about the impact this campaign has had on the future of Saint Anselm College, but for now, here are a few highlights.*
CURRENT TOTAL
$74,173,897 Unrestricted
$14,399,945
Restricted Current Use
$15,159,716
Capital/Endowment/Other
$44,614,236
Total by Use
$74,173,897
24,266 UNIQUE DONORS
8,469
41% OF ALL LIVING ALUMNI MADE A GIFT
ALUMNI
New Current-Use Scholarship Funds:
66
New Endowed Scholarship Funds:
65
Total New Scholarship Funds
131
$37.3
FAITH IN OUR STUDENTS FAITH IN THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITMENTS
million
*Totals through 4/30/2020; final totals will be published in the fall of 2020.
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THE WORLD NEEDS MORE ANSELMIANS In challenging times, it’s more important than ever for Saint Anselm College to prepare students to think critically, serve selflessly, and lead ethically on the Hilltop and beyond. Our world needs Anselmians who will be there for others in times of need. Your generous giving helps make that vision possible. Please support Saint Anselm College today at
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