Bryant Connection - Summer 2014

Remember!

Refer students and their families to our website:

admission.bryant.edu It’s an amazing source of information.

Bryant Wins NEC Commissioner’s Cup Behind a record-setting six spring Northeast Conference Championships, the Bryant University Athletic Department captured its first-ever Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup for the 2013-14 season. The Bulldogs also finished first in the NEC Men’s Commissioner’s Cup standings.

In just its second year of full Division I eligibility, Bryant put together an unprecedented spring season in which it saw six of its teams advance to the NCAA Tournament, a feat never before accomplished by an NEC school.

“We are proud to have won the Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup in just our second year of Division I eligibility, and this reflects the hard work and dedication of our coaches and student-athletes,” said Bryant Director of Athletics Bill Smith. “Brenda Weare was instrumental in giving Bryant an opportunity to compete at the Division I level. To win this recognition named in her honor makes this achievement all the more meaningful,” he added.

The Black and Gold racked up 208.37 total points over the course of the 2013-14 academic year, finishing nearly 15 points higher than Saint Francis U., who earned 193.93 points to finish just outside the top spot. On the men’s side, the Bulldogs procured 110.20 points, 20 more than any other school, in a runaway victory. On the women’s side, Bryant finished in fourth place overall with 98.17 points behind Saint Francis U., LIU Brooklyn, and Sacred Heart.

After a solid start to the 2013-14 season, the Bulldogs stood in fifth place in the overall cup standings heading into the spring season thanks to an NEC Championship appearance by men’s soccer, a second-place finish from women’s cross country, and top-four finishes from men’s and women’s basketball.

Alumni-Admission Connection

The Character of Success Bryant University Office of Admission 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Phone: 401-232-6100 Toll Free: 800-622-7001 admission@bryant.edu admission.bryant.edu

The Bryant Connection is published three times a year by Judy Famiglietti for the Alumni-Admission Connection members of Bryant University. Send comments on this newsletter or Alumni-Admission Connection activity to Rebecca Eriksen, Associate Director for Events and Volunteers, Bryant University Office of Admission, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, 401-232-6957, 800-622-7001, or reriksen@bryant.edu.

The 2014 spring season quickly became the season of the Bulldog with a record-setting six Bryant teams (men’s tennis, men’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball, and baseball) capturing NEC Tournament Titles en route to six NCAA Tournament appearances and the school’s first-ever Commissioner’s Cup honor.

The six championships were the most in a single season in NEC history, surpassing the five won by University of Maryland Baltimore County (2000) and Monmouth (2007), and one shy of the calendar year mark shared by Fairleigh Dickinson (1991-92), UMBC (1999-00) and Monmouth (2006-07).

The NEC Commissioner’s Cup was instituted during the 1986-87 season with Long Island winning the inaugural award. Fairleigh Dickinson and Monmouth lead all NEC schools with six Cups to their credit. Cup points are awarded in each NEC sponsored sport. For men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, football, women’s bowling, softball, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and baseball, the final regular season standings are used to determine Cup points. In all other sports, points are awarded based on the finish at NEC Championship events.

A Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection

Thank You!

Volume 14, Issue 2, Summer 2014

Summer Renewal After a long winter, spring has finally arrived in the northeast, our 2014 graduates have spread out across the world and it’s time to renew your AAC membership! We’re hoping you are able to continue your availability to assist Bryant’s recruitment endeavors.

Another important reason we do this each year is to ensure we have current information on all our members.

If you receive a hard copy of Connection, you will find a 2014 2015 Renewal Form and postage-paid return envelope enclosed. If you wish to renew, please check the “I wish to renew..” line and update any information that is not current.

If you receive Connection electronically, your email will have two URL codes: one for the newsletter and a second for the Renewal Form. Follow these steps:  Click on the URL to open the Renewal Form.  Save the document using your name in the filename.  Complete your information and click on the SUBMIT button

at the bottom of the form. We will receive it automatically via email.

Either way, if you cannot renew, please check the “Sorry!...” line and return the form to us. (If electronically, please put your name in the “Name” box so we know who is sending it.) No hard feelings, of course – we certainly understand how obligations and priorities change over time.

We would like to have all forms returned by Friday, July 11 so we can create the new AAC Membership Directory which we will send you along with an updated AAC Member Manual with the September newsletter.

We can’t say it enough! Throughout the academic year, we are ever grateful that you readily donate your time and insight to give voice to the Bryant experience. Our role would be so much harder without you!

In ways both casual and structured, you share your personal Bryant experiences and because those experiences reflect a view of a Bryant education that is both personal and long-term, your message carries weight beyond ours.

This year, AAC member Brian Robinson ’09 shared his Bryant stories with a coworker, influencing the coworker’s college-bound daughter to take a serious look at Bryant. When she decided to apply, he was able to offer her an AAC application fee waiver. We are expecting to see this student as an incoming freshman this fall! There is no replacement for this type of interaction! We know there are many other stories like this one out there we don’t know about. We would love to hear about your interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances that lead to interest in Bryant. Post your story on the AAC Facebook page!

In more structured ways, in response to our requests, many of you have spoken at on-campus recruitment events, attended college fairs, and phoned admitted students.

Rich Hurley ’04, Raymond Mills ’04 and Sarah Richelson ’11 each came to campus to speak at one of our Bryant 101 recruitment events this spring.

The following 27 people phoned admitted students during the month of April – a key time in students’ college decision-making! They were able to congratulate the students and answer many questions.

Jackie Ammirato ’12 Michael Boyd ’92 Lloyd W. Cahoon ’66 Michael J. Connor ’87 Raquel Cordeiro ’13 Katie Farrell ’13 Jeff Gates ’99 Mark Giganti ’88 Michela Giordano ’09 Wendy Hildreth ’02 Jeff Lake ’88 Jim Magee ’88 Barbara Manville ’80 Jennifer Proud Mearns ’82

Raymond Mills ’04 Mike Motschwiller ’88 Emily Murphy ’11 Melissa O’Brien ’07 Shelly Plumb ’93 Brian Robinson ’09 Michael Rogers ’85 Bonnie Roop ’91 Sarah Sweitzer ’13 Michelle Villa ’13 Bryan Wojtowicz ’08 Dawn Zittel ’98 Alan Zuckerman ’80

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An Ambitious Summer for Construction

Launching Bryant’s School of Health Sciences “People will look to this day when we boldly entered the health services sector...” With those words, President Machtley and a group of distinguished guests broke ground on May 16 for Bryant’s Physician Assistant Learning Center, the first foray for the University’s new School of Health Sciences. The building will house the new Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program (MSPAS).

The introduction of the School of Health Sciences and the debut of the physician assistant program mark Bryant’s strategic and significant entry into health care education and training. The new direction responds to the national need for more health care providers and continues Bryant’s tradition of continuous evolution in response to societal needs. Capitalizing on Bryant’s national reputation for business education, the new program will include education on health care management and health care policy in addition to its clinical programs.

lation laboratory, and a physical examination laboratory – in 11,000 square feet. A two-story glass curtain wall on the north and east elevations will provide abundant natural light.

PA students will work with patients in an unprecedented 11 clinical specialty rotations. They will be paired with preeminent doctors affiliated with Bryant’s key partners and have the chance to learn alongside outstanding providers in the Lifespan health system and at Blackstone Orthopedics, Gateway Health Care, and Sturdy Memorial Hospital. They will study gross human anatomy at Brown University in its award-winning medical education building in downtown Providence, and have access to Brown's medical library.

Because health care is big business, the program covers the eight management principles of medical practice – from quality management to organizational governance. This unique focus on business fundamentals, so critical in today’s health care reform environment, will be a competitive advantage for Bryant’s PA students.

In emphasizing the importance of the initiative, President Machtley said, “In the histo- Special guests join President and Mrs. Machtley, center, ry of every institution there are certain wain a ceremonial groundbreaking for the University's new The University has applied for provisional actershed events. In the future people will look School of Health Sciences. creditation from the Accreditation Review Comto this day when we boldly entered the mission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), an achealth services sector, forging strategic partnerships with The Warren creditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Care New England Health students but, at the time of its comprehensive accreditation review, System, and Southcoast Health System, and using our core business has demonstrated its preparedness to skills in an industry that accounts for initiate a program in accordance with the 17 percent of the GDP.” accreditation standards. It is anticipated “Health care sits at the heart of the the program will receive provisional acU.S. economy. We’re positioning our creditation in September 2014. programs so that our students can The admission process has already begun take advantage of the very best caand students will be conditionally acceptreer opportunities in this sector, and ed to the program pending accreditation. to make positive and lasting change It is anticipated that the first class will in our health care system,” he continmatriculate in January 2015 and graduued.

Architectural rendering of new Physician Assistant Learning Center ate in April 2017. The second cohort is The new building will house high-tech classrooms and laboratories – expected to start in January 2016. including two new physician assistant classrooms, a high-fidelity simu-

...continued from Page 1 Special thanks to those AAC members who made phone calls to admitted students and offered them an opportunity to meet with an alum in their area.

Kristina Aceto ’11 Allison Lagassé ’10 Christine Pennell ’07

Mallory Rousseau ’11 Leticia Santana Mora ’11

Kyle Baldwin ’12 Jack Bergersen ’07 David Crosby ’05 Ryan Daley ’08 Katie Farrell ’13 Adrian Fowler ’10 Anthony Franco ’12 Chris Kolias ’12 Kristi Langevin ’06 Julie Laven ’13

Jim Magee ’88 Mike Motschwiller ’88 Pratik Parikh ’ 01 Christine Pennell ’07 Shelly Plumb ’93 Caitlin Ryan ’08 Cameron Scott ’08 Sonali Shah ’12 Michelle Villa ’13 Dan Webb ’12

Our staff is not able to attend all the college fairs at which we would like to have Bryant represented, especially in the spring semester when we are still reading applications and meeting accepted students on campus. We are grateful that the following 20 members were able to repre- You are indeed an extension of Bryant and the Admission Office and we sent Bryant at college fairs in locations near and far: thank you!

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On the Monday following graduation, changes began appearing all over campus. An assortment of construction equipment rolled up outside the Unistructure’s MRC entrance. Construction fencing now encircles Koffler. A tractor-trailer-sized “Kitchen to Go” and two, only slightly smaller, portable refrigeration units stand behind the MAC. The summer construction season has begun and, with no less than eight projects, it is an ambitious one.  Perhaps most exciting is the start of the new

 Further complicating the logistics of the

Salmanson project are planned upgrades to the area surrounding Salmanson which includes University Relations, Faculty Suite A and the corridors. These spaces will get new carpet, ceilings, a fresh coat of paint, and the offices will be reconfigured.  In a much anticipated project, the Unistruc-

ture dome will be replaced later this summer.

The existing panels, which have outlived their expected life, will be replaced with similar panels.

innovative, new building will leverage the current pedagogy of the modern University and will include innovative classrooms, a food service station, and faculty office space.  As a preview to the AIC, Bello room 102 will

be converted to an immersion-style classroom for faculty members to pilot different methods of leveraging innovative classroom equipment. The Bello 102 project will be completed this summer and the new AIC will be ready in 2016. (More to come about state-of-the-art pedagogy as the AIC design progresses!)

Physician Assistant Learning Center adjacent to the MRC wing of the Unistructure. It will  The Koffler Center which houses Bryant’s TV be ready for the first class of Bryant’s new studio, control room, and communication Physician Assistant Studies Program in Januteaching spaces will undergo replacement of It’s an ambitious summer and we invite you ary 2015. (See article on page 2.) existing siding, and replacement of the roof to check out all that’s been accomplished by which has reached the end of its service life. attending Homecoming September 12 - 13,  Those temporary kitchen and refrigeration units are outside the MAC because that  As part of regularly scheduled maintenance, 2014! You can register to attend at space is our dining hall for the summer while Townhouses H, L, and M will receive upgrad- http://alumniconnect.bryant.edu. Click on the Salmanson kitchen undergoes a compreed interior finishes, new fire suppression and Programs & Events, then Reunion @ Homehensive “gut and renovate” in this most coming under the Upcoming Events block on alarms, and boiler replacement. logistically intense project of the summer. All the left side of the screen.  The Capital Projects Department is immersed must be complete by the end of August in the design and construction of an Acawhen our students return for the fall semesdemic Innovation Center (AIC) in the existing ter. main parking lot adjacent to the MAC. This

Business Program Ranked in Top 50 Bryant’s undergraduate business program now ranks among the top 50 in the country, according to the 2014 Bloomberg Businessweek rankings released April 4. “Businessweek’s recognition of the excellence of our programs highlights Bryant’s leadership role in delivering an innovative education that stands out among those of the elite business schools in the country,” said President Machtley. “The University’s distinctive offerings and nationally recognized curriculum, which integrates business and the liberal arts with a global perspective, distinguish Bryant from other universities.”

Our 49th-place ranking continues a steady rise and affirms Bryant’s status as a premier institution for undergraduate business education.

Bryant regularly receives prestigious national and international rankings. U.S. News & World Report ranked Bryant second in the region last year for up-and-coming universities, the ninth consecutive year Bryant has appeared on the list. The International Business program was ranked 16th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2013, the third consecutive year it has risen in the ranking. The Princeton Review ranked Bryant among the “Best 378 Colleges” in the U.S. on

August 6, 2013. This Bloomberg Businessweek ranking follows the recent reaccreditation of Bryant University’s College of Business by the prestigious AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked schools by a combination of academic quality indicators, student surveys, feedback from employers in the business community, and median salaries. The employer survey ranked Bryant 18th out of the 132 undergraduate programs reviewed, affirming Bryant’s strength in preparing students for success. “We determine the success of our business program based in part on the careers that our students have pursued, the jobs that they have accepted, and the paths that they have chosen to take,” said Madan Annavarjula, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Business. “In 2013 , more than half of our students had job offers before they even walked on the stage at graduation.” Within six months of commencement, Bryant’s Class of 2013 reported that 98 percent were employed or enrolled in graduate school, a clear indicator of the value of the Bryant degree.

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An Ambitious Summer for Construction

Launching Bryant’s School of Health Sciences “People will look to this day when we boldly entered the health services sector...” With those words, President Machtley and a group of distinguished guests broke ground on May 16 for Bryant’s Physician Assistant Learning Center, the first foray for the University’s new School of Health Sciences. The building will house the new Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program (MSPAS).

The introduction of the School of Health Sciences and the debut of the physician assistant program mark Bryant’s strategic and significant entry into health care education and training. The new direction responds to the national need for more health care providers and continues Bryant’s tradition of continuous evolution in response to societal needs. Capitalizing on Bryant’s national reputation for business education, the new program will include education on health care management and health care policy in addition to its clinical programs.

lation laboratory, and a physical examination laboratory – in 11,000 square feet. A two-story glass curtain wall on the north and east elevations will provide abundant natural light.

PA students will work with patients in an unprecedented 11 clinical specialty rotations. They will be paired with preeminent doctors affiliated with Bryant’s key partners and have the chance to learn alongside outstanding providers in the Lifespan health system and at Blackstone Orthopedics, Gateway Health Care, and Sturdy Memorial Hospital. They will study gross human anatomy at Brown University in its award-winning medical education building in downtown Providence, and have access to Brown's medical library.

Because health care is big business, the program covers the eight management principles of medical practice – from quality management to organizational governance. This unique focus on business fundamentals, so critical in today’s health care reform environment, will be a competitive advantage for Bryant’s PA students.

In emphasizing the importance of the initiative, President Machtley said, “In the histo- Special guests join President and Mrs. Machtley, center, ry of every institution there are certain wain a ceremonial groundbreaking for the University's new The University has applied for provisional actershed events. In the future people will look School of Health Sciences. creditation from the Accreditation Review Comto this day when we boldly entered the mission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), an achealth services sector, forging strategic partnerships with The Warren creditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Care New England Health students but, at the time of its comprehensive accreditation review, System, and Southcoast Health System, and using our core business has demonstrated its preparedness to skills in an industry that accounts for initiate a program in accordance with the 17 percent of the GDP.” accreditation standards. It is anticipated “Health care sits at the heart of the the program will receive provisional acU.S. economy. We’re positioning our creditation in September 2014. programs so that our students can The admission process has already begun take advantage of the very best caand students will be conditionally acceptreer opportunities in this sector, and ed to the program pending accreditation. to make positive and lasting change It is anticipated that the first class will in our health care system,” he continmatriculate in January 2015 and graduued.

Architectural rendering of new Physician Assistant Learning Center ate in April 2017. The second cohort is The new building will house high-tech classrooms and laboratories – expected to start in January 2016. including two new physician assistant classrooms, a high-fidelity simu-

...continued from Page 1 Special thanks to those AAC members who made phone calls to admitted students and offered them an opportunity to meet with an alum in their area.

Kristina Aceto ’11 Allison Lagassé ’10 Christine Pennell ’07

Mallory Rousseau ’11 Leticia Santana Mora ’11

Kyle Baldwin ’12 Jack Bergersen ’07 David Crosby ’05 Ryan Daley ’08 Katie Farrell ’13 Adrian Fowler ’10 Anthony Franco ’12 Chris Kolias ’12 Kristi Langevin ’06 Julie Laven ’13

Jim Magee ’88 Mike Motschwiller ’88 Pratik Parikh ’ 01 Christine Pennell ’07 Shelly Plumb ’93 Caitlin Ryan ’08 Cameron Scott ’08 Sonali Shah ’12 Michelle Villa ’13 Dan Webb ’12

Our staff is not able to attend all the college fairs at which we would like to have Bryant represented, especially in the spring semester when we are still reading applications and meeting accepted students on campus. We are grateful that the following 20 members were able to repre- You are indeed an extension of Bryant and the Admission Office and we sent Bryant at college fairs in locations near and far: thank you!

2

On the Monday following graduation, changes began appearing all over campus. An assortment of construction equipment rolled up outside the Unistructure’s MRC entrance. Construction fencing now encircles Koffler. A tractor-trailer-sized “Kitchen to Go” and two, only slightly smaller, portable refrigeration units stand behind the MAC. The summer construction season has begun and, with no less than eight projects, it is an ambitious one.  Perhaps most exciting is the start of the new

 Further complicating the logistics of the

Salmanson project are planned upgrades to the area surrounding Salmanson which includes University Relations, Faculty Suite A and the corridors. These spaces will get new carpet, ceilings, a fresh coat of paint, and the offices will be reconfigured.  In a much anticipated project, the Unistruc-

ture dome will be replaced later this summer.

The existing panels, which have outlived their expected life, will be replaced with similar panels.

innovative, new building will leverage the current pedagogy of the modern University and will include innovative classrooms, a food service station, and faculty office space.  As a preview to the AIC, Bello room 102 will

be converted to an immersion-style classroom for faculty members to pilot different methods of leveraging innovative classroom equipment. The Bello 102 project will be completed this summer and the new AIC will be ready in 2016. (More to come about state-of-the-art pedagogy as the AIC design progresses!)

Physician Assistant Learning Center adjacent to the MRC wing of the Unistructure. It will  The Koffler Center which houses Bryant’s TV be ready for the first class of Bryant’s new studio, control room, and communication Physician Assistant Studies Program in Januteaching spaces will undergo replacement of It’s an ambitious summer and we invite you ary 2015. (See article on page 2.) existing siding, and replacement of the roof to check out all that’s been accomplished by which has reached the end of its service life. attending Homecoming September 12 - 13,  Those temporary kitchen and refrigeration units are outside the MAC because that  As part of regularly scheduled maintenance, 2014! You can register to attend at space is our dining hall for the summer while Townhouses H, L, and M will receive upgrad- http://alumniconnect.bryant.edu. Click on the Salmanson kitchen undergoes a compreed interior finishes, new fire suppression and Programs & Events, then Reunion @ Homehensive “gut and renovate” in this most coming under the Upcoming Events block on alarms, and boiler replacement. logistically intense project of the summer. All the left side of the screen.  The Capital Projects Department is immersed must be complete by the end of August in the design and construction of an Acawhen our students return for the fall semesdemic Innovation Center (AIC) in the existing ter. main parking lot adjacent to the MAC. This

Business Program Ranked in Top 50 Bryant’s undergraduate business program now ranks among the top 50 in the country, according to the 2014 Bloomberg Businessweek rankings released April 4. “Businessweek’s recognition of the excellence of our programs highlights Bryant’s leadership role in delivering an innovative education that stands out among those of the elite business schools in the country,” said President Machtley. “The University’s distinctive offerings and nationally recognized curriculum, which integrates business and the liberal arts with a global perspective, distinguish Bryant from other universities.”

Our 49th-place ranking continues a steady rise and affirms Bryant’s status as a premier institution for undergraduate business education.

Bryant regularly receives prestigious national and international rankings. U.S. News & World Report ranked Bryant second in the region last year for up-and-coming universities, the ninth consecutive year Bryant has appeared on the list. The International Business program was ranked 16th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2013, the third consecutive year it has risen in the ranking. The Princeton Review ranked Bryant among the “Best 378 Colleges” in the U.S. on

August 6, 2013. This Bloomberg Businessweek ranking follows the recent reaccreditation of Bryant University’s College of Business by the prestigious AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked schools by a combination of academic quality indicators, student surveys, feedback from employers in the business community, and median salaries. The employer survey ranked Bryant 18th out of the 132 undergraduate programs reviewed, affirming Bryant’s strength in preparing students for success. “We determine the success of our business program based in part on the careers that our students have pursued, the jobs that they have accepted, and the paths that they have chosen to take,” said Madan Annavarjula, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Business. “In 2013 , more than half of our students had job offers before they even walked on the stage at graduation.” Within six months of commencement, Bryant’s Class of 2013 reported that 98 percent were employed or enrolled in graduate school, a clear indicator of the value of the Bryant degree.

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Remember!

Refer students and their families to our website:

admission.bryant.edu It’s an amazing source of information.

Bryant Wins NEC Commissioner’s Cup Behind a record-setting six spring Northeast Conference Championships, the Bryant University Athletic Department captured its first-ever Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup for the 2013-14 season. The Bulldogs also finished first in the NEC Men’s Commissioner’s Cup standings.

In just its second year of full Division I eligibility, Bryant put together an unprecedented spring season in which it saw six of its teams advance to the NCAA Tournament, a feat never before accomplished by an NEC school.

“We are proud to have won the Brenda Weare Commissioner’s Cup in just our second year of Division I eligibility, and this reflects the hard work and dedication of our coaches and student-athletes,” said Bryant Director of Athletics Bill Smith. “Brenda Weare was instrumental in giving Bryant an opportunity to compete at the Division I level. To win this recognition named in her honor makes this achievement all the more meaningful,” he added.

The Black and Gold racked up 208.37 total points over the course of the 2013-14 academic year, finishing nearly 15 points higher than Saint Francis U., who earned 193.93 points to finish just outside the top spot. On the men’s side, the Bulldogs procured 110.20 points, 20 more than any other school, in a runaway victory. On the women’s side, Bryant finished in fourth place overall with 98.17 points behind Saint Francis U., LIU Brooklyn, and Sacred Heart.

After a solid start to the 2013-14 season, the Bulldogs stood in fifth place in the overall cup standings heading into the spring season thanks to an NEC Championship appearance by men’s soccer, a second-place finish from women’s cross country, and top-four finishes from men’s and women’s basketball.

Alumni-Admission Connection

The Character of Success Bryant University Office of Admission 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Phone: 401-232-6100 Toll Free: 800-622-7001 admission@bryant.edu admission.bryant.edu

The Bryant Connection is published three times a year by Judy Famiglietti for the Alumni-Admission Connection members of Bryant University. Send comments on this newsletter or Alumni-Admission Connection activity to Rebecca Eriksen, Associate Director for Events and Volunteers, Bryant University Office of Admission, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, 401-232-6957, 800-622-7001, or reriksen@bryant.edu.

The 2014 spring season quickly became the season of the Bulldog with a record-setting six Bryant teams (men’s tennis, men’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball, and baseball) capturing NEC Tournament Titles en route to six NCAA Tournament appearances and the school’s first-ever Commissioner’s Cup honor.

The six championships were the most in a single season in NEC history, surpassing the five won by University of Maryland Baltimore County (2000) and Monmouth (2007), and one shy of the calendar year mark shared by Fairleigh Dickinson (1991-92), UMBC (1999-00) and Monmouth (2006-07).

The NEC Commissioner’s Cup was instituted during the 1986-87 season with Long Island winning the inaugural award. Fairleigh Dickinson and Monmouth lead all NEC schools with six Cups to their credit. Cup points are awarded in each NEC sponsored sport. For men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, football, women’s bowling, softball, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and baseball, the final regular season standings are used to determine Cup points. In all other sports, points are awarded based on the finish at NEC Championship events.

A Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection

Thank You!

Volume 14, Issue 2, Summer 2014

Summer Renewal After a long winter, spring has finally arrived in the northeast, our 2014 graduates have spread out across the world and it’s time to renew your AAC membership! We’re hoping you are able to continue your availability to assist Bryant’s recruitment endeavors.

Another important reason we do this each year is to ensure we have current information on all our members.

If you receive a hard copy of Connection, you will find a 2014 2015 Renewal Form and postage-paid return envelope enclosed. If you wish to renew, please check the “I wish to renew..” line and update any information that is not current.

If you receive Connection electronically, your email will have two URL codes: one for the newsletter and a second for the Renewal Form. Follow these steps:  Click on the URL to open the Renewal Form.  Save the document using your name in the filename.  Complete your information and click on the SUBMIT button

at the bottom of the form. We will receive it automatically via email.

Either way, if you cannot renew, please check the “Sorry!...” line and return the form to us. (If electronically, please put your name in the “Name” box so we know who is sending it.) No hard feelings, of course – we certainly understand how obligations and priorities change over time.

We would like to have all forms returned by Friday, July 11 so we can create the new AAC Membership Directory which we will send you along with an updated AAC Member Manual with the September newsletter.

We can’t say it enough! Throughout the academic year, we are ever grateful that you readily donate your time and insight to give voice to the Bryant experience. Our role would be so much harder without you!

In ways both casual and structured, you share your personal Bryant experiences and because those experiences reflect a view of a Bryant education that is both personal and long-term, your message carries weight beyond ours.

This year, AAC member Brian Robinson ’09 shared his Bryant stories with a coworker, influencing the coworker’s college-bound daughter to take a serious look at Bryant. When she decided to apply, he was able to offer her an AAC application fee waiver. We are expecting to see this student as an incoming freshman this fall! There is no replacement for this type of interaction! We know there are many other stories like this one out there we don’t know about. We would love to hear about your interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances that lead to interest in Bryant. Post your story on the AAC Facebook page!

In more structured ways, in response to our requests, many of you have spoken at on-campus recruitment events, attended college fairs, and phoned admitted students.

Rich Hurley ’04, Raymond Mills ’04 and Sarah Richelson ’11 each came to campus to speak at one of our Bryant 101 recruitment events this spring.

The following 27 people phoned admitted students during the month of April – a key time in students’ college decision-making! They were able to congratulate the students and answer many questions.

Jackie Ammirato ’12 Michael Boyd ’92 Lloyd W. Cahoon ’66 Michael J. Connor ’87 Raquel Cordeiro ’13 Katie Farrell ’13 Jeff Gates ’99 Mark Giganti ’88 Michela Giordano ’09 Wendy Hildreth ’02 Jeff Lake ’88 Jim Magee ’88 Barbara Manville ’80 Jennifer Proud Mearns ’82

Raymond Mills ’04 Mike Motschwiller ’88 Emily Murphy ’11 Melissa O’Brien ’07 Shelly Plumb ’93 Brian Robinson ’09 Michael Rogers ’85 Bonnie Roop ’91 Sarah Sweitzer ’13 Michelle Villa ’13 Bryan Wojtowicz ’08 Dawn Zittel ’98 Alan Zuckerman ’80

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