Salve Regina University Sixty-First Annual Commencement program, 2011

The University Seal 1934 This seal depicts Our Lady of Mercy enclosed in a circle and standing before a cross. Around Our Lady’s head is inscribed the motto: Maria Spes Nostra, Mary our Hope. On one side of the base is the lamp of wisdom, and on the other, the book of learning. This seal, according to the bylaws, shall be affixed to all official documents and decrees prepared by Salve Regina University.

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Academic Procession CHIEF MARSHAL FLAG BEARERS DEGREE CANDIDATES Doctor of Philosophy Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies Master of Arts Master of Science Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Arts and Science Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science ALUMNAE OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1961 DIRECTORS FACULTY MARSHAL FACULTY PRESIDENT’S MARSHAL PRESIDENT’S PARTY Elected Officials Administrators Honorary Degree Recipients Members of the Board of Trustees Chancellor President

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Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL MASTER OF CEREMONIES Dean E. de la Motte, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs THE NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION M. Therese Antone, RSM, Ed.D. Chancellor of the University UNIVERSITY HYMN Salve Regina GREETINGS FROM The United States Congress The City of Newport AUTHORIZATION OF DEGREES Joseph R. DiStefano Chairman of the Board of Trustees CONFERRING OF DEGREES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES Jill Biden, Ed.D. CONFERRING OF GRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRING OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTION M. Therese Antone, RSM, Ed.D. Chancellor of the University MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University RECESSIONAL

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William M. Vareika Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa

Historian and philanthropist, William Vareika exemplifies the art of giving. A son of the Bay State and graduate of its premier Jesuit institution, he came to Newport in pursuit of knowledge as an undergraduate researcher. Foregoing plans for a career in law, he turned, instead, to the arts and their place in our cultural heritage. Today, this honorand stands at the crossroads of the charitable, educational, political, and social worlds of our historic city.

Vareika Fine Arts Ltd. is an imposing gallery ensconced on prestigious Bellevue Avenue, in the shade of the landmark Casino building and its famous tenant, the Tennis Hall of Fame.

Through the gallery, its founder has provided a public educational forum focused on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American artists and their work—a different kind of public service—initially centered on one neglected individual, John La Farge.

As a student who admired the La Farge murals in Boston’s Trinity Church, Mr. Vareika turned an undergraduate art history project into a life-long study of this once-famous Newport artist. He revitalized the La Farge legacy and in so doing enriched a host of charitable organizations. Such disparate causes as the Aquidneck Land Trust, Redwood Library, the Robert Potter League for Animals, and Save the Bay have benefited from his responsive and responsible giving.

Not the least of these is our young university. Five years ago, our generous benefactor established the William Vareika Award for Arts and Public Policy, conferred annually on a Salve Regina graduate with a demonstrated appreciation for art, as well as a social conscience: a description not unfitting Mr. Vareika himself.

More recently, a larger project came to fruition in the heart of the Salve Regina campus.

Upon entering Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, guests, worshippers, and—most importantly— students are greeted by a sight that few art historians have been privileged to share: the La Farge windows. A feast for the eye, the mind, and the spirit, these portraits in opalescent glass occupy their rightful place thanks largely to the expertise and efforts of Mr. Vareika, and no one is more pleased by the result than he. Playing a pivotal role in the recovery, restoration and installation of the La Farge windows, he has honored the artist’s own celebrated remark, that “the past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired.”

In recognition of his joyful work in forging the link between artistic and social awareness, and for his significant contributions to Salve Regina University, William Michael Vareika is hereby awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all its attendant rights, privileges, and responsibilities, on this fifteenth day of May, in the year 2011.

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Jill Biden Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa

Jill Biden is a master teacher. A scholar whose academy encompasses the workaday world of ordinary people coping with extraordinary problems, Dr. Biden has devoted her life to addressing some of the country’s most pressing issues: childhood literacy, breast cancer research, and military family support. In this, she epitomizes the mission of Salve Regina University and the tenets of its founding order, the Sisters of Mercy.

The first learner in the classroom, as every good teacher knows, is the teacher. Observant, open-minded, and empathetic, the good teacher hears what each student is saying and— often more important—what the student does not, or cannot, say. And so the good teacher adjusts, improvises, and creates a program and place of learning in which the student can thrive, educationally and personally.

Thus, this good teacher learned, through decades of service in the community college classroom, that readers begin reading early—or, often, not at all. So began Book Buddies, founded by Dr. Biden in 2007 to encourage early reading by providing books for underprivileged preschoolers and training their parents to be at-home tutors.

This good teacher is also a friend. As friends entered the struggle of their lives against that relentless adversary breast cancer, she was moved to join the battle at their side. And so began the Biden Breast Health Initiative, founded in 1994, together with her husband Joe, which has educated more than 10,000 high school girls about the importance of early detection.

This good teacher is a mother whose son served in Iraq. Through his experience, she has observed armed services families engaged in a disheartening struggle, as multiple deployments leave individual parents without the necessary income to care for their children, as well as the mutual support formerly provided by now-absent husbands and wives. And so, she has lent her efforts to Boots on the Ground, in support of military families here at home, and is presently carrying that message across this country, together with her partner in action, Michelle, in a campaign entitled Joining Forces.

In the words of the ancient philosopher, this honorand teaches, “not by words, but by accomplishment.” We applaud Dr. Biden, the good teacher, for hearing what those without a voice are saying, for articulating their plight, and for stepping forward to meet their need.

In recognition of her exemplary leadership, her selfless labors on behalf of others, and her noteworthy accomplishments, Salve Regina University hereby confers upon Jill Biden the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, with all its attendant rights, privileges, and responsibilities, on this fifteenth day of May in the year 2011.

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Doctor of Philosophy ROSAMARIA CARLOZZI DISSERTATION TOPIC: MANUSCRIPT TO MICROCHIP: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE EVOLUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION A study of the ideas of John Henry Cardinal Newman, Clark Kerr, and Harry Lewis concerning the changing role of higher education and the effects of technology on the undergraduate experience.

CASEY SUE COMSTOCK DISSERTATION TOPIC: TRADITIONAL ETHICS, SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AFFECTS OF TELEVISION AND SOCIAL MEDIA A study of the effects of mass media using the construct of secondary traumatic stress (STS) to evaluate the impact of real-life traumas as represented on television or in social media.

DONALD MICHAEL DEMERS DISSERTATION TOPIC: SECULAR MODERNITY AND CATHOLIC TRADITION: FINDING GOD IN THE MACHINERY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A history of Father Andre Coindre and the founding of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart that investigates the church’s adaptation to burgeoning industrial capitalism following the French Revolution.

NELSON A. GUERTIN DISSERTATION TOPIC: A LITERARY ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN WORKER: CHARACTERIZATIONS BY LONDON, STEINBECK AND RAND An analysis of aesthetic and ideological perspectives on class, labor and technology explored in fictional portrayals of the twentieth-century worker.

THOMAS F. X. HOAR DISSERTATION TOPIC: RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING, 1920-1980: FOUR BROADCAST PIONEERS AND THE PROCESS OF EVANGELIZATION A survey of religious radio and television and the influence of changing technology on the communication of Christianity in America.

RAND DAVID LEBOUVIER DISSERTATION TOPIC: REFLECTIONS IN A ROBOT'S EYE: A CULTURAL HISTORY AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF HUMANOID ROBOTICS A study of the humanoid robot in technological theory and practice, and as a product of the human imagination.

AMIEE J. SHELTON DISSERTATION TOPIC: SUBTLE RESISTANCE TO NAZI HEGEMONY BY ETHNIC GERMANS AS PORTRAYED IN BOOKS AND FILMS A critical analysis of memoirs, historical fiction, and films viewed and read by Americans that investigates less-recognized nonconformist acts, “unorganized” individual resistance and dissenting strands of opinion.

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Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies SUZANNE BALDAIA

CYNTHIA POWELL

Humanities

Mental Health

JOAN THERESA BECKETT

ELLEN LYDIA SANTANIELLO

Mental Health

Mental Health

TIMOTHY J. CARLONE

JILL E. SCHAFFER

Mental Health

Mental Health

CASEY SUE COMSTOCK

AMIEE J. SHELTON

Humanities

Humanities

TAMMY MARIE DUSSAULT

MEA SIMANSKI

Mental Health

Humanities

KATIE FLYNN-MELONE

SARA BROWN SPRAGUE

Mental Health

Mental Health

EMILY GORDON FOWLER

ALEXIS MIKI THURMAN

Mental Health

Mental Health

RAND DAVID LEBOUVIER

PAUL PETER ZASADA

Humanities

Mental Health

AUDREY L. MCMORROW

Mental Health

Master of Arts FRED ABONG

DEBORAH CHRISTINE BELL

Humanities

International Relations

LYNNE ANN ADAMS

ROBB-GEORGE BENNETT

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

SUNDAY OLUWASIJIBOMI ADEBAYO

JENNIFER LYNN BLACK

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

MATTHEW R. AMORE

MEGAN M. BRADLEY

Holistic Counseling

Holistic Counseling

JEREMIE ALAN ARTHUR

PETER EUGENE BRADLEY

Humanities

Holistic Counseling

RUTH GALVEZ AVELIS

LAURA CARBONE

International Relations

Rehabilitation Counseling

JENNIFER MARIE AVITABILE

WENDI B. CARPENTER

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

LORI ANN AYOTTE

BERNADETTE M. COLBORN

Humanities

Holistic Leadership

BARBARA A. BELHUMEUR

SANDRA LYNNE CONNOR

Rehabilitation Counseling

Holistic Leadership 7

Master of Arts DONNA J. CRAWSHAW

SARA RHIANNON HELLER

Rehabilitation Counseling

Holistic Counseling

SAMUEL FRANCISCO DE LA GUARDIA

EDWARD H. HILL

International Relations

International Relations

LISA MARIE DECIANTIS

JASON DOUGLAS HOWELL

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

NURI WALTER DELSON

ANN M. INGRAM

Rehabilitation Counseling

Holistic Counseling

BRIAN J. DEWITT

ROLAND R. JACOB, JR.

International Relations

International Relations

JOSEPH MICHAEL DODSON

WILFRID JOLY

International Relations

Rehabilitation Counseling

JENNIFER TERESA EHLINGER

EMILY PATRICIA JONES

International Relations

International Relations

BARBARA S. ERKSON

JONAS KÄLLESTEDT .

Holistic Counseling

International Relations

PETER E. FIORENTINO

DENNIS NYAGA KAMURI

International Relations

International Relations

ANNMARIE M. FOLCARELLI

EUGENE PETER KIERNAN, JR.

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

HEATHER LYNN FOLLETT

FLORINE FREITAS LECOMTE

Holistic Counseling

Holistic Counseling

TRACY BETH FORAND

JANESSA HELENE LECOMTE

International Relations

Holistic Counseling

SEAN JOSEPH FOSTER

JAMES EDWIN LONG III

Humanities

International Relations

KAROL V. GAITÁN

KATE JULIE LUCE

Rehabilitation Counseling

Holistic Leadership

SUSAN KATHLEEN GILLIS

VIKTOR T. MARCHYSHYN

Holistic Leadership

International Relations

MATTHEW ALDEN GRANT

VALERIE LEE MARTINEZ

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

MARYBETH GREIFENDORF

KATHLEEN MARIE MAURICE

Rehabilitation Counseling

International Relations

ASHLEY L. HALL

AMY MCALLISTER

Rehabilitation Counseling

Holistic Leadership

DONNA M. HANSCOM

MARIA JASMIN MCGLOIN

Holistic Leadership

Rehabilitation Counseling

GREGORY ALAN HARTNETT

REBECCA RAMONA MCLENITHAN

Rehabilitation Counseling

Rehabilitation Counseling 8

Master of Arts SARA L. MCMILLAN

TED L. SCHNEIDER

International Relations

International Relations

ERIN ELIZABETH MEEHAN

CEMAL SIPAHIOGLU

Humanities

International Relations

SUHAM HASO MERKHAM

MICHAEL ANTHONY SOLIS

International Relations

International Relations

PABLO NIEMANN

CHRISTIAN PAUL SORENSEN

International Relations

International Relations

VIRGINIA WISK NYMAN

RICHARD ARTHUR TAITO

Holistic Leadership

International Relations

ALISON K. O'BRIEN

EAMONN JOSEPH TIGANI

International Relations

International Relations

RICHARD J. OGDEN

JAO TING TSENG

International Relations

International Relations

JOHN EDWARD PARKHURST

JONNA BLYNN TUFTS

International Relations

Holistic Counseling

RACHEL M. PIANTA

JAMES W. VANN

International Relations

International Relations

JAMES EDWARD RECK

ANDERS S. VEEL

Holistic Leadership

International Relations

JOHN MATTHEW RIKER

ARTHUR ERIC WEISS

International Relations

International Relations

MICHAEL JAMES ROTHWELL

JONATHAN D. WORTH

International Relations

International Relations

DAVID RUTSCHMAN

YOU, JAIJOON

Holistic Counseling

International Relations

Master of Science DORIS ADESUYI

JASON L. BOLDUC

Management

Management

LINDA LEE MORAN AMADO

MICHAEL W. BRONSON

Administration of Justice

Management

PALMINA ARPINO

ALFRED EDWARD BUCCO III

Management

Management

LINDA J. BEAUREGARD

NANA BURA

Management

Management

JOSEPH E. BERTONI

DOREEN MARIE CHAUVIN

Management

Healthcare Administration and Management 9

Master of Science MATTHEW DAVID COATES

FRANK ROBERT LEVI

Management

Management

KRISTEN J. DAMASO

CHARITO MALLEN-CRAWFORD

Administration of Justice

Management

JARED P. DANSEREAU

KIMBERLY S. MATHIS

Management

Administration of Justice

SARAH E. DERENIUK

JOANNE MCDONNELL-ANDERSON

Healthcare Administration and Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

DANIEL KELLEY DESROSIERS

ANDREA WENTWORTH MICHEL

Administration of Justice

Management

MARC HEINZ DIGIORGIO

DEREK J. NORMAN

Management

Administration of Justice

SANDRA J. DOMPIERRE

OLUFUNKE OLUBOWALE

Healthcare Administration and Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

JOEL J. EWING-CHOW

STACEY LANETTE O'NEAL

Management

Management

DIANE FERREIRA

TIMOTHY L. OSER

Healthcare Administration and Management

Administration of Justice CHRISTOPHER A. PEREIRA

GARTOUN C. GEORGE

Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

ALISON R. PETER

Administration of Justice JESSICA LEE GOSSELIN

Healthcare Administration and Management

MARIANNE PYLIOTIS

Management

DAVID CLAYTON HICKS

DANNIELLE RAMOS RASH

Healthcare Administration and Management

Management

ASHLEY A. HIGGINS

Healthcare Administration and Management

LORRIE ANNE REZENDES

Management NEIL JAMES HITCHEN

JAYNE S. RITZ

Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

JESSICA ANNE JONES JOSEPH F. ROBITAILLE, JR.

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice KEVIN J. KACZYNSKI LINDA VALENTE ROMANO

Healthcare Administration and Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

MICHAEL KEVIN KANE, JR. RICHARD F. RUGGIERO, JR.

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice NIKOLAOS KASIMATIS

Management 10

Master of Science STEPHEN ADRIAN SACCHETTI

SUZANNE ELISE STELMACH

Management

Administration of Justice

KEITH W. SANDFORD

RICK D. STONE

Healthcare Administration and Management

Administration of Justice

ANTHONY JOHN SASSONE-MCHUGH

Administration of Justice

ROBERT ALAN STURDAHL

Administration of Justice MATTHEW LOUIS VIVEIROS LUKE DANIEL SCHATZ

Administration of Justice

Management WILLIAM E. WALMSLEY, JR. DONNA J. SCIPIONE

Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

MARK ARNOLD SGALIA

ROSANNA M. WEAVER

Administration of Justice

Management

MICHAEL ANTHONY SHINE

MAUREEN CATHERINE ZEIGLER

Management

Healthcare Administration and Management

LISA MARIE SILVEIRA

Administration of Justice

Master of Business Administration BRANDON E. BALDYGA

ALLYSON LEIGH CARR

Management

Management

ELENA M. BARBOSA

ELIZABETH CAROLINE CLARKE

Management

Management

JONATHAN STEPHEN BEAUPRE

MEGHAN CATHERINE CONNOR

Management

Management

JASON ALLEN BENDA-JOUBERT

BARBARA JEAN COREY

Management

Management

MERIDETH L. BONVINO

EMILY ANN COVE

Management

Management

GABRIELLE NOELLE BRIKE

FLOYD ALAN CRISP II

Management

Management

DAVID WILLIAM BROWN

ERIKA CURTIN

Management

Management

NATHANIEL MICHAEL BURNS

MATTHEW J. CUTTELL

Management

Management

BRITTNEY CANAFF

ANSU OPA DUALU

Management

Management

JOHN Y. CANNAVERDE

PATRICIA M. ENO

Management

Management 11

Master of Business Administration BRUNO M. FIGUEIREDO

RICK J. MEDEIROS

Management

Management

HOLLY ANNE FURTADO

LISA MARIE MEGLIO

Management

Management

JASON JOSEPH GIORDANO

PAUL JOSEPH MENDONSA

Management

Management

JAMIE CHRISTOPHER GIRARD

DANIELLE R. MOSHER

Management

Management

DANIEL PATRICK GLEESON

MICHAEL WILLIAM MYLETT, JR.

Management

Management

SHERWOODE TAFFINDER GROSVENOR

ERICH CHRISTOPHER NOVAK

Management

Management

CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY GUTIERREZ

JENNIFER PETERS

Management

Management

ANDREW JOHN JOSEPHS

MEREDITH ANNE PETERSON

Management

Management

MICHAEL EDWARD KNOLL

CHRISTOPHER J. PIZZA

Management

Management

JULIANNA MARIE LAGNO

JOHN DANTE PREVEDINI

Management

Management

ALEXANDRA KATHERINE LICURSE

SAMUEL JOSEPH RAGOSTA

Management

Management

THOMAS GEORGE LITKE

GREGORY MARK ROSINSKI

Management

Management

JOANN CATHERINE LOMBARDI

NATALIE ANN RUBENOFF

Management

Management

BRIANNA LÉ LONERGAN

MOLLY M. SAMSON

Management

Management

FRANCESCO MAGAZZINO

AMANDA MICHELLE SANFORD

Management

Management

LAUREN ELIZABETH MAIDRAND

ZACHARY J. SAUL

Management

Management

DIANA LINCOURT MALACHOWSKI

ROBERT JOSEPH SELDON

Management

Management

NICHOLAS R. MALVESTI

ASHLEY CHRISTINE STOPPA

Management

Management

RHIANNON MARTIN

ANN MARIE TETREAULT

Management

Management

ANDREW SOARES MCCANN

CHEE HONG JOSHUA TOH

Management

Management 12

Master of Business Administration VIVIANA CHEN TONN

YUXIANG YING

Management

Management

MICHAEL DAVID WALSH

JOLENE MARIE YOUNG

Management

Management

SCOTT IRA WEININGER

Management

Bachelor of Arts and Science BROOKE ELIZABETH COLEMAN

ERIN ELIZABETH POWELL

Secondary Education History

Secondary Education English

KEVIN DANIEL FARRINGTON

BRITTANY LOUISE SHERWOOD

Secondary Education English

Secondary Education Mathematics

JAMES HOWARD HUGHES IV

DOUGLAS JAMES STABILE

Secondary Education History

Secondary Education Biology

CHRISTOPHER KOPISKE

NICOLE L. STRANDSON

Secondary Education History

Secondary Education Spanish

KALYNA VICTORIA MACKO*

VINCENT F. TESTA III

Secondary Education Spanish

Secondary Education Mathematics

JESSICA RUTH MCALISTER

SAMUEL JEROME YOUNG n

Secondary Education Spanish

Secondary Education History

MATTHEW LOUIS NORRAIK

LISA MARIE ZABEL

Secondary Education History

Secondary Education Biology

MEGAN LYNN PETIT

Secondary Education History

Bachelor of Arts KERRI V. ADAMS

ALEXANDER JOSEPH AMBROSIUS

English

Administration of Justice

ASHLEY RUDEAN AGUIAR

ELISABETH GRACE ANDERSON

Administration of Justice

English

STEPHANIE LYNN AIELLO

TREVOR STEVEN AUDET

English

English 13

Bachelor of Arts MICHAEL EDWARD AUGUSTUS

MATTHEW EDWARD CELIA

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice

NICHOLAS GEORGE AURORA

ANDREA SYLVIA CERQUA

Psychology

Management

JOSEPH WADI BADLISSI n

DANA ANN CIVITELLO

Philosophy

Administration of Justice

KATHRYN MARY BAGLEY

PATRICK WILLIAM CLANCY

Psychology

Management

NICOLE ELIZABETH BALDASSARI

KRISTEN COKELY

Psychology Religious and Theological Studies

Administration of Justice JOSEPH THOMAS COLAIANNI

KAYLA BETH BAPTISTE

Management

Biology KAITLIN MARIE COLEMAN LAUREN ANN BARELLA

Studio Art

Psychology MAUREEN EMMA COLLINS JESSIE MAY BLAKE

Psychology

Administration of Justice COURTNEY PATRICIA CONROY* MARK PETER BONGIOVANNI

French International Studies

Philosophy Psychology

DEVON CARTER CORMIER CHELSEA E. BOURN*

Psychology

Psychology GABRIELLE L. CORRADINO

MARY ANN BRINSCO n

Biology

International Studies TALIA LYNN DAGLIERI LIZZABETH DENISE BROWN*

Psychology

International Studies KATHERINE OWENS DAVIS BRANDON MATTHEW BURSIE

English

Administration of Justice LAUREN ELIZABETH DAY* KATHERINE MARY BUTLER

English

Management MARY ROSE DELAURENTIS MARGARET MARY CAHILLANE

Philosophy

Psychology MARK STEVEN DISESSA, JR. KYLEE MARIE CALAFIORE

Management

Sociology JENNIFER LYNN DOLL* PATRICK J. CARUSO

Administration of Justice

International Studies Spanish

AMANDA MARIE CASTRO

MARY GRACE DONALDSON n

Political Science

English Religious and Theological Studies

NICOLE CECALA ERIN CAITLYN DONNELLY

Psychology

Psychology 14

Bachelor of Arts JAIMEE MICHELLE DOUCETTE*

ANDREA LYNN GRASSO

Mathematics

English

TODD MICHAEL DUCHALA

MARGOT AVA GSCHOSSMANN

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice

NICHOLAS G. DUNBAR

LEEANN MICHELLE GUERIN

Administration of Justice

Philosophy Religious and Theological Studies

ERIN NICOLE DUSSEAULT DAVID ROBERT GUERRIERO

English

Administration of Justice MEREDITH CASEY EAGAN

ELIZABETH AMELIA HAMER n

Studio Art

Psychology KAITLIN GISELLE ECKERT* TIMOTHY KILKENNY HANRAHAN

English

English KYLE BRUCE ENDRES CARIN ESTELLE HEANEY

Administration of Justice

Psychology AMY MARIE ERRICHETTI CRAIG JAMES HEIN

Psychology

Administration of Justice JENNIFER LEE FARESE KRISTINA MARIE HERN

Global Business and Economics

Studio Art CHRISTINA LEIGH FERRO CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR HOFFMAN

Mathematics

Spanish CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS FISHER KIMBERLY CLAIRE HORAN

Political Science

Interactive Communication Technology JACLYN ELIZABETH FORSYTHE RYAN JOSEPH HURLEY

Management

Sociology AMBER M. FRALEIGH ASAKO HYUGA

Management

Psychology KERRIN ELIZABETH FRAPPIER

Psychology

VERONICA JOSEPHINE IMPELLIZERI

EMILIE LANGSTAFF GALLO

Global Business and Economics Spanish

Music MOLLY KENDALL JACOBUS ASHLEY NICHOLE GEMPP*

Psychology

Political Science Psychology

ALLISON MARIE JEAN n

Religious and Theological Studies STEPHEN RICHARD GIBBONS DOROTHY SHAW-KOH JEFFREY

Interactive Communication Technology

Studio Art TYLER CLARK GILBERT NICHOLAS DAVID JENTZ

Psychology

Administration of Justice MORGAN ELIZABETH GLOSSBRENNER

Cultural and Historic Preservation

ELISE ANGELA JONES

ALLISSA LYNN GOODALE n

Studio Art

English 15

Bachelor of Arts MARY CAROLINE KEENAN

AYA MACHIDA

Liberal Studies

Interactive Communication Technology

ZACHARY JAMES KEENAN

LISA MARIE MAGGIO

Administration of Justice

International Studies

ROBERT CHARLES KELLER

SALVATORE A. MANCINI

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice

AMANDA LEE KENNEDY

CAROLYN CLARE MARCONI

Psychology

Studio Art

ASHLEY ELIZABETH KENNEY

DANIELLE DESIREÉ MARTINEZ

Studio Art

Political Science

EMILY WHITNEY KIDD

SARAH JANE MATHIEU

English Psychology

Studio Art MEGAN ANNE MATTHEWS

NICOLE ADRIENNE KLEIN

Psychology

Administration of Justice BRIAN THOMAS MAUHS

KAROLY DANIEL KOLARSICK n

Administration of Justice

Psychology MATTHEW ERNEST MAYNARD CHARLES JUSTIN KOSHIVAS

Psychology

Economics SARA JEAN MCALLISTER MICHELLE MARIE KUHL*

Psychology

International Studies JAMES EDWARD MCBRIDE ARIANNE TIANA LA CHAPELLE

Studio Art

International Studies CATHARINE ELIZABETH MCCONNELL MICHAEL R. LABRIE

Liberal Studies

English ELIZABETH ANN MCDONAGH

ROBERT LEON LARIVIERE-TOUGAS n

Philosophy

Global Business and Economics STEPHEN PATRICK MCENERY SAMUEL GRAY LARSEN

Administration of Justice

Administration of Justice SHANNON LEIGH MCGRATH MELISSA MARIE LOMBARDO

Spanish

Psychology MARIA MCNULTY KAITLYN ANNE LOVERING

Political Science

Psychology JAMES THOMAS MCPARTLAND ALYSSA MARGARET LOZUPONE*

Cultural and Historic Preservation

Cultural and Historic Preservation NATALIA MARIE MINASI AMANDA BERNADETTE LYNCH

English

Administration of Justice KRISTINA MINKO BLAIR IRENE LYNCH

Management

Liberal Studies ANTHONY MICHAEL MOCCIA

CAITLIN JILL MACCRATE n

Economics

Philosophy 16

Bachelor of Arts KERI LEIGH NAPPI

ALEXANDRA CATHERINE RIEWER

Liberal Studies

English

ELYSE RENAE NASSAR n

BRENDAN MULCAHY ROONEY

Global Business and Economics

Liberal Studies

ALLYSON MARIE NEUROHR n

CHELSEA FLORYAN RUEDA

Psychology

Psychology

NICOLE ELIZABETH NIETZEL

ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO

Cultural and Historic Preservation

Liberal Studies

CEDAR PRESTON NILES

HAMADI SANDINO SANCHEZ

Administration of Justice

Psychology

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER O'NEILL

DOMENIQUE MARIE SANTORO

Administration of Justice

Psychology

PAUL KIP OTIS-DIEHL

ANDREA LYNN SCHIARIZZI

Religious and Theological Studies

English

CHARITY ROSE PALAMARA

SARAH ELISABETH SCHOFIELD

Political Science

Cultural and Historic Preservation

ANDREA MORGAN PAONE*

LAUREN AMANDA SCOTT n

Administration of Justice Political Science

Psychology CHRISTINE LYNN SEMLER

MARY CATHERINE PEARSALL

Biology

Psychology CAROLINE MARY SFORZA ELIZABETH A. PELLETERI

Studio Art

International Studies ALISON MICHELE SHEA KASSONDRA ANNE PERROTTI

Biology

Psychology MAI SHIMOKAWA RYAN CLAYTON PETERSEN

Biology

Administration of Justice EMILY JEAN SINITSKI* ERIN ALLISON PHILLIPS

History

Cultural and Historic Preservation International Studies

MORGAN JEAN PITTALA

TRICIA ALYSSE SMELAND n

English

Philosophy

PATRICK RYAN QUINN

BRIGITTE ALEXANDRA SMITH

Administration of Justice

Psychology

KENNETH JAMES RAY

ERIC ANDREW SPALT

Economics

History

KAELA L. REES

HILLARY ANNE STANLEY

Psychology

Psychology

COURTNEY ANN RICHARDS

JILLIAN L. STANLEY

International Studies

Spanish

ALLISON SUZANNE RIENDEAU

MIA ELIZABETH STAUCET

English

Studio Art 17

Bachelor of Arts KATHERINE HOPE STEPHENS

BRENDAN PETER VAUGHAN

Political Science

Political Science

LAUREN MARIE STOTO

BRYAN ADAM VIEIRA

Administration of Justice

History

CLARE FRANCES SULLIVAN

MASAKO WADA

English Philosophy

Psychology VICTORIA ROSE WAGNER

KATHRYN ELIZABETH SULLIVAN

Psychology

English JAMES M. WERNER KEVIN PATRICK SULLIVAN

Economics

Administration of Justice KATIE ANNE WILDGRUBE JAMES PAUL SWOL

English

Studio Art ANASTASIA ELIZABETH WISHKA* BRENDAN TIMOTHY TAPLEY

Cultural and Historic Preservation

Administration of Justice GLYNNIS ELISE WOOD EMMA BEVERLY TAYLOR

Psychology

Studio Art DANIEL CLARKIN WOODS SARAH CATHERINE THOMPSON

Administration of Justice International Studies

Studio Art ERIK JAMES THORSEN

KATHRYN ANN WRISLEY

English

Global Business and Economics

LEE GORDON TROTT

AMANDA KATHLEEN YOUNGQUIST

Administration of Justice

English

STEPHANIE ANN TURAJ

AVA SOPHIA ZANNONI

English

Studio Art

QUINN AUSTIN TURNER

ALEX PETER ZARLENGO*

Management

Psychology

CHERYL LYNN VANASE

Psychology

Bachelor of Science BENJAMIN JAMES AALVIK

KENDRA MARIE ANDRIE

Information Systems Management

Biology Chemistry

TRACY MARIE ADAMS

Marketing

VICTORIA L. AUDET

ASHLI LAUREN ALBERTA

Accounting Business Administration

Nursing MEGHAN ELIZABETH AVERILL BRITTANY KRISTEN ANDERSON

Elementary Education

Marketing 18

Bachelor of Science SARAH ANN BALASCO

WILLIAM J. CARROLL

Nursing

Accounting

SAMUEL WARREN BARNUM

JEREMY CHRISTOPHER CARTER

Marketing

Business Administration

LIANE MARIE BARONE

LYNDA MARIE CASARELLA

Elementary Education Special Education

Accounting BEATRICE LOUISE CASAULA

JESSICA LEE BAROWSKI

Social Work

Biology RICHARD J. CASEY III KAYLA LYNN BEAULIER

Economics

Early Childhood Education MOLLY NEE CASPER RYAN ADAM BIRRELL

Nursing

Financial Management MOLLY ELIZABETH CAVALLARO ADAM S. BITZER

Nursing

Biology INGRID CEDENO DANIEL LAWRENCE BLAKE

Nursing

Chemistry LAUREN NICOLE CHARBONNEAU MATTHEW BOLAND

Biology

Financial Management ALANA RAE CIMILLO* JERRY BONNER

Early Childhood Education

Nursing CAROLINE LEE CISSEL TRACEY SHARON BRADLEY

Nursing

Nursing AMY L. COFFEY NICHOLAS M. BRINDAMOUR

Biology

Economics JUSTINE LYNN COLEMAN OLIVIA LAUREN BROWNING

Elementary Education Special Education

Marketing JESSICA JANE BUDDE

ERIN LYNN COOK

Elementary Education Mathematics

Elementary Education Special Education

STACEY LYNN BURR

STEPHANIE ANN CORBIN

Nursing

Nursing

LINDSEY JOAN BURT

TIFFANY ANNMARIE CORREIA

Nursing

Nursing

ALIXANDRA L. CAMPAGNA

JAMES ROBERT COSENTINO

Elementary Education Special Education

Business Administration

RYAN PATRICK CARNEY

Early Childhood Education

SARAH CARROLL COUTE

Biology KATELYN MARIE COX ELIZABETH SPAULDING CARRIER

Early Childhood Education

Marketing 19

Bachelor of Science TYLER FENTON CREED

MARTIN KENNETH DONAHUE

Business Administration

Financial Management

BETHANY ANNE CRIM

MATTHEW ANTHONY DOUGENIK

Nursing

Accounting

JENNIFER LEE CRONIN

AMANDA ELLEN DUFF

Accounting

Marketing

MARGARET MARY CROUTIER

JENNA LEE DUPONT

Accounting

Nursing

RACHAEL ANASTASIA CURTIS

LINDA MARIE DUTRA

Marketing

Nursing

LAURYN LEE DAHROOGE

MARISA JOY EGAN

Biology

Chemistry

JESSICA MARIE D'ANTUONO

JOHN WILLIAM FALL

Nursing

Accounting

SARA MARIE DASILVA

CLAIRE ELIZABETH FARRELL

Elementary Education Special Education

Elementary Education Special Education

GILBERT JOESPH DAVIS

MATTHEW M. FIEDOROWICZ

Accounting Financial Management

Marketing MARISA FRANCES FIORE

JAMES C. DEAN

Nursing

Marketing MAURICE JOSEPH FITZGERALD MICHELLE L. DEBENEDICTIS

Business Administration

Marketing KELSEY ELIZABETH FITZGIBBONS ERIC KEITH DECESAR

Social Work

Financial Management ROBERT CHARLES FORSTER RACHAEL ESTELLE D'ELIA

Social Work

Elementary Education Special Education

DAVID A. FRAULINO

Biology MATTHEW J. DESISTO

Elementary Education Special Education

SARA ELIZABETH FRAZER

Nursing

CAITLIN EILEEN DESMARAIS

ANDREW WILLIAM GALLAGHER

Early Childhood Education

Business Administration

JOANNA ASHLEY DEWARDENER-PHILLIPS

DANIELA RAFFAELA GALLUZZO

Nursing

Biology

ERICA LYNN DICRESCENTIS

GABRIELLE MARIE GARDNER

Nursing

Marketing

DIANA ROSE DIPIETRO

EVAN CHARLES GATES

Elementary Education Special Education

Financial Management VICTORIA ROSE GEORGE

Early Childhood Education 20

Bachelor of Science CALEIGH THERESA GILLESPIE

ALICIAMARIE VIRGINIA HURLBURT*

Nursing

Biology

LAUREN ANNE GIORDANO

VIKTOR JANCULA

Marketing

Accounting

CARA MARIE GIVEN

BENJAMIN JACOB JENNESS

Elementary Education Special Education

Financial Management

PAUL A. GLANTZ

Financial Management

MITCHELL E. JENNESS

Accounting KENNETH C. JOHNSON SONIA THERESE GOGLIETTINO

Marketing

Nursing MIKAELA ANDREA JOHNSON MOLLY KATHLEEN GOLDEN

Nursing

Nursing KATLIN MAE JONES MATTHEW C. GONZALEZ

Accounting

Elementary Education Special Education

CLAIRE E. GREENE

ELYSE MARY JUDGE

Accounting

Biology

JONATHAN GRAY GRIFFITHS

JULIE MARIE KASZANEK

Elementary Education Special Education

Early Childhood Education EMILY ANNE KELLEHER

VICTORIA ROSE GUARINO

Nursing

Nursing SARAH ELIZABETH KELLEHER ASHLEY MARIE HANLON

Marketing

Chemistry BLAIR SEBASTIAN KELLEY DEANNA CAMILE HANNOUSH

Business Administration

Marketing CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH KELLEY SEAN KEVIN HAYES

Accounting

Information Systems Management ERIN COURTNEY KENNEDY TASIA A. HENDERSON

Nursing

Nursing MATTHEW CARL KERVICK KEYLA VICTORIA HERNANDEZ

Financial Management

Elementary Education Special Education

EDWARD M. KIRENGA

Information Systems Management AMANDA LEIGH HIGGINBOTTOM ANDREW JOHN KIRWAN

Elementary Education

Financial Management WINDELL B. HINKSON, JR. ALEXANDRA MARIE KLARA

Business Administration

Accounting BRIAN CHASE HOLLAND KATHERINE B. KOHUT

Financial Management

Nursing COURTENEY M. HULTGREN AMY JOCELYN KOMROWSKI

Biology

Nursing 21

Bachelor of Science GARY ALLAN KONDLER

RICHARD JOHN MARCHISELLO

Accounting

Financial Management

JESSICA ANN KONOPKA*

JUSTIN PHILIP MARE

Chemistry

Biology

SCOTT W. KOPECKY

JENNIFER AMANDA MARTEL

Business Administration

Elementary Education Special Education

KATHRYN ANNE KURKER

Business Administration

DANIEL PETER MARTINELLI

EFSTATHIOS KYRIAKIDES

Elementary Education Special Education

Accounting JOSEPH A. MASCARO JOSEPH RICHARD LABITA

Accounting

Business Administration GINA MARIE MASCIA WHITNEY JADE LAFRENIERE

Marketing

Social Work CHARLES MATARAZZO ELISE MICHELLE LAPENTA

Biology

Marketing DANIEL STEVEN MATTIACE KRYSTAL SHARDAE LAPORTE

Information Systems Management

Medical Technology BRIDGET ROSE MCCAUGHEY JESSICA LYNN LAUDATI

Marketing

Elementary Education Special Education

GEOFFREY E. MCKEE

Chemistry DEVON ELIZABETH LEGARE DEBBIE MCLEAN-ROACHE

Early Childhood Education

Nursing VALERIE ANN LESO JACLYN ERIN MCTIGUE

Nursing

Financial Management TAYLOR NOELLE LOCONTE ALEXANDER JORGE MELCHER

Social Work

Accounting SAMANTHA MARIE LOMBARDI THERESA LYNN MERCHANT

Nursing

Nursing BRITTANY ELIZABETH LOPES JUSTIN ROBERT MERHAR

Nursing

Business Administration ELIZABETH GRAYCE EILEEN LOYCANO CHRISTINE MIGLIARO

Business Administration

Early Childhood Education JESSICA ANNE LYONS BRENT ARTHUR MILLER

Early Childhood Education

Medical Technology KELLY JEAN MAIN SARAH RACHEL MILLER

Business Administration

Biology ALLISON LYNN MALO ZACKARY ZANE MOREAU

Medical Technology

Business Administration YUKI MANIWA

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Bachelor of Science ELIZABETH ANNE MORGAN

MEGAN QUINN-GRASSO

Social Work

Social Work

EMILY GRACE MUNCHBACH

KELSEY TAYLOR RADUAZZO

Marketing

Early Childhood Education

EDWIN MURENZI MUTANGUHA

ALEXANDER NICHOLAS RECCHIA

Biology Chemistry

Business Administration DANIELLE C. REMY-MACEDO

SETH RYAN NAGLE

Social Work

Marketing KRISTEN ANN ROMANO KATHERINE STACIE NOLE

Elementary Education Special Education

Elementary Education Special Education

MITCHELL SCOTT ROSHONG JONATHAN BERNARD NORMAN

Accounting

Business Administration Financial Management

ALEXANDRA MARIA ROSSI

Marketing BRENDAN CHRISTOPHER O'CONNOR

Information Systems Management

DANIEL J. ROYCE

JONATHAN OLIVERA

Elementary Education Special Education

Business Administration MICHAEL RUSH MARYANN CAROL OUDHEUSDEN

Economics

Elementary Education Special Education

BRYAN ANDREW RUSSELL

Financial Management KRISTINA MARIE OUELLETTE SEAN MICHAEL RYAN

Marketing

Business Administration SAMANTHA A. OVERMAN TERESA MARIE SANTORE

Business Administration

Chemistry NICOLE ALEXIS PAWSON ALEXANDRA JEAN SASSI*

Marketing

Biology AIMEE JANE PAYNE

Social Work

JACQUELYN IRENE SAWN

PRISCILLA PEREZ

Elementary Education Special Education

Biology LANCELOT ÉMILE-FRANCOIS SCHLEGEL MICHAEL JOHN PETROSINI

Information Systems Management

Financial Management MATTHEW JOHN SCHON BRETT E. PIMENTAL

Marketing

Business Administration FRANCESCA MARIE SCUTARI NICOLAS PISCITELLI

Marketing

Financial Management MEGAN ANNE SEARLES CHERYL LYNN POWERS

Nursing

Elementary Education Special Education

CAITLIN MARIE PUGLIESE

TAMARA J. SEXTON

Social Work

Nursing 23

Bachelor of Science RYAN C. SHILALIS

DYLAN STUART TYRRELL

Accounting

Elementary Education Special Education

CRAIG JOSEPH SILVA ZACHARY HAL VALENTINE

Marketing

Biology JASON MICHAEL SLUBERSKI KAYLA ROSE VECCHIO

Accounting

Nursing SARAH ELIZABETH SMALL LAURA JEAN VECOLI

Marketing

Nursing SAMUEL ADAM STIMSON

Marketing

NICOLE GRACE VIEBROCK

FAE ELIZABETH-ROSE STONE

Elementary Education Special Education

Social Work NICOLE C. VIOLA AMANDA MARIE STUDT

Marketing

Elementary Education Special Education

NATALIE J. VOLPE

Nursing MICHAEL JOHN SULLIVAN CHRISTINA K. WALSH

Chemistry

Economics LINDA SUE SURAVICH JANAY RYAN WALSH

Elementary Education Special Education

Business Administration

DENISE A. SYINTSAKOS

DUSTIN P. WEISEL

Nursing

Biology

JAKE AUSTIN TAVELLO

MEGAN COURTNEY WELSH

Business Administration

Social Work

AUDREY LEIGH TAYLOR

NICOLE CORINNE WHITNEY

Elementary Education Special Education

Biology JESSICA LYNN WILLEY

JEAN ANN TAYLOR

Nursing

Nursing DANIKA MARIE WILLIAMS ELIZABETH MAURA TERRY

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education Special Education

CHELSEA LYNN TIERNEY

TRACEY L. WOOD

Nursing

Nursing

BRANDI NICOLE TRESSLER

LAUREN ELIZABETH YUDKIN

Accounting

Elementary Education Special Education

RYAN J. TURNER

Marketing

*

These students have completed the Pell Honors Program.

n These students have completed the VIA Program.

Appearance of a name in the Commencement program is presumptive evidence of graduation, but is not regarded as conclusive. The official Salve Regina University transcript, sealed and signed by the Registrar, is conclusive testimony of the student’s academic record and possession of degree(s) awarded by this institution.

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Tradition Salve Regina University congratulates the following Class of 2011 graduates who are children of alumni:

PATRICK WILLIAM CLANCY

Son of Susan Cochrane Clancy ’83 SARAH CARROLL COUTE

Daughter of Susan S. Coute ’81 TIMOTHY KILKENNY HANRAHAN

Son of Grace Wilcox Hanrahan ’74 KAROLY DANIEL KOLARSICK

Son of Maria Campo Kolarsick ’76 BRITTANY ELIZABETH LOPES

Daughter of Diane Burnham Lopes ’85 SARAH ELISABETH SCHOFIELD

Daughter of Donna-Marie McCaffrey Schofield ’79

Alumni not included in this list are invited to join these graduates and their families to the right of the main entrance of the McKillop Library for photographs immediately following Commencement.

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Academic Regalia When universities were taking form in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, they were under the jurisdiction of the Church. Most of those studying were clerks in Holy Orders, monks, or priests. They wore a habit or cloak, to which was attached a cowl or hood. This could be pulled up over the head or thrown back, according to the weather. Gowns were necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings, and hoods served to cover the tonsured head before the use of the skull cap.

Today, the academic costume of cap, gown, and hood has taken on a symbolic meaning. Colors and shapes conform to a generally accepted code and indicate the faculty conferring the degree and the kind of degree conferred. Gowns for the bachelor’s degree are worn closed and are distinguished by their long, pointed sleeves. Master’s degree gowns are designed to be worn open. They have very long sleeves, oblong in shape. Gowns for the doctoral degree, usually black, are also designed to be worn open and have velvet panels.

Three velvet bars are stitched to the upper part of the full, bellshaped sleeves.

Hoods are trimmed with a slim strip of velvet to indicate the specific faculty awarding the degree. The colored lining is the official color of the institution conferring the degree. Hoods may be trimmed to represent the following academic areas:

Arts, Letters, Humanities...................White Business Administration ........Light Brown Education ...................................Light Blue Fine Arts ...........................................Brown Musical Arts .........................................Pink Philosophy .................................Dark Blue Science................................Golden Yellow Theology...........................................Scarlet

Music COMMENCEMENT BAND Peter A. Davis Director

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Honor Cords Students at Salve Regina University who have distinguished themselves through academic performance wear honor cords of these colors: Gold — Summa Cum Laude Blue — Magna Cum Laude White — Cum Laude

The Mace The mace and its bearer represent a custom that dates back to the Middle Ages. From the sixteenth century in England and since colonial days in America, it has become a symbol of office carried by the procession leader. In the academic world, the mace signifies teaching authority.

The Salve Regina University mace was designed by Rhode Island sculptor Paul A. Cavanagh as an octagonal, formalized flower. The staff of ebony represents lignum vitae — the tree of life. A circle of eight rigid geometric forms of silver, peaked with pyramids of lapis lazuli, are representative of the Virtues. The Intellectual and Moral Virtues enable one to lead a fruitful and good life. The extending leaves of blossom deriving from the silver forms are symbolic of one’s development in the world. An inner circle of leaves, in close embrace with the central form, and pistil-like cruciform with crown, suggest one’s development in love of Christ and the cross.

The President’s Medallion The sterling silver medallion worn by the University President at all formal academic functions symbolizes the leadership and authority of the institution’s highest office.

Handcrafted by John Cavanagh, the design is based on the University shield, which symbolizes the commitment of the Sisters of Mercy to Salve Regina University, the dedication to learning by all members of the Salve Regina community, and the unending search for wisdom that flows from the knowledge of the liberal scholar. Each link of the chain is a “Mercy Cross,” with a crown superimposed over the face of each cross.

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Board of Trustees Victoria M. Almeida Anthony J. Baudanza David G. Bazarsky Lily H. Bentas Norman R. Beretta Frederick K. Butler Lindora Cabral, RSM George L. Carney, Jr. Peter T. Crowley Rita M. DeMayo Mary Ann Dillon, RSM Joseph R. DiStefano, Chairman Noreen S. Drexel Dr. Timothy Flanigan Jane Gerety, RSM, President Christine Kavanagh, RSM Marie J. Langlois Gloria L. Lincourt John E. McGinty Cheryl E. Mrozowski Marypatricia Murphy, RSM David W. Nelson J. Timothy O’Reilly Nuala Pell Peter W. Rector Donald D. Reefe Janet L. Robinson Thomas A. Rodgers III James K. Salome Deborah Smith Howard G. Sutton The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, DD Dr. Kenneth R. Walker, Sr. David W. Wallace

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