Regis Today, Fall 2013

THE MAGAZINE OF REGIS COLLEGE Fall 2013

SPECIAL EDITION ROLL OF HONOR 2012–2013

Dream Work Filmmaker Fran Murphy ’66 tells stories of perseverance

Read more about Regis’s international focus [page 18]

Miriam Finn Sherman ’98 Vice President of Institutional Advancement miriam.sherman@regiscollege.edu

Regis College

Peter Kent Director of Communications | Editor peter.kent@regiscollege.edu

Chair

Heather Ciras Managing Editor | heather.ciras@regiscollege.edu

Members

Board of Trustees 2013

Donna M. Norris, MD

Carole F. Barrett ’63, JD

Ruth Sanderson Kingsbury ’57

Ernest Bartell, CSC, PhD (Emeritus)

Ann Lagasse ’79, MBA

Marian Batho ’70, CSJ

Peter Langenus, JD

Beverly Boorstein, JD

Judith Murphy Lauch ’68, MS

Regis Today is published twice a year. © 2013, Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts. All rights reserved.

The opinions expressed in Regis Today are those of the authors and not necessarily of Regis College.

Rosemary Brennan, CSJ, MEd, MDiv

Christina M. McCann ’60, MAT

Meyer Chambers, MLM

Kathy McCluskey ’71, CSJ, PhD

Hans Christensen, MBA

Teresa M. McGonagle, MS

Please send address changes to: Office of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations Regis College 235 Wellesley Street Weston, MA 02493-1571 781-768-7220 www.regiscollege.edu

Kathleen Dawley ’79

Peter Minihane, MS, CPA

Maureen Doherty ’68, CSJ

Glenn Morris, AIA, IIDA

Mary Anne Doyle ’67, CSJ, PhD

Kathleen O’Hare ’69

Clyde H. Evans, PhD

Mary Roche ’78, CPA

Rev. Msgr. Paul V. Garrity, MA, MDiv

Joan Shea, MBA

Michael Halloran, MBA

Jane Cronin Tedder ’66, EdD

Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN

John Tegan, Jr., MEd

Lee Hogan ’61, CSJ, PhD (Vice Chair)

Richard W. Young, PhD (Emeritus)

Lilly Pereira Designer | www.lillypereira.com

Ellen C. Kearns ’67, JD

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On the cover Documentary filmmaker Fran Murphy ’66 at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King famously stood 50 years ago. Photo by Len Spoden

Features

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Class 18 World Led by scholar and philanthropist

Departments

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Dear Neighbor

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Tower Views

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Regis is going places, literally

Cardinal O’Malley inspires

Looking Ahead First stop for Alexis Zallas ’13?

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After Class

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Donor Roll

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Class Notes

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Hearts & Minds -

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All of us—students, alumni, families, friends, faculty, and staff—have an important role in the continued success of Regis College, remembering all the while that we are Sales and the excellence of the Jesuits who spoke of the magis, “the more,” the Sisters formulated the idea of “excellence tempered by gentleness” that is the essence of the “something more” we seek to share.

Most of us will never be on the Forbes list of the richest people, but with your help we will all be inscribed in the book written in heaven among those who have passed around what is good, who have understood that sharing is a bond, and who have kept building up Regis again and again to meet the needs of rising generations. Join in.

Stay with us. Regis College is going places.

Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN PRESIDENT

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“We are part of something more.” That is what our campus ministers said to students at our opening Convocation this academic year. How better to declare the overarching philosophy of Regis College?

It is a timeless message lived and expressed through the ages by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It is a particularly Regis Today as well, for within these pages we celebrate new scholarships in memory of two of our presidents—Sister Jeanne d’Arc O’Hare and Sister Thérèse Higgins—and recognize hundreds of alumni and friends who donate so generously to advance the mission of Regis College.

“We are part of something more.” It is an abiding theme on Founders’ Day at the start of each academic year, when we gather with new and returning students to remind them—to remind all of us—that we are part of a small, close-knit campus community, yes, but one with a much broader vision and purpose. We have a heritage.

Our dedication to teaching, learning, and service spans the academic disciplines and the world, evidenced beautifully by the Erat Scholars Program, and enthusiastically with the launch of our Center for Global Connections—both highlighted in this issue.

Our commitment to educating students for success in the 21st century is demonstrated by new degree programs in Justice Studies, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, Nuclear Imaging, a doctoral program in Education, and expanded integration of iPads and other technological innovations across the curriculum. Our “Dean Team” and others talk about these initiatives in the pages that follow.

Our shared obligation to securing the future of Regis College is manifested by increasing enrollment, by a master plan for the physical development of the campus,

Gospel of Life

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“As we move through the second decade of the millennium, business as usual is not enough,” His Eminence Seán P. Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, told Regis graduates in his May 11 commencement address. “We must be a team of missionaries, moving from a maintenance mode to a missionary one.”

Regis awarded undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees across a range of academic disciplines to 548 students under an enormous white tent on the College’s front lawn—a new venue for the ceremony.

“Our hope is that today’s graduates will discover more deeply the radical sense of our vocation to live the social Gospel, to put others first and seek the last place, to be close to Jesus who came to serve and not to be served,” said Cardinal O’Malley, who received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Regis College.

Researcher, social activist, and philanthropist Kathryn Erat also received an honorary doctor of laws degree (see story, page 18).

On View

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What Robert Enos: (I)Land Where Carney Gallery, Fine Arts Center When November 1–December 30, 2013 Robert Enos writes, “(I)Land will present the results of a full life’s artistic effort (my land or the world that I inhabited for so much of my life, working on my art).” Driven throughout his career by a devotion to drawing, color, line, shape, and form, Enos quietly absorbed and processed influences from a broad range of sources. As in all of his works, the details go beyond pure visual description; they amplify the meditative mood of the row of modest houses, prominent trees, flat stretch of sand, and dark sea.

After (I)Land, works in Regis College’s art collection will be on exhibit from February to May. View the Fine Arts Center’s 2013-2014 calendar at www.regiscollege.edu/facschedule.

Regis Focuses on West Campus Plan

The College announced in July that it has shelved plans to develop the East Campus and will concentrate on fulfillment of a master plan for the West Campus, bringing litigation with the town of Weston to an end. “Our focus is on the implementation of the master plan on the West Campus,” said President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN. “This decision is a positive one for us all, and gives a true picture of the relationship between Regis and the town.” The master plan includes creation of a stunning new quadrangle framed

by College Hall, St. Joseph’s Hall, Alumnae Hall, and Maria Hall; a 72-bed addition to Maria Hall; and renovation of the library. Work is underway on this phase of the master plan, with a 2015 completion date.

New and Noted Sabrina Johnson-Taylor is the College’s first instructional designer, bringing a wealth of experience to help faculty develop effective online content, online teaching strategies, technology integration, and assessment practices. Focus areas include fully online, hybrid, and webenhanced course design and teaching and learning activities with iPads (including the “flipped” classroom format—lectures viewed by students before class, with related assignments tackled in class).

Initiatives range from tweaking a lesson plan to developing an entire hybrid or online course. Johnson-Taylor holds a PhD in education from the State University of New York at Albany, where she taught and worked as an instructional developer. She comes to us from Holyoke Community College, where she worked as an instructional designer, and she has served as an instructional technologist at Sage College.

Johnson-Taylor is a certified Quality Matters peer-reviewer and has taught in traditional, hybrid and online classrooms.

Ray McCarthy is an associate professor and director of the new Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership program launched this year at Regis. He holds an EdD in education administration from the University of Massachusetts, and MS and BS degrees from Central Connecticut State University. His research interests include integrative STEM education, cultural and historical studies, and gender and socioeconomic equity in regard to all aspects of education. He previously taught at Northeastern University, UMass-Amherst, and Fitchburg State University, and was a public school educator in Massachusetts and Connecticut for many years.

Erin Wisniewski joined the Student Life team as director of international student services. Her responsibilities include the International Ambassador program, which links new international students with a Regis administrator and a current

ON THE BOOKSHELF student to aid in the adjustment process.

Previously, she was director of student activities at American International College.

She holds BA and MS degrees from the College of Saint Rose.

Peter Kent is Regis’s new director of communications, and editor of Regis Today. He brings more than two decades of experience in all areas of higher education communication, marketing, and advancement. Before Regis, he worked at Northeastern University and Bentley University. He holds a BS in journalism from Boston University, and was a local newspaper editor for several years.

Hans Christensen of Westport, Conn., co-founder and CEO of MJX Asset Management LLC and previously the chief investment officer for Barclays U.S. He is a co-founder of A New Beginning, a charity that runs an elementary school and a vocational school in Pakistan, and a trustee of Christ Church United Methodist in New York City.

Weston resident Michael Halloran, formerly the global head of technology investment banking at Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, and currently a trustee of Parmenter Community Health Care, a nonprofit in Wayland. His wife, Carolyn, is a member of the class of 1993.

John Tegan, Jr., of Boston, founder and chairman of Communications Technology Services, LLC, which designs and installs voice and data systems in the commercial, government, and education markets. He is the husband of the late Lorraine DeStefano Tegan ’63, who served on the board from 2006 to 2012.

Special Assistant to the President M. J. Doherty ’67, PhD, has published The Gate Is Everywhere: Victims, Christ & Faith, “the story of one survivor’s work

to recover, to help mend the social

for in the healing of the Church.” For 11 years, Doherty served on several lay committees, including the Review Board, advising the Archdiocese of Boston on the protection of children.

Retired sociology professor Alex Liazos, who taught at Regis from 1971 to 2007, published Twelve Days in Viet Nam: The Life and Death of Nicholas Conaxis, a biography of a U.S. Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War in 1968. A summary of the book, and all of chapter one, are available on the website www.twelve daysinvietnam.org.

Associate Professor of Sociology Kathleen Kautzer’s recent book, The Underground Church: Nonviolent Resistance to the Vatican Empire (Brill, 2012), was hailed in a review by Australian

scholar and philosopher Matthew Del Nevo in the quarterly journal Sociology of Religion, who called it an “unprecedented landmark study of American Catholic liberal–progressive movements post-Vatican II.”

Getting a jump on college Regis is launching a new summer academic enrichment program for high school students seeking to get an early start on college.

Regis Summer Scholars will be immersed in intensive, two-week courses from July 14 to July 28, and will have the option to live on campus throughout. Students will choose two college-level courses which will count for three credits each at Regis, and may qualify for academic credit at other institutions.

Course offerings are in public health, psychology, health and fitness, writing, communication, and marketing. Rising high school juniors and seniors get first priority for admission. For details, call 781-768-7162 or visit www.regiscollege.edu/hsprogram.

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New Trustees

Regis College Trustee Glenn Morris published a novel, Obligation for Justice (Bainbridge, 2013), the story of two brothers whose paths diverge when one remains in Lynn, Mass., the gritty city of their childhood, while the other escapes to Paris and an international life of glamour.

ahead looking

Time Traveler By peter kent

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Alexis nicole Zallas revels in the past. On any given day in recent years, Zallas could be the patriotic wife of a powerful general, a colonial hurling taunts at beleaguered British soldiers, or a performer in a traditional Greek dance group.

She can also argue the relative merits of classic movies, television shows, and old radio shows—from the Marx Brothers to Jack Benny, Cary Grant to John Wayne—which pre-date her by several decades.

But right now she’s focused on the present: veterinary school.

“I’ve always wanted to be a veterinarian,” says the Class of 2013 valedictorian and biology University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. “I’ve loved animals for as long as I can remember. I think it’s because I watched John Wayne westerns with my dad while growing up. I just fell in love with the horses. My dad sometimes jokes that I only watch the movies for the horses.

As I got older, I realized that combining my love for science and passion for animals would make an exciting career.”

Zallas grew up in Lexington, just down the road from regis (and from Hanscom Field, where her father, a 40-year career Air

a civilian capacity). Like many people of the region, she became fascinated with her hometown’s place in history.

“I am an eighteenth century historical re-enactor,” she said.

“Growing up in Lexington prompted me to get involved in that. I frequently re-enact at the Minute Man national Historical park, in several capacities as a member of the Guild of Historical Interpreters, and I also perform as a citizenwitness at the Boston Massacre.”

Her favorite role? “Americanborn Margaret kemble Gage, the wife of General thomas Gage, the military governor of Massachusetts in 1775,” Zallas said. “Her story is wonderful—a woman from new Jersey high society who some suspect remained sympathetic to her country rather than her to husband by aiding the Sons of Liberty.”

When not immersed in America’s colonial past, Zallas is zealous in pursuit of another passion—her Hellenic culture.

She’s a member of the Bostonbased Sons and Daughters of Alexander the Great dance group.

She and her fellow dancers traveled to Macedonia, Greece, this past summer to perform, sightsee, and bask in their Greek heritage.

She participated in a three-day convention involving dance groups from all over Macedonia.

“Greek music and dance have such a rich and beautiful history.

I cannot adequately describe the thrill of participating and what it means to me,” she said. “And don’t even get me started on Greek cooking. there’s nothing better than sharing the kitchen with my mom. She’s made me the cook I am today. Some of my fondest memories are cooking side by side with her while taking intermittent dancing breaks—because you just can’t cook without Greek music!” right now, however, Zallas is devoting all of her time to another role, that of a self-described “science geek.” It’s a passion cultivated and nurtured in her regis science classes and labs, guided and encouraged by her professors and internship supervisors.

“I always want to understand why: Why does this happen? Why do we see this result after administering a medication? I especially love expanding my understanding from the microscopic level to the macroscopic level—what’s happening on a cellular level versus what am I seeing in an actual patient.”

A huge boost to her studies and interests came via internships: a three-month stint with the

“I realized that

combining my love of science and passion for animals would make an exciting career.”

TAP INTO TALENT

photo: Kathleen Dooher

Massachusetts Audubon Society, and several years at the Veterinary emergency & Specialty Center of new england (VeSCOne) in Waltham.

“I spent four years at VeSCOne—summer and winter breaks—everywhere from the emergency room through radiology and surgery,” said Zallas.

“I learned so much from the veterinarians and staff. It was a fantastic opportunity and I believe this experience ultimately helped me prepare for veterinary school and will give me a preview of what I will be capable of after graduating.”

Her “present”—for the next four years—is vet school. Her future?

“I’d like to do a residency in small

animal surgery,” said Zallas. “But I’m also interested in completing a master’s degree in public health and working for the Centers for Disease Control. I really enjoyed microbiology at regis, which made me consider working for the CDC.” In her valedictory address in for Zallas to borrow wisdom from ancient Greek philosophers while speaking to her classmates of the present and looking eagerly to the future: “Antiphanes said that ‘everything yields to diligence’ and Aristotle believed that ‘the energy of the mind is the essence of life.’ ” Diligence and energy of mind. traits that will continue to serve Zallas well into the future.

“Because of our focus on experiential learning, coupled with our emphasis on the values of our founding Sisters of St. Joseph, Regis students enter the workplace with the skills, confidence, and dedication that allow them to contribute very quickly to just about any organization,” said Susan Clancy Kennedy ’81, director of internships and career placement.

“Our undergraduate student population is highly diverse and represents an array of academic backgrounds and practical experiences,” she continued. “And many of our graduate students already have résumés of professional experience; when combined with their advanced degrees, they are able to add value from day one.”

To learn more, contact Susan Kennedy at 781-7687271 or susan.kennedy@regis college.edu.

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Seeking bright and talented interns or employees for your organization? If so, then tap into Regis.

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Points of Pride by b rya n g e a ry

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ask rob riley about coaching and building a successful athletics program and he’ll tell you that it has little to do with the X’s and O’s.

Hired as the director of athletics for the Pride in December 2012 and armed with 25 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and professional levels, riley knows that succeeding in this business is all about the people. His vision for regis athletics starts here: “Commitment, accountability, and loyalty—to the school and to each other,” riley said.

“We want to live by those three words.”

College hockey fans will likely recognize riley’s name right away. and for good reason. not only was he a four-year letter winner for the boston College eagles—and a co-captain in 1977–78 for the national runner-up—he is part of a 62-year legacy of coaching at the United States Military academy at West Point.

“I think in looking back, that’s probably the proudest athletic achievement I have,” riley said of his family’s history there. born and raised in West Point, riley spent his childhood watching his father, Jack riley, coach the army hockey team. He fondly recalls the school bus dropping him off at the rink, where he spent countless hours as a child. For as long as he can remember, is a big reason. Keeping with tradition, riley says the coaching gene has also been passed on to his son brett, a senior hockey player at Hobart who has already started coaching in the summer.

The elder riley spent 36 years as the head coach at army, squeezing in a gold medal as the coach of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team along the way. rob took over for his father in the 1986-87 season, just two years after leading Division III babson College to a national championship. brian riley, his brother, then took the helm in 2004 and has held it ever since. riley has also spent time in professional hockey, as a coach and a consultant for the Columbus blue

to help young players looking to take the next step in their professional careers, an experience he characterized as “very rewarding.”

So, what made regis—a school without a hockey program—so attractive to a lifelong hockey guy?

The people.

“That was the thing that impressed me the most in the interview process,” said riley. “I read everything I could on the website, but until you meet the people and you are around the campus, you don’t really know what the culture is.”

Upon meeting with President antoinette M. Hays and Vice President of Communications, Marketing, and enrollment Paul Vaccaro, riley found that they were all immediately in agreement on where regis College and regis athletics could go. “you have great leadership and people above you pushing hard to do the right things,” he said. “That really made me want this job.” riley, who now lives in needham with his wife Debbie, didn’t follow the traditional path to becoming an athletic director, but it was clear to Vaccaro that he was the right person for the job. “rob has been an outstanding leader, mentor, and motivator at all levels in his professional career,” said Vaccaro. “He brought those same skills with him to regis and so far the results have been outstanding.” riley believes that his history as a coach provided him with the right skill set for a job like this.

“In the old days, the football and the basketball coach became the athletic director,” he said. “now it’s changed a lot. I felt like I could really make a difference at a school like regis.”

Succeeding Marybeth Lamb, now the athletic director at bridgewater State University after 10 demic year at the helm. Winning is an important

Commitment.

Accountability.

Loyalty.

We want to live by those three words.

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goal in his eyes, but he is also focused on succeeding in other areas. Stressing academic excellence and community involvement, he notes that keeping the student-athlete experience a positive one is among his top priorities.

“We want athletics to enhance and improve the regis experience every step of the way,” said riley. recent graduate Kara Donovan embodies this message. as a senior last spring, the two-sport athlete won the new england Collegiate Conference (neCC) Senior Female Student-athlete of the year award. a standout in soccer and softball, riley and the entire regis community were very proud of her. riley aims to keep improving and advancing the regis brand, and the stunning athletic complex that opened in 2009 provides a great boost to these efforts, as the Pride now boasts some of the best facilities among small universities in the region—but it doesn’t stop there.

“The new facilities really changed the landscape for regis and regis athletics,” said riley. “Our job now on the fundraising side is to get stands in locker rooms.”

The past summer saw a face-lift for the gymnacan boost pride and impress prospective studentathletes, fans, and the opposition. athletics at regis has seen many changes in the last decade, including the addition of men’s sports starting in 2007. but through the changes, many Pride teams have experienced great success. In the 2012–13 academic year, regis racked up four league sports. In riley’s words, “that’s a great year for any team, any program.”

While he is busy trying to build on that success, riley says that the questions still come in about adding other sports. However, the goal is to make the sports regis currently has the best they can be before thinking about making further additions. For now, riley already has plenty to focus on.

“For me, it has really been a blessing that hockey was not here,” he said. “We have 16 teams and a full staff that all need attention, so it’s been a relief not to worry about hockey.”

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The Dean Team

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Like any administrative team, Malcolm O. Asadoorian III, PhD, and Penelope M. Glynn, RN, PhD, bring individual strengths, varied experiences and perspectives, and unique personalities to the table. Yet from the moment they began working together as the academic deans of Regis College, they clicked, and they use terms like “team” and “complementary” and “collaborative” in describing their working relationship.

Dr. Asadoorian joined Regis in Summer 2012 as dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Social Sciences.

He was fresh off a long stint at Lynn University in Florida, where he was a professor of economics with dual appointments in the College of Liberal Education and the College of Business and Management. He was also chair of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and associate dean Academic Affairs.

Prior to Lynn, he was a postdoctoral research associate professor at MIT, and also taught at Fisher College, Assumption College, and Anna Maria College. He earned PhD and MA degrees in economics from Clark University, and a bachelor’s degree from Assumption.

Dr. Glynn was appointed dean of the School of Nursing, Science and Health Professions in 2013, after serving as interim dean when incumbent Antoinette Hays was named Regis College president in 2011. She joined the Regis faculty in 2004, bringing with her 24 years of experience in administrative and faculty positions at Simmons College, Lesley University, and Boston College.

Prior to becoming dean, she was the coordinator of the generic master’s program, and then chair of the postlicensure graduate nursing program. A registered nurse, she holds BS and MS degrees in nursing, and a PhD in sociology from Boston University.

The Dean Team sat down recently with Communications Director and Regis Today Editor Peter Kent to discuss issues, trends, and challenges in higher education, and what Regis is doing to prepare students for life and careers in the 21st century.

There is such an emphasis these days on colleges and universities preparing students for careers. One comedian recently bemoaned pursing a major in philosophy, only to discover that in this uncertain economy, the philosophy companies aren't hiring these days. So, why a liberal arts education?

Dr. Glynn: I started my career with the

traditional ‘diploma’ education—a threeated with a hospital—and I wouldn’t give that up for anything. But it can’t vocation-oriented that we don’t provide that strong liberal arts background, we’re not preparing students to relate to and understand the patients they are caring for, which is critical to developing a trusting relationship. Without that liberal arts foundation, you can’t possibly adapt to the rapid changes occurring in health care, and you can’t see the big picture. That’s why our undergraduate nursing majors don’t start their nursing courses until the junior year, because they get a full two years of liberal arts and sciences before they ever even touch nursing. And that’s critical.

Dr. Asadoorian: We must prepare students for their respective professions, yes, but simultaneously we must answer the call for proving that a strong liberal arts foundation is essential. When we say a liberal arts education produces lifelong learners, we mean those essential skills of critical thinking and writing, oral communication, quantitative

11 reasoning, information literacy, and integrative skills—pulling them together and applying them.

These skills transcend all disciplines. The liberal arts foundation is the critical ingredient that allows individuals to learn and to adapt throughout their life.

photo: Brian Smith

In August, President Obama announced a plan to “measure college performance through a new ratings system so students and families have the information to select schools that provide the best value.” The ratings would eventually be used by Congress to “tie federal student aid to college performance,” says the White House. A step in the right direction?

Dr. Glynn: I think it’s time for us

to be held accountable for what we say we do. Health care has been undergoing this for some time now, and it’s for the better.

Hospitals are rated based on their outcomes: You can go online, you can look, you can choose. You

can see exactly where the hospital falls; you can see where the nursing home falls. And I think that students, parents, and adult learners have the right to know, ‘where does this school fall, what are their outcomes?’ If I’m paying upwards of $160,000 for a private education, then I want to know if students are achieving what a college says they’re going to achieve.

Dr. Asadoorian: It’s about evaluating effectiveness objectively and based on evidence—unlike in the past, when it was mostly subjective. Prior to the academic assessment revolution, when schools were asked if students were learning what was claimed, the inevitable response was, ‘yes.’ But now, with academic assessment becoming part of our culture, there is an objective, evidence-based means of evaluation. It’s about equal access to information, so that individuals can make informed decisions, and continuous improvement of student learning. That’s really

at the heart of assessment, and I think that holds true not only in the health care industry but in education as well.

Regis has been ramping up its global agenda in recent years, through curricular initiatives, expanded study abroad and service opportunities, international student recruitment, faculty scholarship, and a new Center for Global Connections. Why is this a priority?

Dr. Asadoorian: Our economies are

interconnected. Our markets are interconnected. To ignore that is to ignore reality. And if we predicate ourselves on preparing lifelong learners in the liberal arts tradition for professional practice in the 21st century, we must embrace globalization to make sure that we are truly preparing our students to be citizens of the world. Our students are going to be out there operating in a global network.

Dr. Glynn: In nursing and in other health professions, we must teach

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Deans Penelope M. Glynn, RN, PhD, and Malcolm O. Asadoorian, PhD, both believe a liberal arts foundation prepares students for any profession.

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Dr. Glynn: Our Doctor of Nursing

programs in Massachusetts,

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global health because we’re too interconnected not to teach it.

Even up to the early 2000s, you learned about the health of your country and your populations and that’s all you learned. But because populations now travel back and forth, you have to know and understand what’s going on in other parts of the world. You have to know that in Africa, immunization—or the lack thereof—is a huge problem, both for that continent and others as Africans travel.

You have to think about epidemics and how quickly they can spread.

We now talk about 250 people infected with SARS in China as an epidemic; it is a huge issue, because it can travel so quickly all over the world.

Regis established a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in 2007, and this fall launched a second doctoral program: a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree. Why these two fields?

Dr. Asadoorian: In many ways, the

nursing programs are the cornerstone of the School of Nursing, Science and Health Professions.

What is the cornerstone of the School of Liberal Arts, Education

and Social Sciences? I would say it is education. Education truly envelops the liberal arts, and so a Doctor of Education program acknowledges and strengthens the cornerstone, which is the driving motivation for the new EdD. Instead of having a very oriented PhD program, we feel it’s more consistent with our mission and our strategic vision to offer a doctoral program that encompasses all disciplines in the liberal arts and is in the spirit of the scholar-practitioner.

The EdD focus is on higher education leadership. It is a natural progression—in the spirit of reinvigorating the liberal arts and establishing education as a cornerstone—to build upon our established and successful undergraduate education licensure program and our Master of Arts in Teaching to complete the cycle with a doctoral program in education. What’s really wonderful when we talk about a liberal arts education that’s quality and distinctive is that we now have at Regis a doctorate in higher education leadership which is just that: quality and distinctive.

What lies ahead for academics at Regis?

Dr. Glynn: I see us bursting at

the seams with students, with programs in the sciences that are robust and cutting-edge and really contributing to the need for graduates in the STEM disciplines. I see a beautiful new or renovated science building.

I’d love to see an interdisciplinary health professions laboratory because that’s where health care is going to be delivered—where you could have students in social work, nursing, occupational therapy, and other areas all working together to solve problems and deliver care. I want

photos: Brian Smith

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As is often the case, Regis was on the forefront in addressing the need for doctoral preparation for nurses in advanced practice, in particular for nurse practitioners.

Our program also prepares DNPs in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, health policy, integrative health, and informatics.

The 62 graduates of the program serve as leaders in nursing education, and in the delivery of health care, including the delivery of care to the most vulnerable populations. We had one student who, in completing the work for his DNP degree, successfully created and funded a ‘Mobile Health Care Van’ and is currently delivering care to the homeless. The 92 students who are currently active in the DNP program love the direct application of what they are learning to their practice, as well as the gram offers them. They are truly leaders in the practice arena.

ACADEMIC INNOVATION TECH CORNER

Growing the Nuclear Family A new, interactive Nuclear Medicine Imaging laboratory featuring stateof-the-art media and technology equipment opened in College Hall this fall. The new facility features an ADAC dual-head gamma camera— usually seen only in hospitals—donated

by Northeast Electronics Inc.

“Helping our students see the global picture is really in keeping with the Sisters of St. Joseph and reaching out to the ‘dear neighbor.’ It’s just that the neighbor is a lot farther away.”

Massachusetts and the country to see that we are a strong school and that we are interdisciplinary and at the forefront.

Dr. Asadoorian: We are an institution on the move—riding the wave of global education, interdisciplinary studies, and technology. We are providing a quality, distinctive education that is strong in the liberal arts with innovative professional programs—an institution that truly prepares students for lifelong learning for the 21st century.

The work of the School of Liberal Arts, Education and Social Sciences in the past year can be characterized with one word— transformation. We will continue to transform the liberal arts for

Regis and work on developing new academic programs that exemplify excellence in professional practice motivated by a strong foundation in the liberal arts. Continued growth of our education programs, the humanities, language education, business, quantitative studies, and writing across the curriculum are clearly in our future.

BREAKING NEWS As Regis Today was going to press, President Antoinette M. Hays announced the appointment of Dr. Malcolm Asadoorian as Regis’s new vice president of Academic Affairs, effective immediately. Dr. Asadoorian will retain his role as academic dean until a successor is appointed next year.

“The gamma camera enables great interactive teaching,” said Lauren Shanbrun (below left), assistant professor of medical imaging and program coordinator of nuclear medicine technology.

Thirty undergraduate students have declared a major in medical imaging with a concentration in nuclear medicine, said David Gilmore (below right), associate dean of undergraduate affairs, who also directs the Regis imaging programs. “And so far, all of our graduates have employment in nuclear medicine, and we have achieved 100 percent first-time pass rate on the national certification exams.”

FRAN MURPHY’S DOCUMENTARIES TELL STORIES OF PERSEVERANCE

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chatted on her cozy back deck in Maryland, reliving her Regis days and her 40-plus-year career in television, in which she has earned seven Emmys and numerous other awards. Her ever-present dogs— Nipper and Chipper—ran circles around her excitedly, barking and leaping. She’d interrupt herself to laughingly tell them to get lost, enjoying the canine chaos around her.

It’s a parallel to her professional life: Though “being in TV” could be a frenzied, nonstop stressor, Murphy is laid-back enough to be both completely immersed and happily relaxed.

That’s because television production—in Murphy’s case, TV documentaries—marries her skills with her passion. Her time at Regis laid the groundwork for a body of work that exposes critical thinking, wordplay and investigation. For an English major (where she studied structure and style) with an art history background (where composition and form became apparent), combined with an inherent desire to pursue social justice issues, journalism was a perfect profession.

“At Regis, we were taught to be compassionate,” said Murphy, “to care about people who didn’t have anything. That’s what it means to time or whatever. Talking to people and telling their stories, that’s a way to help.”

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wasn’t smooth, mused Murphy. In the 1970s, women weren’t exactly setting records in the television industry. “I’d gone to see a career counselor before I went back to school. I met with a guy who told me, ‘Television? No one ever gets hired in that—that’s a low percentage job. What you want to do is go into library science.’ And I thought, ‘The hell I do!’ ” A quiet occupation was never really an option for this scrappy woman who thought she’d grow up to be a teacher, even though her father didn’t initially approve: “You will never make a very good living teaching English literature.”

“He was a scientist and I was a goofball,” Murphy admitted. But he was right and she was glad her career led her here instead.

After Regis, Murphy took classes at Boston University and at Milwaukee Area Technical College, and landed a job in TV production.

Her initial responsibilities: hoisting heavy equipment. It probably never dawned on her, wasn’t an obvious place for women.

“I was always the girl on the scaffolding,” Murphy reminisced. “The cameras were not the little light cameras we have now. They were 50 pounds.”

She worked at television stations in Boston, Milwaukee, and D.C., and eventually moved into producing documentaries for local TV stations, AARP, and the Pentagon Channel. She’s met many a famous person, including Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, Walter Cronkite, and Clive Cussler.

“She has the ability to talk to anybody and not get star-struck,” said longtime friend and video editor Bob Kanner, who has worked with Murphy since she moved to D.C. 30 years ago.

Her day-to-day life now consists of working as an editor and producer: interviewing sources,

editing scripts, and combining product. Then there are all the non-job-related tasks of a freelancer—like networking, meeting with potential clients, learning new technology to make herself more marketable—and the personal—being a mother to her son and daughter, and grandmother to three girls.

She has worked on projects as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but lights up when talking about two recent documentaries on civil rights issues: “The Dream Began Here,” for which she received an Emmy award, and “Hattie’s Lost Legacy,” which earned her a Gracie, an award presented by

Though many of the documenpast events, it’s through this that Murphy feels she’s been able to illuminate current issues in Washington.

Issues of poverty make it “so hard to live here sometimes,” she said, even though she was in love with D.C. since she moved from the Midwest in the early ’80s.

While working on “Dream,” she “met people in the poorest parts of Washington,” a stark reminder that many of Martin Luther King’s dreams have not been met for poor African-Americans.

“People desperately want jobs,” she said. “There’s a yearning to be in the mainstream. But there are a lot of barriers. You meet these

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She’s also won awards from the National Association of Black Journalists for both "Hattie" and a piece on the Howard Theatre restoration project.

“The Dream Began Here” walks the viewer through iconic neighborhoods in D.C., illustrating the way African-Americans contributed to the formation of the capital city. It’s sometimes uncomfortable—slaves helped build the White House, and the banks of the Potomac were slave-trading grounds—but it’s also a story of triumph. And it’s a modern-day story as well.

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people and you can’t help but feel for them.”

Telling people’s stories excites her, especially when they illustrate a larger point about our society.

Murphy almost gushes as she discusses how she comes to learn what makes people tick, and about explains why something happened.

While researching “Dream,” Murphy found footage of Dr. King and Roy Wilkins (then the head of the NAACP) on Meet the Press.

The footage speaks for itself of the deeply divided time. “So they’re on Meet the Press and it’s all white men asking them questions and

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if all these black people come to Washington, aren’t there going to be riots?’ Oliver Stone could not have asked for a better setup,” Murphy said, “because the guy asked the question—and it pans from one white guy to another

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guys asking two black guys these questions. It was like it was out of a movie.”

“Hattie’s Lost Legacy” similarly highlights civil rights issues, African-American woman to win an Oscar—Hattie McDaniel, who won best supporting actress for her portrayal of Mammy in “Gone With the Wind.” The documentary explores racism in Hollywood and the rebuff McDaniel received from the black community for playing roles that were seen as subservient. When McDaniel died of breast cancer in her 50s, she allegedly

bequeathed her Oscar to Howard University, but it never made it there. The award’s whereabouts are still unknown.

“Her story is complicated and really sad,” Murphy said, but she really enjoyed telling it because “it was like an onion. It is one of my favorite projects.”

MURPHY TRIES to stay grounded amid the schedule of a thriving business and the bubble of Washington.

“I try to remember that the real world is not like Washington,” she said. “People forget who they are here. You have to remember you’re not who you’re covering. How can you maintain your integrity if you’re worried about being invited to the next party?

“I guess you just try to impress them with your work,” she laughs.

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peers—would attest.

“The best thing that she knows how to do really well is leave you alone, let the editor do his own thing for a little bit, then she’ll come in and just make it be what she wants it to be,” said Kanner. “I might argue with her about this or that, but very rarely. She’s pretty much spot-on in what she does.”

Murphy, ever self-deprecating, demurred. “I’m probably pretty normal, though my son doesn’t think I am. He says, ‘Come on, Mom, no one’s normal in D.C.’ ” But that’s to be expected from someone who spends her life telling other people’s stories.

“I learned to respect others regardless of their station in life or opinions,” she said. “A good journalist withholds judgment and allows others to voice their thoughts and ideas.”

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CLASS ERAT SCHOLARS ARE EXPLORING GLOBAL ROOTS, and ROUTES, of FAITH and SERVICE

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A SCHOOL BUS rumbled through a maze of dirt roads in Nairobi, Kenya, heading east to the town of Kitui. Inside, Regis students and their mentors sat side-by-side in the intense June heat, sharing stories and making plans.

Passengers Jeffrie Parrish ’14 and Kathryn Erat, a retired computer scientist and the trip’s benefactor, anticipated the journey ahead.

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Parrish and Erat first met at Regis: he, among 10 students in a semester-long religious studies and philosophy seminar and overseas travel program launched in 2007; she, the passionate and generous friend of Regis who makes the program possible. The two had bonded after class, methodically organizing a way to bring soccer supplies to Kenya.

The relationship continued at the Mary Ward Center, their Nairobi hostel, where they discussed everything from science and religion to Erat’s international experiences. Though 50 years separate them, the conversation was effortless.

Kathryn Erat, founder and benefactor of the Erat Scholars Program, enjoys a conversation with graduates of the faith-based study abroad program.

Parrish said Erat impacted his life in ways he never imagined.

She taught him to take a daydream and make it a reality.

“I told Kathryn my vision and she met with me following every seminar session to discuss details,” said Parrish, a studentathlete who, prior to the trip, collected 450 pieces of donated soccer equipment, packed it all up with the help of seminar classmates, and then arranged for all of them

“It was beyond amazing. We LIVED what we learned in the classroom.”

and the trip to the Nyumbani schools. “Soccer is huge there.

And it’s more than just a game— coaches talk with their players about AIDS, abstinence, even gang violence.”

It is this kind of story that makes the Erat Scholars Program more than just a study-abroad program. It’s a pathway to seeing the world more holistically, and with a religious and philosophical perspective.

The program takes 10 students to various parts of the world each culture they studied all semester. The classes have covered Jerusalem; France, Switzerland and Italy; China; and Kenya. Each trip has an overarching theme: Christianity in Rome; in France, Switzerland, and Italy compassion took center stage; in Kenya, service. It’s been a life-changing experience for each of the students who have been a part of it.

“I was concerned that young people were turning away from the Church and wanted them to realize that Christianity was more than what they read in the newspapers. It is my obligation to teach them to look at the Church in a different way,” said Erat, a slight woman with tousled grey hair and lively blue eyes who, in addition

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to her involvement with Regis, is also on the board of SomervilleCambridge Elder Services and an active member of Saint Paul Church in Harvard Square.

For Erat, a dedicated Catholic who was educated at the College of

“We were stunned. This was a new way of connecting young people with faith traditions,” said Professor Ernest Collamati, chair of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department. “Beyond the generous donation—an unbelievable gift—was Kathryn, a remarkable benefactor who breaks stereotypes by her simple way of life.

She has a renaissance quality of knowledge and speaks well of science, religious traditions, Catholic theology, politics, and economics.

In this specialized age of 2013, it Like the scientist she is, Erat was meticulous when mapping out the curriculum and the trips with professors.

Sister Elizabeth Conway ’80, CSJ, director of spiritual life, attended the 2013 trip to France, Switzerland, and Italy.

She marvels at how Erat takes pieces of each trip and thoughtfully, purposefully weaves them together. Under Erat’s direction, the 2013 Regis group moved from a kitchen in France to Geneva and the United Nations Human Rights Council’s famous circular table.

They made a contemplative visit to Assisi, Italy, birthplace of St. Francis, and later joined a Vatican audience of 70,000 with his namesake, Pope Francis, in Rome.

“We covered a lot of material and a lot of miles, but the common thread was about the compassion gene and how we evolve to a deeper understanding of our connectedness,” said Sister Betsy.

This tone of outreach and unity struck a chord with Parrish, who was initially unsure about the diverse Regis group, which blended students from an array of programs. Any concerns disappeared as the students and faculty became a tight-knit community, sharing simple meals of rice and collard greens while bonding over their love of the resilient, joyful villagers, children, and elders infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. “It’s a bit of a leap of faith to travel so far with 10 college kids,” said Nancy Bittner, who participated in the Kenya trip as a member of the Regis nursing faculty.

“But Kathryn believed in us and we followed her lead.”

Students on the trip were able to participate in activities relating to their majors and their interests.

For instance, nursing students weighed and measured orphans as part of the USAID program in nutrition. Erat also factored in fun by surprising students with breakfast at a hippo pool and an African safari.

Joseph Draper, an assistant professor of religious studies who taught the 2011 class on China and accompanied students on the trip, was taken with Erat’s professional connections when it came to visiting lecturers. Erat even arranged for China experts like Henrietta Harrison, a professor of history at Harvard University, to speak with students at Regis.

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Catholic college in New York— and went on to break barriers for women in information technology, knowledge is practical as well as theoretical. The Erat Scholars Program thus includes both. The seminar/trip weaves spirituality with academics, humanitarian outreach, and global exploration, and—Erat emphasized—“forms a community among the students and professors.”

It was a program whose time had come—the result of faith and serendipity. Erat had met former Regis President Mary Jane England ’59 in 2002 and participated in the Regis College Dialogues on Women, Church, and Society. “This is the place where it can happen,” Erat remembers thinking.

Jackie Salas ’14 said her experience has been transformative— shaping the way she views herself and changing the plans she once had for the future. Simply put: “It was beyond amazing,” Salas said of her 14-day trip to France, Switzerland, and Italy. “We lived what we learned in the classroom.

“Kathryn is passionate about sharing her knowledge—not just about church doctrine but life lessons as well. She wants us to better our lives and better the future and doesn’t ask for anything in return.”

And it’s not just the students who are awestruck by the Erat Scholars Program. Professors, too, are excited by the opportunity to couple classroom study with exploration, and to do it alongside a donor who funds the entire cost of each trip, and who is participating 100 percent.

“We covered a lot of material and a lot of miles, but the COMMON THREAD was about the COMPASSION GENE and how we evolve to a deeper understanding of our connectedness.”

“Kathryn is passionate about SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE—not just about church doctrine but life lessons as well.

She wants us to better our lives and better the future and doesn’t ask for anything in return.”

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heart,” Draper said, describing the many times Erat called upon her personal experiences, wisdom, and savvy to help students deal with issues abroad. After Regis students experienced a bicycle theft while in China, Erat negotiated with the bike rental company on reimbursement, talking the vendor down from $1,000 to just $80.

These are the kinds of things you don’t learn in a classroom.

As are the intricacies of how faith plays out in the daily lives of people in other parts of the world.

Salas said she felt chills as she stood in a kitchen in Le Puy, France, where the Sisters of Saint Joseph founded their order nearly 300 years ago. Parrish was awestruck by the orphans of Nyumbani, children who had very with happiness and a zest for learning. And there are stories from many other students on the way the trip changed their worldview, including the student who was baptized in the Jordan River during the trip to Jerusalem.

“If students come back and say, ‘Gee, people actually died for this’ or ‘People in other countries share this religion,’ then the program was a success,” said Erat. “It’s like coming home from a trip and realizing your living room is very small. It does hit you.”

MAKING CONNECTIONS Regis College is taking a significant step in advancing its international agenda with the recent launch of a CENTER FOR GLOBAL CONNECTIONS. The Center will be a hub for overseas academic and service learning initiatives for students; for bringing foreign students and faculty to campus; for supporting faculty development in international research and conferences; and for driving lifelong learning programming for alumni. David Crisci was appointed Center director in October. Previously, he was associate director of international affairs at Marywood University in Pennsylvania., from which he holds BA and MS degrees.

A $100,000 grant from the Massachusetts-based Cummings Foundation helped establish the Center.

“We are thrilled and grateful that the Cummings Foundation has acknowledged the mission and potential of our Center for Global Connections with this substantial grant,” said President Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN. “Regis is already expanding its global footprint, with a growing number of international students, increased study abroad opportunities, community service in Peru, our International Nurse Faculty Partnership Initiative in Haiti, and other forms of outreach that express our educational commitment to the social justice side of globalization. This grant moves our efforts to the next level.

I especially thank Regis alumna Carol Donovan ’59 for helping to call attention to our work.”

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1 Carole Groncki McCarthy ’65 (left) and Kathleen Henighan ’65 enjoy a laugh at the Cape Cod Luncheon.

2 Mary Regan Thakur ’89 (left) and Suzanne Casey ’89 met at the Reunion Planning Extravaganza in September and made a new Facebook page for their class Reunion.

3 The Class of 2003 just celebrated their 10th Reunion and cheered their way through the always-popular Parade of Classes.

4 Christina Duggan, director of alumni relations and annual giving (left), chats with Jill Bousquet Ryan ’00 and Kelly Moran ’99 at the Alumni Board of Directors meeting.

5 The Class of 1964 enjoyed the Cape Cod Luncheon at the Wianno Club back in August.

6 The Class of 1998 gathers outside College Hall on a beautiful spring day for their 15th Reunion.

7 The Class of 2008 danced the night away at the All-Alumni Reunion.

8 The Class of 1968 celebrated their 45th Reunion.

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December 4 Dan’l Webster Inn Sandwich, MA

Holly Tea and Brunch December 8 Fine Arts Center Regis College Campus

NYC Christmas Reception December 13 Union League Club New York City

Florida Alumni and Friends Receptions March 13–16 Naples, FL

May 10 Symphony Hall Boston, MA

Reunion Weekend May 16–18 Regis College Campus

All-Alumni Reunion May 17 Regis College Campus

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ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS It’s time to nominate a fellow Regis alumna/us for a position on the Alumni Board of Directors, a volunteer committee that works with the Office of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations. If you know an outstanding alumna/us who is active in the Regis community and may like to serve on this special board, please call 781-768-7220 or email alumni@ regiscollege.edu to request a nomination form. To submit your nomination online, visit www.registowertalk.net/ alumboardnom. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2014.

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When Donna Winderl-Malyak, MSN, transitioned from a 30-year career in family practice to her current job as the nurse practitioner at Trinity Catholic Academy in Brockton, Mass., it was a way to reconnect with children and make a difference in their lives. Four years later, it’s clear that she has done just that. students—aspiring pediatric and family nurse practitioners from Regis—has become a safe haven for 200 urban parochial school students, a non-threatening place where they can seek help either when sick or when some aspect of their well-being is in question.

This has become more than a typical school nurse’s from the cafeteria, students receive the attention— and the caring—so critical to quality primary health care. On any given day, Winderl-Malyak, a board-cerand family nurse practitioner, may assess a student complaining of ear pain. She performs an exam and diagnoses an ear infection. “I will call the parent and offer the option of being seen by the pediatrician or being treated by me. It offers the parent the option of not needing to miss work and the child being able to remain in school,” she said.

The school setting allows nurse practitioners like Winderl-Malyak to forge strong relationships with children. “Unlike a medical facility, the school lets us see kids in their own environment, as they walk through the hall and interact with peers. We see what they’re like developmentally, something particularly important with adolescents,” said family

assistant professor of nursing at Regis and director of the nurse practitioner program.

MSN, Regis faculty liaison for school-based nurse practitioner health services, phrased it this way: “Donna is acutely aware of how disruption in any aspect of a child’s life affects school performance.

She is an integral member of the Trinity team, which includes the administration and teachers.”

The nurse practitioner students get to witness this teamwork in action.

Cynthia McNally, former principal and now acting interim regional director at Trinity, where WinderlMalyak has precepted over 60 Regis nurse practitioner students, explained, “Donna doesn’t just look at a child’s symptoms—she looks at the whole child.” ’14 has learned that conversations with children often lend insight into psychological issues or probhave underlying causes. practitioner student, noted that pediatric placements are hard to come by and said this one is not only special but has changed her perspective on pediatric health care. “When a child goes to the pediatrician, the child’s voice.”

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she could replicate the Boston work in Brockton. Dr. With grant monies no longer available, Regis allocated full-time funds for a clinical faculty, and Trinity Catholic Academy arranged for the clinical space and supplies. “It has become an incredible academic partnership that creates wonderful opportunities for Trinity’s advanced practice nursing model is now

School in Brighton. According to Bashaw, it offers a win-win situation for all involved.

“Regis nurse practitioner students need pediatric clinical experience and the Catholic schools need our service. It is a beautiful articulation.”

Trinity pediatric nurse practitioner student Stephanie Joe ’14 agrees. ”I have had a lot of independence seeing clients as well as obtaining assistance whenever I need it. Donna has provided me with new knowledge and guidance to become a great pediatric nurse practitioner in the future.”

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