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SCHOLARSHIPS: AN INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW’S LEADERS

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Scholarships are investment opportunities

The affordability of higher education is an issue facing most college students today.

As a result, students and their families demand a greater return on their tuition dollars and seek schools that offer the best value.

Since cost is the primary reason our students cite for leaving, we are working to ensure that the Nichols education continues to offer value. We are currently faring well in this regard. The College was named sixth nationally for return on investment by Payscale.com based on the cost of tuition and the payoff in median lifetime earnings of our graduates. In September, we were ranked ninth among regional colleges in the northern United States in the category of “Best Value Colleges,” according to the 2014 survey of Best Colleges released by U.S. News and World Report.

But as the demand for value grows, so does the need for scholarships.

The financial impact of scholarships cannot be overstated. They bridge the gap of unmet need, which at Nichols is about $10,000, and, for the 93 percent of our students who receive financial assistance, scholarships often make the difference in a student’s ability to attend Nichols.

But beyond their monetary value, which allows students to focus more on their education and less on how to pay for it, scholarships help us to develop leaders.

As motivational tools, they reward and recognize academic achievement and exceptional service, giving students not

only a feeling of pride but the drive to excel. They introduce students to the philanthropic notion of “paying it forward.”

(Some students find it pleasantly mindboggling that a complete stranger would contribute to their education!) They also enable the College to recruit and retain students who are committed to attaining their educational and professional goals.

Nichols is grateful to the alumni and friends who make this investment in our students. Whether it’s through an endowed scholarship or a term scholarship, our donors – many of whom were scholarship recipients themselves – understand both the tangible and intangible benefits scholarships provide. We are happy to report the creation of three new endowed scholarships in the past fiscal year, and the creation of one this fall by the class of 1963 which succeeded in raising $100,000 to commemorate their 50th class reunion.

Today, Nichols offers 25 endowed scholarships, which will continue to support deserving students in perpetuity.

To realize our vision of becoming a college of choice for business and leadership education, we are determined to increase that number so that we may help ease the burden on today’s students and foster an environment where they are free to learn, lead and succeed.

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A new initiative to engage freshmen New grant fuels leadership training Nichols scores big in U.S. News rankings Historic and wide-ranging collection finds a home at Nichols Check out the new athletic website!

Nichols holds line on tuition costs Institute for Women’s Leadership launches Nichols offers certificate for prospective entrepreneurs Curriculum Construction teams make the most of summer Test your Nichols knowledge!

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7 | Scholarships: An investment in tomorrow’s leaders 11 | HyFlex classes provide options for GPS students

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13 | Pro wrestler turned student-athlete spreads anti-bullying message in new book ALUMNI

14 | Homecoming 2013 15 | Service, achievement and athleticism recognized at annual 16 | 17 | 20| 22 | 23 | 24 |

awards ceremony Class Notes From the Archives / True Colors Catching up with Ibrahima Kalil Kourouma ’04 Nichols remembers Alumni Award Nomination Form Molding tomorrow’s leaders, today

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A new initiative to engage freshmen

New grant fuels leadership training

Faculty and staff discuss the merits of proposals presented in May to provide freshmen with an engaging leadership project.

When students in the Class of ’18 arrive next fall, they’ll encounter a bold new approach to their freshman experience.

Besides taking introductory courses, finding their way around campus, and making new friends, freshmen will participate in a mandatory program designed to engage them in a more hands-on, real-life learning experience.

A task force of students, faculty, and administrators is spending the fall term shaping what the program would look like. The group is working with more than half-a-dozen proposals presented last May at a meeting of the entire Nichols faculty and administration, as well as several trustees.

The proposed projects, all built around the College’s mission to develop the qualities of leadership in its undergraduates, range from having teams of freshmen build a mile-and-ahalf walking trail in the woods around the school to revolutionizing the work/study program to place freshmen into almost all Nichols departments with the expectation that they will assume more responsibility and take on leadership tasks as they progress through their college careers.

The walking trail project, says Professor Art Duhaime, emerged from the idea of getting freshmen involved in the actual plan-

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ning of community services. All would be required to participate over the course of the year in 8- to 10-person teams in roles as diverse as cutting through the woods on weekends to planning the workload, financing, and catering of each daylong foray.

“If you’re going to craft tomorrow’s leaders, we need to craft good citizens today,” Duhaime says.

Another idea would have teams of freshmen develop a non-profit or for-profit business in a competition that would provide the winning team with a truck in the following year to help get its business started.

“We’re exploring action projects that bring the concept of leadership to life,” explains President Susan West Engelkemeyer,

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who adds that engaging freshmen from the start could also make a difference retaining students past their freshman year, a growing problem faced by many colleges.

Engelkemeyer points to a survey that was released last January by the educational organization ACT and determined that only 67.3 percent of freshmen at four-year private colleges came back for their sophomore year – the lowest level in the 30 years that ACT has tracked retention rates.

“What if you could grab the interest of these students in their very first term and give them an experience so compelling that they wouldn’t even think of transferring or dropping out?” says the president.

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A three-year grant from the Davis Educational Foundation based in Yarmouth, Maine, is helping to fund a Nichols initiative to develop student leadership skills in a range of part-time jobs around campus.

The $47,800 award is funding three student writing fellows and two communications fellows this fall. Each position involves up to 10 hours of work per week and is “scaffolded” so that the student fellows progressively take on more areas of responsibility in future terms.

“The spirit of the grant was to open up new opportunities,” says Mauri Pelto, professor of environmental science, who wrote the grant.

The new writing fellows are integrated into freshman writing courses as a resource for students. Fellows attend class once a week, serve as contact points for students in the course, and meet weekly with the instructor to discuss writing issues as well as expectations and requirements for upcoming assignments. The communications fellows are assisting the marketing efforts of the admissions office.

The grant is also funding student jobs in other areas of the college. Most notable is the force of nearly two dozen undergraduates who staff the school’s call center, from which they contact potential students to promote a Nichols education and answer questions. Until this fall, that function was outsourced to a private company.

“There are leadership opportunities on campus,” Pelto emphasizes. “Even if they are entry level jobs, these students can advance.” Teaching leadership is at the core of the Nichols College educational mission, he adds.

The Davis Educational Foundation was created in 1985 by

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Stanton Davis, the former chairman of the Shaw’s supermarket chain, and his wife Elisabeth. The organization supports initiatives at public and private colleges throughout New England.

Nichols scores big in U.S. News rankings Nichols College ranked ninth among almost 75 peers in the category of “Best Value Schools,” according to the 2014 survey of Best Colleges just released by U.S. News and World Report.

The magazine’s high rating of Nichols comes in comparison to other schools in the northern United States that award fewer than half their degrees in the liberal arts. The majority of Nichols graduates receive degrees in business administration.

The annual and highly regarded survey took into account the cost of tuition during the 2012-2013 academic year and the amount of financial aid awarded to students.

By those measures, the average cost for a student attending Nichols came to $27,400.

Nichols also ranked first among the top 10 “Best Value Schools,” with 93 percent of the student body receiving financial aid, and placed near the top third of its peers in the overall “Best College” rankings, which focus on 16 areas of academic excellence, including faculty, financial resources, and assessments by administrators at other colleges.

The magazine’s rating is the second such honor in recent months to declare Nichols an outstanding value. The school also was named sixth nationally for ROI (expected Return on Investment over the careers of graduates) by Payscale.com.

Historic and wide-ranging collection finds a home at Nichols Thanks to a generous donation, Nichols College is in possession of an unusual piece of finance history…well, 7,536 pieces to be exact. The College has been given a personal collection of prospectuses representing initial public offerings of common stock for corporations ranging from Apple to Zytrex and thousands in between.

The unique and extensive collection was donated by Peter J. Huberman, retired president of Cambridge Capital Management Inc., whose only connection to Nichols was working with Trustee Bob Kuppenheimer ’69 at one point in his career. It features prospectuses that are nearly 50 years old, such as Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp., Lear Jet Corp., and AddisonWesley Publishing Co. Inc., and those that are significant in other ways.

The set includes Chesapeake Energy Corp., which is among the top 10 natural gas drillers in the U.S.; Digital Equipment Corp., which was the first company to go public with the help of Georges Doriot, legendary venture capitalist and head of American Research and Development Corp.; Federal Express,

which, at the time of its IPO on April 12, 1978, was a unique concept; Tesla Motors, a leader in electric vehicle innovation; and Pixar, the groundbreaking computer animation film studio purchased by Disney in 2006 for $7.4 billion. And then there’s Apple, which went public on

December 12, 1980, with share prices of $22 each.

Also among the more than 7,500 prospectuses are Dell, Intel, Starbucks, Merrill Lynch, WD40, Nike, the Washington Post, Comcast and Tiffany & Co.

Check out the new athletic website!

The Nichols College Department of Athletics went live with its completely redesigned website

in early September.

Powered by Sidearm Sports, the new website features photos nearly twice as large as the previous site, as well as several tab features designed to minimalize the clicks users need to find information. One of these tabs is linked directly to the department's YouTube page, allowing users the opportunity to watch all of the latest Bison highlights and

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interviews without having to leave the home page. The site also features enhanced live stats complete with headshot photos and graphs to make following the Bison both at home and on the road more enjoyable. The records section is complete with PDF files for each program's team and individual records, as well as year-by-year records and opponent game-by-game breakdowns. There is also a direct link to the athletic department team store, www.shopnicholsathletics.com, conveniently located in the navigation bar.

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Institute for Women’s Leadership launches

Nichols holds line on tuition costs Nichols College has announced that tuition for undergraduate day students will remain the same for the 2014-15 academic year as in the current school year.

“There’s been much discussion in the education community about escalating costs,” explains Associate Vice President for Enrollment Bill Boffi.

“We wanted to do something about it.”

In recent years especially, Boffi points out, college tuitions around the country have continued to rise even as many families are still enduring the hardships of the 2009 recession and its aftermath. In several speeches earlier this year, President Barack Obama expressed concern about increasing tuition costs.

Nichols’ yearly tuition stands at $32,070. Director of Admissions Paul Brower says that the cost of a Nichols education remains competitive.

“We look at many of our peer schools and try to keep our tuition below theirs,” he notes,

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adding that 93 percent of Nichols students receive financial aid.

“We have been recognized as a great value. We are now an even better value,” Brower continues, referring to the highly regarded annual rankings of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges.” In the 2014 edition released last month, Nichols placed ninth among similar schools throughout the northern United States in the category, “Best Value Colleges.”

Nichols ranked number one in the percentage of students receiving financial aid.

“We’re committed to make Nichols even more affordable for our families,” says Director of Financial Assistance Denise Brindle.

“Our vision is to be the college of choice for business and leadership education,” adds Boffi. “We have a great product. Having a great product at a great price moves us closer to that vision.”

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Nichols has announced the creation of the Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL). Its stated mission includes developing the leadership potential of the college’s female students and serving as a community resource on issues impacting women in business and society.

“Our new Institute for Women’s Leadership was developed in recognition of the unique qualities and strengths that women bring to organizations and our communities,” said President Susan West Engelkemeyer.

“As an institution of higher learning, we realize we have a special opportunity to create and contribute to meaningful dialogue about the various issues that women face in their careers, as well as to prepare our

Nichols offers certificate for prospective entrepreneurs Students interested in starting their own business or joining a family business will have the tools to do so when Nichols begins offering a new Certificate in Entrepreneurship next fall.

With a total of four required classes such as Entrepreneurial Management, Sales and Marketing for Entrepreneurs, and Business Finance for Entrepreneurs, the program allows students to complete the certificate while pursuing a major in any other area.

“With classes taught by professors who have their own successful consulting businesses, the certificate program provides students with the knowledge

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students to be thoughtful, effective leaders.”

The IWL will hold periodic events, develop industry partnerships, provide research analysis, and offer special educational and Jean Beaupre experiential opportunities to students.

“Nichols has focused on preparing the leaders of tomorrow for generations,” continued President Engelkemeyer. “The IWL is a vital piece of this overall mission, and one that our entire community is truly excited about.”

The Institute’s faculty director is Jean Beaupre. Follow their blog at: iwl.nichols.edu; Twitter: @iwl_nichols.

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they need to pursue their business ownership goals,” says Art Duhaime, associate professor and program chair of management. In addition, the final entrepreneurship action research project gives students hands-on experience through the option to “shadow” an Art Duhaime entrepreneur, complete a research project, or create their own business.

Students who successfully complete the program will be awarded their certificate at graduation.

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CURRICULUM B y R o n S c h ach te r

Name of Course: Technology @ the Speed of Marketing Professor: Len Harmon, assistant professor and program chair of marketing; Nicholas Barnes, assistant professor of business and law, program chair of information technology management Description: The goal of this course is to provide students with insight into the world of social media. This rapidly changing field has created exciting new avenues of communication and promotion for businesses and consumers alike. Students in this course learn how to use a variety of Web 2.0 technology, as well as how to best leverage the tech in the business world. Class sessions alternate between planning, introducing technology, and determining the best ways to utilize it. The instructors will provide their expertise and experience with the class.

Required Readings: Secrets of Social Media Marketing, Paul Gillin, and Attack of the Customer, Paul Gillin with Greg Gianforte.

Special Project: During the second half of the term, students form four-person teams to plan media strategies for the same business. The teams receive an initial description of that business and are expected to come up with their own unique strategies.

Unlike the first half of the course, when student teams follow larger companies with name brand recognition, for this project they focus on a smaller, lesser known business in a variety of ways: analyzing the current situation of the business; identifying the markets served; determining the social media options most appropriate for the business; drafting a plan to implement social media; and preparing for crises and negative attacks on the company reputation. The teams present their strategies in class at the end of the term.

On the Day Nichols College Magazine Visited Class: The class focused on social media strategies from the 18 social media outlets that students identified, from blogs and the networking site Linked-In to Twitter and the news aggregator Digg. “There was a time when you could stick to traditional advertising and technology to reach people and survive,” Barnes tells the class. “You’ve reached a tipping point where you have to

be involved in social media to service and attract customers.” Students were asked to think of themselves as social media managers for particular companies and to choose the social media tools that would be most useful. They also had to consider how to target social media campaigns not just to “hipsters,” but also to more traditional consumers. “Ask, ‘Why are we doing it? What is its value,’ ” Harmon says of each proposed use of social media.

Requirements: Quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam as well as the special project and class participation.

Student Quote: “This course is extremely relevant to doing business in this day and age. Social media is not just a trend (which we have learned in the course). The course does not teach us how to use social media, but instead, it teaches us how to use social media as a tool for a company to earn larger profits, increase their customer base and to keep with the times. Most companies are moving to social media for marketing purposes because it is cheap and fairly easy to use. Companies are also seeking people to fill these positions and they are not low paying jobs,” says Crystal Dennison ’13, who took the course last year.

Professor Bio: Professor Harmon has been teaching at Nichols for 10 years. Before joining the full-time faculty in 2010, he was the director of the Fischer Policy & Cultural Institute at Nichols. He also worked for 18 years in the marketing and advertising field including positions at regional and national advertising/PR agencies as well as international high-tech companies. Harmon holds a BA in business communications with a minor in marketing from Rhode Island College and an MSOL from Nichols.

With a background as a technology consultant, project manager, intellectual property counsel, and general counsel for a software startup, Professor Barnes combines his love of law and technology and brings that experience into the classroom. He holds a BS in management information systems from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a JD in business and e-commerce law from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now UNH School of Law).

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The Team Teaching Advantage The professors and students in Technology @ the Speed of Marketing agree that the team teaching approach adds something extra to the curriculum.

“Professor Harmon and Professor Barnes are truly a dynamic-duo. They bring two strong and purposeful perspectives to the course. Their backgrounds, one in IT and the other in marketing, offer essential insights that are necessary when discussing incorporating social media into the workforce,” says Crystal Dennison ’13.

“They are some of Nichols' strongest professors and they made the atmosphere of the classroom an interesting, engaging and educational experience. Their course is truly one of a kind.”

“Nick is very passionate about technology. I’m very passionate about social media and how it affects marketing,” Harmon explains.

“We bring two different disciplines to the table and students get to hear two different voices. One of the things that we stress in the course is that technology is no longer something you can departmentalize,” says Barnes, adding that nowadays all phases of business involve some aspect of social media.

“Curriculum” is an occasional feature that introduces readers to courses taught at Nichols College.

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Construction teams make the most of summer The sounds of the commencement recessional had barely stopped echoing early last May when they were replaced by the clattering of heavy construction equipment around the Nichols campus.

In what’s become an annual rite of summer, the Nichols Department of Facilities Management began a program of 40 to 50 small and large renovation and repair projects. “On the Monday after commencement, we had 13 contractors on campus,” recalls Robert LaVigne, associate vice president for facilities management.

LaVigne adds that planning for many of the projects had begun two months earlier and that they covered a range of campus needs, from window replacements to the reconstruction of an entire residence hall.

What they all had in common, LaVigne explains, was that they had to be completed by late August.

“We affectionately refer to these projects as ‘summer slammers,’” he says. “We have to get done before the students get back.”

While the completion of the $10 million Fels Student Center took center stage during the

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summer of 2012, the projects of the most recent summer focused on building renovation and outdoor improvements.

The biggest among them was the complete overhaul of the three-story Kuppenheimer Residence Hall, redesigned to accommodate 43 students in 11 suites, each with a sitting room and a private bath. “That’s new for us,” LaVigne says of the living arrangements.

The residence hall contains a full kitchen furnished with a stove that will allow students to make entire meals for themselves.

The Nichols grounds also came in for considerable change. Workers cleared almost three acres of land behind one of the school’s parking lots to create a new field for sports teams. ”It’s bigger than a football field,” LaVigne notes. “And it will alleviate scheduling problems for all of our club and intramural teams.”

The Facilities Management Department also improved walkways around campus and continued a multi-year initiative to plant 240 trees over six years.

Nichols workers planted 40 this summer.

Test your Nichols knowledge!

With the institution’s 200th anniversary fast approaching, it’s time to brush up on your Nichols knowledge. Test your talent – or merely your tolerance – for trivia below.

Whether you graduated five, fifteen or 50 years ago, you may know more than you think. (If not, the answers are on page 21.)

1. Who founded Nichols Academy in 1815?

2. What year did James L. Conrad found Nichols Junior College?

3. What year did Nichols College begin to admit women?

4. What is the name of the Nichols College mascot?

5. What was the School of Forestry at Nichols College?

6. What is the name of the Nichols College yearbook?

7. How many NEFC Championships has Nichols College won?

8. What are the call letters for Nichols College radio?

9. How many buildings did textile manufacturer Hezekiah Conant donate to Nichols Academy in the 1800s?

10. How many presidents have led Nichols College?

11. How many students currently play a sport at Nichols College?

12. PDS, a four-year, signature program at Nichols College, prepares students to successfully compete in today’s workplace. What does the acronym PDS stand for?

13. What year did women’s ice hockey become a varsity sport?

New walkways and a common area provide more direct access to Shamie Hall and space for recreation.

14. What happened in 1958 that moved Nichols into a new arena of education?

15. What is the name of the most recent residence hall built on the Nichols campus?

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By Julie Errico

Jubilation, appreciation, and relief are only some of the words students use to describe their feelings when they find out that they have been awarded a scholarship at Nichols College. It’s no surprise given that figuring out how to pay for college is a constant concern for current and prospective students and their families. Fortunately, receiving a scholarship relieves some of that burden.

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“IN a Number of Cases, thIs assIstaNCe has made a dIffereNCe IN Whether a studeNt Chooses NIChoLs or aNother sChooL.”

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“Every dollar that’s given to a scholarship fund helps a student who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford Nichols,” says Denise Brindle, director of financial assistance.

It’s also an important tool in the admissions process. “There is truly no way to overstate how important scholarships are in recruiting and retaining students. Even though our students receive a great value coming to Nichols, college is still expensive. In a number of cases, this assistance has made a difference in whether a student chooses Nichols or another school,” says Bill Boffi, associate vice president for enrollment.

Nearly as important for students is the goal of helping them to avoid incurring more debt from student loans – a growing problem. Nationally, in 2012 the per student average for student loans topped $27,000. Student loan debts at Nichols approach this level as well.

Tyler Beasley ’16 was able to avoid taking out students loans as a result of receiving a scholarship. “I worked all summer to pay for school, and the scholarship has helped a lot,” he says. “In addition to my parents and coaches, it’s just another part of the support I have received to help get me through college. And for that I am thankful.”

Beyond providing financial assistance, scholarships motivate students – to attend college, to stay in college, to study hard, to succeed, and to gain a greater appreciation of the circle of philanthropic life: People whom they have never met but who have walked in their shoes on the Nichols campus are making an investment in their future. “This place has made me who

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I am, so having the opportunity to come here and be able to get an education and study what I want to do and know I am going to be successful… and having someone I don’t even know support me has been a tremendous help,” says Anna Dyakiv ’14, a native of the Ukraine.

For donors, seeing Nichols’ students develop into successful professionals is a price worth paying.

“As a small private college with a unique ability to prepare students to be successful professionals, the College provides students with opportunities here that they simply cannot get anywhere else,” says Boffi. “Most notably it is the support and personal attention of our amazing faculty who can foster the development of each individual student. That development often results in a lifetime of achievement and earning.”

Nichols College offers a number of scholarships to bridge the gap of unmet need and motivate students to seize opportunities, discover their potential and distinguish themselves in the workplace. At Nichols, scholarships are investments in tomorrow’s leaders.

Terms of encouragement

Creating a term scholarship is one way donors contribute to the success of students. For a gift of $5,000 per year for a set number of years, a donor can underwrite financial assistance for a deserving student or students.

One such donor, Robert Vaudreuil ’77, achieved his own success and wanted to give back to Nichols and its students. A first generation college student who worked his way through college, Vaudreuil recently retired as

president and CEO of The Protector Group Insurance Agency, Inc. “I attribute my achievements in business to my experience at Nichols,” he says.

“I hope to contribute to the success of current and future Nichols’ students by making life a little easier financially for those who really need it.”

While giving is a personal experience, Vaudreuil encourages other potential donors to consider the experience thoughtfully. “I had to look back and ask myself, ‘Am I who I am today because of my Nichols experience? Did it contribute to my success?’ When I realized that the answer was ‘yes’ and that I had the means to do something about it, I knew it was time to give back.”

Scholarships like Vaudreuil’s not only encourage students financially but also provide an opportunity for them to excel in academics and leadership activities. Patrick Hoey ’15, president of the Student Government Association, says, “Scholarship support has been a major help in my journey to earn a college degree. With support such as that provided by donations to the Nichols Fund, students like me have been able to take advantage of numerous opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom,” he adds.

Making a difference for someone similar

While donors establish scholarships for a number of reasons, for James D. Wagner ’59 it was the desire to help students like him. Wagner, who attended Nichols Junior College, struggled as a student due to his dyslexia, a learning disability that affects reading, writing, spelling and the organizing of information.

However, because Nichols was a smaller school, it provided a better setting for him to succeed academically. “A lot of very successful people are dyslexic,” he explains. “Like me, they just have to work harder at it.”

In 2013, Wagner established an endowed scholarship for students with dyslexia. His gift of nearly $380,000 is the largest outright scholarship gift in the College’s history. In establishing the scholarship, Wagner acknowledged having serious dyslexia, even though it wasn’t until he was in his 50s that he was diagnosed with the learning disability. Although he contributes annually to Nichols, Wagner was sold on the scholarship idea when he learned that he could target it to a specific kind of student. “It feels good to help someone who is in a similar circumstance as I was back in 1957,” he states.

One of the first scholarship recipients, Steven Miller ’16, was shocked and grateful to learn he had received the scholarship. “I didn’t know that there was a scholarship like this. I feel that to a certain extent, dyslexia still isn’t recognized as a disorder in today’s society. Mr. Wagner obviously went through the same pain and suffering that I did when I was a kid,” he says. “He clearly understands how traumatic it is to be dyslexic. For me, it’s been very personal. It’s tough getting something wrong in class and being laughed at by classmates, peers, and friends,” he adds.

As with other recipients, the scholarship helps Miller’s family to pay for college. “Receiving this scholarship helps my family a lot. They invested a lot of money sending me

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to a specialized high school to help with my disability. Now sending me to college just adds to that burden.

Sometimes it’s difficult for them,” Miller says.

A living legacy

Steven Miller ’16

“thIs Is a LIvINg LegaCy... you are gIvINg moNey aNd WatChINg that persoN go through theIr LIfe.”

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In recent years, classes approaching their 50th reunion have challenged themselves to commemorate this major milestone in a lasting way: by endowing a scholarship. The Class of ’54 was the first to rally and raise $25,000 in 2004; others followed suit in characteristic style: the class of ’55 effort helped fund a scholarship named in memory of their classmate and beloved Nichols professor, John Katori; the class of ’57 sought to recognize a student who, like some of them, exceeded everyone’s expectations in college; and the class of ’67 couldn’t wait for their 50th – they created an endowed scholarship to celebrate their 45th reunion in 2012.

Reunion classes who choose to endow a scholarship feel strongly about leaving a mark on the College, but they also want to see the impact of their giving while they are still alive.

“We talk about legacy giving, which is something that we try to do,” says Kent Tarrant who led the class of ’57 fundraising effort. “This is a living legacy. You are giving money and watching that person go through their life.”

The most recent class to leave its mark is the class of ’63. As the first class to graduate with a four-year degree from Nichols, they were determined to raise the bar for others to follow. They also raised the stakes: For inspiration, Tom Niles pledged to match donations from his classmates up to $50,000 making this the largest class scholarship gift to date.

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A scholarship committee, which included Niles, Peter Brusman, Gene Cenci, Bruce Haslun, Hugo Pagliccia, Dick Scheffler, and Ross Weale, pounded the proverbial pavement to elicit the support and engagement of their classmates. “We were fortunate that Tom Niles put a lot of electricity in this event,” says Cenci. The excitement was still palpable when the class of ’63 succeeded in raising $100,000 to endow a scholarship just within hours of their reunion celebration on October 5 on homecoming weekend, thanks to additional gifts from Bry Beeson and Al Rock.

With its record-breaking showing, the committee hopes future classes will take note. “We have provided a road map for others,” says Cenci. “This is a benchmark for every class going forward to get it done.”

When the Class of ’63 Endowed Scholarship is awarded for the first time next fall, another living legacy will make a difference in the life of a future leader.

HyFlex classes provide options for GPS students

With the trend data showing the adult learning population expanding – and continuing to grow over the next 10 years – Kerry Calnan, the new executive director of Graduate and Professional Studies, has her sights set high.

“We have a unique opportunity, given the demographics,” says Calnan. “Unlike a traditional-based campus where you can only expand as large as your footprint allows, we can capture this growing audience.”

Serving the needs of adult learners, however, also comes with a unique set of challenges. Busy adults balancing professional and home lives demand flexibility when it comes to education. At one time, online instruction was the best option to accommodate packed schedules and allow colleges to broaden their student base beyond the geography boundaries of the college campus. Then came hybrid classes, which mix online with a traditional classroom setting, providing students the opportunity to engage with the teacher and other classmates and the ability to learn from home.

Now the latest course delivery model promises to bring the educational experience for non-traditional students to a whole

new, customizable level. And it’s being piloted at Nichols this fall.

“Online learning platforms have finally caught up,” says Calnan. “We can actually launch something that is very vigorous academically and provide our graduates with opportunities in very different ways than we have in the past. Education is ready for that now.”

The model is called HyFlex, which stands for hybrid flexibility. It was developed by a professor at San Francisco State University in 2006 and is gaining popularity at schools across the country. By allowing students to choose between online and classroom-based instruction on a weekly (or regular) basis, students can tailor coursework to their individual needs and learning preferences.

“Through technology, students could actually remote into the classroom wherever they are in the world and participate just as if they are sitting in the classroom,” Calnan explains. “If they are not available during the timeslot the course is being delivered – say if a student was on a business “THE OPPORTUNITY TO trip in a different time zone OFFER THIS KIND OF – they could DELIVERY METHOD take that piece MAKES THE EXPERIENCE of the learning and do it asynSO MUCH RICHER.” chronously ~ Kerry Calnan Executive Director during the Graduate and Professional week and Studies never miss a beat.” The format gives students flexibility and options, she adds. “They will be able to pop in and pop out however they learn best – in an asynchronous online format or an asynchronous remote format or face-to-face format in the same engaging classroom.”

HyFlex will make its debut in two courses this fall: a 3-credit skillbuilding class called Bridge to Business and The Leadership Experience.

“The opportunity to offer this kind of delivery method makes the experience so much richer,” she says.

Calnan, who used the HyFlex format to design the MBA program at Elms College prior to joining Nichols, expects a very successful pilot. “We will be getting feedback and reacting to it on an ongoing basis,” she says. “There will be blips. Technology doesn’t always work. But we are all in it together, and the students will be helping to make it better.”

In addition to HyFlex, Graduate and Professional Studies is working on several initiatives under the leadership of its new executive director, Kerry Calnan. These include strengthening the curriculum to meet the needs of employers who hire Nichols graduates, bringing GPS professors into companies for customized training, and offering advanced certification in addition to the degree programs currently offered by GPS: the MBA, the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, and the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

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“Choosing Nichols was the best decision I ever made for my future.”

“After taking just one class, I’ve become a better leader.”

SHEREE FRAZIER

Certificate of Advanced Leadership Studies (COALS) candidate

KOFI KUSI

Master of Business Administration (MBA) candidate

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“Attending Nichols has given me the confidence to start my own business.”

“What I’m learning about leadership in class, I’m using in my career each day.”

PAUL JAMES

KLARA BEZHANI

Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) candidate

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) candidate

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Dear Alumni, Friends, Parents, Faculty and Staff of Nichols College:

As the President’s Society chair for the past two years, I am amazed at what our contributions can do when we all join together. I cannot thank you enough for the continued support you have given to Nichols College.

Here are a few of our fundraising achievements this year:

Tammy (Cardillo) Wolf ’94

Account Executive for Healthcare at VMware 2011–2013 President’s Society Chair

• More than $4.95 million was raised in restricted and unrestricted gifts.

• Participation in the President’s Society climbed 7 percent, increasing the membership to 199 donors.

• With the help of a committed Nichols community, the number of endowed scholarships rose from 15 to 24.

• Nearly 50 individuals participated in their companies’ matching gift programs, which resulted in $36,000 in donations.

• New donors and those who increased their donation from the previous year totaled more than 500.

Last year, we set a goal to increase President’s Society membership to 200 participants in preparation for the Nichols bicentennial in 2015. This year’s outcome reinforces the power and commitment of all of you!

On behalf of the entire Nichols College community, I thank you for your continued support and dedication to keeping the future bright for Nichols College and its students.

Sincerely, Tammy (Cardillo) Wolf ’94

This report reflects gifts to Nichols College from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

President’s Society

Scholars’ Society

Gifts of $25,000 or more Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. Keith T. Anderson Ayco Charitable Gift Fund Randall V. and Donna Becker Mrs. Herman Becker Jane T. Birckhead Oliver W. Birckhead Trust Community Fdn. of Western Mass.

John H. & Robyn Davis Stephen A. Davis Edwin B. Donahue Gerald & Marilyn Fels Samuel R. & Deb Haines Thomas J. & Denise Hall Robert B. & Nancy Kuppenheimer Peter L. & Madeline Lynch John H. & Janet McClutchy Thomas H. Niles Dr. Suryakant M. Patel Raymond C. Pecor Jr. Charles A. Petrillo Martin J. & Shelly Power Arthur J. Remillard Jr. James D. Wagner Paul E. Zimmerman

Trustees’ Society

Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999 DeForest W. Abel Jr. Affinity Group David G. & Ellen J. Bedard James W. & Nancy Coghlin Davis Educational Fdn. John B. & Maria Dirlam James L. Dunbar Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. Richard B. & Sarah Hardy Kurt R. & Carolyn Harrington Calvin A. Hills Barry D. Hogan Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Jeff R. & Kristin Johnson Alan S. & Elizabeth Peppel Alvah O. Rock Richard A. Spugnardi Robert E. Stansky United Way of Central Massachusetts Robert J. & Sheila Vaudreuil

President’s Green Circle

Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 AMICA Mutual Insurance Co. Frank R. Burns Jr. Howard K. O. & Andrea Chong William S. Cleary Dirlam Charitable Trust Susan W. Engelkemeyer Raymond P. Faucher William D. Fowler David G. & Martine Hale Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Alan R. Peterson * Earl S. Prolman Leslie H. Read Richard W. Scheffler Schwab Charitable Fund Webster Five Fdn. Wells Fargo

President’s Gold Circle Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Constantine Alexander R. Donald Bean III Charles P. Burnett III ChevronTexaco Robert F. Dorsey Jonathan H. Ives Michael A. Jones Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. William F. Keats Robert P. MacPherson Jr. Edward P. Mazzetta New York Life Nuveen Investments Lloyd M. Roth Ronald L. Schmitt William R. Scott Thomas G. Sleasman State Farm Co. Masakazu Sugiyama Edward Trenkmann Jr. Charles Zabriskie Jr.

President’s Silver Circle

Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499 Richard W. Anderson Wayne J. Archambo Atlas Distributing Inc. Bruce R. Barton Marc D. & Andrea C. Becker Alice C. Belden Jonathan D. Blake Richard A. Blankley Donn E. Bleau Kevin F. Brassard Peter M. Brusman Robert A. & Janet Bullard George S. Butler Thomas R. Cafaro Peter V. Caruso Eugene P. Cenci Ross H. Chambers Stephen P. Chernock Jr. Phillip E. Collins Henri M. David Jr. Nancy L. Davis Raymond F. Essig Jeronimo Esteve-Abril FM Global Thomas E. Franzese William E. Fredericks David A. & Charlene M. French William Glavin James F. Goulet David S. Hammond John M. Harrison Bruce I. Haslun Raymond W. Hencir Patricia A. Hertzfeld Richard L. Hilliard John M. Hills Patrick B. Holland Alfred D. Houston Bradley S. Hvolbeck James H. Jackson Lafayette Keeney Robert D. Keller Greg & Judith Keyser E.J. Landry II Christopher G. Langlois Lockheed Martin Corp.

Thomas S. & Terri Lodge David W. & Heather M. Lofgren David F. & Susan Lombard Francis J. Lovell Michael A. Lukasek CPA

* Deceased z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

John D. MacPhail William K. Mahler Jr. Richard C. Makin Leo V. Marshall Christopher W. & Kim M. McCarthy Andrew Michienzi Robert E. & Sylvia Miller Robbie P. & Holly M. Munce John A. Murphy Jr. Edmund J. Murrah Horace S. Nichols * William F. O’Connell Jr. Michael J. O’Mara Barry T. O’Neil Ronald E. Osimo Ernest Pekmezaris William C. & Lana Pieczynski Alan J. Reinhardt Charlyn A. Robert Richard K. Robertson Edward J. Ruggeri R. Joseph Salois Robert T. Sanford Frank C. Schroll Jr. Richard F. Shields Matthew D. & Kristen Shogren Kenneth R. Snell CFA, CFP Elizabeth Sorenson Mark A. Sweeney Kent & Kate Tarrant Jeanne P. Vanderveer Alexander S. Walker Paul J. Washburn Jr. Webster Five Cents Savings Bank Kathleen Wheeler John F. White Paul G. Wigglesworth George E. Withington Tammy A. Wolf

President’s Society Now

Classes 2004-2008: Gifts of $500 Classes 2009-2013: Gifts of $250 Kerry M. Barnes Jonathan M. Birtwell Justin R. Dolan Leonard K. Harmon Stephen Mack Meena E. Niranjan Kevin J. Pittz Kay M. Young

Alumni Donors

CLASS OF 1938

President’s Silver Circle Alexander S. Walker z

CLASS OF 1939 Supporters

Thomas R. Gross z Bernice Sheldon

CLASS OF 1940 Hilltoppers’ Club

Epworth S. Moulton u Robert D. Taft z

CLASS OF 1941

Academy Associates

Allen F. Diefenderfer Jr. z

Hilltoppers’ Club

Stephen V. Lewis u

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CLASS OF 1942 Scholars’ Society

Oliver W. Birckhead Trust

Hilltoppers’ Club

ENDOWMENT

UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED

John D. Kurtz

CLASS OF 1943 Hilltoppers’ Club Charles S. Jones u

Supporters

Morton I. Levine u

CLASS OF 1947 Supporters

Robert C. Forbes Bernard J. Gevry z

CLASS OF 1948

President’s Silver Circle Horace S. Nichols *

Hilltoppers’ Club

Lewis B. Erwin Jr. Robert A. Green Townsend T. Mink z Charles A. Pappas u Edward C. Wheaton Albert L. Wyer *

Supporters

CAPITAL GIFTS

Giving by Purpose John B. Jenkins Homer W. Jones Jr. Richard C. Kosse u William T. Lawson z Jose R. Orriols Robert Risk Jr. u Richard N. Wedmore u

CLASS OF 1951 Trustees’ Society James L. Dunbar u

Donald A. Baker u Nicholas S. Constantine z Robert A. Mattia u Charles Poladian Philip R. Smith z James M. Strong Jr. z Lawrence S. Student *

Academy Associates

President’s Green Circle

Supporters

CLASS OF 1949 William D. Fowler u

President’s Silver Circle Lafayette Keeney z

Academy Associates Gordon E. Clement u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Arnold D. Cramer u Alan N. Mendleson Jr. * Frederick A. Mock Jr. John Strobel Charles D. Watrous *

CLASS OF 1950 Trustees’ Society

DeForest W. Abel Jr.

President’s Gold Circle Edward Trenkmann Jr. u

President’s Silver Circle Jeronimo Esteve-Abril

Hilltoppers’ Club

Allan P. Dunn z Charles L. Foote Jr. Alden L. Ingraham u Frederick J. Levitan u William C. Loughran u Archie E. Mitchell Jr. z Walter T. Peters z Otis H. Vaughn Jr.

Supporters

Robert H. Bacon u John W. Budd Robert L. Collingwood u David P. Graham u Milton L. Hallowell z Albert W. Hanlon Jr. u

James E. Coley III u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert W. Butler William A. Haskell z H. John Perry Peter M. Polstein John P. Talbot Edwin W. Hawley Holmes V. Tracy Jr. u

CLASS OF 1952

President’s Silver Circle

Edward J. Schroeder II William H. Spring u

CLASS OF 1954

President’s Green Circle Earl S. Prolman u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Louis J. Alberico u Robert Q. Benowitz u James E. Burnet III z Richard P. Clinton u John J. McCabe Jr. u

Supporters

Gilbert W. Bourdon Robert A. Brilhart u Bruce S. Buttinghausen u Franklyn H. Kilby u John C. Nagle Jr. Donald E. Schafer u Richard B. Shanklin u Donald R. Siegel u

CLASS OF 1955

President’s Green Circle Leslie H. Read u

Robert A. Bullard z Frank C. Schroll Jr. u

President’s Gold Circle

Robert B. Magnus Jr. z

Roy T. Johnson Robert F. Wagner

Academy Associates Hilltoppers’ Club

Daniel E. Berman z John W. Boyd Jerre C. Budd u Robert A. Marotta Gilbert W. Parks z Frederick L. Pratt u Donald S. Putnam u Robert V. Trudel u

Supporters

Charles P. Burnett III z

Amasa Nichols Society Academy Associates Donald E. Gugelman u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert H. Kemp Louis W. Kinzer Jr. u

Supporters

Frederick W. Neilsen Jr. Ronald J. Swenn

Herbert O. Bascome Charles C. Haggerty u

CLASS OF 1956

Academy Associates

President’s Gold Circle

Hilltoppers’ Club

John P. Durney u Arthur L. Fries z

CLASS OF 1953

Charles W. Dragon z Lyman W. Phillips Jr.

Robert R. Forcier David J. Landau Francis L. Lemay z John P. Melvin u Howard A. Raphaelson u Edson C. Taylor u

Supporters

Rogers N. Fowler George H. Hull William W. Koerner z

* Deceased z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

President’s Green Circle Raymond P. Faucher z Lloyd M. Roth z

Academy Associates Hilltoppers’ Club

Tom Keith u Joseph A. Mendez u Jerold M. Sidman u

Supporters

David C. Bidwell u Jack R. Kalman u Glenn M. Terrill u

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CLASS OF 1957

President’s Silver Circle George S. Butler z Kent Tarrant u

Academy Associates

Milestones

Nichols College gratefully acknowledges the generous support and leadership of these individuals, corporations and foundations that have reached the following milestones in their individual cumulative giving to Nichols. We appreciate their significant financial commitment to Nichols and our mission of developing tomorrow’s business leaders.

Cecil M. Gabbett III z Allen J. Scherer Jr. u Walter Urtz u

$8,000,000

$300,000

Richard S. Beck Philip K. McNiff H. Logan Page III

$5,000,000

John H. Davis

Samuel R. Haines Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. Raymond C. Pecor Jr. Roger Lavoie *

Hilltoppers’ Club Supporters

Elliot M. Altman DDS Wayne C. Earley u Andrew M. Fisher * Joseph A. Milburn Mayer J. Schnyder

CLASS OF 1958 Hilltoppers’ Club

Eugene B. Collard Jr. z Howard J. Kack Robert P. Landry Charles F. Lewis III z Paul D. Price William C. Schmertz u Thomas G. Small u Seth F. Wakeman u

Supporters

William K. Dunbar III Steven M. Fisher z Albert W. Redway II Jose A. Sanchez David R. Umba u Henry E. Woods u

Gerald & Marilyn Fels

$6,500,000

Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Fdn.

$3,500,000

Stephen A. Davis

$3,000,000

Irene E. & George A. Davis Fdn.

$2,500,000

Robert B. Kuppenheimer

$2,000,000

Anonymous

$1,000,000

Keith T. Anderson George I. Alden Trust Frederick P. Currier * George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. David F. & Susan D. Lombard Arthur J. Remillard Jr.

$750,000

Fred Harris Daniels Fdn.

$700,000

Randall V. & Donna Becker

$600,000

Raymond Shamie * Stoddard Charitable Trust

CLASS OF 1959

$550,000

Raymond C. Pecor Jr. u James D. Wagner

$450,000

Scholars’ Society

President’s Silver Circle Leo V. Marshall u

Amasa Nichols Society Morgan J. Knudsen

Hilltoppers’ Club

Oliver W. * & Jane Birckhead Martin J. Power Thomas H. Niles

$400,000

James W. Coghlin Sr.

$350,000

Richard B. Hardy James D. Wagner

Davis Educational Fdn.

$250,000

$200,000

Howard K. O. Chong Jr. James L. Dunbar John H. McClutchy Jr. Norman B. Wenk Jr. *

$150,000

Ayco Charitable Gift Fund Mrs. Herman Becker Mary C. DeFeudis John B. Dirlam Christina Kaupe Peter L. Lynch Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. Dr. Suryakant M. Patel Charles A. Petrillo Francis W. Robinson Jr. * Robert J. Vaudreuil

$100,000

Marc D. & Andrea Becker Commerce Insurance Co. Albert J. DiGregorio * Edwin B. Donahue Robert C. Fischer * Robert R. Gurnett * Thomas J. Hall Barry D. Hogan Hyde Manufacturing Co. Nuveen Investments Lovett C. Peters * Richard W. Scheffler Irvin A. Shiner * United Lens Co. Inc. Webster Five Fdn.

John A. Girvin L. Robert Gould z Joseph D. LoBello Arthur R. Lowell Frederick L. Pease z Elliot P. Putnam u Howard J. Rubin u

CLASS OF 1961

President’s Silver Circle

C. Sanford Tuttle Gary A. Webber u

William E. Dillmeier Jr. z Paul Z. Haus Jr. u Richard D. Marsden u

Amasa Nichols Society

Hilltoppers’ Club

Supporters

CLASS OF 1960

Academy Associates Edward C. Dalterio Paul S. Friedlander u

Hilltoppers’ Club

John T. Appleton u Robert T. Evertsen u John Pepe u Philip Van Campen u

Supporters

Bruce S. Collett u Charles P. Gruet Sr. Frank A. Sweeney Jr.

Academy Associates

Warren C. Rowe Jr. u William T. Schoerner Jr. Stephen H. Smith u William S. Weikert u

Supporters

William T. Corbett u Colson O. Simmons u

CLASS OF 1962 Scholars’ Society

Paul E. Zimmerman

Trustees’ Society Calvin A. Hills u

President’s Green Circle Alan R. Peterson *

Richard C. Makin u George E. Withington z Richard C. Knoener z

Academy Associates

William S. Edmunds u Charles N. Howe u Kenneth B. Ingraham u

Hilltoppers’ Club

R. Allen Elliott u Fernando A. Figueras u Rene T. Langevin Charles J. Montante Jr. William R. Roy

Supporters

John H. Bowles u Michael L. Daley u Douglas W. Doyle Peter S. Eddy Barclay Henkle u Bruce E. MacDonald u John A. Turro Jr. u Peter M. Zona u

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CLASS OF 1963

Rufus S. Frost III u Robert H. Gascoyne Carl F. Gilbert u John H. Hinchliffe III Edward W. Nichols u James A. Oates u Daniel P. Tomassetti u Richard L. Williams u

Scholars’ Society Thomas H. Niles u

Trustees’ Society Alvah O. Rock u

President’s Green Circle William S. Cleary z Richard W. Scheffler z

Supporters

President’s Gold Circle William F. Keats u

President’s Silver Circle Peter M. Brusman u Eugene P. Cenci u Ross H. Chambers u Raymond F. Essig z Bruce I. Haslun u Bradley S. Hvolbeck

James H. Feindel z Robert J. Sharp Arthur B. Tozzi u Ross M. Weale u

Academy Associates Peter K. Chamberlin Bruce I. Siegal u Louis A. Stroller u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert Abrams z Norman A. Arshan Paul R. Chapdelaine u Louis A. Demichele Robert G. Falkenstein u Donald W. Hick Jr. z Frans J. Keesing Norman H. Leathers Donald L. Mafera Lewis C. Parker III Edmund S. Shepard u Charles R. Smith u Peter H. Smith u Henry A. Taylor III Paul A. Virostek z

Supporters

George V. Euler Eric L. Hofer Hugo Pagliccia Jr. u George A. Pagnotta Jr. u Frederic J. Potter IV u

CLASS OF 1964 Trustees’ Society

Richard A. Spugnardi z

President’s Green Circle Howard K. O. Chong Jr. u

President’s Gold Circle Edward P. Mazzetta

President’s Silver Circle Henri M. David Jr. u

Amasa Nichols Society Michael A. Gilroy Henry H. Peterson u

Academy Associates Warren C. Bender u Paul L. Ceccarelli u K. Dexter Cheney u David C. Ebacher z

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert E. Beckwith u William F. Bufalino u David C. Doe u Philip B. Donnelly u Robert M. Fenn II z

Richard W. Johnson Ronald J. LeClair Stanley G. Matthews u William C. Richwagen u David B. Ruddock William R. Wright III z

CLASS OF 1966

President’s Gold Circle

Stephen P. Chernock Jr. u Phillip E. Collins David S. Hammond

CLASS OF 1965 Ronald L. Schmitt

Amasa Nichols Society

President’s Silver Circle

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Ward B. DeKlyn Jr. u Robert H. Eisenberg Robert W. Grady Robert C. Hagendorf Daniel M. Hastings z Thomas D. Pearsall u John F. Platt u Charles L. Potter u David R. Smith

Richard A. Blankley z David F. Lombard u John D. MacPhail u Robert T. Sanford z Richard F. Shields z

I contribute my success in part to the education I received at Nichols and being elected to the Justinian Council, as each were instrumental in providing me with the necessary leadership skills to succeed in my profession. I give back to Nichols College today to pay tribute to those who helped me so many years ago and to support the students currently completing their degrees.

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Fran Lemay ’53, Class Agent

Amasa Nichols Society Bradford H. Blaser David W. Rodgers u

Academy Associates

Thomas C. Hiller u Charles T. Kaull Jr. u Geoffrey E. Meyer u Benjamin A. Minardi III u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Henry M. Aldrich Jr. u William L. Archer Sr. u Arthur C. Assad u Bruce A. Demoranville Sr. z Charles E. Evans u Thomas H. Flaherty Philip B. Fuller Lewis P. Gelman Robert H. Kime u Herbert I. Losee III u Kenneth A. Racicot James E. Robinson David A. Rowe z Barry B. Segal Richard C. Werstak Bennett J. Wiley

Supporters

Robert L. Ansalone u David A. Bates Kenneth G. Burr Jr. u John W. Canetta u Daniel R. Clark u Bruce G. Congdon

* Deceased z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

Scholars’ Society Gerald Fels z

President’s Gold Circle William R. Scott

President’s Silver Circle Amasa Nichols Society Henry P. St. Cyr z

Academy Associates Thomas J. Bergin Jr. u Robert T. Hildebrand Peter G. McGivney u James B. Moriarty Jesse J. Rulli u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Bradford C. Babb z Stephen T. Carter Sr. John H. Cavanaugh Sr. John Cygielnik u Robert A. Eckardt u Charles V. Eggleton Jr. E. Paul Herbert Roger P. Holden z John E. Lockwood u Richard F. Moran u James D. Murray CPA u Donn H. Norton A. Barry Paletta Kenneth C. Scott u Ralph A. Stuart

Supporters

David H. Blake u Robert A. Feinstein Stanley Henshaw III u R. Towner Lapp Lawrence R. Schenck John F. Sweeney John D. Watson Stephen B. Wingate u

CLASS OF 1967 Trustees’ Society

James W. Coghlin Sr. u Barry D. Hogan

President’s Gold Circle Jonathan H. Ives

President’s Silver Circle Bruce R. Barton u William E. Fredericks u Raymond W. Hencir z Edmund J. Murrah u Ernest Pekmezaris z Edward J. Ruggeri

Amasa Nichols Society Dwight W. Gesswein u Charles N. Piazza Michael J. Runyon z

Academy Associates Charles H. Foster Jr. u David B. Jones u Joseph M. Price

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Hilltoppers’ Club

Paul M. Clough z E. Hunt Coracci William C. Dean Jr. u Robert F. Gerbrands Peter H. Johnson u Donald S. Parsons u Michael T. Pelletier u C. Richard Piasecki Mark G. Scolnick William L. Voitk u Peter H. Walker u

Supporters

Samuel R. Bailey III Alan S. Close z Robert R. Coykendall u Charles H. Detwiller III u John S. Ferro u Frank L. Grzyb z David R. Lenti Everett J. Ramsdell Jr. u

CLASS OF 1968 Scholars’ Society

Charles A. Petrillo u

President’s Silver Circle John M. Harrison u Richard K. Robertson z

Amasa Nichols Society William M. Treffinger u

Academy Associates

Academy Associates Daniel W. Ivascyn u Peter F. Lofgren u Robert H. McPhee u Jay Sherwood u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Russell L. Birchall u J. Douglas Cameron Roger P. Crandall u Terry M. Dwyer Alexander M. Gottfried Sr. Henry Howard II Michael J. LaFoley Peter A. Lunsford z Douglas E. MacMillan u Donald A. MacQuarrie z Robert E. Mayer Jr. Lee A. McNelly z William J. Shaughnessy u Bruce E. Splaine David C. Weyant z William L. Wood

Supporters

Chester W. Boyd III u Vincent P. Giracca z William F. Gruber Alfred T. Hargrave z James A. Maguire Jr. u Robert J. Meagher z Douglas L. Richards Scott L. Shank Matthew A. Sparks u

James E. Comer u Jeffrey P. Gould William L. Shaw z Richard T. Speath u

CLASS OF 1970

Kenneth Alton Jr. Michael G. Ash u Edwin B. Cohen James L. Conwell Mark Ellis William R. Fox z Paul A. Rasmussen u Barry W. Silver George T. Smith Jack G. Wille u E. Malcolm Wolcott Jr. z Donald S. Wright

Ronald P. Marshall u David E. Stuart z

Hilltoppers’ Club

Supporters

Thomas A. Budd Robert M. Champagne z George W. Erdle Bernard F. Foley u Jon H. Haggerty z Fredrick P. Magnus u Byron W. Tomlinson u

CLASS OF 1969 Scholars’ Society

Thomas J. Hall z Robert B. Kuppenheimer z

President’s Gold Circle Michael A. Jones z Masakazu Sugiyama

President’s Silver Circle Jonathan D. Blake z John M. Hills u James H. Jackson Robert D. Keller

Amasa Nichols Society

Richard H. Bauzenberger u James W. Kerley Robert L. Savage

Amasa Nichols Society Douglas S. Stirling z

Academy Associates Hilltoppers’ Club

Joseph P. Batthany Willi J. Benoit Bradford C. Child AAI Thomas E. DiGiuseppe u George W. Goodell Jr. Thomas E. Hopkirk Geoffrey D. Kane Edward R. Leonard Charles J. Mangini CPA u Robert M. McIlvain Jr. z Richard G. Merrill u Brian M. Mullen u James W. Reid John A. Ritacco u Peter A. Scandone u Robert C. Toth u Bruce T. Underwood John H. Wheeler Jr.

Supporters

Edwin D. Berry III u Bruce B. Brown Jr. z Henry J. Ciak z William F. Clifford Stephen B. Corrigan Richard D. Doughty Paul G. Leonard Thomas J. McCaughey z Robert G. Smet u

CLASS OF 1971

President’s Gold Circle

Robert P. MacPherson Jr. u

President’s Silver Circle Francis J. Lovell z William K. Mahler Jr. u John F. White z

This report reflects gifts to Nichols College from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.

The Colonel Conrad Society

Nichols College is grateful to the members of the Colonel Conrad Society — individuals who have documented a bequest to Nichols through their estate or who have remembered Nichols through a planned gift.

Norris G. Abbott III ’51 * George P. Belba ’62 * Alice C. Belden ’85 MBA ’92 Jane T. Birckhead Oliver W. Birckhead Jr. ’42 * Richard A. Blankley ’65 Edward G. Brodeur ’53 Robert A. Bullard ’52 Raymond M. Burnham Eugene P. Cenci ’63 Donald E. Chalmers ’59 * William S. Cleary ’63 Frederick P. Currier * Henri M. David Jr. ’64 Gerald Fels ’66 Alfred R. Fishel ’41 * Matthew R. Fox ’01 John L. Gaylord ’61 * William H. Gunther Jr. ’43 Robert R. Gurnett ’34 * David G. Hale ’75 John M. Hills ’69 Charles N. Howe ’62 Mary Jane Ingraham * B. Everett Jones ’56 * David B. Jones ’67 Herbert F. Kaupe ’43 * Robert H. Kime ’65 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Donald A. MacQuarrie ’69 Duncan M. McInnes ’57 * Lee A. McNelly ’69 Frank Mickel ’70 Ronald P. Noyes ’65 * Rudolph C. Planeta Jr. ’54 * Martin J. Power ’78 Michael J. Runyon ’67 Richard I. Schachet ’56 * Richard W. Scheffler ’63 Stearns H. Smalley ’34 * Bruce E. Splaine ’69 Robert A. Stewart ’48 * Davies Tainter Jr. ’54

Amasa Nichols Society Kelly Kincannon Thomas T. Klebart u Daniel L. Linden Martin Schwab

Academy Associates Timothy Danahy III Douglas A. Newman u C. Curry Wilford

Hilltoppers’ Club

Donald E. Allison Jr. David W. Cuffe Bradley M. Damon u Thomas J. Gauthier David E. Irons u Kevin F. O’Connor Sr. u Stephen J. Piascik z Peter F. Sennott u John G. Steepy u Gary R. Walsh u

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Supporters

Richard H. Alley u R. Craig Fowler u John J. Mulder Jr. u Bruce John R. Powers Richard F. Weaver u

CLASS OF 1972 Scholars’ Society

“

John H. Davis z Edwin B. Donahue u John H. McClutchy Jr. u

President’s Silver Circle James F. Goulet u Michael J. O’Mara

I give every year to Nichols College as I can see and feel a return on my investment. I can see the results of the Hill as an ever changing progressive institution that has grown from a small New England business college to a cutting edge institution that focuses on student success in the business world. More importantly, as an alumnus, I can truly feel the warmth, friendship and caring that the people of Nichols share with me whenever and wherever we meet.

”

Bill Collins ’74, Class Agent

Amasa Nichols Society Steven L. Boynton z Jack E. Zacks u

Academy Associates

Richard M. DeCrosta CFP u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert B. Coleman u John D. Copeland J. Paul H. Gauvin u James P. Grainger u Gregory P. Johnson

Supporters

Mark B. Alexander Brian F. Clark Donald S. Labonte z Stephen McDermott u Barry S. Pedell u Thomas J. Terebesi Sr. Robert M. Winslow

CLASS OF 1973 Scholars’ Society Samuel R. Haines

President’s Gold Circle Robert F. Dorsey

President’s Silver Circle Donn E. Bleau u

Amasa Nichols Society Gregory B. King

Academy Associates Stephen J. Miller Ronald E. Plasse

Hilltoppers’ Club

Peter F. Allan Roberto O. Alvarez u Ronald J. Barry z David F. Biron u

Michael C. Bousquet u Bradley W. Boyd z Joseph S. Colodin Thomas J. Craig Jr. Arthur Z. Greenseid Francis B. Keefe u Stephen W. Page z William J. Reese III u David J. Renaud u Royal F. Turner Jr. u John A. Vita

Supporters

George C. Abysalh Barry A. Clapp u William C. Davis James R. Dillon u Arthur L. Keenan David J. Wnukowski

CLASS OF 1974 Scholars’ Society Peter L. Lynch u

Trustees’ Society

Kurt R. Harrington u

President’s Green Circle Frank R. Burns Jr. u

President’s Silver Circle Ronald E. Osimo u

Amasa Nichols Society Hamlin A. Pakradooni

Academy Associates Gerald F. Hagarty

Hilltoppers’ Club

William H. Collins II u Stephen P. Estaphan z Kurt E. Grimmelmann CFP z John R. Kustigian u Robert J. Waskiewicz

Supporters

Michael J. Dowgiewicz Richard E. Flagler Jr. Robert J. Hirsch u Peter S. Kavanah Robert J. Keating u Henry R. Keene Jr. Joseph M. Krosoczka James A. Priscaro David B. Steinberg u

CLASS OF 1975

President’s Green Circle David G. Hale u

President’s Silver Circle Thomas E. Franzese u John A. Murphy Jr. u

Amasa Nichols Society Marc A. Emmi Norman R. Fougere Jr. z John P. Maffeo u Paolo Sinni

Hilltoppers’ Club

Tyler P. Benson Paul E. Dona u Lawrence W. Johnson Jr. Kevin J. Parker Daniel M. Prouty Kevin S. Shaw

Supporters

Stephen M. Chick u Janice A. Ducharme u Thomas W. Ellis u John R. Klys u Thomas J. Komorek u

CLASS OF 1976

President’s Silver Circle David A. French u

Amasa Nichols Society Richard J. Bates Anthony J. Baudanza u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Michael E. Bird David A. Blanchard u Richard L. Boynton Jr. Shawn McAvoy David Pailler u Robert B. Saunders Edward J. Zavaski Jr.

Supporters

Joseph F. Bullan u Paul J. Gannon u Joseph J. Kozlowski u Frank F. Krogul u Helen M. Metropoulos Matthew Towle

CLASS OF 1977 Trustees’ Society

Robert J. Vaudreuil z

Amasa Nichols Society George E. deRedon z David P. McKeon

Academy Associates Michelle B. Austin Ronald P. Carlson z

Hilltoppers’ Club Peter D. Deary u Michael Keefe u James E. Mahar James B. Ryder

Supporters

Gary J. Cascio Kevin M. Corley Anthony S. Kusek u Fred S. Mezynski z Cecile M. Perreault David A. Zalewski u

CLASS OF 1978 Scholars’ Society Martin J. Power u

Trustees’ Society

Robert E. Stansky u

President’s Gold Circle Thomas G. Sleasman u

President’s Silver Circle William F. O’Connell Jr. u

Amasa Nichols Society Brian W. Calabro Terence M. Farrell u Thomas A. LoRicco u

Academy Associates Stanley J. Casillo z John G. Sommers *

Hilltoppers’ Club

Marcia A. Behrens u Linda J. Butler CPA u Robert A. Butler u David T. Delmonico James A. Dupre u Joseph F. Fillo z Dennis F. Gorman Frank S. Paradis u Naren M. Patel Phillip A. Robinson Steven Sabacinski Scott E. Wallen

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

Tom Niles ’63 and Bob LaVigne, associate vice president for facilities management, review proposed plans for a new academic building.

As Leader, Advisor, and Donor, Niles Reunites with Nichols

By Julie Errico

When Tom Niles graduated

from Nichols College in 1963, he all but disappeared from the Nichols campus for nearly 40 years. However, during the past six years as he considered retirement and reduced his hours working as a senior advisor at Boston Residential Group, LLC, he has become an active, engaged alumnus. He was ultimately asked to be a trustee of the College.

Since then he has become a valued contributor as a trustee, donor, real estate advisor, and role model for other alumni who are considering their level of engagement with Nichols.

“I enjoy being on campus and am trying to catch up for my lack of prior involvement,” Niles says.

One of his first projects was the new Fels Student Center.

“I realized that every residence hall had its own mingling area, but there was no common area for all students.

I think it is an important part of any educational facility,” he says. Recognizing his financial commitment to the building, the College named its Career Center the Niles Career Services Suite.

His involvement stretches beyond financial support to

sharing his expertise in the real estate area. He has been integrally involved in the planning process for the new academic building. “We have to keep up with what our competition is doing, as well as teaching techniques that have changed a lot over the years. I try to listen carefully to determine what needs to get done and figure out what I can do to contribute to those needs,” he explains.

Bob LaVigne, associate vice president for facilities management, values his contributions.

“We’ve developed what seems to be a natural relationship. It’s been helpful to have someone with his building and real estate experience to sit in on the planning for the new academic building,” he adds. “He has added good insight about the building itself and the site planning. His role as a trustee also gives the Board of Trustees an active link into the planning process, which can make the approval process move more smoothly.”

In addition to his advisory role in real estate, Niles has taken on a leadership role encouraging other alumni classes to increase their financial support of scholarships for Nichols’ students. To

encourage his other classmates, he recently challenged the class of 1963 with a $50,000 match to establish an endowed scholarship fund, with the goal of raising $100,000, and hopefully exceeding that goal.

“My hope is that by providing these funds, we will be able to attract quality students who meet the entry requirements but can’t quite make it financially to continue at Nichols,” he states. “Scholarships can provide them with an extra boost.”

Niles’ contributions are not limited to Nichols. For 25 years, he served as a trustee for the Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center, an elementary educational program serving inner city youth.

Recognizing his concern for water quality, Niles has been actively involved in the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown where he has served on the board and the development committee and has contributed funds to build an environmental lab.

Whether it is in the community or his involvement at Nichols, Niles believes in giving back. With his wise, insightful knowledge and generous sharing of resources, he is contributing immensely to his goal of helping Nichols become what he describes as a “unique business school in New England.”

One thing is for sure. Tom Niles doesn’t plan on disappearing from the campus anytime soon. And that’s good to know. “Given the positive relationship that’s been developed so far, if he has time, I’d love to have him sit in on the planning committee of the next capital project,” says LaVigne.

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Supporters

Michael J. Bassett Roger J. Berube u J. Stephen Boyce u Ann F. Coolidge u Marc P. Dupuis z Brian J. Fitzgibbons z Kevin M. Hackett u Donald A. Henderson Jr. u Richard E. McCowan Raymond H. Prunier James F. Richinick Judith M. Sarkisian u Frederick P. Tiberii u

CLASS OF 1979

President’s Silver Circle Charlene M. French u Thomas S. Lodge u

Amasa Nichols Society Gary S. Guglielmello u Arlene S. Maack

Academy Associates Malcolm C. Allen Jr. u Timothy P. Garrison u Stephen F. Wentzell z

Hilltoppers’ Club

Kenneth S. Baker z Mark J. Goretti Matthew V. Kennedy Jr. David M. Parkinson u Roger E. Pontbriand Stephen J. Stagliano u

Supporters

Guy J. Barbieri u Thomas R. Borzino Peter M. Crosby Gary D. Davis Leon P. Jezierski Jr. Edward G. Poirier Jr. u Ronald J. Tremblay

CLASS OF 1980 Scholars’ Society Stephen A. Davis

Amasa Nichols Society Richard T. Horigan Jr.

Academy Associates James C. Norcross z Kurt M. Rothschild u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Andrew W. Higgins u James P. Innamorati Michael J. Kane Charles E. Kennedy Eugene J. Kerrigan u James H. Stewart u Allan D. Walker Jr. u

Supporters

Randy M. Jacques u Miles B. Sherburne u

CLASS OF 1981 Scholars’ Society

Keith T. Anderson u

President’s Silver Circle Wayne J. Archambo Marc D. Becker u

Amasa Nichols Society Peter A. Agostini Bryan J. Morrissey James F. Paulhus Michael J. Vendetti u

Academy Associates Daniel J. Perron u

CORPORATIONS

PARENTS, FRIENDS, FACULTY & STAFF

FOUNDATIONS

ALUMNI

Giving by Source Hilltoppers’ Club

Steven E. Antos u Mark A. Cleverdon u Joseph C. Kubiak Jr. u Charles E. Patterson Carol A. Roy Van D. Thomas u Lisa A. Zollo

Supporters

Charles F. Bechert u Jeffrey M. Burnett Michael W. Mastricola u Olga Pappas u Joseph Pastore u Dominic J. Pingitore Jr. u Amy L. Ruzbasan

CLASS OF 1982

Academy Associates

Allen W. Dillaire z Richard R. Stimets CFP *

Hilltoppers’ Club

Peter A. Boltruczyk u William F. Bouvier z Kimberly A. Cleverdon u Bruce W. Dillaire u David A. DiPilato Ellen M. Duggan u Bernard P. Gagnon Jr. James M. Graham Randy L. Heitin u Mary A. Shaw David R. Smith

Supporters

Richard H. Dodakian z Dean J. Largesse Sr. u Janis L. Largesse u Nancy A. Meloni u James W. Payant Deborah C. Sherman u

CLASS OF 1983 Scholars’ Society

Donna Becker z Randall V. Becker z

Academy Associates Thomas C. Baker z

Hilltoppers’ Club

John H. Allen u Theodore J. Dumas u Debra L. Goldberg Beverly M. Milano CPA Todd M. Zeidenberg u

Supporters

Ronald P. Laliberty William J. Niedziela u George F. Soderberg II u

z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

CLASS OF 1984

Academy Associates

Lisa C. Chesson-Baker z Robert C. DeRubeis u Stephen R. Lemieux

Hilltoppers’ Club

Rosario J. Bacarella Bruce S. Dodge z Charles F. Estaphan z Andrew G. Faust Robert A. Hoey CFP z Jean S. Parent Robert E. Pierce u Jeffrey L. Pollier William A. Potter Priscilla A. Rooney Steven M. Shiner Gayle P. Teixeira u Louis E. Testa III

Supporters

W. Brian Capshaw u David T. Claprood u Rosemary Mamakos Michael S. Pantos

CLASS OF 1985

President’s Silver Circle Alice C. Belden u Nancy L. Davis

Hilltoppers’ Club

Susan A. Bacarella Salvatore A. Esposito u Lia M. Imhoff William L. Steglitz

Supporters

Franklin G. Boisvere Jr. u Kathleen E. Claprood u Lawrence J. Kerwin III u Pamela N. Landrigan Robert E. Paulsen Jr. Nyree G. Valdes u

CLASS OF 1986 Trustees’ Society David G. Bedard u

President’s Silver Circle Richard W. Anderson u E.J. Landry II David W. Lofgren CPA Heather M. Lofgren Andrew Michienzi Paul G. Wigglesworth

Hilltoppers’ Club

Robert J. Amico u Lawrence A. Bassett Kenneth P. Bergeron Jr. u

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

Laurence B. King u Cheryl A. Kopas u Kelly A. Marcimo Diane M. Page z Maureen T. Shields z Brian E. Zippin

Supporters

Amy L. Bartram u Jeremy B. Coullard z Lisa M. Cremonini Marybeth S. Hood u Shaun P. Kenney Steven R. Moran Anne-Marie A. Moulin z Cynthia T. Truax

CLASS OF 1989

Supporters

CLASS OF 1987 Trustees’ Society Ellen J. Bedard u

President’s Silver Circle

Michael A. Lukasek CPA u

“

Academy Associates Robert D. Babcock Jr. James C. Brown u Robert D. Conrad u

My reason for giving to Nichols through the Nichols Fund is so that we can make a difference in our school’s future. A little help from each of us makes a big difference and each alumnus should feel proud to contribute to a school that’s helped all of us in later years.

”

Art Assad ’65, Class Agent

Hilltoppers’ Club

Hollis F. Carroll William M. Demers Theresa E. Haggerty u Craig S. Johnston u Mark G. Mason Bruno Mazzotta Karen A. Mazzotta Paul L. Pomerleau Jr. u Janet M. Wornham u

Supporters

Cathy A. Bates Paul Blasewitz Sheila J. Kusek u Patricia A. Sanchioni u

CLASS OF 1988

President’s Silver Circle Patrick B. Holland

Amasa Nichols Society Susan M. Duhamel u John E. Finnerty Jr. Scott A. Jeamel u

Academy Associates Gina F. Babcock Peter J. Rowden u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Jocelyn L. Bouvier z Elisabeth A. Cangemi Paul M. Carroll Jr. Wayne M. Correia Michael J. DeBlieux u David L. Ivanovich Jr. Kevin D. Lafrenais Eric A. Tashlein u

Patricia L. Burdick Laura C. LaBrack Carolyn D. Milewski Amanda M. Nestor Marie M. Shepherd Stephen D. Westerlind u

President’s Silver Circle Judith Keyser u

Amasa Nichols Society

President’s Silver Circle

Kenneth R. Snell CFA, CFP u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Richard F. Bernier u Christopher E. Girardin u Paul R. Hebert Jr. Joseph P. Raposa u

Supporters

Carolyn R. Burnham Thomas M. McFaden Karen C. Yancik

David F. Belanger

CLASS OF 1992

Christopher S. Billis Joseph A. Coderre u Robert E. O’Connell III u

Christopher W. McCarthy u Kim M. McCarthy u Paul J. Washburn Jr.

Academy Associates Hilltoppers’ Club

Lisa J. Devine z Thomas A. Devine z Steven C. Gallo Kyle C. Haggerty u Allison V. Kierce David J. Kierce David L. Kirchthurn u Jan A. Kopas u Kevin P. LaBonville u Steven J. Letourneau Patricia A. Lyons-Gallo Martha Plotczyk u Elizabeth A. Rynda

Supporters

Karen E. Belton u Paul J. Branzetti Gina M. Cooney Michael R. Cooney Rodney F. Denman Tammy J. Ford Lisa A. Montigny u Gary M. Shultz

CLASS OF 1990 Trustees’ Society Jeff R. Johnson u

President’s Silver Circle Peter V. Caruso

Amasa Nichols Society Stephen S. Buchalter Sherry E. Engh u Michael W. Frisbie

Academy Associates Carl A. Conlon

Hilltoppers’ Club

Brenda M. Bianculli Dawn I. Carlo Francis J. Carlo Paul D. Chlapowski David C. Kane u Kenneth J. Kunst Peter T. Nightingale u Robert J. Russell

Supporters

Virginia M. Carmignani z Joseph M. Casper u Lance E. Forgit Samantha R. Gatsogiannis Cheryl L. Melendy Earl D. Melendy P. Richard Wall Elaine L. Wilson

CLASS OF 1991

President’s Gold Circle R. Donald Bean III

President’s Silver Circle Hilltoppers’ Club

Joanne Grzembski Dale L. Gurek u Shannon D. Gurek u Keith T. Hofbeck u William E. Horn Jr. Sarah R. Mitchell John G. O’Connell u

Supporters

Robert J. Bergantino Carolyn J. Burke u Denis E. Casaubon u Rebecca A. Coffin u Lisa M. Larson u Robert J. Peret Lucinda A. Renaud Pauline L. Trahan Clifford D. Whynott Jr. u Donna M. Whynott u

CLASS OF 1993

Amasa Nichols Society Matthew B. O’Connor

Hilltoppers’ Club

Lisa P. Cone Leslie M. Doody Cecile L. Steglitz Kathleen B. Turgeon

Supporters

Deborah L. Farrell u Erik C. Godaire u Jennifer L. Katori Kevin C. Katori Barbara A. Larson z Holly L. Madsen u Joan M. Meagher z Colleen M. Menis u David S. Merzon

Top 5 Classes Dollars Raised: Class of Class of Class of Class of Class of

’72 ’69 ’83 ’59 ’66

$1,467,393 $597,589 $553,005 $415,135 $410,466

Class of Class of Class of Class of Class of

’63 ’50 ’65 ’62 ’67

43% 41% 36% 32% 30%

Participation:*

* Classes with 50 or more alumni of record

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CLASS OF 1994

President’s Silver Circle Tammy A. Wolf u

Academy Associates Christopher Paradise

Hilltoppers’ Club Brenda M. Cullen Sean P. Lyons

Supporters

Kirk P. Burnham Josephine A. Canty Carol A. Clouthier u Lisa A. Jakubowski Tammy L. Kasper Jennifer A. Merzon Julie E. Pike Jude A. Tomasino

CLASS OF 1995 Hilltoppers’ Club

Michael E. Carlson Scott S. Sullivan u

Supporters

Jennifer L. Beatty Deborah S. Clough Clifford A. Livernois u Joseph A. Mazzarelli Judith A. Morrison

CLASS OF 1996

President’s Silver Circle Andrea C. Becker u

Academy Associates Hilary L. Doncaster u

Hilltoppers’ Club Steven Bencivenga Darryl R. Cyr

Supporters

Michael J. Cote u Patricia R. Doyle Michael Fitzgerald Audra Gouin Danette M. Mazzarelli

Tribute and Memorial Gifts

Nichols College received gifts in honor/memory of these individuals and named funds: In Honor of Wayne-Daniel Berard Stephen Mack In Memory of Richard Clarenbach ’56 Beverley A. Clarenbach Class of ’54 Endowed Scholarship Robert Q. Benowitz Gilbert W. Bourdon Class of ’57 Endowed Scholarship Kerry M. Barnes Richard S. Beck George S. Butler Andrew M. Fisher * Cecil M. Gabbett III Philip K. McNiff Joseph A. Milburn Allen J. Scherer Jr. Kent Tarrant Walter Urtz Class of ’63 Endowed Scholarship Peter M. Brusman Eugene P. Cenci Peter K. Chamberlin Ross H. Chambers ChevronTexaco William S. Cleary George V. Euler Robert G. Falkenstein James H. Feindel Bruce I. Haslun Donald W. Hick Jr. Bradley S. Hvolbeck William F. Keats Frans J. Keesing Norman H. Leathers Hugo Pagliccia Jr. George A. Pagnotta Jr. Frederic J. Potter IV Alvah O. Rock Richard W. Scheffler

Robert J. Sharp Edmund S. Shepard Bruce I. Siegal Peter H. Smith Louis A. Stroller Henry A. Taylor III Arthur B. Tozzi Class of ’67 Endowed Scholarship Anonymous William E. Fredericks Raymond W. Hencir Jonathan H. Ives Schwab Charitable Fund James W. Coghlin Sr. ’67 Term Scholarship James W. Coghlin Sr. United Way of Central Massachusetts Col. James Conrad Memorial Scholarship Leslie H. Brooks Professor Keith Corkum Endowed Scholarship in Economics Thomas R. Cafaro Delta Mu Delta Scholarship Patricia A. Hertzfeld In Honor of Hans Despain Christopher Capuzzo Stephen Mack In Honor of John and Maria Dirlam John Lango Richard McGrath In Memory of Patrick Donnelly Philip B. Donnelly Faucher Family Endowed Scholarship Raymond P. Faucher In Honor of Gerald Fels ’66 Mrs. Herman Becker

z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

CLASS OF 1997

Academy Associates Jon D. Anderson u

Hilltoppers’ Club

Irmine M. Farmerie Anthony J. Laganelli u Ronald S. Liston u

Supporters

Mary Ellen A. Bohdiewicz u Rhonda L. Gething Marjory E. Magowan Pablo J. Molina Kelly A. Salvati David J. Sokolnicki Jeffrey J. Wuorinen

CLASS OF 1998 Trustees’ Society Alan S. Peppel

President’s Silver Circle R. Joseph Salois Mark A. Sweeney u

Fels Community Outreach Initiative Gerald & Marilyn Fels Fuller Scholarship George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. James C. Gahan IV Endowed Scholarship Automatic Data Processing Kerry M. Barnes Thomas R. Cafaro Luis C. & Kristy M. Cullivan Sierra Lindsay Forepaugh Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. Katie M. Kiszely New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. Amy S. Oman Jesse J. & Jennifer M. Plouffe Richard W. Scheffler Jillian H. Smerage Barry D. Hogan ’67 Endowed Scholarship Barry D. Hogan Edwin Hubbard Faculty Scholarship Andrea C. Becker Thomas R. Cafaro Thomas K. Duncan Patricia A. Hertzfeld Alan J. Reinhardt Thomas G. Smith Mary A. Trottier Professor John Katori/Class of ’55 Scholarship Peter M. & Sherry E. Engh Roy T. Johnson Barbara Katori Kevin C. & Jennifer L. Katori Marsh & McLennan Co. James B. Moriarty

Frederick W. Neilsen Jr. Jesse J. Rulli Masakazu Sugiyama David C. Weyant In Honor of Zach Kohn Randall S. Kohn Rodney R. Kohn Kuppenheimer Scholarship Robert B. Kuppenheimer In Honor of Bob LaVigne Taylor Ross Massachusetts Association of Public Accountants Scholarship Patricia A. Hertzfeld McClutchy Family Scholarship John H. McClutchy Jr. President’s Endowed Scholarship Susan W. Engelkemeyer In Memory of Albert W. and Mary D. Ritacco John A. Ritacco Dr. Daniel Van Leuvan Scholarship Alan J. Reinhardt Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77 Term Scholarship Robert J. Vaudreuil Michael J. and Joan F. Vendetti Scholarship (in memory of Joan F. Vendetti) E. Bates Craver Michael Keefe Michael J. Vendetti In Memory of Jesse M. Voutour Philip Ravanelle James D. Wagner ’59 Scholarship Fund James D. Wagner Schwab Charitable Fund

Hilltoppers’ Club Brian E. Miller Craig L. Pariseau

Supporters

Glenn F. Racicot u Brooke E. Sokolnicki Robert E. White Jr. u Stuart D. Williamson u

CLASS OF 1999

President’s Silver Circle Robbie P. Munce u Holly M. Munce u

Academy Associates Harold C. Greenlaw

Hilltoppers’ Club

Paul G. Miedzinski Alice V. Miller

Supporters

Vincent S. Salamon

CLASS OF 2000

President’s Silver Circle Christopher G. Langlois u

Amasa Nichols Society Maureen C. Moore

Hilltoppers’ Club

Michael F. Allard Kristy M. Cullivan Sierra

Supporters

Lisa N. Blackwell Cynthia E. Curtis Edward F. Manion Jr. u Joseph T. Przybylek Steven T. Taylor Shelley M. Wells

CLASS OF 2001

Academy Associates Kelly D. RothKugel u

Hilltoppers’ Club

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“

When I look back on my time at Nichols, I am connected to a place where I learned the basic tools for my business management career from the marketing and management courses I completed.

I am also reminded of time spent working with classmates on projects and interacting in collegiate sports. Both have helped me in my career and made me a strong believer in getting the work accomplished through a team effort.

Mike Runyon ’67, Class Agent

CLASS OF 2004

President’s Society Now Kay M. Young

Academy Associates Sharon L. Collins

Hilltoppers’ Club Megan M. Linde Amy S. Oman

Supporters

Maryann Costello Peter W. O’Neil Keith R. Robichaud u

CLASS OF 2005

President’s Society Now Kerry M. Barnes u Meena E. Niranjan

Academy Associates Lindsay Forepaugh

Supporters

Meagan Cox Amanda Drumm Nicholas S. Lynch

Ronald J. Brown Jr. u Barry C. Cringan u Debra M. Harmon u

CLASS OF 2006

David A. Sylvia Stephanie A. Zaccaria-Clune

Hilltoppers’ Club

Supporters

CLASS OF 2002 Hilltoppers’ Club

Sean P. Butler Thomas W. Gorski III u Kevin G. Johnson u Arlette M. Lynch Heather Pike u

Supporters

Paul J. Karam u Candice M. Williamson

CLASS OF 2003 Hilltoppers’ Club

Brian E. Butler Tracy A. Clark Jennifer M. Plouffe Jesse J. Plouffe James N. Zappola

Supporters

Albert A. DiDomizio u Kathryn M. Ewen u Katie M. Kiszely Tamar J. Lawrence Kevin M. McCarthy Jillian H. Smerage

”

President’s Society Now Jonathan M. Birtwell Jason E. Dekow James C. Dunne Dennis F. Santelli Christine Scarafoni

Supporters

Brendan M. Hall u

CLASS OF 2007

President’s Silver Circle Matthew D. Shogren

Hilltoppers’ Club

Christin C. Evangelista-Adams Robert S. MacCallum

Supporters

Kristine V. Bird Andrew M. Jolda

CLASS OF 2008

President’s Silver Circle Kristen M. Shogren u

Academy Associates

Christopher R. Marquis

Hilltoppers’ Club

David A. Kemah Ronald O. Powers III

This report reflects gifts to Nichols College from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.

Supporters

William F. Borowski Daniel C. Church

CLASS OF 2009

President’s Society Now Justin R. Dolan Leonard K. Harmon u

Hilltoppers’ Club Luis C. Sierra

Supporters

Terrence M. Mayrose Diane J. Perry u

CLASS OF 2010

President’s Society Now Kevin J. Pittz

Hilltoppers’ Club Lisa J. Campbell Pasquale H. Pio

Supporters

Russell K. Bozek Betin Robichaud u

CLASS OF 2011 Hilltoppers’ Club

Cynthia L. Brown u Brianne S. Callahan Kylee J. Sears

Supporters

Nicole L. Bowden Michele A. Saucier

CLASS OF 2012 Supporters

Amy E. Sposito

CLASS OF 2013

President’s Society Now Stephen Mack

Supporters

Daniel J. Hachey Daphne Kamau Stefany C. Mendez Ashley O’Keefe Taylor Ross Michael E. Roy

STUDENTS

Bree L. Aguiar Dylan J. Austin Christopher Capuzzo Mitchell W. Cole Colleen L. Coleman Katharine L. Davis Joshua DeLoach Taylor Eloi Dawn D. Gilliatt Manuel Goncalves Abele J. Grillo Patrick Hoey Sean R. Hoey Daniel J. Jezierski Jacquelyn Khillah Joseph Lambert Michael D. Langlois Kaitlyn M. Larrabee Anne Laughlin Bradley Minton Lindsey Oliver Nicolas B. Saint Jean Jr. Matthew D. San Clemente Gabriella A. Sarkis Katelyn D. Tupaj Dylan T. Woodring

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Other Donors

CORPORATIONS Trustees’ Society Affinity Group

President’s Green Circle

AMICA Mutual Insurance Co. Wells Fargo

President’s Gold Circle ChevronTexaco u New York Life u Nuveen Investments State Farm Co. z

President’s Silver Circle

Atlas Distributing Inc. FM Global u Lockheed Martin Corp.

Webster Five Cents Savings Bank

Amasa Nichols Society

Bank of America u Eagle Cleaning Corp. u Hometown Bank King Cadillac GMC Microsoft u Munce’s Superior Inc. Prudential u Rogers Corp. u Small Business Insurance Agency

Academy Associates

A H Schreiber Co. Inc. Chubb & Son Inc. Citizens Harrington Healthcare System ING u The MotivAct Group Reliant Medical Group United Technologies Corp.

Verizon Whalley Computer Assoc. Inc.

Hilltoppers’ Club

Al Fresca Ristorante Avco Landscaping and Irrigation CA Technologies Inc. Central Auto & Transport LLC Cigna Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Dockside Donut Dover Trucking Inc. Dudley House of Pizza Essex Sign & Painting Inc. Foxco Hank Aldrich Yacht Sales Inc. Hanover Insurance Group u Howard J. Potash, Attorney at Law IBM International u Insurance Services Office Inc. J & S Blue Inc. Johnston & Assoc. Real Estate LLC Kevin T. Bagnall, DDS Lake Pizza Inc. Mainstreet Renovation MASS Muscle Maker Mass Mutual Michael B. O’Toole, Jr. LLC Murray’s Towing and Equipment Service N & J Donuts Inc. New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. Nobscot Supply Co. The Optical House Oxford Insurance Agency P. A. Pryor Insurance Agency Inc. The Party Planner Pete’s Tire & Oil

Putnam Vision Center Quabaug Corp.

Rollie’s Variety LLC S & F Concrete Contractors Inc. Sentinel Benefits Sentry Insurance Shades of Tan ACR LLC Shamrock Pest Control Singer Potito Associates Inc. Thompson House of Pizza True Landscaping United Carpet Installation Unum u Village Repair Inc. Yummy Restaurant Z Wealth Management LLC

Supporters

Astoria Federal Savings Automatic Data Processing Benjamin Moore & Co. CRT Communication Dance Techniques Deb’s Hair Place Flynn Law Office The Fresh Chef Inc. Garden Gate Florist Inc. GE Hospira u John A. Pavlo, DMD, PC Lakeview Marine Inc. Marsh & McLennan Cos. Marty’s of Dudley Morlock School of Dance National Grid u North Stars Sports Management LLC Northwestern Mutual Life Oracle Perry Insurance Agency LLC Pleasant St Market Raceway Golf Club & Restaurant LLC Raytheon Co. u Saint-Gobain Corp. u Smooth as Silk Inc. Universal Tag Inc. West Main Liquors Inc.

FACULTY / STAFF

President’s Green Circle Susan W. Engelkemeyer Richard W. Scheffler z

President’s Silver Circle Andrea C. Becker u Kevin F. Brassard u Thomas R. Cafaro u Patricia A. Hertzfeld u Richard L. Hilliard u William C. Pieczynski u Alan J. Reinhardt u Charlyn A. Robert

President’s Society Now Kerry M. Barnes u Justin R. Dolan Leonard K. Harmon u Kay M. Young

Amasa Nichols Society Peter M. Engh u Sherry E. Engh u Edward J. Kolek Jr. u Robert LaVigne u Edward J. Socha Michael Stanton

Academy Associates

Pamela J. Boggio Kimberly A. Charbonneau Robert Grammer

* Deceased z Donor to Nichols College for 20 or more consecutive years u Donor to Nichols College for 5 or more consecutive years

Liz Horgan Patricia B. Korch u Cynthia J. Lafortune u Timothy J. Liptrap u Katherine C. Poplawski u Claudia Snell Susan D. Veshi u Edward G. Warren u Sarajane Warren u Luanne V. Westerling Richard Woods u

Hilltoppers’ Club

John A. Armstrong u Jacqueline A. Baker Jean Beaupre Marcia A. Behrens u Craig Brady u Leslie H. Brooks u Cynthia L. Brown u Whitney Bucci Brianne S. Callahan Lisa J. Campbell Cathy Champagne E. Bates Craver u Thomas C. Davis Thomas K. Duncan u Melanie Fleming Christopher E. Girardin u Marcus Goncalves Jeffrey A. Halprin u Elizabeth Lambert Paul E. Lambert Sr. William R. Lasher u Joe Loiselle Kevin Loney Brian T. McCoy u Blanche M. Milligan Libba G. Moore u Joanne P. Newcombe Evelyn Nieszczezewski Louise Nordstrom u Jason A. Price u Donald Sandstrom Dennis F. Santelli Brian G. Sgariglia Dawn C. Sherman u Thomas G. Smith u Pauline Sroczynski William L. Steglitz Leonard F. Suprise Mary A. Trottier u

Supporters

Cheryl Alderman Richard Bird Paul O. Brower Maryann Conrad James Deys Kellie Deys Pete DiVito Rayanne Drouin u Julie Errico Beth Graham Raymond Guillette Kenneth M. Lapan Louis F. LoBue Megan M. Nocivelli Paul J. Perry u Emily Reardon Betin Robichaud u Edward J. Romano u Kathy M. Sandstrom u Michele A. Saucier Jamie Skowyra Kathleen Storer Lauria E. Tiberii u Susan Wayman Cynthia C. Williams u

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FOUNDATIONS Scholars’ Society

Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. z Ayco Charitable Gift Fund u Community Fdn. of Western Mass.

Trustees’ Society

Davis Educational Fdn. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund u George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Fdn. z Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Fdn. u

President’s Green Circle

Dirlam Charitable Trust Jimmy Gahan Charitable Fdn. u Schwab Charitable Fund Webster Five Fdn. u

President’s Gold Circle Joshua Green Fdn. Inc. u

Amasa Nichols Society Boston Fdn. u

FRIENDS

Scholars’ Society

Jane T. Birckhead u Suryakant M. Patel MD u Arthur J. Remillard Jr.

Trustees’ Society

John B. Dirlam u Richard B. Hardy z United Way of Central Massachusetts

President’s Gold Circle Constantine Alexander u Charles Zabriskie Jr. u

President’s Silver Circle Janet Bullard CFA, CFP William Glavin Alfred D. Houston Robert E. Miller PhD u Jeanne P. Vanderveer

Amasa Nichols Society

Joseph T. Bartulis Jr. Richard McGrath Richard T. Moore United Way of Rhode Island

Academy Associates

Alan S. Herman Joseph Infantino Killingly Brooklyn Midget Football Assoc.

Randall S. Kohn Rodney R. Kohn Kenneth Korch u Lana Pieczynski Paul M. Veshi u

Hilltoppers’ Club Heyward Adams Mark Angluin

Gift Clubs

Scholars’ Society

Gifts of $25,000 or more

Trustees’ Society

Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999

President’s Society Green Circle

Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999

Gold Circle

Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999

Silver Circle

Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499

Sue Camelio Roger F. Carney Edward Clarke Tom Converse Victor DeGray Marc A. DiBella Dudley Patrolmen’s Assoc.

Chien T. Duong Joseph Fleming Jr. James Henderson Barbara Katori William D. Kavey Archie Kelly William Kerrigan Donnie Lopez Paul Luciano Kathleen Mallet Marshfield Yacht Club Fran Murray Melissa A. Noyes u Kevin M. O’Connor Michael Potito Dan S. Ramsey Pedro Segarra George Shuster South Shore Dry Dock Marine Susan K. Tellier u The Tobin School Inc. Aldo Vidrich Rebecca A. Wareing Jim Woodside

Supporters

John Bazzano Lucinda Benoit Beverley A. Clarenbach Theresa A. Gwozdz Ashley A. Hashem Tamara Henry John Horvath Marie Y. Jean-Pierre Leonard Kuzawa John Lango Doris M. Lee Javier Manso Deborah Polcari Philip Ravanelle Eric Sannier Grace A. Soares Kathy Weishaar

PARENTS

Scholars’ Society

Mrs. Herman Becker u Charles A. Petrillo u

President’s Silver Circle

Marc D. & Andrea C. Becker u Thomas R. Cafaro u Barry T. O’Neil Elizabeth Sorenson Kathleen Wheeler John F. White z

President’s Society Now

Graduates of the Last Decade Classes of 2004-2008: $500 Classes of 2009-2013: $250

Amasa Nichols Society Gifts of $500 to $999

Academy Associates

Gifts of $250 to $499

Hilltoppers’ Club

Gifts of $100 to $249

Amasa Nichols Society David W. Rodgers u

Academy Associates

Robert DiMuccio Jeffrey P. Gould Cynthia J. Lafortune u Keith A. O’Hara u Richard R. Stimets CFP * Thomas J. Walsh

Hilltoppers’ Club

Leslie H. Brooks u Gerald W. Buono Jr. Kimberly S. Cecil Kathy Corwin Victor DeGray James C. Dunne William L. Ewen u Thomas H. Flaherty Bernard P. Gagnon Jr. Alexander M. Gottfried Sr. Kyle C. & Theresa E. Haggerty u Debra M. Harmon u Robert A. & Mary Hoey z Roger P. Holden z Barbara Katori Rene T. Langevin Marilyn LeBlanc Mark G. Mason Lee A. McNelly z James E. Robinson Phillip A. Robinson Dawn C. Sherman u Clorinda Soldevila William L. & Cecile L. Steglitz

Supporters

David O. Ahern Laurie Arel Sylvia Burlingame David W. & Ann Cole Pamela Connolly Thomas W. Finnegan Arthur Jones Jr. Katherine Langlois Barbara A. Larson z Robert W. & Paula Leary Kevin M. McCarthy

Nichols Boards and Volunteers

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Constantine Alexander Joseph T. Bartulis Jr. Randall V. Becker ’83 MBA ’96 David G. Bedard ’86 Jane T. Birckhead James W. Coghlin Sr. ’67 John H. Davis ’72 Robert F. Dorsey ’73 Susan West Engelkemeyer, PhD Asuman Goksel Samuel R. Haines ’73 David G. Hale ’75 Thomas J. Hall ’69 Kurt Harrington ’74 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Peter L. Lynch ’74 John H. McClutchy Jr. ’72, Chair Robert E. Miller, PhD Senator Richard T. Moore Thomas H. Niles ’63 Alan S. Peppel MBA ’98 Martin J. Power ’78 Kent Tarrant ’57 Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77

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Howard K.O. Chong, Jr. ’64 John B. Dirlam Gerald Fels ’66 Richard H. Hardy David F. Lombard ’65

BOARD OF ADVISORS

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Mark B. Alexander ’72 Wayne J. Archambo ’81 Ted Avlas ’73 Bruce R. Barton ’67 R. Donald Bean ’91 Alice C. Belden ’85 MBA ’92 Jonathan D. Blake ’69 Leslie H. Brooks Joseph J. Carlone Peter V. Caruso ’90 Eugene P. Cenci ’63 Bradford C. Child ’70 James L. Conrad Jr.

I contribute to Nichols College through the Nichols Fund to support future students to achieve their goals. I also enjoy knowing the fund also helps with building improvements, scholarship programs, athletics and new residence halls. I hope to see these improvements continue with the help of classmates, like me and you.

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Audra Gouin ’96, Class Agent

Henri M. David Jr. ’64 Stephen A. Davis ’80, Co-Chair John B. Dirlam Edward A. Dixon ’80 Edwin B. Donahue ’72 David W. Fleming ’57 Brian P. Foley ’75 Charlene M. French ’79 David A. French ’76 Lew P. Gelman ’65 Jeffrey P. Gould ’68 Richard B. Hardy John M. Harrison ’68 Raymond W. Hencir ’67 Patrick B. Holland ’88 Henry Howard II ’69 Brad S. Hvolbeck ’63 Jeff R. Johnson ’90 Michael A. Jones ’69 Francis B. Keefe ’73 James W. Kerley ’69 Rosalie P. Lawless Thomas S. Lodge ’79 David F. Lombard ’65, Co-Chair Michael A. Lukasek ’87 John D. MacPhail ’65 Timothy E. Madden ’95 Leo V. Marshall ’59 Christopher W. McCarthy ’92 MBA ’97 Lee A. McNelly ’69 Patrick Mullane Robbie P. Munce ’99 MBA ’01 Keith A. O’Hara Philip Pettinelli ’71 Dr. Gregory Pogue ’73 J. Arthur Rizy Jr. ’57 Alvah O. Rock ’63 Lloyd M. Roth ’56 R. Joseph Salois ’98 George Shuster Kenneth R. Snell ’91

Juan M. Velutini ’84 Michael J. Vendetti ’81 Henry B. Wainer ’72 Robert N. Weibel ’88 John F. White ’71 MBA ’79 Tammy A. Cardillo Wolf ’94 Charles Zabriskie Jr.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mark Alexander ’72 Dave Belanger ’89 Brenda Bianculli ’90 Rick DeCrosta ’72 Jason Dekow ’06 Christin Evangelista Adams ’07 Joe Ginese ’05 Deb Goldberg ’83 Art Greenseid ’73 Ray Hencir ’67 Steve Lemieux ’84 Arlette Lynch MBA ’02 Nick Lynch ’05 Rob MacCallum ’07 John Maffeo ’75 Steve Malcolm ’01 Kim McCarthy ’92 Bill O’Connell ’78, President Will Potter ’84 Scott Quinn ’93 Christine Scarafoni ’06 John Sielawa ’10

CLASS AGENTS

Charles Jones ’43 Robert Blumberg ’49 Thomas Bartsch ’51 Francis Lemay ’53 Robert Benowitz ’54 Kent Tarrant ’57 John Turro ’62 William Keats ’63 John Hinchliffe ’64 Ronald LeClair ’64 Arthur Assad ’65 R. Towner Lapp ’66 Michael Runyon ’67 Henry Howard ’69 Francis Lovell ’71 Glenn Anderson ’73 William Collins ’74 Kelly Harris ’78 Barry Fowler ’79 Robert Hoey ’84 Franklin Boisvere ’85 Robert Conrad ’87 Lisa O’Meara ’91 Keith Hofbeck ’92 Sandra Barbar ’93 Sandra Desourdy ’94 Audra Gouin ’96 Michael Damici ’97 Holly Munce ’99 Robbie Munce ’99 Michelle Fasold ’03 Ryan Fasold ’03 Ibrahima Kourouma ’04 Melissa Jackson ’05

CLASS SCRIBES

Stanley E. Finn ’48 Robert Risk ’50 Thomas W. Bartsch Jr. ’51 Arthur L. Fries ’56 Kent Tarrant ’57 Charles N. Howe ’62

Endowed Scholarships

Endowed scholarships enhance opportunities and provide tangible benefits for Nichols College students.

They have a direct impact on the College’s ability to recruit and retain quality students and contribute greatly to their success. Below are the College’s endowed scholarships listed by the levels of funding they have attained.

$500,000

Joan Fels Endowed Scholarship

$250,000

James D. Wagner ’59 Endowed Scholarship

$100,000

Randy ’83 MBA ’96 and Donna ’83 Becker Scholarship Professor Keith Corkum Endowed Scholarship in Economics Peter B. Dixon Scholarship Robert C. Fischer Scholarship

$50,000

Class of ’57 Endowed Scholarship Col. James L. Conrad Memorial Scholarship James L. Dunbar Endowed Scholarship in Criminal Justice Barry D. Hogan ’67 Endowed Scholarship

$25,000

Hal Chalmers/Elks Scholarship Class of ’54 Endowed Scholarship Class of ’67 Endowed Scholarship Faucher Family Endowed Scholarship Russell E. Fuller Endowed Scholarship James C. Gahan IV Endowed Scholarship Gould Generational Scholarship Professor John Katori/Class of ’55 Scholarship President’s Endowed Scholarship President Debra Townsley Scholarship

$10,000

John F. Birch Jr. Memorial Scholarship The Hermann Foundation Scholarship John R. Suleski Jr. Memorial Scholarship Daniel Van Leuvan Memorial Scholarship for Education

Bruce I. Haslun ’63 Warren C. Bender ’64 Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69 Mark Alexander ’72 Michael L. Donehey ’83 Rosemary (Cummings) Mamakos ’84 John P. Donahue ’85 Susan K. Zimonis ’86 Diane Bellerose Golas ’88 Donna (Koziak) Small ’91 Danielle (Sprague) Troiano ’94 Emily (Seiferman) Alves ’98 Andrea J. Sacco ’00 David J. Twiss ’01 Jillian (Hayes) Smerage ’03 Erica (Mello) Boulay ’06 Katelyn M. Vella ’10

The Nichols College Office of Advancement works to ensure the accuracy of the Donor Honor Roll. If you note an error, please contact us at 866622-4766 or nicholsfund@nichols.edu. Also, please let us know if you would like your name to be listed differently in future issues. Thank you.

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Pro wrestler turned student-athlete spreads anti-bullying message in new book

Growing up in nearby Oxford, Conn., Kenn Doane dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler. A gifted writer who was bullied at times as a child for being “too bony,” Doane embarked on a career which took him to the pinnacle of the wrestling world when he signed with Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) right out of high school.

It was here where Doane joined a group of wrestlers known as the Spirit Squad, a quartet of male cheerleaders whose shtick was to, well, get beat up every week. Doane later joined the singles ranks and, shortly thereafter, began bullying the competition, highlighted by several wins over the legendary “Nature Boy” Ric Flair.

Now a sophomore at Nichols College and a member of the football program, this bully-turned-student-athlete is making good on a promise he made years ago. His debut book, entitled “Billy’s Bully,” tells the story of two friends, Joy and Billy, who are being picked on by the school bully.

“In 2009, I read a Dr. Seuss book, but it was not one of the original books.

When the author (Theodor Seuss Geisel) passed away, the series was continued by someone else,” recalls Doane. “I remember not being impressed with the book, and my friend – who was a school teacher – told me, ‘If you don’t like the book, why don’t you write one?’”

Doane chose the topic of bullying because, in 2009, there were no state laws about bullying and cyber-bullying. “There are still some states which do not have bullying laws, but every school requires their kids to read,” says Doane. He felt that, even though bullying was not taught in every school, students could learn about it through books in the school library. “I felt that if I could get anti-bullying into their minds, they would spread the word,” he adds.

Doane finished the first draft of “Billy’s Bully” two days after reading the Dr. Seuss book, but says the use of realistic dialog made it “R-rated.” “It was very entertaining, but I knew I had to tone it down,” he says.

The book was then put on the shelf for a few years as Doane sought out the right publisher. When he returned to Massachusetts, Doane met Holland natives Rick and Dick Hoyt, the father-son running team, who put him in contact with the author of Rick’s biography “One Letter at a Time,” Todd Civin.

Doane and Civin developed a friendship, which led to two things – a publisher (Mascot Book) and an illustrator (Jason Boucher) for “Billy’s Bully.”

“When I tore my ACL at the end of last season, I pulled out the book and told myself, ‘I’m getting this done,’” says Doane. “Jason sent me some illustrations, and I really liked the direction he was headed in. I went back and told him that if he could come up with a sample cover, I’d hire him. He sent me three different covers – all of which were great – and once we chose one, we began hammering out pages.”

Doane reads to young patrons during a presentation at the Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library in Dudley.

The book hit the shelves this past March, and to promote the book, Doane contacted all of the local Boys & Girls clubs and offered to come in and speak about bullying. As a result, he spent most of his summer on tour, as he did not want anything to conflict with his fall class schedule here at Nichols. Named to the Dean’s List as a freshman, Doane says the initial reaction to the book has been extremely positive – especially from teachers – and enjoys reading the book to the children and watching them learn right before his eyes.

“The entire book rhymes and the illustrations are colorful, but there is also a twist in the book,” explains Doane. “Joy and Billy get sick of being bullied and devise a plan to get back at their bully, Sam. Eventually, Joy and Billy realize that if they follow through on their plan, they’re just as wrong as Sam. When this happens, the audience of kids automatically realizes that’s wrong, that the good guys are now turning bad.

“I spoke to a group of fourth and fifth graders recently, and I could see their eyes light up when I was talking to them,” adds Doane. “They got the message I was trying to send. I don’t just talk to them about bullying, but also life choices. I talk about the difference between conflict and bullying. I explain to them the importance of college. I use the analogy of a crayon box – if you don’t have red, you have maroon. You have an alternative. You need to put as many different colors in there, so if one runs out, you have another.”

Doane says the thrill of wrestling in front of 10,000 people and reading to a group of youngers are equally exciting. “What I like about reading my book to children is, it’s a totally different crowd. In wrestling, you’re catering primarily to males ages 18-35, whereas here you’re catering to kids and families.

Many of these kids were just born when I was in the WWE, so not many of them recognize me as a wrestler. People leave a wrestling event and forget about it the next day. Bullying is something that sticks with people forever.

They will always have that scar, so this is a way to try and let kids know that bullying is not cool.”

Kenn Doane is surrounded by youngsters at the Boys and Girls Club in Springfield.

While Doane has had discussions about a second book, for now, he will continue to pursue his degree while helping the Bison win as many games on the football field as possible. He feels very blessed to be able to use the platform wrestling gave him to spread the word not just about anti-bullying, but about the importance of an education.

“At the beginning of every speaking engagement, I tell the kids, ‘Some of you are going to listen and apply this to your life and make a difference, and some of you will not pay attention at all.’ That immediately gets everyone’s attention. I tell them that I grew up right down the street from them, that no one knew who I was, and then I became a professional wrestler. Then, I describe different situations in my life that show them that I wasn’t handed everything. I want them to see that if I can get through it and make something out of my life, so can they. I want to change their mindset.”

For more information on the book, visit facebook.com/billysbully. The book is also available for purchase from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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Hundreds of Nichols College alumni came “home” on October 4 and 5 to celebrate reunions, check out the changes to the Nichols campus, cheer on the Bison, and chill out to the sounds of WNRC-FM radio. Tailgaters sharpened their corn hole skills while kids and their families squared off on the Copper Beech quad in feats of physical strength and endurance, such as Kan Jam, whipped cream beard relay, balloon squeeze, and Frisbee throw.

In addition to becoming the newest Golden Bison, the Class of ’63 celebrated the successful completion of a campaign to raise $50,000 for an endowed class scholarship. That amount will be matched by classmate Tom Niles ’63 for a total of $100,000 – the largest class scholarship to date.

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Service, achievement and athleticism recognized at annual awards ceremony Outstanding Alumnus Award Thomas K. “Troop” Emonds ’67 After serving in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, Thomas Emonds had a 23-year career as a smoke jumper, during which he made 529 smoke jumps in more than 18 states. He served as a fire management officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska specializing in fire and land management schemes to eliminate loss of homes and villages from fire storms that cannot be stopped. Following retirement, he started a company to develop a safer and more effective wildfire hand tool.

Ken Thompson Alumni Service Award Ronald L. Schmitt ’62 ’65 In service to Nichols College and “The Best Damn Group That Ever Lived,” Ron Schmitt planned two successful reunions, in 2010 and 2012, bringing fellow foresters back to campus to celebrate their camaraderie and contributions to Nichols. He is a 35-year veteran of the Piscataway, N.J., school system, where he held a variety of positions, including business education teacher, coordinator of cooperative education, high school principal, athletic comptroller, and coach of baseball, softball and bowling.

Alumni Achievement Award Christopher J. McWade ’81 (Posthumous) (Award accepted by Mrs. Ellen McWade) Christopher McWade began his career working in sales for an international steamship line.

He co-founded Team Enterprises, a marketing and advertising agency based in Woburn, Mass., where he worked from 1993-2006. After serving as the primary caregiver for his mother, uncle and several other family members, he cofounded ConnectedLiving, a social impact company designed to enhance the experience of aging, and served as its chairman until his passing on May 25, 2013.

Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees Thomas A. LoRicco ’78 | Football Thomas LoRicco was a four-year member of the football team who helped them win two outright New England Football Conference Championships and a share of another. In four years, LoRicco recorded 55 receptions for 727 yards and six touchdowns. His best season came as a senior, when he caught 26 passes for 356 yards and five touchdowns en route to earning both NEFC All-Star and Team MVP honors.

Heather Clarke Griffin ’06 | Basketball Heather Clarke was a two-time Commonwealth Coast Conference All-Conference selection who is the basketball program’s all-time leader in both field goal percentage (84.6 pct.) and field goal attempts (1,341), and No. 2 in scoring (1,438 points) and rebounding (821). As a freshman in 2002-03, Clarke was a threetime Worcester Area Player of the Week selection who finished the season averaging 11 ppg and 7.7 rpg. She closed her stellar career by averaging 13.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg and earning First Team All-CCC honors.

Bryan Meuse ’07 | Football Bryan Meuse anchored the Nichols football defense from 2003-06. After registering just nine tackles as a freshman in 2003, Meuse recorded 98 tackles in 2004, including 13.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. In 2005, he recorded a single-game record 30 tackles against Endicott. He finished the season No. 5 in the nation in tackles/game (15.9) and was one of four student-athletes in the country to tally 143 tackles, which still stands as the Nichols single-season record.

Hall of Honor | 1973 Football Team

Honorary Alumna Award Professor Louise Nordstrom Before her retirement in June 2013, Dr. Louise Nordstrom had been teaching economics at Nichols College since 1974. In addition to serving as the program chair of economics, she was the first recipient of the Keith T. Anderson ’81 Professorship in Economics and Finance, an acknowledgement of her scholarly achievements and her dedication to the advancement of the field of economics.

The 1973 version of the Nichols College football team established singleseason records for wins (eight) and winning percentage (.889), and captured the first NEFC Championship in program history. Quarterback Frank Burns ’74 was the school’s all-time leader in both passing yards (3,731) and touchdowns (22), while his favorite target, Rich Ferraro ’75, hauled in a then-single-season record 44 receptions. Joe Tokarz ’74 established a single-season record with six interceptions while, on special teams, kicker Mike Keefe ’77 set a then-single-season record for points (64). He also kicked the longest field goal in program history, a 43-yarder against Curry.

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1940s 65th REUNION

Class Scribe: Stanley Finn 70 Franklin St. Northampton, MA 01060-2039 413-586-0886

1950s Class Scribe: Robert Risk 309 Conestoga Rd. Wayne, PA 19087-4009 610-688-8242

Class Scribe: Tom Bartsch 303 Archer Mead Williamsburg, VA 23185-6582 tbar23185@aol.com From the Class Scribe...

It is time for me to step down as class scribe, and I hope one of you will step up for our class. I would like to thank the fellows who did respond to me in the past: Wes Armstrong, Ralph Bates, Bob Butler, Bill Cairns, Jim Coley, Jim Dunbar, Bruce Forbush, Ken George, John Love, Pete Polstein, and Don Wochomurka. I also heard from four wives who told me of the passing of their husbands: Bill Roberts, Ed Balmer, Bob Nelson, and Bob Lott.

A little news from the Bartsches: Peg and I enjoyed a pleasant Caribbean cruise a few months ago. We are planning a trip to the Canadian Rockies in September. We will fly to Vancouver, then travel east with several stops. Our grandson just graduated from Trinity College in May. We attended the ceremony and on the way back to Wayland, MA, we drove through Dudley. We all thought it looked wonderful. I showed them where I lived (Black Tavern, 1st floor). It was a Sunday so no one was in the Alumni Relations Office.

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Hope you are well and had a nice summer.

H. John Perry writes: “Hi! To those who are left, we are fortunate to carry on. Hi ho!”

60th REUNION

Class Scribe: Paul Price 3214 Sudbury St. Springfield, OH 45503-1731 pprice@woh.rr.com From the Class Scribe…

Have any of my fellow class members noted that we rarely have any report from anyone of us? This being the 58th year of our graduation, for some reason I volunteered to at least get something started. If someone out there wants to take on this volunteer position, please notify me or the Alumni Relations Office.

At any rate, I’m guilty of not getting back to any reunions, using as an excuse, living way out in Springfield, OH. Therefore, probably nobody remembers anything about me. But does anyone remember our “Nicholodians?” I was one of the tenors in that musical group. How about the editor-in-chief of the yearbook? Remember the linen return program? Who gave you fresh linen each week? How about the great chorus under Professor Smith? Still don’t know?

To start things off, I’ll give you a little update on me.

After graduation, wow, 58 years ago, I went through a variety of jobs, banking, insurance, and ended up being a Boy Scout executive for the next 30 years.

After retirement and a few parttime jobs, I became a minister for the next 14 years of two country churches. Second retirement was in 2011 and, since I have been told that “ministers never retire,” yes, I still serve, even without a church.

I married and had three sons, and now I have four grandsons,

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and have been living in Springfield for the last 25 years. If anyone is nearby or somewhere in Ohio, I would love to meet with them. I’m extremely active in the Kiwanis organization, serving as secretary of my club, lieutenant governor of a region and, at one time, treasurer of the Ohio district.

Well, enough about me for now. How about sending me some material for our next printing of the Nichols College Magazine?

1960s Class Scribe: Charlie Howe May–September 212– 22nd St. Surf City, NJ 08008-4926 charleskatehowe@gmail.com 609-494-5450 October–April 17468 Cornflower Ln. Punta Gorda, FL 33955 941-575-8150 From the Class Scribe…

Class Scribe: Arthur Fries 917 Jordan Ct. Nipomo, CA 93444-6625 949-673-7190 friesart@hotmail.com Lloyd Roth helped sponsor the spring membership meeting of the Western Suffolk Counselors’ Association at Danford’s Marina in Port Jefferson, NY, and was on hand to discuss his Nichols experience.

From left, Paul Brower, director of admissions, Brent Broszeit, associate director of admissions, Anna Dyakiv ’14, Lloyd Roth, and Tim Liptrap, associate professor and chair of sport management

Class Scribe: Kent Tarrant 45 Valley View Dr. P.O. Box 496 Hampden, MA 01036-0496 413-566-5130 kent100@charter.net 55th REUNION

Annual Report

Let me first send "best wishes" to the Class of 1963 on your upcoming class reunion. I'm sure that you, along with the Alumni Relations Office, have plans in place and will do it up right. This is certainly a milestone and we can only hope that as many classmates as possible will take advantage of the opportunity to return to the Hill.

Our return to LBI (Long Beach Island) in May was both happy and a bit sad. Hurricane Sandy did a real number on the island in general. Fortunately, our 28block-long community (Surf City) was, aside from severe flooding, spared the fury of the ocean. This can be attributed in part to a well maintained sand dune which was replenished some five years ago. Sadly, other parts of our 18-mile-long barrier island did not fare so well.

We were all saddened to learn of the passing of Alan "Ace" Peterson. Last fall, Alan had a routine physical exam where a mark identified on his back turned out to be cancer. Alan loved Nichols. Every five years you could count on him driving from Ohio to the Hill for homecoming. You would always find him in the bookstore buying a small something for one of his friends or fellow workers. Last year, he was so proud of the medallion the school gave out for the 50th Reunion and being asked to carry the class banner onto the football field at half time. The stories are endless

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about the Ace. At the 40th Reunion we told Alan his room had been designated as the hospitality suite for the weekend. He was shocked but loved it. John Turro remembers an evening in an Oxford night club when they had the Ace dancing on the table to the tune of “Momma’s Little Baby Loves Shortnin’ Bread.” When you read this, I know that each of you will recall a funny story about the Ace. The Class of '62 has lost a friend and Nichols thanks you, Alan, for your continued support over these past 50+ years.

A nice note from George Bartlett: He and his wife, Deanie, will be celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary on October 23rd. Their son, Todd, works for himself in the computer industry. He has 85 clients who keep him too busy. Granddaughter, Savannah, just turned 12 and will be entering the 6th grade at Wesleyan Christian Academy. She will have many of the same teachers as her father had 27 years ago. George thanked me for all the years as class scribe.

Paul Zimmerman recently hosted a Nichols gathering that included Bob Therrien ’63, Dave Lombard ’65, Bob Sanford ’65, Tom Mcllvain ’67, President Susan Engelkemeyer and Bill Pieczynski. They played golf at Bald Peak, had a few cocktails, and then sat around a large dining table enjoying dinner, talking about Nichols, its current condition, its future and the financial impacts that changing times have created.

All concluded that the stability and strength of a good solid business school must be supported by its alumni and the contributions they make to it.

One interesting comment was that Dave Lombard, who has served on the Board of Trustees for over 40 years, has served during the terms of every president starting with Colonel Conrad (seven in all).

Now that's a contribution!

They also discussed tuition and

From the Archives

True Colors The Nichols diploma, which is proudly displayed on your wall (or is perhaps tucked away somewhere) didn’t always look that way. And the College’s colors Contributed by were not always green and black.

Jim Douglas This was all brought to mind, thanks to a recent gift to the Nichols Archives.

In June, Dudley Hill neighbor, Jayne G. Cacciapuoti, generously donated an 1878 Nichols Academy diploma for a Nellie M. Bartlett. At that time, the Academy served as a private prep school and also as a public high school for the town of Dudley. Unlike many modern-day high school and/or college diplomas that typically run from about 6” X 8” to 8.5” X 11,” Bartlett’s is a grand 16.5” W X 14” H. Affixed to it is a golden seal that has “Nichols Academy Mass” around the circumference border and the Latin phrase “Palma Non Sine Pulvera” in the center. Apparently this phrase from the Greek poet Horace was common on 19th century diplomas and has been translated as, “The prize [or palm of victory] not without dust.” More loosely, it means “No reward without effort,” a rather appropriate choice for a school or college diploma.

Bartlett’s diploma joins another, even larger (19” W X 24” H) and more ornate, diploma in the archives that was issued in 1895 to Bertha Estella Whiting (1877-1956). (Whiting lived on the Hill, on Center Road in Dudley and is buried in Corbin Cemetery, not far from the home she grew up in.)

Whiting’s diploma has the same seal as Bartlett’s, but with an interesting addition – her seal has orange and black ribbons attached.

Frankly, I had never given any thought to what the Academy’s colors were, assuming they even had any. But the ribbons made me wonder… were orange and black the Academy’s colors?

There was nothing about school colors in

Dr. James L. Conrad’s wonderful history, Nichols Academy: The Spring on the Hill, 1815-1931. Fortunately, some research in the archives provided a likely answer. A report on the Academy’s basketball team in the February 1904 Academy Bell (a regularly published, but short-lived newspaper, reporting the news from the Hill) noted that, “The members of the [Academy] team have received new outside jerseys. They are black with an orange N on the front, making a very neat appearance of the team on the floor.”

That would seem to answer the question.

However, it should be noted that an advertise-

ment for a bound volume of the Bell in the same publication describes the finished work as, “Richly bound with Artist’s Cloth in Academy Colors [emphasis added]; title in gold, and reproduction of the school bell tower on front cover in gold” for $1.00. We have two copies of this bound volume and they look pretty much as represented, except for the fact that the front and back covers are black and yellow/gold, not orange. Be that as it may, I’m going with black and orange as the Academy’s “true colors!”

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how the College is taking steps to upgrade entrance requirements in hopes of better retention of students. The new motto Paul concocted is how to grow Nichols into Dimes.

A closing note: Keep in touch and go Bison. Wish I had more, but I guess everyone is on vacation. Hi to all. Charlie 50th REUNION

Class Scribe: Bruce I. Haslun 16 Gilder Point Ct. Simpsonville, SC 29681 hashardt@att.net From the Class Scribe…

Not much to report, but that’s okay. I realize most of you are Northerners needing to get every ray of sunshine before it all evaporates, or snowbirds madly packing the RV for the migration to God’s Country. Next deadline is December so think of me ‘twixt now and then.

However, I do have some sad news to pass along. Alan R. Peterson ’62 has died. I liked Ace. He was one of the very first upperclassmen to be nice to me in the very opening stages of freshman orientation. I was at the post office waiting to get into my new postbox and hoping for a letter from my best girl. A little guy ahead of me, his box just under mine, was twiddling the dials. He got his mail, saw I was waiting and said, “Sorry to hold you up. My name’s Ace,” and he held out his hand.

Ace was a little guy with a funny voice. On any weekend when Nichols had a home game, you would find Ace in the stands.

Football? Of course! He loved it!

Lacrosse? He was there! Soccer?

Among his favorites! Baseball?

He knew all the stats! If we’d had a bocce team, a dance team, or tiddlywinks, Ace would have supported them with all his giant heart, with all his huge gusto. He loved Nichols. His roommate, John Turro ’62, said it all when he gave me the sad news. “You know, Bruce, it was like family to Ace.” All I can say back is, “You

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know, it’s like losing a big brother.”

Thanks to Ron Schmitt ’65 for kind words, but I did have to correct his memory a bit. He writes, “… been a long time since you were delivering grinders to Merrill Hall,” a reference to the old late night snacks. Never happened. My reply was, “Big John Miles ’60 and I … being vets, and over 21, took orders for quarts of beer and very secretly delivered same around the campus, at a nice profit commensurate with the risk involved.” We were living proof of how valuable an education in business administration is!

Ron is currently in Southport, NC, and we’ll share a drink or two come October.

Got a nice note from soccer buddy Ross Chambers: He and wife, Gloria, will also be at the reunion and partaking of a drink or two.

E. (for Enigmatic) Ross Weale sends his usual gossipy, newsfilled, bon mot. It reads in full, “Witness protection program?”

Your faithful scribe rests his case.

On Monday morning, August 19, I was just going to hit “send’ to wing this on its way to Nichols, I received the following from Curt Stiles ’64: “Dear Family and Friends. About five months ago, Susan sent a note out about my being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and that we would send an update once we had firm plans and more specifics. Before telling the rest of the story, I wanted all of you to

We’d like to hear from you!

know how touched, blessed and supported it made me feel, hearing in some cases from folks I hadn’t been in touch with for 50 years, people I was in the Marine Corps with, people from Xerox, and from our dear friends here in the Adirondacks and, of course, our family. An important life lesson was learned from our daughter, Lynn, who is successfully recovering from breast cancer, and it was she who encouraged me to openly engage the disease by ‘putting it out there,’ as well as just plain fighting the disease with all you have. In the beginning, we were going to the same hospital together, me starting chemo and she finishing her last radiation treatment. Not the planned father-daughter relationship you would recommend but one with overwhelming healing power. Regardless of the outcome of this challenging adventure, the process that has unfolded with connections from the past, present and future has been an incredible gift.”

Curt was scheduled for the actual bone marrow/stem cell transplant in Mass General on August 21. I know I’ll be saying prayers for Curt, Susan, and daughters, Alison, Caryl, and Lynn. I have contact info and if anyone wants a copy of Curt’s entire email, let me know. Please, Lord, watch over them.

Till next time, thanks for your support of Nichols and your friends and classmates.

Please send your news directly to your class scribe. If you do not have a class scribe, news may be forwarded to classnotes@nichols.edu.

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Class Scribe: Warren Bender 3604 Kingsley Dr. Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-7714 843-492-6727 wbender@sc.rr.com From the Class Scribe…

Well, how did 2013 treat the class of ‘64? Only way I'll know is if you'll drop me a line or two on what is going on.

Please make the effort to attend your 50th in the fall ‘14.

As most of you know, the Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center is a great place to stay.

Ask for the Nichols alumni discount when you call them at (508) 765-8000. It‘s time to see what all is going on building wise. Since this is our 50th, I‘d like to ask that you donate (any amount) to Nichols in ‘14 to help show our appreciation for their participation and getting us off on the right footing. Clip a note to it with “Thanks from the Class of ‘64.”

I want to thank those who responded to the postcard I sent out on Jim Conrad, Jr.‘s book on the history of Nichols (1931– 1996). Printing is in progress. If you are not aware of this, drop me a line and we'll get you one.

Bruce Siegal ‘63 and yours truly have discussed with Brianne Callahan a possible alumni get-together at Myrtle Beach, SC, sometime during 2014 (March?). If it goes forward you'll be notified soon.

I heard from Howie Chong who, along with Bill Dyer and “Kip” Poludniak, would like to see if anyone wants to get involved in trying to set up something special for our 50th next fall. If anyone is interested in forming a committee to come up with something special to do, especially those of you who lived in the same dorm, please let Howie, Kip, or Bill know at simba@aloha.net, poludniak@charter.net, or billdyer@aol.com.

Also, Howie said he's had contact with Ken Doo '62, Ed Tribalds, Chuck Evans '65

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and Curt Stiles. They all are going through some things that we "elders" go through, but all seem to be in good spirits and doing well. Howie also makes some fishing trips to Panama.

That's about it for now. Here's hoping everyone has a joyous holiday season and a healthy and prosperous new year...."And The Beat Goes On." 45th REUNION

1970s Tom Hopkirk writes: “A few weeks ago Ron Marshall (Wally to everybody at Nichols) and his wife, Carol, came to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to visit my wife, Gail, and me. They were here for four days. Always a pleasure to see Wally. We are planning a get together in New Hampshire in September.”

From left, Tom Hopkirk and Wally Marshall, in Nova Scotia.

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Class Scribe: Robert Kuppenheimer Corona del Mar, CA 92625-3130 bob.kuppenheimer@nuveen.com From the Class Scribe…

I heard from Gil Rochon, who reports that life is good. He and Trudy split their time between Ware, MA, and Stuart, FL, plus visiting four grandchildren. He also spends a good deal of time fishing the waters off Northern New England. See the photo where he shows off the fruits of his labor on the Kenai River in Alaska!

Class Scribe: Mark Alexander markalexander68@yahoo.com 40th REUNION

David McKeon writes that he recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with Chubb & Son Inc., and currently serves as SVP/Eastern Territory claim manager. He resides in Madison, CT, with his wife, Patty; sons, Tom and John, have graduated from UVM and U of Miami. He says he is working on his golf game.

Class Scribe: Michael Donehey 508-376-5469 (phone) 509-376-5043 (fax) mdonehey@live.com

Class Scribe: Rose (Cummings) Mamakos 3 Woodland Ave. Kingston, MA 02364-1029 mamcraz@comcast.net

Class Scribe: John P. Donahue 10 Corsham Dr. Medford, NJ 08055-8434 609-257-8191 jdonahue5@csc.com

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1990s Class Scribe: Donna Small 4905 Bay Harvest Ct. Clemmons, NC 27012-8245 336-712-1053 (home) 336-692-5157 (cell) dsmall9242000@yahoo.com 20th REUNION

Class Scribe: Danielle (Troiano) Sprague 20 Stagecoach Rd. Leominster, MA 01453 508-845-6604 thedwoman@yahoo.com

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1980s Following a nationwide search, Charles Zettergren was named the business administrator for the Board of Education in Farmington, CT, effective July 29th.

Catch of the day: Gil Rochon displays a silver salmon caught on the Kenai River is Sterling, AK.

Francis Berthiaume has joined the Savings Bank of Danbury as mortgage consultant for the Greater Waterbury area. He has more than 35 years of professional banking and residential lending experience.

Class Scribe: Susan Zimonis 18930 Misty Lake Dr. Jupiter, FL 33458 561-707-8781 susanzimonis@bellsouth.net

Submitted by Tim Madden ’95: “Daddy’s little girls,” from left, Cate, age 2, and Rose, age 1. 

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Class Scribe: Diane Bellerose Golas 90 Lebanon St. Southbridge, MA 01550-1332 508-764-6077 spongedicat@aol.com 15th REUNION

Class Scribe: Emily (Seiferman) Alves millie.176@hotmail.com

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Catching up with

Ibrahima Kalil Kourouma ’04 Upon graduating from Nichols College in 2004, Ibrahima Kalil Kourouma made a promise to return to his homeland in the West African country of Guinea to “give others a chance to excel.” With stops in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Canada to continue his education and gain experience, he has fulfilled that promise and is working with the Guinean government to usher in a new era of technology that will help improve the lives of his fellow Guineans.

In June, Kourouma was nominated by the president of Guinea, Alpha Conde, as country CIO to head up ANGEIE (Agence Nationale de la Gouvernance Electronique et de l’Informatisation de l’Etat), an agency dedicated to the modernization of technology for the government. Reporting directly to the high commissioner for reform and modernization of the government, he is responsible for developing and implementing a five-year strategy to outfit and standardize technology in each of the government’s ministries and agencies. “I always dreamed to get as much knowledge as I can and go back and help my country with the little I know, especially in terms of technology,” he says.

Kourouma’s journey began in 1998 when he left his country to attend the Hyde Leadership School in New Haven, Conn., and later the Yale English Language Institute. When he set his sights on college, he toured bigger institutions such as DePaul University, University of Chicago, Michigan State, to name few, before deciding he wanted a smaller school. On the advice of his counselor, he visited Nichols College. “I fell in love,” he says. “I met a lot of professors and made my choice that day.”

In his four years as a student, Kourouma left an impression on Nichols as well. In addition to being an All-American Scholar Athlete in soccer and basketball, he was class president; a mathematics tutor and outstanding student in mathematics awardee; president of UMOJA, the multi-cultural club he helped restart, and the International Club. Through his zeal to celebrate diversity on campus, he persuaded the College to create a display of international flags that grace the lobby in the Athletic Center – 52 flags representing the countries of current and former Nichols students. Kourouma was on hand to help dedicate the gallery during Homecoming 2002.

Following Nichols, the dual MIS and mathematics major gained expertise and experience in North Carolina, where he was contracted as a data analyst for a multinational manufacturer of LED products, and Toronto, where he continued his education with additional training and certifications in technology and earned an MBA and a master’s degree in information system and technology management at York University.

Back home, Kourouma is at the center of a reform movement in Guinea to modernize and rejuvenate the government. “We want to go from a paper-driven administration to a paperless one, from a noinformation administration to an information-based one,” he says.

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“We want seamless processes and to put in place technology that allows the government to serve the community better.”

Getting an entire country to embrace technology comes with its share of challenges. One is communicating its value. “People are not very receptive when it comes to technology. I have to make sure they understand that the purpose of technology is to create an environment of good work, good habits, and good governance,” he explains.

“Email will make their lives easier. By implementing technology, it will save us time, money and get a return on investment.”

In addition to some resistance, Kourouma is also faced with limited resources. While the Guinea economy is fairly stable, he says, the country lacks a parliament, and foreign governments fear for return on their investments. “I know how to put an agency together. I know how to put a strategy together. But, to put it in place, we need qualified resources. Today we don’t have them.”

Still, Kourouma remains undaunted. “I have a philosophy,” he says.

“I cannot change everything in one day… but one thing at a time.”

Kourouma has kept close ties with Nichols since graduating and is interested in forging a relationship between the school and Guinea to provide opportunities for students of Nichols to work with the various government ministries, propose projects, and return to Guinea following graduation to lead those projects. “I got my motivation from Nichols College,” says Kourouma. “This is a personal promise I made, and I want to keep it.”

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Gearing Up for the

2000s

Big 200th

Class Scribe: Andrea Sacco andrea.j.sacco@gmail.com

Class Scribe: David Twiss 978-979-7658 (cell) david.twiss14@gmail.com July 4th on the Cape, from left, Tom Mulligan ’09, Ed Baia ’12, Josh Harris ’09, Jon Snediker ’09, Cristina Capaldi ’11, Kaitlyn Foley ’11, Carly Kelly ’11, Terrence Mayrose ’09, and Maryanne Lanzoni ’12.

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Class Scribe: Jillian (Hayes) Smerage jnhayes80@gmail.com

Erin (Chenette) Giza and her husband, Dan, welcomed their first child, Gavin Leo Giza, on March 17, 2013. 

A group of Bison alumni enjoyed happy hour on July 4th at the Improper Bostonian in Dennis Port, MA, where they rented a house for the week.

Photo above.

Bob Martin MBA and his wife, Heather, welcomed their first child, daughter Taylor Noel Martin, on August 6, 2013. They currently reside in Tolland, CT, where Bob works as an admissions officer at UConn. 

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Class Scribe: Katelyn Vella katelyn.vella@yahoo.com

Kelly (Clark) Poti sent in the following update: “My husband Joe and I graduated from Nichols in 2007. We were married and bought our house in 2010 and just welcomed Nicholas Joseph on May 12, 2013. We owe Nichols a big thank you for bringing us together!”

Minutes for Memories, a nonprofit organization created by Matt Roach that is devoted to creating lasting memories for children aged 5-25 who have sustained long-term injuries, was honored with a Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits for a second consecutive year.

On a recent visit to the Massachusetts State House for a discussion on career opportunities, Ryan Flavin and Nichols Trustee Senator Richard T. Moore make a stop in the Senate Chamber. 

Nicholas Joseph, son of Kelly (Clark) and Joseph Poti, both class of ’07

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As Nichols prepares for its upcoming bicentennial in 2014-2015, the Alumni Relations Office will be focusing its efforts on organizing major events in key areas around the country to celebrate this significant milestone. To that end, the College’s traditional alumni receptions will be postponed this year. Watch for more information about the exciting plans for the bicentennial in the coming months.

Trivia Answers – from page 6 1. Nichols Academy was founded by Amasa Nichols, a wealthy Dudley industrialist.

2. James L. Conrad founded Nichols Junior College, the first junior college for men in the East, in 1931.

3. Women were admitted to Nichols College beginning in 1971, the first time since the Nichols Academy days.

4. The mascot is a bison named Thunder.

5. The School of Forestry, which was available from 1954-1971, offered business management with forest management. At the time, it was the only such undergraduate program in the country.

6. The yearbook is called the Ledger.

7. Nichols has won five New England Football Conference championships, in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978.

8. Nichols College radio is WNRC and you can find it at 97.5 FM. 9. The three buildings donated by Hezekiah Conant were Academy Hall (1881), the Chapel (1883), and Conant Hall (1885).

10. Susan West Engelkemeyer was appointed the seventh president of Nichols College on August 1, 2011.

11. More than 50 percent of the student population participates in a varsity or club sport.

12. PDS is Professional Development Seminar.

13. In 2008-09, women's ice hockey became the 7th women's varsity sport and 15th overall varsity sport at Nichols College.

14. In 1958 Nichols was granted the authority to become a four-year college and to confer the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration.

15. Copper Beech I and II, which feature apartment-style accommodations, were built in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

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John S. “Jack” Fones ’37, of Keene, N.H., died June 29, 2013.

Fones served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the destroyer escort U.S.S. Strickland.

He began his career as an editor trainee at Time Inc., eventually becoming a contributing editor until he left in the early 1950s.

He was an account executive at Ben Sonnenberg’s Publicity Consultants Inc. in New York City, and in 1961, he established John Scott Fones Inc., working in public relations for 36 years. In 2000, he began writing a weekly column for seniors, “The Senior Prom,” which ran for over 11years.

At the age of 95, he published a book of 100 of his columns called The Senior Prom or Why I Never Owned a Goat. Fones is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, and a longtime companion.

N.C. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a brother.

James L. Cochran ’50, of Hackettstown, N.J., died June 24, 2013.

For more than 40 years, he owned and operated the Cochran Funeral Home in Hackettstown, a business established by his grandfather in 1899. An accomplished basketball player and team captain in college, Cochran played in the tri-state semiprofessional circuit. He is survived by a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Shirley.

John T. “Whaler” Wales ’67, of Camillus, N.Y., died Aug. 25, 2013.

He was a pharmaceutical representative for Sher Ploug and a representative for Spalding Sporting Goods. Survivors include his wife, Sophia, two sons, a grandson, and a brother.

Burton W. Hales, Jr. ’51, of Northfield, Ill., died May 20, 2013.

Hales was the treasurer of Hales & Hunter and served on many committees and several boards including Chicago Commons, The Josselyn Center, Wheaton College, and the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Andrew Fisher ’57, of Santee, N.C., died July 27, 2013. From 1957 to 1959, he served in the U.S. Army in Augsburg, Germany.

He also served four years as a sergeant in the local reserve unit. In Southern Vermont, Fisher was a comptroller of G.S. Precision and a town auditor. He and his wife, Marcia, restored and operated the Magnolia Inn in Pinehurst,

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The Alumni Relations Office was informed of the death of William T. Schoerner ’61, of New York City, N.Y., on April 11, 2013. No other information was available.

Donald Armstrong ’63, of Duxbury, Mass., died July 2, 2013.

Armstrong was an account representative and sales manager for a number of commercial paper companies and publishers, including Nashua Corp., Alden Press and Bailey Press. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie, three sons, a daughter, 10 grandchildren and a brother.

Bob Gascoyne ’64, of Ft. Meyers, Fla., died Sept. 3, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Marian, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

Paul A. Leonard ’72, of Weston, Fla., died May 17, 2013. He is survived by his father, two children, a granddaughter, two sisters, and a brother.

Albert C. Merolla, Jr. ’72, of Worcester, Mass., died May 29, 2013. Merolla worked for several area companies before becoming the primary caretaker for his parents before their passing. He is survived by a brother.

John F. Burke Jr., ’85, of Worcester, Mass., died May 16, 2013. He owned and operated a painting and wallpapering business for many years, JMB Painting. He is survived by three sisters.

David E. Flath ’91, of Pomfret Center, Conn., died Aug. 7, 2013.

He was founder of Common Sense Payroll LLC. He is survived by his wife, Sandy, two children, four grandchildren, and a brother.

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Keith S. Provencher ’98, of Biddeford, Maine, died May 4, 2013. He was a computer programmer at the corporate headquarters of Au Bon Pain restaurants in Boston, Mass., and previously worked with Barr Associates in Westford, Mass., and at Riverside Community Care in Dedham, Mass. Among his survivors are his wife of six years, Elaine, two daughters, his parents, two sisters and a brother.

Benita A. "Bunny" (Androlewicz) Conrad, of Dudley, Mass., died Aug. 16, 2013. Following a career as a stewardess for Pan American

John R. Prenguber ’73, who lost both legs to diabetes and devoted himself to motivating others to overcome their disabilities, died August 7, 2013.

Prenguber, an avid runner who participated in hundreds of races and nine marathons in a span of about 20 years, lost his right leg in December 2005. Determined to reclaim his active lifestyle, he was fitted with a prosthetic leg and successfully completed a 2.8K walk. When his left leg was amputated in January 2008, he used prosthetics in both legs to train for his 10th marathon.

In 2009, he was named Employee of the Year by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., where he served in several capacities including procurement expert, senior staff auditor, and manager of aerospace sourcing.

He was featured in Careers & the disAbled magazine.

In addition to his determination and courageous attitude in dealing with his own amputation, Prenguber was cited for his devotion to helping others who had lost not only their limbs, but also their hope. He counseled individuals, led support groups, and worked with amputees at hospitals. As a resident of Denver, Colo., he was especially active promoting health, fitness and overcoming obstacles with children through Kids Running

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World Airways, she became an administrator in accounting at Nichols College, and later an executive assistant to the president at Preferred Plastics in Putnam, Conn. She subsequently held a similar position at Applied Fiber Optics in Southbridge, Mass., before retiring in 1988.

Conrad was a lifelong member of the Nichols College Women's Club, and in 1998 she received the Nichols College Honorary Alumna Award. She leaves her husband of 59 years, Dr. James L. Conrad, Jr., two sons, five grandchildren, and a sister.

America, and worked with Wounded Warriors and the Colfax Marathon where he actively promoted disabled runners.

In April 2012, Prenguber was invited by the Robert C. Fischer Cultural and Policy Institute to share his experiences with the Nichols community. “My disability has become my ability,” he later wrote in the “View from the Hill” column in Nichols College Magazine. “It has opened all sorts of doors and introduced me to opportunities that I did not recognize until I lost my legs.”

Nichols classmate Tim Craig ’73 admired Prenguber’s resolve.

“John is one of the toughest guys I have ever met,” he said. “He never let any obstacle in life take a smile off his face. He positively influenced everyone he met.

Quite a guy... .”

Prenguber most recently lived in Mary Esther, Fla. Among his survivors are his wife, Janice Greene, a son, three step-children, two sisters and a brother.

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The NICHOLS FUND Creating Opportunities

Molding tomorrow’s leaders, today

“Nichols has molded me into a more confident and versatile leader.”

Samantha MacMillan ’15

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A competitive student, both in the classroom and on the field, Samantha MacMillan, had numerous options when deciding where to attend college.

Yet, the financial burden of attending put many schools out of reach.

Through the generosity of Nichols College donors, MacMillan has received numerous scholarships, including the Nichols Honors Scholarship, Gould Generational Scholarship, Hermann Foundation Scholarship and the Hubbard Faculty Scholarship, ultimately helping her to continue attending her dream school.

MacMillan has spent her first three years at Nichols College transforming herself into a leader. In the classroom, MacMillan has proven herself as an exceptional student, maintaining a 3.96 GPA. In addition to her classroom efforts, MacMillan serves as an admissions tour guide, a peer tutor, a member of the women’s varsity lacrosse program and has recently been asked to join the Nichols College Retention Committee.

MacMillan understands the importance of philanthropy on her and her fellow students and wants to say, “Thank you.

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we continue in our endeavors at Nichols College. It is because of you that I can say every day is a great day to be a Bison.”

Annual donations to the Nichols Fund make a difference. With your help the Nichols Fund is able to support all students on campus. Last year, the Nichols Fund brought new technology into classrooms, enabled professors to incorporate experiential learning, cheered student athletes to victory and provided scholarships to our most deserving students.

make an impact on students like samantha and help them in their path to become a leader.

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