6th Annual Champions program book

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NORTHSHORE.EDU/CHAMPIONS

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Caleb Loring Jr. and Rosemary M. Loring

C H A R I TA B L E G I F T F U N D

PLATINUM SPONSOR James Horrocks

GOLD SPONSORS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

SILVER SPONSORS Joel and Mary Abramson 2) /<11

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

BRONZE SPONSORS William and Linda Heineman Mayor Jared C. Nicholson and Lynn City Council

NSCC Alumni Association

NET PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT BENEFIT INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AT NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSORED BY COMCAST

PROGRAM Greetings

John Fouhy, President, NSCC Foundation

Transforming the Future with Our Community

Video presentation generously produced for NSCC by Comcast NBCUniversal

Dr. William Heineman, President, NSCC

Angel Garcia, NSCC Student Trustee, Class of 2023

Champions Award Presentation Richard Yagjian, NSCC Class of 1968 Philanthropy and Volunteerism Award Honoree

Award Presenter Kevin M. Tierney, Sr., on behalf of North Shore Bank, Presenting Sponsor

Dr. Patrick Tutwiler Debra Ruggiero Community Impact Award Honorees Award Presenter Thomas Mercuro, on behalf of Eastern Bank, Presenting Sponsor

The Open Door Public Service and Advocacy Award Honoree Award Presenter Caleb Loring III, on behalf of The Loring Family, Presenting Sponsor

Nathaniel Montero, NSCC Class of 2016 Inaugural Rising Champion Award Honoree Award Presenter

Mark Anthony Hunter, on behalf of James Horrocks, Platinum Sponsor

Be a Champion Closing

John Fouhy, President, NSCC Foundation

CHAMPIONS for NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CELEBRATION 1

HOST COMMITTEE KAREN E. ANDREAS

STEPHANIE LEE

NANCY STAGER

SANDRA CARRIKER

CALEB LORING III

NSCC Professors Emeriti

The 1911 Trust Company

BRIAN THERRIEN

MATTHEW DIVIRGILIO

LESLEY PETERS, Class of ‘97

DiVirgilio Insurance

NSCC Alumni Association

SCOTT FARBER

WENDY ROWORTH

North Shore Chamber of Commerce

Verizon

The Women's Fund of Essex County

Hunt’s Photo & Video

BETH FRANCIS

Eastern Bank

Boys & Girls Club of Lynn

KEVIN TIERNEY North Shore Bank

JARED YAGJIAN

DiVirgilio Insurance

Essex County Community Foundation MAGNOLIA CONTRERAS

SHANNON GARDNER Lynn Public Schools

and DAVID J. SOLIMINE JR. Solimine Funeral Homes

THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

JOHN FOUHY — President LYN KAPLAN — Vice President

Insperity

MARY SARRIS — Clerk MassHire North Shore Workforce Board

TUCKER MCDONALD — Treasurer US Advisory Group

LAURA KURZROK — Vice President

LBK Consulting

DIRECTORS WAYNE M. BURTON, Ed.D.*

President Emeritus North Shore Community College

THOMAS D’ARCANGELO Class of ‘84 Edward Jones

DAVID HENRY

Baystate Financial

MARK ANTHONY HUNTER

The Goddard School of Middleton

DAVID MACK

O’Connor, Carnathan and Mack LLC

BRUCE DANIELS SVB Private

PATRICIA A. GENTILE, ED.D.* President Emerita North Shore Community College

BARBARA HEINEMANN Eastern Bank

BRIAN MASON M&T Bank

SHARI SAGAN McGUIRK Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty

LILLIAN PINARD

Student Director North Shore Community College

JOSEPH F. RILEY Salem Five

GEORGE TRAICOFF, Ed.D.*

President Emeritus North Shore Community College

STEPHEN T. VESEY

Exit the Family Business

RICHARD YAGJIAN Class of ‘68 Hunt’s Photo & Video *Honorary Director

NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANGEL GARCIA

— Student Trustee North Shore Community College

Class of ‘87 Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals

JOSEPH F. RILEY — Co-Vice Chair

BARBARA HEINEMANN

ROSARIO UBIERA-MINAYA

MARIA VEGA-VIERA

MICHAEL POLLACK

RICHARD YAGJIAN

COLONEL (RET) ANDREA GAYLE-BENNETT

FRANCESCA PURCELL

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Salem Five

— Co-Vice Chair Lynn Community Health Center

MA Army National Guard

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ANH DAO TRAN-MOSEMAN

J.D. LAROCK, Ed.D. — Chair

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Eastern Bank

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo Harvard Graduate School of Education

RAW Art Works

Class of ‘68 Hunt’s Photo & Video

WELCOME OUR DISTINGUISHED 2023 CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREES, Richard Yagjian, Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, Debra Ruggiero, and The Open Door, are transforming the future for promising students, families, and communities across the North Shore. They share a bold vision that the holistic integration of higher education across our society paves the way for opportunity, empowerment, and transformation at every level. Our inaugural Rising Champion honoree, Nathaniel Montero, brings this vision to life through his exemplary accomplishments and shared dedication to service, advocacy, and philanthropy to ensure higher education is accessible and attainable for all.

You, too, can be a champion for higher education! Join us with a gift of your time, talent or treasure and make this life-changing vision a reality for our entire region.

John Fouhy, President, NSCC Foundation

OUR MISSION

To secure resources to improve, promote, and maintain access to a high-quality education.

OUR VISION

We believe that higher education is a catalyst and an agent of change for individuals, families and communities.

The NSCC Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization led by a dedicated Board of Directors who volunteer their time and expertise to support the growth of the organization for the benefit of NSCC and its students.

We envision a community that recognizes the importance of educational opportunities and assures that positive outcomes are accessible to all, regardless of economic or any other circumstance.

LEARN MORE Contact Nicole Marcotte, NSCC Director of Development, at 978-739-5527 or development@northshore.edu CHAMPIONS for NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CELEBRATION 3

THE COURAGE OF A CHAMPION Like

the

Champions

Award

honorees that we celebrate, our students are courageous in their choice to pursue higher education.

They invest their time, energy and passion in a vision for something others may not have thought to be

possible,

and

they

persist

through challenges and doubts along the way to successfully turn that vision into a new reality. The impact of this courage extends far beyond themselves, creating life-changing opportunities for a new generation and inspiring others to be courageous as well.

I am honored to join our exemplary Champions honorees, our excellent faculty, dedicated staff, key stakeholders, and committed philanthropic partners to ensure excellent and equitable life outcomes for our amazing students, our incredible alumni, and our community as a whole. It is our collective courage that will turn this bold vision into reality for our region and elevate us all.

Dr. William Heineman NSCC President

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NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of PHILANTHROPY & VOLUNTEERISM

Richard Yagjian NSCC Class of 1968

A distinguished alumnus of the NSCC’s second graduating class, Richard “Rich” Yagjian is a passionate volunteer leader, ambassador, and philanthropist for higher education, the arts, and community service.

Rich served as a governor-appointed Trustee and Chair of NSCC’s Board of Trustees from 2009–2015, during which he led the hiring of the college’s first female president.

He served as a Director and President of the NSCC Foundation from 2003–2015, growing the scholarship program and securing philanthropic investment for campus expansions. Rich was honored in 2017 with NSCC’s Distinguished Alumnus Award and returned in 2021 to serve as a Foundation Director and as the College’s Alumni Trustee. Rich and his wife Cheryl (NSCC Class of ‘69) sponsor the Yagjian Family Scholarship annually for high-achieving NSCC Early Childhood Education students and are founding members of the new Visionary Society. His decades-long dedicated service also includes Trustee of Essex County Community Foundation, Director of North Shore Bank, Trustee of Montserrat College of Art, and Chairman of the Retirement Board for the City of Peabody. Rich is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of WB Hunt Co., Inc. d/b/a Hunt’s Photo & Video.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY

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NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE In recognition of COMMUNITY IMPACT

Dr. Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education

DR. PATRICK TUTWILER’S EQUITYcentered vision for education as Superintendent

of

Lynn

Public

Schools (LPS) has transformed the future of public education in the Commonwealth. During his tenure, Dr. Tutwiler secured critical support from the City of Lynn and the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to expand LPS’ groundbreaking Early College program with NSCC through the launch of the state’s first Early College high school — the Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy at NSCC. Despite the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Tutwiler turned the challenge of burgeoning enrollment exceeding space capacity in the LPS District into a life-changing opportunity for students from the City of Lynn to earn their high school degree and up to 60 college credits simultaneously at NSCC at no cost to the students or their families. Dr. Tutwiler currently serves as Secretary of the Executive Office of Education for the Commonwealth under the Healey Administration, which oversees early education, K-12 and higher education, and he sits on each of the boards governing the state’s education agencies, as well as the UMass system.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY

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TOGETHER NSCC ADVANCES

NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE In recognition of COMMUNITY IMPACT

Debra Ruggiero Interim Superintendent, Lynn Public Schools

DRAWING FROM NEARLY FOUR decades of experience as an educator and administrator with the Lynn Public Schools (LPS), Debra Ruggiero led the state’s fifth largest school district in its successful implementation of MA’s first Early College high school in partnership with NSCC. Ms. Ruggiero leveraged her multifaceted expertise to design and integrate a brand new holistic high school experience within a college setting, from academic curriculum, classroom design, IT infrastructure and student resources, to the hiring of educators and administrators.

In its inaugural academic year, 75 freshmen from across LPS enrolled in the Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy (FDCA), with the majority of students racially and ethnically diverse and historically marginalized from higher education. The early results are tremendous, with 85% of FDCA students earning six college credits. Thanks to her leadership, FDCA is on track to grow to 400 students by the 2025-2026 academic year. Ms. Ruggiero currently serves as Interim Superintendent for LPS, with a focus on school improvement, engaging families in educating students, and educating the next generation of leaders.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY

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NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of PUBLIC SERVICE & ADVOCACY

WHEN

THE

NSCC

student survey in 2016 revealed that more than half of students had high or very high levels of food insecurity, NSCC formed a ground-breaking partnership with The Open Door, the leading hunger-relief organization serving the North Shore, to address student hunger. Since 2017, The Open Door has provided monthly Mobile Markets serving the NSCC Danvers campus, expanding to serve the Lynn campus in 2021. Mobile Markets connect students to free, nutritious food in an accessible and socially acceptable environment. Students are also connected to SNAP (Food Stamps) assistance. When the NSCC Mobile Market was temporarily suspended due to COVID, The Open Door created a no-contact drive-thru Mobile Market with pre-packaged bags of groceries to keep the community safe while assisting the most vulnerable students. The Open Door also sits on the Hunger Free Campus Coalition, advocating on behalf of food insecure students. In 2022, The Open Door connected 8,486 people from 4,872 households across the North Shore through the distribution of 1.78 MILLION pounds of food.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY THE LORING FAMILY

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TOGETHER NSCC ADVANCES

NSCC RISING CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE Nathaniel Montero

NSCC Class of 2016

N AT HA N I E L M O NTE RO’S ONLY option for higher education after graduating from Salem High School was North Shore Community College.

Fortunately, it was also the very best option. Having underachieved in high school, Nathaniel soared at NSCC as an exemplary student leader, where he gained invaluable self-confidence, a passion for academics, and aspirations for a career with a community service focus. While enrolled at NSCC, he was an awardee of the NSCC Foundation Scholarship Program, and he served in the prestigious roles of NSCC Student Trustee from 2015–2016 and as the 2016 NSCC Commencement Student Speaker. After graduating with an A.A. in Liberal Arts, Nathaniel went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University and an M.S. in Sports Management from Georgetown University. He currently serves as Community Relations Coordinator for the Boston Red Sox. Now in a position to ‘give back’ as an alumnus, Nathaniel is a proud ambassador for community college education, sharing his transformational journey to inspire prospective students to follow in his footsteps and for donors to invest in NSCC.

RISING CHAMPION AWARD SPONSORED BY JAMES HORROCKS

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T R A N S FOR

FUTURE

THE

NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY

VISION

A North Shore Community College education consistently leads to excellent and equitable life outcomes for students that in turn improve community outcomes.

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Align the college with regional needs to spur

academic innovation and holistic student support,

PRIORITY

and align community partnerships to educate the whole student.

Promote social justice at NSCC and in the community

PRIORITY

by delivering equitable student outcomes.

Build a transformative, future focused environment

PRIORITY 10

TOGETHER NSCC ADVANCES

for the NSCC community.

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OUR E WITH COMMUNITY C O L L E G E S T R AT E G I C P L A N 2022–2027

PRIORITY 1

ACADEMIC INNOVATION

Life Sciences Pathways Center of Excellence – Opening 2025!

Anatomy & Physiology Lab • Biology Lab • Biotech Lab • Chemistry Lab • Shared Lab • Tissue Culture Lab • Life Science Commons

PRIORITY 2

SOCIAL JUSTICE HO

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85% of FDCA freshmen earned

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The First Early College High School in MA!

2022

LLEGE

six college credits in Fall 2022!

COLLEGIATE ACADEMY

PRIORITY 3

HOLISTIC STUDENT SUPPORT HERE TO HELP

Flexible financial assistance and wellness

HERE TO HELP

resources for NSCC students to address unforeseen challenges and emergencies. Food security – Housing Stability – Technology – Dependent Care – Transportation – And more!

Average assistance: $500 CHAMPIONS for NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CELEBRATION

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70%

PURSUING ASSOCIATE DEGREES

71% 55%

WORKING WHILE IN SCHOOL

FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS

NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – a nationally recognized leader and innovator of excellent, accessible and affordable higher education – offers 12 academic pathways with 71 degree and certificate programs, as well as Early College for high school students and continuing education for adult learners.

NSCC serves 9,000 students annually at its Danvers and Lynn campuses. More than 90% of NSCC graduates live and/or work on the North Shore.

22%

42% 52%

4%

VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY

25%

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AVERAGE AGE

RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID

BIPOC STUDENTS

BLACK, INDIGENOUS, STUDENTS OF COLOR

SINGLE PARENTS 12

NSCC FAST FACTS

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NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS

SHAPING OUR FUTURE

STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVESTING TO DREAM, LEARN, AND ACHIEVE AT NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

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Sarah Mirza NSCC Student An immigrant from Syria, Sarah is pursuing an associate degree in STEM Foundation and plans to transfer to a four-year institution. She is President of NSCC’s Muslim Student Association.

“North Shore Community College is more than a school. It’s like a home. It’s an excellent beginning in my journey to be a doctor. Just look at what I did, and what I’m going to do after North Shore.”

David Masse NSCC Class of 1984 David earned an associate degree in Business Administration at NSCC and a Bachelor of Science degree from Salem State University. A resident of Georgetown, he is Founder and CEO of AAM15 Management.

“If your business is located on the North Shore, you should donate to North Shore Community College because there’s a talent pool here. By investing into the college, you’re investing in someone who eventually might work for your company and be a major factor in your success.”

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COMCAST CONGRATULATES Richard Yagjian Dr. Patrick Tutwiler Debra Ruggiero The Open Door

As Champions for North Shore Community College and Leaders Dedicated to Excellence in Higher Education

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TOGETHER NSCC ADVANCES

• Congratualations • to the NSCC 2023 champions award Honorees Best Wishes to you all from the demakes family

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“

I BELIEVE THAT

every NSCC student

has the promise and the potential to achieve.

A gift to the NSCC Foundation

will have a

BIGGER IMPACT

”

HERE THAN IT WILL ANYWHERE ELSE. — James Horrocks,

Former President, NSCC Foundation Visionary Society Member, Scholarship Donor

CONGRATULATIONS! CHAMPIONS HONOREES

Richard Yagjian Dr. Patrick Tutwiler Debra Ruggiero The Open Door RISING CHAMPION HONOREE

Nathaniel Montero

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPIONS &

INAUGURAL RISING CHAMPION! The DiVirgilio Insurance & On-Time Payroll Family

781-592-5220

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for your dedication to North Shore Community College!

Congratulations!

- NSCC Board of Trustees

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OUR HUSBAND AND DAD HAS ALWAYS LED BY EXAMPLE. His dedication to family,

friends and North Shore Community College is just a small part of who he is. RICHARD’S concern for those in need has shown his children and grandchildren that it is crucial to pay it forward when good fortune allows.

North Shore has made it possible for those who wish to become champions. Richard will always be our CHAMPION and will continue to dedicate his service – with much appreciation!

— Cheryl, Joshua, Jared, Athene, Cole & Nika

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Honored to partner with North Shore Community College to address student hunger and change lives

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Joel and Mary Abramson CHAMPIONS for NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE VIRTUAL CELEBRATION

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CONGRATULATES the NSCC Champions Award Honorees

CONGRATULATIONS CONGRA CON GRATULA TULATIONS TIONS

Outstanding NSCC Alumni!

Richard Yagjian and Nathaniel Montero You inspire us all.

NSCC NSCC ALUMNI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Empowering student success

and engaging alumni with educational and social opportunities .

northshore.edu/alumni

CONGRATULATIONS DR. PATRICK TUTWILER AND

SUPERINTENDENT DEBRA RUGGIERO FOR THESE AWARDS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONG AND STEADY EARLY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP! YOU ARE TRUE CHAMPIONS OF STUDENTS IN LYNN!

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North Shore Community College

Congratulations to Richard Yagjian and all the 2023 NSCC Champions Award Honorees

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NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

We proudly support the 6TH ANNUAL CHAMPIONS FOR NSCC CELEBRATION Congratulations to Debra Ruggiero, Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, Richard Yagjian, and The Open Door

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