1990
1993
Pawtucket artist Joan McConaghy had her work on display in the Maxwell Mays Gallery of the Providence Art Club in July. McConaghy is an artist member of the Providence Art Club, Wickford Art Association and Pawtucket Arts Collaborative.
Hovanes “John” Emdjian has been named vice president of business and professional banking at Webster Bank. Michael Kolesnik has been hired as assistant vice president of enrollment services for Employee Family Protection in Glastonbury, Conn.
1991
Erin (McCarthy) Plaziak has completed her second two-year term as a member of the Rhode Island College Alumni Association board of directors. We thank Erin for her service to her alma mater.
Nidia Diez-Karbonik was named Rhode Island’s 2013 Elementary School Principal of the Year. Diez-Karbonik has served as principal of Ashton Elementary School in Cumberland since 2001. Michael Hobin was named Rhode Island’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year. Hobin has been at Coventry High School since 2002, having served as assistant principal for four years and as principal since 2006.
1994 Jacqueline (Sawyer) Nowell ’92
Jann (Rogers) Gartner (MS), graphic design teacher at the Warwick Career and Technical Center, has been awarded the Starr Teacher Award from the Holocaust Education & Resource Center of Rhode Island. Taunton, Mass. resident Kim Grant has been named a 2013 Rising Star by the national publication Waste & Recycling News (WRN), for her accomplishments as the recycling and solid waste coordinator for the town of Southbridge, Mass. Coventry resident Dana (Silva) Morel was appointed as principal of Hope Elementary School by the Scituate School Department.
Dina (Dichiaro) Pescione ’91
Dina (Dichiaro) Pescione has been named to the Rhode Island College Alumni Association board of directors. Pescione is a human resource officer at Amica Mutual Insurance Company.
1992 Victoria Evans retired in July after a 17-year career with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 40
Jacqueline (Sawyer) Nowell has been named director of donor relations and stewardship for the University of Rhode Island Foundation.
1993 Former RIC assistant professor of health education Karen Berard-Reed has accepted the position of senior project manager in the public education division of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). She will oversee NFPA’s high-risk outreach public education activities, which focus on safety for youth, older adults, and impoverished communities.
Lisa Beaudoin-Colwell earned her Ed.D. from Johnson & Wales University in 2010 and is currently the director of special education for the Cumberland School Department. Christopher Brierly became a Honey Dew Donuts franchise owner in July. Brierly’s shop is located in Seekonk, Mass. Yasmina (Boulay) Thomas was awarded a doctoral degree in education from Johnson & Wales University in May. Thomas completed the doctoral program while teaching full time at Primrose Hill School in Barrington and raising her children. Michael Volpe was hired as a sales and leasing associate for Coastal Commercial Real Estate. Volpe has had an extensive career in real estate as a sales agent, leasing and marketing consultant, property manager, valuator and consultant.
1995 Gary Miller has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant by the Coventry Police Department, where he has been part of the force since 1999. Rehoboth resident Steven Morgenweck has been appointed principal of Plymouth South Middle School in Plymouth, Mass.
1996 Michelle (Nunes) Depot was named Pawtucket’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Depot has been teaching at the Flora S. Curtis Elementary School for the past seven years.