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Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Groundbreaking initiative addresses New Hampshire’s behavioral health needs page 6

President’s Report of Donors 2016-2017

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Update: Vision 2020 Advancing Rivier’s strategic priorities page 8

A Deeper Dive Students begin university experience with an international immersion trip page 14

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6 BUILDING TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE Groundbreaking initiative addresses New Hampshire’s behavioral health needs 8 UPDATE: VISION 2020 Advancing Rivier’s strategic priorities 9 REMEMBER. RELIVE. REUNITE. Raiders connect on campus for Alumni Reunion Weekend 2017 13 ON THE GREEN Rivier’s supporters turn out for 20th Annual Golf Classic Tournament

14 A DEEPER DIVE Students begin their university experience with an international immersion trip 25 A WORKFORCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Employer partnerships expand student and alumni career prospects

DEPARTMENTS 2 ALUMNI EVENTS 3 FOR THE RECORD 16 FACULTY PROFILE 18 ALUMNI PROFILE 20 MAKING NEWS 22 CLASS NOTES 26 STUDENT PROFILE 27 DONOR PROFILE

Announcing The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development Addressing New Hampshire’s critical labor needs page 6 The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development focuses Rivier’s strengths on fulfilling behavioral health labor force needs. Through the delivery of academic programs, work-based training, and educational resources, The Center will expand the pool of healthcare professionals that provide substance misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services. The Center’s leadership team shown above right from left to right: Front Row – Dr. Robert Walrath, Dr. Paula Williams, Karen Schedin, Nancy Gallagher; Center – Dr. Elizabeth Harwood, Donna Proulx, Dr. Cheryl Maykel, Dr. Sally Booth, Dr. Angela Mousseau, Dr. Karen Meteyer, Dr. Karyn Heavner, Sarah Phillips; Back Row – Dr. Amir Toosi, Cynthia Ludwick, Dr. Douglas Howard, Dr. John Gleason, Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Michael Zoltko; Not Pictured – Dr. Carol Langelier

From the President Dear Friends of Rivier, This issue of Rivier Today speaks to the vibrancy of Rivier’s faculty, students, alumni, and regional partners, whose good work is recognized in Nashua and beyond. The stories that you will read are about real people who make a difference in the lives of others. You will meet faculty in counseling, psychology, nursing, and public health, whose research and teaching support behavioral wellness and population health; an Army National Guard Second Lieutenant and alumna who found her true calling by working with children with post-traumatic stress disorder; a student leader reaching out to children with cancer; and a donor and alumna whose mother’s resilience in illness inspired her to create a scholarship in her honor. This issue includes the names of scores of people like you who believe in the power of a Rivier University education, who believe that their gift expands resources for scholarships, academic programs, and athletics. Most

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importantly, these are people who believe that their gift makes a difference in the lives of students. You will also see the forward momentum of the University’s Strategic Plan, Vision 2020. The cover story announces The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development. This Center expands the reach and relevance of our current academic programs that focus on the professional preparation of counselors, school psychologists, clinical mental health workers, public health professionals, and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. These programs are well represented by graduates serving in positions of responsibility throughout the tristate region. The Center’s launch is concurrent with a $1.1 million grant designed to enhance the integration of behavioral health and primary care and to expand the cultural diversity of the healthcare workforce. The application of discoverybased learning and engagement

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continues through the initiatives of the Mobile Health Clinic, in which students will develop interdisciplinary skills in community health settings; students immersed in the wilderness ecosystem of Ontario, Canada, testing water quality; and Project Achieve students, who come to know their own strengths and inventiveness as first-generation college students. In a special way, I wish to draw your attention to Rivier alumni who traveled to campus for Alumni Reunion Weekend to rekindle memories and renew friendships. All of you play an integral role in the University’s success. And I wish to thank and recognize the philanthropic commitment of so many whose generosity truly allows us to fulfill our mission of ‘transforming hearts and minds to serve the world.’ Sincerely, Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM President

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ALUMNI EVENTS Alumni Reunion Weekend 2018

Save the Date! September 22-23, 2018

Check out the 2017 Alumni Reunion Weekend feature on page 9 and view photos at www.rivier.edu/ reunion.

Join us next fall to celebrate Alumni Reunion Weekend! All alumni are invited to campus for this annual weekend celebration. Special recognition will be given to alumni from the Reunion Classes of 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013. Invitations will be mailed to Reunion Classes, and a schedule of events will be published at www.rivier.edu/reunion this spring.

Recognizing distinction and achievementâ€”nominations requested The Sister Madeleine of Jesus Award is presented each year at Alumni Reunion Weekend in honor of Rivierâ€™s foundress. This lifetime achievement award is presented to an alumna or alumnus who has distinguished herself or himself through exceptional dedication to Rivier, outstanding service to his or her community and profession, and significant civic, professional, or humanitarian efforts. Alumni Achievement Awards recognize the service and careers of remarkable Rivier alumni; these awards include the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Outstanding Educator Award, Outstanding Nurse/Healthcare Professional Award, and the Outstanding Business Professional/Community Leader Award. For more information and nomination forms, please visit www.rivier.edu/alumniawards.

A Call for Class Representatives Reunion Class Representatives assist the Office of University Advancement and Alumni Relations in spreading the word about Alumni Reunion Weekend to classmates and to encourage them to attend. If you are interested in volunteering as a Reunion Class Representative this year, please contact Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations Heather Petro at (603) 897-8521 or hpetro@rivier.edu.

2018 Golf Classic Save the Date! 21st Annual Golf Classic Monday, September 24, 2018 Nashua Country Club

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Alumni and community members invited to celebrate the Christmas season at tree lighting ceremony Join the Rivier University community as we celebrate the Christmas season with a tree lighting ceremony on December 7. This annual tradition will take place on the Chapel Quad between Madeleine Hall and Resurrection Chapel at 6 p.m. The event will feature a musical performance, and children will enjoy a special visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Register at www.rivier.edu/alumnievents.

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For the RECORD Partnering for Progress

Mobile Health Clinic will bring services to Greater Nashua neighborhoods.

“Who is my neighbor?” A critical question asked and answered by Rivier students as part of the core curriculum. The simple answer is “everyone.” In this spirit, the University and community members reach out continuously to support our neighbors across the street and across the globe. This year, three initiatives focused on improving healthcare, nutrition and wellness are made possible through partnerships with several organizations. Mobile Health Clinic Rivier University is partnering with St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua to provide health services to local residents who lack access to medical and dental care. The University anticipates the new Mobile Health Clinic will serve the towns of Hudson, Litchfield, Merrimack, Milford, Nashua, and Pelham in its first year. Rivier faculty and students will have the opportunity to deliver and support healthcare services to diverse populations within these communities by providing screenings, vaccinations, counseling, and management for chronic diseases.

Meals for Kids Rivier University has joined a pilot program aimed at stemming childhood hunger. The Meals for Kids initiative, championed by Nashua Mayor James Donchess and supported by several community organizations, provided breakfast, lunch and dinner during the summer to some of the 43 percent of Nashua public school children receiving free or reduced lunches. Meals were distributed at various points throughout Nashua. Rivier’s Assistant Professor Dr. Karyn Heavner and public health students supported the effort by collecting quantitative data to evaluate the program’s effectiveness and volunteering at food distribution points. Positive results will support an expanded effort in summer 2018. CARE Rivier University was awarded a $298,000 Department of Justice grant which will fund a new program to strengthen awareness and services for victims of violence against women. The University collaborated with longstanding Nashua community partners, the Nashua Police Department, Bridges (a victim services agency), and True to Life Training, on the grant application. The new program, titled “Campus Awareness for Raiders to End issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (CARE),” will strengthen prevention programs, coordinate direct services for victims, and ensure that offenders are held accountable.

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For the RECORD Rivier University honored with College of Distinction Award for seventh consecutive year Rivier University has been named a 2017-2018 College of Distinction for the seventh consecutive year. Recognized as student-centered educational institutions, named colleges and universities are distinguished by their accomplished faculty that excel in engaging students; for fostering vibrant communities; and for producing successful outcomes. Rivier is one of only three New Hampshire colleges named a 2017-2018 College of Distinction. Educating leaders for the 21st-century workforce, the University places a strong emphasis on its core curriculum, Journeys of Transformation, in addition to an academic major connecting classroom, community and career.

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The latest news from around Rivier campus Rivier awarded $205,000 grant for strengthsbased wellness program

The Davis Educational Foundation recognized the University with a three-year, $205,000 grant for Rivier to develop a new program titled Strengths-Based Well-Being: Connecting Learning and Life. The campus-wide project is aimed at strengthening students’ selfconcept, well-being, retention, and post-graduate success. This initiative aligns with the University’s Vision 2020 Strategic Plan to incorporate strengths-based strategies for both student success and staff development. “One of Rivier’s distinctive strengths is its belief that developing and supporting well-being is an integral part of a holistic education,” says Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Rivier’s President. “We approach this project as a community of learners, investing in the growth and success of our students.” All students are expected to benefit, with the greatest gains anticipated for students who have yet to identify a desired major and career path. “The Davis Grant will enable our students to identify their innate strengths thereby increasing their selfawareness and self-confidence,” says Dr. Brad Stull, Professor of English and the project’s director. “The program will increase students’ resiliency and assist them in negotiating the transition from high school to college, and, ultimately, to their lives after graduation.” Guiding students’ vocational discernment early in their college careers supports their successful journeys to graduation and employment in the 21st-century workforce. In addition, Rivier faculty will conduct a longitudinal study to assess the project’s long-term impact. The University plans to share program innovations with the greater academic community.

Project Achieve supports diversity in the nursing workforce In August, the University welcomed ten first-year and seven sophomore nursing majors to Project Achieve, a program designed to increase diversity in the nursing workforce. Building on a pilot program funded by a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant, Project Achieve offers underrepresented student groups with opportunities to expand their understanding of nursing careers and to hone study strategies that lead to academic success. “National data shows that diverse and first-generation students benefit significantly through a pre-orientation to the academic environment,” says Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Rivier’s President. “In our own experience, this academic preparation, coupled with team building experiences and the support of faculty and student mentors, has led to remarkable retention success.” The first-year student summer enrichment and sophomore bridge programs focused on anatomy and physiology study skills, nursing professionalism, cultural development, research skills, and an orientation to clinical expectations. Team building and collective problem-solving activities were designed to strengthen confidence, enhance social skills, and ease students’ transition into university life. The time spent on campus enabled students to build relationships and become acquainted with the many support organizations available to them. “Among the seventeen participating students, seven languages are spoken and five continents are represented,” says Dr. Paula Williams, Dean of the Division of Nursing and Health Professions. “The dedication they’ve shown to their studies and the nursing profession is a strong precursor to their academic and career success.” Project Achieve activities and mentoring will continue throughout the academic year. The strong foundation established during the summer programs encourages and prepares students to fully engage in the university experience and to take on leadership roles in addition to their nursing studies.

Note: The grant was received from the Davis Educational Foundation established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after Mr. Davis’s retirement as chairman of Shaw’s Supermarket, Inc.

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Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Groundbreaking initiative addresses New Hampshire’s behavioral health needs by Michelle Marrone EARLY IN NOVEMBER, RIVIER elevated its response to New Hampshire’s opioid abuse crisis. Redeploying its resources to address the state’s critical need for behavioral health professionals, the University officially launched The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development. The Center will serve as a single point of contact in promoting the University’s behavioral health graduate programs, as well as sponsoring speakers and workshop programs for current healthcare professionals, to expand the region’s workforce for increased availability and access to services. New England is nationally recognized as one of the hardest hit regions in challenges related to behavioral health and substance use disorder. A recent state report asserts that New Hampshire is experiencing “one of the most significant public health crises in its history.” Over the past five years, the New Hampshire Medical Examiner’s Office reports a nearly 300% increase in drug-related deaths, along with 6,084 opioid-related emergency department visits and the administration of 2,895 life-saving Narcan treatments in 2016. A demonstrated strain on the state’s healthcare system, the report cites “the

shortage of a trained, licensed, and available workforce is one of the greatest barriers to increasing access to substance misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery support services in New Hampshire and throughout the country.” “The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development has the collective synergy and strength to make deep inroads in addressing the opioid crisis and improving the health and wellbeing of those suffering from substance misuse and mental health issues,” says Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Rivier’s President. Education and training The Center will expand the workforce

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pipeline through the delivery of academic programs and clinical or work-based placements in counseling, school psychology, psychiatric mental health nursing, public health, and healthcare administration. It will also serve as an educational resource for current regional providers by hosting conferences and online education tools, and professional development opportunities for its network partners and practitioners. Rivier’s longstanding relationships with local healthcare and social service organizations provide diverse training opportunities. Graduate and doctoral students receive real-world experience and academic credit for their time spent

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Meet Executive Director Nadine Sacco Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development Nadine Sacco has been appointed to the leadership role at Rivier’s new Center. She brings a wealth of experience in workforce development; training program development; partnership, client and project management; one-on-one and group counseling; and recruitment and onboarding. Prior to joining Rivier, Sacco served as a Workforce Development Manager at Penn Foster in Boston. She has held management positions at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Child and Family Services/Family Connection Center, the Office of Workforce Opportunity at the NH Department of Resources & Economic Development, and Southern New Hampshire Service, Inc. Sacco holds an M.A. in Community Social Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire. Photos by Jodie Andruskevich

Behavioral Health Programs in clinical rotations and internships at community partner locations. Students, faculty and staff also dedicate time to University partners’ missions throughout the year through community service and research support for their programs. National and regional support In addition to graduate education resources and community partnerships, the University has received a $1.1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grant funds are earmarked to build the behavioral health workforce serving rural New Hampshire, with specific allocations for virtual learning tools and stipends for psychiatric nurse practitioners during their last semester of clinical training. “The grant focuses on the integration of behavioral health and primary care,” says Dr. Paula Williams, Dean of the Division of Nursing and Health Professions. “Additionally, it supports cultural diversity in the labor force, interdisciplinary and interprofessional training, and the expansion of clinical training opportunities, especially in medically underserved communities.” Rivier’s community partners played a key role in securing this grant. Letters of support from the City of Nashua’s Division of Public Health and Community

Services, Genesis Behavioral Health, New Hampshire Hospital, Harbor Homes, The Mental Health Center of Greater Nashua, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Home Health & Hospice Center, and the Organization of Nurse Leaders accompanied the grant proposal, reinforcing the need in the region and Rivier’s ability to make an impact. Center leadership Ms. Nadine Sacco has been appointed Executive Director of The Center. Her extensive background in counseling and workforce development provides a strong foundation for The Center’s leadership role in the community. Through collaborative engagement with employers, government agencies and practitioners, Sacco will spearhead Center initiatives and increase awareness and access to Rivier’s resources. More than 25 Rivier staff members, professors and clinicians contribute to The Center’s mission to enhance behavioral health education, treatment, and programming in the region. “Rivier’s response to the substance use disorder crisis and commitment to the region’s wellness are remarkable,” says Sacco. As an academic center and community resource, The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development has the potential to save lives and make substantial contributions to New Hampshire’s future.”

These Rivier degree programs specifically support expansion of the behavioral health workforce. Counseling and School Psychology Master’s Degrees • M.Ed. School Counseling • M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling • M.Ed. Education Studies – Counseling and School Psychology concentration Post-Master’s Degrees • Ed.S. School Psychology • Ed.S. Counseling Doctoral Program • Psy.D. Doctor of Psychology in Counseling and School Psychology Nursing and Public Health Master’s Degrees • MSN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner • M.P.H. Master of Public Health Post-Master’s Certificate • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Doctoral Program • DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice Business • MBA Healthcare Administration For more information on The Center’s resources and education opportunities, visit rivierbehavioralhealth.org or email TheCenter@rivier.edu.

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Update: Vision 2020 Advancing Rivier’s strategic priorities by Michelle Marrone RIVIER’S VISION 2020, ANNOUNCED earlier this year, identifies three strategic priorities that are key to the University’s success: innovation in the sciences, information technology and learning, and philanthropy and partnerships. “Initiatives in each of these areas have advanced over the past few months,” says Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Rivier’s President. “Our progress is notable, and I’d like to acknowledge the effort put forth by faculty, staff and our professional partners to build forward momentum.” Innovation in the Sciences In preparing students for the 21st-century workforce, the University acknowledges that science has a role in all professions. > Science Center – The University is committed to enhancing its existing science facilities, which will entail the design and construction of a new science center. The building will serve as a focal point for engaged learning and facultystudent research.

> Nursing and Social Sciences – The Center for Behavioral Health Professions and Workforce Development opened in early November. The Center supports innovations in nursing and the social sciences and expansion of the labor force. (See page 6.) > STEM Grants – To advance STEM disciplines education, the University secured a $650,000 National Science Foundation grant to support students in the life sciences and a $1.1 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant to fund the education of psychiatric mental health nurses. Information Technology and Learning This strategic priority encompasses refurbishment and renewal of the University’s learning spaces. The plan calls for collaborative learning areas, and incremental and scalable technologies integrated into classrooms, lecture spaces, and program delivery.

> Online Learning – The University has launched an online M.S. in Computer Information Systems program, designed to build students’ business expertise and technical competence. The first student cohort will begin classes in spring 2018. > Technology and Network Upgrades – During the summer and early fall, the University upgraded its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and the WIFI network in the residence halls improving network responsiveness. Group study spaces with computer display capabilities and large and small video conference rooms are being installed in Regina Library and the Learning Commons. Philanthropy and Partnerships The University Board of Trustees has embraced philanthropy and partnerships as a strategic priority, knowing that the next phase of Rivier’s development will be driven by donor investors—dedicated alumni and friends who recognize the tremendous impact they can make in the lives of students. > Research and Support – Several months ago, the University engaged Sage Advancement Group to conduct foundational research and support enhancements to the University’s advancement operations. An initial survey of the alumni community, with the aim to see Rivier through alumni’s “eyes,” has been completed.

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> Strategic Partnerships – New and existing partnerships continue to enrich the Rivier experience and advance the University’s strategic priorities. (See page 3.) Alumni, friends, and University partners connect Rivier to the people in our community and support the University’s mission and growth.

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ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND Proud Raiders from yesterday and today connect on campus WARM WEATHER AND HEARTFELT connections were among the highlights of Alumni Reunion Weekend this fall. The weekend kicked off with the arrival of Dorothy Wong Lu ’52, who quickly tracked down Sister Marjorie Francoeur ’52. Soon after, alumni from the Classes of 1967 through 2017 gathered in Madeleine Hall to begin the day’s festivities.

Campus tours showcased the ongoing enhancements to University buildings and landscapes, including renovations to the Dion Center and to Sylvia Trottier Hall entrances. Alumni made a special request to visit Trinity and Guild Halls, where they shared stories of their days living on campus. Reunion Class members joined current

students and their families on the athletic fields for Family Day. It was wonderful to bring together proud Raiders from yesterday and today. The event featured a barbecue lunch, hands-on activities for all ages, and a men’s soccer game. Many alumni took part in the Canvas and Cabernet paint-party event, which included painting, light refreshments

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and wine. Classmates were once again “students” as they participated in this popular reunion event. Saturday culminated with the President’s Cocktail Reception, and Alumni and Donor Recognition Dinner. Reunion guests and Leading the Way donors gathered for conversation outside on the Dion Center Plaza. The reception was followed by an awards dinner for more than 150 guests. The Class of 1967 was inducted into the Rivier University Golden Society, acknowledging the 50th anniversary of their graduation and their devotion to their

alma mater. Outstanding achievement awards were presented to alumni, as well as the Sister Madeleine of Jesus Award, the University’s highest honor. (Recipients are featured on page 12.) Sunday morning old friends and former classmates returned to campus to celebrate a Reunion Mass in Resurrection Chapel, followed by a Champagne Breakfast with the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Yearbooks served as table centerpieces, sparking more memories, much laughter, and a few tears. “It was a truly memorable event for all

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who attended,” says Heather Petro, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations. “This reunion was a gathering of friends who have become family to one another. It was easy to see the special place Rivier has in their hearts.” To all who joined the reunion in person and in spirit, the University thanks you. Your connections to each other and Rivier continue to support and inform who we are today. Please join us again next year!

| Alumni Reunion Weekend 2017 Photo by Jodie Andruskevich

50th Reunion Class Following a cherished tradition, the Class of 1967 was inducted into the Golden Society in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their Rivier graduation. Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM, Rivier's President, presented each member of the class with their Golden Society pin. Pictured above on left:

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Front Row - left to right: Kathleen Piekarz Kaminski, Arline Cote Lynch, Rose-Marie Richard Robichaud, Mary Ann Perkins DeClemente, Pauline Chabot

Joining their classmates for evening festivities are Sr. Arlene Callahan, Janet Murphy Maguire, and Jacquelyn Reynolds

Back Row - left to right: Peggy Bowers, Mary Judith Burke Gedroiz, Constance Dennis Bevivino, Pauline Lanoie Beaudry, Ann Killelea Paré, Barbara Mackensen Hoffmann

Comments and Kudos “We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I feel truly blessed to reunite with my Rivier family—the bonds that were formed 45 years ago are as strong today as they were back in 1972.” – Janet Hogan Scagnelli ’72 “Thank you so much for all the work you did to make our reunion memorable! Lots of fun!” – Rose-Marie Robichaud ’67

“My husband and I would like to thank you for all the work you (and your team of helpers) did to make Alumni Weekend such a success. We enjoyed our return to Rivier, reconnecting with classmates from the Class of 1972. Please also thank Sr. Paula for all the work she has done to improve the campus and the University.” – Pamela Hebert Feeney ’72

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Honoring alumni achievement and dedication

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Dana Blades ’12 Dana Blades is an Associate Scientist at Blue Bird Bio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a company leading the gene therapy revolution with the potential to treat and cure a broad range of serious diseases. He remains committed to his alma mater as a member of the Rivier Biotech Advisory Council, and has served on the Alumni Council, and as an Alumni Mentor to undergraduate students.

Outstanding Educator Award

From left to right: Carolyn Lu, Kathryn Lu, Sister Marjorie Francoeur ’52, Dorothy Wong Lu ’52, and Sister Paula Marie Buley, IHM

Sister Madeleine of Jesus Award Two distinguished alumnae, Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 and Jeannine Jeffs ’52, received the Sister Madeleine of Jesus Award this year. Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 In the years since her time at Rivier, Dorothy has been an entrepreneur, business owner, wife, and mother. She has traveled the world extensively, but her heart has stayed true to Rivier. In 1968, she created the Dorothy Wong Lu Scholarship Fund so future generations of students could benefit from a Rivier education and prepare for successful futures. She and her husband Harold have been generously supporting the scholarship and investing in students for nearly fifty years. It has always been Dorothy’s desire to elevate others and make a difference. The University was honored to celebrate her commitment to educational excellence with the presentation of this award. Jeannine Jeffs ’52 Devoted wife, mother of eight, and Rivier supporter, Jeannine Jeffs has dedicated herself to lifelong learning and the betterment of others. As a local historian, Jeannine conducted oral history interviews of people of influence, including politicians and other notables. Her interviews were captured in print and audio and preserved in a library collection for the benefit of all. Enriched by her own Rivier education and understanding the impact of a legacy gift, she and her husband Joseph made a generous planned gift to support students. Rivier University students have been blessed by the Jeffs’ love of learning and desire to memorialize the transformative experience of Jeannine’s undergraduate years. The Sister Madeleine of Jesus Award recognizes Jeannine’s steadfast devotion to education and Rivier University.

Dr. Ann Gaffney ’14G Ann Gaffney was among the first graduates of Rivier’s doctoral program in Leadership and Learning. In 2016, she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, our nation’s highest honor for a math teacher, in recognition of her passion to help others discover joy in learning and teaching mathematical concepts. Currently, she is the Assistant Principal at Chester Academy in Chester, New Hampshire.

Outstanding Nurse/Healthcare Professional Award

Celine Fortin, ARNP ’89/’98G Celine Fortin has more than 19 years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner and is currently responsible for all aspects of primary care for patients across the lifespan at Southern NH Health/Foundation Medical Partners. She is a Nurse Practitioner Preceptor for Rivier students and recently made a significant investment in Project Achieve, a Rivier initiative committed to increasing nursing workforce diversity.

Outstanding Business Professional/ Community Leader Award

Michael Mansfield ’97 Michael Mansfield is Fire Chief of the Andover, Massachusetts Fire Department, a member of the Alumni Council, former volunteer Alumni Mentor, and a loyal supporter of Rivier University. He created the Wesley B. and Lucy O. Mansfield Scholarship in memory of his grandparents, which recognizes their commitment to nursing and the health sciences, their love of learning and teaching, and their longtime devotion to the Greater Nashua community. Photos by Jodie Andruskevich

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On the Green Alumni, friends, and the Greater Nashua business community turn out for Rivier’s 20th Annual Golf Classic Tournament Thank you to the many generous individuals and corporations that contributed to Rivier’s 20th Annual Golf Classic Tournament. The event raised nearly $40,000 for the University’s athletic and fitness programs. A special thank you to our Premier Event Sponsor People’s United Bank and Dinner Sponsor Spectrum Marketing Companies, who along with more than 30 other businesses and corporations contributed to the tournament’s success.

Players hit the links with a shotgun start at noon on an unseasonably warm day, but spirits were high despite the heat. “Everyone came off the course with a smile on their face,” says Heather Petro, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations. “We look forward to this event every year and are grateful for the ongoing support of Rivier’s outstanding athletic and recreation programs.”

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A Deeper Dive First-year students begin their university experience with an international immersion trip by Brad Wuorinen ’06 A GROUP OF FRESHMAN STEPPED foot on the Rivier campus this past August anticipating their first university experience, and for most of them, their first international excursion. Dr. Susan Barbaro, Associate Professor of Biology, quickly made sure the firstyear biology majors were prepared for the learning adventure that awaited them by introducing them to upperclass student mentors, instructing them on how to set up

a tent, and ensuring their passports were up-to-date. This ten-day teaching trip through the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, Canada, was the first event held under the newly launched ARGYLES (Attract, Retain and Graduate Young LifE Scientists) program. The ARGYLES program was made possible through a $650,000 grant awarded to Rivier University by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support

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the intellectual and career prospects of academically talented students from lowerincome families and minority, female, or first-generation learners, who are currently underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. “It was truly the ice-breaker event for ARGYLES and for these first-year students who experienced a lot of firsts all at once,” says Dr. Barbaro, author and administrator of the NSF grant, and organizer of the learning trip. “It was their first chance to get

to know fellow Rivier students and faculty. For some, it was their first time outside New England, not to mention their first time out of the country. And for most everyone, it was their first time camping and hiking through such a diverse, natural landscape.” Mariangely Martinez, a first-year ARGYLES students, was especially appreciative of the opportunity to participate in this research trip. “I was thrilled to be able to be a part of this oncein-a-lifetime experience,” shares Martinez. “I was able to travel to another country (something I hadn’t done before) and was actually able to see one of the Seven Wonders of the World. And for that I have to thank Rivier University and Dr. Barbaro.” Joining Dr. Barbaro and the first-year students in the ARGYLES program were eight upperclass biology majors; Dr. Joe Spadano, Associate Professor of Education and Mathematics; Laura Scaife, geologist; Mary Daily, retired local educator; and Phil Redman, chef. The group arrived in Ontario with a full itinerary of exploration, research, and community building activities. They began their trip taking in the natural wonder of Niagara Falls with guided tours behind the falls and along Niagara’s White Water Walk. Subsequent days brought fossil hunting, forays in tree identification, and water quality testing at many geological and environmental sites. Additional learning experiences were led by a faculty member of the University of Waterloo in Ontario who addressed the significance of the area’s land usage and sustainability efforts, as well as the critical need to protect one of the most interesting ecosystems in the world. “Relationships were quickly forged and information was shared that helped augment traditional academic opportunities for our students,” says Dr. Barbaro. “They had unmatched access to a geologist who revealed the grandeur of the Niagara Escarpment, the falls, and the Great Lakes.” Beyond the research and learning, the trip also served as their first exposure to

universty life by introducing first-year students to upperclass student mentors, as well as to faculty members. A primary goal of the ARGYLES program is to establish working relationships between students, faculty and community members by opening channels of communication that can lead to improved academic and professional opportunities. Under the scholarship program, ARGYLES students are required to participate in this annual learning trip, a precursor to serving as mentors for next year’s new cohort of ARGYLES students. Additionally, they will attend multiple events hosted by the Rivier Biology Department and Biology Club, complete research projects, attend mentoring and tutorial sessions, participate in the new Inquiry Camp for high school students to be held at Rivier in summer 2018, and attend regional or national conferences at which they will be encouraged to present their research completed during the year. After the tents were packed up, the water samples secured, and the concerns of avoiding bears at their campsites erased from their minds, the group returned to campus better prepared for the start of the academic year.

“I expected the trip to be educational, and I expected to be placed out of my comfort zone,” recalls first-year ARGYLES student Patrice Freeman. “My fondest memory is sitting around the campfire in Cape Crocker Park having dinner under the stars with new friends, while Dr. Barbaro and Phil Redman sang songs.” Beyond introducing her to new people and community-building experiences, Freeman was also able to explore her academic and professional aspirations by taking part in the field research. “The trip has refreshed my love for fossils and geography,” says Freeman. “It made me less afraid of possibly changing my field of study in the future.” As the ARGYLES program continues to establish itself over the coming year, Dr. Barbaro and her students will surely not forget sharing this trip of firsts. “I’m sure they were originally saying, ‘Oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into?’” reflects Dr. Barbaro. “But being in the wilderness for as long as we were, I think they forgot all about starting college and being away from home for the first time. And they made valuable connections with fellow students that will help them throughout their time at Rivier.”

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FACULTY PROFILE Creating brighter futures Karyn Heavner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Director of Public Health Programs

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by Michelle Marrone

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO REMAIN positive when your specialty is infectious diseases; yet, Dr. Karyn Heavner greets each day and student with a smile. She joined Rivier in 2016 when the University introduced its undergraduate and graduate degrees in public health. “I had been working as a consultant and missed academia,” says Dr. Heavner. “I was looking for a small university. When I visited the campus, I was attracted to the peaceful and welcoming atmosphere.” Her doctoral and post-doctoral work focused on research projects related to epidemiology methods, autism spectrum disorders, HIV/AIDS, blood cancer, and substance use disorder. Dr. Heavner’s efforts involved survey and simulation research to evaluate and publish project results. Public health is often a new subject for college students. Explaining the roles of

public health professionals and connecting coursework to improved health for communities and select populations is best managed through real-world examples. “I like to incorporate current events into my classes,” shares Dr. Heavner. “It is fulfilling to watch the progression during the semester as students start to appreciate the effects that diverse events, from hurricanes Irma and Maria on St. Thomas and Puerto Rico, respectively, to changes in New Hampshire state law, have on public health.” In addition, Dr. Heavner involves her students in community projects throughout the year. Their work provides them with experience in the grassroots, on-the-ground aspects of public health, as well as data collection and evaluation. This year, PH101 students received substance use disorder training on campus as part of Public Health Week.

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“It is important for all our students to be knowledgeable about the burden of substance use disorder in southern New Hampshire. Many of our students do, or will work for, or volunteer with community organizations that serve people with this disorder,” says Dr. Heavner. “Nasal naloxone can be administered by non-medical personnel. Offering training on campus is one way that we can provide our students with tools to improve community health.” Public health professionals from the Nashua Department of Health and Community Services also educated students about the correct terminology to use when discussing people with substance use disorder. “Our students must leave Rivier prepared to discuss controversial public health issues using the proper language and cultural sensitivity,” says Dr. Heavner. These skills enable students to perform at an advanced level and engage more fully with

the populations they serve. Invested in the community, Dr. Heavner maintains close contacts with several state and non-profit partner organizations and is called upon for assistance with local public health initiatives. She and her students recently participated in Nashua’s Meals for Kids program. (See page 3.) Engagement with these partners provides another level of experiential learning for Rivier students. Prior to joining the University, Dr. Heavner was employed by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. Her work there included participation in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant projects, which evaluated New York State’s name-based HIV reporting legislation, the Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program, and the Hepatitis Service Models for Injection Drug Users Project. Fast forward to June 2017, and syringe exchange is legalized in New Hampshire— an important step toward addressing several community health issues. Given her expertise and experience, Dr. Heavner's participation in a local coalition has been instrumental in establishing Nashua's first

syringe exchange program. “This is needed in Nashua, and throughout New Hampshire, to reduce the burden of HIV and viral hepatitis,” shares Dr. Heavner. The Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force has taken a leadership role in this project, and I look forward to working with them and other community partners.” In just one year, Dr. Heavner has helped launch two degree programs at the University, become a vital community resource, involved students in careerbuilding projects, and made meaningful contributions to state and local public health initiatives. Her efforts have a ripple effect within the Rivier and Greater Nashua communities, creating brighter futures for those influenced by her work. According to St. Francis, “… it is in giving that we receive,” and Dr. Heavner agrees. “The relationships that I have formed with colleagues, local public health professionals, and students have made my first year at Rivier remarkable. I especially enjoy watching the Capstone classes as they progress through their final projects and go on to share their knowledge and gifts with the world.”

Bio: Karyn Heavner Ph.D., Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University at Albany MSPH, Epidemiology, University of South Carolina B.A., International Communications, American University of Paris

Assistant Professor of Public Health • Director of Public Health Programs • Public Health Advisor

Specialties/Research Interests • Infectious disease epidemiology • Epidemiology methods • HIV/AIDS • Viral hepatitis • Substance use • Health disparities

Courses Taught • PH101 - Introduction to Public Health • PH201 - Epidemiology in Public Health • PH203 - Public Health Seminar • PH225 - Introduction to Quantitative Public Health Data Management • PH330 - Public Health Research

Making a difference in our community Dr. Heavner’s public health students intern at a variety of local organizations, including:

• PH400 - Global Health & Health Disparities • PH495 - Public Health Internship/ Capstone • PH550 - Global Health

• Nashua Department of Health and Community Services

• John Snow, Inc. • Nashua Senior Center

• PH575 - Public Health Practicum & Seminar

• St. Joseph Hospital

• Nashua Police Athletic League

Publications

• Southern New Hampshire Medical Center

• New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

• Greater Nashua Mental Health Center

• The International Institute of New England

• The Water Project

• Serenity Place, and many other organizations

Dr. Heavner has published studies in several journals including the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and the American Journal of Public Health. For a complete listing of her publications, visit www.rivier.edu/heavner.

“We try to find projects that match each student’s interests and career goals,” notes Dr. Heavner. “Some of the topics that our students have worked on in the past year include substance use disorder services, infection prevention, nutrition and physical activity among children, environmental health, hygiene and sanitation, perinatal health, grant writing, and refugee health and resettlement services.”

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ALUMNI PROFILE Altiora et Meliora—Higher and Better Katrina Ware Simpson, Classes of ’11/’12G B.A. in Human Development, M.Ed. in Educational Studies by Michelle Marrone

SECOND LIEUTENANT KATRINA Ware Simpson wears many hats—wife, mother, clinician, entrepreneur, and infantry platoon leader for the Army National Guard. Strength, service, and a drive to support others’ success as well as her own, guide this alumna’s path. “I’ve loved Rivier’s mission to ‘transform hearts and minds’ since I first considered the school as an option,” says Simpson, who completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Rivier. Fully embracing the mission, she actively served those in need while pursuing her degrees. “While at Rivier, I attended a trip to Casa del la Esperanza in Houston with campus ministries, where we were fortunate enough to aid in caring for children who had been abandoned or separated from their families,” she shares. “I traveled to South Carolina with Habitat for Humanity … and to Kentucky with the Christian Appalachian Project. I’ve had so many opportunities to give back in a

Rivier taught me that I can be strong as well as compassionate, fiercely driven and yet still kind to others. Those are the things I want to pass on to my daughter.

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big way; Rivier has helped to reinforce the notion of being a part of something bigger.” Upon graduation, Simpson worked in the local community, first as a clinical supervisor for a foster care agency and later for Becket Family of Services, where she specialized in treating children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ambitious, goal-oriented, and looking for a hands-on challenge, Simpson joined the Army National Guard in 2013. “As a civilian clinician, I deal heavily with youth who have experienced trauma,” she says. “But when I joined the military four years ago, I decided my ultimate career goal was to work with combat veterans struggling with PTSD. Twenty-two veterans take their own lives each day. When I first heard that statistic, I knew that was the population I wanted to serve.” Upon completing basic training, she returned to the New Hampshire Army National Guard and officer candidate

Second Lieutenant Katrina Simpson, her husband James Ware, and their daughter Avalene, who was baptized at Resurrection Chapel on the Rivier University campus.

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school. In fall 2016, Simpson made history; she completed intensive combat leadership training in the first class that included female lieutenants, and she became the first woman to graduate from U.S. Army infantry officer training. Currently a platoon leader in the New Hampshire Army National Guard’s mountain infantry company, Simpson will attend Ranger School in the future. Perhaps an even greater challenge, Simpson has created a point of intersection in her military, professional and personal lives—she and her husband recently launched New Hampshire’s first flotation therapy center. “When we were first considering flotation therapy (also known as sensory deprivation) as a business opportunity, I was hesitant; but after reviewing all of the research on utilizing sensory deprivation tanks to treat PTSD, I was all in,” says Simpson. New Hampshire Float Therapy opened in early October in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Along with her strong personal drive, Simpson claims “my husband and my daughter” as two major motivators. “My education, I’m sure will continue to prove invaluable throughout my career, but I’m more grateful for how I’ve benefited as a wife and mother,” says Simpson. “I don’t ever want my child to think that education is the end all, be all. After all, what good is education if you’re not a good person? If you don’t value others and do your part to help others when you have the opportunity, then you’re cheating yourself. Those are the moments that matter most and the moments that build character.”

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MAKINGNEWS Associate Professor of Education and Mathematics Dr. Joseph Spadano presented “Repeated Reasoning: Learning Experiences that Strengthen Mathematics Preparedness for All Students” at the New Hampshire Department of Education Mathematics Learning Communities Summer Institute VI.

Class VI rapids in the Niagara River Gorge

Associate Professor of Biology and Department Coordinator Dr. Susan Barbaro and Dr. Joseph Spadano led a field experience for incoming ARGYLES students and current biology students to the Niagara Escarpment in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, this past August. The field study involved three science professors and 12 Rivier University biology students. (See page 14.) Professor of Art and Director of The Art Gallery at Rivier University Sister Theresa Couture, pm, was selected for an intensive, visual arts studio residency at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art this past summer. Her project explored concepts in visual abstraction through a combination of digital painting and traditional Nihonga (Japanese painting) techniques. The museum, one of the largest and liveliest centers for contemporary arts in the U.S., nurtures new work of high quality in all modes of visual and performing arts. Adjunct Instructor of Public Health and State of N.H. Epidemiologist Elizabeth R. Daly, MPH co-authored two new articles: “Tick bite and Lyme diseaserelated emergency department encounters in New Hampshire, 2010–2014” in Zoonoses and Public Health and “Use of emergency department data for monitoring and responding to an increase in opioid overdoses in New Hampshire” in Public Health Reports. Both were also presented at national conferences.

Professor of English and Department Coordinator Dr. Timothy Doherty, above, was honored with the Presidents’ Good Steward Award by Campus Compact for New Hampshire. The award recognized his work to engage Rivier’s students with its community partners, the PLUS Company, Anne-Marie House, and the Nashua Police Athletic League (PAL). Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. Karen E. Frenn RN, CNE was a site visitor for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). She traveled with a team to Illinois to review a college’s submission for initial accreditation of their Associate Degree Registered Nurse program. Associate Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Program Eric A. Gentes, Esq., is taking part in Nashua Police Department's Citizens Academy, as part of the Criminal Justice program's relationship with the Department. This 9-week, 27-hour course provides civilians with insight into all bureaus of the Nashua PD.

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Assistant Professor of Counseling & School Psychology Dr. Cheryl Maykel, NCSP, and a colleague presented a poster on mind-body health at the Association for Psychological Science annual convention and published a joint study in the Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy on the use of mindfulness meditation with individuals who experience co-occurring asthma and anxiety. In August, she participated in a symposium presented at the American Psychological Association annual convention titled "Integrating multiple systems of care to support the education of youth who are medically involved." Associate Professor of Business Administration Dr. Kevin Wayne co-authored a paper titled “Challenging the Maxim: A Paradigm Shift on the Role of the Customer.” The paper was presented and included in the Proceedings of The Northeast Business & Economics Association Annual Conference.

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The University community celebrated Coach Kolek's achievement on October 24, 2017.

Coach Craig Kolek makes NCAA history Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Head Coach and Associate Athletic Director Craig Kolek reached a career milestone this fall by entering the 400-400 Club. He is the first coach in NCAA volleyball history to win 400 games in both men’s and women’s volleyball across all three NCAA divisions. His record on the men's side also ranks him as the second winningest coach in NCAA Division III history and ninth alltime in NCAA Men’s Volleyball Division I, II and III history. Coach Kolek is a Rivier institution, coaching Raider teams for more than 20 years. "I'm obviously very humbled about this milestone, but there is also an enormous sense of pride and satisfaction," says Coach Kolek. "There are not many coaches in the country that have coached two separate teams together for any sport for this amount of time.” Over the course of his career, he has captured six Great Northeast Athletic Conference women's volleyball championships and seven GNAC men's volleyball championships. He has coached the men's program to the NCAA Division

III Final Four and was ranked #1 overall in the AVCA Coaches Poll in 2014. After the 2006 season, in which his men's team captured the NECVA Championship, Kolek was selected as the AVCA National Coach of the Year. The Rivier community extends its thanks and congratulations to Coach Kolek on his remarkable achievement. "Looking back at all the years, I can

say the sacrifice to coach both teams was at times overwhelming, and I invested a huge chunk of my life in Rivier to get the program where I wanted it to be, but I also know how much my family and friends sacrificed as well. There is no way this would have happened without the support of my parents, my brother and his family, my athletic director, and, of course, my wife."

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CLASS NOTES 1950’s

June Craig Robie ’59, along with Judith Roussel Willis ’59, above, traveled west this past September. They are pictured here in Moose, Montana, standing in the foreground of the Grand Teton Mountains. 1960’s

Angela Haris ’61 and her husband moved to Hershey's Mill in Pennsylvania this summer. Downsizing from a large family home and property, she now enjoys a beautiful view of the golf course from her window. She and her husband enjoy the community’s many interesting activities in their free time.

Topsfield Fair and received the Best of Show and Committee's Choice awards along with a blue ribbon for excellent workmanship. It will be on display at the Connections Quilt Festival in Nashua this fall. In September of 2017, Elda M. Dawber ’69 announced the publication of her first illustrated children’s book The Weirdest Saturday Ever. Dawber is also the author of Wait Until I’m Dead!, which won First Prize in Literary Fiction in 2015 from the Independent Publishers of New England and was a Finalist in Cover Design. 1970’s

Paula Connor ’74, in the Rivier spirit, is still working hard and doing her part to make the world a better place. She enjoyed seeing so many wonderful faces at the Class of ’74 40th reunion and meeting another person named Paula (the President of Rivier, no less)! She is hoping to see many more friends at her 45th Reunion in 2019! John Nogowski ’76 has written his fourth book Teaching Huckleberry Finn; it has been published by McFarland and Co. and will be available before the year’s end. Currently a high school teacher after 25 years in the newspaper business, his book is the product of ten years’ teaching Twain's masterpiece at a struggling African-American high school in Florida.

Mary Framptom-Price ’77, above, of Cornwall, England, enjoyed a visit with Sister Jeanne Perreault, pm, at Rivier in June. She was happy to reconnect with old friends and to visit campus. Though its appearance has changed dramatically, she was heartened to see that the “feel” of the campus remains the same; it is still the warm, welcoming place that she remembers. Susan O’Hare ’87/’94G recently became an authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer in Construction & General Industry and provides training on safety and health hazards in the workplace. In addition, Susan works as an Early Childhood Education instructor at Greater Lowell Technical High School in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, preparing high school students for employment and college study in the child care field. 1990’s

Phillip Schappler ’92G was appointed principal of Memorial School in Bedford. He previously served as the principal at Sunset Heights Elementary School in Nashua and had worked in the Nashua School District for more than 20 years.

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Janet Smith Dalis ’69, above, won the 2017 Viewer’s Choice Award in the Mancuso World Quilt Show for her “Splendid Sampler” quilt, which took her 17 months to complete. It was also entered into the

Darlene M. Deptula-Hicks ’85G was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of T2Biosystems, Inc. Prior to this position, she was the acting CFO for Piersis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company.

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Stephanie Vaughan ’96 founded the Morgan Leary Vaughan Fund, which has received an award from Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). The “Speaking of Award-winning NEC” brochure— brochure cover created as a companion piece to the audio podcast series of the same name—has been recognized as part of GDUSA’s 2017 American Health + Wellness Awards™. Maria Ryan ’97, APRN is Chief Executive Officer of Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, New Hampshire. Under her leadership, Cottage Hospital was named one of the top 20 critical-access hospitals in the country by the National Rural Health Association. She is also a member of New Hampshire Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees. 2000’s

Dr. Karen Scolforo ’02G, has been named Castleton University’s next President by a unanimous vote of the Vermont State Colleges System Board of Trustees. Most recently, she served as president of Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. She assumes her new role in December. Brian Pinelle ’95/’04G, RN, MSN, MBA has been appointed Chief Nursing Officer for the Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, Florida. He was previously CNO at Florida’s Lake City Medical Center, and Vice President of Inpatient Services at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire.

Holly Medeiros ’06 is working at Skribbles Learning Center in Northborough, Massachusetts. She is a Toddler Teacher at the Center. John W. MacArthur, Jr. ’08G was named principal for the Alton Central School in Alton. He was formerly the assistant principal at Weare Middle School, and most recently, the principal of Boynton Middle School in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.

Elizabeth Bellemore ’14 was promoted to Assistant Branch Manager at Citizens Bank in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Dr. Lisa Dias ’16G has been named Head of School at World Academy in Nashua. Previously serving as the Academy’s principal, she will transition into this role succeeding the school’s founder.

Stephen Reider, Jr. ’08G was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia. He has extensive leadership experience in healthcare and behavioral health and was CEO of Springbrook Hospital in Brooksville, Florida prior to this appointment. 2010’s

Kimberly Cloutier ’10 has taken a position as a special education teacher at the Henniker Community School in Henniker, New Hampshire. She was previously a special education teacher and boardcertified behavior analyst with the JaffreyRindge School District in New Hampshire. Karina Arnold Crockett ’13 and her business Celebrations Catering & Events was featured in the Hilton Head Magazine: CH2/CB2 in their special feature, Women in Business 2017. Jennifer Ramirez ’13 was named Nurse Manager at the Gavin Center for Geriatric Psychiatry at Nashoba Valley Medical Center. She brings more than 10 years of experience and an extensive background in geriatric nursing and transitional care settings to her new role. Jennifer previously worked at Westford House in Westford, Massachusetts, as the unit manager overseeing operations for transitional and long-term care.

Suzanne Delaney ’16G, above, owner of LOFTechnology, was a finalist for the 2017 NH Rising Stars Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She was nominated for the award by Rivier business administration professor, Dr. Mark Meehan. LOFTechnology is a STEM education company based in Nashua that offers programs in robotics, game design, programming, and engineering for school-age children. Danielle Collins ’17G was named Director of School Nutrition Services for the Methuen School District in Massachusetts. She was previously the School Nutrition Director for a cooperative school district in Amherst, New Hampshire.

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WEDDINGS

BIRTHS

D E AT H S

Felicia M. Robinson ʼ15 April 15, 2017 Sr. Kathleen Mary Gay, sp, ʼ71G April 28, 2017 Judith Gibney ʼ87 June 11, 2017

Kelly Flick ʼ93 and Joseph Kozlowski– October 8, 2016

Amanda Kilroy Lambert ʼ05 and her husband Nathan welcomed their daughter Penelope Jeanne on February 22, 2017.

Archie Carpentiere ʼ81G June 21, 2017 Sr. Emily Pugh, scn, ʼ72G June 28, 2017 Mary Ellen Dooling ʼ72 July 16, 2017 Edward Deschamps ʼ85G August 4, 2017 Sr. Madeleine Chaffers, SSND, ʼ44 August 19, 2017

Lauren Saccoccio ʼ12 and Chris Hunt ʼ10– May 20, 2017

Robert Roche ʼ80 August 19, 2017 Judith Pfeifer ʼ66 August 25, 2017 Sr. Gabrielle Messier, pm, ʼ56 August 30, 2017

Rachel Brown ʼ09 and Robert Palmer– September 8, 2017

Karen ʼ03G and Brian Cooper ʼ06/ʼ08G welcomed their second son Dylan Robert on August 20, 2017.

Karen Ann Hildreth ʼ77 September 11, 2017 Ronald P. Stephan ʼ75 September 26, 2017 Lois Krippendorf Day ʼ55 October 8, 2017

Nihar Reddy Aleti ʼ16G and Kavya Diviti ʼ17G, graduate alumni from India, were married at the University campus on August 13, 2017. Family and friends from around the world attended the celebration.

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EMPLOYER PARTNER NETWORK

A Workforce for the 21st Century Employer partnerships expand student and alumni career prospects by Michelle Marrone “GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE IS A LOT EASIER THAN getting an education,” says Patrick Cate, Rivier’s Director of Academic and Career Advising. “An education goes beyond attending classes and earning credits. Employers are asking graduates to develop interpersonal relationships and to make cold calls; they want them to comprehend what they read and be able to write more than 140 characters.” Last fall, Rivier announced its Employment Promise Program to the incoming class, which promises invested students that they will be employed within nine months of graduation or receive additional financial or educational support from Rivier. The University strengthened its commitment to a workforce-ready education this fall with the creation of the Employer Partner Network (EPN). Aimed at offering career growth opportunities, the Network builds relationships with distinguished organizations to provide job shadowing, internship and job openings to students and alumni. RivierConnect, the EPN portal, allows registered members to maintain online resumes and digital portfolios and to access career development and employment opportunities from more than 100 approved Employer Partners. “We are currently working with UPS to recruit part-time human resources interns and with BAE Systems to recruit for their Contracts Department Summer 2018 Internship Program,” says Patricia Antonelli, Executive Director of University Career Services. “Both UPS and BAE Systems are offering paid internships and are looking at a combination of business and liberal arts undergraduate majors and alumni.” Professional development programs introduced early in students’ Rivier experience enable them to build stronger resumes,

networks, and interviewing and job skills. RivierConnect also provides a platform for alumni to access and contribute to the Network. “Alumna and current graduate student Allison Varela ’14/’17G reached out to us with biotech opportunities to add to the Network,” says Antonelli. University Career Services and Employer Partners host networking events, job shadows and site visits, industry panels, various career development workshops, and a job and internship fair. Participation in these high-impact events begins in students’ first year at Rivier and offers exposure to interviewing managers and work-based learning experiences. Many internships are paid and lead to offers of full-time employment for students and alumni. These activities augment academic learning, enhance a Rivier education, and increase overall employability. “Employers are looking for Rivier-educated employees,” shares Antonelli. “They join the Network and participate in career events to find and attract the strongest candidates for their companies.” The Employer Partner Network and RivierConnect are new tools for students and alumni to utilize in building their careers. Complementing Rivier’s liberal arts education, participation in EPN opportunities assists in getting that first, and next, great job!

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STUDENT PROFILE Perseverance and tenacity— Driven to make a difference Lindsay Francoeur Class of 2018 Bachelor of Science in Public Health; Minor in Business Student Government Association President by Patricia Garrity Photo by Jodie Andruskevich

Lindsay Francoeur is the driving force in the formation of the Love Your Melon Club on the Rivier University campus. The Love Your Melon organization focuses on making a difference in the lives of kids battling cancer. Francoeur decided to start this club at Rivier because “the mission of Love Your Melon reflects how I want to live my life–making a difference.” Love Your Melon is an apparel brand run by college students across all fifty states. Its mission is to give a hat to every child battling cancer in America. Additionally, product sales fund superhero adventures for children battling cancer, cancer research initiatives, and support for the families of children battling cancer. Fifty percent of the profit from all Love Your Melon sales is given to non-profit partners in pediatric oncology. In addition to running beanie donation events, the Club will raise awareness for childhood cancer and represent the Love Your Melon brand. “I think this experience with Love Your Melon will impact me as a person, allowing me to be more compassionate in my field of work,” says Francoeur.

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What attracted you to your degree program and Rivier? I attended Rivier for nursing and made the move to public health during my sophomore year. Initially, I was skeptical, but after sitting in my first public health class, I fell in love with the program! I found everything about it so fascinating. I decided to add on a business minor to pursue my newly discovered dream of going into hospital administration. I'm extremely happy with my decision not only in my major, but also in the university I chose. You are very involved in campus life at Rivier serving as SGA President. What drives you to accomplish so much, and what rewards do you receive in the process? I love making a difference! I feel like that is a really cliché thing to say, but it is so true. I love to put all my effort and hard work into something and then see all of that result in making others happy. Did you complete an internship? I completed a volunteer internship in public health marketing with the Community Health Institute in Bow, New Hampshire during my junior year. I was tasked with reaching out to schools to create an awareness of Lyme disease. I compiled an enormous list of schools to send supplies to (factual posters, shower cards, tick removal spoons, etc.). I gained a lot of experience in outreach and organization, which is something I know I will take with me when I graduate and begin working a full-time job. Is Rivier University preparing you well for the job market? Yes! Rivier offers so many opportunities for you to gain experience not only in your future field of work but even other fields. After my internship in public health marketing, I discovered it wasn’t the best fit for me but I never would have known that unless I tried it out. Rivier offered me that opportunity by helping me make connections that gave me the ability to learn. I really value all the different opportunities Rivier has provided me. In my short time here, I have learned so much. I have represented my fellow students on various campus committees, gone out into my community and volunteered at places like the Anne-Marie House and the Nashua PAL Center, and made friends that will last a lifetime. Rivier really cares for the whole person, and that is one of my favorite parts about it.

“My mom would be humbled ...”

DONOR PROFILE A gift of remembrance Michelle Blake, Classes of ’00/’16G by Heather Petro

The Pauline L. Cushion Scholarship was the University's first scholarship for undergraduate evening students.

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MICHELLE BLAKE ’00/’16G FOLLOWED in her mother’s footsteps by attending Rivier University as an undergraduate and later returning to pursue her MBA. She describes her education at Rivier as a realworld education. “I love learning, and I loved the diversity I found at Rivier,” says Michelle. “The professors are supportive and knowledgeable, and they offer so much insight into their own experience.” A love of learning and commitment to education runs in the family. Michelle’s mother, Pauline L. Cushion, entered Rivier at age 45, with three children, a husband, and full-time job. For her, earning a college degree had been a lifelong goal; a goal she was determined to achieve, obstacles or not. “Perseverance is the word that comes to mind when I think of her,” Michelle says, when asked to describe her mother. “She

was a very strong and determined person. Perseverance seems to be such a small word to begin to even describe her drive.” Diagnosed with melanoma while earning her degree, Michelle’s mother lost her courageous battle with cancer in May of 1995, one semester short of graduation. The University recognized Cushion’s example of perseverance and achievement by awarding her degree posthumously in 1996. As their tribute, Michelle and her family created the Pauline L. Cushion Scholarship at Rivier University. Truly a community effort, Michelle shares the tremendous effort required to start the scholarship. “We had bake sales, car washes, and raffles. Hundreds of people—friends, family, colleagues, and our church community—contributed to making this scholarship possible. Just as my mom

was driven to pursue her education, we were driven to honor her memory in a profound way.” Michelle, like her mother, is an example of someone with drive and passion. She is involved in numerous volunteer efforts while pursuing her dream career of working in corporate philanthropy. “My mom would be humbled that we are making a big deal about her. She never wanted to be in the spotlight,” Michelle tells us. “Yet I hope that bringing attention to our efforts will inspire others to contribute to Rivier University and support its many scholarships, making it possible for other students to follow their passion.” The University is honored to be entrusted with a scholarship in Pauline Cushion’s name and hopes that her legacy is an inspiration to all.

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PRESIDENTâ€™S REPORT OF DONORS

2016-2017

Recognizing generous and loyal supporters Rivier University is grateful for the generous and loyal donors who contribute during our fiscal year (July 1, 2016â€“ June 30, 2017). The totals below include gifts to the Rivier University Fund, capital projects, endowed scholarships, and other initiatives. The University is also grateful for the gifts of time, energy, volunteer activities, and goodwill received from our many supporters each year. Thank you for your commitment to the future of Rivier University.

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Source

Donors

Amount

Alumni

911

$257,342

Friends & Parents

288

$276,490

Corporations

$93,159

Foundations

$30,900

Organizations

$49,060

Total

1,282

$706,951

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DONOR RECOGNITION SOCIETIES The University’s donor recognition societies serve as a way to acknowledge our supporters and pay tribute to several individuals who have played significant roles in Rivier’s history. Sr. Madeleine of Jesus Society ($5,000 or more) Named for Rivier’s foundress and first president, this society represents the University’s highest level of giving. Presidents’ Society ($2,500 to $4,999) This society is named in honor of the University’s dedicated leaders throughout its history. Sr. Sylvia Trottier Society ($1,000 to $2,499) This society bears the name of Sister Sylvia, a presence at Rivier for more than 50 years. She served as professor, chair of the chemistry department, athletics director, house mother, and in countless other roles. Sr. Joseph Landry Society ($500 to $999) This society recognizes Sr. Joseph, who led Rivier’s education department for more than 30 years. She taught at Rivier and the St. Joseph School of Nursing and had a powerful influence on education throughout the region. Sr. Albina Marie Gazaille Society ($250 to $499) This society is named for Rivier’s longtime library director, who was dedicated to providing Rivier students with the research materials they needed and resources to learn outside the classroom. 420 Main Street Society ($100 to $249) This society recognizes the memories that the Rivier campus holds for members of the community.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS GIVING SOCIETIES SR. MADELEINE OF JESUS SOCIETY Giving of $5,000 or more Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Henriette Levesque Allen, Ph.D.’50 B.A. Patricia Archambeault Rose H. Arthur, Th.D. (deceased) Helen D. Black (deceased) Mona Pelletier Bourret ’51 B.A. Francoise Chenard Louise Renaud Classon ’70 B.A. and Kenneth Classon Council of Independent Colleges Irene Alice LeBlanc Drew ’56 B.A. and Richard Drew Catherine Conway Eames ’81 B.S. Ana Hebra Flaster Follett Higher Education Group Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Jacobs Family Charitable Trust Linda Dakoulas Johnson, Esq. ’81 B.S. Mary Jane King and Curtis McLain King ’99 M.Ed. Brad Kreick Carol A. ’79 B.A., ’84 M.A. and John Kreick and Family Thanasi Liakos Jan Corinne MacLennan‑Kennedy ’68 B.A. Merchants Automotive Group Capt. Mary Pierce Mosier ’73 B.A. Martha E. O’Neill, Esq. People's United Bank Linda Lemery Robinson ’69 B.A., ’79 M.Ed.,’94 H and Terry Robinson Sisters of the Presentation of Mary Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Thomas and JoEllen Space Spectrum Marketing Companies Claire Tessier St. Laurent ’60 B.A. Dr. Elise B. Tougas ’48 B.A. (deceased) H. Robert Weisman ’94 H PRESIDENTS’ SOCIETY Giving of $2,500 to $4,999 Barry and Honorow, PLLC Rita LeBlanc Sheehan Bell ’52 B.A. Bellavance Beverage Company, Inc.

Burke Advertising Paul E. Clark Coca‑Cola Bottling of Northern NE Ellucian Company L.P. Celine M. Fortin ARNP ’89 B.A., ’98 M.S. Hamblett & Kerrigan Professional Association Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 MBT Worldwide, Inc. K. Brian McLaughlin Dianne M. Mercier R.J. Finlay & Co. Karen Schedin Sodexo Claudia and David Spada St. Joseph Hospital Stellos Eectric Supply, Inc. Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. SR. SYLVIA TROTTIER SOCIETY Giving of $1,000 to $2,499 Dr. Kathleen Moriarty Ackerman ’52 B.A., ’60 M.A. Lynn E. Andersen, RN ’01 C.A.G.S. Larry T. Anderson ’75 B.B.A., ’78 M.B.A. Bellwether Community Credit Union Daniel F. Birck ’79 M.B.A. Michelle M. Cushion Blake ’00 B.S., ’16 M.B.A. and David Blake Leon P. ’97 H and Jan Brassard Bohdan Buczynski ’02 A.S. Cityside Management Corporation Karen ’03 M.B.A. and Brian J.T. ’06 B.S., ’08 M.B.A. Cooper Dr. John J. Dagianis Mary F. ’91 B.A. and Roger M. Damphousse Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and James Davis Fallon Electric Carol Farrell Olga Flory Ifen C. Foster ’86 M.S. Agnes M. Grace ’59 B.A. Kevin J. ’91 M.B.A. and Eileen Halloran Dr. Mark C. Hand Irene St. Maurice Healy ’66 B.A. Dr. Jamison Hoff ’13 H Dr. Douglas Howard and Thomas L. Cassada Hutter Construction Corporation Mitra Jazayeri ’80 B.S. Joanne P. Jeannette, RN ’94 B.S. Jeannine Rouillard Jeffs ’52 B.A. and Joseph Jeffs Johnson Controls

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The Honorable Joseph N. Laplante Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation Richard and Janet Manganello Therese Leonard McArdle ’67 B.A., ’81 M.B.A. Terence E. Mollohan Patricia Levins Moreland ’69 B.A. Morgan Stanley Morin’s Landscaping Mary Bui Nguyen ’63 B.A. Patrick A. Obertin ’12 M.Ed Valerie Patnaude ’16 M.B.A. Prime Software Technologies, Inc. Daniel M. Sauvageau ’95 M.B.A. Rev. Regina E. Sheare ’99 H Joanne Cassidy Spirito ’69 B.A. Tamposi Foundation, Inc. Sharon R. ’91 B.S., ’95 M.B.A. and Samuel A. Tamposi Jr. The Learning House, Inc. Debra J. Tilders Dr. Amir Toosi Candace McQuaid Ulcickas ’67 B.A. UniFirst Corporation Paula J. Williams, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Karen E. Wozniak Jennifer L. Yeomans ’91 M.B.A. Susan J. Zator ’66 B.A. SR. JOSEPH LANDRY SOCIETY Giving of $500 to $999 Shirley L.’97 B.A. and Harold R. Acres ’90H Alec’s Shoe Store, Inc. Sandra M. Axton ’60 B.A., ’67 M.Ed. Susan Sommer Ballou ’92 B.A., ’05 M.Ed. Nancy Collins Barry ’56 B.A. Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson PA Claire Robitaille Blanchard ’50 B.A. Kathleen Sughrue Conole ’70 B.A., ’73 M.A. Conway Office Solutions James and Ann Conway Michael A. Croatti ’09 M.B.A. Stephanie Farricy Cuff ’73 B.A. Jeanne Cusson ’68 B.A. Christina Austin Cuzzi ’04 B.S., ’08 M.B.A. and David Cuzzi Keeva D. Davis ’00 B.A. Laurette P. Delisle ’69 B.A. Derck and Edson Associates Aaron C. Dufoe ’97 B.S., ’99 M.B.A. Joseph A. Fagan ’92 M.B.A. Dr. Heather Feltmate Scott Fields

Fred C. Church, Inc. Lucille Jette French ’54 B.A. Ann Stadherr Fuller ’70 B.A. Steve R. Geyster ’94 M.B.A. Haggerty’s Cleaning Services, Inc. Patricia Hale Louise Castonguay Hatch ’50 B.A. John P. Houde Louise Dufresne Houde ’64 B.A. Dr. Susan Langlois The Honorable Donnalee Lozeau ’13 H MacMulkin Chevrolet Michael B. Mansfield ’97 B.S. Martha’s Exchange Florence Witkop McEwen ’65 B.A. McLane Middleton Valerie Westfall Mellon ’66 Diane Miller Taeko Mochizuki ’68 Louise Monast ’77 B.A. Meghan Tingley Montour ’03 B.A., ’10 M.Ed. and Matthew Montour Cheryl Ohneck‑Barton ’66 B.A. Mary Ann Moore Palmer ’64 B.A. Richard K. ’01 B.S. and Wendy B. ’97 M.Ed. Perrine Petrocelli Marketing Group Claudette C. Pinard ’74 B.A. Denise M. Pothier Paula T. Randazza Michael S. Rose Sonhui Rowe ’14 B.S. Karen T. Roy ’08 B.A. The Royle Family Dr. Walter Schier Sally A. Stalker ’85 M.B.A. Barbara Benn Stelling ’64 B.A. Kurt Stimeling Diana Strano ’09 M.B.A., ’17 M.S. Pauline DeGrace Taylor ’68 B.A. Toyota of Nashua Michael Tucci Judith Kfoury Urbanczyk ’71 B.A. Bill and Lisa Van Cura Dr. Sally A. White Thomas and Pat Wolf SR. ALBINA MARIE GAZAILLE SOCIETY Giving of $250 to $499 Robert C. Amelio Georgette Pinette Barry ’84 B.S. Ernest A. Berardinelli Jr. ’77 B.B.A.

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Joan M. Bienvenue ’99 B.S. Joseph L. Bingham Joanna B. Burns ’77 B.S. Julia P. Burns (deceased) ’79 B.S. Brenda Calamari ’98 B.S. John and Kathryn Cadigan Mary Clark ’76 B.S. Mary Ann Craig ’79 B.A. Patricia Avakian Cura ’71 B.A. Patrice Small Davis ’77 A.S. Developmental Disability Nurses of NH Claire Durocher ’64 B.A. Claudette T. Durocher ’63 B.A. Danielle P. Durocher ’98 M.B.A. Alexis Bond Eakin ’74 B.A. Terry R. Farias ’89 M.B.A. Patricia E. Garrity Therese Audet Gaudette ’53 Kimberly Giddings Michele Gigli ’72 B.A. Carolyn Perreault Grant ’89 B.S. Trudy Minor Hart ’66 B.A. Dale Ann Heckler Charlotte A. Higgins John Hooper Jr. Anne L. Hostage ’72 B.A. ’78 M.A. Maureen Hovnanian Alice Introcaso Linda M. Jansky ’95 M.B.A. Barbara Bartol Joseph ’64 B.A. Kamco Lock Solutions Teresa M. Kellaway ’03 M.Ed. Gibson B. Kennedy, Jr. ’84 M.B.A. Eve‑Marie Lacroix ’66 B.A. Elizabeth A. LaRose ’93 B.A. Diane R. Levesque ’71 B.A. Melinda Luther Sheila M. MacDuff ’98 M.Ed. Teresa D. Magnus, Ph.D. Jo‑Ann Robert Markaverich ’70 B.A. Michelle Marrone Richard J. McDonald ’07 M.B.A. Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Dr. Martin R. and Angela S. ’06 C.A.G.S. Menke Linda A. Mezzapelle ’89 B.S, ’93 M.S. Therese Picher Muldoon ’52 B.A. Mary C. Murphy ’04 M.Ed. Barbara Zajchowski Nekula ’79 B.S. Kristin Nelson Ann Kilelea Paré ’67 B.A. Monique Bellegarde Patenaude ’54 B.A. Nicholas A. Pitarys Sr. ’69 M.S.

Doris I. Proulx ’69 M.Ed. Amy (Birck) Reynolds ’11 M.Ed. Vladimir Riabov, Ph.D. Rotary Club of Nashua West Shirley Roy, M.D. ’64 Debra A. Scanlan ’09 B.A. Susan S. Spiess ’99 M.A. Peter D. ’04 M.B.A. and Karen Spohn Mary Elizabeth Laney Turbyne ’59 B.A. Jeannine Uppgard ’71 B.A. Stanley M. Yanis Jr. ’79 B.S. 420 MAIN STREET SOCIETY Giving of $100 to $249 A.J.P. Painting Co., Inc. Diane E. Allen, RN ’94 A.S., ’96 B.S. David C. Almeda ’96 M.S and Erin Phelan Almeda ’97 M.B.A. Anita L. Anderson ’96 A.A. Donald Andler Davida S. Andrew ’86 B.S. Cynthia J. Arcieri ’96 B.S., ’04 M.S. Bobbie D. Bagley, RN ’97 B.S., ’14 M.S. Cheryl Bagtaz ’15 M.Ed. Sylvia Jarvis Balcom ’88 A.S., ’92 B.S. Dr. Susan Barbaro Marguerite Moreau Baribault ’50 B.A. Karen Bartosch Marcelle Beaudry Bastien ’66 B.A. Madeleine C. Beaudin ’48 Diane Coutu Bechard ’79 B.S., ’87 M.B.A. and Maurice J. Bechard ’87 M.B.A. Leona Mae Belanger ’01 A.S. Deborah Belcher ’97 M.A. Elizabeth Bellemore ’14 B.A. Murielle Gosselin Bennett ’72 B.A. Kenneth P. Binder Gretchen M. Birdsall ’89 M.B.A. Dana Blades ’12 B.S. Jocelyn Blanchette ’54 B.A. Peter Bonaccorsi Sara S. Booth Karen Ridge Boucher ’69 B.A. Pauline A. Boucher ’55 B.A. Anna Thorp Boulia ’89 B.S. Michele M. Brannan ’91 M.A. Rev. Barbara A. Brawley ’86 B.A. Linda Brodeur Paladino ’82 B.S., ’01 M.Ed. Dina Brown Nancy Niconchuk Brown ’68 B.A. Tomoko Miyazaki Brown ’93 B.A. Margaret Bunker Michele Hurtle Burke ’91 B.S.

Sandra Jakubowski Burney ’64 B.A. Patricia McCaugney Burns ’70 B.A., ’79 M.Ed. Jason J. Bushey ’02 B.S. Nancy Clark Butler ’61 Gary Bynon Marianne Hartmann Campbell ’84 M.B.A. Michael Campbell Paula Campbell Maureen Kennedy Carro ’65 B.A. Lesley Chaffin Maryse Bissonnette Charbonneau ’75 B.A. Pauline Dufresne Charest ’68 B.A. Kathleen M. Clairmont ’92 B.S.W. Donald A. Cloutier Barry Cohoon Elaine Valliere Collins ’60 B.A. Mary Collins ’87 M.B.A. Kathleen Courteau Conlon ’69 B.A. Joan Connacher J. Diane Jacobs Connell, Ed.D. Jennifer Mackey Connolly ’69 B.A. Prudence Gatineau Cook ’57 Mary J. Cordeiro Andrea Costello ’16 M.S. Sister Helene Cote, pm ’73 B.A. Kathleen D. Cote‑Guarnieri ’86 B.S. Michael and Donna Coulson Heidi Crowell Cheryl A. Cummings ’70 B.A., ’92 M.Ed. Vivian R. Cunha ’65 B.A., ’72 M.A. Victoria Calabretta Cunningham ’67 B.A. Kathleen A. Dalton ’99 M.S. Judith A. D'Amico ’65 B.A. Col. Arthur Daoulas Michaeline Della Fera Linda Denham Pauline Gosselin Desautels ’63 B.A., ’74 M.A. Madhumathi Deva ’00 M.S. Claire Dickson ’02 B.S. Cynthia Saccoccia DiMaio ’68 B.A. Daniel Dion Therese C. Dion ’47 B.A. Anne R. Dobrowolski ’51 B.A. Deborah A. Dodge, RN Irene St. Gelais Dodge ’65 B.A. Patricia A. Dolan ’82 B.A. Robert L. Dolan ’88 M.B.A. Patricia A. Donelin ’76 B.A. Donna L. Dooley ’91 M.A. Mary Ann Brand Dooley, RN ’60 B.S. Denise F. Doyon ’70

Timothy Dreyer Paulette Dubois ’65 B.A. Estelle Auger Dugas ’58 B.A. Marguerite Lemieux Dumaine ’58 B.A. John Dunn David A. Duquette ’09 B.S. Daniel Elitharp ’14 B.S. Renee M. Ellis ’99 A.S., ’12 B.S. Catherine G. Everett Mariette Beaudoin Facques ’63 B.A. Pamela Feeney ’72 B.A. Mary E. Fitzpatrick ’99 M.S. Marie Leclaire Fleurant ’52 B.A. Don Foster Marie Bourret Fournier ’65 B.A. Jim Foye Dr. Mary Framptom‑Price ’77 M.Ed. Linda Fraser ’72 B.A., ’88 M.B.A. Suzanne Couture Fraser ’64 B.A. Karen E. Frenn, RN Christine M. Gallagher ’85 B.S. Debra Garland Cynthia Widener Garside ’57 B.A., ’78 M.Ed. Mary Scheurich Gebhardt ’69 B.A. Mary Judith Gedroiz ’67 B.A. Luane Desmarais Genest ’75 B.A., ’11 M.Ed. and Stephen D. Genest ’81 M.A., ’87 M.B.A. Carol Ann Brox Giguere ’73 B.A. Gerald E. Grady ’83 M.Ed. Pamela L. Graesser Jacquelyn M. Grainger ’67 B.A. Donny R. Guillemette ’13 M.B.A. Mark Guinasso Dr. Leola Belzil Gulino ’61 B.A. Christine Smith Haight ’96 M.ED, ’15 Ed.D. Beth A. Hall ’90 B.S. Courtney Hall ’66 B.A. Sybil S. Harrington, RN ’96 B.S. Amy L. Harris ’97 B.A., ’01 M.B.A. Paul T. Hart ’80 M.B.A. Carol Ann Hayton ’76 B.A., ’94 M.B.A. Kathleen Heath ’76 B.A. Li‑Hsi Ho Chen ’78 B.B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Barbara Mackensen Hoffmann ’67 B.A. Nancy A. Hogan ’68 B.A. John Holdsworth John Horman Mona Shao Hsiao ’61 B.A. Nancy A. Huntley ’96 B.S. Jacqueline Ray Hurley ’90 M.B.A. and Michael T. Hurley ’96 M.S. Josephine Capodilupo Infanger ’69 B.A. Rosemary G. Ippolito

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Pamela Saccoccia Jackvony ’73 B.A. Pauline Berthiaume Jambard ’59 B.A. Patricia A. Kalinski ’75 B.A. Pennie Kane RN ’93 B.S., ’00 M.S. Judith A. Katalina Cynthia Kazlas Patricia A. ’80 M.A. and Robert M. Kealy ’74 M.A. Lauriann Kelland Allan Kelly Richard M. Kenney ’79 M.B.A. Frank J. Kenny Jr. Russell L. Kincaid ’86 M.B.A. Jane D. Kirkland ’91 B.S.W. Esther Klahne Donna Gay Klardie ’85 B.S. Alexie M. Knapp Leslie C. Knapp Suzette Dyrkacz Kocab ’68 B.A. Grant N. Krogman ’08 B.S. Louis P. Laforce ’71 M.S. Michele L. Laliberte ’74 B.A. Elaine Caron Landry ’63 B.A. Carol A. Langelier, Ph.D. Madeleine LaRose ’66 B.A. Patricia Brouillard Lavin ’64 B.A. Martha Leahy Gerald J. Leary ’77 M.B.A. Xin Li ’01 M.S. Paul A. Lizotte, Ph.D. Gary R. Lockheimer ’78 M.Ed. Denise Vaillancourt Lockwood ’74 B.A. Mary Louise Jenney Lowrey ’68 B.A. Kathryn Lu Joseph F. Maaser ’79 B.B.A. Ann Shea Malinowski ’83 B.A. Ronald E. Mallard ’82 M.B.A. Susan Aksilowicz Mandravelis ’68 B.A., ’94 M.Ed. Jeanette Manning‑Tynan Martha Martin ’99 M.Ed. Madeleine C. Masselli Maria C. Matarazzo Robert S. McCaffrey ’92 B.S., ’97 M.B.A. Louise Lemay McDonald ’62 B.A. Mary Agnes Megeaski Joanne Merrill Christine Methé ’72 B.A. Diana Mihaltse ’67 B.A. Karen L. Mitchell ’03 B.A. Denise Boule Moline, Esq. ’69 B.A. Ellen A. Moloney ’80 B.S. Janet Box Moloney ’56 B.S.

Claire J. Monast ’86 B.S. Ronald F. Morales ’81 M.B.A. Alan T. Morey ’87 M.Ed. Barbara Arnold Morin ’73 B.A. Rev. Paul E. Morrissette ’70 M.Ed. Katherine Morrisey Nicholas Moutioulis Jean Mugford Sandra C. Naddif ’00 M.S. Lucille Lafontaine Nash ’48 B.S. Karen Nelson Donna White Niziak ’87 B.S. Alice Barsanti Nolan ’52 B.A. Charlotte Noonan ’69 B.A. Judi O’Hara, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Anthony L. Olson ’86 M.B.A. Marianne C. ’77 M.Ed. and Anthony V. ’82 M.B.A. O’Malley Ruth Coutermarsh O’Malley ’52 B.A. Mary A. O’Neill ’72 B.A. Robin Orford ’08 Cert. Ronald H. Ouellet ’67 M.A. Christofily Papadopoulos ’83 B.S., ’01 M.Ed. Michele Papathanasiou Anita Domingue Paradis ’48 B.A. Patricia Paradis ’69 B.A. Christopher P. Parent ’06 M.A. Micheline M. Pelletier ’85 B.S. Ronald Pennie Daniel J. Petrini ’79 M.B.A. Judith Pfeifer ’66 B.A. Celeste E. Philibert ’98 B.S. Claudette Pelletier Philippon ’64 B.A. Linda L. Picceri ’71 B.A. Charlotte E. Pogue Christine Powell ’83 M.B.A. Karen L. Pratt William A. Proskow ’80 M.B.A. Deidre M. Proudman ’08 B.S., ’12 M.S. Jeannine Faucher Rancourt ’64 B.A. Michelle I. Ransden ’92 B.A. Beverley Chamberlain Rattigan ’73 B.A. Janine Reale Rivier University Psychology Club Donna Robarge Claire Theriault Roberge ’69 B.A. Patricia A. Roberson Madeleine Robinson ’62 B.A. Jennifer Roderick Elizabeth Rogers Ann M. Romanowsky ’66 B.A. Jane Lynch Romanowsky ’66 B.A. Sandra Rosenblum ’00 B.S.

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Cheryl Ann Rossi ’79 B.S. Virginia Rosytinis ’50 B.A. (deceased) Maryanne L. Rotelli ’07 M.Ed. Kathryn Wakeman Ruef ’66 B.A. Martha F. Sackovich, Esq. ’63 B.A. Talesha Saint‑Marc, Esq. Elizabeth T. Sarantos ’07 M.Ed. Yolanda Sayrs ’12 M.B.A. Elizabeth Martone Scarchilli ’74 A.S. Mildred G. Schappals ’69 M.Ed. Maureen Sciolaro Celine L. Sedgeley Eamonn T. Sheil ’89 B.S, ’95 M.B.A. Madeline Husk Shine ’69 B.A. Barbara Seed Siergiewicz ’79 B.F.A. Jennifer Silverman ’93 M.B.A. Christine M. Small ’92 M.B.A. Donald Sommese Mary Pat Soucy Joseph Spadano Louise Ann Hinchey St Cyr ’71 B.A. Margaret A. Stafford ’74 B.A. Dr. Judith A. Stanford Gregory H. Stanton ’06 B.S. Zachary F. Stedman ’07 B.S. Patrice Stewart Lisa J. Strout Michelle Sturtevant ’66 B.A. Diane Bolduc Stutsrim ’79 B.A. Shari Stack Sugarman, Esq. ’88 B.S. Barbara Leary Sullivan ’71 B.A. Helen Koenig Szuluk ’65 B.A. Mary Horansky Szymczak ’74 B.A. Frederick H. Tappan Jr. Nancy E. Tessier ’84 M.Ed. Suzanne Charron Tetu ’64 Santina Tomaino Thibedeau ’85 B.A., ’88 M.A. Jeanette Thoden Elizabeth Leblanc Tirrell ’56 B.A. Nancy L. Titley ’87 M.Ed. The Top Half, Inc. George A. Torrice ’88 M.A. John and Beverly Tucker Timothy and Linda Twombly Janet C. Valeri ’03 C.A.G.S. James F. Vanbever ’92 M.A. Estella Vandestienne ’68 B.A. Sister Martha Villeneuve, pm ’63 B.A. Holly Leland Vogel ’69 B.A. Beverly F. Walker ’95 A.A. Dean Way Kathleen Harris Werly ’68 B.A., ’76 M.Ed.

Cheryl Cyr White ’80 B.B.A. Kerriann Wolfrom Nancy and Jim Wolski Jean Worden ’86 B.S. Mary M. Worden Robert L. Wright Jr. ’97 M.B.A. Shulan Luo ’00 M.S. and Yichong ’99 M.S. Yang Richard J. Yavarow Joanne Young Kin Yun ’05 B.S. Elizabeth M. Zahn ’03 B.S. LINDA LEMERY ROBINSON SOCIETY Recognizing ten or more years of consecutive giving Dr. Kathleen Moriarty Ackerman ’52 B.A., ’60 M.A. Lori J. Adams ’00 M.A. Henriette Levesque Allen, Ph.D. ’50 B.A. Lynn E. Andersen, RN ’01 C.A.G.S. Anita L. Anderson ’96 A.A. Davida S. Andrew ’86 B.S. Thomas A. Andruskevich ’82 M.B.A. Frances Hogue Audet ’47 B.S. Sandra M. Axton ’60 B.A., ’67 M.Ed. Yadja Pipcynski Bacher ’68 B.A. Susan Sommer Ballou ’92 B.A., ’05 M.Ed. Dr. Susan Barbaro Georgette Pinette Barry ’84 B.S. Dr. Denise Baxter Madeleine C. Beaudin ’48 Frances Pawlukiewicz Beaulieu ’69 B.A. Maurice J. Bechard ’87 M.B.A. David H. Bedard Leona Mae Belanger ’01 A.S. Rita LeBlanc Sheehan Bell ’52 B.A. Murielle Gosselin Bennett ’72 B.A. Anne T. Benoit RN ’02 A.S. Kenneth P. Binder Gretchen M. Birdsall ’89 M.B.A. Jocelyn Blanchette ’54 B.A. Dawn Pearsall Boehm ’74 B.A. Mary T. Bollinger Tracy Bollinger Boucher ’02 B.A. Mona Pelletier Bourret ’51 B.A. Ann Marie Bouvier ’65 B.A., ’72 M.Ed. Carol Ann Janis Bowen ’66 B.A. Maryann E. Brady ’81 M.A., ’02 M.A. Leon P. ’97 H and Jan Brassard Rev. Barbara A. Brawley ’86 B.A. Linda Brodeur Paladino ’82 B.S., ’01 M.Ed.

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Anita St. Pierre Brown ’69 B.A. Sharon Burlingame ’93 M.Ed. Paulette Loranger Burnes ’64 B.A. Sandra Jakubowski Burney ’64 B.A. Patricia McCaugney Burns ’70 B.A., ’79 M.Ed. Nancy Clark Butler ’61 John and Kathryn Cadigan Brenda Calamari ’98 B.S. Marie McLaughlin Campobasso ’59 B.A. Richard L. Cane ’87 M.B.A. Rose Yermal Carney ’62 B.A. Daniel J. Cerat ’98 B.A. David Chin ’92 B.S. Marlyn A. Clark, ARNP ’00 M.S. Mary Clark ’76 B.S. Mercedes R. Clifford ’70 B.A. Donald A. Cloutier Sharon L. Clute ’06 M.Ed. Katherine Demetriades Conley ’86 B.F.A. Kathleen Courteau Conlon ’69 B.A. J. Diane Jacobs Connell, Ed.D. Prudence Gatineau Cook ’57 Virginia A. Nedved Cook ’74 M.Ed. Karen ’03 M.B.A. and Brian J.T.’06 B.S., ’08 M.B.A. Cooper Bette B. Coty ’79 M.Ed. Victoria Calabretta Cunningham ’67 B.A. Beatrice Currier, RN ’96 A.S. Jeanne Cusson ’68 B.A. Dr. John J. Dagianis Judith A. D’Amico ’65 B.A. Mary F. ’91 B.A. and Roger M. Damphousse Delores J. Davis ’94 M.B.A. Elda M. Dawber ’69 B.A. Pauline Gosselin Desautels ’63 B.A., ’74 M.A. Patricia Litchfield Deshaies ’60 B.A. Mary Jean Meehan Desmarais ’74 B.A. Claire Dickson ’02 B.S. Cynthia Saccoccia DiMaio ’68 B.A. Therese C. Dion ’47 B.A. Deborah A. Dodge, RN Lucille Paquette Dorr ’64 B.A. Irene Alice LeBlanc Drew ’56 B.A. David M. Dube ’77 M.Ed. Estelle Auger Dugas ’58 B.A. Marguerite Lemieux Dumaine ’58 B.A. John Dunn Claudette T. Durocher ’63 B.A. Alexis Bond Eakin ’74 B.A. Lisa Enright Joseph A. Fagan ’92 M.B.A.

Terry R. Farias ’89 M.B.A. Christine S. Farris ’93 M.B.A. Pamela Feeney ’72 B.A. Marie Leclaire Fleurant ’52 B.A. Olga Flory Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. Marie Bourret Fournier ’65 B.A. Dr. Mary Framptom-Price ’77 M.Ed. Suzanne Couture Fraser ’64 B.A. Karen E. Frenn, RN Brenda Straughan Gabriel ’80 B.S. Francine M. Gagnon ’96 B.A. Diane Vaillancourt Gallagher ’73 B.A., ’97 M.A.T. Therese Audet Gaudette ’53 Mary Judith Gedroiz ’67 B.A. Michele Gigli ’72 B.A. Carol Ann Brox Giguere ’73 B.A. Suzanne S. Gilbert ’70 B.A., ’81 B.A. Dr. Barbara Ann Gondek ’81 M.Ed., ’85 M.Ed. Jeannette Branchaud Gould ’55 B.A. Agnes M. Grace ’59 B.A. Maureen Brand Grillo ’63 B.A. Louise Forget Guertin ’57 B.A. Dr. Leola Belzil Gulino ’61 B.A. Patricia Cahill Hanson ’74 B.A. Adrianne Havlicek-Liggett ’96 B.S. Carol Ann Hayton ’76 B.A., ’94 M.B.A. Dr. Jamison Hoff ’13 H Nancy A. Hogan ’68 B.A. Susan G. Holt ’92 B.A. Anne L. Hostage ’72 B.A., ’78 M.A. Louise Dufresne Houde ’64 B.A. Josephine Capodilupo Infanger ’69 B.A. Janice Theriault Jacobs ’62 B.A. Linda M. Jansky ’95 M.B.A. Joanne P. Jeannette, RN ’94 B.S. Jeannine Rouillard Jeffs ’52 B.A. and Joseph Jeffs Edmund Len Johnson Jr. Linda Dakoulas Johnson, Esq. ’81 B.S. Barbara Bartol Joseph ’64 B.A. Mary Herlihy Joyce ’64 Patricia A. Kalinski ’75 B.A. Anne Kennedy ’71 B.A. Janis Lafko Kiehle ’73 B.A. Alexie M. Knapp Leslie C. Knapp Mary Lavoie Koes ’64 B.A. Rosalie M. Kuehn ’87 B.A., ’05 M.A.T. Madeleine L. Lacey ’10 B.A. Louis P. Laforce ’71 M.S.

Jane Pawlukiewicz LaFrance ’65 B.A. Catherine Dupont Laliberte ’76 B.A., ’80 M.Ed. Michele L. Laliberte ’74 B.A. Suzanne C. Lamoureux ’55 B.A. Elaine Caron Landry ’63 B.A. Patricia Przekop Landry ’68 B.A. Carol A. Langelier, Ph.D. Nancy J. LaPolice ’89 B.S. Madeleine LaRose ’66 B.A. Gerald J. Leary ’77 M.B.A. Rachel Gagne LeBlanc ’54 B.A. Therese Fecteau Leblanc ’66 B.A. Paula Quastello Leger ’66 B.A. Kathryn Buob Lenczycki ’73 B.A. Diane R. Levesque ’71 B.A. Stephen Levine Paul A. Lizotte, Ph.D. Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 Grace Angelillo Lundeen ’66 B.A. Joseph F. Maaser ’79 B.B.A. Sheila M. MacDuff ’98 M.Ed. Teresa D. Magnus, Ph.D. Jeannine Leblanc Maloney ’69 B.A. Mary Ann Marchi ’88 B.S. Marie Montminy Marion ’69 B.A. Maria C. Matarazzo Therese Leonard McArdle ’67 B.A., ’81 M.B.A. Richard J. McDonald ’07 M.B.A. Muriel Richard McDonough ’68 B.A. Jacqueline Soucy McGettigan ’83 B.A. James R. McGlynn ’72 M.Ed. Peter F. McLaughlin ’96 M.B.A. Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Valerie Westfall Mellon ’66 Christine Methé ’72 B.A. Grant J. Milbouer ’88 M.B.A. Pauline Gamache Milot ’54 B.A. Ellen A. Moloney ’80 B.S. Janet Box Moloney ’56 B.S. Claire J. Monast ’86 B.S. Carole A. Moore ’77 B.S. Ronald F. Morales ’81 M.B.A. Patricia Levins Moreland ’69 B.A. Alan T. Morey ’87 M.Ed. Katherine Morrisey James P. Murphy ’78 M.B.A. Carla M. Nadeski ’78 B.A. Mary Bui Nguyen ’63 B.A. Julienne Langlois Nicoletti ’63 B.S. Alice Barsanti Nolan ’52 B.A. Claire Nuenoom

Judi O'Hara, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Irene C. Oliveira ’80 B.A. Ruth Coutermarsh O'Malley ’52 B.A. Martha E. O’Neill, Esq. Claire Dion Paine ’60 B.A. Ellen Phyllis Carney Paterson ’52 B.A. Patricia Pawlukiewicz ’66 B.A., ’71 M.Ed. Claudette Theriault Payer ’59 B.A. Richard K. Perrine ’01 B.S. Celeste E. Philibert ’98 B.S. Jane McGillicuddy Phipps ’73 B.A. Diane Pihl ’64 Karen L. Pratt William A. Proskow ’80 M.B.A. Susanne Ferron Proulx ’67 B.A. Annette Ethier Raffier ’63 B.A. Angela Devoti Rakowski ’64 B.A. Paula T. Randazza Vladimir Riabov, Ph.D. Kathryn Gray Riels ’68 B.A. Judith Michaud Riff ’70 B.A. Jean M. Robinson ’76 M.Ed. Linda Lemery Robinson ’69 B.A., ’79 M.Ed., ’94 H and Terry Robinson Madeleine Robinson ’62 B.A. Michael S. Rose Marie-Jose Roumain ’59 Shirley Roy, M.D. ’64 Jacqueline Leblond Royles ’75 B.S. Mildred G. Schappals ’69 M.Ed. Anna Devoti Sellers ’64 B.A. Mary Ann Cichocki Sender ’69 B.A. Ida Grossi Shea ’69 B.A. Rev. Regina E. Shearer ’99 H Gertrude Pepin Sherwood ’55 B.A Leonard T. Shetensky ’81 M.B.A. Donna L. Sparks ’90 M.Ed. Susan S. Spiess ’99 M.A. Joanne Cassidy Spirito ’69 B.A. Lucille Baillargeon St. Onge ’80 B.S., ’87 M.B.A. Emilie Roberge Stiles ’82 B.A. Bradford T. Stull, Ph.D. Ronald C. Talewsky ’79 M.B.A. Sharon R. ’91 B.S., ’95 M.B.A. and Samuel A. Tamposi Jr. Joanne DeMita Thayer ’64 B.A. Santina Tomaino Thibedeau ’85 B.A., ’88 M.A. Patricia McCarthy Thistle ’75 M.A. Ann Fraser Trainor ’90 B.S. Dr. Michael R. Tramonte Alice W. Tripp ’82 B.S.

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Mary Elizabeth Laney Turbyne ’59 B.A. Candace McQuaid Ulcickas ’67 B.A. Jeannine Uppgard ’71 B.A. Judith Kfoury Urbanczyk ’71 B.A. James F. Vanbever ’92 M.A. Holly Leland Vogel ’69 B.A. Louise Thiboutot Wallent ’70 B.A. Doris Conley Webb ’56 B.A. H. Robert Weisman ’94 H Jean L. Wesinger ’03 M.S. Paula J. Williams, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Judith Roussel Willis ’59 B.S. Eugene E. Wilmot ’81 A.A. Vivian Wong ’88 B.S. Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. Stanley M. Yanis Jr. ’79 B.S. Jennifer L. Yeomans ’91 M.B.A. Elizabeth M. Zahn ’03 B.S.

GIVING BY CLASS YEAR CLASS OF 1943 M. Margaret Levesque‑Maynard ’43 CLASS OF 1947 $175 Frances Hogue Audet ’47 B.S. Fernande Couture ’47 B.S. Therese C. Dion ’47 B.A. CLASS OF 1948 $36,553 Madeleine C. Beaudin ’48 Lucille Lafontaine Nash ’48 B.S. Anita Domingue Paradis ’48 B.A. Dr. Elise B. Tougas ’48 B.A. (deceased) CLASS OF 1949 $75 Rosemary Gagnon Cunion ’49 B.A. Rita Babin McGary ’49 B.A. CLASS OF 1950 $11,220 Henriette Levesque Allen, Ph.D. ’50 B.A. Marguerite Moreau Baribault ’50 B.A. Claire Robitaille Blanchard ’50 B.A. Constance Bellenoit Gauthier ’50 Louise Castonguay Hatch ’50 B.A. Virginia Rosytinis ’50 B.A. (deceased) CLASS OF 1951 $5,320 Mona Pelletier Bourret ’51 B.A.

Joan Keefe Cargill ’51 B.A. Rachel Daigneault ’51 B.A. Anne R. Dobrowolski ’51 B.A. CLASS OF 1952 $6,825 Dr. Kathleen Moriarty Ackerman ’52 B.A., ’60 M.A. Rita LeBlanc Sheehan Bell ’52 B.A. Marie Leclaire Fleurant ’52 B.A. Jeannine Rouillard Jeffs ’52 B.A. Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 Therese Picher Muldoon ’52 B.A. Alice Barsanti Nolan ’52 B.A. Ruth Coutermarsh O’Malley ’52 B.A. Ellen Phyllis Carney Paterson ’52 B.A. CLASS OF 1953 $300 Therese Audet Gaudette ’53 CLASS OF 1954 $1,015 Sister Lorraine Arsenault, pm ’54 B.A. Jocelyn Blanchette ’54 B.A. Lucille Jette French ’54 B.A. Rachel Gagne LeBlanc ’54 B.A. Pauline Gamache Milot ’54 B.A. Doucilia Caron Panella ’54 B.A. Monique Bellegarde Patenaude ’54 B.A. CLASS OF 1955 $365 Pauline A. Boucher ’55 B.A. Rose Rheaume Earley ’55 B.A. Jeannette Branchaud Gould ’55 B.A. Muriel Gilet Hickey, RN ’55 B.S. Suzanne C. Lamoureux ’55 B.A. Elaine Savoie Rodrigue ’55 Gertrude Pepin Sherwood ’55 B.A Jeannette Stefancik ’55 CLASS OF 1956 $10,950 Nancy Collins Barry ’56 B.A. Irene Alice LeBlanc Drew ’56 B.A. Janet Box Moloney ’56 B.S. Carroll Brown Simpson ’56 B.A. Elizabeth Leblanc Tirrell ’56 B.A. Doris Conley Webb ’56 B.A. CLASS OF 1957 $450 Prudence Gatineau Cook ’57 Mary Secor Crowe ’57 B.A. Joan Frechette Davenport ’57 B.A. Cynthia Widener Garside ’57 B.A., ’78 M.Ed.

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Louise Forget Guertin ’57 B.A. Laurette L. Marquis ’57 B.A. (deceased) CLASS OF 1958 $350 Sister Monique Bernatchez, pm ’58 B.A. Raymond O. Bissonnette ’58 M.Ed. Constance Langlois Carey ’58 B.A. Estelle Auger Dugas ’58 B.A. Marguerite Lemieux Dumaine ’58 B.A. Carol Dvareckas Looney ’58 B.A. CLASS OF 1959 $12,815 Marie McLaughlin Campobasso ’59 B.A. Jacqueline Nadeau Carignan ’59 B.A. Elizabeth Dickinson ’59 B.A. Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. Agnes M. Grace ’59 B.A. Pauline Berthiaume Jambard ’59 B.A. Claudette Theriault Payer ’59 B.A. Marie‑Jose Roumain ’59 Mary Elizabeth Laney Turbyne ’59 B.A. Judith Roussel Willis ’59 B.S. CLASS OF 1960 $6,305 Sandra M. Axton ’60 B.A., ’67 M.Ed. Elaine Valliere Collins ’60 B.A. Patricia Litchfield Deshaies ’60 B.A. Mary Ann Brand Dooley, RN ’60 B.S. Denise Dorson ’60 Claire Dion Paine ’60 B.A. Claire Tessier St. Laurent ’60 B.A. CLASS OF 1961 $320 Nancy Clark Butler ’61 Muriel Circosta Christensen ’61 B.A. Dr. Leola Belzil Gulino ’61 B.A. Mona Shao Hsiao ’61 B.A. CLASS OF 1962 $560 Paula Mulvanity Boese ’62 B.A. Claudette Turcotte Burque ’62 B.A. Rose Yermal Carney ’62 B.A. Janice Theriault Jacobs ’62 B.A. Louise Lemay McDonald ’62 B.A. Claire Briand McHugh ’62 B.A. Madeleine Robinson ’62 B.A. Louise Gravel Rossiter ’62 Marilyn Zedalis Stoncius ’62 B.A. Claudette Lussier Swider ’62 B.A. Marie Mascetti Young ’62

CLASS OF 1963 $2,180 Nancy Sedlewicz Caruso ’63 B.A. Pauline Ouellette Cordray ’63 B.A. Pauline Gosselin Desautels ’63 B.A., ’74 M.A. Claudette T. Durocher ’63 B.A. Mariette Beaudoin Facques ’63 B.A. Maureen Brand Grillo ’63 B.A. Elaine Caron Landry ’63 B.A. Jeannette Beausoleil Mueller ’63 B.A. Mary Bui Nguyen ’63 B.A. Julienne Langlois Nicoletti ’63 B.S. Annette Ethier Raffier ’63 B.A. Martha F. Sackovich, Esq. ’63 B.A. Judith Mackey Shepard ’63 B.A. Francoise Poliquin Vallee ’63 Sister Martha Villeneuve, pm ’63 B.A. CLASS OF 1964 $3,685 Barbara Genetti Bailey ’64 B.A. Paulette Loranger Burnes ’64 B.A. Sandra Jakubowski Burney ’64 B.A. Vivian Hudon Chartrain ’64 B.A. Kathleen M. Cryan ’64 B.A. Lucille Paquette Dorr ’64 B.A. Claire Durocher ’64 B.A. Suzanne Couture Fraser ’64 B.A. Louise Dufresne Houde ’64 B.A. Barbara Bartol Joseph ’64 B.A. Mary Herlihy Joyce ’64 Paula Murphy Keup ’64 B.A. Mary Lavoie Koes ’64 B.A. Lynn Vickery Lanczycki ’64 Patricia Brouillard Lavin ’64 B.A. Valorie Thibeault McGlynn ’64 B.A. Joan Clarke McMains ’64 B.A. Mary Ann Moore Palmer ’64 B.A. Claudette Pelletier Philippon ’64 B.A. Diane Pihl ’64 Angela Devoti Rakowski ’64 B.A. Jeannine Faucher Rancourt ’64 B.A. Shirley Roy, M.D. ’64 Anna Devoti Sellers ’64 B.A. Barbara Benn Stelling ’64 B.A. Suzanne Charron Tetu ’64 Joanne DeMita Thayer ’64 B.A. CLASS OF 1965 $1,798 Roberta M. Banfield ’65 M.Ed. Ann Marie Bouvier ’65 B.A., ’72 M.Ed. Christine Ethier Brennan ’65 B.A.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Maureen Kennedy Carro ’65 B.A. Vivian R. Cunha ’65 B.A., ’72 M.A. Judith A. D'Amico ’65 B.A. Irene St. Gelais Dodge ’65 B.A. Paulette Dubois ’65 B.A. Marie Bourret Fournier ’65 B.A. Kathleen Shea Gann ’65 B.A. Bonnie Vesely Hallowes ’65 B.A. Sister Joan D. Joyal, pm ’65 B.A., ’73 M.Ed. Jane Pawlukiewicz LaFrance ’65 B.A. Florence Witkop McEwen ’65 B.A. Helen Koenig Szuluk ’65 B.A. Eileen Prendergast Tofil ’65 B.A. Estelle Papagiotas Vore ’65 B.A. CLASS OF 1966 $5,699 Marcelle Beaudry Bastien ’66 B.A. Carol Ann Janis Bowen ’66 B.A. Christine Dingwall Cook ’66 B.A. Collette DeGrandpre ’66 B.A. Margaret E. Finnigan ’66 M.Ed. June Bailey Habicht ’66 Courtney Hall ’66 B.A. Trudy Minor Hart ’66 B.A. Irene St. Maurice Healy ’66 B.A. Paula Jablon ’66 B.A. Jean Mulvanity Knight ’66 B.A. Eve‑Marie Lacroix ’66 B.A. Madeleine LaRose ’66 B.A. Therese Fecteau Leblanc ’66 B.A. Paula Quastello Leger ’66 B.A. Grace Angelillo Lundeen ’66 B.A. Valerie Westfall Mellon ’66 Carol Fitzpatrick Micalizzi ’66 A.S., ’78 M.Ed Cheryl Ohneck‑Barton ’66 B.A. Patricia Pawlukiewicz ’66 B.A., ’71 M.Ed. Judith Pfeifer ’66 B.A. Anne Spofford Rivard ’66 B.A. Ann M. Romanowsky ’66 B.A. Jane Lynch Romanowsky ’66 B.A. Kathryn Wakeman Ruef ’66 B.A. Michelle Sturtevant ’66 B.A. Helen Madden Tencellent ’66 B.A. Noreen Waters ’66 B.A. Denise LaMontagne Winston ’66 B.A. Susan J. Zator ’66 B.A. CLASS OF 1967 $3,800 Pauline Lanoie Beaudry ’67 B.A. Constance Bevivino ’67 B.A. Victoria Calabretta Cunningham ’67 B.A.

Mary Ann Perkins DeClemente ’67 B.A. Mary Judith Burke Gedroiz ’67 B.A. Jacquelyn M. Grainger ’67 B.A. Ann Hailson Hardiman ’67 B.A. Barbara Mackensen Hoffmann ’67 B.A. Therese Leonard McArdle ’67 B.A., ’81 M.B.A. Diana Mihaltse ’67 B.A. Ronald H. Ouellet ’67 M.A. Ann Kilelea Paré ’67 B.A. Susanne Ferron Proulx ’67 B.A. Candace McQuaid Ulcickas ’67 B.A. Jane McCann Walsh ’67 B.A. CLASS OF 1968 $12,914 Yadja Pipcynski Bacher ’68 B.A. Nancy Niconchuk Brown ’68 B.A. Pauline Dufresne Charest ’68 B.A. Jeanne Cusson ’68 B.A. Patricia Lussier Demanche ’68 B.A. Cynthia Saccoccia DiMaio ’68 B.A. Jane Ricard Gilbert ’68 B.A. Pauiline J. Girouard ’68 B.A. Michele Bujold Hansen ’68 B.A, ’88 M.A. Pauline Hayden ’68 B.A. Nancy A. Hogan ’68 B.A. Suzette Dyrkacz Kocab ’68 B.A. Patricia Przekop Landry ’68 B.A. Mary Louise Jenney Lowrey ’68 B.A. Jan Corinne MacLennan‑Kennedy ’68 B.A. Susan Aksilowicz Mandravelis ’68 B.A., ’94 M.Ed. Muriel Richard McDonough ’68 B.A. Taeko Mochizuki ’68 Kathryn Gray Riels ’68 B.A. Pauline DeGrace Taylor ’68 B.A. Estella Vandestienne ’68 B.A. Diane Harrison Walsh ’68 B.A. Kathleen Harris Werly ’68 B.A., ’76 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1969 $15,671 Joyce Adams ’69 B.A. Elaine Tremblay Albrecht ’69 B.A. Frances Pawlukiewicz Beaulieu ’69 B.A. Lily Bergeron ’69 B.A. Karen Ridge Boucher ’69 B.A. Anita St. Pierre Brown ’69 B.A. Kathleen Courteau Conlon ’69 B.A. Jennifer Mackey Connolly ’69 B.A. Doris A. Cote ’69 B.A. Janet Smith Dalis ’69 B.A. Elda M. Dawber ’69 B.A.

Laurette P. Delisle ’69 B.A. Louise Filteau Estrella ’69 B.A. Renee Caldarelli Fabrizio ’69 B.A. Mary Scheurich Gebhardt ’69 B.A. Larna G. Guevin ’69 M.Ed. Pauline Therrien Hanson ’69 B.A. Josephine Capodilupo Infanger ’69 B.A. Jeannine Leblanc Maloney ’69 B.A. Marie Montminy Marion ’69 B.A. Ernest A. Mercier ’69 M.Ed. Denise Boule Moline, Esq. ’69 B.A. Patricia Levins Moreland ’69 B.A. Charlotte Noonan ’69 B.A. Patricia Paradis ’69 B.A. Nicholas A. Pitarys Sr. ’69 M.S. Doris I. Proulx ’69 M.Ed. Sandra Glinka Ray ’69 B.A. Mary Ann Riopelle ’69 B.A. Claire Theriault Roberge ’69 B.A. Linda Lemery Robinson ’69 B.A., ’79 M.Ed., ’94 H Mildred G. Schappals ’69 M.Ed. Mary Ann Cichocki Sender ’69 B.A. Ida Grossi Shea ’69 B.A. Madeline Husk Shine ’69 B.A. Joanne Cassidy Spirito ’69 B.A. Ellen Monahan Trojan ’69 B.A. Holly Leland Vogel ’69 B.A. CLASS OF 1970 $12,065 Patricia McCaugney Burns ’70 B.A., ’79 M.Ed. Louise Renaud Classon ’70 B.A. Mercedes R. Clifford ’70 B.A. Kathleen Sughrue Conole ’70 B.A., ’73 M.A. Carmen Berube Coulombe ’70 B.A. Cheryl A. Cummings ’70 B.A., ’92 M.Ed. Denise F. Doyon ’70 Jacqueline A. Dufour ’70 B.A. Ann Stadherr Fuller ’70 B.A. Suzanne S. Gilbert ’70 B.A., ’81 B.A. Aline Brindamour Godfrey ’70 B.A. Jo‑Ann Robert Markaverich ’70 B.A. Judith A. Markham ’70 B.A. Sylvia Michaud‑Kessell ’70 B.A. Rev. Paul E. Morrissette ’70 M.Ed. Constance V. Neilan Masiello ’70 B.A. Richard Piwowarski ’70 M.Ed. Judith Michaud Riff ’70 B.A. Janet McDonald Sennott ’70 B.A. Louise Thiboutot Wallent ’70 B.A.

CLASS OF 1971 $2,040 Jeanne Chealander ’71 Patricia Avakian Cura ’71 B.A. Elaine Desjardins Farley ’71 B.A. Anne Kennedy ’71 B.A. Louis P. Laforce ’71 M.S. Diane R. Levesque ’71 B.A. Adele Kaufman Morris ’71 B.A. Linda L. Picceri ’71 B.A. Diane Desfosses Reynolds ’71 B.A. Louise Ann Hinchey St Cyr ’71 B.A. Barbara Leary Sullivan ’71 B.A. Jeannine Uppgard ’71 B.A. Judith Kfoury Urbanczyk ’71 B.A. CLASS OF 1972 $1,520 Murielle Gosselin Bennett ’72 B.A. Pamela Feeney ’72 B.A. Linda Fraser ’72 B.A., ’88 M.B.A. Michele Gigli ’72 B.A. Sandra Dupuis Hogan ’72 B.A. Anne L. Hostage ’72 B.A., ’78 M.A. Deloris Jay ’72 B.A. Janette Weber Joyce ’72 B.A., ’89 M.Ed. Helene Maheu Lauziere ’72 B.A. James R. McGlynn ’72 M.Ed. Karen Lavigne McNally ’72 B.A. Christine Methé ’72 B.A. John J. Mollica ’72 M.Ed. Mary A. O'Neill ’72 B.A. Carol A. Strack ’72 M.A. Beverly Neugebauer Toolin ’72 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1973 $6,588 Muriel Roberge Blais ’73 B.A. Joanne Booraem ’73 B.A. Sister Helene Cote, pm ’73 B.A. Stephanie Farricy Cuff ’73 B.A. Paula Tetrault Erickson ’73 B.A. Diane Vaillancourt Gallagher ’73 B.A., ’97 M.A.T. Carol Ann Brox Giguere ’73 B.A. Pamela Saccoccia Jackvony ’73 B.A. Janis Lafko Kiehle ’73 B.A. Kathryn Buob Lenczycki ’73 B.A. Barbara Arnold Morin ’73 B.A. Capt. Mary Pierce Mosier ’73 B.A. Louise Poirier Ouellette ’73 B.A. Joan M. Payeur ’73 B.A., ’04 M.Ed. Jane McGillicuddy Phipps ’73 B.A. Beverley Chamberlain Rattigan ’73 B.A.

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Nancy M. Ray ’73 B.A. Kathleen Gallagher Roosa ’73 B.A. CLASS OF 1974 $1,923 Christine Gettens Bell ’74 B.A. Dawn Pearsall Boehm ’74 B.A. Virginia A. Nedved Cook ’74 M.Ed. Mary Jean Meehan Desmarais ’74 B.A. Alexis Bond Eakin ’74 B.A. Vernon Ellars ’74 B.A., ’77 M.B.A. Patricia Cahill Hanson ’74 B.A. Robert M. Kealy ’74 M.A. Michele L. Laliberte ’74 B.A. Denise Vaillancourt Lockwood ’74 B.A. Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Claudette C. Pinard ’74 B.A. Elizabeth Martone Scarchilli ’74 A.S. Margaret A. Stafford ’74 B.A. Mary Horansky Szymczak ’74 B.A. CLASS OF 1975 $1,595 Larry T. Anderson ’75 B.B.A., ’78 M.B.A. Maryse Bissonnette Charbonneau ’75 B.A. Luane Desmarais Genest ’75 B.A., ’11 M.Ed. Patricia A. Kalinski ’75 B.A. Jeanette McGillicuddy ’75 M.A., ’79 M.Ed., ’91 M.S. Jacqueline Leblond Royles ’75 B.S. Sandra J. Russell ’75 B.A. Patricia McCarthy Thistle ’75 M.A. Maurice R. Trottier ’75 M.Ed. Jane E. Wentzell ’75 M.Ed. Michael Zotto ’75 M.S. CLASS OF 1976 $5,540 Mary Clark ’76 B.S. Patricia A. Donelin ’76 B.A. Carol Ann Hayton ’76 B.A., ’94 M.B.A. Kathleen Heath ’76 B.A. Catherine Dupont Laliberte ’76 B.A., ’80 M.Ed. Thomas G. Livingston ’76 A.S. Warren E. Mason, Ed.D. ’76 M.A. Karen L. Nadeski ’76 B.A. Jean M. Robinson ’76 M.Ed. Richard A. Starry Sr. ’76 B.B.A. Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. CLASS OF 1977 $1,710 Robert R. Bean ’77 M.B.A. Ernest A. Berardinelli Jr. ’77 B.B.A.

Joanna B. Burns ’77 B.S. Patrice Small Davis ’77 A.S. David M. Dube ’77 M.Ed. Dr. Mary Framptom‑Price ’77 M.Ed. Ann Marie Gingerich ’77 B.S., ’82 M.S. Stephen D. Huntley ’77 B.B.A. Gerald J. Leary ’77 M.B.A. Joseph T. McGuane ’77 M.Ed. Louise Monast ’77 B.A. Carole A. Moore ’77 B.S. Marianne C. O’Malley ’77 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1978 $675 Dr. Robert M. Brown ’78 M.A. Denise P. Deshaies ’78 M.Ed. Marie Migneault Dobens ’78 B.A. Bonita Henley Hansberry ’78 B.A., ’88 M.Ed. Li‑Hsi Ho Chen ’78 B.B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Gary R. Lockheimer ’78 M.Ed. James P. Murphy ’78 M.B.A. Carla M. Nadeski ’78 B.A. Anne Marie Curnane White‑Kiesling ’78 B.A. CLASS OF 1979 $15,735 Diane Coutu Bechard ’79 B.S., ’87 M.B.A. Daniel F. Birck ’79 M.B.A. Theresa Baril Boisvert ’79 B.B.A. Julia P. Burns ’79 B.S. (deceased) Bette B. Coty ’79 M.Ed. Mary Ann Craig ’79 B.A. Ronald R. Dean ’79 M.B.A. Dean F. French ’79 M.S. Daniel C. Hansberry ’79 M.Ed. Richard M. Kenney ’79 M.B.A. Carol A. Kreick ’79 B.A., ’84 M.A. John J. Lanczycki Jr. ’79 M.B.A. Joseph F. Maaser ’79 B.B.A. Thomas J. McIntyre ’79 M.S. Barbara Zajchowski Nekula ’79 B.S. Daniel J. Petrini ’79 M.B.A. Cheryl Ann Rossi ’79 B.S. Barbara Seed Siergiewicz ’79 B.F.A. Diane Bolduc Stutsrim ’79 B.A. Ronald C. Talewsky ’79 M.B.A. Deborah Sala Vaughan ’79 B.A. Cheryl Wolfson ’79 B.A. Stanley M. Yanis Jr. ’79 B.S. CLASS OF 1980 $2,770 Helen K. Ferrigno ’80 B.A.

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Brenda Straughan Gabriel ’80 B.S. Cynthia Gallant Growe ’80 B.A. Paul T. Hart ’80 M.B.A. Mitra Jazayeri ’80 B.S. Patricia A. Kealy ’80 M.A. Mary Ellen Kelley ’80 M.Ed. Ellen A. Moloney ’80 B.S. Raymond R. Murphy ’80 M.B.A. Irene C. Oliveira ’80 B.A. William A. Proskow ’80 M.B.A. Lucille Baillargeon St. Onge ’80 B.S., ’87 M.B.A. Mary Kay Stewart ’80 B.B.A. Frank J. Wallent ’80 M.B.A. Cheryl Cyr White ’80 B.B.A. CLASS OF 1981 $10,457 Maryann E. Brady ’81 M.A., ’02 M.A. Julianna S. Brochu ’81 B.A. A. Terese Dwyer ’81 B.A. Catherine Conway Eames ’81 B.S. Stephen D. Genest ’81 M.A., ’87 M.B.A. Dr. Barbara Ann Gondek ’81 M.Ed., ’85 M.Ed. Linda Dakoulas Johnson, Esq. ’81 B.S. Cynthia M. LeBlanc ’81 B.A. Ronald F. Morales ’81 M.B.A. Carolyn A. Root ’81 A.S. Glennon F. Roth ’81 M.B.A. Leonard T. Shetensky ’81 M.B.A. Kathleen White ’81 B.S., ’90 M.B.A. Eugene E. Wilmot ’81 A.A. CLASS OF 1982 $613 Thomas A. Andruskevich ’82 M.B.A. Kathy Richardson Bolton ’82 B.A. Mary Ann Breen, RN ’82 M.Ed. Linda Brodeur Paladino ’82 B.S., ’01 M.Ed. Krista Flore Clark ’82 B.A. Patricia A. Dolan ’82 B.A. Ronald E. Mallard ’82 M.B.A. Anthony V. O'Malley ’82 M.B.A. Emilie Roberge Stiles ’82 B.A. Alice W. Tripp ’82 B.S. Christine WIlson ’82 B.S. CLASS OF 1983 $653 Hubert Buchanan ’83 M.B.A. Gerald E. Grady ’83 M.Ed. Sheryl Joslin Homola ’83 B.A. Mohammed Kamran Khan ’83 M.B.A. Raymond J. Labore ’83 M.B.A.

Ann Shea Malinowski ’83 B.A. Jacqueline Soucy McGettigan ’83 B.A. Christofily Papadopoulos ’83 B.S., ’01 M.Ed. Christine Powell ’83 M.B.A. James A. Seager ’83 M.B.A. Michael P. Vitale ’83 M.B.A. CLASS OF 1984 $1,157 Georgette Pinette Barry ’84 B.S. Lillian M. Bernier ’84 B.A. Richard Bielawski ’84 B.S. Alison B. Boyce ’84 B.S. Carol Butler ’84 B.S. Marianne Hartmann Campbell ’84 M.B.A. Gibson B. Kennedy, Jr. ’84 M.B.A. Lynn Gustin O'Connell ’84 B.S. Patricia Perkins ’84 B.S., ’12 M.B.A. Nancy Elden Powers ’84 B.S. Nancy E. Tessier ’84 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1985 $1,315 Robert P. Claise ’85 M.B.A. Deborah Gadoury Kaufman ’85 B.A. Christine M. Gallagher ’85 B.S. Sandra J. Jeffery ’85 M.Ed. Donna Gay Klardie ’85 B.S. Deborah Maloney ’85 B.S. Micheline M. Pelletier ’85 B.S. Sharon B. Quinan ’85 B.S. Leona L. Shanholtz ’85 M.B.A. Lucille M. Shurkus, RN ’85 B.A. Sally A. Stalker ’85 M.B.A. Santina Tomaino Thibedeau ’85 B.A., ’88 M.A. MaryAnne Turner ’85 B.A. CLASS OF 1986 $2,045 Davida S. Andrew ’86 B.S. Rev. Barbara A. Brawley ’86 B.A. Katherine Demetriades Conley ’86 B.F.A. Kathleen D. Cote‑Guarnieri ’86 B.S. Peter A. Dallas ’86 M.S. Ifen C. Foster ’86 M.S. Shirley R. Hamer ’86 M.A. Russell L. Kincaid ’86 M.B.A. Alice McCarthy ’86 B.S. Claire J. Monast ’86 B.S. Diane Nowak ’86 B.S. Anthony L. Olson ’86 M.B.A. Karen J. Petry ’86 B.S. Wendy Tobin ’86 B.S. William O. Wheeler ’86 M.B.A. Jean Worden ’86 B.S.

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CLASS OF 1987 $870 Elaine Coughlin Bean ’87 M.B.A. Maurice J. Bechard ’87 M.B.A. Julia Ann Bonanni ’87 B.S. Richard L. Cane ’87 M.B.A. Mary Collins ’87 M.B.A. Marc V. Fournier ’87 M.B.A. Larry M. Hamm ’87 B.S. Lisa‑Marie Hintze ’87 B.A. Stuart E. Jeans ’87 M.B.A. Rosalie M. Kuehn ’87 B.A., ’05 M.A.T. George LaVoice ’87 M.Ed. Beverly J. Marandett ’87 M.Ed. Alan T. Morey ’87 M.Ed. Anne M. Niccoli ’87 M.A. Donna White Niziak ’87 B.S. Judith Ravenelle Seager ’87 B.S. Nancy L. Titley ’87 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1988 $625 Robert L. Dolan ’88 M.B.A. Mary Ann Marchi ’88 B.S. Grant J. Milbouer ’88 M.B.A. Beverly J. Moore ’88 A.S. Roger H. Osgood Jr. ’88 M.B.A. Paul M. Siekman ’88 M.B.A. Shari Stack Sugarman, Esq. ’88 B.S. Forrest E. Thornton ’88 M.B.A. George A. Torrice ’88 M.A. Vivian Wong ’88 B.S. CLASS OF 1989 $4,358 Gretchen M. Birdsall ’89 M.B.A. Anna Thorp Boulia ’89 B.S. Terry R. Farias ’89 M.B.A. Celine M. Fortin ARNP ’89 B.A., ’98 M.S. Carolyn Perreault Grant ’89 B.S. Nancy J. LaPolice ’89 B.S. Linda A. Mezzapelle ’89 B.S, ’93 M.S. Kenneth B. Miller ’89 M.S. Mary Cahalane Miller ’89 M.S. Eamonn T. Sheil ’89 B.S, ’95 M.B.A. Susan A. Teser ’89 M.B.A. CLASS OF 1990 $483 Carol Cloutier Anderson ’90 B.S. Audra Ouellette Cast ’90 B.S. Susan M. Gould ’90 M.S. Beth A. Hall ’90 B.S. Jacqueline Roy Hurley ’90 M.B.A. Jeanne S. Provencher ’90 M.A.

Darlene M. Spang ’90 B.S. Donna L. Sparks ’90 M.Ed. Ann Fraser Trainor ’90 B.S. Leslie A. Van Wagner ’90 M.A.T. CLASS OF 1991 $3,699 Laurie A. Blagdon ’91 M.A.T. Michele M. Brannan ’91 M.A. Michele Hurtle Burke ’91 B.S. Colleen T. Casey ’91 B.A. Wendi Begin Clark ’91 B.S. Nan C. Cote ’91 M.B.A. Mary F. Damphousse ’91 B.A. Donna L. Dooley ’91 M.A. Sheryl A. Dutra ’91 M.B.A. Kevin J. Halloran ’91 M.B.A. Rene A. Jaillet ’91 M.B.A. Jane D. Kirkland ’91 B.S.W. Gail P. LaBrecque, RN ’91 M.B.A. Diane C. Lovallo ’91 M.B.A. Bonnie Matos Morency‑Lima ’91 B.S. Mary G. Oswald ’91 M.Ed. Jodi Nolet Panzino ’91 B.S. Charles Reynolds ’91 M.Ed. Jennifer L. Yeomans ’91 M.B.A. CLASS OF 1992 $1,940 Samita Bahl ’92 M.S. Sylvia Jarvis Balcom ’92 B.S. Susan Sommer Ballou ’92 B.A., ’05 M.Ed. Richard E. Carter Jr ’92 M.B.A. David Chin ’92 B.S. Kathleen M. Clairmont ’92 B.S.W. John Curtin ’92 M.B.A. Joseph A. Fagan ’92 M.B.A. Susan G. Holt ’92 B.A. Carol A. Kuzdeba ’92 M.Ed. Michael E. Lozeau ’92 M.A. Robert S. McCaffrey ’92 B.S., ’97 M.B.A. Joseph F. Medina ’92 M.B.A. Michelle I. Ransden ’92 B.A. Christine M. Small ’92 M.B.A. James F. Vanbever ’92 M.A. CLASS OF 1993 $1,091 Tomoko Miyazaki Brown ’93 B.A. Sharon Burlingame ’93 M.Ed. Christine S. Farris ’93 M.B.A. Ellen G. Houlihan ’93 M.B.A. Roxane J.M. Howe ’93 M.Ed. Penelope Thornton Kaloudis ’93 M.B.A. Pennie Kane RN ’93 B.S., ’00 M.S.

Karin LaGro ’93 B.A., ’00 M.A. Elizabeth A. LaRose ’93 B.A. Paula G. Lochhead ’93 M.Ed. Gail Marino, RN ’93 B.S., ’96 M.S. MaryEllen McGrath ’93 B.A. Mary Ellen Palmer ’93 M.Ed. Kathleen A. Reilly ’93 M.Ed. Jennifer Silverman ’93 M.B.A. James R. White ’93 M.S. Kim J. White ’93 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1994 $4,050 Delores J. Davis ’94 M.B.A. Elaine R. Farrington ’94 B.S. Dianne L. Forti, RN ’94 B.S., ’97 M.S. Steve R. Geyster ’94 M.B.A. Joanne P. Jeannette, RN ’94 B.S. Vickiann LaVoice ’94 M.B.A. Wayne R. MacDougall ’94 M.Ed. James M. Moher ’94 B.S. Glenda Ouellette ’94 M.Ed. Carie A. Tarte ’94 B.S. CLASS OF 1995 $1,747 Nancy C. Clough ’95 C.A.G.S. Judith D. Donohue ’95 A.S. Kerry A. Donovan ’95 M.B.A. Huazhong He ’95 M.S. Linda M. Jansky ’95 M.B.A. John Patriakeas ’95 M.B.A. Daniel M. Sauvageau ’95 M.B.A. Mary Jane Taylor ’95 B.S. Phu P. Tran ’95 M.B.A. Beverly F. Walker ’95 A.A. Leatha M. Warenda ’95 B.A., ’03 M.Ed. CLASS OF 1996 $1,071 Diane E. Allen, RN ’96 B.S. David C. Almeda ’96 M.S. Anita L. Anderson ’96 A.A. Cynthia J. Arcieri ’96 B.S., ’04 M.S. Beatrice Currier, RN ’96 A.S. Francine M. Gagnon ’96 B.A. Peter F. Guevin ’96 M.B.A. Christine Smith Haight ’96 M.Ed., ’15 Ed.D. Sybil S. Harrington, RN ’96 B.S. Adrianne Havlicek‑Liggett ’96 B.S. Nancy A. Huntley ’96 B.S. Michael T. Hurley ’96 M.S. Lois A. Jourdain, RN ’96 B.S. Patricia K. Ladner, RN ’96 A.S. Peter F. McLaughlin ’96 M.B.A.

Pamela S. O’Neill ’96 B.S., ’01 M.Ed. Claudette C. Ramsey ’96 M.S. Nancy J. Sterling ’96 C.A.G.S. Deblyn M. Stevens‑Luongo ’96 A.S. CLASS OF 1997 $2,553 Shirley L. Acres ’97 B.A. Erin Phelan Almeda ’97 M.B.A. Bobbie D. Bagley, RN ’97 B.S., ’14 M.S. Deborah Belcher ’97 M.A. Aaron C. Dufoe ’97 B.S., ’99 M.B.A. Daniel H. D'Urso ’97 M.S. Elaine L. Fiorilla ’97 B.A. Amy L. Harris ’97 B.A., ’01 M.B.A. Michael B. Mansfield ’97 B.S. Jack Moynihan ’97 B.A., ’02 M.A. Wendy B. Perrine ’97 M.Ed. Robert L. Wright Jr. ’97 M.B.A. CLASS OF 1998 $1,177 Brenda Calamari ’98 B.S. Daniel J. Cerat ’98 B.A. Danielle P. Durocher ’98 M.B.A. Alison Egan ’98 B.A. Sheila M. MacDuff ’98 M.Ed. Celeste E. Philibert ’98 B.S. Kathleen A. Staley ’98 A.S. Christine A. Titus ’98 B.A. Elaine M. White ’98 B.A. CLASS OF 1999 $2,453 Joan M. Bienvenue ’99 B.S. Kathleen A. Dalton ’99 M.S. Mary E. Fitzpatrick ’99 M.S. Carol A. Gorelick ’99 B.A., ’05 M.Ed. James E. Henderson ’99 M.S. Curtis M. King ’99 M.Ed. Martha Martin ’99 M.Ed. Martha C. McLarney ’99 M.A. Karen Piskopanis ’99 B.F.A. Linda H. Reed ’99 M.S. Elaine T. Samant ’99 B.A. Susan S. Spiess ’99 M.A. Yichong Yang ’99 M.S. CLASS OF 2000 $3,752 Lori J. Adams ’00 M.A. Michelle M. Cushion Blake ’00 B.S., ’16 M.B.A. Josephine Burgess ’00 M.B.A. Marlyn A. Clark, ARNP ’00 M.S.

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James J. Cote II ’00 B.S. Keeva D. Davis ’00 B.A. Madhumathi Deva ’00 M.S. Donald C. Ferguson ’00 B.A. Sandra C. Naddif ’00 M.S. Judi O’Hara, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Sandra Rosenblum ’00 B.S. Paula J. Williams, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Shulan Luo ’00 M.S. Judi O’Hara, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Kathleen J. Patenaude ’00 B.S., ’03 M.S. Katherine D. Pecorelli ’00 M.S. Paula J. Williams, RN ’00 C.A.G.S. Virginia L. Wright ’00 M.S. CLASS OF 2001 $1,776 Lynn E. Andersen, RN ’01 C.A.G.S. Leona Mae Belanger ’01 A.S. Gerilyn Goehring Ferguson ’01 M.Ed. Jill A. Frechette ’01 M.A.T. Xin Li ’01 M.S. Richard K. Perrine ’01 B.S. Prachuab Soonthornprapuet ’01 M.B.A. CLASS OF 2002 $1,684 Anne T. Benoit RN ’02 A.S. Agnes R. Blatus ’02 M.Ed. Tracy Bollinger Boucher ’02 B.A. Bohdan Buczynski ’02 A.S. Jason J. Bushey ’02 B.S. Claire Dickson ’02 B.S. Paul Williams ’02 B.A. Qian Xiao ’02 M.S. CLASS OF 2003 $2,828 Karen Cooper ’03 M.B.A. Teresa M. Kellaway ’03 M.Ed. Karen L. Mitchell ’03 B.A. Meghan Tingley Montour ’03 B.A., ’10 M.Ed. Ms. Mary Ellen Murphy ’03 M.S. Janet C. Valeri ’03 C.A.G.S. Jean L. Wesinger ’03 M.S. Elizabeth M. Zahn ’03 B.S. CLASS OF 2004 $1,074 Lindsey A. Bello ’04 B.S. Christina Austin Cuzzi ’04 B.S., ’08 M.B.A. Mary C. Murphy ’04 M.Ed. Christine Shaw ’04 B.A., ’09 M.Ed. Peter D. Spohn ’04 M.B.A. Matthew C. Van Wagner ’04 M.B.A.

Karen Walsh ’04 M.Ed. CLASS OF 2005 $330 Jeffrey A. Costa ’05 B.S. Elaine M. Lamb ’05 A.A. Susan E. Morbey ’05 M.Ed. J. Catherine Widmer ’05 A.S. Kin Yun ’05 B.S. CLASS OF 2006 $558 Nhut K. Chau ’06 B.S. Sharon L. Clute ’06 M.Ed. Brian J.T. Cooper ’06 B.S., ’08 M.B.A. Javier Laureano ’06 B.S. Angela S. Menke ’06 C.A.G.S. Christopher P. Parent ’06 M.A. Gregory H. Stanton ’06 B.S. William J. Werner Jr. ’06 B.A. Bradley J. Wuorinen ’06 M.A. CLASS OF 2007 $1,093 Justin B. Andreozzi ’07 B.S. Rene N. Beaudoin ’07 B.S. Eric S. Blackburn ’07 B.A., ’14 M.B.A. Michael V. Buccarelli ’07 B.A. Alexander R. Carven ’07 B.S. Kevin Gately ’07 M.B.A. Evan M. Machos ’07 B.S. Richard J. McDonald ’07 M.B.A. Kurt A. Monaco ’07 B.A., ’08 M.B.A. Maryanne L. Rotelli ’07 M.Ed. Elizabeth T. Sarantos ’07 M.Ed. Zachary F. Stedman ’07 B.S.

Debra A. Scanlan ’09 B.A. Diana Strano ’09 M.B.A., ’17 M.S. Amanda Fleury Sweet ’09 B.S.,’17 M.S. CLASS OF 2010 $223 Jennifer E. Bean ’10 M.B.A. Maria D. Hunt ’10 B.A., ’15 M.A.T. Madeleine L. Lacey ’10 B.A. Lori L. Longley ’10 M.B.A. Gustavo Marques ’10 B.S. CLASS OF 2011 $411 Courtney M. Contigiani ’11 B.S. Caroline M. Leahy ’11 B.A. Gretchen M. Mayall ’11 B.S., ’17 M.B.A. Amy (Birck) Reynolds ’11 M.Ed. CLASS OF 2012 $1,460 Dana Blades ’12 B.S. Sandra E. Dwan ’12 B.S., ’17 M.S. Renee M. Ellis ’12 B.S. Megan Hussey ’12 B.A., ’17 M.A. Sarah Levesque ’12 B.A., ’17 M.A.T. Patrick A. Obertin ’12 M.Ed. Corey C. Oliverio ’12 B.S. Yolanda Sayrs ’12 M.B.A. CLASS OF 2013 $285 Hollyann E. DeCarteret ’13 B.S. Donny R. Guillemette ’13 M.B.A. Sarah MacKay ’13 B.A. Jillian A. Pilotte ’13 B.S. Diane F. Winter ’13 B.A.

CLASS OF 2008 $883 Grant N. Krogman ’08 B.S. Lindsay M. Marshall ’08 B.S., ’17 M.B.A. Robin Orford ’08 Cert. Ethel C. Palumbo ’08 A.A. Deidre M. Proudman ’08 B.S., ’12 M.S. Karen T. Roy ’08 B.A.

CLASS OF 2014 $759 Elizabeth Bellemore ’14 B.A. Daniel Elitharp ’14 B.S. Joshua Horman ’14 B.A., ’17 M.A.T. Alyssa Johnson McMurchy ’14 M.B.A. Sonhui Rowe ’14 B.S. Renee M. Roy ’14 B.A.

CLASS OF 2009 $1,727 Emile R. Anderson ’09 C.A.G.S. Sean C. Bicknell ’09 B.A. Lance D. Bisson ’09 B.S. Michael A. Croatti ’09 M.B.A. David A. Duquette ’09 B.S. Felipe C. Lima ’09 B.S. Nicole M. Marques ’09 B.A. Colleen M. Monaco ’09 B.A.

CLASS OF 2015 $574 Cheryl Bagtaz ’15 M.Ed. Erin Cowden ’15 B.A. Daniel Hooper ’15 B.A. Maureen Houston‑Dow ’15 B.S. Samuel Kazlas ’15 B.A. Christopher Markuson ’15 B.S. Derek Raitt ’15 B.S., ’17 M.B.A. Lara Salazar ’15 M.Ed.

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Melinda Elizabeth Szatela ’15 M.B.A. Diane Wilson ’15 M.Ed. CLASS OF 2016 $1,669 Rachel Brinley ’16 B.A. Andrea Costello ’16 M.S. Jessica DeBurro ’16 M.S. Eknath Ashok Kulkarni ’16 M.S. Valerie Patnaude ’16 M.B.A. Anil Kumar Rai ’16 M.S. Lisa Marie Sullivan ’16 B.S. Yen Nhi H. Vu ’16 A.S. CLASS OF 2017 $2,367 Michelle Adamyk ’17 B.S. Shaik Rafi Ahmed ’17 M.S. Maria Amparo ’17 B.S. Brooke Anderson ’17 B.S. Christina Anderson ’17 M.Ed. Lakshmi Shamarao Araga ’17 M.S. Victoria G. Arico ’17 B.S. Adam Arkell ’17 B.S. Isaiah Arteaga ’17 B.S. Alanna Beaulieu ’17 B.S. Arun Bondakadi ’17 M.S. Rebecca Brook '17 B.S. John Cangiamila ’17 B.S. Wanda Cantrell ’17 B.S. Amber Caplette ’17 B.S. William Carney ’17 A.S. Diane Carriglio ’17 B.S. Stacey Cayer ’17 B.S. Tina Champney ’17 B.S. Ruth Christino ’17 M.Ed. Colby Creteau ’17 B.S. Anna Davis ’17 B.S. Kayla M. Davis ’17 B.S. Michael DeBeradinis ’17 B.A. Dawn M. DeCosta‑Gallo ’17 M.S. Paola J. Deoleo Terrero ’17 B.S. Erika Dion ’17 B.S. Jessica Diprima ’17 B.S. Andrew Flores ’17 B.S. Kevin M. Francis ’17 B.S. Shaylyn Freitas ’17 B.S. Angelica F. Gardella ’17 B.A. Amanda E. Garnham ’17 B.S. Brittani Garza ’17 B.S. Melissa Genna ’17 B.A. Jacqueline Gesek ’17 B.S. Hanumantha Rao Gopalam ’17 M.S. Christine Grabiec ’17 B.A.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Susan M. Gramzow ’17 B.S. Eric Greene ’17 B.A. Lesly Harris ’17 M.S. Cheryl Hawksley ’17 B.S. Theresa Hill ’17 M.S. Benson M. Hinga ’17 B.S. Amanda L. Hogan ’17 B.S. Chelsie Hubicsak‑Muldowney ’17 B.S. Amela Imamovic ’17 B.S. Maddison Ingalls ’17 B.A. Ashley N. Jasmin ’17 B.A. Carol Karabatsos ’17 B.S. Katie B. Kelly ’17 M.Ed. Omer Khan ’17 M.S. Kathryn Kochanowski ’17 B.S. Ranjith Kodumuri ’17 M.S. Jerry Krahn ’17 B.S. Ashley Laforme ’17 A.S. Meghan Lambert ’17 B.S. Ryan Law ’17 B.S. Sarah Levesque ’17 B.A. Kelly Lord ’17 M.S. Holly Mailloux ’17 M.S. Fallon Marchand ’17 A.S. Margaret Marsano ’17 M.S. Gregory J. Mihaiu ’17 B.S. Anna Morgan ’17 B.S. Dana Mott ’17 B.S. Jayanth Kumar Nimmalapalli ’17 M.S. Robert W. Normandin ’17 M.S. Jocelyn O'Connor ’17 B.S. Rajesh Paruchuri ’17 M.S. Kathleen Payzant ’17 B.S. Diana Peabody ’17 M.Ed. Caitlyn Perry ’17 B.S. Allison Petrillo ’17 B.S. Samantha A. Pindara ’17 M.Ed. Leslie A. Porter ’17 M.S. Ashley Prindle ’17 M.Ed. Sabrina Quinlan ’17 B.S. Manasa Ramesh Kaushik ’17 M.S. Chakradhara Rao Ranuva ’17 M.S. Therese Reincke ’17 B.S. Laura Richmond ’17 B.S. Nicole Rott ’17 B.A. Hailey M. Rousseau ’17 B.A. Michael S. Russo ’17 B.S. Celia Santell ’17 B.A. Stephanie M. Seeliger ’17 M.S. Danielle A. Sementelli ’17 M.Ed. Ryan Sharp ’17 M.A. Allyson I. Skopelites ’17 M.A. Katarina Soukup ’17 B.S.

Melanie M. Spillane ’17 B.S. Sarah E. Stauff ’17 B.A. Sangita Thapa ’17 A.S. Kyle D. Travers ’17 B.S. Kelly Trepanier ’17 B.S. Praveen Vallepu ’17 M.S. Saikumar Vunnam ’17 M.S. Danielle M. Willett ’17 B.S. Karin Woode ’17 B.S. Marybeth Zinni ’17 B.S.

MEMORIALS In Memory of Dr. Rose Arthur Joan Connacher Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and Jim Davis John Horman Christine A. Nawrocki Shirley B. O’Meara Marcia Poulin Nancy Beth Raymond Diane F. Winter ’13 B.A. In Memory of Brenda Birck Daniel F. Birck ’79 M.B.A. In Memory of Robert L. Bollinger Shirley L. ’97 B.A. and Harold R. ’90 Acres Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. In Memory of Pauline Cushion Michelle M. Cushion Blake ’00 B.S., ’16 M.B.A. and David Blake In Memory of Dr. Wilfrid Fortin Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. In Memory of Sister Claire Guerin, pm Sister Helene Cote, pm ’73 B.A. In Memory of Vito Ivas Mary J. Cordeiro Debra Garland Esther Klahne Karen A. Kosky‑Lothrop Jeanette Manning‑Tynan Paul W. Matthews The Melloni Family Jason Meuse Jean Mugford Ellen and Brian Pelan Patricia A. Roberson Jane Schwarzer Tewksbury Piecemakers Elaine Williams

Thomas and Pat Wolf Richard J. Yavarow

In Memory of Tracy Schier, Class of 1973G Dr. Walter Schier

In Memory of Roni Williams Kenny, Class of 1964 Frank J. Kenny Jr.

In Memory of Simon David Ulcickas Candace McQuaid Ulcickas ’67 B.A.

In Memory of Jean Klink Virginia A. Nedved Cook ’74 M.Ed. In Memory of Dr. Wilfrid Fortin Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. In Memory of Jaqueline Paquin Knapp, Class of 1940 Alexie M. Knapp Leslie C. Knapp Michele Papathanasiou In Memory of J. McKeown Agnes M. Grace ’59 B.A. In Memory of Mary McLaughlin K. Brian McLaughlin In Memory of Bill McPherson John and Kathryn Cadigan Joan Connacher Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and Jim Davis Patricia Litchfield Deshaies ’60 B.A. Helen M. Harper Sylvia C. Martel Madeleine C. Masselli Shirley B. O’Meara Marcia Poulin Celine L. Sedgeley Diane Statkum Timothy and Linda Twombly Voice of the Faithful (Nashua area) Diane F. Winter ’13 B.A. In Memory of Yolande Stella Morin Moore Mary Ann Moore Palmer ’64 B.A. In Memory of Bill Noonan Charlotte Noonan ’69 B.A. In Memory of Andrew Lindquist Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. In Memory of Johanna Parmlind Deborah Belcher ’97 M.A. In Memory of Sister Claire Picher Therese Picher Muldoon ’52 B.A. In Memory of Susan Wolf Ratyna Elizabeth and Phillip Contant James Lynch Margaret and Paul Martin Thomas and Pat Wolf

In Memory of Jonathan Wolf The Melloni Family Thomas and Pat Wolf In Memory of Phyllis Wolf Margaret and Paul Martin Elizabeth and Phillip Contant Thomas and Pat Wolf In Memory of her beloved father Samita Bahl ’92 M.S. In Memory of a member who was a Rivier nursing graduate Developmental Disability Nurses of NH

LIVING TRIBUTES In Honor of Sister Mary Jane Benoit, pm Virginia A. Nedved Cook ’74 M.Ed. In Honor of Mary Bollinger Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. In Honor of Coach James DeLanoy Margaret Bunker In Honor of Sister Marjorie Francoeur, pm Elaine Caron Landry ’63 B.A. In Honor of Agnes Grace's birthday Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation In Honor of Florence Houde on her 80th Birthday John P. Houde In Honor of Samuel Kazlas Cynthia Kazlas In Honor of Dr. Paul Lizotte Dr. Timothy J. Doherty In Honor of C. James Luther Melinda Luther In Honor of Laurie Lankowski McComb Peter and Holly Lankowski In Honor of Christopher Pennie Patricia Archambeault In Honor of Sister Jeanne Perreault, pm Mitra Jazayeri ’80 B.S.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

In Honor of Catherine Ann Pucel Valerie Patnaude ’16 M.B.A. In Honor of Dr. Vladimir Riabov EBSCO Information Services, Inc. In Honor of Austin Soucy Mary Pat Soucy In Honor of Madison Soucy Mary Pat Soucy In Honor of Nick Wolfrom Kerriann Wolfrom

Dr. Daniel E. and Helen (Doyle) Black Scholarship Helen D. Black (deceased) Chenard Family Scholarship Fund Francoise Chenard Denise M. Pothier Louise (Renaud ’70) and Kenneth Classon Scholarship Louise Renaud Classon ’70 B.A. and Kenneth Classon

In Honor of the Class of 1966 Susan J. Zator ’66 B.A.

Pauline Cushion ’96 Memorial Scholarship Michelle M. Cushion Blake ’00 B.S., ’16 M.B.A. and David Blake

In Honor of the 2014 Women's Volleyball GNAC Championship Team Patricia Hale

Dr. Christos Daoulas Memorial Scholarship Col. Arthur Daoulas

SCHOLARSHIPS Carl Amelio Nursing Scholarship Robert C. Amelio Archambeault Hope Scholarship Patricia Archambeault Dr. Rose H. Arthur Scholarship Rose H. Arthur, Th.D. (deceased) Joseph L. Bingham John and Kathryn Cadigan David Chirlin Joan Connacher Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and James Davis Margaret I. Deschenes Rosemary Haskins John Horman Rosemary G. Ippolito Stephen Levine Felicia Maconi Phyllis Malloy Mary B. Moore Christine A. Nawrocki Shirley B. O’Meara Mary Ellen Photiades Beth Raymond John and Beverly Tucker Diane F. Winter ’13 B.A. Birck Memorial Scholarship Daniel F. Birck ’79 M.B.A. Amy (Birck) Reynolds ’11 M.Ed.

Davis Family Minority Merit Scholarship Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and James Davis Keeva D. Davis ’00 B.A. Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. Alice LeBlanc Drew '56 Scholarship Irene Alice LeBlanc Drew ’56 B.A. and Richard Drew Bertrand C. Dufour Scholarship Dr. Susan Barbaro Margaret Q. Flynn Scholarship Linda Dakoulas Johnson, Esq. ’81 B.S. Jennifer L. Yeomans ’91 M.B.A. Dr. Wilfrid L. Fortin Memorial Scholarship Jeanne Valiquette Fortin ’59 B.M. Grace Family Scholarship Agnes M. Grace ’59 B.A. Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation Nelle Holmes Scholarship Bradford T. Stull, Ph.D. Frank T. and Corrine M. Kennedy Scholarship Jan Corinne MacLennan‑Kennedy ’68 B.A. Kreick Family Scholarship Carol A. ’79 B.A., ’84 M.A. and John Kreick and Family Therese A. Levesque, Ph.D. ’38 Scholarship Henriette Levesque Allen, Ph.D. ’50 B.A. M. Margaret Levesque‑Maynard ’43 Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Leadership Scholarship The Honorable Donnalee Lozeau ’13 H

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Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 Scholarship Hardot Company Dorothy Wong Lu ’52 Tungdot, Inc. Eugene Lylin Scholarship Olga Flory Joseph A. Wozniak ’76 B.S. Charlotte Putnam Maney Scholarship Charlotte A. Higgins Manifest Justice Trust Dr. Kathleen Moriarty Ackerman ’52 B.A., ’60 M.A. Jeanne Cusson ’68 B.A. Mary M. Worden Wesley B. and Lucy O. Mansfield Scholarship Michael B. Mansfield ’97 B.S. Janet C. Valeri ’03 C.A.G.S. Denise Martinez‑Fay ’93 Scholarship Lynn E. Andersen, RN ’01 C.A.G.S. Cityside Management Corporation Developmental Disability Nurses of NH Richard F. Medas Memorial Scholarship Mary Judith Gedroiz ’67 B.A. Mary Jane Medas ’74 B.A., ’85 M.B.A. Captain Mary Pierce Mosier Scholarship Capt. Mary Pierce Mosier ’73 B.A. Nashua College Club Scholarship Sandra M. Axton ’60 B.A., ’67 M.Ed. Mona L. Pelletier ’51 Scholarship Mona Pelletier Bourret ’51 B.A. President's Circle Scholarship Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Morgan Stanley Spectrum Marketing Companies RISE Memorial Scholarship Joseph L. Bingham John and Kathryn Cadigan David Chirlin Joan Connacher Virginia A. Nedved Cook ’74 M.Ed. Delores J. ’94 M.B.A. and James Davis Patricia Litchfield Deshaies ’60 B.A. Helen M. Harper Irene M. Holland Jon Horvath Anne L. Hostage ’72 B.A., ’78 M.A. Rosemary G. Ippolito

Ernest Jeffrey Tae Hyok and Sonnyum Kim Susan Laughlin Stephen Levine Phyllis Malloy Sylvia C. Martel Madeleine C. Masselli Shirley B. O’Meara Edith M. Parekh Charlotte E. Pogue Marcia Poulin Carolyn A. Root ’81 A.S. Celine L. Sedgeley Diane Statkum John and Beverly Tucker Timothy and Linda Twombly Voice of the Faithful (Nashua area) Jeanette Wilkie Diane F. Winter ’13 B.A. Patricia A. Teixeira Nursing Scholarship Carol A. Langelier, Ph.D. Dr. Michael R. Tramonte Bee & H. Robert (Bob) Weisman Scholarship H. Robert Weisman ’94 H Jonathan Wolf Memorial Scholarship Elizabeth and Phillip Contant Mary J. Cordeiro Debra Garland Esther Klahne Karen A. Kosky‑Lothrop James Lynch Jeanette Manning‑Tynan Margaret and Paul Martin Paul W. Matthews The Melloni Family Jason Meuse Jean Mugford Ellen and Brian Pelan Patricia A. Roberson Jane Schwarzer Tewksbury Piecemakers Elaine Williams Thomas and Pat Wolf Richard J. Yavarow Joseph Wozniak ’76 Scholarship Joseph A. ’76 B.S. and Claire Wozniak Karen E. Wozniak Josephine and Jacob Zator Scholarship Susan J. Zator ’66 B.A.

RIVIER UNIVERSITY FUND YOUR GIFT. YOUR OPTION. YOUR FUND. When you give to the Rivier University Fund, you help fulfill our mission of transforming hearts and minds to serve the world. For students like Emily, this transformation began freshman year when she participated in a scholarship program designed to connect students from diverse backgrounds with faculty, staff and the resources needed to help them succeed. For each student, transformation is different. Some find it in academics, others in study abroad, still others through athletics. Like our students, we know that certain areas of your life have had a greater impact on you. That’s why we invite you to designate your gift to the area most meaningful to you.

When you give to the Rivier University Fund, YOU designate your donation to support: AREA OF GREATEST NEED Your gift supports the University’s greatest needs and is utilized where it will have the biggest impact on our students and their futures.

SCHOLARSHIPS Rivier University provides $12 million in scholarships each year, making a Rivier education within reach for more students.

REGINA LIBRARY Regina Library offers quiet and collaborative spaces and resources for students to gather, study and learn.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES Rivier provides a diverse mix of clubs, teams, social and community service opportunities that enrich the student experience.

ATHLETICS Rivier Raiders compete as Division III members of the NCAA and the GNAC. Your donations fund Raider athletics and campus-wide health and wellness programs.

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“ At Rivier University, I am able to pursue my dream career in a place where I feel comfortable, challenged, and prepared for the future.” – Emily, Class of 2020

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