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2 Why are we here? A Letter from President John J. Neuhauser
10 The Perils of Sensory Overload: A Conversation with Ruth Fabian-Fine by Susan Salter Reynolds
30 Get Your Hands Dirty! A Conversation with Farrah Fatemi, PhD by Susan Salter Reynolds
14 You Are Stardust: A Conversation with John O’Meara by Susan Salter Reynolds
31 To Stress or Not to Stress: Tech Fast 101
CO LLAB O R AT I O N S 3 What the Heart Can Hold: Julia Snyder ’17 and Michael Previs ‘99
18 Is Love More Than Neurons Firing? A Conversation with Crystal L’Hôte by Mark Tarnacki
4 Fire and Rescue: Erik Haversang ’11 and Leslie Lindquist ’05 6 Pam Carroll ’85: Pioneering Dream Teams 8 Inside Out: Professor Jonathan Silverman and Nicole Corneau ’17
22 Are You Ready for the Anthropocene? A Conversation with Nathaniel Lewis by Susan Salter Reynolds 26 Face to Face: A Conversation with Kimberly Sultze by Lauren Friedgen ’16
32 Goalasso! The Saint Michael’s men’s soccer team in the off-season by Susan Salter Reynolds 34 Books
C LASS NO TE S 36 Message from the Alumni Association President P. Jonathan Heroux ’87 37 Class Notes 46 In Memoriam
28 The Wild Ride of Michael McCarthy ‘05
SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE MAGAZINE Winter 2016 Volume 16, No. 1 www.smcvt.edu
DESIGN Harp and Company Graphic Design Douglas G. Harp Jennifer Fisher
EDITOR Susan Salter Reynolds
MAGAZINE ADVISORY BOARD Angela Armour ’99 M’09 Kitty Bartlett Rev. Raymond Doherty, S.S.E. Sarah M. Kelly Josh Kessler ’04 Brian MacDonald Jerald Swope Mark Tarnacki
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Tarnacki Lauren Friedgen ’16 PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHER Brian MacDonald
Saint Michael’s College Magazine (ISSN 0279-3016) is published by the Office of Marketing and Communications three times a year. The views expressed in the Saint Michael’s College Magazine do not necessarily represent the official policies and views of Saint Michael’s College. POSTMASTER Please send address changes to: Saint Michael’s College One Winooski Park. Box 6 Colchester, VT 05439
EDITORIAL OFFICE Saint Michael’s College One Winooski Park, Box 6 Colchester, VT 05439 802 654 2556 SMCMagazine@smcvt.edu @2016 All rights reserved ON THE COVER: Illustration by Douglas G. Harp