President's Report 2015-16

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Western New England University

Table of Contents The 2015-2016 President’s Report is produced by the Advancement Division for the Office of the President.

Anthony S. Caprio President Beverly J. Dwight Vice President for Advancement William J. Kelleher Vice President for Finance and Administration Cheryl A. Brodowski Director of Donor Relations and Communications David M. Sterling Director of Advancement Operations Brian Fitzgerald G’16 Associate Director of Advancement Communications Meredith Cervasio Advancement Project Coordinator Cade+Co. Graphic Design Designer Paul Schnaittacher Principal Photographer AM Lithography Corporation Printer

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President’s Message

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Giving Back

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Innovative Pharmaceutical Sciences Research

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Software That Benefits Humanity

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External Support

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Financial Statement

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Honor Roll of Donors

President’s Message I am sure you will read this President’s Report 2015-2016 with a deep sense of pride in Western New England University. Your generosity is the key to our success: you help us offer remarkable opportunities for our students.

During the fiscal year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, nearly 3,000 donors made gifts to the University. You have truly made a difference, enabling us to enhance the academic quality of our programs so that our students are well prepared to excel in the classroom and in their careers. Each and every gift is appreciated; they help us educate the next generation of leaders—confident men and women who will make a difference in their professions and in their communities.

In accordance with our Strategic Plan, we are also deepening our commitment to research: you will read in these pages how our faculty are successfully partnering with students, engaging them in their important research projects. For our students, collaborations like these are valuable learning experiences that are often life-changing.

To be sure, for our students, financial aid resources remains a top priority, and your gifts enable us to provide much-needed scholarships. We now have more than 250 donor-funded scholarships. As a result, more students are able to take advantage of the individualized approach to education we offer.

State-of-the-art facilities are also integral to the overall student experience. During the last fiscal year we dedicated the new Flynn Family Golden Bear Pavilion, an important addition to our outdoor athletics complex. The recently opened Business Analytics Center in D’Amour Library is another facility made possible by donor generosity. At present, we are raising funds for a new four-story, 70,000-square-foot Dining Commons that will be a premier destination on campus. We look forward to the grand opening in Fall 2017.

In this publication’s External Support Highlights section you will notice much-appreciated gifts to the President’s Innovation Fund, a portion of the University’s annual fund that provides a channel for donors to support innovative programs and projects.

The donations enable us to capitalize on emerging opportunities that have not been planned for in the operating budget of the year. These range from hosting distinguished lecturers to launching new academic and student life initiatives. An exciting example is our latest doctorate program in Occupational Therapy.

Start-up funding for the development of this program, which will begin in Fall 2017, was provided through the President’s

Innovation Fund. Thank you for helping me launch initiatives that have an immediate positive impact on our students and that elevate us all to yet a higher level.

It is your crucial support that makes an education at our University affordable, accessible, and unique. Because of your loyalty and generosity, boundless opportunities are ahead for Western New England University, and I thank you for that.

Sincerely,

Anthony S. Caprio

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Giving Back John Dame ’77 and his wife, Diane, know from experience the importance of financial aid—and how their scholarship will provide opportunities as they had to other students.

No matter where your career takes you, you’ll always remember your roots. Such is the case for John and Diane Dame, whose career paths led them from western Massachusetts to southeast Texas.

In 2002, the natives of Chicopee, MA shed their winter coats with their move to the Houston area, but from afar they made a generous gift to Western New England University that really hit home: they established, and continue to contribute to, the John Henri Memorial Endowed Scholarship at John’s alma mater in honor of both their fathers. John is the name of John Dame’s dad, and Henri is Diane’s father.

Their scholarship harkens back to John Dame’s days as a student, because he himself came to Western New England on a four-year scholarship. “That’s part of our reason we’re giving back

today,” says John. “I was a commuter student because of finances, and that scholarship meant everything. It enabled me to receive a superb education.”

Diane, who went to Westfield State University on scholarships, says both of them know full well the importance of financial aid. “We were fortunate that we were able graduate from school and get moving in life without huge debts on our backs,” she says. John agrees: “Today, students tend to rely on their parents more, but parents aren’t always able to afford college tuition,” he says. “This shouldn’t be a limiting factor, but it often is. Students often struggle to find ways to fund their education and get out of school with a reasonable amount of debt, and not start their careers behind the eight ball financially.”

John is especially appreciative of what he learned in—and out—of the classroom from such accounting professors as the late Louis Raverta ’43/’54 and the late Jerry Sullivan ’70. “The entire accounting department was incredible, and Louis Raverta was a great mentor,” he says. “He taught me a lot about life as well—things that weren’t in the curriculum and the textbooks.

I am grateful for going to a small, quality private college because I had the opportunity to meet one-on-one with professors without having to stand in line.”

For both of these executives, their education has served them well. John is an accomplished financial manager, and Diane has made her mark in the banking industry.

John is controller of Kemlon Products, which manufactures electrical connectors, sensors, and probes from its plant in Pearland, TX. He has many years of experience in managing accounting, finance, and day-to-day operations of various small- to medium-sized businesses—with roles ranging from president, vice president, and controller—serving a number of different industries, including medical devices, paper, and plastic products.

Diane, who is senior vice president of treasury management services at Iberiabank in Houston, was vice president treasury management services at TD Bank before becoming vice president and regional sales manager at Whitney National Bank.

“We’ve always believed that education is the key to our success, and that’s the driving force behind our scholarship,” says Diane. “We’ve been supportive of the schools in the Houston area as well because education opens doors. We want to help students at Western New England University, a school that has been so beneficial to John.”

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From left to right: Dr. Ronny Priefer, Brittany Dickhaus PharmD’18, Dr. Shabnam Sani, and Clayton Cassone PharmD’18

Innovative Pharmaceutical Sciences Research The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) recently awarded two $5,000 grants to two student-faculty research teams in the College of Pharmacy. The foundation, with these awards, aims to promote research that will be of great value to industry and academia and work toward the improvement of society’s health and well-being.

Targeting Hypothyroidism Symptoms Hypothyroidism, or thyroid deficiency, causes chronic fatigue, impaired concentration, and weight gain—all of which have devastating consequences on patients’ quality of life. According to Shabnam Sani, an associate professor of pharmaceutics, the use of Liothyronine Sodium (T3), a synthetic version of the thyroid hormone, has been shown to be effective in the treatment of the disease, although the only commercially available dosage is in an immediate-release tablet form, as opposed to a slow-release dosage form.

This is a problem, according to Dr. Sani, because it has been shown that slow-release T3 capsules, or a blend of levothyroxine 6

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(T4) with a slow-release T3, resolves many of the symptoms.

Compounding pharmacists are often requested to compound T3 with T4, but there are no slow-release versions of T3 on the market.

That’s where the research of Dr. Sani and PharmD candidate Clayton Cassone comes in. The two are exploring various compositions of polymers such as Methocel and Simple Cap in controlling the slow-release rate of T3 to achieve optimal patient therapy. “There is a dearth of literature regarding the optimal composition of Methocel alone or in combination with other ingredients in order to make T3 slow-release capsules,” says

Dr. Sani. Therefore, the objective of this study is to formulate and evaluate the performance of the slow-release capsules in laboratory and animal studies to discover the optimum formulations of the ingredients.

Dr. Sani says that Cassone is a “smart, passionate, dedicated straight-A student who is perfect for this kind of research. His work will be extremely useful to physicians and pharmacists to better treat their patients.”

“Dickhaus is hard-working and dedicated—the ultimate researcher,” says Dr. Priefer. Prior to her work in the medicinal chemistry lab, she never considered research as a career option.

“However,” she says, “the joy of succeeding in a project after many failed attempts, along with the advancement of fundamental knowledge, excites me in ways I cannot put into words.”

Seeking a Blood Sugar Monitoring Solution Brittany Dickhaus’s interest in pharmaceutical research began during her freshman year as a research assistant in the College of Pharmacy’s medicinal chemistry research lab, and she is now enrolled in the PharmD/MBA program. In a published research project last year she worked with Ronny Priefer, a professor of medicinal chemistry, on the development of a hand-held breathalyzer for people with diabetes to more easily check their blood glucose levels.

This device, which is currently in development in partnership with the College of Engineering, detects acetone, which has been linked to glucose levels in the breath. “It is a non-invasive and non-painful alternative to the current finger stick testing technology,” says Dr. Priefer.

This year Dr. Priefer and Dickhaus are conducting even more research on polymers used in the device. Their new project, related to their last published paper, is entitled “Development of a Novel Methodology Utilization of a Spray Dryer and Particle Size Enhancer to Determine pKa Values of Polyelectrolytes.”

PKa values are characteristic constants for chemical compounds that help chemists to describe and compare the reactivity of molecules. They are confident that this effort to develop a new method for determining pKa values will allow for a greater understanding of the science behind the multilayered breathalyzer technology and the trial data it generates. wne.edu

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Software That Benefits Humanity

External Support From All Sources

The National Science Foundation awarded a $389,000 grant to Dr. Heidi Ellis, professor of computer science and information technology, and Dr. Stoney Jackson, chair and associate professor of computer science and information technology, to increase student interest in studying computing through a collaborative, community-building software that supports humanitarian goals.

Pictured on the left with Heidi Ellis and Stoney Jackson are students Ava Rule ’19 and Gaurav Trehan ’17. Under the NSF grant, Rule, a Computer Science major, and Trehan, majoring in Information Technology, are working on a website for 200 college faculty around the world who want to involve students in free and open source software.

Heidi Ellis is one of first professors to involve students in HFOSS (Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software), an approach that has been likened to the computing equivalent of Habitat for Humanity: instead of building houses for the needy, students help build free software systems that benefit communities. Open source software allows anyone to view the source code, copy it, modify it, and learn from it.

Dr. Ellis initially became involved with open source software in 2006, when she and two students helped create a volunteer management module to keep track of humanitarian workers in the wake of a devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka. The experience motivated her to get students excited about using computer science as a way to help solve real-world problems. “I was hooked,” she says.

Indeed, a main goal of HFOSS is to attract service-minded students, including women and minorities—both underrepresented in the field—and demonstrate to them that designing and building software can assist people in need around the globe. HFOSS apps have aided numerous communities by helping them to, for example, mobilize during natural disasters or track disease outbreaks.

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The NSF grant, entitled “OpenPath—Improving Student Pathways to Computing Professions via Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software,” has the potential to transform computing education by creating course materials that will enhance learning and prepare students for computing careers. “Through HFOSS, it will allow them to learn about a complex software project within a community of professionals,” says Dr. Ellis.

This collaborative grant with Drexel University and Nassau Community College is this team’s second NSF grant; this group has been working together as the “foss2serve team” since 2013. “The grant will enable us to connect students to HFOSS professionals, which is the kind of academic-industry collaboration that many students do not experience,” says Dr. Jackson. “Research has shown that participation in HFOSS requires significant preparatory learning and development of process skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and communication.”

Dr. Ellis emphasizes the opportunity for students to gain soft skills, learning that programming is part of a team-oriented, creative process. “Obviously, they will gain technical skills, such as version control and coding, but the other skills they gain, such as project management, will be invaluable,” she says.

This is Dr. Ellis’s fourth NSF grant to support HFOSS efforts, including an award in 2013 for her and her students to work on an application for computer users with disabilities: a low-cost, hands-free tool that tracks head movements and translates them into cursor movements on the screen. Her students have also been involved in other HFOSS projects, including OpenMRS, an electronic medical record system used extensively in developing countries. Because of such initiatives as these, Dr. Ellis was named one of the 26 “Most Powerful Women Engineers” last year.

According to Dr. Jackson, the grant “will also provide instructor development to enable instructors and students to engage in an active, small group learning approach to computing with an exciting and authentic context. It’s the perfect mechanism for students to learn by doing.”

Fiscal Year 2016 July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 External Support by Purpose

Annual Restricted 11.1% President’s Innovation Fund 11.2%

External Support by Constituency

Foundations 2.2%

Employees 1.4%

Friends 3.8% Financial Aid Endowment 22.6%

Alumni 11.8% Corporations 27.1%

Capital 5.6%

Government 24.5% Annual Financial Aid 6.2%

Research & Programs 37.9% Golden Bear Athletics 5.4%

Organizations 0.7%

Trustees 26.8% Parents 1.7%

New Gifts and Pledges $1,584,015.42 Gifts Pledges 385,628.00 Bequests 5,928.46 Gifts-in-Kind 73,715.37 Total New Gifts and Pledges $2,049,287.25 Government Grants and Funding $754,569.00 Sponsored Research $280,346.50

Payments on Prior Year Commitments Payments on Prior Year Pledges $1,139,640.67 Government Payments 351,525.77 Sponsored Research Payments 297,876.04 Total Payments on Prior Year Commitments $1,789,042.48 Total External Support $4,873,245.23 wne.edu

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External Support Highlights Individual Gifts and Pledges Mark Berthiaume ’78 and Betsey Thompson committed to creating the Mark Berthiaume & Betsey Thompson Endowed Scholarship along with providing continued support for the annual Mark Berthiaume & Betsey Thompson Scholarship.

Robert Clarke and Holly Clarke supported both the President’s Innovation Fund and the Robert W. and Holly S. Clarke Endowed Scholarship.

Marshall Hart, Jr. ’65 and Joyce Hart made a gift to support the SAE Baja Team, the College of Engineering, and the General Athletic Fund. The College of Engineering’s Golden Bear Baja Racing Team designed, built, and raced its off-road Baja vehicle in international competitions. In a regional competition, the team placed 21st overall, out of 100 teams—including an 8th place finish in the “hill climb” category.

Norma Colaccino ’78/G’82 and Frank Colaccino G’80 gave a significant gift to the President’s Innovation Fund.

Resource Furniture and Meneck Windows donated materials for the Solar Decathlon project in the College of Engineering. In October 2015, the University competed in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition in Irvine, CA. Our student team collaborated with students from universities in Panamá and Honduras to design and build a solar-powered house. Their house tied for first place in the Affordability category and received second place accolades in the Energy Balance contest. The following December our Civil Engineering students on the team went on to join students from Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá in building another solar home at the Solar Decathlon Latin America & Caribbean competition in Cali, Colombia.

Omojola Hebron ’06 established the annual Omoloja Hebron Scholarship.

Marion Hoar continued generous support to the Dr. Nancy Hoar Endowed Memorial Scholarship. Professor Nancy Hoar was a faculty member at Western New England for 28 years, teaching in the Department of English and Communication; her infectious love of language and logic, as well as her generous and caring spirit, made her one of the most beloved teachers on the Western New England campus.

State Farm Companies made a generous gift to the Center for Advanced Training and Naturalistic Studies (ATRANS) in the College of Engineering in recognition of the extensive sponsored research being done on driving methods for the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The gift brings the total support from State Farm over the past two years to approximately $500,000 for the College of Engineering’s efforts to advance the science and understanding of key driver safety issues. The support will allow the Center, under the direction of assistant professor of industrial and engineering management Matthew Romoser, to continue the research and development necessary for identifying effective interventions to reduce the effects of motor vehicle crashes.

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The law firm of Cantor Colburn, LLP, under the leadership of Phil Colburn L’91, established the Cantor Colburn Endowed Scholarship while continuing to fund the annual Cantor Colburn Scholarship.

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New England made gifts to the University in support of the Athletic Golf Tournament, the Coca-Cola Annual Scholarship, and the Flynn Family Golden Bear Pavilion.

The National Science Foundation granted $365,000 to the College of Pharmacy to acquire 400MHz Nuclear Magnetic resonance spectrometer, one of the most important and powerful analytical tools available to chemists and biologists.

This instrument will enable Western New England University and other Greater Springfield area colleges to study the structure of molecules.

Permasteelisa North America made a $25,000 award to the College of Engineering for work on ISO 9001 improvements.

ISO 9001 is a worldwide quality management system standard administered by the International Organization for Standardization.

Kathleen White ’78 made a gift to the President’s Innovation Fund and College of Engineering.

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Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ruolin Zhou received a $60,500 grant from the Lockheed Martin Corporation for work on Software Defined Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) radar systems. Software Defined Radar systems are flexible, generating different radar signals. MIMO can be used to improve spatial resolution, so the probability of detecting targets/objects is increased.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $389,000 grant to Heidi Ellis, professor of computer science and information technology, and Stoney Jackson, chair and associate professor of computer science and information technology, for collaborative research to improve student pathways to computing professions.

Steven Kitrosser ’66/G’70 and Elaine Kitrosser, from the Kitrosser Family Charitable Fund, made a generous contribution to the College of Engineering Sleith Hall Expansion and Renovation and the Steven and Elaine Kitrosser Industrial Engineering Endowed Scholarship.

Martha and Donald Harrison created the Robert A. Edwards Endowed Law Scholarship in memory of Martha’s late father, Robert Edwards L’41/L’01(hon).

development. The acoustic wave separation technology has numerous applications in biopharma and cell processing such as clarification, perfusion, cell concentration and cell washing.

Rite Aid Corporation supported the College of Pharmacy Fund and the Rite Aid Pharmacy Scholarship.

Kevin Delbridge ’77 and Sandra Delbridge continued their generous support of the University with contributions to the President’s Innovation Fund, the Delbridge Family Endowed Scholarship, the Kevin S. Delbridge Endowed Scholarship, The Flynn Family Golden Bear Pavilion, the General Athletic Fund, and the Athletics Golf Tournament.

Michael Flynn ’82/G’83 generously supported the President’s Innovation Fund, the General Athletic Fund, the Emerging Engineers Exhibition program, the Athletics Golf Tournament, and the Alumni Association Golf Tournament Endowed Scholarship.

He also provided the lead gift for The Flynn Family Golden Bear Pavilion, which opened in the fall of 2015 and features locker, training, and equipment rooms for our men’s and women’s soccer, lacrosse, football, softball, baseball, and field hockey teams. New restrooms and a concession stand in the Pavilion also provide added convenience for fans on game day.

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. pledged a significant contribution to the College of Engineering and also donated to the FloDesign Senior Engineering Award and the Alumni Association Golf Tournament.

FloDesign Inc. made a gift to the Solar Decathlon project.

Government Funding and Sponsored Research FloDesign Sonics, Inc. awarded $9,000 to the College of Pharmacy for T-Cell culturing. A T cell, or T lymphocyte, is a type of lymphocyte (a subtype of white blood cell) that plays a central role in cell-mediated immunity. FloDesign Sonics, Inc. also awarded $101,606 to the College of Engineering and the College of Pharmacy for acoustic particle separation research and

The Psychology Department in the College of Arts and Sciences received a $5,086 grant from Case Western University to establish a “Provider-Observed Tool to Assess Oral Hygiene Skills in HIV-Positive Adults.”

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company made a $60,000 award to the College of Engineering to evaluate the effectiveness of the State Farm Engaged Driving Training System.

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Activities

July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

(with comparative totals at June 30, 2015) (numbers in thousands)

(with comparative financial totals at June 30, 2015) (numbers in thousands)

Assets 2016 2015

Operating revenues and other support Cash and equivalents $ 10,589 $ 9,948 Accounts and pledges receivable, net 2,130 2,470 Prepaid expenses and other assets 2,519 2,044 Deposits under bond indenture 8,044 1,560 Loans receivable, net 5,094 5,297 Long-term investments 66,344 69,432 Investment in plant, net 126,121 129,658 Investments held in trust by others 755 813 Total assets $ 221,596 $ 221,222

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities

Accounts payable and accured expenses $ 11,764 $ 11,023

Deposits and deferred income 3,492 3,765

Bonds and capital leases payable 85,048 80,797

Government grants refundable 2,962 2,962

Total liabilities $ 103,266 $ 98,547 Net Assets Unrestricted $ 90,782 $ 94,093

Temporary restricted 4,291 6,510

Permanently restricted 23,257 22,072

Total net assets $ 118,330 $122,675

Total liabilities and net assets

$ 221,596

$ 221,222

$70,000,000 $60,000,000 $50,000,000

Tuitions and fees $ 120,485 $ 119,415

Residence and dining 22,655 22,610

Less scholarships and grants (43,704) (41,682)

Net student fees 99,436 100,343

Federal, state, and private grants $ 2,319 $ 2,594

Interest income 203 152

Income and gains from long-term investments utilized 2,226 2,162

Contributions 1,044 1,199

Other income 1,191 1,648

Other auxiliary services 134 147 Total revenue $ 106,553 $108,245

Net assets released from restrictions - Total operating revenue and other support $ 106,553 $108,245

Operating expenses Instruction $ 39,864 $ 39,389

Student support 16,463 15,922

Academic support 16,982 16,631

Residence, dining, and other auxiliary services 17,355 17,027

Management and general 16,281 15,667 Total operating expenses $ 106,945 $104,636

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations (302) 3,609

Non-operating revenue and expenses

Instruction 37.3%

$30,000,000

Academic support 15.9% Student support 15.4%

$20,000,000 $10,000,000

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2015 Total

Contributions $ 1,712 $ 1,344

Realized and unrealized (loss)/gains on investments (3,756) 633

Long-term investment gains utilized in operations (1,839) (1,790)

Change in value of split interest agreements (70) 17

Increase (decrease) in net assets from nonoperating activities (3,953) 204 Change in net assets (4,345) 3,813

Net assets, beginning of year 122,675 118,862

Net assets, end of year $ 118,330 $122,675

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Management and general 15.2%

Residence, dining, and other auxiliary services 16.2%

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Honor Roll of Donors

Honor Roll of Donors

The Benefactors’ Society

The Cupola Society

The Benefactors’ Society honors individuals, corporations, and foundations who have demonstrated their commitment to Western New England University through distinctive cumulative giving of $100,000 or more, in support of our students, programs, and facilities.

The Cupola Society provides special recognition for donors who have named Western New England University as a beneficiary in their will, trust, or life insurance plan, or who have made other forms of planned gifts such as charitable gift annuities or real estate.

The George I. Alden Trust American Society for Quality Biomedical Division Anonymous Donor ARAMARK Corporation Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation Beinecke Foundation, Inc. Edwin J. Beinecke Trust The Beveridge Family Foundation The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation S. Prestley ’80LHD(hon) & Helen D. Blake Rodney E. ’62BBA/’69JD* & Gail M. ’62BBA* Blakesley Hayden L. Bradley ’64BSME John J. ’71BSEE & Holly Brennan Mae E. Brown* Thomas R. ’70BSBA & Kathleen Burton Donald G. ’73BSBA/’79MBA & Phyllis E. Campbell The Phyllis & Donald Campbell Charitable Foundation President Anthony S. Caprio

Robert A. Adolphson ’34BBA* Darrel S. ’55BBA* & Florilla P. Ames Anonymous (13) Panagiotis “Tak” Argentinis ’66BSME Ralph A. Armstrong ’27LLB* Harlan S. Atwood ’70BA* Maurice H. ’42LLB* & Rebekah M.* Baitler David M. Baker & Christine M. Petraglia Cecil R. Barber ’22BCS* Jeanne M. Bassett ’83JD* Donald B. Bator ’66BSIE* S. Prestley ’80LHD(hon) & Helen D. Blake Rose L. Blake Rodney E. ’62BBA/’69JD* & Gail M. ’62BBA* Blakesley Paul ’38LLB/’01JD(hon)* & Charlotte* Bloom Hayden L. Bradley ’64BSME Frederick N. Bromage ’34BBA/’61MBA* Irl O. Brown Jr. ’57BBA Mae E. Brown* Robert F. Bruno Sr. ’69BSBA Janet Johnson Bullard ’69BBA Thomas R. Burton ’70BSBA Gale D. Candaras ’82JD & Arthur D. Wolf President Anthony S. Caprio Kenneth D. Cardwell ’63BBA/’66MBA Thomas G. Carroll ’79BSBA/’87MBA Daniel J. Castellano Jr. ’69BSBA Chester J. ’23LLB* & Margaret* Chambers Carl O. Chauncey ’25LLB* Florence B.* & Ralph* Chimelis John D. Churchill* Arthur H. Clarke* Robert W. Clarke Charles Clason ’70DLitt(hon)* Robert J. Cleeland* Frances B.* & Norman N. ’34BBA* Cohen Frank Colaccino ’80MBA Harold W. Conant* Katherine M. Connell* Mary T. Cormier* John A. ’77BSBA & Diane M. Dame Hyman G. Darling ’77JD George W. David ’72MBA Janet Doolin ’79JD Donald J.* & Phoebe* Dowd James F. Duggan ’34BBA* Beverly J. Dwight

Kenneth D. ’63BBA/’66MBA & Joan Cardwell Leon J. ’41LLB/’98LHD(hon)/ ’01JD(hon)* & Eleanor Carman & Family Robert H. ’68BSBA & Sandra Carnevale Chester J. Chambers ’23LLB* Clarence I. Chatto ’71LHD(hon)* Arthur H.* & Barbara* Clarke Frances B.* & Norman N. ’34BBA* Cohen Norman N. and Frances B. Cohen Charitable Trust Norma L. ’78BSBA/’82MBA & Frank ’80MBA Colaccino The Colvest Group, Ltd Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Katherine M. Connell* Sidney M. ’41LLB/’84LLD(hon)/ ’01JD(hon)* & Anne V.* Cooley Gerald E. D’Amour ’98LHD(hon)* Paul D’Amour*

Davis Educational Foundation Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation Kevin S. ’77BSBA & Sandra E. Delbridge Delbridge Charitable Fund Joseph J. Deliso Sr.* Exxon Education Foundation John F. Fallon ’66JD* Frank P. Fitzgerald ’68BSBA/’73JD Flexsim Software Products, Inc. Michael J. Flynn ’82BSBA/’83MBA Follett Higher Education Group Follett/Brennan College Service Fontaine Family Lester Fontaine David Fontaine Fontaine Bros., Inc. Constance Gleason Furcolo Bruce F. ’74BSBA & Marjorie R. Hambro J.D. Rivet & Co., Inc. Marjorie and Bruce Hambro Family Charitable Fund Hampden Bank Hampden Bank Charitable Foundation Hampden Savings Foundation Hampden Engineering Corp.

Marshall A. Hart Jr. ’65BSME & Joyce Hart MetricTest Equipment Sales, Inc. Marion E. Hoar Hobbs Brook Management LLC The I. W. Foundation, Inc. Mark D. ’76JD & Judith Levi Integration Partners Corporation Irving C. ’26BCS/’70DBA(hon)* & Esther S.* Jacobs William C. ’75MBA & Patricia A. Jolicoeur KPMG LLP KPMG Foundation The Kern Family Foundation Steven P. ’66BSIE/’70MBA & Elaine Kitrosser The Kresge Foundation Ronald P. ’61BSME/’76MBA & Linda Lalli Litron, Inc. PTI Industries, Inc. OUAT LLC Overhaul Support Services LLC Alfred A. ’51BBA/’95LLD(hon)/ ’01Bacc(hon)* & Marian L. LaRiviere George E. LaRose ’31BCS* The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust

Martin A.* & Roberta D.* Lower Gertrude R. Lovett* Kim A. Mac Leod ’73BA Arthur M. ’98LLD(hon)* & Rebecca* Marshall MassMutual Financial Group Leonard A. ’82JD & Barbara B. McCue National Basketball Association Suzanna A. Norbeck ’82JD Francis S. ’61JD & Ruth M. Oleskiewicz Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Gerard L. Pellegrini ’57JD* Albert L. Plante ’86BSEE/’90MSEE Stuart Reynolds ’41BBA/’44MBA* Stephen J. ’81MBA & Denise LaRiviere Rourke C. Kenneth ’56BBA* & Victoria* Sanderson Mickey* & Naomi Schoenberg John F. Shaw* William H. Sleith ’44BBA/ ’80LHD(hon)* Smith & Wesson D. Joseph St. Germain ’64DCS(hon)* Peter C. Steingraber ’84JD Jean Cameron Sterling ’46BBA* Roger J. ’53BBA/’01Bacc(hon)* & Catherine G.* Sullivan TD Bank Group TD Bank TD Charitable Foundation TD Insurance Inc. The TJX Companies, Inc. The TJX Foundation, Inc. Tambrands, Inc. Brian P. ’67BBA/’71MBA & Mary A. Trelease United Technologies Corporation Carrier Corporation Hamilton Sundstrand Otis Elevator Company Pratt & Whitney Sikorsky Aircraft Dean N. ’82BSBA & Denise E. ’84BSBA Vanech Vanech Family Foundation Richard R. Veronesi ’61BSME Mara M. Veronesi ’85BA Karl A. ’38LLB* & Violet L. ’39BBA/’01Bacc(hon)* Vester Roger W. Wade ’82JD Western New England University Parents’ Association Western New England University Student Senate R. Lyman & Leslie Wood

John F. Fallon ’66JD* Maurice J. ’57JD & Margaret M. Ferriter Frank P. Fitzgerald ’68BSBA/’73JD Harriet Fuller* Constance Gleason Furcolo Grace L. M. Gainley ’36LLB* Raymond J. Gianantoni ’74BBA/’79MBA Paul W. Gorman ’89BSEE/’96MSEE Mary C. Gray* George & Carolyn* Greenway William H. Hawley ’67JD* Henry W. Hayes Jr. ’70BSBA David W. Ives and Pamela Burch Irving C. ’26BCS/’70DBA(hon)* & Esther S.* Jacobs Georgianna ’89BSBA & Robert Jeffreys William C. ’75MBA & Patricia Jolicoeur William H. ’77JD/’10LLM & Kathleen Kain Steven P. Kitrosser ’66BSIE/’70MBA Wallace H. ’63BBA* & Claretta Kountze David P. Kruger ’68BSBA/’72MBA Robert E. Kubicek ’52BBA/’57JD/’01Bacc(hon) Ronald P. Lalli ’61BSME/’76MBA Robert P. ’62BSME & Virginia A. Langdon George E. LaRose ’31BCS* Carl A. LeGrand ’66BSME/’74MBA Clarice L. Levi* Patricia J. Libby ’84JD* James V. Liberatore* Nancy J. Linck ’84JD Edwin W. Lindsay ’78BSBA William J. Lindsay ’77BSBA Richard T. ’34BBA* & Gertrude R.* Lovett Martin A.* & Roberta D.* Lower Kim A. Mac Leod ’73BA Arthur M. ’98LLD(hon)* & Rebecca* Marshall Antonette J. Mazza* Horace O. McCrea ’23BCS* Richard E. Menzel Jr. ’37BBA* Everett J. ’35BBA* & Helen L.* Merrifield Barbara A. Moffat Elva J. Moore ’28LLB* Dorothy L. Morgan Joseph Morrow ’25BCS* E. Ronald Mosca ’78MBA Frederick V. ’69BSBA & Holly* Mottle

Amelia C. Neils ’78BBA* Carmen Guevara Neuberger Mary A. Noble ’36LLB* Joseph Nowak* Angela E. O’Connor* Francis S. Oleskiewicz ’61JD* George ’62BSIE & Peggy* Pehlvanian Isabel Peliciary* Gerard L. Pellegrini ’57JD* Clark S. Rainey ’65BBA* Stuart Reynolds ’41BBA/’44MBA* Hugo L. Ricci Jr. ’74JD Kenneth M. Rickson ’75BSBA Thomas E. Rokosz ’71BSBA Stephen J. ’81MBA & Denise LaRiviere Rourke Russell C. ’51BBA* & Anna G.* Salls C. Kenneth ’56BBA* & Victoria* Sanderson Roy A. Scott John F. Shaw* J. Resler Shultz* Elizabeth A. Simpson

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William H. Sleith ’44BBA/ ’80LHD(hon)* Jean C. ’46BBA* & Esmond E.* Sterling Roger J. ’53BBA/’01Bacc(hon)* & Catherine G.* Sullivan Philip W. Suomu ’83MBA Lucius H.* & Dorothy J.* Tarbell Paul C. Theilig ’48BBA/ ’01Bacc(hon)* James E. Tremble Frederick D. Van Norman ’57LLD(hon)* Mark A. Vecchiarelli ’72BSIE Karl A. ’38LLB* & Violet L. ’39BBA/’01Bacc(hon)* Vester M. Louise Watkins* Gary K. Webster ’77BSBA Lawrence A. Weiss ’75BSBA Robert P. Wilk ’71BA/’83MBA E. Wesley* & Frances* Wilson Ladd Wilson ’69BSBA* Robert P. Ziomek *deceased

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Honor Roll of Donors

Honor Roll of Donors

The President’s Society The President’s Society recognizes donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to Western New England University during the period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Names in bold have given for five consecutive years or more.

The 1951 Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving of $50,000 or More The 1951 Circle recognizes the year Western New England became independently chartered.

Kevin S. ’77BSBA & Sandra E. Delbridge The FloDesign Companies FloDesign Inc. FloDesign Sonics, Inc. Michael J. ’82BSBA/’83MBA & Janice Flynn Follett Higher Education Group Kern Family Foundation Steven P. ’66BSIE/’70MBA & Elaine Kitrosser Kitrosser Family Charitable Fund Gerard L. Pellegrini ’57JD*

John D. Churchill Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving between $25,000 and $49,999 The John D. Churchill Circle honors the first President of Western New England.

Philip C. & Jill K. Beaudry BTP Systems LLC Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New England Martha & Donald Harrison Scott S. ’81BSBA & Susan Jacobs Resource Furniture State Farm Companies R. Lyman & Leslie Wood

The Founders’ Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving between $10,000 and $24,999 The Founders’ Circle honors the men and women who supported the creation of Western New England.

ARAMARK Corporation Lisa ’83BSBA/’90MBA & Bruce D. ’83BSIE/’90MBA Bachmann John J. ’71BSEE & Holly Brennan Franklin Valve LP Summit Company GP, LP BTG International Inc. Janet Johnson ’69BBA & Robert A. Bullard Donald G. ’73BSBA/’79MBA & Phyllis E. Campbell The Phyllis & Donald Campbell Charitable Foundation

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Cantor Colburn, LLP President Anthony S. Caprio Norma L. ’78BSBA/’82MBA & Frank ’80MBA Colaccino The Colvest Group, Ltd Philmore H. ’91JD & Anne M. Colburn Alexander M. ’84BSBA & Jane Corl Rocco J. ’84BSBA/’87MBA & Donna Deliso Falcone Rocky’s Hardware, Inc. Financial Partners Inc. Lester & Carolyn Fontaine Freedom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Denis G. ’76MBA & Nancy Gagnon Excel Dryer, Inc. The Gaudreau Group, Inc. Marshall A. ’65BSME & Joyce Hart Marion E. Hoar KPMG LLP KPMG Foundation KPMG LLP - Hartford Dennis M. ’80BSME & Karen Lind Leonard A. ’82JD & Barbara B. McCue Menck Windows The National Collegiate Athletic Association Novo Nordisk A/S People’s United Bank Timothy ’82JD & Kathryn Pinch Rite Aid Corporation Jeffrey B. Sagalyn ’76JD Peter C. Steingraber ’84JD Robert J. Stevens Gary F. ’76JD & Jay Thomas The Wealth Technology Group TJX Foundation Mara M. Veronesi ’85BA Richard R. Veronesi ’61BSME Roger W. Wade ’82JD Walgreens Kathleen A. White ’78BSE

The Trustees’ Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving between $5,000 and $9,999 The Trustees’ Circle recognizes importance of the leadership of the University’s Board of Trustees.

Absolute Green Energy Corp.

Paula K. Allen Big Lot! Inc. Rheo A. ’76BSBA & Faith Brouillard Thomas R. Burton ’70BSBA Carmel A. Caramagna ’84JD Robert H. ’68BSBA & Sandra Carnevale

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Charles R. ’87JD & Carol Casartello Richard M. ’80BSBA & Catherine Cassata Donald R. ’75BBA & Dianna Chase Robert W. & Holly S. Clarke Gary T. ’80BSEE/’02MBA & Patricia D. Cromack Shane E. Daly ’00JD John A. ’77BSBA & Diane Dame Richard M. & Judith A. DiRuzza The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Foundation Terry A. ’69BSEE & Zena Fuller Diana H. ’85JD & James P. ’84JD Horan Stanley Kowalski III ’92BSME The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust The Mark Coffey Memorial Golf Outing Maura C. McCaffrey Health New England, Inc. John M. & Julie Mitchell Kristin L. ’93BSME & Charles Murphy Carmen Guevara Neuberger Suzanna A. Norbeck ’82JD Albert L. Plante ’86BSEE/’90MSEE Kenneth M. ’75BSBA & Dena Rickson Stephen J. ’81MBA & Denise LaRiviere Rourke Robert E. ’83JD & Phyllis Salad Michael A. ’77BSBA & Patricia J. ’77BA Serafino Kathleen A. Shea ’97JD Terrien Transportation, Inc. Margaret L. Wendlandt ’86JD & Gary E. Wendlandt The Gary E. and Margaret L. Wendlandt Charitable Fund Constance Marie Willett ’91MBA

The Beaumont Herman Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving between $2,500 and $4,999 The Beaumont Herman Circle honors the University’s 2nd President.

Joseph S. Aboyoun ’78JD Aboyoun & Heller LLC American Society for Quality— Biomedical Division Barings LLC Baxter International, Inc. Peter M. ’87BSBA & Heidi M. Black George W. Crawford Black Bar Association Pamela Burch & David W. Ives

Gale D. Candaras ’83JD/’15LHD(hon) & Arthur D. Wolf Gale D. Candaras Election Committee Kenneth D. ’63BBA/’66MBA & Joan Cardwell Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts David C. ’87BSME & Jayne Couchon Daniel Covell David R. Dietrich Enphase Energy, Inc. Frank P. Fitzgerald ’68BSBA/’73JD General Electric Company General Electric Foundation Ronald D. ’73JD & Susan Grodsky Harry Grodsky & Co., Inc. Charles P. Hagenian ’72BA Andrew T. & Meghan Henshon Montgomery Granby Partners LLC Kenneth B. & Anne B. Herman John P. Isenburg Edwin W. ’78BSBA & Paula A. ’77BSBA Lindsay Anthony ’70BSBA & Donna A. Lucki Massachusetts Golf Association, Inc. MassMutual Financial Group Michael McMyne ’90JD & Carolee Arsenault George P. Pehlvanian ’62BSIE Javier Eduardo Riofrio Sumner W. ’51BBA/’60MBA/ ’01Bacc(hon) & Sarah Robbins Charles J. Rollins ’82BSBA Julie I. Siciliano ’81BSBA/’84MBA Stanley Black and Decker Inc. Sandra L. Tullius ’88JD Warrior Elite Lacrosse Allison P. & Craig Werder Westfield Youth Lacrosse Inc. WNE 5th Quarter Club Western New England University College of Business Board of Advisors Jack S. White ’79JD

The Robert R. Emerson Circle of the President’s Society Annual Giving between $1,000 and $2,499 The Robert R. Emerson Circle recognizes the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Aetna Foundation, Inc. Brad L. ’03MBA & Jane Albert Edward L. Anastasi ’89BSBA Richard G. Arrich ’73BSIE Guy ’86BSBA & Ann Asadorian

Robert C. & Judy Azar Jamison J. Barr ’98JD Jamison Giving Fund Eli B. Basch ’76JD BasketBull, LLC Mark L. Berthiaume ’78BSBA & Betsey Thompson Neville S. ’75BSBA/’81MBA & Yvonne S. ’83BSBA/’91MBA Bogle Lisa Anne Bongiovi ’94JD & Lawrence Kenneth Josiah ’93JD John S. Breck ’85JD Irl O. ’57BBA & Margaret M. Brown Travis Brown ’09BSBA Christopher M. Burke ’80JD C. L. Frank & Company Richard J. ’73MBA & Carreen L. Callahan CATIC Foundation, Inc. Denice Daro Chandler ’93JD Michael D. ’79MBA & Sue Coffey John & Lorraine Conti CVS Healthcare Corporation CVS Health Foundation Charles W. Danis ’81JD Martha Day ’85JD & C. N. Hetzner Robert W. & Marilyn P. Dobek Maryrita Dobiel ’83JD Janet Doolin ’79JD & Mark J. Kolber ’76JD Marilyn Petraiuolo ’80JD & Craig A. Douglas Thomas D. Downey ’96MBA/’01JD Philip M. ’75JD & Sandra L. Duda William E. ’79BSBA & Allyson Dupuis Beverly J. Dwight & Peter Stefanyszyn East Coast Tile Imports, Inc. Betty J. Emery Gregory A. ’79JD & Diane Falk Fidelity Investments, Inc. Fidelity Foundation

Arthur R. ’80JD & Nancy B. Finkelstein Roger L. ’62BSME & Joyce Frasca Harriet Fuller* Constance G. Furcolo Arthur R. & Joanne Gaudio Lisa J. & Charles F. Gilgen Douglas P. ’69BSBA & Geraldine Glazier Yvonne C. Gleba ’93BSBA Thomas A. Gorski ’79BSBA & Allison Storms Eric J. Gouvin & Elizabeth L. Lovejoy ’07LLM Richard A. & Carol A. Grabiec Philip J. ’51BBA/’01Bacc(hon) & Marjorie A. Grace Bryan Gross Thomas A. ’77BSBA & Patricia Gruppioni Pierre H. Guertin ’78BSBA Byrnes N. Guillaume ’06JD Byrnes Guillaume Attorney at Law PLLC Jeanne S. Hart-Steffes Philip H. Harris ’85JD & Judith S. Grossman Ruth L. Hoffman ’86JD Elaine T. & Robert H. Holdsworth Richard & Sharon Holl Hospital Pharmacists of Western Massachusetts HUB International Limited Myong S. Jensen ’89MSSM Information Technology Solutions & Consulting, LLC Judith H. Jones ’86JD Linda Jones Richard S. & Louise Keating William J. Kelleher Jihyun Kim ’03JD James J. Knittel Dennis J. Kolodziejski & Sheralee Tershner David P. ’68BSBA/’72MBA & Gerri A. Kruger

Ronald P. ’61BSME/’76MBA & Linda Lalli Litron, Inc. Edwin W. ’69BSME & Carol A. Laprade Carol A. & Robert J. Leary Brian M. Leistikow ’13BSEE Janice & Wayne B. Leistikow Best Buddy Bruce Barbara A. Lenk Scott A. ’83JD & Deborah S. Lessne Amy B. ’88BSBA/’00MBA & Christopher L. Lewis Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Gina Marie & Jeffrey N. Massicott Susan E. ’85BSBA & Sean McMurray Ronald J. Milkay ’63BSME Renee A. Miller-Mizia ’05JD & John Mizia Barbara A. & John Moffat Bruce L. Morin ’85BSME/’16MSEM Ronald E. ’68BSEE & Susan B. Musiak NACDS Foundation Wah Sing ’68BSEE/’75MBA & Christine Ng John M. ’74BSBA & Claudia O’Brien J.M. O’Brien & Company, P.C. OMG, Inc. John M. Payne ’81JD & Jill McCarthy Payne ’86JD Ronald R. & Emily T. Payne Rodney W. Pease ’77BA/’82MBA Charles R. & Ann L. Pollock Joseph H. Reinhardt ’82JD Matthew J. ’84BSME & Pamela Richi Evan T. & Janet E. Robinson Matthew L. Rollins ’11JD James & Barbara Runko Robert & Wendy Russman-Halperin Andrew A. ’89BSEE & Kristie Sargent Peter W. Schroth Cheryl R. ’83JD & Peter L. ’83JD Smith

SNE Building Systems, Inc. Joshua J. & Linda M. Spooner Alfred A. ’78JD & Anne Stadnicki Robert B. ’79BSBA & Elaine C. ’81BA Stein Diana & Lawrence R. Stolberg Peter B. Stone ’70BA/’78MBA Peter B. Stone Associates Inc. Philip W. Suomu ’83MBA Daniel J. Swords ’76JD Michael W. ’62BSME & Christine M. Taillon Ellen S. Teller ’83JD & Martin S. Kanovsky TIAA-CREF Financial Services Brian P. ’67BBA/’71MBA & Mary A. Trelease Vincent E. Turley ’85JD United Bank United Technologies Corporation John C. Van Amsterdam ’63BSME/’65MBA Van Amsterdam Family Fund Richard A. Wagner Stephanie A. ’90JD & David Lee Watkins Beth E. & Brian Welch Western New England Alumni Association Golf Tournament Western New England University Alumni Association Board of Directors Western New England University College of Pharmacy Class of 2015 Westfield Bank Y. Kevin ’81JD & Susan H. Williams Wonderful Giving New York Life Insurance Company YourCause, LLC Trustee for New York Life Robert P. & Annette S. Ziomek *deceased

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Western New England University Board of Trustees Michael A. Serafino ’77 Chairman Kenneth M. Rickson ’75 Vice Chairman Robert W. Clarke Secretary Kathleen A. Shea, Esq. L’97 Treasurer Anthony S. Caprio President Philip C. “Bud” Beaudry Neville S. Bogle ’75/G’81 John J. Brennan ’71 Rheo A. Brouillard ’76 Janet J. Bullard ’69 Thomas R. Burton ’70 Carmel A. Caramagna, Esq. L’84 Richard M. Cassata ’80 Norma L. Colaccino ’78/G’82 Alexander M. Corl ’84 Gary T. Cromack ’80/G’02 Kevin S. Delbridge ’77 Rocco J. Falcone II ’84/G’87 Michael J. Flynn ’82/G’83 Denis G. Gagnon G’76 Marshall A. Hart, Jr. ’65 Andrew T. Henshon Diana H. Horan, Esq. L’85 Steven P. Kitrosser ’66/G’70 Stanley Kowalski III ’92 Dr. Barbara A. Lenk, Esq. Amy B. Lewis ’88/G’00 Dennis M. Lind ’80 Edwin W. Lindsay ’78 Maura C. McCaffery John M. Mitchell Kristin L. Murphy, Esq. ’93 Dr. Carmen Guevara Neuberger, Esq. Stephen J. Rourke G’81 Robert E. Salad, Esq. L’83 Peter C. Steingraber, Esq. L’84 Gary F. Thomas, Esq. L’76 Allison P. Werder Kathleen A. White ’78