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FOXWOODS
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Price: $25 per person; includes
round-trip transportation by charter bus and casino
package.
Departure From Framingham State College Maple
Commuter Lot: 12 p.m.
Parking will be available in Maple
Commuter Lot
Departure From Foxwoods: 8 p.m.
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Cape Cod Club Spring
Meeting
Saturday, May 12, 2007
11:30 a.m.
Old Yarmouth Inn, 223 Route 6A, Yarmouth, MA
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Spotlight:
Mark Sullivan '90
Mark Sullivan '90 is president of one of WhittmanHart’s two
divisions – WhittmanHart Consulting. WhittmanHart is a Chicago-based
consulting company specializing in digital communications, process
improvement and enabling technologies. Sullivan joined the company
in December 2006, and has more than 16 years of business consulting
experience.
As
president of consulting, Sullivan is charged with expanding and
growing the company’s consulting division and focuses his team on
building industry-leading solutions that complement WhittmanHart’s
strong interactive agency expertise.
Before joining WhittmanHart, Sullivan led the global risk, finance
and compliance practice within the financial services division of
BearingPoint, a leading global consultancy based in McLean, Va.
Prior to that, he was a partner with BearingPoint (then known as
KPMG Consulting), where he served as global account leader for the
General Electric account and was a member of the company’s operating
committee.
Sullivan is a leader in the area of corporate performance management
and has experience working with leading corporations, including Bank
of America, General Electric, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Lehman
Brothers and many others.
Before joining BearingPoint, Sullivan held various consulting and
management positions at Ernst and Young and NationsBank. He began
his career as senior accountant with
United Technologies.
Sullivan received a
bachelor of arts degree in economics from FSC.
Spotlight: Richard H. Eppink, Jr. '92
Richard H. Eppink, Jr. '92 has
been promoted to vice president in the Special Markets Department of
New York Life Insurance Co. He is responsible for developing and
executing strategic direct marketing plans for the AARP Lifetime
Income Program, New York Life's Tampa-based operation that markets
and administers income annuity products to AARP members.
Eppink joined New York
Life in 1999 as an assistant vice president of marketing with the
AARP Life Insurance program and was promoted to corporate vice
president in 2002. Before joining New York Life, Eppink held direct
marketing positions with Liberty Life, Disney and Bose. He received
his bachelors of arts degree in economics from FSC.
Eppink lives in Palm
Harbor, Fla., with his wife, Michelle, and two sons.
Mary K. Casey '07 Joins
Alumni Relations Staff
Mary K. Casey '07 has been appointed to Assistant Director
of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations in the Framingham State
College Department of Advancement.
Mary, who majored in English and graduated from the College
summa cum laude, worked in the Office of Development and Alumni
Relations for two years while she was a student. Mary says she
particularly enjoyed assisting with planning alumni events, such as
Reunion and Homecoming, and looks forward to reaching out to more
alumni in her new role.
Congratulations and welcome, Mary!
Tony vs. Paul
Film
Anthony Fiandaca '04 and Paul Cummings '02 recently
created a buzz with their kung-fu moves in the five-minute stop
motion film, Tony vs. Paul on youtube.com. The film won a VH1 and
IFilms' "Show Us Your Junk" contest with a cash award of $10,000.
Excerpts from the film were shown on VH1, and several area news
networks interviewed the two filmmakers and carried the story on
their nightly news programs. More than 2 million viewers have
watched the film. Tony vs. Paul can be seen in its entirety at
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=tony+vs.+paul.
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2007 Reunion
Weekend
Save the Date!
June 1-2, 2007
Class of 1957 to celebrate 50th Reunion!
Classes ending in 2's and 7's and the Class of 2006
will be celebrating their anniversaries on campus with dinners,
luncheons, events and the Alumni Achievement Awards. All Framingham
State College alumni are invited to attend. Contact Mary Casey at 508-626-4578 or development for details
or to get involved in planning a celebration for your class.
Visit http://www.framingham.edu/alumni
for Reunion schedules and updates.
STAY CONNECTED! Join the Alumni
Online Community at http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/FRC/homepage.cgi
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Alumni To Be Honored for Achievements
Five outstanding Framingham State College graduates will be
honored for their personal and professional accomplishments on
Saturday, June 2, 2007, during the annual Alumni Achievement Awards
Ceremony.
The ceremony, which traditionally takes place during Reunion
Weekend, will highlight the achievements of:
Kathleen Maguire Cody ’51
(*posthumously)
Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics
Pioneer in television
broadcasting and among women on TV. Kathleen produced, directed
and performed two popular live cooking shows in the 1950s – “Menu
Magic on WBZ in Boston and “Taste Time” on WRGB in Schenectady, NY.
Robert J. Crowley ’80
Bachelor’s degree in Art
President of Soundwave Research
Laboratories. Bob has developed a number of successful acoustic
medical devices that are being used in hospitals worldwide. Among
such devices are microphones to listen for minute sounds produced by
sick cells.
Ruth Rothberg Erno ’42
Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education
Retired U.S. Navy Commander.
Ruth enlisted in the Naval Reserve in November 1942. After 13 years
on active duty, she remained in the reserve program an additional 12
years until her retirement in 1977. The communications specialist
and program analyst has received numerous awards, including the
Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Naval Reserve Medal, World War II
Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, the Secretary of the
Navy Coast Reduction Award and the Defense Management Improvement
Award.
Judith A. Gilbride, Ph.D. ’66
Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics
President of the American
Dietetic Association. Judith is the 81st president of
the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition
professionals. The registered dietitian is also a professor and
chair of the department of nutrition, food studies and public health
at New York University.
Patricia Ford Plummer, Ph.D. ’69
Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics
Chancellor of the Massachusetts
Board of Higher Education. Patricia worked at Framingham State
College for more than 19 years as a professor of consumer sciences,
department chair and associate vice president for academic affairs.
Before her appointment to chancellor of the Board of Higher
Education, she served five years as deputy chancellor for policy and
planning. The BHE overseas the University of Massachusetts system’s
five campuses, nine state colleges and 15 community colleges.
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Save
the Date!
IAFSA Annual Meeting
Calling all graduates of Framingham State College to the Annual
Meeting of the Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni!
Join us for our annual meeting to review the past year, look forward
to the year ahead, and to elect the Executive Board to serve for the
next two years.
June 2, 2007
3 p.m.
Ecumenical and Cultural Center at Framingham
State College
Alumni House, 42 Adams Rd.
Office@AlumniHouse.org
508-872-9770
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Katherine Almy Mahon G'00
Using
what I learned at FSC about counseling and providing interactive
nutrition education, I’ve created my own company. My husband and I
are launching our business: Potluck Puzzles (www.potluckpuzzles.com).
I have
created two books full of fun, interactive nutrition puzzles that
are designed to teach/reinforce important concepts in diabetes
education. Using what I’ve learned by working as the lead dietitian
for outpatient nutrition at
Newton
Wellesley
Hospital,
I’ve incorporated many points that are of interest to patients. We
see many different applications for our educational puzzle books in
the healthcare and diabetes community. Our first big sale has been
to a diabetes camp in
California!
In
creating these puzzles, I often think back to my days at FSC, where
I learned so much about counseling techniques. I clearly remember
when we videotaped ourselves providing diet instructions and watched
one another's videos in class. Watching my own video as well as the
other videos was a somewhat painfully embarrassing experience, but
it was an effective learning tool. I still smile when I think of a
classmate who in her video said: “I am going to educate you on…”
What a difference the choice of language makes. I also think of the
health fair that we put on for our Community Nutrition class and our
Community Nutrition internship projects, where we needed to be
certain that our poster boards included interactive activities and
evaluations of the learning points.
My
experiences at FSC have made a strong impact on how I counsel
patients and on the content of our Potluck Puzzles books.
Alumni Perspectives are welcome. Submissions
should be no more than 500 words and can be e-mailed to
development@frc.mass.edu or mailed to Hilltop Happenings
Perspectives, Office of Alumni Relations, Framingham State College,
100 State St., Framingham, MA 01701. Submissions may be edited for
style, grammar, mechanics, content and length. Photos are also
welcome.
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- Compiled by
Nikki Wetherell '07
April's
Highlight: May Day
Tradition
QUEEN FOR A DAY.
The May Day Queen and her
attendants hold court in 1950. Did you know the Queen or the Court?
Let us know. (Photo Courtesy of Framingham State College Archives)
Last Issue's
Highlight:
Bermuda Bound
BON VOYAGE. A group of students poses for a
photo before boarding a flight to Bermuda in the 1960s. Any
recollections of this island getaway to share with alumni?
(Photo Courtesy of Framingham State College Archives)
Framingham State College has a rich history,
steeped in tradition. Do you have a piece of history to share? Let
us know what you think of this photo, or better yet, send us your
own favorite Framingham State College photo. E-mail pictures and/or
responses to development@frc.mass.edu,
or mail to: Alumni Relations, Att: Laura Delaney, Framingham State
College, 100 State St., Framingham, MA 01701. Please be sure to
identify the people or action taking place in your photo submission.
Photos will be returned upon request. Responses may be published in
future editions of Hilltop Happenings.
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Faculty Notes
Professor Jim Eng of the Art and Music Department
has a solo art show, "Work in Collage and Mixed Mediums" in the
Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill on exhibit
through April 23.
Professors Arlene Handschuch and Irene Foster of
the Fashion Design and Retailing Department appeared on Boston's
Channel 4 CBS/WBZ during the a recent 11 p.m. newscast in a consumer
report segment on "Getting the Best Retail Value for Your Dollar."
The show was repeated on the San Francisco CBS TV station affiliate.
Handschuch and Foster evaluated the quality and price points of
apparel from three major local retailers and made suggestions and
recommendations on what consumers should look for when comparing and
purchasing apparel items. The items were purchases and brought to
FSC by the Channel 4 staff, and their evaluation was filmed without
their knowing from which stores the goods originated.
Professor Robert Johnson, Jr., of the
Communications Department gave an on-camera interview for
Philadelphia's ABC News and public affairs program "Prime Time
Weekend." The show, which aired Feb. 10, focused on Johnson's new
documentary, "No Short Climb: Race Workers and America's Defense
Technology," and the working relationship he established with the
Information Age Science Center in Wall, N.J.-- the state's first
military history and technology museum.
Professor Keri Straka of the Art and Music
Department received a juror's award for her work in the group
exhibition "Craft Forms 2006" at the Wayne Art Center in
Philadelphia. Her work also was reviewed in The Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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In Memoriam
Dr. Joseph R. Palladino, Dean of Graduate and Continuing
Education Emeritus, died March 3. A funeral Mass was celebrated
at St. Mary's Church in Holliston.
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Henry Whittemore Library Special Collections
Exhibit Announcement
In honor of Women's History Month, a new exhibit has
been created at the Henry Whittemore Library displaying materials
from some of our Normal School women, including Mary Swift Lamson
(1840), a graduate of the first class and an early pioneer in
teaching at the Perkins School for the Blind. She was known to have
inspired Helen Keller to speak. Also on display are materials from
Lydia Stow (1841), another graduate of the first class and an
abolitionist who may have risked the lives of herself and her family
to aid slaves fleeing to safety in the North. You'll learn about
Louisa Harris (1840) and Adeline Ireson (1841/42), who became
lifelong teachers. They never married, defying society's standards
and expectations. Find out about Jennie Howard (1866), who went to
Argentina to answer Argentinean President Domingo Sarmientos' call
to establish normal schools in that country. She made education in
Argentina her life's work and never returned to the United States.
Read excerpts from Frances Merritt's (1855) letter describing being
one of the first students to attend the College once it moved to
Framingham on what was then called Bare Hill. Learn about Olivia
Davidson Washington (1881), wife of Booker T. Washington and
teacher-administrator of the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama. Catch a
glimpse of Bertha Johnson (1885) and her success in becoming editor
of Kindergarten Magazine in 1897. Review some of her many writings,
ranging from educational topics to her passion for the women's
suffrage movement.
Come and see for yourself some of the women who made
history here at Framingham State and take pride in the successes and
examples these women set before us.
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Help Preserve FSC's
History
The Framingham State College Special Collections and
Archives need your photographs, memory books, class notes and
syllabi, programs, correspondence, club records, and artifacts and
memorabilia pertaining to the College's history. For information on
how to donate, please contact Colleen Previte, Archivist and Special
Collections Librarian, at 508-626-4648 or cprevite@frc.mass.edu. Feel
free to view our current holdings at http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/specific/index.htm
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"Christa
McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars" DVDs for Sale
The Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center for Education and
Excellence has copies of the DVD "Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the
Stars" available for sale. The DVDs are $30 each. To purchase your
copy, please send a check for $30 payable to The McAuliffe Center
and mail to The McAuliffe Center, Framingham State College, 100
State St., Framingham, MA 01701. Please be sure to include your
mailing address.
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Save the Date! FSC Rams Booster Club Golf
Tournament
June 5,
2007 Marlboro Country
Club
For more information, call Michele
Cunningham at 508-626-4614.
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Save the Date!
The Art Doyle Road Race
May 5, 2007
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Career Services for Alumni
The Office of Career Services and Employer
Relations is ready to assist you -- at any stage of your job search.
Visit our career Web site,
www.framingham.edu/careerservices, for job listings and
information about Employer Showcases and any other on- or off-campus
events. You also may make an appointment with a career counselor --
we’ll help you fine-tune your resume, polish your cover letter and
perfect your interviewing skills. Our office is located in the D.
Justin McCarthy College Center, Room 412; our phone number is
508-626-4625.
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Framingham State College Introduces Liberty Mutual
Insurance Discount for Alumni
Framingham member benefits now
include savings on auto and home insurance!
As a Framingham State College
Alumni Association member, you may qualify for a special group
discount* on your auto, home and renters insurance through Group
Savings Plus from Liberty Mutual. With Group Savings Plus,
you’ll also enjoy fast, easy round-the-clock claims service and a
variety of discounts including multi-car, multi-policy, safe-driver,
passive restraints and anti-theft device discounts*.
See for yourself how much money
you could save with Liberty Mutual compared with your current
insurance provider. Call 800-524-9400 or visit online at
www.libertymutual.com/lm/framinghamstate
*Group
discounts, other discounts, and credits are available where state
laws and regulations allow, and are not available in all
states. Certain discounts apply to specific coverages
only. To the extent permitted by law, applicants are
individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify. Coverage
provided and underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and
its affiliates, 175 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA.
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Online
Community - Helping You Build a Strong Personal
Network
Register today at http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/FRC/homepage.cgi
You are just a few clicks away from finding people who
could help you find a new job, explore a career change, or find you
the perfect job candidate. Or maybe you just want to make new
friends or find former classmates. The Online Community is your
connection. It's easy to use, free and accessible only to Framingham
State College alumni.
Features include:
CareerLink. Need a mentor? Interested in becoming
a mentor? This tool enables alumni to connect and help one another
in the job market.
Online Directory. A password-protected
directory that allows you to search for classmates and friends, as
well as update your personal profile.
Class Notes. Life is more fun when it is shared
with friends. Post pictures and update news about your family,
career, interests and experiences.
Permanent E-mail Forwarding Address. A
permanent e-mail address that will automatically forward messages
from your Framingham State College account to your current e-mail
address.
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Moving? New Phone
Number? New E-mail Address?
Be sure to call the
Office of Alumni Relations at 508-626-4012 or
e-mail
development@frc.mass.edu
to ensure your
contact information is up to date.
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Career Services
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Framingham State College Credit
Cards
Carry the
credit cards that help support Framingham State College. Designed
especially for Framingham State College alumni by Bank of America,
N.A., a Framingham State College MasterCard and/or Framingham
State College American Express card are available to alumni.
Both cards provide numerous benefits to the cardholder while also
helping to support alumni and student programs at no additional cost
to you. For more information call, 800-932-2775 for MasterCard; or
877-805-8694 for American Express.
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Department of Graduate and Continuing
Education
The
Center for Lifelong Learners ...
where
learning is a lifelong pursuit.
( http://www.framingham.edu/dgce/cllindex.htm
)
We all know the importance of
exercising the mind as well as the body. Framingham State College
now offers a variety of educational programs to sharpen your
intellect and explore your interests. From a living history
presentation to digital photography workshops, you will find
programs that suit your active lifestyle, with weekday and weekend
options. Most workshops meet for a single, two-hour session on
Saturdays.
Most classes cost only $10.
Learning has never been so
accessible... or affordable!
... To learn
more click here http://www.framingham.edu/dgce/mba.htm
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