Saint Vincent Magazine Winter 2012

Kennametal CEO Carlos M. CardosoHonored at DecemberCommencement

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Honors Convocation/ Student Research Conference, April 25: 12:30 p.m. Basilica/

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Colleges Against Cancer Relay for Life, April 27-28: 5 p.m. Carey Student Center

College Commencement, May 12: 2 p.m.

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Summer Theatre Gala, July 13: 6:30 p.m.,

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Freshman Move in Day, August 24: 9:30 a.m.

Homecoming 2012, October 5-7: 1 p.m.

Founders’ Day, November 15: 4 p.m.

Wimmer Exam, November 17: 9 a.m.

Fred Rogers Center

Blase Prosperi will graduate from Saint Vincent College with a degree in biology in May and begin his medical studies at Georgetown Medical School in the fall of 2012. He credits his professors at Saint

Vincent for helping him achieve success in his studies: “The professors helped me decide that I wanted to come here. Now, I feel that I am really close to my teachers. Every teacher is willing to spend time with you and help you out.”

There is a strong bond between the Prosperi family and Saint Vincent. Blase’s grandfather Aldo O. Prosperi is a 1953 graduate of the college and taught at Saint Vincent in the 1970s, while also serving as Chair of the Education Department. His son Dr. Aldo J. Prosperi is a 1980 graduate and currently is one of the doctors serving the Saint Vincent College Wellness Center and the Benedictine Community. Dr. Prosperi’s sisters Stephanie, C’90, and Anne, C’92, who are also medical doctors, continued the family tradition at Saint Vincent.

“I spent a lot of my life on campus,” Blase said. “Dad is the team doctor for the men’s basketball team, so growing up the whole family was here for all the games. We’re parishioners at the Basilica Parish, and I played baseball and soccer with [former] president Towey’s children.”

According to his father, Blase almost did not come to Saint Vincent, perhaps because he spent so much time on campus growing up. “I did encourage him to think about going to college here. It was after attending a ‘Get Acquainted Day’ and talking with some professors that he said, ‘Yeah, I really like Saint Vincent’.”

Blase said that his grandfather had “mildly” encouraged his father to attend Saint Vincent. “Dad really liked the priests. He knew that Saint Vincent had a good science reputation and was a close-knit community. I knew I wanted to go to school here; Saint Vincent was almost a second home; I spent a lot of time here.”

His father’s sisters, Stephanie and Anne, were also interested in becoming doctors and, knowing their brother’s success, they too chose to attend Saint Vincent. Both sisters were members of the women’s cross country team.

For students interested in preparing for a career in medicine at Saint Vincent, Blase offers the following advice: “It takes a lot of hard work because the standards are high. The professors are willing to spend time with you so you can be competitive in getting into a good med school.”

— Liz Cousins

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From left: Dr. Aldo J. Prosperi, Blase Prosperi and Dr. Stephanie Prosperi

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Cover Photo:Kennametal Inc. Chief Executive Officer Carlos M. Cardoso is presented with an honorary doctorate by President Brother Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., and Chancellor Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., at the December 2011 commencement. Photo by Ken Brooks.

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Features 5Projektenmacher Award given; CFO Honored; Dr. Watson cited; Donald Miller, C’66, completed work on documentary; and more.

Sports 28Bearcat football team finished second in the conference and got a bowl bid; coach-of-the-year named; cross country runners honored; longtime tennis coach retired.

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Saint Vincent Magazine 4 Winter 2012

Dear Alumni and Friends,

In December, our Board of Directors approved a Strategic Plan to guide the College through 2016. Because you are such an important part of the Saint Vincent community, we wanted to share with you the four goals that constitute

the framework of the Strategic Plan. We also have included references to some of the articles in the current edition of the Magazine that reflect our commitment to these goals.

1. Advance the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts and sciences character of Saint Vincent College.

The story of the Projektenmacher Award (page 8) is one example of how Saint Vincent continues to reaffirm its unique Benedictine character. This award honors the hopefulness and ambition of our founder, Boniface Wimmer, and enables us to recognize a current member of our community who embodies these qualities.

2. Provide an excellent, challenging yet supportive experience that prepares graduates for successful careers and meaningful lives.

Articles on alumni Donald Miller, C’66 (page 16) and Blase Prosperi, C 12 (page 2) illustrate the College’s success in preparing graduates to attain career goals and to live meaningful, well-rounded lives.

3. Attract and engage individuals who can make positive contributions to the Saint Vincent community.During Fall 2011, we welcomed Rita McGinley and Carlos Cardoso (page 12) to our educational community and recognized their significant accomplishments with honorary degrees. There is a fascinating story about a young player on our football team, Carl Jeune (page 28), how he came to Saint Vincent, and the contributions he’s making on and off the field.

4. Address the diverse needs of the community by maintaining a financially sound, environmentally sustainable and beautiful campus.

Thanks to the generosity of our alumni, friends, and foundation partners, construction and renovation of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion is on target for completion in December 2012. The facility is extraordinarily well done and seamlessly integrates renovation of the existing buildings with the new construction. We are deeply grateful to all who have contributed to this capital initiative that is the largest and most ambitious building project in the history of the College. We are still in need of financial help to finish the final phase of the renovation. Please contact me if you are able to assist us to complete this historic project. Your gift will have a significant impact on the Science Pavilion, Saint Vincent College, and the current and future students who will benefit most from this initiative.

I hope that you find these strategic goals to be appropriate for our current position and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Future editions of the Magazine will include updates on our progress in meeting the goals and implementing the Strategic Plan. Please know that you are always welcome at Saint Vincent,

Br. Norman

A Message From The President


Educator, Philanthropist

Rita McGinley receives

Honorary Doctorate

By Jerome Oetgen

When rita McGinley was a little girl growing up in Braddock, PA, strangers

would come to her house looking for her father. “Back then there were lots of needy people in Braddock,” she says, “and they would come to my father for help because they knew they could depend on him.”

Eventually, her father, Barney McGinley, began to recruit others who, like himself, were more fortunate than their neighbors. Together they would assist the down-and-out during the bad times. It was a lesson from her father that young Rita McGinley never forgot.

Braddock in those days was a diverse, multi-ethnic town, with Poles, Lithuanians, Croatians, Slovaks, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Irish, Jews and other groups all forming individual ethnic enclaves. These enclaves were in many instances self-contained communities, each with its own social club, mutual support system, school, and church or synagogue. The different groups got along well together. After school, children from the various ethnic communities would play with one another, and people in general were friendly and ready to help others in need, whether from their own ethnic group or not.


The Lithuanian community, Ms. McGinley recalls, was particularly poor, and its church was always cold because the people didn’t have the money to buy coal for the winter. “My father, who was an Irishman, knew the Lithuanian priest,” she says. “His name had so many letters in it, my father called him ‘Father A-to-Z’. When my father heard how cold the church was, he got together with a few other men to make sure that from then on Father A-to-Z always had enough coal to heat his church.”

Barney McGinley’s example of selfless generosity and community action inspired his daughter to devote her own life to serving others through teaching, counseling young people, and charitable giving.

On November 17, Saint Vincent College recognized Rita McGinley’s lifelong commitment to the education of children and to the wellbeing of children and families throughout Western Pennsylvania and beyond by

awarding her a doctorate of humane letters honoris causa.

In the ceremony, which took place in the Archabbey Basilica during the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation, College President Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B, conferred the honorary degree before an audience of students, faculty members, friends, and benefactors of Saint Vincent, and, addressing the honoree directly, read the award citation which stated in part:

“Today we honor a person whose life represents the highest ideals of Christian selflessness, selfless commitment to others—indeed a person whose whole life exemplifies the Catholic, Benedictine, Biblical values that we teach and seek to live here at Saint Vincent College. It is with great joy, therefore, that we give special recognition to Rita M. McGinley by conferring on her today an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.

“Rita, throughout your life you have demonstrated by devotion, manifest charity, generous acts, and selfless commitment to others that you not only understand but truly embody the essential Biblical values of our Catholic, Benedictine tradition. In the inspiring life you have led, you have made visible the values that Jesus teaches in his parables—especially in the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Coming of the Son of Man in Glory. You have used the special talents God has given you with a wholehearted, generous spirit.”

The Chancellor of Saint Vincent College, Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, O.S.B., reiterated the values that Ms. McGinley’s life represented, noting that “Rita McGinley is a role model, not only for our students, but for all of us. From her youth, even to the present day, she has used the special talents God gave her to help others, especially the least of the Lord’s brothers and sisters.”

Ms. McGinley’s service to others began early in life. After earning her bachelor’s degree from Carlow College in 1940, she taught science and English to children in the Braddock School District. While working full time as a teacher, she completed a master’s degree in Education from the University of Pittsburgh and earned certification as a secondary school counselor from


Duquesne University. After that, she drew on her training and natural talent for relating to teenagers by serving as guidance counselor in the Woodland Hills School District.

Following the example of her parents, Ms. McGinley was determined to serve others even after her teaching and counseling career ended. In her “retirement,” she established the Rita M. McGinley Foundation and became a full-time philanthropist. Her lifelong support of the needy and the poor became legendary as she continued to use her resources, derived from a part ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers which she inherited from her father, to help those in need, particularly children and the most vulnerable in our society.

Among the institutions, organizations, and schools that have benefitted from Ms. McGinley’s extraordinary generosity are Good Shepherd Parish School in Braddock, the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Jubilee Kitchen in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, the Extra Mile Education Foundation, the Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh, the Rainbow Kitchen, Pittsburgh Promise, the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, the Center for Hearing and Deaf Services, and Attorneys Against Hunger.

She has also been a loyal supporter of her alma mater, Carlow University, and has helped other institutions of higher education as well, including Saint Vincent College, which recently received from her a generous grant to promote the work of the Fred Rogers Center for Early

Learning and Children’s Media by establishing the Rita M. McGinley Chair of Early Learning and Children’s Media at the Center.

“My brother, Jack, was a good friend of Mister Rogers,” she says. “When he was young, Jack would go to the Pittsburgh Athletic Association almost every afternoon

to swim. Fred Rogers would be there, and they would often have lunch together after their swims. I was happy to be able to contribute to Saint Vincent’s Fred Rogers Center not just because of the connection he had with my family but especially because of the important work the Center does for children.”

Ms. McGinley says her greatest joy still comes from helping people. She notes that she learned the joy of giving to others from her father. “I saw him helping people from the time I was a little girl. I think you could say that my Foundation, or the idea for it, began in the 1930s when I noticed what my father was doing and decided to follow in his footsteps.”

Honored by Saint Vincent for her educational and philanthropic work, she recalled an occasion last year when she and a number of other benefactors were recognized by another institution for their generous support of various worthy organizations

and causes in the Pittsburgh area. “The organizers of the event had put lists in the program of all the institutions that had benefitted from our support. I was looking at the list under my name and had the microphone in my hand. I said I didn’t know I gave to so many. Everybody laughed.”

rita, throughout your life you have demonstrated by devotion, manifest charity, generous acts, and selfless commitment to others that you not

only understand but truly embody the essential Biblical values of our Catholic, Benedictine tradition. In the inspiring

life you have led, you have made visible the values that Jesus teaches in his parables.... You have used the

special talents God has given you with a wholehearted, generous spirit.

—Brother norman W. hipps, o.s.B.

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Rita McGinley, left, with her nephew John

McGinley; Pittsburgh Steeler Head Coach Mike Tomlin welcomes

Rita McGinley to Steelers Training Camp at Saint Vincent; and Rita McGinley in her Pittsburgh office.


Brother Nathan M. Cochran, O.S.B., instructor in fine arts, director of The Saint Vincent Gallery and artistic director of the Saint Vincent College

Concert Series, was named the first winner of Saint Vincent College’s new Projektenmacher Award in recognition of his creative initiative that, in the spirit of Saint Vincent Founder Boniface Wimmer, has made a valuable difference to the campus community through creativity, imagination and vision. The award was presented by Saint Vincent College President Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B., during the Founders’ Day Honors Convocation on November 17 in the Saint Vincent Basilica.

“Recall that Boniface Wimmer’s fellow monks were derisive of his vision for a Mission to America, and even nicknamed him, ‘Der Projektenmacher, that big Plan-Maker! That dreamer!’,” said Brother Norman.

“But at the end of Wimmer’s life, after 40 years of extraordinary accomplishments in America, Projektenmacher came to identify an individual who got things done,” Brother Norman continued. “Twenty-four years ago, we celebrated our first Founders’ Day. It was made all the more memorable because of the efforts of Brother Nathan, who did a wonderful exhibit on Boniface Wimmer, where we saw things that had been tucked away and not seen for many years such as chalices that he used at prayer, personal items that he used at his desk, hand-written letters between Wimmer and such people as the King of Bavaria, or a local craftsman. And, most striking of all, the art treasures which Wimmer acquired as heirlooms for future generations to enjoy.”

“It’s hard to believe that Wimmer and his eighteen companions lived in a log cabin, and yet, within seven years built buildings from scratch, amassed an important art collection, and assembled a renowned orchestra and choir,” Brother Norman said. “When Brother Nathan arrived here in the early 1980s to share our common life, Saint Vincent had discontinued many of its programs in the fine arts. It was Brother Nathan who was a patient and tireless lobbyist for the College to reactivate the fine arts program with greater zeal, and even for us to require a course in the arts as part of our core curriculum. He reminded the monks and the faculty of the simple but profound message of Boniface Wimmer, who said: ‘I am firmly convinced that a monastic school, which does not strive to advance art as much as science and religion, will be deficient in its work.’”

“Brother Nathan reignited the interest that we once

By Don Orlando

We honor you, Brother Nathan, for your

courage to dream in ways that are not about

you, but for a vision greater than yourself.

—Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B., President

Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., right, president of Saint Vincent College, presented the new Projektenmacher Award to Br. Nathan M. Cochran, O.S.B., left, recognizing his creative initiative inspired by founder Boniface Wimmer.

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had by spending countless hours arranging art exhibits, and searching for America’s most talented artists, to invite them here to treat us to wonderful concerts on classical and contemporary music and dance,” Brother Norman said. “Of particular note, he initiated a Nationwide Juried Catholic Art Exhibition. For the third competition, he successfully enlisted Sister Wendy Beckett to serve as judge. She is a famed art historian from Great Britain, who is paradoxically a cloistered Carmelite nun, as well as a television star on the BBC.”

Sister Wendy wrote: “I think this endeavor by Brother Nathan is highly significant. Artists often come to understand their faith by the actual creation of artworks. We need these artworks, these attempts by artists known or unknown, to share with us their understanding of what it means to be a Christian. Would that there were hundreds of Brother Nathans in all countries!”

“We honor you, Brother Nathan, for your courage to dream in ways that are not about you, but for a vision greater than yourself,” Brother Norman said in making the presentation. “In this way, you help us to cherish the memory of our founder, Boniface Wimmer, who wrote: ‘My heart is in this work, and I will spare no expense to

teach the students first what is necessary, then what is useful, and finally what is beautiful so long as it contributes to their refinement.’ In the name of the Saint Vincent College community, I wish to bestow the Projektenmacher Award to you, Brother Nathan Cochran, for your generous and priceless contribution to our common life, and to quietly show us that our natural attraction to beauty can lead to the pursuit of the good, and to conduct our interior vision to all that

is true.”Brother Nathan earned

a bachelor of arts degree at the Pontifical College Josephinum, a master of divinity degree from Saint Vincent Seminary, and a master of science degree from Pratt Institute. In addition to

his work at Saint Vincent, Brother Nathan has served as a consultant to George Lucas Films while preparing for the release of a DVD of the television series, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. A member of the Emperor Karl League of Prayers for Peace Among Nations, he has worked to advance the cause of sainthood for Emperor Karl, who had ascended to the throne in the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1916, two years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an act which had triggered the start of World War I.

Would that there were hundreds of

Brother Nathans in all countries!

—Sister Wendy Beckett

Brother Nathan Cochran, O.S.B., right, in the Gallery with Father Thomas Hart, O.S.B.


presidents, said ‘Great men are the ambassadors of providence sent to reveal to their fellow men their unknown selves.... They come and go, in part of a mystery, in part the simplest of all experience, the compelling influence of the truth.’

“I merely serve to effect the introduction of students to these ambassadors—to present their papers, as it were,” Watson said. “But Coolidge reminds us that it’s God who appoints them. And for that, as for all good things, it is

to God that we owe our thanks.

“‘A teacher,’ Henry Adams remarked, ‘affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.’ Well, of eternity, only God knows. But I’m more than humbled that, at least a few years on, my former

students—alums of this great college—look back on my teaching with fondness. And more important, they think that they’ve learned something significant.

“But in the end it’s those writers of the Great Books, those political philosophers and statesmen, who deserve this award more than I. For I remain a student of them, as much as my own students are. Once you walk with Socrates along the city walls of Athens, or reflect with Lincoln on just what he claimed our fathers brought forth four score and seven years ago... you can’t stop... thinking. I’m in continuing ed, and always will be. I hope that my students will be too.”

Dr. Bradley Watson was presented the Thoburn Excellence in Teaching Award at the Saint Vincent College Founders’ Day Honors Convocation on November 17.

Dr. Bradley Watson, chairperson and professor of politics and the Philip M. McKenna Chair of American and Western Political Thought at Saint

Vincent College, was presented the Thoburn Excellence in Teaching Award at the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation in the Basilica in recognition of his excellence in teaching, dedicated service to students and his commitment to the Benedictine values of Saint Vincent College.

“I’d like to take a very brief moment to offer a formal word of thanks for this award, and to note that I surely don’t deserve it,” said Watson. “All I do in the classroom—all I’ve ever done—is allow the Great Books of Western Civilization—and the great political writings of the American tradition—to do the teaching. I do this because each Great Book, or great political thinker, is infinitely instructive, fascinating, complex, and ... mysterious. Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Locke, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln—and others of their stature—each is the top of a vast iceberg of learning.

“Whenever a diligent student reads them, he or she recognizes that they speak directly not only to their own times, but to our times, and to all time. Such a student is drawn in to the conversation among the greatest minds that our civilization has produced.

“Calvin Coolidge, one of America’s most reflective

Through wit, creativity, and a fantastic presence

in the classroom [Dr. Watson] makes his

students passionate about political philosophy.

—Nomination letter

dr. Watson Honored for

excellence in teaching


V ice President of Finance and Administration and Treasurer Dennis P. Thimons was named

the winner in the non-profit category of the Pittsburgh Business Times Chief Financial Officer of the Year Competition for 2011.

“Denny Thimons’ extensive professional accomplishments, ethical character and unwavering commitment to the students and community we serve uniquely qualified him for the CFO of the Year honor,” said Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president of Saint Vincent College. “He has an important role in my President’s Council and is generous in sharing his talents and experience with the broader community.”

“He is a special individual whose style of leadership and decision-making are reflective of the values of the institution,” Br. Norman added. “Those who work with him trust that financial decisions will always support the mission of the College. It gives a sense of honor to all that we do.”

Thimons, who has been CFO since 2007, says he is humbled to be recognized for his service to an institution he loves and for work he enjoys.

“I have worked for three organizations during my career—the Pittsburgh Steelers, Shady Side Academy and Saint Vincent College—all fantastic organizations with great people and a commitment to excellence,” he said. “Of all of the aspects of the work, it is the interaction with people every day that I enjoy the most.”

He moved to Shady Side Academy in 1988, and to Saint Vincent in 2007.

“I knew Saint Vincent well given that both of my sons are graduates,” Thimons said. “It is a college with high values, a commitment to the Catholic faith. I also enjoy our ongoing relationship with the Rooney family and the Pittsburgh Steelers summer training camp. I have enjoyed serving Saint Vincent so much because of my interaction with a distinguished Board of Directors, Archabbot Douglas, Brother Norman and great faculty and staff.”

In his current position, Thimons oversees all finances, investments, and facility management. His accomplishments include financial oversight of the $39 million capital project to expand and renovate the science center facilities including negotiation and supervision of contracts, monitoring cash flow position, and securing bridge financing. He also serves as the project administrator for a multi-million dollar government grant.

Other accomplishments include participating in the strategic implementation of a campus-wide database

system that will integrate a diverse array of administrative and academic departments, initiation of a multi-year budgeting system for long-range planning, participating in the campus master planning process, establishment of an emergency aid fund to assist students and their families severely affected by the economic recession, and enhanced communication among faculty and staff members. This fall, Thimons entered the classroom as an instructor in management accounting.

“The current economic climate has heightened the challenges of being successful in higher education,” Thimons said. “The biggest challenge is providing and maintaining an environment where students can come and prepare for a career—their life’s work as Chuck Noll used to say—develop lifelong values and enjoy a beautiful campus in a safe and healthy way. All of that is very expensive and challenges us to be responsible with the way we manage and allocate our resources and stay focused on our mission.”

A member of the board of directors of Tri-City Life, which provides educational and financial support to single mothers, he has also served on the board of DePaul Institute and his parish council.

One of 12 children who grew up in Natrona Heights, he has been married to Eileen, a registered nurse who works for UPMC, for 36 years. Lower Burrell residents, they are active members of Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Natrona Heights. They have two sons, Steven, who works for Schneider Downs in Pittsburgh, and Michael, an optometrist in Slippery Rock, and two grandchildren.

—Don Orlando

Non-Profit CFO of the Year Dennis P. Thimons, center, with Saint Vincent College President Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., left, and Alan Robertson, publisher of the Pittsburgh Business Times, right.


Latrobe business leader Carlos M. Cardoso, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Kennametal Inc., offered his suggestions for how 54

undergraduates and 69 graduate students could succeed as leaders as part of the commencement address at the seventh annual December ceremony on December 17, 2011.

The 123 students, who completed graduation requirements in August or December 2011, received undergraduate degrees in 14 disciplines and master’s degrees in eight fields of study. Kelli L. Ford, who earned a master of science in nurse anesthesia, was recognized with the award for academic excellence in the major field of study.

Cardoso was honored with the conferral of an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B., Saint Vincent College president, in his citation of Cardoso, said, “By conferring honorary degrees, the faculty and president affirm that the values Saint Vincent publicly upholds and teaches its students as a Catholic, Benedictine college of the liberal arts and sciences are not merely abstract ideals, but can become realities in a person’s way of life. The College, by honoring such persons who have incorporated significant aspects of these values into their lives, continues to teach our students by presenting living role models as guides for their own personal development.

“Carlos, you have remarked that we should not forget our past as we advance our future. Two core values from the past stand out as shaping your way of life. They have the simplicity of universal deep wisdom. First: The imperative of personal responsibility to use one’s talents in doing the work to which one is called. Second: The wisdom to recognize that authentic human existence is in relationship to other persons. The individual person needs the community to develop or even to exist at all. In turn, the community needs the unique work of each individual person to achieve the common good of all. We recognize these core values as Benedictine, and also as the universal wisdom of humankind.

“In advancing the future, now with your family, you have not forgotten what you have received from the community. You have continued the tradition that the McKenna family established from its foundation to make Kennametal a vital part of the greater community. We are grateful for the friendship and the mutual support Saint Vincent has enjoyed with the people of Kennametal for many years. Our partnership has been a benefit both for the economic and the cultural life of the community.

“You encourage Kennametal employees to make their own personal contribution to the common good of the communities where they live. Along with serving on the boards of major corporations of the business world, you, yourself, also serve on numerous boards of non-profit organizations, organizations that respond to essential needs of the community. As a trustee of the Kennametal Foundation, you are a strong advocate on behalf of projects that enrich the life of the community, particularly

ennametal

Never underestimate the power of education.... I don’t just mean the education you receive in the classroom.... I am referring to the education you can receive by being open and willing to learn from people and experiences you encounter every day.

—Carlos M. Cardoso

Offers Leadership recipe to

New Grads

CEO

By Liz Cousins


projects that enhance educational opportunities for young people—most recently the Kennametal Young Engineers Program for students from Greater Latrobe High School. We pray that today’s graduates of Saint Vincent College will enjoy a life of meaningful work; and following your example, will help make their own communities great places to live, to work, and to raise a family. Your leadership in the United Way, American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, and support of the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve programs, and the American Red Cross are but a few of the many ways you have provided personal leadership for the well-being of others.

“Carlos, it is with a sense of satisfaction and pride that today we honor you as a friend from our own neighborhood. Thank you for using your position of national prominence to remind all of us of the core values that have shaped our civilization, and are essential for advancement, if not for its very survival: personal responsibility in shaping one’s own future; dedication to family well-being; sustained commitment to meaningful work; active participation in the life of the community. Finally, the ultimate meaning and purpose of it all: That the good Lord may ‘bring us all together to everlasting life.’”

In speaking to the graduates, their families and friends, Cardoso reminisced about three guiding principles that he set for himself early in his career. “Number one: Never forget where you came from. Remember to always be humble and understand the importance of family. Number two: Take the opportunity to learn from everyone you come across and every situation you encounter. Number three: Make a difference in everything you do and everyone you meet.”

From those guiding principles, Cardoso said, he generated three points of advice that will be relevant to the graduates as they continue in their journeys of life.

“Never underestimate the power of education,” he

said. “Now, by this I don’t just mean the education you receive in the classroom. Although this type of education is important and creates a solid foundation, I am referring to the education you can receive by being open and willing to learn from people and experiences you encounter every day. You will meet countless people throughout your lifetime and they will all have a story to tell and experiences to share. Learn from them. The most valuable learning takes place outside of your comfort zone. And I’m convinced this type of education is what prepares you for the work force.

“Just as learning from others is important, it is also important to learn from yourself and your own mistakes. This is my second piece of advice: Look at mistakes as a

blessing in disguise and rebound from failure with resilience. Embrace both positive and negative aspects of your experiences to learn and personally grow. Oftentimes, leaders just want to run with a plan or action instead of taking it slow. If you don’t look over your shoulder as you are running to be sure your team is behind you—you will eventually look back too late and see there is no one there because they fell so far behind trying to catch up. As you go through life, make sure you take the time to look over your shoulder. You are only as strong as the team you have behind you.

“Finally, as you grow in your experiences, you will become a leader and leadership requires striving to make a difference in everything you do,” he said. “One of the

biggest challenges I face every day as a leader is becoming obsolete. It doesn’t matter how good you are today if you aren’t doing something to make a difference tomorrow. Sometimes in life you will not make popular decisions but they are ultimately for a good cause.

“I continually tell my employees that you do not need permission to do the right thing. I offer you the same advice in your personal life. Always aim to do the right thing and make a difference in everything you’re involved with, including your community. This is leadership.”


“A lot of people are saying Steve Jobs is this century’s Edison. I see him

more as a da Vinci, someone who has taken a wholistic approach to invention, marrying the technical arts and the humanities.”

are workout companions, fashion accessories, portable DJs and tokens of membership in the Apple technology cult. By some accounts it would seem that Apple products are endowed with a share of the divine. The iPod has been called an ‘object of devotion’ that has inspired a ‘cult of iPod.’ iPod owners comment on the device’s ability to make them feel ‘cosmically connected’ to their music and to make their surroundings seem more ‘spiritual and sacred.’ … Academic treatments of Apple have identified the brand’s user community as one that contains the essential features of a religious community.”

In his book, Robinson devotes chapters to each of Apple’s devices, looking at advertising, and how some of these icons share similarities with religious images. Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died October 5, 2011, helped usher in the personal computing era.

“Steve Jobs added a whole other dimension to technology which is very personal and very human,” Robinson said. “Jobs’ work and interest in technology and the humanities was not from the premise that the computer is a cold, rational, complex machine, but rather that it is warm and human, like the bodies we interact with.”

The professor explores how these portable devices impact human relationships. Using the example of a commuter train, where individuals are plugged in to reading or music devices, he notes the impact of people who no longer talk to each other. “What does that do to human relationships? Is this isolation healthy or unhealthy? Is it healthy or unhealthy for spiritual practice?”

The Pittsburgh native, whose father, Thomas Robinson, C’67, went to Saint Vincent, is enjoying his time in

Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. Brett Robinson’s interest in new media and religion has led to a forthcoming book—based on his doctoral dissertation—on the late Apple Computer CEO’s contributions to new media and the culture now associated with these electronic devices. The book will be published by Baylor University Press in the spring of 2013.

Just as the development of printing technology changed the culture in the 1500s and beyond, electronic technology is changing the consciousness of today’s society, Robinson said. Sharing a copy of the proposal for his forthcoming book, Robinson notes that the iPod was introduced only a month after 9-11, a mere decade ago, yet it has profoundly changed modern life.

“As with most Apple products, the technical story of the iPod pales in comparison to the cultural significance of the device. In July 2004, Newsweek christened millions of iPod® users ‘iPod Nation,’ announcing that the music player had gone from ‘gizmo’ to ‘life-changing cultural icon.’ Apple is nearing a quarter of a billion iPods produced. Nearly 21 million were sold in the first quarter of 2010 alone. iTunes®, the iPod’s companion music download software, recently surpassed 10 billion downloaded songs…. iPods

Communication Professor’s Forthcoming Book Explores theImpact of Apple’s Steve Jobs and the religion of Technology

iCulture


Latrobe, and taking advantage of the opportunity to meld his interests with his workplace.

“I’ve really enjoyed my conversations with the monks, who have shared their ideas on technology and religion, and how the things we use can shape our beliefs, for better or for worse.”

Jobs’ interest in electronics developed early, and, after dropping out of college, he began to explore Zen Buddhism, the religion that focused on enlightenment, wisdom, and self-realization.

“The technologies he developed were a manifestation of these beliefs,” Robinson said, “in their simplicity and intuitive design.”

“I got really turned on after I read an article by an Italian intellectual who said that the Mac was Catholic and the PC Protestant. Apple’s sumptuous icons and interface made computing an aesthetic experience,” Robinson said. “Just as the printing press changed the religious landscape of Western Europe, the personal computer has been reshaping our own environment.”

Robinson traces this history back to the invention of the telegraph, and how it impacted the thinking of the Romantics such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Embodied in art, music, and literature, these thinkers and others like them followed the creative dictates of inspiration as opposed to the ways of contemporary society. The same could be said of the counterculture of the 1960s, where people explored

different ideals and religions, he explained.These impressions helped fuel

the spirituality of Steve Jobs, and the personal computer revolution, Robinson said, “and how he developed his technology is connected to his beliefs. It is all intimately intertwined.”

Robinson studied English at the University of Notre Dame,

graduating in 1993. He had an interest in advertising and creating media and film. He went to the University of Georgia to pursue his master of arts degree. After a year working as an instructor at the college level, he was lured to the National Hockey League, first with the Washington Capitals and then with the Pittsburgh Penguins, rebuilding the team’s website. It was in Pittsburgh that his interest in theology and communication manifested itself, and he began taking courses at Duquesne University. He went back to Georgia to complete his doctorate, finishing in 2011, two years after his arrival at Saint Vincent.

He teaches courses such as Advertising and Writing for Media, and Brand Cults. The latter course studies the development of the Apple cult and its curious mix of technology, consumption and personal belief by analysis of the company’s advertising over the last thirty years, and the lessons we can take away from the Apple phenomenon.

The future, he believes, will “see more sophistication of artificial intelligence and allowing machines to sometimes know us better than we know ourselves.”

—Kim Metzgar

The iPod was introduced only a month after 9-11, a mere

decade ago, yet it has profoundly changed modern life.


When Donald L. Miller’s parents sent him off to Saint Vincent College they did not expect him back home the following day. Inauspicious beginnings, however, have never prevented the award-winning author from starting again.

“I got there in January of 1963. They told us on the train that Saint Vincent was ablaze. We looked up on the hill, and there were firefighters and monks

running around. The next day we were told to go home. My dad said he never thought I would last that long,” Miller, C’66, D’93 joked. “I had started mid-semester because there was not enough money to go right away, so I was working in the steel mill. The day of the fire was my first day on campus.”

Perhaps his arrival on that historic day subconsciously played an unforeseen role in his later career choice, as the author of eight books is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. His projects and honors have included:

• Recently completing work on the HBO film, He Has Seen War.

• Writing an epic history of New York City in the 1920s called Supreme City, his current project.

• Writing, hosting, and consulting for more than 40 television productions, for the History Channel, PBS, and Home Box Office;

• Receiving six awards for excellence in teaching and five fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities;

• Serving as an historical consultant for a 10-hour miniseries on World War II, the Emmy-winning The Pacific, working with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman.

• Serving as a consultant for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

“I started out at Saint Vincent not really knowing what I wanted to do,” he said. “I was a lost soul. I wasn’t a very good high school student. I hadn’t read an awful lot. I just kind of stumbled into a business major, and then I switched over to history and philosophy as a minor, and I ran into two [history] professors who changed my life. Bernie Scherer [late Westmoreland County judge] and, most importantly, Charles Manoli. Chuck’s class on modern European history was the real turnaround for me.

“He had a quiet presence in the classroom,” Miller said. “He wasn’t a lecturer. He was a thinking man, an intellectual. He would bring books that he was reading into class with him. He would talk about those books, engage the students, and encourage them to read outside the required list. I always admired that.

“I had been an athlete in high school,” he continued. “Chuck was an athlete, but also an intellectual. When I look back, he is the most important intellectual person in my life. I don’t think I would have gone into history as a field if I had not come under his influence. He encouraged me to go to graduate school.”

Miller earned his doctorate from the University of Maryland and has been teaching at Lafayette since 1978. Prior to that he taught at Cornell University’s School for Industrial and Labor Relations, the Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Oxford University. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Saint Vincent College and Outstanding

Dr. Donald L. Miller, C’66, D’93, right, and Tom Hanks, with whom he has collaborated on several projects.

Donald L. Miller,C’66Completes Work on

HBO DOCUMENTArY


Alumni Awards from the University of Maryland and Ohio University.

“There was always something culturally of interest going on at Saint Vincent,” Miller said. “I never thought when I went to college that I would become drawn to that. We were always talking about ideas and things. It was a very stimulating place.”

From the beginning, he said, he has been interested in doing books. Those books include D-Days in the Pacific; Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany; The Story of World War II; City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America; Lewis Mumford: A Life; The Lewis Mumford Reader; and The Kingdom of Coal: Work, Enterprise, and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields. From those books have come countless television miniseries, movies, and productions.

“Five years on a big book is about right,” Miller said. “I started in the mid 1980s on Mumford, then did Chicago, then the World War II books. I don’t like to go back to things I’ve done before. I’m really enjoying this New York book a lot, but I can’t wait to finish it.”

Supreme City is about New York in the Roaring 20s, “a big, sprawling, epic history of the city in those years, which includes spectacle sports like boxing to skyscraper buildings to reconstruction of the midtown area. It tries to take in New York City during a time when New York reached the pitch of its creativity and power as a world city.”

With 20 of 22 chapters completed, he projects the book will be published in about a year. His diverse choice of topics is “by sheer interest,” he said.

His first book, on Mumford, one of the twentieth century’s premier intellectuals, had roots in reading assigned by his old history professor, Manoli.

“I read one of Mumford’s books and found it transfixing.

Donald L. Miller,C’66

HBO DOCUMENTArYDr. Donald L. Miller, C’66, D’93, with one of the

professors who changed his life—Dr. Charles

Manoli—just after Masters of the Air was

published.


“One of the reasons I serve on the [College]

Board is as a thank you. Saint Vincent is really,

really important to me, much more important

than graduate school. Saint Vincent stands out

because it turned my life around.”

I wrote about him in my first book, and approached him, boldly. He was a writer working in upstate New York, in seclusion. He had written for The New Yorker, retired, and had written almost 80 books in his lifetime. I asked to interview him, write his life story. He was resistant, but his wife, Sophia, was encouraging, so eventually he let me in. That got me started as a writer. I didn’t really have the writing habit until then, and I’ve had it ever since. I am writing literally every day.”

It was Mumford who gave Miller the idea for writing works on cities.

“I had never thought of cities in terms of biography. They had a life of their own, a cast of characters, a story, personality. I thought immediately of fifteenth century Florence, and later moved on to Chicago. I was captivated by Chicago. I wanted to tell the story of the

city. There were only 17 or 18 people in Chicago in 1821. One of them was this guy who died in 1889, who lived in this frontier hamlet along a godforsaken little river and died in the third largest city in the world, and he never moved. I took the story all the way back to Marquette and Joliet, paddling up the Mississippi trying to find the mouth. We made a PBS special out of that, and that kind of got me into film work.

“Then I was at PBS, working on The American Experience. I’ve always had a close relationship with that series, and have done a number of films with them, based upon my books or on films for which I have been engaged as an historical advisor.”

Miller has also worked with the History Channel, and in later years with HBO.

“I was called by Tom Hanks and his people to work on The Pacific, which is their epical HBO series on the Pacific War.” That series received eight Emmy awards. Miller worked with that series and with the website for the series.

“Then they asked me to co-produce with Hanks on this recent film, which takes several veterans from the time the war ended through the 1950s, and brings forward some of the problems and adjustments they encountered,” Miller said. “These kids returned to a very different country than when they left, and they in turn were transformed by warfare. They changed, the country changed, their parents changed. There was a lot of post-traumatic stress disorder, a lot of joblessness for veterans, a housing crunch. The war changed things—it transformed society.”

His next project will focus on the Battle of Vicksburg, a social history, focusing on the troops, and the women who were there when the town was besieged.

“I don’t like to go back to things I’ve done before,” he said. “Someone once asked Jack Nicklaus the golfer what was the most important shot he’d ever taken, and he said ‘the next shot I take.’ I’m really enjoying this New York book [Supreme City] a lot, but I can’t wait to finish it.”

With all of his research projects, Miller gets his history students involved. “They work with me as partners on my book projects. I try to train them in every aspect of publishing. It’s very rewarding, to see kids advancing like that intellectually, doing rigorous work. It gets them good jobs. A lot of my kids have gone to really good graduate schools and gotten excellent jobs, at the Smithsonian, CBS, NBC, the History Channel, PBS, and in publishing.”

On the family front, Miller said his wife, Rose, is now retired, and his daughter, Nicole, just graduated from nursing school. Son Greg helps him with research. The Millers have six grandchildren.

With all of his successes, he has not forgotten where he got his start.

“One of the reasons I serve on the [College] Board is as a thank you. Saint Vincent is really, really important to me, much more important than graduate school. Saint Vincent stands out because it turned my life around.”

—Kim Metzgar


By Julia Cavallo

At the click of a button, information about any college is at a high school student’s fingertips. Saint Vincent College launched a new website on December 1 to better engage prospective students, parents, and alumni as on-line inquiries are on the rise.

The website features high-quality videos and photographs, as well as blogs, events, and news. “We want to show prospective students campus

life at Saint Vincent College from dances to athletic events to academic lectures,” webmaster Cindy Hoffman said. Students and faculty members participated in focus groups that shaped the vision for the new design particularly emphasizing academic quality and achievements of students, faculty and alumni.

The homepage highlights a banner photo along with recent news, upcoming events and links to social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. The video and photo galleries are on a rotating basis to provide an interactive experience. SVC Pulse is updated daily with news, feature stories, videos and events. “The website really gives us a great opportunity to showcase our academic programs and our campus,” Hoffman said.

The Majors and Programs section gives students the ability to explore the College’s offerings. Students can learn what careers they might pursue if they choose a particular major. “We have intentionally focused on students’ research, collaboration with faculty and work they have done as part of internships,” Dr. John Smetanka said. He noted that the “What Can I Do with This Major?” feature was an important addition.

The website also enables a broader population to find Saint Vincent College.

“Locally, prospective students hear about Saint Vincent primarily by word of mouth,” Dr. Smetanka said. “But as we get further away from our traditional recruiting area of southwestern Pennsylvania into eastern Pennsylvania and other surrounding states, students are finding us

solely through our website. We want to offer a robust experience.”

One of the ways that Saint Vincent has improved the website is by adding faculty blogs. “Faculty from a variety of disciplines are blogging about news and events in their field and more faculty plan to add their thoughts during the spring semester,” Dr. Smetanka noted. Blogging makes the website denser, thus making it more likely that Saint Vincent’s site will come up in web searches.

Prior to launching the new website, Saint Vincent first initiated MySV Portal in Fall 2010 as a means of internal communication. It provides an opportunity for the internal community to find news, announcements, budget updates and on-campus events. It also enables students to monitor their academic progress and register for classes on-line.

“Without first launching MySV Portal, we wouldn’t have been able to revamp the external website. These two updates have allowed us to better target specific audiences,” Dr. Smetanka explained.

“The important thing to remember is that the website is new and a significant improvement from the old website, but it is also a work in progress with plans for new content in the future,” Dr. Smetanka said.

New Website Helps recruit

Prospective Students


Dupré Pavilion Construction ProgressesThe Evelyn and Batista Madonia, Sr., Environmental Center

Shock. Sadness. Anger. Confusion. And many emotions in between.

The range of feelings when a life is taken too soon is wide. None of the facts are pleasant.

An elementary education major at Saint Vincent, 21-year-old Matthew Russo of Brentwood in Allegheny County died of gunshot wounds on December

7 in Hempfield Township. State police and the coroner determined that his mother, suffering from mental illness, shot him, then took her own life.

Father Killian Loch, O.S.B., Director of Campus Ministry, said the news of Russo’s death was a shock, and was for many students their first experience with tragedy. Counseling services were immediately made available, as well as spaces for students to pray, talk, and comfort one another.

Hundreds gathered within hours of hearing the news, praying, consoling, questioning, and the next day organizing a memorial service, paying tribute to his life. Following the service students walked to a bench outside the Education Department where photographs, flowers, and candles comprised a makeshift memorial.

“They left the chapel in silence, and put their candles down around the bench. They were just there, together, silent, candles burning,” said Father Killian.

Days earlier Russo had played Santa in an event at the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, listening to Christmas wishes of more than three dozen children, and reading Christmas stories to them.

“He did not come to Saint Vincent wanting to major in elementary education—he came in as a computer science major,” said Dr. Kristin Harty, associate professor of education, Russo’s advisor. “He was very quiet—he did not seem like the typical pre-k to four teacher material, but he was passionate about teaching. He was quite comfortable—maybe because of his shyness—and maybe because children that age are so open.”

Russo was active in the Student Government Association, Early Childhood Club, the Service Corps for Exceptional Children, and was an academic orientation guide and Phonathon assistant.

“He was quiet and unassuming, yet he would take on leadership roles,” Harty said. “He never missed class. He was involved and happy and wanting to serve the college, his peers, and

the children. He was going to be successful—perhaps a leader—he was that passionate about teaching.”

She added that “I think about the things we don’t know about our students. I take their lead as their advisor—if they want to talk about it they will, and if they don’t, they won’t. But I find now that it has made me more attentive. I’m asking them more—not wanting to pry—but just saying ‘what’s going on with your life?’ or ‘what are you involved with?’”

“Our community at Saint Vincent College will cherish the memories of Matt and the many ways he left a life-long kind impression on so many of us,” said President Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B. “Our prayers remain with his family and friends.”

—Kim Metzgar

Classmates MournStudent Taken

Too Soon

Matthew Russo, last

row, at right, is

pictured with members

of the Early Education

Club at Saint Vincent.

“The Lord’s mercies are never exhausted. They

are renewed each morning.”

—Lamentations Chapter 3

Dupré Pavilion Construction ProgressesThe Evelyn and Batista Madonia, Sr., Environmental Center


While the main building and atrium of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion have

been completed and were dedicated in June 2011, construction continues on the former chemistry wing, and work was recently completed on the former biology wing of the building. Above, the Evelyn and Batista Madonia, Sr., Environmental Center and Greenhouse connects to the main building, and will be

home to experiments in environmental science. The instrument lab (below, left) provides research facilities across the sciences. Chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science majors will use instruments in this lab for their senior research projects. The north wing of the science pavilion is pictured (center), along with the chemistry section, which has a standing-seam metal roof (right).

—Liz Cousins


Building for the Future...Honoring the Past

Rev. Owen Roth, O.S.B.

Rev. Edmund Cuneo, O.S.B.

Rev. Maximilian Duman, O.S.B.

Rev. Bertin Emling, O.S.B.

Rev. Joel Lieb, O.S.B.

Rev. Roland Heid, O.S.B.

Rev. Edward Wenstrup, O.S.B.

Alumni and friends of Saint Vincent College can participate in the renovation and expansion of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion to provide instructional and research laboratories, classrooms, offices, conference rooms and other support facilities.

Some of the gift opportunities for naming spaces in the building include the following:

• Academic departments ($1,000,000)• Instructional laboratories ($500,000) • Lecture hall ($250,000)• Research laboratory ($100,000) • Classroom ($50,000)• Observatory ($50,000)• Office, lounge, or conference room ($25,000)All gifts are important to the success of the project. At the

culmination of the project, all donors to the expansion and renovation will be recognized in a special section of our annual Honor Roll of Donors. Gifts of $5,000 or more are recognized on the Donor Wall in the building lobby (see photo on opposite page).

Special opportunities are available to memorialize the Benedictine priests who built the foundation for the school’s longstanding success. Instrumental laboratories will be named in honor of these Benedictines and donors of $1,000 or more will be recognized in the lab of their choice. These spaces include:

• Rev. Edward Wenstrup, O.S.B., Cell & Developmental Biology/Genetics Lab• Rev. Owen Roth, O.S.B., General Biology Lab• Rev. Maximilian Duman, O.S.B., Environmental Science Lab• Rev. Edmund Cuneo, O.S.B., Dean’s Conference Room• Rev. Bertin Emling, O.S.B., Organic Chemistry Lab• Rev. Joel Lieb, O.S.B., Anatomy/Physiology Lab Additionally, Jim and Mary Ellen Will have made contributions

to name the General Physics Lab in memory of Rev. Roland Heid, O.S.B.

Class InitiativesTwo members of the Class of 1960 initiated a challenge to their

classmates to raise funds for a Class of ’60 Research Laboratory. Charles “Chuck” McIntyre will match up to a total of $50,000 in commitments from his classmates to the room and Joe O’Toole will give $100 for each classmate who makes a gift to the room. The class is half-way to its goal.

The Class of 1968 has begun an initiative to raise $50,000 for a classroom and $50,000 to endow its maintenance.

Several gifts have been made to fund a named area for our Prep Alumni.

Friends, family, and former students of math professor and department chair Dr. Michael W. Botsko and emeritus chemistry professor Dr. William C. Dzombak are designating gifts to name classrooms in honor of these two faculty members. Gifts may also be designated to the Dr. John R. Mazero Science Education Center, the Dr. Frank J. Luparello Lecture Hall or the Edward F. Sobota Office for Engineering Studies.


“The new science pavilion at Saint Vincent College

is more than just a building.

It’s a symbol of the school’s commitment to

science education. I am particularly

impressed by the facility’s innovative design elements—

inspired by science and math

themes—alongside its multi-use labs

where different sciences can

crosspollinate their methods,

tools, and ideas toward a greater understanding of

the physical world. The country needs

this right now.—Neil deGrasse

TysonAstrophysicist,

American Museumof Natural HistoryDirector, Hayden

Planetarium inNew York City

Fundraising Status Through December 2011

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For more information on giving at Saint Vincent please contact:Tracy H. Branson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement,

724-805-2692, [email protected]


“I think my lifetime win record against him is single digits,” said his opponent.

Dillon Stith started out slowly, hitting the rim on his first shot, and the backboard a little too hard on his second. He nearly came up with the rebound, but the long arms attached to Mallory—the man who holds the record for blocked shots at Saint Vincent—quickly snatched the ball away.

From a competitive standpoint they played like brothers—fierce, physical, wanting to conquer on every single drive, on each rebound. From a player-coach standpoint they are anything but brothers. Yet they are.

“He is no different than any other player. He is held to the same standard,” said Mallory, now in his third year as an assistant coach for the Bearcats. “He is always working to get better. He asks for feedback.”

“When I was eleven I began coming here to basketball camp, so I have wanted to come to Saint Vincent for a very long time,” Stith said. In spite of the fact that he played for a perennial contender—Virginia’s Liberty High School—for three years, he said that “back then it seemed like a long shot, playing here.”

As a freshman last year, Stith played in all 27 games, starting once. He averaged 5.2 points and 3.7 rebounds a game, scoring 14 in two games, and 21 against Bethany. He averaged 5.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, and blocked 17 shots. This year, through sixteen games, he has increased his rebounding average to 5.6 (team high average), his scoring average to 9 points per game, and has worked his way into the starting lineup.

Sophomore forward Dillon Stith (right)....

“There is no compromise here.” Jeff Mallory clutched a basketball and prepared for a game of one-on-one in the Carey Center gym. His frequent challenger, six inches shorter, “only” six-five, would not receive special treatment—ever.

By Kim Metzgar

Brotherly Competitors


Growing up in Bedford, Virginia, the brothers spent a lot of time shooting hoops in the backyard. Mallory played at Carlisle School in Virginia. Then-assistant coach D.P. Harris (now head coach) saw him at a junior college showcase—Harris was about to walk out the door, but stayed for the game. Mallory became the first Bearcat in the family.

During his tenure as a player, the team went to the Sweet Sixteen twice and the Elite Eight, and in his senior season the team played in the conference tournament.

“I knew all those guys,” Stith said of his brother’s teammates—Tony Washam, Ian McCullough, Kenny Roberts. “They were counselors at basketball camp. They knew me as Jeff’s brother.”

Mallory, C’06, is fifth among all-time Saint Vincent scoring leaders, with 1,580 career points. He also holds school records for career blocked shots (313), and (with Daniel Santiago) for blocked shots in a game (9). He played professional basketball in Spain, with CajaSur.

He recalled being on the way back from a tryout with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association, when he opened a card from home. “My mother had sent me a photo of Dillon and me in the backyard, from junior high. Here I was, a real small kid in the backyard, who got cut from the junior varsity team, who didn’t know if I would get another chance, who was just on the way back from an NBA tryout. Her message to me was that it took a lot of hard work, dedication, and some luck, but you never knew what was possible. It all happens for a reason. It was a beautiful thing.”

Director of multicultural student life at Saint Vincent,

Mallory uses his experiences playing basketball and living in Spain to help international students and minority students become acclimated to campus life. He was very happy to get into coaching also: “The world of sports opened so many doors for me. I have a strong passion for the game, and I wanted to give back.”

Mallory noted that this year’s team is very strong, with three seniors, but also young, the majority of members being freshmen and sophomores.

In spite of the brotherly competition, the younger sibling admitted that “I give him the utmost respect because I know what he has been through. He has been there, done that. A pro player knows what he is talking about. If he gives me a few extra tips, I am always looking to improve my game.”

Stith, the second Bearcat in his family, noted that while he will not forget the lessons learned from his brother, he also does not forget his high school junior varsity coach, Carl Keonig, who passed away after a game in Stith’s senior year.

“I used to be a smaller player. I was a guard. I wasn’t good at post play. I grew three and a half inches in a year and a half. I was too tall to play guard and I didn’t know what to do. He knew the game and taught me what to do. He gave me a great foundation.”

Stith, who loves politics and his political science major, talked about his love for basketball, and his studies when he said, quite passionately, “history shapes society and what we are.”

So does family.

... gets competitive with his brother Jeff Mallory, former Bearcat player and now an assistant coach.


Homecoming 2011


Homecoming 2011


The junior communication major’s tale could be viewed as disappointment and misfortune by someone without the disposition of the wide receiver from Miami. His story also roughly parallels that of the rejuvenated Saint Vincent football team, coming off its most successful year since the return of the sport.

He tried out for the team at high school powerhouse Miami Northwestern. He didn’t make the roster. He spent more hours in the training room. He tried out for the team at Miami Central High School, and then at Miami Springs Senior High School. He made the roster. He trained some more.

The summer of his senior year of high school saw him running, and lifting weights. He injured his knee and ended up seeing action in only two games. Hopes for playing in college diminished.

“My friend Ukandu Soverall from Miami Springs, called and said there was a program here at Saint Vincent that was just getting started, and that I should think about coming here,” Jeune said. Soverall, who plays cornerback for the Bearcats, put Jeune in touch with Head Coach Bob Colbert, and they began corresponding by email.

Jeune was feeling positive, but his SAT scores were a bit low. Coach Bob, as he refers to his coach,

By Kim Metzgar

The Merriam-Webster definition of “setback” includes the word defeat. Carl Jeune’s

interpretation does not. Jeune’s characterization of words like “obstacle,” “misfortune,” and “no” is also unconventional—it includes terms such as “work,” “sweat,” and “increase.”

“I walked into [Coach Colbert’s] office and he looked at me and he said ‘you can’t be this small.’ It never went out how small I was. I was smaller then, maybe five four or five five. Now I’m five six.”

neversays

‘Never’

ootbalF Lteam’s smallest player


suggested he take a semester at community college before transferring in. Jeune enrolled at Miami Dade Community College and finished a semester. Ready to go, grades good, Jeune discovered one course did not transfer. He had to take one more.

He continued his email correspondence with Coach Bob, talking about the offense, and what position Jeune would play. The credits finally transferred and he made it to Latrobe, the first in his family to go to college. There was only one “little” problem, he says with a smile—the face to face with the coach.

“I walked into the office and he looked at me and he said ‘you can’t be this small.’ It never went out how small I was. I was smaller then, maybe five four or five five,” Jeune said. “Now I’m five six.”

“Coach Bob could not believe I was ready to play. I weighed about 125 at the time. I went to camp, scored a few times, and he realized I could handle it. But as a freshman, it was hard. There were 21 receivers, lots of upperclassmen, and only one freshman dressed. I had high expectations and I was devastated.”

Around the time it was looking like Jeune would dress for a game, more bad news came, this time involving his financial aid. Jeune was born in Haiti, and came to the United States with his mother when he was two. The family lived in Texas for a few years before moving to Miami. He had no memories of Haiti, and had checked off on his college application that he was an American citizen. He was not.

So, he set about tackling that obstacle, got the financial aid issue figured out, and became a citizen. In honor of the occasion Coach Bob told him he could dress for the game against Washington and Jefferson.

“I was supposed to go in on a five receiver set.” He diagrammed the pass route out on the table as he talked. “We never ran it, but I was happy because I dressed for the game. Then I found out that my friend ‘Jazz’ had died.”

Jazz was Jasper Howard, a cornerback for the University of Connecticut who was fatally stabbed in October of 2009, hours after the Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals. Howard had grown up in Miami, and, like Jeune, was the first in his family to go to college.

“So, I went from being real excited to real devastated,” Jeune said. “I was frustrated and angry. I couldn’t go to the funeral. My grades dropped.”

He ended up staying at Saint Vincent over the summer to take some classes. “I dedicated my season to my friend who passed. I was running hills, working out for two hours a day. I had worked my way into the rotation. Then in week three I had a setback. I pulled a hamstring and only played in two games. I came back for the end of the season but they had plugged in other people. I had no stats in my sophomore year.”

That translated into staying at Saint Vincent for another summer, working, concentrating on football,

and increasing his training regimen to three hours a day. The drudgery of that was broken by Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, when he met wide receiver Antonio Brown, who is also from Miami.

Jeune’s junior season has mirrored that of the rejuvenated Bearcat team, which went from 0-10 his freshman year to 3-7 last year, and 6-5 this year, with a bowl bid. This year he played in 10 games, catching 13 passes for 143 yards. His longest catch came on fourth down, when he caught a clutch 24-yard reception to keep a drive alive against Thomas More. He averaged 14.3 yards per reception. And all of his workouts—he can squat lift almost 500 pounds—have boosted his weight to 148. He is already planning this summer’s workouts: two miles a day, three and a half hours—”increase.”

Carl Jeune is a real gem of a person and player,” said Coach Colbert, remembering that, “He once took a taxi from Latrobe to Pittsburgh to take his citizenship test. That is how much value he put into becoming an American citizen.

“As an undersized player he has developed into a dependable player,” he continued. “He made some very big catches this year on fourth down to keep drives alive in the game. He cares deeply about the success of the team rather than individual recognition. He teaches the younger players how to play the receiver position and provides counsel to all of our younger players. In the weight room he can lift much more than his weight—he once squatted more than 400 pounds! Think about that—a guy his size pushing all that weight around. His injury late in the season hurt our offensive production. We are expecting him to continue to be a good player for us in 2012 and to provide mature leadership for our team.”

Jeune hopes to use his communication major to work in sports information, and maybe, one day, to coach football. If that team is anything like Jeune, that will be one busy training room.

Carl Jeune scrambles for more yardage after making a catch against FDU-Florham.

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Bridgewater Eagles 20 SVC 17, OT (0-1)Freshman kicker Morgan Porter was named Presidents’ Athletic ◊

Conference (PAC) Special Teams Player of the Week following the opening week of the season.The award marks the first time that a Saint Vincent football player has earned the conference weekly

honor for special teams since Saint Vincent became a full member of both NCAA Division III and the PAC in 2010.

SVC 55 Farleigh Dickinson-Florham 3 (1-1) Saint Vincent senior quarterback Aaron Smetanka was named ◊

the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Bearcats week two 55-3 win over Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham. He completed 88.5 percent (23-for-26) of his passes for 247 yards and four touchdowns.

SVC 36 Thiel 14 (2-1) Senior linebacker Anthony Johnson was named the ◊

Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. The Saint Vincent career tackles leader posted 10 tackles (eight solo) to go along with 3.5 tackles for loss and 3 pass break-ups to help propel SVC to the win.

Geneva 23 SVC 20 OT (2-2) After rushing for 155 yards and a touchdown in the Bearcats’ ◊

23-20 overtime loss, sophomore running back Huey Ehredt earned Presidents’ Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. The 5’10” running back finished with 155 yards on 19 carries, averaging 8.2 yards per carry.

SVC 35 W&J 27 (3-2)For his part in helping the Bearcats to their biggest win in ◊

modern-program history, sophomore defensive back Dan Wirkowski was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week as well as a member of the d3Football.com Team of the Week. The 6’2” sophomore turned in seven tackles, a 61-yard return to the W&J 22-yard line that led to the eventual game-tying touchdown, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups on the afternoon.

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Thomas More College 20 SVC 17 (3-3)The Saint Vincent Bearcats battled #6-ranked Thomas ◊

More College to the game’s final play, but lost. Individually, Huey Ehredt gained 54 yards on 17 carries for Saint Vincent, Aaron Smetanka was 23 of 36 through the air for 267 yards, and Carl Jeune caught four passes for 48 yards.

Grove City 21 SVC 16 (3-4)The Bearcats’ got the ball back on the Grove City 40-yard ◊

line with six seconds on the clock, but a pass was batted down, preserving the win for the Wolverines. On defense, Anthony Johnson registered 16 tackles, 13 solo tackles, and three tackles for a loss.

SVC 17 Waynesburg 14 (4-4)The win marked the first time the Bearcats won four ◊

games since the rebirth of the football program in 2007. Saint Vincent freshman defensive back Devin Anderson was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the Bearcats’ 17-14 win over Waynesburg. He also received similar honors from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

SVC 21 Westminster 9 (5-4)The win marked the first time since 1957 that the ◊

Bearcats won five games in a season. The Saint Vincent defense turned in an outstanding performance, holding the Titans to 153 total yards in the contest and intercepting three passes to go along with allowing just seven points.

SVC 20 Bethany 14 (6-4)With the victory, Saint Vincent finished second in ◊

the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with a 5-3 record (6-4 overall). The victory marked the first time the Bearcats finished the season with at least six wins since the Tangerine Bowl season in 1949. It is also the first winning season for the program since 1961.

Lebanon Valley College 23 SVC 15 (6-5)Saint Vincent ended the 2011 season with a 23-15 ◊

loss to Lebanon Valley College on the road in the Eastern College Athletic Conference South-West Bowl.

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second-place finish in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), Saint Vincent head coach Bob Colbert has been named the league’s 2011 Coach of the Year, while 13 Bearcats were honored by the conference.

Colbert has led the program since it was announced the school would be bringing back the sport after a 45-year layoff. The team earned a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III

football honors

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Team, headlined by senior quarterback Aaron Smetanka who earned the honor for a consecutive season.

Senior Taofik Amokomowo earned All-PAC honors for the second-straight season, while sophomore Darius McGhee earned his first all-conference nod.

Senior linebacker Armando Fortunato was also named to the first team after earning second-team laurels a season ago. Three Bearcats claimed All-PAC Second-Team honors, highlighted by senior linebacker Anthony Johnson, the program’s modern-day all-time leading tackler.

In his first season with the program, sophomore

running back Huey Ehredt was named second-team all-conference. Freshman Darius Brown earned second-team laurels at cornerback.

Seniors Chaz Coleman, Jim Muraco and Joe Yezovich, junior Ricky Douglas and sophomores David Ribero and Dan Wirkowski were all recognized with All-PAC Honorable Mention distinction.

Southwest Bowl and posted a three-win improvement from last year during the regular season at 6-4. This comes after the program won just one game in the first three seasons since being re-started in 2007.

“It was a GOOD season not a GREAT season,” Colbert said. “We made significant progress but we will not classify a season as GREAT until we win the PAC and reach the NCAA Division III national championship playoffs.”

Four Bearcats were named All-PAC First-

Four Saint Vincent senior football players were chosen to play for Team Stars & Stripes in the third annual Tazón de Estrellas (Bowl of the Stars). Representing Saint Vincent were offensive lineman Taofik Amokomowo, linebackers

Armando Fortunato and Anthony Johnson and quarterback Aaron Smetanka. The game took place on December 17 in Puebla, Mexico. Team

Stars & Stripes played the CONADIEP All-Stars from Mexico, losing 45-27. A total of 49 players from 27 NCAA Division III colleges were selected. Johnson led all defensive players with 13 tackles. Fortunato added two tackles, both of which were behind the line of scrimmage, and Smetanka completed two of five pass attempts.

Amokomowo, of Severn, Md., a graduate of Old Mill High School, was an All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference selection this season after anchoring an offensive line that cleared the way for 1,869 rushing yards and allowed just 24 sacks.

Fortunato, a Brockway High School graduate and Brockway native, was also an All-PAC First-Team pick this season. The second leading tackler in program history, Fortunato recorded 77 stops (49 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and an interception this season.

The all-time leading tackler in modern-day Saint Vincent history, Johnson, is from Fort Pierce, Fla., and a graduate of Fort Pierce-Westwood High School. The All-PAC Second-Team selection beat his single-season tackles record from 2010 with 107 tackles (64 solo). He added 13.0 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks.

A two-year starter after transferring to Saint Vincent, Smetanka, of Allison Park, is a graduate of North Catholic. He is the program’s all-time leading passer, passing for 4,116 career yards. This season he completed 61.3 percent (190-of-308) of his passes for 2,150 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Taofik AmokomowoArmando Fortunato

Aaron Smetanka Anthony Johnson


t he Saint Vincent Athletic Department announced the retirement of Jim

Bendel, Head Women’s Tennis Coach, effective November 30.

Bendel, 73, retired following the team’s most successful season ever. The Bearcats completed the fall 2011 schedule with a record of 15-3, 7-2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

A former men’s player who led the team to a conference championship in 1960, Bendel revived the women’s program in 2004 after a 13-year hiatus. On October 11 of this season, in the team’s penultimate game of the season, Bendel earned his 100th career coaching win. He retires with an overall record of 101-69, including 50-27 his final five seasons.

“Jim has been part of the Saint Vincent community for a long time,” said Athletic Director, Father Myron Kirsch, O.S.B. “He has done a wonderful job with the women’s tennis program, and he will definitely be missed by not only the players but by his peers as well.”

Bendel is a 1960 graduate of Saint Vincent College where he founded, captained and led his team to the West Penn Conference tennis title in his senior year. His alma mater has selected him on several occasions for recognition of his athletic skills and community involvement through the awarding of an Honorary Degree, and Letterman of Distinction.

Chris McMahon

Chris McMahon, who has served as an assistant coach

for the program, took over as Interim Head Coach on

December 1. A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, he

graduated from the University of Scranton, Saint Mary’s

Seminary, and completed his doctorate at Catholic

University. He teaches in the theology department.


Senior Ivette Mejia (see Summer/Fall 2011 Quarterly) qualifed for the NCAA Division III National Championships as she finished in ninth place at the Mideast Regional Championships hosted by DeSales in Winneconne, Wisconsin. She earned All-America honors at the Nationals and set a school record with a 6K performance of 21:37.

Mejia and senior Kevin Wanichko (above) were named All-Region by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

national qualifier

PRe-season all-americanSaint Vincent senior forward Brittany Sedlock was named

a d3hoops.com Preseason All-American, announced the organization.

A native of Northern Cambria, Pa., and graduate of Northern Cambria High School, Sedlock earned Preseason Second-Team All-America honors after being named a Fourth-Team All-American a season ago.

Last year, the 5-9 forward was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Year, First-Team All-Region, First-Team All-PAC and First-Team Academic All-District after finishing second in the PAC with 16.8 points per game and leading the league in rebounding at 9.0 per game. She also finished among the PAC leaders in steals (87—third), field goal percentage (.468—fifth) and free throw percentage (.719—eighth). At press time, the team was 12-3, with Sedlock averaging 16.6 points and ten rebounds per game, with a free throw percentage of .808.

The d3hoops.com Preseason All-America teams were chosen from previous years’ All-American and All-Region nominations. Sedlock is the only player from the PAC to make the list of 25 players (four teams and an honorable mention section).


A professional financial aid administrator with more than two decades experience in the field, George T. Santucci has been named director of financial aid at Saint Vincent College.

He will oversee Saint Vincent College’s comprehensive program of financial aid in the forms of scholarships, grants, loans, part-time work/study employment as well as federal and state financial aid programs.

Santucci earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Duquesne University in 1988 and a master of arts degree in adult and community education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2009.

He has served as assistant director of financial aid at Duquesne University, as director of financial aid at Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus, as education lending account

executive at PNC Bank and as director of student finance at Sanford-Brown Institute.

Santucci, 45, was born in Verona, the son of Maria Santucci and the late Gino Santucci. A graduate of Riverview High School in Oakmont, he now lives in Plum Borough with his wife, Patricia, and their children, Jonathan, 11, and Sara, 8. He is a member of the Oakmont/Verona Rotary Club and the Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

He is a member of Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church and Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4242.

Jessica M. Legg, a 2011 graduate of Saint Vincent College from Hollywood, Maryland, won first place in the the Psi Chi/Allyn and Bacon Psychology Award competition for her research thesis, “Post-event, but Not Pre-event, Misinformation Hinders Memory Accuracy for a Virtual Environment.”

Legg also won the Psi Chi Eastern Regional Research Award for her project at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association this past spring in Boston.

While at Saint Vincent, Legg was a student blogger for the college, and a member of the soccer team. She completed an internship in neuropsychology at

Allegheny General Hospital in summer 2010, and served as secretary of Psi Chi.

In August she began doctoral studies in neuropsychology at Widener University.

The Psi Chi/Allyn and Bacon Psychology Awards, sponsored by Allyn and Bacon Publishers, are awarded to those who

submit the best overall empirical research papers. The abstracts of the winning papers, as well as photographs and brief biographies of the top three winners, are published in Eye on Psi Chi.

Legg’s study examined the effects of pre and post-event misinformation on memory of a stressful event. The activation mode

of arousal—heightened blood pressure and heart rate—can have an adverse effect on memory, and is the type of arousal most likely to be experienced by the victim or eyewitness of a crime. Participants were 67 undergraduate students exposed to either pre- or post-event misinformation, both, or a control condition, and entered a stressful, immersive virtual reality scenario of an urban environment containing a “dangerous” target character. Legg’s findings suggest that post-event misinformation effects are stronger or easier to elicit than pre-event.

The research was supervised by Dr. Mark G. Rivardo, associate professor of psychology.


United States Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman, Jr., right, of Cleveland, Ohio, installed Saint Vincent College student Renold Sossong, C12, left, as a judicial intern to serve in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Sossong is a senior business major from Mineral Point. Judge Baughman is a 1971 graduate of Saint Vincent College.

Dr. Robert M. Friedlander, third from left, of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery, was the featured speaker in the Saint Vincent College Boyer School Lecture Series on November 7 in the Dr. Frank J. Luparello Lecture Hall. Welcoming him were, from left, Andrew Egan, a junior biology major from North Huntingdon; Karalyn Hillebrecht, a junior biology major from Pittsburgh, and Michael Barkowski, a senior biology major from Natrona Heights. Friedlander is chair and professor of neurological surgery, UPMC endowed professor of neurosurgery, and head of cerebrovascular neurosurgery at UPMC Presbyterian. His talk was entitled, “Role of Cell Death Pathways in Neurologic Diseases and a Career as a Physician Scientist.”

Karen Struble Myers has been named director of development at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.

She will be developing a multi-year fundraising program, planning fundraising events and coordinating donor research, recognition, and stewardship.

Struble Myers earned a bachelor of arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University in advertising and public relations with minors in speech communication and business, and a master of science degree in professional leadership from Carlow University.

A Certified Fundraising

Executive, she is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the board of directors of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter, where she is a frequent presenter on annual fund strategies. A member of the E-magnify Winners’ Circle Public Relations Committee, she was named a YWCA Rising Star of Westmoreland County in 2008.

A native of Bellefonte, Struble Myers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Struble of Zion. She and her husband, Neal, live in Greensburg.

Thomas F. Cocchi, a junior finance and political science major at Saint Vincent College from Mount Lebanon, has been elected president of the Saint Vincent College Student Government Association Executive Board.

Active in the Student Government Association for five semesters, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Cocchi. He is a 2009 graduate of Mount Lebanon High School.


Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., Chancellor, gave the opening prayer for the day’s legislative session for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently. Present were, from left, Representative Rick Saccone of the 39th Legislative District; Speaker of the House Sam Smith, 66th District; Archabbot Douglas; Representative Mike Reese, 59th District; Rev. Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., executive director of Saint Vincent Archabbey Educational Apostolates and Endowments; Larry Nowicki, C’75, of Greensburg, brother of the Archabbot; and Dan Soltesz, C’07, chief of staff to Rep. Saccone.

Four Saint Vincent College and Archabbey employees were honored for 25 years of service at a luncheon for all employees at the Fred M. Rogers Center on September 21.

Honored were Dr. Doreen Blandino of Greensburg, professor of modern and classical languages and liberal arts; Katherine Deegan of Latrobe, secretary to the Wimmer Corporation; Clydene Duran of Stahlstown, administrative assistant in the Latimer Family Library; and John Furwa of Latrobe, preventive maintenance technician in the facility management office. Pictured with Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., chancellor, and Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president, are Furwa and Blandino.


The Saint Vincent Camerata Scholars have produced a CD of sacred choral music from the early Renaissance period, produced by Jade Music. It is entitled A Blessed Day Has Dawned, Sacred Choral Music: Pasestrina, Laude, Gregorian Chant. The CD contains 18 works organized around the Mass

for Christmas composed by famed Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

“This project was performed by 14 singers who also sing with the larger Camerata group,” said Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B., director.

The Camerata Scholars have performed the works on the CD previously at both the Saint Vincent Basilica and at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh.

Two students—Brian T. Myers, a senior music major from Saint Marys, and Julie M. Pomerleau, a senior psychology major from Jeannette—are members of the group.

The CD can be purchased on campus or online at www.stvincentstore.com.

Dr. Charles Fazzi, right, professor of accounting and moderator of the College’s Theta Tau chapter of Delta Mu Delta, the international honor society in business, presents a certificate the chapter recently received for being named a Star Chapter in 2011 to Curt Colaianne, left, a senior accounting and corporate finance major from Latrobe who is also president of the chapter. Star Chapter Awards provide recognition to chapters that meet or exceed society standards for chapter operation and administration. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Saint Vincent has won this award.

The Center for Political and Economic Thought of the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government hosted an event featuring former Congresswomen Sue Kelly (R-NY) and Beverly Byron (D-MD). Moderated by Student Government Association Executive Board President Renold Sossong, more than 100 students and faculty members attended. Participating were, from left, Alexandria S. Correa, from Glen Rock, New Jersey, who introduced Byron; Kelly; Sossong, a senior from Mineral Point; Byron; and Carrie DiRisio, from Olean, New York, who introduced Kelly.

Very Rev. Timothy F. Whalen, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and former chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan, was named the eleventh rector of Saint Vincent Seminary. Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, he has served at Orchard Lake Schools for 12 years.

In his role at Orchard Lake, Father Whalen served as chancellor of both Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary and Saint Mary’s Preparatory School in the Archdiocese of Detroit. The appointment was effective January 16, 2012. His experience both as pastor and in education has been wide-ranging: budget management within his diocesan and pastoral roles; retreats and lectures in youth ministry on both the national and regional levels; ministry in suburban, city, inner-city, and rural parishes; reorganization of five ethnic parishes into one parish in Ambridge; and working in school and university environments.


Five Saint Vincent College graduate students of Father Philip M. Kanfush, O.S.B., in the Master of Science in Special Education degree program attended the Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children annual conference in Harrisburg on November 3. From left, Kristina Lux, Leann Downs, Amy Sirnic, Caitlin Ross, and Jordan Jaffe presented research on diverse topics.

Two students at the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing are the first Computing and Information Science majors to complete National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).

Joseph Anderson participated in TRACK —Training and Research in Advanced Computer Knowledge—at the University of New Orleans, and Shauna Hetrick pursued research with JHAVÉ, an algorithm visualization software tool used in teaching computer science, at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

“The research at UNO was focused on signal processing and image processing,” Anderson said. “Our particular project was fish tracking and identification using underwater video. My assignment was

segmenting and actually finding fish in the pictures.”

A graduate of Derry Area High School, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anderson of Derry.

“Our program tried to make it like a mini-grad program where we get the information at the beginning and then they cut us loose to work on our projects. Each group got a list of topics and we chose one and developed algorithm visualization for that topic. We also had to do a textbook page online describing our topic so that

a student could go and do the visualization. We also did a research poster and paper on how we developed our software,” Hetrick said.

The poster she and her partner created was accepted at a research conference sponsored by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Midwest for Computer Science Education.

Daughter of Robert and Kelly Hetrick of Johnstown, she graduated from Westmont Hilltop High School.

From left, Joseph Anderson, Shauna Hetrick, and Brother David Carlson, O.S.B., Department Chair.

Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation has awarded a grant of $50,000 to Saint Vincent College to support the acquisition of hardware and software for two new computing labs for the Computing and Information Science (CIS) Department in the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing.

An Information Technology (IT) Projects Lab will provide CIS

students with the opportunity to combine research with practice in areas such as computer networking, computer systems, and computer security, and a Software Projects Lab will enable students to work collaboratively on software development projects for external organizations and internal clients. Both labs will be located in the science pavilion and will be open for student use in the fall of 2012.


Three current professors and one former professor have formed a band—Phineas Gage—that served as a warm-up band for a recent Student Government Association-sponsored concert by The Clarks. The group debuted

in April 2010 at a battle of the bands competition.

Dr. Michael Rhodes, associate professor of biology, said the group started when he told Dr. Mark Rivardo, associate professor of psychology, about his interest in Guitar

Members of the Saint Vincent College faculty rock band, Phineas Gage, include, from left, Ron Weaver, Michael Rhodes, Dante Mancini, Christopher Oldenburg, and Mark Rivardo.

Hero®. Rivardo, who played bass in college, also purchased Guitar Hero.

The third member, Dr. Dante Mancini, a former assistant professor of psychology who now teaches at Indiana University of Pennsylvania,

became interested. Then Dr. Christopher Oldenburg, associate professor of psychology, said he had a keyboard. Another friend, drummer Ron Weaver, was recruited to round out the group.

“We wanted to come up with a name that would really represent the band members,” Dr. Rivardo said. “So we have Dr. Oldenburg, Dr. Mancini, and myself from the psychology department, and Mike in biology. The drummer works with Mental Health America. We couldn’t come up with something that represented everyone. Chris thought of Phineas Gage, a railroad worker in the 1800s. While doing some work for the railroad company he was trying to clear some rock and had a blasting accident. A tamping rod was shot through his head. He didn’t lose consciousness. He lived. He underwent some significant changes but it was a really strong case study that integrates psychology and biology.”

A CD may soon be in the works for the group.

The Center for Northern Appalachian Studies was recently honored by the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations with the Charles H. Glatfelter Executive Director Award for sustained excellence and distinguished service to the museum or public history field as an inspirational leader that has made lasting and substantive professional contributions.

The Center, since its inception in 1991, has distinguished itself through its oral history publications, lecture series programs, advocacy for historic preservation, and passion for sharing community history. The Center and its director, Dr. Richard D. Wissolik, professor of English and liberal arts, were previously honored with the Arthur St. Clair Award for Historical Preservation by the Westmoreland County Historical Society. Wissolik is second from left in the photo.

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Assistant Professor of English Michelle Gil-Montero has translated a new book: Poetry After the Invention of America: Don’t Light the Flower, published recently in hardcover by Palgrave MacMillan in November.

Written by Andrés Ajéns, the book traces the Western poem as it confronts indigenous alterity in Latin America. A wide range of indigenous texts—American, Hispanic, and European—is discussed, with a focus on language, authorship, genre, and translation.

Ajéns has written numerous books, essays, and poems, and is the co-editor of the journal Mar con Soroche.

Gil-Montero’s translations have appeared in Conjunctions, Circumference, Cipher, Jacket, Almost Island, and in the forthcoming anthology, 500 Years of Latin American Poetry.

Ben Schachter, a conceptual artist and associate professor of art, gave a lecture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, on Nov. 7 titled “’Thou Shalt Not Make False Idols’: New Approaches to

Contemporary Jewish Art.”In his talk, Schachter

explored whether the Second Commandment—”Thou Shalt Not Make False Idols”—is really the most effective point with which to begin a discussion on the possibilities and limitations of Jewish art.

Through a discussion of religious law, art theory, and visual examples from his own work, Schachter demonstrated how tradition can inspire Jewish contemporary art.

Though Jewish art scholarship often begins with a discussion on the ancient prohibition against graven images, Schachter proposed a counter possibility drawn from the Bible that focuses on the process of creation rather than a concern with iconography.

Dr. Dawn Edmiston, assistant professor of management and marketing, has won the 2011 Marketing Management Association (MMA) Teaching Innovation Competition, sponsored by Wessex Press. She received the honor at the annual

MMA educators’ conference in St. Louis.

Edmiston created a teaching concept titled, “Developing POP! A Professional Online Presence.” The concept involves a 10-step process that leverages social media and empowers students to creatively market themselves to achieve a distinct advantage in a competitive career environment. Edmiston is integrating this concept in various courses that she has developed, to include Essentials of Selling and Internet Marketing, and has made the process available online at www.

dawnedmiston.com.“Dawn’s classroom

approach is truly innovative, engaging, and practical. I imagine that in time it will be adopted by many marketing educators,” said Dr. Brian Vander Schee, chairperson of the 2011 Marketing Management Association educators’ conference.

Edmiston was the recipient of the 2010 American Marketing Association of Pittsburgh Distinguished Educator Award. She also serves as marketing consultant for the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.


Thomas Octave, assistant professor of music and chair of the music department, presented “An Evensong Recital” at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park, through the Saint Andrew’s Music Guild. The recital was the inaugural recital for the Saint Andrew Music Guild Recital Series. He performed sacred music that ranged from Handel, to “Sing God A Simple Song,” from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, to movements from a Bach solo cantata.

A research paper by Dr. Paul Follansbee, James F. Will Professor of Engineering Science, entitled “Characterizing the Defect Population Introduced by Radiation Damage,” was voted “best paper” by the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Division (NETD) of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and recognized at the 2011 Materials Science and Technology Conference at the Columbus Convention Center on October 17. Dr. Alex Cozzi, left, chair of

NETD, of the Savannah River National Laboratory, presented the plaque to Dr. Follansbee.

He is working with Aaron Weiss, a chemistry major, on irradiation damage in

zirconium-based metals, which see use as fuel cladding in nuclear reactors.

Follansbee’s paper will be published in the 2012 edition of Ceramics Transactions.

Dr. Michael Krom, assistant professor of philosophy, has authored a book, The Limits of Reason in Hobbes’s Commonwealth, published by Continuum International Publishing Group in 2011.

The book explores Hobbes’s attempt to construct a political philosophy of enduring peace on the foundation of the rational individual. Hobbes’s rational individual, motivated by self-preservation, obeys the laws of the commonwealth and thus is conceived as the model citizen. Yet Hobbes intimates that there are limits to what such an actor will do for peace, and that the glory-

seeker—“too rarely found to be presumed on” —is capable of a generosity that is necessary for political longevity. Krom identifies this as a

fundamental contradiction in Hobbes’s system: He builds the commonwealth on the rational actor, yet acknowledges the need for the irrational glory-seeker.

Krom argues that Hobbes’s attempt to establish a “king of the proud” fails to overcome the limits of reason and the precariousness of politics. This book synthesizes recent work on Hobbes’s understanding of glory and political stability, challenging the view that Hobbes succeeds in incorporating glory-seekers into his political theory and explores the implications of this for contemporary political philosophy after Rawls.

Dr. Michael Botsko has published the following problems and solutions in the fall of 2010 and spring of 2011, all appearing in Mathematics Magazine: Q1005 and A1005, 83 No. 5, 392 and 397; Q1010 and A1010, 84 No. 2, 151, 156 and 157; Solution to Problem 1850, 84 No. 3, 235, 236.

Dr. Daniel Arcara has published the following paper: D. Arcara, A. Bertram, “Reider’s Theorem and Thaddeus Pairs Revisited, in Grassmannians, Moduli Spaces and Vector Bundles,” Clay Mathematics Proceedings, Volume 14, 2011.

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Dr. Richard F. Kunkle, instructor of management and program director of management for operational excellence, made two presentations and participated in a panel discussion at the Sixth Annual Lean Education Academic Network, sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Alabama, in Huntsville, September 29 to October 1.

Kunkle delivered a presentation entitled, “Teaching Cultural Change at the Graduate and Undergraduate Level.” It described the pedagogy involved in teaching students how to lead cultural change in an organization to develop a culture of mutual trust and respect between leaders and front line employees.

He also presented a program on “Success of the Cultural Change First Model in Healthcare.” This presentation described

the implementation of the cultural change first model in a cardiovascular surgery value stream. Both the techniques and the outcomes resulted in this greenfield initiative being selected as one of the top 50 cardiovascular surgery groups in the nation within two years after initiating the program and consistently performing well above the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database averages.

The panel discussion was entitled, “Integration of Lean across Curricula.” Kunkle was joined on the panel by members from Ohio State University and University of Alabama at Huntsville. Dr. Kunkle shared the integration of Operational Excellence content achieved at Saint Vincent through the support of other Saint Vincent faculty members, including Mark Abramovic, Jeff Godwin, Dr. William Hisker, Dr. Thomas Cline, and Robert Markley.

Operational Excellence has been integrated into courses in management information systems, finance, accounting, marketing and strategic management. Saint Vincent College continues to expand its Operational Excellence courses including Advanced Statistical Process Control and Advanced Quantitative OE and Simulation.

Kunkle has been elected to the planning committee of the Lean Education Academic Network that will be held at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, in September 2012.

The editors of the Stanford University Press Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche have asked Dr. George H. Leiner, associate professor of philosophy and liberal arts in the department of philosophy of the Saint Vincent College School of Humanities and Fine Arts, to aid them in the completion of this project.

Leiner will translate volume 12 of the Kritische Studienausgabe (Crtitcal Study Edition) of Nietzsche’s work. This offer was extended by Professor Alan D. Schrift,

department of philosophy, Grinnell College, general editor, and Emily-Jane Cohen, acquisitions editor, humanities. Leiner’s work is to appear as volume 17, “Unpublished Fragments,” of the Stanford Edition.

The genesis of this work traces itself back to the early 1960s when Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, two distinguished Italian Nietzsche Scholars, determined that a new, definitive German edition of Nietzsche’s work was required. Working in collaboration with

the Nietzsche Archives located at the Goethe-Schiller Archive in Weimar, they began to prepare what became the Nietzsche Werke: Kritische Gesamtausgabe (Nietzsche’s Works: Critical Complete Edition). Volumes of this edition made their appearance in 1967, and have continued to this day, with the total number of volumes expected to be near 50. In order to make a more economically-accessible edition available to individual scholars, the 15-volume Kritische

Studienausgabe (Crtitcal Study Edition) appeared in 1980. It is on the basis of this edition that the Stanford The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche will be based. This project was initiated under the leadership of Professors Ernst Behler and Bernd Magnus, and is now under the editorial direction of Alan D. Schrift and Duncan Large. When completed, the Stanford edition will publish in its entirety, for the first time, an English translation of the full contents of the Kritische Studienausgabe.

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THE SAINT VINCENT BEARCAT nickname was given to athletic teams at Saint Vincent nearly a century

ago. Unable to find an original name for the athletes, a committee determined to combine the names of two different animals to get an

original moniker. Bearcat was chosen to symbolize the brute

strength of the bear and the cunning of the cat. The Bearcat got a more fierce look in 2011, thanks to the efforts of the Student Government

Association. He made his debut at the homecoming pep rally in October to the cheers of hundreds of students and athletes. By Sadie Stresky

2012


Saint Vincent College honored nine graduates with the presentation of Alumni of Distinction Awards at a reception and dinner on Friday, October 7 during the annual Alumni Homecoming and Fall Family Weekend on campus. Taking part in the presentation were, seated, from left, Christina L. Cristaldi, D.O., C’00; George J. Nemo, C’61; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., Chancellor; Stephen P. Yanek, C’68; Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president; standing, from left, Fred F. Ciarochi, M.D., C’65; the Honorable William H. Baughman, Jr., C’71; Robert J. Rogalski, C’86; Rhonda L. Randall, D.O., C’94; Ramon F. Martin, M.D., C’71; and David K. Roger, C’91.

Saint Vincent College honored nine graduates with Alumni of Distinction Awards at a reception and dinner during the annual Alumni Homecoming and Fall Family Weekend. The awards are made by the Saint Vincent Alumni Association in recognition of meritorious service and commitment.

William H. Baughman, Jr., C’71Federal Magistrate Judge

William H. Baughman, Jr., of Pepper Pike, Ohio, was honored with the John J. Maloney Award and as an alumnus of distinction in political science. He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School with high honors in 1974. He is active at Saint Vincent as co-founder and president of the Saint Vincent Law Society and internship coordinator for the Judicial Remote Internship Program. He is on the board of trustees of Borromeo Catholic Seminary and chair of the Notre Dame

Lawyers Alumni Committee.

Fred F. Ciarochi, M.D., C’65Dr. Fred F. Ciarochi,

Duncansville, Texas, earned a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. He is medical director of the Diabetes Management Center at Methodist Medical Center and section chief of endocrinology, a member of

the Dallas Bach Society, the Dallas Opera Guild board, the Duncanville Department of Parks and Recreation, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (Texas chapter), and of Project Access Dallas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology.

Ramon F. Martin, M.D., C’71Dr. Ramon F. Martin

of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, earned a doctor of medicine degree from Harvard Medical School in 1975 and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986. He is a physician-anesthesiologist at Brigham-Women’s Hospital, Boston. He serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Roxbury

Latin School, and is co-chair of the board of trustees at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain. Dr. Martin served on the Saint Vincent College Board of Directors from 1998 to 2010.

George J. Nemo, C’61George J. Nemo,

Frederick, Maryland, has served as president of his Saint Ignatius of Loyala Church Council and has been a Eucharistic minister in his parish. He is retired from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, where he served as a health science administrator. Dr. Nemo earned a master of science degree and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Saint Vincent College annually recognizes the generosity of its alumni and friends through the Honor Roll of Donors, the most recent of which was included in the Summer/Fall 2011 Magazine. We regret the omission of the following individuals and would like to extend our most sincere appreciation for their support.

Carl and Rita Catalano are members of the 2010-2011 Heritage Society and were omitted from the listing.

Walter Donohue, III, a contributor to the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College, was listed in error as William Donohue, III.

Gifts from Ronald A. Monack, C’52 were made in memory of Edith Q. Monack.


Rhonda Randall, D.O., C’94Dr. Rhonda Randall,

Orlando, Florida, earned a doctor of osteopathy degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999 and is chief medical officer for United Healthcare Medicare and Retirement. She completed her internship, family practice residency, and geriatrics fellowship at Florida Hospital in Orlando where she served as chief intern and chief resident. She volunteers at Good Shepherd Catholic School, teaching health and nutrition to students in grades pre-kindergarten to eighth grade.

Robert J. Rogalski, C’86Robert J. Rogalski of

Pittsburgh earned a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is Chief Executive Officer of Excela Health. In that capacity, he oversees one of the largest health care providers in Westmoreland County at Westmoreland Hospital, Latrobe Area Hospital, and Frick Community Hospital. He also serves as a member of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg advisory board.

David K. Roger, C’91David K. Roger of

Murrysville is a former advisory board member for the McKenna School. He earned a master of public and international affairs degree in international political economy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993. President and a director of the Hillman Family Foundations, he is as a member of the

An avid skier who calls herself “outdoorsy,” Saint Vincent College graduate Stephanie Hewitson, C’05, recently completed a

challenging climb to the top of Africa’s snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro, to raise nearly $85,000 for the American Foundation for Children with AIDS.

Hewitson was part of a team of 14 women from central Pennsylvania plus two from Germany and two from New Jersey to climb the highest mountain in Africa. Together, they solicited gifts from family, friends, businesses and others by the time of their climb October 1 to 12.

“I am an outdoorsy person and ski a lot,” Hewitson said. “The elevation—19,340 feet—makes the climb more of an endurance test since you have to do four to six hours a day. I personally was okay with the altitude though I had some bad headaches. We were advised to keep eating and drinking despite any nausea. It took five days to complete the climb and only seven of us made it to the top. It took an additional two days to descend the mountain.”

Hewitson earned a bachelor of science degree in political science before earning a masters degree in public international law at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, in 2008. A research analyst for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ House Republican Policy Committee, she lives in Harrisburg.

The group’s contribution was used to purchase medical supplies, school supplies, antibiotics, and food for children in Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Hewitson, a former midfielder who played varsity soccer at Saint Vincent for four years, is engaged to Christopher “Kip” Watkins, C’05, who works as a psychological therapist.

Philanthropy Roundtable, Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, PolicyWorks Forum, Pittsburgh Marathon Board, Move Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, and Traffic21 at CMU.

Stephen P. Yanek, C’68Stephen P. Yanek of

Laurel, Maryland, earned a master of science in numerical science and a master of science in technical management, both from the Johns Hopkins University where he currently works in the applied physics laboratory. He has been active in the Washington, D.C. Alumni Association and as a member of the advisory board for the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing. He is a grandparent mentor, and president of the Hammond Village Citizens Association.

Christina L. Cristaldi, D.O., C’00Major Christina L. Cristaldi

of McKeesport, a Young Alumna of Distinction, earned a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in 2004. A pediatric endocrinology fellow and active duty military physician serving as a Major in the United States Air Force, she is employed by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. She received the Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service in 2010, the Orris C. Hirtzel and Beatrice Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Foundation and Scholarship Award, and the Dedication to Pediatric Primary Care Award.


1950sCharles G. Manoli, L.H.D., P’45, C’51, D’05, and his wife, Anita Manoli, H 51, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on August 11.

Paul A. Scarlata, D.M.D., P.C., C 57, was elected to the position of chancellor in Knights of Columbus Council 14035 of Buchanan Valley, Saint Ignatius Church, Fontanna, Pennsylvania, for the year 2011-2012.

1960sThomas M. Prezel, C’65, retired in March of 2006 after 40 years as engineer/manager at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. He is currently a volunteer in building the Montour Trail in Pittsburgh and enjoys his seven grandchildren.

John J. Hutchinson, Jr., C’67, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of A. Gabriel Esteban as the twentieth president of Seton Hall University on October 14.

James M. Sheehan, C’67, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., as fifteenth President of Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, on September 25.

William Lynch, P 68, writes that he and his wife, Nancy, have three children and six grandchildren.

The Honorable Raymond J. Zadzilko, C’69, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Thomas P. Foley, J.D., as thirteenth president of Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, on September 16.

1970sA. Stephen Bozelli, C’71, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Dr. Carl J. Strikwerda at Elizabethtown College on October 1.

James Shoemaker, C’71; James Santelli, C’74; and Richard Lampert, C’73, got together in Las Vegas recently to drive Ferraris, do interior sky diving, and in other ways celebrate entering their 60s. They hope to repeat the trip in 2013.

William H. Byrnes, Jr., C’75, was appointed vice president of grants of the F.M. Kirby Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey.

John T. Maccioli, C’41, on February 22, 2011.

Louis P. Antolini, Ph.D., C’42, on September 14.

Rev. Wilfred M. Dumm, O.S.B., P’37, C’42, S’45, on September 23.

Charles F. Grabiak, M.D., C’42, on August 30.

Andrew Stefcik, C’43, on September 28.

Robert H. Burns, P 44, on July 17.

Arthur J. O’Hearn, P’44, on February 25.

Most Rev. Andrew M. Pataki, D.D., P’45, C 50, on December 8.

Edward L. Stewart, P’46, on November 13.

Albert R. Charlton, P’47, on August 17.

Leonard S. Lowman, C’48, on February 18, 2011.

Gerard C. Muench, C 48, on October 30.

Joseph F. Shubra, C’49, in the summer of 2011.

James R. Kerrigan, C’51, on March 25.

Joseph J. Dobies, C’52, on October 16.

Allen F. Woodhour, Ph.D., C’52, on October 3.

Jacques T. Bishop, P’49, C 53, in June.

John R. Chess, C’53, S’63, on October 20.

Thomas R. Kiliany, C’53, on November 25.

John A. “Jack” Petrarca, C’53, on November 3.

Rev. John E. Wilt, S’57, on December 4.

Rev. Francis E. Maloney, C 54, S 58, on October 26.

William H. Milon, C’58, on September 17.

Harry G. Steele, P’60, in June.

Carl L. Hess, C’60, on September 19.

James J. Branagan, P’61, on November 23.

Richard P. Diegelman, C 61, on October 6.

George T. Doran, Ph.D., C’61, on November 30.

David M. Demangone, C’62, on August 11.

Frank P. Bruno, C’63, on September 8.

Frederick W. Farrell, C’66, on August 29.

Edward W. Shields, C’66, S’71, on July 30.

Daniel Cianflone, D.M.D., C 68, in August.

Robert C. Bird, C’72, on August 2.

David E. Raichel, P’68, C’73, on September 11.

David L. Knight, C’79, on September 26.

Vincent L. Collura, III, C’94, on August 6.

Matthew V. Russo, C 13, on December 7.

Deaths

From left are Joe Ferigno, a “non-Vinnie”; James Santelli, C’74; James Shoemaker, C’71; Richard Lampert, C’73.

Joseph C. Dawson, C’77, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Reverend John J. Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., at Kings’s College, Wilkes-Barre, on October 7.

1980sMark S. Answine, C’81, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D., at Iona College, New Rochelle, New York on October 28.

1990sRaymond M. Hrin, C’93, was recently promoted by F.N.B. Wealth Management, a subsidiary of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, to senior vice president and director of compliance, operations, and support services.

‘70s Bearcats driving Ferraris.


Erik Kaminski, C ’05, communication major, recently accepted the position of Director of New Media and Communications at the Northeast Conference (NEC), a Division I athletic conference located in Somerset, N.J. At the NEC, Kaminski will be responsible for the publicity of three sports, including men’s basketball, and will oversee the development of the conference’s online video community. The conference itself, established in the early 1980s, is home to 12 member institutions—Bryant, Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis (NY), Saint Francis (PA), and Wagner.

An article by Matthew Minerd, C’06, is in Downside Review 456, July 2011, and is entitled, “Not Our Loudest but Our Stillest Hours: A Dialogue Between Friedrich Nietzsche and the Monastic Spirit.”

while I’m also responsible for designing publications and graphics as well as maintaining all conference statistics for each sport. I also moderate coaches’ meetings for various sports, and I oversee all-conference nominations and voting for various sports. I have learned a lot about college athletics administration, on the institutional, conference, and national levels. I attend conference-wide meetings of athletic directors and the college presidents, while I will be attending the national NCAA convention in Indianapolis in January.

“Without question, my time at Saint Vincent greatly prepared me for this new job. Working in the sports information department with Jeff Zidek exposed me to so much and gave me great hands-on experience on so many levels. I also owe a great deal to so many of the Saint Vincent coaches that I was lucky to work with day in and day out, as I got to see first hand every day all that they put into their programs. Being exposed to 12 different colleges and their athletic programs as I am now, I can say without hesitation that the athletic department at Saint Vincent is truly top-notch, and is in great hands under Father Myron.”

2000sLeah Marie Brown, C’00, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Reverend Kevin P. Quinn, S.J. as president of The University of Scranton on September 16.

Jim Berger, C’04, has been named assistant commissioner of the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC). He writes that:

“In September, I started my new position as assistant commissioner of the CSAC, after working as the assistant sports information director at Saint Vincent from June 2004 to August 2011. The CSAC is an NCAA Division-III conference based out of Aston, about 10 miles south of Philadelphia. The CSAC sponsors 15 sports, and it is comprised of 12 private colleges in eastern Pennsylvania, northwestern New Jersey, and northern Maryland. It’s been a very enjoyable experience so far. My job includes a number of elements from my position at Saint Vincent, while I’ve also been introduced to a number of new responsibilities pertaining to college athletics administration, both on the conference and national level. Needless to say, there is a lot of multitasking, and my duties are pretty wide-ranging. Much like at Saint Vincent, I am in charge of our conference’s official website (www.csacsports.org) and Facebook page,

Ten graduates who now work in various health professions spoke to nearly 100 current students about career opportunities at the annual Pre-Health Professions Career Night Program in the Dr. Frank Luparello Lecture Hall of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion on November 8. Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., left, president of Saint Vincent College, and Dr. Stephen Jodis, right, dean, Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing, welcomed, from left, Joseph A. Altier, D.C., C’95, chiropractor in Jeannette; Angelo DeMezza, M.D., C’69, associate medical director, UPMC Health Plan; David J. DeRienzo, M.P.T., C’91, physical therapist, UPMC Home Health; Clement A. Guarlotti, D.M.D., C’67, prosthodontist in Greensburg; Michele L. Jacobson, D.O., C’92, physician in Jeannette; Constance H. Donovan Matson, D.V.M., C’04, veterinarian in Ligonier; Michael E. Rhodes, Ph.D., C’93, associate professor of biology at SVC; Rachel M. Stevenson, P.A.-C., C’97, physician assistant, VA Primary Care Center, Greensburg; and George M. Toohey, O.D., C’70, optometrist in Charleroi and Latrobe. Not pictured is Allen A. Dzambo, Jr., D.P.M., C’93, podiatrist, Excela Health in Latrobe.

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(Gottschalk) Hennick, C’99, and her husband, Ben, on

March 2. Proud godmother is Dora McFadden C’99.

Brailey Marie to Carrie

(Grubich) Polo, C’99, and her husband, Bryan, on February 9.

Nicholas William to Brad Bachman, C’01, and his wife, Laura, on December 7, 2010.

David Vincent, III, to David V. Braum, Jr., D.O., C’04, and his

wife, Jennifer, on October 23.

Ryan Jason, to Jessica R. (Stofko) Stephenson, C’04, and her husband, Jason, on February 9. He joins big brother, Jacob, 2, and Deanna and Dylan Stephenson.

Colin Thomas to Nancy Lieb Burnett, C’05, and her husband,

Thomas, on January 25, 2010.

Mollie Grace to Michael J. Gerhart, C’05, and his wife, Amanda N. (Houtz) Gerhart, C’10, on October 11.

BirthsLillian Grace to Brian J. Zemba, C’94, and his wife, Jackie, on March 28.

Rece Thomas to Kristine (Cavrak) Gorby, C’98, and her husband, Jason, on August 26, 2010. Rece joins big sister,

Tatum, age 4.

Gracie Eileen to Melissa (Franck) McKay, C’98, and Thomas McKay, C’98, on August 19. She joins big brother, Mitchell Thomas, 3 years, and big sister, Marlee Eileen, 17 months.

Lindsey Grace to Teresa (Shandik) Votodian, C’98, and her husband, Frank Votodian, C’98. She joins big brother, Benjamin Ray, 6 years old.

Connor James born to Melanie

2010s Sherrie E. Dunlap, C’09, represented Saint Vincent College at the inauguration of Dr. Barbara K. Mistick at Wilson College, Chambersburg on October 1.

2010sNatalie L. Slavek, C’10, accepted a position with Brooks Insurance, Greensburg.

Gabrielle Genovese, C’11, was recently invited to present a paper at an international academic conference at the Vatican Museums in Rome. The conference was jointly sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and the Ethnological Museum of the Vatican Museums. Her paper explored Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater as an exemplar of artistic representation that weaves together the themes of art and nature in order to create a spiritual response to the natural world. The conference was held October 13-14. Genovese graduated from Saint Vincent as a double major with her B.A. in Art History and Anthropology. She is currently attending George Mason University for graduate studies in Art History.

Kerry Trowbridge, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and friend of Saint Vincent College, represented Saint Vincent at the inauguration of H. James Towey at Ave Maria University, Florida.

Please send address updates and your news to Mary Ann Dunlap in the Alumni Office: 724-805-2568 or email to [email protected].

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Gracie Eileen McKay

Rece Thomas Gorby with sister, Tatum.

Connor James Hennick

Brailey Marie Polo

Nicholas William Bachman

Ryan Jason Stephenson

Mollie Grace Gerhart

Gabrielle Genovese in Pompeii during her trip to the Vatican Museums.


CondolencesRev. Demetrius R. Dumm, O.S.B., P’40, C’45, S 48; Frederick D. Thomas, P’51, C’59; and Rev. Myron M. Kirsch, O.S.B., C’69, S’73, on the death of their brother and cousin, respectively, Rev. Wilfred M. Dumm, O.S.B., P’37, C’42, S’45, on September 23.

Robert R. Charlton, P’47, on the death of his identical twin brother, Albert Reynolds Charlton, P’47, on August 17.

Vincent N. Lepidi, C’50, on the loss of his wife, Josephine, on June 30.

Carl W. Klotz, P’53, on the loss of his wife, Loretta, on August 21.

Carl A. Masciantonio, C’57, and Nicholas D. Masciantonio, C’58, on the death of their son and nephew, respectively, Anthony C. Masciantonio, on November 22.

Rev. Sebastian A. Samay, O.S.B., C’54, S’59, on the death of his brother, Wulf Samay, on October 22.

Gabriel L. Guerrieri, C’63, S’67, on the death of his daughter, Kathleen O’Beirne, on April 29.

Roger P. Woodhour, C’64, on the loss of his father, Allen F. Woodhour, Ph.D., C’52, on October 3.

Robert W. Koch, C’65, on the death of his mother, Mary Muriel Koch, on November 10, 2010 at age 99 years.

Gregg A. Fiorina, P’70, on the death of his son, Benjamin L. Fiorina, who died September 8.

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Klinzing, S’71, on the death of his mother, Pearl Klinzing, on November 12.

Rev. Vincent dePaul Crosby, O.S.B., S’72, on the death of his mother, Lucille Crosby, on November 3.

James J. Gondek, C’72, on the death of his father, James A. Gondek, on October 10.

Thomas J. “Tim” Rennie, C’72, Paul R. Rennie, C’78, and James P. “Jake” Rennie, C 14, on the death of their father and grandfather, respectively, Thomas A. Rennie, on November 16.

Very Rev. Kenneth G. Zaccagnini, V.F., C’78, S’82, on the death of his mother, Louise Zaccagnini, on July 26.

Rev. James F. Podlesny, O.S.B., S’80, on the death of his mother, Mary Podlesny, on August 12.

Frank G. Novak, Jr., D.M.D., C’83, and Cameron J. Novak, C’00, on the death of their mother and grandmother, respectively, Estelle N. Novak, on August 17.

Rev. Frank E. Ziemkiewicz, O.S.B., S’84, on the death of his sister, Eleanor Maliszewski, on October 21.

Joseph M. Lutz, C’85, on the death of his father, Charles H. “Joe” Lutz, on October 13.

Leon Michael Yandura, C’94, on the death of his mother on January 15, 2011.

Lorel A. Eckert, C’96, on the loss of her father, Robert Burns, P 44, in July.

Michael Mercolini, C’00, on the death of his father, Alexander V. Mercolini, Jr., and uncle, Nicholas Mercolini, on February 20.

Mitchell J. Samick, C’03, G’05, and Katie (Newcomer) Samick, C’06, on the death of their father and father-in-law, respectively, George J. Samick, on November 4.

Joseph Kaili Finau, C’06, and Tara (Nolan) Finau, C’06, on the death of Joe’s step-father, Gerry Liner, Sr., on October 5.

Heather A. Rhea, C’09, and Michael Rhea, C 13, on the loss of their uncle, Stanley J. Bosco, C’84, on September 27.

Melissa Kaminski, C’10, on the death of her father, Vincent J. Kaminski, on December 17.

Shane M. Krinock, C’11, on the death of his father, Denis Krinock, on November 1.

Rev. Paschal A. Morlino, O.S.B., on the death of his mother, Marie Morlino, on August 16.

Coming Home To Saint VincentThe Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey

are pleased to announce the construction of the new Mary, Mother of Mercy Chapel and Mausoleum to be located at Saint Vincent Cemetery. The new Chapel and Mausoleum will serve as a sanctuary for prayer and remembrance of family members, alumni of Saint Vincent Prep, College and Seminary, Oblates, parishioners and friends from throughout the region.

Since the cemetery is part of the monastery grounds and is near the historic Archabbey Basilica, “coming home” includes remembrance in the daily prayers and Masses of the Benedictine Community. For those who choose to be buried elsewhere, a special memorial section has been established for remembrance, as a way of extending this perpetual “coming home” to all alumni and friends.

• Mausoleum Burial • In-ground Burial • In-ground burial of cremains • Alumni• Parishioners • Friends• Entombment of cremains • Military Veterans • Memorialize departed family members and loved

ones on the “Wall of Remembrance” The cemetery office has also developed a Catholic

Record file booklet to assist with pre-planning, which eliminates a burden for family members at an emotional time and ensures that final wishes are carried out in the Catholic tradition.

Cemetery Office • 300 Fraser Purchase Road • Latrobe • Pennsylvania • 15650 • 724-805-2651

www.saintvincentcemetery.com

New Chapel and Mausoleum


Benjamin Stoltzfus, C’06, and Christa Jo Phares on September 17 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, East Vandergrift.

Shannon B. Gregory, C’07, and Alexander P. Duranko, C’07, on September 17 at Saint Vincent Basilica with Fr. Thomas Curry, O.S.B., as celebrant.

April S. Andriscin, C’07, and Elias Wilson on December 11, 2010, at Saint Alphonsus Church, Springdale.

Megan Elizabeth Clark, C’08 and Shawn Nicholas Erney on November 12 at Saint Joseph’s Chapel, Seton Hill University. Roxanne Ruminski, C’08, was one of the bridesmaids and Sherrie Dunlap, C’09, was a reader.

Jessica Marie Marazza, C’09, and Matthew Stanziano, C 09, on August 20 at Saint Vincent Basilica with Fr. Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B., as celebrant.

Megan E. Kolar, C’10, and Justin P. Harris, C’10, on September 24, 2010 at Saint Vincent Basilica with Fr. Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., as celebrant.

Samantha J. Bowkley, C’10, and Joshua W. Trbovich, C’07, on October 15 at Saint Vincent Basilica.

MARRIAGESTheresa M. Palguta, C’95, and Raymond E. Grant on August 19 at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Somerset. The couple went on a honeymoon trip to Boston, and has a Caribbean cruise scheduled for February.

Jamie L. Friguglietti, C’99, and Frank W. Corteal on October 22 at Saint Rita’s Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville. The couple resides in Connellsville.

Dennis J. Fabrizi, II, C’00, and Jackie Simpson on October 1 at Saint Vincent Basilica with Fr. Thomas M. Hart, O.S.B., as celebrant.

Brienne Noelle Dvorsky, C’06, and Justin Peter Albert on September 3 at Saint Vincent Basilica.

Amanda Marie Cox, C’06, and Matt Ciocca. The newlyweds are making their home in Cranberry Township.

Stephen A. Fazzi, C’06, G’08, and Heather G. Kring on October 8 at Saint Vincent Basilica.

Laura M. Fedor, C’07, and David J. Baker, C’08, on July 30 at Saint Benedict Church with Fr. Martin Bartel, O.S.B., as celebrant. Shown in photo are (front) Emily Fedor, C’11; Matt Shirley, C’10; Kelly (Stoehr) Balta, C 08; Victor Pocius, C’08; Cara Kaufman, C’07; John Wojtila, C’07; Kara Shirley, C’07; Greg Spelar, C’08; (standing) Saint Vincent cross country coach Tom Harbert, Mary Ann Dunlap, Saint Vincent College Alumni Office, Shoko (Asakura) Nakai, C 05, and her daughter, Hatsune; Heather (Michna) Daymont, C’07; Amy Janocsko, C’08; Groom David Baker, C’08; Bride Laura (Fedor) Baker, C’07; Steve Dragan, C’08; Cherie Moats, C’10; Alicia Barnes, C’01; Kristy Hartbauer, C’07; Suzy (Mehalic) Person, C’96; and Mary Kate Connolly, C’07.

Josalyn Malesky, C’06, and Gregg Nallo on August 13 at Saint Vincent Basilica with Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., as celebrant. Saint Vincent alumnae in the wedding party included Beth Ann (Floro) Conway, C’06, as maid of honor and Trina Orlando, C 06, and Sara Green, C’06, as bridesmaids.

EngagementsRebecca Kowach, C’03, to Nicholas Mine, grandson of the late Lido P. Petrucci, C 40, on Thanksgiving morning. A summer 2012 wedding will be held in Pittsburgh.

Matthew D. Burkardt, C’05, to Rachael L. Battaglia. They will be married in November.

Brandon L. DePhillips, C’05, to Nicole DiSanto. A fall wedding is scheduled.

Nathan Harig, C’08, to Kristi Anne Gould. A summer wedding is planned.

Abby M. Feldbauer, C’09, to Christopher A. Zampogna, C’09. An August 4 wedding is planned at Queen of the World Church, St. Marys.

Lauren M. Lamendola, C’09, to Corey P. Churilla, C’09. A November 3 wedding is planned at Saint Killian’s Catholic Church, Mars.

Gabriel A. Jakubisin, C’10, to Lauren Schlieper, C 12. They will be married at Saint Vincent Basilica on June 16.

Brittany A. Vignero, C’10, to Frank T. Furfari, C’10. A December wedding is scheduled.

Julie Shannon, C’11, to Zachary Kupec, C’10. The wedding will be held on July 14.

Lauren Lamendola and Corey Churilla

The Bakers

The Erneys

JANUARYFEBRUARY

MARCH APRILMAY

JUNEJULY

AUGUSTSEPTEMBER

OCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER

Alumni Council Meeting, Saturday, February 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Fred Rogers Center, SVC.

Networking and Etiquette Dinner, Friday, March 30, 6-8 p.m., Fred Rogers Center, SVC.

Father Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B., Easter Ball, Saturday, April 14, 5-11 p.m., PNC Park,

Lexus Club, Pittsburgh.

Alumni Council Meeting, Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Fred Rogers Center, SVC.

Alumni Friends Golf Outings, Friday, June 1, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Latrobe Elks and Champion

Lakes Golf Club.

Prep School Reunion, Saturday, June 9, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Pleasure Acres Farm, New

Alexandria.

Bearcat Open Golf Outings, Friday, October 3-4, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Laurel Valley Golf Club.

SVC Homecoming, Friday-Sunday, October 5-7, All Day, SVC Campus.

Bookmark the website and check for updates!

Alumni Office 724-805-2568 [email protected]

Join Fr. Gilbert and fellow alumni at the Father Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B., Easter Ball on Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. at the Lexus Club at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Tickets are $125 per per-son, and can be purchased by contacting Mary Ann Dunlap at 724-805-2568, or via email at [email protected].

Proceeds from the ball are used to fund the Alumni Coun-cil Scholarship, which is award-ed to a junior or senior at the College.

Sunday, February 12th Bonita Springs Florida,

Hosted by Bonnie and Gerry Guz, C’63

Sunday, February 19th Palm Beach, Florida, Hosted by Kathleen and

Arthur J. Rooney, Jr., C’57The Beach Club

Wednesday, March 14th Harrisburg,

Best Western Premier, 800 East Park Drive,

Harrisburg PA, 17111

Thursday, April 12th Washington DC

The University Club, 1135 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington DC, 20036

Saturday, June 16th Bearcat Family Zoo Day

The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium

1 Wild Place Pittsburgh PA 15206

For more information contact the Alumni Office.

... is an elected body of individuals from the Prep, College and Seminary who share the common interest of helping Saint Vincent College. These men and women seek to

enhance the Saint Vincent Community and its alumni. We remain actively involved in those efforts. The Alumni Council invites you to join them in any of the many ways it contributes to the life of the College. Help us: welcome new

students to campus on Freshman move-in day; recognize outstanding alumni with the Alumni of Distinction and Athletic Hall of Fame awards; provide Alumni Scholarships to outstanding students; remember the Benedictine monks with our Cemetery Project. Council interacts with the current student body in a variety of programs throughout the year; interacts with other alumni at socials and events. Please, make yourself available for any or all of these activities and opportunities. Alumni Council is guided by a mission statement that recognizes its role to support the entire Saint Vincent Community and enrich the lives of the alumni worldwide. The membership of this group is based on being a student of the Prep, College or Seminary for one year or having received an honorary doctoral degree. We seek interested alumni who would like to aid us in those objectives. If you would like to be a part of the council, or know an alum who would, let us know via our web site or by contacting the Alumni Office.

President, Alumni CouncilLatrobe-area alumni meet on a regular basis for lunch on campus. The Latrobe area group meets on the second Friday of every month in the Metten Room at Saint Vincent College, from noon to 1 p.m. For more information contact the Alumni Office.

Greensburg-area alumni meet the third Tuesday of every month at Giannilli’s II, Route 30, Greensburg from noon to 1 p.m. Mark your calendars and join us!

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The Saint Vincent College Office of Multicultural Student Life sponsored a Day of Remembrance on Martin Luther King Day this year. Taking part in the day’s events were, from left, Stewart Hall, who will study education at Saint Vincent in the fall of 2012; Cornelius Boggs, a senior biology major; Charmaine Jemison, a senior liberal arts major; Janard Pendleton, C’ 01 , who is now a doctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh; Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., who celebrated a prayer service in the student chapel; and Jeffrie Mallory, C’06, Director of Multicultural Student Life, who helped plan the day’s events, which featured a talk by Pittsburgh NAACP chapter president M. Gayle Boggs, a dream center, prayer service, dinner, multimedia presentation and a re-creation of Dr. King’s historic speech.

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Saint Vincent Magazine Winter 2012