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4 Enhancing Student Services: Office Collaborations and Space Renovations Show Caldwell CARES

5 New Wellness Center, Learning Commons, and Center for Teaching and Learning

9 Alumna Shares Award-Winning Internship Program with Student

22 Historic Legacy Gift to Caldwell University

25 Nepal Earthquake Spurs Students to Act

28 Wins, Losses Shape Caswell into a Success

MANAGING EDITORJoseph Posillico

EDITORColette M. Liddy

WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Nancy BeckerMichael BressmanBeth GorabChristina HallBeth Kornstein Matt McLagan Jenny MundellJoanne P. Ryan

RESEARCH ASSISTANTKate Dassing

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Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip to Italy

Dominican Connection: Serving in Belize and Appalachia

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Dear Friends of Caldwell University,

In the last issue of our Caldwell University magazine, I wrote of the decennial Middle States accreditation visit scheduled for the spring. Nine visitors arrived on campus the afternoon of April 12 and departed after an oral exit report the morning of April 15. Caldwell University was found to have met all 14 standards for continued accreditation with only one recommendation that will be acted upon when the institution prepares its next report to the commission in five years. This is truly an affirmation of the institution’s excellence and its commitment to our mission and to our students and a testimony to the partnership that exists between our faculty and staff. A special note of gratitude is extended to Dr. Marie Mullaney, a professor in our Department of History and Political Science, who led the two-year process and oversaw the writing of the self-study document.

In April and again in May, earthquakes in excess of 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked Nepal, the country 35 of our current students and dozens of our alums call home. Although students were fortunate not to have lost immediate family members in the devastation which occurred, many students’ families were affected, losing their possessions. As an immediate response, the campus rallied to support our Nepalese students and assisted them in fundraising efforts to aid their country and the people who suffered losses. As of the writing of this letter, more than $16,000 was raised to support relief efforts in Nepal. Many alumni and friends of the university contributed to the students’ fund, and we are most appreciative of your support. Please continue to hold our students and their families, friends and neighbors in Nepal in your prayers as the country begins a long path to rebuild and recover.

As we look to the upcoming academic year, from November 2015 through February 2017, the 800-year anniversary of the founding of the Dominican Order will be celebrated. Caldwell University is preparing a rich series of events to be offered throughout this time. Please look at our website to see the schedule of offerings throughout these months. A highlight of this celebration will be a board and alumni trip to the “Lands of Dominic,” scheduled in May 2016 immediately after Caldwell’s commencement. Details about this trip can be found later in the magazine.

The first such Caldwell international alumni trip took place from May 25 through June 4 earlier this year when a group of alums, joined by vice president Kevin Boyle and his wife, my husband and me, enjoyed Dominican sites in Rome, Siena, Florence, and Bologna. Highlights included touring Catherine of Siena’s home, visiting the Florentine Convent of San Marco adorned with frescoes by Fra Angelico, and participating in the weekly papal audience in St. Peter’s Square and hearing Caldwell University’s name announced as one of the visiting groups. A special feature on this trip, complete with photos, can be found later in the magazine.

If you are on campus, please stop by our latest renovations in the Newman Center and in the Administration Building. The Wellness Center opened on the second floor of the Newman Center in late May, combining the services of the Counseling Center and Health Services. CARES, a one-stop shop, bringing together the registrar, bursar, financial aid and advising units, opened in the Administration Building immediately after graduation. Both of these renovations were undertaken to better serve students and utilize existing space on campus.

A special note of gratitude is extended to Sister Arlene Antczak, OP, who served as prioress of the Sisters of St. Dominic, the sponsoring congregation of Caldwell University, for the past 10 years and who completed her term in June. Congratulations are extended to Sister Patrice Werner, OP, who began serving her five-year term as prioress in July.

I’ll conclude my letter with a warm welcome to Dr. Barbara Chesler, the new vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Chesler joined the campus on June 15, coming to us from Columbus State in Georgia.

Best regards,

Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D., OPA President

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When students start the fall semester they will find it easier to access administrative services on campus through the recent collaboration of several offices. Along with construction that repurposed space in Aquinas Hall, the new Center for Advising, Records and Enrollment Services, known as the CARES center, has been created to better serve students. The center houses four departments that will work more effectively together in one common space. The center’s name reflects the fact that the university cares about its students and wants to make services as convenient as possible.

The offices in the center include academic advisement, registrar and institutional

research, and two enrollment service areas: the bursar and financial aid. “CARES is a one-stop-shop, multi-office concept with the aim of increasing student service,” explained Ian White, the university’s registrar. Plans for CARES came out of an analysis of student service data, which showed students wanted to stop running from office to office for different signatures. “This is an on-demand population,” said White. Other schools had success with this model, so Caldwell was excited about putting this together and alleviating the “bump-around,” he said.

Upon entering the massive space of CARES, students see a large self-service kiosk. There they can use computers to

register for courses, pay bills, access their unofficial transcripts, and check their class schedules and degree audits, which show their progress toward graduation.

They can also speak to four enrollment service representatives from the different areas. These employees are cross-trained in the four areas to answer student questions and to provide them with immediate assistance or expertise. It is “baseline triage,” said White. Behind those four employees are even more staff with specific expertise.

The aesthetics of the center make it a “showcase space for the university, a show stopper. It’s very vibrant,” said White.

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Further collaboration of office staff is occurring in the new Wellness Center on the second floor of the Newman Center, joining the body, mind and spirit by combining the Counseling, Health Services and Campus Ministry offices.

Robin Davenport, director of the Counseling Services Office, and Cindy Striano, director of the Health Services Office, are looking forward to providing holistic care to students and to having mental and physical care together in one department. “When you increase collaboration and proximity, students get a better quality of care … it’s a totally different vibe now,” said Striano. Davenport pointed out that research is clear about the mind/body connection when treating physical ailments and mental health issues, “so it makes sense to have the health and counseling services situated in the same location.”

Each year the two departments, in conjunction with the Office of Student Engagement, run a successful Put Stress to Rest Fair around finals time, said Davenport. “This interactive event introduces students to fun, stress-relieving activities such as massage, beading, pet therapy and dance that appeal to students’ physical and emotional well-being.”

With the offices housed in the same space—along with Campus Ministry, led by Chaplain Father Al Berner—it will be easier to plan new holistic programming that addresses the needs of the whole person, said Davenport.

There is a common waiting area with educational materials. Receptionists from Counseling and Health Services greet students. Striano said students may not be aware that no fee or insurance is required. “It is a great opportunity for students to get care in the ever-changing health care market.”

“This is a win-win for everyone,” said Joseph Posillico, vice president for enrollment management and communications. “The students benefit with better and more holistic services, and the university is able to also provide more housing opportunities for students.” The move of the Health Services office from Mother Joseph Residence Hall to the Newman Center allowed the repurposing of space to construct beautiful new dorm rooms to accommodate the university’s growing residential population. Posillico summed up the moves this way: “We owe it to our students to provide them the best services possible, and these two major initiatives will certainly do that.” n

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Learning Commons and Center for Teaching and LearningThe Jennings Library opened two new spaces in July: the Learning Commons and the Center for Teaching and Learning. The Learning Commons is designed to encourage collaboration and offers an array of seating options as well as academic support from the Writing Center and the library. The Commons is fully wireless, and with technology infused throughout, students can bring their own devices, borrow laptops or work together in specially equipped booths. The Center for Teaching and Learning is a new space adjacent to the Learning Commons that is specifically designed for faculty. It includes a resource center with access to the latest research and best practices in teaching and learning. It also provides meeting space and workspace for developing grant proposals, incubating research ideas and engaging in collaborative research with colleagues.

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When students say they don’t know what they want to do with their lives, Professor Domenic Maffei asks them, “How do you picture your day? Will it be working by yourself or with other people? Are you in a cubicle? Outside physically?”

“I tell them, ‘Your day is going to be your life, and that is everything. Picture what your day would be like, and then tailor your job to that.’”

Maffei loves his days as a political science professor. “It’s the day I want and the environment I want to be in,” he says. His expertise lies in theories about the effectiveness of international organizations and specifically the European Union, but he is quick to point out that his top priorities lie in teaching political science and doing that properly, through the lens of a strong liberal arts foundation.

He is passionate about the liberal arts and how they can prepare students for today’s global marketplace. Students majoring in political science or history at Caldwell will have the education and the skills they need to enter just about any field, he says. Politics, law and teaching are options—good ones— but a political science degree has value in other walks of life. The academic discipline provides the skill set that employers are looking for, Maffei says. Beyond learning about local, national and world events, students gain critical thinking, analytical, writing and communication skills. That’s the strength of the liberal arts, he says. “You are best able to make decisions with more information.” Information literacy is the key. “How do you gather information, organize it and then be able to present it back in a coherent way that can be useful in whatever area you’re in?” is how he describes the importance of critical thinking skills.

Maffei’s “day” takes him in a number of directions. Beyond teaching, he is chair of the Department of History and

Political Science, interim chair of the Department of Modern Languages, head of the individualized major program, pre-law advisor, and chair of the Faculty Commission on World Concerns. “My colleagues are the best, fantastic faculty, fantastic department … the people you work with are a big part of your life.”

The seeds of his interest in political science and his zeal for the liberal arts were planted by a professor when Maffei was a young undergraduate student doing poorly in his studies. He started college while playing bass guitar professionally in a rock band. He ended up on academic probation and kept switching majors. With no direction, he met with the head of academic advisement, who knew Maffei was smart.

“I would ace the hardest class but fail the easiest,” he says. That advisor gave him an edict. “Either drop out of school and play in the band or stop the band and go to school. You can’t do both.”

“That was fantastic advice because normally you would think people would say, ‘Well you can’t do this band nonsense. You have to stay in school,’” explained Maffei. “But instead he said, ‘Don’t divert your energies. Stick to one thing.’” He made the decision to stop playing in the band and to concentrate on academics. When the advisor gave him a schedule, Maffei found a political science course on the roster. He asked, “What’s political science?” The professor replied, “Shut up. Don’t worry about it. You have to take it.”

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“So I did and that was it,” said Maffei. “From the bachelor’s on, once I started going into political science, I knew I wanted to teach and get my Ph.D. I liked the teaching lifestyle.”

His role models have been musicians, British punk rock star Joe Jackson and American Todd Rundgren. “Music in general has shaped my opinions … but those two (artists) in particular. Their music is very political, has a very positive message in many ways. That has been very formative.”

Maffei’s life outside the classroom is spent with his wife—also a professor, in culinary arts—and his 13-year-old son. They look forward to their summers in Newfoundland, Canada, where they

have no phone or television, a cell phone which doesn’t work, and WiFi, which in a way “I wish didn’t (work),” he says.

After the summer Maffei is happy to get back to the classroom. When students in his classes start off “not showing you much,” he remembers his own road to discovery and that informs him. “You don’t let them slip. You watch them and intervene when you think necessary,” he says. It is most rewarding to see students who show that “for whatever reason, things click and they start going.”

“When you see the wheels turning, that’s the best feeling ever. You’re making a difference, even though we’re more like catalysts or enzymes; only facilitating their intellectual growth.” Teaching means getting involved, backing off and then letting the students go make a difference, Maffei says. “That’s a very important role.” n

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I tell them, ‘Your day is going to be your life, and that is everything. Picture what your day would be like, and then tailor your job to that.’

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Professor Jennifer Noonan’s vacations as a child were spent visiting Civil War sites. “My dad was a great history buff,” she says. “We went to almost every battlefield on the Eastern Seaboard.” To a 7- or a 12-year-old, all the battlefields looked the same. On a sweltering day in August “we’d be standing in an open field…my dad was so excited about the history that occurred on the site, but all we wanted to do was go to the pool,” she explains. Although as a child Noonan didn’t care much about visiting the sites, her father’s interest in history certainly rubbed off on her.

Noonan began studying the history of art as an undergraduate at the State University of New York in Stony Brook and loved it. “There is something incredibly amazing about the way art is expressive of different periods and cultures, but done in a way that’s also visually engaging.” Her professors’ passion and knowledge allowed her to understand history in a different way, and that led her to an appreciation for the history of art.

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She quickly learned she did not want to become an artist. “I wasn’t very good at studio art and I didn’t like getting messy.” And her original career goal was not teaching. She planned to become a curator. After graduating from the university, Noonan worked in the department of prints, drawings and photographs at the Brooklyn Museum. During that time she pursued graduate work at the City University of New York in Brooklyn. After she completed her M.A. in art history, her boss and mentor urged her to pursue a doctorate, which she did, attending Penn State where she received a fellowship at the university’s Palmer Museum of Art. As a result of work undertaken for a graduate research seminar while studying for her degree, Noonan was offered a research assistant position at the Philadelphia Art Museum.

After she had finished her coursework and research and had completed her fellowship, Noonan’s advisor asked her if she had ever considered teaching. “I became a teaching assistant, then taught my own class, and I realized that I absolutely loved it.” She taught courses at the Pratt Institute on the history of prints and drawings, and her decision to pursue an academic career was cemented.

Noonan has great enthusiasm for bringing art history to life in the classroom. As part of the humanities, art history can help students “understand history, culture and the commonalities of human experience.” She believes that “by studying works of art, which are primary sources, students learn to analyze forms, think critically about what they are seeing and articulate their thoughts.” These skills are applicable to all disciplines and industries. “I read that people in business are saying they want critical thinking and analytic skills, and in the humanities you gain and refine those abilities. Art history is just one of many areas in the humanities that allow for such development.”

She realizes that getting students to appreciate art in a fast-paced, image-saturated world is not without challenges. Art involves “slow looking,” but when that occurs, students gain an appreciation for art and culture throughout history. Students may find cultures from 2500 B.C. distant from their own experiences, but there are “some shared practices in culture” that unite the human experience, and Noonan works at getting students to recognize and appreciate them. She sees that happen when students propose their own interpretations of art based on their experiences and knowledge. “When students bring their learning to bear, offer such a reading and even ask a question that I can’t answer, the real education begins. It’s engaging for everyone and I continue to learn.”

In addition to teaching, Noonan enjoys traveling and taking students on short-term study-abroad educational opportunities. She and History Professor Benjamin Lammers have led trips to Berlin and Spain, and they plan to run another to Amsterdam in the spring of 2016. “Students learn about the history and art of another culture, and they become thoroughly engaged when they experience it first hand while traveling abroad.” The trips allow them to gain independence by learning to negotiate a city on their own, mastering the mass transit system, figuring out how to communicate with people

who don’t speak their language and even ordering food, she says. “It is exciting and gratifying when students return with great experiences, newly forged friendships and the desire to travel again.”

Learning and discovering are ongoing processes for Noonan, and she continues to engage in research and scholarship. In 2014 she published an article on artist Bruce Connor’s work in the Print Quarterly, a leading international journal focused on the history of printmaking. She returned to Venice this summer to continue research

on the art exhibit at the 1970 Venice Biennale, and she plans a book about the subject. In May she spoke at the Tate Gallery in London on the topic.

She thinks back on those trips with her father, mother, brothers and sisters to the battlefields in the heat of the summer and knows the apple does not fall far from the tree. Even in families history repeats itself: “I’m a historian; my brother’s a historian and a teacher. I’m sure my father found much satisfaction in my interest in history and learning about past cultures.” n

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I became a teaching assistant, then taught my own class, and I realized that I absolutely loved it.

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Dr. Jennifer Noonan, associate professor of art history, using new state-of-the-art laser projection technology.

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Alumna Shares Award-Winning Internship Program with Caldwell University StudentDriving through Tilcon NY Inc.’s Mount Hope Quarry is a little like driving onto the moon. A vast landscape of rock face overlooking mounds of mined aggregate materials, continuously processed by giant, spider-like machinery, the 600-acre mining facility is like something out of a 1980s science fiction flick about lunar colonies. A far cry from Caldwell University’s pristine, wooded campus (though it’s only about 17 miles away), this is where Caldwell University student Shyam Sharma spent his summer break as Tilcon NY Inc.’s first human resources intern.

Sharma, a junior at Caldwell, hails from Lodi, New Jersey. Recently elected president of the Caldwell University Student Government Association, Sharma learned of the internship opportunity through the Caldwell University Business Advisory Council through which he was introduced to Caldwell alumna, and Veritas Award winner, Anne Poltorak ’78. Poltorak, human resources manager for Tilcon NY Inc., who has served on the council, helped to create the award-winning internship program to fill a gap in the talent pool.

“It was a struggle for us to attract qualified candidates to this area,” she noted, “especially when the bigger mining and engineering schools are out of state. In addition, it’s not a glamorous industry. You’re outside. It’s hot one day, cold the next, dirty and dusty.” Poltorak described many instances in which the company would hire qualified candidates for positions, only for those employees to leave within months thanks in large part to the high cost of living and the quick-paced lifestyle for which the tristate area is known. “Folks just didn’t want to stick around when they saw the housing prices and taxes.” The solution, the company found, was to look to local talent and introduce them to the industry. Now the company works with local schools with hard-hitting engineering programs like Rutgers University and NJIT.

The program offers students, ideally beginning the summer between their freshman and sophomore years, the opportunity for hands-on training at work sites. Between their sophomore and junior

years, students get more technical training, and finally, between their junior and senior years, they learn about the back-office operations, like finance and accounting. The program thus provides students with a well-rounded introduction to mining operations, while giving the company an opportunity to decide if the interns would be a good fit as full-time employees upon graduation. Most of them are, and many of the supervisors on staff came up through those ranks.

When Tilcon NY Inc.’s New Jersey president Sean O’Sullivan, wanted to expand the program to include human resources, Poltorak jumped at the chance to look to Caldwell University for qualified candidates. “I know the values and the type of education Caldwell University instills in its students,” explained Poltorak, who holds a degree in business administration. “The liberal arts-based education I received at Caldwell helped open my eyes to so many different areas. I wasn’t just focused on one thing, and I could take the skills I learned with me. I know that education prepared me to take on everything I have had to do, even now. So when I told my president I was going to look at my alma mater first, he told me he would expect nothing less from me.”

Sharma feels strongly that he will benefit from his experiences with Tilcon NY Inc. Majoring in business administration with minors in marketing, pre-law and political science, Sharma jumped at the chance to train in such a diverse climate with a successful alumna. “Everyone here has been great and I’m experiencing new things every day,” he said. From designing informational brochures to compiling data for labor negotiations, Sharma is gaining real-world, practical skills. He too credits his ability to move easily between various tasks to the type of education he is receiving at Caldwell University and refers to Caldwell graduates as “amazing products.”

Indeed, Caldwell University continues to pride itself on its amazing products. “As alumni leaders continue to distinguish themselves through support to their

alma mater, Caldwell University keeps growing stronger,” said Kevin Boyle, vice president for development and alumni affairs. “Bringing internship opportunities to our students is one way alumni can have a direct impact on the lives of our students. We know for a fact that Anne’s contribution to Shyam’s education will only bolster the likelihood of his success in the future. We are proud of such connections and look forward to the day students who are currently benefiting from these opportunities, like Shyam, return to Caldwell as alumni to give back in their own ways.”

In the meantime, Sharma, who is set to graduate in 2017, will work hard and continue to take advantage of the opportunities before him while shooting for (or working from) the moon. n

— Jenny Mundell

Internship opportunities are available to students of all majors and in a limitless variety of fields. To learn more about how you can connect with qualified students to fill internship opportunities in you organization, contact the Career Planning and Development Office at 973-618-3290 or careers@caldwell.edu.

Sharma overlooking active mining operations at Tilcon NY Inc.’s Mount Hope Quarry. The quarry produces aggregate materials used in asphalt, electric wiring, toilets, gutters, nails, door knobs, sewer pipes, toothpaste, water glasses, pencils and baby powder. The materials mined from Mount Hope Quarry are all (quite literally) made in the USA.

Sharma and Anne Poltorak ’78 at Tilcon NY Inc.’s New Jersey corporate office.

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Once Monique Pineros ’12 had the chance to shadow physical therapists there was no turning back in her career choice. A student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Quinnipiac University’s School of Health Sciences in North Haven, Connecticut, Pineros has set her sights on helping people rehabilitate through the science of physical therapy.

“I wanted to do something with my hands,” says Pineros, who has been playing piano since she was five years old. She did not simply want to write scripts, but instead hoped to provide a holistic approach to disease and injury.

Pineros is a graduate research assistant in the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Quinnipiac, helping the department chairman by researching information for strategic planning projects and providing Spanish translation for the uninsured at the Community Access Imaging Clinic in New Haven County. She was the recipient of a 2014 Health Research and Educational Trust health career scholarship from the New Jersey Hospital Association.

In January she was selected to serve on a mission trip to Guatemala with 16 other therapists and students who are studying occupational therapy or physical therapy at Quinnipiac. “Ten days of life-changing experiences” is how she describes the adventure. She provided translation services during evaluations, treatment sessions and follow-up appointments between patients and their families and the therapist and student teams at Centro Pavarotti and the Instituto Neurologico de Gautemala and worked with patients with cancer at the Instituto de Cancerologia y Hospital. She assisted professionals and students in treating children and teens with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and malnourishment and growth issues, and adults who were untreated stroke victims.

Team members implemented an exercise and dance program in the women’s cancer ward. Lacking resources, they became creative in making modified tools like back supports, weights and bolsters from items like empty water bottles, rice, cloth, therabands and more. “We take so much

of the basics for granted,” like having bed sheets or walkers, says Pineros. Seeing how grateful the patients were, making them smile and brighten up, gave her joy and made her realize “how lucky we are.”

In May she returned to Guatemala for a week for a capstone project she is working on comparing health care system disparities between the U.S. and Guatemala. She is also working with a team to compile essays and interviews from people in the country for a monograph geared at repairing relationships.

The liberal arts foundation Pineros gained at Caldwell University benefits her work in physical therapy. The “link never breaks ...

Caldwell gave me a solid foundation for this career.”

“The liberal arts made me aware of everyday humanities. I’m using that information in physical therapy,” because the work is “socially driven,” she says. Caldwell was the “best thing that ever happened to me.” The family environment, excellent advisors, and good and understanding professors helped her at every point in pursuing her bachelor’s degree.

P.T. was not always on her radar. In fact, Pineros wanted to become a physician. From the time she was a student at Mother Seton Regional High School in Clark, New Jersey,

every birthday, she’d make a wish to become a doctor. She worked hard as a biology major at Caldwell and started medical school after graduation, only to learn quickly that this was not where she was supposed to be. She wants to share

those life lessons with other students. “Set a goal. Get as much experience outside that goal as possible; it could give you more options if the main objective does not work out. Be open to change.” And that’s where the liberal arts come in handy. “Give

yourself permission to try something new,” she says.

Her new goal has been more rewarding than she could have imagined; Pineros plans to work in the outpatient setting, get her board certification as an orthopedic clinical specialist and start her own practice. Most gratifying of all is being a “bridge” for patients, helping them gain a better quality of life and establishing meaningful relationships with them. Seeing the joy on their faces and the physical and emotional changes is “akin to the butterfly’s metamorphosis,” she says. “The culture of physical therapy is just different.” n

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MONIQUE PINEROS ’12: Liberal Arts Foundation Supports Her Physical Therapy Studies

The liberal arts made me aware of everyday humanities. I’m using that information in physical therapy.

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Monique Pineros ’12 on a mission trip in Guatemala.

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Caldwell University welcomed Dr. Barbara Chesler as its new vice president for academic affairs on June 15. Bringing more than 30 years of experience in education, working as a faculty member and in administration, Chesler was drawn to Caldwell because of its focus on the “whole student.” She wanted to work at a place that nurtures students to grow to be responsible adults who want to give back to society in service.

Her priority is to get to know Caldwell and “the culture that the faculty aspires to create and to support the president’s goals,” she says. “I want to be a listener for the first three months and form my goals of how I can help move the institution forward at this critical point in higher education.”

She brings a breadth and depth of experience in working with academic budgets, online programs, institutional accreditation and assessment, guiding and

motivating faculty, and understanding the relationship between the liberal arts and professional programs.

While associate provost at Coastal Carolina University, Chesler was a liaison between the academic and student affairs sides, which taught her much about how to look

at the whole student, especially when he or she is having problems. It is important, she says, to help them “figure out their passion” and mentor those who have the capacity to finish. In particular, she likes working with first-generation and minority students. “We need to do a better job of reaching out to those who maybe just need to be connected to one person on campus who can help them and help them navigate their journey.”

Chesler, who at one time was a first-grade teacher, says she looks at the entire student, not just the academics. “An educator is a nurturer, which is a skill needed for the role I play at Caldwell University.”

She is grateful to everyone who, from the first day she has been on the job, has been supportive. “I am excited about the many possibilities we will have to work together to sustain the growth of the institution … and help it stay strong in its mission.” n

Caldwell University Welcomes Dr. Barbara Chesler as Vice President of Academic Affairs

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FACULTY AND STAFF AWARDSVirginia Rich, M.A., J.D., professor of business, received the Caldwell Cup. Created in 1987, the cup is awarded to the employee who has made a unique contribution to the campus, has exhibited a superior professional approach that goes beyond mere job description and that uniquely benefits Caldwell, and whose positive influence demonstrably affects the university community.

Thomson Ling, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and counseling, received the Excellence in Teaching Award. Each year the university presents the award to a faculty member who best exhibits excellence in teaching, passion and enthusiasm for learning, and concern for students’ academic and personal growth.

Sharon Kievet, assistant to the president and events manager, was presented with the Mission in Action Award, which recognizes the extraordinary contributions and quality service of staff and acknowledges their integral role in advancing the university’s mission.

Kenneth F. Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D, professor of applied behavior analysis, was awarded the Alvin R. Calman Endowed Chair for a second term. The selection for this honor is based primarily on the faculty member’s prior scholarly activity as well as on the potential for continued high levels of scholarly activity.

Members of the Caldwell University community were honored with the New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson awards for public service on June 8 for their work on the Paper Mill Playhouse Autism Advisory Team. Adjunct Applied Behavior Analysis Professor Linda S. Meyer, ABA doctoral student Kelly A. Carlile, ABA master’s alum Jeffrey Jacobs and master’s student Erin Chambers were recognized for their work in coordinating autism-friendly performances at the Paper Mill. Performances are designed and intended for families with children having autism or other developmental disabilities. The award was introduced by Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian with Acting Gov. Kim Guadagno and television host Steve Adubato participating in the presentation.

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Caldwell University IN THE MEDIA

President Nancy Blattner was a guest on “Caucus: New Jersey” with Steve Adubato, discussing higher education and affordability. Dr. Blattner, who recently became a member of the Governor’s Commission on Affordability in Higher Education, was joined on the panel by Roger Michaud of Franklin Templeton, Gabrielle Charette of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority and New Jersey State Senator Tom Kean Jr. Dr. Blattner was also a guest on “New Jersey Capitol Report” with Adubato to talk about her work on the commission.

Numerous media outlets including NBC 4 New York and NJ.Com reported on Alumnus Mark Mautone’s visit to the White House on April 29 for a ceremony where President Obama honored the state teachers of the year and the national teacher of the year. Mautone, who holds an M.A. in applied behavior analysis from Caldwell, is New Jersey Teacher of the Year. He teaches preschool children on the autism spectrum at Wallace Elementary School in Hoboken. Mautone was also interviewed on Relevant Radio (1430 AM in the New York market) in April, Autism Awareness Month, on how he has developed technology to help children on the spectrum prepare to attend Mass and make their first Communion.

Sharp Electronics recently produced a video on Caldwell University’s use of the Aquos board interactive display systems and professional boards for the learning, teaching and business environments. Featured in the video are Don O’Hagan, chief information officer at Caldwell University, who oversaw the project to bring the boards to campus, Heather Cook, Learning Commons librarian, Bob Mann, chair of the Communication and Media Studies Department, and Kathleen Flynn ’15, student government president for 2014-15.

NBC 4 New York, WOR 710, News 12 New Jersey, NJ.Com, and several other media outlets reported on Caldwell University’s program and candlelight walk on April 29 to support its Nepalese students and alumni and to generate humanitarian support for the people of Nepal following the devastating earthquake that occurred in that nation on April 25.

News 12 New Jersey reported on Caldwell University’s spring break experience to help rebuild homes in Appalachia and on Vilma Mueller, director of graduate studies, being featured in North Jersey Woman magazine’s cover story.

Communication and Media Studies Professor Bob Mann’s SiriusXM Radio show “Let’s Consider the Source” now airs on the new “SiriusXM Insight” channel on Mondays at 6 p.m. eastern standard time on Channel 121. “Let’s Consider the Source” is produced by the Communication and Media Studies Department at Caldwell University.

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FOUNDER’S DAY 2015 SHOWCASES UNVEILING OF NEW HISTORY WALLThis year’s Founder’s Day celebration was held on March 25, and among the highlights was the unveiling of the colorful new history wall in the Student Center. “The Legacy Continues” wall features a display documenting Dominican history from the 13th century, the history of Caldwell University, academic milestones, student life and campus expansion.

Other activities that day included a discussion and book signing with Jo Piazza, author of “If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission,” a commuter breakfast, Mass, employee service awards, a luncheon, and lacrosse and softball games.

Communication Professor Steve Cameron rides to work every day, 11.3 miles each way. The 45 to 55 minutes of travel are a time of “uninterrupted thought,” providing a chance to “rehearse my lessons on the way in” and to “rehash, refine them on the way home,” he says. Professor Cameron has been riding to work for 20 years, even before he came to Caldwell. He is not a cyclist per se, but he sees this means of transportation as better than a car. “I would walk if it were closer,” he says. But make no mistake, “it’s hard work.” Both trips end in upward climbs and this is New Jersey, so “it’s a full-time endeavor to avoid being hit and to remain in one piece.” But he rides because it’s ecologically sound, easier than driving, and keeps him healthy. “The doctor and my family are always happy.”

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Caldwell University celebrated its 73rd annual commencement May 17 in the George R. Newman Center. For the first time in its history, Caldwell held two ceremonies—a graduate and an undergraduate ceremony—due to the institution’s growth.

Laura Schreiber delivered the student address at the graduate commencement ceremony. Schreiber, who received an M.A. in counseling with mental health/art therapy concentration, cited a 2013 Time magazine article in which writer Joel Stein described millennials as lazy, entitled and narcissistic. “Thankfully, I know that this assessment of our generation is not true in its entirety,” she said. Schreiber dared her fellow graduates to “boldly and practically” prove Stein and the magazine wrong by embracing five “truly challenging tasks.” Those tasks, she said, are to “courageously reject apathy … guard your time fiercely, yet still be generous with it … feel deeply … build community right where you are, and practice daily gratitude.”

Kathleen Flynn delivered the student address at the undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Flynn, who received a B.A. in communication arts and political science, compared the students’ journey to the growth of a flower. “Four years ago, when we chose Caldwell University, we planted a proverbial seed on this campus …Today is the celebration of our blossoming.”

An honorary degree was presented to philanthropist Michael Kambourakis, who was integral to the founding of two nonprofits: the SEARCH Day program in Ocean, New Jersey, which assists those on the autism spectrum, and the Dominican

Republic Relief Organization, which helps the thousands of displaced Haitians who moved to

the Dominican Republic after the 2010 earthquake. Kambourakis, who is president and owner of Terzako Furs in Caldwell, told the students to lend a hand to the less fortunate and to be humanitarians.

“Dream big dreams, but don’t be a dreamer,” he said. “Be a doer.”

Three-hundred eighty-four students received undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees. President Nancy H. Blattner presented doctoral students with their Ph.D.s and graduate students with their Master of Arts, Master of Business Administration or Master of Science degrees. She presented undergraduates with their Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees.

“It is a day of great joy and pride for the faculty, staff and administration of Caldwell as we send forth our 73rd class of graduates to make a positive impact upon the world,” she said.

Caldwell awarded a posthumous degree to the family of Dustin Picillo at honors convocation on April 28. Dr. Blattner presented Dustin’s parents, Tony and Andrea, his brothers Nicholas and Taylor, and his aunt, Caldwell Dominican Sister Lena Picillo, with Dustin’s diploma for a B.S. in accounting. n

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Dream big dreams, but don’t be a dreamer, be a doer.“ ”

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Caldwell University students had life-changing experiences on service trips to a remote village in Belize during winter break and to Appalachia during spring break. In Belize, the students and staff chaperones spent nine days in January rebuilding a church with limited tools, making friends with villagers, sharing games with children, and learning a little more about what is most important to them in life.

During spring break, students and staff repaired the substandard homes of low-income families in eastern Kentucky at

WorkFest, an initiative of the Christian Appalachia project.

On both trips, they were struck by how people can be so joyful despite having so little materially. Student Aristedes Giron, who volunteered in Kentucky, came away with a sense that people don’t need all the things they think they do. “Most important is a roof over your head, good people in your life and some good food… there is no connection like a human connection.”

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Celebrating the ArtsA HISTORY OF CALDWELL UNIVERSITY VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS 1939-2014

As part of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Art Department, a book telling the story of the visual arts at Caldwell University will be available this fall. The anniversary coincides with the 40th anniversary of the college’s becoming New Jersey’s first higher education institution to be certified to offer the bachelor of fine arts degree and the ending of the 75th anniversary celebration of the founding of Caldwell College for Women. These milestones highlight the commitment of the university’s founders, the Sisters of Saint Dominic, to make the arts integral to its educational mission. This history celebrates these milestones as well as the students, alumni, administration, trustees and benefactors whose talents, leadership and generosity made them possible. The telling of the story of the visual arts at Caldwell University is augmented with color photographs of major events, persons and artworks that adorn our beautiful campus.

— By Joanne Ryan, O.P.A., Ph.D.

Tim Kessler-Cleary, director of student engagement, on a service trip in Belize.

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Serving in Belize and Appalachia

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Emma Clarke, student, enjoys a moment with one of the children in Belize.

The Caldwell group with the villagers in Belize.

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faculty & staff notesPresident Nancy Blattner was appointed by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto as the sole independent college/university president to serve on the Governor’s Commission on Affordability in Higher Education. She was elected as vice chair/chair elect of the American Council on Education’s Council of Fellows in Washington, D.C., and she received the 2015 Community Service Leader Award from the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex.

President Nancy Blattner and Margaret A. House, vice chancellor, Leeds Trinity University in the United Kingdom, signed a memorandum of understanding in January inaugurating a new exchange opportunity for the students and staff of each institution. In addition to providing study abroad options, the two universities agreed to identify areas where students and staff can work together to promote international excellence in higher education.

James Flynn, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, attended the Aquinas and Philosophy of Nature conference at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, New York, in June. It was sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, the Thomistic Institute of the Dominican House of Studies, and the Catholic and Dominican Institute of Mount Saint Mary’s College.

Dr. Laura Greenwald, professor of music, and Alison Self, administrative assistant in the Departments of English, History and Political Science, performed with Schola Cantorum on Hudson in March in the East Coast premiere of John Muehleisen’s oratorio “Pietà.”

Robert Ingoglia, Ph.D., instructor in the Department of History and Political Science, published four reviews in the American Library Association’s Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. The reviews, which appeared in March, May and June, were of Emily Albu’s “The Medieval Peutinger Map: Imperial Roman Revival in a German Empire,” published by Cambridge University Press in 2014; Johannes Fried’s “The Middle Ages” (Harvard, 2015); Dexter Hoyos’s “Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage

at War” (Oxford, 2015), and the Internet resource Monastic Matrix: A Scholarly Resource for the Student of Women’s Religious Communities from 400 to 1600 CE by the Ohio State University Department of History.

Janet S. Chance-Hetzler, assistant professor of nursing, DNP, MSN, APN-BC, ACNS-BC, AOCNS, CNE, achieved her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dr. Joanne Jasmine, professor of education, and Meghan Connolly, graduate of the M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction

program, recently published the article “The Use of Multisensory Approaches during Center Time, through Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic-Tactile Activities, to Enhance Spelling Accuracy of Second-Grade Students” in the Journal of Education and Social Policy. Dr. Jasmine and Dr. Edith Ries, Ed.D., professor of education, presented their workshop “The Marriage of Fiction and Non-Fiction to Address the Common Core” at the New Jersey Education Association’s annual conference in November 2014. Dr. Jasmine presented her workshop “If You Have the Time, Preschoolers Have the Answer” at the annual conference of the New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children in October 2014.

Kathleen Ann Kelley, assistant professor of nursing, received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Loyola University, New Orleans.

Dr. Mary Lindroth, Ph.D., professor of English and chair of the English Department, moderated the panel “‘Love Among the Ruins’: Human Connection and Social Disintegration in Three Modern Plays by Frank McGuinness, Charles Mee and Sam Shepard” at the New Jersey College English Association at Seton Hall University on March 28. Panel participants included

Dr. Trish Verrone, Ph.D., professor of English (“Making Peace: Shared Humanity Trumps Political Divisiveness in Frank McGuinness’ ‘Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me’”), Dr. Mary Lindroth (“Exploding the Marriage Plot: Gender Wars in Charles Mee’s ‘Big Love’”), Dr. Doug Anderson, Ph.D., associate professor of English (“Home, Hospital, Highway: the Search for Love and Meaning in Sam Shepard’s ‘Heartless’”). Undergraduate English major Michelle Mione, Dr. Anderson and Dr. Mary Lindroth presented papers at the Pippi to Ripley 3/ITHACON Conference at Ithaca College May 1-2. Mione’s paper was titled “From Competition to Companionship: The Transformation of the Villainess in ‘Maleficent.’” Lindroth’s was “Katniss Everdeen and the Contested Meaning of Female Empowerment,” and Anderson’s was “Reading, Writing and Women’s ‘Supapawa!’ in Ruth Ozeki’s ‘A Tale for the Time Being.’”

Communication and Media Studies Department Chair Bob Mann received a first-place award from the Garden State Journalists Association

in the broadcast talk radio category for his WFDU Radio show on “Of Mutual Concern—Bullying.” Mann, Nick Amabile, communications studio manager, and John Yurko, professor of communication arts, received the second-place award for the Caldwell University SiriusXM show “Let’s Consider the Source with Mike Kelly.” Mann is the host and produces the program along with Amabile, and Yurko associate produces. “Let’s Consider the Source” airs on SiriusXM Insight.

Mary Ann B. Miller, Ph.D., professor of English, was awarded an honorarium and a travel stipend to participate on a panel and host a poetry reading at the conference “The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination” held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February

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19-21. The conference was sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC and was led by Dana Gioia, a former director of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sister Barbara Moore, O.P., D. Min., offered a workshop on the Old Testament for the Archdiocese of Newark’s catechetical training program “Spotlight” at Blessed Sacrament Church in Roseland in April. In March sister facilitated an evening of reflection on the book of Job at the Lumen Center at the Caldwell Dominican Sisters’ motherhouse.

Jenny Mundell, director of alumni affairs, presented at the CASE District II Conference in Washington, D.C., in January on creating partnerships between alumni and students.

David Petriello, adjunct lecturer in history, has written a book titled “The Military History of New Jersey,” which was published by the History Press in 2014.

Marnie Sperling, assistant professor of nursing, was elected to the board of governors of the American Society of Forensic Odontology. She presented at the Academy of Forensic Sciences with her poster work “What you see is not always what you should believe, inconsistencies commonly seen in antemortem dental charting.”

Ruth M. DeBar, BCBA-D, associate professor of applied behavior analysis, was a co-author of three research papers presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in San Antonio. She was also a co-author of two research papers presented at Drexel University’s Applied Behavior Analysis Research Day in Philadelphia. DeBar presented an invited webinar on reinforcement procedures with Caldwell Ph.D. in ABA graduate Megan Borlase to the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia in Sidney, Australia.

April N. Kisamore, Ph.D., BCBA-D, assistant professor of applied behavior analysis, co-authored a study, “The effects of multiple exemplar instruction on the relation between listener and intraverbal

categorization repertoires,” that was recently published in the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Kisamore was a co-author of five research papers presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in San Antonio. She was also a co-author of two research papers presented at Drexel University’s Applied Behavior Analysis Research Day in Philadelphia.

Kenneth F. Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D, the Alvin R. Calman professor of applied behavior analysis, was an invited speaker at the annual Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He spoke about critical thinking and its role in behavior analysis. He also chaired a symposium at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in San Antonio on the use of equivalence-based instruction to teach academic content to college students. Reeve was an invited panel member at the ABAI conference discussing the interaction of language and concept formation research. He also co-authored four research papers presented at the ABAI conference with his graduate students and with ABA faculty member colleagues. Finally, he co-authored a research paper with his doctoral student Leif Albright and ABA faculty members Sharon Reeve and April Kisamore on teaching statistics to college students that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Sharon A. Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D, professor of applied behavior analysis, was an invited speaker at the annual Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Reeve spoke about her research on teaching social and play skills to children with autism. She also chaired a symposium at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in San Antonio on the use of staff training procedures. Reeve also co-authored three research papers presented at the ABAI conference.

Tina M. Sidener, Ph.D., BCBA-D, associate professor of applied behavior analysis, was an invited speaker at the annual Texas Association for Behavior

Analysis conference in Houston. She spoke about establishing effective reinforcers for children with autism. Two of her graduate students were winners of the Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group’s annual student research competition at the Association for Behavior Analysis International in San Antonio. M.A. in ABA graduate Erin Sainsbury won for her study “A Discrimination Training Procedure to Establish Praise as a Conditioned Reinforcer for Children with Autism,” and ABA doctoral student Heather Pane won for her study “Social Stories™ with Children with Autism: Functional Analysis, Treatment Preference, and Maintenance.” Sidener also served as a discussant for a research poster session and co-authored four other research papers presented at the ABAI conference with her graduate students and ABA faculty colleagues.

Jason C. Vladescu, Ph.D., BCBA-D, assistant professor of applied behavior analysis, published a study titled “Evaluating the emergence of reverse intraverbals in children with autism” in the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior with M.A. in ABA graduate Alicia Allan and ABA faculty members April Kisamore, Sharon Reeve and Tina Sidener. Vladescu also gave an invited talk at Central Michigan University on professional advancement for recent graduates. He gave an invited teleconference presentation to Wright State University with his doctoral student Antonia Giannakakos on myths and applications of applied behavior analysis. Vladescu also gave an invited presentation to the Alpine Learning Group in Paramus, New Jersey, with his student Casey Nottingham on teaching procedures for children with autism. He served as a discussant for a research poster session and co-authored five research papers presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International conference in San Antonio.

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Actress Beth Fowler is thrilled for Caldwell University students. “You are here now, inheriting what has been before. You can’t get rid of that thing. You are with good people,” she told a packed house of students, alumni, faculty, staff and administration on Caldwell’s campus. Fowler knows about that “thing,” the fabric of Caldwell University. “I’m a great champion of a liberal arts education,” she says, recalling her experience as a music student at Caldwell College for Women. The sisters saw the talents she had, and it was a “warm, welcoming experience here … with a lot of mothers who were sisters.”

Fowler visited Caldwell on March 11 for the Veritas Lecture Series, a question-and-answer session moderated by Professor Bob Mann, chairman of the Communication Arts Department.

A performer on Broadway, in Hollywood and on television, Fowler stars as Sister Ingalls in the Netflix original series “Orange Is the New Black” for which she and her fellow cast members received the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

She is perhaps best known for her more than a dozen roles on Broadway, where she has been nominated twice for a Tony Award—in “The Boy from Oz,” opposite Hugh Jackman, and as Mrs. Lovett in the 1989 revival of “Sweeney Todd.” She originated the role of Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast” in New York and Los Angeles, for which she won the Ovation Award.

But acting was not Fowler’s original goal. She came to Caldwell College intending to enter the convent, but life took a different direction and she taught grammar school after college.

Fowler recalled how she started with community theater and went to an open call two years later. “There were many, many, many small jobs where I had to leave home and do regional work,” she said of her acting career. She lived at home until age 35 when she married John Witham, also an actor. Fowler knew her college degree could help her in lean times. “I had skills. I used to say, ‘I could always go back to teaching.’”

“Every profession, if you want to succeed has its own difficulties,” she said. For

those who want to pursue acting, “I would admonish you to be aware you have to do something else to fill in the blanks.”

Asked to name her role model, Fowler she had been very blessed to have a number of people who inspired her. “There are special people in this world.” One person who never let her down was actor Hugh Jackman, “a wonderful, good person, always genuine, never ‘on,’” she said.

Since Caldwell University’s mission is veritas and the pursuit of truth, “What is it that an actor can bring to the pursuit of truth?” asked Mann. “An actor reflects humanity and lets the audiences see themselves,” responded Fowler.

Alumna Beth Fowler ’62 Takes Center Stage at Veritas Lecture Series

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Beth Fowler ’62 with President Nancy Blattner, Katie Flynn ’15, Sean Puzzo ’17 and Sarah Royse ’15.

Fowler with Sister Doris Bowles ’52 and Sister Catherine Waters ’62.

Fowler speaking at the Veritas Lecture.

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She is proud to be a “Caldwell College slash University” alum, she said, and had seen how the liberal arts had benefited her life and her career. “Everyone’s life is informed by culture,” and the humanities have “got to be informing every technical class you take,” she told the students.

Fowler was also grateful for the influence of the sisters. Acknowledging Sister Doris Ann Bowles, her teacher at St. Mary’s High School in Rutherford, who was in the audience, Fowler said sister was the only acting teacher she ever had. Sister knew Fowler was terrified of giving speeches, but also knew she was family-oriented. The sister told her, “Just remember every audience you will encounter is somebody’s daughter, son, mother, father, grandfather, etc.” Clearly the encouragement paid off.

For Caldwell University students like Melanie Negron, a senior, it was inspiring to hear Fowler’s remarks. “All her stories were hilarious, and it was good to hear the backside of being an actor,” said Negron, who is in the choir and the band. She was “candid and honest,” said Naomi Touchstone, a sophomore, who is also in the choir.

Senior Angela Cirillo said Fowler’s remarks resonated with her since she is studying to be a teacher and is also a performer. “Even with a passion for kids, you can still be a performer. I like teaching and love singing and bringing the excitement for theater to the classroom … plus, she represents the Music Department (as an alum) very well,” she said.

This event was made possible, in part, by the generosity of individual donors with special thanks to Kathleen Galop ’68, whose donation helped launch the series in 2014 and will continue to support future lectures.

The Veritas Lecture Series was commissioned in 2014 as a way to provide the Caldwell University community with an opportunity to engage with Veritas awardees, some of the university’s most distinguished alumni. Fowler received a Veritas Award in 1986. n

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The entrance to Caldwell University’s campus from Bloomfield Avenue has been officially named University Drive. In May the county engineer installed the sign at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue. Joseph Posillico, vice president for enrollment management and communications at the university, says the sign tops off a year of milestones. “We have enjoyed a number of celebrations this year for our university status and our 75th anniversary. This is another marker of all we have accomplished.”

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SECOND ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON BRINGS STUDENTS AND DONORS TOGETHERMore than 70 people joined us for the second annual scholarship luncheon in April. This event brings scholarship donors together with the beneficiaries of their generosity. It was a wonderful opportunity for the donors to get to know the students and for the students to personally thank the donors for their support. Scholarship support is a main focus of our fundraising efforts each year since most Caldwell University students receive some form of financial aid. This event is quickly becoming a great Caldwell tradition, and we look forward to connecting more students and donors next spring. For information on establishing a scholarship at Caldwell University, contact Beth Kornstein at ekornstein@caldwell.edu or 973-618-3226.

Fowler (front left) with the cast of “Orange Is the New Black.” Photo credit: JoJo Whilden/Netflix.

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Caldwell University presented President Nancy Blattner with its professional excellence Veritas Award on March 27. Alumni, faculty, staff, students and local community leaders gathered on campus to celebrate with Dr. Blattner as she was honored with the award for excellence in leadership in higher education.

The award presenters were Dr. Blattner’s husband, J. Timothy Blattner, and Sister Kathleen Tuite, O.P., vice president and dean of student life. Mr. Blattner spoke of his wife’s career as an educator prior to coming to Caldwell University, her roles as a devoted mother to their children and in nurturing and mentoring other young people, and her service to those in need, notably through her work with Birthright, a pregnancy resource center.

Sister Kathleen recounted how Dr. Blattner became Caldwell’s first lay president in 2009. From the beginning, “she understood the role she came to embrace,” said Sister Kathleen. The “Dominican spirit and tradition are in stellar hands.” Caldwell University students benefit

the most from her commitment. “Her compassion, inquiry into their lives and genuine desire to see them succeed in their educational goals and give expression to the mission of Caldwell University is palpable,” said sister.

In accepting the award, Dr. Blattner said it was particularly meaningful to her since it recognizes those professionals who carry Dominican values into their families and communities. She recounted growing up in Cape Girardeau with aging parents who “had no formal education beyond the eighth grade” but gave her the “three great gifts … the desire for an education, an unparalleled work ethic and the lived example of Catholic values.” She expressed her gratitude to the sisters, alumni, faculty, staff, students and members of the Caldwell community who have “opened both their homes and their lives” to embrace her and her husband.

She had a special message for students: “You are the reason why I get up every morning and come to work with a hope-filled heart.”

“I truly believe that each one of you—because of your holistic education at Caldwell—will make a difference in our world whether it be in your careers, in your communities or in your families,” she said.

The annual award recognizes alumni excellence in all professions. Although Dr. Blattner is not an alumna, the Veritas Award committee chose to give her this distinction because of her ongoing commitment to ensuring that the legacy of the Sisters of St. Dominic is sustained through the work of the university.

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The Veritas Award Committee (front row L to R: Angela Aiello Zaccardi ’58, ’73, Beatriz Gomez-Klein ’73, June Dwyer Castano ’55, President Nancy Blattner, Sister Patrice Werner ’66, Helen Matuszak Fogarty ’72, Sally Ward Kelly ’57; second row, L to R: Betty Ann Matuszak Howson ’69, Nancy Hurtz Soyka ’71, Peggy Jordan Romano ’71, Barbara Ziglear Buechner ’76, Helen Babits ’66, Rosemary Hilbert ’96, MA ’05, Joan Reamer ’69).

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Veritas honorees (front row L to R: Charlotte Kunst ’47, Betty Glenn Matuszak ’43, Sister Gerardine Mueller ’54, Sister Mary Amelia Cetera ’54; second row L to R: Laurita McGreevy Warner ’70, Sally Ward Kelly ’57, June Dwyer Castano ’55, Angela Aiello Zaccardi ’58, President Nancy Blattner, Betty Ann Matuszak Howson ’69, Sister Patrice Werner ’66, Anne Poltorak ’78, Marion Winheim Goldstein ’78, Sister Patricia Stringer ’69, Beatriz Gomez-Klein ’73, Linda Chiaravalloti Luciano ’78, Nancy Costello Miller ’79)

Nancy Costello-Miller ’79, chair, Caldwell University Board of Trustees, with President Blattner.

The Caldwell University Chorale, directed by Music Department Professor Laura Greenwald and accompanied by Warren Helms, sang “Inscription of Hope” by Z. Randall Stroope and “Dominican Magnificat” by Feargal King.

President Blattner told the students, “You are the reason why I get up every morning and come to work with a hope-filled heart.” (Front row, L to R: Lindsay Hulin ’14, Elizabeth Hooban ’13, Erin Fitzpatrick ’16, Melissa Brady ’14; second row, L to R: Sarah Royse ’15, Sean Puzzo ’17, Christopher Petrillo ’13, David Reeth ’14, Katharine Flynn ’15, Olga Ndhlovu ’12)

President Blattner with her award presenters, Sister Kathleen Tuite ’92 and J. Timothy Blattner.

Caldwell University President Nancy Blattner received the Chief Executive Leadership Achievement Award at the Council for Advancement Services in Education (CASE) District II Conference in February. The award recognizes institution leaders for outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education and for being active and supportive visionaries and participants in significant advancement efforts. (L to R: retired CASE President John Lippincott, President Nancy Blattner, CASE District II Chair Stephen Dare).

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Nancy (Ann) and John Larue have included a historic, unrestricted gift of $2 million in their estate plan to help ensure excellence in education for future generations of Caldwell University students.

When she was a high school senior at Saint Dominic’s Academy in Jersey City, Nancy (Ann) Larue ’69 says she was fortunate to have had a math teacher who encouraged her to apply to Caldwell College for Women.

Nancy says it turned out to be one of the best pieces of advice she has ever received.

Although she had initially planned to attend a large university, once she enrolled at Caldwell Nancy knew immediately that she had found a unique and nurturing community as well as the rigorous academic environment she needed. She majored in math but received permission to take business courses as well. She eventually earned her MBA and credits Caldwell with teaching her the skills and mindset she needed to grow and succeed,

especially during an era when many doors were closed to women.

“I was involved in so many activities (at Caldwell) that I wouldn’t have experienced at a larger school,” she says. “Everyone—faculty and my fellow students—was helpful. We were all encouraged to step out of our comfort zones and try new things, become well-rounded individuals. Although Nancy was a “day hop,” as commuting students were then known, she developed a close circle of friends at Caldwell, including several of the sisters, whom she’s kept to this day.

After attending a job fair on campus, Nancy was hired at IBM where she was one of the first

women in the futuristic field of computer programming. She advanced quickly, crediting her broad liberal arts education at Caldwell for preparing her for everything she did professionally. “My education gave me tremendous confidence,” she says.

IBM holds a special place in her heart, since that’s where she met fellow IBM employee John Larue, who became her husband; the couple has been married for 39 years.

Nancy and John are lifelong learners who enthusiastically pursue an astonishing array of intellectual and cultural interests. They are adventurous globetrotters who also enjoy opera and touring our national parks.

After retiring from successful careers, Nancy and John began to talk about their legacy. Since education is central to their lives and they feel a deep connection to

their alma maters, they decided to include Caldwell University and the University of Nevada, from which John graduated, in their estate plans.

Nancy and John say “it makes us feel proud and excited that students (will) get the education they need. We’re giving back to education because we’ve done well and it’s an area in which (our gifts) will have the most impact.”

Nancy and John have also made a gift that will benefit students right now. They established and endowed the Ann (Nancy) and John Larue Scholarship in Mathematics and Science at Caldwell University. This scholarship will provide financial support for high-achieving female students. The Larues are committed to growing this scholarship and look forward to making a difference in the lives of the recipients.

Nancy’s connection to Caldwell has always been a touchstone in her life. Last year, when she attended her class reunion at Homecoming, she had a wonderful time seeing friends and classmates, touring the campus and enjoying the program of activities. She says everything she experienced that day reaffirmed her commitment to supporting the university.

“One of the things that impresses me and makes me feel that John and I made the

right decision is Dr. Nancy Blattner’s vision for the future of Caldwell University, which is in

keeping with the things that I value about my Caldwell experience.”

Inspired by the Larues’ legacy? You can learn more about including Caldwell University in your estate plan by calling Christina Hall at 973-618-3670 or Kathleen Buse at 973-618-4311. n

— Christina Hall

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We’re giving back to education

because it’s an area in which our

gifts will have the most impact.

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Historic Legacy Gift to Caldwell University from Alumna Nancy Larue and Husband John Larue

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David Reeth ’14CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY ASSOCIATES PROGRAM

The former Student Government Association president and 2012 New Jersey Collegian Entrepreneur of the Year has been named co-chair of the President’s Society Associates program, a philanthropy group reserved for new graduates. Below, in his own words, David talks about what inspired him to take on this leadership role within the university. As a Presidential Scholarship recipient, he knows firsthand what an impact charitable gifts can have.

“Caldwell recruited me through its extraordinarily personalized admission process. I was a student at Pope John High School in Sparta and wanted to continue learning in the style of the Catholic intellectual tradition. Staying in New Jersey meant I could continue operating my small business: an auto detailing company that won me an award for youth entrepreneurship.

“The scholarship I received was life-changing. People who made gifts to Caldwell put me through college, and now it’s my turn to do the same for others. Compared to other colleges and universities, Caldwell has an especially strong commitment to aiding students

financially, and that’s a tradition I want to help sustain.

“Initially, I didn’t know what I wanted to major in, but I quickly decided that finance and economics were my passion zones. Professor Anatoly Kandel spent hours with me one on one in his office, teaching me how to think critically, how to process information and how to problem-solve. He is the most dedicated teacher you’ll ever meet. As a mentor, he’s one in a million.

“Dr. Kandel and the many other Caldwell professors who are dedicated to their students’ success helped me get to where I am today: working for a major financial

institution as a financial advisor. My team specializes in wealth management services for families and businesses in New Jersey.

“I was lucky enough to serve as president of the Caldwell Student Government Association for two years, and I look back

on that as my first foray into serving the university. I worked hard to plan and promote events, build consensus and run a complex organization. In my senior year, we hosted a conference on campus for SGA officers from other New Jersey schools, and I saw this event as another opportunity to serve by publicly demonstrating Caldwell’s excellence. Our speakers included elected officials from around the state, including former governor Richard Codey.

“Caldwell’s administrative leadership was always open to new ways of improving the student experience. I believe that the faculty and staff ’s commitment to students can be complemented by alumni through

their charitable giving and contributions of time. As co-chair of the President’s Society Associates, I am very proud to offer both and encourage others to do the same.”

For more information about the President’s Society Associates program, visit Caldwell.edu/giving or contact Michael Bressman, director of the Annual Fund, at 973-618-3447. n

— Michael Bressman

I believe that the faculty and staff ’s commitment to

students can be complemented by alumni through

their charitable giving and contributions of time.

“”

2016 CALDWELL UNIVERSITY ALUMNI TRIP TO FRANCECelebrating the 800th Anniversary of the Dominicans in the South of France:

A JOURNEY OF HISTORY, RELIGION, CULTURE AND ARTMAY 16-24, 2016Join President Blattner, alumni, and friends of Caldwell University for an exciting trip to the south of France.www.caldwell.edu/alumnitravelREGISTER BY OCTOBER 1, 2015OPTIONAL EXTENSION TO PARIS MAY 24-27

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An enthusiastic group of Caldwell University alumni and friends joined President Nancy Blattner for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy in celebration of the university’s Catholic Dominican heritage from May 25 through June 4, 2015. This special 10-day tour was one of the culminating events in the university’s 75th anniversary celebration.

The tour itinerary was developed specifically for Caldwell University, focusing on sites related to the life and works of St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena. Participants had the opportunity to spend four days in Rome, including a general audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square. In addition to time in Rome, Caldwell University alumni and friends traveled to Siena to tour the city’s famed cathedral and the house of St. Catherine and to Bologna to visit the Church of St. Dominic where the saint is buried. A brief stay in Florence provided alumni and friends with the opportunity to explore the Uffizi and to celebrate Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.

Alumna Angela Zaccardi said the trip was a great value. “The tour guides were outstanding. We went to places we would have never gone with another group.”

This trip served as the official launch of the Caldwell University Alumni Travel Program, which will provide graduates and friends with the opportunity to explore a variety of fascinating locations abroad in the years to come. The next stop will be France in spring 2016. n

— Beth Kornstein

Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip to Italy

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Nepal Earthquake Spurs Students to Act

CU Prays for Nepal, Raises Over $16K for Humanitarian EffortsWhen a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing more than 8,000, Caldwell’s Nepalese students were in great anguish, some for many hours, trying to reach family members to see if they were safe. Fortunately, none of the students reported any loss of life among immediate family. But the experience changed the lives of those Nepalese students and of Caldwell’s Nepalese alumni in the United States. They knew some family members were sleeping outside, while other relatives and friends had lost their homes. The massive damage meant the Nepal they had known as children would never be the same.

However, the students could not simply mourn the disaster; they immediately took action for their loved ones and for their nation. They named their campaign and Facebook page Caldwell University Prays for Nepal, started raising money for humanitarian efforts, had T-shirts printed, set up a table near the cafeteria and planned an evening program and candlelight walk to pray and to raise awareness.

More than 300 people gathered in the Student Center on April 29 for the vigil. Hritesh Regmi, a communication arts student, said the Caldwell community’s response was incredible in helping students process the tragedy and raise funds. “The whole nation (of Nepal) may be

disoriented, but our friends in the global community are still helping us find our feet,” he said. Regmi urged everyone to hold on to hope and to believe that the worst had passed and that things would get better. “Let’s continue to do what we can, and let’s always continue to pray for Nepal.”

The program included remarks from other Nepalese students and from Caldwell University staff, administration and other students, prayers, music, videos and a candlelight walk to the campus peace pole.

Sister Kathleen Tuite, O.P., vice president for student life, spoke about the university’s love for its Nepalese students and alumni. “The peaceful people of Nepal” are reflected in the students who call Caldwell University their home and in the many alumni who have passed through its doors, she said.

Maulin Joshi, director of international student services and advisor of the International Student Organization, introduced

a prayer and reflection and showed a video of Nepal before and after the earthquake.

President Nancy Blattner also expressed the university’s

care for its Nepalese students and committed to helping with relief efforts. “We will work with you to raise money to be sent to Nepal for the humanitarian efforts underway to assist the survivors who already are working to rebuild.”

At the time of this printing, the students had raised more than $16,000, to support humanitarian efforts in Nepal.

Area organizations also reached out to support the relief efforts. They include Aquinas Academy in Livingston, High Tech High School in North Bergen, St. Aloysius Parish in Caldwell, and the Sisters of St. Dominic at St. Catherine of Siena Convent. n

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Two outstanding members of the community were honored at the 40th annual Presidential Scholarship Gala on April 24. The event raised more than $100,000, which will directly support student scholarships.

Anthony Calandra and Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin were honored for their support of the university and for their commitment to their communities.

Calandra and his brother, Lou, run Calandra Enterprises, which consists of three bakeries, four hotels, three restaurants and five apartment buildings, all located in northern New Jersey. The family also produces and sells its own line of olive oil, coffee, fresh pasta, homemade sauces and wines from its vineyard in Italy. Calandra is a firm believer in giving back to local communities and is the premier sponsor of several local events. He credits his father, Luciano Calandra, with instilling in him a strong work ethic and an emphasis on family.

Assemblyman Giblin is a longtime supporter of the university and has served in public office since 1977. He is the business manager of the 5,800-member Local 68 of the International Union

of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, headquartered in West Caldwell. Giblin is on the board of Immaculate Conception High School, Mount St. Dominic Academy and the Blue Wave Foundation. He is a Silver Life Member of the New Jersey PBA and served as a member of the New Jersey Air National Guard, attaining the rank of staff sergeant.

Close to 300 guests enjoyed a wonderful evening of fine food, incredible music and a compassionate community of Caldwell University benefactors. The gala committee thanks all those who supported this event and invites continued participation from alumni and friends as planning begins on the 2016 affair. Contact Beth Gorab at 973-618-3204 for more information. n

— Beth Gorab

Dr. Nancy Blattner celebrates the 40th annual Presidential Scholarship Gala along with event chairman John Peterson (second from right), honoree Anthony Calandra (left) and honoree Thomas P. Giblin (right).

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Bookmarks with thank you notes written by Caldwell University students hang from a decorative tree at the annual President’s Society reception, held on June 11. The President’s Society is a group of alumni and friends who make the university a priority in their annual giving plans. Membership in the group continues to grow at a steady pace and provides an important component to the university’s financial stability. To learn more about becoming a member, contact Michael Bressman at 973-618-3447 or visit the university’s website at www.caldwell.edu/giving.

PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY RECEPTION

Presidential Scholarship Gala

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For the second time in three years, the Caldwell University softball team won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament, held at Georgian Court University on May 2. The Cougars were victorious in all four of their games at the tournament, capturing the championship with a 5-2 win over Dominican College in the final.

After defeating host Georgian Court and Holy Family University on the first day of the tournament, Caldwell earned a come-from-behind, 4-3 win over Wilmington University. Trailing 3-0, the Cougars scored four runs in the third inning, with senior catcher Alyssa Calderon (Fontana, California) blasting a three-run home run.

A two-time All-American and Academic All-American, Calderon repeated her heroics in the championship game with another three-run homer in Caldwell’s 5-2 victory. She was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and was joined on the all-tournament team by junior infielder Caitlin McCready (Jupiter, Florida), junior pitcher Amber Padilla (Chino, California) and freshman infielder Kortney Craker (San Marcos, California).

The CACC championship gave Caldwell an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament, marking the Cougars’ eighth consecutive trip to the regional. The team advanced to the final day of the region tournament, hosted by Adelphi University May 7-10, but ultimately fell to the host Panthers in the final game, 9-4. Caldwell finished the season with a record of 37-14-1 and was ranked 21st in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s final national rankings.

Calderon, Craker, Padilla, junior outfielder Brielle Reighn (Runnemeade, New Jersey), sophomore outfielder Amy Hickman (Jackson, New Jersey) and freshman designated player Marisa Monasseri (Monroe, New Jersey) received all-East Region honors. Senior Kristen Knorr (Monroeville, New Jersey) and Calderon both were selected to the Capital One Academic All-District 1 team, with Calderon making the Academic All-America first team.

In other spring sports, the baseball team improved by five wins over last year’s record to finish just out of the CACC Tournament field. Senior pitcher Robert Humes (Berlin, New Jersey) set the school record for lowest earned run average (1.41) to earn all-CACC second team honors. He also was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 1 team.

After enduring its inaugural season without a victory in 2014, the women’s lacrosse team notched the program’s first win, a 12-10 triumph over Post University on March 13. The Cougars went on to win a total of three matches this season while improving their play throughout the year. Freshman midfielder Emily Fey (Center Moriches, New York), who led the team in scoring with 22 goals and 25 points, was one of eight freshmen on the team.

Despite finishing in a three-way tie for third place in the CACC standings, the men’s tennis team was unable to secure its first berth in the CACC tournament. Caldwell was 3-3 in CACC duals, tying with Post and Philadelphia. But the tie-breakers favored the Eagles and Rams, leaving the Cougars out of the four-team

conference tournament. Sophomores Hugo Castalan (Rouen, France) and Maximilian Ziegler (Erfurt, Germany) posted a 6-4 record at No. 1 doubles, while freshman Pedro Vizcaino (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) won a team-best five singles matches.

The women’s track and field team turned in several top performances to place second at the CACC Championships on May 3 at Georgian Court. Senior Victoria dos Santos (Maplewood, New Jersey) won the 400 meters with a school-record time of 59.75 seconds and led the Cougars’ 4x400-meter relay team to the conference title. The other members of the relay team were junior Taylor Landis (Middletown, New Jersey), sophomore Courtney Macaluso (Hopatcong, New Jersey) and freshman Victoria Thaler (Millville, New Jersey). Thaler also was chosen the CACC Rookie Track Athlete of the Year.

This spring marked the first season for the Caldwell men’s track and field squad, which also finished in second place at the inaugural CACC Championships. Freshman sprinter Treston Forbes (Chicago, Illinois) won the 100 and 200 meters at the CACC meet and was named the conference’s Track Athlete and Rookie of the Year. His time of 21.86 seconds in the 200 meters was the fifth-fastest in the East Region, earning him all-region honors. Fellow freshman Jevaughn Jackson (St. Elisabeth, Jamaica) also made the all-region team in the high jump with a mark of 1.93 meters. n

— Matt McLagan

Softball Championship Highlights Spring Athletics Season

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Wins, Losses Shape Caswell into a Success

If you attended any Caldwell University women’s basketball games this past season, there is no doubt you know forward Emily Caswell (Wakefield, Rhode Island). You’ve seen No. 21, blonde ponytail flying behind her, launching a fall-away jumper from the base line, putting up a turn-around shot from the elbow, or scooping a one-handed layup at the rim, often with multiple defenders surrounding her. Many times you’ve thought that the ball had little to no chance of going in. But then it almost always did.

And you said to yourself or to the person next to you, “How did that shot go in?”

The ball went in a lot this past season for Caswell, who averaged 20.8 points and 14.0 rebounds per game as a senior to earn Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player of the Year honors. She led all players at the NCAA Division II level with 24 double-doubles while ranking second nationally in rebounding and 10th in scoring. The six-foot forward also was named to the Daktronics Division II All-America second team and received All-American honorable mention from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

Along with leading Caldwell to a 19-11 record and a spot in the semifinals of the CACC Tournament, Caswell had an excellent year in the classroom. A criminal justice major, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-America third team for her academic and athletic performance. Caswell hopes to study forensic science in graduate school.

With a school-record 421 rebounds and the most points (624) by a Cougar since 1991-92, Caswell had a final season to remember.

Although she had been a key part of the team the previous three years, no one expected Caswell to produce at such a high level in her senior year. As a junior, she averaged a respectable 13.8 points per game in support of forward Jeanette Anderson ’14, an All-American and the CACC Player of the Year that season.

“I knew I had to step up this year with Jeanette leaving,” Caswell said. “I didn’t think I would have the season I had, but I wanted to do whatever I could to help the team. In the summer I worked the hardest I had ever worked in my four years to get ready.”

As the only returning starter in the front court, Caswell was counted upon to fill the void left by Anderson, who averaged 18.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per contest in 2013-14. She was now the Cougars’ first option, a role she had yet to perform in her first three years at Caldwell. With stars such as Anderson and all-CACC guard Torey Jones ’13 leading the way, there were fewer opportunities to shine individually.

“My first few years I was perfectly content to learn behind Torey and Jeanette and play my role to help the team win,” Caswell said. “I figured I’d wait for my time.”

Caswell’s time at Caldwell included many memorable performances, but it is ironic that an unfortunate incident in the George R. Newman Center resulted in Caswell choosing to attend Caldwell. The summer before her senior year at the Prout School, she played in an AAU tournament in the Newman Center. Caswell suffered a serious ankle injury in one of the games, and Linda Cimino, Caldwell’s women’s basketball coach at the time, helped

Caswell and her father, Larry, get to the hospital. Cimino, also a Rhode Island native, struck up a conversation with the Caswells and a connection was made.

“She kept in touch and started recruiting me,” Caswell said. “It helped that there were other Rhode Island girls on the team at the time. Everything worked out and I really enjoyed my time here.”

Besides giving Cimino an opportunity to spend extra time with Caswell, the injury led to the end of her volleyball career. An all-state honoree in volleyball, basketball and softball, Caswell was not certain which sport she would pursue in college. The ankle injury prevented her from playing volleyball in her senior year, and basketball became her focus.

“Right away I knew Emily would be a standout once she dedicated herself to basketball,” said Cimino, who left Caldwell after the 2013-14 season to be the head coach at Division I Binghamton University. “Her first two years, Emily watched Torey and Jeanette and learned how to be a leader. When Emily became a senior, she looked around and saw that it was her time to lead the team and take over. The team needed her to score, and she played with a lot of confidence.”

During her first two years at Caldwell, Caswell also benefited from the guidance of her father, a former football star at Rhode Island University and a member of the Rams’ Hall of Fame. “He was a big supporter of mine,” Caswell said. “He didn’t miss a game my freshman year, and he always brought me snacks after every game. I had kind of a tough year and I asked him what I can do to get better. He would say just do the things you do best, go back to what you’re good at. So I focused on rebounding to take advantage of my athleticism.”

That focus ended up netting Caswell 929 career rebounds, which ranks fourth on Caldwell’s all-time list.

Larry Caswell did not get to see all of his daughter’s rebounds or points or even her spectacular senior season. He was ill with cancer throughout her sophomore season, transforming from an athletic

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Caldwell senior forward Emily Caswell with sister Courtney, mother Merry and brother Matt before Senior Day in the George R. Newman Center on Feb. 24, 2015.

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Hall of Fame Class of 2015 to Be Honored on Oct. 30Caldwell University Athletics, in conjunction with Cougar Pride, will induct five former student-athletes into its Hall of Fame this year, the Hall of Fame Committee announced. The 2015 Hall of Fame class will be inducted at the Hall of Fame Dinner on October 30.

The Caldwell University Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 2010 to honor student-athletes, coaches and contributors who have played significant roles in the success of the intercollegiate athletic programs at Caldwell University. The Hall of Fame Dinner is the main fundraising event for Cougar Pride, the official booster club of Caldwell University Athletics.

The 2015 class of the Caldwell University Athletics Hall of Fame includes Ed Elam ’97 (men’s basketball), Dan Keller ‘00 (baseball), Shenee Clarke ’04 (women’s basketball), Miguel Walker ’07 (men’s soccer) and Kristee Paknis ’08 (women’s soccer). In addition, Cougar Pride will present Mark Reda with a special award for his continued support of the Caldwell University Athletics Department and its student-athletes.

ED ELAM helped the Cougar men’s basketball team win Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference championships in 1993 and 1996, giving the Cougars an athletic guard who could get to the basket and play tough defense. The program’s all-time leader in steals with 238, Elam set a school record with 73 as a senior on the 1996 championship squad.

DAN KELLER was an offensive catalyst on Caldwell’s early baseball teams. A two-time all-CACC selection, he batted .409 as a sophomore and .371 as a junior, helping the Cougars advance to the CACC championship game in 1999. Keller recorded a program-best 139 runs

in 115 career games and ranks seventh all-time at Caldwell

in batting average (.352) and doubles (30).

SHENEE CLARKE received all-

CACC honors three times as an

electric guard for the Caldwell women’s basketball team. A force on both ends of the court, Clarke holds the school record for career steals (298) and ranks sixth on the Cougars’ all-time scoring list with 1,583 points. As a junior she was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2003 CACC Tournament as Caldwell captured its second conference title.

MIGUEL WALKER came to Caldwell from Jamaica in 2003 and quickly became the heart and soul of some of the Cougars’ best soccer teams. A crafty ball-winner and central midfielder, Walker received all-CACC honors twice while serving as the team captain for two seasons. Caldwell made the CACC Tournament semifinals all four of Walker’s years, advancing to the finals in 2003 and 2005.

KRISTEE PAKNIS led the Cougar women’s soccer team in scoring and made the all-CACC team in all four of her seasons at Caldwell. A skilled offensive midfielder, she ranks second all-time at Caldwell in goals (33), assists (21) and points (87). As a senior in 2008, Paknis was named to the all-Region and all-CACC first teams after registering 30 points on 12 goals and six assists.

The Hall of Fame Dinner will be held on Friday, October 30, at the Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston, New Jersey. Cost is $125 per person. Tickets for alumni, faculty and staff are $100. For reservations and more information, contact Caldwell University Athletics at (973) 618-3260. n

— Matt McLagan

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ex-quarterback to a frail shadow of his former self. In the summer following her sophomore year, her father passed away. But Caswell never felt that she was completely without her dad, even though he wasn’t sitting in the stands anymore as he had done for so long.

“I know it’s hard to believe that he is still here, but I really think he has been with me, watching me play,” Caswell said. “He’s an angel on my shoulder.”

She mentions a game against Philadelphia University in the semifinals of the 2014 CACC Tournament as a time when she felt his presence. Caswell was on fire in that game, making 12 of her 15 shots from the field en route to 31 points and an 81-52 victory.

Caswell’s mother has provided support from the beginning. She attended every game during her daughter’s senior year. “I owe so much to my mom. She has kept me grounded and humble. She’s my rock.”

Back to that question that so many people asked this past season: “How did that shot go in?” In Caswell’s case there were many answers in her final year. Perseverance. Hard work. Opportunity. Confidence. Humility. These are all characteristics that helped her become an outstanding student-athlete. But some observers wonder if there wasn’t a little extra assistance when some of those outrageous shots would drop through the hoop.

“At times, I thought Emily was making those crazy shots because she had perfect body control,” said Kristina Danella, the Cougars’ first-year head coach. “She knew how to contort her body in ways over much bigger defenders in order to get her shot up. At other times, I thought it was because she was just so athletic and could jump out of the gym.

“But some of the shots were so impossible from such difficult angles that I started to wonder if it was her dad guiding the ball in. There seemed to be no other explanation. And on the bench we would say, when she made those crazy shots, ‘There’s Mr. Caswell.’” n

— Matt McLagan

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Caldwell’s Alyssa Calderon NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM Caldwell University senior Alyssa Calderon (Fontana, California) was chosen to the Capital One Academic All-America Division II first team for softball by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Calderon, who made the Academic All-America third team in 2014, is Caldwell’s first two-time Academic All-American.

The Capital One Academic All-America teams are voted on by the members of CoSIDA. Student-athletes must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.30 and be a starter or significant reserve to be nominated.

A psychology major at Caldwell, Calderon has made both the Capital One Academic All-District Team and the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference All-Academic Team three times. On the field, she is a four-time all-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference honoree at catcher who received Daktronics All-American honorable mention this season. As a senior Calderon batted .405 with 14 doubles, seven homers and 38 runs batted in. She led the Cougars to the CACC Tournament championship on May 2 and was selected the tournament MVP.

Calderon turned in an outstanding senior season despite suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her knee during a practice in the fall.

“We are so proud of Alyssa and all that she has accomplished here at Caldwell,” associate director of athletics and softball coach Dean Johnson said. “She has taken full advantage of her opportunity by becoming the best softball player she could be while also succeeding in the classroom and earning her degree. The fact that she recovered from a serious injury to have an All-American season shows the determination and drive that we have come to expect from Alyssa. There is no doubt that she will be a success at whatever she chooses to do after college, and we wish her nothing but the best.”

An All-American and the CACC Player of the Year in 2013, Calderon holds the Cougars’ all-time records for runs batted in (188), doubles (65) and total bases (406). She also ranks second at Caldwell in home runs (25), third in hits (248) and slugging percentage (.619), eighth in triples (nine) and ninth in batting average (.378). During her four years, the Cougars

won two CACC championships and participated in four NCAA Division II East Region Tournaments.

Caldwell’s other Academic All-Americans are Claire Sacuk, women’s basketball (1983); Patricia Gasparini, women’s basketball (1984); Timothy Nellegar, men’s tennis (2000); Nicholas Harriott, men’s soccer (2007); Kyrie Timbrook, softball (2010); Lauren Iuliucci, women’s soccer (2014), and Emily Caswell, women’s basketball (2015). n

— Matt McLagan

Caldwell University’s Department of Athletics was given the 2014-15 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Community Engagement Award, CACC Commissioner Dan Mara announced on June 5.

The CACC honored Caldwell Athletics for its participation in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a national event that raises awareness to prevent violence against women.

The CACC Community Engagement Award is presented annually to one institution that best promotes the community engagement initiative adopted by Division II. A committee of senior women administrators from the CACC selects the winner from the pool of

nominees provided to the conference each spring. The award also includes a $1,000 grant that can be used toward other community engagement initiatives in the future.

On October 15, 2014, nearly 100 male Caldwell University student-athletes and staff members donned women’s high-heeled shoes and walked around campus as a part of Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. The event also raised over $1,400 that was donated to the New Jersey Battered Women’s Shelter. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a playful opportunity for men to raise awareness in their community about the serious causes, effects and potential

response to men’s sexualized violence against women.

Sister Deborah Lynch from Caldwell University’s Counseling Center came up with the idea of bringing the event to campus and worked with the student-athlete mentors and their coordinator Amy Rizzo to organize and promote the event. n

— Matt McLagan

Caldwell Athletics Receives CACC Community Engagement Award

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Dear Alumni:

I stand alongside alumni who show their commitment to our alma mater every day. Some of you serve on committees and provide financial support, while others lend their expertise to help enhance the student experience. As president of the Caldwell University Alumni Association, I am also grateful to partner with alumni who serve on the Alumni Board. These men and women have volunteered their time to provide the university with valuable feedback on behalf of all of our graduates.

At this time, I am pleased to announce that every board member has made a personal financial commitment to Caldwell University in the 2014-15 fiscal year. Their pledges have enabled us to achieve our goal of 100 percent board giving. These alumni leaders have delivered a clear message of support for Caldwell University’s mission and the administration of that mission by university officials, faculty and staff.

This message resounds clearly when the university seeks funding from corporations as well as individual donors. We believe in Caldwell University and you should too.

This year, I challenge you to join the Alumni Board in showing Caldwell University that you too believe in its mission and direction by making a gift at whatever level you feel appropriate. Please be sure to check the website and e-newsletters to learn more about the exciting ways you can stay connected with Caldwell University.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Sincerely,

Mary Sellitto-Curcio ’83President, Caldwell University Alumni Association

LETTER FROM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD PRESIDENT MARY SELLITTO-CURCIO ’83

alumni presidentCALDWELLALUMNI

PRESIDENTMary Sellitto-Curcio ’83

VICE PRESIDENTLynne Giachetti Machtemes ’98

SECRETARYRosemary Hilbert ’96

TREASURERGeraldine Lopez ’08

BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPLaurita Warner ’70

MEMBERSRosann Rovento Bar ’82Camille Cronin-Reinhold ’81Kathryn Doster Berra ’07, MA ’14Roxanne Knott-Kuczborski ’03Melanie Krause ’95Jonni Lucas ’96Sundra Murray ’04Nina Neglia ’89Timothy Nellegar ’00Danielle O’Connell MacRae ’07, MA ’11Noel Ruane ’70Frank Salerno ’02Elaine Bauer Zabriskie ’73

2015/16 CALDWELL UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOMECOMING AND FAMILY WEEKEND

2015FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18• Homecoming Kickoff Lunch

• Athletics Hall of Fame Reception

• Sibling Sleepover and Family Fun Activities

• Student Bonfire, DJ, and Foam Party

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19• Welcome Breakfast, President’s State

of the University, Address and Awards Ceremony

• Carnival and BBQ

• Women’s and Men’s Soccer vs. Goldey Beacom

• Veritas Lecture Series

• Golden Anniversary Tea

• Homecoming Liturgy

• Dinner in the Den

• Music Series Concert: Faculty Favorites

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20• Alumni Brunch Cruise on the

Spirit of NJ

FEATURES• Faculty Lectures

• Free Parking

• Teddy Bear Clinic

• Pumpkin Decorating

• Henna Tattoos

• Inflatable Rides and Carnival Games

• BBQ

• Class Reunions

• Live Music Concert

• Time Capsule

caldwell.edu/homecoming

QUESTIONS? Contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at 973-618-3352 or alumni@caldwell.edu.

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eventsCON-GRAD-ULATIONSPresident Nancy Blattner with Caldwell University Alumni Association Board President Mary Sellitto-Curcio ’83 and senior class representative Kaitlyn Kazalunas ’15 at the May Con-GRAD-ulations Cocktail Reception.

ALUMNI HIKEThe Alumni Outdoor Enthusiasts affinity group, led by Dr. Rosann Bar ’82, enjoyed a spring hike on Tumbling Waters Trail in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania. (Back, L to R: Kimberly Mende ’96, Dr. Rosann Bar ’82, Wanda Ross ’06, Amanda Stone, Professor Marylee Reynolds, Jennifer Gettler ’99, Luisa Witter ’03, Helen Matuszak Fogarty ’72, Kathleen Buse ’72; front, L to R: Paul Hirsch ’05, Jeannine Pond ’84, Anna Nelson ’88).

ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE In honor of Caldwell University’s 75th anniversary celebration, alumni, students, staff and faculty marched in the 2015 New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (L to R: Professor Robert Mann, Brittania Brown ’16, Christina Corona ’01, Marcie DeRaffele ’16, Noel Ruane ’70, Laurie DeRaffele, Kathleen Buse ’72, Elizabeth Kornstein, Kevin Boyle, Art Warner, Kate Dassing, J. Timothy Blattner, Laurita McGreevy Warner ’70).

MUSIC ALUMNI EVENTCaldwell University alumni joined music faculty and current students for an evening of performance and networking in the Alumni Theatre. (L to R: Conner Brown Romanowsky ’09, Elizabeth Odell ’13, Sara Goodman Ianelli ’10, Cara Pernas ’10, Lynn Ho ’11, Brian Singer ’13, John Piepoli ’13, Christopher Logan ’12, Vincent Peri ’11).

NYC CHAPTERThe New York City Alumni Chapter gathered for lunch and a private tour of the Guggenheim Museum. (L to R: Kate Walter ’70, Frederika Galuppo Mabon ’61, Rosemary Smith McGettrick ’65, Katharine Corrigan ’48, Sara Courtney ’12, Joan McGovern ’59, Vivian Germane Schwartz ’69, Charlene Hamrah ’69, Laurita McGreevy Warner ’70, Dorothy Cunningham ’49).

THE GATHERINGAlumni returned to campus for the English Department’s Gathering to celebrate student excellence and alumni partnerships. The night involved dramatic readings by five students and award presentations including awards sponsored by the generosity of alumni. (L to R: Lynn Giachetti Machtemes ’98, Eya Haddouche ’16, Samantha Curreli ’16, Mary Sellitto-Curcio ’83).

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’65 Pat McCormack Zeiss has been elected president of Nauset Neighbors, Inc. on Cape Cod. Pat served as president of the Caldwell Student Government Association in ’64-’65.

’68 Dolores Vaca Donihi collaborated with the Behavioral Health Services Division and the Human Services Department of Utah to complete a statewide program called Wellness Recovery Action Plan.

’87 Marcella Matos Wilson, J.S.C., was appointed as a New Jersey Superior Court judge in August 2014.

’04 Thomas P. Quinn was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark in May. He had served as deacon at Our Lady of Fatima Church in North Bergen, New Jersey. He has been assigned to St. Michael’s Church in Cranford, New Jersey.

’07 Victoria Aguiliera is on a fellowship to a university in Sweden.

’09 Kyle Plaugic was recently hired by the Kearny Fire Department.

’11 Bryan Broderick graduated with honors from New Jersey Medical School.

’12 Robert Arena graduated from the Baltimore County Police Academy.

’13 Joe Tompey was sworn in as the chief of the Spring Lake Heights Fire Department. Tompey is the youngest person to serve as fire chief in the town.

’14 Kara Jorgensen had her second book, “The Winter Garden,” published in March 2015. This is the second in her Ingenious Mechanical Devices series about the emotional journey of an archaeologist living in London during the 1890s.

’14 David Reeth was named co-chair of the Caldwell University President’s Society Associates. The President’s Society Associates are the leadership level donors who graduated in the last 10 years.

THE CALDWELL UNIVERSITY HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Now available online at www.caldwell.edu/annualreport2015.pdf

Caldwell University is grateful for the support of our alumni, friends and other benefactors. The Honor Roll of Donors offers Dr. Blattner the opportunity to thank those who have helped transform the lives of our students through gifts to academic programming, scholarships and other areas of pressing need. We hope that you will continue to make a difference in the lives of our students in the year ahead. Thank you for your support! 75

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Caldwell UniversityPRESIDENT’S REPORT

Please remember these deceased alumni and family members in your prayers.

In Memory of…

Elizabeth Glenn Matuszak ’43Mother of Elizabeth Matuszak Howson ’69 and Helen Matuszak Fogarty ’72

Jane Haveron ’44

Maxwell Reid PogersGrandson of Jeanette Winters Oliver ’74 and great-grandson of Elvira Sisti Winters ’46

Doris M. Cooney Little ’48

Mildred Mulligan Carley ’51 Sister of Mary Jean James ’53

Valerie Elizabeth McCutchen ’51

Jim Fitzsimmons Husband of Barbara Fitzsimmons ’57

Marjorie Ann Gately Cignarella Wild ’60

Ada Phelan McNamara ’61

Patricia Jones O’Rourke ’63

Jeanne D. Pagano Mother of Jaqueline Pagano Longo ’64

Faith Andres ’65

Patricia Lynch Cahill ’65

Dr. Albert Milanesi Brother of Barbara Murphy ’65

Sister Suzanne Faulkner ’66

Barbara Hagan Brennan ’69

Blair Quinn Carson ’72

Jane Broderick Magovern ’74

Mary Luciano Mother-in-law of Linda Chiaravalloti Luciano ’78

Camille A. Cronin Mother of Camille Cronin-Reinhold ’81

Betsy Beck ’88

Earlie James Butler III ’01

Dorothy Dreher ’08

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