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M A G A Z I N E

EDUCATIONOF THE HEARTPage 14

FALL 2011 • VOLUME 08 • NUMBER 03

2010–2011 Donor R

eport

INSIDE

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CALENDARof events

GRADUATE PROGRAMS OPEN HOUSESCabrini offers a Master of Education, a Master of

Science in Organization Leadership, and several

teacher certifications. To register or schedule an

appointment, contact the Office of Graduate Studies:

www.cabrini.edu/gs or 610-902-8500.

FOUNDER’S DAYCabrini honors the birthday of the College’s

foundress, Sister Ursula Infante, MSC (1897–2001).

WILLIAM CARRMansion, 7 p.m.

Concert pianist and Steinway Artist William Carr is

professor of music at Immaculata University. He has

performed in many European cities and throughout

the U.S., including solo recitals at Carnegie Hall

and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Sponsored by the Fine Arts Department.

UNDERGRADUATE ARTS, RESEARCH, AND SCHOLARSHIP SYMPOSIUM 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Poster sessions, oral presentations, and

performances showcase the scholarly and creative

accomplishments of Cabrini undergraduate students.

CABRINI CLASSIC HONORING CASWELL F. HOLLOWAY IIIWaynesborough Country Club – Paoli, Pa.

The 23rd Annual Cabrini Classic, a combination golf

outing, cocktail reception, dinner and an auction, has

become the College’s most successful fundraising event.

Proceeds benefit Cabrini students.

www.cabrini.edu/CabriniClassic

COMMENCEMENT MASS4 p.m.

COMMENCEMENT10 a.m., Undergraduate Ceremony

3:30 p.m., Graduate Ceremony

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2012Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the

Alumni Association and milestone reunions

for the classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977,

1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007.

www.cabrini.edu/alumniweekend

Events subject to change. Visit Cabrini’s online calendar at www.cabrini.edu/calendar

MAY 7

MAY 19

MAY 20

JUNE 1–2

FEBRUARY 21

FEBRUARY 7MARCH 14

APRIL 19

APRIL 26

APRIL 22

For more alumni and friends events, see page 25.

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Cabrini Magazine is published three times a year by the Marketing and Communications Office at Cabrini College.

CONTENTS 5 Cabrini prepared for Roman Missal changes

7 Eight national journalism awards for student newspaper

8 Italian American Institute showcases Primiano’s ex-voto collection

9 In Memoriam: Former Trustee Linda LeBoutillier

10 Campus gets a facelift

12 Athletic Hall of Fame inducts sixth class

27 Cabrini community remembers Corey Salazar ’02, G’07

32 Students recount World Youth Day in Spain

DEPARTMENTS 2 Message from the President

3 Feedback

4 News

12 Athletics

24 Alumni News

28 Class Notes

32 Etc.

Editor Amy Coleman

Assistant Editor Megan Gilmore

Writers/Contributors Rick Bader, Daniel DiPrinzio, Megan Gilmore, David Howell, Chelbi Mims ’13

Graphic Designer Monica McVey

Photography The Catholic Standard & Times, Matthew Holmes ’02, Linda Johnson, Kelly & Massa, Nick Kelsh, Nicholas LaRosa ’13, Liz O’Neill (Catholic Relief Services)

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For more alumni and friends events, see page 25.

FEATURE

14 An Education of the Heart By Richard Bader

Cabrini’s mission is to deliver an “Education of the Heart,” a concept that comes directly from Mother Cabrini. It has shaped the lives of many alumni, faculty and students, including Lindsay Anderson ’12, Jill ’77 and Tom ’77 Nerney, Professor Jerry Zurek, Bill Uditsky ’13, and President Marie George.

Contents 2011 © Cabrini College. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or otherwise utilized without the written permission of the publisher.

Please send e-mail to: [email protected].

Address all correspondence to: CABRINI Magazine c/o Marketing and Communications Office Cabrini College 610 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087-3698

President Marie Angelella George, Ph.D.

Cabinet Robert Allison Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration

Gene Castellano Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Dennis Kelly Vice President for Enrollment Management

Sharon Kerrigan Loman Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Christine Lysionek, Ph.D. Vice President for Student Development

Joan Neal Vice President of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness

Anne A. Skleder, Ph.D. Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

By the time you receive this issue of Cabrini

Magazine, chances are that you will have read

in print or online, seen on TV, or heard on the

radio reports of the extraordinary decision by the

College’s Board of Trustees to:

•Reduce undergraduate tuition and fees

from $33,176 to $29,000 for the 2012–13

academic year,

•Keep tuition and fees below $30,000 through

the 2014–15 academic year, and

•Maintain merit scholarship awards at their

current level for returning students, even

though tuition will have decreased.

This mission-driven response to the rising cost

of higher education has generated more than 33

million media impressions across the nation, with

detailed reports appearing online in The Chronicle

of Higher Education, on the front page of The

Philadelphia Inquirer, and on money.CNN.com.

We are thrilled with the acclaim this action

has received, an action focused solely on the

Cabrini community of current and prospective

students, and on how this move would reflect

on the alumni. This decision came after months

of internal study and debate, and external data

analysis and research.

Yes, the College has completed a Master Plan for

physical and program improvements over the next

10–15 years. Yes, we are making progress on the

first element of that plan, the Gateway Project.

Yes, we are embarking on the next strategic plan

to include strengthening and expanding both

undergraduate and graduate program offerings.

Yes, we are able to make this pricing change

because Cabrini College’s financial health is

strong. And yes, we will continue to rely on the

support of our alumni and friends of the College;

we hope to build on the strong foundation that has

been encouraged by each generation of donors to

imagine what our College can be, what Cabrini’s

impact will be on future generations of students.

It is important that we as a community understand

that we are doing this because taking a stand as a

college is the right thing to do, and Cabrini is the

right college to do it.

Reaction from the Cabrini community has been

extremely favorable, although some current seniors

and recent alumni have expressed disappointment

that they don’t reap direct benefits. Many of those

concerns were addressed in the College’s awarding

winning newspaper, The Loquitur, in an Editorial

excerpted below:

The Loquitur editorial staff would like to applaud

the Board for this bold move and standing

up for the core values of the college … the

tuition cut is the right thing to do for students,

current and future … if Cabrini can increase its

reputation through a tuition cut and gain even

more of the right kinds of students, the value of

every single one of our degrees will increase ...

As alumni, we will have the opportunity to

proudly state that our college did right by the

students and families by focusing on their

financial needs. It is a testament to the kind of

people who make up this special community.

We couldn’t be more honored to be Cavaliers.

And I couldn’t be more honored than to serve this

extraordinary community.

With deep appreciation,

Marie Angelella George, Ph.D.

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FEEDBACKNumerous alumni, parents, students and friends

commented on Cabrini’s decision to reduce

undergraduate tuition for the 2012−13 academic

year. The following are excerpts from emails,

letters and messages on Facebook:

“ This is a bold initiative, both timely and sensitive to the many economic challenges students and their families face today.”

Bishop Michael Fitzgerald Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Philadelphia

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“ You just helped my daughter continue her collegiate career at Cabrini.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

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“ I am so proud of our ‘little’ Cabrini. I admire the campaign to keep tuition costs lower in this troubling economic environment.”

Alumna, Class of 1963

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“ We are thrilled to hear this. Finances were the one thing that would have made it very difficult for my son to pursue such an education.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

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“ …What is being done to help your recent graduates who cannot find employment and are now required to start paying back their loans?”

Parent of a 2011 Cabrini graduate

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“ This reduction in tuition is a God-send to us, as I am sure it is to many other struggling families as well.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

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“ It’s not easy these days to have a large family so you have faith in our Lord to get by and look what happens ... a wonderful note from Cabrini.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

“ Thank you so much for rising above the pressures that we are all feeling and value the students who walk your campus on a daily basis.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

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“ Your decision to reduce tuition continues to make the American dream of an education for descendants of an immigrant parent and immigrant grandparents come true.”

Parent of an undergraduate student

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“ Mother Ursula must be so proud!”

Alumna, Class of 1963

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“ Very proud of my school for understanding the need for this during these times and I hope other institutions follow suit.”

Alumnus, Class of 1994

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“ What about programs to help alumni out?”Alumnus, Class of 2007

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“ This is great news in our current economy!”

Alumna, Class of 1978

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“ Cabrini College students have a reason to smile!”

Alumnus, Class of 2003

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“ I wish they did that when I was still there!”

Alumna, Class of 2004

A Message from the Alumni Office

We in the Office of Alumni Relations understand

the decision to lower tuition next year may

be perceived as bittersweet to some recent

graduates and their families. We urge any

alumna/us struggling to find employment to

take advantage of services provided by the

Alumni Office and the Office of Cooperative

Education and Career Services.

Whether starting a career or looking for a new

professional path, the College offers many

resources for alumni:

Career Services (www.cabrini.edu/co-op) offers:

•Resume and interview assistance

•Job search advising and coaching

•Access to full- and part-time job postings

Alumni Office (www.cabrini.edu/alumni) offers:

•Alumni Networking powered by LinkedIn

•Cavaliers in Transition (C.I.T.) – new in 2012

•Cabrini Alumni Business Card Exchange

Contact the Alumni Office at alumni@cabrini.

edu if you have questions regarding student

loans, career services, or would like to

participate in the C.I.T. or Cabrini Business

Card Exchange program.

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The Oct. 4 domestic and dating violence

symposium at Cabrini brought together

advocates at the national, regional, and local

levels, featuring the White House Advisor on

Violence Against Women and the father of a

victim of dating violence murdered weeks after

her college graduation.

“Linking Campus with Community: Domestic

Violence Education Partnerships in Action” drew

more than 200 college students, government

officials, teachers, social workers, law

enforcement officers, representatives of faith

groups, and related professionals.

Through emotion, inspiration and education, the

symposium raised awareness and highlighted the

College’s community partnerships in addressing

a social issue that, according to the Domestic

Violence Resource Center, directly or indirectly

impacts nearly three out of four Americans.

Bill Mitchell, who founded the Kristin Mitchell

Foundation in memory of his daughter, delivered a

heart-wrenching presentation on the importance of

recognizing the warning signs of domestic violence.

Kristin Mitchell was murdered by her boyfriend

after she tried to break up with him. Even as

Mitchell detailed the brutal attack, he stressed

that education and community action will ensure

that Kristin’s murder was not in vain.

Following a passionate reading by 18-year-old

Amber Rose Johnson, a domestic violence

education advocate and award-winning poet,

NBC10’s Tracy Davidson moderated a panel of

experts on dating violence among students. She

said that as a young girl she would huddle in her

bedroom, as screams of her parents fighting,

punctuated by crashing furniture and smashing

glasses, reverberated around the house.

“I grew up with it,” Davidson said. “As I got

older, the violence got worse, so my brother and

I would have to break down my parents’ door to

help my mom.”

During breakout sessions, Cabrini faculty

and representatives from safety organizations

presented on issues including Facebook

stalking, community responses, and student

activism for domestic violence.

Barbara (HON’08) and John Jordan, friends

and generous benefactors of the College, were

recognized for their efforts on behalf of domestic

violence education. The Jordans have founded,

work with, and lead several domestic violence

organizations throughout the country. With a

$100,000 gift to Cabrini in 2010, they established

the Barbara and John Jordan Endowed Fund to

Promote Domestic Violence Education.

Distinguished speaker Lynn Rosenthal, White

House Advisor on Violence Against Women,

talked of the strides the country has made in

resources and support available to victims of

domestic violence.

“This movement was started by people just like

you. The first shelters were women’s living rooms.

The first hotlines were people’s home phone

numbers. It was all about peer-to-peer, and that’s

why we are here today.”

Rosenthal stressed that such advances in

addressing domestic violence were made

possible by dedicated students, faculty, staff, and

community members like those in attendance.

Last year, after Vice President Joe Biden received

a letter from the Jordans, Rosenthal invited the

Jordans, Cabrini President Marie George, and

Assistant Professor of Education Colleen Lelli ’95 to

the White House to discuss the College’s efforts

on domestic violence. Rosenthal also invited

President George to Washington in October 2010

for an event commemorating domestic violence

awareness month.

During the symposium, aides to Sen. Bob Casey

(D-Pa.) and Reps. Pat Meehan (R-Pa.) and Jim

Gerlach (R-Pa.) read letters from the elected

officials stressing the symposium’s importance

and thanking Cabrini for its role as a community

leader in this issue.

The College’s efforts in addressing domestic

violence continue, as funding from a three-year,

$100,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant will

help Cabrini faculty finalize a domestic violence

curriculum that will be used as a pilot for teachers

and school districts to gain awareness of the

impact of domestic violence on young children.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

NEWS

Domestic Violence Symposium Inspires, Educates

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Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, delivers a keynote address at the domestic violence symposium.

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A team of students, faculty and staff, under

the direction of Father Carl Janicki, director of

Campus Ministry, began preparations nearly

a year ago for the most dramatic changes the

Roman Missal has experienced since the Latin-to-

English translations in 1966.

On Nov. 27, Catholics around the country began

worshipping a bit differently, as the third edition

of the Roman Missal took effect.

“This is the result of a 45-year translation

process,” Father Carl said. “In many ways, this is

a return to the true Latin meaning of the prayers.”

The changes—the third changes to the Roman

Missal since 1966—use sentence structure and a

distinctive vocabulary to render a more authentic

translation of the original Latin, as opposed to the

1973–85 translations, which were more focused

on conveying the sense of the original text. The

changes also are designed to emphasize and

bring to the forefront of worshippers’ minds the

true spiritual significance of Liturgy.

“What’s most important is that these translations

remind us that the celebration of the Liturgy

is a spiritual experience,” Father Carl said.

“We are still celebrating the Paschal Mystery

of the Eucharist—that’s not changing. How we express it is what’s changing. That’s why we

wanted to prepare the campus community.”

To get ready for the Roman Missal changes

at Cabrini, the team produced Worship Aide

handouts (double-sided sheets of paper with the

new Mass responses and prayers), surveyed the

worshipping campus community on how they

worship, and held Liturgical practice sessions so

Father Carl could rehearse the new prayers.

“Part of the reason we’ve had these practice

sessions is so we don’t have to have an

experimental Mass,” Father Carl said. “You want

people to have a really integral experience of Liturgy

every time, and these practice sessions helped to

see how we could best manage these changes.”

The translations also affect musical responses

and Liturgical hymns. The transition team

reviewed hours of music samples to decide on

which to use during campus Liturgies.

More information about the translations is

available by contacting Father Carl at

610-902-8438 or [email protected].

Mass at the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of Saint

Joseph on Cabrini’s campus is celebrated during

the spring and fall semesters on Sundays at 7 p.m.;

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 12:30 p.m.; and

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

College Prepared for Roman Missal Changes

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Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Latin Text (Missale Romanum, edition typical tertia)

1973–85 Text New TextRoman Missal, Third Edition

Deus, cuius providentia in sui dispositione non fallitur te supplices exoramus, ut noxia cuncta submoveas, et omnia nobis profutura concedes. Per Dominum.

Father, your love never fails. Hear our call. Keep us from danger and provide for all our needs. Grant this through our Lord …

O God, whose providence never fails in its design, keep from us, we humbly beseech you, all that might harm us and grant all that works for our good. Through our Lord …

An example of the new prayer changes is below. Note how the word “providence” in the new text

more accurately refers to the Latin “providentia,” which is absent in the 1973–85 translation.

Father Carl Janicki, director of Campus Ministry, discusses the Roman Missal changes with students in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph.

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In welcoming Cabrini’s third annual Women’s

Leadership Conference, Provost/Vice President

for Academic Affairs Anne Skleder urged

participants to “lead from the heart,” echoing the

College’s mission, Education of the Heart.

Sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies, the

conference—despite its name—was not limited

to women, as a handful of men among the 100

participants attended the free event Oct. 8 on

the College’s campus. Five women who portray

extraordinary leadership, three of them Cabrini

alumnae, shared insights on achieving success

and happiness.

Featured speaker Lorraine Ranalli ’87, G’93,

author, broadcaster, and communication coach,

weaved morsels of humor into her address

about “Guerilla Marketing in the Social Media

Revolution.” Ranalli is no stranger to comedy—her

book, “Gravy Wars: South Philly Foods, Feuds,

and Attytudes,” is a humorous narrative of

Italian-American culture, daring to address the

longstanding argument of “gravy” vs. “sauce.”

Ranalli expressed to the group that it takes time,

innovation, and energy to be successful. “One

thing I’ve learned since graduating from Cabrini is

that you never stop learning,” she said.

Following the keynote address, attendees chose

from breakout sessions offered in the morning

and afternoon: “Happiness is a choice” (Lenore

Perrott ’77, psychologist), “How to achieve personal

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“One thing I’ve learned since graduating from Cabrini is that

you never stop learning”Lorraine Ranalli ’87, G’93

NEWS

success” (Molly Enos ’10, president of Paul

Bunyan’s Maple Syrup), “Non-profit management

and leadership” (Judith Lewis ’08, G’11, president

of Right Attitude Management, LLC), and “You’re

more than you think you are … really!” (Barbara

Collins, Ed.D., professor and author, and founder

and president of Positive Trends, Inc.).

—Megan Gilmore

Barbara Collins, Ed.D., leads a break-out session at the Women’s Leadership Conference.

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When Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Mark

Schnellbaecher visited campus on Oct. 26, he

spoke of how CRS is assisting a generation of

recent college graduates frustrated by a lack of

jobs and an intrusive government.

But Schnellbaecher wasn’t referring to the United

States—he was talking about the Middle East.

CRS’ regional director for Europe and the Middle

East, Schnellbaecher shared his experience of

working on the ground in Beirut, Egypt and Iraq,

focusing on the Arab Spring revolutions which be-

gan in December 2010. Schnellbaecher helps CRS

provide food, temporary shelter, water and first

aid to those affected by violence in the region. At

Cabrini, he stressed that one of the organization’s

main goals was helping Middle Easterners transi-

tion from repressed subjects to citizens with rights.

“Different countries are now discussing what it

means to be a citizen, asking ‘What are our

rights?’ and ‘What are our responsibilities?’”

Schnellbaecher said.

Schnellbaecher credited college graduates in the

Middle East, frustrated by a lack of decent employ-

ment options and an oppressive government, for

leading the Arab Spring revolutions. He referenced

how some college graduates used self-immolation—

setting themselves on fire—as methods of protest.

“It seems clear to me that [the revolutions are]

about jobs and the youth bulge, where upwards of

60 percent of the population is under 25 years

old,” he said. “People who are well-educated or

are in the process of becoming well-educated

have no prospect of decent employment after

graduation.”

That’s why CRS, in addition to continuing its civic

engagement presence in the region, also is help-

ing many Middle Eastern youths with job oppor-

tunities through new programming, something

on which they had not previously focused.

“We’re not used to working with private

businesses to try and create hundreds and

hundreds of jobs at a time.”

Schnellbaecher told the Cabrini community that

they can make a difference here in the U.S. by

signing up to receive advocacy alerts through

CRS’ Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative

at www.crs.org/globalpoverty, and by contacting

members of Congress to urge them to provide

poverty-focused international assistance in fiscal

year 2012.

Following Schnellbaecher’s presentation,

Cabrini faculty members Joseph Romano,

Ph.D. (Philosophy), Paul Wright, Ph.D.

(English), Leonard Primiano, Ph.D. (Religious

Studies), and Andrew Owen, Ph.D. (Sociology),

shared their perspectives on the Arab Spring.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

Arab Spring Revolutions Topic of Discussion

Loquitur Recognized for Outstanding Writing, Editing, Design Cabrini students earned eight national journalism

awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press

Association (CSPA) for their work in The Loquitur, the College’s student-produced newspaper. Many

of the stories focused on issues of social justice.

The Loquitur editors earned first certificate of

merit in the Overall Newspaper Design and Front

Page Design categories, and fourth place in the

Overall Newspaper Design for Tabloid category.

Other Gold Circle Awards went to:

•Elizabeth Krupka ’12 and Alyssa Mentzer ’12,

second place in the In-Depth News/Feature

Story category for “War, rape fueled by our

phones, computers” (Nov. 14, 2010)

•Kelsey Kastrava ’12, third place in the

Personality Profile category for “Young

refugees ‘lost’ and found in local woman’s

home” (March 13, 2011), and second

certificate of merit in the Editorial Writing

category for “Homeless deserve more than

just a casual glance” (Oct. 25, 2010)

•Krupka and Danielle McLaughlin ’12,

second place in the Feature Page Design

category for “Cabrini-Opoly” (Aug. 31, 2011)

•Eric Gibble ’11, second certificate of merit

in the Spot News Photography category for

pictures from the Restoring Honor Rally

in Washington, D.C., featured in “Call to

action” (Aug. 31, 2010)

Founded in 1925, the CSPA is an international

student press association affiliated with Columbia

University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Other schools earning Gold Circle Awards this

year include the University of Pennsylvania, Ball

State University, the University of Alabama, the

University of Oklahoma, and Massachusetts

Institute of Technology.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

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Catholic Relief Services provides tuition assistance to thousands of refugee students living in Egypt so they can further their education and improve their chances of getting good jobs.

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Primiano Displays Italian Ex-voto Collection at NY Gallery

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Four dozen metal, silver and painted ex-votos—

divine votive offerings, usually to saints—from

the personal collection of Religious Studies Chair

Leonard Primiano, Ph.D., are on display through

April 2012 at the John D. Calandra Italian

American Institute in New York. The objects,

many of which are rare, date from 1865 to 1959.

“Many of the metal votives take the form of an

afflicted body part, such as a leg or a foot, or

hearts representing the Sacred Heart of Jesus,”

said Primiano. “The painting on metal and wood

represent dramatic moments of intercession, be

they sick bed scenes or accidents.”

The exhibit will open on campus at the College’s

Holy Spirit Library in September 2012.

An avid collector of vernacular religious art,

Primiano is developer and curator of Cabrini’s

Religious Folk, Popular, Liturgical Arts Collection.

In 2006, he coordinated for the College the

acquisition of the Don Yoder Collection of

Religious Folk Art. Primiano sits on the executive

board of the American Folklore Society and

is co-producer of The Father Divine Project, a

multimedia documentary and video podcast

about Father Divine, Mother Divine, and the

Peace Mission Movement.

For more information about the ex-voto exhibition,

“Graces Received: Painted and Metal Ex-Votos

from Italy,” contact Primiano at 610-902-8330 or

[email protected].

—Daniel DiPrinzio

For Girard Scholar, Change Comes When Individuals Join Together Bettye Collier-Thomas, Ph.D., this year’s Jolyon Pitt Girard Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, presented on

women, race, religion and Civil Rights, at the College on Sept. 29. Collier-Thomas focused her lecture on the

struggles women faced during the Civil Rights movement, stating that, while “bringing change is a long and

difficult process,” true change only comes when individuals join together in their advocacy efforts. A professor

of history at Temple University, Collier-Thomas also referenced her award-winning book, “Jesus, Jobs, and

Justice: African American Women and Religion,” which stresses the religious convictions of African American

women as a motivation to improve conditions for minorities.

Bettye Collier-Thomas, Ph.D.

Leonard Primiano, Ph.D., discusses his personal collection of ex-votos at Cabrini’s New York Regional Alumni Chapter event on Nov. 3

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“ Those who didn’t know Linda can

get a sense of her character just

by the work that she did, especially

with causes close to her heart.”

Deb Takes Cabrini Board Chair

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Zelinda (Linda) LeBoutillier, 76, former Trustee of

Cabrini College, died of cancer on Oct. 7.

LeBoutillier was chief executive officer of Waterloo

Gardens, Inc., one of the country’s top garden

centers, with locations in Devon, Pa., Exton,

Pa., and Wilmington, Del. Her parents, James

and Anna Paolini, founded Waterloo Gardens in

1942. Thirty years later, LeBoutillier purchased

the business with her husband and high school

sweetheart, Roberts “Bo” LeBoutillier. He died in

2001 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

LeBoutillier had a passion for cooking. In the

1980s, she and her sister-in-law founded The

Cooking School at Devon’s Waterloo location,

where she gave cooking demonstrations.

LeBoutillier also wrote a cookbook and developed

her own recipes for raw foods.

During her six years on Cabrini’s Board of Trustees

(2004–10), LeBoutillier served on the Cabrini

Classic committee as auction co-chair from 2005

to 2010, and donated the use of her home on the

Chesapeake Bay as an auction item. One year she

donated a cooking class at her home as well.

Cabrini Receives $35,000 in Grants for Science, Student Life Programs Funding from the Cabrini Mission Foundation and the Pennsylvania Liquor

Control Board (PLCB) will help the College develop programs in science

and student life.

A $20,000 grant from the Cabrini Mission Foundation will allow Cabrini

science faculty to host a college preparation workshop for students from

Mother Cabrini High School in New York. The week-long summer program,

Phage Hunters, will use technology and analysis developed by the Howard

Hughes Medical Institute to encourage young women to consider careers

in science, while providing a pre-college immersion experience. (Phage is

a shortened form of the word bacteriophage, which is a virus that infects

bacteria.) Biology majors Deborah Moran ’14 and Trevor Cross ’14 will

serve as peer mentors.

For the seventh consecutive year, the College has been awarded funding

from the PLCB. This year’s $15,000 grant will help the Office of Health

and Wellness Education develop marketing strategies, purchase public

safety equipment, and administer the National College Health Assessment

survey to reduce underage and dangerous drinking.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

“The depth of Linda’s generosity was evident

through her community contributions,” said

Cabrini Board Chair Deb Takes, who served with

LeBoutillier as a Cabrini Trustee. “Those who didn’t

know Linda can get a sense of her character just by

the work that she did, especially with causes close

to her heart.”

Her many philanthropic endeavors included

serving on the boards for the ALS Hope

Foundation, Bishop Shanahan High School,

Freedom Valley Girl Scout Council (she was a Girl

Scout leader for 10 years), and the Williamson

Free School of Mechanical Trades. LeBoutillier

was state chair of the American Family Institute

“Gift of Time” and the West Whiteland chair of the

American Heart Association, and remained active

in the Calvary Fellowship Church.

At Waterloo Gardens, she held many fundraisers for

the ALS Foundation, and hosted fundraising events

for Cabrini’s Alumni Association Scholarship.

In 2007, LeBoutillier received the Harold Martin

Leadership Award from the Exton Chamber of

Commerce and the 2005 Citizen of the Year

Award from the Berwyn-Devon Business and

Professional Association.

LeBoutillier is survived by a son, Roberts D.;

daughters Linda Anne, Rene, Susan ADP’07,

and Elise; six grandchildren, one of whom

(Heather Davis) is a 2007 Cabrini graduate;

and one great-grandchild.

—Megan Gilmore

Zelinda (Linda) LeBoutillier In Memoriam

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Campus Gets a FaceliftCabrini students have new and improved places

to eat, take care of registration and billing, and

play volleyball.

Healthier meal options and a more welcoming

environment are offered in the overhauled

Marketplace student restaurant in Founder’s Hall,

including six-person booth seating, make-to-order

breakfast and deli bars, a salad bar, globe lighting,

brand new flooring, and a warm color palette.

The campus’ fun factor bumped up with the

addition of a sand volleyball court, barbecue grills,

and colorful Adirondack chairs and picnic tables

behind Rooymans Activity Center, which last year

was renovated to include a pool table, Xbox, Wii,

flat screen TVs and vending machines.

In Grace Hall, behind a floor-to-ceiling glass wall,

the new Cavalier Express Center houses the

billing, financial aid and Registrar’s

offices. Three staff members sit at the

front of the Center to help students with

questions, and computer stations are

available for class registration or other

needs. The customer service-oriented,

one-stop center is open Monday through

Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Visit www.cabrini.edu/cavalierexpress

for more information, or contact

the Center at 610-902-8188 or

[email protected].

—Megan Gilmore

Sudan Stories Earn Loquitur Reporter National AcclaimThree Loquitur stories on the civil war in

Sudan earned Kelsey Kastrava ’12 national

recognition. She was second-place winner for

Chandler Student Religion Reporter of the Year,

an award presented by The Religion Newswriters

Association, whose mission is to promote

excellence in media coverage and in public

discourse about religion.

Kastrava’s articles, “Students organize over

Sudanese conflict,” “Lost boy finds success in the

new world, has hope for homeland,” and “Young

refugees ‘lost’ and found in local woman’s home,”

detail Cabrini students’ advocacy for the conflict

in Sudan and include interviews with Malual Deng

Duot, a “lost boy” of Sudan who now attends

Villanova University.

—Chelbi Mims ’13

Kites and Spirits Soared During Family WeekendFamily Weekend, Sept. 23–25, was a celebration

for everyone—students, alumni, and families—

with events including an ice cream social, movie

viewings, a caricaturist, and athletic games. Several

highlights drew even bigger crowds.

On Friday, three alumni and a former coach were

inducted into Cabrini’s Athletic Hall of Fame during

a ceremony in the Dixon Center’s Nerney Field

House. Families, past teammates and coaches

surrounded basketball player Megan Dillon

Grant ’97, lacrosse player Christy Malone ’01,

and Duncan Hubley, men’s soccer coach from

1988–98, during their induction. For details about

the Hall of Fame ceremony, see page 12.

Students were honored for academic achievements

during Honors Convocation on Saturday morning

before picnicking in the renovated Marketplace.

During the highly anticipated Clue Mystery Dinner

Theatre that evening, 100 guests—some who

served as characters—scoured the Mansion hunting

for clues to solve the mystery. After sleuthing,

the night ended with Big Prize Bingo, where

participants had the opportunity to win prizes such

as a Keurig, Kindle, GPS, Wii, and gift cards to

Stephen Starr Restaurants.

Nearly 250 community members sent kites soaring

at Sunday’s Kite Festival. For the first time in

several years, the weather cooperated, allowing

children to fly their kites high on the Upper Athletic

Field. The men’s and women’s soccer teams also

conducted a mini-clinic for children ages 10 and

under to learn basic soccer skills like defending,

passing and shooting.

—Megan Gilmore

Marketplace

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International, National Organizations Honor Alumni Documentary on CancerAn international and a national organization

have recognized Gianna Shikitino ’11 and

Joseph Cahill ’11 for their audio documentary

on cancer. “Determined to Survive: The Hope to

Fight” earned an International Academy of Visual

Arts Silver Davey Award for best program and news

documentary, and was one of four finalists up

for the College Broadcasters, Inc. “Best Feature”

award. Containing interviews with cancer patients

and emotional testimonials from family and friends

of those with cancer, the documentary focuses on

how people mentally cope with the disease.

Last year, Cahill, Shikitino, and Kerri Dougherty ’11

were finalists for the College Broadcasters, Inc.

“Best Feature” award for their audio documentary,

“Behind the Strut: A Look Inside the World of the

Philadelphia Mummers.”

—Chelbi Mims ’13

Trustee’s Company Named One of Philadelphia’s Best Places to Work

Tuition reimbursement,

profit sharing, bowling

nights, summer

barbecues, holiday

parties, an extraordinarily

supportive work

environment—these are

some of the perks that

helped make the public

relations firm Devine + Powers one of Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2011 “Best Places to Work.”

Cofounded in 2003 by Jay Devine and Vince

Powers (a Cabrini Board member since

2007), the firm represents a range of clients

from Fortune 500 companies to non-profit

organizations, such as Sunoco, the Academy

of the Natural Sciences, Project H.O.M.E.,

Philadelphia Gas Works, and the Kimmel Center

for the Performing Arts.

—Daniel DiPrinzio

Faculty in the News Eric Malm, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics

and business administration, was quoted as an

expert in a Sept. 14 DailyFinance.com story on

how the economy has changed since 9-11.

James Hedtke, Ph.D., chair and professor of

history and political science, was quoted as an

expert in a Sept. 13 Christian Science Monitor story on the Sept. 12 Republican presidential

primary debate.

Darryl Mace, Ph.D., associate professor of history,

and Melissa Terlecki, Ph.D., associate professor of

psychology, are the recipients of a 1976 Hamilton

Faculty Fellowship, which they will use to design

a course on the history of mental health and the

Norristown State Hospital. The ECG course will be

taught beginning in fall 2012.

Elizabeth Bodine, Ph.D., assistant professor of

mathematics, co-published “Spectrally arbitrary

patterns over finite fields” in the August 2011

issue of Linear and Multilinear Algebra.

Cabrini’s Largest Fundraiser Honors TrusteeThe 23rd annual Cabrini Classic, May 7, 2012, at Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli, Pa., will honor

Caswell “Cas” F. Holloway III.

Holloway is a dedicated volunteer and key supporter of Cabrini College. For eight years, he has served

on the College’s Board of Trustees and the Cabrini Classic committee, including as committee chair

from 2004 to 2006.

Holloway is president of C.F. Holloway, III & Company, a residential builder and developer in Wayne, Pa.

He earned a bachelor of science from the University of Notre Dame. Holloway and his wife, Joan, have

five sons, one of whom (John) is a 2005 Cabrini graduate.

The Cabrini Classic, a golf tournament, auction and dinner, is the College’s largest single fundraiser,

raising more than $1 million over the past six years. Many sponsorship levels are available. Support

Cabrini College and Cas Holloway through a corporate or personal sponsorship, ad in the program

booklet, auction item donation, or participation in the tournament.

Visit www.cabrini.edu/CabriniClassic for more information or contact Donna Potts at 610-902-8214

or [email protected].

Caswell F. Holloway III

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Former athletic standouts Tim Anderlonis ’00,

Megan Dillon Grant ’97 and Christy Malone ’01,

along with former coach Duncan Hubley, were

inducted into the Cabrini College Athletic Hall

of Fame during a ceremony on Sept. 23 in the

Nerney Field House. The four entered the Hall of

Fame as members of its sixth class, joining 22

previously inducted members.

“I continue to be amazed each year at the

extraordinary student-athletes and coaches we’ve

had here at Cabrini,” said Joe Giunta, director of

athletics and recreation. “But most importantly,

the men and women in our Athletic Hall of Fame

are exceptional human beings, and the College

is fortunate to have these wonderful people

representing the College and the great legacy

which is Cabrini College Athletics.”

Tim Anderlonis ’00, a member of the Cavaliers

men’s basketball team from 1996 to 2000, was

presented by former basketball coach and 2010

Hall of Fame inductee John Dzik. As Anderlonis

is currently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps

and stationed in Afghanistan, his sister, Karie

Steinmetz, and daughter, Olivia, were on hand

to accept the award in his absence. Anderlonis

currently ranks third on Cabrini’s all-time scoring

list with 1,362 points and tenth in steals with 153.

Former women’s basketball student-athlete Megan

Dillon Grant ’97 was presented by her husband

and former Cabrini basketball student-athlete

Greg Grant ’96 and eldest daughter Maggie. Grant

remains the Cavaliers’ all-time leader in assists

(618) and steals (253). She also ranks sixth in

points (1,156) and second in rebounds (887).

Duncan Hubley, Cabrini’s men’s soccer coach

from 1988 to 1998, was presented by former

soccer student-athlete Paul Hollinger ’99. Hubley

amassed 140 career victories during his years at

the helm of the Cavaliers’ soccer program. The

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ATHLETICS

Cavaliers won six conference championships, and

he led the Cavaliers to their first appearance in the

Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament.

Christy Malone ’01 was a member of the Cabrini

women’s lacrosse team from 1998 to 2001. She

ranks in the top 20 in Division III lacrosse for career

saves with 783. The Cavaliers won four consecutive

Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championships

with Malone in net, including a perfect 16-0

campaign in Malone’s freshman year when she led

the nation with a .675 save percentage. She was

inducted by current Cabrini field hockey and lacrosse

coach Jackie Neary.

Several alumni who are Cabrini College Athletic Hall

of Fame members were in attendance, including

Glen Jaskelewicz ’93 (Class of 2006), Tom Nerney ’77

(Class of 2006), and Jessi Valerio Gougler ’99 (Class

of 2007).

“It was an honor to have several members of the

Athletic Hall of Fame in attendance this evening,”

Giunta commented. “Tom, Jessi, Glen and Coach

Dzik represent the rich tradition of Cavalier Athletics

and it’s always a pleasure to welcome them and all

alums back to campus.”

The Cabrini College Athletic Hall of Fame was

established in 2006 to recognize individuals who

have contributed to the success and growth of the

Cabrini’s athletic program.

—David Howell

Left to right: Christy Malone ’01, President Marie George, Olivia Anderlonis (representing Tim Anderlonis ’00), Megan Dillon Grant ’97 and Duncan Hubley pose for a photo at the Athletic Hall of Fame induction.

Former soccer players return to Cabrini to honor former coach Duncan Hubley (13th from left) on his induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame.

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For most college students, summer break is an

opportunity to get away from school, perhaps get

a job, head to the shore, or just relax. For two

groups of Cabrini College student-athletes, the

summer of 2011 was an opportunity to learn about

themselves, their teammates, their sports and

another way of life.

Cavaliers head women’s lacrosse coach Jackie

Neary and head women’s soccer coach Ken

Prothero gave their clubs a chance to experience

life as others know it, through team trips to Europe.

Neary’s charges spent a week in London, while

Prothero took his team on a 10-day tour of Italy

and Germany. The trips gave the student-athletes

and coaches a chance to continue their seasons,

but perhaps more importantly, they presented the

student-athletes an opportunity to travel, bond and

to grow.

The Cabrini women’s lacrosse team originally

planned to head to Japan but the devastating

earthquake and tsunami in March put their trip

in jeopardy. Though the Japanese Lacrosse

Association was still interested in having the

Cavaliers as part of the 2011 Friendship Games,

Neary was concerned about the safety and

infrastructure of the trip. Having acted as a guest

coach with the English National Team in 2010,

Neary and athletic travel company Zag Sports

quickly regrouped and organized a trip to London,

where the Cavaliers would face the English

National Team, the Under-19 National Team and

two club teams.

Planning for the women’s soccer trip proved to

be a bit easier. Prothero and assistant coach

Jess Huda ’01 took the team on a European tour

that included stops in Munich, site of the 1972

Olympics; Dachau, the former Nazi

concentration camp; Florence;

Milan; and Pisa. The highlight of the

trip was time spent at a museum

dedicated to Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.

Though both schedules were filled with matches

and guided tours, the most important and less

tangible part of the trip is the enhancement of the

lessons student-athletes take from athletics.

“We wanted our trip to focus not just on soccer,

but the educational aspect was just as important,”

Prothero said. “I think we provided a very powerful,

rich experience for our student-athletes, both on

and off the field.”

Those lessons were not overlooked by the student-

athletes. For many, it was their first opportunity to

travel without the supervision of their parents and

their first European experience.

“I was very nervous traveling to a foreign country

without my parents,” said lacrosse student-athlete

Ali May ’14. “The trip forced us to really depend

on each other and help each other through our

anxieties.”

For Kellie Manoppello ’15, the educational aspect

was an important part of the trip.

“I was very excited to travel with our team,”

Manopello said. “Learning about international

lacrosse and the English culture was amazing. But

experiencing all of that with people with whom you

are so close is what really made it memorable.”

Kara Hinkelmon ’12 has been involved with

hosting foreign exchange soccer players for several

years. For her, the opportunity to see the other side

was tremendous.

“It gave me the chance to see what some of my

friends have talked about,” Hinkelmon said. “Plus

we got to experience the game with European

players and coaches. Practicing, playing and going

to a Women’s World Cup game gave us first-hand

knowledge about the culture of European soccer.”

Both coaches are hopeful that the trip also pays

immediate dividends on the field. Players on both

teams say the trip has bonded them on and off

the field. Prothero often refers to the level of play

his team faced in Italy and Germany, as he tries

to bring those aspects to his team. Through fall

practices and off-season conditioning, the Cabrini

women’s lacrosse team already has a kinship that

many of its young players have never experienced.

—David Howell

Student-Athletes Bond During

European Trips

ATHLETICS

Left: The women’s lacrosse team concludes its international play versus the English National team. Right: On day nine of the 10-day tour, the women’s soccer team visits Porto Venere, a small village on the Ligurian coast of Italy.

The women’s soccer team tours Florence’s Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

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THEheart

An Education of the Heart

Cabrini’s mission is to deliver an “Education of the Heart.” That concept comes directly from the College’s namesake. But what does it mean, and how does it work? And more important, how does it shape peoples’ lives?

By Richard Bader

At just 45 words, Cabrini College’s mission statement is refreshingly brief, standing in concise contrast to college mission statements that can run five or six times as long. It covers some of the same ground as those of other colleges, with such themes as academic excellence, diversity, and leadership development. But Cabrini’s mission statement has one feature most others lack—it has a title: Education of the Heart. And though that phrase may mean different things to different people, those four words give shape to a Cabrini education, and vice versa.

Education of the Heart is a phrase Cabrini deservedly owns, coming as it did from Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850−1917), who founded the Missionary

Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who in turn founded Cabrini College. Mother Cabrini believed that the intellectual purpose of education could not be separated from the moral. Education of the Heart embraces that belief.

The concept manifests itself in a variety of ways. To some, Education of the Heart means learning the value of helping those who are less fortunate. To others, it means trying your best, approaching all that you do with heartfelt effort. A faculty member says it’s “a puzzle a lot of us work on.”And if it’s challenging to define with precision, Education

of the Heart can also be a challenge to measure, though the College is taking steps to do just that. Cabrini is one

of 29 colleges taking part in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, a wide-ranging project to assess outcomes of liberal arts learning. In the study, participating colleges identify an area of student learning they want to improve, implement programs designed to improve it, and then use assessment tools to see how well it worked. At Cabrini, the assessment looks at learning centered on social justice. The project started in spring 2010 and concludes in 2014.

Meanwhile, like many complex concepts, maybe Education of the Heart is something you know best when you see it. “The true test of what we’re doing,” says Cabrini President Marie Angelella George, “is found in the nature of the lives people lead.” What follows is a look at some of those lives.

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Lindsay Anderson visits with children in an after-school program in Duran, Ecuador, during a service immersion trip in December 2010

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she says, had cancer. As she stood on Kayford Mountain there was an explosion from a mining operation in the distance, and a cloud of orange dust rose up and drifted over a community downwind.

“I learned to use power tools and I learned about poverty,” says Anderson, now a senior majoring in exercise science and health promotion. “It makes you think about things you have that others don’t. It was such a new experience for me.”

It was an experience that motivated her to get more involved in work for the common good. Later that spring she joined Cabrini’s Community Service and Outreach Club, which organizes events on and off campus that support worthwhile causes. She began to assume greater leadership with the club, and now, as its president, she’s helped put together a 9/11 Remembrance, a bingo night for residents of a low-income community, a 5K fundraiser for a women’s shelter, and many other events.

“Taking on a leadership role has helped me step outside my comfort zone,” she says. “I work with a wonderful team of people. I’m thrilled to be working with them to promote community service.”

Getting involved in community service has been a defining feature of Anderson’s Cabrini education. And when she graduates and enters the workplace, she expects to stay involved. “I want to,” she says. “It’s a part of who I am.”

It was spring break of her first year at Cabrini, and nothing had prepared Lindsay Anderson for the view she was seeing from the top of Kayford Mountain, in West Virginia’s coal country. All around her, the graceful tree-covered peaks you associate with the Appalachian Mountains were gone, having been clear-cut and leveled by mining companies practicing mountaintop removal.

The process involves blasting away hundreds of feet of mountain to expose the coal seam below, and shoveling the residual “overburden,” as the former mountaintops are called, into surrounding valleys. Mountaintop removal makes it much easier to harvest coal. It also alters ecosystems, destroys habitats, and damages water quality. A recent study published in the Journal of Community

Health linked the procedure to tens of thousands of cases of cancer in the region.

Anderson was in West Virginia with more than two dozen Cabrini classmates as part of an alternative spring break trip. While there they helped restore the home of a family of three, an older couple and their adult son, two of whom,

Lindsay Anderson, senior

“It’s Part ofWho I Am”

Left to right: Lindsay Anderson ’12, Stephanie Coleman ’15, Megan Creed ’13, and Lisa Marie Gomez ’12 at the Laurel House 5K Dash Against Domestic Violence.

As part of Project Appalachia, Lindsay Anderson ’12 (left) and Kerry Allaire ’11 spent the 2009 spring break restoring a home in West Virginia.

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Your Heart as a Compass

Tom Nerney ’77 and Jill Chambers Nerney ’77

Learning, which enables some three dozen low-income Philadelphia-area youth to attend private high schools, and opens up educational opportunities for hundreds of children in Rwanda. Tom and Jill are helping to launch a new Philadelphia high school for low-income students. At USLI, Jill oversees an internship program providing opportunities for students from Cabrini and other area colleges and universities. Additionally, Tom created a curriculum for those at USLI who have people leadership responsibilities, called Leadership with Heart.

The phrase Education of the Heart may not have been top of mind at Cabrini when the Nerneys were students, but the idea was there, and it stuck. They’re delighted to see the concept being brought to center stage today.

“It was an education outside the classroom,” Tom says. “It was learning to care about other people, to respect other people, to believe in other people. It’s learning to use your heart as a compass in what you’re doing in life.”

Weekday afternoons in the late fall and winter you’ll find Tom Nerney ’77 not behind his office desk at United States Liability Insurance Group (USLI), where he’s chairman, president, and CEO, but on the gym floor at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa., where he volunteers as assistant coach of the school’s girls’ basketball team. His focus is not so much to design plays or run passing drills, but to help his captains assert their leadership, to help players work through conflicts that might arise, and to get everyone to understand the concept of team.

“I’m more on the ‘dynamic’ side,” is the way he puts it. “I try to reach into people to help them get better.” One reason he’s so well suited to this role is that others played it for him when he was a student at Cabrini.

Tom Nerney and Jill Chambers met at Cabrini as sophomores. Jill was a biology major and a strong student. Tom majored in social science and philosophy and played basketball (he was inducted into the Cabrini Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006). They started dating and were engaged by fall of senior year. They broke off that engagement, but got back together a couple of years later and now have been married 32 years.

When they talk about Cabrini, they talk about getting two educations: the academic one, and then something else.

“I was searching to find out who I was,” says Tom. He credits faculty members and administrators for helping him with that search, reaching out to him and Jill, spending time with them, genuinely liking them. One professor taught Tom how to tie a tie, and went with him when he bought Jill’s engagement ring. “It was more than just learning a subject or a discipline. These people really cared about us.”

That caring attitude has stayed with the Nerneys. The couple hosts dinners at their home to support philanthropic efforts for healthcare; Jill is a Trustee of the Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation and Tom recently joined the Board of Governors of Main Line Health System.Tom and Jill have founded two nonprofit organizations: the Nerney Family Foundation, which makes donations to a variety of charitable causes, and A Front Row Seat to

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Jerry Zurek picks a “cherry” from a coffee plant in Guatemala.

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“I Saw Teaching

With a New Purpose”

Jerry Zurek, professor

“What we are trying to do here is very difficult and very exciting,” says Jerry Zurek, Ph.D., professor and chair of communication.

With 41 years on the Cabrini faculty, Zurek has a lot of familiarity with Education of the Heart. But the concept really came to life for the first time during a 2006 trip to the Amazon.

Zurek visited Catholic Relief Services (CRS) workers in a village in rural Brazil, where he says large corporations were luring young men and women into slavery with the false promise of high pay for cutting trees in the rainforest. He met a local family, a mother and father and their three young daughters, who despite death threats were trying to educate their community about the problem.

“I saw the global dimension of injustice,” Zurek says. “I saw what could be done working with local communities. I saw teaching with a new purpose.”

Today he structures classes not just to expose students to issues of social justice in the world, but to get them involved with those issues. Last spring a team of students made a radio documentary about the use of slave labor to manufacture cell phone parts in the Congo. Student projects have focused on AIDS, Fair Trade, and similar topics.

“I’m trying to create a cohort of graduates who are educated in a different way,” Zurek says, “so their lives can continue to work in solidarity with others around the world.”

Zurek is not naïve about the reasons students come to college. Most students at Cabrini, like most college students everywhere, arrive on campus more concerned with preparing for a career than saving the world. But by engaging them with issues of real importance in ways that also help them develop career skills, Zurek accomplishes both. “This kind of learning is distinctive,” he says. “It’s beneficial to them, but it’s also beneficial to society.”

A young woman in one of Zurek’s classes is an Iraqi refugee, and earlier this fall he asked her to speak to his classes about her experiences. (You can see a video of her talk at www.vimeo.com/30871644.) The students heard things they had never heard before and talked about things they had never considered. They discussed the status of refugees elsewhere, the political backdrop to refugee movements, the economic impact. Later this fall students will go to Washington, D.C., to discuss refugee policy with their congressmen.

“Each one of them has to figure out where they stand on issues that three months ago they had absolutely no awareness of, let alone an opinion about,” says Zurek. “When students’ eyes and minds become open like that, that’s a huge satisfaction.”

Jerry Zurek and his students discuss “Not for Sale,” a book about human trafficking.

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To Use Your Heart for Humankind

Bill Uditsky, junior

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Sometimes we come to appreciate the value of “heart” by experiencing its absence. That was the case for Cabrini junior Bill Uditsky, a double major in finance and accounting from Havertown, Pa.

In high school, Uditsky faced the challenges every teen faces, plus a few most others don’t have to deal with. He had been diagnosed with several health conditions, including Tourette syndrome, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and a mild case of Asperger syndrome, which itself is a mild form of autism.

In other words, he was different, and this made him a target for bullies. A transfer to a new high school solved the problem, and Bill came to Cabrini not with bitterness, but with insight. “Just because someone’s different doesn’t mean they should be treated differently,” he says.

A Heartfelt Mission

On February 20, 2010, Cabrini College’s Board of Trustees approved a new Mission Statement for the College, bringing Education of the Heart front and center:

Education of the Heart – Cabrini College is a Catholic institution of higher education dedicated to academic excellence, leadership development, and a commitment to social justice. The College welcomes learners of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds and prepares them to become engaged citizens of the world.

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At Cabrini he continued to explore ideas of difference and its close cousin, inequality. Religion classes gave Uditsky, who’s Jewish, an appreciation for others’ views of spirituality. Volunteer work in a nearby high school as part of an Engagements with the Common Good class exposed him to inequalities in education. He grew more acutely aware of the gap between society’s “haves” and “have-nots,” and he wanted to help close it.

“I like helping others reach their potential,” says Uditsky, an Honors student who knows something about reaching one’s potential. “I want to help those less fortunate than us.”

In the past two years Uditsky has become involved in the Peace Mission Movement, done fundraising for developing-world microfinance projects, put his accounting skills to work helping residents of a Montgomery County assisted-living facility with their taxes, and volunteered for a variety of other causes.

Accounting is a perfect major for Uditsky, who is good at math, good with technology, and likes structure. Accounting is also, he notes, “recession-proof,” offering a stable foundation for supporting a family some day. And he understands that along with the benefits of his education comes a certain responsibility.

“Education of the Heart symbolizes that Cabrini teaches its students to use each of their hearts for the good of humankind,” Uditsky wrote in his application for the Alumni Scholarship, which the Cabrini Alumni Board awarded him earlier this year. “[It] illustrates to students how … less fortunate individuals struggle to earn a living, so that we can recognize how to use our future careers as pathways to assist those in need.”

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Left to right: Bill Uditsky ’13 studies with Krysten Bittner ’14 and Alexandra Saboe ’14.

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Going from “I” to“We”

Marie Angelella George, president

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President George with Stephanie Minneci ’13 and T-Ana Carpenter ’15 (right), recipients of the Mother Cabrini League scholarship, which is funded through the generosity of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Richard Bader is a writer and communications consultant in Baltimore, and a frequent

contributor to Cabrini Magazine. You can find him on the web at www.richardbader.net.

“Education of the Heart involves wedding the Catholic intellectual tradition to the Catholic social tradition,” says Cabrini President Marie Angelella George. In and of itself, she adds, that isn’t unique. Some variation of that connection takes place at most Catholic colleges and universities, most commonly found in service learning, where students do community service that has an intentional link to what they’re studying in a class.

What’s distinctive at Cabrini, President George says, is how that marriage of the intellectual and the social plays out: “The intellectual development and the moral reasoning about important social issues come together here in a way I’ve never seen before.”

For a prime example, she points to the College’s Justice Matters core curriculum, a liberal arts curriculum reflecting a concern for important social issues of our day. Justice Matters, now in its third year, first asks students to look at themselves, which is where many college freshmen tend to be looking anyway. Then students become involved in working in partnership with communities and bring those experiences to class.

But Justice Matters doesn’t stop there. Students go on to apply their growing knowledge to community-based projects. A team of biology students explores the causes of pollution in a watershed near campus and comes up with a way to mitigate it. Students do research on domestic violence and share their findings on a website that becomes a valuable resource for a women’s shelter.

Projects like these challenge students to think more deeply about root causes of complex problems and work to find good solutions. In the process, students learn to become change agents—advocates for causes they believe in.

“It’s going from the ‘I’ to the ‘we,’” says President George. “It’s the integration of important social issues within the context of each student’s educational experience. It’s deeply woven into Education of the Heart. And it’s one of the richest dimensions of social-justice education you’ll find.

“True to our Catholic identity, Cabrini educates minds and hearts, values the God-given dignity of each person, and promotes peace and justice for the human family.”

Education of the Heart is why President George was attracted to Cabrini in the first place. She inherited a college that from its founding had been telling students that with knowledge comes an obligation to use it for the common good. Her goal is to take Education of the Heart to a new level, to be more intentional about it, to have it become the answer to the question, What makes Cabrini different?

“What we are doing here,” President George told those assembled three years ago for her inauguration as Cabrini’s seventh president, “is putting a stake in the ground that says that the acquisition of knowledge is not enough and will never be enough if that knowledge does not get utilized in the betterment of society and the betterment of our own lives.”

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In February 2009, President George and several Communication students and faculty members traveled to Guatemala, where they visited a clinic operated by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSCs).

The MSCs have a health clinic and a health care outreach program, which brings necessary medical services to remote rural communities.

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ALUMNI NEWS

Alumni at the Shore

Clear blue skies and a warm beach breeze set an

idyllic scene for Cabrini College’s first Alumni at

the Shore event on July 30. Nearly 70 alumni and

friends, representing every decade, brushed off

their sandy shoes for an evening of cocktails and

appetizers at the Golden Inn in Avalon, N.J.

The Alumni Office provided a discounted hotel rate,

which several guests took advantage of for the

weekend.

The second annual Cabrini Alumni at the Shore

event, at the Golden Inn in Avalon, N.J., will be

July 28, 2012, from 4 to 7 p.m. For more

information, contact Rachel McCarter, director of

Alumni Relations, at [email protected]

or 610-902-8256.

Cabrini Night at the Phillies Alumni Happy Hour

On Sept. 16, more than 2,300 members of the

Cabrini College community filed into Citizens Bank

Park to cheer on the Philadelphia Phillies against the

St. Louis Cardinals, the team that would ultimately

end the Phillies’ season. Before the game, 70

alumni, friends, faculty, and staff attended a happy

hour at McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon. Guests

enjoyed live music, a full bar, appetizers, and

appearances by President Marie George, the Cabrini

Cavalier, and Cabrini cheerleaders.

The Phillies promotional item at the game was a

Phillies/Cabrini knit cap, a perfect accessory for

the cool September evening. The Cabrini College

Chorus sang the National Anthem, the Cabrini

cheerleaders and Cavalier showed their spirit on

the field during the ceremonial first pitch, and in

the fifth inning, the Cabrini Dance Team danced

with the Phillie Phanatic.

Stay tuned for details about the 2012 Cabrini Night

at the Phillies on Sept. 7.

Alumni, Parents & Friends Reception at Lehigh Country Club Nearly 40 alumni, parents and friends joined

President Marie George at the Lehigh Country

Club for a cocktail reception, hosted by former

Trustee Mary Ellen Jaindl Roper ’72. Professor

Emeritus of Education Andrew Litavec and

Board Chair Deb Takes were among the guests,

along with many of Roper’s classmates from the

class of 1972. The Oct. 12 event provided the

opportunity for many of the College’s constituents

in the Allentown, Pa., area to connect and learn

the latest news about Cabrini.

Graduate student and pianist Christopher

Dickerson provided classical melodies while

guests mingled, and President George presented

the College’s 2020 Vision, which includes plans

for sustainability, modern pedagogies, and a

pedestrian-friendly campus.

ALUMNI EVENTS – IF YOU MISSED IT…

Melissa Terlecki (center), associate professor of psychology, with Stephen and Mary Harris (left), chair of the Business Department, and George and Laura Groves, chair of the Social Work Department.

L-R: Maryellen Anastasio ’11, Associate Direc-tor of Athletics Brian Beacham, Linda Cylc ’03, Assistant Director of Admissions Brian Felice ’05, Candice Linehan ’03

Joanne Kovacs Balshi ’69 and her husband Thomas HON’10 (left) with Claire Roth ’69 and her husband Bob Weber.

Barbara Wister ’87

Mary Ellen Jaindl Roper ’72 and President Marie George

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Cabrini’s commitment to an Education of the Heart and community service drew Director of

Alumni Relations Rachel McCarter to the College.

She joined Cabrini in July, bringing more than

six years of marketing, development, and alumni

relations experience.

At Cabrini, McCarter has worked alongside the

Alumni Board of Directors to restore the Class

Agent Program, revise the Alumni Association

MEET THE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

bylaws, introduce new alumni events and

communications, and revamp the Alumni

Weekend planning structure to focus on reunion

class years.

Most recently, McCarter was director of Alumni

Relations at Rosemont College (2008–11),

where she worked closely with a 20-member

Alumni Board of Directors to strengthen alumni

programming and communications.

McCarter earned a bachelor’s degree in commu-

nication studies from Bloomsburg University, and

previously worked in marketing and development

communications at The Franklin Institute.

She demonstrates her personal commitment to

community involvement through her annual par-

ticipation in the Sandy Rollman Foundation’s Spirit

Sprint to raise money for ovarian cancer research.

McCarter’s office is located on the second

floor of the Mansion (610-902-8256,

[email protected]).

CALL FOR ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Alumni Office is seeking nominations for the

2012 Alumni Awards.

The Cabrini College Alumni Awards Program

recognizes outstanding professional, personal,

community service, and College-related

accomplishments of exemplary alumni. The Alumni

Office solicits alumni nominations for five awards:

Distinguished Achievement Award, the Martha Dale

Award for Distinguished Service, the St. Frances

X. Cabrini Award for Community Service, Cabrini

College Honorary Alumnus, and Cabrini College

Young Alumni Award. Alumni may nominate

themselves or other alumni. For details, visit

www.cabrini.edu/AlumniAwards.

To submit a nomination for an Alumni Award, email

the nominee’s full name, class year, award title, and

reason for nomination to Rachel McCarter, director

of Alumni Relations, at [email protected].

The deadline for nominations is Jan. 27, 2012.

FEBRUARY 11Alumni Basketball Game

MARCH 30Radio Station 30th Anniversary Event

MAY 20Commencement

Legacy photos and 1962 Golden Hearts Society

FEBRUARY 18Cabrini Sweetheart Dance

APRIL 1Graduate Studies

Honors Convocation

MARCH 31Breakfast with the

Easter Bunny

JUNE 1–2Alumni Weekend 2012 & 50th Anniversary

of the Alumni Association Celebration. Friday features a concert by the Irish band Blackthorn.

Saturday features the Mansion Gala and more!

MARCH 4–11Guatemala Trip

with Jerry Zurek, Ph.D. professor of communication,

and Raquel Green, Ph.D., assistant professor of Spanish

APRIL 21Class Agents Meeting

MARCH 24 Team Trivia Night

MAY 7Cabrini Classic

JULY 28Alumni at the Shore

Golden Inn, Avalon, N.J.

Be the first to learn about upcoming alumni and friends events

Send your full name, class year, and current email address to [email protected] to receive updates on upcoming alumni and friends events and offerings. Are you on Facebook? Find out the latest by “liking” the Cabrini College Alumni Office on Facebook. More events are underway for spring 2012!

For more information, contact Rachel McCarter, director of Alumni Relations, at 610-902-8256 or [email protected].

UPCOMING ALUMNI & FRIENDS EVENTSSave

the Date

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ALUMNI NEWSALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Do you want to make a difference in the life of your alma mater? Do you know someone who would? Be the

voice for your Cabrini decade! The Governance Committee of the Alumni Board of Directors is collecting

nominations of undergraduate and graduate alumni who would like to join the Alumni Board.

The Alumni Board consists of 26 members, representing all decades and degrees, who serve as the

governing body of the Cabrini College Alumni Association. The Alumni Board provides valuable guidance,

with the goal of increasing alumni involvement, support, and connectedness to Cabrini College, in areas

relating to alumni relations, admissions, scholarships, fundraising, student affairs, Board governance, and

graduate engagement.

To submit a nomination in the 2012 Alumni Board of Directors election, email the nominee’s full

name, class year, and reason for nomination to Rachel McCarter, director of Alumni Relations, at

[email protected]. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 27, 2012. Voting ballots will be

sent electronically to alumni in March 2012.

1. Become a Class Agent!

Are you a networker or communicator by nature?

Would you enjoy finding creative ways to connect

your Cabrini classmates with one another and

your alma mater?

If so, the Alumni Office has an opportunity for you!

Class Agents are alumni volunteers who serve

as liaisons between the Alumni Office and their

class, lending their time, talent, and expertise to

plan events and initiatives that keep classmates

engaged and connected to the current Cabrini

College community. Class Agents are needed for

several classes.

To volunteer as a Class Agent for your class,

contact Rachel McCarter, director of Alumni

Relations ([email protected] or

610-902-8256).

2. Join Your Alumni Weekend Class Committee!

Are you part of an undergraduate class with a year

ending in “2” or “7”? If so, mark your calendar

to celebrate your next milestone class reunion at

Alumni Weekend 2012, June 1–2.

Help make your class reunion memorable by

volunteering for your Alumni Weekend Class

Committee. Committees are formed for each

class and the Alumni Office is seeking additional

A YEAR OF MILESTONES

The year 2012 marks two significant milestones

in Cabrini history—the 50th anniversary of the

Cabrini College Alumni Association and the

30th anniversary of Cabrini’s radio station,

89.1 WYBF-FM “The Burn.” To help make these

celebrations memorable, the Alumni Office is

seeking alumni participation.

•Were you involved with Cabrini’s radio

station as a student?

•In the last 50 years, have you served

on the Cabrini College Alumni Board of

Directors or the Board of Trustees?

If you answer “yes” to either of these questions,

email [email protected] with: your full

name (first, maiden, last); class year; contact

information; position held at the radio station,

on the Alumni Board of Directors, or on the

Board of Trustees; and years served.

Alumni who notify the Alumni Office about

their involvement will be recognized at these

events. For more information, contact

Rachel McCarter, director of Alumni Relations

([email protected] or 610-902-8256).

members to discuss ideas and plan reunion events

and initiatives for several classes.

Interested alumni should contact Rachel McCarter,

director of Alumni Relations (rachel.mccarter@

cabrini.edu or 610-902-8256).

3. You Be the Judge: Cabrini’s Team Trivia Night

The jury is out on who will judge Cabrini’s popular

Team Trivia Night; will it be you? The Alumni Office

is looking for alumni volunteers to serve as judges

on March 24, 2012. Contact the Alumni Office at

610-902-8212 for more details. Note: Team Trivia

tables (eight-person) will go on sale for $160 per

table in January 2012. Don’t want to judge? Start

planning who will be on your team today!

THREE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED!

2011 Team Trivia Night

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Kathy Reardon Everett ’68 President

Craig Vagell ’05 Vice President

Frances L. Carusi Brooks ’82 President Emerita

Rachel Angeloni ’01Lisa Carnesi ’98Christina Cimmino ’09Nancy Gorevin Costello ’71*Tara Kegel Cox ’93Emily Fiore ’12**John Gwiazdowski ’99, G’02Robert Hugh G’05Chris McCarthy ’74Donna Montanari Moyer ’81Kathleen Murtagh G’07Christopher Nielsen ’01Vincent Prestileo Jr. ’04*Theresa Randall ’81Robert Salladino ’93, G’97Nicole Shovlin ’12**Vincent Silveira ’13**Janet Smith ’83Adam Todd ’97William Uditsky ’13**John M. Verdi ’03Gerry McGettigan Woods ’68Sharon Shipley Zubricky ’76*

*Cabrini Board Trustee**Student Representative

To contact Cabrini College’s Alumni Board of Directors, email [email protected]

Alumnus, Staff Member Made Lasting Impression

When a co-worker of Corey Salazar’s in the Holy

Spirit Library asked him a question, his answer

often included a joke or remark about the Phillies

(he was a season ticket holder). Corey regularly

welcomed visitors to Cabrini with conversation

about the many varieties of trees on campus—

one of his favorite topics. During the Christmas

season, Corey delivered stockings full of gifts to

the senior Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart

of Jesus at their West Philadelphia residence.

When they moved to New York two years ago, he

continued to visit.

“Corey treated the senior Cabrini sisters as if

each were his grandmother,” said Assistant

Library Director Anne Schwelm. One of the

sisters he befriended called him Cor, which

means “heart” in Latin. “A big heart is what

Corey had,” Schwelm said.

Corey was diagnosed with brain cancer in June.

He died at home on Aug. 5, age 32.

Corey and his brother, Richard, were born in

Colorado, and have lived in Chester County since

1989. Corey was the primary caregiver for their

mother, Diane O’Connor Salazar, who died of

cancer in 1998.

After graduating from Cabrini with a bachelor’s

degree in philosophy in 2002, Corey volunteered in

Philadelphia with City Year, an AmeriCorps program

that provides services to public school children.

In 2004, he joined the Holy Spirit Library

staff, where he managed print and electronic

periodicals, supervised undergraduate library

assistants, worked with academic departments,

and served as the library’s facility manager.

In addition to Corey’s official duties, Schwelm

told The Philadelphia Inquirer that he popped

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Corey Salazar ’02, G’07 touched many lives.

popcorn at library open houses and delivered

food and clothing donated by Cabrini students to

homeless shelters.

While working as a librarian, in 2007 Corey

earned a master’s degree in organization

leadership from Cabrini. This August, he was to

earn a master’s degree in library and information

science from Drexel University.

Students, faculty, staff, Corey’s fiancée Kathleen

Grant ’07, and his brother Richard, remembered

Corey during a memorial tree planting ceremony

Sept. 30. The tree, planted in front of Founder’s

Hall across the road from Holy Spirit Library, is a

European larch, which has unique historical and

mythical significance: The ancient people of the

Alps believed this tree housed the protectors of

animals and friends to mankind, while the ancient

western Siberian Tungus Tribe believed that a pole

made of larch was a means for a holy person to

climb to heaven.

At the ceremony, President Marie George

reflected, “All who are here to appreciate its

beauty can remain connected with the spirit of

our friend, Corey, who, through God’s grace, will

be with us always.”

—Megan Gilmore

Christine Federico Ambrose ’89

Kathleen Antonicello G’10

Patricia K. Lockhart Culbertson ’94

Janet J. Czarnecki ’71

Barbara Infanti ’85

Kimberly Marvel Mirenda ’87

Margaret Logan Paris ’62

Joseph Schlenner ’92

In Memoriam

ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS

STAY CONNECTED!

Find out the latest news and offerings for Cabrini alumni:

Like the “Cabrini College Alumni Office” on Facebook

Also, search for and like your class page to reconnect with classmates.

Join the “Cabrini College Alumni Association” on LinkedIn

Network and exchange professional tips among peers.

Discover the latest professional development offerings for Cabrini alumni.

Sign up for the Alumni Office’s monthly upcoming events email and quarterly college e-newsletter, Connections

Email [email protected]

Visit www.cabrini.edu/alumni to learn about the offerings available to Cabrini alumni.

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1971Cabrini College Board Member Nancy Gorevin

Costello ’71 is now a grandmother of four.

1973Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen, Ph.D. ’73, director

of history education at University of Central

Oklahoma, recently taught a class in Rome

and two classes in London. She also presented

a paper in Spain and currently is editing a

manuscript for publication.

1977Vivian Mayol-Caballero ’77 has accepted a

full-time contract as assistant professor at the

University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Campus,

where she teaches all levels of undergraduate

English courses. She and her husband, Angel,

live in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They have two

sons and one daughter. Their second son,

Julian, is married, has a baby girl, and works

for Google, Inc. at Menlo Park, Calif. Their older

son, Angel Armando, lives in Somerville, Mass.,

and works at Analog Devices. Their younger

daughter, Janet, studies communications at

Simmons College in Boston.

1978Noreen Dangler Flynn ’78 is a healthcare risk

manager for Main Line Health System at Paoli

Hospital.

1981Noreen Coyle Yoder ’81 has been the director

of the Child Development Center at Widener

University in Chester, Pa., since 1991.

1984The Wilmington News Journal reported that Tom

DeMatteis ’84 is retiring as soccer coach at St.

Mark’s High School in Wilmington, Del. From

1986−2010, he led the St. Mark’s team to 11

state titles.

1986Chester County Historic Preservation Network

presented Sandra Momyer ’86 with the

Individual Historic Preservation Award for her

dedication to the preservation and protection of

historic sites in Chester County.

She served at Historic Yellow Springs as executive

director from 1986 to her retirement in 2001. CLA

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Mary Ellen Jaindl Roper ’72 (right) hosted a reception for alumni, parents and friends at the Lehigh Country Club on Oct. 13. Among the alumni in attendance were several members of the Class of 1972: From left, Jean Votral Schmalzer ’72, Michele Waldron Daly ’72, Christine Stephan Mellor ’72 and Mary Ryan Zanotti ’72.

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working on a doctorate in reading and language

arts at Widener University in Chester, Pa.

1991The Cherry Hill Republican Organization

selected Stephen J. Buividas, Esq. ’91 as

GOP mayoral candidate.

William Firman ’91 is vice president for

Enrollment Management and Marketing at La

Roche College in Pittsburgh. He previously served

as dean of Enrollment Management at Wesley

College in Dover, Del.

The Cranbury Press (N.J.) reported that Kelly

McGillan ’91 was named Bridgewater-Raritan

Middle School’s 2010–11 Teacher of the Year.

She has taught seventh grade at the school for

17 years.

1992Vicki Lee ’92 is one of the Philadelphia

Business Journal’s Minority Business Leaders.

She is the owner of Old Philadelphia Associates,

Inc., a specialty contracting company that is

currently restoring the façade of Centre Square,

one of the largest office buildings in Center City.

1995Frank Petrane ’95 and his wife Trisha are

moving to Tulsa, Okla., to open up their fourth

Subway franchise.

1996Main Line Suburban Life reported that

N. Peter Hamilton ADP’96 has been

named to the board of trustees of Main

Line Health.

1997Trustee David Regn ’97 was named to the

Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40,

a list that recognizes individuals under the age

of 40 for professional accomplishments and

community involvement. He is co-founder of Stream

Companies, a full-service advertising agency.

2000Nick Levandusky ’00 and Natalie Daciw

Levandusky ’00 welcomed their second child,

Gavin Nicholas, on Nov. 8, 2010. He joins 4-year-old

Gretchen. Nick is a corporate marketing manager in

Wilmington, Del., and Natalie has taken time

off from her career to be at home with the

children. They reside in Chester County where

they have two rescued greyhounds. (Pictured below)

Christine Ream Matteo ’00 and Phillip Matteo’97

welcomed a son, Luca Xavier, on July 16, 2011.

(Pictured below)

Now she is serving as the Moore archivist at

Historic Yellow Springs, which she considers

her encore job. Momyer is chairperson of the

Schuylkill Township Historical Commission and

vice president of the Schuylkill River Heritage

Center, which focuses on interpreting the

Schuylkill River Industrial Corridor and the

historic Phoenix Iron Works in Phoenixville, Pa.

She also is president/founder of the Friends of

Schuylkill School.

1988Michael Edmondson, Ph.D. ’88, Mother

Ursula Award winner, is co-owner of MEAPA LLC

(www.meapa.com), a six-year-old professional

development company training today’s global

workforce. He has co-authored eight publications,

is a frequent speaker at local and national events,

and was the keynote speaker at the October 2011

Minnesota Study Abroad Returnee Conference.

He and his wife Lori Pilarz ’86 live in southern

New Jersey with their two children, Amanda Haley

and Jonathan Victor.

1989Rachel Anderson Slaughter ’89 teaches at

Delaware County Community College and is

Below, Nick Levandusky ’00 and Natalie Daciw Levandusky ’00 with their children, Gavin Nicholas and Gretchen; below right, Luca Xavier Matteo

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CLASS NOTES

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2001Trisha Arnold ’01 married Sam Commale

on July 30, 2011, at Sacred Heart Church in

Havertown, Pa. She teaches at Cardinal O’Hara

High School in Springfield, Pa.

Antoinette Pirrone-Amato ’01 and her

husband, James, welcomed their first child on

Sept. 11, 2011. Grace weighed 7 pounds, 7

ounces and measured 20 inches.

(Pictured above)

The University of Pennsylvania announced that

Abel Rodriguez ’01 was awarded the Langer,

Grogan and Diver Fellowship in Social Justice.

Rodriguez, who earned a law degree from the

University of Pennsylvania in 2011, will help

provide outreach and legal services on the

naturalization process to low-income elderly and

disabled immigrants in Philadelphia.

2005Ed Houseman ’05, G’08 and Liz Ritter

Houseman ’05, G’08 welcomed their first child,

Brett Edward, in July 2011. (Pictured above)

2006Amy Pia ’06 married Jamie Clark on July

9, 2011, at the Hotel duPont in Wilmington,

Del. Cabrini alumni in attendance were Moira

Sullivan Fox ’07, Dana Malmstrom ’06 and

Christina Bieniek Ladislaw ’06. The couple

resides in Kennett Square, Pa. (Pictured above)

Kelly A. Grant, Esq. ’06 joined the law firm

Capehart Scatchard in its Workers’ Compensation

Department. She represents insurance carriers

and employers in the defense of workers’

compensation claims at all stages of litigation.

Grant received a Juris Doctor, magna cum

laude, from Rutgers University School of Law

in Camden, N.J., in 2010. Upon law school

graduation, she worked as a law clerk to the

Honorable John L. Call, Jr., P.J.F.P. Grant is

admitted to practice law in New Jersey.

(Pictured above)

2007Matt Ingram ’07 is managing editor of Inside

Dental Technology at AEGIS Communications in

Newtown, Pa.

Tracy Johnson ’07 was a recipient of the Sally

L. Smith Founder’s Award at the Academy In

Manayunk’s fourth annual “AIM for the Stars”

gala, which was held Nov. 3 at The Union League

of Philadelphia. The second lady and life-long

educator Jill Biden shared remarks with the

370 guests, which included the Hon. Edward G.

Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter, and representatives

from throughout the Greater Philadelphia

education community. This event is inspirational

for students, parents and community leaders as

they see successful individuals who have overcome

dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

Melissa Steven ’07 moved to Baltimore, Md., to

serve as social marketing program manager at

IMRE, a marketing and public relations agency. In

addition, on April 22 she said “yes” to Jeremy

Stevens ’07 when he proposed in the classroom

where they first met during their first year at

Cabrini. They plan to marry in June 2013.

2008Amanda Finnegan ’08 won first place for the

Journalist of Merit category in the Nevada Press

Association 2011 “Better Newspaper Contest.”

The Journalist of Merit award is given to the top

young reporter in the state.

CLASS NOTES

L-R: Kelly A. Grant, Esq. ’06; Amy Pia ’06 and her husband Jamie Clark; Brett Edward Houseman; Grace Pirrone-Amato

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Katelyn Iommie ’08 is engaged to marry Tom

Vogelgesang on Dec. 8, 2012, in the Riviera

Maya. She received a bachelor’s degree in

psychology from Cabrini and recently received

a master’s degree in forensic psychology. She

works for Temple University Health System.

Nicole Maziarz ’08 joined DMW Direct, a direct

response advertising company, as senior designer.

2009U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class

Joe Johnson ’09, who served as president

of the Cabrini Class of 2009, was one of the

top graduates from the U.S. Navy’s Electronics

Technician “A” School in June 2011. Soon

after graduation, he was promoted to the rank

of Petty Officer 3rd Class. ET3 Johnson is

stationed in San Diego, Calif., for his follow-

on school to specialize in high frequency

communication systems; upon completion, he

will be stationed on board the USS Carter Hall

out of Little Creek, Va.

2010Christine Adolf ’10 joined DeVry University in

July 2011. She coordinates events and assists

with admissions advisors at the University’s

newest location in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Pittsburgh Magazine featured Molly Enos ’10,

president of Paul Bunyan Maple Syrup, in its

Spotlight on Women in Business. Enos founded the

company after graduating two years early; this year,

the company produced 2,200 gallons of syrup.

On Oct. 8, 2011, she shared her personal success

story at Cabrini’s third annual Women’s Leadership

Conference. (Pictured above)

Kasey Agostinacchio ’10 and her second grade

class at St. Martin de Porres Marianist School in

Uniondale, N.Y., recognized St. Frances Xavier

Cabrini in November. The class decorated a flag

with Mother Cabrini’s favorite flower—violets—and

made paper boats, just as she did when she was

a child. (Pictured above)

2011Maryellen Anastasio ’11 began a full-time

position in July 2011 as a communications and

alumni assistant at St. Joseph’s Preparatory

School in Philadelphia. She also is an assistant

basketball coach at Radnor High School.

Benjamin Hernandez ’11 became assistant

principal at Linglestown Middle School in

Harrisburg, Pa., in July 2011. He was a

teacher for seven years before accepting the

administrative job at Central Dauphin.

Erin Blake ’11 and Timothy Nacarelli ’11

were married on July 9, 2011. They met

during their freshmen year in high school and

attended Cabrini together as biology pre-med/

biotechnology students. They honeymooned on

a southern Caribbean cruise from San Juan,

Puerto Rico. (Pictured above)

Nick Pitts ’11 is a video editor at Comcast

SportsNet Philadelphia.

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L-R, Molly Enos ’10, president of Paul Bunyan Maple Syrup;Kasey Agostinacchio ’10 and her second grade class; Erin Blake ’11 and her husband Timothy Nacarelli ’11

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Celebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI

Read her full story at www.cabrini.edu/Matta

Below is an excerpt of Catherine Matta’s account of her WYD experience.

Blisters on my feet, sweat down my back, sunburn on my nose, bruises on my legs, cross around my neck, and a song in my heart: this is how I returned to JFK International Airport after spending 11 days in Madrid, Spain, for 2011 World Youth Day.

The trip consisted of three days at Madrid’s Colegio Santa Francisca Javier Cabrini with people representing the various provinces and regions of the worldwide institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Throughout the trip, I thought in Spanish, communicated in “Spanglish,” sang in Latin, and shared in Christ.

The first event to really speak to me was Adoration. My prayers that evening were very intense, and made me think more about my vocation in life and what God has done for me throughout the past few years.

Our last catechesis session was directed by Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York. Befitting a send-off session, his talk focused on our Catholic call to be “light to the world” and “salt to the earth” when we return from Spain. He said, “The love for Jesus and the Church must be the passion of our lives.” This sentiment

resembles the Cabrinian motto: “All for the greater glory of the sacred heart of Jesus.”

If I learned one thing from World Youth Day, it was to be a proud and visible sign of the Church. The flag I wave doesn’t

matter – what matters is that I have the ability to practice my faith in that country. The food on my plate doesn’t matter – what matters is the God I thank for providing me with something to eat. The language I speak doesn’t

matter – what matters is that I’m spreading the Word of God in my native tongue.

Catherine Matta is a junior mathematics and English double major from East Hartford, Conn. Breanna Tumelty is a senior liberal studies major from Media, Pa.

Ultimately, World Youth Day was a journey to prove to myself the strength of our Church in the youth, and the ability to shatter

language and cultural boundaries in the name of our Lord.

Cabrini Students Travel to Madrid,

Two Cabrini College students, Catherine Matta and Breanna Tumelty, were among the estimated two million Catholics to participate in this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) celebration, Aug. 16–21, in Madrid, Spain.

The students shared their love of Christ with the youth of the world, and also bonded with other members of the Cabrinian institutions from around the world.

“WYD was a beautiful example that the Catholic Church is not just alive, but thriving with energy, passion and love,” Tumelty said. “Through this experience, I became more keenly aware of how large and diverse the Cabrinian family truly is. The highpoint of WYD was when Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the youth of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which deepened my identify as a Catholic.”

Breanna Tumelty and Catherine Matta

ETC.

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AlumniWeekend

Save the Date

June 1–2, 2012

Mark your calendar for Cabrini College’s Alumni Weekend 2012. Whether it’s your 5th or 50th reunion, there are events for everyone, including receptions with your class or favorite faculty members, the Mansion Gala, and more! Get ready to reconnect!

Friday features a concert by the Irish band Blackthorn and the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Cabrini Alumni Association.

Look for your mailed invitation in March.www.cabrini.edu/alumniweekend

Celebrating the classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 & 2007

Registration opens in March.

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