The Extra Mile Spring 2008

T H E M A G A Z I N E O F S O U T H E R N N E W H A M P S H I R E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Extra MileLeadership

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Alyson Pitman Giles ’88

Inspired

President: Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc

Editor: Michelle Dunn

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DepartmentsSchool of Business 6

School of Community Economic Development 8

School of Education 10

School of Liberal Arts 12

Sports 24

Alumni News 28

Class Notes 32

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On the CoverInspired Leadership 14Alumni executives share thoughts about

leadership and life.

FeaturesSavor Summer 4Toast the tastes of summer with tasty summer

recipes from our faculty experts.

Pen Pals 10Iraqi children are getting desperately needed school

supplies, thanks to a soldier’s appeal and some help

from the School of Education.

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FromthePresident Paul J. LeBlanc

President

Dear Friends,

Each issue of The Extra Mile includes a cover story thathighlights some aspect of the university and its place inthe world. In this issue we focus on leadership, a topicmost pertinent in an election year and one for whichthere is a never-ending stream of new books and articles.Our Q&A with four alumni – three CEOs and a CIO –provides insight into the successes and lives of peoplewho have been called upon to lead their organizations.

Their insights echo conversations I recently had with agroup of very successful SNHU alumni at an event inIstanbul, Turkey. Turkey was one of the first countriesto send international students to what was then New

Hampshire College (we now have students from79 countries). Those early graduates nowhead up some of the biggest and most suc-cessful companies in their home country,and they all spoke warmly about their time inManchester and the lessons they carry with

them to this day. Those lessons are learned inthe classroom, in student organizations, in vol-unteer work and in countless other ways.

In this issue of the magazine you will see variousexamples, including community economic develop-ment student Rene Njamnshi’s work to revivewomen’s cooperatives in Cameroon, our educationalumni helping an officer in Iraq gather schoolsupplies for children in that war-torn country, andbusiness students creating an entrepreneurial

recycling awareness project. As one of thoseTurkish CEOs said to me, “The people who todayonly see success don’t realize how far any of ushave come and what we learned in so many bigand small ways as students.” Our role as a univer-sity is to create those opportunities – big andsmall – and help prepare our graduates for thekinds of roles undertaken by the four alumni wehighlight in the cover story.

This letter allows me the chance to share news andupdates from the campus. We are very proud that NewHampshire Business Review’s readers have named SNHUas having “The Best MBA Program” and “The Best OnlineProgram” in the state. Already a Preferred Provider forthe U.S. Navy, SNHU Online also has become one of only33 universities nationwide chosen for eArmyU, the U.S.Army’s massive online learning program for its troops.

I occasionally teach a poetry course online, and oneof my recent students had completed a tour of dutyin Iraq and has since been deployed to Afghanistan. Iwas struck by the powerful links she and other militarystudents make between their classrooms (even if virtu-al) and their day-to-day challenges in the field. Indeed,the dangers of that life lend a particular resonance tothe big life and death themes of so much poetry. I amproud of the work SNHU does with its military studentsand I think you would be warmed by the photos ofthem taped to the walls of the SNHU Online offices.

Through conversations with established leaders, seeingthe dedication and energy of student volunteers andworking with soldier-students thousands of miles away,I am reminded again of just how powerful education is inshaping people’s lives. I hope this issue of The Extra Milegives you some sense of that mission and reinforcesyour commitment to and support of the university forwhich we are so grateful.

Globafone CEO, Lou Altman ’91

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My Top 5

The book everyone shouldread: There are booksthat resonate deeplywith me (Lawrence’s“Sons and Lovers”),others that strike meas quintessentiallyAmerican(Fitzgerald’s “The

Great Gatsby”) and guilty pleasures(Roberts’ “Shantaram”), but Tolstoy’s“Anna Karenina” is my choice. This isa book so full of life, so insightful, andat once able to grapple with sweepingthemes of spirituality, falsehood andhonesty, and social class while captur-ing the drama of relationships in thetiniest of details.

Web site I checkevery day: BBC.Perhaps it’s a

vestige of empire, but the BBC’s inter-national reporting exceeds anythingavailable in the American media. Italso offers a less parochial view ofworld affairs than is generally reflectedin our own press. Followed closely byESPN (I am a sports junkie).

Most played song onmy iPod: Therereally isn’t onlyone, but the oneI always play atleast once isRod Stewart’s

1971 “Every Picture Tells a Story” (thetitle track to the album, the only reallygood album the guy ever did and longbefore he became a parody of himself).In my view, it’s one of the best rock ’n’roll songs ever written, with the classicthemes of teenage alienation, love andlust, rebellion, and adventuring outinto the world. I was 14 when I firstheard it and now at 50 have no excuseto love it as much as I do, but it trans-ports me and reminds me that theimplicit promise of rock ’n’ roll wasthat it could save your life.

Favorite movie: Canthere be any otherchoice? “TheGodfather.” Thebest Americanmovie ever made,

it is operatic with a beautifully directedensemble cast of amazing actors led byMarlon Brando and Al Pacino. Everyother mob movie after was in some waya response to it, though it is really anAmerican parable of the destructiveseduction of power and money. I can’tclick the changer when I come upon it.

Beloved poet: This is ashard as question No.1, but I have a warmspot in my heart forJohn Donne, the great17th-century English

metaphysical poet. The language can feelarcane, the metaphysical conceits canseem too intricate and belabored to some,but I love the ability to balance the pro-found and profane and the passion of hislove poems. He appeals to the head andheart and he always seemed to me a guyI’d like to know.

My Top Five is a new feature where we ask people on campus about a few of theirfavorite things. For this issue, we talked to President Paul LeBlanc:

Choosing my Top Five has paralyzed me. I have so many possible answers for most of the questions: what poet on whatday for what mood? Only one book? And each one invites far more explanation than I can give it here. As such, thinkingabout the questions has provided hours of enjoyable discussion (and sometimes debate) with family and friends and that,after all, is why making “top ten” lists is so much fun. If you ask me today, my answers would be:

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Grilled SalmonBy J. Desmond Keefe, Associate Professor of Culinary Arts

Serve with roasted pepper and olive salad(recipe follows).

Ingredients• 1 lemon or lime, thinly sliced• 1 ounce red onion, peeled and minced• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar• 1 teaspoon maple syrup• A dash of fresh cracked black pepper• 8 salmon fillets, 4 ounces each, cleaned,trimmed and cut into steaks

Summer is a time for cool cocktails, fresh produce and outdoor cooking. Grab some ice, fire up the grill and kick backwith these scrumptious summer treats, courtesy of the university’s resident grilling and wine experts.

• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar orlemon juice

Instructions1. Heat grill; preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Clean and trim fresh salmon. Removeall bones. Cut salmon into 4 oz. steaks.Place into a small insert pan.

3. Combine lemon slices, onion, vinegar,maple syrup and black pepper; mixwell. Rub mixture evenly onto salmonsteaks. Allow salmon to marinate forabout 15 minutes.

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4. Remove lemon slices from salmon. Grill salmon untilevenly marked and browned on both sides.

5. Place salmon steaks on slightly oiled sheet panand finish in oven for approximately 3 minutes.

6. Remove salmon from oven and test for doneness.Salmon should be firm to the touch and flaky.

7. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar or lemon juice.

Roasted Pepper and Olive SaladIngredients• 1 pound each red, green and yellow bell peppers,cleaned

• 4 ounces English cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced• 8 ounces Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded and julienne• 4 ounces red onion, peeled and julienne• 30 black Kalamata olives, pitted and quartered• 1 serrano pepper, seeded, membrane removed,finely minced

• 1 ounce cilantro, snipped• 1 ounce sherry• 1 tablespoon olive oil• 4 ounces rice wine vinegar• Kosher salt to taste• Fresh cracked white pepper to taste

Instructions1. Brush the pepper skins with olive oil. In a 375-degree oven, roast the peppers until they areevenly browned and the skins are blistered.Note: Peppers can be grilled on char-grill insteadof in oven if desired.

2. Place peppers into a bowl, cover with plasticwrap and allow to cool until you can handlethem comfortably.

3. Peel peppers, remove seeds and membrane, cutpeppers into strips and place into large mixing bowl.

4. Clean, peel and dice English cucumbers; add topeppers.

5. Add the tomatoes, onions, olives, serrano andcilantro to the peppers. Combine ingredients gently.Add sherry, oil and vinegar, and adjust seasoningwith salt and pepper. Allow flavor to mature for atleast 2 hours. Adjust seasoning prior to serving.

Cucumber CoolerBy Susan Torrey, Assistant Professor of Hospitality Business

This is a refreshing, light drink that is perfect for sum-mer. It is a great palate cleanser, is food-friendly anddoesn’t have a heavy alcohol taste. The followingrecipe makes two drinks. Cheers!

Ingredients• 4 ounces of cucumber simple syrup(recipe follows)

• 2 ounces gin• Juice of 1/2 lime• 4 mint leaves, muddled, or 1 ounce mint-infused simple syrup (recipe follows)

• Cucumber spear for garnish

InstructionsMuddle mint leaves in a mixing glass. Add a 16-ounce glass of ice, gin, lime juice and cucumbersimple syrup and shake well. Strain into a highballglass. Garnish with a cucumber spear.

Cucumber-Infused Simple Syrup

Ingredients• 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water, boiled and reducedto a total of 1 cup liquid

• 2 whole large or 3 medium-sized cucumbers, pureedin juicer (include skins and seeds)

InstructionsBoil water and sugar in a pot over medium heat.Stir until sugar is dissolved and the liquid becomessyrupy, about 30 seconds after liquid starts boiling.Reduce volume to 1 cup total. Add cucumberjuice and store in a container in the refrigerator.(The liquid may also be frozen.) This is the basefor the drink.

Fresh Mint-Infused Simple SyrupSame recipe as above, butsubstitute a package offresh mint leaves forthe cucumber juice.Steep the leaves in thehot simple syrup. Pureeand strain or simply strainafter tasting for strength.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit

Our chapter of Students in Free Enterprise is

urging classmates to recycle. SIFE has

projects on campuses all

over the world.

The university’s Students in Free Enterpriseorganization is promoting recycling on andoff campus. The group created and aired a30-second commercial for the university TVchannel that informed the campus commu-nity about reducing waste and promotingrecycling.

The project already has changed the ways ofJeff Lison, a second-year business student inthe 3Year Honors Program and the projectmanager for the group’s communicationsplan. The group also is working on a recy-

By Ashley Liadis, School of Business

Some entrepreneurial-minded School of Business students are urgingmembers of the university community to stop being so wasteful.

cling promotion plan for other colleges andhigh schools.

“If I had not taken time each week to thinkabout innovative ways to spread the wordabout recycling to my classmates, mylifestyle would be much different than itis now,” he said. “Since I have become amember of SIFE, I have stopped orderingto-go lunches from the cafeteria – insteadI order my food on a glass plate and usemetal utensils. Although this may notseem like a big deal, it adds up every day.”

Lison hopes other students will do as he didand spread the word.

Environmental Enterprise

“For years my family has thrown away cans andbottles without making any effort to recycle. Ihave encouraged my parents and siblings to recyclecans and bottles in order to be environmentallyresponsible,” he said. “When I see a classmatebeing irresponsible, I don’t hesitate to inform themabout what their decisions may lead to.”

Acting Locally, GloballySIFE is a global nonprofit organization that supportsstudent teams on more than 1,800 college campusesworldwide. It has about 950 chapters in the U.S.

Members work with faculty advisers to develop educa-tional outreach projects that are evaluated at regionaland national competitions. Judges are national businessleaders from suchcorporations asJohnson & Johnson,Microsoft, Kraft,Coca-Cola, AT&T,Boston ConsultingGroup and WellsFargo. Projects typically focus on entrepreneurship,business ethics, market economics or personal finance.

“We are a small organization here at SNHU. However,the impact of our individual efforts is multiplied manytimes over worldwide,” said Visiting Professor KeithMoon, a Sam Walton Fellow with SIFE since 1999.

SIFE is a powerful student organization capable of cre-ating far-reaching change, Moon said. For example, theSIFE chapter at the University of Cape Coast-Ghanapartnered with Ghana’s Social Security and NationalTrust to create a plan to help workers understand theimportance of saving for retirement. Due to its success,Ghana’s Social Security and National Trust has sinceexpanded the program nationally.

The chapter at the University of Newcastle uponTyne created a film encouraging ethical businesspractices that was offered as a curriculum supple-ment to schools in the United Kingdom. In Florida,the Flagler College chapter’s syndicated talk-radioprogram, Cash Positive Radio, provides financialtips to an audience of more than four million U.S.college students.

“It is refreshing to see our youth willing to make a dif-ference in this world. I like the fact that they are havinga positive impact in their communities,” Moon said.

That altruism is what lured accounting studentLisa Sheehan, vice president of SNHU’s chapter,to the group.

“I wanted to help the community in a new way,” shesaid. “This organization also gives me the opportunityto lead as well as express my ideas in ways that willhelp others, not just myself.”

Building Up BusinessStudents also are working on business plans for alocal executive placement firm, a local constructioncompany and the Upper Room in Derry, N.H.

“This is a major project that involves social entre-preneurship principles … and has the potential topositively impact over 10,000 families here in NewHampshire,” Moon said.

The SIFE experience has motivated Lison to continuepromoting social responsibility.

“As a business student, I expect to make a differ-ence in the world that I live in. I understand thatcombating issues such as recycling can bevery difficult without the support oflargebusi-nessesthroughoutthe world,”he said.“Once I reach aposition in which Ihave the ability to callthe shots, I am going to enjoybeing socially responsible.”

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It is refreshing to see our youth willing to make a difference in thisworld. I like the fact that they are having a positive impact in theircommunities.

– Prof. Keith Moon



Cameroon Cooperative

School of CED student Rene Njamnshi is helpingrevive cooperatives in rural Cameroon villages.

“Thank you for the gift of clothes. We will bevery glad if you can help us acquire fertilizerfor our farms. The farms are too old and arealmost like empty dust. We also need cook-ing oil and farm tools,” Ma Rebecca Girwar,a widowed mother of eight, told him.

Njamnshi remembered that when he was achild, his mother was able to afford palm oilfor cooking because their Cameroon village’scooperative was able to buy it in bulk. Thatwomen’s consumer cooperative has been

By Woullard Lett, School of Community Economic Development

Rene Njamnshi was helping distribute clothes three years ago to a smallgroup of widows and orphans at Mbandfung in Ndu Sub-Division in Cameroonwhen a woman said something that sparked a memory and an inspiration.

defunct for more than 20 years. But Girwar’scomments motivated Njamnshi.

“I thought that reviving a co-op economywhich had once existed in Ndu Sub-Divisionwould help poor women like Ma Rebecca toacquire basic needs without promotingdependency and reducing beneficiaries topaupers,” he said.

An international master’s student in theSchool of CED, Njamnshi began organizingthe cooperative as his school project. Withthe support of his employer, the TorchbearerFoundation, a Cameroon grassroots faith-based organization, “Co-operate Out ofPoverty” was created in February 2007.

Helping Themselves

Cooperatives areself-help groupsformed to addressa common need.Their structure andoperation combinesocial and economic goals. Features include openand voluntary membership, democratic decision-making, limited return on equity and dividendsbased on patronage.

Reviving CooperationThe Torchbearer CO-OP is made up of 79 co-ops in15 villages. More than 90 percent of the estimated1,500 clients are women. The co-ops offer educa-tion; supplies for basic home needs, such as palmoil, rice, salt, kerosene and laundry soap; and farmequipment and materials, including fertilizer,machetes and seeds. Torchbearer is exploringexpansion that could include microloan programs,farmers markets and health programs.

“Poor management and lack of co-op education aresome of the factors that contributed to the rupture ofthe defunct women’s co-op in Ndu Sub-Division,”Njamnshi said. “My aim was to revitalize and improveon a women’s consumer cooperative economy that hadgone into oblivion.”

His childhood experiences contributed to his desireto serve the community.

“I was born and raised in a rural setting – TakuVillage – to a poor family. I worked hard to assist myparents, to put food on the table for the family, while Iwas still in primary school,” he said. “I believe Iunconsciously picked up interest in cooperatives inparticular and community development in generalaround the age of 12, having seen the resourcefulnessof grassroots self-reliance initiatives like cooperativesand being close to my father’s involvement in helpingwith community construction of public buildings, roadrepair and other community development issues.”

His efforts are having a positive impact.

“I like the co-op idea, for I believe that when wework as a group, each achieves more than when oneworks alone,” said village resident Juliette Munka.

Nchuqui Edward, pastor of the Njilah Baptist Church,said the benefits of the cooperative have extended tothe spiritual.

“Generally, the people’s living conditions have beenwell ameliorated by the newly created cooperativescheme. This has also strengthened my church andthe spiritual life of my Christians,” he said. “Theyalso exercise love now more than before.”

Beyond the BasicsThe social benefits of the co-op reach beyond thecommunity and into homes, said Constance Ndzi.

“There is more peace in my family now than beforeas supplies of basic needs has put an end to somehitches my husband and I used to have when welacked certain things,” Ndzi said. “In all, my familynow enjoys a healthier life than before.”

For Njamnshi, it is about more than providing dailynecessities.

“Helping communities to realize their potential andmaking use of it increases their dignity,” he said.

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There is more peace in my family now than before as supplies ofbasic needs has put an end to some hitches my husband and Iused to have when we lacked certain things. In all, my familynow enjoys a healthier life than before.

– Constance Ndzi

Rene Njamnshi


A Learning Experience

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rick Blackwell distributes letters

from alumna Chantel Bonner’s sixth-grade students

to Iraqi schoolchildren (pictured above).

The School of Education is helping

Blackwell collect school

supplies and letters.

Blackwell, 25, a team chief with the 448thCivil Affairs Battalion in Ramadi, was dis-mayed. Earlier he and his team had foundhalf-empty hallways and classrooms at anew school that had been supported inpart by U.S. dollars. He was told that alack of supplies keeps students from par-ticipating fully.

“I asked a crowd of kids why they weren’tin school. They replied that they have nocopy books and no pens and pencils, sothey don’t go to school,” he recalled.

By Marilyn Fenton and Judy Timney, School of Education

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Richard Blackwell was checking progress at a water pumpstation in Iraq when he saw a number of school-age children runningthrough the village streets.

Though Blackwell was skeptical, his inter-preter confirmed that the lack of supplieswas a real problem and the main reasonmore children don’t go to school. In othervillages south of Fallujah, children wereasking soldiers for pens instead of theusual candy and soccer balls.

With money under his control already ear-marked for other projects. Blackwell andhis superior determined “the fastest wayto address the issue is to turn to our per-sonal support networks.” Among those towhom Blackwell reached out via e-mailwas friend and SNHU graduate KatieMcKenney ’03 and ’05; he asked her toconnect with friends and educators.

Pen Pals

Tiffany Lyon ’00 and ’02, in the university’s Officeof Institutional Advancement, received a copy of thee-mail and forwarded it to the School of Education.

The School of Education is in a unique position tohelp, as SNHU sends interns out into the localschools and thus has dailycontact with teachers andtheir students. Collegestudents, professors andinterns have collected andsent supplies and lettersfrom our children, whichtells Iraqi children thatAmerican kids care aboutthem. Lt. Blackwell andhis fellow soldiers havedistributed supplies andletters from U.S. childrenout to the schoolchildrenin Iraq.

Alumna Chantel Bonner’05 and her sixth-gradeEnglish pupils in Hudson,N.H., are already workingon the challenge.

“My students wrote lettersthat were sent out beforeChristmas, and our class is willing to continue work-ing on the project,” Bonner said.

When the supplies and letters were received in Iraq,Blackwell reported “they (Iraqi children) are veryhappy to receive notebooks, pens, pencils, pencilsharpeners, crayons, construction paper, glue andmany more basic supplies. As we load the supplyclosets in the classrooms, we see that the school hasnothing except desks and chalkboards … untiltoday. Every laststudent gets a let-ter. Some like themso much that theytry to sneak to theback of the line toget a second letter.

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A 10-year-old changes the world in a very real waywith the simple act of writing a letter.”

The Young Educator Society (aka the YES Club),associated with SNHU’s School of Education, willco-sponsor efforts on campus. The plan here is to enlist

the support of mentors andteachers. Pens, pencilsnotebooks and other basicschool supplies are beingcollected and sent to Iraq.

Associate Dean Ellen J.Kalicki said such projectsincrease students’ globalawareness and will helpthem better understandthe daily challenges Iraqistudents face.

“It’s a natural fit that theYES Club spearhead theinvolvement of students,both at the university andat local partner schools,”Kalicki said.

Blackwell believes theeffort will not only help getIraqi children back toschool, but also bodes well

for relations between the two countries.

“To Iraqi children who have never seen a TV, allAmericans are men who get out of big armored trucksand walk around with guns. They don’t even grasp theconcept of American children existing,” Blackwellsaid. “A letter from an American kid accompanied bya pen or a notebook would go a long way in building apeaceful bridge between our two nations for the future.I think we have a chance to make a difference.”

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rick Blackwell on the job in Iraq.

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Every last student gets a letter. Some like them so much thatthey try to sneak to the back of the line to get a second. A 10-year-old changes the world in a very real way with the simple actof writing a letter.

– U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rick Blackwell


Ahead of the Game

Combining Disciplines

The schools of liberal arts and business have

created an interdisciplinary degree to help

meet the needs of the game industry.

Video game industry sales continued tospike in 2007, and now surpasses musicindustry revenues. The U.S. game industrygenerated nearly $18 billion in sales in2007, up 43 percent from 2006, accordingto The NPD Group, a consumer and retailinformation provider.

By Michelle E. Dunn

As the game industry gets serious, the university is getting seriousabout gaming.

“This isn’t just about entertainment,” saidDr. Lundy Lewis, chair of the university’sIT program.

The industry is expanding into “seriousgames.” Video gaming technology is beingused for education, medical rehabilitation,business, and military training and combatsimulations, Lewis said.


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“(Soldiers) are better able to think and respond inthe real world, thanks to experience in the virtualworld,” he said.

With the industry expansion comes an increasingdemand for university graduates with more than justgame-related technology skills.

Getting in the GameIn response, SNHU’s School ofLiberal Arts and School of Businessteamed up to develop a new majorthat encompasses facets of the gameindustry in a way many other univer-sities’ gaming majors have not, saidDr. Lundy Lewis, chair and associateprofessor of the new game design anddevelopment major.

Many game programs focus solelyon technology or design, Lewis said. But SNHU’smajor incorporates business, design and computertechnology courses. Graduates will be prepared forentry-level jobs as generalists who can work in mod-eling, storyboarding, animation, broadcast graphicdesign, video production, 3-D illustration and more,Lundy said.

“Game design and development is by nature interdis-ciplinary – technical, artistic and business,” Lewissaid. “That’s what the industry wants. The problem issome schools have a hard time coming up with suchan interdisciplinary major because at most schools,the School of Liberal Arts snubs their noses at theSchool of Business, and the School of Business snubstheir noses at the School of Liberal Arts.”

While the expansion of the game industry is creatingnew job opportunities, competition can be tough. Butbecause game industry executives eagerly are search-ing for talented job-seekers who have well-rounded

university educations and experience working inteams, SNHU’s major could give graduates an edge.

Multidimensional DegreeSNHU’s degree program fits both those studentswho wish to work on the mission, theme, plot, visualsand rules of a game, or those who want to focus ongame production and the business of gaming.

Students may choose the B.A. ingame development and design,which includes liberal arts corecourses, or the B.S., which includesbusiness core courses.

In addition to common courses ingame design and production andIT, students may choose among fiveareas of specialization: interactivestorytelling and supportive arts, visual

and audio design, game development and supportingtechnologies, psychology and marketing of games, andgame production and the business of gaming. Studentswork together on game development and are encouragedto start their own businesses, Lewis said.

“I’m excited about the computer graphics illustrationand 3-D illustration components we have in the graphicdesign program,” said Prof. Harry Umen, chair of theSchool of Liberal Arts’ Communications Department.“The hope is to develop that further if and when thegame development program takes off.”

The program includes hands-on work and internshipopportunities. Students will collaborate to producefinal products that include storyline creation, characterdevelopment, audio, visual design and production man-agement, and will create business and marketing plans.

“It is team-intensive to design and develop a game,”Lewis said. “It’s also good to have a basic under-standing of what other members of the team do.”

”“Game design and development is by nature interdisciplinary – technical, artistic and business.That’s what the industry wants. The problem is some schools have a hard time coming upwith such an interdisciplinary major because at most schools, the School of Liberal Artssnubs their noses at the School of Business, and the School of Business snubs their nosesat the School of Liberal Arts.

– Dr. Lundy Lewis

Computer and videogame software salestripled from 1996 to2007.Entertainment Software Association

COVER STORY


We’re fortunate at Southern New Hampshire University to

have thousands of graduates who are pursuing career suc-

cess in a number of industries and fields.

We sat down with a few of our most successful graduates,

leaders in their industries who have surmounted profession-

al and personal challenges and risen to the top. In the pages

that follow, you’ll read about their views on leadership and

leaders they admire, about career milestones, and the profes-

sional, the personal, the serious and the whimsical.

LEADERSHIPInspired

Alumni share a passion for leadership and life By Michelle E. Dunn


Lou Altman ’91 is the founder and chief executive officer of Globafone, a satellite communications company basedin Portsmouth, N.H. What began in 1998 as a small cell phone rental start-up has blossomed into an internationalmobile communications outfit that serves clients such as Reuters, Colgate-Palmolive, Continental Airlines, defensecontractors, government agencies and disaster responders. Altman graduated in 1991 with an M.B.A. with amarketing concentration.

What do you love about what you do?We providethe communication systems that workwhen everything else has failed. If peopledon’t have satellite communications aftera disaster, people die. You’ve seen thevideos of people plucking people off ofroofs. How do you think they knew whereto go? Satellite communications. I own acompany that helps people save lives.

What are some characteristics of leaders? I bouncefrom one thing to the next to the next tothe next. That’s a sign of a leader: creativ-ity. The mind is always moving.

I’ve got people here who are followingme down a garden path, and they don’tknow where the hell they’re going.These people believe in what I’m saying.So what makes it a leader? That otherpeople believe you. Other people arewilling to follow you. This is who I am.You don’t like it, don’t follow me. You dolike it, let’s go, we have stuff to do.

Another good sign of a leader: persist-ence. Never, ever give up. Never.

Most of being a leader is action.“We’re going to go do this. Comealong if you want.”

What are some words you live by?On my laptopI had taped a Chinese fortune: “You arethe master of every situation.” If youchange how you look at something, whatyou’re looking at will change. If youdecide something – good, bad, ugly, itdoesn’t matter what it is – you canmake it happen. The power of intention.If you believe full force in what you’redoing, it will happen.

Never try to figure out how you’regoing to get there. The “how” willshow up as long as the “what” is strongenough. If you believe strongly enoughin your goal … the path to make ithappen will show up. How do I knowwe’re going to get to five million sales?Because I said so. We got 20 percentof it yesterday.

I’m going to steal this from my wife: I’m areverse paranoid. I believe the universeis conspiring to support me.

Leaders who inspire you: Jim Koch (creator ofSamuel Adams beer). Boy, does that guyexude to you that he loves what he does.

Richard Branson. I’d just like to hangout with Richard Branson for an after-noon, just be with somebody who isfurther along in their path than I am.I’m not sure he aspired to be a billion-aire; he just had a hell of a lot of fundoing what he does. I like what theVirgin brand stands for. It’s all aboutleisure and fun. Another leader I verymuch admire is Chuck Yeager. He’sgot balls. The stuff he was doing –he didn’t know how jets worked.

What is most important to you? I’m an entrepre-neur because I have kids and I will leavewhenever the hell I damn well feel like itto support them in what they are doing.That’s my corporate culture here. Yourkids are more important than anythingwe do here.

What’s more important than your wifeand kids? Your business, your car, yourhouse? You can get more of any single

one of those. It’s the bond you have withyour wife. It’s the relationship you havewith your kids. It’s the fact that you’resetting the example for how these twopeople live their lives.

And you damn well better be growingand developing because if you’re juststaying the same, your life is over. Youwill stagnate and die early, probablypainfully. Not physically, but emotional-ly. You will lie on your deathbed andregret stuff. Spend the time at home now.The relationship you build and the bondyou have comes out of those activities,even if it’s just my wife and I sitting onthe couch at home laughing at somethingwe saw on TV.

What’s the last thing you did for the first time:Take my kids (a son and daughter,ages 12 and 13) to Mexico.

Our next president should be someone who: can saywhat the opposition or the last presidencydid that was good. No one will do it. I’dlike somebody with a little bit of honesty.No presidential candidate will say thatbecause that makes them look weak orlike there is something wrong. I wantthem to be genuine.

Your epitaph would say: Here lies Lou Altman.He loved his wife dearly and his kidsthe same. Creator of companies, giverto the needy; lived his life with love,fun and adventure.


Alyson Pitman Giles, FACHE, is the president and chief executive officer of CMC Healthcare System. Highlights of hertenure include orchestrating Catholic Medical Center’s financial turnaround and bringing back maternity services.Business NH Magazine named her Business Leader of the Year in 2005 and Modern Healthcare magazine named herone of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare in 2007. She graduated with an M.S. in human services administration in 1988.

Why create The Mom’s Place?When we re-estab-lished ourselves as a Catholic hospital,it was critically important that we havea maternity program in the Catholictradition. We also thought we could doa program that was smaller and veryintimate and very mother-focused, andthat was something that was needed in thecommunity. We went from zero deliveriesto almost 1,000 (a year) in six years.

Proudest accomplishment: I think the proudestachievement in my life is having a veryclose and loving and healthy family. Ihave my husband of over 10 years andtwo adult stepchildren and my two chil-dren, and we have blended into anextraordinary family unit with tremen-dous support for one another. I thinkbeing a mother is my greatest gift, andthe thing that I am best at is mothering.

What do you love about what you do? The cul-ture is passionate at this hospital, andpeople care deeply about the patients’and families’ experiences. We all knowone another, and there’s 2,000 of us. Wework hard, we laugh, we care about ourpatients and we care about our familiesand we have fun every day.

How do you define leadership? A leader issomeone who understands that you haveto bring diverse people and problemsand issues into a sort of unified wholeto accomplish something. You’re notjust ticking off a to-do list and doing theanalysis and putting the plan together.

Leaders who inspire you? I’ve really gotten atremendous amount of inspiration fromthe American College of Health Care

Executives. I had the incredible privilegeof being the chairman of the nationalboard last year. Through that I have hadmore mentors and met more health careleaders who have inspired me and taughtme than probably ever before.

Two people who really taught me ahuge amount of leadership locally …when I worked at Easter Seals – LarryGammon (president of Easter SealsNew Hampshire) and Paul Boynton(president of Moore Center Services).

When did you know you were a leader?My entirelife I was always the person who organ-ized everything, from the time I was inelementary school. I organized the jackstournament. I organized the neighborhoodsoftball tournament. So I don’t know thatI knew I was a leader, but I knew I wasan organizer of people from the time Iwas in third grade.

Ever had an “a-ha!” moment? I have “a-ha”moments almost every day. I will comedown here to The Mom’s Place and talkto a mother and talk about their experi-ence and I can have an “a-ha” moment.I will go into the operating room and Iwill observe a surgery, which I love todo, and I will have an “a-ha” momentthat I have the privilege of leading thisorganization that has physicians whocan do these live-saving surgeries.

Childhood dream: My childhood dream wasto be a mother. Now I have this hugefamily that is so rewarding and bounti-ful for me.

Define living a good life: For me it’s living thefullest life I can and achieving as much

as I believe I can achieve, being asgood a mother and wife as I can. I alsolove giving back to the community andmentoring other people.

What inspires you? People who are passionateabout what they do, people who do goodthings, and I am forever inspired by myhusband, who is a very smart, giving andloving human being … and watching mychildren unfold and develop who theyare and skills they have. For example,my son is a musician … it’s fascinating,it’s one of the greatest gifts for me, towatch people grow and unfold.

What do you daydream about? I daydreamabout being a grandmother, I daydreamabout being a groupie for my son, andI daydream about the time when it’sright for my husband and for me – weare passionate about sailing and boats,so we daydream about the time whenwe will spend six to nine months ayear on a boat going place to place,just enjoying the sea and the outdoors.

What is something about you that would surprisepeople? I love to do laundry. There’s abeginning and an end, and my job neverhas an end. And it’s very nurturing.

What was the last thing you did for the first time?Today I started Jenny Craig.

Speaking of leaders, our next president should besomeone who: Someone who has realexperience in the Senate, real experi-ence in the armed forces, and someonewho will keep our country safe.

If you could write your epitaph, what would it be?She was a great wife and mother.

A few years after deciding to forgo college to become a wife and mother, Brenda Quinn ’85 walked into theManchester Center with two of her three children in tow, determined to get a college education. After earning herB.S. in accounting in 1985, she launched her career as an accountant. Today she is chief executive officer ofIntelitek, a worldwide technology education and manufacturing company based in Manchester, N.H., and Israel.

What do you love about what you do?You knowthe excitement that you get when youwalk into a job on the very first day? Istill feel that almost every day that Icome in here. I enjoy the activity andthe productivity and the manufacturingenvironment because I love to see apiece of metal turn into a product. Evenmore than all of that, it’s serving thecustomers that we serve. We’re servingeducation and we truly have touched asan organization hundreds of thousandsof students in this country and aroundthe world and have an impact on theircareer and their livelihood.

Proudest accomplishment: It’s my family. I’ma widow; my husband passed away fouryears ago. My goal was to have happy,healthy and productive, contributing chil-dren and they’ve all attained that goal.

What makes a leader? I don’t think it’s reallyany one specific quality but a combina-tion of multiple things. Vision, passion,honesty, quality; I like to have a littlefun along the way.

Your first job: was at an ice cream parlor.

What is the difference between managementand leadership?Management, I feel, ismaybe defining or leading a process …defining the steps you need to take toachieve a goal. Leadership, in my mind,involves people and cooperation and thevision and sharing, the incorporation ofideas that will promote growth andadvancement.

Ever had an “a-ha!” moment? A large onefor me was when I was promoted tovice president for the first time. A

sense of accomplishment, a senseof reward for all the hard work andtime invested, a little bit of pride andthe recognition and acknowledgementthat others felt I was good enough orhad achieved enough.

Childhood ambition: From the time I was inhigh school I wanted to be an accountant.Career awareness at the time in the late’60s, early ’70s, they didn’t think toomuch of promoting careers to women.I decided to try to take a bookkeepingcourse and it just completely mesmerizedme. That was again where education hadan impact and power. Then I went andgot married and I had my family and soI sort of strayed from it, but then cameback to it. And now I think I’d die if Ihad to sit and do debits and credits allday long. The thing is, is that it wasclearly the foundation that preparedme for everything in life.

What inspires you? Challenge inspiresme. It can come in a lot of differentplaces – very small problems or largeglobal issues.

What do you daydream about? I work 12 to 14hours a day; I don’t have a lot of time todaydream. But if I do have a moment Ithink of some of the projects I’ve startedsince my husband passed away. I tookice skating lessons, I learned to sail, Ilearned how to scuba dive. If I daydreamabout anything, I daydream about scubadiving.

Define living a good life: First, responsibility.After that, fun.

The last thing you did for the first time: Snowskiing. I just decided that I needed totry it. I loved it.

One of your biggest challenges: My husbandwas very sick for four years before hepassed away. That was, I hope, thebiggest challenge I had to face.

If there was one thing you could tell your collegeself, what would it be?Never give up. There will always be anobstacle and there will always be a wayto get through it.

Any advice for working moms? I know how hardit is. Try and use whatever is possiblefor your support system, whether it behelping with day care, helping withfinances, helping with cleaning house.One of the greatest days of my life waswhen I didn’t have to pay for child careanymore. I have huge compassion forworking moms today. There’s so manyroadblocks. I was able to work the way Idid because of my husband. He was theone who transported the kids and pre-pared meals. That partnership was soimportant. A lot of working women don’thave that partnership.

Our next president should be someone who: hasintegrity. I think that leadership is theway you live your life … honesty, integri-ty are important qualities for a leader.

Your epitaph would say: I already knowwhat it is: Wife of, mother of. It’s allwith happiness and love and goodfeelings, not sadness.


Tom Dionisio ’76 is a partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group in Boston, named one ofFortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2008. He is in charge of information technology for BCG’s 66 officesin 28 countries and has been with the company for 10 years. He graduated with a B.S. in management informationsystems in 1976.

One of your biggest challenges:When I got here,each office in the world functioned as anindividual entity. My biggest challengewas to take what were 45 disparate ITorganizations and try to meld them intoone cohesive organization that functionedas a worldwide team and provide thesame sets of services across the wholefirm. The challenge was organizational, toget everyone to think and act in the sameway, to get people to relinquish authorityand control. It was fun. The fun part forus is not necessarily doing things in thebest-of-class kind of way, but trying toessentially invent what is best of class.We try to be on the bleeding edge not somuch with the technology but how wedeliver the technology. An examplewould be, while the rest of the world isoutsourcing support services to India,we’re outsourcing support services toIowa. So people from China are actuallydialing into Iowa for assistance. We tryto reset what is best practice beyondwhere people are today.

When did you know you were a leader: It wasn’t afew years I was out of SNHU and I wasasked to take charge of the IT organiza-tion … at the Catholic Medical Center.I hired a bunch of people and at thattime you wrote all the software. Me anda bunch of people wrote several mainlines of code and one day turned it allon. I had never done anything of thatmagnitude. I was 24 years old, or 25years old at the most, in charge of allthis responsibility and wasn’t reallysure it was going to all work, andwhen we turned it on, it did.

What inspires you? I think what inspiresme is my kids. My kids have beenincredibly successful. My daughterhas an undergraduate degree fromColumbia, a master’s from MIT andis in the process of getting her Ph.D.from Harvard. My other daughter wentto Notre Dame and is in the process ofgetting her M.B.A. at the University ofGeorgia. You always want your kids todo better than you did, and in my casemy kids certainly have, yet they’re pret-ty proud, I think, of where their dad hascome and gone for someone who went toa relatively small college in the sticks ofNew Hampshire, at the time. I’m proudthat I set a good bar for them and theyfeel pretty proud of what they’ve done.I think that would go for my spouse aswell, who also is an SNHU grad [Sheila(Milne) Dionisio ’76].

Define living a good life: Sharing the timewith friends and family. I wouldn’tsee much point in working if I had noopportunity to share the time with thefamily, the kids, the friends. It’s simplefor me at this point. I have plenty ofintellectual challenges and rewardingthings that I can do and I’m beyond thepoint where I have to prove anything tomyself or anybody else. I’m in a sweetspot, I guess, career-wise.

If you could tell your college self one thing, it wouldit be: The one thing I would havepassed on was that I had a lot morecapability than I probably thought atthe time. I had some opportunities atthat time to launch my own business in

this whole tech arena and I think Iwould have enjoyed that and I think Ididn’t take enough risk.

The last thing you did for the first time: My wifeand I went on a five-day cycling tripthrough Holland during the tulips, lastspring.

What do you daydream about? Summertimeand nice weather and outdoor activitiesand sports.

Your first job: Parking cars and a busboyat Hampshire Country Club (inMamaroneck, N.Y.).

Childhood ambition: It was probably to belike my dad. If I had a childhood hero,it was my dad. I still miss him today.

A leader you admire: I think one of the peoplewho was actually a great leader was(former President George) Bush Sr. Isay that because when Bush Sr. madethe decision, and it seemed appropriate,to drive people out of Kuwait. I think hereceived tremendous pressure from lotsof people in government to continue thebattle right on through Iraq. He wascommitted to what he said he was goingto do … I think he had the guts, despitetremendous internal pressure, to say no,we did what we said, we’re done.

Our next president should be someone who: hasan international focus … it’s verymuch a global world.



Penmen Play in ABA

Penmen basketball standouts enjoy

another chance on the court.

Future basketball Hall of Famers George“Iceman” Gervin and Julius “Dr. J.”Erving roamed the ABA’s courts, playingwith a red, white and blue basketball andbeing awarded three points for made shotsfrom long range, something that wasunheard of at the time.

Those same fans would probably tell youthat the ABA ended in 1976, when itmerged with the NBA. However, theleague that gave basketball the three-pointshot and the slam-dunk contest was rein-carnated in 2000, not as a competitor tothe NBA this time, but as a minor leaguein which hoop hopefuls could play andeven shoot for the big time.

By Greg Royce, Sports Information Director

When most sports fans think of the American Basketball Association, theirthoughts turn to the early 1970s. During a time of social upheaval, the ABAprovided an upstart rival to the more established NBA.

The league has given former SNHU basket-ball standouts P.J. Young ’06, David Cooperand Bobby Miller another chance to baskin the spotlight they enjoyed as Penmen.Young and Cooper spent the 2007-08campaign as members of the ManchesterMillrats, a team that calls the SNHUFieldhouse home. Miller has spent the pastthree seasons with the Montreal Royal.

Young, who also starred at Manchester’sCentral High School, enjoyed a stellar four-year career with the Penmen. An athletic6-foot-6-inch forward, Young averaged 13points and 9.2 rebounds as a senior in 2005-06 to earn Northeast-10 All-Conferencehonors. After completing his Penmen career,he spent the 2006-07 season playing profes-sionally in Portugal, averaging 21 points andnine rebounds. For Young, the chance to playin Manchester and at a higher level was toogood to pass up.

Hoop Dreams

PENMEN PRIDESports“I had a great season last year in Portugal, but it wasthe second division. I had a chance to go back, butthat would have essentially been a step back,” he said.“I need a strong basketball resume, especially comingfrom a smaller school, and saw this as one opportunityto build it. Overseas, those guyshave made it, so to speak, but in theABA, everyone is hungry and tryingto get to the next level.

“I’d love to go back to Europe, butover there, youth is not valued ashighly as experience,” he said. “Iwant to go back, but it has to be at ahigher level. Certainly nothing canprepare you for playing profession-ally, but I got a great foundation atSNHU and I keep building on that.”

While Young is just starting outhis professional career and lookingto move up, Miller is wrappingup his. Miller, a 5-foot-10-inchguard for the Penmen from 1997-2000, wowed Fieldhouse crowdswith his athleticism and grittyplay. He was the final Player ofthe Year in the now-defunct NewEngland Collegiate Conference in1999-2000 after averaging 16.2points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

At age 33, the Montreal native ishanging up his sneakers, at leastprofessionally, after the 2007-08season. Miller said they probablywould have been hung up long agowere it not for the ABA.

“I spent a year overseas inLebanon and was set to go back,but then 9/11 happened, and I feltlike the Middle East wasn’t thebest place to be at that time,” hesaid. “So I was just working, play-ing in leagues recreationally and coaching at thecollege level as an assistant when one of our otherassistants, Pascal Jobin, was put in charge of a newABA franchise here in Montreal.

“I wasn’t really looking to play anywhere, but since Iwas playing anyway, I figured I would give it a shot.Talent-wise, it’s the best competition I have ever faced;everyone has played at the Division I or II level, andit’s been great. For me, it’s been more of a hobby.”

Cooper, who played with Youngat Central, spent one season atSNHU (2001-02) and was a mem-ber of the NE-10 All-Rookie Teambefore transferring to Division IJames Madison in Virginia. Hebecame involved with the Millratsas a part owner, but right beforethe season started decided to giveit a go on the court, making him arare player-owner in the world ofpro sports.

“I’ve been battling some injuriesand originally wasn’t going toplay,” he said. “But I decided togive it a go. It’s a good brand ofbasketball and I have been veryimpressed with the level of play.

“As an owner I couldn’t be happier.We have a great group here. I wantto take my playing career as far asmy health and my body will takeme, but if that doesn’t work out, Ifeel like this (being an owner) givesme the opportunity to stay involvedwith the game on the business side.”

While all three play in the leaguefor different reasons, all three havegotten exactly what they wantedout of the ABA. For Young, he hasthe chance to take a step to thenext level. Miller got the chance toonce again test his mettle on theprofessional level without havingto travel halfway around the world,while Cooper has the chance to

succeed in basketball either on the court or in theboardroom. Whatever the final outcome, the ABAhas given three former Penmen another shot atachieving their hoop dreams.


P.J. Young ’06

David Cooper

Bobby Miller

Hubbard Named Men’s Soccer CoachMarc Hubbard has been named the seventhhead coach in the 44-year history of themen’s soccer program.

Hubbard, a 2003 graduate of ColgateUniversity, spent the past five seasons asan assistant coach at the University of NewHampshire. During his tenure, the Wildcatsadvanced to the America East Conferencesemifinals in 2006 and 2007 and posted a12-5-3 record in 2006 that earned the UNHcoaching staff the America East CoachingStaff of the Year award. UNH was rankedNo. 1 in New England in 2005. UNHwas 40-30-21 and produced two AmericaEast Goalkeeper of the Year selections, oneRookie of the Year, one Offensive Player ofthe Year, 14 All-America East players andseven NSCAA All-Region players duringHubbard’s tenure.


Hubbard enjoyed a stellar four-year careeras a Raider during his years at Colgate.A three-time Patriot League Second Teamselection, he also earned NSCAA All-NewYork honors as a senior. He played at theprofessional level, having spent the pastthree years with the New HampshirePhantoms of the USL Second Division.He was team captain in 2006 and 2007.In 2006, he was a USL First Team selec-tion and a Defender of the Year finalist.He also has professional experiencewith the Wilmington (North Carolina)Hammerheads and the Syracuse (NewYork) Salty Dogs.

A New ‘Coache’ for Women’s TennisGregory Coache has been named the university’snew women’s tennis coach.

Coache has served as a high school tenniscoach for the past 10 years. His teamsreached the playoffs, which included onestate championship and five state semifinalappearances.

A New Hampshire Coach of the Year, Coachealso has extensive experience as a player. In1992 he ranked No. 1 in New England indoubles. He plays United States TennisAssociation team tennis; for the past fiveyears his teams earned trips to the regionalchampionships and one year earned a trip tothe national tournament in Hawaii. He was aHealth Recreation and Physical Educationmajor at Springfield College, where he playedtennis from 1976 to 1980.

Marc Hubbard

531 – Consecutive games in

which the men’s basketball team

made a three-pointer before failing to

do so at Pace in December. The last

time the Penmen had failed to con-

nect on a three-pointer was in 1990.

270 – Kills recorded by fresh-

man Stephanie Dluginski of the

volleyball team en route to Northeast-

10 Second Team honors. Dluginski was

one of only four freshmen to earn NE-

10 All-Conference accolades.

149 – Career points for senior

men’s hockey player Brandon Ham-

mermeister, who wrapped up his

career eighth on the SNHU scoring list.

22 – Career shutouts for men’s

soccer goalkeeper Dan Pelc, who

recently wrapped up his SNHU career.

His 22 shutouts tie him for second

place on SNHU’s all-time list.

PenmenNumbers

bythe SPORTSSHORTS


Delaney Garners Several Regional HonorsMen’s soccer senior captain Matt Delaney earned a hostof awards in 2007. Delaney, who anchored a defensethat allowed just over a goal per game during the2007 regular season, was a National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America and Daktronics DivisionII Second Team All-New England selection. Thesenior sport management major also was named tothe ESPN the Magazine/College Sports InformationDirectors Association Academic All-District Team.

Delaney also was a First Team All Northeast-10 selec-tion for the second straight season and was named tothe Northeast-10 men’s soccer All-Academic squad.

The Best of the RestDelaney’s teammate on the backline, sophomore RichardKentish, was also a Northeast-10 All-Conference selectionas he garnered Second Team honors. Kentish startedevery regular season game in 2007.

The men’s soccer team reached the Northeast-10Tournament for the eighth straight year but waseliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual nationalchampion Franklin Pierce. Senior Dan Pelc closed outhis career with 22 shutouts in goal, tying him forsecond in school history with Erik Fernstrom.

Senior Laurie Boland and junior Cary Rivett werenamed women’s soccer All Northeast-10; bothwere selected to the Second Team. It markedBoland’s second All-Conference selection, asshe was also named to the squad as a sophomore.Boland led the Penmen in scoring with six goalsand six assists and notched three game-winninggoals. Rivett was named All-Conference for thefirst time in her career after starting all 19 games.She has played in every possible game over herthree seasons (55) and started 50 times.

Freshman Stephanie Dluginski had an immediate impact onthe volleyball team and was one of only four freshmenin the NE-10 to be named All-Conference. A SecondTeam selection, Dluginski led the Penmen in kills(270) and blocks (100) while ranking third in theNortheast-10 in hitting percentage (.289).

Junior Andrew Maziarz was named All Northeast-10Second Team in golf after finishing tied for eighthat the NE-10 Championship last fall. He registereda two-day score of 153.

Junior Alex Brown had an outstanding fall on the cross-country trails, twice setting a school record for thefastest time – 27:31 over an 8-kilometer distance atthe Northeast-10 Championship. Brown set five of the20 fastest times in school history this season, whileclassmate Nick Watts set four of the top 20 times, includ-ing a season-best 28-minute effort at the NE-10 meet.On the women’s side, Svea Dellea-Messner was SNHU’s toprunner in six of seven meets this fall and recorded atop time of 21:46 for the 5,000-meter (5k) race at theNE-10 Championship.

All-Academic SelectionsThree women’s soccer players were named to theNortheast-10 All-Academic team, including Boland,who was named to the First Team for the thirdstraight season. Nicole Ebner was named to theSecond Team and Rivett was a Third Team choice.Men’s soccer had a pair of All-Academic perform-ers, with graduate student Simon Kearney and seniorDelaney named First Team choices.

Junior Nicky Dumond was named volleyball All-AcademicFirst Team for the second straight season, while Dellea-Messner earned First Team All-Academic accolades inwomen’s cross country after being named SecondTeam in 2006.

PENMEN PRIDESportsLaurie Boland Alex BrownMatt Delaney

Honors and Milestones

Linda Hicks ’94 and ’99

Alumni AwardsDuring Alumni & Family Weekend, the AlumniAssociation presented its annual awards torecognize graduates for their work with theuniversity and the community.

Hall of Fame AwardThe recipient of the 2007 AlumniHall of Fame Award is TheresaDesfosses ’72.

The award recognizes an alumnusor alumna who graduated 10 ormore years ago and has made out-standing contributions to his orher profession, the commu-nity and the university.

Desfosses went to workright out of high schoolas a bookkeeper. At theurging of her supervi-sor, she enrolled innight classes at theuniversity’s center inPortsmouth, N.H.,where she graduatedwith a degree in busi-ness administration.

She took over thefamily business, StateManufactured Homes,when her father retiredthree years later. Shejoined a number ofinvestors and purchasedBurlington Homes of Maine,a custom home manufacturingcompany in Oxford, in 1994.She quickly became presidentof that company as well; itnow commands 20 percentof the manufactured homemarket in Maine.

She is a trustee for the Hospice of SouthernMaine and the Manufactured HousingInstitute in Washington, D.C., and is vicechair of the Manufactured HousingRegulatory Board in Augusta, Maine.

A university trusteesince 2001, Desfossescreated the DesfossesFamily Scholarship tobenefit women who areinterested in businessmanagement.

Alumni Distinguished Service AwardLinda Hicks ’94 and ’99,director of DiningServices at the uni-versity, receivedthe 2007 AlumniDistinguishedService Award.

The award is givento an alumnus,alumna, facultymember, staffmember or friendof the university torecognize leadership,dedication and loyalservice to the universi-ty and its objectives.

Hicks has beenaffiliated with theuniversity since 1985,when she joinedDining Services as aunit manager. Duringher 23 years here shehas earned the respectof students, faculty andstaff and works diligentlyto ensure that all eventsshe oversees go off

without a hitch. On top of her 60- to 70-hourwork week, she serves on the university’sSafety Committee and is a delegate for theNational Association of College andUniversity Food Service.

Young Alumni AwardFormer student leader Katherine A. McKenney ’03 and’07 received the 2007 Young Alumni Award.

The award recognizes younger alumni whograduated not more than five years ago whohave demonstrated leadership and havesupported the Alumni Association, theAlumni Board and the university.

McKenney worked for the Office of AnnualGiving and was one of its star Telefundcallers. She also was a member of theStudent Government Association, PhiOmega Psi and the Inter-Greek Council.

An alumni board member, she nowvolunteers her time and providesfinancial support for the President’s CupGolf Tournament, assists at the annualwine festival and alumni weekend eventsand presents at the Alumni Leader CorpsSymposium. An advisory service specialistfor Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporationin Concord, N.H., she also works withuniversity offices to identify students forpositions with her employer and its owner,Lincoln National.


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June 16President’s Cup Golf TournamentSky Meadow Country ClubNashua, N.H.

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Oct. 17President’s Circle DinnerBy invitation only

Oct. 22Wine FestivalC.R. SparksBedford, N.H.

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SNHU Alumni BoardPresidentDavid Lee ’93

Vice PresidentPeter Perich ’76, ’85

TreasurerK. Brian McLaughlin ’88

SecretaryMeghan (Cotton) Dalesandro ’00

Executive DirectorMichael DeBlasi ’70, director of Alumniand Major Gifts

DirectorsJanice Fitzpatrick ’93Steven Gore ’90, ’02Robin (Sorenson) Kazes ’97Ashley (Adams) Liadis ’02, ’05Tiffany Lyon ’00, ’02Katherine McKenney ’03, ’05Kristina (Kintzer) Oleksak ’01, ’03Jeff Penta ’05Seth Wall ’00

Student Government RepresentativeAlexander Pillsbury

President EmeritusChad Mason ’98, ’00

Graduate Admission staff offered graduate students a sweetstart to the new year. They baked more than 250 dozen cookiesand delivered them to classrooms at the beginning of theJanuary term.

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From Numbers to ‘Noses’A financial analyst for most of hiscareer, Dabrowski also is a longtimewine enthusiast. He started the vine-yard in 1999. He grows 14 cold-hardygrape varieties to produce a number ofwines, including Diamond, Frontenac,Noriet, LaCrescent, LaCrosse, MarechalFoch and Leon Millot.

“Some of these grapes have an extremelycomplex background and are essentiallythe end result of 100 years of selectivebreeding,” he said.

Where Are They Now?

Bob Dabrowski ’86, owner of CandiaVineyards and treasurer of the NewHampshire Winery Association, knowsthey can. His is one of 14 vineyards inthe state, he said. It is located on oneof Candia’s oldest farms, which datesback to the 1760s.

“I made a commitment to viticulture tokeep the land productive, because Ienjoy growing things, for the challengeof science involved in growing top qual-ity fruit and because I wanted to offerrare varietals that were not previouslyavailable in New Hampshire,” he said.

The vineyard produces about 4,000bottles of wine a year. It was the mostawarded New England vineyard at the2007 Eastern States Exposition, whereits wines won two silver and fourbronze medals. Candia Vineyards alsoreceived a gold medal at the 20thannual International Wine & GrapeJuice competition in Florida inFebruary for its 2007 Noiret VaultReserve.

Dabrowski credits his background infinance and business for his success inthe industry. He previously worked fora Fortune 100 company and smallercompanies forecasting business opera-tions, developing profitable businessmodels, and performing financial

By Gail Dexter

Institutional Advancement

Most know there are vineyards and wineries in California, Washington andthe Finger Lakes of New York. But many may not be aware that they alsocan thrive in New Hampshire.


reporting and decision support formanagement, legal teams and smallbusinesses. This ability to see throughthe fog of complex data and uncertainprojections has proven invaluable inthe wine business, he said.

“Finance is all about planning and fore-casting, which is absolutely necessaryin growing grapes, winemaking and allof the other facets of properly runningand building a business,” he said.

Getting a Grasp on the GrapesDespite his experience, the winemakinglearning curve was steep.

“I spent many years making wine,perfecting my stylistic vision of wine,developing the vineyard and studyingthe different trellising and viticulturemethods that work best in our growingarea,” he said.

He has spent 10 years studying thecompounds that are in the grapes, howthey are affected by temperature in thevineyard and during fermentation, andhow they change again during the cool-ing and aging process.

“When you combine the dozens of yeaststhat we can use, dozens of oak aging

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options and a myriad of aging options,there are literally thousands of possiblewine outcomes to any particular batch ofgrapes,” he said. “While any number ofpeople can be trained to take laboratorymeasurements of wine, it’s critical thata winemaker be able to understand thetest results, where it is leading to in thedevelopment of the wine and whatimmeasurable sensory attributes willbe affected.”

Reaping the BenefitsConsumers’ increased interest in buy-ing locally – for example, the number offarmers markets in New Hampshire hasnearly tripled in the last six years –coupled with the rise in U.S. wineconsumption is good news for CandiaVineyards.

According to Wine Spectator magazine,wine is the favorite alcoholic beverage inthe United States, narrowly beating outbeer and easily beating liquor. Theweather in New Hampshire last summerwas perfect for grapes, warm and drywell into October, so the October harvestwas the best Dabrowski has seen. Heexpected to make some fabulous winesthis year as a result.

“The weather makes each year’s harvestdifferent and even affects the agingprocess. And particularly in NewHampshire, the winemaker has specialchallenges as the fruits can have dramati-cally different flavors and analysis …from year to year,” he said. “At the endof the harvest, it’s all in the winemaker’shands to see it through to a great wine.

“My passion is to craft wines that pairespecially well with foods, and some-times, when I’m lucky … creating thatunforgettable wine to share with thatspicy someone special.”

Visit www.candiavineyards.com or call 603.867.9751to learn more.

’90Georgette Yaindl, of Honolulu, Hawaii, is thestaff attorney for United Public Workers,AFSCME Local 646. Yaindl graduatedfrom the University of Hawaii William S.Richardson School of Law in May 2007.

Gerard M. Young, of Haverhill, Mass., wasnamed to Strathmore’s Who’s Who inAmerican Business.

’92Christina A. Fortier-Rolfe, of Wildwood, Mo., isthe director of marketing in North Americafor APC-MGE, Critical Power and CoolingBusiness Unit of Schneider Electric inO’Fallon.

’93Leonardo R. De Moraes, of Plano, Texas, is a sportsagent for Major League Soccer, representingBrazilian soccer players.

Todd S. Kiley, of Wakefield, Mass., is theexecutive chef for The Cottage Restaurantin Wellesley.

’94Robert M. Benoit, of Brunswick, Maine, is theshipping/inventory manager of WestconManufacturing.

’95Siomara Concepcion Bertrand, of Tegucigalpa,Honduras, is the co-owner of ANEDConsultores in Honduras.

Jeffery P. Boutin, of New Ipswich, N.H., is theprincipal of The Boutin Financial Group.

Betsy A. Rosenbluth, of Charlotte, Vt., is theNortheast projects director for the OrtonFamily Foundation.

’96Paul D. Sullivan, of Chicago, Ill., is the vicepresident and chief relationship officer forThe Energy Infuser Inc.

’97La Tanya M. Arnold, of Boston, establishedLend A Hand Consulting, a nonprofitniche marketing firm.

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Achievements’70Carl M. Baldwin, of Santa Fe, N.M., was award-ed the lifetime achievement award by theNew Mexico Society of Certified PublicAccountants.

’71Water R. Fulton, of Durham, Conn., was electedto serve as chair of the Connecticut Societyof Certified Public Accountants AdvisoryCouncil for 2007-08.

’75Janet (Yerdon) Mc Carty, of East Springfield, N.Y.,retired from Cherry Valley-SpringfieldCentral School after 32 years of teaching.

’79Kevin N. Grenier, of Derwood, Md., was namedhead of underwriting activities for Geico.

’80Abdul-Majid K. Hasan, of Hamden, Conn., receivedhis Ed.D. in Islamic Studies from AuberdeenUniversity in Boise, Idaho. Hasan is a con-sultant with the Connecticut Department ofCorrections in Wethersfield.

Suzanne H. O’Malley, of Nashua, N.H., is a man-ager for Burger King Corporation

in Salem.

’81Peter V. Ferris, ofRye, N.H., ismanager ofIndustrialThermalSolutions in addi-tion to his role aspresident ofCharter MedicalLtd.

’82Rose (Zocco) Cignatta, of Meriden, Conn., wasappointed to the Connecticut Commissionon the Arts. Cignatta also was honored byMeriden as an arts advocate and by thestate of Connecticut as a founder ofBattered Women of Meriden.

’84Suzanne P. Lang, of Venice, Fla., is a councilmember for the Venice City Council.

’85Darcy (Senese) Catucci, of Peabody, Mass., is anAlgebra 2 professor for Peabody VeteransMemorial High School. Catucci tutors specialeducation students in mathematics to betterensure their success on SATs and collegeentrance exams.

Doug A. Cullen, of Goffstown, N.H., is regionalmanager for the Northeast for Kuder Inc.

Layne S. Gordon, of Shamong, N.J., is a practicingattorney for Wizmur, Gordon & Finberg, LLP,in Marlton.

William King, of Windsor, Conn., has earnedan M.F.A. in English and writing and anM.A. in creative writing.

’86Robert Dabrowski, of Candia, N.H., is the owner ofand winemaker for Candia Vineyards. CandiaVineyards won more awards than any othervineyard in the Northeast at the EasternStates Exposition wine competition.

’87Teresa G. Baillargeon, of Hartsdale, N.Y., is areligious sister with the Sisters of theResurrection.

Michael S. Lynch, of Londonderry, N.H., hasopened his third InkSpot location in Derry.InkSpot refills ink and toner cartridges forconsumers and small businesses.

’88John P. Arsenault, of Rock Hill, S.C., is thefood and beverage director for CarolinaLake Golf Club in Indian Land.

’89Donald G. Martel, of Colorado Springs, Colo., isthe support operations project manager andengineer for Oracle’s EBS Delivery SupportOperations team.

Joseph G. Porrazzo Sr., of Sahuarita, Ariz., isthe author of a mystery thriller, “SolemnlySwear.”

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Christopher M. Laperle, of Stanstead, Quebec,Canada, is a coach and teacher at StansteadCollege. As an assistant coach, LaPerle wonthe 2004 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice HockeyNational Championship at the University ofDenver and the 2005-06 NCAA Division IIIMen’s Ice Hockey National Championship atMiddlebury College.

’03Marcia (Johnson) Benner, of Waldoboro, Maine,is the assistant vice president, humanresources officer for Damariscotta Bankand Trust Company.

Louis A. Cardinale, of Merrimack, N.H., is afinancial representative for New EnglandFinancial.

William D. Ogle, of Berwick, Maine, publishedhis first book in June 2007, “Snapshots ofthe 31st Century,” and a second book inDecember 2007 entitled “Coming Home.”

’04Thomas A. Deel, of Manchester, N.H., is amental health counselor for Mental HealthCenter of Greater Manchester.

Erika L. Glidden, of Essex Junction, Vt., is amortgage lending manager for OpportunitiesCredit Union.

Sarah J. Goodwin, of Windham, N.H., is the cor-porate services coordinator for RegulatoryCompliance in Londonderry.

Pamela M. Jones, of Roxbury, Mass., is thedirector of policy and planning for theBoston Public Health Commission.

Benjamin E. Piscopo, of Weare, N.H., is thedirector and trainer of Boss LanguageTraining Center’s TutorSearchChina.comin Zhuhai, Guang Dong, China.

Brian P. Santerre, of West Warwick, R.I., is amarketing associate for Hallsmith SyscoFoodservices in Norton, Mass.

’05Christine E. Collum, of Fayetteville, N.C., earnedher license as a North Carolina certifiedpublic accountant.

Michael L. Tobin, of Charlotte, N.C., is theregional disaster program coordinator forCarolinas Healthcare System. Tobin isresponsible for disaster preparedness plansfor 21 hospitals and nine emergency med-ical services agencies in a 12-countyregion.

’98Maggie A. Cohn, of Roxbury, Mass., is theexecutive director for The BostonCollaborative for Food & Fitness.

Mayte A. Rivera, of Plaistow, N.H., is thedirector of Community Developmentfor the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts Division of Banks.

Paul D. Sorli, of Portsmouth, N.H., is the ownerof Portsmouth Gas Light Co. Sorli receivedthe restaurateur of the year award for 2007from the New Hampshire Lodging andRestaurant Association.

’99Stacy Bugg, of Nashua, N.H., is a musicianand recording studio owner and releasedhis fourth CD in February. Bugg is also amusic instructor for bass guitar, drums andelectric guitar.

Mamadu S. Djaquite, of Senegal, is the director forthe West African Rural Development Centrein Serekunda, The Gambia, West Africa.

Carol A. Estes, of Dover, N.H., is the AVPcommercial banking officer for FederalSavings Bank.

Frank J. Gioia, of Burlington, Mass., is a seniorassociate for Sapient in Cambridge.

M. Katherine Pondo, of Baltimore, Md. wasrecently reassigned to Tanzania withCatholic Relief Services.

Benjamin J. Wheeler, of Jaffrey, N.H., is a seniorvice president for TD Banknorth.

’00Patricia G. Dinsmore, of Ontario, Canada, is theexecutive director for Ontario Wine GuyEnterprises.

Nelson R. Gomes, of Wallingford, Conn., is aterritory manager for Forest Pharmaceuticalin St. Louis, Mich.

Benjamin W. Gorman, of Meredith, N.H., is a boardreporting analyst for Fidelity Investments

in Merrimack.

Jason A. LaBossiere,of Londonderry,N.H., was pro-moted to directorof merchandisingfor the ManchesterMonarchs.

Elsie M. Mucci, ofBella Vista, Ariz.,is PHR and SPHRcertified.

David W. Pearson, ofWhitman, Mass., is a trust officer for Bankof New York Mellon in Everett.

’01Susan E. DeFranzo, of Hampton, N.H., is anaccount manager of the Carhartt MobileMarketing Tour for Cameo Marketing Inc.

Nancy L. MacKenzie, of Lowell, Mass., is asenior accountant for Kelson Energy Inc.of Burlington.

Kevin E. Noworyta, of Braselton, Ga., is a con-troller for Aetna Group USA Inc. in Duluth.

Gregory P. Smith, of College Park, Md.,is a financial analyst for the FinancialManagement Division of the Departmentof Housing and Urban Development. Smithrecently graduated from the PresidentialManagement Fellowship Program.

’02Susan M. Anderson, of New Haven, Conn., is anaccountant for the Yale Medical Group atYale Medical School.

Erick D. Bell, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., is a tech-nical adviser for the Joint International TaxShelter Information Centre of the NationalOffice of the Internal Revenue Service.

Marcelo Borsatto, of Evans, Ga., is the directorof operations for FPL Foods LLC in Augusta.

Joseph W. Drift, of Nashua, N.H., is the ownerand executive chef for Saffron Bistro.


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Class NotesFrank E. Ferreira, of Nashua, N.H., is a customerservice representative for Pickington Glassin Manchester.

Jonathan H. Hebert, of Dover, N.H., is a sous cheffor The Portsmouth Brewery in Portsmouth.

Kristen A. Muglio, of Valrico, Fla., is the financedirector for KForce Professional Staffing Co.in Tampa.

Lauren P. Uthenwoldt, of Silver Spring, Md.,is a banquet chef for the Marriott inWashington, D.C.

’06Ahmed Ayad, of Alexandria, Va., is the fieldprogram adviser for Afghanistan-LGCD on ateam implementing a local governance andcommunity development project for USAID.

Lindsey (Field) Boisvert, of Rochester, N.H., isan associate business analyst for LibertyMutual in Dover.

Lindsay B. Frydryk, of Lewisville, Texas, is anelectronic publishing specialist for FidelityInvestments.

Alan “Jared” Gabrey, of Manchester, N.H.,is a residence director for Southern NewHampshire University.

April M. Monsen, of Merrimack, N.H., is aneducational sales representative in healthscience for Reed Elsevier.

Robin L. Rothfuchs, of Hudson, N.H., is anassistant manager for Absolute Gymnasticsin Tyngsboro, Mass.

’07Megan E. Manley, of Topsham, Maine, is anLRC coordinator for Northrop Grummanin Bath.

Kristin M. McCarron, of Hudson, Mass., is a historyteacher for Hudson High School.

Marriages’81Eunice D. King married Walter Butler Sr.

Betty M. Russell married Douglas M. Crosier.

Thomas F. Tapke married Susan Russell.

’92Marcell R. McPherson-Wood married FaustoCruz.

’94Susan A. Haskell married Mark Dufour.

’98Mark J. Deyette married Michelle Wilhardt.

Lisa C. Kirton married Brian Molnar.

Scott Martin married Emily M. Richie ’99.

’99Emily M. Richie married Scott Martin ’98.

Amy G. Slattum married George F. Sliney.

’01Sara L. Cassavaugh married James Basbas.

Kevin E. Noworyta married Marisa Dohring.

Lisa M. Thibodeau married Philip Levesque.

’02Ryan Frew married Anastasia Carson ’04.

Mary-Ellen D. Odesse married Michael R.Deschenes.

Jason Sterritt married Laura R. Suchocki.

Matthew R. Thaisz married Kathryn Goodwin.

’03Danielle Broyer married Nathaniel B. Wetmore.

Jennifer A. Butler married Daniel A. Drago.

Tanya J. Dupont married Jason Ouellette.

Marcia L. Johnson married Chad V. Benner.

Robin E. Woods married Lloyd Reshard.

’04Anastasia Carson married Ryan Frew ’02.

’05Michael Landrigan married Alyson Coates.

Anna M. Lugauskas married Eric J. Milot.

’06Jeffory J. Dobe married Karina Dudok.

Lindsey B. Field married Adam C. Boisvert ’07.

Ryan Flynn married Anne Petri.

Rachael L. Gosselin married Norman P.Lavoie.

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Kevin E. Noworyta and his wife, Marisa,announce the birth of their daughter,McKenzie, on Feb. 11, 2006.

’05Angela Estes announces the birth of her son,Ronald A.E. Marquette, on March 13, 2007.

’07Katie (Rines) Husson and her husband,Christopher, announce the birth of theirdaughter, Kalie, on Dec. 28, 2007.

Brianne E. Stone and her husband, Joshua,announce the birth of their daughter,Emma Elizabeth, on June 22, 2007.

In Memoriam’39 Mary Webster’67 Roy Currier’68 Patricia Rogers’77 Delfin Reyes de Jesus’81 James M. Kemp’87 Linda J. Frost’89 Jeffrey G. Stickles’02 Stephanie C. Rosamilia

Nicholas P. Haseltine married Ashley E. Sherry.

Daniel L. Pletcher married Julie Ann Brown.

Bryan E. Walch married Erin A. Welch.

’07Adam C. Boisvert married Lindsey B. Field ’06.

Katie A. Rines married Christopher R. Husson.

Renee A. Sasseville married John A. Sifferman.

New Arrivals’93Lynne (Proulx) Cruze and her husband, Edward,announce the birth of their daughter,Kaitlyn Paige, on Oct. 9, 2007.

Jill (Southworth) Nuss and her husband, David,announce the birth of their daughter,Samantha Anne, on June 1, 2007.

’94Susan (Haskell) Dufour and her husband, Mark,announce the birth of their son, MasonRoy, on Nov. 30, 2007.

Andrew J. Mendolia andhis wife, Vanessa,announce the birthof their daughter,Natalia Elizabeth,on Nov. 19,2007.

’97Angela (Buckler)Edwards and herhusband,Gino,announce the

birth of their twin sons, ConnorJaxson and Colton Ty, on July 23, 2007.

Nicole (Detrani) Lizotte and her husband, Thomas,announce the birth of their daughter, Marisa,on Feb. 6, 2007.

’98Jason G. Lauder and his wife, Michelle ’99,announce the birth of their daughter,Eshaya Ruth Madeline, on Aug. 31, 2007.

Courtney (Rozett) Sanchez and her husband,Javier, announce the birth of their son,Jacoby Javier, on Oct. 27, 2007.

’99Michelle L. Lauder and her husband, Jason ’98,announce the birth of their daughter,Eshaya Ruth Madeline, on Aug. 31, 2007.

Sarah (Wolstencroft) Salera and her husband,Paul, announce the birth of their son,Gavin Joseph, on May 14, 2007.

’00Lauri B. Ashford and her husband, Joshua,announce the birth of their daughter,Makenzie Violet, on July 25, 2007.

Corinn M. Chadwell and her husband, Matthew ’01,announce the birth of their daughter,Emma Catherine, on Aug. 16, 2007.

David Pearson and his wife, Tara, announcethe birth of their son, Ryan Joseph, onAug. 17, 2007.

’01Matthew B. Chadwell and his wife, Corinn ’00,announce the birth of their daughter,Emma Catherine, on Aug. 16, 2007.

Craig DiNatali and his wife, Nicole, announcethe birth of their daughter, Madeline Anne,on July 4, 2007.

Melissa (Cowdrey) Lascelles and her husband,Michael, announce the birth of theirdaughter, Abigail Paige, on Oct. 22, 2006.


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Faculty, staff and alumni turned out for the Slattum-Sliney wedding. Pictured (left to right) are: Christie Lenda,Liz Marsden, Dr. Patricia Spirou, Stan Spirou, Sara Thurling, George Sliney, Amy (Slattum) Sliney,Sue Soucy, Polly St. Hilaire, Nicole Corvini, Chuck Spirou, Amanda Olson, Kristen Freitas, SteveAgostino, Karen Kenney, Keri Belanger, Mike Zubretsky, Steve Soucy and Brian Cole.

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Getting CreativeAmoskeag: The Journal of Southern NewHampshire University showcases poetry,essays, fiction and photography fromcontributors all over the U.S. The journalis celebrating its 25th anniversary thisspring.

The Journal holds student writing contestsfor short fiction and poetry and publishesthe winning entries. The following is thewinning SNHU student entry for poetry,which appears in the 2008 journal. Thewinning entry for short fiction, by NateBoesch, will appear in the fall issue of themagazine.

Suitcase And LeftBy Alicia Beane

I do not have much to sayNot tonightI haven’t for a while.But I don’t know why.Perhaps my brainWent on vacation:Packed up each wordIn his suitcase and left(no doubt to Hawaii.)And I’m stuck hereUselessEmptyVoid of any common senseOr poetry.And I want it back.HereIs where it belongs,Along with each of my words.How I miss them,They should be cradled once againBy my thoughtsAnd the ink of this pen.I’ll be sending a postcard-With my sad face on the cover,Pleading (yes it is shameful)WISH YOU WERE HERE.

Kennedy Crouse, who earned her B.S. in businessadministration (and met her husband, Bill) at SNHU’sNashua Continuing Education Center, is senior sitemanager for Veritude, a staffing company that servessuch clients as Fidelity Investments, Avid TechnologiesInc. and EMC.

Veritude has provided a number of recent SNHUgraduates with temporary positions that, in many cases,have led to permanent jobs. Kennedy Crouse also hasparticipated in on-campus networking events and careernights, held on-site interviews, helped students writeresumes and conducted mock interviews with studentsthrough the Career Development Office.

“Our staffing specialists really do have a lot of contactwith our associates when they’re on assignment,” shesaid. “Whether it’s myself or my staffing specialists,we really do have ongoing relationships (with graduates).We know them by name; we stay in touch.”

Temporary jobs can be a great start for graduates, she added.

“There is a lot of benefit to it, especially with studentswho don’t really know what they want to do or don’t havea lot of corporate experience,” she said. “It’s good to getyour feet wet before you take a permanent job that may ormay not work out.”

Lynne Kennedy Crouse ’04 is in a great position tohelp university graduates.

Hiring Help

ChairmanAndrew “Mickey” Greene ’72

Vice ChairmanMark A. Ouellette ’77

SecretaryBradford E. Cook

President/CEOPaul J. LeBlanc

Board MembersHoward BrodskyMichael Brody ’73Cathy Champagne ’88Clayton M. ChristensenStephanie CollinsRick Courtemanche ’73Robert J. Decolfmacker ’78Theresa Desfosses ’72Robert Finlay ’92

Donald R. Labrie ’71David Lee ’87, ’93Frederic “Rick” LoefflerKyle NagelL. Douglas O’BrienSteven PainchaudMartha Shen-UrquidezBeverly Smith ’00June SmithThomas Tessier ’74

Raymond TruncellitoKimon S. Zachos

Student ObserverBenjamin Barkhouse

Trustee EmeritaJacqueline Mara

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