2011 News Around Campus Archive

December 28  | Year in Stories
Item Thumbnail 2011 was a year of many accomplishments for Stonehill. 
December 07  | Campus Mourns Death of Student
Item Thumbnail We are saddened to announce the sudden death of one of our students, Jeffrey Cooney ’15. 
December 06  | Student and Professor Honored at Neuroscience Conference
Item Thumbnail Junior Emily Palmisano and Associate Professor of Psychology John McCoy were honored at the 21st annual Northeastern Under/Graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON) Conference recently. 
December 05  | Randy Jose ’12 Crowned Mr. Stonehill
Item Thumbnail Four-time contestant senior Randy Jose captured this year’s Mr. Stonehill crown on Saturday, December 3 in front of a capacity crowd at the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex 
November 20  | Linda Sarro ’86 Honored with 2011 Alumni Service Award
Item Thumbnail The Alumni Association honored Linda (Demarkles) Sarro ’86 for her years of commitment and service to the Alumni Auction with the 2011 Alumni Service Award at the Alumni Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on Sunday, November 20. 
November 17  | Stonehill Celebrates Thanksgiving
Item Thumbnail In celebrating Thanksgiving, every family has its own interpretation of the holiday. Here 11 members of the Stonehill community share their Thanksgiving traditions. 
November 11  | Stonehill Ends the Word
Item Thumbnail Beginning on Monday, November 14 Stonehill's Best Buddies chapter will hold a week-long campaign seeking students to stop using the R-word. The campaign is a part of an international campaign called "Spread the Word to End the Word." 
November 11  | Chekhov’s Poetry, Wit and Modern Message
Item Thumbnail For its fall production, the Stonehill Theatre Company invited Theresa Lang to be its guest director and the acclaimed theatre historian picked Anton Chekhov’s classic “Three Sisters.” 
November 11  | Veterans Day 2011
Item Thumbnail Stonehill records indicate that more than 40 alumni are currently engaged in military service. When Stonehill first opened in 1948, many of the 134 men who made up the College's first class were veterans. 
November 11  | New Translation Brings Changes to Mass
Item Thumbnail The new Roman Missal Third Edition is being used at all Masses as of Nov. 26. Rev. Stephen Wilbricht, C.S.C., an assistant professor of religious studies at Stonehill, is hopeful that the prayer changes will help Catholics connect even more to the Mass. 
November 09  | Call for Spanish Books
Item Thumbnail A community health volunteer in Los Tillales Educador, Katrina Organ '11 is taking great efforts to build a community library and is asking for Spanish book donations. 
November 03  | Alumna Author Linda Commito '72 Shares Her Tales of Writing
Item Thumbnail Linda Commito ’72 is the author of "Love Is the New Currency". Her book is rich with inspiring stories of people who are shifting their thoughts and actions to create a world where compassion and collaboration are esteemed. 
November 03  | Waterfest Event Spreads Word on Global Water Issues
Item Thumbnail Last year Stonehill’s Activism Club worked diligently on a campaign to get the College to phase out unnecessary budget spending on bottled water and recently, the group organized an event which celebrated the successful completion of that campaign while educating the community on global water issues. 
November 01  | Stonehill Graduates Join JVC Northwest
Item Thumbnail Three Stonehil alumni have recently embarked on a year of full-time volunteer work with Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest, continuing to live out Stonehill’s mission of compassion and service beyond their time spent at the College. 
October 26  | Pulitzer Prize Winner Diaz Puts Spotlight on Art
Item Thumbnail Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz spoke at the Martin Institute recently as the featured guest for this year's Chet Raymo Literary Series Lecture. 
October 26  | Stonehill Tied for Third Nationally with 98% ASR
Item Thumbnail Stonehill, winner of the last two Northeast-10 Conference Presidents’ Cups, has earned a 98-percent Academic Success Rating (ASR) for the second-straight year. 
October 21  | A Time to Forgive
Item Thumbnail Community activist Janet Connors, who forgave the murderers of her son, was among a panel of speakers at the Martin Institute who recently spoke of their difficult journeys as victims or as offenders and how forgiveness has affected their lives. The talk was called “The Power of Forgiveness.” 
October 06  | Trading Places
Item Thumbnail The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) is helping faculty re-imagine courses and to improve student learning. 
October 03  | Stonehill Sociologist Serves-up “Low-Fat Love”
Item Thumbnail The Founding Director of the Gender Studies Program at Stonehill, Professor Patricia Leavy discusses her new novel "Low Fat Love" with alumna Lauren Daley '05. 
October 03  | May Pavilion Dedicated
Item Thumbnail The Stonehill community gathered in the new Pavilion on September 29 for a gala dinner to celebrate its opening and to thank Thomas ’69 and Donna (Jermyn) May ’70 for their generosity in creating more opportunities for students. 
September 29  | Professor Richard Finnegan Named Outstanding Alumnus
Item Thumbnail Professor Richard Finnegan ’64 has been named Stonehill College's 2010 Outstanding Alumnus and receives the award now that he has returned from Europe researching a new book and serving as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Czech Republic. 
September 28  | We Love Stonehill: Grass-roots Web Site Going Strong Six Months Later
Item Thumbnail Liz Downey ’09 and Alexandra Simone ’09 started the web site WeLoveStonehill.com in March and seven months later, the site is stronger than ever. 
September 27  | Introducing New Full-Time Faculty and Faculty Fellow
Item Thumbnail This year, the College welcomes ten new full-time faculty and one faculty fellow. 
September 23  | Stonehill's Stephan Neville Featured in "Sports Illustrated"
Item Thumbnail Stonehill College senior All-American Stephan Neville is featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of the September 26 issue of "Sports Illustrated" set to hit newsstands this weekend. 
September 22  | Veteran Art Detectives Discuss Most Notorious Cases at Martin Institute
Item Thumbnail On Sept. 20, more than 200 people gathered in the Martin Institute to hear stories from elite detectives who specialize in investigating and solving art crimes - brazen thefts, forgeries, looting and vandalism - around the world. 
September 21  | Lifelong Friendships
Item Thumbnail The Best Buddies Program at Stonehill is thriving through a partnership with House of Possibilities (HOPe House). 
September 20  | Alumni Weekend 2011
Item Thumbnail With Stonehill’s alumni population now totaling over 23,000, the campus will be filled with familiar faces this coming weekend, September 23-25 for Alumni Weekend 2011. 
September 16  | Prof. Maura Tyrrell Receives 2011 Spirit of Holy Cross Award
Item Thumbnail The award is given annually on September 15, the formal observance of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Feast Day of the Congregation, to lay collaborators who serve with the Province in the United States and abroad. 
September 13  | Lost and Found: How One Student Discovered His Compass
Item Thumbnail Travis Kumph, a 2010 graduate of Stonehill College, discusses how a H.O.P.E. trip to Peru during his time at Stonehill led him down a path of self-discovery in this editorial. Kumph is currently writing a book on his volunteer experiences and those of other young people. 
September 12  | Professor Maureen Boyle Receives Top Honors from Society for Features Journalism
Item Thumbnail Assistant Professor of Communication Maureen Boyle, who also serves as the Journalism Program Director at the College, received first place honors in the 23rd Annual Excellence-in-Features Writing Competition by the Society for Features Journalism. 
September 06  | Remembering 9/11
Item Thumbnail The academic year was less than a week old when terror struck America on September 11th, 2001. In the attacks, three alumni and one Holy Cross priest died. 
September 06  | Timothy Coughlin ‘80
Item Thumbnail Timothy Coughlin ‘80 was one of three alumni victims in the 9/11 attacks. 
September 06  | Timothy Reilly ‘82
Item Thumbnail Timothy Reilly ‘82 was one of three alumni victims in the 9/11 attacks. 
September 06  | James Hayden ‘76
Item Thumbnail James Hayden ‘76 was one of three alumni victims in the 9/11 attacks. 
September 06  | Rev. Francis Grogan, C.S.C.
Item Thumbnail Rev. Francis Grogan, C.S.C. was a Holy Cross priest who was a victim in the 9/11 attacks. 
August 31  | 2011-2012 Academic Year Gets Underway
Item Thumbnail Stonehill celebrated the start of the 2011-2012 academic year at its annual Academic Convocation in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex on Tuesday, August 30. 
August 30  | Summer Internship Brings Many Highlights for Student
Item Thumbnail Arthur Lambert Memorial Scholarship winner Lindsey Beauregard ’13 had the honor of introducing Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick when he addressed 200 interns at the State House as a part of the Summer Legislative Education Intern Seminar series. 
August 03  | Preserving the Past
Item Thumbnail When Ed Nordberg ’52, a member of Stonehill’s first graduating class, came across his old letter sweater, he knew exactly what he had to do. He gave it to the College. 
July 28  | Making the World His Classroom
Item Thumbnail For rising junior James Tracy Denholm, Stonehill has given him the opportunity to explore the world through its many resources. Beginning on August 24, he will embark on a semester-long trip that will bring him to four continents to study public health issues and in the spring, he will be off to the Middle East to study Arabic. 
July 12  | Coming Home with Ed Cooley
Item Thumbnail Recently, ESPN writer Andy Katz followed Stonehill alum Ed Cooley '94, who is the new Providence College men's basketball head coach, back to his hometown of South Providence. 
June 24  | Alum’s Spirit Lives On Ten Years After 9/11
Item Thumbnail Father’s Day weekend marked the tenth annual Cogs Classic Golf Tournament which honors popular Wall Street trader Timothy Coughlin ’80, one of four members of the Stonehill community who died on 9/11. 
June 17  | More Summer Reading
Item Thumbnail Check out the full list of summer reading recommendations. 
June 15  | Great Summer Reads – The Stonehill List
Item Thumbnail Interested to know what books Stonehill faculty and staff members weren’t able to put down recently? 
June 08  | Stonehill Pitcher Drafted By Boston Red Sox
Item Thumbnail Senior right-handed relief pitcher Brenden Shepard became the first student-athlete in program history to be drafted by a Major League Baseball club when the Boston Red Sox selected him in the 28th round (862nd overall) of the 2011 MLB First Year Player Draft on Tuesday, June 7. 
June 08  | Stonehill Repeats as NE-10 Presidents’ Cup Champions
Item Thumbnail For the second straight year Stonehill has captured the Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup, which is awarded to the institution that compiles the most points based on the placement of its athletic teams at the conclusion of the regular season. 
June 07  | Reunion 2011 Snapshots
Item Thumbnail Hundreds of alumni returned for Reunion 2011 last weekend. With splendid weather, they explored campus anew, enjoying many fun events. 
June 07  | Finding Their Way
Item Thumbnail Speaking to 700 guests at the 51st annual President's Dinner, Michelle Tineo ’12 and Mark White ’11 explained how they found their way at the College after intially struggling to fit in 
June 03  | 51st President’s Dinner Raises $100,000 for Academic Initiatives
Item Thumbnail Close to 700 guests gathered at Stonehill College on Thursday, June 2 for the 51st annual President’s Dinner to celebrate the building of the College as the theme of the night took a retrospective look at how Stonehill has grown, building by building. 
May 27  | Golf Study Suggests Methods for Effective Learning
Item Thumbnail Assistant Professor of Marketing Lee McGinnis and Assistant Professor of Business Administration Brian Glibkowski developed a golf study on the various methods professional golf instructors use to successfully teach their students. 
May 22  | Commencement 2011
Item Thumbnail A total of 603 students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas at Stonehill's 60th Commencement on Sunday, May 21. 
May 20  | Class of 2011 Profiles
Item Thumbnail While the best and brightest from Stonehill’s Class of 2011 are far too numerous to all highlight, we offer a glimpse of what this year’s senior class has accomplished and the likely success they will achieve as alumni of the College. 
May 17  | Alumni Classes Compete to Boost Fund Participation
Item Thumbnail With 59 alumni classes, there is always friendly inter-class rivalry for bragging rights across a variety of fronts, but nowhere is that competitive streak more evident than in the area of class participation. 
May 06  | Stonehill Scientist Set to Intern in Paris
Item Thumbnail Many students at Stonehill study abroad or intern internationally. Biology major Jasmine Khubchandani '12 will take that kind of opportunity to a new level as she has been named as one of just four Judith P. Sulzberger interns at the famed Institut Pasteur in Paris this summer. 
May 03  | Dancing on bin Laden's Grave
Item Thumbnail Across the country, scenes of public jubilation over the news of the death of Osama bin Laden have taken place. Stonehill sociologist Patricia Leavy argues that while typically it is not considered socially acceptable to rejoice in a death or killing, in the case of bin Laden, nothing follows typical norms. 
April 29  | U.S. Attorney For Massachusetts Visits Successful Mentoring Program Classroom
Item Thumbnail Staff and students working with the College’s arts outreach project "Mentoring Through Photography and Visual Arts" received a special visit from U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz on Tuesday, April 26. 
April 28  | Learn, Imagine and Explore
Item Thumbnail Senior Nicole Jaques was one of only 16 students nationwide to be selected for the International Radio and Television Society Summer Fellowship Program and beginning in June, she will be lending her talents to the hit children's show "Dora the Explorer." 
April 27  | Student Magazine Launch Transforms Dining Commons into Upscale 40s-Era Nightclub
Item Thumbnail The late, legendary actor Humphrey Bogart won’t be there to play Rick Blaine from "Casablanca." But the spirit of Rick’s Cafe Americain, the upscale but slightly shady nightclub from the movie classic, will be evident at the launch of the new "Rolling Stonehill" on Thursday, April 28. 
April 26  | Stonehill Music Instructor Takes Part in Annual Spring Organ Concert Series
Item Thumbnail Stonehill's Adjunct Music Instructor Margaret Angelini will perform this Saturday, April 30 in the Chapel of Mary as part of the annual American Guild of Organists Spring Organ Crawl. 
April 19  | Embracing the Common Good
Item Thumbnail Philosopher Alejo Jose Sison told business students during an April 12 presentation at the Martin Institute, he now believes the key to getting businesses to embrace social responsibility depends upon the students themselves. 
April 14  | Literally Speaking
Item Thumbnail The Undergraduate Literary Conference featuring students from Stonehill and Bridgewater State University drew a wide range of presentations that extended beyond the great books to include music, film and photography. 
April 12  | Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back
Item Thumbnail On April 9th, members of the Stonehill community, along with their families, came together to celebrate hope for a future free of cancer at the seventh annual Relay for Life at W.B. Mason. Over 400 participants raised a record $44,090 for the American Cancer Society. 
April 08  | Athletics Holds Annual Academic Excellence Recognition Breakfast
Item Thumbnail Sixteen student-athletes received St. Thomas Aquinas medals and Maura Tyrrell earned the Outstanding Faculty Member Award. 
April 07  | Stonehill’s Seventh Annual Relay for Life Set for April 9-10
Item Thumbnail Members of the Stonehill community will flock to W.B. Mason Stadium next weekend not to cheer on a Skyhawk team, but to raise funds at the seventh annual Relay for Life. 
April 06  | Do the Math
Item Thumbnail Professor Shai Simonson has just released a new book titled "Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do The Math," which is an eclectic collection of topics and puzzles that focuses on problem solving as opposed to rote memorization. 
April 06  | Lauren DeRusha ’11 Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Item Thumbnail Lauren DeRusha '11 has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, which provides college graduates the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. DeRusha is seeking to implement a community-run water filtration system in Ecuador. 
April 01  | Tribute to Lou Gorman '53
Item Thumbnail Alumnus James "Lou" Gorman, who died early in the morning on Friday, April 1, 2011, was synonymous with the Boston Red Sox, having served the team in various capacities since 1984. But he was also the most honored individual in Stonehill history. 
March 30  | Student Brings Former War Child, Now Hip-Hop Artist to Campus
Item Thumbnail Stonehill junior Pak Lul was instrumental in bringing a big name in the world of African Aid, former child soldier and hip hop star Emmanuel Jal, to campus recently. 
March 30  | Till The Tenth Generation: A Story of Remembrance
Item Thumbnail One of Ireland’s few Holocaust survivors Tomi Reichental brought his message of remembrance to Stonehill this week with a screening of Till The Tenth Generation. 
March 25  | Get Your Draw On At Day-Long Drawing Marathon
Item Thumbnail Members of the Stonehill community will have the chance to show off their drawing talents at a day-long Drawing Marathon on Saturday, April 9. 
March 18  | Professor Weighs in on Football Fallout
Item Thumbnail With the threat of an NFL lockout looking more and more like a reality next season, we asked Economics Professor Akira Motomura, who is an expert in field of sports economics, what economic implications a cancelled 2011 football season would have. 
March 16  | The Irish: Northern Europeans with Mediterranean Sensibilities
Item Thumbnail With St. Patrick's Day in mind, we asked Stonehill Professor and Irish Studies scholar Richard Finnegan '64 for cultural insight on the country, which he says is "a northern European country with Mediterranean sensibility." 
March 07  | Men's Basketball Earns NCAA Bid
Item Thumbnail The Stonehill men's basketball team has earned its 11th NCAA Tournament bid in program history. The Skyhawks will be seeded third in the East Regional and will face sixth-seeded Aldelphi at noon this Saturday, March 12. 
March 04  | Navigating College
Item Thumbnail Recently, Assistant Vice President for Student Financial Services Eileen O’Leary publicly shared her expertise on financial aid issues when she participated in WBZ panel about helping students, and their families, navigate the college admissions process. 
March 03  | The Highflyer
Item Thumbnail Corey Thomas soars through the air, over the pole, and onto the mat, just like that. Add to that his ability to run quickly and jump over hurdles, and you have an incredible athlete looking to secure conference, regional, and national titles for the Stonehill Skyhawks. 
February 28  | Doing Well by Doing Good
Item Thumbnail Twice recently, Stonehill students gathered in the Martin Institute to hear visiting business ethics scholar Ernst von Kimakowitz discuss the tenets of humanistic management, a philosophy that seeks to reshape market economics so that do well by doing good. 
February 23  | Congress Members Visit Stonehill
Item Thumbnail Two former members of Congress visited Stonehill recently to give students a real life perspective on how things work politically in the U.S. today. 
February 18  | Stonehill to Host Two Former Congressmen
Item Thumbnail On Monday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 22, the College will host two former members of Congress, Richard Stallings (Democrat, Idaho) and Robert Simmons (Republican, Connecticut). 
February 17  | Korean TV Highlights Stonehill Concert
Item Thumbnail Back in September, acclaimed pianist Elaine Kwon gave the semester's first installment of the Nakamichi Concert Series at Stonehill and during that time, Arirang TV accompanied her on her visit to shoot film for its documentary series "Dream It: You Are the Next Generation." 
February 10  | On Their Best Behavior
Item Thumbnail W.B. Mason will sponsor a Business Etiquette Dinner on Tuesday, February 15. Students will learn what is expected of them on the manners front from a professional etiquette coach. 
February 09  | Kristof: Empowering Women Will Curb Human Rights Abuse
Item Thumbnail Nicholas D. Kristof presented the College’s inaugural Saint André Lecture. Kristof discussed the themes highlighted in his best-selling book, Half the Sky. 
February 04  | Stonehill Memories of the Blizzard of 1978
Item Thumbnail While no doubt, this winter has been one for the record books in New England, nothing can quite compare to the Blizzard of 1978, which dumped 27 inches of snow on the region February 6-8. 
February 03  | Stonehill Student Who Studied in Cairo Worried About Friends in Egypt
Item Thumbnail Junior Casey Kapalko, who studied Islam and Arabic at the American University in Cairo last semester, is closely monitoring the crisis in Egypt where several of her friends call home. 
January 29  | Alumni Make Their Marks
Item Thumbnail As some of our current students take part in the KCACTF to compete for various awards, we’d like to update folks on what three of our recent alumni, who are now acting and teaching, are up to these days. 
January 26  | Men's Basketball Featured on ESPN's SportsCenter
Item Thumbnail Stonehill men's basketball had the #1 Top Play of the Day on ESPN's SportsCenter as junior forward Patrick Lee lifted the Skyahwks to an 84-82 overtime victory over Le Loyne on Tuesday night with his turnaround halfcourt shot at the buzzer. 
January 26  | Four Students Selected For KCACTF Region 1 Festival
Item Thumbnail Three current Stonehill students along with one recent graduate arrived at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) at Fitchburg State University in Fitchburg, MA on Wednesday to compete for various awards. 
January 20  | New Alumni Council Officers Begin Terms
Item Thumbnail Earlier this month, Catherine Campbell ’96, Kerri (Riley) Ansello ’96, and Michael Sarro ’95 began their new roles on the College’s Alumni Council as they were elected to three-year terms as president, vice president, and treasurer, respectively, last November. 
January 20  | A Rejuvenated Life
Item Thumbnail Seven years ago, Dave Macek ’04 was a football captain and mathematics major at Stonehill College. Today, you’re likely to find the now organic-food-lover teaching a yoga class at The Red Lotus Society in San Diego. 
January 18  | Young Alumni Extend Service Globally
Item Thumbnail A new initiative set forth by Stonehill is giving young alumni the opportunity to not only give back, but also travel the globe and develop their multicultural skills. 

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