Stonehill Alumni Magazine

Summer | Fall 2021

Learning by Doing: SURE Program Celebrates 25 Years

From synthesizing tetrahydroxylated pyrrolizidines to exploring ancestry testing, students and faculty from across the disciplines spent the summer conducting research.

Meet the Researchers

Shared Purpose and Passion

President's Letter

This semester, we returned to campus in person as a community of scholarship and faith dedicated to learning and growing together.

Journeying Through Love and Loss

After losing her husband, James ’76, on 9/11, Elizabeth (Fox) Hayden ’76 lost her faith and then found it in surprising ways. She shares how the experience shaped her desire to give back in honor of Jim's memory.
Seventy Years of Women at Stonehill

In 1951, Stonehill admitted 19 women and became a coeducational college. SAM shares some milestones for women at Stonehill throughout the decades.
Afternoon Commute

Around 4 p.m. on a sunny October day, students hustled around campus. A few took a quick break to tell us what they were up to.

Faculty Spotlight

Rev. Kevin Spicer, C.S.C. ’87, dean of the May School of Arts & Sciences, reflects on teaching, his student days, and his research. Also, Leyda Almodóvar Velázquez, assistant professor of mathematics, talks about the GirlsGetMath@Stonehill program.

320 Washington Street

Campus news featuring our Heard on the Hill section and a throwback photo of O'Hara Hall as it turns 60.
Skyhawk Talk

Meet Olympic Gold Medalist Tara Watchorn, head coach of the inaugural women's ice hockey team.
Alumni Community

Alumni news, featuring our Volunteer Spotlight, along with alumni profiles, weddings, babies and obituaries.

The Gift of Education

Rhododendron Drive

Linda Commito ’72 shares her experience as a first-generation student. "I feel blessed. I was in the perfect place to open my mind to a new vision and life for myself," she says of coming to Stonehill.

Stonehill College Alumni Magazine

Stonehill Alumni Magazine, Volume 49, Number 1; Editor, Kimberly Lawrence; Alumni Editor, Jennifer (Moura) Silva '93; Art Director, Annette Trivette; Class Notes, Kristen Magda; Contributors, Lauren Daley ’05, Marie (Kehoe) Kelly ’00, Tania Kelly, Allyson Manchester ’11, Martin McGovern, Lisa Richards '99, Michael Shulansky; Contributing Photographers: Nicki Pardo, Stonehill Archives, Stonehill Athletics, Stonehill Marketing; Director of Alumni Engagement, Anne (Pollick) Sant ’88; Stonehill Alumni Magazine is published biannually by Stonehill College, Office of Advancement Communications, 508-565-1321.