endicott magazine soundings winter 2010

ENDICOTT ABROADInternational campuses,programs, students, and

faculty enrich the Endicott experience

oundings sEndicott collEgE MagazinEWinter 2010


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We have only to turn on the news to discover how small the worldhas become. Communication is instantaneous, not only for news

agencies but for individuals across the globe. International relations on allfronts – political, economic, environmental, and personal – have greatmeaning for each of us in our day to day lives, and I believe that open dialog is the most powerful means to mutual understanding.

Throughout my career, I have been a strong proponent of internation-al education, and I have been proud to witness Endicott’s growth as aninternational institution. We offer undergraduate degree programs at cam-puses in Mexico and Spain, and many students from those campuses cometo Beverly to complete their baccalaureate degrees. In doing so, theyenrich the culture of the Beverly campus. In fact, our vibrant student bodyincludes undergraduate students from 28 countries, and our U.S. studentsare enjoying study abroad and internship opportunities around the world.Our graduate school offers Master of Education and/or Master of Business

Administration degree programs at several sites in Europe; and through our affiliation withThe Institute of Educational Studies (TIES), students from around the world are earningMaster’s degrees from Endicott College.

In this issue of Soundings, we highlight “Endicott International” and a few of the stu-dents and faculty who represent the best in each of us. In sharing their experiences with us,they broaden our view of our complex and increasingly interdependent world.

We also want to share a bit of the excitement of our 70th Anniversary celebration – afour-day party filled with spirit – along with campus and alumni news. As always, we inviteyou to keep in touch!

Richard E. WyliePresident

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Endicott College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employerand is committed to the principles of equal employment and complieswith all federal, state, and local laws and regulations advancing equalemployment. The College’s objective is to employ individuals qualifiedand/or trainable for open positions by virtue of job-related education,training, experience, and qualifications without regard to sex, race, religion, color, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin or citizenship, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

Endicott College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

On the cover,a few members of the Endicott community whose international

experiences are featured in these pages: standing, left to right,

Catherine Qin Shi ‘08, MBA’09; Victor Ordoñez ’09; Kaylin Burke ’10;Luisa Sanchez ’09; and Hamid Atif ’10

seated: Dr. Vitaly Kozyrev –

(Cover photography: Patrick O’Connor)

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ENDICOTTABROAD

International students,international faculty,

study abroad and internship experiencesaround the world, and

campuses abroad.

Endicott seeksto cross boundaries

and explore the culturaldifferences that can enrich or divide us,

with a beliefthat knowledge can lead

to understanding.

IN THIS ISSUE

International Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Endicott O2O (Ocean to Ocean)

The School of International Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Endicott–Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Institute for Educational Studies (TIES) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The College for International Studies (CIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Educating Educators: International Master’s Graduates . . . 5

Experiences Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cultivating a World View

International Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Alumni Profile and New International Initiatives

70th Anniversary Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Distinguished Alumni, Center for the Arts Dedicationand a Campus-wide Celebration

Trustee Spotlight: The Reverend Dr. Paul Kennedy . . . 20

Campus News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

New Trustees Named . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

President Wylie Honored by NEASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Endicott Becomes a “Yellow Ribbon” School . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Van Loan School Adds Three New Master’s Programs . . . 24

Recent Faculty Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Gull Sculpture Dedicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Archives Exhibit Celebrates Community Service . . . . . . . 25

Endicott Hosts International Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Alumni Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Call for Alumni Art Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Alumni Assdociation on Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meet the Institutional Advancement Team: . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Ashley Adams ’04: Alumna Brings Film Crew to Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Athletics Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Fall Sports Wrap-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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International PRogRAmS

Endicott O2O!(Ocean 2 Ocean)

Endicott O2O (Ocean 2 Ocean) – itsthe new name of Endicott’s intercul-tural club, and it’s a great metaphor forthe College’s expansion overseas. Withour own campus in Mexico City andaffiliated campuses in Bermuda andEurope, Endicott is drawing an increas-ing number of international students toour undergraduate and graduate degreeprograms; and with a network of collegesand universities around the world, theCollege is able to provide study abroadopportunities for U.S. students.

The School ofInternational EducationHeadquartered on the first floor of theSamuel C. Wax Academic Center, theSchool of International Education is awelcoming place for international stu-dents who choose to pursue degrees atEndicott. Offering information and sup-port, the staff helps students adjust tolife in the U.S. and encourages them to

share their cultural perspectives with theentire Endicott community. They alsotell U.S. students to go away – but theymean it in a positive way. The Schoolcoordinates study abroad opportunitiesand helps students who participate ininternships outside the U.S.

Semester and Year-long Study AbroadSpending a semester or year living andstudying in another culture can be a life-changing experience, and study abroadadvisors, as well as students’ academicadvisors, help students choose from awide range of programs and locations.Students may choose programs thatallow them to take classes in theirmajors, or they may elect to fulfill elec-tives in subjects unavailable at Endicott.They may seek out a program that allowsthem to take classes in English whilestudying the local language or one thatchallenges their language skills withtotal immersion. At Endicott’s branchcampuses in Mexico City (Endicott –Mexico) and Madrid, Spain (TheCollege for International Studies, CIS

Madrid) students may study abroad andfulfill many of their core requirementswhile learning Spanish and taking class-es in English with local students. Theoptions are as varied as our students.

Short-term International ProgramsThe School also offers several two-to-three week, faculty-led programs throughwhich students may earn two credits(fulfilling Internship 100 or 200) orthree upper-level, elective credits forspecial courses. These programs culmi-nate in a community service project or astudy tour in another country, usuallyduring the month of January or duringthe summer. Recent study tours haveincluded trips to China and Ireland.

Through CIS, students may alsochoose to participate in the MadridCulture and Language program duringthe summer.

On-campus ProgramsThe College offers many on-campusopportunities for students to developgreater understanding of other cultures.

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INTERNATIONALQUICK FACTS

International CampusesEndicott offers undergraduate and graduate degreeprograms at campuses in:Mexico City, MexicoMadrid, Spain BermudaLeysin, SwitzerlandPrague, Czech Republic

International ExperiencesStudy abroad opportunities include:Year-long programsSemester-long programs Short-term study tours or community service

Internship opportunities include:Positions with businesses, organizations, schools, and agencies around the world

On-campus ProgramsInternational and U.S. students come togetherfor meaningful cultural exchange through:The Peer Mentor ProgramThe International Friendship Program Endicott O2O, the Intercultural ClubThe Global Experience House

Number of Countries Representedin Endicott’s Student BodyInternational students hail from 28 countries, as of fall 2009Top three countries are Mexico, Spain, and Turkey

Number of Students Who Work or Study AbroadBy the time of graduation, more than a third ofEndicott students will have done an internationalinternship or studied abroad.

These include a number of special events, often co-sponsored withother academic schools at the College or with Student Affairs, andthe Peer Mentor Program, through which Endicott students mentorinternational students during their first year at the College. Peermentors help new international students make the transition toAmerican college life by writing to them before they arrive and get-ting to know them, welcoming them in person at the airport, andhelping them move into their rooms, choose classes, and becomefamiliar with the campus.

Through the International Friendship Program, international stu-dents are matched with local families or community members withsimilar interests. The program provides students with an opportunityto experience everyday life in the United States. Students seeAmerican culture outside of the College, and in return, their localfriends have the opportunity to learn about another culture.

O2O (Ocean 2 Ocean) is a student group committed to promot-ing intercultural understanding at Endicott. As a club, O2O plansand participates in numerous cultural activities each year, both onand off campus. Activities include international dinners and filmnights, charity events for international causes, and sponsorship ofinternational and cultural performances and programs on campus.This group is open to all students on campus.

International Student ServicesInternational Student Services provides counseling and guidance onissues unique to the international student experience, such as culturaladjustment, academic adjustment, and immigration and tax regula-tions.

Dean of the School of International Education, Dr. April Burrissbelieves in the value of cultural exchange. She has lived, studied, andworked in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America; and shehas served as a faculty member, department chair, international grant project director, and higher education programs administrator. Dr. Burriss isone of Endicott’s “Media Experts,” a list of faculty who assist journalistsand reporters with knowledgeable commentary and information on a broadrange of topics. Her areas of expertise include international education,study abroad, international students, and foreign language education.

Endicott College –Mexico CityIn 1996, Endicott established EndicottCollege – Mexico and opened a campusin Mexico City to serve the need for anacademic and cultural center where students from around the world couldcome together to share a high qualityacademic experience.

Students from Mexico may enterthe traditional undergraduate programthrough which they complete their corecurriculum requirements in up to twoyears of study on the Mexico campusbefore transferring to Endicott’s Beverlycampus to complete their baccalaureatedegrees.

In addition, students from the U.S.and other countries may spend a sum-mer, a semester, or an academic year inMexico through the study abroad pro-gram. They may choose from language,culture, and literature courses offered inSpanish for study abroad students andfrom the full array of core curriculum

courses and courses in business, commu-nication, art, and other disciplines,offered in English.

For adult learners, Endicott’s Van Loan School of Graduate andProfessional Studies coordinates pro-grams at the Mexico City campus. Theseinclude Accelerated Bachelor degreeprograms in business and psychology, aMaster of Education in InternationalEducation, and a Master of BusinessAdministration.

In a recent exchange program, 12 MBA students enrolled in theBeverly program, along with programdirector, Rich Benedetto, attended aweek-long seminar in Mexico as part oftheir Global Management class. Thegroup met at IPADE (InstitutoPanamericano de Alta Dirección deEmpresa), the PanAmerican Institute forHigh Business Direction, which is thebusiness school of UniversidadPanamericana.

TIES: The Institute forEducational Studies Endicott College grants Master ofEducation degrees in IntegrativeLearning and Montessori IntegrativeLearning through a partnership withThe Institute for Educational Studies.

Established in 1987 in order toadvance integrative teaching and learn-ing, TIES has conducted Montessoriteacher formation courses in Norwayand Canada. The faculty has also pro-vided consultation for Montessorischools throughout North and SouthAmerica, Norway, Sweden, NewZealand and Australia. TIES is an inno-vator in the field of distance learning,launching its colloquium-based approachto graduate study in 1996.

The TIES/Endicott partnership wasinaugurated in April 1998, based onEndicott’s deep commitment to appliedlearning and TIES extensive experiencein establishing online collaborativelearning communities. Students from 27countries and 35 states have enrolled inthis program and have participated inthe online colloquia.

The College forInternational Studies(CIS), Madrid, Spainand Endicott College:A Partnership in Higher EducationFounded in 1981 as a two-year bridge toAmerican higher education, TheCollege for International Studies (CIS)partnered with Endicott College in 1995to offer unique Associate, Bachelor, andMaster degree programs in Madrid.

Students who complete credits in anEndicott Associate degree program inMadrid are able to continue studyingtoward a Bachelor degree by enrolling atEndicott’s campus in Beverly or by trans-ferring to another institution of highereducation. The Madrid campus also



Located in a beautiful residential section of Mexico City, the Endicott College –Mexico campus offers undergraduate programs that allow students to complete two years ofstudy before transferring to the Beverly campus to complete a baccalaureate degree.Programs also include study abroad opportunities for students from other countries.


offers study abroad opportunities to stu-dents from many countries.

For adult learners, the Van LoanSchool of Graduate and ProfessionalStudies offers many degree optionsthrough CIS. Online courses and accel-erated programs allow qualifiedAssociate degree students to completetheir Bachelor degrees in Madridthrough Endicott College. Graduate pro-grams include Master of Education pro-grams in International Education,International Education Administration,and International Education with a spe-cialization in English as a SecondLanguage, as well as a Master of BusinessAdministration.

Through its partnership with CIS,Endicott also offers graduate programs atat the Leysin American School campusin Leysin, Switzerland and at theInternational School of Prague inPrague, Czech Republic. �


The College for International Studies (CIS) is an American-style university in the heartof Madrid, Spain. Through a unique partnership, Endicott offers Associate degree programsin business, communication, and liberal studies at the Madrid campus. Endicott also offersgraduate programs in education and business administration, as well as accelerated Bachelordegree programs for adult learners.

Educating Educators: Endicott Master’s Graduates Around the World

Endicott is proud to offer Master of Educationprograms at a number of international sites.Through a combination of on-site and onlinecourses, students from around the world are pur-suing degrees that will enhance teaching andlearning in countless classrooms, agencies, andorganizations. M.Ed. programs offered interna-tionally include:• Athletic Administration• Integrative Learning• Montessori Integrative Learning • International Education• International Education Administration• International Education: Teaching English as a Second Language

In the Endicott/TIES program alone, studentshail from Australia, The Bahamas, Brazil,Canada, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Ecuador,Egypt, England, France, Germany, Indonesia,Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Mauritania,Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand,Norway, Senegal, Singapore, Syria, Turkey,United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, theVirgin Islands, and 35 of the United States. �

Cause for Celebration: A recent graduation ceremony took place inSwitzerland for students who earned Master’s degrees through the Van LoanSchool of Graduate and Professional Studies. Coordinated through theEndicott Dean in Madrid, the international M.Ed. programs feature a combination of courses taken during two summer residencies and a series ofonline, collaborative coursework.

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Cultivating a WOrld viEWInternational Experiences for Students and Faculty

Russian-born professor, Dr. VitalyKozyrev is deeply interested in the

socio-economic transformation of Chinain the 20th and 21st centuries. He was amember of the Russian think tank at theShanghai Cooperation OrganizationAnalytic Center, and he served as anadvisor to the Moscow City Govern-ment on Sino-Russian relations. Hisresearch focuses on the contemporarypolitics of post-communist countries,and he was a contributor to the recentbook, Normalization of U.S.–ChinaRelations: An International History.

During the summer, Dr. Kozyrev ofEndicott’s School of Arts and Sciencesteamed with Dr. Aron Viner of ourSchool of Business to lead a study tour ofChina, where Endicott business majorsexplored the world of global corporateacquisitions and joint ventures, with anemphasis on emerging markets such as

China, Russia, and India. The courseincluded visits to a number of U.S. busi-nesses and organizations with operationsin China.

Dr. Kozyrev explains that scholars,economists, and policy makers are debat-ing the underlying reasons for the emer-gence of China’s economy. “Someexperts believe that China’s success is aresult of their own brand of capitalism, aso-called ‘Confucian capitalism’ basedon a corporate culture where people suc-ceed not as individuals but as part of awhole,” he says. “Other theorists say thisis not the case. They believe thatChina’s success is part of the spread ofglobal capitalism – based on the ideas ofAdam Smith – and that China has start-ed a drift to so-called ‘real’ capitalism.”Put simply, the debate centers on onequestion. Is China unique or is Chinapart of a universal, capitalistic world?

The debate is something that hasshaped Dr. Kozyrev’s professional life.“The notion of China’s ‘exceptionalism’drove me to China in the 1980s at thebeginning of their economic reforms. Iwas surprised at how fast China was ableto grow. I also wondered why the Sovietshad failed to reform their economy whilethe Chinese had been so successful.Russia used to be more technologicallyadvanced but had failed to open theirmarkets to benefit from globalization.”Fluent in Russian, English, and Chinese,he traveled with governmental delega-tions, often acting as a translator.

Study Tour Examines Chinese Capitalism

Dr. Vitaly Kozyrev is an assistant profes-sor of political science and internationalrelations. He holds a Ph.D. in global histo-ry, as well as B.A. and M.A. degrees inhistory from the Institute of Asian andAfrican Studies at Moscow StateUniversity. He was an associate professorof the history of China at Moscow StateUniversity and has been a visiting professorat a number of institutions, includingAmherst College, Yale University,University of Delaware, and Feng ChiaUniversity in Taiwan.

“Twenty years later,” he says, “I found myselfwith a group of Endicott students asking thesesame important questions.”

In the United States, Dr. Kozyrev has lecturedat Harvard, Yale, Amherst, and the University ofDelaware. In 2007, he joined the faculty atEndicott to help expand the global studies pro-gram. He says, “In the interview process, I was sur-prised by Dr. Wylie’s personal knowledge of worldaffairs. He asked a lot of questions, and I thought,‘this is the view of a professional.’

“To understand the world, we need to gobeyond conventional approaches and bring inno-vation, and I have had great support from MarkHerlihy (chair of humanities). Students atEndicott like the chance to apply theories andconcepts to real world experiences. In the Chinatour, Dr. Viner and I were able to find a commonlanguage, bringing an anthropological perspectiveto the exploration of what is going on in theeconomy of that mysterious country.” �


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Dr. Karen Edwards Wins Fulbright Grantto Study Cultural Changes in China

As a psychology professor who also has a private practice, KarenEdwards is interested in the complex factors that contribute to the

psychology of an individual and of a culture. She is also a dauntlesstraveler whose recent exploits include a trip down the Amazon River.Last July she was able to combine her spirit of adventure with her pro-fessional curiosity as the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright grant thatafforded U.S. educators an opportunity to immerse themselves inChinese culture.

Dr. Edwards says, “Members of the U.S.–China RelationsCommittee, both here and in China, worked to design a plan that tookus through four different regions of the country. There were 16 of us inmy group – all from small colleges – and we visited classes and attendedseminars on a wide range of topics, from the social, cultural, and eco-nomic history of China to its journalism, poetry, and modern art.” Thegoal was to speak with Chinese social scientists and students to betterunderstand the effects that recent political and economic changes havehad on the people of China. Using both academic and local perspec-tives, the group hoped to gain a broad understanding of how rapidtransformations in China have affected relationships, gender roles, andfamily dynamics.

The Fulbright grant allowed Dr. Edwards to realize several key out-comes. “First, I wanted to enhance my teaching of cultural psychology,and I wanted to develop a course on Chinese culture for Endicott stu-dents. I have also designed a course and developed lesson plans thatwill be posted to the website of the U.S. Department of Education. Iwas able to study how intimate relationships are created and main-tained in China, and I explored the link between China’s three domi-nant religions – Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism – and theChinese tolerance for ambiguity. Different philosophies may result indifferent ‘right’ answers, yet the Chinese seem comfortable with thecontradictions,” she says.

Dr. Edwards also hopes to initiate collaborative projects that willlink students at Endicott with their Chinese peers. �

Students on the study tour enjoyed the culture and history and China. They also visited factories and corporate headquarters of global companies doing business in China.

Karen Edwards with Chinese tour guide, Mr. Zhai, and small gifts, the ritualgiving and receiving of which are part of every social interaction.


Thoughtful, articulate, andintense – Hamid Atif has

brought empathy and social con-sciousness to his Endicott experi-ence. Last summer, he traveled toChina with other business majors(his concentration is financialmanagement) to witness the effectof direct foreign investment inChina. This fall, he spent his sen-ior internship working with a non-profit, humanitarian organizationin his native Afghanistan. Theexperience – both harrowing andhopeful – may shape his future.

He says, “If you had asked mewhat I plan to pursue as a careerafter my trip to China, I wouldhave said that I wanted an MBAand a job in banking. Since myinternship in Afghanistan, I’mthinking of a Master’s in interna-tional relations and a job with theState Department.”

Born in Afghanistan, Hamidescaped with is family to Pakistanwhen he was nine years old. In2001, through the United NationsHigh Commission on Refugees,they were able to come to theUnited States. The experience hasleft Hamid with a deep interest indifferent peoples and their cultures.“I like to travel,” he says. “I’ve alsobeen to Japan, Germany, and theNetherlands, but I don’t like to bea tourist. I like to know a countryfrom the local people’s perspec-tive.”

During his internship, Hamidworked for ATC, AfghanTechnical Consultants, which wasestablished in 1989 as the firsthumanitarian mine clearanceorganization sponsored by theUnited Nations. “I worked in thefinance department in the headoffice in Kabul,” he says. “Thecompany hires local people in theprovinces and trains them to cleartheir land of mines. Keeping theworkforce community based allows

A Trip to the Countryside: Hamid traveled outside Kabul with staff from ATC and the StateDepartment to witness mine clearing techniques inaction. The company employs local people andtrains them to locate and safely detonate mines thatpose a major threat to the population.

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Business Major, Hamid Atif ’10

A Return to Afghanistan – Hardship and Hope

the local people to earn incometo provide for their families.”There are other reasons forusing local people as well.“There is less risk of kidnappingif the workers are not out-siders,” he explains.

“At first, people were suspi-cious of me. They thought Iwas CIA, or they thoughtmaybe I was just crazy,” he says.

Hamid lived with a hostfamily during his stay, and hequickly learned certain proto-cols. “You are defined by whatyou drive. The larger yourmotorcade, the more importantyou are,” he says. “The compa-ny assigned a car and driver forme, and the road we traveled toand from work had some kindof explosion every day. Youlearn to be alert, constantlyscanning people and the sur-roundings. In my first weekthere, when I was new to thecity, I was taking photos fromthe car. There was some kind ofblockade, and we were stoppedby the Afghan secret servicewho wanted to see my camera.After we talked and they sawmy U.S. passport, they gave metheir phone number and invit-ed me to call them if I neededanything.”

Hamid appreciated thepoignant contradictions. “Youfeel as though we live in anoth-er universe in the UnitedStates,” he says, noting that it isvery easy to take things for granted here.“Life is very real over there. I saw home-less kids trying to warm themselves inthe exhaust of buses. Everything ischaotic, yet the people smile at you.They are so poor, but they are generous.It’s a first, second, and third world coun-try all at once. They have been at warfor 30 years, yet they have survived.” Butthe day-to-day hardships are enormous –sporadic electricity, punishing climate,lack of water.

Hamid believes that mutual under-standing should be fostered, since there

are misconceptions in the way we seethe Afghan people and in the way theysee us. “Some young people inAfghanistan are so lost. They think theU.S. is all drugs, drinks, and bad behav-ior.” Overcoming erroneous stereotypeswill be challenging, and clearly there arelessons to be learned on all sides.

Hamid believes that the best chancefor success in Afghanistan lies with theAfghan people and that more militarytroops from outside might not be theanswer. “It’s hard to coordinate militarystrategy when the NATO forces – from

40 countries – have different strategiesand different agendas. In someprovinces, strategies are carried out byforces from one country but paid for byanother. The Ministry of Foreign Affairscoordinates with forces from Germany;the Ministry of Narcotics works withBritain. The Afghan government listensto Britain but takes money from theUnited States. I believe peace will comeonly when NATO has one strategy, andI believe the focus should be onAfghanization. That will be the way towin the ‘hearts and minds’ of theAfghan people.” �


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Luisa Sanchez-Iriarte Mendoza is a citizen of the world, and she broughther spirit of international celebration toEndicott’s Beverly campus. As a residentof Hale Hall –Endicott’s GlobalExperience House –she planned and par-ticipated in eventsand programs gearedto opening dialog andsharing cultural expe-riences among the stu-dent body. She beganher college studies inher native country atEndicott College–Mexico in MexicoCity; and transferringto the Beverly campusin spring 2008, she completed a degree incriminal justice inDecember 2009.

For her semester-long internship, Luisawas looking for some-thing that would giveher a unique experi-ence. What she foundwas a study in con-trasts in Cape Town,South Africa, a city ofstunning beauty anddesperate poverty.

“I interned withYoung in Prison SouthAfrica (YiP SA), anNGO that works withjuveniles who havecommitted crimes. Myjob was to visit youngprisoners who werevoluntarily participat-ing in a rehabilitationprogram.”

YiP SA offers artand educational work-shops to young peoplewho are imprisoned,hoping to help them acquire life skillsthat will aid them in reintegration intosociety after they are released. They also

offer role model relationships to theseyoung people – something most of themhave lacked.

Luisa developed a rap-port with many of theyouth as she conductedinterviews and documentedthe responses. “They wouldtell me about their experi-ences, their lives, and thecrimes they had commit-ted. Often they said thatthey would be eager fortheir next chance to talkwith me.”

In addition to further-ing the goals of YiP SA,Luisa’s interviews becamepart of the research for hersenior thesis, whichexplored the causes of juve-nile crime in South Africa.“The apartheid legacy is astrong factor,” she says.“You can still see the divi-sion of black, colored, andwhite people: where theylive, how they talk, howthey treat each other, andwhere they go. For me, notbeing black, white, or col-ored gave me a chance toexperience both worlds.”

In her research, Luisafound that home life andsocio/economic circum-stances played large roles inthe young prisoners’ crimes.“Most of them felt that thedisadvantages they had arenormal, giving answerssuch as ‘I didn’t grow up ina place like you, m’am. Iwas born in a harsher placewhere I was taught differ-ent: there is no right orwrong, just survival.’ Icould see a great differencein the reasons why boysand girls were imprisoned.

Boys are mostly inside for gangsterismand robbery because they want tobecome ‘men.’ Most girls were inside for


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Honors student, internation-al intern, and award-win-ning photographer: Luisaworked with imprisoned youth inthe morning and experienced themany dimensions of South Africain the afternoon and evening. Ona trip to Robben Island, whereNelson Mandela was imprisonedfor nearly 30 years, she displayeda banner inscribed with hiswords, “Never and never againshall it be that this beautiful landwill again experience the oppres-sion of one by another.”

Criminal Justice Major, Luisa Sanchez ’09

The Beauty and Poverty of Cape Town, South Africa

shoplifting or pick-pocketing, just tryingto get some money to eat and feed theirfamilies. Many of them have children atthe age of 16 or 17.”

She continues, “South Africa iscalled the ‘rainbow nation,’ and I experi-enced all of its colors, seeing many socialand economic environments in one day– prison in the morning, a good lunch atnoon with my friends, and the beauty ofthe city in the afternoons.”

An avid photographer, Luisabrought an artist’s eye to the environ-ment. “I tried to capture what the eyecould see, but moreover what the soul,my soul, could feel.” On her return tocampus, she was encouraged to enter herphotos in the School of InternationalEducation’s International Week photocontest. Her photo “The World fromAbove” (pictured at right), taken whileshe was climbing Table Mountain, wonfirst prize.

Like Cape Town itself, Luisa’s expe-riences were a study in contrasts. Shefound that her talks with incarceratedyouth often left her with feelings of frus-tration and sadness, yet she also foundhope in the work that YiP SA is doingto help break the cycle of crime. Shesays, “I can see that good will and deter-mination can bring hope to them. It wasgreat to have shared my time and myheart with these young people. I knewthey felt appreciated because someonegave their time to listen, just listen.” �


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Luisa at Pollsmoor Prison (above)interviewing youth for their entry into apost-release program. (Center): A few ofthe young men incarcerated at Pollsmoor.(Top right): Luisa and staff members ofYoung in Prison in their Cape Town office.

Kaylin Burke was looking for a studyabroad experience that would fit

into her schedule. The athletic trainingmajor has done some impressive intern-ships at Marblehead High School, at theCollege of the Holy Cross, and atEndicott, where she worked with thefootball team. She is also a standout onthe basketball team, playing all fouryears. With basketball season spanningwinter and spring and a senior intern-ship in the fall, she knew that a semesterabroad would be impossible; so she wasexcited to learn about Endicott’s summerstudy tours.

“The study tour to Ireland was theperfect choice for me,” she says. “Myfather’s family is from Mayo. He hasbeen to Ireland several times, but I hadnever been anywhere in Europe; and Iwas happy get the chance to visit thecountry of my heritage. We took classesand earned academic credits, but we alsodid a lot of sightseeing; and when I gotback, I still had time for my summerjob.” Kaylin is a lifeguard and teachesswimming in her hometown ofLeominster, Massachusetts.

The study tour was coordinatedthrough the School of InternationalEducation and was led by Dr. MarkHerlihy, associate professor of historyand chair of humanities at Endicott.Kaylin, along with six other Endicottstudents and five students from othercolleges attended classes at InnesfreeInternational College in Sligo.

The two-week, summer intensivecourse immersed students in Irish historyand culture, with classroom lectures andactivities focusing on Irish history, litera-ture, language, mythology, sports, music,and politics. Coursework was supple-mented with visits to nearby literary, historical, and archaeological sites; andcourse requirements included a compre-hensive written exam at the program’sconclusion and a paper completed afterreturning from Ireland.

“I didn’t expect it to be as much funas it was,” says Kaylin. “We attendedclasses every morning, and in the after-noon, we would see things that demon-strated what we learned about in class –castles, tombstones, caves, museums,Irish culture, and the beautiful countryside. I would recommend the

trip to all my teammates!” Kaylin has applied to

graduate school at BostonUniversity, where she wouldlike to pursue a Master’sdegree in applied anatomy and physiology. “My brotherwill be in his last year of lawschool at B.U.,” she says,“and it would be nice tospend a year with him.” �


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Athletic Training Major, Kaylin Burke ’10

A Study Tour of Ireland Celebrates Family Heritage

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International AlumNI

At the age of 27, VictorOrdoñez Martin-

Esperanza is was the typicalEndicott College under-graduate. You might sayhe’d been around the blocka few times – at break-neckspeed. The Spanish racecardriver explains modestly,“It’s common for studentsin Spain to complete theirdegrees a little later.”

Victor’s talent formotor sports emerged early. At age 15 –in his first year of competing – he wasnamed the karting champion of Madrid,and the following year, he was compet-ing internationally. Advancing to singleseaters, he competed in the SpanishFormula Championship for Toyota/Castrol and was named Rookie of theYear. In his second year of Formula rac-ing, he won the championship.

By 2000 he was the youngest driverin the field at the European NissanChampionship, and he was invited todrive in two Formula 3 races with 1stand 2nd pole positions. In 2002, heraced just below Formula 1 at the NissanWorld Series; and in 2006 he placed sec-ond in the Spanish GT Championshipwith a Porshe 911 RSR. In 2007 hebecame the official driver for Porshe inthe Spanish GT Championship.

In addition to his racing career,Victor served as the co-manager andadvisor for Drivex School, where hesupervised and structured motorsportracing teams, organized events, andacted as a driving instructor. He also col-laborated with sports magazines forAutofacil – Car and Techno, test driving and writing car reviews, attend-

ing car launch presentations, and travel-ing across Europe and the United States.

At the age of 23, Victor changedcourse. “Race driving relies on sponsor-ships,” he explains, “and when a majorsponsor pulled out, I was faced with achoice – try to piece together moresponsors or explore other options. Idecided to pursue a business degree.” Heenrolled in Endicott’s Associate degreeprogram at The College for Internation-al Studies (CIS) in Madrid and trans-ferred to the Beverly campus, where hecompleted a Bachelor degree in businessadministration with a focus in interna-tional business. His internship experi-ences have included a position withInversiones Ibersuizas, a private equitycompany, where he did market researchand analysis, and a post with GrupoBerge Automocion, where he took partin analysis of the company’s competitors.

“I would love to work in a sports-related industry,” he says. “I love to beactive and on the move, so I wouldenjoy a career with a lot of demands. Istill love racing, and I would like to getinto motorsports here, perhaps as ahobby or perhaps as a consultant.” �

European Racing Champion, Victor Ordoñez ’09

World Class Experience on the Fast Track


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The Alumni Office has found the perfect person to coordinate their

efforts to connect with Endicott alumniworldwide. Catherine Qin Shi came toEndicott from her native China andbrought energy and expertise to intercul-tural events both on and off campus. Ahospitality major, she spent a semesterstudying abroad at Les Roches, the worldrenowned Swiss hotel school, and shewas one of the first Endicott graduates toearn an MBA in our intensive, one-yearprogram. In her new position as programdirector for Institutional Advancement,she will be developing ways for interna-tional alumni to reconnect with theCollege.

She says, “We have high ambitionsto increase the College’s internationalpresence, an effort that will enhanceEndicott’s global reputation and increasethe value of an Endicott degree. As afirst step in reaching out to our interna-tional alumni, we want to develop anumber of events and programs in vari-ous countries such as Mexico, Spain,Panama, Switzerland, Bermuda, andmore.”

Catherine is looking for internation-al alumni volunteers to help facilitatethese efforts and spread the word toother alumni in their respective coun-tries.

“We have lofty goals,” she says.Through these initiatives, the AlumniOffice plans to:• Build community among Endicottalumni living in various countries,

• Keep alumni engaged with Endicottand with each other,

• Increase networking opportunitiesthat will enhance professional development, and

• Assist with admission recruitment ofpotential international applicants.“There are many ways alumni can

help and stay in touch,” says Catherine,indicating that they may:• Become volunteers and act as contactpersons for alumni in their countries,

• Update their own information by fill-ing out our Keep In Touch form on the

Endicott website, so that they will besure to receive the latest news andinvitations to event happenings,

• Tell us where they are and what theyare doing by submitting a Class Noteusing the alumni page on our websiteor by emailing [email protected],and/or

• Join the Endicott College Inter-national Alumni Group on Facebook.“We hope that many international

alumni will join in the spirit and powerof the Endicott Gulls and become pio-neering members of the new interna-tional initiatives,” she says, “and we lookforward to sharing their ideas for alumnievents in their countries.”

For more information about theInternational Alumni Initiatives, pleasecontact Catherine Qin Shi [email protected] or 978-232-2401. �

INTERNATIONAL ALUMNIQUICK FACTS

The number of living internationalalumni with current records:

1,186

The number of different countriesrepresented by living alumni:

79

Countries from which we have thegreatest number of living alumni

(in order):Mexico, Japan, Spain, China,Bermuda, Panama, Canada,

Switzerland, Ecuador, Thailand,Turkey, Australia, Italy, and

Puerto Rico

Countries with at least one alumnus include:

Bahrain, Bolivia, Chad, Iceland,India, Ireland, Lativa, New

Zealand, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia

Class years and countries of our earliest international alumni:1945: United Kingdom

1943: British Virgin Islands1942: Mexico

Catherine Qin Shi ’08, MBA ’09

New Initiatives for International Alumni


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Endicott College1939– 2009

FaB•u•lOuS!70TH ANNIVERSARy CELEBRATION: A FOuR-DAy PARTy AND A LOT OF FuN

Traditions Honored, the Future EmbracedThere was a lot to celebrate during our 70th Anniversary and Reunionevents, held from June 4 through June 7, 2009, and we urge you to visitour website, www.endicott.edu, and go to the alumni page to see thephoto display. In these pages, we’d like to give you a taste of the excite-ment, with events that included a concert by Symphony by the Sea onThursday night (left), a reading of Love Letters by actress and Endicottalumna, Lee Bryant on Friday night (left), and a grand opening celebra-tion in the Grillo Gallery of the new Center for the Arts, where theworks of artist and alumna Carol Amos Grillo were displayed (above).The weekend also featured a golf tournament, a black-tie gala, our tra-ditional class dinners and clambake, and an all-day festival on Sunday.

Distinguished AlumniStories with a Common Theme:Staying Open to the PossibilitiesDuring the 70th Anniversary weekend,the College was pleased to honor severalalumni for their accomplishments intheir careers and for their service toEndicott. At the “alumni chats” presen-tation and at the annual clambake, theirstories were both entertaining andinspiring.

Susie Castillo ’01Actress, model, television host, andspokesperson – Susie Castillo probablyknows most of the airports in the coun-try, since her career keeps her flyingfrom coast to coast; yet with all her successes, she says it was the Endicottexperience that changed her life.

“Between my freshman and sopho-more years in high school, I entered myfirst pageant, Miss Massachusetts Teen,and I won. At the time I was disappoint-ed when a big acting career didn’t followimmediately, but now I say ‘thank God.’Instead of going to Hollywood, I went toEndicott and got a great education. Ilearned a lot about myself, and it’s alsowhere I met my husband (Matt Leslie’02).”

In 2002, Susie won Miss Massachu-setts USA and went on to win the MissUSA title. She won her first screen rolein Disney’s live action movie, Underdog,and she went on to star at MTV andTBS, and she has co-hosted at NBC.She is particulary proud of her recentbook for young women, Confidence is

Queen: TheFour Keys to

Ultimate Beauty Through PositiveThinking, published by Penguin Group.

Danielle Hirsch ’90If you’re a do-it-yourselfer, chances areyou know Danielle Hirsch, who likes tosay that with a father who was a ship-builder and a grandfather who was an artprofessor, it was only natural that shewould wind up with a hammer in onehand and a brush in the other. With anAssociate degree in interior design fromEndicott and an MFA from theUniversity of Miami, Danielle moved toCalifornia where she started her own

business, Faux Real, which specializes inmurals and decorative painting.

“A friend told me that HGTV wasauditioning for a new show. I got a reallycheesy headshot,” she laughs, “and madea videotape, which I almost didn’t send.I felt vulnerable, but I decided to putmyself out there. Of 500 submissions,they picked five to try out, and I was theonly woman.” The result was a 91-episode run on Design Remix. Today sheco-hosts Color Splash with DavidBromstead, does instructional videos forHGTV, and still takes private clients.


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Susie Castillo ’01 (Miss USA, MTV personality, and actress), Danielle Hirsch ’90(co-host of HGTV’s Design Remix and Color Splash), Lee Bryant ’65 (stage, screen, andtelevision actress), and Libby Moore ’86 (chief of staff for Oprah Winfrey) shared storiesand insights at a presentation for alumni and guests.

At left: Susie Castillo ’01 waspresented with the EleanorTupper Award, and LibbyMoore ’86 was honored withthe Outstanding AlumniAward. Also pictured: DanielleHirsch ’90 with her sister, alsoan Endicott alumna, MelissaSchwarz ’92 who holds anMSN and an MBA. Melissa isthe charge nurse in the emer-gency room at Cleveland Clinicin Florida.

Lee Bryant ’65Surprising shy and self-effacing, LeeBryant told the audience of alumni andguests about the confidence she gainedas a theater major at Endicott. “It neveroccurred to me that I wouldn’t do well,”she said, “or maybe I was just too dumbto think that I could fail!”

It’s not that her career didn’t take afew turns – it’s that the turns wereserendipitous. After graduation, shewent to New York and found work onBroadway, but when her mother becameill, she returned to her native Detroit tohelp. Her grandparents treated her to atrip to Europe, where she found herselfquarantined at a hotel in Venice duringa flood with Irish actor Peter O’Tooleand his wife, Welsh actress Sián Phillips.“We were sipping hot lemon drinks ‘toward off the cholera,’ according to Mr.O’Toole,” she said. “When he learned Iwas from Michigan, he wrote a letter onmy behalf to John Fernald, founder ofthe Meadow Brook Theatre inRochester, Michigan.”

Lee’s successes include roles onstage, in films, and on television; andturning her taste and talent into an avo-cation, she helps private clients withinterior design. “It’s wonderful to trans-form someone’s life in a way. I enjoy thecreative collaboration, which is what Ialso love about acting,” she said.

Libby Moore ’86As chief of staff for Oprah Winfrey,Libby Moore is most comfortable behindthe scenes. “It’s like being strapped to aspeeding train,” she said, “I oversee ateam of five assistants, coordinating andmanaging Ms. Winfrey’s personal andprofessional life. And, yes,” she said, “toanswer the question everyone asks, Ms.Winfrey is as nice in person as you seeon TV. She’s an extraordinary person.”

It’s not a career that Libby couldhave predicted, but she has come tobelieve that there is a plan that leadsyou where you need to be.

With stints in advertising for news-papers and radio after graduation, shefound out what she didn’t want to do. “Iran right out of the gate and totallystumbled,” she said, “but I also devel-

oped a knack for sensing when I hadlearned all I could from a situation.”

She has worked as a personal assis-tant to television personality, MauryPovich and Rolling Stone magazinefounder and publisher Jann Wenner. Shewas an associate producer for a show onUSA Live, and she did stand-up comedyat Gotham City Improv. Yet her goal ofwriting sketch comedy seemed foreverout of reach.

She recalled a day on a New Yorksubway when she said a silent prayer. “Iwas looking for a job where I could makeconnections with people – where I couldmake a difference. I decided to bring myconcerns to God, saying ‘whatever youwant me to do, every atom of my beingis open to it’ and I released it.” Fiveweeks to the day of that prayer, shereceived a call from an agent about theposition with Ms. Winfrey, and aftermore than eight years, she still enjoysthe hectic pace.

Sara O’Meara ’54 At the awards ceremony at MisselwoodTent, Sara O’Meara delivered an addressthat was charming, funny, and poignant.A theater major at Endicott who alsostudied at the Sorbonne in Paris, Sarawent to Hollywood where she worked infilms and television. She met fellowactor Yvonne Fedderson, and the twobecame friends. Both of them were castas the girlfriends of David and RickyNelson on the hit television show, TheAdventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Sara and Yvonne were chosen toparticipate in a USO tour of Japan. “Wewere thrilled,” she recalled, “thinkingthat we must be the best actressesaround, until we heard that we werechosen because we weren’t ‘too’ beauti-ful and would seem more like the girlsback home. Well!” she said, making theaudience roar.

During the tour, Tokyo was hit by atyphoon, and walking through the cityin its aftermath, Sara and Yvonne cameupon 11 children who had been aban-doned to the streets. As orphans of mixedrace, they were not welcome at any of theorphanages the young actresses contacted.The meeting would change their lives. In 1959 they founded International

Orphans, Inc. (I.O.I), a non-profit organ-ization that allowed them to open fourorphanages in Japan. They later openedfive orphanages in Vietnam, and theyorganized “Operation Babylift” at the endof the war there.

At the urging of Nancy Reagan, thenfirst lady of California, Sara and Yvonneturned their attention to the issue ofchild abuse. Today their organization,Childhelp, leads the way raising aware-ness, helping victims, and working withlaw enforcement in chapters across thecountry. They brought their 50thAnniversary Tour Bus to campus as theonly Massachusetts stop in their crosscountry tour. “Little did I know when Iwas taking speech classes at Endicott,”said Sara, “that I would speak to thou-sands of people on behalf of children.”


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Center for the ArtsDedication CeremoniesThe dedication of the Center for theArts was marked by art exhibits in eachof the galleries, elegant receptions, inter-active art demonstrations, and musicalperformances throughout the building.Formal dedication proceedings includedspecial honors to the donors whose lead-ership gifts brought the Center fromdream to reality, as well as heartfelt com-ments from students who truly appreci-ate Endicott’s commitment to the arts.

Leadership gift dedications included:William & Myrt Harper Rose ’56, forthe Myrt Harper Rose Performance Hall;William & Tia Van Loan, for Tia’s BlackBox Theater; Diane Meyers Halle ’62,for the Halle Arts Wing and theEndowed Community ProgrammingFund; Robert & Carol Amos Grillo ’55,for the Grillo Art Gallery; Patricia

Heftler ’66, for the Margaret and PierreHeftler Visiting Artists Gallery; W.Thomas & Suzanne Spencer, Jr., for theSpencer Presentation Art Gallery;Steven & Melissa HempsteadSchottland ’69, for the SchottlandPerforming Arts Lobby; Nancy SteidelDesnoyers ’50, for the Desnoyers ArtsOverlook Room; Dr. Richard E. & MaryBateman Wylie, for the Mary B. WylieGreen Room; Richard & Helen YoungPost ’52, for the Post Interior DesignLighting Studio; Virgina M. WarwickJudge ’51, for the 3-D Design ModelStudio; Marietta Cashen Marsh ’55, forthe Café, John & Jackie Tatakis P’11, forthe Creative Arts Studio; A. Joseph (d)& Frances Gnecco Callahan, Jr., for thePainting Studio; Mohamed bin AbdullaK. Al-Khalifa P’03, P’10, for an InteriorDesign Studio; Frances Alexander, for anInterior Design Studio; and Paul &Cindy Hanlon P’11, for the Mac Lab.


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Granted Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters citations for their contributions toEndicott College and to the Center for the Arts were (left to right) Tia Van Loan (name-sake of Tia’s Black Box Theater), Carol Amos Grillo ’55 (namesake of the Carol AmosGrillo Art Gallery), and Myrt Harper Rose ’56 (namesake of the Myrt Harper RosePerformance Hall), pictured here with Dr. Wylie.

Patrons of the Arts

Several lead donors to theCampaign for the Center for theArts were named “Patrons of theArts,” and their portraits were unveiledin the Center’s lobby. From the top:William and Myrt Harper Rose ’56,William and Tia Van Loan, and Robertand Carol Amos Grillo ’55. Dr. Wylienoted that future key donors will behonored in a similar way, saying “We are deeply grateful to those individuals who continually demon-strate their belief in the power of educa-tion to change lives.”

Celebrations, Performances, and a Gala Evening70th Anniversary events included a Black-tie Gala in theMisselwood Tent, where attendees posed for formal shots;pictured, clockwise from the top: Trustee Chair W.Thomas Spencer, Jr. and his wife, Suzanne; Trustee Dr.Richard Post and his wife,Helen Young Post ’52;and Trustee MelissaSchottland ’69 and herhusband, Steven.

Sunday was a day-longfestival with a carnivalflair for younger membersof the Endicott community.Activities included a fish-ing derby, face painting, artactivities, and an outdoorstage with performancesscheduled throughout theday. For the more seriousminded, there were talkswith local authors and presentations by Endicott faculty.

A big thank you to the staff and the volunteers whocoordinated a magnificent event. Let’s not wait another 70 years! �


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Endicott students perform cabaret-style in Tia’s Black Box Theater.

Members of the Boston Children’s Theater choral group performed in the Rose Performance Hall.


Advisor, Trustee, and Friend

The Reverend Dr. Paul Kennedy

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The divinity program at HarvardUniversity brought Ohio native Paul

Kennedy to the East Coast; and althoughthey might not have known it at thetime, he and his wife Carol would raisethree children here and come to callMassachusetts home.

“While taking classes at HarvardDivinity School, he says, “I was invited topreach at churches in Rockport andGloucester. When the pastor at St. PaulLutheran Church in Gloucester left in1962 [after Rev. Kennedy had completeda B.D. at Harvard and an S.T.M. atHamma School of Theology], the parish-ioners asked for me. The first place youserve always holds a special place in yourheart. When I left in 1967 to assumeduties as Associate Pastor at TrinityLutheran Church in Worcester, theGloucester Times ran my picture on thefront page with the headline ‘The LoveAffair Ends.’”

Through his association with fellowLutheran minister, the Rev. Dr. GeorgeBierkoe Endicott’s co-founder and firstpresident, Rev. Kennedy was often tappedto serve as an advisor to Endicott’s Boardof Trustees, and for several years in the1960s he was a Board member.

“At one point, Dr. Bierkoe earmarkedme to be his successor as president atEndicott,” laughs Rev. Kennedy, “but Itold him that I couldn’t implement hisstrict policies. I was an early advocate forcoeducation!”

From 1969 to 1974, Rev. Kennedyserved as Assistant to the President of theNew England Synod of the LutheranChurch of America (LCA). In 1974, hewent to New York City to serve as theDirector of the Department of Planningand Fiscal Management for LCA; and in1982, he returned to Trinity LutheranChurch in Worcester to serve as its pastor.

The Rev. Dr. Paul and Carol Kennedy


When the Kennedy’s daughter,Laurie Ann, enrolled at Endicott in the1980s, Rev. Kennedy’s involvement withthe College was rekindled. He wasnamed to the Board of Trustees in 1986where he still serves.

The changes here have beenremarkable,” he says, “and I credit Dr.Wylie’s leadership. He excels in personalrelationships – with students and withfriends – and he is decisive. I’ve neverseen so much construction and expan-sion – new buildings, a football stadium,a graduate school. [Editor’s note: In 1999the College built a residence hall thatfeatures apartment-style living for stu-dents and named it Kennedy Hall inRev. Kennedy’s honor.]

He continues, “Dr. Wylie is a prob-lem solver. He listens to people and isable to hear their concerns, and he hasthe vision and the energy to take useven further.”

Rev. Kennedy jokes, “When I votedfor coeducation in 1993, it was much tomy daughter’s chagrin, but now she haschanged her mind. She asks why wecan’t send her to school here now!”

With characteristic optimism, Rev.Kennedy looks forward to new accom-plishments for Endicott. “I think weshould pursue university status,” he says.

When Rev. Kennedy retired fromTrinity Lutheran in 1995, he became aVisitation Pastor at All Saints EpiscopalChurch in Worcester, ministering toshut-ins with whom he has great empa-thy. He has been living with multiplesclerosis for many years, and he creditsCarol with keeping him remarkablymobile. He remains active on manyboards, including AdCare Hospital andAnna Maria College, and he volunteerswith 23 organizations in Worcester.Their son, Mark is a teacher; theirdaughter Laurie Ann has worked atClark University for 23 years, and theirson Joseph, an information technologymanager recently ran for the Senate seatleft vacant by the late Senator EdwardKennedy (no relation!). �

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Years of Service: Rev. Kennedy’s commitment toEndicott College began in the1960s, through his friendshipwith Endicott’s co-founder andfirst president, the Rev. Dr.George Bierkoe. In 1973, Rev. Kennedy delivered thecommencement address (topphoto); and in 2000, theCollege awarded him anHonorary Doctor of HumaneLetters. That same year, theCollege dedicated its newest residence to Rev. Kennedy,naming it in his honor.


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CAMPUS NEWSAt the annual fall meeting of the

Endicott College Board of Trusteesin October 2009, Robert R. Fanning, Jr.and Myrt Harper Rose were nominatedand appointed to serve on the Board.

Robert R. Fanning, Jr.Robert R. Fanning, Jr. has extensiveexperience in the field of healthcare. Hejoined Beverly Hospital as President andChief Executive Officer in June, 1980;and under his leadership a number ofacquisitions, joint ventures, and affilia-tions were made that positioned BeverlyHospital and Northeast Health Systemsas one of the leading community-basednetworks in the country. When heretired in 2000, Northeast HealthSystems had revenues of over $300 mil-lion and included four acute care cam-puses, two nursing homes, two assistedliving facilities, and the largest behav-ioral health network in EasternMassachusetts. Prior to joining BeverlyHospital, Mr. Fanning was ExecutiveVice President and Chief OperatingOfficer for Children’s Hospital in Boston(1976–1980) and held various positionsat the Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg(1971–1976).

From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Fanningwas a Senior Principal with BBK, aninternationally recognized corporaterenewal, operations improvement, andturnaround management firm servingvirtually every business sector.

Mr. Fanning joined Speltz & Weisin 2003 as the Interim Chief ExecutiveOfficer of The Kingston Hospital andthe Kingston Regional Health CareSystem, and he is widely credited withtheir remarkable turnaround. He leftthat position in April, 2004 to becomeChief Operating Officer of SaintVincent Catholic Medical Centers ofNew York, a Speltz & Weis client. InMay, 2005, Speltz & Weis was acquiredby the Huron Consulting Group, andMr. Fanning became a Managing

Director at Huron Consulting. In 2008,he joined The Reliant Health Group asa Senior Director, and in March, 2009,he was named Interim President ofCaritas Good Samaritan Medical Centerin Brockton, which is the largest of thesix hospitals in the Caritas HealthcareSystem.

Mr. Fanning holds a Bachelor ofArts degree from Michigan StateUniversity, an M.B.A. from XavierUniversity, and an Honorary Doctor ofHumane Letters from Endicott College.He has received numerous awards, andhe serves on many healthcare boards aswell as on a variety of other boards andgroups. He served on the Endicott Boardof Trustees from 1992–1997.

He and his wife, Nancy, reside inBoxford, Massachusetts.

Myrt Harper Rose ’56Myrt Harper Rose ’56 brings a widerange of talents to the Board. With anAssociate degree in interior design fromEndicott and a Bachelor degree in edu-cation from Massachusetts College ofArt, she has served as an educator, artsupervisor, and graphic designer. She wasa counselor at Pleasant Bay Camp andled the art activities for schools in Salemand Marshfield, Massachusetts.

During the 1980s, Myrt was a win-dow display designer at Streeter &Qoarks. She was also a catalog designerin her first husband’s company, StrongEnterprises.

Myrt’s spirit of adventure led her topositions as an entertainment coordina-tor and a wing walker at World Para-chute Meet & Sales, EmergencyParachutes & Equipment.

Myrt is married to William Rosewho is the President of Rose PackingCompany, a company that processesfresh and smoked pork products for theretail and food service industries. Theyalso own a cold storage facility and the

Mill Rose Brewing Company restaurantin Illinois, as well as a marina in Florida.

In addition to being a succesful busi-ness man, Bill Rose shares Myrt’s love offlying. Both are licensed pilots and air-craft owners. They have homes inBarrington, Illinois and Marco Island,Florida. �

NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED TO THE BOARD

Robert R. Fanning, Jr.

Myrt Harper Rose

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges(NEASC) has honored Endicott’s President, Dr.

Richard E. Wylie, with the Richard J. Bradley Award,which recognizes individuals who have made extraordinarycontributions to the work of the Association.

In announcing the award, Executive Director JacobLudes said, “NEASC recognizes Dr. Wylie for his involve-ment in and support of the Association and his commit-ment to accreditation throughout our six-state region. Wehonor his enthusiasm and energy; we admire and embracehis loyalty to the Association; and we celebrate his passionfor the success of all students in New England.”

Dr. Wylie served as a member of the Commission onInstitutions of Higher Education and Chair of theCommittee on American and International SchoolsAboard. As a member of the NEASC’s Board of Trustees,he served as Secretary/Treasurer for five years andAssociation President for 2001–2002. He continued histenure on the Board as Chair of the Policy Committeeuntil 2009; and throughout his career, he has served onand chaired visiting teams and carried out assignments as aspecial visitor.

NEASC’s current president, Daniel Fogel (President ofthe University of Vermont), presented the award atNEASC’s 124th Annual Meeting in December.

Jack Monbouquette AwardEndicott College Trustee Marsha McDonough, who waspresent at the award ceremony, noted that Dr. Wylie is alsothe recipient of the Jack Monbouquette Award, presentedby NEASC for outstanding service to internationalschools. She said, “These awards clearly underscore thework Dick has done for accreditation, schools, and for theCollege over his long career in New England. Dick’s recog-nition, while personal and professional, certainly distin-guishes Endicott College.” �


PRESIDENT WYLIE HONORED BYTHE NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

HELP FOR VETERANS, RESERVE, AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL:ENDICOTT BECOMES A “YELLOW RIBBON” SCHOOL

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Dr. Wylie, in top photo with NEASC President Daniel Fogel and in photo abovewith Endicott College Trustees Marsha McDonough and Dr. Linda Turner at anawards ceremony honoring his contributions to the work of NEASC.

Endicott College has joined more than1,100 colleges, universities, andschools across the country that haveentered into “Yellow Ribbon” programagreements with the Department ofVeterans Affairs to improve financial aidfor veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

While the new GI Bill normallyfunds tuition up to the level of the high-est public in-state undergraduate tuition

rate, the Yellow Ribbon program fundstuition expenses at private schools thatexceed that rate. Institutions may con-tribute up to 50 percent of those expens-es, and the VA will match this addition-al funding for eligible students.

Just like the other benefits of thePost 9/11 GI Bill, the Yellow Ribbonprogram funds are treated like a grant,not a loan, so military students who ben-efit from the Yellow Ribbon program do

not have to pay back the benefits theyreceive.

Dr. Wylie notes, “We are honored totake part in this important program. Wecurrently offer degree completion pro-grams at a number of military sitesthroughout the region, and we welcomethe opportunity to help the brave youngmen and women who serve our countryreach their educational goals.” �

Professor Mel Manson NamedSociologist of the YearMel Manson, professor of sociology, wasrecognized by the New EnglandSociological Association (NESA) for hisservice to the field and for the work hehas done to emphasize critical thinkingwithin the teaching of sociology. TheAssociation named him the 2009Sociologist of the Year. ProfessorManson is a past president of NESA andhas served on its Executive Board for thepast six years. He is a regular participantat international conferences held by theFoundation for Critical Thinking.

Professor Manson has been a mem-ber of the faculty at Endicott since 1970.He teaches a wide range of courses, hehelped to create and promote Endicott’ssociology minor, and he has served as akey member of many College commit-tees. In his role as a dedicated advisor tostudents, he has made enormous contri-butions to the College and to the livesof its undergraduate students.

National and InternationalRecognition for Dr. CharlotteGordon’s New BookDr. Charlotte Gordon, assistant professorof English, is a scholar, essayist, and poetwhose biography of Anne Bradstreet,Mistress Bradstreet, won a MassachusettsBook Award; and she is the author oftwo poetry collections, When the GratefulDead Came to St. Louis and Two Girls ona Raft.

In her latest book, The Woman WhoNamed God: Abraham’s Dilemma and theBirth of Three Faiths, Dr. Gordonexplores the Biblical story of Abraham,his wife, Sarah, and his concubine,Hagar whom he exiles to the desert withtheir son, Ishmael. It’s a narrative that iscommon to Judaism, Islam, andChristianity, and Dr. Gordon’s examina-tion focuses on the psychology of each ofthe characters. Nobel Laureate, ElieWiesel called the work “insightful,enriching, rewarding,” and JudithChettle of the Richmond Times-Dispatchnotes that Dr. Gordon “offers perceptive

insights into an ancient story whoseconsequences continue to reverberate.”

Dr. Gordon has given book talksacross the country and has been inter-viewed on National Public Radio (NPR)and on Radio Canada’s CBC.

Dr. Daniel Sklar’s One-Act Plays Find AudiencesDr. Daniel Sklar’s poetry, short stories,and plays have appeared in numerousjournals and anthologies, includingPoetry East, The Harvard Review, andThe New York Quarterly. His latest bookof poems, Bicycles, Canoes, Drums, waspublished by Ibbetson Street Press; andhis one-act play, Teachers Who SmokeCigarettes, was recently produced at theUniversity of Pittsburgh.

In January 2010, his one-act play,Sleeping with the Cat 1963, was producedas part of the New Works Festival atFirehouse Center for the Arts inNewburyport, Massachusetts. Dr. Sklarteaches creative writing as a professor ofEnglish at Endicott. �

The Board of Higher Education of Massachusetts recently approvedthree new Master’s programs at Endicott College: a Master of Science

in Nursing, a Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design, and Master of Arts inInterior Design. The programs will start in fall 2010.

In making the announcement, President Wylie noted that the Collegehas been offering an undergraduate program in nursing for over 20 years,and the Master of Science in Nursing was developed to respond to thestate and national shortage of Master’s prepared personnel in the field.Specializations will be available in education and administration.

The Master of Arts in Interior Design is designed for interior andarchitectural design professionals working within the profession who seekto acquire advanced expertise in design research, analysis, design, and con-struction of complex interior environments, while the Master of Fine Artsin Interior Design curriculum includes three education practicums allow-ing the graduate student to acquire expertise in design education throughboth teacher assistantships and focused seminars. The MFA in InteriorDesign is widely accepted as the terminal degree in academia and the interior design profession.

The graduate school is also adding an online option to its MBA pro-grams. Designed to be completed in 18 to 21 months, the part-time degreeprogram uses a web-based learning platform. For more information onMBA programs at Endicott, please call TJ Hanratty at (978)232-2832 oremail her at [email protected]. �


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News from the Graduate SchoolENDICOTT TO OFFER THREE NEW MASTER’SPROGRAMS AND AN ONLINE MBA

A SAMPLING OF RECENT FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

During Homecoming and FamilyWeekend in October, the Endicott

community was pleased to witness theunveiling of a bronze sculpture that cap-tures the strength and tenacity of theCollege. Located at the entrance to thePost Sports Science and Fitness Center,The Gull spreads it wings atop a granitepedestal inscribed with the wordsBelieve, Achieve, Succeed.

“We hope this magnificent sculpturewill serve as a source of pride for theCollege community,” said Dr. Wylie,“and, perhaps, as a source of intimida-tion for our athletic opponents! Symbols

are important forany institution, andwe believe The Gullcaptures thestrength of ourcommitment toexcellence, to thevirtues of individ-ual and communi-

ty pride and accomplishment, and to the belief that each of us has the powerto soar.”

According to collective Endicottmemory and archival documents, theseagull was adopted as a College symbolearly in the school’s history; and as inter-collegiate athletic competition began tothrive, the gull was chosen as theCollege mascot. In 1964, the senior classcommissioned a sculpture of a gull as itsclass gift. Now a fixture in the HalleLibrary, the work, hand-craved in woodby Gloucester artist Arthur E. Call, Jr.,perches atop a pedestal that reads, Man’sflight through life is sustained by the powerof his knowledge.

The Gull is the work of ShellyBradbury, a multiple award-winningsculptor and artist, whose studio is locat-ed in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Hers wasthe winning design in a national compe-tition to create a lasting tribute to NewHampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain;

and, of note to the Endicott community,Shelly created the bronze sculptures thatgrace the The Fountain at Water’s Edgeon our South Campus (some of whichare pictured on the opposite page in thephoto of the Van Loan School ofGraduate and Professional Studies). �


The Endicott Gull: A Symbol and a Work of ArtENDICOTT DEDICATES SCULPTURE OF THE GULL

ARCHIVES & MUSEUM CELEBRATES ENDICOTT’S HISTORY OF SERVICE

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Endicott has always sought to contribute to the social, educational, and economicwell-being of the greater community by giving time and talent to many worthwhileprojects. As the College has grown to become a nationally and internationally recog-nized institution, the reach of our service, likewise, has crossed many borders.

The latest exhibit at the Archives & Museum highlights many of the causes andorganizations that we have been honored to serve, including the American CancerSociety’s Relay for Life, HAWC, Operation Troop Support, Coastsweep, Childhelp,Alternate Spring Break, Special Olympics, and more.

The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs from January 15 to July 12,2010. The Archives & Museum is located in the Diane M. Halle Library; hours areweekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit will also be open throughout ReunionWeekend, June 4–6, 2010. For more information call Barbara Broudo at 978-232-2257or email her at [email protected]. �

Since 2004, Endicott College and theUnited Kingdom’s Youth Sport Trust(YST) have enjoyed a collaboration thathas been beneficial to students and pro-fessionals on both sides of the Atlantic.Endicott students have interned in theUK, working with the staff at YST andvisiting schools interested in learningabout physical education and sport inthe United States. YST staffers have hadseveral stays at the Beverly campus towitness our athletic programs and tovisit local schools, most recently inJanuary 2010.

According to Dr. Deborah Swanton,Dean of Endicott’s School of SportScience and Fitness Studies, the teamfrom England visited private and publicschools in the area, saying, “They wereparticularly interested in how Americanschools structure their teams, schedulecompetitions, and build school spiritaround sport. They also met with facultyand staff at Endicott as well as withmembers of our athletics staff toexchange ideas on programming forsport.”

As part of their long-standing collaboration, Endicott and YST hostedan international conference on theEndicott campus last spring. TitledPlaying Your Part in the Team, the eventincluded keynote addresses, interactivesessions, information booths, and sportactivities. With a goal of promotingphysical activity as a means to enhancelearning across disciplines, to create spir-it and community, and to develop youngleaders, the conference brought togetherteachers, coaches, trainers, managers,organization leaders, and health andwellness professionals.

In welcoming conference partici-pants, Dr. Wylie noted the common lan-guage of sport. “We live in a world thatcan seem impossibly divided, so it isindeed heartening to witness the bondsthat can be forged through sport. Ifsportsmanship in the best sense of theword were practiced in every aspect oflife, I believe that many of the problemsfacing our various societies could be less-ened if not eliminated.” �


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School of Sport Science and Fitness Studies Hosts International ConferenceENDICOTT AND THE UNITED KINGDOM’S YOUTH SPORT TRUST EXPLORE THE VALUE OF SPORT

Speakers at ‘Playing Your Part on the Team,’ an international conference that exam-ined the value of physical education, wellness, and sport in the development of healthy, well-rounded young people included (left to right) Alison Oliver, Sport Director of YouthSport Trust; Dr. Deborah Swanton, Dean of Endicott’s School of Sport Science and FitnessStudies; Dr. Richard E. Wylie; and Colleen Morey, Program Coordinator, K–12: Health,Physical Education, Family and Consumer Science, Greenwich Board of Education,Greenwich, Connecticut.

Attendees chose from avariety of sessions includingworkshops on fostering vol-unteerism, tackling obesity,and welcoming disabled stu-dents to physical educationclasses. At left: Dr. RichardNastasi, led a master class in“Teaching Games forUnderstanding,” where students are seen as activeparticipants in the learningprocess.


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ANNOUNCEMENT:CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE ALUMNI FINE ART AND DESIGN EXHIBIT 2010

The School of Visual and Performing Arts invites alumni to participate in the Alumni Fine Art and Design Exhibit2010. The exhibit will run from Tuesday, June 1 – Monday, August 9, 2010 and will be highlighted during Reunion

Weekend, Friday, June 4 – Sunday, June 6, 2010. Works will be on display in the Spencer Presentation Gallery in the newCenter for the Arts, and a Welcome Reception is planned for Friday, June 4, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

This year’s exhibit will present a general survey or works by former Endicott students, displaying what they are nowproducing in their creative lives. All media and themes are acceptable and encouraged.

If you wish to exhibit your work, please respond by April 29, 2010. Alumni may download the application/submission form on the School of Visual and Performing Arts Overview Page,

or they may email Kathleen Moore, Coordinator of Visual Arts, at [email protected] to request that one be emailed tothem as a PDF or sent through the mail.

Feel free to call Kathleen Moore at 978-232-2655 for more information.

Title: Volvo Ocean Race, Boston 2009 (17.73” x 11.8”) Artist: Damian Caputo ’04, BFA in Visual Communications, Photography


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ENDICOTT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ON FACEBOOK

Yes! We have joined the social media revolution! The Endicott College AlumniAssociation has created a new interactive Facebook page to serve as a social

meeting and networking site for Endicott alumni. Alumni users will now have akey location to gather information on the latest news, upcoming events, the mostrecent job opportunities posted by fellow alumni, and the newest ways to reconnectwith the College and with each other.

Our Facebook page is a platform that allows users to post Endicott-related con-tent (including photos and links), to take part in on-going discussions, and to enjoyinteracting with other alumni though the other applications.

We hope to make every alumna/us on Facebook an Endicott fan, and we’resure our new page will provide a great place for all graduates to rediscover theEndicott experience together. Search “Endicott Alumni Association” on Facebookand become a fan today. �

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT TEAMPerhaps you’ve met them at an Endicott event or spokenwith them on the phone. They’re the folks who bring youReunion and solicit the gifts that help Endicott fulfill its mis-sion. They’re the Institutional Advancement team, led byDavid Vigneron, Vice President for Institutional Advancement,and we’d like to introduce you! Pictured above, back row: Erin Neuhardt, Associate Director of Alumni Relations; JenniferDawson, Grant Writer; David Vigneron; Stefanie Beecoff,Associate Director of Annual Giving; and Katherine Bedard,Director of Advancement Services; front row: Jay Munroe,Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; Vanessa Stolar,Administrative Assistant; Jennifer Jones, Director of the AnnualFund; and Catherine Qin Shi, Assistant Program Director.Missing from the photo are Charlene Janakas, Director ofResearch; and Michelle Thevenin, Director of Development.Pictured at left are a few team members during the 70thAnniversary celebration, including Nadine Bolen, Director ofAlumni Relations (far right). �


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Ashley Adams knows how to getthings done. In fact, she’s making a

career of it. In the few short years sinceher graduation, the communicationsmajor has learned to rely on herinstincts and talents, along with greatcareer experiences. In April 2009, shestarted her own production company,Beef Films, which specializes in produc-tion and post production for advertisingagencies, direct to client – doing every-thing from commercials, televisionseries, feature films, and viral marketing.In August she brought a film crew tocampus where the Misselwood estateserved as the backdrop for a weddingscene. “Our client was ArnoldWorldwide and their client, Vistaprint,an online print media company,” sheexplains, “and they wanted a beautifullocation for their materials. Of course, Ithought of Endicott.”

After graduation, Ashley worked inpublic relations then went to work foran ad agency. “I fell in love with adver-tising,” she says. “I was flying to LasVegas twice a week, working 16-hourdays, and handling 15 accounts. I metmy fiancé, John Malina, who was pro-ducing TV commercials, and it seemedto me that my world was great, but hiswas more exciting. I started going toshoots, working at shoots, and learningthe business from top to bottom. I did

freelance public relations andadvertising for a number of com-panies including Stephen Hens’company, Chop House Edit, whenI realized that I had more to offer.We established Beef Films, andStephen is now my business part-ner.” John now serves as seniorproducer at Beef Films.

Ashley serves as executiveproducer (EP), and the job is likejuggling glass. “I handle sales rep-resentatives around the countrywho call on ad agencies to findupcoming jobs, and I work regu-larly with eight directors, half ofwhom specialize in commercialsand half who specialize in long-form works.”

When one of her directorsgets a bid on a job, Ashley han-dles calls with the agency, strate-gizing the job, bidding the proj-ect, and submitting the director’streatment, which includes copyand visual images to help in explainingthe director’s vision for the project. Shesays, “After everything has been submit-ted, we find out whether we are the ‘rec-ommended’ production company for theproject.” Once they are awarded a proj-ect, an intense process ensues. “The pro-ducer who is assigned to the job takes

the lead in getting everything in order,such as casting and crewing up. As the executive producer, I’m the faceof Beef Films, working with the agencyproducer.”

By combining their talents, BeefFilms and Chop House Edit have creat-ed a desirable niche. “Right now, it’s abuyer’s market,” Ashley says, “and we aresuccessful because we offer completeservices under one roof – something notevery company can offer. Because wehandle the whole gamut from produc-tion through post production, everyonehere is involved with a project from startto finish.”

One of Ashley’s recent successes wasthe advertising and marketing campaignfor the Palm Springs International FilmFestival, which took place in January2010. Based in Los Angeles, BeefFilms/Chop House Edit has representa-tives on the East Coast, West Coast, andin the Midwest and Canada. For moreinformation, visit www.beeffilms.com oremail [email protected].

“It was a big leap, maybe a littlescary,” Ashley says about her creativeventure, “but it’s very nice to feel soproud about something.” �

Endicott College: Hollywood East?ASHLEY ADAMS ’04 BRINGS FILM CREW TO CAMPUS

Ashley Adams ’04 on location at Endicott’s Misselwood estate discussing the day’sshoot with Nick Spooner, founding director of Ashley’s production company, Beef Films.


Fall SportS Wrap-upS

Go Gulls!Go Gulls!

Women’s Soccer

The Endicott women’s soccer teamreturned to the NCAA Tournament fora seventh-consecutive season after win-ning The Commonwealth CoastConference championship. The Gullsopened tournament play with a thrillingvictory over SUNY Geneseo, downingthe Blue Knights in penalty kicks toadvance to the second round against thenation’s top-ranked team and eventualnational champion, Messiah College. Alate Falcon goal ended Endicott’s upsetbid; however, it provided further evi-dence that the Blue and Green can chal-lenge the nation’s best teams.

A handful of Gulls earned post-sea-son accolades as Caitlin Flynn(Southold, N.Y.), Caitlin Peters (Salem,N.H.), Amy Meuse (Saugus, Mass.) andKayla Plante (Sanford, Maine) were rec-

ognized with various regional awards.Endicott finished the season with a stel-lar 17-4-1 record, which included thenation’s longest shutout streak of1,063:59 minutes. Fifth-year head coach,Jodi Kenyon was also recognized as TheCommonwealth Coast ConferenceCoach of the Year, as her Gullsoutscored the opposition at a 58-12 clipin 2009.

Women’s Volleyball

Despite being upset in The Common-wealth Coast Conference semifinals, theEndicott women’s volleyball team fin-ished the season with a strong 19-17overall record, which included a 9-1mark in TCCC play. The Gulls qualifiedfor just their second ECAC Tournamentbid, falling to Western New EnglandCollege in the opening round.

Senior Steph Wiese (Higganum,Conn.) set the program’s all-time killsrecord, finishing her career with 1,401kills in 476 games. Wiese earned FirstTeam Conference honors and was select-ed to play in the NEWVA SeniorClassic, where she was named the game’s MVP.

Field Hockey

For the eighth consecutive season, theEndicott College field hockey team qual-ified for postseason play as a part of theECAC tournament. Champions in 2008,the Gulls were not as fortunate this pastyear as the Blue and Green fell to even-tual ECAC champion, the University ofNew England, 3-2 in overtime of thesemifinal round.

The Gulls were awarded with sever-al individual postseason awards as

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Joanne Reid (Clarksville, Md.) wasnamed to the NFHCA Division III All-New England East Region Second Teamwhile also being honored as an ECACAll-Star. Sophomore Anna Giannoni(Granby, Conn.) was named to theNFHCA All-New England SecondTeam while both Giannoni and Reidwere voted to The CommonwealthCoast Conference First Team.

Golf

The men’s golf team enjoyed undoubted-ly its most successful season in the pro-gram’s history as the Blue and Greencaptured their second The Common-wealth Coast Conference InvitationalTournament title and also notched anECAC New England Championship.The Gulls finished in the top-three atfive of the six tournaments they compet-ed in this past fall, including a first placefinish at the University of New EnglandInvitational.

Endicott’s success stemmed from aconsistent lineup that featured contribu-tions from five talented golfers. JuniorAndrew LaRocque (Averill Park, N.Y.)won medalist honors at UNE, andlogged second place finishes at both theECAC Championships and the TCCCInvitational. Drew Sullivan (Katonah,N.Y.) and Dan Ryan (Plymouth, Mass.)

each scored a second place finish atUNE and Southern Maine, respectively,and then finished third and fourth at theConference tournament. FreshmanJackson Wyman (Falmouth, Maine) wasa solid addition to the Gulls’ roster, as hehad three top-ten finishes in his rookiecampaign.

Football

Endicott finished its 2009 campaign byrattling off back-to-back wins to closeout the year, convincingly defeatingUMass-Dartmouth (34-0) and MIT (27-15). Seven Gulls were named NEFCAll-Division, while sophomore standoutKevin Eagan (West Hartford, Conn.) –the former NEFC Rookie of the Year –was recognized as an All-New Englandhonoree. Eagan was joined on the NEFCFirst Team by defensive back PJ Bay(Darien, Conn.), running back MikeLane (Medfield, Mass.), and linemanNick Molinari (Staten Island, N.Y.).Teammates Jason Devonshuk (Derby,Conn.), Sarkis Sarkisian (Peabody,Mass.), and Colby Hawkins (Scituate,Mass.) earned NEFC Second Team honors.

Women’s Tennis

The Endicott women’s tennis team, whocaptured its first-ever TCCCChampionship in 2008, fought all theway back to the conference finals thisfall before dropping a 5-2 decision toColby-Sawyer College. The Gulls fin-ished the season with an impressive 14-4overall record and a 9-2 mark in TheCommonwealth Coast Conference.Endicott had four players selected as All-Conference recipients, as Nicole Breting(Johnston, R.I.) and Kate Cioffi (Essex,Vt.) earned First Team Singles andDoubles, while Alyson Boehm (Lowell,Mass.) and Lori Wardner (Wrentham,Mass.) were also named to the FirstDoubles Team. In addition to her dou-bles honors, Wardner also took homeSecond Team Singles recognition for theBlue and Green.


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Men’s Soccer

For the third consecutive year, theEndicott men’s soccer team improvedupon its win total from the previous sea-son, as the Gulls finished 7-10 in 2009.Endicott had several highlights as theGulls turned out the lights on eventualTCCC champion Western New EnglandCollege, as the Blue and Green upsetthe Golden Bears, 1-0, in double over-time on September 19th. Endicott alsoreceived outstanding play from freshmanColin Doody (Wethersfield, Conn.),who was named the 2009 TCCC Rookieof the Year. Doody finished third in theconference in points (22), tied for sec-ond in goals (9), and handed out ateam-high four assists in his rookie cam-paign. The Gulls also received strongplay from their freshman goaltenderDaniel Higgins (Kingstown, R.I.), whorecorded 56 saves and led Endicott tofour shutouts while starting all 17 games.

Cross Country

The Endicott College women’s crosscountry teamed wrapped up its 2009campaign with a fifth-place finish at theTCCC Championships held inNovember and then competed in theNCAA Regionals held in Maine. The

Gulls were led by freshman KimShepherd (Essex, Conn.) who placedninth in the 121 runner field. Shepherdwas the top finisher for the Gullsthroughout the season as she alsograbbed top-ten finishes at three otherraces, including a second-place finish atthe Gordon Invitational. Endicottreceived six other top-ten finishes fromits team as the Gulls ran out its largestsquad in head coach Sharyn Longo’stenure as head coach.

The men’s cross country team alsofinished fifth in the TCCC Champion-ships, improving upon its sixth place fin-ish from a year ago. Sophomore GregPayne (North Attleboro, Mass.) led theway for the Blue and Green, as Paynehas been the top finisher for the Gullssince his career began last season – astretch currently standing at 19 consecu-tive races. Payne finished in the top-tenin three of his final four races as heplaced fourth at the WNECInvitational, third at the GordonInvitational, and eighth at the TCCCChampionships.

Equestrian

The equestrian team is off to the mostsuccessful start in the program’s historyas Endicott currently sits in second placeof Zone One, Region Four of the IHSA,a mere four points behind region leaderBoston University. The Gulls wrappedup the fall semester with a dominantshowing at the Stonehill College showon November 16th, taking home theHigh Point Team award by winningeither first or second place in virtuallyall of its classes.

Endicott’s Lauren Horth (Dalton,Mass.) currently sits in the top-ten ofthe Cacchione Cup Standings, whilefreshman Anna Pavlov (Pound Ridge,N.Y.) has come in first and second, hasqualified for high point rider at almostevery show, and is extremely consistentin winning good ribbons and helping theteam. �

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BECOME A PATRON OF THE ARTS!Endicott’s stunning, new Center for the Arts has become a vibrant part of the College campus. Since its opening lastJanuary, it has provided outstanding venues for musicians, artists, performers, authors, and lecturers whose talents andcreativity have sparked the interest of students across all disciplines. As an academic center, it provides meaningfulopportunities for exploration of the visual and performing arts. As a cultural resource for the North Shore and beyond,it showcases Endicott and its many offerings to our neighbors and friends.

The Campaign for the Center for the Arts has raised nearly $5 million towards its $6 million goal, and there are manyways for alumni and friends to become patrons of the arts at Endicott. Current giving opportunities include:

For more information about these and other giving opportunities, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 978-232-2017.

As with every successful endeavor the College has undertaken, the participation of our alumni, parents, and friends in our fundraising efforts forms a vital bond among generations of Endicott students and community members. We greatly appreciate the support we have already received from our community to make the dream of a

vibrant arts and cultural center on campus a reality. Thank you!

Take a SeatSupport the performing artswith a donation of $1,000 andname a seat in the RosePerformance Hall.

Aerial StudioSupport the environment with adonation of $500 and engrave a

brick in the Center’s rooftop garden.

Visual ArtsSupport visual arts programswith a donation of $1,000 andadd a hand-designed, dichroicglass leaf to our display.

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Sarah Earnest ’11 Hometown:Brimfield, Mass.

Major: Psychology,Human Services

Comments:“Endicott’s advan-tage of small classsizes and close

relationships with faculty have putme on the path for success.”

Daniel MacPherson ’11 Hometown:Waltham, Mass.

Major: Sport Management

Extra curricularactivities: Studentassistant to theEndicott footballteam; recipient of

the Varsity Club Achievement Awardin recognition of his involvementwith athletics and his high GPA.

Charlotte LeTourneau ’11 Hometown:Wenham, Mass.

Major: BioTechnology

Recent internship:Research at BostonUniversity MedicalSchool, workingwith scientists who

are making ground-breaking discover-ies in the biotechnology field.

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