Siena News Summer 2010

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SIENA NEWS

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A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

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SUMMER 2010

“Don’t cry beau  i ovr; sml beau  hapnd”

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Senior Student-AthletesMake a Lasting MarkLights, Camera, Siena!

from the president

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Message fromthe Editor

Thanks to the eedback romour readers who say “We wantmore Siena!” we have continuedto strive to meet your needs. Inthis issue o

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, you willnotice a couple o icons at thebottom o stories that indicatemore inormation can be oundonline. This was done to shortenthe stories in print so that we caninclude even more inormationabout Siena College and providea richer experience online. Theicons will take you to photos andvideos rom two o the biggestevents we hold at Siena:Commencement – 300 plusphotos on fickrEvents -- 700 plus photos onfickr and video that capturesa range o activities includingReunion weekendEnjoy, Jim EatonP.S. - In the next year we willoer an interactive onlineversion o this publication.What would you like to seeadded to this online version?E-mail us with your ideas atcommunications@siena.edu.At this year’s Commencement, I spoke to our graduatesand their amilies about how St. Francis and St. Clare viewededucation.They saw education as a way to shape men’s and women’scharacter and develop students who would make a dierence.The pursuit o knowledge was important, but only i it wenthand-in-hand with the quest to live a moral lie.At Siena College, this legacy endures. Within this issue o

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, the examples are extensive: a senior who takes hisstudy o the law and uses it to lead the crusade or air-tradeproducts on campus; the student senate employing leadershipskills developed at Siena to raise unds or charity; and envi-ronmental studies majors organizing Earth Day events or theentire community.While these stories have been chosen to illustrate the Sienaexperience, community members giving back is somethingI have the privilege o witnessing on a daily basis. They arepeople who go above and beyond to make a dierence. That’swhat makes Siena, Siena.

Fraternally,Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D., President

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Siena News - Summer 2010 Published by Siena College515 Loudon RoadLoudonville, NY 12211-1462E-mail: communications@siena.edu

• Publisher: Delcy Fox• Editor: Jim Eaton• Online Editor: Allison Maloney ’06• Contributing Editors: Mark Adam, Fr. Bill Beaudin ’76, O.F.M., Jodi Ackerman Frank, Ken Jubie ’04, Christine Maccarone ’10,Hildy Marinello ’11, Allison Maloney ’06, Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75,O.F.M., Ph.D., Jason Rich ’97, Lynn Ryan, Ally Tooulias ’11,Mackenzie Watroba ’11• Director of Art and Design: Sergio Sericolo• Alumni Class Notes Design: Jean Higgs• Alumni Class Notes Editor: Janice Goca• Photography: Athletics Ofce, Alumni Ofce, Dave Boswell ’12,Mike Hemberger, Martha Kelly ’10, Billy McHugh ’13,Fr. Ken Paulli ’82, O.F.M., Ph.D., Tony Puricato, ROTC Ofce,

Sergio Sericolo

• Printer: The Lane Press, Burlington,Vt.

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Ronald E. Bjorklund ’85 J. David BrownMichael Bucci ’73Robert F. Campbell ’66 Judy Capano/Michaelson ’87Br. F. Edward Coughlin, O.F.M., Ph.D.Robert M. CurleyRobert T. Cushing ’77Susan Law DakeVirginia L. Darrow ’83Scott C. DonnellyHoward S. Foote ’74Shari Golub-Schillinger ’86Sr. Violet T. Grennan, M.F.I.C., D.Min.Robert L. Guido ’68Rev. Kenneth R. Himes ’71, O.F.M., Ph.D.Walter T. Kicinski ’62Pamela McCarthyRobert J. McCormick ’87 James J. Morrell ’66Very Rev. Kevin J. Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D. John F. Murray John J. NigroVery Rev. John F. O’Connor, O.F.M.Walter A. Osterman ’87Kenneth M. Raymond, Jr.William E. Redmond ’81Mark S. Rose ’65Rev. James P. Scullion ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D.David M. Stack ’73

Christine L. Standish

Nimmi M. Trapasso ’98, M.D.Dennis L. Winger ’69

2010 - 2011 Board of Trustees

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