A few of you may know that the Red also did it in 1954, when there were only 16 teams to begin with. Jennifer remembers her days at Cornell fondly, including practicing for up to three hours a day as a member of the womens varsity tennis team, followed by late evenings at the architecture design studios. He has served in leadership roles at Leadership Santa Rosa and the Society for Human Resource Management. His biggest case so far was the trial in Delaware against Elon Musk and Teslas board. Named after Excelsiors first president, this award is presented in recognition of outstanding public service and community involvement by a graduate. Been enjoying our visits back to Ithaca and seeing the great times the students have at Cornell., Sue Nowicki, MBA 10, writes that shes excited to head back to Cornell in May to attend daughter Alyssa 23s graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences. Submit an Alumni Note; Life at Excelsior Blog; Excelsior University Magazine; . I look forward to contributing to the companys mission by leading the EPC and supply chain functions to deliver on our commitments by creating and growing platforms that decarbonize the energy grid., Joe Edgar, MBA 14, recently announced that he created a new platform, SnapAds, where everyone is an influencer, he says. This makes me feel the same way I felt on some stormy winter days freshman year. My best to everyone from the Equator. What an incredible invitation, and for those who are armchair travelers, do have a look online at Jinja, Uganda, near the junction of the Nile River and Lake Victoria. You can send in news via the online news form or directly to any of us. Gloria Maisto Cohen was unfortunately unable to attend this year. I went to Oaxaca for the nth time and over to the coast for a few days. Congratulations also to Melissa Ditmore, BA 92, on the recent publication of her book Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking in the American Economy (Beacon, 2023). If you plan to go, drop a note on our Class of 2001 Classmates Facebook group. In retirement, he was an advocate for access to care, serving as director of the Families First Dental Clinic in Portsmouth. Paul Joslin (email Paul) | 13731 Hickman Rd., #4207, Urbandale, IA 50323 | tel., (515) 278-0960 | Alumni Directory. As my deadline to write our class column approached, I had almost no responses from classmates. For more information or to nominate a member of the alumni community for this award, email alumni@excelsior.edu. The organization serves the administrators, faculty, and students in 800+ honors colleges and programs. Lester McCarthy 66 devotes a huge amount of energy to being the Hudson Valley (NY) Walk to Defeat ALS chairperson. You can reference this document anytime, such as when meeting with your advisor, devising your goals and action plans, reviewing your support references, and seeking to remember your best intentions. Jay will serve as interim head coach until the permanent position is filled. With the Hotel School dean and the Statler Foundation, he donated seed funds for the rehabilitation of the school. I wholeheartedly agree with Davids recommendation for those who would enjoy getting up close to creatures large and small as they show off a magnificence that cant be captured in a zoo. I recently gave a PowerPoint presentation to four local groups titled Pre-Columbian Cultures of the Western Hemisphere. I revised the script into an academic paper that was reviewed by four history professors and subsequently published in a referred journal read by 2,000 readers. For general inquiries, Admissions, Office of Registration and Records, Examinations Test Administration Office, and the Center for Military and Veteran Education: Calling all Regents External Degree, Regents College, Excelsior College and Excelsior University alumni. To assure fair representation, I created a list of classmates with the dates in which their reported news appeared in the column. The Chicago White Sox have welcomed Pedro Grifol as the 42nd manager in franchise history. As COO of a startup, Jen has her hands full, doing everything from overseeing service delivery and operational process to acting as product manager and UI/UX designer. I serve on thesis committees, have taught a half-dozen courses including operating systems, and give guest lectures about the early days of computing. Our own Nancy Law shares that she is so thrilled that our class leader, now that he has retired from on-air weather reporting, will be kept busy as a new trustee! In addition, she is a speaker and the author of four books. Early years were spent in Louisiana working with and directing support systems for people with disabilities. I admit that my knowledge of Nile geography is sketchy south of the Aswan Dam, so it was a surprise to learn that classmate Ken Davies, MAT 76, is vanilla farming along the Nile River in southern Uganda! Summer of Scranton 2023. Phillip Straughan, BArch 91, known as performer FiL Straughan, sent an email with a very exciting update on what his life has been like recently. Amazingly, Mary Hartman Schmidt may just be entering the prime of her career as she departs the legal firm that she founded many years ago to join Verrill, a prominent firm in New England with seven offices and 140 attorneys. Joan Sullivan 55 passed away on Cape Cod. It can feel like certain aspects of our lives are in competition with each other; taking time from one to support another , A common misconception amongst students and other job seekers is that every employer has a similar or even identical lists of attributes they need, want, dont want, and cant tolerate. He wrote the following: Like you, I came into Cornell in 1959. Please do not hesitate to send your news via the online news form or to your class correspondents. K.T. I hope you all are enjoying the summer of 2023. I have fostered many, and to date have adopted 23. Im writing this in March after spending my ninth day in a row snowboarding with my family in Snowbird, UT. Our class column has gradually shifted to the front of the listings in the Class Notes section. According to reviews on the Health Grades websitewhere hes earned nearly 200 five-star ratingshes consistently praised by patients for explaining conditions well, conducting thorough appointments, and being a great listener. And sobering to remember those who did not. Lets go, legacy! Mary brings the firm a wealth of experience in trusts and estates, domestic relations, and probate litigation at the trial and appellate levels. According to Routledge, This book has no peers in the literaturein its scope, the unprecedented amount and diversity of documentation, the breadth of concepts, and the vast number of examples it provides. Their awesome team included Jacques Boubli for events, Pam Darer Anderson for registration, Jill Fields for housing, Lisa Pasquale Semmes for souvenirs, and Howard Greenstein for entertainment. Now, I am conducting a production of the piece with the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island, founded in 1954. Leonard says it will be the groups third production of the piece, but the first with a full 23-piece orchestra. What are employers looking for when they hire college and university students? In the last two years I have offered life stories of our officers, and I devoted the entire March/April column to a classmates fascinating story. We help students meet their goals quickly, affordably, and efficiently, with strong support from faculty and staff who are the best in the business. She wrote about making the decisionon her blog. John says that Professor Alfred Kahn influenced him to change his major from math and science to marketing and economics. Also going on at this time are the NCAA mens and womens hockey championships. Since graduating law school in 1983, Thomas Schwab has been living in New Orleans, where he loves the music, food, and people. Have you marked a career milestone or taken a trip? Despite U.S. foreign policy objectives, much work, and hundreds of billions of assistance dollars expended, Mark wrote, the poorest of the poor have not advanced. Dust off an old atlas or open your favorite map app and have a look at the course of the Nile River. Just a reminder that we would love to hear from you and to share your news with the Class of 86. If you have a moment, please email us. Lisa Diamant (email Lisa) | Pat Relf Hanavan (email Pat) | Alumni Directory. Classes of 20102013 (email c/o Alexandra Bond 12) | Alumni Directory. He also says that there is much to enjoy on campus that he never took advantage of when he was a studenthighlighting the difference between being a student and a faculty member. I went on to get a PhD at MIT, where I could use Whirlwind, a huge computer that occupied several rooms. 303-735-0298 editor@colorado.edu What's new with you? Congratulations, Ava! Last year they got news that granddaughter Tori Darling was accepted to the Cornell Hotel School. On March 5, 2023, I got my sixth star medal; it was one of the hardest races for me to finish but I persevered. We got a nice note from Lester McCarthy. on Twitter. In other news, Keith Harband wrote, I am the founder/CEO of the premier tele-dentistry site by the name of NewEnamel.com. Jessi Petrosino (email Jessi) | Alumni Directory. Miguel A. Herrera, BS 18, of Yantzaza, Ecuador,a regional manager with Fundacin Ensea Ecuador, was invited this past August by the Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia to participate as a panelist and facilitator in the Khebrah International Forum for Teachers 2018, organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Teach for All network. Excelsior University Higher Education Albany, NY 67,994 followers See alumni Follow View all open jobs View all 902 employees Overview Alumni What 64,699 Excelsior University alumni. She is executive vice president and chief people officer at Intel Corporation. Broadcast news is a 24-hour lifestyleso I began my career by writing radio newscasts overnight for WGN Chicago and then for WLS in the same city. Barbara Travis Osgood, PhD 80, writes, After graduating with a degree in home economics, I became an educated wife and mother. I embraced that destiny for a while, but soon decided that I needed something different. With his brother, John developed Banfi from a U.S. importer of classic wines to a pioneer of wine as one of natures healthiest foods, working with leading oenologists to promote healthier vineyards and more natural wine. Helping to run a 75,000 member alumni group, Alan tackles a variety of projects from coordinating national alumni events to recognizing select alumni with awards. The Antarctica trip completed his quest to have traveled to all seven continents. In addition to his BS from Cornell, Chris holds an MBA from the University of Rochesters Simon Business School. After attending CALC, Marty Sherman and Rich Saltz, together with their spouses, Jim Sherman and Lynn Rosenbluth Saltz 75, spent a few days in the Sonoma wine country. Theresa Flores (email Theresa) | Mia Blackler (email Mia) |Melissa Hart Moss, JD 97 (email Melissa) | Alumni Directory. More publishing news, this time from Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz: Ive released a book, What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine: Perspectives from Women Physicians. He attended Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps before starting a private practice in Antrim, NH, which he ran for 35 years. My best. Pete Salinger, MBA 68 (email Pete) | Susan Rockford Bittker (email Susan) | Alumni Directory. She is taking a gap year and will join the Class of 27 as the third generation in their family to attend the Hotel School, after Julia and Elizabeth Wang Darling 97. Congressman and longtime author Robert Mrazek 67. Her warmth and huge smile engaged everyone in her world. Previously a marketing principal in the firms Chicago office, she will lead its efforts to develop strategic relationships across its global offices. Office of Alumni and Constituent Engagement. If you would enjoy learning more about John and Banfi, you can find information and videos online. While he will remain employed as a relationship therapist, Kispert will expand his vocation by providing service to the people of his local parish and beyond. Celebrating with Cindy were Elena Rodriguez, Allison Gay Kirchner, and Karen Cornelius 78, BArch 79 (a sophomore in 1975 studying in the five-year architecture program), as well as David Goldston 78, and Randy Strongin Weiss 78. His older son, Per 04, BA 06, married Sarah (Reilly) 09 and lives in Beacon Hill. He shares a wealth of information on his website. Wes Schulz, ME 73 (email Wes) | Frank Dawson (email Frank) | Susan Farber Straus (email Susan) | Alex Barna (email Alex) | Alumni Directory. Jason Faulk, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, is the recruiting officer for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 772 in support of Charleston Southern University, headquartered at Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. His new song, Dance Dance Dance, will be released soon. Janet Warren Fatherley, who lives in Bradford, VT, had a detailed update: I retired in 2005 after working 20 years at Dartmouth Medical School in the endocrinology division as the administrative assistant to the chief of endocrinology. What is your proudest accomplishment? Al Stammers tells us that he is a grandfather to a wonderful grandson, and hes homesteading in the woods and mountains of Pennsylvania. Our son, Peter, who switched from chemistry to software engineering, particularly of databases, most recently worked on Microsoft Bing. Yet labor experts say Americans still struggle to obtain these credentials, creating a mismatch between applicants and open jobs. It is a great privilege to help patients return to their former lifestyles with greater peace, more activity, and less pain. Jian is frequently sought out by colleagues for lectures, demonstrations, and adviceand even for their own health issues, as hes earned the nickname The Spine Doctor Spine Surgeons Use among his peers. The publisher has filed for bankruptcy, so I cannot get additional copies. Recently, she had a wonderful time at brunch with Laurie Berke-Weiss and husband Brian Berke, and Dick 67 and Eileen Barkas Hoffman 69. Until next time, stay connected and safe, classmates. Simply stated, we wanted to support a program that will benefit Cornell students for many years: the impact of our gift should outlast us. Brenda Janowitz wrote in with excitement, I am so impossibly thrilled to announce that weve sold film rights to my sixth novel, The Grace Kelly Dress, to Hallmark/Crown Media! Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education. Now we are back from another big birthday trip to Israel with three of our four children. In the meantime, there were two pre-Reunion events of note. His civilian career began at 1st IO Command in August 2012. Meanwhile, please let me have your news and, as class president, I will try to keep up our column in Class Notes. Im president of APS Pension & Financial Services in Melville, NY, executive VP of Hadassah on the national level, treasurer of the Chatham Synagogue, and on the board of Family Service League in Huntington, NY. Who did you meet there who had a lasting impact on you? I am also so humbled by the patients who entrust me with their care. Inspired by President Skorton, I am performing as a musician in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. Not well known is that they are the second Ivy to have gotten that far since the tournament went to 64 teams. She smiles as she realizes that those in younger generations now consider her a source of wisdom. Responding to this situation and other forces, Excelsior University today officially adopts the university designation and redoubles its efforts to serve as a lifelong learning home for students. David Marsh 65 was a founding member of the San Diego Cardiac Center. Kevin DeCoursey 80, Florham Park, New Jersey, was ordained as a permanent deacon in the Paterson Diocese of New Jersey. He also handles commercial matters like construction defects, real estate-related litigations, and personal injury. You continue to be a part of the University - someone who supports and upholds Texas . Engage with fellow alumni and Excelsior. As always, you may contact one of us directly, or use the Universitys standard online news form. While some low-income countries have made some small progress, after decades of aid most are still in the bottom ranks of absolute poverty., Luis Suarez-Villa, MRP 76, PhD 81, whos now a professor emeritus of social ecology at the University of California, Irvine, recently published the book Technology and Oligopoly Capitalism with Routledge press. We are so proud of our classmatesand also of the children of our classmates who sometimes become Cornellians as well! Excelsior University has 30 alumni, including Dovid Seitler , Janell Ocampo , and Alan Cohen. Anyway, on to the class news. Alumni are encouraged to apply for this award on the Alumni Award Application page. Nancy Neuman also has a recent Cornell graduate: son Colton Kotecki 22, BS 23, earned a degree in chemical engineering and was a varsity and sprint football player. SnapAds also offers cash incentives for customers to patronize their communitys small businessesranging from $1 to as much as $11 per visit, depending on the date and customer locationas well as a rewards loyalty program specifically for repeat customers of locally owned enterprises. Nora Immordino Feldpausch is the medical director of Mantra Health, which provides digital mental health services to more than 800,000 students across 110 schools nationwide, including Cornell. He also has been recognized by the F-35 Joint Program Public Affairs Office and a local newspaper for diversity and inclusion contributions. A dear friend of Stu and Tornie MacKay sent word that Stu, our class treasurer, has been inducted into the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association Heavy Duty Aftermarket Hall of Fame. Lastly, do not hesitate to send your emails to us. Conveniently, Brian says he avoids the worst of winter, which apparently has only gotten marginally better since we graduated. Stu was inducted in January in Dallas, TX. I have also been working on the second edition of my book, appropriately titled Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Guide to Pathophysiology and Clinical Care; its interesting scientifically, but theres not much of a plot. Submit your news via the Share Your News form, the online news form, or emails sent directly to any of your class correspondents: Danna Levy (email Danna) | Linda Moses (email Linda) | Cynthia Ahlgren Shea (email Cynthia) | Alumni Directory. After a year, the essays are printed in a hardcover book. We met during freshman year orientation andskipping over a lot of good times and silly hijinks heregot married in Sage Chapel in 1998. Send along news of your current, past, and future life to Judy Prenske Rich (email Judy). The gift will support the recruitment of an inaugural chair of the new Department of Systems and Computational Biomedicine and will endow a professorship to be held by the chair; it will also endow one senior- and one junior-level professorship at Cornell Tech in the area of health technology.. She is a 30-year practitioner of Tai Chi, enjoys attending classical music concerts, and is learning many new cooking skills. He has chaired the Cornell University Council and in 2018 received the Frank H.T. Mary and I moved here a few years ago when our nest emptied. Jeremy keeps in touch with many of his classmates, and helped source the next update . Is there anything better than mini-golf and ice cream in the summer? He has held positions in Air Logistic Complex, various aircraft program offices, and joint agency during his last assignment before assuming his current faculty position with Charleston Southern University. I enjoyed the book very much and highly recommend it. This time, we heard from Jennifer Yeh about the startup company she co-founded. McNulty publishes thought-provoking cartoons each month online and in small newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. Ive had a non-linear careerI worked in medical products consulting and operations consulting at Kaiser, went to law school, practiced corporate law, was mostly home raising the kids, and now am part time at Stanford Health Care. I plan to raise my voice to promote social and economic change at the local, state, and national levels. Absolutely an enjoyable read, for those looking for summer reading options! Our daughters son, Gavin, is a freshman at UC Davis (where I taught and did research on chemical carcinogenesis). In the Boston area, she serves as director-at-large with the Cornell Club of Boston. Albert Terry Finch has joined Foran Glennon as partner in their San Jose and Sacramento offices. Is my employer an Excelsior University Partner? They had intended to stay there until their daughter graduated from high school, but loved the area so much that they remained living in Jamestown. Life is good in McLean, VA, for Debbie Korenblatt Matz and her husband, Marshall. If so, drop me a line through the online news form, or write directly to me at the link below. Besides travel, I spend my free time collecting wines, hitting the gym, investing, ballroom dancing, and working on my small collection of classic European sports cars (a Jaguar, a Porsche, and a couple of Ferraris). Alan maintains close contact with his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers Mike Ramey, ME 74, Gino Phillips, ME 74, and Mike Ionata. After 21 years with SCS (now Natural Resources Conservation Service), I retired as a federal senior executive. Mark and Christine Ting Magill Kamon braved the cold and massive snowfalls to ski in Park City, UT, in February, when each storm laid another waist-deep layer of white stuff down. Libby Boymel (email Libby) | Alumni Directory. During her journalism career, Polly reported for WPIX-TV, WNBC-TV, and WWOR-TV in New York and worked as a Capitol Hill correspondent in Washington. Well, I (Wilma Ann Thomas Anderson) experienced a turn of season, professionally. Most recently, she was a judge for the Mecklenburg County District Court bench, where she presided over family law, domestic violence, landlord/tenant, and civil jury trials as well as criminal court. SEND EMAIL. There is a bit about Cornell in the book, too! Alessandra spent the last 20 years teaching biology and ecology as a professor at Montgomery College in Maryland. In November 2022, they spent a week on Hawaiis Big Island with Wendy Schaenen, MD 83, and her husband, Anand Jagannath, MD 83. In his spare time, he is reading deeply on comparative mythology and neoplatonic philosophy. We hope you are enjoying summertime, wherever you are reading this. He encourages you to follow his Instagram and check out his website. Cheryl Strauss Einhorn writes, On March 15, my new book (my third! Another apartment-mate, Anne Goldman Suzuki, is splitting her time between Hawaii and New York State.. Debbie has also sustained a close friendship with Sandy Livingston Goldberg, who is retired from her position as a literacy specialist and director of the literacy program at the Gordon School, an independent school in East Providence, RI. I know even less about the world of long-distance running than I do about the course of the Nile, so I am going to let Milton Lorig do all the explaining! From 2006 to 2015, Dave published the online community news network DavidsonNews.net. Her son, Ian, will be attending Cornell in the fall as a physics major in the Class of 27. He will focus his practice on patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property litigation. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., With Carlesimo Award, Two University Graduates Win Fulbright Awards, Local unemployment rate continues decline; University of Scranton Economics Professor Satyajit Ghosh, Ph.D. comments, University of Scranton Commits To Becoming a Laudato Si University; Rev. University Announces Spring 2023 Deans List, Professors Win NSF Grant to Test Purity of Honey, University Honors Rev. I have been buying Cornell gear for us to show our Big Red pride. Class of 1999 (email c/o Alexandra Bond 12) | Alumni Directory. Please! It is a comedy and magic show in which he will also perform some stand-up comedy. Once I found Excelsior, I was able to complete my ADN and BSN within 34 years. 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It was lovely to see you all at Reunion in June and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer! You werent born in a barn.); behavior modification (Stop acting like your father.); stamina (Youll just sit there until those peas are gone.); religion (You better pray that stain comes out of the carpet.); irony (Keep on crying and Ill give you something to cry about.); and time travel (Straighten up or Ill knock you into next week.). Judith Russell Davidson (Orleans, MA) reports the sad news that two of her Cornell friends died recently. We would love to hear from you! He enjoys being a photographer and writes that he has been married 50+ years and has three grown daughters and six grandchildren. Back home in Chestertown, MD, they enjoy hosting their three children and many grandchildren at their riverfront home, boating, golfing, and staying connected with their Cornell friends.
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