Summer 2016 Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection
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A Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection Volume 16 Issue 2, summer 2016 Kae Farrell ‘13 Anthony Franco ‘12 Chris Kolias ‘12 Andrew Langellier ‘15 Barbara Manville ‘80 Michael Motschwiller ‘88 Mitch Terk ‘09 Jenn Tomase ‘15 Prak Parikh ‘10 Michael Raduazzo ‘92 Jay Weinberg ‘85 Alan Zuckerman ‘80 The Office of Admission would like to sincerely thank all of our AAC members near and far who helped with recruing events this spring. From college fairs to Bryant 101s and the phone calling campaign, we could not have brought in the class of 2020 without you! Phone Calling Campaign Jacquelyn Ammirato ‘12 Paige Andrews ‘14 Michael Benne ‘13 Steve Berman ‘68 Ronnie Blanchard ‘13 Molly Brose Mulligan ‘97 Mariah Burgess ‘14 Beth Carter ‘85 Michael Connor ‘87 Raquel Cordeiro ‘13 Veronica Eichmann ‘14 Larry Finkelstein ‘69 Terry Hancock ‘80 Emily Haield ‘15 Jeff Lake ‘88 Erica Lawton ‘09 Barbara Manville ‘80 Lauren Marn ‘08 Michael Motschwiller ‘88 Emily Murphy ‘11 Theresa Navarra ‘12 Kelsey Nowak ‘14 Prak Parikh ‘`0 Dawn Pello ‘89 Donna Piron ‘94 Jennifer Proud Mearns ‘82 Bruce Reirden ‘76 Michael Rogers ‘85 Caitlin Ryan ‘08 Jonathan Tan ‘08 Jennifer Tomase ‘15 Michelle Villa ‘13 Dan Webb ‘12 Bryan Wojtowicz ‘08 Erik Zipp ‘05 Dawn Ziel ‘98 Alan Zuckerman ‘80 Elena Barkalova ‘11 Stephanie Calenda ‘04 Raquel Cordeiro ‘13 1 Bryant 101 speakers College fair volunteers As we gear up for another academic year at Bryant and another year of recruing for the Office of Admission, we’d like to take the me to make sure your informaon is up to date… it’s me to renew your AAC membership! If you receive a hardcopy of Connecon, you will find a 2016-2017 Renewal Form and postage-paid envelope enclosed. Please check the appropriate line and update any informaon, if necessary. If you receive Connecon electronically, please click the link in the email to renew and also update any old infor- maon via the update link, if necessary. If you wish not to renew this year, no hard feelings, just let us know and we will remove you from our database. Please contact Mallory at [email protected] with any quesons.
Know someone interested in joining AAC? Easy! - www.bryant.edu/aac -
We’ll make them a member before you can say - “Go Bulldogs!” -
No matter where you land after you graduate, you are ALWAYS welcome at Bryant!
Return to campus for this year’s Reunion@Homecoming being held from September 23-25 for a weekend of fun activities, catch-ing up and reconnecting with old friends, professors, and alumni from across the decades. Schedule highlights include welcome
reception and wine tasting, hypnotist David Hall, and fireworks on Friday; a memorial service, tailgating, football and special post-game reunion celebrations on Saturday.
Check online at www.bryant.edu/alumnievents for all the details, and more events in your area.
SMITHFIELD, RI - A group
of this year’s Orientation
Leaders help the incom-
ing Class of 2020 set sail
at Bryant University!
Orientation offers incom-
ing students and their
parents/guardians an in-
depth look at life at Bry-
ant and the issues sur-
rounding the start of the
college experience. It’s
also an opportunity to
meet and interact with
future classmates, and
for families to connect
with each other.
September 23-25, 2016
A Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection Volume 16 Issue 2, summer 2016
Katie Farrell ‘13 Anthony Franco ‘12
Chris Kolias ‘12 Andrew Langellier ‘15 Barbara Manville ‘80
Michael Motschwiller ‘88
Mitch Terk ‘09 Jenn Tomasetti ‘15
Pratik Parikh ‘10 Michael Raduazzo ‘92
Jay Weinberg ‘85 Alan Zuckerman ‘80
The Office of Admission would like to sincerely thank all of our AAC members near and far who helped with recruiting events this spring. From college fairs to Bryant 101s and the phone calling campaign, we could not have brought in the class of
2020 without you!
Phone Calling Campaign
Jacquelyn Ammirato ‘12 Paige Andrews ‘14
Michael Bennett ‘13 Steve Berman ‘68
Ronnie Blanchard ‘13 Molly Brose Mulligan ‘97
Mariah Burgess ‘14 Beth Carter ‘85
Michael Connor ‘87 Raquel Cordeiro ‘13
Veronica Eichmann ‘14 Larry Finkelstein ‘69 Terry Hancock ‘80 Emily Hatfield ‘15
Jeff Lake ‘88 Erica Lawton ‘09
Barbara Manville ‘80 Lauren Martin ‘08
Michael Motschwiller ‘88
Emily Murphy ‘11 Theresa Navarra ‘12
Kelsey Nowak ‘14 Pratik Parikh ‘`0 Dawn Pello ‘89
Donna Pironti ‘94 Jennifer Proud Mearns ‘82
Bruce Reirden ‘76 Michael Rogers ‘85
Caitlin Ryan ‘08 Jonathan Tan ‘08
Jennifer Tomasetti ‘15 Michelle Villa ‘13
Dan Webb ‘12 Bryan Wojtowicz ‘08
Erik Zipp ‘05 Dawn Zittel ‘98
Alan Zuckerman ‘80
Elena Barkalova ‘11 Stephanie Calenda ‘04
Raquel Cordeiro ‘13 1
Bryant 101 speakers
College fair volunteers
As we gear up for another academic year at Bryant and another year of recruiting for the Office of Admission,
we’d like to take the time to make sure your information is up to date… it’s time to renew your AAC membership!
If you receive a hardcopy of Connection, you will find a 2016-2017 Renewal Form and postage-paid envelope
enclosed. Please check the appropriate line and update any information, if necessary.
If you receive Connection electronically, please click the link in the email to renew and also update any old infor-
mation via the update link, if necessary.
If you wish not to renew this year, no hard feelings, just let us know and we will remove you from our database. Please contact Mallory at [email protected] with
Achieve success beyond a career was the message Clayton M. Christensen, D.B.A., shared with the 752 graduates of the Class of 2016 during Bryant University’s 153rd Commence-ment on May 21.
Widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on innova-tion and the No. 1 management thinker in the world, Chris-tensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administra-tion at the Harvard Business School and a best-selling author whose books include “How Will You Measure Your Life?” As an entrepreneur, he has started four different companies.
“The career provides tangible and immediate evidence of achievement,” said Christensen, who also received an honor-ary doctorate of business administration during the ceremo-ny. “But that’s different in the home… you need to imple-ment a strategy for success to ensure happiness in the home.”
People are measured every day by “helping people become better”
Highlighting the importance of character in today’s society, Christensen said that people are measured every day by “helping people become better.”
He noted, “It’s a wonderful profession to be parents, faculty, and managers, because in every one of these professions, we have opportunities to help the people we work with become better people.”
The University awarded three other honorary degrees during Commencement weekend:
Dr. Taoguang Wang, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai and an invalua-ble partner in the creation of Bryant Zhuhai, received an honorary doctorate of business administration.
Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, J.D., received an honorary doctorate of hu-mane letters.
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, longtime president and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters and was also the distin-guished speaker during the Graduate Programs Com-mencement on May 19.
President Ronald K. Machtley noted that the Class of 2016 gradu-ates were the first to benefit from Bryant’s nationally recognized Innovation and Design Experience for All (IDEA) program and par-ticipate in NCAA Division I athletics. “I have seen this class have an unbelievable transformation from students wondering about their future to mature, sophisticated, and confident student leaders ready to go out and find their place in this world,” Machtley said.
Andreas Armenis ’16 (Lynnfield, MA), who delivered the Student Charge, told his fellow graduates to align their passion with pur-pose and “consider today a defying milestone in a very long and blessed journey... what we all have achieved today as a unit is tremendous beyond belief.”
Before receiving her degree, Alexandria Paxman ’16 (Swanton, VT) said she had mixed feelings.
“I am so happy to be graduating and happy to be walking under the Archway,” the iconic gate students first step through at Com-mencement. “But I’m sad because I’m going to miss this special place and these special people that I’ve met along the way.”
commencement Celebrating bryant university’s 153rd undergraduate class
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Bryant builds feature: conaty indoor athletic center
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – On Saturday, May 14, Bryant University held dedication ceremonies for its new Conaty Indoor Athletic Center. The 80,000-square-foot facility is a key component of Bryant Builds, the largest and most transformative facilities initiative since Bryant’s move from Providence to Smithfield 45 years ago. In total, this year Bryant is adding more than 250,000 square feet of dra-matic academic and athletic facilities. The landmark construction is made possible by more than $30 million in leadership gifts al-ready received for Bryant’s capital campaign, Expanding the World of Opportunity: The Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future.
Conaty Indoor Athletic Center is the East Coast's largest indoor practice facility in the NCAA I New England region. Bryant is the only private university in the region with a permanent facility of this scale. The building is adjacent to Conaty Park, the University’s base-ball and softball complex, which was dedicated for Sue and Bill Conaty '67 in 2012.
Designed to provide a venue for practice 365 days a year, despite the harsh New England winter, Conaty Indoor Athletic Center fea-tures a state-of-the-art indoor turf field with a full 120 yards of turf as well as coaches’ viewing platforms and other ancillary spaces. The building will benefit student-athletes on Bryant’s 22 NCAA Division I teams, as well as student club intramural sports.
Conaty Indoor Athletic Center, named in recognition of approximately $7.5 million in total campaign support from Sue and William J. Conaty ’67. Bill Conaty, Senior Vice President (Retired), Corporate Human Resources General Electric Company, is chair of the Bry-ant University Board of Trustees and co-chair of Bryant’s capital campaign.
As the human resources leader for over 300,000 GE employees worldwide, Conaty was widely acclaimed for his track record of in-novation. He was the architect behind many of GE's frequently cited HR practices in the areas of workforce differentiation and suc-cession planning, and served as a role model for others in turning HR organizations into strategic business partners. Conaty served as captain of Bryant's 1967 baseball team and was inducted into Bryant’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also recognized with the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999.
"Bryant is clearly a leader in athletic facilities at the Division I level in New England.”
-President Machtley
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Achieve success beyond a career was the message Clayton M. Christensen, D.B.A., shared with the 752 graduates of the Class of 2016 during Bryant University’s 153rd Commence-ment on May 21.
Widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on innova-tion and the No. 1 management thinker in the world, Chris-tensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administra-tion at the Harvard Business School and a best-selling author whose books include “How Will You Measure Your Life?” As an entrepreneur, he has started four different companies.
“The career provides tangible and immediate evidence of achievement,” said Christensen, who also received an honor-ary doctorate of business administration during the ceremo-ny. “But that’s different in the home… you need to imple-ment a strategy for success to ensure happiness in the home.”
People are measured every day by “helping people become better”
Highlighting the importance of character in today’s society, Christensen said that people are measured every day by “helping people become better.”
He noted, “It’s a wonderful profession to be parents, faculty, and managers, because in every one of these professions, we have opportunities to help the people we work with become better people.”
The University awarded three other honorary degrees during Commencement weekend:
Dr. Taoguang Wang, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai and an invalua-ble partner in the creation of Bryant Zhuhai, received an honorary doctorate of business administration.
Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, J.D., received an honorary doctorate of hu-mane letters.
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, longtime president and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters and was also the distin-guished speaker during the Graduate Programs Com-mencement on May 19.
President Ronald K. Machtley noted that the Class of 2016 gradu-ates were the first to benefit from Bryant’s nationally recognized Innovation and Design Experience for All (IDEA) program and par-ticipate in NCAA Division I athletics. “I have seen this class have an unbelievable transformation from students wondering about their future to mature, sophisticated, and confident student leaders ready to go out and find their place in this world,” Machtley said.
Andreas Armenis ’16 (Lynnfield, MA), who delivered the Student Charge, told his fellow graduates to align their passion with pur-pose and “consider today a defying milestone in a very long and blessed journey... what we all have achieved today as a unit is tremendous beyond belief.”
Before receiving her degree, Alexandria Paxman ’16 (Swanton, VT) said she had mixed feelings.
“I am so happy to be graduating and happy to be walking under the Archway,” the iconic gate students first step through at Com-mencement. “But I’m sad because I’m going to miss this special place and these special people that I’ve met along the way.”
commencement Celebrating bryant university’s 153rd undergraduate class
3
Bryant builds feature: conaty indoor athletic center
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – On Saturday, May 14, Bryant University held dedication ceremonies for its new Conaty Indoor Athletic Center. The 80,000-square-foot facility is a key component of Bryant Builds, the largest and most transformative facilities initiative since Bryant’s move from Providence to Smithfield 45 years ago. In total, this year Bryant is adding more than 250,000 square feet of dra-matic academic and athletic facilities. The landmark construction is made possible by more than $30 million in leadership gifts al-ready received for Bryant’s capital campaign, Expanding the World of Opportunity: The Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future.
Conaty Indoor Athletic Center is the East Coast's largest indoor practice facility in the NCAA I New England region. Bryant is the only private university in the region with a permanent facility of this scale. The building is adjacent to Conaty Park, the University’s base-ball and softball complex, which was dedicated for Sue and Bill Conaty '67 in 2012.
Designed to provide a venue for practice 365 days a year, despite the harsh New England winter, Conaty Indoor Athletic Center fea-tures a state-of-the-art indoor turf field with a full 120 yards of turf as well as coaches’ viewing platforms and other ancillary spaces. The building will benefit student-athletes on Bryant’s 22 NCAA Division I teams, as well as student club intramural sports.
Conaty Indoor Athletic Center, named in recognition of approximately $7.5 million in total campaign support from Sue and William J. Conaty ’67. Bill Conaty, Senior Vice President (Retired), Corporate Human Resources General Electric Company, is chair of the Bry-ant University Board of Trustees and co-chair of Bryant’s capital campaign.
As the human resources leader for over 300,000 GE employees worldwide, Conaty was widely acclaimed for his track record of in-novation. He was the architect behind many of GE's frequently cited HR practices in the areas of workforce differentiation and suc-cession planning, and served as a role model for others in turning HR organizations into strategic business partners. Conaty served as captain of Bryant's 1967 baseball team and was inducted into Bryant’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also recognized with the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999.
"Bryant is clearly a leader in athletic facilities at the Division I level in New England.”
Know someone interested in joining AAC? Easy! - www.bryant.edu/aac -
We’ll make them a member before you can say - “Go Bulldogs!” -
No matter where you land after you graduate, you are ALWAYS welcome at Bryant!
Return to campus for this year’s Reunion@Homecoming being held from September 23-25 for a weekend of fun activities, catch-ing up and reconnecting with old friends, professors, and alumni from across the decades. Schedule highlights include welcome
reception and wine tasting, hypnotist David Hall, and fireworks on Friday; a memorial service, tailgating, football and special post-game reunion celebrations on Saturday.
Check online at www.bryant.edu/alumnievents for all the details, and more events in your area.
SMITHFIELD, RI - A group
of this year’s Orientation
Leaders help the incom-
ing Class of 2020 set sail
at Bryant University!
Orientation offers incom-
ing students and their
parents/guardians an in-
depth look at life at Bry-
ant and the issues sur-
rounding the start of the
college experience. It’s
also an opportunity to
meet and interact with
future classmates, and
for families to connect
with each other.
September 23-25, 2016
A Newsletter for Members of the Alumni-Admission Connection Volume 16 Issue 2, summer 2016
Katie Farrell ‘13 Anthony Franco ‘12
Chris Kolias ‘12 Andrew Langellier ‘15 Barbara Manville ‘80
Michael Motschwiller ‘88
Mitch Terk ‘09 Jenn Tomasetti ‘15
Pratik Parikh ‘10 Michael Raduazzo ‘92
Jay Weinberg ‘85 Alan Zuckerman ‘80
The Office of Admission would like to sincerely thank all of our AAC members near and far who helped with recruiting events this spring. From college fairs to Bryant 101s and the phone calling campaign, we could not have brought in the class of
2020 without you!
Phone Calling Campaign
Jacquelyn Ammirato ‘12 Paige Andrews ‘14
Michael Bennett ‘13 Steve Berman ‘68
Ronnie Blanchard ‘13 Molly Brose Mulligan ‘97
Mariah Burgess ‘14 Beth Carter ‘85
Michael Connor ‘87 Raquel Cordeiro ‘13
Veronica Eichmann ‘14 Larry Finkelstein ‘69 Terry Hancock ‘80 Emily Hatfield ‘15
Jeff Lake ‘88 Erica Lawton ‘09
Barbara Manville ‘80 Lauren Martin ‘08
Michael Motschwiller ‘88
Emily Murphy ‘11 Theresa Navarra ‘12
Kelsey Nowak ‘14 Pratik Parikh ‘`0 Dawn Pello ‘89
Donna Pironti ‘94 Jennifer Proud Mearns ‘82
Bruce Reirden ‘76 Michael Rogers ‘85
Caitlin Ryan ‘08 Jonathan Tan ‘08
Jennifer Tomasetti ‘15 Michelle Villa ‘13
Dan Webb ‘12 Bryan Wojtowicz ‘08
Erik Zipp ‘05 Dawn Zittel ‘98
Alan Zuckerman ‘80
Elena Barkalova ‘11 Stephanie Calenda ‘04
Raquel Cordeiro ‘13 1
Bryant 101 speakers
College fair volunteers
As we gear up for another academic year at Bryant and another year of recruiting for the Office of Admission,
we’d like to take the time to make sure your information is up to date… it’s time to renew your AAC membership!
If you receive a hardcopy of Connection, you will find a 2016-2017 Renewal Form and postage-paid envelope
enclosed. Please check the appropriate line and update any information, if necessary.
If you receive Connection electronically, please click the link in the email to renew and also update any old infor-
mation via the update link, if necessary.
If you wish not to renew this year, no hard feelings, just let us know and we will remove you from our database. Please contact Mallory at [email protected] with
