F E A T U R E  S T O R I E S

Wellness Center Wins New Jersey AIA Design Award
The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has recognized ikon.5 architects for its pioneering work in design and substainability for CNR’s Wellness Center.  m o r e

A R O U N D  C N R

Annual Family Weekend Draws a Crowd to Campus

The College hosted its annual Family Weekend from Friday, November 3 through Sunday, November 5, 2006. The autumn tradition for CNR students and their families provided opportunities to experience campus life and to dine and socialize with other CNR families.  A special event held during the Weekend was the Honors Convocation at which students on the Dean's List and Honors List were honored for their academic achievement. Above: Following the Honors Convocation, Danielle Peets SAS’08 (center) and mother Rhoda Lee Starzyk (left) pose with Dr. Cynthia Kraman, Associate Professor of English, School of Arts & Sciences.   m o r e

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Construction Continues on Wellness Center

The Pool foundation is now visible as Wellness Center construction continues. For more information on the Wellness Center, click here.

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Annual Women’s High School Artists Exhibition Held

On November 12, 2006 more than 120 people attended the award ceremony for CNR's 13th Annual High School Women Artists Exhibition. Pictured left to right:  Dr. Dick Thompson, Dean of CNR's School of Arts & Sciences; award winner Rutali Gandhi (Scarsdale resident, Eastchester High School); award winner Hannah Zornow (Scarsdale resident, Scarsdale High School), and Margie Neuhaus, Chair of the Art Department at CNR's School of Arts & Sciences.  m o r e

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Contact Plays to Full Houses

In November CNR Drama performed the musical Contact.  It was the first area production of Susan Stroman’s Tony-winning “best musical” since it departed Lincoln Center in 2002.   m o r e

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C N R  S T U D E N T  N E W S

SAS student Araba Adjei-Koranteng ’08 has been accepted into the New York State Assembly Session Intern Program and will spend next semester in Albany along with 150 other college students.

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CNR Students Attend National Honors Conference

For the second straight year, CNR was represented on a Student Research Panel during the National Collegiate Honors Council’s (NCHC) annual conference. Last month, Jeanene James ’08, political science/history, presented a paper entitled, “Religion’s Influence on the Development of Personal and Public Attitudes.” Other CNR students, Megan Skrip ’07, environmental studies/biology; Binh Phong ’08, biology/chemistry; and Shonda Gaylord ’08, environmental studies/biology; presented their research at the student poster session.

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School of Nursing Student Tamako Takemoto Receives Scholarship

On November 29, 2006, CNR announced that The Medical Letter Inc., a New Rochelle-based nonprofit organization, has granted a scholarship to a student in the School of Nursing, Tamako Takemoto. Pictured left to right:  Dr. Mary Alice Donius, Dean of CNR's School of Nursing; Tamako Takemoto, senior in the School of Nursing; Yosef Wissner-Levy, VP Finance & Operations, The Medical Letter; and Dr. Mark Abramowicz, editor of The Medical Letter. m o r e

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Blue Angels Fly in Fall & Winter Sports
Playing in the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC), The College of New Rochelle finished 7th in the Volleyball Conference with Captain of CNR’s Blue Angels Megan Showell ’09 making the All-Conference team. Also this fall season, CNR’s tennis players, Siddiqua Hosein ’09, and Camille LaChica ’08, were selected for the HVWAC Tennis All-Conference Team. Playing in the recent Lesley University “Bon Appetit” Tip-off Basketball Tournament in Boston, captain of the Blue Angels Ruchelle Austin ’08 made the All-Tournament Team.

A L U M N A E / I  S P O T L I G H T

Nancy Collamer, M.S. Graduate School, ’96 The College of New Rochelle

“As an adult student at CNR, I was given the freedom I needed to concentrate my studies on the specific niche within career development that most interested me. For one of my internships, I developed a workshop called, Part-Time Careers for Full-Time Moms, which I ultimately adapted for use into my own private practice. Information about that workshop was picked up by Working Mother magazine, and that publicity helped propel my business into the national spotlight.”

Nancy Collamer is the founder of Jobsandmoms.com, based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Through her telephone consulting practice and her website, Nancy helps high achieving professional women find better ways to blend work and family through flexible career paths and entrepreneurial options.  As the Career Transitions Expert for Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Media network, Nancy gained a national reputation as a trusted authority on “Jobs and Moms”. Her advice has appeared in numerous publications including Redbook, Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies Home Journal, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Working Mother and the Wall Street Journal. She holds a M.S. in Career Development from  The College of New Rochelle and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill and is the proud mom of two daughters, Danielle and Juliana.

F A C U L T Y / S T A F F  F O C U S

Dr. John H. Patton, Assistant Dean of Art and Communications in the Graduate School, presented a paper at the National Communication Association Conference held in San Antonio in November.

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CNR’s Tennis Coach, Enrique Tovar, was named 2006 HVWAC Tennis Coach of the Year.  Coach Tovar had a successful collegiate career playing tennis at City College where he earned his undergraduate degree in Urban Legal Studies. Continuing his studies, he obtained a Master of Education at Manhattanville College, and a Juris Doctorate from the New York Law School. Besides coaching the Blue Angels, he spends his summers at the Mt. Tom Day Camp as the Sports and Games Coordinator, supervising the tennis programs including developing tournaments and Olympic style competitions for counselors and campers.

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Dr. Joan Arnold, Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, recently co-authored with Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin Health Promotion in Practice published by Jossey-Bass. This book is a practice-driven text that translates theories of health promotion into a step-by-step clinical approach for engaging with clients.

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CNR Faculty Attend National Symposium

At the podium: Dr. Ruth Zealand and Dr. Judith Gordon.

Three professors and a staff member from the School of Arts & Sciences made presentations at a Faculty Resource Network national symposium on “The Millennial Student,” hosted by the University of the Sacred Heart and the University of Puerto Rico and held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in November. Dr. Nilda Hernandez, Associate Professor of Social Work, and Dorothy Valle, Assistant for Enrollment Management, spoke on “The Mental Health of College Students: Challenges, Obstacles, and Solutions.” Dr. Judith Gordon, Associate Professor of Social Work, and Dr. Ruth Zealand, Associate Professor of Education, spoke on “The Millennial Student: Challenges and Implications for Higher Education.”

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Cristina de Gennaro, Associate Professor of Art, School of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded an artist residency fellowship at the Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojacar, Spain during the month of January, 2007 to continue work on a new installation. She previously had been awarded an artist residency fellowship at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca, New York in July, 2006.

I N  M E M O R I A M

Sr. Mary Gerald Carroll, OSU, died on October 31, 2006 at the age of 93. She directed the College choir and taught a course in Liturgical Music, required of every student, for 30 years. After leaving the faculty, Sr. Mary Gerald directed the choir at Holy Family parish in New Rochelle and at Corpus Christi School in Manhattan.