Alumni Connections
Alumni Connections
Alumni Connections
Dear Fellow Alumni,
1957
Hartford? Meeting new friends; navigating the campus; adjusting to
ANSELMO “SAM” FALCETTI (HARTT) of Springfield,
classes, dorm life, and cafeteria food—just what the Class of 2017
Mass., has formed the New England Digital Accordion
Orchestra. The group’s first performance took place
in April 2013 at the 51st annual New England Music
Festival in Newton, Mass.
did in their first days on campus. And your Alumni Association was
on hand on to celebrate their arrival into the UHart family.
Each entering student received a T-shirt emblazoned with “Your Only
Limits Are Self-Imposed.” In even stronger solidarity, the entire T-shirt-
An annual gift to the Anchor Fund is another great way to support your
sporting class formed a giant H on the heart of the college green (see
alma mater. As students, all of us benefited in some way from the
back cover).
financial support of others. As alumni, we can pay that gift forward by
Hawktober Weekend brought hundreds of us back to campus to
helping current students with our own Anchor Fund.
celebrate our UHart connection. On a glorious mid-October weekend
Have you noticed our increased efforts to keep in touch with you via
we honored the accomplishments of the talented alumni among us—
the Alumni Association e-newsletter; our Facebook, Twitter, and
from the free concert by acclaimed all-alumni band Bronze Radio
Instagram posts; and our invitations to regional and campus events?
Return and the art at the sixth annual Hartford Art School Juried
If you’re not getting our emails, send us your current email address.
Alumni Exhibition to the presentation of our alumni Anchor Awards
If you’re not seeing our posts, tweets, and photos, follow us. Tell us
and the minireunions of former student leaders, student-athletes, and
your news. Volunteer to help a UHart student navigate the working
scholars representing all UHart schools.
world. Attend an event in your area or help plan one. Return to our
We’ve taken our show on the road this year with alumni gatherings in
New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Florida, Cape Cod, London, Paris,
and, of course, Greater Hartford. Alumni Relations Director Heather
Corbett and her team are committed to strengthening our UHart
beautiful campus whenever you can. If we stay connected, there are
no limits to what we can do together for the University of Hartford and,
just perhaps, for each other.
Best,
have already started meeting with alumni to learn more about what
we’re looking for and to recruit alumni volunteers to lead the charge.
leader, internship sponsor or student mentor, affinity group volunteer, or
Da’Rel J. Eastling ’99, M’12
member of the Alumni Board or a subcommittee—don’t be shy about
President
getting in touch with someone on the board or the staff. We need you!
Alumni Association
Steven H. Bontempi ’92
Christopher Carr ’11
Robert J. Carr ’93
24 Observer
1966
GEORGE LANDIS (A&S) of Cromwell, Conn., has been
awarded the Proficiency Distinction by the Photographic
Society of America (PSA) in recognition of his photographic achievements in PSA-recognized international
exhibitions of photography.
1968
HAROLD R. KRAMER (A, WARD) of Cheshire, Conn., in
his capacity as an FCC-licensed amateur radio operator,
was assigned to relay communications to Chris Troyanos,
medical director for the Boston Marathon, during this
year’s tragic bombing.
PATRICIA PALMER COLLINSON (HARTT) of Cape May
Court House, N.J., is an oboe soloist and teaches oboe
and piano. In May she premiered a classical concert
piece written for oboe at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
appointed vice president of Global Smart Grid Sales at
Tollgrade Communication, Inc.
JAMES R. METZLER (HARTT) of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
directed the Canterbury Singers USA for five services of
Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Catherdral, and Southwark Cathedral in London, England.
1977
PETER F. PRIVITERA (BARNEY, M’86 BARNEY) of
Rocky Hill, Conn., was chosen as the new finance director for the Town of West Hartford, Conn.
1978
JANET ABEL (ENHP) of Hartford, Conn., has been ap-
pointed business project senior specialist in senior and
retiree service operations at Cigna in Bloomfield, Conn.
PAUL BISACCIA (HARTT) of Provincetown, Mass., over
the past 13 months has released three CDs, a DVD of
excerpts from his PBS shows, and a new book titled
Piano Player: Memoir and Master Class.
JONATHAN SELAGE (HARTT) of Palm Bay, Fla., retired
as director of music and liturgy at St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Palm Bay, capping a 22-year career in church
music and more than 35 years of leading services in
prayer through music.
1979
GREGORY R. BEECHER (BARNEY) of Lincoln, Mass.,
was elected to the board of directors of Hittite Microwave
Corporation.
SHARON GREYTAK (HAS) New York, N.Y., is a writer,
producer, and director. Her latest dramatic feature film,
Archaeology of a Woman, won the prestigious 2012 CINE
Golden Eagle Award and a 2012 Gold Remi Award at the
Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. The work
was also an official selection of the 2012 Woodstock Film
Festival.
1983
GEORGE HENRIQUES
(A, WARD; ’84 WARD)
of Northborough, Mass.,
is president of Patterson
Veterinary Supply in
Devens, Mass. With
Scott Anderson (right
in photo), chairman
and CEO of Patterson
Companies, Henriques recently celebrated Patterson’s
20th year as a public company by ringing the opening
bell to initiate daily trading on the NASDAQ exchange.
1984
CHARLES E. PAGANO (CETA, M’07 A&S) of Waterbury,
Conn., as ESPN’s chief technology officer, is currently
building a brand-new, massive sports production center
with an expected opening date of May 2014. The project
is described as “future proof” to handle upcoming 4K
and 8K production.
1971
Elsa Chin A’07, ’09
JAMES VOKETAITIS (BARNEY) of Forest hills, N.Y., is
a coauthor of Deep Sleep Naturally, a book addressing
health issues.
Habitat Buddies
University of Hartford Alumni Board 2013—14
Carolyn Bligh ’87
FRANK A. CIMINO (M, ENHP) of Torrington, Conn., was
an honorary marshall in the 2013 Memorial Day Parade
in Torrington.
1980
JAMES F. ANDRUS (A&S) of Eureka, Mo., has been
1974
If you’re interested in serving your alma mater as a volunteer—chapter
Barbara Beaudin C’82
1960
1975
MARLENE ROSENFIELD (A&S) of Delmar, N.Y., has
published Up Daddy, Down Daddy, her novel of an uncommon Jewish girlhood. Rosenfield has also published
several short stories and a volume of poetry.
connection by developing regional chapters across the country. They
Celia Duke Lofink ’79, Vice President
A associate’s degree
AD artist diploma
C sixth-year certificate
D doctorate
GPD graduate professional diploma
M master’s degree
No letter designation before a degree year
indicates a bachelor’s degree. P indicates
the parent of a student or alumnus/a.
Remember those exciting first days as a student at the University of
Da’Rel J. Eastling ’99, M’12, President
Key
Alumni Connections entries are distinguished
by types of degrees and certification:
Bobbi J. McNeil ’94
Sarah K. Conroy ’08
O. James Purnell III A’69, P’02
Matthew Cooke ’10
William Rodriguez A’02, ’04, M’12
John M. Demma Jr. M’12
Paul A. Sittard ’85
Heather L. Fraser ’99
Adam Stanisic ’09
Angela Henke ’97, M’99
Ariana Tarpinian ’11
George L. Henriques A’83, ’84
Naomi Lerner Tussin ’77, P’12
Bernard L. Kavaler ’79, M’88
P: Alumni parent
Donald H. Shaw Jr. M’77 (Barney) (right) boards
the plane with former President Jimmy Carter (left)
in December 2012 on the Habitat for Humanity
return flight from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Work Project in Léogâne, Haiti, the epicenter of
a devasting 2010 earthquake. Habitat’s disaster
relief and recovery program has served more than
50,000 Haitian families. Shaw, a board member
and past board chair of the Hartford Area Habitat
for Humanity, has volunteered service on four other
Carter project construction crews in South Africa,
Mexico, India, and Thailand.
fall 2013 25
Alumni Connections
Alumni Connections
Alumni Connections
Dear Fellow Alumni,
1957
Hartford? Meeting new friends; navigating the campus; adjusting to
ANSELMO “SAM” FALCETTI (HARTT) of Springfield,
classes, dorm life, and cafeteria food—just what the Class of 2017
Mass., has formed the New England Digital Accordion
Orchestra. The group’s first performance took place
in April 2013 at the 51st annual New England Music
Festival in Newton, Mass.
did in their first days on campus. And your Alumni Association was
on hand on to celebrate their arrival into the UHart family.
Each entering student received a T-shirt emblazoned with “Your Only
Limits Are Self-Imposed.” In even stronger solidarity, the entire T-shirt-
An annual gift to the Anchor Fund is another great way to support your
sporting class formed a giant H on the heart of the college green (see
alma mater. As students, all of us benefited in some way from the
back cover).
financial support of others. As alumni, we can pay that gift forward by
Hawktober Weekend brought hundreds of us back to campus to
helping current students with our own Anchor Fund.
celebrate our UHart connection. On a glorious mid-October weekend
Have you noticed our increased efforts to keep in touch with you via
we honored the accomplishments of the talented alumni among us—
the Alumni Association e-newsletter; our Facebook, Twitter, and
from the free concert by acclaimed all-alumni band Bronze Radio
Instagram posts; and our invitations to regional and campus events?
Return and the art at the sixth annual Hartford Art School Juried
If you’re not getting our emails, send us your current email address.
Alumni Exhibition to the presentation of our alumni Anchor Awards
If you’re not seeing our posts, tweets, and photos, follow us. Tell us
and the minireunions of former student leaders, student-athletes, and
your news. Volunteer to help a UHart student navigate the working
scholars representing all UHart schools.
world. Attend an event in your area or help plan one. Return to our
We’ve taken our show on the road this year with alumni gatherings in
New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Florida, Cape Cod, London, Paris,
and, of course, Greater Hartford. Alumni Relations Director Heather
Corbett and her team are committed to strengthening our UHart
beautiful campus whenever you can. If we stay connected, there are
no limits to what we can do together for the University of Hartford and,
just perhaps, for each other.
Best,
have already started meeting with alumni to learn more about what
we’re looking for and to recruit alumni volunteers to lead the charge.
leader, internship sponsor or student mentor, affinity group volunteer, or
Da’Rel J. Eastling ’99, M’12
member of the Alumni Board or a subcommittee—don’t be shy about
President
getting in touch with someone on the board or the staff. We need you!
Alumni Association
Steven H. Bontempi ’92
Christopher Carr ’11
Robert J. Carr ’93
24 Observer
1966
GEORGE LANDIS (A&S) of Cromwell, Conn., has been
awarded the Proficiency Distinction by the Photographic
Society of America (PSA) in recognition of his photographic achievements in PSA-recognized international
exhibitions of photography.
1968
HAROLD R. KRAMER (A, WARD) of Cheshire, Conn., in
his capacity as an FCC-licensed amateur radio operator,
was assigned to relay communications to Chris Troyanos,
medical director for the Boston Marathon, during this
year’s tragic bombing.
PATRICIA PALMER COLLINSON (HARTT) of Cape May
Court House, N.J., is an oboe soloist and teaches oboe
and piano. In May she premiered a classical concert
piece written for oboe at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
appointed vice president of Global Smart Grid Sales at
Tollgrade Communication, Inc.
JAMES R. METZLER (HARTT) of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
directed the Canterbury Singers USA for five services of
Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Catherdral, and Southwark Cathedral in London, England.
1977
PETER F. PRIVITERA (BARNEY, M’86 BARNEY) of
Rocky Hill, Conn., was chosen as the new finance director for the Town of West Hartford, Conn.
1978
JANET ABEL (ENHP) of Hartford, Conn., has been ap-
pointed business project senior specialist in senior and
retiree service operations at Cigna in Bloomfield, Conn.
PAUL BISACCIA (HARTT) of Provincetown, Mass., over
the past 13 months has released three CDs, a DVD of
excerpts from his PBS shows, and a new book titled
Piano Player: Memoir and Master Class.
JONATHAN SELAGE (HARTT) of Palm Bay, Fla., retired
as director of music and liturgy at St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Palm Bay, capping a 22-year career in church
music and more than 35 years of leading services in
prayer through music.
1979
GREGORY R. BEECHER (BARNEY) of Lincoln, Mass.,
was elected to the board of directors of Hittite Microwave
Corporation.
SHARON GREYTAK (HAS) New York, N.Y., is a writer,
producer, and director. Her latest dramatic feature film,
Archaeology of a Woman, won the prestigious 2012 CINE
Golden Eagle Award and a 2012 Gold Remi Award at the
Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. The work
was also an official selection of the 2012 Woodstock Film
Festival.
1983
GEORGE HENRIQUES
(A, WARD; ’84 WARD)
of Northborough, Mass.,
is president of Patterson
Veterinary Supply in
Devens, Mass. With
Scott Anderson (right
in photo), chairman
and CEO of Patterson
Companies, Henriques recently celebrated Patterson’s
20th year as a public company by ringing the opening
bell to initiate daily trading on the NASDAQ exchange.
1984
CHARLES E. PAGANO (CETA, M’07 A&S) of Waterbury,
Conn., as ESPN’s chief technology officer, is currently
building a brand-new, massive sports production center
with an expected opening date of May 2014. The project
is described as “future proof” to handle upcoming 4K
and 8K production.
1971
Elsa Chin A’07, ’09
JAMES VOKETAITIS (BARNEY) of Forest hills, N.Y., is
a coauthor of Deep Sleep Naturally, a book addressing
health issues.
Habitat Buddies
University of Hartford Alumni Board 2013—14
Carolyn Bligh ’87
FRANK A. CIMINO (M, ENHP) of Torrington, Conn., was
an honorary marshall in the 2013 Memorial Day Parade
in Torrington.
1980
JAMES F. ANDRUS (A&S) of Eureka, Mo., has been
1974
If you’re interested in serving your alma mater as a volunteer—chapter
Barbara Beaudin C’82
1960
1975
MARLENE ROSENFIELD (A&S) of Delmar, N.Y., has
published Up Daddy, Down Daddy, her novel of an uncommon Jewish girlhood. Rosenfield has also published
several short stories and a volume of poetry.
connection by developing regional chapters across the country. They
Celia Duke Lofink ’79, Vice President
A associate’s degree
AD artist diploma
C sixth-year certificate
D doctorate
GPD graduate professional diploma
M master’s degree
No letter designation before a degree year
indicates a bachelor’s degree. P indicates
the parent of a student or alumnus/a.
Remember those exciting first days as a student at the University of
Da’Rel J. Eastling ’99, M’12, President
Key
Alumni Connections entries are distinguished
by types of degrees and certification:
Bobbi J. McNeil ’94
Sarah K. Conroy ’08
O. James Purnell III A’69, P’02
Matthew Cooke ’10
William Rodriguez A’02, ’04, M’12
John M. Demma Jr. M’12
Paul A. Sittard ’85
Heather L. Fraser ’99
Adam Stanisic ’09
Angela Henke ’97, M’99
Ariana Tarpinian ’11
George L. Henriques A’83, ’84
Naomi Lerner Tussin ’77, P’12
Bernard L. Kavaler ’79, M’88
P: Alumni parent
Donald H. Shaw Jr. M’77 (Barney) (right) boards
the plane with former President Jimmy Carter (left)
in December 2012 on the Habitat for Humanity
return flight from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Work Project in Léogâne, Haiti, the epicenter of
a devasting 2010 earthquake. Habitat’s disaster
relief and recovery program has served more than
50,000 Haitian families. Shaw, a board member
and past board chair of the Hartford Area Habitat
for Humanity, has volunteered service on four other
Carter project construction crews in South Africa,
Mexico, India, and Thailand.
fall 2013 25
Alumni Connections
The Gift of Life
(and Rent Money)
Jordyn O’Donovan ’04 learned in October 2011
that the flulike symptoms she had been suffering
for 10 days were something much more serious.
She soon found out that she had Chronic Myeloid
Leukemia (CML). Despite being told that most
patients can manage CML with medication,
O’Donovan did not respond as expected to the
pills. She worked with a medical team for 18
months to find a combination that would combat
her cancer. But in May 2013 she had to face the
fact that her only choice was stem cell transplant.
O’Donovan had the procedure performed
at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer
Center in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 7, receiving her
new bone marrow from an anonymous donor on
the National Bone Marrow Registry. Although she
had some initial setbacks, she is now back at
home and beginning her long recovery.
The medications she must take to keep her
body from rejecting the transplant also weaken
her immune system. As a result, she will be
confined to her apartment for at least six months
and possibly a year.
STEVEN T. WOZNICKI (M, ENHP) of Weatogue,
Conn., has been named principal of Braeburn Elmentary School in West Hartford, Conn.
1999
KENDRA S. GARZIONE (BARNEY) of Modena, N.Y.,
was promoted to manager of the public accounting firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni &
Weddell, LLP.
LINDA C. KNIERIM (M,
Ties That Bind
O’Donovan’s two classmates and close friends
Shira Tizer ’04 and Emily Peterson ’04 set up a
fund on indiegogo.com, a fundraising website,
with the goal of raising $15,000 to help cover
O’Donovan’s expenses before and after her
surgery because she won’t be able to go to work.
The campaign, which closed in late September,
was successful, raising almost $16,000.
To read O’Donovan’s posts on her progress,
go to caringbridge.org/visit/jordynodonovan. You
can also email get-well wishes to her at jordynodonovan@gmail.com. To learn more about how
you can save someone’s life with a bone marrow
donation, visit bethematch.org.
Twenty years past and three states away are no
match for many University friendships. Amy
Ekross Quigley ’93 (A&S) (left) of Belmont,
Mass., and Mara Steinberg ’93 (A&S) (right)
of New York, N.Y., caught up on all the news
and enjoyed each other’s company last summer
in front of the new entrance to Poe Residence
Hall. The friends, who roomed together during
their undergraduate years, faithfully return to
campus every year for their own minireunion.
EDWARD MYLES (BARNEY) of North Easton, Mass., has
been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice
president of corporate development at Advanced Cell
Technology, Inc., in Marlborough, Mass.
VICTORIA VOKETAITIS (HARTT) of New York, N.Y., has
1985
1988
SUSAN M. RIBOT (A&S) of Great Falls, Va., has been
appointed senior client partner at Korn/Ferry International.
PETER ALLEN (HAS) of Brooklyn, N.Y., presented two
original garments called Aerial and FTS (Façade of the
Synthetic) as part of the Intelligent Textiles section of the
2013 Columbia Fashion Week.
1986
JAMES MAHONEY (M,
BARNEY) of Glastonbury,
Conn., has been elected
chairman of the board of
directors of the Hospital for
Special Care in New Britain,
Conn. He will also serve as
vice chair for the Center of
Special Care, Inc.
THOMAS SCHILLACI (BARNEY) of Durango, Colo., has
joined the IT training team at Health Quest, a leading
healthcare company in the mid–Hudson Valley in New
York State, as an instructional designer for Web-based
training applications.
1986
STEPHEN K. DAVIS (HARTT) of West Hartford, Conn.,
one of the most acclaimed trombonists in modern jazz,
made a rare appearance, with bassist James Buckley, at
the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
TIMOTHY J. PETROVIC (A&S) of Austin,Texas, played in
this summer’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
SANDRA W. PIEROG (M,
BARNEY) of Bolton, Conn., is
senior manager at Whittlesey &
Hadley, P.C., in Hartford, Conn.
She was chosen to represent
the Connecticut Society of
Certified Public Accountants’
Federal Income Taxation
Committee as its chair on
the Advisory Council.
GEORGE E. TANSMAN (A&S) of Bangkok, Thailand, is
FRANK R. SALVATORE (A&S) of Danbury, Conn., was
chief financial officer at Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
in Bangkok.
honored at the Connecticut Society for Respiratory Care
Super Symposium with the John and Louise Julius
Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of
Respiratory Care.
1987
CHAI-LUN YUEH (AD, HARTT; M’89 HARTT) of West
Hartford, Conn., teaches at Trinity College and Wesleyan
University. His newly released CD, 24 Italian Songs and
Arias, won a gold Prestige Music Award in 2012 and a
Global Music Award for excellence in 2013.
26 Observer
What’s
Your Plan?
joined the Jazz Foundation of America as its director of
special projects.
1994
KENNETH R. MUSKAT (A&S) of Miami, Fla., has been
named senior vice president of sales and marketing for
MSC Cruises (USA).
1990
ANNE D E MICHIEL (HARTT) of New Hartford, Conn.,
teaches chorus and general music at Eli Terry Jr. Middle
School in Terryville, Conn. Her students performed the
National Anthem last March before a Connecticut Whale
(currently Hartford Wolf Pack) hockey game at Hartford’s
XL Center.
ROGER R. KLENE (M, BARNEY) of Farmington, Conn.,
is retiring after having led the Mott Corporation for 18
years.
1992
GIRISH D. RISHI (M, BARNEY) of South Barrington,
Ill., has been newly appointed to the board of directors
of Digi International, Inc. Rishi is senior vice president of
Enterprise Solutions at Motorola Solutions.
1993
BRIAN E. JENKINS (HARTT) of Wolcott, Conn., is a
bassist, founder, and director of the Brian Earl Jenkins
Band, a contemporary jazz group that was featured at
the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Conn.
VICTOR R. MARKIW (HARTT) of West Haven, Conn.,
has been named a Fulbright Scholar. He is spending the
fall semester in Ukraine studying its composers.
1997
SARAH GRAUMANN (HARTT) of Providence, R.I.,
graduated from Providence College with an MBA in
marketing and management. While at Providence, she
was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, an international
buisness honor society.
JAMES S. GREENE (HARTT) of Sandy Hook, Conn.,
well-known saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, is
an assistant professor of music and assistant coordinator
of jazz studies at Western Connecticut State University
(WCSU). Greene performed at WCSU’s benefit Jazz
Fest in April to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting. He and his wife, Nelba
Marquez-Greene ’97 , lost their 6-year-old daughter,
Ana, in the tragedy.
1998
JULIE D. BROWN (A&S) of Melrose, Mass., has been
appointed director of academic Business development at
Shawmut Design and Construction in Boston, Mass.
VICTOR M. PACHECO JR. (HAS) of Worcester, Mass.,
is a visiting assistant professor of fine arts at Trinity
College in Hartford, Conn. An environmentally and
socially conscious artist, Pacheco’s current aesthetic
focus is on the “details of how industrial processes
work and how they affect our environment.”
BARNEY) of Avon, Conn., is
the director of estate gift
and trust services at
Filomeno & Company in
West Hartford, Conn. She
was chosen to represent
the Connecticut Society of
Certified Public Accountants’ Trust, Estate, and Gift
Taxation Committee as its
chair on the Advisory Council.
ANNE TALCOTT WATSON (M, EHNP) of Glaston-
bury, Conn., was elected principal of the Colchester
Elementary School in Colchester, Conn.
2000
SEAN BURTON (HARTT) of Sioux City, Iowa, was
granted tenure status at Briar Cliff University in Sioux
City, where he is division chair of arts and humanities,
the Gilchrist Foundation director of choral activities,
and associate professor of music. He and his wife,
Shannon, are the proud new parents of a baby boy
(see Hawk Hatchlings, p. 29).
KATHLEEN M. KELLY (M, HAS) of New Hartford,
Conn., was the Norfolk Artisan Guild’s guest artist
for the months of June and July. Her exhibition,
Paradise, Near and Far, showcased paintings,
photography, and pottery inspired by life, including
direct observation in Norfolk and Greater Litchfield
County in Connecticut and in Hawaii. View Kelly’s
full portfolio at kathleenartist.com.
KEVIN M. O’CONNELL (M, BARNEY) of Torrington,
Conn., was named administrator of Geer Village, an extensive senior health and living facility in Canaan, Conn.
AYA BECKLES SWANSON (HARTT) of Clinton, Conn.,
Rose Nigri Carley ’58 combined her
passion for music with her University
of Hartford's Hartt School training
as a pianist and shared both with her
5th-grade students over a long career.
In gratitude for her 42 years of
teaching, the Hanover Elementary
School in Meriden, Conn., named
its school stage in her memory after
she died.
Hoping to honor the memory of his
beloved wife here at the The Hartt
School, Marvin Carley has established
the Rose Nigri Carley ’58 Memorial
Fund for Music Education. When the
Rose Nigri Carley Fund receives
Marvin’s bequest, Rose’s legacy will be
carried on by each Hartt School
student fortunate enough to receive
financial assistance in her name.
If you would like to honor the
memory of someone you know and
love, perpetuating a valued legacy in
a meaningful way, we encourage you
to follow Marvin’s example and plan
a gift for the University of Hartford.
We’d like to welcome you into the
Founders’ Society.
has been appointed economic development associate
at Meriden City Hall in Meriden, Conn.
On Broadway
Hartt alumni will be appearing on Broadway
this season. Christine Dwyer ’07 will make her
Broadway debut this season as the Elphaba
standby in the blockbuster musical Wicked.
Kevin Duda ’01 and Douglas Lyons ’09 have
been cast in the Broadway company of Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical, which arrived Nov. 21.
Duda and Lyson also shared the Broadway stage
in The Book of Mormon. Alison Cusano ’09 is part
of the cast of Broadway’s A Night with Janis Joplin
(Joplinaire swing and Janis Joplin understudy).
The show opened on Oct. 10. John Brink ’09 will
be appearing in the Broadway production of Les
Misérables. Brink just came off the national tour of
Les Mis, where he play Enjolras and understudied
(and went on as) Jean Valjean.
Visit hartford.edu/plannedgiving to
learn more about how your planning
today can strengthen the future for
the University.
FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY
To discuss a planned gift to the
University of Hartford, please contact:
Peter H. Congleton
Director of Planned Giving
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
congleton@hartford.edu
860.768.2415
Alumni Connections
The Gift of Life
(and Rent Money)
Jordyn O’Donovan ’04 learned in October 2011
that the flulike symptoms she had been suffering
for 10 days were something much more serious.
She soon found out that she had Chronic Myeloid
Leukemia (CML). Despite being told that most
patients can manage CML with medication,
O’Donovan did not respond as expected to the
pills. She worked with a medical team for 18
months to find a combination that would combat
her cancer. But in May 2013 she had to face the
fact that her only choice was stem cell transplant.
O’Donovan had the procedure performed
at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer
Center in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 7, receiving her
new bone marrow from an anonymous donor on
the National Bone Marrow Registry. Although she
had some initial setbacks, she is now back at
home and beginning her long recovery.
The medications she must take to keep her
body from rejecting the transplant also weaken
her immune system. As a result, she will be
confined to her apartment for at least six months
and possibly a year.
STEVEN T. WOZNICKI (M, ENHP) of Weatogue,
Conn., has been named principal of Braeburn Elmentary School in West Hartford, Conn.
1999
KENDRA S. GARZIONE (BARNEY) of Modena, N.Y.,
was promoted to manager of the public accounting firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni &
Weddell, LLP.
LINDA C. KNIERIM (M,
Ties That Bind
O’Donovan’s two classmates and close friends
Shira Tizer ’04 and Emily Peterson ’04 set up a
fund on indiegogo.com, a fundraising website,
with the goal of raising $15,000 to help cover
O’Donovan’s expenses before and after her
surgery because she won’t be able to go to work.
The campaign, which closed in late September,
was successful, raising almost $16,000.
To read O’Donovan’s posts on her progress,
go to caringbridge.org/visit/jordynodonovan. You
can also email get-well wishes to her at jordynodonovan@gmail.com. To learn more about how
you can save someone’s life with a bone marrow
donation, visit bethematch.org.
Twenty years past and three states away are no
match for many University friendships. Amy
Ekross Quigley ’93 (A&S) (left) of Belmont,
Mass., and Mara Steinberg ’93 (A&S) (right)
of New York, N.Y., caught up on all the news
and enjoyed each other’s company last summer
in front of the new entrance to Poe Residence
Hall. The friends, who roomed together during
their undergraduate years, faithfully return to
campus every year for their own minireunion.
EDWARD MYLES (BARNEY) of North Easton, Mass., has
been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice
president of corporate development at Advanced Cell
Technology, Inc., in Marlborough, Mass.
VICTORIA VOKETAITIS (HARTT) of New York, N.Y., has
1985
1988
SUSAN M. RIBOT (A&S) of Great Falls, Va., has been
appointed senior client partner at Korn/Ferry International.
PETER ALLEN (HAS) of Brooklyn, N.Y., presented two
original garments called Aerial and FTS (Façade of the
Synthetic) as part of the Intelligent Textiles section of the
2013 Columbia Fashion Week.
1986
JAMES MAHONEY (M,
BARNEY) of Glastonbury,
Conn., has been elected
chairman of the board of
directors of the Hospital for
Special Care in New Britain,
Conn. He will also serve as
vice chair for the Center of
Special Care, Inc.
THOMAS SCHILLACI (BARNEY) of Durango, Colo., has
joined the IT training team at Health Quest, a leading
healthcare company in the mid–Hudson Valley in New
York State, as an instructional designer for Web-based
training applications.
1986
STEPHEN K. DAVIS (HARTT) of West Hartford, Conn.,
one of the most acclaimed trombonists in modern jazz,
made a rare appearance, with bassist James Buckley, at
the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
TIMOTHY J. PETROVIC (A&S) of Austin,Texas, played in
this summer’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
SANDRA W. PIEROG (M,
BARNEY) of Bolton, Conn., is
senior manager at Whittlesey &
Hadley, P.C., in Hartford, Conn.
She was chosen to represent
the Connecticut Society of
Certified Public Accountants’
Federal Income Taxation
Committee as its chair on
the Advisory Council.
GEORGE E. TANSMAN (A&S) of Bangkok, Thailand, is
FRANK R. SALVATORE (A&S) of Danbury, Conn., was
chief financial officer at Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
in Bangkok.
honored at the Connecticut Society for Respiratory Care
Super Symposium with the John and Louise Julius
Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of
Respiratory Care.
1987
CHAI-LUN YUEH (AD, HARTT; M’89 HARTT) of West
Hartford, Conn., teaches at Trinity College and Wesleyan
University. His newly released CD, 24 Italian Songs and
Arias, won a gold Prestige Music Award in 2012 and a
Global Music Award for excellence in 2013.
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What’s
Your Plan?
joined the Jazz Foundation of America as its director of
special projects.
1994
KENNETH R. MUSKAT (A&S) of Miami, Fla., has been
named senior vice president of sales and marketing for
MSC Cruises (USA).
1990
ANNE D E MICHIEL (HARTT) of New Hartford, Conn.,
teaches chorus and general music at Eli Terry Jr. Middle
School in Terryville, Conn. Her students performed the
National Anthem last March before a Connecticut Whale
(currently Hartford Wolf Pack) hockey game at Hartford’s
XL Center.
ROGER R. KLENE (M, BARNEY) of Farmington, Conn.,
is retiring after having led the Mott Corporation for 18
years.
1992
GIRISH D. RISHI (M, BARNEY) of South Barrington,
Ill., has been newly appointed to the board of directors
of Digi International, Inc. Rishi is senior vice president of
Enterprise Solutions at Motorola Solutions.
1993
BRIAN E. JENKINS (HARTT) of Wolcott, Conn., is a
bassist, founder, and director of the Brian Earl Jenkins
Band, a contemporary jazz group that was featured at
the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Conn.
VICTOR R. MARKIW (HARTT) of West Haven, Conn.,
has been named a Fulbright Scholar. He is spending the
fall semester in Ukraine studying its composers.
1997
SARAH GRAUMANN (HARTT) of Providence, R.I.,
graduated from Providence College with an MBA in
marketing and management. While at Providence, she
was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, an international
buisness honor society.
JAMES S. GREENE (HARTT) of Sandy Hook, Conn.,
well-known saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, is
an assistant professor of music and assistant coordinator
of jazz studies at Western Connecticut State University
(WCSU). Greene performed at WCSU’s benefit Jazz
Fest in April to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting. He and his wife, Nelba
Marquez-Greene ’97 , lost their 6-year-old daughter,
Ana, in the tragedy.
1998
JULIE D. BROWN (A&S) of Melrose, Mass., has been
appointed director of academic Business development at
Shawmut Design and Construction in Boston, Mass.
VICTOR M. PACHECO JR. (HAS) of Worcester, Mass.,
is a visiting assistant professor of fine arts at Trinity
College in Hartford, Conn. An environmentally and
socially conscious artist, Pacheco’s current aesthetic
focus is on the “details of how industrial processes
work and how they affect our environment.”
BARNEY) of Avon, Conn., is
the director of estate gift
and trust services at
Filomeno & Company in
West Hartford, Conn. She
was chosen to represent
the Connecticut Society of
Certified Public Accountants’ Trust, Estate, and Gift
Taxation Committee as its
chair on the Advisory Council.
ANNE TALCOTT WATSON (M, EHNP) of Glaston-
bury, Conn., was elected principal of the Colchester
Elementary School in Colchester, Conn.
2000
SEAN BURTON (HARTT) of Sioux City, Iowa, was
granted tenure status at Briar Cliff University in Sioux
City, where he is division chair of arts and humanities,
the Gilchrist Foundation director of choral activities,
and associate professor of music. He and his wife,
Shannon, are the proud new parents of a baby boy
(see Hawk Hatchlings, p. 29).
KATHLEEN M. KELLY (M, HAS) of New Hartford,
Conn., was the Norfolk Artisan Guild’s guest artist
for the months of June and July. Her exhibition,
Paradise, Near and Far, showcased paintings,
photography, and pottery inspired by life, including
direct observation in Norfolk and Greater Litchfield
County in Connecticut and in Hawaii. View Kelly’s
full portfolio at kathleenartist.com.
KEVIN M. O’CONNELL (M, BARNEY) of Torrington,
Conn., was named administrator of Geer Village, an extensive senior health and living facility in Canaan, Conn.
AYA BECKLES SWANSON (HARTT) of Clinton, Conn.,
Rose Nigri Carley ’58 combined her
passion for music with her University
of Hartford's Hartt School training
as a pianist and shared both with her
5th-grade students over a long career.
In gratitude for her 42 years of
teaching, the Hanover Elementary
School in Meriden, Conn., named
its school stage in her memory after
she died.
Hoping to honor the memory of his
beloved wife here at the The Hartt
School, Marvin Carley has established
the Rose Nigri Carley ’58 Memorial
Fund for Music Education. When the
Rose Nigri Carley Fund receives
Marvin’s bequest, Rose’s legacy will be
carried on by each Hartt School
student fortunate enough to receive
financial assistance in her name.
If you would like to honor the
memory of someone you know and
love, perpetuating a valued legacy in
a meaningful way, we encourage you
to follow Marvin’s example and plan
a gift for the University of Hartford.
We’d like to welcome you into the
Founders’ Society.
has been appointed economic development associate
at Meriden City Hall in Meriden, Conn.
On Broadway
Hartt alumni will be appearing on Broadway
this season. Christine Dwyer ’07 will make her
Broadway debut this season as the Elphaba
standby in the blockbuster musical Wicked.
Kevin Duda ’01 and Douglas Lyons ’09 have
been cast in the Broadway company of Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical, which arrived Nov. 21.
Duda and Lyson also shared the Broadway stage
in The Book of Mormon. Alison Cusano ’09 is part
of the cast of Broadway’s A Night with Janis Joplin
(Joplinaire swing and Janis Joplin understudy).
The show opened on Oct. 10. John Brink ’09 will
be appearing in the Broadway production of Les
Misérables. Brink just came off the national tour of
Les Mis, where he play Enjolras and understudied
(and went on as) Jean Valjean.
Visit hartford.edu/plannedgiving to
learn more about how your planning
today can strengthen the future for
the University.
FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY
To discuss a planned gift to the
University of Hartford, please contact:
Peter H. Congleton
Director of Planned Giving
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
congleton@hartford.edu
860.768.2415
Alumni Connections
CHRISTOPHER TRANBERG (M, HARTT) of Tariffville,
Conn., has been appointed principal of Avon High
School in Avon, Conn.
2005
Women for Change Calendar
The theme of the fifth annual calendar is “Miss Represented,”
which contains stories and photos submitted by women
that explain how they feel misrepresented, missed, or
dismissed in the culture. The calendar will be sold to raise
money for the campus organization Women for Change.
The group sponsors events related to body image issues,
feminism, and sexuality. The calendars may be ordered for
$12 ($10 plus shipping) by contacting Associate Professor
Mala Matacin, founder and faculty sponsor of Women for
Change, at matacin@hartford.edu.
TIMothy E. ROBINSON (A&S) Falls, Pa., is the new
marketing manager at Johnson College in Scranton, Pa.
Weddings
AISHA SALEM (HARTT) of Winter Park, Fla., has been
appointed intellectual property attaché for the Middle
East and North Africa, based in the U.S. Embassy in
Cairo, Egypt.
Above left: Linda Wat ’06 (HAS) and James DeMorro ’06, M’09, C’10
(A&S), pose for a wedding portrait in front of Bill Miller’s Castle in Branford,
Conn., on June 8, 2013. Middletown, Conn., is now home to the happy couple.
2003
JULIO M. DUARTE (M, ENHP) of Wethersfield, Conn.,
Above center: Jenna Czaplicki ’07 (HAS) and Justin Cavaliere ’06
(Barney) proudly make their entrance together after taking their vows on June 1,
2013, at the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, N.Y.
is currently the interim principal of Conard High School
in West Hartford, Conn.
Above right: Carolyn M. Cartelli and Jack A. Zybura ’09 (CETA) cut the cake
at their wedding reception on Aug. 7, 2011, in Andover, N.J. Since their honeymoon in Mexico, the newlyweds call Succasunna, N.J., home. The groom is a
senior engineer at Lewis S. Goodfriend and Associates.
the 2013 recipient of the Buzzallino Faculty Scholarship
at Cabrini College. Jacques is director of the Gorevin
Gallery at Cabrini.
NICHOLAS JACQUES (HAS) of Conshohocken, Pa., is
KENNETH W. JOHNSON (HARTT) and his wife, JOSIE
MILLER JOHNSON (HARTT), of Olympia, Wash., are
Right: Not even rain could spoil the special day that Kimberly Rutledge A’05,
’08 (Hillyer, A&S), and Marc Cadieux ’07 (ENHP) were married. The bride and
groom came fully prepared for anything on May 11, 2013, in Dartmouth, Mass.
Not pictured:
Alison Jill Rauch ’95 (A&S) and Martin Seth Burger took their wedding
vows on May 19, 2013, at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, N.Y.
Erica Beverly ’09 (A&S) and Andre Thomas celebrated their nuptials on a
sunny June 15, 2013, in Burlington City, N.J., surrounded by a host of family and
friends, including many of Beverly’s former Hartford Hawks basketball teammates.
owners and directors of the Johansen Olympia Dance
Center. Celebrating 40 years, the center prides itself
not just on teaching dance. It works to develop selfconfidence, poise, grace, and discipline in its students,
and relationships with its community.
Engagements
Jamie L. Graves ’04 (A&S) is pleased to announce her engagement to Justin T.
Culligan. The couple plans an April 2014 wedding.
Amanda McLeman ’10 (CETA) is pleased to announce her engagement to
Christopher Pelliccione ’10 (A&S). An October 2014 wedding is planned.
JESSI ROSINSKI (HARTT) of Boston, Mass., has been
accepted into the full-time MBA class of 2015 at the F. W.
Olin Graduate School of Buisness at Babson College.
2004
JOSEPH W. BATTAGLIA (ENHP) of West Hartford, Conn.,
2001
DONNA ROSEMAN DAVID
JEFFREY CHAMPAGNE
(HAS, M’06 BARNEY) of
Tolland, Conn., has joined
MPR Associates, based
in Alexandria, Va., as the
new director of business
development for the
Product Development
Group in Chelmsford,
Mass. Champagne and his wife, Ali (pictured), have three
children, Benjamin, 6; Joseph, 3; and Maria, 1.
(M, BARNEY) of Simsbury,
Conn., is the new chief
financial officer and chief
administrative officer at the
Community Foundation of
Western Massachusetts in
Springfield, Mass.
JASON HERSOM (HARTT) of Natick, Mass., has been
appointed associate director of admission at the Walnut
Hill School for the Arts in Natick.
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DEREK G. MARTIN (HARTT) of Rocklin, Calif., was
named chair of the Creative Arts Department at William
Jessup University in Rocklin.
2002
BARRY “SCOTT” KUHNLY (M, BARNEY) of Granby,
Conn., was endorsed by the Granby Republican Town
Committee as its candidate for first selectman in the fall
municipal election.
MATT MARGOLIS (WARD) of Silver Creek, N.Y., has
published, with coauthor Mark Noonan, his second
nonfiction book, 150 Reasons Why Barack Obama Is
the Worst President in History, which is available at
Amazon.com.
is a finalist for the 2013 Hartford Teacher of the Year competition. As an English teacher at Opportunity High School,
Battaglia uses the arts to help motivate his students.
CORRY KANZENBERG (HAS) of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
is curator of the Charles M. Schulz Museum. The
museum is dedicated to the preservation, display,
and interpretation of the life and art of Peanuts
comic-strip creator Charles M. Schulz.
MARY VOLOVSKI MURPHY (A&S) of Madison, N.J.,
has been promoted to line producer at NBC News.
Murphy, who has been with NBC for nine years,
produces MSNBC’s 3 p.m. show, The Cycle.
SHAWN MURPHY (A&S) of Madison, N.J., has joined
the digital marketing agency Revolution Digital as senior
art director.
VIVIENNE FRIDAY (ENHP, M’07 ENHP) of Bellevue,
Neb., is an assistant professor of nursing at Iowa
Western Community College, one of six recipients of the
2013 NLN Hearst Foundation’s Excellence in Geriatric
Education Award. Friday accepted the award for Iowa
Western at the NLN Education Summit in Washington,
D.C., in September.
SARAH J. WASHBURN (M, HARTT) of West Hartford,
Conn., is a master violinist who performs with the West
End String Quartet. She is also on the faculty of The
Hartt School Community Division.
2006
DONALD C. HOUGHTON (CETA) of Charleston, S.C., is
project manager at Hightower Construction Company in
Charleston.
EDWIN MUENZNER (M,
BARNEY) of Norwich, Conn.,
was recognized by the
Connecticut Society of Certified
Public Accountants with an
Accounting Educator of
Excellence award. Muenzner
(right) received the award from
John Turgeon (left), master of
ceremonies for the evening
and a CPA with CohynReznick LLP.
MATTHEW T. NODLAND (HAS) of Windsor, Conn.,
received a 2012 Emmy Award for his work as a FOX CT
Morning News editor.
2007
JESSICA BOURQUE (HAS) of Providence, R.I., has
graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a
master’s degree in textiles.
SUSAN P. BRERETON (M, HAS) of Simsbury, Conn.,
won a Best in Show award from the Southington Arts
and Crafts Association for At the Beach, a 30" x 30" oil
portrait of a young girl in a beach hat.
Hawk Hatchlings
B irths & A doptions
NICOLE FAZIO (HAS) of Portland, Mass., is the illustrator
of a newly published children’s book, My Massachusetts.
AMANDA PAWLIK (A&S) of Windsor, Conn., has been
appointed manager of the Windsor Art Center.
JACOB VOYCHICK (HARTT, M’12 HARTT).
See COLIN BRITT ’08 .
2008
JASON ANICK (CETA) of Medford, Mass., and his Jason
Anick Quartet presented a Gypsy jazz swing concert at
the First Church of Marlborough.
COLIN BRITT (HARTT) of Wilton, Maine, and JACOB
VOYCHICK ’07 (HARTT, M’12 HARTT) of Wethers-
field, Conn., are members of the 3 Penny Chorus and
Orchestra, a 55-person ensemble and one of the largest
acts to compete in television’s popular America’s Got
Talent. The group went on to compete at the next level in
Las Vegas, Nev.
top to bottom:
Marcy Gotterbarn Weiss ’03, M’04 (A&S)
& Ivan Weiss
(newest addition Noah Jaron [right], 1.21.13,
joined by big brother Caleb Micah [left], under the
strong arm of bigger brother Jacob Simon [center])
Emily McBride Guarino M’11 (Hartt)
& Peter Guarino M’11 (Hartt)
(twins Elliott Ross, 1.15.13 [left], & Aidan Jack,
1.16.13 [right])
Sarah Reuter O’Leary M’08 (Barney)
& John J. O’Leary M’09 (Barney)
(Ellie Kathryn, 4.2.13)
Not pictured:
Shannon & Sean Burton ’00 (Hartt)
(Samuel, 3.15.13)
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Alumni Connections
CHRISTOPHER TRANBERG (M, HARTT) of Tariffville,
Conn., has been appointed principal of Avon High
School in Avon, Conn.
2005
Women for Change Calendar
The theme of the fifth annual calendar is “Miss Represented,”
which contains stories and photos submitted by women
that explain how they feel misrepresented, missed, or
dismissed in the culture. The calendar will be sold to raise
money for the campus organization Women for Change.
The group sponsors events related to body image issues,
feminism, and sexuality. The calendars may be ordered for
$12 ($10 plus shipping) by contacting Associate Professor
Mala Matacin, founder and faculty sponsor of Women for
Change, at matacin@hartford.edu.
TIMothy E. ROBINSON (A&S) Falls, Pa., is the new
marketing manager at Johnson College in Scranton, Pa.
Weddings
AISHA SALEM (HARTT) of Winter Park, Fla., has been
appointed intellectual property attaché for the Middle
East and North Africa, based in the U.S. Embassy in
Cairo, Egypt.
Above left: Linda Wat ’06 (HAS) and James DeMorro ’06, M’09, C’10
(A&S), pose for a wedding portrait in front of Bill Miller’s Castle in Branford,
Conn., on June 8, 2013. Middletown, Conn., is now home to the happy couple.
2003
JULIO M. DUARTE (M, ENHP) of Wethersfield, Conn.,
Above center: Jenna Czaplicki ’07 (HAS) and Justin Cavaliere ’06
(Barney) proudly make their entrance together after taking their vows on June 1,
2013, at the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, N.Y.
is currently the interim principal of Conard High School
in West Hartford, Conn.
Above right: Carolyn M. Cartelli and Jack A. Zybura ’09 (CETA) cut the cake
at their wedding reception on Aug. 7, 2011, in Andover, N.J. Since their honeymoon in Mexico, the newlyweds call Succasunna, N.J., home. The groom is a
senior engineer at Lewis S. Goodfriend and Associates.
the 2013 recipient of the Buzzallino Faculty Scholarship
at Cabrini College. Jacques is director of the Gorevin
Gallery at Cabrini.
NICHOLAS JACQUES (HAS) of Conshohocken, Pa., is
KENNETH W. JOHNSON (HARTT) and his wife, JOSIE
MILLER JOHNSON (HARTT), of Olympia, Wash., are
Right: Not even rain could spoil the special day that Kimberly Rutledge A’05,
’08 (Hillyer, A&S), and Marc Cadieux ’07 (ENHP) were married. The bride and
groom came fully prepared for anything on May 11, 2013, in Dartmouth, Mass.
Not pictured:
Alison Jill Rauch ’95 (A&S) and Martin Seth Burger took their wedding
vows on May 19, 2013, at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, N.Y.
Erica Beverly ’09 (A&S) and Andre Thomas celebrated their nuptials on a
sunny June 15, 2013, in Burlington City, N.J., surrounded by a host of family and
friends, including many of Beverly’s former Hartford Hawks basketball teammates.
owners and directors of the Johansen Olympia Dance
Center. Celebrating 40 years, the center prides itself
not just on teaching dance. It works to develop selfconfidence, poise, grace, and discipline in its students,
and relationships with its community.
Engagements
Jamie L. Graves ’04 (A&S) is pleased to announce her engagement to Justin T.
Culligan. The couple plans an April 2014 wedding.
Amanda McLeman ’10 (CETA) is pleased to announce her engagement to
Christopher Pelliccione ’10 (A&S). An October 2014 wedding is planned.
JESSI ROSINSKI (HARTT) of Boston, Mass., has been
accepted into the full-time MBA class of 2015 at the F. W.
Olin Graduate School of Buisness at Babson College.
2004
JOSEPH W. BATTAGLIA (ENHP) of West Hartford, Conn.,
2001
DONNA ROSEMAN DAVID
JEFFREY CHAMPAGNE
(HAS, M’06 BARNEY) of
Tolland, Conn., has joined
MPR Associates, based
in Alexandria, Va., as the
new director of business
development for the
Product Development
Group in Chelmsford,
Mass. Champagne and his wife, Ali (pictured), have three
children, Benjamin, 6; Joseph, 3; and Maria, 1.
(M, BARNEY) of Simsbury,
Conn., is the new chief
financial officer and chief
administrative officer at the
Community Foundation of
Western Massachusetts in
Springfield, Mass.
JASON HERSOM (HARTT) of Natick, Mass., has been
appointed associate director of admission at the Walnut
Hill School for the Arts in Natick.
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DEREK G. MARTIN (HARTT) of Rocklin, Calif., was
named chair of the Creative Arts Department at William
Jessup University in Rocklin.
2002
BARRY “SCOTT” KUHNLY (M, BARNEY) of Granby,
Conn., was endorsed by the Granby Republican Town
Committee as its candidate for first selectman in the fall
municipal election.
MATT MARGOLIS (WARD) of Silver Creek, N.Y., has
published, with coauthor Mark Noonan, his second
nonfiction book, 150 Reasons Why Barack Obama Is
the Worst President in History, which is available at
Amazon.com.
is a finalist for the 2013 Hartford Teacher of the Year competition. As an English teacher at Opportunity High School,
Battaglia uses the arts to help motivate his students.
CORRY KANZENBERG (HAS) of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
is curator of the Charles M. Schulz Museum. The
museum is dedicated to the preservation, display,
and interpretation of the life and art of Peanuts
comic-strip creator Charles M. Schulz.
MARY VOLOVSKI MURPHY (A&S) of Madison, N.J.,
has been promoted to line producer at NBC News.
Murphy, who has been with NBC for nine years,
produces MSNBC’s 3 p.m. show, The Cycle.
SHAWN MURPHY (A&S) of Madison, N.J., has joined
the digital marketing agency Revolution Digital as senior
art director.
VIVIENNE FRIDAY (ENHP, M’07 ENHP) of Bellevue,
Neb., is an assistant professor of nursing at Iowa
Western Community College, one of six recipients of the
2013 NLN Hearst Foundation’s Excellence in Geriatric
Education Award. Friday accepted the award for Iowa
Western at the NLN Education Summit in Washington,
D.C., in September.
SARAH J. WASHBURN (M, HARTT) of West Hartford,
Conn., is a master violinist who performs with the West
End String Quartet. She is also on the faculty of The
Hartt School Community Division.
2006
DONALD C. HOUGHTON (CETA) of Charleston, S.C., is
project manager at Hightower Construction Company in
Charleston.
EDWIN MUENZNER (M,
BARNEY) of Norwich, Conn.,
was recognized by the
Connecticut Society of Certified
Public Accountants with an
Accounting Educator of
Excellence award. Muenzner
(right) received the award from
John Turgeon (left), master of
ceremonies for the evening
and a CPA with CohynReznick LLP.
MATTHEW T. NODLAND (HAS) of Windsor, Conn.,
received a 2012 Emmy Award for his work as a FOX CT
Morning News editor.
2007
JESSICA BOURQUE (HAS) of Providence, R.I., has
graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a
master’s degree in textiles.
SUSAN P. BRERETON (M, HAS) of Simsbury, Conn.,
won a Best in Show award from the Southington Arts
and Crafts Association for At the Beach, a 30" x 30" oil
portrait of a young girl in a beach hat.
Hawk Hatchlings
B irths & A doptions
NICOLE FAZIO (HAS) of Portland, Mass., is the illustrator
of a newly published children’s book, My Massachusetts.
AMANDA PAWLIK (A&S) of Windsor, Conn., has been
appointed manager of the Windsor Art Center.
JACOB VOYCHICK (HARTT, M’12 HARTT).
See COLIN BRITT ’08 .
2008
JASON ANICK (CETA) of Medford, Mass., and his Jason
Anick Quartet presented a Gypsy jazz swing concert at
the First Church of Marlborough.
COLIN BRITT (HARTT) of Wilton, Maine, and JACOB
VOYCHICK ’07 (HARTT, M’12 HARTT) of Wethers-
field, Conn., are members of the 3 Penny Chorus and
Orchestra, a 55-person ensemble and one of the largest
acts to compete in television’s popular America’s Got
Talent. The group went on to compete at the next level in
Las Vegas, Nev.
top to bottom:
Marcy Gotterbarn Weiss ’03, M’04 (A&S)
& Ivan Weiss
(newest addition Noah Jaron [right], 1.21.13,
joined by big brother Caleb Micah [left], under the
strong arm of bigger brother Jacob Simon [center])
Emily McBride Guarino M’11 (Hartt)
& Peter Guarino M’11 (Hartt)
(twins Elliott Ross, 1.15.13 [left], & Aidan Jack,
1.16.13 [right])
Sarah Reuter O’Leary M’08 (Barney)
& John J. O’Leary M’09 (Barney)
(Ellie Kathryn, 4.2.13)
Not pictured:
Shannon & Sean Burton ’00 (Hartt)
(Samuel, 3.15.13)
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Alumni events
I n M emori a m
PATRICK H. DUNN (HARTT) and CODY C. RYAN ’10
(HARTT), both of Port Jervis, N.Y., and ZOE M. KASSAY ’11 (HARTT) of Franklin, Mass., performed in the
Broadway musical Footloose at the Ivoryton Playhouse in
Ivoryton, Conn.
2009
ERICA BEVERLY (A&S) of Lindenwold, N.J., former star
forward for Hartford Hawks Women’s Basketball, has
been inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of
Fame in Worcester, Mass. She and Andre Thomas were
married in June (see Weddings, p. 28).
KAEZA FEARN (M, HARTT) of Dorchester, Mass., is
music director and composer at the First Parish Church
in Taunton, Mass.
MICHAEL R. RUTA (HARTT) of Danvers, Mass., has
been promoted to digital account executive at Schneider
Associates, a public-relations and integrated-marketing
agency based in Boston, Mass.
2010
EMILY DAVIDSON (HARTT ) of Asheville, N.C., completed her master’s in early music performance and has
just released her debut solo CD on Baroque cello.
CHAD L. GROHMAN (M, HAS) of Tonawanda, N.Y., is
an illustrator and visiting lecturer at Rochester Institute
of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
He exhibited his work last spring at VanOver Fine Arts in
Springville, N.Y.
CODY C. RYAN (HARTT).
See PATRICK H. DUNN ’08 .
ALEKSANDER STERNFIELD-DUNN (D, HARTT) of
Wichita, Kan., is this year’s winner of the American
Prize, Concert Band/Wind Ensemble category, for his
composition Fireworks. The concerto for saxophone
and wind ensemble was commissioned by the Wichita
State University Wind Ensemble. Sternfield-Dunn is
an assistant professor of composition, theory, and
technology at Wichita State.
Kenneth K. Berry, former professor of psychology and director and chair of
the University’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD), died on April 13,
2013. During Berry’s years in the College of Arts and Sciences, from 1986 to 1992, he
was largely responsible for the PsyD program’s receiving its first accreditation by the
American Psychological Association.
Lillian S. Birnbaum C’39
Mary E. Guiney A’43
Barbara J. Finkle A’44
Chester Talalaj A’48
Elizabeth S. Cunningham A’49
Arthur Masthay C’50
Thomas F. Brennan A’51
Howard C. Custer A’52
Lauretta S. Schultz M’52
Anna M. Cyr M’54
Joan M. Gervais A’56
Ruth B. Fargoli ’57
Marjorie A. Foreman ’57
James J. Melo ’57
Victorina L. Rizzi M’57
Gerald D. Welch ’57
Arnold F. Woike C’57
Gerald E. Barr ’58
Robert H. Lawrence ’58
James R. Salvato ’58
Sebastian Branciforte C’59
Dominic J. Colamussi A’59
Graham R. Chase ’60
William O. Parker C’60
Stanley W. Klock ’62
Phyllis A. Clark M’63
Raymond T. Hayden Jr. M’63
David H. Katz ’63
THOMAS GOLDFUSS III (M,
BARNEY) of New Haven,
Conn., is a supervisor for
Whittlesey & Hadley, P.C, in
Hartford, Conn. He was chosen
to represent the Connecticut
Society of Certified Public
Accountants’ Golf Tournament
Committee as its chair-elect on
the Advisory Council.
SAMUEL DUNN (BARNEY) of Wilbraham, Mass.,
and ZACHARY DUNN (US) of Somerville, Mass., are
founders of One Mighty Roar, a digital media/technology
company based in Boston, Mass.
ZOE M. KASSAY (HARTT).
See PATRICK H. DUNN ’08 .
DIANNA ROBERGE-WENTZELL (D, ENHP) of South
2012
ARLENE M. ARIAS (D, EHNP) of Waterbury, Conn., is
a licensed clinical social worker at Connecticut Mental
Health Center in New Haven, Conn. She recently
published “Mental Health Clinicians’ Reports of Their
Cultural Intelligence” in Professional Development: The
International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education 16, no. 2 (2013).
KRISTIN TARCZYNSKI (HARTT) of Vernon, N.J., is a
principal performer aboard the Norwegian Sun.
KAYLA M. VERBITSKY (CETA) of Plainville, Conn., is
an architectural associate at Tecton Architects in Hartford,
Conn.
SALVATORE ZULLO (HARTT) of Bronx, N.Y., is a
cofounder with several colleagues of College Problems,
LLC, stemming from the team’s successful 2011 Twitter
account, @_collegeproblem.
2013
HANNAH E. COLE (HARTT) of Avon, Conn., was music
director and coproducer of High School Musical at the
Canton Amateur Summer Theatre in Canton, Conn.
JASDEEP SINGH (D, ENHP) of West Hartford, Conn.,
30 Observer
Robert B. Barrows ’64
Barbara B. Momahan M’64
Frank J. McGowan M’65, C’74
Cornelius J. Currie ’66
Nancy E. Jespersen ’66
David McCourt ’66
Gerald J. Hyland A’57, ’67
Evert W. Olson ’67
M. Edythe Poteat A’67
Robert R. Spencer ’67
Jerrold M. Gold ’68
Bonnie Sylvor Gurwicz ’68
Elizabeth M. Scheidel A’68
Robert J. D’Efemia ’70
George J. Homick ’72
Gerald F. Morissey M’72
Shelby T. Pinney ’75
Anne M. Degraff M’79
Alfred C. Evans M’79
Steven M. Elovich ’79
Anne K. Karas A’79
Vincent S. Melluzzo ’81
Betty Yodkins Kellert C’82
Beverly A. Heckel ’83
Myran-Jean Hurwitz ’85
Randi Reider ’86
Alice Chamis C’88
Gina M. Allemand ’06
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Events
Above right: Founders’ Society members gather, meet,
and greet at the annual Founders’ Planned Giving
Society Luncheon held in September—(foreground l–r)
Jan-Gee and Paul McCollam M’74; Irma Handel;
lifetime regent Jean-Pierre van Rooy; Hillyer Dean David
Goldenberg A’73, ’76, M’76; lifetime regent Helen
Gray; and Betty Willis ’67.
Right: Founders’ Society members Jane Hurwitz A’64,
’66 (right), and Frank Hurwitz ’62 (center) chat with
Stephanie Leffing ’14 (left), an Honors Program
student majoring in economics.
Winter/Spring
Calendar 2014
VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE
Jan. 21 – Feb. 16
Thurs., Jan. 30 – Sun., Feb. 2
Double Feature, Joseloff Gallery
Street Scene, Millard Auditorium
Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Sun., 3 p.m.
2013–14 Georgette and Richard Koopman
Distinguished Chairs in the Visual Arts, Clif
Stoltze and Bonnie Sieglar.
Thurs., Feb. 6
Lecture with Bonnie Sieglar: 3:30 p.m.,
Wilde Auditorium
Public Reception: 5–7 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
Sun., Feb. 16
Garmany Recital: 2–4 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
The Hartt School’s Robert Black
Feb. 15 – March 6
Jonathan Brand, Silpe Gallery
Sculptural work of artist-in-residence
Jonathan Brand
2011
Windsor, Conn., was named chief academic officer at the
Connecticut State Department of Education.
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3.29.13
7.16.13
4.12.13
3.26.13
4.17.13
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8.24.13
9.2.13
4.24.12
4.29.13
4.25.13
4.26.13
A lumni
has been named principal of Wolcott Elementary School
in West Hartford.
Opening Reception: Sat., March 15
Send Your News
March 4 – 30
Alexander A. Goldfarb
Student Exhibition
We would love to share your
news with the University of
Hartford alumni community
through Observer magazine.
Please send news about your
accomplishments, travel,
milestones, announcements,
and photos to
Joseloff Gallery
Thurs., March 27
Closing Reception and Awards Presentation:
4–6 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
Sun., March 9
Garmany Recital: 2–4 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
March 9 – April 2
DRINK!
Open Juried Exhibition
Silpe Gallery
Hartt Opera Theatre presents Kurt Weill’s
Street Scene.
Admission: $20, with discounts for seniors,
students, and groups of 10 or more
Fri., March 7
Mozart Requiem
Cathedral of Saint Joseph
140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn.
7:30 p.m.
The Hartt School Choruses and the Solo
Dei Gloria Orchestra, under the direction
of Edward Bolkovac, present Mozart’s
monumental Requiem.
Fri., April 4
Hartt Orchestra at the Bushnell
The Hartt Orchestra returns to the Belding
Theater at Bushnell Center for the Performing
Arts for another glorious performance. Works
by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Samuel
Barber conducted by Edward Cumming.
Thurs., April 17 – Sat., April 19
Hartt Dances, Lincoln Theater
Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Sat., 2 p.m.
Admission: $20, with discounts for seniors,
students, and groups of 10 or more
National open juried exhibition of ceramic
cups, goblets, mugs, tea bowls, teacups, and
tumblers.
alumni@hartford.edu
or
Observer Magazine Class Notes
Office of Alumni Relations
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Opening Reception: Sun., March 9
For the full spectrum of events at the University of Hartford, beginning in January 2014,
visit hartford.edu and select Campus Calendar. For more information on events at The
Hartt School, go to hartweb.hartford.edu, and for more on Hartford Art School events,
visit hartfordhartschool.org, choose News & Events at the bottom of the page and then
the tab labeled "Events."
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Alumni Connections
Alumni events
I n M emori a m
PATRICK H. DUNN (HARTT) and CODY C. RYAN ’10
(HARTT), both of Port Jervis, N.Y., and ZOE M. KASSAY ’11 (HARTT) of Franklin, Mass., performed in the
Broadway musical Footloose at the Ivoryton Playhouse in
Ivoryton, Conn.
2009
ERICA BEVERLY (A&S) of Lindenwold, N.J., former star
forward for Hartford Hawks Women’s Basketball, has
been inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of
Fame in Worcester, Mass. She and Andre Thomas were
married in June (see Weddings, p. 28).
KAEZA FEARN (M, HARTT) of Dorchester, Mass., is
music director and composer at the First Parish Church
in Taunton, Mass.
MICHAEL R. RUTA (HARTT) of Danvers, Mass., has
been promoted to digital account executive at Schneider
Associates, a public-relations and integrated-marketing
agency based in Boston, Mass.
2010
EMILY DAVIDSON (HARTT ) of Asheville, N.C., completed her master’s in early music performance and has
just released her debut solo CD on Baroque cello.
CHAD L. GROHMAN (M, HAS) of Tonawanda, N.Y., is
an illustrator and visiting lecturer at Rochester Institute
of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
He exhibited his work last spring at VanOver Fine Arts in
Springville, N.Y.
CODY C. RYAN (HARTT).
See PATRICK H. DUNN ’08 .
ALEKSANDER STERNFIELD-DUNN (D, HARTT) of
Wichita, Kan., is this year’s winner of the American
Prize, Concert Band/Wind Ensemble category, for his
composition Fireworks. The concerto for saxophone
and wind ensemble was commissioned by the Wichita
State University Wind Ensemble. Sternfield-Dunn is
an assistant professor of composition, theory, and
technology at Wichita State.
Kenneth K. Berry, former professor of psychology and director and chair of
the University’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD), died on April 13,
2013. During Berry’s years in the College of Arts and Sciences, from 1986 to 1992, he
was largely responsible for the PsyD program’s receiving its first accreditation by the
American Psychological Association.
Lillian S. Birnbaum C’39
Mary E. Guiney A’43
Barbara J. Finkle A’44
Chester Talalaj A’48
Elizabeth S. Cunningham A’49
Arthur Masthay C’50
Thomas F. Brennan A’51
Howard C. Custer A’52
Lauretta S. Schultz M’52
Anna M. Cyr M’54
Joan M. Gervais A’56
Ruth B. Fargoli ’57
Marjorie A. Foreman ’57
James J. Melo ’57
Victorina L. Rizzi M’57
Gerald D. Welch ’57
Arnold F. Woike C’57
Gerald E. Barr ’58
Robert H. Lawrence ’58
James R. Salvato ’58
Sebastian Branciforte C’59
Dominic J. Colamussi A’59
Graham R. Chase ’60
William O. Parker C’60
Stanley W. Klock ’62
Phyllis A. Clark M’63
Raymond T. Hayden Jr. M’63
David H. Katz ’63
THOMAS GOLDFUSS III (M,
BARNEY) of New Haven,
Conn., is a supervisor for
Whittlesey & Hadley, P.C, in
Hartford, Conn. He was chosen
to represent the Connecticut
Society of Certified Public
Accountants’ Golf Tournament
Committee as its chair-elect on
the Advisory Council.
SAMUEL DUNN (BARNEY) of Wilbraham, Mass.,
and ZACHARY DUNN (US) of Somerville, Mass., are
founders of One Mighty Roar, a digital media/technology
company based in Boston, Mass.
ZOE M. KASSAY (HARTT).
See PATRICK H. DUNN ’08 .
DIANNA ROBERGE-WENTZELL (D, ENHP) of South
2012
ARLENE M. ARIAS (D, EHNP) of Waterbury, Conn., is
a licensed clinical social worker at Connecticut Mental
Health Center in New Haven, Conn. She recently
published “Mental Health Clinicians’ Reports of Their
Cultural Intelligence” in Professional Development: The
International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education 16, no. 2 (2013).
KRISTIN TARCZYNSKI (HARTT) of Vernon, N.J., is a
principal performer aboard the Norwegian Sun.
KAYLA M. VERBITSKY (CETA) of Plainville, Conn., is
an architectural associate at Tecton Architects in Hartford,
Conn.
SALVATORE ZULLO (HARTT) of Bronx, N.Y., is a
cofounder with several colleagues of College Problems,
LLC, stemming from the team’s successful 2011 Twitter
account, @_collegeproblem.
2013
HANNAH E. COLE (HARTT) of Avon, Conn., was music
director and coproducer of High School Musical at the
Canton Amateur Summer Theatre in Canton, Conn.
JASDEEP SINGH (D, ENHP) of West Hartford, Conn.,
30 Observer
Robert B. Barrows ’64
Barbara B. Momahan M’64
Frank J. McGowan M’65, C’74
Cornelius J. Currie ’66
Nancy E. Jespersen ’66
David McCourt ’66
Gerald J. Hyland A’57, ’67
Evert W. Olson ’67
M. Edythe Poteat A’67
Robert R. Spencer ’67
Jerrold M. Gold ’68
Bonnie Sylvor Gurwicz ’68
Elizabeth M. Scheidel A’68
Robert J. D’Efemia ’70
George J. Homick ’72
Gerald F. Morissey M’72
Shelby T. Pinney ’75
Anne M. Degraff M’79
Alfred C. Evans M’79
Steven M. Elovich ’79
Anne K. Karas A’79
Vincent S. Melluzzo ’81
Betty Yodkins Kellert C’82
Beverly A. Heckel ’83
Myran-Jean Hurwitz ’85
Randi Reider ’86
Alice Chamis C’88
Gina M. Allemand ’06
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3.31.13
7.13.13
4.2.13
8.12.13
7.11.13
7.14.13
3.13.13
3.12.13
8.3.13
2.28.13
5.25.13
7.30.13
8.10.13
3.7.13
1.19.13
8.13.13
7.29.13
3.5.13
4.10.13
4.2.13
5.6.13
3.12.13
11.16.12
2.24.13
10.26.12
3.12.13
8.14.13
Events
Above right: Founders’ Society members gather, meet,
and greet at the annual Founders’ Planned Giving
Society Luncheon held in September—(foreground l–r)
Jan-Gee and Paul McCollam M’74; Irma Handel;
lifetime regent Jean-Pierre van Rooy; Hillyer Dean David
Goldenberg A’73, ’76, M’76; lifetime regent Helen
Gray; and Betty Willis ’67.
Right: Founders’ Society members Jane Hurwitz A’64,
’66 (right), and Frank Hurwitz ’62 (center) chat with
Stephanie Leffing ’14 (left), an Honors Program
student majoring in economics.
Winter/Spring
Calendar 2014
VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE
Jan. 21 – Feb. 16
Thurs., Jan. 30 – Sun., Feb. 2
Double Feature, Joseloff Gallery
Street Scene, Millard Auditorium
Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Sun., 3 p.m.
2013–14 Georgette and Richard Koopman
Distinguished Chairs in the Visual Arts, Clif
Stoltze and Bonnie Sieglar.
Thurs., Feb. 6
Lecture with Bonnie Sieglar: 3:30 p.m.,
Wilde Auditorium
Public Reception: 5–7 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
Sun., Feb. 16
Garmany Recital: 2–4 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
The Hartt School’s Robert Black
Feb. 15 – March 6
Jonathan Brand, Silpe Gallery
Sculptural work of artist-in-residence
Jonathan Brand
2011
Windsor, Conn., was named chief academic officer at the
Connecticut State Department of Education.
7.27.13
3.29.13
7.16.13
4.12.13
3.26.13
4.17.13
7.10.13
7.13.13
4.6.13
7.30.13
4.1.13
3.23.13
3.13.13
3.23.13
5.18.13
5.21.13
3.31.13
6.19.13
2.27.13
8.11.13
8.24.13
8.24.13
8.24.13
9.2.13
4.24.12
4.29.13
4.25.13
4.26.13
A lumni
has been named principal of Wolcott Elementary School
in West Hartford.
Opening Reception: Sat., March 15
Send Your News
March 4 – 30
Alexander A. Goldfarb
Student Exhibition
We would love to share your
news with the University of
Hartford alumni community
through Observer magazine.
Please send news about your
accomplishments, travel,
milestones, announcements,
and photos to
Joseloff Gallery
Thurs., March 27
Closing Reception and Awards Presentation:
4–6 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
Sun., March 9
Garmany Recital: 2–4 p.m., Joseloff Gallery
March 9 – April 2
DRINK!
Open Juried Exhibition
Silpe Gallery
Hartt Opera Theatre presents Kurt Weill’s
Street Scene.
Admission: $20, with discounts for seniors,
students, and groups of 10 or more
Fri., March 7
Mozart Requiem
Cathedral of Saint Joseph
140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn.
7:30 p.m.
The Hartt School Choruses and the Solo
Dei Gloria Orchestra, under the direction
of Edward Bolkovac, present Mozart’s
monumental Requiem.
Fri., April 4
Hartt Orchestra at the Bushnell
The Hartt Orchestra returns to the Belding
Theater at Bushnell Center for the Performing
Arts for another glorious performance. Works
by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Samuel
Barber conducted by Edward Cumming.
Thurs., April 17 – Sat., April 19
Hartt Dances, Lincoln Theater
Thurs.–Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Sat., 2 p.m.
Admission: $20, with discounts for seniors,
students, and groups of 10 or more
National open juried exhibition of ceramic
cups, goblets, mugs, tea bowls, teacups, and
tumblers.
alumni@hartford.edu
or
Observer Magazine Class Notes
Office of Alumni Relations
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Opening Reception: Sun., March 9
For the full spectrum of events at the University of Hartford, beginning in January 2014,
visit hartford.edu and select Campus Calendar. For more information on events at The
Hartt School, go to hartweb.hartford.edu, and for more on Hartford Art School events,
visit hartfordhartschool.org, choose News & Events at the bottom of the page and then
the tab labeled "Events."
fall 2013 31