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Inside - Bergen Community College
AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:15 PM Page 1 PRODUCED BY THE BCC OFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS 100 Come to Honor Fellow Alums at Annual Dinner Inside Alumni on the Move SPRING 2015 Award; while the Alumni Network honored (from left) Associate Professor Joseph Sivo, Ph.D., of Fair Lawn, with the Rising Star Award; Assistant to the Athletic Director Elaine Korinko (‘79), of North Haledon, with the Alumni Hall of Fame Award, and Vice President of Facilities Planning, Operations and Public Safety William Corcoran (‘76), of Ridgewood, with the Living Legacy Award. SAVE THE DATE: The 6th Annual Alumni Network Dinner will be held Oct. 8, 2015 at Biagio’s Restaurant, Paramus Road. WATCH YOUR MAIL AND EMAIL FOR YOUR INVITATION AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. p.4 Approximately 100 guests turned out for the 5th Annual BCC Alumni Network Dinner at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst on Oct. 9, for an evening punctuated by laughter and the celebration of success. ANET Co-Chair Stephen Duess, at podium, served as master of ceremonies for the event. See more photos of the Alumni Dinner on Page 3. This year’s dinner surpassed last year’s in attendance and all of the previous dinners in money raised through sponsorships and dinner journal ad sales for the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Campus News p.6 Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center rises on the Paramus campus. The Dr. Judith K. Winn School of Honors recognized the contributions of Honors Alumni Network (HAN) Founder Steven Chung ‘12, (left) of Bayside, NY, with an Outstanding Alumni Alumni Network Awards $6,200 in Scholarships in 2014; $9,000 in 2015 BCC Alumni Board members presented six $1,000 Alumni Network scholarships during the 14th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony last April in the Moses Family Meeting and Training Center. The scholarships were awarded to Bergen students Robert Abarca, Stephanie Han, Alexis Harley, Mahaaz Ismailzadah, Michael Riccardi and Hina Srejic. The BCC Dental Hygiene Alumni Network awarded two $100 scholarships at the Dental Hygiene Graduate Tea on May 9. The Alumni Network will award nearly $9,000 in 2015 scholarships this Spring. Alumni Events p.8 BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER SPRING 2015 | 1 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:15 PM Page 2 A Message from President B. Kaye Walter Dear Alumni, You have company. Thanks to the dedication to student success at all levels of the institution, record numbers of students continue to join your ranks each year – and the College is being recognized for it. Based on data compiled by Community College Week, more students now graduate from Bergen than any other two-year institution in New Jersey, making it the state’s top associate degree granting college. Taking it a step further, Bergen now ranks 29th among all two-year institutions in the U.S., jumping up 14 spots from the previous year’s rankings. By focusing our strategic planning and execution on a “commitment to completion” through employing an award-winning faculty, supplying efficient student service resources and high-technology facilities, Bergen aims to support students at all levels – just as I hope you found when you enrolled here. For these efforts, we’ve also been recognized on the national scene: in the fall, the White House announced that the College would lead the administration of a $15 million federal grant with other community colleges and business partners to create a healthcare career pathways system. Ultimately, we expect to educate, train and place approximately 2,000 people in new jobs. Further, the Cerullo Learning Assistance Center earned the 2014 National College Learning Center Association Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award, which makes it the No. 1 two-year college tutoring resource in the country. Bergen is the first New Jersey college or university to win the award. Taken in total, these three items reflect the College’s status as not only a regional leader, but also as a national model institution. So when I say you have company, you are part of an elite group: our Bergen community. Thanks for being part of it. Sincerely, B. Kaye Walter, Ph.D. President, Bergen Community College BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Alumni Network Board Co-Chairs Stephen Duess (’73) Richard Garcia (’82) Directors Ruth Bedevian (’85) Walter Beese (’87 & ’90) John Driscoll (’95) Jane Grinch (’75) Michael Hettinger (’10) Goli Kocharian (’02) Elaine Korinko (’79) Tracy Miceli (’77) Claudia O’Rourke (’99) Gerard Quinn (’79) Joseph Cavaluzzi, Managing Director of Alumni Affairs Diana Tofel, Executive Secretary To contact a member of the Alumni Network Board or to volunteer to serve on an alumni committee to help plan and execute an event, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs, (alumninetwork@bergen.edu), or call (201) 879-8952. Ask a Friend to Join the BCC Alumni Network Membership in the BCC Alumni NETWORK is $25 a year and Alumni Network members enjoy numerous benefits including: free use of the Sidney Silverman Library, Pool and Fitness Center; free access to the Cooperative Education and Career Development Center services; a $50 discount on one Continuing Education course; discounts on tickets to performances, shows and other College events. To join now click here. SPRING 2015 | 2 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 3 2014 ANET Dinner BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER SPRING 2015 | 3 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 4 Alumni on the Move BCC student studying for the semester in Morocco, an experience which she chronicled as a foreign correspondent for the Torch. Class of 2014 members Maria De Abreu Pineda, valedictorian, and Ana Parra Vera, are studying at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Maria, of Hackensack, earned an A.S. in engineering science at BCC and is pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering while Ana is working toward a degree in computer science and working in New York City this semester under Stevens’ cooperative education program. Natalie Tocci, a 2012 graduate of the Green Pathways Certificate Program in the Division of Continuing Education, is working in sales as a home performance consultant for Ceil Power, a company specializing in home energy audits in Lyndhurst. Fading,” which is available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Sebastian Arungundy, ’07, Bergen’s first salutatorian, graduated from Rutgers University in 2009 and currently is completing a Ph.D. in chemistry on a scholarship at Cambridge University in England. Rich Fuchs, ’05, graduated Bergen with a Music Business degree, and has worked as an English teacher and as a studio guitarist. Rich, who recently visited Professor Andrew Krikun’s class, currently is in the band Fancy Reagan, which has been signed by Universal Republic Records and won the VH1 Make a Band Famous Contest. View the video. Mike Powderley, ’05, 23-year veteran of the Midland Park Police department who earned his criminal justice degree from Bergen and currently is pursuing a master’s degree in criminal justicebusiness administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University, was sworn in as the borough’s 10th police chief last month. Mike is the fourth generation of his family to serve on a Bergen County police department. Ivana Viana, ‘04, graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Ivana is now in her second year of Harvard Medical School. Samuel Ballard, ’98, is the art direct for GAF Materials Corp., in Parsippany, where he has worked for the past 10 years. Samuel has garnered professional recognition from numerous organizations, including awards for design from Graphic Design USA and the New Jersey Art Director's Club. He also works as a freelance designer and photographer. Enki Bello, ’13, plans to graduate from William Paterson University in May with a B.A. in popular music studies. A harpist, singer and songwriter, Enki released an album, "Rocking on Harp," in December on Spotify and iTunes following a media tour during which she promoted her own album on television stations in Colombia, South America. Tony Senatore, ’13, who has made his living in music since 1980, currently is attending Columbia University while working as a session bassist for Jason Corsaro, the chief engineer at Barber Shop Studios in Hopatcong. He has recorded with numerous musicians, including Andrew Rothstein (Wit of the Staircase) and Genya Ravan (Live at CBGB's). Tony has been featured in Guitar Player Magazine and appeared in Down Beat Magazine and the Aquarian. Alyson Cina, ’12, garnered a U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Jordan last summer while a senior at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Alyson is shown here during the spring of 2011 as a Gowri Varanashi, who attended Bergen in 2010 and 2011, is a naturalist, guide and photographer working for Tamandua Expeditions in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. She has worked on protecting elephant corridors in India. Gowri’s areas of expertise are birds and butterflies and she is shown here presenting the helanor morpho butterfly. Rory Riordan D'Lasnow, ’09, was valedictorian before transferring to the University of Michigan, where he graduated with high honors, receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. Rory now works as an Account Executive for Boopsie, a Silicon Valley startup that creates custom mobile apps for libraries. A guitarist, he recently released his first recording, “When All Is BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Scott Smith, ’93, a former BCC basketball player, is assistant basketball coach at Division I Wagner College on Staten Island. Catherine Coronato, ’91, worked for the Bergen County Probation Department for 43 years. She retired in 2014. Patricia Ennis, ’89, earned a certificate at Bergen and served as the Fair Lawn Registrar of Vital Statistics from 1995 to 2011. She is retired. Khairia Fazal, ’87, is managing director of the Bergen Community College Cerullo Learning Assistance Center, which the National College Learning Center Association named “the best two-year school tutoring resource in the nation” last year. SPRING 2015 | 4 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 5 Alumni on the Move Nader Mherabi, ’85, is the CIO at NYU. Nader, who is Khairia Fazal’s brother, garnered recognition from CIO magazine in 2013 when the publication honored him and his organization at NYU Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine with one of its CIO 100 Awards as one of 100 innovative organizations that uses IT effectively to create business value. Scott Berkowitz, ‘84, is owner of EVS Metal, a leading precision sheet metal fabricator in Riverdale, NJ. Scott’s company operates manufacturing facilities in four states with more than 200 employees. Linda Davidson, ’80, a nursing graduate of Bergen returned in January of 2014 to student teach while completing her M.S.N. Class of 2014 Comes Home Members of the Class of 2014 returned to Bergen Community College to share stories and plans and visit with some of their favorite faculty and staff during a BCC Alumni Network-sponsored class get-together in January. Here’s what some of them are up to. • Charlen McNeil (see photo pg. 12), now a junior at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is spending her spring semester studying in China. in Nursing Education at the College of St. Elizabeth. After Bergen, Linda earned a B.S.N. and M.P.A. at Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck. She has worked as a director of a large home care agency and now is a case manager for a hospital in Morris County. Julie Field, ’78, attended San Diego State University and is an enrollment specialist at Bergen Community College. year as head wrestling coach at NYU. In February, Bruce, a self-proclaimed “matt rat” who lives in Montvale with his wife and two sons, led his NYU wrestlers to their fourth straight University Athletic Association championship, his seventh as head coach. He has garnered Coach of Year honors eight times in the NCAA Division III conference. George Brendlen, ’72, a member of the first nursing graduating class, worked at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA before moving to Durham, NC, where he worked for Wake County Human Services Department. George retired two years ago. Bruce Haberli, former Bergen wrestler (1979-1980) recently completed his 20th • Robert Cardona, of Bergenfield, is working on his own startup company in creating a social networking website geared to machine-to-machine industry smart grid technology. • Victoria Tahhan is majoring in sociology with a concentration in Latin American studies at Columbia University. Victoria also represents BCC alumni on the College Board of Trustees. • Linda Doering, an alternative route student with many years of work experience when she decided to earn an A.S. in sciencepsychology at Bergen, continues to do presentations on HIV/AIDS/STDs, healthy relationships, and substance abuse prevention as the education director for the Institute for Relationship Intelligence in Hudson, Essex, and Bergen Counties. • Keion Best is assisting current Bergen students as a part-time generalist in the College’s Office of Student Life. To view a brief video of the Class of 2014 Get-Together shot by Prof. Maria Makowiecka, visit this YouTube link. Alumni Network Welcomes 520 New Members from Class of ‘14 The BCC Alumni Network signed up nearly 520 new members from the Class of 2014 during Graduation Salute last May. Alumni Network Board of Directors members Ruth A. Bedevian, ’85, (left) and Goli Kocharian, ’02, sign up new members in the gym. Alumni Enjoy Dinner Theatre Scholarship Fundraiser BCC alumni enjoyed dinner in the Bergen Room on the Paramus Campus followed by Bergenstages production of “The Threepenny Opera” produced by Prof. Jim Bumgardner in the Ciccone Theatre. Prepared by Bergen Community College culinary students, the dinner featured beef tenderloin or shrimp and scallops over pasta. Thirty alumni, ranging from the 1970s through the class of 2012, attended the April 17 event and raised $300 for the BCC Alumni Scholarship Fund. BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Become a BCC Alumni Mentor If you would like to help a current BCC student by sharing your experiences and knowledge as an alumni mentor, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at (201) 879-8952 for an application and information about the Alumni Mentoring Program. SPRING 2015 | 5 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 6 Bergen Community College Campus News Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center Rises on Paramus Campus College Tutoring Center Named Best in Nation As January ended ironworkers were completing the steel structure for the $26 million Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center at the school’s main campus in Paramus. The building represents the College’s capital improvement project as part of the $750 million Building our Future Bond Act, approved by New Jersey voters in 2012. The three-story, 65,000 square-foot facility is the first free-standing new construction on campus since the building of West Hall in 2007. Currently, more than 1,000 students enroll in health professions programs such as dental hygiene, radiography and nursing at Bergen. The College offers nine degree and certificate programs and nine non-credit certificate programs as part of its Division of Health Professions. Bergen’s president, Dr. B. Kaye Walter, said the center will provide new opportunities for those students, preparing them for entry into the occupational sector with the highest projected net job growth of any field – 3% from 2010-2020 – according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The center will allow the College to offer new amenities, technologies and community resources to meet the country’s evolving healthcare industry. In total, the center will include 26 classrooms and laboratories including medical simulation and computer labs. The center also will feature a ground-floor dental hygiene clinic, a laboratory for Bergen students that also offers low-cost preventive oral healthcare for the community and has hosted free oral cancer screenings and prophylaxis for children. Class of 2014 Boasts Most Candidates for Graduation in BCC History Nearly 1,000 of the 2,862 Bergen Community College candidates for graduation accepted their diplomas during the College’s 45th commencement ceremony on May 22 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford. Graduates ranged in age from 17 to 65, including a mother and daughter receiving their degrees together. American Express CEO and Chairman Kenneth Chenault delivered the keynote address and urged the graduates to use their success to help others reach their goals: “Real leaders are simply people who know their values, act on those values and empower others to do the same.” Valedictorian Maria De Abreu, who moved to Hackensack three years ago from Caracas, Venezuela, to pursue her degree at BCC in engineering science, was one of 66 graduates to attain a perfect 4.0 GPA. “Be unique. Be different. Do the impossible. It’s kind of fun,” Maria told fellow graduates. The National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) has named the Bergen Community College Cerullo Learning Assistance Center as the best two-year school tutoring resource in the nation. “In nominating the Cerullo Center, I hoped the judges would recognize what those of us who work at the College know very well: it is an amazing resource staffed by talented and dedicated people who play a major role in the success of our students,” said Bill Mullaney, Ph.D., Bergen’s vice president of academic affairs. Bergen is the first New Jersey school – four- or two-year – to earn the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award. Past honorees include Clemson University, Texas A&M and Dutchess Community College. Alumna Khairia Fazal, managing director of learning assistance who has directed the Cerullo Center since 1994, accepted the award at the NCLCA’s 29th annual conference in October in Albuquerque, NM. The Cerullo Center hosted more than 40,000 subject-specific and individualized tutoring visits in 240 courses last year. Approximately 7,000 students relied on a team of 150 professional and peer tutors employed by the Center to assist them via no-cost oneon-one, walk-in and in-class tutoring. Library Exhibit Featured Alumni Salutatorian Katarzyna Jankowski, of Lodi, (shown here) spoke of growing up in Poland and Germany before coming to New York City. She worked as an au pair as she began her eight-year journey to gaining a green card. She is the first surgical technology student to deliver a graduation speech. Stay in Touch The Alumni Network wants to hear from you. Tell us about the interesting developments and accomplishments in your life so we can tell your friends and classmates. Email the Office of Alumni Affairs. BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER The Sidney Silverman Library on the Paramus Campus recently staged an exhibit of alumni memorabilia. Alumnus Michael Hettinger, Class of 2011, of Jersey City, looks over the display. SPRING 2015 | 6 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 7 Bergen Community College Campus News BCC Foundation Honors Alumnus Robert Vandenbergh Alumna Maria De Abreu Pineda, 2014 Valedictorian, delivered an inspirational speech as the BCC Foundation honored alumnus Robert A. Vandenbergh, Regional President and Chief Operating Robert A. Vandenbergh Officer of Lakeland Bank, at the Medallion Awards Dinner, in November at the Rockleigh. In an interview aired on the College’s “Studio Bergen” Vandenbergh recalled the impact of his time at BCC. “I learned a lot of the stuff that was important academically, but I also got a lot of practical experience that I was able to put out there,” he said. “In my case, a twoyear school made a big difference. It’s a lot more closely knit. There’s more mentoring. There’s more camaraderie. Because of the size and structure it becomes a little bit more personalized, a little friendlier, and that was important to me.” Click here to view Maria De Abreu Pineda’s speech FUSE for Business Time to get a real office? FUSE, co-working space for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses at the Bergen Community College Regional Accelerator at the Meadowlands, at 1280 Wall Street West, in Lyndhurst, offers every member: • Connections to business experts • Access to conference rooms • Events, brown bag lunches, classes and lectures • High speed Internet and wireless access • Fully-networked office equipment including a printer, copier, scanner, fax and shredder • And more! Memberships start at $99 per month. For more information, call Shirley at (201) 6125360 or spachon@bergen.edu. Alumni Share Experience with Students Four talented BCC alumni participated in an Oct. 29 panel sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa and the Offices of Alumni Affairs as part of the statewide “Commit to Complete” initiative geared to focus New Jersey community college students on staying in school and obtaining their degrees. The panel shown here from left featured 2014 BCC Valedictorian Maria De Abreu Pineda, a biomedical major at Stevens Institute of Technology; David Kawash, senior corporate financial analyst for TD Bank; Kenneth Clune, an associate scientist in cellular biology at Firmenich, a company that produces fragrances and flavors; and Bergen County Surrogate Michael R. Dressler. Mike Dressler, a 1974 graduate of BCC, told the approximately 90 students who attended the discussion in TEC on the Paramus campus the story of his recovery from a broken neck suffered while diving into the ocean off Seaside Heights the day after his senior prom. Left paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, Mike went on to earn a scholarship to FDU; a law degree from Seton Hall Law School, and a distinguished life of public service that included election to the Cresskill Town Council at age 22 and beating an incumbent to become mayor at 30. “The people at Bergen Community College took me in and did everything they could for me. They transitioned me from the hospital back into the real world,” he said. “If you think you can do something, you can do it,” he advised the students. “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t accomplish what you want to accomplish in life.” David Kawash, another non-traditional student who worked in the family business for several years before starting at Bergen, became Phi Theta Kappa president and graduated in 1995, earning a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship to the NYU Stern School of Business and today is a corporate financial analyst for TD Bank. “I got involved at Bergen Community College and made really good friends who are still good friends 20 years later,” David recalled. “NYU took 64 of my credits so I went into Stern as a junior. I was shoulderto-shoulder to the other students who already had been there two years.” Honors Alumni Network Founder Starts Scholarship Endowment Steven Chung, Class of 2012, who started the BCC Honors Alumni Network or HAN, has been working with the BCC Foundation and the Office of Alumni Affairs to create an Honors Alumni Network Steven Chung Scholarship Endowment Fund. In addition to being president of the Honors Association, Steven was the first student in Bergen’s history to fund a scholarship while still attending the College. Steven, who graduated from NYU last year with a BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER bachelor’s degree in social work and currently is taking graduate courses at Fordham University, put up the first $1,000 to create a the initial pool of matching funds for the HAN Scholarship Endowment that will challenge other alumni, faculty, staff and friends and spur their generosity. The goal is to raise at least a $10,000 endowment that that would yield $500 annually to fund an Honors Alumni Network scholarship for a current Bergen student. If you would like to help provide funds for the matching pool, or make a contribution to the Honors Alumni Network Scholarship Endowment Fund, please contact Joe Cavaluzzi in the Office of Alumni Affairs at (201) 689-7639. SPRING 2015 | 7 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 8 Bergen Community College Alumni Events Dental Hygiene Students, Staff Join Alumni for Oral Dental Hygiene Alumni Return for Continuing Education Classes Cancer Walk A total of 23 dental hygiene alumni, students and faculty participated in the Oral Cancer Foundation Walk/Run for Awareness in Memory of David Nasto on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at Perona Farms in Andover. Participants raise awareness of oral cancer and money for research to fight the disease. Special thanks to the Office of Student Life for providing bus transportation from the College to the event and to Goli Kocharian for organizing the team. The Dental Hygiene Alumni Network hosted "Prevention and Early Detection of Oral Cancer" with Dr. M. Fatahzadeh in November, providing the opportunity for 59 BCC dental hygiene alumni to obtain professional responsibility continuing education credits, according to Goli Kocharian, Class of 2002, an instructor at the College and member of the Alumni Network Board of Directors who organized the class. Goli signed up 12 new ANET members the night of the class. The Dental Hygiene hosted a second course in February, “Management/Identification of Oral Lesions and Conditions,” cosponsored by the New York/New Jersey AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) and presented by Dr. Gwen Cohen-Brown. Forty-three attended and eight new members joined the Alumni Network. Alumni Show Appreciation to Former Coach Doug Yennie His former players came to say thanks. On Nov. 6, the BCC Department of Athletics, Basketball Coach Carlos Quinteros and the Office of Alumni Affairs honored former BCC Basketball and Golf Coach Doug Yennie at the men’s basketball game as the Bulldogs bested Bucks County CC. Doug, a former Bergen professor, earned a spot in the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Hall of Fame with 408 wins in 32 seasons at Bergen. He also is in the NJCAA Men's Golf Hall of Fame. A Night of Appreciation Draws BCC Alumni Spanning Five Decades Athletic Alumni Appreciation Night drew alumni representing every decade starting in 1976 through 2013 as former Bulldogs returned to the Main Campus gym in February of 2014 to cheer on the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams as they took on Ocean County College. Co-sponsored by the BCC Office of Alumni Affairs, the Bergen Community College Department of Athletics and the Office of Student Affairs, Alumni Appreciation Night honored Bobby Gaeta, a 1985 NJCAA All-American whose two-season 34.4 point-per-game average – with a total of 1,752 points scored as a Bulldog – still stands as the Division III national record; and Michaela “Mickey” Hayes, Class of 2011 honors graduate, basketball and softball star, who led the nation as the Number 1 Division III rebounder averaging more than 19 rebounds per game. Coach Doug Yennie The Bulldogs donned T-shirts in the original school colors of black and yellow and former players going back to 1972 joined Coach Quinteros and Athletic Director Jorge Hernandez on the court at halftime to honor Coach Yennie, whose wife Linda and Alumni Board of Directors member and assistant to the athletic director Elaine Korinko also participated in the ceremony. “If it wasn’t for Doug Yennie I never would have gotten my degree and I never would have become a Division I coach,” said Scott Smith, Class of ’93 and the assistant men’s basketball coach at Wagner College in Staten Island. In addition to his contributions to the College, Doug and Linda Yennie also inspired the award-winning Pioneer Tour youth golf program that continues today and has introduced thousands of young Bergen County golfers to the sport. ON THE COURT: Former Bergen basketball players Steve Sweet; Will Caraballo, Class of 2010; Scott Smith; Doug Yennie; Leon Steinberg, ’79; Bob Gaeta, ’99, and Scott Clark. BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER SPRING 2015 | 8 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:16 PM Page 9 Alumni Annual Fund Gifts 7/1/13 to 3/31/15 Nancy Abbott Deborah Alt Jaime An-Wong Myron Ascher Mary Ann Ascione Michael Assainte Ruth Bedevian Patricia Belmonte Lori Bogan Robert Bohlander Robert Bolling Thomas Boniface Kelley Boonstra Wanda Bozeman-Callari Jill Brady George Brendlen Maria Brough Meg Campoli Mary Candullo Eva Canizo Wilbert Caraballo John Cardiello Elizabeth Caristi Frances Carl Brian Carr Francis Cavallo Andrew Cherra Michael Chozick Mark Ciavattone Lillian Cichy Kenneth Clune Virginia Cole Kaitlyn Conboy Peter Connolly Iliene Corcoran William Corcoran Catherine Coronato Louise Cullen Christopher D’Alessandro Joyce D’Angelo Julie D’Guerra Gregory Denman Marie DeTitta George Devonshire Robert DeWald John DiNardo Linda Doering Susan Donovan John Driscoll, Jr. Jane Dunne Kenneth Easton Michael Edelman David Eisenhauer Greg Erickson Jane Fadesere Barbara Faresich Matthew Franke Richard Franke Jessica Furichard Robert Fusco Bonnie Gerquest Barbara Gerver Michael Giaquinto Robert Gill Elizabeth Gilmore Derek Goldin Ira Goldklang Jacqueline Goldklang Hallie Goldman Stacey Goldstein Frank Gozel Jane Grinch Gregory Gurican Ann Handler Wladzia Herko Norma Hiemstra Joan Huss Ileana Jacobus Warren Jameson Deborah Jensen Raymond Kaconas Beverly Kazickas Betsy Kerner Ryan Kiamos Nina Klett Maureen Koch Elaine Korinko Glen Kormanik Kacper Ksieski Dennis Lackovic William LaRaia Devan Lau Claudia Levis James Levis Frank Loiacono Jose Lorenzo Patricia Lux Uwe Malakas Joseph Mamatz Elaine Mandler Dennis Marchesani Phyllis Marino-Masterson John McCausland Frederick McGarril Kirk McLachlan Ann McNeill Rosalie Mendel Aase Metzger Tracy Miceli Mark Monacelli Carmela Moore Jo Ann Mosley James Mosley Adele Mulvaney Anna Murano George Murphy Martha Myers Eileen Neville Claudia O’Rourke Kevin O’Dea Laura O’Connor Robert Oberkehr Theresa Oriente Loukas Papamichael Freda Pickering Robert Pikarsky Ruth Polifrone Rosalie Ponsi Annette Posencheg Diane Raichel Debra Reynolds Timothy Ross Catherine Ryan Adriana Sacchi Maria Saccomondo Alice Sass Sharon Scangarella Kathleen Scordato Tony Senatore John Setteducato William Singletary Cindi Small Henry Smith Eric Sonnenwald Nicholett Stewart-Barrow Richard Sudol Suzanne Sykes Elise Tikijian-Pearce Steven Timmermann Patrice Tobin Michael Tortora Pamela Trasso Dorothy Vasel Dorothy Verga Annette Vernon Kathleen Webster Michael Wilkinson Carolyn Wolak Tim Youngsworth John Zuccolo ANET Recognizes Alumni Service The BCC Alumni Network and the Office of Alumni Affairs recognized 29 alumni during the Alumni Appreciation Breakfast on last April 1 in the Moses Family Meeting and Training Center. “Our alumni are a well of knowledge and experience from which our students can draw wisdom, skill, and experience,” Dr. William Mullaney, vice president of academic affairs, told the audience of alumni, staff and faculty attending the breakfast. In addition to joining fellow alumni board member Jane Grinch, Class of ‘75, in handing out the certificates of appreciation, Board of Directors Co-Chair and Master of Ceremonies Stephen Duess thanked College faculty and staff for supporting the alumni efforts over the past year. “Just about everybody in this room has taken time out of their day at some point to provide valuable guidance and support to the various alumni initiatives,” said Stephen, Class of ’73. The ANET awarded certificates of appreciation to the following people: BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Goli Kocharian, ’02, instructor in the Dental Hygiene Department and Alumni Board member; Dr. Naydeen González-De Jesús, vice president of student affairs; Alumni Education Mentors Anna King, Bergen Professor Fran Ruff; Business and Finance Mentors David Kawash, Guillermo de Veyga and Stephen Novak; Criminal Justice Mentors Detective John Cleary, Detective Sgt. Russ Christiana and Lt. Walter Beese (also a ANET Board member); and Psychology Mentor Dr. Jennifer Barker; Alumni College Ambassadors Carolina Espin, Laura Madera, Rhina Navarro, Ariel Leconte, Hector Polanco, Alyson Ann Cina, Alexander Delgado, Amanda Trott, Wilkaris Silvestre, Anthony Sganga, John Sapida, Lorena Calderon, Jesse Kurtz, Jessica Bonilla and Margarita Valdez, who received special recognition as the founding member of the BCC Alumni College Ambassadors Program; Gabrielle Salerno and Dasha Albert for starting the theatre alumni group, the BCC Thespian Society, and Steven Chung for creating the BCC Honors Alumni Network. The ANET also recognized former Board of Directors member William Abbott, ’83, who was unable to attend. Board member Gerard Quinn, ’79, accepted the certificate of appreciation on William’s behalf. SPRING 2015 | 9 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:15 PM Page 10 2014-2015 ANET Members and Graduation Year Ariana L. Abad, 2014 Zahraa M. Abadi, 2014 Ferdinand B. Aboagye, 2014 Nagwa M. Aboelfotoh, 2014 Michelle C. Abril, 2014 Brandon L. Abudeye, 2014 Nefertiti J. Adams, 2014 Michelle V. Adrien, 2014 Joanna Afonso, 2014 Marilyn C. Agresta, 1992 Mandy C. Aguiar, 2014 Michel A. Akegnan, 2013 Diane Albarella, 1977 Vineeth Alex, 2014 Adam Ali, 2010 Muhammad Ali, 2014 Veronica C. Alizo, 2014 Keith-Roy M. Allen, 2014 Rhonda Allen, 2014 Jhonny E. Almeida, 2014 Cheryl Ann Alonso, 1979 Wesam Al-Shaibani, 2008 Andrea K. Alvarado, 2014 Gloria L. Alvarez, 2014 Joseph R. Amato, 2014 Syed W. Ameen, 1979 Shiva Ameri, 2013 Dorothy F. Amoroso, 2006 Stephanie Andrade, 2014 Kimberly A. Andre, 2014 Veronica Andresini, 2014 Karen J. Angarita, 2014 Anthony Anim, 2014 August A. Antonico, 1985 Gabriela Antonio, 2014 Patricia I. Aponte, 2014 Carlos Araoz, 2014 Alejandra Arias, 2014 Maliha Arshad, 2014 Eliza Asanalieva-Donnelly, 2014 Mary Ann R. Ascione, 2008 Kheyali P. Ashar, 2014 Lynn M. Assenheimer, 2007 Valeriya Avdeev Madeleine R. Avent, 2007 Elias M. Aydin, 2014 Cheryl Azpiri, 2014 Brandon E. Bachrach, 2014 Kook Bong Bae, 2014 Ashley M. Baez, 2014 Ali Baidoun, 2014 Andrew R. Ballester, 2014 Ricardo J. Barbosa, 2014 Valory T. Bardinas, 2006 Persia M. Barile, 1971 Savannah M. Barkley, 2014 Barbara M. Barnes, 1978 Delsi Y. Barrera, 2014 Adrian R. Barrett, 2014 Janice C. Barrett, 1980 Andrea A. Barrios, 2014 Kelsey L. Barrows, 2014 Enmanuel Batista, 2014 Stephanie F. Baumann, 2014 Steve C. Baumann, 2014 Kevin Bayon, 2014 Ruth A. Bedevian, 1985 Walter Beese, 1987 Caitlyn D. Beesley, 2014 Arielle R. Behrle, 2014 Hala Belal, 2014 Steven C. Bellavia, 1994 Jessica L. Bender, 2014 Lori B. Benitez, 2008 Kevin R. Benjamin, 2014 William E. Benjamin, 2012 Scott B. Berkowitz, 1984 Julianne Bernstein, 2014 Walter E. Berreta, 2014 Stefanie A. Bertelsen Joshua P. Bett, 2014 Almas Bhatti, 2011 Susan Biegen, 2012 Shirley B. Bienstock, 1979 Laurie S. Bilz, 1972 Rosemarie S. Blaikie, 2014 Karen Blake, 2014 Dilepso D. Blanco, 2014 Susana Bodossian, 2004 Lori G. Bogan, 1996 Mark Bogdanowicz, 2014 Naudia N. Bonner, 2014 Laryssa M. Borzemsky, 1985 George Bosch, 2014 Diane F. Botch, 2014 Antonia C. Boulton, 2014 Kaydian Branch, 2014 Johnathan J. Braunius, 2014 Margaret A. Bretthauer, 1982 Amanda M. Brite, 2014 Marilyn Brito, 2014 Maria T. Brough, 1993 Irene A. Brown, 1991 Richard Brownlee, 2014 Michele R. Brownstein, 1991 Joanne K. Bruckman, 1976 Joseph L. Bruno, 2014 Orian Bruno, 2014 Myrtella Brunson, 2014 Ashley D. Bukovsky, 2014 William P. Burke, 2004 Joy M. Burns, 2014 Taren P Burns, 2014 Larry M. Burroughs, 2013 Tom V Burzi, 2014 Mary E. Butler, 1994 Daniela C. Buttafarro, 2014 Aurora Cafuli, 2014 Besjana Cafuli, 2014 Gabriela Caicedo, 2014 Daisy K. Cajas, 2014 Diana P. Calderon, 2014 Stephanie Calderon, 2014 James M. Callahan, 1989 Catherine Camarena, 2014 Brian S. Cameron, 2006 Yvette E. Cammock, 2014 Robert Campbell, 2014 Luis Campuzano, 2014 Mary Candullo, 2013 Emily F. Cannizzaro, 2007 Jenese Caraballo, 2014 Cindy Cardenas, 2014 John A. Cardiello, 1973 Anna M. Cardillo, 2014 Robert L. Cardona, 2014 Joann S. Carnero, 2014 Lynn A. Carnevale, 1995 Gabrielle A. Carpenter, 2014 Blanca G. Carpio, 2013 Edith J. Carpio, 2014 Brian G. Carr, 1981 Nancy L. Carrabbia, 1998 MaryRose Carrillo, 2007 Alexandra Carvajal, 2014 Mary B. Casely, 2001 BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Kimberly D. Castellano, 2014 Felicia A. Castillo, 2014 Marvin Castillo, 2014 Carolina Castro, 2010 Kelvin R. Castro, 2014 Christina Caswell, 2014 Louise J. Cavallo, 1994 Katie F. Cavanaugh, 2011 Shirley M. Cayo, 2014 Evelyn J. Chacon, 2003 Ae Kyung Chang, 2013 Isaac A. Chavarria, 2014 Denise Chavez-Munoz, 1999 Chia-Chi Chen, 2014 Andrew A. Cherra, 2010 Michelle Marie Chomiak, 2007 Sinyue Chon, 2014 Wendy Ciandella, 2014 Tracy L. Cicatelli, 1979 Lillian E. Cichy, 1990 Emely Cid, 2014 Alfred W. Cinelli, 2008 Joseph W. Cirilo, 2014 Chevor Clare, 2014 John M. Cleary, 2007 Camaille Clennon, 2013 Dawn M. Cleveland, 2008 Kenneth E. Clune, 2007 Jahneeta Coleman, 2014 James D. Collins, 2008 Jennifer Colmenares, 2014 Kaitlyn C. Conboy, 2014 Joan M. Considine, 1984 Maria C. Contreras, 2004 Deborah A. Cook, 1981 Laura J. Corallo, 2011 William M. Corcoran, 1976 Diana M. Corkin, 2005 Catherine Coronato, 1992 Diego A. Correa, 2002 Robert Costello, 1996 Jeanne M. Covello, 1980 Maryellen Creange, 2005 Ann J. Cron, 1974 Clarice B. Cruz, 2013 Lorraine Cuccia, 1980 Eileen F. Culhane, 1980 John J. Cullen, 2001 Louise M. Cullen, 1994 Eneida Curci, 1994 Erika A Czujko Christopher J. D'Alessandro, 1995 Jason Dantas, 2014 Marilyn Daub, 1975 Davina Daura, 1997 Linda J. Davidson, 1980 Robert A. Davies, 2012 Christian J. Davis, 2014 Brianna D. Dawkins, 2014 Matthew S Dawkins, 2014 Maria V. De Abreu Pineda, 2014 Jeffrey De la Cruz, 2014 Kiara N. De Leon, 2014 Mary Anne A. De Marco, 1984 Janine C. Dean-Stuart, 1982 Joseph J. DeCandido, 2011 Dorothy DeFrank, 2013 Donna M. DeJesus, 2014 Laura DeLuca, 2014 Maryann G. DePinto, 2014 Deborah L. DeRosa, 1996 Joann DeSantis, 1993 Anna R. DeSousa, 2014 Nicholas Diacakis, 2007 Shirly D. Diaz, 2014 Lindsay B. Dickerman, 2013 Yvonne Diedhiou, 2014 Gina M. DiGiovanni, 2014 John G. DiNardo, 1974 Christian Dizon, 2001 Linda L. Doering, 2014 Betul Dogan, 2006 Nancy E. Dolan, 1970 Barbara J. Dolin, 1979 Michelle Dominguez, 2014 Noreen T. Dominguez, 2013 James V. Donohue, 2014 James E. Dorry, 1992 Gisele E. Dos Santos, 2014 Janice Douglas, 2013 Anna Drozd, 2005 Edyta Drzymkowska, 2014 Lisa M. Duddy, 1994 Patrick E. Duffy, 2013 Pamela Duke, 2008 Ashley Dunich, 2014 Ana V. Duran, 2014 Victoria L. Dyker, 2014 Brian T. Eckel, 2013 Michael R. Edelman David Eisenhauer, 2003 Elenita Elias, 2014 Patricia A. Ennis, 1990 David J. Errick, 2013 Ezra M. Escarpeta, 2014 Karen V. Escobar, 2014 Randy-Mil Esmejarda, 2014 Emil R. Estok, 1977 Holaya Estrada-Ortiz, 2006 Jane T. Fadesere, 2001 Oyin Falana, 2014 Breanna C. Famularo, 2014 Kelly R. Farah, 2014 John R. Fariello, 2014 Darian M. Fedash, 2006 Amanda E. Fenners, 2014 Margo M. Ferguson, 2014 Robert J. Ferioli, 1982 Mary Fernandez, 2014 Vivian Figueroa, 2014 Ellen E. Finley, 1976 Colleen E. Finneran, 2014 Frank A. Fiore, 1976 Amy Lynn Fiorentino, 2009 Nathan G. Fishman, 2014 Sharon Anne Fitzmaurice, 2004 Poala G. Flores, 2014 Samantha A. Flores, 2014 Uriel Florez, 2014 Janee Flynn, 2014 Dana Fontana, 2008 Lorraine C. Forcier, 2002 Lakisha Ford, 2013 David F. Forte, 2010 Craig J. Freemyer, 2014 Andrew Frey, 2014 Massiel Frias, 2014 Yesenia Frias, 2003 Dieter M Froehlich, 2014 Mary E. Frohlich, 2014 Friba Froogh, 2014 Chris M. Fuchs, 2014 Lisa A. Fucilli, 2004 Juan J. Galarza, 2014 Florentina G. Galla, 2003 Raziel V. Gallardo, 2014 SPRING 2015 | 10 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:15 PM Page 11 2014-2015 ANET Members and Graduation Year Michael P Gallo, 2014 Allen Garcia, 2014 Alvin Garcia, 2014 Christopher Garcia, 2010 Marjorie R. Garcia, 2014 Shirley C. Garcia, 2014 Tiffany I. Garcia, 2014 Wendy J. Garcia, 2013 William T. Garcia, 2014 Barbara R. Gardner, 1988 Aileen E. Gardocki, 2014 Duane D. Garis, 1978 Cristina A. Garro, 2014 Monica Gaudino, 2010 John C. Geary, 2014 Afsaneh Ghaemi, 1991 Sheila N. Giacoman, 2014 Alicia Giles, 1999 Brian Giraldo, 2014 Eugenia L. Glants, 1998 Arlene M. Gleeson, 1998 Leonard J. Gleeson, 1970 Hillary Glickman-Louis, 1981 Malcolm X. Goldsberry, 2014 Angie S. Goldszmidt, 2014 Jorge Gomez Wei, 2014 Alyssa Gonzalez, 2014 Anita M. Gonzalez, 2014 Elizabeth Gonzalez, 2014 Michelle Gonzalez, 2014 Ewa A. Gorczowska, 2014 Anthony B. Gorga, 1982 Sinead Gourley, 2014 Joel S. Graber, 1999 Marlene Grafstein, 2014 Rebecca N. Greenberg, 2014 Bruce G. Greenwood, 2011 Thomas J. Greff, 1979 Jane A. Grinch, 1975 Joseph A. Gualdarrama, 2014 Leslie S. Guevara, 2014 Rohit Gupta, 2014 Alma I. Guzman, 2014 Linda B. Hall, 1983 Ligia Halvorsen, 2013 Michelle B. Hang, 2014 Meriam Hanna, 2014 Donna Harman, 2008 Janicia K. Harris, 2014 Mary A. Hauerstein, 1988 Belinda D. Hecht Howard, 2001 Alanna R. Heitman, 2014 Jerrina R. Hemphill, 2011 Paola A. Henao, 2014 Mirna A. Hendi, 2014 Kevin M. Henry, 2010 Magali I. Henry, 2014 William O. Henry, 2012 Michael E. Herbas, 2014 Alexandra I. Hernandez, 2014 Diocelina Hernandez, 2014 Jericho S. Hernandez, 2014 Alejandra Herrera, 2014 Guillermo A. Herrera, 2014 Michael T. Hettinger, 2010 Dolores E. Hilde, 1975 Kurt R. Hines-Williams, 2013 Loraine Hiraldo, 2014 Elizabeth C. Hittner, 1993 Lauren M. Hozak, 2014 Fanny M. Huillcatanda, 2014 Jenny R. Huillcatanda, 2014 Linda M. Hull, 1978 Kiantae L. Hutton, 2014 Vincent J. Iannaccone Farangis Iapichino, 2014 Lidia N. Iasinovschi, 2012 John G. Idone, 2008 Kayla A. Incorvaia, 2014 Vincent W. Ioele, 2014 Brandon A. Iribarne, 2014 Alyssa M. Irwin, 2014 Luke E. Isaacson, 2014 Alban Islami, 2014 Uzoma C. Iwuagwu, 2014 Christopher G. James, 2001 Warren G. Jameson, 2013 Young Bin Jang, 2014 Magdalena Janiec, 2014 Katarzyna Jankowski, 2014 MaryAnn Jasion, 1977 Deborah A. Jensen, 1978 Kehinde A. John, 2014 Mostafa Joma, 2014 Erica Josey, 2014 Neal B. Ju, 2014 Sung J. Jung, 2002 Jungseon Kah, 2013 Michael Kalistinsky, 1976 Daniel J. Kaplan, 2014 Therese Karalian, 2008 Karen L. Karsian, 1978 Agop Kasbarian, 2014 Sharon P. Kay-Schwartz, 2002 Donna A. Keith, 1980 Catherine Kennedy, 1995 Michele A. Kenyon, 2004 Betsy I. Kerner, 1995 Ryan M. Kiamos, 2009 Carol A. Killeen, 1991 Bo Young Kim, 2014 Kang H. Kim, 2014 Na Young Kim, 2014 Sunbin Kim, 2014 Suzie Kim, 2014 Colleen Kindelan, 2014 Bart W. Klim, 1988 James W. Knorr, 2014 Stefani Kocevska, 2014 Goli Kocharian, 2002 Donna Komsa, 1983 Elaine Korinko, 1979 Malgorzata Kosiorowska, 2014 May S. Krabet, 2014 Victoria M. Kuhn, 2012 Nicole Kukielczak, 2007 Martin Kukunovski, 2014 Alen Kutukyan, 2007 John C. Lacsa, 2013 William LaRaia, 1998 Sylvester F. Larena, 1979 Els Laureysens, 2014 Sonia S. Lavalle, 1997 Kristen Lavergne, 2013 Linda Lawrence, 2014 Kelly B. Lazo, 2014 Chaesun Lee, 2014 Dreina R. Lee, 1984 Hyong Seob Lee, 2014 Myoung J. Lee, 2014 So Yeun Lee, 2014 Monica K. Lehmann, 2007 Peter G. Lehrer, 2013 Nina A. Lengua, 2014 Ann Leung, 2006 Claudia E. Levis, 1972 BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER James F. Levis, 1972 Brenda J. Levy, 2014 David Lewkowicz, 2014 Yuting Li, 2014 Josemaria A. Libarnes, 2014 Eric Librizzi, 2014 Sarah A. Liptak Marcin Lojtek, 2014 Jenna L. Longo, 2014 Melanie A. Longo, 2014 Aisha M. Lopez, 2014 Christian Lopez, 2014 Rosa Lopez, 2014 Wendy B. Lorenz, 2008 Laura B. Lotz, 1982 Jessica L. Lozano, 2013 Benjamin M. Macaroy, 2014 Katherine Macias, 2014 Taralyn L. Maddalone, 2012 Tracy Madrona, 2014 Lucia F. Magpayo, 2014 Laurinda V. Mahoulikponto, 2014 Siddica B. Mainuddin, 2014 Stefania Maksad, 2014 Betsy L. Malcolm, 2013 Theresa A. Mancini, 2012 Patrice E. Mandaw, 1971 Elaine M. Mandler, 1974 Luiver R. Manongdo, 2014 Dennis Marchesani, 1995 Wendy Marin, 2014 Diana L. Maroukian, 2002 Judith A. Marques, 1989 Giselle Marte, 2014 Natasha C. Martin, 2014 Alondra Martinez, 2014 Dalia C. Martinez, 2014 Gina M. Martinez, 2014 Michael A. Martinez, 2014 Stephanie Martinez Escobar, 2014 Ronald C. Martucci, 1984 Roy D. Mateus, 2014 Enchantia A. Mathis, 2014 Cristina C. Matoto, 2014 Dominick Maturo, 2004 Caroline M. Matvichuk, 2014 Emily R. Maurer, 2014 Elena C. Mauro, 2013 James G. Mawe, 1994 Ruth E. Mayer, 1983 Tama T. Mayers, 2014 Kathleen R. McCabe, 1990 John J. McCausland, 1991 Ingrid McCracken, 2014 Shannon K. McDermott, 2014 Christine F. McDonald, 2014 Frederick L. McGarril, 1990 Katherine M. McGarril, 2000 Anna M. McKenna, 2014 Debra Sue McKenna, 2003 Sean McKenna, 2014 Verna Marie McKenna, 1991 Charlen H. McNeil, 2014 Ann McNeill, 1995 Mariechen J McNish, 1979 Louise McSorley, 2014 Torrike Mebagishvili, 2013 Giselle E. Medina, 2014 Jessica Medina, 2014 Benjarak Meekhun-Doyle, 2014 Rosalie Mendel, 1978 Tiffany L. Mendoza, 2014 Zonia S. Meneses, 2013 Ramon F. Mercado, 2014 Marion J. Mernick, 2002 Josue D. Mijangos, 2013 Robert M. Milano, 1990 Jesu Mills, 2014 Caridad K. Miranda, 1985 Lloyd Mitchell, 2014 Scott Mitchell, 1977 Jaesook Mo, 2014 Abdalla E. Mohamed, 2014 Elena M. Molina, 2014 Mary N. Mollema, 2014 Anny E. Montalvan, 2007 Deborah A. Montanez, 2014 Ruth B. Montero, 2005 Adeline J. Morales, 2014 Gustavo A. Morales, 2014 Dennis W. Moran, 1990 Daniela Morejon, 2014 Celeste Moritz, 1975 Jacqueline Moroz, 2006 Elizabeth F. Morvan, 2014 Samir J. Moukdad, 2014 Nelli Mouradian, 2014 Nicole Muchotrigo, 2014 Roger J. Muller, 1977 Kathleen M. Mulligan, 1978 Joan Murdock, 1981 Daniel Murray, 2006 Soffia Mwangi, 2013 Martha E. Myers, 1982 Megan Myslak, 2014 Angela I. Naraine, 2014 Bonnie Nayda-Page, 2007 Lesley D. Nazario, 2014 Kristen L. Nelson, 2007 Demetra C. Neocleous, 2014 Robert Nesoff, 2009 Joseph A. Nicoletti, 1975 Mary Lou Nicoletti, 1983 Genesis Noak, 2014 Kevin Nolasco, 2014 Allison M. Noorani, 1986 Luke P. Notte, 2014 Rina A. Nowka, 1987 Laura T. O'Connor, 1994 Patricia A. O'Connor, 2014 James F. O'Donnell, 2003 Da Hye Oh, 2014 Daoun Oh, 2014 Patricia M. O'Keefe, 1980 Ami Okumura, 2010 Dave O. Oladoja, 2013 AnnaMarie O'Neill-Caggianese, 1994 Theresa A. Oriente, 2010 Johana Ortega Arias, 2014 Maria T. OrtizNaretto, 2013 Marie T. Osorio, 2005 Nadine Owci, 2014 Cinthia Pacheco, 2014 Sarah J. Packowski, 1979 David J. Pajar, 2014 Dahae Pak, 2014 Joseph Palughi, 1993 Kimberly M. Parada, 2014 Stephanie Parada, 2014 Sang O. Park, 2014 Young Hwi Park, 2014 Young Hyun Park, 2014 Lois M. Parma, 1972 Ana P. Parra Vera, 2014 Ma Asuncion G. Pascual, 2009 Rinku K. Patel, 2014 SPRING 2015 | 11 AConnectionSpring2015.qxp_Layout 1 4/10/15 12:15 PM Page 12 2014-2015 ANET Members and Graduation Year Breanne M. Patrizze, 2014 Marie G. Paul, 2010 Adrienne A. Pauline, 2014 Kevin Paz, 2014 Andreisy Pena, 2014 Paola Pepin Rosada, 2014 Annie O. Peralta, 2014 Jessica M. Percoskie, 2011 Marian Perez, 2014 Joseph L. Perrone, 1978 Scott L. Petricca, 2003 Lauren N. Petro, 2014 Deborah C. Philhower, 1986 Ana C. Pichardo, 2014 Merlyn Pichardo, 2013 Samantha B. Piehler, 2014 Mallory B. Pierre, 2014 Aimee L. Pires, 2008 Annabela F. Pires, 2014 David C. Poelstra, 1990 Ana A. Polanco, 2014 Ruth A. Polifrone, 1990 Philip Pope, 2013 Kelly Alexander Popek, 2010 Annette M. Posencheg, 1979 Joan E. Pratt, 2004 Linda A. Provost, 2006 Mark D. Pucciarelli, 1991 Jennyfer P. Puerta, 2014 Shaneen Punla, 2014 Mary Ellen Puzen, 1982 Alyssa L. Puzio, 2013 Cristhian A. Quesada, 2014 Bernice F. Rahn, 2001 Joyce F. Raia, 1989 Francisco Ramirez, 2014 Sara Ramirez, 2014 Sofia M. Ramirez, 2014 Geri Ramos, 2014 Jessica Ramos, 2014 Yadira Ramos, 2014 Akshay R. Rana, 2014 Nelson A. Rangel, 2014 Melissa Raposo, 2014 David F. Rattacasa, 1996 Monica Ratyniak, 2014 Randy P. Raymond, 2014 Victoria A. Recinos, 2014 Jeffrey T. Reilly, 2014 Brandon Reis, 2014 Brian A. Rembecky, 2014 Margarite E. Remsey, 1987 Stephania Rengifo, 2014 Debra Reynolds, 2013 Joanne V. Rhodes, 2013 Ashley Rich, 2011 Nicole M. Ridore, 2014 Christopher Rief, 2014 Joseph G. Rimi, 2014 Dragan Ristovski, 2013 Kim Ritchie, 2014 Jonathan S. Rivas, 2014 Carolyn Rivera, 2014 George G. Rivera, 2014 Keyani K. Robinson, 2014 Christopher J. Rodas, 2014 Carolina Rodriguez, 2014 Juan C. Rodriguez, 2008 Krizia L. Rodriguez, 2014 Nelly Rodriguez, 2014 Nerissa I. Rodriguez, 2006 Nicholas Rojas, 2014 Martha J. Romaniak, 2014 John J. Romano, 2013 Lynn E. Ronan, 2006 Ashley Ronquillo, 2014 Kristin Ross, 2014 Jacqueline M. Rossello, 2014 Samantha A. Rowe, 2014 Kelvin S. Rubio, 2014 Melanie S. Rubio, 2014 Richard Rucidlo, 2007 Mark Rudloff, 2007 Willa L. Rudzin, 1985 Jenny Ruiz, 2014 Jessica W. Ruiz, 2014 Angela Ruocco, 2002 Tasha Russell, 2003 Rana Sabagh, 2013 Lynn A. Saccomondo, 2014 Donna M. Salvato, 2014 Timothy P. Salvini, 2013 Helene M. Samsel, 1974 Nathaly D. Sanchez, 2014 Stephanie-Kaye S. Santos, 2014 Michelle C. Sargent, 2004 Gabriela Sartorio, 2014 Alice D. Sass, 1975 Stephanie N. Sass, 2011 Esma Savasci, 2014 John R. Scalone, 1978 Charlene Scarcella, 2014 Jacqueline A. Schaefer, 2014 Larry L. Schmidt, 1986 Ronald R. Schmidt, 2013 Janine M. Schoenig, 2010 Steven Douglas Schultz, 1992 Krystina L. Sconfienza, 2013 Megan L. Searles, 2014 Robert M. Sebes, 2014 Tony D. Senatore, 2013 Chaeyean Seong, 2014 Stanislaw Serafin, 1981 Lavina R. Setpal, 2013 Kimberly A. Seventko, 2014 Anand B. Shah, 2006 Imran B. Shaikh, 2001 Lynn E. Shaw, 1991 Carol E. Shepard, 1980 Melissa L. Sherman, 2014 Carole Shipman, 1993 Aleem H. Sholakh, 2013 Christopher A. Shupenko, 2013 Carlo C. Sideco, 2006 Jessica M. Silva, 2014 Evamane S. Simon, 2014 Alma Sinani, 2014 Ana P. Siqueira, 2014 Jenifer Siramarco, 2014 Shannen B. Siramarco, 2014 Richard Sires, 2014 Roma L. Siri, 1979 Katelynn A. Sirilan, 2014 Christine M. Siwulich, 2014 Michael E. Slevin, 2006 Patricia A. Sloan, 2000 Cindi Small, 2008 Susan F. Small, 1982 Brandon G. Smith, 2014 Joan M. Smith, 1982 Mwana Smith, 2014 Robert E. Smith, 1986 Suzanne B. Smith, 1986 Dianna C. Soder, 1986 Kossivi P. Sodjadan-Ktsito, 2008 Jose Sofio, 2014 Anna Sokolski, 1979 Imelda M. Soledad, 2004 BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE | ALUMNI CONNEC TION NE WSLET TER Alexandra G. Solomon, 2014 Annette R. Solow, 1989 Mieczyslawa A. Sondej, 2011 Amanda E. Soohoo, 2011 Cynthia A. Soroka-Dunn, 1987 Carmen Sosa, 2014 Dana M. Spagnoli, 2014 Grace Spinelli, 1990 Dan M. Spooner, 2014 Konrad Starczak, 2009 Michelle M. Staso, 2014 Elaine Stassi, 1984 David D. Stercks, 2014 David D. Stitz, 1999 Mark C. Stokes, 1983 Susan R. Stoll, 1987 Monique S. Strachan, 2014 Patrick R. Stroud, 1994 Keith Strulowitz, 2003 Indiana Suriel, 2014 Brett Sutherland, 2014 Joann Sweeney, 2000 Noreen T. Sweeney Katarzyna B. Swiech, 2011 Ewa Szczerbaniewicz, 2005 Andrew W. Tanner, 2004 Joanna T. Tarkazikis, 1970 Charlene Taveras, 2014 Yornelis Tejada, 2014 Lauren E. Telson, 2014 Charles D. Tempio, 1973 Diana J. Tenezaca, 2014 Carla N. Tepenno, 2014 Aju Tharian, 2007 Marianne Thimmel, 1983 Janice Thomas-Harris, 2013 Stephanie M. Thompson, 2014 Marissa L. Tonge, 2014 Mauro Tonossi, 2014 David P. Torres, 2014 Luis A. Torres, 2014 Michael Torres, 2012 Taryn Torsiello, 2014 Aram Tossounian, 2014 Joel G. Trella, 1980 Amanda Troiano, 2014 Victoria B. Turitz, 2014 Unwana Usoro, 2014 Rhustie M. Valdizno, 2014 Virginia Valentin, 2011 Pam Van Esselstine, 2011 Joseph E. Van Winkle, 2011 Elyse E. Van Zile, 2012 Joseph Vecchiet, 1993 Vivian I. Vega, 2014 Merima Velic, 2014 Fernanda Venciguerra, 2014 Amanda Y. Vera, 2014 Rimona Verdis, 2014 Pamela Sue Vermaas, 1990 Vincent J. Vicari, 1980 Jehan A. Victor, 2014 Ana V. Villaruel, 2014 Samantha G. Volk, 2014 Kathryn M. Vunk, 2013 Patrycja Waclawska, 2014 Jacqueline Wagner, 2014 Julia Wagner, 2014 Dawn E. Wakefield, 1997 Chelsea K. Walsh, 2014 Megan P. Walsh, 2014 Patrick J. Walsh, 2010 Rouyun Wang, 2014 Mitsuyuki J. Washida, 2014 Nicole Wehr, 2014 Claudia Wells, 1998 Emily P. Wendaur, 2014 Betty G. Wiest, 1995 Wainsworth M. Wiggins, 2014 Dawn Wilda, 1998 Allyson C. Wiles, 2014 Chanel B. Williams, 2014 Kayla M. Williams, 2014 Kimberly S. Williams, 2014 Marlon D. Williams, 2014 Nicole Woessner, 2014 Martin X. Worrall, 1979 Jean Yamamoto, 2010 Anthony R. Yannette, 2014 Burcin E. Yilmaz, 2014 Debra C. Youngman, 2014 Haiying Yuan, 2011 Oscar F. Zapata, 2014 Stenia Zawadzki, 2008 Amir K. Zebi, 2014 Dominique T. Zindt, 2014 Meiling Zoe, 1970 Jesus Zuniga, 2014 Charlen McNeil, ‘2014, a junior at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is studying in China this spring. SPRING 2015 | 12