Winter 2009 - Mitchell College

In this issue... 

Reunion/Fall Weekend: 

Celebrang Then & Now 

Duquès Center Dedicaon 

Mariner Hall Opens

Greengs from Mitchell College! 

As I write this leer to you all, our campus 

is covered in a blanket of white, with more 

snowy weather on its way. For the past 

two months we have had frigid cold temperatures 

and several storms, however the 

fesvies and camaraderie of the recent 

holiday season, combined with the high 

level of excing happenings here at Mitchell 

has kept us all warm indeed. Yes, despite the cold and snowy 

weather, there is a great energy and spirit on our campus as we 

start the new year and the new semester. 

I’m happy to report that despite the downturn in the economy, 

we connue to buck the trend that most small colleges are 

facing and are experiencing record enrollment. As you will see 

from this chock-full issue of MitchellTODAY, we have much to 

celebrate as we enter 2009. This past semester, we welcomed 

our new Mariners Mascot during Reunion/Fall Weekend, students 

moved into the new Mariner suite-style Residence Hall, 

we dedicated the Duquès Academic Success Center, we enjoyed 

a visit from a Woodrow Wilson Vising Scholar, and we received 

a $225,000 grant from the Johnson Foundaon. These are major 

accomplishments for our small college on the Thames. 

As Mitchell College connues to grow as a premier baccalaureate 

instuon, we are mindful of the fact we could not accomplish 

each of these iniaves without you. In this day and age, 

it truly takes a community to not just survive, but to thrive! 

So, grab yourself a hot cup of tea, coffee or maybe some hot 

chocolate, curl up with a good view of the falling snow, and 

enjoy this new issue of MitchellTODAY. 

With “warm’’ wishes, I remain 

Mary Ellen Jukoski, Ed.D 

President 

MitchellTODAY 

A Newsleer for Alumni, Parents and Friends of Mitchell College 

Editor 

Renée K. Fournier, 

Director of Public Relaons 

& Markeng 

Editorial Contributors 

Karen C.L. Anderson 

Carol A. Brown, Ph.D. 

Renée K. Fournier 

Angela Lomanto 

Kevin M.R. Mayne 

Catherine Erik-Soussi 

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Volume I, No. 2 - Winter 2009 

Photography 

ArtPhoto by Pietro 

Renée K. Fournier 

Graphic Design 

Sarah Van Dyke-Ewan 

Sunset Graphics 

Art Direcon 

Kevin M.R. Mayne, 

Vice President for 

Enrollment 

Management 

and Markeng 

Cover Photo 

Introducing the 

new Mitchell College 

mascot for the Mariners! 

See story on pages 2-6. 

Mariners Set for 

Maiden Voyage 

in NCAA 

New Moniker and Conference as Mitchell 

College Charts its Course in Division III 

by Karen C.L. Anderson 

You could say that the Mitchell College athlecs program 

has undergone a sea change. On the surface is 

a brand new identy and logo – the Mariners – represented 

by a new mascot, a personified wave of blue 

water, as yet to be given a name. Both were debuted 

during Alumni & Parents Weekend, October 17-19.

Introducing the New Mitchell 

College Mariners Mascot! 

Students, faculty, President Jukoski, and Athlec 

Director Mo White were among the first to see the 

new Mitchell Mariner at the ribbon cung ceremony 

for the new Yarnall Fitness Center during Reunion/ 

Fall Weekend 2008. Next to the Mariner is former 

Athlec Director Doug Yarnall. 

Inside 

Feature Story 2-6 

Mariners Set for Maiden Voyage in NCAA 

Passport to the Future 

Invest in Our Students 10 

New Grant Enhances Career Services for 

Students with Disabilies 11 

Along the Thames 

President Jukoski Receives Crawford Award 8 

Duquès Academic Success Center Dedicaon 9 

Students Enjoying the Suite Life: 

New Mariner Hall Residence Hall Opens 12 

CT Restaurant Associaon Awards 

Hospitality & Tourism Program 12 

New Online Photo Gallery 12 

Children’s Learning Center Receives 

NAEYC Accreditaon 13 

Humanies Department Hosts Woodrow 

Wilson Vising Fellow Dr. Robert K. Musil 13 

Faculty Focus 14-15 

Seven new faculty support expanding bachelor programs 

Professors Published in Three Areas of Study 

Reunion/Fall Weekend 2008 7 

Mitchell Memories Photo Gallery 

ArtPhoto by Pietro 

But more important are some of the deeper changes 

that underlie the new identy. By the end of the current 

academic year, Mitchell’s athlecs program will 

have completed its transion from the Naonal Junior 

College Athlec Associaon to the Naonal Collegiate 

Athlec Associaon’s (NCAA) Division III. Mitchell has 

been a provisional member of the NCAA since 2003. 

The process started when Mitchell College Athlec 

Director Mo White and her predecessor Doug Yarnall 

(who rered in 2001) started thinking about the future 

of Mitchell’s athlecs program. The college itself was in 

the process of transion – adding a number of four-year 

Bachelors programs to its two-year Associates program 

– thus evolving from junior college status to become a 

Baccalaureate instuon. 

connued on page 4 

Alumni Corner 18 

New Alumni Council Forming 

The Call to Build a Network: The Career Center, 

Mitchell Students, and You 

Mitchell College Athlecs 16-17 

Class Notes 19 

Upcoming Events 

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New Mitchell College Alumni Email back 

MItchellTODAY is published by the Department of 

Public Relaons & Markeng three mes annually. 

The Mission of Mitchell College 

Mitchell College, a private instuon of higher educaon, 

provides a transforming educaonal experience. Within a diverse 

and student-centered community and with an emphasis 

on holisc student development, Mitchell College supports 

individual learning differences, nurtures untapped academic 

potenal, and inslls professional knowledge and skills necessary 

for students to contribute to an ever-changing world.

Feature Story 


Maiden Voyage in NCAA 

connued from inside front cover 

“We knew Mitchell would be going to a four-year 

program and we in the athlec department had to 

decide what we wanted to do,” remembers Yarnall. 

“We considered both Division II and Division 

III, but given Mitchell’s size and the fact that the 

NCAA wasn’t growing the number of Division II 

schools in the northeast, we recommended 

Division III. We had the 

facilies, both indoors 

and out, we felt we 

could be compe- 

ve in Division 

III, and 

that it would be more in keeping 

with the college’s 

mission and values.” 

“...colleges and 

universies in 

Division III place 

highest priority 

on the overall 

quality of the 

educaonal 

experience and 

on the successful 

compleon of all 

students’ 

academic 

programs.” 

“We see non-scholarship student 

athletes as students first,” White 

says. “Athlecs is a privilege.” 

According to the NCAA, colleges 

and universies in Division 

III place highest priority on the 

overall quality of the educaonal 

experience and on the successful 

compleon of all students’ 

academic programs. They seek to 

establish and maintain an environment 

in which a student-athlete’s athlecs acvies are 

conducted as an integral part of the student-athlete’s 

educaonal experience. They also seek to establish and 

maintain an environment that values cultural diversity 

and gender equity among their student-athletes and 

athlecs staff. 

“It’s a huge deal,” White adds. “This move will help 

Mitchell gain broader recognion and provide a number 

of opportunies that, unl now, were not op- 

ons at Mitchell.” These include parcipaon 

in naonal championships, the ability to 

nominate Mitchell 

student 

athletes for 

Academic All- 

The mighty MARINERS! What a great name, 

what a wonderful mascot to symbolize the 

history T and essence of Mitchell College, a 

history wrien on the banks of the Thames 

River. It was from these shores that thousands 

of men le home to do bale against 

the elements and ply their trade on the 

open seas. Today, our student athletes will wear our colors and 

represent Mitchell College on the fields of compeon named in 

honor of these Mariners. 

During my days as a student athlete at Mitchell, we were 

proudly known as the Pequots. At the me, we celebrated a 

fine history of success on the soccer field. Our professors and 

coaches prepared us well for future leadership posions in our 

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Mariners 

By Hank Steinbrecher ’69 

selected careers. Our coach, Warren 

Swanson, was a leader in American soccer, 

serving as President of the Soccer Coach’s Associa- 

on. (I had the privilege of coaching Coach Swanson’s 

two sons during my tenure as Head Soccer Coach at 

Boston University. ) 

Mitchell College has experienced dynamic change 

over the past few years. Now a fully accredited fouryear 

instuon, Mitchell’s student athletes will be 

known as the Mariners, compeng in the NCAA Division 

III. Why are these changes so important for 

Mitchell College? They are important because they 

give the College a new and symbolic identy, one that 

represents our history and our community, one that 

also embraces the future. 

Mitchell College will be compeng in the NCAA as 

a Division III instuon. This is a terrific step for the 

College to take. It marries the mission of Mitchell College 

with the core ideology of the NCAA. As a member 

of the NCAA, Mitchell College will be compeng 

with similar instuons that share a sound philosophy

American honors, and parcipaon in the 

Student Athlec Advisory Commiee (SAAC). 

“SAAC is a powerful group that influences 

legislaon and rules,” White says, “and Division III 

student athletes in parcular are empowered to 

speak and influence, going back to the philosophy 

that Division III athletes are students first.” For 

example, last year Mitchell’s student athletes 

decided that allowing coaches to use text messages 

as a form of communicaon was invasive, 

so they had the rules changed. “These kids actually 

helped apply stricter drug and alcohol policies,” 

White says. “They also influence uniform 

design and the selecon of vendors and 

manufacturers. We feel strongly that student 

athletes are a part of the process.” 

Although Mitchell was in a good posion to 

achieve Division III status, there were many steps 

to take in order to achieve 100 percent compliance 

with the NCAA’s rules. White says a key step 

was choosing a new identy. The NCAA Execuve 

Commiee strongly suggests that instuons 

follow the best pracces of instuons that do 

not support the use of Nave American mascots 

or imagery. Since its founding in 1938, Mitchell 

College athletes had been known as the Pequots. 

The NCAA implemented its restricons on Nave 

connued on page 6 

A Student Athlete’s 

Perspective 

By Heather-Renaé Powers ’10 

Change is an event that occurs when 

something passes from one phase to 

another, (Merriam-Webster Diconary). 

Recently Mitchell College went under 

complete change very quickly and successfully. 

As an athlec organizaon, we 

moved from the New England Junior 

Collegiate College Division to the NCAA 

Division III bracket. With this change 

occurring, Mitchell College has now opened several doors 

for our athlec teams as a whole. We are now able to 

compete and challenge at a higher level, allowing us to set 

higher personal and academic standards, as well as working 

harder as teams individually. 

As a captain for the Mitchell College Volleyball team and the 

President of the Student Athlec Advisory Commiee (SAAC), 

moving to the NCAA Division III bracket has been one of the 

best changes Mitchell College has ever seen. On a personal 

level, I have created unforgeable memories and met 

several student athletes from other colleges. This 

experience, in my eyes, has assisted Mitchell College to 

grow and expand in many ways and create more 

opportunies to come in our future. 

about the role of the student athlete. The essence of the 

Division III experience is the collegiate model of athletics 

in which students parcipate as an avocaon, not a 

profession, balancing their academic, social and athlecs 

experiences. This non-scholarship approach to collegiate 

sport is fundamentally sound and focuses the proper 

aenon on a student’s academic and social welfare. It 

also insures the highest levels of integrity and sportsmanship 

in fair compeon. It gives a structure to compe- 

on, keeping the proper balance between the fields of 

compeon and the academic classroom. 

I have heard one President of a major university state 

that he hoped to create a university of which its football 

team could be proud. This clearly is a misplaced priority. 

Mitchell College will produce fine student-athletes, with 

the emphasis on student. This is a sound priority. 

I feel confident that I can speak for all former student 

athletes in that when we put on the colors of our team, 

of our college, we took great pride in wearing what 

represented to us our es to our community. The es 

that bond alumni to their college community are indeed 

strong. During my career, I found this to be true at all levels of 

compeon. 

During a career that spanned 12 years of collegiate coaching, 

to 10 years serving as the Secretary General of US Soccer, I have 

seen this pride carried over to all levels of compeon. Yes, 

indeed, the athletes who represent the USA in the Olympic or 

World Cup compeons love to put on the colors of our naon 

and play with pride for what the jersey represents. 

I am quite confident that Mitchell College’s future will be even 

brighter than its past. The new Mitchell College Mariners will 

represent our college and community with pride and dignity. 

Hank Steinbrecher’69 has had a life long relaonship with 

soccer and sport. As a youth player Hank was very acve in 

his home of Queens, New York. Mr. Steinbrecher was recently 

inducted into the Naonal Soccer Hall of Fame as a builder of 

the game, received the Naonal Soccer Coaches Associaon’s 

highest award, The NSCAA Honor Award and has been voted as 

a Lifeme Member of US Soccer. He is also a member of the 

Mitchell College Athlecs Hall of Fame. 

MitchellTODAY 5

Feature Story 


Maiden Voyage in NCAA 

connued from page 5 

American names and imagery in February 2006. 

“The NCAA objects to instuons using racial/ethnic/ 

naonal origin references in their intercollegiate athlecs 

programs,” says NCAA President Myles Brand. 

Chosen by a commiee of Mitchell College students, 

student athletes, faculty and coaches, “the Mariner name 

consistently received strong, favorable reacons,” White 

says. “The associaon of the name with the ocean embodies 

characteriscs the Mitchell student body sees in its 

athlec teams: powerful, fierce, inmidang and ferocious.” 

The Mariner name also provides a connecon to 

the college’s locaon and heritage. 

The new identy, part of an overall new 

“brand,” has 

already been incorporated on the 

floor of the gymnasium in 

the College’s expanded 

Yarnall Athlec 

Center. The new 

brand consists of 

an updated color 

scheme, a new 

font and a set of 

marks – a family 

of insignia and symbrand 

will provide a flexible 

plaorm for unified representaon 

of Mitchell l athlecs; it will be 

applied gradually in a variety of sengs from uniforms to 

bols. The enre 

facilies, media guides, sportswear and accessories. 

“Changing a college athlec identy is a significant transi- 

on, not only for our athlec program, but also for our students 

and alumni who have fond memories of their college 

days,” says White. “We believe the new images will represent 

Mitchell College well. We expect the image to evolve 

over me, and believe we have an identy and mascot we 

can be proud to have associated with Mitchell athlecs.” 

The new 3,000-square foot fitness complex houses cardio 

equipment, a state-of-the-art strength training circuit, free 

weights, and a private pilates/yoga area. 

In addion to the NCAA membership, Mitchell 

College is also a founding member of the newly 

formed New England Collegiate Conference 

(NECC). The mission of the NECC is to provide 

for athlec compeon among instuons that 

share similar athlec aspiraons and are commied 

to the importance of the total educa- 

onal experience for students engaged in sports. 

The NECC 

comprises independent instuons 

whose student bodies are similar 

in academic achievement 

and whose missions and 

curricula are similar in 

educaonal growth 

of 

its student body. 

The member instuons 

share an 

educaonal culture 

that seeks to foster 

academic excellence. 

Members include Bay 

Path College, Becker Col- 

lege, Daniel Webster College, 

Elms College, Lesley University, Mitchell 

College, Newbury College, Southern Vermont 

College and Wheelock College. 

Mitchell is also a member of the Eastern Collegiate 

Athlec Conference (ECAC). The ECAC is 

the naon’s largest athlec conference and only 

mul-divisional conference, with 321 member 

instuons ranging across 16 states from Maine 

to North Carolina and Westerly to Illinois. 


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Honoring President Jukoski 

Receives Top Honor from Chamber of Eastern Conneccut 

On November 17, 400 people 

aended the William Crawford 

Disnguished Service Award 

dinner honoring Dr. Mary Ellen 

Jukoski, president of Mitchell 

College. The Crawford Award is 

an annual honor given by the 

Chamber of Commerce of Eastern 

Conneccut recognizing an 

outstanding member of the 

community who has contributed 

not only to the quality of life in 

the region but also to his or her 

fellow neighbors. 

Hosted by the Mysc Marrio in 

Groton, the evening’s program 

featured a performance by the 

Mitchell Singers, and remarks 

from Stephen Percy, past Crawford 

recipient and a former 

College trustee, Isabelle Singer, 

Execuve Director of the Eastern 

Conneccut Symphony Orchestra, 

Rick Milner, Chairman of the 

College’s Board of Trustees, and 

Kevin M.R. Mayne, Vice President 

for Enrollment Management and 

Markeng. The invocaon and 

benedicon were given by Reverend 

Carolyn Paerno of All Souls 

Unitarian Church in New London. 

Outside the College community, 

Dr. Jukoski serves on numerous 

boards and commiees and has 

created many collaborave partnerships 

with the community of 

Southeastern Conneccut. Most 

recently, she was integral in the 

development of a partnership 

with the College’s science faculty 

and New London Public Schools, 

parcularly the collaboraon with 

the Science and Technology 

Magnet High School. In June 

2000, she was instrumental in 

founding the Southeastern 

Conneccut Consorum of 

Higher Educaon, involving 

ten other public and private 

instuons. 


Michelle Jacobik, of SAVA Insurance and 

Chair of the Chamber of Eastern Connecticut’s 

Board of Directors, presents 

Dr. Jukoski with the Crawford Medal 

State Aorney General Richard 

Blumenthal presents a proclamaon 

from the State of 

Conneccut 

L. Richard “Rick” 

Milner P’93, Chair of 

the College’s Board of 

trustees, was among 

the featured speakers 

who recognized President 

Jukoski’s many 

accomplishments 

U.S. Representave 

Joe Courtney (CT – 2nd 

District) with President 

Jukoski and Tony 

Sheridan, President of 

the Chamber of Eastern 

Conneccut 

Dr. Jukoski stands with her mother, 

Helen, her husband, Ma, and 

daughter, Liz. 

Now donning her Crawford medal, 

President Jukoski stands with Robyn 

Wolman ‘00 And Len Wolman, Chairman 

and CEO of Waterford Group, LLC and 

host of the event 

Several Mitchell staff, faculty and students, as well as former 

faculty and staff, enjoyed a group photo op with President Jukoski 


Dedication 

Dr. Dawn Brill Duquès ’64 & Ric Duquès 

Academic Success Center 

October 22, 2008 

Under cover of a fesve tent, over 300 

guests enjoyed the brisk aernoon in 

celebraon of the first new building dedicaon 

in 40 years. Located on the center 

of Mitchell’s academic campus, the new 

building houses the four student support 

programs that now serve the enre student 

body of almost 1,000 students. The four 

programs – the Tutoring Center, the Advising 

Center, the Learning Resource Center, and 

the Career Center are all located in the new 

12,000 square foot facility. Ric and Dawn 

Brill Duquès ’64 and family, College trustees, 

faculty, administraon, students, staff, City 

officials and friends of the College aended 

the standing-room-only celebraon. 

The hour-long ceremony featured proclamaon 

from the City, performances by the 

Mitchell Singers, and a check presentaon 

by the faculty and staff showing their commitment 

to the College’s next phase in the 

campaign for Mitchell College. But what 

resounded as the most inpsiring moment of 

the day, was a presentaon by four students, 

Maria Cornwell ’11, Ricardo Ledbetter 

’12, Kevin Buiocchi ‘11 and Agnilza Dos 

Santos ‘10. Ledbeer’s remarks summed 

up the aernoon when he said,”this new 

building means that Dawn and Ric Duquès 

believe in me and in what I can accomplish. 

On behalf of all Mitchell College students, I 

am so grateful.” 

The Duquès Academic Success Center is 

named in recognion of Dawn Brill-Duquès 

’64 and Ric Duquès’ generous support of 

Mitchell College. Their transforming gi was 

the catalyst for the College undertaking a 

comprehensive campus plan to support the 

College’s mission and respond to the 

compeve college marketplace. 

The ceremonial 

ribbon is cut, 

officially opening the 

Duquès Academic 

Success Center. 

New London Mayor Kevin 

Cavanagh presents a proclama- 

on to Ric and Dawn, memorializing 

October 22, 2008 as 

Dr. Dawn Brill Duquès ’64 Day 

in the City of New London 

Four students gained 

thunderous applause 

when they spoke on 

behalf of all students 

in appreciaon of 

Dawn and Ric. Ricardo 

Ledbeer ‘12, stands at 

podium, with Agnilza 

Dos Santos ‘10, Maria 

Cornwell ‘11 and Kevin 

Buiocchi ‘11 

Ted Hargrove, the College’s 

former Director of Public 

Relaons and course instructor 

came to the celebrate the 

day’s fesvies with Dawn 

Duquès, who was one of his 

former students 

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Invest in 

Our Students 

C 

an you, as a member of the Mitchell College 

family, work together during these challenging 

economic mes to help youngsters stay in school? 

We think you can, so, please read on. 

A few years ago, the Perkins loan fund allowed 

Mitchell College to loan up to $225,000 to students 

with financial need. That amount decreased to 

$176,000 then to $133,000, and now its stands at 

$45,000. “The pool is based on what is paid back. 

That used to happen frequently when a student 

consolidated their loans to get a lower interest 

rate. In doing so, they paid off their Perkins loans,” 

reports Jacklyn Stoltz, Director of Financial Aid. 

“Because most lenders no longer parcipate in the 

program, few students are consolidang. Therefore, 

the Perkins pool has not been replenished and the 

amount available has decreased greatly.” 

This same story is being replayed across the 

country with variaons as the student loan market 

ghtens and the number of lenders decreases. 

s well, we’ve all heard the testaments of families 

with college students whose savings, investments, 

rerement funds, and home equity has decreased. 

In some cases, one or both parents have lost 

their jobs. 

Our students are parcularly hard hit….the 

average family during this academic year has the 

capacity to pay only $15,000 of the $35,000 costs 

of an educaon at Mitchell College. Over 25% of 

Mitchell students are eligible for Pell grants, an 

indicator of the greatest need as recognized by the 

Federal government (and part of the reason that 

Mitchell was eligible to apply for a Title III grant 

which will help build its endowment over the 

next five years). 

Some colleges can weather the storm because 

of substanal endowment. Unl Mitchell 

MITCHELL’S FUTURE 

be a part of it. 

College can build up its scholarship endowment, the 

effects of the storm are not buffered. Already, for 

the most financially needy (those who can afford 

to pay nothing) the College gives up a maximum of 

$17,000 of its own funds per student. To meet obligaons, 

the rest is usually made up of loans, grants, 

and more loans. 

That gap can be several thousand dollars but for 

some students, it may be the price of textbooks. 

In past years, Perkins loans were able to make up 

that gap but that is not the case. 

“We ancipate that these condions will remain the 

same for at least two more semesters,” says 

Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer Dyann Baker. 

How can you help? If you can, please send a generous 

contribuon in the envelope you see to your 

right. Every dollar of the funds received will be used 

to assist needy students to stay in school. You can 

make a direct impact today! Help a young person 

who has the promise of a brighter future because of 

what they can achieve at Mitchell College. 


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New Grant Enhances Career Services 

for Students with Disabilies 

W 

hat a boost for Mitchell College students 

with learning disabilies! The Johnson 

Foundaon has approved a grant proposal for 

work over three years so that there will be a 

career counselor dedicated to students with 

learning disabilies in the Career Center. The 

grant, a total of $225,000, is providing paral 

funding for the specialized career counselor and 

paral funding for an administrave support person. 

As well, the Career Center will add a variety 

of supports throughout the year – skills classes, 

speakers for students and for professionals to 

increase their knowledge, a resource library, and 

in-service training to learn more about “best 

pracces” in the field. 

Students can look forward to: 

• individual consultaons regarding career 

choices that will ensure the opmal fit for his 

or her abilies, interests and challenges in a 

workplace environment 

• help with developing individual career plans 

• experienal learning opportunies 

• ps on how to enhance employability and, 

an expanded staff to develop on-going formal 

training programs including topics like: 

workplace issues, me management, project 

management, organizaonal skills, money 

management, community access, life skills, 

disability self-awareness, and self-advocacy. 

Thank you, Johnson Foundaon! 



Over 100 Students Now Living 

the Suite-Life in Mariner Hall 

O 

ver 100 Mitchell College students are enjoying 

the new 38,000 square foot residence 

hall, aptly named Mariner Hall (temporarily 

named unl a donor emerges). With coveted 

amenies such as air condioning, study space 

and laundry facilies, the four-story residence hall 

will be a first choice for many students. The enre 

building is wireless and handicap accessible, and 

informal learning spaces, lounges and common 

areas have been created to facilitate collabora- 

ve studies. The exterior of the building has been 

designed with a classic New England charm in 

keeping with the shoreline environment and the 

surrounding residenal neighborhood. 

A Ribbon Cung ceremony for the new building 

was held on September 23 and several trustees, 

faculty, staff and students were present for the 

brief celebraon and tour. 

Conneccut Restaurant Associaon Awards 

New Hospitality & Tourism Program 

M 

itchell College received the Educator Award during the 

Conneccut Restaurant Associaon's Salute to Excellence in 

Hospitality Awards dinner at the Mohegan Sun Casino on September 2. 

Pictured (le to right) are Bob DeZinno, President and CEO of the 

Conneccut Restaurant Associaon, Dr. Mary Ellen Jukoski, Mitchell 

College President, Hospitality & Tourism majors Briany Smyth (class of 

2011) and Rachel Olivieri (class of 2012) and Bob Forcier, Assistant Professor 

and Chair of the Hospitality and Tourism program. Hospitality and 

Tourism is one of the newest bachelor programs offered at the College. 


Pictured above: le: Chrisne Gallagher, Director of Residence Life and 

Judicial Affairs, and students Ashley Hidalgo ’10, Nicole Corna ’09, 

and Theodore Dixon ’10, who each spoke about being residents in the 

new building. Middle: Residents move into Mariner Hall. Far right: 

Jannine Swersky ’10, Jill Rakoff, Execuve Assistant to the CFO, and 

Trustees Paul Nunes and Jack Sco, as they tour one of the new suites. 

More Photos 

in our Online 

Gallery! 

Check out more 

Fall Weekend and 


event photos on 

our new web site! 

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Mitchell College’s Children’s Learning 

Center Receives NAEYC Accreditaon 

Program achieves 100% in all ten program areas 


Mit 

Mitchell College's Children's Learning Center received accreditaon 

in early fall by the Naonal Associaon for the 

Educaon of Young Children (NAEYC) through its newly revitalized 

accreditaon system. 

The five year accreditaon, good through August 2013, assessed 

ten program areas, in which standards must be met 

at the 80% level or above. The Mitchell College program 

achieved 100% in each of the ten program areas, which 

included teaching, relaonships, curriculum, assessment of 

child progress, health, teachers, families, community rela- 

onships, physical environment and leadership. 

In several areas, the program received above 100% by 

successfully meeng emerging criteria above and beyond 

the standard. 

Diane Gozemba, who was Director of the CLC for the past ten 

years, explained that the Center is known in southeastern 

Conneccut for its quality program. "I'm very pleased that 

the teaching staff and administrators were able to achieve 

the high standards set by the Naonal Associaon for the 

Educaon of Young Children. The Children’s Learning Center 

is an environment where quality educaon begins." 

Mitchell College was commended on having one of the first 

programs in the country to earn the mark of quality represented 

by the NAEYC Accreditaon system. 

Starng this semester Gozemba has stepped down as 

director to take on her new role as Chair of the Educaon 

Department and assistant professor of educaon. Ellen 

Cummings was named 

the Center’s new 

director in October. 

Editor’s note: We 

will provide more 

informaon on Ellen 

Cummings in a 

future issue of 

MitchellTODAY. 

Humanities Department Hosts Lecture 

Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow 

Dr. Robert K. Musil: International Spokesman on Global Warming 

The Mitchell College 

Humanities Department 

hosted Dr. Robert K. Musil, 

a Woodrow Wilson Visiting 

Fellow for a week during 

the fall semester. As part of 

his October visit, Dr. Musil held a public 

lecture, “Changing the Climate: Healing, 

Humanity & Hope for a Heated Planet.” 

Over 100 students, faculty, staff and 

community guests attended his lecture. 

Dr. Musil, who served as the head of the 

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for 

Social Responsibility, met with students, 

classes and the community to discuss 

issues on global warming, how Americans 

can fi nd hope, and why students 

are ready now to lead us. Dr. Musil is a 

scholar-in-residence and adjunct professor 

in the School of International Studies 

at American University where he teaches 

in the Program on Global Environmental 

Politics and the Nuclear Studies Institute. 

“Dr. Musil’s week-long visit to campus was inspirational as well 

as instructive,” said Quelia Quaresmo-McHugh, assistant professor 

of Humanities. “His informal, yet provocative comments, 

engaged the students to dialogue with him about several topics, 

ranging from national politics, the Vietnam War, climate change, 

and the role of Non-Governmental Organizations. His message 

of responsible political activism captivated many of our students 

who were exposed to the many facets of global warming, as a 

critical environmental, political, and cultural issue for their generation 

to confront, and resolve.” 


Faculty Focus 

Seven new faculty support expanding 

bachelor programs, enrollment increase 

Faculty now doubled since adding bachelor programs in 1998 

S 

even new faculty members join Mitchell College this fall, 

an indicator of the connued growth of the College’s 

bachelors programs. The new professors will strengthen six of 

the college’s twelve degreed programs, and several will lead 

departments as chairs. 

“It is excing to see both new instructors and some wellknown 

Mitchell adjunct professors join the faculty this year,” 

says Dr. Gilbert Maffeo, Vice President for Academic Affairs 

and Dean of the College. “The programs keep growing, and 

with them the depth of the faculty we draw upon.” 

The number of full-me professors at Mitchell has doubled 

since the College began offering bachelor programs in 1998, 

bringing the total number to 38. 

Assistant Professor Tara L. Broccoli joined 

the Behavioral Science department at 

Mitchell College this fall. Dr. Broccoli 

received her Ph.D. in Social/Health 

Psychology from Rutgers University, where 

her research centered in body image, selfobjecficaon, 

women’s health and health behavior. She 

received her Masters in Social/Health Psychology from Rutgers 

and her Bachelors in Psychology from Conneccut College. 

Priscilla Brown Embry is new Assistant 

Professor in Early Childhood Educaon. 

Dr. Embry received her Ph.D. in Special 

Educaon and her Masters in Educaon from 

the University of Conneccut, where she also 

worked as a lecturer and Academic Specialist at 

their Instute for Teaching and Learning for several years. She 

has worked at Mitchell in the past as both an Instructor and a 

Learning Specialist, and received her Bachelors from George 

Washington University in Elementary Educaon. 

Robert O. Forcier was recently named department 

chair of Mitchell’s new Hospitality and 

Tourism program. His experience includes 15 

years in management and operaons in the 

hospitality industry and ten years managing 

career programs at the Johnson & Wales University 

Career Development Office. Forcier received his MBA 

in Hospitality Administraon from Johnson & Wales University 

and his Bachelors from the University of Massachuses at 

Amherst in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administraon. 

Diane M. Gozemba is new Assistant Professor 

in Early Childhood Educaon, making the 

transion aer eleven years as Director of 

Mitchell College’s Children’s Learning Center. 

Gozemba received her MBA from University 

of New Haven, and her Masters in Infant/ 

Parent Development from Bank Street College of Educaon 

in New York. She received her Bachelors from Conneccut 

College. 

Frank T. Hendrick is new Associate Professor 

and Department Chair of Sport Management 

at Mitchell. Dr. Hendrick received his 

Ph.D. in Leisure Studies from the University 

of Oregon, his Masters in Educaon from 

California Lutheran University and his Bachelors 

in Psychology from California State University. He has 

taught at Eastern Conneccut State University, California 

Polytechnic State, and the University of Tennessee. 

Kristen M. Lester joins the College as Assistant 

Professor in Environmental Studies. 

Dr. Lester has taught as an adjunct faculty 

member for several years at Mitchell College 

and previously at the University of Conneccut 

Avery Point, Middlesex Community 

College, and Lyme Academy of Fine Art. Dr. Lester received 

her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South 

Florida, her Masters in Environmental Coastal and Ocean 

Science from the University of Massachuses, Boston and 

her Bachelors in Biology from Excelsior College. 

Richard Lucas is the newly named Department 

Chair of the Communicaon Program. 

Before his arrival, Dr. Lucas taught Communicaons 

at Southern Conneccut State 

University for over 20 years, where he was 

named Professor Emeritus in 2003. He also 

directed their Instruconal Technology Program and served 

five years as Communicaons Department Chair. Dr. Lucas 

received his Ph.D. and his Masters in Mass Communicaon/ 

Markeng from the University of Massachuses, and his 

Bachelors in Speech Communicaon from Southern 

Conneccut University. 

Faculty Focus connued on page 18 



Professors Published in 

Three Areas of Study 

T 

hree Mitchell College faculty members have 

recently gained exposure to a community of scholars 

from across the country through papers and conference 

presentaons in their areas of experse. 

All three professors believe that work outside of the 

campus environment is important. “Without sharing 

our own scholarship, we are not holding up our end of 

the bargain to advance the field and the general body 

of knowledge,” says Sco L. Horton. 

Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences 

Sco L. Horton, Ed.D. recently presented 

at two internaonal conferences on behalf 

of the College. He was a virtual presenter 

at the Fieenth Internaonal Conference 

on Learning at the University of Chicago in 

June. In November he traveled to Newport Beach, California 

where he presented a similar paper at the Ninth Annual 

Conference of the Associaon for Global Business and the 

Internaonal Academy of Linguiscs, Behavioral and 

Social Sciences. 

His original paper, “Lev Goes to College: Reflecons on 

Implemenng Vygotsky’s Ideas in Higher Educaon,” was 

subsequently published in the Internaonal Journal of 

Learning in September. In essence, Horton’s work shows 

how teaching methods ulized heavily in K – 12 environments 

have important applicaons in higher educaon. 

Dr. Horton’s paper was not only selected to be presented, 

but also awarded a “Best Paper Award Cerficate” at the 

Internaonal Academy of Linguiscs, Behavioral and Social 

Sciences Conference. Slightly revised for the conference audience, 

Horton presented “Taking Lev to College: reflecons 

on Integrang Vygotsky’s Principles in Higher Educaon.” 

“For a small college, papers and presentaons by faculty 

represent a powerful way of increasing its educaonal 

reputaon, and open the possibility of ongoing contacts and 

inter-instuonal collaboraons with scholars from virtually 

around the world,” says Horton. 

Faculty Focus 

Another Mitchell College faculty 

member, Assistant Professor of Business 

Paul L. Brindamour, M.B.A., recently 

presented at the Northeast Economic 

Developers Annual Conference in Buffalo, 

NY, which focused on cung edge techniques 

connecng colleges with their local communies. 

Brindamour’s paper, “Undergraduate Educaon in Community 

and Economic Development: The Mitchell College 

Experience” described how the Mitchell College Community 

and Economic Business Concentraon model was 

created by economic developers, “based largely on what 

they’ve had to figure out on their own.” 

This creave approach to building an undergraduate economic 

development program was highlighted again when 

Brindamour’s paper was published in the August 2008 

Northeast Journal of Economic Development. 

Kenneth Kuzmich, M.A.L.S., Assistant 

Professor and Chair of the Global Studies 

Program, was also recently published for 

his research, with an arcle in the Interna- 

onal Journal of the Humanies. His paper, 

“Religion Beyond Religious Thought,” 

speaks to the evoluon of mankind’s search for meaning, 

significance and the “intangible secrets of life and death.” 

Professor Kuzmich sites how our relavely new adherence 

to science, technology and globalizaon has displaced the 

more ancient spiritual roles of symbolism, rites, rituals 

and mythology. 

Professor Kuzmich is presently 

creang a religious studies 

concentraon at Mitchell College 

and has also developed the 

Global Studies Program which 

launches this coming semester. 

Comparave thought is the key 

to understanding the world and 

all of its people in it. “When we 

begin to see the similaries, rather r 

than the differences between all 

cultures, we can begin to understand 

that we are all focused on the same 

human goals and achievements.” 


Mitchell Marine 

Highlights from Mitc 

The 2008 fall sports season was a successful one for the Mitchell Mariners. The athlec teams competed in the 

newly-formed New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) and reached post-season play in many sports. Studentathletes 

from all of the fall sports teams were honored with all-conference awards. 

Fall 2008 Team Accomplishments 

MEN’S SOCCER 

Finished regular season undefeated 

in conference play, 6-0. 

Seeded #1 for NECC Tournament 

WOMEN’S SOCCER 

Team qualified for post season play 

with #6 ranking for the NECC 

Championship 

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 

Team finished the NECC Championship 

as the runners-up. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS 

NECC Team Sportsmanship Winners 

MEN’S GOLF 

Team finished the NECC Championship 

as the runners-up. 

2009 Home Basketball Schedule 

MEN’S BASKETBALL 

Thursday, February 10 7:00 vs. Conneccut College 

Saturday, February 14 3:00 vs. Southern VT College 

Monday, February 16 8:00 vs. Coast Guard Academy 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 

Thursday, February 12 7:00 vs. Newbury College 

Saturday, February 14 1:00 vs. Becker College 

Monday, February 16 6:00 vs. Coast Guard Academy 

Tuesday, February 17 7:00 vs. Bay Path College 

Full schedules & results online at www.mitchellathlecs.com! 



s On the Move 

hell College Athlecs 

Fall 2008 Individual Award Winners 

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 

1st Team All-Conference New England 

Collegiate Conference (NECC) 

Eric Appleby, 2010 

John Hoffman, 2011 

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 



Briany Smyth, 2011 

WOMEN’S SOCCER 

1st Team All-Conference New 

England Collegiate Conference(NECC) 

Paige Ehnot, 2011 

2nd Team All-Conference 

New England Collegiate Conference 

(NECC) 

Nicole Hoxie, 2012 

Lindsey Donelin, 2009 

MEN’S GOLF 

1st Team All-Conference 

New England Collegiate 

Conference (NECC) 

Mike Lepore, 2012 




Ma Burke, 2012 

MEN’S SOCCER 

All-Conference New England 


Rookie of the Year 

James Gleason, 2012 



Co-Coach of the Year 

Dean Roberts 

Eric Appleby ’10 

Jusn Curs ’10 

Honorable Menon Team 

All-Conference New England Collegiate 


Leslie Briggs, 2012 

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 


Collegiate 


Stephanie Davis, 2011 

Honorable Menon All-Conference 

New England 


Sara Senetcen, 2009 

WOMEN’S TENNIS 


(NECC) 

Coach of the Year 

Rick Carmona 



Joel Blancaflor, 2011 

Josh Griffo, 2009 

Jusn Curs, 2010 




Adam Deltgen, 2009 

Kevin Paerson, 2009 

Honorable Menon All-Conference 


(NECC) 

Andy Hall, 2012 

Paige Ehnot ’11 

James Gleason ’12 


Alumni Corner 

New Alumni Council 

Reforming 

Interested alumni have volunteered to spearhead the 

renewal of the Mitchell College Alumni Council. Donna 

Medina (‘07), David Reyes (‘08), Alonna Knight (‘07) Zaria 

Sto (‘08) and current student Maria Cornwell (‘10) are 

working on iniaves to draw alumni to the campus and 

encourage alumni to mentor current students. 

The Council invites alumni who would parcipate in a 

student enrichment pilot program to call Carol Brown 

at 860-701-5068 or email brown_c@mitchell.edu. The 

program will connect alumni with current students who 

have the same professional focus. 

“Alumni connually talk about the value that a Mitchell 

College educaon brought to them. I have always 

wanted to be a part of developing a strong alumni base 

that encourages alums to get involved, ” says Medina. 

The Council has moved toward furnishing all alumni 

with a free e-mail address. Other plans include special 

campus events which focus on alumni parcipaon. 

Contact Carol to volunteer for the Alumni Council. 

Creang Stronger Student 

Connecons in Campus Life 

You spoke, we listened! Based on student feedback 

through focus groups, Mitchell College is taking 

several steps immediately to serve our students 

beer. Here’s what is planned for the near future: 

• FOOD! The Student Affairs office is in discussion 

with Dining Services to implement students-driven 

changes to the dining plan. 

• TRANSPORTATION! We are working towards 

creang a more useful schedule of weekly shules. 

• COLLEGE SPIRIT! We are launching spirit boosters. 

Visit our website to join us at our games this winter. 

• A PLACE TO HANG OUT! Watch for the Red Barn 

Café opening so that students can have a space to 

hang out, with food. 

• GAME ROOMS! Each residence hall will have a 

game room. They are being designed…please be 

paent while we make this happen. 

• CHILL OUT! Stress Fest is coming! 


The Call to Build a Network: 

The Career Center, Mitchell Students, and You 

By Dr. Catherine Erik-Soussi, Director of the Career Center 

Remember the bliss, relief, and ancipaon when you 

graduated college? What a me! Fervor and ambion 

quickly turned to, ‘what do I do now? What if I don’t get 

that job? Graduate school…how?’ 

Jump to the present. Your college days may be over, but 

you are sll Mitchell family and it beckons. Specifically, 

the new Career Center offers an invitaon and request to 

our graduates and alumni. Become a recipient of career 

services and contributor to our resources. We will help you 

develop your resume or graduate school search on a oneto-one 

basis, but we also count on your connecons and 

ps to assist new Mitchell grads or transioning alumni 

with career choices. Bring your life-rich experience to the 

mix; get reengaged! 

We understand me constraints and won’t abuse 

good intenons. Do you have workplace or internship 

connecons? Can we help your job search? We don’t have 

all the ideas -- this is where you come in -- but we do have 

the desire to bring you back. Rekindle and reconnect. 

Contact me, please, at erik-soussi_s@mitchell.edu or 

860.629.6043. Help us transform aspiraon into reality, 

and feel good doing it. Best regards and I do hope to hear 

from you in the near future. 

Faculty Focus 

connued from page 14 

Faculty Promoons 

Two faculty were also promoted for the 2008-2009 

academic year. Sco L. Horton, Ed.D., of the Behavioral 

Sciences Department was promoted from Assistant 

Professor to Associate Professor. Andrew McHugh, Ph.D., 

of the Department of Science, Technology, Environmental 

Sciences and Mathemacs was also promoted from 

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. 


Class of 2008 

Alexandra Chalovicz 

has taken a job as an 

Associaon Associate with 

SmithBucklin, the world‘s 

largest associaon management 

company in Washington, 

DC. www.smithbucklin.com. She has 

shared that she loves her job and is enjoying 

the excitement of Washington, DC. 

Class of 2000 

David Apuzzo has opened up a brand new 

Photography and Art Gallery in Hamden, 

CT and celebrated a Grand Opening on 

October 25. David’s Gallery features work 

by local arsts in addion to serving as a 

studio and gallery for his own work. 

Check out David’s website at 

www.davidapuzzophotography.com. 

Class of 1987 

Paul Tolley, Vice President of Syntec Opcs, 

was recently awarded a patent for a new 

technology he co-developed. 

Class of 1958 – Happy 50th! 

Sheila Epstein Stockel and husband Ted 

were present for the fesvies during Fall 

Weekend in October. Sheila is a rered 

banker. “We do a lot of travelling and in the 

last 6 months have been in Hawaii, Alaska, 

Canada and several other states. We have 

grandchildren, two aending Arizona State 

University and one in high school.” Sheila 

and Ted’s email address is 

tsstockel@yahoo.com. 

Francis Coogan, from Pearl, Mississippi, 

was not able to aend the Fall Weekend. 

He said “that he had some of his finest 

days here at Mitchell and it prepared him 

for senior college and his life in general.” 

Merri Helfferich, “For the past year I have 

been doing External Progress Evaluaons 

on U.S. government-funded educaon 

grants to Alaska educaonal instuons for 

improvement of Alaska Nave aainment. 

I’ve also hiked and camped in the Colorado 

Weminuche Wilderness high country, 

visited Greece and Turkey, and floated the 

Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. 

In October I presented two work sessions 

at the Society of Research Administrators 

Internaonal conference in Washington, 

DC. My wife and I will spend three weeks 

in El Salvador to work with Salvadorian 

high school teachers to help improve their 

conversaonal English and then spend 

several months in New Mexico where we 

will be doing a lot of bicycling, hiking, and 

entertaining friends from Alaska fleeing 

the cold and dark.” 

Class of 1959 

Barbara Nye (Mrs. Norman Strojny) writes 

“I’ve achieved 75 years of age, remarried 

four years ago, relocated to Delta, Utah. 

My experience as an alumna of ’59 was 

a foundaon to finish my Bachelor of 

Science in Business in 1995 at Charter 

Oak. I am an observer with my husband 

of a dairy, run by my son John Nye and 

wife Maria; it is a window on life.” 

Class of 1964 

William (Bill) Bonvie has published a new 

book entled “Chemical-Free Kids, The 

Organic Sequel.” Bill writes “I was the 

editor-in-chief of Thamesana during the 

’63-’64 school year. (You might say I was 

a protégé of Ted Hargrove, from whom I 

learned the fundamentals of good journalism), 

and am currently a free-lance writer, 

having contributed commentary to a number 

of newspapers over the past quarter 

century as well as having co-authored a 

couple of other books.” Check out Bill’s 

book at www.chemicalfreekids.com. 

Class of 1971 

Edward Belbruno debuted 

his latest painng on 

October 4, 2008, tled 

Oppenheimer Channeled 

as Microwave Radiaon of 

the Universe. This artwork 

was created especially 

for the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Panel 

Discussion, Atomic Fallout: The World of 

the Bomb. Edwards work can be viewed 

at www. edbelbruno.com. In addion, 

Edward has wrien a new book 

“Belbruno’s Universe” which offers an 

inmate glimpse into the life of the arst. 

Class of 1974 

Dan Mara, Commissioner of the Central 

Atlanc Collegiate Conference has been 

elected President of the Eastern College 

Athlec Conference. Previously Dan was 

Associate Vice President for Athlecs and 

Fitness at Post University and Assistant 

Director of Athlecs and Women’s 

Basketball Coach at Mitchell College. 

Class of 1948 Happy 60th! 

Rose Ann Strazzo and Don Slate organized 

a lively group of alumni for Fall Weekend; 

in aendance were Jack Riley of Avon, 

Jim Robertson of Mysc, and Margaret 

Picazio of Boca Raton, Florida, Burnadine 

Flanagan of Houston Texas, who came to 

visit her grandson who aends Mitchell 

and to reconnect with her classmates. All 

had a wonderful me at a recepon held 

at Rose Ann’s home and dinner at On the 

Waterfront. 

Marriages 

Kenneth Arthur Phaiah, Jr. ’03 (Criminal 

Jusce) married Sarah Marilyn Davis on 

June 7, 2008 in Pomfret, CT. They live 

in Oneco, CT and both are members of 

the Oneco Fire Department and Moosup 

Ambulance. 

Engagements 

Eric Binder ’96 and Jenny Loveland in 

Concord, NH 

Jonathan Fuller ’01 and Holly Baker, 

Columbia, MO 

Mahew Bole ’82 and Tammy Moisan, 

Brookline, MA 

In Memoriam 

Ralph DePalma ‘38 

Carol A. L’Heureux ’78 

Wallace Nordstrom ‘60 

Alfred “Joe” Pysyk ’41 

Raymond Palmer, Jr. ’59 

George Flanzer ‘60 

George Carver ‘72 

Robert Faulkner ‘49 

Stephen Sala ‘66 

Class Notes 

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next issue of MitchellTODAY, please send 

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