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FROM THE EDITORFor those of us of a certain age, there’s a temptation tomake negative assumptions about college students—they’re less focused, less industrious, less committed toimproving the world than we were. Of course it’s alwaysbeen that way. Today it’s music downloading and tattoosthat distract us. For my World War II-era parents it wasprotests and guys with long hair. By the 1980s, clean-cutkids voting Republican raised eyebrows. But getting toknow individuals—students and the people who work with them every day—inevitably challenges our assumptions.At Champlain, it’s easy to find students who make you think twice, perhapsbecause the College has a core commitment to community service, starting withPresident Roger Perry, a former Peace Corps volunteer who has worked for manyworthy causes over the years. As this magazine was going to press, we learnedthat Perry will retire next year. His legacy here will include many achievements(see page 3) and a culture of service.And no one who has spent time with community service coordinator NancyCathcart (see “Midnight Mentor,” page 12) would be surprised to hear that thestudents she advises are working hard to improve life on campus and beyond.Cathcart has a mix of grace and passion that’s infectious—it makes you want todo more, to be more. “She’s helped me want to become a better leader bybeing the kind of person I can look up to,” Lauren Selfridge ’06 wrote to me inan e-mail. “Nancy is the ultimate role model.”This year, Selfridge and two other students, Travis Mears ’06 and Connor Lamb’06, launched their own initiative called Student Forum. The idea is to connectand empower students who have ideas for creating positive change at theCollege. They’ve held a conference on campus safety and hosted a communitybuildinglunch to thankconstruction crews working oncampus, a gesture they plan toextend to Champlain’s cleaningand security staffs.And while one typically thinksof international business gradsstarting careers in finance or marketing,Jeremy Quinn ’03 isconsidering a different path afterhis internship last summer (see“World Class,” page 16). Hespent six weeks in Hondurashelping to improve conditions forimpoverished families. Now he’sthinking of applying his businessskills in a nonprofit setting.From food drives to phone-a-thons, Habitat forHumanity to snowboarding for breast cancer, studentsare volunteering their time and talents to help others.It’s pretty hopeful stuff. If only they’d lose the tattoos.— LACChamplainView SPRING 2004EDITORART DIRECTORVOLUME 3, NUMBER 1Lee Ann CoxJulia CaminitiCONTRIBUTING Sara CaldwellWRITERS Lee GriffinKris SuretteCLASS NOTES Bridget Baldwin ‘92Alumni & Development StaffVICE PRESIDENT OF Shelley RichardsonDEVELOPMENT& ALUMNI AFFAIRSDIRECTOR OF Didi BrushPLANNED GIVINGDIRECTOR OF Greg MorganCORPORATIONS &FOUNDATIONSALUMNI AFFAIRS Bridget Baldwin ‘92& ANNUAL FUNDOFFICERDEVELOPMENT Tammy Carroll ‘92INFORMATIONSYSTEMSDEVELOPMENT Sue MarinoOFFICE ASSISTANTCONTACTINFORMATIONSend letters andaddress changes toChamplain ViewChamplain CollegeAlumni & Development Office163 South Willard St.P.O. Box 670Burlington, VT 05402-0670alumni@champlain.edu(802) 860-2756Champlain View is published twice a year(Spring and Fall) by Champlain College. Printingby Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT.Founded in 1878, Champlain College is an Equal OpportunityEducational Institution.(Left) Robin Falk ’04 has worked the phones four years straight raisingmoney for Champlain’s Support-A-Student scholarship program.(Above) Building community: construction workers and students sharedpizza in an event sponsored by the new Student Forum2 Champlain View | Spring 2004