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A8 William N. Dooley ’75 hosted a president’s dialogue dinner at the American International Group in October. Pictured are, from left to right: Michael McMorrow ’64, Peter Krause ’70, Michael Paliotta ’87, Brother Thomas Scanlan, Tom O’Malley ’63 and William Dooley. Continued from pg. A3 – East Hill Tower II “East Hill will enhance student learning and will provide a unique opportunity for cognitive and personal growth in and out of the classroom,” McMorrow says. “A residential college performs a civic mission in emulating and promoting the best in civic responsibility and interaction among members of a scholarly community.” The Campaign for East Hill II is underway, and already donors have responded by funding floors, suites and rooms, which will be adorned with plaques in their honor. The opportunities for sponsorship include: Advancing Manhattan • Upper Full Floors (includes lounge & public space) - $250,000 • Lower Partial Floors (includes lounge & public space) - $150,000 • Elevators - $75,000 • Suite - $25,000 • Single Room - $10,000 • Plaza Bricks - $1,000 Scholarship funding opportunities are still available through the Sesquicentennial Capital Campaign. These include: • Full-Attendance Scholarship - $500,000 • Full Tuition Scholarship - $250,000 • Named Scholarship - $50,000 • General Scholarship Fund - up to $50,000 Please call McMorrow to discuss all aspects of the East Hill Tower II Campaign, as well as scholarship opportunities. He can be reached at (718) 862-7542, and Laruccia is available at (718) 862-7582. First Brother Timothy Burris Scholar Selected Meet Anne Mohan ’09, the first recipient of the Brother Conrad Timothy Burris Endowed Scholarship. A native of Brooklyn, Anne is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. A superior student, she graduated with a high school GPA of 95.5, and her SAT scores were 1370. While at Stuyvesant, she garnered significant academic distinctions: Certificate of Mastery Level Academic Performance in Regents Chemistry, Regents Diploma with Honors, AP Scholar with Honor Award ARISTA (3 years), Award of Excellence in Biology Laboratory Work, Certificate of Excellence in Technology Education, and Chancellor’s Roll of Honor. A well-rounded student, Anne was an active participant in high school athletics: captain of the Stuyvesant girls varsity swimming team (2004), Rookie of the Year award for Stuyvesant girls varsity swimming team (2001), and member of the Stuyvesant varsity golf team – Division Champions. Additionally, Anne was a member of the Big Sibs program at Stuyvesant for two years (2003-04), a mentoring program in which upperclassmen are assigned to a freshman homeroom to mentor and ease the transition of these young students into high school life. Her College distinctions include a Presidential Scholarship, an Avella Scholarship and membership in the St. La Salle Honor Society. The Burris Endowment has been created to provide scholarship assistance to bright and promising chemical engineering freshmen. Currently, it has raised more than $650,000 toward its goal of $1 million. For more information, please contact Dr. Nada Assaf-Anid, chairperson, department of chemical engineering, at (718) 862-7420 or e-mail her at nada.assaf-anid@manhattan.edu. Anne Mohan ’09
Local Author Waxes Poetic Tom Sleigh, a New York poet and author, held a poetry reading at the College in December. Many of his selections came from his newest collection of poetry, Far Side of the Earth, which was named an Honor Book by the Massachusetts Society for the Book. The event, sponsored by the Manhattan Magazine and the English department, allowed students to listen to poems they had been studying in several Liberal Learning sections. Sleigh started with Newsreel, a poem set in a Texas drive-in theater during the 1950s. The poem, heavily inspired by his own childhood, describes a young boy who finds himself lost in the parking lot. The poem laces together the serene images of Marilyn Monroe on screen with the overwhelming fear of being lost. Sleigh introduced the poem by explaining how his parents owned a drive-in movie theater, and his father ran the projection screen. The evening concluded with readings from a section of his poetry entitled New York American Spell, 2001. These poems are Sleigh’s response to what he saw at Ground Zero in the days immediately following the attacks, and, like much of his other work, include many classical and Greek allusions. He presented his work in the Alumni Room of the O’Malley Library, where a display of 9/11 photographs was exhibited. Breaking the Cycle Holocaust Center Lecturer Discusses Her Experiences in Austria What happens when a teacher asks her students to confront some of their most deeply held beliefs about the world? What happens when she has to confront her own? Sondra Perl, a professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, found herself with those very questions when, teaching adult English learners in Austria, she asked them to discuss the Holocaust. Her students, the descendents of Nazis, rarely thought of the event. Perl, a Jewish woman, had been taught all her life to despise the Nazis and those who had sympathized with them. She had intended to provoke her students to examine their beliefs and assumptions but found that her own thinking and feelings came under the microscope as well. Perl discussed her experiences in her Austrian classroom in Breaking the Cycle of Hate: New Dialogues in the Post-Holocaust Era, a lecture sponsored by Manhattan’s Holocaust Resource Center and the dean of arts. Held in December, Perl’s lecture was based on her recent book, On Austrian Soil: Breaking the Cycle of Hate, a Teaching Memoir. Speaking to a group of Manhattan students and community members, Perl discussed the changes her own beliefs underwent as she taught people she had always hated, as well as the implications her experience had for modern Holocaust studies. After the lecture, she took questions from the audience. “The lecture was received by everyone who attended with genuine enjoyment,” says Jeff Horn, associate director of the Holocaust Resource Center. He noted that the lecture marks a return visit to the campus for Perl, who was named the 1996 New York State Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In September, she gave a lecture to approximately 70 students in Horn’s Introduction to History class on using personal experience to write and think about history. The Holocaust Resource Center recently received a $10,000 grant from the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, which will fund fellowships for four Manhattan students in the school of education. During the summer, the selected students will interview Holocaust survivors in Riverdale to provide a permanent record of their experiences. Honoring Hispanic Heritage On a crisp winter afternoon in November, students, staff, faculty and guests gathered in Smith Auditorium for Manhattan College’s Hispanic heritage celebration. The day was marked by a traditional Latin luncheon, music that made even the most stationary listener feel like dancing, and an atmosphere that was fun-filled. Manhattan College’s advisory committee on diversity in conjunction with student activities, academic support services and Caridad Restaurant joined forces to sponsor the commemoration of the special day. This event is designed to celebrate the Latin community on campus while introducing Hispanic culture, delectable fare and diverse views of such countries as Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama (just to name a few) to the entire College community. The anticipated afternoon began with the introduction of guest speaker Tyrone Fripp, human resources director of Latina magazine. Luis Mendez, assistant to human resources administrations, operations and IT, accompanied him. Fripp was born and raised in the Bronx, graduated from the High School of Music and Art, and then earned a degree in communications from Syracuse University. He spoke of the journey that has landed him at Latina, which covers the best in Latin fashion, beauty and culture. Fripp spoke proudly as he elaborated on the many awards that Latina has earned, including its place for advertising growth on Advertising Age’s 2004 list of the Top 300 Magazines. Hispanic Heritage Day was a festive celebration that left those in attendance well-informed and well-fed. manhattan.edu on campus 25
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