Archive Edition — Volume 86, No. 2

Spring 2016

In this issue...

Possibilities Unfolding— Who Unlocked Your Potential?
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Possibilities Unfolding— Who Unlocked Your Potential?

We asked our friends on social media to tell us who in the Springfield College community helped them discover their possibilities and realize their potential. Their abridged and lightly edited...
Terry Powe ’96
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The Principled Principal

By Marty Dobrow
“Elias Brookings School, how can I help you?”
Survey results chart
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Your Opinions, Impressions, and Attitudes of Springfield College

Your Opinions, Impressions, and Attitudes of Springfield College
Gene Connolly and President Cooper with students
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Tradition in the Face of Change

The trio made a surprise visit to Concord (N.H.) High School to honor its principal and Springfield College alumnus Gene Connolly ‘79.
Ruth West showcases the nonprofit website her students redesigned.
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Digital Arts Students Provide Community Service

By Judith Kelliher
While perusing an online fundraising website that benefits local nonprofits, Ruth West, associate professor of computer graphics, spied an organization’s website she thought could use a tune up.
Four of the five Class of 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees or representatives (front row, from left) James Woodward, Gilbert Gibbs Jr. (son of Gilbert Gibbs), Joel Dearing, and Jennifer DiPrete; also pictured, center, Cathie Schweitzer, former director of athletics; and members of the 1965 men’s basketball team named a “team of distinction,” (back row, from left), Tony Scolnick, Erich Janes, Ben Davis, Bill Scanlon, Leon Drury, and Ralph Arietta. Not pictured, inductee John Cena.
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College Inducts 2015 Class into Athletic Hall of Fame

Class of 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees

Departments

And the Emmys Go To…

As a filmmaker and documentarian, Jerri Sher, G’72, only wants to develop projects that could positively influence society.

Author! Author!

Two books from alumni.

Pride Athletics

Longtime Springfield College Head Football Coach Mike DeLong ‘74 has announced his retirement after 32 seasons at the helm of the football program.

Lastly

It was an irony never lost on Fred Hoshiyama that he was born on Dec. 7, 1914. Transpose the last two digits of 12-7-14, and you get 12-7-41: “a date which will live in infamy.”