Alumni News
Affinity Groups
New Ways to Connect with SFC and Fellow Alumni
St. Francis College is proud to announce the formation of a variety of Alumni Affinity Groups. Alumni
and faculty have put together these groups to enable people to reconnect according to current
career areas as well as the activities in which they were involved when they attended St. Francis.
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“
o many alumni only come back for their big reunion years, but with affinity groups, we can get together on a regular basis across generations,” said Joseph Mingrone ’76, who is heading up the Troupers affinity group. “I have such fond memories of the people I spent time
with at College and as head of the Troupers for many years. This is a great way to see more of them.”
Affinity groups for Accounting, Education, Health Care/Science and Alumni Service are already up and running. The first Health Care/Science
event was held November 1 and featured Dr. Angel R. Colon, Jr., MD ’62. St. Francis is also creating groups interested in psychology and for those
alumni who are college employees.
R.J. Hinners ’94, Sal Demma ’09, Geoffrey Horlick, President Brendan J. Dugan ’68, and Susan Miano
(Casaregola) ’83.
where everyone pulls together in the same direction
for our students,” said Dr. Leibman. “It’s important
for our graduates to point out new areas for us to
focus our efforts.”
Education Chair Richard Giaquinto and
Professors Gerard Shaw and Marina Gair also spoke
to the audience. They shared information about the
recent, successful reaccreditation of the department
as well as the plans to develop a master’s degree
program in education over the next few years.
Psychology Professor Marisa Cohen, a member of
Kappa Delta Pi, (the International Honor Society in
Education,) is leading the campaign to start both an
undergraduate and graduate chapter at the College.
Accounting
Education
On June 5, the Accounting and Business Law
Department brought together graduates from
the past 30 years to talk about their experiences
and to network with recent and past alumni.
All current faculty members attended including
Professor Geoffrey Horlick, director of the two
master’s degree programs in accounting, and
Chairman Carmine Nogara of the Accounting and
Business Law Department.
“It was great for our alumni to get together with
people from their class years, but also for them to
meet people from across the spectrum,” said Dr.
Horlick. “There was an impressive collection of
experience in that room and bringing them together
can only lead to more success for our alumni.”
Those who attended work at regional and national
firms and companies including National Grid, JP
Morgan Chase, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Grant
Thornton LLP, Knight Capital Group LLC and
Publisher’s Clearing House.
“The network of St. Francis graduates gets
stronger every year,” said Dr. Nogara. “We are so
proud of our alumni and the amazing path they have
laid down for future Accounting students.”
More than 75
graduates from
the Education
Created to help St. Francis students and alumni
Department
after Hurricane Sandy, the Alumni Service Group
came to St.
is continuing the tradition of helping others in
Francis College,
the Franciscan spirit. The group met on Oct. 5
May 30, as part
at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in the St. Joseph—
of an effort to
David Gardella ’97 with
St. Thomas Parish on Staten Island to help clean up
Ricardo Maxwell Ordain ’04.
build a stronger
the area. The cemetery dates back to the early
network of alumni
18 5 0s and is where many veterans, going as far
which will benefit past, present and future students.
back as the Civil War, are buried. ●
The graduates and professors came together with
the goals of developing school partnerships, creating
a graduate honor
society chapter, and
building a job bank.
The professors,
including Peter
Leibman ’71 who
organized the event,
also wanted to hear
from the graduates
about how the
College can help
enhance their
(From left) Joe Hemway ’84, Denis McGowan ’83, Robert Smith ’72, Cathy
professional careers.
McDermott’74, Director of Alumni Relations Dennis McDermott ’74, Kevin
“We are truly a
Nash ’78, Father Robert Dillon, Theresa Spelman-Huzinec ’88 and Glenn
Huzinec ’84 with future Terriers, Monica and Colleen Huzinec.
community school
See the Affinity Group list on the following
page or email [email protected] for
more information!
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