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Staff Advisory Council planning multiple fun events in July for staff members

salvetoday Posted On July 5, 2022

In an effort to bring Salve Regina staff members together in a spirit of camaraderie and fun, the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) will be hosting Staff Summer Sizzlers weekly throughout the summer. All staff members are welcome to join and are encouraged to bring teammates, too.

Tour of Fort Adams
Thursday, July 7, at 4:45 p.m.
Fort Adams State Park

The Staff Advisory Council will kick off July with a tour of Fort Adams, led by Dan Titus, Staff Advisory Council Chair and historian, on Thursday, July 7. The tour will meet at 4:45 p.m. on the north end of the main parking lot by the Fort Adams Office, and the tour will begin at 5 p.m.

Sunset Beach Party
Thursday, July 14, at 5 p.m.
Sachuest Beach

SAC will be hosting a Sunset Beach Party at Sachuest Beach on Thursday, July 14. Sachuest Beach is also called Second Beach by many locals. During this beach party, SAC will be set up with lawn games between Lifeguard Chairs 1 and 2, and parking is free after 5 p.m. Attendees can bring chairs, blankets and refreshments, and they can stay as long as they’d like.

$5 Flight Night
Thursday, July 21, at 4:45 p.m.
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company

SAC is getting a group together to attend $5 Flight Night at Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Company. This event was a big hit in June, so the council is bringing it back for July and August, too. A Mano Pizza and Gelato food truck will be set up near outdoor seating, but attendees are not required to purchase a flight or food to attend. The plan is to meet up at the brewery right after work at 4:45 p.m. so that staff can stay as long as they can.

Aquidneck Growers Market
Wednesday, July 27, at 1:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, July 27, staff are invited to visit the Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Boulevard. Staff will meet at the main entrance of Miley Hall at 1:30 p.m. and then walk to the market, so please be sure to discuss taking a later lunch with supervisors. The market happens weekly from 2-6 p.m., so people are interested in going with other staff members on another date, please feel free to coordinate.

Plans for Staff Summer Sizzlers in August will be coming soon. If any staff members would like more information or have an idea for events in August, please reach out to SAC by emailing staffadvisory@salve.edu.

Staff are also encouraged to visit the Staff Advisory Council’s Campus Portal page and Linktr.ee page for more information, and don’t forget to utilize the anonymous feedback form for any concerns or thoughts regarding working at Salve Regina.

Athletics

Tanya Roberts hired as new head coach for women’s soccer

salvetoday Posted On June 28, 2022

Jody Mooradian, director of athletics at Salve Regina, recently announced that Tanya Roberts is joining the Seahawk women’s soccer program as head coach.

Roberts comes to Salve Regina after spending the past five years as assistant women’s soccer coach at Wellesley College. With the Blue, Roberts had two separate stints as interim head coach while planning and executing training sessions, and scheduling team travel and events. She facilitated recruitment process and communications with prospective students, their families, all relevant college staff and faculty.

Tanya Roberts

Roberts arrived at Wellesley after spending the previous five years as assistant women’s soccer coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI). At URI, Roberts facilitated team building and leadership programs and coordinated travel and recruiting for the Division I program, helping the Rams to qualify for the Atlantic 10 tournament in 2014 and 2016.

Prior to arriving at URI, Roberts was the associate head soccer coach at the Holy Names University in Oakland, Calif., helping to lead the squad to the California Pacific Conference Championship in 2009 and 2012, as well as regional and NAIA playoff appearances. Her coaching experience includes posts at Las Lomas High School, St. Mary’s College of California, and the University of Nevada, in addition to numerous camps and clinics across the country. She holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma.

An NSCAA All-Region third team selection in 2006, Roberts helped guide the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) to three-straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2004 to 2006, while earning Mount West All-Conference accolades and guiding the Rebels to conference tournament titles as a junior and senior in 2005 and 2006. Roberts graduated from UNLV with a degree in physical education and later received her master’s degree in education from Holy Names College.

“I am passionate about teaching, coaching and educating young women to be leaders through athletics,” said Roberts. “With experience teaching and coaching in many environments, I am confident I can fulfill the needs of Salve Regina athletics and follow the guidelines to perform under any circumstance. I understand the importance of teamwork, collaboration, communication, work ethic and cohesion within athletics.”

Faculty/Staff

Salve Regina celebrates its employee service achievements and retirees

salvetoday Posted On June 22, 2022

Salve Regina recently celebrated faculty and staff for their years of service achievements — including this year’s retirees. The University commends its employees for these milestones, and it asks that the entire community applaud their hard work and dedication to the mercy mission over the years and decades.

Five years of service

Angela Mucci-Guido, Education
Ann Hood—English, Communications and Media
Beatrice Grimmitt, Library Services
Caitlin Bailey, Career Development
Colton Langdon, Network Services
Denise Sullivan, Nursing
Eric Cirella, Athletics
Elizabeth Magriby, Nursing
Gerald Day, Facilities/Grounds
Jeroen van den Hurk, Cultural and Historic Preservation
Kaitlin Gabriele-Black, Psychology
Karen Kosoff, Business and Economics
Kevin Paton, Safety and Security
Lindsay LaChapelle, Writing Center
Meghan DeCarvalho, Counseling Services
Nancy Barta-Norton, Library Services
Samantha Angel, Business Office
Sheila Powell, Circle of Scholars
Terri Legare, Nursing

Ten years of service

Christopher Kerwin, Facilities/Grounds
David Cox, Athletics
Debra Cherubini, Nursing
Diane Titus, Mercy Center and Wedding Chapel
Emily Colbert Cairns, Modern Language
Erin Fitzgerald, International Programs
Jim Ludes, Pell Center for International Relations
Kevin Gilmartin, Athletics
Lorrie Taylor Burns, Business and Economics
Sean O’Callaghan, Religious and Theological Studies
Sharon Stager, Nursing
Susan Small, Education

Fifteen years of service

Douglas Ramsey, English, Communications and Media
Elaine Forsythe, Project Management
Ingrid Levin, Library Services
Jennifer Cone, Business Office
Jennifer Foster, Athletics
Marianna Maida, Conferences and Events
Melissa Davis, Academic Affairs
Michael Vucci, Network Services
Pam Heroux, Admissions
Paul Larson, Safety & Security

Twenty years of service

Christopher Miranda, Facilities/Grounds
Deborah Nellis, Mail Services
Gerard Grant, Mail Services
Margret Godin, Admissions
Stephanie Moniz, Registrar’s Office
Stephen Stracensky, Business Office
Symeon Giannakos, International Relations
Timothy Biello, Facilities/Maintenance

Twenty-five years of service

Daniel Santos, Facilities/Maintenance
David Gaston, Facilities/Grounds
Donna Harrington-Lueker, English, Communications and Media
Raquel Remy, User Support Services

Thirty years of service (or more)

Thirty years of service

John Quinn, History
Arlene Nicholas, Business and Economics

Thirty-five years of service

Bill Hall, Administration and CFO Office
Michael Grandchamp, Business Office
Susan Letourneau, Mail Services
Thomas Svogun, Philosophy

Forty years of service

Vincent Petrarca, Administration of Justice
Thomas Flanagan, Business and Economics

Forty-five years of service

Sister M. Therese Antone, Chancellor’s Office

Retirees

Anne DeCotis, President’s Office
Arthur Frankel, Psychology
Bill Hall, Administration and CFO Office
Brian Burns, Facilites
Clark Merrill, Political Science
Colleen Pilat, University Relations and Advancement,
Donna Cook, Academic Affairs
Donald St. Jean, Music, Theater and Dance
Gerald Willis, Alumni, Parent and Family
James Insana, Facilites
Jayme Hennessy, Religious and Theological Studies
Katherine Lawber, Modern Languages
Lawrence Kestler, Safety and Security
Laura O’Toole, Cultural, Environmental and Global Studies
Mariann Maida, Conferences and Events
Martha Rose, Education
Matthew Hird, Athletics
Mona Dube, Social Work
Patrice Coleman, Facilities
Robert Granger, Facilities
Thomas Svogun, Philosophy

Arts and Humanities / Event Coverage / Graduate News / News

The Newport MFA presents readings, craft talks with best-selling authors

salvetoday Posted On June 21, 2022

Best-selling authors and award-winning writers will present guest readings and craft talks during a week-long summer workshop being hosted Monday, June 27, through Saturday, July 2. These events are being hosted by the Newport MFA, Salve Regina ’s master of fine arts in creative writing program.

All events are free and open to the Salve Regina community as well as the general public, and anyone interested is encouraged to attend. No registration is necessary to attend.

The schedule is as follows:

Guest reading with Jean Hanff Korelitz
Monday, June 27, at 4 p.m. in Ochre Court

Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of the novels “The Latecomer,” which recently was published. She also wrote bestsellers like “The Plot,” which has an adaptation forthcoming from Hulu, to star Mahershala Ali; “You Should Have Known,” which was adapted for HBO as “The Undoing” by David E. Kelley and starred Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland; and “Admission,” which was adapted as the 2013 film of the same name starring Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin and Paul Rudd.

Fiction reading by Tim Weed
Monday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Young Building

Tim Weed is the winner of a Writer’s Digest popular fiction award and a Solas Best Travel Writing Award. His first novel, “Will Poole’s Island,” was named one of Bank Street College of Education’s best books of the year. His short fiction collection, “A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing,” was a finalist in the short story category of the International Book Awards and has been shortlisted for the New Rivers Press Many Voices Project, the Autumn House Press fiction prize and the Lewis-Clark Press Discovery Award. Weed teaches a popular novel revision series at Grub Street in Boston, is the co-founder of the Cuba Writers Program, and occasionally works as a featured expert for National Geographic in Cuba, Spain and Patagonia.

Poetry reading with Edgar Kunz
Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Ochre Court

Edgar Kunz is the author of the poetry collection “Tap Out,” which was labeled by the New York Times as a New & Noteworthy book. His poems have appeared widely, including in Ploughshares, AGNI, New England Review, Sewanee Review, Los Angeles Review of Books and on former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith’s podcast “The Slowdown.” He has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Sewanee and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. Originally from New England, he lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where he teaches at Goucher College.

Craft talk by John Searles
Wednesday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Ochre Court

John Searles is the best-selling author of the novels “Her Last Affair,” “Help for the Haunted,” “Strange but True” and “Boy Still Missing.””Boy Still Missing” inspired Time magazine to name him a Person to Watch, and the New York Daily News to name him a New Yorker to Watch. His second novel, “Strange but True” was named best novel of the year by Salon. “Help for the Haunted” was named a Boston Globe Best Crime Novel of the Year, an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Must List, and it won the American Library Association’s Alex Award. Searles’ most recent novel, “Her Last Affair,” was named a Best New Book by People magazine. In 2019,” Strange But True” was adapted for film by the producers of La La Land and released in theaters nationwide by Lionsgate.

Memoir reading by Maryanne O’Hara
Thursday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Ochre Court
Craft talk by Maryanne O’Hara
Friday, July 1, at 4 p.m. in Ochre Court

Maryanne O’Hara has been teaching creative writing at Emerson University and Clark University for decades, and her novel “Cascade” was the Boston Globe Book Club’s inaugural pick, a People magazine pick of the week, and a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. O’Hara’s most recent book “Little Matches” is a memoir about the grief of losing her 33-year-old daughter to cystic fibrosis, and in it she delves poignantly into the complications of both living a full life underneath the shadow of the knowledge of death.

Reading and discussion by Ann Hood
Saturday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Ochre Court

New York Times bestselling author Ann Hood has won two Pushcart Prizes, two Best American Food Writing Awards, Best American Spiritual Writing and Travel Writing Awards, and a Boston Public Library Literary Light Award. Her most recent book “Fly Girl” is an entertaining and fascinating memoir about Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant named one of Spring 2022’s “Most Anticipated Books” by Apple Books.

Hood is the founder of the Newport MFA.

About the Newport MFA

Salve Regina’s low-residency Newport MFA program immerses students in the creative life through residencies, mentorships, publishing and editing panels, and craft talks. The two-year program guides aspiring writers to the terminal degree in their field through eight-day residencies held in Newport twice a year and a residency option in Cuba, where they focus on their preferred genre of fiction, poetry, nonfiction or historical fiction. Students, who also gain insights into the business of publishing and editing, spend the months between residencies writing and reflecting in an individualized mentorship with eminent writers. The program culminates with each student completing a polished manuscript.

For more information on any of the Newport MFA’s events, e-mail tiffany.mcclanaghan@salve.edu.

Faculty/Staff

Lindsey Turowski awarded key to the City of Newport for kickball league

salvetoday Posted On June 16, 2022

Lindsey Turowski, director of integrated marketing strategy and brand deployment in the Office of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs, has recently been award the key to the City of Newport by Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, the mayor of Newport.

The key to the city was given to Turowski to recognize over 10 years of hard work and community building as she created and ran RI Kickball. RI Kickball is a non-profit 501(c)7 sports league that has been a positive point of social and athletic connection for locals residing on Aquidneck Island.

“Over the past 11 years and 20 seasons of RI Kickball, I have had the privilege of making many lifelong friendships and partnerships with local businesses because of RI Kickball,” said Turowski. “I am forever grateful that I took the plunge and started this league with the help of my husband Carson and my friend Valerie Mey-Altenburger all those years ago.”

Turowski (right) with Jeanne-Marie Napolitano (left), the mayor of Newport.

The brainchild of Carson and Lindsey Turowski, kickball is being played on Monday nights in Morton Park and Toppa Field throughout the spring and fall. The idea came to the couple in 2011 after seeing how popular the game has become in Washington, D.C., which has thousands of players participating in leagues across the city.

Ever since founding RI Kickball in 2011, the league has been at max capacity with 12 teams and approximately 220 players per season. Over the years, RI Kickball has had 36 different teams play from a variety of backgrounds — including the Newport Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Naval War College, the IYRS School of Technology & Trade, Marine professionals and more.

“In the past, league leaders have thanked me with a small gift or just a mention of thanks to the whole at the season awards party,” said Turowski. “This time they had been working behind the scenes to have the key to the City of Newport awarded to me …. To think that they planned this for me and went to the city is really meaningful.”

Kickball is a great sport for a variety of people to play, according to Turowski. Anyone with some athletic ability can play and participate in it, and it’s also a sport that allows for multiple genders to be good players.

“These folks are now my friends for life thanks to kickball,” Turowski said. “When you are awarded something like this, you remember it forever.”

For more information on the league, go to RI Kickball’s website.

Salve Success / Student Life

Senior Success: Ashley Koffink heads to Boston College for master’s degree in social work

salvetoday Posted On June 16, 2022

Ashley Koffink ’22, a psychology major from Holbrook, Massachusetts, will be pursuing a master’s degree in social work at Boston College. She will be specializing in clinical social work with children, youth and families. She then will be ready to become a License Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).

After Koffink begins pursuing her professional career, her longterm goal is to open her own private practice working with children and adolescents with mental illness and PTSD.

“Many faculty members at Salve had a tremendous impact on me personally and academically,” said Koffink.

Koffink specifically pointed out Laura Kcira-Barry, disabilities services coordinator, and Dr. Paula Martasian, associate professor in the Department of Psychology. Koffink explains that these faculty members pushed her to believe in herself when she was having doubts about personal or academic endeavors.

“I credit them for getting me where I am today heading for Boston College,” she said. “Their words and encouragement will help me continue to be a success in both my academics and my future career as a social worker.”

One of the most important things that Koffink learned during her studies at Salve Regina is the diversity that exists in the world and how necessary it is to analyze the bigger picture of a person and situation. She believes this knowledge of diversity will directly impact her future career as a social worker.

“We are not all the same, and we come from different cultures, religions and backgrounds,” she explained. “Taking the time to get to know a person, where they live, what their family is like, etcetera, can help you be a support system.”

After her experience as an undergrad at Salve, Koffink urged incoming students not to worry so much about declaring their major. She explains that she started off as a biology major, but she quickly became intrigued by her psychology classes. Even though some of the classes she took were intimidating, the professors she worked with made her experience enjoyable.

“My experience at Salve Regina has been life-changing,” she concluded. “I have grown as a person academically and spiritually. I walked into this beautiful campus with hopes of finding new friends, experiences and knowledge, and I am leaving with so much more.”

Article written by student writer Taylor Majkowicz ’22

Senior Success is part of Salve Success — a series of student success stories periodically featured on SALVEtoday. Check out the tag Salve Success for more stories.

Faculty/Staff

Anne McDermott elected as president of EASFAA

salvetoday Posted On June 15, 2022

Anne McDermott, director of financial aid at Salve Regina, has recently been appointed as the president of the Eastern Association of Financial Aid Administrators (EASFAA).

McDermott has been an EASFAA member ever since she began her financial aid career in 2007, and she has held a leadership position since 2017. Her first volunteer leadership position was as the president of the Rhode Island Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and she worked within EASFAA in this role from 2017-2020.

In 2019, she was awarded the State Representative of the Year award. In 2020, McDermott served as one of the EASFAA conference co-chairs, and her committee was awarded Committee of the Year by offering a robust virtual conference during the pandemic.

“What I noticed most during those difficult times was the bond that people had to our association and to one another,” said McDermott. “Absolutely nobody was leaving a colleague out to dry. Every difficult decision that was needed during that season felt just a little lighter because we were part of a team.”

In early 2021, McDermott was elected as president elect of EASFAA for 2022, and she started her official presidential year at the EASFAA conference in Baltimore, Maryland, in May of 2022.

“The benefits of my EASFAA volunteerism have been far greater than I could have ever imagined,” said McDermott. “Having a network of people who understand the industry and are there to support one another has been a gift. Because of the EASFAA network, financial aid administrators are never alone. I have found not only that EASFAA has helped me grow professionally, but I have also made some lifelong friendships.”

EASFAA aspires to be a leader in the development of empowered financial aid professionals. It promotes and supports the advancement of its members in higher education utilizing training, advocacy, education and leadership development opportunities.

EASFAA fills the unique role of providing professional services to both its individual members and state associations, and it also acts as an advocate for regional policy positions with the United States Congress and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).

“Having worked for many years at a Catholic Sisters of Mercy institution with a strong connection to mission, I often find myself thinking about the importance of mission statements and how mission statements can be put into practice,” said McDermott. “One of the biggest priorities of the association will be to bring new people in, help them to improve their skills and provide the support they need … to keep them in our industry as better, stronger, more confident aid professionals.”

Student Life

Salve Regina’s Best Buddies named Outstanding Chapter of the Year for second time

salvetoday Posted On June 14, 2022

For the second time in three years, Salve Regina’s chapter of Best Buddies has been selected as the Outstanding Chapter in Rhode Island.

Best Buddies International is the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through empowerment and meaningful friendships. Salve Regina’s local Rhode Island chapter partners about 40 students with 40 members of the community with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The 2022 recognition was announced in a letter from Krista Thurstone, Best Buddies International’s deputy director of programs.

“Your team absolutely deserves this as we were so blown away by your application and all of your hard work despite this year’s obstacles,” Thurstone wrote. “We are SO grateful for all of you and are just so excited to continue to support all of the amazing work you are doing in Newport for inclusion of people with disabilities.”

Caroline Duseau, ’22, Salve Regina’s chapter president who graduated in May with a double major in elementary and special education, said many things set Salve’s Best Buddies chapter apart.

“This award means the world to Best Buddies at Salve. It is a reminder that what we do is valued in our community and in making the world a more inclusive place,” Duseau said. “We have some of the most dedicated members that I have ever worked with. Their love, passion and work for our organization was clear through the whole year.”

Duseau said the chapter organized one event and one meeting each month during the school year, while balancing both in-person and virtual gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our members always look forward to seeing each other and making Best Buddies happen no matter what,” she said. “We held club trainings with guest speakers, and we had an end of the year friendship dance.”

The aforementioned dance featured a Drums Alive class, awards for each member, a walk on the red carpet, crowns, tiaras, snacks and a whole lot of smiles, according to Duseau.

“Caroline has done an amazing job in her role as chapter president,” said Debra Cherubini, their faculty advisor who also serves as assistant professor and chair of Salve’s nursing department. “She consistently demonstrated strong leadership, mentoring, and creativity in the execution of her role. We are so proud of all our students.”

Follow Best Buddies on their Instagram account.

Athletics / Event Coverage

Salve Regina’s sports teams hosting summer clinics and camps

salvetoday Posted On June 14, 2022

Many of Salve Regina’s sports teams are hosting a variety of clinics and camps this summer in June, July and August. These camps and clinics are for a range of ages and abilities. Most are for high school students who are interested in pursuing college-level sports, but some are for younger students who are beginning to hone in on their athletic abilities.

More events may be added, so please check Salve Regina’s athletics website for an up-to-date list of all clinics and camps.

Baseball Prospect Clinics
Monday, June 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, August 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Seahawk baseball is offering several prospect clinics for position players, pitchers or both on June 27 or August 8. These multi-session clinics include a pro-style workout, drills, batting practice, arm maintenance and routines for pitchers, campus tours, instruction, collegiate evaluations and more. These clinics are meant for high schoolers, and there is an option for both full-day or half-day attendance.