in this issue: 1 FRoM the PReSident 3 ReaChing FoR the StaRS sr. mary matthew baltus 5 honoRing diStinguiShed aluMni 7 exPloRing addiCtionS laboratory fosters student research 9 aluMni SPotlightS 11 gRowing gaRdenS and CollegeS The miller estate 13 aluMni SPotlightS 15 SPoRting the ColoRS alumnus spreads laker pride 16 hoMeCoMing/FaMilY weeKend 2013 17 BReaKing BaRRieRS mercyhurst at the booker T. washington center 19 PeeRing into the FutuRe mu prof gets google glass 21 wRaPPing uP the SPRing SPoRtS SeaSon 23 athletiCS hall oF FaMe 25 MaKing headlineS what’s happening at mercyhurst 29 aluMni noteS On the cover: Students Jaci Davis, Vivian McCullum and Natasha Stewart are pictured in front of Mercyhurst’s newest campus at the Booker T. Washington Center. See page 17 to learn how the initiative is making higher education an option for a very diverse group of students who might otherwise never have attempted college. View this issue online! mercyhurst.edu/magazine
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Editor susan hurley corbran ’73 scorbran@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2090 Contributing Writers abby badach meghan corbin ‘08 susan corbran ’73 allison seib Design/Photography Jennifer cassano jcassano@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3022
Vice President for External Afairs monsignor david rubino, ph.d. drubino@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3034 Assistant Vice President for Advancement ryan palm ’07 rpalm@mercyhurst.edu Director, Alumni Relations Tamara walters twalters@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3350 Class Notes Editor debra Tarasovitch dtarasovitch@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2392 (800) 845-8568 (814) 824-3320 we’d love to hear from you. send your story ideas, suggestions and comments to scorbran@mercyhurst.edu . send changes of address to: Mercyhurst Magazine mercyhurst university
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