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Magazine Editor Susan Hurley Corbran ’73 scorbran@mercyhurst.edu 814-824-2090 Design Jeremy C. Hewitt ’07 jhewitt@mercyhurst.edu 814-824-3022 Contributing Writers Susan Hurley Corbran ’73 Deborah W. Morton Jennifer Smith
Inside this issue 2 HURST DAY: A NEW TRADITION 3 VICTOR’S VISION 6
Contributing Photographers Caitlin Ewing ’14 Jeremy C. Hewitt ’07
Printing Leader Graphics, Erie, Pennsylvania
25 FACTS FOR MERCYHURST NORTH EAST’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY ‘HURST ANTHROPOLOGIST PROBING NEW HUMAN SPECIES
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EVOLUTION OF THE MERCYHURST MASCOT
Director of Alumni Engagement Lindsay Cox ’12 lcox@mercyhurst.edu 814-824-2330
12 MERCYHURST’S IRISH TRAILBLAZERS: JOHN DEASY ’90, JOHN MELODY ’90 14 ALUMNI PROFILES SEAN FEDORKO ’11 EMILIO COLAIACOVO ’98 SIMON ARIAS ’05 EMILY FRANCIS ’15 AND JOYCE SAVOCCHIO ’65 JORDAN ZANGARO CORCORAN ’10 ANN MARKLEY ’15 (ANNALAINA MARKS) DREW SPACHT ’13 18 ALUMNI NAMED TO BOARD LEADERSHIP POSTS 19 HAGEN HONORED DURING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY 20 MERCYHURST RECOGNIZES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI 21 HALL OF FAME INDUCTS STANDOUT LAKER ATHLETES 22 LAKERS, SAINTS HIGHLIGHTS 24 LAKER ALUMS MAKE HISTORY IN NWHL 25 LACROSSE’ING PATHS 25 GRAD WORKS DREAM JOB AT GOP CONVENTION 25 AMY WEAVER-KAULIS WINS TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD 26 CLASS NOTES 28 LAKER COUPLE STARTS WITH SOLID FOUNDATION 30 YEAR IN REVIEW: MERCYHURST REPORTS RECORD FUNDRAISING YEAR 32 DONOR HONOR ROLL
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