Mercyhurst Magazine Spring 2020

Mercyhurst Magazine is a publication of the Ofce of Marketing and Public Relations.

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 Joseph Cuneo Sean Cuneo Deborah W. Morton

Inside this issue 4 MERCYHURST’S LIBRARY – NOW AND THEN

Contributing Photographers Leena Clint ’16 Jeremy C. Hewitt ’07 Curtis Waidley ’19 Anna Wesley Director of Alumni Engagement Lindsay Cox Frank ’12 ’14M lfrank@mercyhurst.edu 814-824-2330

Check out recent renovations to the library, and see what earlier libraries looked like.

6 HURST TEACHERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE Read profles of Audrey Coletta ’98 ‘01M; Kimberly Szmyd Thomas ’02 ‘04M; Grace Doman ’16 ‘18M; Gary Magorien ’06; Joseph Magorien ’01; Youjia Hua ‘02M; Michael Troutman ’12; Ebony Britton ‘09M; Cole Lowe ’18; Kelly Dombrowski Karns ’06; and Shay Bellamy ‘19M. 22 RENOVATIONS TRANSFORM SPORTS FACILITIES Learn the latest developments from Laker athletics, including a growing slate of club sports options.

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Alumni Relations Mercyhurst University 501 East 38th Street Erie, PA 16546 alumni@mercyhurst.edu

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SHARE LIFELONG BOND 12 STUDENTS GET REAL-LIFE INVESTING EXPERIENCE 14 LOCAL, NATIONAL MEDIA TURN TO JOE MORRIS 16 GRADUATES BENEFIT FROM ERIE REVITALIZATION 18 OL PROGRAM OFFERS SPECIAL DEAL FOR ALUMNI 20 HAPPENINGS ON THE HILL 24 CLUB SPORTS EXPAND STUDENT OPTIONS 26 VIRTUAL REALITY TECH HELPS TRAIN POLICE CADETS 27 CLASS NOTES

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