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THE FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
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Student Achievement
Awards
Monday, April 27, 2015
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WELCOME
Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J.
President, Fairfield University
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Lindsey Hanley ’15
Alan Pelaez Lopez ’15
Storm Miller ’15
Danielle Tullo ’15
WILLIAM J. KRAMER ’60
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Katherine Pitz ’15
ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA MEDAL
Nicole Davidow ’15
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Lindsey Hanley ’15
Commitment to Student Programming
Major: Communication
Hometown: Rye, N.Y.
“Through the Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA),
Lindsey is a confident and committed leader who mentors the
other student programmers, specifically taking younger students
under her wing to help them find their place at Fairfield. She truly
believes in putting on good events… and works continuously to ensure that the
Programming Board is meeting the needs of the students. In addition to being an
amazing member of FUSA, she is an incredible friend—endlessly supportive and
always there to listen.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Dean’s List; FUSA Chair of Programming;
FUSA Special Events Programmer; FUSA Class Programmer; Make-A-Wish
Foundation Program Intern; FUSA Executive Member of the Year; Capstone
selection for the Undergraduate Honors in Communication Conference; Relay for
Life Luminaria Committee; Relay for Life Team Captain; Senior Week Committee
Member; Senior Week Chair of Family Dance; Fairfield 2020 Task Force; Running
Club President; Communication Club; “The Manor” Yearbook; Pencil Pals; Intramural
Sports; Service for Justice Residential College; Programming Review Committee
Member; Washington D.C. Immersion Trip participant; Presenter at the National
Jesuit Student Leadership Conference
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Storm Miller ’15
Commitment to the Beach Resident Advocacy Group and Improving
Town-Gown Relations
Major: Business Management
Hometown: Ramsey, N.J.
“Through the Beach Residents Advocacy Group (BRAG), Storm
helped create a strong town-gown relationship with law enforcement and the
Fairfield Beach Resident Association. He is seen as a role model who is able to
think ethically as he grapples with the many challenges he faces while advocating
for students… He is bright, energetic, compassionate, and genuinely well-rounded.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Beta Gamma Sigma and Theta Alpha Kappa
Honor Societies; President of the Beach Resident Advocacy Group (BRAG); Vice
President of the Management Club; Advisory Roundtable to the Dean, Dolan School
of Business (DSB); Mentor in DSB Partners Program; Recipient of the Mary Irene
Gallagher Theology Medal
Danielle Tullo ’15
Commitment to and Development of “Her Campus Chapter” at
Fairfield University
Major: English / Journalism
Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Alan Pelaez Lopez ’15
Commitment to the Queer Undocumented Movement
Majors: Sociology and English: Professional Writing
Hometown: Waltham, Mass.
“Most of Alan’s work has been grassroots. He has campaigned
for undocumented persons all over the USA… He is recognized
nationally for his advocacy work, and has conducted numerous workshops and
trainings… He is a tireless advocate for severely marginalized members of our
society and promotes social justice and human dignity on behalf of countless
young people… He is truly inspirational.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Recipient of the National Colin Higgins
Youth Courage Award; Grant Recipient of the National Mario Savio Young Activist
Award; Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Delta, and Sigma Tau Delta Honor
Societies; Fellow at Young People For (YP4)-from People for the American Way;
Cultural Organizing Artist at Culturestrike; Independent Poet and Writer; received
certificate in LGBT Narrative Writing from VONA at the University of California,
Berkeley, 2014
“In bringing Fairfield’s first chapter of Her Campus to life, Danielle…
not only filled a void that was missing—a venue for young women
to CREATE, write, and develop content—but also forever changed the lives of the
75 women who are active members of the organization… She is a true teacher
committed to developing the skills of her team members.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of “Her
Campus Fairfield”; Fairfield 2020 Steering Committee member; Fashion Relations
Intern at Liberty Fairs Trade Show; Public Relations Intern at Grace Group; Editorial
Intern Cosmopolitan.com; “Thought Catalog” contributing writer; will be employed
as a production assistant at Cosmopolitan.com after graduation. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
WILLIAM J. KRAMER ’60 HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Katherine Pitz ’15
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Lagrangeville, N.Y.
“Katherine has learned to embody the Jesuit ideals, and has
developed the skills to be a person for herself and others. This is
proven through her volunteer work in Bolivia… She helped start a
great Engineers Without Borders program on campus… She has participated in
numerous clubs and activities, volunteered locally and internationally, engaged in
research, and excelled in the classroom—all while participating in varsity athletics.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Captain of the Women’s Rowing Team;
Engineers Without Borders volunteer; American Society of Mechanical Engineers
President; Society of Women Engineers Outreach Coordinator; Broadening Access
to Science Education (BASE) Camp Counselor; Member of Pi Mu Epsilon and Tau
Beta Phi Honor Societies; Student Research Assistant in Physics & Engineering;
NASA Grant recipient; Marguerite F. O’Meara Award for a rower who shows
extraordinary dedication, sportsmanship, and scholarship
ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA MEDAL
The Student Achievement Awards are given to outstanding seniors who have enhanced a specific
University program. The senior’s commitment to this activity must have resulted in the program or
organization attaining a new level of achievement not possible without the senior’s leadership and
guidance.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2014 –
Bayan Abunar
C. Spencer Colpitts, Jr.
Alexander Long
Cody Reinold
Vincent Romano
Laura Stakey
2013 –
Michael O’Keeffe
Courtney Onofrio
Alexandra Tarabour
Morgan Zachary
2012 – Alicia Bissonnette
Kelley Brady
Jasmine Fernandez
Ivey Speight
2011 –Dana August
Joseph Calvaruso
Lauren Johnson
Shawne Lomauro
2010 –Megan Hallissy
Magarita Jules
Jeffrey Seiser
Christopher Staysniak
Nicole Davidow ’15
2009 – Anne Krane
Jessica Vigliotti
Galen Vinter
Major: International Studies
Hometown: Southington, Conn.
2008 – Frank Fraioli
Erin Hickey
Hutchinson Williams
“From New Student Leader and Chair of the Senior Week Family
Dance to becoming the first Catholic Relief Services ambassador
at Fairfield, Nicole’s commitments have shown her conviction,
dedication, thoroughness, and reliability… With her quiet dignity, maturity and
enthusiasm, as a champion for positive change and the underserved, and leader of
significant causes, Nicole is one of the most humble and gracious students I have
known. She embodies the best of Fairfield.”
Accomplishments and Participations: Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Iota Rho Honor
Societies; 2015 International Studies Awardee for Academic Excellence; MLK
2015 Vision Award Student Recipient; Magis Scholar; Lawrence Scholar; Dean’s
List; Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) Fellow; Save
the Children Continuous Improvement Intern; Catholic Relief Services Student
Ambassador; Eucharistic Minister; Fairfield University Women’s Basketball
Team Manager; Semester in Czech Republic; Transitions Online Development/
Fundraising Assistant; Senior Week Family Dance Co-Chair; Ignatian Residential
College Participant; New Student Leader; JUHAN Alternative Spring Break Coleader
2007 – Kevin Donohue
Jared Mezzocchi
James Scholl
2006 – Jacqueline Leclair
Alejandro Martinez
2005 – Jillian Grant
Alison Hildenbrand
Kevin Neubauer
2004 – Michael A. Ciavaglia
Gregory S. Iorio
Jessica R. Michael
2003 –
Sarah Courtney
Christopher Dill
Jordan Schibler
Edward Seavers
Jeffrey Stone
2002 –
Kevin M. Horne
Amy L. Hurford
Emily A. Sciascia
Kristen A. Yochum
2001 –
Courtney A. Darts
Timothy P. Healy
Felipe J. Polanco
Sheniqua V. Rowe
Stephen G. Winkel
2000 – Karen M. Affinito
Lynda D. Jackson-Sealy
Jennifer L. Mazzo
1999 –
Mary Conk
Michael Franz
Kimberly Holmes
Brian Mello
1998 –
Christopher Cipriano
Robert Parmach
Elizabeth Slimmon
Bethany Walcott
1997 –
Christopher C. Deis
Emi Kondo
Elena M. Pienkowski
Alyssa E. Serino
Gregory Vierheilig
1996 –
Stephen A. Borla
Mark R. Mahoney
Mark W. Potter
Frank J. Riccio
1995 – Lyra O. Espineli
Erica Lyn French
1994 –
Johnnie Jones
Edith M. Navia
Patricia M. Sullivan
Kirstin P. Wadewitz
1993 –
Valery Dufka
John Fink
Susan Jacavanco
Kathleen Latek
RoseAnn Ponticello
1992 –
Camille Banks
Matthew Hart
Christina Hennessy
Mark Justin
Colleen Leavitt
Kevin Talz
John Tedesco
1991 –
Kelly Anne Conlisk
Matthew Gallagher
Andrea Ottaviano
John Schratwieser
1990 –
1989 –
Scott Arnold
Carrie Dodge
Heidi Donahue
Frank Jefferson
Deborah Leibold
Sean Leyden
Brenda McGowan
Louise Moon
Ann Perez
Karen Beedenbender
Anne Betchkal
Anne Petrides
1988 –
John Cardinali
John Courtmanche
Dana Pellegrino
Christopher Ritchie
1987 – Thomas Hulseman
Timothy Martin
1986 –
Tony George
John Habetz
Stephen Humes
Brian Sutton
Barbara Valentine
Gina Zarlengo
1985 –
Marybeth Curtis
Anne Dezendorf
Catherine Mulry
Delia Smith
1984 –
Kerrie Boyhan
Jane Conover
Ellen Gallagher
Bryan LeClerc
Joan Watt
1983 – Cynthia Imbro
Kevin Keegan
Mary Kay Wysocki
1982 –
Michael Bentivegna
Kenneth Daniels
Carl Gustafson
John Ricci
1981 – D’Arcy Ann Clark
James Haley
Gregory Mathis
1980 –
Bernadette Curry
Patrick McCabe
Michael Navarro
John Smith
Joseph Timpone
1979 –
R. Michael Dougherty
James J. O’Shaughnessy
Stephen T. Paulone
Anthony J. Pucillo
WILLIAM J. KRAMER ’60
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
The William J. Kramer ’60 Humanitarian Award recognizes one senior and is based solely
on the senior’s commitment to volunteerism and service to an external community activity
that best exemplifies the Ignatian tradition of being men and women for others,
while also maintaining a commitment to high academic standards.
This award is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. James J. Daly P’93, ’92, ’85 in memory of their dear
friend William J. Kramer ’60, P’96, ’85, ’83, the first Fairfield University alumnus
who served as Chairman of the Fairfield University Board of Trustees.
PAST RECIPIENTS
ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA MEDAL
Instituted in 1952, the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal recognizes one senior who has committed himself
or herself to the Jesuit education ideals of maintaining high academic standards and substantial
involvement in community service and/or extracurricular activities. The senior should have clearly
maximized opportunities for emotional, social, and intellectual growth throughout all four years on
campus and best exemplifies the true spirit of a Jesuit education.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2014 - Eric S. Lynch
1981 – V
alerie Johnson
2013 – Daniel Jones
1980 – S
tephen Chessare
Carolen Fette
2014 - Astrid Quiñones
2012 – Gregory P. Burke
2013 – Sarah Joseph
2011 – Eric Clayton
2012 – Julianne Whittaker
2011 – Janet Latuga
2010 – Steven Parker
2009 – Colleen Gibson
2008 – Megan Steel
2007 – Marco Ambrosio
Jennifer Miller
2006 – Mikaela Conley
2005 – Jill Macari
2004 – Todd J. Pelletier
2003 – Reesa Antony
2010 – Sarah Gatti
2009 – Ahna Johnson
2008 – Timothy G. Dee
2007 – Ashley M. Toombs
1979 – T
homas McLarney
1978 – Geraldine Morrissey
1977 – Patrick Cleary
James Johnson
1976 – C
lare Carney
2006 – John Gallagher III
1975 – Richard Canel
Sean Harrigan
2005 – Meghan Flanagan
1974 – G
ary Dittrich
2004 – Robert D. Keder
1973 – Timothy Grace
2003 – Karen Donoghue
1972 – R
ichard Umbdenstock
2002 – Aimee V. Wagner
2001 – Kevin C. Hayes
1971 – J
ohn Fallon
Robert Murphy
2000 – Gregory E. Newman
1970 – J
. Peter Notch
1999 – C
hristine Kelleher
1969 – T
homas Josefiak
2002 – Kathryn M. O’Connell
1998 – R
obert Harrison III
1968 – J
ames DeFronzo
2001 – Kerry E. Schardien
1997 – Melissa J. Conroy
1967 – G
erard Smyth
2000 – Gregory E. Newman
1996 – M
ark C. Reed
1966 – W
illiam McCarthy
1999 – Aileen Ryder
1995 – J
ames A. Sulzer
1965 – F
rederick Lorensen
1998 – Angelica Fontanez
1994 – James P. McDonnell
1964 – C
harles Bialowas
1997 – Robbie L. Bleggi
1993 – S
tephen C. Shannon
1963 – W
illiam Reidy
1996 – Maria Joy Santomauro
1992 – Edward Hardiman
1962 – M
ichael Kiernan
1995 – Christopher M. Pilkerton
1991 – Robert McCann
Julie Ruggiero
1961 – L
ouis Parent
1990 – Laura Keenan
1959 – R
andolph Harper
1989 – C
hristopher Chiodo
1958 – Paul Nagy
1988 – K
aren O’Rourke
1987 – Honora Willcutts
1957 – David McCarthy
James Rourke
1986 – J
ohn Mancini
1956 – P
eter DeMarco
1985 – F
ran Kenneally
1955 – William Prendergast
1984 – Mary-Margaret Walsh
1954 – Joseph Macary Jr.
1983 – K
aren Hill
Elizabeth Kramer
1953 – Thomas Bepko
1994 – Michael E. McCormack
1993 – Lauren J. Nowicki
1982 – Janet Canepa
1960 – J
oseph Annunziata
1952 – J
ohn Relihan Jr.
THANK YOU
THE STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY is an annual tradition that honors
seniors who have achieved excellence and incorporated Jesuit
ideals into their lives.
Each year, a number of individuals work very hard to make this program
a success. Thank you to the following who selected this year’s recipients.
THE 2015 STUDENT AWARDS
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Elissa Carroll
Karen Donoghue
Frederick Kuo
Philip Lane
Colleen McGinn
John Pagano
Anif McDonald ’16
Heather Petraglia
Carolyn Rusiackas
Rita Sherwood
Meredith Smith
Virginia Weir