Twenty-First Annual Scholarship Gala Honors Nine of CCM’s Best

By Barbara Capsouras

N ine County College of Morris graduates were hon-ored at the 21st Annual Scholarship Gala held on April 18, 2008 at The Villa at Mountain Lakes. The event recog-nized the winners for their outstanding personal achieve-ment, community service, and commitment to the Alumni Association. The inductees will have their names inscribed on the Alumni Wall of Fame. To read their com-plete profiles, visit www.ccm.edu/alum/alumni.shtml

County College of Morris

CCM Foundation ...................... 2

CCM Winner’s Circle ................ 3

Nurses 20th Reunion ................ 3

Graduate Updates ..................... 4

CCM Sports Highlights ............. 5

Alumni Scholarships ................. 7

Dr. Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis .......... 7

CCM’s 40th Anniversary ........... 8

Campus Events .......................... 8

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Joe Vitale Joins CCM as Executive Director of College Advancement and PlanningBy Mary Ann Kiczek

J oseph Vitale has been aware of CCM’s excellent reputation and good works for many years – both as a long-time county resident and in his work as CEO of Saint Clare’s Hospital Founda-tion. But it wasn’t until he joined the college in February 2008 that he got a first-hand look at what he now describes as a “vibrant, active and forward-moving organization filled with entrepreneurial spirit.”

Wearing many hats

In his new role as executive director of college advancement and planning and vice president of the foundation at County College of Morris, Vitale, who now heads the college’s fundraising, marketing, alumni affairs, and strategic functions, succeeds Dr. Joseph Nazzaro. Vitale expects that his 30 years of experi-ence in marketing and fundraising and his background in communications will work hand-in-hand to inspire loyalty, interest, and excitement among current and potential donors.

In his words, “Having worked in a num-ber of allied fields – writing, reporting, public relations, advertising, marketing, and fundraising, I find myself employ-ing elements of my background and di-verse experience to make our marketing and fundraising efforts more effective, efficient, and strategic.”

Taking CCM to new levels in marketing and fundraising

On the marketing side, Vitale’s goals include updating the look and func-tionality of the school’s website to in-clude greater ease of navigation, more extensive information, and increased interactivity, including the ability to pay college bills and make donations online with a credit card.

To take CCM fundraising to the next level, his plan is to focus on individual giving, particularly among alumni, and to introduce planned giving through charitable trusts and charitable gift an-nuities. “The growing number of charity and nonprofit organizations is making

fundraising more challenging. We must explore new ways to attract and retain donors,” he acknowledged, adding, “But having 38,000 alumni, who ‘start-ed right’ at CCM, is a great beginning.”

learning about what makes Vitale “tick”

Vitale has a BA degree from Rutgers University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a master’s degree in liberal stud-ies from the New School for Social Re-search. Vitale has worked as a newspa-per reporter and a magazine editor. He joined the Marcus Group, one of the state’s largest advertising, crisis manage-ment, and public relations firms, be-fore being named executive director of the Governor’s Council for a Drug Free Workplace, a public-private partnership aimed at reducing substance abuse on the job, in 1993.

Vitale and his wife of 29 years, Barbara, live in Denville. Their daughter, Kate, at-

tends Notre Dame Law School. He’s an avid reader, a movie buff, and a writer with a recently completed novel and four plays to his credit. Vitale loves to ski, “dabbles” in golf, and cites family, friends and associates, and his commu-nity as the things that are most dear to him.

Reflecting back, looking ahead

Vitale is honored to be part of the team at CCM. In commenting on the col-lege’s past and future, he said, “CCM is a place filled with tradition and in-novation. Coming to CCM during the school’s 40th anniversary year is excit-ing – a time to look back and to look forward to the ‘Fifth Decade of Excel-lence.”

Honored CCM graduates pose with college officials at the Scholarship Gala held in April.

The County College of Morris Foundation has seen a variety of changes in this past academic year. Long-time leader, Dr. Joseph P. Nazzaro, retired, and the new Vice-President of the CCM Foundation, Joseph Vitale, has come on board and is charging forward. The Foundation Board of Directors also saw some key members move on. New faces will take their places on the board soon. The Special Events Coordinator, who handles the logistics for all Foundation events, left to become a full–time mother. Her replacement, Jennifer Ruud, has jumped in and faced snow closings and is enthusiastically preparing for upcoming events. The Foundation Scholarship Reception, usually held in the spring, was changed to December 2007.

The CCM Foundation, under the auspices of Develop-ment Director Rose Cofone, announced a special new Campaign to allow donors to permanently Adopt-A-Chair in the newly refurbished Dragonetti Auditorium in the Student Center. This will create a lasting trib-ute to the performing and cultural arts programs at the County College of Morris. Donors may choose to name an individual seat, two seats, or more — even a row of seats. Each adopted chair will permanently display a plaque that can be inscribed to recognize the

donor, an individual, or an occa-sion (an anniversary, graduation, retirement etc.) or memorialize a loved one. Each “adopted” chair will help to enhance the Auditori-um while it will remain as a perma-nent and special tribute or memo-rial. It will also serve as an enduring reminder of the donor’s loyalty to and support of the County College of Morris. To celebrate those who participated in the inaugural year of this program, a champagne re-ception was held on April 4, 2008. All attendees were invited as guests to that evening’s CCM Performing Arts production of “Kiss Me, Kate,” and had the opportunity to sit in the chairs displaying their engraved plaques.

The CCM Foundation Dean A. Gallo Memorial Golf Outing was held at Picatinny Arsenal on September 20, 2007. Although the clubhouse was under construc-tion, the dinner at the Cannon Gates Catering Center was wonderful. A Dodge Nitro was available, thanks

to Warnock Automotive, and Saturn provided a Vue, both of which were on display at designated holes for the participants to try their luck hitting a hole-in-one. There were some close calls, but no golfer left with a new car. The 2008 golf outing this September will be held at a new venue, the beautiful Knoll Country Club in Parsippany.

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The 75th Anniversary Radio City Christmas show was definitely spectacular! Upon walking into the lobby of Radio City and looking up to see the breathtaking view of a crystal Christmas tree-shaped chandelier, it was clearly evident that this was a special milestone in this landmark venue’s history. There is nothing like New York City at Christmastime. Rounding the corner on 50th Street at Rockefell-er Center to view the Swarovski crystal-topped tree, sparkling with thousands of colored lights, is al-ways an awesome sight to behold.

While the 2005 CCM cruise to Halifax was an outstanding success, the cruise to Bermuda planned for this June, did not seem to generate the same interest. Unfortunately, it had to be cancelled. We do hope to plan and offer other travel excursions in the future, and any input on destination ideas are welcome!

The CCM Alumni Association Advisory Board needs you! We have some exciting activities planned for the upcoming academic year, 2008-2009, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the college. Your help is needed to make these activities a success. Consider joining the board to become involved in planning and organizing these events. If you are from that first year of 1968, your insight and ideas are requested. (See page 8 for more informa-tion.) Your participation is also important. Contact your former classmates and join in the events that will be listed on the CCM website in the fall. Check out the list of lost alumni that will be posted on the website and let us know where they are so they don’t miss out on the celebrations!

The CCM pool now has a variety of aquatics activities available for members of the com-munity. This spring a community swim was introduced and beginner, intermediate and

advanced swim classes were offered. A master swim class focused on triathlon training, and a class introducing water skills was geared towards one- to three-year-olds.. To check the schedule of activities or to obtain additional information, visit the Aquatics Swim Clinics under Athletics Camps and Clinics on the CCM website.

We will once again be venturing to Atlantic City for our June bus trip. Join us for a day of fun, sun, shopping, and of course, casino hopping as we head for Trump Plaza on the boardwalk. Let the luck be with you!

Barbara Capsouras ‘82 Alumni Director bcapsouras@ccm.edu

Change Is Keyword for CCM FoundationBy Barbara Capsouras

Rose Cofone, Joe Vitale, and Jennifer Ruud attended the champagne recep-tion to celebrate with those who were among the first to Adopt-A-Chair.

Grab your Clubs and Support the CCM FoundationRound up your foursome and join us for a spectacular day of golf at the annual County College of Morris Foundation Dean A. Gallo Memorial golf outing on Monday, September 15, 2008 at The Knoll West Country Club in Parsippany, New Jersey.

The Knoll West, established in 1929, has an 18-hole champion course designed by Charles H. Banks. The par 70 course, situated on 360 beautiful wooded acres, is one of the finest in the state.

The entry fee entitles you to 18 holes of golf (with cart), along with lunch, beverages and snacks throughout the day, dinner, and prizes. If you can’t join us, there are many ways to participate – as hole sponsors, prize donors, or volunteers.

Last year’s event raised more than $10,00 for scholarships. For more information, contact the CCM Foundation at 973-328-5060.

W hen it comes to talking about his business, Glenn Marthens tends to focus on what his company does, rather than on what it sells. “We like to say that what we do is improve the productivity of an office and enhance the company’s corporate image, and we make every effort to do it in an environmentally sound manner” said Marthens, owner and President of Mil-ton Terry Associates in Oak Ridge, New Jersey.

Marthens started out in the business in 1981, working part-time while he was a student at County College of Morris. After graduation from Richard Stockton Col-lege of New Jersey, he was offered a full time job with the company. Several years later, in 1986, he purchased the company and ever since, he’s been designing office interiors for companies.

For Marthens, it’s all about efficiency

Marthens, a self-described “efficiency nut,” spoke about the importance of planning office space. “Some people don’t realize how much the placement of office fur-niture and equipment can enhance productivity. You

need to take into consideration things like who needs to communicate with whom and how far you want people to walk to the copy machine,” Marthens said.

In addition to helping his clients save time, Marthens likes to help them save money and the environment. His clients can choose new or good quality pre-owned furniture, or a combination of both. He is an avid recycler, who is involved in LEED (Leadership in En-ergy and Environmental Design), an ecology-oriented building certification program run under the auspices of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Mar-thens shares LEED’s commitment to providing high-performance green interiors that are healthy, productive places to work, are less costly to operate and maintain, and reduce the environ-mental footprint.

Marthens is proud of his staff

Marthens employs a staff of 14, 10 of whom have been with the company for more than a decade. His employees work in trucking, warehousing, sales, ad-ministration, and office design. “As the company has evolved, I get more and more pleasure out of seeing my employees work together as a team, and I enjoy helping them advance to the next level. When you have many different personalities from very different walks of life, bringing them together is a great success story,” he acknowledged.

After 22 years as a business owner, Marthens’ advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is to expect to work long and hard. His advice also includes creating balance in your life and exercising for energy. “I’m very energetic and I owe that to exercising. I think it makes you better able to handle stress and to be forward-thinking,” he noted.

CCM provided the foundation

Marthens was considering enlisting in the military, but a last minute decision landed him at CCM.” I wasn’t much of a student in high school, and when I started at County, I needed to take some remedial courses. In fact, one of the best classes I ever had was a reme-

dial course that taught you how to study and prepare for class and tests. I have been implementing the techniques ever since. The more motivated I became about school, the more con-fidence I got. I think one of the keys to my success is that I’ve never stopped trying to

learn, and I am always improving whatever it is that I’m thinking about,” he commented.

Marthens grew up in Jefferson Township, and has lived there for most of his life. His commute to work is less than a mile. “I apply the same efficiency to my person-al life,” he said with a smile. Marthen’s wife works in the business as well. “She actually started here before I did, and we’ve been working together for 25 years. Her office is located near mine – yet another example of my propensity toward being efficient,” he added.

When Marthens isn’t designing office settings, he en-joys riding his snow mobile, and his newest hobby is motorcycle riding. He and his wife took up biking about two years ago and are planning a biking trip from Billings, Montana to Colorado Springs.

To learn more about Milton Terry Associates, see www.miltonterry.com.

Entrepreneur Glenn Marthens Is a Friend to the EnvironmentBy Mary Ann Kiczek

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CCM Winner’s Circle

“What we do is improve the productivity of an office and

enhance the corporate image.”

Three Nursing Students Gather to Celebrate 20 years since GraduationBy Mary Ann Kiczek

Three graduates from the County College of Morris Nursing program gathered recently to celebrate the 20 years since they graduated. Pat McDonald of Nova Scotia traveled south to meet Celia Menasha and Linda (Slifkin) Katz, who are now living in Florida, to reminisce about the good times they experienced at CCM.

Menasha has been working in nursing since graduation. Her career has taken her from New Jersey to Vermont to Florida, where she currently works in the recovery room at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Over the years, she has worked in ICU/CCU, electrophysiology, school nursing and as a traveling nurse. She is grateful for the op-portunity to help others and for the support of faculty, peers, and family members. “It has been a very challenging and rewarding career. I’ve gained immense personal and professional growth along the way,” she commented.

For McDonald, CCM helped to build her self-esteem and gave her the confidence to embark on a career in nursing and volunteer work. “Graduating from CCM as a nurs-ing student at age 42 was definitely the way ‘I Started Right,’” she commented. McDonald worked as a psychiatric nurse in New Jersey and Nova Scotia, conducted smoking cessation counseling, taught, and was in occupational health nursing before retiring. As an ovarian cancer survivor since 2002, today McDonald works tirelessly to build awareness about ovarian cancer. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Ovarian Cancer Canada, co-chairs a major annual fundraiser, and presents her survivor story to nursing students and physicians.

Katz called becoming a nurse at age 33 “one of the greatest rewards of my life.” From the time she enrolled, she was committed, focused and very motivated. Prior to her current position, Katz worked in many specialty areas, including labor and delivery, medical/surgical, dermatology, internal medicine, and weight management. Today, she is a geriatric care manager in South Florida. Katz looks back with fondness on presenting the farewell address at the pinning ceremony on graduation day. “I spoke from my heart, singing the praises of the CCM experience,” she recalled.

Pat McDonald, Celia Menasha, and linda (Slifkin) Katz shared memories and a cake when they came together to celebrate 20 years since graduation.

Glenn Marthens shares his thoughts on office space plan-ning with several clients.

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1973robert J. Sambol received an A.A. degree in Business Administration. In 1993, he opened his first restaurant, “Bob’s Steak & Chop House,” in Dal-las, Texas. Building on the reputation earned in Dallas, he now owns Bob’s restaurants in San Francisco, Houston, and in the Dallas suburbs of Plano and Grapevine. Bob’s restaurants feature large cuts of the finest prime steaks, chops and seafood, big drinks and fine wines, and have earned rave reviews -- ranking them from the best in town to the best in the country.

1974robert M. Crossley graduated with an A.A.S. degree in Business Career/Man-agement. He fondly remembers that, as the feature editor of the Youngtown, he interviewed Dr. Masten, and still has his copy of that story from 1973. After a 31-year career in the food in-dustry, including owning his own store and cafe, in 2001, he started selling commercial and investment real estate, with his wife Ann as his partner. They earned three awards from Prudential for achieving sales in the top 5 and 10 percent nationwide. Robert currently belongs to the Prudential President’s Gold Circle and Leading Edge Society. Robert encourages anyone looking for New Hampshire property to visit at www.teambobandann.com. He would love to hear from anyone at CCM, which he remembers as a great school that he benefited from enormously.

1975Jill d. Klevan earned an A.A. degree in Humanities/Social Science. She moved to Florida in 1997 and has been in-volved in local theatre for ten years. Jill studied poetry at the Atlantic Center for the Arts under Audre Lorde, and she appeared in the Volusia County book of Who’s Who in the Arts. She is currently in remission from two forms of cancer and is enjoying her time in Florida.

Brian K. dixon was awarded an A.A. degree in Humanities/Social Science. He is the owner and President of West 10 Tire Center, Inc. located right down the street from CCM on Route 10 West in Succasunna.

1977Maryann amato received an A.A. de-gree in Humanities/Social Science. She continued her education at Fairleigh Dickinson University and received a B.A. degree in Psychology. Maryann is retired from Pfizer where she held the title of GMP Administrator.

1978Sergio amato graduated from CCM with an A.A.S. degree in Computer In-formation Systems. In 1984, he was awarded a B.S. degree in Business Ad-ministration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sergio is now retired after working at Express Scripts and at News-week as a System Analyst.

1979Caron r. toth obtained an A.A. de-gree in Humanities–Art Option. After 15 years working for a professional studio, Caron has been the owner and operator of “Ashley Rose” Photography Studio in Boonton, New Jersey for the last five years. The studio specializes in portraits, weddings, current events, par-ties, banquets, art exhibits, art giclees and reproductions. Caron and her husband, Donald, have three children: Donald Jr., Spencer, and Shannon.

1980Lynn e. Sopolosky was awarded an A.A. degree in Humanities/Social Sci-ence and since graduating has relocated several times. In 1988, she moved to South Carolina where she is the Clerk to Council for Abbeville County. Her daughter, Jessica, has given Lynn two wonderful grandsons, Josef and Lucas.

1981Stephen F. eu-lie received an A.A. degree in Humanities/So-cial Science. He is currently the President and Division Head of the First Na-tional Credit

Card Center of First National Bank of Omaha, one of the top-ten merchant processors and card issuers in the coun-try. Stephen brought more than 20 years of financial industry experience to his current position. His impressive resume includes relaunching the Chase Travel Rewards® and Chase Ultimate Rewards® cards, while guiding JP Mor-gan Chase to its ranking as the second largest travel and merchandise program in the industry. He has also held senior positions with Wachovia, Providian Fi-nancial, Citibank, and Irving Trust Company.

1982Laura a. Bale earned an A.A. degree in Business Administration from CCM. She graduated magna cum laude from Upsala College in1993. Laura worked in the Department of 4-H Youth De-velopment at Rutgers University from 1992-1997. In 1997, she received a full tuition Stafford Scholarship to Drew Theological Seminary for the Masters of Divinity program. She served as the Pastor at the Delaware Valley United Methodist Church in Hainesville, New Jersey from 1997 – 2000. Currently, she and her husband are co-owners of D.B.’s Deli and Market. Laura is also a WITS Certified Personal Trainer and an Advanced Open Water SSI Certified Scuba Diver. This past year she received a Search and Rescue card for diving, and plans to travel to Cozumel and earn Master Diver certification.

ann M. Scotland graduated from CCM with an A. A. degree in Humanities/Social Science. She become certified in Elementary Education at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and earned her Masters in Education from Seton Hall University. Ann is cur-rently an elementary teacher in Mount Olive, New Jersey. In November 2007, Ann, with 22 of her students and Lisa Smith Wagner, published a book called Treasures of a Teachers Heart: Learning to Change the World With Our Own Two Hands. The book relates real-life stories from children who have been motivat-ed to make a difference in this world through kindness and ambition. Ann feels that County College of Morris was a piece of her “kindness.”

1983Susan L. Sass received an A.S. degree in Recreation/Leisure Services. She is currently a Learning Disabilities Teach-er Consultant with the Irvington Board of Education.

1985Mark F. Mcdermott obtained an A.A.S. degree in Electronic Engineer-ing, Technology/Biomedical Equip-ment Option. For the past 21 years, he has resided in Oregon and worked

for several different companies in computer and networking roles. Mark opened, and for many years operated, an Adobe and Macromedia authorized training center, before becoming an independent developer/instructor, and working at Xerox as a training analyst. He is currently an Application Engi-neer with broad responsibilities that include new product development, firmware and driver engineering, ma-jor account sales support, as well as third-tier international support for the Xerox Office Group. Mark also plays in a band named Probable Cause (www.probablecause.com), has written and recorded several songs www.stateof-wail.com, leads an acoustic electric duo, and teaches guitar.

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amy S. Jones graduated from CCM with an A.S. in Business Administra-tion, and she enjoyed it so much she went on to obtain an A.A.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology in 1991. During this second area of study, she took a co-op course that led to a career at Picatinny Arsenal in 1989. She started as a techni-cian testing various elements of weapons systems and driving heavy equipment. For 15 years, she has been responsible for driving and testing the fire control system of a self-propelled howitzer called the Paladin. Her business degree comes in handy when she has to put on a business suit, travel, and attend meetings. She feels she has the best of both worlds – all because of CCM. She has fond recollections of her instruc-tors and is grateful for their encourage-ment, which led her to serve as Presi-dent of Phi Beta Kappa. CCM helped her realize her potential, build her con-fidence, and launched her career!

Michelle a. Himes was awarded two degrees from CCM, a certificate in Den-tal Assisting and an A.A.S. in Radiogra-phy in 2003. She worked in dentistry for seventeen years until 2001 when she switched careers. After earning her radiography degree, Michelle was hired as a Radiologic Technologist at Milford Health and Wellness, an urgent care facility, where she has been employed for nearly four years. She considers her years at CCM a wonderful experience for which she is very grateful.

diane B. Smith received an A.S. in Busi-ness Administration, before continu-ing her education at the College of St. Elizabeth and earning a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance in 1992. She worked for over 36 years at Foster Wheel-er as an Administrative Assistant and is now semi-retired. She volunteers at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Ignoor Nursing Home several days a week.

1995Jeff Martin ob-tained a certifi-cate in Computer Aided Drafting Technology and earned credits in Media/Broad-casting. He con-tinued on to Centennial Col-

lege in Toronto and earned a Certificate degree in Computer Animation. Jeff

began working in Manhattan on broad-cast commercials, and in 2002, switched into the gaming field at a New Jersey company. In 2005, he relo-cated to Orlando, Florida and began working at Electronic Arts (EA Sports), the world’s leading independent devel-oper and publisher of interactive enter-tainment software for advanced enter-tainment systems such as Microsoft’s Xbox® and Nintendo’s Wii.

Steven Santuc-ci received an A.A. degree in Humanities/So-cial Science. He attended Drew University from 1 9 9 5 - 1 9 9 7 , earning a B.A. in History and a

minor in Education (College of St. Elizabeth) and completed his student teaching with St. E’s. He has been a high school history teacher for more than ten years, for the past three years at West Morris Mendham High School. Since 2000, he has been a revolution-ary War Re-enactor participating in many 225th celebrations around the country. He also worked on several documentaries for the History Channel and NJN that are used in museum ex-hibits at Mount Vernon, Virginia and Washington Crossing State Park. Steve is currently working with Monmouth Battlefield State Park on the 230th an-niversary of the Battle for June and vol-unteers with the Morristown National Historical Park. He has two wonderful boys ages 4-1/2 and 1.

Christine thompson graduated with an A.A. degree in Humanities/Social Science. She held the position of As-sistant Vice President of Sales and Member Development at Financial Resources Federal Credit Union in Bridgewater. She recently took time off to travel across England visiting friends, and then continued her travels throughout the United States visiting family and friends. In January 2008, she began her new position as Vice President of the Middlesex County re-gional Chamber of Commerce. In this role, she supports the daily operations of the Chamber with a primary focus on events, the Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the newly-formed New Brunswick Business Council. Christine also volunteers at the Literacy Council of Somerset County and tutors a stu-dent from Poland in English.

1996Brett a. Bredder earned an A.A. de-gree in Humanities/Social Science and continued his education at Hawthorne University where he earned a Bachelor degree in Applied Science and Technol-ogy in 2003. He is an airline pilot with Skywest Airlines and is deputized as a Federal Flight Deck Officer. He swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco airport.

rosita Carrasquillo obtained an A.A.S. degree in Office Systems Tech-nology. After graduating she studied in Puerto Rico for one year, taking courses in Spanish translation. In 2002, she graduated from Montclair State Uni-versity with a B.A. in Spanish Transla-tion. Rosita currently holds the title of Manager at the Morris County Hispan-ic Affairs office.

Kara darling was awarded an A.A. in Humanities/Social Science from CCM. She is a music publisher at William-son Music located in New York City, the publishing division of The Rogers & Hammerstein Organization, which

represents the catalogues of songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammer-stein II, Lorenz Hart, Irving Berling, T.S. Eliot, Charles Strouse, and Stephen Schwartz among others. As Manager, Publishing Administration, she nego-tiates and licenses the use of lyrics in books and karaoke products, and over-sees all requests worldwide. Kara also supports new technology projects such as converting archives to MP3’s and re-designing the website.

deanna L. deGraff graduated with an A.A. degree in Dance thanks to the encouragement of Professor JoAnn Staugaard-Jones. She owned and oper-ated her own dance studio, Grand Jete Academie of Dance in Netcong from 1979 – 2005. In 1996, she applied and received a Certificate of Eligibility for Teacher of Vocational Arts/Dance as an alternate route candidate, the second person in the state to earn this distinc-tion. Since June 2002, she has been a full-time Teacher of Dance at Belleville High School, and continues to teach classes at the studio she previously owned. Deanna feels her career has come full-circle and that she is lucky to have been able to work in a career that she loves for the last 28 years.

1999Jessica d. tereskiewicz received an A.A. degree in Humanities/Social Sci-ence. She is currently a Speech-Lan-guage Pathologist at Montclair State University.

Maria P. Isaza was awarded two degrees from CCM, an A.S. in Biology and an A.A.S. in Medical Labora-tory Technolo-gy. She is fifth year graduate

student at UMDNJ, currently complet-ing her Ph.D. Her work field is micro-bial genetics. She is a Sloan Foundation fellow and was awarded a NIH predoc-toral fellowship grant that finances her research. Maria has presented her work at the American Society for Microbiol-ogy and has plans in 2008 to present a poster at the New England Science symposium at Harvard University. Last summer Maria came back to CCM, this time as an adjunct professor in the Bi-ology Department. She has two daugh-ters, a junior in high school and a two-year-old.

2000adam Kitzerow earned an A.A. degree in Humanities/Art, and in 2004, gradu-ated from Maine College of Art with a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing. He is currently working towards an M.F.A. at the University of South Florida. Since 2002, he has been exhibiting his work up and down the east coast taking part in exhibitions in New Jersey, New York, Maine, and Florida. He is currently an Instructor of Record for Beginning Drawing, School of Art and Art History, College of Visual and Performing Arts, at the University of South Florida.

2001aida Glamocak graduated with an A.A. degree in Humanities/International Studies. She continued her education at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and in 2004, received a B.A. in Internation-al Studies and plans to enroll in the school’s MBA program this year. Aida is currently employed at Sanofi-Aventis as a Clinical Trial Manager.

What’s New with CCM Graduatesby Barbara Capsouras

The following class notes information was obtained from submitted Alumni Update forms. Graduates who completed work for their CCM degrees in December are officially recorded and listed under January of the following year.

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Time OutThe Titan Tradition Continues By Brendan Kuty

Women’s Soccer

Most soccer players seek the glory of a goal. Only a select few take considerable enjoyment in making others look good. Lisa Fleming is part of the minority.

Fleming racked up 14 assists this season, far-and-away a team-high for the County College of Morris women’s soccer program, which endured another quality season.

The Titans went 13-6-1 behind Fleming’s nifty passes and the sharp-shooting, two-sport athlete alex Katz, who scored nine goals. Katz, who’s also an exceptional basketball talent, assisted four goals, bringing her points total to a team-leading 22. She also had the distinction of receiving Honorable Mention All American.

danielle dolan scored 21 points on nine goals and three assists. Ka-tarina tablado, Luisa Isaza and Stephanie Fitzgerald, who also stars on the CCM women’s basket-ball team, all broke double digits in scoring for the year.

Celia Ward saw all the team’s ac-tion in goal, posting a 1.4 goals against average while stopping 83 of 110 shots.

The Titans were Region XIX powerhouses from the jump. The team leaped out to a 7-1 record, drubbing teams like Delaware Technical, Anne Arundel and Bergen community colleges.

After suffering a close loss to the College of Southern Maryland, CCM kept on roll-ing, smattering Ulster County Community College, 8-0, and winning several more games, including a 2-1 contest over Sussex County Community College, before the season’s end.

Women’s Basketball

The Lady Titans finished the 2007- 2008 season with a 10-18 record which nearly doubled last season’s win total. They were led by returning sophomores alex Katz, Stephanie Fitzgerald, and tara dePascale.

Fitzgerald, a forward, led the team in points (13) and assists (four) per game. A point guard, dePascale averaged 13 points and two assists per game, while swing-player Katz dropped 11 per contest. CCM came out of the starting blocks strong, racing to a 6-3 record that included quality victories over Bergen and Passaic community colleges and a two-point nail-biter over Delaware Technical & Community Col-lege, Stanton/Wilm-ington. Stephanie Fitzgerald made the 2nd team All-Region XIX, while alex Katz, tara dePasquale and Stephanie Fitzgerald all made 2nd team All-GSAC (Garden State Athletic Conference). Congratulations to our graduating soph-omores and good luck in your future.

Men’s Soccer

Soccer purists will tell you that it’s a team sport. But without dan Berniz and Hamilton Sotelo, the Coun-ty College of Morris soccer program wouldn’t have even smelled the success that it achieved in 2007.

The Titans cruised to an 11-4-2 record on the feet of Berniz and Sotelo, the squad’s two main offensive threats. Sotelo nailed a team-high 16 goals while as-sisting six. Berniz scored 13, adding a team-best 11 as-sists to his exploits.

When these two weren’t dominating the ball, CCM distributed it evenly. tim Zadravac scored three goals while four players scored two each.

Defense, however, is the pillar that has supported head coach roger Stephen’s game plan for years. Starting goaltender Jean Joseph recorded a 1.42 goals against average, stopping 71 shots. Backup Marc Ficarra was no slouch, either, allowing three goals on 23 shots in seven games.

Stephens’ crew began its campaign solid, posting a 2-2-1 mark. But then the Ti-tans turned up the heat, blasting opponents by wide margins through a seven-game winning streak. Over the stretch, CCM earned three shutouts while scoring 24 total goals.

A loss to Burlington County College ended the Titans streak, but the team fought on, notching a lopsided victory over Middlesex County College and beat Ocean County College by one in their last three matchups.

Men’s Basketball

Returning just three athletes from its ’06-‘07 champion-ship-winning squad – Mount Olive High School graduate den-nis Brosonski, des-mond Murdock and Josh tyson – the Titans posted a 5-19 record. The young Ti-tans were led by trans-fer student Omar Keti. CCM, a Divi-sion II member of the National Junior College Athletic Association, added some local-grown talent to its roster before the season’s start. Freshman forward almin Hodzic was a starter at Mount Olive High School, where he earned 2006-07 All Daily Record Boys Basketball Honorable Mention honors as a senior.

Despite their struggles, the Titans, who averaged 73.3 points per game, managed to thump Raritan Valley Community College, 105-59, on Nov. 27. They also dropped Salem Community College, 91-44, before stringing off back-to-back wins over Ber-gen Community College, 72-64, and Sussex County Community College, 83-60. The team’s final victory was a nine-point win over Ocean County College. The team looks for bigger and better things next season and is already hard at work. Omar Keti made 2nd team All-GSAC and 2nd team All-Region XIX.

Ice Hockey

Somewhere, Gary Steele is smiling. And why wouldn’t he be? A year after declaring that the “hockey gods are smiling down on us,” as his team played as well as it ever had, the County College of Morris hockey program proved it was no fluke, posting its second straight winning season.

The Titans, powered by forwards Chris tommins and Jeff Zamor, went 12-11, earning wins over serious competition. tommins and Zamor led CCM in scoring, notching 35 and 34 points, respectively. tommins netted a team-best 24 goals and recorded 11 assists in just 16 games. Zamor paired 17 goals with 17 assists. Sean rohan (27 points) was the team’s third-highest scorer with 17 goals and 10 assists.

The Titans began the season 3-1, beating not just Union County College but the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Columbia University. They eventually rattled off another three winning streaks, earning notable victories over SUNY New Paltz, St. Thomas Aquinas and Hudson and Union community colleges.

Second-year player Geoff Jeppson scored 10 goals and assisted 11. tom Kurth also broke the 20-point mark, firing home eight goals and eight assists. The CCM Titans advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament, as well as the semifinals of the MCHC tournament. Congratulations on an outstanding season!

Alex Kat

Stephanie Fitzgerald

Dan Berniz

Women’s Basketball team finished season with 10-18 record.

Men’s Basketball team averaged close to 75 points a game.

Men’s Ice Hockey post second straight winning season.

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Alumni Awards Continued from page 1

AlUMNA OF THE yEAR

dr. Betsy Greenleaf ’92 re-ceived a Doctorate of Osteo-pathic Medicine from the University of Medicine and Dentistry in 1998. She com-pleted a fellowship in urogy-necology and advanced gyne-cology. Dr. Greenleaf is one of only a few doctors nationwide

that specialize in female pelvic medicine and pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Greenleaf performed New Jersey’s first minimally invasive procedure using groundbreaking technology known as “The MiniArc Single Incision Sling System.” She is one of only 70 doctors worldwide, trained to conduct this procedure.

Out of all the schools she attended, County College of Morris stands out in Dr. Greenleaf’s mind as the place where she received the best education. She feels strongly that she “started right” and wouldn’t be where she is today without CCM.

Dr. Greenleaf is employed at the Monmouth Medical Group in Lakewood, New Jersey, a division of Mon-mouth Medical Center and Saint Barnabas Health Care System, and has staff privileges at several other hospitals. She serves as a Reviewer for the American Urogynecology Society and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Greenleaf resides in Marlton, New Jersey, with her husband Patrick, a major and pilot in the US Air Force, and their new baby girl, Layla Rose.

AlUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Laura Bartus ’98 excelled in aca-demics at CCM, and was involved in many campus activities and events. She earned an Associates degree in Humanities/Social Sci-ence in 1998 with honors. She was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, served as

the Secretary of Student Government, and was Vice President of the Student Activities Council.

In 1999, she received a Bachelors degree from Man-hattan College and is currently pursuing a Masters of Social Work from Rutgers University.

Event planning appears to be a theme in Laura’s life. Earlier in her career, she was employed by The Econo-mist Group in New York, working trade shows and or-ganizing parties and events. Later, she was the Special Events Manager for RideWise of the Somerset County Business Partnership.

Since 2005, Laura has been the President of the Inter-national Trade Center Alliance (ITCA) in Mt. Olive, an organization that designs activities and programs for the ITC workforce. Over the years, Laura has volun-teered with the Catholic Big Sisters, the Girl Scouts, Roots & Wings LLC, and other nonprofits.

denise Gassner Kuhn ’82 re-ceived an Associates Degree in Humanities/Media Studies and soon after was hired in an administrative position at The Marcus Group. Over the next 25 years, she was promoted through the ranks to her cur-

rent role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operat-ing Officer of what has become one of the region’s largest full-service advertising, crisis management, and public relations agencies.

Denise enjoyed her time at CCM, especially her jour-nalism classes, and she often relies on the math skills she learned at CCM. She credits CCM for giving her more confidence in her skills and ability to lead. De-nise and her husband reside in Succasunna.

Harold Jolicoeur ’95 most recently was the Global Strate-gic Purchasing Manager for Indirect Services, Packaging Materials & MRO (Mainte-nance, Repair and Operations Supplies) at Firmenich, a worldwide leader in the flavor and fragrance industry.

Eariler, Harold was employed by Panalpina North America, Chicco USA, Croda USA, and DSM Nutri-tional Products. He also was Strategic Purchasing Manager at Fisher Scientific Chemicals.

He received an Associates Degree in Business from CCM, where he was a student counselor and involved in many campus organizations, including SGA, EOF, and the minority mentorship program. He earned a Bachelors Degree from Montclair State University in 1998.

In 1980, when Harold was 10 years old, his fam-ily moved to the United States from Haiti. He is the youngest of ten children. Three of his siblings are also CCM graduates.

Harold and his wife, Viola, live in Burlington with their two-year old daughter, Miranda Adaya, and have opened their own business, JDL Fragrances, a global supplier of fine fragrances and fragrance oils.

edward nelson ’72 is a fa-miliar face around the CCM Athletic Department. While enrolled at CCM, he and sev-eral students established the Ice Hockey Club, which is known as one of the premier community college programs in the NJCAA.

Ed received an Associates Degree in Humanities/Social Science from CCM and a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences from Glassboro State College in 1974. Ed re-turned to CCM as the head coach of the ice hockey team from 1974-1979, taking the team to three conference finals and producing two NJCAA All American players. He returned to coach again from 1990-2000, culminat-ing his coaching career with a 177-154-23 record.

Ed obtained a Masters Degree with Distinction in Stu-dent Personnel Administration from Columbia Uni-versity in 1980.

Since 2003, Ed has held the position of CFO/COO at McGivney & Kluger, PC. Previously, he worked for a Japan-based conglomerate, the Metropolitan Center of the New York Institute of Technology, and IFEX, Inc., a medical technology firm. For one year, Ed worked on a number of projects for the New York Yankee’s business management team.

Ed lives in Sparta with his wife, Maureen, and two boys, J. Scott Mathesius (CCM ’02 – Landscape Design) and Christopher John, who will begin high school this year.

Maria rispoli ‘03 was recommend-ed by a faculty member who com-mented, “She is everything we could want from an alumna.” Maria was surprised to learn of her award, ex-claiming, “Wow, that’s some honor for a high-school dropout!” Maria is grateful that CCM gave her the

opportunity to reverse poor choices made in the past.

Maria graduated from CCM summa cum laude with an Associates Degree in Humanities/Social Science. She earned a Bachelors Degree in English/Secondary Edu-cation at Montclair State University in 2004, also sum-ma cum laude. She is currently studying for a Masters degree from Marygrove College.

Maria has held a number of positions from account-ing clerk to office manager, but teaching has brought her the most gratification. She taught at Dover High School and Newmark High School in Carteret, before

her current position at Roxbury High School.

Maria resides in Mine Hill with her husband, Doug, and four children, Anthony, Kaitlin, Talia, and Patrick, and is the proud grandmother of Julissa.

AlUMNI HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

James relyea ‘94 knew he wanted to work in rehabilita-tion nursing, after a serious accident that required two years of rehabilitation. With that goal in mind, he over-came obstacles and worked diligently to earn a CCM As-sociates Degree in Nursing.

In his first job as a staff nurse in the Spinal Cord injury unit at Kessler Institute, he cared for patients his own age and shared his personal experiences. Within two years, he became a Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse, and shortly after was chosen to be the primary care nurse for Christopher Reeve during his stay at Kes-sler and, later, at his home.

James is currently Nurse Manager of the General Re-habilitation Unit and Infection Control Site Coordi-nator. He has a Registered Professional Nurse license with several additional certifications, and is often in-vited to lecture on rehabilitation topics.

James is convinced that he owes a lot to “that school on the hill” that has made him who is today.

Jenifer Stevenson ’92 re-ceived her Associates Degree in Nursing from CCM and her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from the University of Phoe-nix in 2005. She is a Licensed Registered Nurse in New Jer-sey and has obtained several

certifications.

Jenifer is employed at Kessler Institute for Rehabilita-tion, which is recognized as one of the top two reha-bilitation hospitals in the country. At the West Orange facility, Jenifer became a Staff Registered Nurse in 1992, an Assistant Unit Coordinator in 1996, a Nurse Liai-son, and since 2000 fulfills the role of Nurse Manager on the Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke units. She provides training and supervision to over 120 RNs, LPNs, and Rehabilitation Assistants. In 2005, Jenifer was named Nurse Manager of the Year at Kessler West Orange.

AlUMNI SERVICE AWARD

Kathy Storm ‘93 received her Associate’s Degree in Business Administration with honors. She was so impressed with CCM that she wrote a letter to Dr. Edward Yaw, President of CCM, offering to stay involved with the college. In 1993, she

joined the CCM Alumni Advisory Board, and has been an enthusiastic member ever since.

Kathy has served as member of the Alumni Scholar-ship Committee, participated in several fund-raising Phonathons, and plays an integral role in the diploma framing program. She often participates in alumni ac-tivities and trips.

Kathy continued her education at Centenary College in Hackettstown, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Busi-ness Administration, magna cum laude, in 2002.

During her career, she has supported senior execu-tives at Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Wyeth, Knoll Pharmaceutical, and BASF. Since 2004, she has been employed at Transistor Devices, Inc. as the Execu-tive Assistant to the Co-CEO/CFO.

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Dr. Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis, Educator, Author, MotherBy Mary Ann Kiczek

Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis, Ph.D. may have, by her own admission, slept through high school, but from the looks of her curriculum vitae, there’s a good chance she hasn’t slept much since.

After graduating from CCM, Dr. Tsigas-Fotinis attended New York University where she received a BA degree in History, followed by an MS degree in Bilingual/Bicultural Education from St. John’s University. From there, she went on to earn two additional Masters degrees from Columbia University – one in Philosophy and one in Educa-tion. In May 1995, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree, also from Columbia.

An avid educator, over the years Dr. Tsigas-Fotinis has taught on every level, from kindergarten to adults, and has been an administrator in a number of public and private schools. She is currently a member of the faculty of Caldwell College, where she is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education. She also serves as the Department of Religious Education CANA High School Curriculum Coordina-tor for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Dr. Tsigas-Fotinis recently authored a children’s book, The Jesus Prayer and Me, and is a member of the Orthodox Children’s Writers Guild.

In a recent email to CCM, Dr. Tsigas-Fotinis wrote, “I enjoyed every moment of my CCM experience. Some of the professors really challenged us to think and I truly appreciate what I learned while there. In the courses I teach at Caldwell College, I now share some of that knowledge, and challenge others to think.”

Dr. Tsigas-Fotinis lives in Succasun-na, New Jersey, with her husband, Panagiotis Fotinis, and children Spyridoula and Emmanuel. The chil-dren share their mother’s passion for education. In lieu of personal gifts for their seventh birthday, Spyrid-oula and Emmanuel asked guests to contribute to a book fund, and used the proceeds to build a collection of more than 200 Greek books, tapes, CDs, and DVDs that were donated to the Morris County Library.

In Memoriam

2002Jessica L. Faitoute received an A.A. in Humani-ties/Social Science and, in May, will receive a B.A. in Teacher Education majoring in English from Montclair State University. She aspires to teach on a secondary level. Jessica has tutored reading and writing skills at Hillside Elementary School, and at Mt. Hebron Middle School to help stu-dents improve their writing and thinking skills.

2003Geoffrey n. anderson earned an A.S. in Busi-ness Administration. He is the Marketing Man-ager at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

david Gatto was awarded an A.S. degree in Busi-ness Administration. While many of his profes-sors at CCM were instrumental in his educational development, it was Professor Duffy’s Financial Accounting class that helped him decide on a career in accounting. Dave was the Treasurer of the CCM Ambassador Club, which provided him with great experiences and leadership skills. He went on to Michigan State and received a B.A. in Accounting and a Masters degree in Accounting. In the summer of 2005, he landed an internship with KPMG, which led to his current position as an Audit Associate in its Short Hills office. Dave is a licensed CPA in New Jersey and is involved in various community service activities, such as the March of Dimes WalkAmerica.

Katherine C. McCallum obtained an A.A. de-gree in Humanities/Broadcasting. She is currently employed at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York City in the Public Sector & Infrastructure Banking section of the Investment Banking Division.

2004Bryan P. Lowe graduated with two degrees from CCM, an A.A.S. in New Media Technology and an A.A.S. in Landscape Management & Design. Bry-an is a horticulturist with Scape-abilities, Inc., a landscape contracting company in Scotch Plains, N.J., where he has been employed since last year.

2006tammy L. Figueroa received an A.A. in Humani-ties/Social Science and completed a B.A. in Histo-ry through Thomas Edison State College in 2007. Tammy is the Office Manager at CNI Construc-tion, LLC and has just begun working towards a M.A. in Military History from Norwich Universi-ty. Her future plans include a move to Arkansas, a PhD in History, and becoming an online history instructor at the community college level.

Laura e. Gillette earned an A.A.S. in Graphic Design. She currently works in Guest Relations for the Walt Disney Company in Florida.

2007erin L. Getto was awarded an A.S. in Business Administration from CCM. She is employed at Hotz Development as a Property Manager.

Class of 1979Stacey M. KreisA.A. Humanities/Social Science

John A. RiccioA.A. Humanities/Social Science

Class of 1984Evelyn A. HockenbaryA.A.S. Computer Information Systems

lois J. MirskyA.A.S. Nursing

Joyce M. RiggsA.A.S. Nursing

Class of 1995Russell J. FlanaganA.A. Media/Broadcasting

Class of 2002Brian S. EngA.S. Business Administration

Updates Continued from page 4 Alumni Scholarships for you and your ChildrenBy Barbara Capsouras

D o you have a child or a grandchild attending or planning to attend CCM? Are you coming back to CCM to take six or more credits? Would $250 or $500 help in your educational pursuits?

Part-time and full-time awards for children and grandchildren of CCM

alumni and for returning graduates are available through the Alumni Scholarship Program.

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. The Alumni Scholarship applica-tion is conveniently available online – just print it from the CCM website. Although there is consideration of financial need, you do not have to submit a FAFSA form to apply. You simply need to provide the Alumni Scholarship application form, a personal statement, two letters of recommendation, and a grade transcript and you may be awarded money from this scholarship program.

Seven ambitious students who submitted completed applications were granted awards this year by the Alumni Scholarship Committee. Fall 2007 awards went to Maria DeAngelis, Danielle Werdann, Michael Sikora, Victoria Sikora, Mary Hanson and Gary Holt. Spring 2008 awards were received by Angelica Sico, Michael Sikora, and renewed awards went to Maria DeAngelis and Gary Holt.

The CCM Foundation held its Scholarship Recognition Reception in December 2007, where generous donors and grateful scholarship recipients were able to meet and mingle. An awards ceremony was followed by a lovely reception in the Stu-dent Center. Comments in thank you letters sent by appreciative students reflected their heartfelt gratitude for these awards. A nursing student wrote, “This scholarship has helped me cover the cost of tuition, books, uniforms, and essentials such as a stethoscope.” A criminal justice student said, “My parents have two children in col-lege and their resources are limited. Thank you for your generous support.”

All applications must be received by the deadlines to be considered!

Dr. Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis (left) poses with her children, Spyridoula and Emmanuel, and her husband Panagiotis Fontinis.

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The year was 1968. Theaters everywhere were showing The Graduate, the radio was playing “Judy in Dis-guise,” and on Monday nights, TV viewers tuned into Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.

The hippie subculture was well established and flower power came into its own. Tragically, both Robert Ken-nedy and Martin Luther King were assassinated.

On the political front, clashes between Vietnam War protesters and Mayor Daley’s police force marred the Democratic National Convention, and Richard Nixon was elected President.

Closer to home, on 218 acres of rolling ter-rain in Randolph, New Jersey, County Col-lege of Morris first opened its doors to stu-dents. The inaugural class consisted of 592 full-time and 703 part-time students. WERE YOU ONE OF THEM?

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