Alumni of the Year
Nominations for Alumni of the Year
awards are sought from all members of the Alumni
Association.
The Alumni of the Year awards are presented at
Reunion. All graduates of the College
are members of the Alumni Association.
Announcing the 2008 Alumni of the Year Awards
During the 2007 Annual Meeting, the Alumni of the Year Committee recommended the following changes to the Alumni of the Year awards and procedures:
- Move the submission deadline for nominations to March 15 from April 15
- Revise the three award categories (Loyalty and Service to the College; Outstanding Professional Achievement; Humanitarian/Community Service) to one Alumni of the Year category. This award can be presented to more than one alumna/alumnus.
- Add a Premier Achievement Award that is presented to an individual who has graduated within the last 10 years. This award can be presented to more than one alumna/alumnus.
The motion was unanimously carried.
The Alumni of the Year Awards Committee is pleased to announce the 2008 award recipients.
Alumni of the Year
Joan Lucey Donnelly ’58
Over the years, Joan has been very involved with organizations advocating the full inclusion of persons with disabilities into the day-to-day life of the Catholic Church and society. For 38 years she has been a member of the Robert Brunner Foundation and is currently vice president; she also serves as president of CUSA—An Apostolate of Persons with Chronic Illness and Disability; and she recently became a member of the Board of Governance and treasurer of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability. Joan Donnelly played a leadership role in planning the Class of 1958’s 45th reunion and is currently spearheading its 50th reunion donation drive.
Patricia Scussel ’89
Patti Scussel is executive director of the Greater New Haven Leadership Center, which offers programs for potential and current leaders in the area, including Leadership Greater New Haven, a community development course emphasizing leadership training within the framework of critical and social issues, and Executive Orientation for senior-level executives who are interested in understanding the area’s critical issues. She also serves as executive director of the New Haven Network for Public Education. Passionate about the importance of volunteering, she is a member of numerous boards and committees, such as the Connecticut State Scholars’ Business Support Committee and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Fund for Women and Girls.
Premier Achievement Award
This new award honors an individual who has graduated from the College within the last 10 years and who has excelled either professionally, within the community or shown extraordinary loyalty and dedication to the College.
Jodi Lombardozzi Everone ’02
In her first year of graduate study at Southern Connecticut State University, Jodi received the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation’s John F. Shaw Scholarship, which honors one graduate student in the state who “shows a commitment to integrating those with intellectual and developmental disabilities into mainstream society.” Today she is a speech-language pathologist in the public schools of Stratford, Connecticut, providing speech and language therapy to students who qualify for special education services. In her work, breakthroughs with students are few and far between, but when they do occur she knows she has made a difference that could have an impact on the child’s education and adult life.
Terri Smith ’05 MSM, ’06 MBA
After retiring from the corporate world, Terri Smith began her graduate work at Albertus. She is now director of the Urban Outreach Program for the National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut, creating the only program of its kind in the country. She brings word about kidney disease to minority groups around the state—particularly the African American community, which has an extremely high risk of developing the disease. She combines traditional media with out-of-the-box thinking to reach her audience. In January 2008, the Hartford Business Journal honored Terri Smith as its Health Care Hero for community service and her pioneering work in educating and empowering minorities to find and use existing health care resources. Every day her efforts help save lives.
The Alumni of the Year Awards Committee would like to thank all of the individuals who sent in nominations for this year. The Alumni Association accepts nominations throughout the year. The submission deadline for the 2009 awards is March 15, 2009.
Nominations for Alumni of the Year
The following changes to the Alumni of the Year Awards were voted on and approved at the Alumni Association Annual Meeting on June 9, 2007:
- The submission deadline will change from April 15 to March 15.
- The existing three categories (Loyalty and Service to the College, Outstanding Professional Achievement and Humanitarian) have been combined in to one Alumni of the Year award that can be presented to one or more persons. This award is presented to a living member of the Association who: has attained preeminence in his/her life through outstanding professional, scholarly and artistic achievement; who is devoted to serving others through volunteer/community service work; or who has manifested extraordinary loyalty and dedication to the College. This award need not be given each year.
- The addition of the Premier Achievement Award which will be given to an individual who has graduated from Albertus within the last 10 years who has excelled either professionally, within the community or shown extraordinary loyalty and dedication to the College. This award is presented to a living member of the Association who has graduated within the past ten years. This award need not be given each year.
Alumni of the Year Nomination Form
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