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Springfield College Board of Trustees Elects Douglass L. Coupe as Chair
THE SpRInGFIELD CoLLEGE BoARD oF TRuSTEES elected Douglass L. Coupe ’66, G’70, of Bluffton, S.C., as chair, and re-elected Robert M. Sullivan, Jr., of Longmeadow, Mass., as vice chair, at its annual meeting in May. Coupe, who is the retired vice president of
Douglass Coupe
State Street Global Investor Services, is chair of the Bluffton Community Fund, which assists community-based organizations in providing human services in Bluffton, S.C., and adjacent communities. He earned his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees and certificate of advanced studies at Springfield College, and has been a member of the College’s Board of Trustees for 16 years. He succeeds Sally M. Griggs of Northampton, Mass.
Anne Herzog Appointed Dean
AnnE F. HERzoG, pH.D., has been appointed dean of the School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies. Herzog came from West Chester (Pa.) University, where she was professor and chair of the English department. Herzog succeeds Mary Healey, Ph.D., who was dean of the school for 14 years and is the new director of the Springfield College Pre-Medical Studies Program. Herzog served West Chester
University as co-chair for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education self-study process, the elect- ed chair of the Council of Chairs, director of the Writing Center, and assistant director of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
She has written for numerous scholarly publi- cations, presented at national and international professional conferences, won university and non-university honors, and earned several grants. Herzog earned her bachelor's
Anne Herzog
degree in psychology at the College of the Holy Cross, summa cum laude, and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She completed her master's degree in English at Georgetown University with a concentration in writing pedagogy, and her doctoral degree
in English at Rutgers University. She has continued her scholarly work, recently co-edit- ing, “The Collected Poetry of Muriel Rukeyser,” a scholarly edition with introduction and notes.
AmeriCorps Program Presents Kitchen Table to Family in Transition
THE SpRInGFIELD CoLLEGE AMERICoRpS pRoGRAM presented a local family with a handcrafted Shaker-style cherry kitchen table, as well as chairs and other items that will encourage them to gather, communicate, and strengthen family bonds, at a reception held on
from HAPHousing, Inc., Bob's Discount Furni- ture Charitable Foundation, and many other local businesses and donors. The project was led by Springfield College AmeriCorps members Jaime-Lea Pellowe and Julia Godfrey, students in the College’s physician assistant program. Godfrey is also a nationally recognized wood- worker. The table was presented to a young mother
July 7, in the Cleveland E. and Phyllis B. Dodge Room of the Richard B. Flynn Campus Union. The event celebrated the culmination of the
Kitchen Table Project, an AmeriCorps service project made possible by a 2010 Building Healthy Communities grant of $1,000 from The Home Depot Foundation, as well as support
who is a participant of the HAPHousing, Inc., Turning Point Program and her twin two-year- old sons. Four other tables have been built and will be delivered to participants of HAPHousing, Inc.'s two transitional housing programs, Turn- ing Point and Safe Step. Accompanying the tables were chairs and such items as cook- books, games, tabletop gardens, coloring books, and school supplies. Members of the Springfield College Ameri-
Corps Program provide more than 75,000 hours of community service per year in the Spring- field area.
Sullivan is president and owner of The Sullivan Companies and has
been a member of the Springfield College Board of Trustees since 2000. He has served on the boards of directors or as a trustee of numerous area health, educational, youth, cultural, educational, business and civic organizations, and of various businesses. Newly elected to the Springfield College Board of Trustees was Grego-
ry Toczydlowski ’89 of North Granby, Conn. Toczydlowski is president of personal insurance for The Travelers Companies, Inc. He also serves on the boards of directors of the Institute for Business & Home Safety, the Motor Vehicle Indemnity Corp., and the United Way of Central and Northeast Connecticut. Tyler Hilbert ’12 of Southboro, Mass., was elected student trustee.
Hilbert is a fourth-year student whose major field of study is youth development.
Springfield College Receives Numerous Honors For Community Service
SpRInGFIELD CoLLEGE has received numer- ous awards and honors for its community service. The most recent commendation, a No. 9 ranking in USAToday’s and OnlineCol- leges’ “20 colleges most committed to community service” on June 15, joins three other recognitions in recent months. Springfield College started the year with
three Jostens/NADIIIAA Community Service Awards on January 15. Co-sponsored by the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators and by Jostens, the awards recognize the many contributions that Divi- sion III student-athletes make to their communities. Springfield College, the only Division III college or university in America to be honored three times this year, was presented an Award of Merit in the “Array of Projects/Activities” category and honorable mention Awards of Merit in the “One-Time Project/Activity” and “On-Going Project/Activity” categories. On April 12, the Springfield College Part-
ners Program was named a finalist for the Massachusetts Campus Compact President’s Service Award. The after-school program annually pairs 80 Springfield College students with 80 children aged 8 to 12 for weekly mentoring sessions on the College campus. In May, the College was named to the
President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.
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