CLASS NOTES AND NEWS
PAul nEidErmirE, who is completing his degree in the athletic administration track of the physical education master’s program, recently was the focus of an article entitled Beyond Basketball: Event manager ‘the glue between the moving parts’ on U-M basketball game days on
annarbor.com. Neidermire is event manager for the University of Michigan athletics program. According to the article, “Neidermire is in his second year at U-M and is coming from a similar role at the University of Connecticut and Boston College. His original intent was to coach soccer, which he did for a couple years, and teach. But once he began doing event management, that changed. He says, “I love it, and I probably received my aptitude for it from my father who works in logistics for 3M.” Neidermire handles men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s soccer, and baseball. He worked as a teaching fellow in the Springfield College Department of Athletics from 2008-10.
1997 Peter Bradshaw (G), a cancer survivor, was the winner of a standup paddleboard race on Long Island Sound.
1999 Patricia Martinez (G) was recognized at the YWCA Rhode Island eighth annual Women of Achievement Awards for her work in social justice. Martinez is the executive director for the Center of Family Support and Student Services at Central Falls (R.I.) High School.
2001 Kristin Leutz (G) was featured in a BusinessWest article entitled “TeamWork: A Textbook Example of Effective Job Sharing.” Leutz and Katie Allan Zobel worked together as co- vice presidents of philanthropic services at the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, successfully sharing the position for seven years.
In April, Vin Minotti (G’96) visited campus with his father, Vin Minotti ’62, to speak to undergraduate senior and graduate physical education students. The topic of his interac- tive presentation was “Health/Physical education Challenges in the 21st Century.” The presentation was designed to inspire future health and physical educators to shape physical educa- tion and health programs in the 21st century, to outline a successful road map to future employment, and to provide tips on resume presentation, interview skills, and demonstration lessons. He discussed the power of the Springfield College connection and encouraged our students to network with College alums, starting with him.
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Just 14 weeks after Kelly Powers (G’04) and her husband, Graham, welcomed son Brewer to the family on May 11, 2012, Kelly participated in her first Ironman in Mt. Tremblant, Canada. She completed the race in 15 hours and 31 minutes. Said Kelly, “I smiled the entire race.”
2002 Stephen Wiltshire is the princi- pal at Loring Elementary School in Sudbury, Mass.
2003 Bonnie Roberts coaches soccer and lacrosse at an independent school in Stamford, Conn., and said she’s doing “just all-around awesome!”
Carol Keeney recently donated a Steinway piano to the Springfield College Visual and Performing Arts Department in memory of her father. A dedica- tion ceremony featuring the musical talents of Springfield College faculty members was held in January. Keeney is a nurse at the College.
2003 Carol Keeney
Marcelle Bartolo-Abela (G) has written four books on faith and spirituality in daily life in the past two years: The Divine Heart of God the Father; Thoughts for the Day: Reflections for the Soul; The Icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father: Apologia and Canon; and God’s Gift to Humanity: The Relationship Between Phinehas and Consecration to God the Father.
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