On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Curry celebrated its newest authors with readings from recent books by Curry faculty. Author Lee Ann Hoff presented and did a brief reading from her latest work, People in Crisis: Clinical and Diversity Perspectives, by Lee Ann Hoff, Bonnie Joyce Hallisey, and Miracle Hoff.

The author also did a reading from her book Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services with contributions from Bonnie Joyce Hallisey,
Magueye Seck, and Marilyn Bell.

Students who in their course of study are using the books this fall provided comments and helped lead a discussion of the social problems that have been addressed in these two books.

Again, congratulations to Curry's newest authors on their accomplishments.

President Kenneth Quigley, Jr. welcomed over 60 alumni, parents and friends to a Curry reception at the Lotos Club in Manhattan on November 12. Guests enjoyed an evening of camaraderie and networking.

Dean David Potash provided insight to his vision for our College's academic program including opportunities to expand Curry's graduate programs.

Look for photos of this event in next month's edition of @Curry. For information on how you can get involved, please contact The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations or call us at (617) 333-2121.

The sixth annual Curry Connections Fair was held on Wednesday, October 28. Over 500 students and a number of alumni participated in the event this year. Students interacted with faculty from every academic department, explored their future career options through meeting with Curry alumni, learned about student services, and participated in social activities.

Through Curry Connections, students learn about the many opportunities available at Curry. In addition, by meeting with alumni, students have a wonderful opportunity to form and achieve their educational, career and personal goals.

A special thank you goes to alumni who took part in this event: Dominick Aielli '95, WBZ-CBS Boston, June Cotter '86, MA Trial Court/Stoughton District Court, Jon Albanese '03, Entercom Boston (WEEI), Christopher Annese '05, Curl Films, Jamie Coy '08, The New England Center for Children, Brianna Larivee '08, PE Systems and Kristyn MacFawn '08, New York Life Insurance Company. Thank you again to all the alumni who participated this year - we could not do it without your support!

View the photo gallery from this exciting event!

The Curry College Softball program held its eleventh Alumni game on Saturday, October 10. There were 22 softball alumni who returned to the diamond ready for action and came away with a 4-3 victory over the current softball squad. It certainly was an exciting game with plenty of laughs as well.

A pre-game brunch was enjoyed by all in the new Student Center. Lisa Bello '04 began the game portion by singing an inspired version of our National Anthem. Kate Fallon '05 pitched her team to the victory by scattering 6 hits over the 7 innings. It really was a reunion of former Commonwealth Coast Conference All-Star players and members of the Curry College Hall of Fame. Michelle Maiocca '98, Leanne Tarkanian '00, Nicole Leckie '01, along with many other great players, enjoyed the day. The class of 2009 was well represented by Jessica Coyle, Alysia DiMuzio, Katie O'Neill, Christina Sancinito and Lauren Tobey. A post-game barbeque was held at the field to wrap up the day.

The Softball program would like to thank all the players who made it back for this great day of softball and would like to invite you to attend some of our games in the Spring.

On October 24, Curry College football alumni from the past decade came back to campus to take part in a flag football game. Despite a less than ideal forecast, eighteen players took the field early Saturday for a morning of football and camaraderie. Mike Coppenrath '05 and Jay Marshall '00 showed they still had it as they took home the MVP awards for their outstanding play.

Following the game, players had an opportunity to visit the new Student Center. Special thanks go out to Jeff Lang '02 for his hard work and effort to make this event a success.

Curry College has been voted the top team in the 2009-10 ECAC Northeast Ice Hockey League Coaches' Poll, receiving a total of 53 votes including five first place votes. The team has a promising young squad this season, as they welcome back three members of the 2008-09 ECAC Northeast All-Rookie Team: forwards John Williams and Payden Benning, as well as defender Ryan Barlock. The Colonels finished the 2008-09 season 20-5-2 overall (15-1-1 league). They also received 10 points in the USCHO.com Division III Poll.

Curry has four of its top five scorers from the 2008-09 season returning. Williams ranked second on the Colonels with 33 total points, junior Ross Enmark ranked 3rd with 31 points, Benning ranked 4th with 29 points, and freshman Mike Guzzo ranked 5th with 23 points. The Colonels also welcome back their top two goaltenders in seniors Steven Jakiel and Zachary Cardella. Jakiel finished the year with 414 saves and a 12-3-2 overall record. Cardella finished with 254 saves and an overall record of 7-2.

The team kicked off the season with wins against Southern New Hampshire and Stonehill. We look forward to cheering on the Colonels in the coming months.

Visit the Athletics website for more details, scoreboards, headlines and schedules.

Football: The Colonels last game for the NEFC Championship on November 14 brought a tough loss to Maine Maritime, 48-42. The team's final overall record was 8-3 and NEFC Boyd Division Record was 7-0. Congratulations to the coaching staff and players for a great season.

Women's Soccer: compiled a winning record of 9-6-3 for the season. Congratulations to all players and coaches on a great season!

Men's Soccer: finished up their season on October 31 in a tough loss to Roger Williams College in TCCC Tournament play. The team finished 9-10-1 overall for the season - congratulations to players and coaches and we look forward to next season!

Women's Tennis:  played their last matches of the season on October 10 at Western N.E. College and on October 14 at Bridgewater State. Congratulations to all the players and coaches on a hard fought season!

Women's Cross Country:  finished up their season on October 31 away at the Western New England Invitational (WNEC), TCCC Championship. Curry's top 4 individual results in the 5k were Kendra Lapierre at 30:21, Kelli O'Brien at 32:43, Kimberly DeCosta at 33:39 and Lindsey Sheehan at 40:48. Thank you to players and coaches for a great season.

Lucille Olsen Watts '59 married Glenn Watts on November 1, 2008. She taught for 30 years in Massachusetts, and then moved out west to Washington where she has been volunteering in various schools for the last 20 years.

Diane Ray '79 works for the East Bridgewater school system in their before and after school care program. She is in charge of the K-3 age group in the after school portion of the program. The program is so successful there is a waiting list to join. Diane loves working with the children and her fellow teachers.

Paul Turner '81 has been living in Acton since 1995. He volunteers doing office assistant work and being a "friendly visitor" for Minuteman Senior Services, which is the local Aging Service Access Point. He has received two President's Volunteer awards from Minuteman. The group became part of Commonwealth Corps. last summer and Paul is proud to volunteer with them.

Daniel Theobald '92/'01 and Merrill Theobald '94/'08 moved to Sharon from Canton, MA. Merrill works as a special education teacher at Dedham High School and Daniel has been an associate lecturer in Curry's Math and Natural Sciences Department for the last two years.

Mariela Nosal '05/'09 received her master's degree in Educational Foundations in August 2009 from Curry. Her thesis entitled, "The Effect of Education Reform Legislation on After School Programs: A Historical Analysis 1983-2008" has been adapted to book form.