Salisbury, Massachusetts native and Curry graduate Bryan Ryder '92 is living his dream. Not only does he get to combine his two passions, sports and traveling, but he actually gets paid to do it.

Ryder is a remote sports producer for ESPN (Entertainment Sports Network). Among the events he and his production team cover annually include: SEC College Football, The NFL, NCAA Division I Men's and Women's College Basketball, The College Baseball World Series and The NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

"Getting to travel around the country every week doing something I love is awesome. Before I worked for ESPN I had never even flown before, now I get to travel to places like Florida, Texas, New York, California, even Hawaii and Alaska."

You can read the full story of Bryan's amazing career on our website.

The 2009 Curry College NYC reception will be held Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. This year's venue is the Lotos Club, located at 5 East 66th Street.

Curry hosts receptions all across the country as a way of reaching out to alumni and parents and helping them stay connected to Curry College. Guests have the opportunity of interacting first hand with President Kenneth K. Quigley Jr., while socializing and networking with fellow members of the Curry community.

To RSVP for this event, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,

On Wednesday, October 28, Curry will present the 6th annual Curry Connections, a Major, Internships and Career Fair offering students the opportunity to explore different areas of academic interest and get connected on campus.

This year's event will take place at the Miller Field House from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm on October 28.

Last year, over 600 students attended the program and truly enjoyed the conversations with faculty and alumni about their undergraduate majors, their career paths, and how they got from one to the other!

If you are interested in participating in this event by staffing a table and talking with Curry students about your career path in a fun, informal environment, please contact Alyssa Samuels in the Office of Alumni Relations.

Curry is excited to announce that our new web portal - myCurry - is now LIVE! We encourage you to visit the Curry web portal to see valuable information that is posted and updated regularly. The web portal is a single sign-on application where you can view campus-wide events on the campus calendar as well as see announcements targeted specifically to you. You may even become a member of a collaborative community within the portal. There are lots of quick links to valuable information so be sure to check it out!

The portal allows Curry to use targeted messaging so you only see information that is related to you. You can access the web portal on the Curry website. You will be asked to log in using your email username. Your portal password is the same as your email password. If you do not know your portal password, please email the Technology Center. Another exciting development is that Curry has migrated to G-Mail as our Student and Alumni email system. You can access your email directly through the portal, using the G-mail quick link option. Alumni now have accounts at G-mail but all your old email still resides in your original "Curry" account. PLEASE note: your email address has NOT changed. It is still username@curry.edu. We will not be copying or moving any saved emails, however, so if there are important emails you have in your old account, be sure to forward them to your new account. Information on how to do this is available on the portal.

Until November 1, any incoming emails will be forwarded to both your old Curry account and your new G-mail account. Once that date has passed, new emails will go to your G-mail account only. On December 20, all emails on the old system will be deleted.

Curry College proudly celebrated its annual Homecoming Weekend on October 2-4, 2009. Although the weather was not cooperative at times, the festivities were declared a resounding success by alumni, parents, and students.

Fans were treated to hot drinks and comfort food before watching their Colonels shut down the visiting Salve Regina Seahawks, 19-7. The Men's and Women's Soccer and Women's Tennis team also hosted opponents on Saturday, and by the end of the day all had declared victory, making it a clean sweep for the Colonel squads.

Later in the day, the Student Center was host to an open house event, allowing several different campus groups the opportunity to hold informal receptions. The weekend was also highlighted by several alumni events including reunions of the Classes of 1989 and 1999, which were both well represented Saturday night at the college's beautiful Alumni House.

You can read more about Homecoming & Family Weekend 2009 on our website as well as view the Photo Gallery from the weekend. Thank you to all the alumni and friends who made this weekend so successful!

For the second year, Curry College's Hockey Golf Outing proved to be enjoyable as well as successful by helping to raise over $20,000 for the program. The event, which was held on September 24 at the Plymouth Country Club, hosted more than 80 alumni and friends of Curry College hockey and took place on one of the South Shore's premier private golf courses.

Past players and coaches joined members of the 2009-2010 Colonels on the links in support of the program as it gears up for a championship run. From the weather to the comedy of alum Mark Riley '90, a terrific day was had by all.

Special thanks to the golf committee (Bob Balletto '79, Anthony Campo '79, Brock Foster '74, Kevan Joyce '90, Jayne Savioli, Teresa Hood, Paul Sylvester and Coach Rob Davies) for their hard work and commitment to making the outing a success. Additional thanks to all the event sponsors especially the Leadership Sponsors for the day: The Sylvester and Bavis Families.

Thank you to all members of our community who interacted with our student callers during our Fall
Phone-a-thon. Our student callers appreciated the conversations with our alumni and parents. We greatly appreciate your support as we look to continually build Curry's philanthropy program.

You can also make an immediate impact by making a donation online via our secure form today. Thank you again for your thoughtful consideration of Curry College.

On Friday, October 23, The Office of Alumni Relations and the Athletic department will induct five new Alumni into the Curry College Athletic Hall of Fame. The Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner will take place at the Alumni Recreation Center at 7:00 PM. The inductees for 2009 are:

• Kevin Gingras '87 - Hockey and Football
• Thomas Rollins '73 - Football
• Rebecca Gardner '04 - Soccer and Lacrosse
• Leanne Tarkanian '00 - Softball
• Joseph Savioli '02 - Hockey

Fall sports are in full swing! Visit the Athletics website for more details, scoreboards, headlines and schedules.

Football: on October 14, Curry dominated visiting Endicott College 37-6 for their fifth straight win. The Colonels take their overall 5-2 record and NEFC Boyd Division record of 4-0 into their next game at home on October 24 vs. Plymouth State University.

Women's Soccer: takes a winning record into the final regular season games away at Roger Williams University on October 24 and Wentworth on October 28. The team then heads to TCCC Tournament play on October 31.

Men's Soccer: is looking to their final regular season games away at Roger Williams University on October 24, at Wentworth on October 28 and finishing up at home on October 29 vs. Lesley University. On October 31, the team then heads to TCCC Tournament play.

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:  on October 17, the Colonels took part in the Western New England College Invitational and are looking forward to their next meet on October 31 at the TCCC Championships in Springfield, MA.

Allan Moulton '70 happily retired in 2005 after 35 years as a Boston teacher. He and his wife, Diane, split their time between New Hampshire and Florida. They enjoy golfing, travelling, outdoor activities and visiting their three granddaughters in Massachusetts.

Anton Errington-Wood '86 is living in Sunny Perth, Western Australia, married to Laura and lives with his daughter, Xuxu , whose name means "a thing of beauty" in Mandarin. He works in advertising and his job takes him around Australia and S.E.Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and China). He writes, "I miss good bagels and all the Boston sports teams and fall foliage but console myself with the nice beaches, "barbies" and wine we have here!"

Jillian DeAngelis '08 is currently employed in the cardiothoracic transplant ICU at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.