Medaille College News

Five individuals received awards from Medaille College at the Amherst Accelerated Learning Program Reunion, held at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens on Friday, April 25: Darius Pridgen ‘07 MOL, Dale Stephens ‘99 BA, ‘06 MOL, Barbara Yendall, Stephen Lelinski and Paul Hoffman.

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Two alumni and one faculty member received awards at the Accelerated Learning Program Reunion in Rochester on Friday, April 11. Over 90 alumni, guests, faculty and staff turned out for the event, which was held at Mario’s via Abruzzi in Rochester.

Ron Buckman ‘06 MBA received a Community Service Award for his outstanding service to the community. In addition to serving as chair of the Rochester Alumni Board, Buckman is a Secretary & Executive Board Member for the Hickok Center for Brain Injury, an active member of the St. John the Evangelist Church, and gives of his time and talent to Our Lady of Mercy High School and the Catholic Youth Organization within the Rochester Diocese.

Thomas Burns ‘06 MBA received a Distinguished Career Award in recognition of his professional achievements. Following a career in the Marine Corps, Burns moved on to progressively more high-profile positions with Frontier Cellular and Verizon Wireless. He currently works in Verizon Wireless’ Internal Audit Department, with responsibility for all departmental major projects, financial analysis, and peer development initiatives.

Andrew Wyner received a Faculty Award for displaying outstanding accomplishments in teaching. As an adjunct faculty member in the Accelerated Learning Program, Wyner came to Medaille with 28 years of experience in the corporate world after having retired from Kodak in 2002.

On Thursday, April 3, graduate students in the education, business and organizational leadership programs gave presentations at the Amherst campus on “Building a Better Buffalo, Medaille’s Role in a Civic and Sustainable Future.”

• The Role of Education in a Civic and Sustainable Future
• Get Dressed, Downtown: Developing a Downtown Community
• Leadership and the Four Foundations of a Sustainable Society

The presentations helped conclude a week of campus events leading up to the Inauguration of Dr. Richard T. Jurasek, sixth president of Medaille, on Saturday, April 5.

A complete description of each project is available at the Inauguration web site.

Medaille College is pleased to announce the following 110 students who have earned Dean’s List status. These students were enrolled in the Accelerated Learning Program with a cohort session ending in December 2007.

Students who take a minimum of 12 credit hours and who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for all credit hours carried during that semester are placed on the Dean’s List.

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Buffalorising.com featured Medaille’s MBA degree, part of the Accelerated Learning Program, in two articles. The first, Medaille College Plans for the Real World, documents a visit to an Amherst campus MBA class by Rocco Termini, and gives an example of a market study created by students in the program that helped bring a women’s retail store, the Jenny Shop, downtown.

The second, Four Picks for Medaille MBA Market Study, suggests four companies that Medaille MBA students could use for future research projects: Stereo Advantage, Smart Cars, Ted’s Hot Dogs, and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Dr. Craig Hovey, clinical associate professor in the Accelerated Learning Program, co-authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Global Economics (Penguin, February 2008). The book gives a concise and accessible overview of how global economics impacts daily life, from tariffs and terrorism to OPEC and outsourcing.

Accelerated Learning Program graduates Lino Reale ‘07 and Elizabeth Ortiz ‘05 are featured in two commercials airing in the Rochester area.
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According to Business First of Buffalo, Medaille College ranks fifth among Western New York Master of Business Administration degree programs by total enrollment with 207 students.

Medaille College offers the master of business administration degree through its Accelerated Learning Program through campuses in Amherst and Rochester. Designed for working adults, the Program also includes associate and bachelor’s degrees in business and a master of arts in organizational leadership.

The following students have been named to the Medaille College Dean’s List during the Fall 2007 semester. These students are enrolled in Medaille’s Accelerated Learning Program at the Amherst and Rochester campuses.

Students who take a minimum of 12 credit hours and who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for all credit hours carried during that semester are placed on the Dean’s List.

Sharee Alexander, Rochester
Sandra Alvarado, Grand Island
Adebisi Benton, Niagara Falls
Denise Boyer, Sodus Point
Vickey Ciszak, Fairport
Kevin R Cornwell, Cheektowaga
Amy Davis, Rochester
Joseph Ebert, Rochester
Kevin Graham, Rochester
Cathryn Grishaber, Rochester
Jami Hargrave, Henrietta
Lisa Huck, Rochester
Kimberly Johnson, Buffalo
Holly Kinsey, West Henrietta
Barb Krazmien, Darien Center
E’Tiana Larkin, Rochester
Jacquelin Marcone, Webster
Laura McGill, Buffalo
Jacklyn Meloni, West Henrietta
Rebecca Miller, Buffalo
Joseph Mirabelli, Buffalo
Jennifer Mitri, Depew
Sandra Morley, Cheektowaga
Jacqueline Murray, Rochester
Kelly Nicholson, Rochester
Theodore Nowakowski, Buffalo
Tanja O’Brocta, Cheektowaga
Luca Olivieri, West Seneca
Angel Pagan, Rochester
Jennifer Patterson, Akron
Davetta Laurrainne Phelps, Niagara Falls
John Podlucky, North Tonawanda
Martin Pradon, North Tonawanda
Debra Pulinski, Hamburg
Jeanne Saucke, Hilton
Grace Sherk, Buffalo
Nelson Soto, Rochester
Patricia Spencer, Lockport
Arcadia Stacey, Buffalo
Alicia Stone, Rochester
Kevin Toole, Rochester
Stephanie Valentine, Buffalo
Lisa Ann Walker, Buffalo
Olaeti White, Rochester
Matt Wildey, Henrietta