Alumni News
Dr. Stephen Cook, ’92
October 10, 2012
American neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing once said: “A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man -– he must view the man in his world.” Dr. Stephen Cook, ’92, has taken this advice to heart. In his work at the Golisano Children’s Hospital and ...
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October 10, 2012
Joseph Shanahan Jr., ’79, is an inside sales coordinator for SPSmedical Supply Corp., the largest sterilizer testing laboratory in North America. In this role, Joe stays on the cutting edge of the industry, providing the most up-to-date information and equipment for clients that include hospitals, ...
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October 10, 2012
Rattlesnakes, hazardous and radioactive waste, scheduling disposal deliveries, and ensuring compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations are all in a day’s work for Lisa (Schreiner) Berta, ’91. As a project manager at Waste Control Specialists, she oversees treatment, storage and ...
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Dr. John Zdrojewski, ’69
October 10, 2012
Dr. John Zdrojewski, ’69, recognizes that his career and the careers of countless Niagara University science graduates were positively influenced by their professors in ways they might not even be aware. He fondly remembers teachers like Joseph Forrester III, a chemistry professor from whom he ...
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Creating Change Through Art
September 25, 2012
Ashley Vita Verde loves to make people smile. The 2011 Niagara University graduate had ample opportunities to do just that this summer, as the organization she co-founded, Deep Roots Niagara, elicited laughs, gasps, and yes, plenty of smiles, from tourists and locals alike on Old Falls Street in ...
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Lost and Found
September 6, 2012
On a winter day in 1990, sophomore education major Kathleen Gedeon was in the Niagara University library working on a paper for her English class. As she had done many times before, she left her messenger bag on her table while she searched for the books she needed to complete her research. Some ...
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Bill Kellick, ’89: An Olympic Career
August 28, 2012
Bill Kellick, ’89, fell in love with the Olympics in 1984. Just 12 years later, he was working for them. The communication studies major, who learned the love of sports from his father and honed his sports writing skills as an assistant in the sports information office at Niagara University, has ...
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Ed Reilly, ’80: Focusing a lens on the events of the day
August 21, 2012
It’s as if Ed Reilly, ’80, has always had a camera in his hand. From the time he was a child emulating his father, a newsman for several Western New York media outlets, to today, Ed has focused a lens on the events of the day. As a multimedia journalist for WKBW-TV’s Eyewitness News in ...
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Christine (Bugman) O’Keefe, ’96: Making an Impact on Catholic Education
August 14, 2012
When kindergarten students at Ambrose Catholic Academy in South Buffalo walked into their classroom at the beginning of September, it was due to the efforts of Christine (Bugman) O’Keefe, ’96. This spring, Christine and the other Ambrose parents received a letter telling them that because ...
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Lori (Kurdziel) Soos, ’89: Following Her Path
June 19, 2012
Lori Soos, ’89, believes that sometimes paths are chosen for you in life, and that you can either embrace the path you’re on or you can choose not to. She chose the former, and that decision has led her on a journey of personal and professional success that took her from her hometown of Alden, ...
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