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SCSU Alumni Association Announces New Board Members

The following Alumni Association members were elected to the Board of Directors in the 2008-2009 election.  Their terms will end in 2012.

Patricia R. Giulietti '76 MS '87 (2nd term)
Anne Hollingworth Leone, '51, MS '61
Mark A. Nivet, '92
Judit Vasmatics Paolini, '73, MS '79, 6th Yr. '93
Christopher Piscitelli '93 (2nd term)

 

Newly Elected Executive Board:

Michael Roshka, Jr. '73 MS '79 - President
Christopher Piscitelli '93 - Vice President
Denise Bentley-Drobish '90, MS '92 -Secretary
William "Doc" Holley  '55 - Treasurer

 

Full Board of Directors Members:

James Barber '64, MS '79
Anthony Bonadies '58
Hugh S. Cafferty '69, MS '70, 6th Yr. '76
Kathy Glinka Coyle '74, MS '78, 6th Yr. '81
James Elmo '71 
Patricia R. Giulietti '76 MS '87
Jerry Katona  '74, MS '88
Anne Hollingworth Leone, '51, MS '61
John Mastrianni '66, MS '73
Albert Mieczakowski '71
Mark A. Nivet, '92
Judit Vasmatics Paolini, '73, MS '79, 6th Yr. '93
Bessie Scott, '70, MS '78, 6th Year '81
Teresa Sirico '70 MS '73
Bridget Stepeck-Holt '95 
Marvin G. Wilson, '01 MS '06

Southern Alumna throws her way into the Olympics

Kateema Riettie, '03 is a busy woman.  Not only is she the mother of an 11-year-old son, graduate student in public health at SCSU and personal trainer, she is a champion javelin thrower.

She came to the United States with her mother in 1989 and later excelled in track and field at Bridgeport Central High, but only got serious about the javelin at SCSU, where she won national championships in 2001 and 2002.  Ms. Riettie, a native of Jamaica, has earned a place on the Jamaican national team at the Olympics this summer.  

"It's always been my dream to compete in the Olympics," Riettie said.