Winter 2014

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Using Atoms to Create Superfast Computers

Illustration Courtesy Of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Soil-judging Students Get Down and Dirty to Defend National Title

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Alum Champions Sustainability Throughout Brewing World

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Researchers Awarded $19M to Study Tobacco’s Toxicity, Bacteria, Addictiveness

Winter 2014

February 07, 2014

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Professor Creates Renewable Energy From an Unpleasant Source

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Campus preschool celebrates 20 years of helping children with speech and language delays

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Tom Schniedwind ’91

The League for People with Disabilities has named Tom Schniedwind ’91 vice president of marketing and development. He worked most recently as an area executive director for the American Cancer Society, preceded by his role as executive vice president of…

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Imad Madanat ’95, M.I.M. ’99

Imad Madanat ’95, M.I.M. ’99 has been promoted to vice president of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, a humanitarian organization. A 14-year veteran of the agency, he previously served as senior program finance manager.

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Dave Melson ’01

Dave Melson ’01, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, was selected to serve as the command judge advocate for the USS George Washington, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.

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Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85

In his new novel “Ephemera: The Civil War Papers of Private James Bruckner,” Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85 explores the harrowing psychological and spiritual journey of a North Carolina Confederate soldier from naïve volunteer to traumatized veteran of the…

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Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06

Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova University School of Business (VSB), has been named a member of the board of trustees at Sacred Heart University. In addition to his role as dean, Maggitti is an associate…

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Corey Powell ’05, M.Arch. ’07

Corey Powell ’05, M.Arch. ’07 has been named one of Affordable Housing Finance’s 2013 Young Leaders, one of only seven individuals nationwide to receive that honor. He is a senior development manager at Enterprise Homes, overseeing all aspects of the…

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Frances Woodard ’96

Frances Woodard ’96 has joined Human Rights First as its vice president of human resources. She previously held senior leadership roles at the ONE Campaign, ONE Economy Corp. and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Jonathan Schaudies ’13

Jonathan Schaudies ’13 has joined Invotex, a national accounting, financial, and economic consulting firm, as a consultant. Previously, he interned with the Department of Economic Development at the Montgomery County Innovation Network.