MASSASOIT MONTHLY: October 2009

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SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE PROF. HEADLEY WINS NIH GRANT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON EXERCISE FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS
Heart attack and stroke are by far the greatest killers of people with chronic kidney disease, and Professor of Exercise Science Samuel Headley has a new $228,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate if exercise can improve the odds. Read more.

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE NAMED TO HONOR ROLL OF “BEST NEIGHBOR” COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Springfield College has been named to the honor roll of “best neighbor colleges and universities” in the United States in a new report by Evan S. Dobelle, president of Westfield State College, delivered at the 15th annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities on Oct. 12, 2009. Read more.

COLLEGE FEATURED IN NEW MUSEUM
Springfield College is the only educational institution featured in the new Museum of Springfield History, which opened on Oct. 10. The museum features a number of exhibits that describe Springfield’s development as a manufacturing center, focusing on its industries, transportation, inventions, education, and more, and includes other exhibits on the Indian Motorcycle Company, Milton Bradley, and Gee Bee planes. Read more.

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE DEVOTES DAY TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
For the twelfth annual Humanics in Action Day, Springfield College’s students, faculty, and staff appeared throughout the city in gold and maroon tee shirts to perform a day of concentrated community service. Read more

CELEBRATE 125 YEARS OF GREAT IDEAS AND GREAT LEADERS!
http://www.spfldcol.edu/125thCelebration

BIG SECOND HALF LEADS FOOTBALL PAST HARTWICK, 35-7
After giving up the opening touchdown of the game, the football team scored 35 unanswered points en route to a 35-7 win at Hartwick in Empire 8 action. Baldwin Cunningham rushed for 113 yards on just 11 carries as the Pride improved to 6-1, 2-1 in league play this year. Read more.

FIELD HOCKEY BLANKS WPI, 3-0, FOR IMPORTANT NEWMAC WIN
The field hockey team netted a goal in the opening two minutes and never looked back as it blanked WPI, 3-0, in a crucial New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest on a rainy Stagg Field. Read more.

JAHODA PACES WOMEN'S SOCCER TO 4-0 WIN AT WPI
Jen Jahoda assisted on a pair of Springfield goals just 1:15 apart midway through the first half to spark the Pride to a 4-0 shutout over host WPI in a NEWMAC women’s soccer contest. With the win, Springfield ups its record to 9-4-3 overall and 4-2-2 in conference action while WPI drops to 7-10 on the year and 3-5 in NEWMAC play. Read more.

DIPAOLO PACES WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TO 11TH-PLACE FINISH AT UALBANY INVITATIONAL
Led by Amanda DiPaolo’s seventh-place finish, the women’s cross country team finished 11th out of 24 teams competing at the UAlbany Invitational. Read more.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES 12TH AT UALBANY INVITATIONAL
The men’s cross country team finished 12th out of 24 teams at the UAlbany Invitational. Zach Pietras was the top finisher for the Pride in the race as he took 43rd in 25:54.9. Read more.

LIVELY POWERS WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PAST BABSON, 3-1
Led by a career-best performance from Heather Lively, the women's volleyball team downed visiting Babson, 3-1, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference action at Blake Arena. Read more.

DIFRANCO LEADS GOLF TO 7TH-PLACE FINISH AT ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Craig DiFranco fired a two round score of 149 to help lead the men’s golf team to a 7th place finish among 14th teams at the ECAC Division III Championships at the par-70 Tunxis Plantation Golf Club. Read more.

KOTULSKI LIFTS MEN’S SOCCER PAST MCLA, 1-0
A late second-half goal by Dave Kotulski proved to be the difference as the men’s soccer team downed visiting MCLA, 1-0, in a non-conference contest on Brock-Affleck Field at the Irv Schmid Sports Complex. Read more.

WOMEN'S TENNIS ENDS NEWMAC SEASON WITH A LOSS TO MOUNT HOLYOKE, 8-1
Despite a victory from freshman Sam Carney at No. 3 singles, the Springfield College women's tennis team lost to Mount Holyoke College, 8-1, at Springfield College's Appleton Courts. Read more.

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• November 6-8, 2009, Springfield, Mass.
  Homecoming Weekend and 100th Gymnastics Home Show
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• November 6, 2009, Springfield, Mass.
  Polytrauma Rehabilitation: A New Kind of Care in a New Era of Casualties
  Steven G. Scott, D.O., '72
  Allied Health Science Center, Room 224
  1 p.m.
  Read more.
• November 23, 2009, Uncasville, Conn.
  Social in conjunction with Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association Conference
  Hosted by Alison Harle G'04, executive director, CRPA; William Demaio '80, director, New Britain Parks and Recreation; and, Donald Snyder, professor and graduate coordinator, department of sport management and recreation, Springfield College.
  Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe, Mohegan Sun
  5:30 p.m.
• December 4-5, 2009, Springfield, Mass.
  Men's and Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Reunion
• December 10, 2009, Kennett Square, Pa.
  Annual PWAA Holiday Dinner Party at Longwood Gardens
  5-10 p.m.

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October 29
The 2009 Greene Memorial Lecture in Physical Therapy
“The Perfect Collision of Physical Therapy Education, Practice & Research – The Case Report”
By Lawrence P. Cahalin, P.T., Ph.D., C.C.S.
Allied Health Science Center, Room 224
7 p.m.

Through October 30
Art Exhibition: “Teapots”
By Frank Ozereko
Exploring and juxtaposing different vessel-making traditions, Ozereko manipulates and reconfigures many formal and aesthetic elements of each piece until he either exhausts their possibilities or, through investigation, discovers new and interesting formats.
William Blizard Gallery, Visual Arts Center, weekdays 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

November 5, 2009
17th Annual Weckwerth Lecture: Featuring Alan Nero '69
“Embarking on a Journey: Where it takes you is up to you...”
Hosted by the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, and the department of sport management and recreation
Appleton Auditorium, Fuller Arts Center
6 p.m.

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