Holy Cross Director of Career Development on Why Recent Grads Don’t Need to Take the First Job They Land

Amy Murphy, Director of the Center for Career Development at the College of the Holy Cross, offers practical advice for recent graduates in an article published by GoodCall.

She says graduates shouldn’t feel like they need to take the first job they find if they don’t think it’s a good fit.

“Job searching is more than sending out resumes – spend the summer conducting informational interviews and shadowing,” Murphy tells GoodCall. “Learn from those who are in the field, expand your professional network and from there, identify entry-level job opportunities – and, suddenly you’re a known entity and not just another name in a database.”

Read the entire piece on the GoodCall website.

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French Artist Gabrielle Thierry to Exhibit at the Cantor Art Gallery

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present the paintings of French artist Gabrielle Thierry in the exhibition “Gabrielle Thierry: The Musicality of the Water Lilies/La Musicalité des Nymphéas” from Aug. 30 through Oct. 7. An opening reception, with the artist in attendance, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 12 from 5–7 p.m.

Thierry’s series of eight large-scale paintings were inspired by her rediscovery of the “Water Lilies” landscapes by Claude Monet on view at the the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. With special permission from the museum, Thierry painted in front of Monet’s originals over a period of 18 months from 2010 to 2012, where she explored the inner musical qualities of Monet’s famous paintings and visually interpreted them in her own. Exploring the perceptual phenomenon known as “synesthesia,” Thierry experienced the musicality she felt embedded in Monet’s semi-abstract impressionist paintings, which she then transcribed in abstract form, translating paintings into colored musical scores.

Gabrielle Thierry was born in 1966 and resides outside of Paris in Andrésy, France. Before devoting her career to painting a little over 10 years ago, Thierry was an engineer specializing in cognitive sciences and knowledge management. She studied at the Atelier du Carrousel – Louvre and École des Beaux Arts in Paris and obtained a Cambridge, UK graduate degree from Christie’s Education. This will be the first exhibition of her work in the United States.

Roger Hankins, director of the Cantor Art Gallery, collaborated with Brit Smith, director of the Holy Cross study abroad program, and Maurice Géracht, the Stephen J. Prior Professor of Humanities, to bring Thierry’s work to Holy Cross. Géracht and Smith serve as coordinators for the International Word and Image Conference, which rotates between Holy Cross; Université Paris Diderot in Paris; and Université de Bourgogne in Dijon, France. They met Thierry in 2014 as she presented her work on synesthesia at the conference in Dijon. Géracht and Smith also co-edit the award-winning journal “Interfaces,” a scholarly publication which publishes selected papers presented at the conference.

The College commissioned a painting for its permanent collection by Thierry entitled “Last Reflexion of Ophelia” which will be displayed in the exhibition, as well as a new musical work sharing the same title and written by French composer Eric Lebrun in 2017. Op. 39, for cello and piano, will be performed by artists-in-residence Adam Golka, piano, and Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello, in the Cantor Art Gallery during musical presentations throughout the exhibition.

The College and the Cantor Art Gallery would like to acknowledge and thank the French Cultural Ministry, through the Boston Consulate, for providing support for the transportation of Thierry’s works to Holy Cross.

Events

  • “Gabrielle Thierry: The Musicality of the Water Lilies/La Musicalité des Nymphéas,” Cantor Art Gallery
    Sat., Aug. 30–Oct. 7, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
  • Opening reception, Cantor Art Gallery
    Tues., Sept. 12, 5–7 p.m.

Gallery Information

Founded in 1983 through the generosity of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor, the Cantor Art Gallery serves both as a venue for a changing series of historical and contemporary public exhibitions, as well as a vital resource for Holy Cross faculty and students, linking exhibitions to the broader liberal arts curriculum.

The hours for the Cantor Art Gallery are Monday–Friday, 10: a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturdays noon–5 p.m. Located in O’Kane Hall, 1st Floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, Mass., 01610. Visitors needing assistance with handicap accessibility should contact Public Safety at 508-793-2011. Admission to the gallery is free.

For additional information please call 508-793-3356 or visit the Gallery’s website.

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Holy Cross Student Interning at NBC Nightly News Reports: ‘Has It Ever Been This Bad With North Korea? Yes, Actually’

During a summer internship with NBC Nightly News — and while national tensions are running high between the United States and North Korea — James O’Connor ’18 reports that this hostility is nothing new, in an article he wrote for NBC News.

“But now there’s something new added to the volatile mix and making confrontation all the more dangerous — threats to use nuclear weapons,” writes the history and political science double major.

Read O’Connor’s full article on the NBC News website.

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Blog: Lambrecht ’19 Eager to Get a Global Perspective During Year Abroad in Ireland, Tanzania

Izzi Lambrecht '19NAME Izzi Lambrecht ’19

HOMETOWN Weston, Mass.

AREAS OF STUDY Self-designed health studies major

WHERE SHE’S STUDYING University College of Cork in Cork, Ireland and School for Field Studies in Rhotia, Tanzania

DURATION Full academic year: Ireland (fall), Tanzania (spring)

WHY SHE CHOSE NAME OF COUNTRY “As a health studies major, I have studied the race, class and gender norms that enable health crises in the United States. I am excited to contextualize what I have learned on The Hill in a more global way by immersing myself in two completely different communities. I cannot wait to find out where my studies and experiences with new people in new places take me.”

WHAT SHE’S MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO “The immersion experience of study abroad. Although the whole experience will be a step out of my comfort zone — building relationships with local people, trying new foods, being engaged with new local governments and living in completely different climates — it all sounds so exciting to me.”

WHY SHE’S BLOGGING “I am confident that my study abroad experience will complement my three years at Holy Cross very well, and am excited to reflect and share with everyone else through this blog. Additionally, I hope that incoming students truly utilize all of the study abroad blogs. Study abroad is an exceptional opportunity, and am hopeful that my blog will positively reflect this and prompt students to further consider the opportunity.”

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Photo Gallery: Holy Cross Students Get Professional Experience Through Summer Internships Across the Country

From accounting majors interning at Oprah Magazine to mathematics majors interning at General Electric, students of the College of the Holy Cross gained valuable career insights and directly applied their liberal arts education to the professional world this summer through internships across the country.

“Internships provide an opportunity for Holy Cross students to demonstrate their ability to think critically, communicate clearly, adapt and solve complex problems in a complex and nuanced work environment,” shares Amy Murphy, director of the Center for Career Development. “Internships also provide an opportunity for students to explore how their interests, strengths and values can best intersect with the needs of the world.”

Internships help prepare students for today’s highly competitive job market where employers are seeking entry-level hires who can immediately make contributions, Murphy explains.

Explore what internships students took on this summer in the gallery above.

Visit the Center for Career Development website for more information about internship opportunities and career guidance.

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Telegram & Gazette, Aug. 1: On summer break, it’s time to work for Central Mass. students

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Holy Cross Senior and ‘Ex-Cancer Patient Helps Youths at Sunrise Hospital From Afar’

From thousands of miles away at Holy Cross, Michael Spada ’18 continues to give back to his Southern Nevada community, particularly Sunrise Hospital where he overcame a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010.

Spada, who understands first-hand what hospitalized children are experiencing, delivers blankets to young oncology patients at Sunrise, having collected and distributed more than 8,000 so far according to an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that highlighted Spada’s efforts.

“The hospital gave me my life back, and I wanted to give something back,” the psychology and political science double major was quoted saying.

Read the full article on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website.

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Blog: Tehan ’19 Hopes to Become Fluent in Spanish During Year Abroad

Isabel Tehan '19NAME Isabel Tehan ’19

HOMETOWN Boxford, Mass.

AREAS OF STUDY English and Spanish double major in the prebusiness program

WHERE SHE’S STUDYING University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

DURATION Full academic year

WHY SHE CHOSE NAME OF COUNTRY “I’ve been studying Spanish for most of my academic career, and I want to become fully fluent.”

WHAT SHE’S MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO “Exploring the island of Mallorca, meeting new people from all around the world, experiencing a different culture, and letting my adventurous side be free!”

WHY SHE’S BLOGGING “I hope I can share my experiences with students who may be considering studying abroad and who want a personalized account of someone else’s experience.”

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Religious Studies Professor Explains ‘Why the Catholic Church Bans Gluten-Free Communion Wafers’

With the Roman Catholic Church banning the use of gluten-free wafers for communion, Joanne Pierce, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, writes a piece for The Conversation on the history of communion wafers and how they have changed over time.

“According to Catholic canon law, only fresh unleavened bread made from pure wheat with no additional ingredients may be used for the celebration of Mass. Gluten is part of what makes wheat actually wheat,” she writes.

The piece was picked up by Real Clear Religion and the Associated Press and ran in outlets including The Houston Chronicle, The San Francisco Chronicle and Crux.

Read the full article and more of Pierce’s pieces on The Conversation website.

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Holy Cross Unveils Architectural Drawings for New Center for Arts and Creativity

An architect’s rendering of the planned center for arts and creativity. Poised on the brink of a new era in arts education, the College community eagerly awaits the construction of a dedicated center for the arts and creativity, one of the major initiatives of the College’s Become More campaign. Publicly launched in 2016, the campaign is the most ambitious fundraising initiative in the history of Holy Cross, with the goal of raising $400 million by 2020. A main priority for the campaign is “Inspiring Creative Teaching and Learning.” A new arts facility is central to this vision.

The center for the arts and creativity will both enrich and elevate the arts at Holy Cross: It will attract the brightest artistic minds to Mount St. James to teach, perform and study. It will encourage increased participation in the arts among the community.

And it will facilitate the integration of the arts and creativity into the curriculum, fostering the experiential, interdisciplinary and collaborative learning necessary for the leaders of tomorrow.

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Holy Cross Students Study ‘Social Justice in Context’ in Bangalore Through Summer Study Abroad Program

Who benefits from economic development, growth, and technology? Who bears the burdens?

This summer, 12 students from the College of the Holy Cross spent a month exploring these social justice concerns in Bangalore, India’s third largest and most developed city, through Maymester, the College’s summer study abroad program.

From Hindu temples, Muslim mosques, Sikh gurdwaras, and Catholic churches to the headquarters of Microsoft Research, Google, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard, Bangalore was the ideal city for students to encounter, first-hand, the impact of urbanization on a city of more than 8 million people, 70 percent of whom live on less than two dollars a day.

“Bangalore is a major tech-hub, often referred to as India’s ‘Silicon Valley,’ and one of fastest growing cities in the country,” says Constance Royden, professor of computer science and co-leader of the Maymester. “In part, this Maymester explored the influence technology is having on spurring this growth in a city that does not have the resources to support it.”

Students spent the first half of the Maymester, titled “Social Justice in Context,” learning about Indian society and culture — everything from gender issues and the caste system to the digital divide and civic action — through daily seminars led by invited speakers from Bangalore as well as visits to cultural landmarks and NGOs.

The ability to directly experience what you’re studying makes all the difference, according to Matthew Eggemeier, associate professor of religious studies who led the Maymester along with Royden.

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Holy Cross Fund Surpasses $10 Million for First Time in History

An aerial view of campus in summertime.More donors, more dollars, more love. Holy Cross broke fundraising records in almost every category this past fiscal year, underscoring the community’s deep affection for the College and unwavering commitment to its priorities.

For the first time in history, the Holy Cross Fund surpassed $10 million — an achievement made possible by a record number of donors who made gifts.

“For the eleventh consecutive year, alumni gave at a rate of 50 percent or more,” said Vice President for Advancement Tracy W. Barlok P19. “We are filled with gratitude for the remarkable love our community demonstrates each year, and for its help in providing our students with a uniquely powerful Jesuit liberal arts education.”

A highlight of the record-breaking year unfolded on Valentine’s Day, when the “I Love HC” giving challenge set a record among liberal arts colleges for the number of donors in a 24-hour period.

Continuing the record-setting trend, the Crusader Athletics Fund made history by surpassing $2 million for the first time. That milestone included the generosity of 57 percent of former student-athletes who made gifts — placing Holy Cross first in the Patriot League in this category — as well as 100 percent of scholar athletes in the class of 2017 and 100 percent of head coaches and senior administrators.

And as a sign of the esteem in which Holy Cross parents hold their students’ experience, the Senior Parent Gift reached its highest level of participation in College history — at 40 percent — and raised just over $1 million.

Membership in the President’s Council increased this year helping to set a new membership record at 1,628 donors. All gifts from President’s Council members totaled $33.5 million.

The Holy Cross Leadership Council of New York, which honored former trustee Bill Doran ’77, P16, was a dazzling success. A record-breaking 497 guests attended and $635,087 was raised in support of student internships.

Many alumni, parents and friends chose to provide for the future of Holy Cross through planned and estate gifts. The number of IRA gifts to the College increased by 104 percent and 189 percent in dollars over last year. There was a substantial increase in Life Income Gifts over last year, reflecting a growing trend among donors establishing six and seven-figure charitable gift annuities. Holy Cross received $2,639,716 in realized bequests from 19 estates.

The Become More Campaign continued to progress ahead of schedule. With new commitments to support the capital projects on campus, academic programs, financial aid, faculty excellence, faith initiatives, athletics and more, the campaign total stands at $286.5 million, 71 percent to goal. In this year alone the community gave $42,828,843 in gifts to Holy Cross.

During the past year, thousands of alumni gathered at more than 250 events and programs around the world, particularly an eventful Veterans’ Day weekend in New York that included a President’s Council event aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, and the Ram-Crusader Cup football game in Yankee Stadium.

“All of these achievements reflect the immense loyalty, dedication and generosity of the Holy Cross community,” said Barlok. “So many of you give back to the College with your time, talent, and treasure and I cannot thank you enough! Our talented, hardworking and caring students and their most treasured dreams depend on this help.”

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Philosophy Professor Comments on Why ‘As a Guru, Ayn Rand May Have Limits’

From “Atlas Shrugged” to “The Fountainhead,” Ayn Rand continues to influence the business world today, with high-flyers such as President Trump and former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick noting the impact her principles have had on them. In an article diving into Rand’s contemporary influence, The New York Times called upon Lawrence Cahoone, professor of philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, for his expertise on the literary philosopher and the limitations of her work.

“Rand’s entrepreneur is the Promethean hero of capitalism,” Cahoone told The New York Times. “But she never really explores how a dynamic entrepreneur actually runs a business.”

Read the full article on The New York Times website. The article was also picked up by CNBC.

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Holy Cross’ Selection of First-Year Reading Cited by National Media

Before even unpacking their bags on Mount St. James, the members of the Class of 2021 have their first college assignment: to read “Make Your Home Among Strangers,” by Jennine Capo Crucet.

The College’s choice of summer reading for its incoming class — which tells the story of a first-generation Cuban American college student — has been lauded by both the New York Times and Fortune, who included the selection in their lists of notable summer reading books.

Chosen by Francisco Gago-Jover, professor of Spanish and dean of the class of 2021, the book follows a protagonist pulled between the needs of her family in Miami and her life at a liberal arts college in the Northeast.

“I found the story of Lizet,…the main character, very compelling, as she struggles to balance her new life in college, with the expectations her parents have, and her own expectations,” Gago-Jover is quoted saying in Fortune.

“The book will give the members of the class of 2021 a taste of what college life is all about,” he adds, “the good and the bad, and how, with effort and the help from others, all the obstacles can be overcome.”

Read the full articles on The New York Times and Fortune websites.

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The Comeback Captain: Peter Pujals ’18 Returns From Injury for Historic Fourth Year as Football Captain

Peter Pujals ’18, quarterback and four-year captain of the football team, in front of Fenwick Hall on campus.When Crusader quarterback Peter Pujals ’18 felt his left leg crack under a hard tackle in the fourth game last season, he assumed he’d walk it off. Playing through pain was normal.

But when teammates saw their captain limping on the sidelines, they knew. “He was like, ‘I’m going back in,’” remembers friend and co-captain James Murray ’18. “But you can’t play on a broken leg.”

Breaking his fibula and playing a fifth year wasn’t in Pujals’ game plan. But it’s given the 22-year-old psychology major a unique opportunity.

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Innovative Ensemble Combines Traditional Instruments with Electronic Music

A student repurposes a video game controller joystick to create electronic sounds as part of H-CLEF.Sitting with perfect posture in Brooks Concert Hall, Marena Ella Minelli ’17 lifted a violin to her chin and began to play, releasing beautiful streams of music with her bow.

Moments later, she placed the string instrument on a chair, picked up a video game controller and toggled the joystick  producing an entirely different, but equally riveting, sound.

Minelli is a member of the Holy Cross Laptop Ensemble Federation, or H-CLEF, an unusual chamber group that juxtaposes everything classical and computerized. Laptops are propped on stands in place of sheet music. Hacked game controllers, like the one Minelli used, sit on amps. And electronic, other-worldly sounds float by stained-glass windows and echo through the high ceilings of the concert hall.

What exactly is going on?

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Holy Cross Bids Farewell to Three Beloved Faculty Members

As the campus tipped its hat to the class of 2017, it also bid farewell to three faculty members who retired at the end of the academic year: Blaise Nagy, Karen Turner and Helen Whall. These faculty members, who have been fixtures in the Holy Cross community for many years, share memories and anecdotes from their time at the College and talk about what’s next.

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Acting Up: James O’Connor ’98 Makes Name for Himself in Hollywood

He’s been a Commie and a cop, a goon and a grieving father, a hitman and he’s been hit a few times. Welcome to the world of character actor James Andrew O’Connor ’98, a guy who growls like a grizzly bear before the camera, but chuckles like a teddy bear when you meet him in person.

“I’m a big, six-foot-five, 300-pound guy,” he says with a laugh. “I’m not going to play Bob Dylan. But I’d love to play Orson Welles, a person I get compared to all the time.”

O’Connor, who was a theatre major at Holy Cross, has built his career playing nuanced supporting characters on television shows, including “The Americans,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Gotham” and “The Blacklist,” and in movies, like “St. Vincent.” But don’t let his steely on-camera stare fool you — at home, his favorite role is playing dad to his kids, Stephanie, 3, and James, 1, with his wife and audition coach, Tammy.

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Living Histories Program Keeps Class of 1951 Connected

Gus Concilio ’51, founder of the Class of 1951 Living History Program, today (left), and in the 1951 Purple Patcher (right).It was a summer day in 2015 when Gus Concilio ’51, scrolling through his Facebook feed, happened upon a photo of former classmate Jim Jebaily ’51. Not having spoken with Jebaily since graduation, Concilio sent his old friend an email in hopes of reconnecting.

Jebaily’s response – a descriptive narrative of the past 60-plus years of his life — was a pleasant surprise. It was also the perfect inspiration for what Concilio now calls “Living Histories.”

Due to age and declining health, Concilio says, many of his classmates have not had the opportunity to connect in person in a number of years. Concilio serves as the chair of the class of 1951 and sends monthly newsletters to his classmates, including obituaries for those who have passed, to help friends stay in touch.

But without the context of a classmate’s post-college activities, those obituaries are essentially meaningless to his readers, he says. Jebaily’s letter, along with a similar narrative penned by friend Bob Mumford ’51 in honor of the class’ 60th reunion, offered a solution.

“If people had the opportunity to talk about themselves when alive, the result would be more meaningful to the class than sending out obituaries,” he says.

Concilio has since included the writings of both Mumford and Jebaily in the monthly newsletter. He even wrote his own history, first titling it “My Proposed Living Obituary,” and then thinking better of it.

“The word ‘obituary’ was a little gruesome,” he laughs. “I changed it to Living History.”

Concilio encourages all members of the class of 1951, as well as other classes, to join the Living History program. To date, he has collected 31 histories from his 124 living classmates.

If you are interested in starting a Living History program for your class or would like more information, please feel free to contact Gus at MaryGusC@aol.com.

Written by Caroline Shannon ’17 for the Summer 2017 issue of Holy Cross Magazine.


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Remembering Vito Acconci ’62: Influential Performance Artist, Poet and Architect

At left, Vito Acconci ’62 in 1984. Photo by Chris Felver. At right, Acconci's senior portrait in the 1962 Purple Patcher.

Acconci: The Student

Edward F. Callahan, professor emeritus of English who taught at Holy Cross for more than 30 years until his retirement in 1990, first encountered the young Acconci in his own classroom in 1959.

It was the late 1950s when Rev. Thomas Grace, S.J., then-head of the English department, and I realized the talent and promise of Vito Hannibal Acconci, a novice freshman. The following four years I worked with him, and the 50 ensuing years of witnessing his achievement, were one of my outstanding joys about teaching at Holy Cross. How fondly I recall sharing his devotion to Shakespeare, Joyce, Toscanini, Galileo, Ferlinghetti, Warhol. Encouraging and controlling the Acconci talent and creative adventures were the redeeming challenges of the profession.

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Holy Cross Celebrates Retiring Dean Jackie Peterson

Members of Dean Peterson's family joined her at her sendoff on campus in May: son, Brett, daughter-in-law, Nicole, granddaughter, Avery, husband, Daryl and daughter, Danielle.Standing before a crowd of 300 in the Hogan Ballroom, Mable Millner, the College’s associate dean of students for diversity and inclusion and director of multicultural education, addressed current and former administrators, faculty and staff who had gathered to celebrate the contributions of her colleague and friend Jacqueline “Jackie” Dansler Peterson, vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

“You have seen much change in the life of this campus and been a part of it all,” Millner said to Peterson.

Peterson, the first woman, person of color and lay person to be named to the president’s cabinet, capped her 20 years of service at the close of the academic year. The reception in May, held in Peterson’s honor, was an opportunity for her colleagues to express their gratitude and well wishes.

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