Merrimack College Alumni E-News
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In This Issue
Alumni Spotlight
Alumni Events
Alumni News
Merrimack College News
Merrimack College Events
Athletics
Alumni Spotlight 
Andrea Karthas '01
From Merrimack to Hollywood
Andrea Karthas 
 
Andrea Karthas, a 2001 graduate from Merrimack College, has become extremely successful in Los Angeles, CA in the television production industry. Read more!
Alumni Events
For more information, click the event link or visit www.merrimack.edu/alumnievents  
 
February 6, 2010
Merrimack Hockey Alumni Game  
 
February 11, 2010
Los Angeles, CA Reception with President Ronald Champagne and Athletic Director Glenn Hofmann - Register Here
 
February 13, 2010
Annual Alumni Valentine's Day Mass & Celebration - Register Here
 
Invitations are in the mail for Florida events!
 
March 10, 2010
Palm Beach, FL Reception with President Ronald Champagne and Athletic Director Glenn Hofmann
 
March 11, 2010
Naples Reception with President Ronald Champagne and Athletic Director Glenn Hofmann hosted by Frank '62 & Henriette Girard
 
March 13, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Parade &
Luncheon in Naples, FL
 
March 14, 2010
Sarasota, FL Reception with President Ronald Champagne
 
March 15, 2010
The Villages, FL Reception with President Ronald Champagne and Athletic Director Glenn Hofmann hosted by Frank '56 and Emilie (Orlando) Collopy '53 & Dick '67 and Marianne Trepanier
 
March 20, 2010
Spring Training with the Red Sox
Ft. Myers, FL
 
May 21 & 22, 2010
Reunion Weekend
Quick Links
Alumni News
Update your information and win Merrimack merchandise!
The alumni office is looking to capture your contact information for 2010. Click here and fill out the quick new alumni update form. Enter to win a gift basket of Merrimack Merchandise when you update your contact information with the alumni office by March 31st.

Class Notes
Class notes for the spring magazine are due now!  Submit your new job, promotion, graduate degree, wedding, engagement, birth announcement, alumni gathering and more!  Click here to view the Fall 2009 Class Notes section.  Submit your class note by filling out the new alumni update form.

Photo Gallery
Take a look at the Alumni Relations photosite at www.merrimackcollegealumni.shutterfly.com. Pictures of our last reception in Boston are now posted.
Merrimack College News 
$25K Gift for Student Scholarship
Karl Gladstone, a member of Merrimack College's Board of Trustees, recently gave a $25,000 gift to provide scholarships for students who attend Merrimack College. 
 
Andover High Students Experiment in Biotech Center
Over 20 Andover High School (MA) students recently got a hands-on biology experience in Merrimack's Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, as they used state-of-the-art equipment to conduct experiments. 
 
Merrimack College Supporting Haiti Relief and a Merrimack Grad
The Merrimack College community continues to pray for those impacted by the tragic earthquake that recently devastated Haiti.  Merrimack College will collect donations for Project Medishare - a non-profit organization established by Dr. Arthur Fournier, a 1969 graduate of Merrimack who became a physician and medical school professor, and has made more than 100 trips to Haiti to work for the poorest people in the hemisphere, establish medical clinics, and train doctors in that country. Project Medishare was one of the first organizations to set up hospital facilities at the Port-au-Prince airport for injured survivors. Funds collected on campus will specifically go to the Project Medishare Earthquake Relief Fund. 
Merrimack College Events 
Seventh Annual Tolle Lege Reception
McQuade Library and the Center for Augustinian Study and Legacy in celebration of the academic scholarship of the Merrimack College Community at the seventh annual Tolle Lege Reception on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.  in the Perkins Periodicals Room, McQuade Library.  This event celebrates the most recent contributions to our special collection of faculty and alumni publications. A book signing ceremony will be held and 2009 journal publications will be displayed.
 
The First Lecture at Merrimack College
Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m.,  Cascia Hall
Responding to the desire of Merrimack College students to contribute to conversations on campus about values, meaning, and purpose in life, a new event is offering a platform for students to discuss passions, interests, and what they love at this very moment.  The inaugural First Lecture will feature Merrimack senior Brian Caira (Wilmington, MA) as the kick-off speaker - his topic of discussion is a surprise.
   
Open House - The School for Advanced Studies
February 11, 2010, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Learn more about the School for Advanced Studies at an open house. 
 
Live For Fashion
April 16, 2010
Merrimack College's A.L.A.N.A club has partnered with the Diversity department to present, Live For Fashion.  This event is to benefit both The Samaritans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting suicide awareness as well as to assist underprivileged children/inner city youth.  Sponsorship opportunities are available! Contact Scott Gage in the Diversity Office at 97-837-5468.
 
Upcoming Shows at the Rogers Center for the Arts
Reservations and Information: 978-837-5355 or www.merrimack.edu/rogers     
-January 29, New England String Ensemble
-January 31, The Andover Choral Society presents J.S. Bach's "Mass in B-Minor, BWV 232"
-February 6, National Marionette Theatre presents "Hansel and Gretel"
-February 20, Eighth Annual A Cappella Night
Athletics
Merrimack and Andover TV Broadcast Basketball, Hockey Games
The Merrimack College Athletic Department has teamed up with Andover Television to air virtually all of the remaining home basketball and hockey games on tape delay in the greater Andover area.
 
Sign up for Merrimack Athletics E-newsletters!
Would you like to keep in touch with your favorite MC team?  Click here and sign up for the new Athletics newsletters. 
 
Buy a Seat in the New Lawler Rink
The Merrimack athletic department has unveiled its "Buy-a-Seat Inside the New Lawler Rink" campaign.
 
Visit www.merrimackathletics.com for team schedules and to purchase tickets!  

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