Alumni Spotlights

Alumni Spotlights, Winter 2019

Sam Pericolo ’13, Sean Clarke ’97, Jill (Clarke) Fotiades ’93, Michael Fotiades ’92, and Kelsey (Keough) Hodde ’12 during a September alumni reception. The event, which drew 175 guests including many alumni, was hosted by the Clarke and Fotiades families at their showroom in Boston’s Seaport District. Pericolo and Hodde began at Clarke as interns before becoming full-time employees after graduating from Assumption.

A Family That Graduates Together Runs a Business Together

Sean Clarke ’97, Jill (Clarke) Fotiades ’93, and Michael Fotiades ’92, of Clarke Distribution Corporation, believe in the value of the liberal arts education they received at Assumption. Their esteem for the Assumption academic tradition runs so deeply in their family that they seek Assumption students for their internship program.

Alumni Spotlights, Winter 2019

Alumnus Inspires Compassion

Alumnus Inspires Compassion

Cedric Ellis ’84 discovered that he preferred studying human resources than English. With his foundation in social work, Ellis pursued a position at the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research as an entry-level researcher. He credits his multidisciplinary liberal arts education from Assumption for finding his true calling in human resources.

Alumni Spotlights, Summer 2018

An Internship That Was the Catalyst for a Career

An Internship That Was the Catalyst for a Career

During his senior year, Fitzpatrick, an accounting major, worked with an asset management firm at an internship. Upon graduation, he was offered a full-time position with NICSA, a nonprofit trade association serving the global asset management industry, a field he has worked in for more than 35 years.

Alumni Spotlights, Summer 2018

Lending a Voice to the National Library of Congress

Lending a Voice to the National Library of Congress

Joe Biedrzycki ’75 followed a poster – and his instincts – to an organizational meeting of the fledgling WACR-FM (Assumption Radio) his first week on campus as a sophomore transfer student. Today, his voice recordings are preserved and distributed by the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Handicapped.