Sandra Coleman-Editor – Wheaton Quarterly

Priceless

Fall 2011 by Sandra Coleman-Editor

Two words that can make my pulse race: Yard sale. (Häagen-Dazs is one word, right?)

There is nothing like the thrill of the hunt for a bargain. This year, I got that thrill right here on campus in the Clark Recreation Center at the annual Wheaton-sponsored community yard sale.

The annual trek home by students means making decisions about what will be packed up and schlepped back and what will be left behind to be tossed into the trash. (When the car is brimming with stuff, suddenly there is not one inch left for those red glitter-covered stilettos that now seem so last year.) Instead of letting perfectly good items go to waste and eventually end up in landfills, the Wheaton community collects them, holds a yard sale, and donates the money to local charities. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Between the Lines

Motivation is the name of the game for new volleyball coach

September 1, 2011 by Sandra Coleman-Editor

“I love figuring out what makes someone tick. I’ve always been a people person who has a good sense of how people react and think about things,” says Craig Letourneau, who majored in psychology at Rhode Island College. It all comes in handy for the volleyball coach known for motivating his players all the way to conference and state championships.

He’s now the motivating force behind Wheaton’s women’s volleyball team, as the newly hired head coach. He replaces Ben Read, who resigned after five seasons with the Lyons.

Letourneau grew up playing basketball and soccer, but didn’t take on volleyball until his freshman year in high school. “My high school did not have a boys’ team, but my aunt was the high school girls’ coach. So I managed their team during my high school years. I also played in an afterschool intramural/club boys’ program that was started in the high school.”

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Filed Under: Field Report, News

Alumnae/i board candidates

Fall 2011 by Sandra Coleman-Editor

After extensive research, the nominating committee has selected the following candidates for the Alumnae/i Association Board of Directors. Elections will be held at Homecoming on September 24. In accordance with the bylaws of the Alumnae/i Association, additional nominations may be made for positions other than alumna/alumnus trustee. Nominations must be submitted in writing at least two weeks before Homecoming. Nominations should include relevant information about the candidate, written consent from the nominee, along with at least 30 signatures from alumnae/i representing no fewer than three classes. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alumnae/i, People

Newsmakers: Barbara Doran ’77

Fall 2011 by Sandra Coleman-Editor

You are washing dishes by hand. You have pushed up your sleeves, but they keep sliding down into the suds. What to do? Barbara Doran ’77 knows. In fact, she has created a whole business that answers that question—Kuffco, LLC. Her company makes KitchenKuffs^®, fashionably designed cuffs that slip over your own sleeves to hold them in place while doing dishes, cooking, gardening and the like. Her business caught the eye of MarthaStewart.com, which in April featured her on the website’s “Dreamers Into Doers” page, as a “Doer of the Week.” In a long Q&A, she talks about her business: “I came up with the idea for KitchenKuffs^®, and formed Kuffco, LLC, in 2008. At the time I was, and still am, the owner (with my husband Frank) of a small advertising agency. I had left corporate America in 1995 as a vice president of marketing. I’ve long had an [Read more...]