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Toyloy Brown smiles in front of a USA Today sign

The summer Toyloy Brown III wrote his own story

Well before his recent job offer to cover high school sports for the Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee, Toyloy Brown III ’22 was still trying to figure out life after graduation. Where would he be next? What would he be doing?

A Quinnipiac Education

Holly LaPrade pauses to smile while working at her desk that includes a small stuffed QU Bobcat

A voice of hope grows louder

If you don’t speak out, you won’t be heard.  But there is hope for people living with an ultra-rare genetic bone disorder.

Alumni Accomplishments

Illustration of two people conducting a sale at a legal cannabis store

New class looks to dispel stigmas and stereotypes about cannabis

Cannabis for adult recreational use just became legal in Connecticut a year ago, but history shows people using cannabis and hemp plants for myriad reasons for more than 2,500 years.

Unique Learning Opportunities

Melissa Guzman smiles proudly in her scrubs outside of Yale New Have Children's Hospital

Commitment and innovation guide nursing students, faculty in pandemic

Over the past several months, the collaboration and courage of Quinnipiac’s School of Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic has earned national attention among professional networks and peer-reviewed journals, including a recent submission to the Journal of Nursing Administration.

Supporting Our Communities

In this Issue

Rendering of the three buildings to be constructed on the new South Quad

Student Experience

New South Quad expansion will enhance student living, learning experiences

On Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus, just steps from the university’s new Recreation and Wellness Center, investment in the future continues to take root.

Greg Glynn, founder of Pliable, sits with Rand Pecknold at a table with recording equipment

World-Sized Classroom

New rules change earning capacity for student-athletes

As a student broadcaster at Quinnipiac, Greg Glynn ’04 spent hours preparing for men’s ice hockey games. He filled up yellow legal pads interviewing head coach Rand Pecknold. He highlighted stats and trends. He memorized players and their backstories, frozen paths that often curled through Canada, the Midwest and New England.

Dagmawi Bogale wears a lab coat and works with equipment

Unique Learning Opportunities

Researching a dream

As a boy growing up in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Dagmawi Bogale ’22, MHS ’23, dreamed of becoming a scientist.

QU Baja team engineering students pose for a picture with their winning Baja vehicle

World-Sized Classroom

Quinnipiac Baja SAE team takes first in sled pull

The texts back home started slowly. A few words here and there. But as the Quinnipiac Baja SAE team’s off-road vehicle roared down the dirt path pulling a weighted trailer, Lynn Byers watched her phone blow up.

Photo of Natalya Franchi and her mother on a street in Ukraine

Student Experience

In the path of war: Ukrainian graduate student shares feelings of fear, resilience

As the Russian invasion of her home country has unfolded, Ukrainian graduate student Natalya Franchi has watched anxiously from her home in Butte, Montana.

Student volunteers and Best Buddy participants laugh and dance during a Best Buddies event

Supporting Our Communities

Fun and games with Best Buddies

Who has the best game nights at Quinnipiac? It just might be the Social Club Committee of Best Buddies.

Sports

Coach Kyle Robinson talks with a volleyball player on the court

Student Experience

A world of experience lifts Quinnipiac athletics

Summer 2022

As a kid growing up in Philadelphia, Quinnipiac women’s volleyball coach Kyle Robinson never dreamed of the places the sport would take him.

The Way Forward Series with Judy Olian, Michael Schill, and U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy

World-Sized Classroom

College athletics at a crossroads over compensation

Summer 2022

Months after the last flakes of confetti were swept off the floor at this year’s Final Four games in New Orleans and Minneapolis, the compensation model for student-athletes remains a defining question for the NCAA and its membership.

The sun rises through the window of the eSports lab room

Student Experience

Essay: The eSports lab is more than a gaming suite

Summer 2022

Editor’s Note: Brendan O’Sullivan, a graduate of Quinnipiac’s 3+1 accelerated dual-degree program, earned his BA in journalism and his MS in sports journalism. He served as editor-in-chief of The Quinnipiac Chronicle and a member of the League of Legends eSports team.

Class Notes

Alumni Accomplishments

Class Notes: Summer 2022 Issue

Catch up with your fellow alumni and check out career updates, announcements, births, weddings and other milestones.

Alumni

Mercy Quaye wearing a t-shirt that says "enough" stands in front of The Narrative Project office sign

Alumni Accomplishments

Alumna’s social justice PR agency thrives with focus on honest conversations

In spring 2020, like many working professionals, Mercy Quaye ’13, MS ’18, was navigating the challenges of the pandemic lockdown.

Craig McClean with an image of the world behind him speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Alumni Accomplishments

Alumnus draws on law degree to champion oceanic research, science integrity

Like so many ocean explorers before him, Craig N. McLean, JD ’93, felt the call of the sea at a young age.

Mallory Emmons leans against a wall outside of the Quinnipiac School of Education

Alumni Accomplishments

Alumna honored with White House award for teaching

Mallory Emmons ’06, MAT ’07, Sixth-Year Diploma ’13, could feel her heart beating against her chest as she read the subject line of the email she had just received. She took a deep breath and paused to gather herself before clicking the message open.

About the Magazine

Brian Koonz, MS ’20

Editor

Andrea McCaffrey

Associate Editor

Autumn Driscoll

Photographer

Chris Brodeur

Writer/Editor

Vol. 31, No. 2

Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Daryl Richard

Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications

James Ryan ’02

Editor

Brian Koonz, MS ’20

Associate Editor

Andrea McCaffrey

Writer/Editor

Chris Brodeur

Staff Photographer

Autumn Driscoll

Contributors

Catherine Almeida ’23; Jamie DeLoma ’06, MS ’11; Cindy DuBell; Steven Justo, MBA ’20; Lauren Kersten ’10; Brendan O’Sullivan ’21, MS ’22; Leah Overbaugh; Lisa Scrofani, MS ’13; Christine Smith, MS ’19; Tad Sterling; Janet Waldman, MS ’09

Photographers and Videographers

Peter Gallay ’06, MS ’11; Lauren Geary; Dan Passapera ’23; Justin Schussler ’10, MS ’15; Crandall Yopp Jr. ’21

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