Archive for July, 2012

GE VP Mondani ’79 Hosts Picnic for Alumni, Students

July 25th, 2012 by


Peter Mondani ’79 P14 (front row in khaki shorts), vice president of financial leadership development and human resources for General Electric, at the annual Holy Cross alumni and intern summer picnic at his home in Cheshire, Conn. Mondani has hired more than 50 Holy Cross graduating seniors over the past 10 years.

Hofmann Helping Uninsured Patients at Summer Internship

July 23rd, 2012 by

Michael Hofmann ’14, of Stamford, Conn., is spending his summer working directly with free clinics serving uninsured patients. The economics major is interning until August with AmeriCares Free Clinics, three Connecticut free clinics that have served tens of thousands of low-income people. Here he is at work generating a document to help people access social services in Connecticut.

Photograph by Alex Ostasiewicz/AmeriCares

Enjoying the Shade on a Nice Summer Day

July 6th, 2012 by

Christine Freije, a theatre major in the College Honors Program, does some reading in Kimball Quad. She is doing summer research at Holy Cross this summer.

Photograph by Maya Rock ’13

‘Today’ Show Segment Serves as Poignant Tribute to Fr. Brooks

July 5th, 2012 by

“Today” show correspondent Craig Melvin, right, interviews Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., in the Mary Chapel at Holy Cross on April 17. The segment, which focused on the book “Fraternity,” the story of Fr. Brooks’ efforts to recruit African-American students to campus in the late 1960s, aired on July 4 and can be viewed online. It was the last television interview for Fr. Brooks, who died July 2.

Photograph by Christian Santillo