EDUCATION

Rev. Ramona Black, MAT '86
joined Norwalk United Methodist Church as minister of Christian education and community outreach. She will work to further develop the church's children's and youth programs as well as helping the church to reach out to the community. She is also assisting in worship planning and practice, helping visit the sick and shut-ins, as well as outreach ministries. 

Rev. Black was ordained in the American Baptist Churches of Connecticut in 2007 and has worked at churches in Stamford and Bridgeport. Prior to entering the ministry, she was an educator in Stamford public schools and Trinity Catholic High School in Stamford. She also worked as a social caseworker in the New York City Department of Children's Services and the Hillcrest Center for Children. 

Patrice Kopas, CAS '09 
was named principal of Greenwich Catholic School in July 2009, after earning her certification in administration at SHU and spending February to July 2009 as interim principal at Saint Catherine of Siena School in Trumbull.

Nancy Malafatopoulos, Intermediate Administrator Certification, '09   
was first chosen as the state and then as the 2010 National family & Consumer sciences Teacher of the Year. The Fairfield Warde High School teacher was chosen in large part for the project in which her students make "Trashy Fashion," which is fashion made out of recycled newspapers, and plastic bags. The dresses are amazingly beautiful and very detailed - not at all what you would expect from recycled materials.

Ms. Malafatopoulos is the program chair for the American Association of family & Consumer Sciences and her goal as the Teacher of the Year is to get a core of family and consumer science subjects mandated by our schools.

EXERCISE SCIENCE

Christopher Carney, BS. EXS '09
has received a four year assistantship at the University of Toledo. He will be pursuing a Ph.D. in exercise physiology with a specialization in muscle physiology.

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