Ben Carr '11, Counselor Katie Stango, and Tim Cushing '10
Our trip to New York City started with cramming our whole admissions team, many Stonehill faculty members, students, and various leaders in the community into our bus to take Stonehill on the road. The team took off down 95 South singing "The Wheels on the Bus". Ok, they may not have been singing, but that's how I imagined it. The bus had to make a pit stop at the lovely bus stop in Westport, CT to pick up Admissions Counselor Katie Stango and myself. We were both doing college fairs in Connecticut but could not bear missing a night in the City with Stonehill.
We arrived at the Westin Times Square and started preparing for registration etc. By the time we were done it was 3:30pm so we had some time to explore the city. Being the avant-garde, metropolitan, world travelors that we are, we decided to do the most touristy thing imaginable and have dinner in Times Square. As a lifelong Yankee fan I was ecstatic to be back where most of the hats in the streets have the interlocking NY on the front.
Me trying to be cool
The reception went great! We had a number of Stonehill Alumni who are working in the New York area stop by to meet our accepted students. The food was good, the venue was good, the people were great. Speakers for the night included the Vice President for our division Mary Beth Carey, two senior students Tim Cushing and Sara Morales, and our President Father Mark Cregan. Everyone who I spoke with enjoyed themselves, we even had 2 deposits!
A newly enrolled student with Dean of Faculty/Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs Joe Favazza
We made our way back to Stonehill's Campus late that night, only stopping for ice cream (of course).
Our next reception was held at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. It's a very interesting place. I have been a basketball fan my whole life but this was my first opportunity to wander around and see all the exhibits. I really enjoyed the exhibits featuring my favorite UCONN championship teams and the exhibit featuring all of Michael Jordan's sneakers throughout the years.
VP Marketing and Enrollment Management Mary Beth Cary addresses the crowd
The reception really went great, the accepted students who came were impressed with their tours of the Hall of Fame. I think through it all, what I will remember most is the free games. The Hall of Fame has some great free games the Matt Gorman '11 and I decided to take advantage of while touring the building.
I want to clear something up right now, I've been hearing this rumor that I was dunked on by a WNBA superstar. This is true and can be verified by the picture below. However this occured while I was playing the virtual video game at the HOF (Hall of Fame). This would never happen in real life because I have much too much game.
Me getting dunked on by a WNBA superstar
So now that we have cleared up that issue, we can move on to the other games. The old fashioned arcade basketball shooting games were probably the most used games there. Our current students could not get enough of the competition. The HOF even had a machine that moved a basketball for rebounding up higher and higher until you could no longer jump to reach it. (Yes I beat Matt Gorman, but he also took the picture of me getting dunked on so I guess he got the last laugh.) The HOF even had a booth you could sit in and pretend to be the announcer for your favorite game then have it played back.
All of our receptions were fantastic! That's to everyone who participated. We only stopped on the way home from Springfield for one thing, you guessed it, ICE CREAM
Andrew Leahy, Sr. Admissions Counselor, Ice Cream Enthusiast
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