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Name: Emily Barnaby
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: French
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Master of Business Administration
Hometown: Pelham, NH

Favorite Book: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard

Emily is a full-time MBA graduate student and living in Chicopee, Mass.

Full Name: Jessica Blasioli
Tutoring Area: Content Tutorial Program: Physics for Movement Science, Anatomy and Physiology Concepts, Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Applied Exercise Science, Psychology minor
Hometown: Pittsfield, Mass.

Favorite Book: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Favorite Movies: My Girl, Now and Then, Finding Nemo, Poltergiest
Favorite Music: Chris Webby

Name: Erik Chiarella
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Business Administration Lab
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Health Services Administration
Hometown: West Long Branch, NJ

Favorite Book: A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Music: Eric Clapton
Favorite Quote: "I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end." ~ Larry Bird

 

Name: Matthew Clement
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: EMSM 300
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Hometown: Norwich, Conn.

Favorite Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Favorite Movies: Good Will Hunting, Home Alone
Favorite Music: Goo Goo Dolls
Favorite Quote: "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die."

Matthew is a second year graduate student majoring in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He currently works at the Hampden County Correctional Facility. He enjoys spending time with his friends, family and dog.

Name: Marlaina Conti
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: Clinical Human Anatomy
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy
Hometown: Redding, Conn.

Name: Christina Cormier
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - several Psychology and Health courses
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Majors: Psychology and Health Education
Hometown: Danbury, Conn.

Christina loves her dual major in Psychology and Health Education and is currently looking into a career in higher education. She is also considering teaching as a potential occupation, so she is in the process of taking the MTELS. Christina loves Springfield College and finds herself involved in many facets of campus life including Student Government, Leadership Training Conference, New Student Orientation, and working in the Campus Union. She has used the Academic Success Center for content tutoring in her weaker areas and for test preparation. Christina is happy to engage with other students on campus and encourages anyone looking for extra help in the areas of Psychology or Health to request her as a tutor!




Name: Susan Cunningham
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Organic Chemistry, Organic Survey
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Biology
Hometown: New Hartford, Conn.
Activities/Interests: Springfield College racquetball club, president of the Physical Education Health Education Club, member of the History Club, coach of junior varsity volleyball at Southwick High School in Southwick, Mass., coach of Western Mass AAU winter volleyball in Holyoke, Mass., and coach of junior varsity volleyball at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn.
Favorite Book: The Hydrogen Age: Empowering a Clean-Energy Future by Geoffrey Holland and James Provenzano
Favorite Movie: Everything Is Illuminated
Favorite Music: Menomena

Name: Leah Faller
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Business Administration Lab
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Business Management: Nonprofit Studies
Hometown: Park Ridge, NJ

Favorite Book: The French Chef Cookbook by Julia Child
Favorite Movie: American History X
Favorite Music: "When the World Ends" by the Dave Matthews Band
Favorite Quote: "It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Name: Ansel Garvey
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - ATRN 307: Therapeutic Modalities
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Athletic Training
Hometown: Westfield, Mass.

Favorite Book: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger
Favorite Movie: Boondock Saints
Favorite Music: Linkin Park
Favorite Quote: “If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.” ~ Anthony Robbins

Name: Kaila Harpin
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Anatomy and Physiology Concepts
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Athletic Training, minor in Psychology
Hometown: Maynard, Mass.

Favorite Book: A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Movies: the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite Quote: "You are only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." ~ Robin Williams

Name: Alexander Imhof
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: PHYS 205
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Athletic Training
Hometown: Coventry, Conn.

Favorite Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Favorite Movie: Miracle
Favorite Music: Linkin Park / What I've Done
Favorite Quote: "The best play in hockey is a shot on goal" ~ my dad

Name: Catherine Irvine
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Clinical Human Anatomy
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy, minor in Rehab and Disability Studies
Hometown: Hudson, Mass.

Favorite Book: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Favorite Movie: Happy Gilmore
Favorite Music: The Rolling Stones

Name: Daniel A. Jaffe
Support Area: Content Tutor - Exercise Physiology, Environmental Physiology, Neuromuscular Physiology
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Doctoral Student
Major/Minor: Exercise Physiology
Hometown: York, Maine / Andover, Mass.

Favorite Book: Power of One by Bryce Courtenay and Papillon by Henri Charrier
Favorite Quote: "Success is paid for in advance." - Bill Belichick



Name: Kristi Maltz
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Colonial America to the Civil War
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Health Studies

Favorite Movie: Cool Runnings
Favorite Music: Third Eye Blind

Kristi plays on the tennis team and is also part of the Springfield College Equestrian Club.




Name: Itza Nieves
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Spanish / Conversation Partners
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Favorite Movies: The Notebook and Blood Diamond
Favorite Quote: "Never, never, never give up" - Winston Churchill

Itza enjoys helping other students and friends with English as a second language. She is fluent in English and in Spanish. This is her first year with the Academic Success Center.




Name: Carrie Noble
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Introduction to Nutrition
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Applied Exercise Science
Hometown: Morristown, NY

Carrie is from a small town called Morristown, New York and can see Canada across the St. Lawrence River from her house. She is currently in the Applied Exercise Science major, but may switch to Health Science to pursue a degree as a Nutritionist or Physician Assistant. She transferred to Springfield College from Clarkson University in January 2009. Carrie is proud of making the Dean’s List every semester in college at both SC and Clarkson. She enjoys soccer, basketball, yoga, reading, writing, music and singing. She is close with her family and loves animals.

Full Name: Kyle O'Flaherty
Tutoring Area: Content Tutorial Program: Physics for Movement Science, Anatomy and Physiology Concepts,
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Applied Exercise Science
Hometown: Mahwah, NJ

Favorite Books: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Favorite Movies: Blow, The Beach, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Road to Perdition
Favorite Music: Any acoustic guitar song, old rap and R&B
Favorite Quote: "Fortuna Favet Audaces" (Fortune favors the bold) ~ Publius Terentius Afer

Kyle is studying Applied Exercise Science at Springfield College, with plans to pursue a graduate degree in either Exercise Physiology or Physician Assistant.  Kyle has played a wide variety of sports, but is currently working on rehabilitating old injuries with the intention to return to track.  His hobbies are: outdoor adventure, spear fishing, playing guitar, racing dirt-bikes and street-bikes.

Name: Jennifer Pelletier
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - General Ecology, Introduction to Statistics (PSYC), and tutoring for certifications in CPR, First Aid and Water Safety Instruction.
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Biology / Chemistry minor
Hometown: Enfield, Conn.

Jennifer is a commuter student. Although in a biology field, math is Jennifer's strong suit. When not in classes, Jennifer enjoys playing guitar and hiking with her dogs.

Name: Sarah Pongratz
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: Clinical Human Anatomy
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy / Psychology Dual Degree
Hometown: Winchester, Mass.

During Sarah's four years at Springfield College, she's been involved in Pre-Camp, Best of Broadway, S.A.V.E, and Varsity Softball.  One of her favorite classes she took here was Ceramics, and her favorite Cheney soup is minestrone.

Name: Lisa Rones
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: Clinical Human Anatomy
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy
Hometown: Columbia, MD

Lisa attained her undergraduate degree at Springfield College in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. She is now a second year graduate student in the Occupational Therapy major. Lisa is a content tutor for Clinical Human Anatomy and Neuroscience & Occupation.

Name: Amy Shaw
Tutoring Area: Content Tutorial Program - Anatomy and Physiology Concepts, Contemporary Society, Survey of Chemistry
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Senior
Major/Minor: Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation & Disabilities Studies
Hometown: Walpole, Mass.

Favorite Book: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Favorite Movie: Moulin Rouge
Favorite Music: Billy Joel

Name: Marissa Siedzik
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - SOCI 101 Contemporary Society
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Communications Disorders
Hometown: Putnam, Conn.

Marissa enjoys spending time with friends, being outside, helping the community, playing basketball, and listening to music.

 

Name: Justine Siegal
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - SMRT 623 Social Issues and Policy in Sport Organizations, HPER 645 Marketing Issues in Sport and Recreation
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Doctoral Student
Major/Minor: Sport & Exercise Psychology

Favorite Book: Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Music: U2
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you want to see in the world." `Gandhi

 

Name: Stephen J. Siena
Support Area: : Content Tutorial Program - Instructional Strategies in Physical Education, Skill Themes and Movement Concepts, Design and Implementation in Physical Education K-12 Modules 1-4
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Physical Education major, minor in Health
Hometown: Orange, Conn.
Favorite Book: The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Favorite Movie: The Hangover
Favorite Music: "There’s one in every crowd" by Montgomery Gentry
Favorite Quote: "The biggest enemy of best is good. If you're satisfied with what's good, you'll never be the best." - Jerry Rice

Name: Becky Slate
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program: Anatomy & Physiology Concepts
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Art Therapy, concentration Occupational Therapy
Hometown: Belchertown, MA

Favorite Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Favorite Music: Modest Mouse

Name: Krista Ann Swanson
Tutoring Area: Content Tutorial Program - Contemporary Society, Survey of Chemistry, Psychology of Disability, Civil War to Modern America
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Rehabilitation and Disability Studies: Communication Disorders (Speech Pathology)
Hometown: Waterford, Conn.

Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Favorite Music:"Heart In A Cage" by the Strokes
Favorite Quote: "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." ~ FDR

Name: Heather Thompson
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - RHDS 260 Human Disease and Chronic Illness
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Health Science - General Studies
Hometown: Agawam, Mass.

Favorite Book: The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Movie: Inception
Favorite Music: all types of music from rap to classical
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Ghandi

Name: Kevin Vieser
Support Area: Content Tutorial Program - Clinical Human Anatomy
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Junior
Major/Minor: Athletic Training, minor in Psychology
Hometown: Metuchen, NJ

Favorite Book: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Favorite Movie: V for Vendetta
Favorite Music: Bruce Springsteen, "Take It Easy" by theEagles

Kevin comes from the Jersey Shore but refuses to watch the show. He is guitarist and vocalist. He loves sports, the Baltimore Ravens and Taco Bell.

Name: Kelsey Vander Werff
Tutoring Area: Content Tutorial Program - Anatomy and Physiology Concepts, Clinical Human Anatomy, Athletic Injury Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Modalities
Role: Peer Tutor
Class: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: Currently working on her M.S. to be a Physician Assistant
Hometown: Westchester, N.Y.

Kelsey earned her B.S. in Athletic Training here at Springfield. Kelsey is now studying to be a Physician Assistant. She currently works for Select Medical Corp./NovaCare, and is the Head Athletic Trainer/Director of Sports Medicine at Windsor Locks HS in Windsor Locks, CT. She is a member of the Springfield College Dancers, and enjoys attending various sporting events around campus.