Two earn service awards at Alumni Weekend
Two outstanding Mount alumni were given awards for their service to the college and the community as part of Alumni Weekend 2019.
Hundreds of successful grads, spanning 60 years of Mount history, journeyed back to their alma mater for the college’s 2019 Alumni Weekend. They celebrated their accomplishments, caught up with old friends and professors, and saw what’s new at the college that launched their careers.
During the celebration, Nicholas Shannon ’03 was presented with the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award, recognizing his contributions to society through professional and volunteer work. In addition, Corri Nicoletti ’10 MSEd ’15 was honored with the James V. McEnery Alumni Service Award for her continued service to the Mount.
Shannon, executive director of The Chamber Foundation, is a dynamic professional dedicated to giving back to the Hudson Valley through his work in the not-for-profit sector and his volunteer efforts. He gives back to the Mount by serving on the Alumni Board, as a member of the Gala Reception Committee, and as a panelist for the student Allies Club, in addition to participating in Career Center events, student job shadowing, Phone-A-Thon, and other activities.
Shannon credits the Mount with not only giving him the educational foundation and tools needed to become successful professionally, but also providing him with leadership opportunities and instilling in him the importance of service. Before graduating, he was offered a job at the former Saint Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie (now the MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center) through an internship he received with the aid of the Mount. During his nearly ten years in the position, he grew from being an assistant to running major fundraising and community events, including Taste of the Hudson Valley.
Nicoletti has remained an active member of the Mount community since she graduated with a degree inInformation Technology and Childhood Education. She then worked in the Mount’s IT Support Center while earning a master’s degree in Education at the college. Nicoletti went onto become an instructional support specialist for the Mount’s Office of Online Learning and an instructor in the Mount’s community education program. She also met and married her husband, John Nicoletti ’09, at the Mount.
Today, she is a technical support analyst for Lumen Learning, an education technology company providing affordable course materials designed to improve student learning and success via partnerships with higher education institutions. Nicoletti is quick to volunteer at the Mount as an alumni mentor to current students: she often assists at Career Center gatherings for students and serves as an alumni Admissions volunteer, recruiting the next generation of Mount students