{"id":6992,"date":"2018-05-07T15:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=6992"},"modified":"2018-05-25T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:34:15","slug":"hearts-minds-saint-peters-university-scholarship-celebration-raises-money-transformational-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/07\/hearts-minds-saint-peters-university-scholarship-celebration-raises-money-transformational-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts & Minds: The Saint Peter\u2019s University Scholarship Celebration Raises Money for Transformational Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the much anticipated Hearts & Minds: The Saint Peter\u2019s University Scholarship Celebration<\/em> praised the successes of Saint Peter’s alumni while raising money to support the dreams and aspirations of students. Honorees for the Monte Carlo themed night included Warren C. Fristensky \u201974 and Julie Delaney Fristensky \u201973, for loyalty to alma mater<\/em>, Robert J. Goldstein, M.B.A. \u201960, \u201906, for loyalty to alma mater <\/em>and Elnardo J. Webster, Ed.D. \u201969, for service to community.<\/p>\n

Hearts & Minds <\/em>celebrates integrity, leadership and service to others. Proceeds from this annual event support the University\u2019s General Scholarship Fund, which helps deserving students have access to a quality Jesuit education. The annual Hearts & Minds<\/em> celebration makes it possible for students who may not have the means to afford college to take a chance on their dreams.<\/p>\n

Leah Leto, M.Ed. ’05 vice president for advancement and external affairs, stressed that even though the student population at Saint Peter\u2019s is diverse, 98 percent of them share one commonality – receiving financial aid. The ultimate goal of Hearts & Minds <\/em>is to raise money to support the University\u2019s General Scholarship Fund, which helps the University remained focused on the students. <\/strong>The night featured Monte Carlo themed casino games and a silent auction with a special opportunity to support the Jane Moulton Reuter ’72 Needy Student Emergency Fund, which provides financial assistance to students facing severe and unexpected hardships so that they may continue their Saint Peter\u2019s education without interruption.<\/p>\n

Elnardo J. Webster, Ed.D. ’69 received the service to community award; he is the director for the University\u2019s Center for After School and Expanded Learning, whose mission is to promote after school programs and expanded learning opportunities for students in the surrounding community. Webster is a retired superintendent for Roselle public schools and has served on the Saint Peter\u2019s Board of Trustees. In addition, he was on the renowned 1967-68 \u201cRun, Baby, Run\u201d men\u2019s basketball team, which advanced to the NIT Semifinals. Webster went on to play professional basketball and is a member of various Athletic Halls of Fame, including Hudson County, Newark, Saint Peter\u2019s University and Naismith College Basketball. Through Saint Peter\u2019s University and the help of local charities, he was able to put together an after school program serving hot meals to those in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, Dr. Cornacchia, for encouraging me and allowing me to have this opportunity so that I can make more opportunities for students,\u201d said Webster.<\/p>\n

Robert J. Goldstein \u201960, M.B.A. \u201906 received the loyalty to alma mater<\/em> award. Goldstein is the founder and consultant for R J Goldstein & Associates, Inc., an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm. He graduated from Saint Peter\u2019s with a bachelor\u2019s degree in math and more than 40 years later returned to campus to earn his M.B.A. in 2006. He has served on numerous boards and councils, including the Board of Regents, which he chaired, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee at Saint Peter\u2019s. For a number of years he also chaired the Business Symposium Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got so much out of my time at Saint Peter\u2019s and as much as I love math, I am not going to try to quantify it,\u201d said Goldstein.<\/p>\n

Warren Fristensky \u201974 and Julie Delaney Fristensky \u201973, were also presented with the Loyalty to alma mater<\/em> award. Warren retired as CIO and senior vice president at John Wiley & Sons and serves as regent emeritus<\/em> at Saint Peter\u2019s, of which he was recently chair. As chair, Warren was instrumental in helping to produce new initiatives for students through the Office of Career Engagement and Experiential Learning. Julie has had successful careers in teaching and banking and served on the Alumni Board at Saint Peter\u2019s. This musical couple can be seen on campus frequently as they are organizers of Glee Club reunions and SCHOLA concerts and Julie performs regularly with the Arts on Bergen program. For the first time in Hearts & Minds <\/em>history, the Fristenskys sang their acceptance speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, we love the halls of ivy that surround us here today and we will not forget tho we be far far away,\u201d said Julie and Warren Fristensky.<\/p>\n

To see photos from the event, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event was made possible by the following generous sponsors: Kevin Cummings & Patricia McQuillan Cummings ’77; Genova Burns LLC; Aramark; Capital One Bank; KPMG LLP; Proskauer; Torcon, Inc.; Izdihar A. Baker Charitable Foundation; Collins Building Services Inc.; Connell Foley LLP; Culinary Ventures Vending; Pfizer; Provident Bank; PSE&G; Sodexo Campus Services; Erbach Communications Group; Hackensack Meridian Health<\/em> – Palisades Medical Center; Inglesino; Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC; Liberty Savings Federal Credit Union; Thomas P. Mac Mahon ’68; National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa; ndVOR Solutions; New Jersey Natural Gas; Eugene P. O’Connell Esq. ’70; PepsiCo Foodservice; The Sherwin-Williams Company; The Spanarkel Browne Granizo Group; Merrill Lynch and Staples, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t