FELLOWSHIP FOR INNOVATIVE JOURNALISM

Thanks to a gift from Bruce Schimmel '74--founder of City Paper, an alternative weekly based in Philadelphia--undergraduates in the College have a new learning opportunity through the Fellowship for Innovative Journalism. Designed to encourage journalism that is experimental, alternative, avant garde, or investigative in nature, the fellowship will provide a stipend for a junior or senior in the College to participate in a summer internship with a journalistic medium.

"I wanted to give back to a place that really inspired me to do well," says Schimmel of his motivation for establishing the award. "As an undergraduate, I was given tremendous freedom to do all kinds of things--but my professors always demanded first-rate, quality work." In keeping with those standards, the award is, in his view, "an opportunity for excellence."

HONORING THE FLORESCUE AND VON MANSTEIN FAMILIES

Florescue

In April, the Simon School dedicated the Florescue-von Manstein Plaza, an open-air commons linking Schlegel Hall and Carol G. Simon Hall. The plaza is named for the parents of Barry Florescue '66 and those of his wife, Renate von Manstein Florescue.

A member of the Simon School's Executive Advisory Committee and a generous supporter of the school, Barry Florescue is CEO of Marietta Corporation, the leading manufacturer of amenities to the hotel industry. After earning his bachelor's degree in business administration from Rochester, he joined KPMG in New York as an accountant. More recently, he operated The Horn and Hardart Company.

A SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICOLETTI '63

Nicoletti

Despite having to deal with health problems throughout his life, Richard Nicoletti earned a degree in mathematics from the University. He also earned the lasting affection of his eldest brother, Ben Nicolette, who has honored him with a scholarship in his name.

Nicoletti died in 1964 from cardiac arrest, the indirect result of a childhood bout with polio. Despite spending months at a time in the hospital during his undergraduate years, "Richard had a lot of goals," says his brother. "And he was not only intelligent: He was a witty guy and very well liked."

Today, the Richard C. Nicoletti Memorial Scholarship Fund supports the studies of an undergraduate with disabilities. "I feel as if the scholarship is an extension of my brother," says Ben Nicolette. "It goes along with his goals in life, because he was always involved in learning."

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