Former legendary faculty member Albina Cannavaciolo has been selected as a recipient of a Gold Ring Award by the Boys & Girls Club Alumni. The presentations will be made on Monday, April 29, at the Foxon Country House.

 

Albina has been involved in many volunteer activities over the years, some of which include co-chairing high school and college class reunions since graduating, serving as class correspondent for both high school and college classes, serving as President of the Albertus Magnus College Alumnae Association, and Chair of the College's Annual Fund. She is currently a member of the Education Advisory Panel of Albertus Magnus College.

 

She was the President of the Associated Teachers of Mathematics in Connecticut (ATOMIC) and chairman of several statewide Mathematics Conferences. She serves as a consultant on the ATOMIC Board of Directors and has been named General Chair of its 2013 Fall Conference.

 

She was the Northeast Representative on the Committee on Affiliated Groups and then chairman of the Committee. She was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) for a three-year term, during which she also helped organize regional math conferences. She has made over 400 presentations throughout the United States and three provinces of Canada on ways to help motivate math students.

 

Albina is a Past President of the Hospital of Saint Raphael Auxiliary, has been a member of its Board of Directors

since 1998, and is currently a member of the committee for the 2013 Yale New Haven Hospital Golf Classic. She also serves as a member of the Ethics Panel for the Sister Anne Virginie Grimes Healthcare Center.

 

The awards presentation takes place April 29 at 6 p.m.  There is a cost to attend.  Call 203.272.8140 to reserve a seat.

Albina was inducted into the inaugural Hamden Hall Perennial Pines Society in 2008 for her more than 30 years of service and commitment to the Hamden Hall community.  For 35 years, Albina taught math in Whitson Hall's Room 30.