Springfield College Alumni Making the World a Better Place

Congratulations to EJ Occhiboi '11 who was married on August 2, 2024 in New Rochelle, N.Y., surrounded by Springfield College alumni Kevin Behlmer '11, Tom Brannano '11, Mike Cometa '11, Jesse Craddock '10, , Mari Weinandy Ferry '10, Matthew Ferry '11, Josh Greenman '07, Nick Hogan '11, Jack Koziatek '11, Stephen Lansing '13 G'14, Adam Perri '11 and Collin Plante '11.  EJ's wife, Sam, although not an alum, is an honorary triangle. 

If you have wedding photos you would like us to include in an upcoming issue of Triangle Monthly and the AlumniPride Facebook page or you would like to request a wedding banner, please email alumni@springfieldcollege.edu.  

"I am pleased and excited to share with Springfield College alumni, current and future students that I’ve just released my new book entitled Essential Ingredients For Lasting Relationships Through C.P.R. (Covenant Producing Relationships) writes Larry Garfield Ginn '06. While attending Springfield College I gained a great deal of understanding of behaviors in social environments. This experience pushed me into clinical psychology, where I received a clinical psychology degree from Azusa Pacific University, in California. That educational experience along with Pastoral counseling motivated me to develop a modality which is C.P.R., my book.

C.P.R. is truly all about a covenant type relationship with family, friends, colleagues or community. My educational journey at Springfield was what I looked for to better serve not just the faith-based community but all communities. C.P.R. is a combination of thirty years of counseling, coaching, mentoring, teaching and pastoring individuals, couples and groups in the areas of marriage, parenting and grief, crisis & trauma.

Since 2005 I have operated ACI (Alpha Covenant Inc.), a bookstore and outreach counseling/coaching center in Long Beach, California. In 2020 we relocated ACI to Arizona where our focus is coaching and outreach. The move allowed me to focus on the completion of C.P.R. With much encouragement from colleagues, clients and friends I finished C.P.R. Thanksgiving Day 2024 and released it on Amazon February 5, 2025.

Since my book release I’ve received a number of invitations to share how C.P.R. can be utilized. On April 21, 2025, I was invited to share C.P.R. at Cal State University Long Beach to first year social work grad students (SW 592: Community Practice). C.P.R. was well received from students. I believe our society is truly suffering because of unhealthy relationships and C.P.R. can be an antidote to this issue.

C.P.R. is, “Life Changing Techniques To Grow A Relationship” and “Life Saving Techniques To Save A Relationship."

Stopping by the Alumni House this month for a visit was Vanessa Copp Wallace '85. Vanessa, who resides in Delaware, was in the area visiting family and returned to Alden Street after not being on campus for quite a number of years.   

Vanessa enjoyed looking at the Class of 1985 yearbook and seeing numerous campus updates.   If you are in the area, please do not hesitate to stop by the Alumni House, located at 258 Middlesex Street, to say hello!

During Senior Week, the Office of Alumni Relations welcomed the Class of 2025 to the Alumni Association with a complimentary mug. 

Congratulations to all of our graduates! Please be sure to keep in touch with Alumni Relations. If you did not receive your mug, please feel free to stop by the Alumni House to pick one up or email alumni@springfieldcollege.edu.

Richard Dunn '88 recently caught up with fellow Springfield College alumnus and wrestling teammate, Greg Muscarella '89, in Provo, Utah. The long-time friends were supporting a mutual friend, the head baseball coach of Kansas State Pete Hughes.