The 2007 Alumni Association Service Award
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Marguerite Di Tusa Collesano
The mission of D’Youville College encourages involvement in programs that emphasize leadership in and service to the world community. Marguerite DiTusa Collesano’s service to others has enriched the lives of people of varied cultures in her local community as well as citizens in several countries around the world.
Marguerite graduated from D’Youville College in 1964 with a bachelors of arts in history, earned a master’s degree from State University College at Buffalo and began her teaching career in Toledo, Ohio. Since her return to this area, her contributions in the Buffalo public schools have included working on an Italian-American Studies program, serving as a committee member for the African-American Curriculum Project and teaching in her high school, Grover Cleveland. As part of a teacher corps project with the University at Buffalo, she was an instructor and the coordinator for adult education in the Italian-American Experience.
Marguerite has given outstanding service to the following diverse organizations: president of the Dante Alighieri Cultural Club, the board of directors of the International Institute of Buffalo, the Buffalo branch of the American Association of University Women, and president of the D’Youville College Alumni Association. Her voluntarism also includes participation on various committees of the Urban League of Buffalo.
A current member of the D’Youville board of trustees, she is also a trustee of the Ellsworth M. Statler Foundation, which she previously led as chair.
Marguerite’s recognitions and awards highlight her international connections. She has twice volunteered as an English teacher in Krakow, Poland, on summer projects with Pomost International. She has been the recipient of two United States Department of Education Fellowships for the Fulbright- Hayes Seminar Abroad Program: one in Perugia, Italy, and the other in The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.
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