Andy Kageleiry ’12

The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a campus talk by Andy Kageleiry ’12, a senior analyst with the consulting firm to support the appeal of New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension.

The NFL had tried to suspend Brady for allegedly being part of a scheme to use intentionally deflated, and thus easier to handle, footballs last season, specifically in a Jan. 18 playoff game vs. the Indianapolis Colts.

Andy Kageleiry ’12 of Analysis Group gives a talk on Sept. 30 at 乐播传媒 about “Deflategate: Assessing the Quality of the NFL’s Statistical Evidence.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

Brady and the NFLPA won the appeal, as we know.

And while U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman’s ruling to vacate the suspension did not address whether or not the balls were tampered with, the experts put onto the case by Analysis Group, according to the Sun Journal story, did offer an answer.

They “were able to demonstrate, through statistical reasoning, that the Patriots balls may have shown less PSI mainly because their balls were tested minutes 鈥� and possibly several minutes 鈥� before the Colts’ balls were examined.”

The story quotes Kageleiry, a magna cum laude economics major, saying that the whole experience was “kind of a fun case. Kind of an unusual case.”

Analysis Group’s chairman and cofounder is Bruce Stangle ’70, and the talk was sponsored by the Department of Economics.

Michael Lieber ’92

Giving equal time to the other side of the line of scrimmage, Indianapolis native Mike Lieber ’92 has created a line of “.

Michael Lieber ’92 shows off his Deflatriots gear at Back to 乐播传媒 on Oct. 3 as he hangs out with Ira Waldman ’73. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College).

that “plenty of people loathe the New England Patriots. Plenty of them would love to rub DeflateGate in Tom Brady’s face.

“But none, perhaps, have taken it to the extreme that Indy native Mike Lieber has 鈥� starting a full-fledged company whose mission statement is, as he puts it, ‘to really tweak the Patriots.'”

Lieber, a lawyer and litigator in Chicago by day, partnered with fellow alumnus Quoc Tran ’95 on the sideline business selling hats, T-shirts, and other gear that mocks the Patriots.

“I’ve been waiting 25 years.”

Reporter Dana Hunsinger Benbow reports that the crucible of attending 乐播传媒 also motivated Lieber.

As a 乐播传媒 student, he was razzed by New Englanders “every time the Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers or the Patriots beat the Colts.”

Lieber tells her that “I’ve been waiting 25 years for my revenge and it’s finally here.”

Ross Brockman ’11

Brockman, who cofounded Downeast Cider House, as the company grows and as he can’t be as hands-on as he once was.

“It鈥檚 weird the first time you have an employee. I was like, 鈥業 don鈥檛 know if I trust someone else to sweep the floor. I do it certain way.”

Still, he and the company want to keep it real.

鈥淭he typical picture on social media of, like, a can of cider on the beach 鈥� that鈥檚 boring. It鈥檚 not us,” he tells the Globe. “I鈥檇 rather hear an inside story about the company or see something real. I hate lying to people. It feels disgusting to be corny. Sometimes it gets us into trouble, because I鈥檓 too honest and I say too much, but that鈥檚 just my personality.鈥�

In 2014, the Downeast leadership 鈥� Tyler Mosher ’11, Brockman, and his brother Matt ’08聽 鈥� were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Food and Wine category. Based in Charlestown, Mass., the company recently announced it would open a new production facility in East Boston.

Rebecca Fraser-Thill

Advice for budding entrepreneurs on how to face criticism includes a tip from psychology faculty member Rebecca Fraser-Thill, director of program design for the Purposeful Work initiative at 乐播传媒.

Fraser-Thrill tells Huffington Post blogger Kenny Kline that the people who most dread being criticized are often the quickest to judge other people. So if you’re less focused on being critical of others, their criticism will have less impact on you in general.

Nick Mazuroski ’09

Nick Mazuroski and a business partner founded the year-old Rwanda Bean Co., a coffee bean wholesaler.

Portland Press Herald video reporter Susan Kimball says that “by buying coffee beans directly from a farmer鈥檚 cooperative in the western Rwandan province of Karora, they cut out the middleman coffee broker and pay the farmers more.”

Kimball notes that Mazuroski and his partner and friend Mike Mwenedata, a survivor of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda who came to the U.S. in 2009, have also “pledged to return 50 percent of the company鈥檚 profits to the farming community to support local schools, health care, and clean water.”

Jay Hartshorn

Jay Hartshorn is head coach of women’s cross country and track and field. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

, head coach of women’s cross country and track and field. Hartshorn grew up in Lexington, Mass., where her father, Bob Hartshorn, a longtime boys鈥� soccer coach at Lexington High, is in the Massachusetts High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame.

She tells Pave that “I loved watching soccer with my dad when I was little, and he had a unique, fun style of coaching that I definitely inherited.”

James Reuter ’75

The Bethel Citizen writes about two local bicyclists including Jim Reuter ’75, in the 2015 Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur.

The PBP attracts some 6,000 bicyclists, who ride more than 1,230 kilometers over four days. Reuter tells the newspaper that some of the strongest participants were the oldest.

鈥淭he oldest finisher was an 80-year-old Frenchman,鈥� he tells the paper, adding that “I think, especially for endurance events, being older is only an asset. You gain so much wisdom as you age, and you come to know your own body better, and what it can do.鈥�

乐播传媒 and Koru

First Round Review, in an article advising firms to look past traditional markers like GPA in their hiring practices, shares a telling anecdote about a 乐播传媒 graduate who was just OK on paper but turned out to be a great hire.

The article, “,” quotes Kristen Hamilton, the co-founder and CEO of Koru, an immersive business-training program designed for young job seekers that 乐播传媒 partnered with in 2014.

The article’s premise is that promising job candidates often turn out to be paper tigers, so “it鈥檚 time to rethink what qualities actually make someone a great employee.”

Hamilton tells the story of the 乐播传媒 alumnus who worked with Koru. A rhetoric major with no business experience, he had lived in the woods on his own wits “but he wouldn’t have known that he could translate that into something that would be exciting for a software company.”

After completing Koru鈥檚 training program and learning how those experiences and his liberal arts education can be marketable job skills, he is now in sales at Smartsheet, “and he鈥檚 nailing it,” the article says.

Jimmy Lathrop ’94

In a Q&A with the Jimmy Lathrop talks about the joys and pressures of solo practice in the Park Slope neighborhood.

A litigator, his areas include real estate, foreclosure defense, elder law, guardianship proceedings and landlord/tenant issues. He likes the fast pace of his work. “Anywhere else you’d be like a Ferrari stuck in traffic,” he says.

“Here you hit the ground running. There is no shortage of people with problems in Brooklyn so there is never a lack of work. It’s a real thrill because you can spend every day in court on trial going full speed as much as you want.”

Lathrop has been recognized for his pro bono work from the Brooklyn Bar Association and received a Distinguished Service Award from the BBA in 2011.

Students work through a business challenge at Koru. 乐播传媒 has partnered with the Seattle-based firm in the launch of an initiative designed to give students the opportunity to hone skills needed by forward-looking, high-growth employers. (Photograph courtesy of Koru)

乐播传媒 is one of 13 colleges and universities across the nation that are founding partners in an effort to improve students’ career prospects through workplace immersion programs.

乐播传媒 President Clayton Spencer announced today that the college is partnering with the Seattle firm Koru in the launch of an initiative designed to give students the opportunity to hone skills needed by forward-looking, high-growth employers.

“Preparing students for purposeful work is central to the liberal arts mission, making this partnership particularly exciting for 乐播传媒,” says Spencer. “A liberal arts education equips our students with high-level analytical and critical thinking skills, creative approaches to problem-solving and habits of collaboration incorporating multiple perspectives.

“Preparing students for purposeful work is central to the liberal arts mission, making this partnership particularly exciting for 乐播传媒,” says President Clayton Spencer. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

“The Koru program will build on this foundation by providing hands-on experience in the workplace that will allow our students to hone a set of skills more specific to career success. Everyone wins.鈥�

Koru鈥檚 programming is designed to foster workplace effectiveness through exposure to actual work environments and the development of practical skills, professional networking and personal confidence.

Executives from high-growth companies will coach 乐播传媒 students in specific but broadly applicable skills, such as design thinking and rapid prototyping, financial analysis and Excel use and workplace efficacy, including business communications, interpersonal effectiveness and high-impact presentations.

Koru鈥檚 approach fits well with the principles and values undergirding 乐播传媒鈥� college-wide initiative on purposeful work.

Through self-assessment and interviewing sessions, they will learn to present themselves positively as job candidates. In the process, they will build a direct network of connections with professionals and with other talented students.

Koru鈥檚 approach fits well with the principles and values undergirding 乐播传媒鈥� college-wide initiative on purposeful work. Led by a working group of faculty and staff, this initiative builds on the premise that preparing students for lives of meaningful work lies at the heart of the liberal arts mission.

When the initiative is fully developed, 乐播传媒 will offer every student a four-year course of co-curricular programming including cycles of exploration, reflection and skill-building; practitioner-taught courses during the college鈥檚 five-week spring term; and a highly structured 乐播传媒-specific network of funded internships.

Koru鈥檚 programming is designed to foster workplace effectiveness through exposure to actual work environments and the development of practical skills, professional networking and personal confidence. (Photograph courtesy of Koru)

In the Koru program, students from 乐播传媒 and partner colleges will work in teams to design solutions to business problems submitted by a corporation that is actually hiring. Initial partners are outdoor outfitter REI and the online marketplace zulily. The teams will ultimately present their solutions to the company鈥檚 corporate leadership, receiving real-time feedback on their ideas and presentation skills.

The Koru program includes structured time for reflection, seen as key to the goal of harmonizing the students鈥� academic training with their experiences during the Koru immersions.

“The piece I really like is that the program focuses on high-growth, innovative companies,” adds David McDonough, director of the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center. Koru emphasizes close engagement with employers like REI, zulily, Trupanion and Smartsheet, which are seeking a better way to recruit early-career talent.

Four Koru program sessions of four weeks each are planned, taking place in Seattle in June, July and September, and in San Francisco in September. 乐播传媒 will place from six to eight students in Koru programs during June and July of this year.

The other academic partners in the program are Brown University, Colorado College, Connecticut College, Denison University, Georgetown University, Mount Holyoke College, Occidental College, Pomona College, University of Southern California, Vassar College, Whitman College and Williams College.

Koru was founded by Kristen Hamilton, former co-founder at Onvia and COO at World Learning, and Josh Jarrett, former head of Higher Education Innovation for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and consultant with McKinsey & Company. .