We are thankful for and proud of the diverse group of members that make Sportsmen’s such a special community. We hope you’ll join with us in celebrating their accomplishments and recognizing our collective impact on the world today and for generations to come.
Castella Edward
Professor, Clinical Faculty, MCPHS School of Nursing, Boston Campus
I have been a member of Sportsmen’s for almost ten years competing on all CMITA levels (A,B,C). The past two years I’ve had the privilege of playing with an incredible group of ladies on the Dorothy Bruno league resulting in 2018 division champions. When I am not on a tennis court, I am providing patient care at New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH), a profession I have enjoyed for the past 18 years (11 as a nurse, 7 as ancillary staff). My passion for nursing also extends to the classroom at Umass Boston where I serve as a clinical instructor in the nursing program. Tennis is therapeutic! It was my “stress reducing” activity during graduate school and continues to be after a hectic work day. It provides a work-life balance! My colleagues, patients, and students are well aware of my tennis obsession and assume every ache, pain or sick call is a “tennis injury”. Although not always the case, I am in a unique position as an orthopedic nurse to care for tennis injuries.
Castella Edward, New England Baptist Hospital
From her morning greeting to the end of her shift, Castella demonstrates compassion, professionalism, and a superb ability to educate patients. She strives for excellence in her own learning and acts as a staff and student educator. Her patients are well-informed and cared-for with Castella’s special gift of humor and legendary service. She personifies the “Baptist Way” that makes NEB one of the best hospitals in the country.
— Nominated by Judith Mulledy
Community Spotlight: Prof. Castella Edward, Clinical Faculty – Boston Campus
Prof. Castella Edward’s journey began in 2000 when she accepted a nursing assistant position at the New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH). While serving in this capacity full time, Prof. Edward enrolled in the general concentration major at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) and then transferred to the nursing program in 2003. Seeking a challenge, Prof. Edward became a unit secretary and performed dual roles on the unit. In 2007, she graduated from BHCC with an Associate Degree in Nursing and assumed the position of staff nurse on 5 West at NEBH. Two years late, Prof. Edward enrolled in Curry College’s BSN program and graduated in 2011. Prof. Edward states, “Knowledge and skills are futile until put to good use, therefore, I devoted two years assisting in the development and implementation of the hospital’s electronic health record project.” In 2013, Prof. Edward enrolled in the MSN program at Emmanuel College and graduated in 2016.
While completing her final semester at Emmanuel College, Prof. Edward accepted a Clinical Instructor position at the University of Massachusetts Boston, School of Nursing, as she remains committed to the development of the next generation of nurses.
To her NUR 325 group this summer, Prof. Edward echoes, “I have very high nursing standards and professional accountability, and I hold others – peers and students – to the same high standards because many years from now you will be caring for my generation. My entire healthcare career has been spent at NEBH on 5 West. I am loyal to my profession, I am accountable for my behavior, and I own my practice. I am excited to spend the summer with you, MCPHS. I love nursing. It is challenging, engaging, and rewarding. Only you can reap what you sow; nursing school is an investment.”
Original Article: Beats per Minute, THE BLOG OF THE MCPHS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING
Bob Freeman
Artist
My name is Bob Freeman, and I’ve been honored to be a member of Sportsmen’s for…decades! I play mostly under contract time, and sometimes during breakfast club. If you haven’t seen me on the courts, perhaps you’ve bid on or seen some of my artwork at any one of the Sportsmen’s Galas.
Bruce Haimowitz
STEC member Bruce Haimowitz received his PhD in Gerontology from UMass Boston in May 2018. Bruce loves playing tennis at Sportsmen’s and has been a club member for over 7 years. He also captains the Men’s USTA 3.5 and CMITA B teams.
Tom Shapiro
Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy
Hi, I’m Tom Shapiro, a member of Sportsmen’s and player on a number of our USTA and CMITA teams. When not working on my volleys, I teach at Brandeis University where I also direct the Institute on Assets and Social Policy. I’ve missed court time since March when my book Toxic Inequality was launched. The focus is on racial injustice and economic inequality forged by history and preserved by policy. Presenting the book from Appalachia to London, I’ve been very fortunate to bring Toxic Inequality to the public square as part of a movement to bend the arc to justice. Sportsmen’s is family and I try to be an ambassador of our shared, inclusive culture as a better path for our nation.
Tracy Heather Strain
Filmmaker
I’m Tracy Heather Strain, and I started playing tennis as an adult and joined Sportsmen’s in 2014. As some of you know, I haven’t been able to focus on tennis as much as I’ve wanted over the past year or more. That’s because when I’m not at the Club or teaching documentary production at Northeastern University, I’ve been producing with my partner/husband—and a great team of collaborators—the first feature documentary about Lorraine Hansberry, the artist/activist best known for writing the American classic “A Raisin in the Sun.” After 14 years of work, the film I directed, produced and wrote premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 8, 2017. On January 19, 2018 it made its television debut launching the 32nd season of the PBS biography series AMERICAN MASTERS as “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.”
Follow us on social media: @hansberrydoc on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Check out the trailer on our website: www.sightedeyesfeelingheart.com
Pam Waterman
Project Director / Book Award Administrator
I’m Pam Waterman. In 1999, I moved to Boston from my native New York to begin work as a Project Director at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. I began searching for a tennis home soon after I moved here, and finally found my way to Sportsmen’s in 2000. JOY! I’ve been a member of the Sportsmen’s CMITA Women’s B team, and then A1 team, since I first joined the club, was a member of the USTA summer team for several years, and have been a member of contract time doubles on Sundays since 2004.
In addition to my work at Harvard, where my research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in health, I recently took on a new position as the Book Award Administrator for The MAAH (Museum of African American History) Stone Book Award. The Museum of African American History (MAAH) Stone Book Award is an annual prize that encourages scholarship and writing within the field of African American history and culture by awarding a $50,000 winning prize and two $10,000 finalist prizes for exceptional adult non-fiction books written in a literary style.
Although both of my jobs keep me very busy, nothing comes between me and tennis. See you on the courts!
Patty Wen
Editor of the Globe’s Spotlight Team
I’m Patty Wen, a member at Sportsmen’s for more than 15 years – first as a parent of a junior player and now as a member of women’s team.
So the reason I missed so many team practices matches this fall was a major race project that I oversaw as the new editor of the Globe’s Spotlight Team. I was appointed to this job this past summer, and my team of six reporters worked intensely on this seven-part series, which published last month. The idea came about because of so much that happened last year that reminded us of Boston’s longstanding bad reputation around race. So we set out to answer the question: Is this image still deserved ?
The landing page for the series is at www.globe.com/race. It’s the best way to see the series, in my view. But another alternative is through a PDF version. Based on the huge amount of response we got, the Globe has created a free PDF for nonprofits and schools. Email me at patricia.wen@globe.com if you’d like one, and I have also sent one to Toni .
Website: www.globe.com/race
