| VOLUME 10, ISSUE 6 | March 2009 |
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Future Fort Wayne Alumni Networking Events
Future Merrillville Alumni Networking Events
Future Indianapolis Alumni Networking Events
USF Women's Soccer Announces Fourth Annual Spring Fling
St. Joseph School of Nursing Reunion
This year's reunion will be held on Friday, April 24 at Don Hall's Guesthouse, 1313 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana. There will be a cocktail hour beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a cash bar, followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m.
The Class of 1959 will be honored at the reunion which is being hosted by the Class of 1960. If you have additional questions, please call 260-399-7700 ext. 6402.
Spring Football Game and Football Banquet
Special Thanks From Cougar Athletics
USF would like to thank Physicians Health Plan for being a presenting sponsor of Cougars Athletics. Please visit their website at www.phpni.com for information on excellent individual health care coverage.
Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Saturday, May 2, 2009
University of Saint Francis Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service honored the University of Saint Francis with placement on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary efforts in service to the local community.
"Our mission statement includes a call to service. I am honored these lessons have gone beyond the classroom. I know our students are busy, and yet they have taken our message and made it part of their lives," commented university President, Sister M. Elise Kriss.
The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the awards were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, student participation and the number of academic courses offered in service learning. This year, university students organized a day of volunteering in conjunction with nine area businesses. They also raised over 21,000 pounds of food and $5,000 for the Community Harvest Food Bank.
Physical Therapist Assistant Student's Host Health Fair
University of Saint Francis to Perform Dead Man Walking
Easter Baskets
School of Creative Arts' Students Showcased
The School of Creative Arts will host the opening of the 33rd Annual Student Art Exhibit and SOCA Student Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 4 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Weatherhead and Lupke Galleries at the University of Saint Francis.
This exhibition will display artwork and feature musical performances by students studying in the School of Creative Arts. More than 800 pieces will be exhibited throughout the Rolland Center and University galleries. Performances by the University Jazz Ensemble will take place in the North Campus auditorium (2702 Spring Street).
During the opening, a ceremony will honor the very best student artists represented in the exhibition as well as award scholarships to specific students for high achievement in the arts. The award presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the North Campus auditorium.
The exhibition will run through May 5. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, please call 260-399-7700 ext. 8001.
The Jesters Present ROUNDABOUT
The Jesters, a troupe of child and young adult actors and artists with special needs, will perform ROUNDABOUT, an original, family-oriented production that uses theatre, singing, live instrument accompaniment, and dance to tell the age-old story of people in conflict who are challenged to learn to live together in peace. During the show, character groups Squares and Triangles stomp around the world seeking a treasure that is being carefully guarded by the Circles. Watching their rampage, the animals eventually intervene, creating an opportunity for peaceful resolution.
Performances will be presented April 18, 3:00 p.m. and April 19, 6:00 p.m. at the auditorium of USF's North Campus building located at 2702 Spring Street. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. Group rates of 20 tickets or more will also be made available at $5 per ticket. For more information, please call 260-399-7700 ext. 8001.
Sponsored by the University of Saint Francis, the Jesters is a performance group founded in 1978. For 30 years, participants have been children and young adults with special needs and physical disabilities ranging from autism to Down’s Syndrome to mild/mental disability. After years of operating out of classrooms and rented auditorium space, the Jesters has found a permanent home at the University of Saint Francis.
"An Evening with Harry Benson"
The School of Creative Arts will host "An Evening with Harry Benson," who will share his photographic experiences and technical expertise through the Canon Explorers of Light program on Wednesday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Campus Auditorium (2702 Spring St.) as part of the Closer Look Lecture Series. A book signing will immediately follow the lecture.
Benson is known for his work with literally hundreds of the world's famous faces, including the Beatles, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, and Truman Capote. His photos of First Families featuring the Kennedys, the Clintons and others have been on exhibit at galleries across the nation.
A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Benson came to America with The Beatles in 1964. He began working for LIFE magazine in 1967 and continued with LIFE until it closed in 2002. Now under contract to Vanity Fair, his photographs appear in major magazines throughout America and Europe. Recently, Benson has been awarded with the 2005 Lucy International Award for Lifetime Achievement in Portraits, the 2005 American Photo Magazine Award for Achievement in Photography and the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Scottish Press Photographers Association. Benson was also given a Doctorate of Letters from Glasgow University in 2007.
He will narrate a slide show of some of his enduring images and answer questions from the audience before adjourning.
This lecture is free to the public and made possible by the Canon Explorers of Light Program, Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, contact the School of Creative Arts at 260-399-7700 x 8001 or visit the website at www.sf.edu/art.
Students Compete in the Kalamazoo Animation Festival
Computer Art students Charlene Griffin, Chris Lowe, Chris McMormick, Ben Tiede, and Maggie Ward have been selected to compete in the "Cartoon Challenge" at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International from May 11 through May 14 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The ten competing teams were selected from animation programs spanning the North American continent based on the body of work that they submitted. Each team will have four days to conceive, script, design and produce a 30-second animated feature on a public-service topic. The teams will not know the topic until the competition begins. Last year's topic was global warming.
The ten animation features will be shown at a public screening at the State Theatre on May 16 at 8:00 p.m. Professional animators will determine the recipient of the "Cartoon Challenge" championship and the "Judge's Choice Award." Award winners will bring home scholarship funds for their school's animation program. Awards will be announced on May 17 at 2:00 p.m. For more information, contact Kevin McNulty at 260-399-7700 ext. 8022 or kmcmulty@sf.edu.
Vann Library Hours
Bass Mansion Memories
Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame
It is that time of year again to submit your nominations for the Alumni Awards (Distinguished Alumni, Young Alumni, Distinguished Alumni Service, and Honorary Alumni) and nominations for an Athletic Hall of Fame award. Deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Go to http://www.sf.edu/alumni/ and click on Alumni Academy Awards to submit your nominations.
Go to http://www.saintfranciscougars.com/inside-athletics/hall-of-fame to submit your nominations for the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Mark Your Calendar
2003 Men's Soccer Alumni Team vs. USF Freshman Team
Show Your School Spirit!
Click here to shop for your favorite merchandise online.
Checkout the USF website www.sf.edu and click on Alumni to view pictures from the year's Alumni events.
Two Alumni Receive the Diocesan "Light of Learning" Award
Susan Sherburne (BS '75, MS '78) and Emily Nichter (BS '02) were among a group of 21 educators from the Fort Wayne area who received the Diocesan "Light of Learning" award on January 29, 2009. This award recognizes the recipients' impact on Catholic education.
USF Grad Receives Community Spirit Award at Indiana Governor's Council Conference
Stephanie Ray (MS '07) was awarded the 2008 Community Spirit Award. This prestigious honor was presented at the 14th annual Conference for People with Disabilities held in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 2 and 3, 2008.
Ray and Lakeland High School students implemented an outstanding Disability Awareness Walk in which more than 250 special needs students participated. The students walked the Lakeland High School track, played games and won prizes. According to Ray, the goal of the event was "to bring awareness of students with disabilities as well as awareness of cancer research."
Ray is a Functional Skills Teacher at Westview Junior/Senior High School in Topeka, Indiana. She taught for four years at Lakeland High School. This year's Fourth Annual Disability Awareness Special Needs Relay for Life Walk will take place on March 20 at Lakeland High School. Article is from USF's university paper called PawPrint.
News and Notes
1970s: Susan Garrity (RN, '78), MSN, FNP has joined St. Elizabeth Regional Health's Palliative Care team in Lafayette, Indiana. Garrity graduated from the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Wayne. She then received her bachelor's of science in nursing and her master's as an advanced practice nurse in family primary care from Indiana Wesleyan University. Garrity received the Outstanding Professional Award from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2005 and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International. She holds certifications as an operating room nurse and as a family nurse practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
1990s:
Brandi Wallace (BS '99) graduated from the Academy of Military Science on February 20, 2009 located at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Training Center and has been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force and Indiana Air National Guard 122 Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
2000s:
Sarah Hudon (BS '03) graduated with a PhD from Purdue University. The title of her thesis was "Characterization and Inhibition of the CaaX Processing Prelamin A Protease ZMPSTE24." Sarah is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
Jeanne DeVinney (AS '04) and husband, Joe, welcomed the birth of their third child Justen Cole on October 9, 2008. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Justen joins big sister, Jordyn and brother Jaxson.
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