TOWER THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS MAGAZINE | SPRING 2010

New Beginnings:

Interview with President ThomasKeefe E D I TO R´S NOTE

Fromelcome to the spring Editor2010 edition of Tower, a celebration of new Wbeginnings at the University of Dallas. Most notable, of course, is the interview with President Thomas W. Keefe who speaks passionately and eloquently of his vision for the University, one which includes alumni, parents, and all those who cherish this institution and what it represents. The Haggerty Science Center recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Included as a part of the festivities were stories from science alumni who are forging new paths in their disciplines, avenues which began here at UD. We know that you will enjoy reading their stories and hearing about the events surrounding the celebration. The landscape in and around the University is changing. The new residence hall opened in January, the DART station is scheduled to begin service in late 2011, and Texas Stadium is now a part of history. Stories about each of these events are contained in this issue. New College of Business Dean Geralyn Franklin shares her plans for the COB, and the University welcomes the return of Bainard Cowan and Stefan Novinski. Both continue the legacies of their famous families yet are fashioning their unique contributions as well. The School of Ministry has a new degree path and Catherine Hall, once home to many of our alumni during their student years, will be the SOM’s new campus headquarters. The National Alumni Board is creating new initiatives to reach out to students and an alumnus, Fraser Holmes ’09, returns to the University as baseball coach. We also have a new section of Tower devoted to stories from alumni relating to the current issue’s theme. The featured story for this issue is from an alumnus Gene Wolande ’78. We encourage you to submit contributions for future issues once a theme is announced. Beginning with the next issue, we also will feature letters from you relating to this issue. You may send those to me at [email protected]. It’s an exciting time as the blossoming peach trees announce spring’s arrival and as the campus and University welcome a new beginning.

n Be i touch with us,

Jackie Sears

Director of Alumni and Parent Relations

TOWER TABLE OF CONTENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS MAGAZINE | SPRING 2010

EDITOR Jackie Sears ’67 Director, Alumni and Parent Relations ASSOCIATE EDITOR Rebecca Jackson Director, Marketing and Communications CONTRIBUTORS Kyle Blonde Ashley Casano FEATURE 1 8 Oscar Carranza Ryan Frey Rachel Gilliam ’02 New Beginnings Rebecca Jackson Kelly Phillips Interview with President Thomas Keefe Mary Ritter ’85 Jackie Sears ’67 Phil Trammell UPDATES 4 CREATIVES Jed Rhien, Design Gerry Kano, Photography Sara Rosenberg, Photography PHILANTHROPY AT UD 1 0 ADMINISTRATION Thomas W. Keefe, J.D., President Robert M. Galecke, Executive Vice President FACULTY AND STAFF 1 1 Dr. J. William Berry, Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Charles W. Eaker, Dean, Constantin College of Liberal Arts STUDENTS 2 4 Dr. Geralyn McClure Franklin, Dean, College of Business Dr. David Sweet, Dean, Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts ALUMNI 2 6 Dr. Brian Schmisek, Dean, School of Ministry Dr. John Plotts, Associate Provost and Dean of Enrollment Management ATHLETICS 3 3 John Grant, Dean of Student Life and Director of Residence Life

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New Beginnings: Interview with Thomas W. Keefe Thomas W. Keefe, the eighth President of the University of Dallas, meets on campus with students Gabriela Martinez and Josh Becker.

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New Entry Plaza to Connect Campus with DART Station

Construction for the new University of Dallas DART station is underway and service is expected to begin in December 2011. In anticipation of an increased number of guests arriving on campus via DART, the University of Dallas has begun planning for a new entry plaza located on the northeast corner of campus. The new entry plaza will include some familiar architectural elements. Lyle Novinski, adjunct professor emeritus of art, has assisted the University with a variety of architectural design projects and is again working with the University on the concepts for a campus entrance and walkway. Concepts for the entry plaza include zipper-brick columns, lantern-style lighting, and landscaping around Madonna Pond. A pathway from the plaza into the main campus will begin at the plaza, circle around the Haggerty Art Village, and end at the Tower magazine will be following the Art History Building. The pathway design progressn o the DART station and new entry begins as a ground-level sidewalk that plaza.e B sure to check the next issue for becomes elevated as it circles the meadows further updates. } and trees located around the art village. Two pavilions with seating are also planned along the length of the pathway and will provide spaces for socializing, study, and quiet reflection.

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Haggerty Science Center Celebrates 25 Years of Success

In 1985, the University of Dallas completed construction of the Haggerty Science Center and continued to educate world class science and math students with a liberal arts education that includes a solid math and science curriculum. The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the science center was held during the week of March 15, and included an address by Anousheh Ansari, co-founder and CEO of Prodea Systems, a commercial space traveler, and author of My f Dream o Stars. In her address, Ansari highlighted the virtues of space exploration and her own dreams of being a space traveler. On March 17, a panel discussion with distinguished science alumni was held New Residence Hall Opens featuring Dr. Garrett Fox ’02 (mathematics), with Community Celebration research statistician for Frito-Lay North America; Robert Haaser ’95 (physics), Did your parents ever move while you ribbon was cut by Pat Daly, associate vice research assistant, William B. Hanson were away on a trip or at school? Do president for administration, and Student Center for Space Science at the University of you recall your reaction and the mix of Government President Justin Dugyon, Texas-Dallas; Dr. John Leslie ’75 (biology), excitement and sense of displacement? formally opening the hall. professor and department head, department Students who had previously been living The student reaction has been very of plant pathology, Kansas State University; in Catherine and O’Connell Halls along positive. Located near the athletic fields Dr. Jonathan McGrath ’01 (chemistry), with fall Romers returned from Christmas and the Maher Athletic Center, the hall Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. break to be moved into the new residence is close to classrooms, the church, the Customs and Border Protection, and hall. Filled with amenities such as key library, and Haggar University Center. Dr. Laura Tenner ’03 (biology), Internal card access, suite style rooms with private It will help UD continue to attract and Medicine, Wishard Memorial Hospital, baths, wireless Internet access, and a retain students for years to come. The Indiana University School of Medicine. media room, the changes could not have 298-bed hall is the first new residential The original dedication of the science center been more dramatic. housing built on campus in nearly 40 in 1985 was followed by a colloquium of What began on a fall day in August years and is just one of the many visible world-renowned scientists made possible by 2008 with the demolition of the tennis changes taking place on campus. The new the McDermott Lectureship Endowment. courts on the west side of campus was University of Dallas DART train station is Featured during the week-long celebration completed with the formal dedication under construction, the highways around were science alumni stories compiled by of the new residence hall on January 19, campus are being completely rebuilt, and Dr. Marcy Brown Marsden ’91, biology 2010. Interim President Bob Galecke there is a palpable sense of excitement and department chair. Included in those were presided over the dedication ceremony buzz on campus. the following: which was attended by students, faculty, Many alumni, trustees, faculty, staff, From the time she was members of the National Alumni Board, and friends made gifts to the new hall. young, Mariel Garcia trustees, individuals who have made gifts Those include naming a room in honor ’03 was a scientist at to the new hall (see the story about the of friends and family, honoring deceased heart. She collected Class of 1988 elsewhere in this issue) classmates with named study lounges, and caterpillars, went bird and members of the Irving community. purchasing memorial bricks. Even though watching with journal Granite paperweights commemorating the the hall has opened, there remain many and binoculars in hand, occasion were given to all as a memento of opportunities to put your legacy on it. and always asked many the occasion. questions. She took The hall was blessed by Father Rudy Garcia Please contact Phil Trammell in the Office her inquisitive outlook ’91, University Chaplain, and Fr. Joseph of Advancement at [email protected] on life to the University of Dallas. Mariel Van House ’03, O. Cist, both alumni of UD. if you would like to make a gift. } took a wide variety of science courses but Following the blessing, a red and blue

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UPDATES really took a specific interest in Dr. Brown Dr. Peter Sinton ’99 on the role of integrins in breast and skin Marsden’s population biology classes. Mariel began his work in cancer cell invasion as well as the transport graduated with a bachelors degree in biology pediatrics volunteering of vitamin C in cancer cells. “My teachers and a concentration in environmental at the low birth-weight at UD were instrumental in nurturing my science from the University of Dallas in clinic at the Children’s love of science and the liberal arts program 2003. Mariel went on to work at SeaWorld Hospital in Dallas, gave me the opportunity to read and learn Orlando, where she was an instructor for Texas, while attending about literature, philosophy, ethics, and the Education Department for two years. the University of Dallas. more. These are subjects that I still enjoy This fun job included teaching marine He was mentored by Dr. studying and which I would probably never science classes to visiting school groups Frank Doe and Dr. Bill Hendrickson while have experienced if I had not attended the and leading SeaWorld Adventure Camp majoring in biochemistry and biology. He University of Dallas. On a personal level, which educates thousands of children received his M.D. from the University of my four years at UD were some of the best each summer. Currently Mariel teaches Oklahoma, College of Medicine in 2003, times of my life and my Rome experience sixth grade life science for the Orange and did his pediatric internship and is something that profoundly affected the County Public School District in Orlando, residency at the University of Tennessee in way I look at life. I made lifelong friends. Fla. She is also an afterschool science Memphis. While at St. Jude he worked with We all regularly attend the reunions tutor for the Boys & Girls Club program Dr. Scott Howard on a study evaluating the organized by the University where we have and a member of the National Science effects of hypoglycemia on the treatment of a lot of fun catching up and reminiscing; Teachers Association. pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic in fact we are meeting up in New York in a leukemia. Dr. Sinton finished his pediatric couple of weeks.” Peov Linda Hem ’03 residency in late 2006, and now is in created her practice private practice as a board-certified, general Dr. Carlos Tirado ’91 after her experience pediatrician in his home town of Ponca is chief medical officer as Lead Attorney City, Okla. His wife, Jamie Roland Sinton of Enterhealth Life with a local law ’03 (COB/GSM) has her MBA in hospital Recovery Center, firm representing administration. a private addiction various clients in and disease management around the North Dr. Rudy Medina ’88 company, and clinical Texas Region. Today, is a cellular/molecular assistant professor Hem’s law practice biologist working in of psychiatry at the encompasses business cancer research. His University of Texas litigation, immigration, probate, and early work was focused Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. family law. Hem attended the University on the molecular Tirado is board certified in psychiatry with of Dallas as a Partners in Excellence m e c h a n i s m s o f specialty training in addiction psychiatry at Scholar and earned a Bachelor of Science atherosclerosis and the Center for Studies on Addiction at the in biology from UD in 2003.While at myocardial ischemia. University of Pennsylvania and is a fellow of UD, Hem served as the president of the After graduation from UD, he received the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Pre-Health Society and aided incoming his Master of Science degree in clinical He did his medical training at University of biology students as a General Biology I pharmacology from the University Texas Health Science Center at Houston and II laboratory assistant. Further studies of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1992, and and has a Masters in Public Health degree led Hem to complete her education at the received his Ph.D. from the University of from the University of Texas Houston University of Tulsa, College of Law. Hem London in 1996. His dissertation work on School of Public Health. His psychiatry was president of the Women’s Law Caucus experimental investigation of pressor agents residency was done at the University of and received the National Association of in atherogenesis examined the link between Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He Women Lawyers Award in 2008. Outside blood pressure and the accumulation of LDL has conducted health disparities research of work, Hem enthusiastically participates in the arterial wall which is a key feature of on Hepatitis C treatment in US veterans with volunteer programs through the atherosclerosis. Dr. Medina splits his time and adolescent addiction supported by the Dallas Bar Association. By way of off-site between London, where he carries out National Institute on Drug Abuse and the clinics such as the Garland Clinic and cancer research, and Chile where he spends National Center on Minority Health and Vickery Meadow Clinic, Hem is able to time with his family and lectures at several Health Disparities and the Robert Wood regularly work with individuals in need of universities on pharmacology and cellular Johnson Foundation. His clinical work has legal assistance. Additionally, Hem serves and molecular mechanisms of cancer. His focused on medication assisted treatment on the Pro Bono Committee and the current research involves glucose transport of chronic addiction; treatment of chronic Mock Trial Committee with the Dallas in breast, lung, and endometrial cancer. pain and co-morbid addiction; treatment Bar Association. In addition, he is also conducting work of co-occurring psychiatric disorders

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(dual diagnosis); adolescent addiction; students through the student-run site about at the heart of the event. The parking lots trauma and addiction, and development life at UD – www.udunderground.com. UD and streets around UD resembled a typical and implementation of evidence-based Underground has been revamped to better Sunday morning before a Cowboy’s game. addiction programs. He has published allow current students to share their love The surrounding freeways were briefly work in the areas of chronic pain; marijuana of UD through blogs, student profiles, and shut down, perhaps providing the best dependence; opiate dependence; alcohol photo galleries. views for those stuck in traffic by choice or dependence, and cocaine dependence. The admission team thanks all alumni happenstance. Many UD alumni, faculty The anniversary celebration included who have played a part in recruiting the next and staff, friends, and fans, turned out in a dinner for all science and math faculty, class of UD leaders. One of the simplest the early morning hours to witness the the Haggerty family, and UD trustees, ways to assist in the recruiting process and event, sharing stories, commiserating the and concluded with open houses in the to recommend a student to UD is to fill out loss of a landmark and toasting the passing Observatory and student labs, research a fee waiver on their behalf. You can contact of an era. presentations, and an Awesome Tesla the Office of Undergraduate Admission at But back to Casey Rogers and why he Coil Concert by the ArcAttack band. } [email protected] to request a CORE may become a UD student some day. The fee waiver for anyone you know interested Kraft Macaroni and Cheese essay contest UD Welcomes Class of 2013 in applying to UD. was for kids who have made™ a difference This fall, we will once again welcome a in their communities. Casey’s winning On August 27, 2009, the University of Dallas selective group of scholars to our campus, essay was about Casey’s Heart, a charity and the Office of Undergraduate Admission the Class of 2014. As these students prepare he founded nearly three years ago to help enthusiastically welcomed members of the to become contributing and active alumni the homeless in downtown Dallas. Casey, a Class of 2013 to campus. Students from themselves, the Office of Undergraduate foster child, shows up in the same parking 42 states and 234 cities joined the UD Admission will once again be well on their lots in downtown Dallas to distribute community, bringing total undergraduate way to recruiting an academically excellent food, clothing, and friendly conversation enrollment to 1,302 students. Once again, Class of 2015 that will uphold the ideals to the homeless. His scout troop, church, the University found itself among eager and and values of our university. } neighbors, and friends have helped him talented students ready to be challenged by to collect, organize, and distribute the the Core Curriculum while also reaping the donations to the homeless. Casey goes to rewards of a UD education and contributing Texas Stadium’s Implosion those parking lots once or twice a month, to our campus and student body. Features a Real Star depending on how many donations he has Members of the Class of 2013 worked collected to distribute. He’s even played in hard and devoted themselves to education Some day, Casey Rogers may become a UD Texas Stadium as a 6-year-old member of throughout high school as demonstrated student, but for now, he’s just a sixth grader the Rowlett Eagles flag football team. by their median SAT score of 1230 (on a from Terrell, Texas, who won an essay contest The next time you visit the campus, the 1600 scale) or the equivalent of a 28 on to push the button that brought down Texas views to the east will be much different than the ACT. Furthermore, their average GPA Stadium at sunrise on April 11. Looming over before and that looming white iconic dome of 3.6 on a 4.0 scale places a significant the east end of the UD campus for nearly 40 that has been a part of our landscape is now number of freshmen in the top of their years, the landmark slowly disappeared in gone. But the story of the 11-year-old who graduating classes. Out of this impressive a series of timed explosions and a cloud of pushed the button to bring it down will group, 47 percent are male and 83 percent dust. Looking east from campus now reveals endure through his works of compassion are Catholic. a view of downtown Dallas once obscured and caring. Maybe one day, Casey will In order to help the admission team by the stadium. stand on campus as a student and if he is, continue to recruit top-caliber students, The implosion turned out the usual there’s a good chance he’ll be organizing several new initiatives have been developed. Cowboy’s crowd to the area and UD was Charity Week. } The University has recently received a website makeover. The admission team took advantage of this opportunity and created a dynamic site for prospective students and their parents. One of the most popular additions is the scholarship calculator (www.udallas.edu/futurestudents/admiss/ scholarcalc). Students are now able to receive an estimate of their scholarship award by visiting the Office of Admission Web page and simply entering their standardized test scores and high school GPA. Current students are also reaching out to prospective

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College of Business Team Wins Partnership with the Dallas Stars Leads to Ministry Conference 2009: Inaugural DFW ACG Cup New Opportunities for the College of Business Largest Event in UD History

Five students from the College of Business If you have been to a Dallas Stars game The University of Dallas School of Ministry were named the winners of the inaugural or seen one on TV this season, you might and the Catholic Dioceses of Dallas and DFW ACG Cup at the ACG Dallas/Fort have seen a familiar name appear on one of Fort Worth celebrate the resounding success Worth Economic Forum 2010 on Feb. 18. the digital advertising boards in the arena. of the 2009 University of Dallas Ministry The ACG Cup is the premier competition “University of Dallas” appears 15 times per Conference (UDMC) Walking Together in for business school students. The team from game in bright white and blue. This is just Faith/ Caminando Juntos en la Fe. the University of Dallas included MBA part of an extensive strategic partnership The third annual conference gathered students James Rich, Geoff Stenger, Bill that the College of Business has with the more than 4,600 participants to explore Sadek, Kelly Stoeppel, and Mark Aldrige. Dallas Stars that includes parties, speaker modern issues in Catholic ministry and “We are so proud that the team from events, radio advertising, Web advertising leadership. It was the largest attendance University of Dallas took first place in the and opportunities for staff, students, and of any event in UD history. Nearly 2,000 inaugural competition,” said Dr. Geralyn alumni to represent the College at events Catholic teachers participated in events McClure Franklin, dean of the College of throughout the season featuring 60 exhibitors and 56 speakers, and Business. “This is a stellar achievement for The season-long schedule of advertising included a concert by John Michael Talbot, both our students and the University.” and events culminated with a guest lecture Catholic music’s number one recording The ACG Cup is a case study competition to 110 students, alumni, and friends of the artist. The Most Reverend Donald W. designed to give students from leading College by Hockey Hall of Fame player Brett Wuerl, S.T.D., archbishop of Washington, MBA programs across the country real Hull, who is now an executive vice president D.C., and renowned Catholic educator, world experience and invaluable insights with the Stars. Hull and their executive vice gave the keynote address. into mergers and acquisitions (M&A), president of sales and marketing, Geoff For the first time, the conference was a tri- investment banking, financial advisory, and Moore, answered questions on everything lingual event with sessions and workshops private equity. Each case study provides from the changing role of player agents in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. students with a unique opportunity to the challenges of building a brand in a The joint effort of the Diocese of Dallas, to present valuation, capital markets, new market. the Diocese of Fort Worth, and the and M&A strategic advice to a panel of Chris Parker, a junior in the College of University of Dallas demonstrated once seasoned M&A professionals from within Business said, “I think it’s great that we more that by “Walking Together in Faith” the ACG community. The competition is had an opportunity to ask questions about great things can be accomplished. The carried out through a series of intra-school the real world application of what we’re UDMC Planning Committee headed by Sr. and regional competitions, with regional presented in class from titans like Brett Teresa Khirallah (Diocese of Dallas), Lucas winners awarded the prestigious ACG Cup Hull and Geoff Moore. This was a once-in- Police (Diocese of Fort Worth), and Dr. title and cash awards 2010 marks the first a-lifetime opportunity!” } Brian Schmisek (University of Dallas School year that the ACG Cup has been held in the of Ministry) worked hard, with respective DFW area. } teams, during 10 months to achieve this magnificent event.

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Catholic parishes in the U.S. is urgent,” said Dr. Brian Schmisek, dean of the School of Ministry. “I commend the University of Dallas School of Ministry for responding to the needs of the time,” said Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, chancellor of the University of Dallas. “The Church is in great need of leaders who have not only strong theological and pastoral skills but also the business acumen necessary for the efficient operation of our churches and schools today. This new concentration in church management will only help in building up the Church in the United States.” By combining the core courses of a masters in pastoral ministry with appropriate business courses, this new concentration provides study in practical theology, leadership, and financial management. It is a must for present or future parish business Plans for the 2010 Ministry Conference are New Concentration Part of Masters administrators and diocesan business already in full force with an enthusiastic in Pastoral Ministry Program managers who want more grounding in expectation to once again not only meet theology as well as for priests, deacons, and the 2009 attendance of more than 4,500 The University of Dallas School of Ministry pastoral associates who wish to strengthen but to grow to an expected 6,000. This will begin offering a new church management their administrative and leadership skills. year’s conference will be held Oct. 22-23, concentration in its masters in pastoral Certificate options are also available. 2010, at the Dallas Convention Center. The ministry program. With UD’s College of “We encourage the steps taken by the Most Reverend Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Business, the School will begin this new University of Dallas School of Ministry archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, concentration in the fall of 2010. The master in meeting this critical need,” said Kerry will deliver the keynote address. Other of pastoral ministry with a concentration in Robinson, executive director of the highlights of the conference will include church management will require 36 credit National Leadership Roundtable on a concert by the contemporary Christian hours of course work, and a successful Church Management. “The church needs music artist and songwriter Matt Maher and Capstone. The combination will include 18 highly competent, well-educated managers a session featuring Senior Vatican Analyst credit hours from the School of Ministry, 12 to succeed in its mission. This new degree for CNN John Allen. credit hours from the College of Business, program helps to answer that need.” Breakout sessions in English, Spanish, and six electives in approved business or and Vietnamese will once again be offered. ministry courses. Applications for the church management “With the arrival of ‘mega churches’ and concentration are currently being accepted. For more information about the conference the prospect of fewer and aging clergy, the For more information about the program or the School of Ministry, please visit need for skilled leaders who understand visit: www.udallas.edu/cm or call www.udallas.edu/ministry. } both the mission and the management of 972- 721 - 4118 or 1-888 - 447-7777. }

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SOM Offers New Course on History of Christianity Class of 1988 Rises to the Occasion

A new course, Patristic Popes and Protestants, in When the University of Dallas decided to build its first the School of Ministry will survey the historical, new residence hall in nearly 40 years, the opportunity theological, and spiritual development within to become involved and donate to various parts of the Christianity from the late Patristic period building presented itself. From individual bricks and through the Middle Ages and into and including trees to study lounges and larger common areas, there the Reformation. The focus will be on the were many ways to leave a legacy at the new residence people who shaped this era, their ideas and hall. Among those taking advantage of that opportunity, accomplishments, and how all this impacted no single person or class embraced the idea and took the theological and spiritual life of the Church. up the challenge to do something special like the The class will include presentations on background class of 1988. and context, large group discussion, and reference The journey began when Anne Barry Hoelscher ’88 class to both historical commentary and some agent, approached the Office of Advancement about the primary sources. possibility of honoring two of their deceased classmates, This class will be of particular interest to graduates Eric Hamm and Robin Cala, with something at the new of the Catholic Biblical School and to those who have residence hall. Joined by classmates Charlie Baumann, taken either the After the New Testament or Church Bob Rooney, and Paul Rydberg, they set a goal of raising Fathers and Councils courses. However, anyone $20,000 to name two study lounges in honor of Eric and may register for the class. No special background or Robin. They each gave $2,000 to kick-start the campaign prerequisites are needed. and challenged their classmates and friends to join them. The gifts and pledges began arriving; and ContactOM S for information about schedules, kept arriving. location, and tuition costs for this new course at The class surpassed their goal and raised more than 972-721-4118 or 1-888-447-7777 . } $30,000. They were able to honor Eric and Robin by placing their names on two study lounges on the second floor of the residence hall and used the additional funds to name two of the three-bedroom suites at the new hall in honor of the class of 1988. Speaking about the project, Anne says, “Many of our class lived on campus all four years at UD which gave us a strong base that caused both on- and off-campus students to spend a lot of time together at UD. I believe this is the key factor to our class remaining so cohesive 20+ years after graduation. The new residence hall opens this opportunity to current and future classes.” This summer, plaques honoring Eric and Robin, as well as other donors, will be placed in the new residence hall which leaves time for other classes to meet the challenge of the class of 1988. }

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Bainard Cowan and Stefan Novinski A New Vision for the College of Business Return to UD

completely restructure several departments. Stefan Novinski and Bainard Cowan are truly The end result is that our students have a childrenf o the University of Dallas. Each of singular point of contact to guide them as their parents, Lyle and Sybil Novinski, and a prospective student until the time they Drs. Donald and Louise Cowan, has made graduate. I think we’re already seeing some significant contributions to this institution’s very positive results in student experience founding and development. Stefan talks about from that change.” his early exposure to drama by participating as Dr. Franklin also looked at corporate relationships. “We recently created the UD a n child i UD’s early musicals. Bainard now Business Link program. This allows us to holds the Cowan Chair in Literature and take our specially designed brochure out althoughe h has developed an extraordinary to area companies and come to the table careerf o his own as a professor of literature, with a specific plan of partnership that doesn’t o fail t mention that he feels the honor we can offer them.” Dr. Franklin also is and responsibility of holding this position. looking to incorporate branding into those The University is delighted that both have relationships, “This season we established a returnedo t continue the tradition begun by strong partnership with the Dallas Stars that their parents but also enthusiastically embraces put our name out there with theirs. We will their own unique styles and gifts. be doing the same with the Texas Rangers this season. This is going to give the College of Business unprecedented brand visibility since these partnerships place us online, on When Dr. Geralyn McClure Franklin took the radio, and in the stadiums.” over the reins at the College of Business Dr. Franklin is also exploring growth in spring 2009, she anticipated challenges opportunities for the College. “Our central and opportunities. She knew that gaining focus is still on the working professional AACSB accreditation was a central focus as student, but our team has presented many well as enrollment and branding. Now, after ideas for opportunities to expand the almost a year of consulting with internal College of Business in some complementary and external stakeholders and careful markets. We’re now in the process of vetting examination of all facets of the College, a the ideas against our strategic plan before new vision is emerging. we move forward.” “I recognized that in order to accomplish The future seems bright for the College of the goals that were set for me by the board Business, but Dr. Franklin doesn’t lose sight and administration, we needed to change the of the successes of the present. “We have a culture of the College of Business internally lot to be proud of! We have had the largest and externally,” Dr. Franklin said in a recent MBA program in the Southwest for more interview. “In the past, we’ve been great at than 10 years now. Our team recently won making connections, but I realized that to the ACG cup, beating tough competitors achieve our goals we need to begin to look like SMU, UTD, and TCU, we have a deeper and change those connections into thriving Business Plan Competition, and Stefan Novinski graduated from the University true relationships.” our undergraduates are earning placements of Dallas in 1992 with a double major in The first relationship Dr. Franklin chose to at some of the world’s most prestigious drama and English. Through his parents, Lyle focus on was the relationship with graduate firms like Deloitte, Accenture, and Ernst and Sybil Novinski, he grew up with UD. students. “I examined our recruiting and Young to name a few! I am confident As mentioned above, Novinski participated and enrollment processes,” Dr. Franklin that as we push forward through the as a child in director of music Marilyn explained. “The system we were using wasn’t AACSB accreditation process and create Walker’s production of Amahl and the Night student-centric. I worked with our staff to a mature, visible brand that the list of Visitors in Upstairs Haggar. As a drama accomplishments will grow.” } major at UD, former department chair

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Patrick Kelly told him that he was a good from an organic acting point of view rather At the same time, Novinski believes that actor but a better director. than by placing a concept onto the play. All UD needs to connect to the community, After graduation, Novinski pursued drama majors direct a production which and “the best way to connect is to practice.” directing internships at the Goodman is why they have to shift into seeing the “Students need to know how to navigate in Theatre in Chicago and at the Dallas broader scope. Directing requires a vision the real world,” he says. The cast and crew Theater Center. Prior to beginning graduate of the entire production. for Playboyf o the Western World went to the school at the University of California San “I always knew I would be a professor,” North Texas Irish Festival to do outreach Diego (UCSD), he took some classes in the he says. He taught acting and directing for their play. They wore Playboyf o the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, at UCSD as well as an acting lab in Los Western World t-shirts and took 300 flyers especially wanting to study Faulkner with Angeles where he taught the classics to to promote their production. Dr. Louise Cowan. The UCSD program actors “who had lost their way in film and/ When asked about changes at UD since is highly competitive and Novinski was or television.” he graduated in 1992, Novinski answered, the only student admitted that year to its This spring’s Main Stage production at “The way the campus looks.” He says directing track. UD was John Millington Synge’s Playboyf o that he has been gone long enough that Upon graduation with an MFA in the Western World which Novinski considers his memories of UD are “old friends” directing, he moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to be one of the greatest comedies ever and not “suffocating nostalgia.” He has and began directing small shows based on written. “It certainly is the greatest Irish stories and can access old memories that literary works with a highly imaginative play ever written and I have been fascinated are only useful here. “The students are as emphasis. Among those highly successful by it for years,” he says. “Great plays ask intellectually curious as ever and there still works was an adaptation of William great questions.” is a seriousness of purpose. I find being back Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Ovid’s In his approach with UD students, incredibly stimulating.” Metamorphoses. His .O.B.J the Hip-Hopera Novinski wants them to be able to take received nominations for best direction part in the “conversation in the American and best musical by the L.A.Weekly and theater” when they graduate. He considers L.A. Drama Critics Circle. He also worked the rigor and discipline in UD’s program on some musicals in Los Angeles and as to be great preparation. He also thinks that his career continued to grow, he became the level of “ritual and intimacy” made known as the non-traditional director of possible in the very small Margaret Jonsson musicals which now include a Broadway Theater can be “explosive.” “It is a place scale production of Toy Story the Musical where the classics are done in the most which he has been developing for Disney intimate setting.” and which will open in Anaheim, Cali. When asked about new directions in the in 2011. drama department contemplated by him At UD Novinski is teaching the theater and Chair Kyle Lemieux ’98, Novinski literature sequence and directing as well answered that they will continue to focus as overseeing the senior studios. He also on the classics although he will direct a play directs one Main Stage production per written in the last 20 years if they are able to year. In so doing, he helps students to move add a third Main Stage. He believes that his from being an actor which he describes as a knowledge of the classics has contributed to solitary experience to being a drama major his success because he is not so susceptible which he considers to be more collaborative. to “whims.” “Students should know both Novinski is considered to be an actors’ contemporary theater techniques as well as director because he approaches the play the classics.”

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’70, helped to develop its Western classics Enlargement of Reason (St. Augustine’s core curriculum based in large part on Press). The lectures and introduction reflect the UD model. One of the things that he on our Western tradition, emphasizing in notes as being so special about UD is its it the amicability of reason and faith. The true commitment to what is now called collection, then, is intended to bring readers the Core which was created by his parents, back to the content of the Pope’s speech and Drs. Donald and Louise Cowan. Not only the intent of his message--that violence is does this approach form the intellect and not an expression of God’s love. imagination of students, he says, but it also Cowan has been a prolific writer, editor, creates a remarkable sense of community and conference and program organizer within the faculty. He adds, “For a while it throughout his career. He directed three worked almost as well at a public university summer institutes, on epic, tragedy, as it did at UD, but such a curriculum comedy, and lyric, with grants totaling requires not only the commitment of faculty more than $300,000 from the NEH and but of administration as well.” the Louisiana Board of Regents. Recently he Cowan now holds the Cowan Chair in was co-founder of the Louisiana Shakespeare Literature at UD and currently is teaching Project which raised funds and grants for Literary Tradition III and a graduate course research and public events at LSU to further in Melville. His book, Moby Dick, Exiled the study of Shakespeare and the English Waters: “Moby Dick” and the Crisis of Allegory Renaissance in public education. He won was published in 1982 by LSU Press. He a $55,000 grant and raised numerous later co-founded a series at LSU Press on private donations, began a partnership Bainard Cowan graduated from the University American literature and literary theory and with the Globe Theater of London, slated of Dallas in 1970, with a major in English was also the co-founder of the Henry James actors from the London Stage to visit the literature. He credits the foreign language Review. Cowan is impressed with the high Louisiana campus and held a Shakespeare faculty with helping to “launch” him with level of literary study at UD, on both the summer institute for high school teachers. a Fulbright Fellowship to study philosophy undergraduate and graduate levels. He currently is at work on a book on Virgil’s and German literature at Ludwig Maximilian He hopes to contribute to UD’s excellence Aeneid and is editing a collection of essays University in Munich, Germany. Cowan by offering courses in comparative literature, on lyric poetry, The Prospect of Lyric. For next was teaching assistant to Cleanth in cooperation with the English and foreign the past 20 years he has been part of the Brooks as he studied for the doctorate in language departments. Further, he is eager summer faculty for the teachers’ academy comparative literature at Yale ( preparation to take part in the doctoral program in the at the Dallas Institute of Humanities for which he remembers gratefully Institute of Philosophic Studies, which he and Culture. Fathers Odo, Rudolph, and Placid of says deserves to be more highly-recognized Cowan finds being back at UD the Cistercians). for its extraordinary quality. “exhilarating” and added that it has the Upon receipt of his Ph.D., he began Based upon his knowledge of comparative added advantage of feeling “like home.” teaching at Louisiana State University literature, Cowan notes that he finds the epic Augustine, where he now offices, was at (LSU) where he became professor of English in all cultures to have a common theme and one time his residence hall. Cowan enjoys and comparative literature. During his time concept. He also sees a connection across the stimulating environment proffered by at LSU, Cowan was the first professor to cultures between literature and religious the combination of a dedicated faculty and teach in LSU’s exchange program with traditions. In 2007, Cowan organized an a student body hungry for learning. “At the Université de Provence. Back in Baton interdisciplinary colloquium at Assumption UD,” he says, “the intellect is honored - a Rouge, he co-founded the graduate program College titled “The Regensburg Moment: rare phenomenon in our time.” } in comparative literature which now has Benedict XVI and the Rediscovery of expanded to include an undergraduate Reason.” The lectures from this conference are major. He also taught in the Honors College being published with Cowan’s introduction and with his wife, Christine Ciembronowicz as Gained Horizons: Benedict XVI and the

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We are pleased to announce the following faculty publications and presentations since the Fall 2009 issue of Tower: CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Metacognitive Strategies for Learning to Read” with Barbara Khirallah. Bill Martin, Jr. Memorial Symposium, Texas A&M- Bell, R.G. Commerce, Commerce, TX. May 8, 2009. BOOKS “Institutional Change and International Entrepreneurship: Sarbanes-Oxley and the “Anchor Charts: Capture Their Thinking” Performance of Foreign IPOs in the US.” and “Paired Passages: Thinking Across Texts.” Crider, Scott United States Association for Small Business Texas Woman's University Early Literacy With What Persuasion. New York: Peter and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX. Nov. 2-4, 2009. Lang Publishing, 2009. Meeting. Nashville, TN. 2010. “It Takes Two: Using Paired Passages Flusche, Laura Bell, R.G., I. Filatotchev, and R.V. Aguilera to Think Across Texts.” 45th Annual Palatine East Excavations. Co-authored “Foreign IPO performance: A configurational Conference of the Texas Council of Teachers Volume I, Stratigraphy and Architecture. perspective.” Strategic Management Society of English Language Arts, Austin, TX. Jan. Roma: De Luca Editori, 2009. Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. 22-24, 2010. 2009. Giuliano, Gene, Angeline Hubert, Dorothy Jonaitis Conger, Sue and Brian Schmisek Bell, R.G., C. Moore, G.T. Payne and J. Davis “2006-2009 itSMF Academic Forum Co-authored Volume 7& 8 of The Catholic “Institutional distance and cross-border Achievements.” 4th Annual itSMF USA Biblical School Program. Mahwah, NJ: venture capital investment flows.” Southern Academic Forum, Grapevine, TX. Sept. Paulist Press, 2010. Management Association Annual Meeting 19-20, 2009. in Asheville, NC. 2009. Winner: Best Paper Kugelmann, Robert for Entrepreneurship Track. “ITSM Research Update 2009.” 4th Annual “Critical Methodology in the History of itSMF USA Academic Forum, Grapevine, Psychology and Religion.” In Michael Blanke, Sandra and Elizabeth McGrady TX. Sept. 19-20, 2009. T. Evans and Emma D. Walker (eds.), “Leadership tested by fire: From hot ashes Psychology and Religion. Hauppauge, NY: to a cool recovery.” North American Case Conger, Sue and Brett J.L Landry Nova Science Publishers, 2009. Research Association (NACRA). 2009. “Problem Analysis: When established techniques don't work” Conf-IRM “The Irritable Heart Syndrome in the Blanke, Sandra and Brett J.L. Landry Conference, Dubai. 2009. American Civil War.” In D. Hinton & B. “Creating Student Focused Mobile Learning Good (Eds.), Culture and Panic Disorder. (m-learning) Solutions.” Fortieth Annual Conger, Sue, Elizabeth McGrady, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009. Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Sandra Blanke and Brett J. L. Landry New Orleans, LA. Nov. 2009. “Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Pérez Bernardo, María Luisa The Best of Times, The Worst of Times.” Concha Espina. Perfil biográfico y Caraway, Melissa Southwest Academy of Management, literario. Santander: Tantín, D.L. 2009. “Analyzing Anchor Charts: Using Children's 2010. Language to Describe Strategic Thinking.” Texas Council of Teachers of English, Fort Worth, TX. Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2009.

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Conger, Sue and Carol Pollard Galpin, Timothy, J.L. Whittington, Landry, Brett J.L. and Sue Conger “Servitizing the Introductory MIS Course.” and Rosemary Maellaro “Creating an IT Infrastructure Maturity AIS Special Interest Group on Services “Retention and re-engagement: Identifying, Model.” Decision Science Institute (SIG SVC) Workshop, Phoenix, AZ. Dec. keeping, and re-engaging key talent during Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Nov. 14, 2009. mergers and acquisitions.” Eastern Academy 14-17, 2009. of Management Annual Meeting, Portland, Conger, Sue, Sandra Blanke, ME. 2010. Landry, Brett J. L. and P. Nabity Nanette Poulious, and Jeff Livermore “Recovering Deleted and Wiped Files: A “Two Approaches to Successful Garza, Gilbert and Brittany Landrum ’08 Digital Forensic Comparison of FAT32 Capstones.” AIS Special Interest Group “The Other's face on Facebook: A and NTFS File Systems using Evidence for Education: International Academy for Levinasian focus group approach”. 117th Eliminator.” Southwest Decision Sciences Information Management (SIG Ed-IAIM) Annual Convention of the American InstituteSWDSI) ( , Dallas, TX. 2010. Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Dec. 12-14, Psychological Association, Toronto, 2009. Canada. Aug. 2009. Landry, Brett J.L. “Developing Virtual Online Wireless Labs.” Conger, Sue and Beki Picus “The other and the face on Facebook: Southwest Decision Sciences Institute “Sustainable Certification,” Proceedings of A Levinasian approach to focus group (SWDSI), Dallas, TX. 2010. the 9th Annual itSMF USA Convention & research.” 5th International Congress of Expo, Grapevine, TX. Sept. 20-23, 2009. Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, “Examining RFID Networks.” Strategies to IL. May 2009. Reality Conference, Frisco, TX. 2010. Evans, Bruce “A Reinsurance Program in Action.” “Heidegger and Levinas: Foundations “Risk and Digital Forensics Laboratories.” WRIA Annual Meeting. Jan. 2009. of an ethical imperative for qualitative National Defense University iCollege, research.” 5th International Congress of Washington, D.C. Nov. 2009. “Enterprise Risk ... How’s A Director Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, To Know?” ... Presentation to the DFW IL. May 2009. “Virtual Networks: Security, Performance Chapter of the National Association of and Configuration.” Fortieth Annual Corporate Directors. Jan. 2009. Jadhav, Arvind and Deepa J. Gupta Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, “An Investigation into Causes, Effects New Orleans, LA. Nov. 2009. “There is no Charge.” Presentation to the and Cures for External Debt Distress: A IABPAD Conference. Apr. 2009. Model Based on a Case Study for India.” “Exploring Disaster Recovery Realities and International Conference on Education, Myths: A Look at what really happened with Galpin, Timothy and J.L. Whittington Research, and Innovation. IATED Hurricane Katrina.” Computer Science and “Merger repair: A conceptual framework for (International Association for Technology, Engineering Seminar Series, Lyle School restoring employer/employee relationships.” Education and Development), 2009. of Engineering, Southern Methodist Southern Management Association Annual University, Dallas, TX. Sep. 2009. Meeting, Ashville, NC. 2009. Landry, Brett J.L., and Sandra Blanke “Assessing Security Risks Within and Maellaro, Rosemary, J.L. Whittington, Beyond Perimeter Boundaries.” Invited Timothy Galpin, and Richard Peregoy presentation at the IEEE METROCON “Leadership across the curriculum: One Meeting, Arlington, TX. Aug. 2009. business school’s response to the criticism of MBA programs.” Presentation at the “Computer Abuse By Trusted Employees.” Southwest Academy of Management, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. 2010. (SWDSI), Dallas, TX. 2010.

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Malloy, Christopher Conger, Sue and Brett J. L. Landry “Thomas Aquinas and the Structure of “Quantifying and learning human “Disruptive Technology Impacts on Hope.” Kalamazoo. May 2009. movement characteristics for fall prevention Security.” Jatinder Gupta and Sushil Sharma, in the elderly using Inertial Measurement Eds, Handbookf o Research on Information “Examination of the Joint Declaration Units and Neural Networks” International Security and Assurance, IGI Global, Inc. on the Doctrine of Justification.” Other Conference of Education, Research and (2009): 280-290. speaker, Robert Jenson. Moderator, Innovation ICERI2009 Proceedings. Christian Washburn. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Cosgrove, Michael St. Paul, MN. April 2009. Wang, Liz “Federal Reserve Policy Issues.” International “Applying Flow Theory to Consumer Journalf o Business Strategy, 9. 1 (2009): “The Iconic Splendor of Truth” Panel Behavior in Retail Stores.” American 104-110. Discussion on University of Dallas; Marketing Association Winter Marketing sponsor: School of Ministry. Educators' Conference, New Orleans, LA. Evans, Bruce 2010. Co-author of “Unresolved Tax Issues in Life Peregoy, Richard with J. L. Whittington / Viatical Settlements.” Southern Business “Integrating spirituality in the curriculum.” Wang, Liz and J.D. Mosley-Matchett Review (Summer 2009). Academy of Management Annual Meeting, “Cosmopolitan and Ethnocentric Montreal, Canada. To be presented Aug. Tensions in the Caymanian Shopping “Are We Asking Too Much?” published on 2010. Experience,” A Conference on Caribbean line in Risk Management Reports, January Literature, Culture and Identify. Cayman 2010. Pérez-Bernardo, María Luisa Islands. 2010. “Strategies in World Language and Culture.” Galpin, Timothy and J.L. Whittington New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, “Creating a culture of candor in the NM. Feb. 26, 2010. JOURNALS leadership classroom.” Journalf o Leadership Education, 8.2. (2009): 10-19. “An Approach to the AP Spanish Literature ‘Las medias rojas’ by Emilia Pardo Bazán.” Bell, R.G., I. Filatotchev, and A. Rasheed, Garza, Gilbert Texas Foreign Language Association, Waco, “Liability of Foreignness: New Insights from “Thematic collation: An illustrative analysis TX. Mar. 27, 2009. Capital Markets.” Advances in International of the experience of regret.” Qualitative Management. (Forthcoming, 2010). Researchn i Psychology. (In press). Slaughter, Stephen and University of Dallas students Caroline Hilbert, Noah Jouett, and Conger, Sue Garza, Gilbert and Amy Fisher-Smith Maureen McEwen “IT Infrastructure Library ITIL v3.” The “Beyond Neurobiological Reductionism: “Characterization of Gait Using Inertial Handbook of Technology Management I. Recovering the Intentional and Expressive Measurement Units and Neural Networks.” Hossein Bigdoli, Ed. John Wiley & Sons. Body. Theory & Psychology” 19 (2009): SCASB Conference at TWU. Feb. 12, 2010. (Jan. 2010): 244-256. 519-544.

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Garza, Gilbert and Brittany Landrum ’08 Malloy, Christopher Peregoy, Richard “Ethics and the Primacy of the Review of Thomas Osborne’s Lovef o Self “A challenge to leadership education.” Other: A Levinasian Foundation for and f Love o God in 13th Century Ethics Decision Line (In press) March-April 2010. Phenomenological Research.” Indo-pacific (Notre Dame, 2005), American Catholic Journalf o Phenomenology. (In press). Philosophical Quarterly (Fall 2009): 621- Pérez Bernardo, María Luisa 624. “Ricardo Macías Picavea 1847-1899. Una Koger, M.S. and Brett J. L. Landry figura clave en el regeneracionismo español” “Personal mobile computing devices - the Translation of Manfred Hauke, “Mary’s Los Cántabros 6 (2009): 46-53. new perimeter.” Submitted to the Association Motherly Mediation in Christ: A of Business Information Systems ABIS),( Systematic Reflection,” Novat e Vetera 7 Walsh, R Dallas, TX. 2010. (2009): 941-972. “Encouraging Undergraduate Research,” (with S. Anders, S. Hall and B. Scofield), Kugelmann, Robert Translation of “Die mütterliche Mittlerschaft Journalf o Business and Leadership, Fall “Out of the Ghetto: Integrating Catholics Mariens in Christum: Eine Systematische 2009. into Mainstream Psychology in the United Besinnung,” in A. Von Stockhausen et States after World War II.” Historyf o al, eds., Die Stellung der Gottesmutter in Wang, Liz and J. D. Mosley-Matchett Psychology, 12, 201-226. der Welt- und Heilsgeschichte (Weilheim- “Cosmopolitan and Ethnocentric Tensions Bierbronnen, 2008). in the Caymanian Shopping Experience.” “Christian Anthropology and the Limits of Journalf o the University College of the Cayman Clinical Judgment.” Edifications 3, 1, 25-27. Moore, C., R.G. Bell, and I. Filatotchev Islands (JUCCI). (2010 Forthcoming). “Do institutions matter for foreign Kugelmann, Robert and Jacob Belzen threshold firms? The effects of 'home' and Wang, Liz and Fodness, Dale “Historical Intersections of Psychology, 'host' country institutions on performance “Can avatars enhance consumer trust and Religion, and Politics in National Contexts.” of foreign IPOs.” Entrepreneurship Theory emotion in online retail sales?” International Historyf o Psychology, 12, 125-131. and Practice (Forthcoming, 2010). Journalf o Electronic Marketing and Retailing. (Forthcoming). Landry, Brett J. L., M.S. Koger, Osoinach, John, Robb Koether and Sandra Blanke and P.C. Nielsen Marcus Pendergrass “Using the Private-Internet-Enterprise (PIE) “The lying oracle game with a biased coin.” model to examine IT risks and threats due Advancesn i Applied Probability 41.4 (2009): to porous perimeters”. Information Security 1023-1040. Journal: A Global Perspective. 18 (2009): 163-169.

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New Beginnings:

Interview with President Thomas Keefe.

Thomas Keefe on a Mission…Possible! by Jackie Sears

Thomas W. Keefe, the eighth President of the University of Dallas, is passionately and urgently committed to UD’s being recognized by a much larger population for the quality of work produced here.

“ Ino s many ways, the University still reflects the efforts and innovation of Donald and Louise Cowan, both audacious, courageous educators who created a model that was new, innovative, and fresh. I want UD to be seen as a strong educational contributor that continues the very best of the combined visions of Eugene Constantin, Jr., Edward Maher, Bishop Gorman, and the Sisters of St. Maryf o Namur. The greatness of UD is its commitment to its Core and its fidelity to and love for the Catholic faith. The combination of the core, the Catholic faith, and the Rome program make UD a truly distinctive, unique academic institution second to none.”

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“ There are so many attributes that UD has. We just need to make sure we´re not too reticent about announcing them to the world! ”

He himself was persuaded to assume in the field of donor cultivation with a no other country has provided its citizens the presidency because “…the University is direct involvement and/or a leadership access to higher education like the United recognized nationally by those who know role in generating more than $500 million States has. higher education as an extraordinarily strong in gifts and grants for institutions he has Keefe moves to explain his approach to academic institution. It has a recognized served. He also has published numerous fundraising. “I don’t ask for money. I get fidelity to the Catholic faith and church, and articles on legal and social justice issues, people to become involved in something I believe that my skills will lend themselves fundraising and donor cultivation. He larger than themselves. With my genuine to taking UD to the next level of recognition practiced law briefly but says that he was enthusiasm for higher education, love of and success.” drawn to the more public arena. He was a students, and Irish gift of communication, I Those skills include a background in which successful fundraiser for political campaigns can take the intrinsic value of UD to a wider Keefe most recently served as vice president and worked for children’s legal rights. “I felt audience and encourage people to become of advancement at Saint Louis University that even though I was using my law degree, more involved.” where he was responsible for substantially I wasn’t making the difference in the world When asked about the greatest challenge increasing annual giving and for heading that I wanted.” that he faces as president of UD, he quickly fundraising efforts for a new building He went to work in higher education responds, “Budget. Like every other higher and sports arena, a $300 million capital because the four years that he spent at a educational institution today, providing campaign, and restructuring the alumni, small, liberal arts Catholic college were the a quality education at an affordable price development and university relations areas most formative of his life. “I wanted to make and responsibly addressing our financial to better support the university’s needs. He sure that others had the same opportunities obligations is an ever-present tension. UD is a nationally recognized expert and speaker as I did. In the whole history of civilization, needs to do a much better job of providing

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President Keefe chats with students Kelly Phillips and Fiona Scully funds to support this extraordinary that this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, that it country are struggling. I believe that UD education at a price families can afford.” has to be this way. It doesn’t. We have to be and the Dallas area will continue to grow Although Keefe cites economic and less self-effacing and do a much better job and thrive and I intend for UD to be a more institutional finances as the greatest of marketing the institution. meaningful place in that economic growth challenge, he also perceives them as the “The most effective way that we can and to take advantage of the opportunities greatest opportunity. “The need for revenue become better-known is to rely upon that present themselves. So many natural forces us every day to look at opportunities our alumni, parents, and friends to share opportunities exist here. Our proximity to that reach outside of UD, to engage wider with their communities the great work DFW and Love Field is a huge opportunity. communities and to grow as a result of that’s being done at the University. They There are so many direct flights. Our presence that engagement. No great academic know better than anyone that what is on the upcoming DART line is a great institution can remain so in an isolated truly special about UD is its tremendous benefit.” Keefe enthusiastically enumerates environment. It must have the fresh flow academic performance. There is no other the assets: “airport; transportation; climate; of information, of ideas, and support from school in this country that does a better fidelity to the Catholic faith. There are so the wider community. We must engage that job than UD in commitment to excellence many attributes that UD has. We just need community in meaningful conversation in education. Our fidelity to the Catholic to make sure that we’re not too reticent and dialogue to benefit from its insight, faith is noteworthy and is a great source of about announcing them to the world!” inspiration, and investment in our work.” pride.” Looking outside at the larger Dallas When asked how alumni can help, Keefe has He continues by referring to an often- metroplex, Keefe says that the area is the another set of bullet points: “participation; referenced description of UD as the best beneficiary of a wonderful climate as well as investments; enthusiasm, and confidence! kept secret in Dallas. “Somehow people feel a growing economy. “So many parts of this UD is so dependent upon the alumni and

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When asked how alumni can help, “ Participation; investments; enthusiasm, and confidence! UDso i s dependent upon the alumni and their confidence and enthusiasm for the work being done here. It will require more alumni becoming engaged in the f life o the University to carry the legacy that they are the beneficiaries of. ”

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institution begins to decline. It is with the a yellow lab, Bridget, and two cats, Riley enthusiastic support of all of the alumni and Sophie.” that the institution grows and thrives. Those He and his wife get up every day at 5:15 institutions that are the most successful are a.m. to walk two miles with their dog. “It’s those that have the greatest level of alumni our marriage counseling time,” he says. involvement. The secret is that people don’t Our new president also enjoys reading give to need. People give to greatness. The (favorites are Jared Diamond’s Guns, institutions that have the greatest wealth Germs, and Steel, Richard Adams’ Watership have the greatest alumni participation and Down, and Brother Cadfael mysteries). He contribution levels. If need had anything has recently read James McGregor Burns’ to do with it, the Little Sisters of the Poor Packing the Court; Denise Kiernan and would get all the money. It’s the desire of Joseph D’Agnese’s Signing Their Lives Away: individuals to be part of something greater The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who their confidence and enthusiasm for the than themselves – part of a great enterprise Signed the Declaration of Independence; Paul work being done here. It will require more – that makes them want to give. I believe Coutinjo, S.J.’s How s Big I Your God; James alumni becoming engaged in the life of the that UD is a great enterprise. Hopefully, our Ruddick’s Deatht a the Priory; Tim Russert’s University to carry the legacy that they are alumni will want to be part of that enterprise Wisdomf o our Fathers; Benjamin Wallace’s the beneficiaries of. What I look for from the and will realize their singular value to their The Billionaire’s Vinegar, and Paul Watkins’ alumni are not million dollar donors. I look alma mater and to its growth.” The Ice Soldier. Other favorite pastimes are for all alumni to give in whatever way they Who is the man behind this glowing vision sports, cooking, and travel. Keefe is searching can. We will be stronger for every individual’s and commitment? Tom Keefe grew up in Ft. for a favorite Texas team after his tradition of participation. If everyone is concerned about Dodge in northwestern Iowa. His father died adopting a local team as a favorite. At this UD, if all alumni see themselves as valuable when he was very young and his mother was time, he is a fan of the Green Bay Packers contributors, I assure you that UD will do left to raise four children: Pat, Mike, and Tom and St. Louis Cardinals as well as of the very, very well and will be recognized for the and his twin sister, Kitty. His mother lost her University of Kansas’ basketball team. quality institution that it is.” hearing at age 17 and was not well-prepared Returning to the discussion of UD and “If, on the other hand, the alumni all go skill-wise for supporting a family. She went his role here, Keefe states, “Every decision away and don’t give back, don’t communicate, to the local Catholic priest at Corpus Christi that I make as president of UD will be made then UD will be condemned always to be an parish and asked if there were jobs available. in the interest of advancing the University’s unrecognized institution that works very hard She was hired as a school lunch cook at cause. Like all higher education institutions to serve the coming generations without the her children’s school. Keefe is the product in these very difficult times, we will have to benefit and support of those students who of Catholic kindergarten, elementary, and make very difficult decisions. I believe that benefited from its investment in them. They high school, as well as college (St. Benedict’s our students deserve to be the number one have an obligation and opportunity to pass which is now Benedictine). His first public priority and consideration in every decision. forward what they received.” school was the University of Kansas where he We have a significant responsibility to them. This is what the alumni must do in order received his Juris Doctorate degree. Their parents send them to us, so there is an to move the University to the next level. “My mother still is even some years after implied promise that we will do everything “The alumni must internalize the message her death the most influential person that I that we can to protect and educate them and that they individually are important. UD is ever met in my life. She was sustained through to be a part of the formation process already not so large, so wealthy or strong that it can very difficult economic times and personal begun in their homes. It is our responsibility do without any one individual’s support. The challenges by her very strong faith. Family to love, embrace, and challenge them so that alumni together will make this institution and faith are virtually everything to me.” they will emerge as young men and women one that will thrive and be recognized and Keefe turns to talk of his family. “I have who will be the leaders so desperately needed be available for generations to come. Success a lovely wife, Suzy. She has a Master of in this country.” in alumni participation comes from every Education degree and is an excellent teacher The president stops for a moment and graduate’s recognition that he or she is whom everybody loves. My two children are closes with intensity. “The work being done important in the life of this University.” Margaret, who we call Maggie, a sophomore here and the educational formation of the President Keefe further clarifies the at American University, and Morgan, my students is as important as that being done problem and the solution. “When alumni son, is a junior at St. Louis University High anywhere in the U.S. It is a gift to have the begin to think that it is the responsibility School. My family will move to Dallas opportunity to serve as President.” } of others to support their University, the after conclusion of the school year. I have

Left: Student Clare Chadwick and President Keefe welcome prospective students.

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Student Life Begins New Initiative Justin Dugyon, Student Government, President Student Profile: Pamella Khong

Student Government (SG) has been SG has done a substantial amount of work on working hard this year to improve campus campus as well. Last semester, the Campus Pamella Khong life and to represent the needs and concerns Improvements Committee refurbished the Class of 2012 of undergraduate students to the rest of pool table and shuffleboard table in the Major: Psychology the University community. One of the Rathskeller. SG is currently working with Hometown: Singapore important things that SG has worked on this Academic Information Systems and the year is developing the relationship between Office of Student Life to improve Internet As a student at LASALLE College of the current undergrads and UD alumni. SG bandwidth on campus. Student government Arts in Singapore, Pamella Khong knew leaders have partnered with the Office of leaders are also excited to welcome President she wanted more out of her education. “In Alumni Relations and members of the Thomas Keefe into the UD community. SG Singapore, everything was very mechanical,” National Alumni Board to spearhead a new worked with the President’s Office to help says Khong. “There wasn’t much room for initiative called Dinner with 12 Strangers organize an open forum between President creativity or independent thought. I wanted which is closely modeled after an alumni Keefe and undergraduate students in March. an education that truly embraced the arts, relations program at UCLA. SG looks forward to continuing its mission especially the liberal arts.” Khong began The idea is simple: local alumni volunteer of service to UD students. } looking for a school in the United States to host students and a faculty guest in their that would provide a more meaningful homes for dinner. Good food pairs well approach to education, and she soon fell with great conversation, and so far the in love with UD. “The Catholic identity dinners have been a great opportunity for was extremely important to me, and when students to exchange stories with alumni I learned more about the academic focus of about UD, as well as to gain some insight the institution, I knew I wanted to attend into postgraduate life. SG hopes that these UD. I will never forget standing in the post dinners become a traditional part of the office in Singapore, crying with my mother UD experience. because we were so happy I had been accepted.” Pamella will be the first member of her family to graduate from college.

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Since arriving in the fall of 2009, Khong’s love for UD has only grown. “It’s a hidden gem,” she says. “I never dreamed of finding such a strong concentration of great minds. Now that I am immersed in the Core, I see the world in a different way. A lot of people may feel that reading the Iliad and Plato and Aristotle has no relevance, but from being here, I know it’s relevant. It builds character. The Core is providing UD students with daily insight all while teaching morals and values.” Although it is challenging to be so far away from home, Khong’s family is very supportive. “I’ve got to do this,” she says. “I am here for a reason. I have a purpose here.” And when asked what she wants to do after graduation, Khong smiles and says, “I love talking to people and understanding them. I love finding out where they are coming from in life. There is so much I want to do, so I’ll have to let it marinate and sit for awhile.” }

L to R: Juanita Cacciopo Zajicek ‘66; Gin Hassler Ross ‘66 and Starr Culhane Leonard in Catherine Hall in the mid 1960’s Closing of Catherine and O’Connell Halls

The January 2010 opening of the new Both current students and alumni have more visible building. “Initially the IRPS residence hall on the west side of campus expressed nostalgia at the transformation, was only a few offices. As we’ve grown was very exciting for the University and as they reminisce about the joy of living on to become the 11th largest (in terms of especially for students fortunate enough campus. “I lived in Catherine for my first enrollment) Catholic graduate program in to reside in the beautiful and innovative three semesters here at UD, and I treasure ministry in the nation, we required more building. Sadly, another result of the my memories of that time dearly,” says and more space,” explains Schmisek. “Now addition is the closing of Catherine and Angela Cuba, a senior English major. “What that we’re moving to Catherine, our nearly O’Connell Halls on the east side of campus I loved best about living in Catherine was 1,000 adult students will have a place to call which is bittersweet for the many UD our strong (and lively!) sense of community; their own, with classrooms, seminar rooms, students who lived in the residence halls it sometimes felt like the edge of the world meeting space, and a kitchenette for more throughout the years. instead of the edge of campus, but you informal gatherings.” Plans for O’Connell Catherine Hall, named after St. Catherine forgot about that with so many wonderful Hall have not yet been finalized. } of Siena, opened in 1965 and was renovated friends living with you.” in 1997 with funding from a Constantin Although Catherine will no longer Foundation donation. Complete with a serve as a residence hall, its significance Japanese landscape garden and beautiful to the University of Dallas is in no way indoor mural, Catherine was a women’s diminishing. The School of Ministry will residence hall. O’Connell Hall was initially be moving from Holy Trinity Seminary a women’s residence hall, but in the mid to Catherine Hall this summer. Brian 1980’s became coed. Originally named Schmisek, dean of the School of Ministry, Marian Hall, it was rededicated in 1973 to anticipates many new opportunities with Sr. Mary Margaret O’Connell, who served the location change, which will position as the registrar of the University from its the School of Ministry in a larger and opening until her death.

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Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts: A Preparation for Life

The Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts has an extraordinarily high placement rate for its graduates. Dr. David Sweet, dean and Institute of Philosophic Studies director, attributes much of the reason for this success to the three disciplines’ (literature, philosophy, and politics) sharing a core curriculum. Originally conceived by Dr. Louise Cowan and Dr. Wilmoore Kendall, UD has the only Ph.D. degree program in the U.S. utilizing a core curriculum in the great books. A specific canon of great texts of the Western intellectual tradition forms the basis for the core curriculum which is then augmented by a study of one of the three specific disciplines. A study of literature, for instance, is enhanced and defined within the light of philosophy and politics. Similarly, philosophy and politics are examined within a purview that is Molly O´Connor, Mark Lewis, Kara Houser, Michael Muranda, and Matt Hull enjoy Dinner with Twelve Strangers annealed in the greatest literary works of the Western tradition. Courses in contemporary National Alumni Board Offers New Programs politics are an integral part of the program. By Mary Ritter ´85, NAB Vice President Many students are referred by UD alumni who taught them as undergraduates. Given the theme of this issue of the Tower, alumni; the hope is that relationships will Our Braniff alumni are represented on the and the season, spring, with its traditional be forged over food and conversation. faculties of a large number of colleges and images of revitalization and rebirth, it Dinners were held in January, February, and universities across the country and abroad. seems an opportune time to discuss the April at the homes of area alumni and were Although many of the Braniff graduates are National Alumni Board's (NAB) renewed well-attended. teachers, others are working in think tanks commitment to build and strengthen In May, the NAB again sponsored the or as lawyers. relationships between alumni and current Sybil Novinski UD Spirit Award and The majority of Braniff students have a UD students. Toward this end, the NAB has Senior Send-off. The Spirit Award is an bachelor’s degree in the field for which they undertaken new projects and implemented award given each year to an outstanding want to study and a desire and ability to several new programs. senior woman and man who exemplify the interact successfully with the program. “They Last year, the NAB sponsored a gift to UD spirit, based on criteria including a read complete texts, not excerpts,” says Dr. UD’s newly constructed residence hall. commitment to learning; scholarship; faith; Sweet. “There are no topics courses.” In January, several NAB members had family and friends; concern and compassion He is particularly gratified by the potential the privilege of attending the dedication for those in need, and efficacy in action. impact that the program has on education ceremony for the residence hall and touring Nominations may be submitted by anyone in this country. “It offers an education for the facility. In place of those fondly- currently attending or working at UD and life and its questions.” } remembered cramped residence hall rooms are reviewed by NAB committee members. and bathrooms, the new facility offers light- The NAB also continues to fund filled singles, doubles, and triples, in-suite two scholarships for tuition, one for a bathrooms, and inviting public spaces. Constantin College legacy student and The NAB’s most recent program to one for a student in the Rome program. strengthen ties between alumni and current Recipients of the scholarships are students is Dinner with 12 Strangers, encouraged to interact with alumni by hosted in conjunction with Student volunteering eight hours each semester in Government. The program involves local the advancement office, attending an annual alumni who hold casual dinners in their scholarship luncheon, and attending at homes for students, faculty, and fellow least one alumni event during the year. }

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A Picture of Three Alumni One Year Out Flippin´ The Switch how someone could live like this. After two by Gene Wolande ’78 University of Dallas alumni are never months, I wondered how I could live as I confined to any one field, thanks to the Core had. The suffering and struggle to survive In anyone’s young life, a moment arrives curriculum, Rome semester, and eternal continues after the recent earthquakes and when our adolescent brains recognize that search for Truth in all aspects of University mudslide, but the Haitian people are still we have control over our decisions, our life. In May of 2009, Joe Gilpin, Mary selfless and resilient. Leaving Haiti was far direction and our destiny. Boyum, and Peter Bloch left UD to forge more difficult than adjusting to Haiti.” In To some, the freedom itself is exhilarating. their post-graduate paths. Although they the future, Boyum hopes to become an To some, the freedom can be rebellious ventured into vastly different fields, all found acute care nurse practitioner. and destructive. To others, the freedom is themselves amply prepared to succeed. heavily weighted with unknown peril. But Joe Gilpin works at the Missile Defense to most, there is a tug of war between all Agency (MDA), specifically working for of the above. Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. He is Being from Chicago, I first viewed my completing the second of four rotations journey to UD as a great adventure in freedom. throughout the agency, determining where Four years later, I realized it was less of an his skills and talents will be best utilized. adventure and truly more of an awakening. “The Core was especially influential in To this day, my roommate from that time allowing me to approach my new job and and I still jokingly lament, “We were stupid responsibilities with a mind for the overall and happy. Why did that friggin’ school purpose of the work rather than the narrow have to teach us how to think?” We say this scientific approach which many people in in jest, but in truth, our hearts embrace the the engineering community have,” said Peter Bloch is currently teaching at very gift the university bestowed upon us… Gilpin. “Coming from a background not a charter school within the network of self-awareness and the responsibility that just in the sciences but that captured the full the Great Hearts Academies, a public goes along with it. spectrum of the liberal arts distinguished school system that educates students in The school fed our souls through the Core me as someone willing to take the risk of the Western tradition with a great books Curriculum, through the Rome Program, diverging from the common path engineers curriculum. Bloch teaches studio art and art through the social paradigm that is fostered follow and reach for something more than history to sixth, seventh, ninth, and tenth on a self-enclosed campus setting. Maybe it just scientific and technical competence.” grade students. “With the strong liberal was also fed through friendships borne and arts education I received at the University relationships nurtured. Maybe it was simply of Dallas, I felt well prepared to teach in through osmosis over time. Late at night, the classroom setting, primarily because though, some suspect the cause may have UD's standard pedagogy leads students actually been some unknown something in to understand the causes of things, an the Haggar Cafeteria meat loaf. understanding of which all good teachers For whatever reason, make no mistake… need to be effective,” Bloch says. “Moreover, we were fully fed. Fed with an understanding through the effective conveyance of critical of individuality and our place within the studio art techniques, the art program at universe. We digested a sense of values, of UD led me to a greater appreciation of the faith and tradition. We saw our history as After graduation, Mary Boyum lived in order and beauty found in reality.” } a guide for our future. We explored our Haiti for several months in the village of human faults and frailties and how much Milot, where she spent her time learning Your Submissions are Welcome! they weigh on our fate on this earth… We Haitian Creole, coordinating and assisting did this all, and still found time to tap a few medical volunteers for a non-profit The following article represents a new kegs on Groundhog Day. organization called Crudem, working opportunity for alumni to make contributions So our new beginning ultimately in Hospital Sacre Coeur (HSC), and to the Tower. We will announce a theme in became our new responsibility: to ourselves; experiencing life in a third world country. the alumni e-newsbrief approximately six to family and loved ones; to our communities “UD and the biology department helped weeks prior to the deadline for submitting and our nation; and to our world at large. me gain an appreciation for other cultures material for each issue and will ask alumni to Ultimately though, I still do wonder and a desire to help the international make submissions based upon that topic. about that meat loaf. } community through the Rome Program We congratulate Gene Wolande ’78 and Field Ecology Mayterm in Costa Rica,” for being the first alumnus to have his Boyum says. “When I went to Haiti, at submission featured. Read on for his first all I saw was suffering. I wondered reminiscence of being a student at UD in the 70’s.

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UDlinks Gets High Marks Constantin College 1988 Scott and Nancy Smith are pleased to announce the birth UDlinks is the name given by the 1973 of their third child and first daughter, Megan Claire, on University of Dallas to its social Susan (Squires) Hug married her classmate William (Billy) September 25, 2009. networking site for alumni and parents. Hug in 1974. They have 3 children and live in Jacksonville, A recent report details statistics for Alabama. Geoffrey graduated from the University of Alabama Kevin and Toni Calvey are expecting their second child in UDlinks’ key performance areas as and works with a NYC public relations firm; Andy graduated August. Kevin is the leading candidate for Oklahoma's compared with those for 69 other from Jacksonville State University and is now a graduate 5th U.S. Congressional District. and has been endorsed by college/university online communities teaching assistant in Geography/Geology; Kate is a Junior at several conservative organizations, such as the Club for with populations between 20,000 and JSU. After working in a library, teaching preschool and raising Growth, Concerned Women for America, Iraq Veterans for 40,000 alumni. the children, Susan has retired and does volunteer work for Congress, and the Oklahoma Rifle Association (the state's social and political causes and raises orphan kittens. Billy NRA affiliate). His first TV campaign ad can be viewed on The good news is that UDlinks ranked Hug earned an MA in English in 1975 from UD, then an his website, www.kevincalvey.com. The Republican primary first among its peers in the following English PhD from Auburn University. Since 1987, he's been is July 27. If you would like to put a UD alum in Congress areas: at Jacksonville State University, as a professor of English, (the first ever), please contribute on the website or by calling academic advisor, and director of the Composition Program. Kevin's assistant, Carlyn, at (405) 842-0250. Thanks to all - Connections and rate of user He continues his car hobby with Andy, and together they UD'ers who have contributed thus far! communications; restored a 1971 Chevelle and maintain a fleet of 10 cars. To - E-mail open rate; and date, all of his cars have avoided another rhino encounter (an - Number of e-mails sent inside joke to our class members).

UDlinks also scored better than average 1980 among its peers in the following areas: Kathy Naughton Carpenter is very proud of her daughters: Jennifer ('07) who was married in August to Benjamin Klein - Donations and will graduate from Georgetown Law in May; Jessica, - Valid e-mail addresses who graduated from UT Austin in May of 2009;and Missi, - Number of click-throughs who is a freshman at UD and was named a USCAA All American Honorable Mention for the Fall 2009 soccer season. She is hoping her youngest Michele will also attend UD It was estimated that the total in Fall 2011. economic benefit to the University in administrative and postal savings Germaine de Pibrac James’ indie production company has is $286,583. If you haven’t already been hired to develop the Nick Nolte project, “Out of the registered with UDlinks and you are an Blue: Divine Arrangements,” the true life story of a Scottish Thu-Lan (Tran) Andrews '88 & David A. Andrews '90 had alumnus/a or parent, we encourage you schoolboy's journey to India and enlightenment in the sacred an adventurous 2009: all 11 of us, along with Thu-Lan's to do so. First-time users have access to city of Brindavan. parents, piled into a plane to Vietnam (with matching shirts all of the information that they need to to make sure no one got lost!). We spent the entire month register by going to www.udlinks.com, 1983 of June seeing sights, eating wonderful cuisine, soaking up clicking on the first-time user button, RadioShack Corporation announced the addition of Sharon the culture, and most of all visiting many, many relatives. and following the prompts. If you have S. Stufflebeme as its new senior vice president and chief They took such good care of us that it was hard to leave! difficulty signing in, David Smith is information officer. She began her career at Andersen God willing, we'll do it all over again available to help you at 972-721-4105. Consulting and has also worked at Hitachi Consulting and in a few years just to keep in touch with our roots (David, Once registered, you have access to Michaels Stores. Immediately prior to joining RadioShack, despite his height and skin tone, considers himself at least the online alumni and parent directory Stufflebeme was the senior vice president and chief partially Vietnamese). In August our oldest, Matthias, as well as to viewing and posting of class information officer for 7-Eleven, a company she joined in enrolled at UD and is living in Madonna and loving “UD notes and the message boards. It also 2004. life.” In September we welcomed our tenth child and second is possible to post and look for jobs on daughter, Beatrice Rose, into the family. the site. 1984 UDlinks is as productive as you, our Amy (Chitwood) Plant is married to Leonard, and they will community members, make it. Join the be celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary in May. She community today! } and her husband, Leonard, have two girls (Amanda, 10, and Lindsay, 8), and they reside in Livermore, CA. She recently enjoyed the trip back to Dallas in October 2009 for the class

of 1984's 25th reunion.

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1989 Duane Hebert, currently county administrator in Barron In January, she also received the Work of Heart Award for her European Associazone SAT's goals to have UNESCO declare County, Wisconsin, accepted an offer to replace the current contribution to Catholic education. Destiny and her husband, Commedia dell Arte' an Intangible World Heritage. Through Winona County Administrator July 31. Hebert has also served John, were married April 4, 2004 and reside in Plano. initiation of the Lahore Children's Film Festival in 2010 in administrative roles in Stevens County, Minnesota, and in as an annual festival hosted by the MFC and Fenix Theatre the cities of Renville, Kenyon and Red Lake Falls. Tamara Marziani Kuykendall and her husband, Kirk, welcomed Company, Selena plans to build a trust that will fund an their third child and second son in January 2009. Tamara is international internship program for young filmmakers in 1990 also serving on the Board of St. Francis Montessori, a new Lahore, Pakistan and the region, to come to the US and work John Rickert was ordained Subdeacon for the Priestly Montessori school in Irving and continuing to work a few at the MFC; and similarly, have young Maine filmmakers go to Fraternity of St. Peter by Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago hours each week as webmaster for the Center for Thomas Lahore to help with the primary festival there. Selena would on Jan. 31, 2009, and ordained Deacon by Bishop Fabian More Studies. also like to start a not-for-profit consultancy (with offices in Bruskewitz of Lincoln on March 14, 2009. the US and Europe) to aid grassroots performing and cultural 1998 arts organizations to build communications, development 1992 Megan Hugo Seibert and her family welcomed a new addition (fund-raising), and marketing platforms to specific capacity Therese (LoCoco) Milbrath and her husband, Andrew, this year. Lucy Jaine Seibert was born on January 7, 2010. using existing budgets and local resources. welcomed their fourth child, Alexandra Marie into the world Her siblings think she is great, and every once in awhile Leroy on September 10, 2009. Their sons, Peter, 10, Drew, 7 and and Megan get to hold her, too. 2000 Michael 4 1/2 are thrilled to finally have a sister! Betsy (Russell) Martinez is married to Jorge Martinez, who 1999 didn't attend UD but spent a lot of time there visiting her. 1993 Peter Sinton and Jamie (Roland) (GSM ’02) live in Ponca After living in Connecticut for five years, they decided to Joseph Meaney and his wife, Marie, welcomed Therese Marie City, OK. They have one son, Jude Alexander, who will return to Texas and now live in Austin and love it! They have on Sept 29, 2009. Joseph was appointed director of the turn 3 in June 2010. Peter is a board certified pediatrician two kids, Yness (5) and Lucas (2 1/2). Betsy is currently International Division at Human Life International in Front practicing general pediatrics in his home town. Jamie works staying at home while the kids are young, but prior to having Royal, Virginia. as a community relations coordinator for the American Red children worked in corporate human resources for a few years, Cross. Life is good. and then went back to school and completed an M.S. in Jason Henderson has a new novel from HarperCollins coming Education at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Betsy is out this May called Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising. The currently recruiting her entire family to relocate to Austin from first of a three-book deal with HarperTeen, it's an adventure New England. novel that involves a secret message left in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by John Polidori. The alum consulted with Kerrie (Rezac) Rushton and her husband welcomed their Professor Eileen Gregory about the Romantic lit backstory daughter, Harper Eleanor Rushton on May 19, 2009. She of the book, and wrote much of the manuscript on campus was 7 lbs., 11 oz. and 20 inches long. They currently reside at UD, hiding away in lecture halls at night. A second Alex in Alexandria, Virginia. Van Helsing book is due out in 2011, and also was written entirely at UD. 2001 Jessica (Rock) Harvey was recently married in October 1994 2009 to Patrick Harvey. She currently serves as Director Chad Riley was been named principal of Holy Rosary Catholic of Development of St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School in School in Arlington for the 2009-2010 school year. For the Meghan Walbran Maresh and her husband, Steve, welcomed Woodbridge, Virginia. past four years, he has served as the principal of Sacred Heart William John Maresh to the family on January 19th, 2010. Catholic School in Muenster, Texas. Chad and his wife, Caryn, Born 7 lbs., 10 oz, he's growing fast and at a month is Sarah (Deacon) Jablonski married James Anthony Jablonski, are the parents of four children. already growing out of the cutest newborn-sized clothes. Jr. on October 3, 2009. They are currently living in Ft. Rucker, Alabama and are expecting a baby in July! 1996 Selena Anguiano lives in Washington, DC. She received her Melanie (Scott) and Domenico Bettinelli are pleased to MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management in 2008 from Jacob Friesenhahn presented a paper at the annual conference announce the birth of their third child, Benedict Joseph, on City University in London. Currently she is managing director of the Society for the Study of Theology, held March 30 July 9, 2009. at Faction of Fools Theatre Company. She also works as through April 2, 2009 in Soesterberg in The Netherlands. the summer program coordinator for Adventure Theatre, 1997 and is a producer for the Lahore International Children’s Elizabeth Agnes Stroud was born to Katherine and James Destiny Wagner is in her 12th year of teaching physics at Bishop Film Festival. Her plans include obtaining 501(c)3 status Stroud on June 24, 2009. She was baptized on August 29, Lynch High School in Dallas. Last spring, she was presented for Faction of Fools Theatre Company, cultivating a board of 2009. the Arete Award for Excellence in the Art of Teaching and was directors and maintaining creativity, education initiatives and the recipient of the National Honor Society Teacher of the Year. long-term sustainability through institution and management of a strong, flexible strategic plan. Secondary goal: Aid the

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Jasie (Hinson) and Abenazher Desta are thrilled to announce 2004 the birth of their son Isaac Getachew Desta on August 19, Kevin Gilhooley continues to work for the Republican Whip 2009 at 12:42 a.m. Isaac was 9 lbs. 8 oz. and 22.5 in. at of the California State Senate in Orange County, Calif. birth and continues to grow at such a rapid pace that he has Kevin is on his second year as the Membership Chairman almost caught up with big sister Ruthie (age 2). for the local Log Cabin Republicans (membership grew 37% year over year) and is a first year student in the 2003 Masters of Public Administration program at the Christy (Hopfer) Gail and Robert Gail welcomed their first University of Southern California. Sister John Thomas (Rachel Armour) made her Final Profession child, Robert Valentine Gail III, in June 2009. as a Dominican Sister in Nashville, TN in July. Erika Torres Received a Master's degree in Communications Sean Lewis and his wife Rebecca (Horvath) Lewis (2005) of Science & Disorders for Speech-language Pathology 2002 now have two beautiful little girls: Olivia Wendolyn (born in in the summer of 2009. She is working as a pediatric Larry and Katie (Levandowski) Kiley welcomed their first October of 2007) and Vivian Grace (born in June of 2009). speech-language pathologist at an outpatient clinic in the child, Anna Ruth Kiley, on May 1, 2009. They are currently Sean will complete his Ph.D. in English Literature and Rhetoric Dallas area. living in the DC area until Uncle Sam sends them elsewhere. at the Catholic University of America this summer. The Lewis family will then move to Lander, Wyoming, where Sean James Berger and Jenny Rilling ’05 recently got a tiny Kathleen (Mahoney) Monaghan married Michael Monaghan will be working as an Assistant Professor of Humanities and German Shepherd puppy. on December 26, 2009. She graduated with a Master of Trivium at Wyoming Catholic College. Sean looks forward Library and Information Science from The Catholic University to teaching Aristotle, Chaucer, and Shakespeare amidst the Andrea (Bascom) and Abraham Frank ('05) were married on of America in August 2009. Kathleen and Michael live in beauty of the Rocky Mountains, and if you enjoy riding, December 19, 2009. College Park, Maryland. hunting, fishing, hiking, and Catholic liberal arts education, please come visit. Adam Martin successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, James Hoelke went back to school in 2007. He finished a BS “The Use of Knowledge in Comparative Economics,” on in geology at UT-Arlington in 2009 and is currently working Sam and Beth (Pearson) Meier both got their Masters degrees February 26. It received the Israel M. Kirzner Award for on an MS in geology there. in Colorado. Sam’s degree is in counseling and Beth’s is in outstanding dissertation in Austrian economics. He received education. They now live in Kansas City, Kansas and both work his PhD in Economics from George Mason University in May Janet Foshee is having fun in NYC and is getting married on for the Archdiocese of Kansas City for Archbishop Naumann. 2009. In the fall of 2009, he started a two-year postdoctoral June 26th in Lake Charles to Jay Penfield. Beth works in the family life office, specifically for NFP, and fellowship at the Development Research Institute at New York Sam works in the My House Freedom from Pornography University. There he will work with William Easterly, author of Andrew and Emily (Wescott) Glicksman welcomed their first Office. Sam and Beth both give talks throughout the nation The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden, child, Anthony Immanuel on March 10, 2010! The Glicksmans on the effects of pornography on marriage and practical ways on issues of foreign aid and development. are still happily back “home” in Irving where Andrew is to protect families from pornography. They just welcomed teaching Old Testament at UD. He also successfully defended their first child, Samuel Benedict, on Dec. 22. Jessica (Duran) Lynch and her husband, John, welcomed their his dissertation in October and is officially a PhD. After 7 years first child recently. Thomas Brian Lynch was born on Oct. 24, of graduate school, it is wonderful to be finished!! Marie Wieck-von Walther reports that she is “living in Portland, 2009 at 3:28 pm. He weighed 8 lbs, 8 oz., and measured Oregon with my husband Konrad. We have been married 19 3/4 inches long. Stephen Little reports that: “Since graduation in 2002, I've almost 6 years, no kids, working on careers - I completed run a gift shop in an Italian monastery (courtesy of my UD my Masters in Marriage and Couples Therapy 2007.” Marie 2005 predecessor, Peter Heyne), earned an M.A. in the classic is currently managing a family therapy department for literature of the Orient (from St. John's College, Santa a substance abuse treatment center in Portland, and also Fe), successfully defended a doctoral dissertation on the doing Private Practice part time. She specializes in work relationship between medieval sacramental theology and around addiction, mental/sexual abuse, and trauma. Marie Dante's poetics, and taught Italian, composition, and epic added that “My plan is to develop my practice into full time literature at Notre Dame. In 2006, I married my wife Jennifer, eventually - so any referrals are welcome! Konrad is going an over-achieving farm girl from Iowa. In 2007 we had our for his Masters in Social Work at Portland State Univ. We are first daughter, Chiara. In 2009 we had our second daughter, happily married and enjoying spending time with extended Judith. Now I'm looking for work in Catholic higher ed!” family and developing new relationships in the northwest. Look forward to seeing my class for our 10th Reunion in Rachel (Winstead) Gilliam and her husband Dale live in a few years.” David and Emilie (Nelson) Winstead (2006) welcomed their Dallas, with two dogs, Mollie and Sake. Dale is currently first child, David Anthony Winstead II, on November 3, 2009. working on an MBA at the University of Dallas, and Rachel John and Kathleen (Davis) Pelletier are enjoying their little “Deuce” continues to amaze the whole family. enjoys working with UD alumni as an alumni relations director girl, Gwen (1 1/2) and their little boy, John Junior (3) while at her alma mater! John is working with Dominus Commercial Real estate and Nichole (Jura) and Oskar Chomicki welcomed their first son, Kathleen with Halff Engineering. They are looking forward to Maximilian Oskar, on September 18, 2009. He's awesome. celebrating their 4th anniversary in June and hopefully having a vacation some day! 303 0 TOWERS P R I N G 2 0| 1SUMMER 0 | T O W E R 2007 ALUMNI

Andrew Nik was awarded the American Academy of Neurology Aaron Linderman reports: “On Thanksgiving day I became 2009 Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology. The Prize is engaged to Miss Glynnis M. LaGarde of Vicksburg, MS. We Peter Bloch is currently teaching studio art classes to middle awarded annually to a graduating medical student. will be wed in the Washington, DC area on August 7th.” and high schoolers at Glendale Preparatory Academy, a Liberal Arts Charter School in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Fr. Benjamin Sawyer was ordained to the holy priesthood by Alex Peacher is in Boston at Emerson getting an MFA in Film. Very enjoyable. Bishop Michael Jackels on May 23, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas. He is currently serving as associate pastor of St. Thomas Kim (Hilger) Lepper and Jeremy Lepper had a baby girl May Aquinas Catholic Church in Wichita. 18, 2009 named Samantha Marie. They moved back to Kim’s Graduate School of Management home town of Lincoln, Nebraska where Jeremy is now Lincy George is working as an associate attorney for the Youth Coordinator for St. Peter's. Kim is working 1980 an immigration law firm, Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates from home. Ullricke Tillwich worked for the American Embassy in in Dallas. Kinshasa, the European Commission in Brussels Belgium and John Rhodes just moved to Los Angeles six months ago from for the last 11 years for SUN Microsystems which belongs Greg and Laura (Wheadon) Pepin welcomed their second Pamplona, Spain where he got a master's degree. John now to Oracle. child, Jack, into the world in December 2009. All are well! helped launch a website about the Running of the Bulls. John is now working for the creative development department at a 1983 Jason and Jodi (Dickens) Baxter have two little girls, Pia movie production company, Odd Lot Entertainment. If he can't Smith Barney announced that Dallas area financial advisor, Antonia (2) and Eve-Marie Claire (5 months), and are living figure out how to break into Hollywood, then he'll continue Marie Moore, was recognized in Barron's as one of the Top in South Bend, Indiana, while Jason finishes his PhD at collaboration on a blog about how to break into Hollywood 1,000 Advisors. Moore has been a member of Smith Barney Notre Dame. at TrueGoodBeautiful.com. for over 20 years. She provides a full suite of investment services and strategies to individuals and institutions. 2006 Angela Johnson is getting married May 22 and will be Adrienne Gomperts Zollo married Joseph Zollo in July of 2009. graduating with a Masters in Educational Leadership 1992 They are expecting their first child on August 24, 2010. May 13th. Marcos Anders has worked as HR and Administrative Services Director for SOS Community Services, a human services David Khirallah is attending Ave Maria School of Law in 2007 agency in Michigan, since November of 2001. His wife, Naples, Florida. He and Monica Ramirez (2007) will be Teresa Horan received the habit of the Franciscan Sisters of Dolores, teaches Spanish at Washtenaw Community College. married in June of 2010. the Eucharist at a private ceremony attended by her family, They have two children: Michael (12) who loves art and ice Sunday, August 30. Mother Shaun Vergauwen, Mother hockey, and Victoria (8), who loves soccer and horses. Michelle Rose Moran is getting hitched to Ian Matthew Young General, received Teresa’s request to enter novitiate and on October 9, 2010. named her Sister Grace Marie. 2004 Branden Williams recently accepted a position with RSA, the Veronica Ranieri (Whalen) and Thomas Ranieri welcomed Alaina Zachmann left the Diocese of Austin and entered security division of EMC, running their security consulting Bernard David Ranieri on March 1, 2010. Thomas is formation as a Daughter of Mary Help of Christians (Salesians business. RSA is arguably one of the most recognizable graduating from the Institute of World Politics this June, with of St. John Bosco) in August 2009. information security brands, and Branden his humbled by the a Masters in Statecraft and National Security. opportunity to aggressively grow this business. 2008 He also recently published a book entitled, “PCI Compliance: Charles Lane Cowen just moved to the Chicago area Jacob McClernon is now employed as a quality assurance and Understand and Implement Effective PCI Compliance” from Newport, RI where he was Associate Director at the laboratory manager at Direct Fuels Biodiesel in Euless, TX. available through Syngress Publishing. Beechwood Theatre Company. While at Beechwood, Charles In an anticipated turn of events, Joe Hejkal will marry the directed six one-act plays including his own adaptation of lovely Shannon Collins May 22 of this year. They request scenes from Shakespeare highlighting Shakespeare's use prayers on their journey. of meta drama. As a member of the Beechwood Company, School of Ministry Charles assisted in creating a new one-act series as well as John Bloch is the Web Developer for Avendi Media, Inc. in an improv comedy troupe that performed throughout Rhode Washington, DC. 2003 Island. Sadly, the bad economy and declining ticket sales Andrew Muras published a book in 2009, Process Improvement led to the disbanding of the 28 year-old company. Since David Solis was awarded a three-year NSF Graduate & Performance Management Made Simple. moving to Geneva, IL, Charles has been auditioning for local Fellowship to complete his graduate research at Rice theatres and will play the lead role of Sydney Carton in a University in 2009. musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center in Cicero. He is also taking classes Michael Leland and Grace Belton were married on July 18, at the Second City in Chicago. Any Chicagoland alumni with 2009. theatre connections should call him and help a brother out. That way he can move out of his girlfriend's parents' house. (It's not as awkward as it sounds.)

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Fulbright?

The University of Dallas is working to collect the names of all UD students that have been awarded Fulbright scholarships and needs your help. If you were awarded a Fulbright, or know of a classmate that received the honor, please let us know by e-mailing their name and class year to [email protected]. Thank you!

Passages

We ask your prayers for the following alumni who have passed away:

Natilie Chaves ’91 passed away in Ft. Worth on Oct. 19, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. After graduating from UD, she earned her B.S. in pharmacy from Texas Southern University. Donations may be made in her honor to Colon Cancer Alliance at www.ccalliance.org.

Noella Needham ’03 was killed on March 15, 2007, after being hit by a drunk driver on her way to work. The sign was erected in her memory recently along Texas FM 407 where she died.

Carolyn Coyle Sauberber ’86 lost her heroic 11-year battle with a degenerative disease on Aug. 22, 2009, 10 days after her 45th birthday. She is survived by her loving husband, Paul ’86, and their children, Nolan and Hope. After several years on Long Island, she lived the past five years with her family in Wellington, Fla. Memorial contributions may be made to Food for the Poor (foodforthepoor.org), 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, FL 33073.

Jackie Solis ’84 passed away April 22, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas, after a long battle with breast cancer. She requested that any donations in her name be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure.

Patricia Ann “Patty” Whalen ’67 passed away on Feb. 23, 2010, after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was a former member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame where she was known as Sister Mary Shaun. She worked as a teacher at Redeemer High School in New Orleans, La., as an editor for Little-Brown Publishing in Boston, and as Area Planner for the Jefferson Council on Aging. She loved life; her family; her friends; all things New Orleans (especially Mardi Gras) and lived to see the Saints win the Super Bowl. She loved her family and cherished her friends.

Miguel Zapta ’83 passed away in December 2009.

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ATHLETICS

Dallas Athletic Department Inducts Five in Athletic Hall of Fame

This fall the University of Dallas honored the 2001 team that set the school record five alumni who had a positive influence for wins in a season with 15 and the 2002 on the University of Dallas athletic team that led NCAA division III in goals department.The five honorees were Shane scored with 96. The 2001 team is the first Lungwitz ’04, Anna McMinn ’03, Tiffany University of Dallas team in any sport to Barden ’03, Christine Chadwick ’03, qualify for a NCAA Division III postseason and Leslie Smith ’02. The honorees and tournament. She stands tenth on the career other guests gathered in the Rathskeller games played list with 69, sixth in goals for the luncheon. UD Athletic Director scored with 30 and sixth in points with Dick Strockbine spoke about the impact 86. Tiffany was selected to the USCAA All of women in athletics at the University America team in 2002. and then presented the awards to the From 1999 to 2002 Christine Chadwick five honorees. was a defender on the UD women’s soccer During the 2000-2001 to 2003- team. Those teams won two USCAA 2004 period, Shane Lungwitz led the championships, 2001 and 2002, and were University of Dallas men’s basketball team the first University of Dallas team in any to unprecedented success setting school sport to qualify for the NCAA tournament. A Conversation with Baseball Coach records for wins in a season and the best In addition they qualified for the American Fraser Holmes ‘09 winning percentage. Along the way he set Southwest Conference playoffs in 2000 three individual game records for points, and set a school record for wins in a season The following interview was done by field goals, and free throws, and five school with 15 in 2001. The 2002 team led sophomore Christian Liebenow (CL): records for field goals, field goal percentage, NCAA Division III in goals scored with three-point percentage, and points per 96. Although a defender, Chadwick was an CL: What does it mean to be a first year game, in addition to leading the 2003-2004 offensive force scoring 11 goals, 16th best coach at the school you played at? team to the NCAA division III basketball in UD history, and registering 22 assists FH: I was extremely blessed to get a head tournament for the first time. He is the for sixth place all time. Her 44 points coaching job so young. To be able to follow leading scorer in school history with 1,579 place her 10th and her 71 games seventh. right from playing into coaching and to do points and was a three-time USCAA All- In 1999 she was an ASC West Division it at my alma mater is very important to me. American selection. Following graduation, second team selection and in 2000 a first I have a personal interest in the program. It’s Lungwitz went on to play professionally team selection. not just baseball; it’s baseball and UD. I was in Italy. In 1998 Leslie Smith joined the women’s here four years and had a great experience Anna McMinn played tennis at the soccer team with a bang leading the and I love what the school is all about. We University of Dallas from 2001 through American Southwest Conference in goals, have a lot of tremendous athletes and a lot 2003. During that time she distinguished assists and points while taking the team of intelligent students and it’s an honor to herself on the court and in the classroom, to the ASC playoffs and receiving All give them as many or more opportunities winning the University Scholar Athlete Conference recognition. In1999 she made than I had. Award in 2002 as well as recognition as a her mark in NCAA Division III finishing CL: What have you enjoyed most about USCAA All-American and Academic All- seventh in scoring, ninth in goals per game, coaching or what brings you the most joy American in 2002 and 2003. She holds and 19th in assists with an All-ASC west from coaching? the school record for best singles winning division recognition. In 2000 she was again FH: The early season series against Texas percentage for a season, .909, set in 2001- an All-ASC selection with a return to the Lutheran because we were able to win the 2002. The 2001-2002 team holds the school ASC playoffs and her first of two Academic series over a ranked team, and seeing the record for wins in a season, 11, and the best All-American selections. 2001 brought guys believe in themselves, believe in what winning percent, .846. Anna holds third a school record 15 wins with a USCAA we’re trying to teach them about baseball place in career wins in singles, 33, and doubles championship and an invitation to the and life. Since I’m not too far removed from 28. She holds second place in career singles NCAA division III tournament, a first for it, I know exactly how that feels. The biggest winning percentage, .700 and is third in any UD team, her second Academic All- thing that brings me joy is seeing these guys career matches played, 83. American recognition and her selection to really figure it out, seeing them grow. We’ve Tiffany Barden was a member of the the USCAA All-America team. She holds got a lot of youth and being able to offer women’s soccer team from 1999-2002 school career records for goals, 64, assists, them what I know about baseball and life, and was a key player on two USCAA 41, and points, 169. She is one of 25 NCAA and how it relates to what we do on the field championship teams, one American Division III players to have a 40 goal, 40 and seeing them apply it is a great feeling. Southwest Conference tournament team, assist career. }

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CL: Most people know that Joe Torre and Mike Scoscia were catchers in the big leagues. What advantages does having been behind the plate give you as a coach? FH: The best part of being a catcher was the chess match between the pitcher and the hitter, what pitches they were going to throw and where they were going to throw them - that’s one of my favorite things to teach these guys. Baseball is a chess match, but its more than just picking up a piece and moving it. You can know what you want to do, but then you have to do it. Being able to take that from the dugout and having even more pieces at my disposal is a lot of O´Connell Tabbed to Lead UD Men´s Lacrosse Program fun. I can teach them the strategy as much as possible, but when they start to figure it out, when they start doing it on their own The University of Dallas Athletic Player of the Year, the ECAC Upstate Men’s before I even have to tell them to do it, Department has named Matt O’Connell Lacrosse Player of the Year, a second team that’s huge. as the University’s first men’s lacrosse All-American, a first team All-SUNYAC CL: In what way do you think you can coach. The 2006 graduate of SUNY- Conference and first team All-ECAC use the baseball program to reconnect the Cortland who played lacrosse all four years member, and the SUNYAC Tournament alumni with their alma mater? at the school, worked most recently as MVP. Prior to college O’Connell played for FH: It’s a matter of creating a culture an assistant lacrosse coach at his alma mater. national lacrosse powerhouse, West Genesee of winning, and even if it’s not winning O’Connell, who won NCAA DIII national High School in New York, and won a state national championships, it’s creating athletic championships at SUNY-Cortland as both a championship. excellence that matches the academic player and coach, also served as an assistant The University will be starting men’s excellence at UD. It can be done. We’ve coach at Morrisville State College. lacrosse in 2010, and will become the had remarkable athletes come through here In addition to his national championships second NCAA Division III college in the and one of my goals is to figure out how with SUNY-Cortland, he achieved several state to offer the sport. to create a positive culture. One thing that accolades as a lacrosse athlete. He was gives me hope is the new president. In the named the SUNYAC Lacrosse Conference Coach O’Connell can be reached at brief moments I’ve met him and what I’ve [email protected] } heard about him, it sounds like he’s going to bring the right mentality to the table to help bring the culture we’re trying to create. I’m excited to see what happens with the new president and be a part of the growth. }

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2010 Upcoming Events

SOM Summer in Rome Program University of Dallas Ministry Conference June 2-12, 2010 October 22-23, 2010

National Alumni Board Meeting Parents Weekend June 12, 2010 October 30-31, 2010

Rome Program 40th Anniversary Reunion SOM Landregan Lecture June 17-21, 2010 November 6, 2010

Reunion Weekend Inauguration of President Thomas W. Keefe October 8-10, 2010 Fall 2010

For a complete list of events, go to: www.udallas.edu/calendar