MondayMorning ^newsletter In This Issue March 23, 2009 Vol. 26, No. 24 Tuition Exchange Lakers reach national title game, Irish Visitors fall to No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers Busy Person's Retreat Boston, Mass. - Behind a 37-save performance from 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipient , RecycleMania Update Wisconsin was able to shut down the potent Mercyhurst offense and capture its third women's national Pickering Award Nominee championship in the past four years with a 5-0 victory over the Lakers Sunday afternoon in Boston, Mass. The Lakers, who Happenings on the Hi end their season with a 31-6-0 record and the Women's Frozen Four second place trophy, outshot the Badgers, 37-32. Applause Making their first appearance in the championship game after This Week at the Hurst disposing of second-seeded Minnesota 5-4 Friday evening, the Lakers skated even with the Badgers through the first 20 We'd love to hear from you! minutes of play.

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'Hurst welcomes Dungarvan guests

Mercyhurst College last Monday welcomed as its guests Tom and Carmel Keith from Erie's sister city of Dungarvan, Ireland. The Keiths had lunch with college officials, including President Dr. Thomas J. Gamble, and toured both the Erie and North East campuses. Mercyhurst is preparing to launch a new study program in Dungarvan that will start spring term 2010. Tom Keith, Dungarvan's town clerk, and his wife had a busy itinerary during their Erie visit, including a taste of the arts scene with trips to the Warner Theatre and the Erie Playhouse; a tour of Presque Isle State Park and the Tom Ridge Environmental Center; and an excursion to Niagara Falls, among other activities. During their 10-day sister city visit, the couple also had the opportunity to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in true American style and served as marshals for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Click here to view a report on their campus visit from WICU Channel 12.

Free, convenient retreat opportunity offered for employees

Campus Ministry is inviting interested employees to take part in its Lenten Busy Person's Retreat, a rich spiritual opportunity that has been offered to students for several years. Understanding that most people are too busy to get away to a retreat center, they will bring the retreat to your place of work at the time of your choosing in a simple and practical four-day experience. Participants commit to daily private prayer (guided by a prayer resource) and to a 30-minute meeting (arranged at a time that fits your schedule) with a spiritual guide. Several Mercy Sisters and Associates from out of town will join Sisters from the local community as guides for the week. The retreat will be held Monday through Thursday, March 30-April 2. If you would like to participate or have questions, contact Greg Baker, director of Campus Ministry, at ext. 2301 by Thursday, March 26.

'Hurst in 9th place as RecycleMania competition heads toward finish

Mercyhurst returned to the Top 10 in the Grand Champion category of RecycleMania after the results for week 8 of the competition were compiled. The Hurst recycled 53 percent of its waste during the week, for a cumulative recycling rate of 53.01 percent, ninth best among 204 participating colleges all over the country. Mercyhurst also ranks first among Pennsylvania schools. In the Per Capita Classic, Mercyhurst remained in 20th place nationally and 2nd place in Pennsylvania with a cumulative total of 23.88 pounds of recyclables per capita since the contest began. Colleges will report their waste generation and recycling totals for two more weeks before the champions are named. While Cal State-San Marcos appears to have the Grand Champion title sewed up (with a recycling rate of more than 83 percent), Mercyhurst is within striking distance of several other schools and could still rise in the rankings for its first year in the competition. WSEE Channel 35 came to campus last week to report on RecycleMania. Click here to view their report. You can view all the results at the RecycleMania Web site.

Senior nominated for prestigious fellowship

Senior Nicolas Gutowski, an intelligence studies major, has been selected to apply for the Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Competition. Dr. Candee Chambers, Prestigious Awards Program Director, said that the campus Pickering Fellow nominee will compete with a national field of college senior nominees on the basis of outstanding leadership skills, academic merit, demonstrated financial need, and an "interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State." The prestigious fellowship covers tuition, room and board for graduate studies, participation in a seven-week Summer Institute, and participation in two paid summer internships, one domestic and one overseas. Fellows must commit to pursuing graduate degrees in international studies at participating graduate schools, and are required to work as Foreign Service officers with the State Department for four and a half years following completion of their graduate degree programs, Chambers said. Gutowski already has several publications and conference presentations on his resume. He is currently the president of both the Mercyhurst College Honors Program Student Association and the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Mercyhurst Chapter. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is a federally endowed agency. The Fellowship Program honoring former U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering was designed to recruit talented scholars who are committed to careers in Foreign Service.

Happenings on the Hill

DR. CHAVAJAY SPEAKS TODAY: Dr. J. Pablo Chavajay (right), a developmental psychologist from the University of New Hampshire, visits Mercyhurst on Monday, March 23, to discuss his cross-cultural research on how parents interact with their children and how that influences children's styles of learning. He will speak on "Cultural Arrangements of Learning in a Guatemalan Mayan Community" at 8:15 p.m. in Taylor Little Theatre. His talk is free and open to the public.

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS: Tom Merlino will present "Get Organized with Outlook Calendar" today (Monday, March 23) at 3:30 p.m. in L306. He'll offer tips on using the calendar within Outlook and Outlook Web Access to keep track of appointments, schedule meetings, and invite attendees. On Tuesday (March 24), Lorraine Frownfelter will discuss "Instant Messaging within Mercyhurst" at 3:30 p.m. in L100, explaining how to use Wndows Communicator to contact colleagues. The sessions last about half an hour with time for questions. Registration is not required for either of these programs. You can check out other programs planned for this month online (click on Faculty/Staff Training), http://calendar.mercyhurst.edu

FINANCIAL ADVISING: The Business Club is sponsoring a presentation Tuesday (March 24) on "Financial Advising in Troubled Times" by Joellen T. Nelson, AAMS, of Edwards Jones Investments. She'll speak at 8:15 p.m. in the Mercy Heritage Room. The program is free and open to the public.

ZIONISM: A DIRTY WORD? Award-winning documentary filmmaker Oren Rudavsky; Abraham Foxman, the Executive Director of the Anti-Defamation League; and Wall Street Journal editor Bret Stephens meet for a stimulating and provocative conversation of the hate that is often directed toward Zionism. You can listen in Tuesday, March 24, at 8 p.m. in Taylor Little Theatre. "Why Zionism Has Become a Dirty Word" explores how Zionism, which originated as the national aspiration of the Jewish people, has ended up being misunderstood, mischaracterized and lamented throughout the world. Professor and award-winning author Thane Rosenbaum moderates. The program is simulcast "Live from NY's 92nd Street Y." The series of lectures, interviews, panels and readings featuring newsmakers, political figures, opinion-shapers and authors is sponsored locally by Mercyhurst College and the Anshe Hesed Temple. Admission is free for members of the Mercyhurst and Anshe Hesed communities, $5 for the general public.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT: Dr. Mike Federici and Dr. Alice Edwards will present this week's "brown-bag" forum, discussing writing book reviews. The program, sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, will be held Wednesday, March 25, from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in the Alumni Board Room. RSVP to Dr. Ruth Auld to help the committee plan for lunch (a half-ham/ half-roast beef croissant, tortellini salad, sliced fruit, seven-layer bars and lemon bars, soda, water and coffee).

WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK: The current Weight Watchers at Work session wraps up on Wednesday. March 25. Anvone interested in ioinina the arouo for a new session beainnina Aoril 1 is invited to attend the final session Wednesday at noon in the Student Government Chambers on the second floor of the Student Union. For more information, contact Betsy Frank in Human Resources, ext. 2279.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: A pair of human rights advocates from the former Russian republic of Georgia will be the guests when Mercyhurst's Global Issues Forum continues on Wednesday, March 25. Anna Dolidze, who recently completed a two-week tour of Uzbekistan for Human Rights Watch, and her husband Irakli Kakabadze will speak in the Mercy Heritage Room beginning at 11:30 a.m. Both are appearing in Erie under the auspices of Scholars at Risk, which promotes academic freedom and provides sanctuary to professors, researchers and other intellectuals who suffer threats in their home countries. The luncheon is free for Mercyhurst students and staff, but reservations are required; e-mail sqccor(g>aol.com.

GUELCHER FILM UPDATE: Due to a scheduling conflict with a film distributor, the Performing Arts Center will not be showing Slumdog Millionaire as part of the Guelcher Film Series on Wednesday, March 25. Replacing it is the critically acclaimed film Milk, the story of activist politician Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official. The drama is rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence. Milk will be shown Wednesday at 2:15 and 8 p.m. in the PAC. View the trailer. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, $3 for President's Cardholders, free for Mercyhurst students with ID. Call the box office at 824-3000.

FACULTY RECITAL SERIES: Dr. Scott Meier (left) will perform solo repertoire for alto saxophone on Thursday, March 26, at 8 p.m. in Walker Recital Hall. Meier will be joined by pianist Anne Bommelje for a program of music that he calls "tuneful, sometimes dramatic, playful, fun to listen to, and a joy to perform." The selections represent four countries and a wide range of traditions and styles. He'll perform Jacques Ibert's Concertino Da Camera and Eugene Bozza's Pulcinella, which represent the stylistic influence of the Paris Conservatory from the mid-20th century; Erwin Dressel's Partita, representing Germany in the 1960s; and Persichetti's Parable, written in 1973 by a Philadelphia-born professor of composition at Juilliard. The performance is free and open to the public.

WELLNESS FAIR: Join the Office of the Student Union & Student Activities for the Annual Wellness Fair in celebration of Women's History Month. Stop by the Student Union between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, March 27. There will be delicious, healthy food and beverages, a labyrinth walk, massages, and information on nutrition, blood pressure, melanoma, physical assessments and a number of other health-related topics. The first 150 guests will receive free gift bags filled with goodies. For those 50 years of age and older, the Hamot Wellness Center will be providing bone density screening from noon to 1 p.m. This event, which is free and open to the entire campus community, is a cooperative effort of several departments, offices, students, administrators and faculty. For more information, contact Sarah Allen or call 824-2089

INTERVIEW RESCHEDULED: Kim Young's interview with Mercyhurst forensic anthropologist Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, research assistant Erin Chapman and graduate student Allison Nesbitt will be broadcast Saturday. March 28. at 7 a.m. on "All Thinas Erie" on WQLN-91.3 FM. and will be repeated Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m. Young interviewed the three recently about their role in recovering human remains from the scene of the fatal Continental plane crash Feb. 12 near Buffalo, N.Y.

Applause!

Mary Daly was inducted into the Knights and Ladies of Saint Patrick on March 14 by Bishop Donald Trautman. Mary's love of her Irish heritage comes from her late father Damien, a founding member of the Erie chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who traced his Irish roots back to 1822 to Michael and Julia Daly of Longford, Ireland. She has spent her entire working career at Mercyhurst, first in public relations and advertising, and for the past nine years as presidential liaison to the Board of Trustees. Among the high points of her 'Hurst career were coordinating events when the Lord Mayor of Dublin visited Mercyhurst and twice bringing the Consul General of Ireland to Erie for Irish celebrations at the college. Among her numerous accomplishments, she is a Mercy Associate, was twice elected Regent of Court Erie 515 of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, was the first woman president of the Erie Ad Club, and received the George Mead Award for lifetime achievement in the communication industry.

Dr. Nathan Hess, assistant professor of piano, was the featured performer in the Thursday Noon Together Recital Series on March 5 at First United Methodist Church in downtown Erie, performing works by Haydn, Chopin, Poulenc and Samuel Barber. The following day, he served as judge for the Duquesne Young Artist Competition at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. The competition featured pianists aged 13-18 from all over the east coast.

Dr. Thomas Forsthoefel, chair of the Department of Religious Studies, took part in Q&A sessions recently following Cleveland and Buffalo showings of the film Dalai Lama Renaissance, in which he appears. Following each, he signed copies of his books, Soulsong and The Dalai Lama: Essential Writings. He also had a book signing session March 21 at Borders Books in Erie. On March 30, he'll present a lecture on "Wisdom and Compassion in the Teaching of the Dalai Lama" for Erie's Jefferson Society.

Stephen Marrin, assistant professor of intelligence studies, presented two papers during term break. At a Feb. 20-21 conference in Dublin, Ireland, on "The CIA & US Foreign Policy: Reform, Representations and New Approaches to Intelligence," he presented "Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between CIA's Analysis and Decisionmaking: The Case of Pre-9/11 Terrorism Intelligence." For a March 2 workshop on Intelligence, Policy and Comparative Politics in London, England, he presented a paper on "The Intelligence-Policy Interface and Iraq in Britain and the United States."

Katie "Maeve" McGoff, a junior communication major, is a finalist in the production competition at the March 25-29 convention of the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) in New York City. Her entry, "Fo' Real I Go To Mercyhurst College: I'm A Student Athlete," is competing in the Open Video category against entries from Tennessee State University, Monmouth University and West Texas A&M University. This is the second time in three academic years that Mercyhurst has had a communication student as a national finalist in awards competition.

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FILM: 'MILK' Wed., March 25, 2:15 and 8 p.m. • Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center Winner of two Academy Awards, Milk brings to the big screen the story of activist, politician, fighter and icon, Harvey Milk. The film chronicles the last eight years of Milk's life and his struggles in becoming California's first openly gay elected official. View the trailer. General admission: adults $5, seniors and students $4, President's Cardholders $3, Mercyhurst students with ID free. Call 824-3000.

MUSIC: FACULTY RECITAL SERIES Thurs., March 26, 8 p.m. • 8 p.m. Dr. Scott Meier performs solo repertoire for alto saxophone with pianist Anne Bommelje, including works by Ibert, Bozza, Dressel and Persichetti. Free and open to public.

ART: SENIOR EXHIBITION Through April 5 • Cummings Gallery Display showcases works by nine graduating art majors. Gallery open Tues.-Sun. 2-5 p.m., and Thurs. 7-9 p.m.

For more information about upcoming events at the Performing Arts Center, click here.

Sports at Home

SAT., MARCH. 28 Women's lacrosse vs. West Chester • 11 a.m. Baseball vs. Lock Haven • 1 p.m. (double-header) Women's water polo vs. Chatham • 3 p.m. SUN., MARCH 29 Women's water polo vs. Penn State Behrend 9a.m Men's lacrosse vs. Dowling • 1 p.m. Women's lacrosse vs. Bloomsburg • 3 p.m.

For more information about Laker sports, visit the Mercyhurst Athletics Web site.

OPEN SKATING: During spring term, open skating is offered on Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m., Sundays from 4 to 5 p.m., and other times as posted. Hockey sticks and pucks are permitted (and helmets required) during sessions on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m.

In Memory

Condolences to: The family of Audrey Sitter Hlrt '49, one of Mercyhurst's most loyal graduates and generous benefactors, who died March 13. The academic building on the east campus bears her name. She was a former president of the Mercyhurst Alumni Association, and was closely connected to the college throughout her lifetime. Her husband, F. Wlliam Hirt, a former chair of the board, died in 2007. Diane Speice, administrative assistant, Zurn Hall, on the death of her father, "Hank" Compemolle, 78, on March 14 at Select Specialty Hospital. The family and colleagues of Dr. Barbara A. Weigert, former chair of the education division, who died Thursday at Saint Mary's Asbury Ridge. She was a member of the faculty for 35 years until her retirement in May of 2000. Fr. James Piszker will celebrate her Funeral Mass in Christ the King Chapel today (Monday, March 23) at 4 p.m.

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