DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2014-2015

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Each year, convocation provides our campus community with a unique opportunity for refl ection and for celebrating the many accomplishments of our faculty, staff and administrative units.

As we embrace a new academic year with a renewed focus on advancing the Duquesne mission to serve God by serving students, we are proud to present a sampling of our accomplishments for the 2014-2015 year.

2 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS DUQ.EDU ■ 3 At Duquesne, we are committed to excellence in all RANKINGS & we do. This commitment shows in the recognition we achieve and the honors we receive, boosting ever higher COMMENDATIONS the overall reputation of Duquesne University.

Looking at student outcomes, Duquesne Athletics combined for U.S. News & World Report continued Forbes again has named Duquesne eight individual and one team Atlantic to recognize the School of Education one of America’s Top Colleges for 10 Championship in 2014-2015, on its list of Best Graduate Schools 2015. Duquesne was listed as No. 129 bringing the school’s all-time A-10 for Education. Of a pool of more than among research universities, No. 120 Championship total to 111. Duquesne 350 graduate schools of education, in the Northeast and No. 312 on the has won more Atlantic 10 team titles in Duquesne ranked No. 149, tying with 650-school list. The rankings were the past three years than it had in the DePaul, Louisiana Tech and Western based on measurements of student previous 35. Five of Duquesne’s athletic Carolina universities. satisfaction; student debt; academic programs either tied or surpassed their success; graduation rate; and post- all-time best Atlantic 10 finish in 2014- Students in the Rangos School achieved graduate success. 2015. a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the national certifying exam in athletic In the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Programs.com has ranked training and occupational therapy. Colleges ranking, Duquesne climbed the School of Pharmacy No. 4 among two places in the Great Schools, Great the top 25 pharmacy programs in the The Office of Public Affairs produced Prices list for 2015 to No. 43 of the country. The school was recognized in several award-winning multi-media schools nationwide providing students particular for its financial aid, quality of projects in 2014. The New Student with the best value. Duquesne also network, use of technology and career Orientation Mobile Site was recognized rose 12 spots this year to a tie at No. support. with a silver award by both CASE, the 115 in a poll of high school guidance Council for Advancement and Support counselors, and reached No. 116 in the The School of Law has risen in the U.S. of Education, and Education Digital overall rankings of top schools for 2015. News & World Report national rankings Marketing (EDM). The University for three consecutive years; most mobile site, Sustainability Report and Duquesne University again earned the recently it moved up three additional social media sites captured gold awards highly selective Carnegie Foundation’s slots to No. 118. U.S. News also ranked from EDM. Community Engagement Classification, the Legal Writing Program No. 14 and carried by only 361 institutions of the part-time evening program No. 48. Forensic Science students in the Bayer higher education across the nation. School taking the Forensic Science Duquesne is one of 24 Pennsylvania The School of Nursing has been ranked Aptitude Test, which assesses a schools recognized, and the only one No. 75 in the nation by U.S. News & student’s level of forensic knowledge, in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The World Report for its graduate programs, earned Duquesne a No. 5 rank out of University will hold the classification an increase of 52 places from the the 16 schools taking the examination for 10 years. previous year’s ranking. In addition, the during the 2014-2015 academic year. school was ranked No. 9 for graduate U.S. News & World Report named online programs generally and No. 9 for According to National Jurist, the School Duquesne No. 28 among the nation’s top graduate online programs for veterans. of Law is a Best Value among private law schools for veterans for participating in schools. One of just seven private law federal initiatives that help veterans and The Princeton Review listed the schools on the overall Best Value list, active-duty service members apply for, Donahue Graduate School of Business Duquesne was ranked No. 6 in 2014. pay for and complete their degrees. among The Best 296 Business Schools for 2015. The ranking called the school U.S. News & World Report has ranked Duquesne University secured an outlook “unique because of its emphasis on the John G. Rangos School of Health upgrade from stable to positive from sustainability and business ethics.” Sciences No. 27 among physician Standard & Poor’s Ratings. assistant programs for 2016.

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The Donahue Graduate School of underserved community through the to elevate the sales profession. Less Business made the U.S. News & World intersection of service, scholarship and than 5 percent of four-year colleges Report list as one of the nation’s Best teaching. and universities in North America offer Graduate Schools for 2016. Among 290 verified sales programs. eligible institutions, the part-time MBA Two graduate students from the program was ranked No. 145. Department of Philosophy have been University Advancement earned the selected as Fulbright scholarship Peak Performance Award at the The School of Pharmacy ranked fourth recipients and will continue their Reeher Vista Executive Conference in highest among all private schools of dissertation research in Germany. Four recognition for increasing both annual pharmacy in the nation for NIH grant other graduate philosophy students also fund dollars and donors. funding for research in drug discovery received prestigious awards for study and neuropharmacology applications. abroad. The School of Law’s Veterans Clinic was named as one of the country’s 15 most Students in the Family Nurse Duquesne’s 409 student-athletes posted innovative clinical programs by preLaw Practitioner Program earned a 100 a combined 3.147 GPA in 2014-2015, Magazine. percent pass rate on their national following an annual trend of nearly certification exams. two-thirds of Duquesne student- Last year, more than 200 faculty athletes routinely posting GPAs of 3.0 and senior administrative experts Duquesne was recognized on the or above. Thirty-one student-athletes appeared in the media 1,970 times President’s Higher Education posted 4.0 GPAs in the 2014-2015 in outlets including Bloomberg Community Service Honor Roll in academic year; 147 student-athletes had Businessweek, The Chronicle of Higher two categories: General Community GPAs of 3.5 or higher. Education, CNN Radio, CNBC Europe, Service with Distinction and the newly Entrepreneur, National Catholic established category of Education. The School of Law was No. 3 among Reporter, Forbes, Politico, Fox Business 10 Pennsylvania-area law schools for News, The Huffington Post, Inside Duquesne’s MBA Sustainability first-time test takers of the July 2014 Higher Ed, Scientific American, Sports Program was ranked among the Top 10 Pennsylvania bar examination. The Illustrated, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Graduate Programs in the World for school’s 91.5 percent pass rate exceeded News & World Report, The Washington Environmental Sustainability by Net the Pennsylvania state average pass rate Post, Wired, MSNBC, Money and Yahoo! Impact. by nearly 10 points. News.

The Department of Speech-Language Duquesne was honored again with a Pathology is ranked No. 62 out of 246 national award for Best Use of Theme accredited programs nationwide by U.S. for the 2014 student-run Orientation New & World Report. Program: “Rise! You’re Limitless.”

The Duquesne University School of Duquesne was one of only two Pharmacy was one of the top three institutions in the state to be named to finalists selected nationwide for the the Sales Education Foundation’s 2015 2014-2015 Lawrence C. Weaver Top Universities for Professional Sales Transformative Community Service Education list. The honor recognizes Award. The school was recognized for universities that prepare students for its outstanding commitment to the careers in professional selling and helps

DUQ.EDU ■ 5 Our focus on continuous quality improvement across PROGRAM GROWTH the University allows us to be innovative as we seek to grow our academic and workplace programs and & DEVELOPMENT initiatives to build an even stronger Duquesne.

Through the Office of Financial Two new international initiatives wait times, and a new computer lab Aid, $5,214,583 was awarded to were undertaken by the School of deployment process for nearly 900 lab 1,312 students in the Federal Pell Pharmacy. In the fall, four Duquesne computers at the start of the academic Grant Program or to students with students spent 10 weeks in an advanced year. significant need determined by pharmacy practice study abroad FAFSA. Additionally, more than $5 experience at the University of Perugia, Duquesne reached a new milestone million was awarded to 1,642 students Italy. In the spring, the School hosted with the largest number of international through the Pennsylvania State Grant 18 pharmacy students from the Kobe- students in its history. More than 850 Program; $587,841 was awarded to Gakuin University in Japan. international students, with notable 80 students through The Pittsburgh increases in students from China and Promise; $515,447 was awarded to 1,151 The Center for African Studies continues the Middle East, studied at Duquesne students in the Supplemental Education to experience phenomenal growth, during the 2014-2015 academic year. Opportunity Grant (SEOG) program; doubling the number of students and $59,375 was awarded to assist 33 choosing to minor in African Studies Now in its seventh year, the qualified middle-income students from the previous academic year. Since Undergraduate Research and through an inaugural PHEAA program, the program’s inception in 2013, 398 Scholarship Symposium had record Ready to Succeed. students have registered for African participation of 250 students and 145 Studies courses, which now number 27. projects. As an anchor institution, Duquesne University is a member of the The Office of Undergraduate Admissions The Center for Teaching Excellence stakeholder group focused on reported that the percentage of celebrated its 25th anniversary and developing the Uptown Eco-Innovation freshman students who are minorities produced a video featuring the voices District. In collaboration with the City rose from 11.8 percent to 13.7 percent of 10 faculty and graduate students who of Pittsburgh, the group will work over the past year. recounted the impact of the CTE on over the next two years to create an their academic experiences. environmentally and economically Duquesne University named a new innovative and inclusive plan for center to support Community-Engaged The Duquesne in Dublin study abroad equitable land use, mobility, energy and Teaching and Research. In its first program, a partnership with the Irish infrastructure. year, the center created a robust menu Spiritans, hosted 20 students last of faculty learning opportunities, spring. Students resided in the gracious Demand for the Biomedical Engineering including a yearlong inquiry group on St. Michael’s House while they attended Program continues to grow. The community-engaged research, a faculty University College Dublin. program’s first group of 22 students writing retreat and periodic workshops completed their first year of study and on community-engaged pedagogy and The Pre-Medical and Health Professions a second class of 23 students has been scholarship. Program (PMHPP) established a admitted from a pool of 230 applicants. new linkage agreement for both The program also added two new Computing and Technology Services undergraduate and post-baccalaureate faculty members for the 2015-2016 (CTS) worked with campus partners students with the Ross University academic year. on a number of projects over the past School of Veterinary Medicine in St. year designed to improve faculty, Kitts, West Indies. This is the first-ever The Department of Occupational staff and student experiences. These linkage with a veterinary school for the Therapy received ACOTE accreditation included enhanced recruitment and PMHPP. approval to initiate an entry-level grading software, improved lab print doctoral program beginning fall 2016. management to reduce waste and

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The Center for Pharmacy Care, in Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe (GLPA’08) satellite location in the Duquesne Union collaboration with the Benefits Office, recounted her story of helping to that offers walk-in advising two days a continued the Know the Numbers rebuild the lives of young people who week and counseling by appointment. campaign, screening 650 employees to were traumatized by the civil war in identify early risk factors for chronic Uganda. The Speech-Language Pathology illnesses such as diabetes and heart Program enjoys capacity enrollment. disease. The center also provided The Office of Admissions hosted several The graduate program received 136 medication therapy management Transfer Information Days that provided applications for only five available seats. services to 220 patients enrolled in students with campus tours, transcript five programs: diabetes, chronic pain, evaluation, opportunities to speak with The Physical Therapy Program GERD, asthma, hyperlipidemia and admissions, financial aid and student established a clinical contract for depression. life representatives, and lunch. Duquesne students with Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and In its second year, the Graduate Student in Downey, Calif., one of the most administration participated in Founders Research Symposium attracted 92 prestigious rehabilitation institutes in Week which celebrated Faces of student participants and 66 projects. the United States. Courage. Sponsored by the Division of Mission and Identity, the program asked Nearly 10,000 students took advantage The Department of Occupational students, staff and alumni to share of 210 career-related workshops, Therapy established a new Practice how they live out the Catholic Spiritan class presentations and informational Scholar Site with Blind Vision mission. More than 4,000 responded outreach tables coordinated by the Rehabilitation Services. to the request via social media and, in Center for Career Services. The center a special campus presentation, alumna also completed its first year in a new

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The Duquesne University Pharmacy The Italian Campus hosted 16 Music Athlone Institute of Technology in secured contracts with the Squirrel School students for the Lirica Roma Ireland. Hill Health Center and Primary Health opera program. The diverse group, Network and established more than 40 hailing from the U.S., China, Korea and The Center for Community-Engaged community partnerships. Over the last Germany, benefited from a three-week Teaching and Research, in collaboration year, the pharmacy saw a 65 percent study abroad experience that included with the divisions of Mission and increase in the number of total patients coursework, coaching from famed Identity and Student Life, developed served. In addition to medication artists and two academic excursions in an interdisciplinary undergraduate management and prescription transfers, Italy. research group called Pure Thirst, the pharmacy performed more than which is pursuing water access and 58,000 clinical pharmacy services, For the 18th year, Duquesne hosted purification projects in the Arusha including 29,000 drug utilization the summer Undergraduate Research region of Tanzania. The group’s first reviews and 23,000 documented patient Program (URP). The program drew trip in May focused on assessing counseling sessions, and filled more a record high 75 participants—rising the feasibility of projects in five than 45,000 prescriptions, an increase sophomores, juniors and seniors—who communities near Arusha. of 13 percent over the last fiscal year. receive a full-time research experience, including lab work and podium and The School of Pharmacy conducted on- The Center for Community-Engaged poster presentations. site recruitment events throughout the Teaching and Research redesigned academic year for both undergraduate the Gaultier Faculty Fellowship The Center for Pharmacy Care provided and graduate level students. to specifically recognize master 1,088 vaccines during the 2014-2015 community-engaged teachers and flu season. In addition, the center The Office of Annual Giving launched enable them to share their promising provided travel vaccines to more than a crowdfunding website for the teaching strategies with faculty peers. 150 employees. University, which allows student and faculty groups to fundraise online for a Duquesne forged two new partnership The Bayer School sent 25 undergraduate specific project. The platform hosted 10 agreements with Jiangxi University of students to present their research at the projects in its inaugural semester. Finance and Economics (JUFE), one of American Chemical Society National the top-rated universities for business Meeting and Exposition in Denver, Colo. Duquesne’s strong ESL Program grew to studies in Nanchang, China, and the For the third consecutive year, multiple its historic highest enrollment of 241, a Universidade Pontificia Catolica do Sao Duquesne students have taken home growth of 22 percent from the previous Paulo (PUC-SP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a awards from this national meeting. year. More than half of the students are Brazilian institution with a very similar international undergraduate students profile to Duquesne. In September 2014, the Cyril H. Wecht who have been admitted to degree Institute of Forensic Science and Law programs. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and joined the Bayer School of Natural and The Pittsburgh Promise collaborated to Environmental Sciences and began live Students in the McAnulty College host 130 male seniors from Pittsburgh video streaming of its Forensic Friday experienced Liberal Arts in Action, Public Schools for the We Promise campus presentations. a pilot program that offered two Summit. Four of these students semester-long classes and networking enrolled in Duquesne. The Department of Athletic Training opportunities with a dozen alumni established a student exchange who provided information about job agreement with the Athletic and interviews and internships. Rehabilitation Therapy program at

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The College Scholar-in-Residence McAnulty College sponsored several Duquesne University hosted a Program welcomed six new scholars art exhibits on campus, ranging from free intercontinental symposium, in 2014 who spent a research year at Islamic art to a mixed media exhibit of Celebrating the Power of Lumen Duquesne. artwork made by Pittsburgh inmates. Gentium, to commemorate the anniversary of the Second Vatican The School of Pharmacy’s enhanced Gumberg Library completed a Council’s document referring to the efforts to improve residency and digitization project that provided online Church as a light for the world and the fellowship post-graduate placements access to more than 150 years’ worth of source of salvation. resulted in greatly improved match America’s oldest Catholic newspaper, rates. Approximately 40 students were the Pittsburgh Catholic. McAnulty College of Liberal Arts held its matched in academic year 2014-2015, second Intensive Summer Writing Camp resulting in a placement rate that In FY 2015, University Advancement for high school students on campus exceeded 70 percent. secured a record number of first-time during the summer. donors of $10,000 or more. In collaboration with the Mary Staff, teaching assistants and faculty Pappert School of Music and the Simon The Center for Community-Engaged from nine departments and offices Silverman Phenomenology Center, Teaching and Research established a across campus shared their insights on the McAnulty College redesigned its new grant program to make two years diverse teaching and learning topics interdisciplinary Philosophy and Music of seed funding available for new and on The Flourishing Academic, a blog Program. emerging community-engaged research created by the Center for Teaching projects. Excellence to explore how teacher- The McAnulty College received scholars thrive in academia. funding to host a visiting scholar in Nearly 1,000 modernist scholars from Phenomenology. around the world visited Pittsburgh as Environmental, toxicological, legal the Department of English co-hosted and public policy issues surrounding TheSpiritan Oral History Project, based the 16th Modernist Studies Association fracking were explored at a symposium in the University Archives, documented Conference with the University of hosted by the Wecht Institute of the lives and work of several of Pittsburgh. Forensic Science and Law and the Duquesne’s Spiritans in their own Center for Environmental Research and words. These oral histories preserve Pharmacy student involvement in Education (CERE) titled, The Forensics an important part of the history of scholarship activities and research of Fracking: The Science and Law of the congregation and the University, continued at the same robust pace Hydraulic Gas Extraction. and will become a resource for future as last year. Approximately 30 historical work on religious life and students contributed to 25 scholarly The Department of Occupational Catholic higher education. presentations in 2014-2015. Therapy initiated a collaboration with Shanghai University of Traditional The Center for African Studies and The Simon Silverman Phenomenology Chinese Medicine and trained four the Office of International Programs Center has preserved a large collection international students. initiated the first Maymester program of work by Karl Stern, a Catholic in Tanzania. Nineteen students spent psychiatrist who was deeply influenced Gumberg Library added archives of an extraordinary month living and by existential phenomenology. An University Times from 1991– 2010 to learning from the Spiritans about their annual talk will now be given on his its collection of searchable university long-standing ministry in the region. research. newspapers. The collection now includes The Holy Ghost College

DUQ.EDU ■ 9 Bulletin, Pittsburg College Bulletin, The Duquesne University Paralegal through their DUFlex accounts, Duquesne Monthly, Duquesne Program was incorporated under benefitting more than 150 employees. Durational and University Times with the School of Law umbrella, making coverage ranging from 1894-2010. Duquesne one of only four law schools The Center for Spiritan Studies in the country with an ABA-accredited published Spiritan Horizons 9, which The School of Music’s Beethoven paralegal program. featured seven articles on Spiritan on the Bluff: Season Two attracted pedagogy from varying perspectives of standing-room-only audiences to The Office of Residence Life successfully Duquesne faculty and staff. hear exceptional chamber music housed 3,822 students, including a performances in the University’s PNC freshman class of 1,282. The Center for Pharmacy Care Recital Hall. increased the services it provides to The Center for Teaching Excellence disadvantaged populations. Medication The Pre-Medical and Health Professions sponsored the Near-Peer Mentoring management was provided to 97 Program initiated higher entrance Exchange, engaging 22 incoming faculty patients at the center, while the Spirit and retention standards as well and 23 early-career faculty in vibrant of Health van served a total of 976 as a new curriculum that enables mutual mentoring groups. Faculty patients at expanded sites throughout students to prepare better for entrance participants represented Gumberg Pittsburgh. Clinical services increased examinations, application processes and Library and eight schools, including by 7 percent and included 394 blood the rigors of professional school study. nine departments within the College. pressure assessments, 451 cholesterol This coursework also requires students measurements, 165 bone density to learn basic clinical skills and health Gumberg Library acquired a very rare screenings and 178 body composition safety protocols, understand common 1611 folio edition of Edmund Spenser’s analyses. medical terminology and notation, and The Faerie Queeneand the Shepheardes develop a rudimentary understanding Calendar through an alumni donation. The Simon Silverman Phenomenology of evidence-based medicine and inter- The book is the first collected edition Center at Gumberg Library successfully professional practice. of Spenser’s works, printed in London hosted its 33rd annual symposium, soon after his death. Experiencing Disaster, in March 2015, The Robert and Patricia Gussin Spiritan which addressed difficult aspects of the Division hosted its 18th annual Spiritan The Barnes & Noble bookstore saw a human experience. Division Celebration in February. Since 7.8 percent growth in the book rental the division was established, nearly 400 program, enabling students to save The Mary Pappert School of Music students who began their education as over $747,000 by renting instead of expanded its academic offerings for Spiritan Division students have received purchasing new textbooks. undergraduates. A new minor in music, undergraduate degrees. launched last academic year, is designed Duquesne University funded $500 of to offer students in any major valuable support for employees’ dependents experiences in music theory as well as

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opportunities for private instruction The Office of Commuter Affairs and Affairs hosted the first South Side Social and ensemble performance. New this the Office of Multicultural Affairs each for Duquesne students and community year, a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree hosted a Pre-Orientation Program to members and also developed a South will provide students whose primary help the students they serve acclimate Side Guide to provide helpful tips to focus is music new pathways for a to the University before the start of the students residing in that community. variety of interdisciplinary pursuits. academic year. Over 100 commuter students and 40 multicultural students The School of Nursing hosted the In partnership with the Center for attended the corresponding programs. Fifth Annual McGinley Symposium, Spiritan Studies, Gumberg Library Exploring Social Justice & Vulnerable added several collections for individual Sophomore students in the School of Populations: The Face of the Person Spiritans. In addition to the works Nursing made history as the first group with Mental illness. by and about Francis Libermann, to participate in the school’s inaugural individual collections now include the White Coat Ceremony in November. The Office of Student Conduct Claude Francois Poullart des Places The ceremony, which serves to mark provided conduct board training for its Collection, Daniel Brottier Collection, the beginning of the professional phase members on Understanding Trauma, James Laval Collection and Frédéric Le of the students’ nursing careers, was Non-Verbal Communication Skills, Vavasseur Collection. made possible in part by funding from and Questioning Techniques. It also The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the sponsored a webinar, Interrupting the City Music Center has established new American Association of Colleges of Violence: Engaging Men as Allies. collaborations with the Kelly Strayhorn Nursing (AACN). Duquesne was among Theater, Kauffman Center, Pittsburgh just 100 nursing schools selected from The Department of Recreation saw a Jazz Orchestra and Family Services, across the nation to receive the funding. record high 217,000 patron swipes and providing increased opportunities for 18,000 group fitness participants. In music appreciation among Pittsburgh’s The Carnegie Project on the Education addition, 255 individuals participated underserved communities. Doctorate (CPED), an international in the SAFE self-defense program and consortium of 86 universities, 2,500 students, including 975 freshmen, Demand for Duquesne’s School of maintained its headquarters in fielded 400 intramural teams. Nursing remains high. The school the School of Education. Notable enrolled 924 students in 2014-2015, accomplishments included adding 30 The Center for Counseling & Wellbeing an increase of 110 students from the institutions to the consortium, which offered a dedicated course on previous year. boasts institutions from the United Mindfulness & Medication for States, Canada and Australia. freshmen, as well as weekly sessions for The School of Education continued undergrads, graduate students, faculty its community forums in the spring CTS doubled the bandwidth for students and staff. The center also provided and fall to address issues of local and by implementing a second Internet presentations to individual groups on regional importance. To date, more service dedicated to student use. numerous topics related to wellbeing than 60 civic, business, government, throughout the academic year. education and foundation organizations The Office of Residence Life held more have participated in the forums. than 180 weekend programs, attended Nearly 2,200 freshman students by over 7,500 students, during the and their families—an all-time Interest in Greek Life is growing. 2014-2015 academic year. high—attended the 2014 Freshman Alpha Omicron Pi was established as a Advisement Summer Transition (FAST) new sorority—the first to be added to In conjunction with the South Side program. Duquesne University since 2000. Chamber of Commerce and the South Side Community Council, Commuter DUQ.EDU ■ 11 PROGRAM GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

Phi Eta Sigma inducted 245 freshmen due to the Division of Student Life’s DU University Advancement saw a 12 with GPAs of 3.5 or higher. Weekends and Launch Your Late Night percent increase in donors over initiatives coordinated by the Center for the prior year, the first year-over- The Small Business Development Student Involvement staff and Duquesne year increase in donor count in two Center’s 17th annual Entrepreneurs Program Council. decades. Annual Giving achieved Growth Conference focused on increases in donor counts, dollars raised shepherding a growing business The Center for Student Involvement and alumni participation. through change. Keynote speakers collaborated with SGA, DPC, Class included the chief executive officer Councils, Gamma Sigma Sigma and The Office of Alumni Relations piloted a of 4moms and the president of Sarris several other student organizations to mentoring program, pairing 40 alumni Candies. The conference also included 12 implement an inaugural Spring Into with current students for ongoing different workshops, nearly two dozen Finals event that led 700 students to mentoring relationships. expert speakers and panelists, and a the Red Ring to celebrate the end of the business-building tradeshow. spring semester. Students also honored The School of Business created a outgoing EVP for Student Life, Fr. Sean comprehensive, high-level strategic More than 250 freshmen attended the Hogan, for his support and dedication to plan, Palumbo-Donahue 2024: first Freshman Graduation Celebration Duquesne. Achieving Distinctive Excellence, to on McCloskey field, hosted by Freshman outline the school’s direction for the Development and Residence Life. The Office of Health Service added the future. Among the plan’s goals are to Online Student Health portal to DORI, offer compelling undergraduate and More than 1,300 students and alumni— which allows students to communicate graduate programs, increase faculty an 11 percent increase over last year— directly and securely with the office prominence, raise external visibility, took advantage of the networking medical staff to set up appointments, ask and create world-class facilities. opportunities provided by three campus and answer health questions, and upload job fairs and two regional consortium medical documents. Company owners discovered how fairs, sponsored by Career Services. the latest technological trends can Career Services posted 1,489 internship keep their businesses profitable The Office of Multicultural Affairs opportunities and 4,214 jobs on and competitive at the 9th annual hosted 325 individuals for the inaugural DuqConnection, increases of 63 percent Pennsylvania Business Technology Spirit of Diversity Dinner that raises and 10 percent, respectively. Conference, presented by the Small awareness of and celebrates the Business Development Center. diversity in the Duquesne University The Student Health Advisory Council community. (SHAC) initiated two new campus-wide More than 250 accountants throughout programs, the Clothesline Project and a the region attended the third annual The Center for Student Involvement Scavenger Hunt to promote awareness of Accounting CPE Conference. The worked with Enrollment Management campus health and wellness resources. daylong conference for accounting and CTS to launch the New Student professionals covered a wide range Interest Survey. Nearly 1,200 students The SBDC’s Center for Green Industries of subjects, ranging from fraud and responded to express their interest and launched a Green Business Certificate forensic accounting to the evolving were contacted and encouraged to get Series to help local small business owners federal tax code to new auditing involved. learn how to make their companies more standards. “green” in terms of environmentalism Late night and weekend program and their bottom lines. participation is at an all-time high

12 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS At the core of Duquesne’s Catholic and Spiritan SERVICE & OUTREACH identity is a commitment to service and outreach. Our students, faculty and staff work diligently to improve INITIATIVES the lives of disadvantaged and underserved individuals while building a stronger community overall.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs The Mylan School of Pharmacy has services to patients at Catholic Charities launched a mentoring initiative for pre- expanded its experiential education Health Care Center in Pittsburgh. graduate students to encourage positive program to include service to decision-making in partnership with disadvantaged populations, such as Biological Sciences continued its fifth two local school districts. homeless women, the underinsured year of participation in the SIGMA and those with drug and alcohol Science Mentorship Initiative, a Duquesne celebrated 10 years of service dependency. Under the supervision student-initiated program that and collaboration between the Italian of faculty and pharmacist preceptors, brings African-American high school Campus program and the Istituto Via student pharmacists were able students to Duquesne to participate di Nazareth high school in Rome, Italy. to identify and resolve adverse in weekend laboratory workshops Italian Campus students mentor and medication-related issues, help to and scientific career discussions. provide language exchange for the optimize patient outcomes, serve as SIGMA is another link in a continuum students of the high school and support patient advocates in acquisition of of diversity initiatives in the Bayer the Sant’Egidio Community in Rome. health care resources, and provide School that includes Project SEED, patient education and lifestyle the Bayer Scholars’ Program and the Faculty and students from the counseling. Bayer School Summer Undergraduate Department of Athletic Training Research Program. provided care to competitors The Offices of Undergraduate participating in the 2015 Pennsylvania Admissions and Financial Aid hosted The University became the official home Winter Special Olympics. a screening of the documentary, to a one-of-a-kind Foucault pendulum, First Generation, and a roundtable conceived and developed by Physics Under the supervision of faculty, 29 discussion. First generation college majors as part of the Honors College first-year Speech-Language Pathology students from Duquesne and other Endowed Fellows Program. One of only (SLP) graduate students provided over institutions led a discussion with 150 two Foucault pendulums in Pittsburgh, 2,500 hours of evaluation and treatment high school students. the device resides in the lounge of to clients at Duquesne’s Speech- Libermann Hall. Language-Hearing Clinic. During the Duquesne student-athletes logged 2,583 same time period, 24 second-year SLP community service hours through the The environmental effects of metal ions, graduate students provided over 10,500 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee especially in Western Pennsylvania, hours of speech-language evaluation (SAAC) A-10 Assists Challenge in a were discussed by nine experts during and treatment services through nine-month span from August 2014 a daylong conference, Metals in community-based work. In addition, through April 2015. Biological Systems, hosted by the Bayer graduate students provided hearing School. screenings to 11 elementary schools in The Forensic Science and Law Program the North Allegheny School District and hosted the 12th Annual Forensic Duquesne commemorated the life and eight local private schools. Science and Law Workshop. The four- work of Charles Darwin, scientific day program brought 24 high school inquiry and the common good of all The Department of Chemistry and students to campus to explore forensic humanity during the annual Darwin Biochemistry again provided summer processes and techniques. Students Day symposium. The 2015 event research opportunities to economically used their newfound knowledge and focused on Darwin, Wallace, and disadvantaged high school juniors and skills to solve a mock crime. Domestication. seniors through Project SEED. Faculty members in the Department The Department of Biological Sciences of Physical Therapy provided pro bono sponsored the ninth Pittsburgh

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Bacterial Meeting that brings of democratic dialogue in resolving the learning experiences. Their leadership together the bacteriology community racial achievement gap and behavior was highlighted at the annual in the Pittsburgh and tristate area. management practices at Minadeo Celebration of Teaching Excellence. Undergrads, graduate students and Elementary. post-doctoral fellows presented The Maureen P. Sullivan Curriculum their research to peers and principal The eighth annual Duquesne University Center at Gumberg Library donated investigators in short talks and posters. Human Rights Film Series featured the over 500 books collected from the theme Oppression and Opportunity. campus community to Pittsburgh-area The Biomedical Engineering Program schools and camps. presented a series of talks centered on Students in the Beechwood Elementary biomedical engineering education and after-school program enjoyed Reading Music Education students, funded by biomedical photo acoustic methods to Play and Playing to Read, presented the Extra Mile Foundation, continued for cancer research for gifted high by the Department of Modern Language to support the elementary school band school students at the Carnegie Science and Literatures. program at St. Benedict the Moor School Center and through Pennsylvania Cyber in the Hill District. Charter School. The Duquesne Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee hosted the Through numerous events throughout Students studying abroad during Pittsburgh area’s Consortium for the year, including the annual Relay Maymester Tanzania delivered 250 Educational Resources on Islamic for Life, the Colleges Against Cancer pounds of vitamins to Spiritan Studies’ (CERIS) undergraduate chapter at Duquesne raised more than initiatives in Arusha and 10 suitcases research symposium. $27,000 for the American Cancer of books to the new Spiritan Marian Society and was named Student University College in Bagamoyo. Rev. Henry J. McAnulty, C.S.Sp., the Organization of the year. longest-serving president in the history Duquesne University’s sponsorship of of Duquesne University (1959-1980), Students from the Michael P. Weber Phipps Conservatory’s Tropical Forest was honored at several University- Learning Skills Center engaged in a Congo exhibit features artifacts and hosted events in April. service learning experience, tutoring information from Duquesne’s centers, and mentoring elementary, middle and schools and divisions such as the Center The Center for Teaching Excellence high school students on campus and in for African Studies, the Bayer School of collaborated to host workshops that the community. Natural and Environmental Sciences, specifically addressed diversity, the Mylan School of Pharmacy, and including The Face of the Student Duquesne again hosted the Summer the Division of Mission and Identity Veteran, Exploring Race at our Institute, a one-week residential that have past, current and future Predominantly White University and enrichment program designed to expose commitments to Africa. a guest presentation by Susan Hines high school students to the world of of St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, higher education. In 2014, the Institute Last spring, the Center for Community- Designing Effective Adult Learning enrolled its largest group of 25 students Engaged Teaching and Research worked Experience. from 20 different schools. Over the with a coalition of administrators, past 25 years, the Institute served 245 teachers and parents from Minadeo Over 120 Duquesne peer leaders students. Elementary School, Duquesne faculty dedicated time and energy to building and students, and community a community that shares best teaching The Department of Public Safety stakeholders from Hazelwood, Squirrel practices, offers collegial support and partnered with numerous University Hill and Homewood to explore the role ultimately enhances our students’ offices to present programs on safety

14 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS and security issues such as self-defense, Faculty of the Mary Pappert Students enrolled in the Michael sexual assault prevention, high-risk School of Music served in national P. Weber Learning Skills Center’s drinking and community safety. leadership roles for many professional Strategies for Academic Success and organizations, including American Introduction to University Success Spiritan Campus Ministry welcomed String Teachers Association, Society for experienced high performance, earning representatives from the Coalition of Music Teacher Education, Association an average GPA of 3.36 and 3.43, Immokalee Workers as part of Fair Trade for Technology in Music Instruction and respectively. More than 90 percent of Week. the International Society of Bassists, the students continued their education among others. at Duquesne. The Learning Skills Center served 171 students through the Act 101 Program, City Music Center continues to provide The UCEA Center for Educational a higher education access initiative music education and instruments to Leadership and Social Justice, housed that provides tutoring and other Pittsburgh’s underserved communities within the Canevin Center, hosted the academic preparation skill courses through innovative programs and 2015 Duquesne Educational Leadership to students who meet academic and partnerships, such as Musical Creations Symposium, Rivers of Justice, Bridges economic criteria established by the and PJOYouth Future All-Stars. of Love. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In academic year 2014-2015 Duquesne School of Education faculty partnered Sixty students participated this past Greek organizations’ fundraising with students and teachers from spring in Spiritan Campus Ministry’s efforts have raised thousands of dollars, Pittsburgh Public School’s Obama annual Cross-Cultural Mission including nearly $9,000 for Make-A- Academy for a yearlong Youth Films Experiences (CCMEs). Students assisted Wish Foundation and $5,000 for the Collaborative, which focused on in home repair and community projects Spiritan University College in Ejisu, using the art of filmmaking to explore in Mullens, W.Va., worked with Ghana. Greek Life students also logged difficult social issues in the Pittsburgh migrant farmworkers to understand the more than 12,671 volunteer hours. community. The group presented at injustices in Florida’s tomato fields in the peer-reviewed Digital Media and Immokalee, Fla., and helped to rebuild The School of Education presented the Learning Conference in Los Angeles in homes affected by Hurricane Katrina in 6th Annual Dr. Barbara A. Sizemore June. New Orleans, La. Summer Conference, The Right to an Excellent Education for all Children: During the third annual 5 Days of The Department of Public Safety Do We Have the Will? a two-day, free Giving, Student Life staff members engaged in numerous service projects, conference focusing on equity and social participated in weeklong volunteer including the St. Anthony Kids Day, the justice in urban education featuring activities that benefitted Catholic Cops & Kids weeklong summer camp theoretical, practical and experiential Charities, Miryam’s at Bethlehem and United Way Cookout fundraiser. plenary sessions, presentations and Haven and the Spiritan Fathers at Bethel workshops. Animation Center.

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The Department of Public Safety advocate for the role of pharmacy in Thanksgiving turkeys to an estimated participated in a joint training session the improvement of patient health care 250 local families. with the Pittsburgh Council on Higher outcomes. Education (PCHE) partner police In the context of the University’s agencies. The Office of Greek Life hosted another commitment to social justice, the successful Greek Week, collecting 6,000 first Day for Learning and Speaking Campus participation in community cans for area food banks, donating 172 Out explored the link between police engagement remains extremely high. pints of blood for Central Blood Bank brutality and racial inequality and DUV records indicate that 8,455 total and participating in Spring Clean-up. the pedagogical implications of volunteers provided 261,033 service exploring such current events within hours in 2014-2015. The Office of Special Student Services our teaching. Organized by a group of is now partnering with the statewide faculty, staff and students and co- The Up ’til Dawn’s organization’s letter Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to sponsored by six University centers, writing campaign raised nearly $12,000 provide additional support and services the event offered panel discussions, to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research to students with disabilities. pedagogical workshops, dialogues and Hospital. student action. Duquesne’s MBA Sustainability Program City Music Center provided $39,000 and the Center for Environmental The Student Government Association in need-based tuition discounts to Research and Education were among (SGA) launched several campus-wide its students. In addition, the Center the sponsors of a regional event focused educational initiatives during Sexual offered three full annual scholarships to on developing an energy plan for the Assault Awareness Month. A Red Flag students from the Poco a Poco program. region: Energy for the Power of 32: 32 campaign was aimed at promoting Countries, 4 states, 1 Energy Future. healthy relationships and It’s on Us Strong Women, Strong Girls matched The Power of 32 event was a catalyst encouraged the student body to take a over 100 mentors with 300 children for local clusters of stakeholders to stand to prevent sexual violence. in 11 after-school sites. The annual collaboratively develop a plan for field trip to Duquesne offered 125 reconceiving our energy future. In April, a group of Duquesne pharmacy children the chance to spend the day on students participated in Legislative Day campus in student-led workshops and The Palumbo-Donahue School of at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to community service projects. Business published the inaugural issue advocate for increased patient access of Duquesne Business Leader, its new to community pharmacy services, Several Career Services staff members biannual e-magazine that focuses on increased patient access to preventative serve on regional advisory boards, alumni outreach and engagement. vaccines without age restriction executive boards and committees for The issue focused on innovation; the and protection from unfair auditing local and regional chambers and career school’s future direction; and the ways practices. associations. in which some of the school’s most distinguished alumni have changed The Office of Researchreports that More than 200 second professional year their companies, their communities and external funding was up 28 percent student pharmacists from both the the world. with a total of $10,647,000 for FY15. weekday and weekend pathways met This includes $957,000 in facilities and with their senators and representatives Through the Office of Multicultural administration funding which further in Washington, D.C. in October to Affairs’ Ninth Annual Turkey Drive, the supports research and infrastructure at Duquesne community helped to provide the University. In addition, foundation funding was up 13 percent over FY14.

16 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS The teacher-scholar model is central to Duquesne’s commitment to academic excellence. GRANTS & SCHOLARLY Our faculty are at once exceptional teachers and world-class researchers and scholars. The work ACHIEVEMENT they do plays an important role in building our national reputation. A $2 million grant through The Center for African Studies was A Bayer School undergraduate Pennsylvania’s Alternative and Clean awarded a $6,000 faculty research researching pain and depression has Energy program will help Duquesne grant. been selected from applicants across University upgrade its Energy Center, the state as Duquesne’s first Clarkston which generates the bulk of electricity The University continues to offer Scholar. In addition to a $10,000 for campus with a clean-burning, students opportunities to work scholarship, the awardee receives natural gas turbine generator. This alongside pioneering faculty researchers personal mentoring in life sciences by marks the largest state grant that and to showcase their own work. In the Clarkston Consulting and participates in Duquesne has ever received. fall, 92 Duquesne students participated events sponsored by Pennsylvania Bio, in the Graduate Student Research the statewide trade association for life During 2014-2015, the Bayer School of Symposium, and 250 undergraduates sciences, over the next two years. Natural and Environmental Sciences presented their work at the spring received $1.2 million in new grant Undergraduate Student Research The Office of Financial Aid funding from agencies such as the Symposium. awarded nearly $11.5 million in National Science Foundation (NSF), scholarship support to thousands of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Duquesne University awarded $50,000 undergraduates. the Allegheny Foundation and the from the University Retention Fund to Heinz Endowments. Faculty members enable 27 students with financial need University Advancement disbursed published over 60 peer-reviewed to continue their studies the following the first awards from the Charles journal articles, including publications semester. Henry Leach II Fund for Duquesne in the prestigious journals Nature University. Established to support and the Proceedings of the National The Department of Physical Therapy charitable, scientific and educational Academy of Science. was awarded two multimillion-dollar purposes, the fund awarded more than federal grants. A $3.5 million grant $125,000 to support faculty research Duquesne University established from the U.S. Department of Education in the McAnulty College of Liberal a full scholarship program for will support a four-year, multi-site Arts, the Bayer School of Natural and academically talented young women project to evaluate the impact of the Environmental Sciences, and the from the Gashora Girls School near START-Play program for infants with Bioengineering Program, and also Kigali, Rwanda. In 2014, the program neuromotor disorders. Partnering assisted Spiritan Division students with supported two students, funding clinical sites are University of Delaware, their tuition needs. tuition, fees, living expenses and Virginia Commonwealth University, travel, and providing support through and University of Washington. A School of Education faculty and the Office of International Programs three-year, $1.4 million grant from administrators were awarded $493,503 throughout their transition to U.S. the Department of Defense will fund a in external funding during the 2014- university life. study to evaluate a tool used to identify 2015 academic year in support of and track recovery of mild traumatic scholarship and research that informs Members of the BME Program garnered brain injury (TBI) in military personnel. the policy priorities of local foundations an external grant in the amount of Duquesne researchers will work in as well as the needs of professionals, $77,695 for the development of a photo conjunction with U.S. Army Special children and youth in schools and the acoustic flowmeter for molecular Operations medical personnel partners community. analysis of circulating tumor cells. in North Carolina, Washington and This device will be used to detect and Georgia and then conduct a two-year The Palumbo-Donahue School of characterize metastatic disease in clinical study of the tool’s effectiveness. Business received a $100,000 gift to cancer patients. support a partnership with BlueTree

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Allied Angels, giving students in Faculty in the School of Pharmacy Pennsylvania Junior Academy of entrepreneurial finance the ability to were awarded a total of $5,543,980 Science (PJAS) Regional Competition. invest in a startup through BlueTree. in external grant funding and were The event drew more than 800 STEM issued three patents for the 2014-2015 (science, technology, engineering and The Department of Speech-Language academic year. Faculty made 122 poster mathematics) students in grades 7-12 Pathology received a $30,000 grant or podium presentations at local, from Allegheny and Westmoreland from the Childhood Apraxia of Speech regional, national or scientific meetings counties who presented their research Association of North America for a and published 93 peer-reviewed journal findings on a broad range of scientific research study titled Examining the articles and two pharmacy education- topics, from botany to zoology. Impact of Gestures in the Treatment of related books. Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The Center for African Studies Working with their faculty mentors, established a Scholar-in-Residence University Advancement secured graduate and undergraduate students program to support scholars in African four new donor-endowed faculty in the Bayer School have earned Studies as they pursue new or ongoing positions: the Patricia Doherty Yoder/ prestigious honors and scholarships research projects. Ronald Wolfe Endowed Chair in for their research. Among them were Communications Ethics; the Merle three undergraduate students who During the 2014-2015 academic year, E. Gilliand Endowed Professorship in were named Goldwater Scholars and a staff from the Center for Community Entrepreneurial Finance; the KPMG doctoral student who was awarded a Engaged Teaching and Research Term Faculty Fellowship in Accounting; national service research award from published two articles and a book and the Harry W. Witt Term Faculty the NIH. chapter. They also presented at four Fellowship in Business. conferences. An environmental science major in the The Office of Financial Aidwas able to Center for Environmental Research In partnership with the School of send financial aid packages for accepted and Education (CERE) has become Nursing, the Gumberg Library received freshman students the week of Feb. 24, Duquesne’s first undergraduate a National Library of Medicine grant 2015, the earliest release date in history to receive a prestigious $50,000 to teach faculty in Health Sciences, and among the top 8 percent of schools fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Nursing, Pharmacy and Biomedical in the nation. Protection Agency for research related Engineering to use the systematic to remediation of arsenic in water review research methodology in Duquesne University received a produced from shale gas wells. The research and teaching. $100,000 grant from the Addison fellowship program supports only 34 Gibson Foundation to be used students nationwide who are involved The Duquesne University Pharmacy throughout the 2014-2015 and 2015- in new environmental research received a $46,000 grant from McCauley 2016 academic years. initiatives in physical, biological, health, Ministries. social sciences and engineering. A broad group of Duquesne faculty During the 2014-2015 academic and academic colleagues from across University Advancement secured a year, the faculty of the School of Law campus disciplines was invited by the $250,000 cash gift from an anonymous published nine articles, five books, College Board to discuss the upcoming alumni couple to support the Third 10 chapters and supplements, and redesign of the curriculum and Alternative Scholarship Program. 34 other research papers. They also assessments related to the AP program. presented at 40 conferences and were For the second year, Duquesne recognized with seven awards, honors University hosted the annual and scholarships.

18 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS In 2014-2015, faculty from the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business published 38 peer-reviewed scholarly articles in academic journals, presented 62 peer-reviewed papers at national and international conferences, published eight chapters in scholarly books, and produced one book.

University Press published two books, Levinas and Asian Thought and Facing Nature: Levinas and Environmental Thought,selected for breakout book sessions at the 2014 conference of the North American Levinas Society.

The School of Law hosted numerous legal scholars and programs that addressed topics of national interest such as the Trayvon Martin Case, Intellectual Property and Teaching the Academically Underprepared Law Student. In September, the School of Law and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette co-hosted a program marking the 40th anniversary of President Ford’s pardon of Richard M. Nixon.

In partnership with Foundation Relations, Gumberg Library obtained a grant from the Cahouet Foundation for $10,000 that enabled the library to complete digitization of the Pittsburgh Catholic.

Faculty from the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts were invited to share their expertise in history, political science, psychology, computer science and theology at venues throughout the country and beyond, including the New York City National Archives, Johns Hopkins University, Tokyo and Jerusalem.

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To support the faculty development 603, Rockwell Hall, and an additional program, the Center for the Catholic $50,000 from the Trust for a faculty Intellectual Tradition received $3,000 in research project titled, Constructing an funding from the Lily Fellows Network. Ethical Profile of Millennials.

City Music Center received operating The Small Business Development Center support from The Pittsburgh received federal funding in excess of Foundation in the amount of $14,007. $750,000 to assist small businesses in the region with programming and The Department of Athletics partnered resources. with University Advancement to secure funding from the Merle E. and Olive The Spiritan Division of Academic Lee Gilliand Foundation to establish the Programs partnered with University Gilliand Basketball Academic Center in Advancement and Pittsburgh Public the A.J. Palumbo Center. Schools to design and implement with proceeds benefiting the General the University’s new Empowerment Scholarship Fund. School of Education faculty continued Scholarship Program. The Division to advance the school’s national and welcomed its first cohort of seven Milton and the Poetics of Freedom, international reputation for scholarship scholarship students last academic year. published by Duquesne University and research in 2014-2015, producing Press, was one of only 62 new books 114 national and international refereed The School of Nursing was selected as named an Outstanding University presentations and publishing 61 journal a participant in a national, multi-site Press Title in the 2014 selections of the articles, seven books and 29 book investigation involving Psychosocial AASL and PLA Library Committees. chapters. Issues and Bariatric Surgery, a study This designation recognizes books that funded by the NHI over the next four are “essential additions to most library The Career Services Center received years. collections,” according to the American a $3,000 grant from the Target Association of School Librarians. Community Foundation to develop and In partnership with the Mylan School implement a career leadership program of Pharmacy, University Advancement for the School of Pharmacy. secured a major commitment from Bristol-Meyers Squibb to establish the Duquesne CARES/Residence Life Bristol-Meyers Squibb Graduate Student was awarded its second consecutive Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences. two-year, $40,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board The University introduced a new for alcohol prevention and proactive honor, the Spiritus Award, recognizing programming. exceptional leadership in philanthropic support. Drs. Robert and Patricia The Palumbo-Donahue School of Gussin accepted the inaugural award Business received $55,500 from at Duquesne’s first President’s the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Scholarship Dinner, held on April 23, Charitable Trust to support renovation 2015 in Pittsburgh. More than 200 and technology updates to Room people, including many vendors and corporate partners, attended the event,

20 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OPERATIONAL/ By continuing to invest in new resources and initiatives, we make a bold statement about Duquesne University’s future. We are committed INFRASTRUCTURE to enhancing our campus environment in order to ENHANCEMENTS serve more, do more and be more.

Duquesne University invested $32.3 with Des Places and is expected to be improvements enhance the customer million last year on numerous campus completed in all residence halls by the experience and are projected to save the improvement projects, including end of summer 2016. University $1.5 million over the next 10 continued renovations and updates in years. all residence halls, construction of a The University unveiled two new new nursing simulation lab and second FlexTech classrooms designed by Important upgrades were made to the bioengineering lab in Libermann Hall, the Media Services Center and fifth floor of Rockwell Hall to create renovation of pharmacy and science Facilities Management for active and world-class learning environments for labs in Mellon Hall, the conversion of collaborative learning. Located in 442 students. A redesigned and expanded the Peter Mills Theater in Rockwell Hall, Fisher Hall and 551 College Hall, each Thomas J. Murrin/Duquesne Light and completion of the Genesius Theater. room includes several student pods Conference Room supports graduate which seat four to six students and have and executive education activities. The The Division of Management and their own computer and wall-mounted Lounge on 5, a new student gathering Business implemented a Finance flat panel monitors, USB charging space, promotes informal interactions Division reorganization to utilize staff stations and the ability to share digital and as well as group activities, where sharing and strategic sourcing of key content throughout the room. Writeable students can share and capture ideas on financial service partners, producing a glass-top tables enhance the room a writable wall as well as glass tabletops. savings of nearly $700,000. with added color and functionality. In addition to a standard instructor’s The third and final phase of the The Biomedical Engineering Program station, a large main display projector or Academic Walk utility tunnel repair established its first research laboratory LCD monitor completes the room. project was completed, upgrading the in August 2014. Located in Libermann infrastructure and drainage below Hall, this lab houses the biomedical Significant construction and renovation ground and improving the brick pavers optics group that uses lasers and light work has continued throughout all the for pedestrians above. sources for applications in surgery, Living Learning Centers, including an oncology, dermatology, ophthalmology upgrade of the campus-wide access In the past year, departments within and other branches of medicine. control system and over $1.3 million the Enrollment Management Group in security equipment, helping to automated the processes for checking The Genesius Theater Project was maintain a very low number of damage the status of tuition remission and completed, featuring a Black Box or vandalism incidents. financial aid awards and implemented Theater that seats 130, as well as a Recruiter CRM, a sophisticated rehearsal hall, dressing rooms, offices, Through the generosity of a donor, application and communication tool costume storage and a green room. a new tracker action pipe organ has that interfaces with Banner. These The theater will be used by Duquesne been installed in the Duquesne Chapel improvements make the processes more University’s Red Masquers, Spotlight of the Holy Spirit. The organ serves as user friendly. Musical Theater Company and Mary a wonderful addition to the Duquesne Pappert School of Music ensembles for community, both as an instrument for The Office of the Registrarbegan using performances, as well as a space for worship and for student and faculty Banner’s degree audit module to review production classes. performances. academic records of undergraduates, facilitating the process of checking for CTS began a two-year project to A parking modernization project was compliance with the Core Curriculum improve the wireless experience implemented in the Duquesne Locust and clearing students for degrees. for students in the Living Learning and Forbes garages, utilizing proximity Centers. Installation of state-of-the- card technology and convenient art equipment began in fiscal year 2015 automated pay stations. These

DUQ.EDU ■ 21 The Palumbo-Donahue School of Business has adopted a multidisciplinary departmental structure designed to find new ways to build on the school’s existing strengths, honor its Spiritan heritage and seize opportunities to innovate. Previously organized into five academic divisions, the school’s new academic realignment comprises three interdisciplinary departments: Accounting, Information Systems Management and Supply Chain Management Department; Economics and Finance Department; and Marketing and Management Department.

The ESL Program improved student services by streamlining processes for testing, registration and advising process. A new standardized test was introduced to more effectively measure international students’ readiness for academic work.

Renovation projects in Mellon Hall continued over the past year, with updates completed in the Organic Chemistry Teaching lab as well as in research labs in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biological Sciences.

Duquesne University joined the Green Building Alliance District 2030, with a goal of reducing energy by 50 percent by the year 2030. Initial reports indicate the University is under the baseline by 19 percent.

A new conference room and clinic were established when the Psychology department and Psychology Clinic relocated to Rockwell Hall. The new

22 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OPERATIONAL/INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS

spaces, dedicated in the fall, were made Several upgrades were made to the possible by a generous gift from Jack Duquesne Union, including a complete McGinley in commemoration of his makeover of the former Off-Ramp family members. dining area, renamed The Incline, and renovation of the third floor Union The Educational Technology department Information Center to comply with ADA instituted several new initiatives regulations and enhance services for all to support University operations, students and guests. including the implementation of GoToMeeting and GoToTraining as Facilities Management began work the University standard for web on new space for Admissions staff conferencing and a fully automated and a new, updated hospitality area process to create a Blackboard site for for prospective students and their all courses. families, as well as other visitors in the Administration Building. The Enrollment Management Group and CTS collaborated to enhance the Two newly formed advisory councils, University’s Financial Aid Self-Service consisting of seasoned executives and website, providing valuable information business leaders, are helping to guide to students and making it more user- the School of Business. The Business friendly. Advisory Council (BAC) is advising the dean on school-wide strategic The School of Law renovated the moot directions, reputation-building, courtroom and adjoining classroom to marketing and fundraising. The accommodate more than 135 students Investment Center Advisory Council and serve as a venue for large symposia (ICAC) is offering advice and support and moot court competitions. to faculty and the dean’s office about enhancing the Investment Center and In partnership with Media Services, the associated educational programs in Educational Technology department finance in ways that align with the implemented MyMediaSite and trained school’s strategic directions. faculty on its use. CTS worked with campus partners With the completion of a new 9,000 on a number of projects to improve ton capacity cooling tower atop Forbes the information security posture Garage, the former cooling tower atop of Duquesne as well as enhance the Energy Center was removed. information technology operations.

The Career Services Center launched a new Career Services Management system for students and alumni called DuqCareerLink in May 2015 that provides increased functionality and new features related to career preparation and job searching.

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ENDOWED CHAIR HOLDERS

Ronald C. Arnett, Ph.D. Partha Basu, Ph.D. Laura M. Crothers, D.Ed. Patricia Doherty Yoder and Henry Koren, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair Martin Hehir, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair Ronald Wolfe Endowed Chair in in Scholarly Excellence in Scholarly Excellence Communication Ethics

Nancy Perkins, J.D. Eva M. Simms, Ph.D. John F. Stolz, Ph.D. Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Adrian Van Kaam, C.S.Sp. Endowed Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Academic Leadership Chair in Scholarly Excellence Community Outreach

Rick Zoucha, Ph.D. Joseph A. Lauritis, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Teaching and Technology

24 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE PRESIDENT’S AWARDS FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Award for Excellence Award for Excellence in Scholarship in Teaching Laura Engel, Ph.D. Jeffrey D. Evanseck, Ph.D. McAnulty College and Graduate Bayer School of Natural and School of Liberal Arts Environmental Sciences

Award for Excellence in Award for Excellence Service to the Mission in Teaching Linda A. Kinnahan, Ph.D. Jessica Wiskus, D.M.A. McAnulty College and Graduate Mary Pappert School of Music School of Liberal Arts

DUQ.EDU ■ 25 ADDITIONAL ENDOWED CHAIRS & PROFESSORSHIP

Edward V. Fritzky Chair in Biotechnology Leadership Dr. Alan W. Seadler, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy, and Law Dr. Gerard Magill, McAnulty College

Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair – School of Music Professor David Allen Wehr, Mary Pappert School of Music

Hillman Distinguished Professorship Dr. Linda Kinnahan, McAnulty College

Raymond J. Kelley Endowed Chair in International Relations Dr. Clifford Bob, McAnulty College

Jacques Laval, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Justice for Vulnerable Populations Sr. Rosemary Donley, School of Nursing

Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship – School of Law Jane Campbell Moriarty, School of Law

Lambert F. Minucci Endowed Chair in Engineering and Computational Sciences Dr. Jeffry D. Madura, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Thomas J. and Marie C. Murrin Chair in Global Competitiveness – School of Business Administration Dr. Robert P. Sroufe, Palumbo-Donahue School of Business

Francis Philben, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in African Studies Dr. Lisa Lopez Levers, School of Education

William Patrick Power, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Academic Leadership Dr. Edward Kocher, Mary Pappert School of Music

Anna Rangos Rizakus Endowed Chair in Health Sciences and Ethics – School of Health Sciences Dr. Diane Williams, Rangos School of Health Sciences

Marie-Clement Rodier, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair Dr. Paula Witt-Enderby, School of Pharmacy

Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Mission Rev. Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp., McAnulty College

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