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our Fulbrightlegacy PRESIDENT’S COLUMN L ight up the tower, light up the world.

f you happen to be driving down the highway in Dallas at night you might notice the Braniff Memorial Tower bathed in light on the horizon. Over the summer, new lights have been installed and for the first time since Reagan was president, our Tower shines out over the Dallas horizon.

Our newly lit Tower is both a sign to the Dallas metroplex that we are here and a promise to all our alumni, parents, students, and friends that we are not going to beI content to blend into the skyline. The University of Dallas is different, and we are proud to be different. Our focus on Western civilization is unique and a source of great pride for all those who love the University. Western civilization is the origin of our culture and we believe it to be worthy of a singularly focused curriculum. It is a distinction which we proudly acknowledge poses certain limitations. In an age where more universities are trying to be everything to everyone, we have intentionally and unabashedly limited our subjects to those in which we have acknowledged expertise.

We are deeply committed to our Catholic identity. Our Catholic identity is manifest- ed in our mission, vision, and values and is part of the everyday life of the campus. We publicly and consistently adhere to the Church’s encyclical on higher education, Ex corde ecclesiae.

Our Core curriculum is becoming more and more unique. Not so many years ago a series of required classes in different disciplines was the standard for virtually every liberal arts university’s curriculum. Now, according to a recent study by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, the University of Dallas is one of only 16 schools in the nation with required classes in six subjects—literature, U.S. history, mathematics, science, economics, and a foreign language. Over and above what ACTA has included in their core curriculum, the University of Dallas also requires classes in five other fields—art, politics, philosophy, European history, and theology.

Every quality university has a study abroad program. Again, the University of Dallas Rome Program is distinctively different. UD students go over to Rome as a cohort and take intellectually challenging Core classes on the Western tradition just kilo- meters away from Rome—the heart of the Roman Catholic Church and one of the centers of the classical world.

This is what we mean when we say that we are a distinctive university. We are not eager to blend in—our singular distinction is our greatest asset. I believe with all my heart and soul that UD is indispensible to the world. If UD were not in existence, it would be necessary to invent a school like UD. The education that we provide is very important—it is essential. UD is a treasure. It deserves to be nurtured. Every alumni and current and former parent knows the special contribution the University of Dallas brings and, I hope, wants to ensure its continued viability. Our unique con- tribution should be celebrated and should shine as brightly as the Tower in the night.

Thomas W. Keefe President of the University of Dallas 20 21 28

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UPDATES PHILANTHROPY FACULTY & STAFF STUDENTS ALUMNI Inauguration of Thomas Dr. Jill Peterson Animates Dr. Susan Hanssen Sigma Iota Epsilon Alumni Revisit Rome and W. Keefe as President Faith through Action Receives Garwood Provides Service to UD the Rome Experience Fellowship at Princeton and the Community University

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PUBLISHER CONTRIBUTORS Tower is published twice annually by The University of Dallas is commit- Amanda Rainey, Vice President, Kyle Blonde the Office of Advancement for the ted to providing equal educational Office of Advancement Ashley Casano University of Dallas community. opportunities without regard to race, Ryan Frey color, religion, sex, age, national or EDITOR Rebecca Jackson Office of Advancement ethnic origin, disability or veteran Jackie Sears ’67, Director, Heather Nelson ’10 1845 East Northgate Drive status. Alumni and Parent Relations Dani Schumer ’10 Irving, Texas 75062 Jackie Sears ’67 (972) 721-5134 © 2010 University of Dallas ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kim Ritzenthaler, Photos udallas.edu Rebecca Jackson, Director, Sara Rosenberg, Photos & Design Marketing and Communications “President Keefe has made positive changes and this is a great way to welcome him.”

-Mariana Zayas, Junior The University of Dallas

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he University of Dallas campus was very active “This is a great event, and on September 10 as more than 500 I’m very hopeful for the University.” guests arrived at the Church of the Incarnation to celebrate the installa- -Will Heath, Freshman Inaugurationtion of Thomas W. Keefe, J.D., as the University’s 8th president. The inau- “I’m really guralT ceremony took place during the excited about annual Mass of the Holy Spirit which our new was celebrated by the Most Reverend president. He Kevin J. Farrell, Diocese of Dallas and has a great the Most Reverend Kevin W. Vann, vision for the Diocese of Fort Worth. Students, fac- school and will ulty, staff, alumni, University trustees, do a good job.” the Keefe family, and community -Jonathan Wolfe, leaders all gathered to enjoy what offi- Sophomore cially marked a new beginning for the University. Guests also enjoyed a post- TOP CENTER: President Keefe event reception on the University Mall. greets Madison Milliken, Danielle Schumer ’10, and other guests. TOP RIGHT: Bishop Farrell bless- es President Keefe. CENTER & BOTTOM: Student government leaders present President Keefe with 4 UPDATES a shield to complement his sword. As part of his inaugural address, President Keefe shared his vision with those in attendance. Keefe also encouraged students to use their liberal arts education to become responsible citizens and leaders. “The University of Dallas provides…a unique educational and formative experience,” he stated, “We have a mandate and an obligation to lead.” The vision, Keefe said, Stating continued confidence in the University, is to be recognized as Keefe ended by acknowledging its accomplish- ments and charged the UD Community to the most distinguished build upon its foundation. Catholic liberal arts

To see video footage of the Inauguration, please visit university in the nation, udallas.edu/inauguration over the next five years. Inauguration

TOP RIGHT: President Keefe greets Inauguration visitors. CENTER RIGHT: Keefe family. BOTTOM LEFT: President Keefe discusses the meaning of the sword to the University. BOTTOM RIGHT: The UD pin featuring the sword given at the Inauguration.

UPDATES 5 UD One of the Best Schools in the Nation

he University of Dallas was honored again this year by a number of organizations that closely study colleges and universities across the United States for their annual rankings. UD found itself consistently ranked in the top tiers among its peers and other schools across Texas. Princeton Review The Princeton Review named UD one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate T education in the 2011 edition of its popular guidebook The Best 373 Colleges. UD was also among 120 colleges and universities included in the “Best of the West” list this year, one of 38 schools listed as a Great School for Biology Majors, and voted the #5 school in the Most Religious Students category. Forbes Forbes magazine named UD one of America’s Best Colleges in the annual rankings. UD was hon- ored with the #153 spot on the list of 610 schools. Additionally, UD was one of the top five schools in Texas among the 27 included in the rankings. U.S. News and World Report U.S. News named UD one of America’s Best Colleges in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges. The University ranked 15th out of 115 schools in the Western region and 2nd out of 32 schools in Texas included in the same region. UD was also recognized as one of 15 schools in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category for the West region and one of 16 schools in the region’s “A+ Schools for B Students” category. PARADE The University of Dallas was named to the PARADE College A-List in their survey comprised of feedback by high school counselors across the United States. The magazine recognized UD’s liberal arts program, and named the studio arts program as one of the top programs in the nation. American Council of Trustees and Alumni UD received an “A” in the second annual “What Will They Learn” college ratings announced by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which bases its ratings on how many of seven specified core course requirements an institution requires in its curriculum. UD was one of only 16 schools in the nation that included six of those categories in their general requirements, and one of only three schools in Texas.

Read more about these rankings at udallas.edu/aboutus/about/rankings.

6 UPDATES UD Recognized as Top School for Biology Majors

his year the Princeton Review named the University of Dallas as one of 38 Great Schools for Biology Majors. And it’s not hard to see why.

“It is an honor for the UD biology department to be listed among the top 38 programs,” said Dr. Marcy Brown-Marsden ’91, associate professor and chair of the biology department. “The biology program at the University of Dallas is so distinctive because we offer a strong Catholic liberal arts education with a strong science education together in the same program. Our Core Curriculum makes a big difference.” T Approximately 75 percent of biology students participate in an internship or research during their time at UD. The department wants students to “experience what life will be like when they graduate,” added Dr. Brown-Marsden.

One way the University provides this experience is through a yearly research trip to Costa Rica. For the past 4 years, UD stu- dents have had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field through an ecological study of the reforestation sites in Costa Rica.

However, students do not need to travel to Costa Rica to gain hands-on experience. The department has recently spent more than $100,000 to upgrade its laboratory spaces including a DNA analyzer and equipment for the human performance lab.

The 2010 freshman class included more biology majors than any other major and UD currently has 120 students majoring in biology, a significant jump from 81 students in 2006.

Dr. Marcy Brown-Marsden shares her thoughts on UD being named one of 38 Great Schools for Biology Majors at: udallas.edu/Top38Biology.

To read more about the research UD students are doing in Costa Rica, visit: ecomapcostarica.com. To learn more about the UD biology department, visit: udallas.edu/biology.

TOP RIGHT: Senior Noah Jouett uses the DNA ana- lyzer. TOP LEFT: Seniors Annie Geiger and Hector Quijada and Junior Marie-Louise Skidd test human performance equipment with Dr. Stephen Slaughter, Asst. Professor, Biology. CENTER: Dr. Marcy Brown- Marsden, Assoc. Professor and Chair, Biology. BOTTOM: Sophomore Amanda Nugyen serves as test subject for Annie Geiger; Marie-Louise Skidd, Hector Quijada, and Dr. Slaughter.

UPDATES 7 Poetry on Campus

“Poetry at the Texas and a graduate of Washington and Image, and in The Yale Anthology University of and Lee University. He has taught of Younger American Poets, and Best Dallas has at Northwestern University, Stanford Spiritual Writing 2010. During her talk received a boost University, Lynchburg College in at UD, Range read from two manu- from the Stark Virginia, and the Prague School of scripts: that of her recently published Visiting Writer Economics. Since 2003, he has been first book, Horse and Rider (winner of Series and its editor of the oldest and most presti- the Texas Tech University Press’s Walt emphasis on gious American magazine of verse, McDonald Prize), and a long sequence creative writing.” Poetry. Wiman’s first book of poetry, of sonnets from her book in progress - Dr. Andrew The Long Home, won the prestigious entitled Scriptorium. Osborn, Assistant Nicholas Roerich Prize. Both Wiman’s Professor of first and second book, Hard Night, This year’s speaker on Oct. 25-26 was English were published by Copper Canyon. Peter Campion, assistant professor at His third book, Every Riven Thing, Auburn University. He has published was published by Farrar, Straus and two collections of poetry, Other People, Giroux in October. and The Lions (both from University oetry is making a come- of Chicago Press). He also edits back at UD. The poetry The second year of the program Literary Imagination, the journal of the program now is in its third year and brought Melissa Range to campus. Association of Literary Scholars and looks for younger artists in the mid- Her topic was “Battlements of Straw: Critics. Last year he lived in Italy as the point of their careers. They are selected Becoming a ‘Religious’ Poet” in American Academy in Rome’s Joseph on the basis of quality and fit with which she traced her evolution as a Brodsky Rome Prize fellow. His poetry UD’s “ethos”. Additionally, Dr. Andrew poet through readings of four poems and prose have appeared recently in Osborn,P Assistant Professor of English, by Emily Dickinson. A graduate of ArtNews; Parnassus; Poetry; The New asks candidates to give a talk about the Emory University’s Candler School of Republic; Slate, and elsewhere. influence of religion and/or spirituality Theology, she often writes on medieval Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image: the upon their writing. themes with martial or spiritual reso- nance. Her poems have appeared in Journal of Arts and Religion and direc- Featured the first year of the series such journals as The Georgia Review, tor of the MFA writing program at was Christian Wiman, a native of West The Hudson Review, The Paris Review,

8 UPDATES Depth of Field To see, in the infinitive, a face as at the threshold of rhyme secured sense opens upon sound’s innocence and bounty—to behold what is beyond, one’s soul must scale its intellect and come, guided by love, by likenings leavened, unto an absolute north the compass- needle-like will will no longer veer from. Poetry on Campus —Andrew Osborn

Seattle Pacific University, is scheduled Texas at Austin. He has been on the schools for creative writing. Current to visit in spring 2011. faculty at UD for four years. leadership for the group includes Roger Porres, presidential editor; Paul Each visitor gives two major presenta- Osborn notes that UD is committed to Gautier, senior editor; Serena Rose tions: a Monday evening reading of poetry. “I know of no college or univer- White, submissions editor, and Colleen their poetry and a follow-up Tuesday sity that has a comparable curricular Ahern, junior editor. evening talk about their writing, usually commitment to poetry, especially to with a question-and-answer session at lyric. The junior poet project, manda- A Rome Summer Creative Writing the end. tory for all English majors, requires Program is planned for summer 2011. work that most universities ask only Participants may focus on writing Osborn believes that such involvement of their graduate students.” Osborn poetry or travel narratives as numer- and interaction with the writers has has instituted Poetry Wednesdays at ous sites in and about the Eternal spiked the interest in creative writing UD. Although the project primarily City will be explored. There will be a on campus. “We really work them,” he was created for junior poet students, series of morning trips into Rome and says. “In addition to giving a reading others, including alumni, are welcome afternoons spent discussing exemplary and a follow-up talk, they meet with to attend. works, writing, and engaging in criti- various groups of students – those cal workshops with fellow participants. taking Junior Poet, the writers and edi- Irving Renaissance is a group begun by Leading the poetry-writing section will tors of Irving Renaissance, interested members of the classes of 2008 and be Osborn and Dr. Greg Roper, associ- graduate students – in conversational 2009 including James Bascom, Josh ate professor of English, will guide the forums. Range and Campion also Neu, Michael Murphy, Paul Gautier, travel writing segment. offered three one-hour poetry work- and others. They produce a journal, shops. The students get to know these Do Not Go Gently…The founding edi- For more information about Irving Renaissance or the Rome Summer Creative Writing Program, writers well and the writers get to know tor was Josh Neu who was succeeded please contact Osborn at [email protected] UD well too.” by Chris Petter in 2009. The journal or 972-721-4087. is multi-genre but devotes most of Osborn holds an A.B. from Harvard TOP RIGHT & LEFT: Students meet to discuss its pages to poetry. The group meets and edit their poetry. College; an M.F.A. from the Iowa weekly and offers advice to one anoth- Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, er and help in writing poetry. Osborn and a Ph.D. from the University of counsels them on applying to graduate

UPDATES 9 2010 Annual Conference on Braniff Institute of Christian Philosophy, Philosophic Studies Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio; Increases its April 23–24, 2010. Presentations made Visibility and by UD IPS Students Enrollment

he Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts Institute of Philosophic Studies (IPS) has made a number of significant achievements over the past several years. These include an increase in the number of applications from 54 in 2008-09 to 78 this year, a trend that has continued despite the fact that the school Glenn Chicoine, “A Reading has limited the number of admittees to 13 each year. of Edith Stein’s Argument T “The more applicants we attract,” says Dr. David Sweet, dean of for Eternal Being or God Braniff Graduate School, “the better the incoming class is likely to be although in Finite and Eternal Being, proving this is difficult because of the unreliability of standardized measure- Chapter Two.” ments at this level of achievement. The proof comes slowly as we get to know the students, and the final measure is their ability to find teaching positions.”

In this area, however, the IPS has had a remarkable record of success. “In May 2010, we awarded nine Ph.D.’s,” says Dr. Sweet. Of these nine, all have teach- ing jobs for the coming academic year. Six are tenure track positions, three are full-time positions (one at UD, one at Eastfield Community College, and the third is in a home school association in Phoenix). In the last 12 years, from May 1999 through May 2010, the IPS has granted 70 Ph.D.’s, 26 in literature, 28 in politics, and 16 in philosophy. Of this group, 57 hold teaching positions at col- leges and universities while four teach in secondary schools. Two are employed Michael Jones, “Soul by think tanks (The Civitas Institute and The Goldwater Institute); and the oth- and Metaphor in Finite ers include a city councilman for Arlington, Texas; a principal scientist at SPA and Eternal Being.” International in Waco, Texas; a lawyer for Baker Botts; a local philanthropist and former member of the UD Board of Trustees, and an employee of a web- based teaching company.

Enrollment in Braniff increased suddenly in fall 2004 to 267 from the previ- ous year’s 239. It remained consistent until fall 2008 when the number of students again increased to 295 and then once again to 319 in fall 2009. “The significant increases in the last two years are gratifying, but the causes of this success are unknown though conjectures are rife,” comments Dr. Sweet. One of the possible reasons is that over the last several years Braniff has been David M. Cudnik, “Did supporting the travel of graduate students to attend academic conferences in Homer Really Know Achilles? order to present their work to future colleagues. “Reports from all sources speak The Pure Form of Fictitious highly of the talks the students have given, and their success has been, we may Characters in Edith Stein’s be sure, a significant element in the growth of our reputation,” continues Dr. Finite and Eternal Being." Sweet. “We encourage them to attend especially the annual conference of the ACTC (The Association of Core Texts). This is an association of about 120 U.S. John Finley, “Stein colleges and universities that have an interest in core curricula and honors and Aquinas on programs based on Great Books. These are the sorts of schools most likely to Human Individuation.”

10 UPDATES be interested in hiring our Ph.D.’s. We always have more students giving papers Information Assurance than any other school.” A year ago 17 IPS students presented papers at the ACTC Receives Major Grant conference in Memphis, Tenn. while this past year eight students went to the ACTC meeting in New Brunswick, N.J. n August 2010, the Cybersecurity Education Center (CSEC) at the University of Dallas was one of only 59 schools awarded The Braniff Graduate Student Association a Department of Defense Information Grant for National Defense (BGSA) has become a more potent force University student scholarships and capacity for the CSEC Lab.The in graduate education under the auspices CSEC lab provides a visceral learning environment supporting the of Braniff. By instituting voluntary dues Information Assurance classes in the College of Business and faculty and each semester, the BGSA has been able student research. to support the attendance of graduate students at conferences as mentioned I The University of Dallas is one of only eight universities in the world and above, to invite distinguished guest the only university in Texas designated by the National Security Agency speakers to campus, and to begin the and the Department of Homeland Security to meet all six NSTISSI/CNSS publication of Ramify, a journal of the certification standards. Information Assurance continues to be one of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts. most popular concentrations in the Graduate School of Management with 94 students. The concentration director, Dr. Brett J.L. Landry, was recently Ramify is a journal devoted to writings awarded tenure and hopes to see continuous growth and improvement grounded yet springing and branching in the program. from the western tradition and specifically its great books. It is dedicated to original thought and texts and features writ- ings that embody an intellectual atmo- sphere and that demonstrate familiarity with scholarship.

The spring 2010 issue featured essays by William Desmond, professor, Centre for Metaphysics and Modern Philosophy; Presented as Fall Mainstage and Dr. Robert Wood, University of Dallas professor of philosophy. Additionally, the achinal by Sophie Treadwell, a play loosely based on the work of four Braniff graduate students or life of Ruth Snyder, the first American woman to be put alumni (John Tutuska, Spencer Smith, to death in the electric chair, was the Fall Mainstage production. Its 1928 Jennifer Bralick, and Brian Garcia) was Broadway premiere is considered one of the highpoints of expressionist included. Dr. Eileen Gregory, profes- theatre on the American stage. Expressionist plays originated in Germany sor of English, is the faculty advisor and often dramatized the struggle against bourgeois values and estab- and the faculty review board consists lished authority. They were written to evoke emotional reaction. Treadwell of Dr. Bainard Cowan (literature); Dr. herselfM was a feminist and journalist who rode with Pancho Villa. Jonathan Culp (politics); Dr. Christopher Malloy (theology); Dr. Andrew Osborn Machinal is the story of a young woman, Helen, and her inability to find (literature); Dr. Joshua Parens (philoso- happiness or to fit into the world. Her life has been dictated by the people phy), and Dr. Robert Wood (philosophy). and machines around her. She follows the rituals that society expects of Those involved with the journal’s publica- a woman, however resistant she may feel about them, and subsequently tion have not become aware of another marries her boss whom she finds repulsive. She eventually is driven to university-generated, multi-disciplinary murder her husband and is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in graduate journal. the electric chair.

For more information about Ramify, please visit the Most of the characters in the play don’t have names and the non-stop website at www.ramify.org. sound throughout becomes a character in itself. It examines what hap- pens when things become institutionalized and when people are judged solely by their output. Director Kyle Lemieux ’98 calls the play “one of the hidden gems of the 20th century.”

UPDATES 11 Ministry Conference 2010 Largest Event in University of Dallas History

he University of Dallas Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Tom Hayden, sub-committee head for School of Ministry and challenged participants with his key- set-up for the UDMC Volunteer Corps, the Catholic Dioceses of Dallas and note address in English on "Walking assisted Richey in the triptych's instal- Fort Worth celebrate the resound- Together in Faith," and Rev. Ignacio lation. ing success of the 2010 University of Larrañaga, author and founder of Dallas Ministry Conference (UDMC) Prayer and Life Workshops, encour- The UDMC Planning Committee head- Walking Together in Faith/ Caminando aged participants with his keynote ed by Sr. Theresa Khirallah (Diocese of juntosT in la fe. address in Spanish on "El Hombre para Dallas), Lucas Pollice (Diocese of Fort las Hombres." Worth), and Dr. Brian Schmisek and The conference welcomed more than Oscar Carranza (University of Dallas 5,000 participants in an exploration Nationally recognized mosaic artist School of Ministry), worked together of contemporary issues in Catholic Julie Richey ’87 coordinated and cre- with their respective teams to plan and ministry and leadership. Nearly 1,800 ated the UDMC Family Place Mosaic facilitate the conference. The experi- Catholic educators participated in Project. In the months leading up to ence was also enhanced by the work the two-day event, which featured 85 the conference, more than 80 mosaic of the 160 members of the UDMC exhibitors and more than 60 speakers. artists from around the world shared Volunteer Corps led by Cyndi Freeman Workshops and sessions were offered their talents to promote hope and and Cindy Worth. in Spanish, English, and Vietnamese. healing at the Family Place of Dallas, The UDMC Planning Committee is already Critically acclaimed Catholic singer- the largest shelter for those coping developing UDMC 2011. Mark your calendars to songwriter Matt Maher entertained with domestic violence in the DFW join us for this journey on Oct. 28-29, 2011. For Friday evening, while John Michael area. Each artist contributed one or more information about the conference, please visit udallas.edu/ministry. Talbot, Catholic music’s number one more mini mosaics to produce a trip- recording artist, enriched Saturday's tych that now welcomes clients in the To make a gift to the University of Dallas Ministry Conference, call Jennifer Bowring at experience. Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Family Place’s intake service lounge. 972-721-5031.

12 UPDATES Dr. Jill Peterson Animates Faith Through Action

nimating her faith through her action, Jill Peterson, D.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Catholic Biblical has generously donated $20,000 to underwrite the 2010-11 Adult Faith Formation (AFF) Program School Celebrates First of the University of Dallas School of Ministry. Peterson, a current AFF student who owns Uptown Graduates of Online Endodontics in Arlington, Texas, states that, “God Ahas given me many gifts. I want to give back at least and Spanish Programs that for which I have been gifted.” Describing herself as “an avid seeker,” Peterson clearly appreciates the gifts offered by the AFF. As n May 15, 2010, the University of Dallas School of Dr. Brian Schmisek, dean of the School of Ministry Ministry’s Catholic Biblical School (CBS) celebrated the says, “I was really moved that Dr. Peterson stepped first graduates of its online and Spanish programs while also up to give us such a considerate gift. She spoke celebrating its fifth traditional class of graduates. In a graduation appreciatively of the classes, the professors, and Mass said by Bishop Kevin Vann of the Diocese of Fort Worth, 101 how much it all means to her.” students received certificates of Advanced Biblical Studies. Founded in 2006 by the School of Ministry in OIn 2006, the CBS initiated its innovative online program in English response to a request from the Department of as an outreach to those unable to attend on-site classes at the Catechetical Services of the Diocese of Dallas, the University or at a local parish. Online students are responsible AFF has offered such encounters through the gen- for the same quality of coursework as their on-site counterparts. erosity of the Diocese of Dallas, David and Cyndi Along with submitting homework and tests to the instructor via Freeman, and now Peterson. As AFF Professor Jim e-mail, the students participate each week in an asynchronous McGill states, “Jill’s willingness to financially support online discussion as well as a live chat session with the instructor. the AFF says all that need be said about how she These discussion formats provide opportunities to pose questions, values the education AFF is providing her and others share reflections, or probe particular topics more deeply. … We truly appreciate her generosity.”

The School of Ministry also initiated La Escuela Bíblica Católica, For Peterson, animating her faith by supporting the the Spanish version of the CBS program, in 2006. To serve the AFF is related to the program’s complementary needs of the students, CBS Professors Maria Pia Septien and relationship with the University of Dallas Ministry Juan Rendon translated all program materials from English into Conference (UDMC). As she has observed, the AFF Spanish as well as choosing textbooks and Bibles in Spanish. serves as the School of Ministry’s sustained local outreach, while the UDMC serves as a comple- Within each of its format options, the CBS provides a Catholic mentary concise national outreach. Together, as approach to understanding Scripture through a sustained, in- Peterson notes, these two programs provide depth depth encounter with the Word. The School of Ministry strives to and breadth of opportunity for adults to further their offer these encounters to as many interested individuals as pos- spiritual development. By providing these oppor- sible, particularly UD alumni, who receive a 50 percent tuition dis- tunities, the School of Ministry mirrors Peterson’s count when they participate. Another recent innovation is that of animation by enlivening its own faith mission: to the module opportunity which allows students to join the program serve as a harbor for theological reflection and throughout the year. Currently, the CBS, in conjunction with the transformative service. Diocese of Shreveport, offers extension programs in Shreveport and in Monroe, La. If you'd like to join Jill in supporting the School of Ministry, visit udallas.edu/makeagift or call 972-721-5031. For more information about the CBS in English or Spanish, please call 1-888-447-4777 or visit udallas.edu/cbs for English or udallas.edu/academics/ ministry/espanolgeneral for Spanish.

Philanthropy at UD 13 The Cor Fund: Ensuring Excellence in a University Consecrated to the Pursuit of Truth

t the heart of a great insti- Dallas’ identity; it is the integral lan- A great institution consists of five ele- tution is the leadership, guage of the Roman Catholic Church ments: a tradition of excellence, a rig- ownership, and participation shown by and one of the mother tongues of orous curriculum, a dedicated faculty, its alumni, parents, and friends. In rec- Western civilization. The word “cor” a talented student body, and a com- ognition of the heart of the University also has many English derivatives; for munity of generous alumni, parents, of Dallas and our commitment to an example, courage, accord, and core. and friends. UD has the first four in enthusiastically Catholic, academi- The etymological inheritance of the Cor abundance. With the unified support Acally rigorous liberal arts education, Fund’s name manifests the University of all its constituents, UD can earn the the University is pleased to announce of Dallas’ commitment to the recovery reputation it deserves as a school that the creation of the Cor Fund, which will and renewal of the Western tradition of stands second to none in fulfilling the replace the Annual Fund. liberal arts education. crucial work of educating students in the intellectual and moral virtues. The word cor means “heart” in Latin. The Cor Fund has been established to It is fitting that the University of Dallas encourage and recognize the loyalty Through diligent study of the liberal arts use a Latin word to name its annual and support of alumni, parents, fac- via the graduate and undergraduate fund because the Latin language is ulty, staff, friends, foundations, and Core curricula, students gain a sense intimately connected corporations. The Cor Fund helps the of the ongoing tradition of Western civi- with the two cor- University fulfill its mission of providing lization. The Core Curriculum makes nerstones of the academically rigorous and enthusiasti- the assertion, uncommon in this day University of cally Catholic education by relieving and age, that in order to be considered the University’s dependence on tuition educated all students need to have a to meet operating costs. Currently, familiarity with the great texts, ideas, Cor Fund gifts benefit students events, and accomplishments of the and faculty in the following areas: Western world.

. Student scholarships For 40 years, the University of Dallas . Faculty development Rome Program has worked in concert . Student activities with the Core curriculum to intensify . Student health and well-being students’ appreciation and understand- . Campus enhancements ing of Western civilization through the transformative experiences that thoughtful and informed travel can bring. The Rome Program offers a unity of study to the diligent student The gREATNESS of liberal arts that makes the program of our University unique from the usual college study is measured not abroad program. by the amount We believe that the University of Dallas each person is obligated to prepare students to go out into the world as citizens and lead- contributes, but ers. In keeping with this mandate the by the number University provides graduate training of people who to committed, intelligent students in several different fields. The Constantin contribute to it. College for undergraduates is the original seed from which this plant has flourished. The Braniff Graduate

14 Philanthropy at UD Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Foundation Establishes Haggerty Teaching Excellence Awards School is the natural extension of that effort, allowing talented, he Haggerty Teaching Excellence Awards are given to University of Dallas committed students the opportuni- faculty who have demonstrated exceptional creativity, innovation, and ty to pursue graduate study in the accomplishment. Haggerty Fellows are exceedingly self-directed and seize opportuni- liberal arts. The Braniff Graduate ties to advance their programs and the University through improvements in teaching, School is the only school in the curriculum, scholarship, and service. In choosing recipients, promise of future accom- country with a Great Books core plishment is as important as record of achievement. The award is as much incentive curriculum for its Ph.D. program. asT it is reward. The School of Ministry lives out The investment is in people rather than in specific projects or programs. This allows the University’s mandate to sup- Haggerty Fellows to have the flexibility to follow opportunities as they arise and to make port the essential work of the the most productive use of their time. Awardees are eligible for repeat awards. Many Church. The number of Catholics awardees will fulfill the promise that was foreseen in the first award and will become in the DFW area is growing expo- repeat winners. nentially and the call for lay min- isters cannot be ignored. The awards have been established through a generous gift from the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Foundation. Four to five awards of $10,000-$12,500 will be pre- We are proud of the College of sented annually. The Haggerty family has had a long and generous history with the Business and the Graduate School University. Both the Science Center and the Arts Village bear their names and attest to of Management. The College of their generosity. Pat Haggerty, Jr. is an alumnus of Constantin ’67 and of the College Business is a manifestation of of Business/GSM ’68. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees, and he and the the University’s duty to provide Foundation are continuing the family’s legacy of stewardship with this gift. the world with ethical, educated business leaders. Recipients last year of the award at Commencement were Dr. Brett Bourbon, assistant professor of English; Dr. Robert Scott Dupree, professor of English; Dr. Timothy Galpin, The University is nationally rec- associate professor of management; and Dr. Richard Olenick, professor of physics. ognized for its accomplishments. The Princeton Review has named Dr. Brett Bourbon joined the English faculty at UD in 2007 following academic appoint- the University of Dallas one of ments at Stanford University and Harvard University. While at Stanford, Bourbon was the country’s best institutions for presented with their highest teaching award in 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree undergraduate education. Forbes, from the University of California, Berkeley; a master’s degree from the University of the Fiske Guide, and the National California, Davis, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Review have also recognized UD Dr. Robert Scott Dupree ’62 received his bachelor’s degree in English from the as one of the best institutions in University of Dallas and holds the honor of being the first UD student to receive a the country. With the added sup- Fulbright Award for international study. After receiving his master’s and Ph.D. from Yale port of its alumni, parents, and University, he returned to UD where he has held a variety of academic appointments friends, UD will be recognized as over 40 years. one of the top 25 premier institu- tions of higher education in the Dr. Timothy Galpin joined the University in 2005, bringing with him a wealth of industry nation within five years. The great- experience. After earning his Ph.D. in organizational development from the University ness of our University is measured of California, Los Angeles, he served in key roles as an operations and mergers and not by the amount each person acquisitions expert at major consulting firms. He received a bachelor’s degree from contributes, but by the number of State University of New York and his master’s degree from Southern Illinois University. people who contribute to it. Dr. Richard Olenick began his tenure at the University in 1979 after receiving his bach- To make your gift to the Cor Fund, visit udallas.edu/makeagift or elor’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a master’s and Ph.D. from call 972-721-5128. Purdue University. In 1995, Olenick was honored as Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and in 1997 the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation named him a Piper Professor.

faculty and Staff 15 Dr. Susan Hanssen Receives Garwood Fellowship at Princeton University

r. Susan Hanssen, associate professor of history is the Garwood Visiting Fellow (2010-11) for the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. The program is an initiative of Robert George, professor of jurisprudence, through the politics department of Princeton University. “Each year they bring together a group of scholars from a variety of backgrounds—history, philosophy, law, literature—to pursue their academicD research on Princeton’s campus. I am fortunate to be able to be here with Allen Guelzo, a distinguished Lincoln scholar, and Mark Bauerlein, who has recently published a highly complimentary book on American college students called The Dumbest Generation! Joseph Boyle, a moral philosopher from Toronto, and Zena Hitz who is working on law and virtue in Aristotle are also among this year’s fellows. It looks to be a very stimulating group of people to be in con- versation with for the year,” says Dr. Hanssen.

While on her sabbatical year, Dr. Hanssen will be working on a book about American universities and liberal education. “Its focus will be The Education of Henry Adams, a classic book with which all University of Dallas students are familiar from their American Civilization courses. Henry Adams, a descendant of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, looked around at the beginning of the 20th century and decided that something had gone dreadfully wrong with the American project—he was appalled at progressives in politics and in education like Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and Charles Eliot of Harvard. He decided that if American civilization was going to remain true to the vision of the founding fathers that it would have to dig a deeper education foundation for itself than the vocational and experiential learning that he saw becoming the norm.” Dr. Hanssen comments that Adams foresaw the future of scientific inquiry and the moral life of society threatened by a utilitarian approach to education.

”He realized that students would need to learn not only American civilization but its roots in Western civilization. He began his study step by step, going backwards from the secularism of the turn of the century, to the agnosticism of the late Victorian period, to the Unitarianism of the early 19th century, to the Puritanism of his 17th century ancestors…back, back, until he reached Thomas Aquinas and the great age of the medieval university. He even suggested that one might need to go back as far as the authority of the Church at the Council of Ephesus and ground the university in a belief in the Incarnate Logos. He was very concerned that if the university did not draw life from ‘Ex Corde Ecclesiae,’ it may cease to be a university at all. Adams speculated that ‘If Harvard and Yale had been less foolish in their origin, and held onto the Church, we should prob- ably have kept a base on which to build some real scholarship. But when our ancestors cut off the limb that made part of the tree we naturally tumbled off.’”

Dr. Hanssen is pleased about the opportunity that she will have at Princeton to meet professors from different types of univer- sities, learn from them, and “come to a richer understanding of the curricula and history of American universities. I am sure that I will return to UD with an even more profound sense of the University’s mission and how we can best achieve it in the 21st century world.”

She also hopes to be able to reconnect with so many UD alumni—former students and now friends—in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. “It is always inspiring to see what UD alumni are doing in life. If it weren’t for the commitment of the UD faculty and students to a liberal arts education, I probably wouldn’t be writing this book,” she concludes.

16 fACULTy and Staff Faculty and Staff Publications

Books Giuliano, Gene Thomas More’s Trial by Jury: A Conger, Sue Giuliano Jr., Gene, Judith A. Procedural and Legal Review. Ivy, Keith M., Sue Conger, and Brett Clodfelter, Cherie Hubert, Dorothy Jonaitis, and Edited by Henry Ansgar Kelly, J. L. Landry, “Federated Identity “Books That All Children Should Brian Schmisek, Old and New Louis Karlin, and Gerard B. Management: Why is adoption Hear and Read: Perpetuating The Testaments Concluded: The Word Wegemer. Boydell and Brewer. so low?” Presentation and pro- Stories,” Dallas and New York in the Hellenistic World, Year Four, Forthcoming in 2011. ceedings of the 3rd International Publishers, 2008. Teacher Guidebook. (New York/ Conference on Information Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2010). Whittington, J. Lee Resource Management (Conf-IRM Churchill, Scott “Redefining Success: The 2010), Jamaica, May 16-18, 2010. “Methodological Considerations Jewell, Marti R. Foundation for Creating Work- for Human Science Research Hoge, Dean R. and Marti R. Life Balance” Whittington, J. Conger, Sue, “Servitizing IS/ in the Wake of Postmodernism: Jewell. The Next Generation of Lee, Maellaro, R., and Galpin, IT Curricula: Don’t Obliterate, Remembering our Ground while Pastoral Leaders: What the Church T. in S. Kaiser, M. J. Ringlstetter, Innovate,” ½ Day Keynote Envisioning our Future” In M. Needs to Know. (Chicago: Loyola M. Pina e Cunha and D. R. Workshop Presentation at the Tarozzi (Ed.), Phenomenology and Press, 2010). Eikhof (eds.), Creating balance?! 3rd International Conference on Human Science Today. Thoughts International perspectives on the Information Resource Management and Research, published by Jewell, Marti R. and David A. work-life integration of profession- (Conf-IRM 2010), Jamaica, Zetabooks (2010). Ramey. The Changing Face of als. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer. In May 16-18, 2010. Church: Emerging Models of Press, 2010. “’Second Person’ Perspectivity in Parish Leadership. (Chicago: Gingrich, Gerry, Mohammad the Observation and Understanding Loyola Press, 2010). Dadashzadeh, and Sue Conger, of Emotional Expression: Towards Conference “Reaching Out to Connect: a Depth Phenomenological Kenney, Theresa Social Media in Government,” Approach to the Layering of Presentations Panel Presentation for the 3rd “Alpha es et O”: Studies on the Intentions” in L. Embree (Ed.), Churchill, Scott Conference on Information Medieval Christ Child . Accepted at Phenomenology 2008 published by “Reflective Analysis of the ‘Layering’ Resource Management (Conf- the University of Toronto Press (co- Zeta Books (in press). of Intentions within Emotional IRM), Jamaica, May 16-18. 2010. edited with Mary Dzon). Experiences: Towards a ‘Depth Phenomenology’” Paper presented Conger, Sue, Sandra Blanke, Conger, Sue “ Mansfield Park and the at the 28th International Human Brett J.L. Landry, and Elizabeth Process Mapping and Management, Conscience Outside the Self” Science Research Conference, McGrady, “ Emerging Technologies NY: Business Expert Press, in publi- appeared in the new edition of Molde University College, Norway, in Healthcare: The Best of cation, forthcoming October 2010. Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park by June 17-20, 2009. Times, The Worst of Times,” Ignatius Press (2010). “Six Sigma and Business Process Proceedings of the Southwest Management,“ in Handbook on “Trans-Humanism and the Farther Academy of Management (SWAM), Business Process Management: Novinski, Lyle Reaches of Human Nature--- March 2-6, 2010. Introduction, Methods, and Reflected Knowing, book of Critical Reflections”. Paper ses- Information Systems (International collected poems, published by sion presented at the Annual Conger, Sue and Brett J.L. Handbooks on Information Goldstone Press. Convention of the American Landry, “Development of the Systems) ( Vol. 1). Jan van Brocke Psychological Association, Toronto, STO-PPT Matrix,” Presented at and Michael Rosemann, editors, Walsh, Jerome Aug. 7, 2009. mentoring session at Southwest Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, Old Testament Narrative: A Academy of Management (SWAM), ISBN-13: 978-3642004155, Guide to Interpretation. Louisville: “Towards a ‘Depth March 2-6, 2010. July 2010. Westminster John Knox Press. xiii. Phenomenological Approach’ to Qualitative Research and Conger, Sue, “Introducing “IT Infrastructure Library ITIL “The Rab Shaqeh between Psychotherapy: ‘Second Person’ Services into MIS, Programming, v3,” The Handbook of Technology Rhetoric and Redaction,” in Journal Intuitions in the Observation and Systems Analysis Courses,” Management Volume I, Hossein of Biblical Literature (accept- and Understanding of Emotional Accepted for presentation at the Bigdoli, Ed., John Wiley and Sons, ed and forthcoming). Expression”. Paper presented at 2010 Association of Computer January 2010, pp. 244-256. the Third Annual Conference of the Educators in Texas Conference Wegemer, Gerard Society for Humanistic Psychology (ACET), Clear Lake, Texas, Oct. Eidt, Jacob-Ivan “Sir Thomas More, St.” New University of the Rockies, Colorado 7, 2010. “Rilke und die Musik(er): Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement Springs, Oct. 8-11, 2009. Überlegungen zu Rilkes (Detroit: Gale, 2010): “Exploring the In-Between: Musikverständnis im Kontext sein- Vol. 2, 824-831. Conversations with a Bonobo”. er Zeit” (Rilke and Music(ians): Paper presented to The Confluence Reflections on Rilke’s Concept of The Life of Pico della Mirandola. Alliance at Point Park College, Music in the context of his time. A 500th anniversary edition with Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 2009. The article appears in the book introduction by G. B. Wegemer. Rilkes Welt (Rilke’s World). Scepter Publishers, 2010. “Exploring the Other within the Young Thomas More and the Arts We: Towards a Phenomenological of Liberty. Cambridge University Ethology.” Paper presented to Press, forthcoming in 2011. The Dallas Philosophers Forum, Feb. 23, 2010.

faculty and Staff 17 Dougherty, Richard Gilbert Garza Kenney, Theresa West, Tom “Executive War Power: A Garza, G. and B. Landrum, Presented a paper with Dr. Cheryl “Economic Regulation and the Reappraisal of Youngstown “Elements of Heideggerian Kinney, MD, “Sickly Siblings: Constitution.” Presented at a Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer,” and Levinasian Approaches to ‘There, I fancy, lies my cure,’” Constitution Day Colloquium, Paper presented at a panel Phenomenological Research.” at the Annual General Meeting sponsored by Hillsdale College, on “Presidential Power, the Paper presented at the 118th of the Jane Austen Society of Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2010. Constitution, and the Rule of Annual Convention of the American North America in Philadelphia Law,” Constitutional Law and Psychological Association, San in October 2009. “What Virtues Should Government Jurisprudence Section, American Diego, Calif., August 2010. Promote? The Founders´ Answer.” Political Science Convention Lemieux, Kyle Presented at the American Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Landrum, B. and G. Garza, Social Directed Shakespeare’s Much Ado Political Science Association September 2010. capital and Facebook usage as About Nothing for the Much Ado annual meeting, Washington, predictors of satisfaction with col- About Shakespeare Program run by D.C., Sept. 4, 2010. “War Powers and the Presidency: lege life. Poster presented at the Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth. The Early Years,” “Abraham Lincoln 56th Meeting of the Southwestern Whittington, J. Lee and the Use of Extraordinary Psychological Association, Dallas, Novinski, Lyle “From Rival Hypotheses to Power,” “The Twentieth Century Texas, April 2010. “Expressions of Creation and Equifinality: Applying Fuzzy Set and Executive War Power: Wilson Creation’s Mode” at the Teacher’s Methodology in Leadership and Civil Liberties.” Lectures deliv- Garza, G. and B. Landrum, Myth Institute, Dallas Institute of Research” (Field Study with Greg ered at a Teachers’ Conference on busting keyless entry: Teaching Humanities and Culture. Bell, Vicki Goodwin, and Victoria “Presidents and the Constitution mixed design factorial ANOVA. McKee). Presented at the Academy -- Commander in Chief: War and Poster presented at the 56th of Management, August 2010. the Constitution.” Sponsored by the Meeting of the Southwestern Perez Bernardo, Bill of Rights Institute (Alexandria, Psychological Association, Dallas, Maria Luisa “How Deals Flow: Toward a Va.), Wichita, Kan., April 27, 2010. Texas (Finalist in the Society “Miguel de Cervantes en la obra Comprehensive Process Model of for Teaching Psychology Poster periodística y literaria de Emilia Mergers and Acquisitions” (Theory “Was the American Founding Award), April 2010. Pardo Bazán” at the International Development with Tim J. Galpin), Revolutionary? A Look at the Congress “Del Barroco al Organizational Management and Declaration of Independence,” Glicksman, Andrew Neobarroco. Realidades y trans- Theory Division, Presented at “The Constitution, both New and “Light, Truth, and Time: Ethical ferencias culturales” Universitas the Academy of Management, Improved,” “The Bill of Rights Connections between Old Castellae (Spain) and McGill August 2010. Yesterday and Today: From the Testament Wisdom Literature University (Canada). Valladolid Founding to the 21st Century.” and the Gospel of John” at (Spain), June 24, 2010. “Integrating Spirituality in the Lectures delivered at a Teachers’ the Conference on Ethics in MBA Curriculum” Professional Conference on “Origins and Johannine Literature - Traditions, Sweet, David Development Workshop with Arguments: Shaping the Bill of Function, and Relevance (held Some Principles of Hesiod’s Richard Peregoy, Presented at Rights.” Sponsored by the Bill of May 3-5, 2010) in Nijmegen, ‘Theogony.’ Presentation at the Academy of Management, Rights Institute (Alexandria, Va.), the Netherlands. the annual conference of the August 2010. at Permian High School, Odessa, Association of Core Texts and Texas, July 20, 2010. Goodwin, Mark Courses (ACTC) in New Brunswick, “Retention and Re-engagement: Research report on John’s Gospel, New Jersey on April 17, 2010. Identifying, Keeping, and Rilke, Absolute Music, and the “Critiquing A Consensus: The Re-Engaging Key Talent dur- Convergence of the Arts in fin Theory of Synagogue Expulsion Upham, David ing Mergers and Acquisitions” de siècle Europe: South Central in John” at the 73rd Meeting of “Justice Stephen Field and the (Theory Development with Tim J. Modern Language Association the Catholic Biblical Association Genealogy of the Slaughterhouse Galpin and Rosemary Maellaro), Conference (SCMLA) Fort Worth, of America, Loyola Marymount Cases,” presented at the Southwest Presented at the Eastern Academy Texas, Oct. 28–30, 2010. University, Los Angeles. Social Sciences Association of Management, May 2010. Convention, April 2010. Evans, Bruce Hicks, Sally “Understanding Leadership: “The Reinsurance Arbitration Looking for Clues” OB/HR S. F. Hicks, L. J. Kersting*, C. J. Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Clause” in Risk Management Distinguished Scholar presenta- Lueck*, P. J. McDonough*, J. R. Intersection of Constitutional Law, Reports,Vol. 37, No. 5. Presented tion, Southwestern Academy of Vanhoy, and M. T. McEllistrem, Natural Law, and Catholic Social to the members of the Western Risk Management, March 2010. “Undergraduate Measurements Teaching, presented to the Dallas and Insurance Association at their for Fission Reactor Applications.” chapter of the St.Thomas More annual meeting. Society, April 2010. “Leadership Across the Curriculum Presented at the 21st International (Pedagogical Case Study with Conference on the Applications Waterman Ward, Bernadette Rosemary Maellaro, Tim Galpin, of Accelerators in Research and Richard Peregoy). Presented at “Callista, Rome, England, and the Technology, Ft. Worth, Texas, Aug. the Southwestern Academy of Hunger for God.” International 9-13, 2010. *Authors are UD Management, Annual Meeting, Centre for Newman Friends, Rome, students who participated in the March 2010. experimental work. Italy, Nov. 5, 2010.

18 fACULTy and Staff Exhibits McGrady, E., S. Conger, S. Blanke, Jonaitis, Sr. Dorothy OP Walsh, Jerome and B.J.L. Landry (September/ Apocalyptic Literature, 24 25-min- “On hyh in 2 Kings 9:37,” in Vetus Strunck, Jürgen October 2010) Emerging ute talks on 8 audio CD’s. (Chevy Testamentum 60/1 (2010):152-53. Strunck, Jürgen and Gisela-Heidi Technologies in Healthcare: Chase, Md.: Now You Know Media, Strunck. Exhibit May 8-June 12, Navigating Risks – Evaluating Inc., 2010). “The Organization of 2 2010, at Haley-Henman Gallery, Rewards. Journal of Healthcare Kings 3-11,” in The Catholic Dallas, Texas. Management. 55(5), in press. Apocalyptic Literature, 24 25-min- Biblical Quarterly 72/2 (April ute talks on 8 audio CD’s. Chevy 2010):238-254. Conger, Sue. (2010) “SIG/Chapter Chase, Md.: Now You Know Media, Activities,” AIS Insider, January/ Inc., 2010. Waterman Ward, February 2010, 2(5) http://ais. Bernadette affiniscape.com/displaycommon. “Acting of What You Believe.” The “On Paul Mariani.” Gerard Manley cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=728 Preacher, Journal of The College Hopkins: a Life in ELT 54.1, of Preachers 138 (July 2010): (January 2011) 49-51. Conger, Sue, “Introduction to the 26. Sermon Sept. 26, 2010, 26th Special Issue on Servitizing IT, “Sue Sunday in Ordinary Time. Conger, Guest Editor, Information West, Tom Systems Management, for publica- “The Power of Example.” The “The Economic Principles of tion April/May 2010. Preacher, Journal of The College of America´s Founders:Property Preachers 132 (December 2009): Rights, Free Markets, and Sound England, Rob, “An Interview with 14. Sermon for Jan. 4, 2010, Feast Money.” First Principles Series Report Sue Conger on the Sweet Spot of of the Epiphany. #32, Heritage Foundation, 2010, Journals, CDs, and IT Service Management,” www. heritage.org/Research/Reports E-Presentations itskeptic.com, Aug. 15, 2010. Perez Bernardo, Maria Luisa Whittington, J. Lee Churchill, Scott Conger, Sue, “SIG/Chapter “Merger Repair: A Conceptual “Be True to Your School: An Open “Hernán Cortés en la obra peri- Benefits” AIS Insider Newsletter, Framework for Restoring Employer/ Letter to Students and Practitioners odística y literaria de Emilia April 2010. http://home.ais- Employee Relationships” (Theory of Human Science Research,” Pardo Bazán” Tejuelo. Didáctica net.org/displaycommon. Development with Tim J. Galpin), The Humanistic Psychologist; de la Lengua y Literatura 8 cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=910 Journal of Behavioral and Applied 36: 1-8 (2009). (2010): 46-58. Journal pub- Management, in press, 2010. Dupont, Denise lished by Universidad de “Empathy, Intercorporeality, and Extremadura (Spain). “Realism as Resistance. “The Engagement Factor: Building the Call to Compassion”. Society Romanticism and Authorship in a High Commitment Organization and Animals; 18: 219-229 (2010). Galdós, Clarín, and Baroja.” Siglo Sullivan, Charles in a Low Commitment World” Diecinueve 13 (2007): 126-128. “The Disenchanted Whiggism of (Research Translation for Conger, Sue Winston Churchill’s My Early Life,” Practitioners with Tim J. Galpin), Conger, Sue and Carol Pollard, Garza, Gilbert Journal of Historical Biography 7 Journal of Business Strategy, in “Servitizing the Introductory MIS (Spring 2010): 1-29. Garza, Gilbert and Landrum, press, 2010. Texts,” Proceedings of the 3rd B. (in press). “Ethics and the International Conference on the Primacy of the Other: A Levinasian Virtual Computing Initiative (ICVCI Foundation for Phenomenological 3) and IT Service Management Research.” Indo-pacific Journal (ITSM), held on Oct. 22-23, of Phenomenology. 2009 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Association for Garza, Gilbert (in press). Computing Machinery (ACM), “Thematic collation: An illustra- October 2010. tive analysis of the experience of regret.”Qualitative Research Conger, Sue, (2010) Software in Psychology. Development Life Cycles and Methodologies: Fixing the old and adopting the new. International Giuliano, Gene Journal of Information Technologies “The Book of Genesis.” and the Systems Approach CatholicsRead.com February 2010. (IJITSA) Special Issue on Service- oriented Software Engineering: “The Gospel According to Luke.” Foundations, Architectures, SDLCs, CatholicsRead.com February 2010. and Innovative Applications. M. Mora, A Steenkamp, and C.S. “The Book of Revelation.” Gonzalez, Editors. Forthcoming, CatholicsRead.com February 2010. October 2010 publication.

faculty and Staff 19 Our Fulbright Legacy by Jackie Sears ’67

he Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and is sponsored by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Approximately 300,000 “Fulbrighters,” 114,000 from the United States and 186,000 from other countries, have participated in the program since its inception. It continues to award approximately 8,000 new grants annually and currently operates in more than 155 countriesT worldwide. Fulbrighters are more than students, scholars, and teachers. They are valuable contributors to an exchange of knowledge, skills, ideas, and mutual understanding. Since its inauguration in the late 1940s, the Fulbright Program has been an integral part of U.S. foreign relations. Face-to-face exchanges facilitated by the program have proven to be a highly effective means of broadening dialogue between U.S. citizens, institutions, and their counterparts abroad. Hundreds of Fulbright alumni worldwide currently hold top positions in government, higher education, journalism, law, and the private sector.

The University of Dallas is proud to have 30 of its alumni represented in the “Fulbrighter” group, a particu- larly prestigious number given the University’s age (54 years). The largest number of UD Fulbright awardees studied or worked in Germany (15); the second largest group went to France (five); Spain is represented next with four; Austria with three; Belgium with two, and Switzerland with one. In this issue, we are pleased to feature many of this group, to talk with them about their year abroad and its impact on their personal and professional lives, and to catch up with their current activities. Likewise, they universally speak passionately of their UD educa- tion and professors and the extraordinary assistance both provided in preparing them for the Fulbright as well as for the lives they lead now.

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The first Fulbright Scholar from UD was Scott Dupree ’62 who received his Fulbright upon graduation Scott Dupreefor study in France at the Université France de Caen Basse-Normandie. He likewise was granted a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship that same year (the first also to be awarded to a UD student). After returning from France, Dupree was accepted to Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and Yale. He selected Yale where he was awarded a Danforth Dissertation Fellowship while studying for the Ph.D. His dissertation was written in French and English on the Horation Perspective of Voileau, Alexander Pope and French Satire. Dupree cites eight years of scholarships as enabling him to begin and to continue his studies. He came to UD on an Esteve Scholarship that he received as a result of placing first in a national competitive exam.

Dupree majored in English and French at UD. During his Fulbright year, he took the opportunity to travel as much as possible throughout Europe and to Greece, Troy, Yugoslavia, and Egypt.

After graduation from Yale, Dupree returned to UD to teach in the English department. He returned to France in 1986 to teach for a year in Bissonon and from 1988-1990, taught in Singapore, also on a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship. He credits his Fulbright year in France as helping him to “find my inner Frenchman.” Originally from Louisiana, he is of French heritage and since his first experience in France, has spent many summers there.

Dupree currently is the director of library and university research and professor of English at the University of Dallas.

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“During my year abroad I attended classes in French for both foreign students and for French students Eileen Nelsonpursuing a degree at the France Faculté des Lettres of the Université in Lille, France,” remembers Eileen Nelson. “The project which I submitted to those awarding the Fulbright grants dealt with modern French theater, with particular emphasis on that body of dramatic literature which recalls the mytho- logical tradition while expressing it in contemporary dramatic language. Over the course of the year, I traveled to seven other European countries and took home with me different experiences from each and stories to remember for a lifetime.”

In answer to how the Fulbright experience impacted the rest of her life, Nelson commented that it “is undoubtedly one of the key events of my entire life. It gave me the opportunity to increase my fluency in the French language, helped immensely with my getting awards for study in graduate school and gave me the confidence to begin a career in teaching which I have pursued for over forty years. I became an observer of people and how they interact with one another in a different culture and social class."

At the university, Nelson was able to take a class under Monsieur Jacques Robichez, an expert in contemporary French drama, and she even had the privilege of meeting and having lunch with the son of the famous French author, Paul Claudel. “I also met the Secretary General of the region of France called ‘le Nord,’ and the lunches I had with him and his family were special indeed. However, my ongoing involvement with the country was primarily with my host family and with a family who invited me once a month for dinner. Each time I went to their home, we spent the evening talking and laughing together. It was in that home where I found the true French ‘joie de vivre,’ so famously spoken and written about. We maintained what, to me, was a very precious contact through the years that followed.”

“The education I received at the University of Dallas was invaluable in itself, with or without a year abroad. At UD I had many professors who were extremely knowledgeable in their respective fields and who were inspiring to the point of giving me the idea that I might myself pursue a career in teaching. One of my professors, Rev. Moses Nagy, S.O. Cist., now deceased, deserves so much credit for having given me the courage to apply for a Fulbright grant—something I might never have done without his encouragement. As it happens, the day of my interview for the Fulbright Award in Austin, Texas, was the same day that President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. My memories of that day are full of images, both happy and sad, but the spring day in 1964 when I received the news that I had actually won the Fulbright award and would be going to France was one of my happiest and most memorable.”

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During his Fulbright year, Michael McGaha took classes at the University of Madrid and worked on a research project on MichaelSpanish influences on theMcGaha work of French author Henry de Montherlant. Spain His wife, Agnes, accompanied him to Madrid and their first son, Joseph, was born there in January 1966.

When he returned from Spain in the summer of 1966, he began graduate study in Spanish literature at the University of Texas at Austin where he completed his Ph.D. in 1970. McGaha next took a job as a Spanish professor at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. where he taught until his retirement in 2007.

“My Fulbright year in Spain convinced me that I wanted to make a career of teaching Spanish language and literature and return to Spain as often as possible. My command of Spanish, of course, improved considerably, and I also acquired a firsthand acquaintance with Spanish culture. My main intellectual contacts that year were with other Fulbright students. I have kept in touch with some of those people throughout the rest of my life.”

McGaha described his year as a Fulbright scholar in Madrid as a life-changing experience. “The superb education I received in Spanish and French at UD—especially from Professors Hazel Cazorla and Fr. Moses Nagy—prepared me to derive the utmost benefit from the experience. I made friends in Spain, fell in love with the country, and have returned there countless times.” In fact, he spent 13 months there in 1980-81 as an NEH Fellow. “Quite a bit of my scholarly work has been published in Spain, and I have often participated in conferences there.”

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“My college years, 1963 to 1967, at the University of Dallas were quite memorable,” says Cathy Cathleen Philips.Lawrence “The liberal arts education Philips was one of the finest France and, under the wings of Rev. Moses Nagy, S.O. Cist., and Hazel Cazorla, my love of languages was nurtured. Early on, the Fulbright Fellowship was definitely a goal.”

As a Fulbright scholar, Philips received three weeks of orientation in Paris and then traveled to Brittany (western France) to begin courses in French literature/drama at the University of Rennes. Unfortunately, France was in a state of unrest with students, teachers, and workers protesting government policies, which led to riots, violent demonstrations, arrests, tear gas grenades, student and police injuries, and damaged businesses. Eighty percent of campuses were “paralyzed” and classes and final exams were boycotted. There was no communication, no transportation, no banking, no industry, and limited food supplies.

“Thanks to the Fulbright stipend, I was able to escape the turmoil of France’s ‘cultural revolution’ by traveling to England, Germany, Austria, Spain, North Africa, Italy, and the French Riviera,” says Philips. “However, I was dangerously caught up in it when returning to Paris because any foreign student was sought out for inciting French students. Luckily, this was avoided because I had become a French student at heart.”

Philips said that her most rewarding experience was teaching English to French citizens at the Franco-American Institute in Rennes. “These eager students, of all ages and walks-of-life, came from miles away to attend night classes until 10:30 p.m.! They welcomed me into their hearts and homes, and thus began a lasting friendship and mutual respect. My most cherished accomplishment is that of a bi-national ambassador.”

Her Fulbright experience led to a three year National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Fellowship to continue her studies. After many more travels and various job opportunities, Philips has settled into semi-retirement as a substitute teacher, “encouraging the learning process in students’ formative years. I do love my job!” she says enthusiastically.

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“As a student at the Institute Student friends included citizens of Tahiti and Thailand, Peter Buttrossof Political Studies, UniversityFrance of as well as France, England, Israel, Cameroun, the Congo, Grenoble, France,” said Peter and other countries—a welcomed eye-opening for the little- Buttross, “my independent reading traveled Mississippian that I was. In the broadest and deepest consisted of the political and literary sense, the Fulbright offered that proverbial ‘European experi- writings of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, ence’ which, if not used as a mere refuge, becomes one of and Rousseau.” Buttross’ study of the most valuable ‘possessions’ an American can have.” Rousseau, begun at UD and contin- ued in France, would, 25 years later, “Life and studies at the University of Dallas seemed to point serve as the basis of his doctoral dis- the student back to Europe. I cannot separate my desire to sertation in 1995 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. live and study in Europe from my undergraduate experience. And that I consider a precious gift from the University of The opportunity to learn French served him well as an inter- Dallas. Finally, having been a Fulbright Fellow allows me that national banker in the early 1980’s. “Beyond the academic gratuitous link with the name of Senator J. William Fulbright benefits,” Buttross continues, “the Fulbright year allowed whose analysis of and vision for, specifically, American for- me acquaintance with students from numerous countries. eign policy are, I think, still relevant,” he concludes.

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During his Fulbright year, George Parks studied at the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona. The George ParksSpanish kings had establishedSpain in Pamplona the first of the official pilgrims' "hospitals" for those who successfully crossed the Pyrenees Mountains on their way to the Shrine of St. James. Parks studied the Camino de Santiago and, specifically, the pilgrims' influence on popular poetry of experience as they made their way to the cathedral of Saint James in Galicia.

Parks later became an FBI Special Agent where his command of Spanish as a result of his Fulbright year opened the door of opportunity on many occasions. For example, in 2000, he was assigned as Legal Attache to the American Embassy in Madrid. “As the only FBI Agent in the country, I worked with the heads of the Spanish equivalents of our FBI, CIA, and NSA. In my personal life, the Fulbright Scholarship provided the occasion to form lasting friendships with Spaniards. These friendships along with the knowl- edge of Spanish language and culture continue to inform my perspective on America and on my Catholic faith,” he says.

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Brantley Womack’s academic focus was Hegelian and post-Hegelian political philosophy at Ludwig- BrantleyMaximillians-Universität Womack in Munich, Germany.Germany “I learned a lot about German philosophy,” he recalls, “but I also started to study Chinese language there. Ever since then, most of my research has been on China. I still have happy memories of Hegel and of visiting Fr. David Balas in Rome. We had a great time when fellow Fulbrighters Pete Buttross and George and Mary Ann Parks joined us for Christmas. We became friends both with German students and with other foreigners studying there.“

When asked about UD’s impact on the program and his fellowship, Womack responds, “Besides excel- lent all-round teaching, the professors took other languages seriously. If the best book on a certain topic was in French, you should learn French and read it! That’s what the Cistercians did back in Hungary. This was a very different experience from most American universities where foreign languages are left in the language classes and even the professors often don’t know what is available outside of English sources. So our class of ’75 had more Fulbrights than UT Austin that year. In Germany I made the resolution only to read in German, and as a result I still read German pretty well although I have not been back there for 40 years.”

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During his Fulbright year, Bainard explored both East and West Berlin with my future wife—an BainardCowan Cowan studied literature and Germany phi- unforgettable experience!” Earlier he had spent six weeks losophy at Ludwig-Maximilians- in a tiny town in north Germany, immersing himself in the Universität München (Ludwig German language. “This was deep in the country, and I had Maximilian University, also known as to walk from town to town - in good weather, thankfully - to the University of Munich). travel anywhere by train.”

“It was an invaluable experience!” he “The atmosphere of learning, language study, and interest says now. “I took courses in Middle in European culture at UD gives our students an incalcu- High German; medieval poetry; the lable advantage in competing for the Fulbright,” comments modern German novel; Hegel, and Cowan. “UD students will also be more likely to know what to the Russian Formalist critics—all in German. This gave me a do with the freedom they experience with this grant. I received great start on graduate-level studies and made it easier to get indispensable advice, both for applying for the award and on into Yale’s comparative literature program the following year." how to prepare for my year, from other great UD Fulbrighters. He also cited Fr. Odo as one of several Cistercians who Cowan found Munich to be “a wonderful city, and it was were gifted teachers of foreign language study who likewise a delight to get to know its intellectual events, opera and helped him prepare for the Fulbright experience. musical events, and, of course, its beer gardens and student life. I also got to meet with other Fulbrighters in Berlin and

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Steve Maddux’s award was a French “In my Fulbright year, I attended a Steve MadduxGovernment Teaching France Assistantship. Eric SalemGoethe Institute Germany for eight weeks, "I held conversation classes for high lived with a host family for a month school students in a school outside and then studied philosophy—mostly of Paris. Meanwhile, I lived in Paris, Aristotle and Heidegger” remembers attended courses at various institu- Eric Salem. During this time, he also tions, and toured the city, the envi- got married, visited Paris and Berlin, rons, France, and elsewhere.” and spent a couple weeks traveling in Greece, Italy, and Austria. “The Maddux describes his experience as Goethe Institute I attended was “decisive. I saw France. I improved located in a delightful little German town, Schwaebisch Hall my French. I got to know some young French intellectuals while my studies were done at the University of Heidelberg.” that have remained my friends since then. I went all over the city, to museums and concerts. Every other weekend, I “My Fulbright year gave me my first chance to immerse went to explore some place outside of Paris. I frequented the myself totally in the work of a couple of great authors. In Catholic student center attached to the Sorbonne, called, this sense it was invaluable. I also came to see that it would amusingly, the Centre Richelieu; there I met many people.” be foolish to attempt to write a dissertation about Aristotle and Heidegger. One author at a time! I also learned to read Maddux says that UD did a good job preparing him for German fairly fluently. I sometimes regret a bit not spending Europe. “However, I did not neglect my languages. That more time travelling and spending time with German stu- is my message to the young folks of today: study your lan- dents. I was probably a little too studious and, frankly, found guages! Take upper-division courses! Get a concentration!” the knee-jerk anti-Americanism of most German students irritating. It was also just plain interesting to learn to function Since 1981, Maddux has been the Fulbright Program adviser in a world and language that was not my own. For better or at the University of Dallas and as such, oversees applications worse, my involvement was pretty much limited to the time I to the Institute of International Education (IIE). spent with my host family and the people they introduced me to, all of whom I found delightful,” Salem concludes.

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During his Fulbright year in Austria, Michael Terranova did research on German literature, language, Michael andTerranova linguistics. “I ended up staying for Austriaone year on the Fulbright grant and two more years on my own. During that time, I attended university seminars on German language and literature, philosophy, theology, and even Greek. During my last year there, I taught English for Specific Purposes (technical English) at the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Internationalen Fachsprachen associated with the Karl- Franzens Universität Graz in Graz, Austria.“

After returning from Austria, Terranova earned a Master of Arts in theology at UD (1992); a Ph.D. in theology at Boston College (2001), and a ”My involvement in the Master of Architecture degree at the University of Church and at the university Texas at Arlington School of Architecture (2004). “I have been working in Austria gave me a broader in the field of architecture since 2004 and teaching occasionally for The perspective and a richer Cardinal Newman Institute in the Diocese of Fort Worth,” he comments. field of experience on which “My years in Austria gave me the advantage of fluency in German. As to draw for my studies.” a result, I was able to read the works of German-speaking theologians and philosophers from the beginning of my graduate studies. My involve- ment in the Church and at the university in Austria gave me a broader perspective and a richer field of experience on which to draw for my studies. My experience in Austria on my Fulbright and later experience in Switzerland doing research for my dissertation, in Rome teaching for UD, and in Egypt while writing my dissertation was also invaluable in my studies in architecture. My long sojourns in these countries and the travels they occasioned gave me the opportunity to experience, study, and appreciate a vast variety of building types, styles, and periods and to gain insight into how those who live in other countries live and work in their own buildings and cities.”

“My time in Austria also gave me a different perspective on world politics. Because Austria is centrally located in Europe and shared boarders with three communist ”The threat of countries during the Cold War, I was exposed to a very different perspective on disruption—of European and world politics than what one usually finds in the United States. I was hostilities in eastern visiting friends in Austria when Yugoslavia first began to disintegrate. The Austrians recognized the seriousness of the events long before other countries did,” he says. Europe spilling over “They were the first to see the need to recognize Slovenia and Croatia. While I into the West— was there, three Serbian helicopters flew an hour into Austrian airspace over the was palpable.” city I had lived in, which is the second largest city in Austria. The threat of disrup- tion—of hostilities in eastern Europe spilling over into the West—was palpable. I realized that much of what shapes the outlook of Europeans on world affairs is their close proximity to troubled spots in the world and the danger of instability in their own countries.”

“During my time in Austria on a Fulbright Fellowship I became close friends with a number of Austrians and Austrian families and continue to keep up those contacts now, more than 20 years later. It is like a second homeland to me and the family I lived with is like a second family. When I return to Austria—which is often—it is like I never left,” he adds.

Besides the deep personal friendships Terranova made in Austria, he was very active in his local parish, helping to lead litur- gies, and prayer and study groups. “I also helped renovate an 18th century store in the city center so that it could be used as a print shop and book store and helped convert a 12th century parish hall into an apartment for a family of eight.”

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“The first time I found myself in Mainz of the Catholic Church. But I also learned about the suffering Kristin Martinwas with Collegium Cantorum’s Germany tour which the Catholic Church in Germany endured around the of Germany in 1994, where we were time of World War II. An elderly woman living in my building privileged to sing a Mass at the Mainz explained to me how she had to literally travel underground Cathedral on the Feast of Epiphany. to go to Mass during the Nazi persecution. Over 75 percent Little did I know, I would be resid- of the city of Mainz was destroyed during World War II, and ing in that charming city only a few among the air raid victims was a convent of nuns. How sad- years later as a Fulbright Scholar. dened I was to enter their present-day convent chapel and Ultimately, you can never imagine see a memorial to the nuns who had died—victims of one of where God and a UD education will the Allies’ air raids on Mainz.” take you,” comments Kristin Martin. Martin also sang in a couple of choirs—one a local parish During her Fulbright year, Martin worked as a teaching choir and the other at the University of Mainz. “I also took assistant for English as a Foreign Language at a German some dance lessons at the University of Mainz and at the “Gymnasium” school in Mainz, Germany (located on school where I taught. I started an ‘American Club’ where the Rhine River). “I was also enrolled as a student at the we did activities such as American cooking and watching University of Mainz,” she recalls. movies in English.”

“Naturally, my Fulbright experience gave me the opportu- “I have no doubt that the University of Dallas played an nity to improve my German language. I also wanted to live immense role in facilitating my Fulbright Grant,” com- as a German lives, so I ventured into the everyday life of a ments Martin. “My German professor and advisor, Dr. Hella German—opening a bank account; paying bills; going to Hennessee, was particularly helpful in the Fulbright applica- work, and even attempting to cook using the metric system.” tion process. In terms of living abroad, UD’s Rome semester was a good introduction to European culture, and it also “As with my semester in Rome,” continues Martin, “living in a taught me how to navigate the maze of trains and subways traditionally Catholic city allowed me to savor the universality across Europe.”

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Dustin Baldridge was named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2002-03 academic year between graduat- Dustin Baldridgeing from the University of Dallas andSpain starting the combined MD/Ph.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine. “I used this time to continue to pursue my interest in basic science by carrying out laboratory research,” he says. “Specifically, I studied the role of the ZO1 protein in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer and the role of the transcription factor OSX in bone development. I used co- immunoprecipitation and yeast-two-hybrid technologies to find protein-protein interactions, and also performed retroviral transformations for in vitro studies.”

Baldridge’s Fulbright study was done at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, in the laboratory of Dr. Fernando Lecanda. “I also gained an appreciation for the way that scientific research is done at a top European university. While there are typically more funding and logistical challenges than in the U.S., this taught me to plan my experiments more carefully, focusing more on the long term outcomes of the research.”

In addition to working in the lab and traveling throughout Spain, he also joined a local rugby team which provided a great outlet for stress and “gave me many of my most memorable friendships from my time in Spain. I was also fortunate to be in Madrid for the Holy Father’s trip to Spain which was one of the highlights of my year.”

“My Rome semester at UD was one of the most formational experiences of my life, and it gave me a desire to return to Europe as often as possible to learn from other cultures and to witness the contributions of Western Civilization to our own American culture. I believe that it is this perspective that made me a successful applicant for the Fulbright award.”

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During her Fulbright year, Eileen new foods, visit new Eileen LeeLee taught EnglishGermany in Darmstadt, places, and inte- Germany as a Foreign Language “ UD’s German grate well into local Assistant in a German Gymnasium professors, Dr. Hella culture. I made new (the highest caliber high school). ”I Hennessee and friends and had a did, however, attend one literature great time.” class in Modernism at TU-Darmstadt. Dr. Don Anderson, It increased my independence, confi- were a delight to “I found it a reward- ing experience dence, and ability to manage people. study under and I discovered that I enjoyed manage- overall and would ment and have since completed an MBA in Ireland. I am their instruction, as recommend it to now managing projects at a professional education body in well as my German anyone graduating the UK.” Club experience that university with sec- ond language skills. Other activities in which Lee became engaged were translat- they encouraged, UD’s German pro- ing the school website and some other freelance translation. prepared me amply fessors, Dr. Hella “I chaperoned student events. I started up an English conver- for the experience.” Hennessee and Dr. sation group for students who were struggling with speaking Don Anderson, were and comprehension skills. Thanks to my biology degree, I a delight to study created a bilingual sexual education course for the school under and their that was the first of its kind. I helped run the 2006 cultural instruction, as well as my German Club experience that they exchange program between Jewish American students in encouraged, prepared me amply for the experience.” Philadelphia and our students in Darmstadt. Also, I seized any opportunities available to take part in cultural events, try

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Stephen Wauck taught English at a “Before I went to Germany, I was mention the German professors (Drs. StephenGerman high school, mostlyWauck conversa- considering Germany going to graduate school Hennessee and Anderson) who taught tion classes for older students, during in history. I actually learned, though, me so well. Thanks to them, I was his Fulbright year in Münster, Germany. that I didn’t want that. However, I still prepared to speak German and I knew enjoyed immersing myself in German enough about the culture that I could history. For example, I was finally able find my bearings quickly once I got “Without my to see Nuremberg and Lübeck, the two there. Second, I owe a lot to my history cities I wrote about in my senior thesis professors. The knowledge of European professors at UD, at UD. Besides teaching, I took some history they imparted to me helped me there’s simply no classes (philosophy and German) at to see beyond what I was seeing.” way I would have local schools. Other than that, most survived, and I would of my 'involvement' in Germany was informal; that is, meeting people and not have gotten talking to them.” nearly as much “Without my professors at UD, there’s out of that year.” simply no way I would have survived, and I would not have gotten nearly as much out of that year. First, I have to

FALL 2010 | TOWER 27 '08 William Spearman“As a Fulbright scholar I did research SwitzerlandWhile in Switzerland, Spearman lived with a Swiss family. In at the largest particle physics labo- addition to becoming great friends with them, they helped ratory in the world, the European him learn French and better understand the culture. “Having Organization for Nuclear Research lived for most of my life in the flatness which defines east (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland,” Texas and Illinois, I took to the mountains for the first time in says William Spearman. “While there my life and fell deeply in love with the beauty, ruggedness, I worked with the TOTEM project of and danger which they hold. I was hooked and soon I had the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to climbed my way to many summits, including Mt. Blanc, the test and improve silicon detectors. My highest mountain in Western Europe." work was directed towards advancing our understanding of the subatomic particle, the proton, one “My time at UD instilled the thirst for knowledge and the sci- of the three building blocks of ordinary matter.” entific skills which led me to pursue and attain my Fulbright award. The breadth of the UD education really allowed me “In addition to playing host to my research institution, CERN, to experience Switzerland as a coherent whole and to enjoy Geneva has a rich history and culture which I made an effort the beauty, history, and culture of the country in a unique to explore. Furthermore, Geneva is centrally located near the and harmonious way. Seeing the magnificent and lofty Swiss and French Alps which allowed me to experience the Château de Chillon which overlooks the azure waves of Lake mountains as never before.” Geneva and finding the inscription ‘Byron’ in a pillar of the dungeon carved by Lord Byron himself is almost mystical “My year as a Fulbright scholar truly broadened my hori- when you have read the works of Byron and know the passion zons,” comments Spearman. “Growing up in conservative with which he composed his poem, The Prisoner of Chillon. rural America, I often took my heritage and beliefs for grant- Climbing the alpine mountains, Castor and Pollux, is slightly ed. Living in Switzerland and working with a global collabo- transcendent when you, like those first alpine explorers, ration at CERN forced me into contact with other viewpoints have studied the Greco-Roman myths which inspired them and cultures, but rather than seeing diversity and jumping to name these peaks, and have seen firsthand those three to the easy conclusions of moral or epistemic relativism, I remaining marble columns of the temple of Castor and Pollux realized that the similarities between humans run deep and in the Roman Forum. Visiting Geneva, Zurich, and Luzern; that different beliefs about reality have real consequences seeing the imposing battlements; and viewing the mangled as to how people seek meaning and happiness in life, and armor from 500 years ago is far more horrifying when you their success in those endeavors. As a result, I became bent have studied the theology and history of Calvin and Zwingli on finding truth and pursuing virtue wherever it may exist.” which led them on their bloody religious wars against the Catholic cantons. UD provides all its students with a desire “On a more practical level,” he reflects, “I made many to know the true, to appreciate the beautiful, and to strive contacts while at CERN, meeting many future colleagues towards the good. This allows them to interact with the world in the particle physics world, including my Ph.D. adviser. on a deeper level: a philosophic level, an aesthetic level, and My time at CERN helped me solidify my career path and a moral level. The pursuit of the three transcendentals by all choice to pursue a Ph.D. in High Energy Particle Physics at students is what sets the University of Dallas apart and what Harvard University.” prepared me to fully enjoy my Fulbright experience.”

Sister Mary Judith Beard ’65; James Fougerousse ’67; studies in the Graduate School of Management (GSM). OtherStephen Arndt University ’83; Angela Fritsen ’85; Anthonyof HollinsworthDaas Wolfgang Fulbright Schwaiger ‘76 was alumni the first to use include:an award at ’89; Margarita Gutierrez ’92; Allison Aldridge ’94; Denis GSM. Since then, 16 other Fulbright award recipients from McElroy ’94; Gavin Murphy ’00; Matthew Johnson ’02; Amir countries around the world have pursued their studies at the Aboutalebi ‘05; Stephanie Rhinehart ‘05; Nicholas Wittich Graduate School of Management. The most recent, Evelyn ‘05, and Therese Bart ’06. Marquez Cordoza, graduated with the class of 2009. “The College of Business is proud to be a part of the Fulbright The College of Business also has a long history of students tradition at the University of Dallas,” says Interim Dean Brian from abroad choosing to use a Fulbright award to fund their Murray, Ph.D. 28 FALL 2010 | TOWER Phi Beta Kappa: A Living Example of the Excellence of UD Students

ove of learning is the guide to life.” While few Scholar, as explained by the editors of the fall 2008 edition, phrases could describe the University of Dallas is an opportunity for students to “ponder the work of their better, this motto, originally in Greek, actually harkens to college career – not simply the results, but also the continual, the Greek initials used in the official name of The Phi Beta dynamic striving for knowledge.” Nick Mayeux ‘10, a recent Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest academic honor society. graduate from UD, had a few of his paintings published in This society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and the 2009-10 editions of the Scholar. He elaborates, “One of Mary, was created as a secret society which hallmarked free- my paintings has since been picked to be used as the cover of “Ldom of inquiry. Since that time, Phi Beta Kappa has grown to a book by a philosophy 280 chapters, such that only about 10 percent of the nation’s professor who teaches institutions of higher learning have been granted a chapter. at another university. This makes Phi Beta Kappa one of the most honorable and This has been an excel- distinguished academic fraternities in the United States. lent opportunity to get my work and my name The University of Dallas was granted a chapter of Phi Beta out to the public, and Kappa in 1989, then the youngest school in the nation it would not have hap- to earn a PBK charter. As Dr. Steven Stryer, the current pened without the UD president of the UD Eta chapter, explains, “The University of Scholar.” Dallas and Phi Beta Kappa are a good fit inherently because of the UD core curriculum and our emphasis on liberal arts. The senior members of The education here provides the interdisciplinary reach which Phi Beta Kappa, including Theresa Smart, are busy plan- Phi Beta Kappa has promoted since its founding.” ning this year’s editions of the University Scholar and annual symposium. She describes how honored and blessed she Between 30 and 40 University of Dallas students, less than is to have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, saying, “If I 10 percent from each graduating class, are inducted into have excelled academically, it’s only because my professors the Eta chapter each spring. While the inductees are mostly and fellow students here have really challenged my intellect seniors, several of the top junior students are inducted and sparked my interest. Now it’s my turn to repay as well. They become the leaders of the chapter them—in part by helping to coordinate the PBK during their senior year, specifically orga- symposium and the University Scholar nizing and hosting the annual Phi this year.” Beta Kappa symposium and publishing two editions MIDDLE RIGHT: "Forest" acrylic and oil by Nick Mayeux, of the University 2010. Scholar. The UD Admits

largest classEver 376 24 876 247 40 11 new incoming National Average number Cities represented States Countries UD freshman Merit of miles traveled represented represented Finalists to UD

If you know a student who may be a good fit for the Class of 2015, refer him or her to UD by completing the online alumni referral form which waives the normal application fee: udallas.edu/feewaiver. Thank you for your support in welcoming the Class of 2014 to the University of Dallas and for continued help in introducing future students to UD!

Students 29 Sigma Iota Epsilon Provides Service to UD and the Community

igma Iota Epsilon (SIE), the manager of SHN. Richman spoke dedicated officer group as well as honorary and professional about his professional experiences in being able to provide value added fraternity at the University of Dallas the entertainment industry and how events for members to attend. “I feel Graduate School of Management, his 21-year career in live entertain- many students choose to study their continues to be active in the school ment has evolved. The organization MBA at the University of Dallas, due to and local community. With 175 cur- also attended the play, “Death of a the perfect blend of theory and prac- rent members and more than 1,000 Salesman,” and afterwards hosted a tice. Our real lessons that are learned alumni,S SIE offers GSM students the discussion on ethics. Roman Kitka, a come from what we do with that ability to be recognized for scholastic venture capitalist, addressed current knowledge in the business world. We excellence in the field of management members as well as alumni at a local are attempting to mirror this approach and to promote cooperation between restaurant during the fall of 2009. He when scheduling future events,” stated the academic and practical aspects discussed his professional experiences James Gilman, SIE president, about the of management. and his career highs and lows. officers’ future vision.

The chapter has hosted various speak- In 2009, SIE members collected For more information on SIE or to find out about upcoming events, contact the SIE officers ing engagements and networking canned food. This event was one of at [email protected]. events within the last year. Partnering the most successful SIE community with the AT&T Performing Arts Center projects. and SHN in the fall 2010, SIE members listened to guest speak- SIE has gained substantial er Mike Richman, traction over the last vice president/ few years general and this traction stems from a

30 Students Alumni Revisit Rome and the Rome Experience

wenty—six alumni and their families attended the Rome Reunion June 17-21, 2010, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Rome program that originated in 1970. The Rome experience continues to be touted as oneT of the premier experiences of the UD education.

The group toured neighboring towns, including Castel Gandolfo, home of the Pope’s summer residence, and visited numerous churches and museums in Rome on tours led by Drs. Peter Hatlie, Andrew Moran, and John Norris. A highlight of the trip was Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s said by Pope Benedict XVI. A private Mass for the group also was celebrated at St. Peter’s earlier in the week by Monsignor Thomas Fucinaro, UD Rome chaplain.

Several scholarships have been cre- ated to enable students to study in Rome. Among these is the Uhl Scholarship, established by the Charles Uhl family. Several members of the fam- ily, including Mr. Uhl’s widow, Nancy; daughters Regina and Christina Uhl, and Kathy Milligan and son-in-law Danny also attended the reunion. Ten students received funding from the Uhl Scholarship in fall 2010.

The National Alumni Board also awards a scholarship annually to a deserving Rome student.

If you'd like to make a gift to one of the Rome scholarships, visit udallas.edu/makeagift or call 972-721-5134.

TOP LEFT: Isabella, John Paul and Judith Jacob; Regina and Nancy Uhl. TOP RIGHT: Msgr. Thomas Fucinaro. MIDDLE LEFT: David Harman, Dr. Peter Hatlie and Thu Hang Dao Jeanjean. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dr. Andrew Moran lectures to the group.

Alumni 31 Class Notes

'68 Mark Hamlet was ordained '85 Michael J. Dixon has been '88 Dr. Shane Sharpe has '94 Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, JCD, on May 29, 2010, at appointed Executive Vice been named dean of the a priest of the Diocese of St. Williams Church in Round President of The Board of Directors Honors College at The University Austin, Texas, who is currently serv- Rock, Texas. of Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. NYSE of Alabama. Sharpe came to ing as associate general secretary Amex Equities, the holding com- UA as a faculty member in the of the USCCB, is a candidate for '75 Sara Ann (Sally) Beach was pany for Salisbury Bank and Trust College of Commerce and Business general secretary of The United the recipient of the University Company. In this newly created Administration in 1991 after a States Conference of Catholic of Oklahoma Jeanine Rainbolt position, Dixon will be a key mem- 10-year career in the health care Bishops (USCCB). The election College of Education Teaching/ ber of the bank’s executive man- industry. He holds a bachelor of was held at the annual Fall General Advising Award in spring 2010. agement team and will lead the science degree in pharmacy from Assembly in Baltimore, Nov. 15-18, In fall 2008, Beach received the bank’s Trust and Wealth Advisory the University of Kansas, an MBA 2010. Msgr. Jenkins was ordained Orava Association Award from the Services Division. Dixon earned in finance from the University of a priest of the Austin diocese on Orava Association for Democratic his BA and MBA degrees from the Dallas, and a Ph.D. in manage- June 24, 1989. He holds a bach- Education in Slovakia for continued University of Dallas. ment information systems from elor’s degree in psychology and a contributions to the improvement Texas Tech University. master’s degree in philosophy from of education in Slovakia. She also '86 Dr. Morgan Swink has been the University of Dallas. directs the Ruby Grant Reading named Supply Chain Director '89 Ann Rindone is now working Research Initiative at the University at TCU. In addition to his MBA in advertising at ConAgra '94 John H. “Jay” Gibson II will of Oklahoma. from the University of Dallas, he Foods in Omaha. be the new vice president of holds a Ph.D. in operations man- U.S. and International Government '77 Robert L. Miodunski has agement and business strategy '90 Steve M. Perna has joined Business and HBC Administration. been named Chairman, from Indiana University. Vitesse Semiconductor Gibson was most recently the Interim President, and CEO of Corporation as vice president, prod- assistant secretary for financial American Gaming Systems (AGS). '87 Elizabeth Lachowsky uct marketing. Perna is responsible management and comptroller for Miodunski, who guided one of the Thaibinh and her husband, for global execution of Vitesse’s the U.S. Air Force in Washington, most remarkable corporate turn- Michael, founded Wildflower market strategy for all product D.C. and was previously deputy arounds in the gaming industry Home in Chiang Mai, Thailand. lines. He earned a BS in chemical undersecretary of defense. He as CEO of Alliance Gaming Corp., Wildflower Home is a shelter for engineering from the University holds a master’s degree in business was lured out of retirement by San single women with small children of Notre Dame in 1980, and his and finance from the University of Francisco-based Alpine Investors. and pregnant women in crisis. “We MBA in marketing management Dallas and a bachelor’s degree Miodunski retired as CEO of take mothers in crisis, maybe they and MS in corporate finance from in finance from the University Alliance Gaming in September are single and pregnant, victims of the University of Dallas. He also of Texas. 2004 after a 5-year run that saw domestic violence or whatever the holds an MS in biomedical/electri- the company’s split-adjusted pub- situation,” she said in an interview cal engineering from the University '99 Daniel “Zeke” Balan has licly traded stock price move from with Arkansas Catholic during a of Texas. been commissioned by Rev. below $2 to more than $100. He recent trip back to Conway, Ark. Michael Cerrone, a friend and fel- holds a mechanical engineer- and Houston, Texas. “We teach '92 Mary Catherine (Cowart) low U.S. Army veteran, to create ing degree from the University of them and help them readjust to Brigden is currently teaching a sculpture for a military chapel Missouri and an MBA from the society so they can effectively raise English and humanities at Calvin through the American Academy University of Dallas. their children.” She earned her High School in Calvin, Okla. She for Sacred Arts in Philadelphia. bachelor’s degree in theology. credits her experiences during The piece depicts St. Joan of Arc '83 Robert Bailey, chairman the Rome semester to her suc- tending to a wounded English of the board of PMC-Sierra '88 Christopher Evan Welch has cesses in teaching. soldier, who would have been an (PMC), has been named a member appeared on all three Law enemy of St. Joan while she led of Entropic’s Board of Directors. He and Order franchises (Criminal '93 Christa E. O’Leary, DO has her French countrymen in war holds a BS in electrical engineering Intent, Special Vics, and Classic joined the medical staff of against England. from the University of Bridgeport Coke) and provided the voice- Hill Country Memorial Hospital and an MBA from the University of over narration for Woody Allen’s as a family medicine physician. '99 Molly (Barger) Steinwald Dallas. Bailey received the “CEO Vicky Cristina Barcelona. He has O’Leary received her doctorate was recently profiled in the of the Year Award” from Electronic been on stage off-Broadway in in osteopathic medicine from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She Business in 2000 and was ranked David Mamet’s Romance and University of North Texas Health has been hired as the associate as one of the “Top Ten CEOs of with Bill Irwin in Scapin. He also Science Center in Fort Worth and director of science education at 2000” by Investor’s Business Daily. has appeared as a member of the holds a bachelor's degree in biology Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Seattle indie band, the Ottoman from the University of Dallas. Gardens. While at UD Molly con- '84 Dr. Michael Farrell and his Bigwigs. Most recently he has ducted research with Dr. Marcy family were recognized by the appeared as a regular on AMC’s Brown Marsden '91 on Alcatraz city of Fort Smith, Ark. as the 2010 new espionage thriller, Rubicon. studying Western Gulls. She went Family of the Year. They include on from UD to earn a master’s wife Laura and sons William and degree at Purdue University study- Thomas and daughter Maggie. ing banner-tailed kangaroo rats in Arizona and is finishing her Ph.D. at Miami University of Ohio study- ing genetic consequences of popu- lation decline in deer mice.

'YY 'YY 'YY LEGEND: Constantin Braniff College of Business

32 Alumni '00 Francisco Valenzuela is now '02 Fabio de Almeida has been '05 Brother Michael Garland lumni ublications a member of Fanning Harper named Movius Interactive Strong was ordained as a A P Friesenhahn, Jacob H. ‘01, Ph.D., Martinson Brandt and Kutchin, Corporation’s Sales Director for priest Aug. 20, 2010, at Cistercian “The Trinitarian Theology of von P.C Valenzuela earned his under- the Caribbean, Central America, Abbey in Irving, Texas. Balthasar and the Problem of graduate degree in politics from and Mexico. He holds a bachelor's Evil,” a study of the mystery of the University of Dallas, and his degree in business administra- Lauren Barnes teaches '08 evil in the context of the Swiss law degree from Notre Dame Law tion from Drury University and a fifth grade at Resurrection theologian’s model of the Trinity, School. master's degree in international Catholic School in Kingwood, will be released February 2011, management from the University Texas, and ended her first year by by Ashgate Publishing Group, a Jeffrey Bishop, M.D., a of Dallas. earning the Elementary Teacher of '02 UK-based academic publisher. biomedical ethicist and the Year award. physician formerly at Vanderbilt Fr. Joseph Van House '03 Schmitt, Gary ‘74 and Cheryl University, has been named direc- was ordained as a priest Sarah Crotty competed '08 Miller ‘02 coauthored an op-ed, tor of the Albert Gnaegi Center for August 15, 2009. in her first half-marathon “The Military Should Mirror the Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis earlier this year in Virginia Beach. Nation America’s Armed Forces University. The appointment took Amol Biniwale recently won Currently, she is training for two '03 are drawn from an increasingly effect on July 1. “I hope to bring the Vision Award for 2010 at other races before year’s end. narrow segment of society.” in my clinical experience in to comple- Danco (part of NCH Corporation). The Wall Street Journal on Aug. ment the work that’s already being Amol came to the University of Brother Philip Neri (Ceasar) '09 26, 2010. Schmitt is director and done,” said Bishop, who also will Dallas to pursue his Master of Lastimosa was ordained as a Miller is program manager of the hold the Tenet Endowed Chair in Management degree in supply priest Aug. 20, 2010, at Cistercian American Enterprise Institute’s Health Care Ethics. A native Texan, chain and after graduating joined Abbey in Irving, Texas. Program on Citizenship Bishop studied undergraduate and NCH. He started as a materials graduate theology before moving manager in 2002 and was then Brother Ignatius (Juan Jose) '10 Segrest, Scott Philip ’96, America into philosophy. He received a promoted to strategic sourcing Peacher took his final vows and the Political Philosophy of doctorate in philosophy from the manager in 2004. as a Cistercians on Aug. 15, 2010. Common Sense. University of University of Dallas and his medical Missouri Press, 2010. degree from the University of Texas '04 Brother Augustine (Ben) If you would like to inform Hoelke was ordained as a your fellow classmates of your Medical School in Houston. Shaw, Julia ‘08, “Does the priest Aug. 20, 2010, at Cistercian activities and accomplishments, Declaration of Independence Abbey in Irving, Texas. please submit your class notes to [email protected]. Prevent Women´s Suffrage?” on Aug. 18, 2010, in First Principles, Brother Bryan Joseph '05 a series of articles published by the Esposito was ordained as a Heritage Foundation. priest Aug. 20, 2010, at Cistercian Abbey in Irving, Texas.

In Memoriam Alumni F acULTY Teresa Aguilera Lucash ’60 sang with the Dallas Kenneth Blair ’76 took the lead in treating Dr. Raymond DiLorenzo taught at the University Civic Opera and taught elementary and high patients infected with HIV in Austin. In 1993, he of Dallas starting in 1972. He retired from school. She also sculpted and made ceramics. helped found Christopher House, a residential his post in the English department in 2005. care center and hospice for people with AIDS. In Throughout the years, his wisdom and humor Horace "Smitty" Duke ’67 was an all around 1994, he was stuck with a needle infected with impacted many alumni. athlete and while at the University of Dallas was the HIV virus and contracted the virus himself. an 11-time All American in Volleyball and 4-time In 1996, after a few years in private practice, he Dr. Bill Germann came to the University of All American in Baseball. He was also a scratch went to the David Powell Clinic, a public health Dallas in 1985 after receiving his PhD from the golfer and a Class A Handball player. In 1966 clinic that provides services to people who are University of Michigan where he conducted work he went to Prague, Czechoslovakia to play in the HIV-positive. Health complications finally forced on potassium conductance in epithelial cells. At World Cup where he received a special setting him to retire in 2006. UD he taught coursework in physiology, includ- honor. Smitty was a gold medal winner on the ing specialized courses in pathophysiology and USA team at the 1967 Pan American Games and Scott W. Ritterling ’81 passed on January 18, neurophysiology as well as a basic ideas course a member of the Mexico City Olympic Team that 2010, of a massive heart attack. in behavioral neuroscience. defeated the Soviet Union. Smitty was named an James Lotochinski ’83 passed on October 6, All-Time Great by USA Volleyball in 1990. 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee of bladder cancer. Dr. Glen Edward Thurow passed away on Althea Romaine Welsh ’69 passed on Sept. 9, Allen Westerchil ’91 passed June 2010 in Oct. 7, 2010, from multiple myeloma. He had 2009. Alexandra, Louisiana. retired from his work for the University of Dallas in 2008, when he and his wife Sarah moved Richard Ferrier ’73 was a professor of architec- to Port Orford, Ore. At the University of Dallas ture at UT Arlington where he taught from 1968– from 1974-2008, he taught and wrote upon 2010. He was associate dean from 1985–95 and the American founding, civil rights, the rhetoric was a registered architect, interior designer, and a of the Presidency, and Lincoln. He also taught fellow of the American Institute of Architects. His courses on American political thought, Bacon, work is in the permanent drawing collections of Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Xenophon, Plato, the University of Houston, the American Institute and Aristotle. of Architects National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the United States Library of Congress. 33 Alumni 33 Angela Cuba: A Day in the Life of a Student Athlete

ngela Cuba ’10 was a cross- country student athlete all four years that she was a student at UD. She describes the joys and challenges of being a student athlete, especially at an academically rigorous university such Aas UD. Cuba reports that fall student athletes arrive one week before school starts. Her sport of cross-county lasts until the first week of November each year. She also participated in track two of her four years, a spring sport which runs from February through mid-April.

Cross-country requires that participants run from 6:30-8 a.m. each day. Weekends dur- ing the season are filled with meets and/ or travel, usually a minimum of three to eight hours.

Cuba graduated in 2010 with a degree in English and currently is pursuing her master’s degree in English at UD. She is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas and par- ticipated in track in high school.

What she liked most about participating in athletics at UD was that she had the opportunity to meet all kinds of people and to get close with some of them. It also was something else to share and on which to focus in addition to her studies.

The challenge, on the other hand, was the lack of scholarships for student athletes because UD is a NCAA Division III school. “Athletes at UD do it,” she says, “because we love the team and the school. You grow in the discipline.” She also comments that UD boasts many great student athletes.

34 A thleTICS New Lacrosse Field Opens

he University of Dallas has added men’s lacrosse to their NCAA Division III sport offerings, bringing the total to 14 sports. The inaugural season of men’s lacrosse not only made the University of Dallas the second Division III school to offer the sport in the state of Texas, but it brought on the need for a new lacrosse field for both of the University’s men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.

Located west of the baseball field, Albert Halff from Halff Associates Inc. and the company’s civil engineers developed the site plans and bid documents and reviewed them with the City of Irving in late 2009 and early 2010. On March 19, 2010, theT University received the final stamped approval by the city. The University then went out for bids on March 26, 2010, and soon thereafter contracts were awarded to lowest bidders for the four-phase project.

The UD facilities department and the city began prepping the location with the removal and replanting of trees in other Irving locations. When that process was complete, the Holbrook Company, Inc. commenced initial prep earthwork at the site in late April and the barren strip of land began the transformation into a lacrosse field. Other companies involved were the TriDal Utilities, LTD who provided all of the primary utility work on the site while sub-contractors MCB Electrical and Shermco Industries performed all other electrical work and testing. Sports Field Solutions, LLC essentially completed the field when they graded out the top soil, installed a drainage and irrigation system, and rolled out the sod for the playing surface on July 19. The company also installed the score board, and plans are being developed for a restroom facility on the site. Mario Sinacola and Sons Excavating, Inc. did the concrete work of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and asphalt fire lane and completed their work on September 13 after several rain delays.

On March 6, 2011, the inaugural games will be held on the new field when the UD men’s and women’s lacrosse teams begin their season - the women against Albion College and the men versus Trine University. Eight games will take place with each team hosting four. Besides the Albion game, the UD women will host Trine, Sewanee, and Birmingham-Southern College. After their home opener against Trine, the men host Millsaps College, Concordia University (Wisc.), and the club team from Baylor University.

35 Board of Trustees Most Rev. Kevin Farrell, Chancellor Calendar of Events Walter E. Adams Win Bell Joanne Stroud Bilby ‘75, ‘80 January 5 – 17 Christopher R. Bright ‘78 John T. Cody, Jr. School of Ministry’s Winter in Rome Program O. D. Cruse ‘61, Chairman of BOT Msgr. Donald L. Fischer ‘62 January 12 – March 4 E. Timothy Fitzgibbons ‘65 Ceramics Regional Exhibition Daniel G. Flaherty ‘82, ‘83 David S. Gruber ƒƒ Awards reception February 4 Patrick E. Haggerty, Jr. ‘67, ‘68 Francis P. Hubach, Jr. February 5 Richard Husseini ‘88 Groundhog Day Festivities Margo R. Keyes Cathy Maher March 12 J. Patrick McLochlin Therese Moncrief ‘78 School of Ministry Lenten Day of Spirituality Joseph C. Murphy Joseph O. Neuhoff, Jr. Spring 2011 Dwight R. Riskey, Ph.D. Spring Senior Studios Timothy P. Rooney Len Ruby ƒƒ Scapino by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale Webb M. Sowden, Jr. ƒƒ A Way Out by Robert Frost Patrick (Rick) V. Stark ƒƒ The Well of the Saints by John Millington Synge Mary Templeton Charlie Tusa ‘74 March 25 – May 1 Most Rev. Kevin Vann, JCD, DD Eugene Vilfordi Artists to Watch Thomas Zellers, M.D. ‘79 Guest Curator Cris Worley John Scola (NAB President) ‘83 ƒƒ Opening reception March 25 National Alumni Board Alec Alexander ‘85 April 2 John Anton ‘80-‘82 attendance Mallapalooza Judy (Horak) Benavides ’83, ‘92 Peter Blute ‘82 April 6 Bill Butterfield ‘85 Lazy Faire Carrie-Leigh (Baumann) Cloutier ‘84 Norah Smith Foraker ‘98 Michael Hasson ‘07 April 25 Judy (Haydel) Henneberger ‘90 Commencement for the Graduate School Tommy Heyne ‘06 of Management Gerry Jacob ‘97 Father Brian Klingele ‘98 April 29 Sergey Komarov ‘00 Barbara (Weaver) Landregan ‘03 Spring Formal Jessica (Robertson) Mandala ‘98 Brannon Marlowe ‘98 May 14 David Morales ‘88 Baccalaureate Mass Mark Mrozek ‘83 Mary Powers ‘09 President’s Gala Mary (Rossi) Ritter ‘85 John Scola ‘83 May 15 Gail Warrior-Lawrence ‘99 Commencement for the Constantin College of Tony Weber ‘00 Liberal Arts, Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, ADMINISTRATION undergraduate College of Business, and the School Thomas W. Keefe, J.D., President of Ministry Robert M. Galecke, Executive Vice President J. William Berry, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Provost Amanda Rainey, Advancement Vice President Charles W. Eaker, Ph.D., Dean, Constantin College of Liberal Arts Brian Murray, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Business David Sweet, Ph.D., Dean, Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts For a complete list Brian Schmisek, Ph.D., Dean, School of Ministry John Plotts, Ph.D., Vice President of Enrollment Management of events, go to: Joe Cassidy, Dean of Student Life Denise Phillips, Executive Director of Mission and Ministry,‘90 udallas.edu/calendar