National Office Developer Receives Distinguished Performance Award
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FOCUS Dr. Lawrence Buck, Michael G. O'Neill and Dr. Eric Brucker National Office Developer Receives Distinguished Performance Award Michael G. 0 ' eill , chairman of Be creati ve. Be sure that yo u are U ni ve rsity and juris doctorate from Preferred Real Estate Inves tments passionate about your wo rk, and Temple U nive rsity School of Law. (PREI), Inc., received the most impo rtantly, be yo urself. " Facul ty awards presen ted at the ban Distingui hed Perfo rmance in The PhiladeltJhia Business J ournal quet included the Di stinguished Manageme nt wa rd at the School o f ranked 0 ' eill' company the sec Graduate Teaching Award to Kenn Business Administrati o n's annual o nd largest commercial real estate Tacchino, pro fessor of taxatio n; th e scholarship banque t. This award is William Zahka Di sLin guished developer in the Philadelphia me t give n each year to individuals who Professor Award to Pe ter Oe hl ers, ropolitan area. Foll owing PREI's have made a significant contribu senio r lecturer of accounting; the success with the redevelopme nt of ti on to the wo rld of busine s. Distinguished Adjunct Teaching the Consho hocke n rive rfro nt, the Awa rd to Lawrence Colfe r, acUunct In his speech at the banque t, Mr. company has embarked o n a plan to pro fessor of ma nageme nt; and, the O 'Neill advised Widener business revitali ze the wate rfront distri ct of J o hn C. Sevi er wa rd for Dedicati o n students in attendan ce to "make Chester with a property call ed the and Service to the School of your greatnes in solving all the Wharf at Ri ve rtown. O 'Neill earned Business Administrati on to Savas problems that paralyze others. hi bachelo r's d egree fro m Vill anova O zatalay, professor of managemen t. 29 FOCUS Richardson Named New Dean Titanic Surfaces in Art Exhibit WHYV Personality Headlines of University College and Presidential Lecture Diversity Celebration TIll \\ IDI IR I -\\Ill) \ D TIll rfn'-.:IC· School of Hospitality Management The 90th annive rsary of the Dr. Dani el Go ttlieb's "The Broken Professor Emily Ri chardson is the Ti tani c's first - and o nly - voyage Mirro r: Costs and Causes of Stigma new dean o f ni ve rsity Coll ege. was celebrated with educati o n and Ali ena ti on" highlighted Pro fessor Ri chardson j o in ed Pro fessor J.Joseph Edgette's The Widener's second-annual Dive rsity Widener in 1989, and came with 11 Widener Family and the Titanic exhib Celebra ti o n in February. The host of years of corpo rate experi ence as a it, April 23 to May 18 in the Art \lVHYY's Voices in the Family, a call-in personnel directo r, directo r o f mar Gall ery. The exhibit featured photo radi o p rogram airing Mo ndays at ke ting and sales and a general man graphs, docume n ts, and genuine noon, Go ttli eb disc ussed how label ager in the hospi tali ty industry. She and repli ca artifacts of the Wi dener ing and ste reotyping individuals succeeds Dr. Arl ene DeCosmo, who family's connecti o n with th e Titanic. affects society as a whole, preventing is re tiring afte r 15 years as d ean. George Dunton Widener, El eano re growth whil e fostering divisio n. Elkins Widener and H an-y Elkins Ri chardson helped develo p "The intent o f the celebra ti o n is to Widener we re aboard the ship wh en Unive rsity Coll ege's H ospitality highlight the impo rtance of di ve rsity it sunk; o nl y El eano re su rvived . Administra ti o n program in 1994. to the educatio nal programs of the Chairman Eme ritus of the unive rsi As dean of Uni ve rsity Coll ege, School of Human Service Professions," ty's Board of Trustees Fi tz Eugene Ri chardson pl ans to implement her said Stephen Wilhite, dean of the Di xon Jr., the grandson of Eleano re, skill s learned in the hospitality School of Human Servi ce Professions, atte nded the gall e ry receptio n fo r industry to an admini trative "s pecifi ca ll y those p rograms which the exhibit. posi ti on that focuses o n the are committed to acti ve ly recruiting adult learner. Dr. Edgette also d eli ve red the bo th studen ts and faculty fro m 38th Presidential Lecture o n the diverse backgro unds. uch dive rsity 'This selecti o n gives me the ame topi c to a standing-room o nly enriches all o f o ur educati o nal oppo rtunity to no t o nl y use those aud ie nce in the Webb Room. programs." management skill s but also my educati o n in adult learni ng Spo nsored by the School of Human and higher administra ti o n," she Service Professions, Widener's said. "It puts the best of both wo rlds Di ve rsi ty Celeb rati o n also i ncl uded togethe r fo r me, while all owin g me the Theatre Wide ne r to remain a part o f Widener." perfo rmance o f "Master H arold and the Boys," by Athol Fugard, a South Afri can pl ayw ri ght. 30 President Emeritus Robert Bruce and his family get going on the MS Walk 2002. Widener Walks for Multiple Sclerosis Mo re than 100 TEAM Widener With free food and drink, a disc diagnosed in people between tll e walkers do tted the Ridley Creek jockey spinning records and prizes age of 20 and 40 when they de mo n State Park trail s Sunday, April 21 for avail able, the day was about more strate symptoms such as numbnes , the 2002 M Walk. Students, facu lty than just a walk fo r chari ty. Al l paralys is and bli ndness. In the 18 and administrators joined Pre ident TEAM Widener walkers received a counties of Pe n nsylvan ia and New Emeritus Robert Bruce and his fami Widene r UniversiLY water bottle, J ersey served by the Greate r ly to form the second largest Leam and those who raised more than Delaware Va ll ey MS Chapter, there o n site, and generated mo re than $100 were awarded a commemora are some 8,500 cli ents receiving pro 5,000 for the cause. tive MS T-sh irt. gram assistance and therapy. Most of the monies raised in the area, More tll an a and much from the national level, third or a million too, come right back to the Greater Americans have Delaware Valley because so many multiple scl ero area research hospitals are do in g sis, a d isablin g the work necessary to find a cure for disease of the tho e who suffer with the life-chang cen tral nervous ing effects of MS. The MS Walk is sys tem. MS is an annual event that helps fund most often research and support programs. TEAM Widener 31 FOCUS Widener Honors Chester Mayor Students Spend Spring Break Building for Humanity Drs. Cavin (I.) and Buck congratulate Chester Mayor Pileggi. Chester Mayor Dominic Pileggi received th e 2002 Reverend J esse Anderson Sr. iemorial Award April Fifteen vVid ener students spent then a freshman hospitali ty manage 18 for his contributio ns to the inter their spring break in Fort ment major, who joined the group ests of the students in Widener's Lauderdale, Fla., not in bathing again this year. suits on the beach but in work Project Prepare. Collegiate Chall enge is a year-round clothes and tool belts at a ho me program coordinated through the Started in 1969, Project Prepare is a building site in Broward County as Campus Chapters and Youth year-long program that prepares part of the Habitat for Humani ty's Programs de partment at Habitat for high school tuden ts fo r coll ege life Coll egiate Chall enge program. through the use of professio nal Humanity International in counselors, peer counselors and In additi o n to do nating their time Americus, Ga. More than 10,000 stu tutors. The program annuall y bene and energy to help build the de n ts from more than 450 high fits approximately 245 students who homes, the studen ts raised 2,500 schools, coll eges and unive rsities may not otherwise have an oppo rtu lO contribute to the project, and worked at more than 200 sites nil")1 to atte nd coll ege. Previous additional monies to cover their natio nwide for Coll egiate recipients of the award include the travel and some li ving expenses for Chall e nge: Spring Break 2002. late Rev. Leon Sullivan; former the March 3 - 9 trip. Coll ecti vely, these students pl edged more than $1 million for the affili Widener President Clarence Mo ll ; "The students who we nt last year so ates with wh ich they are working. Thadde us Kirkland, State H ouse of inspired me w"ith their storie of Represen tati ves; and Widener being able to help, that I wanted to Professor Alo nzo Cavin. be part of thi s," said Kate Hutchison, then a senior social work major. Eight Widener students we nt last year to Winston-Salem, N.C., and helped frame out wa ll s for d eli ve ry to area home building site.