MADONNA NOW the Magazine of Madonna University PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2011
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MADONNA NOW The Magazine of Madonna University PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2011 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS Diamond Anniversary celebration! It’s a Madonna Birthday Party! Madonna University Scholar-Am Classic to benefit student scholarships Bring your family to meet ours! Join us in celebrating 75 years! Friday, September 14, 2012 Western Golf & Country Club Save Saturday Sept. 22, 2012 Redford, Michigan for birthday cake and fun for all ages. See our new labs, tour our beautiful campus, Golf with a scholar, i.e. student-athlete, dean, play games and win prizes! Free! professor, administrator and raise funds for student scholarships! Visit www.madonna.edu/75years for party updates www.madonna.edu/golf • 734-432-5589 CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY MADONNA Buy a brick in the Path of the Madonna or MEMORIES get an anniversary Spirit Tassel SHARE A MEMORY, GET A GIFT! Bricks with your personal message are just $75 through Dec. 2012. Send your favorite Madonna memory to Spirit Tassels are only $20.12 Amy Perry in the alumni office at [email protected]. We will post memories on the anniversary website blog (madonna.edu/75years) and include them in an upcoming Madonna Now. Please indicate your choice of gift: an alumni t-shirt, two stadium seats, a stadium blanket or Call Amy Perry at 734-432-5762 a business card holder or order yours online today at www.madonna.edu We’ll get it right out to you! MADONNA UNIVERSITY 36600 Schoolcraft Road OF CONTENTS TABLE Livonia, MI 48150-1176 Admissions Office 734-432-5339 Advancement Office 8 734-432-5589 Alumni Office 734-432-5811 Main Number 734-432-5300 or 800-852-4951 [email protected] www.madonna.edu Editorial Staff The Madonna Now is published by 9 12 the Office of University Advancement Andrea Nodge ’84 vice president for advancement 2 Letter from the President Karen Sanborn 3 75th Anniversary director of marketing A year of celebration Jill N. Hamilton-Krawczyk ’08 25 Real Life 101 graphic designer Acheiving Success by Keeping it Real Alan Piñon ’03 26 New Labs of Learning marketing officer Nursing Simulation Lab & Sign Language Studies Lab Bill Bresler, Alan Piñon 28 Gaining Experience as Interns Karen Sanborn, Kathleen Thompson contributing photographers Hands-on Career Training 30 Learning to Serve Patrick Moore ’03, Amy Perry ’04, contributing writers Giving Back to the Community 31 Growing, Growing, Gone... The Success of a Teaching Garden 7 Madonna Moments On the Cover: Madonna University Biology Labs then and now — 1943 and 2011. 10 People Praises 12 Honor Roll of Donors The mission of Madonna University, a Catholic and Franciscan institution of higher learning, is to instill in its students Christian humanistic 22 University Leaders values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for diversity, and a commitment to serving others through a liberal arts education, integrated with career 24 Select Statistics preparation and based on the truths and principles recognized within 32 Sports Shorts a Catholic tradition. Madonna’s mission receives its spirit from these Franciscan Values: 34 Beyond the Pond • Respect for the dignity of each person 37 Why Madonna? • Peace and justice • Reverence for creation • Education for truth and service Madonna University 1937 – 2012 Celebrating 75 years of Felician Franciscan higher education Dearest Friends and Members of Our Madonna University Community, Madonna University is a remarkable place established by the Felician Sisters 75 years ago as a Catholic, private college dedicated to public service. We are an ambitious, passionate, creative, and informed group with a clear focus — the education and success of our students. We devote ourselves daily to preparing them for lives that will make the world a better place. I consider myself privileged to witness members of the Madonna family living out our Franciscan values on a daily basis. As a community of students, alumni, faculty, staff and benefactors, we have achieved many wonderful accomplishments over the past seven plus decades — many of which were chronicled in the pages of past Madonna Now magazines. This issue continues the tradition of highlighting special moments in our history. As you read about the most recent achievements, I hope that you share our pride. I think you would agree that our growth and success reflects the dedication and commitment of the entire community. I invite you to join in this year of “Diamond” celebrations. From our PAHFest and “Blue and Gold” awards, to our 75th Birthday Party, and the Lighting the Way Gala, there are a number of events that offer ways to toast the past, present, and future. During my eleven years as president, I have been blessed to work with so many wonderful people; people who care about our students, people who appreciate the beauty of scholarship, people who understand the value of stewardship and service. I am forever grateful and honored to serve this University community, and I look forward to all of the changes, challenges and chances for success that lie ahead. May Mary the Madonna, mother of God, guide us as we continue this marvelous journey “lighting the way” and lending a hand as together we, Madonna University, embrace our next 75 years. For our Madonna, Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, CSSF President 2 MADONNA NOW DiamondKicks off JubileeAnniversary Celebration adonna University kicked off its 75th anniversary Mcelebration with a Diamond Jubilee event October 27 at the Inn at St. John’s. Distinguished guests Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, Cardinal Edmund Szoka, Sister Mary Barbara Ann Bosch, minister general of the International Felician Congregation (IFC), and Sister Mary Cabrini Procopio, vicar general of the IFC, were among the more than 400 who attended the banquet. “The Diamond Jubilee was a wonderful start to a year in which we will reflect on and highlight our accomplishments over the last three-quarters of a century,” said Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, president of Madonna University. In total, $256,000 was raised for the University through the generous donations of its patrons. The Madonna University community will continue its anniversary celebration with a series of events throughout 2012, culminating in a final Lighting the Way Gala in October. The entire Livonia community is invited to our 75th Birthday Party being planned for September 22, 2012. “Our anniversary events are designed to bring the entire community together, so we can share our memories of University milestones that have made Madonna the institution of higher learning that it is today, and will be in the future,” Sister said. • 3 1 2 1 - His Excellency The Most Reverend Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, honorary Jubilee committee chair, gave the invocation at the Diamond Jubilee. 2 - A special toast for Madonna was made by Sr. Mary Barbara Ann Bosch, minister general of the International Felician Congregation. 3 - The Madonna Chorale, led by Dr. David Wagner, involved the guests in singing the University song, and brought everyone to their feet with Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” 4 - Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, president, honored Bill and Florence Remski of 4 Plymouth; six of their seven children graduated from Madonna. PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2011 3 MADONNAmilestones 1937: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin 1959: Initial accreditation for 10 years by 1975: Sign language program started. Mary Junior College (forerunner of the North Central Association – Higher Madonna College/University) founded Learning Commission. for the education of the members of the 1962: Curriculum expanded to include a Felician Sisters. four-year degree program in Nursing; initial approval by the State of Michigan Board of Nursing. 1976: Development Office established. 1978: 1947: Charter amended to establish four- Career Resource Center established. year liberal arts college and name changed 1965: Dedication of the new campus 1982: to Madonna College. Pre-professional First master’s programs offered in including the Resident Hall for students and programs offered in Teaching, Medical business and nursing. a wing for religious faculty; completion of Technology and Social Welfare. the main Academic Building. 1984: Dedication of a $4.5 million new First lay women admitted. library, lecture hall, classrooms and related facilities. 1967: 1948: First baccalaureate degrees granted First Honorary Doctorate awarded (nine Felician Sisters graduated.) posthumously by Madonna College to Mother Mary DeSales Tocka, foundress of 1951: Graduation of first five lay women. Presentation Junior College. 1972: Accreditation of the Teacher 1987: Crusaders athletic program launched Education program by the National Council with women’s volleyball team. for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Men admitted to degree programs. Curriculum expanded to include these majors: Criminal Justice, Radiologic 1954: Approval by the Michigan Board of Technology, Legal Assistant, and Fire Education for teacher certification. Protection and Occupational Safety. Educational Development Center completed to house Center for Personalized Instruction, Children’s Learning Center, Department of Education and Psychology and Resource Development Department. 4 MADONNA NOW 1995: Acquired the Maertens Building 2002: Sister through a generous $1 million donation by Rose Marie took John and Elizabeth A. (DeSeranno) Stevens the official oath and Aline DeSeranno to house the School of of office at her Business and Continuing Education. Inauguration on Equipped a distance learning classroom April 20. enabling the University to offer courses via Teacher Education two-way interactive video instruction to any receives maximum location across the world. accreditation for 1989: With a seven years from generous gift, 1996: First U.S. school to offer graduate- level certificate and master’s in Hospice. the National Michael McManus Council for the Jr. established 1997: Initiated the first Catholic School Accreditation of the McManus Leadership graduate degree in Michigan Teacher Education Distinguished in cooperation with the Archdiocese of (NCATE) after an outstanding site visit. Business Lecture Detroit and Sacred Heart Major Seminary. 2004: Series to honor his Delivered Social Work courses by distance Began offering graduate degree entrepreneurial education in Gaylord, Mich.