Mount St. Mary’s University, Spring 2010 Faith | Discovery | Leadership | Community InsIde the Thomas J. Harrington, C’78, has seen the evil in the world. Yet he has never lost FBI his faith in the good. $5 President’s Letter Monday, March 8, 2010, was an historic day for the Mount community. On that date, our Board of Trustees, chaired by Gene Waldron, C’64, adopted an aggressive Vision Statement to guide the continued growth of our university. Our new Vision Statement is an overarching roadmap of where we, in the Mount community, hope to be by 2015. The strategic initiatives outlined designate the necessary allocation of resources that will better serve our students, alumni and community. Let me highlight a few aspects in understanding and • A visitors’ center for our to keep our historic campus that will be of interest to our practicing their Catholic Grotto for the many pilgrims vibrant for future generations of alumni and friends. First, faith and to help our who visit annually Mounties. However, throughout the Trustees reasserted their students of other faiths to • The development of a this articulation of our future, unwavering commitment to five develop a mature spiritual Mount village to provide we have also reasserted what broad areas of activity that will life homes for our faculty and we will always be–a proudly characterize the Mount: • Maintaining the distinctive staff Catholic university. We are • A strong, vibrant Catholic quality of our seminary as committed to the Catholic faith, • Continuing our commitment the pursuit and witness of truth, identity we reach out to dioceses to develop a sustainable, throughout the nation and grounding all of our students • Excellence in academics environmentally-friendly in the liberal arts. As we bring • A comprehensive student • Initiating new academic campus with a solar farm the uniqueness of the Mount life program programs in human services, and new use of geothermal experience to new students, biological sciences and technology our undergraduate, residential • A strong financial base nursing • Adding new academic space program will continue to be our • A national recruitment • Growing the endowment in Bradley Hall primary focus. program to attract talented from a current value of • Upgrading our antiquated students $40 million to $54 million I urge you to look at the electrical infrastructure entire Vision Statement at Some specifics that the Trustees in order to provide more www.msmary.edu/vision. I am have asked us to focus on during scholarships for students While these new programs will confident that you will find it the next few years include: require new resources, we will Within the Vision Statement, keep our tuition and fees at the inspiring in charting a course • Revising our core our Trustees have also set some median of our peer institutions. for our future. curriculum, to continue to new goals for the physical This will require modest growth stress the importance of the development of our campus. in our student body, particularly liberal arts in the formation These projects will include: in the areas of continuing and of virtuous citizens • Retrofitting Sheridan and graduate education and through • Establishing a Leadership Pangborn residence halls online learning opportunities. Thomas H. Powell Institute to better prepare with fire suppression systems Our Trustees, along with campus President our students for those • A new student fitness/ responsibilities leaders and faculty, recognize wellness center that the Mount must continue • Enhancing the services • A walking/running trail to grow and respond to our ever- provided by Campus system for the east campus changing society. Indeed, this Ministry to further is what we have always done engage our students Mount Magazine Spring MOUNT2010 Mount Magazine is published two times a year for magazine alumni and friends of Mount St. Mary’s University by the office of communications. The staff of Mount Magazine reserves the right to reprint all or portions of any comments we may receive unless you specifically request otherwise. Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent opinions of the editors nor policies of Mount Cover Story St. Mary’s University. Mount Magazine welcomes reader response. We reserve the right to edit letters for style and length. In addition to posted letters, we 16 InsIde the FBI welcome comments by email. All correspondence intended for publication must be signed and include a Thomas J. Harrington, C’78, shares an current address. Comments may be sent via email to: inside view from his 25 years with the FBI. [email protected] By Lisa Gregory Or in writing to: Mount Magazine Mount St. Mary’s University 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Board of TrusTees Mr. Eugene M. Waldron, Jr., C’64, Chair Mr. Robert J. Smith, C’64, Vice Chair Rev. Thomas P. Ferguson, Secretary Mr. Michael Holly, Treasurer Mr. Richard J. Bolte, Jr., C’79 Mr. John R. Bransfield, Jr., C’63 Mr. Kevin B. Cashen, C’83 Mr. David P. Conaghan, C’81 Mr. John E. Coyne, III, C’77 Mr. Xavier J. DeCaire, C’73 Mr. Kevin P. Dowd, C’70 Rev. Msgr. John J. Enzler, S’73 Rev. Gerard Francik Ms. Martha M. Kenney, C’75 Ms. Mary Lear, SJC’65 Most Reverend William E. Lori, S’77 Mrs. Alice R. Mahoney, C’86 Most Reverend Francis Malooly Mr. James V. McAveney, Jr., C’66 Dr. Frank P. Merolla, C’63 Feature Articles Rev. Thomas J. Mullelly, C’74 Mr. Scott Newkam, C’72 Ms. Suzanne Nicholson 20 the Mount and the FBI Most Reverend Edwin F. O’Brien Dozens of Mount alumni are serving their country Ms. Hilary C. O’Donnell, C’83 Mount Rev. Vincent O’Malley at the Bureau. Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, C’79 Mr. Thomas C. Rogers, Jr., C’82 Departments By Lisa Gregory Mr. Simba Sana, C’90 Maj. Gen. John Anthony Studds, USMC (Ret.), C’60 2 on CaMPus PresidenT 22 The Peace CorPs: A Journey oF Thomas H. Powell 13 grotto News dIscovery execuTive officers Dan S. Soller, Executive Vice President 14 seMInary News An alumnus explores how the pillars of John T. Butler, Vice President for University Advancement Pauline Engelstätter, Vice President for University Affairs Mount St. Mary’s dovetail with the goals of Michael S. Malewicki, Vice President for Business and 26 GeneratIons Finance the Peace Corps. David B. Rehm, Vice President for Academic Affairs caMPaIgn By Dick Hart, C’65 Msgr. Steven P. Rohlfs, S.T.L., S.T.D., Vice President/ Rector of the Seminary 30 Mount Sports academic deans 24 InvestIng in the Future Dr. David W. Bushman, School of Natural Science 32 class Notes and Mathematics The Glenna DeWitt Osnos Scholarship Fund Dr. William G. Forgang, School of Business Dr. Joshua P. Hochschild, College of Liberal Arts 42 chaPter Notes reaches far beyond the Mount. 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Send your idea to [email protected] or to Mount Magazine, 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. 2 On Campus In addition to our Mount community outpouring of support (tens of thousands of dollars) for Haitian relief efforts after this winter’s devastating earthquake, several Mounties assisted in person. The MounT Is on Chris Fletcher, C’96, sent us Recent graduate Samantha word that his father, Dr. H. Russell, C’09, is currently a Stephen Fletcher, C’63, and volunteer teacher with The others assisted in Milot, Haiti Haitian Project and was in Haiti (70 miles from Port au Prince). during the earthquake. She was We have more than 2,000 fans This group of volunteers, led fine and provided treatment and are waiting for you to join. by Dr. Fletcher, is part of the and direction for her Haitian Become a fan of the mount’s Sovereign Military Hospitaller students. Samantha’s mother facebook page and keep up Order of Malta. Dr. Fletcher, a provided periodic updates and with former classmates, plus general and vascular surgeon, noted, “Samantha continues see the latest in sports, student has been volunteering in Haiti to grow in her faith, and her happenings, academics and even for the last several years and experiences at the Mount helped job openings. You can also visit leading a team of doctors, her to draw on her strengths, the “fan Photos” section and see residents and nurses to provide her knowledge of survival skills pictures dating back to 1962 as care where it is needed. His and the character building she well as present-day activities. or team arrived four days after the received.” post your own! earthquake and saw the worst. visit www.msmary.edu and click Read Dr. Fletcher’s full journal on the facebook image on the on the web at www.msmary. homepage. edu/FletcherJournal. saFeTy FIrsT The mount's department of Public “This type of training and hands- safety officers and residence on experience is essential for us Life staff members took part in a so we can stay ahead of the curve two-day safety training seminar in keeping the mount campus during winter break.