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e are rapidly approaching the end of the spring semester, with com- mencement ceremonies set for May 12 — featuring Mae Jemison, MD, the first female African- American astronaut, as speaker. It has been a busy and fruitful year, highlighted by numerous accomplishments, robust initia- Wtives, engaging events and lectures, and planning for our future. We added eight new academic programs in the past year, many of which are interdisciplinary in nature and include the areas of business, health care, and our Ignatian tradition. The first cohort of accelerated nursing students at our Phoenix campus began classes in January. There is a critical need for nurses and other health professionals in the Southwest, and we are excited to collaborate with our health care partners in Arizona to address the issue. We have launched our Creighton Global Scholars Program, with tremendous interest among incoming freshmen for the fall of 2018. We had more than 180 applicants for 20 spots in the program. Read more about this program on Page 7. This year marks the 140th anniversary of the University’s founding. As part of the cele- bration, we are hosting the Creighton 140 Presidential Lecture Series. Chuck Hagel, former U.S. senator from Nebraska and secretary of defense, delivered the first of these lectures Follow me: on April 3. A link to the webcast is available on the Office of the President website. Other lectures are being planned for the fall. @CreightonPres With approval from our Board of Trustees, we are diligently implementing our strategic CreightonPresident plan, focusing on goals related to three major themes: Achieving academic excellence, thriv- ing in our mission, and engaging the world. We highlight the plan beginning on Page 32. We also continue to make significant strides in the important areas of diversity and global education. Christopher Whitt, PhD, joined us in February as our inaugural vice provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (see Page 9), and we recently announced the criteria for our 2018 Creighton Global Initiative Awards, which fund faculty and student projects and programs. The Jesuit Community at Creighton and the Office of the President have funded 11 four- year, full-tuition scholarships for underserved students beginning with this fall’s incoming class. The scholarships are named for the Rev. John Markoe, SJ, a beloved Creighton Jesuit and early civil rights activist. Finally, with a heavy heart, we said goodbye to a wonderful friend, colleague, and Jesuit, with the passing of the Rev. Richard Hauser, SJ, on April 3. Fr. Hauser served at Creighton for more than 45 years in various capacities, and established the popular candlelight Mass on In a new video campus. His warmth, passion, determination, and sense of humor will be greatly missed. series, Creighton experts explore the I wish you and your families a safe and pleasant summer. As always, you remain in timeless Scriptures my prayers. and breathtaking illuminations found in the Saint John’s Bible — the first handwritten, hand-illuminated Bible Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ commissioned by a President Benedictine monastery in over 500 years. Visit creighton.edu/about/ faith/saint-johns-bible.

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PUBLISHER Creighton magazine is published Heard on Campus in the spring, summer and fall by Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, “If there is really one thing I “This has been an incredible NE 68178-0001. would like you to remember, year for women. Women PRESIDENT it’s this: Climate change have been demonstrating, Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ can reach crisis levels in a advocating, working and we CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OFFICER few decades. In fact, all the have found ourselves again at Jim Berscheidt students who are sitting here, a turning point where all of us Contents SR. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS I predict this is the major have a role in promoting and Glenn Antonucci problem you are going to achieving justice and equality.” THE OPIOID CRISIS: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS A CREIGHTON Rick Davis be facing. So, it’s an urgent SHARON ISHII-JORDAN, PHD, professor emerita problem, requiring urgent of education, one of three honorees at Creighton’s PERSPECTIVE ASSOC. DIRECTORS OF COMMUNICATIONS annual Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton The national nightmare is up Cindy Murphy McMahon solutions.” Awards Luncheon. Sheila Swanson close and personal for two VEERABHADRAN “RAM” RAMANATHAN, professors — and friends WRITERS PHD, popularly known as “the pope’s climate Amanda Brandt — who are among many at scientist,” during a campus lecture hosted by the “God challenges us to break Adam Klinker Creighton Global Initiative as part of the Planetary Creighton fighting the U.S. Emily Rust Emergency Lecture Series. the silence and to break opioid epidemic. ILLUSTRATION through anything or anyone 26 Doug Chayka who stands in the way of Adam Cruft “The work I have tried to do in David Pohl these last 63 years, I see your truth and justice. We must CONTACT be people who stay awake, Address all mail to University University doing the same Communications and Marketing, work. I saw a problem when I but also people who break Omaha, NE 68178. Postmaster: the silence.” Send change of address to Creighton was a teenager and I said that Magazine, P.O. Box 3266, Omaha, becoming a lawyer, I might be THE REV. STEPHEN THORNE, director of the NE 68103-0078. Office for Black Catholics of the Archdiocese able to do something about it.” of Philadelphia, keynote speaker at Creighton’s annual Unity Prayer Luncheon during Martin WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? THE REV. FRED GRAY, civil rights icon, attorney We are eager to hear from you — whether Luther King Jr. Week. and pastor, keynote speaker for the School of on the cover it’s feedback on a story or a special Law’s 2018 Lane Lecture. memory from your Creighton days 32 38 22 Please send your letters to the editor to JUSTICE IN THE BALANCE LIGHTING THE WAY FROM BLUEJAYS TO SJS [email protected] or via A Creighton law alumnus and a group of postal mail to. As Creighton celebrates Two brothers have added Creighton students are on the defense team Creighton University its 140th year, it looks another bond to their for Guantanamo detainees. U.S. Marine University Communications and to boldly living out relationship, on top of both Marketing Corps Maj. Jason Wareham, JD’07, calls the Attn: Creighton Magazine its mission over the having graduated from 780480 California Plaza next decade through a Creighton. They also are assignment “one of the most important legal Omaha, NE 68178-0480 Let’s Get Social dynamic strategic plan. now both Jesuits. battles going on in the U.S. today.” CREIGHTON MAGAZINE’S PURPOSE Creighton magazine, like the University @Nunez_Ed14: I don’t think that @larkscience: I am so grateful itself, is committed to excellence and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in I can talk enough about the to @Creighton — Every day I all its forms. The magazine will be amount of love and community apply what I learned and am the comprehensive in nature. It will support the University’s mission of education that exists between friends here educator I am today because of through thoughtful and compelling feature articles on a variety of topics. at @Creighton which makes this the Jesuit model, my professors, 4 Creighton 12 By the Numbers 18 Lesson Plan 43 Alumni Notes It will feature the brightest, the most place truly unique. And I’m so and the energy of such a warm A Creighton professor offers stimulating, the most inspirational Connections thinking that Creighton offers. The grateful for it every day. campus #considergiving 14 Health Briefs advice on making your yard a 52 Creighton magazine also will promote Creighton, favorite for migrating monarch and its Jesuit, Catholic identity, to #GoJays @CreightonAlumni. 8 Jesuit Gardens Conversations a broad public and serve as a vital butterflies. @ayushi_kaul: There are currently Don’t be afraid of silence, 16 Dialogue Dental Dean Mark Latta, link between the University and its constituents. The magazine will be some pretty awesome people @CreightonPres: Happy New say two Creighton Jesuits. Athletic Director Bruce DMD, reflects on the state 42 Impact guided by the core values of Creighton: shoveling around campus in this Year! 2018 marks 140 years Unplugging may be the best Rasmussen gives behind-the- of oral health in the U.S. the inalienable worth of each individual, way to listen to your life. scenes insights into March A scholarship recipient finds and Creighton’s new dental respect for all of God’s creation, a special horribly icy/windy weather just so since @Creighton was founded. Madness and more through his Service & Justice Trips have concern for the poor and the promotion school building. of justice. us students can get around safely Please join me in celebrating role with the NCAA. set her on her life’s mission to improve health. Copyright © 2018 by and I think that deserves a big #Creighton140. Creighton University shoutout @Creighton.

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2 Creighton SPRING 2018 3 Creighton Connections UNIVERSITY NEWS “The things we’re especially good at, the Ryans transformed Creighton’s we do very well,” Mankerian-Stem says. athletic facilities through their sup- “We have opportunities for students port of the Wayne and Eileen Ryan that aren’t found elsewhere, along with Athletic Center, the Wayne and Eileen small class sizes and an EDGE office that Ryan Athletic Training Center and the supports students all the way through Championship Center. their college years. Ryan is survived by his children, “I’m able to talk about these things Connie, ARTS’75, HON’11, a past member (with prospective international stu- of Creighton’s Board of Trustees; son, dents) and then I can back that up with LIGHT-BULB MOMENT Tim, DDS’80; daughter, Stacy, JD’05; proof, in terms of Creighton’s success TD Ameritrade daughter, Carol, JD’83; and son, Steve, rates,” she says. co-founder and Creighton BSBA’88. alumnus Joe Ricketts, It’s a strategy that bridges miles BA’68, was recently and cultures — uniting Creighton with featured in a Forbes 400 the world. article, which asked: What should you major Father on the Floor in if you want to be a billionaire? Ricketts BY EMILY RUST A Life Well-Lived: responded that his first economics class at Moving into Swanson Hall during Remembering Alumnus Creighton, taught by the Wayne Ryan Rev. James F. Hanley, Welcome Week, the freshman student SJ, was an eye-opening was excited to finally be free from living Renowned Creighton alumnus Wayne experience — one in with his parents. And though he was no which a light bulb went Ryan, PhD, BS’49, MS’51, HON’09, died on and then everything in longer living down the hall from Mom Nov. 3, leaving a legacy of extraordi- his life made sense. and Dad, he was surprised to see that nary accomplishment and enduring there was a “father” living on his floor philanthropy. — a Jesuit priest. Ryan earned his bachelor’s and mas- “It was my first or second year on the

DAVID POHL DAVID ter’s degrees in science from Creighton honors floor,” the Rev. Ross Romero, SJ, in 1949 and 1951, respectively, and was assistant professor of philosophy, said. recognized with an honorary degree “I could tell he was horrified living in 2009 for his lifetime of accomplish- across from me. His mother seemed to ments in science and business. like the idea a lot.” Eventually, the fresh- internships and, perhaps, a coveted spot “Wayne had a passion for Jesuit man student and Fr. Romero became The Frequent Flyer with a Fortune 500 company. education, and inspired many stu- friends. BY GLENN ANTONUCCI “We really want to find those driven dents and faculty with his brilliance as Fr. Romero is one of six Jesuits who students who want to come here, seize a scientist, scholar and educator,” said live in Creighton’s residence halls. Mankerian-Stem Racks Up Miles on Quest to Recruit International Students on the opportunities available here Creighton President the Rev. Daniel Though he used to physically live on on campus, and continue to carry the S. Hendrickson, SJ. “His generosity to WAYNE RYAN the floor with students, he now lives in o say Megan Mankerian-Stem the states mixed in between. “It tends to be a misunderstanding, Creighton name wherever they go after Creighton has left an indelible mark Wayne Ryan, PhD, BS’49, an apartment on the first floor, right by travels a lot for her job is an Talk about a complex itinerary. as far as what I do,” she says. “There’s college,” Mankerian-Stem says. that will continue to benefit our stu- MS’51, HON’09, founder the welcome desk. dents for decades.” of Streck Laboratories, “I don’t engage in disciplinary ocean-sized understatement. In each far-flung country along the often an assumption that bringing in Arriving at her post — a newly died on Nov. 3. He and his T stuff,” Fr. Romero says. “I’m just here As Creighton’s director of inter- way, she meets with high school stu- international students only brings in re-envisioned role for the University Ryan taught in the microbiology and late wife, Eileen, HON’09, national enrollment, she logs untold dents and their families, looking for more money.” — in fall 2016, Mankerian-Stem came biochemistry departments at Creighton left a lasting legacy at to be present. If I can encourage good from 1953 to 1964. In 1971, he founded Creighton through the choices, I do it.” leagues to the distant corners of the those diamonds with that distinctive Rather, she says, “it’s about bringing from a similar position at Valparaiso funding of scholarships, world, on a concerted search for future (Creighton) bluish hue. in diversity. And finding those students University in Indiana. Streck Laboratories, which became a professorship and Living in a residence hall has made Creighton students from afar. The strategy, she points out, is not who want to come and be a part of what So she’s no stranger to living out of a world leader for hematology and athletic facilities. life come full circle for Fr. Romero, for Mankerian-Stem Just how far? One recent expedition simply to recruit more students from we’re doing at Creighton.” a suitcase, nor the nuances of interna- molecular diagnostics. he had a Jesuit living in his residence took Mankerian-Stem to India, Japan, abroad, but the right students — those And that, she says, might mean tional recruitment. But the Creighton Ryan and his late wife, Eileen, hall as a student at Loyola University Vietnam, Thailand, Jordan, Saudi who fit the University’s mission and they make a good fit for a particular ethos, she says, pays extra dividends in HON’09, left a lasting legacy with- New Orleans. Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, can add to the already diverse tapes- prehealth program in the College of her line of work, as becoming a Bluejay the University by funding scholar- “He was one of the main reasons I Italy, Netherlands and Scotland. try of undergraduates who make up Arts and Sciences, or mesh well with can have an especially strong draw for ships and the Fr. Henry W. Casper, SJ decided to become a Jesuit,” Fr. Romero Eleven countries, over a span of two Creighton’s increasingly globalized the culture of the Heider College of that special, certain someone from Professorship in History, currently says. “I wanted to live in a residence hall and a half months, with stops back to campus. Business and its students’ drive to find across the sea. held by Heather Fryer, PhD. In 2009, to become closer to students and

4 Creighton SPRING 2018 5 CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News WAIT...WHAT? Creighton is among only 42 give back some of what I had received.” The school also has taken a central We are indebted to Chris for his vision universities in the country Global Scholars will spend either For students, having a priest as an Creighton Bids Farewell to role in interprofessional education, and his unflinching willingness to pilot recognized for undergraduate the fall or spring semester of their instructor is one thing, Fr. Romero says, Dean Bradberry research and practice in the health Creighton into the future of care.” opportunities for research, sophomore years at the Dominican but seeing them in the residence halls Following a nearly 15-year career as sciences, ushering in a new era in col- Bradberry was twice tapped to according to U.S. News & World Republic campus. Students for the first allows for more personal relationships. the dean of the Creighton University laborative care among the various disci- help lead the University during transi- Report. Here’s a snapshot of one cohort were chosen in February after Senior Oliver Alonzo has lived in plines represented at Creighton. tional periods. He served part of 2014 intensive interviews. J. CHRIS BRADBERRY School of Pharmacy and Health Swanson Hall for three years, and often Nearly 3,800 students have gradu- as interim vice president for academic student’s research project. “We have already started planning J. Chris Bradberry, Professions, with interim stints at the stops to chat with Fr. Romero. PharmD, has served highest levels of University leadership, ated from the School of Pharmacy and affairs and, in November of that year, events and activities with which stu- “People are always afraid to talk to as dean of the School J. Chris Bradberry, PharmD, will retire Health Professions under the tutelage with the retirement of then-Creighton dents will be involved during Summer priests,” Alonzo says. “They put them on of Pharmacy and of Bradberry, a specialist in clinical President the Rev. Timothy Lannon, SJ, Preview and Sydney orientation,” Health Professions in 2018. a pedestal. For students to have that per- for nearly 15 years. Under Bradberry’s leadership, lipidology. BS’73, served as the University’s interim says Lizzy Curran, Creighton Global sonal connection their freshman year the School of Pharmacy and Health “We are profoundly grateful for Dean president until Fr. Hendrickson’s inau- Programs coordinator. “Creighton with a priest, I feel like it allows them Professions expanded its reach with the Bradberry’s leadership at Creighton guration in 2015. has worked very hard to ensure a full, to make better connections with Jesuits nation’s first entry-level, distance-based and his service to the wider world of comprehensive experience for these throughout their college career.” doctor of occupational therapy path- health care,” said Creighton President students, and I cannot wait to see what Fr. Romero, a native of New Orleans, The Rev. Ross way program, a partnership with the the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ. “His Global Scholars Program they achieve through their four years of hosts students for jambalaya nights Romero, SJ, gives some advice to University of Alaska at Anchorage initi- tenure has embodied the virtues of gen- Begins This Fall global immersion.” in his apartment. He also offers Mass freshman Ethan ated in 2008. Hybrid pathway programs tleness and compassion that are the In addition to the semesters in and adoration each week in Swanson’s Wahle in the lobby A new, immersive, international of Swanson Hall subsequently emerged in the greater necessary hallmarks both for the care Australia and the Dominican Republic, undergraduate program will take flight on-site chapel. When he lived on the as senior Oliver Omaha area and at Regis University of patients and the training of the next Global Scholars will participate in ninth floor, he promoted lighthearted Alonzo manages at Creighton at the start of the 2018 aca- the front desk. in Denver. generation of health care professionals. faculty-led study abroad programs fun with the students. demic year in August. during the summers following their For instance, Swanson Hall has More than 180 prospective students sophomore and junior years, as well two elevators, and Fr. Romero would applied for 20 slots in the new Creighton as specialized on-campus advising, challenge students to switch elevators Global Scholars Program — which aims TITLE OF RESEARCH workshops and events to help enrich if both opened at the same time, and to incorporate study in at least four “Testing quasar the international experience. follow the second elevator wherever countries over the course of a student’s it took them. They then had to write a University career. Starting with their outflow mechanisms description of the event. WEAVER DAVE freshman fall semester at the University with accretion disk Ethical Blind Spots “On the basis of that, I gave out a ride of Sydney in Sydney, Australia, students in Business on the ‘golden elevator’ (an elevator in are off on an academic journey com- simulations and Creighton Hall exclusively for Jesuits),” bining international perspectives with There’s no Big Brother behind the Fr. Romero says. “Little things to try to the rigors and rewards of a Creighton SDSS spectra” googly eyes on the desk of the Robert B. make their lives a bit stranger.” education. Daugherty Endowed Chair in Business Whether it’s a game of cards, or a “Through language immersion, STUDENT RESEARCHER Ethics and Society, Beverly Kracher, need for a mentor, most students like service-learning, research, internships Mason Rhodes, sophomore physics major; PhD. But there is a sense that she is having a Jesuit in residence. and specialized coursework, Global Des Moines, Iowa being watched, and that’s intentional. “These years are so developmen- Scholars will go beyond their comfort “The googly eyes are an idea we got FACULTY MENTOR tal,” Alonzo says. “I think it’s beneficial zones and embrace both the beautiful from psychology research,” Kracher Jack Gabel, PhD, associate professor of physics in many ways to 18-year-olds who are and harsh realities of our world,” says says. “They remind people that we are Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. accountable for what we’re doing.” trying to find their way in college.” WHAT IT MEANS Rhodes has received a NASA There’s benefit for Fr. Romero, too. Hendrickson, SJ. “Their experiences will Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship to study Picture this: You’re an off-duty EMT “It helps me feel more fulfilled in cultivate a unique and rich lens through high-energy quasar outflow systems using who comes upon an emergency medical my vocation to be present.” which to understand and examine the the vast Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) scene. You know you’re not supposed to complex cultures and contexts we face data archive. Quasars are the most luminous intervene, but can you stay away? Just every day and see firsthand how their objects in the universe, powered by material because your morals may say to dive in, majors can make a real impact.” falling into supermassive black holes at the are you ethically supposed to? The program builds on Creighton’s centers of distant galaxies, thus providing “We’re not here to tell you what a unique laboratory to study nature in the extant international relationships, the right choice is, but how do you extreme. Rhodes’ study will lead to a better including the University’s Dominican understanding of the mechanism that drives think through things so you’re better Republic campus, which has been an the high-velocity outflows observed in many equipped to make an ethical choice?” integral component of Creighton’s quasars. This has implications for understanding says Courtney Mustoe, creative man- global work for more than 40 years. how black holes grow and how quasars affect ager for the Business Ethics Alliance. galaxy formation and evolution.

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“When people hear of a silent retreat, Fr. Carlson agrees, adding: “People find In 2006, Kracher recognized the their business dealings,” Kracher says. as we continue to connect Creighton Don’t be they’ll say, ‘Oh, three days! How could I be silence, and I think prayer, frightening because need for business ethics programs in “We depend on these positive examples not only with the wider world, but also Shh! silent for three days?’” Fr. Carlson says. “We it’s going to bring them face to face with the big the Omaha community. The Business to maintain our trust in business.” the one just outside our doorstep,” said afraid to ‘listen Jesuits, twice in our formation, make 30-day questions: What do I really want? Am I being Ethics Alliance, a nonprofit organiza- Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. silent retreats. And people can’t conceive of that. the person I want to be? It can be painful to stop tion, was born from this need. Hendrickson, SJ. “Dr. Whitt is a proven “I think they’re afraid of it. I think that’s and look at that.” The Alliance visits a variety of com- leader in fostering the integral conversa- to your life’ CHRISTOPHER WHITT Whitt Named Creighton’s probably in our culture, to be afraid of that Frs. Gillick and Carlson explain that silent panies to deliver different workshops, tions about diversity and inclusion that Christopher Whitt, PhD, First VP for Diversity and much silence.” prayer — in fact, all prayer — is really about including one that focuses on ethical serve to make our world a bigger, more is Creighton’s first vice Inclusion With a culture that embraces the constant moving from “doing” to “receiving” or simply blind spots and provides each partici- provost for Institutional accepting place.” Silence can be golden, but connection offered by the latest technology, it “being,” which can be especially difficult in a pant with “googly eyes.” Diversity and Inclusion. Christopher Whitt, PhD, joined In addition to his work with it also can be scary. Just ask can be difficult to unplug and enter into undis- culture so focused on productivity. Fr. Gillick “We work through scenarios and Creighton in February as the Uni- Augustana’s Center for Inclusive the Revs. Larry Gillick, SJ, tracted silence. But Frs. Gillick and Carlson compares prayer to a relationship — which, ask people to identify which of the versity’s first vice provost for Insti- Leadership and Equity, Whitt was a believe a deeper fear quietly lurks beneath as it deepens, can move from going out blind spots are relevant to the situa- tutional Diversity and Inclusion. Whitt co-founder of the College’s Africana and Greg Carlson, SJ, two the surface. on dates to simply enjoying being in each tion,” Mustoe says. most recently served as an associate Studies Program and a representative longtime Creighton priests “We’ve had people say, ‘I don’t want to make other’s company. The 90-minute workshop helps professor and chair of the Department of to several faculty and community a silent retreat because I’m afraid of what I “The standard question in our culture of businesspeople remember they can Political Science at Augustana College in organizations. He organized Augustana’s who regularly direct have to see — what I have to face in myself,’” productivity is: What did you get out of it?” Fr. make money with honor, integrity and Rock Island, Illinois, where he founded Diversity Dissertation Fellowship silent retreats. Fr. Gillick says. Carlson says. “That’s not always the appropri- fairness, Kracher says. The Alliance’s and directed the Center for Inclusive Program, and has also convened, led ate question. For instance, after a conversation goal is to build leaders, strengthen Leadership and Equity. and participated in many seminars, with a friend, you wouldn’t say, ‘OK, what did organizations and elevate Omaha “As a community of learners and summits and presentations on social we get out of this?’” through positive, practical business leaders whose interests and influences justice topics locally, regionally and The two priests often find that people are ethics. expand every day, and as a local campus nationally. concerned that they are not praying “correctly” “We are inspired when we hear surrounded by a diverse community, we Whitt earned the Fannie Lou Hamer — which, again, they say, focuses too much on about people who strive to be ethical in look forward to Dr. Whitt’s leadership Outstanding Community Service Award the doing. in 2017 and the Anna Julia Cooper “If you ask anybody about their praying, they National Teacher of the Year award will probably say, ‘I’m not doing it as well as I in 2013 from the National Conference should,’” Fr. Carlson says. “And ‘should’ is the of Black Political Scientists. He also operative word. It’s a measurement. You are received the 2017 Charles Toney Sr. called to give up that question.” NAACP Civil Rights Hero Award from More fruitful questions, Fr. Carlson says, the Rock Island County NAACP. could be along the lines of: Is there something here I can be grateful for? What fascinates and leads me? Where do I find delight and joy? Collaboration Key to Frs. Gillick and Carlson add that silent Developing Practice-Ready prayer is not about self-improvement — nor Nurses is it necessarily about coming to some great insight about Scripture. In a longstanding debate between “It’s about letting God improve you, if that’s academics and clinicians on unrealistic what God wants to do,” Fr. Gillick says. Join our network expectations for new nurses versus And it doesn’t have to be scary. Start softly insufficient preparation, College of and slowly, advises Fr. Carlson. “Try praying Nursing Dean Catherine Todero, PhD, once a day quietly. It really is an exercise in of thriving alumni. BSN’72, advocates for collaboration. listening to your life.” — BY RICK DAVIS, BA’88 “The issue of preparation of nursing graduates for practice is one that’s been What will your story be? around for many years,” says Todero, How to enter into silent prayer: Frs. Gillick who co-authored “The Academic- and Carlson suggest imagining yourself in a Practice Gap: Strategies for an Enduring Bible scene, and examining your thoughts and Choose from more than 40 graduate Problem,” which appeared in the journal feelings. While not exactly silent, soft music may degrees and certificates. Nursing Forum. help. Or you could reflect on a poem; Fr. Gillick Todero and her co-authors explored suggests Sometimes by David Whyte and William business.creighton.edu/graduate-programs the latest practices and identified DAVID POHL DAVID Wordsworth’s Solitude. Or you can find support strategies to bridge the gap. and camaraderie through a silent retreat.

8 Creighton SPRING 2018 9 CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News A Soft Spot for the you’re going to put this black toothpaste on your teeth,” says Donal Scheidel, DDS, Old Hardwood associate professor in the Diagnostic Services Department. “It doesn’t look he “Old Gym” (Vinardi Center) — a 103-year-old cam- Cocoa like it’s going to do what it’s supposed pus fixture at 24th and Burt streets whose recent re- to do. But there has been huge growth to find better ways to brighten and whiten birth as a high-tech Pharmacy Skills Lab was featured smiles and this is the latest fad.” in the fall 2017 Creighton magazine — now has some- Touted by such celebrities as actress thing unique to offer from its previous life. Gwyneth Paltrow and rapper Drake, The old floor’s wooden planks, harkening back to charcoal toothpaste is the beauty- the days when they served as home court for basketball product-du-jour among the Hollywood games and more, have been harvested and transformed into one-of-a- set and at prices upward of $7 a tube, Tkind Creighton keepsakes. there’s still not much information on Designed to retain the vintage look of the old flooring (blue and how well it works. white paint remnants and all, in many cases), the keepsakes range from keychains and coasters to high-end drink trays and tables. Serving a Critical Need Reclaimed Enterprises, an Omaha firm that promotes the reclamation and reuse of sustainably sourced materials, is crafting Pediatric dental care was her calling; it’s flourished at Creighton and selling the mementos, with a portion of the proceeds going back to the University. Working as an intern and later a den- The project is a labor of love for the firm’s founder and president, tal hygienist in a family-run pediatric Jason Gilbreath, BSBA’98.

JIM FACKLER dentistry clinic in Bismarck, North “To be able to see this through for my alma mater, and then give Dakota, for six years, Katrina Goebel something back on top of it, has just been such a thrill for me,” he found her calling. says. “These literally are little pieces of history, with some great old “I fell in love with it,” says Goebel, a stories to tell.” They recommend greater use of assessment. Academic service partner- Creighton a psychologist in the department — can Creighton dental senior, who made 200- Visit creightongymfloor.com for more information. students stop by simulated learning and other active, ships provide opportunities for nursing to visit Cocoa, a sit, and stay, in counseling sessions with mile trips to Bismarck during breaks learner-centered approaches in nurs- faculty and clinicians to swap roles — so licensed therapy students. Kelley says Cocoa can be dog- from her undergraduate studies at dog, on one of her ing education, as well as more com- both can improve their skills as teachers trips to the Skutt gone good at calming and soothing dis- Minnesota State University-Moorhead petency-based skill assessments. And, and clinicians. Student Center. traught individuals, and gives the center to work at the father-and-sons practice. on the practice side, they suggest more “Bringing the skill sets of faculty and a softer, more approachable feel. Cocoa It became family — literally. She extended orientations for new gradu- clinicians together makes for a better also visits the V. J. and Angela Skutt worked with Drs. Mike Goebel and his ates. They also emphasize the impor- learning environment for the student,” Student Center through the program sons, Bryce and Drew, and eventually tance of collaborative strategies, such Todero says. Paws to Talk, and students are able to married the youngest Goebel son, Micah. as dedicated education units and aca- Creighton College of Nursing has interact with Cocoa in between classes. At Creighton, Goebel participates demic service partnerships. been at the forefront of many of the in the dental school’s outreach with “If we’re going to transform health recommendations offered in the jour- Nelson Mandela Elementary and Sacred care and prepare professionals for the nal article — arming graduates with the Charcoal on the Grill? Heart Elementary School. She is the lead future, it has to be a joint effort,” Todero latest knowledge and theory in combi- #CREIGHTON140 Investigating a organizer at the latter school, coordinat- says. “A team of faculty and clinicians nation with the necessary clinical skills ing services and volunteers. Creighton This year, Creighton is Toothpaste Fad together is more effective than either to succeed. celebrating 140 years students and faculty provide dental edu- one alone.” of excellence since the A new toothpaste is giving alternative cation, screenings, fluoride and sealants University’s founding The authors reviewed two main in 1878. Share your meaning to the notion of throwing some to the elementary students. models for collaboration: dedicated Lab Work: memories or favorite charcoal on the grill. “It’s critical for prevention to be able education units and academic service pieces of Creighton And a group of Creighton University to reach kids and parents at the elemen- Dog Comforts Students trivia on social media partnerships. using the hashtag dental students and faculty is putting tary school level,” she says. “It’s been the Dedicated education units, such as Creighton’s Center for Health and #Creighton140. Learn charcoal toothpaste through the fire to best experience I could’ve had.” the one established between the College Counseling has added a new, furry more about Creighton determine its effectiveness when com- In January, Katrina and Micah Goebel University’s history at of Nursing and CHI Health in 2012, are face to its staff — Cocoa, a licensed ther- creighton.edu/140. pared to the more traditional means of welcomed their first child, Brooks. student-centered units within hospitals apy dog. The chocolate lab — owned cleaning one’s teeth. Katrina spent the preceding summer that provide real-world training and and handled by Michael Kelley, PhD, “It does seem counterintuitive that and fall terms on double-time with DAVE WEAVER DAVE

10 Creighton SPRING 2018 11 UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS BY THE NUMBERS her course and clinic work to ensure she in a special kind of family medicine, too. disciplines, who are collaborating on the place means to the people who live could take maternity leave and still be “We’re a really tight class, always sustainability-related projects through there. “With problems like these, we ready for the activities at Sacred Heart have been,” said Sarah Pietruszka, grants from Creighton’s Dr. George F. need to see other worldviews for any TOP 20 this spring. who matched into an obstetrics and Haddix President’s Faculty Research hope of addressing those challenges nationally in providing After graduation in May, Goebel will gynecology residency at Wake Forest Fund and NASA. successfully,” he explains. valuable internship opportunities, as ranked by take on a pediatric dentistry residency University. She was part of the 97 per- Mary Ann Vinton, PhD, associate He hopes that his research can help U.S. News & World Report at the University of Iowa, after which cent of Creighton students who matched professor of biology; Jay Leighter, PhD, JIM FACKLER facilitate informed conversations about she hopes to return to North Dakota and FUTURE OLYMPIANS? into their first specialty of choice. “The associate professor of communication environmental concerns within and continue working with children, partic- Terry Grindstaff, people you see here are like my family, studies; and John O’Keefe, PhD, pro- between local governments, businesses ularly those in vulnerable populations. PhD, an associate both my classmates and the faculty.” fessor of theology, are each seeking CREIGHTON and other groups. Zero professor of physical number of other Catholic “Creighton encourages us to use our answers to the question: What is the O’Keefe, a documentary filmmaker therapy who wrestled About 35 years ago, the Rev. Greg colleges or universities on the list skills and talents to help the commu- long-term stability of the Sandhills in as well as a theologian, is exploring collegiately, served as Carlson, SJ, associate professor of nity,” Goebel says, “and seeing to it that a medical volunteer for Researchers Collaborate the face of increased stress on the area’s the aesthetic and spiritual aspects of children learn good habits young and USA Wrestling at an natural and social systems? classics, began collecting fable books the Sandhills. He seeks to capture the international competition on Sandhills Conservation and objects. Today, the Carlson Fable 73% get proper care is something we can do in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Projects These stressors include natural ones unique relationship between the peo- of 2017 Creighton as dentists.” “These are elite athletes,” such as drought, compounded by chal- Collection at Creighton includes more ple and land, interwoven with highlights graduates completed an said Grindstaff, who lenges to the social systems, brought on than 9,000 books in 64 languages and from Leighter and Vinton’s work, in a internship or participated in have a shot at World BY CHARISE ALEXANDER ADAMS academic research Championship and by steady population decline and depen- thousands of diverse objects. This past documentary. O’Keefe is also capturing Medical Match-Making Olympic medals. The storied Nebraska Sandhills dency on the cattle-ranching industry. winter, two exhibits were presented — drone footage — little of which exists of region, with its sand dunes and low- Vinton, who has several family mem- one at the Lied Education Center for the Sandhills — for the documentary Whether it’s surgery, pediatrics, psy- land valleys, stands apart as one of the bers who are Sandhills ranchers and has the Arts at Creighton and the other at and Vinton’s analyses. 55% chiatry, anesthesiology or any of the 16 most unique biophysical ecosystems in completed more than spent much of her career studying soils Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha. Below The NASA-funded portion of the one internship specialty areas into which the 146 future North America. and grassland ecology, will examine is a listing of some of the unique project includes a strong undergradu- Creighton University School of Medicine Writers, artists and scientists alike biological resources by using remote- ate research component. Students will pieces displayed on campus. over physicians were matching residencies have found themselves drawn to this sensing technology and other tools. conduct fieldwork, including collecting on March 16, the members of the Class 20,000-square-mile expanse, including She seeks to document how drought plant samples, recording interviews and Bronze tea pots from China (copies of of 2018 have been thoroughly schooled three Creighton professors, from diverse shooting documentary footage. and other extreme climate variations ancient pots) 600 affect the vegetation. Those changes 1 number of internships completed by 2017 graduates could have far-reaching effects. These Royal Winton Tableware in porcelain grasses sustain the cattle roaming the 2 from England, c. 1920 Tackling Climate Change on hills, providing a livelihood for ranch- Hoop Dreams Knife rests by Benjamin Rabier, bronze Sapelo Island, Georgia ing families and food for other parts of Members of the Creighton women’s basketball with gold plating, from France, c. 1930 21 & 3 AJ OLNES number of states (21) and team celebrate during the Bluejays’ first-round the country. 3 countries outside the U.S. (3) NCAA Tournament win over Iowa. Creighton is one “I am interested in how humans Molas (handmade material that forms BY LISA FOSTER, BA’92 in which students participated of only six schools to have its men’s and women’s Climate change is upon us. Just ask in internships teams play in the NCAA Tournament in both 2017 maintain a healthy existence in the 4 part of the traditional outfit of the Guna and 2018. (The others are Duke, Florida State, face of environmental change,” Vinton people): Kuna mola depicting The Wolf John Schalles, PhD, biology professor Gonzaga, Miami and UCLA.) says. “What are some adaptations that and the Crane, Panama, c. 1970, and in the College of Arts and Sciences. mola depicting The Tortoise and the Hare, “It’s everywhere,” he says. “Ecologists we can make in the face of change to be 16% resilient?” There is no simple — or single Panama, c. 1960 are finding the signals in places they of internships resulted in a full- study.” For Schalles and his students, time job offer (39% for Heider — answer to this question. That’s where Ties: French tie depicting The Fox and College of Business grads) Leighter and O’Keefe come in. 5 the Crow, Hermès, c. 1980; American finding the effects of climate change Leighter, an expert in cultural tie depicting The Tortoise and the Hare, involves studies in the coastal and near- communication and sustainability, is Brooks Brothers, c. 1990 shore ecosystems of the northern Gulf TOP 5 employing interviews and observation of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic internship employers: Union to discover the cultural meaning of the French needlepoint depicting regions. Their main — but not exclusive Pacific, Creighton, CHI Health, The Fox and the Stork, 18th century Kiewit, TD Ameritrade (other place-based term “The Sandhills.” He 6 — area of focus is the salt marshes at notables include Blue Cross aims to see how ranching practices may Aesop’s Fables the Smothers Brothers Way, and near Sapelo Island, Georgia. Blue Shield, Centers for Disease work with conservation measures such “With the help of a recently expired Control and Prevention, Conagra 7 read by Tom and Dick Smothers, c. 1965 Brands, Gallup, Homeland as grazing, watershed protection and (pictured above) 15-year NOAA (National Oceanic Security, Mayo Clinic, NASA, renewable energy production. and Atmospheric Administration Nike, United States Olympics, Leighter advises that those wanting Board game depicting The Tortoise and Educational Partnership Program) Walt Disney World and Yahoo, the Hair, c. 1978 to participate in conservation efforts 8 grant and continuing funding from the just to name a few) for the Sandhills must first learn what NSF (National Science Foundation View images of the items listed above at creighton.edu/creightonmagazine. 12 Creighton SPRING 2018 13 CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News

Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term using data from U.S. Geological Survey universities. The GCE project is funded celebration of the friendship and cul- Ecological Research), we documented a Landsat satellites, that S. alterniflora in six-year increments, and a renewal tural exchange between the U.S. and Don’t wait for serious decline in the growth of Spartina aboveground biomass decreased by proposal was just submitted. “I have Japan. Hamada, a special adviser to alterniflora — more commonly known about one-third between 1984 and pres- been a professor at Creighton since 1979, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, tomorrow — as marsh cordgrass — on Sapelo Island,” ent. Cordgrass is the dominant species yet I have always found ways to return to focused on growth in the global econ- the future of Schalles says. “Four students are cur- in East Coast salt marshes, and the GCE Georgia. It is a ‘second home’ to me, as I omy and the sustained relationship health care is rently helping me with the research, investigators observe it as one measure completed my PhD at Emory University between the two nations. but I’ve taken about 200 students to the HENRY JAMES REVIEW of ecosystem health. The changes doc- in Atlanta,” Schalles says. “I’ve always Other events included a tea cere- already here. University of Georgia Marine Institute The scholarly journal umented are primarily the result of been able to have both Nebraska and mony and a panel discussion on eco- Are you in? at Sapelo for field courses and research Henry James Review shifts in climate-related drought and Georgia’s environments ever-present nomics, along with demonstrations of will have a new since the 1980s. home at Creighton river discharge patterns. Schalles and in my world.” sushi making, music, dance, ikebana Choose from more than “Some of these stories take decades beginning next year. O’Donnell’s 2016 paper in the journal floral arranging and martial arts. 40 graduate degrees of data to unravel. You have to be patient Greg Zacharias, PhD, Remote Sensing is spotlighted by NSF- “This was a wonderful demon- and certificates. professor of English to get the answers. I also emphasize to and director of the GCE as an example of the project’s trans- Creighton Hosts Japan 360 stration of Creighton’s global reach,” my students that clinical objectivity is Center for Henry James formational science. said Maorong Jiang, PhD, professor of vital in ecological research.” Studies, will serve as the The NOAA and NSF-funded coastal Renowned Japanese economist political science and director of the journal’s new editor. Schalles and current graduate work of Schalles and his students Koichi Hamada, PhD, spoke at Creighton Asian World Center, who organized gradschool.creighton.edu/healthcare student John O’Donnell discovered, involves collaborations with a dozen in March during Japan 360, a two-day the event.

HEALTH BRIEFS

of Health grant to find how long non- A three-month pilot program at St. Looking to Help coding RNA molecules are involved in the Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Omaha Infant Study to Parkinson’s Patients Walk host defense in the intestinal tract from resulted in students consuming more cryptosporidium. vegetables, protein and dairy and spending Look at Autism A team of pharmacology researchers in the Cryptosporidiosis is one of the leading less time in front of the computer or School of Medicine has earned a two-year, causes of waterborne disease in the United television. In a follow-up study at Dundee $412,400 National Institutes of Health grant States and the common cause of diarrhea Elementary School, students increased Could a helmet help us better to help people experiencing gross motor in young children in developing countries. their daily servings of fruits, vegetables and understand autism? dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease. Public swimming pools and day cares across NURSING HALL OF FAME protein and increased their physical activity. The grant, led by Shashank Dravid, PhD, the country are closed every year due to Linda Lazure, PhD, In addition to the book, which chronicles Anastasia Kyvelidou, PhD, assistant professor of physical associate professor of pharmacology, will the disease. associate professor a superhero boy who inspires healthy habits, therapy, is hoping a helmet-like device, in combination with examine the effects of drug therapy on a Most people recover within a couple of emerita of nursing, who students were given wristbands, award other motor and language measures, could be a way to discover receptor in nerve cells tied to such activities weeks. However, for those with compromised served as a professor stickers and access to a mobile app to early signs of autism and the connection between motor skill as walking. The misfiring of the nerve cells, immune systems, particularly those and administrator at encourage and track participation. Creighton for 35 years, delays and social behavior in infants. housed in the brain’s globus pallidus structure, with late-stage diagnosed HIV and other has been inducted into St. Vincent also held all-school rallies Here’s how it works: A cap is placed on an infant’s head, is suspected to cause difficulty in movement immune deficiencies, infection can result the Nebraska Nurses promoting healthy habits. While at Dundee, and sensors track where the child’s eyes are moving. Are they and immobility. in persistent, debilitating and possibly fatal Association Hall of Fame. undergraduate Creighton nursing students looking at the toy in front of them, at other people around them “Serendipitously, many of the drugs diarrhea and wasting. This research could gave weekly classroom presentations. or off into space? that have been recently discovered work lead to a new, targeted approach in treating “The kids loved it,” said Misty Schwartz, “With this technology, we can pick up those differences selectively on the receptor we are interested cryptosporidiosis, for which there is currently PhD, one of the nursing faculty members really early on,” Kyvelidou says. in,” Dravid said. “Everything has started, no fully effective treatment available. overseeing the original study. “In addition, The team started its studies early this year. The goal is unexpectedly, to go in that direction. We’re the parents thought it was effective in to develop an early indicator on whether and to what extent hoping to find new drugs or new uses for motivating their children.” a child falls on the autism spectrum and to describe the a drug tied to that receptor that can help Banding Together A report on the St. Vincent de Paul study development of autism in high-risk populations of infants. correct it and help people get walking.” was recently published in the Journal of Currently, the average age of diagnosis is between 5 and 6 to Fight Obesity Childhood Obesity. Both studies were led by years old. students in Creighton’s Doctor of Nursing With one in five school-aged children “We are missing an opportunity to intervene,” Kyvelidou Practice program. (ages 6-19) in the U.S. classified as obese, says. “We can reduce symptoms of the disorder.” Targeting a Main Cause of the College of Nursing collaborated with This summer, Kyvelidou and her team hope to submit a Waterborne Disease two local elementary schools and local National Institutes of Health grant and expand their study in Researcher Xian-Ming Chen, MD, a professor authors Tammy Olson and Debra Gray to more infants and more at-risk populations. In the future, this in the Department of Medical Microbiology institute a unique program that encouraged data will serve as the basis for early interventions. and Immunology in the School of Medicine, healthy habits using Olson and Gray’s book has received a $1.8 million National Institutes Alex Chan and His Balanced Body Bands. DAVID POHL DAVID

14 Creighton SPRING 2018 15 DIALOGUE

CREIGHTON MAGAZINE: How does the CREIGHTON MAGAZINE: How many basketball committee (composed of 10 athletic directors games do you watch during the season? from around the country) go about choosing Bracket BR: It’s rare that I don’t watch at least four teams for the NCAA Tournament? games a day. My normal routine is I’m typically BR: First, understand that the NCAA on the treadmill at 6, and I can watch two Builder Tournament is not set up so that the 68 “best” (recorded) games and be done by 7:15 or 7:30. teams are in it. Each conference — and there I have a voice-activated tape recorder for taking Bruce Rasmussen has been are 32 conferences — sends a representative notes. Then I’ll come to Creighton and put those at Creighton for 38 years as a or conference champion. The committee’s notes into my computer. I have binders in my coach and director of athletics. responsibility is to pick the 36 best remaining office for all the major conferences with box teams, and then put the 68 tournament teams scores and notes. I also think there’s some real As chair of the 2017-2018 in the proper order — from 1 to 68 — and into value in seeing teams in person. You see their NCAA Division I Men’s a bracket, with some restrictions and qualifiers. size and strength. You see their chemistry. Basketball Committee, he led (For instance, top-seeded teams are assigned You see how they react when things don’t go the team that selected the to regions closest to home, and rematches from their way. the season are discouraged in early rounds.) at-large bids, and seeded and CREIGHTON MAGAZINE: How will the recent bracketed qualifying schools, CREIGHTON MAGAZINE: What’s the gift from Dick (HON’88) and Mary Pat (BS’62) for this year’s 68-team March atmosphere like in the room during the McCormick, establishing the McCormick “ I feel like Madness tournament. He’s selection process? Endowed Athletic Director position, help the Athletic Department? March overseen the addition and BR: I would compare it to a jury. First of all, renovation of athletic facilities there are hundreds of votes that take place BR: First, it’s a great commitment that Dick Madness at Creighton, and he was at during Selection Week to put teams into the and Mary Pat McCormick have made to is the the center of a recent gift to tournament and then to put them in order — Creighton University and Creighton University endow the athletic director 1 to 68. And there’s always a lot of dialogue that Athletics. The McCormicks have been longtime, greatest takes place. tremendous supporters of Creighton. This position. Creighton magazine endowment gives the Athletic Department an The last part of the process is called scrubbing. sporting had a chance to catch up with ability to be flexible with our budget needs, and We take the No. 1 overall team and we compare Rasmussen — now in his 24th it allows us to continue to put forward a quality event in it to No. 2. We basically have a trial, for lack year as athletic director — before Division I program without putting excess strain of a better term, during which we talk about the world.” on the budget. the “madness” of March, during the strengths and weaknesses of Team A and BRUCE RASMUSSEN a break in his always-hectic Team B, and why Team A should be No. 1 or CREIGHTON MAGAZINE: In December, schedule. Following are excerpts vice versa. you announced that Creighton will build a $4.5 million practice facility just east of from that interview. Then we take the second team and compare the Ryan Center/Sokol Arena, primarily for it to the third, and the third to the fourth. And, women’s basketball and volleyball. Can you for instance, if we thought the No. 3 team was talk about that project? better than No. 2, we move them, and then we compare the new No. 2 to No. 1. It’s a very BR: The new gym allows us to replace all of intensive and extensive process. There’s a lot the gym space that we vacated in the Vinardi of discussion, sometimes heated. But what I’ve Center or Old Gym. (That area was converted found is that the communication among the into a high-tech Pharmacy Skills Lab.) It gives us committee members is critical to the process. not only an additional facility where our players can practice, but it gives us another facility for campus and community use. Our facilities are very heavily used, so this will be a great addition when it’s completed sometime this year. JIM FACKLER

16 Creighton SPRING 2018 17 LESSON PLAN

SPRINKLE IN A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT For black swallowtail caterpillars, Burk suggests planting anything in the carrot family — carrots, parsley, fennel, dill. Caterpillars of fritillaries like violets, PLANT MILKWEED sulphurs like plants in the clover family First on Burk’s list is milkweed, and if you can reserve an out-of-the- particularly Asclepias incarnata, known way place in the garden, plant a patch of popularly as swamp milkweed. But don’t stinging nettles for red admirals. Hackberry let the name deter you — milkweed is a trees are also a popular egg-laying and perennial plant that brings forth a splendid caterpillar-feeding ground for many palette of blooms to complement any butterflies, and cherry and willow trees FINALLY, BEE FRIENDLY … garden. Mature monarchs will feed from are also popular haunts. the plant’s flowers, but the biggest draw of IT MIGHT EVEN BOOST milkweed for monarchs is as a place to lay YOUR VEGETABLE CROP eggs. That’s because the plant’s leaves are Planting butterfly-friendly plants can also the singular diet of monarch caterpillars, increase the appearance of other important who will hatch and immediately get to work insects in your garden, and it may help your on fattening up. own space flourish. How to Build a Other varieties of milkweed are also “The flowers that butterflies love are attractive to other butterflies, including also favorites of bees, which are the most common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and important pollinators, so when one does Butterfly Garden butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). something for butterflies, one is also helping LIMIT PESTICIDES out other important species,” Burk says. BY ADAM KLINKER “Limiting pesticide use as much as “You might even get better vegetable possible in your garden helps butterflies and crops as a result of having larger pollinator other beneficial insects thrive,” Burk says. populations.” If you’re not quite ready for the He advises: When buying new flowering plants from a garden center or big-box potentially millions of visitors store, be sure the plants haven’t been pretreated with insecticides, or you may kill who might be descending on your the flower visitors that are attracted to the new plants in your garden. neighborhood this spring and ADD WILDFLOWERS summer, don’t panic. For mature monarchs and other butterflies, a good, colorful mix of There’s still time to plant your butterfly garden. wildflowers is Burk’s recommendation. Monarch butterflies overwinter in the fir forests of central Tall thistle, goldenrod, ironweed, New Mexico’s highlands and will soon be making their first appearance England aster, zinnia and wild bergamot in the Midwest — on one of the world’s longest and most amazing are favorite foods of the monarch, but insect migrations — looking to eat and lay eggs on a buffet of plants such as rosinweed, partridge pea, beautiful and crucial plants. heath aster, false boneset and bush clover Biology professor Ted Burk, DPhil, long an advocate of rolling out will help make your backyard a can’t-miss the smorgasbord for our winged friends, offers a few selections for stopover for such species as the orange making your yard a stopover for monarchs and other butterflies. sulphur, the eastern-tailed blue, the painted lady and the silver-spotted skipper.

18 Creighton SPRING 2018 19 REFLECTIONS An Enduring Flame The Rev. Richard Hauser, SJ, who established the popular candlelight Mass that attracted students across the decades, died on April 3. He began at Creighton as a theology instructor in 1972, and served in numerous roles. But he wanted the Mass to be his legacy. He often said his fundamental calling was to help all people see God’s presence in their lives. His light continues to shine in those touched by his gracious spirit.

Memorials are requested to the Fr. Hauser Scholarship Fund, creighton.edu/Hauser.

20 Creighton SPRING 2018 PHOTOS BY DON DOLL, SJ 21 With Connell, one of the civilian defense attorneys for the five accused 9/11 conspira- tors, Wright threw herself into the work on al Baluchi’s case. She had always considered herself an advocate for the exercise of the full JUSTICE protections of the law and, in zealously advo- cating for al Baluchi, Wright said she went even further down the track, coming to a more robust appreciation for human rights and the in the crucial standards of due process. As a soldier, however, Wright said she was equally aware of certain factions snipping away at what the BY ADAM KLINKER MCDO was doing, and the sideways looks she sometimes got. BALANCE “There were friends of mine, family even, wondering how I could dare do this,” she recalls. “How could anyone defend someone accused In representing detainees at Guantanamo, of masterminding 9/11? I get that. But this was such a groundbreaking case. Who gets that kind Creighton law alumnus and students of opportunity when you’re still a law student? For me, it still resonates. We were working on seek to uphold the rule of law a case with no precedent, arguing and trying to create new precedent. The whole process t’s a few days before Thanksgiving last year and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Wareham, was set up so we could convict and kill these JD’07, is sitting in yet another Beltway traffic jam. He is fresh off a two-week stay at guys and, until the lawyers on the defense got Camp Justice — the little postage stamp of American soil on the American postcard involved, that might have happened. And I’d that is Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — where five defendants, accused of masterminding the say it’s a good thing the defense lawyers got terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are being detained and tried in what is described by involved and are fighting for their clients. It says the government as the largest murder case in American history. something about the system of justice we want Wareham is on the defense team for one of the men accused in the 9/11 plot, Ammar to have in this country, the system we idealize al Baluchi, and he is called to Guantanamo regularly for hearings and meetings with his client. in this country.” I“Like a lot of people, I didn’t know much about the military commissions until I was assigned to them,” says Wareham, a Creighton University School of Law alumnus who began work with or Wright, Foley, Wareham, and a the commissions in the spring of 2016. growing pipeline of Creighton lawyers “But like most people who familiarize themselves with it, it’s clear F and law students who have taken or that this is one of the most important legal battles going on in the people in events that have served to galvanize proceeding is not only for the client. It’s for the and the National Mediation Service, among continue to take an active role in MCDO, this U.S. today,” he says, adding that his views do not reflect the views of American patriotism and alter the nation’s American public and international community other agencies. is the central thrust of not only their legal the Department of Defense, the United States government, or any politics in the profoundest ways since the Great to see that fair procedures should be at work.” Landing in D.C. in 2015, Wright met the education, but their moral and ethical one, agency or instrumentality thereof. “Anything that happens out of Depression and World War II. GOAL liaison in D.C., Michaela Sims, JD’96, who too: to fight the good fight of the rule of law. this will have a massive and lasting impact on the entire federal court All the more reason, say Wareham and a sergeant and a military police officer said a new opportunity was emerging, based Creighton students working on these cases system. It’s probably the biggest rule-of-law knife fight in history.” group of Creighton law students who are part in the U.S. Army, Anna Wright, MS’15, on a conversation Sims had with someone at have found themselves often the only law It’s a fight that many in the U.S. and abroad have left to a small of a joint legal and governmental education A JD ’15, has seen and known intimately her church. students working for the defense, a front-row but dedicated cadre of both military and civilian lawyers who are, program, to provide that defense. the workings of military justice. After a “It was just one of those who-you-know seat to history. in the minds of many, defending the indefensible: a group of men “In the end, it’s not just that you’re defending deployment in 2011, she decided that she things that happen in Washington,” Wright The recent developments at Guantanamo, who stand accused of masterminding the deaths of thousands of the accused,” says Amber Foley, BA’15, a third- wanted to go to law school and take up work says. “But at the end of the day, Michaela asked coupled with the current American presi- year student in the law school’s Government as a military attorney for the Department of if I’d be interested in working on the Military dential administration’s renewed interest in Organization and Leadership (GOAL) program, Defense. Creighton’s GOAL program seemed Commission Defense Organization (MCDO) and interrogation methods that have been criti- “ When it comes to the defense of the rule of law at which has become a pipeline of sorts for like the best way to make that happen. maybe going down to Guantanamo. So I went cized as torture, have again made the cases of Guantanamo, when it comes to these defendants, I think Creighton students to work on the defense Students in the program spend the first to the law offices of James G. Connell III, got a the alleged 9/11 plotters at least newsworthy. teams of the Guantanamo detainees. “You’re semester of their third year of law school security clearance, and went to work for the The fact that many of the accused have been someday we’re going to look back and realize that this defending the Constitution, where that right living in Washington, D.C., and participating MCDO. It was a pretty incredible experience, consigned to more than 15 years in a limbo of was either a defining moment of character or of failure.” to counsel is written. In order for there to be in a full-time externship with a federal especially considering how receptive everyone hearings and confinement, of justice delayed, justice for all, that zealous advocacy on behalf agency or congressional committee or office. was to having a law school student intern deferred or even forgotten, may be a telling MAJ. JASON WAREHAM, JD’07 of your client — no matter what they’re accused Students have worked at the Department working on one of the biggest cases in the statement of how the U.S. reckons itself and its of — is part of it. And the transparency of a legal of State, Department of Justice, the Senate country’s history.” systems since that clear September day in 2001.

22 Creighton SPRING 2018 FEATURE ILLUSTRATION BY DOUG CHAYKA • PORTRAITS BY ADAM CRUFT 23 human beings, we have certain inalienable rights. That transcends the severity of the Creighton’s Watts Provides crime. And because what happened on 9/11 happened on American soil, we still owe those Expert Testimony at Guantanamo who are accused the rights they’d have in an The complexities and challenges of the military commissions for accused terrorists being American courtroom. I came into law school detained and tried at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have regularly required the expert testimony of Amber Foley, BA’15 Scott Straus, MS’17, JD’17 Anna Wright, MS’15, JD’15 Brandon Barrata wanting to be a prosecutor but this internship, leading figures in international criminal law. Third-year law student “ When I got into the “ There were friends of mine, Third-year law student being on the other side and seeing the differ- One such expert is Creighton law professor Sean Watts, JD. With 15 alleged al-Qaeda “Khalid Sheikh ences, has opened me up to the idea of defense “ In the end, it’s not just cases and went to family even, wondering conspirators in U.S. custody and charged with planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the that you’re defending the Guantanamo and saw how I could dare do this. Mohammed, he’s a work, precisely because something like what’s attack on the USS Cole in 2000, the military commissions accused. You’re defending what was going on, I saw How could anyone defend human being, first and happening at Guantanamo Bay has gone off the have spent more than a decade on questions of military and the Constitution, where that the government, someone accused of foremost. And as human radar for so many people.” international law in putting the men on trial. In December, that right to counsel with the commissions, masterminding 9/11?” beings, we have certain Watts served as a witness for the defense on the rules of is written.” was abusing the rule of inalienable rights. That reighton’s role in the military commis- armed conflict in international law, specifically regarding the law based on what we’d transcends the severity sions is one students and alumni are existence of a state of war between the United States and learned in law school.” of the crime.” C hoping can continue, given the law al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility school’s interests in international law. for the 9/11 attacks. “Scott Straus’ enthusiasm and dedication “Law-of-war offenses, such as those the alleged 9/11 Nearly three-quarters of a century ago in decade, defendants left to rot, the rules being or four years. He’s been tortured. I couldn’t even paved the way for me to come on the following conspirators are charged with, can only arise during periods the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. took a made up as we go along. That’s not to say that begin to articulate my dismay.” year, and I knew it would be a once-in-a-lifetime when armed conflict exists,” Watts says. “International law strong hand in bringing swift, consequential I ascribe much malice to the prosecution; it’s Indeed, al Baluchi’s case formed some of experience,” Foley says. “From spending a day recognizes that armed conflict can exist between nations and private groups. But the standard requires that the group in justice to a group of international criminals — just the way things have gone. I hope someday the basis for the opening scenes of Zero Dark at United Nations Headquarters witnessing “The law question be sufficiently organized and that violence between the leaders of Nazi Germany who orchestrated we will look back on this and we’ve learned Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film about the our team’s advocacy for international human school’s focus the nation and private group be of sufficient intensity to the systematic murder of 6 million Jews and something, but it’s hard to say that right now.” conclusion of the manhunt for al-Qaeda leader rights to the research skills I gained working on characterize that violence as armed conflict. I provided the on producing millions of Poles, Slavs, Romani and others The prosecution at Guantanamo has not Osama bin Laden, in which a man is shown this complex criminal case — there is no other court with elaborations of that definition and some examples expert, zealous they labeled subhuman or a drain on society. given an interview or press briefing on the 9/11 being tortured to give up information about opportunity quite like it. of how past situations of violence between nations and Robert Jackson, an associate justice on the U.S. case since October 2017. Contacted for this arti- bin Laden. According to reports from the Miami “The mentoring I received from Maj. private groups had been classified as either armed conflict or and ethical Supreme Court, reflected on the proceedings by cle, a spokesperson for the prosecution declined Herald’s Carol Rosenberg, the only journalist Wareham throughout the externship extended something less than that.” advocates … saying, “That four great nations, flushed with comment. A request by the prosecution to covering the proceedings at Guantanamo, the that Creighton connection. I think it’s some- The history of military commissions dates to at least the victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of order both prosecution and defense to limit film was shown by al Baluchi’s lawyers who thing we’d like to see continue. It speaks highly Revolutionary War, Watts says, and they’ve been used with has made our vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive statements about the case made outside the argued the CIA had allowed Bigelow access to of the inclusive environment on Team al Baluchi greater fre quency since the end of World War II, when an students and enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the courtroom has not been ruled on by the judge. evidence on al Baluchi’s case while denying the and the school’s values to encourage law stu- international tribunal at Nuremberg tried the surviving leaders most significant tributes that Power has ever defendant’s own lawyers similar access. dents to seek truth and justice.” of Nazi Germany for crimes against humanity. Watts says this graduates paid to Reason.” hen Scott Straus, MS’17, JD’17, landed “It really is being done entirely in the And with the wider goal of bringing jus- most recent iteration of a commission, to try the alleged 9/11 a natural With agreed upon procedures and judicial in D.C. in the summer of 2016, he shadows,” Straus says. tice to a complicated scenario, the students conspirators, has garnered attention for its departure from the codicils, the defendants at Nuremberg were figured he would find himself in and alumni involved say they are putting into usual standards governing such commissions, usually drawn fit for this W from courts-martial in the U.S. military. tried, convicted or acquitted, and sentenced a bustling office in one bureau or agency or eyond the legal underpinnings of the practice the theories, ideals and values they’ve high-profile, Watts also notes the further extraordinary nature of in what is generally agreed upon as one of the another, learning the ways of the circuit and military commissions, the Creighton learned in the Creighton classrooms, with a the commissions on several fronts, including the lengthy historically sterling moments in American jurisprudence, discovering the many roles a lawyer can play students and alumni who have taken an hope of bending this chapter in American his- B proceedings, from challenges to the ligitimacy of the as much of the proceedings were carried out in the Beltway. He was curious about the ethics active hand in the defense say their experience tory toward justice. significant and commissions to the complexity of the issues, and even the on the strength of the U.S. system. Following of governmental service. at the Creighton School of Law provided a “The people who are working on these cases choice of location for the trials. challenging the Nuremberg Trials, however, the U.S. largely What he found in the military commissions, more thorough insight into criminal defense have been so passionate,” Wright says. “It is a “It is a difficult place to travel to and the facilities remain litigation.” absented itself from international criminal law, he says, was an abrading of the ideals he’d been as a matter of social justice. Beyond the great cause, the cause of justice, and I can only temporary and ad hoc,” he says. “It seems many of the reasons feel that it is helping to build those who have deciding in subsequent incidents to keep its taught in law school and a generally question- countless hours of discovery and pleadings and the government selected the base as the site for detention and SEAN WATTS, JD own counsel. able set of rules governing a new, untried and thousands upon thousands of pages of reading, taken part into better attorneys.” trial have disappeared, raising questions about the wisdom of Now ranged up against a criminal enterprise questionable legal process. a more complete, more discerning picture of “Very few of us can say what the law is at this location.” that reached into several other nations and “I didn’t go into the GOAL program thinking the defense has taken shape. any one time,” adds Wareham. “At the end of As a professor in international criminal law who has co-led the School of Law’s annual trip abrogated the social and religious fabric of the anything about the military commissions,” Brandon Barrata, a third-year student in the the day, though, it’s a microcosm of what we to Nuremberg, Germany, in the summer, Watts has followed the proceedings at Guantanamo Middle East and Afghanistan with two wars, Straus says. “But when I got into the cases GOAL program, has assisted in the defense of believe about ourselves as far as the American and the work of Creighton students and alumni who have been a part of the Military on a little corner of American soil in Cuba, the and went to Guantanamo and saw what was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was captured value of justice. When it comes to the defense of Commission Defense Organization (MCDO) there, some as part of the School of Law’s 9/11 detainees spool out their uncertain fates. going on, I saw that the government, with the in March 2003 and has been referred to in the the rule of law at Guantanamo, when it comes to Government Organization and Leadership (GOAL) program. “This is the anti-Nuremberg,” Wareham commissions, was abusing the rule of law based 9/11 Commission Report as the architect of the these defendants, I think someday we’re going “Creighton law has had outsized participation in the commissions,” Watts says. “The says. “The fairness of the process at Nuremberg on what we’d learned in law school. Granted, the 9/11 attacks. to look back and realize that this was either opportunities provided by our GOAL master’s degree program have contributed to this phenomenon. The law school’s focus on producing expert, zealous and ethical advocates, was of primary importance. What’s happening whole process is novel. But Mr. al Baluchi has “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he’s a human a defining moment of character or of failure.” able to adapt to unfamiliar and in some ways novel proceedings, has made our students and at Guantanamo is discovery going on over a been subjected to extreme rendition for three being, first and foremost,” Barrata says. “And as graduates a natural fit for this high-profile, historically significant and challenging litigation.”

24 Creighton SPRING 2018 25 A Creighton Perspective

BY Cindy Murphy McMahon, BA’74

he two friends have forged many The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bonds over more than 20 years. (CDC) estimates the U.S. economic burden of “ I definitely feel A primary connection is their prescription opioid misuse alone is $78.5 billion profession, pharmacy. There’s a year, including the costs of health care, lost God in my life. their mutual interest in soccer — productivity, addiction treatment and criminal Tone referees, the other one’s sons played. And justice involvement. DAVE WEAVER DAVE I tell students then there’s the strength they both find in their How did we get in this situation? According respective faiths. to the NIDA, in the late 1990s, pharmaceutical what’s really But one of their strongest bonds concerns companies reassured the medical community loss. The gut-wrenching loss of loved ones gone that patients would not become addicted to important in life, too soon from this life. The missing memories prescription opioid pain relievers, and health that will never be. The grief and mourning that care providers began to prescribe them at after God and take turns beating a person up with “Why?” greater rates. and “If only.” The opioid battlefront is three-pronged: spirituality, has And because of those losses, Curt Barr, prevention, treatment and law enforcement. PharmD, BSPha’74, assistant dean for alumni Barr and DeSimone are concentrating their got to be your relations in the School of Pharmacy and efforts on prevention through education. Health Professions, and friend and colleague It’s a fight that keeps them doing all in their family. Your Ed DeSimone, PhD, professor of pharmacy power, in the classroom and in the commu- sciences, share another commitment: fighting nity, to save other families from the pain theirs profession has got substance abuse, addiction and, especially, the have experienced. opioid epidemic. DeSimone’s 24-year-old nephew died from to come third.” According to the National Institute on Drug heroin, and Barr lost his 24-year-old son to an Abuse (NIDA), more than 115 Americans die accidental prescription drug overdose. CURT BARR, PHARMD, BSPHA’74 daily after overdosing on opioids. The NIDA, “I’m not me anymore. Anyone who loses among other federal agencies, has called mis- a son or daughter has a new normal,” says use of and addiction to opioids — including pre- Barr, whose youngest son, Brad, died in scription pain relievers, heroin and synthetic 2005 after ingesting prescription painkillers opioids such as fentanyl — a national crisis. with friends.

Curt Barr, PharmD, BSPha’74, with a photo of his youngest son, Brad, who died of an accidental prescription drug overdose.

26 Creighton SPRING 2018 27 and spend a few minutes with him,” Barr says. because it had been eroded so badly by alcohol, was in recovery multiple times. “He was on WHAT ARE OPIOIDS? “Brad and I were so much alike. We thought a subtotal gastrectomy. He didn’t eat much ­and medication, going to Narcotics Anonymous,” “ Opioids don’t discriminate. Every Opioids are a class of painkilling drugs. alike. We’re both risk-takers, and he had an he was very thin. He drank more than he ate.” DeSimone says, “but one day he just relapsed.” Legal, prescription opioids include: entrepreneurial spirit like me.” As a kid, DeSimone knew every bar in the This heartbreaking personal example demographic is at risk, and this > oxycodone (OxyContin) Brad had played soccer on his high school neighborhood because his mother would send points out the complexity of substance use dis- > hydrocodone (Vicodin) team, taking state his junior year. He was study- him out to find his father. “I would hit the bars orders, which DeSimone teaches to Creighton has really become a challenge for > codeine ing accounting. He did not have a substance until I found him. He also was a smoker. He pharmacy and physical therapy students, as > methadone abuse problem, and Barr says his son knew not developed cancer of the mouth and throat. They well as health care professionals and commu- emergency responders.” > tramadol to mix drugs and alcohol. The events that took took out two pieces of his jawbone and half of nity groups. DAN STEIN, BSEMS’12, MSEMS’16 > pharmaceutical fentanyl his life were more of an aberration, a fluke. his tongue.” In his presentations, DeSimone explains Firefighter Paramedic with the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Fire Department (50 to 100 times more potent than morphine) Medical records showed Brad had the equiv- One of DeSimone’s most painful memories the components of psychoactive substance Illegal opioids include: alent of one beer in his system, in addition to is playing ball in the street with his friends in abuse, which include varying neurochemical > heroin the prescription drugs, Barr says. “According to North Jersey, where he grew up. “The worst factors in the brain related to genetics, pleasure, > illegally made and sold fentanyl the friends who were there, he had consumed thing was for my dad to come home while I was memory, stress and craving. (used to intensify the effects or two beers that night,” he adds. playing ball with my friends. He was obviously “There’s a subgroup of people who get “high” of other drugs such as heroin) “In the talks I give, I ask, when will two drunk, staggering, and to be a teenager and have legitimate prescriptions for legitimate prob-

Sources: Centers for Disease beers kill you? Alcohol changes your mind. It your friends see that, was very embarrassing, lems in terms of pain who become addicted Control and Prevention (CDC), makes people, especially young people, think, and frustrating, and I spent a good part of my to these drugs. Once the addiction sets in, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ‘Maybe this won’t hurt me; I’m immortal.’ life trying to recover from that.” they have to fight the addiction the rest of And the more alcohol you drink, your mind More recently, about six years ago, his family their lives,” says DeSimone. gets blurred, gets foggy. If you’re not used to was thrown into grief again when his nephew “The majority who have an addiction prob- it (taking prescription drugs for recreational died during a heroin relapse. lem chose to use in the first place. My nephew At the time, Barr was teaching pharmacy purposes), and Brad wasn’t, you can die, and “My nephew had an anxiety disorder, he initially chose to use, it was recreational. But at Creighton, owned a community pharmacy even if you are, you can die.” had depression, he had bipolar disorder. The these drugs are powerful. The newer drugs are and a medical supply business, and had been DeSimone’s history with substance abuse, drugs of abuse took away the pain, the effects even more powerful. serving in leadership roles for multiple phar- on the other hand, stretches back for his of all these psychiatric disorders,” DeSimone “Once you cross that line into addiction, macy and community organizations — local, entire life. says. “And the drugs that were used to treat the you’ve got a different situation. A door behind state and national. “I’m an adult child of an alcoholic,” says psychological problems made him feel worse. you closes, as these drugs change your brain He was attending a meeting for one of those DeSimone, whose father died at 49. “In my lec- “He’d call me all the time. He’d say, ‘They put chemistry. Would that line vary from person organizations on Brad’s last night. The meeting ture ‘Adult Children of Addicts,’ I talk about how me on seven different drugs,’ and I’d say, ‘Don’t to person? Yes. This is a disease of stress, envi- ended early and he got home in time to talk to my father was in World War II and, in retro- stop taking them,’ but he would say, ‘I already ronment, genetics — it is not a simple disease.” his son, who had stopped over to see Mom and spect, if he were alive today, I think they would did.’ He would go back to using heroin because Coalition Rx, a nonprofit community Dad before going out with friends. “He visited say he had PTSD. He drank heavily all the time. heroin made him feel better.” advocacy organization of which DeSimone is with my wife and then he waited for me to come “He actually had, around the time I was His nephew started using heroin at 16 and president and chairman, recently produced a home from my board meeting. I got to see him born, three-quarters of his stomach removed eight years later it killed him, even though he video for the Nebraska Regional Poison Center

Tom Murray, PhD, professor of Amy Pick, PharmD, associate without a prescription, and Pick says related disorders. She co-edited 17th Annual Pain Management Sam Augustine, PharmD, She says several MPH students A CAMPUS-WIDE pharmacology in the School of professor of pharmacy practice, other states have similar legislation. Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain: Conference in March. The professor of pharmacy practice, is a have chosen to address the opioid APPROACH Medicine and Creighton’s provost, addresses the growing need for History, Policy and Treatment, soon to conference for regional health care member of the Attorney General’s epidemic as part of their practicum is doing research on developing opioid education among health Assistant professor Kelly Dineen, be published by Oxford University providers addressed issues related to Opioid Coalition, which is working experiences. They are analyzing data Other Creighton University pain relievers with less abuse professionals. She speaks on pain JD, PhD, director of the Health Press, and authored chapters in that opioid prescribing and abuse. to address opioid problems in on the impact of opioids, creating potential, with funding from the management, including the role Law Program in the School of Law, volume. Nebraska. programs to help families cope faculty members from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) of opioids in the management of says opioids sit at the intersection Kandis McCafferty, PhD, assistant with a loved one who is suffering or variety of disciplines are and Department of Defense. His acute and chronic pain. “Many of health care, law, ethics and The Creighton University Health professor of nursing, is collaborating Kate Nolt, MPH, PhD, assistant has died from misuse, and helping addressing the opioid crisis molecular pharmacology laboratory, health professionals receive limited public policy. She brings 11 years of Sciences Continuing Education with pharmacy faculty on a health professor and coordinator of the implement community and school through research, education with the help of research technician education on opioids,” she says. experience as a nurse to the health Consortium, composed of the professional literature search to Master’s in Public Health (MPH) prevention programs. and outreach. They include: Bridget Sefranek, is studying opioid “Pharmacists can play a key role law classroom and has authored Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, identify the need and subsequent practicum program, has been receptors in the brain with the goal in providing this education.” In multiple law review articles about Pharmacy and Health Professions, preventive measures to combat the involved in this issue for 15 years, of developing analgesic pain relievers Nebraska, pharmacists can dispense the crisis and the implications for the College of Nursing and clinical crisis from the ground up. specializing in prevention and that are safer to use. naloxone, the opioid reversal agent, patients with pain, addiction and partner CHI Health, hosted its treatment among youth and adults.

28 Creighton SPRING 2018 29 “ There’s a subgroup UNIQUE CLINIC of people who BATTLES ADDICTION Steve Cummings, PharmD, BSPha’85, sees get legitimate opioid and other addiction problems close up almost every day. prescriptions As the pharmacy manager at KentuckyOne Health’s Our Lady of Peace in Louisville, for legitimate responders and law enforcement officials to to an opioid first too often,” Greenwood says. Kentucky, Cummings founded the nation’s administer naloxone, a potentially lifesaving When Stein, a firefighter paramedic with first retail pharmacist-operated long-acting problems in medication, to patients who are suspected to the Council Bluffs Fire Department in Council injection (LAI) clinic at a behavioral health have overdosed. Previously, naloxone could Bluffs, Iowa, first started his career in southeast center about a year ago. terms of pain who only be administered by EMS personnel and Los Angeles, an uptick in opioid overdoses was “The bulk of the people we see have failed paramedics with advanced training. usually associated with “a bad batch of heroin other treatment become addicted to Miller points out that emergency responders making its way through the community.” methods such can be at risk in opioid overdose situations. But, he says, “These days, it seems opioid as methadone,” these drugs. Once “Due to the potent nature of synthetic opioids, emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. It Cummings says. emergency personnel must be very cautious can be the working professionals, the young Naltrexone the addiction sets when responding to scenes where a patient athletes, grandparents or stay-at-home moms. (Vivitrol), administered suddenly becomes drowsy or unresponsive,” Opioids don’t discriminate. Every demographic at the LAI clinic by in, they have the Miller says. “Airborne powders may be inhaled, is at risk, and this has really become a challenge a pharmacist, is a and powders and solutions may be absorbed for emergency responders.” nonaddictive monthly addiction the rest through the skin, causing the same effects of The opioid crisis in the U.S. didn’t happen LAI medication that blocks the euphoria users an opioid overdose in EMS personnel.” overnight, and there are no quick solutions. experience from opioids and alcohol. of their lives.” Creighton alumni are at the forefront of “People need to realize it’s probably going The clinic sees about 40 people a

the battle as well, including pharmacist Bob to take as long in this society to get rid of this month who are fighting prescription and EDWARD DE SIMONE, PH D Greenwood, BSPha’77, and firefighter paramedic problem as it did to form it, so we’re talking nonprescription opioid and alcohol addiction. Professor of Pharmacy Sciences Dan Stein, BSEMS’12, MSEMS’16, who has years,” says Barr. “The biggest piece that will The recommended length of treatment is two degrees from Creighton in emergency pay dividends decades from now is the preven- about one year. DAVE WEAVER DAVE medical services. tion piece.” “The behavioral health component is also Greenwood, who owns pharmacies in DeSimone, obviously, agrees with his friend. key,” Cummings says. “We do not recommend Waterloo, Iowa, has been involved at the He adds that revised CDC guidelines on pain doing it without behavioral health therapy, community, state and national levels as past management, which came out in mid-2016, including a support group.” president of both the National Community should help. “That’s one area we should be able The LAI clinic is made possible through Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and Iowa to control, educating our health professionals, a Kentucky law that allows pharmacists to that featured several parents of young people research about substance abuse. doing their part to combat the opioid crisis. Pharmacy Association (IPA), and says the role particularly physicians. There are subset guide- administer medications “in the course of who had died from overdoses. Barr was one of “I found all the talks I gave here and all The Creighton campus comes at the issue from of community pharmacists in combatting opi- lines for acute pain and chronic pain. How do dispensing or maintaining a prescription those in the video. around the country about addiction were multiple angles — medicine, nursing, pharmacy, oid abuse is multifaceted. He says the IPA has you treat each of those? How do you treat peo- drug order.” “The biggest users of drugs are the young basically wrong in their approach. I found that public health, law and emergency medical ser- sponsored education programs for prescrib- ple who have had a previous addiction prob- “Twenty-eight states allow pharmacists to people,” DeSimone says. “According to SAMHSA if you tell young, developing minds something vices, for starters. (See article on Page 28.) ers, nurses, substance abuse agencies, mental lem who are in pain? How do you treat people administer certain medications,” Cummings (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services will be addictive, they want to disprove it. The Emergency medical services (EMS) person- health professionals and law enforcement. who had an addiction problem to these kinds says. “This gives pharmacists a new practice Administration), it’s the 18- to 25-year-old psyche of mankind is, ‘It will never happen to nel are on the front line, often the first health He notes that the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, of drugs?” model for behavioral health care.” age group where you see the highest levels of me; I can do all this and it won’t hurt me.’ Their care providers to begin treatment for a patient which is responsible for regulating the prac- For Barr, the loss of his son caused personal Regarding the opioid epidemic, Cummings drug use. That’s why I’m big on education and brains haven’t matured completely.” with an opioid overdose. tice of pharmacy and the legal distribution and changes in his life in addition to professional is cautiously optimistic. “I think ultimately prevention — we need to get them to think about So his focus changed to initiating prevention “Education for EMS personnel has always dispensing of prescription drugs throughout ones. He resigned from several of his leadership we will get this under control, but it will what they’re doing before they start to do it. strategies for parents to use with children as included recognition and treatment of patients the state, is promoting utilization of a national roles, sold his pharmacy and became a lay min- require new therapies by the pharmaceutical “The dads in the video all basically said the young as 3 years old. He uses information and with opioid overdose,” says Michael Miller, EdD, database to monitor the prescribing of con- ister and a hospital chaplain. industry that achieve what we want in surgical same thing — their sons were just going along an approach from the Search Institute, which program director and assistant professor of EMS trolled substances. He says the Iowa Board and “I definitely feel God working in my life,” procedures with less addictive potential. with everyone else, they didn’t even think it was emphasizes talking to children and youth early education. “But as a result of the CDC labeling the IPA also encourage take-back programs in Barr says. “I tell students what’s really import- “We will also need objective testing for dangerous. Especially with prescription drugs and often about all risk behaviors and good the crisis an epidemic in 2012, EMS educators Iowa pharmacies for all medications, controlled ant in life, after God and spirituality, has got to pain, just like we have for blood pressure, made by legitimate pharmaceutical companies, behaviors, among other topics. emphasize the need for EMTs and paramedics to and noncontrolled. be your family. Your profession has got to come diabetes, cholesterol. I don’t think this will be with prescriptions written by physicians and “Let’s talk about the broader spectrum of have a heightened suspicion for opioid overdose A key factor, Greenwood says, is changing third. Do I feel that if I had spent less time in solved in my lifetime,” says the 57-year-old medication dispensed by pharmacists, they risk behaviors and how you can create resiliency as part of their training.” prescribers’ habits to writing controlled sub- professional organizations my son would still Cummings. “But I think we will have steps to think they (the drugs) can’t be bad.” in your sons and daughters.” Miller says it’s a positive in Nebraska that stance prescriptions for small quantities and be alive? No, I don’t feel that. But I would love to minimize addiction.” Barr says after his son died, and some time DeSimone and Barr are joined by many LB390, Expanded Use of Naloxone, allows trying nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs look back now on a lot more memories … there had passed, he decided he needed to do more others in the Creighton community who are family members, friends, authorized emergency (NSAIDs) as a first line. “I believe prescribers go are a lot of memories I don’t have.”

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Serving Caring for Pursuing Building h u m a n i t y. our planet. partnerships. community.

Making new Seeking Expanding discoveries. justice. in Phoenix.

reighton University is a world-class Creighton is not a place that stands still. academic institution recognized for Leveraging our comprehensiveness and com- Our plan focuses on three key excellence in teaching, learning and plexity, we are pushing boundaries, engaging themes — each closely aligned with research, and enriched by a more than the world, advancing new knowledge and our mission and impelling us 450-year tradition of Jesuit, Catholic leading the way in seeking creative solutions to dramatic, thoughtful action. education. to some of society’s most challenging issues. With our depth and breadth in the liberal This plan represents our shared future and C Achieving Academic Excellence arts, distinctiveness in the health sciences, pre- a significant undertaking to do the important Thriving in Our Mission eminence in law and real-world innovation in work that will advance Creighton to unprece- LIGHTING Engaging the World Creighton University’s strategic plan business, Creighton is eminently poised to cap- dented heights. italize on compelling opportunities to signifi- This is our time. This is our opportunity. illuminates a bold vision that strengthens cantly advance our premier standing locally, This is our chance to light the way — now nationally and globally. Creighton University graduates not only find and into the future. our core mission and passionately pursues We stand on the edge of our tomorrow, open success in their careers and professions, but opportunities for distinction to incredible new possibilities. they are an informed voice for justice on sig- OUR PROGRESS A dynamic vision guides our path, in the nificant moral issues facing our communities, Creighton University’s strategic plan — the form of The Creighton 150 Strategic Plan: nation and world. result of more than two years of in-depth, THE Lighting the Way. This ambitious plan, devel- Our students, faculty, staff and alumni comprehensive planning — was approved by oped with input from the entire Creighton com- bring critical analysis and thoughtful discus- the Board of Trustees this past November, and munity, focuses on three key themes — each sion to complex societal issues, and put bold has now entered the implementation phase. closely aligned with our mission and impelling leadership into action for the benefit of all Exciting advances are happening now — and us to dramatic, thoughtful action. of humanity. will continue to unfold into the future — as This plan is inspired and motivated by our This is our passion. This is the Creighton teams of campus representatives from across outstanding students. They are ambitious, difference. the University work diligently to put the plan academically talented, diverse and service- It invites a joyful hope for the future, as we into action. This is a snapshot, a high-level over- WAY oriented — striving always to make their mark confidently explore ways to enhance the stu- view, of our guiding plan and our first steps to on the world. Creighton’s future aligns with dent experience and place our mission at the bring it to successful fruition. their future. forefront in all that we do.

32 Creighton SPRING 2018 33 ACHIEVING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

This theme focuses on furthering our The goals: foundational mission throughout our LIVING OUR MISSION comprehensive undergraduate, graduate and This includes an emphasis on formation and professional programs. It extends into our THRIVING culture for members of the campus commu- interdisciplinary and interprofessional learning, nity; pursuit of recognition regionally, nation- ally and globally as a significant voice on research activities and service experiences. Catholic Social Teaching; increased efforts in IN OUR sustainability and caring for the environment; and developing rich and mutually supportive INTERPROFESSIONAL programs with our north and south Omaha EDUCATION AND CREIGHTON neighbors. COLLABORATIVE CARE MISSION DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION The future of health care is collaborative, and Creighton is at the vanguard of this new Creighton took a major step forward with approach. We will continue to offer our health This theme focuses on igniting the hiring of our inaugural vice provost for sciences students opportunities for inter- a passion for our Jesuit, Catholic Institutional Diversity and Inclusion. This professional education and practice in the goal also includes campus climate surveys clinical setting. tradition on campus and within the to help plot a course for future diversity and wider community locally, regionally, inclusion plans; development of a diversity- ACADEMIC HEALTH nationally and globally. related curriculum; reflection of diversity SYSTEM EXCELLENCE “ We are advancing and inclusion in our research endeavors; and The goals: Through collaboration with our clinical part- recruitment and retention of an increasingly ners in the region, including our primary clini- academic innovation diverse faculty, staff and student body. LEADING WITH cal partner, CHI Health, Creighton has expanded in the way we teach THE LIBERAL ARTS clinical training opportunities for its health This includes creation of the Kingfisher sciences students, residents and fellows. With our students, conduct Institute for Liberal Arts and Professions; inno- our two-campus academic health system fully “ Our Jesuit, Catholic mission is vative approaches and investments in faculty, operational, Creighton is poised to build upon research and care for academic programs and facilities to support that success and momentum. central to who we are as a University patients. Leading is a methods and techniques in research and teach- community. And we aspire to live that ing; renovations to the Rigge Science Building; Creighton tradition.” and bolstered efforts to share Creighton’s story mission to the fullest.” as a global leader in the liberal arts. THOMAS MURRAY, PH D Provost EILEEN BURKE-SULLIVAN, STD, MCHRS P ’84 Vice Provost for Mission and Ministry and Barbara Reardon Heaney Endowed Chair in Pastoral Liturgical Theology

34 Creighton SPRING 2018 35 “ There is an unprecedented urgency for capacity BUILDING ON A building around the world. We must educate graduates FIRM FOUNDATION While Creighton’s strategic plan with global sustainability competencies to address the focuses on the future, data from challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.” three annual surveys by Creighton and Gallup show that, compared to RENÉ PADILLA, PH D other college graduates, Creighton Vice Provost for Global Engagement alumni are more likely to report being engaged in their careers and living meaningful lives.

THE LATEST DATA, FROM A 2016 SURVEY OF RECENT ALUMNI (DEGREES ATTAINED BETWEEN The goals: 2006 AND 2016), FOUND: ENGAGING ARIZONA HEALTH EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI ALLIANCE AND HEALTH A NEW ERA OF OPPORTUNITY 50% are engaged and SCIENCES CAMPUS VISION thriving in their communities Creighton University has an opportunity to (37% nationally) significantly impact health care and health AND PROMISE THE WORLD sciences education in the U.S. Southwest 86% agree they had a professor hrough this plan, Creighton University is preparing for through its expanding partnership in Phoenix, an exciting new era of opportunity and promise, one that who cared about them Creighton will expand its partnerships with organizations, designed to improve and expand Creighton’s combines our tradition for educational excellence and (65% nationally) Graduate Medical Education programs and nonprofits, civic and government agencies, and corporations, distinctive Jesuit, Catholic mission with a bold vision 43% are engaged at work develop new training programs across the with a particular focus on health care, global engagement, for the future. (35% nationally) health sciences. and professional and corporate development. The late Jesuit Superior General the Very Rev. Peter- Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, in a 2000 speech, described Jesuit More than twice as many GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS colleges and universities as “highly sophisticated Creighton alumni go on to pursue Creighton will embrace the distinctive Jesuit institutions of learning” ... “larger, better equipped, more post-graduate education focus on global learning that takes place not complex and professional than ever before.” Indeed, that (44% vs. 21% nationally) only “in” the world, but also “for” it, providing is even more true today. In this, we have an obligation students the education, ethical perspectives to our students to prepare them well for professional success in an and experiences needed to create a more just GRADUATE AND increasingly globalized and interconnected world. PROFESSIONAL ALUMNI and sustainable world. Planned efforts include T In our Jesuit, Catholic tradition, however, we also owe them 85% work full time for an employer an Institute for Global Studies as a hub for something more. scholarship and research on pressing global Fr. Kolvenbach put it succinctly: “What our students want — and 48% are engaged and thriving issues, and a Global Eco-Village to engage deserve — includes but transcends this ‘worldly success’ based on in their communities diversity and seek solutions to local and global marketable skills. The real measure of our Jesuit universities lies in who (44% nationally) challenges and injustices. our students become.” 80% agree their professors cared Indeed, we are preparing the types of graduates that the world about them as a person PROFESSIONAL AND desperately needs — problem-solvers, critical thinkers, ethical leaders, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS and skilled professionals who courageously tackle the Collaborating among disciplines and pro- complex issues facing society. WHAT DO THESE fessions, Creighton will create opportunities The Creighton 150 Strategic Plan: Lighting the Way Read more about NUMBERS MEAN? tailored to each partner’s distinct profes- outlines a course to advance that vision. Let us dream the strategic plan at A Gallup representative says sional circumstance, consistent with our mis- big … push boundaries … think creatively. The hope-filled it’s about more than just career sion, through the Center for Corporate and flame of opportunity burns bright. creighton.edu/strategic- success. Professional Excellence. The center will provide I invite you to join us on this historic journey. The real plan/summary an inviting, accessible place for our partners, measure of our success lies in who we will become. “Creighton graduates are leading and streamline and expedite University pro- other college graduates in living cesses for identifying potential partners, form- great lives,” says Valerie Calderon, ing new relationships, establishing incentives Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ PhD, senior education research and executing planned programs. President consultant at Gallup.

36 Creighton SPRING 2018 37 Conan

Two brothers, both Creighton graduates, share a common Trevor bond as Jesuits

BY Amanda Brandt, BA’14

On the day he left for Minnesota to begin his Jesuit training, Trevor hugged his sister, Ellecia Rainwater, BA’13, MD’17, younger brother, Conan, and mom, before approaching his dad last. “He said, ‘I’m really proud of you,’” Trevor recalls. “It meant a lot, coming from my dad, who I highly admire. I think it’s natural to have apprehension ... but finally getting his approval was nice.”

CONAN’S STORY GROWING UP IN BISMARCK, Conan, 25, says he was close with his siblings. The two boys shared a bedroom and spent hours together outside, From Bluejays to SJs sledding and swimming. So when Conan first learned of his older brother’s plans, he was surprised. “I was taken aback,” says Conan, who was a senior in high school at the time. Brothers Trevor Rainwater, SJ, BA’10, and TREVOR’S STORY a change of heart: Rather than attend medical He joined a discernment group for those Conan says he viewed priests as ultra-holy, Conan Rainwater, SJ, BA’15, have a lot in WHEN TREVOR, 30, the eldest Rainwater child, school the next year, he was going to join the considering a religious vocation. But the “tip- larger-than-life, unapproachable figures. common. From shared childhood bedrooms graduated from high school, he decided to Society of Jesus. ping point” for his decision, he says, was a “I put priests on a pedestal. I couldn’t imag- and family vacations to a Creighton education, attend Creighton University because of his “It didn’t go over so well at first,” Trevor says retreat he took his senior year. His experiences ine myself like that,” Conan says. “That was for strong Catholic faith and Creighton’s medical of telling his family, who were unfamiliar with on that retreat, Trevor says, provided reassur- ‘other guys.’ (But with Trevor), that whole pillar the siblings have always been close. school, which fit in nicely with his plan to the Jesuits. ance from God. came crumbling down. I realized that people But they also share something more become a physician. Trevor says he first began pondering “It’s hard to talk about it with friends and who enter religious life are ordinary people. uncommon: a religious vocation. Both are Plus, Omaha is just a (relatively) short eight- religious life as early as 2008, during his family,” Trevor says. “They say, ‘You’re going to That put it close to home.” training and studying to become priests as hour drive from his hometown of Bismarck, sophomore year at Creighton. He remembers do what?’ It’s so countercultural.” Like his older siblings, Conan attended spiritual “brothers” in the Society of Jesus, North Dakota. a particular advanced biology class. That day’s After graduating from Creighton in 2010 Creighton after high school. He, too, intended Trevor’s dreams of becoming a physician fit lesson was on the Krebs cycle, a sequence and before entering the novitiate, Trevor lived to become a physician. or Jesuits — the largest male religious order in well with his family’s background, too. His of chemical reactions involved in cellular at home with his family in North Dakota. But during his sophomore year, Conan began in the Catholic Church, which, among other father, Leslie, is a urologist, and his mother, respiration. At the same time, he was in a “We didn’t know anything about the Jesuit to feel called to do more. He changed courses apostolates, oversees 28 universities and Linda, a nurse. theology course about the mystery of God and community until Trevor started,” says their and studied theology, music and biology. colleges in the U.S., including Creighton He studied health sciences and theology and human suffering. mother. At the suggestion of a classmate, Conan University. took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), “I decided I would rather wrestle with those North Dakota is one of the few states began attending the same discernment group a standardized exam required for applying questions (the Godly ones) than worry about the that has no Jesuit presence at all, and that Trevor had participated in, led by the late Rev. Having taken the path from Bluejays to SJs, to medical schools. But in the middle of his Krebs cycle,” Trevor says. “I applaud scientists, lack of familiarity led to some apprehension Richard Hauser, SJ, who died on April 3. the Rainwater brothers are closer than ever. senior year, Trevor told his family that he had but that wasn’t my cup of tea.” in the family. As graduation neared, Conan struggled with

38 Creighton SPRING 2018 39 The Rev. Richard Hauser, SJ, visits with Conan and his grandparents, John and Shirley Chapin, at Conan’s vow Mass in 2017. parents,” Fr. Hauser said. “Not only are we united within the religious occasionally travel back to North Dakota. The group’s conversations are confidential order or the Jesuits, we shared a life together Conan still asks his older brother for advice, and there’s no pressure to join. It’s merely a growing up in the same house. It’s very special both about the Jesuits and life, and looks up to chance for participants to explore within in that regard,” says Conan. him as a role model. theirhearts. Adds Trevor: “You have to go where God is “I think my brother is a good Jesuit because The group meets every other week in the “What makes this group work is that calling you. It is tough sometimes when you’re he goes out of his way to make sure people in the Ignatius House Jesuit Residence, located off the we’ve got guys who are seeking God’s will in the only one. When you have company, it makes community, especially those who might be new Jesuit Gardens. Fr. Hauser would light a fire in their life,” he said. “They are highly spiritual it a lot easier.” and adjusting, are taken care of,” Conan says. the fireplace and wait for a handful of young human beings in the first place.” “And, he’s a good mentor. He understands the men to enter the room and share what’s been WHAT’S NEXT? balance between knowing when to give advice going on in their lives. BANDS OF BROTHERS TREVOR, WHO EARNED a master’s degree in and when to listen and be a companion who Fr. Hauser began hosting the group for FEWER THAN 2 PERCENT of the current Jesuits in philosophy from Saint Louis University in walks with someone in their discernment, Creighton students in 1975, when he became the U.S. also have a brother in the order. 2015, is currently in the regency portion of his struggle, hardship or joy.” aware of individuals who were wading through Of the 2,150 Jesuits in the five U.S. provinces, Jesuit formation. He teaches Old Testament And Trevor, for his part, sees unlimited the tricky discernment process alone. there are 17 sets of siblings, in which both are theology to freshmen at Detroit University High potential in Conan to become a great Jesuit “It’s a very challenging path for a young still alive, according to data from the Society School. He always has been captivated by the priest. Creighton student to take,” Fr. Hauser said in of Jesus. liturgy and sacraments, and looks forward to “He’s a little more flexible and free-flowing an interview a few months before his death. There is one set of identical twins among U.S. celebrating Mass as a priest. with things,” Trevor says of Conan. “In the “He usually won’t get affirmation from his Jesuits — Creighton University President the Conan is in his first year of philosophy Society of Jesus, those are really good traits peers, who are mostly all preprofessional.” Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, and his brother, studies at Loyola Chicago. As for his future, in to have.” Fr. Hauser, a Milwaukee native, came to the Rev. D. Scott Hendrickson, SJ, who teaches addition to the steps and formation required And, like all members of the Society of Jesus, Creighton as an instructor in 1972 and became at Loyola University Chicago. for Jesuits, Conan can see himself working at the siblings are linked by their faith and trust a theology professor after earning his doctor- Conan and Trevor both say the unique bond a retreat center, performing missionary work in God. DON DOLL, SJ ate from the Catholic University of America they have as biological brothers and brothers in other countries or teaching. “We all share that common thread of being in 1973. in Christ has brought them closer than ever. The brothers keep in touch regularly and under the banner of Christ,” Trevor says. There are currently 24 living Jesuits who joined the society after graduating with an “ I put priests on a pedestal. I couldn’t imagine myself like undergraduate degree from Creighton. In that. That was for ‘other guys.’ (But with Trevor), that the last 15 years, Creighton has produced 11 Jesuits, the majority of whom participated in their formation. They engage in a variety of whole pillar came crumbling down. I realized that people Fr. Hauser’s discernment group. THEOLOGY “experiments,” working in Jesuit ministries and In 2014, Fr. Hauser retired from teaching JESUIT FORMATION After regency, Jesuit scholastics study who enter religious life are ordinary people. That put it performing service, and complete the 30-day theology full time and served as the assistant Becoming a Jesuit priest or brother is theology at the graduate level, usually for three Spiritual Exercises, a silent retreat created by close to home.” to the University President for Mission. years. After completing these studies, they are a long, thoughtful process. It can take St. Ignatius of Loyola. At the end of the two-year The group, he said, is a judgement-free ordained to the priesthood, marking the end CONAN RAINWATER, SJ, BA’15 period, the novices pronounce perpetual vows of zone, where members share thoughts, feelings anywhere from eight to 13 years, and of around a decade of studies and preparation. poverty, chastity and obedience. and opinions. involves a 30-day silent retreat, years Jesuit brothers may study theology for a shorter Fr. Hauser, who decided to “try out” the STUDIES amount of time, and then enter ministry or go on of study, and service to the poor and to receive another advanced degree. his next steps. Between finalizing school, nav- “(With our parents), my brother broke the Jesuits after making a retreat his senior year Following the novitiate, they move into igating a relationship, and deciding whether ice,” Conan says. of high school, said the path to the priesthood marginalized. academic work as a brother or a scholastic TERTIANSHIP to perform post-graduate volunteer service by Linda says that she and her husband have was less complicated in the past. (a person preparing for the priesthood). They Several years after ordination, Jesuits revisit spending a year abroad, he was confused. So enjoyed learning about the Jesuits and seeing “It was 10 times easier back then because NOVITIATE study philosophy at a Jesuit university, either the foundational documents of the Society of completing a bachelor’s degree or working on he called on Trevor for advice. the various opportunities and experiences the culture supported it,” Fr. Hauser said. “It The journey begins in late August in the Jesus and make the 30-day Spiritual Exercises an advanced degree. This stage usually takes “He didn’t tell me what to do; he listened,” Trevor and Conan have had. was a feather in a Catholic family’s hat to have U.S., in a rite of passage known as Entrance retreat again. They also participate in an three years. Conan says. “It was very mature of him. He said “(It was a) different path, but that’s what a child who was a priest or a nun.” Day, when new recruits — known as novices approximately nine-month program of additional he would be supportive either way. Looking they’ve chosen,” Linda says. “I think they will And while only a small percentage of the — arrive at novitiates in California, New York, REGENCY spiritual training. back, that’s exactly what I needed.” be good in anything they do.” men participating in the discernment group Louisiana or Minnesota. At this time, they are During the regency period, which typically Only after completing tertianship can a Conan finally decided, like his brother, to end up entering the order, Fr. Hauser would already considered Jesuits. At the novitiates, lasts three years, they work full time in a Jesuit Jesuit brother or priest be eligible to be called enter the Society of Jesus. And, when it came THE PATH TO DISCERNMENT guide those who did through one of the hardest they learn more about the Society of Jesus, live in ministry and live in a community of Jesuits. Many by the Superior General of the Society of Jesus time to tell his family of the decision to pursue a BOTH BROTHERS CREDIT Fr. Hauser’s discernment parts: telling their parents. community and pray. They meet regularly with a teach at Jesuit high schools or universities, and to profess final vows, where they reaffirm their religious vocation, Conan says they were happy group as one of the primary factors leading “One of the biggest barriers (to joining novice director and companion Jesuit, known as a learn to balance full-time apostolic work with a life commitments, made as novices, to poverty, for him. them to their vocation. a religious vocation) is trying to please your Socius (Latin for “comrade” or “ally”), who guides of prayer and community living. chastity and obedience.

Source: beajesuit.org, the Society of Jesus in Canada and the United States

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Dr. Daniel A. Dervin, BS, at the Lincoln campus. Mathiasen was appointed chief operating Long-Action Injection Clinic 59 Fredericksburg, Virginia, has held positions in student officer of Schmitt Music Company Manager at Our Lady of Peace, published the book The Digital affairs, program administration in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. a part of KentuckyOne Health, a DAVE WEAVER DAVE Child: The Evolution of Inwardness and recruitment. He currently is He has served as Schmitt Music’s private, not-for-profit psychiatric IMPACT in the Histories of Childhood. the distance education program chief financial officer for 15 years. hospital in Louisville. specialist with the UNL Office of Christopher J. Thompson, BA, St. Robert J. Church, DDS, Kim Erftmeir Gregory, Graduate Studies. Paul, Minnesota, published The Wilton, California, was the BSMth, Olathe, Kansas, 65 Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward 86 & Justice Trips. In addition to Wheeling, she’s 2017 recipient of the Railway & Daniel E. Monnat, JD, is a campaign manager at the a Green Thomism. He is associate Eyes Wide Open to Service traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas; Denver; and Locomotive Historical Society’s Wichita, Kansas, of Monnat Steier Group in Omaha. Paul F. 76 professor of moral theology at Tuba City, Arizona. Each trip brought its own (R&LHS) Gerald M. Best Senior & Spurrier, Chartered, earned a Millus, BA’83, JD, Floral Park, the Saint Paul Seminary School Achievement Award for significant ranking on Super Lawyers elite New York, a member of Meyer, set of challenges and eye-opening experiences. of Divinity. Steven D. Wingert, Scholarship recipient seeks a career and long-standing contributions “Top 100” lawyers in Kansas Suozzi, English and Klein, P.C., Marasco’s trip to Denver was particularly BA, Orlando, Florida, is the chief to the writing, preservation and and Missouri — his 12th time to was again named to the New York in health care to help those on the margins poignant. There, she saw young adults — her operating officer at Lowndes, interpretation of railroad history. achieve this distinction. Monnat Super Lawyers list as one of the Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, own age — who were homeless. Working with Church is a railroad historian, also co-authored an article top attorneys in the New York P.A., a law firm in Orlando. It was in the foothills of the With plans to attend medical school, a program that helps Denver’s homeless youth, author, publisher and longtime on appellate advocacy in The metropolitan area for 2017. Cindy Appalachian Mountains in Marasco is studying biology at Creighton, with she and other volunteers took a walking tour of chairman of the Pacific Coast Champion, a monthly publication Tracy C. Neighbors, Klein Weil, BA, San Francisco, is a minor in behavioral and cognitive neuropsy- downtown Denver, seeing, among other things, Chapter (PCC) of the R&LHS. The of the National Association of 85 BSBA’82, JD, Sammamish, the founder of enactivist.org and Wheeling, West Virginia, where chology. She also is a recipient of the Fr. Richard hotspots for shooting up heroin. PCC chapter saved and donated Criminal Defense Lawyers. The Washington, has retired from the Immigrant Yarn Project — a senior MONICA MARASCO first D. McGloin, SJ, Scholarship. “It really put me in their shoes, as a 20-year- 40 pieces of historic railroad article, “From Cover to Content: Microsoft Corporation after massive scale public art project locomotives and cars that became Ten 21st Century Tips for Effective 28 years, the last 15 of which honoring immigrants and their “I’m really grateful to have this scholarship old college student, to see what it was like opened her eyes to see those the core of the displays in the Appellate Briefing,” is a fresh look he served as international descendants. living on the margins. because it allows me to focus on how I want to being a homeless youth on the Denver streets,” California State Railroad Museum at the most effective way to write tax counsel. As international Hon. Cheryl L. Mason, JD, grow academically,” Marasco says. Marasco says. “It made me realize that I want in Sacramento. He has been editor and present appellate briefs. tax counsel, Neighbors was Fairfax, Virginia, was Marasco, an Omaha native, traveled to West Before starting medical school, she plans to go into medicine to help people be the of Western Railroader, the PCC’s responsible for all international 89 Hon. Wadie Thomas Jr., confirmed in November 2017 as Virginia in spring 2016 with a Service & Justice to spend a year with a service organization. best person they can be. And that all starts quarterly magazine, for seven tax matters in the approximately JD, Omaha, retired in chairman of the Board of Veterans’ years. 80 120 countries in which Microsoft Trip through the Schlegel Center for Service Although she has not chosen an agency yet, with health.” January 2018 from the Separate Appeals, Department of Veterans operates. Dr. Steven E. Cummings, and Justice (SCSJ). she hopes to return to West Virginia’s coal- She plans to study family medicine, so that Matt Reres, BA’64, JD, Juvenile Court for Douglas County, Affairs, following her nomination BSPha, Louisville, Kentucky, “Not everybody has access to health care,” mining country. she’ll be well versed in all areas of health care, Lake Mary, Florida, was Nebraska. Thomas took his place by President Donald Trump. 67 was a speaker at the American honored by the Nebraska State Bar on the bench in 1995. He also was Mason is the first woman and Marasco says, adding that “health care” goes “I really want to go back to Wheeling and and future interests include working in rural Pharmacists Association (APhA) Association (NSBA) for 50 years of the recipient of the 2018 Judge the first military spouse to serve beyond doctor or hospital visits to having learn more about environmental issues and areas to help those who lack basic health care. Annual Meeting and Exposition in membership under the NSBA. Elizabeth D. Pittman Award as chairman. She will lead the enough money to put healthy — or regularly how those issues affect the population in terms “I love service and justice, and I love March 2018. Cummings and other presented by Creighton’s Black Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which Dr. Robert E. Mathiasen, pharmacy professionals presented scheduled — meals on the table. “Health is that of jobs,” Marasco says. being in the presence of those who can teach Law Students Association in the employs more than 950 staff, BA, Lincoln, Nebraska, “PharmTalk: Innovative Strategies central issue to getting people to where they A member of the SCSJ Service & Justice Trips me so much about social justice issues.” 74 School of Law in February 2018. including veterans law judges, was recognized for his 35 years in Supporting Safe Opioid Use and need to be.” Core Team, Marasco has been on four Service — BY EMILY RUST attorneys and administrative of service to the University of Robert P.M. Baker, BSBA, Overdose Prevention.” Cummings professionals with the mission Nebraska system, the last 30 years 82 Maple Grove, Minnesota, is the pharmacy manager and

42 Creighton SPRING 2018 43 of holding hearings and issuing of capital and was named 2017 Brian J. Hanson, BS’05, practices in traditional labor Mercy in October 2017 where she educator, best-selling author and appellate decisions to veterans Launch of the Year by Reactions 09 MD, Minneapolis, joined and employment law, working had served as the director of ethics on-air personality. and their families. magazine and 2017 Start-up of the the gastroenterology section of with private and public sector for Mercy (Oklahoma) since 2013. Hailey J. Austin, BA, Dundee, Year by the Intelligent Insurer. the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs employers on a wide range of Also in October, Homan joined the Kevin S. McMurray, JD, Scotland, received her Master Medical Center and was appointed labor and employment issues. She faculty at the Center for Bioethics 16 Highland, Utah, was Jodi Reimer Probst, BSBA, of Letters in comics and graphic 90 assistant professor of medicine also authored and contributed to and Medical Humanities in the appointed general counsel of Bellaire, Texas, was named novels from the University of 94 at the University of Minnesota numerous articles regarding labor Institute of Health and Equity at LifeVantage Corporation in Sandy, office managing partner of PwC in Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. She in July 2016. Britton D. Jobe, JD, and employment law, including the Medical College of Wisconsin Utah. Ronald Place, MD, Fort Houston. was awarded the Grant Morrison Springfield, Missouri, a partner at contributions to the National as assistant professor. She serves Belvoir, Virginia, was promoted to Prize in Comics Studies as the Jennifer Backus Friedman, the law firm Neale & Newman, was Public Employer Labor Relations as a pediatric ethicist for the major general in the U.S. Army in highest performing student in the BA, Seattle, was promoted named Springfield, Missouri’s 2017 Association (NPELRA) Legal Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin September 2017. He then assumed 96 class. Austin is currently working to principal product manager at Young Professional of the Year. He Corner and co-authored a chapter and public health and bioethics the position of director of the on her doctorate in comics at the Amazon. She joined Amazon in was honored by the Springfield on freedom of speech in the researcher. National Capital Region Medical University of Dundee. William J. 2012 as a global customer service Area Chamber of Commerce Public Workplace in the Municipal Directorate in Bethesda, Maryland. Jenna H. Bishop, BA, Des Hale, JD, Omaha, has joined the vendor manager. Friedman was COME HOME TO CREIGHTON for his civic involvement in Law Deskbook published by the Place is responsible for all active Moines, Iowa, joined the Goosmann Law Firm in Omaha previously a director of client the community. Jobe also was American Bar Association. 14 duty military, family member and September 13–16, 2018 Ahlers & Cooney law firm in Des and will focus on business and operations at West Corporation named as a “40 Under 40” by retiree health care in the national Classes of 1968, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2008 Hon. Patrick J. McCann, JD, Moines as an associate in the intellectual property law. in Omaha. the Springfield Business Journal. capital region. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, public law practice area, with a Matthew T. Winter, JD, Sibley, Iowa, 11 LeeAnn Holmes Adams, MFA, Estella Salac Davis, PharmD, May 30–June 2, 2019 was appointed magistrate judge focus on economic development Christopher M. Davies, was selected as the pro se law Bellevue, Nebraska, published Omaha, associate professor Classes of 1969, 1979, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2009 for the Third Judicial Circuit of and urban renewal for Iowa’s cities 17 BA, St. Paul, Minnesota, 98 clerk for the U.S. District Court “Predator,” a flash fiction story, in 91 of pharmacy practice at Creighton, South Dakota. and counties. Charles Thomas Jr., recently recorded a single titled Stay up to date on the latest information: for the Northern District of Iowa. January 2018 in Varnish Journal. completed her first Iron Man MS’09, EdD, Herndon, Virginia, “Hollywood.” The song is available creighton.edu/reunionweekend Winter will office in the Sioux City, Dr. Mary E. Homan, MS, “Abdication,” another flash fiction competition in November 2017 presented the Rev. William for purchase on all major online Iowa, courthouse. Wauwatusa, Wisconsin, story, will be published in April in Phoenix. 13 F. Kelley, SJ, Alpha Sigma Nu stores and proceeds go toward the completed her doctorate in 2018 by The Bookend Review. Both Melissa A. Schilling, JD, Endowed Lecture at Creighton in fight against sex trafficking. Joel M. Carney, JD, Omaha, public health at the University of stories were written during her Burlington, Iowa, was elected March 2018. His presentation was Hon. Michael J. Franciosi, JD, joined Goosmann Law Firm 10 Oklahoma Health Sciences Center time in Creighton’s Master of Fine 00 a shareholder of Dickinson, titled “Prose and Poetry: The War Valdez, Alaska, was appointed as managing partner of the Omaha in July 2017. Her dissertation Arts in creative writing program. Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen P.C. Within.” Thomas is a multi-award judge in the Alaska District Court, location. research won the Innovation Abbey Baker Benson, MS, JD, in Des Moines, Iowa. Schilling winning social entrepreneur, Anchorage. Franciosi previously Award in Service Excellence at Omaha, has joined the law firm L. Chris Knauf, BSBA’98, JD, served as Glennallen magistrate Elkhorn, Nebraska, joined judge and superior court master. 01 the Steier Group in Omaha as a Rusty T. Komori II, BA, Honolulu, campaign manager. John A. Sharp, has written the book Beyond BA’98, JD, Omaha, was promoted the Lines: Creating a Leadership to vice president, general counsel Culture to Achieve Extraordinary and secretary of the board at Meet Your Alumni Team Results. Komori is a motivational Assurity Life Insurance Company speaker, leadership consultant and The Creighton University Office of Alumni Relations and Donor Engagement hosts various programs in Lincoln, Nebraska. CONNECT. NETWORK. tennis professional and holds the throughout the year to engage alumni in the life and mission of the University. We are here to serve you. U.S. record for the longest winning Alaina Stedillie Hall, BA, streak in any school sport — 22 04 Casper, Wyoming, was consecutive state championships elevated to the position of share- GIVE BACK. captured by his tennis teams at holder at the law firm Welborn Punahou School in Honolulu. Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C. Kathryn M. Magli, JD, Elkhorn, Hon. John J. “Jerry” Kane, Nebraska, joined Mutual of Omaha Diane Glow Stormberg, Lanark, Illinois, was 92 JD, as assistant general counsel. Prior BSN’80, was recently named associate judge for the to Mutual, Magli was assistant 15th Judicial District of Illinois in appointed assistant vice vice president and senior counsel September 2017. president for Alumni with Lincoln Financial, and Jeff Zelda, BSBA’92, MBA’93, Sarah Lukas, BA’02, MA’08 Kate Glow, BA’08 Jim Sullivan, BSBA’08 Lauren Weirauch, BA’10, MS’16 Peg A. Gilbert, MS, Grand prior to that, a partner at Kutak Relations and Donor JD’00 Director Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Operations and Events Regional and Recent Regional and Recent Regional and Recent Island, Nebraska, was the Rock. Mark A. Mendenhall, JD, Senior Director 93 Engagement. In this role, [email protected] [email protected] Alumni Engagement Alumni Engagement Alumni Engagement recipient of the 2017 Nebraska Omaha, was promoted to senior she leads programming [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Infection Control Network vice-president, general counsel School/College Representatives Distinguished Service Award. at Metropolitan Utilities District. and strategies to advance William E. O’Farrell, BSBA’89, JD, Mendenhall previously worked in involvement among Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, the Douglas County (Nebraska) Creighton’s 70,000 alumni is the founder and CEO of Premia Public Defender’s Office. Holdings Ltd., a reinsurance worldwide through volunteer Heather L. Stewart, MD, group focused on reinsuring and Xenia, Ohio, joined Dayton opportunities and philanthropy. Stormberg was acquiring discontinued property 05 Children’s Hospital in Dayton, previously director of Parent and Family Programs and casualty insurance portfolios. Ohio, in September 2017 as the Premia was launched in January at Creighton. medical director of the adolescent 2017 with more than $500 million young adult medicine department. Brigid Bidrowski, BA’91 Nate Driml Martha Lemar, BA’94, JD’11 Sarah Rider, MA’10 Kimberly Zuzenak, BS’96, MS’15 School of Pharmacy and Heider College of Business School of Law School of Medicine College of Arts and Sciences Health Professions School of Dentistry Graduate School [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] College of Nursing [email protected] [email protected]

44 Creighton SPRING 2018 45 Koenig Dunne in Omaha. Bridget C. Bianca C. Mina, BS, St. Xavier, “ I would get up early Carter, BA, Syracuse, New York, is Montana, is serving with the serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest in the morning, do Corps working at L’Arche Syracuse. working at Pretty Eagle Catholic Benjamin C. Deaver, JD, Omaha, Academy in St. Xavier. Elizabeth C. the feeding. Once I has joined Pansing Hogan Ernst Quinones, BSBA, Gresham, Oregon, & Bachman, LLP, in Omaha is serving with the Jesuit Volunteer made the animals as an associate. Deaver will Corps Northwest working at focus his practice in the areas JOIN in Gresham. Behnaz Sarrami, of trusts and estates, wealth PharmD, Chesterfield, Missouri, happy, I would go transfer, tax, charitable planning, published an article about thyroid business planning and nonprofit function and older adults in WAYNE EASTBURN/THE REGISTER-GUARD EASTBURN/THE WAYNE into the house, clean administration. Nicole C. Guetzke, the January 2018 edition of the BSBA, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, St. Louis Health and Wellness up and head to the is the public relations fashion Magazine. Benjamin M. Walker, coordinator at Mall of America BSN, Tacoma, Washington, is hospital for the in Bloomington, Minnesota. serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Mall of America was one of Corps Northwest working at St. operating room.” three main locations that hosted Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Super Bowl LII in 2018. Guetzke Washington. Brent W. Warren, coordinated more than 5,800 JD, Sioux City, Iowa, joined the DON SCHROEDER, BS’60, MD’64 media and celebrities for the 10 Goosman Law Firm as an attorney days leading up to the Super Bowl. in the Sioux City office. Warren Sarah A. Huddleston, BSW, Seattle, will focus his practice on business is serving with the Jesuit Volunteer law, commercial law, contracts, Corps Northwest working at the corporate law, mergers and Downtown Emergency Service acquisitions, and transactional He hired a receptionist for his orthopedic clinic, Center in Seattle. Amanda N. law. Nicholas J. Wilsdorf, BA, and was ready for business, missing only one key Lang, BS, Detroit, is serving Portland, Oregon, is serving ingredient: patients. with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps “I told (my receptionist) that I was going to the working at Mercy Primary Care Northwest working at Volunteers hospital,” Schroeder says. “Wait about 15 minutes Center in Detroit. Gwendolyn of America-Men’s Residential and then call me.” M. McElhattan, BSW, Berkeley, Center in Portland. Caitlin A. California, is serving with the Wright, BA, Brooklyn, New York, is His trick? Have his receptionist call the hospital Jesuit Volunteer Corps working at serving with the Jesuit Volunteer ALUMNI PROFILE and ask for Dr. Schroeder. He’d get a page on the over- East Bay Community Law Center Corps working at Catholic head speaker, and suddenly, patients knew his name. in Berkeley. Charly L. Michaelis, Migration Services in Brooklyn. workdays. Many doctors play golf or tennis to relax, “I would go to the emergency room and say to the BSBA, Yakima, Washington, is Anissa R. Zimmerman, BA, Harlem, but Schroeder chose something different. nurses, ‘Is Mr. Smith here? I was supposed to meet serving with the Jesuit Volunteer New York, is serving with the He Had a Home Where “Once we got (bison), we sort of got hooked,” him here,’” Schroeder says. “Kind of funny that’s how Corps Northwest working at Jesuit Volunteer Corps working at Schroeder says. I got started.” the Yakima Family YMCA. BronxWorks in Bronx, New York. Growing up in South Dakota, Schroeder did not After work, he’d go home to the bison ranch, the Bison Would Roam have any family pets. But one thing that did run in where the herd would graze and eat hay. He also the family was a Creighton education. partnered with a local bakery to get stale bread, a With 15 acres in his Eugene, Oregon, backyard, His parents met at Creighton, where his father favorite bison treat. DON SCHROEDER, BS’60, MD’64, agreed with his children earned his law degree in 1934. Schroeder first “If someone wanted to get up close and per- that they needed some kind of animal. The previous attended the University for undergraduate studies, sonal, I’d put some bread in the four-wheeler,” then medical school. During his undergraduate years, Schroeder says. “I would drive them out to mingle owner had horses, but the Schroeders did not want a he stayed with his grandfather in south Omaha. with the herd.” pony, sheep, pigs or cows. To get to school, Schroeder walked from 19th and For 42 years, Schroeder raised bison, his herd Martha streets up to the corner of 24th and Martha, varying in size. At one point, he had the largest herd The family wanted something different. So when a patient at Schroeder’s orthopedic where he would stick out his thumb and hope for a in western Oregon, with around 150 bison. He sold surgery clinic mentioned he had a bison connection, the Schroeder family got excited. ride to 24th and California. the last 31 in early 2017, as he and his wife moved into “We bought a dozen,” Schroeder says. The bison, which can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, “The ticket to getting a ride was carrying your an independent living facility. resided in the family’s backyard. books with you,” Schroeder says. Semiretired, he flies twice a month to Anchorage, Leadership springs from within. When the Schroeder family moved to a larger ranch with 130 acres in the 1970s, the After medical school, he interned and did his Alaska, to perform independent medical exams on bison came too. And he would add more. He named the ranch Bison-ten-yal — honoring residency at Detroit Receiving Hospital, with a workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. Do you have what it takes? his newfound passion and the nation’s bicentennial. Schroeder built corrals, fences made year at Shriners Hospital in St. Louis before moving Though he no longer has his bison, the doctor has from guardrail he sourced from the state highway department. to Eugene. fond memories of the herd. Choose from more than 40 “I would get up early in the morning, do the feeding,” Schroeder says. “Once I made the “I came to Eugene, looked around and said, ‘Gee, “Doctors need to do something other than being graduate degrees and certificates. animals happy, I would go into the house, clean up and head to the hospital for the oper- this is a nice place to live.’ Nobody really invited me. a doctor,” Schroeder says. For him, it was creating a ating room.” I hung out a shingle and opened up a solo practice,” home where the bison could roam. — BY EMILY RUST gradschool.creighton.edu/leadership An orthopedic surgeon by trade, Schroeder raised bison as a sort of therapy for stressful Schroeder says.

46 Creighton SPRING 2018 47 WEDDINGS Zachariah Archie and Hector N. Santiago and Erin K. Earl D. Zimmerman, ARTS, Austin, ALUMNI PROFILE 07 Brandy C. Archie, BSHS, Santiago, BSHS, PharmD, Omaha, a Texas, Nov. 6, 2017. Tamara L. Moyer, BS, and OTD, Kansas City, Missouri, a son, daughter, Stella Layne, Feb. 2, 2018. John P. Collins, BS, West Des Kevin Grissman, Dec. Zachariah Xavier II, June 13, 2017. 05 Aleczander D. Johnson, OTD, Moines, Iowa, Sept. 1, 2017. as a young person,” Ollie says. He took addi- 2, 2017, living in Brookfield, Alan Jeppson and Kelcey Berg 50 and Katelyn Johnson, Lincoln, Patricia Ryan Luby, SJN, Omaha, Wisconsin. Jeppson, BS’02, DDS, Hebron, 15 tional pre-med courses and applied and was Nebraska, a son, Noah Aleczander, Jan. 11, 2018. E. Roberta Horn Roach, Raising (Up) Arizona Nebraska, twins, Ellis Tyler and accepted to Creighton. It was at Creighton that Emily L. Miller and Nathan Dec. 27, 2017. SJN, Omaha, Dec. 24, 2017. Ivy Louise, June 23, 2017. Nicholas Ollie and Sharon met. E. Tracy, BA, Sept. 30, 2017, 08 J. Langel, BSBA, and Pamela Ziegler Thomas F. Buras Jr., BUSADM, living in Minneapolis. Upon graduation, the couple spent time Langel, BSBA, Omaha, a daughter, DEATHS 51 Omaha, Oct. 1, 2017. Myron Creighton couple find success — and a in London and Kenya for Ollie’s work before Elizabeth A. Stevens and Charlotte Ann, Aug. 23, 2017. A. Macy, ARTS, Las Vegas, Dec. 27, Alfred J. Buda, BS, Omaha, settling in Phoenix for good. “I never expected Matthew J. Manning, BA’08, JD, Dusan A. Stanojevic, BS’03, MD, 2017. Dr. Wayne L. Ryan, BS’49, MS, 11 Sept. 20, 2017. loving home — in the Grand Canyon state us to stay in one place, but we fell in love with Oct. 28, 2017, living in Washington, and Rachel Waggoner Stanojevic, 40 HON’09, Omaha, Nov. 3, 2017. D.C. BA’04, MA’06, Leawood, Kansas, a Arizona,” said Sharon. “It’s become our home John B. Betterman, BUSADM, Cletus J. Baum, MD, Omaha, daughter, Anya Joan, May 20, 2010; Mesa, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2017. and we’ve loved contributing to the growth Rebecca J. Swanson and 42 Nov. 5, 2017. Marie Ernst a son, Konstantin Dusan, Jan. 19, 52 and progress of this community.” Andrew W. Hasebroock, MS, Case, SCN, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 13 2013; and a son, Ignatius Dusan, Anthony P. Becker, BSPha, July 22, 2017, living in Omaha. Lincoln, Nebraska, Sept. 30, Dec. 6, 2017. Leonard H. Jurgensen The Harpers share a deep sense of com- June 3, 2017. 44 Megan A. Kuntuzos, BSBA, and 2017. Jr., BS, Palo Alto, California, Dec. 17, mitment to their community, and one would Riley T. Becker, BSBA’11, July 15, Brian J. Hanson, BS’05, MD, 2017. Ann H. Lammers, MD, Toledo, be hard pressed to find an organization that Dr. Milton Simons, ARTS, 2017, living in Minneapolis. and Meredith King Hanson, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2017. Joseph R. Lowry, 09 Omaha, Oct. 11, 2017. they have not touched. BA’05, Minneapolis, a son, Merrick 45 JD, Yellow Springs, Ohio, June 2, Ellyn E. Yarde, BSN, and Ollie has been a volunteer physician at the Henry, April 18, 2017. Arthur M. Sonneland, MD, 2017. Geraldine McCloud McClean, Benjamin D. Remarcke, BSBA, St. Vincent de Paul Medical Clinic for more 15 Middleton, Wisconsin, Jan. SCN, Seahurst, Washington, Dec. Sept. 2, 2017, living in Chicago. Brian J. Carroll, BS, and Anne 46 than 30 years and volunteers at the Mission 23, 2018. Edwin B. Whiting, BS’45, 8, 2017. Bautch Carroll, BA’09, a son, Christina J. Laubenthal, BSBA, 10 MD, Surprise, Arizona, Oct. 7, 2017. of Mercy Mobile Medical Clinic. In 2008, James Matthew, Jan. 29, 2018, Thomas R. Brown, MD, and Benjamin H. Thompson, the Phoenix Business Journal named him 16 living in Milwaukee. Seth J. White George L. Barnett, MD, Sioux Torrance, California, June BS, July 22, 2017, living in Omaha. 53 a Health Care Hero. He is a former trustee and Nicole Gillespie White, PharmD, 47 Falls, South Dakota, Nov. 11, 2017. Jean Wahlstrom Clinch, Omaha, a daughter, Emma Jean, 19, 2017. BSMT, Sun Lakes, Arizona, Nov. with International HALO Trust, is chair- Sept. 12, 2017. 4, 2017. Barba J. Edwards, SJN’52, man of the board of the Phoenix Symphony, BIRTHS Joella F. Cohen, BS, Omaha, BSN, Indianapolis, Dec. 11, 2017. teaches at the University of Arizona College Steve Sinclair and Robert Baxter and Kristin Oct. 29, 2017. Agnes N. Joella 48 Donald E. Roy, BS, Provincetown, of Medicine-Phoenix, and serves on the St. Wolter Baxter, PharmD, Fort Meadview, Arizona, 03 Rubino Sinclair, DPT, Dover, 11 Mann, SCN, Massachusetts, December 2017. Delaware, a son, Connor Jarrod, Collins, Colorado, a daughter, Dec. 7, 2017. Victor J. Mason, BS, Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Board. Nov. 28, 2017. Evelyn Christine, Jan. 21, 2018. Omaha, Oct. 2, 2017. Betty Carl James L. Biegler, BS, Sharon oversees all facets of operations for Lucas M. Hawkins and Elizabeth Roberts, SCN, Houston, Dec. 30, McCloud, Oklahoma, Nov. the Plaza Companies, including the owner- Benjamin P. Niederee, BSBA, 54 Biehle Hawkins, BS’05, PharmD, 2016. Norbert J. Samford, BS, 16, 2017. Charlotte A. Christy, ship, development, leasing or management of and Catherine McCarthy Omaha, a daughter, Charlotte Albuquerque, New Mexico, 04 Denver, Dec. 25, 2017. SJN, MEDIA THURLKILL STUDIOS/FRONTDOORS nearly 10 million square feet of Arizona med- Niederee, BSBA’07, JD’10, Omaha, (Charlie) Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 2017. Aug. 30, 2017. Sr. M. Yvonne Thomas L. Arkwright, ical office properties, senior living facilities, a daughter, Bridget Letitia, Sept. Nohava, SSND, MSEdu, Mankato, Darren J. Hein, BSHS, PharmD, BS, Omaha, Oct. 27, 2017. Dr. 8, 2017. Joseph P. Tippins, BSBA, 49 Minnesota, Jan. 6, 2018. O. Earl bioscience/biotechnology centers and high- and Natalie M. Sindelar, JD’15, Frank O. Ellison, BSChm, Brighton, and Jennifer Wede Tippins, BSBA, 12 Selander, MD, Lakeville, Minnesota, profile, mixed-use developments. Her vision Bennington, Nebraska, a son, Michigan, Jan. 12, 2018. Wilmette, Illinois, a son, Leo Jack W. Aug. 25, 2014. and commitment to commercial real estate Calvin James, Oct. 28, 2017. Michael Kuhr, BS, Blair, Nebraska, Feb. 3, He describes her as a brilliant businessperson, Joseph, Aug. 18, 2017. have helped Plaza Companies emerge as one of T. Lotspeich, BA, and Melanie Perry 2018. Sol Kutler, DDS, Omaha, Sept. Francis J. Boyle, MD, Mark D. Huber II and Kate fabulous mom and grandma, and a great wife and Lotspeich, BA’02, Omaha, a son, 14, 2017. E. Audrey Barta Rose, SJN, Springfield, Minnesota, Dec. the premier real estate firms in the Southwest. 55 06 DeCleene Huber, OTD, Augustus (Gus) Hayes, April 4, 2017. Fremont, Nebraska, Dec. 15, 2017. 6, 2017. John J. Dougherty, BS’51, friend. She describes him as an incredible person with Sharon’s commitments extend beyond Indianapolis, a son, Otto Alexander MD, Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 13, 2017. business and include a variety of causes, Charles, Sept. 25, 2017. high standards of loyalty and ethics. Together, they are volunteer efforts and appointments across adventurous, generous and deeply committed to their Arizona and beyond. She is a trustee for the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and was family, friends, colleagues and community. appointed to the executive board of Gov. Doug Ducey’s Arizona Zanjeros, a business leader- LEAVE A GIFT, Sharon (Culhane) Harper, BA’69, is pres- Originally from Minnesota, Sharon grad- ship group created to help promote Arizona’s ident, CEO and chairman of Plaza Companies. uated from Creighton with a Bachelor of economic development and reputation. She Her husband, Oliver “Ollie” Harper, MD’70, Arts in journalism. “I thought my whole life is a past honorary commander of Luke Air GAIN A LEGACY would be that of a journalist,” recalls Sharon. Force Base, past chairman of Greater Phoenix is a retired family medicine physician and The Creighton University Heritage Society recognizes living co-founder of Arizona Medical Clinic. Married “However, I found early in my career that jour- Leadership and is chairing Gov. Ducey’s 2018 donors who make planned or deferred gifts. Join our 900+ for nearly five decades, they have five children nalism is amazing training for so many differ- re-election campaign. members who forever will remain part of Creighton. Contact (including a niece they raised), founded two ent careers.” For Sharon, journalism has led “Success for me is found at the intersection the Office of Gift and Estate Planning to link your legacy to successful Phoenix businesses, and have to a successful career in real estate. of business, government and philanthropy,” Creighton’s future. received numerous awards. Most recently, Originally from Yonkers, New York, Ollie says Sharon. Arizona’s Valley Leadership named Sharon was accepted into Columbia’s MBA program, “Life has been kind to us,” says Ollie. “Woman of the Year” for her achievements but instead followed his dream of becoming a And the Harpers have been kind to Arizona. giftplanning.creighton.edu 402.280.1143 [email protected] and leadership. physician. “I had always admired physicians — BY NICOLE PHELPS, BA’02

48 Creighton SPRING 2018 49 ALUMNI PROFILE Kenneth A. Harman, DDS, Omaha, Bernice Kucirek Boutwell, Nov. 30, 2017. Joseph L. Marold, Virginia, Sept. 14, 2017. John F. 1, 2017. Elizabeth J. Kountze, JD, Sept. 15, 2017. William T. Holthaus, 64 BSMT, Kansas City, DDS, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Sept. O’Malley, MS’69, PhD, South Bend, Omaha, Oct. 31, 2017. BS’51, DDS, Omaha, Jan. 23, Missouri, Jan. 1, 2018. Daniel 24, 2017. Sr. M. Bernice Preister, MA, Indiana, Nov. 13, 2017. David A. Havlovic, BSPha, 2018. Frederick H. Prellwitz, DDS, N. Quinn, BUSADM, Waterloo, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jan. 8, Richard F. Bryant, BSBA, New Berlin, Wisconsin, Kearney, Nebraska, Nov. 29, 2016. Nebraska, Nov. 5, 2017. Mary J. 2018. Robert E. Pucelik, BS’64, MD, 83 Boulder, Colorado, Sept. 7, July 13, 2017. Sr. Brenda M. Penning, Stavish, BSMT, Novato, California, Urbandale, Iowa, Jan. 6, 2018. 72 From Nebraska to Mozambique Emmet G. Bruning, DDS, 2017. James M. Conway, BA, Omaha, SSND, MMin, Mankato, Minnesota, Sept. 22, 2017. Hon. Phrasel L. Shelton, JD, San Omaha, Nov. 21, 2017. Roger Sept. 21, 2017. Dec. 28, 2017. 56 Jose, California, Dec. 22, 2017. O. Degan, MD, San Jose, California, Mary Lebens Cramer, BA, Traveling more than 9,000 miles from her hometown to spend Kay Shoemaker Bradley, BSN, John P. Koley, BSBA’82, MBA, Jan. 23, 2018. Rita Brennan Eldrige, Leawood, Kansas, Sept. 20, Rev. Joseph F. Felker, BA, 65 Renton, Washington, Nov. Le Mars, Iowa, Dec. 13, 2017. nearly six months as a Peace Corps volunteer is not something BS, Omaha, Nov. 2, 2017. Martin H. 2017. Judy Kelly Friesen, BA, Laguna Riverside, California, Dec. 75 85 69 12, 2017. Rosemary Mazzara Kracht, Ellbogen, MD, Casper, Wyoming, Beach, California, Aug. 4, 2017. 3, 2017. Harry A. Strohmyer, DDS, John A. Argyrakis, BS, JESSICA WIENS, BA’16, ever dreamed of doing as a child growing up MSEdu, Omaha, Jan. 25, 2018. Sept. 7, 2017. Rosemary Ferris J. Patrick Green, BA’63, JD, Omaha, Cypress, California, Aug. 18, 2017. Orlando, Florida, Dec. 14, Daniel S. Reynolds, JD, Dekalb, 90 in Grand Island, Nebraska. Yet from May through September Grotzke, BSMT, Omaha, Oct. 16, Oct. 3, 2017. Mary Kodadek O’Neill, 2016. Rosemarie Patterson Bighia, Illinois, Aug. 18, 2017. 2017. Agostino Puccinelli, MD, ARTS, Hudson, Wisconsin, May 1, 2016, Wiens did just that — working in a small village called BA, Seneca, South Carolina, Sr. Micki Flynn, SND, MA, Stockton, California, Oct. 30, 2017. 2016. Alvin R. Posey, DDS, Edmond, 70 Dr. John D. Griswold, BS, Oct. 17, 2017. Shirley Bloom Brody, Cincinnati, Jan. 24, 2018. Rapale about eight miles west of Nampula, Mozambique. Richard C. McGaughey Jr., BSPha, Oklahoma, Jan. 13, 2018. Martha A. White Hall, Maryland, 94 MSGuid, Omaha, Jan. 21, 2018. 76 Grand Junction, Colorado, Jan. 17, Robey, BSN, Bennington, Nebraska, Aug. 22, 2017. Joseph L. Vacca, JD, Jason P. Adams, DDS, Boise, Her primary duties were teaching good health habits — Eugene E. Fibuch, MD, Leawood, 2018. Dec. 16, 2017. John P. Ryan, BA, Omaha, Jan. 21, 2018. Idaho, Oct. 2, 2017. Teena T. Kansas, Aug. 20, 2017. Kathleen 00 especially in combatting the spread of malaria and the human Valley, Nebraska, Oct. 31, 2017. Beehner, MS, Omaha, Nov. 6, 2017. immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Donna Caldwell Kurtz, BS, Kern Hiykel, BS, Minnetonka, Donald J. Dunn, MS, Omaha, 57 Mount Pleasant, South James A. Kleine, BA, Minnesota, Dec. 5, 2017. Sr. Rose 77 Dec. 18, 2017. Rev. Allen T. Zugelter, BA, Carolina, Dec. 30, 2017. Charles M. Phoenix, Oct. 5, 2017. Robert L. Kreuzer, CSA, BA, Fond Du Lac, Liberty, Missouri, Jan. 3, 2018. 66 Kevin R. Cahill, BA’71, 01 Cox, DDS, Delta, Colorado, Dec. 29, J. Rupprecht, BSPha, Omaha, Jan. Wisconsin, Nov. 29, 2017. Paul K. MSGuid, Omaha, Jan. 8, 2018. Shannon M. French, OTD, “Honestly, I have Creighton to thank for East St. Louis, Illinois. These trips taught me a 2017. 28, 2018. 79 Virginia Jansen Ogren, SCN, Umino, MD, Petaluma, California, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. opening me up to this possibility,” Wiens says. lot about social justice work, as well as about the Oceanside, California, Oct. 20, 2017. Sept. 27, 2017. Frank J. Baccala, ARTS, 02 Ronald J. Heath, BA, Omaha, 2, 2017. “It was during my time as a psychology major impacts of poverty and crime on health. After John J. Matoole Jr., MD, Greenwood, Las Vegas, Jan. 11, 2018. Dec. 28, 2017. Bernard J. Ira C. Gibbs, MS, West 80 Indiana, Dec. 9, 2017. Joseph F. 67 Joan Beltz Haberman, MSEdu, Sr. Marie A. Poland, ASC, that I first learned about global health — espe- these trips, I knew I wanted to do something Nave, BSBA, Omaha, Oct. 24, 2017. Point, Mississippi, July 30, McGinn, BS’52, JD, Council Bluffs, 71 Omaha, Nov. 25, 2017. Dr. Maryanne MA, Ruma, Illinois, July 29, cially in classes taught by Professor Laura for a longer period of time, and that’s how the Dr. Jeffrey H. Smith, BA’65, MA, 2017. William W. Hansell II, BSBA, 08 Iowa, Dec. 13, 2017. Reichelt, MChrSp, Westminster, 2017. Omaha, Jan. 1, 2018. Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 20, 2017. Heinemann (chair of the Department of Cultural Peace Corps came to mind.” Maryland, Sept. 27, 2017. Lawrence D. Behm, BSBA, Patrick Lysaught, BA, Overland Ralph J. Remmert, MS, and Social Studies in the College of Arts and Once on the ground in Mozambique, Wiens George W. Davis, BSBA’60, Fallbrook, California, Jan. 9, Park, Kansas, Oct. 24, 2017. Paul Bruce E. Gfeller, BS’77, MD, Bellevue, Nebraska, Jan. 14, Sciences). It was in her classes where I devel- spent the first three months in Namaacha, 58 BSPha, Lady Lake, Florida, 10 2018. Sr. Lily May Emert, SP, BSPha, 68 Alexandria, Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 2018. oped a passion for wanting to do something to located in the southern part of the country near T. Michael, BA’68, JD, 81 Spokane, Washington, Sept. 16, help people with health care on a global scale. the border with South Africa and Swaziland. 2017. Sr. M. Barbara Ficenec, ND, BS, “I was also involved with the Schlegel Center There, she underwent intensive Portuguese- Omaha, Jan. 23, 2018. for Service and Justice (SCSJ) during my time language classes with other Peace Corps vol- Ronald J. Degand, BSPha, at Creighton and went on three trips — to unteers, took cultural classes and also learned IGNITING STUDENT SUCCESS. BUILDING CHARACTER. LEADING WITH COMPASSION. 59 Omaha, Feb. 5, 2018. El Paso, Texas; Wheeling, West Virginia; and a few key phrases in the local Bantu language. Kenneth H. Kauffold, ARTS, Dodge, MOVING SOCIETY FORWARD. PROTECTING THE ARTS. UNCOVERING TRUTHS. PROMOTING Once training was complete, Wiens then Nebraska, Nov. 23, 2017. Clarence headed 1,300 miles north to work on site, A. Stratman, MD, Kansas City, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. IMPACTING COMMUNITIES. TRANSFORMING CAMPUS. GROWING teaching family planning and counseling on Missouri, Nov. 6, 2017. malaria and HIV prevention. “I was the only Lowell J. Brown, MD, HEARTS AND MINDS. EXPANDING OUR GLOBAL VISION. SERVING WITH NEIGHBORS white woman these people had ever seen and 60 Springfield, Illinois, Oct. 16, that was nerve-wracking at first. But a nurse on 2017. AND NATIONS. CONNECTING WITH OMAHA. INCREASING BRAIN GAIN. EMPOWERING site took me under her wing and I became close Lt. Col. Gary F. Chladek, BS, FUTURE GENERATIONS. PREPARING GRADUATES. ATTRACTING TOP FACULTY. to her and her family, too,” she says. 61 Bellevue, Nebraska, Dec. Wiens was medically evacuated home to 31, 2017. Joseph J. Mowad, MD, the U.S. in late September 2016, due to a severe Danville, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, gastrointestinal illness. “I was sad I couldn’t 2017. Franklin J. Roh, BSPha, Omaha, Feb. 1, 2018. The Creighton Fund Nicholas Stabile, MD, complete my 27-month assignment, but I guess Dix Hills, New York, Jan. 2, 2018. things happen for a reason,” she says. Sr. M. Macrina Stermec, OSU, MA, INNOVATING NEW PROGRAMS. HONORING LEGACY. COMMITTING TO A HIGHER Wiens is currently pursuing a master’s Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 25, 2018. degree in public health and ultimately hopes Rev. Dennis R. Stolinski, BA, Omaha, PURPOSE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMON GOOD. ADVANCING RESEARCH. to attain a doctorate in public health. And while Oct. 15, 2017. Sue Coyle Versch, SJN, RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING POTENTIAL. STRENGTHENING THE BLUEJAY BOND. her Peace Corps experience was cut short, it Burden, Kansas, Nov. 24, 2017. taught her that her passion for helping others Gerald F. Petersen, BSBA, OPENING DOORS TO EDUCATION. SPREADING OUR MESSAGE. ADDING TO remains. 62 Omaha, Jan. 1, 2018. Sandra “I want to focus on working with refugees, Clark Yudelson, BA, Elkhorn, THE WORLD. SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS. BUILDING FAITH IN TRADITION. one of our world’s most vulnerable popula- Nebraska, Jan. 26, 2018. tions, especially since we are only at the cusp William M. Dimig, BSPha, of doing what we can in terms of ensuring 63 Atlantic, Iowa, Dec. 24, 2017. Calling all Bluejays! Your gift to the Creighton Fund in support of students their health and safety both here and abroad.” Judith Pankowski Ritchie, ARTS, Del creates a more equitable and capable world. Creighton.edu/giving Mar, California, July 7, 2017. — BY LISA FOSTER, BA’92

50 Creighton SPRING 2018 51 CREIGHTON CONVERSATIONS Final Word STEEL BEAMS How is Creighton responding to those challenges? Our objective is to expose our students to these AND BIG DREAMS issues and encourage them to participate in service; to make them aware of the needs of disadvantaged populations; to challenge them “ It was evident the new building will not just serve to learn about and seek solutions to issues of economic access; and to provide them with a as a place to provide quality dental care, but it will series of high-level dental experiences so that they are comfortable providing services in rural be a second home for the patients, students and areas, where specialty access is limited. administrators who walk through those doors every day.” What most excites you about the new Grant Tesmer School of Dentistry building? Third-year dental student I’m excited that the environment is going to improve the patient experience — in terms of access to our facilities and patient comfort and privacy. I’m excited about the student experience being improved. Our students spend an enormous amount of time here. The teaching and learning spaces, the student spaces, in the new facility create a much more positive,

DAVE WEAVER DAVE healthy environment for our students. And then I’m excited about all the new technology to improve both our education delivery and Better … for a Reason our patient care. Do you have a favorite feature in the new If he wasn’t a dentist, Creighton School of emigrated from Poland, a homemaker. Latta facility? Dentistry Dean Mark Latta, DMD, says he’d and his brother, Stan, a retired Penn State There are two areas I have a real affinity for: probably be an environmental scientist, work- administrator, would both earn doctorate One is the chapel, and the other is a two-story ing on issues related to water quality. degrees. Their dad, Eugene, served in World atrium on the fourth floor. Our St. Ignatius of After graduating from Lafayette College in War II but rarely talked about his service. After Loyola Chapel is in a prominent location and his hometown of Easton, Pennsylvania, Latta he died last July, they learned — for the first time is going to be a beautiful space for reflection began pursuing a master’s degree in chemis- — that he had been awarded four Bronze Stars. and worship. The atrium, which offers a try at Penn State University. But a visit with a Outside of Creighton, Latta enjoys playing magnificent view, will include an electronic fraternity brother studying at the now-closed golf and has performed in community theater. display highlighting past graduating classes. Georgetown University School of Dentistry Credits include a role in Elkhorn Community It will be a great space for students to socialize changed his course. “I went to some classes Theater’s production of Big. Creighton magazine and for events. with him, and I decided to make a change,” caught up with Dean Latta to talk about dental Latta says. care in America, what makes a Creighton den- What makes a Creighton dentist different? He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania tist different and the school’s move to a new, Our students, before graduation, receive as

School of Dental Medicine, earning a Doctor state-of-the-art building this summer. much or more clinical experience than at any WEAVER DAVE of Medicine in Dentistry, and later obtained other dental school in the country. We like to a master’s degree in oral biology from the What are some of the major challenges in say they are practice-ready. But we strive to be University of Maryland, Baltimore College of terms of oral health care in America? very intentional about their formation, in the Dental Surgery. One of the major issues is access to care context of our Ignatian values of compassion, He’s been at Creighton for 23 years, having and distribution of the dental workforce. service and striving for excellence. I like to Creighton University’s new School of Dentistry building will open this summer at joined the University in 1995 as associate dean For instance, in our inner-cities, we typically paraphrase a line by (Creighton Jesuit) Fr. Larry 21st and Cuming streets, on the north edge of campus. This modern facility is part of a for research. He’s been dean since July 2011. find economic barriers to care. While in Gillick: We strive for our graduates not to be bold vision for the dental school — with larger class sizes, the latest in dental technology Growing up, education was emphasized rural areas, there is a major issue with the “better than” other dentists, but to be “better and expanded community outreach. Learn more at dentistry.creighton.edu/new-building. in the Latta household. Neither of his parents distribution of the workforce — not having for” the people they serve. That struck me so graduated from college. His dad was a truck enough dentists practicing in those locations powerfully, and I think it’s so true. Save the date for the new building’s dedication events driver and police officer; his mother, who — particularly in specialty care. during Reunion Weekend, September 13-16, 2018.

52 Creighton SPRING 2018 Creighton University hosted the inaugural TEDxCreightonU in April. Faculty, student and alumni speakers examined leadership from many angles.

Beginning in May, watch the presentations at TEDxCreightonU.com