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SAINT • XAVIER • UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Commencement Shannon Center May 15,2004 9:30 a.m. SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT Saint Xavier University is an independent, coeducational, Catholic institution of higher learning. The University's primary purpose is to develop and sustain challenging undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs of study, marked by superior teaching. The University also supports research and artistic expression, and sponsors selected programs of direct service to metropolitan Chicago. Saint Xavier University seeks diversely talented students who will engage actively in a learning community that is intergenerational, multiethnic, and international. Programs of study emphasize liberal arts and specialized professional education within a context of ethical concerns and social responsibility. The University complements formal curricula with co-curricular services and programs intended to enhance lifelong learning, foster personal growth, and develop leadership qualities. Emphasizing its Catholic heritage and purpose, Saint Xavier University continues to build upon the ideals of its founders and sponsors, the Sisters of Mercy, who in 1846 established an academy defined by intellectual rigor, service to the poor, encouragement of religious faith, and a special interest in women and children. Consistent with this tradition, Saint Xavier University upholds high academic standards, respects freedom of personal religious expression, and honors commonly accepted standards of academic freedom. SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY AND THE SISTERS OF MERCY Saint Xavier University, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, is a Catholic University which shares in the rich tradition of Catholic liberal arts higher education in the United States. As a Catholic University, Saint Xavier seeks to fulfill the vision of the Second Vatican Council that "the Christian mind may achieve as it were a public, persistent and universal presence in the whole enterprise of advancing higher culture, and that the students of these institutions become people outstanding in learning ready to shoulder society's heavier burdens and to witness the faith to the world." Saint Xavier University was founded in 1846 by Mother Mary Frances Xavier Warde, R.S.M., and five other Sisters of Mercy. When the Sisters of Mercy came to Chicago, they came as educators; and Saint Xavier quickly became the foremost embodiment of their purpose and dedication. Mother Frances Xavier Warde decided to brave the western frontier because Chicago's first prelate, Bishop William Quarter, presented her with an urgent need in the three-year-old diocese: the Catholic education of girls and young women. Before three weeks had passed, they opened Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy. Before three months had passed, Bishop Quarter was describing their efforts to benefactors in France: "A colony of nuns have come and taken up their abode amongst us. They are the Sisters of Mercy.... They teach the poor, they visit the sick, they instruct the ignorant and they employ themselves in training up youth in the ways of virtue and holiness."* When the school received its charter in 1847, it was one of the first institutions of higher learning in Illinois, and the first Mercy college in the United States. Throughout its history, Saint Xavier has remained committed to the mission of the Sisters of Mercy, preparing students of all ages, cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints for a life of knowledge and service. Today, Saint Xavier University is a coeducational, private, Catholic university with a tradition of academic excellence. A dedicated faculty committed to teaching, scholarship and service, excellent facilities, and small classes ensure a quality learning experience. With more than 35 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate program options in the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Education, Nursing, and the Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier offers its more than 5,500 students a firm foundation in the liberal arts along with solid career preparation. In keeping with the inspiring heritage of the Sisters of Mercy, the University combines academic excellence with social concern and service to the community. Among its many initiatives, the University, often in partnership or collaboration with others, sponsors the Barbara Vick Early Childhood and Family Center on the Southwest Side of Chicago, the Ludden Speech and Language Clinic, the Merwick Academy, the Renaissance Academy, the S.T.A.R. Learning Academy, the McDonough Chapel and Mercy Ministry Center, the Center for Religion and Public Discourse, the Pastoral Ministry Institute and the Bishop John R. Gorman Institute for Leadership in Catholic Education. * Joy Clough, R.S.M., First in Chicago: A History of Saint Xavier University (Chicago: Saint Xavier University, 1997), 3. JUDITH A. DWYER, PH.D. PRESIDENT Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., an accomplished leader in Catholic higher education, was named seventeenth president of Saint Xavier University in August 2003. She assumed her duties on October 1, 2003, and was inaugurated on April 23, 2004. An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Dwyer has lectured throughout the United States and abroad, and is the editor of the award-winning New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought and author of numerous other publications. She has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Her lectures have focused primarily on social ethics and related topics, including human rights, international peace strategies, nuclear deterrence policies and environmental issues. Dr. Dwyer came to Saint Xavier from the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she was executive vice president and chief operating officer. She previously served as an administrator at Villanova University and Saint John's University in New York. During her five-year tenure at Saint Thomas, Dr. Dwyer initiated the University's strategic planning process, expanded four of its campuses, and achieved record undergraduate enrollments. Dr. Dwyer earned her bachelor of arts degree from Chestnut Hill College and a master of arts degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. She holds a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a licentiate in sacred theology from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Dr. Dwyer was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, both in Hamburg and Tubingen, with a research project on "Deterrence and Disarmament Strategies in the European Theatre after the SALT II Treaty." Her post-graduate work at Harvard University was at the Institute for Educational Management of the Graduate School of Education in a program for senior administrators in higher education. At Oxford University, she participated in the Oxford Round Table, held at Lincoln College, focusing on fundraising strategies for higher education. COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION LEADERS MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1954 Marianne Epifani Anderson Claudette Dwyer Therese Jedresik Ryndak Joan Armstrong Clarette Dax Harnish Marytherese Galligan Small Agnes Andersen Cagney Lenore Malchiodi Jacobson Loretta Kassel Stukas Lucy Procissi Celoni Margaret Schneider Pelc Mary Warchol Joellen Warren Ryan Sister Lucille McKillop, R.S.M., Ph.D., Class of 1951 MARSHALS Eugenia McAvoy, Grand Marshal President, Faculty Senate John Gutowski, Ph.D., Faculty Marshal President-Elect, Faculty Senate Carol Poston, Ph.D., Faculty Marshal Past President, Faculty Senate Pamela Lewis-Rodriguez, Staff Marshal President, Staff Council DEAN'S COUNCIL John E. Eber, Ed.D. Dominick Hart, Ph.D. Dean, Graham School of Management Dean, School of Arts and Sciences Beverly Gulley, Ph.D. Mary Lebold, R.N., Ed.D. Dean, School of Education Dean, School of Nursing Robert Hansen, Ph.D. Mark A. Vargas Executive Director of Off-Campus Programs Library Director and Orland Park Campus Byrne Memorial Library Richard Venneri, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs RETIRING FACULTY Karen Becker, Ph.D. Mary Lebold, R.N., Ed.D. Associate Professor of Education Dean, School of Nursing C Thomas Brockmann, Ph.D. Thomas McGannon, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology Professor of Mathematics / Computer Science Sister Nancy M. Cahill, R.S.M., Ed.D. William A. Peters, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education Associate Professor of Education BOARD OF TRUSTEES John P. Sweeney, Chairman Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M. '65, Vice Chair Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., President R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D. Sister Elizabeth Ann Linehan, R.S.M., Ph.D. Mary Ellen Caron, Ph.D. Mary Clare Loftus '65 Thomas E. Chomicz Sister Sheila Lyne, R.S.M. '60 John R. DeLeonardis '89 Wade Malhas, M.D. Jane R. Forde '65 John C. McCarthy Most Reverend John R. Gorman Patricia A. Morris, Ph.D. '83 Sister Lois Graver, R.S.M. '57 Honorable Patrick J. O'Malley Linda H. Harden '73 Larry R. Rogers, Sr. '74 Terry G. Hillard Kenneth A. Skopec Sister Nancy J. Houlihan, R.S.M. '79 C. Carney Strange, Ph.D. Darrell B.Jackson '81 James C. Tyree William Keyser Sister Linda Werthman, R.S.M., Ph.D. Sheila King '69 Mary Alice Wheeler '88 James J. McDonough, Life Trustee MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M. '65, President Sister Ann Flanagan, R.S.M. '68, Vice President Sister Teresa Maltby, R.S.M. '67, Councilor Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M. '68, Councilor Sister Lois Graver, R.S.M. '57, Treasurer PRESIDENT'S CABINET Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President Kathleen