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THE NETWORKING COMMITTEE OF THE ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESENTS CARING FOR CAREGIVERS A PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Caring for a loved one can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming. A panel of caregiving experts will offer advice and answer questions for family caregivers.

Our panel includes:

• Michelle Bruns, Manager of the Baltimore County Department of Aging Caregivers Program • Sue Collins, Hospice Nurse and Co-Author of the book OK, Now What? A Caregiver’s Guide to What Matters • Ellen Platt, Geriatric Care Manager, The Option Group/Senior Management Options • Ilene Rosenthal, Program Director, Saturday, January 24, 2015 Alzheimer’s Association 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. • Moderator: Connie Matsumoto, Owner, Pabrique Interior Design, and Certified Doyle Formal Lounge Aging-in-Place Specialist Notre Dame of Maryland University A resource fair and afternoon tea reception will Free and open to the public immediately follow the panel discussion. ROOTED IN SCHOLARSHIP, REACHING OUT THROUGH SERVICE: THE NOTRE DAME MISSION IN ACTION Snow date: Saturday, February 7 For more information, please contact Megan Lentz at 410-532-5542 or [email protected].

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CALENDAR LETTERS & EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE n ot r e d a m e Please plan to attend the inauguration of Commodores Jazz Ensemble From President Yam c o m m u n i t y Senior Chief Musician Philip M. Burlin President Marylou Yam, Ph.D. In celebration of the inauguration of Baccalaureate Mass I am pleased to share with you my first issue ofUniversitas magazine as Marylou Yam, Ph.D. our new president, Dr. Marylou Yam, Friday, May 22 as 14th President of president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, an institution with a long Vice President for The Commodores, the United States Commencement Notre Dame of Maryland University Institutional Advancement Navy’s premier jazz ensemble, return and distinguished history of scholarship and service. Saturday, May 23 and Marketing »»»»•«««« to LeClerc Hall. As you read these pages, I think you’ll find the common themes of collabora- Patricia A. Bosse ’81 Friday, April 17, 2015 April 18, 2015, 7 p.m. tion and partnership. When Blessed Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger had a Office of Alumnae and a d m i s s i o n s LeClerc Auditorium Alumni Relations dream of educating children, she knew she couldn’t do it alone. She formed a Details about the inauguration of Dr. Yam will be available Ernest Ragogini, piano Emilia Poiter community of like-minded women that became the School Sisters of Notre A Treasured Half-Century Relationship Jessica Angell online at ndm.edu/inauguration in January 2015. A reflection on and performance of Dame. Similarly, 120 years ago, when the School Sisters saw the need for a Megan Lentz Franz Schubert’s piano masterpiece, college to educate women, they collaborated with a number of partners to Editor Sonata in B-Flat major D. 960, realize their vision. John Rivera Op. Posth. Today, collaboration and partnership continue to thrive in our community: in the classroom, where our Associate Editor Center Club Breakfast with May 2, 2015, 7 p.m. Marianne Amoss ‘04 m u s i c students work closely with professors on research projects and first-rate scholarship; in the community, Debbie Phelps LeClerc Auditorium Designer Thursday, March 12, 2015 Ernest Ragogini, piano Sundays at Two where we work with a broad and diverse group of partners, including the United Way of Central Maryland, F.C. Schroen & Co. Studios 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Ernest Ragogini has toured the Concert Choir of Center Club, 100 Light St. #16, Baltimore North, Central, and South American Catholic Charities of Maryland, the city of Baltimore, city and county schools, the Archdiocese of Writers Notre Dame of Maryland University First Thursday information sessions are $35 per person continents, performing in some of the Baltimore, corporations like Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. and Walgreens, and organizations such as Marianne Amoss ‘04 Dr. Jennifer Brimhall, Director a great way to learn about our flexible ndm.edu/alum most prestigious venues including John Rivera In Celebration of Spring the Maryland Independent Colleges and Universities Association (MICUA), among so many others. These Joan Wisner-Carlson and convenient undergraduate, Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Teatro partnerships and collaborations extend our reach into and influence on the community, and provide rich graduate, and certificate programs for Colón in Buenos Aires, and Teatro May 10, 2014, 2 p.m. Photographers working men and women. a rt Olimpia in Rome. He has recorded for Marikle Chapel and valuable opportunities for our students. Larry Canner Women in All Together Inside Out National Public Radio, WQXR, New Christine De Vinne, OSU, Ph.D. ndm.edu/community-and-tradition/ Above all, our partnerships with our faithful alumnae and alumni, benefactors, and friends help us make First Thursday Open House The second annual art exhibit featuring York, and WETA, Washington. He is Howard Korn music-at-notre-dame-concert-series Our graduate and undergraduate the work of artists from MakeStudio, a founder/director of “Arts for Heart’s a difference every day. Thank you for all you do for Notre Dame. Your support enables us to continue Christopher Myers programs for women and men offer community-based arts organization that Sake,” a series to which artists transforming the lives of our students, and they in turn will go out to transform our world. Brian Schneider flexible schedules, making it easier than provides multi-modal arts program- contribute their services. In 2007, at h l e t i c s Universitas is published by ever to earn or finish your degree. ming to individuals with disabilities. Ragogini was the interview/cover Root the Gators on to victory! For Notre Dame of Maryland University, Choose from semester-long, weekend, subject of Clavier magazine. February 2 through March 6, 2015 a schedule of athletic events, go to Office of Institutional Advancement. and accelerated courses. From the editor Reception: Saturday, February 7 March 21, 2015, 7 p.m. 4701 North Charles Street notredamegators.com Join us on the first Thursday of each 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. LeClerc Auditorium Every day I walk the halls of the Knott Science Center on the way to and Baltimore, Maryland 21210 month in Fourier Hall. Wine and cheese Across the Seas: From Opera to from my third-floor office. Along the way, I pass science labs filled with 410-532-5546 reception at 5:30 p.m., program begins at 26th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition Tango A fundraiser concert [email protected] 6 p.m. Visit ndm.edu/essentialcredential students and professors in white coats, sometimes wearing goggles, holding The exhibition features the work of General admission $20 The diverse views presented in this or call 410-532-5500. About Notre Dame of test tubes or Petri dishes, peering into microscopes or operating sophisticated magazine do not necessarily reflect artists from the local, regional, and March 28, 2015, 7 p.m. Maryland University Women’s College equipment. the opinion of the editor or the national art community. LeClerc Auditorium Notre Dame comprises four Winter Open House www.lisztgarrisoncompetition.org You would be amazed at what they’re up to. This issue of takes official policies of the University. March 23 through April 24, 2015 Schools—School of Arts and Universitas Meet the Notre Dame admissions Reception and gallery talk: Sciences, School of Education, Laura Strickling, soprano you inside the classrooms and labs and gives you a close-up look at some of the team, get great tips on the admissions Saturday, March 28, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. School of Nursing, School of Liza Stepanova, piano process, tour Notre Dame’s campus with Pharmacy—offering premier impressive work that’s going on here, led by professors who are teachers and Senior Thesis Exhibition These extraordinary artists were a student ambassador, and attend academic programs through three This exhibit highlights the thesis and awarded first prize in the 2013 researchers. This is impressive research that will make a difference in people’s special information sessions. divisions: Women’s College, for capstone projects of graduating Liszt-Garrison Festival and Interna- lives. And every professor works closely with students who are learning Saturday, January 17, 2015 full-time undergraduate women of students. tional Competition and received the 8:30 a.m.–noon traditional college age; College of alongside them, gaining the laboratory skills and confidence that make our Notre Dame science graduates Franz Liszt Award for Best Performance ndm.edu/admissions/womens-college May 4 through May 23, 2015 Adult Undergraduate Studies and of a work by Liszt. stand out in the field. Reception: Tuesday, May 5 College of Graduate Studies, for Another aspect of life here at Notre Dame that impresses me every day is the depth and breadth of The cover painting, Spruce or Fir? a lu m n a e a n d 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 11, 2015, 7 p.m. flexible and convenient classroom, by NDMU professor of art Kevin Raines, ndm.edu/gormleygallery LeClerc Auditorium service that our entire community is engaged in. Both last year and this past October I had the privilege of online, and hybrid courses for adult depicts a peaceful winter encounter a lu m n i association women and men. attending Project Homeless Connect at the Baltimore Convention Center. The army of blue Notre Dame amid natural beauty. It reflects the e v e nts philosophy of environmental journalist baseball hats among the crowd of volunteers is always an impressive sight. It makes a powerful statement to Richard Louv, who spoke at Notre Dame Caring for Caregivers: A panel the city of Baltimore that we are transforming the lives of its residents. in March about how immersing ourselves discussion featuring industry experts NDMU HITS THE ROAD in nature results in better psychological, A panel of caregiving experts will As you turn the pages of this issue of Universitas, you’ll see a Notre Dame community that is embracing physical, and spiritual health. offer advice and answer questions and advancing the pillars of our mission: striving for academic and professional excellence, building Find us online for family caregivers. President Marylou Yam will be traveling to Florida this winter, from February 23 to 27. She’ll be Saturday, January 24, 2015 inclusive communities, engaging in service to others, and promoting social responsibility. ndm.edu meeting with alums in Fort Myers, Naples, Palm Beach, and Vero Beach. If you’d like to be part Facebook: www.facebook.com/ 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. NotreDameofMaryland Doyle Formal Lounge of one of the gatherings, please contact Eleanor Smith, Director of Donor Relations, at Twitter: @NotreDameofMD 410-532-5556 or [email protected]. Hashtag: #ndmu

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Board of Trustees President’s Advisory Council

Trustees Carroll A. Bodie, retired vice Gino Gemignani, Chair president and general counsel, Brenda Jews, Vice Chair Proctor & Gamble Cosmetics Kathryn B. Freeland, Secretary Ava E. Lias-Booker, managing Stanton G. Ades partner, McGuireWoods Mary Noel Albers, SSND Cynthia Egan, director, Envestnet; Patricia M.C. Brown retired president, T. Rowe Price Edward S. Civera Retirement Plan Services Kathleen D. Cornell, SSND ’69 John C. Erickson, founder, Joan Davidson ’93 Erickson Living; chairman and Gabrielle Dow CEO of Retirement Living TV Mary-Agnes Evans-Moreland ’84 Patricia Flynn, SSND ’64 Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, director, Patricia Hillman ’69 Center for Innovation and Marion I. Knott Leadership in Special Education, Patricia M. McCarron, SSND ’84 Kennedy Krieger Institute; M. Marc Munafo Presidential Scholar, Towson Patricia Murphy, SSND ’69 University; retired Maryland state Janese Murray superintendent of schools Anthony N. O’Brien Patrick Hughes, president, Helen M. Passano ’69 Hughes and Associates LLC Deborah S. Phelps Denise Koch, news anchor, Judith Schaum, SSND ’65 WJZ-TV Channel 13 Mary Ian Stewart, SSND ’54 Tammy P. Wiggs 2 CSI*: Notre Dame (*Collaborative STEM Investigation) Richard E. Levine, partner, Geoff Delanoy NDMU STEM professors are conducting significant research—with the DLA Piper US LLP assistance of their students. (Faculty Representative) Neil M. Meltzer, president Elizabeth Tran My Summer of War and chief executive officer, (Student Representative) 9 An NDMU student reflects on her first-hand experience of violence LifeBridge Health James W. Constable, Esq. (Ex officio) in Gaza. Patricia J. Mitchell ’69, past chair, President Marylou Yam (Ex officio) A Greater Purpose NDMU Board of Trustees, and Trustee Associates 10 Service is in the DNA of Notre Dame of Maryland University. board director, KCI Technologies Marc P. Blum Ronald R. Peterson, president, Carroll A. Bodie Gibbons Restoration Project Launches The Johns Hopkins Hospital Donna C. Easton ’70 17 Scaffolding around the Merrick Tower signals the start of the and Health System The Honorable Kathleen O’Ferrall Gibbons Hall restoration. Friedman ’62 Jennifer W. Reynolds, partner and NDMU News Kristine K. Howanski director, Ward Properties 18 The latest news, from scholarship to sports Michael D. Lippy Henry A. Rosenberg Jr., chairman Robert R. Manfredi Commencement of the board, Rosemore Inc. Nancy E. McColgan ’92 21 More than 700 graduates received degrees at the 2014 Commencement. Vicky Munafo Reunion 2014 Mary Anne O’Donnell Notre Dame of Maryland University 22 Hundreds of alums returned to campus to celebrate Reunion 2014 Frank R. Palmer Mission in September. Joshua Parker M’10 Notre Dame of Maryland University Lori Pollack ’08 Class Notes educates leaders to transform The Honorable Mary Louise Preis 24 Highlights of the achievements by NDMU alumnae and alumni the world. Robert Sabelhaus Embracing the vision of the John C. Smyth NDMU by the Numbers founders, the School Sisters of Christine G. Snyder ’77 27 The 2014 fiscal year at a glance Notre Dame, the University Kathleen D. Solomon Giving promotes the advancement of John K. Tolmie 28 Meletia and Montrose societies, profiles of our Board of Trustees women and provides a liberal arts Diana M. Trout ’97 new members and retiring chair, and obituaries education in the Catholic tradition. Barbara Wolf ’69 36 The Last Word: Confessions of a Curious Child Notre Dame challenges women Engineer La Vida Cooper ’03 says the best way to encourage girls to and men to strive for intellectual pursue careers in STEM is to encourage their curiosity. and professional excellence, to build inclusive communities, to engage in service to others, and to promote social responsibility.

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There is significant work being done by the scientists at Notre Dame of Maryland University. And because student collaboration with professors is a hallmark of a Notre Dame education, these scientists conduct their research with students by their side.

*Collaborative STEM Investigation BY JOHN RIVERA

If there were a patron saint of STEM sors,” says Saba Shahzad, Class of Nobel Prize winners in the hallway.” at Notre Dame of Maryland Univer- 2015, a biology major from Allison The program started in 2004, when sity, it would have to be Alma Mc- Park, Pa. “They have their doors open Dr. Hoffman heard from a friend of a Nicholas, SSND ’26. to us anytime. All you have to do is friend that Langdon King, M.D., an Sister Alma, who excelled as both a walk in, and they help you. That’s esteemed researcher at Johns Hopkins, teacher—she was known for deliver- something that Notre Dame gave me was looking for a student to work in ing 90-minute lectures without so that I don’t think I would have gotten his lab. Dr. Hoffman recommended an much as glancing at a note—and a re- anywhere else.” outstanding student, Thao Vuong ’04, searcher who inspired generations of for the position. Apparently, Dr. King young women to pursue vocations in The Sister Alma Science Year liked her work. “He came back and science, is the embodiment of a Notre One of Notre Dame’s marquee pro- said, ‘Do you have any more like her?’” Dame scientist. And she is a model of grams for student research is the Sister Dr. Hoffman says. “Sure do” was the what Notre Dame science faculty Alma Science Year. This is a competi- answer. Hoffman worked with Cathy strive for today: to be excellent teach- tive program that grants three stu- Will, a Johns Hopkins administrator, ers in the classroom and mentors in dents each year an opportunity to and the Sister Alma Women Scientist the lab. Small class sizes with engaged work in the research laboratories of program was born. This program faculty offer students plenty of oppor- top scientists at the Johns Hopkins funded students to work in Johns tunity to work with their professors, School of Medicine. Hopkins laboratories during the fall who often share credit in scientific “The Sister Alma scholars experi- and spring semesters. presentations and published research. ence the best of both worlds: the inti- With additional funding, this year a This close collaboration is a hallmark mate classes and personal education paid summer internship was added to of a Notre Dame education and is at Notre Dame and the world-class the school year experience, and the something you won’t find readily on research atmosphere at Johns Hopkins program was renamed the Sister Alma larger, more impersonal campuses. School of Medicine,” says Peter Hoff- Science Year. The addition of the sum- “I think the small size of classes is man, Ph.D., chair of the biology de- mer experience is vital, Dr. Hoffman what really helped me—having that partment and a founder of the pro- says. “Before, it took time to get them one-on-one connection with profes- gram. “They can literally bump into up to speed in the lab in the fall. This

Dental health: Jennifer Kerr, Ph.D. (left), assistant professor of biology, is working with senior biology major Allison Klein on an innovative new way to treat cavities.

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96895_Text.indd 3 12/12/14 12:10 PM Dunkerly, a biology and chemistry dual major, says she values the process of discovery in lab research—so much so that she changed earlier plans to be- come a pharmacist. She now intends to pursue a Ph.D. so she can continue doing research. “With the research I am doing through the Sister Alma program, there are often times where I have no idea what my results are going to be like, and even when I do have expecta- tions the results can come out to be completely different,” she says. “Learn- Fast-forward: This year’s Sister Alma scholars—Candace Wright, Saba Shahzad, ing how to troubleshoot and come up and Brittany Dunkerly, from left to right—will graduate with the kind of research and with a different plan when experi- publication experience that is rare for undergraduates. ments go wrong has definitely been an way, they’ll be able to do full-time re- "I think the small size of experience of the Sister Alma pro- search in the summer and be much classes is what really helped gram that I value in terms of my inde- pendence as a scientist.” more productive in the fall and spring.” me-having that one-on-one The current Sister Alma scholars In fact, Dunkerly’s experience stands are senior Brittany Dunkerly of Glen connection with professors. out in that she already has two post- Burnie, Md., who is doing research They have their doors er abstracts and one peer-reviewed into heart disease in a lab led by open to us anytime." publication to her name and has two Charles Steenbergen, M.D., Ph.D.; more poster abstracts in the pipe- Saba Shahzad, senior biology major Shahzad, who is working with Susan line. Her research output has im- Michaelis, Ph.D., looking at how mis- and Parkinson’s disease; and junior pressed her Hopkins supervisor, Sa- folded proteins aggregate, research Candace Wright of Effort, Pa., who is marjit Das, Ph.D. With him, Dun- that could ultimately be used to help researching HIV in the lab of Joel kerly was a co-author on the paper design treatments for cystic fibrosis Blankson, M.D., Ph.D. published in PlosOne, a peer-reviewed

Sister Alma McNicholas, SSND ’26, was a Notre Dame science legend, teaching and mentoring generations of students. She was a member of the biology department for more than 50 years, leading it as department chair for 38 years. She retired from full-time teaching in 1991 at the age of 88 and continued to teach part- time until she was 93. Cynthia Wang, Ph.D. ’69, who until her retirement earlier this year was a member of the biology faculty, recalls her years as Sr. Alma’s student, remembering her as a professor who cared deeply about her students, of whom she had high expectations. “In the classroom she had this amazing ability to explain complicated concepts in a way that all her students could grasp,” Dr. Wang says. And she couldn’t bear to see her students’ noses buried in their notes as she lectured. “She would say, ‘Put down your pens and listen.’ And she would scan the classroom and wait until you did it,” Dr. Wang says. “After a certain point, Sr. Alma would say, ‘OK, now I will dictate.’ And she would dictate specific definitions and concepts you needed to have in your notes.” During the summer, Sr. Alma would go into the lab to do full-time research. Over the years, she worked on cardiovascular research at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, the University of Birmingham in England, and the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. Perhaps Sr. Alma’s greatest legacy is her students, who have gone on to careers in science research, medicine, and academia. “She was very exacting in the lab, very exacting in instructing in laboratory techniques,” Dr. Wang says. “Biology graduates from Notre Dame have a very excellent reputation. People knew if they had Sr. Alma, they were really well trained.” When Sr. Alma retired, a scholarship fund for biology students was started in her name. It was this fund that financed the Sister Alma Women Scientist program, which has since evolved into the Sister Alma Science Year program.

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96895_Text.indd 4 12/12/14 12:10 PM dishes. “And then we treat that area with the focused microwave energy and ask whether the bacteria were killed and if the tooth was able to repair itself,” she says. And so far, “FME is actually very effective in killing cavity-causing bacteria.” Klein, who is considering a future as a forensic anthropologist, says she feels honored to work on this NASA project with Dr. Kerr. “She has been a treat to work with, so approachable and patient, always gently nudging me forward to understand and to learn, and keeping me at ease while I assist her as best I can,” she says. The team is applying for grants to continue testing the device and will eventually move on to human trials. “We’re looking at safety, because every- one wants to know, is it equivalent to sticking your head in a microwave?” Dr. Kerr says. “And it’s not. It’s a very fo- cused area, only targeting the bacteria.” And they see applications of the de- Sky bright: Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., professor of physics, in NDMU’s Kathleen Price vice beyond space. “We would love to Bryan Planetarium. He and senior Suzanne Hamdy are studying how antimatter envision this technology in someplace reactions affect the sun’s ability to reflect light. like Africa, where many don’t have ac- cess to a dentist except once every journal published by the Public Li- time in space develops a cavity that couple of years, or in dental clinics brary of Science. could become infected? After all, there that service rural areas in the U.S.,” “Co-authorship [of a peer-reviewed are no dentists in space. Dr. Kerr says. paper] is a big deal. It means that Their answer is a handheld device whatever experiments she performed, that delivers focused microwave energy Theorizing about the those results are so good that you can (FME) to the area of the tooth that has publish it,” he says. “At the end of her a cavity and kills the bacteria causing Sun’s Intensity time here, she’ll have three publica- the problem, leaving alone the other Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., a professor tions. I never met anyone who had a useful organisms in the mouth. The of physics at Notre Dame, has been publication at her stage.” idea is that there are minerals in our doing research the past 15 years at The Sister Alma students aren’t the saliva that can then repair the tooth in NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center only ones getting to try their hand a process called remineralization. in Greenbelt, Md., in theoretical at real, world-changing research. Pro- “In theory, what that means is that if atomic physics. Dr. Di Rienzi and his fessors at Notre Dame are doing someone had a toothache, they could NASA colleague, Richard J. Drach- significant scientific investigation, with take this handheld device and apply man, Ph.D., have recently become in- student researchers. it to the tooth that was causing the terested in certain matter-antimatter problem,” Dr. Kerr says. “And then reactions that may affect the sun’s abil- Healing Cavities in Space with their body’s natural salivary min- ity to radiate light. Jennifer Kerr, Ph.D., an assistant pro- eral content, the tooth could actually The sun has been radiating energy fessor of biology who specializes in fix itself.” for almost five billion years and will oral microbiology, has teamed up with Right now, she and her student continue to do so for another five bil- a dentist and with NASA to solve a researcher, senior Allison Klein of Bal- lion years before it loses its ability to potentially serious problem: What if timore, are growing bacteria to create produce the nuclear reactions that an astronaut spending a prolonged cavities on pieces of teeth in Petri generate starlight. Throughout its

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96895_Text.indd 5 12/12/14 12:10 PM existence there have been effects that physics, Drs. Di Rienzi and Drach- have caused the sun to shine more or man are developing a mathematical less brightly. Drs. Di Rienzi and Drach- "It's fabulous doing model with the help of specialized man want to determine if antimatter research with computer software to do calculations has any part in this variable intensity. undergraduate students. that will help them make predictions Specifically, they are looking at how about the likelihood of the formation matter and antimatter interact in the I really enjoy working of positronium and neutral hydrogen upper atmosphere of the sun and as a supervisor in the sun’s upper atmosphere. This similar stars. The ultimate matter/anti- and a mentor to them." fall, senior Suzanne Hamdy, who is a matter interaction results in mutual National Science Foundation Path- annihilation, but the researchers want Dr. Jocelyn McKeon, associate ways to Excellence scholar, is working to know what happens before that professor of chemistry with Dr. Di Rienzi on the project. point is reached. Do these reactions “In the first phase of the project Su- have any significance in the opacity of sphere before it is radiated out into the zanne and I are doing diagnostic cal- a star and its ability to radiate light? solar system. The project is exploring culations,” he says. “We trust the com- “There has always been interest in the scattering of positrons, the anti- puter, but we still have to look at the understanding reactions with negative particles of electrons, off H-minus answer and see if it’s physically viable.” hydrogen ions, H-minus, which we ions. When this happens, the extra know are present in the upper atmo- electron in the hydrogen ion attaches The MacGyver of spheres of stars like the sun,” Dr. to the positron and forms positronium. Notre Dame Di Rienzi says. H-minus ions absorb Then the H-minus becomes neutral We’ve all heard that the antioxidants visible light, thus regulating the sun’s hydrogen, which would lower the in things like tea, red wine, and grapes opacity, which is the amount of light atmosphere’s ability to absorb light. are good for us, promoting heart absorbed in the sun’s upper atmo- Using the principles of quantum health by increasing levels of high-

Zooming in: Jocelyn McKeon, Ph.D., and student Amanda Willingham are taking a close look at how antioxidants bind with a protein in the blood, to figure out which antioxidant-rich foods deliver the biggest benefit.

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96895_Text.indd 6 12/12/14 12:10 PM A bug’s life: Dr. Kenneth G. Sossa and his dedicated team of student researchers are conducting experiments on giant cockroaches— including putting them on tiny treadmills. density lipoprotein (HDL) cholester- amount of binding with the protein The Roach Motel of Knott ol (the “good” cholesterol). But can we that takes place. Science Center determine which foods with antioxi- But at the outset of her research, dants are the most efficient delivering she lacked one crucial piece of equip- A door on the third floor of the Knott the biggest benefit, because they are ment: a capillary electrophoresis (CE) Science Center has a note taped to it: absorbed more readily by our cells? unit. So Dr. McKeon decided to “Experiment in Progress. Enter only in This is the research focus of Jocelyn “MacGyver” a solution. She applied for case of emergency!” McKeon, Ph.D., associate professor grant money and purchased several On the other side of that door are of chemistry. individual components that she and hundreds of cockroaches. It’s not an Dr. McKeon, along with her lab director Patrick Bell fit together infestation. It’s the home of the Giant student researcher, senior Amanda into what she calls a homemade capil- Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, the Willingham of Atlanta, is studying the lary electrophoresis machine. insect of choice for Kenneth G. Sossa, degree of binding that takes place As it turns out, her CE machine has Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology. between certain antioxidants and several advantages, aside from being “These guys are actually somewhat albumin, which is a protein present in relatively inexpensive. It also allows for cute. They don’t look like your garden- blood. The theory, based on scientific a quick method of developing experi- variety cockroach,” says Dr. Sossa. The literature, is that there is a correlation ments using a minimum amount of Malagasy cockroach grows to about between antioxidant-albumin binding sample. And unlike commercial ma- the size of a small mouse and eats strengths and the overall antioxidant chines, big boxes that do the analysis leaves, and 100 can fit in a 10-gallon capacity—in general, the greater the inside and out of view, Dr. McKeon’s tank, which makes it an inexpensive antioxidant capacity, the greater the machine allows students to see what’s and convenient specimen for study. potential efficacy and health benefit. happening through a Plexiglas box. The cockroach has been traditional- To measure this binding, Dr. McKe- It won’t be long before Dr. McKeon ly used in biology classes to teach the on uses a technique called capillary will be able to submit the results of her rudiments of anatomy and the ner- electrophoresis, which involves plac- research in a paper for a peer-reviewed vous system. Despite its small size, its ing the compounds suspended in a journal that will include the contribu- nervous system is analogous to that of liquid solution in a tiny capillary tions of her students. “It’s fabulous do- humans. And because the Giant Mad- tube about the width of two hairs, ing research with undergraduate stu- agascar Hissing Cockroach is bigger applying an electric field across the dents,” she says. “I really enjoy working than its more conventional cousin, the capillary that separates the antioxi- as a supervisor and a mentor to them.” American cockroach, it makes for a dant compounds and monitoring the better teaching tool.

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96895_Text.indd 7 12/12/14 12:10 PM But Dr. Sossa is taking it a step model, we can apply it to a more com- further and is studying the behavior of plex model,” he says. “It’s so cool we can the cockroach. Specifically, he is look- observe something like this in insects.” ing at the effect on the nervous system Victoria Meadows, a senior who is of changes in environment, such as an Dr. Sossa’s student researcher, says her absence of light or the presence of cer- experience has offered her opportuni- tain odors, in an effort to better under- ties for both mentorship and leader- stand cross-modal plasticity—the ship. A poster on her research recently strengthening of other sensory sys- won a first prize in a UMBC research tems due to the lack of one sense, such symposium. as sight. “In Dr. Sossa’s lab, you are not only “I’m manipulating the sensory world working alongside him, but also doing and looking at the nervous system and research alongside other students,” she behavior to see how they adapt,” he says. “It gives me an opportunity to says. That explains why he is raising mentor other students who are inter- cockroaches in total darkness. He ested in research.” wants to see how the nervous system Meadows’ work at Notre Dame has adapts in a cockroach that has never put her on a track to enter a Ph.D. seen light. Other experiments involve program next fall. “I’m lucky to be on Notre Dame putting the insects on a tiny treadmill this campus,” she says. “To experience School of Education or in a Y-maze and seeing if placing such wonderful things and now to be Is Leading the Way the odor of another cockroach in one part of award-winning research—it’s of the branches will affect its choice of just something that I don’t think I in STEM Education direction. would have gotten at another university.” • In the critical shortage area of “By asking the question in a simple STEM-trained K–8 teachers, Notre Dame prepares more STEM teachers than any other Victoria Meadows is fascinated by animal behavior. Maryland university. On the weekends, she cavorts with birds and reptiles as a volunteer at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, but almost any time during the week, you’ll find her in a Notre • Notre Dame’s STEM Summer Dame biology lab, working on a much smaller scale: studying the behavior of the female Institute is a popular destination Gromphadorhina portentosa, aka the Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. for teachers who want to hone Meadows’ research focuses on behavioral aggregation, sex preference, learning and their skills. The STEM Summer memory, and cross-modal plasticity in the female insect, which has not been studied as Institute is a week-long, graduate- much as the male. In October she took first prize in her category at the University of level program that provides Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium teachers with the resources, in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, in addition to prizes she’d already won at knowledge, and methodology to Morgan State University’s 21st Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, as well as engage their students with subject Notre Dame’s own Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day. matter related to natural resources. After she graduates, Meadows plans to pursue a Ph.D. in animal behavior research with This interdisciplinary program is a an eye toward working in a zoo or aquarium. “I’d like to take what I’m learning and apply great opportunity for teachers of it to bigger organisms,” she says. “That’s my dream.” all grade levels and disciplines. • Notre Dame’s STEM Summer Camp is a program for students who want to have fun while exploring their budding interests in science, technology, engineer- ing, and math. This past summer, campers were introduced each day to a new STEM concept focused on the Chesapeake Bay and participated in hands-on learning. Campers worked in small groups with counselors who are pre-ser- vice or in-service teachers enrolled in a School of Education degree program at Notre Dame.

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96895_Text.indd 8 12/12/14 12:10 PM my summer of war By Hanadi Kaleel, Class of 2017

Over the past 60 years, few international W hen my plane landed at Dulles Interna- home, Israeli settlers from a nearby commu- issues have generated as much rancor, terror, tional Airport at the end of August, I can’t say nity came into my neighborhood at 4 a.m. and and sorrow as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I was excited. While I’ve always enjoyed kidnapped my best friend’s cousin, 16-year- To many observers and participants, this con- school, after spending most of my summer in old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was walk- flict is the very definition of intractability. a country suffering from three months of ex- ing to prayer. His charred body was later Convictions on both sides are deeply held, acerbated conflict, I wasn’t sure I was ready to found in a field, the autopsy revealing that he goals appear irreconcilable, cycles of retaliatory be back. A part of me didn’t want to leave was doused in and force-fed gasoline before violence seem self-perpetuating. Among Israeli Palestine, knowing my family was still there. he was burned alive. Overnight, my quiet and Palestinian citizens, the desire for peace The bigger part, however—the guilt-ridden neighborhood turned into an unrecognizable and security is pervasive, but the hope for its part—wanted desperately to escape. I longed battleground, with soldiers, tanks, and masked achievement is agonizingly elusive. In this for the version of me that lived in a place stone-throwing children on every street. atmosphere of violence, sustaining a dialogue where politics didn’t dominate every aspect of Soon after, the war on Gaza began. Israel’s of peace and mutual learning is imperative. my life. But I kept asking the same question: objective was to cripple Hamas. While Gaza’s We are fortunate to be part of a Notre Dame “What gives me the right to live in a peaceful citizens were the victims and not the perpe- community that is committed to this dialogue. country, where my biggest problem will be trators of this war, they sustained the over- Faculty, staff, and students create space for re- finding an empty washer and dryer in Meletia, whelming majority of the casualties. By the spectful discourse, whether by inviting Middle while my family and friends’ lives consist of end of August, airstrikes and military inter- Eastern English Language Institute students waking up to death tolls, decapitated children, vention resulted in 2,000 Palestinian deaths to an international relations class, attending a and obliterated cities?” and 35 Israeli deaths. religious service of a different faith tradition, On June 12, shortly after my arrival in Jeru- From my bedroom, I felt the ground shake or sharing intercultural perspectives and expe- salem, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped every time a missile fell on Gaza and would riences over a meal in Gator Alley. In her while they were hitchhiking home. Many see people in the city running to shelters dur- essay, Notre Dame student Hanadi Kaleel blamed Hamas, the dominant political party ing bomb threats. The summer of fun I looked contributes her voice to this ongoing dialogue. in Gaza, for the kidnapping. The resulting forward to became three months of war, fear, Her recollections of a summer in a war-torn crackdown on the West Bank in search of the and sadness. Looking back I could almost be- place are wrenching, but they constitute a call teens led to the death of several Palestinians lieve it was a dream, if I didn’t still flinch every to positive action rather than despair. and the imprisonment of hundreds more. time I heard thunder. When the three teens were found dead —Anne Ellen Henderson, Ph.D. in a field, the already unstable situation erupt- Associate Professor of Political Science ed into a full-fledged war. As the Israeli gov- Hanadi Kaleel, class of 2017, is a physics major ernment prepared its military for a Gaza at NDMU. She originally wrote this for offensive, ordinary citizens took matters into NDMU Columns, the University’s student their own hands. In an incident very close to news publication.

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96895_Text.indd 10 12/12/14 12:10 PM A GREATER PURPOSEBY MARIANNE AMOSS ’04

AFTER 120 YEARS, NOTRE DAME’S FOCUS ON SERVICE IS STRONGER THAN EVER

n a warm morning in early Sisters of Notre Dame across the ocean ment,” says Melissa Lees, director of October, more than 200 stu- to America from Bavaria, to continue campus ministry and service. “There are a dents, faculty, and staff de- their work educating poor German girls lot of negative stereotypes about Balti- scended on the Baltimore and young women in a new setting. Vice more and about homelessness, and this Convention Center to volun- President for Mission Eileen O’Dea, opportunity breaks both of those.” teer at the United Way’s third SSND ’66, notes that Notre Dame’s core First-year student Allyson Whitacre annual Project Homeless Connect, values are inextricably linked to those of says she learned a lot about the struggles an event that connects the homeless and the School Sisters—intellectual and pro- of the homeless to access basic health those at risk for becoming homeless with fessional excellence, service to others, and care and services—and about her obliga- essential services and information. The social responsibility—“not because the tion to help. “Responsibility is key at Notre Dame contingent was easy to spot SSNDs imposed those values on the Notre Dame, because we always talk among the 2,300 volunteers, as they were institution, but because we share those about being independent, being leaders— decked out in blue Notre Dame of Mary- ideas with other people and they say, ‘ Ye s , and being here, we’re basically the leaders land baseball caps. we want to do that, too.’” to these people that need our help,” she Of all the local college and university Notre Dame students engage in ser- says. “We need to be able to take charge volunteer groups, Notre Dame’s was the vice from their first weeks at the Univer- and help them get what they need.” For largest by far—for the second year in a sity. Many of the volunteers at Project her, it was a fitting way to begin her time row. President Marylou Yam was invited Homeless Connect were first-year stu- at Notre Dame. “It’s mostly about, over to speak, along with Mayor Stephanie dents, participating through NDMU- the next four years, becoming better Rawlings-Blake and United Way Presi- 100, the first-year seminar. Students take women—better people overall.” dent and CEO Mark Furst. “Today will part in reflection activities before and be an important and powerful experience afterward, comparing stereotypes and The Principle of for all of you,” Dr. Yam said. “This is a myths about homelessness with factual great way to put the idea of serving oth- information. “Students always talk about Transformation ers into action.” the bubble of Notre Dame, and this forc- The SSNDs’ goal at Notre Dame has Service is in the DNA of this institu- es them out of that bubble right away never been less than transformation— tion—it’s what drew the brave School their first year. But it’s in a safe environ- the tagline “transforming the world

Strength in numbers: The Notre Dame community completed an astounding 104,000-plus hours of service during the 2013–2014 academic year.

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96895_Text.indd 11 12/12/14 12:11 PM through education” still rings true. Ac- Nearly half of all enrolled students par- cording to Sr. Eileen, like all religious ticipated in service at least once. Many congregations, the SSNDs’ goal was to participated numerous times—through address unmet needs—and she traces clinical experiences in the School of Nurs- that goal throughout Notre Dame’s his- ing, student teaching in the School of tory. In addition to the Women’s College, Education, the AdvoCaring program in it can be seen in the establishment of the the School of Pharmacy, and various vol- Weekend College in 1975 to serve work- unteer and service-learning opportunities ing women and men (now known as the in the School of Arts and Sciences. Even College of Adult Undergraduate Studies) members of the Renaissance Institute for and the Graduate Studies program in lifelong learning and the youngsters in A The long haul: The Bonner Leaders 1984 to provide opportunities for further Child’s Place nursery school and kinder- program—the first at a Maryland advanced education. In more recent years, garten pitched in. “It’s a very engaged cam- school—pairs students with community it can be found in the establishment of pus,” says Lees, who in December recieved organizations for all four years of college. the Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership for the news that Notre Dame was selected Changing Populations in 2004 and the for the President’s Higher Education nity service experience that’s known as the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Education, Community Service Honor Roll. domestic version of the Peace Corps; she Nursing, and Pharmacy—all of which Lees has long felt a calling to service. A later served as site director of Notre Dame are distinguished by a profound commit- religious studies major at Marywood Uni- Mission Volunteers AmeriCorps. Lees ment to service and community-building. versity, she volunteered all four years with then went on to earn an M.A. in pastoral The proof is in the numbers: During women inmates at the Lackawanna Coun- ministry at University of Dayton, where, the 2013–2014 academic year, the Notre ty prison, helping the inmates record as a graduate assistant in Campus Minis- Dame community completed an impres- books on tape to be sent home to their try’s Center for Social Concern, she real- sive 104,612 hours of service and service- children. After college, Lees completed a ized the inextricable link between service learning, the equivalent of $2.3 million. year in AmeriCorps, an intensive commu- and faith. “As a Catholic, it’s part of who I am,” she says. People skills: NDMU student pharmacists spend many hours in the community, conducting At Notre Dame, Lees has been director health fairs, flu clinics, blood pressure screenings, and more. of campus ministry and service since 2009. She’s overseen service-learning since Janu- ary 2013; since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of students participating in civic engagement initiatives. In fall 2013, first-year students at Notre Dame completed 1,023 service hours and 29 service projects at 12 service sites—including My Sister’s Place, Beans & Bread, and Our Daily Bread, where stu- dents work on a regular basis. Her achieve- ments were publicly recognized this fall, when Lees received the Governor’s Service Award in the Service-Learning Leader category and was named a Leading Woman by the Maryland Daily Record. In August, Lees was busy planning the new Bonner Leaders program, her big project in the Women’s College this year in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Sawyer, vice president for student life. Funded by the Bonner Foundation, the program pairs students with community organiza- tions to provide the kind of long-term, intensive service that the foundation be- lieves is critical to effecting real change. The students commit to providing 300 hours of service each year, all four years of college, at the same site. In exchange,

96895_Text.indd 12 12/12/14 12:11 PM In the field: In English in Action, English Language Institute students learn about social issues and then put that knowledge—and their English skills—into practice by volunteering. they receive work-study funds and free Women’s College service sorority, has a SSNDs. “[There was] always the idea campus housing; they also attend special full lineup of activities in the works, from that we enrich people with an education, Bonner conferences and meetings, as well collecting soda tabs for Ronald McDon- and always the idea that they will share as weekly workshops at NDMU on lead- ald House to selling crafts to benefit eco- their gifts with other people. We see that ership, social issues, personal growth, and nomically depressed people in the Philip- in the many service projects here, the related topics. Notre Dame is the first pines as part of Threads of Hope. And a many ways we encourage faculty and school in Maryland to offer this program. group of students, inspired by their expe- staff and students to become involved in The Bonners, as Lees calls them, will rience on a United Way alternative spring outreach programs. That is very consis- be a small group—just five students from break trip to Washington, D.C., last year, tent with our history.” each class. This year, the program is have just launched a campus United Way launching with five first-years and five group. “We formed Student United Way Preparation for Real Life sophomores. Micah Castelo, Class of primarily to provide service opportuni- All four Schools offer service-learning 2018, assists with programming and ties to the students at NDMU focusing courses, which connect what students serves meals to the residents of the Wein- on the Baltimore community—dealing learn in the classroom to reality. Through this experience, students are “OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS, ESPECIALLY compelled to ask why certain conditions— homelessness, disenfranchisement, pov- YOUNG STUDENTS LIKE US. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN erty, and more—exist and what they can STUDENTS COME TOGETHER, THEY HAVE THE POWER do to ameliorate them. “It’s preparation TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.” for real life, and really that is the desired outcome of Catholic social teaching,” Sarishma Thapa, Class of 2017, president of Student United Way says Debra Franklin, Ph.D. ’76, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. “Once berg Housing and Resource Center, a with education, financial stability, and you are exposed to great ideas and ways Catholic Charities homeless shelter. “I re- health,” says president Sarishma Thapa, of thinking and ways of engaging the ally like how Notre Dame focuses a lot Class of 2017. “Our community needs world, that leads you to a call to action. on giving back to the community. I don’t volunteers, especially young students like That is the ultimate goal: call to action think that service is really required or en- us. I believe that when students come to- and future leadership.” dorsed in my friends’ colleges as greatly as gether, they have the power to change the The longest continuously running here at Notre Dame,” she says. world and make a difference.” service-learning course in the School Other Women’s College students are According to Sr. Eileen, it’s that belief (and perhaps the institution) is Introduc- finding ways to collaborate on service that motivated Blessed Mary Theresa of tion to Women’s Studies, offered every projects as well. Omega Phi Alpha, the Jesus Gerhardinger, the foundress of the year in the spring. Under the direction of

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96895_Text.indd 13 12/12/14 12:11 PM associate professor of history Susan the heart of Notre Dame, the School of from us,” says Dean Sharon Slear, SSND Barber, Ph.D. ’84, students learn about Nursing, and the nursing profession. Our ’66, “but it’s a service. They offer a lot of violence against women and women’s faculty, staff, and students take that service to the schools.” experiences in prison—and then work commitment seriously,” says Katherine The School of Pharmacy is in the fifth with inmates at the Maryland Correc- Cook, Ph.D., R.N., dean of the School year of its innovative AdvoCaring pro- tional Institute for Women to create of Nursing. gram, which gets student pharmacists T-shirts for the Clothesline Project, In the School of Education, faculty out into the community to work with which bears witness to experiences of members conduct in-service presenta- partner nonprofit agencies to determine domestic violence. Students help hang tions at Baltimore County and Baltimore their health care needs. In this program, the shirts on Doyle Lawn and organize City schools on topics requested by the student pharmacists conduct health fairs, events relating to domestic violence faculty—strictly on a volunteer basis. blood pressure screenings, medication awareness. “This kind of project fits per- fectly with our mission and with the SSND ministry—to improve the lot of “ONCE YOU ARE EXPOSED TO GREAT IDEAS AND WAYS OF women and girls that are in some kind of THINKING AND WAYS OF ENGAGING THE WORLD, THAT distress,” Dr. Barber says. “The students learn great compassion through this ex- LEADS YOU TO A CALL TO ACTION. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE perience. They learn to let go of stereo- GOAL: CALL TO ACTION AND FUTURE LEADERSHIP.” types, so that they’re not afraid because Dr. Debra Franklin, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences they know that someone has been in a prison.” In the School of Nursing, among the And through ACES—Academy of Cath- take-backs, flu clinics, and more. This various service and service-learning olic Educators—Gail Donahue, Ph.D. ’12, year’s sites include Gilchrist Hospice opportunities for students is a project provides professional development to Care, Greenmount Senior Center, and helmed by faculty member Sabita Per- staff in area Catholic schools on such top- Arc of Baltimore—which over the sum- saud, Ph.D., R.N. For the second year, ics as technology integration, math mer awarded the School its 2014 Intern she is directing a service-learning part- instruction, and assessment. (To read Service Award to recognize four years nership with Wolfe Street Academy and more about ACES, see NDMU News on of service. the Baltimore Curriculum Project. In page 18.) Beyond AdvoCaring, students are re- spring 2013, she arranged for 15 Notre And of course there’s the well-regarded quired to complete three hours of direct Dame nursing students to tutor 33 Operation TEACH, now in its 14th year. patient care service every semester—and Wolfe Street Academy students once a The popular two-year program enables many, says Dean Anne Lin, Pharm.D., do week. Students will continue that work aspiring educators to earn an M.A. in more. “All of our student organizations, again this academic year as part of a Teaching degree at Notre Dame while particularly our [Academy of Student course called Nursing Research. “Service teaching in Catholic schools and living in Pharmacists] chapter, do a lot of activi- on behalf of vulnerable populations is at community. “It’s true they get a degree ties. Students go way beyond the require-

Show of support: Women’s College students work with inmates at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women to create T-shirts for the Clothesline Project, which bears witness to experiences of domestic violence. The project is displayed every year at Notre Dame.

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96895_Text.indd 14 12/12/14 12:11 PM Mission-driven: Operation TEACH enables aspiring educators to earn an M.A. in Teaching degree at Notre Dame while teaching in Catholic schools and living in a community with other members of the program.

ment that we have,” she says. All told, Global reach: In IDS-310, Service Abroad: Women in Leadership and Service, students before the start of the fall 2014 semester, volunteer for up to six weeks in Latin America and live with the SSNDs. the School of Pharmacy could boast of 14,813 service hours since 2009.

An International Perspective Undergraduate students interested in education and international service can take IDS-310, Service Abroad: Women in Leadership and Service, a four-credit course that developed out of a partner- ship between the SSNDs at Notre Dame and those in Latin America and Africa. Students learn about the politics, culture, and history of their destination coun- try—in recent years, it’s been Brazil or Peru—and then spend up to six weeks volunteering in the country. Many par- ticipants have found it life-changing. “I learned so much,” says Julie Carter, who spent time in Brazil in 2013; she will graduate from the BA/MAT program this spring. “I came to love the culture and the people I worked with, who went out of their way to work with me and to help me in both understanding the cul- ture and the educational system that is so different from the American one I’ve grown so used to.”

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Leading by example: The School Sisters of Notre Dame encourage students to get involved in important social causes, such as women’s rights.

International students at Notre Dame to impact the lives of others. That’s Notre history. are involved in service, too. One such Dame’s mission in action.” Space doesn’t allow for comprehensive opportunity is the English in Action Notre Dame alums continue to live out coverage of the many service-oriented course, created by Mary Burch “MB” their commitment to service after gradua- courses, activities, and initiatives taking Harmon ’93, special programs coordina- tion. There’s Antoinella Peterkin ’12, place on and off Notre Dame’s campus. tor in the English Language Institute. who completed the AmeriCorps Public However, even this small sampling dem- Students learn about social issues like Allies national service program and is onstrates that Notre Dame of Maryland homelessness and poverty, and then put now developing a program to connect University’s orientation toward service that knowledge—and their English Baltimore students with entrepreneurs in still resonates today as it did at the insti- skills—into practice through volunteer- art and fashion. There’s Chris Sachse ’11, tution’s start. “As we begin our 120th ing at a variety of organizations, from Habitat for Humanity to the Maryland “THE VISION AND VALUES OF THE SSNDS ARE ALIVE AND Food Bank. “Experiential learning is very important. I find it changes them so WELL IN THIS INSTITUTION ON NORTH CHARLES STREET.” much,” Harmon says. “Sometimes we just Sr. Eileen O’Dea, SSND ’66, Vice President for Mission need to provide the door for students to go through to understand how they can M’12, the principal and co-founder of year, we can see the pattern of continuity be a part of something, because some- the IT services firm Horsetail Tech; he and change over the years. We have been times they don’t know how to get there or mentors young people in the Year Up true to our traditions and true to the what to do. I really believe that that’s part program and serves as vice president of principle of transformation,” says Sr. of my job and part of what I’m about.” the board of Maryland CASA. And Eileen. “The vision and values of the Service-learning is the perfect expres- there are Andrea Bowden, Ph.D. ’69, and SSNDs are alive and well in this institu- sion of what Notre Dame is all about, Betty Contino ’89, who received Notre tion on North Charles Street.” says President Marylou Yam, Ph.D. Dame’s Service to Society Award at Re- “Notre Dame’s integration of academics union 2014 for their contributions to the and service shows our students that the Baltimore community. Thousands of two go hand-in-hand. Here, students ex- other graduates have committed their perience the transformative power of ed- professional and personal lives to serving ucation in their own lives, and then go on others over the course of Notre Dame’s

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96895_Text.indd 16 12/12/14 12:11 PM BRICKS AND MORTAR I n her poem “Heritage,” Maura 21st-century students. En- Eichner, SSND ’41, Notre Scaffolding / sheathes the sky / about the hanced technology, improved Dame’s unofficial poet laureate, lighting, and more comfortable describes repair work on tower / like poplar boughs / Above, planets / and flexible seating are some of Gibbons’ Merrick Tower a delicately trace / the circling area / banding the updates planned. Other quarter century ago. The bell the tower, / a bird to be saved / for its song; / renovations will create informal tower atop the tall, stately an ikon, / cherished for wonder. learning spaces for student and building opened by the School faculty collaboration and Sisters of Notre Dame in 1873 Sister Maura Eichner ’41, from “Heritage” provide greater accessibility for is “a bird to be saved for its Hope is A Blind Bard, 1989 all students. song; an ikon cherished for NDMU was recently wonder,” she writes. awarded two grants to support The latest restoration of the the Gibbons Project. An campus icon is scheduled to be $80,000 grant from the Marion completed in mid-December, I. and Henry J. Knott Founda- according to Whiting-Turner tion will equip a 21st-century Contracting Co. The Notre classroom in Gibbons Hall to Dame community watched in teach educators how to integrate awe in late summer as the 12 technology into K–12 class- tower windows were removed for rooms in the Archdiocese of restoration and scaffolding Baltimore. The grant will sprouted on the east side of contribute to $4 million in Gibbons Hall and wrapped the private matching funds that the tower. Since then, crews have University seeks to raise for a been working an estimated 350 pending state grant request to feet above sea level to strip paint fund Gibbons’ renovation, says from metal and wood compo- Patricia A. Bosse ’81, vice nents and to replace rotted wood, president for advancement and and deteriorating metal ribs, marketing. The Maryland eyebrow vent frames, and the General Assembly is expected to skirt metal below the base of the vote on whether to approve the cross to restore the structural state funds during its next integrity of the tower. session beginning in January The tower restoration project, 2015. A recent $3,200 planning estimated to cost $500,000, was grant from the Preservation identified as the top priority in a Maryland’s Heritage Fund will comprehensive planning survey help fund the preservation plan of Gibbons’ exterior undertaken now being developed for by a preservation consultant. Gibbons, in addition to a Exterior work on the west and previous grant from the south facades of the building is National Trust for Historic expected to continue next spring Preservation and a gift from a and will include reconditioning friend of the University. some of the 278 windows, —Joan Wisner-Carlson replacing slate tiles on its Please consider becoming a part of mansard roof, and repainting this effort to preserve Notre Dame’s wooden trim. Gibbons Restoration heritage through a gift to the Besides restoring the historic Gibbons Hall renovation. beauty of Gibbons’ exterior, the Project Launches You can learn more about how you $10.5 million renovation planned can contribute by contacting Kelley Kilduff, campaign and major gifts for the building also will include director, at [email protected]. renovations to meet the instruc- Merrick Tower renewal just the beginning tional needs of Notre Dame’s Joan Wisner-Carlson is NDMU’s director of corporate, foundation, and government relations

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96895_Text.indd 17 12/12/14 12:11 PM School of Nursing NDMU NEWS STUDENTS LAND NOTABLE BY MARIANNE AMOSS ’04 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS Over the summer, 17 seniors in School of Arts and Sciences the School of Nursing obtained prestigious internships, externships, STUDENTS DEBATE Connecticut on 50th among Best financial strength. nurse residencies, and jobs at area ETHICAL DILEMMAS hospitals. Although not required as December 6. Among the Regional Notre Dame is making a significant cases that the students Universities in part of the Nursing curriculum, these This semester, a team of Women’s investment in increasing student prepared for the the North—10 experiences provide students with College students represented Notre retention. These efforts include competition are a law places higher invaluable professional experience at Dame in the Intercollegiate Ethics individualized Student Case recently passed in than last year. a critical time in their education— Bowl, where they defended their Management; the NDMU-100 Belgium that allows and demonstrate their motivation to assessments of real-life ethical This improved course that teaches first-year terminally ill children to attain professional excellence. dilemmas. The four students—Becca top-50 ranking students strategies that will help commit euthanasia and Corun, Lillian Doyle, Morgan Stanley, reflects them succeed academically; the Cristina Aquia and S. Rebecca Unfried the use of a nutritional and Tina Topper—spent months deliberate steps Trailblazers Scholars Program for were accepted into the highly drink called Soylent to developing their arguments, taken by the first-generation students; the competitive summer nurse resident address world hunger. fine-tuning their presentations, and University to be Anchorage Program that pairs program at the University of Maryland The winners of the honing their critical thinking and more selective incoming students with “big sisters”; Medical Center. Sarah Nickerson also regional competition reasoning skills. Coaching them was about the the First Impressions program that obtained a position at UMD Medical will go on to the philosophy faculty member Maria academic teaches students professional skills; Center’s pediatric intensive care unit. national competition. Kulp, Ph.D., along with Desirée Melton, strength and and a number of student life Others worked at branches of Johns preparedness of accepted students. initiatives. These efforts have Hopkins Medical Institutions, Ph.D. ‘98, and department chair NDMU’S RANKING RISES Maeve O’Donovan, Ph.D. This effort has yielded higher GPAs already resulted in a nearly 10 including Jessica Cottrell (Johns In September, Notre Dame received among accepted students and an percent increase in the first-year- Hopkins Hospital), Eliane Murangi As a member of the northeast the good news that the Women’s average SAT score that has increased to-sophomore retention rate. (Johns Hopkins Hospital), and Zoe regional group, NDMU competed College rose in the U.S. News & World by 60 points in the last two years. Travers (Johns Hopkins Bayview at Sacred Heart University in Report’s “Best Colleges” rankings to The University also showed improved Medical Center). Some students will continue on in their positions during the academic year.

ACCREDITATION: SUCCESS! School of Education In February, the School of Nursing had two successful accreditation visits PROJECT ON IMMIGRANT Conference in October and at the from the Accreditation Commission STUDENTS WINS AWARD Symposium on Second Language for Education in Nursing (ACEN). In May, professor Christa de Kleine, Writing in Arizona in November. Preparation for these visits was Ph.D., received the Maryland TESOL time-consuming and arduous, Professional Development Award for ACADEMY OF CATHOLIC her project, “The Writings of EDUCATORS (ACES) Generation 1.5 Students at the EXPANDS Community College Level.” It analyzes Since 2013, Notre Dame has been the linguistic challenges of immigrant providing professional development students who came to the United to teachers in Catholic schools States at a young age but who grew through ACES, or Academy of Catholic up speaking a language other than Educators. The program is directed by English at home. Gail Donahue, Ph.D. ’12, who travels to Dr. de Kleine served as principal NDMU’s 19 partner schools in investigator on the project, working Baltimore and Washington, D.C., to with colleagues Rachele Lawton, Ph.D., conduct onsite trainings. of the Community College of ACES recently received a big boost in Baltimore County, and Minah Woo, of the form of an $80,000 grant from Howard Community College. (Both the Marion I. & Henry J. Knott earned master’s degrees from Foundation. The grant will equip a NDMU—Dr. Lawton in 2000 and Ms. 21st-century classroom in Gibbons Woo in 2008. Ms. Woo is currently Hall to provide professional enrolled in NDMU’s Ph.D. program in development for teachers. The focus curriculum. Teachers will receive digital resources that are represen- Instructional Leadership for Changing will be on enhancing instruction and hands-on training on such devices as tative of the technologies at Populations.) The team presented student learning with digital devices surface tablets, iPads, SMART boards, Catholic schools. The classroom is their research at the Maryland TESOL and integrating technology into the gaming applications, and other scheduled to open in April 2015.

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96895_Text.indd 18 12/12/14 12:11 PM School of Nursing Gator Report: On the Court and the Field STUDENTS LAND NOTABLE Notre Dame’s fall sports SUMMER INTERNSHIPS season ended with four Over the summer, 17 seniors in student-athletes receiving the School of Nursing obtained recognition from the prestigious internships, externships, conference coaches. The nurse residencies, and jobs at area soccer team placed senior hospitals. Although not required as Laura Kaufman (Baltimore) part of the Nursing curriculum, these onto the Colonial States experiences provide students with Athletic Conference (CSAC) invaluable professional experience at Honorable Mention team, a critical time in their education— while field hockey saw junior and demonstrate their motivation to Kelsey Jones (Mountain Top, attain professional excellence. Pa.) named to the Honorable Mention The field hockey team had its most Cristina Aquia and S. Rebecca Unfried squad. Volleyball led the way as senior successful year since 2008, posting were accepted into the highly especially because both took place in Marylu Ortiz (Oceanside, Calif.) and three victories. During their CSAC competitive summer nurse resident the same month. But thanks to the sophomore Cleaya Antes (Carson, schedule, the Gators scored goals program at the University of Maryland hard work of the faculty, staff, and Calif.) both earned a spot on the against Marywood University, Gwynedd Medical Center. Sarah Nickerson also students, the visits ended with very All-CSAC Second Team. Mercy University, and Cabrini College obtained a position at UMD Medical positive findings from the ACEN In addition, the four fall teams each for the first time in several years. Their Center’s pediatric intensive care unit. teams, who recommended the full placed one player onto the CSAC 13 season goals are their highest Others worked at branches of Johns reaccreditation of the M.S.N. program All-Sportsmanship Team: sophomore output since 2011 as well. Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the addition of the entry-level Liz Tran (Clarksville, Md.) from tennis; The soccer team started out the year including Jessica Cottrell (Johns B.S.N. to the School of Nursing senior Kate Donadio (Reisterstown, outscoring their opponents 12-1 in Hopkins Hospital), Eliane Murangi accreditation. In particular, the visitors Md.) from soccer; Antes from volleyball; their first two games, and nearly (Johns Hopkins Hospital), and Zoe were impressed with the Caring and senior Tessa Schwartz (Baltimore) doubled both their goals scored Travers (Johns Hopkins Bayview Science curriculum and the way that from field hockey. and shooting percentage over the Medical Center). Some students will faculty, staff, and students live out the Playing most of the season with five 2013 season. continue on in their positions during School of Nursing program outcomes. the academic year. first-year students, the young volleyball Notre Dame’s young tennis squad won In August, the ACEN commission squad ended the year 11-14 and with two matches and was led by freshman ACCREDITATION: SUCCESS! upheld these recommendations. The the program's second straight CSAC Catherine Bruzdzinski’s (Baltimore) In February, the School of Nursing had M.S.N. program is now reaccredited playoff appearance. Antes and four individual victories in singles play. two successful accreditation visits until spring 2022. The entry-level freshman Ashley Pasker (Newark, N.J.) Sophomores Carrie Naylor (Elkridge, from the Accreditation Commission B.S.N. program is now accredited each garnered accolades by earning Md.) and Natalie Smith (San Diego, for Education in Nursing (ACEN). under the B.S.N. accreditation for the CSAC Volleyball Player of the Week Calif.) each won three singles matches. Preparation for these visits was R.N. to B.S.N. program until spring honors, while Ortiz was named to the Tran paced the team by combining to time-consuming and arduous, 2017, a full cycle. CSAC Honor Roll. win three doubles matches.

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STUDENT PHARMACISTS Over the summer, several rising distances between health-care Baltimore, which provides services VOLUNTEER IN fourth-year pharmacy students—Pilar facilities. “I appreciate the health-care to adults and children with CENTRAL AMERICA Davila, Christine Miele, Vera Pattah, access that people have here in the developmental and intellectual and Chukwudi Ihekire—completed U.S. now much more, and I will work disabilities. Student pharmacists the international advanced pharmacy even harder to provide the best have hosted health fairs, conducted practice experience in Costa Rica and health care possible to my patients in medication reviews, and provided Nicaragua. Eight to 10 students take the future.” child care so that parents can part in this opportunity every year, attend educational programs. “The spending four weeks volunteering in a SCHOOL RECEIVES SERVICE Arc is grateful for this service and is clinic run by the nonprofit Foundation AWARD FOR ADVOCARING thrilled that these future pharma- for International Medical Relief of On June 19, the School of Pharmacy cists will be more effective due to Children as part of the experiential received The Arc Baltimore’s annual their rich experience in supporting education component of the Intern Service Award. Through the adults and children with intellectual curriculum. In her reflection, Miele innovative AdvoCaring program (read and developmental disabilities,” said shared her observations of the long more about the program in “A Greater Stephen Morgan, executive director wait times for patients, a lack of Purpose” on page 10), student of The Arc, in an article published in oversight of prescriptions, and large pharmacists are assigned to The Arc North Baltimore Patch.

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THREE NDMU ALUMNAE FEATURED IN THE SUN’S 50 WOMEN TO WATCH Two NDMU alumnae were featured on the cover of The Baltimore Sun magazine’s recent “50 Women to Watch” issue: PJ Mitchell ‘69, immediate past board chair, and Sheri Booker ‘04, author and NAACP Image Award winner. Leslie Simmons, ‘94, M’97, president and CEO of Carroll Hospital Center, is also featured in the publication. NDMU owned that magazine cover! COMMENCEMENT More than 700 students NDMU HOSTS STUDENT DELEGATION FROM MEXICO in the Women’s College Notre Dame of Maryland University welcomed a group of 20 students and our undergraduate and representing various universities in Mexico as part of the first exchange of graduate programs for Proyecta 100,000, a bilateral educational diplomacy initiative that the adults received degrees at presidents of the United States and the Republic of Mexico signed in Commencement 2014. May 2014. The goal of Proyecta 100,000 is to promote cross-cultural understanding between the two countries, as well as to equip students from Mexico with English language skills to enhance their academic and Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, STEM GRADS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORIES professional endeavors. During the month of November, the students president and CEO of participated in classes at Notre Dame’s English Language Institute (ELI) Successful women in STEM fields is the rule, not the exception, at Notre Dame. Catholic Relief Services, during the weekdays and took trips around Baltimore and to Philadelphia, Three accomplished Notre Dame graduates were part of a panel discussion for the delivered the Commence- Washington, D.C., and New York on weekends. annual National Science Foundation Scholarships in STEM: Pathways to Excellence Career Night on November 11. ment address. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SPEAKERS VISIT NOTRE DAME The Pathways to Excellence Scholars program prepares promising Women’s Notre Dame welcomed College students for careers in high-demand STEM fields where women are two distinguished traditionally underrepresented. Selected students receive scholarships of up to speakers to campus $10,000 annually; they also work closely with a faculty mentor and attend during the fall semester. scientific conferences and other professional development events. Liz Murray, author of The alumnae are seated in front, from left to right: this year’s Campus Jolanta (Krywonis) Coffey ’98 was an international studies major and psychology Common Reading, minor. She is now a senior international trade specialist for the U.S. Export Breaking Night: A Assistance Center, International Trade Administration (ITA), United States Memoir of Forgiveness, Department of Commerce. Survival and My Journey Jessica Arfaa ’03 was a business/information systems technology major and from Homeless to computer science minor. She is a Ph.D. candidate in information systems at Harvard, spoke on George Washington University. She is also an information and technology October 7. Born to loving but drug-addicted parents, Murray found herself living on the streets at age 15 but managed to complete high school in two services consultant and an associate faculty member at Notre Dame. years and gain admittance to Harvard University. Murray told her compelling Nicole Kotulak ’09, a physics major, recently received a Ph.D. in electrical story with humor and inspiration, emphasizing the help she received from key engineering, solar energy, from Delaware University. She is now a postdoctoral people along the way, particularly from a high school teacher who believed in associate at the Naval Research Labs in Washington, D. C., Optoelectronics and her and refused to let her give up. Radiation Effects Branch, doing research adapting organic molecules to solar cells. Michael Eric Dyson, Ph.D., of the sociology department at Georgetown University, was the NEW DIRECTOR OF THE RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE keynote speaker at Community Day on Notre Dame of Maryland University has appointed October 16. Dr. Dyson, an ordained Baptist Jeffrey W. Warner director of the Renaissance Institute, a minister, challenged and inspired the lifelong learning community for adults age 50 and above audience of students, faculty, and staff as he that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Warner spoke on this year’s theme of “Diversity and brings a wealth of experience in adult education to his Inclusion: Social Justice and Social Responsi- new position, including five years as director of continuing bility.” Afterward, students and faculty held education at the Penn State University York campus. workshops to further explore such issues as His previous work at the Art Institute in York, Pa., where racial inequality, domestic violence, and he was the first academic director for digital design, environmental justice. Community Day is an annual campus-wide event combined marketing with digital design, including web design, digital arts, and honoring Notre Dame’s SSND heritage. 3-D animation.

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96895_Text.indd 20 12/12/14 12:11 PM THREE NDMU ALUMNAE FEATURED IN THE SUN’S 50 WOMEN TO WATCH Two NDMU alumnae were featured on the cover of The Baltimore Sun magazine’s recent “50 Women to Watch” issue: PJ Mitchell ‘69, immediate past board chair, and Sheri Booker ‘04, author and NAACP Image Award winner. Leslie Simmons, ‘94, M’97, president and CEO of Carroll Hospital Center, is also featured in the publication. NDMU owned that magazine cover! COMMENCEMENT More than 700 students in the Women’s College and our undergraduate and graduate programs for adults received degrees at Commencement 2014.

Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, delivered the Commence- ment address.

NEW DIRECTOR OF THE RENAISSANCE INSTITUTE Notre Dame of Maryland University has appointed Jeffrey W. Warner director of the Renaissance Institute, a lifelong learning community for adults age 50 and above that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Warner brings a wealth of experience in adult education to his new position, including five years as director of continuing education at the Penn State University York campus. His previous work at the Art Institute in York, Pa., where he was the first academic director for digital design, combined marketing with digital design, including web design, digital arts, and 3-D animation.

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96895_Text.indd 21 12/12/14 12:11 PM Reunion 2014 was a great success! More than 500 celebrated a weekend of festivity and fun, setting new records for class participation and giving! The Class of 1964 celebrated their 50th Reunion, receiving their gold engraved pins from President Yam at a special breakfast on Saturday morning. Celebrants gathered under the tent on Doyle Lawn for the biggest events: the always-popular Crab Feast on Friday, the Reunion Luncheon on Saturday, and class dinners, dessert, and dancing on Saturday evening. The weekend wrapped up on Sunday with the SSND Breakfast, the Remembrance Mass and Montrose Pinning Ceremony, and the Farewell Jazz Brunch. A big thank you to this year’s Reunion Committee, and especially our committee chair, Natalie Mistichelli Ramirez ’94! union Re Lower left: Center top: Right: 2014 Margo Cuniffe ’89, Helen Marikle Passano ’69, Amy Lookingbill Graziano ’04, Kristen Ritchey ’94, Carol Bleistine ’69, Candace Sumner-Robinson ’04, Natalie Mistichelli Ramirez ’94, Lynn Holloway Hunter ’69 Diane Powe Webbert ’04, Maureen Roecker-Comer’89, Center right: Dr. Gene Farrington, Amanda Mitzman ’09 Father Joe Breighner, Laura Shirk Ray ’04 Left: Mary Beth Lennon ’89 Lower Right: Carol Callahan ’54, Center right corner: Ginny Lipscomb ’64, Kathleen Feeley, SSND ’50 Helen Maroney ’64, Sarel Fuchs ’64, Inset: Dr. Jack Galotto, Bonnie Genevich ’64 Andi Raber Ditsky ’94, Mary Kay Shartle Galotto ’64, Paula Cooney Bathras ’94 Suzanne Janes Peck ’64 Inset 2: Missy Evans-Moreland ’84, Lisa McMurtrie ’93

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1960s Mary Kay Shartle Galotto, Ph.D. ’64, we performed twice on that day. Sister Mary Grace Concannon ’60 was included received this year’s Distinguished Alumna Mary Theresine, chairman of the music in a prestigious art exhibit at the National Award at Reunion 2014. Mary Kay has department, and Sister Margaret Mary, Arts Club in New York City of artwork had a distinguished career in academia as a president of the College, accompanied us. made with the silverpoint technique. teacher, counselor, professor, and college Michaelangelo’s Pietà was on display at She has been studying art at the Janus administrator. Her career formally ended the Pavilion, adding to the excitement of Collaborative School of Art. with her 2009 retirement from her this memorable day.” position as executive vice president for The Honorable Kathleen O’Ferrall academic and student services at This past March,Marilyn Whited ’66 Friedman ’62 received Notre Dame’s Montgomery College; she currently directs coordinated a lovely alumnae event in Pro Urbe award at this year’s Honors the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Seattle to welcome Joan Coley, Ph.D., who Convocation for, as the citation stated, Johns Hopkins University, which offers served Notre Dame expertly as president “her visionary and effective leadership in noncredit courses and events for retired during the 2013–2014 interim year. the law, and her advocacy on behalf of and semiretired people. During Florida travels, Dr. Coley was also women, children, and the underprivileged graciously hosted at alumnae events at the in the City of Baltimore.” She was also Ann Hughes Balderson ’65 sent in a note homes of Diana (Torres) Lopez ’83, named a recipient of the 2014 Leadership to share that this year marks the 50th Julie (Courtney) Ben-Susan ’69, and in Law award from the Maryland anniversary of the Notre Dame Concert trustee Stanton Ades and his wife, Renée. Daily Record, which recognizes legal Choir’s performance in the Vatican professionals who have demonstrated Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. She In June, Carol J. Malone ’69, a beloved remarkable dedication to the field and writes, “Our director was [faculty member] English teacher at Maryvale Preparatory the community. Martha Williams Pointer. There were 37 School, retired after 34 years of teaching. of us in the choir from all four classes, and “During her tenure, she has guided

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96895_Text.indd 24 12/12/14 12:11 PM generations of girls (in some cases, mothers Mary Beth left her post as director of the 2013 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. and daughters) through the literary and communications and assistant to the Shelley holds the Eichner Endowed Chair writing worlds. The positive impact of her president at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, in English at Notre Dame. masterful teaching will be her legacy,” read which she helped launch in 2007. In June, the news release on Maryvale’s website. Cristo Rey’s board of trustees established a Kate Christensen Mills ’99, assistant fund in Mary Beth’s name, citing her director of the Office of Congressional Andrea Bowden, Ph.D. ’69, was one of two “kindness, honesty, integrity and high Relations, U.S. Immigration and Customs winners (along with Betty Contino ’89) standards for the benefit of students and Enforcement, has been named one of the of the Service to Society Award at Reunion colleagues” and the ways that she Daily Record’s 2014 Leading Women. The 2014, for her tireless work cultivating a love “championed the establishment of the award honors women 40 and younger who of science among Baltimore’s young people. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School brand in have made tremendous contributions to Currently the founding assistant principal the greater Baltimore community.” their community and profession. at Digital Harbor High School, Andrea has served as a science educator and central Betty Contino ’89 was named one of 2000s office administrator with the Baltimore City this year’s Service to Society Award The debut novel byLeah M. Ferguson Public School System for more than winners at Reunion 2014, along with M’03, All the Difference, will be published 40 years. Dr. Andrea Bowden ’69. Betty is a by Berkley (Penguin) in 2015. dedicated advocate for Catholic and 1970s charitable causes; she currently chairs the Sheri Booker ’04 won a 2014 NAACP Students in Cathy Bonfield, SSND ’76’s Women’s Education Alliance, which Image Award in the category of sixth-grade class at St. Martha’s Catholic provides support services and scholarships Outstanding Literary Work from a Debut School in Sarasota, Fla., received a 2014 to students at Catholic community Author for her memoir, Nine Years Under: Innovations in Catholic Education Award schools that serve economically Coming of Age in an Inner City Funeral from Today’s Catholic Teacher. The students disadvantaged families. Home. Sheri appeared at the Baltimore created 17 videos of New Testament parables, Book Festival in September and returned rewriting each parable as a play for younger 1990s to campus in October for a reading and children. Mia (Childs) Redrick ’92, a speaker, book-signing event, sponsored by the business owner and coach for moms, has a Continuing Education Chapter of the In August, Patricia (Dugan) Christopher ’79 segment on America Now, a nationally Alumnae and Alumni Association. received a Distinguished Service Award from syndicated newsmagazine show hosted by the New Jersey Association of School Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic. Portia McConnell M’04 has been named Business Officials. She is one of just six director of children’s services for the winners in the state. On July 1, Lisa McMurtrie ’93 became Anne Arundel County Community president of Notre Dame’s Alumnae and Action Agency. 1980s Alumni Association for a three-year term. Pat Bosse ’81 was named one of the Daily She was passed the baton by retiring In March, Laura Jones ’07, M’08, was the Record’s Top 100 Women in 2014. Pat President, Missy Evans-Moreland ’84. subject of a CBS Baltimore Q&A about serves her alma mater as vice president teachers who have completed their for advancement and marketing. Leslie R. (Lawton) Simmons ’94, M’97, bachelor of arts and master of arts in was appointed to the board of Roland Park teaching degrees in five-year programs like Anne (Corbett) Cross ’83 was named Place, Baltimore’s only nonprofit Notre Dame’s B.A./M.A.T. program. Baltimore County’s 2014–2015 Teacher of continuing care retirement community. Laura teaches third grade at Berkshire the Year. Ann teaches fifth grade at The president of Carroll Hospital Center, Elementary School in Baltimore County. Gunpowder Elementary School. In the Simmons was named one of the Daily coming year, she will compete for the honor Record’s Top 100 Women in 2012. Class Notes photographs, left to right of Maryland State Teacher of the Year. Top row : Mary Kay Shartle Galotto, Ph.D. ’64 and In September, Shelley Puhak ’97 was Katy O’Ferrall Friedman ’62; Rachel Jones ’13 Middle row: Andrea Bowden, Ph.D. ’69; Mary Beth Lennon ’89 became president of named Baltimore’s Best Poet by the City Sheri Booker ’04; Kyle Rickbeil M’07 Mercy High School on July 1—the first Paper for her most recent book of poetry, Bottom row: India Scott ’11; Betty Contino ’89; alumna of the high school to take its helm. Guinevere in Baltimore, which was awarded Shelley Puhak ’97

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In August, Ambrose E. Edebe M’07 management, previously served as the In February, Kristina Collins M’12 received published The Manager’s Handbook, which chief program officer of Melwood the 2014 Loyola Literacy Educator of the provides students, supervisors, managers, Horticultural Training Center in Upper Year Award at Loyola University Maryland, and others with a proven solution to the Marlboro. Melwood provides employment which honors Maryland teachers for people problems they face on the job in an and community supports to people with contributions to literacy education in their easy question-and-answer format. He differing abilities and is the state’s second teaching, support for the literacy learning previously published Your Women Did largest provider of services to people of all students, and collaborative work Prophesy and The Basic Principles and with disabilities. within the school community. Kristina Practice of Business Administration. teaches sixth grade at Archbishop Borders 2010s School in Baltimore City. Matthew Layton M’07 has been named In September, the Woodrow Wilson academic director of special education for National Fellowship Foundation named Rachel Jones ’13 and Marilyn Ehm ’14, Baltimore City Public Schools. He will India Scott ’11 a 2014 Woodrow Wilson both graduates of the English department, direct the provision of special education Indiana Teaching Fellow. India, a read from their writing at the 2014 services for approximately 13,000 students mathematics major at Notre Dame, Baltimore Book Festival in September, with disabilities within the district. received a $30,000 stipend to complete a as part of a session titled called special intensive master’s program at MFA/University Writers Slam. It was On July 1, Kyle Rickbeil M’07 became Purdue University; in return, she co-hosted by NDMU English professor middle school head at Trinity School committed to teach for three years in the Shelley Puhak ’97. in Ellicott City, where he was a Indiana schools that most need strong religion teacher. STEM teachers.

Lauren Ackerman ’08 received the Regina Denise Mason ’12 was the winner of the Russo Hammel ’41 Outstanding Recent 2014 Albert Clark Award for the best Graduate Award at Reunion 2014. She is undergraduate paper in this year’s principal analyst for the Federal Housing competition sponsored by Theta Alpha Submit your Class Notes Finance Agency’s Office of Strategic Kappa (TAK). In addition to winning a at MyNDM.ndm.edu, the Initiatives. check for $500 and a $100 award for the NDMU chapter of TAK, Denise will see secure online community Lori Pollack ’08 has been named the her essay, “The Power of Redemption: A for Notre Dame alums and co-chair of the Alzheimer’s Association Comparison of the Book of Ruth to A 2015 Memory Ball, which last year raised Raisin in the Sun,” published in the fall friends, where you can more than $600,000 for the cause. 2015 issue of the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa. Denise is currently enrolled in also update your contact Laura Collins M’08, a science teacher at Notre Dame’s Master of Arts in information, review your Plum Point Middle School, was named the Contemporary Communication program. 2014 Calvert County Teacher of the Year. giving history, and register In the coming year, she will compete for Elizabeth Brescia M’12, foster care and for events. Submissions to Maryland State Teacher of the Year. adoption resource specialist at Adoption Exchange Association, at was named one Class Notes may appear Jonathon Rondeau M’09 is president of the Daily Record’s 2014 Leading Women. and CEO of the Family League of The award honors women 40 and younger in upcoming issues of Baltimore City. Rondeau, a graduate of who have made tremendous contributions Universitas and in other Notre Dame’s program in nonprofit to their community and profession. print and online publica- tions of Notre Dame; they stay in touch may be edited for length.

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96895_Text.indd 26 12/12/14 12:11 PM NDMU by the Numbers NOTRE DAME’S 2014 FISCAL YEAR WAS MARKED BY STRONG SUPPORT FROM ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI, FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTION, FACULTY, STAFF, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE UNIVERSITY WAS ALSO AWARDED SEVERAL MAJOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GRANTS. $823,135 in unrestricted support raised for $3.98M the Annual Fund 86%

17.5% increase over FY13 in fundraising revenue collected of faculty 100% participation by the Board of Trustees contributed!

The new Civera Over Fitness Center $100,000 made possible $1.25M through the anonymous gift to in public and create The Health private grants generosity of trustee Assessment Lab in awarded Ed Civera and his wife, Judy, the School of Nursing is open 19 hours a day. $100,000 $1.5M awarded from the Hearst Foundation gift from The Pitts Family to support the Center for Caring Foundation funded the with Technology Frances Kay Pitts ’96 Endowed Chair for Nursing Grants from the Maryland Hospital Leadership in Women and Association’s Who Will Care? Fund for Children’s Health Nurse Education:

$200,000 to expand clinical placements for nursing students

$250,000 to support the success of entry-level BSN students

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NAMED IN HONOR OF SISTER MARY MELETIA FOLEY, FIRST DEAN OF NOTRE DAME, THE MELETIA SOCIETY RECOGNIZES THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO GENEROUSLY SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $1,000 OR MORE. MEMBERS OF THE MARY MELETIA SOCIETY ARE PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS IN THE DRAMATIC GROWTH AND DYNAMIC INNOVATION TAKING PLACE AT NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY.

THIS LISTING RECOGNIZES MELETIA SOCIETY MEMBERS FROM JULY 1, 2013, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014

THE COMPLETE HONOR ROLL RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR CHERISHED DONORS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE NOTRE DAME WEBSITE, NDM.EDU, IN JANUARY 2015 Meletia Society

Anonymous Anne Furlong Burke ’85 M’92 and Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., and Joyce Di Rienzi Francesca Cassilly Adams ’51 James P. Burke Jr. Jane Cafone Dietche ’63 Stanton G. Ades, Ph.D., and Renée Ades James H. Buzzelli Janice Fraser DiGrazia ’79 Nancy Dunn Akeson ’64 and Carol Knoeppel Callahan ’54 Judith Geilfuss Dobson ’62 and Kenneth W. Akeson Candace Caraco, Ph.D. James W. Dobson III Kathleen Schoonover Alexander ’69 and Joan Bennett Carey ’52 and Marie Corasaniti Dombrowski ’49 and Leigh Alexander Maj. Gen. Gerald Carey William F. Dombrowski, DDS Mary Lou Donnelly Armstrong-Peters ’60 and Elizabeth Ann Gessler Carpenter ’44 Carolyn Troy Donohue ’86 M’89 Joseph Peters Dr. Theodore R. Carski Edith McParland Donohue, Ph.D. ’60 Ladonna Weisser Baginski ’66 and Kathleen Marsh Casey ’70 and Paul Casey Anna-Lisa Dopirak ’63 Raymond J. Baginski Judith and Edward S. Civera Kathleen Dinsmore Dubia ’71 Ademar Bechtold, Ph.D. M. Kathleen Clucas ’68 Donna Ringger Easton ’70 and John J. Easton Jr. Rebecca Quinn Beck ’69 Joan Develin Coley, Ph.D., and M. Lee Rice Susan Power Eavenson ’73 Polly E. Behrens ’98 and and Bruce Behrens Jane M. Conlon ’79 Elizabeth Williams Elder ’82 and Victoria Genco Bell ’69 Drs. James and Becky Conneely Charles B. Elder Julie Courtney Ben-Susan ’69 and Rosalie Jones Connor ’51 M’92 Ellen F. Emery ’65 Paul Ben-Susan Mr. and Mrs. James W. Constable, Esq. Missy Evans-Moreland ’84 and Kathleen A. Beres ’70 and Miller D. Einsel Richard T. Moreland Francis and Betty Contino ’89 Leonor and Marc P. Blum Joanne B. Falkowski ’68 Katharine Cook, Ph.D. Sharon Bogdan Marilyn Falvey ’55 and Paul Falvey † M. Gale Costa ’71 Patricia A. Bosse ’81 and Frank A. Gunther III Grace Vullo Finn ’52 Catherine Roloson Counselman ’41 and Andrea R. Bowden, Ph.D. ’69 Charles C. Counselman Jr. Mary Willett Fisher ’64 Laura R. Brooks Susanna Peters Coy, Ph.D. ’60 Joan Murphy Flaherty ’57 Dorothy M. Brown ’54 Mary E. Crow M’91 Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher Helen Manley Brown ’43 Cathryn Archibald Curia ’69 Taylor and Gary Foss Patricia M. C. Brown and Joseph P. Gill Joan Beach Davidson ’93 and Thomas Davidson Debra M. Franklin, Ph.D. ’76 M. Kathleen Buetow, M.D. ’50 Janice M. Davis ’92 R. Gregory and Kathryn B. Freeland Mary Catherine Bunting Jane McIvor Deal ’69 † Deceased during FY14

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Lillian P. Freudenberger ’87 The Honorable Kathleen O’Ferrall Friedman ’62 and Richard W. Friedman A Notre Dame Nurse Gives Back Pat Fuchsluger ’00 and John Fuchsluger Benita M. Furman ’70 Kathleen Herron Gansereit ’62 and Raymond Gansereit Gino J. and Margaret Gemignani Marguerite Getty Greenman ’06 M’08 Peggy Greenman Frances Flannery Gunshol ’88 M’94 and Lou Gunshol Mary Ellen Steiner Gunther ’54 and Frank A. Gunther Jr. Stephany Smith Harper ’89 Sheila Fahey Haskell ’59 and Donald F. Haskell Rose Marie Meadow-Croft Hellmann ’52 Charles E. Herget Jr. Patricia Mosellen Hillman ’69 and Donald Hillman Susan Morris Hoag ’61 Kay Pitts ’96 rocks a SimBaby, a realistic infant patient simulator that is used to train Meletia Society Jean Marie Diesenberg Hofstetter ’76 students in the School of Nursing’s Center for Caring with Technology. Margaret Delaney Holland ’47 and Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., and Joyce Di Rienzi Captain John P. Holland As a young nurse, Kay Pitts ’96 came to the conclusion that the best way to advance her Jane Cafone Dietche ’63 Nancy Burch Hunter ’55 career was to earn a bachelor’s degree. But, as a working mother, where would she find Janice Fraser DiGrazia ’79 Amanda A.M. Idstein ’97 and Kevin Idstein the time? The Notre Dame of Maryland Weekend College, now the College of Adult Under- Judith Geilfuss Dobson ’62 and Jane Roycroft James ’52 James W. Dobson III graduate Studies, provided a solution. Taking one class a semester, she worked for 15 Brenda Jews, Ed.D. and William L. Jews Marie Corasaniti Dombrowski ’49 and years to finish her degree. Ruth E. Johnson ’83 William F. Dombrowski, DDS “Life happens, things happen, but I persevered,” she says. “I had a wonderful group of George Justice Jr. Carolyn Troy Donohue ’86 M’89 friends and family. The faculty was very committed to helping students like me to stick Julia Kennedy Kaster ’74 Edith McParland Donohue, Ph.D. ’60 with it and was very devoted to the adult learner. They wouldn’t give up on us.” The Honorable Irene Keeley ’65 and Anna-Lisa Dopirak ’63 Mrs. Pitts graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1996 from Notre Dame Mr. John P. Keeley III Kathleen Dinsmore Dubia ’71 and subsequently earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Georgetown University, John J. Keenan Donna Ringger Easton ’70 and John J. Easton Jr. becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife in 1999 as part of a 37-year nursing career. Her Ann Gillespie Kelly ’46 husband, James F. Pitts, retired in 2012 from the Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Susan Power Eavenson ’73 Reverend Robert T. Kennedy corporate vice president and president of the electronic systems sector. Elizabeth Williams Elder ’82 and Ann C. Kessler, Ph.D. Charles B. Elder Now Mrs. Pitts is overjoyed to have the opportunity to give back to Notre Dame. The Randolph S. Kiefer University has received a $1.5 million gift from The Pitts Family Foundation, among the Ellen F. Emery ’65 Betty Wintz Klare ’43 largest gifts received from a University alumna. It will fund the first endowed chair in the Missy Evans-Moreland ’84 and Richard T. Moreland Marion I. Knott University’s School of Nursing. The Frances Kay Pitts ’96 Endowed Chair for Nursing Leadership in Women and Children’s Health will provide funding for scholarship, re- Joanne B. Falkowski ’68 Dr. and Mrs. James E. Landes search, and special projects in the School of Nursing. Marilyn Falvey ’55 and Paul Falvey † Maureen Casserly LaPorta ’10 Mrs. Pitts says she is glad that her family’s gift will help to sustain the high level of Grace Vullo Finn ’52 Susan Gardiner Larkin, Ph.D. ’65, and James T. Larkin scholarship and the sophisticated clinical simulation labs in the School of Nursing’s new Mary Willett Fisher ’64 Stephanie Ann Lawrence ’66 home in the University Academic Building. Joan Murphy Flaherty ’57 Sally A. Lawrence ’71 “These students will be prepared when they enter the workplace. It’s amazing to see the Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher Stephanie Poche Lawrence ’66 level of technology that is helping them to learn the many skills you need as a nurse,” she Taylor and Gary Foss says. “To think that this endowed chair will enable these opportunities to expand even Katherine R. Lears ’81 Debra M. Franklin, Ph.D. ’76 more—it’s exciting for me. It makes me proud to be part of it. And it seems fitting to Patricia Murphy Lewis ’69 R. Gregory and Kathryn B. Freeland make this gift as Dr. Yam, with her background in nursing, begins serving as Notre Aaron and Anne Lin, Pharm.D. Dame’s president.”

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Margaret B. Logan ’46 Jane Griffin O’Neill ’59 Frances Smith Vitrano ’53 and Dianne E. Francesconi Lyon ’60 Kathleen Kresslein O’Neill ’45 Justin A. Vitrano Jean Schramm Monier Lyons ’53 Sylvia Milanese Oliver ’68 Helen K. Vogel Ann Shaeffer MacKenzie ’85 Margaret Bagli Otenasek ’85 Deborah Kus Wagner ’58 and Walter H. Wagner Carol A. Manfredi ’93 and Frank R. Palmer IV Joseph B. Weatherstein ’08 Robert R. Manfredi Helen Marikle Passano ’69 and Mary C. Mangione E. Magruder Passano John J. Weglian Christina O. Marsalek ’69 M’00 and Joseph Peters and Mary Lou Donnelly Denise Flynn Weglicki ’73 Stephen F. Marsalek Armstrong-Peters ’60 Thomas L. and Carolyn Civish Wheeler ’54 Nancy Byrnes Martel ’58 and Drs. Carl and Sheila Pirkle ’65 Linda Wickstrom Thomas C. Martel The Honorable Mary Louise Preis and Scott and Susan Wilfong George and Dorothy Martin Frederick G. Preis, DDS J. Marie Wilhelm ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Mason Sr. Joseph L. Prosser Barbara Lanza Wolf ’69 Nancy E. McColgan ’92 and Joan K. Rinaldi ’52 Lucy Babb Wright ’66 Francis L. Wiegmann Ilma Rosskopf ’63 Adriana Corasaniti Zarbin ’54 Lyvette Saldana McCoy ’73 Joan Sattler, Ph.D. and Ryan J. Sattler Melissa Menkel McGuire ’91, Esq., and Rebecca A. Sawyer, Ph.D., and Christopher McGuire Jonathan Sawyer Faculty/Staff Giving Mary Regis McLoughlin ’60 Patricia Welter Servis ’59 Ademar Bechtold, Ph.D. Mary Lu Schroeder McNeal ’50 Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D., and Sharon Bogdan Theresa M. Maseda Meyer ’13 Bob Seurkamp Patricia A. Bosse ’81 and Frank A. Gunther III Jo Vitrano Miller ’53 Mary Shartle Galotto, Ph.D. ’64, and Candace Caraco, Ph.D. John Galotto, M.D. Daniel and Donna Miscavige Joan Develin Coley, Ph.D., and James Mitchell The oH norable Carol E. Smith ’68 M. Lee Rice M. Marie Mitchell ’52 Eleanor B. Smith Katharine Cook, Ph.D. Patricia J. Mitchell ’69 John C. and Geralynn D. Smyth Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., and Elizabeth B. Monroe ’46 and Patricia Knott Smyth ’51 Joyce Di Rienzi John H. Monroe Kathleen Donnelly Solomon Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher The oJ seph Mullan Company Eileen Mueller Spellman ’57 Debra M. Franklin, Ph.D. ’76 M. Marc and Victoria Munafo Margaret J. Steinhagen, Ph.D. ’54 John J. Keenan Jeffrey A. Munchel Jeredith Worthley Stifter ’68 Aaron and Anne Lin, Pharm.D. Ellen M. Murphy ’71 Eleanor Duke Storck ’48 James Mitchell Pamela McCloskey Murphy ’64 Anna Maria Ostrom Storey ’69 and Jeffrey A. Munchel Patricia Winter Natale ’57 Michael Storey, Ph.D. Joan Sattler, Ph.D., and Ryan J. Sattler Joan Dobbins Nolan ’48 and Dorothy Forestell Streb ’55 Rebecca A. Sawyer, Ph.D., and John E. Nolan Jr. Mildred G. Surdyke ’83 Jonathan Sawyer Mary Clare Brannan Noonan ’58 Karla and Brent Swinton Eleanor B. Smith Judith Murphy Norton ’65 Marleen J. Thornton Margaret J. Steinhagen, Ph.D. ’54 Anthony O’Brien and Barbara A. Tipton ’66 Marleen J. Thornton Dr. Eva Simmons-O’Brien Lynn and John K. Tolmie Geraldine A. O’Brien ’59 Ruth Luddy Toro, M.D. ’60, and Mary O’Connor, Ph.D. Rodrigo Toro, M.D. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy Eileen P. O’Neill ’88 and Diana M. Trout ’97 and Kenneth H. Trout of our donor list. Please contact Anne Malone, Karen M. Stoddard, Ph.D. Josephine M. Trueschler ’49 advancement services, at [email protected] or 410-532-3170 with questions or adjustments.

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Frances Smith Vitrano ’53 and PJ Mitchell Completes Service THE NDMU BOARD OF Tamara “Tammy” Passano Wiggs TRUSTEES BRINGS EXPERTISE Tamara “Tammy” Passano Wiggs is a vice Justin A. Vitrano As we warmly welcome our new board chair, FROM A NUMBER OF president of T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Helen K. Vogel we extend our heartfelt gratitude to DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING T. Rowe Price Associates Deborah Kus Wagner ’58 and Patricia J. “PJ” Mitchell ’69, who has served ACADEMIA, BUSINESS, Inc., and a Baltimore- Walter H. Wagner as chair of the Board of THE LAW, PHILANTHROPY, based equity trader in Trustees for the last Joseph B. Weatherstein ’08 AND RELIGIOUS LIFE TO GUIDE global trading. Prior to five years. Her expert John J. Weglian THE UNIVERSITY TO BEST joining T. Rowe Price leadership enabled the Denise Flynn Weglicki ’73 SERVE ITS STUDENTS AND in 2007, Wiggs was a board to navigate Thomas L. and Carolyn Civish Wheeler ’54 FULFILL ITS MISSION. vice president of insti- smoothly through a tutional equity trading Linda Wickstrom time of great challenge, University Maryland, St. Mary’s Seminary at Merrill Lynch, where Scott and Susan Wilfong new opportunity, and & University, Notre Dame, UMBC, and the she was a position trader for six years. She J. Marie Wilhelm ’99 bold expansion—most community colleges of Baltimore City and earned a B.S. in finance, cum laude, from the notably Notre Dame’s transition from college Barbara Lanza Wolf ’69 Baltimore County. McDonough School of Business at George- to university. All told, Mitchell has devoted Lucy Babb Wright ’66 town University and an M.B.A. from the 18 years to the Notre Dame of Maryland Adriana Corasaniti Zarbin ’54 Gabrielle Dow Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business. Board of Trustees. Gabrielle Dow is vice president of market- When asked to perform in extraordinary ing and fan engagement for the Green Bay Geoff Delanoy ways, Mitchell delivered with excellence and Packers. Previously, Dow served for eight Geoff Delanoy, asso- Faculty/Staff Giving integrity. She served as international chair of years as vice presi- ciate professor of art Ademar Bechtold, Ph.D. the Legacy of Leadership Campaign, raising dent of marketing for and chair of the art and Sharon Bogdan an unprecedented $34 million. Mitchell took the Baltimore Ravens. music department, is the helm of the Blue and White Ball, generat- Patricia A. Bosse ’81 and Frank A. Gunther III With the Ravens, the faculty represen- ing $1 million in commitments to honor re- Candace Caraco, Ph.D. Dow in 2007 created tative to the Board of tiring president Dr. Mary Pat Seurkamp. She Joan Develin Coley, Ph.D., and “Purple,” a first-ever Trustees. Delanoy is also led the planning, purchase, renovation, M. Lee Rice female fan club, and a visual artist whose fundraising, decorating, and furnishing of the Katharine Cook, Ph.D. launched the Ra- work includes photog- President’s Residence in Homeland. vens’ “Purple Friday” raphy, digital imaging, and video installation. Joseph Di Rienzi, Ph.D., and Mitchell’s service to Notre Dame has been Joyce Di Rienzi campaign, an effort in which fans were Delanoy earned a B.F.A. in photography tremendous, and we are truly grateful for her encouraged to wear purple on Fridays from the Savannah College of Art and Design Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher leadership, vision, and generosity. Debra M. Franklin, Ph.D. ’76 before games. Dow earned her bachelor’s, and an M.F.A. in photography and digital M.B.A., and law degrees from the University imaging at Maryland Institute College of Art John J. Keenan New Board of Trustees Members of Oregon. in Baltimore. Aaron and Anne Lin, Pharm.D. Gino Gemignani, Chair James Mitchell Gino Gemignani is the Janese Murray Elizabeth Tran Jeffrey A. Munchel newly elected chair of Janese Murray currently serves as the vice Elizabeth Tran is the student representative Joan Sattler, Ph.D., and Ryan J. Sattler the Board of Trustees of president of diversity and inclusion for to the Board of Trustees. Tran is a sopho- Rebecca A. Sawyer, Ph.D., and Notre Dame of Mary- Exelon Corporation, more majoring in marking communications Jonathan Sawyer land University. After where she is respon- and minoring in busi- ness. She is originally Eleanor B. Smith 52 years of service, sible for leading a Gemignani recently re- team in the develop- from San Jose, Calif., Margaret J. Steinhagen, Ph.D. ’54 tired from the Whiting- ment and execution but now resides in Marleen J. Thornton Turner Contracting Co. of effective strategies Clarksville, Md. At as a senior vice president. He spent his first to increase workforce Notre Dame, she is in- 25 years managing a wide variety of building diversity and create volved in a multitude Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy projects throughout the country including an inclusive environ- of activities, includ- of our donor list. Please contact Anne Malone, the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Gemi- ment. Murray previously served as the ex- ing the tennis team, advancement services, at [email protected] or gnani earned a bachelor’s degree in physics ecutive director of talent development and Omega Phi Alpha (the service sorority), and 410-532-3170 with questions or adjustments. from Loyola College and is a graduate of The inclusion for Constellation Energy, where the Anchorage Program; she is also the class LEADERship program of the Greater Balti- she started in April 2007. A native of New of 2017 treasurer and a voting member of the more Committee and Leadership Maryland. Jersey, Murray is a graduate of Morgan Student Athlete Advisory Committee. He served as a trustee or advisor to Loyola State University.

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96895_Text.indd 31 12/12/14 12:11 PM MONTROSE IS THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL ESTATE ON WHICH PART OF THE CAMPUS OF NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY SITS, AND WAS THE NAME OF THE VERY FIRST CAMPUS BUILDING, NOW KNOWN AS NOYES ALUMNAE HOUSE. THE MONTROSE SOCIETY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE COMMITMENT OF GRADUATES AND FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY— AND THEIR FAMILIES—WHO HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR INTENTION TO REMEMBER NOTRE DAME IN THEIR ESTATE PLANS.

THE INVESTMENT OF THESE FORWARD-THINKING SUPPORTERS WILL STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND LONG INTO THE FUTURE. Montrose Society

Kathleen Bennett ’67 and Bill Bennett Susanna Peters Coy, Ph.D. ’60 Kathleen A. Beres ’70 and Miller D. Einsel Cathryn Archibald Curia ’69 The Greene Family—Doug, Colleen, Barbara T. Denny, Esq. and Lucas Barbara E. Dentz Shirley McNulty Bishop ’61 Mary Crook Dilworth ’48 Cary McSherry Black ’77 Carolyn Troy Donohue ’86 M’89 Retta Blaney Edith McParland Donohue, Ph.D. ’60 Cheryl Blenko Margaret E. Dougherty ’41 Mary Ellen Vanni ’69 and Andrea Bowden, John W. Blenko Noreen Dowling-Moini, Ph.D ’53 Ph.D. ’69, joined fellow Montrose Society Robert O. Bonnell Jr. Freda H. Dunn ’86 members for the Remembrance Mass and Patricia A. Bosse ’81 and Ann Spilman Dunnock ’53 Montrose Pinning Ceremony during Frank A. Gunther III Reunion weekend. Constance L. Duval Andrea R. Bowden, Ph.D. ’69 Donna Ringger Easton ’70 and Carol Nevin Abromaitis, Ph.D. ’60, and Toni Speranza Bower ’82 John J. Easton Jr. Mr. Michael J. Abromaitis Sandra J. Braychak-Metcalfe ’64 Miller D. Einsel Francesca Cassilly Adams ’51 Carol Ann Breyer Elizabeth Williams Elder ’82 and Mary Celeste Alexander Helen Fay Bridges Charles B. Elder Clyde C. Anderson Mary Mace Brocato ’53 Ellen F. Emery ’65 Mary Lou Donnelly Armstrong-Peters ’60 Diana Lynn Brocato-Showacre ’90 Christine English and Joseph Peters Eileen M. Broderick ’66 Jacquelyn J. Esco Teresa M. Arnold Dorothy M. Brown ’54 Priscilla Farrall Christine Williams Aumiller ’65 Jane Brown Jane S. Fick Ladonna Weisser Baginski ’66 and Patricia M. C. Brown and Joseph P. Gill Grace Vullo Finn ’52 Raymond J. Baginski Mary Ellen Mathias Carosella ’67 Mary Jo Fox Fitchett ’48 Lynn DeLalio Bagli ’60 Kathleen Marsh Casey ’70 and Paul Casey (T. Somerset Fitchett Foundation, Inc.) Donna Dee Barnette ’00 Beth Chernichowski Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher Mary Patricia Baxter ’72, Esq. Cynthia A. Child ’52 The Honorable Kathleen O’Ferrall Pamela J. Becker Valerie Choudhury ’58 Friedman ’62 and Richard W. Friedman Kathleen Bracken Bedard ’46 M. Kathleen Clucas ’68 Claire Flavin Funkhouser ’71 and Victoria Genco Bell ’69 Joan Develin Coley, Ph.D. and M. Lee Rice Gary D. Funkhouser Julie Courtney Ben-Susan ’69 and Drs. James and Becky Conneely Ceci Caravati Gallasch ’61 Paul Ben-Susan Joan Cooper ’69, LCSW, and Patricia Wohrna Gibbons ’52 and C. William Bennett Charles Cooper Edwin C. Gibbons Jr.

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96895_Text.indd 32 12/12/14 12:11 PM Patricia M. C. Brown and Joseph P. Gill Patricia McCann Mary Shartle Galotto, Ph.D. ’64, and Marcia Maith-Cloud Glover ’88 Nancy E. McColgan ’92 and John Galotto, M.D. Mary Adele Griesacker ’51 Francis L. Wiegmann Suzanne Shipley, Ph.D., and Frances Flannery Gunshol ’88 M’94 and Mary Regis McLoughlin ’60 Mr. Randall J. Wadsworth Lou Gunshol Lisa Ann McMurtrie ’93 Eleanor B. Smith Mary Ellen Steiner Gunther ’54 and Susan Breaux McShea ’87 and Patricia Knott Smyth ’51 Frank A. Gunther Jr. Michael McShea Christina M. Sommerville Marjorie Williams Gutierrez ’90 Terri L. Meekins Heather L. Stapf Jean R. Harmon ’44 Vivian Moresco Merz ’59 Margaret J. Steinhagen, Ph.D. ’54 Diane Spedden Harrison ’81 Roxanne Gladden Miller ’99 Caroline B. Stellmann Mary Midgett Harrison ’67 Fran Gunther Minges ’81 and Francia Faust Stevens ’82 M’91 and Rosemary Garrett Hartley ’48 and David A. Minges John A. Stevens James P. Hartley, M.D. M. Marie Mitchell ’52 William and Janine Stevens Rita M. Hartman Patricia J. Mitchell ’69 Eleanor Duke Storck ’48 Cecilia Ann Hatch Susan M. Mitchell ’80 and Anne Streckfus ’68 Charles E. Herget Jr. Daniel Lashinsky Carroll South Thomas ’63 Susan Morris Hoag ’61 Rose J. Moran Lindsay J. Thompson, Ph.D. ’91 Margaret Delaney Holland ’47 and Susan Lynn Morris Ellan Stockwell Thorson Captain John P. Holland Sarah A. Mullen ’68 Ruth Luddy Toro, M.D. ’60, and Dorothy C. Holzworth, M.D. ’44 Cindy M. Necaise ’95 Rodrigo Toro, M.D. Catherine G. Honerkamp Carolyn A. Nelka Doris A. Trauner ’66 Karen Stakem Hornig ’80 Rev. Robert H. Oldershaw Doris J. Uhoda Amanda A.M. Idstein ’97 and Kevin Idstein Joan P. Partridge ’91 and Chloe C. Ulshafer Montrose Society Kevin Joseph Idstein Charles E. Partridge Jr. Betsey Usher Junko Iida-Tsunekawa Helen Marikle Passano ’69 and Mary Ellen Vanni ’69 Barbara LaPorte Ipsaro ’78 E. Magruder Passano Lucy Vash Vecera ’52 Jean Jackley Donna L. Patnode Diana M. Vodicka Mary Theresa Jarosz Ellen McDonald Perry ’83 Anita M. Volk Mr. and Ms. Harvey C. Jones II Joseph E. Peters and Mary Lou Donnelly Deborah Kus Wagner ’58 and Harvey and Jeanne Jones ’50 Armstrong-Peters ’60 Walter H. Wagner Patricia E. Jordan Lucille Cannamucio Pierpont ’64 Elizabeth Cecil Wagner ’89 George Justice Jr. Mary Dolores Plum Estelle Wagner Mary Pat Justice Joseph A. Polizzi, Ph.D. Walter Hermann Wagner Mary Louise Kane ’51 The Honorable Mary Louise Preis and “Netta” Handy Wallace ’93 Barbara Kantz Frederick G. Preis, DDS Joan Wampler Mary Frances C. Kastelberg Leona Puglia Colleen Baum West ’76 Frederick C. Kauffman, Ph.D. Kathleen V. Rainville Thomas L. and Carolyn Civish Wheeler ’54 M.L. Lee Kelly ’69 Mary Lou Randall ’59 Marilyn G. Whited Maureen McKewen Kelly ’85 Lorraine L. Rardin Margaret M. Wintz Ann C. Kessler, Ph.D Kris Reichart-Anderson ’85 and Barbara Lanza Wolf ’69 Nancy Kiehne Clyde C. Anderson Edith Wolpoff-Davis ’72 Betty Wintz Klare ’43 Marie Giaramita Richmond ’60 Deborah Xenakis Marion I. Knott Natalie E. Rock Grace Zaczek ’70 Rosemary Older Kratz ’62 and Gary Kratz Ilma Rosskopf ’63 Sheila Kirchenbauer Zimmer ’63 Linelle La Bonte Rebecca Rothey ’07 Rosemary E. Zuna, M.D. ’68 Lillian Liberti Laird ’48 Dorothy Palango Rubin ’72 Sue Lasbury ’78 Laurie Russell ’86 Faculty and Staff Ms. Joan B. Lawler Imelda L. Sansone Patricia A. Bosse ’81 and John I. Leahy Sr. Barbara Panetta Sauer Frank A. Gunther III Marilyn Leidecker Diane Janney Schall ’89 Joan Develin Coley Ph.D., and M. Lee Rice Mary Beth Lennon ’89 Suzanne Schisler Heidi Lippmeier Fletcher Kathryn Ann C. Lucas Sandra Kilroy Schlosser ’58 Terri L. Meekins Jean Schramm Monier Lyons ’53 Jeanne Schmidt Eleanor B. Smith Carl Anthony Maio Gisela Ruebenacker Schwab, Ph.D. ’49 Margaret J. Steinhagen, Ph.D. ’54 Christina O. Marsalek ’69 M’00 and Margaret M. Sellmayer ’52 Stephen F. Marsalek Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D., and Marita Mattei Bob Seurkamp Philip Maynard, Esq. Katherine A. Shamer ’82 M’07

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96895_Text.indd 33 12/12/14 12:11 PM THE ENTIRE NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND COMMUNITY THANKS AND SALUTES THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTROSE SOCIETY, WHOSE FORESIGHT AND GENEROSITY WITH NAMING NDMU IN THEIR ESTATE PLANS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN THE UNIVERSITY INTO THE FUTURE. HERE, TWO MONTROSE SOCIETY MEMBERS DESCRIBE THEIR DECISION TO JOIN. The Decision to Give: In Memoriam Montrose Society Member Spotlights

Isabel H. Klots

Vanetta “Netta” Handy Wallace ’93, left, attributes much of her Edith McParland Donohue, Ph.D. ’60, has focused her profes- success in life to her time at Notre Dame. A communication arts sional life on helping others—specifically, those in career transi- major, Mrs. Wallace was deeply involved in campus life, serving on tion. Dr. Donohue’s doctoral dissertation focused on discovering the executive board of many student clubs and organizations. She one’s passion before choosing a career path. A human resources especially recalls the positive influence of communication arts fac- professional, she was selected as the 1999 Martin County Woman of Distinction in the Business Professional category, among other ulty member Dr. Karen Stoddard and Concert Choir Director E. Catherine Dunn, Ph.D. ’38 Sister Joseph Mary Zimmer. “Those four years were the most im- honors. She is the co-author of Communicating Like a Manager pressionable years of my life,” she says. “I was inspired to become a and Life after Layoff: Six Proven Courses of Action, as well as a con- leader with a purpose, a force to be reckoned with.” tributor to Eavesdropping: As Real Women Talk About the Gifts and Challenges of Aging. “Keeping the dream alive for future Dr. Donohue—who received Notre Dame’s Elizabeth P. generations of women is not something Hoisington ’40 Distinguished Alumna Award in 2010—is a long- I had to think about twice.” time, committed supporter of Notre Dame. The former director of Notre Dame’s Continuing Education program, she has been a Now, Wallace is a certified day care provider and owner of member of many University committees and giving societies, in- Netta’s Nest Family Child Care. Married with a daughter and a cluding the Montrose Society. She is also serving as chair of the son, she is active in her church, serving as the volunteer assistant 2015 Reunion Committee. “My experiences as a student, alumna, director of the children and adult choirs. For her, joining the Mon- volunteer, staff person, and parent of two graduates of Notre trose Society was a no-brainer. “With so many fine institutions Dame were so outstanding that it has affected my life in many closing due to lack of support—such as my elementary and high wonderful ways,” she says. “When my husband and I planned our schools and the graduate school where I earned my master’s de- legacy gifts, we both agreed—with very little discussion—that gree in early childhood education—I had to make a decision that Notre Dame would be a beneficiary of our estate. We hope that Virginia Kelly Rice I felt was best to help support Notre Dame. Keeping the dream the wonderful education and opportunities at Notre Dame will alive for future generations of women is not something continue into the future for students. So we trust that our gift, in I had to think about twice.” some small way, will help to make that possible.”

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96895_Text.indd 34 12/12/14 12:11 PM The Decision to Give: In Memoriam Montrose Society Member Spotlights In August 2013, the art world lost a great After Mrs. Klots’ death at the age of 96, Notre champion in Isabel H. Klots, the widow of Dame received a generous gift from her estate. renowned portrait painter Trafford P. Klots. “Mrs. Klots was deeply religious and a lifetime After their marriage in 1942, the couple split their contributor to Catholic causes, including educa- time between her family home in Reisterstown’s tion. She felt that Notre Dame was unique in Worthington Valley and his family estate in Baltimore in providing a path to leadership and Rochefort-en-Terre, France. From 1989 to 2010, social responsibility to women through liberal their French estate served as the headquarters arts education in the Catholic tradition,” says for the International Program for Artists, a James Constable, a member of Notre Dame’s Isabel H. Klots residency program for American visual artists Board of Trustees. that Mrs. Klots (a painter herself ) founded in memory of her husband and her father-in-law, Photo courtesy of Maryland Institute College of Art Alfred, also an artist.

E. Catherine Dunn, Ph.D. ’38, was a Latin major articles and several books, including The Gallican and English minor at Notre Dame, and her life’s Saint’s Life and the Late Roman Dramatic Tradi- path reflected her love of language and of tion in 1989; she also served as a consultant, education. She earned her Ph.D. in English from contributor, and editor for other publications. the Catholic University of America (CUA) in A member of the Montrose Society, Dr. Dunn 1947, at a time when the academic community designated that a generous contribution from was almost exclusively male. She was able to break her estate be combined with that of her brother, the glass ceiling that existed in Shakespeare and William K. Dunn, who was a teacher and medieval studies and went on to enjoy a 34-year chaplain at Notre Dame. The Monsignor career at CUA, where she was named professor William Kailer Dunn and Dr. E. Catherine E. Catherine Dunn, Ph.D. ’38 emerita upon her retirement. Dunn Endowed Scholarship Fund now benefits A recipient of an Outstanding Educators of students demonstrating academic capability and America citation, Dr. Dunn published many financial need.

Virginia Kelly Rice, for whom Rice Hall is painted by noted Maryland artist Cedric Baldwin named, passed away on January 1, 2014. Virginia Egeli hangs in the entryway of Rice Hall. and her late husband, Hallie Rice Sr., gave many Mrs. Rice was raised in Key West, Fla., and decades of service and friendship to Notre Dame attended a Catholic boarding school as a child. of Maryland University. She was known as a gourmet cook and taught The Rices provided the impetus in 1990 for the a culinary class at the Renaissance Institute in creation of a large computer center on the main the 1990s. floor of what was then called Economy Hall, Mrs. Rice had seven children and leaves seven which at one time had served as a kitchen, bakery, grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. and laundry for Notre Dame. Mr. Rice, who at The Rices were regular participants at Notre Virginia Kelly Rice that time served as a special advisor to President Dame’s events and celebrations and supported Kathleen Feeley, SSND ’50, and had served on the each chapter of the University’s growth with pride. Board of Trustees, renamed the newly renovated Virginia is deeply missed by her friends at building after his wife. A portrait of Mrs. Rice Notre Dame.

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La Vida Cooper ’03 advocates encouraging girls’ natural curiosity, even if it means breaking a few eggs.

have a confession to make. I was an that keeps me inspired and excited about I what I do every day as an engineer. exceedingly inquisitive child. As a young girl, I was always curious to Today I work in the space industry as a understand how things worked. I also had a telecommunications/network engineering su- learning style that demanded that I touch pervisor. I have worked in the industry for and interact with objects in order to truly 10 years now, initially starting out as an understand them. This led to a significant electronics engineer designing circuits and number of broken electronics, lamps, and eventually migrating to management. other household gadgets—the results of I am thankful every day that my mother my early quest for knowledge. One time, didn’t discourage me as I took apart the I tore apart a radio to understand how it house, but rather saw the value in my curios- worked and what it was made of. I conduct- ity and tinkering. I must admit that it drives ed several tests on the radio and its dispa- confessIons of AN me crazy when I hear kids told that they are rate parts before ultimately putting it back being naughty when they are really being together in a state that was at least some- INQUISITIVE chIld inquisitive. If you take anything away from what functional. this piece, let it be this: My mother affectionately referred to me By La Vida Cooper ’03 • The next time you ask a child, especially a as a “destructive child,” and she soon young girl, not to touch something … learned to buy household items in pairs in • The next time you are low on patience and order to accommodate my investigative dures, and perform analysis, all building on short on answers for a young child who is tendencies. She was eternally patient and, the core foundation of basic science and incessantly asking “why?” … rather than growing frustrated, would sim- engineering principles. My teachers and • The next time you chastise a child for ply ask what I was doing and what I hoped professors drilled this into me relentlessly breaking or pulling apart common house- to achieve. Her questioning allowed me to over the years. This mental conditioning ul- hold items … explain my early version of the scientific timately taught me the “how” of approach- Ask yourself, Are you stifling the seeds of method: to pose my research question, to ing, investigating, and solving problems. It her curiosity and creativity, which are impor- state my hypothesis and decide on my also helped me to discover my passion for tant foundations for those who pursue STEM research plan (i.e. path of destruction), to innovation, which for me is a creative outlet career fields? make a statement on the benefit of my in- Instead of viewing these behaviors as vestigation and, upon completion, to sum- something to correct or limit, view them as marize my results. I am thankful every day opportunities for exploration and empower- Once I was old enough to take a science ment of a child’s natural gifts and interests. course with a lab at school, the sun, moon, that my mother dIdn't Spend some time viewing the world through and stars all aligned for me at once. I dis- try to dIscourage me as her eyes. You might be surprised at what you covered that all of my natural tinkering, about the world and yourself. destruction and deconstruction, and im- I took apart the house, promptu experimentation around the house but saw the value In La Vida Cooper ’03 is an engineering supervisor were forms and stages of the real scientific working in the space industry. She was presented method. And I was in heaven. my tInkerIng. with the Regina Russo Hammel ’41 Outstanding I soon learned how to systematically de- Recent Graduate Award in 2012 for professional sign experiments, carry out baseline proce- achievement and contribution to the community.

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