Remarkable Service Honoring the Legacy of President Jacqueline Powers Doud
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ountthe M S Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles Winter/Spring 2011 Remarkable Service Honoring the legacy of President Jacqueline Powers Doud Lifelong Learning S Women & Spirit Exhibit S New Major 74579 mount.indd 1 3/7/11 8:36 PM from the president Dear Reader, It has been my honor and privilege to serve at our cherished institution for the last 20 years. I have always believed that leaders are for a time and a place. This has been my time and definitely my place! On page 15, you’ll see a copy of a poem written by my husband, Dr. Robert Doud, about gifts and giving. This poem has special meaning to me as I think about the gifts I have received from Mount St. Mary’s College. I am thankful for our students who have dedicated and committed themselves as diligent learners and as engaged citizens in the community whether as fundraisers for causes such as breast cancer, AIDS or lupus research or as Student Ambassadors giving their time and talent as peer mentors assisting high schools students to pursue their own educational dreams. Our practice of combining coursework with community engagement through service learning gives Mount students the opportunity to apply what they learn in local settings. For instance, students observe, treat and learn from the ill, aged and lonely in healthcare settings. They visit our older CSJ sisters in our neighboring Carondelet Center. I am thankful for dedicated alums and friends of the Mount who give their time and resources to establish scholarships, so that our students can concentrate on their studies and enjoy the full benefits of a Catholic liberal arts education provided by our distinguished faculty and staff. At the Mount, we do our best to unleash in each student her potential, her talents and her gifts – intellectual, spiritual and social, so that she can channel them into a productive and rich future. I am thankful for an education that enriches the individual while also enriching society. And, sometimes we never know the gift that we are to one another. You have been an enormous gift to me. My gift to each of you is one of deep gratitude for the joy of knowing you and leading Mount St. Mary’s College during these 11 years. I wish you peace, blessings and satisfaction in knowing that the gifts we give to each other and to our students are what make Mount St. Mary’s College such an extraordinary center of learning. God bless you and thank you! With warm regards, Jacqueline Powers Doud President To hear a message from President Doud, use the QR code reader on your smartphone. QR reader software is available free for most mobile platforms. 74579 mountR1.indd 2 3/16/11 2:29 PM contents page 16 page 10 page 21 page 3 Remarkable Service College News A look at the extraordinary career of President Jacqueline Powers Doud. page 3 page 10 From the Faculty page 6 Women & Spirit In Brief page 9 Journeys to the Mount Advancement News Women & Spirit exhibit shares the untold stories of Catholic sisters in America. page 21 page 16 Showcase ON THE COVER: page 22 President Jacqueline Powers Doud is retiring after 20 years of service at the Mount. Alum Community Photo by Carlos Puma. page 27 Reflections page 28 Calendar page 29 From the Archives Winter/Spring 2011 The Mount 1 74579 mountR1.indd 1 3/11/11 9:42 AM in the moment Mountthe Winter/Spring 2011 Vol. 26, No. 2 Editor Sarah Scopio EXECUtiVE Editor debbie ream ASSoCiAtE Editor Joanna Banks ClASS NotES Editor Barbara (dummel) Brunner ’63 Photo: Carlos Puma Carlos Photo: dESigN San luis design PhotogrAPhy glenn Marzano, Carlos Puma, Sarah Scopio, MSMC Archives Kristi Moua ’12 puts the finishing touches on her 14-inch chair for a ceramics course on the Chalon Campus. PriNtiNg Pace lithographers inc. EditoriAl AdViSory BoArd Sister Annette Bower, CSJ, ’59 lois dunne Sister Joseph Adele Edwards, CSJ, ’58 Kimberly (Fine) Magruder ’01 Claire (Matranga) Noland ’87 Father george o’Brien Jeanne (redell) ruiz ’63 the Mount is published by Mount St. Mary’s College, division of institutional Advancement. 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Weekend College 213.477.2866 2 The Mount www.msmc.la.edu 74579 mount.indd 2 3/4/11 7:52 AM college news Sister Judy Vaughan, CSJ, ’68 to Speak at Commencement 2011 in May from ount St. Mary’s College will the faculty Mcelebrate commencement 2011 Sylvia Bagley, assistant on May 9 with speaker Sister Judy professor and the Fritz Burns Vaughan, CSJ, ’68, founding director Endowed Chair of Education, of Alexandria House, a los Angeles published an article, “Students, organization offering hospitality and Teachers and Alternative transitional residence for women and Assessment in Secondary School: children in need. Relational Models Theory (RMT) Vaughan is the recipient of many in the Field of Education,” in distinctions, including the Woman the Australian Educational of Justice Award from NETWORK, Researcher in April 2010. a national Catholic organization Sister Judy Vaughan, CSJ, ’68 is founding dedicated to the global movement for director of Alexandria House. Robin Gordon, assistant justice and peace. Following her early professor of education, years teaching elementary school and theirs with purpose, compassion and co-authored a book, “Philosophy at the Mount, she was named director a sense of social justice.” Vaughan’s of Education in Historical of the House of Ruth emergency sister, Kieran Vaughan, CSJ, ’64, is Perspective,” Third Edition, shelter in East los Angeles. a full-time faculty member in the published in April 2010 by “It is a special privilege and education department at the Mount. University Press of America. honor to be invited to give the 2011 “We look forward to an inspiring commencement address,” Vaughan message from Sister Judy,” said Joan Johnson, English said. “This is a full-circle experience President Jacqueline Powers Doud. instructor, had her play that brings me back to the beginning “She has committed her own life to “Appleblossomtime” performed of my own journey, while offering an improving the lives of some of the by The Eclectic Company Theatre opportunity to congratulate a new most vulnerable women and children in North Hollywood, Calif., this class of graduates as they step into in our city.” past July. Johnson was one of the finalists in the company’s College Launches New Major in Health Care Policy playwriting contest. his past fall, Mount St. Mary’s unveiled a new bachelor’s degree designed Millie Kidd, professor of Tto meet the nation’s changing health care challenges. English and director of the The new health care policy major addresses the need for greater Master of Arts in Humanities understanding of medical science, policy, law and advocacy. “Health care program, chaired a panel on reform efforts in the United States have put health care policy and the health “E. E. Cummings and the Culture care profession at the forefront of political debate, ensuring that the health of Modernity” at the American care field will continue to be a growth industry for decades to come,” said literature Association’s annual Helen Boutrous, chair of the College’s history and political science department, conference in San Francisco in who spearheaded the new major. May 2010. “Our program will provide rigorous public policy training from political science faculty and honor the long tradition of academic excellence in Alan Lee, associate professor of health care education established by our renowned nursing program,” physical therapy, published an Boutrous added. article, “Telehealth: PTs Healing The cross-disciplinary major combines courses in political science, nursing, the World,” in PT in Motion in biology and psychology. May 2010. Winter/Spring 2011 The Mount 3 74579 mount.indd 3 3/3/11 1:05 PM college news New Chair Takes Helm of Music Department from ister Therese Fassnacht, BVM, Sbegan as the new chair of Mount the faculty St. Mary’s tradition-rich music Stacey Peterson, assistant department in August. Fassnacht, a professor of biological sciences, career vocalist who has performed with co-authored “lRP: A Nucleoid- the New York Philharmonic’s resident Associated Protein With Gene choir, plans to expand the Mount’s Regulatory Functions,” a chapter choral and chamber music programs.