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PRESIDENT FIRSTWORD Thomas W. Keefe, JD VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Joan S. Canty TURNING AFFECTION INTO ACTION ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Deborah J. Roark The university stands on a precipice. Our DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI & DONOR RELATIONS national reputation is growing every day. Leah Looten, BA ’09 MBA ’14

To take advantage of this opportunity for EDITOR/DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS the university to thrive will require more Bill Hartley

than cheerleading. ASSISTANT EDITORS Callie Ewing, BA ’03 For too many years, too many of the people who love the University of Heather Tutuska, BA ’10 MH ’12 Dallas have stood on the sidelines and left its care and nurture to others. We need the support, energy and leadership of all of our alumni, students DESIGN Sarah Oates and parents. I am inviting those of you who have been watching from the John Wilson sidelines to participate in the life of this university. I am asking you, on behalf of the entire university, to join us. Make a gift. Get involved with our PRODUCTION alumni leadership. Give to the Cor Fund. Give to the program that shaped you most during your time at Roberta Daley UD. Whether it’s the amount of a Cap Bar iced mocha or a full scholarship for an incoming student (and CONTRIBUTORS you can guess which I would prefer!), your gift and your participation make a difference. Kristi Adams Without your hand helping to propel the ship, the University of Dallas will miss this opportunity to Keith Allison assume a role of greater national prominence. We need you to turn your affection into action. Gino Il Pio Don’t mistake me. The University of Dallas will be fine and will certainly survive. But if we are going to Kim Leeson thrive, we require your act of participation. This is a perilous time for higher education. We can’t afford Marcy Brown Marsden, BS ’91 to be complacent. Kathy McGraw Jeff McWhorter I’ve said it before, and it bears repeating: The education that you received at the University of Justin Schwartz, BA ’16 Dallas is second to none. Your education gave you the foundation to think critically, intentionally and Nathan Yacovissi compassionately about your personal and professional lives. The education offered here at the University of Dallas is transformative, and with your help, we will continue to transform the lives of our students. To update your address or other contact information, email [email protected]. Send comments, letters to the editor or other communication regarding this publication to Bill Hartley, University of Dallas, Office of Advancement, 1845 E. Northgate Dr., Irving, TX 75062; [email protected]. Thomas W. Keefe, JD Tower magazine is published twice annually by the Office of Advancement for the University President of Dallas community. Opinions in Tower magazine are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the P.S. At the risk of sounding clichéd, I am not asking for university. Postmaster: Send address changes to Tower, Office of Advancement, 1845 E. help, but offering you an opportunity to participate in Northgate Dr., Irving, TX 75062. creating a legacy that you and I know is essential. The university does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs and activities. Any person alleging to have been discriminated against in violation of Title IX may present a complaint to the Title IX coordinator. The coordinator assists in an informal resolution of the complaint or guides the complainant to the appropriate individual or process for resolving the complaint. The university has designated Janis Townsend, director of human resources, A UD education teaches students as the Title IX coordinator. The Human to think critically in a variety of settings such as the physics lab or Resources Office is located on the second floor during an informal Human Sciences of Carpenter Hall, and the phone number is in the Contemporary World discussion. 972-721-5382.

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16 Modern Opulence & THE FACE OF UD Historical Ornithology 11 Associate Professor of Biology Marcy Brown Marsden, BS ’91, and two of her From altar boy to liberal students collaborate with the Dallas arts undergrad to lawyer Museum of Art. to UD president: how President Keefe got A Journey Through the here, and what he’s been Church of the Incarnation 12 doing these five years at Architects Duane and Jane Landry take you on a tour of the house of worship your alma mater. they designed.

Timeline to a Shrine 18 It took 18 years, but UD’s Irving campus finally has a Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

REGULARS

FIRST WORD

CALENDAR 02

ONCAMPUS 03

AKADEMEIA 07

RECOMMENDED DIVERSIONS 20 Enjoy our recurring look at a few distractions worth your while.

ALUMNI NEWS 21

MY (IRVING) 27 Take an alumni-guided tour of the city that more than 1,500 UD alumni call home.

ATHLETICS 28 Associate Professor of English Greg Roper, BA ’84, recalls life lessons learned in his days as a scholar- athlete at UD.

FINAL WORD Recent graduate Kayla Nguyen, BA ’15, shares her thoughts on President Thomas W. Keefe.

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President Thomas W. Keefe with his familiar Golden Lab Bridget PHOTO: KIM LEESON PHOTO:

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 1 CALENDAR PHOTOS: UNIVERSITY MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS & ALUMNI RELATIONS & ALUMNI UNIVERSITY MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PHOTOS:

JULY 24 Sustainable Business Network: OCTOBER 29 Halloween Festival. This spooky “Ethics: Beyond Words & Slogans.” Texas evening features the 5th Annual Haunted House Instruments Vice President and Ethics Director of Horrors (for grown-ups), the Leaky Cauldron David Solomon shares best practices for building Beer Garden with faculty reading ghost stories, transparently ethical organizations. Learn more and for the kiddos, a Halloween fun house, trunk- at udallas.edu/sbn. or-treat and a photo booth.

13 20 04 Alumni Night at AUGUST Mainstage – “Mary Stu- UD Day at Globe Life Park, Constitution Day – Join the Charity Week – UD students art” by Friedrich Schiller Home of the Texas Rangers Politics Department for a raise money for charities 08 – Before the game, meet the family-friendly barbecue, during this annual week Chicago Community executive vice president of faculty lecture and patriotic of fun, games and chaos, NOVEMBER Reception – Alumni, parents the Texas Rangers Base- sing-along in celebration which also happens to and students are invited. ball Club, Joe Januszewski. of the U.S. Constitution. be one of UD’s favorite Then, relax in an air-condi- and quirkiest traditions. 02 tioned suite and cheer on All Souls’ Day the Rangers as they wind 22-24 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Memorial Mass down their regular season Ninth Annual UD Minis- on this Sunday afternoon. try Conference (UDMC) 09 02-04 – Co-sponsored by UD TIE Series Presents: “The 17 Alumni & Family Weekend – and the Diocese of Dallas, DECEMBER Future of Health Care” – North Texas Giving Day – Alumni and their families as UDMC 2015 is at the Kay Alumni health care experts Gifts to UD of $25 or more well as current students and Bailey Hutchison Conven- 06 lead an open discussion on receive bonus funds from the their families gather on the tion Center Dallas. More Alumni Advent Mass the health care industry, Communities Fund of Texas Irving campus to celebrate than 5,000 Catholic faithful & Santa Social – After on this day. #SupportUD the UD community with a from across North Texas will addressing questions such as Mass at the Church of the weekend of class reunions, learn and pray together. “What’s the future of health Incarnation, bring the kids 18 concerts, rugby and more. care?” and “What keeps over to the Haggar Cafe you up at night as you look Braniff Salon – A multi- 24 03 for holiday activities and toward this future?” Wine disciplinary faculty panel Oktoberfest – October is some QT with Santa. and networking will follow. leads a discussion cen- Third Annual Distinguished celebrated German-style tered on a great painting, Alumni Awards Dinner on Braniff Mall with food, 09-17 examining topics such as drink and live music. Professional Viewpoints what is conveyed to the 04 To learn more about these – The Office of Personal viewer via this medium Odyssey Days – High school 31 alumni or university events, Career Development that could not be commu- students can visit cam- Baseball Alumni as well as many others, visit sponsors two weeks of nicated in any other way. pus before making that Exhibition Game udallas.edu/thingstodo. professional panels, mock all-important decision. interviews and a job fair.

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INDEPENDENT THINKING IN ACTION A CELEBRATION OF CULTURES & COUNTRIES

International Week began as the ukulele and African drums. International Day on March 9, 1989. The Indian spring festival of love, The 2015 celebration, held March 17- known as the Holi Festival, was 20, marked its 26th year, beginning characterized by paint throwing. on St. Patrick’s Day with a parade And the food...we can’t forget the of flags and an international fashion smorgasbord of mouth-watering show and wrapping up that Friday multicultural delicacies available. with Bollywood Night in Lynch “Campus involvement was much UNIVERSITY MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO: Auditorium. Dancing, whether hula, more than expected,” said Society “WE HOPE TO TRAIN salsa or Irish, was a popular activity; of St. Joseph member JP Bremar, OUR STUDENTS FOR the Gregory Hall lounge filled up for BA ’17, who cooked Italian sausages a Thursday evening Zumba session as part of the St. Joseph’s feast day CAREERS THAT DON’T YET followed by smoothies. celebration. “We had planned on EXIST,” PRESIDENT THOMAS The Mexican consulate discussed three hours of food, and it was all W. KEEFE HAS BEEN common myths about Mexico, gone in half that time.” KNOWN TO SAY. both St. Joseph and St. Patrick This aspiration is in part what were celebrated, and cricket was led to the choice of this year’s played. Students learned how Mary commencement speaker, L. Brent is venerated around the world Bozell III, HON ’15, a onetime and about opportunities to work history major who has done the abroad. Musical instruments heard exact thing of which Keefe speaks: throughout the week included essentially created his own career. Bozell, a well-known conservative activist, founded and serves as president of the media watchdog organization Media Research Center. “Who would have thought,” said Keefe, “when Brent Bozell was here decades ago, that there was going to be a Fox News and the opportunity for dozens, if not hundreds, of commentators on the political spectrum?” The point, Keefe emphasized, is not Bozell’s political affiliation but that he is successful at what he does. He took his liberal arts education and went out to do precisely what UD’s mission urges: He became a leader striving to act for the good of his family, community, country and church. Living out UD’s mission often requires resourcefulness, putting all of that critical and independent thinking to good use in the quest One in five of Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business’ students hails from outside to make meaningful contributions the U.S. International Week originated as a to this problematic and changing way for these business students to share their world. Bozell serves as an example cultures, but has since been adopted by the entire university. of what it means to apply both the wisdom of the ages and PHOTOS: JUSTIN SCHWARTZ JUSTIN PHOTOS: freshly forged strategies to our 21st-century difficulties.

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3 NEW TRUSTEES

In February, the university POPE FRANCIS welcomed three new members to WRITES BACK Alex Taylor, BA ’15, Alex Doucet, BA ’15, and its board of trustees. Candace Langsfeld, BA ’15 Laura Felis Quinn, BS ’86, is president of PJ Quinn Inc., a qualitative pharmaceutical marketing research and consulting business. She has served on the National Alumni Board and supported the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine project. Tom Nealon, MBA ’87, is a partner at The Feld Group Institute, a leading consultancy focused on IT-enabled business transformations and chief information officer development. Richardson (Texas) city manager from 1995 to 2012, Bill Keffler is now the Catholic

Diocese of Dallas’ chief UNIVERSITY MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO: operating officer. A PAPAL RESPONSE

While Pope Francis wasn’t able to attend the “To you and your families, and to the entire Class of 2015’s commencement ceremony, the university community, the Holy Father 50 YEARS LATER Holy Father did acknowledge the graduating affectionately sends his Apostolic Blessing as a class’ invitation and letter campaign last spring pledge of grace and peace in the Lord,” wrote with a personal letter. Msgr. Peter B. Wells on behalf of Pope Francis.

READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY (AND THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER) AT UDALLAS.EDU/PAPALREPLY.

ONLINE & IN THE NEWS Save the date for a full year of activities celebrating 50 THE BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA years of cooperation, unity and CONVERSATIONS AND MEDIA MENTIONS understanding between Jewish and Catholic believers. October 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on interreligious On March 28, we asked, “Current or former dialogue, “Nostra Aetate,” which led the way to increased Latin and Greek students, care to share your SCHWARTZ JUSTIN PHOTO: dialogue and respect between favorite Dr. Maurerism?” (Associate Professor of Jews and Catholics. Classics Karl Maurer passed away on May 4.) Mascot Revisited. UD’s unofficial The flagship event will be a mascot (Groundhog) met official joint keynote address by Rabbi after the student body was David Rosen, former chief The answers: Kate Ramsay Rhodes: When an overwhelmed student asked if he had to translate the entire sentence he’d started: “Well, it’s introduced to a revamped UD rabbi of Ireland and director Crusader at a basketball game of interreligious affairs for the like a snake, you see. You go in at the mouth; you come out at the tail.” | Katherine Zoch: Augustus was a “warmongering punk.” | Hans Decker: in December. So far, relations American Jewish Committee, appear peaceful. and Bishop Brian Farrell, Vatican “But Dr. Maurer, that book is in French.” “French is easy!” secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The rabbi and bishop will speak at the Morton H. Meyerson instagram.com/ Search for us JOIN THE CONVERSATION udalum on LinkedIn Symphony Center in downtown Dallas at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4. To be Follow these social media sites notified when tickets go on sale, and stay up to date on what’s facebook.com/ twitter.com/ visit udallas.edu/50yearslater. happening in the UD community. udallasalumni udallasalumni

4 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 Braian Ahern, BA ’15, as Voltaire ONCAMPUS (left) and Simon Lemaire, BA ’16, as Candide. 8 SOLD-OUT SHOWS The Margaret Jonsson an operetta version of ’92, even opening up the final Theater saw the first Voltaire’s novel with music dress rehearsal to give more collaboration between the by Leonard Bernstein and people a chance to see it. Music Department and Drama lyrics by Richard Wilbur. The Dee Donasco, adjunct Department in more than production was sold out professor of applied voice two decades last spring – a days before it opened, with and lyric theater, provided the performance of “Candide,” director , BA music direction. PHOTO: REBECCA RAMOS REBECCA PHOTO: Stefan Novinski

SB HALL

> THAN A BUILDINGPHOTOS: KRISTI ADAMS AS SB HALL RISES FROM THE A cybersecurity MS student will gain theAn experience international to makestudent the will next conceive big HILLSIDE, IT’S MORE THAN breakthroughof a plan to bringin information jobs security to a developing country. JUST A BUILDING COMING A cybersecurity MS student will gain the experience toAn make undergraduate the next big INTO EXISTENCE. THE NEW breakthroughwill learn the in ropesinformation of Wall security Street. HOME OF THE SATISH & YAS- MIN GUPTA COLLEGE OF A cybersecurity MS student will gain A cybersecurity MS student will gain theAn experience industry thought to make leader the next will big shape BUSINESS WILL BE THE SITE theA experience cybersecurity to make MS student the next will big gain breakthroughthe lives of thousands in information of students. security breakthroughthe experience in information to make the security next big OF A CONTINUED LEGACY OF breakthrough in information security. A cybersecurity MS student will gain LEADING, EXPERIENCE-BASED theTwo experience sustainability to make pioneers the next will big breakthroughdevelop the inbusiness information plan forsecurity a BUSINESS EDUCATION. Fortune 500 company.

While the 45,000 square- foot SB Hall is designed to be a state-of-the-art facility with features such as a OPPORTUNITIES financial markets lab and a FOR SUPPORT. production studio for class Many opportunities exist recordings, the real value of the building goes beyond to support business modern conveniences. A students as they move new home for the Satish to SB Hall. For details, & Yasmin Gupta College contact Development of Business means that students, faculty and Officer Halley Chavey alumni will have a place to at hchavey@ gather, to share ideas and udallas.edu. to collaborate.

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THE PERSONAL SIDE OF SUSTAINABILITY

world. The Sustainable Business Network,

The first thing Dale Fodness noticed about teaching sustain- founded at UD in 2013, gives Dallas-area SCHWARTZ JUSTIN PHOTOS: ability classes was how quickly it got personal for his students. business leaders an open forum to address issues related to corporate social responsibility, Fodness, an associate professor of management in the Satish & sustainability and eco-innovation. The network has hosted quarterly events with industry Yasmin Gupta College of Business and one of the leaders of UD’s experts from FedEx, The Container Store and Sustainable Business Network (SBN), regularly teaches Business AT&T, among others, focusing on topics such as employee engagement and sustainability & Society to MBA students. and profitability.

“As our students dive into the global issues participative consumer. I actively seek to learn WEB EXTRA. Check out the SBN’s list of green of sustainability, they are inevitably led to which producers are least offensive in terms resources at udallas.edu/greenresources. reflect upon their own roles in sustainability,” of how they treat their employees and the said Fodness. “As they learn about such things environment,” said Fodness. as the use of slavery (particularly of child This awareness of his personal responsibil- slavery) in the supply chain of some of their ity is one of the Southwest Airlines’ Julie Weber, favorite products, they may actually change HOW UD’S unintended side BA ’91, shared best practices for engaging employees in their consumption habits to more closely align SUSTAINABILITY effects of the new sustainability. with their values.” EFFORTS ARE emphasis on sus- Fodness remembers when he learned that CHANGING tainability in the some of his favorite products, including coffee, BUSINESS… Satish & Yasmin chocolate, tea, cotton and sugar, were regular- AND LIVES. Gupta College of ly cultivated by either adult or child slaves. Business and the “As a result, I have become a much more larger business

Frito Lays’ Cynthia Baker discusses the company’s switch to green transportation.

CARDINAL O’MALLEY NEW MS PROGRAMS: @ THE UDMC BUSINESS ANALYTICS, GLOBAL BUSINESS Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Beginning this fall, the Satish & Boston and one of the eight Yasmin Gupta College of Business advising cardinals to Pope will offer two new degree programs. Francis, will give the keynote The 30-hour Master of Science address at the ninth annual in Business Analytics incorporates University of Dallas Ministry the complexities of decision-making Conference (UDMC). The annual using quantitative and qualitative event will be held Oct. 22 to data through data management, 24 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison data mining and visualization, and Convention Center Dallas. predictive modeling. Cardinal O’Malley, who has The 30-hour Master of Science in been the archbishop of Boston Global Business equips profession- since 2003, was proclaimed als with proficiency in management, a cardinal by Pope Emeritus finance, marketing and operations, Benedict XVI in 2006. The tailored to a global business envi- cardinal is a member of the ronment. Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. UDMC keynote speaker Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley is known for WEB EXTRA. Learn more at udallas. his work with religious education edu/businessanalytics or udallas. and social ministry. edu/globalbusiness. PHOTOS: DIOCESE OF BOSTON PHOTOS:

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A NEW PARTNERSHIP MAKES WAY FOR UD NURSING 39 FULBRIGHTS. 0 HEISMANS. German professors Jacob new student population, one that otherwise would and Laura Eidt inspired and fed In fall 2012, UD began a dual- have reluctantly passed up liberal arts in favor of their Anthony Kersting’s, BA ’15, love degree partnership with Texas vocation. In three years, UD’s nursing program has of German language and culture, grown to 37 students. physics professors Sally Hicks and Woman’s University (TWU) Providing students with the opportunity to receive Rich Olenick interested him in enabling students to earn both a both a liberal education and a vocational degree physics and astronomy, and Hicks serves the nursing profession well, too. encouraged him to apply for a bachelor of arts in biology from “The ‘soft skills’ of reading, writing and Fulbright Award. UD and a bachelor of science communicating gained through our curriculum here Now Kersting has become seem to allow nurses to have more longevity in their UD’s 39th Fulbright recipient. His in nursing (BSN) from TWU profession,” said Brown Marsden. “A nurse needs English Teaching Assistantship within five years. to not only be technically competent but able to in Germany will begin this fall. communicate well.” While there, Kersting, who This May, UD’s first two nursing students,Michelle Both Keshishian and Wohldmann received also sings, hopes to join a local Keshishian, BA ’14, and Theresa Wohldmann, BS competitive preceptorships (in which a nursing choir, take voice lessons at a ’13, both of whom had already graduated from student follows a nurse through a 12-hour shift German university and teach an UD, successfully completed the TWU portion of each week), Wohldmann in labor and delivery and amateur astronomy class for the the program. Keshishian in neonatal intensive care, and have now community. “I came to UD knowing I wanted to been hired for their nursing residencies by Dallas’ Kersting has investigated pursue nursing but was torn because I Parkland Memorial Hospital. dwarf nova ASASSN-14cv and also wanted a liberal arts education “TWU has one of the best nursing participates in lyric theater and to travel abroad,” said schools in the Dallas area; this and Collegium Cantorum. He is Keshishian. “This program let me connection between UD and TWU considering graduate study in do it all.” will be a great opportunity for UD engineering upon completion of Indeed, according to Interim students,” said Wohldmann. his Fulbright year. Dean of Constantin College and Associate Professor of Biology WEB EXTRA. Learn more about Marcy Brown Marsden, BS UD’s partnership with the state’s ’91, the partnership leading provider of nurses at udallas. enables UD to edu/nursing. attract a whole PHOTO: OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE OF ALUMNI PHOTO:

“I wanted a discussion with UD faculty about the ‘Oresteia’ in a beautiful house full of antiques and art while eating truffle cheese and drinking mint juleps,” said Adjunct Professor of English Mike Terranova, PhD, BA ’85 MA ’93, organizer of April’s Braniff Salon hosted by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. “Who wouldn’t?” Terranova’s goal was to emulate the first Braniff Salon he attended several years ago, creating an elegant yet informal event characterized by the type of conversation that makes UD such a rich experience. He recruited legendary University Professor Louise Cowan, PhD, and other highly regarded faculty members Michelle Keshishian (left) as panelists. By all accounts, the and Theresa Wohldmann evening was a success. PHOTOS: THERESA WOHLDMANN THERESA PHOTOS:

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Let us count the ways... UD is being enriched by our many intellectual endeavors

HARDLY A DAY GOES BY WITHOUT A HEADLINE Medieval art historian ABOUT A LARGE CORPORATION BEING A VICTIM Caroline Bruzelius

1 SCHWARTZ JUSTIN PHOTO: OF CYBER HACKING. INDIVIDUALS, TOO, HAVE IDENTITIES STOLEN DAILY. A PHI BETA KAPPA MOMENT Helping to combat these ever-increasing threats, the Satish & Yasmin Gupta Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Visiting Scholar Program College of Business has again been designated a National Center of Academic has given undergraduates an opportunity to spend time with some Excellence in Cybersecurity by the National Security Agency and the U.S. of America’s most distinguished scholars. Each visiting scholar Department of Homeland Security. This accreditation, which the program first spends two days on campus, meeting informally with students and received in 2003, covers academic years through 2021. faculty members, participating in classroom discussions, and giving “Our MS in Cybersecurity program addresses a critical shortage of a public lecture. professionals with the skills needed in this area,” said Interim Dean Brett Landry, As part of this series, renowned art historian and Duke University who also directs the business school’s Center for Cybersecurity Education. A. M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History Caroline Bruzelius vis- WEB EXTRA. Read more about the Master of Science in Cybersecurity ited UD in April, delivering a lecture on “Building on the Inquisition: program at udallas.edu/cybersecurity. How Poor Friars Paid for Expensive Churches in the Middle Ages.” “Dr. Bruzelius shares her area of focus — medieval architecture — with many on campus who learn to love these places through our Rome Program,” said University of Dallas Associate Professor of English and Phi Beta Kappa Eta Chapter of Texas President Greg Roper, BA ’84. PHOTO: KIM LEESON PHOTO:

W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the Nation- 4al Marriage Project (NMP), presented the first Scherer Lecture, “Love and Marriage: How Research Shows that Marriage Re- mains the Best Path to Happiness for Men, Women, and Children,” in March. | “I thor- oughly enjoyed Brad Wilcox’s lecture dis- cussing the current sociological research on marriage and parenting,” said Adjunct (L-R) Front: Carla Pezzia, Rudy Instructor of Politics CJ Wolfe, PhD, BA ’09. Bush, Chad Engelland. Back: ▶ A Different Sort of Shawn Groves, Steven Foutch, Freshman Class “Some questions in politics require em- Lynn Kendall, Chris Wolfe. The Class of 2018 wasn’t the only pirical confirmation. Wilcox’s lecture was (Not pictured) Sr. Catherine group of new faces UD welcomed this special in that he was attuned to the im- Joseph Droste, Kerri fall. Fifteen new faculty also joined the Lenartowick, Tammy Leonard, Jason Lewallen, Nicole Phillips, university. With backgrounds ranging portant questions for which we have such Rev. Rafael Ramirez, Amie from the Dallas Federal Reserve and Sarker, Stephanie Scalambrino. Dallas Morning News to Paris, they’ve evidence.” been an exciting addition to campus life.

8 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 AKADEMEIA 5 FAMILIAR FACE. NEW ROLE. UD has a new provost and chief academic officer, although with nearly 40 years of experience at UD, Charles “C.W.” Eaker is DEPARTMENT CLASSICS PHOTO: certainly no stranger to the university. A nationally respected scholar and chemist, Eaker brings 10 years of experience as dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts. He joined the university in 1976. “Dr. Eaker is a nationally respected chemist and a peerless administrator. We are fortunate to have the benefit of his leadership and guidance as we 7 move forward,” said President Thomas W. Keefe. The university lost an inimitable teacher and scholar when Under Eaker’s tenure as dean of UD’s Associate Professor of Classics Karl Maurer passed away in May. undergraduate college, the university added After joining the university in 1998, Maurer taught hundreds of cooperative degree programs with Texas Woman’s UD students Latin and Greek and wasted no time sharing with University in nursing and with the University of them his love of the most beautiful and difficult ancient writers. Texas at Arlington in engineering, in addition to reviving the computer science major and pioneering a Human Sciences in the Contemporary An intimidating and eccentric professor, he was notorious among World program. students for his demanding assignments, affectionate insults and class emails sent at 3 a.m. beginning “Dear People...”. He was also beloved by them for his ability to illuminate the beauty of his favorite poets and writers. Among his special loves were Robert Frost; Jacob Balde, a 17th-century Jesuit priest who wrote Latin lyrics; and Virgil’s “Georgics.” THE LIBRARY GETS A DEAN “The plans for the library right now include assessing our 6 collections, facilities and services to see what is meeting the needs of the faculty and students, and what needs to be improved,” said Cherie Hohertz, UD’s new dean of the library. BY THE NUMBERS “Long term, I hope that we can work with the administration on 8 facility expansion, strengthening the collection and securing more grant funding for digitization projects.” ▶ Discover more about the most recent graduate alumni of Hohertz joined UD in 2003, first as the access services librarian the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business. before stepping in as interim director for the 2013-14 school year. Outside of the library, she is the staff accompanist for the Music Department. 28

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MS Graduates 48 6 with Program GRADS + 9 FASTEST GRADUATE TERMS completed her degree in 5 (1.5 years)

In the William A. Blakley Library, students, faculty and staff have access to more than 115 databases and 84,000 online publications. PHOTO COURTESY: JEFF MCWHORTER COURTESY: PHOTO

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 9 Conference attendees make an informal site visit to neighboring AKADEMEIA ruins of Bovillae.

A marble bust of the Emperor Titus (79-81 AD), found in 2011, is now on temporary exhibition on the Eugene Constantin Rome Campus.

The remains of Bovillae’s chariot grounds are just a short walk from campus. PHOTOS: JOE HIBACEK, PETER HATLIE, GINO IL PIO PETER HATLIE, JOE HIBACEK, PHOTOS:

WHAT LIES BENEATH (IN ROME) Living on the Rome campus – on the site where Saints Peter and Paul reportedly stopped to rest and drink on their way into Rome – you get used to living cheek to cheek with ancient history.

Most Romers, however, don’t realize just how much funeral rites. In the second century, Rome’s most history with which they’re actually living. famous actor — a mime named Acilius — worked out In mid-May a collection of Italian, American, British, of Bovillae’s flourishing school of theater. and Dutch scholars and archaeologists gathered on According to Peter Hatlie, dean, director and vice the Eugene Constantin Campus near Rome for a president of the Rome Program, information about workshop on the ancient Italian city of Bovillae. the city has been widely published, but not outside 3 THINGS TO KNOW... Where is Bovillae? It’s beneath the Rome campus. the Italian language and on almost nothing major More specifically, UD’s campus occupies the for the last 100 years. He aims to use the workshop about the Catholic Church in southeastern corner of ancient Bovillae, a city that as a jumping-off point to publishing the first book in the American South, courtesy of flourished from 500 B.C. to 100 A.D. Former Romers English on the subject of Bovillae. James Woods, BA ’76, professor may remember a partially buried arch in the middle Among the topics discussed at the conference of history at Georgia Southern of the vineyard — that’s actually an archaeological were the ancient city’s sculpture and inscriptions and University and author of “A ruin from Bovillae, called the “cistern” (it’s probably the history of British excavation in the area. David S. History of the Catholic Church in an extension of the city’s “nymphaeum,” an elaborate Potter, the University of Michigan’s Francis W. Kelsey the American South, 1513-1900”: fountain structure). Marble and stone blocks from the Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and • The first Thanksgiving on city are scattered throughout campus — one near the the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin, American soil was on Sept. 8, swimming pool, several near the villa. delivered the keynote address: “After Caesar: Rome 1565, in St. Augustine, Florida. Bovillae is not without notoriety in ancient sources. and Bovillae in the Early Decades of the Empire.” • The first priest martyred on Cicero tells of a brawl that killed one of his political A newly discovered and restored bust of the American soil died in Kansas. rivals in one of Bovillae’s taverns. Augustus’ body Emperor Titus was unveiled at the conference as well, • Until the Irish immigration in the lay in state there before being returned to Rome for being displayed for the first time ever. 1840s, the majority of American Catholics lived in the South.

10 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 MODERN OPULENCE & HISTORICAL ORNITHOLOGY VITRINE” THE WITTGENSTEIN BIRDER’S GUIDE TO DMA: “A PHOTOS:

One hundred and seven years ago in Vienna, Brown Marsden in turn enlisted the help Carl Otto Czeschka designed the Wittgenstein Vi- of two UD undergraduates, biology major trine for the 1908 Kunstschau (Art Show). The sol- Allison Rogers, BA ’15, and art history ma- id silver piece, executed by the Wiener Werkstatte jor Nicole Stevens, BA ’15. The trio then spent last (Vienna Workshops), stands over five feet tall summer working with photographs to identify the and is encrusted with enamel, moonstones, opals, 24 central European bird and mammal species pearls and other semiprecious stones. It remained depicted on the vitrine. in the Wittgenstein family home in Vienna for a century or so until being acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) in December 2013 for the “My role was mainly to provide art historical information DMA’s “Modern Opulence in Vienna” exhibition. The DMA team of curators and conservators concerning the vitrine as well as any art historical ornithological dedicated to the vitrine’s preservation and resto- significance,” said Stevens. “In other words, my work revolved ration were so captivated by the animal and plant life depicted in its fretwork around the recurrence of these birds in other artworks of the time that they sought out Marcy Brown Marsden, BS ’91, and what that might mean for the vitrine in an art historical setting. ornithologist and asso- Also, I researched the lives of the artists and the emerging artistic ciate professor of biol- ogy, for assistance style, focusing on their interest in ornithology and/or involvement in identifying the members of this in bird-watching.” rich ecosystem. Brown Marsden, As a result of the work of Brown Marsden and “I’m really pleased to see they did so much with Rogers and Stevens her two students, “A Birder’s Guide to the Witt- my research — it’s exciting to have done the col- identified (clockwise from genstein Vitrine” is now displayed alongside the laboration,” said Brown Marsden. top left) the green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, vitrine at the DMA, so museum visitors can see common kingfisher and crested the depiction of a bird on the vitrine side by side The vitrine will be displayed at the DMA through tit, among 20 other species of with an image of the bird from life. Oct. 18, 2015. bird and mammal.

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 11 Let Duane and Jane Landry, architects of the Church of the Incarnation and many other University of Dallas buildings, take you on a tour of the church they designed and which was recognized with the American Institute of Architects’ Twenty- five Year Award for enduring design in April.

Standing at the base of Braniff Memorial Tower, they mention the original plan to build a church on the Tower lawn. A building there would have made UD’s church one of the most visible parts of campus to passersby on Northgate Drive, but not central PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER PHOTOS:

12 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 We wanted to express a sense of journey. The design is a reflection of UD’s educational program and a reflection of the site, says Duane.

to the church’s actual parishioners, the students, was designated a public oratory, meaning that it finally in sight: the altar. The Landrys turn to the faculty and staff. is a place of worship designated for a university problem of liturgy in a round space. In cross- “We wanted to express a sense of journey. The community but open to all. shaped churches, when the worshipper enters it’s design is a reflection of UD’s educational program The site of the church was, by the time con- immediately clear that the area of focus is in front and a reflection of the site,” says Duane. struction started in the 1980s, already part of the of you, even without an altar present. They walk down the Mall toward Braniff Grad- students’ vocabulary as a quiet place, one where In a round space, architectural help is needed uate Building and pause about a third of the way they would go to study or think. to make the area of focus, and the end of the past the church. Jane points to a glass lantern They step onto the church porch. Touching journey, clear. The Landrys solved this problem in that is positioned directly over the Eucharist in once more on the theme of journey, Jane points the Church of the Incarnation by building a sky- the adoration chapel. It’s difficult to see in the out the orientation of the bricks that floor the light to throw sunlight on one wall. The elevated bright afternoon sun. porch, pointing people toward the doors of the ceiling over the altar and the sunlight illuminating “We meant for the lantern over the Eucharist to church. Once inside, the orientation of the bricks the crucifix provide the architectural support burn brightly enough to beckon to students from shifts slightly, leading the worshipper toward the needed to make the altar the clear focal point of the Mall and other places on campus,” she says. baptismal font. She walks over to the baptismal the church. They walk down the sidewalk between Braniff font and crosses herself. And there the journey through the Church of and the church lawn. She waves at the trees. “I think When one looks up from the baptismal font, the the Incarnation ends, standing before the altar we cut down one tree to build the chapel here.” bricks have shifted again, leading the worshipper with the sunlight dancing over the crucifix. The Landrys refer to the Church of the Incar- around the back of the sanctuary. nation as the “chapel.” Originally it was. “Church” Standing in the very back of the church, in the would become its official name in 2001 when it center of the aisle, the end goal of this journey is

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 13 5 YEARS OF PRESIDENT THOMAS W. KEEFE

THE FACE OFUD PHOTO: KIM LEESON PHOTO:

14 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 (L-R) The four Keefe siblings: Mike, Kitty, Tom and Pat; mother, Catherine Keefe; President Keefe with his twin, Kitty, on high school graduation day; the twins on their confirmation day into Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus in reaction to his recitation of a Shakespeare sonnet and helped open his eyes to the profound adventure, glory and necessity of the liberal arts.

“I was a bit taken aback and embarrassed, but by the end of the semester it seemed natural to be spontaneously moved by Shakespeare and to break into song,” he recalled. “Thanks to Sister Faith, I saw the world in a different way and a brighter light.” ou will sometimes see him around campus with his elderly With this established foundation in the liberal dog trailing behind. A yellow arts, Keefe went on to law school at KU. Lab of 12 or so years, she’s always “I found law school to be a different experience,” friendly; rousing herself from a he chuckled. resting position even though getting up clearly isn’t as easy as it once was, When, after a decade of practicing law, Keefe be- she always comes to say hello as if she gan to re-evaluate his career path, he drew on his wouldn’t even contemplate not doing so. experience at St. Benedict’s. He determined that his ultimate goal was to become the president of They say dogs reflect the personalities of a small Catholic liberal arts college like the one their owners, so that might tell you a little he had attended as an undergrad. about President Thomas W. Keefe right there. Just as Bridget recognizes a soul who could do “I had a desire to make a difference, a contribu- with the companionable nosing of a dog and tion to the world, and I didn’t feel like I was doing goes to fill that need even when it’s difficult, that as a lawyer. I did an assessment of what had Keefe sees what needs to be done and sets out made a difference in my life, and it came down to accomplish it. to family, faith and education,” said Keefe. He was once an altar boy with a paper route, So he took his skills as a lawyer and put them one of four children — with two brothers, Patrick into the enterprise of higher education, leaving and Mike, and a twin sister, Kitty — raised by a his corporate marketing job with West Publish- single mother (his father passed away when he ing Company for a position at Drake University in was seven) who was legally deaf due to illness Des Moines. His particular interest was in helping at the age of 17. His mother was a proud and students from impoverished backgrounds like determined woman, a school lunch cook who his own. taught her children to find satisfaction in down- to-earth things, the basics of life. Keefe attended “My mom was always committed to us going to Catholic schools all the way through his under- college,” he said. graduate education at Benedictine College in Kansas back when it was St. Benedict’s; in fact, Over the next two decades, Keefe held various in law school at the University of Kansas, his positions at several universities, including the St. mother’s son Tom was still writing “J.M.J.” (Jesus, Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the Univer- Mary, Joseph) at the top of all his papers. sity of St. Thomas in St. Paul, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Saint Louis University. “They thought it was some kind of code,” After four years as the vice president of univer- he laughed. sity advancement at Saint Louis University, he

JUST AS BRIDGET RECOGNIZES A SOUL WHO COULD DO WITH THE COMPANIONABLE NOSING OF A DOG AND GOES TO FILL THAT NEED EVEN WHEN IT’S DIFFICULT, KEEFE SEES WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND SETS OUT TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

Knowing it would be necessary to pay for school, received a call from a headhunter who had been Keefe secured a scholarship to St. Benedict’s, the president of Drake when Keefe worked there. where he spent an immensely enjoyable and He told Keefe about a job opening for a presi- enriching four years. Beyond what he learned dent at a small Catholic liberal arts university in in the classroom, he traveled to Europe with a Irving, Texas. men’s choir, starred in a play, served as a class officer, and played rugby and club football. It It was his dream job. Of course he applied, and was also there that he met Sister Mary Faith, the after an exhaustive interview process, he became lit professor who, one time during class, broke the eighth president of the University of Dallas.

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 15 2 1 MAR. Thomas W. Keefe inaugurated as eighth president. JULY New lights illuminate Braniff Memorial Tower for first time in two decades. OCT. UD receives its first “A” ranking from ACTA. The Shrine project is revived. 2 11 JAN. Pastoral ministry major added. MAY Endowment passes $50 million for the first time. DEC. Constantin Foundation Grant of $1 million for campus transformation projects received. 2 12 FEB. Cooperative 3/2 biology and nursing degree program agreement signed with Texas Woman’s University. 5 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP APR. Computer science major returns. JULY DART Orange Line’s University of Dallas station opens. AUG. $3.1 million in Haggar Center improvements completed. AUG.- President Keefe travels to India, China and Jordan to forge SEP. and strengthen UD relationships. OCT. Cooperative 3/2 physics and engineering degree program agreement signed with the University of Texas at Arlington. NOV. AACSB accreditation announced. DEC. President Keefe invited to attend International Congress on Catholicism in the Americas at the Vatican. President Keefe joins USCCB committee on Catholic higher education. 200th Braniff Graduate School doctorate awarded. 2 13 APR. Fulbright winner No. 37 announced. MAY President Keefe travels to Spain to forge and strengthen UD relationships. JUN. First international agreement signed between the College of Business and the Universidad Catolica de Avila. PHOTO: KIM LEESON PHOTO: OCT. President Keefe travels to Madrid and Rome to forge and strengthen UD relationships. The Guptas’ $12 million gift to the newly renamed Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business announced. President Keefe travels to Guatemala to meet with prospective students. 2 14 MAR. Fulbright winner No. 38 announced. APR. Vilfordi Plaza and Campus Gateways ribbon cutting. MAY UD ends fiscal year in the black. As he will tell you, when he came to UD it was to President Keefe travels to Taiwan and China. a university focused more on maintaining than JUN. progressing, simply content to survive in a society AUG. First DBA program begins with a full class. that can be hostile to higher education and spe- Gregory Hall renovations completed. cifically a liberal arts education. It has been his SEP. President Keefe travels to Barcelona to forge and work in the past five years to turn this survival strengthen UD relationships. mode into a thriving state. OCT. Ground broken on SB Hall. First and foremost, Keefe champions the stu- dents of UD, because he recognizes that it is 2 15 its students who truly set UD apart. Having Fulbright winner No. 39 announced. himself once been an undergraduate at a MAR. similar institution, he shares a kinship with MAY Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine dedicated those who choose to come to UD to learn. and blessed.

16 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 FROM KEEFE’S OBSERVATION, THE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF UD STUDENTS, AND WHAT HE LOVES ABOUT THEM, CAN BE SUMMED UP IN AN E.B. WHITE QUOTE: “I GET UP EVERY MORNING DETERMINED TO BOTH CHANGE THE WORLD AND HAVE ONE HELL OF A GOOD TIME. SOMETIMES THIS MAKES PLANNING MY DAY DIFFICULT.

He emphasized that we are not trying to sell anything to prospective students or donors but rather to facilitate opportunities — for the stu- dents, opportunities for them to attend UD and experience all that going to school here entails, world and have one hell of a good time. Some- and for donors, to participate in the life of the times this makes planning my day difficult.” university. He especially wants the alumni to be active participants. Keefe has two children of his own: Maggie, who just completed her second year of law school at “For too many years, the majority of the people the University of California, Los Angeles, and Mor- who love UD have stood on the sidelines and left gan, who just graduated with honors from St. Olaf its care and nurturing to others,” he added. “We College in Minnesota and is now heading to L.A. stand now on the precipice of being recognized, “I love being president because I love being part of to stay with his sister and pursue an acting career. and it will require more than cheerleading. We the transformation of the students, both under- When Keefe speaks of Maggie and Morgan, it is need the support, energy and leadership of our graduate and graduate,” he said. “We have a clear he harbors similar hopes for them as for the alumni, students and parents.” unique collection of individuals here at UD.” students who pass through UD: he wants them to do good work but also to enjoy their lives and He went on to clarify that it isn’t a sense of panic The students seem to love him, too, and this is spread their joy to others. that he’s trying to instill in the UD community. probably because he makes himself part of the “We’re going to be just fine,” he said. “But there is life of the university; he is present among them, The president didn’t particularly want a cover sto- a sense of urgency, because this is a perilous time walking through campus, stopping to talk. Many ry about himself, but he recognizes that for these for higher ed. We can’t afford to be complacent; of them, as well as younger alumni who were students and young alumni, for their parents, he we need to have that energy and sense of urgen- students during his tenure, have stories of how is currently the face of this university. All of UD’s cy every day.” he personally helped them, whether by guiding accomplishments in the past five years, the trans- them to apply for the scholarships they needed formation of the school from surviving to thriving, He referred to an Irish proverb: “You are not a or reviving a major so they didn’t have to transfer can in some way be attributed to his leadership. fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under to another school. He can sometimes be seen full sail.” carrying boxes in the August heat on freshman “The thing is that quantifying success is essential; move-in day. it’s not enough to say you’re great, you need to “We will not bail water,” he said. “We will fill our prove it,” he explained. “What I’ve been working sails with wind and sail fast across the sea.” From Keefe’s observation, the general attitude of on since becoming president is proving it. When UD students, and what he loves about them, can I came here, how we presented ourselves was If the past five years are anything to go on, he is be summed up in an E.B. White quote: “I get up not worthy of the quality of work being done in an able captain to guide UD through the more every morning determined to both change the the classrooms.” tumultuous waves.

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 17 1990 1995 1530

THE 18-YEAR SAGA TO BUILD UD'S SHRINE TO OUR LADY

DEC. 9, 1531

How could we skip the Marian apparition that started it all? Our Lady of Guadalupe appears to St. Juan Diego on the Hill of Tepeyac, now in Mexico City.

JANUARY 2015 APRIL 2015

Ground is broken at the Dallas metal artist Humberto DeGarrio shrine site. Construction and is commissioned to build the shrine’s landscaping begin. Jan. 21: 13-foot-tall steel cross and 7-foot steel sculpture leaves Mexico City mesquite tree sculpture (a nod to the

PHOTOS: RAFAEL APARICIO, KRISTI ADAMS, JEFF MCWHORTER, JUSTIN SCHWARTZ JUSTIN JEFF MCWHORTER, ADAMS, KRISTI APARICIO, RAFAEL PHOTOS: for Dallas by air. campus landscape). April 15: the Class of 2015’s senior gift – rosebushes – are planted at the shrine site. April 22: The sculpture, cross and mesquite tree are installed.

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MAY 1997

The genesis of the idea for a Marian shrine at UD. The Class of 1997’s gift to the university is a marble statue of Mary of the Annunciation sculpted by art majors Andrew Decaen, BA 2010 ’97, and Eric Winogradoff, BA ’97. That gift was intended for a shrine Andy Farley, BA ’99, meets with a and currently sits just outside the newly installed President Thomas Church of the Incarnation. W. Keefe to discuss reviving the shrine project. Keefe supports the plan and takes it to Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, who requests that the shrine be devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Dallas Diocese and the Americas.

OCT. 24-25, 2013

A chance meeting. At the UD Ministry Conference, Farley encounters Msgr. Eduardo Chávez Sánchez, director of the Institute for Guadalupan Studies and a canon of the Basilica of Guadalupe. Farley tells the monsignor about UD’s shrine project and asks him for a relic from the Hill of Tepeyac.

JAN. 15, 2014 MARCH 2014 MAY 2014

President Thomas W. Keefe and A shrine committee is formed Liturgical artist Jaime Dominguez Pia Septien, director of continuing of eight alumni, two spouses of Montes is commissioned to sculpt education for the School of alumni and two longtime Church the shrine’s statue of Our Lady of Ministry and a Mexico City native, of the Incarnation parishioners. Guadalupe. The university selects travel to Mexico City to receive a location for the shrine. a piece of stone from the Hill of Tepeyac from Msgr. Chavez.

MAY 16, 2015 JUNE 2015

Before hundreds of onlookers The final task. Still left to complete is and members of the media, the the Stone of Tepeyac’s installation into shrine is dedicated by Bishop a climate-controlled box in the Haggar Daniel Flores, BA ’83 MDiv ’87, of University Center. The box includes a key Brownsville, Texas. mechanism to allow it to be moved from Haggar to the shrine for special occasions.

SUMMER 2015 l TOWER l 19 RECOMMENDED WHIMSICAL | SUSPENSEFUL | PRACTICAL DIVERSIONS

HARD DRIVE: A FAMILY’S FIGHT AGAINST THREE COUNTRIES

The Author: Christina Villegas, MA ’06 PhD ’13, and her aunt, Mary Todd, recount their family’s harrowing journey toward the truth of her double first cousin’s death. In a Nutshell: On June 24, 2012, Shane Truman Todd, a young American electrical engineer, was found hanging in his Singapore apartment and his death immediately ruled a suicide. However, his family uncovered evidence of murder and that Todd’s Singaporean employer was embroiled in the illegal transfer of U.S. military-grade technology to China. “In telling the story of a family’s fight for truth and justice from the perspective of Mary Todd, a mother who lost her firstborn son, we seek to encourage those who have experienced tragedy...and to inspire and embolden those fighting their own battles against those who insidiously seek to gain and maintain power,” wrote Villegas. Start Reading: Available on Kindle ($7.99), in paperback ($13.82) and in hardcover ($27.90) on Amazon.com.

PORTFOLIO OF TRADING SYSTEMS: PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE TO AUDREY MAKES A MIXTAPE CONSISTENT PROFITABILITY

The Writer/Director: James Mackenzie, BA ’09, wrote, directed and The Author: Teguh Pranoto Chen, co-produced this short film, which has been making its rounds at film festivals MBA ’93, uses his specialized in the past year, premiering at the 2014 Heartland Film Festival and playing in knowledge of building portfolios competition at the 2014 St. Louis International Film Festival and the 2015 Dallas of trading systems to provide a guide International Film Festival. It has also been included on the 2015 BAFTA US to the full spectrum of systematic trading. Student Film Awards Shortlist. Clare Kapusta, BA ’09, designed the costumes. In a Nutshell: Using advanced programming and Mackenzie is working on making the script into a full-length feature. statistical analysis, managing a portfolio of trading systems is In a Nutshell: This 10-minute teenage romantic comedy takes place in 1988. a path of least resistance to sustained profitability. This book Audrey (Ana Lucasey, “Secret Life of the American Teenager”) makes a mixtape shares an introduction of mechanical trading and how to build a to save her crush from losing his virginity to the queen bee. portfolio of trading systems. This is not the Holy Grail to create Start Watching: Available on Mackenzie’s website, jmackproject.com/ wealth overnight but rather a path to deliver consistent progress. recently-completed, by clicking on the link beside the “Audrey” trailer and Start Reading: Available on Kindle ($7.99) and in requesting access to view the full film. paperback ($24.77) on Amazon.com.

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20 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 LIFE EVENTS l MEMORIES l ACHIEVEMENTS ALUMNINEWS Notes

1960s Carl Martin Johnson, BA ’68, published “Lifesong,” a book of poetry. 1970s Dr. Robert Kugelmann, MA ’76 PhD ’78, John Raymund Alvis King discussed the psychology of disease on KERA Radio’s program Think. 1980s Thomas W. Brown, MBA ’83, has been appointed Brookwood Financial Partners LLC’s president. Martin Guerra, BA ’86 MH ’05, will play the lead in “Man of La Mancha” at the Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts. Laura Felis Quinn, BS ’86, was appointed to a three-year term as a member of the board of Michael Nancy trustees at the University of Dallas beginning Marz Cain Marcus at the end of February.

Gerry Jacob, BA ’87, received the Young Catholic Professionals “Call to Action” award at MEET UD’S NEWEST the organization’s first annual gala on Nov. 8. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Lindsay Rheaume, MBA ’87, has been appointed executive vice president and What does a doctor-turned-lawyer have in many commercial and industrial chief lending officer common with an English professor? Or a titan of of the at EagleBank in Bethesda, Md. finance with a community leader dedicated to victims of education? They are all individuals being honored the Oklahoma Sean Kelly, BA ’88 MBA ’92, traveled to Pune, as UD’s 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipi- City bombing in Maharashtra, India, to work with students at ents. John Alvis, Dr. Raymund King, Nancy Cain 1995, Dr. Raymund the St. Mary’s School and establish an amateur Marcus and Michael Marz King, BA ’86, began a radio club. will be recognized during a JOIN US IN law career. Principal and founder of the Law reception and dinner Sat- HONORING Offices of Raymund C. King, MD, JD, PLLC, he 1990s urday, Oct. 3, at the Omni THESE focuses primarily on health care, corporate and Dallas Hotel. entertainment law. King serves on seven different David Starowicz, MBA ’90, was hired as DISTIN- Allegiancy’s chief operating officer. A gentleman, a man of GUISHED boards of nonprofit charities that collectively as- letters and an ever-mag- ALUMNI. sist children, the homeless and military veterans. Jamie Bromley, BA ’93, was promoted nanimous friend, John Al- FOR TICKET Nancy Cain Marcus, MA ’00 PhD ’03, is a distin- to associate professor of psychology and vis, BA ’66 MA ’68 PhD ’73, AND EVENT guished philanthropist, leader in education and department chair at Franklin College. has been a distinguished culture, and a patron of the arts. Among her most and well-loved member SPONSOR- distinguished accomplishments are a presidential Rep. Tan Parker, BA ’93, was elected chairman of the UD community for SHIP INFOR- appointment as a U.S. public delegate to the of Texas’ House Republican Caucus. nearly 50 years. One of the MATION, VIS- 56th session of the United Nations General IT UDALLAS. Deacon Doug Wuenschel, MTS ’93, was university’s first gradu- Assembly and a gubernatorial appointment to featured in North Texas Catholic magazine. ates, he is now one of the EDU/DAA. the State of Texas Commission on 21st Century university’s most respected Colleges and Universities. Neil Matkin, MBA ’95, has been named the scholars. An author of books on Homer, Virgil, Mil- A recognized leader in finance, Michael Marz, Collin College district president. ton, Shakespeare and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Alvis BA ’77 MBA ’79, is vice chairman of First South- Jennifer Pelletier, BA ’95 MCL ’02, has serves as professor of English and director of the west Company. He was a founding member of been named the Diocese of Fort Worth’s American Studies Program. the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and a superintendent of schools by Bishop Michael After 10 years of distinguished medical practice recent chairman of the board of trustees of the F. Olson. as an otorhinolaryngologist/head and neck sur- Jesuit Foundation. geon in Oklahoma City, Okla., including treating Mary Hood, MA ’96 MFA ’98, had an exhibit, “Animal Temporalities,” on display at the Tipton Galleries in Johnson City, Tenn. ALUMNI.UDALLAS.EDU ¨ LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ¨ facebook.com/udallasalumni

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Simi Gupta, MBA ’98, was named Brite Energy’s chief accounting officer. Kyle Lemieux, BA ’98, was featured in the cast YESTERDAY. TODAY. TOMORROW. of “Uncle Vanya,” produced by Dallas Actor’s Lab (founded by Lemieux in 2011). ALUMNI #SUPPORTUD Burke Ingraffia, MH ’99, is working to produce The conversation during the university’s fourth annual 72-hour peer-to-peer online a record of hymns, both original compositions giving initiative focused on the power of one-on-one interaction to promote and traditional favorites. participation. The Class of 1999 won the challenge to have the highest participation 2000s rate, so they’ll be rewarded with a private party in the Rat. Irvin Ashford Jr., MBA ’00, accepted a Leaders in Financial Education Award from SUPPORT the Nasdaq and Everfi on behalf of Comerica FROM 65

Bank on April 14. Ashford is Comerica Bank’s . 330 38 $ , senior vice president of public affairs and INDIVIDUAL 10 000 director of community development and = largest gift STAT ES external affairs. GIFTS Dr. Michael Hicks, MBA ’00, will be leading 491 6 the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s clinical operations. 148 PRESIDENT KEEFE’S

Allen Hippler, BA ’00, was reappointed to the 49 , AVERAGE challenge Alaska Health Care Commission. CONTRIBUTION $802 RAISED $ GIFT Katherine, BA ’01 MA ’04, and James Stroud, BIGGEST CHANGE IN new donors BA ’01 MA ’04, welcomed their sixth child and 1999 class participation 40 first son, Thomas Benedict, on Oct. 20, 2014. Hunter Hammett, BA ’02, is the lead sommelier at the Michelin Starred Farmhouse Inn in northern California’s Russian River Valley. Donnie Copland, MA ’03 MFA ’05, has three compositions on display as part of the Justus Fine Art Gallery’s “Pattern and Form” exhibition A Planned Giving Matching Game in Hot Springs. The University of Dallas would not be what it is today without the generosity of innumerable Callie (Bentley) Ewing, BA ’03, and her families, foundations and alumni. Their planned giving, either through endowed funds that continue husband, Jake, welcomed a son, Donovan lectureships or scholarships in perpetuity or through estate planning, has left a lasting legacy for Anthony, on Jan. 17. They also have a daughter, the campus’ intellectual life. Can you identify these staples of UD life, all of which came about Mary Rebecca, who was born Aug. 18, 2012. through planned giving? Jessica Nimon, ME ’03, was recently awarded The Novinski the coveted Space Flight Awareness The university’s most Endowment, created Trailblazer Award. prominent lecture series, by Emeritus Professor it has brought notable Yolanda Williams, BA ’03, visiting assistant of Art Lyle Novinski public intellectuals to professor of theater at Jackson State 1 and his wife, University campus. University, directed “The Glass Menagerie,” a Archivist Sybil Novinski which ran through March 2. The Braniff Memorial Steven Robinson, BA ’04, is the Lucas Group’s This endowed fund supports the offerings Mall and Tower, made Information Technology Division’s general possible by a $7.5 manager. of the Art Department, including on-campus million grant from Britton, BA ’04, and Molly (Hunker) St. Onge, exhibitions and workshops. 2 the Blakley-Braniff BA ’05, had their third child on Feb. 20. Leona b Foundation Therese joins Chloe (6) and Jude (2) in the never-ending fight for their parents’ attention. The McDermott Jordan and Desarae (Allen) Low, BA ’05, are The university’s most iconic Lectureship, established Leona’s godparents. The St. Onges live in architectural feature, which in 1974 by Mr. and Mrs. St. Louis, where Britton practices law at the stands 188 feet tall. Eugene McDermott Polsinelli law firm. 3 c Jorge Cabrera, BA ’05, was named director for the Americas group procurement at Weir The Constantin College Group, a manufacturer of equipment for the The college from of Liberal Arts, endowed oil, gas and mining industries, in May 2014. which University of by Eugene and Ruth Dallas undergraduates Constantin, in memory

Barry McCain, BA ’06, is an associate attorney receive their degrees. 4 of their son Eugene

at Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann PC. Constantin III Answers: 1: c; 2: a; 3. b; 4. d. 4. b; 3. a; 2: c; 1: Answers: d Edgar A. Tavares, BA ’06, is Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP’s manager of business development and producer services. GIVING OPPORTUNITY: Contact Vice President for Advancement Joan Canty at 972-721-5148.

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Scenes from spring alumni events 1

1. The Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business welcomes its 160 newest graduate alumni in May.

2. Seconds later, punch-drunk and sleep- deprived soon-to-be-alumni break into the national anthem. It wouldn’t be Midnight Breakfast if they hadn’t.

3. Stars General Manager Jim Nill drops in on alumni for a visit while they watch the game in a luxury suite.

3 4 4. Only at UD could art historian and Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Caroline 5 6 Bruzelius pack a house for a lecture on medieval monastic architecture.

5. International Week kicks off with a parade of flags and a hula-dancing display. Not pictured: a Mall full of food.

6. The grass is always greenest under someone else’s Easter egg.

7. Nearly 200 alumni turned out for beer, pizza and games at the third Community 9 Brewery Tour. 8. Mint juleps and Greek tragedy draw a packed house for the Braniff Salon.

9. Clare Kapusta, BA ’09, and James Mackenzie, BA ’09, premiered their film, “Audrey Makes a Mixtape,” at the Dallas International Film Fest.

10. Southwest Airlines’ VP of People Julie Weber, BA ’91, (center) discusses the triple bottom line of performance, people 7 8 and planet at the Sustainable Business Network’s March panel. 10

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Michael Beshera, BA ’08, led a campaign to pay off layaway purchases at a DFW area Toys Dexter Freeman II ALUMNI LEADERS STEP UP R Us and Babies R Us during the Christmas The National Alumni Board (NAB) welcomes three new holiday. executive committee members as it gears up for a new year: Peter Bloch, BA ’09, will be showing some of President Dexter J. Freeman II, MBA ’11, Vice President Andy his art at Denton’s Oxide Gallery. Farley, BA ’99, and Parliamentarian Teresa Israel, SOM ’11 MA ’15. Specific strategies Freeman hopes to implement in order , BA ’09, is Texas Capital Bank’s Jessica Kniest to achieve some of the NAB’s ongoing efforts include: assistant vice president and senior internal auditor. Using quality programming to raise awareness of UD’s history, accomplishments, programs and vision. Deacon , BA ’09, delivered his first Joshua Neu Introducing a University Traditions Committee, which will homily at the Basilica of San Pudenziana in plan, implement and manage NAB-led tradition initiatives Rome. such as an alumni center. Tommy Ryan, BA ’09, recently joined Baker & Creating a new rubric for successfully engaging and McKenzie as a corporate and securities associ- thanking those who volunteer their time and skills. ate in their Chicago office. Launching a Braniff Alumni Committee with the goal of having alumni committees for all four schools within 2010s three years. Freeman, Farley and Israel look forward to guiding the NAB Victoria (Sequeira) Mastrangelo, BA ’10, and in its support of the social, intellectual and spiritual needs of her husband, Joseph, welcomed their first UD and all of its present and future alumni. child, Evelyn Gianna, on Feb. 6 in Houston. DEXTER FREEMAN II COURTESY: PHOTO Danielle (Schumer) Milliken, BA ’10 MBA ’12, and Madison Milliken, BA ’12 MBA ’14, welcomed their first daughter, Melea Ann, on Dec. 10. Hannah (Craven) Olsen, BA ’10, graduated Considering humanity’s tumultuous history, people from Texas Woman’s University with a mas- have always needed psychological and emotional ter’s in library science in August 2014. therapy; now, however, we know it. As with most Peter Blute, BA ’11, is the vice president of operations at Young Catholic Professionals things, though, no one-size-fits-all method exists. (YCP), a nonprofit dedicated to bringing young professionals together with one anoth- For Ilene Serlin, MA ’81 PhD ’85, dance Marjorie Bascom, BA ’10, believes in er to maintain their Catholic faith while pur- brings the art back to the art of therapy. the therapeutic power of horses. She co- suing demanding careers. YCP hosts speaker She has worked in private practice as a founded GRIT Therapeutic Horsemanship, events, panel discussions and networking psychologist in San Francisco and Marin whose mission is “to foster growth and events and offers mentoring. County for 40 years; when she came to development of the person through Dylan Key, BA ’11, directed “Uncle Vanya,” UD for her master’s and then doctorate partnership between horse and rider.” which was performed at the AT&T Performing in psychology, she already had a master’s “What we do is very intuitive,” Bascom Arts Center in Dallas. degree in dance movement therapy. said. “It’s about learning to speak the horse’s “I’ve always been a dancer and was language.” Kathryn Prejean, BA ’11, is writing her first frustrated that psychology was so verbal. Bascom’s work with GRIT connects her book, “Lessons from Room 24,” which Ave I wanted to bring in the body and the arts, various experiences: horseback riding as a Maria Press will publish in spring 2016. integrating all these ways of working,” said child, her classical education, volunteer work Andrew Esherick, BA ’12, passed away in late Serlin. with women with disabilities and teaching April. Read or share tributes to his memory at Serlin explained that even with increasing special education. alumni.udallas.edu/andrew. interest in mindfulness and somatic and “The goodness and beauty in the realm of expressive therapies, they’re still mostly natural horsemanship reminds me of Plato’s Larisa Chavez, BA ’13, and Joseph Thelen, separate disciplines. Form of the Good,” said Bascom. “In this BA ’13, were married this May at Houston’s “Our work is unique in that it brings in way, I’m passing on my classical education Annunciation Catholic Church. art and body-based communication along to people with different backgrounds, Rachel Daly, BA ’14, was featured in an article with verbal understanding and cognition,” helping them to start seeing the world that in the North County Catholic and spoke about she said. way — identifying truth, beauty, goodness.” how UD helped her find her vocation to the religious life. Sherry Flores, MBA ’14, is the University of Dallas’ Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Busi- ness’ marketing specialist. Keep in touch... Submit your class notes online at alumni.udal- las.edu or by email to [email protected].

Marjorie Bascom shares More class notes? beauty through therapeutic Keep reading at alumni.udallas.edu/notes. horsemanship. PHOTO COURTESY: MARJORIE BASCOM MARJORIE COURTESY: PHOTO

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Scenes from our 15th annual golf tournament

Thank you to the 2015 Jesuit College University of Dallas Golf Prep School Tournament sponsors, Jones Lang LaSalle who are supporting Kane, Russell, students by helping raise Coleman & Logan PC more than $200,000 for President UD scholarships. Thomas W. Keefe KSWRP Las Colinas Country Club ACR Supply Doug & Vicky Lattner Walt Adams Lincoln Properties Allegion/Clark Security/ Manhattan Construction Securadyne Mary Manning Andres Construction McGladrey LLP ARAMARK Moon Capital Mgmt. ARAMARK Uniform David & Peggy Morales Services Joe Murphy Architecture Demarest NCH Aristotle Capital Mgmt. Joe Oscar Neuhoff Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Noel-Levitz Bagby Elevator Co. Inc. NTX Contractors Bahl & Gaynor Ogletree BC/BS of Texas Pace Realty Corp. The Beck Group Palladium USA Win Bell Perkins + Will Architects Blackmon Mooring John Plotts Boyle & Lowry LLP Republic Services Brown Reynolds Watford Restorx of Texas Architects John Romeo Don Buckroyd Shermco Industries Bob & Cindy Campbell Greg Shortell Carpet Services, Inc. Mario Sinacola & Sons The Catholic Foundation Southwest Airlines CHRISTUS Health Sports Authority Constellation Energy Rick & Patty Stark Corboy Investments Supreme Roofing Systems Corporate Floors Swingle, Collins & Assoc. Dan Cruse TDI DART TechScape Inc. DeSoto Janitorial Services Thompson & Knight LLP Dr. Pepper Snapple Group TIAA-CREF Fairfield Inn by Marriott Trader Joe’s Firestone Country Club Trammell Crow Renee Fleming Trane Comm. Systems Follett Tri-Dal Ltd. Fourth Street Tri-Win Direct Performance Partners Charlie Tusa Robert Galecke Uber Gas Monkey Bar & Grill UMB Bank John Gates Utility & Environmental Geneva Capital Mgmt. Services Gleneagles Country Club Vaughan Nelson Grant Thornton Investment Mgmt. The Green Chemical Store Via Real David & Sherry Gruber Gene Vilfordi Gulf Energy Jackson Walker LLP Ed Haggar Family Fndn. Wheeler Pump Company Halff Associates Willis Heroic Media Winston Water Cooler The Holbrook Co. Vermont Hard Cider Holmes Murphy Company LLC Hotel Las Colinas Mark Yancey Frank Hubach Thomas Zellers Bob Hyde Jessie’s Housekeeping

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how to apply their faith practically to their professional careers,” said Peter Blute, BA ’11. As vice president of operations for the nonprofit, Blute wears many hats and finds himself using his English degree with a business concentration to solve a myriad of administrative problems. “My job is to communicate a story, spoken and written, to all those involved. UD’s curriculum (especially the English program) provides ample opportunity to study and learn about the power of words,” A FOND FAREWELL said Blute. TO OUR COMMUNITY YCP continues to grow, with chapters Dear friends and community members, A Mentor for Life in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, As a senior vice president and director of For the years I have spent working with Houston, Denver and community development and external affairs you and our alumni community, I want to Silicon Valley. for Comerica Bank, Irvin Ashford Jr., MBA ’00, say thank you for all that you have done to is responsible for making sure the Dallas-based support me and the university these past four From Biology to Immigration bank helps the people and businesses in its years. With eager anticipation, I have accepted community be successful. Add immigration and legal services nonprofit a new job and look forward to proving my Ashford uses his rags-to-riches story — work to the careers you can have with a biology leadership in fulfillment of UD’s mission. I have growing up in a low-income neighborhood in degree from UD. taken the opportunity to reflect upon my own New York City and working his way up through “We assist in family immigration matters, growth and that of the alumni community. education — as an example for those he assist immigrant victims of crime, help with In many ways, the two overlap: the maturity mentors. citizenship applications, and assist refugees and and inflection of conversation, discernment “Education, relationships, financial asylees in getting their permanent residency,” of purpose and conviction that the degrees opportunities — all of these helped position me said Nubia Torres, BA ’03, site manager for received at UD are multifaceted in their value to be an advocate for ‘at risk’ individuals and Catholic Charities of Dallas’ West Dallas branch and use. communities,” said Ashford. of Immigration and Legal Services. Each of you has touched my life and He mentors young people — particularly Torres supervises and trains the site’s staff and rejuvenated my enthusiasm on a daily basis in young African-American men from low-income does outreach in the community. ways I could spend all day explaining. To put communities — and serves on the boards of “I believe the work we do helps someone’s my feelings into words as simply as possible, three local youth-focused nonprofits. life every single day, and makes us stronger you are the inspiration and the reason why so “Empowering individuals and communities as a nation. Being able to give someone the many at UD continue to strive for perfection has been my central passion from the opportunity to come out of the shadows and in all that they do. Through conversations beginning,” said Ashford. succeed is a beautiful gift,” said Torres. and moments of discoveries with you, I was reminded of why my education is one I will Bringing the Faith to the Professional World continue to cherish. And though I leave WEB EXTRA. Learn how a fourth alumna, behind my employment at UD, it is my “Young Catholic Professionals (YCP) seeks Greer Christian, MBA ’15, serves her community intention to continue to work for the institution to engage young Catholics and teach them at udallas.edu/alumniwhoare. that shaped and informed my life, both personal and professional, as a volunteer, alumna and donor. Finally, I cannot be more thrilled to participate in the alumni community as a member! I hope you take the time to connect with me on social media, and I look forward to seeing you at events!

With all my love,

Leah Looten, BA ’09, MBA ’14 Former Director, Alumni & Donor Relations

Nubia Torres

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MY (IRVING): MAKE AN ALUMNI CONNECTION Texas’ 13th most populous city, believed to be named after author Washington Irving, is, of course, also UD’s stateside home as well as home to approximately 1,500 alumni.

THE WINNER: LAS COLINAS MUSTANGS OTHER HOT SPOTS “I GUESS I WOULD SAY THE MUS- CAMPIÓN TRAIL TANGS OF LAS COLINAS.” [THE IRVING ARTS MUSTANGS ARE A BRONZE SCULP- CENTER TURE OF NINE WILD MUSTANGS JOE’S GALLOPING ACROSS A GRANITE STREAM. THERE IS ALSO AN ADJA- CENT MUSTANGS OF LAS COLINAS MUSEUM.] - MIKE PHOTO: RACHEL KNICKMEYER MAIELLA, BA ’03 “CAMPIÓN TRAIL ALONG RIVER- SIDE.” [THE CAMPIÓN TRAILS ARE A 22-MILE GREENBELT ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER, WITH 6.5 MILES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE ELM FORK (NORTH) SEC- TION AND FOUR IN THE WEST FORK (SOUTH) SECTION.]

PHOTO: IRVING CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU & VISITORS CONVENTION IRVING PHOTO: - MIKE TERRANOVA, BA ’85 MA ’93

“I’ve been going to Joe’s for years and used to run into UD GOOD Campus Safety officers. It has the best pie! You can usually find UD students and/or alumni there after church.” -MIKE GETTING INVOLVED WITH EATS MAIELLA “Bangkok Bistro near the Target on Beltline, and IRVING-AREA UD ALUMNI FOR UD La Margarita on Beltline and Rochelle — this is hands- down the best Mexican anywhere in DFW and has been “To meet other Braniff alumni especially, you can ALUMNI for going on 30 years! Also, the Mandalay Hotel happy always contact me. Most of us are always inter- hour.” - MIKE TERRANOVA “My favorite locals-only place is definitely Maki Boy over on Belt Line Road. It’s a little Korean restaurant that does soups, teriyaki and tempura. ested in having a drink or two and talking about - I always go for the sushi.” - AUGUSTA HARDY, MA ’15 “Cavalli Pizza — great to feed the Rome almost anything no one else talks about.” MIKE sickness.” - KARA FEDERER, BA ’84 “IMO’s Pizza.” - MICHÈLE THÉRÈSE SMITH, BA ’84 MBA ’88 TERRANOVA “Groundhog unites people every year.” - KARA HOUSER, BA ’10 MOST LIKELY TO SEE UD AT... Ensure that you’re invited to the next UD “The Colony Apartments — that’s event held in Irving. Keep your contact where I and a large number of alumni information, including email addresses, up and graduate students live.” - MIKE to date by visiting alumni.udallas.edu. TERRANOVA

“The Java Me Up coffee shop in Valley Ranch.” - MIKE MAIELLA NEXT FEATURED CITY: AUSTIN “i Fratelli’s or Joe’s The next issue of Tower will feature Austin. If you Diner for sure! I IRVING ARTS CENTER live in the Austin area, email [email protected] also end up having “The Irving Arts Center gets some really interesting for details on how you can share your favorite off- nice chats at the traveling exhibits. I saw their recent Inca Gold exhibit, the-beaten-track restaurants, hangout spots and Tom Thumb by tourist attractions, the most common places to run and it was lovely.” MacArthur with into UD alumni and the best ways to get involved fellow alums.” - KARA HOUSER - AUGUSTA HARDY with other local alumni. PHOTO: IRVING ARTS CENTER ARTS IRVING PHOTO:

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THE ART OF LOSING WELL

Associate Professor and Chair of English Greg

Associate Professor Roper, BA ’84, still of English Greg Roper moves from the soccer remembers when he field in 1983 (below) to the present-day learned that losing well classroom. could be better than winning.

“We had played Midwestern State University’s junior varsity team earlier in the season and been completely destroyed, 8-0,” he said. “And then we learned we were going to have to play the varsity team in the playoffs.” They played a defensive game, not scoring even when they had opportunities, and focusing on shutting out the other team. “We kept them scoreless for the first 78 minutes of a 90-minute game. They couldn’t believe it,” said Roper. Roper remembers the looks of respect on the

IMAGE SOURCE: THE CRUSADER MSU players’ faces as they shook hands after the game. “I really think of that as a game where I grew up,” said Roper. Learning how to lose well — and, ultimately, WORK HARD, PLAY HARD to recognize one’s own limitations — is one of the lessons that Roper believes athletics Student-athletes balance practice and papers, teaches well. He’s also grateful that his time on games and labs. Here are some of their accom- the soccer team put him into contact with older plishments in the classroom: students as a freshman. “Being an athlete didn’t mean you could let school stuff go. I’d look around and think, if this 2015 CONVOCATION senior physics major with a 3.97 GPA can do it, then so can I,” said Roper, who would earn the

PHOTO: JEFF MCWHORTER PHOTO: IN AWARDS WENT TO Scholar-Athlete of the Year award his senior 1 5 STUDENT-ATHLETES year. FITNESS CENTER FACELIFT Since Roper’s time on the soccer team in the 1980s, the scope of UD’s athletics offerings Say goodbye to the white exercise SCHOLAR-ATHLETE has expanded. With more teams and more machines that are likely older than some advanced facilities, the percentage of student- students. The Maher Athletic Center’s 42 athletes on campus has increased. Fitness Center will get the second part of OF THE YEAR: But at a university where the emphasis has always been more on academics than athletics, a facelift this summer when its strength KAYLA NGUYEN, BA ’15 training equipment is completely replaced Roper believes that student-athletes have a in July. In 2011, the cardio equipment and Athletes voice to add to the conversation about what on SCAC free weights were replaced. This update will + makes a full human life. ensure that students, faculty and staff have HONOR GPAS 3 “We’re body and soul. It’s good for people to a completely modernized fitness center. ROLL MEN’S & WOMEN’S be reminded of that,” said Roper. (for 3.25+ GPAs) TEAM SOCCER

28 l TOWER l SUMMER 2015 KAYLA NGUYEN | ALUMNA FINALWORD

THE ART OF INVESTED IN THEIR SUCCESS Having recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in politics, LOSING WELL Kayla Nguyen is a member of the first class to have spent all four years with President Thomas W. Keefe at the helm. Since I arrived as a freshman in 2011, President Keefe has been a noticeable presence on campus. He is a tireless champion of the university and its ideals. He attends UD sporting events, tries to meet and get to know as many of the students as he can and is always quick with a joke.

As a member of the Class of meet the students and their families. 2015, I’m part of the first class He goes out of his way on a daily to have spent all four years with basis to ensure that all prospective President Keefe at the helm, and students know they’ll be coming to we’ve seen numerous improvements a community that is truly invested President Keefe played a significant role in building the around the campus even in our in their success. on-campus Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, which was blessed short time here. He demonstrates this same the day before commencement. I can still remember arriving for dedication to the current students. preseason soccer two weeks before Although he wasn’t a UD student freshman orientation to a relatively himself, he respects our traditions unimpressive campus and hoping and idiosyncrasies. For example, that I’d found the right place. Today, he hosted the champagne breakfast every entrance to the university during Groundhog Week and boasts an attractive gate, and the grew quite the mustache for the Vilfordi Plaza catches the eye of Charity Week Shave-Off last fall. many a passerby. Furthermore, Although President Keefe may not President Keefe secured the funding always understand the delightful for the Satish & Yasmin Gupta quirkiness that marks UD students, College of Business, oversaw drastic it’s his sincere investment in them improvements to the university’s that makes him a remarkable leader fiscal situation, substantially grew on campus.

the endowment and facilitated the SB Hall, which is set to open in construction of our beautiful new Kayla Nguyen, BA ’15, was a politics early 2016, is one of the most major and international studies significant achievements of Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. President Keefe’s tenure. concentrator from Kansas City. President Keefe impressed While at UD, she was involved me most, however, when I in creating and growing the UD began working in the Office Society for Women high school of Undergraduate Admission. mentoring program, served as vice president of the Residence Hall Whenever he’s on campus, Association, was a marketing intern President Keefe makes it a point to for the Office of Undergraduate come to the office, learn the names Admissions and played soccer of all the prospective students for four years. She is currently pursuing a fellowship with the John visiting that day and personally W. Pope Foundation in Raleigh, N.C. PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER & KRISTI ADAMS & KRISTI JEFF MCWHORTER PHOTOS:

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Celebrate. Commemorate. Connect. & Oct. 2-4, 2015 FAMILY Celebrate what makes UD unique, commemorate its rich history and connect with friends, faculty and family. Attend special reunions for the Golden Crusaders, as well as the classes of ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00, ’05 and ’10.

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