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the LA ROCHE COLLEGE Magazine | WINTER/SPRING 2016 BEYOND BORDERS IN THE MOMENT ... 0 LA ROCHE COLLEGE MAGAZINE ASH WEDNESDAY Magdalen Chapel | Feb. 10, 2016 WINTER | SPRING 2016 0 FROM THE PRESIDENT t the heart of the La Roche College community lies a deep commitment to serving others, promoting peace and harmony, A and working for social justice and equality in an increasingly challenging world. Each day that commitment is visible — through our students, our faculty and staff, and through the generosity of our benefactors. It is what sets La Roche apart. The generosity of the College’s major donors helps students realize their dreams of earning their degrees. Each year those who have endowed or sponsored scholarships have the opportunity to become acquainted with the students they are helping at the annual President’s Circle Dinner. The dinner recognizes donors whose monetary or in-kind gifts total $1,000 or more each fiscal year. Many of our scholarship donors take great pride in getting to know the recipients of their scholarships and share in their hopes for future success. And, students say that knowing the underwriters of their scholarships gives them added incentive to excel. La Roche’s international student population of nearly 20 percent has transformed our suburban campus into a microcosm of a global community. PHOTO: BECKY THURNER BRADDOCK The melding of cultures and customs on campus is always an opportunity for learning, and often a reason for celebrating. However, it can be hard for students to feel comfortable and confident in a place far away from all that is familiar to them. Mary McBride, wife of biology professor Dr. Robert McBride, noticed that a large group of Muslim students seemed hesitant to interact with their American counterparts. So she volunteered to be their American liaison, helping them navigate some nuances of life in this country. She has made their transition easier, and they now affectionately call her “Mom Mary.” The La Roche spirit of helping others extends beyond our classrooms to our athletic fields. Last December the Redhawks baseball team participated in the Pittsburgh Pirates CARE-a-van event, collecting and distributing food for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The men’s and women’s soccer teams took part in the Cuddles for Kids program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Cuddles for Kids, which ensures that every child at the hospital receives a stuffed animal to brighten their stay, was founded by freshman soccer player Conner Hagins when he was just 10 years old. Now that he is a La Roche student athlete, the campus community is proud to support this worthwhile effort. These are just a few examples of the caring spirit that helps define La Roche College — a college where scholarly goals are realized, where diversity is celebrated, where service to others is a way of life. Blessings, Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D. President La Roche College 4 LA ROCHE COLLEGE the LA ROCHE COLLEGE Magazine WINTER | SPRING 2016 ACADEMICS 1 Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program 2 Exercise & Sport Science | Commencement Speaker 3 Designers Partner With Mayor William Peduto 4 December Graduates | Humanitarian Aid Training 5 International Education Week 6 Nursing Honor Society | Delta Mu Delta COVER STORY 7 7 Beyond Borders CAMPUS NEWS 10 Lecture Hall Renovation | Enrollment 11 President’s Circle Dinner 16 U.S. News & World Report | Military Friendly MISSION & SERVICE 17 Q&A with Father Aaron Kriss 18 Athlete Volunteer Work ATHLETICS 5 20 20 Chase Rowe Chuck Tanner Award 22 Sports Update ALUMNI 23 Alumni Board President Letter | Fast Facts 24 Homecoming Weekend 25 Athletic Hall of Fame FROM THE ARCHIVES 27 The Richard A. Zappala College Center CLASS NOTES 22 29 Alumni News CONNECTED MAGAZINE COLLEGE OFFICERS ADDRESS CHANGES TALK TO US! CONTRIBUTORS Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D. Please report all address changes to: Send your comments and suggestions to: President Editor Gina Miller ’77 Office of Marketing & Media Relations Brady Butler Howard J. Ishiyama, Ph.D. Director of Alumni Relations La Roche College Managing Editor Vice President for Academic Affairs [email protected] 9000 Babcock Blvd. Becky Jeskey ’11 and Academic Dean 412-536-1085 Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Michael Andreola, MBA, CFRE Phone: 412-536-1300 Creative Director The La Roche College magazine, Connected, Greg Kemper ’99 Vice President for Institutional Email: [email protected] Advancement is published twice a year by the Office of Writers Marketing & Media Relations and provided free Jimmy Finley Colleen Ruefle, M.A. to alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and Vice President for Student Life Front Cover Photo: Caitlin Thomas ’09 Kurt Hackimer ’12 friends of the College. The contents are selected Inside Cover Photo: Jim Judkis Vanessa Orr and Dean of Students to demonstrate the interests and pursuits of Elizabeth Williams-Herrman ’07, M.A. the La Roche College community and to provide Robert A. Vogel, M.S. The La Roche College news about the College. INSIDE COVER: Graphic Designer Vice President for Business community began the holy season of Lent Thomas Phillips & Finance/CFO with liturgy and distribution of ashes during La Roche College does not discriminate on the a Mass with Campus Chaplain Father Online Magazine Production basis of race, religion, age, sex, place of origin or Aaron Kriss in the Magdalen Chapel on Ash Dave Siroki status as a veteran. Mel Latal Wednesday, Feb. 10. ACADEMICS La Roche Launches Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program new doctorate program position graduates so that they will be at standards. After a decade of offering a at La Roche College offers the forefront of advanced nursing practice.” bachelor’s degree in the field, the College the opportunity for nurse moved its curriculum to the graduate A Students who successfully complete level by offering a Master of Science in anesthetists to prepare for leadership the DNAP program will be prepared to: Health Science (Nurse Anesthesia) in roles in today’s health care arena. • Analyze current and emerging 1987. This program followed a mandate scientific knowledge and by the American Association of Nurse The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice technologies to provide the highest Anesthetists that anesthesia education (DNAP) is a practice-oriented program level of nurse anesthesia practice be offered at the graduate level by the for advanced nurse anesthetist clinicians late 1990s. to elevate the quality of patient care • Translate applicable evidence-based and to prepare for leadership research findings into practice The strong reputations of La Roche’s roles involving health care policy, • Initiate changes in response to health science program and Pittsburgh’s administration and education. social, political, economic and health care arena have attracted ethical issues in health care students from across the country and With classes offered online, the 26-credit around the world to pursue advanced program is designed to meet the needs • Collaborate with multidisciplinary specialty education in nurse anesthesia. of working professionals. The full-time teams in the design, implementation In turn, health science graduates are option is offered in three consecutive and evaluation of programs and highly sought for positions nationwide. semesters, beginning in early summer policies for improvement of Currently La Roche’s graduate program with an on-campus weeklong residency. health care in nurse anesthesia boasts a 100 percent • Develop leadership skills to job placement rate. Associate Vice President for Academic meet the challenges of increasingly Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies & complex health care and Visit laroche.edu/dnap to learn Adult Education Rosemary McCarthy, educational environments affecting more about the program and to Ph.D., RN, said, “La Roche is responding the practice of nurse anesthesia apply. Candidates must submit all to today’s health care needs. With the application materials by April 15 to be ever-changing health care environment, For more than 25 years, La Roche has considered for the summer 2016 it is imperative that as providers, we been a leader in nurse anesthesia term. Applicants also may contact continually expand our knowledge base education by continuously meeting the Office of Graduate Studies & and skill sets. The DNAP program will the challenges of changing health care Adult Education at 412-536-1260 or challenge students intellectually and trends and adopting new academic [email protected]. 1 LA ROCHE COLLEGE MAGAZINE Exercise and Sport Science Major to Begin in Fall 2016 he Natural and Behavioral of clinical exercise physiology where Sciences Division recently the Clinical Exercise Physiologist added a new major in the assesses, evaluates and prescribes T individual exercise for chronic disease field of exercise and sport science. populations in various medical settings. The program provides students an interdisciplinary approach and “In accordance with growing comprehensive knowledge to market trends, La Roche will the scientific basis of human prepare graduates for careers in movement, physical activity, exercise both clinical and athletic settings, and sports performance. as well as working with the general fitness population,” Professor Arnold Mark K. Shriver Jane Arnold, chair of the Natural and explained. “Students will benefit Behavioral Sciences Division, said, from an interdisciplinary, liberal arts to Deliver 2016 “This program prepares students for education with a strong background Commencement careers in a variety of areas related in the sciences, making them job or to human movement, exercise and graduate school ready.” Address ark K. Shriver, president of Save the Children Action M Network, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and deliver the commencement address to the 51st graduating class on Saturday, May 7. As president of Save the Children Action Network, Mr. Shriver leads an effort to mobilize Americans to make children at home and abroad a national priority. Save the Children Action Network’s goals are to end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths globally, and to ensure that every child in the U.S.