CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE Spring 2018 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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SPRING 2018 SNAPSHOT On the Cover: Students thought they were learning about the history of tattoos in society and ended up learning about themselves. See p. 16 Members of the CHC Community for story. Cover design: Samantha Slade meet at the Peace Pole in solidarity with high school students across the country who CONTENTS marched to protest gun violence in the aftermath of the shooting 7 in Parkland, Fla. FEATURES 12 Griffins on the Go CHC students are becoming more worldly, their global engagement growing by leaps and bounds. 16 Ink on Skin: The Truth Behind Tattoo Art Students try something different and find new perspectives in this innovative, empowering course. 20 A CHC Fairy Tale Two students from different cultures meet and fall in love at CHC, then marry at SugarLoaf. 20 SPOTLIGHTS 11 Success through Perseverance Christian Kuczynski ’08 19 Learning, and Teaching, by Example Randy Davis ’09 SCPS 29 Working Hard for a Life in Balance Allison Eberly ’14 16 DEPARTMENTS 2 President’s Message 5 Around the Hill 9 Mission Alive 14 Global Griffins 30 Griffin Sports 40 Alumni 44 Last Word 30 2 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE Spring 2018 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BY CAROL JEAN VALE, SSJ, Ph.D. Catholic Colleges and Universities: Worth a Second Look Spring 2018 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, EDITOR Brenda Lange t the February fewer and fewer religious women available for such Statistics also indicate the high level of interest 2018 annual service. Will a majority of lay women and lay men and inspiration students have acquired through the DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS meeting of the step in to fill the vacancies? study of ethics and exposure to spirituality. Their Maureen Fisher McLaughlin AAssociation of Catholic decision-making is influenced by the values they have Colleges and Universities In the area of service, as expected, Catholic colleges DESIGNERS and universities excel. Fifty-one percent of ACCU appropriated and the meaning they derive from being Chanin Milnazik & Paul Prizer (ACCU), Michael Galligan- spiritual persons. Stierle, the association’s institutions are listed on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Of the Catholic education is making a dramatic difference PHOTOGRAPHY president, shared some Marilee Gallagher ’14 institutions listed “with distinction,” 26 percent are in our culture and I know we, at Chestnut Hill facts about Catholic higher Linda Johnson education that I think are Catholic. The rate of participation in service activities College, would welcome the opportunity to share Brenda Lange important. There is an is higher among Catholic college graduates than any our many benefits with many more of the current Paola Nogueras incredible amount of good other higher education cohort – three out of every generation of young Catholics. Please encourage your Jim Roese news about our Catholic four of our alumni volunteer. friends (Catholic and non-Catholic) and, maybe even yourselves, to consider a Catholic college or university. NUMBERS TO KNOW institutions of higher The time and attention given by faculty to students Admissions 215.248.7001 learning that is not widely at Catholic institutions is higher than the national Information and statistics were taken from the “Catholic Higher Alumni 215.248.7137 known and deserves to be average. This is clear in the student-to-faculty ratios Education Fast Facts,” power-point presentation made by Michael Athletics 215.248.7060 publicized. Therefore, in at our schools – 12:1 versus 18:1. Such care certainly Galligan-Stierle at the ACCU 2018 Annual Meeting. Career Development 215.248.7048 this article I will highlight is one reason that students graduate in less time than Development 215.248.7144 important information their peers in public, private, non-Catholic, and for- News & Media Relations 215.248.7110 from Dr. Galligan-Stierle’s profit colleges. Forty-four percent of those in Catholic www.chc.edu/magazine presentation. universities graduate in four-years versus 25 percent at other institutions. The average graduation rate is Chestnut Hill College Magazine There are approximately 220 Catholic colleges and Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D. Communication & Marketing Department universities in the United States. Ten were established by 57 percent versus 42 percent while the retention rate averages 77 percent versus 68 percent. President 9601 Germantown Avenue a diocese, ten by laity, and 200 by religious orders (half Philadelphia, PA 19118 by women religious and half by orders of men). Twenty Of great importance is the finding that our 215.248.7110 million students attend the 4,200 colleges and universities in students graduate with lower debt, default on loans [email protected] the USA, 6,000,000 of these are Catholic. Catholic higher less frequently, and achieve higher salaries upon education serves approximately 900,000 of the 20,000,000 graduation. While only 10 percent of American Stay in Touch! The mission of Chestnut Hill College is to provide students with a holistic educa- students, but only approximately half of those enrolled in Catholics attend a Catholic college or university, they tion in an inclusive Catholic community marked by academic excellence, shared our institutions are Catholic. That means, of course, that are responsible for 40 percent of the lay leadership in Here’s how to reach us: responsibility, personal and professional growth, service to one another and to 5.5 million Catholics choose to attend secular institutions. parishes and represent 34 percent of those who attend Email: [email protected] the global community and concern for Earth. This is an area that needs evaluation and assessment. In a Mass weekly. Seventy-five percent of our graduates Phone: 215-248-7016 Chestnut Hill College Magazine is published twice a year by Chestnut Hill College time when the recruitment of students has become more register in a parish. Forty percent of those ordained in and delivered to alumni, parents and friends of the College. Opinions expressed difficult because of the drop in the birth rate, resulting in 2017 graduated from a Catholic institution, while 37 Online: www.chc.edu/alumni do not necessarily reflect the official policies of Chestnut Hill College. lower enrollments in colleges across the country, we have a percent of those professing final vows in 2016 attended www.facebook.com/chcalumni ©2018 Chestnut Hill College rich opportunity to renew and expand our efforts to recruit a Catholic college. That Catholic higher education You do not need to be a Facebook member. In keeping with the mission of Chestnut Hill College and our concern for Earth, students from our own Catholic community. is having a positive impact on the Church and on this magazine was printed on Chorus Art Dull Text – FSC certified paper contain- Tw itter: @CHCAlumni parish life through the active participation of alumni ing 30 percent post-consumer recovered fibers. Please recycle after use. There are more female leaders in Catholic institutions than Mail: Chestnut Hill College in non-sectarian public and private universities. This is is undeniable. Alumni Relations Office partially because so many were founded by congregations In summary, the data demonstrates that Catholic of women religious who, for decades, have looked to their higher education leads the way in service, graduation 9601 Germantown Avenue own members to assume leadership roles in their sponsored rates, loan repayment, lowest student debt, alumni Philadelphia, PA 19118 works. It will be interesting to watch the trend as there are compensation, engagement in parish life and service. 2 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE Spring 2018 3 AROUND THE HILL Faculty Book Shelf Campus News Senior Seminar Highlights Student Work Seventeen majors were represented by 105 seniors who Sister Mary Elizabeth Clark is a familiar sight on presented oral presentations and posters on a wide variety of CHC’s campus as she works to align the community with topics. Senior Seminar is an anticipated event each semester one specific and important part of its mission: Care for as faculty, staff and other students come out to hear about Earth. As Director of the Earth Center, Assistant to the the research and show their support. President for Sustainability and leader of the campus Sustainability Task Force, she has spent more than a decade educating CHC students and advocating for our planet. “Showing concern for Earth happens in so many ways and it is easy for everyone to take action to support Students will gain practical skills that concern,” she says. in the Health Sciences major. And learning the importance of those actions begins when one is young. Sister Mary Elizabeth’s newest Adding Health Sciences to the SUS Mix book, “Teaching Kids to Care for God’s Creation,” Jobs in the health sciences field are abundant and will proves that point. continue to grow in the coming years, according to the “This is my first book for teachers, but it’s also Bureau of Labor Statistics, which predicts an increase good for parents, grandparents and anyone who of up to 25 percent in needed personnel. To meet that interacts with children and wants to care for God’s growing need and serve its students, CHC has added Gabriela Mancini, Creation,” she says. “It’s meant for a broad range the health sciences major to the roster in the School of Digital Forensics of people. In the book, I respond to Pope Francis’s Undergraduate Studies beginning in the fall of 2018. RAM Analysis of Private call to bring care for Earth into spiritual and Students interested in allied health — a clinical health Browsing Modes daily actions through 30 lessons that will engage position in a medical setting, in nursing, dentistry, children, catechists and families in the good work optometry, cytology, or respiratory — or anyone of keeping our planet livable and sustainable for wishing to work in a clinical or administrative position future generations.” in a health-related field — will find something in this major for them.