Marriage and Family Remembering in America O‘ Canada Bob Reilly Fall 2004 Visit the magazine online at: www.creightonmagazine.org FALL 2004 University Magazine Departments 4 Letters to the Editor 5 University News A Tiger’s Tale Researchers at Creighton University, Boys Town National Research Hospital and the Henry Doorly Zoo collaborate to take the first radiological scans of a live Siberian tiger. Photo by Monte Kruse, BA’83 Photo by Monte Kruse, Sound Science Day in the Life: O‘ Canada Hearing research conducted by Creighton How well do we Americans scientist David He, M.D., Ph.D., is Service Outreach 14 Come along as we explore a 24 really know our northern published in the prestigious journal Nature. “typical” day in the life of service at Creighton neighbor? Creighton History Professor Ross — from a medical resident working in the ICU Horning probes the similarities and differences 40 Development News at 4 a.m. to Creighton President John P. Schlegel, between the two countries with writer Pam New Business Law Chair S.J., reading to an excited group of elementary Adams Vaughn. McGrath North Mullin & Kratz pledges students. $1 million to establish an endowed chair in business law. 44 Alumni News No Regrets Creighton alumnus and photographer Robert Maletta, BA’77, calls his work documenting humanitarian efforts in Africa a meaningful journey. 55 The Last Word As fall brings Halloween with its share of spooks, skeletons and pranks, writer Brian Kokensparger scares up stories on Marriage and Remembering the varied uses of bones on the Creighton Family in America Bob Reilly campus — from research to art to theology 30 Can anything be done to 34 Creighton says goodbye to a to a comically planned (but never carried improve the deteriorating state of marriage in great writer, storyteller, husband, father and out) hoax. the U.S.? Theology Professor Michael Lawler, alumnus — a World War II POW who returned director of Creighton’s Center for Marriage and home to lead Creighton’s public relations office Family, offers a Christian perspective. for 16 years. About the Cover Contact Us Creighton basketball player Angie Janis reads to RaGina Key, left, and Kaylie Executive Editor: Stephen T. Kline Verdin during a visit to Liberty Elementary School in Omaha — one of many (402) 280-1784 [email protected] University outreach efforts. Editor: Rick Davis (402) 280-1785 [email protected] Marriage And Family In America O‘ Canada In The Third Millenium By Robert U. Gutrie Fall 2004 Associate Editor: Sheila Swanson Photo by Larry Larson (402) 280-2069 [email protected] Creighton University Magazine’s Purpose Visit the magazine online at: Creighton University Magazine, like the University itself, is committed to excellence and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in all its forms. The magazine will be www.creightonmagazine.org comprehensive in nature. It will support the University’s mission of education through thoughtful and compelling feature articles on a variety of topics. It will feature the brightest, the most stimulating, the most inspirational thinking that Creighton offers. The magazine also will promote Creighton, and its Jesuit Catholic identity, to a broad public and serve as a vital link between the University and its constituents. The magazine will be guided by the core values of Creighton: the inalienable worth of each individual, respect for all of God’s creation, a special concern for the poor, and the promotion of justice. Message from the University President Striving for a More Diverse Community This third column on Creighton’s objectives as outlined in our shifting Project 125 strategic plan focuses on diversity. I said in my inaugural demographics will address four years ago that we will seek to create an inclusive, dictate it! diverse community at the University. I believe that there is in the Fostering diversity Jesuit world view an implicit acceptance and appreciation of in the work force pays cultural and ethnic diversity. huge dividends with Project 125, our strategic plan, challenges us to create a diverse minimal effort. I have human community of students, faculty and staff at Creighton. We found over the years that a intend to meet the following goals: more diverse and inclusive • Faculty, staff and students will exhibit cultural workplace is more creative and, competence/proficiency and awareness of the significance of in business and industry, even more global diversity. profitable. • At a minimum, underrepresented minority students, faculty and It has been noted that “in a functionally multicultural society, staff will constitute a percentage of the Creighton population people believe it is in their best interest to value the diversity that consistent with the demographics of Omaha and the surrounding exists. By valuing people for their unique identity and enabling region. them to contribute, we can strengthen our resources, problem • The retention rate of underrepresented minorities — students, solving, decision making, and vitality as an institution, a staff and faculty — will equal or surpass that of their majority corporation, a business, and as a nation.” (Katz and Torres, 1985, counterparts. p. 33). • Creighton will exhibit gender and ethnic balance when recruiting Being multicultural is fundamentally connected to Creighton’s and retaining faculty, staff and students. Jesuit mission, values and purpose. We strive for diversity not • Creighton will exhibit zero-tolerance with respect to because the administration or the front office thinks it is a good discrimination or harassment. idea, but rather “because we recognize having diverse ideas, • Creighton will develop strong relationships with local and opinions, and styles of operations” is beneficial (Katz/Torres, p. 12). regional minority communities. Diversity is a strength; it yields more creative, synergistic and We seek an inclusive community because it is the right thing to effective outcomes. A diverse university is also more interesting and do, and the commitment is deeply rooted in our history. energizing. The Jesuits in Omaha have historically been trailblazers in the Diversity is good business. An organization that makes it area of racial harmony and racial integration. The Rev. John P. known that it desires an inclusive work force or office amalgam, Markoe, S.J., of Creighton was well ahead of his time. He was in the enhances both its recruitment efforts and the retention of good advance guard of the civil rights movement in the 1930s and 1940s, people. This effort contributes to the overall success of the long before the cause gained popular support and visibility. He organization. worked actively with a group of Creighton students and helped That is what Project 125, our strategic plan, is all about — organize the DePorres Club for the purpose of promoting civil ensuring the continued success of Creighton and our students! rights for blacks. They pioneered the sit-in technique later used Please enjoy this issue of Creighton University Magazine, and may throughout the country in the 1960s. God bless you and yours. Some observations on diversity as a strategic objective: Diversity is a leadership issue. Responsibility for so important an issue cannot be delegated. This is one issue where you must lead from the top. Walk the talk and work the work. 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