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A STATELY EVENING Powell, Albright Deliver Creighton 140 Presidential Lecture Message from the President

Reflecting with Gratitude

n a wonderful holiday tradition, an excited Colin Powell in October. These esteemed national crowd of students, faculty, and staff once speakers offered insightful and thoughtful discussion. again gathered around the steps of St. John’s In September, we joined our health care partners in Church recently to celebrate Christmas at Arizona to announce construction of a new Creighton Creighton and delight in the annual lighting health sciences campus in midtown Phoenix, with a of the campus mall. new approximately 200,000-square-foot facility sched- Follow me: This time of year is often filled with much activity, uled to open in 2021. Iparticularly here on campus as our students busily pre- While we remain committed to enhancing our excel-

@CreightonPres pare for final exams, finish projects and papers, and lent health sciences programs here in Omaha, with our CreightonPresident make plans for the upcoming break. partner CHI Health, I am excited about growing our pro- At the same time, this season invites us to deeper grams in Phoenix and working to meet the increasing reflection, and offers an opportunity to pause and give demand for health care professionals in that region. thanks for our many gifts. Indeed, at Creighton, we have Jacque Chadwick, MD, a family physician with a much for which to be grateful. distinguished career in medical education, adminis- This fall, we set a record for total enrollment (8,910), tration and advocacy, has been named the inaugural while welcoming the largest freshman class (1,155) in vice provost of our Arizona health sciences campus, our University’s history. The Class of 2022 included our and also serves as executive director of the Creighton first cohort of Creighton Global Scholars, with 23 stu- University Arizona Health Education Alliance. dents beginning their first semester of studies at the We were pleased to once again be ranked No. 1 in University of Sydney. the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report, in its 2019 We also welcomed the AJCU International Education “America’s Best Colleges” edition. This marks the 16th Conference to campus this fall — recognizing Gabriel consecutive year we have been so honored. Pérez Alcalá, PhD, a visionary educational leader and And, finally, in September, we celebrated the the current and inaugural rector (chief academic offi- ribbon-cutting for our new School of Dentistry building cer) of Universidad Loyola Andalucía, a Jesuit university — a state-of-the-art, high-tech facility that will allow founded in 2010 in Spain, with an Honorary Alumnus us to educate more students and serve more patients. Award. (See photo below) Thank you for your continued support of Creighton Our Creighton 140 Presidential Lecture Series cel- University. Best wishes for a blessed Christmas, happy ebrated our 140th anniversary. Following a spring holidays, and wonderful new year. address by Chuck Hagel, former U.S. senator and sec- retary of defense, we hosted Dominican-American writer and author Julia Alvarez in September and Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and President

From left are René Padilla, PhD, vice provost for Global Engagement, Fr. Hendrickson, Honorary Alumnus Gabriel Pérez Alcalá, PhD, and the Rev. Michael Garanzini, SJ, secretary for higher education for the Society of Jesus.

The birth of Christ is depicted in the beautiful stained-glass windows at St. John’s Church.

1 CREIGHTON FALL 2018 Volume 34 Issue 3 Voices PUBLISHER “Looking back, everything “I think we were all taken with Creighton magazine is published in the spring, summer and was so overwhelming. I think this land and this people and fall by Creighton University, most of us are of the mindset this history.” 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0001. that we just did our jobs and REBECCA MURRAY, PHD, associate professor of we didn’t seek any glory. But cultural and social studies and associate dean in PRESIDENT the College of Arts and Sciences, on a two-week Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ everywhere we went, everyone immersion trip to the Balkans region taken by faculty, alumni and students this summer. CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS we encountered, they were so AND MARKETING OFFICER Jim Berscheidt appreciative. It was touching. I Contents SR. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS came to appreciate what a high “Being aware of what we do, Glenn Antonucci honor this was to be selected.” what we consume, what we SOMETHING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TRACY MONAHAN, a senior administrator in TO SMILE ABOUT Rick Davis buy, what energy we use, what Creighton’s School of Pharmacy and Health we waste, those things we The new dental school and ASSOC. DIRECTORS OF COMMUNICATIONS Professions and military veteran, who took part in clinic building has opened to Cindy Murphy McMahon the first Nebraska Female Veterans Honor Flight do here have a connection to to Washington, D.C., in September. students and patients, and is Sheila Swanson what happens in the rest of the receiving rave reviews for its WRITERS world. The whole idea of the innovative technology and Amanda Brandt Adam Klinker “Frankenstein is such an conference was to take what eye-popping aesthetics. Emily Rust important text that has been we learned and connect it back ILLUSTRATION subject to so many different to our campuses.” 24 Michelle Thompson John Tomac iterations in two centuries. EMILY REESON, a sophomore neuroscience From literature to pop major, who was one of four Creighton students CONTACT to participate in Catholic Relief Services’ third Address all mail to University culture to movies, scholars of biennial Student Ambassador Leaders Together Communications and Marketing, (SALT) Summit. Attn: Creighton Magazine, 780480 almost every discipline have California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0480. Postmaster: Send change of address something to say about it.” to Creighton Magazine, P.O. Box 3266, MATTHEW REZNICEK, PHD, assistant professor Omaha, NE 68103-0078. of English, on the Kingfisher Institute celebrating Send alumni news (births, weddings, the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s promotions, etc.) to alumninews@ Frankenstein with a series of events. creighton.edu.

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 30 34 Twitter — @Creighton Facebook — Creighton University A GUIDE TO CREIGHTON EXPANDS 20on the cover Instagram — @Creighton1878 THE GOOD LIFE? IN THE SOUTHWEST A STATELY EVENING CREIGHTON MAGAZINE’S PURPOSE Let’s Get Social The wisdom of ancient In response to a looming Creighton magazine, like the University itself, is committed to excellence and philosophers is being shortage of health care America’s one-time top diplomats, former dedicated to the pursuit of truth in explored and embraced professionals in Arizona, U.S. Secretaries of State Dr. Madeleine all its forms. The magazine will be @KyleKorver: Thank you comprehensive in nature. It will support @Creighton @BluejayMBB for anew by those interested Creighton announces its first Albright and retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, the University’s mission of education in understanding the world major campus expansion delighted a campus audience and visited through thoughtful and compelling all you’ve done for me. Thank around them — and their outside of the Omaha area. feature articles on a variety of topics. with students in classrooms in celebration of It will feature the brightest, the most you, Coach Altman. Thank you place in it. stimulating, the most inspirational Creighton’s 140th anniversary. thinking that Creighton offers. The to all of my teammates, I love magazine also will promote Creighton, and its Jesuit, Catholic identity, to being a Bluejay. #GoJays a broad public and serve as a vital (After Korver was inducted into the link between the University and its constituents. The magazine will be Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame) 4 Creighton 16 Dialogue 42 Impact 52 Creighton guided by the core values of Creighton: the inalienable worth of each individual, A Creighton business professor A Creighton alumnus funds Connections Conversations respect for all of God’s creation, a special @parr_roz: Thank you suggests that a decline in a scholarship to help medical The leader of Creighton’s concern for the poor and the promotion @maddyvig: Happy 140th entrepreneurship is something students who come from blue- of justice. @Creighton for the opportunity 11 By the Numbers educational programs and birthday to my favorite place. everyone should be concerned collar families, like he did. health care partnership Copyright © 2018 by to see Dr. @madeleine and Creighton University about. in Phoenix discusses the Gen. Colin Powell. So cool to 13 Jesuit Gardens 43 Alumni Notes @keelsherman15: God didn’t The Rev. Kevin Embach, SJ, MD, University’s role in Arizona. creighton.edu see two patriots who embody 18 Lesson Plan have to bless us with this has found a way to combine two Creighton’s archivist, David bipartisanship and diplomacy healing vocations — Catholic Crawford, may have the most (and they both have great senses beautiful place, but He did. priest and physician. unique — and priceless — work of humor)! He did that for us. space at the University.

2 Creighton FALL 2018 COVER PHOTO BY DAVE WEAVER 3 Creighton Connections UNIVERSITY NEWS They didn’t have a surgery option there begins in Omaha with about a year at initially, but then a surgery center was Creighton’s medical facilities. Following built, and we organized a hernia surgical the time at Creighton, the fellow is then team and started performing surgery sent abroad. there. For a physician, as much as the Filipi’s own global encounters led patient, it’s a life-giving, heart-opening him to the Foundation for African experience.” Medical Education (FAME) in Tanzania. Seeing the dire need for surgeons, RECORD ENROLLMENT Operating a 25-bed hospital in Karatu on even in a relatively prosperous nation Creighton set another the fringes of the Serengeti, FAME fit the like the Dominican Republic, Filipi freshman enrollment fellowship’s international site criteria, record this fall — started a nonprofit organization to send surpassing last year’s and Shine started her work there ear- surgical teams to countries throughout historic total — as lier this year. the western hemisphere in need of sur- 1,155 students in the “It’s classic Africa,” Shine says. “The Class of 2022 (the gical care, especially for hernia. When a University’s first class soil is all red; we’re just at the end of the massive earthquake shook Haiti in 2010, made up mostly of wet season so the vegetation is quite Filipi coordinated teams from all over students born in the green. We’re surrounded by agricul- year 2000) began the globe to respond, using ILAC as a classes. Creighton’s ture — sunflower seed and coffee planta- staging site and supply center. total enrollment tions — and then go a half-hour from the From those experiences, it was reached an all-time hospital and you’re in the Ngorongoro high of 8,910. Filipi’s desire to see Creighton live out Conservation Area. I don’t see much its mission through a surgical post that wildlife from the hospital grounds, but could have a global impact. With the cre- we have had the Cape buffalo wounds ation of the Creighton Global Initiative and a few people bitten by baboons.” Shine says the hospital itself is small but has a dedicated staff. In many ways, much of the work of the fellow is to train staff in new practices and procedures. I feel fortunate to be able Shine, with 15 years practice experi- ence and several stints abroad, including Clinician Frank Lisso, left, to start this fellowship and Kelly Shine, MD, at the work with Filipi’s Hernia Repair for the hospital operated by the for Creighton. But the Underserved, was selected out of several Foundation for African Medical Education in real hope is that this applicants and was an ideal candidate. KATHRINE KUHLMANN KATHRINE Karatu, Tanzania. isn’t just a year or two. … “I feel fortunate to be able to start We want this to blossom this fellowship for Creighton,” Shine and to be a learning WALL STREET JOURNAL says. “But the real hope is that this isn’t RECOGNITION just a year or two. We want to build long- fter 10 weeks in Tanzania as at all,” says Shine, who earned the two- 143 million people require additional experience not just for Creighton ranked term relationships with the sites where 120th in the 2019 Wall the people we serve, but the fellows go. We want this to blossom Creighton’s inaugural Global year fellowship sponsored by the School lifesaving or disability-preventing surgi- Street Journal/Times Addressing Surgery Fellow, Kelly Shine, of Medicine and the Creighton Global cal procedures annually, but lack access for the surgeon, too. Higher Education and to be a learning experience not just A College Rankings. MD, has added a few procedures to her Initiative. “Surgery is something we take to necessary surgical care. for the people we serve, but for the sur- The ranking of almost geon, too.” retinue. for granted (in the U.S.), but it’s been get- But it wasn’t so much those big 1,000 U.S. colleges a Global There have been perforated intes- ting more attention as an international numbers that initially inspired Charles and universities Creighton’s second Global Surgery tines — results of untreated cases of health topic.” Filipi, MD, to create the Global Surgery is made up of 15 Fellow, Megan Straughan, MD, is cur- individual performance by Creighton President the Rev. Daniel rently working on the Creighton- typhoid fever and salmonella — and a A battery of studies has revealed a Fellowship. In 2001, his son, a Creighton indicators, including Health Need bowel obstruction that turned out to be global health crisis when it comes to undergraduate, took a study abroad S. Hendrickson, SJ, and the backing of a survey of 200,000 based portion of the fellowship. When severe appendicitis and almost proved surgery. The World Health Organization trip to Creighton’s Institute for Latin School of Medicine Dean Robert “Bo” current college she’s done in Omaha, she’ll ship out to BY ADAM KLINKER students. fatal. She’s pulled teeth, assisted with found more than 5 billion people world- American Concern (ILAC). Dunlay, MD’81, the fellowship began another site, most likely in Rwanda. anesthesia and popped in dislocated wide have no access to surgical care. In “It was a life-changing experience for taking shape. “I’m glad it’s something Creighton Creighton’s first Global Surgery shoulders. Then, there are the three gor- Tanzania, the patient-to-surgeon ratio him,” says Filipi, the fellowship program “Fr. Hendrickson’s emphasis on has started, and I’m glad to be a part of ings by Cape buffalo she’s patched up. is 1.2 million to 1. For comparison, it’s director and an emeritus professor of global awareness made this a perfect it,” says Straughan, who will be taking Fellow discovers a wide range of “All things that most general sur- about 15,000 to 1 in the United States. surgery in the School of Medicine. “He fit,” Filipi says. her family, including two young chil- experiences working in Tanzania geons don’t see too often or don’t do The Lancet Commission estimates said, ‘Dad, you’ve got to go down there.’ As designed, the two-year fellowship dren, on her international rotation.

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“Global health and global surgery are advisor. RSP advisors help first- and Curran, who works in Creighton’s Scholars Program, visit creighton.edu/ universities in the country brutally lynched. Community and something that have always been close second-year students plan their courses, Global Engagement Office GEO( ), says geo/globalscholarsprogram. recognized for undergraduate University leaders are working together to my heart, and it’s good to see that it’s careers and lives. there has been “astronomical” growth in “We are always excited to meet opportunities for research, to plan a series of events to properly getting some recognition as a public, Ecklund, Global Programs Coordi- study abroad programs at Creighton. In future Creighton students who have a according to U.S. News & World observe this anniversary. global health issue.” nator Lizzy Curran and other Creighton 2013, there were only four study abroad global-minded focus,” Curran says. Report. Here’s a snapshot of one Learn more about upcoming events Filipi, Shine and Straughan are hope- staff communicated with the students programs offered; today, there are 17 and and the Kingfisher Institute atcreighton. ful the fellowship will create an import- throughout their semester abroad via counting. student’s research project. edu/kingfisherinstitute and follow on ant acute-care global surgery model videoconferencing — providing one-on- “The campus is getting used to the Introducing the Twitter, @Creighton_KFI. whereby lives are saved, in-country pro- one support, counseling and advising, mobility of the student,” Curran says. “It Kingfisher Institute viders are trained and thereby extend as needed. won’t be so odd for a group of students the benefit exponentially. Moreover, the John Oberst, a freshman from to come back.” As part of the University’s strategic A Mission of Service fellowship seeks to enlighten Creighton Raleigh, North Carolina, describes his Next up? The Global Scholars will plan, the Kingfisher Institute for the Peck provides physical therapy students at all levels to understand the semester abroad as amazing. Though spend either the fall or spring semester Liberal Arts and Professions was estab- services at health clinic desperate need and respond how they he did get a bit homesick, frequent chats of their sophomore year at Creighton’s lished this year to highlight Creighton’s serving American Indians are able. While the numbers of those with his family back home helped, and Institute for Latin American Concern unique configuration of nine schools lacking care may be daunting, there’s a his mom and sister flew out to visit him (ILAC) in the Dominican Republic. and colleges. The Institute is built on the For the last 18 years, Kirk Peck, PT, feeling the educational opportunity is in Sydney. Oberst says he would highly rec- belief that not only is a liberal arts edu- PhD, has spent his Friday mornings one physicians are seizing upon. Now that the group is back in the ommend the program to future stu- cation a strong foundation for studying providing pro bono physical therapy “It seems like a drop in the bucket northern hemisphere, they will take dents. “It is a great opportunity to be to enter a particular profession — includ- services at the Fred LeRoy Health and when you’re talking about tens of mil- their first classes on Creighton’s Omaha with amazing people and make a close ing business, the health professions and Wellness Clinic in South Omaha. lions of people to one surgeon,” Filipi campus after winter break. group of friends before you get onto law — but also that the approaches to In fact, the work means so much to Creighton Global education in both the liberal arts tradi- him that before he accepted a faculty says. “But if we can spread knowledge “I’m really looking forward to find- campus.” TITLE OF RESEARCH in the country and train the trainers and ing out everything that is happening on Scholars Lauren Curran and her colleagues in the GEO tion and in professional schools comple- position at Creighton in 2001, he had one Ramaekers, left, and we can find that one particular doctor campus, from clubs to going to Creighton Mia Naselaris-Custis are already preparing to select the next ment one another. Together, they help “Mobile Phone-Based condition — his weekly service on Friday who is a good surgeon, intelligent and basketball games,” says Oberst, who outside the Great Hall Creighton Global Scholars cohort. For form students as whole people. The mornings could continue. at the University of Electrochemiluminescent patient, and he or she can teach others, plans to study political science. Sydney. more information about the Global Institute is headquartered in the new “It is a natural fit with the Jesuit mis- we start making a difference. And that School of Dentistry building, as a sym- Detection of Biogenic sion,” says Peck, chair of the Department can go for nursing care, diabetes care, bolic nod to extending the humanities of Physical Therapy, pointing out the neurology, on and on.” to the professions. Amines” long history of Jesuits working with In support of this bold vision, the Native American communities. “What STUDENT RESEARCHER Institute provides opportunities to a perfect fit for a mission of service.” Nic Heckenlaible; junior, majoring in chemistry explore the creative intersections The clinic provides free health care Creighton Global Scholars’ with a minor in computer science; Sioux Falls, Next Adventure: Starting between liberal arts and professional South Dakota services for members of the Ponca Tribe Courses on Campus education, including faculty and of Nebraska, as well as other American staff reading groups, visiting lectur- FACULTY MENTOR Indians and those eligible for support The inaugural cohort of the Creighton ers, faculty development grants and Erin Gross, PhD, professor of chemistry through the federal Indian Health Global Scholars program has returned more for the 2018-2019 academic year. Service. Peck’s physical therapy and stateside after a thrilling fall semester These activities are planned around WHAT IT MEANS Heckenlaible’s research involved rehab services round out the clinic’s in Sydney, Australia. the inaugural themes of the Institute: mobile phone technology for detecting biogenic offerings of primary care, dental ser- amines in food. Biogenic amines are compounds After winter break, the freshmen “Narratives of Health and Illness” and vices, pharmacy and a sweat lodge for that are found in spoiled food and can cause will start courses on campus in Omaha, “Race in America: 1919-2019.” traditional, holistic healing in the Ponca illness; typically, analysis in a laboratory is getting their first taste of the traditional Tracy Leavelle, PhD, associate dean necessary to detect the illness-causing elements. tradition. Creighton experience. for the humanities and fine arts in the Electrochemiluminescent (ECL) detection has The history of the Ponca Tribe of The group of 23 students began College of Arts and Sciences and asso- been successful in laboratories, but recently Nebraska, previously known as the their first semester at the University ciate professor of history, was named a mobile phone camera ECL system, which Northern Ponca Tribe, goes back to of Sydney in July and completed final- director of the Kingfisher Institute would eliminate the need for a lab, has shown Chief Standing Bear and his significant semester examinations during a two- in October. promise. A Ferlic Summer Scholarship allowed legal victory in 1879 that declared an week period that began Nov. 12. This coming year marks the cen- Heckenlaible to study and improve upon this American Indian was a “person” accord- new technology. He designed, 3D printed, Joe Ecklund, PhD, director of tenary of the “red summer” of 1919, ing to the law. In the 1960s, the Northern implemented and evaluated a light-tight Academic Success and Educational during which racial riots exploded Poncas lost their status as a federally casing for a phone-based detection system. Opportunity programs, serves as the in dozens of U.S. cities, including Development of a fully portable phone-based recognized tribe, but their status was group’s Ratio Studiorum Program (RSP) in Omaha, where a young African- field kit could provide lifesaving prevention of restored in 1990, thanks in part to the American man, Will Brown, was food-borne illness, especially in developing efforts of Fred LeRoy — the center’s countries.

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namesake, who died in 2012. The Ponca MRIs or CT scans. Instead, Peck’s eval- Tribe of Nebraska is unique in that it uations are based on clinical signs and doesn’t have any federal lands, but the symptoms, medical history and years The Long clinic is tribal-run. of experience. Peck is the only physical therapist Several years ago — wanting to learn who has worked at the clinic, allowing more about traditional Native American him to really get to know his patients. health care — Peck asked LeRoy if he Journey If a patient comes in for an evaluation, could participate in a sweat ceremony, Peck can reference his notes from when a sacred ceremonial tradition for some s the first flakes of snow began he treated the patient before. Native American populations. to fall early in October, Ismail “I get this longitudinal viewpoint of “He allowed me (to participate) Ntakirutimana sat in his host rehab,” Peck says. “It’s a unique view of because I was providing a great service family’s home in Council patient care; it’s more like a small family for their people,” Peck says. “It was a Bluffs, Iowa, visiting for fall than anything else.” great honor.” Abreak, mesmerized as the phenomenon he On his weekly clinic visits, Peck Peck says the clinic experience has had only seen before in photos came to life. brings two physical therapy students. enriched his view of physical ther- In the silence of a Sunday morning, He says it’s a great experience for the apy services and opened doors for PT Omaha and surrounding areas slowly students to get to practice and see real- students. transformed from fall to winter, blanketed world applications of what they learn “It is an extremely gratifying facil- with the season’s first snowfall. The snow in a PT lab. ity to work in, with a population that I would be melted by the next day, returning WEAVER DAVE The clinic does not have diagnos- feel has been disenfranchised,” he says. to autumnal temperatures, but for that one tic imaging, which means no X-rays, “(The clinic) is phenomenal. I love it.” day, Ntakirutimana experienced the magic of not only the first snow of the year, but his “When I was living in Rwanda, it at Jesuit universities. Born into a Muslim Ismail discussion within the RSP group. His Ntakirutimana first snow ever. It was perhaps something he was like I was separated from society,” family, Ntakirutimana was baptized as joins his friends in classmates had read about Africa and never expected to see in his lifetime, coming Ntakirutimana says. Christian in 2013, an event he says that Brandeis Dining learned about a Faculty-Led Program Hall after taking a from Kigali, Rwanda. He dreamed of coming to the U.S. for has allowed him to forgive others and midterm test. The Abroad (FLPA) course there. Creighton University was also something many years, seeking a fresh start and “fix my eyes on God.” freshman from Kigali, “I can tell he misses Rwanda,” Rettig Rwanda, is enjoying he probably never expected to see. It had been new opportunities. First, he applied Even after receiving his acceptance his life in the U.S. and says. “He’s very proud of the customs. a long journey to get here. through a program with the Rwandan letter from Creighton, Ntakirutimana’s his new friends at There’s a great love for his own country Creighton. A freshman in the College of Arts and government. He didn’t get selected. fate as a college student in the U.S. was and people, too.” Sciences, Ntakirutimana is enjoying his first Then he applied to Bridge2Rwanda, a not sealed. His passport process was Missing Rwanda brings mixed feel- semester at Creighton. He has found a new U.S. nonprofit that assists with interna- delayed, and Higgins needed to inter- ings for Ntakirutimana, for he has found family with his fellow Bluejays, something tional scholarships. He didn’t get that vene with the U.S. Embassy. But finally, a new home here. that began during Welcome Week. either. on July 21, a month away from the start “Sometimes people ask me if I’m “(Welcome Week) was something that “The life I was living was really terri- of fall classes, he stepped foot onto missing home or family. For me, my gave me courage,” Ntakirutimana says. “I met ble,” Ntakirutimana says. “Education is U.S. soil. answer would be I can miss them, but my guide and peer leader. They are the ones the only way I can achieve what I need He lived with Higgins’ in-laws in I didn’t miss them so much because I who made me feel at home. They made me in life.” Kansas City, Missouri, over the summer have family here,” Ntakirutimana says. feel like I am free to talk to anybody.” In 2013, his break finally came in the before moving into his residence hall As he walked into Brandeis Dining It was a new feeling for Ntakirutimana, form of sponsorship from Imana Kids, room on Creighton’s campus. Hall after a midterm test, Ntakirutimana who was constantly told by his peers back a newly formed nonprofit organization In his Ratio Studiorum Program loaded up his plate with a cheeseburger home that he, a “street kid,” could never out of Council Bluffs. (RSP) group at Creighton, a mentorship and pizza and met his group of friends achieve anything. “Right away, when we met Ismail, program for all freshmen, he quickly for lunch. They talked and laughed and Home in the slums of Kigali, we saw his potential,” Kara Higgins, made friends. joked like they had known each other Ntakirutimana and his brother, Isaac, scav- co-founder of Imana Kids, says. “When I came here, it was a change for ages. enged for scrap metal, a way for the brothers, For five years, Imana Kids sponsored for me. I didn’t know that I would be able “Seeing myself here is kind of a DAVE WEAVER DAVE who were living at a local orphanage, to make Ntakirutimana’s schooling, allowing to make friends,” Ntakirutimana says. surprise. Dreams that come true,” money. Born in the shadows of the Rwandan him to focus on passing the English “It’s really amazing to me how people Ntakirutimana says. “I don’t believe it. Kirk Peck, PT, PhD, works genocide, he learned the nature of hard work on a patient at the Fred LeRoy exams he needed to attend a college in are very nice.” Sometimes I feel like I’m still dreaming.” Health and Wellness Clinic from a young age. Abandoned by their father, the United States. His RSP advisor, Kathy Rettig, “Creighton is going to be more than in South Omaha. Peck has Ntakirutimana and Isaac left their mother volunteered his services at Ntakirutimana applied to schools PhD, assistant professor of English, a school. It is even a family to me.” the clinic for 18 years. in search of a better education at schools in across the U.S., including Creighton, encouraged Ntakirutimana to share — BY EMILY RUST Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. after Higgins encouraged him to look about Africa, and opened the floor for

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Alvarez’s work spans genres. Her summer program — welcoming stu- providing academic and nutritional BY THE NUMBERS novels include How the García Girls dents into her home in the Villa El services to primary- and secondary- During fall break, 238 Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Salvador district of Lima, Peru, for aged school children. students participated in 30 the Butterflies. She has also published weekly stays. Another essential element of the trips to 19 states as part poetry, nonfiction and books for younger “I believe that we learn as much program is the stays with local host of Creighton’s semiannual audiences. from you as we teach you,” Huamani families. (fall and spring) Service & Her work has earned her numerous says of her Creighton visitors. “Many Faculty mentors Thomas Kelly, PhD, Justice Trips — living simply awards, including the F. Scott Fitzgerald students have stayed in my house and SUSTAINABILITY AWARD professor of theology, and sociologist in community, engaging in Award and the Hispanic Heritage Award. shared what little I have. I can honestly Creighton received a Kyle Woolley, PhD, say the ultimate acts of service and learning In 2013, she received the National Medal say that I have learned something from STARS Bronze rating goal of Discovering Peru is to take stu- more about the world and of Arts from President Barack Obama. each one of them. for its sustainability dents beyond providing service — to their unique place in it. efforts from the Alvarez and her husband, Bill “At the same time, I know that I am Association for the what Pope Francis has called the “art Eichner, have also been active in human- teaching them about my life and about Advancement of of accompaniment.” itarian projects in the Dominican my struggles, and it is a good feeling to Sustainability in Higher “In this sense, we have built a global seven Education. Since 2010, Republic. share that. I used to think that those academic service-learning program students on first trip in 1983, Creighton has reduced traveling to 1 location The couple purchased land in the from other countries were better than its greenhouse gas rooted in the idea that the ‘encounter’ (eastern Kentucky) Dominican Republic and started grow- I am, but I know that we are equals.” emissions from with the other is a sacred space — and purchased electricity ing their own coffee, with an organic Discovering Peru is one of 19 by more than thus something to learn and grow from,” and fair-trade label. Naming their farm Faculty-Led Programs Abroad (FLPA) 23 percent. Woolley says. 375 Alta Gracia (or “high grace”), they used offered at Creighton through the Global “Students often think of the Global participants in fall 2017 and proceeds from coffee sales to start Engagement Office. Selected students South as a place that they can ‘help’ spring 2018, traveling to 50 sites Foundation Alta Gracia, which funds travel to Peru and participate in aca- or ‘fix.’ They often want to ‘do some- local literacy projects. demic service-learning and community thing concrete,’” Kelly adds. “However, They have also been involved in engagement during the month of May. Roxana’s testimonial emphasizes her 33 Border of Lights, which commemo- The program, which began in 2011, experience with Creighton students as JIM FACKLER community host site partners in rates the 1937 Haitian Massacre, in partners with a local parish and its one based in reciprocity through accom- fall 2017 and spring 2018 which thousands of Haitians living in social ministries to place students at paniment and a focus on ‘being with’ the Dominican Republic were systemat- a health clinic and elderly outreach rather than ‘doing for.’” in school in New York because of her As part of the ically murdered by government soldiers. program. Students also work with For more on Discovering Peru, visit Creighton 140 Stories Can Change the World accent. She felt homesick and lost. nine Presidential Lecture In a case of life intertwining with art, community-based organizations, creighton.edu/peru. Award-winning author part hours of pre- and post-trip But then her sixth-grade teacher Series, award-winning Alvarez’s A Cafecito Story and A Wedding of Creighton 140 Presidential writer Julia Alvarez formation per student; 22.5 hours gave her a list of books to check out at spoke on campus in for Haiti intersect with their outreach. for each coordinator Lecture Series the library. September. Her talk “People say, ‘Where do your stories focused on activism “A sixth-grade teacher. A librarian. and storytelling. come from?’ I don’t go thinking them Julia Alvarez, an award-winning writer They put books in my hands,” Alvarez up; they come to my door and knock,” 16,800 whose family fled to the United States said. “What an amazing world this Alvarez said. “The reason I write is there approximate hours of service from the Dominican Republic in 1960 to was. What freedom. What’s more, the is a pebble in my shoe. I learn about completed on last year’s trips escape the dictatorial regime of Rafael world of stories was a truly welcoming something, and it bothers me. It hurts Trujillo, believes stories have the power place. ‘Come on in,’ my favorite writers me. It’s a pebble in my shoe. to change the world. seemed to be saying to me. I found what “Everybody has a different way of 7 Alvarez’s campus address in we had come looking for in the United getting the pebble in their shoe out, and program pillars: service, justice, September was part of the Creighton 140 States of America in between the covers my way is when I write about it, when I community, solidarity, simplicity, Presidential Lecture Series, presented of books.” story-tell about it.” sustainability and reflection in collaboration with the Institute for Alvarez’s passion became sharing Latin American Concern (ILAC) program stories of her own — stories that shed at Creighton. light on injustice and uplift our shared Students Encounter 93.5% Alvarez focused her talk on activism humanity. Humanity in Discovering Peru participation growth and storytelling — weaving together sto- “As storytellers, we have an import- since 2005-2006 ries from her own life. ant role to play in bringing about the Roxana Huamani eagerly awaits the After fleeing the Dominican Republic changes that must happen if we’re going arrival of Creighton students. with her family when she was 10, to survive as a human family on this She serves as a host mother for 51,161 Alvarez found the transition to the small planet of diminishing resources,” Creighton’s Discovering Peru: Church, For the 16th consecutive year, Creighton was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest by miles traveled in U.S. difficult. She recalled being bullied she said. Society and Language in Context U.S. News & World Report in its 2019 “America’s Best Colleges” edition. U.S. News fall 2017 and spring 2018 also named Creighton a best-value school, among other honors.

10 Creighton FALL 2018 11 JESUIT GARDENS

It has long been evident to him, Fr. Embach us to live in for 70, 80, 90 years, and then let it die $3 Million Grant Focuses on Magis Catholic Teacher says, that there is a spiritual dimension into nothingness,” Fr. Embach says. “It makes Increasing Diversity in the Corps Welcomes Largest Healing to healing. People want and need more no sense unless it points to something else, to Health Professions Cohort, New City than the medicines and surgeries that help something beyond, to another life. restore health. “To me, it points right to Jesus Christ, and Creighton’s Department of Health In August, Creighton’s Magis Catholic Through There is, he says, “a hunger to know God to a God who loves us very much and desires a Sciences-Multicultural and Community Teacher Corps sent its largest cohort better.” relationship with us.” Affairs has been awarded a more than ever to teach in Catholic schools in “Oftentimes patients would want to talk Faith fathers resilience, he says, and $3 million grant, through the Health seven cities across the U.S., including Medicine about God or spirituality,” he says. “It would resilience is a key factor in overcoming illness. Careers Opportunity Program, to fund a new location in Tucson, Arizona. CREIGHTON just come up naturally.” “Connecting with God gives us the persever- a new Pipeline to Success Program. The The 32 students are gaining valuable Sometimes we’re in need of a space It took a while — he first had to grow ance to press on despite difficulties,” he says. program will help students from disad- teaching experience, while also pursu- and Faith confident in his basic ability as a physician “Through that relationship with God, you begin vantaged backgrounds in the Omaha to reflect, meditate or offer our ing a master’s degree in education from to diagnose illness and prescribe appropriate to realize how God loves you, how God loves community and around Nebraska thoughts up to God. While prayer Creighton. treatment — but he eventually embraced the each person, how He brought each of us into access and complete the education and can happen anywhere, here are eight In addition to Tucson, Creighton’s The desire to heal was spiritual yearnings of his patients. existence from nothingness and that He will training necessary to become health places to take a quiet moment on Magis students are teaching in schools Kevin Embach’s constant “A relationship with God puts our lives — its not abandon us.” professionals. in Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Creighton’s campus. companion since way back, joys and challenges — in a different light, and Having experienced a lifelong commit- “There is a paucity of minority repre- Kansas; Sioux City, Iowa; Winnebago, maybe in a different context,” Fr. Embach says. ment to the spiritual dimension of medicine, sentation in the health care professions St. John’s Church has been a cornerstone of Nebraska; Milwaukee; and Omaha. since he was a child growing the Creighton experience for individuals of all “When you look at science and medicine, Fr. Embach says he is encouraged to note a in the nation,” says Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, 1 Participants live together in groups of up in Detroit as a practicing faiths for more than 100 years. there’s so much complexity in one human similar light of understanding in Creighton MD, associate vice provost for Health three to eight in intentional Christian Catholic in a practicing being. Look at the central nervous system, the medical students. Sciences and professor of surgery (oph- The St. Ignatius of Loyola Chapel in the new communities during the school year, cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal “It’s wonderful to see how God is at work thalmology), and principal investiga- School of Dentistry building was dedicated in attend a summer spirituality course Catholic family, since those 2 system, the human reproductive system, the honor of former Creighton President the Rev. in the students I encounter,” he says. “You can tor on the grant. “This award will help on campus and participate in retreats Timothy R. Lannon, SJ, BS’73. long-ago days when he blood-clotting system. Just how our blood clots just see the spirit working. They work so hard Creighton to continue on its mission of throughout the year. admired two physician is vastly complex and ordered. to prepare themselves to be involved in health increasing the racial minority represen- For some outdoor solace, look to the Jesuit “To engage in Ignatian spirituality “Each individual human being is a care. What drives that? tation in its health sciences schools.” 3 Gardens (pictured above) behind Creighton as a young adult in the world today, uncles, since he saw his Hall. Beautiful trees offer plenty of shade, and profoundly beautiful creation with so much “I don’t see money and profit as significant that’s a big focus of ours,” says Colleen various religious statues and sculptures dot younger Down syndrome beauty and order.” factors. It’s something deeper and more Chiacchere, MS’14, Magis director. the landscape. brother deal with severe And yet, he says, that complex creation profound — the spirit. You can see the great When Creighton’s program started Altman, Korver Named to Kiewit Hall offers a Muslim prayer room, as eventually fails, raising the question of the desire they have to follow Christ, to accompany 17 years ago, with a gift from John Micek disabilities — since, as he puts Athletics Hall of Fame well as a Christian chapel. point of it all. people in their illness. 4 Jr., BS’50, and Ann Louise Micek, BA’75, it, “the Lord first put it into “It makes absolutely no sense for God to “It’s a very beautiful thing.” — BY EUGENE Former Creighton men’s basketball Health sciences students, faculty and it was only open to those who wanted my heart that the priesthood create such a beautifully ordered system for CURTIN coach Dana Altman and All-American 5 staff use the Christ the Healer Chapel in the to teach but didn’t have an education Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Health Sciences Kyle Korver, BA’03, were inducted into degree. Today, the program is open to might be my vocation.” Building. the Creighton University Athletics Hall both those who hold a teaching degree He was enrolled in a pre-med program at the of Fame on Aug. 25. If physical activity promotes your prayer, and those who don’t, offering gradu- University of Notre Dame when he first felt the the elevated walking track in the Rasmussen Altman served as coach from 1994 6 ate degrees in educational leadership, call to priestly service, a call that grew louder Fitness and Sports Center offers beautiful to 2010 and remains the program’s all- school counseling, educational spe- views of the Michael G. Morrison, SJ Stadium as he remained after Mass to pray alone in the time wins leader with a 327-176 mark. and downtown Omaha. cialist, and secondary and elementary crypt beneath the Basilica of the Sacred Heart He is currently the head coach at the education. at Notre Dame. Several of the on-campus residence halls have University of Oregon. Initially only serving financially After almost 30 years practicing medicine, chapels, including Swanson Hall. Students, Korver played at Creighton from 7 under-resourced schools, Magis has he has united the vocations of Jesuit priest and faculty or staff with a busy schedule can pop 1999 to 2003 and remains the only men’s in the Swanson Chapel for a quick moment expanded to send teachers anywhere physician, having been ordained earlier this basketball player in program history of meditation. their gifts and talents can be used best. year. He was subsequently assigned to teach to play in four NCAA tournaments. Creighton looks for applicants with in Creighton’s Department of Medicine at CHI The lower level of the Reinert-Alumni He currently plays for the Cleveland leadership initiative, involvement in Memorial Library not only provides a quiet Health Creighton University Medical Center- Cavaliers. 8 service and openness to the calling of place to study, but it can be a good place for Bergan Mercy. During the induction ceremony, silent prayer — especially before a big test. teaching. Creighton announced that Korver’s Not every school is right for Magis, Where was your favorite quiet space on campus? No. 25 jersey would be retired, joining Chiacchere says. Partner schools need The Rev. Kevin Embach, Send us your answers on social media (@Creighton the ranks of Bob Gibson, ARTS’57, Bob a principal who is willing to form SJ, MD, right, is ordained on Twitter, @Creighton1878 on Instagram, Creighton by Bishop David Ricken of Portman, BA’69, Paul Silas, BSBA’64, and University on Facebook) or send us an email at new Catholic educators, and who the Diocese of Green Bay Bob Harstad, BA’93. [email protected]. supports the program’s mission. on June 9 at the Church of

the Gesù in Milwaukee. DONISCH STEVE

12 Creighton FALL 2018 13 in looking at the potential, in humans, for RNA This year’s group includes stu- Dave Mason, the principal of San What Causes Age-Related riboswitches to affect protein production. She said dents with diverse backgrounds. Miguel High School in Tucson, Magis’ Hearing Loss? there is reason to think such a possibility exists Franz Schuck, for instance, fixed string newest home, knew of the good work and the opportunity could mean big things for instruments, an elite job requiring a of Magis teachers. Mason had been a David Zhi-Zhou He, MD, PhD, clinical applications. full apprenticeship, before enrolling in principal in Minneapolis, where Magis professor of biomedical sciences, “In bacteria, riboswitches control a number of recently received a $1.9 million essential metabolic pathways,” Strauss-Soukup Magis. John Ryan was an actor, sushi teachers have worked in the past, before grant from the National says. “If we are somehow able to dysregulate chef and graphic designer. Craig Krueger he moved to Arizona. A teacher short- Institute on Deafness and Other genes controlled by riboswitches, such as those was studying law before entering the age in Arizona led him to look for more Communication Disorders to involved in cancer progression or those needed for program, and Maddalena Pagila has a resources. research the causes of age- the increased metabolism of tumor cells, we may degree in zoology. “He said he wanted Magis teachers related hearing loss. have a new target for chemotherapy.” “The people who are driven to join in his new school. He knew firsthand He believes this hearing loss could be related to Strauss-Soukup’s lab is usually staffed by 10 to our program just help the program in so what the quality of a Magis teacher is,” hair cell degeneration in our ears. He is investigating 16 undergraduate students, and the students did a inner and outer hair cells — the two types of receptor lion’s share of the work collecting preliminary data many ways,” Assistant Director Jeremy Chiacchere says. cells that convert sound into electrical impulses in the for this proposal. Graney says. “They’re great representa- After the required two years in the auditory nerve. “The involvement of undergraduates in this tives of the schools and take on leader- program, many Magis graduates end He will compare the changes at the cellular and cutting-edge work is essential to their training as ship roles outside of Magis.” up staying at their placement schools. molecular levels of hair cells between young and scientists,” Strauss-Soukup says. “Taking classes is It’s those kinds of driven teachers “It’s very much an extension of the aging mice to determine age-related changes in gene just one part of a biochemistry major’s curriculum. who have made Magis a must-have for Creighton values. Someone who’s drawn expression, ultrastructure and cellular function. Designing experiments, analyzing data and principals across the U.S. to living out their faith,” Chiacchere says. The research also will look closer at the CLU gene, critically thinking about results is an exhilarating or Clusterin, known to play a role in degeneration of and exciting part of learning science.” “We’ve had long relationships with “You want to serve and are excited about neurons in the brain, to determine if the gene also schools,” Graney says. “Word gets that interaction of faith and action. plays an important role in hair cell aging. around. They’ve heard about us; (they) “All of our people are excellent “Loss of hearing in the elderly also can say, ‘We want Magis teachers.’ That just human beings, but also stellar teach- contribute to social isolation and loss of autonomy, Study Examines New Skin goes to all the good work our teachers ers. They’re drawn to being better and is associated with anxiety, depression and Cancer Preventative cognitive decline,” He says. “Currently, there is no are doing in schools.” educators.” A two-year, $500,000 medication available to treat or postpone age-related National Institutes of Health hearing loss.” grant led by a School of The private partnership of the Bellucci DePaoli Medicine biomedical sciences Family Foundation also funds He’s research projects. HEALTH BRIEFS professor and researcher Since 2002, the foundation, established by the late is aimed at getting a Richard J. Bellucci, MD’42, has invested $763,000 in revolutionary new skin-cancer Creighton Bellucci Research Group funding. preventative to market. Brain Cell Research Laura Hansen, PhD, principal investigator on the grant, is seeking to test a topical nanoparticle $1.9 million grant may Grant Funds Research delivery system that can send antioxidant Into Riboswitches enzymes into the deepest layer of the skin to shed light on mood disorders combat reactive oxygen species (ROS) — the Juliane Strauss-Soukup, biggest culprit in skin cancer. While these At any one moment in the human brain, billions of neurons are trying to communicate PhD, BSChm’93, professor of enzymes already exist in the skin, they are severely with one another in a massive effort reminiscent of the workings of a frantic telephone biochemistry and director of hampered by sun exposure. switchboard operator. the Center for Undergraduate The new solution, called Pro-NP, would provide Of course, not all neurons connect with one another. Specific protein codes help Research and Scholarship a slow release of these ROS-fighting enzymes and connect specific neurons and the study of one such code by a team of Creighton (CURAS), has received a three- would be longer-lasting and more effective than School of Medicine researchers has earned them a five-year,nearly $1.9 million year, $436,000 grant from the traditional sunscreens. Pro-NP could also reduce National Institutes of Health grant, which may have far-reaching implications for National Institutes of Health the need for multiple applications — vigilance better understanding of mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and attention (NIH) to study the structure and function of ncRNAs, that’s required with traditional sunscreens — and deficit disorder. with the long-term goal of developing antibiological it may also have applications to reduce photoaging “The protein we’re specifically looking at, called glutamate delta-1, has been associated with agents, including the potential for some cancer- and skin wrinkling. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism, among other mental disorders,” says Shashank Dravid, PhD, fighting applications. “With more than a million cases of skin cancer associate professor of pharmacology and the grant’s lead investigator. “We think some of these may arise Strauss-Soukup’s work focuses on noncoding in the U.S. annually and rates rising, it’s clear we because of improper communication between neurons in certain unique brain circuits.” parts of RNAs called riboswitches. When small need something better,” says Hansen, who is

Using cutting-edge technology, including optogenetics, which uses light to activate the molecules, ligands or metabolites bind to riboswitch working on the grant with ProTransit Nanotherapy, VU BR. MARTIN communication processes between neurons, Dravid and the research team hope to be able to closely RNAs they induce a structural change in the RNA the company that’s developed the solution, and inspect the connections between neurons and watch for breakdowns. that “switches” the production of protein up or researchers from Creighton and the University of Franz Schuck, right, is part “There’s a lot of excitement around this field right now, a lot of different international teams working down. Although riboswitches are widespread among Nebraska Medical Center. “We’re excited about of Creighton’s Magis Catholic in this area,” Dravid says. “The fundamental question is: How is the brain wired? How does it work? We bacteria, none have been found in animals. The what this could mean for prevention.” Teacher Corps and is teaching at San Miguel High School think this is one of the keys to understanding that wiring.” NIH grant will specifically aid Strauss-Soukup’s lab in Tucson, Arizona.

14 Creighton FALL 2018 15 DIALOGUE

Why Entrepreneurship Matters

BY ALEXEI MARCOUX, PHD vidence abounds that America is less because the risk-friendly people who start businesses create the climate in which the entrepreneurial than in the past. By one risk-averse majority are able to avoid entre- measure — business startups — U.S. Census preneurship and collect a regular paycheck. data reveals a four-decade-long decline: After This, too, is borne out by data: In a study of job creation between 1987 and 2005, the U.S. starting just under 600,000 new businesses Bureau of Labor Statistics found that almost in 1977, Americans formed new ventures at all net private-sector job creation (jobs created minus jobs lost) occurred in firms of age zero. a fluctuating rate of 500,000 to 600,000 per Stated another way, business startups create year until the financial meltdown of 2008. Since 2008, new net new jobs; legacy firms mainly don’t. business formations have dropped to 400,000 to 450,000 per In a 2004 interview, Bill Rancic, the serial E entrepreneur who won the first season of NBC’s year. Even as we revere the entrepreneurial spirit, fewer of us The Apprentice, referred to this risk-averse possess or act on it. majority, saying, “Is the entrepreneurial way of life for everyone? No, of course not. Some people Before lamenting the decline in entrepre- monitor, the next who-knows-what that will need to know that every Friday they’re going neurship, it’s worth taking a step back and change and improve our lives in unanticipated to get their $800 or whatever, and it’s going to addressing a more basic question: Why should ways. If entrepreneurship is in decline, our be there 52 weeks a year.” we care? Differently put, why does entrepre- worries should be focused on our technology: If you resemble that remark (as I know I neurship matter? What innovations, what improvements in the do), then entrepreneurship matters also in a The 21st century is Joseph Schumpeter’s quantity and quality of life are we not getting work-focused way. It is a human service to the world — we merely live in it. The early- to mid- because we’re getting less entrepreneurship? risk-averse majority, permitting a dignified 20th century Harvard economist is the man Entrepreneurship matters in a mainly livelihood insulated from many (though, of of the hour because we see all around us the customer-focused way. course, not all) of the uncertainties of enter- fruits of his entrepreneur. The force behind That is one way that entrepreneurship prise. Entrepreneurship, then, is a too-often the “perennial gale of creative destruction” (or matters, but it may not be the most important. unacknowledged form of caritas in commer- what today’s startup culture, following Harvard To see another, look not to your smartphone but cial guise. Business School professor Clayton Christensen, to your paycheck. As widespread as salaried At bottom, the care and feeding of an calls “disruptive innovation”), Schumpeter’s or hourly-wage employment is today (and has entrepreneurship-friendly polity and culture entrepreneur is the bringer of innovations that been for roughly the last century), it’s easy to isn’t about meeting the needs of entrepreneurs transform our world. forget just how rare it is in human history and specifically — it’s the care and feeding of all In Gates and in Jobs, in Bezos and in Musk, how entrepreneurship makes it possible. of us. we see the breaker of routines and the bringer This is Frank Knight’s world. The dean of of new products, new business models and the early 20th century Chicago School econ- About the Author: new ways of living. Above all, Schumpeter’s omists, Knight saw entrepreneurship not in Alexei Marcoux, PhD, is a professor of business ethics and society and entrepreneur deals in paradigm-shattering terms of Schumpeter’s disruptive novelty, but senior scholar with the Institute for Economic novelty: Think of the way Netflix obsoleted as the work of people who bear the uncertain- Inquiry in the Heider College of Business. Marcoux Blockbuster’s business model in transforming ties of enterprise. Facing a five-year failure is a two-time­ winner of the Best Paper Award the way we watch movies, or the way Amazon rate of more than 50 percent and 10-year fail- from the Society for Business Ethics, co-author­ sent Borders into liquidation in transforming ure rate of more than 70 percent (according to of two textbooks on business ethics, co-editor­ of The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics, the way we buy books (and now, almost every- Entrepreneur magazine), Knight’s entrepreneur founding co-editor­ of the Business Ethics Journal thing else). is the person who abandons the relative safety Review, co-curator­ of the Business Ethics Highlights In Schumpeter’s world, entrepreneurship of a regular paycheck, hangs out a shingle and website, and co-author of the Concise Encyclopedia matters because it is what will bring us the eats what she kills. of Business Ethics. next smartphone, the next always-on heart In Knight’s world, entrepreneurship matters

16 Creighton FALL 2017 16 Creighton FALL 2018 ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN TOMAC 17 LESSON PLAN

Office Space As Creighton University’s archivist, a position he has held for the past 12 years, David Crawford serves as the primary steward of millions of historical photographs and other artifacts and oversees rare books and special collections housed at the Above: The science book De le stelle fisse (or On the University. His wife, Sue Crawford, PhD, is Fixed Stars, in English) by Alessandro Piccolomini was published in Venice in 1552, making it the oldest science a professor of political science at Creighton book in the collection. This publication contains the first star maps ever printed. and a Nebraska state senator. Here, we highlight some items that can be found in his “office” — the Rare Books Room in the Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library.

Above: This scroll, which measures more than 25 feet long, is a duplication of the classic Buddhist writing “Great Nirvana.” It was copied by a Tang dynasty calligrapher between 618 CE and 907 CE. The piece was a gift to Creighton from Northwest University in Xi’an, China. Above: An Egyptian hieroglyph, circa 2000 BCE, : is the oldest object owned by Left (held by David Crawford) The late Rev. Carl M. Reinert, the library. The hieroglyph is SJ, who served as president part of a bill of sale. of Creighton University from 1950 to 1962, was made an Right: A coffee pot that honorary member of the was part of a silver service Omaha Police Department. set used by the Sisters of He received a badge for this St. Francis at Creighton role, which includes his Memorial St. Joseph’s monogram on the exterior Hospital, which was located carrying case. at 10th and Castelar streets.

18 Creighton FALL 2018 PHOTOS BY DAVE WEAVER 19 hen she was 11 years old, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, PhD, remembers steaming past the Statue of Liberty aboard the SS America, an ocean liner making passage from Great Britain to A Stately Evening the United States and delivering Albright BY ADAM KLINKER and her family to a new life in America. They were refugees, twice over. When Albright was just a year old, Wher parents, Jews who would later convert to Roman Catholicism, had Two former secretaries of state shared the stage inside Creighton University’s fled their native Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) and settled Ryan Center, offering their perspectives on a wide range of issues, as the in London after the 1938 Munich Pact in which Britain and France capitulated to Adolf Hitler and allowed Nazi Germany to occupy parts culminating event in the Creighton 140 Presidential Lecture Series of Czechoslovakia. When the war was over, the family returned home, only to be swept up by another ideological wave in the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe. The young Albright stood on the gleaming horizon of a life that would lead her into a career spanning six decades in the highest circles of government and service to her adoptive country. It’s a moment she recalls vividly whenever she encounters newcomers to America or, in recent days, hears of crises unfolding for refugees and immigrants. “One of the things I loved to do as secretary was hand out people’s naturalization certificates,” said Albright, who, together with her successor in the U.S. Department of State, retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, spoke at Creighton University on Oct. 30 as the culminating event in the Creighton 140 Presidential Lecture Series, marking the University’s 140th anniversary. “I remember doing it July 4, 2000, at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s house. And I figured, why not? I have Thomas Jefferson’s job. And I remember giving a certificate to a man, a refugee, who said, ‘Can you believe I’m a refugee and the secretary of state is handing me my naturalization certificate?’ I said, ‘Can you believe the secretary of state is a refugee?’” Powell’s American story runs along a similar valence. The son of Jamaican immigrants who settled in the South Bronx, Powell became his generation’s most respected military leader, serving two tours in the Vietnam War, earning a four-star rank in the U.S. Army and serving as national security advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state under three presidents. “My parents came from Jamaica on banana boats and raised two children here; one became a teacher and the other had success as a soldier,” said Powell, who was also honored earlier in the day with the Creighton Business Ethics Alliance’s Beacon of Ethics Award, an award Albright also earned in 2010. “You can do that in America.” Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, welcomed a capacity crowd of nearly 2,500 to the Ryan Center’s DJ Sokol Arena, and Ben Nelson, a former Nebraska governor and U.S. senator who holds an honorary doctorate from Creighton’s School of Law, introduced Albright “There is no substitute for the United States of America. We are still the greatest democracy in the world. We are great today. We were From left, Gen. Colin great yesterday. We’ll be great tomorrow.” Powell, Dr. Madeleine Albright and Suzanne GEN. COLIN POWELL, USA (RET.) Malveaux, HON’12, at the Creighton 140 Presidential

AJ OLNES Lecture Series on Oct. 30.

20 Creighton FALL 2018 21 Left: Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, visits with the speakers prior to the lecture. From left and Powell. The lecture was the third in a series that included Powell said the recent retreat of the U.S. from the world stage are Gen. Colin Powell, talks by Chuck Hagel, a former U.S. senator and secretary of is creating a vacuum in world leadership that other powers, not Suzanne Malveaux, HON’12, Fr. Hendrickson, defense, in April and Dominican-American poet, novelist and all of them positive, are eager to fill. Citing the Trans-Pacific Sen. Ben Nelson, HON’92, essayist Julia Alvarez in September. Partnership, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Iran nuclear Diane Morin Nelson, BA’67, and Dr. Madeleine “The lectures in this series have brought esteemed national treaty, among others, he said he’s concerned about the rise of Albright. speakers to our campus and the Omaha-area community, extremism in Europe, Asia and other nations. Below left: Dr. Albright fostering insight into, and discussion about, issues of national “They’re turning inward,” Powell said of nations who are and Gen. Powell wait and global import,” Fr. Hendrickson said. looking elsewhere for standard-bearers of leadership. “They’re backstage before their entrance into the DJ Sokol listening to the extremes in their countries, and it’s crushing Arena. SHARING THEIR VIEWS ideals and freedom. IN A WIDE-RANGING, 75-minute conversation moderated by “We’re losing our place in the world. We are the forerunners award-winning CNN national correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, of democracy. We have a free press, a good system of elections, HON’12 (whose father, Floyd Malveaux, MD, PhD, BS’61, is a partnerships. And now we’re pulling out of these agreements. Creighton alumnus and an emeriti member of the Board of I’ve had arguments with the Russians, I’ve had arguments with Trustees), Albright and Powell discussed everything from today’s the Chinese,” Powell said. “That’s what diplomacy’s about. That’s headlines to the challenges faced by the Founding Fathers in what politics is about. You can’t just go your own way in this. It’s drafting the Constitution. All three had visited with students always been ‘America first.’ But it’s never been ‘America alone.’” earlier in the day. “We live in a very complex world where American leadership “I congratulate Creighton on its 140th anniversary,” said is needed now more than ever,” said Albright, who served under Albright, a professor of foreign policy at Georgetown University. President Bill Clinton as the first female secretary of state and “It’s a great university, and I enjoyed being with students today.” highest-ranking woman in the federal government. “It’s not this Trust and confidence were central themes of the evening’s business of we’re a victim and we don’t want to be a part of it DAVE WEAVER DAVE conversation, and whatever trials the country might face today, anymore. Americans don’t like the word multilateralism — it’s there’s one thing to which the pair of former U.S. secretaries of got too many syllables and it ends in ‘ism.’ But it’s partnership, state attested. and America needs to be a part of it. Pulling back only hurts the “There is no substitute for the United States of America,” American people.” the U.S., where citizens are ideally bound by law and principle, said. “My faith has meant a great deal to me. It’s something that’s said Powell, who served as head of the State Department under Albright added that globalism does not mean a turn away the retreat to religious or racial or ethnic identity summons always there.” President George W. Bush. “We are still the greatest democracy from pride of country, from patriotism or American identity. massive problems. Speaking after a week fraught with violence that ended in in the world. We are great today. We were great yesterday. We’ll What becomes problematic is the tribalism, she said, the favoring “Patriotism is good, but we must be very careful about tragedy with a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on be great tomorrow.” of “my group over yours.” In a multicultural society such as nationalism,” she said. “This one tribe against another tribe and Oct. 27 that killed 11 people, both Albright and Powell took a the exacerbation of our differences is not helpful. I don’t like the moment to reflect on the unswerving American asset and cele- word tolerance, either, because it makes it sound like you put bration of diversity. up with something. I think respect is what we need, to find out “There’s no way to describe what has been one of the most where someone is coming from.” disappointing, horrible and un-American set of activities that’s “The concept that if you taken place,” Albright said of the shooting. “There are divisions A MATTER OF FAITH in our society that have come about as a result of technology and work hard and get a ALBRIGHT AND POWELL next moved into a reflection on one of those the downside of globalization, but we need leaders who look for elements most tied into personal identity: faith. common ground and don’t exacerbate (division).” position that you can Both leaders recounted moments in the White House’s do something with, can Situation Room and in other crises when answers were unclear LASTING LEGACIES and slow in coming. OF THEIR LEGACIES, both diplomats opined on their humble give back with, that’s an “We needed to get some of that divine information,” said beginnings that eventually brought them to national prominence Powell. and service. American dream and Powell said he remembers clearly a photograph of a mother “I hope they might say she worked very hard to defend at a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery. America’s national interests and made people proud of what legacy. I want my legacy to “And at the top of the tombstone, it wasn’t a cross, it wasn’t the America is about,” Albright said. “The concept that if you work be I’m a grateful American Star of David,” he said. “It was the crescent (the religious symbol hard and get a position that you can do something with, can give of Islam). It reminds me that Americans of every faith have seen back with, that’s an American dream and legacy. I want my legacy and I tried to give back.” fit to sacrifice for their country.” to be I’m a grateful American and I tried to give back.” Albright was raised Roman Catholic and did not learn of her Powell also touched on his military and civilian service. DR. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Jewish roots until the vetting process prior to becoming secretary “As a kid coming from the South Bronx, I could not have of state, when it was revealed that she had lost 26 relatives in dreamed I’d reach the positions I did. But I did because this is the Holocaust. a great country, and I’m grateful to it,” he said. “I hope my leg- “That obviously made me think about family, but also that acy is that he was a pretty good soldier, did his duty and loved faith is not something that divides us. It cannot be,” Albright his country.”

22 Creighton FALL 2018 WEAVER DAVE 23 something to about SMILEBY EMILY RUST | PHOTOS BY DAVE WEAVER

New state-of-the-art dental building opens to rave reviews

“I’m sorry, but I do have to give you a shot,” Britain Doolittle, BS’14, says to her patient in the Creighton School of Dentistry’s adult clinic. “I was hoping to get by without that today,” her patient says with a laugh. Even with a shot looming, he still has a lot to smile about. The University’s new technology-rich, aesthetically inviting School of Dentistry building provides patients greater access to Creighton’s exceptional care. Doolittle is smiling too. The 200,000-square-foot facility on the Doolittle, above, and at right working with a patient. northeast edge of campus will be her academic and clinical home for her fourth and final year of dental school. “When you walk into the building, I don’t know how you could not want to receive your DDS from Creighton School of Dentistry,” says Doolittle, who is originally from Holdrege, Nebraska. “This isn’t something just Creighton should be proud of, but our community as well.”

24 Creighton FALL 2018 25 A guiding force behind construction of the Left: Former Creighton President the Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, SJ, BS’73, left, Omaha Archbishop the new facility was to provide the community Most Rev. George Lucas and Creighton President — particularly marginalized populations and the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, at the St. Ignatius of Loyola Chapel dedication on Aug. 17. those who otherwise might not receive care Right: A sculpture of St. Ignatius of Loyola and — with greater access to Creighton’s quality quote greet visitors to the chapel. dental services. The school expects to increase Bottom: The St. Ignatius of Loyola Chapel the number of people it treats annually, from overlooks the adult clinic waiting area. about 12,000 to 15,000 over the next three years. The facility, made possible through the support of alumni, community foundations and other benefactors, also will allow Creighton to increase its dental school entering class enrollment capacity from about 85 students to 115 students. Stepping inside the new building, one is struck by the abundance of natural light. A grand staircase flanks the atrium, alongside the dental school’s new admissions office, and floor-to-ceiling windows brighten the adult clinic reception area. “It has a clean and calm ambience that will benefit both patients and students alike,” says third-year dental student Brandon Rensch of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Although the building opened to students and faculty in August, a ceremonial ribbon- cutting was held Sept. 15, during Reunion Weekend — a fitting tribute to the many alumni and friends whose gifts help make the facility possible. Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ; Mark Latta, DMD, dean of the School of Dentistry; members of Creighton’s Board of Trustees; and other dignitaries were among those who helped celebrate the occasion. “It is our great hope that this facility will far surpass your expectations,” Fr. Hendrickson told the 250 people gathered for the event, “as we provide an outstanding clinical educational experience rooted in the principles of the Jesuit tradition.” As impressive as the building at 21st and Cuming streets looks to passersby on the outside, Rensch says the technology found inside provides students with “exposure to some of the latest innovations in dentistry” — including electric handpieces, dental

Top: A ceremonial ribbon-cutting for the new School of Dentistry building was held Sept. 15. Middle: The active-learning classroom and lecture hall features cutting-edge technology to foster student engagement. Bottom: The Margaret Stanosheck Bongers, BS’43, and Leo Bongers, BS’46, DDS’48, Alumni Lounge was designed specifically for alumni events, such as reunions, celebrations and receptions. It includes a six-screen display featuring School of Dentistry graduates.

26 Creighton FALL 2018 27 mannequins and new digital scanning and preventive dentistry, to display the effects of milling units. tooth decay on the big screen, mirrored at each “Our program will Each clinical operatory has three monitors, workgroup station. Now students can clearly allowing students to show patients exactly see detailed imagery on a screen right in front now have the where their cavities are — making patient of them. physical tools and education easier than ever. “Our spacious lecture halls center on group “Technology keeps advancing, and learning and discussion, so we as students can space to innovate Creighton dental is right there along with it,” collaborate on cases and trade insights that Doolittle says. will help us develop our skills,” says Tessa our teaching, to Photographs from the collection of the Rev. McDermott, a third-year dental student from Don Doll, SJ, adorn the walls, and prints from Omaha. bring simulation the Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible With the new facility, patient visits are hang in the adult clinic reception area. (The full expected to increase to 60,000 annually. and small-group volumes of this limited-edition Bible are on loan “Our program will now have the physical to the University from Board of Trustees chair tools and space to innovate our teaching, to learning to our Mike McCarthy and his wife, Nancy.) bring simulation and small-group learning Jutting out slightly above the adult clinic’s to our pedagogy and, most crucially, to pedagogy and, reception area is the St. Ignatius of Loyola significantly expand our oral health services Chapel. Dee and Martin Halbur, DDS’76, of to patients,” Latta says. most crucially, Carroll, Iowa, provided funds for the chapel The new building also has collaborative to significantly in honor of their friend the Rev. Timothy R. elements. Lannon, SJ, BS’73, former president of Creighton. Through the Mutual of Omaha Collaborative expand our oral Fr. Lannon played an instrumental role in the Care Suite, on the first floor, patient care early development of the new building. can be coordinated across health sciences health services to A dedication ceremony for the chapel disciplines, with collaboration from the College was held on Aug. 17. Fr. Hendrickson and of Nursing and School of Medicine. Creighton’s patients.” Fr. Lannon were both in attendance, as was new Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts Omaha Archbishop the Most Rev. George Lucas, and Professions, established to reinforce the MARK LATTA, DMD who blessed the altar. The chapel includes a intersections between liberal arts education Dean, School of Dentistry tabernacle from St. John’s Church. and education for the professions, is also Also upstairs is an active-learning classroom, housed in the building. which allows for more interactive small-group And those the building serves — particularly learning and lectures through cutting-edge the students — are smiling. technology, along with an alumni space with “I know when I leave Creighton, I’ll have interactive media and lecture halls outfitted the clinical experience and preparedness with the latest audio-visual systems. to succeed in the professional world as a The new technology allowed Kim McFarland, dentist,” McDermott says, adding, “and I will BA’83, DDS’87, a professor of community and be forever grateful.”

Above: First-year student Silvia Nweze begins to master dental techniques in the state-of-the-art bench simulation lab.

Bottom Left: Dental assistant Michele Murphy uses a NOMAD device to capture X-rays for third- year dental student Kyle Wiblishouser. The portable device enables the patient to stay in the dental chair while taking X-rays, making the process faster and more efficient.

Bottom Right: Andrew Kuelbs, a third-year dental student, practices his skills in the pod simulation clinic. The clinic employs simulation technology to present model patient scenarios for comprehensive diagnosis and treatment.

28 Creighton FALL 2018 29 A Guide to the Good Life? Scholars Look Anew to Ancient Philosophy BY GLENN ANTONUCCI

“When I walk along with two others, he philosophers — both ancient and not-so-ancient — handed they may serve me as my teachers. down some legendary lessons to the devotees of their day. Those I will select their good qualities and lessons are still being passed down. In the East and West alike, it was inspired, revolutionary follow them, their bad qualities and stuff. In the extreme, it lit incendiary fuses of enlightenment. avoid them.” In some cases, it founded religions. Notably — and perhaps this is a point that can get lost in CONFUCIUS (551-479 B.C.) historical hindsight — their devotion to living and acting in a way that fit their own Tphilosophies was, and still is, most inspiring. “Develop the mind of equilibrium. Even cursory consideration of the philosophers’ teachings would weave like tentacles through the subsequent history of human thought. Without a doubt, their You will always be getting praise and contributions were profoundly influential and have endured through the ages — blame, but do not let either affect though not without some significant mutation along the way. the poise of the mind: follow the Indeed, there’s something very different about how this ancient wisdom, as calmness, the absence of pride.” studied in philosophy classrooms, has come to be perceived today. The vast majority of us encounter philosophy as abstract, the domain of academia and well-removed GAUTAMA BUDDHA (CIRCA 563-483 B.C.) from the hustle of our daily lives. It is largely the province of problems and puzzles. And yet, many of the great philosophers considered themselves dispensers of practical advice on achieving happiness and improving one’s life. The Stoics, the “The life of money-making is one Buddhists, the Ancient Skeptics and representatives of other such “way-of-life” undertaken under compulsion, and traditions were mapping methods meant to directly improve the lives of those wealth is evidently not the good we who embraced their systems. are seeking; for it is merely useful and To say they were the self-help set of their day isn’t quite accurate. The point is, for the sake of something else.” these philosophers committed to practicing what they preached, as a path to the good life. ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.) What happened along the way, to relegate such practicality to the realm of the abstract? Why do we think of philosophy nearly exclusively in terms of lofty “problems” — the problem of free will, for example, or Descartes’ mind-body problem? “Live your life as though your every Elapsed time is perhaps the easiest explanation. Pierre Hadot, in his 1995 book, act were to become a universal law.” Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault, delves further, discussing such ideas as “contamination” — how Jewish, Greek, Roman IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) and Christian systems of thought mingled and transposed over the centuries. In the resulting mash-up, philosophies and ideologies — along with art, literature and politics — smeared together in the mixing bowl of time and translation, and the original messages often lost their once-individualized definition. While this contamination, or transposition, tells part of the story, another factor is the exposure of the Gospels to the philosophical cultures of the ancient world. Those cultures were influenced substantially by evangelization and, conversely, the Gospels were given a philosophical framework within which to develop.

30 Creighton FALL 2018 ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHELLE THOMPSON 31 The study of philosophy shifted to the accepted. Those who made the cut descended life, or the good life, today?” esoteric. Practical advice sifted out of the on Wesleyan University in Middletown, Those beliefs, like the student populations of equation. Connecticut, for two weeks of study and the schools represented, are by definition very Such is the state of affairs that undergraduate dialogue in July. broad. One faculty member participating in the philosophy students have encountered in the They came from campuses across the summer institute hailed from Western New classroom, to one extent or another, for nearly spectrum of academia, representing institutions Mexico University, where, Fr. Romero points the last half-century. large and small, public and private, religious out, almost all students are first-generation Hadot’s work reminds us, however, that and secular. Faculty from Yale, Rutgers and college students, many of them from Native philosophy is still, at its core, a vital key to Boston College joined peers from the likes of American reservations in the vicinity. The good interpreting the world around us — and our Penn State, Salt Lake Community College and life may look very different to them compared place in it. Harris-Stowe State University, a historically with their Ivy League counterparts. Increasingly, modern-day scholars across black public institution in St. Louis. the country are embracing this return to Creighton University assistant professor r. Romero, for his own part, is a New philosophy’s proverbial roots. of philosophy the Rev. Ross Romero, SJ, PhD, Orleans native. He attended Loyola was among the invitees. He says the mix of F University New Orleans for his under- his summer, the National Endowment participants was remarkable. graduate studies, moved on to Louisiana State for the Humanities (NEH) hosted an “What was really meaningful to me was University for his master’s and earned his doc- T institute for select college and university there were Ivy League people there, but there torate in theology from Boston College. faculty to explore the proposals that some of were also community college professors,” he He entered the Jesuit order in 1995 after the philosophical traditions — and particular says. “You had people that may teach one class completing his master’s in philosophy. His philosophers themselves — have suggested for a year, to people who are teaching five and six focus then was on 19th century German living well. (classes) a semester.” thought. After entering the Jesuits, he started The institute participants would, in turn, What united them all, Fr. Romero says, was studying ancient Greek to learn to read the New return to their respective institutions carrying a love of philosophy. And, of course, an interest Testament — “to preach on it better and be a the seeds of curricula that would help students in its utility as a code — or codes — of conduct, better priest,” he says. learn philosophy cast a bit more in its original passed on by its ancient originators. That’s when his interest in the ancient light — honed in on the blueprints of guiding “The role of philosophy in a certain way is to philosophers was sparked — and specifically, one to “the good life.” be able to ask about the question of ‘the good,’” an interest in that Greek granddaddy of Interest in the institute was high. About he says. “And in a way, I think my discipline has Western philosophy, Socrates. Fr. Romero saw a 100 faculty members from institutions coast to gotten away from that. It’s become kind of a connection between the death of Socrates and coast applied, and only a quarter of those were technical discipline that sort of tries to emulate ancient Greek sacrifice. the sciences. “And I was of course interested in sacrifice Those students, like our broader society, “People want a way of being able to know, for Yes, Fr. Romero says. But that’s not terribly “And especially at a school like Creighton, because of theology and because of Christ,” Fr. are increasingly hungering for meaning in themselves, ‘Is this a good life? Is this way that’s new, and particularly not at Creighton. Making where science is definitely good, and we have Romero says. “There have been writings about their lives. being proposed to live a good life, or should I live the study of philosophy more engaging to “Philosophy is not really good training in it, the question of what how sacrifice as a philosophical category can “We live in a secular age,” Fr. Romero says. another way?’ I think we do take it for granted students is already baked into his and his is good about it, and what is the good life that explain much of the death of Jesus, and I just “Which means there’s a whole variety of ways what the good life is.” Creighton colleagues’ curricula. The new twist just a discipline a scientist leads, or a doctor leads, or a lawyer saw a lot of parallels with Socrates. we can live, think, believe. There’s a much is putting the question of the good life more at leads, those are key questions to be asking for “The death of Socrates,” he says, “is the broader freedom for this today. People are he NEH institute was designed in the forefront. to study systems our students, because they’re the ones who are foundational event in philosophy. People will interested in finding a way to better discern part to send participants home with “What can philosophy do to continue to ask going to be living these lives going forward. argue differently, but just as the foundational which ways are the most authentic to them. T ideas for teaching their students this that question, and what role does God have in of thought, or “Philosophy is not just a discipline to study thing for theology would be Jesus and (his) And we are retrieving a way to this from the lapsed aspect of philosophy. It also examined the good life?” he says. “What role do others systems of thought, or big ideas,” Fr. Romero death and resurrection, so would be the trial ancients.” how philosophy can itself contribute to the have in that good life? What about self? Is it for big ideas. The says. “The ancients show us that it was a way and death of Socrates for philosophy.” It’s not an entirely new phenomenon. He formation of students. self, or is it for others, or God? This (institute) of life. A way to live well.” Fr. Romero embarked on a teaching career points out that this hunger for meaning has Fr. Romero says the institute exposed him has allowed me to think about that again.” ancients show us Institute participants took an intensive that began at Spring Hill College in Mobile, been rumbling for a century. to some “creative and bold” ways in which More generally, he says, the time is ripe for a group tour through Confucianism, Buddhism, Alabama, wound through Boston College and But why? colleagues from elsewhere are teaching this return to discerning what that good life really that it was a way Stoicism, Ancient Skepticism, Existentialism, landed him eventually at Creighton. “There’s less sense today of family unity and practical aspect of philosophy, yet remaining is. Modern society presents lofty challenges to Kantianism and more, and spent time reviewing As a professor and a scholar — his book community-mindedness,” he says. “You get a faithful to its traditions. finding that critical compass. of life. A way to both Hadot’s seminal text and John Cooper’s Without the Least Tremor: The Sacrifice of sense of a set of values from your group, and Take Aristotle’s Metaphysics, for instance. “We don’t have any control over things that Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Socrates in Plato’s Phaedo was published by that’s not as prevalent any more. One professor has his students write their own affect us, leading us to a feeling of despair,” live well.” Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus. Immersive SUNY Press in 2016 — he specializes in ancient “The plus side is, people now have more set of metaphysics, using the traditional text in Fr. Romero says. “There’s never a reason for assignments, outings and presentations helped philosophy and the philosophy of religion. opportunity to discover other ways of life. But a new way, designed to “bring them into today, us to engage or think — instead we feel, ‘I’m REV. ROSS ROMERO, SJ, PH D crystallize the study. He also is one of six Jesuits on campus who the negative side is, they haven’t engaged in a to have students think philosophically and do powerless over this,’ and human beings just One of the things they tried to discern, he live in Creighton’s residence halls — so, in more philosophical search for the good life. We have philosophy.” don’t like that. says, was “what we might call a ‘default script’ ways than one, he has a pulse on the minds of a lot of ways of life, but what is the good life?” Is it a way of making philosophy more “This is a spark of hope that we are called — what do 18-year-olds believe about a way of undergraduates. he says. accessible to young men and women? to something bigger.”

32 Creighton FALL 2018 33 CREIGHTON EXPANDS WHY PHOENIX? WHY NOW? IN THE SOUTHWEST BY CINDY MURPHY MCMAHON, BA’74

34 Creighton FALL 2018 35 t’s not only the “absolutely beautiful” After multiple surgeries, he spent two weeks “Nick is a perfect example weather — notably October through intubated in the ICU. When he woke up, he had April — in Phoenix that has kept Nick this big, booming voice and he was so grateful. of a Creighton student who Matthees, MD’14, in Arizona for his “I got to know him and his wife and the has thrived as a resident residency and upcoming fellowship. whole family over many weeks. It’s those kinds The North Dakota native, of times that remind you of why you wanted to in our program. Seeing who had never lived outside of become a doctor.” students, like Nick, who the Midwest, was in the pioneering class of Matthees’ educational path will soon be develop into excellent ICreighton medical students who spent their emulated by hundreds of Creighton health third and fourth years in Phoenix on Creighton’s professional students, residents and fellows, physicians and then regional medical campus beginning in 2012. as the University recently announced plans to help other students and “I told my family and friends in North Dakota, expand its presence in the Southwest with a Minnesota and Nebraska that Phoenix would health sciences campus in midtown Phoenix. physicians-in-training only be a two-year adventure,” says Matthees. The new Creighton campus addresses do the same, is very Six years later, he’s completing his radiology Arizona’s looming shortage of health care satisfying.” residency at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital professionals and will include a four-year and Medical Center and preparing for a one-year medical school and nursing, occupational RANDY RICHARDSON, MD neuroradiology fellowship at the renowned and physical therapy, pharmacy and physician Associate Dean and Principal Academic Officer Barrow Neurological Institute. assistant schools, as well as an emergency Nick Matthees, MD’14, was Phoenix Regional Campus He credits a host of reasons for that reversal medical services program. The campus is part of the first class of Creighton medical students in plans, but a particular patient he met as a expected to meet the University’s current who spent their third and surgery intern comes to mind when he thinks needs, with room for expansion, at a central fourth years in Phoenix. BRAD ARMSTRONG back over the past six years. Phoenix location that is convenient for “We had a trauma patient who had been students, offering light rail connections and in a terrible car accident,” Matthees says. “He proximity to the hospitals where they will be was in bad shape. His wife was at his bedside doing clinical training. and my attending and I were trying to prepare The health care demand in Arizona is growth in the region. U.S. Census data ranked health sciences with our distinctive Jesuit, Dale Davenport, senior associate dean for The campus will be in an iconic area, called her for the worst before we went into surgery. expected to increase substantially due to Arizona among the top 10 states for population Catholic mission.” the School of Medicine and project leader Park Central, that is undergoing revitalization. growth and, as a popular retirement destina- He emphasized that programs in Omaha for Phoenix, says the new campus, which Sharon (Culhane) Harper, BA’69, Creighton tion, the state also has one of the fastest-grow- will not be impacted and that Creighton will is a strategic priority for the University, alumna and trustee and president and CEO ing older populations. continue to move forward in its partnership will be funded through tuition revenue and of Plaza Companies — which is redeveloping The new Creighton campus addresses Arizona’s According to the Association of American with CHI Health, supporting and building philanthropy, and will provide a way for the Park Central in partnership with Holualoa Medical Colleges (AAMC), Arizona ranks 32nd programs to enhance health sciences education University to continue to expand its health Companies — says Creighton is an ideal fit for looming shortage of health care professionals and out of the 50 states for active physicians, 38th and patient care locally and regionally. sciences programs and help fund all the the project. for active primary care physicians and 45th With the Phoenix announcement, he University’s strategic growth initiatives. Harper, who grew up in Minnesota, relocated will include a four-year medical school and nursing, for active general surgeons. The Survey of noted that the University already has strong Phase one involves construction of an to Phoenix in 1971 with her husband, New York Health Care Employers in Arizona: Hospitals, ties to the Arizona health care community, approximately 200,000-square-foot building native Oliver “Ollie” Harper, MD’70. occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy 2015 showed that the state’s hospitals forecast with more than 250 Creighton-educated to accommodate nearly 800 students, which “We fell in love with this beautiful state and employment growth in nearly every hospital physicians practicing there and its partnerships will begin next spring and is expected to be all of the opportunity here,” she says. and physician assistant schools, as well as an occupation, especially nursing. in the Creighton University Arizona Health completed in 2021. The anticipated enrollment “Creighton is already established here and In announcing the new venture, Creighton’s Education Alliance. Fr. Hendrickson said the includes 400 medical students; 150 nursing is viewed as a prestigious university that brings emergency medical services program. president, the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, University looks forward to “expanding our students; 200 pharmacy, OT and PT students; a unique, person-centered approach to health said the University is preparing for an exciting impact by educating many more exceptionally and 50 physician assistant and EMS students. care education,” Harper says. “I hear from the new era in Phoenix, “… that combines our qualified health care professionals to serve the (Creighton alumni in Arizona currently number doctors in the hospitals that there is something tradition for educational excellence in the community moving forward.” nearly 2,000, with almost 1,600 in Phoenix.) special about Creighton students.”

36 Creighton FALL 2018 37 Kate Collins, left, is part of the Chadwick, MD, vice provost for the Phoenix and spending time with him solidified my love first accelerated nursing class in Phoenix. She is the niece of campus and director of the Creighton University for radiology.” Ann-Marie Alameddin, BA’96, Arizona Health Education Alliance. (See a Q&A For his part, Richardson says, “Nick is a JD, who is general counsel and vice president for strategy with her on Page 52) perfect example of a Creighton student who at the Arizona Hospital and “Phoenix is noted for having a desire to form has thrived as a resident in our program. Seeing Healthcare Association. partnerships and collaborations, so everyone in students, like Nick, who develop into excellent the Alliance sees this as an opportunity to create physicians and then help other students and a successful model for the rest of the country.” physicians-in-training do the same, is very Arizona. Creighton’s new health sciences For resident Nick Matthees, deciding to try satisfying.” programs will bring an influx of clinicians “Creighton in Phoenix” has been life-changing. He says the community service component who hopefully will stay and serve the health “There’s just so much opportunity here,” he of a Creighton education has been rewarding care needs of Arizonans for decades to come.” says. “I have learned so much.” to witness. Alameddin, who graduated from Creighton He especially credits Randy Richardson, MD, “I have the privilege of helping talented in 1996 with a degree in history, participated associate dean and principal academic officer students become excellent physicians, but the in Creighton’s ILAC program in the Dominican for the Phoenix Regional Campus, who recently real joy and reward is to see them give back to Republic in the spring of 1995. “I witnessed stepped down as chairman of radiology at St. the community through service and teaching. the incredible work Creighton health care Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. There are so many faculty, staff, administrators, professionals brought to the Dominicans who “Radiology was always on my mind,” nurses and others on this campus who had no other access to health care services.” Matthees says, “ever since I was a radiology contribute to this kind of culture, making Her D.R. experience sparked her interest tech aide in college. But Dr. Richardson has the Phoenix campus something Creighton in health care delivery systems and policy. been a big part of my experience down here, University truly can be proud of.” “Not being a clinician, there is still a role for people to effect change in health care in a really important way, through effective policy and advocacy in health care,” she says. “What’s interesting about the new health

BRAD ARMSTRONG sciences program in Arizona is that it’s a result

of strategic collaboration between Creighton, WEAVER DAVE two hospitals — Maricopa Integrated Health System and St. Joe’s — and a large physician group, DMG. Each entity is bringing what they “Creighton’s focus on Creighton’s connection in Phoenix began 325 residents and fellows (in addition to about do to the table — excellence in clinical education, some 13 years ago, with medical students 225 in Omaha). rotations and programs in hospitals, physician patient-centered care — completing rotations at Dignity Health St. Another Creighton alumna and Arizonan preceptors. taking care of the body, Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. That who is not a health science graduate “Together they are leveraging their collective relationship expanded in 2009 when the nonetheless is in a key position to evaluate expertise to create something exceptional. We mind and spirit of patients University and St. Joseph’s established the Creighton’s plans in Phoenix. are seeing more strategic collaborations and — is so important for Phoenix Regional Campus for third- and fourth- Ann-Marie Alameddin, BA’96, JD, is general partnerships in health care, and I think that’s the kind of health care year medical students, and, earlier this year, counsel and vice president for strategy at the exciting.” the College of Nursing launched an accelerated Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association. She says she is thrilled about Creighton’s community we all want to nursing program there as well. “Although I loved my four years in Omaha, increased presence in Arizona. “Creighton’s be a part of.” The bond solidified even more in 2017 with I’m a third-generation Arizonan and the focus on patient-centered care — taking care formation of the Creighton University Arizona beautiful Phoenix winters and my family called of the body, mind and spirit of patients — is so ANN-MARIE ALAMEDDIN, BA’96, JD Health Education Alliance — composed of me home,” she laughs. important for the kind of health care commu- General Counsel and Vice President for Strategy Creighton, Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital She calls the shortage of health care nity we all want to be a part of.” Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and Medical Center, Maricopa Integrated Health professionals in Arizona, particularly in rural Alameddin and her family also are person- System (to become Valleywise Health in 2019) parts of the state, “an acute need,” and says ally involved with her alma mater in Phoenix. Randy Richardson, MD, associate dean and and District Medical Group (DMG). And then many Arizona hospitals are struggling with Her niece, Kate Collins, is part of Creighton’s principal academic officer for the Phoenix Regional this summer, the School of Medicine became physician recruitment and retention. first Phoenix accelerated nursing class. Campus, center, confers with Creighton medical graduates in Phoenix, Ciera Oshodi, MD’18, left, and responsible for Graduate Medical Education “We know that physicians who attend “There is such a great deal of excitement in Lauren Glaser, MD’18. Oshodi matched into an (GME) programs at both Dignity Health St. medical school or do their residency in Arizona the health care and higher education arenas OB/GYN residency at Medical College of Wisconsin, and Glaser matched into family medicine at Kaiser Joseph’s and Maricopa, training approximately have a much higher likelihood of staying in here in the Valley over this,” says Jacque Permanente in Santa Rosa, California.

38 Creighton FALL 2018 39 REFLECTIONS A Voice of Diversity The University Chorus, under the direction of Adam Witte, an instructor in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, performs the works of female composers during an October concert in St. John’s Church. For the 2018-2019 season, the University Chorus and Creighton University Chamber Choir are highlighting artists from underrepresented groups. “We’ve been looking at proactive ways to ensure the choral classroom is a place for everybody and ways to represent all of these composers in some way,” says Barron Breland, DM, associate professor and chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. For concert dates and ticket information, visit creighton.edu/ccas/fineandperformingarts.

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Carson areas: Criminal Defense-General 2018 after 33 years as an Army served as parole board member, IMPACT James T. Brady, BS, 61 City, Nevada, published an Practice; Criminal Defense- endodontist/instructor and was parole board administrative law autobiography about his years White Collar; Bet-the-Company awarded the Legion of Merit. judge/hearing officer and senior at IBM titled Computer Systems Litigation; and Appellate Practice. assistant attorney general. She Robert L. Ronconi, BS’80, Architect: From Systems Engineer also served as assistant attorney Anthony J. Sorrentino, DDS, Fort Dodge, Iowa, was to IBM Fellow, Experiencing IBM 84 general for the state of Nebraska ‘Creighton Took a Chance on Me’ BSBA’76, JD, Omaha, was recently granted a utility patent from the Inside. 81 from 1985 to 1991. named the 2018 National All Star from the United States Patent and ROBERT MCCULLOCH, BS’79, MD’83, At Creighton, McCulloch met his wife, the country,” McCulloch says. “We’re experiencing Suzanne Alwine Flynn, Man of the Year by the Leukemia Trademark Office. The patent is Maria Z. Lira, BSN, had no interest in attending late Ann Carnazzo McCulloch, BSN’78, whose doctor shortages … One of the largest cities in 68 BS, North Fort Myers, and Lymphoma Society of for a portable ultrasonic descaling 86 Melrose, Massachusetts, Florida, teaches online graduate America. device which has applications in graduated from New England father, Anthony Carnazzo, BS’53, MS’57, MD’58, the U.S. (Phoenix) didn’t have a medical school college. The Phoenix native was courses at Lesley University and the commercial and residential Law-Boston with a JD in May was a surgeon and a faculty member in the here.” Maribeth Slattery McMahon, more interested in blue-collar Cambridge College, both located in pool, spa and marine industries. 2017. Lira successfully passed the BA, Kansas City, Missouri, a School of Medicine. On weekends, McCulloch To help Phoenix build its medical work- Cambridge, Massachusetts. 82 The handheld device utilizes Massachusetts Bar in July 2017 and work and started an electrician shareholder at Polsinelli law firm, would go to Ann’s family house in Omaha and force, McCulloch has established a scholarship ultrasonic cavitation to remove was sworn in and permitted to Robert K. Sextro, BS, was listed as “Lawyer of the Year” apprenticeship the summer after play with her younger brothers, helping them for Creighton students pursuing medicine in the limescale, stains and calcium practice law in November 2017. Sequim, Washington, for Securitization and Structured graduating from high school. But with projects. Dr. Carnazzo noticed how great Arizona. The scholarship will cover $50,000 per 70 deposits that build up at the retired from Noblis Inc., after a Finance Law by Best Lawyers in Capt. David P. Murphy, BA, waterline of pools and spas, or then the economy went south, McCulloch was tinkering with the projects, and year for four years of medical school. 45-plus-year career that included America 2019. Tim B. Streff, JD, Silverdale, Washington, on other surfaces that come 87 suggested he do something with his hands. “My hope is to look for a student like me, working as an analytical chemist, Omaha, has joined the law firm retired from the U.S. Navy after and McCulloch was laid off. in contact with water. After McCulloch took Carnazzo’s advice and from a blue-collar family,” McCulloch says. an air quality engineer, a quality of Gross & Welch in Omaha as a serving 31 years as a pulmonary/ prototype development, he manager, a civil engineer and a director. critical care physician. His tours September came, and McCulloch scrambled enrolled in the Creighton School of Medicine, “Keep them out of debt.” will seek to either license or systems engineer. in the Navy included the USS to find a college to attend. After a year at a local studying microsurgery to become an oph- “It’s a way to give back to Creighton. It’s Stephen A. Donato, JD, manufacture the device. Ronconi Puget Sound (AD-38), and naval school, he applied to Creighton on a whim. thalmologist. Today, he works at Horizon Eye really understanding this financial burden on Charles S. Caulkins, JD, Fayetteville, New York, has maintained a private dental 83 and army hospitals throughout Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a was recognized as a 2018 Upstate practice in Fort Dodge since 1984 He wasn’t a top student, but he had a good Specialists and Lasik Center in the Phoenix medical students,” McCulloch says. 76 the U.S., Far East, Middle East partner at Fisher Phillips law firm, New York Super Lawyer in the and serves on the board of trustees ACT score. “Creighton took a chance on me,” area, where he practices surgery and manages He hopes with this scholarship, students and Europe. Murphy’s last tour was listed as “Lawyer of the Year” Bankruptcy: Business Practice of the Iowa Dental Association. McCulloch says. “I wasn’t college material at a team of doctors. will have the freedom to choose the path best ended in October 2018 at Naval in Employment Law-Management Area. He also was listed as the time.” “I always thought if I’d become an electri- for them when they graduate medical school, Mary Ellen McLean, DDS, Hospital Camp Pendleton in for the Fort Lauderdale region “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation- Onsted, Michigan, recently San Diego County, California. McCulloch’s father, a Korean War veteran, cian, I wanted to be a business owner because instead of solely focusing on one that repays by Best Lawyers in America 2019 Bankruptcy by Best Lawyers 85 retired as clinical associate His personal awards include graduated from the University of Nebraska I enjoyed the business part,” McCulloch says. “I their debt. and was also named to “The Top in America 2019. Donato is an professor emerita of dentistry the Meritorious Service Medal, Omaha, initiating McCulloch’s familiarity with was attracted to sciences and helping people.” “It really takes people like me, alumni, 100 Most Powerful Employment attorney in the Syracuse, New after 21 years of teaching at the Navy Commendation Medal (two Attorneys” by Human Resource York, office of Bond, Schoeneck Nebraska. Over the years, he’s watched as Creighton others who care about where medicine’s University of Michigan School of awards), Army Commendation Executive magazine for 2018. & King. He is chair of the firm’s Once at Creighton, McCulloch went from has expanded its health sciences into the going,” McCulloch says, “to step up, give Dentistry in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Medal, Navy Achievement Medal Daniel E. Monnat, JD, Wichita, business restructuring, creditors’ earning C’s to A’s. “Creighton really taught me Southwest. money, to not have this crushing debt burden.” Y.E. Scott, JD, Aurora, Colorado, and numerous unit citations, Kansas, of Monnat & Spurrier, rights and bankruptcy practice. to be a good student.” “It’s a good thing for Creighton, but also the — BY EMILY RUST retired after 27 years working awards and ribbons. He is now Chartered, was honored by Best Col. Anthony P. Joyce, BS’79, DDS, for the state of Colorado, having practicing pulmonary medicine in Lawyers in America 2019 in four Yelm, Washington, retired in July California and Washington.

42 Creighton FALL 2018 43 Jayson A. Ford, JD, Dr. Kimberly K. Rodda, Medical Center, Hansen joined the Catherine Howe Wurtz, ALUMNI PROFILE 88 Bennington, Nebraska, 99 BSN, Seaside, Oregon, UNMC faculty in 2013 as assistant 11 BSBA’07, MBA, St. Louis, had his first novel, A Cure for received her Doctor of Nursing professor in the division of was elected to the city council in Nightmares, released by Mascot Practice degree in May 2018 from abdominal imaging. Nic A. Prenger, Kirkwood, Missouri. She currently Books. After being a trial Chatham University in Pittsburgh. BA, Omaha, launched Prenger is the youngest member of the “The moment I stepped off the plane and attorney for 28 years, Ford is now She currently is a family nurse Solutions Group, a consulting firm council. ‘A Life-Changing Adventure’ saw the conditions I would work under and mediating civil cases and focusing practitioner at Providence Seaside that provides digital fundraising how we would have to live, I realized this was Melissa C. Hollabaugh, BA, on writing. His book is the first in Hospital in Seaside. solutions to nonprofits. St. Louis, was honored by going to be a life-changing adventure,” says a trilogy that explores common 12 Asher L. Stoller, JD’99, Jason J. Biss, JD, Lafayette, the St. Louis Business Journal in Sims, who arrived in Nome with his pregnant childhood fears. Subject of Alumnus’ Book 00 MBA, Omaha, is a financial 06 Indiana, was named July as one of the 2018 class for wife and 2-year-old daughter. “I knew right off Melisa De La Garza, JD, Las advisor with the Weissman Eppler chief deputy prosecuting 30 Under 30. That same month, the bat I would write a book about this jour- 96 Vegas, was elected justice Investment Group of Wells Fargo attorney for the Tippecanoe Hollabaugh was promoted from ney, so I began keeping a journal and started of the peace in June 2018 by the Advisors, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, County Prosecutor’s Office in director of annual campaign to making tape recordings of our life and my citizens of Las Vegas. Her career based wealth management team Lafayette. Biss had been a deputy director of philanthropy at World thoughts.” has included eight years as a for high net worth individuals and prosecuting attorney in the Pediatric Project, a nonprofit deputy district attorney, three families. Stoller is based out of Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s dedicated to healing critically ill He delivered babies under Coleman lan- years as a public defender where Omaha. Office since 2006. children and building health care terns and performed surgery without ade- she was on the homicide unit, capacity worldwide. Angela Terry quate anesthesia — often under flashlight Elizabeth Sipperley Dr. Leland A. Barker, BS, three years in private practice and Lennon, JD, Omaha, a partner illumination. Sims nearly lost his own life Bowman, JD, Omaha, was Las Vegas, completed his eight years as a criminal hearing 03 10 at Koenig Dunne law firm in promoted to associate counsel doctorate in kinesiology at the traveling across the frozen Bering Sea tied master. Stuart M. Youmans, DDS, Omaha, was selected as a member with the U.S. Citizenship and University of Nevada, Las Vegas in atop a dogsled, trying to return to Nome after Casper, Wyoming, received the of Leadership Omaha Class 41. Immigration Services, a division May 2018. Dr. Erica D. Stewart, BS, being weather-bound while providing care in prestigious diplomate status Leadership Omaha is one of the of the Department of Homeland Mission, Kansas, graduated from with the American Board of Oral longest-running community a remote Eskimo village. Security. Dr. Neil J. Hansen, BS, medical school and is entering Implantology/Implant Dentistry, leadership programs in the nation. Sims credits Creighton School of Medicine Bennington, Nebraska, was her first year of residency at the symbolizing the highest level of Leadership Omaha is designed for giving him the knowledge and clinical named the Jud W. Gurney, M.D., University of Kansas School competence in implant dentistry. to develop effective leaders who experience necessary to be successful in these Professor of Radiology at the of Medicine – Wichita Family This was the culmination of strengthen and transform the University of Nebraska Medical Medicine Residency Program at difficult conditions. “Without such medical many years of rigorous implant community. Center (UNMC) in Omaha. After Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, training, I never could have made it through surgery, reconstruction and completing a four-year residency Kansas. John B. “Jack” Sullivan, Corey J. Becker, JD, Oxen as I did,” he says. education. There are fewer than in diagnostic radiology and a one- BSBA, Omaha, is the Northwest Hill, Maryland, is legislative 500 diplomates worldwide, and 13 The book received a rather glowing review year fellowship in body imaging Branch manager for Creighton counsel for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst in Youmans is the only diplomate in from Publishers Weekly, and Sims, who lives at the University of Michigan Federal Credit Union in Omaha. Washington, D.C. Troy Vingom, MS, Wyoming. in Bend, Oregon, has been busy making TV Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, was appearances, giving radio show interviews, named assistant vice president for information technology and chief and hosting book signings. He also is writing information technology officer at a blog for Psychology Today, titled “Under Kutztown University in Kutztown, Extreme Circumstances.” Pennsylvania. “The book portrays a message of how we, Ladan Hariri, MD, Laguna as individuals, no matter what our path in life, 14 Hills, California, recently can learn to adapt to extreme circumstances if graduated from the University of we allow our instincts — based upon our train- Southern California Psychiatry ing — to show us what path to follow,” he says. Residency Training Program and On Call in the Arctic is not Sims’ first book — plans to open a private practice. and not likely to be his last. Sims, who grew up Dilasha Neupane, BS, Omaha, was crowned Miss Nepal U.S. 2018 at in South Gate, California, an industrial suburb a pageant held in Plano, Texas, in It was anything but an icy reception of Los Angeles, wrote his first novel when he August. was 10. He also wrote for lay magazines and for THOMAS SIMS, MD’70, late this summer medical journals during his career as a phy- Michael R. Molitoris, MIMFA, 17 Cary, North Carolina, with his release of On Call in the Arctic: sician. He even penned a medical procedure participated in the article “8 Ways training manual and a software manual for ACCELERATED BACHELOR’S TO MASTER’S to Reduce Stress When Saving for A Doctor’s Pursuit of Life, Love and computer software he developed. Earn two degrees in record time. Retirement” that appeared in U.S. Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier. On Call in the Arctic came to fruition thanks News & World Report on June 20, to a juried memoir-writing conference Sims’ 2018. Completing an Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s program enables our Published by Pegasus Books, On Call in the Arctic (OnCallintheArctic. manuscript won. That exposed him to literary undergraduate students to save money on their master’s degree, position Mary Hartzog Cooper, DBA, com) is Sims’ captivating account of his time as a fresh-out-of-med-school agents in New York, one of whom came to rep- themselves for a higher starting salary and complete two degrees in less time. 18 Fayetteville, New York, physician on commission with the U.S. Public Health Service and assigned resent him and who sold the book to Pegasus received her Doctorate in Business to one of the world’s most isolated and harsh outposts — Nome, Alaska. in a matter of weeks. Administration in May 2018 from There, in the early 1970s, Sims worked under archaic conditions as Nome’s Now Sims, retired from medicine, plans Creighton University. She accepted Learn more: creighton.edu/abm a position as assistant professor only doctor, with additional responsibility for 13 nearby Eskimo villages. to write one book a year. Suspense novels, he of accounting at Utica College in Sims knew he had the makings of a good story the instant he laid eyes says, that “naturally, will always include a little Utica, New York. on the rugged backwater town that hugs the icy shores of the Bering Sea. twist of medicine.” — BY TONY FLOTT

44 Creighton FALL 2018 45 ALUMNI PROFILE WEDDINGS BIRTHS Dr. Jo Marie Griesgraber and Joseph R. Bezousek, BSBA, 59 James C. Webster, ARTS, 01 and Becky Stiverson Bezousek, Christensen’s siblings, David Larson, went to Creighton Sept. 29, 2018, living in Fairfax, BSN, Omaha, a son, Patrick Family is Key to Iowa Supreme law school as well, graduating in 1992. He practices law Virginia. Ignatius Elias, Aug. 2, 2017. in Avoca, Iowa. Jenifer Freese Neilsen, BS, John U. Campbell, BSATS, While law may be in her family’s blood, the way 95 and David Ferguson, April 04 and Molly E. Campbell, Court Justice’s Success Christensen went about her studies was a bit unusual. 28, 2018, living in Omaha. BA’06, JD’09, San Antonio, She completed her first year of college at USD, but then adopted a daughter, A’Miyah Kelsey M. Holmes, BSN, and Jay got a job offer in California and Susan joined him Christine Ja’Nae, born on July 24, SUSAN LARSON CHRISTENSEN, JD’91, Brendyn R. Kaintz, BS’13, Oct. 12 2016, and adopted on Aug. 20, 2018. and did her second year at Cal State Fresno. 6, 2018, living in Ballwin, Missouri. the newest justice on the Already parents to their oldest child with another on Andrew Ripley and Amanda Bartels Ladan Hariri, MD, and Dr. John Ripley, BSN, Lincoln, Nebraska, a the way, the couple started pondering a return home. Iowa Supreme Court, says she 14 Larson, April 15, 2017, living in son, Jason Andrew, Jan. 6, 2018. “We had our second baby in California, but Nic, Laguna Hills, California. isn’t much one for bragging, our first, had just been diagnosed with cerebral palsy,” Michael Kaipust Jr. and Stacey R. Nygaard, DDS, and Jennifer M. Kaipust, BA’07, Christensen recalls. “Our doctor said to us, ‘You’re both 08 yet perhaps it was “humble 16 Thomas M. Spellman, BS’10, MS, Papillion, Nebraska, a from Iowa — what are you doing out here? The University DDS, July 14, 2018, living in Fargo, daughter, Toby Marie, Sept. 5, 2018. bragging” that got her to where of Iowa is home to one of the best hospitals in the country North Dakota. Leslie K. Wyckoff, Benjamin F. Rouch, BA, and for treating children with this disorder.’’’ BS’14, MBA, and Luke G. Ulrich, she is today. Valerie Rouch, Southlake, BSBA’11, Sept. 8, 2018, living in 09 The Christensens then moved back to the Midwest, Texas, a son, Grayson Paul, Aug. Richmond, Virginia. The 56-year-old officially took office on Sept. 4, as where Susan started her third year of undergraduate 30, 2018. the third woman in Iowa’s history to serve on the state’s studies at the University of Iowa and Jay started optom- Nicole L. Cherney, BS’13, DDS, Mark E. Farrage, PharmD, high court. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds administered the etry school in Chicago. and Daniel J. Muelleman, 17 BSHS, and Mandy German oath of office to Christensen in a public ceremony on BA’11, JD’15, May 26, 2018, living in 10 Eventually, Susan joined Jay in Chicago and com- Farrage, BS’03, Papillion, Omaha. Lindsay M. Robinson, MD, Sept. 21 in Des Moines. pleted her undergraduate degree in psychology from Nebraska, a son, Patrick Joseph, and Thomas R. Williams, MD’18, Christensen previously served as a 4th Judicial Judson College, a Baptist-affiliated university, in 1988. May 29, 2018. June 2, 2018, living in Astoria, New District Court judge in Iowa, as well as a juvenile court “But I didn’t want to stay in inner-city Chicago,” York. Kathryn A. White, BA, and Maria Calderon, MPH, Buena judge, where she showed a commitment to children’s Christensen recalls. “It was time for Nic to start school Mark R. Austin, BA, June 30, 2018, 15 Park, California, a daughter, welfare issues by serving on Iowa’s Children’s Justice — and for me to start law school — and Jay and I wanted living in Dallas. Daisy Alexandra Guzman, Feb. 7, State Council, Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Nic to be mainstreamed, not in a special school. I applied 2018. Workgroup, Guardianship/Conservatorship Task Force, to the University of Iowa, Drake University and Creighton Cass-Audubon Family Treatment Court and Child University and got accepted into all three.” Support Review Committee. While a student at Creighton, Christensen served as Christensen replaces Justice Bruce Zager, who a mentor to first-year law students, was a member of the announced his impending retirement in May. Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity and graduated cum laude. “I’m not comfortable doing (humble bragging),” In October, she was the featured speaker at a reception UNLEASH YOUR Christensen says in a recorded video interview in July, following Creighton’s Red Mass, an annual service that when she was one of 22 candidates vying for the posi- marks the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term tion. “But perhaps it is the best way I can get my story and celebrates all members of the legal profession. POTENTIAL TODAY. out to you; to help you understand why I am the best “What made me choose Creighton was that I could IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION STATE IOWA person for this job.’’ go home to Harlan, attend law school an hour away in Christensen’s humble beginnings are rooted in Omaha and have family support. All four parents were Harlan, Iowa, where she and her husband, Jay, an optom- a big part of my ability to do this,” she adds. etrist, continue to live today. “Even in my new role, we are Susan Larson Christensen, took a one-year legal secretary course at AIB College of “If Nic were cured tomorrow — if he could walk and JD’91, was sworn in as an GRADUATE committed to the people of rural Iowa and staying here. Iowa Supreme Court justice Business in Des Moines, worked as a legal secretary in talk like other people — I would not want to change how I’ll travel to Des Moines as needed,” Christensen says. in September. She previously Sioux City for a few years, and then joined Jay, who was his disability has affected my life,” Christensen says. “I Prior to becoming a justice, Christensen was a prose- served as a 4th Judicial District PROGRAMS Court judge in Iowa. in his fourth year of studies at the University of South am a better person because of him, and I believe this is cutor and family law attorney for 16 years and spent the Dakota (USD) in Vermillion. reflected in the way I handle myself as a wife, mother, past 11 years as a judge for Iowa’s 4th Judicial District At this point, Christensen had also decided that being friend or judge.” Business | Education | Leadership (eight years as an associate judge and three years as a a legal secretary wasn’t going to be a forever career — At Creighton law school, Christensen was pregnant Health Care | Ministry | Science district court judge). she wanted to pursue her own undergraduate education with the couple’s third child, had her husband finishing The Christensens are the parents of five children — and eventually go to law school to follow in her father’s his optometry studies in Chicago — with him commut- Nic, Adam, Rees, Sadie and Cass — who range in age from footsteps. ing eight hours on the weekends for two years to see the 36 to 16. They also have four grandchildren. Christensen’s father is the late former Iowa Supreme family — and still graduated with honors. Susan and Jay met in first grade, started dating at age Court Justice Jerry Larson, who died in April. Larson “You do what you gotta do for family,” Christensen 15 and married at 19. “We always knew we’d get married served on the court from 1978 to 2008 and holds the says. “Creighton helped make it possible to reach my gradschool.creighton.edu young,” Christensen recalls. After high school, Susan record as the longest-serving justice in Iowa. One of career aspirations.” — BY LISA FOSTER, BA’92

46 Creighton FALL 2018 47 DEATHS Henrietta S. Natenberg, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019 39 ARTS, Northbrook, Illinois, June 12, 2018. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY Mike and Josie Harper Center Ahmanson Ballroom Anna Maxine Shepard Reception immediately following 40 Martin, SJN, Lihue, Hawaii, Evening of Honors June 4, 2018.

Madalin Faltin Vasconcellos, Celebrate our Alumni Achievement Citation and Alumni Merit Award recipients at the 41 SJN, Honolulu, Sept. 15, 2016. Creighton University Evening of Honors. The Alumni Achievement Citation is the most William F. Palais Sr., ARTS, prestigious all-University award presented to Creighton alumni. The Alumni Merit Award 43 Omaha, July 21, 2018. recognizes outstanding Creighton alumni from each school and college. Elaine Karel Roggenstein, 45 SJN, Palm Beach Gardens, For more information and to RSVP, visit alumni.creighton.edu/EOH19 Florida, Aug. 12, 2018.

Thomas J. Svoboda, ARTS, 46 Denver, Jan. 24, 2018. AWARD RECIPIENTS: Mary Eckman Baumann, SJN, Alumni Achievement Citation Graduate School School of Law 47 Phoenix, Aug. 14, 2018. J. Joe Ricketts, BA’68 Philip A. Grybas, MA’71 Steven W. Seline, JD’79 Carlsbad, New Billie J. Harris, DDS, College of Arts and Sciences Heider College of Business School of Medicine Mexico, Oct. 1, 2018. Joseph M. Kathleen Hermann Balousek, BS’68 Jeffrey A. McCroy,BSBA’84 Joseph J. Herbert, MD’66 Holthaus, BS’46, MD, Omaha, July 23, 2018. Shirley Lynch Lalley, SCN, College of Nursing School of Dentistry School of Pharmacy and Health Professions BRENDAN BUSH BRENDAN Los Osos, California, Sept. 2, 2017. Diane Cavanaugh Millea, BSN’77, DNP’11 Kurt D. Stormberg, DDS’91 Nicholas J. Kietzman-Greer, BA’04, DPT’07 Ft. Mitchell, Albert R. Marcil, ARTS, College of Professional Studies ALUMNI PROFILE Kentucky, Aug. 22, 2018. Edgar V. Eric V. Ernest, BSEMS’06, MD’10 Nolan, MD, Daly City, California, May 16, 2017.

Richard L. Campbell, JD, Soothing Souls 48 Littleton, Colorado, Sept. 30, 2018. Charles E. Kerrick, BS’46, It’s not just information ANTHONY COOK, BA’93, helps Mayo Clinic MD, Caldwell, Idaho, July 1, 2018. Neill J. Everitt Jr., BS, John E. Donahue, BS, Macon, Gerald F. Lovell, ARTS, Beamer Breiling, MD, patients find. For some, he helps them find peace of soul. William A. Polen, BS, Covina, 53 Omaha, July 29, 2018. Elaine 58 Georgia, Aug. 23, 2017. Leo J. 62 Nashville, Tennessee, June 67 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 9, California, April 8, 2016. Pearson, MLN, Omaha, Sept. 8, Nieland, MD, Englewood, Colorado, 19, 2018. A. Thomas Mansfield Jr., 2018. Larry J. Hirschberg, BSBA’64, Cook makes his living at the Mayo Clinic, where he’s worked for 17 years. There, he’s an edu- 2018. Peter J. Peters, JD, Council June 24, 2018. DDS, Denver, June 1, 2018. Robert D. JD, Farnhamville, Iowa, July 22, Richard E. Enzminger, BS, cation specialist, helping patients find relevant and appropriate health information to facilitate Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 26, 2018. Donald Mills, MD, Gilbert, Arizona, July 5, 2018. Westminster, Colorado, Richard A. Champ, BA, Sioux informed health care decision-making. 49 W. Weatherill, MD, Scottsdale, 2018. Evelyn Wilson Perlinger, SJN, July 16, 2018. Ellen Smith Fritton, BS, City, Iowa, June 2, 2018. Jane Stultz McKernan, He’s widely known, though, for his voice. Cook regularly volunteers to sing for Mayo patients Arizona, April 4, 2017. 59 Littleton, Colorado, June 2, 2018. Albion, Nebraska, Feb. 13, 2017. Herman J. Hunter, MD, Redondo 68 BSMT, Omaha, July 5, 2018. and for hospice patients at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minnesota. That mostly means spir- James E. “Mike” Carvlin, BS, Beach, California, July 6, 2016. James G. Haller, BS’58, James O. Hix III, DDS, Claremore, Edward M. Atwood, BS, ituals and hymns sung a cappella — though he might also throw in some Nat King Cole, John Pittsburgh, Feb. 25, 2018. Pauline Hobart Langenfeld, SJN, MS’61, MD, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Aug. 11, 2018. Springfield, Virginia, Sept. 54 63 Lennon, George Gershwin, Bob Dylan and others. 50 Edmund P. Russell Jr., BS, Omaha, Mequon, Wisconsin, May 24, 2018. Wyoming, Sept. 14, 2017. Sr. Pierre 27, 2018. Francis W. Dalhoff, BS, Sr. Marian Camel, RSM, Oct. 17, 2018. Marilyn Engskov Roberts, OSB, MA, Yankton, South The impact can be deep. Spring, Texas, Aug. 21, 2018. Philip Adelaide “Corky” Herbert MSEdu, Omaha, Sept. 14, Slavik, SCN, Nampa, Idaho, June Dakota, June 13, 2017. 69 “Music speaks to the soul what words cannot,” Cook says. H. Pogge, ARTS, Omaha, Sept. 30, Erftmier, BSPha, Omaha, 2018. Robert H. Hawke, DDS, San 12, 2018. 60 The family of one patient Cook sang for long ago wrote of how their father, lying unrespon- 2018. Aug. 13, 2018. Rev. Cecil H. Rev. Benedict Auer, OSB, MA, Jose, California, March 26, 2018. sive in a recliner, began mouthing the words to “Jesus Loves Me” as Cook serenaded the man. Darrell J. Lower, DDS, Friedmann, MSEdu, Granville, Lacey, Washington, June Dr. Fred D. Hunker, BA, Dr. Leo M. Hall, BS, Hoover, 64 Omaha, Aug. 13, 2018. Iowa, April 15, 2018. John L. Grady, 8, 2018. William W. Martin, DDS, Montgomery, Alabama, Sept. 2, “Those were the last words to a song he ever sang,” the family wrote. “Never doubt that you Alabama, Oct. 2, 2018. Robert 55 51 James E. Morrison Sr., BSPha, MD, Benton, Tennessee, Aug. 26, Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 10, 2017. 2018. Lawrence J. Quinlan Jr., make a difference in the lives of patients and families.” F. Hassman, BUSADM, Missoula, Tucson, Arizona, July 2, 2018. 2018. William H. Shutze, MD, New Joseph G. Piccolo, BS’57, BSPha, BSPha, Charleston, Illinois, Aug. Cook, who began singing as a child in his church choir, has a long list of credits in musicals, Montana, Aug. 22, 2018. Gordon Leslie N. Pitman, DDS, Canterbury, Smyrna Beach, Florida, July 11, Gretna, Nebraska, July 29, 2018. 18, 2018. L. Ogden, BA, Fresno, California, at festivals and benefits and in other stage appearances. But it’s his time in front of the sick and Connecticut, Aug. 19, 2018. Robert 2018. Dr. Timothy E. Sheehy, BS, Omaha, Aug. 26, 2016. Rita Hrbek Rubin, Kathleen Doyle Kelsall, BA, dying that he finds most rewarding. J. Pogge, BS, Orlando, Florida, April Sept. 13, 2018. BSN, Bellevue, Nebraska, June 17, Sr. M. Lucy Edelbeck, OP, MS, Northglenn, Colorado, July Over the years, he’s shifted from singing what he thinks people want to hear to the songs he 9, 2018. Arthur C. Seigfreid, BSPha, 70 2018. Mary McGinty Wilhelmj, SCN, Milwaukee, April 19, 2018. John P. McClanahan, MBA, 29, 2018. Mary Roh Lee, BA, San says God has placed in his heart. Omaha, July 28, 2017. 61 Annandale, Virginia, Jan. 12, 2016. Sr. M. Irene Hartman, OP, MSEdu, 65 Peoria, Arizona, July 6, Francisco, Nov. 12, 2017. John F. “My desire is to allow God to use my voice and the songs He deposits in my heart to minister Mary Jane Lubischer Larned, Kansas, Aug. 17, 2017. 2018. William P. Walsh, BSBA, West Mira, MD, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dorothy McCann Armstrong, to the needs of His people,” Cook says. “I’m excited about every opportunity. Singing is how I say McSharry, SJN, San Leandro, W. Gerald O’Kief, JD’60, BA, Wood Redding, Connecticut, Sept. 4, Dec. 26, 2017. Nile G. Scott, DDS, SCN, Moline, Illinois, July 56 thanks — by giving away the gift God has placed in me.” — BY TONY FLOTT 52 California, Sept. 1, 2018. Robert J. Lake, Nebraska, July 15, 2018. 2016. Pueblo, Colorado, Aug. 17, 2018. 25, 2018. Dean F. Genzlinger, BS, Spittler, BS, Omaha, Sept. 6, 2018. Robert K. Ortwein, MD, Milwaukee, Paul H. Sokolowski, BA, Milwaukee, Chicago, March 18, 2016. Henry J. Carol A. Glidden, BA, Oct. 7, 2018. Sonja “Jane” Recker July 11, 2018. Huelskamp, BS, Park Ridge, Illinois, Charles W. Bayley Sr., BSBA, Mogadore, Ohio, March 12, Carol Zwartz, a patient Wanamaker, BSMT, Neenah, 66 Aug. 11, 2017. Ramon R. Luina, MD, Brookville, Ohio, Sept. 2018. Dr. Mary Rowson Manhart, BS, at Seasons Hospice, hugs 57 Wisconsin, June 13, 2018. Anthony Cook, BA’93, after Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Sept. 28, 2018. Eugene F. Happe, BSBA, Omaha, Aug. 12, 2018. Edward W. a recent visit. 13, 2018. Regina Murphy Otto, BS, Burnsville, Minnesota, May 1, 2017. Neubaum, DDS, Florence, Colorado, Carmel, Indiana, Aug. 2, 2018. June 23, 2018.

48 Creighton FALL 2018 49 Mary E. Langenegger, BA, Dr. Irene Kawakami ADVANCING YOUR EDUCATION 72 Omaha, Aug. 10, 2018. 88 Yamamoto, BS, Honolulu, April 1, 2017. August B. “Buddy” Hogan Sr., The University has rolled out more than 73 BA’67, MBA, Chatsworth, Anne C. Lind, MD, St. Louis, California, June 3, 2018. Daniel R. Jan. 11, 2018. two dozen of the bite-sized programs in the 89 Higher JOHN TOMAC Grabow, BSBA, Omaha, June 15, blossoming world of badges, credentials and Michael J.A.M. Callahan, BA, 2018. certifications. 93 Bettendorf, Iowa, March 22, John J. Norton, DDS, 2016. Education Creighton, through its newly established Hutchinson, Minnesota, Center for Professional and Corporate 74 Lori Fickenscher Zacher, Sept. 12, 2018. Ricky L. Pruett, Excellence (CPCE), now offers badges in BSBA, Phoenix, July 1, 2018. ARTS, Jacksonville, Arkansas, Oct. 94 professional development areas ranging from in Bite Sizes 18, 2016. Derrith Loneman Murphy, BS, communication to negotiation and conflict Clive, Iowa, Aug. 28, 2018. Christopher E. Wiley, ARTS, 95 resolution, and from technology and innovation Aimee D. Naab, BA, Omaha, June Omaha, July 2, 2018. to project management — and well beyond. The 75 2018. Christine Schneider Overkamp, Badges, Certifications Eugene J. Barone, MD, MS, Papillion, Nebraska, Sept. 6, CPCE was envisioned and launched as part of 76 Omaha, Oct. 11, 2018. 2018. and the Boom in Creighton’s strategic plan; it was built on a foundation previously established within the Rev. Edward M. Bell, MChrSp, Sr. Joan T. Schnorbus, CPPS, ‘Micro-Credentialing’ 77 Parkersburg, West Virginia, 96 MA, O’Fallon, Missouri, Heider College of Business by Dean Anthony March 29, 2017. Rev. Edward M. June 9, 2018. Hendrickson, PhD, and his team. Jach, SM, MChrSp, Dayton, Ohio, Credentials — evidence of completing Dean A. Winsch, PharmD, June 7, 2018. Mitchell C. Kulawik, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Nov. specific training or education programs that BS’73, DDS, Sioux City, Iowa, July 98 Increasingly, higher education 8, 2016. is typically valid for a limited number of years — 10, 2018. consumers are looking more are now offered in project management, finance Bro. John J. Wilson, FSC, MA, Hon. W. M. “Mark” Ashford, Albany, New York, Dec. 20, granularly at their scholarship and Agile/Scrum for product development. JD, Omaha, Aug. 1, 2018. 99 78 2016. — particularly when it comes And a slew of certifications in business, William A. Ballenger, MBA, Council health care and education also are available Bluffs, Iowa, Oct. 6, 2018. Dean Joseph L. High, BSPha’79, to professional development through the CPCE. S. Forney, JD, Omaha, July 18, PharmD, Corpus Christi, 00 opportunities for those already BA JD 2018. Jay S. Moynihan, JD, Tucson, Texas, June 11, 2018. Tricia Brundo Sharrar, ’93, ’96, vice Arizona, Nov. 6, 2016. provost for academic administration and Sarah Fredd Wilcox, BS, well on their career path. partnerships, leads Creighton’s CPCE. She Corcoran, Minnesota, June Gary M. Healy, BSBA’78, JD, 01 In an age when both job specialization and con- Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, 3, 2017. says the micro-credentialing framework can 81 straints on our time have ramped up considerably, June 8, 2018. Kathryn M. Konitzer, be seen as a progression. From the professional eight-week courses, conducted online, that the requirements for completion. Nathan D. Boone, DPT, Longwood, Florida, April full-fledged degree programs don’t always fit the bill. development point of view, badges lead to explore the application of healthy lifestyle Badges issued by Creighton are digitally BSMT, Washington, Utah, Jan. 28, 2018. Steven D. Samuels, BA, 05 For many looking to gain a career edge, it’s badges, cre- credentials and certificates, which in turn can behaviors to prevent and treat chronic diseases. encoded with information using the Mozilla 12, 2017. Rebecca Geiger Fischer, Pueblo, Colorado, Nov. 11, 2016. dentials and certifications that have started to emerge PharmD, Plainview, Nebraska, July lead to the pursuit of degrees. One of the big draws to micro-credentialing Open Badge Framework. Badges can be Sr. Harriet Holles, BVM, 12, 2018. as hot commodities. The trend is known as micro- “It’s a pipeline into our programs of excel- is the ability to “stack” them. Earning a series of downloaded and saved by the recipient MChrSp, Dubuque, Iowa, credentialing, and despite the diminutive name, lence,” she says. badges, certificates and credentials can help you without losing their authenticity, making 82 Michelle L. Mosley, BSN, June 17, 2017. there’s nothing small about it. Robert S. Kaminski, Eastborough, Kansas, Aug. The trend has gained substantial traction — fully illustrate your skills and areas of exper- them portable. Oakwood, Ohio, March 30, 07 BS, 26, 2018. Ultimately, it represents a “a key element of an and credibility. Look no further than Harvard, tise, Sharrar says. That’s valuable not just for Ultimately, micro-credentials are about 2018. answer to the nagging challenge facing higher edu- Northwestern and other such heavy hitters for job seekers, she says, but for all professionals sharpening and expanding your skill sets, Carol Bloom Domico, BSBA, cation and employers” — the ability of learners to evidence that a new age of micro-credentials looking to develop the skills necessary to gain showing employers — current or prospective 83 St. Charles, Missouri, Feb. IN REMEMBRANCE verifiably document and easily communicate the has dawned, Sharrar says. industry competencies, close the knowledge — that you’re up to the task. 12, 2016. John D. Goodman, MPA, acquisition of relevant skills and experience, writes Badge programs in drone aviation and gap to advance professionally, and “contribute “In a competitive job market,” Sharrar says, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 10, 2018. We remember Creighton Geoff Irvine, CEO of Chalk & Wire and an education design thinking, taught largely online, debuted to the ethical leadership in our community, the “earning these achievements is a great way to Michael F. Takemura, ARTS, Spring, University faculty and Jesuits technology industry pundit. Texas, Nov. 13, 2016. who have recently passed.* earlier this year in partnership with Creighton’s region and beyond.” differentiate yourself.” Additionally, Irvine writes in eCampus News, innovation, research and development group, This may not be an entirely new approach Creighton’s badge, credential and certifi- J. Daniel “Dan” Egan, MD, Sr. Patricia L. Spangler, OP, “Badging will help learners view their formal RaD Lab. to continuing education and professional cation program offerings can be found online MChrSp, Adrian, Michigan, professor emeritus of 84 education as part of a lifelong continuum of skills Lifestyle medicine, communication, and development, but one of the unique things at the CPCE website, excellence.creighton.edu. July 29, 2018. Paul M. Thompson, medicine, School of Medicine; acquisition and documentation.” BSPhy, Fort Collins, Colorado, July Sept. 27, 2018 negotiation and conflict resolution are a few about this burgeoning trend is the underlying The CPCE strives to cultivate corporate 27, 2017. Rev. Thomas McShane, SJ, “Higher ed,” he says, “needs to bravely take on the of the initial focus areas of the CPCE’s badging technological component. Badges are verified partnerships by collaborating with organiza- former assistant professor of challenge of verifying and documenting academic efforts. A communication badge, comprising through a micro-credential management tions to create customizable solutions through Kathlyn “Kay” Murphy Yarns, physics, College of Arts and and co-curricular aspects of student learning in a way Lee’s Summit, Missouri, a quartet of four-hour, instructor-led courses system and can be displayed digitally using which they can develop their workforce, fur- 85 MS, Sciences; Oct. 16, 2018 July 31, 2018. that allows employers to see and find the candidates designed for professionals, covers such ground LinkedIn, webpages and other methods. ther their mission and attract new talent. More *Faculty and Jesuits who are Creighton they need.” as body language, public speaking, email and When someone clicks on your badge, a information about partnering with Creighton Kendra E. Wyse, MA, alumni are listed in the Alumni Creighton, showing it is up to that challenge, is digital communication best practices, and other dedicated webpage is displayed that shows is available at excellence.creighton.edu. 86 Wayland, Iowa, July 29, Deaths section of the magazine. 2018. wading determinedly into the micro-credentialing facets of modern workplace communication. you have completed the necessary coursework, — BY GLENN ANTONUCCI waters. A badge in lifestyle medicine involves two along with information about the badge and

50 Creighton FALL 2018 51 CREIGHTON CONVERSATIONS Final Word

We see an improvement in the educational envi- ronment, we see opportunities for research growth, and we see other opportunities for things such as leadership development and photo coming from faculty development. Brad Armstrong How will the Alliance further Creighton’s mission of service? It’s already going on now. These are partners who are dedicated to that mission. The Alliance can help continue that endeavor, continue those efforts, but also enhance them and increase opportunities for students and residents alike. So, likely over time, we’ll even have dedicated positions and part of the website to show learners opportunities of how to give back. It’s already a strong part of the mission and is integrated into the daily activities of each of those organizations. Why is it important to expand health sciences SAVE THE DATE FOR education in the Southwest? The Southwest, Arizona and particularly Reunion Weekend 2019

BRAD ARMSTRONG Phoenix are underserved as far as physicians per 100,000 population and residents per May 30–June 2 100,000 population. Also the Southwest is a growth area of the country, and physician We welcome Creighton graduates of growth has not kept up with population all years for a family-friendly weekend. Leading the Charge in Arizona growth. This is a way to increase and improve the workforce, and therefore improve access. Creighton University is rising in Phoenix. With Having begun her higher education career at Special reunion parties will be held At the same time, we’re attempting, by having strategic partnerships formed with health care the University of Arizona College of Medicine that academic culture added to it, to enhance for the classes of 1969, 1979, 1989, providers recognized for a history of service in 1992, Chadwick says developing curriculum quality over time. 1994, 1999 and 2009. to the greater Phoenix community, Creighton and serving students is “kind of in my DNA.” recently announced plans to build a medical “If I can sit down with someone, even across Where do you see the Alliance in the next five Visit us to find the latest information: campus in downtown Phoenix and to expand the desk one-on-one, and help them find their to 10 years? creighton.edu/reunionweekend its health sciences education in Arizona. area of passion, then it’s a good day,” she says. It’s brand new. So, we have a baby being born Joining Creighton in the partnership are Creighton magazine had a chance to catch here. I’m not sure what this baby’s going to Maricopa Integrated Health Systems (MIHS), up with Chadwick this fall to discuss the sig- look like as a toddler, much less an adolescent. which will become Valleywise Health in nificance of the Alliance. I think that the Alliance just provides this 2019; Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and opportunity that will be strategic in doing all Medical Center; and District Medical Group Why is Creighton an important part of the things included in its goals: enhancing the (DMG). Together, they form the new Creighton the Alliance? workforce, placing an academic environment University Arizona Health Education Alliance. Creighton’s place in the Alliance is actually even more than it is currently into these other Jacque Chadwick, MD, a pioneering admin- crucial. It’s the cornerstone for the Alliance. partner institutions, having an opportunity istrator in health sciences education in Arizona, These other organizations have operated inde- with Creighton’s presence here in combining was named the Alliance director in August pendently and, in some areas, collaboratively health professions education, having other and vice provost for the new Phoenix cam- over the years with a long history of dedication schools within Creighton University partici- pus in October. She is excited to be a part of to education and to service. What Creighton pate in the education here. Way down the road, Creighton’s growing presence in Phoenix. brings to the table is an academic partner. there’s a possibility to transform health care Over more than 30 years of practicing med- The medical school and the other health sci- by transforming how health care education icine, Chadwick has volunteered with the St. ences schools give clinical entities in Phoenix is done. Vincent de Paul Clinic in Phoenix and partici- an additional academic boost. And when that pated in mission trips to Mexico and Honduras. happens, then we see several things as a result.

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One day for the Creighton community to make a big difference.