Vol. 14, Issue 2 • suMMeR 2010 Meet the Press Fellowship Honors Russert legacy Commencement Alumni Survey Results Vol. 14, Issue 2 suMMeR 2010 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY President Robert L. Niehoff, S.J. Vice President for university Advancement Doreen Knapp Riley Assistant Vice President of Integrated Marketing and Communications John A. Carfagno Director, Marketing services-Writing and Interim editor Marcia Meermans Aghajanian Alumni Journal and Campus Photography Coordinator Cheri Slattery Advisory Board John A. Carfagno Sherri Crahen Kimyette Finley ’95 Jack Hearns ’61 Mary Lavin ’87 John Marcus ’72 (ex officio) Paul V. Murphy Doreen Knapp Riley Thomas Schubeck, S.J. Barbara Schubert ’62 Karen Schuele John Walsh Brian Williams John Carroll Magazine is published quarterly by John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118
[email protected] / 216-397-3050 Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, OH 44118, and additional mailing offices. ISSN 1542-0418 www.jcu.edu/magazine POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: John Carroll Magazine Integrated Marketing and Communications 20700 North Park Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 Mission: As a Jesuit Catholic university, John Carroll inspires individuals to excel in learning, leadership, and service in the region and in the world. Photographs by Robert Wetzler by Photographs FEATURES 4 Commencement 2010 Mother Nature delivered in spades for Commencement 2010 on campus in May. Sunny, blue skies shined brightly on John Carroll’s 687 undergraduates and 248 graduate students. This year’s Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient, Tom Brokaw, called upon 4 the graduating class to “go forth and become the next Greatest Generation.” 14 COVER STORY: 14 JCU’s Andrew Rafferty ’09 Meets the Press First fellowship recipient reflects on his D.C.