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DEAR FRIENDS OF SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY:

Letter from the President

The mission and core values of Saint Xavier University unite us and strengthenour resolve to make a difference in the world. This year Saint Xavier Universitycelebrates 160 years of intellectual vigor, faith and service.

When the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Chicago on September 23, 1846, withtheir hopes of educating young women, they were faced with many obstacles.Finances were limited, as was classroom space. Their convictions led themthrough a devastating fire from which they rebuilt, stronger than ever. Thissame determination is visible in our administrators, trustees, faculty, students,staff, alumni, and friends as we apply our core values in support of humandignity and the common good.

A Saint Xavier education considers how our actions and beliefs shape others,as evident in this issue of Saint Xavier Magazine. On our campus, we aretrying to protect the Earth’s resources by building with the environment inmind. Learn about the greening of Saint Xavier’s campus with the unveilingof the new environmentally efficient Rubloff residence hall in “Green Businessis Good Business.” The feature, “Listening to the Voice of Reason,” explores howothers in the Saint Xavier family approach resolution and integrate ethics intotheir daily lives. Professor William Kresse reminds us that not everyone sharesour vision, and he addresses steps you can take to prevent identity theft in hisarticle, “Keeping Your Identity.”

I encourage you to participate in the many academic, social and spiritualevents planned throughout our yearlong celebration of 160 years of SaintXavier University. As you—our administrators, trustees, faculty, students,staff, alumni, benefactors and friends—pursue your goals, you do so withthe support of the Saint Xavier community. Thank you for partnering withus in living the Mercy values we espouse.

Sincerely,

Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D.PresidentSaint Xavier University


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2 SAINT XAVIER JOURNAL

5 GREEN BUSINESS IS GOOD BUSINESS

8 FIRST IN CHICAGO

10 KEEPING YOUR IDENTITY

12 LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF REASON

16 FACULTY NEWS

22 ALUMNI NOTES

26 ALUMNI DIARY

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MAGAZINE PURPOSE STATEMENT: Saint XavierMagazine strengthens the shared connectionbetween alumni, the University and itscommunity. Stories will demonstrate the corevalues of excellence and diversity, encouragelearning for life and engage the minds of theUniversity family.

Saint Xavier Magazine is published quarterly forthe University’s alumni and friends by theOffice for University Relations.

Vice President for University RelationsRobert Tenczar

EditorsMelissa Fraterrigo

Maria-Romina Hench

Art DirectorAndrea Vehe

Contributing WritersRémy BillupsKelly Hladek

William Kresse, J.D.Sara Miller-Acosta

Sarah PhillipsJill RoggeveenEsther Sanborn

Susan M. Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D.Dave Wieczorek

PhotographersMichael Goss

Gillian O’Brien

Editorial OfficeSaint Xavier University3700 W. 103rd StreetChicago, IL 60655

Phone: (773) 298-3573E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.sxu.edu/relations/magazine.asp

Please send your letters to the editorto the above address.

Alumni and Parent RelationsPhone: (773) 298-3316

E-mail: [email protected] site: www.sxu.edu/alumni

Please contact the Office of Alumni andParent Relations for address corrections

and/or alumni notes.

Saint Xavier University, a Catholic institutioninspired by the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy,educates men and women to search for truth,to think critically, to communicate effectively, andto serve wisely and compassionately in supportof human dignity and the common good.

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Colleen Kilduff ’06 will have more than textbook factsto teach her future history students. The Saint XavierUniversity second baseman has been named the 2006National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics SoftballPlayer of the Year. Kilduff is the NAIA’s career leader indoubles, total bases, and batting average, and she finishedNo. 4 all-time in four additional categories: at-bats, hits,home runs and RBI.

What does it mean to you to be the first student-athletein the history of the University to earn national playerrecognition in any sport? This is nothing I ever expected. We really came togetheras a team this year and I think we demonstrated that evena softball program in the Midwest, which has to play partof the year indoors, can achieve something great.

Who were your childhood heroes?My high school batting coach, Amy Lonigro, taught mehow to develop my values both as a person and as anathlete. She taught me to treat others with respect and to care for them on and off the field.

What do you hope to do with your degree?I am majoring in history with a minor in secondaryeducation. I’d like to work in a high school and coachsoftball. I want to teach my students that you can getwhat you want if you are willing to work for it.

What has changed during your time at SXU?Saint Xavier was so much smaller when I first startedtaking classes. Initially, the people I met were athletes,but now I am friends with people from every walk of life.

What is an obsolete item you can’t part with?I have one softball mitt that I’ve had since my sophomoreyear in high school. I keep it wrapped in its own blanket.

What do you hope others learn from you?I currently coach and manage the Orland Sparks, a 12-and-under softball team. We try to motivate our players thatthey must do little things before they accomplish big things.They must learn to communicate on the field the same waythey do off the field. I also hope that after teaching for 10years one of my students returns to me and says, “Youtaught me something I used the rest of my life.”

As the NAIA Softball Player

of the Year, second baseman

CCoolllleeeenn KKiilldduuffff ’’0066 is the

first student-athlete in the

history of the University to

earn national player of the

year recognition in any sport.

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SISTERS OF MERCY COMMITMENTTO SAINT XAVIER CELEBRATED

The Saint Xavier community and the Sisters of Mercy,Regional Community of Chicago, gathered on May 9at the Chicago campus to honor the past, affirm thepresent, and welcome the future of the Sisters ofMercy-Saint Xavier University relationship.

The ceremony anticipated the impending transitionof the University’s sponsorship from the RegionalCommunity of Chicago to the Conference for MercyHigher Education, a national organization sponsoredby the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.The Mercy Bench and the Mercy Higher EducationPlaque that the Regional Community gave to theUniversity were dedicated during the ceremony, whereSisters of Mercy, trustees, administrators, faculty,staff and students renewed their commitment toSaint Xavier’s Catholic identity, Mercy traditionsand educational mission.

“The ceremony was important because we neededto celebrate the ongoing commitment of the Sistersof Mercy to Saint Xavier University,” said SisterSusan M. Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., vice presidentfor University Mission and Heritage. “While thecorporate and Church structures change, the enduringcommitment to Saint Xavier has been solid since 1846.”

All 18 colleges and universities sponsored or co-sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy will share thesame sponsorship. The new sponsorship modelrepresents a unified, national organization of Mercycolleges and universities. The Conference for MercyHigher education aims to preserve and develop thecore Catholic identity and mission of Mercy highereducation and to facilitate collaboration among the18 colleges and universities.

Sister Ann Flanagan, R.S.M., Sister Susan M. Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D.,and Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M., celebrate the change in sponsorship tothe Conference for Mercy Higher Education, a national organization of Mercy colleges and universities.

EXCELLENCE IN ACTION


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FILM FESTIVAL A GATEWAY INTOPALESTINIAN EXPERIENCE

Stereotypes thrive in films. But recent filmmakers alsohave begun to use the media to challenge stereotypesand reflect a culture. Saint Xavier University, recognizingthe diversity of its campus and the community, joinedwith the Gene Siskel Film Center as a venue to presentthe 5th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival fromMay 6 to 24 on the Chicago campus.

Seven of the 22 films shown in McGuire Hallrepresented the spirit and mood of contemporaryPalestinian life, and included more films byPalestinian filmmakers than any prior festival. Theevent was sponsored by the University’s MiddleEastern Studies program.

“The more we educate ourselves about the diversityof the world we live in, the more we learn tounderstand, appreciate and respect our cultureand the culture of other countries and communities,”said Iman Saca, assistant professor of sociologyand anthropology and director of the University’sMiddle Eastern Studies program.

This year’s films spanned a large number of featureand narrative films as well as personal and hard-hitting documentaries that allowed viewers to learnmore about the Palestinian experience.

Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., president of Saint Xavier University recently met withIllinois State Rep. Jim Brosnahan (D-36th), State Rep. Kevin Joyce (D-35th) andState Sen. Edward Maloney (D-Chicago) to express Saint Xavier’s appreciationfor their ongoing efforts and support of the University.

Linda Hartz ’90 welcomed former Chicago Bears lineman and National FootballLeague Hall of Fame inductee Dan Hampton to Saint Xavier University on April 26

to talk about how sports can help one achieve both personal and professional goals.

PARTNERSHIPS RESPOND TO COMMUNITY’S NEEDFOR NURSES WITH ADVANCED DEGREES

The United States is experiencing a nursing shortage that is expectedto intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows.Saint Xavier University’s School of Nursing is responding to the need fornurses who deliver quality health care. Saint Xavier and Rush UniversityMedical Center have signed an expedited admission agreement to helpSXU graduate nursing students obtain doctor of nursing practice degreesat Rush. Also, Saint Xavier signed separate dual-admission agreementswith Joliet Junior College and Moraine Valley Community College thatwill allow students to complete bachelor’s degrees at SXU.

“Employers are looking for nurses with advanced degrees who canprovide quality care in a variety of health care settings, from critical careto community health,” said Anne R. Bavier, Ph.D., dean and professor ofSaint Xavier University’s School of Nursing. “Saint Xavier’s partnershipswith Rush, Moraine Valley and Joliet Junior College will help studentsbring special skills to their patients and practice our core values,especially lifelong learning, service and compassion.”

Saint Xavier’s partnership with Rush is the first in the nation betweena comprehensive master’s university and a doctoral university. Not onlydoes the expedited admission agreement assure a smooth transitionbetween Saint Xavier’s master of science in nursing program andRush’s College of Nursing doctor of nursing practice program, butparticipating students will complete doctoral projects that addresspressing health care problems in the Chicago area.

Saint Xavier’s dual-admission agreements allow interested students tobuild on the foundations they received in the art and science of nursingfrom Joliet Junior College and Moraine Valley Community College.As part of these agreements, students earning an associate in appliedscience degree in nursing will be able to complete a bachelor of sciencedegree in nursing at Saint Xavier’s Orland Park campus.



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DETERMINATION LEADS COUGARSTO WORLD SERIES

Just like the World Champion White Sox, theSaint Xavier University baseball team neverstopped believing. The Cougars started its seasonwith an 8-20 record, but managed to turn it aroundin early April to win 25 of its next 30 games andearn an automatic bid to the NAIA World Seriesfor the first time in 18 years.

“The main key to our success this season was ourteam’s ability to overcome adversity and never give up,”coach Mike Dooley said. “We had a lot of things notgo our way, especially early in the year, and our playerskept believing and playing hard even when the oddswere stacked against them. That is a testament to theplayers, because coaches can tell the team what to do,but the players still have to believe it is possible.”

Injuries to some of the team’s best players early in theseason were definitely factors in the poor start as wellas new players getting adjusted to their newsquad, Dooley said. He credits his seniors withsparking the turnaround.

“Our four seniors, Brendan Christy, LukeGregerson, Chris Gruber and Nick Karko,did a great job of rallying the team, andthe players never stopped believing thatthey could turn the season around.They had an extraordinary will towin, and it was an honor for meto coach such a determined groupof men,” he said.

Saint Xavier earned an automaticWorld Series bid by defeatingMadonna University (Mich.) andwinning the Heartland Super Regionaltitle. At the NAIA World Series, a double-elimination tournament, the Cougarslost to Bellevue University (Neb.) andeventual 2006 champion Lewis-Clark State University (Idaho). SaintXavier ended the 2006 season withan overall record of 33-27, andDooley was voted NAIA RegionVII Baseball Coach of the Year byhis peers in Illinois and Iowa.

Shortstop Brendan Christy ’06led the team in hits, runs scored,

doubles, triples and homeruns. He was named to the2006 NAIA All-American

Honorable MentionBaseball Team.

Sister Gilmary Bauer, R.S.M.

Kimbal T. Goluska

NEW TRUSTEES NAMED

The Board of Trustees at Saint Xavier Universitywelcomed two new members during its spring meeting.Kimbal T. Goluska and Sister Gilmary Bauer, R.S.M.,joined the Board as new Trustees, effective July 1. Bothbring with them a great deal of expertise.

“The traditions and heritage of both Saint Xavier andthe Sisters of Mercy provide a great foundation forcontinuing to foster growth, integrity and leadershipat the University for many coming generations,” saidGoluska, who is president of The Chicago ConsultantsStudio, Inc., a master development group specializingin urban design initiatives. “I hope to contribute toSaint Xavier a strategic and creative developmentperspective as the University and the campuscontinues to mature and evolve.”

Bauer also is looking forward to incorporating herexperience as president of the Sisters of Mercy,Regional Community of Detroit, to the Saint XavierBoard of Trustees. “I have a passion for educationas a context and tool for social transformation.Serving on the Board of Saint Xavier Universityallows me an opportunity to connect my currentministry with this love for higher education, especiallyeducation in the Mercy charism and tradition.”

� 540 students comprise thelargest freshman class inthe history of Saint XavierUniversity

� 300 students plan to reside oncampus, the largest numberof new freshman residents

� 1 in 5 students from the classof 2010 are in the top 10% oftheir graduating classes

� 17 states are representedby this class

� 69% of the freshman classis female; 31% is male

� 20% of students are African-American; 14% Latino/Latina;2% Asian

� The number of freshmanapplications processed bythe Office of Admissionhas quadrupled from 683in 1998 to 2,230 in 2006

Class of 2010BY THE NUMBERS


5S A I N T X A V I E R

B Y K E L L Y H L A D E K

GREEN business is GOOD business

Saint Xavier University’s school colors may bescarlet and gray, but the new residence hall oncampus has everyone thinking green.

The $9 million, 37,000-square-foot RubloffHall, which opened this fall, is the firstuniversity residence hall in the greatermetropolitan Chicago area—and one of only two currentlyunder construction in Illinois—to be certified under the U.S.Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) program. In order to receive theprestigious “green building” designation for this project, theUniversity—assisted by its design [Solomon Cordwell Buenz]and building [Henry Bros. Construction] teams—demonstrated through detailed planning and carefulconstruction the incorporation of a number of sustainablestrategies that protect the Earth’s natural resources.

Located at the center of campus on the west side of theSchmitt Quad, Rubloff Hall has increased the awarenessamong students of environmental issues that they will haveto address in their lifetimes and promotes a collectivemindset that, in general, encourages making thepreservation of our planet a greater priority.According to Paul Matthews, assistantvice president for facilitiesmanagement at SXU, colleges anduniversities all over the country aremoving in greener directions with

their construction and renovationprojects, and he is delighted

that SXU is helping tolead the way.

“Becoming more environmentally consciouswith our building methods enhances thequality of life on campus for students andthose of us who work here,” he said. “It’s goodbusiness.”

The U.S. Green Building Council awardscertification credits in six “green building” constructioncategories: sustainable sites; water efficiency; energy andatmosphere; materials and resources; indoor environmentalquality; and innovation and design process. Rubloff Hall hasearned enough credits in all six categories to reach the second(silver) certification level. The hall’s environmentally friendlyfeatures include high-efficiency lighting, heating, ventilation,air conditioning and insulation systems. Even the roof does itspart to conserve energy and preserve the environment. Morethan 10 percent of the roof is a “green roof,” which is coveredwith clay pots housing small plants that filter and purifyrainwater before it seeps into the ground. The remainingwhite surface of the roof reflects—rather than holds—heat.

“The ‘brain’ of the building, so to speak, is the buildingcomputer system (BCS) that controls all major systems,”

Matthews added. “For example, the HVAC system willautomatically adjust for the amount of CO2

[carbon dioxide] in the air for each space.The computer automatically adjusts

features as needed, or we can adjust themourselves electronically using anycomputer within the campus orremotely from home.”

New residence hall keeps

up with growing demand

for on-campus housing

and the growing concern

for the environment



Matthews reports that 90 percent of the building’s lighting comes from natural sources; thenew heating units are 90 percent more efficient and 50 percent smaller than more traditionalunits; and 100 percent of the building’s required power purchases are generated from “greensources,” such as wind or hydro-electric power. Even the construction materials used, includingadhesives, sealants, paints and carpets all required the “green” stamp of approval as well. Inaddition, the building construction crews recycled over 80 percent of their scrap materials.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A “ TEACHING OPPORTUNITY”

“The whole premise of sustainability is ‘Let’s keep it out of the landfill,’” Matthews said. “Wehave a teaching opportunity here. We want students to be the stewards of this building. Thereare recycling bins conveniently located on each floor, and we are expecting students to recycle.Bike racks have been mounted in several of the students’ closets to encourage an alternatemeans of transportation around campus.”

Apparently JJeessssiiccaa MMoossssuuttoo ’’0077 is up to the challenge. An elementary education major fromOak Forest, Ill., Mossuto is one of four resident assistants living in Rubloff Hall. She regularlyuses her bicycle to get from one place to another on campus, and having access to energy-efficient housing gives her another opportunity to enjoy a lifestyle that does not negativelyimpact the environment.

“I like the fact that Saint Xavier is concerned about the community,” she said.

SXU’s student population has been rising steadily inrecent years, and presently, more than 5,700 studentsare enrolled at the Chicago and Orland Park campuses.Rubloff Hall is the third residence hall built on SXU’scampus since 2001. According to John Pelrine, vicepresident for Student Affairs, the University’s eventualgoal is to be able to house at least 1,000 students at theChicago campus. With Rubloff Hall, on-campus housingcapacity is just over 700.

“At Saint Xavier, we regularly develop programs andservices that support student success,” Pelrine said.“Residence halls definitely add to the vibrancy of campuslife…24-7. Our students will tell you that they had abetter college experience because they lived on campus.”

Rubloff Hall features a colonnade that connects the hallto McCarthy Hall. The Wi-Fi enabled facility has fivefloors and can house up to 88 students in apartment-style rooms, six of which are one-bedroom units. TheResidence Life Office also is located on the first floor, anda conference center on the fifth floor offers picturesqueviews of the entire campus. For residents’ safety andconvenience, the “Cougar Card” identification cardactivates the entryways, elevators and laundry facilities.

“Becoming more environmentally conscious with ourbuilding methods enhances the quality of life on

campus for students and those of us who work here.”

Ken Kulick and Gerry Giovannelli (SXU Buildings and Grounds) give Dixmoor Rosa Parks students aninsider’s look into the environmentally friendly features of Rubloff Hall. Some 50 middle school students wereguests of SXU this past spring through a generous grant from the Agatha O’Brien Fund of the Sisters of Mercy.

–Paul Matthews


Rubloff Hall is named for Arthur Rubloff, a prominent Chicago realestate developer and former SXU trustee who passed away in 1986. Hisestate named Saint Xavier a beneficiary. Steve Murphy, vice president forUniversity Advancement, noted that, while Rubloff is remembered fordeveloping numerous Chicago-area landmarks, including downtown’sMichigan Avenue “Magnificent Mile” and Evergreen Plaza, he “held greataffection for the city’s South Side and for the Sisters of Mercy.” Rubloffjoined the Board of Trustees in 1980 at the invitation of life trustee JimMcDonough and former trustee Frank Schaffer. Rubloff was awardedan honorary degree from SXU in 1985.

Vince Gavin, trustee for Rubloff ’s estate and former SXU trustee, said several of Rubloff ’s residentialdevelopment projects included “environmentally friendly” features long before the expression becamepopular. He believes Rubloff would applaud the hall’s Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) certification.

“Arthur would always take the extra steps or spend the extra money to make efficient improvementsin any aspect of the building process…the lighting, HVAC, the landscaping…” Gavin said. “Hebelieved these accommodations were important for the residents…just as important as the brickand mortar.” To date, cash received from Rubloff ’s estate has exceeded $2 million.

RUBLOFF WOULD APPLAUD NEW RESIDENCE HALL


LONG-TERM SAVINGS MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR FRONT-END COSTS

A $90,400 grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation provided theseed money for the project’s design and commission stages and will help with the finalinspection costs. A tax-exempt bond issue obtained by the University has financed theremainder of the project.

Matthews acknowledged that it cost slightly more to build Rubloff Hall. [A similar building, built using more conventional methods, would have cost $291,400 less.] Buthe and others at SXU are convinced that the long-term savings will more than makeup for higher front-end costs.

“A standard building would last 15 years before it needed substantive repairs,” he said. “RubloffHall is expected to last twice as long. Also, if it were constructed in the traditional manner,energy costs would reach $90,000 annually. But the new hall will cost the University under$60,000 for energy each year. It’s also important to keep in mind that initial costs becomeless and less as technology advances and our own human knowledge grows.”

Greener construction methods call for new ways of maintaining energy-efficient structures.Matthews said Rubloff Hall is helping everyone on campus learn how to be “green sensitive.”University engineering, maintenance and housekeeping staff members as well as the residentshave been trained on how to use, clean and maintain the new building and its features.

“We [the resident assistants] have the most direct contact with the other students living here,and we need to take the lead in teaching them how to take care of the building,” Mossutoadded. An educational kiosk in the hall’s foyer also enables residents and visitors to watchvideo clips that explain the building’s efficiency.

“This project forever changes the way the University will approach a construction orrenovation project,” Matthews said. “Rubloff Hall is our education platform for futurebuilding projects on campus.”

Rubloff Hall resident assistant Jessica Mossuto ’07uses her bicycle to make the 10-mile trek from herhome in Oak Forest, Ill., to campus. She said studentsappreciate the hall’s indoor accommodations forbicycles. “We’re definitely seeing more bikes oncampus,” noted the elementary education major.

Join the Saint Xavier Universitycommunity in the dedicationand blessing of Rubloff Hall

on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 5:30 p.m.at the main entrance to the building,

facing Schmitt Quad.For more information contact the Office of Special Events

at (773) 298-3311 or e-mail [email protected].



Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy,hoped to open educational and medical establishments to carefor those who were impoverished, ill or in need of education—especially women and children. McAuley grew up in poverty inDublin, Ireland. She lived for a time with a wealthy family wholeft their fortune to her. She used this money to open a Houseof Mercy on Baggot Street on the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy,September 24, 1827, now celebrated every fall on campus as “MercyDay.” McAuley intentionally chose the Baggot Street location ina wealthy neighborhood of Dublin so that the privileged wouldhave daily contact with those less fortunate than themselves.

Dublin’s archbishop encouraged McAuley and the 12 otherwomen who served at the House of Mercy to become an officialreligious community. But McAuley worried that this would limittheir access to those in need outside convent walls. Three yearslater, the archbishop agreed and in 1831 McAuley founded theSisters of Mercy. At the time, it was rare for religious women towork outside their communities, so the Sisters of Mercy becameknown as the “walking sisters” for their unique service on thestreets of Dublin. It was Catherine’s inspiration that led her fellow

Sister, Frances Xavier Warde, to journeyto the United States to continue theSisters’ mission abroad.

The Sisters of Mercy werepioneers of education back whenChicago was just a small, newlyincorporated city on the lake. Thesebrave women came to the UnitedStates from Ireland—Frances XavierWarde and five others under the ageof 25—and within a mere three weeksof their arrival in Chicago, they foundedthe city’s first Catholic academy foryoung women. The Sisters named theacademy for Frances Xavier Warde and

her patron saint, the 16th century Spanishmissionary and educator Saint Francis Xavier.The Sisters also were pioneers of health care,opening Chicago’s first chartered hospital in 1852.

So many students enrolled in Saint XavierAcademy that within a few months new facilitieswere needed. The Academy soon moved to a newcampus on Wabash near Madison. It wasdestroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, andthe only piece of property that remains is theAcademy Bell. Today a plaque commemorates theoriginal downtown site of the Sisters’ Academy.

Saint Xavier Academy relocated to thesouthern edge of town and rebuilt at 29th andWabash near Mercy Hospital in 1873, then againat 49th and Cottage Grove in 1901. With the needto expand even further, the Sisters dreamed big.After much prayer and fundraising, 155 acres ofprairie land at 103rd and Central Park waspurchased. In 1956, the brand new moderncampus was dedicated; thus this year Saint Xavier Universitycelebrates 50 years on the Southwest Side, as well as 160 years ofMercy higher education in Chicago. Still the University continuesto grow, with the opening of the Orland Park campus in 2004,Rubloff Hall, a new student residence opened this fall, and plansare in place for a new library, student center and other facilities.

Today there are 18 Mercy colleges and universities in theUnited States. Saint Xavier University is the oldest and largest. Weare very proud of our history, and our mission reflects that. We area community—a family—committed to faith, education andservice, in the Mercy tradition.

Esther Sanborn is the assistant director of Campus Ministry, whichencourages the Saint Xavier University community to carry on theSisters of Mercy’s dedication to the poor, ill and undereducated throughvolunteerism and service projects.

FIRST INCHICAGO

A HISTORY of SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Saint Xavier’s rich history begins with the Sisters of Mercy who establishedthis institution 160 years ago in a little wooden church in downtown Chicago.

Members of the class of 1896

On the campus of 49th Streetand Cottage Grove Avenue

B Y E S T H E R S A N B O R N



Take the test!Match the description of a relic fromSaint Xavier’s history with the appropriatephoto. Answers can be found at thebottom of the page.

1. The Mercy Heritage Walkcommemorates the “walking sisters”for their service on the streets of Dublin.

2. This Sister of Mercy journeyed to theU.S. to found Chicago’s first Catholicacademy for young women.

3. Pre-dating the Chicago Fire in 1871,the Academy Bell called the Sisters ofMercy to prayer and to teaching everyday at Saint Xavier Academy. In 2004,the Academy Bell was installed anddedicated on the campus of Saint XavierUniversity, where it graces the mainentrance of the Warde Academic Center.

4. The Sisters of Mercy Window depictsMother Catherine McAuley and sitsat the east entrance of the WardeAcademic Center on the Chicagocampus.

5. The Mercy Higher Education Plaquehonors the past, affirms the present,and welcomes the future of the Sistersof Mercy-Saint Xavier Universityrelationship.

Sept. 20: Bill Rancic, Donald Trump’s first apprentice. Rancic will addressthe ethical challenges he confronts as an entrepreneur. He also will talk abouthow he handles his newfound fame and how his family, faith and educationinfluence his approach to life and work at 7 p.m. in the Shannon Center.*

Sept. 21: Peter Steinfels, author of A People Adrift and former New YorkTimes religion editor, kicks off the Catholic Colloquium Series “To Be in‘Good Standing’: Challenges to Catholic Universities Since Vatican II” at7 p.m. in the Butler Reception Room on the Chicago campus.†

Sept. 22: Mercy Day (observed). Mercy Day celebrates the Sisters ofMercy and the spirit of compassion, hospitality and service that characterizestheir ministry. Sept. 24 is the date of the feast of Our Lady of Mercy and onSept. 24,1827, Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, openedthe first House of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland.

Nov. 2: “Remembering the Pope John XXIII Symposium: A Forty-YearRetrospective and Prospective—The Theological Task Confronting theChurch Today.” Some participants from that symposium will return toSaint Xavier to reflect on the event and its outcomes. Patrick Burke,founding director of the Pope John XXIII Institute and professor emeritusat Temple University, will speak about the “symposium that made history”at 7 p.m. in McGuire Hall.

Nov. 6: Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, S.J., Ph.D., Parker Gilbert MontgomeryProfessor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at the Harvard UniversityKennedy School of Government and president of Catholic Charities in theArchdiocese of Boston. Part of the “To Be in ‘Good Standing’” lecture seriesat 7 p.m. in the Butler Reception Room.†

Nov. 10 to 11: Portraits of Women in Islam: Comparative Perspectivesand Challenges Conference.°

Dec 1: Founders’ Day (observed). Founders’ Day commemorates the fiveSisters of Mercy who, with Mother Frances Xavier Warde, founded SaintFrancis Xavier Academy for Females, the forerunner of Saint XavierUniversity, in 1846 in downtown Chicago.

Jan. 19: “One Just Person,” a celebration commemorating the life andlegacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Feb. 6: M. Shawn Copeland,Ph.D., associate professor oftheology at Boston College. Part ofthe “To Be in ‘Good Standing’”lecture series at 7 p.m. in the ButlerReception Room.†

March 8: Francis CardinalGeorge, O.M.I., Ph.D., S.T.L.,Archbishop of Chicago. Part ofthe “To Be in ‘Good Standing’”lecture series at 7 p.m. in theButler Reception Room.†

March 29: Mary Ann Hinsdale, I.H.M., Ph.D., associate professorof theology at Boston College. Part of the “To Be in ‘Good Standing’”lecture series at 7 p.m. in the Butler Reception Room.†

March 29-31: Dead Man Walking in collaboration with the MotherMcAuley High School theater department and Brother Rice High School.Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author of the book on which the play is based,will attend the March 30 performance.

For more information on events celebrating SXU’s160th anniversary, please visit www.sxu.edu/anniversary.

Supported by: * The Center for Religion and Public Discourse and Great Lakes Bank† Lilly Fellows Program° McCormick Tribune Foundation

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It was a salesman for an auto

dealership in Michigan.

The salesman first thanked Bob for his business,informed him that they had located the $50,000vehicle that he had ordered from their Web site,but needed to know where Bob wanted to takedelivery and sign the papers for the financing.

Everything seemed to be in order, except for onedetail: Bob had never ordered the car.

Bob told the salesman that he must have thewrong number, but the salesman confirmed Bob’sname, address and phone number; the salesmaneven had Bob’s Social Security number. The onlydetail that didn’t match was Bob’s cell phonenumber. The salesman explained that while thecell phone number was the telephone numberthat was filled in on the Web site’s financingapplication and that since he had Bob’s homephone number from his credit report, he decidedto try calling Bob at home first.

Suspecting that something was wrong, Bob toldthe salesman not to do anything, and thatsomeone would be in touch with him shortly.

Bob called the police and was directed to theChicago Police Financial Crimes InvestigationsUnit. The detectives there immediately knew whathad occurred: Bob was a victim of identity theft.

The Financial Crimes detectives contacted theauto dealership in Michigan, contacted a similardealership in Chicago, and then set up a sting.

A detective called the cell phone number thatthe Michigan dealership had on the financingapplication and, posing as an automobilesalesman, told the party who answered thatthey had the vehicle he ordered at the Chicagodealership, then set up a time to pick up thecar and sign the paperwork.

Detectives staked out the Chicago dealership.At the appointed time, two individuals, whoseactual names were George and Steve, enteredthe showroom. George identified himself as Bob,and said he was there to pick up his new car.George signed the financing papers using Bob’sname and was immediately arrested for forgery.A background check on George showed that hehad an extensive criminal record.

But an investigation into George’s companion,Steve, showed no criminal record. However, itdid show that Steve was employed as an orderlyat a local hospital— the same hospital whereBob had recently undergone hand surgery.Further investigation made the situation clear:Steve had accessed the hospital’s computersto e-mail patient information to George, whothen used the information to purchase high-endautomobiles from the Internet.

The criminal case against George and Steve iscurrently pending.

* Based on a true story. The names and some facts were changed toprotect the parties. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in acourt of law.

B Y W I L L I A M K R E S S E , J . D . assistant professor and directorof the Financial Fraud Examination

and Management Program at theGraham School of Management

IdentityKeeping

Your


Saint Xavier UniversityAwarded Research Grant

from the Institute for Fraud Prevention

The Institute for Fraud Prevention (IFP)announced that it has awarded the Graham

School of Management a $40,000 research grantto study identity theft in Chicago. Researcherswill analyze the sources, causes and victimsof identity theft in the City of Chicago. As anextension of the “Partnership in Education”

between the Graham School of Managementand the Chicago Police Department, the

researchers will be working closely with officersand staff of the police department. Assistant

Professor William Kresse of the Graham Schoolis the principal researcher on this project. He

will be assisted by Assistant Professor KathleenWatland and adjunct faculty member andChicago Police Detective Sgt. John Lucki.


Bob’s situation is not unique.

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America.According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation anincident of identity theft occurs every 3.3 seconds.Thieves could use your personal information withoutyour knowledge to commit fraud or theft. Anidentity theft victim, on average, loses $1,500in out-of-pocket expenses and spends 60 hoursto resolve his or her case.

Being proactive is your best defense against identitytheft. Here are some of the more popular methodsfor stealing identities with suggestions to avoidbeing victimized.

Take stock of what’s in your wallet and purse.Despite what many might think from recent high-profile media reports, the most popular methodsfor stealing identities are two of the oldest, mostlow-tech methods: pocket picking and pursesnatching. In addition to the usual methods foravoiding pickpockets or purse-snatchers, you canfoil attempts to steal your identity by limiting thecontents of your purse or wallet. Remove extracredit cards and identification cards. Social Securitycards or Social Security numbers should never becarried in a purse or wallet. A record, or better yet,a photocopy, of the contents of your purse or walletshould be kept in a safe place at home so that if thewallet or purse is stolen, you can quickly and easilyfile a report with the police and with credit bureaus.

Keep financial documents in a safe place. Whileidentity theft by strangers may seem more likely,theft by relatives, friends and in-home employeesis actually more prevalent. Items that could beused to steal identities, such as blank checks, SocialSecurity cards and bank statements, should notbe left unsecured around the house. A home safemay be a very wise investment. Unwanted creditcard applications and other unneeded financialdocuments should be destroyed, preferablyin a shredder.

Keep your guard up online. Online identity theftis a massive, ever-changing and growing problem.Internet security software should be consideredmandatory and should be kept up-to-date.Additionally, be very wary of any unsolicitedoffers received via the Internet, even those thatappear to be from known organizations, as Internet“phishing” has become very sophisticated.

Review your credit report regularly. Takeadvantage of the new federal law that allows youto obtain one copy of your credit report fromeach of the three major reporting agencies oncea year, and review the report carefully for anyunrecognized credit inquiries. A wise method isto spread this activity over the year by requestinga report from a different agency every four months.

Watch your mail. Mailboxes, especially those atcurbside and in multi-unit buildings, are often thesource of identity theft. Mail should be promptlyremoved from mailboxes. If you are going away,ask the U.S. Postal Service to hold your mail whilegone. All outgoing mail should be deposited inPostal Service collection boxes or taken to a postoffice, never left in your personal mailbox wherethieves could steal it.

Get a new pen. Always write your checks withgel-ink pens to prevent your checks from being“washed” if they ever are intercepted. The pigmentsin gel ink bind with the check paper’s fibers,making check washing extremely difficult.

While these suggestions may not totally preventidentity theft, they will make it more difficult foridentity thieves. However, if you suspect you area victim of identity theft, you should take thefollowing steps.

Call the police immediately. File a report andrequest a copy of the report. There are specific statelaws regarding identity theft in addition to federallaws. Having a police report can help you deal withcreditors who need proof of the crime.

Contact all three credit bureaus. Tell them that youhave been a victim of identity theft, place a fraudalert on your file and request a copy of your creditreport. Fraud alerts can help prevent an identitythief from opening accounts in your name.

Contact your bank and credit card companies.Inform all of them to watch your accounts forunusual activity.

Despite the prevalence of this crime, identitytheft is such a new offense that little research hasbeen conducted on the sources and preventionof identity theft. However, that is changing.

Recently, the Institute for Fraud Prevention, anorganization formed by the American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants and the Associationof Certified Fraud Examiners, issued researchgrants for the first time. The grants were awardedto Northeastern University in Boston, Saint John’sUniversity in New York City and Saint XavierUniversity in Chicago.

The research grant awarded to Saint XavierUniversity is being used to study trends in the crimeof identity theft in the City of Chicago. Researchersare working closely with members of the ChicagoPolice Department through the CPD-SXUPartnership in Education program to study morethan 24,000 identity theft case files opened by theCPD in the past five years. The primary researcherson the study are Assistant Professors Kate Watlandand Bill Kresse, and adjunct faculty member andChicago Police Detective Sgt. John Lucki. Whencomplete, the SXU study will be the largest andmost comprehensive study of identity theftconducted anywhere to date.

ResourcesEquifax: (800) 525-6285 or www.equifax.comExperian: (888) 397-3742 or www.experian.comTransUnion: (800) 680-7289 or www.transunion.comFederal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov/idtheft

This evidence was discovered during the raid of a suspectedidentity theft operation on the South Side of Chicago.

From left to right: Joe Minnelli, Chicago PoliceAcademy; Steve Gawrys, Chicago Police Academy;Special Agent Bob Smolich, USAF Office of SpecialInvestigations; Assistant Professor Kate Watland,Graham School of Management; Jim Marino,Chicago Police Academy

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It’s really not so difficult, Plutarch, the Greek biographerand historian, wrote. “If you make virtue the rule of yourconduct, and the end of your actions, everything willproceed in harmony and order.”

Proving that the relevance of Plutarch’s assertion hadn’t changedover the centuries, some 1,800 years later Abraham Lincoln puta log-cabin spin on personal ethics: “When I do good, I feelgood; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”

What both men expressed in different words is still true today.

“I see ethics as an undercurrent in everything you do, thatseparates everything from what you consider to be right andwrong,” says JJaammeess SSlleeddggee ’’8899, a former assistant Cook CountyState’s Attorney and, since 2003, executive director of the IllinoisHuman Rights Commission. “It’s like a little check in yourhead, your conscience, something that keeps you from goingoff the path.”

The little head of conscience hovering over Sledge’s shoulder willalways be SSiisstteerr DDeenniiss OO’’GGrraaddyy,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’3377, his faculty adviserat Saint Xavier and now professor emeritus of political scienceand criminal justice. Sledge majored in political science and latergraduated from the University of Notre Dame’s law school.

“I was interested in anything to do with lawyers, so Sister Deniswould tell me the basics of how the law works, how attorneys

argue different positions,” Sledge recalls. “She would tell mewhat it took to get through law school, and that once youbecame a lawyer there were canons of ethics to follow.

“Sister Denis instilled in me that ethics are the driving forcefor conduct, that you should build them into your professionaland personal setting, and then you’d always have that base towork from.”

L AYING THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONThat ethical base is what Saint Xavier has been building brickby brick, student by student, since the University’s founding in1846 by the Sisters of Mercy.

“Ethics are part and parcel of an education at Saint Xavierbecause we want our students to choose what’s best, and what’sright,” says SSiisstteerr MMaarriioonn JJoohhnnssoonn,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’6600, who retiredin 1999 after 35 years as a teacher of biology. “To me, thedefinition of ethics is living honestly, with yourself, yourfriends and with nature.”

Most students arrive at Saint Xavier with a sound concept ofpersonal ethics that they acquired at home. They are thenchallenged by faculty to examine those ethics, to strengthen thecore value of those ethics, and to recognize how those ethicswill be tested in broader settings beyond campus life.

B Y D A V E W I E C Z O R E K

Great minds have philosophized about ethics—our moral belief system—

since man took his first breath. Boil away the excess rumination and ethics

still comes down to this: knowing the difference between right and wrong,

and having the strength of character to choose right over wrong.

LISTENINGVOICE OF

to the

James Sledge ’89



GREASONF



PPaattrriicciiaa FFooxxxx ’’0022 is a graduate student in the master of arts ineducation program and was a recipient of the 2006 StudentSummer Service Project Fund. She piloted a free tutoringprogram for children with autism and other special needs. Herfirst “grown-up” lesson in ethics came early, and its impact wasas shocking as a slap in the face. While she has a forgivingnature and is not one to hold a grudge, she hasn’t forgotten thehurt a wrong or inappropriate decision can cause.

“I have a younger brother who is autistic,” Foxx says. “He wasn’tdiagnosed with autism at a young age because there were a lotof costs involved and our family’s HMO wouldn’t pay for thetests. That taught me something about ethics.”

While her father, a Cook County Sheriff ’s deputy, “talked a lotabout how unfair life could be” while she and her siblings weregrowing up, “we were supposed to suck it up, deal with it”—without abandoning their standards for what was right.

At Saint Xavier, Foxx came under the influence of educationprofessor Meg Carroll, “who was always doing somethingfor someone else. She taught me to be on time for class,which might seem like a small thing. But I learned why that’simportant when I was suspended from work for a week aftershowing up late again and lost a paycheck. I actually wentin and thanked my boss. Being late was irresponsible andself-serving. Other people were depending on me.

“Professor Carroll pounded that lesson into me,” Foxx says,adding with a laugh, “in a gentle, nudging way.”

That kind of practical, real-life experience is what Johnsonalso brought to her biology classroom over the course ofnearly four decades.

“My way of teaching was to have students observe firsthandthe environment,” she says. “I wanted them to develop a whole

sense of the diversity out there, and what happens when weintroduce things that don’t belong in that environment.”

She took her students on month-long camping field trips toFlorida to explore sensitive ecosystems, to the city sanitationdepartment to show them the challenges local communitiesfaced. Every spring and fall she and her students cleaned debrisfrom the campus lake, which was named Lake Marion in herhonor when Johnson retired. The amount of trash they pluckedfrom the water angered the students, who couldn’t understandothers’ environmental insensitivity.

“It was important,” says Johnson, “for the students not to getall the answers from me but to observe and draw their ownconclusions, about pollution, for example, and how they couldbe part of the problem or the solution.”

HEADING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH The power to choose good and not evil, said Origen, theChristian theologian and philosopher, is within reach of allof us. We know instinctively, in other words, the differencebetween right and wrong. So why do we often opt for the latter?

“Self-interest, shortsightedness. People think they can get awaywith it, that their actions won’t hurt anybody,” says JJoohhnnnnyyWWaasshhiinnggttoonn ’’7722, who studied philosophy at Saint Xavier beforeearning a Ph.D. at Stanford.

“Once when I was in New York City I went to an ATM to get some cash,” Washington recalls. “I knew I had $40 in myaccount, but the machine said I had $400. When I later sharedthis with my students, they said it was the bank’s mistake, that I should have taken the money. They had no problem withthat. This was a machine, not a person. It wasn’t as if I wouldbe taking the money out of a person’s hand.”

The anonymity of such a transaction, he says, seemed to makeit OK in the eyes of his students.

“I see ethics as an undercurrent in everything you do, that separates everything

from what you consider to be

right and wrong.”

Patricia Foxx ’02

–James Sledge ‘89


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The ethics Washington promotes today to students at MissouriState University, where he has been a faculty member since1993, were shaped by several Saint Xavier instructors, includingphilosophy professors Paul Hazard and the late John Ziegler.They introduced Washington to John Dewey’s idea ofexperience and reflection, democracy and community, andto Immanuel Kant’s “dare to know” moral teachings.

“On my own I started reading some of the feminist literatureon ethics, especially Allison M. Jaggar and Virginia Held,” saysWashington, author of Evolution, History and Destiny: Letters toAlain Locke (1886-1954) and Others. “They brought a differentperspective to ethics, focusing on caring and nurturing,sensitivity and sustainability.”

From working with homeless children and tutoring children inher summer program, Foxx learned that those qualities—caringand nurturing, sensitivity and sustainability—are absent fromsome people’s lives. That, she says, can sometimes make anobvious choice less so.

“There are a lot of gray areas, and sometimes people fall intothose shades of gray,” Foxx says. “I worked with some homelesskids who lived in a shelter. You have to realize that in their world,right and wrong and compassion don’t always balance out.”

ETHICS IN TODAY ’S FAST L ANEWhile most would agree that moral murkiness is the resultof our own waffling between right and wrong, there’s alsoagreement that the fast pace of today’s world can muddythe water.

“The Internet, the digital world, I don’t interpret those asgreat evils, but they do have negative-positive consequences,especially on young people,” Washington says.

“You see a lot of explicit things kids are being exposed to.You can go online with the rest of the world, but there’s ananonymity to what you’re doing. Maybe we’ve become lesscommitted spiritually, less oriented toward religious values.”

“What you’re seeing now is that society has sped up a lot,with cell phones, cable TV, 24-hour news cycle,” Sledgesays. “People’s personal and professional lives are under themicroscope more. I don’t think the ethical dilemmas are anydifferent from other times, but when somebody lapses, doessomething they shouldn’t do, it’s more publicized and morereadily discernible.”

Some inappropriate choices wemake today are, of course, asgreedily chosen as they were inany period of history. “Whenmorality comes up againstprofit,” Shirley Chisholm, thefirst African-American womanelected to Congress, once said,“it is seldom that profit loses.”

“It’s such a dilemma for usbecause so often today it’s thefinancial gain we look at,”Johnson says. “Take the wholeidea of digging for oil in thearctic wilderness. Yes, we needmore gas. I hate paying theprices I’m paying for gas. So itsounds like a good idea, if wecan get oil there. But what is itdoing to the environment? Dowe make a choice that’s mostconvenient for us?”

The answer, Washington says,can be found where he firstfound it.

“When you’re talking about the world’s ethical orientation, youhave to go back to education,” he says. “That’s where ethicalroots lie for every generation.”

Adds Johnson: “What we’ve tried to tell our students at SaintXavier is to think about your children and what kind of worldyou’re leaving for the next generation. I don’t hear that toooften now. It was a very loud cry back in the ’80s and ’90s,but lately we don’t hear that.”

LISTENING TO YOUR INNER VOICEWhich brings us back to where we started, to the plain-spokenphilosophies of Plutarch and Lincoln: knowing the differencebetween right and wrong, and having the strength of characterto choose right over wrong. But how, exactly, do we get there?How do we push aside all the clutter of conflict, drown out thenoise of iniquitous influences, detour around the dilemmaspresented by ever-evolving technology—all the things thatcomplicate the choices available to us?

The only sure way, Sledge says, is to keep that little head ofconscience above your shoulder—your own Sister DenisO’Grady—in focus.

“A personal interest, as opposed to interest in the whole, forcesyou into the wrong decision sometimes,” Sledge says. “Whenyou make a decision, you have to always look at what theconsequences are, the impact it’s going to have beyond yourself.If you look at it from that perspective, it brings you back to thecore concept I mentioned earlier, that solid base of personalconduct.

“If you listen to that inner voice, it will lead you in the rightdirection.”

Johnny Washington, Ph.D. ’72

Sister Marion Johnson, R.S.M. ’60



KKaatthhlleeeenn AAllaaiimmoo,, PPhh..DD..,, History, accepted the post ofdean of the School of Arts and Sciences. She had servedas interim dean of the school for two years.

RRuutthhAAnnnn AAlltthhaauuss,, PPhh..DD..,, Graham School ofManagement, published “Building OrganizationalEffectiveness” in the International Academy of Businessand Public Administration Disciplines Proceedings in April2006. She presented “Degussa and the HolocaustMemorial” in March at the Southwest Case ResearchAssociation in Saint Louis, Mo., and “Influencing BestManagement Practices in the Non-Profit Sector” in Aprilin Orlando, Fla. Althaus also has accepted a position onthe editorial board of the Journal of Behavioral andApplied Management.

JJiimm AAmmaann,, PPhh..DD..,, Computer Science, paired theChicago Public Schools’ “Diamond in the Rough”scholastic chess tournament on May 16 at US CellularField. Aman is a U.S. Chess Federation SeniorTournament Director. The non-scholastic ColumbusOpen (Ohio) in early July, for which he served as theChief TD, was his 10th tournament this year. Aman useshis own Web site, www.cpu-solutions.com, to distributeregistration lists, tournament announcements andtournament results. Techniques for database, design andsite management tested there are then included in theWeb Applications course at Saint Xavier.

MMaaiijjaa AAnnddeerrssoonn,, DD..NN..PP..,, Nursing, published“Capnography: Considerations for its Use in theEmergency Department” in the April 2006 Journal ofEmergency Nursing. She also edited the 2006 EN CareProvider Training Manual for the Emergency NursesAssociation Injury Prevention Institute.

MMaarryy KKaayy BBaaiilleeyy,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, has been notified thather article “Patterns of Depressive Symptoms inChildren” has been accepted for publication in theJournal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.

CCaannddaaccee BBaakkeerr,, EEdd..DD..,, Education, published “TheI-SPED Collaborative: Core Principles” in November2005 in Success in High Need Schools. She presented“Preparing Pre-Service Educators to Implement PositiveBehavior Support” and “Using an Individual Scheduleto Ease Transitions: A Multi-Cultural Perspective” inMarch 2006 at the annual conference of the InternationalAssociation for Positive Behavior Support in Reno, Nev.She also presented “Preparing School Social Workers toDeliver Positive Behavior Support” in November 2005at the Illinois Association of School Social WorkersAnnual Conference.

CCaannddaaccee BBaakkeerr,, EEdd..DD..,, MMiicchhaaeell MMootttt,, PPhh..DD., and SShheeiillaaWWrriigghhtt,, PPhh..DD..,, Education, presented “InterdisciplinaryApproaches to Meeting the Needs of K-12 Students”during the American Educational Research AssociationAnnual Meeting in April 2006 in San Francisco, Calif.

MMiicchhaaeell BBaatthhggaattee,, PPhh..DD..,, Religious Studies, was electedto a three-year term on the Executive Board of theMidwest Japan Seminar. He published “The Time ofÕjõden: Narrative and Salvation in Japanese Pure LandBuddhism,” in Buddhist Studies from India to America:Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish, edited by DamienKeown. Bathgate also presented “Exemplary Lives: Formand Function in Pure Land Sacred Biography” at theMidwest Japan Seminar in April 2006 and “Animals,Gods and Monsters: Imagining Ecology in Early ModernJapanese Popular Religion” at the American Academy ofReligion Annual Meeting in November 2005.

AAnnnnee RR.. BBaavviieerr,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, presented “Jails: CanThey be Clinical Sites for Undergraduates?” and “Typesof Disclosure Discussions Between Oncology Nursesand Patients/Families: An Exploratory Study” during theSigma Theta Tau International Convention in November2005. She presented “MSN-DNP Partnership” at theAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing NationalConference on Doctoral Education in January 2006.

CCllaauuddiiaa AA.. BBeecckkeerr,, PPhh..DD..,, Education, served as theconvention and program chair for the 32nd AnnualIllinois TESOL-BE Convention held March 2006 inNaperville, Ill. Becker also was selected to participate inthe Oxford Round Table from March 19 to 24 at theUniversity of Oxford, England.

AAnnggeelloo BBoonnaaddoonnnnaa,, PPhh..DD..,, English, received a grantfrom the Associated Colleges of Illinois’ Center for High

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Need Schools. The $10,000 grant, co-written by alumnaCCaarrooll MMeeddrraannoo ’’0022,, funded the creation of the “CyberWorkshop,” a clinical partnership project with RichCentral High School in Olympia Fields, Ill., whereMedrano teaches. The program provides high schoolfreshmen with an innovative, networked workshopEnglish class. In addition, Bonadonna participated in apanel at the Associated Colleges of Illinois’ First AnnualSymposium, “Future Vision: Prerequisites for Progress inHigh-Need Schools,” on April 27 in Chicago.

NNoorrmmaann BBooyyeerr,, PPhh..DD..,, English, taught a three-creditcourse over the summer in London titled “The LondonTheatre of Marlowe and Early Shakespeare” incooperation with the University of London King’sCollege and the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad.

LLiinnddaa JJ.. BBuurrkkee,, EEdd..DD..,, Education, NNaannccyy LLoocckkiiee,, EEdd..DD..,,Nursing, and UUrrssuullaa ZZyyzziikk,, MM..AA..LL..II..SS..,, Library,presented “Building Faculty-Student CommunityThrough Faculty Development” at the Fifth AnnualLilly Teaching Conference in Traverse City, Mich., inSeptember 2005.

MMaarrggaarreett KKeellllyy CCaarrrroollll,, EEdd..DD..,, Education, led aprofessional development seminar titled “ManagingStudent Behavior: Doing it with Class!” in March 2006for the Sigma Theta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, theinternational honor society in education. She alsopresented a number of workshops during the spring2006 semester for Chicago-area schools including,“Approaches For Teaching Special Education” and“Adaptations and Accommodations for Students withDisabilities” for School District 148 in Dolton/Riverdale;“Working with Families for Students with Disabilities”at Ebinger Elementary in Chicago; and “RefiningAdaptations and Accommodations” at Walsh Elementaryin Chicago.

SShhuu--PPii CC.. CChheenn,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, published “RaschMeasurement of a New Construct: FunctionalCaregiving for Adult Children with IntellectualDisabilities” in the Summer 2006 Journal of AppliedMeasurement; “Development of an InstrumentMeasuring Family Care” in the Summer 2005 Journalof Nursing Measurement; and “Injuries Associated with

Teacher Assaults: Magnitude, Nature, Cost, andOutcomes” in the May 2006 AAOHN Journal.

KKaarreenn CCzzaarrnniikk,, PPhh..DD..,, Communication Sciences andDisorders, completed a six-week education/supportgroup for parents of children who stutter. She ran thisgroup with three graduate students in CSDI. Thesupport group ran from March through April 2006.

MMiicchhaaeell FFllaahhiivvee,, PPhh..DD..,, Communication Sciences andDisorders, presented a workshop titled “Counseling? But I Work in Schools!” during the annual SchoolsConference sponsored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association held July 14 to 16, 2006,in Phoenix, Ariz.

KKrriissttiinnee FFlloorrcczzaakk,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, presented “Using the Theory of Human Becoming” at the InternationalColloquium on Human Becoming in September 2005in Chicago. She also reviewed The Practice of NursingResearch: Conduct, Critique, and Utilization (5th ed.) in the October 2005 Nursing Science Quarterly.

AAllbbeerrttaa GGaattttii,, PPhh..DD..,, Spanish, presented a paper onsatire and language in Spanish Renaissance literaturetitled “Poliglosia y Heteroglosia en dos Diálogos Satíricosdel Siglo XVI” at the Fifth Conference on HispanicLiterature in March 2006 in Lima, Peru.

MMoonniiccaa CC.. GGaavviinnoo,, MM..BB..AA..,, Graham School ofManagement, presented “Development of a Measure of Employee Perceptions of the Quality of HR Practices: Discretionary and Non-Discretionary”during the Seventh International Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe held May 2006 in the Netherlands. She also presented “The Role of Proactive Personality and Behaviors on Social Exchange Relationships in the Workplace”during the Academy of Management Conferencein August 2006 in Atlanta, Ga.

BBaarrbbaarraa GGrreemmcchhuukk,, Education, presented“Differentiating Instruction: IntegratingSeveral Subjects according to the IllinoisState Standards” at the 32nd AnnualIllinois TESOL-BE Convention heldMarch 2006 in Naperville, Ill.

JJooAAnnnn GGrruuccaa,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, presented“Creative Health Programming: Tips andTraps with Older Adult Learners” at the24th Annual Conference of the NationalConference of Gerontological NursePractitioners held September 2005 inCleveland, Ohio.

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JJaammeess CC.. HHaaggeenn,, PPhh..DD..,, Graham School of Management,presented “Integration of Ubuntu with the Design andPractice of Emergency Management Training Principles”at the International Emergency Management Societymeeting held June 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Inaddition, Hagen is a member of the first graduating classof the Department of Homeland Security EmergencyManagement Institute’s Master Exercise Practitioner(MEP) Program.

MMiicchhaaeell HHaarrddyy,, PPhh..DD..,, Mathematics, and EEiilleeeenn QQuuiinnnnKKnniigghhtt,, PPhh..DD..,, Education, gave a two-day conferencefor the Archdiocese of Chicago on methods of teachingmath for elementary and middle school teachers. Thepresentations took place in March at St. Sabina on theSouth Side and at St. John Brebeuf in Niles, Ill.

GGaaiill HHaarrrriiss--SScchhmmiiddtt,, PPhh..DD..,, Communication Sciencesand Disorders, was named to the Scientific and ClinicalAdvisory Board of the National Fragile X Foundation.She presented two workshops at the 10th InternationalConference of the National Fragile X Foundation heldJuly 2006 in Atlanta. In addition, she and DDaallee FFaasstt,,PPhh..DD..,, Biology, presented “An Interdisciplinary Approachfor Children with Fragile X Syndrome” in February 2006during the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationConvention in Rosemont, Ill.

PPeetteerr NN.. KKiirrsstteeiinn,, PPhh..DD..,, History, presented his paper“Campus to Courts: The Silencing of the Left in Wartime,”in February during the Historians Against the Warconference at the University of Texas. In addition, hisremarks on the Iraq War from his March 29 debate withDavid Horowitz were published on April 3 on GeorgeMason University’s History News Network (HNN).

EEiilleeeenn QQuuiinnnn KKnniigghhtt,, PPhh..DD..,, Education, received the2005 Saint Xavier University Award at the Founders’ Daycelebration in recognition of her outstanding service andcontributions to the University. She presented “PuttingThe Heart Back Into Education: Case Studies ThatMatter” at the annual conference of the InternationalCouncil for Innovation in Higher Education in June2006 in Panama City, Panama, and “Pivotal Issues in theTeaching and Learning of Mathematics” in February atthe Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting inAtlanta, Ga. She also published a book review ofMeaningful Urban Education Reform: Confronting theLearning Crisis in Mathematics and Science for the May2006 Teachers College Record.

CCaarrooll KKoossttoovviicchh,, PPhh..DD..,, and KKaayy TThhuurrnn,, PPssyy..DD..,Nursing, published “Connecting: Perceptions ofBecoming a Faculty Mentor” in the International Journalof Nursing Education Scholarship in February 2006.

CCaarrooll KKoossttoovviicchh,, PPhh..DD..,, MMiicchheellee PPoorraaddzziisszz,, PPhh..DD..,,KKaarreenn WWoooodd,, DD..NN..SScc..,, and KKaarreenn OO’’BBrriieenn,, MM..SS..NN..,,Nursing, have been notified that their article “LearningStyle Preference and Students’ Aptitude for ConceptMaps” has been accepted for publication in the Journalof Nursing Education.

WWiilllliiaamm JJ.. KKrreessssee,, JJ..DD..,, Graham School of Management,published “A New Threshold in Fraud ExaminationEducation” in the July/August 2006 issue of FraudMagazine. He also presented “Developing an MBAConcentration in Fraud Examination” during the August2006 International Meeting of the American AccountingAssociation in Washington, D.C., and “Fraud: Who Arethe Fraudsters and How Do You Stop Them?” at theUniversity of Notre Dame in June 2006.

BBrriiaann JJ.. MMccKKeennnnaa,, JJ..DD..,, Graham School ofManagement, published “Social Security: A FinancialConstruct for Retirement Elections” in the December2005 Journal of Financial Planning.

MMiicchhaaeell SSeetthh MMootttt,, PPhh..DD..,, Education, published atextbook with a Purdue University Calumet professortitled Hypermedia for Educators and the Classroom.The book was published in January with TouchsmartPublishing.

RRuummaa NNiiyyooggii--SSaallhhii,, PPhh..DD..,, History and Political Science,was interviewed by Radio Islam AM 1450 on Nov. 8,2005, about Christians and Muslims during the timeof the Crusades. She hosted a conference on the CulturalHeritage of the Republic of Turkey at Saint Xavier onApril 17, 2006. In June, she gave the inaugural addressat Illinois Valley Community College InternationalEducation Seminar, with her lecture titled “EasternEurope: A Historical Overview.”

LLiinnddaa OOllssoonn,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, published “Internationaland Global Health Care Policy: Ethics and Values atStake” in The Illinois Nurse in August 2005. She alsopresented “Nursing Leadership and Health Policy”to the Illinois Nurses Association in October 2005.

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GGrraahhaamm PPeecckk,, PPhh..DD..,, History, has been appointed bythe governor to the Illinois Abraham Lincoln BicentennialCommission. He presented “How Radical Were theRadicals? A New Look at the 1854 Republican PartyConvention in Illinois” at the Conference on IllinoisHistory held October 2005 in Springfield, Ill. Inaddition, Peck reviewed The Fate of Their Country:Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of theCivil War by Michael F. Holt, for H-Civil War.

RReenneeee RRoobbiinnssoonn,, PPhh..DD..,, Communication, presented“Leading through Communication: Altering the U.S.Public’s Perception of School Settings” and “RedefiningOrganizational Environments: Identifying PotentialAlliances and Leadership Implications” during theAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher EducationNational Conference in San Diego, Calif., in January2006. She also gave the following presentations in Aprilat the Central States Communication Association inIndianapolis, Ind.: “Organizational Assimilation andSocialization: A Theoretical Overview Applied toNewcomer Experience”; “Altering Instructional Strategies:Capturing Student Perceptions of Effective Teaching”;“Experiential Learning: A Theoretical Overview andDiscussion of Diverse Learners in the CommunicationClassroom”; and “The Intersection of EducationalTheory and Communication Theory.”

GGiinnaa MM.. RRoosssseettttii,, PPhh..DD..,,English, recently published herbook, Imagining the Primitive in Naturalist and ModernistLiterature, with the University of Missouri Press.

EEaarrll TThhoommaass,, EEdd..DD..,, Education,published “Higher Education’sChallenge: Recruiting andRetaining Minority Faculty”in the August 2006 Hispanic

Outlook in Higher Education. He also presented “HighPerformance Governance” in March at the Illinois HeadStart Association Conference in Springfield, Ill., and“Understanding the Structure of Program Governance”in May at the National Head Start AssociationConference in Detroit, Mich.

EEaarrll TThhoommaass,, EEdd..DD..,, and DDaavviidd BBeellll,, EEdd..DD..,, Education,presented “Year One Results of a Three Year-EvaluationDocumenting the Impact of School-Wide Change inSchool Diversity Practices” in July 2006 at theAssociation of Teacher Educators Conference inPhiladelphia, Pa.

KKaayy TThhuurrnn,, PPssyy..DD.., Nursing, has been selectedto participate in the highly competitive AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing’s Leadershipfor Academic Nursing Program.

Faculty SnapshotKathleen Waller, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Where did you grow up?I grew up in Southfield, Michigan, a ruralsuburb northwest of Detroit. I attendedSouthfield High School, which had quite adiverse group of students. My interest in theCivil Rights Movement can be traced backto this time. We lived on two acres and ourproperty backed up to a cemetery. As a childI remember watching the procession of ViolaLiuzzo, the slain civil rights worker, hoping Imight catch a glimpse of Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. at her funeral.

What is your favorite spot on campus?I love the fourth floor of the Warde AcademicCenter, where my office is located, becauseof the collegial atmosphere. My colleaguesthere are in the English, foreign languages,religious studies and philosophy departments.This leads to some very interesting, intenseand humorous hallway conversations.

What is something few people know about you?I show my Salukis and French Bulldogs and have bred championsin both breeds under the Walkirk prefix. The dogs are part of ourfamily. I’ve shown Salukis for about 30 years and French Bulldogsfor about 12.

I think of my dog activities as very different from my academiclife, but there are similarities as both require interpretation andevaluation. The American Kennel Club issues a written standardfor every breed that describes what characteristics and qualitiesmake the ideal dog for that breed. To show in conformation, youmust honestly assess how well your dog meets that standard.I handle the dogs in the ring and do all of their training. I’veparticipated in dog shows all across the country.

What are you currently researching and/or writing?Michael O’Keeffe, my colleague in religious studies, and I arewriting a book on popular films from a theological and culturalperspective, with a focus on how priests have been portrayed infilms. I am also revising a paper on Maria Stuart, a fascinating19th century African-American, who was the first woman tolecture publicly to integrated audiences about religion, race andwomen’s rights; and I’m working on an article on filmrepresentations of Joan of Arc.

What are you currently teaching? This fall I am teaching Christian Ethics and SpiritualAutobiography.. In the ethics course, we explore how to livea moral life by examining texts, such as Jesus’ Sermon on theMount, to determine what wisdom from the Christian traditioncan be applied to contemporary ethical issues. I always enjoyteaching the autobiography class as it is an opportunity to learnhow people from different times and faith traditions describetheir own spiritual journeys.

Waller holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Christian Theology from theUniversity of Chicago.

Kathy Waller, Ph.D., poses withtwo of her dogs, a Saluki,Walkirk Sheer Bliss and CH.Walkirk Fats Waller, Mister, aFrenchie. Both dogs are bred,owned and handled by Waller.



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RRiicckk VVeennnneerrii,, PPhh..DD..,, associate provost, was elected vicechairperson of the Associated Colleges of the ChicagoArea at the group’s April 26 meeting.

OOllggaa VViilleellllaa,, PPhh..DD..,, Spanish, will be director of theLatino/Latin American Studies Program at Saint Xavierfor the next academic year. She presented a paper titled“‘Donde la Vista se Deslumbra’: Propuesta para unaVueva Manera de Ver y Dejarse Ver en ‘Mi Museo Ideal’de Julián del Casal” in March at the Fifth Conferenceon Hispanic Literature in Lima, Peru. A version ofthe paper, by the same title, has been submitted forpublication to the Encuentros de Viejos y NuevosMundos series published by Lock Haven University.In addition, Vilella presented “This Revolution WillBe Televised: Practical Considerations for anInterdisciplinary Course on the Narrative of the MexicanRevolution” in October 2005 at the Teaching in the Artsand Sciences: Theory and Practice in the UndergraduateClassroom Symposium of the Associated Colleges in theChicago Area in Aurora, Ill.

AAbbdduull--MMaajjiidd WWaazzwwaazz,, PPhh..DD..,, Mathematics, has beenpublished in a variety of professional applied math andphysics journals including Physica A; Physica D; PhysicsLetters A; the Journal of Mathematics and Computers inSimulation; Applied Mathmatics and Computation;Communications in Nonlinear Science and NumericalSimulations; Chaos, Solitons and Fractals; and theInternational Journal of Applied Mathematics.

KKaarreenn WWoooodd,, DD..NN..SScc..,, Nursing, has been electedregional program director of the American Associationof Critical Care Nurses. She presented “Let’s Pretend:Evaluation of Critical Thinking Using ClinicalSimulation” during the Sigma Theta Tau InternationalConvention in November 2005 in Indianapolis, Ind.In May 2006, she presented the “Cardiac and VascularNursing Review Course,” a preconference workshopat the annual Heart Disease and Stroke Conference forHealth Professionals, for the Mayo Clinic ContinuingNursing Education in Rochester, Minn. She alsopresented “Membership: To Be or Not To Be” at theJune 2006 Leadership Development Workshop forthe American Association of Critical Care Nursesin Anaheim, Calif.

JJaaccqquueelliinnee ZZaalluummaass,, PPhh..DD..,, Nursing, published“Keeping Your Guard Up: Exposure Risks for HIVand Hepatitis for Detention and Corrections Officers”in 2005. The video on DVD was funded through theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and theHealth Resources and Services Administration. She alsopublished “Palliative Care of the HIV-Positive Patientin the Correctional Setting,” a training module for theCenter for Palliative Care Education. Zalumas alsopresented “Harm Reduction for the ‘At-Risk’ ServiceProvider: Jail to Bail to Trail – Care of Incarcerated andFormerly Incarcerated Individuals” in May 2006 at theNational Corrections Re-Entry CBO Meeting in SanDiego, Calif.

Thanks to the generous support of our donors andbenefactors, the first $1.3 million phase of the stadiumrenovation project, which included the installationof artificial FieldTurf™ and drainage, was completedthis summer.

“FieldTurf is a state-of-the-art playing surface used inseveral professional and major college football stadiums,”said Saint Xavier’s head football coach Michael Feminis.“There is very minimal maintenance required. We run afirst-class athletic program at Saint Xavier, and now ourstudent-athletes are going to play at a first-class facility.”The FieldTurf system replicates a natural grass surfaceand offers a documented reduction of sports injuries.

The first phase of the renovations to the field was madepossible by private donors, corporations and friends of the

University, along with grants from the State of Illinois.The new facility, to be named Bruce R. DeatonMemorial Field later this fall, will serve the needs ofstudents, alumni, faculty and staff, and will be opento the local community for appropriate special events.

The construction of a 400-meter track and lightingwill be a part of the second phase of the stadium project.Upon completion of this second phase, the 3,000-seatstadium complex will be a multi-purpose and year-roundfacility, allowing football, soccer and track and fieldevents to be held in the same stadium. For informationabout how you can help complete this project, pleasecontact Jamie Manahan, associate director of developmentat (773) 298-3976 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Phase I of the Stadium Renovation CompleteNEW TURF REDUCES RISK OF INJURY



For Rémy Billups, being involved in education is a family affair. His father was ateacher and eventually the principal of the high school he attended in Sherrard, Ill.His mother was the secretary to his grade school principal. Now, Billups has joinedSaint Xavier University as its new director of Alumni and Parent Relations.

Billups, who most recently served as director of Alumni Affairs at Southern IllinoisUniversity, has met a number of Saint Xavier alumni and is looking forward tomeeting more graduates and building relationships with them.

“I’m very impressed with how much they care about the University,” he said. “Thealumni I’ve met so far are great, and it makes me excited to meet more of them.”

One of Billups’ goals is to get alumni more involved in the life of the Universityand have direct contact with current students. One program he highlighted is theAlumni Mentoring Program administered by Counseling and Career Services.

“It’s a great way for an alum to give back to the University in a volunteer fashion.They can help a student who is trying to determine a career path or who hasquestions about what it’s like out there in the working world,” he said. “Itgenerally doesn’t cost any money, and a lot of times an alum can do someof the mentoring during their work hours so they don’t have to give up a lotof their personal free time.”

He also said that he’d like to see alumni become advocates for the University.“When you’re out and about in your everyday lives, talk about the University.Recommend Saint Xavier to a student as a place to go to college. Talk it up—getthe community more aware of the wonderful things that are happening here.”

Alumni can get involved in other ways and help foster the University’s mission andcore values at the same time. “One way is to be more involved in the activitiesand events that are happening on campus and off campus,” he said, adding thathe hopes to host events in the communities where alumni live. “Also, supportingthe University financially is a major and very vital role of alumni.”

Billups said he would love to hear from alumni for their recommendations andsuggestions via phone at (773) 298-3329, by e-mail at [email protected] or inperson in the Alumni House on the Chicago campus. “We’re here to serve theover 26,000 alumni in the best fashion that we can. The best way we can dothat is knowing exactly what our alumni want and their expectations of us andof the University.”

IntroducingRémy Billups,director of Alumniand Parent Relations

� Complimentary subscription to SaintXavier Magazine

� Invitations to alumni events and selectUniversity activities

� Use of the Counseling and CareerServices Office

� Ability to purchase a membership tothe Shannon Center. For membershipdetails, please contact the staff at theShannon Center at (773) 298-3597

� 10% discount at the SXU Bookstore(certain restrictions apply)

� Free Byrne Memorial Library privileges

� Free course auditing privileges($25 registration fee required)

� 10% discount at Gilhooley’s GrandeSaloon at Saint Xavier University(excludes alcohol)

� Membership in X-treme Alumni,a chapter for undergraduate alumniof the last 10 years

� Use of campus computer facilities

� Membership opportunity forSouth Division Credit Union.For membership details, pleasecontact South Division Credit Union at (708)857-7070

� Membership in the Saint XavierUniversity Alumni Association is free.Contact the Office of Alumni &Parent Relations at (773) 298-3316or e-mail [email protected] to requestyour alumni card today

AlumniBenefitsDid you know that as a Saint XavierUniversity alum you are entitled to anumber of benefits through the SaintXavier University Alumni Association?These fantastic benefits include:


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1939 JJooaann ((CCoonnddoonn)) GGuuiillffooyyllee ’’3399 (French) hosted theannual 49ers Luncheon at Ridge Country Club foralumnae who attended or graduated from Saint XavierCollege’s campus at 49th & Cottage Grove. Thisluncheon is held every year on the third Thursday inAugust.

1948 MMiirriiaamm ((MMeehhrriinngg)) SSwweeeenneeyy ’’4488 (Nursing)and her husband sold their home in Houston and nowlive full-time in their beach home in Galveston, Texas.Miriam volunteers on the pediatric floor of her localhospital.

1957 MMaarryy EElliizzaabbeetthh ((HHoolloottaa)) HHiicckkss ’’5577 (Nursing)retired as supervisor of health services for GaryCommunity Schools in Gary, Ind. She relocatedto Granite Falls, N.C.

1960 LLyynnnn ((CCooggaann)) CCuurrrraann ’’6600 (Sociology) is enjoyingretirement. She encourages friends and classmates tocontact her at [email protected].

1961 CCaarrooll ((FFuussccoo)) HHiillvveerrss ’’6611 (Education) was therecipient of the “Teacher of the Year Award” at John F.Eberhart School in Chicago. She credits the educationshe received at Saint Xavier University in achieving thishonor.

MMaarriijjaa GGiieeddrree ((JJaannkkoonniiss)) ZZuummbbaakkiiss ’’6611 (Art) was oneof eight University Club members to display their workin the University Club of Chicago Member Art Show inMarch 2006.

1964 MMaarryy ((RRoobbiinnssoonn)) KKaalliissttaa ’’6644 (French) started aprogram called Ribbons for Rwanda. For a $100donation to Crossroads she knits a ribbon scarf. Sincelast July, she has raised $25,000. Learn more about herefforts at www.ribbonsforrwanda.org.

1969 KKaatthheerriinnee ((KKaattooss)) BBooyydd ’’6699 (Social Science) retiredlast year after 34 years in education. She first taughthistory, then entered administration as a dean, assistantprincipal and principal at a pre-K through 6th gradeelementary school.

1970 RRoobbeerrttaa NNoooonnaann ’’7700 (Education),owner of Noonan Elementary Academyin Mokena, received the Excellence inEducation award from Illinois StateTreasurer Judy Baar Topinka duringTopinka’s annual Woman to Woman:Making a Difference awards held inChicago on March 30, 2006.

The call to social justice Those who have been taught by the Sistersof Mercy fondly recall their talent forteaching. For CCaarrooll AA.. KKeeeennee,, PPhh..DD..,, ’’6611though, their lessons compelled her toincorporate social justice into her life.

In fall 1959, as a junior at Saint XavierCollege, Keene took a course in metaphysicswith Sister Mary Dominica Mullen, R.S.M.“Among the works we read was de Chardin’sThe Phenomenon of Man, even though, at

the time, some clergy said that young women weren’t intellectuallysuited to read the work.” The debate prompted a convocation witha panel discussion led by Sister Josetta Butler, R.S.M. Defendingthe reading of the book, Butler underscored that the Sisters of Mercyhad been committed to educating women for many years and wouldcontinue to educate them as they saw fit.

This open inquiry and devotion to truth influenced Keene’s careeras a professor of philosophy, chair of the philosophy department, anddean of humanities at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Sheoffered the faculty she oversaw the opportunity to serve the public.“Faculty volunteered as part of their assignment to teach in mentalinstitutions, prisons and senior citizen centers. They also gave guestlectures to various organizations above and beyond their assignedwork. I often gave talks, for example, in medical ethics to nursinggroups and senior citizens.”

“At Saint Xavier, we were encouraged to learn how to ask questions,to be a listener and to utilize a wide variety of patterns and ways ofknowing.” Keene plans to pass on Saint Xavier’s legacy by giving backto her alma mater. She created the Keene Art and Music Scholarshipin honor of her mother, Mildred B. Keene and the Edwin J. KeeneScholarship in Mathematics in honor of her father.

Keene started the scholarships as a way to give back to Saint Xavier,but her plans for giving have evolved into much more. Althoughshe has never met any of the scholarship recipients, her father oncereceived a letter from one of the scholars that made the rest of hisdays. “Whenever someone would stop to visit my father in his lastweeks, he would say, ‘Carol, get the letter.’ And I would read it andhe would beam.”

For Carol Keene, her dedication to her alma mater and her desireto serve others began with the lessons taught to her by the Sistersof Mercy and other faculty at Saint Xavier.

Today in retirement she continues to do volunteer work and topublish articles and books in the field in which her interest wasfirst sparked by a 4’11” dynamo named Sister Dominica.

Roberta Noonan ’70 and Judy Baar Topinka


1974 MMaarryy GGrriimmmm ’’7744 (Nursing) accepted the SisterNancy Boyle Award for Excellence from the LittleCompany of Mary Hospital Foundation on behalf ofthe Maternal Child Services nursing team. Advance forNurses magazine recently awarded this department withthe Best Nursing Team 2005 award for the Midwestregion. Mary is the manager of the Maternal ChildServices department.

1981 MMaauurreeeenn SShhiieellddss ’’8811 (Criminal Justice) waspresented with the Mary Potter Humanitarian Awardby the Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundationfor her work in founding the Courage Program, whichaddresses the issue of unexpected pregnancies and isbased at St. Germaine Catholic Church in Oak Lawn, Ill.

1982 TThhoommaass MM.. MMccCCaannnn ’’8822 (Education) and formerSaint Xavier faculty member Larry R. Johannessen havecollaborated on a book titled Talking in Class: UsingDiscussion to Enhance Teaching and Learning, which waspublished in April by the National Council of Teachersof English (NCTE). McCann currently serves as theassistant superintendent for curriculum and instructionfor Elmhurst Public Schools, Elmhurst, Ill.

1984 DDaarrbbyy LLeewweess ’’8844 (English) is an associate professorof English and gender studies at Lycoming College inWilliamsport, Pa., where she has chaired the TeachingEffectiveness Committee and the biannual LycomingConference on Teaching Excellence. She has also receiveda number of awards for her scholarship and teaching.Her latest book, Autopoetica: Representations of theCreative Process in Nineteenth-century British andAmerican Fiction is forthcoming.

LLiinnddaa MMaarraannddaa ’’8844 (Psychology) is the executive driectorof Caritas Central Intake, the longest-operating centralintake in the United States that addresses the problemsof substance abuse. She recently delivered a lecture onmethamphetamine use in Illinois at Lewis Universityin Romeoville, Ill.

1985 CCaarrooll SScchhuubbeerrtthh ’’8855 (Art) recently finished apainting of St. Martin de Porres for St. Denis Church atthe request of Rev. Larry Dowling. This is the first timea parishioner created a painting especially for St. Denis.Also, her self-portrait was part of the “As Large As Life”exhibit at the SeniorFest at McCormick Place in Chicago.

1987 WWiilllliiaamm KKuusshhnneerr ’’8877 (Criminal Justice) retiredfrom the Chicago Police Department as a lieutenantafter more than 29 years of service. Recently, his lifelongdream was realized when Kushner accepted the positionof police chief for the City of Berwyn, Ill.

1991 MMaauurroo GGlloorriioossoo ’’9911 (BusinessAdministration/Finance) was electedto the Board of Governors of theIllinois State Bar Association (ISBA)for a three-year term. Previously inprivate practice, Glorioso, a hearingofficer for the state’s Property TaxAppeal Board, was appointed to theboard in 2004 to fill a vacancy. He

has been an ISBA Assembly member since 1998.

GGlleennnn WWoooodd ’’9911 (Math Education) is the new principalat Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill.

1992 JJaammeess MM.. GGooddbboouutt ’’9922(Business Administration/Finance)recently earned designationas an accredited senior appraiser(ASA) from the American Societyof Appraisers.

WWiilllliiaamm LL.. SSuulllliivvaann ’’9922 (PoliticalScience) was recently appointed

by the Palos Heights City Council as the new executivedirector for the Lake Katherine Nature Preserve andBotanical Gardens in Palos Heights, Ill.

DDeellyynnnn ZZaammbboonn ’’9922 (BusinessAdministration/Marketing)was appointed to the Boardof Directors at Great LakesBank. She owns and operatesBella Fiori Flower Shop inNew Lenox, Ill.

1993 BBrriiaann GGiillmmaarrttiinn ’’9933(Accounting) is the controller at True PartnersConsulting, a tax service firm in Chicago. He hasa 10-month old son and lives in Burr Ridge, Ill.

1994 JJeeaannnnaa CCrriivveelllloonnee ’’9944 (Sociology) teaches eighthgrade at Sawyer School in Chicago.

1996 IInnggiiaa JJaacckkssoonn ’’9966 MM..AA.. (Education) wasappointed principal at Seton Academy High Schoolin South Holland, Ill.

MMiicchheellee OOwweennss ’’9966 (Art) earned a second master’sdegree in school leadership from Concordia Universityand a Type 75 certificate in educational administration.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd ZZaayyyyaadd ’’9966 MM..AA.. (Education) receiveda fellowship to Boston College from the Open SocietyInstitute and US Aid. He will be studying in the Lynch School of Education, under the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, in the language,literacy and learning track.

F A L L 2 0 0 6


James Godbout ’92

Delynn Zambon ’92

Mauro Glorioso ’91



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Freshman fondly rememberedFreshman biology major Tyesa Bowens had a way of liftingup other people’s spirits with her unforgettable smile.“Tyesa had an irrepressible smile that reflected her viewof the world. Her positive attitude was infectious for thosearound her,” said Dale Fast, professor of biology andassociate provost.

The University community was deeply saddened by thenews that Tyesa and her parents, Tamara and RonaldBowens, were found on March 28 shot to death in theirMatteson, Ill., home.

Tyesa was the valedictorian of her class at Fenger Academyand a member of the Student Success Program at SaintXavier. She was remembered as an outstanding, meticulousstudent who had aspirations of becoming a medical doctor.

“Although she attended SXU for only a short time, shedeveloped many close relationships with other studentmembers of SSP. I am sure those students will rememberher for a lifetime,” said Suzanne Cusack, program counselorfor the Student Success Program. “I know I will.”

SSP dedicated a scholarship in Tyesa’s memory. The firstfive recipients of the Tyesa Bowens Memorial Scholarshipare Joanna Beituni, Candice Boyd, Kati Khouri, ReemMohammad and Gabriela Salgado.

1997 TTyynniiaa BBuurrttoonn ’’9977,, ’’0000 (Education) has been anassistant principal at Marquette Elementary Schoolin Chicago for five years. She is also a volunteer adultliteracy tutor for the Chicago Public Libraries. In May2005, Tynia earned a law degree in child and familylaw from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

GGrreeggoorryy SSyylleerr ’’9977 (Religious Studies) was ordained apriest by the Right Rev. William D. Persell, Episcopalbishop of the diocese of Chicago. He earned his masterof divinity degree from the University of Chicago andgraduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary, inAlexandria, Va., with a post-graduate diploma in Anglicanstudies. Currently, Syler is the curate at Church of OurSaviour, the Episcopal Church, in Chicago’s LincolnPark neighborhood.

1998 TTeerrrryy CCoorrnneellll ’’9988 (Criminal Justice) formed alobbying/consulting company with Daniel J. Burke,state representative in the 23rd District.

ZZyyaadd ZZaaiibbaakk ’’9988 (Biology) married Aida on January 4,2006. Dr. Zaibak also opened a dental practice in TinleyPark, where he practices general and cosmetic dentistry.

2001 KKrriissttiinn ((LLuubbyy)) ’’0011 (Nursing) and CChhrriiss FFiisshhbbaacckk’’0011 (Nursing) are proud to announce the birth of theirdaughter, Emma Ann, on July 11, 2005.

WWhhiittnneeyy RRuussssoo ’’0011 (Criminal Justice) received aSuperintendent’s Award of Valor from Police Supt. PhilipJ. Cline at the Chicago Police Department’s 45th AnnualPolice Recognition Ceremony.

2002 MMiicchhaaeell MMaacchhoonn ’’0022 (MBA) is engaged to JanaRichardson. The couple has planned an October wedding.

2003 MMyyaa JJoonneess ’’0033 (Public Health) is an insuranceagent with American Family Insurance, located at 8130

S. Kedzie Ave. in Chicago.She encourages alumni tocontact her at (773) 471-5199or [email protected].

MMaakkeeeesshhaa MMccLLaauurriinn ’’0033,,’’0055 (Liberal Studies) teacheseighth grade at MorrillElementary School inChicago.

2004 CCoolllleeeenn FFiittzzggeerraalldd ’’0044 (Business Administration)was employee of the month for sales at EnterpriseRent-A-Car and has recently been promoted to assistantmanager in the sales division at the Matteson, Ill., office.

RRoosseemmaarriiee SSoorriiaa ’’0044 MM..AA.. (Education) was promotedto the position of lead teacher for the Foundation forEarly Learning, Through a Child’s Eyes – state pre-Kprogram. She is also listed in the 2005-2006 editionof Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

2005 KKaarriiee KKaarraassiiaakk ’’0055 (Spanish) is currently servinga 2-year commitment with the United States PeaceCorps in Samana, Dominican Republic.

In MemoriamSister Mary Dominic Merwick, R.S.M., belovedmember of the Sisters of Mercy for 69 years, diedon August 5, 2006. Sister Dominic served Saint XavierUniversity for over 40 years as a faculty member.Further information about her legacy will appearin the next issue of the Magazine.

1931 EEtthheell MMaaee ((SStteevveennss)) FFiieerrsstt ’’3311 (Nursing)

1935 VViirrggiinniiaa ((CChheeeevveerrss)) MMeeaannyy ’’3355 (Math)

1942 Siisstteerr MMaarryy LLaauurreeeenn KKeennnnyy,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’4422 (Music)

We’d love to hear stories ofhow Saint Xavier has madea difference in your liferomantically or otherwise.Please e-mail your tale [email protected].

DID YOU MEET YOURSWEETHEART ATSAINT XAVIER?


1945 SSiisstteerr JJuussttiittiiaa GGaayynnoorr,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’4455 (French)

1945 MMaarrcceelliiaa ((LLuuccyy)) GGrroossss ’’4455

1948 MMiirriiaamm TT.. OO’’DDoonnnneellll ’’4488 (Nursing)

1950 SSiisstteerr MMiicchhaaeelliinnee CCuurrrraann,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’5500 (Education)SSiisstteerr EElliissaabbeetthh RRiicchh,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’5500 (Social Science)

1952 EElleeaannoorr ((SSaanncchhee)) MMccGGoovveerrnn ’’5522 (Sociology)DDoolloorreess MM.. ((CCllaarrkk)) TTiibbbbiittss ’’5522 (Nursing)

1956 SShheelliiaa ((MMuutthh)) FFiinnnn ’’5566 (English)KKaatthheerriinnee ((KKiinnnniirryy)) LLaannddrryy ’’5566 (Nursing)MMaarrggaarreett ((QQuuiinnnn)) NNaabbiicchhtt ’’5566 (Sacred Music)

1960 SSiisstteerr AAddeellee BBeennnneetttt,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’6600 (English)

1961 PPaattrriicciiaa ((AAvveerrddiicckk)) DDoobblleerr ’’6611 (Social Science)FFrraanncceess ((BBoorrmmaann)) MMoorrmmaannnn ’’6611 (English)

1962 SSiisstteerr MMaarryy BBeerrnnaall FFiinnlleeyy,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’6622

1968 EElliizzaabbeetthh VVeennhhuuiizzeenn ’’6688 (History)

1969 AAmmeelliiaa KKaatthhlleeeenn ((NNaaggoorrkkaa)) GGeerrbbeerrii ’’6699(Political Science)

1971 MMaarrggaarreett GGrriiffffiinn ’’7711 (Education)HHeelleenn ((BBrraaddyy)) MMeeeeggaann ’’7711 (Biology)

1983 DDiiaannee MMaarriiee PPooddjjaasskkii ’’8833 (Business)

1984 JJuulliiaannnnaa RRuussnnaakk ’’8844 (Speech Pathology)

1992 TTiinnaa CChhiirriilllloo ’’9922 (Elementary Education)JJoossee LL.. GGaarrcciiaa ’’9922 (Business)

1995 CChhrriissttiinnaa SSttaavvrrooppoouullooss ’’9955 (MBA)

1999 MMoonniiqquuee ((HHoonnoorree)) RRoobbeerrttssoonn ’’9999 (Education)

2001 LLiinnddaa DDooyyllee ’’0011 (Education)

Correction:SSiisstteerr MMaarryy CCoonncceettttaa FFeerrrraarroo,, RR..SS..MM.. ’’6611 (Education)was incorrectly identified as deceased in the last issue ofthe Magazine. We deeply regret this error.

SAVE THE DATE

Saint Xavier University will culminate a yearlong celebration of its160th anniversary at the 2007 President’s Scholarship Ball. Proceedsfrom the ball benefit Saint Xavier’s talented and deserving students.

The ball will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Chicago’s FieldMuseum of Natural History. Co-chairs of this year’s gala will be theHonorable Terrance J. and Jennifer Duffy and Dan and Maureen Curley.Mr. Duffy and Mr. Curley are members of the Saint Xavier UniversityBoard of Trustees. If you would like to receive an invitation, or forinformation about sponsorship opportunities for the 2007 Scholarship Ball,please contact the Office for University Advancement at (773) 298-3322.

For more information about how you can join in the celebration of the160th anniversary of Saint Xavier University, please turn to the feature“First in Chicago” on page 8.

2007 President’s Scholarship BallCommemorates Important Milestone

President Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., visits with Board of Trustees member James Tyree,Richard H. Driehaus, recipient of the Shield of Saint Xavier and the Most Rev. John R.

Gorman, Ph.D., D.D, Saint Xavier trustee. Mr. Tyree and Bishop Gorman co-chaired theannual President’s Scholarship Ball held on March 18, 2006, at Navy Pier in Chicago.

Loretta (Wundrach) Szczepanski ’67 meticulously tends to her gardenso that she and her family may enjoy the splendor of the outdoors.Szczepanski and her husband, Jesse, have decided to share this lovefor nature with Saint Xavier by donating $30,000 to the arboretumon Saint Xavier’s Chicago campus in honor of their grandchildren,Stephanie and Jaclyn. The official name of the arboretum will be theSaint Xavier Arboretum. A plaque recognizing their gift will be placedinside the arboretum.

“The arboretum represents all the growth, pruning and nurturing thattakes place while one is a student here,” said Szczepanski, of Cordova,Tenn. Szczepanski has supported Saint Xavier for more than 30 yearsand also recently named an office in the McDonough Chapel andMercy Ministry Center.

Constructed in 2004, the arboretum is a 5,624-square-foot spaceon the northeast side of the Warde Academic Center. The arboretumhas 19 varieties of trees and shrubs, along with 28 varieties of grassesand perennials. “My wish is that every student will make ‘the littlearboretum’ a comfortable spot to read, relax and reflect on thebeauty of God’s creation.”

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AlumnusPublishesNovelWhen you have been on the streets andback alleys of Chicago for as long asDDaavvee CCaassee ’’9988, you are bound to havea few stories. A 19-year veteran of theChicago Police Department, Case hastaken these experiences and applied themin his first novel, Out of Cabrini, whichFive Star Books released in April.

“Some of my success is the result of acomposition class I took from ProfessorTheresa Jones at Saint Xavier. She gaveme the confidence to start writing.” Out of Cabrini revolves around members ofthe notorious Cabrini Green Gang inMinnesota and the search for a carcontaining concealed drugs. When thecar is sold at an auto auction, it’s a violent,bloody race between the gang bangersand Chicago cop Stacey Macbeth andhis tactical team to stop the gang bangers.

According to Case, who received his bachelor’s degree in studio arts,the root of the story is all fiction; however, there are a lot of instancesin the book that come directly from his experience on the streets ofChicago. “I’m an avid reader myself and I find it frustrating when Iread inaccuracies regarding law enforcement.”

Although Case is already busy working on his next book, he stillmakes time for his alma mater. “My family loves taking part inUniversity activities. In many ways, this is where my interest inwriting began.”

For more information about the book, check out Dave’s Web site,www.davecasebooks.com.

On June 10 and 17, nearly 75 SXU alumni and

friends discovered the secrets of Egypt’s most

fascinating ruler while visiting the special

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the

Pharaohs exhibit at the Field Museum.

alumniDIARY

SXU VOLUNTEER DAY AT THE GREATER CHICAGOFOOD DEPOSITORYSSaattuurrddaayy,, NNoovveemmbbeerr 1188,, 220000661:30-4:30 p.m.

Help those in need and give something back to your community byspending an afternoon at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Muchof the volunteer session will be spent working in the warehouse, whichinvolves everything from packaging bulk cereal or frozen vegetables tosorting bread or food donated in damaged cartons.

SEPTEMBER16 Football vs. Malone College, 1 p.m. 19 “Interpreting the Signs and Symbols

of Meaning” with Schulamit Ran,6 p.m. composer reception; 7 p.m.performance, McGuire Hall

19 Volleyball vs. Illinois Institute ofTechnology

20 Men’s Soccer vs. Trinity ChristianCollege, 4 p.m.

20 Women’s Soccer vs. TrinityInternational University, 4 p.m.

23 Football vs. University of St. Francis(Homecoming), 1 p.m.

26 Women’s Soccer vs. Spring ArborUniversity, 4 p.m.

26 Volleyball vs. Trinity InternationalUniversity, 7 p.m.

27 Women’s Soccer vs. Cardinal StritchUniversity, 2 p.m.

27 Men’s Soccer vs. Cardinal StritchUniversity, 4 p.m.

29 Women’s Soccer vs. Trinity ChristianCollege, 4 p.m.

29 Faculty Artist Recital, 7:30 p.m.,McGuire Hall

OCTOBER7 Women’s soccer vs. Judson

College, 11:30 a.m.7 Men’s soccer vs. Judson

College, 1:30 p.m. 14 Football vs. William Penn

University, 1 p.m. 18 Women’s soccer vs. Calumet

College of St. Joseph, 1 p.m. 18 Men’s soccer vs. Calumet

College of St. Joseph, 3 p.m. 21 Men’s soccer vs. Trinity

International University, 1:30 p.m. 25 Volleyball vs. Lewis University,

7 p.m. 28 Children’s Halloween Benefit

Concert, 1 p.m., Rehearsal/Performance Space

NOVEMBER2 “Performers, Technology and

Meaning” with James Mobberly,7 p.m., Beverly Arts CenterAuditorium, 2407 W. 111th St.

8 Men’s basketball vs. Trinity ChristianCollege (home opener), 7 p.m.

11 Football vs. Trinity InternationalUniversity, 1 p.m.

11 Women’s basketball vs. Point LomaNazarene University (home opener),1 p.m.

12 Orchestra Concert, 3 p.m.,Rehearsal/Performance Space

17 Xavier Classics at Noon, noon,McGuire Hall

17 Jazz Ensemble Concert,7:30 p.m., Beverly Arts Center

18 Men’s basketball vs. BethelCollege, 2 p.m.

18 Women’s basketball vs. McKendreeCollege, 4 p.m.

21 Women’s basketball vs. TrinityChristian College, 5 p.m.

21 Men’s basketball vs. CalumetCollege of St. Joseph, 7 p.m.

28 Percussion Ensemble Concert,7:30 p.m., McGuire Hall

28 Men’s basketball vs. Illinois WesleyanUniversity 7:30 p.m.

DECEMBER1 Women’s basketball vs. Central

College, 3 p.m. 2 Women’s basketball vs. Union

University, 1 p.m.2 Women’s & Men’s Ensemble

choral concert, TBA,McDonough Chapel

4 Chamber Music EnsembleConcert, 7:30 p.m. McGuire Hall

5 Men’s basketball vs. PurdueUniversity-North Central, 7 p.m.

5 Concert Band, 7:30 p.m.,Beverly Arts Center

8 Saxophone Quintet, 7:30 p.m.,Butler Reception Room

8 & 9 Men’s basketball Saint XavierUniversity Classic

9 Guitar Ensemble, TBA,McGuire Hall

10 Piano Showcase, 3 p.m.,McGuire Hall

21 to 23 Men’s basketballSaint Xavier UniversityMidwest Tournament

27 to 29 Women’s basketballSaint Xavier UniversityChristmas Tournament

JANUARY7 Winter Commencement,

10 a.m. liturgy, 2 p.m. ceremony,Shannon Center

23 Xavier Classics at Noon,noon, McGuire Hall

13 Women’s basketball vs. IllinoisInstitute of Technology, 1 p.m.

13 Men’s basketball vs. IllinoisInstitute of Technology, 3 p.m.

27 Women’s basketball vs. Universityof St. Francis, 1 p.m.

27 Men’s basketball vs. Universityof St. Francis, 3 p.m.

30 Women’s basketball vs. IndianaUniversity-South Bend, 7 p.m

31 Men’s basketball vs. IndianaUniversity-South Bend, 7 p.m.

FEBRUARY3 Women’s basketball vs. Olivet

Nazarene University, 1 p.m. 3 Men’s basketball vs. Olivet

Nazarene University, 3 p.m. 10 Women’s basketball vs. Purdue

University Calumet, 1 p.m. 10 Men’s basketball vs. Purdue

University Calumet, 3 p.m. 13 Women’s basketball vs. Cardinal

Stritch University, 7 p.m. 17 Women’s basketball vs. Robert

Morris College, 1 p.m. 17 Men’s basketball vs. Robert

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For more information, contact the Office of Alumni & Parent Relationsat (773) 298-3279 or visit www.sxu.edu/alumni

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006The SXU Connection: Students & AlumniWorking Together6:30 p.m., Student LoungeDon’t let the fear of “networking” keep you frommaking important career connections! Let alumniprofessionals show you how to navigate theseawkward and anxiety-provoking situations.

Music and the Search for Meaning: Interpretingthe Signs and Symbols of Meaning6 p.m., Meet the Composer, McGuire Hall7 p.m., PerformanceTo celebrate the link between the arts, creativity andthe spiritual life, the Center for Religion and PublicDiscourse, the Beverly Arts Center and the ChicagoComposers Forum will feature a concert withShulamit Ran. Chicago Composers Forummembers will also perform selected works.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2006Bill Rancic: The Original Apprentice“The Apprentice Speaks to Ethics andEntrepreneurship”7 p.m., Shannon CenterThis event is sponsored by the Center for Religionand Public Discourse, with support from GreatLakes Bank. Details about this 160th anniversaryevent can be found on page 9.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006Peter Steinfels7 p.m., Butler Reception RoomThis event is sponsored by the Office for UniversityMission and Heritage, the Center for Religion andPublic Discourse and the Lilly Fellows Program.Details about this 160th anniversary event can befound on page 9.

Thirsty Thursday5-8 p.m., Gilhooley’s Grande SaloonWhether you’re thirsty for water, soda or somethinga bit stronger, join X-treme Alumni for happy hourat Gilhooley’s.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2006Mercy DayCelebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mercy.

Golden Graduate Society Tea2 p.m., Heritage Room at Gilhooley’s Grande SaloonAlumnae who attended the 49th & Cottage Grovecampus are invited to a special afternoon tea tohonor Saint Xavier’s rich history and exciting future.

All-Alumni Celebration, honoring the classesof ’66, ’76, ’81, ’86 & ’966:30 p.m., Butler Reception RoomDuring the All-Alumni Celebration, specialrecognition will be given to the classes of ’66, ’76,’81, ’86 and ’96. Alumni donors of 20 or moreconsecutive years will be acknowledged. In addition,the Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award, theMcGuire Award and McGuire Book Scholarshipwill be presented during the evening.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 20066th Annual Cougar 5K Run/Walk9 a.m., Shannon CenterJoin alums, students, parents and friends of SXU inthe 6th Annual Cougar 5K! All participants receivean SXU T-shirt, complimentary breakfast and ticketto the football game. The course starts and finisheson the SXU campus and runs through the heart ofEvergreen Park. Form a team of 4 or more alumniand receive a discounted registration fee.

For registration information and details, visitwww.signmeup.com/53729 or call (773) 298-3592.

Volleyball Alumni Match9:30 a.m., Main Arena, Shannon Center

Women’s Basketball Alumni Game10:00 a.m., West Gym, Shannon Center

Men’s Basketball Alumni Game10:00 a.m., West Gym, Shannon Center

Baseball Alumni Game 10:00 a.m., Ferrell Field

Softball Alumni Game10:00 a.m., Cougar Softball Field

Pre-Game Tailgate11 a.m., Cougar StadiumStudents, alumni, parents and friends are invited toattend the Pre-Game Tailgate for a classic cookout.There will also be activities for kids of all agesincluding pony rides, face painting, games andmuch more.

Class of ’01 Reunion11 a.m., Cougar StadiumTake a trip down memory lane with old friends andformer classmates. Tables will be reserved for theClass of ’01 at the Pre-Game Tailgate tent.

Saint Xavier Universityvs. University of St. Francis1 p.m., Cougar StadiumCheer the Cougars onto victory over the rivalFighting Saints. In 2003, SXU beat USF 42-0 for ahomecoming victory. Get free tickets to the footballgame by stopping at the Alumni Hospitality Tent.

5th Quarter PartyPost-game, Gilhooley’s Grande SaloonThe fun doesn’t end with the 4th quarter. Celebratea Cougar victory during the 5th Quarter Party atGilhooley’s. Live music by Last Call, featuringKKaammiill CChhmmiieelleewwsskkii ’’0044,, DDaann CCaassaassaannttoo ’’0044,, JJoohhnnPPeerrrryymmaann ’’0055, Brian Mundee and Phil Serratore,from 5 to 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2006Alumni Mass10 a.m., McDonough ChapelWe will honor our departed alumni and friends, aswell as our military servicemen and women aroundthe globe. Alumni are encouraged to submitremembrance and prayer requests.

Keene Terrace Dedication11:15 a.m., Front Entrance, Warde Academic CenterTo learn more about CCaarrooll AA.. KKeeeennee ’’6611 please readher story “The call to social justice” on page 22.

Alumni Awards Ceremony & Brunch11:30 a.m., Butler Reception RoomJoin us in honoring remarkable Saint Xaviergraduates with the presentation of the annualalumni awards.

Distinguished Alumni Award: Sister Lily A.Quintos, R.C. ’67Sister Dorothy Marie Peschon Service Award:Dr. Claudette Dwyer ’54Faith in the Future Award: Amy McKee ’97Faculty Recognition Award: Judith Hiltner, Ph.D.

Special Sale atthe Bookstore

Show your SXU alumni card during

Homecoming & Reunion Weekand save 10% on sportswear and

gifts, plus an additional 1% for every

year since graduation, up to 50%.

Sale runs Monday, September 18

through Saturday, September 23.

HOMECOMING& REUNIONWEEK 2006

HOMECOMING& REUNIONWEEK 2006September 18-24, 2006


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Current Golden Gradswelcomed the class of 1956into the Golden Graduate

Society during this pastMay’s commencementceremony. This special

group recognizes alumnaewho graduated 50 or

more years ago.

Members of the classof ’56 celebrate the

50th anniversary oftheir graduation fromSaint Xavier College

for Women during theMay commencement.

The Alumni Mentoring Program connects students with alumniworking in their fields of interest. Mentors share wisdom andadvice about breaking into a profession as well as informationabout how to be successful in that area. Typically, students andmentors meet either virtually or in person to discuss careerdevelopment issues.

Mentoring and networking are absolutely essential to careersuccess. If you would like to contribute to the professionalsuccess of current students and fellow alumni, consider joiningthe Alumni Mentoring Program. For more information, pleasecontact Jean Riordan, associate director, Counseling and CareerServices at [email protected] or (773) 298-3135.

NNeeww AAlluummnnii MMeennttoorrssHHeellpp SShhaappee tthhee FFuuttuurreeooff SSXXUU SSttuuddeennttssCounseling and Career Services is pleased to welcomethe following new mentors to the Alumni Mentor Program:

5 0-YEAR REUNION DATE ANNOUNCEDFOR THE CL ASS OF 19 57Class of 1957, your golden anniversary year is just around thecorner. As a Golden Graduate, we look forward to honoringyou on Saturday, May 19, 2007,, during the undergraduatecommencement ceremony at Saint Xavier University. If youwould like to serve as a class volunteer, please contact theOffice of Alumni & Parent Relations at (773) 298-3279.

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LLiinnddaa LLeesscchheerr OO’’KKeeeeffee,, RRNN,, ’’9944,Adjunct Faculty, SXU, LewisUniversity

FFrraann HHuurrlleeyy ’’8833, AldermanicAssistant, Ald. Ginger Rugai’sOffice, 19th Ward

CChhaarrmmaaiinnee SSeevviieerr ’’9933, CollegeRelations Manager, LaSalle Bank

JJaaccqquueellyynn JJaanniicckkee ’’9977,, ’’0011,Special Education Teacher,Hyde Park Day Schools

MMiicchheellee OOwweennss ’’9966,, ’’9988,Art Teacher, Nathan HaleMiddle School, District 130

MMaannaannyyaa SSoooobbhhaawwaann ’’0044,Associate Market Planner,Draft FCB Group

MMiicchhaaeell VViicckkeerryy ’’9933,, ’’9966,Biology Teacher

CCaarrrriiee CChheerreepp ’’9922, LCPC,Owner/Clinical Director, HopeEnrichment Center, P.C.

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That’s the question that frequently goes through my mind whenmaking troubling decisions, especially one related to truth-tellingand integrity. Would I, for example, as a trustee of a nonprofitorganization, publicly contest what my fellow trustees were sayingto be true when we all knew the facts to be otherwise? Or wouldI remain silent, be a “team player,” and, perhaps, help the organizationavoid a potentially damaging lawsuit?

Unfortunately, despite my formal training in philosophy and theology,I seldom derive immediate insight from the likes of Aristotle, Augustineor Aquinas. Rather, the assist to my conscience is often the fleetingimage of me trying to explain my actions to my mom. Had I toexplain this board room situation to her, what would I say? Wouldshe understand? And more important, would she be proud of me?Whether age 5 or 55, these questions—and her voice and image—still ground my conscience.

“You did what?” I imagine her asking. And then she would demandthat I tell my story without averting my eyes from hers. My mom,you see, knew about lying. She knew all kids give it a try and sheknew I would try, too. And she was committed to a strategy formaking me very bad at it. The eye trick. “Tell your story. Be brief.No big words. And keep your eyes fixed on mine. No looking down.Or away. No smiling.” Mom’s law. Because of it, there was very littleeffective lying by the Sanders children.

“I did leave on time. There was a train. It was a slow one. BurlingtonNorthern. 122 cars.”

Sitting at the conference room table of the board meeting that day,I could imagine her listening to the explanations my fellow trusteeswere making. I could see her taking a long drag on her cigarette.Then she would blow the smoke at some unseen target in the air.For my part, I would bite my lower lip, squirm a bit and shovel on.

“And the gate got stuck at 87th Street and Southwest Highway.”

Soon I would be up to my braces in multi-syllable words andcompound complex conditional sentences that got me no closerto straightening out anything. Just closer to being grounded.

Flicking cigarette ashes into that cruddy old green ceramic ashtrayby the lamp, she would make her pronouncement. “You’re lying.”In her mind, I was the one now blowing smoke.

Lying in the board room? Moi? Well, not exactly. It wasn’t exactlylying. I just didn’t speak up and say all that I knew. Could I havepassed the test of Mom’s law after the board meeting that day?Not exactly.

Not exactly. It was clear that I was drawing on my education inthe “literal,” not the liberal arts. Not exactly: The definitional hair-splitting defense adopted by President Bill Clinton who argued thathe was not lying about his past relationship with Monica Lewinsky

in his “meaning of the word ‘is’ defense” before the grand jury.For Clinton, lying depended on “what the meaning of the word‘is’ is.” Or, I guess, whether what was in the past, still “is.”

“You lied,” didn’t you?

Lying. Intentionally misrepresenting what one understands to be truewith the purpose of deception. Sissela Bok wrote an entire book onthe excuses and justifications for lying. She categorized them, too.There are white lies. Lying in a crisis. Lying to liars. Lying to enemies.Lying to protect one’s peers and clients. Lying for the public good.Lying about the results of one’s social scientific research. Paternalisticlies. And lying to the sick and dying. But my mom didn’t need Bok’sbook to recognize lying.

Perhaps if more of us had internalized the images and voices ofwisdom figures such as our moms, there would be more truth-telling, less equivocating and less lying. Maybe there would befewer distinguished historians who have to apologize for “impropercitations” or fewer scientists who fudge research data and deceivethose with hopes for cures to horrible diseases. Or fewer managersof beloved teams like the White Sox who announce that stealingsigns is not cheating if you don’t get caught doing it.

Fortunately, my ethical dilemmas and occasional lapses of integrityhave usually been more private than these. But like anyone else inmiddle age, I have had to make some very powerful decisions abouthow to respond to questions ranging from the dear to the dreaded:

“Aunt Sue, is there really a Santa Claus?”

“Dr. Sanders, would it really matter that much if we made up a fewresponses to some of the survey questions that your research subjectsfailed to answer?”

“Sister Sue, how could you let them say that about me when youknew it wasn’t true?”

“Sue, should we tell Mom she is dying so she can call the grandkidsto say goodbye?”

No “not exactly” or definitional hairsplitting here. Sadly, however,such was not the case in the board room that day.

Mom died in 2002. But she is not gone. Nor is the enduring soundand significance of her voice, which still rattles around in my head.

Sister Susan M. Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., vice president for UniversityMission and Heritage, is also the director of the Center for Religionand Public Discourse and professor of public policy.

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