Tower Magazine | Winter 2015

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WINTER 2015

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FIRSTWORD

TOWER PRESIDENT

Thomas W. Keefe, JD EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Robert M. Galecke

AN EDUCATION INTO WHICH YOU CAN GROW

VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT

Joan S. Canty

A student once asked me why read Dante if her hope was to become a doctor. I answered that anyone who can decipher and comment intelligently on the 100 cantos of the “Divine Comedy” has the required stamina to comprehend the interworkings of the 17 muscles and 26 bones in the human hand.

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI & DONOR RELATIONS

Leah Looten, BA ’09 MBA ’14 EDITOR & DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Bill Hartley

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Callie Ewing, BA ’03 Heather Tutuska, BA ’10 MH ’12 DESIGN

Sarah Oates

We won’t get into how a close reading of the epic’s considerations of virtue and metaphysics would help her be a better doctor to patients and their families. Or how writing on one of the most beautiful and elaborate poems ever written would prepare her to communicate clearly with the myriad of nurses, anesthesiologists and radiologists supporting her in her chosen profession.

Whenever someone asks me what to look for from their education, I tell them to look for a school that offers them an education they can grow into. If you look at college simply as a means to get a job upon graduation, you will not get your money’s worth. An education that simply transfers information will leave you vulnerable to a volatile job market and fluctuating economy.

Look for a school that will give you the foundation to think critically, intentionally and compassionately about both your personal and professional lives. Look for an education that will prepare you for next year and for 40 years from now. It is this type of education that I honestly believe will yield the ultimate return on investment – an informed, purposeful, adaptable and employable graduate.

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t hear at least one story from an employer who actively seeks out University of Dallas graduates because he or she recognizes the value of employees with great educations.

I have come to believe, and the students and faculty agree, that the University of Dallas is the finest Catholic university in America.

A great education serves to transform students rather than simply transfer information. We must equip tomorrow’s leaders with the necessary skills to improve the world, and themselves, for the better. Reading, writing and critical thinking will never go out of style or become obsolete. Rather, these essential skills afford people the flexibility and agility to move with the economic and technological changes of the time, because they are timeless.

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Roberta Daley CONTRIBUTORS

Marcy Brown Marsden, BS ’91 Scott Crider Bruce Evans Karen Gempel Mark Goodwin Julie Janik, MBA ’13 Jim McGill Michele Meny Danielle Milliken, BA ’10 MBA ’13 Sandy Morgan, BA ’68 MTS ’01 Joshua Parens Adrian Ramirez, BA ’07 MBA ’14 David Smith To update your address or other contact information, email llooten@udallas.edu.

Send comments, letters to the editor or other communication regarding this publication to Bill Hartley, University of Dallas, Office of Advancement, 1845 E. Northgate Dr., Irving, TX 75062; whartley@udallas.edu.

Tower magazine is published twice annually by the Office of Advancement for the University of Dallas community. Opinions in Tower magazine are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the university. Postmaster: Send address changes to Tower, Office of Advancement, 1845 E. Northgate Dr., Irving, TX 75062.

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The university does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs and activities. Any person alleging to have been discriminated against in violation of Title IX may present a complaint to the Title IX coordinator. The coordinator assists in an informal resolution of the complaint or guides the complainant to the appropriate individual or process for resolving the complaint. The university has designated Janis Townsend, director of human resources, as the Title IX coordinator. The Human Resources Office is located on the second floor of Carpenter Hall, and the phone number is 972-721-5382.

Thomas W. Keefe, JD President

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INTHISISSUE WINTER 2015

FEATURED

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The Clare Boothe Luce Effect 10

WHO ARE WE?

A prestigious scholarship program for women in computer science, math, physics and engineering returns to UD.

A collection of facts, figures and faces that define America’s finest Catholic university

Building A B-School 11

A level-by-level and room-by-room look into SB Hall.

Serving Our Country 26 Meet some of the servicemen and –women who call UD home and learn what drew them to study here.

REGULARS FIRST WORD CALENDAR

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ONCAMPUS

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AKADEMEIA

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DIVERSIONS

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Our recurring look at a few distractions worth your while

ALUMNI NEWS

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MY St. Louis

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Take an alumni-guided tour of the city that more than 200 UD alumni call home.

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ATHLETICS Sister Josephine (Toni) Garrett, BA ’03, on how playing soccer prepared her for life with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

FINAL WORD Professor of Philosophy Bill Frank

PHOTO: EMILY ALEXANDER

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PHOTOS: UD MARKETING & COMMUNICATION/UD SPORTS INFORMATION

CALENDAR

JANUARY GROUNDHOG. Join us in Irving or at one of the 11 other Groundhog Tour locations in cities across the United States to celebrate the university’s 52nd annual Groundhog. Irving’s Party in the Park is Jan. 31. Learn more at alumni. udallas.edu/groundhog.

JANUARY

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Soccer Alumni Reunion - Kick the ball around with former teammates.

Haggerty Teaching Excellence Awards

Baseball - Season opens vs.

Sul Ross State University.

24 Basketball Alumni Reunion - Cheer on the current Crusaders and reconnect with former teammates.

Softball - Season opens at Sul Ross State University.

Braniff Conference in the Liberal Arts: On Reason & Revelation

Track & Field - Season opens at the University of Central Oklahoma Invitational.

28 2015 Aquinas Lecture - “From Impassibility to Self-Affectivity: the Trinitarian Metaphysics of ‘Esse’ in Thomas’s ‘Summa theologiae,’” delivered by Wayne J. Hankey, Carnegie Professor and Chairman, Dalhousie University and King’s College.

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FEBRUARY 07 Men’s Lacrosse - Season opens at home vs. St. Gregory’s University.

08 Women’s Lacrosse - Season opens at Hendrix College.

MARCH 01 Dallas Stars vs. Anaheim Ducks - Stars General Manager Jim Nill will share his career experiences before the game and mingle with alumni afterward.

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15th Annual University of Dallas Golf Tournament at Las Colinas Country Club

Commencement

Meet Us @ the Tower

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Cor Challenge

Alumni Easter Egg Hunt

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Alumni Night at Mainstage “Candide”

Rome & the Catholic Church

08-30 Latin in Rome

Meet Us @ the Tower - High school students can take advantage of one of the last chances to visit campus before making the allimportant decision.

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08-27 Shakespeare in Italy

Alumni @ Community - Eat, drink and be merry at Dallas’ Community Brewery.

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APRIL

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Spring Break & Alternative Spring Break

16 Crusader Preview - High school students are invited to spend a day in the life of a UD student.

APRIL 23 TIE SERIES. Technology. What keeps you up at night? A new, forward-thinking speaker series on the future of business will begin with a panel of industry thought leaders – who also happen to be UD alumni – discussing the future of technology and telecommunications.

Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Commencement

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Baccalaureate Mass, Catholic Biblical School Graduation & School of Ministry Pinning Ceremony

12-25 Arete: An Introduction to the Classics

Visit udallas.edu/thingstodo to learn more about these alumni or university events, as well as many others.

PEOPLE l EVENTS l PROGRESS

ONCAMPUS

ANATOMY OF A SHRINE

A WOLF NAMED ARISTOTLE

Shrine Committee Joseph Cyr, BA ’97 MBA ’99 Kristina Cyr, BA ’96 Andrew D., BA ’99, & Tara Farley Rev. Rudy Garcia, BA ’91 Gerry Jacob, BA ’87 Judith Jacob, BA ’87 Peter & Laura (Felis) Quinn, BS ’86 Jerry Sanchez, CBS ’11 Luis & Lourdes Spinola

CROSS 13 feet tall; arms extending 10 feet across; hand-welded steel

PHOTO COURTESY: PATRICK HUGHES

SCULPTURE MODEL On-campus alumni project honoring Our Lady beginsCLAY to take shape

OUR LADY OF GUADALU

MESQUITE TREE 7 feet tall; handwelded steel reflective of UD landscape

PATRICK HUGHES, BA ’18, ISN’T UNUSUAL SIMPLY BECAUSE HE SERVED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AND THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE ENROLLING AT UD.

OUR LADY 6 feet tall; designed

by Jaime Dominguez; cast in bronze

RELIC STONE A precious piece from the Hill of Tepeyac

PLAZA 20 feet in diameter; a special place to meditate, worship, reflect and be

DISCOVER more about the shrine and how to support it at udallas.edu/ guadalupe

And it’s not just because he founded and runs the nonprofit organization Sword of the Motherland Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving Russian military history. He also raises wolves.

Hughes’ first wolf was a rescue named Karmi. Then came Hunter W. Wolf. Currently, Hughes and his wife have a pack of seven wolves, including Plato, Aristotle and Hati Agamemnon, sharing their home.

After the Marines, Hughes wore the uniform of the Fort Worth Police force for three and a half years. However, his goal was to become a lieutenant, which required a bachelor’s degree, so he returned to school.

After attending community colleges around Dallas/Fort Worth, he has achieved his longtime goal of attending UD. His majors are biology and physics, working toward a doctorate in exobiology.

He hopes to go to Rome next year but must make arrangements for the wolves first.

WEB EXTRA: Read more about Hughes at udallas.edu/wolves.

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ONCAMPUS BOARD DIVERSITY ONE SEMINARIAN’S LUCKY DAY

PHOTO: EWTN

The 2020 Women on Boards organization made a stop on campus Nov. 20 to hold their annual National Conversation on Board Diversity. Hosted by the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business and sponsored

by IMAGINE Well, Inc., the conversation aims to increase the percentage of women on corporate boards to 20 percent by 2020.

Currently, the percentage of women on the boards of Fortune 1000 companies is 17.7 percent.

JOY OF THE GOSPEL PAPAL OCCASION

“I am inviting you to take up the challenge of Pope Francis to become ‘missionary-disciples’ of Jesus Christ,” began Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, CSB, archbishop of the Diocese of Vancouver and the 2014 University of Dallas Ministry Conference’s keynote speaker.

Archbishop Miller, who received an honorary doctor of laws in 2006 when he gave UD’s commencement address, was happy to be on “home ground” for the conference, which, again, broke attendance records.

The City of Irving expressed their appreciation for their local university as well, by making UDMC the 2014 Townsell Award recipient for bringing significant events to Irving.

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“Before the Mass, the pope came around to all of us and shook our hands. I was impressed by how happy he looked,” said Bechter, who was selected to serve from a lottery of his fellow seminarians at the North American Pontifical College in Rome.

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY BOB KUGELMANN, PHD ’76, AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ANGELICA TRATTER WERE GUESTS ON AN EPISODE OF LOCAL FAVORITE “THINK” ON KERA 90.1 FM. LISTEN TO THEIR SHOW ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DISEASE AT UDALLAS.EDU/THINK.

ONLINE & IN THE NEWS

PHOTO: ANGELICA HANLEY

PHOTOS: JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

Seminarian Paul Bechter, BA ’11, (LEFT) was spotted on EWTN serving at a Mass with Pope Francis. The Mass of Thanksgiving for the recent canonization of two French missionaries to Canada – St. François de Laval and St. Marie de l’Incarnation – took place in St. Peter’s Basilica.

THE BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS AND MEDIA MENTIONS

We posted a photo of Haggar Cafe and asked, “What’s the best conversation you remember having in this room?” to our Facebook following.

The answers ranged from philosophical to silly. Sophia Silva Furnace: Whether beauty exists or is created? And is it tied to wisdom? | Kathleen Hibbler: I recall lip-syncing two of Simon and Garfunkel’s greatest hits, three years in a row in that very spot that used to house the AirBand stage. | Kevin Gillhooley: Is it a Coke or a pop?

JOIN THE CONVERSATION Follow these social media sites and stay up to date on what’s happening in the UD community.

UD students shared their best photos of campus life and Rome during The UD Hub’s photo contest this October.

The first-place photo? A shot of Assisi captured by Angelica Hanley, BA ’16.

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MORE AFFORDABLE ROAMING University Offers Special Pricing, Scholarships for High School Programs A

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WEB EXTRA. Discover more about UD’s summer high school programs at udallas.edu/summerprograms.

A. UD also offers Arete, a summer program for high school students on the Irving campus, which includes trips to places such as the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

B. A former villa, UD’s Eugene Constantin Campus rests in the lush Alban Hills 13.5 miles southeast of Rome.

C. Shakespeare in Italy students take a trip to Venice as part of their course of study.

PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER & JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

D. Students visit St. Peter’s Square in addition to many other sites in Rome.

PHOTOS COURTESY: ROME & SUMMER PROGRAMS OFFICE

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PHOTOS: UD MARKETING & COMMUNICATION/KIM LEESON

For two decades now, UD’s Eugene Constantin Campus has been the home not just of the 45-yearold semester Rome Program for undergraduates, but also of summer programs in which high school students take college-level courses from UD professors and experience a taste of what UD undergraduates encounter each semester.

In honor of this 20th anniversary, UD has significantly reduced the summer 2015 prices for its three high school Rome programs.

During Latin in Rome, which runs July 8-30, 2015, intermediate and advanced Latin students can deepen their understanding of Roman civilization and the Latin language. The cost is $3,750.

Running July 8-27, 2015, Shakespeare in Italy explores why Shakespeare set more than a third of his plays in Italy. The cost is $2,999.

In Rome and the Catholic Church, students study classic works of the Christian tradition and visit sites significant to both the ancient and present-day Catholic Church. The cost for this program, which runs July 8-27, 2015, is also $2,999.

“These students grow intellectually through rigorous academics and travel the city with faculty who have lived in Italy and speak the language,” said Rebecca Davies, Rome and Summer Programs director.

In addition to this reduced pricing, each student who participates in a UD high school summer program in Rome and later enrolls as an undergraduate at UD will be eligible for a $4,000 tuition scholarship ($1,000 per academic year).

The cost of each program includes three hours of college credit, room, board, land travel, museum and entrance fees, and international health insurance.

Airfare is not included.

CITY OF IRVING: UD’S A BEAUTY The City of Irving’s Parks and Recreation Department recently recognized UD’s contributions – specifically for Vilfordi Plaza and campus gateways – to Irving’s quality of life.

“UD has been a great partner with the City of

Irving,” said City of Irving Planning Manager Gene Moulden.

Vilfordi Plaza, named after longtime UD trustee and Dallas/Fort Worth philanthropist Gene Vilfordi, connects the campus core to DART’s University of Dallas

Station. The plaza features lush landscaping, an arched footbridge over Madonna Pond and a fountain.

Additionally, new gateways at each of five major campus entrances collectively create a distinct visual boundary identifying the UD campus.

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MISSION INTO PRACTICE “So...what are you going to do with that [insert liberal arts major here] degree?” If you were a liberal arts major, this was likely a common question during your college years. Relatives, family friends, people you met on the street...it’s what they all wanted to know. Even with a more “marketable” major, people still inquired about your plan.

Explaining UD’s mission – the pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue as the proper and primary ends of education – didn’t deter people from asking how you intended to pay your bills.

UD isn’t a trade school. We take great pride in our academic rigor. But it’s still good for students to have post-graduation plans. That’s why, when UD recently underwent its once-a-decade re-accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), its chosen SACS-required project centered around students’ post- college preparedness.

According to Julie Janik, director of the Office of Personal Career Development, the intention is for students to make prudent decisions regarding classes, employment and internships based on some type of long-term goal.

CAMPUS GATEWAYS

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B. Associate Professor of Theology Ron Rombs guides students through a Core theology class.

C. UD’s nationally recognized Core curriculum requires all undergraduates to read many of Western civilization’s greatest literary works.

THE PURPOSE OF THE QEP IS NOT TO VEER AWAY FROM UD’S MISSION, BUT RATHER TO SUPPORT IT.

The first step of UD’s quality enhancement plan (QEP) is guiding students toward discerning what path they might want to take. To this end, more speakers are being brought to campus to talk about a variety of careers.

Additionally, students are encouraged to go out and present and network, whether through conferences, workshops or other events.

The purpose of the QEP is not to veer away from UD’s mission, but rather to support it – to prepare students “for life and work in a problematic and changing world.”

“We want them to make intentional decisions,” said Janik. “We want students to become teachers because it’s their vocation, not because they couldn’t come up with anything else to do.”

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The Alumni Gateway leads into the parking lots of Carpenter Hall and the residence halls on the campus’ east side.

In 2012, in support of campus transformation efforts, the National Alumni Board pledged more than $75,000 to construct one of five new campus gateways. Now complete, the Alumni Gateway stands at the Tom Braniff Drive and Catherine Drive campus entrance.

Another named entry, the Levy Gateway, is at Northgate Drive and Science Drive and honors Lester A. Levy Sr., who was a UD trustee from 1979-88.

The Levy Gateway leads to the parking lot by the Science Building.

WE ASKED. MANY RESPONDED.

PHOTOS: JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

GIVING OPPORTUNITY. Call Executive Vice President Bob Galecke at 972-721-5201 for more information about naming gateways at Gorman Drive and Northgate, Lynch Circle, and Gorman Drive and State Highway 114.

A. The Core curriculum teaches students to think independently and requires that they be able to explain their thought processes.

PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER

ONCAMPUS

Nearly 380 gifts raised more than $136,000 for UD on North Texas Giving Day, surpassing last year’s total by nearly 9 percent and retaining an unofficial title as the most generous university alumni in North Texas. (SMU was a distant second.)

For all schools that participated (not just universities), UD was no. 15, and for all 1,600 North Texas nonprofits that took part, UD ranked no. 25 for total dollars raised and total gifts – not too shabby!

LIBERAL ARTS l BUSINESS l MINISTRY

AKADEMEIA

A PROMISING START FOR THE STATE’S FIRST

They commute from as far away as Houston. One student moved to Dallas from Brazil. Half of them already have a degree from UD. With an average age of 49 years, and 13 years – on average – of executive management experience, they are the inaugural class of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business’ Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program, which launched in August with a full class.

The program’s curriculum, which has been designed to quickly respond to rapidly changing business landscapes, will focus on applied research.

“The DBA is broader in approach than a PhD,” said Director of Executive Learning Rodney Williams.

“Coursework isn’t limited to the theoretical. Our students will actively test researched theories within their own workplaces.”

The program’s launch has brought many alumni back to school, and back to UD. “The high-quality faculty was a significant contributor in my decision to pursue the DBA, and equally important is the strong commitment our faculty have to create an optimal learning environment for my cohort,” said Mark Brightenburg, MBA ’11, director at

Fidelity Investments and one of the university’s DBA students.

During their first semester this fall, students cut their teeth on topics like strategic and interpersonal engagement, cross-cultural competency and designing applied research.

“My present research inquiry, under Sri Beldona’s guidance, takes a global perspective on how emotional intelligence influences the relationship between leadership style and employee outcomes within China as compared to the United States,” said Brightenburg.

The DBA students represent a wide variety of industries from accounting to aerospace.

All in all, students were excited and empowered by a busy first semester of doctoral coursework with Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business faculty.

“I have many wonderful memories, including having dinner with my classmates and faculty at President Keefe’s home, a group exercise on learning styles, a panel discussion with faculty, presenting an article on global business, and enjoying meals with my new friends,” said Brightenburg.

said Michael Gontarz, EdD, BA ’81. “The program’s commitment to rigor and scholarship has assisted me as a psychologist in challenging conventional explanations of psychological, medical and educational issues.

Very few university programs besides UD offer this well-rounded view of psychology.”

This August, the University of Dallas Psychology Department, along with Professor of Psychology Scott Churchill, was recognized for “significant and lasting contributions to humanistic psychology” with the 2014 Charlotte and Karl Bühler Award from the Society for Humanistic Psychology.

WEB EXTRA: Read more at udallas.edu/psychaward.

CREATOR: JOHN TAYLOR

Inaugural semester comes and goes for Texas’ first AACSBaccredited DBA program.

“THE UD PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM CHALLENGES ITS STUDENTS TO LOOK BEYOND COMMON WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR,”

The three-year, 60-credithour program is one of fewer than a dozen AACSBaccredited programs in the United States.

INTERDISCIPLINARY SHAKESPEARE

PHOTOS: KIM LEESON

Courses for the part-time program are delivered in a blended format that combines online learning and traditional classroom instruction during monthly in-residence weekends.

The Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts hosted its first biennial interdisciplinary Shakespeare conference in October. The conference, titled “Nothing Will Come of Nothing: The Wisdom of King Lear,” featured a lecture by Baylor University political science professor Timothy Burns and a dramatic reading of the play featuring highly regarded North Texas actor and founding member of Dallas’ Undermain Theatre, Bruce DuBose, in the title role.

The second day of the conference consisted of panels hosted by English, education and drama department professors.

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REWIND

Let us count the ways...

UD is being enriched by our many intellectual endeavors

TWO BASIC THESES DROVE THE SEVENTH ANNUAL JOHN PAUL II LECTURE: FIRST, THAT WE CAN DISCERN IN EACH THING A TENDENCY TO MOVE BEYOND ITSELF, TO TRANSCEND THE SELF; AND SECOND, THAT SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION IS A CALL TO TRANSCEND THE SELF IN RELATION TO ANOTHER, BEARING FRUIT IN A THIRD. D.C. Schindler, associate professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America, delivered this lecture, “Marriage as a Natural Sacrament,” on Sept. 24.

WEB EXTRA: Read more about the John Paul II lecture at udallas.edu/jpii.

PHOTO: KIM LEESON

▶ Theologian Theodore Whapham Named New School of Ministry Dean “Dr. Whapham will be a powerful presence here. His theological expertise and experience teaching at a variety of levels will be a tremendous blessing to us,” said President Thomas W. Keefe of Dean Theodore Whapham, the new leader of UD’s undergraduate and graduate ministry programs, adult education courses and the annual ministry conference.

Previously, he was an assistant professor and director of master’s degree programs at St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Fla.) where he taught undergraduate to doctoral courses and provided administrative oversight for the master of arts in pastoral ministry and master of divinity degree programs.

Whapham, who specializes in Christology and Trinitarian theology, earned a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate in historical and systematic theology from The Catholic University of America.

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PHOTO: JEFF MCWHORTER

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MATHEMATICS TAKES FIRST The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) looked at the percentage of mathematics and statistics baccalaureate graduates from 2001 to 2005 who went on to receive doctorates in mathematics or statistics and found that UD, at 29 percent, had the highest percentage of the institutions surveyed.

Overall, Associate Professor of Mathematics David Andrews, BS ’90, credits UD’s Core curriculum for the high number of UD mathematics majors who have gone on to earn their doctorates.

“In general, there’s a willingness to think about big ideas at UD that is encouraged in all the classes; mathematics is just one aspect of that,” said Andrews.

WEB EXTRA: Learn more about what sets UD’s mathematics department above the rest at udallas.edu/mathphds.

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Professor of Politics Christopher Wolfe may be a new face at UD, but he is no stranger in the field of constitutional law scholarship; constitutional law, incidentally, is his favorite class to teach. After a 30year stint at Marquette University, he accepted a position at UD, the alma mater of five of his 10 children, just this year. | A constant concern for Wolfe is the “increasing detachment of young people from marriage and family;” something he appreciates about UD is that students are “generally happy, friendly, hardworking, thoughtful and committed to their liberal education, with sound moral values derived from good families.”

A GIFT DEEPLY APPRECIATED

PHOTO: KIM LEESON

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On the occasion of their 25th reunion in 2013, the Class of 1988 raised a sum of money, which is being awarded over two years, for Constantin College of Liberal Arts faculty development.

This year, their gift enabled $20,000 in awards to be given, which was complemented by President Thomas W. Keefe’s contribution of $10,000.

The money from this gift will carry over into next year, as well.

GIVING OPPORTUNITY: Your graduating class could be in the midst of a similar campaign to support an equally deserving cause. Contact the Office of Advancement at advancement@udallas.edu to learn more.

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You’d think a full teaching load, advising senior studios and directing one university mainstage play each year would be enough for drama professors Stefan Novinski, BA ’92, and Kyle Lemieux, BA ’98. But these dramatists can’t seem to keep away from new opportunities to practice their craft.

In late October, Novinski directed “The Golden Apple” for Dallas County’s Lyric Stage series. The 1950s musical is a 20th-century take on Homeric epics the “Iliad” and “Odyssey.”

Sadly, if you missed seeing Novinski’s production of this elaborate musical, requiring a 36-piece orchestra and cast of 43 singers, you might have to wait a while for another chance. It’s rarely performed.

Lemieux’s theater company, Dallas Actor’s Lab, has been invited to participate in the Elevator Project, a new collaboration between the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the Dallas performing arts community. As part of the project, the Lab will perform Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” in February at the Wyly Theatre. “Uncle Vanya” will be directed by Dylan Key, BA ’11.

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“Due to my experience in the corporate world, I have the most amazing respect for academia. It is truly wonderful to be surrounded by those in the pursuit of ideas as opposed to those who are forced to focus only on the bottom line,” said Stephen Foutch, assistant professor of art and former director of operations at UberPrints, an online commercial printing company in Georgia.

One of his first projects will be to expand the Art Department’s digital facilities, including purchasing fine art inkjet printers, 3-D printers, 3-D scanners and computers designed for graphics applications.

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LASTING ENGLISH LEGACY

▶ Dona (Spawn) Gower, BA ’64, imparted students with a horror of comma splices and shaped teachers with a love of classic literature. A student of Donald and Louise Cowan, a former UD president and former Braniff Graduate School dean, respectively, she spent most of her career teaching and advocating for teachers. In 1996, she founded the Athena Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to educating teachers. | Now, she will be remembered with the Dr. Dona S. Gower Memorial Endowed Scholarship for senior English majors. .

PHOTO COURTESY: STEFAN NOVINSKI

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AS MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FACE DECLINING ENROLLMENTS, UD’S SATISH & YASMIN GUPTA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCED A 16 PERCENT INCREASE IN NEW STUDENTS OVERALL THIS FALL. THEY ALSO WELCOMED A 200 PERCENT LARGER POPULATION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THAN FALL 2013.

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THE CLARE BOOTHE LUCE EFFECT A prestigious scholarship program for women in computer science, math, physics and engineering returns to UD According to Sally Hicks, professor and chair of physics, the main problem facing undergraduate women in science nationally is attrition.

“They sign up for classes as freshmen and sophomores, but don’t stick around as upperclassman,” said Hicks.

While girls and boys graduate from high school with nearly equal advanced credits in STEM areas, the number of women majoring in computer science, engineering or physics at the undergraduate level decreases sharply, according to the National Science Foundation.

That’s exactly the problem the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Scholarship Program seeks to address, in partnership with UD. Thanks to a $290,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, women majoring in computer science, mathematics, physics and engineering (CBL fields) at UD are now eligible to apply for a full-tuition scholarship for their junior and/ or senior years. The program will award 10 full-tuition scholarships from 2015-18.

“I think the CBL Scholarship Program will be particularly helpful in defraying the extra year of tuition for those students pursuing UD’s five-year dual-degree program in physics and engineering with the University of Texas at Arlington,” said Hicks.

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While the scholarship program’s financial support for UD women in science will be particularly helpful, UD will also sponsor several programs that create a community of support for women either in science or considering it, including the Clare Boothe Luce Speaker Series, which will bring established women in CBL fields to give public seminars and meet with UD women science majors.

CBL Scholars will also participate in Clare Boothe Luce Panels for Undecided Students, discussing what it means to be a science major at UD and available post-graduation opportunities.

The Henry Luce Foundation has partnered with UD to support women science students before through the CBL Scholarship Program.

WHILE GIRLS Previous CBL Scholars AND BOYS include Stephanie GRADUATE FROM Wissel, BA ’04, a HIGH SCHOOL postdoctoral scholar WITH NEARLY at the University of EQUAL ADVANCED California-Los Angeles; CREDITS IN Shelly Wark, BS ’01, STEM AREAS, senior electronics THE NUMBER engineer at Lockheed OF WOMEN Martin Aeronautics; MAJORING IN and Claire Nerbun, BS COMPUTER ’01, a medical physicist SCIENCE, at Memorial Sloan ENGINEERING Kettering Cancer OR PHYSICS AT Center.

THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL DECREASES SHARPLY.

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PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER

AKADEMEIA

PEER RECOGNITION Quality Matters (QM), a faculty peer review organization for online and hybrid course design, designated three Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business courses with the Quality Matters Certification. The certification recognizes graduate-level courses Business Analytics, Managerial Finance and Value-Based Marketing and their faculty designers.

“We’re proud to have our faculty recognized for the work they’ve done delivering highquality online education to graduate business students at the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business,” said the school’s dean, Robert Scherer.

WEB EXTRA: Learn more about QM at udallas.edu/qualitymatters.

BUILDING A B-SCHOOL After ground was broken on 45,000-square-foot SB Hall in October, work began in earnest on the future home of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business...

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Two-story main entrance atrium will lead to conference space, classrooms and a student services wing

ACCESS HATCH

Design

Perkins+Will - A global design and architecture firm with offices on four continents in 24 cities, including Dallas

Location

Northeast quadrant of the university’s 222-acre core campus

Features

First Level - A two-story atrium, conference and multi-purpose meeting spaces, in addition to a business center, catering kitchen, 64seat classroom, financial markets lab and a student services suite Second Level - Three classrooms and six team rooms for small group discussions and student organization meetings, as well as a large student study lounge Third Level - Three 32-seat classrooms, a 3,255-square-foot central common area for community gatherings, a boardroom and a production studio for class recordings

Study areas are planned on every floor

First-floor student services wing waiting area

Design offers views of the Dallas and Las Colinas skylines and allows easy reconfiguration of spaces as the campus population and its needs change over the building’s lifespan; natural light will flood all areas Sustainability

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification in process; LEED is a set of rating systems of green buildings as outlined by the United States Green Building Council

Third-floor boardroom

Design, construction, operation and maintenance will support UD’s commitment to energy efficiency, water conservation and green architecture Technology

Digital signage, video collaboration technologies, flat panel displays and wireless connectivity throughout; a video wall in the atrium

OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE. Support the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business. Visit udallas.edu/sbhall.

One of SB Hall’s eight classrooms

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WHO ARE WE?

CONSTANTIN

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PIA VILLANUEVA-PULIDO BA ’00 PROFILE

P

ia Villanueva-Pulido was a UD English major with a journalism concentration. Now she’s an English and humanities teacher at Travis Middle School in Irving. With her husband, music producer and teacher Michael Pulido, she co-founded the creative business development studio M&P Creative. She has also written three children’s books: “Blue Dragonfly,” “Terrible Trevor” and the upcoming “Camilla the Chameleon.”

10,000

PEOPLE (and counting) have graduated from UD’s undergraduate program. Here’s a look at some defining characteristics of Constantin alumni. Like Pia Villanueva-Pulido, the majority are female, majored in English and are currently teaching.

These books are all part of Villanueva-Pulido’s six-installment River of Imagination series and include multimedia extras, including songs written and recorded by her husband. The media components of the books are designed to help other parents and teachers incorporate the arts into all aspects of learning for young children.

TOP PROFESSIONS 22%

Teachers

10 MOST

5%

Professors

POPULAR

UNDERGRADUATE

8%

“

Doctors

8%

VILLANUEVA-PULIDO CONSIDERS HER FAMILY TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF HER WORK. HER DAUGHTER, ZOE, IS ALREADY FOLLOWING IN HER PARENTS’ CREATIVE FOOTSTEPS, COMPOSING SONGS AND MAKING MUSIC.

MAJORS

*

ENGLISH

2

BIOLOGY

3

HISTORY

4

POLITICS

5

PSYCHOLOGY

6

ECONOMICS

METRO AREAS

7

PHILOSOPHY

[ outside Texas ]

8

EDUCATION

9

THEOLOGY

of all time

Villanueva-Pulido said.

ALUMNI

1

10 DRAMA

”

THEY ARE THE CENTER OF WHO I AM AND WHAT I DO,

Lawyers

TOP 3

CHICAGO NEW YORK CITY WASHINGTON, D.C.

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Mary

Mary

Mary

Jennifer

Mary

Mary

James

John

John

John

Michael

Michael

MOST POPULAR

NAMES – BY – DECADE WINTER 2015 l TOWER l 13

WHO ARE WE?

SATISH & YASMIN

GUPTA COLLEGE

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////// AARON MIRI MBA ’09 PROFILE

A

aron Miri graduated from the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business with a concentration in Health Services Management. Now the chief technology officer for the Children’s Health System of Texas, he “strives every day to humanize technology.”

OF BUSINESS

“PROBABLY THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF MY JOB IS SEEING THE TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS ‘IN ACTION,’” SAID MIRI. “WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE HOSPITAL AND SEE HUNDREDS OF SMILING KIDS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM OUR AMAZING CLINICAL STAFF, THAT’S A LEVEL OF SATISFACTION BEYOND ANYTHING WORDS CAN DESCRIBE.”

16,000 PEOPLE

(and counting) have graduated from UD’s undergraduate and graduate business programs. Here’s a look at some defining characteristics of business alumni. Like Aaron Miri, they are usually professionals who entered one of UD’s graduate business programs with approximately 7-10 years of work experience, seeking to further their careers. They often worked full time and supported families while pursuing their graduate degrees.

LOCAL

INFLUENCE

987

COMPLETED

PROJECTS

Miri spends a large amount of his free time doing volunteer work in the community and participating in professional groups.

“

:CAPSTONE

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT LEADERSHIP IS SPOKEN THROUGH ACTIONS AND NOT THROUGH WORDS, SO I TRY HARD IN ALL ASPECTS TO CONTINUOUSLY GIVE BACK,

Perhaps the single most cited example of the transformative nature of UD’s graduate business programs is Capstone – the culminating project of the MBA, in which students solve real problems for real companies.

172,725 HOURS

”

74,025

of professional consultation REPORT provided

$24.7 GLOBAL

INFLUENCE

said Miri.

PAGES MILLION OF VALUE

Miri also cherishes the time spent with his wife, who helped him maintain his sanity when he was working on his MBA, and his 3-year-old daughter.

provided to Capstone clients

:ALUMNI &.

GLOBAL :STUDENTS INFLUENCE

13%

International

87%

Domestic

TOP 5

ALUMNI STUDENTS

COUNTRIES OF RESIDENCE (Outside the U.S.)

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1 2 3 4 5

Thailand Taiwan China Belgium France

1 2 3 4 5

Saudi Arabia India China Nigeria Pakistan

WHO ARE WE?

BRANIFF GRADUATE SCHOOL

////////////////////////////////////////////////////// MARCUS FOSTER MH ’11 PROFILE

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OF LIBERAL ARTS 1,839 PEOPLE

(and counting) have graduated from UD’s master’s and doctorate liberal arts programs. Here’s a look at some defining characteristics of Braniff alumni. Like Marcus Foster, they tend to be male teachers at the secondary level, and they are more often married than not. The Master of Humanities program is the most popular.

arcus Foster was already a fulltime teacher with a young family when he came to UD to pursue his Master of Humanities.

“

TEACHING LATIN AND GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE WHILE TAKING GRADUATE CLASSES IN THOSE SUBJECTS REVOLUTIONIZED MY TEACHING,

”

said Foster.

WHERE

Foster is the languages department chair at Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth, which offers Latin to all students in grades 3-12 and Greek to students in grades 10-12.

DID WE GO FOR UNDERGRAD? TOP TEXAS PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: University of North Texas

“I LOVE GETTING TO TEACH LITERATURE, HISTORY AND THEOLOGY THROUGH THE LATIN LANGUAGE,” SAID FOSTER. “I LOVE CONNECTING KIDS TO GREAT IDEAS AND GREAT TEXTS IN THE TRADITION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.”

#2 TEXAS PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: Texas A&M University TOP TEXAS PRIVATE UNIVERSITY: University of Dallas #2 TEXAS PRIVATE UNIVERSITY: Baylor University

Outside of school, Foster is involved in leadership at his church, reads avidly and plays guitar, drums and board games (Dominion is his favorite). Spending time with his family is also a priority; he and his wife of 12 years have three daughters ages 9, 5 and 3.

TOP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: Franciscan University of Steubenville #2 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: Thomas Aquinas College TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE: Saint John’s College

“Watching them learn and grow is a great joy,” Foster said.

(both Annapolis and Santa Fe campuses)

#2 LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE: Hillsdale College *Based on 2005-2013 enrollment data

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

IPS ALUMNI ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING AT: New Saint Andrews College Thomas Aquinas College Carthage College John Witherspoon College

Hillsdale College Wyoming Catholic College University of Colorado Boulder Salve Regina University

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WHO ARE WE?

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////// LARI NEWMAN-WILLIAMS MPM ’07 PROFILE

SCHOOL OF MINISTRY

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fter receiving a master of pastoral ministry degree in 2007, Lari Newman-Williams returned to the School of Ministry in 2012 for a graduate certificate in church management. Her responsibilities as parish administrator at Dallas’ Holy Cross Catholic Church include business and facilities management, human resources and payroll. She serves on the parish pastoral council and liturgy committee and as parish liaison to the community.

520 PEOPLE

(and counting) have graduated from UD’s graduate ministry programs and 694 (and counting) from the Catholic Biblical School. Like Lari Newman-Williams, they are typically adults seeking further education to aid and enrich their careers in pastoral ministry. They frequently serve parishes in rural or minority communities in which parish administrators play larger roles and often, with fewer priests available, become the faces of their parishes.

CATHOLIC BIBLICAL SCHOOL

120

CLASSES

NEWMAN-WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC CONGRESS FOR HER SERVICE TO DALLAS’ AFRICAN-AMERICAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY.

BY THE NUMBERS

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The School of Ministry’s four-year Catholic Biblical School covers every book of the Bible and is open to adults of all levels of education and all faiths. Here’s a look at the rigorous course of study these continuing education students complete:

4 YEARS 780

HOURS

(class time & homework)

2,000 PAGES READ

MY BIGGEST SATISFACTION IS BEING OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME TO ME, AND I’M ABLE TO COUNSEL THEM, ADVISE THEM OF SCRIPTURES TO READ FOR WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND FIND RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENRICH THEIR LIVES,

2 LANGUAGES (English & Spanish)

80

BIBLE

read & discussed

EVERY BOOK

of the Bible studied

5-6 ADDITIONAL BOOKS READ EACH YEAR (Biblical commentaries, histories, etc.)

UD

GRADUATE CONTINUING PROGRAM EDUCATION PROGRAM GRADUATES GRADUATES

including 1 graduate from Ghana + 1 from India

694

129

DEACONS FORMED

in Spanish

65%

in English

% STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASSES In English or Spanish

235

THE EVOLUTION OF

UDMC 2007

”

said Newman-Williams.

35%

VS

ROME PROGRAM ATTENDEES

2014

PARTICIPANTS

400+ attendees

5,300+ (A record!)

HAILING FROM

Primarily Dallas

31 states, 11 Texas dioceses, 7 countries

Westin Dallas Park Central

Irving Convention Center

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A lover of music, Newman-Williams is a master cantor for parish liturgies and also assists with the choir at Bishop Dunne Catholic School. Youth ministry is a longtime passion of hers.

Upon retirement, Newman-Williams hopes to travel with her husband of 32 years, with whom she has a daughter.

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f you’re a Constantin alumnus, chances are you went to Rome for a semester, and, if so, that semester probably helped define not only your undergraduate experience but also the person into whom you have grown since. Some alumni of our other colleges and schools have hopefully gotten to visit our Roman home, too, but even if you haven’t, you’ve likely heard a bit about it.

Without further adieu, whether for the sake of nostalgia or just simple curiosity, here are some facts and figures about UD’s Eugene Constantin Campus and the Rome Program in general.

HOME ROME

REGION

ROME

–ON THE– VIA APPIA

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WHO ARE WE?

? WHO SAYS? ??????????

AND WHO

SAYS?

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

WITH HUNDREDS of different

organizations assigning rankings and accolades to colleges, how do you know which ones actually tell you something about the university?

#8 MOST

HIDDEN

POPULAR

GEM

STUDY A B R OA D

CLASS OF

#5 MOST

The Office of Personal Career Development brought 73 employers to campus and hosted 20 career-oriented events for students … this semester. What does that kind of effort look like for students when they graduate?

RELIGIOUS STUDENTS

2014: EMPLOYMENT AS OF GRADUATION: 43% of graduates were employed.

17% of graduates were accepted to professional or graduate school.

21%

70%

THE

EARNINGS

-AL I S T

CATHOLIC COLLEGES or universities recommended for Catholic identity & academic excellence

BASED ON... ...an 80-question survey taken by current students.

43%

...whether the university requires courses in all seven categories: composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. history, economics, mathematics and science.

#13 AMONG

120 OTHER REGIONAL

UNIVER -SITIES in the West A BEST

VA L U E SCHOOL in the West

...a 30-page survey covering everything from active clubs and organizations to speaker approval policies.

...assessment at peer universities by administrators, retention of students, financial resources and alumni giving.

17%

TOP INDUSTRIES

AS OF DECEMBER 1: 70% employed.

21% in graduate or professional school.

CLASS OF

2014:

1 Education 2 Nonprofit / Philanthropy 3 Health Care

GAP

WITH 9 OUT OF UD’S 10 most popular under-

graduate majors falling into the category of humanities and social sciences (see p. 13), we’ve all had this conversation. Upon learning that you majored in philosophy (or English or politics…), the skeptic you’ve just met scoffs and expresses surprise that you’ve managed to continue feeding yourself this long.

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#1 OF 27

YOU CAN

QUIET HIM DOWN.

According to a study released in 2014 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, by the time humanities majors reach peak earnings ages (56-60 years) they earn about $2,000 more annually than those who majored in professional fields.

WHO ARE WE?

UD LORE + LEGENDS EVERYONE knows the story of how Groundhog got started, right?

(President Donald Cowan challenged students to come up with traditions.)

What are other tales that have been passed down through the generations or cropped up in more recent years?

We’ve outlined a few for you.

WHAT IS THAT

FLAG

AT VILFORDI PLAZA? SOME may have noticed a strange flag accompanying the Texas and American flags at UD's new Vilfordi Plaza. That's the Italian flag, flying in honor of our Rome campus.

WHO’

THE BEST FACULTY POKER

PLAYER?

ACCORDING TO Associate Professor of Theology Mark Goodwin, no one player can claim this title: “Poker is a game of chance, and ‘Lady Luck’ seems to favor each one of us on different nights. Over the period of a year or two, the winning is equally distributed among the group.”

THE POKER GROUP: A beloved brainchild of late Professor of English Emeritus Raymond DiLorenzo, the group helped keep him going his last year or so of life after being diagnosed with cancer.

5 FOUNDING MEMBERS: Associate Professor of English Scott Crider, Ray DiLorenzo, Mark Doody (husband of Associate Professor of English Theresa Kenney), John Gempel (husband of English Department Administrative Assistant Karen Gempel) and Mark Goodwin

topics of conversation during the games: theology, literature, drama, politics, cars, sports and movies the four other founding members were all pallbearers at Ray DiLorenzo’s funeral in July 2010

OF THE Highlands School FEET

505 531

“It’s the camaraderie that matters the most.

We genuinely like one another and enjoy one another’s company.

The play is more important than the game.”

- Mark Goodwin

"Poker is a real treat, especially the mischievous fellowship arising during the game."

HIGHEST

HIGHEST

ELEVATION

Since his passing, a portrait of Ray DiLorenzo has watched over the games -according to Goodwin, “It’s a way of remembering a founding member of the group and beloved friend who can’t be with us.”

- Scott Crider

POINT IN DALLAS COUNTY:

POINT IN THE ENTIRE AREA OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH:

CEDAR SLIPDOWN HILL

OF UD

FEET

SADLY...NO. It’s among the higher points in the immediate area, at least, near Turkey Knob or Signal Hill, once a Comanche campsite and lookout station from which the Comanche watched for both enemies and buffalo.

ELEVATION

6-8 current players with different associations with the university (faculty, spouses of faculty or staff, administrators), including Chair of University Theater and Associate Professor of Drama Kyle Lemieux, BA ’98, and Associate Professor of Theology Ron Rombs usually two meetings of the group per semester

IS UD REALLY THE HIGHEST POINT

IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH, OR IN DALLAS COUNTY, OR…WHAT WAS IT AGAIN?

6-7 years of play

870 1,368 MOUNTAIN

in Parker County

FEET

FEET

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RECOMMENDED DIVERSIONS

MYSTERIOUS l NAVIGATIONAL l SWEET

NATIVE MAPS The Owners: Rebecca (Mattingly), BA ’10, and David Harman, BA ’10, began with a map of Dallas’ Oak Cliff area; after six months of research, they had the whole city of Dallas mapped out.

“My wife and I bought some paper and printed the maps by hand. We decided to expand the concept to other cities, using the same depth of research and attention to detail. We didn’t want to leave any neighborhood out.”

In a Nutshell: “Neighborhoods are organic. They grow and change with each generation. We cull information from multiple sources to cross-reference each neighborhood.”

OLD STATE FARMS MAPLE SYRUP

In a Nutshell: “That an unknown manuscript by the 20th century’s most famous Christian author should suddenly appear out of seeming nowhere more than 20 years after his death is definitely astounding. That this manuscript is a piece of fiction by the author of such beloved works as ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and ‘The Screwtape Letters’ is remarkable. That this short story turns out to be a version of a previously published C. S. Lewis story which some have accused of being a forgery transforms the remarkable into mystery.”

Start Reading: Available in paperback ($14.99) on Amazon.com.

PHOTO: JOSEPH BURKETT

LIGHT: C. S. LEWIS’S FIRST & FINAL SHORT STORY The Author: Charlie W. Starr, MA ’90, explores questions surrounding the unknown manuscript that suddenly appeared two decades after C. S. Lewis’ death, ultimately revealing that what Lewis scholars had previously believed about the story’s origins was largely inaccurate and that this story provides a new key to understanding some of Lewis’ most profound ideas.

PHOTO: DAVID HARMAN

Start Exploring: Available as an 18-by24-inch hand-pulled screenprint ($25.00 with free standard shipping) at nativemaps.us.

The Owners: Pennsylvania natives Alethea (Hepler), BA ’99, and Joseph Burkett, BA ’99, started with 20 maple trees on Joseph’s parents’ farm and first made maple syrup over an open fire in a homemade stainless steel pan. They now have 30 acres of hard maple trees, a full-scale sugar house and more than 10,000 gallons of fresh sap storage space.

In a Nutshell: “Each spring when the snow begins to melt and the days grow longer, we continue the tradition of gathering the ‘nectar of spring’ and boiling it down into pure maple.”

Start Licking Your Lips: Available at wholesale prices at oldstatefarms.com. Besides syrup, they also have other products such as maple candy and grass-fed beef.

RECOMMEND A DIVERSION TO THE UD COMMUNITY. LET US KNOW ABOUT ALUMNI OR FACULTY BOOKS, ALBUMS, VIDEOS OR ANYTHING OF WHICH YOU JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH AT UDALUM@UDALLAS.EDU. 20 l TOWER l WINTER 2015

UD WRITERS, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS & TREND SETTERS

LIFE EVENTS l MEMORIES l ACHIEVEMENTS

ALUMNINEWS Notes

1960s John Travis Penter, BA ’61, has retired after 50 years of teaching. In 1974, he moved to Germany and, since then, has been teaching biology and humanities, for the most part, in the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Kaiserslautern High School and Ramstein High School.

PHOTOS: JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

Judy, BA ’63, and Pat Kelley, professors emeriti of the Drama Department, were named winners of the Dallas Historical Society’s Award for Excellence in Community Service.

(L-R) President Thomas W. Keefe with John McCaa, Bishop Daniel Flores, Doug Lattner and spouses.

ALUMNI.UDALLAS.EDU

¨

tinguished accomplishment and contribution to any field of human endeavor.”

This is the highest honor UD can bestow upon its alumni.

Flores leads the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Texas), a border town in which 85 percent of the population is Catholic – the highest concentration of Catholics in the United States. During his four years as bishop, Flores has devoted himself to multifaceted causes such as religious liberty, vocations and cultural diversity within the church.

As a retired chairman and CEO of the Manhattan-based firm Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Lattner maintains a legacy that includes being named one of 2005’s “25 Most Influential Consultants”

by Consulting Magazine. Active Dallas Catholics, Lattner and his wife are dedicated supporters of the Bishop’s Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries and co-chaired the Bishop Farrell Invitational golf tournament in 2013.

A familiar face to many in Dallas/Fort Worth, WFAA News Anchor McCaa has reported the evening news for 30 years. McCaa is the former president of the Press Club of Dallas and also an active volunteer in Irving; he has hosted the Irving Schools Foundation’s “Breakfast with the Stars” for eight years.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

¨

L.M. Kit Carson, BA ’69, passed away on Oct. 20, 2014.

1970s Ray Khirallah, BA ’73, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 and in Texas Super Lawyers® 2014.

IN DISTINGUISHED COMPANY Doug Lattner, MBA ’75, recalled learning professionalism from a professor who required MBA students to wear suits and ties to class. The Most Rev. Daniel Flores, BA ’83 MDiv ’87, credited the Core with teaching him to relate ideas to each other, reading Aquinas alongside the Federalists, Augustine in conjunction with Joseph Conrad.

“By this, we discovered the human terrain when it seeks to relate the apparently unrelated,” KNOW A Flores said. “If books DISTINGUISHED are written to relate ALUMNUS? to others in an endurLEARN MORE ing way, it is because ABOUT THE persons are made for NOMINATION relation.”

CRITERIA AND During the annual NOMINATE A Distinguished Alumni DESERVING Awards dinner in OctoALUMNUS WHO ber, each of the three EMBODIES 2014 recipients shared THE AWARD’S UD-related memories SPIRIT. VISIT and insights.

ALUMNI. John McCaa, MA ’02, UDALLAS. summed up the way EDU/DAA. many alumni feel about UD. “Our education has been unique, reminding us who we are, not just Americans, but heirs of a Western heritage that really values freedom.”

The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize alumni who have demonstrated “sustained, dis-

Karen Endres, BA ’65, has written and illustrated “PIONEERING,” a watercolor cartoon book that explores the wisdom of experiences.

David Baum, BA ’76, was appointed headmaster of Tempe Preparatory Academy.

1980s Jan Marshall, MBA ’85, was named vice president and chief information officer of Cubic Corporation.

Trish Nickell, MA ’86 MFA ’88, recently exhibited her work at the Valley House Gallery in Dallas.

Jennifer (Smithers) Marten, BA ’87, is an instructor at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.

1990s David Andrews, PhD, BS ’90, published an article titled “8 tips to becoming a more dynamic educator: From being enthusiastic to staying humble, advice to help professors get the most out of their students” in Our Sunday Visitor.

Michael Pennell, MA ’89 PhD ’95, is in his 10th year as principal of Prince of Peace Catholic School in suburban Greenville, S.C. In September, Secretary Arne Duncan of the U.S. Department of Education announced that Pennell’s school is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

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ALUMNINEWS Daoud H. Abu-Joudom, MBA ’90, is the GRC chief consultant at 7D GRC Advisory.

Diane Gilcreast, BA ’92, is the Support Services technical analyst at Ignite Technologies.

HOW TO CREATE A LASTING LEGACY

Clint Haggerty, MBA ’93, was nominated to the 2014 Aggie 100 list.

Ellen Barker, MBA ’94, was named chief information officer and worldwide manager of Texas Instrument’s Information Technology (IT) Services organization.

Vivian Lilly, PhD, MBA ’95, was appointed president of Chamberlain College of Nursing’s Houston campus.

Keith Callaway, BA ’98, is vice president of Gulf Coast Western.

Rev. Brian Klingele, BA ’98, had orders to make a permanent change of station to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, upon returning from a recent deployment to the Persian Gulf as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force.

Sha-Chelle Manning, MBA ’98, director of corporate innovation for Irving-based Pioneer Natural Resources, was reappointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Emerging Technology Advisory Committee.

Selena Anguiano, BA ’99, will stage manage the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas’ Staged Readings of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare at the Wyly Theater.

Last year, Professor of Philosophy Robert Wood established the Dr. Robert E. Wood Institute of Philosophic Studies Endowment Fund in the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts for the benefit of married doctorate of philosophy students.

The establishment of such a fund is not as complicated as one might think. According to Wood, the steps were fairly simple and straightforward: 1.

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He met with a development professional in UD’s Office of Advancement, outlining what he wanted the scholarship to provide and for whom.

A contract, specifying that Wood will pay a certain amount into the fund each year until his death and what the fund will support, was drawn up and signed by both Wood and President Thomas W. Keefe.

Upon his passing, a portion of his estate will be set aside for the fund. Alumni will then have an opportunity to contribute to the Dr. Robert E. Wood Endowment Fund.

By 2018, Wood’s fund will have accumulated enough to begin distributing scholarships.

A PLANNED GIVING OPPORTUNITY. For more information on how you can create a lasting legacy, contact Vice President of Advancement Joan Canty at 972-721-5148.

2000s Irv Ashford, MBA ’00, received the International Leadership Honoree Award during the eighth annual International Financial & Leadership Summit sponsored by TWEF. Clint Wheelock, MBA ’00, is the managing director at Tractica.

Emmanuel V. Dalavai, MBA ’01, is a corporate learning and HR business partner at Aviall, a Boeing Company.

Jim Lerner, BA ’01, was promoted to Network Facility Operations manager at BNSF Railway’s corporate headquarters in Fort Worth.

Lucas Sifuentes, BA ’01 MBA ’06, is enrollment director at The City University of New York.

Ryan Dibble, BS ’02, passed away May 17, 2014.

Karen (Thomas) Olson, BA ’03, gave birth to Matthew Gregory in July.

Nubia Torres, BA ’03, is the site manager at Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc. Jennifer Mallios, BA ’04, is the marketing manager at Mentoring Minds LP. Adam Martin, BA ’04, joined Texas Tech University’s Free Market Institute and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

Branden R. Williams, MBA ’04, recently earned a doctor of business administration degree from Capella University.

Rev. Matthew Hoelscher, BA ’05, was ordained a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Ill., on May 24, 2014.

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Will Frank (front) credits the Junior Poet project with teaching him to visualize a work of art as a whole.

Although his vocation may be atypical for an English major, Will Frank, BA ’06, sees his time at UD as preparing him to be an artist-in-residence with stained glass and mosaic leader Emil Frei & Associates.

He and Aaron Frei, BA ’03 MA ’06, were in Irving recently to install a new chapel window at Cistercian Preparatory School.

WEB EXTRA: Learn more at udallas.edu/ stainedglass.

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Scenes from summer, fall alumni events

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The Class of 1970 stops at the Vilfordi Plaza on their tour of Campus Transformation gateways.

2. SB Hall donors Emmanuel Dalavai, MBA ’01, Satish Gupta, MBA ’81, Yasmin Gupta, MBA ’82, Piper Wyatt and Michael Wyatt, MBA ’91, look to the future during an event to reveal SB Hall’s design.

3. Baseball alumni gear up for their reunion game.

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4. Clint Haggerty, MBA ’93, Dexter J. Freeman, MBA ’11, and Tracy Freeman celebrate together at the SB Hall Reveal.

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Doug Johnson, BA ’94, Nubia Torres, BA ’03, Monica Abbracciamento, BA ’11, Director of Corporate Communications for Pepsico Cynthia Baker, Sarah Jane Semrad, BA ’98, and Ed Reusch, BA ’82 MBA ’83, were the featured panelists for the Professional Viewpoints panel “Leveraging Your Liberal Arts Degree.”

6. Bridgett Wagner, BA ’81, welcomes summer 2014 UD student interns to the District of Columbia.

7. Baseball alumni relax after reunion game.

8. Professor of History Thomas Jodziewicz and Nubia Torres, BA ’03, catch up with each other during the Professional Viewpoints panel hosted by the Office of Personal Career Development.

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9. St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe take first prize at the Halloween Carnival costume contest.

10. Rev. Don Dvorak bestows a blessing upon new School of Ministry Dean Theodore J. Whapham and his wife.

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ALUMNINEWS

WATER WITH A SIDE OF JAM

Christian McGuigan, BA ‘05, was named vice president of client services at Participant Media.

Leyland Streiff, BA ’05, is an executive group director at Ogilvy & Mather.

Rebecca Burgess, BA ’06 MA ’10, is a program manager of the Program on American Citizenship at the American Enterprise Institute.

Michael Korson, BA ’07, and his wife, Maria, welcomed their second child, Bonnie Anne Korson, on April 5, 2014.

Michael Voit, MBA ’07, joined KAI Design & Build as its director of architecture.

Jay Crenwelge, BA ’08, is a business system analyst for NBH Bank’s Credit Division.

Amber Griggs, BA ’08, is an assistant account manager at Zorlu USA Inc.

PHOTO: IKONA PHOTOGRAPHY

Arianne Thompson, MA ’06, signed a twobook deal with Solaris Books. Her first book, “One Night in Sixes,” was released in July.

Johanna Weston, BS ’08, grew up figure skating. Now, as a Sacred City Derby Girl in Sacramento, Calif., she’s known as “Death by Dimples” in her role as a roller derby jammer – put simply, the team member designated to score points.

A former UD lacrosse player, Weston has always enjoyed an active lifestyle; rock-climbing and hiking are other favorite pastimes of hers, so it took relatively little persuasion from friends to take up roller derby about a year and a half ago.

“A captivating part about derby is the diversity of the women – all shapes, ages and life stories,” Weston said. “Many play derby while also juggling full-time jobs and families.”

By day, Weston herself is an environmental scientist at the California State Water Resources Control Board, where she crafts and implements ocean water quality regulations, protecting California’s waters from threats such as trash, elevated nutrients and cyanotoxins. She also helps manage 34 protected ocean parks.

Frequently, Weston’s co-workers are among those cheering her on at derby bouts.

“They’re really supportive,” Weston said.

Celina Guerrero, BA ’08, and Stuart Brown, BA ’10, were married on May 31 in Houston.

Tommy Kniest, BA ’08, is an associate at Higier Allen & Lautin PC. He and his wife, Belle, BA ’09, welcomed their first child, Lily Harper, in September 2013.

Miranda Peterson, BA ’08, became engaged to Jon Miller, and they are planning to be married in June 2015.

Elizabeth Window, BA ’08, received a doctorate of pharmacy from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy in May 2014.

Joe Barvick, BA ’09, is an attorney at The Centurion Law Office.

Rachel Connelly, BA ’09, received a master’s degree in communicative disorders from California State University, Los Angeles.

Ashley Crouch, BA ’09, is a Huffington Post women’s contributor.

Kelly Darmer, BA ’09, is a government affairs associate at Edison Electric Institute.

Belle Kniest, BA ’09, is a senior internal auditor at Texas Capital Bank.

James Mackenzie, BA ’09, received a master of fine arts in film and television production from Loyola Marymount University.

José Molina, BA ’86 MBA ’87, divides his time between Guatemala and Nicaragua. In Guatemala, he is chairman and CEO of UNIPALMA, S.A., a company that produces palm oil, as well as a board member of APAESA, a fragrance manufacturer.

In Nicaragua, he is on the board of Distribuidora Internacional, S.A., a company dedicated to commercializing mass consumer products.

Though Molina has chaired the Palm Oil Association for five years and the Chamber of Agriculture for three, he believes his greatest accomplishment is leading Guatemala’s Private Sector Chamber of Chambers. In this role, he worked with the country’s president and other highlevel authorities, becoming a leader in the defense of private property and in proposals for economic development.

Additionally, Molina is a third-generation

registered Zebu cattle farmer, which gives him considerable enjoyment although his palm oil plantations provide more revenue and employment than the cattle do.

Molina, who loves traveling, counts his Rome semester memories among his favorite while at UD, but his undergraduate experiences combined with what he learned in the MBA program have gotten him where he is today.

“I learned values at home, but at UD I learned to apply these values,” said Molina.

“The UD MBA helped me form a vision of world business, not just Guatemalan or regional business.”

Tim Padgett, MS ’09 MBA ’09, is director of Innovation Operations at Fire Engine RED. Mary Powers, BA ’09, is director of the Office of the President at Susan B. Anthony List.

2010s Alan Charnock, BA ’10, and Amy Pen, BA ’11, were married April 26, 2014, at the Chapel of the Cross in Dallas. Alan is a playwright and works for zearn.org, and Amy is a freelance stage manager.

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José Molina visits a sugar cane plantation owned by his company.

PHOTO COURTESY: JOSE MOLINA

Quang-Trung Dang, BA ’09, is a physician assistant at All Children’s Hospital.

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The Golden Crusaders welcome the Class of 1964 at the Las Colinas Country Club for their 50th reunion.

2. The Class of 1989 enjoys a beautiful autumn weekend for their 25th reunion.

3. Faculty, staff and students welcomed more than 900 alumni and family members to campus for Alumni & Family Weekend 2014.

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Joe Dougherty, BA ’16, scopes out the stars during Professor of Physics Rich Olenick’s stargazing event.

6. Former rugby coach Bob Macnab returns to UD to oversee the rugby match.

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7. President Thomas W. Keefe visits with Charlie Baumann, BA ’88, Donna Sue Dolle, BA ’89, and their son.

8. Cierra Houchins, BA ’14, consults the AFW schedule of events.

9. The Class of 1984 congregates in Haggar University Center to commemorate the three decades since their graduation.

10. Rev. Rudy Garcia, BA ’91, leads the Sunrise Rosary to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

11. The Class of 2004, several young children in tow, gathers to marvel at the passage of an entire decade.

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ALUMNINEWS CURRENTLY SERVING OR A VETERAN, TOO?

Keith Hathaway, BA ’10, was ordained to the transitional diaconate on July 26, 2014. He will be ordained a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth on May 23, 2015.

ALUMNI WHO ARE...

Kara Houser, BA ’10, is an associate at ISN.

...serving their country

Van Vu, BA ’10, received a doctor of dental surgery degree on May 23, 2014, from the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston.

Leslie Eslava, BA ’11, is a program coordinator at Riverside Educational Center in Grand Junction, Colo.

Scott Geye, MS ’11, is a risk advisory services senior auditor at Whitley Penn.

Nick Olson, BA ’11, is an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City. He and Cathryn Wiatroski were engaged on Feb. 15, 2014.

PHOTO COURTESY: ESTHER GOMEZ

Peter Blute, BA ’11, is Young Catholic Professionals’ vice president of operations.

UD’s commitment to the liberal arts and ministry struck a chord with these alumni veterans and current servicemen and -women.

So far, more than 300 veterans have chosen to pursue an education at UD.

Ryan Schreck, CISSP, MS ’11, is the lead IT developer at LGM Financial.

Mark Kubisch, BA ’12, is the editor-in-chief for Volume 90 of the “Notre Dame Law Review.”

From Ground Supply to Youth Ministry Esther Gomez, MPM ’17, reverted to the Catholic faith while deployed in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps upon graduation from college, she served as a ground supply officer. She has since been promoted to captain and serves the Marine Forces Europe/Africa as a distribution plans officer. Upon leaving active duty, she became a full-time youth minister at a parish.

“After two years in professional youth ministry, I discerned that my gifts in organizational leadership and management were needed at higher levels of parish and diocesan leadership structures,” said Gomez.

Now, she is enrolled as a master of pastoral ministry student in the School of Ministry.

“I think God has absolutely called me here to grow in my understanding of the greater church and to make me the best leader and disciple of Christ possible,” said Gomez.

Liz Cervi, BA ’12, is a senior financial analyst for Cardinal Health’s EMERGE Finance Program.

Carl Snider, BA ’12, is a law clerk at Cooper & Lee LLC. Cooper Walker, BA ’12, is executive editor of “Texas A&M Journal of Real Property Law.” Jay Basantkumar, MBA ’13, is senior vice president of sales and marketing at Swift Pace Solutions Inc. Ebay Hampton, PHR, MBA ’13, is director of human resources at Service King Collision Repair Centers.

Drew Klein, MBA ’13, is a senior financial analyst at GM Financial.

Donna Morrow, MBA ’13, is the PSS integration release manager at American Airlines.

Catherine Dugyon, BA ’14, is a digital publishing associate at The Heritage Foundation.

Mary Mackenzie, BA ’14, is the internship program coordinator at American Enterprise Institute.

Mary Clare Mulhern, BA ’14, is a logistician II contract specialist at LTM Inc.

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More class notes?

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PHOTO COURTESY: BAILEY WHITE

Keep in touch...

“The most meaningful part of my occupation is the ability to tell the story of the most poor and vulnerable,” said Paul Crnkovich, BA ’13.

Crnkovich, currently the parish relations manager for Catholic Charities of Fort Worth (CCFW), served in the U.S. Army from 2003 to 2009, making the rank of sergeant. During two tours of duty in Iraq, he was a chaplain’s assistant, protecting the chaplain and providing religious support to soldiers.

Now, he connects Fort Worth parishioners with CCFW services and educates Catholics on Catholic social teaching.

“My service as a soldier is invaluable. My current role in nonprofit work is mission focused – and having the discipline, training, and dedication to adapt and overcome any obstacle has been a daily part of my life,” said Crnkovich, who majored in theology and business.

Using Theology to Teach Chinese Although the switch from theology major to military language instructor might seem abrupt, not so, according to U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bailey (Sharbrough) White, BA ’03.

“A liberal arts education gave me a greater understanding of the United States Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment,” said White.

White teaches in and administrates a Mandarin Chinese program for joint service members at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.

“I develop fleet-ready sailors who possess the basic foreign language skills necessary to support the nation’s war-fighting and intelligence operations.”

PHOTO COURTESY: PAUL CRNKOVICH

Seeing Christ Through Those in Need

Rafael Barrientos-Martinez, BA ’11, is the administrative assistant for paintings conservation at the Kimbell Art Museum.

Sean Byers, BA ’11, is a marketing specialist for Demand Generation at ACTIVE Network.

We want to hear from other UD alumni who have chosen military service.

Email your story to udalum@udallas.edu.

ALUMNINEWS

MY (ST. LOUIS): MAKE AN ALUMNI CONNECTION The most populated metropolitan area in Missouri is the Gateway to the West, as well as home to the iconic Gateway Arch and nearly 200 UD alumni.

THE WINNER: FOREST PARK

OTHER HOT SPOTS SOUTH CITY MIDTOWN DOWNTOWN THE HILL

“FOREST PARK JUST CAN’T BE BEAT. YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE WORLDFAMOUS SAINT LOUIS ZOO, THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM, THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER, THE MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM OR AMERICA’S OLDEST AND LARGEST OUTDOOR MUSICAL THEATER, THE MUNY…ALL FOR FREE!” - JEAN (REKOWSKI), BA ’03, & MATT GARCIA, BA ’03 “THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE AMERICAN ART SECTION AND A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR FROM THE 15TH THROUGH 18TH CENTURIES.” - PAUL LANARI, BA ’11

GOOD

“Pappy’s Smokehouse near downtown – they serve authentic Memphis-style barbecue, slow-smoked for up to 14 hours over sweet apple or cherry wood. Get there early, as they often sell out before closing time.” - PAUL LANARI “Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in Midtown and Five Bistro on the Hill.” - KRISTINA (JOYCE), BA ’96, & JOSEPH CYR, BA ’97 MBA ’99 “Syberg’s – for the shark tacos!” - JEAN (REKOWSKI) & MATT GARCIA “Wente’s Open Wheel Restaurant and Saloon in Chesterfield – very Club Schmitz-like.” - TOM FEDERER, BA ’84 “IMO’s Pizza.” MICHÈLE THÉRÈSE SMITH, BA ’84 MBA ’88

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PHOTO: ST. LOUIS CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

FOR UD ALUMNI

MOST LIKELY TO SEE UD AT...

“At an alumni event like the Cardinals baseball game, or at the Cathedral Basilica Mass on Easter Sunday.” MICHÈLE THÉRÈSE SMITH

CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF ST. LOUIS “Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (locally called ‘New Cathedral’). If you haven’t been, it has one of the largest collections of mosaics in the Western Hemisphere.”

- TOM FEDERER

“Triumph Bar and Grille has been the site of several past Groundhogs and other get-togethers. It’s part restaurant, part motorcycle museum. They have great bar food and always treat the UD crowd well.” - PAUL LANARI “The Central West End (where the Cathedral Basilica is located, among other things).” - KRISTINA (JOYCE) & JOSEPH CYR

GETTING INVOLVED WITH ST. LOUIS-AREA UD ALUMNI “Look us up on social media and send us a message.

There are plenty of us scattered all over town, so whether you live downtown, in St. Charles, or in between, there’s sure to be someone nearby!” PAUL LANARI

“Come to any of the alumni events. We have adult-only get-togethers, as well as family parties, too.” - KRISTINA (JOYCE) & JOSEPH CYR Ensure that you’re invited to the next UD event held in St. Louis. Keep your contact information, including email addresses, up to date by visiting alumni.udallas.edu.

NEXT FEATURED CITY: SAN ANTONIO The next issue of Tower will feature San Antonio.

If you live in the San Antonio area, email udalum@ udallas.edu for details on how you can share your favorite off-the-beaten-track restaurants, hangout spots and tourist attractions, the most common places to run into UD alumni and the best ways to get involved with other local alumni.

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ATHLETICS

STUDENTS l ATHLETES l CRUSADERS

NURTURING EFFECT

For Sister Josephine (Toni) Garrett, BA ’03, a novice with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, playing soccer at UD provided the support system she needed in college, especially freshman year, experiencing a potentially debilitating homesickness.

Sister Josephine’s soccer teammates, which included the women’s soccer championship team of 2002, provided the supportive sisterhood she needed in college and helped lay the foundation for her religious vocation.

PHOTOS: UD ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT & SR. JOSEPHINE GARRETT

When Anthony Campise Jr., BA ’15, became the rec sports intern in fall 2013, he hatched a plan to support UD’s student athletes: the Blue Crew.

“It’s a way to unify the school and build solidarity,” said Campise. “Our athletes work hard to balance athletics and academics and deserve our support.”

The Blue Crew, a joint venture of UD Rec Sports, Student Government and the Athletics Department, is composed of a committee of students, currently led by Campise. The Blue Crew offers incentives such as free rally towels, clappers and food for home game attendance, selecting one or two home games against big rivals or with high stakes such as playoff qualification to promote per sport per season.

So far this year, UD athletic events have been some of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s most well attended, with estimated averages of 190 fans per home soccer game and 222 per home volleyball game – so it seems that the Blue Crew is doing its job.

PHOTO: UD SPORTS INFORMATION

THE CREW IN BLUE

MAJOR FOOTBALL POWER UD was once a major player in college football under the school’s original charter before World War I. That’s when Charles Crowley, football coach from 1912-16, led UD to the 1915 Independent Championship of the Southwest.

He and four others were recently inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame: Adam Lunger, Men’s Soccer 2005-08 Hank Meinster, Men’s Soccer Coach 1976-81 Bob Newton, Baseball 1978-80 Greg Roper, Men’s Soccer 1980-83

“Having teammates gave me a new family,” Sister Josephine said. “When my parents came to visit, they were shocked and happy at how bonded I was with the other soccer players.”

While Sister Josephine never felt like the best athlete, being an athlete and part of the Athletics Department made all the difference in her college experience. For her first two years, she was a forward and a goalkeeper on the soccer team; as a junior and senior, she worked for the coach.

“Reflecting on how life at UD, being part of the athletics community, has influenced my life today, the connection is in community and relationships,” said Sister Josephine. “Seeds for community life that were always in me, and were nurtured by my family, continued to be nurtured at UD. That nurturing is bearing fruit now as I share life with the sisters.”

Sister Josephine did not become Catholic until two years after graduating from UD with a bachelor’s degree in politics.

“I fell in love with the faith at UD; the education and experiences were like a slow courtship with Catholicism.”

She converted to Catholicism in 2005 and began discerning her vocation in 2009. She is now preparing for her religious profession and her vows, which she hopes will take place in September 2015.

Sister Josephine credits her relationships with her soccer teammates and the overall UD community with helping guide her to this life.

“I would like to share with fellow alumni my gratitude to them for being my family, my community, for teaching me about relationships and love, for nurturing in me the hope of God’s call.” .

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BILL FRANK | PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY

FINALWORD

WHO ARE WE?

Business

Nothing much out of the ordinary. We work and live among low, flat-roofed, ocher brick buildings lying along the ridge of a gentle hill raised up out of the Elm Fork Trinity River basin. In the midst of the plain sense of common things and the common people we are, we make a place for what is not so common today.

Up to this point in our history, we’ve been a university community that has not let ourselves get sidetracked – or at least not for too long – by concerns for utility, finances or fashion, however necessary and legitimate. It’s hard to keep one’s eye on the proper ends of liberal learning. It’s equally hard to balance useful goods with goods of enduring worth. We recognize the problem.

We are those who have here courted the truth. The light of that learning breaks through in unpredictable moments. For us, the call of truth and wisdom is real.

We are held together in the ties of gratitude for the learning generated and transmitted here.

Professor of philosophy since 1986, Bill Frank has served as departmental chair, graduate dean and Rome academic director. He publishes works on medieval philosophy and topics in the philosophy of society and education. Recently he published “An Essay in American Liberal Education: University of Dallas’s ‘Core Curriculum.’” He is married to Therese (Chicherio), MA ’96; they are the parents of five and grandparents of 11.

Ministry

Liberal Arts

PHOTOS: JEFF MCWHORTER

As a university, we cultivate the life of the mind: stirring the powers of the imagination that prompt reason’s queries and intellect’s insights. Liberal learning is large here. Its simple love for truth works its various ways into the disciplines of Constantin and Braniff. The Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business checks its keen interests in markets, management and finance against its concern for the dignity of persons who are leaders, workers and consumers. The School of Ministry fosters engagement in the life of the church within an understanding of God’s glory and the mystery of the human person.

We are the life of a university that cares deeply about words and their truth: poetic words that delight, inspire, heal and teach; active words that lead, manage, instruct and minister; words of science and philosophy that disclose necessities of nature and probe the mystery of creation. And the word that matters most to us is the Word who has cared for us since the foundations of the world.

In one way or another, we are all those whose lives in part revolve around the learning that is generated and transmitted here.

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Office of Advancement 1845 E Northgate Dr Irving TX 75062-4736

Join other alumni and the Office of Alumni Relations to celebrate UD’s unique tradition.

Groundhog Tour 2015 Thursday, Jan. 29 Groundhog TGIT Saturday, Jan. 31 Soccer Exhibition Game Alumni Happy Hour in the Rat Party in the Park In 2015, the Groundhog Tour will return to more than 11 cities across America, including the Groundhog Party in the Park in Irving.

Find a celebration near you.

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