e-News for January 2007

Alumni Events

1. Gray Streaks Luncheon is Wednesday, January 10
2. Breakfast with Santa Enjoyed by All
3. Alumni Receptions in Pittsburgh and Detroit Successful
4. Seeking Nominations for the Alumni Medal

Athletic Events

5. Upcoming Blue Streaks Athletic Events

Academics

6. Award-Winning Journalist Helen Zia to Speak at The Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series

Spirituality

7. Author Thomas Nevin to Speak at Cardinal Suenens Book Luncheon Series
8. Prayer Service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
9. JCU Celebrates Ignatian Day
10. In Memoriam

Service

11. Tampa Bay Area Alumni Have Day of Service for Holiday Season
12. Alumni Needed to Participate in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
13. JCU Offers Two Upcoming Service Opportunities for Alumni

Spotlight

14. Shirley Novak ’80 is Pittsburgh’s Thomas More Awardee
15. Spotlight on Bill McGinty ‘89

Alumni Events

1. Gray Streaks Luncheon is Wednesday, January 10

There will be a Gray Streaks luncheon at 12 noon on Wednesday, January 10, in the Dolan Center for Science and Technology in the O’Connell Reading Room. The featured speaker for the luncheon will be Dr. Nicholas R. Santilli, PhD, Director of Planning and Assessment. The Gray Streaks are a special alumni group made up of 50-year plus graduates of JCU. Gray Streaks play an important part in the life of the university and members receive a number of benefits including an invitation to attend a monthly luncheon on campus. If you would like to learn more about the Gray Streaks, please contact us at alumni@jcu.edu.

2. Breakfast with Santa Enjoyed by All

Both recent Breakfast with Santa events for 2006 were huge successes. The 12th annual Breakfast with Santa in Cleveland had over 400 attendees, and everyone enjoyed Mass, breakfast, and wrapping presents for the children of St. Stanislaus Grade School and Head Start program. A special thank you to Fr. Bichl for presiding over Mass. The Chicago event was also successful. Over 100 alumni and their families came out to Loyola University Chicago for Mass and breakfast and donated money to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. A special thank you to Julie Adrianopoli ’99, Don Brown ’70, Donna Brown ’72, Tim Freeman ’78 and Dick Murphy ’57 for their help planning the event, as well as Fr. Bukala for presiding over Mass. We hope to see everyone again next year and encourage newcomers to attend the event.

If you are interested in helping to plan next year’s Breakfast with Santa, please contact us at 1.800.736.2586.

3. Alumni Receptions in Pittsburgh and Detroit Successful

Recently, two alumni receptions were held in Pittsburgh and Detroit. Both events were great successes. Pittsburgh’s event was held on December 5 at the Duquesne Club, and over 100 alumni and friends were in attendance. A special thank you to the evening’s hosts, Thomas M. Freyvogel, Jr. ’70, Howard Hanna, III ’69, and David W. Short ’81. Brian G. Williams, the new Vice President for Enrollment, spoke at the event. In Detroit, the reception was held at The Detroit Athletic Club and over 40 alumni and friends attended. Dr. Linda M. Eisenmann, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, addressed the crowd. A special thank you goes out to the hosts, William C. Connelly ’66, Molly G. Robinson ’75, and David E. Robinson ’74.

4. Seeking Nominations for the Alumni Medal

The Office of Alumni Relations office is seeking nominations for the Alumni Medal, the highest award given out each year by the Alumni Association to outstanding alumni for accomplishments in their profession, exemplary family and personal life, contributions to their community and dedicated service to John Carroll University. To submit a nomination, click here. Nominations are due by February 16. The Alumni Medal recipients for this year will be honored at the Alumni Awards Program on Friday, May 18, 2007. To view a list of past recipients, click here.

Athletics

5. Upcoming Blue Streaks Athletic Events

The following is a snapshot of upcoming athletic events occurring at JCU. For complete schedules and more information about Blue Streak athletic teams, visit http://www.jcu.edu/studentl/Athletics/varsity/index.htm.

Men’s Basketball (all games played at the DeCarlo Center)
1/3 vs. Baldwin Wallace at 7:30pm
1/6 vs. Marietta at 3:00pm
1/13 vs. Ohio Northern at 3:00pm
1/24 vs. Muskingum at 7:30pm
1/31 vs. Mount Union at 7:30pm

Women’s Basketball (all games played at the DeCarlo Center)
1/6 vs. Marietta at 1:00pm
1/8 vs. Ursuline at 7:00pm
1/10 vs. Heidelberg at 7:30pm
1/17 vs. Mount Union at 7:30pm
1/20 vs. Otterbein at 3:00pm
1/27 vs. Capital at 3:00pm

Men and Women’s Swimming & Diving
1/19 vs. Hiram College at 6:00pm at the Johnson Natatorium

Wrestling
1/16 vs. Baldwin Wallace at 7:30pm at JCU
1/19 vs. Heidelberg College at 7:30pm at JCU

Academics

6. Award-Winning Journalist Helen Zia to Speak at The Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series

Helen Zia, award-winning journalist and scholar covering Asian American communities will present a lecture as part of The Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series on January 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the Dolan Center for Science and Technology, Donahue Auditorium. For more information, call 216-397-4185 or visit http://www.jcu.edu/multicul/aware.htm.

Spirituality

7. Author Thomas Nevin to Speak at Cardinal Suenens Book-Luncheon Series

The Cardinal Suenens Book-Luncheon Series is pleased to present “Therese of Lisieux: God’s Gentle Warrior,” a book review, on January 30, from noon-1:00p.m. in the LSC Conference Room. For more information on this event, call 216-397-4185. For more information on the Cardinal Suenens Center, visit http://www.suenens.org/.

8. Prayer Service for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Campus Ministry will co-sponsor an ecumenical prayer service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The service will take place Wednesday, January 17, at 5:05 p.m. in the St. Francis Chapel. For more information about campus ministry, visit http://www.jcu.edu/CampusMinistry/.

9. JCU Celebrates Ignatian Day

Faculty, staff, and administrators will celebrate Ignatian Day on Friday, January 12, to help deepen their understanding of the mission and identity of John Carroll University. This annual event will include a Eucharist Liturgy, keynote speaker, and interfaith prayer service.

10. In Memoriam

Hugh O’Neill III ’46, passed away at age 84 on November 3, 2006. Mr. O’Neill was a John Carroll board member, a dedicated World War II airman, an outstanding equestrian and a very prominent businessman. Mr. O’Neill won six air medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross in WWII. He became board chairman of Leaseway Transportation Corp. in 1975, and later started his own business but remained a trustee of Leaseway. He purchased Manfredi Motor Transit, changed its name to Distribution Technologies, Inc., which became DistTech in 2004. He was CEO of DistTech at his death. Mr. O’Neill served on many boards, including Catholic Charities, the F.J. O’Neill Charitable Corp., the Boy Scouts and John Carroll University. Mr. O’Neill’s wife of 52 years, Betty, passed away in 1998. He is survived by son, Hugh IV, daughters, Molly, Michelle Thompson and Peggy O’Neill-Laise, by six grandchildren, one great-grandchild, two sisters and his brother.

Other members of the Carroll Community to be remembered:

Albert J.Weiler ’38 Ernest V. Morton, Jr. ’40 Bill Scharf ’40 Rev. Mr. J. Robert Moenk ’41 Charles J. McCarthy ’42 Michael J. Riccardi ’42 Albert William Piccuta ’43 Robert B. Wilson ’43 Lawrence P. Huelsman ’46 Hugh O’Neill ’46 Charles V. Cullinan, Jr. ’49 James A. Cullen ’50 Gerard H. DeGenova ’50 Jerome J. Hanley ’50 Joseph V. Uskert ’50 John J. Dublo ’51 Joseph U. Fox ’51 Raymond T. O’Hara ’51 Jerome B. Hamlin ’52 Donald A. Cryan ’53 Hugh A. Scott ’53 Edward F. Feran ’54 Norman T. Bral ’55 John M. Krawczonek ’55 Lawrence I. Pinto ’56 Stephen J. Wargo ’56 Robert J. Galvin ’58 Laurali Novak ’64 Gladys T. Bowers ’69 G Jane K. Herget ’76 G Nicholas J. Homoky ’76 Geraldyne C. Davis ’78 G Ralph H. Kiehne ’79 Edward J. Krygeris ’79 J. Mark Chuchman ’82 Regina C. Clarke ’83 Maria Friedrich ’89 G Elizabeth A. Puchowicz ‘94G Marissa Gorospe ’96 Lyndsey Whittingham ’06 Sr. Joan Acker, HHM

8/9/06 9/21/05 8/8/06 10/11/06 9/4/06 10/19/05 10/18/06 8/6/06 8/19/03 11/3/06 9/22/06 10/7/06 1/23/06 8/31/06 9/27/06 9/11/06 9/20/06 10/8/06 10/16/06 12/5/04 5/19/06 8/17/06 10/5/06 6/5/06 11/1/06 5/5/06 3/17/06 1/24/05 8/9/06 10/24/06 10/3/06 8/11/06 12/21/04 8/23/06 7/24/06 10/25/06 9/5/06 9/5/06 10/26/06 10/29/06 retired faculty, 8/16/06

*In the future, the “In Memoriam” section of enews will exist on a quarterly basis to remember those members of the John Carroll Community who have passed.

Service

11. Tampa Bay Area Alumni Have Day of Service for Holiday Season

Tampa Bay area alumni recently participated in a day of community service. On December 2, a group of graduates and their spouses worked at the Children’s Cancer Center in Tampa. They worked on the landscaping around the building, wrapped Christmas gifts for the Center’s clients and performed other basic maintenance. Bill McGinty ’89 introduced the alumni group to the good work of the Children’s Cancer Center a few years ago.

12. Alumni Needed to Participate in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

The Office of Alumni Relations and the Center for Community Service will be participating in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) in January and February of this year. This program helps low-to-moderate income families prepare their income tax returns without paying fees to professional preparers.

John Carroll will be hosting two “Super Saturdays” on January 27 and February 3 from 9a.m. to 5p.m. On these days, low-wage workers will come to JCU to have their 1040, 1040-A, and 1040EZ forms completed and filed electronically. The Center for Community Service is seeking alumni to volunteer with this program and prepare tax forms for those in need. Volunteer time slots will be set up during those days, and the center is happy to work around people’s availability.

In addition to the two VITA “Super Saturdays,” John Carroll has partnered with the Famicos Foundation to provide volunteers to prepare forms every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6-8pm and on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 11am-2pm from January 20 to April 15.

There will be a training session on Saturday, January 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. where volunteers will learn how to prepare the forms. Following the training, there will be a brief certification exam. However, those who are proficient in preparing tax forms can opt to complete the exam online beginning December 15 without attending the training session at http://www.irs.gov/app/vita/index.jsp.

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Dr. Peggy Finucane, Interim Director, Center for Community Service, at mfinucane@jcu.edu or 216-397-1608.

13. JCU Offers Two Upcoming Service Opportunities for Alumni

The Center for Community Service is pleased to offer two upcoming service opportunities for alumni. Alumni in the medical profession are needed to participate in a medical mission trip to Honduras May 21-27, 2007. Physicians, eye care professionals, dentists and pharmacists are needed to join a small team of JCU students in pre-professional health studies as well as JCU faculty. If you are interested in learning more about the medical mission trip, please contact Dr. Peggy Finucane at mfinucane@jcu.edu or Tracee Patterson at tpatterson@jcu.edu. Alumni are also needed to participate in Cultivating Community Outreach Day on April 28th. On this day, alumni, JCU students and community volunteers work together to create a garden and provide basic landscaping for the East 95th St. Neighborhood Association in Cleveland. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr. Peggy Finucane at mfinucane@jcu.edu.

Spotlight

14. Shirley Novak ’80 is Pittsburgh’s Thomas More Awardee

Congratulations to Shirley Novak ’80, who received this year’s St. Thomas More Award from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. This prestigious honor is named after the saint who was an English lawyer and martyr, and is given by many Catholic dioceses to an outstanding Catholic attorney in their respective dioceses. Shirley is a lawyer working in Pittsburgh who has a long record of working for non-profits in her area.

15. Bill McGinty ’89

Bill McGinty’s accomplishments are many. An ’89 JCU grad, Bill is a successful television news anchor, who just began a new position as an anchor reporter for the 10 o’clock news Monday through Friday at KHQ tv in Spokane, Washington. In addition to his professional success, Bill upholds the Jesuit tradition of service by working with the Tampa Bay Children’s Cancer Center, is dedicated to John Carroll, and is a loving husband and father.

Bill moved to Spokane in December, 2006 to begin his new position. In addition to being an anchor, Bill does special projects reporting and coaches young reporters in the industry. Bill has a long history working in television news. Prior to working in Washington, Bill anchored the Saturday morning news at WTSP in Tampa and also worked in several different capacities at stations in Reno, NV, Rockford, IL, and Alpena, MI.

Bill has won many prestigious awards in his industry, including four Emmys, two Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism, and 1st place in the Associated Press awards in Florida. Bill received one of his Emmys in 2006 for a news piece about a young boy with cancer who bravely documented his battle with the disease so children after him could understand the treatment process. When the young boy passed away, Bill helped to finish the documentary, “Dylan’s Story,” in his memory, which can be seen at www.dylancrane.com.

Beyond his professional success, Bill offers his service by working with the Children’s Cancer Center in Tampa Bay each year with a group of JCU alumni. Bill also is an active member of RID, or Remove Intoxicated Drivers. In his spare time Bill enjoys golf, skiing, and fishing with his two boys and spending time with his wife, Joni.

Know a JCU grad who deserves to be in the spotlight? Let us know. We are welcoming suggestions for accomplished John Carroll alumni to be featured in the "spotlight" section of upcoming enews issues. Email your suggestions along with your contact information to Becca Machusick.

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