e-News, from John Carroll University
Volume 4, Issue 8 | July 9, 2003
This is e-News, an electronic newsletter from John Carroll University.
In this issue:
UNIVERSITY NEWS
1. The Dolan Center - and JCU education - turn heads
2. More fond memories of Henry Birkenhauer SJ
ALUMNI NEWS
3. '84 alumna's family hosts international
conference
EVENTS COMING UP
4. Playing golf next Monday?
5. Interested in a winter hiatus?
6. John DiCillo retires
7. Blue-Gold Club offers personalized address labels
QUOTABLE
8. 'Don't forget who's helped us get to where we are'
UNIVERSITY NEWS
1. The Dolan Center - and JCU education - turn heads
The
Dolan Center for Science and Technology is already making heads turn as it nears
completion for dedication weekend (Sep 5-6). Impressive though it may be, however,
the true significance of the $66.4 million building will remain in the enhanced
learning and research experiences that already take place at JCU. A prime example
can be found in a recent article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Sunday Magazine.
It describes how Biology Professor Cyrilla Wideman and Psychology Professor
Helen Murphy involve undergraduate students in their interdisciplinary research
on the circadian rhythms that dictate our body's wake-sleep cycle. Read it for
yourself, right now, online.
Meanwhile, the first departments have started to move into the completed East
Wing of the Dolan Center already, as you can see at News
& Events.
The university received more glowing
publicity -- from a national audience -- in a 5-page article by Accountancy's
Jerry Weinstein and Karen Schuele published in the Journal of Accountancy. Read
about the department's programs in "Practitioners
as Mentors."
Jerry Weinstein also teamed with Rob Bertrand '94 and colleagues Bob Bloom and
Bill Cenker to publish a Lybrand Gold Medal award-winning article in the Management
Accounting Quarterly entitled "Executive Compensation: Stock Options with Reload
Features." Read a capsule
summary (MAQ subscribers can download the entire article).
2. More fond memories of Henry Birkenhauer SJ
Following the special issue of e-News (Jun 16) on the death of Henry Birkenhauer
SJ, several alums responded with more memories of the former JCU president ...
offering rides home at holiday breaktime, car-pooling to away games, sharing
his excitement for science -- and his love for God. Click here
to read about JCU's "kindest man."
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ALUMNI NEWS
3. '84 alumna's family hosts international conference
Colleen Brennan O'Toole '84 and her husband Dennis are parents of a 5-year-old
with CHARGE Syndrome, which leaves children with hearing and vision loss as
well as developmental challenges. They are host family for the International
Charge Syndrome Foundation Conference Jul 24-27 in the Cleveland suburb of Independence
and are appealing for volunteers to help professionals run activities for the
children at the conference, to provide silent auction items or to assist in
other ways. Call Colleen at 1.440.331.4869 or e-mail
her. (More information on CHARGE
Syndrome.
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EVENTS COMING UP
4. Playing golf next Monday?
There's still time to get in a foursome for Duffers Day on Monday (Jul 14) at
Fowlers Mill. Call Gerry Grimm '69 at 216.397.3022. For more details on that
as well as three other golf outings scheduled for Aug 4 (Athletics Department
event in Cleveland), Sep 8 (Ignatian Invitational in Michigan) and Sep 15 (Chicago),
see Alumni Events.
5 . Interested in a winter hiatus?
It's not too early to think about next winter -- and how to break winter's icy
grip. One good way would be to join the Tahiti Alumni Tour (Feb 27-Mar 9), but
in order to make the Polynesian cruise, you'll need to place a deposit by Aug
31. For more information call Darlene Nelson at 1.440.423.1460 or send an e-mail.
6. John DiCillo retires
John DiCillo, an assistant football coach in the 70's who returned to Blue Streaks
athletics in the mid-80's, has retired. For more information on his career,
visit Athletics' Daily
Update.
7. Blue-Gold Club offers personalized address labels
For more convenience when you have to use "snail-mail," personalized address
labels are available that sport the Blue-Gold Club and JCU logos. The offer
was initiated by Dominic Piunno '95, with proceeds benefiting the Blue-Gold
Club. Click on "mailing labels" at the club's
website.
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QUOTABLE
8. 'Don't forget who's helped us get to where we are'
Robin (Szoradi) Baum '87 concluded her Reunion Weekend presentation to a Women's
Networking audience by discussing the ways one can contribute to an institution
like John Carroll and still gain a financial advantage from the gift. In a clear
and concise way, the first woman managing partner for Zinner & Company LLP,
one of the top 20 accounting firms in Northeast Ohio, spoke on "Fiscal Fitness,"
covering the gamut from acquiring assets to protecting them. You can hear her
40-minute presentation via audio streaming at: http://www.jcu.edu/alumni/news/robin_baum.htm
And if you'd like to know more about the Alumni Association's Women's Networking
initiative, contact Kate Callahan: mailto:krcallahan@jcu.edu
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A special credit card is available to JCU Alumni and Friends.
To learn the details about this offer and to apply online for the
JCU credit card, simply click on the card below!
For information about the rates, fees, other costs and benefits associated with the JCU Platinum Plus and Preferred credit cards, or to apply, click on the link above and refer to the disclosures accompanying the online credit card application.
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