e-News, from John Carroll University
Volume 6, Issue 2 | March 23, 2005

This is e-News, an electronic newsletter from John Carroll University.
In this issue:

1. See / hear Gerry Adams' presentation at JCU
2. JCU announces speaker for May 22 Commencement
3. Student phonathon boosts JCU Annual Fund
4. Students invite alums to 'cultivate community'
5. John Carroll Magazine focuses on educators
6. 'Sweet 16' Streaks take one more bow
7. Quotable
8. Notable
9. Less than 90 days until ...

1. See / hear Gerry Adams' presentation at JCU

Alumni were part of an audience at John Carroll last Friday (Mar 18) that heard about the peace process in Northern Ireland from one of the principals in that unfolding drama, Gerry Adams, President of the Irish Nationalist Political Party Sinn Féin. The event is available in both audio and video streaming formats on the JCU website.

2. JCU announces speaker for May 22 Commencement

Jim Wallis, founder of "Sojourners—Christians for Justice and Peace" and a nationally known author and columnist, will present the commencement address and receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at John Carroll on May 22. Wallis is an evangelical Christian whose recently published book, God’s Politics—A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America or Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It, has been on the New York Times best sellers list the last month. For more information, see the March edition of @JCU, the online journal for the JCU campus community.

3. Student phonathon boosts JCU Annual Fund

Areej (left) and Sahar Shouman were among the students who volunteered to take part recently in a phonathon that in just two evenings earned more than $16,000 in alumni support for the annual fund. As the fiscal year approaches the May 31 closing date, every gift -- and every giver -- becomes more important, according to Annual Fund Director Bob Kirschner. "One of the questions we're asked when we approach corporations and foundations for funding is, 'How broad-based is your support?'" Kirschner said. "The percentage of alumni who give -- regardless of level -- accounts for the biggest part of our answer."

4. Students invite alums to 'cultivate community'

Some 250 JCU students welcome alumni and alumnae to join them and residents of Cleveland's Hough neighborhood on Saturday (Apr 23) to create gardens to help "cultivate community" according to Christine Lewton '05, one of the student organizers in the events planning class of Peggy Finucane '80, Assistant Professor of Communications. For more information contact Dr. Finucane by phone (216-397-1780) or email.

5. John Carroll Magazine focuses on educators

The "Winter 2005" edition of John Carroll Magazine is turning up on coffee tables in JCU homes, with a particular focus on the education of educators, a process at which the university excels. For soundbites from some of the interviews that Editor Jerry Pockar conducted in his research for the issue, visit the JCU website.

6. 'Sweet 16' Streaks take one more bow

The alumni, students and other Blue Streaks supporters who followed the men's basketball team to the NCAA Div III "Sweet 16" round at Albion (MI) may only now be settling down from that unbelievable roller coaster finish. The Streaks took one more bow this week and you can hear the grateful comments of Mike Moran and his players on the JCU website.

7. Quotable

"One of the most beloved and respected professors ever to have taught at John Carroll." The speaker was English Professor George Bilgere and he was honoring his late colleague and friend, Richard Clancey, on the first anniversary of his death. To hear Bilgere's brief remembrance as well as a recitation by Dr. Clancey that Bilgere recorded, visit the JCU website.

8. Notable

Among the several alumni we've lost recently was a man considered by many the greatest football player ever to wear the Blue & Gold. Carl Taseff '51 died following a long illness on Feb 27. In August 2002, despite the debilitating effects of Parkinson's Disease, "King Carl" was able to laugh and greet former teammates during his last visit to the JCU campus, archived on the JCU website.

9. Less than 90 days until ...

Reunion 2005 (Jun 17-19). If you haven't made plans yet, what are you waiting for? Visit Reunion Headquarters online.


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