e-News, from John Carroll University
Volume 7, Issue1 | Feb 13, 2006

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

1. Engaging a new Boler School Dean
2. JCU, museum present symposium on Global Climate Change; hosts ANWR photo exhibit
3. Our students lead Jesuit institutions at March for Life in DC
4. Commemorating MLK, remembering Coretta Scott King
5. Reflecting on John Carroll's Ignatian tradition
6. Members of faculty, administration make news
7. Alumnus lectures on 'blogs'
8. How '43 grad remembers JCU
9. Student Union president achieves 2nd 'first'
10. Don Shula hosts presidential reception in Florida
11. Notable / Quotable
12. Speaking of honoring alumni ... and JCU poet George Bilgere
13. New soccer coach ... & other Blue Streaks headliners
14. Athletics' Mike Moran achieves milestone, loses parents within weeks
15. On this week's lecture circuit

1. Engaging a new Boler School Dean

"Engaging the World," the theme chosen by President Robert L. Niehoff SJ for the 1st year of his JCU presidency, could apply to the university's selection of Luís María R. Calingo as Dean of the Boler School of Business. Currently dean of the College of Business Administration and Professor of International Business at California State University, Dr. Calingo has held senior positions in higher education in Asia as well as the US. His administrative competencies include strategic planning, assessment, external relations, fund-raising, development of interdisciplinary academic programs, and creation of institutional linkages. Among his professional interests are servant leadership, strategic planning, total quality management, and international business with a focus on Southeast Asia. For more information see JCU news release.

2. JCU, museum present symposium on Global Climate Change; hosts ANWR photo exhibit

Global warming, one of the "hot" science subjects of the day, is the focus of a major symposium -- Educating Ourselves about Global Climate Change -- to be presented by John Carroll and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Mar 17-20). In connection with the symposium, JCU's Dolan Science Center will host "Seasons of Life and Land," a photographic exhibit featuring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Feb 17-Apr 30). You can preview a sampling of the stunning images by visiting the JCU website -- and clicking on the name of nationally acclaimed photographer Subhankar Banerjee.

3. Our students lead Jesuit institutions at March for Life in DC

John Carroll registered the largest contingent of students (75) among Jesuit institutions for the annual March for Life in Washington DC Jan 23, the event marking the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in America.

For larger image and more info, see JCU website.


4. Commemorating MLK, remembering Coretta Scott King

John Carroll celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr holiday on Jan 24 with the help of a man who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the civil rights martyr. A little over 50 years ago Joseph Echols Lowery joined with King to co-found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) an organization that became a force in the civil rights movement. The dapper 81-year old Rev. Lowery, who had special praise for the JCU Gospel Choir, gave a spirited presentation that can be heard online via audio streaming.

5. Reflecting on John Carroll's Ignatian tradition

Just prior to the start of this semester, Paul V. Murphy, Director of Catholic Studies, led the JCU community in reflection on our Ignatian tradition and also shared some thoughts on the program he took charge of last summer. We share his soundbites online via audio streaming.

6. Members of faculty, administration make news

Many alumni already know Paul Murphy -- that is, Paul R. Murphy Jr -- Professor in the Boler School of Business and one of the most prolific writers published in the leading journals of the logistics field. Read more about this distinction in the newly-posted edition of @JCU, the online newsletter for the campus community: http://www.jcu.edu/pubaff/@jcu/january2006.pdf

Along with the information on both Paul Murphy(s), the January edition of @JCU notes achievements by other members of the JCU faculty and administration, including --

Steven Hayward, Assistant Professor of English, winner of the international 2006 Grinzane Cavour Prize for Emerging Novelists

Sharon M. Kaye, Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Peggy Finucane, Assistant Professor of Communications, recipients of the Miles Award for Community Service

Dr Kaye; Jen Merritt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Education; and Paul Thomson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, coordinators of the acclaimed Carroll-Cleveland Philosophers Program

Susan Long, Professor of Anthropology, author of the recently published Final Days: Japanese Culture and Choice at the End of Life

Linda Eisenmann, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, author of the groundbreaking Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945-65

7. Alumnus lectures on 'blogs'

John Ettorre '80, free-lance writer and former editor of the Alumni Journal (forerunner to John Carroll magazine), gave a guest lecture (Jan 25) on "blogging" to Assistant Professor Richard Hendrickson's Communications class on Politics, Public Policy and the Press. Ettorre reminded the students that anything they post on a web log is liable to show up later when someone "Googles" their name -- a prospective employer, for example! Hear soundbites from Ettorre's presentation and find a link to his blog, Working with Words, on the JCU website.

8. How '43 grad remembers JCU

Bruce Thompson '43 recently sent 15 of his fellow alumni a copy of the commencement program from their graduation ceremony, prompting us to retrieve from our files a few soundbites we recorded of Bruce at a recent reunion. You can listen to his brief comments -- and find out why that Jan 18 event 63 years ago was so special -- on the JCU website.

9. Student Union president achieves 2nd 'first'

Another notable event at JCU occurred on Jan 18 this year when Daniel O'Malley '07 was inaugurated to the Student Union presidency. To learn about the 2 precedents O'Malley has set and to hear a 30-sec soundbite, visit the JCU website.

10. Don Shula hosts presidential reception in Florida

Don Shula '51 hosted a reception in West Palm Beach, Florida, as Rev Robert L. Niehoff SJ embarked on his itinerary for 2006, meeting alumni and other guests at locations around the country. Venues also have included Naples, Boston, New York City and, last Monday (Feb 6) Washington DC. Click on image at left of Father Niehoff, "Coach" and Mary Anne Shula for larger view and, for the rest of Father Niehoff's 2006itinerary see the Alumni website.

11. Notable / Quotable

"To go wherever we're called to go" In an example of how individuals throughout the JCU community reflect Ignatian values, Mary Ann Flannery of the Sisters of Charity, celebrated alumna of Siena Heights University, tells what attracted her to her religious order, in brief soundbites on the JCU website.

12. Speaking of honoring alumni ... and JCU poet George Bilgere

This is the 45th year in which JCU and the National Alumni Association will bestow its highest award, the Alumni Medal, on individuals who have distinguished themselves in service to their families, their professions, their communities -- and their university. Submit your nomination online.

In recent years citations honoring Alumni Medalists at Commencement have been the work of Associate Engish Professor & Poet George Bilgere, who won his most recent award with a book soon to published. Haywire, forthcoming from Utah State University Press, was selected for the 2006 May Swenson Poetry Award, named for one of America's most provocative and vital writers who died in 1989.

13. New soccer coach ... & other Blue Streaks headliners

John Carroll added one of the most prominent names in US soccer to its coaching staff (Jan 30) when Athletic Director Laurie Massa introduced Hector Marinaro as Head Coach of the men's soccer program. Marinaro is the all-time leading scorer in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), which last year named its MVP award after him. He succeeds Ali Kazemaini who in 14 seasons developed the Blue Streaks into an emerging OAC & Div III power.

Early in 2006 the Ohio Athletics Conference has recognized several Blue Streaks among its Athletes of the Week: (Jan 30-Feb 3) Cyril Pinchak (men's track); (Jan 23-29) Shayla Bell (women's basketball) and Ellie Fernandez (women's track); (Jan 16-20) Pete Moran (men's basketball), Patrick Hulseman and Jackie Nowak (men's & women's diving), and Gen Kahn (women's field events). Blue Streaks from the fall '05 sports were honored for their athletic and academic performance at halftime of the JCU-Capital men's basketball game Wednesday night (Feb 8) in the DeCarlo Center. Chris Wenzler '90 supplies information on all JCU sports at Sports Headlines.

14. Athletics' Mike Moran achieves milestone, loses parents within weeks

Life in recent weeks has been a roller coaster for men's Head Basketball Coach Mike Moran. On Jan 21 the Blue Streaks, with son Pete as leading scorer and son Matt as assistant coach, earned Moran his 250th career victory in 14 seasons at JCU. One week later (Jan 27) his mother, Mary Ann, died suddenly. Only a month earlier (Dec 15) he lost his father, Edward, to cancer.

15. On this week's lecture circuit

The "lecture circuit" makes several stops at JCU this week, bringing lectures by Canadian author Timothy Taylor tomorrow (Feb 14), JCU's own Joseph Kelly on Wednesday (Feb 15) and Archbishop Wilton T. Gregory of Atlanta on Thursday (Feb 16). Consult the Intellectual Enrichment Series online.


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