mount mary magazine spring/summer 2015

Thinkingabout theliberal arts

MOUNT MARY MAGAZINE

VOLUME XXV NUMBER 2 | SPRING & SUMMER 2015

TABLE CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Commons: Students Excel in New Entrepreneurial Experience 12

FaithMeets Physics8Creative Learning: Mount Mary Style9

1 Ask the President

2 Creating Educated Thinkers

©2015 Mount Mary University

Compiled by Mount Mary University Office of Communications, M. Susan Seiler, Editor

Contributors: Marcus Heidorf, Helle La Plant, Dana McCullough, Sister Joan Penzenstadler, SSND, Susan Shimshak, Lynn Sprangers, Office of Alumnae and Parent Engagement, Office of University Advancement

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Departments

14 Alumnae Stories

16 Leading Ladies

18 Mount Mary Serves

19 Then & Now

20 IMPACT

22 Women’s Leadership

24 Campus News

29 Calendar of Events

30 Achievements and Accolades

35 Alumnae Briefs

36 Class Notes

39 Reflection

40 Homecoming 2015

Igniting the Entrepreneurial Spirit (see page 22)

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I shared my thoughts on this topic with students during recent get-togethers and then

posed the question to them.

Women’s colleges came into existence in the 1800s. In 1960, there were more than 200; today there are fewer than 50. I’m often asked, “Why a women’s university in 2015?” I respond that women’s universities are relevant as long as women remain underrepresented in business and government leadership roles. Females comprise nearly 51 percent of the U.S. population. Yet, among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, fewer than 5 percent are women. In the U.S. Congress women hold fewer than 20 percent of seats.

Our students describe women’s colleges as places to develop their leadership potential, realize their power and acquire skills to help them mobilize people and ideas. They mention how a women-only institution helps them find their voices, encourages them to speak up and take risks, and helps them become stronger and more confident. Many choose Mount Mary for a particular

program and begin to appreciate the value of a women’s university after enrolling. They value the network of women who surround and support them every day.

During our 2013 Centennial, we renewed our commitment to remain a women’s university. Now we are reaffirming our mission and asking this question during our strategic planning conversations: What kind of women’s university should we be? Twenty-five women’s colleges allow men into some programs such as online, adult, evening and specific majors. Another 19 institutions allow men to enroll in undergraduate classes, but they cannot earn a degree. Our students acknowledge the men already in our graduate programs and are open to having men in other programs while retaining Mount Mary’s identity as a women’s university.

Now we are bringing this conversation to you. What are the greatest opportunities and challenges as women’s universities in general, and Mount Mary in particular, look to the future? Please see the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MMUmagazine to share your thoughts.

ASK PRESIDENT

A.WHAT DoES IT MEAN To BE A WoMEN’S UNIvErSITy IN A NEW MILLENIUM?Q.

ASK THE PRESIDENT

“EvEryonE is supportivE

and willing to assist to EnsurE

that you arE suCCEssful.”

— Margaret Martinez ’13 and current MBA student

“it’s 2015, and womEn arE still

fighting thEir way to thE top.”

— Tassia Jackson ’13 and current MBA student

To ImpacT TheIr communITIes and The World

EDUCATED ThINKERS2


P arents visiting college campuses with their high school students ask “What job can my child get with

this degree?” Politicians and pundits debate the value (or perceived lack of value) of a well-rounded college education and suggest reforms to change the purpose of education from educating the thinkers of tomorrow to preparing students for specific jobs. And for many, there’s a perception that a liberal arts education is a luxury, not something available to students of all socio-economic levels. As the value of the liberal arts is increasingly questioned and debated, it is good to revisit Einstein’s words and to remind ourselves of the purpose and value of the liberal arts.

So what is the value of a liberal arts education in today’s world? Mount Mary Magazine asked faculty from liberal arts disciplines to share their perspectives on that question. Their responses reflect the value of liberal arts education in career preparation, global connectedness, information processing, personal enrichment and responsible citizenship.

As the world continues to change rapidly, there is a great need for people who don’t just know facts, but who can think. A liberal arts education creates these thinkers. As our society is continually

“The value of an educaTion in a liberal arTs college is noT The learning of many facTs buT The Training of The mind To Think.”

— ALBErT EINSTEIN

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bombarded with tremendous amounts of information and the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected, an education rooted in liberal arts also provides a key framework and skills for innovating and analyzing, for making personal and professional decisions and for being adaptable and responsive enough to prepare for jobs that may not even be imagined today.

Mount Mary’s mission is to offer a baccalaureate curriculum that “integrates the liberal arts with career preparation for women of diverse ages and personal circumstances.” By attending to its mission and integrating the University’s Creative Campus Initiative, Mount Mary is developing a new generation of thinkers — thinkers who can take a critical and creative approach to analyzing issues and solving problems in their personal lives, their careers, their communities and the world.

The lIberal arTs and Career PreParation“The value of a liberal arts education will never be lost,” says Paula Reiter, Ph.D., associate professor of English. “We’ll always need people to analyze, read and write, no matter what new technology comes along. You can take a liberal arts education anywhere, to any industry, and it will always be needed because the skills are transferable across industries.”

A liberal arts education isn’t a doomsday proposition for graduates like many in the media and elsewhere portray it to be. In fact, one third of all Fortune 500 CEOs majored in the liberal arts.

A recent report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) supports the value of a liberal arts education in creating graduates that employers desire. The report found that

• 93percentofemployerssurveyed say “a demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly and solve complex problems is more important than [a candidate’s] undergraduate major.”

• 80percentofemployers surveyed agree that regardless of major, “every college student should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences.”

Additionally, the Council of Independent Colleges reports that liberal arts graduates nationwide “who majored as undergraduates in the humanities or social sciences earn more (on average $2,000) in annual salary during their peak earnings ages (56–60 years) than those who majored in professional or pre-professional fields.”

Kathleen Dougherty, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, says that “no matter what major a Mount Mary student chooses, her grounding in the core curriculum and liberal arts is intended to provide the breadth of skills she needs” to compete for jobs.

“The key is coming out of college with the ability to communicate clearly, think critically and solve complex problems

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CREATINg EDuCATED THINKERS

independent of what your focus or major is,” adds Laura Otto, M.F.A., associate professor and chair of English. Students gain these skills from taking courses across a variety of areas.

Other core skills graduates at Mount Mary attain are the ability to think creatively, develop empathy, reason morally, reflect thoughtfully, make sense of data, have scientific literacy and have a historical and cross-cultural perspective. These skills are embedded into the University’s core curriculum and fit naturally with the competencies students gain through Mount Mary’s Creative Campus Initiative: agility, experimentation, imagination, open-mindedness and navigating complexity.

Some departments take the responsibility to help students develop employable skills a step further, such as the Communication Department’s advisory board of local professionals. The professionals offer advice on the skills required of future employees, attend classes to discuss career-related topics and evaluate students’ final presentations. This relationship has dramatically expanded the internship opportunities for Mount Mary communication students.

“We want to prepare students for careers, but our students will have careers we can’t begin to imagine. We can’t think narrowly about preparing them for their first job. We also want them to have a broad-based education so they can continue to learn and engage with the world they find themselves in 10, 20 or 30 years down the road,” Dougherty adds.

The lIberal arTs In a Global SoCiety and The InformaTIon ageToday, we have instant access to people and information across our nation and around the world. Information is constantly available online, lands in our e-mail inboxes and is sent to our smartphones. Friends share news and information on Facebook and other social media. Celebrities, companies, institutions and even governments post tweets multiple times a day.

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Clearly today’s students — and professionals — live in the Information Age and in an increasingly global society. This creates a demand for professionals who can critically analyze the information that bombards them and then use that information to make decisions. It also creates a demand for professionals who can work well with and respect people from different cultures.

Case in point: the AACU report found that about 95 percent of employers surveyed say it’s important that the people they hire “demonstrate ethical judgment and integrity; intercultural skills; and the capacity for continued new learning.” In addition, the report found that 74 percent of business and nonprofit leaders say they “would recommend a 21st-century liberal education to a young person … in order to prepare for long-term professional success in today’s global economy.”


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Mount Mary faculty see this with the students they teach today. “The liberal arts are even more relevant than they used to be given students’ need to engage in a world economy and a society that expects a certain amount of knowledge and cultural empathy,” says Julie Tatlock, Ph.D., history instructor.

Graduates will be living and working amid a melting pot of cultures. And that’s why “the skills learned in Spanish or other language majors — writing; knowledge of cultures, literature and history; and valuing the differences in people — give students the global perspective they need to relate to others in the community and the workplace,” says Mary Ellen Kohn-Buday, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of world languages.

Mount Mary intentionally prepares students beyond the skills needed for their profession. “At Mount Mary, you get a specific education you need for a career, but also the education you need for life,” says Jennifer Hockenbery, Ph.D., professor and chair of philosophy. “Students not only seek education for financial gain, but they are also searching for meaning, searching for solutions and searching for broader perspective as a global student.”

The Search for Meaning course, one of the first classes Mount Mary students take, is part of the core that broadens students’ perspectives. “It’s the central class to our liberal arts education

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and it directly addresses the question of what is a good life? It includes a career, but much more than that,” says Reiter.

Faculty also note that as today’s students have grown up immersed in the Information Age and a global society, differences are emerging in the ways they learn and how they handle the information barrage. “Students today have tremendous information gathering skills — they can go online and find information like no one’s business, but they do not have the skills to analyze what they find or add their own ideas to it,” Reiter says. Acquiring such skills can help students become more productive members of society.

Through a liberal arts-based education, students learn what to do after they gather information. “I want students to analyze it, compare it and ultimately add to the conversation rather than being passive consumers of whatever Google turns up,” Reiter adds. “We need to have all people participating in the crucial conversations if we are to make our world a better place.”

The lIberal arTs aT home and in the CommunityA liberal arts education not only benefits a graduate in the workplace, but also at home and in the community. “Career preparation is incredibly important, but when you look at a student’s life, her career is only a part of it,” says Andrea Hilkovitz, Ph.D., assistant professor of English. “Mount Mary prepares students to live lives of meaning — which could include having a meaningful work life, or finding meaning as a leader of their family or a member of the community.”

Tatlock agrees. A liberal arts education “allows students to find themselves and to develop as individuals. I think without that element of personal development from

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exploring liberal arts topics, education isn’t quite the same,” says Tatlock.

In liberal arts-based curricula, service learning and leadership often are components of a student’s education. The service-mindedness and the leadership skills students learn promote responsible citizenship. Those skills contribute to the students’ quality of life and to the quality of the life of people they interact with in their communities.

“The liberal arts … gives us breadth and vision that benefits everyone, just as science benefits everyone,” says Don Rappé, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of theology. “It gives us a better grounding on what it means to be human and how we should proceed” in our personal lives, spiritual lives and our careers.

In addition, a liberal arts education teaches students self-confidence, and the ability for a student to think for herself and understand the context of situations she encounters. And according to the AACU, a liberal arts education empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity and change.

That preparation from a liberal arts education extends into the very fabric of a democratic society, because it develops informed, critical thinking and engaged citizens who have a broad perspective. “For me, the liberal arts … benefit free citizens, people that will have the responsibility and ability in society to vote for laws, be political leaders, to manage their finances,” says Hockenbery. “An education isn’t just for private financial gain. It’s for the public good and for the individual looking to understand herself and her place in the world.”


CREATINg EDuCATED THINKERS

22% of other 16 to 24 year olds

64% of students attending small private colleges

70% of Mount Mary students

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Sheila Bair, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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Sally ride, astronaut and first woman in space

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ViVian SChiller, CEO of National Public Radio

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“The course attracts students from many faith traditions and some nonbelievers,” says Laske. “I’m not there to proselytize, but I do emphasize Christian theology. I simply ask students to open themselves to other views and to engage the ideas.”

In addressing the science side, Obremski says she “helps students make connections and understand how things happen so they can appreciate creation. I tell them I find God and creation/nature to be wonderful and I hope they will, too.”

Students use journals to anonymously reflect on assigned questions and to pose questions of their own. Final projects reflect each student’s personal integration of science and theology. Past projects have included papers, presentations, artwork, poetry, dance, music, the design of a prayer room and more. “We encourage the students to draw on their majors for their projects,” Obremski says.

“The class goes beyond teaching science or theology,” says Laske. “It pushes students to question everything, including themselves. They develop critical thinking skills, learn to craft well-formed opinions and show understanding of counter arguments. We see wonderful growth and change in the students.”

Faith Meets PhysicsIs the order of the universe due to accident or design? How do time and space relate to God? How does one reconcile faith and science?

These questions and more are explored in the honors course God and the New Physics, taught by Sister Patricia Ann Obremski, SSND, associate professor of physics and Jennifer Laske, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology. The course introduces both the theological and scientific modes of inquiry about the nature of and the wisdom within the universe. Using lectures, readings, discussions, reflections and projects, students examine how faith in God relates to the natural sciences and can give insight into religious and philosophical questions.

The course was inspired by the 1984 book of the same name. Today, Obremski says, it draws on a host of other books, readings and videos “to help students explore the physical and religious aspects of the great cosmic event that launched our universe and to help them mesh these with their own beliefs.”

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Moving students outside classrooms and into the community. Teaching second languages the way we learn first languages. Fostering discussions of women philosophers. Mount Mary faculty are using these creative approaches and conducting research to engage students, enhance the learning experience and help students develop creative and critical thinking skills.

Community-baSed learnIngWhen sociology faculty wanted to better engage students and incorporate service learning experiences throughout the curriculum, Krista Moore, Ph.D.,

associate professor and chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department, conducted research — on her own and with students in a research methodologies course — about how to make service learning more effective.

Through her research, Moore learned several techniques to deepen the experience and strengthen student learning, including student reflections on their experiences, independent research on societal issues, and examination of issues from different perspectives.

Those techniques shape the way students today experience sociology education at Mount Mary:

Creative Learning: Mount Mary Style

CREATIvE LEARNINg: MouNT MARy STyLE

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CrEATivE LEArNiNg: MOuNT MAry STyLE

through a new community-based learning approach. Students in nearly all sociology courses get out into the community. Class time is spent not just on lectures, but also on trips to local nonprofit organizations such as Interfaith, the Urban Ecology Center and Milwaukee Achievers, and to a public housing unit and a human trafficking conference.

In some courses, the partnerships with community organizations go even deeper. For example, students in the Elders in Community course partnered with Interfaith to work with the organization’s neighborhood outreach and family caregiver programs. Students visited Interfaith’s main office and interviewed elders to assess their needs and quality of life. Students then wrote a report and provided their findings to Interfaith. Students also use the design-thinking process to learn firsthand about social issues by talking directly to individuals, researching the issues and resources and developing action plans to create change or enhance services.

Using this community-based learning approach, Moore has seen increased student engagement in sociology courses and in community issues. “Back in the classroom we discuss what the students saw and how it applies to the research they’ve read about,” Moore says. She also says the number of students volunteering has increased. In addition, students gain ideas about possible internships or what they want to do in their sociology career.

Jennifer Hockenbery, professor of philosophy, far left, received a grant from the American Philosophical Association to promote diverse students to consider careers in academic philosophy. The grant funded a Saturday workshop in March 2015 where Mount Mary students shared presentations about feminist philosophers with Divine Savior Holy Angels High School students.

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enhanCed language learnIngFor some, learning new languages comes easy, while for others it’s more difficult or is simply a course requirement to cross off the list. But at Mount Mary, learning language isn’t a chore and homework doesn’t involve

CREATIvE LEARNINg: MouNT MARy STyLE

embracIng women phIlosophersCan you name any women philosophers? If you’ve taken Jennifer Hockenbery’s Women Philosophers course you probably can. If you haven’t, you may be interested in her new book, Thinking Woman, scheduled for publication in fall 2015.

The book explores “how women throughout the last 2,000 years in America and Europe thought about what it means to be female,” says Hockenbery, Ph.D., professor and chair of philosophy. It is a culmination of insight gained from teaching her Women Philosophers course and her research.

That research was guided, in part, by students’ questions in class and their perspectives on the philosophers’ views that have impacted them personally. For example, one avenue of research led Hockenbery to Germany to study Hildegard of Bingen, and then create a video for her class “about Hildegard’s view of the female body as informed by the female soul.”

According to Hockenbery, most books on philosophy historically have focused on women’s changing roles socially and politically, whereas her book focuses on which ways of defining women have been the most important and which of those ways have had the impact the author intended (or didn’t intend.) “I’m looking at the way history is impacted by the ideas,” she says.

In the classroom, Hockenbery uses creative outlets to help students understand the course content — from watching and discussing contemporary music videos and films to uncover views about how gender is portrayed to creating art projects or poetry to portray views on gender. This year, Hockenbery’s students also read portions of her new book and provided suggestions for improvement. Through that experience, Hockenbery teaches her students about women philosophers and also what it means to be a researcher in philosophy: it requires reading, conversation and analysis.

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translating sentences or conjugating verbs. Instead, Mary Ellen Kohn-Buday, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of world languages, has applied language research to introduce Spanish 101 students to a slightly different approach to learning a second language.

This approach matches the curriculum for a second language with how students naturally learned their first language. Although this approach is not new, not all schools teach language this way.

According to Kohn-Buday, as a baby, we listen because we can’t speak yet. Speaking comes next. “A lot of people learn [a second language] the opposite way, but the most natural thing to come before reading and writing is listening,” she says.

Kohn-Buday also incorporates technology into the classroom. Students in her Spanish classes practice writing in Spanish through blogging. Students also Skype with native speakers in other countries to converse in Spanish and learn about nonverbal communication from various cultures.

Through this unique teaching approach and the use of technology, Mount Mary students become confident in their second language skills. They can hold conversations in Spanish, as well as conjugate verbs. “We want them to get over their fears [of learning a new language] to use language to communicate with people,” she says.

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CrEATivE, ENTrEPrENEuriAL ExPEriENCE

STUDENTS ExCEL IN NEw ENTREPRENEURIAL ExPERIENCE

Four Mount Mary University students — Shannon Molter, Natalie Guyette, Edna

Ruiz and Katrina Williams — put their creativity and problem–solving skills to work as part of The Commons, a regional startup accelerator and entrepreneurial talent program launched last fall by Milwaukee-area companies and universities.

The Commons launched with a weekend-long event in November where area university students formed multidisciplinary teams to develop startup ideas and assist corporations with previously identified challenges. Students worked all weekend and then presented their ideas to a crowd of more than 200 guests, including university presidents, company representatives and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Students continued working together throughout the academic year and attended biweekly workshops to further develop their ideas.

From more than three dozen student startup ideas submitted, only 10 were selected for the launch weekend. Three Mount Mary students worked on student startup projects, and two of the students, Katrina and Edna, were on teams whose pitches were rated in the Top 3 in their category.

Katrina, a senior in psychology/behavioral sciences, worked on the ASAP Kids! project, “to help parents, teachers and students create and find after-school and volunteer opportunities that fit their interests and schedules.”

Edna, a senior in business administration, worked on a team developing a compression suit embedded with sensors to track muscle activity and usage, and relay the data via Bluetooth to a smartphone or TV. Edna was the team’s business administrator, and says she “created an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow charts that will track the cost of the products.”

Shannon, a junior in communication, worked on a corporate team helping Kohl’s Corp. leverage digital technology to increase its beauty department sales. Shannon’s team proposed in-store and mobile apps for customers to use. Shannon was the team’s communication leader and presented her team’s ideas during the launch weekend.

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“Working with my team gave me insight into project management and working on multidisciplinary teams,” Shannon says. “I’ve worked to maintain communication between six people from six different universities throughout the semester. And I’ve worked closely with IT, mobile development and business students, which is great preparation for the workforce.”

Shortly after her Commons presentation, Shannon was contacted by Kohl’s Corp. representatives about an internship opportunity. Following a rigorous interview process, she was offered a summer internship as an IT Business Analyst working with the IT communications team. “I feel very lucky,” Shannon says. “Without The Common’s experience I would not have been offered this internship.”

Natalie, a sophomore English major, worked on project Get Real, “a website with content generated by young adults to teach real-world skills they don’t teach you in school,” she says, such as how to arrange service with the electric company. The team surveyed students to determine a market for their website. Natalie was in charge of researching and writing the site’s content.

Clockwise, from upper left:

Shannon Molter, Natalie Guyette, and Edna Ruiz

The work moved Natalie out of her comfort zone. “Many of the participants were business, economics or communication majors. My alternative perspective brought different ideas to the table,” she says.

The Commons’ vision is to allow students to explore innovation and the applied use of entrepreneurial teachings, and to be a source of talent for area businesses and economic development for job creation in Wisconsin.

Kristen Roche, Ph.D., director of Mount Mary’s MBA program and faculty advisor to the Mount Mary students, says The Commons experience replicates a real-world job. “Students see they have value in being a young person, using technology and having new business ideas,” Roche says. “They see what it would be like to be an entrepreneur and they gain confidence and training.”

Roche says the students also honed an important skill identified by Mount Mary’s Creative Campus Initiative — agility. “They didn’t know what to expect and they had to be willing to see how it went. It was a significant investment of their time.”

ThE COMMONS ExPERIENCE REPLICATES A REAL-wORLD jOB


ALuMNAE STOriES

Jennifer doyle, ’74

As a Mount Mary student, Jennifer doyle, ’74, never imagined where her career and life would take her. Jenny, a history and philosophy major and political science minor, lives in Boston and is director of surgical education at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Her Mount Mary education set the foundation for her success. “I loved my history and philosophy classes,” she says. She recalls editing the Arches student newspaper and enjoying political debates with professors. While Arches editor, Jenny was summoned by the college president after Jenny had an anti-Nixon cartoon drawn for the paper. A college board member was upset about the cartoon, but Jenny says she told the president, “I thought you wanted us all to learn how to think.”

Jenny earned a master’s degree in European social history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and pursued a doctorate in history at Brown University, with the goals of teaching and writing history. Halfway through writing her dissertation, her father passed away, and she took some time off. During that time, she applied for a position with Brown University Medical School’s Department of Family Medicine developing new curricula incorporating humanities into medical education. She got the job and developed an ethics curriculum for the department.

She later became director of surgical education at Brown University Medical School, and then at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she worked for 20 years. At Beth Israel Jenny wrote a National Institutes of Health

a foundation for lifE

grant to launch the nation’s first training program in vascular surgery research. The program continues today, graduating five to eight fellows each year.

Five years ago she joined Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Surgery to develop curricula and create an education infrastructure and evaluation formats for the general surgery residency training program and fellowships. “I love working with surgeons. They’re very bright and decisive. They’re challenging, but lots of fun.” she says.

For 10 years, Jenny also taught in a first-year medical school course covering the psycho-social aspects of being a doctor. Its goal was to “help doctors see the patient as a person and foster interaction rather than just going down a checklist,” she says. Jenny has been listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in America, and has an appointment as a lecturer on surgery at Harvard Medical School.

As her two teenage daughters begin looking ahead to college, Jenny recalls the value of her Mount Mary education. “I think the liberal arts are the foundation for everything in life, not just careers,” she says. She advises her daughters to choose colleges that will provide that foundation and offer opportunities to discover what they’re about, rather than focusing on specific career goals. And today Jenny maintains her political interests, as well, working to stop a natural gas pipeline from going through her neighborhood and volunteering with the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

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not just CarEErs.”

“i ThoughT you wanTed us all To learn how To Think.”

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ALuMNAE SToRIES

Nastassia Putz, ’12

Just three years after graduating from Mount Mary, Nastassia Putz, ’12, an English major, has gone from freelance writer to owner and publisher of FETCH magazine, a quarterly magazine with a circulation of nearly 20,000 distributed free in southeastern Wisconsin veterinary clinics, pet stores, groomers and more. Nastassia attributes her career success to “being in the right place at the right time,” personal initiative and the confidence gained through her Mount Mary education.

“My goal was to move to New York, get a job as a reporter and work my way up to editor at a well-known newspaper or magazine. It seemed glamorous at the time,” she says. But, not long after graduating, she became pregnant with her first child. “That shifted my goals,” she says.

Nastassia pursued freelance work so she could be a stay-at-home mom. She wrote for the Shepherd Express, did a post-college internship with Urban Milwaukee and freelanced for FETCH after seeing the magazine in a pet store. When FETCH’s editor left, Nastassia applied for the editor job. She saw the position as a marriage of her three passions: dogs, writing and graphic design.

Nastassia was hired as a contract editor for FETCH, and a few months later the publisher approached

her about buying the magazine. “She knew my passions and felt I could really do something with this magazine,” Nastassia says. She began learning the business side of the magazine from the previous publisher. In January 2015, shortly before the birth of her second child, Nastassia officially became FETCH’s owner and publisher. “I never imagined this would happen, especially at age 30,” she says.

Nastassia hires freelance writers and serves as the magazine’s primary editor, copy editor, graphic designer, circulation rep and advertising sales rep. Since taking ownership, she has redesigned FETCH’s website and changed the print edition’s design. “No day is typical,” she says.

Nastassia’s Mount Mary education prepared her for her new role, she says, especially her experience as editor-in-chief of the Arches

passions lEad to loCal publishing CarEEr

student newspaper. “I loved the smaller college and individual attention. So many instructors influenced me in different ways.”

The faculty advisers for Arches pushed her and helped her develop leadership skills. She found she loved being part of a publication’s entire development, rather than just one part. “I learned that as a leader or owner, I’d have to push people, but also be considerate and flexible,” she says. Other professors helped her learn to trust herself.

In addition, a study abroad experience to Rome increased Nastassia’s passion to take up a cause: in her case, animals. Today, along with juggling the magazine and motherhood, Nastassia owns two rescued pit bulls and volunteers with the Brew City Bully Club, which educates the community about pit bulls. And through FETCH, she encourages others to adopt shelter animals.

“no day is Typical.”

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To help advance the school counseling profession, King currently serves on the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) Governing Board as post-secondary vice president. She regularly contributes to the profession’s thought leadership. She has presented at the annual WSCA conference for six consecutive years and her students have presented their research and ideas at the WSCA conference the past two years. King has also presented at the American School Counselor Association’s annual conference.

“After 20 years in the school counseling profession, I still have a passion for the work I do,” says King. “I enjoy and value the role of training school counselors and promoting the profession by conducting research and delivering professional development to other counselors.”

In recognition of her work, King received the Althea Brach Post-Secondary School Counselor of the Year award from WSCA at its annual conference in February. The award recognizes outstanding service to the school counseling profession in Wisconsin.

King received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Carrie Smith king, Ph.d.A Commitment to ExcellenceA commitment to both teaching and counseling drives Carrie Smith king, Ph.d., Counseling Department chair and assistant professor in counseling, to strive for excellence in the classroom and in the counseling profession.

In the classroom, King influences future school counselors. She actively engages counseling students in research projects including developing cultural competency curriculum for pre-service teachers, and studying the impact of career-based service learning on high school students’ civic engagement. King’s students are also involved in a trauma sensitive school project that she coordinates and administers. The project educates elementary school teachers, staff, students and parents/guardians about the impact of childhood trauma on classroom learning.

“My students say that I have extremely high expectations of them,” says King. “One student said, ‘You really push us but I know you do it because you believe in us.’”

kristen roche, Ph.d., director of Mount Mary University’s MBA program and assistant professor in business administration, knows what it’s like to be a young woman just launching her career. Drawing on her own experiences, her education and her research, she works to help other women recognize their value in the business world.

An economist specializing in labor and gender differences in earnings for the self-employed, Roche researches and publishes on the subject to raise awareness in the classroom and the business community. Her research on pay differences for women entrepreneurs was recently featured in Fortune.

Roche shares that expertise with her Mount Mary students. “I like working in an environment where I can be both professor and mentor,” Roche says. Her colleague, Assistant Professor John Zorbini, says Roche’s students look to her as a role model. “The knowledge and experience that she brings to the classroom as a female economist offers students a view they would not otherwise have.”

Sarah Sanger, a former student of Roche, appreciates her professor’s leadership and passion. “Dr. Roche often

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emphasizes the need for more women to advocate for the things they want professionally,” Sanger says.

In January, Roche was named a 2015 “40 Under 40” award recipient from the Milwaukee Business Journal. The award recognizes the accomplishments of professionals who are making a difference in the community.

Roche’s leadership extends into the larger community. Her passion for social justice is regularly incorporated into her curriculum through hands-on community service experiences and course assignments. She was recently elected chair of the Board of the Women’s Center in Waukesha, Wis., further working to improve the lives of women and families and serving as a role model for others to make a difference in their communities.

Roche received her B.B.A. in economics and finance from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and her M.S. in applied economics from Marquette University. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


kristen roche, Ph.d. Professor, Mentor, role Model

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recently the University’s Student Athletes Advisory Committee (SAAC) registered to designate Mount Mary as a Special

Olympics College. Since then, SAAC has taken the work they do for Special Olympics to the next level.

In March, SAAC hosted an event that had never been done at Mount Mary: a “Unified Red Carpet Ball.” The formal event, staged in Mount Mary’s Alumnae Dining Hall, rolled out the red carpet for Special Olympians, Mount Mary students and the community even before the music began. Mount Mary clubs and organizations hosted a pre-event extravaganza that included dance lessons, hair styling, makeup and nail sessions and corsage making. Once the ball commenced, the evening included dancing to music provided by a DJ, a limbo contest, a dance-off, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction.

The amazing turnout was supported by generous donations from local businesses. Along with SAAC, the Mount Mary Student Government Association, Student Dance Association, Fashion Association, Student Art Therapy Association, Program and Activities Council and the Caroline Hall Council all contributed resources to support the event.

“The event aimed to get the Mount Mary students ‘unified’ with the Special Olympians. Through unified events like this, people become more aware of how fun and enjoyable the Special Olympians are,” explains SAAC President Katie Edwards. “It can be a learning opportunity for all parties.”

The bond between the Mount Mary and Special Olympic athletes is important, adds Edwards. “Special Olympics Athletes play the games they do because they love them. [NCAA] Division III athletes are the same way. None of us are paid to play our sport, or receive athletic scholarships. We play for the love of the game and the fun of the team.”

Through the silent auction, SAAC raised nearly $1,400 for Special Olympics. Previously, the group also raised $900 for Special Olympics through this year’s “Polar Plunge” on February 14.

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The cherished traditions of the Lantern Procession and Step Singing go at least as far back as 1920 at the college’s original Prairie du Chien campus. Seniors sang songs at different stops before ascending the steps to sing to parents, faculty and fellow students. Before going up the steps, each graduating senior passed her lantern to a junior, symbolizing the passing of the light of learning.

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The original lanterns were used until 1999 when electric candles were used and the original lanterns served as decorations. Today, graduates perform songs and readings and pass on the light of learning (a metal lantern) to family, friends, fellow students or a favorite instructor in gratitude for their support and encouragement. It remains a very meaningful ceremony.

Source: The Mount Mary College Story: A Centennial Celebration Exhibit

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Shandrieka richardson is making the most of her college experience. While some students focus on student government, leadership opportunities or athletics, Shandrieka is doing it all.

In addition to being a two-sport athlete (basketball and softball) for the Blue Angels, Richardson, an Atlanta native, is also treasurer for the Student Government Association and a board member with the Black Student Union, and is a business administration major.

“Playing sports and being involved around campus has helped me come out of my shell and be more open to people. It has also helped me become a better leader and willing to take on bigger roles through my life,” says Richardson.

A recipient of various scholarships, including Mount Mary’s Vision Scholarship, Shandrieka is grateful to attend a school that she knew would fit her needs the

Finding SuccessThrough Scholarships, Sports and Student Activities

moment she stepped foot on campus.

“After I took a tour, I immediately loved the environment and how friendly and diverse the campus is,” she says. “I just fell in love with the small class sizes and being able to know my professors on a personal level.”

While the scholarships help, Richardson continues to work two jobs off campus during the school year. While balancing academics and work is enough of a challenge for any student, Shandrieka says she will never give up her extracurriculars.

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In 1944, Mary Ellen Hungelmann graduated from Mount Mary as an occupational therapist. She was excited to start her professional journey and see how her path unfolded.

She married and, as she began to raise the Stelpflug family, the teaching profession became her calling. She returned to school to receive certification in teaching and held that role until her retirement.

When Mary Ellen was already the loving mother of eight children, she and her husband added triplets to the family. A few years later, her husband was killed in an industrial accident. Mary Ellen became the sole parent and earner.

No matter what the day brought Mary Ellen was always accepting, believing that God does not give anyone more than she can handle.

From left to right: Linda Stelpflug Christman, JoAnn Hungelmann (Mary Ellen’s sister) and Ann Stelpflug Freudenthal.

Her heart was consistently filled with gratitude for her Mount Mary education. She often expressed a desire to have enough money to give an endowed scholarship to Mount Mary in return for all she had received through her time there. However, with 11 children to raise, it was only a deeply held wish.

Mary Ellen died in 2012. She had named Mount Mary in her will and in December 2014, when the estate was settled, a check was given to Mount Mary University to establish an endowed scholarship in Mary Ellen’s name. The family was elated.

Today Mary Ellen’s loving gratitude for her Mount Mary education continues through the Mary Ellen Hungelmann Stelpflug Endowed Scholarship.

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having a bad or stressful day, I have two hours to not think about it and just focus on the game itself,” she says. “Being part of student organizations builds on my leadership skills and abilities to work in a group. That is why I love being involved at Mount Mary.”

Exploring new opportunities continues for the junior. With the potential help of the study abroad scholarship, Shandrieka hopes to travel to Peru with a Mount Mary group while earning credits toward a Spanish minor. Shape your future legacy by placing

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Doris Christopher (above left); Betsy Myers (center); attendees’ shared words of inspiration; Myers with a group of students (below).

passion. lEadErship. stratEgiC thinking. risk taking. These are qualities demonstrated by women who create new business models on their own terms. Entrepreneurs Doris Christopher, founder and chairman of The Pampered Chef, and Betsy Myers, founding director of Bentley’s Center for Women and Business, discussed the role these traits played in their own success at the 2015 Voices of Leadership event “Igniting the Entrepreneurial Spirit” on March 4.

Both women spoke about remaining true to one’s values. Christopher, previously a home economics teacher and stay-at-home mother, started her small business in her basement in 1980. Over 30-plus years, it blossomed into a multimillion dollar enterprise with more than 60,000 Pampered Chef consultants worldwide. She sold her company in 2002 to Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway and recently returned to the company as chairman.

Myers, one of America’s foremost authorities on leadership and empowerment, is the author of Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You. During the Clinton Administration, Myers was the first director of the White House Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach. She has also served as the associate deputy administrator for entrepreneurial development in the Small Business Administration.

doris chrisTopher and beTsy myers share insighTs on success

IGNITING ThE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITmore than 9.1 mIllIon fIrms are owned by women, employing nearly 7.9 million people, and generating $1.4 trillion in sales as of 2014.

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As college students, we strive to get good grades. We pull all-nighters. We spend an extra few moments studying instead of eating breakfast. According to Betsy Myers, however, to be a great leader we need to apply that same energy and dedication getting to know our “authentic selves.”

Myers, and fellow entrepreneur Doris Christopher, shared their insights at the 2015 Voices of Leadership event. Student attendees took their messages to heart.

Myers’ approach to leadership is inventive and powerful, and “is about self-knowledge,” she says. When we know our own strengths and weaknesses, we can recognize the others’ strengths. Myers says “command and control” leadership is outdated and ineffective in today’s workplace. She calls her leadership style “leadership of the heart.” “When people feel valued, supported, appreciated and understood, they do their best work,” she says.

Myers’ message resonates with students. As a young women soon to enter the business world, I find leading from the heart to be a model for future leaders. My fellow student, junior Michaela Peterson, is impressed with Myers’ opinion “that leadership is about love — loving your employees who will then love your customers.”

Doris Christopher credits the success of her company, The Pampered Chef, to integrity. She also recognizes the importance of family time around the table. “The table is where we mark our milestones,” she says. Her goal is to make it faster and easier to get dinner on the table so families can converse over a good meal.

Christopher describes leadership as “hard work with a purpose,” and she encourages future leaders to stay true to their purpose, but also to be flexible. Following this advice, Christopher grew The Pampered Chef to support 60,000 consultants in their own home-based businesses. “Leave room for the unimaginable,” she says. “The unimaginable becomes the greatest joy in your life.”

Grace Bedoian, a Mount Mary junior, says the speakers helped her “to picture myself as a professional powerhouse.” This reaction is precisely the goal of the Women’s Leadership Institute — inspiring women to embrace their strengths, develop their skills and pursue their dreams.

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Mount Mary joined with the Milwaukee Art Museum to present the exhibit Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair from February 5 to May 3. The traveling exhibit included a cross-section of the garments featured in the Ebony Fashion Fairs that toured the country from 1958 to 2009. During its Milwaukee run, the Inspiring Beauty exhibit also included 13 additional Ebony Fashion Fair garments from Mount Mary’s Historic Costume Collection.

Ebony Fashion Fair and Mount Mary Share vision, history and garments

The Ebony Fashion Fair and Mount Mary’s fashion program share many qualities and accomplishments. Both were created by women who entered and disrupted the fashion world and both are celebrating 50th anniversaries. In the 1950s and 1960s Eunice Walker Johnson, a wealthy African-American woman from Chicago and owner of the Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony magazine, was a rarity in the elite, white world of fashion and at times was snubbed by European designers. In the early ’60s, Sr. Aloyse Hessburg, SSND, was also a newcomer to the fashion scene — a nun from the Midwest, dressed in full habit, attending New York fashion shows and working to establish a fashion program in Milwaukee.

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To mark the 50th anniversary of the fashion program and generate support for the Historic Costume Collection, a celebratory reception and dinner was held at the Milwaukee Art Museum on March 21 (far left). Mount Mary guests included Karen Davidson (above left), Donna Ricco and Sr. Aloyse Hessburg (center, top). Fashion enthusiasts had an opportunity to bid on unique items at the “Threads of Fashion” auction (center, bottom). Attendees enjoyed a close-up look at garments in the show (far right).

Eunice and Sr. Aloyse were pioneers who worked to ensure that fashion wasn’t exclusionary. Their actions helped push the boundaries of diversity, acceptance and female empowerment. Despite challenges, both women persevered and succeeded. Johnson created the traveling Ebony Fashion Fair to give African-American women access to high-end fashion, and empower them to embrace their beauty. Hessburg established a highly regarded fashion program that’s brought international fashion icons to Mount Mary and has produced students with their own diverse fashion perspective, including industry leaders Donna Ricco, Karen Davidson and Eliza Audley.

Four sold-out Ebony Fashion Fairs were held at Mount Mary from 1996 to 1998 and again in 2001. In 2011 and 2013, Mount Mary Friends of Fashion purchased 34 Ebony Fashion Fair designer garments to add to the University’s Historic Costume Collection. Today the approximately 10,000-piece collection serves as teaching tool for Mount Mary students and a scholarly, artistic and aesthetic resource for the community.


STUDENT DESIGNS DAZZLE AT CREO 2015“Ignite” was the theme of the day and student creativity shone brightly on May 8 during CREO 2015, Mount Mary University’s annual showcase of outstanding student work from the School of Arts and Design. The one-day celebration of talent, held at the Harley-Davidson Museum, featured a juried student designer fashion show and an art and design honors exhibit.

The fashion show was an energetic New York-style production with more than 75 original individual garments and collections created by Mount Mary fashion design students. The show incorporated numerous “real-world” elements, including professional stage design, music, lighting, choreography and video. Students from the Fashion Show Coordination class served as the show’s production team. An independent jury of fashion design professionals selected garments for recognition and awards.

CREO’s Honors Art Show featured drawings, paintings, graphic designs and sculptural works by students in the art, graphic design, art therapy, fashion and interior design programs. Pieces were selected for inclusion by a jury of local art professionals from nearly 100 submissions. Several student designers received awards from League of Milwaukee Artists, Wisconsin Visual Artists (WVA) and Milwaukee Artists Resource Network (MARN).

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Best-selling Author With Wisconsin roots Featured at Writers on Writing More than 60 attendees welcomed best-selling author and Wisconsin native Rebecca Rasmussen to campus on April 14 as part of the Writers on Writing series sponsored by the University’s Master of Arts in English program.

A writer in her early 30s, Rasmussen is gaining industry respect and praise typically reserved for veteran authors. In a review of Evergreen, Rasmussen’s second novel, Trisha Ping from BookPage says, “With its quiet beauty, deep compassion and strong emotional pull, Evergreen cements Rasmussen’s reputation as one of our most talented new writers.” At the Writers on Writing event, Rasmussen read from Evergreen and discussed her approach to writing, how she generates ideas and how growing up in Wisconsin influences her. Evergreen, set in the desolate wilderness of 1900s Minnesota, deals with motherhood and the effect of emotional isolation and harsh conditions on women. Rasmussen’s first book, The Bird Sisters (2011), takes place in Spring Green, Wis., where she grew up.

Rasmussen currently lives in Los Angeles and teaches English part-time at UCLA.

mounT mary universiTypublishing insTiTuTesepTember 25 & 26, 2015Join fellow writers for a daylong event exploring the many facets of publishing.

Featuring author Dean Bakopoulos, Madison writer Bridget Birdsall, practice pitches with a publishing agent and opportunities for networking.

for more Info vIsIT mtmary.edu/ publishing-institute

cOMMeNceMeNt 2015

Mount Mary held its spring commencement on Saturday, May 16 in the Bloechl Recreation Center. Nearly 230 graduates received degrees and certificates including 98 undergraduate degrees, 108 graduate degrees, six doctorate degrees and 13 post-baccalaureate certificates. President Eileen Schwalbach welcomed the graduates and Vice President for Academic Affairs Karen Friedlen, Ph.D. presented the candidates for degrees. Senior Class Representative Sara Marie Sybesma gave the Commemorative Address.

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Andrea (Drea) Thompson Miller is a transplant from Atlanta who relocated to the Milwaukee area with her husband, Thomas.

Drea always wanted a career serving others so she pursued a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management at the University of Alabama. Her extensive work in catering management, sales and the travel industry led her to the Milwaukee Public Museum. The change fueled her desire to advance in nonprofit work and she later moved into higher education with a University of Wisconsin system alumni association. She recently joined Mount Mary where she feels right at home in women’s education.

Drea has spent a great deal of time at a women’s college campus. She graduated from an all-women’s private college preparatory academy at Brenau University in northeast Georgia. She also has accompanied her mother to Longmeadow, Mass. as she served as a trustee at her women’s university. Although Drea only attended high school at Brenau, she has served as Brenau’s Midwest chapter leader, advocating for the university that taught her so much.

Drea enjoys spending time with her husband, traveling the globe and hanging out with her four adopted animals, including a 26-year-old quarter horse named Jewels.

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Mary Beth Kingston, Milwaukee, is the executive vice president and chief nursing officer for Aurora Health Care. She serves on the boards for the Bread of Healing Clinic and the American Organization of Nurse Executives and is on the Attorney General’s Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team.

S. Kathryn Berger, SSND, St. Paul, Minn., is program coordinator for the Graduate School of Health and Human Services at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. A Mount Mary alumna, she has worked in Kenya and Rome. As a School Sister of Notre Dame, she also will serve on Mount Mary’s Corporate Board.

Camille Burke, Minneapolis, Minn., is a community volunteer. She currently volunteers with the Minnesota Literacy Council and previously was affiliated with Journey House. In Florida, she was a board member and volunteer for Impact 100 of Indian River County, Celebrated Speakers Series and Learning Alliance.

Cheryl Maurana, Ph.D., Milwaukee, is the vice president for academic outreach for the Medical College of Wisconsin and professor of population health. She also is director of Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment, a statewide initiative that funds community-academic partnerships, research and education.

Mount Mary University has elected four new members to its Board of Trustees. Each will serve a three-year term.

Meet Andrea Miller: director of Alumnae Engagement

mount mary Earns rankings and rECognition• College Choice has ranked Mount Mary as No. 16 among the Best U.S.

Women’s Colleges for 2015. Rankings were based on factors that college freshmen said were most important to their college decision.

• CollegeFactualrankedMountMaryNo. 9 among the ten best U.S. colleges to study health professions, based on the strength of our majors in the health professions. The College Factual article appeared on usatoday.com on March 24.

• U.S.News & World Report ranks Mount Mary No. 33 among the 2015 Best Colleges for Veterans Rankings for Midwest regional universities.

• MountMaryUniversityreceivedthe2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction award for its exemplary commitment to community service and service learning.

• MountMary’sFall/Winter Report to Donors received a Gold Award and the Fall/Winter Mount Mary Magazine won a Merit Award in the Educational Advertising Awards competition.


CALENDAR EVENTS

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22 Fashion Boot CampFull-day, weeklong camp for grades 7-12 Contact (414) 258-4810, ext. 282

Creative Connections Creative fun with art and music for grades K-8 Session I: June 22-26, Session II: July 6-10 Contact (414) 258-4810, ext. 277

23 Regular Summer Session Classes Begin

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13-18 Private College WeekContact Admissions (414) 256-1219

15 HOPE: Hints to Optimize Potential Employment

Career Development WorkshopContact Career Development (414) 256-1243

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13 Starving Artists’ Show10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Campus LawnContact (414) 443-3646

23 Wisconsin Education FairBloechl Center

25-26 Mount Mary Publishing InstituteStiemke Hall; Author Event on evening of Sept. 25, Institute on Sept. 26Contact (414) 258-4810, ext. 395

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8-11 Homecoming WeekSee pages 40-41 for details.

17 Archdiocese of Milwaukee “Soles for Catholic Education” Fundraiser Walk

Contact Marcie Stone (414) 769-3507

21 Archdiocese of Milwaukee Pallium Lecture7:00 p.m., Alumnae Dining RoomContact Connie Bach (414) 236-5499

23 Art Therapy Practicum FairHelfaer Hall

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6 College Campus ExplorersGirl Scouts experience college lifeContact (414) 443-3606

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AChiEvEMENTS ANd ACCOLAdES

This section highlights recent noteworthy accomplishments and awards of the Mount Mary University faculty, staff and students.

AChIEVEMENTS ACCOLADES

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Jordan Acker Anderson, Fine Art, participated in the “Annual Winter Juried Show” at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha. She also had two paintings in the Wisconsin Visual Artists exhibit at the Cedarburg Cultural Center during May and June.

Jordan Acker Anderson and Josh Anderson, Fine Art, had work on display at the juried exhibits “Family Ties” at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, Mich.; “Take Me With You” at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wis.; and “2014 Super MOWA’s Members’ Show” at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, Wis.

Cheryl Bailey, School of Natural and Health Sciences, co-authored an article in the Journal of Genetics Education on a national program for increasing undergraduate participation in research.

Stephanie Beisbier, Occupational Therapy, presented “Role Emerging Fieldwork Placements: Reflections From Canada and the United States” at the American occupational Therapy Association Conference and Expo in Nashville, Tenn., in April.

Carmen Bond, Fine Art, was part of the juried exhibition “Center of Environmental Stewardship” at Concordia University in Mequon, Wis.

S. Linda Marie Bos, SSND, History, was elected National President of Delta Epsilon Sigma.

Joan Braune, Philosophy, wrote Erich Fromm’s Revolutionary Hope: Prophetic Messianism as a Critical Theory of the Future, published by Sense Publishers in November 2014. Braune also presented a paper, “Erich Fromm and Social Repression,” at the Radical Philosophy Association Conference at Stony Brook University in New York in November 2014.

Paul Calhoun, Fine Art, presented an exhibit “After the Wars” at Milwaukee’s Reagan IB High School in February. The exhibition contained photos and personal interviews honoring American veterans. He also participated in a gallery talk.

Jim Conlon, Philosophy, delivered a paper, “The ‘Holy Fool’ and Goodness in Almodóvar’s talk to her (Hable con ella),” at the American Philosophical Association annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo. in February. He also presented a paper, “Sex and Shame,” at the Wisconsin Philosophical Association in Stevens Point, Wis., in April.

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Colleen Conway, Chemistry, and Maureen Leonard, Biology, had their paper “Playing an Electron Transport System Game to Improve Health Students’ Learning,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Chemical Education.

Katy Cowan, Fine Art, participated in “False Scent” at the 321 Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., from September through October.

S. Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, SSND, Theology, was appointed to a three-year term on the Professional Conduct Committee for the Society for Christian Ethics. She also attended a meeting in Philadelphia, Penn., with other theologians and religious leaders to participate in a year of encounter with Pope Francis’ papal encyclical Joy of Gospel. The group will submit resolutions to Pope Francis during his visit to the united States in September 2015.

Lynn Diener, Biology, was named a LifeSciTRC Fellow for fall 2014. Diener was invited to attend the LifeSciTRC Scholars and Fellows meeting in January.

Deb Dosemagen, Education, gave the opening greeting and presented a workshop, “Common Core Mathematics Standards: Facts and Fiction,” at the Wisconsin Sigma State Convention of Delta Kappa Gamma in April.

Debra Heermans, Fine Art, participated in the Wisconsin Art Education Conference, “Art Connects Us,” in Milwaukee. She also presented a session at the National Art Education Association in New Orleans, La., in April.

Jennifer Hockenbery, Philosophy, wrote the chapter “Introduction: Augustine and Luther on Human Agency” in the book Contemporary Currents with Augustine and Luther. She was the keynote speaker at the April Marquette University Graduate Humanities Symposium, lecturing on “Platypi, Hermophrodites and Intellectual Women: How the Humanities Sees Oddities.” She presented a paper, “Towards a Lutheran Disputation on Gender,” at the Midwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in April.

Kari Inda, Occupational Therapy, has reviewed textbook proposals this past semester for Lippincott Williams and Wilkins and F.A. Davis, and will review proposals for the American occupational Therapy Association’s Education Summit in Denver this fall.

Lela Joscelyn, Behavioral Sciences, contributed the chapter, “Women, Spirituality and Resilience: Women Saints (1098-1540) and Contemporary Women,” to the book Religion and Spirituality for Diverse Women, published by Praeger Publishing.


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Joe Dooley, Social Work, was a visiting professor and guest lecturer at university Angers in Angers, France, during the fall 2014 semester. He participated in an international colloquium on “Filiation and Affiliation,” and gave a presentation on prejudice and discrimination. He also presented on American social work and social work education to ARIFTS, the School of Social Work in Angers.

Lynn Kapitan, Art Therapy, traveled to Singapore in October 2014 to present the keynote address, “What’s Our Impact? Transforming Art Therapy Through Connectivity, Action and Research Advancement,” for the International Symposium on Contemporary Arts Therapy Research and Practice. Kapitan also published an editorial, “Beyond Self-Inquiry: Does Art-based Research Produce Real Effects in the World?” in a special issue of the Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.

Kristen Roche, Business Administration, published a paper, “Female Self-employment in the United States: An Update to 2012” in the October 2014 Monthly Labor Review, and presented the paper, “Getting What You Want, What You Really, Really Want: Self-Employment, Job Attributes and the Paradox of the Contented Female Worker,” co-authored with Keith A. Bender, at the International Atlantic Economic Society Annual Conference in Milan, Italy, in March.


Sandy Keiser, Fashion, and Barbara Armstrong, School of Arts and Design, developed programming and community engagement activities with the Milwaukee Art Museum for the “Inspiring Beauty: Fifty Years of the Ebony Fashion Fair” exhibit. The show ran from February through May 2015 and 13 garments from the Mount Mary Historic Costume Collection were featured.

Jennifer Laske, Theology, presented a paper, “American Public Theology and the Political Impact of Mary as Eschatological Icon of the Church,” at the annual Midwest Regional Conference of the American Academy of Religion in April.

Susan Loesl, Art Therapy, was awarded the National Art Education Association (NAEA), Council for Exceptional Children, VSA Beverly Levitt Gerber Special Needs Education Lifetime Achievement Award at the NAEA’s convention in New Orleans, La.

Jacqueline Luedtke, Physical Education/Dance, completed certification for Pilates Barre Fit.

Rachel Monaco-Wilcox, Justice, was awarded the Wisconsin Association of Mediator’s President’s Award for 2014 in honor of significant contributions to the advancement of mediation in Wisconsin.

Art therapy faculty, students and graduates made presentations, led panel discussions and attended the national American Art Therapy Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Bruce Moon, Art Therapy, and Mount Mary graduate students created a video montage that was played at the opening session. In addition, Bruce Moon and Chris Belkofer, Art Therapy, performed as musical guests. Moon and Belkofer also published Artist, Therapist and Teacher in May 2014.

Jennifer Peterson, Communication, published the article “To Test or Not to Test: Barriers and Solutions to Testing African-American College Students for HIV at a Historically Black College/University,” in a 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice.

Don Rappé, Theology, published “Machaerus and the Death of the Baptizer,” in the journal The Bible Today in November/December 2014. The article is about the Herodian fortress in present-day Jordan that witnessed the death of John the Baptist.

Tammy Scheidegger, Counseling, and two student contributors presented “Addressing the ‘YOU’ in Your Challenging Cases: Beyond Trauma Informed Care” at the 10th Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Training.

Lisa Stark, Dietetics, spoke in April as part of a Community-Academic Partnership Panel: Diabetes, Working Wellness in Waukesha Together at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Community Engagement Week.

Dave Wegener, Enrollment Services, was named the 2014 Citizen of the Year by the Germantown (Wis.) Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Counseling graduate students Jordan Brown and Kim Jobke led a team in the National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk in May.

Lea Denny, Counseling, was interviewed in March by Dr. Kim Gulbrandson, a researcher for the Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center, about her work with social-emotional learning from a First Nations perspective.

Four Fashion Department students were accepted to exhibit their designs in the International Textile and Apparel Design Competition held in Charlotte, N.C., in November 2014.

Debra Glashing, English graduate student, wrote the lyrics for a video that won the “We Love Our Workplace” Video Contest on GreatPlacetoWork.com.

Dietetics graduate students Emily Blaine, Elizabeth Klismith and Janelle Winter won the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ National Nutrition Month 90-second video contest with their video “Healthy Lunches and Snacks” (online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_3Z2qMz6g).

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Sandra Ruesink, Education, chaired the Wisconsin Sigma State Convention of Delta Kappa Gamma. The convention was held April 24-26 in Milwaukee. Several other current and former faculty and Mount Mary alumnae also worked on the planning committee and/or assisted with the convention, including Isabel Maria Piana, S. Ellen Lorenz, Joan Boyce, Jaclyn Orozco-Domoe, Mary Flierl (’61), Celine Wong (’66) and Carissa Ihm (’14).

ACHIEvEMENTS AND ACCoLADES

Kiersten Doty, Art Therapy graduate student, completed a practicum at the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge, which provides shelter and services to individuals and families. Kiersten facilitated weekly open art studios and offered art therapy for individuals. To supplement the Lodge’s limited art supplies, Kiersten received the Andrea Barringer Scholarship Grant, named in memory of a Mount Mary art therapy student who died in 2013.

Michelle Goetz, Art Therapy, was awarded the Daniel M. Soref Research Award to conduct research on art making and neuroscience in collaboration with Dr. Edgar Deyoe at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The research project uses MRI imaging to look at the brain during drawing.


From left to right: Shannon Molter, Denise Seyfer, Brittany Seemuth, Rennie Patterson-Bailey, and faculty advisors Linda Barrington and Laura Otto

STudENT NEWSPAPEr

The Arches student newspaper received recognition at the annual Associated Collegiate Press Best of the Midwest competition in February 2015. The newspaper won third place in the Best of Show category for four-year college, non-weekly newspapers. Student Natalie Guyette received first place for Single Page Design. Arches also won second place for General Excellence and third place for General Web Excellence at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2014 Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest. In addition, several students won individual awards for their work on Arches. Brittany Seemuth received first place in both the Best Editorial and Freedom of Information categories, Rennie Patterson-Bailey received first place for Best Advertisement and Denise Seyfer won fourth place for Investigative Reporting.

Natalie Guyette, English, and Heather Thomas-Flores, Education, received SSND Awards at the Founders Day celebration in February. Guyette received the Mother Caroline Freiss award, given to a junior who serves the needs of women and children in the u.S. Flores-Thomas received the Mother Theresa of Gerhardinger award, recognizing a senior who strives to develop a global vision expressed in the active concern for the needs of women and youth. Natalie Guyette, left, and Heather

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Rennie Patterson-Bailey, Fine Art, had her photo “Chicago” named a finalist in Photographer’s Forum magazine’s 35th Annual College and High School Photography Contest.

Abigail Radish, Dietetics, received the Janet C. Fiecek Baumler Fund scholarship for full-time dietetics students.

Counseling graduate students David Sorensen, Meagan Grosskreutz and Jordan Brown, along with faculty member Leeza Ong, Counseling, participated in IndependenceFirst’s annual fundraising event, the “Slide & Glide,” in February.

STudENT-AThLETE AWArdS

Several Mount Mary student-athletes received awards and honors this year.

Lucy Vue and Heather Thomas-Flores, Education, assisted with preparations and activities at the Wisconsin Sigma State Convention of Delta Kappa Gamma in April in Milwaukee.

SOCCER: Emily Ristow was named the Association of NCAA Division III Independents (AD3I) Offensive Player of the Year. Becky Onan was named the AD3I Goalkeeper of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Both Emily Ristow and Becky Onan, along with Marissa Rechlicz were named to the All-AD3I First Team for soccer in 2014.

CROSS COuNTRy: Natalie Guyette was named an AD3I Honorable Mention for the 2014 cross country season.

VOLLEyBALL: Sarah Wishau and Payton Hintz were named to the All-AD3I Second Team for the 2014 volleyball season.

BASKETBALL: Chrisandra Freeman was named AD3I Rookie of the Year for women’s basketball and was selected to the All-AD3I Second Team for the 2014-2015 season. Becky Onan and Jasmine Meyer were named AD3I Honorable Mentions for the 2014-2015 basketball season. Jasmine Meyer Chrisandra FreemanSarah Wishau Payton Hintz

Natalie GuyetteMarissa RechliczBecky Onan Emily Ristow

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ALuMNAE BRIEfS

ALUMNAE BRIEfS

Death of Alumna’s Spouse:

1958 Margaret Schaefgen Harrington; husband Francis on December 8, 2013

1959 Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan; husband John on February 1, 2015

1959 Loretta Brunk Dimitruck; husband george on April 7, 2015

1961 Mary Fehrenbach Keyes; husband James on July 6, 2014

1963 Susan Smrz roemer; husband David on October 14, 2014

1964 Cara Kendziorski waraksa; husband John on December 20, 2014

1977 Janice Carter Osterholm; husband roger on August 5, 2014

Deaths of MMU Faculty and Staff:

1946 S. Mary-roman Obremski, SSND, on April 16, 2015

1950 S. Mary Helen Francis Small, SSND, on January 23, 2015

1961 S. Mary rosemarita Huebner, SSND, on February 18, 2015 (an Art Scholarship was established in her name; see page 38)

1961 S. Mary gregory Smith, SSND, on April 28, 2015

Death of Alumna’s Child:

2000 Lisa Turner Bender; daughter, Myesha L’na Bender on February 20, 2014

Death of Alumna’s Sibling:

1939 Anne weishar; brother, reverend Paul weishar on December 11, 2014

Deaths of Alumnae:

1928 Noella Stenger Howlett on December 22, 2014

1933 Athlyn Petey Hansen on July 26, 2013

1941 Edith Fagan Doll on March 18, 2014

1947 Florence Hessburg Edelstein on March 31, 2015

1948 Carol Lenz gecewicz on September 2, 2014

1948 Elizabeth V. graliker on February 5, 2015

1948 Joanne Adams Kuettner on July 19, 2013

1948 Charlotte Normington on January 31, 2015

1948 Irene walczak rematore on February 28, 2015

1948 Kathleen (Casey) Fogerty Schuyler on August 1, 2014

1949 Noanette Ehret Byrnes-McCormack on December 3, 2014

1950 Theresa witkowski Korenic on January 25, 2015

1951 rita Maloney Malchow on January 14, 2015

1952 Bernadean Basting rice on November 4, 2014

1953 Mary-Carol Mauel Belling on October 20, 2014

1953 Jacquelyn Stevens Hovorka on January 10, 2015

1953 Margaret Molzahn Neis robertson on March 21, 2015

1954 Eileen wirtz Bloechl on April 29, 2015

1954 rosemary gill Contrucci on January 11, 2015

1956 Olga Valcourt-Schwartz on December 19, 2014

1956 Mary Joan Preo wiegele on March 23, 2015

1959 Suzanne weis Hagwood on January 13, 2015

1960 Mary Huber David on March 8, 2015

1963 Ann Huth Biechler on November 23, 2013

1970 S. Elizabeth gnabasik, SSND, on November 25, 2013

1970 Donna Marinello-Davis on August 15, 2014

1972 Mary Kilpatrick on March 14, 2015

1983 Deloris Hayward Holtman on November 2, 2014

2006 Tashalla renée Hinkle Thomas on March 19, 2015

Louise Troutman Dougher on December 21, 2014

Margaret Kenny McNally on March 11, 2015

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CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTESAntoinette James Maloney, ’54, was recognized as parish Vision Keeper for 2015 by Evanston Interfaith for St. Athanasius Parish in Evanston, Ill. Vision Keepers are persons with outreach sensibilities and efforts within the parish and beyond.

Elaine Andreshak Bowden, ’67, was recognized by Congressman Paul Cook as a 2014 Woman of Distinction for the California 8th Congressional District. This award recognizes women that have demonstrated leadership and integrity and have made a significant contribution to their communities.

Katherine (Kay) Johnson Gregor, ’67, retired in June as executive director of the Racine Literacy Council. She was with the organization for 22 years.

Mary Louise (Lou) Charnon-Deutsch, ’68, retired as a full professor in 2014 from Stony Brook University in New York, where she has worked since receiving her Ph.D. from the university of Chicago in 1978. Throughout her career she authored eight books, including The Spanish Gypsy: History of a European Obsession and Culture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Spain; gave over 100 professional talks on European literature and visual culture; and served on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals.

Margaret (Peggy) O’Brien Hamill, ‘69, retired in 2015 after 15 years as Pro-Life Wisconsin’s state director. She began as a volunteer and eventually joined the Pro-Life Wisconsin Board of Directors and served several years as board president. She continues to serve as an advisor and active member of the organization’s speakers bureau.

Rea McDonnell, SSND, ’65, published two books titled The Passions of Mary and Pondering in Your Heart.


CLASS NoTES

Mary Joan (MJ) Stermer Park, ’70, published the book Live Peace, Teach Peace: Best Practices and Tools for persons interested in deepening their peace and their relationships, and preventing or transforming conflicts with their families, friends and colleagues. She is the co-founder of the organization Little Friends for Peace, along with her husband, Jerry Park.

Louise Werlinger Paris, ’71, has published two books titled A+ Teaching: 180 Ways to Enhance Your Success as a Teacher and Ooops! And Then There Was Peppercorn Chili!

Judy Mapes Fecteau, ’77, is the new executive director of Milwaukee Birthright Inc. This is an interfaith organization founded on the principle that it is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born.

Cynthia Hagen Mennig, ’80, was named Rolf’s Teacher of the Year in the high school category. The award recognizes educators in the West Bend, Wis. schools.

Margie Wirth, ’95, published a cookbook for kids titled The Carrot Monster’s Cookbook. It features simple, healthy recipes along with a coloring storybook.

Nicole Jenks May, ’98 & ‘02, recently had her article “Serving Conservative Teens” published in the School Library Journal.

Rachael Hawley Cabral-Guevara, ’00, opened NPHS - Nurse Practitioner Health Services in November 2014 to offer low-cost and adequate health care to people in the Fox Valley (Wis.) who have no insurance or a high deductible.

Heidi Mignonne, ’00, was recently promoted to campus admissions manager at Columbia College Lake County Illinois located in Gurnee, Ill.

Lisa Turner Bender, ’00, earned a master’s in social work from the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in December 2014.

Delanie Seamon Ford, ’02, was promoted to lead designer at Reliable of Milwaukee, where they make the fashion product Muk Luks.

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CLASS NOTES

Mary Ellen Brzozowski Strieter, ‘05 & ’11, was promoted to a new position as transfer admission counselor at Mount Mary University in October 2014.

Terrilynne Markham-Koepke, ’07, recently accepted the position of medical sales consultant with Easy PC Solutions, a full-service technology company that assists in designing, administrating and maintaining technology needs.

Tandria Warren Williams, ’07, graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Health Administration in May 2014 from the university of Phoenix. She was recently promoted to clinical unit supervisor for Inpatient Medicine/oncology Unit and Outpatient Hematology/Oncology Clinic at the VA.

Taylor Gurley, ’14, was recently promoted to clinic manager of Hopebridge Pediatric Specialists Greenwood, Ind., Clinic, which offers outpatient services, including occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy for children exhibiting developmental delays and disabilities.

rEmEmbEring sistEr rosEmarita huEbnEr, ssnd

Sister Rosemarita Huebner, SSND, died February 18, 2015. Sister Rosie, as she was known, began teaching at Mount Mary in 1965 and continued for 38 years. She had an eight-year hiatus to serve two terms on the SSND Provincial Council.

Sister Rosie served as Art Department chair for 15 years, during which time she oversaw the development of the art therapy and graphic design majors, helped the interior design program attain national accreditation, and began Art for Youth, the children’s summer art program.

Sister was an accomplished artist and exhibited her work regularly; lectured, taught, demonstrated and adjudicated in her specialties — art metals and enameling; and received many professional awards and recognitions. She was involved in numerous professional artists’ societies and community service activities.

She is remembered for her excellence in art and art education and for her warmth, kindness and fun-loving spirit. An art scholarship has been established in her name.

To contribute, contact the Mount Mary Development Office or email [email protected].

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REfLECTIoN

REfLECTIONBy Sister Joan Penzenstadler, SSND, vice President for Mission and Identity

The mission of Mount Mary states that “the baccalaureate curriculum integrates the liberal arts with career preparation.” The liberal arts have always been the backbone of our educating the whole person, whatever program a student may choose. This entire edition of the magazine has no doubt been a testament to the skills of critical thinking; creativity; the navigation of complexity; good reading, writing, and oral communication; reasoned engagement; and the love of learning that researchers tell us employers are looking for in new hires. The flexible skill set that the liberal arts enhance coincides with the very skills that our Creative Campus Initiative seeks to develop in our students.

At a Catholic university in the United States, however, the liberal arts mean so much more than developing skills that will land the best jobs. There is profound transformative potential in the liberal arts. Refined self-knowledge and a reflective spirit attune us to the “more” in life. We become beholders of Mystery unfolding and realize that our gifts are meant for what is to be valued beyond our own gain.

At their best, the liberal arts open us to habits for cultivating what it means to lead a fully human life — habits such as wonder, contemplation, compassion and communion. These habits are nurtured through a web of relationships that help students see the connections among disciplines and the richness of diverse perspectives. This happens not only in the liberal arts

curriculum, of course, but it most certainly happens there. At their best, the liberal arts instill a desire to stretch toward the “more,” and in Catholic higher education, that stretch is talked about in terms of the Transcendent God.

Our commitment to excellence in education demands development of the skills needed for 21st century employment, and we are equally committed to integrating these skills with the transcendent value that the liberal arts have to offer. I am hopeful that as students inquire about a Mount Mary education, they are encouraged to ask questions that are bigger than what the starting salary is in a given career. Such questions might be: What am I hoping that college will be for me? How can I explore who I am and what I can become? And how can the development of my gifts best serve the world?

hOMECOMiNg 2015

10.8.15 ThursdaYToWer happY hour Young Alumnae Event Iron Horse Hotel 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Free to alums who have graduated within the last 15 years and MMU graduating seniors (Must be 21 to attend)Space is limited!

10.9.15 frIdaYalumnae aWards evenIngCheck-in and Reception5:30-6:15 p.m. North Dining HallMount Mary Campus

Dinner and AwardsHonoring Madonna Medal and Tower Awardees 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.Alumnae Dining HallMount Mary Campus

10.10.15saTurdaYon The mounTCheck-in Alumnae Dining Hall 10:45-11:00 a.m.

Marian Club Luncheon & Induction of the Class of 1965(Class year 50th & prior)Alumnae Dining Hall 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Pig Roast Picnic Bloechl Center Lawn 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m.Families Welcome!

Class Pictures 12:45-1:45 p.m.

Alumnae Association Board Meeting 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Campus Tour and Scavenger Hunt MMU Campus 3:15-3:50 p.m.

Homecoming MassMMU Campus 4:00 p.m.

Class of 1965 Gathering * Jimmy’s Island GrillWauwatosa, WI6:00 p.m.

* Exclusive gathering for the class of 1965, not included in the regular MMU Homecoming lineup.

OCTOBER 8–11LOOK whAT wE hAVE PLANNED!

10.11.15sundaYmmu aT The mIlWaukee counTY Zoo Family and Community Event Please join Alumnae, family of alumnae, Mount Mary University faculty and staff for a box lunch and activities exclusively for our MMU community!Peck Welcome Center Parking Included

Check-in 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Lunch 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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